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EDSS robotics team are world champs For the first time in its history, Elmira high school team qualifies for final round of championship FAISAL ALI THE EDSS ROBOTICS TEAM had a wildly successful season this year, culminating in a star finish at the First Robotics World Championship this weekend.

Heading down to Detroit

for the massive event, Elmira was pitted in a contest against more than 400 teams from Canada, the U.S. and around the world, and came home with a string of victories.

This year, Elmira not only survived but thrived

in the aptly named Darwin subdivision, taking first place out of nearly 70 teams. All the teams were grouped into alliances of three, so it was Elmira’s alliance that got to move on from their victory in the subdivisions to the final

round of the championship – the prestigious Einstein round.

It was the first time in Elmira’s history they reached the Einstein finals, and though they ultimately fell in the final set of games against the five other sub-

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division heads, the team was nonetheless happy at how far they had made it.

“I was definitely not disappointed,” says Mathieu Gaudet, a Grade 9 student on the team.

“It’s been really, really great. I have been watching

these matches at Waterloo since I was very young, and I’ve wanted to join a team since I was very young.

And we’ve done so great this year. It’s been a great experience and I’ve made CHAMPIONS | 32

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Cost of building a home to rise Woolwich eyes hikes to development charges to support future growth STEVE KANNON

Sarah Bradshaw, organizer with the Woolwich Great Ride N’ Stride, spoke to participants along with Mayor Sandy Shantz and Waterloo regional Chair Ken Seiling shortly before the event kicked off Sunday afternoon in Elmira. [FAISAL ALI / THE OBSERVER]

THE COST OF BUILDING a new home in Woolwich is likely to rise again as the township makes plans to hike its development charges.

The fees are intended to cover future municipal expenditures related to growth, with the developers – ultimately the buyers, of course – paying for the cost of each new addition to the building stock.

For fully serviced singlefamily homes in Woolwich’s urban areas, the

new charges considered by councillors Tuesday night would see levies rise to $7,129, up 6.2 per cent from the current $6,712.

In Breslau, due to servicing arrangements with the City of Kitchener, the increase would hit $8,603 from $8,432.

Those fees are just the township portion, with the Region of Waterloo hitting new home buyers with the largest cash grab.

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MichaelHARRIS MPP KITCHENER-CONESTOGA

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Friends,

Thank you.

It has been an honour and a privilege to serve as your Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the past six and a half years. I have always strived to be an advocate for our community by addressing the issues that matter most to you and your family. I have also continued to focus on holding the government to account at Queen’s Park on delivering the services we expect as taxpayers.

Together, we accomplished a great deal, such as advocating for better traffic and pedestrian safety at roundabouts; ensuring firefighters, who also volunteer in their neighbourhoods, have insurance coverage if they get diagnosed with a workplace cancer; removing toxic waste illegally dumped on a family farm at no cost to the taxpayer; supporting our local tradespeople to be able to work on public infrastructure projects; developing a strategy to fund innovative treatments for people with rare diseases; introduced The Illegal Pill Press Act to help combat the opioid crisis; and, The Ontario Service Dogs Act to expand the rights of those that require Service Dogs.

Our community is always stronger when we work together. I was able to be a strong voice for change and progress because so many people in our community stood up for what they believed in and demanded more from their elected representatives.

And so looking back on my time as MPP, my proudest moments involved helping people access services, solve problems and support their families.

On May 7th, I am undergoing cornea transplant surgery. Throughout my recovery, and leading up to the provincial election on June 7th, my office will continue to serve the people of Kitchener-Conestoga. I believe the future is filled with promise for all of us. In the months and years ahead, I hope to continue to be a voice for positive change and progress.

Thank you for the honour and privilege of serving our community.

Sincerely,

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COUNCIL / SNOWED UNDER

Woolwich pledges to do better when clearing snow Council discussion about numerous complaints this year prompts staff to make changes ahead of next winter of the staff report, noting crews need simply show up and do the job right to reduce the number of complaints.

“I don’t think the expectations of the public are that demanding.”

Pointing to a marked decline in the last two years, he added the service used to be better, indicating some changes could make it good again.

Reiterating some of the arguments in the report, Kennaley noted that the retirement of some veteran plow operators left the township with some inexperienced crew members.

Coupled with some lack of clarity about process – specifically, about leaving snow on the road to form windrows that prevent snow from road plows being thrown back on to sidewalks – the new operators posed a real challenge.

The same was true of some of the weather conditions, including last month’s ice storm, he added.

STEVE KANNON THE SNOW HAS GONE, but the complaints linger as Woolwich carries out a post-mortem on the snowclearing job done by township road crews and, in Elmira, the contractor that looks after the sidewalks.

Acknowledging issues, director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley pledged improvements next winter.

“I can guarantee that things will be better next year,” he told councillors meeting May 1. “It won’t be perfect, but we’ll address complaints as quickly as possible.”

As has been the case this year, Kennaley was pressed

by Coun. Patrick Merlihan, who has fielded numerous complaints from residents, particularly in Elmira.

Reacting to a report prepared by Kennaley, Merlihan said the document he called “underwhelming, was long on excuses and short on solutions.

“It gives me little hope that it’s going to get better next year,” said Merlihan

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Students from Breslau Public School attended the Elmira Legion April 24 for the award ceremony.

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Breslau PS students win Remembrance Day video contest organizer by the Ontario Legion FAISAL ALI A CLASS OF GRADE 4 Breslau Public School students were recognized last week for their exemplary Remembrance Day activities by the Ontario Legion. At an award ceremony at the Elmira division April 24, the students were awarded as the winners of the Ontario Command Remembrance video contest.

The competition, run province-wide by the Legion for different elementary school grades, tasked students with creating a three- to four-minute video on what Remembrance Day meant to them.

“I’m just really proud of the kids,” said Debby Pavlove, the class’ teacher who

directed the project.

“The video was a collaborative effort with all of the students giving their opinions and providing feedback,” she said. “The kids were definitely the driving force behind a lot of the ideas and where it went.”

The class had originally started working together on a series of Remembrance Day projects, including poppy-making and a group art project, and had filmed the process. It was only after that they decided to turn their recordings into a video submission for the Legion’s Contest, chronicling their journey from start to finish and what they learned.

Those passing by the Elmira Legion building

last November would have seen the student’s poppy display, a project which not only involved the class but the entire Breslau school.

The students organized to have every staff and student at the school create one poppy and write their own message of Remembrance on the flower.

“There were over 700 poppies with a message of Remembrance and a name from staff and student from our school, and we felt it was important to get the whole community involved,” said Pavlove.

“This was a smaller version of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is one of the largest military cemeteries in the world where for the Battle of Passchendaele they had

over 17,000 poppies on display.”

The flowers were planted first outside the Breslau school by the class and was then moved to the Elmira Legion.

“We were proud to have it on display at the Elmira Legion for their parade.

Their parade took place a week before Remembrance Day so it was a great honour for us to be able to have the poppies placed there to be seen by the people who are involved in the Legion,” said Pavlove.

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Elmira core businesses face higher taxes as council approves BIA request to boost levy from the current $30,000, as requested by the organization’s executive.

While some members objected, the number fell well below the one-third level that would have been needed to block the request. The township received eight objections from members representing nine properties in the core, representing 10.6 per cent of those entitled to comment and

STEVE KANNON ELMIRA BIA MEMBERS WILL start paying higher taxes this year, as Woolwich council approved plans to increase the special levy assessed on commercial properties in the core.

Tuesday night’s decision clears the way for the Business Improvement Area to boost its budget to $50,000

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14.1 per cent of the assessed value of properties in the BIA area.

Given that, staff saw fit to recommend approval by council, said township clerk Val Hummel.

It will be the first increase in the levy since 1988.

Established in 1980, the BIA encompasses 73 properties and more than 100 businesses in a defined

area of downtown Elmira.

Its main purpose is to provide business promotion and improvements such as building facade upgrades and beautification in the core.

The decision raises the minimum levy to $100 a year and the maximum to $2,000, up from the current $50 and $1,000 respectively. The current average special levy of $549 will rise

accordingly, with the new provisions adding in a two per cent annual increase thereafter.

The new $50,000 target will continue to be augmented by the $10,000 a year paid by the Walmart store, an arrangement made to settle a legal battle during the planning phase for the retail power centre near St. Jacobs.

That fee will remain un-

changed by the new levy structure.

The BIA requested additional funds to expand its undertakings such as planting trees downtown, sprucing up the area through the installation of seating, decorative planters, artwork and updated lighting. Funds will also be used for additional promotional and advertising efforts.

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graves for their Remembrance Day service.”

Besides organizing the poppy project, the class also got together to create a highly symbolic art project in Remembrance. The project was based off a display that Pavlove had seen at the Passchendaele Museum, which was created using the identity tags that the soldiers had on during the War. When she told her class about it, they became interested in doing a similar project at home.

“After brainstorming with the students, we modified the project and decided to have a hundred Grades 3, 4 and 5 students write a hundred different words on identity tags and put it together to make a display, in order to honour the hundred years since the Battle of Passchendaele,” said Pavlove.

A further 16 green tags were added with the words “Remember” inscribed, one for every 1,000 casualties in the battle. A further 24 red tags were added to represent the age that Pavlove’s great-great-uncle William Barton reached before he fell at the battle.

Red and green were the colours of Canadian’s wore during the war.

The award came attached with a small cash prize, which the students are hoping to put towards forwarding the Legion’s cause.

FAISAL ALI Elmira’s Park Manor Senior Public School got to say a fond farewell and “see you later” to long-time teacher, coach and mentor Ken Lubert, who retired on Monday. Teaching since 1987, with the majority of that time spent at the Elmira school, Mr. Lubert, as he was known to the kids, the immense impact on the students lives, especially when it came to sports.

Lubert was a gym teacher, and in between his teaching had helped coach a number of the school’s sports teams.

But when the students, one after the other after the next, talked about him, what they enjoyed the most

was his particular brand of “dad jokes,” his tendency to burst loudly into random singing and his sheer positivity.

It was a surprisingly joyous event despite the sadness, as students on the athletic council that Lubert started met every person entering into the gymnasium on Monday with a row of high-fives and cheering.

A video was played of interviews with dozens of students, all of whom had been affected by Lubert in some way, as well as messages from former colleagues of his, wishing him the best in his retirement.

When the bell rang and the students started filling out, they again got cheering

and high-fives on their exit, but this time Lubert was on the other end, to give each and every one got a strong hug and, if warranted, a hard clap on the back as they headed for the school bus.

“He’s just a big part of our school,” said student Tyler Brezynskie. “And I know I’ve looked up to him forever, like ever since I started coming here.” He added: “And ever since I heard the stories of him from my brother I’d just always wanted to meet him, and when I met him ... he’s just a great guy.”

“He’s always smiling,” observed student Brydon Dickieson. “Like I don’t even know if I’ve ever seen

FAISAL ALI Wellesley is to become a bee-friendly community, councillors decided Tuesday night.

Working with the Wellesley Horticultural Society, the township will seek to become one of Canada’s “Bee Cities,” a special designation that will highlight the township as a proponent of the vital little insects.

Wellesley will be applying to Bee City Canada for the special status, and commit itself to protecting its pollinator species.

The township would also

be required to recognize National Pollinator Week, which falls in the third week of June.

The Wellesley Horticultural Society will take the lead on fulfilling those commitments. Whether that’s through efforts to grow more pollinator flowers at the Wellesley Community Garden, or through educational outreach on the value of bees and other pollinators to the environment.

The idea was brought forward at the last council meeting on April 17 by Marty Schwende and Lorraine Kuepfer, members of

the Wellesley Horticultural Society. The goal, they said, was to reverse the longstanding global decline of pollinators, which in turn are necessary for the ecosystem and local food production.

“One of every three bites of food we eat comes from pollinators, so that’s how important it is for us right now,” said Schwende, who tends the Wellesley Community Garden. Schwende helped start a pollinator project at the garden, and noted there were potentially other sites in the township that could support

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“We, at our meeting, came around to the idea of possibly coming up with a pollinator garden – I came up with that idea amongst are group – and everybody seemed pretty excited and said lets go with it,” said Schwende, adding that he the garden would be done by mid-summer.

Kuepfer said that he was hoping for township to support the application to make Wellesley into a Bee City of Canada.

“The important thing would be to have the backing of the township, the

councillors, and then through you we would need to find out what the community groups are in each of the towns that would have members that might be interested,” she said.

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Cyclones win Sutherland Cup The Listowel Cyclones made a clean sweep in the final round of the GOJHL playoffs, claiming the Sutherland Cup for the first time in the organization’s history. Their final match against the runner-ups, the Caledonia Corvairs, was won in Listowel Tuesday evening by a score of 4-1, to a rapturous applause from the home crowd.

Listowel were the Elmira Sugar Kings chief rivals this year, beating the Elmira team for the coveted Cherrey Cup in the Midwestern Conference.

Despite the loss, Elmira moved on to the Sutherland Cup series via the wildcard, where they were defeated by the Corvairs in another sweep.

The Cyclones were the dominant team in the regular season and playoffs, outpacing their opponents by a wide-margin, while Caledonia was the first-place team in the

neighbouring Golden Horseshoe Conference. Last year, Listowel had beaten Elmira for the Cherrey Cup as well, but it was ultimately the Sugar Kings that took home the Sutherland Cup.

Methane probe deal OK’d

Keeping an eye on the ongoing methane problems from a former municipal landfill site in Elmira’s

Bolender Park, Woolwich will install a monitoring probe on the Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation property directly north of the 86 Auto and Metal Recyclers land.

Meeting this week, council agreed to enter into a 10-year deal Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation, paying $525 a year for a licence fee. The fee is similar to others the township pays the corporation for watermains and sanitary sewers that cross the province’s property.

The cost of the probe itself has been estimated at $8,000.

Nomination period now open

The nomination period for next fall’s municipal election having opened May 1, Woolwich had two candidates submit their paperwork right off the hop Tuesday.

Sandy Shantz has filed her intent to seek re-election as mayor, while Karen

Meissner is running to become the local trustee on the Waterloo Region District School Board.

Candidates have until July 27 to file the required paperwork, available from the township administrative building.

Candidates must be eligible to vote in Woolwich Township on the day their nomination is filed and may run for the offices of mayor, councillors for Ward 1 (two seats), Ward 2 (one seat), and Ward 3 (two seats), as well as public school board trustee.

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Police officer to cycle 3,000 kms to raise funds for St. Mary’s hospital On May 6, Waterloo Regional Police Sgt. Peter Viol will begin a 3,000-kilometre trek along the Appalachian Mountain Range to raise money and awareness for women’s cardiac disease.

The self-supported Appalachian Heartbeat Tour will see Viol cycle from Sylacauga, Alabama, where the Appalachian Mountains begin, then northeast to Upper New York State, over to Kingston, and then back to Waterloo Region. Money raised will go to the Regional Cardiac Care Centre at St. Mary’s General Hospital.

Viol has been taking part in charity bike rides for the past 10 years, riding a total of 17,000 kilometres across the United States and Canada and raising more than

$200,000 for health care in Waterloo Region. This year will likely be the end of his fundraising rides.

“It has been a remarkable 10 years, filled with many memories and experiences,” said Viol in a release. “Being able to raise money and awareness for causes that are personally important to me means more than I could ever describe. If I have helped save one person’s life or have been the reason just one person received treatment, then my work has been worth it.”

Last year, Viol’s Canadian Heartbeat Tour, which saw him travel from Vancouver to Waterloo Region, raised a total of $32,000.

The goal for this year’s tour is $40,000.

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that appeared to be well above the posted speed limit. The vehicle was locked on radar in excess of 145km/ hr in an 80 km/h zone. A 19-yearold Wilmot Township man was charged with ‘race a motor vehicle.’

He is scheduled to appear in Guelph Provincial Court June 6 to answer to

1:30 PM | A Wellington County OPP officer was travelling on Highway 6 near Sideroad 6 East when he observed a male driving a sedan pull out from behind him and proceed to pass him. The vehicle was travelling at a speed

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

statute. She is scheduled to appear in Guelph Court on May 22.

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4:05 PM | Police identified the body found three days earlier in the water near the village of Belwood as that of a three-year-old boy who been swept away in a flooded and fast flowing Grand River on February 21. The body had been found by a local fisherman some two months after the boy went missing, becoming the subject of a multi-group search effort.

4:10 PM | A Wellington County OPP officer conducted a traffic stop on a white SUV in Fergus. While speaking with the driver, the officer formed the opinion that she was impaired by alcohol. A roadside screening test was administered that resulted in a fail. She was arrested and brought to a local OPP operations centre for further testing. As a result, a 49-year-old Fergus woman was charged with ‘driving with over 80mg of alcohol per 100mL of blood.’ A 90-day Administrative Driver’s Licence Suspension (A.D.L.S.) and seven-day vehicle impoundment were initiated as per

3:20 PM | Waterloo Regional Police responded to a three-vehicle collision at the intersection of Gerber Road and Moser-Young Road in Wellesley Township. A SUV was stopped on Gerber Road with a Waterloo Regional Police cruiser behind it. The cruiser was struck from behind by a van. The impact forced the cruiser into the SUV. The occupants of the SUV received minor injuries. The officer was not injured. All three vehicles suffered serious damage. A 38-year-old Kitchener man was subsequently charged with ‘careless driving.’

Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to contact police at 519-570-9777.

Elmira Firefighters responded to a natural gas leak alarm at the Roxton building Wednesday morning. No significant levels of natural gas were detected, however, said township fire chief Dale Martin.

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suspicious activity at 519-570-9777.

10:30 PM | A resident was alerted to a large noise outside their residence on King Street North in Woolwich Township. The resident later discovered that their vehicle and home had been “egged.”

Another vehicle was egged that evening in the driveway of an address on Mourningdove Crescent in Elmira. Police are asking the public’s assistance by reporting any

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8:00 AM | A Wellington County OPP officer responded to a report of a motor-vehicle collision on Highway 7, Township of Guelph-Eramosa. Police arrived on scene and observed a lone male in the seat of one of the involved vehicles. While speaking with him police detected a very strong

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With better training and a coordinated strategy, the service will improve next winter, he said.

Merlihan’s fellow Ward 1 representative, Coun. JulieAnne Herteis, suggested the township needs to do a better job of ensuring catch basins aren’t filled with snow, causing what’s known as

ponding on some roads.

Kennaley’s report got a more sympathetic response from Coun. Mark Bauman, who noted he found service in St. Jacobs to be fine, adding winter conditions are a fact of life here.

“We live in Canada and winter events are unpredictable,” he noted, pointing out that snow isn’t convenient.

“I think we expect too much of both the plow operators and the sidewalk snow-clearing contractors.”

Discussing the sidewalk contract in Elmira, Kennaley said coordinating the work – avoiding having road plows pass after the sidewalks had been cleared on a particular street – was not a viable option. The different start times, pace

of the equipment and volumes of snow over the course of unpredictable hours made coordination unworkable. Instead, having both parties use techniques to avoid simply pushing the snow back into the path of each other would go a long way to solve the problem.

In December, Woolwich granted a two-year exten-

sion to its sidewalk snowclearing contractor, Mitchell Property Maintenance.

The township budgets $70,000 a year for the service, but the actual amount charged depends on the rolling surplus of funds in the account. Funded by a special levy applied to Elmira properties, the service costs each homeowner about $18 a year.

fresh odour of marijuana emitting from within the motor vehicle. The male was arrested for possession of marijuana. A search incident to arrest located a quantity of the drug. As a result, the 18-year-old Kitchener man was charged with ‘fail to comply with undertaking’ and ‘possession of marijuana over 30 grams.’ He is scheduled to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on May 29 to answer to the charges.

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would still be seeing him.

As a parting gift from the school, Lubert was given the one thing he’d apparently wanted so much: “Duckie” the duck shaped watering can. Inside can were messages from all the students at the school.

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development charges for a new single-family or semidetached home are already pushing $30,000.

Regulated by the province, development charges are established by a formula dividing forecasted capital costs by the projected population growth.

Eligible costs include longterm expenses for indoor

and outdoor recreation services, administration, road construction, public works, fire protection and water services.

Most of the current fees were set in a major review of development charges done in 2014. Completed on a five-year cycle, the next full study is slated for 2019, but the township has an update study in place for this year. That docu-

ment shows Woolwich needs another $7.8 million for roads and related capital than was identified in the last full review, an increase of 70 per cent.

In the parks and recreation file, another $300,000 is needed, while administrative services needs another $400,000.

Water and wastewater projects require another $800,000.

Combined together, the township needs to hike its development charges on residential, commercial and industrial properties an average of six to eight per cent, explained Andrew Grunda of Watson and Associates, the consulting firm that has carried out the township’s recent DC studies.

In going over the detailed list of future growth-

related spending, Coun.

Patrick Merlihan noted the document still takes into account projects such as splash pads, including the Elmira facility that opened last year, which are now typically paid for my community groups. Such projects could be dropped from the equation, he suggested.

Noting that the new study is simply an update,

finance director Richard Petherick explained that such projects would be reconciled when a full review is carried out next year.

Although Tuesday’s council session was a mandatory public meeting to air the proposed changes, nobody in the gallery raised any questions or concerns. Councillors are expected to ratify the changes on May 29.

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A free press is one of the checks on failing democracy TODAY (MAY 3) IS World Press Freedom Day, declared as such 25 years ago by the United Nations to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom.

It’s an opportunity to take stock of press freedom throughout the world – not great on much of the planet – and to draw attention to the ongoing battle to maintain an independent press. It’s also an occasion to mark the deaths of those journalists killed on the job.

While the press in Canada is most threatened by corporate takeovers – killing competition and stifling the range of debate that threatens the status quo – the dangers are much more visceral in much of the rest of the world.

The 2018 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders ranks Canada at 18th on the list of 180 countries, sandwiched between Luxembourg and Australia.

Not surprisingly, the list is headed by Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Finland and Switzerland, countries that often top the list of progressive traits. Down among the bottom dwellers are the likes of North Korea, Syria, China, Sudan, Somalia and Iran.

Not uncoincidentally, some of those at the bottom of the list are countries where journalists are more likely to be killed or imprisoned.

At least 81 reporters were killed on the job in 2017, according to the International Federation of Journalists. Some were murdered, some caught up in bomb attacks and others killed in crossfire incidents. More than 250 journalists were in prison last year.

The 2017 death figures were the lowest in a decade – down from 93 in 2016, for instance – but other forms of violence and harassment against media workers have skyrocketed.

As with the journalists killed, the incidents are more rife in places like Mexico (147th on the list, and home to the most deaths) and the war zones of Afghanistan (118), Iraq (160) and Syria (177).

The situation underscores the need for something like World Press Freedom Day. More broadly, the press is working in an environment where governments and corporate interests are working hard to keep the public in the dark, preferring their power go unchecked.

With that in mind, this year’s freedom day theme is “Keeping power in check: media, justice and the rule of law.”

By and large, journalists everywhere struggle with political infrastructures seemingly dedicated to keeping the public in the dark. Openness is an anathema to many in the political ranks, elected officials and administrators alike, who seek to keep information to themselves. This sad reality has spawned organized efforts by public groups, including journalists, to make government more transparent .

Of course, such obfuscation is more clearly evident in larger governments (and, in keeping with current trends, larger businesses whose executives have a vested interest in hiding the truth). This is not to say that local governments are bastions of openness. Given their size and relatively lighter agendas, however, there are fewer opportunities to impose blackouts on the press and, by extension, their readers.

Transparency is crucial to ensuring that elected representatives are politically accountable, an ideal check on power.

Access to information is the cornerstone of democracy.

Newspapers, this one included, would have governments lean toward the other, more open side. Events such as those marked by groups such as Reporters Without Borders and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression have shown the perils of doing otherwise.

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Iran deal: A bird in the hand isn’t worth it to Trump WORLD AFFAIRS It is generally agreed that a bird in the hand is worth two (or three, or more) in the bush. President Trump, however, does not see it that way.

It was a busy week in Washington as first French President Emmanuel Macron and then German Chancellor Angela Merkel dropped in to try to persuade Trump not to pull out of the 2015 deal that prevented Iran from developing nuclear weapons for the next ten years. They failed.

As Macron said: “My view is that [Trump] will get rid of this deal on his own, for domestic reasons.”

The response of America’s three most important allies has been to break decisively with the United States on the issue: on Sunday Macron and Merkel joined with British Prime Minister Theresa May in declaring that the Iran nuclear deal is “the best way of neutralizing the threat of a nucleararmed Iran.”

This is the most dramatic split in the Western alliance since Germany and France refused to go along with the foolish and illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003 (but Britain went along with it to preserve its imaginary influence in Washington). Indeed, the only American allies that have been urging Trump to pull the plug on the nuclear deal are Israel and the conservative Arab states, which hope to draw the U.S. into a war with Iran.

They are the exceptions because they are the only countries that actually feel threatened by Iranian nuclear weapons. Well, maybe Pakistan too, since that country’s six nuclear explosions in 1998 were the catalyst that set Iran’s nuclear weapons programme in motion. On the other hand, Israel already has hundreds of nuclear weapons and shouldn’t worry so much.

Deterrence works.

A nuclear-armed Iran would certainly pose no threat to any of the six countries that signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 2015 deal that put Iran’s nuclear weapons program

on hold. The U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China all have far more nuclear weapons than Iran would ever possess (or, in Germany’s case, belongs to an alliance that does). Deterrence still works.

So why did they all bother? Probably because they prefer an Israeli monopoly on nuclear weapons in the Middle East. They don’t all love Israel, but if more countries in the region had nukes, the Middle East’s endless wars might one day lead to a local nuclear exchange. Maybe that could be contained in the region, but maybe not; some of the major regional powers have outside allies.

So there was general support on the United Nations Security Council for stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons, and UN economic sanctions were placed on Iran from 2006 onwards. U.S. sanctions were far older, but the deal that was signed in 2015 ended all UN sanctions and the most severe U.S. sanctions, which targeted Iranian banks and oil exports.

Unfortunately for Iran, the country remained largely excluded from the

world banking system because banks feared the re-imposition of the sanctions, and so much of the economic relief Iran expected from the end of sanctions never arrived.

There is therefore growing hostility in Iran to the JCPOA deal, but why is it even stronger in the White House?

Trump talks about Iran “cheating” on the deal. (International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have certified eleven times since 2016 that Iran is meeting its obligations.)

He calls the deal “insane” and the “worst ever,” complaining that it imposed only a ten-year ban on Iran’s suspect nuclear activities, did not stop the country from testing ballistic missiles, and did not stop Iran from interfering in other countries. “They should have made a deal that covered Yemen, that covered Syria, that covered other parts of the Middle East,” he said.

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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What is your favourite route to bike and/or walk?

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Rainbow Road in New Zealand.”

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“There is therefore growing hostility in Iran to the JCPOA deal, but why is it even stronger in the White House?” Gwynne Dyer | 6 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON

No architectural paradise, but local cities do have a few highlights EDITOR'S NOTES Intensification and the havoc wrought by the LRT are having an unfortunate impact on the downtown core in Waterloo.

Well, there’s an impact.

The “unfortunate” label (and I’m being kind) is perhaps in the eye of the beholder.

No strangers to the changing nature of the built environment – heritage building today, gone tomorrow – Phil Elsworthy and Kae Elgie will leave the interpretation to individual participants as they lead a Jane’s Walk tour through the uptown core Sunday afternoon.

They’ll be looking at what’s happening to Waterloo as a consequence – or unintended consequence – of the LRT and the provincially-mandated intensification drive.

There have certainly been changes Uptown. I would certainly argue few of them have been improvements, including the

ill-fated light rail transit scheme that forced the closure of many businesses and will prove a hardship for many that remain.

Elgie and Elsworthy intend to look at the history of development in the core, going back a couple of hundred years and tracing the changes. They’ll let you draw your own conclusion about whether there’s been “progress.”

“In the spirit of Jane Jacobs, look at what’s working and what’s not working,” says Elgie, noting some people are actually supportive of intensification. And some of them aren’t developers looking to cash in.

There are differing views about increasing the density of cities, particularly the downtown cores, adds Elsworthy, noting even if that’s a desirable outcome, the way it’s being done just now may not be the ideal or even the right approach.

More vibrant than downtown Kitchener – which I argue may be beyond redemption – Waterloo has been much worse at preserving its heritage buildings, though Kitchener is

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Still, there’s much to enjoy for those willing to slow down and take in the city’s core area, Elgie and Elsworthy maintain.

“So many of these buildings have great stories,” says Elgie, pointing to the likes of the Huether Hotel, the old Waterloo Theatre and the post office at King and Bridgeport, a great example of mid-century architecture.

Their tour, one of many organized this weekend

by Jane’s Walk Waterloo Region, is to point out the highlights.

“The goal is to get people noticing the things that are there, for people to say ‘I never noticed that before.’”

In going over the history of development, they’ll undoubtedly point out some of the many lowlights of change in the core, including the demolition of buildings such as the old City Hotel that used to stand across from Waterloo Town Square. An historic building indicative of the area’s history, it was one of many examples of lovely old buildings torn to be replaced by utilitarian, often ugly buildings that further

reduced the charm of the downtown core.

“With the City Hotel, I can’t help but think what a fabulous opportunity it would have been for the city,” says Elsworthy, noting it was a structure to build on in creating character in the core.

Character is certainly a missing element, but that’s not restricted to Waterloo or Kitchener, as pretty much every city suffers from the curse of modern architecture, most of it ugly and functional (in the worst sense of the word). The result is unfriendly cores with little to compel people to linger.

Absent beautiful surroundings – you know, actual public squares (don’t get me started about the Waterloo skateboard park), green space and the likes of patios and other gathering spots – the cities aren’t helped by modern eyesores, much of it disposable architecture that we’ll be happy to see go (yesterday would be too soon).

Thing are not going to get any better given the focus on intensification and zero controls on the

(lack of) aesthetics when it comes to new buildings.

Increased density and reurbanization is at the core of provincial planning policy and the sole surviving rationale – however dubious – for Waterloo Region’s light rail transit scheme. In short, we’re told to expect more highrise buildings, like it or not.

Proponents say increased density is needed to deal with a growing population. The alternative is more sprawl and loss of farmland. Those are two things to avoid. A better alternative – a shrinking population that would eliminate such pressures entirely – is never discussed. It goes against the Ponzi scheme that is our economic system. Instead of falling housing prices to decrease demand, which is beyond-the-pale thinking in official circles, we’re supposed to shrink the supply of land even as we pump in more people to increase demand.

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no paragon where that’s concerned. In the region, Cambridge, downtown Galt specifically, has the most potential when it comes to an aesthetically pleasing core, though economically it’s the worst of the three.

None of them compare to downtown Guelph, to pick a nearby example. That city has a great combination of lovely old buildings – much nicer than anything in the region – and a vibrant core that draws people in.

“Guelph is a model for what works,” says Elgie, especially in its preservation of historical buildings.

“As Jane argues, new ideas need old buildings.”

Waterloo doesn’t have much to rival Guelph in the architecture department, but it does boast activity and vibrancy not found in Kitchener or Cambridge.

Sadly, most of the new construction in and around the core is, at best, inoffensive and, for the most part, ugly or a downright eyesore – that’s a label that can be affixed to most buildings well beyond the region, to the diminishment of our communities.

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An early April storm affecting Ontario and Quebec brought severe rain, heavy snow, and damaging winds. It resulted in more than $85 million in insured damage, according to Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ). A review of recent severe weather damage shows that insured losses in Ontario alone have now surpassed half a billion dollars over the past twelve months.

“This increase in profitability is likely the result of a widening gap between reductions in claims coverage costs and premiums. In 2011, for example, average claims per vehicle declined by 27%.

Premiums, on the other hand, barely declined. I estimate that in the last five years alone, the overpayments might have totaled $5 billion. This represents 9.5% of the total premiums paid during this same amount of time.”

St. Boniface Catholic School in Maryhill celebrates its 110th anniversary next Thursday, making it the oldest Catholic school in Waterloo Region still in existence. The village of Maryhill – known as New Germany until 1941 – had a school as early as 1834. The current building was the fourth school built by the community, a two-storey brick building with four classrooms. Additions were constructed in 1965 and again in 1968, doubling the number of classrooms.

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that agreements mean nothing

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to get a deal for 10 years of restrictions on the Iranian nuclear program in return for an end to UN economic sanctions. There was no way that Iran was going to place its foreign, military and energy policies under UN supervision forever. The deal accepted

by Obama in 2015 was realistic; Trump’s preferred substitute is pure fantasy.

What really drives Trump’s hatred of the deal, in all likelihood, is simply the fact that it was one of Obama’s major successes – what Macron referred to as “domestic reasons.” It fits a pattern: Trump’s cancellation of the trans-Pacific

trade deal, the U.S. withdrawal from the climate pact, the largely unsuccessful assault on health care (‘Obamacare’), and now the attack on the Iran nuclear deal.

So Trump will repudiate the Iran deal on May 12, or maybe a little later.

It will probably then die (although the other five countries will try to keep it going), because Iranians’ pride will not let them stay in a deal whose benefits, in terms of access to world trade, have evaporated. And in Pyongyang, Kim Jong-un will draw his conclusions about the reliability of the United States as a negotiating partner.

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Work on the new Riverside PS playground nearing completion A shared space with the surrounding subdivision, the project is the culmination of a community effort

space is truly the result of a community effort.”

The project was awarded to Earthscape, an Ontariobased custom playground design/build company. The playground will include climbing and balance equipment, an accessible stage and log seating, gardens, two separate sandboxes, a hill slide and accessible pathways that connect to all play areas. The school will also include a mud kitchen constructed by students at Kitchener Collegiate Institute.

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The work is getting done in short order, but the journey to raise the required $96,000 lasted more than five years.

The money came through a variety of fundraising events, charitable funds and donations from

parents and local businesses. The playground is expected to be a community resource as the subdivision surrounding the school continues to grow.

“The entire parent community has contributed to fundraising,” said Jenny Soehner, a kindergarten teacher at the school. “Our committee sent out phone calls and emails to lots of local businesses. We’re really lucky that some of those businesses were

to work harder to keep up with their construction schedule.

But their endless determination to complete the project allowed them to overcome all of these obstacles, says Riverside’s principal.

“It was amazing to see how quickly the community stepped up to offer support,” said Brent Hatcher.

“Starting with the tenacity of a number of parents and staff members who called and visited local businesses and ending with those businesses providing donations of various amounts.

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While the committee has finally achieved its goal, there were setbacks along the way. Most recently, a hoped-for $18,000 from Woolwich Township failed to materialize when council decided the community were responsible for raising the money, as is the case with similar recreation projects. That forced a bit of a scramble to get the last of the funds in place.

The group also lost four days of construction due to the spring ice storm in mid-April. The team had

I THINK IF ANY of the cool kids in town saw a photo of me in my turkey hunting attire, they might finally declare me an honorary member of the club. Heck, I might even start a new trend.

Not to brag, but whenever I go turkey hunting I daub various shades of greens and browns onto my face and white beard and sideburns and don a homemade ghillie suit. It is so effective, one discerning critic said, “It makes you look like you’re playing the Cowardly Lion in a community theatre version of the Wizard of Oz.” Around here, that’s as close to rock star as you can get – and, unless I don’t know cool, I believe the kids would probably think that this would be the cat’s pajamas or even the bee’s knees.

As you can imagine, it’s a really great camouflage getup.

Frankly, I’ve always thought it is bit of a shame I can’t wear this outfit yearround, outside of turkey season. Sure, I wear it every week at the office for our Camo Fridays, but I work alone and from home so that doesn’t really count.

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20th Waterloo Marathon takes runners through Woolwich New categories for visually impaired runners and student relay added to the event this year FAISAL ALI For its 20th year running, the St. John Ambulance Waterloo Marathon and Ed Whitlock HalfMarathon were held on Sunday, taking participants on a lengthy tour of the Woolwich countryside.

In honour of the special anniversary, two new categories were introduced to the half-marathon, one for visually impaired runners and a high school relay challenge.

The inspiration for the two new categories came from local accessibility activist Rhonda-Marie Parke, herself a visually impaired marathon runner, who acts an ambassador for the race.

“I definitely suggested it and I’m very excited that they are having one,” said Parke, noting the new category would open up the Waterloo marathon to a whole subset of people who might otherwise be excluded. “[Parke is] such an amazing person,” added St. John Ambulance volunteer Cathy Lumb. “And she opened our eyes totally to

the realization that we’re leaving out people if we don’t have a visually impaired category. There are lots of people who want to run, and just because they can’t see very well or can’t see it doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be there.”

Out at Sunday’s event to celebrate the new marathon division was Canadian blind athlete Jason Dunkerley from Ottawa, a five-time Paralympic medalist, and four-time World Para Athletics champion who recently competed in the Boston Marathon’s visually impaired division.

The inclusion of the visually impaired category makes the Waterloo Marathon one of the few in Ontario to offer the option.

It’s also an official qualifier for the Boston Marathon, meaning those hoping to participate in the Boston run’s visually impaired division can earn their spot by taking part in the Waterloo Marathon.

To create the new division, St. John Ambulance teamed up with not-forprofits Achilles Canada, and United in Stride, which maintains an online

There were almost 450 participants at the Waterloo Marathon Sunday. Top photo are the winners of the Ed Whitlock Half-Marathon. In first place was Brendan Hancock (center) followed by Aidan Rutherford (right) and Nate Tsang (left).

list of accessible races in the North America for the visually impaired.

“Now we’re officially a recognized race so we’re on the [United in Stride] website,” says Lumb.

“If blind or visually impaired runners want to run, they can see on this list all the marathons that provide an entry fee that’s waved for guide runner, and that we will make we’ll announce we do have visually impaired runners on the course, where they should be starting. So basically, it’s an official way to welcome blind runners and make them know, ‘yes we want to have you here and you should be here.’”

It’s a message that Parke is eager to get out there, as a firm believer in universal accessibility in public and in sports. The avid runner, who has just eight per cent vision, will be taking her message south of the border as she prepares to run the 500km Vol-State “Ultramarathon” in July, solo.

Parke plans to run the entire route without the usual assistance of a guide runner to help her navigate.

Besides helping to intro-

duce the visually impaired division to the race, Parke was also responsible for starting up the student relay challenge. For its inaugural year, Huron Heights Secondary School, Kitchener Collegiate Institute and St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School participated.

“I brought [the visually impaired race] and the student relay because my son was running with crosscountry and I wanted there to be an available outlook in the spring for students to race for,” she said.

All the money raised through pledges and donations from the Waterloo Marathon go towards St. John Ambulance, which organizes the race each year as its one big fundraising event.

“This year, all the proceeds are going to the homecare giver program to help people who are caring for family members or friends or whomever,” said Lumb.

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GALEA: Not lyin’ about it being a great outfit Unfortunately, there are two main reasons I cannot wear my turkey camo year round. They are Jenn and my dignity.

Anyone who knows me understands that the second one is a moving target.

Sometimes I hit it. Sometimes I miss. Most times I don’t even aim in the general direction.

Jenn offers far more compelling reasons though. Like every couple we spend a majority of our time debating the merits and drawbacks of dressing in full turkey hunting camo every day of the year.

Interestingly, she is not a proponent of this.

To her credit, however, she has given this a lot of thought. In fact, she has a long list of reasons why it’s best that I don’t.

The first one is that if I

wore my turkey camo every day in and around town, local dogs might routinely mistake me for shrubbery – which is never a good thing, apparently. She also suggests that my friends would chase me with hedge trimmers, if every now and again I waited patiently on their front lawn just to jump up and yell “Boo!” which, believe me, is something you would be compelled to do in the offseason, if you had camo this good. I think her greatest fear is I might get taken home by strangers if I visit a garden centre dressed in my camo.

“Really?” I asked.

“Yes.” she said, “Bonzai plants are very popular.”

Furthermore, Jenn notes if I wore my camo every day it would a) not be special anymore and b) people and turkeys would soon know what to look for and c) I’d eventually wear it

out. I’ll admit, all these are sound reasons too.

Lastly, she says that every time I wear my ghillie suit and face paint, she feels a strange compulsion to dress up as Dorothy complete with ruby slippers and a little dog named Toto – which would not be so bad if it were a retriever.

Between you and me, I think it’s really the community theatre thing that’s her main concern. I actually think she believes that if more people saw me in my camo, it would encourage a Wizard of Oz or Lion King production in which I would, naturally, play the lion, probably to great critical acclaim.

So to summarize, basically she’s afraid that if I continue wearing my turkey camouflage year round, I’ll get discovered.

It’s possible, but not if I stay still.

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Last year, the name for the half marathon was changed in recognition of Ed Whitlock, a regular at the annual marathon who passed away last year. In 2016, Whitlock became the first man at age 85 or older to run a marathon in under four hours, and has made strides at the International Masters racing scene. The local runner was inducted into the Milton Hall of Fame in 2016.

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Day Trips for Spring/Summer 2018 MAY 12 - Point Pelee Bird Tour JUNE 2 - Royal Botanical Gardens JULY 7 - Grand River Boat Cruise

The EDSS senior boys’ soccer team proved the victors at a midday meeting with Forest Heights Collegiate Institute at RIM Park on April 26.

Final score was 4-3 for EDSS. The team was not so lucky on Tuesday where they fell in a 6-3 decision to Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute.

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For information about any of these trips, call Country Mile at 519-669-5557 The Sugar Kings held their spring prospects camp over the weekend at the WMC in Elmira, giving newcomers the opportunity to try out for the team. [FAISAL ALI / THE OBSERVER]

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“I really feel passionately about the need for children to be outside regularly. Not just for 15 minutes here and there,” said Soehner.

“And it’s probably a growing epidemic that a lot of people are aware of that children don’t spend as much time outside. That is part of the reason our principal has been really adamant that we have a naturalized playground.

It’s really important for children to connect with nature.”

The school is determined to further the project with the inclusion of an outdoor learning space.

The plan is to plant 23 native trees and a variety of shrubs, garden features and bird boxes within the school grounds.

“We’re trying to raise $10,000 right now to put into the trees,” said Soehner. “We are currently writing grant proposals for raising money for that part. We are also doing other fundraising initiatives through the school to raise money for that. Our hope is that we would be able to install all of the trees by fall.”

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we stepped out front to see if we could be a leader, not knowing where it was going to go,” said Martin.

“But we’ve managed to stay alive and we’ve grown the market. ... In the first five years that we were open,

FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT HEBERT Hoover is popularly credited with the slogan “a chicken in every pot,” used in his campaign to win Americans’ votes in the late 1920s.

It was clever and timely.

But it wasn’t new; it was actually a variation on a theme used by French King Henry IV, who ruled France in the late 1500s, to try to instill hope among the peasants in his kingdom.

Now, Ontario could well have its own omnipresent chicken slogan … but not from a politician.

The Chicken Farmers of Ontario (CFO), the organization that represents chicken farmers in this province, is introducing a unique business accelerator program called the Ontario Chicken Innovation and Growth Program.

The organization says it’s a first-of-its-kind initiative, and projects even more growth as a result of it in the already booming chicken industry.

It wants a chicken in every pot, on every grill, filling every sandwich and – this is key – in places no one has thought of yet.

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Allan and Laurene Martin have been organizing the Elmira Farmers’ Market for 15 years. The operation resumes again for the season starting this Saturday (May 8).

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FAISAL ALI AFTER A LONG WINTER, the Elmira Farmers’ Market is returning to town for another season. Starting this Saturday, consumers from both near and far will be able to enjoy the home-

grown fruits of the township’s labours.

For Allan and Laurene Martin, who have been organizing the weekly event for the past 15 years, the market is very much a staple of Elmira, bringing in tourist dollars while providing an outlet to local

producers and adding to the township’s rural character.

“It’s a community event,” said Allan Martin, who is one of the three people on the organizing committee.

“It took a lot of working together to make this happen and it’s the best thing for

everyone in Elmira. It helps draw people into the community.”

It was the value of the market that first brought the Martins to offer their wares there, and it was its value to the township that kept them on to help out.

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Even though consumers already have a wealth of chicken products on the market, the CFO is well aware other protein sources are vying for attention.

Coming to mind immediately: insect protein, fake meat made from vegetable protein (becoming popularized by the Beyond Burger), and “cultured” meat made from meat cells.

It’s all going to compete with conventional protein such as beef and chicken.

In fact, Canada’s largest

meat company, Maple Leaf Foods, has already taken a position in alternative protein production.

One of its latest acquisitions, Greenfield Natural Meat Co., actually promotes Meatless Mondays.

“We all love meat … but we also know that meat production has an impact on the environment,” it says.

“If we all do our part to enjoy meat in moderation, we can do a lot to reverse this trend. By going meatless for just one day a week, and choosing better meat

that is raised more sustainably, we can take a very important step towards helping the planet for generations to come.”

So against that kind of backdrop, it’s no wonder conventional livestock producers, such as the CFO, are trying to take the long view.

Here’s how the chicken farmers’ new program works. Companies involved in chicken processing, marketing and sales – including primary processors, further processors, retailers, foodservice and restaurant com-

panies – will submit innovative and partially proven ideas to the CFO. An independent advisory committee chaired by former Superior Court of Ontario judge Douglas Cunningham will review ideas.

“This program is all about accelerating innovative products that meet consumer needs,” says Cunningham. “We’re looking for products that have some track record – piloted or introduced to the market in the last 18 months so that historical sales data can be

part of the application.”

He says applications will be scored on their own merits. That means multiple innovations could win.

Rob Dougans, CFO president, says successful applicants will receive an additional volume of chicken to process, in recognition of their innovations. He says there’s “no doubt” chicken consumption will continue increasing if the program comes together as envisioned.

“When processors, retailers, restaurants and food-

service companies collaborate with farmers to identify and grow the market, everyone benefits,” he says.

Michael Burrows, chair of the Association of Ontario Chicken Processors, says Ontario is home to the largest chicken farming, processor and consumer base in Canada. That makes it a prime market for new products.

“This program is an excellent opportunity for all of us to look at innovations in development, and accelerate their market entry,” he says.

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we more than quadrupled the amount of people going through there, and every year we see more and more new faces coming through.”

Laurene Martin, meanwhile, notes the diversity of customers that attend, from local regulars to outof-town shoppers.

“We have more and more people, it’s not just local people, but we have regulars coming from Kitchener-Waterloo, and we even have some come regular from Barrie. And just all over people that have

caught on that this market has local produce only, they can be assured it’s local,” said Laurene, who helps her husband with the organizing but also runs her own bakery stand.

This year, another three new vendors are joining the market. The number of vendors joining and leaving the market has fluctuated over the years, notes Martin. Growing the operation while keeping it authentic and local has always been a challenge, he admits, but on the whole the market has continued to thrive.

“That’s the beauty of the Elmira Farmers’ Market.

People come and go, you don’t necessarily have set vendors years and years and years on end,” said Martin. Some of the big changes to have come about was last year’s partnership with the Taste of Woolwich, which he notes has grown the interest in the market amongst vendors.

“In the 14 years that I’ve been the manager of it, that was at times the harder problem to deal with: how to encourage new vendors

coming in.”

“But last year for the first time, we collaborated with the Taste of Woolwich event with our farmers’ market, and it opened the eyes to a lot of people what was actually going on there.

And I think that helped us in gaining some more interested parties in coming out to be with us this year. We’re very excited this season.”

Another big change planned this year is that the market is extending its hours, says Martin, running from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

instead of 1 p.m. The extra half-an-hour is being added to better line up the timing with the wagon rides offered in St. Jacobs and the trains, giving visitors who arrive in the afternoon rides more time to enjoy the Elmira market at their leisure.

The Elmira Farmers’ Market will be starting up this Saturday, May 5, and run each Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the parking lot off Maple Street.

What’s on offer will, of course, be dependent on the time of season, and the

selection will grow in time with the harvest. The market will start off a bit slow, notes Laurene, but will definitely pick up steam as we head into the warmer months.

“Very, very soon we’ll have fresh radishes and stuff that they might grow in the greenhouse. And it’ll just take a couple of weeks and we’ll have fresh rhubarb and asparagus out of the garden because that’s the first thing, rhubarb and asparagus, and as soon as gets a little bit warm they grow so fast,” she explained.

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THE ARTS ON STAGE / MOVIE SOUNDTRACK

Conjuring up the sound of silents VOC Silent Film Harmonic to provide the musical accompaniment to screening of the 1927 classic, Metropolis STEVE KANNON A DYSTOPIC FUTURE IN which the rich and privileged live in a shining city on a hill while the masses suffer to maintain the lifestyle of the few is a common theme in science fiction.

But 90 years ago Fritz Lang created much of the framework in his seminal 1927 film Metropolis.

The restored version of the work will be screened tonight (Thursday) as the VOC Silent Film Harmonic caps its tenth anniversary season at the Registry Theatre in Kitchener. The group’s members will provide live musical accompaniment as the movie plays.

Metropolis portrays a highly industrialized and contradictory future in which the rich reign from high-rise tower complexes, while the lower class of underground-dwelling workers toil constantly to maintain the luxurious lifestyle of the upper class.

One of the elites is Freder Fredersen, the son of Joh Fredersen, the city’s master. One day, Freder spots a beautiful woman (Maria) with a group of children

science fiction, drawing on mythical and biblical stories, notes VOC’s Ted Harms, pointing to the parallels to the Tower of Babel.

“The city is organized by some high-minded people, but it was the blood of slaves that actually built it,” he said.

This is not simply a Buck Rogers tale.

For the screening, VOC is using the latest restoration of Metropolis – the first film to be inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register – which runs two and a half hours “It’s the longest one we’ve done yet,” he said. “But we’re ready. We’re pumped.”

Harms notes that silent films were often accompanied by different music in different locations “Imagine going to see the new Avengers film in Kitchener tonight and then going to see it again in Hamilton tomorrow and hearing a completely different soundtrack.”

The shifting nature of musical accompaniment gives the group a great deal of flexibility, though there is a score that dates back to its

who quickly disappear. He follows and is horrified to find an underground world of workers who operate the machinery that keeps the world above functioning.

Maria tries to save workers and inspire Freder to be a mediator between the workers and the rich masses who control the city. Meanwhile, Joh Fredersen finds out about Maria’s influence on the workers and orders Rotwang, a scientist, to create a robotic copy of her in order to send it to the underground city to deceive and stir up the workers Not the first to tackle some of the themes, Metropolis was groundbreaking in its length and scope.

Many of themes in the 90-year-old film are still very much relevant today, perhaps more so than ever.

There are some political issues at play. Though accused of being pro-communist, that wasn’t necessarily the case with director Fritz Lang, said Harms.

The story really reflects its time – the Gilded Age – and its place – Germany between two world wars.

“There was a lot going on politically in Europe at the time.”

The film went beyond

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“There really wasn’t a soundtrack to many of the silent films, though the blockbusters of the time did come with scores,” he said.

“The larger theatres had orchestras, but that wasn’t the case everywhere.

“What we have is pretty much carte blanche.”

The VOC Silent Film Harmonic takes a collective approach to devising a soundtrack.

“We improvised the music on stage, though by then it’s pretty much planned,” he laughed.

The goal is to “reflect the movie” in the musical choices.

Though a science fiction work with robots, the movie predates electronic music, for instance.

Prior to the show, there will be a talk on the film by University of Waterloo history professor Andrew Hunt.

The VOC Silent Film Harmonic presentation of Metropolis is set for May 3 at 8 p.m. at the Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener. Tickets are $18 ($12 with a food bank donation) available www.registrytheatre.com or by calling 519-578-1570.

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Community Information Page TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Peel Street Bridge # 270148 NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION CENTRE / OPEN HOUSE The Township of Woolwich is hosting a Public Consultation Centre (PCC) to review and discuss a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) study for the two-span steel truss bridge located on Peel Street, approximately 600 metres west of Katherine Street, in the settlement of Winterbourne (see key map below). The steel truss structure previously had a 3 tonne load limit, but was recently closed due to significant structural deterioration observed during an enhanced bridge inspection.

The Municipal Class EA study will examine these issues in greater detail, evaluate potential options and impacts associated with each option, and identify the preferred solution to address the short and long term needs of the bridge Several alternatives are being considered for the bridge as part of the study and may include: rehabilitation, replacement, conversion to a pedestrian bridge, permanent closure, removal including construction of cul-du-sacs and a “do nothing” alternative, which would eventually result in one of the other alternatives.

An integral component of this study is consultation with directly affected stakeholders, agencies and the general public.

The PCC will be an open house drop-in format with staff from the Township of Woolwich and GM BluePlan Engineering available to provide information related to the project and address any questions or concerns that you may have. Display boards of the Municipal Class EA information, along with information packages and comment forms, will be available for your review.

Place: Council Chambers, Township of Woolwich Municipal Office, 24 Church Street West, Elmira Date: Wednesday May 16, 2018 Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Jared Puppe, C.E.T. Acting Manager of Engineering Township of Woolwich 24 Church Street West, P.O. Box 158, Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 Tel: 519-669-6029 E-mail: jpuppe@woolwich.ca

Jack Turner, P. Eng. Consultant Project Manager GM BluePlan Engineering Limited 650 Woodlawn Road West, Block C, Unit 2 Guelph, ON N1K 1B8 Tel: 519-824-8150 Email: jack.turner@gmblueplan.ca

If you have any questions or comments about this study, or would like to be contacted about future public events associated with this study, please contact: Information will be collected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, please note all comments will become part of the public record.

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Buy a four month membership at the Woolwich Memorial Centre and receive a fifth month free - to redeem in December!

Offer valid until May 31, 2018. Fifth month can be redeemed anytime until January 31, 2019. Memberships include access to the Fitness Centre, admission to all drop-in fitness classes, admission to all pool drop-in programs and public skates.

Contact Customer Service at 519-669-1647 ext 7001 for more information. Must present a valid student ID and fill out a PAR-Q form.

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Spring Ice Special –Until May 17 Prime Time Ice, $165.55/hr / Non Prime Time $95.54 Call 519-669-1647 ext. 7025 for more information

Woolwich Township Announces Nomination Period Open May 1 The Clerk of Woolwich Township will accept Candidate nominations and Third Party Advertiser registrations for the 2018 Municipal Election as of Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. at the Second Floor of the Township Administration Building located at 24 Church Street West, Elmira ON. Candidates must be eligible to vote in Woolwich Township on the day their nomination is filed and may run for the offices of Mayor, Councillors for Ward One, Ward Two, and Ward Three, as well as English Public School Board Trustee. A Third Party Advertiser is an individual, corporation or trade union living or operating in Ontario who intends to support or oppose a Candidate through any advertising material or messaging which incurs a cost.

Please contact 519-669-6004 for any questions or to make an appointment submit a nomination or receive a Candidate or Third Party Advertiser information package.

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OBSERVER CLASSIFIED LISTINGS HELP WANTED HELP WANTED 2-3 full days per week at The Corner Store in Linwood. Job includes kitchen and retail duties. 519-698-2600.

HELP WANTED PART-TIME HELP WANTED for Chip Wagon in Elmira!

Starting weekends from May 18th onwards and during the weekday and weekends throughout July and August.

Must have fantastic customer service skills, problem solving skills and initiative taking.

AUCTIONS

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Of property; household effects; furniture; tools; etc to be held at 592 Rustic Drive in Waterloo (off Old Abbey) for the estate of the late John Neufeld on:

Cooking and food prep experience helpful but not required. Previous cash handling experience also helpful.

Need to be able to work independently and as part of a team. Please send resumes to stephs5328@gmail.com NIEUWLAND FEEDS ELORA has an opening for a full time Mill worker/ Delivery driver. We require a valid G license (DZ license an asset) We offer competitive wages, benefits and Monday to Friday schedule.

Email your resume to info@ nieuwlandfeeds.com, call 519846-5354 or apply in person at 7460 county road 21, Elora

FRIDAY MAY 11 AT 3:00 PM

TRUCKS: 1993 Ford F150 pick up truck with cap selling as is; 1986 bucket and pole truck sold as is.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: King 950 watt

generator; drill press; Stihl chain saws; McCullough chain saw; Lawn boy lawn mower; Echo weed trimmer and other trimmers; step ladders; dye threaders; quantity of power tools including hammer drills; cordless drills; saws; inductive timing light; battery charger; grease gun; Makita drill; quantity of tool boxes; socket set; wrenches; emergency flasher lights; safety harnesses; wood shelving; booster cables; grinder; rolls of wire; rope; tool bins; heavy duty vise; grinder and buffer; electrical supplies; plumbing supplies; quantity of hand, power, and lawn and garden tools.

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art deco kitchen cupboard; side board; telephone table and chair; 4 piece bedroom suite (double bed, dresser, chest of drawers, night table); wash stand; Krug office chair; bridge lamp; tri light; kidney shape dressing table; chest of drawers; singer sewing machine in cabinet; desk; extension table; dining room suite; hall trees; copper tea kettle; stereo system; old scale; Evenholme dairy milk bottle and other milk bottles; Sunoco can; oil pails; medicine cabinet; license plates; coin operated parking meter; metal signs; fire extinguisher; old tools; bits; drivers; 1953 CCM bike; table top radios; wood nail kegs; Schneider turkey box; galvanized washtub and stands; old fan; wood boxes; old safe; rock and roll records; old automotive manuals and books; record player; globe; wall clock; other clocks; old rotary dial phones; galvanized wash tubs and wash tub stands; recipe books; kitchenware; rolling pins; older glass and china; depression; Roger’s silverware; quilts; croquet set; old toys; old tool and dye tools; locks; and the list goes on and on.

WORK WANTED TRUCK AND TRAILER....

Spring is here! Cleanups, tree trimming, junk removal, deliveries, gardening, anything, odd jobs etc.

Power washing available.

Call David 226-868-0245.

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POTATOES - YUKON Gold, red, and Russet. $12 for 50lbs. Ask about delivery.

Solomon Martin 519-664-1471.

UPRIGHT GRAND PIANO. Rosewood, Hientzman & Company. $200. Call 519-886-4625.

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MATTRESS AND BOX Spring, new, never used, still in sealed bag. Sacrifice $195. Delivery available.

519-635-8737.

FRI. MAY 4 at 11:00 AM Clearing auction sale of household effects; antiques; and miscellaneous items to be held at 084448 Side Road 6 in Bognor for the estate of the late Dieter Voight. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com

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SATURDAY MAY 12 10:00 A.M.

PARTIAL LIST: Hauser wrought iron table and 4 chairs; newer brown couch and matching love seat; tea wagon; marble top table; oak office chair; coffee and end tables; oak desk; 4 pc waterfall style bedroom suite ( vanity, dresser, chest of drawers, night table); recliner; what not shelves; barley twist hall table; curio cabinet; french provincial couch and matching chair; French provincial coffee and lamp tables; card table and chairs; approx. 10 Royal Daultons; prints; steamer trunk; solid oak custom made gun cabinet with lock; corner curio cabinet; ammunition box; crocks; jugs; washboard; older primitives; meat grinder; cabbage cutter; oil lamps; butter box; record; crokinole board; marble top table; toy box; nesting tables; wing back chair; hall table; area rugs; hutch; end table; wood box; rocking chair; magazine stand; king size bed; variety of occasional and side tables; bar items; bar display signs; art work; coolers; cast iron pieces; quantity of older glass and china; crystal; Bavaria; Beleek; depression; pinwheel; fire king; cups and saucers; cookware; kitchenware; bedding; linens; small appliances; etc. Delta band saw; snow blower with electric start; toboggan; step ladder; bar clamps; golf clubs; box fan; variety of hand power and lawn and garden tools.

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Tractor 990 David Brown diesel w loader Forklift 3000 lb battery operated Generator 40 kw pto on cart (nice) Equipment NH 795 manure spreader tandem axle double beater, tail gate (nice), single rotor rake (like new), 1000 litre Hardi sprayer, 22' centre fold J.D. disc, Bauman Tedder 5 bar 9', 2-400 bu gravity wagons on truck tire gear, Gehl 1580 forage blower, iH 56 forage blower, 8" x 51' Westfield transport auger w electric motor, 8" x 71' Westfield grain auger, 3 furrow plow, crop chopper, post hole digger, set of pallet forks, 7' loader bucket (nice), 3 pth roto tiller, 3 pth scraper blade, skid steer mount blade w hydraulic angle, cattle squeeze, 1000 L plastic totes, wood flat rack hay wagon, iH 21 run seed drill w grass, 26' Vibra Shank cultivator w finger harrows, White semi mount 4 furrow plow w spring reset, more arriving weekly.

Lawn and Garden Equipment Good variety of trees and shrubs, Stihl Quick cut saw, Exmark zero turn mower w rear bagger, 425 J.D. mower w hydraulic life deck, 325 J.D. riding mower, 2 - Toro zero turn mowers, ride on lawn roller, tow behind lawn rollers, tow behind lawn sprayers, wood chipper, gas powered washer, Honda and TroyBilt rear tine tillers, kids go kart (like new), mini flowerbed tillers, front tine tillers, string trimmers, chain saws, push and self propelled mowers, good selection of riding mowers and more.

Misc Good selection of bikes all sizes, good sized floor model tool box (nice), small milker pump, bucket milker, electric sewage pump, Danby twin tub washer, small glass door fridge, 6" Delta belt sander on stand, Weber natural gas BBQ (nice), wagon snaggers, electric motors, new outdoor lights, skid of heavy gear boxes.

Car and Truck 2001 GMC 3500 dually w alum flat bed fold down sides standard transmission. 2004 Chrysler Sebring car w 78,000 km out of an estate.

Antiques Metal hockey game, Family Herald magazines, piles of comic magazines, Bible from the 1800, metal toys, Meccano set, typewriter, cigar boxes, cameras, lots of tin cans, license plates, slides, records, lots of old wrenches, wall mount telephones, platform scale, lots of wooden crates, old windows, world globe, oil pails, reel mower, wooden vice, boxed of jars, oil lamps, fire extinguishers, wooden wheel, metal gas cans, old doll, metal kids wagon, radios, games, books, coloured glass and much more.

Furniture Double bookcase bed, oak table w chairs, oak drop leaf table w chairs, brown leather reclining sofa and love seat set, oak glider rocker, floral loveseat, 3 pc oak double size bedroom set, corner cabinet, curio cabinet, oak coffee and end tables, small desk, sofa bed, and more.

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WED. MAY 9 at 9:45 AM Clearing auction sale of household effects; furniture; antiques; tools; collectibles; and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacobs Community Centre in St. Jacobs for an area estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com

Sale to be held at #7213 Line 86 Wallenstein approx. 6 km west of Elmira.

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AUCTION SALE OF Antiques, collectibles, household goods and miscellaneous items, to be held at the K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. Wilmot Twp. 2 miles south of Wellesley, for Orval Bast, Tavistock, also Kitchener & Cambridge Estates, on Saturday, May 5th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451 or 519-698-0138.

SAT. MAY 5 at 10:00 AM Clearing auction sale of tractors; farm machinery; quantity of hand, power, lawn and garden tools; approx. 30 farm toys; and household effects to be held at 7556 Wellington Rd. 7, Alma for Hubert and Margaret Ditner. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519 656 3555 www.jantziauctions.com

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AUCTION SALE OF Antiques, collectibles, household goods and miscellaneous items, to be held at the K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. Wilmot Twp. 2 miles south of Wellesley, for Orval Bast, Tavistock, also Kitchener & Cambridge Estates, on Saturday, May 5th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451 or 519-698-0138.

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Consignment Farm Machinery and Farm support items, Lawn and Garden Equipment. Consignments welcome, one piece or the entire line up.

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AUCTION SALE OF 1-1/2 storey brick home, household goods, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 244 Sydney St. South, (corner of Sydney and Courtland), in Kitchener, for Erma Roth, on Saturday, May 12th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451 or 698-0138 AUCTION SALE OF Oil signs, antiques, collectibles, and miscellaneous items, to be held at the K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. 2 miles south of Wellesley, for a Perth South Resident, on Monday, May 21st @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451 or 698-0138.

SAT. MAY 12 at 9:30 AM Clearing auction sale of farm machinery; household effects; antiques; miscellaneous items; and a collection of approx. 400 including farm; banks; cars; etc. to be held at 7590 Line 86 Macton for Amsey and Eileen Metzger. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519 656 3555 www.jantziauctions.com WED. MAY 16 at 4:00 PM Auction sale of household effects; quality furniture; and miscellaneous items to be held at 23 Spring St. in St. Jacob’s for Erma Wideman. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519 656 3555 www.jantziauctions.com CONSIGNMENT FARM MACHINERY and Farm support items, Lawn and Garden Equipment. Consignments welcome, one piece or the entire line up. Sale to be held at #7213 Line 86 Wallenstein approx. 6 km west of Elmira. Saturday May 12, 10:00 a.m. Gerald Bwoman Auctions 519-638-5708. www.bowmanauctions.ca LISTINGS CONTINUE ON PAGE 25

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Many updates! MLS 30650863 Call or email Wendy Taylor to view.

Single family bungalow under $450,000.! Spacious kitchen w/oak cupboards & dishwasher. Hdwd floor in L.R. Updated bathroom. Rec. room w/gas fireplace, den, office & 3pc. bath in lower level. Updated windows and doors. Shingles (2013). Newer deck. Partially encl. carport. Extra-long dble. driveway. MLS

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Over an acre lot! C-1 Zoning allows for multiple uses. 1.5 storey home with oversized garage + 22’9 workshop with hydro. Main floor laundry & 2pc. Natural woodwork. Furnace & cac (2013). Metal roof. Some replacement windows. Appl. Incl. MLS

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BUYING BROKEN GOLD rings, chains, gold teeth, diamond rings, estate jewellery, Rolex, Omega Bretling wrist watches etc. Old pocket watches, rock & roll, jazz records, toys, sterling silver items, coins, paper money. gallamore@golden.net Terry at 519-242-6900, Elmira.

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1 BEDROOM AND 2 Bedroom Apartment in Elmira. Quiet building, newly renovated, close to downtown.

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PROFESSIONAL COUPLE LOOKING to rent farm house within 30 mins of Elmira. References available. Call Paul @ 519-500-9640.

TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT available close to downtown Elmira. 226-600-0135.

TRADES & SERVICES CUSTOM LAWN SEEDING, garden tilling, sweeper rental. 519-669-2043, 519-503-5641.

RON’S DRYWALL AND Renovations. Over 35 years experience.

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PERSONALS NUVENA PRAY TO St. Jude. May the sacred heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever. Oh sacred heart of Jesus pray for us. Helper of the hopeless pray for us. Say this prayer 9 times a day by the 8th day the prayer will be answered. It has never been known to fail. Publication must be promised. V.U.

GARAGE SALES ANNUAL MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE Sale.

May 16, 17, 18, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. 5134 Ament Line, Linwood. Dishes, clothes, books etc. Something for everyone!

GARAGE SALE - Sat. May 5, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. 6 Apollo Dr. Heidelberg. 4x8 utility trailer, new and used tools, toys ages 0-5 years, miscellaneous items.

GARAGE SALES HEIDELBERG 26TH ANNUAL Town-Wide Garage Sale. Sat. May 12 8 am- 2 pm.

Over 80 homes participating. Walk through the town and find some treasures Information 519-699-4571.

HUGE GARAGE SALE. Renovation completed, storage locker emptied. Everything must go! Friday May 11th 11 a.m. 7 p.m., Saturday May 12th 7 a.m. - 12 p.m.

39 Centre St. Elmira.

MARTIN GROVE VILLAGE Garage Sale.

Sat. May 12, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Artwork, Partylite, glass top outdoor table, kitchenware and more!

MOVING SALE. 125 Barnswallow Dr. Elmira. Fri. May 11, 1-5 p.m., Sat. May 12, 7 a.m. - 1 p.m. Something for everyone!

MULTI FAMILY GARAGE Sale. Sat. May 12, 5 Canary Crt., Elmira. 8 a.m. Something for everyone.

MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE. 15 High St., 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Something for everyone.

YARD SALE - Saturday May 5th, 8 a.m. till 1:00 p.m. 31 Sugar King Dr. Elmira.

Kitchen items, work out equipment, small entry table, gas cans and some collectables, and much more.

$139,900

ELMIRA Business Opportunity! Here's a chance to be your own boss. Pizza shop in Elmira operated for 11 years by current owner. Includes chattels, fixtures and inventory. MLS. Call Bert to view.

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Your referrals are appreciated!

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FAMILY ALBUM IN MEMORIAM

IN MEMORIAM

DEATH NOTICES

BIRTHDAY

In loving memory of Peter Surey and Bryan Maher

BRUBACHER, LEONARD M.Passed away suddenly on Monday, April 30, 2018, in his 73rd year. Local relatives are his son Neil and Bethany of West Montrose.

John DeWildt 90th Birthday Open House

May 5, 2017 And if I go, while you’re still here ... know that I live on, vibrating to a different measure behind a thin veil you cannot see through.

Bryan John Benjamin “B.J.” Maher

I wait for the time when we can soar together again, aware of each other.

December 19, 1989 - May 5, 2017 We see you in the stars at night And miss the hugs we held so tight.

Gone so soon and with no goodbye, It will always make us wonder why.

Our time with you was precious And memories we have too, The love we shared together Keeps us close to you.

Maybe we can’t touch your hand, Or see your smiling face, Maybe we can’t hear your voice Or feel your warm embrace.

But there’s something We will always have Tucked safely in our hearts, Our love for you, your love for us Will never let us part.

Until then, live your life to its fullest and when you need me, just whisper my name in your heart, ...I will be there.

(Emily Dickinson)

Forever remembered. Always loved.

DUNN, ELSIE - Passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Kitchener at the age of 87. Elsie was born in Wellesley Township.

MARTIN, OSCAR W. - Passed away peacefully at Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, on April 26, 2018, in his 78th year, of RR2, Alma.

RUNSTEDLER, VINCENT HUBERT VALENTINE - Passed away peacefully on April 27, 2018 at the age of 85.

STAG & DOE

STAG & DOE

Stag & Doe for Logan White and Alyssa Tomlin

Stag and Doe for Rachelle Ament and Mike Coleman

Friday May 4, 2018

Please join us in celebrating John DeWildt in his 90th Birthday! He has shared a lot of wisdom, had work and love with all he has shown us how to have fun along the way!

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7 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Lions Hall Elmira Tickets $10 ea. available at the door Games - Prizes - Music

St. Jacobs Lions Hall 8pm to 1am Tickets available at door $10.00 each

THE FAMILY ALBUM DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAYS BY 10AM WE SPECIALIZE IN GETTING THE WORD OUT. SHARE YOUR FAMILY NEWS WITH YOUR NEIGHBOURS & BEYOND.

Doggonit, everyone loves a birthday!

Surprise your loved ones with a notice in The Observer.

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LIVING HERE VOLUNTEERISM / GREEN INITIATIVES

Return of spring weather prompts return of green events Tree-planting and cleanup events delayed by wintry conditions now on track for the coming week FAISAL ALI IT’S STARTING TO FEEL a lot like spring in the townships, finally. For those looking to celebrate the blossoming season in earnest, there is perhaps no finer way than to dig your hands into the soil and plant a tree. Across Woolwich, a number of tree planting events have been planned, and because the season came late, they’re all springing up quickly.

The Trees for Woolwich group has organized a number of plantings for the month of May throughout the township, and anyone can join in.

“The weather’s getting better, and we have several new ones coming up,” said Inga Rinne, chair of Trees for Woolwich.

The first was last Saturday’s annual “church challenge,” where the local congregations challenge one another in a friendly competition of tree planting. A spell of cold weather may have been responsible for a lower than average turnout, but in the end the job got done.

“We got 200 trees planted alongside the Kissing Bridge Trail. So all things considered that went pretty well,” said Rinne. The standouts of this year’s challenge were St. Theresa’s, says Rinne, while newcomers included the likes of the BridgeKeepers group from West Mon-

CHEF’S TABLE/ DIERRE ACHESON

Burgers on the BBQ herald the arrival of spring RECIPE NOTES

8th, we have the EnviroStewards who has for the last two years, they shut down their office for half a day, and their staff comes out to plant. So they will also be planting down by Spitzig Road.”

IT’S THAT TIME ... finally! The sweet smoky taste and smell of BBQ fills the warm air. A night of handmade burgers evokes the conversation of “We should have this more often!”

There is nothing like a handmade burger.

Chicken, beef, turkey, lamb, vegetables and bison ... there are so many options.

A good burger also requires a great bun that can maintain its integrity while eating. Tasty condiments and fresh produce are complements not to be taken lightly. For that reason, we carry a full range of condiments, sauces and rubs featured in the store. If you are looking to liven up your BBQ dinner, such things are the place to start.

Mother Nature has finally allowed us to enjoy the gift of spring. Remove the big heavy coat and get the BBQ cleaned up.

Happy spring!

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Snow, ice and water put a damper on the Earth Day activities planned over the April 20 weekend, but the Woolwich girls U14 soccer team (top) was one of several groups to come out this weekend for a clean-up. On Wednesday, Trees for Woolwich were out with volunteers from Waterloo to work on the Arthur Street living snow fence (bottom).

[FAISAL ALI / THE OBSERVER] trose.

“We got the job done with enormous thanks to Grant Bauman, a farmer whose land is close-by to where we were who came out and augured most of the holes and brought watering equipment to get all the trees watered,”

added Rinne. Bauman, for the past two years, has also helped keep the snow fence spry by watering the trees in the area.

A second planting was organized yesterday with help from Waterloo Region students. Students spent the morning infill-

ing sections of the living snow fence, north of St. Jacobs, that lines Arthur St. “Next Saturday on the 5th, we have a big tree plant happening along the Hopewell Creek down of Spitzig Road,” added Rinne. “Then on the

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Woolwich Community Health Centre, St. Jacobs.

MAY 5 ELMIRA LEGION SCHNITZEL DINNER. Starts at 6 p.m. at the Elmira Legion Hall. Meal includes schnitzel with mashed potatoes, vegetables, coleslaw, bread & dessert, $13/person. Get your tickets at the Legion before May 1.

MARYHILL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Vegas Night at Bridgeport Rod & Gun, Breslau. Doors open at 7 p.m., fun begins at 8 p.m. Free admission. Fast food available. Many generous prized to be won at the “Big Wheel. Penny table and other games of chance available. Light lunch at the end. All proceeds to Food Bank and Sister Christine’s Drop-in Center, Guelph.

SPAGHETTI DINNER WITH THE Chord Spinners. Join us from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at St. Jacobs Lutheran Church.

The Women’s Barbershop Chorus will entertain you while you eat. A free will donation would be appreciated. For more information contact Shelia at cordspinnersprez@live.ca.

MAY 6 HUNGRY MAN’S BREAKFAST. 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. All you can eat. Join Mike Farwell for Hire for Cystic Fibrosis. Donations to the cause would be greatly appreciated.

MAY 7 MENTAL WELLBEING: SUPPORT FOR You and Your Family. An introduction to a variety of approaches to counseling / therapy. What’s the best fit for you? Presented by Keehan Koorn, Registered Psychotherapist, CMHAWW; 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at

9 Church St. E., Elmira

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MAY 12

MAY 10 WOODSIDE EVERGREEN FOR SENIORS at Woodside Church, Elmira. “Our Life North of 60” photos and stories from NWT. Presented by Nolan and Fanny Swartzentruber. Devotional by pastor Dan Allen.

Suggested $7 donation includes a hot lunch.

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KIWANIS CLUB OF ELMIRA Document Shredding Event. Bring your boxes to Harvey’s Elmira from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cash donations supporting the international “Eliminate Project” requested. Please no commercial shredding.

SENIORS HIKE. 9A.M. TO 10:30 a.m. The Woolwich Trails Group invites seniors to meet at the Mill Race Trail entrance in St. Jacobs just before 9 a.m. for a 2.5 km hike. For more information contact Ann at 519465-8199 or aroberts@woolwich.ca.

SENIORS’ LUNCH CLUB AT Wellesley Community Centre at noon. Community Care Concepts invites you to join us for a light lunch and fellowship. $6. Call 519664-1900 by May 14 to sign up.

ELMIRA AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL Plant Sale from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.. Please bring labeled potted plants, you will receive a voucher towards the plant sale the next day, May 12, 8 a.m.- noon at the Woolwich Memorial Centre, Elmira.

Saturday, 9am-3pm

you can trust.

NEW HORIZONS FOR ZOOMERS, boomers and seniors from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Maryhill Community Centre. Guest Speaker Noah Irvine, Youth Advocate for Mental Health. Topic: Resilience in the Wake of Mental Health.

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MAY 15 TUESDAY LUNCHEON AT GALE Presbyterian Church from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Russian Chicken with noodles, hot vegetable, bread, salad, rhubarb dessert, beverage; $12.

HEART HEALTHY EATING. REGISTERED Dietitian, Karen Reitzel, will help you discover easy ways to improve your cholesterol level. 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Woolwich Community Health Centre, St. Jacobs.

Tuesday - Friday, 9am-5:30pm

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MAY 17 FISH FRY DINNER WITH the St. Jacobs Lions Club at Lions Hall, St. Jacobs. 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Adults $17, Child (6 to 12) $10, Child (5 & under) Free. Purchase tickets in advance by calling Tracey 519-568-7766 (evenings) or email fishfry@stjacobslions.org.

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MAY 27 LIONS FOUNDATION WALK FOR Dog Guides.

Registration at 8:30 a.m., walk at 9 a.m. New location at Pet Valu Store, Elmira. All proceeds to help fund the Dog Guide program.

SUBMIT AN EVENT The Events Calendar is reserved for non-profit local community events that are offered free to the

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On the same day, May 8, another group of volunteers will be congregating for a planting alongside Durant Road, between the villages of Bloomingdale and Maryhill. Another group of students will also be out that week at the Trees for Woolwich nursery to help prepare the site for its new tenants. The trees grown at the nursery eventually become part of the plantings when they become sturdy enough.

The Clean Water Ways Group also has its main event planned in Woolwich May 8 and 9, after it was delayed from earlier in April. The original event had to be postponed after a beaver took up residence along the river and caused all kinds of havoc by building a dam and flooding the site. Clean Water Ways held off on the planting while they decided what to do, but, fortunately, the little critter seems to have moved

improve water quality in the region,” he added.

It’s a good thing not just for the environment, though, but for the individuals doing the planting too.

“I have to say, it’s tremendously satisfying. I mean, it’s a very concrete thing that you do,” said Rinne. “The physical work is not that hard, but to see the end result and not only the end result at the end of a couple of hours.

But you can go past that site every year and look at the progress.”

Wait a few years, and you could someday be taking your kids, or your grandkids, for a walk under the very trees you once planted.

Those hoping to get involved in any of the tree plantings being run

by Trees for Woolwich or Clean Water Ways are encouraged to reach out to Ann Roberts at Woolwich Township by calling 519-669-1647, ext. 7027.

on for another location, clearing the way once again for the plant.

Like Trees for Woolwich, Clean Water Ways organizes tree plantings in the township, though with a focus on planting on private properties along natural waterways. The goal of the group is to protect riverbanks from erosion and runoff, as well as keep cattle and livestock out of the water and improve the water quality.

“It’s a way that people can give back to the environment,” said the group’s Art Timmerman. The equipment is all provided and the event is open to everyone, and there will be a group there to supervise and help participants and the event. In total, the group hopes to plant 300 trees and shrubs, from maples to cedar trees.

“Planting trees is always a good thing, it has many benefits. This is just one of many opportunities out there to plant trees and

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The sound of a WWII dive bomber lives on in a galaxy far, far away WEIRD NOTES

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buffs, do you know what a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stuka Screamâ&#x20AC;? is? Star Wars fans, read on.

A. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the sound from a German warplane that would fly over a target area and dive as close to the ground as possible, releasing its payload with decent accuracy, says Dan Lewis on his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now I Knowâ&#x20AC;? website. (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stukaâ&#x20AC;? is part of the German word for â&#x20AC;&#x153;dive bomber.â&#x20AC;?) The noisy engines would announce the bombersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; approach to the people below, but German engineers further

enhanced the sound with small fans attached to the front of the landing gear. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those fans acted as sirens, making the nowcommon wailing sound as the planes sped toward the Earth below.â&#x20AC;? But since the sirens reduced the planesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; airspeeds by 15 miles per hour, they were removed before the end of the war.

Now on to Star Wars: The Stuka Scream was the inspiration for the TIE fightersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; galactic screech.

According to â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sound of Star Wars,â&#x20AC;? sound designer Ben Burtt â&#x20AC;&#x153;chose the sound because he liked the fact that the Germans had used the sound entirely for intimidation, as he wanted the TIE fighters to do the same thing.â&#x20AC;?

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When might hungry leopards help out Homo sapiens?

A. When they prey on feral

dogs, as they do in Mumbai, India, for example, thus reducing the risk of people catching rabies, answers Amy Lewis in â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Scientistâ&#x20AC;? magazine. Every year in India alone, about 20,000 people die of rabies, caused primarily by feral dogs, many of which carry the virus.

At a national park near the Indian city, a team led by Christopher Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Bryan and Alexander Braczkowski from the University of Queensland, Australia, found that yearly the 35 park leopards eat 1,500 dogs and estimate this prevents â&#x20AC;&#x153;about 1,000 bite incidents

the Gulf corvina B. the Nassau grouper C. the bottlenose dolphin D. the silver perch?

per year -- and 90 potential rabies casesâ&#x20AC;? (Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment).

This is not to say that leopards encroaching on cities offer the same benefit.

Nor does it gainsay that leopards often kill livestock and even attack humans.

But, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Bryan adds, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just want to provide an angle that hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been explored before, despite the pieces of the puzzle being in front of us the whole time.â&#x20AC;?

A. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Gulf corvina

(A), whose call at close to 180 decibels equals that of a gunshot or firecracker, answers Rachel Nuwer in Scientific American magazine.

When male Gulf corvinas mate, they produce a thumping love song that likely attracts their female counterpart, much like male crickets, cicadas and frogs (Biology Letters).

University of Texas fisheries ecologist Brad Erisman and his colleagues traveled to the Colorado River Delta, the only place where the Gulf corvinas come to spawn, perhaps due to the

Q. If you were asked to name the loudest animal in the sea, you might correctly guess the sperm whale, recorded at an amazing 240 decibels, or as loud as a sonic boom.

But excluding the whale family, which is the next loudest sea animal: A.

deltaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powerful tides that help flush their fertilized eggs out to sea. Using sonar and an underwater microphone, the team estimated as many as 1.5 million fish gathered in a 17-mile stretch of river, declaring the species to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;in a class of their ownâ&#x20AC;? in producing sound. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At 177 decibels, an individual corvinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mating call is louder than the equivalent of standing next to the stage at a rock concert,â&#x20AC;? says Nuwer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The noise is so intense that it may harm the hearing of other marine animals caught up in the action.â&#x20AC;?

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Despite their outstanding performance in the Darwin subdivision, the championships games were not without their technical glitches.

The team had installed a new gearbox on their robot before the start of the game, but had only been able tested it on their dummy robot up till that point.

“It was lots of fun. The first day was a bit rough because we had changed the elevator in our robot to go faster, but there were some bugs involved because we had never tested it out on our good bot. So by the end of the first day I think we were ranked 58th or something.”

However, by the second day things had turned around immensely and come out on top of their subdivision.

“At one point it was really stressful because there was a tie against the number two alliance and it said they had won because they got extra penalties, but they had actually calculated wrong. So it said 293 to 293, but we actually had one more point then

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But win or lose, it could be said that it was the journey that really mattered in this case. For Gaudet, during his time on the team, the young student learned principles of design and engineering way ahead of what most people ever learn at school.

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no means an expert, but I can design parts. And in build I had learned how to use lots of different machines like the mill and stuff that I wouldn’t have learned,” he said.

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T&G ENGINEERED HARDWOOD

REG 2.99

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97

per sq ft

REG 5.99

4¼”W HANDSCRAPED

TO WATERLOO

TO KITCHENER

FOLLOW THE SIGN

LINE 86

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TO ELMIRA TRIBE RD .

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TO ELORA

8TH LINE

KATHERINE ST. N.

519.846.2972

ARISS WELLINGTON RD. 86

SIDE RD. 10

We also carry: mulches, soils, shrubs, trees, many assorted annuals, roses, perennials & a variety of garden supplies.

SIDE RD. 12

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REG 4.99

27

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REG 5.99

5” WIDE HICKORY

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GLASS/MARBLE BACKSPLASH

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REG 4.99

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Open Mon. to Fri. 9am to 7pm Sat. 9am to 6pm • Closed Sundays

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$ 57 from

per sq ft

REG 3.19

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1362 VICTORIA STREET N. KITCHENER 519.742.9188 MON-FRI 9AM-9PM SATURDAY 9AM-6PM SUNDAY 10AM-5PM