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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Snow-clearing crews put to an early test in the townships

BY ANETA REBISZEWSKI

arebiszewski@woolwichobserver.com

Monday brought more than just Remembrance Day, as snow-clearing crews in Woolwich and Wellesley townships were pressed into service in no small way.

The at-times treacherous road conditions were something of a baptism by fire

for Woolwich’s new manager of operations, Carter Maguire, who recently took over from the now semi-retired Barry Baldasaro, the former public works superintendent.

As this is the first year for Maguire in the new role, it’s also his first year experiencing a winter in the township. “Luckily, Barry is still involved in the town-

ship and so I can lean on him as a great resource.”

Aside from the new manager role there will be two additional supervisors – a road supervisor and a water supervisor.

Leading up to the arrival of winter weather, maintenance crews were busy ensuring the trucks and plows were ready for season. Calibration of the equipment

is especially critical to getting the mixture of pickled sand just right, Maguire explained.

“We ensure that we’re applying the proper amount of salt and sand to the roadways.”

Likewise the operating team in Wellesley Township also send out their vehicles for inspection before hitting the roads, says

public works technician Ryan Baker.

In Woolwich there are currently eight routes that are maintained by 10 frontline staff, covering all of the townships urban and rural roads.

“With the rural section there’s a mixture of the types of road services – the gravel and then the hard surface. We have two

graters in house used for addressing as much of the gravel as possible but we do put trucks out on the gravel surfaces when needed,” explained Maguire.

Similarly, Baker explains that Wellesley has eight full-time staff who are dedicated to snow clearing during the season in all areas of the community.

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WINTER WEATHER HITS THE ROADS

Wellesley rec. complex project moves into fundraising mode Much of potential new development hinges on joint federal/ provincial grant submitted by township council

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

Wellesley Township having cleared the way for a potential new $22-million recreation complex, the focus is now on putting together a fundraising campaign that will make it all possible.

Township council last week unanimously approved submitting an application for funding from the federal and provincial governments, whose support will be needed to underwrite much of the cost

Two people were sent to the hospital following a three-vehicle collision near 7142 Line 86 in Wellesley Township Tuesday afternoon. An 84-yearold Elmira man driving a pickup truck attempted to make a left hand turn from a private driveway when he was struck by a white Toyota headed eastbound on Line 86. The pickup truck also made contact with a Dodge Journey travelling westbound. The driver of the pickup truck was airlifted to a London hospital with serious injuries, while the 69-yearold Listowel woman driving the Toyota was taken to Listowel Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the third vehicle was not in[VERONICA REINER] jured.

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The Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) community, culture and recreation grant, if approved, would fund 73.33 per cent of the cost. That would leave $5,876,400 (26.76 per cent) for the municipality to cover. A decision on the funding request is expected in late-winter or early in the spring.

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LIGHT STANDARDS Lighting up the night costs the same, but doing it with a bit more style ain’t worth the extra costs, Woolwich councillors concluded this week in opting for standard streetlights for a Heidelberg neighbourhood. Rather than spend $680,000 on decorative lights in the Huehn subdivision, the current failing units will be replaced with standard lights at a cost of $465,000, sparing residents from being billed for the $215,000 difference at a cost of about $1,500 per household.

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The end was something of an anticlimax, but residents went away happy Tuesday night as Woolwich council scrapped a proposal to build a residential subdivision in a portion of Elmira’s Victoria Glen Park. They filled council chambers again, however, waiting for confirmation councillors would go along with a staff recommendation to halt development plans. The report circulated quickly following its release Tuesday morning, prompting a more subdued response that evening.

From the Nov. 14, 2009 edition of The Observer

Woolwich stays course with economic development

BY STEVE KANNON

skannon@woolwichobserver.com

Woolwich’s vacant economic development and tourism officer (EDTO) position will be retained, councillors decided this week despite any numbers or measures to show the job’s worth.

Only Coun. Patrick Merlihan opposed a recommendation from director of planning Mark Pomponi to maintain the status quo. The Ward 1 councillor argued the township has failed to show any economic benefit from a position created a decade ago, though he’s

asked for years to see performance metrics and financial valuations from the $115,000-a-year investment.

A report from Pomponi instead listed the functions served by the EDTO position, now vacant after the previous holder left on maternity leave and then took

on another job, and cited feedback from user groups such as the Elmira and St. Jacobs BIAs. “Various business community groups have come to rely on the position for being the point person at the municipality, with respect to a number of different issues from, event

planning, BIA inquiries, business location opportunities, and as a guide through the development approvals processes,” he said in a report to council.

The EDTO provides a range of services that are of value, he argued “It’s certainly our position that the position

should continue as is.”

Merlihan, however, argued the report failed to make the case for maintaining the status quo. Instead, the township is not getting value for the money, which could be better used elsewhere.

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New MP jumps to the next stage Life’s been a whirlwind for Liberal candidate who won the vote in Kitchener-Conestoga a few short weeks ago

BY VERONICA REINER

vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

Ever since he was elected as the new Liberal Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Conestoga during the October 21 federal election, Tim Louis has been on something of a rollercoaster.

The 50-year-old professional musician and business owner edged out nearly four-term Conservative incumbent Harold Albrecht by 305 votes. Now, he’s ready to get started and eager to get settled into the routine of his new role.

“It’s a whirlwind. It truly is, it’s a whirlwind,” said Louis of the experience so far. “There’s so much to do, and you don’t get too much of a playbook – they throw you in, and there you go.

It’s a hectic schedule, but I’m learning to adjust.”

It was among the closest races in the country, with the results being delayed until the next morning due to botched paperwork.

When the dust had settled, Louis was declared the winner with 20,480 votes (39.7 per cent). His Conservative counterpart Albrecht

garnered 20,115 (39 per cent), NDP candidate Riani De Wet received 5,204 (10.1) votes, Green Party candidate Stephanie Goertz finished fourth with 4,946 (9.6), and PPC candidate Koltyn Wallar got 790 votes (1.5 per cent).

The results paralleled the 2015 election, where Louis fell short to Albrecht by just 251 votes. This time around, Louis was on the winning end of an extremely close electoral race.

When Louis received an urgent call from his campaign team to come back to his office while he was out collecting election signs, he didn’t know what to expect.

“I only know close elections,” said Louis. “Because my only experience had been a close election ... that the numbers had changed after they did a bit of a recount, I didn’t have that ‘oh don’t worry, I’m sure everything is going to be fine.’ My experience said, head back in and see what happens, and hope for the best.”

The past couple of weeks since winning have been about learning the ropes of the new role. Already,

Kitchener-Conestoga MP Tim Louis is looking forward to the routine of his new role.

he has attended plenty of events in the riding, including the Elmira Remembrance Day ceremony (along with Albrecht), the grand opening and ribbon

cutting at the new St. Clements fire station, and the Elmira District Community Living volunteer appreciation dinner.

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“But I’m looking forward to when we have a proper office and phone number, and we can serve everyone in the way that I’m ready to do. Things move a little slower than you want when you’re excited like that.”

The transition into life as new MP is quite an involved process: Louis will set up his new space in Albrecht’s former constituency office in the Williamsburg area of Kitchener, as well as establishing a second office in Ottawa.

Louis has been to Ottawa twice so far – once for an orientation put on by the House of Commons, and then a second meeting with the caucus. His third trip back to the capital of the country will be for the official cabinet swear in ceremony on November 20.

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job description that inflates the duties and the value thereof, he said, likening the report to previous staff efforts to hang on to jobs council ultimately decided to eliminate.

As with previous examples, the rationale “crumbles with a little scrutiny,” he said, calling many of the functions “busy work.”

He stressed that the township has been unable to put a value on the money it’s been spending for more than 10 years, noting little of the growth Woolwich has been experiencing since before that time can be attributed to the EDTO. “We should be able to put a value on this position,” he said, eliciting no response.

Moreover, the description shows the job is more about customer service than economics, he added.

“We’re not doing economic development. We say we’re doing economic development, but we’re not.

“We spend a lot of money on economic development” without any return, Merlihan argued, expanding that to include $50,000 a year on the Waterloo Economic Development Corporation.

“We haven’t gotten anything for that,” he said, noting there are no metrics showing the membership fees bring any value, or any money to the township.

With the township experiencing increased costs on other fronts, now is the time to eliminate the position in favour of other priorities, he argued.

That sentiment wasn’t shared by other councillors, though they offered little in the way of defence for the current spending.

Coun. Scott McMillan said the economic development officer’s work with the Elmira BIA, particularly the implementation of a community improvement plan, was an indication “there is value there.”

He did agree, however, that the township should

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be able to measure the value of the position.

“Moving forward, I think it’s also important that we measure the return on investment with regards to economic development. Not necessarily for one specific position, but as a whole,” he said in response to an inquiry after the meeting.

“I think tonight’s report was important, because I don’t think many people are aware of everything the position of the EDTO entails. I was surprised to learn it when I began my time on council. As the conversation in council chambers continues, I think it is important that we understand the value our citizens are receiving for the investments we are making towards that development.”

Pointing to the changes in St. Jacobs following the sale of former Mercedes Corp. holdings, Coun. Fred Redekop said the BIA there has appreciated the work done by the EDO. “They need someone to help them with economic development, with tourism.”

He noted, however, that a more detailed review of the job is in order.

The historical covered bridge in West Montrose will remain closed for the next two weeks as it undergoes repairs due to a crack found in one of the supporting beams. [ANETA REBISZEWSKI / THE OBSERVER]

Region expects West Montrose covered bridge repairs to be done by month’s end

BY ANETA REBISZEWSKI

arebisqewski@woolwichobserver.com

With the repairs and restoration now underway, the West Montrose covered bridge could be open to the all types of traffic by November 25.

In the meantime, the span is currently closed to all traffic while the work is being carried out, said Steve van De Keere, Waterloo Region’s director of transportation.

“The contractor is on site and he’s planning to be completed by the end of next week.”

The historic bridge has been closed to vehicular traffic since early September when a crack that was discovered in one of the support beams underneath the structure.

The region decided to close the bridge off to all traffic to investigate the damage which was suspected to be caused by an

overweight vehicle. A few weeks later the regional staff announced the re-opening of the bridge to pedestrians and cyclists only.

The supplies and materials are all in, which means the contractor can go ahead with the repairs, said van De Keere. The bridge will remain closed for the next two weeks until the work is completed and it's reopened to all traffic.

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All staff are trained to learn about the concepts around clearing snow, sanding, and salting operations with the exception of any new staff who are required to take some training sessions run by the Region of Waterloo.

“They also have a test track that we can send the vehicles out to, then they can learn how to run the machines before they hit the actual roadways,” added Maguire.

Also entering into the equation is the township’s winter control budget, which is set for the calendar year: an especially hard early part of the year can leave little in the coffers for dealing with snow in November and December.

“It’s all weather dependent. If we have a warm streak then we’ll be fine; if it snows nonstop then there could be an impact to the budget that way,” said Maguire.

For this year, Monday’s wintry weather exhausted what was left of the budget, Woolwich director of finance Richard Petherick reported this week.

Budget considerations aside, meeting the expectations of the public can

Woolwich's sidewalk snow-clearing contractor was also at work this week in Elmira.

often be a challenge for the snow clearing crew, said Baker, who explains that it takes time for the operators to cover all the routes in the township.

“We ask that residents be patient and plan their days according to the weather,” he added.

There is also the unknown of how the weather and the snow will pan out, despite being mechanically ready and staffed accordingly, Maguire noted.

All municipalities have to follow minimum main-

tenance standards set by the province, determined by the amount of snow and condition of the roads.

As the operations manager in Woolwich, Maguire knows there are six different classes of roads in the township, each with varying response times available to road crews.

Aside from different road classes there, routes are graded as primary or secondary when it comes to clearing snow. “Rural roads are lower class roads, so the gravel roads cannot

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expect to get the same time response as the paved surfaces,” Maguire explained.

Keeping the roads clear during the winter is never an easy task, both Maguire and Baker note, adding that patience is needed – if sometimes in short supply – on everybody’s part. Crews in both townships have a great deal of geography to cover, and conditions sometimes cause delays. They recommend keeping an eye on the weather forecast and making any travel plans accordingly.

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New St. Clements fire station officially open for service

BY VERONICA REINER

vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

The new fire station in St. Clements was officially declared open for service last Saturday.

The $1.3-million project boasts additional storage space, a SCBA (self contained breathing apparatus) fill station, and a large front room that serves as a fire museum to pay homage to decades and generations of firefighting in Wellesley Township.

Local dignitaries and hundreds of community members gathered at the 2671 Herrgott Rd. location for the grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“First and foremost, this represents our desire and commitment to protect our own community, to protect our homes, families, our pets, our property and our neighbourhoods,” said newly minted Kitchener-Conestoga MP Tim Louis.

Others in attendance included Wellesley fire chief Paul Redman, Wellesley Mayor Joe Nowak, Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Mike Harris, regional chair Karen Redman, and Waterloo Regional Police chief Bryan Larkin.

Several delivered speeches congratulating Wellesley

for the accomplishment, and recognizing all involved with the final product. Redman expressed gratitude towards the work of local firefighters.

“You’re the ones that run towards danger when the rest of us are retreating. You very much are the animation of what community means,” said Redman. “You’re here to serve and protect with your other first-line emergency professionals. ... Thank you very much for keeping us safe.”

Community members were invited to take a tour of the new facility, which features a two-bay, drivethrough fire hall, the township’s antique fire pumper, an antique fire handcart, and a display of historical items collected and saved across all three fire stations.

The new structure replaces an aging fire station built in 1979 at the same location. It was not built to post-disaster standards, lacked office and training space. Council did consider renovating the exterior walls of the building, but found little difference in the price between complete replacement and renovation.

The project was awarded to the Hawkesville-based

Local dignitaries gathered at the new St. Clements fire station on Herrgott Road Nov. 9 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. From left to right: Wellesley Township fire chief Paul Redman, St. Clements district chief Brad Dietrich, Ward 3 Coun. Peter van der Maas, Kitchener-Conestoga MP Tim Louis, regional chair Karen Redman, Ward 2 [VERONICA REINER] Coun. Herb Neher, Mayor Joe Nowak, Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Mike Harris, and Wellesley chief administrative officer Rik Louwagie.

organization Frey Building Contractors for just over $1 million back in February.

It was paid for through a combination of township reserve funds and a $400,000 debenture payable over the next 10 years.

The aging structure was then demolished in the spring to make way for the new facility. The crew met its goal of completion of the project by fall 2019 despite several challenges along the way, said Frey Building Contractors project manager Justin Cole.

The new building meets all standards under the Ontario Building Code

and National Fire Protection Association guidelines.

“This will allow our Wellesley Township firefighters to serve this community in a safe and efficient manner for many years to come,” said Nowak.

“I am confident that our constituents are as proud as I am and grateful for the many services provided by the women and men of our Wellesley Township fire department.”

Other amenities include a large training room/ kitchenette designed to accommodate 30 people,

communications room, large storage room, work area, multiple unisex washrooms – one equipped with a shower, and another barrier-free.

The new amenities were requested by township fire officials and will make their jobs much easier moving forward. For example, the new fire hall will house all operational fire supplies and equipment in

one central location.

Previously, most supplies were kept at the township office and were only accessible during weekdays.

This made it difficult for a paid on-call department to replenish during non-business hours.

Now, local firefighters will have 24-hour access to medical supplies, extra bunker gear, and operational equipment.

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POLICE REPORT

Police investigate stray bullet that struck St. Jacobs home Waterloo Regional Police are continuing to investigate after a St. Jacobs resident reported a stray bullet broke a bedroom window on the second floor of her Maplelawn Drive home.

The incident occurred November 2, though the first report only surfaced this week, prompting Woolwich

NOVEMBER 7 ■ 3:25 AM | Waterloo Regional Police, along with emergency services, responded to the area of Nagziger Road and Erbs Road in the Township of Wilmot for a house fire. The residence was evacuated by all occupants due largely in part to working smoke detectors. Substantial smoke and water damage was caused to the residence.

■ 12:30 PM | A member of the Perth County OPP observed a vehicle travelling on Perth Road 119 north of Gads Hill at a rate of speed that exceeded the posted speed limit by 50 km/h. The car was pulled over, and a 45-year-old Stratford woman was charged with ‘race a motor vehicle –

Coun. Patrick Merlihan to request why it was police failed to notify the township of a potential public safety issue.

At this point, police have not determined where the bullet came from. Their investigation includes the Waterloo Rod and Gun Club, located about two kilometres from Joanna

Pearce’s home. The club has been closed since the incident, and will remain so while the investigation continues, according to its website. The club did not respond to a request for an update on the incident.

While the club is being investigate by police and the Chief Firearms Office,

a division of the RCMP, the source of the bullet remains unknown, said Waterloo Regional Police spokesperson Cherri Greeno.

“We are looking into if it did indeed come from there, or from somewhere else,” she said of the bullet.

“It’s an active and open investigation.”

excessive speed. The driver’s licence was seized and a seven-day driving suspension was imposed. The vehicle was towed and impounded as per statute. She is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice, Stratford on December 10 to answer the charge.

The driver was transported to a local OPP Operation Centre for further testing. A 29-yearold Guelph man was charged with ‘impaired operation’ and ‘impaired operation - 80 plus.’

A 90-day driver’s licence suspension and seven-day vehicle impoundment were initiated.

The accused will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice Guelph on December 10.

the investigation, the 32-yearold male driver was charged with ‘dangerous operation,’ ‘operation while impaired by drug’ and two counts of ‘fail to remain.’

NOVEMBER 8 ■ 1:50 AM | Wellington County OPP responded to a report of a possible impaired driver sleeping behind the wheel of a running motor vehicle in a live lane on Wellington Road 86 near Wellington Road 30. While speaking with the driver, police quickly determined that their ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by alcohol and placed them under arrest.

■ 9:45 PM | Waterloo Regional Police received a report of a hit-and-run collision in the area of Snyders Road East and Notre Dame Drive in Wilmot Township. Police received reports of a silver Toyota Corolla fleeing the scene after striking a vehicle and then a guard rail at a high rate of speed. Police later located the driver in a nearby business. As a result of

NOVEMBER 9 ■ 4:44 PM | A 69-year-old Waterloo man was driving a grey Dodge van east on Hessen Strasse near Herrgott Road in Wellesley Township when he was rear-ended by a grey Chevrolet being driven by a 19-year-old Waterloo man.

As a result of the collision the Chevrolet entered the ditch and rolled several times. There were no injuries reported, but the Chevrolet was towed from the scene. The driver of the Chevrolet was charged with ‘careless driving.’

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township come up with that kind of money? Enter the Wellesley Township Recreation Centre Committee (WTRCC), an organization of some 20 user groups dedicated to helping design the facility. The move was spearheaded Chris Martin, a long-time hockey referee and past president of Twin Centre Hericanes Girls Hockey Association.

“While cost wasn’t a direct responsibility of our committee, it was always present in our discussions, as it should be,” said Martin. “It’s fair to say our committee now will start to focus on fundraising ... come the new year, we’ll have a team ready to go along with a strategy.”

To that end, the committee has enlisted the help of Glen Boy of the Waterloo-based organization Campaign Coaches. Boy has experience running campaigns to raise funding for several recreation centres, including Elmira’s Woolwich Memorial Centre in 2008, as well as Listowel, North Perth, and North Dumfries.

Boy is in the midst of conducting a feasibility study designed to gauge the financial capacity of the community, with the $5-million goal in mind.

He has interviewed 36 of a planned 54 people throughout the township so far – while the majority reside in Wellesley village, the entire municipality was well represented.

The names were put together by the WTRCC steering committee, and their contact information made available to Boy. Interviewees were selected based

on who might have to financial capacity to donate large amounts and those who had a strong identification with the project.

“The people we have approached have responded well, there’s no question about that,” said Boy. “So there seems to be some excitement about it. There are some questions still out there – until they nail down all the details, that’s always going to be the case.”

The study found that 32 out of 36 respondents were willing to donate towards the project. Two individuals gave the indication that they would donate at the $100,000 level or more, four people were willing to give between $50,000$100,000, seven said between $25,000-$50,000, five said between $10,00025,000, and nine said between $5,000-10,000.

This would put the potential for donations between $670,000 on the low side, up to $1.42 million.

This puts Boy’s recommended goal at $2.5-2.6 million at this time. The survey is not entirely complete, and Boy will complete his interviews by the end of the month, which could change these results.

“Because of the demographics within the township, the donations largely come from individuals and/or owner-operated businesses,” said Boy. “You’re not going to see big multinational companies, because there aren’t any.

So you’re going to see the local shops and businesses participating.”

The survey also evaluated potential challenges that may be faced while

An artist's concept of the proposed new Wellesley rec. complex.

conducting the campaign.

“There’s a project underway for the restoration of the pond. There are only so many dollars to go along, so now all of a sudden, donors have to make choices,” explained Boy. Other challenges identified by interviewees include engaging residents in Linwood, Hawkesville and St. Clements, particularly to perceive the project as something for everyone in the township, not just for the village of Wellesley, since the complex is to be located on the parkland of Queen’s Bush and Hutchison roads.

Gaining support from the Old Order Mennonite community or new residents moving into town may prove to be difficult.

“Some of them might not even know there’s a grocery store in town. How do we get them more aware of what’s going on?” said Boy. “So it’s about putting a good communications team together. That solves a lot of the problems.”

When the campaign officially begins in 2020, it will be unbeknownst to many in the community. This will begin what is referred to as the “quiet” phase – according to Boy, 80 per cent

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of the donations will come from a small portion – just 20 per cent – of the donors.

After several months, fundraisers will reach the promotional stage or “community” phase.

“By the time we reach the public campaign, we’re well on the way and then we engage the entire community,” said Martin.

“That’s when the community will do the bake sales, community dances, roast beef dinners; that will raise the final 20 per cent. As part of the strategy, it engages the community. So when we cross the line, we will all cross it together.”

The campaign will last roughly one year, expected to wrap up by March 2021. Any longer than that begins to wear on the community and volunteers, said Boy. While this campaign will be a collaborative community effort on the local level, a large majority of the funding is still up in the air.

“This grant has potential of 73 per cent. That’s higher than normal,” noted Boy. “In the 30 years that I’ve been doing this, I haven’t seen a grant that high.

When Elmira did it, they didn’t get that much, they

were more along the lines of one-third (municipality) one-third (provincial) onethird (feds).

“They really don’t have a whole lot of choice but to apply for this,” he added of the ICIP funding.

Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Mike Harris feels that the application, which was due on November 12, is strong.

“I think they’ve got a very good shot and I’m standing 100 per cent behind it,” said Harris.

“I want to make it clear, though, I do not make the final decision. I can do all the lobbying I can, but ultimately it’s up to the Ministry of Infrastructure to nominate those programs up to the feds.”

“The key thing is we worked with them through the application process to make sure that from their end that they’re putting in the best application possible.”

During the early stages of putting together an amenities list, the inclusion of a pool was suggested by the recreation committee. However, it was determined that it could actually hurt the chances of a successful funding application due to lower

feasibility.

It is not quite as feasible as other amenities due to a short operating season, price, and close proximity to neighbouring municipality pools, such as those in the Woolwich WMC or Perth East recreation complex.

Harris said that if the application ends up being unsuccessful, he will try to look for other avenues to try to make things move forward.

“There’s different grant applications that the municipality can put in for, working with community partners, different stakeholders in the community for fundraising,” said Harris. “There’s other ways that we can try and make things happen. I’m certainly going to be a champion of moving this forward regardless of what we hear from the ministry.”

The complete amenities list included in the application is as follows: an arena with NHL-size ice surface, seating for approximately 500 people (with single side seating and approximately 1,000 spectator capacity of arena), concession stand, eight change rooms, Junior C Wellesley Applejacks room, storage space for ABC, fall fair, skating, curling, soccer and hockey groups, walking track, seniors/active living centre, youth centre, commercial kitchen, gymnasium/community hall/ banquet hall with a wall to divide room, fitness gym, gender neutral, family and male/female washrooms, two soccer fields, skate board park, meeting rooms, green space, horse and buggy shed, and walking trails.

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the House of Commons. He said that these were issues that his constituents found most important while he was knocking on doors throughout the riding.

As for his career as a musician, Louis said that may

have to go on the backburner at this point.

“The music is really going to have to take a back seat ... now, my responsibility is a member of parliament,” said Louis. “So I’m in the process of winding all of that down, but once in a

while if something comes up – a charity event – there’s so many events I have done over the years, that if I can still help out in that capacity, I’d be glad to.”

Being on stage is natural to Louis as a musician, which should help him

adjust quicker to being an MP. He is expected to deliver plenty of speeches at various events in the community.

“You put yourself in the shoes of the people that are there and try to express their feelings through the microphone. That’s the

way I look at it,” said Louis.

He said the most challenging part to wrap his head around would be the new procedures and atmosphere of Ottawa - as MP, he will split his time between the Kitchener-Conestoga riding and

the nation’s capital.

“I’m not afraid to take on any new challenge. You see something, you figure it out, and you adapt. The procedures are different – I’ve got to learn a whole new playbook,” said Louis. “But I’m looking forward to that.”

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Woolwich adopts new landscape guidelines for subdivisions as part of greening initiatives

BY STEVE KANNON

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Talk of trees right now typically involved the adjective Christmas, but Woolwich council is focusing just now on guidelines for planting in new subdivisions, new rules that will give trees such as those lining boulevards a better chance of survival.

Chief among the new standards are much deeper topsoil layers, increasing the current six-inch (15 centimetre) depth to 18 inches (45 cm). While a staff report called for the guidelines to apply only to public land in new subdivisions, including boulevards and parks, councillors pushed for all yards to be included right away, rather than waiting for a separate policy to be developed next year.

“I don’t understand why we can’t come up with a

standard for new subdivisions,” said Coun. Larry Shantz, saying he was “disappointed” with the reports’ lack of more sweeping topsoil guidelines.

“We can work with that,” said manager of planning Jeremy Vink of immediately going with the 0.45-metre depth of topsoil.

Shantz also stressed the need for screened topsoil, noting developers often just dump any kind of fill, including junk, underneath a thin layer of topsoil.

“We need it to be screened topsoil,” he said.

“I think we have to be a little more harsh on that.”

Coun. Patrick Merlihan presented photographs of debris-strewn front yards that appear to have been readied for topsoil, noting he ran into that problem with a new home he owned in Elmira: digging in the

garden revealed the likes of broken bricks and coffee cups.

Vink noted that’s not acceptable even under existing guidelines.

“It should be cleared out,” he said of the yard.

“Debris ... shouldn’t be left behind.”

“We owe it to the people who buy the properties ... to make sure the standards are met,” Shantz added.

Deeper, cleaner soil would help newly planted trees have a better chance of survival, said Vink, whose report also includes new guidelines for trees in new subdivisions, another offshoot of a township greening plan adopted last year.

The new measures include tree species, the amount of space allowed for trees and their placement, particularly along boulevards.

“We did change up our trees – planting design for street trees,” said Vink.

While adopting some of the suggestions from the greening plan, the planning staff proposal allows more wiggle room. With tree species, for instance, restricting the list to native species isn’t always advised given the harsh conditions along roadways. Size and root spread are also concerns.

In each new subdivision, landscape planners will have to work with the space available, which includes competition for the likes of hydro poles and utility boxes, Vink explained.

“We have to be realistic about what we’re planting.”

The new guidelines go beyond those established first in 2010 for setting the landscaping component of various site plan and subdivision developments.

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‘Tis definitely the season as Operation Christmas Child kicks into high gear

BY ANETA REBISZEWSKI

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It not only looked a lot like Christmas this week, the holiday spirit of giving was in full swing with the launch of Operation Christmas Child. The charitable initiative that sends supply-filled shoeboxes to kids around the world is in full swing.

The organization is currently looking for people to fill up shoeboxes with items such as hygiene products, school supplies or simply just toys.

“It’s just a way of sharing the blessing of Christmas with children around the world,” said local organizer Gail Martin, who has been helping the cause for some 20 years.

Each shoebox has a different age range for families to choose from and they can even pick if

they want to send the box to a girl or a boy. The ages range from 2-4, then 5-9, and 10-14 which makes it more personable when selecting the right gift, says Martin.

While the shoebox can be filled with really anything from toys to supplies, Martin doesn’t recommend items such as chocolate that might melt during the shipping process. But oftentimes families and their children will include notes in the shoebox as a pen pal type of system that can even help bond friendships with kids all over the world.

Many of the children who receive these shoeboxes overseas are in locations like Costa Rica, Guatemala and even Sierra Leone, Martin explained, noting that people have the choice to select the age and gender but not the location the

on the items in the package is sent to. box but it is limited to Many families like space, notes Martin, to do this with their who suggests to not children to help them over pack a box and gain a deeper meanrather just create two ing of Christmas, she individual ones. With added. each box the organiza“They can go with tion asks for a voluntary their parents to the donation to help cover store pick out items the shipping costs. for a child their age Operation Christmas and pack a shoebox Child first started in and fill it with items 1990 as a program of the they might like to get.”

American organization Aside from packing Samaritan’s Purse, which things like toys it’s does year-round work in also important to developing countries inthink about the items cluding building schools these children might and creating clean-water need including the likes of a hairbrush, Gail Martin will be collecting donations from Nov. 18- systems. Since its inception, the organization is toothbrush or even 22.

[ANETA REBISZEWSKI] known all over the world just paper and pencils. and there are several drop“It’s a great way to help There is also an option to off locations all across Canasend teacher boxes intend- children around the world da as well. with their learning,” said ed to be filled with school If anyone is in need of Martin. supplies that will be donata shoebox they can stop People have no limit on ed directly to classrooms in

by Emmanuel Evangelihow much they can spend developing countries.

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cal Missionary Church in Elmira that will provide a shoebox or Martin suggests that people can even fill up Tupperware containers which end up being more durable. The week of November 18-22 will be collection week for any shoeboxes that are filled and ready to be shipped off.

The official collection centre in Elmira for Operation Christmas Child is Emmanuel Missionary Church where shoeboxes can be picked up or dropped off. During the next week the church’s office hours will be from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. from Tuesday to Friday and additionally the church will be open on Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon for any last minute donations. For more information, contact Gail Martin at 519-589-8521 or visit www.samaritanspurse.ca.

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“One of the reasons why these foreign services are so cheap is that the federal government does not require them to invest a single red cent to produce Canadian content or collect sales taxes.

Meanwhile, licensed Canadian broadcasters are mandated to invest 30% of their revenues in CanCon.”

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Basic math eludes council on economic development the job.

The role has never been shown to be a good value proposition for taxpayers, just as is the case with the $200,000 and counting sunk into the regional economic development scheme. Neither has borne fruit, let alone enough to cover anywhere near the money spent without any benefit to the public.

Missing in this week’s Woolwich council discussion about economic development was a willingness to question the need for the program in the first place.

Nor was there any weighing of the significant costs against the number of people who make use of the service – who benefits and at what cost should be the starting point with all expenditures.

Fact is, there’s precious little to show in the way of economic benefits for the work done since

oolwich councillors were true to form, missing a chance to save taxpayers money and eliminate an unnecessary position from the township’s bloating staff roster.

The economic development position has been vacant for months, providing an ideal time for councillors to take note that the absence has not been felt save for less of a hit on the public purse. Yet they voted in line with an unsubstantiated staff report calling for the position to be retained despite no financial justification being offered for the role since its inception more than a decade ago.

The most current pitch provided no numbers to justify the position, which has cost residents more than a million dollars and returned not a dime that has ever been fully attributed to G LO B A L O U T LO O K

the position was added to the payroll in 2009.

At the very minimum, the residents footing the bill for this unproven exercise have to be guaranteed a return on their investment. Not some nebulous benefit, but tangible, cash benefits. Instead of dollars and cents, residents are typically treated to platitudes.

While there is at times talk of measuring efficacy and metrics, no specifics have ever been offered. That some councillors approved the spending under those circumstances says they’ve learned nothing from the fruitless multi-year foray into economic development, where money has been spent to little avail. There have been no numbers to support the money spent, let alone to justify the continued expenditures. To the chagrin of

residents concerned about accountability from the township, there was no mention of any of that from those councillors prepared to spend yet more money ... again without any assurances.

Blindly dumping money into unproven schemes is not a habit citizens would care to encourage in the township’s administration.

Woolwich’s economic development position appears to have been set up without any real goals or benchmarks. Larger centres provide economic development services that aim to recruit businesses and employment, often through the servicing of land, favourable development incentives, streamlining of red tape and the like. None of that is in play in Woolwich, which doesn’t have the financial wherewithal to do so.

Instead, there’s a lot of busywork. And much of it thus far has included jobs that don’t pertain to the economic development or tourism portfolios. The addition of an extra staff person makes it easy to spread the workload rather than becoming more efficient. The generating of reports – classic bureaucratic time-wasting – helps fill out the schedule and attempts to justify more of the same.

We’ve seen this become more pervasive in the township in recent years. It all makes perfect sense inside the bureaucracy.

But there’s little if any benefit to the taxpayers, who are footing the bill. It’s the job of council to curb the bloat and to ensure there’s value for money spent.

That’s certainly not been the case so far. The public deserves more.

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Bolivia: not a coup, just a blunder

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Democracy is in danger in Bolivia as the result of legitimate pressures from the poor. We cannot generate economic growth and well-being for a few and then expect that the large majorities that are excluded will watch silently and patiently.” A recent president of Bolivia said that, but it wasn’t Evo Morales (who has just quit).

It was Carlos Mesa, the man whom Morales tried to cheat out of the presidency in last month’s election.

Mesa said it in 2005, the last time he was president, just before he quit and Morales won a landslide victory in the election triggered by his resignation.

Most outside commentators used to stick to a

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simple script when talking about Bolivia. Evo Morales was the good guy, because he was the country’s first Indigenous president (he grew up speaking Aymara, and only learned Spanish as a young adult), and because he looked like and seemed to care about the poor majority of Bolivians.

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Protection of heritage buildings, sites doesn't just happen

he old city centres and architectural gems are the mainstay of tourism in Europe. Likewise, neighbourhoods with meticulously kept old homes are always in demand by homebuyers. But that didn’t happen by accident, nor was the preservation of such areas a foregone conclusion.

Today we take it almost as self-evident that heritage buildings should be protected, that aesthetic appeal and craftsmanship trump the standard fare now offered up by architects and builders. Our take on the conservation of the built environment didn’t just appear, however, but evolved over years and decades and even centuries.

Just how we arrived at the current state will be explored in a lecture next week (November 21)

by Dr. Robert Shipley, a retired professor in the University of Waterloo’s School of Planning.

A “History of the Built Heritage Conservation Movement” is presented by the North Waterloo Region branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario.

The ideas that guide today’s practices have deep theoretical roots that have evolved and changed over time, he argues.

People weren’t always conscious of or conscientious about protecting historic sites, he notes, pointing to Stonehenge as an example. Perhaps the most famous prehistoric monument in Europe, Stonehenge is now a World Heritage Site, but as recently as the late-19th century, people were still pillaging pieces as souvenirs. That’s unimaginable today, but it wasn’t until concerned citizens pushed for protections that the site was spared from such activities.

Likewise, there’s a concerted effort to protect and restore heritage buildings, a practice that’s particularly prevalent in Europe.

(This week’s marking of Remembrance Day brings to mind the destruction on a massive scale that occurred in Europe during the Second World War, after which there was a concerted effort to rebuild and recreate much of what was wiped out, pieces of history also victims of the senselessness of war.)

On this side of the pond, there’s been an increase in awareness of heritage matters,

Shipley notes.

Ontario, for instance, has plenty of intact main streets that date back to the mid-19th century. The buildings may not be as old as those found in Europe, but they could someday take on more significance. That is, of course, if we take steps to preserve and maintain them.

That’s always a big if, though we’re getting better. In this region alone, there are numerous examples of lovely old building knocked down due to neglect and ignorance. To be sure, some of the buildings that disappeared needed to go. Others weren’t anything special. But all too often progress for progress sake saw old, character-filled structures fall to make way for ugly, soulless buildings (think about Kitchener’s old city hall making way for a failed urban shopping mall). Or, perhaps even more insultingly, for a vacant, weedfilled lot.

That history is especially problematic in Kitchener and Waterloo, where the built environment is generally ugly or, at best, neutral. There are a few nice older buildings that have survived overzealous demolition – the

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Walper Hotel and the CIBC bank across the road in Kitchener, for instance, examples we can agree on – but there’s no real brilliant architecture, no grand mansions or other notable specimens that can be found in other places. Instead, they’re working-class cities that relied on industry. What K-W did have was lots of factories, though many of those were knocked down before we realized what those elsewhere figured out long ago: people like old buildings, and the factories of yore make great conversions into funky offices and lofts (Shipley, for instance, makes his home in one such converted space).

That kind of reuse of old buildings – factories turned lofts, old rowhouses becoming trendy restaurants – is destined to become, well, a thing of the past given the ugly, poorly built struc-

tures that have been the norm for most of the postwar period.

Like so many things today, architecture is disposable. Look around at the newer buildings: do you really think they’ll be here in a century? As is the case with electronics, clothing and cars, for instance, the buildings are typically made on the cheap, intended to be discarded as they quickly wear out or suffer the fickleness of fashion and trendiness.

“Sixty years from now, there will be an organization for the preservation of old Walmart stores,” Shipley laughs. He acknowledges buildings that do manage to stick around long enough do take on some significance, though steel-clad boxes may be something of a stretch.

Many of the new buildings don’t lend themselves to longevity, let alone sticking around to be repurposed, he adds.

While we don’t match the level of classically beautiful streets as in Europe, we can do our part here to help ensure existing buildings are around for future generations to make their own assessments about.

“A lot of people are wistful about Europe ... but we have our

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own history, even if it’s not as old,” says Shipley. “It’s up to us to look after our places. First of all, we have to recognize they’re our places.”

There are better provisions for that under the Heritage Act, with municipalities taking stock of what’s worthy of protection.

“We can start by identifying the properties of potential cultural interest.”

Shipley is certainly familiar with that process through his work with the Heritage Resource Centre at UW, from which he undertook the exercise that would become the cultural heritage landscape (CHL) designation of the West Montrose covered bridge and surrounding area.

That process became the basis for a heightened consciousness of local heritage landscapes, including the likes of Maryhill and the Winterbourne valley. Woolwich and Wellesley townships are working to identify heritage sites and buildings.

The West Montrose CHL is in fact a case study in an international academic compendium: The Routledge Companion to Rural Planning, a weighty tome that draws on examples from around the world, includes a chapter on the local example.

Each success in protecting the built environment helps to raise awareness and change the mindset that led to past demolitions. It also erodes past resistance some property owners felt heritage designations, which they argued would impose constraints on their use of the property. But people now recognize there are more benefits, including the emergence of in-demand heritage neighbourhoods where property values take off.

All property owners face restrictions, from zoning bylaws and other planning constraints to issues such as property standards, so heritage designations are just in that vein, with the added benefit of typically being advantageous in the end, says Shipley.

He adds that those people who value heritage buildings benefit when the neighbouring properties are afforded protections.

“It’s not about restricting the people who are aware of the value and want to protect it, but to constrain the people who are going to do bad things.”

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politics and the wealth, so he must be the bad guy.

But his face doesn’t fit the frame: he is an historian and television journalist, and he resigned from the presidency in 2005 after trying and failing to nationalize the country’s gas industry.

Evo Morales took his place, and he did better.

Morales nationalized not

only oil and gas but the tin and zinc mines and key utilities as well. He got away with it where Mesa couldn’t because he paid out good compensation to the owners – and he could do that because Bolivia was riding a commodities boom that tripled the country’s GDP in 15 years.

The boom has been over for a while now, and a more cunning politician

than Morales might have decided to let Mesa win this election. Then, as the country’s income drops, Mesa would get the blame for downsizing the welfare state Morales built, and Morales could return to power triumphantly in five years claiming that Mesa had betrayed the poor.

Morales’s mistake was to believe that he was the in-

dispensable man. He clung to office too long, and now he is toast. He will retain enough of a following to be a permanent political nuisance, but he has embarrassed his country and he’s unlikely ever to hold high office again.

Under the new constitution of 2009, promulgated

by Morales himself, a Bolivian president is entitled to only two five-year terms.

But as he got closer to the 2019 deadline, Morales changed his mind, and in 2016 he held a referendum that proposed to allow the president any number of terms. He lost.

So Morales went to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, which is dominated by his own party. Unsurprisingly, the tribunal agreed that the two-term constitutional limit violated his

‘human rights’ – so there he was last month, seeking a fourth term as president in a race with eight other candidates.

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As the high school fall sports schedule winds down, WCSSAA action this week saw the Jacob Hespeler Hawks take their seventh consecutive senior boys’ football title, with the Grand River Renegades defeated the Waterloo Collegiate Vikings to win the senior boys’ volleyball final. Both teams now move on to CWOSSA.

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The junior girls’ basketball team celebrated their first-ever WCSSAA championship Tuesday night at Huron Heights High School after defeating Cameron Heights 40-38. Back row: Jesse Buchenauer, Delaney Watson, Megan Hume, Kyla Bloch, Faith Neuman, Krista Bently, Morgan Fleet, Natalie Martin, Montana Tefler. Front row: Caela McLennan, Delaney Cortes, Macy Weber, Rachel Bettke and Kim [ANETA REBISZEWSKI / THE OBSERVER] Notarfranco.

Junior girls’ capture EDSS’ first WCSSAA basketball title from Macy Weber, the Lancers’ top scorer. Weber led the team with six points in the opening quarter, plus one more from teammate and long-time friend Caela McLennan, who quickly showed the other team what they were up against. While the Lancers fell behind 12-7 in the early going, things were still looking up.

Gaining some momentum, the EDSS team was not only hungry to win but they put in their best efforts coming into the second quarter. Keeping

things moving, Weber came back with another six points with an additional two from Kyla Bloch, putting the Lancers up 17-14.

With a chance to catch their breath during the half-time break, the girls on both teams were eager to return and press for a win, especially CHCI, which had a perfect 12-0 record over the course of the season. One point after another, the score kept seesawing back and forth, keeping spectators on the edge of their seats.

Five more points came

from Weber in the third quarter, with the pressure rising on the team that had history in its sights. CHCI was no easy competitor as they set the tone and fought back with 16 points during the quarter, not giving EDSS any chance to slow down. Bloch added two more points to put the Lancers at a 30-24 disadvantage.

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In a season that already saw the team rack up win after win, the EDSS junior girls’ basketball team reached new heights Tuesday night by capturing its first-ever WCSSAA championship. The victory came over Cameron Heights Collegiate, the only team to which the Lancers had lost this year.

Heading into the finals November 12 at Huron Heights High School, the team could be forgiven for

having at least some momentary doubts. The Lancers held a 11-0 record before they played CHCI on October 24 in a game that broke their winning streak with their first loss of the season.

In the end, that was no obstacle for the team, said coach Jesse Buchenauer.

“We lost to them, so we'll be hungry to hopefully get some revenge,” he said right after beating HHSS in the semi-final game last week.

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his past week while most other hunters have been chasing deer, I have been targeting waterfowl. There are two reasons for this. First, I harvested a nice buck in the archery season. Second, the two weeks of the rifle season here coincide with the best waterfowling of the year. The big flights are now passing through.

As good as the duck hunting gets, there are some complex issues associated with late-season waterfowling that few people speak of. The main one involves the two most important pieces of kit you can take on a late season hunt: neoprene waders and coffee.

Coffee, as we all know, is only rented. And there is always a point during a hunt when you need to get the coffee out. This means you need to take your waders off.

This seems like a simple solution.

It would be but for the fact that this point also invariably coincides with the moment all the birds in the area decide they want to land in

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your decoys in an orderly fashion over the course of the next hour or so.

This leads the hunter in question, whether male or female, to make a decision that could, either way, lead to disastrous consequences. Basically, the hunter is given a choice between nature’s call and the duck call.

Certainly, the hunter could ignore the ducks and choose the bladder-friendly approach. A quick drop of waders is all that’s needed

to contribute to rising lake levels. In the best-case scenario, no ducks will decide to visit at that time and all will end well. Sure …

In the worst-case scenario – also known as the one that will most certainly occur – record flights of full-plumaged mallard drakes will begin to rain down on the decoys and your hunting buddy will limit out on them as you are still focusing on a different type of aiming.

OK, then. What if you

decide to ignore the desperate pleas from your bladder and instead shoot at ducks?

This could turn out equally bad. In the worstcase scenario– also known as the one that will most certainly occur – the hunter will be forced to suddenly move the wrong way as record flights of full-plumaged mallard drakes rain down on the decoys. This wrong movement will break the tenuous hold the bladder has on his or her dignity. Then the hunter will be

faced with trying to pick a bird to shoot at while being distracted by a disconcerting warmth spreading through his or her waders towards his feet.

This will end in certain embarrassment. That’s right; the hunter will miss with all three shots.

This will eventually lead the other hunter to ask several unanswerable questions.

Among them: how could you possibly miss all those birds from such close

range? Why are you wearing your waders in the truck all the way home?

This, by the way, is yet another reason why you should never eat asparagus before a late-season hunt.

The only hope is if the other hunter made the same decision as you at exactly the same time.

In which case, neither party will shoot at birds or have cause to ask the unanswerable questions.

Instead neither hunter will suppress the memory and never speak of that moment again.

All things considered, that just may be the only right call.

JUNIOR B HOCKEY

Sugar Kings turn the screws on Brampton A pair of home-and-home wins sees Elmira retain top spot in Midwestern Conference

BY ANETA REBISZEWSKI arebiszewski@woolwichobserver.com

Another home-and-home winning weekend helped the Elmira Sugar Kings solidify their hold on top spot in the GOJHL’s Midwestern Conference. A pair of victories over the Brampton Bombers followed on the heels of the previous weekend’s wins over Kitchener.

The Kings travelled to Brampton last Friday have regained their first-place perch, with no intention of relinquishing it. A convincing 9-3 win served more-than-adequate notice, especially when followed by a 5-1 vanquishing of the Bombers back in Elmira on Sunday night.

Right from the start of the game on Friday, the Sugar Kings took control, getting on the board first at 3:13 courtesy of a goal

by Brody Leblanc, with assists from Jakson Kirk and Jeremey Goodwin. That was quickly followed by a power play that saw Leblanc pot his second goal of the night at 7:34.

Elmira made it 3-0 when Matthew Tolton (Cooper Way, Mason McMahon) scored at 11:04. Less than a minute later, Brampton got on the board, but the Kings barely lost a stride, as Leblanc recorded a hat trick on a late-period power play, assisted by J. Goodwin and Harrison Toms.

After 20 minutes, the Kings were up 4-1, having buried half of the eight shots they put on net.

There would be no letting up after the intermission.

“We took control of the game from the start and kind of left our foot on the gas the whole time,” said head coach Rob Collins of the team’s effort.

Elmira would score twice in the second on route to outshooting the home team 16-2. The first goal came off McMahon’s stick at 10:41, assisted by Jacob Black and Toms. Less than six minutes later it was 6-1 when Brett Allen (J. Goodwin, Carter Lennon) scored.

Brampton came back from the second inter-

mission with some vigour courtesy of a goal at 1:48, but it was nowhere near enough to alter the team’s fate. Elmira made sure of that by scoring three more times before the Bombers got another sniff.

Black (Leblanc, Kirk) made it 7-2 at 4:30. That goal was followed less than six minutes later by one from Liam Burke (Way, McMahon). Things didn’t stop there, as the visitors followed with one more goal by Tolton (Way, Austin Becker) at 13:34. Brampton rounded out the goal-scoring with less than five minutes to go, but that was all she wrote: the Kings had 9-3 win, outshooting the Bombers 34-18.

A day’s interlude did nothing to cool off the Kings, nor bolster Brampton’s fortunes when the two teams met again Sunday in Elmira.

The Kings again drew first blood, with Kirk getting things rolling at 3:14, assisted by J. Goodwin and Leblanc. Just past the midway point of the opening

The Elmira Sugar Kings celebrate a goal against the Brampton Bombers during game action on Sunday at the WMC. The final score was 5-1 in favour of the home team. [VERONICA REINER / THE OBSERVER]

frame, Brampton made it 1-1, but that’s as close as they’d get.

A shorthanded goal by Kurtis Goodwin made it 2-1 a few minutes later, and the Kings were up by two before the period ended thanks to McMahon (Hunter Dubecki, K.Goodwin).

“We got off to a good start; they tied it up, and then our guys just stayed resilient and earned the momentum back and kept it throughout again,” Collins said of Sunday’s game.

Things only got better for the Kings after the intermission, as they opened up the middle stanza with a goal from McMahon at 1:06, with assists from Dubecki and Niki Molson.

It was 5-1 at 6:57 when Dubecki (McMahon, K. Goodwin) scored for the home team, and that’s where the scoreboard would stand when the game finally ended more than 30 minutes later.

Despite not scoring in the third, Elmira outshot Brampton 17-5 to cap the evening’s final tally at 4722.

With a pair of wins over the weekend, the Sugar Kings (15-3-0-2) were able to remain on top of the standings in the conference. The upcoming games get tougher as the Kings travel to Cambridge tonight (Thursday) to face the Redhawks (12-6-1-1).

“Cambridge will be a tough test – they play well at home, and they beat us the last time we played them. I expect that to be a high-energy game,” said Collins.

The Kings follow that match with a trip to Stratford Friday night to take on the Warriors (117-1-2) before returning home Sunday to face the second-place Kitchener Dutchmen (14-4-2-2) on Sunday evening. The puck drops at 7 p.m. at the WMC.

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around in the final quarter.

The Gaels would score two, and the Lancers would respond – the outcome remained uncertain. Still, EDSS was able to step it up: Weber racked in seven more points, while Megan Hume added three.

Meanwhile, Delaney Cortes, who’d been missing her shots earlier in the game, finally hit her stride, hitting a three-pointer and then adding three more to put the Lancers in the lead.

EDSS was back on top with just minutes to go.

The Gaels made a push of their own, but suffered a setback when their top

scorer, Milana Nenadic, was benched for the remainder of the game for five fouls, which set the tone for the remaining time. The seconds passed by and the buzzer sounded resulting in a 40-38 victory for the underdogs.

The new WCSSAA champions were excited and overjoyed to win.

“Defense wins’ games, hard D. It feels amazing,” said Weber on winning the finals.

All season long Buchenauer worked with the girls to show them that defense is what wins’ championships. “We knew they are a strong offensive team but

our fundamentals all year long have been defense – we really wanted to prove that defense wins’ championships and it worked out well for us,” he added.

When the season first started mid-September things broke off to a great start for the Grade 9 and 10 Lancers who proved their game and skill right from the start with a 56-13 win over Preston High School.

Followed by an impressive knock out game once again that resulted in a 59-7 win over the Forest Heights Collegiate Institute on September 24.The weeks went on and the team quickly proved that they were serious about

claiming the winning spot this year.

Now reality sets in for the team who worked their hardest all season to prove to themselves what they’re capable of, but also that EDSS has a young basketball squad that warrants watching in the following years.

With the team claiming its first title, there’s so much more to come from the underdogs who took the championship.

“I'm the happiest for the girls and all their hard work this past season; just being able to see their smiles makes it all worth it,” said Buchenauer of the winning results.

Macy Weber led the charge Tuesday night with 24 points.

[ANETA REBISZEWSKI]

THE SCORE WOOLWICH WILDCATS

Shutouts: Cohen Hamburger

Nov 08 vs Kitchener Lady Rangers HOME: 3 VISITOR: 1 GOALS: Ella Hicks, Taylor Weber, Kayleigh Futher ASSISTS: Julia Adams, Norah Hanley, Carrie Schwindt

LAST OF THE GRIDIRON PLAY

Atom: Minor Atom A

Nov 06 vs Hespeler Shamrocks HOME: 7 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Kitson Bakker, Madden Habermehl, Jackson Gillies, Carter Crane, Liam MacGregor (2), Ethan Straus ASSISTS: Kolten Noot (2),

PeeWee: Major PeeWee A

Nov 02 vs New Hamburg HOME: 3 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Rylan Heimpel, Karsten Smith, Danny Schaefer

PeeWee: PeeWee B

ASSISTS: Alana Bauman (2),

Nov 09 vs Waterloo Ravens HOME: 1 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Grace Gow ASSISTS: Addie Fitzgerald, Callie Gruhl Shutouts: Sam Weber

Cassidy Moser (2), Avery Bender, Leah Lecourtois, Haylee Clemmer,

Shutouts: Mason Gruhl, Maxwell Rintoul

Nov 03 vs Hespeler HOME: 9 VISITOR: 2 GOALS: Joshua Carson (3), Hunter Bender (2), Gavin Neabel (2), Ethan Burkholder, Brandon Fishman

Atom: Major Atom A

Nov 09 vs Oakville Rangers Blue HOME: 2 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Matthew Kochut, Jordan Martin Shutouts: Cohen Patterson Atom: LL3

Nov 09 vs Centre Wellington 4 HOME: 15 VISITOR: 1 GOALS: Tyler Bauman (4), Owen Dally, Brylee Patterson (3), Nolan Cruickshank, Bryden Schaefer (4), Ethan Leveck (2)

PeeWee: Major PeeWee A

PeeWee: PeeWee B The EDSS junior football team's season came to an end Nov. 6 with a 41-14 loss to Huron Heights Secondary School.

[COLIN MERLIHAN]

ASSISTS: Danny Schaefer,

ASSISTS: Mitchell,

Josh Carson, Carter Snider, Hunter Bender (2), Alex Veitch, Evan Woods, Gavin Neabel

Krasovec, Bryce Brubacher, Luke Wood

Shutouts: n/a

Nov 02 vs FlamboroughDundas Sabres HOME: 5 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Mitchell Krasovec (3), Bryce Brubacher (2) ASSISTS: Bryce Brubacher (3), Caleb Paquet, Mitchell Krasovec, Lucas Benham

PeeWee: Major PeeWee A

Nov 08 vs Flamborough HOME: 3 VISITOR: 1 GOALS: Joshua Carson (2), Spencer Hume ASSISTS: Hunter Bender, Evan Woods (2), Rylan Heimpel, Carson Staken Shutouts: n/a PeeWee: Major PeeWee A

PeeWee: Minor PeeWee A

Shutouts: Reed Snyder PeeWee: Minor PeeWee A

Nov 03 vs Oakville Rangers Blue HOME: 5 VISITOR: 4 GOALS: Mitchell Krasovec (2), Carter Weir, Lucas Benham, Bryce Brubacher

Cruickshank (3), Tyler Bauman (3) Atom: Major Atom A

PeeWee: Minor PeeWee A

PeeWee: Peewee AE

Nov 04 vs FlamboroughDundas Rep HOME: 6 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Cruz Balog, Grant Rintoul, Josh Wraight (2), Nolan Martin, Jordan Martin

Oct 23 vs Centre Wellington Fusion HOME: 2 VISITOR: 3 GOALS: Mitchell Krasovec (2) ASSISTS: Tate Berfelz

Nov 05 vs Guelph HOME: 1 VISITOR: 3 GOALS: Owen Weppler ASSISTS: Spencer Miller

ASSISTS: Colton Sinclair

(2), Reese Martin, William Krubally, Colton Brito, Mason Gear, Matthew Kochut (2), Cameron Fisher, Levi Adams

PeeWee: Minor PeeWee A Oct 28 vs Guelph Gryphons HOME: 3 VISITOR: 3 GOALS: Spencer Hume (2), Caleb Paquet

Wes Aitken (2), Spencer Miller (2), Haiden Wagner, Patrick McCarthy

Atom: LL

Nov 10 vs Cambridge Roadrunners HOME: 0 VISITOR: 4

Bantam: LL #3

Nov 09 vs Oakville Rangers Blue HOME: 3 VISITOR: 3 GOALS: Brandon Fishman, Gavin Neabel, Evan Woods ASSISTS: Rylan Heimpel, Brandon Fishman Shutouts: n/a

ASSISTS: Nolan

Nov 03 vs Grand River HOME: 4 VISITOR: 2 GOALS: Maddy Goss (2), Delaney Douglas, Haylee Clemmer

Carter Snider, Danny Schaefer, Rylan Heimpel Shutouts: Ayden Schaap

Nov 10 vs Flamborough Dundas Sabres HOME: 3 VISITOR: 2 GOALS: Carter Crane, Kitson Bakker, Owen Porter ASSISTS: Jackson Gillies, Jack Wood, Carter Crane

Midget: Midget BB

ASSISTS: Gavin Neabel,

Ethan Straus, Cody Paquet, Carson Kellough, Jackson Gillies, Nate Seller

Atom: Minor Atom A

(2), Rachel Christenson (2), Katie Lee

ASSISTS: Caleb Paquet (3),

Bryce Brubacher (2), Declan Martin, Lucas Benham, Mitchell Krasovec

Nov 08 vs Woolwich LL2 HOME: 4 VISITOR: 6 GOALS: Brandon Girling, Owen Tettman (2), Nicholas Ritchie ASSISTS: Nicholas Ritchie

(3), Owen Tettman, Evan McDowell (2) Bantam: Minor Bantam A

Nov 09 vs Oakville HOME: 2 VISITOR: 2 GOALS: Isaac Lopers, Josh Uhrig ASSISTS: Eric Kane (2) Juvenile

Nov 11 vs Erie North Shore Storm HOME: 3 VISITOR: 2 GOALS: Griffin Hergott, Hunter Schmitt, Cody Short ASSISTS: Ryan Shantz, Tyson Bender (2), Cody Short

Nov 09 vs Kitchener Lady Rangers HOME: 4 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Maya Slot (4) ASSISTS: Sophia Metzger, Elle Schwindt, Rachel Heckendorn, Calista Wagner, Leah Thompson, Addison Birmingham Shutouts: Emma Heron & Elle English

Atom: LL

Nov 09 vs Erin HOME: 4 VISITOR: 1 GOALS: Owen Weppler (2), Brooks Lehtonen, Graydon Martin

Nov 09 vs Wilmot Wolverines #2 HOME: 1 VISITOR: 2 GOALS: Madison Klaehn ASSISTS: Eden Ropp

Nov 10 vs Waterloo HOME: 9 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Avery Bender, Delaney Keen, Delaney Douglas, Jenna Munro, Kara Dietrich, Haylee Clemmer, Blythe Bender (3) ASSISTS: Delaney Douglas,

Maddy Goss, Shae-Lynn Martin (3), Haylee Clemmer (4), Blythe Bender (2), Kara Dietrich

Nov 01 vs South Huron Sabres HOME: 2 VISITOR: 1 GOALS: Maya Slot, Leah Thompson ASSISTS: Emma McCoubrey, Emily Metzger, Rachel Heckendorn Atom: A

Nov 02 vs Waterloo Ravens HOME: 2 VISITOR: 1 GOALS: Maya Slot, Emma McCoubrey ASSISTS: Sophia Metzger, Calista Wagner, Maya Slot

Shutouts: Krista Bentley Atom: A Midget: Midget B

Nov 09 vs Kitchener Lady Rangers HOME: 4 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Maya Slot (4) ASSISTS: Sophia Metzger, Elle Schwindt, Rachel Heckendorn, Calista Wagner, Leah Thompson, Addison Birmingham

Nov 09 vs Stratford Aces HOME: 1 VISITOR: 3 GOALS: Hannah Kieswetter ASSISTS: Avery Leech, Brooklyn Wideman Shutouts: Jeffrey Walker

Nov 02 vs Central York HOME: 4 VISITOR: 3 GOALS: Emma McCoubrey (3), Maya Slot ASSISTS: Katelyn Snider, Ellie Schwindt, Leah Thompson, Sophia Metzger

Midget: Midget B

Atom: A

Nov 10 vs Mt Forest Rams HOME: 2 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Marlee Fraser, Katie Lee ASSISTS: Isabella Beaupre Shutouts: Sarah Walker

Nov 03 vs Cambridge Roadrunners HOME: 1 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Leah Thompson ASSISTS: Emily Metzger Shutouts: Emma Heron

Midget: Midget B

Atom: A

Nov 02 vs Huron Heat HOME: 4 VISITOR: 1 GOALS: Marlee Fraser, Katya Yusim, Maggie Sabean, Katie Lee

Nov 03 vs Huron Heat HOME: 2 VISITOR: 1 GOALS: Emma McCoubrey, Ellie Schwindt ASSISTS: Emma McCoubrey

Shutouts: Emma Heron & Elle English PeeWee: LL

WOOLWICH WILD

Midget: Midget BB

Atom: A

Atom: A

Shutouts: Jessica Bender

PeeWee: Peewee AE

ASSISTS: Drew Snyder (2),

Atom: A

Nov 10 vs Ayr Rockets HOME: 1 VISITOR: 1 GOALS: Taylor Weber ASSISTS: Julia Adams, Carrie Schwindt

Atom: A

Nov 01 vs Cambridge Roadrunners HOME: 1 VISITOR: 1 GOALS: Emma McCoubrey

Nov 10 vs Waterloo Ravens 2 HOME: 1 VISITOR: 2 GOALS: Maggie Ropp ASSISTS: Hailey Mueller, Rinoa Ippersiel PeeWee: PeeWee B

ASSISTS: Marlee Fraser

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Pair of convincing wins sees Jacks improve record Victories over Burford and Tavistock allow Wellesley to move into second place; busy weekend awaits team

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

A pair of wins last weekend saw the Wellesley Applejacks jump a notch in the PJHL standings to claim second place in the South Doherty Division.

The four points came the expense of the Burford Bulldogs on November 8, followed by a 5-2 victory over the division-leading Tavistock Braves on Sunday.

With the wins, aided by the return of the team’s starting goaltender, the Jacks (11-1-1-3) are just one point behind Tavistock (132-1-0).

“Kailem Chappelle played both games on the weekend – he played well, for sure," said team president Terry Brick, referring to the goaltender who’d been out several games due to injury.

In last Friday’s game, the Jacks scored early and often to cruise to a 10-2 victory. Carson Wickie drew first blood quickly at 1:42, with Warren Gorman and James Ranson picking up assists.

Zach Ribeiro (Matt Caskanette, Danny Ranson) took advantage of a power play at 10:17 to make it 2-0. Gianfranco Commisso (Troy Vandenbussche, Shaun Pickering) also made the most of the one-man advantage, keeping up the momentum at 17:40. Danny Ranson finished off the period right as the first buzzer sounded, potting one at 20 minutes in. The assist went to Brendan Baker.

It was 4-0 after the first period of play.

The second stanza had a similar tone: a nonstop scoring frenzy on the Applejacks’ side. Wellesley's Zachary Lyons scored early at 1:26, with Connor Bradley and Ribeiro grabbing the assists. D. Ranson (Lyons) followed up at 2:07.

Commisso (Steven DeGroot) continued the streak not only at 3:59 but with another unassisted, shorthanded marker at 9:18.

Wickie (Vandenbussche) kept the ball rolling at 11:58, while Baker (Commisso) potted the final Applejacks goal of the night at 17:17.

With the score now 10-0, the floundering Bulldogs finally found their footing at 19:47, getting on the board with a power-play goal. This frame was notable for its high tension – 14 penalties were doled out collectively between the two teams, particularly

The Wellesley Applejacks were anything but gracious hosts to the Burford Bulldogs on Nov. 8, defeating the visitors 10-2 in a scrappy game that included a fight between team captain Shaun Pickering and Bulldog player Parker Noble (bottom right), and Wellesley's Brendan Baker being shoved by a Bulldog player (top).

[VERONICA REINER / THE OBSERVER]

during one action-packed fight involving team captain Shaun Pickering.

“The hard part about Burford was the players that were suspended, they weren't going to play against Tavistock on Sunday," said Brick. "Unfortunately, our captain learned the hard way.

“He went to remove the helmet, and that's a gross misconduct and results in suspension. Sunday he didn't play against Tavi, which wasn't what he wanted, but he didn't realize what he'd done until after the fact.”

The suspension lasted throughout the weekend – Pickering will be back on the ice for game action this coming weekend. Overall, the Applejacks brought a rougher game to the table, serving 43 minutes (14 infractions) of time in the penalty box compared to Burford's 23 (9).

The third period saw little action, save for a lone goal byBurford at 5:45.

When all the dust had settled, the scoreboard

showed a 10-2 win for the Applejacks.

While the play many not have been as one-sided, Sunday's game against Tavistock saw similar results. The opening period saw little in the way of action, and no scoring as the teams seemed to be feeling each other out.

It was a different story later in the second, however, as Lyons broke the deadlock while shorthanded at 13:18. Assists went to J. Ranson and Ribeiro.

DeGroot (Lyons, Bradley) kept the momentum going at 15:37. Less than a minute later, Ribeiro (J. Ranson, Lyons) potted a goal of his own at 16:23 while shorthanded, rapidly increasing the score in Wellesley's favour within a matter of minutes.

Down 3-0, Tavistock finally retaliated at 17:19 on a power play, then once again just before the second buzzer sounded at 19:46 to make it a one-goal game with 20 minutes to go.

Wellesley dominated the

third, however, outshooting the Braves for the first time and putting up the periods only goals: Vandenbussche (Austin Cousineau, Owen Lane) at 12:44, followed by an unassisted DeGroot at 15:32.

The final buzzer went with the score 5-2 in Wellesley favour. Shots were 42-30 in favour of the Braves.

“The guys are very happy with it, and so are the rest of us. It was very well attended – our best attendance of the year, so that helps us," said Brick of Sunday’s home game. Attendance was pegged at 263.

A rematch with the top team is not too far off, as the Applejacks will look to take the top spot on home ice during this Saturday's

game, part of a busy weekend that sees the team playing three games in as many nights.

The Jacks head to North Dumfries to play the Ayr Centennials on Thursday at 7:30 p.m., then travel to Woodstock to challenge the Navy Vets the following night (Nov. 15). The homeice game is set for 8 p.m. on Saturday.

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hen it comes to agriculture and food, one of consumers’ biggest concerns is cost.

Research has shown cost outweighs issues you might have thought to be top of mind with those who purchase food – such as food safety, animal welfare and biotechnology. People do indeed care about these matters, but not as much as affordability.

They also have concerns about whether the agriculture system is headed in the right direction.

But what about farmers?

Are they on the same page as consumers, or worried about something totally different?

That’s what Farm Credit Canada (FCC), the country’s leading agriculture lender with a loan portfolio of more than $36 billion, wanted to know last summer when it surveyed 1,360 farmers across Canada. The results were released Tuesday.

Asking what keeps them awake at night is good business. After all, when your clients are carrying billions of dollars of debt, it’s important to know their state of mind.

Continuing its pipe-lining program, Woolwich council this week awarded a $530,000 contract to Clean Water Works Inc. Since 2016, the township has been using the technology that extends the lifecycle of old sewer pipes by decades instead of digging them up and replacing them. The cured-in-place pipe-lining process has been deemed a cost-effective process and expanded by the township.

The province is tackling shortages in the skilled trades with $20.8 million in new spending to attract more people to the trades and boost Ontario's skilled workforce. Spending on the Pre-Apprenticeship Training program will jump by $2.5 million this year, providing training for an additional 200 people. In total, the government will invest $20.8 million into the program to help introduce over 1,800 people to the skilled trades, the province announced this week.

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EDSS looks to make use of new push for skilled-trades training

Province provides additional funding for Specialist High Skills Major programs in Ontario high schools, expanding the roster of opportunities for students

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

OWEN ROBERTS FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Typically, farmers are known to be obsessed with the weather. After all, it’s central for so much of their production.

And the FCC survey showed that production-related risks such as weather, pests and disease are among their main concerns.

But there’s much more.

Today’s farmer, says FCC, is “keenly aware” of risks related to market access and price, in particular. More farm operators said they had a higher concern about marketing than anything else.

Maybe that’s not surprising. Look at the beating farmers have taken trying to get their commodities to market this year – particularly export markets, where Canadian farmers normally do so well. It’s been a rough year with China taking aggressive positions ROBERTS | 16

With measures taken on the provincial level to encourage high school students to enter the skilled trades, EDSS is in the process of applying for a new Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program to incorporate into student learning.

These types of programs let students focus on a career path that matches their skills and interests while meeting their requirements of their Ontario Secondary School Diploma. The programs can range widely, from aviation and aerospace to agriculture, to sports.

“We have a lot of students that leave here that are going into the construction industry in the area,” said EDSS teacher Ron Fletcher. “So why don’t we make an application for construction? We haven’t got that one, and we’re optimistic that we should be able to get it, but that’s in the works.”

Staff at EDSS are quite familiar with this process –

EDSS teacher Ron Fletcher is the school’s new technical director.

current SHSM programs at the local school available for the 2019-2020 school year include environment, health and wellness, and, most recently, manufacturing.

“That [manufacturing] one came in part because of the robotics program that we run at the school as well,” said Fletcher. “Between robotics and the manufacturing program ... we have community support that made the application really

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easy, I would say.”

Minister of Education Stephen Lecce last month announced an investment to support the expansion of the SHSM to include an additional 122 programs in 19 different sectors. The purpose is to encourage high school students to explore the skilled trades and see it as a viable career pathway.

By 2021, one in five new jobs in Ontario will be in trades-related occupations,

the provincial government estimates, with employers already facing a shortage of workers in critical sectors.

“We know that a labour market shortage exists today and will rise over time in the high-paying skilled trades,” said Minister Lecce in a release. “My top priority is to ensure students get the skills they need and, by investing in the skilled trades, our government TRADES | 16

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TRADES: New programs will expand on what EDSS is already doing FROM 15

is helping more students gain the competitive edge and job prospects they deserve.”

As a result of this program expansion, it is estimated that more than 54,000 students will be enrolled in over 2,100 SHSM programs in more than 700 secondary schools across Ontario. Fletcher added that he has never seen a higher demand for skilled trades workers.

“I’ve been teaching for over 20 years, and I can honestly say that the demand has never been greater. Right now, it doesn’t matter if we’re talking weld-

ers, pipe fitters, electrical, construction – almost every employer that I talk to says ‘we just cannot get enough people,’” said Fletcher, adding these employers have been hiring from all across the province, such as Thunder Bay, to meet the need for skilled workers.

“I’ve never seen such a demand.”

It’s not exactly a cakewalk to achieve the SHSM seal on their diploma, as students must complete a specific bundle of eight to 10 courses in the student’s selected field. In the process, they will earn valuable certifications such as first aid and CPR training,

and develop important skills on the job through cooperative education placements.

EDSS offers a variety of co-op programs, an experiential mode of learning that combines academic study and classroom theory with on-the-job experience.

Focuses include arts, business, education, science, technology, and service.

There are plenty of other unique training sessions, depending on the course, including working at heights and chainsaw training.

“The public perception is that we need more skilled trades,” said Fletcher.

“Well, that would be like asking someone that has no interest in nursing to say ‘We need more nurses.

We need you to be a nurse.

At the end of the day – and I tell kids this all the time – you have to enjoy it. It has to be what you want to do.”

He added that while he is not entirely sure how the provincial announcement might play out at EDSS, the school has a strong skilled trades course system in place that will serve students well in the future.

“I think the message for us is we’re already doing a lot of this,” said Fletcher.

“We’re certainly well set moving forward.”

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round – so his advisers decided that he had to win in the first round. He could do that only if he were ahead of Mesa by at least 10% of the votes cast.

On October 20, the ‘fast count’ of the national vote went smoothly until 84% of all the votes had been counted – at which point it became clear that Morales was not going to have a big enough lead over Mesa.

So suddenly the counting stopped, and did not resume for 24 hours. It then

showed Morales with a 10.1% lead over Mesa, so no second round was needed.

All hail Morales’ fourth term!

But the vote-rigging was just too blatant, and for almost three weeks the protesters have been in the streets. By last weekend even the police were refusing to defend Morales.

When the election monitors from the Organisation of American States delivered their verdict on Sunday, saying that there were

“serious security flaws” in the computer systems and “clear manipulation” of the count, Morales resigned.

The election results were cancelled, and it’s pretty clear that he will not be a candidate when the re-run happens.

How much damage has all this done? Not much.

Bolivia used to hold the world record for military coups, but everybody behaved reasonably well this time.

Most of the good things Morales did, like entrench-

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ing the rights of indigenous communities in the constitution, will survive him. Carlos Mesa, who will almost certainly be the next president, has a very different style, but he is not hostile to most of Morales’ goals.

And here’s a take-away for everybody in politics: if you are going to rig the vote, do it from the start.

Don’t wait until the count shows that your candidate is not doing well, and only then intervene to fix it.

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against Canada, and the U.S. sending markets and prices askew thanks to President Donald Trump’s rich subsidy programs for farmers there.

Canadian farmers have felt helpless and frustrated in the face of these mega powers. They appealed to help from Ottawa and struggled to remain optimistic. Based on these factors alone, it’s no wonder 67 per cent of survey respondents cited a high concern for marketing.

Sector by sector, marketing risks were by far the most prevalent among beef and grains or oilseed sector producers, at 74 per cent. But even more than half of the supply managed sectors (dairy and poultry) expressed concern about marketing, despite having protected markets here – for now, anyways. It looks like the threat of more competition from the U.S., Europe and elsewhere is likewise weighing on their minds.

Among other concerns were financial and human resources – matters involving employees, partners and family, says FCC. Interestingly, almost half of all farmers are working at jobs off the farm to supplement their income. Low

prices and the rising cost of almost everything means thousands of farmers don’t feel they can’t make a living on farming by itself.

So maybe in that way, they do share big concerns with consumers, many of whom are working side projects to make ends meet, let alone get ahead.

“The good news is most producers are in a solid financial position to withstand short-term impacts on their business,” says Craig Klemmer, FCC’s principal agricultural economist.

He’s right, that is good news … because if trade issues don’t get sorted out and markets freed up, short-term impacts are pretty much certain.That kind of rainy day should concern us all, because when farmers struggle, food security becomes a question mark. And if you think the cost of food is hard to get a handle on now, see what happens when imports priced outside of our own country become more dominant.

That’s something for consumers to be worried about. But this scenario may be staved off by supporting Canadian food products, and Canadian farmers.

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The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony finished its 201819 season with a surplus of $52,411, the organization reported at its annual general meeting Nov. 7. That marks the fourth consecutive year of surplus results for the KWS, attributed to an increase in contributed revenues from individual giving and the KW Symphony Foundation, as well as an increase in earned revenues from subscription and single ticket sales.

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DRONING ON The Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement will launch its latest Grebel Gallery exhibit, “The Cultural Life of Drones: KW Drone Dialogues” with a reception Nov. 14. Created by Sara Matthews, associate professor in Global Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, the exhibit explores the myriad of ways in which drones are embedded into our everyday lives, as well as our ideas about the kinds of life and death that drones make.

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Virgil Wins the Lottery ... but, then again, maybe not Theatre Wellesley production provides the laughs, and a few lessons about what’s really important in life

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

It’s easy to day dream about striking it rich quick by winning the lottery, and all the possibilities that come along with that. Theatre Wellesley’s latest fall production will explore all the emotions and consequences that ensue when that dream becomes a reality for a small town “hillbilly” couple.

Virgil Sludge (Grant Chapman) resides in the fictional Lickskillit, a rural community in the middle of nowhere. He always dreams of winning the lottery while his wife Margaret (Bree McCoomb) thinks that doing so is a waste of time.

“Bree McCoomb is a newcomer to Theatre Wellesley,” said producer Rhonda Caldwell. “She brings lots of energy to the character. She’s a young mom, she’s relatively new in her marriage, and family has been really important for her.

“Virgil is a pretty simple character who really loves his family, he really loves his friends, but he’s a guy.

His hot wheels are important to him; he works at the hardware store, he doesn’t necessarily have a whole lot of ambition. There’s a whole lot of repairs on the house that need to get done on the house and there’s always an excuse of how not to do it.”

One fateful Friday night, when the families are listening to Lickskillit’s own D.J. Wolf (Sue Barg) on the radio, the unimaginable happens ... Virgil is

declared the lucky lottery winner. He and Margaret vow to remain the same simple, down-to-earth people they have always been, not allowing the money to change them at the core.

But things don’t quite go according to plan.

They find themselves getting caught up with all the newfound possibilities, spending money all over town (while writing out I.O.Us) before they even receive the cheque, connecting with other rich folk who have money through the posh social club, hiring a maid, and living in high cotton.

Judy Johnson and Renee Murray take on multiple roles in Theatre Wellesley’s upcoming production of Virgil Wins the Lottery, which opens Nov. 21. [SUBMITTED]

Eventually, they find out that they may not have won the exact amount they anticipated at the beginning and their priorities begin to shift.

“They realize that this isn’t working for them –

their family is the one that’s most important to them,” explained director Alan Strong. “At the end of the play they realize they have really hurt the ones they love.”

Joining them on this

adventure is their best friends Bertha Mae (Jamie Russell), Ellard (Nathan Martin), Virgil’s parents Mama Sludge (Mary Beth Jantzi), Papa Sludge (Kevin Wakem) and Margaret’s parents Mama Hooper (Karen Reger) and Papa Hooper Al Cook). Between Virgil and Ellard, “they might share one IQ point,” and add to much of the comedic effect of the performance.

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“If people want to come out, have a good time, a good laugh, just to have a light-hearted evening or afternoon, it could certainly offer you that.”

Rounding out the cast is Ted Schier, Renee Murray, Judy Johnson, Dave McNorgan, and newcomer Ashley Wakem. Caldwell said that many of the actors on stage will be well known to the community, in addition to the two newcomers.

“We’ve provided a quality fall show since 1997,” said Caldwell. “For many people, they’ll recognize the familiar faces in slightly different roles on the stage and I think people like to see some of those same people on the stage.”

Virgil Wins the Lottery,

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“PROUDLY REMEMBERING OUR PAST; CONFIDENTLY EMBRACING OUR FUTURE.”

Community Information Page NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION AND PUBLIC MEETING Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.

Township Council Chambers, 24 Church Street West, Elmira Official Plan Amendment Application 4/2019 and Zone Change Application 14/2019 Township of Woolwich – Agricultural Review Take Notice that in accordance with the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990, as amended, the Township of Woolwich has initiated an Official Plan Amendment and Zone Change application to address agricultural issues and concerns and to support the farming community. The proposed amendments will apply to the Township’s Rural Land Use Designation and as such a location map has not been included with this notice. Please be advised that Notice of a Complete Application does not indicate whether the municipality is in support of, or in opposition to the proposal. That determination will be made at a later date.

The Township of Woolwich will hold a Public Meeting, under Sections 21 and 34 of the Planning Act, to consider the following Official Plan Amendment and Zone Change applications. No decisions will be made at this meeting; its purpose is to provide additional information to the public and agencies and to receive comments and information from them.

Official Plan Amendment An Official Plan Amendment is proposed to amend the On-Farm Business Policies (to be renamed On-Farm Diversified Uses) within the Rural Land Use designation to be brought more in line with the Guidelines for Permitted Uses in Agricultural Areas, with respect to size, area and uses.

Zoning Amendment A Zoning amendment is proposed to amend: • the Agricultural (A) Zone with respect to Accessory Buildings, Minimum Distance Separation setbacks, and On-Farm Diversified Uses; • the General Regulations, Section 6 of the Zoning By-Law, to rename On-Farm Businesses to OnFarm Diversified Uses and to apply regulations for On-Farm Diversified Uses; and • the General Regulations, Section 6 of the Zoning By-Law, to permit Home Businesses on properties zoned Agricultural (A), subject to regulations.

In connection with the changes, consideration is also being given where staff will actively enforce the changes.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The proposed Zoning amendment and the associated Official Plan Amendment can be viewed on the Township webpage as noted below or by visiting the Township offices. Should you wish to view the documents at the Township offices please contact Nancy Thompson at 519-669-6040, 1-877-9690094 ext. 6040 or by email at nthompson@woolwich.ca to arrange an appropriate time.

Township webpage – www.woolwich.ca Select Ongoing Planning Items and open the folder titled Agricultural Review – Official Plan Amendment and Zone Change Applications.

Speaking at the Public Meeting The public is invited to speak to this proposal as part of the public meeting. However, if you would like to speak at the December 10th public meeting, please register as a delegation in advance of the meeting by contacting the Township’s Clerk office, on or before 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 5th as follows: • Contact Sarah Goldrup by phone 519-669-6004, 1-877-969-0094 ext. 6004, or by email at sgoldrup@woolwich.ca • Or visit www.woolwich.ca/delegations for more information on speaking before Council and to register through the online delegation request form Unregistered delegations will also be invited to speak at the December 10th meeting, but will be limited to five minutes.

Please Note: APPEALS: Zoning Amendment If a person or public body that files a notice of appeal of a decision of the Council of the Township of Woolwich in respect of the proposed zoning by-law does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Council of the Township of Woolwich before the by-law is passed: a) the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Township of Woolwich to the Ontario Municipal Board; and b) the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

Official Plan Amendment If a person or public body that files a notice of appeal of a decision of the Township of Woolwich in

P.O. Box 158

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

Phone:

519-669-1647 or 877-969-0094 Fax: 519-669-1820

After Hours Emergency:

519-575-4400 www.woolwich.ca

respect of the proposed official plan amendment does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Township of Woolwich before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss all or part of the appeal.

Individuals are requested to submit a written outline of any oral submissions made at the Public Meeting to the Township Clerk.

NOTIFICATION: If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed official plan amendment, or of the refusal of a request to amend the official plan, additional Township public meetings or Township staff reports regarding these applications you must make a written request to Development Services at the Township of Woolwich.

If you cannot attend the meeting, you can express your concerns/comments about the proposed change in writing to the Township of Woolwich. Any comments received on or before December 3, 2019 (Note that this date is before the public meeting) will be included in a report prepared by Development Services and presented at the Public Meeting. Any comments received after the Public Meeting, but prior to Council making a decision on the applications, will also be considered.

The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the authority of the Planning Act and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public. This information is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public at the Committee of the Whole and Council meetings. Please note that while the Committee of the Whole and Council may redact some personal information such as email addresses and phone numbers, your submissions will otherwise be made public in their entirety. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Records and Freedom of Information Officer at 519669-1647 or 1-877-969-0094 ext. 6005.

Questions or written submissions may be directed to: Township of Woolwich Attn: Jeremy Vink, Manager of Planning Box 158, 24 Church Street West, Elmira, Ontario N3B 2Z6 Dated at the Township of Woolwich this 14th day of November 2019.

LEAF DISPOSAL Please do not rake your leaves onto the road. This practice has been prohibited by bylaw in the Township of Woolwich since 1994. There is a fine of $125 for depositing any debris or refuse, which includes leaves, on Township Roads. These piles of leaves are a safety hazard as they encourage children to play on the road. They can also result in flooding issues when the leaves block storm drains.

LEAF DISPOSAL ALTERNATIVES

NATURAL CHOICES Mulching and composting are the most economical and environmentally beneficial ways to deal with your leaves.

• Instead of disposing of your leaves, save them, mulch them with your lawnmower and gradually add them to your home composter. They will break down into a useful organic material that can be added to flower and vegetable gardens.

• Rather than raking your leaves, why not mulch them on your lawn or into your garden? When the leaves are dry, mow your lawn more frequently. The mulched leaves will soon disappear into your lawn or garden as fertilizer.

CURBSIDE LEAF COLLECTION PROGRAM Bagged Leaf Collection • Bag leaves using only paper yard waste bags or returnable containers marked with a Region of Waterloo Yard Waste sticker.

• Place out with yard waste materials on yard waste collection days separately from your garbage containers.

• For more information call the Region of Waterloo at 519-575-4400.

Tip: Mulching your leaves with a lawn mower or other mulching device prior to bagging can reduce leaf volumes. (10 bags of loose leaves = 1 bag of mulched leaves) If you have too many leaves for your composter to handle, you may bring your leaves to the Regional Landfill Site located at: Gate 2, 925 Erb Street West, Waterloo, Monday to Saturday 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/aboutTheEnvironment/Landfill_Operations.asp

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Township of Woolwich intends to discuss by-laws to amend fees or charges for building, planning, fire, and general services on December 3, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers situated at 24 Church Street West in Elmira.

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F A M I LY A L B U M OBITUARY

Coultes, Kenneth B.

Winfield, George Robert

Passed away suddenly at Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, on Monday, November 11, 2019, at the age of 78. Ken, of Elmira, was the beloved husband of Linda (Watkins) Coultes. Loving father of Judy and Stephen MacLeod, Denise and Pierre Beuret, Jennifer and Rich Vrana, and Darrell and Leigh Rees. Proud Grandpa of Scott, Sean, Sam, Brock, Alexis, Ava, Evan, and Taylor. Survived by his sister Doris Coultes, brother Doug Coultes, sister-in-law Sheryl Coultes, mother-in-law Lois Watkins, and his faithful companion Wish. Predeceased by his parents Norman and Mary (Dow) Coultes, brothers Jim Coultes and Grant Coultes, sister Ruth (Neil) Olson, and father-in-law Ron Watkins. Ken played baseball and hockey in his youth and was a lifelong Toronto Maple Leafs fan. He was a race track officer for the Ministry of Agriculture, Pari Mutual Agency, serving mostly in the southwestern Ontario region. He operated Agri-Water Services, which treated water for the poultry industry, where he made many lifelong friends. A memorial service will take place on Friday, November 15, 2019 at 2 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre would be appreciated. The family would like to express their sincere thanks to the emergency response teams for helping Ken and staying with Linda.

Peacefully passed away on Monday, November 11, 2019 at Freeport Campus of Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, at the age of 82. George, of West Montrose, was the beloved husband of the late Marlene (Weber) Winfield (2014). Dear father of Reg of Waterloo, Rick and Julie of West Montrose, Deb and John Benham of Damascus. Also lovingly remembered by his grandchildren Jacob and Zack Benham and Parker Winfield.

Brother-in-law of Florence Winfield of Kitchener, Marj Weber of Mount Forest, Shirley and John Weltz of Waterloo, Sandra and Doug Scott of Ayton. George will be sadly missed by his nieces and nephews and their families. Predeceased by his parents Robert and Gertie (Letson) Winfield, brother Don Winfield, and brother-in-law Gerald Weber. The family will receive their relatives and friends on Thursday, November 14, 2019 from 5-8 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira. A funeral service will be held on Friday, November 15, 2019 at 11 a.m. at St. James Lutheran Church, 60 Arthur St. S., Elmira. Interment in St. James Lutheran Cemetery. In his memory, donations to St. James Lutheran Church or Grand River Regional Cancer Centre would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.

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Hoffer, Donald (Donnie) Lavern Passed away peacefully at his home in Elmira on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at the age of 93. Donnie was the beloved husband of Estelle (Noel) Hoffer. Dear father of Larry and Barb Hoffer. Loving grandfather of Leah (Wayne) Miller, Tanya (Jeremy) Bott, Shanna Hoffer (Frank Schuster), Christina Hahn (Jeff Myers), and Ashley Hahn. Also lovingly remembered by Estelle’s family, children Linda (Stephen) Crew and William (Shari) Holdam, eight grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and five greatgreat-grandchildren. Predeceased by his son Randy, daughter Terry-Lynn Hoffer, and brothers Murray (Leota) Hoffer and Raymond Hoffer. Donnie operated Ervin S. Hoffer Sand and Gravel for most of his life and enjoyed flying his plane in his spare time. The family will receive relatives and friends on Monday, November 18, 2019 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira.

A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with a reception to follow.

Cremation will take place. As expressions of sympathy, donations to Diabetes Canada or Grand River Regional Cancer Centre would be appreciated.

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Walter, Francis Joseph (Frank) Passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at St. Mary’s General Hospital, Kitchener, at the age of 101.

Beloved husband of the late Beatrice (Kittel) Walter (2013).

Proud father of Ken and Sharon Walter, Anne and Bill Hanley, Marion and Ron Kocher, Marg Walter, Betty Pfanner, Karen and Gary Hill, Donna and Maynard Martin, and David Walter. He will be dearly missed by 14 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, and by Ken’s extended family.

Fondly remembered by siblings Edna Zinger, Helen Palach, Gerty and Jim Scherrer, and many nieces and nephews.

Predeceased by his parents Edward and Margaret (Baessler) Walter, son-in-law George Pfanner (2015), brother Willard, and brothers-in-law Leonard Zinger, Walter Palach, Michael Kittel, and Jack (Eileen) Kittel. Frank was born April 25, 1918, and raised in Macton where he met the young lady next door who he married in 1941. They farmed there until 1952 when he became a purchasing agent for McKee Brothers in Elmira.

In 1968 they moved to Elmira where Frank lived a very active life and volunteered in many capacities. He delivered Meals on Wheels for more than 25 years, was a very involved member of the Association for Community Living, and drove the mobility bus for many years. Frank was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Elmira Branch 469. He was the cofounder of the Elmira Seniors Centre. In 1990 he was named citizen of the year in Woolwich Township. He loved his daily strolls, playing pool, and was an avid bowler for more than 50 years. He was seldom caught without a deck of cards in his pocket for a quick game of Solo. Visitation was held on Sunday, November 10, 2019 from 2-6 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira. A funeral mass took place on Monday, November 11, 2019 at 2 p.m. at St. Teresa of Avila RC Church, Elmira. Interment followed in Elmira Union Cemetery.

As expressions of sympathy, donations to Elmira District Community Living or St. Teresa RC Church (building fund) would be appreciated. Special thanks to the staff at Chartwell Elmira Retirement and LTC Residence for their kind and compassionate care.

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GRH NETS AWARD Grand River Hospital has been recognized by the Trillium Gift of Life Network for its work in championing organ and tissue donation within the end-of-life care it provides. GRH received the Provincial Conversion Rate award for exceeding the target rate of 63%. The conversion rate represents the percentage of actual donors from the total number of potentially eligible donors, with the hospital achieving a rate of 88%.

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New watering system is powered by the sun

Trees for Woolwich volunteer rigs up an automated method of replacing volunteer labour at Elmira tree nursery

BY ANETA REBISZEWSKI arebiszewski@woolwichobserver.com

Many hands may make light work, but automating the process really lessens the load. That’s especially helpful when the work involves relying on volunteers to provide the manual labour.

Already facing an increased demand on its resources thanks to a new township greening initiative, Trees for Woolwich volunteers found themselves expanding an Elmira tree nursery it’s been cultivating to help with their work. Enter a plan to automate the watering of an ever-growing supply of trees, one that’s powered by the sun, to boot.

Recognizing seedlings and young trees require plenty of care-taking, Matthew Cowan created a solar irrigation watering system that helps with the upkeep of the tree nursery while relieving volunteers of an ongoing job.

It’s a project that he took into his own hands when he saw there was a huge amount of manual labour involved in watering more than 2,000 trees. From that the idea sprouted of an automated system that requires minimal human intervention.

“It all operates hands-off most of the time. Occasionally there's a glitch, but it allows us to give the seedlings and the bigger trees the amount of water that they need,” Cowan explained.

Adding to the complications was also the location of the nursery, since it is off

Matthew Cowan came up with an automated solar irrigation watering system that helps with the upkeep of the expanded Trees for Woolwich nursery in Elmira, which now has some 2,100 trees.

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grid and not near any power sources this called for the use of solar energy.

“I looked at it from the point of view ‘can we do this on an automated basis?’ and so the second part of the question was ‘could we do it using solar power?,’” he explained.

Prior to the system that was built by Cowan, Trees for Woolwich relied on volunteers that would have to visit the nursery three to four times a week to do serious labour – drag the pump out and the hoses.

From there they would have to remain on site from anywhere between 45 minutes and an hour to monitor the watering.

“Necessity is the mother of invention. It’s pretty nifty,” said Inga Rinne, who chairs the Trees for Woolwich effort.

To start off the irrigation system, Cowan set up a 100-watt solar panel and connected it to a battery to keep it charged. That was more than enough power for what the nursery needed, explained Cowan.

Next, he set up automated valves in the water tanks that would automatically open and close with the help of a float switch that determined when the tank was full.

“We set up a watering routine, when they needed to be watered and how much. So they were watered four days a week for about 45 minutes and then the valve would open automatically then close again.”

Adding onto the old setup, which was a drip watering system – water

from the tanks ran through hoses and would water the seedlings – two new circuits were implemented for an increased watering range. Cowan installed four sprinkler heads that were used with a pressure system that would allow water to spray through the nozzles and reach the smaller trees in the nursery. And another circuit was added in the far back of the nursery where more trees were implemented into the watering process.

“It’s a complete

game-changer for us,” Rinne said on the new watering system.

The solar powered system helped to remove the need of volunteer labour to run the nursery, but Cowan recalls there is a downside.

“When the volunteers used to show up and drag the pump out they had to stay there for 45 minutes or an hour while the watering happened, so in the meantime they weeded.

Now that we don't need the volunteers to do that, the weeding is suffering a little bit,” he said.

With much planning and thinking involved in creating a system like this, Cowan is happy he gets to help the Trees for Woolwich initiative, which is working to make the community greener. The first part of the system was the drip watering that was created nearly three years ago, Cowan said, now back in June he was able to implement two more circuits that fully automated the watering system.

As the weather gets colder, Rinne explains that the Trees for Woolwich group will start to prepare and cover the trees for the winter season.

“This is kind of the end of the season for us. What has been really exciting this year is the number of people who have really been getting on board with the whole concept of planting, and new people who have come out to help.”

The trees will get winterized over the next few weeks as the volunteers start working on the 2020 plan.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Â&#x201E; EVERGREEN FOR SENIORS AT WOODSIDE CHURCH, Elmira, 10:30 a.m. "Italy in the Rain-beautiful architecture, amazing vistas and great food!" Gary Scott, photographer.

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On the upside, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good time for those who like hearty soups and stews â&#x20AC;&#x201C; take this Jerk Pork and Vegetable Stew, for instance. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got plenty of substance and can be made with local ingredients even as we get past harvest season, as Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greenhouses will be switching into high gear.

Quick and simple to prepare, the ingredients can be thrown together in a slow-cooker turned down low for six to eight hours so that a meal is ready when you get home at the end of the day.

Jerk Pork and Vegetable Stew 1 sweet red pepper, chopped 3 cups peeled, cubed butternut squash (about 1 lb/500 g) 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil 1-1/2 lb pork shoulder, trimmed and cut into cubes

1 onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 1 Tbsp. minced fresh gingerroot 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp. salt Pinch pepper 1/2 cup low-sodium chicken broth 1 Tbsp. jerk paste (or to taste) 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh coriander 3 green onions, sliced 1. Place red pepper and squash in slow-cooker.

2. In large non-stick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook pork, in batches, until browned, about 5 minutes.

3. Place in slow-cooker.

4. Add onion, garlic and ginger to skillet and cook until lightly softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir flour, salt and pepper into onion mixture.

5. In medium bowl, whisk broth and jerk paste until smooth; stir into skillet and bring to simmer.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Â&#x201E; HUNGRYMAN BREAKFAST WITH CANADIAN RIDERS Motorcycle club. Join us at the Elmira Legion, for all you can eat breakfast, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Proceeds support local food banks.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Â&#x201E; MAKE 'N TAKE. WOOLWICH GARDENERS (ELMIRA & District Hort Society) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Horticultural-Themed Greeting Cardsâ&#x20AC;? with Donna Hirtle. Cost: $5/card (up to three cards per person). At Trinity United Churd, 7:30 p.m. Call Christine at 519-404-2042 or Marianne at 519-669-1898.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Â&#x201E; SAFETALK IS A SUICIDE ALERTNESS TRAINING THAT prepares anyone 15 or older to become a suicide-alert helper. Join us at Woolwich Community Health Centre, St. Jacobs at 6:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 Â&#x201E; SENIORS' LUNCH CLUB. COMMUNITY CARE Concepts invites you to join us for a light lunch and fellowship at Wellesley Mennonite Church at noon, $7.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Â&#x201E; MANAGING THE EBB & FLOW OF MENOPAUSE. A chance to learn about menopause from multiple perspectives and an opportunity to ask questions.

Facilitated by a nurse practitioner and a naturopath; 6:30 p.m. at Woolwich Community Health Centre, St. Jacobs.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Â&#x201E; MARYHILL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS VEGAS NIGHT AT Bridgeport Rod & Gun. Doors open at 7 p.m., fun begins at 8 p.m. Free admission. Fast food available. Many prizes to be won. Big wheel, penny table and other games of chance. A light lunch served at the end.

Â&#x201E; YOUNG AT HEART SOCIAL CLUB. CHRISTMAS CRAFT Day! Come and make wreaths, cards and ornaments for Christmas. Also play cards and refreshments. No charge.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Â&#x201E; JOHN B MILLER AND FRIENDS SONGS OF ADVENT AT Floradale Mennonite Church, 7 p.m. A concert of music to welcome the Christmas season featuring John B Miller, Steve Martin, Donna McLellan, Joe Orlando and Andrea Weber Steckly.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Â&#x201E; SENIORS' LUNCH CLUB. COMMUNITY CARE Concepts invites you to join us for a light lunch and fellowship at Woolwich Memorial Centre at noon. $7. Call 519-664-1900.

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Use of lead white shows the lengths we'll go to look better Q. Strips of lead are placed into one half of a special two-partitioned clay pot and vinegar is poured into the other half. The pot is then placed inside a shed, surrounded by animal dung, the door is closed and the pot is left there for 30 days. What is being made?

A. A versatile and historically important pigment called lead white. Fumes from the vinegar react with the lead, then carbon dioxide from the fermenting dung completes the transformation to crystalline lead carbonate, a pure white substance which can be powdered and used as a pigment for paints and cosmetics, says Kassia St. Clair in her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Secret Lives of Color.â&#x20AC;? In continuous production for at least 4,000 years,

lead white has decorated ancient buildings and tombs around the world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was used in the enamel on ceramic dishes and bathroom fittings, in house paints and wallpapers, well into the twentieth century.â&#x20AC;? Artists liked it because it was so opaque and adhered well to almost any surface. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When paintings are X-rayed, its dense outline can form a kind of skeleton within a painting, allowing technicians to see alterations and later additions.â&#x20AC;?

But lead white is also poisonous. From ancient Greece through Elizabethan times, it was used in cosmetics to make skin look smooth and pale. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The irony of generations of women slowly killing themselves to look their best is of the darkest kind.â&#x20AC;?

Q. The English language is constantly adding new words, building some up like Legos, coining others after people, borrowing from other languages and more, says Anu Garg on his â&#x20AC;&#x153;A.Word.A.Dayâ&#x20AC;? website.

Are you ready to add these to your personal word bin: â&#x20AC;&#x153;agerasia,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;proditomania,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;rupestralâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;marcescentâ&#x20AC;??

A. All in the category of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a word for it,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;agerasiaâ&#x20AC;? (a-juh-RAYzee-uh) means â&#x20AC;&#x153;to look younger than your age,â&#x20AC;? from â&#x20AC;&#x153;gerosâ&#x20AC;? (old age), which also gives us â&#x20AC;&#x153;gerontology.â&#x20AC;? As Garg explains, while you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t alter your chronological age, your biological ageâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; how well youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve aged â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is quite likely up to you. The Latin â&#x20AC;&#x153;prodere,â&#x20AC;? (to betray) is the basis for â&#x20AC;&#x153;proditomania,â&#x20AC;?

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or the feeling that everyone is out to get you. And â&#x20AC;&#x153;rupestral,â&#x20AC;? from the Latin â&#x20AC;&#x153;rupes,â&#x20AC;? relates to rocks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; living in, carved on, made of rock.

Finally, â&#x20AC;&#x153;marcescentâ&#x20AC;? means â&#x20AC;&#x153;withering without falling off,â&#x20AC;? as penned

by Keith Quincy in 2002: â&#x20AC;&#x153;She took up scissors and trimmed the hair above his ears and clipped away the frizzy marcescent strands languishing in the desert of his bald head.â&#x20AC;?

Q. In November, 1889, four states â&#x20AC;&#x201D; North

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Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington â&#x20AC;&#x201D; entered the Union, raising the number of states from 38 to 42. But which Dakota was number 39?

A. No one knows, answers Dan Lewis on his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now I Knowâ&#x20AC;? website. Before becoming states, both made up Dakota Territory, and though they could have been admitted as one state, several reasons argued against it. At the time, the territory had a relatively large population situated in the northeast and southeast corners, hundreds of miles apart. Also, the Republican Party, in control of the federal government, wanted two states, with their four Senate seats.

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Concludes Lewis: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yet North Dakota may have gotten the last laugh: By virtue of being alphabetically before South Dakota, it is often listed first, as a matter of convenience.â&#x20AC;?

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