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FRESH ELECTION, STALE AMALGAMATION TALK

St. Jacobs among the stops in pitch to young doctors

GIVING WHAT YOU’VE GOT IN YOU

VERONICA REINER HAVING VISITORS IN FROM out of town? Chances are one of the stops on any tour of the area will include the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market. It’s no different for those hosting a group of medical residents in an effort to sell them on setting up practices in Waterloo Region.

The market is one of the locales that’ll be featured in this weekend’s “Annual Family Emergency Medicine Resident Weekend” hosted by The Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce. The recruitment tool is now in its 20th year.

The business organization will be shepherding 16 medical residents and four emergency medicine residents and their partners to a variety of Waterloo Region locations, looking to sell them on the benefits of moving here and setting up shop. It’s not just about opportunities for the docRECRUITMENT | 3

www.OBSERVERXTRA.com WOOLWICH COUNCIL / DEVELOPMENT

Latest version of new Birdland subdivision in Elmira gets OK Known as Southwood 4, the project approved this week could eventually be home to some 1,270 to 1,430 people STEVE KANNON

The monthly blood donor clinic was well attended Oct. 26 at the Elmira Lions Hall. Greeting donors at the event was little Ella Dorscht, for whom the clinic was sponsored this month, along with her mother Kristen and brother Cameron.

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ELMIRA’S BUILDING BOOM WILL continue in the south end, Woolwich council this week approving plans for the latest expansion to the Birdland subdivision.

Southwood 4 will see a mix of single-family homes, semis, townhouses and apartments on some 70 acres. Altogether, Birdland Developments’s plan calls for 481 to 552 units that will be home to some 1,270 to 1,430 people.

The final plan recommended by township planners and OK’d by council Tuesday night addresses many of the concerns raised by neighbours during a pair of public meetings, said manager of planning John Scarfone.

Though no one from the public spoke to the issue –

some neighbours were in the gallery – councillors did have a few questions and even reservations before ultimately approving the project.

Coun. Patrick Merlihan continued to raise traffic issues, noting few had been resolved in revisions to the plan. In particular, an already problematic situation at South Parkwood Boulevard and Arthur Street could get worse.

That intersection, where making a left turn at peak times can be a chore, has been a bone of contention for residents and councillors. While there have been suggestions a traffic light would help, the Region of Waterloo, which is responsible for Arthur Street, maintains signals aren’t SOUTHWOOD | 4

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SOUTHWOOD: Traffic issues likely to persist

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warranted.

Studies submitted by the developer that looked at traffic in the area suggested that the project’s plan to open up new connections to Listowel Road and Whippoorwill Drive would eventually provide additional outlets for traffic.

But that raised another concern from Coun. Mark Bauman, who suggested traffic signals would be needed at the intersection of Listowel Road and a proposed new thoroughfare from the subdivision. In the absence of that, drivers would likely opt for Whippoorwill Drive in order to take advantage of the traffic lights there.

Not only would the additional signals be helpful, chances are the township would regret not doing so.

“I might have to say I told you so,” he said, joking about returning at a later date, his final term on council ending this month.

Scarfone, however, countered that region won’t allow a light given that studies show traffic volumes aren’t enough to warrant signals – as with Arthur Street, Listowel Road is a regional road.

While traffic remains an issue, the project as approved maintains changes introduced in the summer to address neighbours concerns about a planned apartment block. Rather than right at the corner of Whippoorwill adjacent to existing single-family

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Current plan for the lastest Birdland development, Southwood 4. homes, the apartments will be located more centrally and away from current residents.

“In response to issues raised by the public, Birdland modified the draft plan in an attempt to disperse the multiple housing blocks which were identified in the original plan as being too concentrated adjacent to Whippoorwill Drive. The street patterns and block layout were altered accordingly to reflect this change,” said Scarfone in his written report.

Given the higher density housing and the need for new roads, particularly connections to Listowel

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“Elmira can work towards achieving its population target over the next 11 years by averaging an annual population of approximately 453 people.”

Fronting on 1143 Listowel Rd. in Elmira’s south end, the development would essentially form a link between Whippoorwill Drive and Listowel Road when built out.

Waterloo’s Perimeter Institute brought its Power of Ideas exhibit to EDSS last week, providing students with a look at the opportunities in modern physics and astronomy.

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Quilt auction likely to set new high-water mark as largest fundraiser for EDCL FAISAL ALI IT’S THE BIGGEST FUNDRAISER of the year for the Elmira District Community Living (EDCL), and this year might have been amongst a banner outing. The annual Elmira Quilt Auction was held again on October 27, raising in excess of $100,000 for the Elmira not-for-profit, which provides services and housing for community

residents with intellectual disabilities.

“We expect that this will be probably our best year ever. And I think this is the fourth year in row now that we exceeded the $100,000 mark,” said Greg Bechard, executive director for the Elmira charity.

The final figure was still being tallied, said Bechard.

“Probably in excess of $110,000, just to keep it on

the low side.”

The auction, which was held over the course of Saturday at the Elmira Produce Auction Cooperative building at Reid Woods Drive and Arthur Street, north of Elmira, saw thousands raised through donated furniture, baked goods and, of course, the main attraction, the quilts. The auction was also preceded the previous day with a beef brisket dinner

Making the right wardrobe choice should be part of getting your flu shot VERONICA REINER WE’VE ROLLED INTO NOVEMBER. It’s colder, damper and darker. It’s also the start of flu season. Experts would recommend getting a flu shot. Much less obviously – the cold and damp thing – they’d suggest wearing a short-sleeved shirt when doing so.

The counterintuitive part of that has to do with giving the person doing the injection a better shot at finding the right spot for the needle. A misplaced injection can make the experience more painful and, on rare occasions, more injurious, says Kelly Grindrod is an associate professor at the University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy and School of Public Health.

The best way to prevent any adverse effects from the vaccination can be fairly simply: avoid wearing long sleeves.

“If you’re getting a flu shot and the needle is injected too high in the arm, and it goes into the shoulder, it causes shoulder injury,” said Grindrod. “One thing that causes problems is when you wear a longsleeve shirt that you have to pull down over your shoulder.

“When you pull the neck down over your shoulder, it doesn’t give enough space.

Sometimes that’s what can make it that the needle goes into the shoulder instead of the arm. People should wear T-shirts or sleeveless shirts for their flu shot.”

Getting the injection on target helps avoid what is known as shoulder injury related to vaccination administration, or SIRVA for short. It occurs when the vaccine is injected into the musculoskeletal structures of the shoulder –ligaments or tendons, for example – instead of the arm muscle.

The first case of SIRVA was reported in 2006.

While some soreness or bruising is typical after receiving the vaccine, the difference is that the pain does not get better – it keeps getting worse.

“Some things to watch out for is shoulder pain, there might have a decreased range of motion,” said Grindrod. “And it starts within two days of getting the pain; you start to notice those symptoms.

People will get a sore arm after getting the vaccine, that’s normal. The key difference is that it doesn’t get better.”

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that served over 600 people, and the start of the silent auction, said Bechard.

The banner year for the auction was due to a number of factors, he noted, including a large number of donated items, as well as a significant turnout.

“We had the handmade furniture that comes, and this year we had the best donation of furniture that we’ve ever had. Probably

double what we got last year. And, of course, the baking,” he said. “All in all, the crowd was as big as we’ve ever had, so a really good turnout.”

Not to be outdone, the baked goods drew more than their fair share of donations, with pies being sold off for hundreds of dollars at a time.

“They’re 12-inch pies, baked by various individu-

als. And there were some that were sold for in excess of $1,000. So a person would buy it for like $500 or $600, and then put it back in and have it auctioned off again.

And would oftentimes auction for that much again. so the pies went anywhere from $500-600 to over $1,000,” said Bechard.

“So lots of fun, lots of good charity for a worthy cause.”

CHECKING OUT MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE AREA

Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Mike Harris (second from right) was in St. Jacobs on Oct. 26 to meet with the new executive director of the Woolwich Community Health Centre, Rosslyn Bentley (middle), and to take a tour of the facilities. Harris noted the health centre was an excellent resource in the community to triage patients and help decrease the long wait times at hospitals while providing primary-care physician services.

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tors, but about promoting the quality of life issues for the whole family.

“We’re not only recruiting the doctor, but we’re also recruiting the family and their partner,” said Ian McLean, president, and CEO of the local chamber.

“On the physician side, we show them the practice opportunities, the research opportunities, the hospitals, so the medical side of things. For the partners, we will show them the community, cultural amenities, neighbourhoods, and the rural divide.”

“The weekend is a wonderful opportunity for these first and second-year family medicine residents to get better acquainted with the community and our health care facilities,” added Mark Christensen

of WalterFedy, chair of the organizing committee, in a release.

The weekend will showcase the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market, the Delta Hotel, the Grand River Hospital, and the Communitech Hub at the Tannery, to name a few.

Due to medical investments in the community such as the School of Pharmacy at the University of Waterloo and the School of Medicine in Kitchener, run in conjunction with McMaster University, many visitors will have some experience with the Region of Waterloo in previous medical training.

Given some upcoming challenges, including an aging base of current practitioners, recruiting new physicians is always a priority, says McLean.

“More doctors are start-

ing to retire,” he explained.

“So when a doctor retires, it usually now requires a doctor and a half to replace their patient loads, because many of the new doctors are not taking the same types of patient loads.

Frankly, there are not many new doctors that want to take on a patient load of 2,000 or 2,100, which is what many of the older doctors and retiring doctors would have.”

Other challenges include a growing population in the area, though that increases the number of job opportunities for doctors.

The chamber has helped to recruit more than 200 family physicians since beginning its efforts in 1998 when 40,000 residents did not have access to a family practitioner. Currently, the number of residents now looking for a family doctor

is estimated to be around 20,000.

“We have a lot of appeal here,” said McLean of his pitch to medical residents. “Our job as a catalyst for this program is to make sure that we showcase what this region has to offer regarding housing, setting, schooling, practice opportunities, job opportunities for spouses, and really showcase what Waterloo Region is in terms of living, work and play.”

The weekend is supported through the corporate and municipal investment in Chamber Health Care Resources Council programs and initiatives.

The recruitment weekend begins tomorrow at 3 p.m., with the majority of the tour taking place on Saturday before wrapping up on Sunday.

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Woolwich to move on Breslau drain problems; council approves hiring of engineer STEVE KANNON WITH RESIDENTS OF THE Elroy Acres subdivision in Breslau facing ongoing flooding issues, Woolwich is moving to make improvements to a rundown municipal drain.

As a first step, councillors meeting Tuesday night approved spending up to $50,000 to hire an engineering firm to begin investigating the problem and options for fixing it.

Full engineering costs could hit $150,000 and construction another $700,000, according to estimates from the township’s drainage superintendent.

As with similar projects, the tab would eventually be picked up by the benefitting property owners.

Some improvements are needed come what may, as the current drain is in poor shape and undersized for current demands, deputy clerk Jeff Smith told councillors. Known as Breslau Municipal Drain No. 1, it dates back to 1953 and hasn’t been well maintained in the intervening decades.

Woolwich received requests for improvements from four residents, he noted.

“The request for maintenance was in part due to ponding of water on residents’ properties, surcharging of the drain and reports of basement flooding,” Smith said in a written report.

“Camera inspection of the closed portion of the drain revealed approximately 30 blockages including pipes, roots, mud, and stones and the camera inspection had to be abandoned 10 times due to blockages. The open portion of the drain requires cleanout, brushing and levelling.”

The problems were well documented by residents who addressed council.

Kennedy Road resident Dave Ritchie, for instance, said his yard is frequently inundated with three or four feet of water during snowmelts, particularly the February thaw.

“I’m probably the most affected person in the room,” he said, showing photos of water pooling a few feet deep in his yard.

He explained that his low-lying lot has become an outlet for water running downhill during heavy rainfalls and snowmelts, suggesting that neighbours filling in drainage

“This all started to happen when the ditches starting getting filled in.

“I’m very angry about it,” he said of the water pouring onto his property. “I need something done now, or else I’ll be flooded again in February.”

He wasn’t the only resident asking the township to make clearing ditches a priority.

“I just want people to be accountable for filling in the ditches,” said Mike Markovic, noting the ditches used to be effective in mitigating the flooding, but have since been filled in. As such, stormwater isn’t draining from the Elroy Acres subdivision as it once did.

The tribulations of the neighbourhood got a sympathetic hearing from councillors.

“Your patience is overwhelming,” Coun. Mark Bauman told Ritchie. “I can appreciate this is not acceptable. This can’t happen in February again.

Breslau resident Dave Ritchie shared photos of the flooding that routinely takes place in his yard, particularly in winter thaws.

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“We need to have a solution – a short-term solution and a long-term solution.”

Simply cleaning out ditches may not be the solution in question, however, argued director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley.

“We’re not sure that the filling in of ditches is the major problem here,” he said, noting the modelling to be done by the engineering firm would help staff get a better handle on the problem.

“I don’t think that just opening up the ditches is going to be the solution,” added drainage superintendent Greg Nancekivel, suggesting that it wouldn’t make sense to spend a large sum of money on that pursuit if the solution is to replace the drains in relatively short order.

Pressed by council, Smith said staff would be expediting the process, starting with picking an engineer.

SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS AND contribute to a charitable cause in the fourth annual Two of a Kind Vendor Show, a fundraiser for the Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Grand River chapter set for Saturday in Breslau.

The event will feature unique artisan crafts, including Christmas wreaths, jewelry made from natural gemstones, bath products, framed quotes, and knitting. Admission sales and 10 per cent of the sales will go towards the local MS Society.

There will be more than 100 vendors attending this year, the most this group has ever hosted, says fundraising coordinator Kim Kay-Thomas, noting about half are newcomers.

There will be some distinctive vendors this time around, she added.

“We have a woman who is a wheat weaver, which is actually really unique,” said Kay-Thomas. “We have a few that are very specific – one does Ukrainian painted eggs. She actually is painting them while people are walking by, they’re beautiful. They’re called Ukrainian Eggs by Angela. We have one guy that makes items for your garden out of stones, such as animals.”

Selected vendors are chosen by a committee

whose members try to keep artists at approximately 10 per category to keep things varied. In particular, knitting sees a considerable amount of applicants over other categories. Vendors pay $35 for a table.

Thousands of people attend, and that amount has increased each year.

“It helps to be in Victoria Street between Kitchener and Guelph because there’s quite a bit of traffic,” said Kay-Thomas. “We also have food trucks that are out front of the greenhouse location that helps get attention.”

The show raises some $10,000 on average. KayThomas says that amount has gone up by a couple of grand each time and is expecting a good turnout in 2018.

Canada has the highest rate of MS in the world. The MS Society, Grand River chapter offers a variety of supportive programs for people living with MS, including support groups and educational workshops. Each year, the society donates $140 million to research in hopes of finding a cure for MS. The Two of a Kind Vendor Show will take place November 3 at the Belgian Nursery at 2615 Victoria St. N. in Breslau. It goes on from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Admission is $3 per person, $5 per family, and free for children.

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A place to work and live in Breslau

meeting Tuesday night in Woolwich council chambers, with only the applicant and his planner addressing the issue.

Likewise, John Scarfone, Woolwich’s manager of planning, noted comments from a variety of agencies, including the Grand River Conservation Authority, raised no complaints.

Long a place to work, a Breslau site may eventually be a place Calvin Jutzi can call home.

He’s seeking zone change on his land at 5100 Fountain St. N., home to the M.R. Jutzi auction house. The move would see the property divided into two, the auction business remaining on some 8.4 acres at the front, as it has since 1980, with the remaining 17 acres zoned as agricultural with the intent of building a house there.

The changes would include a 41-metre strip along the east side of the property that would allow access to Fountain Street from the rear lot.

The proposal was the subject of a public

Wellesley Lions fundraiser Sunday

The family of a township boy dealing with diabetes will enjoy the fruits of the Wellesley Lions Club’s labours at Sunday’s annual roast beef dinner.

Proceeds this year’s event will go to help a the boy get the tools his family needs to keep him healthy and safe, says the club.

Six-year-old Easton Van De Hogen of

Wellesley was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was just two years old.

The Lions not OHIP doesn’t cover some of the medical items for his diabetes that make life easier and less painful for him, specifically a continuous glucose monitor that is attached to him at all times and measures his glucose levels constantly.

This makes it much easier for his teachers at Wellesley Public School to monitor his levels throughout the day without having to prick his finger every 30 minutes. It’s an expensive option, however, and the transmitter needs to be replaced every six months. The device costs $340/month plus, while a transmitter is $700 every six months As well, there’s an insulin pump that is also attached to him at all times, and eliminates the need for him to receive several needle pokes a day because it delivers the

insulin he needs every time he eats. That devices costs approx $300/month.

The club’s roast beef dinner is set for November 4, 4-7 p.m.Tickets are available from any Lions member or by calling 519-656-2463.

Museum award to longtime volunteer

A volunteer for more than 50 years with Region of Waterloo Museums, Warren Stauch is the recipient this year of a Volunteer Award of Excellence from the Ontario Museum Association, presented at an annual conference October 25 in Toronto.

The OMA Volunteer Service Award of Excellence is presented to individuals who have made a significant contribution to a museum or museums through volunteer work.

IMPAIRED DRIVING CHARGE FOLLOWS COLLISION

BRESLAU TRAFFIC

A 25-year-old woman faces impaired driving charges after a single-vehicle collision Oct. 26 near Heidelberg. She was driving westbound on Lobsinger Line when she lost control of her vehicle and drove into a ditch. She and a 10-month-old infant in the car were transported to Grand River Hospital with minor injuries. [FAISAL ALI / THE OBSERVER]

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There was smoke but little in the way of fire on Oct. 22 when Elmira firefighters were called to put out a tree that had reportedly been smoldering on the corner of Arthur and First streets.

Traffic was held up along Breslau’s busy Victoria Street thoroughfare Oct. 18 when police responded to a collision at the intersection with Kramp Road.

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Grindrod emphasized that these cases are relatively rare and that it should not deter someone from getting the flu shot.

“This is not common; it’s quite rare. We don’t expect it to happen.

But in the very rare case that it does, it’s just helpful to recognize it so that they can see their physicians earlier and get treatment,” she said.

“There an increasing number of case reports in literature, but the number is probably going up because more people are aware of it.”

It also decreases the effectiveness of the vaccine, since it is supposed to be absorbed into the muscle.

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“Pharmacists offer the public a convenient and accessible option for receiving a number of vaccinations, including against influenza,” said Sherilyn Houle, a pharmacist and assistant professor at the UW School of Pharmacy, in a release.

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Amalgamation a bad idea that just won’t die off THE VOTES WERE BARELY counted when there was talk – again – of amalgamation. That the municipal election happened during Halloween season appears to be no coincidence – amalgamation is the zombie that refuses to die.

The walking dead, indeed.

Just like zombies, however, the benefits proponents tout – cost savings and efficiencies – are also totally fictional.

Amalgamation has been a non-starter for years. Whether protecting their turfs or fighting off the loss of independence, critics have been right to dismiss a concept whereby the seven existing municipalities in Waterloo Region would be wiped out in favour of one.

The case for consolidating seven municipal governments into one über-government at the region is as weak today as it was during the height of the Harris Tories’ ill-fated amalgamation frenzy. Removing direct local representation for a gamble on reduced costs hasn’t paid off, and never will.

Moreover, people have ties to their communities, and like to have direct access to their municipal politicians, who have the largest impact on their day-to-day lives.

While optimizing some services may be advantageous – over the years, we’ve seen that happen with police services and, more recently, transit – but that’s a far cry from discussing single-tier government. Even talks to regionalize fire protection or water and sewer services seem doomed to eternal bickering.

In the townships, the loss of direct say over planning and other issues is too big a price to pay. An amalgamated region would see precious little rural representation at the table. As it now stands, Woolwich and Wellesley each have just one place on regional council, which doesn’t amount to much.

But each remains autonomous for the most part, able to control its future at the local council level – in the absence of that structure, the priorities of the cities could quickly overwhelm each of the four rural townships.

The smallest municipalities must retain the right to say “no” when it comes to incursions from the city. The fate of the development lands in Breslau, for instance, is in much better hands at Woolwich council than it would be if the cities were calling the shots – just look at the poor development legacy visited on the residents of Kitchener and Waterloo.

Studies of Ontario municipalities amalgamated when that was in vogue with the Harris government show cost-savings to be non-existent. There may be benefits, but they’re not financial. And years afterwards, few people are doing cartwheels over the moves.

Business groups are often the ones pushing for amalgamations, typically emphasizing the savings mantra. Depending on the political climate, they’re joined by people who like the idea of sending politicians packing, the appeal of fewer councillors. Again, nice idea in theory, but the savings are miniscule – one-half of one per cent of the total budget goes to council administration.

While there can be a bit of initial cost savings by casting off duplicate senior staff members, it doesn’t take long before most of the money is eaten up by the middle managers who are added to help administer a larger population and the services offered to them.

That idea makes no sense for any of the municipalities, least of all the townships. But politicians are capable of acting contrary to the public interest. When it comes to the idea of amalgamation, we are living in the land of the undead.

So begins the holiday season as it applies to not-so-healthy diets.

WORLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYER

Violence and lies in Yemen are the real Saudi issue WORLD AFFAIRS WHILE SAUDI CROWN PRINCE Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) frantically tries to scrub Jamal Khashoggi’s blood off his hands like a Middle Eastern Lady Macbeth – “Here’s the smell of blood still. Not all the sweet perfumes of Arabia will sweeten this hand.” – could we have a word about his war in Yemen too?

In the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last month, the Crown Prince’s henchmen murdered one high-profile critic of his rule. In Yemen, on Saudi Arabia’s southern border, his air force and those of his allies have been killing around a hundred men, women and children a week for more than three years now. To little avail, it must be said, but the futility of MbS’s bombing campaign does not excuse it.

When the war in Yemen is discussed in the Western media, two phrases recur constantly. One is the “internationally recognized

president,” a phrase meant to suggest that the man in question, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, is somehow the legitimate and even the democratically elected leader of the country.

Hadi has been living in exile in Saudi Arabia for the past three years, with only occasional brief visits to the sliver of territory in southern Yemen still controlled by his supporters. He is currently in the United States for medical treatment.

The other misleading phrase is the “Iranianbacked Houthi rebels,” a formulation meant to suggest that the Houthis, who have controlled most of Yemen for the past three years, are mere pawns of the evil Iranians.

‘Iranian-backed’ is also meant to suggest that the Houthi rebels are actually being supplied with weapons by Iran, an allegation that is used by Arab countries beholden to Saudi Arabia and by MbS’s American and European arms suppliers to justify their support for his war on Yemen. Both phrases are deliberately misleading.

Abdrabbuh Mansour

Hadi came to power in Yemen in 2012, when the ‘Arab spring’ revolt that overthrew long-ruling dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh was threatening to topple into civil war. Saleh had always resisted Saudi Arabia’s attempts to control its far poorer Yemeni neighbour, and the Saudis exploited his fall to put their own man, Hadi, into power.

Hadi was ‘elected’ president in 2012, in a vote where nobody else ran, to serve a two-year transitional term while the country sorted out a new constitution. He was effectively overthrown by Houthi tribal militia in 2014, partly because he was a Saudi puppet but mainly because he supported a Saudi scheme to create a federal system that would impoverish the Houthis.

The northern highlands where the Houthis live are the poorest of all Yemen’s regions, but the proposed federal system would have reserved the country’s dwindling oil revenues for the sparsely populated southwestern provinces where the oil actually is.

Were the Saudis delib-

erately trying to hurt the Houthis, who are Shia and therefore not trusted by Riyadh? That’s certainly how the Houthis saw it, so they rebelled. It had nothing to do with the Iranians.

Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen is really about putting its own placeman, Hadi, back into power. He is ‘internationally recognized’ (although his mandate ran out four years ago), but that’s no great accomplishment. Even Saddam Hussein was ‘internationally recognized.’

Iran certainly approves of the Houthi revolt, partly because the Houthis are fellow Shias but mainly because they overthrew a Saudi puppet president.

But there is no reason to believe that Iran actively encouraged the revolt – the Houthis understand their own interests quite well – and absolutely no evidence that it has supplied the Houthis with weapons.

It’s just not necessary: Yemen is flooded with weapons, and always has been. Besides, there is no way for Iran to get weapons and supplies in to DYER | 8

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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK

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“Nope. Don’t plan to. Good Lord gave me a great immune system.”

“I’ll probably get it [because] I work with vulnerable people.”

“I didn’t get it.”

“I’ve got my flu shot.”

“I get it every year.”

“Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen is really about putting its own placeman, Hadi, back into power.” Gwynne Dyer | 6 HIS VIEW / STEVE KANNON

Each act of extremism in Western societies a symptom of fascist tendencies EDITOR'S NOTES THE SHOOTING AT A Pittsburgh synagogue is not a unique display of the tribalism infecting our society, but it is a very stark example of the dangerous path we’re treading. Of all the horrific acts carried out by the Nazis, the anti-Semitism and killing of Jews is the most vivid reminder of the evils of fascism.

There’s been much talk of fascism in relation to the rise to power and influence of the extremists, from Trump to, just this week, Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil. In may sound like hyperbole, but there’s every reason to heed the warnings. We’ve entered a period where the very notion of a civil society is in peril, and there are signs we could slide into a situation we’ll certainly regret.

The rise of extremist elements is a symptom, not the cause of our current woes.

The tribalism and grasping at straws with support for demagogues is an offshoot of a declining sense the

future will be better. Things are getting worse precisely because those making the decisions and those pulling the strings are concerned about themselves, not the vast majority of the population, the planet, the future or anything beyond immediate lust for money and power.

People are angry and afraid, which is a perfect recipe for tribal divisions, with power and money going to those stirring the pot.

Or combining matches and gasoline, as it were. That people are angry and afraid in large part due to the insecurity of deregulated, financialized, neoliberal capitalism – to use language reminiscent of the time of European fascism and communism – goes largely unnoticed. It’s a system that is gutting the middle class and the already long beleaguered lower classes.

People have good reason to be angry, as millions have seen their comfortable middle class lives stolen from them over the last few decades as jobs have gone overseas, wages have stagnated and good jobs are disappearing .

HOW TO REACH US

It’s a scary time for many who see echoes of 1930s Europe and the rise of fascism led by charismatic leaders who promise better days ahead to angry and fearful populaces.

The parallels aren’t exact, but with growing numbers of disenfranchised and disenchanted voters, along with long-simmering grievances, there is a possibility anger will trump good sense. If the lid blows on the racial, gender and class resentments, things will get messy.

For those with the levers of control, the plan is going off without a hitch.

The caustic environment evident today is almost inevitable given the course we’re on, beset by fascist tendencies.

“The symptoms of fascist thinking are colored by environment and adapted to immediate circumstances.

But always and everywhere they can be identified by their appeal to prejudice and by the desire to play upon the fears and vanities of different groups in order to gain power. It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in

every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice.

It may be shocking to some people in this country to realize that, without meaning to do so, they hold views in common with Hitler when they preach discrimination against other religious, racial or economic groups. Likewise, many people whose patriotism is their proudest boast play Hitler’s game by retailing distrust of our Allies and by giving currency to snide suspicions without foundation in fact.”

Those aren’t the words of a leftist ideologue, nor even those of an observer of today’s morass, though they could have been uttered for the first time this week and been on message.

Instead, they were penned by U.S. vice president Henry Wallace in the New York Times on Apr. 9, 1944.

People at that time were very much aware of the dangerous combination of social unrest, demagoguery, fascism and the scapegoating of “others.” In his comments, Wallace could easily have been prescient about what we’re seeing today.

“A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. The supreme god of a fascist, to which his ends are directed, may be money or power; may be a race or a class; may be a military, clique or an economic group; or may be a culture, religion, or a political party,” he wrote.

“Still another danger is represented by those who, paying lip service to democracy and the common welfare, in their insatiable greed for money and the power which money gives, do not hesitate surreptitiously to evade the laws designed to safeguard the public from monopolistic extortion.”

With the rise of authoritarian/fascist movements – often a reaction to economic failures and demographic changes – the very nature of democracy is at risk, in large part due to our own ignorance and lack of vigilance. That’s something worth remembering.

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Like making scapegoats of “the other,” divisive rightleft battles on the fringes prove both a great distraction and a way to channel more public money from those who have little to those who have a lot.

To counter the violence of fringe right-wing extremist with violence from the left just enhances the position of those who want control. And those in power have a much greater fear of movements that would make society fairer, more equitable and democratic than they do of racist thugs who have bought into the status quo.

Right now, anger makes it easy to find scapegoats, a reaction that feeds on our inherent prejudices and racism. These are times that bring out the worst in us. Demagogues and those who would feast on the divisions are more than happy for the distracted masses. It’s from that mire that fascism emerges – with Remembrance Day on the horizon, we have to look no further than the horrors of the early and mid-20th century for some terrible examples.

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Hydro, renewables and natural gas will lead the growth in total Canadian electricity generation, while coal and nuclear generation will see a decline over the next 20 years. While renewables will see significant growth – wind capacity doubling and solar nearly tripling – crude oil production will increase by 58% and natural gas production will increase by 23% over the next 20 years.

“Our constantly increasing demands on nature are driving wildlife to extinction. It’s not just elephants, freshwater dolphins and rhinos, but Canadian wildlife too. Caribou, southern resident killer whales, burrowing owls: These Canadian species have been pushed to the brink by human impacts on nature.”

The controversial ghost of amalgamation visited Wellesley on Devil’s Night but was quickly dispatched by councillors eager to exorcise the demon forever. Prompted by a letter from Cambridge Mayor Doug Craig, councillors meeting Oct. 30 voted to drive a nail in the casket of the latest drive for one-tier government in Waterloo Region. Council endorsed Craig’s condemnation of the actions and mandate of Citizens for Better Government (CFBG).

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the Houthis. Yemen is a thousand kilometres from Iran, with Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies in between.

Saudi Arabia and its allies control the seas around Yemen and the airspace over it. The whole idea is nonsense.

The Saudis make a great fuss about the missiles that the Houthis occasionally launch at Saudi Arabian targets, in a pathetic retaliation for the intense Saudi air attacks they live under every day. Riyadh claims that the missiles must be Iranian, because the Yemenis are too primitive to handle that technology.

This is more nonsense.

The missiles are just upgraded Scuds, a 1950s

Soviet design that was sold to half the countries in the Third World. The Yemeni armed forces had them, the Houthis captured them, and Yemeni technicians are perfectly capable of extending their range to reach Riyadh and other Saudi cities. But they have not managed to make them accurate at those ranges: they rarely hit anything.

The Houthis are not an admirable lot, but they are just fighting their corner.

There are no Iranians in sight, but Saudi stories about them win American support for MbS’s war. And the Western media almost never question these much bigger lies, although they are having a collective meltdown over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

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Why can you not accept the fact that more than 15 years ago a democratic process was followed, the taxpayers of Woolwich spoke and the Woolwich council

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Perhaps you could do a study on how many homes have been built on the former Woolwich Agricultural Society property, along with the tax and spinoff revenue generated from those residents living in Elmira. While it may not match the $30.2 million that Centre Wellington has received from the OLGC, I am sure that it is no small sum.

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6-3, but time ran out before they could make a go of it.

While the scoreboard showed an imbalance, the other stats were more equitable. Each team had four power plays, for instance, with Elmira scoring twice to Waterloo’s once.

After Saturday’s game, the Kings got a full 24 hours of rest and recuperation before they were on home ice for their second matchup of the weekend – this time against the Cambridge Redhawks. Despite the stellar game the Kings had the day before against Waterloo, the matchup against the sixthplace Cambridge proved to be a more subdued affair.

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for their first.

The score was now 5-1, and while a shutout was out of the question, the Kings weren’t ready to roll over.

Dubecki (Tyson Hillier, Harrison Toms) picked up his second at the 12-minute mark, putting the Kings at a 6-1 advantage until the end of the frame.

The third was where things started to get challenging. The Siskins were on the offense, and five minutes into the final stanza, they made it 6-2 with a power-play marker. They still had another four points to make it a close game, but found their mark only one last time, at 15:28.

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win, Damian Figueira).

Kurtis Goodwin (Anthony Azzano, Ty Biles) produced a third point at the 14-minute mark, while Waters (J. Goodwin, Hunter Dubecki) came back for a fourth on the power play with 1:30 left to go.

By the first intermission, Elmira was well ahead of the first-place team, their domination carrying into the second.

Five minutes in, Dubecki (J. Goodwin, Mason McMahon) made it 5-0 on a power play.

It wasn’t an easy coast to victory, however, as the Siskins finally replied. Less than a minute after Elmira got their fifth, Waterloo found the back of the net

ON THE WEEKEND, JENN and I had what I’d like to call a “misunderstanding.”

It was nothing serious, of course, but it did reveal a larger societal issue that columnists like me are obliged to shed some light on.

I was doing what any normal person does on a Sunday at 7:25 a.m. – practicing with my new duck call – when Jenn stomped downstairs in her pajamas, rubbed the sleep from her eyes, stood in front of me with arms crossed and said, “Hey! Do you think you might stop all that honking?”

Honestly, I was shocked. I was quacking, not honking.

I know what you are thinking and agree completely – our educational has system failed us. After all, quacking and honking are two very different things.

Back when I was growing up, long before kids were taught reading, writing and arithmetic, we were taught quacking and honking. And, I’m proud to say, those kindergarten lessons are the ones that have stuck with me the most – and not just because I went through them twice.

In fact, I could go on any game show in the world and confidently answer any

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Mason McMahon battles the visiting Cambridge Redhawks for the puck at a home game Oct. 27. It was a close affair, but Elmira ultimately squeaked by with a 2-1 victory.

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THE KINGS WERE ON top form last weekend as they skated to victory in a pair of back-to-back home games, Saturday and Sunday.

Perhaps it was the home cooking that did the trick, or the support of the fans cheering them on, but the Kings took out the top team in the Midwestern Conference, the Waterloo Siskins, in a 6-3 rout Saturday. Elmira followed up that victorious performance the next evening with a narrower 2-1 victory over the Cambridge Redhawks.

The win on Saturday was especially welcome for the Sugar Kings, who have struggled since the start of the season to put points on the board against the top teams in the league, namely Kitchener and Stratford.

Saturday’s game was also the team’s first against Waterloo, and their first victory this season against a team higher than them in the standings.

Right from the puck drop, the game against the Siskins belonged squarely to the Kings. The Elmira team lost no time scoring, racking up five goals in the first 25 minutes before Waterloo even had time to react.

Sugar King Luke Israel potted the team’s first at 6:25, assisted by Brock McKenzie and Jonah Burley. It was the opening salvo, and followed less than a minute later by a second from Brody Waters (Jeremey Good-

putting the first and only point of the first two frames at 15:28 on the power play.

The second saw no scoring, much to the Kings’ chagrin, but things turned around in the third when Burley, aided by the Goodwin brothers, Jeremey and Kurtis, made contact 50 seconds in.

With the game knotted at 1-1 and much of the period left to play, to say it was a race to the finish-line would be an understatement, as both teams furiously fought for the game-deciding goal.

It was a disciplined race, however, with neither side picking up many penalties.

Ultimately, the final point of the match came at the 13-minute mark off the stick of McMahon (Dubecki, J. Goodwin) on the power play. Now up 2-1, Elmira had only to hold on until the clock ran down to zero.

With four points under their belt, the Kings will be going into this weekend’s games with a bit of momentum. On Friday, the Kings will be facing the Bombers in Brampton for their second meeting this season.

Their previous meeting in September saw the Kings make off with a 4-2 win.

The day after, Saturday, the Kings will returning to Elmira for a rematch against the Siskins. This time, the Kings will be looking to prove their 6-3 win over the rival team was no fluke.

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question regarding the difference between duck and goose vocalization. This is probably why I am so respected in the community.

Jenn grew up in a different, more “enlightened” educational era, however.

As far as I can gather, it was one in which these important lessons were not drilled home with a cute duck dance where you had to wiggle your tail and flap

your wings.

As a result, to this day she gets quacking and honking confused.

That’s why, I believe we should forget all this nonsense about our changing our sex education curriculum and, instead, focus our educational efforts on things that will serve a child well later in life – such as knowing the difference between a quack and a honk.

I mean, if a person doesn’t know this, how are they ever going to know which call to pick up when ducks are circling the decoys?

Having said that, I firmly believe we all have our part to play in education. That’s why I went back upstairs with both duck and goose call in hand and tried to demonstrate the difference. Whether that sunk in through the two pillows Jenn held over her ears is

anyone’s guess, but my gut feeling is that she wasn’t receptive to the knowledge I was so generously offering.

The good news is, after I finally managed to extract the socks she had stuffed into each of my calls, Jenn displayed genuine curiosity.

“How far away can birds hear those things?” she asked.

I told her I have turned around ducks and geese from several hundred metres in the right conditions.

“Really?” she answered.

“Yes,” I replied.

“That can’t be true,” she said.

I crossed my heart.

She then asked me to walk down the road to demonstrate. And, since I never pass up on a teachable moment, I stepped outside, began calling, and then texted her to see if she could hear.

At 100 metres, she texted yes. And again at 200.

Remarkably, she could

still hear me loud and clear at 400 metres – which was incredible since all our windows and doors were shut and various people were yelling at me.

Having proved my point, I walked home secure in the knowledge that Jenn must have a renewed respect for my old school education. And, at 10:30 a.m., after she woke up and unlocked the doors, she said as much too.

EDSS field hockey team has plenty to celebrate this year Despite falling at regionals, Lancers exceeded their expectations with strong showing in WCSSA play FAISAL ALI STORMING THROUGH THE WATERLOO County Secondary School Athletics Association (WCSSA) this season, the EDSS field hockey squad finally met their match last week.

Competing at the Central Western Ontario Secondary School Association (CWOSSA) championship October 24, the Lady Lancers saw their hopes for the provincial title dashed after a stellar season.

At the six-team championship series at Woodside Park last week, the EDSS contingent was ultimately eliminated in the first round by visitors from J.F. Ross in Guelph and St. Marys. St. Marys would go on to take gold at CWOSSA in a final 1-0 decision against the runner-up from Bluevale Collegiate Institute. Both teams will be progressing to the provincials later this week.

Despite the loss, the EDSS field hockey team has more than enough to celebrate, having already shattered their record over the last few years by qualifying for CWOSSA. “We started the season expecting good things, but we ended up I would say exceeding our expectations,” said co-coach Lisa Douglas shortly before the CWOSSA championships.

“The girls discovered early on that we were going to have success, and they just kept building on it. I mean, we were excited about the WCSSA semifinals last year, but the finals this year ... certainly have given the school something to be excited about.”

Over the WCSSA season, the EDSS team held a veritable three-way tie at the top of the standings with Bluevale and Waterloo Collegiate Institute, with each team holding an identical score of 11 wins, one loss and two draws.

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[FAISAL ALI / THE OBSERVER] The EDSS team made it all the way past the semifinals of the WCSSA division before falling 1-0 to Bluevale.

Though holding an identical score with the other two top teams of the WCSSA league this year, the Lancers slipped into third place after falling in the tie-breakers. Still, they had more than qualified for a spot at the CWOSSA championships.

“So as soon as we knew we won our semi-final game, we knew we were advancing to CWOSSA. We didn’t know who we were going to play until every-

thing finished up,” said Douglas.

It was a team effort getting as far as they did, says Douglas, but she credits the team captains, Morgan Hanley, a member of the U18 Team Ontario field hockey team, and Chantal McMurray with lending that extra drive to the other players.

“I think it began with Morgan Hanley who is now in Grade 12. She came in Grade 9 and she kind of raised the bar right from the start, just to have players around her kind of aspire to her. She’s an amazing leader as well, and I

think she’s really helped build the team around her,” said Douglas.

“I would also mention our other captain Chantal McMurray. She came back for a fifth year, and she’s been an amazing leader on the team as well. She does not play field hockey outside of school, but our team would definitely not be the same without her.”

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Novice: MAJOR A Oct 25 vs Oakville Rangers Red Home: 2 Visitor: 5 Goals: Owen Porter, Ethan Straus Assists: Bryce McFadden, Jackson Gillies

NOVICE: MAJOR A Oct 28 vs Ancaster Avalanche Home: 6 Visitor: 0 Goals: Kitson Bakker (2), Owen Porter, Carter Crane, Carson Kellough, Bryce McFadden Assists: Nathan Sellers, Jackson Gillies, Ethan Straus, Carter Crane Shutouts: Mason Gruhl

NovIce: LL2 Oct 28 vs Woolwich Novice LL1 Home: 9 Visitor: 3 Goals: Bentley Wideman (4), Braun Draper (3), Nicholas Shardlow, Dexter Mannhardt Assists: Nicholas Shardlow (2), Braun Draper, Noah Gibson, Aiden Basler

PeeWee: MAJOR A

Oct 23 vs Guelph Gryphons Home: 4 Visitor: 1 Goals: Mitchell Krasovec (2), Carter Weir, Adam Bloch Assists: Alex Veitch, MacIvor Zettel, Caleb Paquet

Oct 13 vs St. Thomas Stars Home: 1 Visitor: 2 Goals: Seth Shantz Assists: Eric Kane

Novice: AE Oct 28 vs Orangeville Home: 1 Visitor: 2 Goals: Liam MacGregor Assists: Boston Esbaugh

Atom: AE Oct 26 vs Caledon Hawks Home: 7 Visitor: 0 Goals: Sam Houston (2), Cam Dawson (2), Fraser Allen, Luke Forbes, Josh Thompson Assists: Luke Forbes (2), Cam Dawson, Owen McAdam, Brody Habermehl, Owen Hallman Shutouts: Mills DeVrieze

Atom: MAJOR A Oct 27 vs New Hamburg Huskies Home: 3 Visitor: 2 Goals: Mitchell Krasovec (2), Sutton Meier Assists: Logan Cluthe (2), Sutton Meier, Mitchell Krasovec

Atom: LL#1 Oct 27 vs New Hamburg Huskies #2 Home: 2 Visitor: 5 Goals: Jonah Schmidt (2) Assists: Caleb Antonello, Zion Shadd

Atom: MINOR A Oct 23 vs New Hamburg Huskies Home: 0 Visitor: 2

Atom: MINOR A Oct 27 vs Hespeler Shamrocks Home: 1 Visitor: 1 Goals: Colton Sinclair Assists: Rhys Taylor, Josh Wraight

Atom: MINOR A Oct 28 vs Guelph Gryphons Home: 1 Visitor: 1 Goals: Rhys Taylor Assists: Levi Adams

Atom: LL#2 Oct 28 vs Tavistock Titans Home: 1 Visitor: 2 Goals: Oliver Horn Assists: Matthew Wilkie

PeeWee: MINOR A

Oct 27 vs Centre Wellington Fusion Home: 6 Visitor: 3 Goals: Luke Forbes (3), Cam Dawson, Sam Krushchat, Fraser Allen Assists: Owen McAdam (2), Luke Forbes, Cam Dawson, William Krubally

Oct 20 vs Ancaster Avalanche Home: 1 Visitor: 5 Goals: Evan Woods

Oct 27 vs Hespeler LL#2 Home: 10 Visitor: 0 Goals: Cohen Clemmer (4), Ryder Bauman (2), Tyler Bauman (2), Sebastian Abate, Jackson Kellough

Oct 14 vs St. Thomas Stars Home: 0 Visitor: 2

Oct 24 vs Milton Winterhawks Home: 4 Visitor: 3 Goals: Carter Weir (2), Caleb Paquet, Declan Martin Assists: Avery Collingwood, Alex Veitch, Mitchell Krasovec, Lucas Benham, Adam Bloch, Caleb Paquet

Atom: AE

Atom: LL#3

PeeWee: MAJOR A

Atom: MAJOR A

Novice: AE Oct 27 vs Oakville Rangers Home: 5 Visitor: 12 Goals: Drew Snyder, Liam MacGregor (2), Hudson Lehtonen, Luca Abate Assists: Liam MacGregor, Brody Schaap (2), Luca Abate, Hudson Lehtonen

Moran, Nate Martin Assists: Tyson Roth, Nate Martin, Eric Kane, Owen Weber

Atom: MAJOR A

Novice: LL2 Oct 28 vs New Hamburg 1 Home: 3 Visitor: 8 Goals: Bentley Wideman (3) Assists: Noah Gibson, Logan Goodfellow

LANCERS TAKE IT TO COURT

Assists: Sebastian Abate (2), Ryder Bauman Shutouts: Ben Hacock

PeeWee: Minor A Oct 23 vs Dundas Blues Home: 3 Visitor: 3 Goals: Josh Carson, Danny Schaefer, Evan Woods Assists: Haiden Wagner, Karsten Smith, Evan Woods, Hunter Bender, Jakob Noot

PeeWee: MAJOR AE Oct 25 vs Guelph Gryphons Home: 1 Visitor: 6

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Novice: LL#2 NOVICE Oct 29 vs Waterloo Ravens #1 Home: 1 Visitor: 2 Goals: Kynlee Nelson The EDSS girls’ junior basketball team was edged out at by visitors from Grand River Collegiate Institute in a 27-24 decision on Oct. 25.

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Goals: Matthew Ramage Assists: Preston Hackert, Josh Uhrig

PeeWee: MAJOR AE Oct 29 vs Caledon Hawks Home: 2 Visitor: 8 Goals: Keegan Martin, Josh Uhrig Assists: Josh Uhrig, Ethan Adams, Jake Patterson, Jamie Ferretti

PeeWee: MAJOR A Oct 20 vs Milton Winterhawks Home: 2 Visitor: 3 Goals: Eric Kane, Hudson Haycock Assists: Cale Waechter, Tyson Roth

PeeWee: MAJOR A Oct 21 vs Ancaster Avalanche Home: 7 Visitor: 3 Goals: Elijah Weiss (3), Hudson Haycock, Cale Waechter, Tyson Moran, Isaiah Shantz Assists: Isaiah Shantz (3), Mitch Walker (2), Hudson Haycock (2), Josh Gibson, Tyson Moran, Seth Shantz, Cale Waechter, Eric Kane

PeeWee: MAJOR A Oct 26 vs New Hamburg Huskies Home: 2 Visitor: 1 Goals: Hudson Haycock, Mitch Walker Assists: Nate Martin, Cale Waechter, Owen Weber

PeeWee: MAJOR A Oct 28 vs Centre Wellington Fusion Home: 3 Visitor: 3 Goals: Seth Shantz, Hudson Haycock, Tyson Roth Assists: Tyson Roth, Tyson Moran, Elijah Weiss, Josh Gibson

PeeWee: MAJOR A Oct 09 vs Oakville Rangers (Blue) Home: 5 Visitor: 2 Goals: Mitch Walker (2), Hudson Haycock, Seth Shantz, Kane Kruschat Assists: Mitch Walker, Seth Shantz, Elijah Weiss, Isaiah

PeeWee: LL3 PEEWEE Oct 28 vs Hespeler Home: 2 Visitor: 6

Bantam: LL2 Oct 19 vs Hespeler Home: 8 Visitor: 1 Goals: Joshua Moore (3), Gabriel Hicknell, Carter Rollins (2), Nicholas Ritchie, Corbin Schmidt Assists: Carter Rollins (6), Joshua Moore (2), Nicholas Ritchie

Bantam: LL1 Oct 21 vs Bantam LL3 Home: 6 Visitor: 2 Goals: Carter Rollins, Gabriel Hicknell, Joshua Moore (3), Oscar Fitch Assists: Corbin Schmidt, Jackson Smith, Jonathan Thiessen, Oscar Fitch, Joshua Moore (2)

Bantam: LL1 Oct 26 vs St. George Home: 5 Visitor: 4 Goals: Ethan Murr (2), Oscar Fitch, Carter Rollins, Joshua Moore Assists: Oscar Fitch, Jonathan Horst, Ashton Weber (2), Corbin Schmidt

Bantam: LL2 Oct 26 vs Twin Centre Stars Home: 4 Visitor: 0 Goals: Liam Hunter, Will McDougall, Nathan Whittom, Lucas Radler Assists: Colin Bray, Seb Garrett (2), Adam Pauls Shutouts: Michael Charbonneau

Bantam: LL2 Oct 27 vs Beverly Bandits Home: 5 Visitor: 1 Goals: Lucas Radler, Seb Garrett (2), Owen Hackert (2) Assists: Zach McMurray, Adam Pauls, Will McDougall, Lucas Radler (2), Nate Whittom, Andy Palmer

Bantam: MINOR A Oct 28 vs Burlington

Home: 1 Visitor: 4 Goals: Ethan Martin Assists: Will Lavigne, Denver Martin

Bantam: MINOR AE Oct 26 vs Guelph Gryphons Home: 1 Visitor: 2 Goals: Josh Uhrig Assists: Parker Collingwood

Bantam: MINOR AE Oct 27 vs Caledon Hawks Home: 2 Visitor: 2 Goals: Haiden Idzik, Ben Moyer Assists: Evan Lucier, Parker Collingwood

TOURNAMENTS

Atom: MAJOR A Oct 20 vs Brampton 45’s Home: 5 Visitor: 1 Goals: Spencer Hume (2), Carter Weir, Bryce Brubacher, Caleb Paquet Assists: Mitchell Krasovec, Spencer Hume, Luke Wood, Avery Collingwood

Atom: MAJOR A Oct 20 vs Grimsby Kings Home: 7 Visitor: 1 Goals: Spencer Hume (3), Caleb Paquet, Carter Weir, Adam Bloch, Mitchell Krasovec Assists: Bryce Brubacher, Logan Cluthe, Reed Snyder, Mitchell Krasovec, Sutton Meier

PeeWee: MINOR AE Oct 26 vs Don Mills Mustangs Home: 0 Visitor: 4

Oct 26 vs Fox Motors 07 Home: 0 Visitor: 2

Oct 28 vs Guelph Gryphons Home: 7 Visitor: 0 Goals: Chloe Futher, Emily Brubacher, Ellie Clemmer (2), Isla McCoubrey (2), Megan Nixon.

Assists: Emily Brubacher (2), Megan Nixon, Elle Schwindt, Sage Balog, Lauryn Kidd, Chloe Futher.

Shutouts: Elle English

PeeWee: MINOR A

Novice: B

Oct 26 vs Plymouth Stingrays Home: 5 Visitor: 0 Goals: Josh Carson (2), Blake Mayer, Danny Schaefer, Evan Woods Assists: Carter Snider (2), Carson Staken, Riley Dettweiler, Haiden Wagner (2), Connor Goebel Shutout: Ayden Schapp

Oct 27 vs Huron Heat Home: 3 Visitor: 0 Goals: Isla McCoubrey, Megan Nixon, Lauryn Kidd.

Assists: Lauryn Kidd, Addison Gunn, Chloe Futher, Emily Brubacher, Isla McCoubrey, Sage Balog.

Shutouts: Elle English

PeeWee: MINOR AE Oct 28 vs Honey Bake Home: 1 Visitor: 2 Goals: Owen Weppler Assists: Drew Snyder

PeeWee: MINOR A

PeeWee: MINOR A Oct 27 vs Fox Motors 06 Home: 1 Visitor: 1 Goals: Josh Carson

PeeWee: MINOR A Oct 27 vs Allen Park Huskies Home: 5 Visitor: 1 Goals: Carson Staken, Josh Carson, Blake Mayer, Danny Schaefer, Evan Woods Assists: Blake Mayer, Hunter Bender (2), Danny Schaefer, Evan Woods (2)

PeeWee: MAJOR A Oct 12 vs Burlington Jr. Cougars Home: 5 Visitor: 2 Goals: Eric Kane (2), Tyson Moran (2), Nate Martin Assists: Seth Shantz (3), Tyson Moran (2), Eric Kane, Elijah Weiss

PeeWee: MINOR AE Oct 27 vs Rocky River Pirates Home: 2 Visitor: 4 Goals: Brooks Lehtonen, Brandon Fishman Assists: Brooks Lehtonen, Brandon Fishman

PeeWee: MINOR AE Oct 27 vs Honey Bake Home: 2 Visitor: 3 Goals: Owen Weppler (2) Assists: Nate Dyck, Gavin Sager

PeeWee: MAJOR A Oct 12 vs Erie Northshore Home: 5 Visitor: 2 Goals: Hudson Haycock (2), Isaiah Shantz, Tyson Roth, Tyson Moran Assists: Elijah Weiss, Eric Kane, Cale Waechter

PeeWee: MAJOR A Oct 13 vs Whitby Wildcats Home: 4 Visitor: 1 Goals: Mitchell Walker (2), Tyson

Bantam: B Oct 27 vs Wilmot Wolverines Home: 0 Visitor: 0 Shutouts: Katie Lee

Midget: BB Oct 21 vs Woodstock Wildcats Home: 2 Visitor: 2 Goals: Shae-Lynn Martin, Delaney Keen Assists: Abby Burkholder, Avery Bender

Midget: BB Novice: B

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Home: 5 Visitor: 1 Goals: Keira Lavallee, Sara Forwell, Olivia Straus, Avery Grundy, Claire Catton Assists: Olivia Straus, Claire Catton, Charlotte Mcmillan, Sara Forwell, Avery Grundy (2)

Novice: B Oct 29 vs Twin Centre Hericanes Home: 4 Visitor: 0 Goals: Kara Grant, Isla McCoubrey, Emily Brubacher, Rachel Heckendorn.

Assists: Chloe Futher, Stella Grundy, Ellie Clemmer, McKenzie Rank.

Shutouts: Elle English

Novice: LL#1 Oct 28 vs Grand River Mustangs #2 Home: 0 Visitor: 5

Oct 26 vs Waterloo Ravens Home: 2 Visitor: 0 Goals: Abby Burkholder, Madeleine Goss Assists: Alana Bauman, Avery Bender, Leah LeCourtois

Midget: BB Oct 28 vs Brantford Ice Cats Home: 3 Visitor: 1 Goals: Courtney den Hoed, Emma Walker (2) Assists: Shae-Lynn Martin, Hannah Petrosino, Delaney Jacklin, Leah LeCourtois

TOURNAMENTS

Atom: B Oct 26 vs Ancaster Avalanche Home: 1 Visitor: 2 Goals: Jaiden Radler Assists: Leah Thompson, Addison Birmingham

Atom: B Oct 26 vs Oakville Hornets Home: 2 Visitor: 4 Goals: Emily Hibbard (2) Assists: Leah Hunter, Alexa Grundy

Atom: B Oct 27 vs Hamilton Hawks Home: 3 Visitor: 1 Goals: Sophie Hallman, Alexa Grundy, Brooklyn Pope Assists: Leah Thompson

Atom: LL Oct 27 vs Kitchener Lady Rangers - White Home: 4 Visitor: 2 Goals: Addison Fitzgerald (3), Addison Bettke Assists: Macey Robbins (2), Addison Bettke, Addison Fitzgerald, Cayleigh McQuinn, Michaela Blanchet, Alie Moyer

Atom: A Oct 27 vs Huron Heat Home: 1 Visitor: 1 Goals: Emma McCoubrey Assists: Grace Gow, Sophia Metzger

PeeWee: BB Oct 27 vs Brampton

Atom: B Oct 27 vs Hamilton Hawks Home: 3 Visitor: 5 Goals: Alexa Grundy (2), Emily Hibbard Assists: Emily Hibbard, Evie Klaehn, Jaiden Radler, Alexa Grundy

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Atom: MINOR AA Oct 26 vs Burlington Bulldogs Home: 2 Visitor: 2 Goals: Liam Carberry, Colten Taylor Assists: Colten Taylor, Liam Carberry, Rohan Jobanputra

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On the road, Wellesley Applejacks split a pair After taking out Ayr 3-1 to extend its streak, the squad falls 5-4 in a back-and-forth battle in New Hamburg FAISAL ALI AFTER A NEAR FLAWLESS three weeks played on home ice, the Wellesley Applejacks were once more on the road for the week’s matchups. First facing the Centennials in Ayr on October 25, the Jacks pulled through with a comfortable 3-1 decision, but found the hosts less welcoming in New Hamburg last Saturday, suffering a narrow 5-4 loss to the Firebirds.

The split decision poured cold water on the team’s hot streak, which had kicked off on October 6 and had been going for five wins and a tie.

Still, the Jacks were on top form as they headed into Ayr last week, where they went on to best the home team after suffering some slight setbacks in the first frame.

Ayr took the lead in this game, drawing first blood halfway through the opening stanza. The goal came off the stick of the Centennials’ Dean Jackson at the nine-minute mark, tilting the game in Ayr’s favour for the remainder of the frame.

The Jacks had the opportunity to respond in the next 20 minutes, scoring twice in quick succession and swinging the game back to their side. Warren Gorman tied things up at 1-1 just five minutes into the second, with Alex Uttley and James Ranson picking up assists. His goal was followed by another, this time from Shaun Pickering, with Uttley once again providing a helper.

The Jacks were now in the lead 2-1 with little over half the game to go. The Wellesley team was able to hang on to their point lead

The Jacks were at the New Hamburg arena Oct. 27 for their lone game of the weekend, ultimately falling 5-4 to the home team. Top, Shaun Pickering tries to squeak the puck past the netminder. Above left, Zach Ribeiro is on the move, while Alex Uttley battles to keep the puck. [FAISAL ALI / THE OBSERVER] rivals, just edged out the mainder of the match. The ers compared with Ayr’s for the remainder of the visitors with a pair of goals 0-4. assist this time belonged second, and then found in the last frame, making On a high after Thursto Pickering. the back of the net for a it a 5-4 difference when day game in Ayr, the Jacks In the battle of the third time in the third. the buzzer went. were knocked low come It was Uttley who got the special teams, the Jacks Once again, it was the Saturday at the New Hamproved the superior team, final goal at 11:47 on the Jack’s opponents that got burg arena. The Firebirds, with five man-advantages power play, cementing the on the board first, just four Wellesley’s neighbouring and two power play markteam’s lead 3-1 for the re-

minutes into the game.

The Firebirds were up 1-0 for much of the period, but the visitors replied before the intermission courtesy of a goal off the stick of Zach Ribeiro (Danny Ranson, Koby Seiling).

The Jacks quickly pulled into the lead when play resumed after the intermission, Uttley (Reade MacInnis) making it 2-1 at 1:25.

New Hamburg responded with a marker of their own less than a minute later, knotting things up.

It would be Jacks who went into the intermission with a lead this time, however, as Ribeiro scored another, assisted by Ranson, at 15:40 to make it 3-2.

The final frame is where things got heated, which can happen in a one-goal game.

New Hamburg tied the score at 3-3 at 5:32 of the third, but Wellesley quickly regained the lead on an unassisted goal from Uttley just a minute later.

The score was now 4-3 in the Jacks’ favour again, with less than 14 minutes on the clock. But the Firebirds played the game down to the wire.

Penalty trouble proved Wellesley’s undoing, as the Firebirds drew even again at 7:49 via a powerplay goal, capping the comeback on another power play at 16:50 to make it 5-4, which is how the game would finish.

After a mixed performance on the road, the Jacks will be returning to the Wellesley arena this weekend. First up will an evening game against the Burford Bulldogs on Friday, followed by a rematch against the New Hamburg Firebirds Saturday. The puck drops for both games at 7:30 p.m.

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Renegotiated NAFTA remains a concern for the dairy industry Though it remains to be ratified, the USMCA compounds other trade deals in giving share of market to foreign producers FAISAL ALI SINCE THREATENING TO TEAR up the North American Free Trade Agreement, the U.S. has seldom minced words when it comes to its views on Canada’s supply managed industries.

“It’s very unfair,” griped U.S. President Donald Trump multiple times throughout the NAFTA renegotiations, targeting Canada’s dairy industry in particular with accusations of trade profiting at the expense of U.S. farmers.

“No tariffs, no barriers, that’s the way it should be and no subsidies,” said the president earlier this year to the media, urging his neighbours in the north to abandon their age-old method of controlled production. “It’s going to stop, or we’ll stop trading.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was equally adamant in his refusal. “I’ve told him many times: ‘No, he won’t touch, we won’t touch, our supply management system.’” he said to reporters. “We will always defend our supply management system.”

With all the rhetoric, Canada’s dairy sector may expected to draw the shortest straw when a new trade agreement was finally penned last month. Ultimately, however, Canada

did not dismantle its entire supply management system, nor did it entirely stand firm to U.S. pressure.

Rather, it compromised.

Under the new terms of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Canada is offering U.S. dairy a moderate 3.6 per cent expanded share of its domestic dairy market. That means more American milk products entering local grocery markets, competing with Canadian brands on the same shelves.

While a comparatively small amount of Canada’s dairy market, which in 2016 produced approximately 8,470-million litres of milk, the 3.6 per cent needs to looked at in the context of the last several years, says a professor and researcher at the University of Waterloo.

“I don’t subscribe to the cohort that says it’s a relatively benign agreement and at least we still have supply management – and I guess that is true,” said Bruce Muirhead, the associate vice-president for research, oversight and analysis at the university.

“USMCA gave 3.6 per cent of the dairy market to American producers, but that’s on top of ... a number of other agreements that we’ve signed like the Com-

prehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), and now the comprehensive and progressive, socalled, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),” he said.

“I think it’s getting up pretty close to 15 per cent anyway of our dairy market that’s been, I would almost say sacrificed on the altar of foreign agreement, minus the tariff rate quota that came into effect in the late 1990s. So it’s a fairly significant erosion of dairy farmer potential and dairy farmer income for sure.”

The concern was mirrored by local dairy farmer Adam Van Bergeijk of Mountainoak Cheese. Located in New Hamburg, the local operation produces chesses from their own cows on the farmstead.

“They call it USMCA. So I think that stands for ‘United States is milking Canada,’” said Van Bergeijk.

“At this moment, it’s really difficult to be sure what the effect is going to be, but it doesn’t look good for the future... [We] experience quite a bit of imports from Europe, and now there is all the TPP coming up. And now this one is the cherry on the pie in that regard.”

The concerns extend beyond just the supply managed industries, suggest Muirhead. Because Canada relies on a quota system

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Shoppers can expect more options at the grocery store as U.S. dairy products gain entry into Canadian markets. Canadian milk products can still be distinguished by the “Dairy Farmers of Canada” and blue cow logo. connected to local econofor milk production, and mies than the massive conbecause quota are expencentrated animal feeding sive and limited, supply operations (CAFO)’s prevamanagement tends to enlent in the U.S. courage smaller operations “The average dairy farm in Canada, unlike the situais about 80 milking cows,” tion in the U.S. The smaller Canadian DAIRY | 15 farms are typically more

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That’s now prompting questions from producers who want to know how they can get ready to take part in a more robust, research-based sector.

Organic consultant Joel Aitken says that starts with understanding the current market, and growth areas, both of which are vibrant.

“Millennials are buying a lot of organic products as are people across all income and education brackets, so the demand looks to only be growing at this point,” he says. “As our Canadian organic sector matures there is plenty of domestic demand and not enough domestic supply of just about everything.”

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That’s borne out by prices. Premiums for organic commodities can be substantial.

For example, in September, premiums for all but one of the two-dozen organic grains grown on the Canadian prairies exceeded at least 100 per cent of the conventional equivalent price.

For some crops, the difference was exceptional. At 98 cents/lb., black lentils were fetching a 582 per cent premium over their conventional counterpart.

Gold flax, at $38/bushel, was commanding a 304 per cent premium. The price for durum wheat was $19.25/ bushel, a 335 per cent premium over conventional. And organic soybeans, depending on whether they were feed grade or food grade, were selling for a 200-300 per cent premium on the prairies and in Ontario.

“The business case in terms of strong demand and profitability has been pretty consistent,” says Rob Wallbridge, organic specialist at Thompsons Limited.

Eastern Canada is seeing

significant expansion too, in import replacement such as corn and soy, as well as in organic processing vegetables.

Wallbridge says advances in mechanical weed control and reduced tillage technologies, along with the introduction of new soil amendments and biological inputs, are giving organic growers more effective management options than ever before.

On a smaller scale, he points to growers experimenting with niche crops like sunflowers, flax, and

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says Muirhead. “So when you have local cows, I mean you are a local guy, so they would come to Elmira, for example, to buy supplies. They’d go to the local supermarket, the co-op, Home Hardware, the Canadian Tire, all that kind of stuff. They’re absolutely local people, and in many ways they’re fully integrated into the community in a way that if you milk a thousand cows, you’re not.”

The large CAFO’s and farmsteads of the U.S., by contrast, can’t be supported by local economies, and typically must import their feeds and supplies from further afield.

“So supply management, as a concept or a practice, extends far, far beyond merely delivering milk to processors or to dairy farmers of Ontario to the processors. Or eggs to the graders,” says Muirhead. “It supports the community in a way

which is really not seen probably in most other communities around the world that are in rural areas, so it’s really important that we have this system.”

The hard-fought USMCA still needs to clear a few more obstacles before it becomes the law of the land, including requiring ratification from U.S. lawmakers. The process won’t take place until after the U.S. midterms next week.

camelina, along with malting barley and hops.

Organic consultant Aitken likewise sees increased markets for organic vegetables for processing, as well as wine grapes, hogs and poultry.

“With the increase in livestock there is a huge need for feed grains, and not just corn and soybeans,” he says.

“I’m seeing people screen their crops to sell the best portion for the human market, and then still get very good prices for the screenings into the feed market.”

So what should producers

considering organic production expect?

According to Wallbridge, plan to be more “hands on” in almost every aspect of your operation.

For example, timing in organic production is more important for everything from planting through weed control and harvest, he says, so monitoring field conditions is critical.

And unfortunately, good data and price discovery mechanisms are rare. That means marketing is more work. Wallbridge advises working out a plan that ad-

dresses equipment requirements and fertility needs over a three- or four-year rotation as a good first step in the transition process.

Laura Northey, communications and membership manager for the Organic Council of Ontario, urges producers to read and understand the Canadian Organic Standard as it applies to their operation, or hire a consultant to make sure they’re compliant.

Because there are a lot of consumers out there hungry for organic food, and the opportunities are huge.

Thank you Waterloo Region!

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THE ARTS ON STAGE / LIVE THEATRE

Death may not become them, but it helps provide more than a few laughs Elmira Theatre Company offers up a comedic take on family and greed in a production of Murder Most Fouled-Up FAISAL ALI THEY SAY THAT MONEY corrupts – but they also say blood is thicker than water. And when the lavishly wealthy Edwin Randolph passes away to leave the Rudolph family inheritance up for grabs, the familiar wisdom gets put to the test in this Elmira Theatre Company production of Nikki Harmon’s Murder Most Fouled-Up. One part farce, one part murder mystery, and with a dash of the supernatural and the mundane, Murder Most Fouled-Up sees the eclectic Rudolph family, accompanied by the family lawyer and executor of the late-Rudolph’s estate, Seymour Mead, trying to get their hands on the mysterious $20-million inheritance hidden somewhere in the family mansion.

Along for the ride, and lending a supernatural if questionably helpful hand, are the deceased members of the Randolph clan, who despite being dead seem not at all perturbed at being murdered by one another for the elusive family inheritance. (“All I did, dear, was murder you for the inheritance. It was nothing personal,” quips one impatient ghost to another.)

It’s a story with a lot of moving parts, says veteran ETC director Rita Huschka, including a revolving cast of quirky characters and family drama. But at its

heart, it’s a simple and relatable story about familial relationships.

“The story is not that complicated,” notes Huschka, who returns to the director’s chair after previous ETC outings like the Norm Foster caper On a First Name Business, produced earlier this year.

“The story is more about a family that kills each other off for the inheritance every 20 years when someone dies. I don’t know why, but they all tend to want to kill each other off because they all want money. And it’s a lot of money.”

Murder has practically become a tradition for the Rudolphs, as each generation is tempted by the extraordinary wealth of the family estate. But will the cycle of murder and mayhem repeat itself again?

Or will their better senses prevail?

“The heirs kill each other hoping to get more of the money. And then they all end up dead and nobody gets anything and it all starts all over again when the next one dies,” she says.

“It’s about murder and mayhem, and how murder doesn’t pay.”

The story opens shortly after the death of the family patriarch, Edwin Rudolph, when the surviving members descend on the family homestead for the reading of the will.

Chief among Edwin’s inheritors are his niece and nephew, siblings Kya and

It’s a tale of murder, mayhem and family hijinks at the Elmira Theatre Company this month. Tim Bolton, Chris MacKay and Kathy Fahey are among those dragged into the Rudolph family’s troubles in Murder Most Fouled-Up. [FAISAL ALI / THE OBSERVER] Jason Rudolph, played by Selina Russell and Robb Judd, respectively.

Being dead is no excuse not to be funny in this production, however, or at least be present on stage – the cast is joined by several members of the deceased Randolph family. Doug McDonald takes on the role of the senior Ridgely Randolph, Kya and Jason’s

great-great-grandfather, while Chris Grose plays the spirit of their great-great late aunt.

Rounding out the cast of the living are Kathy Fahey as the family’s long-suffering housekeeper, Tom Bolton as the stiff-upperlipped butler, and Chris MacKay as the Rudolph’s straight-laced lawyer Seymore Mead.

“My role is to get the will read and that process finished in an appropriate amount of time, which I come to realize is not the case,” explains MacKay of his character. It’s a simple enough job, but Mead quickly finds himself drawn into the family drama unfolding around him.

“Throughout the play, I stay firm on morals and

legalities. That’s just who I am. That’s my nature as Seymore Mead,” he says.

“And then I’m intrigued with how crazy things have gotten in the past and almost want to be involved this time,” he says. “So I step in unofficially as an executor should not and offer my assistance. Just

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Waterloo Honda features the 2019 Honda CR-V sportutility Crossover- 2018 Motor Trend SUV of the Year®”, and the full-size three-row seating 2019 Honda Pilot SUV. The Honda HR-V is a bold, sport coupe-like SUV offering great fuel economy, in the subcompact SUV market.

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The Honda Clarity Plug-in Hybrid brings the future forward with a full-parallel hybrid powertrain. While the allNew Honda 2019 INSIGHT hybrid will turn heads with it’s aggressive styling, and efficient 1.5L i-VTEC® engine with 2-Motor Hybrid System.

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Waterloo Honda has an outstanding Service Center.

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Local shuttle transportation in K-W helps to streamline your service experience.

General Manager Lothar Quak invites you to stop by soon to discover everything that Honda and the sales and service team at Waterloo Honda has to offer you.

Stop by the dealership for a test-drive, or surf their website www.waterloohonda.com to view the new Honda 2019 models, or to book a service appointment online. You can also Like them on Facebook.

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At Dwight’s Transmission & Service their experienced staff have the knowledge to service and repair even the most challenging auto problems on all makes and models of domestic and import vehicles. Their professional staff uses the latest technology to assess the situation and offer you alternatives. Owner and head Red Seal technician Dwight Gutzke has 33 years experience and is proud of the fact his shop guarantees all of their work, and know you’ll be happy with the outcome.

Because computers control today’s cars, light trucks and SUVs, it takes a highly trained expert to properly diagnose your problem. These problems should not be ignored, the longer they continue the more damage may be caused.

Before your vehicle becomes inoperative bring it to Dwight’s Transmission & Service for an OBD ll Diagnostic scan.

Dwight’s Transmission & Service provides professional diagnostic problem solving, troubleshooting, tune-ups, tires, as well as lube/oil/filter service, ABS brakes, suspension, A/C, oil spray undercoating, drivelines and complete transmission service. When you buy 4 Oil Changes, you’ll receive the 5th at no charge! Fleet service is welcome. They offer a standard warranty of 3 years or 100,000 Km on all of their transmission rebuilds.

When you think about it, you know your vehicle better than anyone else. You drive it every day and know how it feels and sounds when everything is right.

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Hearing loss can be something that happens suddenly if you’re exposed to a loud sound or it can also develop slowly over a long period of time. Understanding hearing loss is an important step towards doing something about it.

If you think you may have a hearing loss, you are in good company. The fact is, nearly 20% of teens between the ages of 12 and 19, struggle with some degree of hearing loss.

Bauer Hearing Inc. professional’s expertise and compassionate approach has allowed them to positively influence many people’s lives and hearing health. They believe in relationships, not transactions. Hearing care and treatment is not a one time purchase or visit.

Bauer Hearing Inc. opened in Elmira in November 2017, and is guided by owner, Hearing Instrument Specialist Charlene Bauer. Charlene has been in the hearing aid profession for 6 years, and has the qualifications and experience to address your hearing concerns and work with you as a partner in your care.

A comprehensive hearing evaluation and the results of the test will help Bauer Hearing Inc. determine where the possible problem lies and what treatment or rehabilitative options are out there for you.

Based on your specific hearing loss, communication needs and budget, Bauer Hearing Inc. will work with you to determine the best hearing aids for your situation. They offer a wide range of hearing aids in different styles, so there is a match for every patient.

Ask about LACE (Language and Communication Enhancement) program. Charlene makes it a point of incorporating the education and treatment components right into her services.

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The mission of the people at Guys & Dolls Salon & Spa is to provide their highly valued customers with the type of service that they themselves would expect. Though consultations are key to understanding and being in sync with their client’s wishes the staff at Guys & Dolls Salon & Spa have professional stylists that have the capabilities to achieve the desired look that you want.

Guys & Dolls Salon & Spa is an impressive 3,000 square foot facility successfully guided by local owner Lori Weber.

At Guys & Dolls Salon & Spa, you’ll receive a warm welcome and a luxurious escape from your daily stresses.

Their talented staff of professionals gives personalized attention to hairstyling, Dipping nails, facials, soothing manicures and pedicures, waxing/Threading/Tinting, ear piercing, makeup application, Medical Aesthetics/ Botox, as well as Facials, Mask facials, Aromatherapy massage, hot stone massage and more!

Guys & Dolls Salon & Spa can create successful hairstyles including children’s, men’s and women’s, updos, highlights, colouring and perms.

Whether you’re looking for a complete makeover or a simple haircut, their highly skilled professionals will tailor their fresh, cutting-edge techniques to fit your style. Personal grooming doesn’t end with your visit. You’ll leave Guys & Dolls Salon & Spa with great ideas, plus professional products by Matrix, Biolage, Kenra, American Crew, as well as O.P.I nail products, Dermalogica® skin care products, plus DevaCurl cleansers, hydrators, definition and curl styling products, and expert tips to help maintain your look at home.

Bridal services are available for the perfect wedding day. When you’re looking to be pampered on your special wedding day, we suggest you experience one of their Bridal packages, which includes fresh pastries and refreshments.

Gift Cards can be purchased in their store or over the phone, and make the perfect gift for any occasion including Weddings, Christmas or New Years.

Making an appointment is easy, simply contact Guys & Dolls Salon & Spa by calling 519-669-8234 or visit them online at www.guysanddolls.ca. Also Like them on Facebook.

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Truck & Coach Technician Needed Immediately!

Elmira Truck Service is a modern facility, equipped with all necessary tools and truck hoists for a healthy ergonomic working environment. We are proud of our great work environment with a Team effort being displayed in a challenging trade. Elmira Truck has diverse job opportunity with many different makes of trucks and applications in the Transportation industry. We offer great wages including half hour paid lunch, overtime at 40 hours, and shift premiums. R.S.P.s are available after a year of employment which are supplemented by employer according to years of service.

Depending on experience a 4 day week is available when working from 1:30 P.M. to midnights from Monday to Thursday evenings this includes a special hourly premium.

Please contact us by dropping off a resumé or calling: Tel: 519-669-5377 x227 Cell: 519-589-5197 or Email: glenng@elmiratruckservice.com

HELP WANTED

Floradale Feed Mill Limited is an independent, family owned and operated feed company serving livestock and poultry producers in Ontario.

We currently have an opening for:

Night Loader / Production Worker This fulltime position will involve shift work week days (Monday to Friday) with an occasional Saturday shift. Responsibilities will include night loading , warehouse duties and possible pelleting/batching.

The successful applicant will have: • Strong oral and written communication skills • Ability to develop effective work relationships with co-workers, and • Ability to represent the company positively with customers.

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

We offer a competitive wage, pension plan and group insurance benefits.

To apply, forward your resume to:

Floradale Feed Mill Limited is an independent, family owned and operated feed company serving livestock and poultry producers in Ontario.

Human Resources Floradale Feed Mill Limited 2131 Floradale Road, Floradale, ON N0B 1V0 Or e-mail: ffmjobs@ffmltd.com We appreciate all who apply but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Bag Truck Driver This fulltime position will involve safe operation of a bag unit week days (Monday to Friday).

The successful applicant will have: • A valid G driver’s license needed, with the D designation preferred • Strong oral and written communication skills • Ability to develop effective work relationships with co-workers, and • Ability to represent the company positively with customers.

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

We offer a competitive wage, pension plan and group insurance benefits.

To apply, forward your resume to: Human Resources Floradale Feed Mill Limited 2131 Floradale Road, Floradale, ON N0B 1V0 Or e-mail: ffmjobs@ffmltd.com

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HELP WANTED

AMI Attachments Inc, is looking to fill the position of:

PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER required for 23 year old man in Elmira. 6 - 10 hours per week. These hours can be split through the week and weekend. Call Lisa at 519-353-8123.

1 SMALL OVERHEAD crane.

2 ton capacity. Unit is 22’ wide. Width is adjustable.

519-465-5710

We thank everyone who applies, but only those applicants who receive an interview will be contacted.

Township of Woolwich 24 Church Street West, P.O. Box 158, Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 Fax: (519) 669-9348 Email: hr@woolwich.ca The Township is committed to meeting the needs of applicants during all phases of the hiring process.

If you require special accommodation please let us know. All applicants are thanked for their interest in these positions however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

FOR SALE VINYL FARM HOUSE replacement windows. Energy Star rated and certified. No extra charge for custom sizes.

Installation available. 519698-2059.

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No phone calls please.

AUCTION SALE OF Cockshutt tractor, riding lawn mowers, antiques, household goods and miscellaneous items, to be held at 92 Baird St. in Bright, for the Richard Ward Estate, on Saturday, November 3rd @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-599-4451 or 519-698-0138

LAWN FERTILIZER AND LAWN SEED - Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

1000 GALLON PROPANE tank. Used for propane.

Approx. 10 years old. 519664-2879

Interested applicants are invited to submit their resume prior to 4:00pm, Friday, Nov. 9, 2018

This is a full-time position with openings on day and night shift.

Training will be provided.

Regular responsibilities will include, but are not limited to; • Running and programing a Messer laser/plasma table • Load and unload parts onto machine both manually and with lifting assistants • Checking quality of parts

FOR SALE

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

Delivery available $35. 519635-8737.

For additional information and a complete job description visit our website www.woolwich.ca.

CNC PLASMA/LASER OPERATOR

Call Dan 519.577.9411 HELP WANTED

Facilities Attendant 1 • To perform a wide range of operational and maintenance functions, primarily within the Recreation & Facilities Services department, with occasional responsibilities to other core departments and facilities which fall under the department’s portfolio.

• To perform recreation facility & park operation and maintenance functions as required.

• May be required to participate on various other Township teams and initiatives

Full Time Positions available.

Competitive Wages and Stand-By Pay. Please Contact Mark at: 1-226-751-6760

Join our crews working with farm drainage, excavators, and backhoes.

No experience necessary, but good work ethics required.

FOR SALE

We appreciate all who apply but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

HOW TO REACH US

HELP WANTED IMMEDIATELY

The Township of Woolwich is accepting resumes for the position of:

WINTER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS AND LABORER’S

Wanting all their employees to feel valued and respected, AMI offers a health benefits program, pension plan opportunities, company uniforms and competitive wages.

If you are interested in this position, please send resumes and cover letters to becky@amiattachments.com

HELP WANTED

We currently have an opening for:

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SAT. NOV 3 at 3:00 PM - Real estate auction of a gorgeous; well built home on a scenic approx. 34 acre hobby farm to be held at 2000 Bleams Rd E in Petersburg for Ryan Hayden. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519 656 3555 www.jantziauctions.net

AUCTIONS SAT. NOV 3 at 9:00 AM Annual Charity auction sale of quilts; new donated items; gift certificates; furniture; tools; and much, much more to be held at the Stratford Rotary Complex in Stratford for the Gospel Echoes Ontario Team. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519 656 3555 www.jantziauctions.net SAT. NOV 10 at 9:30 AM Exclusive toy auction of approx. 650 pieces of JD collection of special edition; International collector editions; full John Deere precision set; pedal tractors; old tin toys; wind up toys; toys from the early 1900’s; literature; at 40733 Thames Rd , Exeter for Eric and Helen Kints. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. Wellesley www.jantziauctions.net

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

Community Information Page Applications for 2019-2023 Woolwich Township Committees and Boards Now Open!

The Township of Woolwich is looking for engaged citizens who are passionate about supporting our community to join a local committee or board.

We need committee members for: • Board of Downtown Elmira Business Improvement Area • Board of St. Jacobs Business Improvement Area • Committee of Adjustment • Dog Designation Appeal Committee • Property Standards Committee • Township of Woolwich Environmental Enhancement Committee (TWEEC) • Woolwich Heritage Committee The frequency of meetings and workloads varies from committee or board, for detailed information about the committees and how to apply, please visit the www.woolwich.ca/committees or contact Council and Information Services Office at 519-669-6004.

The application deadline is Friday, November 30, 2018. Appointments to Committees of Council will be approved in January 2019 for a term ending January 31, 2023.

Interested but want more information? Contact Sarah Goldrup, Council and Committee Coordinator, by phone at 519-669-6004 or email at sgoldrup@woolwich.ca.

LEAF DISPOSAL Please do not rake your leaves onto the road. This practice has been prohibited by by-law 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 yourHOME leaves, save them, THE OFmulch them with your lawnmower and gradually add them to your home composter.

They will break down into a AREA WIDE AUCTIONS useful organic material that can be added to flower and vegetable gardens.

FIND OUT ALL ABOUT THE LATEST • Rather than raking your leaves, why not mulch them on your lawn or into your SALE DATES EVERY WEEK. 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 with yard waste materials on yard waste collection days separately from your garbage containers.

• For more information call the Region of Waterloo at 519-883-5100.

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

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

COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT NOTICE OF HEARING Pursuant to the Planning Act and Ontario Regulations 197/96 and 200/96 On November 26, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. the Committee will meet to consider the following applications. All persons interested in the applications may attend and may contact Nancy Thompson regarding meeting details or visit the Township webpage – Township Services – Mayor and Council – Agendas and Minutes and select the applicable meeting date.

The Committee will also consider submissions for or against the applications if submitted to the Township of Woolwich no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 20, 2018 (Note that this date is before the meeting). Submissions can be forwarded to Jeremy Vink at the mailing address noted at the top of this page, by email to jvink@woolwich.ca or by fax to 519-669-4669. Any submissions received will be included in a comment package and presented at the meeting.

This information is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public at the Committee of Adjustment hearing. Please note that while the Committee may redact some personal information such as email addresses and phone numbers, your submissions will otherwise be made public in their entirety.

MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION A 25/2018 – Patrick and Ciara Shantz, 7 Cardinal Street, Elmira ZONE / USE: Residential Medium Density (R-3) / single detached dwelling PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting relief from Section 12.4 to reduce the required westerly side yard setback from 1.2 metres to approximately 0.9 metres to permit a dwelling addition and a new attached garage. The existing attached garage is proposed to be demolished.

MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION A 26/2018 – Bauer Homes Elmira Inc., 42, 44, 46 and 48 Woodberry Crescent, Elmira ZONE / USE: Residential Multiple with Design Guidelines (R-7A) with site specific provisions / proposed 4 unit townhouse PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting permission to increase the maximum lot coverage for a proposed 4 unit townhouse from 50% to 60% of the lot area as permitted in the Residential Multiple with Design Guidelines (R-7A) zone. The applicant is requesting an increase to the lot coverage to facilitate the development of bungalow style townhomes including covered front and rear porches.

CONSENT APPLICATION B 8/2018 – Breslau Mennonite Church, 208 - 226 Woolwich Street South, Breslau ZONE / USE: Residential Multiple with Design Guidelines (R-7A)/ vacant land and Institutional (P) with site specific provisions / church and cemetery PROPOSAL: The applicant is requesting permission to create an irregular shaped stormwater easement, being approximately 0.17 hectares in area, in favour of the severed lands (future apartment) to allow the apartment site to connect to the existing stormwater management facility on the Breslau Mennonite Church lands. Consent application B6/2018 approved the severance of an irregular shaped parcel of land from the rear of the lands located at 208 – 226 Woolwich Street South to facilitate the future development of a 4 storey apartment building.

NOTICE OF THE DECISION: Within 10 days of the meeting, a copy of each decision will be sent to owners, agents, those who submit written comments, and people who sign the register at the meeting. If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Committee of Adjustment in respect to an application, you must submit a written request (to the Secretary-Treasurer – Nancy Thompson 519-669-6009 ext. 6040) or sign the register at the meeting. This will also entitle you to be advised of a possible Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.

APPEAL OF MINOR VARIANCE AND CONSENT APPLICATIONS: Anyone in opposition to a decision may appeal the decision to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. The Tribunal may dismiss an appeal without holding a hearing if the appellant did not make oral or written submissions to the Committee of Adjustment before a decision was given, or does not provide a reasonable explanation for having failed to make a submission to the Committee.

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WANTED

WANTED

IT Help Desk Technician

Repair pallets on your farm.

Please visit our Careers and Volunteering page at www.woolwich.ca for full details

For more information call Rob at 519-664-3688 or 519-575-5128.

The Township of Woolwich has the following position available: (One Year Contract)

HELP WANTED AND AUCTIONS CONTINUE ON PAGE 23

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AUCTIONS WED. NOV 14 at 9:45 AM - Clearing auction sale of furniture; antiques; collectibles; tools; household effects; and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacobs Community Centre 29 Parkside Dr St. Jacobs for an area estate with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519 656 3555 www.jantziauctions.net

FARM SERVICES BAGGED PINE SHAVINGS Agricultural Spray Lime, 22.5kg. bag; feed grade lime, 25kg. Delivered. Call George Haffner Trucking, 519-574-4141 or 519-6692045.

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FARM SERVICES

RENTALS

KILN DRIED CORN & CORN SCREENING Delivered by Einwechter. Minimum 15 ton lots. Call George Haffner Trucking 519-574-4141 or 519-669-2045.

WANTED BUYING: ROLEX, OMEGA, Bretling and others: pocket watches, all gold and silver jewellery and diamonds, silver and gold coins, silverware, Group of Seven paintings. Call Terry 519-242-6900 or gallamore@golden.net Fair, honest prices. Elmira.

RENTALS ELMIRA - HOUSE For Rent.

Smaller 2 bedroom, single storey, no basement house plus separate garage for rent. Close to schools and rec. centre. Available Dec. 1. $1300/mth plus utilities. Call 519-669-2212.

NEEDED! A 3 bedroom rental for Dec 1st or later. Excellent tenants. No smoking. No pets. Please call Lesley at 519-729-5971.

REAL ESTATE OPEN HOUSE - 26 Aspen Crs. Elmira. Thurs. Nov. 1, 5-7 p.m., Sat. Nov. 3, 1-4 p.m. $429,000. 226-747-4854.

TRADES & SERVICES CUSTOM LAWN SEEDING + plowing and lawn sweeper rental. Call Garald Gingrich cell 519-503-5641, Home 519-669-2043.

RON’S DRYWALL AND Renovations. Over 35 years experience. Please call 519-496-7539 or email ron. spncr@gmail.com

COMING EVENTS KARATE!!! SESSION 2 BEGINS NOV. 19TH AT SCHWEITZER’S MARTIAL ARTS. Learn Selfdefense, Self-discipline, Self-confidence. No experience needed. Beginners welcome! GROUP CLASSES FOR AGES 4 TO ADULT Taught

by Sensei Becky Schweitzer, 3rd Degree Black Belt and World Karate Champion.

Location at the Heidelberg Community Centre, 2915 Lobsinger Line, Heidelberg. Our 10 week session $90. Call 519-580-1418 or e-mail becky_schweitzer@ hotmail.com

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

Community Information Page 2018 Municipal Election – Request for Feedback Woolwich Township encourages public consultation and feedback in service areas affecting residents. The 2018 Municipal Election was a big change for the Township with internet and telephone voting. This new voting method was expected to be fast, convenient and accessible from the experiences from hundreds of municipalities in Ontario that had used it in the past.

Unfortunately, over 50 other municipalities in the Province using internet and telephone voting experienced a slowdown of the voting system at approximately 6:00 pm on October 22, 2018. All were customers of the same service provider, Dominion Voting Systems. These technical issues made the system unusable for many users for a period of roughly 90 minutes.

In deciding how to deal with the technical issue, the Clerk considered the community’s best interests and acted in accordance with the Township’s Election Procedures to extend the voting period until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018. Many of the Clerks for the other municipalities in Ontario that were also affected by service disruptions to their voting systems made similar decisions to extend their voting periods.

Dominion Voting has advised that the service disruption did not compromise the integrity of the voting method. The Clerk has since certified election results. Township staff are actively working with Dominion Voting Systems to understand what happened and how it happened.

Approximately 25% of the Township’s eligible voters successfully cast their ballots between 9:00 a.m. on October 9th when the voting system opened and 6:00 p.m. on October 22nd when the system’s capacity became an issue. The extension of the voting period allowed another 5% of eligible voters to successfully cast their ballots prior to 8:00 p.m. on October 23rd.

Any person may share their election experiences and feedback with staff by emailing elections@woolwich.ca.

Overnight Parking Update

The Township’s Traffic and Parking By-law allows vehicles to be parked overnight on municipal streets from April 1st through November 30th each year. The by-law prohibits overnight parking from December through March to ensure efficient snowclearing operations. The overnight parking ban is enforced at all times in the winter months because weather is unpredictable. Please make preparations now to ensure you have a place to park all of your vehicles off-street when the ban starts December 1st.

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

Rec Corner Ways to Stay Active in November!

Thursday November 1 .................................................T’ai Chi at the WMC, 10 – 11 am Friday November 2 ........................................................ Noon Skate at the WMC, 12 pm Sunday November 4 ............................................... Family Shinny at the WMC, 7:30 am Thursday November 8 ............................... Seniors Lunch, Breslau C.C., 519-664-1900 Friday November 9 .....................................Community Coffee & Activities Group at the Heidelberg Community Centre Saturday November 10....................................... Breslau Community Paint Night, 7 pm Sunday November 11 ........................... Public Skate at the St. Jacobs Arena, 12:30 pm Monday November 12.....................................Stretch & Tone Fitness at the WMC, 6 pm Wednesday November 14......................Early Morning Skip & Box at the WMC, 6:30 am Friday November 16 .................................... 4 on 4 PD Day Hockey Program at the WMC Saturday November 17................. Standard First Aid & CPR (2 day course) at the WMC Sunday November 18 ........................Family & Public Swim at the WMC, 10 am – 2 pm Monday November 19................................... Pickleball Tournament at the Breslau C.C. Tuesday November 20 ................................................... Noon Skate at the WMC, 12 pm Wednesday November 21 ........Youth / Teen Drop in Gym at the Breslau C.C., 5 – 6:30 pm Thursday November 22 .........................Drop in Pickleball at the Breslau C.C., 6:45 pm Saturday November 24.................................................. Public Skate at the WMC, 4 pm Monday November 26.......................................................... Yoga at the WMC, 12:15pm Tuesday November 27 ...................................Family & Senior Swim, 10 am – 12:55 pm Thursday November 29 ........................ Quick & Simple Card Class at the Maryhill C.C. Friday November 30 .............................................The Great Brain Workout at the WMC, 9:45 – 10 am or 11 – 11:45 am For more information on times, locations or pricing please contact: customerservice@woolwich.ca, 519-514-7000 or check out our website at www.woolwich.ca

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AUCTION

of Lawn & Garden Equipment, Tools, Antiques, Furniture, Household items etc. #7213 Line 86 Wallenstein approx. 6 kms West of Elmira

Rosendale Farms Ltd is a local, independent agribusiness serving grain and livestock producers throughout parts of Waterloo, Wellington and Perth counties.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH 10:00 A.M.

At this time, we are accepting applications to fill an

Lawn and Garden Equip Kids go cart, 4 - gas powered walk behind snow blowers, Husqvarna 42� riding mower, Husqvarna 54� and 42� zero turn mowers, Stihl tree trimming saw, Stihl string trimmer, Stihl TS400 quick cut w new motor, Stihl and Husqvarna chain saws, gas powered wood chippers, gas power washer, 2-electric cement mixers and more. Most equipment has been serviced..

Tools and Equipment Large horizontal air compressor, table saw, 2 rolling multi shelf shop carts, 14� wood band saw, Rockwell scroll saw, ceiling hanging air cleaner, motor bike jack, Hilti gun, Dewalt grinders, air nailers, impact gun. Tables full of good hand tools, too much to list.

Appliances Floor model air conditioner, small chest freezer, upright freezer, stainless gas 30� stove, airtight stove, small oil stove, wood burning fireplace insert w glass door and more.

Misc Rolls of vinyl, 177 pellet guns, mantle clocks, upright vacuums, plastic shelving, concrete lawn ornaments, dog cages, kids wagons, snow shoes, home brewing kit, walkie talkies, Snaplid jars, chafing dish sets, Cross bow, children’s books, adult bikes, milk bottles, key board, 2 Pentax cameras, battery operated wheel chair, team of horses w covered wagon, large slow cooker, lots of yarn, 3 burner propane cooker. Lots more, far too much to list.

Furniture Brown electric lift chair, (nice) 4 pc light coloured bookcase waterfall bedroom set, 5 pc fancy queen sized bedroom set, 3 pc dark double sized bedroom set, 16’ extension table (nice), 200 dark green plastic stacking chairs, brown sofa, black leather sofa, beige leather love seat, 2 - double door tall metal storage cabinets, curio cabinet, single bed, 6 wood chairs, table w 6 chairs, glider rocker, oak drop front desk, small wooden crib, drop leaf table, book shelves, bar chairs, round oak table w leaf. Lots more, building is full

Accounting position.

Job summary: responsible for all accounting functions, up to the preparation of formal year-end financial statements as well as payroll and employee benefits administration.

Specific duties include: Monthly preparation of journal entries and bank recs, accurate and timely filing of HST, WSIB and EHT returns, semi-monthly payroll, liaison with external accounting firm for annual review engagement and other duties as required.

Experience and skills: a minimum of 3 years accounting experience and accounting designation is preferred, excellent ability to work independently within a team environment and provide excellent customer service.

Our ideal candidate will be ambitious, organized with excellent attention to detail to provide accurate results.

Resumes should be emailed to

info@rosendalefarms.com

Gerald Bowman Auctions & Appraisal Ltd.

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Limousin Dispersal for New Frontier Limousin of Alisa Craig. Followed by Select Consignments.

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Offering registered and grade, fresh and springing young Holstein cows and heifers.

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Marywood Classic Bull & Female Sale & Herd Reduction for Waydamar Farms.

Offering profit Making Herd Bulls with Simmental & Commercial Females. For more information please contact Josh Wooddisse at 519-362-5373.

Machinery Consignment Sale. On offer will be tractors, haying & harvesting, tillage & seeding equipment and misc. items also Hay.

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Open & Bred heifers will start at 11:30 A.M. prior to the Herd Sale. Consignments Welcome!

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P.M. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Carsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stocker Sale. Offering all pre conditioned, bunk adjusted, and age verified calves of various breeds. Call now to Consign!

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R.R.#3 Listowel, ON N4W 3G8

Tel: 519-291-2049 | Fax: 519-291-5065 Website: www.davidcarson.on.ca | Email: info@davidcarson.on.ca

THE PLACE TO SELL YOUR HOME.

CALL 519-669-5790 EXT 104 OR email: drudy@woolwichobserver.com

MULTIPLE ESTATE AND DEALERSHIP CLOSING AUCTION

FAMILY ALBUM DEADLINE WEDNESDAY BY 10 AM

AUCTION

HELP WANTED

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OBSERVER SERVICE DIRECTORY AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES

THOMPSON’S

Auto Tech Inc. Providing the latest technology to repair your vehicle with accuracy and confidence.

Accredited Test & Repair Facility

519-669-4400 30 ORIOLE PKWY. E., ELMIRA www.thompsonsauto.ca

HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES

TIRE

WHERE TIRES ARE A

SPECIALTY, NOT A SIDE LINE.

Farm • Auto • Truck Industrial On-The-Farm Service

 Drywall & Taping  Painting  Flooring Installation

 Trim & Moulding  Tiling  Appliance Installation & much more

FREE ESTIMATES ON ANY SIZE JOB

Over 30 Years Experience

RESIDENTIAL & AGRICULTURAL

Driveways • Sidewalks • Curbs • Patios Finished Floors • Retaining Walls • Steps Decorative/Stamped and Coloured Concrete

CALL US TODAY! 226-220-1196

35 Howard Ave., Elmira

519-669-3232

www.marwilconcrete.ca

519-577-0370

info@martinandmousso.ca | www.martinandmousso.ca

HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL

“25 years in Business”

ST. JACOBS

GLASS SYSTEMS INC. 1553 King St. N., St. Jacobs, ON N0B 2N0

• Store Fronts • Thermopanes • Mirrors • Screen Repair • Replacement Windows • Shower Enclosures • Sash Repair TEL:

519-664-1202 / 519-778-6104 FAX: 519 664-2759 • 24 Hour Emergency Service

CONSTRUCTION INC.

• Residential • Commercial • Industrial

info@trappconstruction.ca www.trappconstruction.ca

(519) 569-0772

Randy Weber

• Commercial & Industrial General Contracting • Specializing in Concrete Work & Excavation • Retaining Walls

ECRA/ESA Licence # 7000605

www.rwelectricltd.com 18 Kingfisher Dr., Elmira | 519.669.1462

• • • •

Stamped Coloured Concrete Demolition Bin Service Machine Bases

Concrete Breaking & Removal

HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES

AMOS INC

R O O F I N G

- Design and build -

AGRICULTURAL | RESIDENTIAL FRAMING • ROOFING RENOVATIONS • EAVESTROUGHS

Wayne Martin | 519-504-2016 darwayconstruction@icloud.com | Alma, ON

• Specializing in residential re-roofs • Repairs • Churches

DESIGN CENTRE

KITCHEN, BATH & WINDOW FASHIONS

Blinds, shades, drapery & more • Custom cabinetry made in Canada Free In-home consultations • Our experienced designer will help you work within your personal taste and budget

Call someone you can trust - your local Home Hardware

A Family owned and operated business serving KW, Elmira and surrounding area for over 35 years.

Popular Brands Available

WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED

BLANCO, MAAX, MIROLAN, STEEL QUEEN

CALL JAYME FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE.

22 Church St. W., Elmira

519.501.2405 | 519.698.2114

Tel: 519-669-5537 or 1-844-866-5537 STORE HOURS: M-F: 8-8, SAT 8-6, SUN 10-5

In Business since 1973 • Fully Insured

John Schaefer Painting FREE ESTIMATES Interior/exterior Painting, Wallpapering & Plaster | drywall Repairs

519-503-6033 (CELL) 519-669-2251

36 Hampton St., Elmira

HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES

Steve Co.

Plumbing and Maintenance Inc.

Visit our website

www.biobobs.com or call today!

519-648-3004

or

800-232-6396

RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL

For all your Plumbing Needs.

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In home consultations Wide selection of styles & fabrics

24 HOUR SERVICE Steve Jacobi

Blinds

The Right Window Treatment Can

1011 Industrial Crescent St. Clements | 519-699-5411 www.LetUsFloorYou.ca

ELMIRA

519-669-3652

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Hours: M-F 8:30 - 5:30 Sat 9:00 - 3:00

Evenings By Appointment

GENERAL SERVICES

HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES

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YOUR BUSINESS RIGHT HERE. OUTDOOR SERVICES Since 1998

LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED

(519) 669-4600

APPLIANCES – FURNACES – FIREPLACES AIR CONDITIONERS – WATER HEATERS SPRING SPECIAL ON AIR CONDITIONING TUNE UP $99, INSTALLED FROM $1999 FURNACES INSTALLED FROM $2499 FRIDGES $499, STOVES $399, WASHERS $399, DRYERS $369, FREEZERS $199 Come visit our show room FREE QUOTES 1 Union Street, Elmira

ehc@hotmail.ca (519)-669-4600

Residential & Commercial Sales, Service & Installation FURNACES | AIR CONDITIONERS | WATER HEATERS FIREPLACES | AIR FILTRATION | HUMIDIFIERS DUCT WORK | GAS PIPING

CONESTOGO

CALL 519-206-0336

BOOK APPOINTMENTS ONLINE

www.koebelhcm.com

Various sizes & rates

CLEAN • DRY • SECURE Call

519-669-4964

100 SOUTH FIELD DRIVE, ELMIRA

•Final grading •Lawn repair & complete seeding well equipped for large stoney areas •Spike Aerator/Overseeding •Natural & Interlocking Stone •Retaining Walls, Walks & Patios •Help for Top Water & Drainage issue

Murray & Daniel Shantz

ALMA, ONTARIO | PHONE: 519.846.5427

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REAL ESTATE

DON’T FORGET TO TURN YOUR CLOCKS BACK BROKERAGE

R.W . THUR REAL ESTATE LTD .

Office:

$949,900 Sue From

Drayton - A rare opportunity to own a custom built bungalow in a picturesque country setting only 30 minutes to KW. This meticulously maintained home has an open concept feel and is finished from top to bottom including in-floor geothermal heat and a generator hook up.

With the sprawling island, formal living room, family room and main floor laundry, this home has been well thought out. Entertaining is a breeze in this huge rec room, two bedrooms and an office in the basement. Nestled within beautiful evergreen trees and lush gardens, you will enjoy the peaceful evenings watching the stars or watching the flames flicker in your fire pit garden oasis. In addition to the single garage, the 24X24 ft detached workshop will impress.

Call today to visit this property!

Alli Bauman

SALES REPRESENTATIVE CALL DIRECT

SALES REPRESENTATIVE CALL DIRECT

226-750-9332

519-577-6248

suefrom17@gmail.com

allibauman17@gmail.com

519 -669 -2772 45 Arthur St. S., Elmira www.thurrealestate.com

KING OF BUYING OR SELLING IN 2018? CALL US TODAY AND WE CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE THIS!

Huge 58x220 lot backing to open space!

Original owners in this custom built backsplit. 3br + den, 2 bath. Country kitch. walk out to two tier deck, family room walk out on grade to fenced inground pool. Formal LR/DR. Unfinished lower level waiting your design. Shows well! MLS

$569,900

Remember - Clocks go back this weekend!

28 SECOND ST., ELMIRA REDUCED

Bonnie

Brubacher

Shanna Rozema

BROKER

LUKE

8 BUNTING PLACE, ELMIRA

SELLING? CALL US FOR A FREE MARKET EVALUATION.

Independently Owned and Operated

J ULIE

SHANTZ Broker of Record, HECKEND ORN Broker Broker MVA Residential Res: 519 .669 .1068 Cell: 519 .588.7562 Cell: 519 .584 .4 4 00

LET OUR 65+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORK FOR YOU!

3 Arthur St. S., Elmira | 519-669-5426 Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage

B RAD MARTIN

Custom built bungalow (almost 2000 sq. ft) Offers an open concept main flr-hdwd in LR. Dr. & office. Private Master suite w/2 closests & 4 pc. ensuite. Partially fin bsmt w/ huge rec-rm, 2 bdrms& 2 pc- No backyard neighbour! MLS

$749,000 $799,900

BROKER

OPEN HOUSE | SAT URDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD 10 AM  12 PM • 12 FIRST STREET, EAST ELMIRA

EMPTY NESTERS - FIRST TIME BUYERS

ELMIRA Welcome to this lovely maintained 2 Bedroom Bungalow! Many updates have been completed, windows, bathroom, kitchen/dinette renovation. Ideal for the retiree/snow bird and yet so many expansion possibilites for the growing family on this spacious 135' lot. Schools and recreation, downtown all within walking distance. Visit this Saturday morning. NEW MLS

SOLD

Beautiful 1 ½ story brick home on dead end street.

Original charm with some updates. 2 br, master walk-in. Spacious kitch. w/center island. LR/DR combo.Extra living spacewith basement office and rec room.Parking for 4+. Metal roof (2014) extra long back yard mostly fenced with large flagstone patio. Great starter home! MLS

HELPING YOU IS WHAT WE DO…

BUNGALOW TOWN HOMES – ELMIRA LOCATION FREEHOLD PRICED FROM $459,900

$429,000

34 MILL STREET, ELMIRA

A portion of each sale commission is donated to The Woolwich Community Services.

$379,900

Built by Paradigm (Elmira) homes. 1 Interior unit left. Spring closings available. Stunning finishes throughout include hardwood & ceramic floors, gas fireplace, custom maple kitchen with island/breakfast, main floor master with ensuite and walk-in closet, walkout off the great room to rear yard with privacy fencing, also included is air conditioning. There are also 2 single lots remaining in the first phase. Call today for further details.

EXCLUSIVE

SOLD

6367 WELLINGTON RD. 11, DORKING Country living on the edge of the village.1/2 acre lot backing to farmland. Custom built all brick bungalow – 1,848 square feet.

3 bedrooms, master with 3 piece ensuite.

Combination LR/DR. Eat – in kitchen with oak cabinetry. Main floor den or family room $579,900 with a wood burning FP. Main floor laundry.

Finished rec room w/propane stove. Oversize double garage w/stairs to the basement.Cistern 80 ARTHUR ST.S. ELMIRA under the garage floor as well as a ‘wood’ storage room.

Replacement forced air propane furnace in 2017. Don’t miss this well built home! MLS

7305 WELLINGTON RD. 17, ALMA

SOLD

Beautiful 99 Acre farm close to town! 85 workable, tile drained. 10+ acres mixed bush.

60 x 40 out building with power. Spacious 3615 sqft. Farmhouse with large county kitch. and games rm. attached 2 car garage. Detached single garage. Call today! MLS

$1,590,000

WANT TO SELL? CALL US TODAY TO FIND OUT WHAT YOUR PROPERTY IS WORTH!

80 ARTHUR ST.S., ELMIRA

HALLOWEEN IS SUPER AT JOHN MAHOOD NEW PRICE

$744,900

Original charm & architecture throughout.4420 sqft with 8 Br., 8 Ba. Previously known as the Bristow Inn, there are many possibilities for this historic building. R-4 zoning allows group home, duplex, or lodging. Call today. MLS NEW PRICE

129 ORIOLE PARKWAY, ELMIRA

$339,900

SOLD

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FAMILY ALBUM ANNIVERSARY

Helmut and Christa Banderob 60th Wedding Anniversary

IN MEMORIAM

THANK YOU

JUDY LORENZ (WARD)

Thank You!

Our loving daughter Judy And sister kind and true A mother of two young girls That miss her dearly too Please lord take care of Judy The children of Helmut and Christa Banderob are thrilled to celebrate their parents 60th wedding anniversary. In 1956, in the northern town of Meldorf, Germany, Helmut and Christa said goodbye to each other as Helmut made plans to travel across the Atlantic to start a life in Canada. Two years later, in 1958, Christa made the same journey, and they were reunited in Kitchener. On November 1 of that year, they were married at City Hall. For the past 40 years, they have lived in Winterbourne, raising their 3 children, Ron (Jenny), Gary (Debbie), and Susan (Rick Scurry) and are now a loving Oma and Opa to their grandchildren. The family is proud to celebrate this milestone, and wish them many more years of laughter and love.

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We would like to thank our family and friends for making our 50th Anniversary party a day full of memories we will always treasure.

She’s our guiding star above

Martin, MaryAnn Peacefully passed into the presence of the Lord on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at Chartwell Elmira LTC, at the age of 91 years. Beloved and devoted wife of Edgar B. Martin for 72 years.

Dear mother of David and Connie Martin, Betty and Don Clemmer.

Loving grandma of Terry (Laura) Martin, Kris (Natalie) Martin, Chad (Nicole) Clemmer, Theresa (Shawn) Freeman, Sherrin (Marv) Gingrich, and 18 great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Anna Martin and sister-in-law Mary Weber. Predeceased by her parents Emanuel and Annie (Frey) Weber, stepfather Henry Bauman, grandson Jeff Clemmer (2000), brothers Irvin (Lydia) Weber, Clarence (Delphine) Weber, Cleason Weber, sisters Matilda (Ivan) Gingrich, Barbara (Amsey Martin and Manassa Weber), Hannah (Moses) Martin, brother-in-law Emerson Martin, stepsisters Mary (Amon) Martin, and Elvina (Edwin) Lichty. The family will receive relatives and friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at Woodside Bible Fellowship, 200 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira. Interment will take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 4, 2018 in Elmira Union Cemetery, followed by a memorial service at 3 p.m. at Woodside.

As expressions of sympathy, donations to Woodside Bible Fellowship or Chateau Gardens Auxiliary would be appreciated. Arrangements entrusted to the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira.

Special thank you to our children and grandchildren for planning our party and all the work pulling it together.

Please let her know we miss her And give her all our love

Love and miss you Judy, more than words can say.

Phares & Eileen Martin

Mom, Dad, Tracy and Angie

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DEATH NOTICES GARDINER, WRAY EARNEST

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REMEMBRANCE / IN A DIGITAL AGE

Legion goes digital with its latest poppy campaign Elmira branch also promoting the analog version as it gears up for this year’s Remembrance Day VERONICA REINER ALIGNING WITH THE MODERN digital age, the symbol of remembrance is now available online from any location for the first time. To complement the traditional Poppy, the Royal Canadian Legion is offering the “Digital Poppy” at www. mypoppy.ca until Remembrance Day. “We were looking for a way to reach out to people that we hadn’t been able to reach,” said Danny Martin, deputy director for the Royal Canadian Legion. “The Legion has 275,000 members and 1,400 branches, but that doesn’t cover all the communities and urban centres that we want the distribution of the poppy to go.

“Going online for the millennial and below seemed to be the answer to catching that younger group. It is an opportunity to allow people to communicate the Remembrance aspect, and I think this time to come.”

Another factor that contributed to the inspiration is the fact that fewer Canadians are carrying cash on them while out in public, opting to use a debit or credit card.

It works similarly to the familiar lapel poppy in the sense that the amount donated is entirely up to the poppy owner. They also have the option to dedicate it to the memory of a specific person. Once it is downloaded, donors are sent a

erans, medical training and research to assist with the care of veterans.

“The poppy, to the region, represents remembrance,

HALLOWEEN IS OVER, BUT there’s more to pumpkins than carving out jack o’lanterns. There are still plenty of the big orange gourds kickin’ around, so there’s an opportunity to put them to use in the kitchen.

The days are getting colder and the nights longer – don’t forget the clocks change this weekend – so pairing pumpkin with a traditional comfort food like pasta is an ideal combo for the season. As a bonus, this recipe for Pumpkin Ravioli also makes use of wonton wrappers – typically available in the refrigerated section of the produce department or perhaps the international section – to make for an extra-hearty meal.

Beyond Halloween, pumpkins are a tasty food stock, available locally and a great example of harvest season.

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John and Kathy Scheeringa with traditional lapel poppies, which are being offered at various locations across the region until Remembrance Day on Nov. 11. link that spins to show both sides of the poppy. Donors can then post it to social media with a personal story attached.

After the poppy campaign ends, the link will expire, but it will remain on social

media feeds. Martin says this is in no way intended to replace the traditional Poppies, but rather to act as an extension of it.

Donations made via MyPoppy will go towards the Legion branch nearest to

the donor’s address. In this way, it supports local veteran initiatives. Examples of these initiatives include programs and services for veterans, bursaries for children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of vet-

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the horrors of war, what veterans had to go through, the appreciation of veterans, and those that don’t know their history are doomed to repeat it, and war is not the answer,” said Martin.

Don Cherry, Margaret Atwood, and Justin Bieber have all purchased their own digital poppy to show their support, the national

association notes.

The Elmira branch is more than happy to continue their tradition of onthe-street poppy donation boxes, as well as Remembrance Day activities.

“We will have poppy boxes at most of the businesses around Elmira, Maryhill, St. Clements, St. Jacobs, Floradale and that area,” said John Scheeringa, poppy

campaign chairperson.

“We’ve done the household mailing. We’ve mailed out about 20,000 poppies out to the households in Woolwich – with that, we send out two poppies to every household.”

The poppy boxes are set up at various businesses in the communities of Woolwich and Wellesley with the help of Scouts, Guides

and Legion members. Some prime examples include the Woolwich Memorial Centre and the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market.

“We try to hit the same locations and get to as many spots as possible,” said Scheeringa. “We typically try to go to high-traffic areas, because that’s where people tend to really want to get into the poppies.”

“They have different flyers that they hand out as well,” added Donna Vervoort of the Elmira branch.

“We give them a poppy. If they choose to give a donation, that’s wonderful.”

Money collected from the drive supports both Legion projects and community groups. Last year, for instance, $4,000 apiece from the $19,170 raised went to

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Tasty Pumpkin Ravioli 1 cup pumpkin purée 1 Tbsp. butter, cut into tiny pieces 1-1/2 tsp. cornmeal 1 tsp. crumbled dried sage 1/2 tsp. dried thyme Salt and pepper 36 wonton wrappers 1 egg, beaten 1/4 cup butter, melted 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley Freshly grated Parmesan cheese

In a medium bowl, combine pumpkin purée, butter, cornmeal, sage, thyme, salt, and pepper to taste.

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In a large pot of boiling water, cook the ravioli in four batches, until tender, about 4 to 5 minutes per batch. Remove with a slotted spoon; gently toss with butter and parsley. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve immediately.

Community Care Concepts, St. Mary’s Hospital and Grand River Hospital. A further $2,000 apiece went to the Royal Canadian Legion Bursary and Royal Canadian Legion Charitable Fund.

Other initiatives include a Remembrance Day dinner on November 11 and veteran banners that decorate the downtown with posters that honour the fallen soldiers.

There will also be a Remembrance Day flyover, barring any weather surprises.

The organization will also host the traditional wreathlaying ceremony at the cenotaph for Remembrance Day, with the public invited to take part.

“If they want to dedicate a wreath to a loved one that was in the war or the military; if their business would like to sponsor a wreath, we have wreaths available.

They could pop into our legion, and there are forms available in our club room. $55 for a small one and $75 for a large one,” said Scheeringa.

Anyone interested in learning more or dedicating a wreath can visit the Royal Canadian Legion Elmira Branch, or create their digital poppy visit www. mypoppy.ca.

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Deadly presence of humans forcing many animals to a nocturnal schedule WEIRD NOTES

Q. Sixty years ago, this iconic toy was imported from Australia to the United States by one Joan Anderson, whose distinctive movements inspired the name. Can you name it?

A. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the hula hoop, of course, transformed by the Wham-O toy company from a cane hoop to a ring made of lightweight and inexpensive plastic and trademarked under â&#x20AC;&#x153;a name that evoked the still-exotic Territory of Hawaii and its kinda sexy but still family-friendly hula dance,â&#x20AC;? says Alec Scott in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smithsonianâ&#x20AC;? magazine.

After an intense six-month marketing campaign, the company went on to sell more that 20 million hula hoops â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at $1.98 per hoop.

Though sales never again matched these numbers, the toy re-emerged in the age of social media thanks in large part to Marawa Majorettes, a troupe of hyper hoopers that captivated their Instagram followers: Imagine the â&#x20AC;&#x153;pizza toss,â&#x20AC;? where a performer rotates a hoop around her thighs, then balances on one leg as she moves the circle up her torso and into the air. Also, the troupe has performed at the Olympics and set hooping world records.

Other world records set in 2017: most hula hoops caught and spun in one minute â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 245 (China); fastest time to climb 60 stairs while hooping

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 23.39 seconds (USA); and size of the largest hula hoop spun â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 16 feet, 10 inches.

Marawa Ibrahim holds the record for the most hula hoops spun simultaneously â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 200!

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A. If you wanted a single word for â&#x20AC;&#x153;fear of spiders,â&#x20AC;? youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d no doubt choose â&#x20AC;&#x153;arachnophobia,â&#x20AC;? knowing that a phobia is a fear; the Greek â&#x20AC;&#x153;arakhneâ&#x20AC;? for â&#x20AC;&#x153;spiderâ&#x20AC;? fills in the rest, says Anu Garg on his A.Word.A.Day website. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Orexisâ&#x20AC;? (longing) +

became active during the daytime, knowing that their fiercest foes were no longer a threat. Why are many mammals today reverting to the nocturnal habits of their ancestors?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;genicâ&#x20AC;? (producing) combine to give us â&#x20AC;&#x153;orexigenic,â&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;stimulating the appetite.â&#x20AC;?

And â&#x20AC;&#x153;palilogy,â&#x20AC;? from â&#x20AC;&#x153;palinâ&#x20AC;? for â&#x20AC;&#x153;again,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;logyâ&#x20AC;? for â&#x20AC;&#x153;words,â&#x20AC;? is â&#x20AC;&#x153;a repetition of words, especially for emphasis,â&#x20AC;? as in, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, the agony, the agony of it all!â&#x20AC;?

Now â&#x20AC;&#x153;plunderbundâ&#x20AC;? itself might suggest the meaning-â&#x20AC;&#x153;a group of political, business and financial interests engaged in exploiting the public,â&#x20AC;? from the German â&#x20AC;&#x153;plundernâ&#x20AC;? (to loot) and â&#x20AC;&#x153;bundâ&#x20AC;? (association). Finally, the single word â&#x20AC;&#x153;quincentenaryâ&#x20AC;? means â&#x20AC;&#x153;a 500th anniversary,â&#x20AC;? combining the English â&#x20AC;&#x153;centenary,â&#x20AC;? (100 years) with the Latin â&#x20AC;&#x153;quinqueâ&#x20AC;? (five). So now you do know.

Q. With the demise of the dinosaurs, mammals left the cover of darkness and

A. Humans are now â&#x20AC;&#x153;the ubiquitous terrifying force on the planet and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re forcing all the other mammals back into the night,â&#x20AC;? says Kaitlyn Gaynor of the University of California, Berkeley, as reported by Michael Le Page in â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Scientistâ&#x20AC;? magazine.

When Gaynor and her colleagues reviewed 76 studies of 62 mammals all over the world, they found â&#x20AC;&#x153;almost all are shifting to the night to avoid us.â&#x20AC;? For instance, in areas with few people, the sun bear from Southeast Asia is active at night only 19% of the time, whereas the num-

ber climbs to 90% around a research camp in Sumatra, Indonesia. And â&#x20AC;&#x153;on average, animals with a 50/50 split between night and day activity in undisturbed areas have a 70/30 split in disturbed areasâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scienceâ&#x20AC;?).

The consequences of this shift are still not clear: Animals forced into nocturnal activity might struggle more, but, on the other hand, it may actually be good for them. Says Gaynor, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way to share space on an increasingly crowded planet. ... We take the day and they take the night.â&#x20AC;?

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bill is a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate in physics. Together the brothers bring you â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strange But True.â&#x20AC;? Send your questions to strangetrue@compuserve.com.

OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER ACROSS 1. Filled 6. Lincolnshire pork meatloaf 12. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Check this out!â&#x20AC;?

16. Airy lung region 17. Washed by solvent 18. Destiny 19. Chauncey, just being there, for one 22. Fifth book of good news 23. 24 in a day 24. Mountains!

25. Conk out 26. Undertake, with â&#x20AC;&#x153;outâ&#x20AC;?

27. Blubber 30. Animal catcher 31. Driven by pain and suffering 35. Congratulations, of a sort 36. Beat 37. To quaff, as in grog 40. Indy entrant 43. This man had no heart 44. Suffers from Dutch disease 46. â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ we having fun yet?â&#x20AC;?

47. Heartline 51. â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ any drop to drinkâ&#x20AC;?: Coleridge 52. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dearâ&#x20AC;? one 53. ___ gestae 54. Brazilian moula 55. Abstruse 57. Agra attire 59. Marienbad, for one 60. Curve of fastest descent 66. Risk taker 68. Boozehound 69. Discouraging words 70. Big ___ 71. Puts down 73. 100 pounds 74. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let it standâ&#x20AC;?

75. Heavenly lines 80. Campus building 81. Passion 82. Electric dart shooter 83. ___ nitrate 84. Took five 85. Colourists DOWN 1. Rabbit foods 2. Wattle shrubbery

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Like some windows Aims Criticize, slangily Evasion trick-taking â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sound of Musicâ&#x20AC;? backdrop 8. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So ___ me!â&#x20AC;?

9. Delay 10. In-flight info, for short 11. Course 12. 1/100th mark 13. Near San Jose, home to many tech companies 14. Animal in a roundup 15. Breviloquent 20. Con 21. Biblical verb 26. Common sense 27. Screenwriter by another name 28. Sacred sound, variant 29. Two-footers 32. Crude group?

33. Auditory 34. Arias, usually 38. ___-Altaic languages 39. Precious rocks 40. Cleave

41. Sun-soothing 42. Done with intellect 43. Specifically, the Pentateuch 45. Changes into 48. Computing with fewer instructions 49. Medical advice, often 50. Reverse, e.g.

56. Transact prematurely 58. You know her name is...

(80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pop) 59. Great _____!

61. God of War 62. Ahead 63. Blunt 64. Someone with a lack 65. Puts in 66. Russian country house 67. Crosswise, on deck 72. Antares, for one 73. Ironically, this is the answer 74. Execution reprieve 76. Anger 77. Infomercials, e.g.

78. Fled from Sodom & Gomorrah 79. It had better be short

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Caitlyn & Karsten Smith, on vacation with Scott & Deanna Smith (Parents), John & Dolores Karsten (Oma & Opa) in beautiful Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, they had to spend a night in a Red Caboose in Ronks, PA.

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PLAYING DRESS-UP AND SUPPORTING CHARITABLE ENDEAVOURS IN ELMIRA

Elmira was celebrating All Hallows’ Eve early at the Elmira Lions Hall on Saturday night. The Halloween dance party was hosted by the Woolwich Community Lions Club and the Elmira volunteer firefighters, with proceeds from the event going towards muscular dystrophy research, the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides, and other community projects.

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ETC: They’re just dying for that inheritance

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like myself can get to a point where they want to kill each other.”

Ultimately, Mead finds himself navigating a lot of family dysfunction, disembodied ghosts, and, yes, some potential murder, as he tries to sort out the family’s affairs.

“I think you could find a moral in the story. I think it’s very easy to find a moral in the story,” he says. “But I think it’s more of having fun, watching a family fall apart all about money, and greed, getting in the way.”

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story, both MacKay and Huschka note, in a farcical sort of way. Most people don’t have relatives out to get them, or vast sums of money to fight over, or ghosts, for that matter.

But many will relate to the oft-dysfunctional family dynamic on display, and the messy relationships they tend to bring about.

“I think there’s a lot of good touches between Jason and Kya,” says MacKay, of the siblings seeking the inheritance. “And they even touch-base in the words that they say, and in the actions that they do with each other, that a lot

of families will relate to.

Younger siblings and older siblings. And how they react towards each other.”

“It’s fun,” adds Huschka succinctly. “It is a fun night. It’s quick moving, it’s a fast-paced play.”

Murder Most FouledUp will be hitting the local theatre house on 76 Howard Ave., Elmira, starting tomorrow (Friday) at 7 p.m., and runs Thursday through Sunday for two weeks until their final show on November 17. Tickets and schedule information can be found online at www.elmiratheatre.com.

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