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Little change at schools with new cell phone ban

TWO INJURED IN ROLLOVER

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

Two children suffered minor injuries Tuesday morning when a school bus transporting 24 Conestogo Public School students rolled over while travelling on New Jerusalem Road near Northfield Drive.

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New restrictions on mobile phones in Ontario schools will mean few practical changes when they come into effect in November, local school boards indicate.

The changes made by the provincial government are set for November 4, applying largely to classroom instructional time, with exceptions made for health, special needs or educational reasons.

“There’s no real impact on us,” said John Shewchuk, chief managing officer of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board in an email. “What the government has an-

nounced is already our current practice – using mobile technology to support our learning environment.”

He pointed to a specific policy, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), that is part of the board’s strategy to address the use of technology in the classroom.

“A big part of that involves teaching respect for and responsible use communications technologies,” said Shewchuk. “So, there’s really not a ‘cell phone ban’ at all.”

The move comes from a public consultation on education reforms conducted in fall 2018. The Progressive Conservative CELL PHONE | 06

Driver killed in single-vehicle rollover

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

An 18-year-old Mitchell man died at the scene after being ejected from his pickup truck during a single-vehicle collision near Heidelberg last Thursday morning.

Police say the driver,

whose name has not yet been released, wasn’t wearing a seatbelt at the time of the incident, which occurred on Lobsinger Line.

Waterloo Regional Police received the call at 6:08 a.m., responding to a stretch of Lobsinger Line Durst and Martin Creek roads, said Sgt. Scott Met-

calfe.

The driver was found outside his vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.

Headed towards Waterloo, he lost control of his black pickup truck and entered a ditch on the north side of the road. The truck rolled over and the driver was ejected.

“A lack of seatbelt usage is a huge contributing factor,” said Metcalfe of the fatal incident.

One of the first witnesses of the aftermath was another driver, who ended up getting a flat tire from the debris following the collision. Police were called in FATALITY | 05

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A contingent of EDSS students are expected to join in a climate strike set for Friday, part of the global movement with events set for Sept. 20-27. In Elmira, those concerned about the mounting crisis are expected to march from the high school to the Woolwich Township administrative office on Church Street West starting at 11 a.m.

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A REAL HANDS-ON LESSON

Cooking lessons just the recipe for French learners St. Teresa of Avila school in Elmira receives grant to host chef à l’école lessons next week

BY ANETA REBISZEWSKI arebiszewski@woolwichobserver.com

The food they put in their mouths can help students with the words that come out of them, which is the tasty theory behind the chef-led French lessons at St. Teresa of Avila school in Elmira.

Students in Grades 4 to 8 will be immersing themselves in French culture through a day of cooking classes. A grant from the Official Languages Program Directorate, Canadian Heritage, will fund the chef à l’école lessons with Chef Susanne on September 25.

Students will participate in 90-minute sessions with the chef, who will guide students through a recipe for Pets de Soeurs (nuns’ pastries or brown sugar rolls), all in French.

“It’s a really great opportunity to do something in French, so you’re actually using the French that your learning in a way that you can make a sense of it,” says Mary McCullum Baldasaro,

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Grade 4 students Elle English (left) and Tatiana Kocan practice French vocabulary with Grade 8 volunteer Kate Grosz for the upcoming chef à l’école lessons with Chef Susanne on Sept. 25 at St. Teresa. [ANETA REBISZEWSKI / THE OBSERVER]

the French teacher at St. Teresa.

This is not the first time the school has participated in the chef à l’école, but in previous years students had to pay. It was a cost-effective program, McCullum Baldasaro says, but she wanted to ensure that all her students learning French had the opportunity to put what they’re learn-

ing in the classroom into action.

More than a hundred students will be able to take part in the program during the day to not only learn how to cook but to discover more about the language.

“I always hope that the students will gain fluency from actually practicing the French in sentences in meaningful ways. I also

hope that it will continue to grow a positive attitude about the interest in French so that they can believe that they can speak it, and that they can use it to do actual things in their life,” said McCullum Baldasaro.

In the weeks leading up to the program, she and her students have been pracFRENCH | 04

The federal election underway, environmental groups are looking to make issues such as climate change a central part of the campaign, organizing a series of 100 Debates for the Environment.

Locally, four of the five candidates running in the Kitchener-Conestoga riding have committed to an event scheduled for next month.

Liberal candidate Tim Louis, the NDP’s Riani de Wet, Green candidate Stephanie Goertz, and Kotlyn Wallar of the People’s Party have all confirmed their attendance. Incumbent Conservative MP Harold Albrecht has declined to attend.

“We have a training in GOTV event that night,” said Albrecht's campaign manager, Andrew Reid. “As well, there's a debate the next day with the Greater

KW Chamber of Commerce that we RSVP'd to. It's crazy how schedules fill up so quickly.”

A prepared statement indicated that Albrecht will be attending other upcoming debates in Elmira, New Hamburg and Kitchener to address these issues.

The candidates will answer questions about climate change, water protection, wilderness conservation, and pollution and toxic substances.

“If we don’t address these issues and protect our environment then nothing else really matters,” said organizer Dorothy Wilson of the Nith Valley Eco Boosters. “I think because I have grandchildren, I’m quite concerned about their future and what it’s going to be like for them.

“With the federal election coming up, I hope that a lot of people think about who they need to vote for that’s DEBATES | 06

Autumn is in the air, but a better transition in the forecast Luckily this year things are looking better for the autumnal season ahead, with warmer-than-normal temperatures, according to Dave Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada.

“It’s not like you’re going back to the dog days of

BY ANETA REBISZEWSKI arebiszewski@woolwichobserver.com

Fall makes its arrival this week with some summery weather in tow, at least for now. That’s helpful, as goodbyes aren’t easy, especially when we bid farewell to the long, warm days of summer.

summer – this is going to be a little warmer than normal,” he said this week.

Over the next few days the temperature will rise to a high of up to 25 degrees, without it cooling down anytime soon. “This coming week is clearly going to be a gift, people thought that summer is over well

it’s going to return to summer-like weather.”

Last year we we’re cheated out of autumn, Phillips says, with only one of three months being fall and the rest being the early days of winter. There is no need to bring out winter jackets early this year, but that doesn’t mean frost might

not appear on the pumpkins at some point. As for snow, Phillips says that it might fall sometime after Remembrance Day but that shouldn’t ruin the autumn period.

With more southerly air coming up this way through the region, the temperatures should be

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Local woman who spends time with her metal detector often ends up making parks safer for kids in the community

BY ANETA REBISZEWSKI arebiszewski@woolwichobserver.com

For hours on end Kelly Sittler sets off on treasure hunts at various parks in the community, searching for items she finds with her metal detector.

She has yet to strike gold, but Sittler often digs up harmful objects in areas that children play in. “It only took me a couple of times to go, ‘This is not

good I wouldn’t want my kids in there without knowing’ so I like to go out there and give them a check over and pull out the garbage to make it safe,” she explained.

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structure. Without hesitation, Sittler called the Lions Club to make them aware of the harmful object in their playground.

This is only one of many non-treasures Sittler has found thanks to the beeping sound of her detector in the past five years that she’s been locating harmful objects.

“I like to do gardening so digging in the dirt and treasure hunting was normal to me,” Sittler said of her motivation to locate these objects.

The St. Clements resident has spent countless evenings with her metal detector for several years now, but it all started with her parents who got her into the hobby.

“Years and years ago my parents used to do it and we used to stand by their side and watch them dig and years and years later I got surprised with a gift of a detector of my own.”

Sometimes an evening of metal detecting can last up to six hours for Sittler, who says she has to set an alarm on her phone to remind her to go home. Without any obligation to the township, Sittler does this on her free time and considers it to be

St. Clements resident Kelly Sittler spends countless hours at local parks with her metal detector to find any harmful objects that could hurt chil[ANETA REBISZEWSKI / THE OBSERVER] dren.

more than just a hobby but a getaway.

“Some people have a

hobby that just takes them away from everything, your mind is just at rest. It’s a

physical hobby for sure, but my mind is into what I’m doing.”

Beyond looking for dangerous items around the community, Sittler also takes the time to pick up any garbage she comes across on her hunting journey. The 54-year-old is often spotted in parks throughout St. Jacobs, Elmira, Linwood, St. Clements, and even Waterloo, making sure the areas are harm-free for children to play in.

Making sure the township provides a safe environment to have fun in is important to Sittler and is now being passed on to her grandkids. Although there is no formal project that Sittler is a part of, engaging her friends and family in taking part of cleaning up local parks is what has made the initiative grow, she says, it has even expanded from this summer season.

Sittler does her part as a community member by making sure kids do not get harmed while playing in local parks. It’s the thrill of the hunt – and the ability to do some good – that keeps her going, not some notion of being a hero, though the end result may paint that picture.

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Chef Susanne has chosen the particular recipe on Pets de Soeurs because of its distinctive name that demonstrates humour that comes through the language. This allows the students to see how certain things get the name that they have, says McCullum Baldasaro.

“I think it helps us to appreciate the particular perspective that another

language brings. That adds value to learning, and I think it adds value to our world, where we are increasingly multicultural to look at another culture with appreciation rather than with fear or with a negative view.”

Through the cooking lessons students will also have to learn to work together and discover new skills in other areas to boost confidence, said McCullum Baldasaro.

Cooking and eating is also a great way to build

community, she added.

In the evening, Chef Susanne will be running a separate session for 15 students to participate in an additional cooking lesson alongside a parent or grandparent. There is limited space available and students are asked to reserve a space ahead of time.

This session is aimed to help parents get more involved with their children who are learning French, says McCullum Baldasaro, noting the support of parents will help students

to believe that they can learn the language.

“I thought, ‘well, if I could have the parents come in, do a little cooking class with their child led by our chef then that would maybe start to convince them, too.’”

Students with any allergies or food sensitivities are asked to send in their permission forms that indicate so. Those who are looking to participate in the evening session can contact McCullum Baldasaro for a reservation.

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A single-vehicle collision Friday afternoon on Bridge Street East near Ebycrest Road sent the driver to hospital with undisclosed injuries. Police report the driver was attempting to pass another vehicle when the car left the roadway, then hit a mailbox and a stone before entering the ditch. Charges are pend[VERONICA REINER / THE OBSERVER] ing.

Police lay more than 100 charges in back-to-school blitz Waterloo Regional Police laid a total of 101 charges during their Back to School Safety Enforcement Campaign, which targeted motorists speeding, failing to for stop signs and school buses, distracted driving as well as bicycle violations within school areas.

The campaign was a joint effort between the traffic services unit as well as frontline patrol officers. Over the course of four days, speeding was the most common offence, prompting police to remind motorists to be mindful of reduced speeds in school zones, watch for crossing guards assisting

SEPTEMBER 8 ■■8:18 AM | Sometime overnight unknown suspect(s) caused damage to the hood and windshield of a car parked in the driveway of a residence on Queen Street in Elmira.

A few blocks away another vehicle was vandalized while parked overnight on Hampton Street. Police are asking residents to check their surveillance cameras for any subjects around the area of Queen and Hampton streets between 11 p.m. Sept.

7 to 8 a.m. Sept. 8. Anyone with information regarding this crime is asked to contact Waterloo Regional Police at 519-570-9777, ext. 4320 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222TIPS (8477).

SEPTEMBER 10 ■■12:26 AM | Police responded to a single-vehicle collision on Kressler Road in Wellesley Township. A 25-year-old Kitchener man was driving a white Hyundai Sonata south on Kressler Road when he swerved to miss an animal on the road. He lost control of his vehicle, left the roadway and struck a hydro pole. Waterloo North Hydro crews responded to repair the pole and the vehi-

pedestrians and stop in both directions for school buses when overhead red warning signals and a flashing stop sign are engaged. Drivers who fail to stop for a school bus or crossing guard may face a fine of $490 and six demerit point upon conviction.

“While the campaign is over, our commitment to road safety is not, and we will continue to target speeding and other dangerous driving behaviours that make our roads less safe for everyone,” said Chief Bryan Larkin in a release.

Waterloo Regional Police Service laid the following charges during the Back to

School Safety Enforcement Campaign: • Speeding charges: 56 • Fail to stop for stop sign: 9 • Distracted driving charges (handheld device): 1 • Bicycle violation: 0 • Fail to stop for school bus: 4 • Total charges (other violations included): 101 • Some of the other violations include one impaired driver who drove through a school zone.

Others charges include: fail to wear seatbelt, drive while under suspension, drive no licence, drive no valid permit, and fail to surrender insurance card.

cle was towed from the scene.

The driver received minor injuries and was assessed at the scene by ambulance. No charges were laid.

collision and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone who may have witnessed the collision is encouraged to call the Waterloo Regional Police Service Traffic Services Unit at 519-570-9777, ext. 8791.

■■5:00 PM | Members of the OPP Perth County detachment, Perth East Fire Department and Perth County Paramedics (EMS) attended a rural residence east of Milverton for a farm where a two-year-old girl had been run over by a piece of farm equipment. She was subsequently transported to a London hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police issued a reminder that dangers have to be recognized and avoided to keep children safe on farms.

SEPTEMBER 12 ■■6:00 AM | Waterloo Regional Police Service responded to Lobsinger Line between Durst Road and Martin Creek Road in Woolwich Township for a single-vehicle collision. An 18-year-old man from Mitchell was travelling east on Lobsinger Line when he lost control and entered the ditch on the north side of the road. The pickup truck rolled over and the lone occupant was ejected.

The driver was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the

■■1:45 PM | Wellington County OPP responded to a suspicious-person occurrence on Ariss Valley Road in Guelph-Eramosa Township. The investigation revealed that the complainant exited his residence and observed a white Volkswagen Tiguan parked in his driveway with male driver behind the wheel and an unknown female rummaging through his and his mother’s vehicles. The female was startled by the witness and returned to the awaiting vehicle, which then sped away at a high rate of speed. The woman is described as Caucasian, medium build, dyed pink or red shoulder-length hair, approximately 30-40 years of age. The male is described as Caucasian, heavy build, brown hair with a scruffy beard, approximately 30-40 years of age. Sunglasses, vehicle documents and cash are some of the items that were stolen.

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The collision damaged a natural gas line, requiring a crew from Enbridge to carry out repairs.

Police confirmed there were no other occupants in the vehicle after searching the area with a canine unit.

As part of the investigation, a drone was used to map out the area accurately.

Lobsinger Line was closed between Durst and Martin Creek roads for several hours during the investigation.

criminal activity should contact the Wellington County OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or submit a tip on-line at www. csgw.tips. You may be eligible for a reward from Crime Stoppers of up to $2,000.

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Kissing Bridge Trailway Advisory Board Three persons are required for a three-year term ending December 31, 2022. The Trailway Advisory Board advises the County of Wellington and Regional Council on the development and management of the Trailway. The Trailway Advisory Board requires two non-farm landowners in proximity to the Kissing Bridge Trailway in any of the communities in which the Trailway is located and one representative from the Agricultural Community in Wellesley.

Persons interested in serving as a Committee member must file an application with the Regional Clerk prior to 4:30 p.m. on October 4, 2019. The application form and the Terms of Reference for the listed Committees are available on the Region’s website or by contacting the Regional Clerk’s office.

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government claims that 97 per cent of the parents, students and teachers supported some restriction on mobile phones in the classroom.

The government then updated its Provincial Code of Conduct, and school boards across the province were given an early-November deadline to review their current procedures and update their own codes of conduct to be consistent with the Ministry of Education directive.

“To be perfectly honest,

that has been our practice for many years that there are restrictions that are in place for various schools depending on the age of the student, the use of technology in the classroom, all those types of things,” said Graham Shantz, a superintendent with the Waterloo Region District School Board.

“Technology has been a reality that we’re facing in school systems for many, many years. Hence why practices have already been established in many of our sites.”

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going to take action to protect our environment.”

A biochemistry lecturer at University of Waterloo, Betsey Daub, noted organizers “were not that surprised, not for this kind of debate,” that Albrecht has not committed to attending the event.

In preparing for the 100 Debates for the Environment, the central questions were put together by GreenPAC, a Toronto-based notfor-profit organization that helps promote environmental leadership in politics.

Equiterre, the largest environmental group in Quebec, is also helping to coordinate the project.

“We sent out to that question list to the candidates so that they can be prepared,” explained Daub. “Another one of the things that we’re looking at right now is what kind of questions that we could put to the candidates that have to do with local issues.

“One of the ones that we’re looking at is water issues. Water woes have been and still are very much at the forefront in Elmira.”

One question about water quality is among the query list being prompted to the candidates: “What can the federal government do to work with different sectors like municipalities and

farmers to reduce both water pollution, and the risk of flood events which may have been aggravated by industrial development and climate change?”

Anyone with environmental issues of their own will have the opportunity to submit written questions, which may be read during the debate by the moderator, Tova Davidson, executive director of Sustainable Waterloo Region.

There are five debates scheduled in Waterloo Region and already 122 taking place across Ontario.

“I think it’s really important for people to exercise their right to vote and have the information they need to make a good decision,” said Wilson. “Because the environment is such a crucial issue, I think that this debate can provide an opportunity for people to learn more and make an intelligent decision.”

The Kitchener-Conestoga all candidates debate will take place October 9, 7-9 p.m., at the New Dundee Community Centre at 1028 Queen St. in New Dundee.

Debates for each riding in the region, including Kitchener Centre, Kitchener South - Hespeler, Cambridge and Waterloo, are taking place October 2 and 9. See www.100debates.ca for more information.

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when the leaves start to change colour.

“We’ve seen good air quality, good temperatures, and so trees haven’t lost their leaves ahead of time,” he said.

The rest of the month will continue to see temperatures hitting highs of 20 degrees, a benefit to farmers still dealing with crops delayed due to the wet spring. Specifically, Phillips points out that corn will be able to cure

throughout the remainder of September and October due to the warmer weather.

Precipitation is much harder to predict, but it appears for the next few months there will be normal amounts. When the colour change does take hold, Phillips advises that people take advantage of the warmer days to get out for any sightseeing, as there’s no guarantee the nice weather will last.

“If you see a good period of weather, go for it.”

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ABC Festival ramps up for its 44th year with the fun set for Sept. 28

BY ANETA REBISZEWSKI arebiszewski@woolwichobserver.com

If changes to the weather and the arrival of the fall fair weren’t enough as signs of autumn go, the impending arrival of the Wellesley Apple Butter and Cheese Festival might do the trick.

Now in its 44th year, the popular event held on the last Saturday of September caps the township’s seasonal festivities.

ABC Festival chairman Jamie Reid says attendees can expect the same crowd-favourite events as in previous years because those are what have made

the event so successful.

“It’s worked for 44 years, we try not to change too much. People keep coming back year after year,” said Reid.

Visitors can start the day off with an early-morning pancake breakfast at 7 a.m., followed by a mini truck pull at 9 a.m. All through-

out the day there will be a display of antique cars, tractors and farm equipment for those interested in taking a walk down memory lane to see how things used to be done.

Bringing in large crowds of people every year means there’s got to be enough food and plenty to do, says

The children at St. Teresa of Avila school in Elmira get their hands on the new books in the library courtesy of the Kiwanis Club of Elmira.

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Efforts of Elmira Kiwanis Club help stock the shelves of school libraries

BY ANETA REBISZEWSKI arebiszewski@woolwichobserver.com

With classes back in fullswing, the bookshelves in local school libraries are stocked and full of new books thanks to an annual donation made by the Kiwanis Club of Elmira.

Each school in the community has received $500 worth of books for kids to enjoy.

“Reading is very important – kids have to be read to. We wanted to support the schools,” said Ron Wagner, the secretary of the local service club.

The donation started out in 2007, with the five public schools in Elmira, and since then it has grown to providing six schools in the region with books for the shelves of their libraries.

“You can’t replace giving books to children. To watch the children receive the

books it’s just fantastic,” said club president John Chapman of the program’s impact.

Each year the club hosts a variety of fundraisers throughout the year so that they can give back to the schools through the book donations. There are multiple fish fries the club host to raise money, along with having a booth at the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival that adds to their funds.

These are just few of the initiatives the Kiwanis Club does to ensure they meet their yearly quota so they can give back to the neighbourhood.

“Our main thrust is supporting children in the community,” Wagner added.

As a former teacher, Wagner understands the importance of books and why they are needed in schools especially for those

students who are reluctant to read. It not only helps them get hooked, Wagner says, but it allows them to transition into reading more complex stories.

Many of the schools can’t imagine not receiving the annual donation. Joe Walsh, the library technician at St. Teresa of Avila in Elmira, said he is grateful he gets to personally choose books that students will enjoy reading. There’s a certain way that books fill one’s life, he notes.

“It’s a place where you don’t need electricity, you don’t need wi-fi: you live in your imagination. You don’t need to see it on a screen, it’s a place that’s yours and yours alone.”

Each year the schools try to give back and show their appreciation to the Kiwanis Club through a variety of ways. Wagner recalls that one year they received a #onthetablewr

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book back that was full of photos and thank you notes that were created by the students. Last year, one of the schools made a chart-paper-sized thankyou note.

“Over ten years, it’s a nice investment. It’s a great program,” said Walsh.

Books aren’t cheap and they don’t last long if you don’t buy good quality ones, according to Wagner.

The donation goes a long way to make sure children in the community are engaged in reading and have the option to read.

“It’s important they go home even if it comes back damaged, that’s the price you pay. You can only tape them and glue them so often – they just get so defeated that the kids don’t want them anymore. But I’d rather see that, than pristine books just sitting there,” Walsh said with a smile.

Reid. In fact, the food part is right in the festival’s name.

“The food would be the biggest draw,” he said of what people look forward to each year.

The menu includes the likes of apple fritters with a side of cider and the smorgasbord dinner featuring home-cooked specialities such as pigtails spareribs, sauerkraut and roast beef.

The community centre is the place for such delicacies starting at 10:30 a.m.

With the Wellesley pond again full of water, the Model Boat Regatta returns this year with a show organizers expect visitors enjoy.

At 2 p.m., the Wellesley Idol finals take to the main stage, where a 2019 winner will be crowned from the three finalists. The event also offers up a variety of vendors at the crafts marketplace.

The ABC Festival started as a fundraiser for the community and a way to promote local businesses. A.W. Jantzi & Sons Ltd (Wellesley Brand Apple Products)

and the J.M. Schneider Cheese Factory are the companies that gave the festival its name.

All proceeds from the festival are used for major projects within the village of Wellesley. In previous years the funds have been used for the likes of building an arena, buying parkland and building a ball diamond, said Reid. This year the festival will be raising money to support a proposed new recreation facility.

“We would be one of the biggest non-profit organizations in town that they’ll go to. We need the support of our community,” he noted.

The ABC Festival is set for September 28 at the Wellesley arena grounds and surrounding areas.

Volunteers are always in need to help out at the event and are a big part of the success, adds Reid.

Those interested in volunteering can visit www. wellesleyabcfestival.ca/ volunteer for more information.

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“Additionally, all provincial governments in Canada should ..., if not ban outright, activities of Confucius Institutes because they operate in a manner inconsistent with basic principles of academic freedom.

CSIS has openly acknowledged that these Institutes are ‘forms of spy agencies used by the Chinese government.’ They should be treated accordingly.”

When they have difficulties with technology, 53% of Canadians over the age of 65 turn to their children and 18% to their grandchildren; 86% of Canadians aged 65+ and 94% of Canadians aged 50+ report being online daily; 58% of Canadians aged 65+ and almost 8 in 10 (78%) aged 50-64 own smartphones.

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Maryhill gravel pit a test of whose interests new rules protect

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It’s easy to see why that’s the case given the very real concerns about traffic, noise, dust and safety. In that regard, this project is the same as other recent bids that have sought to build gravel pits in close proximity to residential areas, as we’ve seen in Conestogo, West Montrose and the ongoing saga in Winterbourne.

Some of the decisions of late have gone in residents’ favour, a trend that was supposed to be strengthened by the replacement of the developer-friendly Ontario Municipal Board with the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT), but the Ford government’s “open for business” strategy has sought to undermine controls on development. (The not-public-friendly Ministry of Natural Resources’ involvement tends to further complicate aggregate issues.)

here’s a long way to go before Woolwich renders a decision on an application for a gravel pit near Maryhill. And it will be even longer before the almost-inevitable tribunal and legal action plays out.

But the township’s decision is already clear if democratic and environmental principles are factors: the project isn’t a good fit.

Residents were out in force last week as the process got underway in earnest with a public meeting.

Capital Paving is seeking an official plan amendment and zoning changes to designate some 230 acres south of the village as suitable for an aggregate-extraction operation. The only people speaking out in favour of the idea are the applicants and their representatives, with every other delegate to last week’s meeting opposed to the proposal.

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In the case of gravel pits and other unpopular developments, the argument is made that taking away local control is necessary to prevent NIMBYism: if every decision sided with the public, nothing would ever get done, including some things that are necessary. This attitude says the need for gravel overrides the health, safety and quality of life considerations of those who live near pits.

Of course, we do need gravel, and it does have to come from somewhere. Because of its geography, this stretch of the province is rife with aggregate, as witnessed by the numerous pits already in operation. If every application for an extraction licence was turned down, we’d have to find alternative sources for an essential material.

Clearly, then, we need to find a

balance point.

Opponents say too much power rests with provincial agencies.

They also lament the actions of the MNR in enforcing what feeble rules do exist. Fixing those inadequacies would go a long way in reducing the disputes over gravel pit applications.

High on the priority list is the enacting of sunset clauses on gravel licences: hard and intractable timelines for the decommissioning of pits.

Even where municipalities have tried to impose sunset clauses, the MNR has simply stepped in and voided them.

Equally pressing are rules to assure quick and full rehabilitation of pits, returning them to the identical state seen before excavation began. Here, too, the record has been abysmal. Changes haven’t been forthcoming.

In that environment, residents are right to be skeptical about assurances that any violations at a newly-approved pit – excessive noise or dust, pollution of the groundwater, unacceptable visual impacts – will be dealt with in a timely manner. That’s usually not the case.

There’s also a very practical reason for the township to turn down gravel pit applications: the costs are higher than the revenues Woolwich receives. Municipal share of aggregate profits are miniscule, not enough to cover the direct costs associated with road repairs and safety measures, let alone the health and well-being of residents.

We’ll have to moves that protect citizens, before anyone believes that the parties, the township included, are working in the public interest.

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Attack on oil fields remain a whodunnit

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.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dismissed the Houthi claim that the Yemeni rebel group had carried out Saturday’s strike on two huge Saudi Arabian oil processing facilities. There was “no evidence” that the drones belonged to the Houthis, he said. Instead, he blamed Iran.

No surprise there. The way things are at the moment, if an incoming asteroid were about to strike the Earth, the United States would blame Iran. But there’s ‘no evidence’ that the drones came from Iran either. Pompeo is simply trading on the assumption that Yemenis are too ignorant to manage that sort of technology, so it must be Iran.

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Saudi Arabia and the alliance of other autocratic Arab States that have been bombing Yemen since 2015 push the same line all the time. It goes down fairly well in the Kingdom, where most people look down on Yemenis for being poor and less well educated, but it isn’t actually true.

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Lacking style and substance, elections treated like horse races

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nd they’re off. The federal election now officially on, much of the coverage will focus take on a horse-race feel, concentrating on polling numbers and seat projections.

Nothing like the perpetual election cycle in the U.S., where the contest to lead the Democrats is the current warm-up race, Canada’s relatively short run-up to the vote will very much focus on poll numbers and the personality of the leaders – issues of substance, the public good and the very high likelihood of poor governance to follow whoever wins won’t factor into the discussion.

There are real substantive differences between the parties, though not as much as they’d have you believe and certainly fewer than would actually be delivered by the eventual winner. But the media coverage will focus on a few hot-button items – the bloom is off the rose with Trudeau, Scheer is a social conservative determined to turn back the clock on rights, Jagmeet who? – and the potential swing ridings that will get all the attention.

We’ll be drowning in polling numbers, which is essentially the betting line for the horse race in question.

Polling numbers are the stock in trade for Barry Kay, a political scientist at Wilfrid Laurier University who’s spent years tracking polls and extrapolating seat projections.

Noting that the number of polls has been increasing even as their reliability has trailed off, Kay quickly points out that polls aren’t predictions. Rather, they’re akin to taking today’s temperature more so than telling us what the weather’s going to be like on October 21.

“It isn’t about the future, but the recent past,” he says of polling.

Those looking at the numbers can extrapolate from past opinion polls to assess what the outcome might look like. That was a more precise exercise in decades past, but has suffered

from the same technology-driven fragmentation that afflicts much of our society, particularly the media.

With polling, the reason is simple: lower response rates.

Thirty or forty years ago, about 75 per cent of those contacted by pollsters answered their questions. Today, you’re lucky if that’s 10 per cent.

“Fewer than one in ten people who are contacted will participate. For that reason ... it’s not as accurate as it used to be,” he said of polling, where the response rate is “dramatically worse.”

Because there’s more a self-selection aspect to responses, pollsters aren’t getting a real cross-section of the voting public, says Kay. That’s why we’ve seen some fairly divergent results from what poll numbers suggested.

Still, it’s not astrology. Even if we give too much credence to polls over more useful coverage, they do serve to gauge some-

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thing of the public mood. And they serve as an easy shorthand for writing about elections ... and for those who aren’t chuffed about looking at the issues, and the even fewer who actually vote.

The fact that government has deteriorated to its current state is testament to what happens when we disengage from politics, ironic in an era of constant political chatter.

Of course, the nature of that constant chatter is indicative of the problem’s root: partisan sniping exacerbated by the fact we’re getting dumber and with an ever-shrinking attention span.

There’s nothing like watching American politics for sheer entertainment. Unfortunately, it’s more amusement than it is the thoughtful political philosophy of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. Yet like the accident on the side of the highway, we can’t help but gawk.

As Canadians, we have the luxury of watching at a distance.

The sniping between Republicans and Democrats goes on 24 hours a day, every day. It’s fodder for everyone from news channels through the most detached-from-reality blog.

What’s playing out next door could be a version of our future.

Dumb. Partisan. Bereft of policies. And the opposite of an engaged citizenry, despite the populist trappings.

The problems in the U.S., and to a lesser extent in Canada, are complex. Partisan bickering and sloganeering won’t help. Apparently, that’s the best we can do.

That’s why we have pundits yell-

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ing on TV. Ersatz politicians using homey platitudes. And issues reduce to the lowest common denominator.

The crazy-making rhetoric never seems to subside, even after the seemingly-constant election cycle. Such is the polarization in the circus tent that is U.S. politics.

Partisan, divisive politics are now the norm. Not for the betterment of the country, but simply to help to gain or hold on to power, no matter what it costs the rest of us.

If voters are so polarized that they can’t see the obvious – they’ve truly drunk deeply of the Kool-Aid – then we can never have a rational debate about how to move forward.

Of course, that assumes real change is actually a possibility.

Keeping the public occupied with mindless partisanship, petty bickering and, above all, pop-culture distractions works out just fine for those who are happy with the status quo: the real power elites who have no interest in changing a good thing.

Powerful corporate interests spend millions to influence public policy, from fighting public health care to quashing environmental controls. Their efforts pay off.

That’s why we won’t see anything of substance from those involved in the federal election campaign. Kay expects negative attack ads to be the norm this time around, the kind of election that reduces voter turnout, a number already expected to fall given our lack of excitement about those heading the parties – Trudeau isn’t generating the buzz he did four years ago, and Canadians know little about Scheer ... and are content to keep it that way.

“People aren’t impressed with any of the leaders,” says Kay. In fact, “people are turned off by most of the leaders.”

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t has been said that the only constant in life is change. Times change.

People change. Societies change. Values change. Everything we know and love changes. Our kids grow up.

Our friends grow old. Our own bodies shift and slide in strange ways. Our minds soften. The world around us changes. Political parties shift right and left.

Governments rise and then fall. Programs disappear or are replaced. Power changes hands. Change changes us all, and yet, we do everything to resist it, ignore it,

Change and community evolution condemn it, and deny it.

One of the interesting things about change, however, is that it keeps coming at us, despite our resistance to it. In fact, the pace of change is increasing exponentially.

20,000 years ago, we were hunters and gatherers, and our lives remained relatively unchanged until the discovery of agriculture 5,000 years ago. Once we moved from being nomads to farmers, not much changed for thousands of years until the industrial revolution 300 years ago,

which changed everything about our world again.

Now, the technology revolution is transforming every aspect of our lives, dramatically more so every day, but it only began about 30 years ago.

The other interesting thing about change is that we typically resist it as individuals, but as a society we adopt and adapt to it very quickly. I think that is evidence of evolution at work. Collectively, we adapt better and adopt more than we do as individuals. An individual that

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resists change dies, either literally or metaphorically; yet society and culture adapt, evolve, and carry on. As the world changes, those who are prepared to adapt prosper, and the resistors perish.

The same applies to

communities. There are so many changes coming, and they are coming quickly, that we will see our communities forced to adapt to more in the next 20 years than they have in the last 100. Those that adapt will live on and prosper, passing on their community’s mentality and attitudes to the following generations of communities, while those who resist will see their communities perish.

We can all hear the arguments they make: “These changes aren’t good for society”; “I like the way we

have always done things”; “These changes are making life worse for everyone.” We heard the same arguments about printed books, about computers, about vehicles, and about the invention of dentistry. Yet, society embraced each one with complete disregard for the critics, and each has given society some advantage and helped us progress.

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back at Saudi Arabia, but the Saudis refused to believe they were doing it themselves. The Houthis, they implied, were too backward to upgrade the Yemeni air force’s old Soviet-made Scud missiles themselves. Iran must have helped them.

In fact, the Yemeni air force had Scud missiles for decades before the government collapsed in 2015, and technicians to service them. Some, maybe most of those technicians threw in their lot with the Houthis, and upgraded those Scuds by cutting them in half and inserting a larger fuel tank in the middle.

It changed their flight characteristic and made them very inaccurate, but it did extend their range enough to hit targets all over southern and east-

ern Saudi Arabia. And by mid-2017 the Houthis, who controlled most of Yemen, were making their own improved copies known as Burkan missiles.

The ‘Super-Scuds’ were more a morale booster than a war-winner for the Houthis, who live under a merciless daily bombardment from the air (7,290 documented civilian deaths so far). The current attacks on the Saudi oil facilities, if the Houthis’ claim is true, would just be another morale-booster, even though it has temporarily cut world oil production by around five per cent.

But was it really the Houthis? At this point there is no clear evidence either way, but it could have been. They certainly have the motive, and they may have the technolo-

gy. They have used small drones in previous air strikes, and there are bigger drones available commercially that could do the damage seen at the Saudi facilities.

The biggest currently available is the Guardian, a monster that can carry a payload of 200 kilos (more than 400 pounds). It’s made by Griff Aviation, a Norwegian company whose Lakeland factory in Florida is producing one Guardian a day and selling them to industrial, agricultural and military clients.

It would be quite a trick for the Houthis to acquire ten of them (which is how many drones they say they used in their attack), but stranger things have happened. Or maybe they did get their hands on some military drones, which

would certainly be up to the job. Or maybe it was Iran, but nobody really knows yet.

One apparent flaw in the Houthi theory is that there are no civilian drones capable of flying the almost 800 km from Yemen to the Saudi targets, but that’s not really necessary. Most of the land around the Abqaiq and Khurais oil facilities is open desert, and launching the drones for 25-50 km away would escape detection unless the Saudis were actively anticipating such an attack.

Who would launch them? There are a million Yemenis resident in Saudi Arabia, plus two or three million Saudi citizens who suffer severe discrimination because they follow the Shia version of Islam.

There are even Sunni Saudi citizens (mostly Islamists)

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way, while others prosper when they evolve the right way. As a silly example, in ancient forests, squirrels that develop claws to climb trees would survive because they could escape predators, while squirrels that develop webbed feet would make a nice light snack. For people, those that invested in VHS recorders were rewarded with larger selections of movies, while those who invested in Beta were rewarded with obsolescence.

For communities, those who are prepared for the future will attract new gen-

erations, new businesses, and new opportunities for growth, while those that don’t will perish.

Many communities don’t realize the challenge they are facing. They are working hard to modernize their community and prepare for the future, but their intent is to modernize it to today’s standards and ideas. By the time that great work is done, it may already be too late. As the pace of change increases, we need to be leap-frogging the current frame of mind and preparing for what may be coming next, or we risk spending a lot of

time, energy, and money investing in the present, which will already be obsolete tomorrow. Yes, there is a risk in moving in the wrong direction, like the squirrel that evolved webbed feet. However, we have to remember that the squirrel that didn’t evolve at all was guaranteed to be lunch. You may die if you evolve the wrong way, but you are certain to die if you don’t evolve at all.

Managing change can be difficult, especially when everything around us is changing so quickly and so constantly. You don’t have to adapt to everything,

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who are sufficiently disaffected to attack the regime directly.

That’s a pretty large pool to fish in if you’re looking for local collaborators to smuggle the drones in and launch them – which is what the Houthis themselves say happened. In their statement claiming credit for the attacks, they express thanks for “co-operation with the honourable people inside the kingdom.”

None of this proves that it was the Houthis, or that it wasn’t the Iranians. It does leave the identity of the attackers up in the air, where it will remain until conclusive proof emerges one way or another (if it ever does). Mike Pompeo’s confident attribution of blame to Iran, later echoed

by Energy Secretary Rick Perry, is just politics, not

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voters are the ones all the candidates will be targeting. Right now, polls have the Liberals and Conservatives at a virtual deadlock, and there has been nothing to cause any fluctuations.

But that’s subject to change, which is why today’s polls aren’t a dead-certain prediction of what will happen on Octo-

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Things can happen in a campaign that we couldn’t see at the beginning,” says Kay, who’ll be taking part tomorrow (Friday) in a symposium hosted by the Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy (LISPOP) looking at polls and their influence on the electorate.

Not saying anything, says something too.

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proof.

As Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted on Sunday, “having failed at max pressure (anti-Iran trade sanctions), Sec Pompeo’s turning to max deceit.” Fair comment, really. And we should be grateful that Donald Trump, for all his faults, is the grown-up in the house this time.

On Sunday Trump tweeted: “There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of attack, and under what terms we would proceed!”

Trump doesn’t want a full-scale war with Iran, and neither does Saudi Arabia. It probably won’t happen.

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This kind of running is right up former MP’s alley Back in Wellesley from a stay in Kenya, Wesley Korir sets record time in Harvest Half Marathon

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

Wesley Korir, an elite Kenyan-Canadian marathon runner and Boston Marathon champion, broke the record time at the Harvest Half Marathon last weekend, the first outing on its new St. Jacobs-based circuit.

The proceeds raised from the event consistently go to the Kenyan Kids Foundation Canada, a cause that’s very personal to Korir. The former Kenyan Member of Parliament founded the charity himself along with his wife, elite Canadian marathon runner and Wellesley Township native Tarah Korir (nee McKay).

“During our wedding in 2010, we didn’t want people to give us material things, so we decided to start a foundation,” said Korir. “That’s where it started. So people, instead of giving us presents, we decided to donate to help empower kids in Kenya.”

The organization focuses on education, healthcare and farming. It aims to alleviate poverty and provide support for development in the Cherangany region of Western Kenya. It is a sister organization (but independently run) to the Kenyan Kids Foundation U.S.

Wesley Korir celebrates the weekend's win with his children, Jayden and McKayla.

Tarah and Wesley met at the University of Louisville in Kentucky while both on athletic scholarships. They got married after graduation and continued to race internationally.

The couple now splits their time between Wellesley and Kenya. They have two kids, McKayla and Jayden, who both participated in Saturday’s marathon.

The half marathon is 21.1 kilometres, which this year kicked off at the Calvary United Church in St. Jacobs.

For his part, Korir finished first place with a time of 1:05:54. Adam Hortian finished second at 1:13:17, while

ENDURrun champion Rob Brouilette placed third by posting a time of 1:13:51.

Carolyn Buchanan achieved first place in the women’s section at 1:23:47, another ENDURrun winner Robyn Collins placed second with 1:24:54, and Katie Anderson obtained third with a time of 1:25:48.

The marathon course is three loops, with approximately one-third on gravel.

It takes runners down Hawkesville, then to Three Bridges roads. Following this, participants will turn right onto a long stretch of King Street North, before heading back to the church.

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Runners have the half marathon option, 5k (different course layout), and the kids fun run. Korir said that the course layout made for a more cooperative atmosphere compared to other races, since all participants are headed in the same direction.

“Because it’s a loop, you get to interact with the spectators and the other runners,” said Korir. “People are so mesmerized by the speed you’re going. They know the pain, they know how hard it is to go that speed ... so when you have somebody appreciating your efforts it makes you really enjoy

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your run compared to when you’re running by yourself.

“For example, my kids were running 5k and I was able to even pass them twice. I was able to give my daughter a high-five. It’s very encouraging.”

The Harvest Half Marathon, an ongoing tradition in the community for the past six years, raised some $5,000 this time around.

The event has been a joint venture between the Kenyan Kids Foundation and Run Waterloo since its inception.

Wesley, Tarah and Tarah’s father Blair worked closely with Lloyd and Jordan Schmidt of Run Waterloo (Jordan and Tarah attended EDSS together) to create the course layout.

“This year especially was a great turnout,” said Jordan. “We had close to 400 runners. “This is the first year at the new venue – I think it helps. I think people like St. Jacobs because it’s closer [to town].”

For the past five years, the Harvest Half Marathon took place in Wellesley Township, with the start location at the St. Clements arena.

Due to a number of factors, including a change in township policy for these sorts of events, a significantly hilly course, and declining participant numbers, organizers decided to switch up the location.

“We received many compliments about the new courses when talking with runners after the race,” said Blair McKay. “Many people achieved a new personal best.”

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o matter how I much I try to keep out of trouble, it never seems to work out for me.

The other day is a prime example. I was doing what should have been the most innocent and trouble-free activity known to mankind – that being, building a duck boat. Yet, somehow trouble reared its ugly head, looked up and found me.

It happened as I was in the middle of framing my boat. That’s when a buddy texted me and asked what I was up to. He meant no harm.

How could he possibly know that my expensive new phone has been possessed by some demonic force that manifests itself in the autocorrect part of the text message response?

He had no idea that, if I am not paying attention, it changes my innocent messages into highly embarrassing things.

So to recap, my friend texted: “What are you doing?”

And I texted back, “I’m building a duck boat.”

Much to my horror, however, the demon in my phone altered my original message to “I’m building a …”

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Sugar Kings win home-opener against Cambridge Coach sees plenty to like in team’s effort en route to Sunday afternoon’s 4-1 victory over the Redhawks

BY ANETA REBISZEWSKI arebiszewski@woolwichobserver.com

Having opened the season by splitting a pair of games at the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL) Showcase series the previous weekend, the Sugar Kings returned to Elmira Sunday afternoon for the home-opener. The crowd at the Woolwich Memorial Centre was not disappointed, as the team skated to a 4-1 win over the Cambridge Redhawks.

The win continued the momentum of the Showcase’s second-game victory over the St. Thomas Stars, earning some kudos from the head coach.

“The better team won the game and I was proud of the way the guys took

control of the game right from the start and never really gave the other team a chance to get into it,” said Rob Collins of the team’s effort.

In Sunday’s game, Tyson Hillier went right to the net and drew first blood at 7:09 of the opening period, which set the tone for the remainder of the game.

Assists went to Harrison Toms and Brody Leblanc.

“What impressed me was how quick he got his shot off – he didn't give the goalie time to react,” said Collins.

The Kings went into the first intermission up 1-0, having outshot the visitors 16-5. They turned up the heat in the second, scoring three unanswered goals and running the shot totals

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Elmira made it 2-0 less than six minutes into the middle frame, with Hillier potting his second, assisted by Leblanc and Cooper Way. Just over a minute later, it was 3-0 for the home side courtesy of Brody Waters (Matt Tolton, Hunter Dubecki).

Control of the play was firmly in Elmira’s hands throughout the period, with the team moving out of their own zone quickly.

The effort paid off when Tolton scored the fourth goal at 11:54, with an assist from Jeremey Goodwin.

Despite not capitalizing on Cambridge’s penalty woes in the period – the team would go 0-5 on the power play in the game, though killing off all four of

Cambridge’s advantages – the Kings held a commanding 4-0 lead going into the final stanza.

Play was more even in the third – the Redhawks would outshoot the Kings 11-5, and score the only goal of the period, but it wasn’t anywhere near enough.

Netminder Greg Brassard stopped 24 of the 25 shots he faced overall to post the win.

Collins had praise for his entire squad, noting the team was deserving of the 4-1 victory.

“Having humility and not letting your head get big after a win and realizing there's still a lot of work to be done,” said Collins on what the Kings need to do to continue winning.

Elmira's Jeremey Goodwin closes in on the puck during game action Sunday afternoon against the Cambridge Redhawks. [ANETA REBISZEWSKI / THE OBSERVER]

The Sugar Kings go head-to-head with the Waterloo Siskins on home ice Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

before welcoming the Brampton Bombers to the WMC Sunday night. Game time is 7 p.m.

Jacks pick up three points as the regular season gets rolling Following a 3-2 overtime loss in Tavistock, Wellesley takes it out of the Bulldogs’ hides

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

The Wellesley Applejacks split a pair of games to open their Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL) season last weekend. The team fell in overtime to the Tavistock Braves 3-2 before unleashing on the Burford Bulldogs 9-2 the following night.

Taking three of a possible four points left the Jacks atop the standings after the opening weekend.

What’s more, the lineup has been finalized for the 2019/2020 season as of Monday night, said club president Terry Brick.

“Twenty-three cards are signed,” said Brick of the roster. “There may be some minor changes – there are a lot of new names this

year. I think around eight are returning players, so around half the team has changed.

“You pretty much get that every year. There’s always quite a huge turnover in the junior ranks.”

The first weekend where play counted helped with the final tweaks.

The Jacks got the season rolling in Tavistock on Saturday night, drawing first blood courtesy of Zachary Lyons at 4:04. Zach Ribeiro and Owen Lane picked up assists. The Braves returned the favour at 12:42.

This frame was more notable for roughhousing than for scoring: there were nine penalties (42 minutes overall) doled out between the two teams. The scoreboard read 1-1 after one.

The second stanza saw

Tavistock break the deadlock 7:24, but Lyons (James Ranson, Ribeiro) was able to retaliate on a power play at 11:23. There was no more scoring for the remainder of the period.

That trend continued through all of the third frame, with no scoring or penalties during the 20 minutes of game play. The score was 2-2 after regulation, sending the teams into overtime.

It was Tavistock that finally broke the scoreless streak at 2:49, handing the Jacks a disappointing 3-2 loss in a game where the visitors had a slight edge in shots, 37-36.

“Tavistock is going to be one of the number-one competitors this year,” said Brick, recalling their impressive top-of-the-

standings performance in the playoffs last year. “The Braves and then the New Hamburg Firebirds, for us there’s a nice rivalry there.”

The Jacks managed to redeem themselves during Sunday’s game against the Burford Bulldogs. The first period set the tone for the match as Wellesley scored early and often. Daniel McCutcheon drew first blood at 5:10, with Shaun Pickering and Danny Ranson picking up assists.

It was as though the Jacks were taking out their frustrations from the previous night: Lyons (Owen Lane, Keegan Saunders) capitalized on a power play at 6:51, followed by three consecutive goals and a hat trick by Lane in a fourmintue span. Ribeiro, LyJACKS | 13

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friendly newspaper so there is no need to spell it out. So, for the sake of decency, let’s just say that it exchanged the “u: in the word for an “i”.

In other words, my friend received a text from me saying “I am building a d*ck boat.”

Clearly, this kind of sentence is a game changer.

Honestly, I don’t even know what a d*ck boat is. The closest thing I can think of that fits that definition is a speedboat that passes too closely and swamps my canoe.

Whatever the definition,

I know two things for certain. Building a d*ck boat is not the kind of thing that is considered acceptable in polite society. And telling your best friend you are building one is not the sort of thing I’d advise either.

Knowing these things, I quickly texted my buddy again and this time made sure that he understood the text was meant to say “duck boat.” Then, I also reviewed past texts where we discussed my love of duck hunting, just to be sure.

You have every right to be skeptical but it turned out that this was the first duck-

based texting issue I had ever had.

Nevertheless, it got me thinking about text messages. On one hand, they are convenient and a quick and effective way to communicate with people all over the world. On the other hand, you need to be vigilant and proof read everything before you hit the send button or they can ruin your life – and who does that?

If there is any point to this it is who knows how many times people in this situation have been misunderstood and thought of differently just because of what they inadvertently

communicated. Who knows how many false rumours and slanderous remarks have been spread as a result of sending out the wrong message?

I just happened to be one of the lucky ones who was paying attention to my text message after it had been sent. And I did my best to immediately remedy the issue.

But you have to wonder how many lives, relationships and careers have been ruined by this sort of thing.

All this is to say whoever programmed the autocorrect on my phone is a real duck.

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THE SCORE WOOLWICH WILDCATS Atom: Minor Atom A

Sep 13 vs Mississauga LPC Wild HOME: 6 VISITOR: 1 GOALS: Owen Porter (2), Nate Seller, Jackson Gillies, Madden Habermehl, Liam MacGregor ASSISTS: Carter Crane

(3), Ethan Straus (2), Madden Habermehl, Cody Paquet, Kitson Bakker, Carson Kellough Atom: Minor Atom A

Sep 13 vs Garden City Falcons HOME: 12 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Owen Porter (4), Kolten Noot (2), Nate Seller, Madden Habermehl, Carter Crane, Jack Wood, Cody Paquet, Jackson Gillies

ASSISTS: Ethan Straus (4), Cody Paquet (2), Madden Habermehl (2), Carson Kellough (2), Liam MacGregor (2), Sullivan Shantz, Jackson Gillies, Kitson Bakker, Carter Crane

Shutouts: Mason Gruhl Atom: Minor Atom A

Sep 14 vs Welland Tigers HOME: 0 VISITOR: 5 Atom: Minor Atom A

Sep 14 vs Niagara Falls Flyers HOME: 9 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Sullivan Shantz (2), Ethan Straus (2), Carter Crane, Liam MacGregor, Owen Porter, Kolten Noot, Jackson Gillies ASSISTS: Carter

Crane (2), Kolten Noot (2), Cody Paquet (2), Nate Seller (2), Ethan Straus, Carson

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PeeWee: Minor PeeWee A

PeeWee: Minor PeeWee A

Shutouts: Mason Gruhl

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Sep 15 vs Brampton 45's HOME: 5 VISITOR: 1 GOALS: Caleb Paquet (2), Mitchell Krasovec (2), Tate Berfelz

Atom: Minor Atom A

Sep 15 vs Oakville Rangers HOME: 7 VISITOR: 5 GOALS: Carter Crane (3), Owen MacGregor, Nate Seller, Kolten Noot, Owen Porter ASSISTS: Liam

MacGregor (2), Jackson Gillies (2), Nate Seller (2), Kolten Noot, Carson Kellough, Madden Habermehl , Cody Paquet Atom: Minor Atom A

Sep 15 vs Welland Tigers HOME: 3 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Jackson Gillies, Ethan Straus, Kolten Noot

ASSISTS: Spencer

Hume (3), Mac Zettel (2), Bryce Brubacher (2), Mitchell Krasovec, Carter Weir, Jackson Kellough, Declan Martin, Adam Bloch

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(2), Declan Martin (2), Alex Veitch (2), Tate Berfelz, Carter Weir, Spencer Hume, Logan Cluthe, PeeWee: Minor PeeWee A

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PeeWee: Minor PeeWee A

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Shutouts: Elle English Atom: B

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Sep 14 vs Huron Heat HOME: 3 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Emma McCoubrey (2), Maya Slot ASSISTS: Emily

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ons, and J. Ranson picked up the assists.

The visitors took a commanding 5-0 lead into the first intermission, and never looked back.

Burford finally got on the board in the second period, potting one at 1:52. Lane responded quickly on a power play, with assists going to Ribeiro and J. Ranson. Joining in on the scoring frenzy was Carson Wickie (Austin Cousineau, Connor Bradley) at 6:41. Cousineau followed up with a goal of his own, taking advantage of a power play at 15:53. Bradley and Ian Wark picked up assists.

Shutouts: Sam Weber

ASSISTS: Kaeley Parker, Emma Braun Shutouts: Grace Been

PeeWee: PeeWee B

Sep 12 vs Kitchener Lady Rangers HOME: 1 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Kayleigh Futher Shutouts: Sam Weber

PeeWee: Peewee A

Aug 28 vs Waterloo Ravens HOME: 3 VISITOR: 0 GOALS: Lexie de Jeu,

Atom: A

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This made it a very comfortable 8-1 lead for the Jacks going into the final frame, with more and more roughhousing on both sides as time went on. The third period alone saw a total of 12 penalties with minimal scoring: new team captain Shaun Pickering (Cousineau, Warren Gorman) scores one more for the visitors 4:43, while the floundering Bulldogs potted another on a power play at 5:57.

The rest of the game played out to the buzzer for a 9-2 final in favour of the Applejacks.

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become a struggling team,” said Brick of the Bulldogs.

“They didn’t make the playoffs last year. Unfortunately for them, the Delhi Travellers used to fill that position.

“Delhi went a couple of seasons without winning a single game; last year Delhi beat Burford a few times, and that was enough to get them into the playoffs.”

The Jacks remain on the road, facing the Norwich Merchants tomorrow (Friday), and the Delhi Travellers the following night.

The puck drops at 8 p.m. for both games.

The Jacks will have to

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“When we set the schedule up, we thought we were playing in St. Clements,” explained Brick, of the location change. “Then Wellesley arena opened back up for us, but we committed on the schedule for October 5 in St. Clements.”

They will be playing that match against the New Hamburg Firebirds, with the rest of their home games this season taking place at the Wellesley arena.

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Or maybe candidates want to avoid the sticky issue of who gets what, when election promises are made.

For example, a huge pre-election promise was made last month to Canadian dairy farmers – about half of whom are in Quebec – when Ottawa

announced $1.75 billion in compensation to offset an anticipated loss of market share resulting from free trade agreements with Europe and countries on the Pacific Rim. Ever since, farmers who produce other commodities have wondered what about them. After all, many of them say, they too have been hammered by political forces much bigger than

them. Shouldn’t they get some help too?

This week, beef farmers stepped up to the plate to make their case.

Beef Farmers of Ontario chair Joe Hill from nearby Fergus has teamed up with his Quebec counterpart at Les Producteurs de bovins du Québec, to demand federal political party leaders include – as a first priority in the mandate of the new

Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food – a beef cattle investment and assistance program to help farmers in Ontario and Quebec mitigate the harm of recent trade and market disruptions.

In a joint statement, in which they say they represent 30,000 beef farmers in the two provinces, they called for “urgent action” ROBERTS | 15

J U ST G E T T I N G STA R T E D

Conestogo resident Adam Martinez is the co-founder of the youth-led entrepreneurship program Flowboat that engages high school students in learning about how to start a business.

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BY ANETA REBISZEWSKI arebiszewski@woolwichobserver.com

High school students that are interested in creating solutions to local issues in their community now have an outlet to source their ideas through a youth-organized entrepreneurship program called Flowboat.

In 2017, Adam Martinez, a Grade 10 student from Conestogo, joined forces with Atif Mahmud to create a student-driven platform for high school students who are interested in learning how to start a company and how to formulate a business plan.

“There was really no opportunity like this. If you see a demand and you see something that could be improved, why not tackle it yourself,” Martinez said on the initial idea that would become Flowboat.

Each week high school students gather at the University of Waterloo to learn about how to develop startup companies with the help of mentors, lessons, and hands-on experience.

Students aren’t necessarily expected to have a business idea off the hop, but can just want to learn more about starting a business.

“It can be something that is unique to your community – a problem. If you want to tackle and try solving that, then this is where you can do it,” said Martinez.

The pair came up with the idea because there was no opportunity for high school students to pursue entrepreneurship outside of school. Martinez and Mahmud wanted to create a space for students all across the region to participate in growing their ideas.

Over the last three years,

the program brings in some 50 students each year from the greater Waterloo Region, including Guelph and surrounding areas.

“If you’re trying to understand how high school students can approach these problems, the best person to do it is a person of that age,” said Martinez.

Countering the lack of outlets the pair found, Flowboat provides a platform for high school students to grow their ideas, he said.

Entrepreneurship, the 17-year-old added, is not necessarily something you learn in the classroom, but is perhaps best learned from actually doing it and practicing it.

“At the high school level in the curriculum, they don’t really teach entrepreneurship that well. Nothing is really hands-on, so what

this does is it gives high school students a possibility to actually do it.”

Now as Martinez approaches his final year of high school, he wants to make sure the program will continue for the years ahead. This includes ensuring that there are enough mentors to help the students in Flowboat.

A lot of the current mentors are software engineering students at the University of Waterloo, along with co-founder Mahmud who is still involved in the program despite being a university student himself. Martinez himself reaches out to all of the mentors, who are all local to the area. This year, for instance, the former director of UW’s Velocity Fund program will join Flowboat as a mentor.

“We have a banker, we

have a lawyer. We have a diverse range of mentors that we can hopefully partner up with students as they progress and as they need it,” said Martinez.

There is even some interest from other universities in different cities – the Rotman School of Management in Toronto is interested in opening a branch at their school in the near future, he added.

“It started in Waterloo, but in the future it could be a very diverse network of universities holding these programs and could perhaps be a national network that helps high school students.”

The unique thing about the program is that students come from all over, whether that’s Conestogo or Waterloo, and they have different issues that they want to tackle based on

Adam Martinez, 17, co-founder of Flowboat.

their community. This diversity allows for Flowboat to create different ideas or companies based on the range of students that participate at any time.

Flowboat is always searching for new mentors in the community who will take the time to support these students and their ideas. A mentor can be anyone who is willing to help share their expertise with the high school students. Those interested in becoming a mentor at Flowboat can register online through their website.

Any students that are interested in joining Flowboat have until September 22 to sign up online at www. flowboat.ca.

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ROBERTS: Beef producers look to make enough noise to grab the attention of candidates in run-up to election FROM 14

once the government reconvenes, and immediate attention from candidates on the campaign trail.

Here’s their beef. Dairy farmers have received a pile of money for something that hasn’t happened yet. But beef farmers are being left out to dry, even they’ve already taken it on the chin.

Here’s how Hill puts it: “Something needs to be done … the loss of key export markets in China and Saudi Arabia, combined with reduced processing capacity in Eastern Canada

and market access challenges in the U.S. and the E.U., has created a perfect storm.”

Hill says beef producers have incurred losses of more than $180 per animal since the beginning of January, largely as a result of government action – and inaction.

Collective beef cattle farm losses in the two provinces have exceeded $100 million since the start of the year, he says, adding that on the cattle feeding side alone, the industry is losing more than $2.5 million per week on

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The opening reception for the new art exhibition Resilience took place Sept. 15 at the Homer Watson House & Gallery. It features the works of three artists: Jim Blomfield, Symeon Van Donkelaar and Nik Harron (inset). [ANETA REBISZEWSKI]

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“This,” he says, “is simply not sustainable.”

Beef producers in dairy stronghold Quebec feel the same. Current trade opportunities should favour the growth of beef production, says Claude Viel, chair of the Quebec beef farmers.

But in reality, the opposite is true.

“Quebec’s cattle production volume is declining and continues to get worse,” he says. “The new trade agreements do not currently encourage better farm profitability, quite the contrary.

Our sector requires assistance to help mitigate the critical trade and market disruption challenges our farmers are faced with.”

They say governments have “staunchly” supported the supply managed sectors (dairy, in particular) with billions of dollars to help their farmers offset losses incurred or expected as a result of recent trade agreements and disruptions through direct compensation payments, infrastructure assistance, and quota value protection.

They think the beef sector deserves something similar.

And now’s the time to get candidates to commit.

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Elmira Theatre Company is holding auditions Sept. 29-30 (7-9 p.m.) for The Wild Guys, a play about four men who, for very different reasons, wind up on a “men’s awareness weekend” in the bush. The group is looking for middle-aged men with an acting range of mid-40s to late-50s. The Wild Guys is Elmira Theatre Company’s WODL Out of Festival entry. Auditions will be by cold read.

Conestoga Mall is working with CAFKA (Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area) for the artist-run organization’s latest installation project, C0₂ Sequestration Via Trees created by Paul Chartrand. The octagonal domed greenhouse installation will house 2,600 silver maple seedlings, which represents the offsetting amount of one individual's carbon footprint in trees. The project will be on view for the public at Conestoga Mall beginning Sept. 21 through Oct. 28.

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Getting ready to dance like the world’s watching Elmira’s Jett Owens-Hughes preparing for international tap competition as part of Team Canada Dance

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

Another local dancer is set to take to a world stage in Germany come November. Elmira’s Jett Owens-Hughes was selected to be on the roster for Team Canada Dance after a rigorous audition process.

The 13-year-old will be joining fellow Elmira dancer Emily Morden on one of the most prestigious dance teams in the country at the “Olympics of dance,” the IDO World Tap Championships in Riesa, Germany, from November 26-30.

“At first I couldn’t believe it,” said the young dancer. “I thought [my mom] was joking. We usually joke around, and she’ll lie to me about something. So she told me, and I said ‘oh, okay...’ Then she showed me the [acceptance] email and I was so surprised.”

Owens-Hughes passion for dance – and tap in particular – began more than a decade ago. At age two, he found himself always dancing along to television shows such as High School Musical whenever the opportunity presented itself.

“It was nonstop,” said his mother, Joan Owens-Hughes, with a laugh.

“We’d be in line at the bank, and he’d be tapping his feet, we’d be getting the mail, and he’d be tapping away. There was that constant movement of the feet.”

While he experimented with a variety of dance forms, including jazz, ballet, hip hop and lyri-

Jett Owens-Hughes has been selected as part of the Canadian contingent that will be competing in Germany at the end of November.

cal, Owens-Hughes was particularly drawn to the tap style because of the quick movements. He has competed across Canada as well as the United States and was previously honoured with the title of Mini Master Dance Canada and Master Headliner.

In addition to his dancing ability, he has dabbled in other forms of entertainment: he was cast as Baby Bear in Ballet Jorgen’s Nutcracker for DaCosta Entertainment. He also participated in Drayton Entertainment’s Summer

Youth Musical Theatre Program.

Currently, he trains at Davenport Dance studio in Waterloo. Instructors Lori Karges and Sue MacDonald note that his exceptional stage presence helps him stand out as a competitor.

“Jett is very charismatic and has a true passion for dance,” said Karges. “He’s a hard worker who’s dedicated, at the same time, he’s very much a team player.”

“His personality really shines through on stage,” added MacDonald.

The scheduling to prepare for the upcoming competition in Europe is relatively varied, including some 15 hours one week along with some 22 other dancers at the Tap Centre in Mississauga.

“The thing is the moment he met other kids on the dance team, it was like they’d known each other forever,” said his mom. “They become great friends already, and they’re from all over the place. It’s nice to see a gender balance as well – some boys on the team.”

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She added that she finds that there are often more females than males on the dance teams in general, no matter the style. For the tap section, there are four boys on the 22-member team.

As is the case with Morden and the other members of Team Canada Dance, there is no government assistance for international competition, so each member is responsible for raising their own funds to attend the event. Costuming, hotels, and food are just some of

the expenses required to attend. To that end, the Owens-Hughes family has already been making an effort to raise money, with plans for a bottle drive on September 27.

Their next initiative will be a spaghetti dinner fundraiser scheduled to take place October 5 at the Woolwich Community Centre, 5-8:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come out and attend, and tickets can be purchased by emailing emelieowens@gmail. com.

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FRI. SEPT 20 AT 5:00 PM HIGH END TOY auction of approx 400 pieces of precision; First Gear; CAT construction; Auto World; and much much more at the St. Jacob's Community Centre 29 Parkside Dr St. Jacobs. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519 656 3555 www.jantziauctions.com

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AUCTION SALE OF NEW TOOLS, antiques, collectibles, household goods and miscellaneous items, to be held at the Linwood Community Centre, 5279 Ament Line (west off Manser Rd.), in Linwood, for Brian Gohl and additions, on Saturday, September 21st @ 9:30 a.m. Gerber auctions Ltd. 519-699-4451 or 519-698-0138

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Tire Technician OK Tire in Elmira is a growing company looking to add full time positions to work in our facility. We are looking for someone who is hard working and able to work well within a team environment.

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We offer a competitive hourly rate for this 23-hour/week job, Tuesdays through Fridays.

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SAT. SEPT 21 AT 10:00 AM CLEARING AUCtion sale of Massey Ferguson 2085 tractor; small farm machinery; shop equipment; lawn and garden; and much much more held at 1010 Hutchison Rd Wellesley for Gerald and Bernadette Jantzi. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519 656 3555 www.jantziauctions.com

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MON. SEPT 23 AT 7:00 PM ONLINE ONLY auction closing to include Dale Earnhardt memorabilia including: BBQ; 1/24 cars; Dale Sr guitar; and much much more. www.jantziauctions. hibid.com Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519 656 3555

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URGENT THE TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH NEEDS SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS The Township of Woolwich is looking for a crossing guard for the Conestogo area as well as spares for all other crossings. The ideal candidate is at least 18 years old and able to work 30 minutes before and after school in all types of weather. All training and equipment is provided and we have a support system in place to cover absences. This is a paid community service position ($21.97/day). Crossing Guards are covered under the Township of Woolwich insurance program.

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SAT. SEPT 28 AT 10:00 A.M. PROPERTY AUCtion of a 3 bedroom home with finished basement; single car detached garage; household effects and miscellaneous items at 97 Eton Drive in Kitchener. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555 www.jantziauctions.com FARM AUCTION. 100 ACRES, TO BE HELD AT 3418 Carmel Koch Rd, Wilmot Twp. approx 2 miles SW of Wellesley (west off Nafziger Rd.) for Bruce and Wendy Richardson , on Sat. Oct. 5 at 11 a.m. Gerber Auctions Ltd. 519-699-4551 or 519-698-0138.

SAT. OCT 5 AT 10 A.M. CLEARING AUCTION sale of shop tools; lawnmower; household effects; and much much more held at 49 First St. W. in Elmira. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555 www.jantziauctions.com FARM EQUIPMENT

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KILN DRIED CORN & CORN SCREENING Delivered by Einwechter.

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

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Of the complete liquidation of plastic injection moulding business held at 140 Norpark Ave in Mount Forest on the western edge for Martin Plastics Limited on:

Of property; woodworking equipment; tools; lawn and garden; household effects; antiques; and miscellaneous items to be held at 97 Eton Drive in Kitchener (Rosemont area) for the estate of Morris MacMillan on:

AUCTION SALE

WEDNESDAY SEPT. 25 AT 10:30 AM

CONSISTING

OF: 2002 GMC 7500 refrigerated straight truck (annual safety done in May 2019); Plastic injection moulding machines (with conveyors but all conveyors are sold separate) including: Arburg machine 45ton 220-90-350; Boy machine 22ton 20032; Boy machine 80 ton 80210; Boy machine 50 ton (not running) 52186; Boy machine 15 ton 15861; Boy machine 50 ton 53325; Boy machine 22 ton 19620; Boy machine 80 ton 80375; Negri Bossi V 70 ton (not running) 69-356; Boy machine 15 ton (parts machine) 15427; Boy machine 15 ton verticle 16465.

Wittman dry max 30-70-P material dryer; Moeller (ICS 5A chiller); variety of material grinders; Compress press machine (A10034); Pulsotronic metal detector machine; 6 section of metal racking; 9 material gravity hoppers; approx 25 moulds for the furniture and related industry; variety of mould block pieces, parts, inserts, o rings, and other parts; numerous shop carts; hopper magnetic units; Toledo platform scale; Active scale MFG; JD 2120 tractor 4000 hours, New Idea 7ft single auger snow blower with hydraulic shoot – excellent.

NOTE: This is a complete liquidation of this

business; property is sold. Martin Plastics have been in business for 30 years and were well known for their plastic furniture fittings.

All equipment running unless specified.

Purchaser must dismantle machines but a forklift will be available to load. All equipment must be removed by October 4th. Be on time as there are few smaller items.

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CAR: 2000 Grand Marque LS car – running but sold as is.

WOODWORKING EQUIPMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: Mastercraft

drill press; Ryobi band saw; Delta 10” table saw; Delta compound mitre saw; Mastercraft 12 ½ thickness planer; King belt and disc sander; grinder; routers; palm sanders; shop vac; Waterloo tool chest on wheels; Mastercraft cordless drills; sanding drum set; dremmel sets; Craftsman belt sander; large quantity of woodworking hand and power tools; wood working kits; hobbyist wood; tool boxes; steel shelving; 6hp Evenrude outboard motor; boat gas can; Rascal mobility scooter; dolly cart; golf clubs; lawn chairs; patio stones; weed eater; leaf blower; Torro snow blower; Mastercraft lawn mower; fertilizer spreader; picnic tables; BBQ; machinist tool chest; large quantity of lawn and garden tools.

HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS AND ANTIQUES:

GE ceramic top stove; Kenmore fridge with top freezer; Maytag washer and dryer; Danby upright freezer; dehumidifier; 3 piece maple bedroom suite (double bed, chest of drawers, dresser); cedar chest with bottom 2 drawers; retro orange furniture including leather chairs; leather office chairs; book shelves; lift chair; flat screen TV; coffee and end tables; couch; 2 piece bookshelf; arm chair; lazy boy; Teak kitchen table and 6 chairs; folding table; extension table; stair lift; deck and chair; 4 drawer chest; vacuum cleaner; brass pieces; bird figurines; electronics; 3 piece bedroom suite (double bed, dresser, chest of drawers); costume jewelry; bar stools; bar miscellaneous; quantity of good glass and china; kitchenware; cookware; bakeware; towels; linens etc.

NOTE: an exceptional estate auction, mark your calendars. Cash, cheque, or debit.

Wellesley | 519-656-3555

WANTED - STANDING GARAGE SALES ALFALFA IN FIELD. Call 519-575-0143 or 519-577-2889.

MOVING SALE - OAK CHINA CABINET, WANTED: ROLEX, table and chairs $575 OMEGA, TUDOR BREIT- obo. "First Love" dinner ling, zenith, Longines all set, 11 piece setting and pocket watches, silver some extras $250 obo. & gold coins, old paper Janome sewing machine money, jewellery, R&R with cabinet $250 obo. records, fountain pens. Like new sofa bed $200 Cash paid. Call Terry obo. Toaster oven $25 519-242-6900 Elmira or obo. Twin box spring $50 obo. Like new walker, gallamore@golden.net shower bath seat, coffee maker, like new iron TRADES & and board, and other SERVICES household items. Side CUSTOM APPLE JUICE entrance of the Duke PRESSING AND JUICE Centre off Wyatt St. Sept sales by appointment 28 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. only. Also apple cider 519-404-0557. vinegar. Cedar Ridge Pressing, Wesley Martin, 3175 Northfield Dr., ElmiWhy are ra. 519-669-3541.

SATURDAY SEPT. 28 AT 10:00 AM

SATURDAY, SEPT. 28TH @ 9:30 A.M.

ANTIQUES/COLLECTIBLES: Drop front desk with ornate top – nice. Oak centre split pedestal table with leaves. Gate leg table.

6 matching pressback chairs. Oak buffet.

Refinished sideboard. Wooden bed. Oak 3 drawers chest. Dresser. Washstand. 7 drawer chest. Buggy seat bench. Spinning wheel. 4 swords. 3 machetes. Mottled redware crocks. W.E. Welding, Brantford 1 gal. jug. Historical Atlas of Waterloo & Wellington Counties. Oil cans. Gulf oil bottle carrier. CNR lantern. Refinished wooden tool chest. Machinist chest. Copper boilers. Large cabbage cutter. 5 pieced quilts. Miniature oil lamps. Niagara motion lamp. Graniteware. Kitchen collectibles.

Advertising signs. Horse brass & rosettes.

Die Cast cars. China & glass (Shelley, Jadeite, Cranberry, Fiesta Ware, Carnival glass, Royal Albert, Fire King, Blue Willow, Chintz, etc.).

HOUSEHOLD: Burgundy leather sofa &

ottoman. Upholstered arm chair. Cedar chest. Sewing machine. Round area rug.

Salad Master. Corningware, etc.

MISC. ITEMS:

Walco 6ft. 3ph rotary mower. MF post hole auger. Cement mixer with motor. Honda FR700 rear tine tiller. 5hp tiller. 5500 & 4000 watt generators. 40in. lawn aerator. 25 gal. trail sprayer. Pull type fertilizer spreader. 4 rain barrels. 2 folding bikes. Garden seeder. Hand & air tools, garden tools, load binders, compact pipe bender, hay trollies, etc.

SEE: www.gerberauctions.net for complete list & photos. Terms – Cash, debit or cheque with I.D. 10% buyer’s premium.

AUCTIONEERS:

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

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

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(located 10 minutes from Arthur) Approximately 190 - 195 workable acres, all recently systematically tile drained.

Older 4 bedroom farm house currently tenant occupied.

TENDER CLOSING DATE: Monday, September 30, 2019

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Of Antiques, collectibles, household goods, tools and miscellaneous items, to be held at the K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. 2 miles south of Wellesley, on

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SALES REPRESENTATIVE

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20 Martha Street, Hawkesville

$619,900

ELMIRA - Beautiful Victorian home set among towering trees with curb appeal that will catch your eye! Traditional layout complimented with soaring 9’ ceilings, stunning stained glass windows, pocket doors, hardwood floors, wide baseboards & crown moulding. Loads of space with 4 bedrooms & two living spaces separated by folding French glass doors. Enjoy the back yard oasis with patio, above ground pool, mature gardens and an apple tree. Deep driveway with double car garage. Lovingly cared for & updated, 2190 square feet, all windows have been replaced, roof done in 2007, newer boiler, newer kitchen, updated bathrooms. Zoned R5 for duplex.

3 Arthur St. S., Elmira | 519-669-5426

$439,900

ELMIRA - This sweet little bungalow is perfect for a first time buyer or the empty nester. Enjoy the open concept with loads of counter space and storage in the kitchen. The main bathroom boasts a jet tub for a spa like experience. The basement has a large rec room as well as an office/den space with a 3 piece bathroom and separate laundry room. There is plenty of parking for all of your guests who will enjoy your back yard with giant deck, all surrounded by green space. Use the attached garage for parking your vehicle or extra storage. Roof and solar panels done in 2018. With all appliances included, and all of the big updates done, you can just move in and enjoy!

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$719,000 Beau�fully updated 2800 sq �, 3 Bedroom country home, in

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

519-669-3192

BROKER

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SALES REPRESENTATIVE

519-669-3192

519-747-2040

$584,900 ELMIRA Unique home

with upper loft! This spacious 2037 square foot home is located on a quiet street backing on to green space. Open concept main floor kitchen, dinette, & family room. Modern kitchen with island, ceramic flooring, quartz countertops, and backsplash.

Patio doors leading to upper deck overlooking fenced backyard.

Nice sized mudroom and 2 piece bathroom just off the 1.5 car garage. Hardwood stairs leading to second floor with 3 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms including ensuite. Beautiful loft area with many windows, hardwood flooring, and built in cabinets. Partially finished basement waiting your personal touch! Walkout to lower deck that’s perfect for entertaining! Newer concrete driveway and roof. MLS

WELL MAINTAINED BUNGALOW

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BRAD MARTIN Broker of Record, MVA Residential Res: 519.669.1068

JULIE HECKENDORN Broker

Cell: 519.588.7562

LET OUR 60+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORK FOR YOU! REALTY LTD., BROKERAGE

11 DUNKE STREET N., ELMIRA Unique opportunity to run your business from this totally renovated and architecturally pleasing building. Sitting areas w/gas fireplace & water feature.

Full kitchen w/built in oven, range & dishwasher. Upper loft areas. Outdoor storage w/additional washroom. Numerous perennial gardens & creek offer a peaceful outdoor setting. New MLS

$649,900

Office 519-669-1544

Contact us by email: mildred@thefreyteam.com

SOLD

manicured yard, private backyard patio, 150' deep. This home is carpet free on the main floor, very clean, bright kitchen, finished basement, roof/12, appliances included, newer windows, gas furnace/14. NEW MLS

IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT SELLING OR BUYING THIS FALL, NOW IS THE TIME TO CONNECT WITH US, YOUR LOCAL REALTOR TO KEEP YOU INFORMED ON MARKET CONDITIONS.

Well maintained, all brick raised bungalow backing to present farmland.

3 bdrm, 2 bath. Newer oak eat-in kitchen (2008), w/walk-out to deck. Hardwood in L.R. & D.R. Gas FP in L.R. New laminate in master bdrm. Finished rec room. MLS

$454,900

Sales Representative Call or text

Mildred Frey Broker Call or text

Cell 519-741-6368 Cell 519-741-6970

www.thefreyteam.com

29 BONNIEWOOD DRIVE, DRAYTON

$493,000 ELMIRA Lovely

Len Frey

INDEPENDENTLY OWNED & OPERATED

$549,000

E

Brubacher

Monique

the small community of Amulree. This is a must see to appreciate the charm and unique characteris�cs of this home. Extra-large shower in updated bathroom, Stone fireplaces in both family room and master Bedroom, wood beams and stone accents in dining room, Large Sunroom, front porch, 3 car garage, the list goes on! This home shows pride of ownership, inside and out and is ready to go – 4670 Perth Rd 107, Perth East. MLS #30732040

HELPING YOU IS WHAT WE DO…

IC

Bonnie

This stylishly decorated 3 Bedroom home, is located on a half-acre secluded Lot, small town living 15 minutes from KW. This home features an in-ground pool with interlocking pa�o and deck area, ample yard, mature trees, and gorgeous views of open farm land. Main floor consists of Kitchen, dine�e with walk-out to pool area, Formal dining room, and living room with stone fireplace. 2nd floor offers, a large 6 piece bath with je�ed tub, & Cheater-Ensuite, Master bedroom with walk-in closet, and 2 addi�onal Bedrooms. Lower level features a family room with gas fireplace and wet bar, second walk–out to a pergolaed deck and pool, 2/pc bath, laundry/mud room. Finished basement features a 21” x 20” tastefully finished recrea�on room with built in cabinetry … THIS IS A MUST SEE House. MLS#30755306

PR

$514,900

ELMIRA - Bright & modern, this 1990 square foot home is situated in a family friendly Elmira neighbourhood & conveniently located across from a park with green space. The main floor features a living room with cathedral ceiling, an eat-in kitchen overlooking the fully fenced backyard, space for an office and a 2 pc bathrm. The second floor includes 3 bedrms, large main bath, upper floor laundry room, spacious master bedrm with a 5 pc en-suite including a corner jacuzzi tub. The finished basement offers a finished rec-room, exercise room with built in Murphy bed, 2 pc bathrm and a cold room. Updates consist of, newer furnace (2019), newer air-conditioning unit (2019), owned hot water tank (2018), freshly painted, professionally landscaped and a widened double driveway. All appliances included! A great price for a fabulous home, call today!

$650,000

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NEW LISTING

NE

OPEN Saturday, Sept 21st 1 pm-3 pm HOUSE 10 Spring Wagon Lane, Elmira

48 Ann St., Elmira: Lovely home in the town of Elmira. Nice yard with decorative rod iron fence. If interested contact either of us to view. MLS #30734510

$1,389,000 3.5 ACRES

7392 Wellington Rd. 11: Large newer home in the country, with private long lane way to 3.5 acres.

Newer home with possibility of 3 units, plus 2& 1/2 car shop and 2 car attached garage. MLS #30734525

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$529,900

ELMIRA Great family home located close to schools, Rec Centre, near down town, Public Transit. Featuring beautiful landscaping, a large private rear yard, attached double garage, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, hardwood on main floors. Pride of ownership is evident. MLS

Serving the community for 27 years!

Your referrals are appreciated!

519.500.1865 (Direct) 519.747.0231 (Office)

FOR LEASE

Dale R. Keller

1,821 SQ.FT. $10/SQ.FT.

Sales Representative

4-112 Oriole Pwy, Elmira: Large open space will allow for new tenant to make divisions as needed.

All shelving has been removed.

Owner is obtaining quotes to paint, remove half walls and finish the floor. MLS #30681168

410 Conestogo Road, Unit 210, Waterloo, ON N2L 4E2

www.KellerSellsRealEstate.com | dale@kellersellsrealestate.com

JUST LISTED – $2,600,000 Farm 3rd Concession. Quality land only 15 months from organic certification.

Farm is fully fenced. 2 Weather All outbuildings. 17 acres bush. Beautiful custom built home (ICF) construction, open concept. finished basement, 3+1 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, Numerous features. MLS Call Dale Direct

$619,000 | Drayton Large 3 bedroom , all stone bungalow on a quiet crescent just north of Drayton.

Walk out basement, large landscaped yard with bonus garden, upper deck and lower patio , vaulted ceiling in LR are just some of the features you adore. MLS Call Dale Direct.

For a free, no obligation, consultation on Buying or Selling, call Dale direct at 519-500-1865.

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19 Weber St., East Kitchener: Great location for offices related to Court house. Located directly accross the street. Please contact Mildred Frey with 24 hours notice to view. MLS #30751527

SALE OF BUSINESS

Elmira Laundromat: Has newer equipment, Heavy duty washers for hockey gear. The rear unit has self serve dog grooming. Could also add take out dry cleaning. MLS #30736450

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

Community Information Page TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT BRESLAU EAST CONNECTOR ROAD NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION CENTRE The Township of Woolwich is hosting a Public Consultation Centre (PCC) to review and discuss a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) study for the Breslau East Connector Road. The study area is generally located south and east of the existing Breslau community, immediately south of the new Thomasfield Homes mixed use/residential development and the CN Rail corridor, and north of Menno Street.

Building on the recommendations from the approved 2017 Breslau Settlement Plan, this Municipal Class EA will investigate and evaluate alternative solutions for the transportation infrastructure that is required to provide connectivity between the existing and new areas of the Breslau community, as well as provide improved access to the proposed Breslau GO Transit station and the proposed employment land adjacent to Greenhouse Road.

The study is being undertaken in accordance with a “Schedule C” Municipal Class EA which requires public and stakeholder consultation, evaluation of alternatives, an assessment of the potential impacts of the proposed alternatives and identification of measures to mitigate any adverse impacts.

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

Place: Empire Room, Breslau Community Centre, 100 Andover Drive, Breslau Date: Thursday September 26, 2019 Time: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm If you have any questions or comments about this study, or would like to be contacted about future public events associated with this study, please contact: Mr. Duane Lindner, P.Eng. Sr. Project Manager Associated Engineering (Ont.) Ltd. Suite 302, 508 Riverbend Drive Kitchener, ON N2K 3S2 Phone: 226-214-3238 Email: lindnerd@ae.ca

Ryan Tucker, P. Eng. Engineering Project Supervisor Township of Woolwich 24 Church Street West, P.O. Box 158, Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 Tel: 519-669-6048 E-mail: rtucker@woolwich.ca

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The Township of Woolwich is looking for engaged citizens who are passionate about the identification, removal, and prevention of barriers affecting persons with disabilities to apply to the Grand River Accessibility Advisory Committee (GRAAC). Members could include persons with disabilities, caregivers, agencies, or those interested in disability issues.

The Region of Waterloo, Cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, and the Townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley, Woolwich, and Wilmot, are recruiting five volunteers for GRAAC to fill a four-year term beginning January 2020. GRAAC currently meets on the fourth Thursday of each month from 1:30 – 4:00 p.m. at the City of Kitchener office located at 200 King Street West in Kitchener.

Members of GRAAC provide input and advice into accessibility planning for the seven participating municipalities.

For more information, including how to apply, please visit www.woolwich.ca/committees. The deadline for applications is Friday, October 18, 2019.

URGENT: THE TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH NEEDS SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS The Township of Woolwich is looking for a crossing guard for the Conestogo area as well as spares for all other crossings. The ideal candidate is at least 18 years old and able to work 30 minutes before and after school in all types of weather. All training and equipment is provided and we have a support system in place to cover absences. This is a paid community service position ($21.97/day). Crossing Guards are covered under the Township of Woolwich insurance program.

We will also consider building a multi-person team to cover the school crossing and we’d love to hear from you if you are interested in helping occasionally or a few days per week. For more information, please call Kathy Fahey in our Enforcement Services Division. She can be reached toll-free at 1-877-969-0094 or 519669-6009. To be considered for the position, send your cover letter and resume to kfahey@woolwich.ca The dedication of our Crossing Guards is the backbone to a safe and successful Crossing Guard Program.

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Chartwell Retirement Residence (8 Snyder Ave N, Elmira) BEST WISHES ONLY DEATH NOTICES

FLETCHER, DOROTHY - Peacefully passed away into the presence of the Lord on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at St. Mary's General Hospital, at the age of 83.

HUBER, HELEN ILONA - January 21, 1922 September 13, 2019 It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Helen on September 13, 2019 at Chartwell Long Term Care Residence, Elmira.

MENSCH, HELGA (KUHNLE) - Passed away peacefully at St. Marys General Hospital, Kitchener on Sunday, September 8, 2019. She was born 82 years ago in Germany.

Passed away on Monday, September 16, 2019 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Kitchener, at the age of 71 years. Dear wife of Don Utter of Elmira. Loving mother of Michelle and Dale Giberson of Kitchener, and grandmother of Ryan.

Predeceased by her parents Grant and Shirley (Fleet) Beggs. At Sharon’s request, cremation has taken place.

There will be no funeral home visitation or funeral service. A special thanks to Dr. Jon Langridge and the nurses in the Step Down Unit on the 6th floor at St. Mary’s Hospital for their excellent care and compassion. Arrangements entrusted to the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira.

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Going the distance in support of pollinators Monarch Ultra will see runners such as Elmira’s Clay Williams follow the butterfly migration to make the 4,300-km trek to Mexico

BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com

Elmira’s Clay Williams – along with approximately 44 other runners – will shadow the migration path of the monarch butterflies on a journey that will span thousands of kilometres across three countries.

The Monarch Ultra Relay Run is a 4,300-km marathon that kicks off in Peterborough today (Thursday).

The relay event features each participant running a distance of either 50- or 100-km segments through diverse municipalities and landscapes, then handing the baton off to the next runner.

Williams, who also acts as race director, notes participants have joined in from across North America.

“I take care of the race roster registration site: there’s this heat map, so it shows a glowing spot of people who have registered.

There are runners from all over Canada, U.S., and Mexico,” said Williams.

The momentous effort is to raise awareness for the recent decline of numbers in pollinators across the globe, including honeybees and monarch butterflies, the populations of which have sunk to record low levels in recent years.

“The danger for this is food security. Pollinators make our vegetables,” said Williams. “The other part of the message is that individuals can help. There are a few different ways that people can help to save the planet, such as planting milkweed in your garden.”

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Checking out an informational sign about migrating monarchs on the Kissing Bridge Trail in Elmira prior to his departure, Clay Williams is in Peterborough today (Thursday) to begin the Monarch Ultra Run. Inset: the team includes Rodney Fuentes, Carlotta James, Guenther Schubert and Williams.

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chosen specifically because in lines up with monarch migration – the butterflies travel south and west each autumn to escape the cold weather.

The adventure will span 47 days and take runners through hundreds of municipalities including Pickering, Cambridge, Wallaceburg, Detroit, Fort Wayne, Cape Girardeau, Little Rock, Texarkana, Dallas, San Antonio, Reynosa, San Luis Potosi, Queretaro, and Macheros. Finally, participants will arrive at the Cerro Pelon Monarch

Butterfly Sanctuary in the Sierra Madre mountains.

What’s more, the baton is actually a storage piece for a scroll written by students at Edmison Heights elementary school in Peterborough.

“It’s a letter written to the monarch butterflies,” explained Williams. “So the school kids have written this, we’ve rolled it up, and put it into something hopefully durable enough that each of the runners is going to carry it on the way down. At the end, we take the letter out once we get to

the butterfly sanctuary in Mexico.”

In addition to the mountains, meadows, forests, deserts, trails and cities across North America, he expects runners to see plenty of breathtaking sights along the way.

“We’ll be running through Mexico during the Day of the Dead celebration,” said Williams. “Butterflies play a huge part in those celebrations because they’re considered to represent the spirit of somebody who’s passed on.”

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servationist and runner Rodney Fuentes will direct a documentary crew. It will show the flight of the monarch butterfly, the relay run, and local conservation efforts taking place across the continent.

“At the heart of the Monarch Ultra is a story about our connection to the land and the beauty, resiliency and strength of the runners and the people they will meet along the way, amplified even more by the Monarch migration,” said Fuentes.

The Monarch Ultra proj-

ect was launched in 2018, the brainchild of pollinator advocate and ultra runner Carlotta James. Since that time, organizers have been able to form partnerships with conservation groups and media in all three countries.

Williams said he did make some tweaks to the route this time around, opting to add more cities and municipalities to the route to raise awareness for the project.

Runners are scheduled to finish their journey on November 4.

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SEPTEMBER 20 Â&#x201E;Â&#x201E; HEAVENLY EATS - FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY IN ELMIRA. GIVE the cook the night off. This week at Elmira Mennonite Church form 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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he season is about to change, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still some summer in the air. This soup is inspired by flavours of the east, striking just the right mix thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tasty meal any time of year.

A variation on a noodle soup, the key is the spices, including star anise, though if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any available â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or prefer an alternative to its liquorice flavour â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you can use a couple of cloves instead.

With the meat, you can ask the butcher to thinly slice your steak for you or use a sharp chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knife to get thin slices at home. Be sure to trim all the fat off the steak.

If you want your steak well done, stir it into the broth and cook for about 3 minutes.

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1. In a deep non-stick skillet, over medium high heat, brown onion and ginger on all sides.

Reduce heat to medium low and stir in cinnamon, star anise, garlic and hot pepper flakes.

Add broth and water and bring to a boil. Simmer for 10 minutes.

Using a small sieve, remove all the solid pieces and discard. Stir in carrot, red pepper, lime juice and soy sauce.

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Â&#x201E;Â&#x201E; OPTIMIST CLUB PLUNGER PLOP TOURNAMENT. THE Elmira and St. Jacobs clubs are hosting this fun, fundraising event to support youth activity in the community at Gale Presbyterian Church in Elmira. Find out more and register a team at optimistplungerplop.com.

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SEPTEMBER 25 Â&#x201E;Â&#x201E; GREENING LAUNCH AT VALLEY VIEW PARK ST. JACOBS. From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., join Trees for Woolwich to plant trees in Valley View Park, St. Jacobs. Donate $5 and receive a $50 voucher towards a tree purchase at a local nursery.

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SEPTEMBER 28 Â&#x201E;Â&#x201E; FISH FRY AT MARYHILL HERITAGE COMMUNITY CENTRE, noon to 7 p.m. Eat in or take out. No reservations, service in order of arrival. 1 pc dinner $14 or 2 pc $16, 12 yrs and under $8 (dine in only). Hot dogs, dessert and refreshments available. Cash only.

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Â&#x201E;Â&#x201E; THAT TOTALLY RAD 80'S SHOW ENJOY THE MUSIC presented by Grand Harmony Chorus. Dust off your legwarmers and join us at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Calvary United Church, St. Jacobs, $25. Tickets available on Eventbrite and at the door.

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Â&#x201E;Â&#x201E;RESCUE JUNCTION FUNDRAISING CONCERT. COME and enjoy an evening of toe tapping music with the award winning blue-grass gospel band, Rescue Junction. This fundraising event will be kicked off by the barbershop women's chorus of St. Jacobs, The Chord Spinners!

The show begins at 7 p.m. at the Emmanuel Missionary Church in Elmira. Tickets ($20 adult, $10 youth) sold at 3060 Sawmill Rd. St. Jacobs, or email Sylvia at sylvia@afgift.com.

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When it comes to our phobias, some of them are genetic Q. Fear of needles, fear of spiders, fear of dentists â&#x20AC;&#x201D; last year, about 9% of adults in the U.S. lived with a specific phobia. What do psychologists say: Are phobias genetic or are they learned?

A. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The degree to which phobias can be inherited differs wildly, depending on the fear,â&#x20AC;? says Agata Roxe in Discover magazine. After reviewing relevant papers in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Journal of Anxiety Disorders,â&#x20AC;? researchers concluded that fear of blood, injury and injections could be up to 71% heritable, while fear of getting trapped in a stuck elevator, for example, or other specific situations, tend to be explained by past events.

In another study of the causes of odontophobia

(dentists), clinical psychologist Cameron Randall examined 1,300 people whose family members also participated. They rated their dental fear and fear of pain and also had their DNA analyzed. It appears that the fear of dentists was 30% gene-driven; fear of pain was related to genetics 34% of the time.

The other 70% was likely linked to participantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; negative experiences, such as particularly painful drills.

Other research has looked more directly at how nurture may shape certain fears. For instance, parents repeating â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OKâ&#x20AC;? during their young kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; vaccinations affected the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s likelihood of developing pre-vaccination fright, perhaps because such repetition seemed to communicate the parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Q. A diagnosis of cancer is both terrifying and devastating. What new foe takes aim at tumor cells that spread via the bloodstream?

A. A laser beam, shone from outside the skin, finds these circulating tumor cells (CTCs) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;the first such noninvasive diagnostic to be demonstrated in humans,â&#x20AC;? says Emily Waltz in â&#x20AC;&#x153;IEEE Spectrumâ&#x20AC;? magazine. Lead researcher Vladimir Zharov and his team tested their system in people with melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer, and found that it accurately detected CTCs in 27 out of 28 patients, â&#x20AC;&#x153;with a sensitivity that is about 1,000 times better than current technologyâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Science

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A. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dewitt,â&#x20AC;? to kill by mob violence, is coined after brothers Johann and Cornelius De Witt, Dutch statesmen who were killed by a mob in 1672, says Anu Garg on his â&#x20AC;&#x153;A.Word.A.Dayâ&#x20AC;? website.

The verb â&#x20AC;&#x153;malapropâ&#x20AC;? means â&#x20AC;&#x153;to misuse a word by confusing it with a similar-sounding word, producing a humorous effect.â&#x20AC;?

Mrs. Malaprop, a character in Richard Sheridanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rivals,â&#x20AC;? confused words in this manner, for example, saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;pineapple of perfectionâ&#x20AC;? instead of â&#x20AC;&#x153;pinnacle of perfection.â&#x20AC;? And â&#x20AC;&#x153;nestorizeâ&#x20AC;? is named after King Nestor

Translational Medicineâ&#x20AC;?).

A few patients actually had a high percentage of CTCs killed, in real time, as they raced through the bloodstream.

As Zharov says, this technology has the potential to significantly inhibit the spread of cancer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If developed further, the tool could give doctors a harmless way to hunt and possibly destroy such cells before they can form new tumors in the body.â&#x20AC;?

Countless lives could be saved.

ACROSS 1. Comet's path 5. Catch, in a way 10. Had a bug 15. A man, by the power of Grayskull!

16. Cloak-and-dagger organization 18. Rain coat 20. What a life really is made of 23. Don't stop!

24. Not yours!

25. Mail place: Abbr.

26. Marienbad, for one 27. "Cut it out!"

29. Call on 31. __ and fro 32. Discounted 34. Diverted gut 37. Iceland's domain 38. Responding to a call 40. Autocratic Russians 42. Blue-ribbon

43. Sealskin wearer, maybe 45. "My bad!"

48. Monster of a man 49. Less forgiving 50. Let it ___ 51. Certain surgeon's "patient" 52. Now with more ale!

53. Inept coyote 54. Musical with H 55. Confirmations 56. Exodus commemoration 57. Infinitum, astra, nauseum 59. "___ he drove out of sight..."

60. Bargain with time 61. Support, with "up" 62. Everybody has one 63. Beak wax 64. At one time, at one time

of Pylos, oldest and wisest of the Greeks; hence, the word can be defined as â&#x20AC;&#x153;filling someone with the idea of being very wise.â&#x20AC;?

Finally, â&#x20AC;&#x153;pythagorizeâ&#x20AC;? is named after Pythagorus (c. 570-495 BCE), a Greek philosopher who believed in the transmigration of souls.

The word can mean â&#x20AC;&#x153;to convert (a person or thing) into another.â&#x20AC;? But you may know the name from the Pythagorean theorem, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually a Pythagorus Day. Says Garg, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t occur every year. Last one was 8/15/17 (8 squared + 15 squared = 17 squared). Next will occur on 12/16/20 (12 squared + 16 squared = 20 squared). Start planning the celebration now!â&#x20AC;?

Bill is a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate in physics. Together the brothers bring you â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strange But True.â&#x20AC;? Send STRANGE questions to sbtcolumn@gmail.com

DOWN 1. Rule of resistance 2. Look into again, as a cold case 3. ___ ___ Baby!

4. Bean holders 6. Happens before noon 7. Droop 8. Highlanders, e.g.

9. No memory 10. "___ calls?"

11. This goes without saying 12. Trademark 13. Spooky ability 14. Arabic yacht 17. To dress is also the dress 19. Faker 21. Place of hands on relaxing 22. Arias, usually 28. Roman house gods

30. Aligns with harmoniously 31. Novice 33. Spoke bad words 35. Lewd lookers 36. Yo Yo __ 39. Lion's Head to Sudbury direction 41. 100% 44. Ashtabula's lake 46. Nuclear heap 47. Merlin, e.g.

48. Hockey Bobby 49. "Didn't I tell you?"

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NATIONAL TREE PLANTING DAY WED, SEPT 25 • 5-7PM VALLEY VIEW PARK, ST JACOBS 70 VOUCHERS AVAILABLE JULY 2019

AUGUST 2019

Thereafter available at Woolwich Memorial Centre or Eco Cafe, St Jacobs while they last

3rd – Tina Reed of Elmira - 2 Golf Registrations $250 “Jeanne Renault Golf Classic”

7th – Kris Villenaro (unknown hometown) $100 Conestoga Mall Gift Card

So many good reasons to plant a tree this fall: shade, carbon capture, fruit, windbreak, wildlife, beauty!

10th– Christine Hof of Elmira $100 Ultimate Dining Gift Card

14th – I. Janzen of Elmira $100 Home Hardware Gift Card

Tree vouchers generously provided by:

17th– Gracie Podger of Cambridge $100 Stemmler’s Gift Card

21st – Pam Webb of Elmira $100 Food Basics Gift Card

24th– Scott Befurt (unknown hometown) $100 Carousel Salon & Spa Gift Card

28th – Sylvia Mikel of Kitchener 2 Toronto Maple Leaf Tickets

(2018/2019 regular Season, game to be determined $98.12 each)

31st– R Thornton of Kincardine $200 Best Buy Gift Card

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