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Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ont.
www.conestogac.on.ca/spoke
38th Year
— No. 10
Job hunting? Career services can help By STEPH BAULK Are you freaked out about
find-
ing a full-time job after gradua-
ly trying to stress this
What about a returning student looking to make some money over the summer?
prepared.
tion?
you
under the “poor stuneeds to make money” category, then the job fair at Conestoga College is the place to If
A
sappy
little Vincent Register, a Grade 6 student, has a taste test of sap from a maple tree to check the quality. He was helping to gather sap the old-fashioned way in a sugar bush near Chesley, with buckets and a horse-drawn sled. Six hundred gallons of sap were collected, which, when boiled down, pro-
duced 60
litres of
tasty
maple syrup.
Tech survey
to help
college next year By JON YANEFF
college e-mail system, with 85 per
ed enrolment for next year. They
cent saying they did.
project the
Conestoga’s information technol-
Gibson said the survey was an
ogy (IT) services survey, which was held Feb. 22 through 26, received its largest response from any online poll the college has con-
excellent tool to ensure they are
ducted.
The survey was advertised on
the
college website and sent via e-mail to
all
full-time student accounts,
where 952 students completed the 38 questions on the survey. It also provided several recommendations to help with IT services’ annual budgeting process.
The survey was three years ago
last
and
done on an annual
held about
will
now be
basis.
Richard Gibson, chief officer, IT services, said they were impressed with the responses because in the past they received about
300-400
responses to a survey.
couple of reasons factored into the high results,” he said. “Making the survey available “I think a
online
made
it
easier and quicker
and three IPod Nanos were given out as prizes. Three random students were selected and they get to pick the colour of their unit, what they want engraved and a presentation will to handle
be held for the students
in the
CSI
offices.”
initiated
make
to
it
easier
for
employers to come on campus and meet Conestoga students. The job fair was originally supposed to be held in mid-March, however, because of the strike it was postponed until April 19 and 20. It will be held in the E-wing of the college from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sara Free, a career services officer at the college, said this year the fair is for any student looking for work, whether it is after graduation or during the summer months. “It would be suitable for someone looking for a job after they graduate and it will also be suitable
ogy semester fee ($107) per semester, which gives IT services
fair.
work or any
$1,273,300 a year. Including the
mation technology and business and
requirements,”
college’s contribution ($200,000),
April
money
nity services
for project and group
individual
project
said Gibson.
The software demand and to be
titles
in
most
increased in the
open access labs are AutoCad, MasterCam, Solidworks, Inventor, Simply SPSS, Accounting, CanTax, SAM, Corel Draw, Macromedia Suite, Dreamweaver, Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop and Illustrator. IT services will also increase the open access seats by adding more computers and disk space quota and will purchase licences and implement off-campus access to appropriate software. There will also be increased supervision with more monitors to reduce the amount of game playing and noise in the open access labs. They will review the cleanliness of labs, printer reliability and paper availability and status of staplers and punches. Gibson said he was happy with the recommendations given by stu-
responses with while 904, Waterloo and Guelph only had 27 and 19 responses respectively. It
ful
students used the
For the past three years the college has hosted the job fair, which is something career services has
(5,500) semesters and those numbers are multiplied by the technol-
dents.
how many
be.
meeting the needs of students. “We want to ensure we have the appropriate computing resources, such as the software that’s required
According to the survey, the Doon campus had the majority of
asked
number of students who be enrolled for the spring (600), fall (5,800) and winter
will
fall
who
dent
(Photo by Lee Evans)
“I think
we had
responses.
several thought-
Very few weren’t
helpful,” he said.
He
said technology
fee revenue
is
enhancement
based on the project-
left
over from the previous
year ($143,469) and direct
money from
IT staffing and software
licences ($913,493), $2,530,262
is
to IT services for the 2006/07 academic year. Gibson said he was impressed
available
who
with the number of students
have taken advantage of wireless Internet in the college. According to the survey results, nearly
45 per cent of participants said they had used the wireless Internet service, which was implemented in October in common areas throughout the college, such as the learning resource centre and the Sanctuary.
“I’m really happy with the wire-
CSI
less at the college,” said
president
Andrew
vice-
Mercier.
“I’m
ecstatic we’re getting that type of
technology cuts
access labs. will
at the college
down on take
and
this
the use in the open
We are hoping their
laptops
Student Centre and get
students into
the
homework
for
someone
summer job,” There
is
is
is
engineering, infor-
health sciences,
commu-
and biotechnology.
“The job fair is an opportunity to go up to an actual person who works at a company and hand them your resume and talk with them, which is always better than sending it out in cyberspace and hoping (an employer) gets it,” she said. Free said the turnout for the job fair is generally very good and she is hoping this year it won’t be any different, even though it was delayed because of the strike. She says she understands it
is
there’s
no travelling involved
should make
it
it
easier for students
to attend.
“So before class or in between you know who you are
be
important for students to consider,” she said. “It’s
always better than going up
company and asking them
a
to
what they do.” The guidebook booklet
a
who
for the job fair
career
together with
services
employers
the
all
is
put
are attending the job
fair, their
contact information and a description of the company and the posi-
The book handy research
tions that are available.
makes
also
for a
tool.
Because of the
strike,
some
attending employers had to cancel,
so an updated version of the
book
is
available for pick-up in
the career services office.
Free encourages students to go to the career services office to have
resume looked
their
over.
“At this time of year students
make an
we can
appoint-
something up before the fair and students can come in and get the guidebook as ment, but
set
well,” she said.
To set up an appointment with Free students can call her at 7485220, sfree
ext.
3340 or e-mail her
at
@ conestogac .on.ca.
“E-mail is always good. Students can give me a couple of days that are good for them and I can get back to them and confirm a day,”
she said.
Students should bring a resume
appointment so Free can give it and see what experience they have. to the
them advice on
“If a student has never developed
a
busy time for students but because
to
is
and also looking at the guidebook so you know a little bit about the company you are interested in is
usually need to
she said.
year
“Showing up is great, but being prepared with a good resume that has been looked at and critiqued
looking for a
a theme each day of the
April 19
20
just
resume before
a
I
suggest they go
our career services website, where we have tip sheets, or drop by the office and pick up a few to
sheets to get a sense of
how
to put
together in a basic format so
we
class, if
it
going to see, it will take a student two minutes to introduce him or
can go through a resume, change things and alter things and make it really great,” she said. “The appointment generally takes about
herself to a
few
ers,” said Free.
different
“A
employ-
student proba-
bly isn’t going to be interested in
a half hour.”
60 employers, but maybe five or six. So I really hope the change
attending the job fair are really
all
done there.” Gibson said other than wireless, IT services will provide PCs to the Student Centre to be used for dropin use. They will be paid for
on campus so students can be here and still get a bit of job hunting
through the technology
done.”
fee.
Free said in the past there have been a lot of students who show up for the job fair, but what she’s real-
isn’t
going to destroy (the job
too much, but like
I
fair)
said before,
it’s
Free said the employers excited to have students their
resumes because
whole reason they’re
who
are
come with that’s
there.
Continued on Page 2
the
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— SPOKE,
April 10,
News
2006
Now deep thoughts ...with Random
Job
Conestoga College
questions answered by
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What has been your
best or
always go on a job hunting
1
“At this time of year students
random students
make an appointwe can set something up
sure they’re connecting with the
summer, so you might just be
before the fair and students can
employer.
right place at the right time,” said
come
But because the employers are at students can talk to them and sell themselves on why they would be a good employee. “Because it is a job fair and it is an opportunity for students to go in and talk to employers, if you were to see something in the guidebook that looked more like a full-time position and you’re real-
Free.
company but you’re searching for summer or part-time employment, I would
or were just unable to meet with a
always encourage students to talk to that company anyways,” she
career services
said.
well.
and get the guidebook as
in
“
the college
not like a career
There’s
fair.
sort of a subtle difference
between
a career fair and a job
A career
fair is
more
usually
fair.
for finding out
about positions or for an employer
we
generations,
the road.
“A job
together and socialize.”
Andrew
to educate people about what they do and potentially get resumes
down
get
Chipperfield,
second-year
management studies
make
“You never know, people go on vacation and the company may need to cover a good portion of the
has to be that extra effort to
worst Easter experience?
all
or
ment, but
It’s
family,
site
always
in the paper, but there
look
usually need to
well,” she said.
“Each year with
convenient
fair
focused on
fair is really
where they have positions and they want to meet you and they want you to apply.” the jobs
Free said the job to students
was 10 and my mom dressed me up in a little bunny costume and
fair is beneficial
because a student can
ly interested in that
If
you
fair,
in the
are unable to attend the job
career services also has thou-
sands of jobs posted yearly on
their
website. Just click on the job posting link on the career services
page,
enter
the
web
username,
careerservices and the password, '
usearch4jobs. If
you are
a graduating student
career services officer, but would
help
like
your resume, open during the
with
summer and
is
to all graduates as
“I
showed me
off to all of
Mechanics underappreciated
my It
family.”
Danielle Dyce, first-year
recently that
my and my
I
received
my
life as
gave out
car rolled through
brakes
general arts
a red light and into the intersection.
and science
I it
had
was
n’t
“Last year
we bought a
pihata and the whole family
came
was a
lot of
all
over,
to
fun seeing
of them.”
my
thank
Murphy
opposite direction just perpendicular to
my
Cautiously
I
continued to
to a local garage
make
where
I
was greeted with a warm smile from one of the mechanics. I I
Opinion
disabled vehicle.
explained the situation feeling like
third-year robotics
Eric
lucky stars since
morning and there wasany traffic coming from the early
my way
it
Josh Vince,
“I
was only
the scare of
my
was discussing
ailments with
spend travelling from one place to it is remarkable how much
another
mechanics are taken advantage of. Certainly, the comparison between doctors saving lives and mechanics
may seem
cars
fixing
slightly
the triage nurse in an
emergency room. As the mechanic escorted
extreme to most, however, do we realize the amount of trust we put
my
four-wheeled counterpart into
in
the
mechanized operating room
(Photo by Eric Murphy)
mechanics.
They tend
to
multi-ton
these
pieces of machinery so that
we can
continue to so non-chalantly place
always work on Easter.”
and up onto the hoist for its examination, I paced back and forth sipping my complimentary coffee,
Sayed Ashraf,
anxiously waiting to hear the prog-
seats
and
how uncanny it was how much we depended on
speed
to get to
doctors and mechanics and
People have relied on mechanics for decades yet they continue to get
nosis.
second-year accounting
I
realized
work they
We
sit
all
the
do.
in the waiting
room
as a
loved one receives a needed blood
“Having the egg hunt the morning
in
was always
fun.”
Laura Umplby first-year general arts and science
we
transfusion just as
sit
in the
members
family
the
Sales parts
in in
high rates of
at
our next destination
work and unnecessary procedures.
end of the “dipstick,”
and groan about the
length of time
we
wait for our cars
be looked at and we sit in disbelief when we’re told the reason for
to
being called “grease monkeys,” a
our mechanical woes
derogatory comparison to a dumb,
haven’t changed the
baboon
dirty
needed
scraps.
The
oiling
of the
Guelph, looks for a parts directory.
We moan
short
owner
True Center Garage and Auto
safely.
front office as our car receives a
overdue oil change. Arthritic and damaged joints are replaced with new and improved replicas as are aged and worn parts on our vehicles. With the amount of time we
travel
passenger
in the
Justin Fitzgerald,
because we
parts for
10 months. Last but not least we complain about our bill, unkindly
number of
trying to barter for a better price as
up car
actions of a small
is
oil for the last
mechanics have unfortunately painted this group of hard workers as crooked cheaters trying to overcharge for minimal non-trustworthy
if at
a flea market or garage sale.
Do we salty
ever think about the
snow dripping
into
dirty,
a con-
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kid
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Commentary
SPOKE,
— Page 3
2006
April 10,
Prime Minister shouldn’t hide
from the media Prime Minister Stephen Harper believes Canadians have no
know when
the federal cabinet
is
Under previous governments, cabinet meetings of ernment were announced
room
side the cabinet
right to
meeting. the federal gov-
advance and reporters then gathered out-
in
to question ministers as they entered or exited
the meeting.
Harper and his cabinet met in secret March 28 and, as reported by Canadian Press (CP), a national news-gathering agency, in a March 28 article, extra
House of Commons
from trying
journalists
were present
security
to discourage
snap photos or ask questions of the Prime
to
Minister and his ministers.
Although journalists are now unable
to question ministers outside
cabinet. Harper claims he will be available to
answer “questions of
substance.”
Former prime
ministers, including Jean Chretien, allowed ministers
to
speak to the media
it
allowed them to speak their minds and communicate through the
scrums.
in
It
wasn't detrimental to government
-
media with the Canadian public.
The Conservative
media
will be
The Conservative Leader of
Commons, Rob
Harpee
party defends Harper’s decision not to announce
the meetings, saying the
the
improved by the
Government
Nicholson, appeared on
April 2 and gave an example to illustrate
House of
the
in
To
iRves
MeoiA,
The
In
restriction.
The
CTV’s Question Period how the media could be
‘alone’ star state
improved.
He
said
when
accompanied Harper on
journalists
Canadian troops
visit
in
vest Harper wore.
Harper was again criticized
With the recent
his recent trip to
Afghanistan, a reporter wrote a story about the
week for wearing the same khaki vest Cancun with Mexican president Vicente
last
to the international summit in Fox and U.S. president George Bush, both who wore crisp white shirts. Media claimed it showed his inexperience, but Harper’s staff counter is shows how trivial the press can be. The Liberals and the NDP side with the media, saying when the
As
the
Prime Minister so well-known for insisting on government
accountability. if
Harper doesn’t seem to be living up to
his
own words
problem.
when
Conestoga College.
was
However, there was one thing that
I
would take a
trip to
I
This small
By
restricting all
about an hour outside of Dallas
CP
hustle and bustle of the big city.
restricting the
media from outside the
news, not just what he deems
cabinet, he
is
is
quoted
in the
saying “the public respects a government that has
its
article as
act together
comes down and stands in front of a microphone.” To some that might ring true, but to many Canadians it looks
before
Harper and his
MPs
have something to hide.
now wants
approval on communications leaving their offices, including
ters to the editors sent to
Harper might think he’s improving the media, and by doing
If
move
to hide the facts
it
really looks like
so, is
a
from Canadians.
needed
he wants accountability, he needs to be the leader he claimed to be
to
my
was get away
hopped
plane for the Lone Star
Things seemed bleak
though
it
trip
and
it
isn’t that
-
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and telephone number
name
of the writer. Writers will
contacted for verification.
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no.
visited the mall or I
was
served me.
talk to
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asked
should see or do while
in
and the heart of Texas. But.
mentioned, seeing the sights and
I
was content enjoying
the 25
C
weather, sitting by the pool and
enjoying a cocktail, while here in
that there is
is
never a schedule to follow.
if I
talked to while
I
sounds wasn’t really part of my plans. I
trips
there.
When
to
any restau-
who
the south
your
wanted
people might ask
them what
back
I
ate at
lonely and
north,
become
I
chose.
the wait staff
greatest thing about travel-
been on
and
and your
street signs
by yourself
a mall
lunch or dinner
trip
has been scheduled so tight that
southern Ontario
was just
it
nasty, with freezing rain
I
I
think this
plain
and snow.
was one of the most
didn’t even have time to blink and
relaxing vacations
enjoy myself.
long time.
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the
could be the making of a
really boring
McKinney
Spoke welcomes
east,
I
looked as
my
up
knowledge of which way
the
at the
my
was
browse
by yourself.
Landmarks,
necessary assignments in and I
wanted
actually sleeping in and
there
for.
after getting settled into
just started to drive.
all
I
all
make
attractions to
how much more you see and need to pay attention to when you are
and
part-time jobs. However,
did panick about getting
ning of the
during the election, and allow the media to do their job.
Letters are
I
completed before
newspapers.
improving the image of his government. What deceptive
let-
for.
I
from the schoolwork and rushing to
Furthermore, Harper has also limited ministers, since he final
like
to the noise
That’s the exact vacation
looking
it
worth going down
hotel and picking
city is located
and wasn’t close
futile.
Immigration minister Monte Solberg
many
the trip
But
you ask?
he will not allow journalists to ask questions after a cabinet meeting.
little
weren’t
McKinney,
Why McKinney
Texas.
at the
decided that
didn’t have this
1 actually got to do everything I wanted for once. I didn’t have to ask permission from a group if
going with a group of your friends.
I
I
did what
I
then so be
reading week though; travelling by yourself can be Just as much fun as
During our reading week
I
enjoyed
did learn while being off on
end of February
is restricted.
much
learning going on around
Conservatives only allow for press releases and not scrums, democra-
cy
Obviously
strike taking
place there hasn’t been
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April 10,
Feature
2006
‘Scoring’ the perfect creation By CHANTELLETIMPERLEY easy to
It’s
with
fall
through the cracks
hobbies when your
certain
project goes awry, but
make
cut can
a stained glass project
Stained glass
is
a practise dating
Europe. It was most often used in church windows, and according to thestorefinder.com, many believed that creating beautiful things ages
to the gothic
would God.
in
man’s soul closer
lift
to
Sara Spencer, a new resident of
working with stained glass for close to two years, designing window panels and has been
Breslau,
cool, and they can be llattened out
background can be You don’t want to
bumpy. The
“Too many is and won’t allow the
pattern,” she notes.
image
to
jump
break,
or
making
when
piqued
her mother started making
stepping stones for her yard with
broken pieces of scrap glass and cement circles. It was a family tradition for everyone who came to the house to make one, and when they were done they were put in the garden.
To begin a stained glass project, you first need to make two to three copies of the pattern you wish to
difficult to replace
it
fix.
When
she finally gets
all
screech as she presses the edges of the pieces against a grinder and
down
to
fit
around her
Cut the pattern along the
lines
before gluing them to
carefully
your pieces of
Layout
glass.
is
You try to use as much of one sheet of glass as possible, important.
making sure your
to cut
enough room
to leave
lines.
Glass cutters are used to score the you will use to break the pieces apart. They have a wheel that runs along the lines in the glass that
surface of the glass, and oil inside the
wheel
helps ease the
cutter
across smoothly.
Spencer is designing a tropical customer and uses a blue
end product
the
if
gives the artist
more
control .over
more
old-fashioned lead method.
A product called solder,
a combi-
nation of 60 per cent tin and cent lead,
is
used
to
still
is
tropical fish panel, she
two weeks
to
complete.
Spencer finds designing with stained glass to be a better alterna-
the
home.
weld
40 per
the pieces
of glass together. It sticks to the foil and is applied with a solder gun, reaching temperatures of 700 F. Temperatures hotter than that can cause the glass to get too hot and
through, but
“I like letting light
1
you can still have privacy without making it too find with stained glass
dark in the room,” she says.
She also likes that she’s able to do something that suits her personallowing her to work
ality,
own
at
her
pace.
Her
favourite part
is
being able to
continue doing one thing and never get bored.
endless possibilities
“It’s
That is the most difficult and time-consuming part of any project, she says. When the pieces fit just right she grabs a string of copper foil and wraps it around the edges of each piece of glass. The method of stained glass Spencer follows a more modem one called the copper foil method, which came about in the middle of the 20th century. It the finished product than the
use.
the
background pieces cut, Spencer puts on a pair of blue overalls and carries them to the back of her office closet. There is a loud
shaves them
it
later
tive to regular glass, especially in
out.”
can also cause the piece to be too heavy and eventually crack or It
centerpiece. in
main
alter the
says, has taken nearly
and nightlights. interest
it.
“Lines are important within any
smaller projects, like cardholders
Spencer’s
around
fitted
piece.
distracting
pieces.
fall to
back
one wrong
plete the centerpiece first so that the
keep an open mind
if
you
to create pat-
terns yourself,” she says. “You can choose from hundreds of colours and textures of glass.” The largest project Spencer has done so far was a Haida mask she
The
strangest request she
says
was someone asking for three large panels that would not be used in windows. The woman who asked for them wanted to put them on a mantle as pieces of art.
“Most stained
glass
3-D piece or not
that’s not a
Spencer
is
able
to
flux remover, but soap and water
The the cost of a project depends on the length of time and
will cause oxidization.
the supplies needed. 5)
As Spencer goes
to cut a long line
across her sheet, she explains that
you can only score the glass once because the glass will split off
wrong
feeder lines or crack the
way.
She
pulls out a pair of pliers used
enough in and it cracks the wrong way. She has to redo it a glass isn’t brittle
certain
spots,
couple times
until
she gets
right.
it
Geometry and carefulness two
presses the solder gun to
three small projects in a week, but
crucial
components
are
to creating
$120 or more
larger ones costing
take two or three weeks.
Stained glass
is
a
hobby Spencer
the solder, there’s a sizzle and the
says she plans to continue for a
pieces blend together.
long time.
before they
It’s
not long
“When thought
to break the glass, called grozers.
The
As she
can be washed off with
started doing
first
I
it
would
it
I
just be a hobby,
but when I started selling it I wanted to turn it into a business,” she said. “There may be 100 people doing it, but in 20 years I want to be as good as they are.”
Anyone
interested
more about into
in
learning
hobby or looking
the
having a piece made for holi-
a piece.
days, birthdays or personal use, can
“(Stained glass) is a very tedious hobby,” she says. “You have to use creativity with your patterns. It’s
contact her at 745-9676.
all
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about symmetry.”
Equally curves
important
in the design.
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are
Since
f.
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of
a separate
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Take a medium level when you get started because it challenges you 4)
class
grozers,
more.
called nippers.
Keep scraps because they
When doing panels for windows. Spencer says the key
Use
levels.
smaller verthe
safety
courses that offer different
and will break
sion
wear
and dustpan for cleaning up glass shards because you don’t want it trailing el.sewhere in the house. 3) Find a glass shop with
be carved into the surface
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glasses.
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lines, it’s not po.ssible to
is
to
com-
for
complete
cut.
It
and textures
for a
the foil, but
black.
of glass colours
window.”
sheet of glass for the water background. The flat side of the glass should be the side that is
after
Spencer has a wide selection customers to choose from.
anyone want stained glass artwork
rippled
must be removed
(Photo by Chantelle Timperley)
put in a
is
or in front of light like a
face and helps the solder to stick to
doesn’t turn the solder
her binder of
Sara Spencer’s home. They are available designs for anyone interested. of
she’s gotten
fish for a
it
window
She had to make the pattern herand it ended up being close to 100 pieces.
lamp,” she says. “I’ve never had
so that
the
self
Spencer pins all her pieces down on a piece of corkboard and makes sure they won’t move, and brushes on a glue-like substance called flux cleans the sur-
in
in
ellry.
window
It
included
hang
made for her dad, who lives in the Yukon Territory. It was a two feet by two feet circular Haida mask that she made from a piece of jew-
shatter.
with a wire brush.
(Photo by Chantelle Timperley)
Butterflies
come
in
handy.
(Photos by Chantelle Timperley)
Above, Spencer’s tropical fish took close to two weeks to complete, which she designed for a friend in Sault Ste. Marie. Pieces of paper with the measurements were used to cut and fit the background pieces around the main piece. Below, the finished panel will be put in her customer’s bathroom window.
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thing from sausages and apple
frit-
then go home,” he said. “But on a
sunny day, they stay longer and say ‘well. I'll come back to get that,’ then eventually get tired and go home without buying anything.”
Although the town of Elmira has it was the destination of many more on Saturday, April 1, as the town held their 42nd annual maple
ple,
syrup
world.
Every year on the of April people
Saturday
first
come from many
places, both near and
cele-
far, to
brate the start of spring,
and
to cel-
ebrate the sweet, sticky syrup.
maple syrup. The sweetness reminds people that it’s getting
"It's it
close to spring so they
come
Elmira to see
said
this,"
all
to
the
mayor of Woolwich Township. Bill Strauss. "Woolwich is known for a lot
of agriculture, and that's what
maple syrup
between 80 per cent and 85 per cent of vendors come back to the festival year after year.
Many
is.”
The chairperson of
the festival,
Doug McLean, said it’s quite obvious why people come to the festival year after year.
said
of the booths are
church
festival.
The event is in the book of Guinness World Records for the largest maple syrup festival in the
of
McLean
groups
The Guinness record rently
stands
Elmira
in
she said.
"It's
didn’t really
our
first
know what
time,
and other volunteers from maple syrup-covered popcorn, Kool-Aid and maple Hill
the church sold
sugar
treats.
"Our church
decided
to
sell
snacks instead of main food," she said. “At noon hour, everyone was
we
eating their other food, and n't sell
very
much
did-
during that time.”
McLean said the organizing team encountered one major problem early on in preparations for the event.
“The biggest problem we had was convincing people that we need some new volunteers to come
out.”
syrup to thousands of festival-goers,
attendance. Above, festival-goers
who
have never been to the fescome because they hear how wonderful it is from other peobefore
tival
ple and are curious as to
what
it is.
"They wonder why so many peowould come to one small town
ple
for a
day
said.
“The reason
in
turned out big time.” Bill
they
come
see what’s going on. There
is
to
Cummings,
one
of
who
decided to offer his services
when
he found out the event needed help. “I found out from my church (Trinity United
Church
Kitchener)
in
needed volunteers and a lot of people from the church already do it,” he said. “It’s fun because there that they
are a lot of people here.”
The weather of discussion
is
always a key topic just under
kinds of food to eat in the mall,
10 C, with the sun rarely creeping
buy and see, there are toy shows and dog shows and the antique show has gotten to
through the clouds.
be a big deal.”
nasty,” said Strauss.
there
are crafts to
Megan Timmerman, the University of
Guelph, said she first
time because her friends told her she should.
“Kids
at
school said
it
was
a big
“My we ate
event and a lot of fun,” she said. favourite food
was
of fudge.
And
lots
the fudge:
the back-bacon-
on-a-bun was really good as well.”
One of the major attractions of the Every year, there are more than 100 booths set up in festival is the mall.
the
downtown core
selling every-
Festival
is in
the Guinness World Records for the largest such event
ago
try their
at the 36th
hand
at
annual
festival,
in
which had 66,529 people
the in
sawing a log the old-fashioned way. The event
also featured lots of arts and crafts, and food galore.
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a student at
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the
who
one of those volunteers
is
the springtime,” he is
he said.
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to expect."
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Enterprises, said peo-
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Jean Hill was helping sell food for The Church of the Good .Shepherd. “Our church is doing a fundrai.ser,”
approximately 60 volunteers
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However, McLean said the actual
number was higher than listed. "We know we didn't gel them all counted, so it was probably some-
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set
and they obviously love maple syrup. The sweet taste of maple syrup really draws people
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McLean, who recently
maple syrup
largest
April 10,
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he has a blistering shot from the But,
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be
from.
be
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has since silenced these
Since the injury to Hasek in the Olympics he has had a 12-3-2 record, taking over the position.
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a line that
and fonner enforcer Chris Neil became a major contributor on the power play. Antoine Vermette’s amazing speed and ability to score .short-handed is something that is often underrated and overlooked this season. Rookies Chris Kelly and Patrick Eaves have been great as well, especially stepping up on
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this sea-
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to
number
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move on from
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259
the
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Cup
Well,
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who
if
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every team
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as the Stanley
Ottawa Senators. With the absence
the
little
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the
on
retribution
they
will
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their
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the
side,
So,
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the betting
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with-
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Before betting one must calculate and theorize about what makes a championship team. First and foremost, sparkling
the ferocious Bruins in
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playoffs.
Final.
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pletely perplexed and
placed
and are well on
Dominator, Ottawa’s early postseason departure is impending, but,
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team on a mission and will be granted to Calgary after they were one disallowed goal away from ki.ssing the most prestigious trophy hockey has to offer. Lord Stanley’s Cup. Canada’s hope for the cup lies within Calgary, so if you are in fact foolish enough to bet on a Canadian team, go with the sure This
Ottawa’s time to shine and
-
to
high-pressured games and will take
contenders.
win the biggest piece of hardware in the league, the Stanley Cup.
accom-
the life blood of
is
bet.
first
(goals against average) of
task for opposing teams to
playoffs.
Goaltending
liant goaltending, the eighth
2004
run of 2004, during which he
posted five shutouts and a dazzling
Emery has some
fan vividly remembers, led by bril-
the
All the pieces are in place.
Cup
in the past six post-
the me.sh will prove to be a difficult
2004 and 2002 seasons,
Habs upset
miraculous Stanley
Phaneuf protecting him, reveling
Boston finished first in the East and many experts pegged them as top
Now,
virtually unbeatable
Calgary’s
With Dominick Hasek on the sidelines, rookie goaltender Ray
Let’s take the Boston Bruins for
Cup
He appeared
Senators teams of the past.
example.
Stanley
in
With kipper between the pipes and Calgary’s punishing defensive staff, led by rookie sensation Dion
on what happened in the regular season, chances are, your elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top floor and
In the
pciy
Above all else, .shaky goaltending was the demise of the promising
money based
you’re in desperate need of a
clearly
rounds.
in the
you’re the kind of
bets his or her
has
a big time playoff
1.85.
Conferences standings, one would be enticed to wager a few bucks on this red hot club. But then again,
Kipru.soff is
G.A.A
Eastern
fan
fills this
victim to the Leafs in the early
atop the
sit
and
seasons the Senators have fallen
Ottawa
the
also
their share of play-
off devastations.
Playoffs.
considering
grit
former.
Four times
as
team
Simple, the Calgary Flames do.
of year again,
NHL.
war know
third,
So what Canadian team
But, which of the remaining five teams will open the jaws of greatness and venture the deepest into
Stanley
and
dc.scription?
air,
of that sweet playoff pie.
hellacious
not
-
chemistry.
With the playoffs lurking over the horizon, all the Canadian teams, with the exception of the Toronto Maple Leafs, of course, have an excellent chance at cutting a slice
the
— Page 7
goaltending, second, playolT expe-
enchanting
the
2006
way?
Senators
hot,
How
history lesson.
es that the Sens have had this year to
finally
But the biggest surprises
be
April 10,
the
all
pinna-
its
Senators currently have a whop-
point as well.
With all these injuries throughout the season other players have stepped up and played fantastic.
the
has
been spectacular. He leads the NHL in plus-minus with 38 (a stat that is totally dominated by Ottawa), and it looks like he’s been taking les.sons from Chara, because
will
Eastern
it’s
stretch time in the
all
sure.
globe,
the
aroma of blood and sweat
I
the
will
has begun to
electricity
go
through the veins of hockey fans
Ottawa Senators. They are my home team, and 1 will stick by them till the end. So it won’t come pick the Sens as a surprise when as the Canadian team that will go all the way to win the Stanley Cup. No one can deny this season they have dominated the league, and have by far been the most outstanding Canadian team. They lead the NHL in goals scored, and have the
Once
will
Flames
dominate
to
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April 10,
News
2006
Rugby team hopes ADAM BLACK
By
result is
Once
The Conestoga men's rugby team had a
of success
lot
this past sea-
winning bronze
son,
OCAA
in
competition. But,
next
for
good enough.
players, that wasn’t
They began
returning
year's
practising
in
late
days a week in hopes of gold next year defeating Seneca College, ^nd which has been undefeated in five February,
three
training
years.
The rugby season begins in September so they’re getting a very early jump on the competi-
worth
the players
play an hour-long
He
This is to help the players get passing and hand and feet
ing a fun
Tim dent
in
is
a second-year stu-
architectural
engineering
“To work well as a team you have know your teammates,’’ says
Twice a week they take over the upper stands of the gym where they work on fitness and foot
Steffler.
speed.
encourage new players to come out and meet the team. Even if they haven’t played before, just let them come out and try the
rec centre.
play touch rugby They Wednesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. at
good to get an idea of what team will look like (next sea-
“It’s
Doon
At the end of a session players from their faces. But, they feel the end
Public School.
For more information e-mail the coach, Jeff Desruisseau at spiderman @ golden.net or Richard Petan at petanl65@rogers.com.
son),
are exhausted, sweat dripping
know how
we can reach our full potential once the season starts.” The rugby team trains Mondays and Thursdays from 6 to 7 p.m. in the stands of the main gym at the
flow.
to
says he hopes the training will
the
game.
Steffler
and organizes the
training.
team plays together. “I don’t want our first game or two spent getting to know how the team works together,” says Petan. “I want the team to gel early so
motion while play-
and a rookie player this past season for the Condors. He says training early helps improve his endurance for the coming season and team
the
started
help the team gel and
their
tion.
V
team,
Condor
into
fall
robotics student, a veteran with the
game of touch
fugby.
work back
finish in
game. Richard Petan, a second-year
it.
week
meet at Doon Public School where they a
golden
for
(Photos
The Condors men’s rugby team medal come the
fall
practises
in
hopes
by Adam Black)
of
a gold
semester.
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