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Library fun - Drayton librarian Joanne Wiersma and library page Isabella Mills display a poster promoting the Gratitude Graffiti activity during Ontario Public Library Week, Oct. 16 to 22. Participants explained why they “love their library.� A book draw for three books and a Food for Fines event was also part of the week. Participants received $2 off fines for overdue books for each food item contributed. Photo by Caroline Sealey
MAPLETON Construction activity in the township continues to lag behind last year (through September). However the local building department states the figures remain within the five-year range. The township issued 23 building permits in September for construction valued at about $2.3 million. In September 2015, 27 permits were issued for construction valued at nearly $2.9 million. Year to date, the building department had issued 256 permits for construction valued at $28 million, compared to 285 permits for projects worth $48 million the previous year. However, chief building
official Patty Wright noted in her report to council on Sept. 24 that 2016 numbers for both permits and construction value are higher than in 2014. “The five-year average of fees collected by the building department for the month of September is $25,955; therefore the current month is above the five-year average,� Wright explained in her report. “Year-to-date numbers range from $182,487 to $326,479 over the past five years and the average of fees collected to date from 2011 to 2015 is $247,263. The current year to date is within the five-year range but slightly below the five-year average.� “We’re doing fine and we’re in the black. I have no concerns,� Wright stated.
Legion invites submissions for annual poster, video and literary competition DRAYTON - The Drayton Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion would like to invite local youths to participate in the annual Poster, Video, and Literary Contests. Participants are asked to explore the theme of remembrance by creating a colour poster, a black and white poster, a video, an essay, or a poem. One entry may be submitted for each category. The poster contest is divided into four age groups: primary (kindergarten to Grade 3), junior (Grades 4 to 6), intermediate (Grades 7 to 9) and senior (Grades
10 to 12). Posters can not be larger than 56 by 71 cm. The video contest is divided into two groups: Grades 4 to 8 and Grades 9 to 12. Videos may be completed individually or in a group, and must be three to four minutes in length including credits. The literary contest is divided into three age groups: junior (Grades 4 to 6), intermediate (Grades 7 to 9) and senior (Grades 10 to 12). Essays must be less than: 350 words (junior), 500 words (intermediate) or 800 words (senior). Poems, regardless of the age group, are to be 32
lines or less. For additional information visit the Drayton Library or Dippel’s Garage, or contact contact Mary Miller at 519-638-3324. All videos are to be submitted online. All posters, poems, and essays will be picked up from local schools (Drayton Heights Public School, Maryborough Public School, and Community Christian School) on Nov. 14. Completed entries may also be dropped off at Dippel’s Garage by Nov. 14. Additional information is available at www.legion.ca.
Cyber attack derails literacy test trial By Jaime Myslik GUELPH - Local public and Catholic high schools were among many across the province who did not administer the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test as planned in an online trial on Oct. 20. “The EQAO web platform experienced technical difficulties prior to the beginning of the school day and continued well into the morning, preventing students from logging in to complete the test,� Upper Grand District School Board spokesperson Heather Loney said in an email to the Advertiser.
“This affected school boards across the province. As a result, a decision was made to cancel the test.� Loney said the Upper Grand is not anticipating a future date to conduct the trial. On Oct. 24 EQAO officials announced in a press release the trial failed due to “an intentional, malicious and sustained Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack — a type of cyber attack.� The source of the cyber attack is not yet known, but “an independent third-party forensic firm is involved in an investigation .... on behalf of EQAO,� the press release
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Hunger awareness - Drayton Heights Public School students participated in an assembly with a focus on world hunger on Oct. 21. Participants were placed into groups representing various areas of the world and served meals comparable to common diets in those countries. ABOVE: from left: Kyle Gaudette, Gavyn Lee and Kanyon Cherrey felt lucky to be placed in a group with enough food to eat. RIGHT: Jesse Bowman, left, and Myles Whale weren’t too pleased with the meal served to their group, which represented the 70 per cent of the population that does not have an adequate food supply. Photos by Caroline Sealey
Students focus on global hunger DRAYTON - Ten members of the Global Action Club at Drayton Heights Public School organized an assembly with a focus on world hunger on Oct. 21. The club has 25 members
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National ball tourney to be held in Palmerston By Patrick Raftis MINTO - Bragging rights for the best Pee Wee softball team in Canada will be decided here next summer. Softball Canada has announced the 2017 U14 Canadian Fastpitch Championship tournament has been awarded to the
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host site of numerous tournaments in the past. However, he noted, “We definitely have to add stuff and do some grooming, hopefully upgrade the infield a little bit.” “We’ll have to ensure they are in top-notch shape for an event like this,” agreed Mayor George Bridge. Scoreboards, possibly rented, will have to be brought in to meet Softball Canada standards, Martin noted. Councillor Mary Lou Colwell asked if sufficient accommodations are available in the area for visitors. Martin said organizers are working to “keep it as local as possible,” but are looking at some facilities as far away as St. Jacobs. “We think we can accommodate most of the teams (at motels) down Highway 23 between Palmerston and Listowel.” Councillor Ron Elliott congratulated organizers on landing the event. SEE PEE WEE » 5
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Students learn about global food inequality » FROM PAGE 1
and Sierra Leone. The blue group represented the 20% of the world’s population that has enough to eat; residents of countries like China and Mexico. The red group represented countries similar to Canada, the U.S. and England that make up 10% of the world’s population that has more than enough to eat. The yellow group was given only rice to eat and “dirty water” (represented by tea) to drink. Some students received forks to eat with, others did not. They sat on the floor of the gym
amongst scraps of newspaper. The blue group had the use of tables and chairs and were given rice and beans on a plate with kitchen utensils. Pasta, fresh vegetables, Rice Krispie squares and juice were provided to the red group, along with a table and chairs and all the required utensils. A discussion followed on world hunger and continued in the classroom. Principal Mike McNamara encouraged the students to talk with their parents about the assembly and world hunger.
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MPP says plan threatens racing industry QUEEN’S PARK - The Liberal government’s modernization plan for the OLG is threatening the future of horse racing, says PerthWellington MPP Randy Pettapiece. During question period on Oct. 18, Pettapiece, who serves as opposition critic for the horse racing industry, called on the Minister of Finance, Charles Sousa, to ease the uncertainty over the industry’s future, and commit to keeping all 15 of Ontario’s racetracks open. “By cancelling the Slots at Racetracks Program, the government left the horse racing industry a shadow of its former self. Racetracks, horsemen and local economies are still struggling,” said Pettapiece. “Instead of apologizing, the government plowed ahead with its misguided ‘modernization [plan].’ It’s going to put even more of the industry out of business.” Ontario Racing, the new industry association, has released a plan that calls on the government to invest $1.6 billion over 17 years to stabilize the industry. “We still need to remember – the proposed funding will not come close to the previous revenue sharing
agreement,” said Pettapiece. “Uncertainty will persist.” he states Pettapiece shares industry concerns that smaller tracks are in jeopardy without a firm commitment to keep casinos at many racetracks. minister the “Does believe it’s ‘modern’ to wipe out a vital industry in rural areas?” asked Pettapiece. Finance minister Charles Sousa replied the government is working with industry stakeholders towards long-term sustainability. “I think we all appreciate that we want a very sustained horse racing industry in the province of Ontario that is why we made a commitment for long-term sustainability of the horse racing industry,” said Sousa. “We’ve taken steps to support a stable industry by providing the appropriate funding by extending the government’s $100 million annual funding program by two years … The OLG will establish future long-term funding arrangements with the industry.” The minister added the government has also passed legislation to integrate the operations of the Ontario racing commission with the OLG and the Alcohol
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Pee Wee nationals in Palmerston next summer » FROM PAGE 2
“I think it’s something we’ve never had in Palmerston ... a national event and very few communities can say they’ve had that - so it’s quite a coup for our community,” said Elliott. Bridge said, “From an economic development standpoint, having a national thing, just the exposure we’ll get in our area will be big; not quite as big as the IPM, but it will be another feather in our cap. It’s a big win for the town.” Elliott asked Martin how many people the event could attract. “My answer to that is we really don’t know. Last year Shallow Lake hosted in Owen Sound and their gate receipts were $15,000. If the local team gets to the end things keep building,” replied Martin. Opening ceremonies for the tournament will be held
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Firefighters serve sausages and safety tips Fire breakfast - TOP: Leah MacKay, left, and Ella Morgan were greeted by Sparky the Fire Dog and Mapleton firefighter Grant Morgan at the Mapleton Fire Rescue Fire Prevention Breakfast held at the PMD arena on Oct. 22. In addition to a pancake breakfast the event featured demonstrations and a presentation by Fire Management Ontario. MIDDLE: Fire Chief Rick Richardson helps Spencer Huhtala exit the smoke house at the event. ABOVE: Mapleton firefighters, from left: Mike Roantree, Jake MacDonald and Keith Detweiler were tasked with cooking sausage to feed the crowds. Photos by Caroline Sealey
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By Dave Tiessen, Pastor, Bethel Mennonite Church (Elora)
“All Hallows Evening” So on what day of the year do you and yours get together to remember, give thanks for, and celebrate the lives of loved ones who have passed into eternity (died)? My guess is that most of us don’t do this much. Some of us may occasionally go to the grave of a loved one especially in the first months and years after their passing. But once the grief wanes the visits tend to become fewer and farther in between. I always go to the grave of a dear family member on the anniversary of her death even though it’s been almost 20 years. She died way too young, under trying circumstances including deep alienation in our family, and left several young children behind. Going to her grave helps me to remember her, grieve her passing, and feel and nurture my love for her all over again. Unfortunately I also notice that her grave shows no evidence of any of
her closest family members coming to lay flowers, or tend to the plot, or clean the gravestone. Did you know that this is what Halloween used to be about? For well over a thousand years the Christian Church has celebrated some form of holiday on which the dead are remembered, God is thanked for their faithful lives, and often their graves are visited and tidied up and decorated. In the Western European church tradition this threeday celebration was called “Allhallowtide” or “Hallowmas” (the “hallow” in these words meaning “holy”). The first day of celebration was “Allhallowtide Evening” or “Hallowmas Evening” or “All Hallows Evening” and was often marked by an evening worship service vigil. Of course you can see here where our word “Halloween” comes from. The second day of celebration was called “All Saints Day” on which the church celebrated especially in worship the dead saints and martyrs of the church’s
history. And on the third day - “All Souls’ Day” - people remembered and celebrated their dearly departed loved ones. The specific practices and customs of the celebrations of these three days tended to vary from culture to culture and country to country. Some of these were very religious and some were far more earthy and common. Not infrequently crude non-Christian traditions and imagery and superstitions became part of the non-church celebrations of these days. Obviously our contemporary celebration of Halloween has also drawn on these roots. At its best these celebrations were a sincere celebration of remembering and giving thanks for the faithful lives of saints, martyrs and loved ones. Even today in many countries influenced by Latin Roman Catholicism, All Souls’ Day is a day of joyous celebration. Often extended families visit the graves of their loved ones, tidy and decorate them up, and then have a sumptuous dinner celebration and party
in the midst of the graves. And how do we celebrate Halloween? I dare say there isn’t a hint of celebrating our dearly departed loved ones nor the departed saints and martyrs of the church, and there certainly isn’t worship. At its best it is about a community celebrating their children, by giving them a reason to dress up and look cute and then go door to door in the neighbourhood and meet the neighbours and be given candy that for the rest of the year is rarely provided by the parents because it isn’t good for them. At its less-than-best Halloween is a garish and macabre display of overly-sexualized female costumes, gory and bloody images of dead bodies and severed limbs, fake tombstones on the front lawn, scary clowns, houses of horror, needles and razor blades in candies, tacky inflated lawn ornaments, horror movies full of graphic blood and guts, etc. etc. A few Christian churches have even used the Halloween season to construct horror chambers that purport to graphically display the ter-
rors and torments of hell. All in all it would seem to me that a neat holiday that was meant to be a treat for kids and help us be grateful for our dearly departed loved ones, has been hijacked to provide ghoulish and gory entertainment to a culture whose senses have been dulled by a steady diet of extreme and bloody violence in movies, TV shows and video games. Death is a very real part of life, often painfully so. We were rightly grossed out when we saw ISIS cut people’s heads off with a hunting knife. What does it say about us though that we can so easily find fun and enjoyment in Halloween depictions of gross blood and guts and mutilation, the more graphic the better? In 1994 my eight-year-old nephew Tim died of brain cancer on the early afternoon of Oct. 31. His older and younger brothers were sad but not enough to not want to go trick-or-treating, so their Oma took them around the neighbourhood. When I got there in the early evening my two neph-
ews couldn’t wait to show me (but of course not share with me) their haul of candy. It was bizarre - in the midst of death and great sorrow - the joy and enthusiasm of childhood. But it was real - the way life is - with death and life always not far away from each other. Maybe our celebration of Halloween might do well to do likewise - become once again a way in which we as families, schools, communities, churches and country bring together those two most basic yet mysterious realities of existence - life and death - in a way that helps us ponder our lives and our deaths, and give thanks for the saints and loved ones who have passed. Maybe family or youth group or church or school class outings to a cemetery to tidy and decorate up graves. Maybe a classroom showand-tell asking each child to tell a brief story about a departed family member. Maybe having a church worship service remembering the generations who have gone before. And maybe not any blood and guts.
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Yes, this sounds crazy, but a study at the University of Michigan found that talking to one’s self in the third person can help people better control their thoughts and behaviours. So instead of saying “I should start swimming again,” try, “John, it’s time to get back in the pool.” It is a trick to help distance yourself from the part of the brain that is reluctant to get up and go. As with any new skill, we need to give these three steps an honest try: at least three to four times in the next two weeks before deciding if they will be effective. If you are not sure where to begin, give your Family Health Team a call. Many of the staff are trained in motivational interviewing and will have you making and succeeding in your goals in no time!! For more information about the free services offered by the Minto-Mapleton Family Health Team, visit the website at www.mmfht. ca or call the Drayton office at 519-638-2110 or Clifford office at 519-327-4777. Jena Baker is a kinesiologist with the Upper Grand Family Health Team.
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Wellington County Museum and Archives pays tribute to fallen heroes on Nov. 5 and 10 - 12pm – Exhibit opening War Horse and the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps. From the collection of the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, this exhibit is about the Canadian veterinarians who cared for over 130,000 horses in the First World War; and - 1pm – Speaker Dr. Lisa Cox, curator of the Museum Barker C.A.V. Veterinary Canadian of History, will present her talk Remembering Canada’s War Horses, 1914 - 1918. On Nov. 10 at 5:30pm a candle-lighting tribute will be held on the front lawn in honour of the county’s fallen. Everyone is welcome. The Wellington County Museum and Archives is located on Wellington Road 18 between Fergus and Elora.
ABOYNE – How do you remember? They are our grandfathers, brothers, sisters, neighbours and heroes: remembering the sacrifices of Canada’s veterans rests with us all. To commemorate the contributions of the fallen World First the (from War to Afghanistan) from Wellington County, almost 500 memorial markers will be placed on the front lawn at Wellington County Museum and Archives (WCMA). The itinerary for the Remembrance annual Ceremony on Nov. 5 includes: - 10:30am – Remembrance Ceremony on the front lawn of WCMA with members of the Royal Canadian Legion from across the county. Refreshments will follow in the Nicholas Keith Room;
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Wellington plowmen celebrate in Alma
Farm family award - The Connell Family of Palmerston, recipients of the 2016 BMO Farm Family Award, was presented with a plague and decorative bowl from the Wellington County Plowmen’s Association. Engraved on the plaque is “To our neighbours and our friends. You exemplify everything it means to be both a farmer and a community leader. Thank you for everything you have done.” From left: Wellington County Plowmen’s Association president Dave Rogerson with Mary Anne, Audrey and Jim Connell.
Plowing politico - Mapleton Mayor Neil Driscoll, left, was presented with the Howard Dunk Memorial Award by Bruce Dunk at the Wellington County Plowmen’s Banquet on Oct. 21 at the Alma Community Centre. Driscoll won the award, for best plowing by a member of Wellington County council, for the second consecutive year. photos by Caroline Sealey
Employee challenge - Wellington County Plowmen’s Association president Dave Rogerson presented the Presidents Challenge Award to Wellington County employee Isabel De La Torre at the Wellington County Plowmen’s Banquet on Oct. 21 at the Alma Community Centre. Rogerson challenged all county employees to compete in the plowing competition “You Can Drive” at the Wellington County Plowing Match. Rogerson noted that De La Torre “answered the challenge and won.”
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New competition - A Princess of the Furrow competition is a new element of the Wellington County Plowing Match. Contestants gave speeches at the Wellington County Plowmen’s Banquet on Oct. 21. They also compiled a “Me Board” about themselves. The boards were on display at the banquet. From left: Carmen Ward of Palmerston, Brookelyn Butchart of Palmerston, 2016-17 Princess of the Furrow Jade Ritter of Fergus and first runner-up Tate Driscoll of the Moorefield area.
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DRAYTON 6 LISTOWEL 1 Listowel started things off midway through the first period. A tidy pass by Curtis Wagler from the right side boards gave Brad Gartz a chance to send the puck over the goalie’s right shoulder for the goal, assisted also by Ray Jantzi. Drayton responded shortly after with a goal by Tyson Robous to tie the game, assisted by Rob DeWeerd. Drayton took the lead early in the second. Dave Mulder blasted a shot off the goaltender’s pads. Herman Mulder skated into the rebound and sent the puck to the back of the net. Brandon Rumph also assisted. Drayton added two more goals before the period ended. Read Shantz scored an unassisted goal and Robous added his second of the game, assisted by Darren Mohle and Rob DeWeerd. Drayton finished the game with two more unanswered goals in the third.
Mark Scholten scored a short handed goal and Eric Deckers buried one in the final minute. Assists by Read Shantz and Jason Mohle. FLORADALE 4 MISSIONARY 2 An active first period resulted in Floradale stacking up four goals. Missionary managed only a single goal. Floradale goals were scored by Willis Martin, Ryan Martin, Corey Wideman and Gary Martin. Assists were earned by Clinton Deckert, Nick Martin, Braeden Gingrich, Javon Martin and Ryan Martin. Curtis Bults scored the Missionary goal. Assisted by Pat Landman. Missionary shut down Floradale in the second period and used the Bults line to claw back a goal. Nice set up plays by Dustin and Dylan gave Curtis a tidy shot into the near side corner. Both teams were held scoreless in the third giving Floradale the victory.
COMMUNITY 4 BETHEL 1 Community opened the game late in the first period with two quick goals. Luke Burns and Kyle Wideman netted the goals. Assisted by Kevin Gingrich and Ryco Martin. Bethel came back midway through the second. A scramble in front of the net produced a rebound left by Laverne Metzger. Tom Bearinger stood his ground and swept the rebound behind the goalie. Assisted also by Eric Schuurmans. Community snuffed out the come back attempt with a goal late in the period. Kyle Wideman snapped a shot from the left face-off circle to beat the goaltender on the short side, assisted by Ryco Martin. Luke Burns added one more power play goal late in the third for Community to put the game away, assisted by Kevin Gingrich. Submitted by Willard Metzger