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Friday, August 10, 2012

Four area bus companies launch legal claim against school boards, province

by Kris Svela KENILWORTH - Four area school bus companies have filed a claim against the Ontario government, claiming a new tendering policy for bus routes has killed their businesses.

Epoch’s Garage in Kenilworth, Cook Bus Lines in Mount Forest, Doug Akitt Bus Lines in Belwood and a numbered company owned

by Alma’s Dave and Anna Langdon filed the claim last month with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

Named in the claim is the provincial government, the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB), the Wellington Catholic District School Board and Wellington-Dufferin Student Transportation Services, the consortium in charge of buses for the two boards.

The group contends the new tendering policy introduced in 2009 and 2010 has ruined their businesses.

Doug Akitt (two routes), and the Langdons (three routes) did not participate in the second round of tenders in 2010 and both have since sold their buses.

Cook Bus Lines lost 15 routes and Epoch’s Garage in Kenilworth lost eight routes.

Both Cook’s and Epoch’s were

left with just one route each within the consortium.

Ruth Anne Staples, part owner of Epoch’s, said the change in the tendering process has resulted in the company losing a majority of its business and being forced to cut all but one route (from a previous 11).

The company has sold most of its buses and retains one for the route it serves and one in reserve.

Staples declined to comment specifically about the claim filed. “Our business has been destroyed,� she said.

Anna Langdon also declined to comment on the specifics of the claim. The Langdons operated three buses as part of a family business that operated for over 40 years. They have since been forced to sell their buses.

The government introduced the new system in a bid to save money, but small bus companies contend the system is unfair. The companies say they were unable to complete the bidding process or lost routes they had run for years.

Epoch’s, one of the oldest of the family-run businesses, was first established in 1946.

Staples said an opportunity for her company to bid again in five years has been lost because Continued on page 2

Getting started - Excavation began earlier this summer for the new three-storey Village on the Ridge seniors residence, located at Mapleton Ridge in Drayton (behind the Drayton Food Market). John Mohle of Wellington Construction said this week that while finishing touches are being applied to the planning stage, the residence is slated for a 2013 completion. Village on the Ridge will offer two and three bedroom condo units.

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Drayton Fair features midway and magic

by Patrick Raftis DRAYTON - Months of planning and volunteer effort will come to fruition when the gates open on the 156th annual Drayton Fair at 5pm on Aug. 10. “Everything is in place, the midway is booked, we’ve got Mr. Mennie (Peter Mennie the Magic Guy) coming in the for

the kids and, of course, we have our two big favorites: the truck pull and the tractor pull,� said Brad Schieck, president of the Drayton-Mapleton Agricultural Society. “And then we have the demolition derby to wrap things up on Sunday,�

An arm wrestling tournament, a new event at last year’s

fair, will be part of the fun again this year.

With categories for men, women and children, Schieck notes, anyone can participate “If you’re ready to put your arm on the table.�

Drayton Fair 2011-12 ambassador Jackie Shaw will be on hand to welcome everyone and open the fair and will

serve as ambassador for this year’s fair as well. “Unfortunately, we have put our ambassador program on hold for one year,� due to a lack of applicants for the 201213 competition, Schieck said.

The society will be reviewing the program in the hopes of revitalizing it and attracting Continued on page 3

Wind farm mapping project welcomed by turbine opponents

by Patrick Raftis BELWOOD - The opponents of a proposed wind turbine project here feel the efforts of an Ohio-based blogger to provide detailed maps of turbine projects in Ontario fill an important gap in the information chain.

Wayne Gulden, creator of the website Ontario Wind Turbines, uses Google Maps technology to indicate the site and scale of wind farms, both existing and proposed, across the province - including the NextEra project in Mapleton Township and others near Arthur and Belwood.

Gulden’s main residence is Yellow Springs, Ohio, which is not currently the site of any existing or proposed turbine projects.

However, he has a cottage on Amherst Island, an Ontario community that is the middle of a region where numerous projects are either in operation or on the drawing board.

The lack of detailed information on a province-wide basis has been a sore point among turbine opponents for some time. “It’s important that people know where they are,� said Janet Vallery, spokesperson for the Oppose Belwood Wind Farm Association.

She suggested the Ontario Power Authority has the information but is hesitant to release it because it will reveal the government’s plans to “industrialize� rural Ontario. “I think the government just doesn’t want people to know how bad it is,� said Vallery.

While the government doesn’t make a consolidated map of projects in Ontario available publicity, the Ministry of Energy says the information is out there. “The contracts are publicly posted,� Energy Minister Chris Bentley told the CBC earlier this month. “They’re available.

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information. Every company establishing wind turbines has to go through public consultation. “It’s out there for the people in the community and municipality.�

However Gulden said gathering detailed information on turbines requires some serious detective work that not everyone interested in the developments is able to do. “You almost have to have the individual coordinates,� he said.

Gulden uses site descriptions, noise studies and other published information to create his maps, but concedes he is limited by time and lack of published resources Gulden’s map illustrates not just where projects are located, but the number of turbines on the site, and brings the scale of development into clearer focus, says Jane Wilson, president of Wind Concerns Ontario.

Continued on page 3

Documenting density - Wind farm opponents across Ontario say there should be a map outlining the location and density of all the large turbine projects in the province. An Ohio-based blogger is trying to form his own map, including this project, located west of Shelburne.

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PAGE TWO The Community News, Friday, August 10, 2012

Four area bus companies launch legal claim against school boards, province FROM PAGE ONE the bus line was forced to sell almost all of its buses. The cutbacks would make it difficult for the company to re-bid.

“You can always say come back in five years,” she said.

“But how? We couldn’t compete.”

Previously bus companies have bid directly with school

boards for bus contracts each year. When the pilot project was introduced in 2009, small companies such as Epoch’s found they could not prepare the necessary paperwork to stay in the bidding process. The provincial formula favoured the lowest bidder.

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which represents 100 independent bus operators, many of which are small, family-run businesses, has thrown its support behind the legal claim.

The association is also interested in seeing action taken to stop more boards from adopting the new procurement policy.

“This is an issue of competing for the market, not competing in the market,” said association executive director Karen Cameron in a news release.

“It completely wipes out the competition. They don’t come back. It kills off the competitors and creates monopolies.

“The big changes are coming in the next couple of months,” she said. “There could be as many as 50 (bus companies) gone by Christmas.”

It’s expected 20 more school boards will be requesting bids on their routes by year end.

“The bigger question is whether there should be injunctions to stop other boards,” she said.

Cameron said the association would consider “teaming up” with other bus companies

interested in filing for a possible injunction against school boards considering implementing the same procurement policy.

“There are many areas where operators are considering banding together,” she said.

Cameron said pressure from the provincial government will force all school boards to bring in the new policy.

She said currently jurisdictions under the policy choose, “two, three or four operators,” when there may be as many as 20 operating in the area.

Cameron said the boards using the policy claim cost savings.

“Part of that savings was confiscation of their businesses and they gave it away,” she added, referring to businesses lost due to the competition.

The province wants more school boards to implement the new policy.

Ontario Chief Justice Coulter Osbourne, who headed up a task force to study the policy and was appointed by the government, has called on the province to extend its deadline for bringing in the new policy.

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of the routes were included in a similar process in 2010.

School boards receive grants for transportation from the province based on the number of students who are provided with service.

Each member board must pay the consortium the full amount of the cost of transporting its students, even if the grants do not cover the total amount.

The consortium supports a central purchasing system as a means of obtaining maximum value for each dollar spent, consistent with educational goals for students and fair business principles.

Attempts to contact consortium spokesman Greg Seguin were unsuccessful.

Cameron said the association will follow the Superior Court claim filed by the local companies.

Water restrictions remain in place CAMBRIDGE - Outdoor water use restrictions are in place throughout the Grand River watershed, but there are still some islands of green in a sea of brown lawns.

Municipal water managers are hearing complaints that some property owners are still watering their lawns despite the restrictions.

However, they can’t do much about it because the owners of those still-green lawns may be getting their water from private wells, ponds or stream pumps that are not covered by provincial or municipal regulations.

The water managers raised their concerns during a recent meeting last week of the Grand River Watershed Low Water Response Team.

Properties on municipal water supplies are covered by outdoor water use bylaws.

Property owners can be fined if they violate the rules, for example, by watering on the wrong day or wrong time of the day.

But many rural or suburban property owners don’t fit into either category.

They have private water supplies so can continue using water for domestic or other purposes without restriction up to 50,000 litres a day.

Several of the municipal officials noted that while the practice might be legal, it raises questions about equity and the sharing of the burden of water conservation during one of the driest years in more than a decade.

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August 10 - 5th Annual Tyler Lopers’ Memorial Golf Tournament. Proceeds going to the Children’s Wish Foundation. Donations now being accepted. Contact Hilary Reibeling for more info: hilary.reibeling@gmail.com.

August 17 - Progressive Euchre at the Drayton Legion Br. 416, 15 Elm St. Drayton. 8pm Start.

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The Community News, Friday, August 10, 2012 PAGE THREE

Death threat report prompts CanWEA call for respectful dialogue on turbines

Morning market - Chris and Chrissy Porter of Scent-ual Delights, sell their handmade soaps at the farmers market in Drayton. The market is open Saturday mornings from 9am to 1pm and is located in the downtown area. submitted photo

Farmers market open in Drayton DRAYTON - Saturday mornings, from about 9am to 1pm, the parking lot between the Post Office and the old Windfield’s restaurant is home to local vendors selling their wares.

Goods range from cosmetics and soaps to photography prints, home baking, honey and, most recently, organic

vegetables grown just down the road.

Organizers state there is much opportunity for growth and if anyone is interested in becoming a vendor, they can contact Brad Wittich for more information at 519-846-0058.

Those interested in supporting some smaller local businesses and young entrepre-

neurs are encouraged to stop by, whether on a morning stroll or during Saturday errands.

With most of the vendors planning to be at the Draytion Fair on Aug. 11, the market won’t operate this Saturday.

However, regular vendor Melisa Luymes said the market will be back in action for the following weekend.

Fair ambassador contest cancelled FROM PAGE ONE new applicants in time for next year’s event.

“I think it’s important for every fair to have an ambassador,” Schieck said, adding it should be considered “an honour” to represent the local fair.

Being an ambassador is a great opportunity for local young people, says Schieck,

citing the opportunity to attend community events and participate in the annual Ambassador of the Fairs competition at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) along with over 70 other fair ambassadors from across the province.

Shaw, who was set to participate at the CNE competition Aug. 17 to 19, had to withdraw

due to school commitments.

She is taking summer courses at the University of Guelph and is scheduled to write an exam during the competition.

“I’m not sure why we’re not getting enough applicants.

That’s what we’re going to be looking at,” Schieck said.

The fair runs Aug.10 to 12 at the fairgrounds in Drayton.

Wind farm mapping project welcomed by turbine opponents FROM PAGE ONE “I think it’s extremely valuable and it shows really well the growing area it’s happening in,” she states.

Wilson feels neither the government, nor wind power proponents want to put a consolidated map in front of the public.

“I would say, to put it out there, that it’s intentional, because they really don’t want people to know how many projects there are going to be and the scale of them,” she stated.

For his part, Gulden would be happy to have the government take over the project and would happily turn over his programs and information to assist with the project.

“I really think that it would be nice to have the government doing this,” he said.

Gulden, a retired computer networking specialist, keeps the maps as updated as pos-

impact on tourism and prime farmland.

“It will show the extent of the damage that’s going to be done,” she said of Gulden’s mapping project.

“Once the turbines are up, they’re up for 20 years.”

Gulden’s mapping information can be found at http:// ontario-wind-turbines.org.

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“We hope that leaders of all Ontario organizations engaged in dialogue on the role of wind energy in Ontario - regardless of their views on wind energy will clearly articulate their support for a dialogue that is free of harassment and the threat of violence to interested citizens and members of the wind energy industry.”

CanWEA feels municipalities and communities have a vital role to play in any new local development, and encourages municipal governments and citizens to take full advantage of all opportunities for engagement under the Green Energy Act. The Renewable Energy Approval (REA) requires municipal consultation, including public consultations and CanWEA says it has always advocated that its members go beyond minimum regulatory requirements.

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with respect to best practices for community engagement and public consultation which were informed by the experience of dozens of municipal leaders across Ontario.

In some communities, wind energy project developers, supporters and workers have had to deal with aggressive tactics of organized wind energy opponents, including the hijacking of public meetings, verbal abuse of pro-wind individuals and physical destruction of property, states CanWEA in an Aug. 1 press release.

CanWEA says the recent incident represents “a significant escalation in aggression” towards individuals engaged in the wind energy industry.

“We fundamentally recognize the right of citizens to express their views, whether they support wind energy or not, and to be dealt with respectfully,” said Robert Hornung, President of CanWEA. “In return, we cannot and should not expect individuals supportive of wind energy or associated with the wind energy industry to face threats on their life or to endure other

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sible, based on information he searches out himself, or is supplied to him by followers of his blogs, including Wind Farm Realities and Amherst Island Wind Info.

Vallery welcomes any attempt to provide a map that displays the density and location of wind turbines, which she called “unreliable” and “eyesores” that have a negative

OTTAWA - The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) is issuing a call for a respectful and fact-based dialogue on wind energy after a construction worker on a wind energy project was reportedly threatened with death by a man armed with a shotgun in West Grey on July 26. There is an active police investigation into the incident.

Wind energy has been a topic of considerable discussion in the media, in many communities with proposed projects, and among provincial political parties as Ontario attempts to phase out coal power and replace it with other energy sources.

CanWEA officials say the wind energy industry welcomes this discussion and has consistently promoted an open and genuine dialogue with stakeholders that seeks to ensure questions about wind energy developments are heard, understood and answered.

In supporting its mission of “responsible and sustainable wind energy development,” CanWEA has developed, promotes, and provides training

Sunday, August 12, 2012

5:00 pm - Gates, Exhibits & Midway open 7:30 am – Gates open 6:30 pm - Truck Pull 9:00 am – Exhibits Open, Miniature Horse Show 12:00 pm – Beef Cattle Show, Midway opens Saturday, 12:30 pm – Sheep Show August 11, 2012 2:00 pm – Demolition Derby 5:00 pm – Midway closes 7:30 am - Gates open 10:00 am – Exhibits open Vendors open: 10:30 am - Heavy Horse Show Friday 5:00 p.m. to 10 pm, 11:30 am - Goat Show Saturday 10:00 am to 10:00 pm 12:00 pm – Dairy Cattle Show, Midway opens Sunday 11:00 am to 3:00 pm 1:00 pm – Garden Tractor Pull 2:00 pm – Pet Show Licensed facility (beer garden) All Weekend 2:00pm – Arm Wrestling Tournament 3:00pm – Peter Mennie the Magic Guy Coffee and Breakfast available on the grounds 4:00 pm – Baby Show Saturday and Sunday mornings 6:00pm - Tractor Pull

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EDITORIAL Budget cuts don’t always equal savings Grants to lower tier municipalities seem to be always on the chopping block when federal or provincial governments are looking for places to trim costs.

The most recent federal budget identifies about $5.2 billion in cuts to program spending over the next few years. Buried deep within the omnibus bill that delivered the Conservative government’s budget, was the elimination of funding to the Joint Emergency Preparedness Program (JEPP).

The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) has been attempting to lobby support from member municipalities to reverse the decision to cut funding to the program. In a recent letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, copied to Ontario municipalities, the AMO states the fatal mall roof collapse in Elliot Lake and the devastating tornado that struck last summer in Goderich are just two examples illustrating “the importance of well trained, emergency response with timely access to appropriate equipment and other emergency resources, including rescue teams.”

The association argues that “specialized equipment and training generally available in the urban areas of Canada need to be available to remote and rural communities early in any disaster.”

Area municipalities have varied in their response to the AMO’s call for support.

Mapleton council elected to receive the letter as information at its most recent meeting, even though the municipality has been a past recipient of JEPP funding.

The Town of Minto, which has received about $30,000 in JEPP funding in the past few years, elected to support the AMO’s position on the cuts. In addition to assisting with the purchase of generators for the municipality’s community centres and equipment for its emergency operations centres, Minto Fire Chief Chris Harrow feels the JEPP program provides access to emergency resources that would be otherwise unaffordable for small rural municipalities. Programs such as the Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR) team, which was deployed during the Elliot Lake disaster, may have to be disbanded as result of the cuts, he suggested.

While it has supplied approximately $184 million toward projects funded jointly with the province and municipalities since its inception in 1980, the cost of JEPP to the federal government was relatively small on an annual basis. About $5 million was dispersed annually through the program, while around $2.3 million has been allocated for the program’s final year, which ends in April, 2013.

One has to wonder how significant those savings would look in comparison to the cost, in both financial and human terms, of a major disaster for which various levels of government lacked the capacity to respond rapidly and effectively.

It would be crystal-balling to try and put a figure on the potential savings that might be realized due to the availability of resources funded through a renewed JEPP program in the event of a future disaster.

However, it stands to reason that well prepared communities stand a better chance of averting loss of life and damage to property in a disaster if they have the resources to deal with the situation.

When a disaster strikes, whether caused by force of nature, act of terror or human error, it tends to be upper tier governments which must get out their cheque book to clean up the mess. Sometimes, a little bit of money spent in advance of a crisis can save a much larger expenses in the midst of one.

Cuts to small programs like JEPP may seem easy to make when getting out the proverbial knife to cut the budget, but they might seem harder to justify when it’s time to get out the shovels and clean up a devastated community.

Patrick Raftis

OPINION: No need to panic about global warming The following has been signed by the 16 scientists listed at the end of the article.

A candidate for public office in any contemporary democracy may have to consider what, if anything, to do about “global warming.”

Candidates should understand that the oft-repeated claim that nearly all scientists demand that something dramatic be done to stop global warming is not true. In fact, a large and growing number of distinguished scientists and engineers do not agree that drastic actions on global warming are needed.

In September, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Ivar Giaever, a supporter of President Obama in the last election, publicly resigned from the American Physical Society (APS) with a letter that begins: “I did not renew [my membership] because I cannot live with the [APS policy] statement: ‘The evidence is incontrovertible: Global warming is occurring. If no mitigating actions are taken, significant disruptions in the Earth’s physical and ecological systems, social systems, security and human health are likely to occur. We must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases beginning now.’ In the APS it is OK to discuss whether the mass of the proton changes over time and how a multi-universe behaves, but the evidence of global warming is incontrovertible?”

In spite of a multi-decade international campaign to enforce the message that increasing amounts of the “pollutant” carbon dioxide will destroy civilization, large numbers of scientists, many very prominent, share the opinions of Dr. Giaever.

And the number of scientific “heretics” is growing with each passing year. The reason is a collection of stubborn scientific facts.

Perhaps the most inconvenient fact is the lack of global warming for well over 10 years now. This is known to the warming establishment, as one can see from the 2009 “Climategate” email of climate scientist Kevin Trenberth: “The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t.” But the warming is only missing if one believes computer models where so-called feedbacks involving water vapor and clouds greatly amplify the small effect of CO2.

The lack of warming for more than a decade—indeed, the smaller-than-predicted warming over the 22 years since the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) began issuing projections—suggests that computer models have greatly exaggerated how much warming additional CO2 can cause. Faced with this embarrassment, those promoting alarm have shifted their drumbeat from warming to weather extremes, to enable anything unusual that happens in our chaotic climate to be ascribed to CO2.

The fact is that CO2 is not a pollutant. CO2 is a colorless and odorless gas, exhaled at high concentrations by each of us, and a key component of the biosphere’s

life cycle. Plants do so much better with more CO2 that greenhouse operators often increase the CO2 concentrations by factors of three or four to get better growth. This is no surprise since plants and animals evolved when CO2 concentrations were about 10 times larger than they are today.

Better plant varieties, chemical fertilizers and agricultural management contributed to the great increase in agricultural yields of the past century, but part of the increase almost certainly came from additional CO2 in the atmosphere.

Although the number of publicly dissenting scientists is growing, many young scientists furtively say that while they also have serious doubts about the globalwarming message, they are afraid to speak up for fear of not being promoted—or worse. They have good reason to worry.

In 2003, Dr. Chris de Freitas, the editor of the journal Climate Research, dared to publish a peer-reviewed article with the politically incorrect (but factually correct) conclusion that the recent warming is not unusual in the context of climate changes over the past thousand years. The international warming establishment quickly mounted a determined campaign to have Dr. de Freitas removed from his editorial job and fired from his university position.

Fortunately, Dr. de Freitas was able to keep his university job.

This is not the way science is supposed to work, but we have seen it before— for example, in the frightening period when Trofim Lysenko hijacked biology in the Soviet Union. Soviet biologists who revealed that they believed in genes, which Lysenko maintained were a bourgeois fiction, were fired from their jobs. Many were sent to the gulag and some were condemned to death.

Why is there so much passion about global warming, and why has the issue become so vexing that the American Physical Society, from which Dr. Giaever resigned a few months ago, refused the seemingly reasonable request by many of its members to remove the word “incontrovertible” from its description of a scientific issue? There are several reasons, but a good place to start is the old question “cui bono?” Or the modern update, “Follow the money.”

Alarmism over climate is of great benefit to many, providing government funding for academic research and a reason for government bureaucracies to grow.

Alarmism also offers an excuse for governments to raise taxes, taxpayer-funded subsidies for businesses that understand how to work the political system, and a lure for big donations to charitable foundations promising to save the planet. Lysenko and his team lived very well, and they fiercely defended their dogma and the privileges it brought them.

Speaking for many scientists and engineers who have looked carefully and independently at the science of climate, we have a message to any candidate for public office: There is no compelling scientific

argument for drastic action to “decarbonize” the world’s economy. Even if one accepts the inflated climate forecasts of the IPCC, aggressive greenhouse-gas control policies are not justified economically.

A recent study of a wide variety of policy options by Yale economist William Nordhaus showed that nearly the highest benefit-to-cost ratio is achieved for a policy that allows 50 more years of economic growth unimpeded by greenhouse gas controls. This would be especially beneficial to the less-developed parts of the world that would like to share some of the same advantages of material wellbeing, health and life expectancy that the fully developed parts of the world enjoy now. Many other policy responses would have a negative return on investment. And it is likely that more CO2 and the modest warming that may come with it will be an overall benefit to the planet.

If elected officials feel compelled to “do something” about climate, we recommend supporting the excellent scientists who are increasing our understanding of climate with well-designed instruments on satellites, in the oceans and on land, and in the analysis of observational data.

The better we understand climate, the better we can cope with its ever-changing nature, which has complicated human life throughout history. However, much of the huge private and government investment in climate is badly in need of critical review.

Every candidate should support rational measures to protect and improve our environment, but it makes no sense at all to back expensive programs that divert resources from real needs and are based on alarming but untenable claims of “incontrovertible” evidence.

Claude Allegre, former director of the Institute for the Study of the Earth, University of Paris; J. Scott Armstrong, cofounder of the Journal of Forecasting and the International Journal of Forecasting; Jan Breslow, head of the Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics and Metabolism, Rockefeller University; Roger Cohen, fellow, American Physical Society; Edward David, member, National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences; William Happer, professor of physics, Princeton; Michael Kelly, professor of technology, University of Cambridge, U.K.; William Kininmonth, former head of climate research at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Richard Lindzen, professor of atmospheric sciences, MIT; James McGrath, professor of chemistry, Virginia Technical University; Rodney Nichols, former president and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences; Burt Rutan, aerospace engineer, designer of Voyager and SpaceShipOne; Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo 17 astronaut and former U.S. senator; Nir Shaviv, professor of astrophysics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Henk Tennekes, former director, Royal Dutch Meteorological Service; Antonio Zichichi, president of the World Federation of Scientists, Geneva.

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First Grand Valley Two Cylinder Show a success Tractors galore - The Upper Canada Two Cylinder Club’s recent show in Grand Valley featured John Deere tractors and machinery of every vintage.

The three-day show, which moved this year to the Grand Valley Fairgrounds after a long run in Drayton, featured memorabilia, displays, demonstrations, an antique tractor show, parade, fashion show, children’s activities and more. photo by CountryAerialPhotography.com

‘Drug court’ program aims to keep addicts out of jail and in treatment

by Kris Svela

GUELPH - A program aimed at keeping drug addicts, who habitually commit crimes because of their addiction, out of jail and getting them into treatment programs is set to start this fall.

No specific date has been set for the start of the drug treatment court program, however Raechelle Devereaux, manager of the Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy, expects an October start.

She anticipates the program will have five to six addicts enrolled in what is being tentatively described as a pilot project.

Candidates will be referred to the program by their lawyer or duty counsel and will see ongoing monitoring both in the court and at treatment centres such as Homewood Health Centre and Stonehenge

Therapeutic Community. Judge Norman Douglas will monitor the court reporting aspect.

It’s anticipated the cost will be about $4,500 per candidate for the full program.

“The main emphasis is they participate in drug treatment,” Devereaux said.

She added the cost of program is considerably less than the annual $45,000 to house an inmate in jail.

“Typically drug treatment courts are an alternative to prison.”

It’s similar to other programs operating in Toronto, Kitchener and London.

Devereaux added organizers of the local program have been assisted by those operating the three other programs.

“People who participate in drug treatment court have to plead guilty,” Devereaux said of the prerequisite to enter the

treatment program. “We are talking about people who have been involved in the criminal justice system.”

According to Devereaux other programs show that it takes about “18 months” to get “the best results” for those undergoing treatment.

The local program is the result of several months of research, planning and development involving federal and provincial crown attorneys, Guelph Police Services and the Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy.

Justice Douglas agreed to lead the weekly program in his courtroom, supporting a fall 2012 program start up.

One of the key components of a drug treatment court is invariably the provision of treatment, Devereaux said.

Federally funded programs have the financial capacity to

pay for intensive community addiction services, as well as for residential treatment beds for their participants.

In Guelph Wellington, Homewood Health Centre’s Community Addiction Services and Stonehenge Therapeutic Community have indicated an interest to partner with one another to provide a vital treatment role.

Additional communitybased support for program participants is being explored with Ontario Addiction Treatment Centres, the Guelph Community Health Centre and Second Chance Employment Services.

In addition to Devereaux, the planning group also includes inspector Garry Male from Guelph Police Services, staff sergeant Jack Hunjan from Wellington County OPP, Heather Kerr from Stonehenge

Therapeutic Community, federal prosecutor David Doney, crown attorney Pamela Borghesan, Cheryl MacDonald with probation and parole, and Elizabeth Renfrew with the legal aid office.

They are currently working together with drug treatment courts from other communities, as well as local service providers to fine tune the program outcomes, admission processes and program phases graduation criteria.

“Stonehenge Therapeutic Community is very pleased to partner with Homewood Health Centre in providing addiction support to the new Guelph Wellington drug treatment court program initiative,” said Cheri Biltz, acting executive director of Stonehenge Therapeutic Community.

“So often clients do not engage in addiction services

until they are fully entrenched in the correctional system.

“The many partnerships through this initiative will make it possible for individuals to receive the support they need in a more timely and coordinated way to reduce the impact of addiction on their lives.”

John Wenstrup, clinical supervisor at Homewood Community Addiction Services, added, “Homewood is excited to be involved and to be partnering with Stonehenge on this initiative.”

Inspector Male said Guelph Police Services, “recognizes the importance of treatment for those individuals struggling with addictions and are pleased to have participated in the planning of this initiative, with a goal to both reduce the impact of drug misuse and crime in our community.”

Family Health Team offers tips to avoid weather-related health issues The warm summer days have been very enjoyable and there are plenty more to come.

But with the summer sun in full force, be sure that you are taking care of yourself in this heat.

Here is a little checklist to ensure you continue to have a safe and healthy summer.

The added effects of high temperatures, high humidity, your activity levels, fluid intake and overall health can put you at risk this summer.

This hot weather can be hazardous if you: - plan on working or vigorously exercising; - are over 65 or an infant or a young child; - have diabetes, heart or lung disease or other chronic conditions; - have risk factors such as being over weight, fevered, dehydrated, poor circulation; - are sunburned.

To avoid a heat related illness, be sure to drink enough fluids. In general, most adults should be drinking eight glasses of water a day. But if you are working outside and are sweating a lot, this may not be

enough.

Your best choice to rehydrate your body is water.

Avoid alcohol, caffeine or drinks with a lot of sugar, as these cause your body to lose fluid. Be sure to sip water frequently during the day. Avoid getting to the point where you feel thirsty. By then you are probably a bit dehydrated.

Keep your house cooler by keeping the shades or blinds drawn. Reduce the use of electric lights, your stove and oven to avoid excess heat from these appliances. Keep yourself cool by taking a cool bath or shower.

When outdoors, dress in loose-fitted and light-coloured clothing. Keep the sun off your head and your body cooler with a wide-brimmed hat. Finally, be sure to wear sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher and apply it regularly to ensure coverage.

When possible try to plan out your day and to introduce some pacing to your daily activities. Limit your outdoor activity to early morning, late afternoon or evening, when the temperatures and humidity

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When exposed to extreme temperature heat stroke can occur if the body is unable to regulate its temperature. Heat stroke is characterized by an

extremely high body temperature; red, hot and dry skin (no sweating); throbbing headache; dizziness; nausea; and confusion. If you experience any of these signs, call for medical assistance. In the meantime, get to a shaded area, or sponge yourself with cool water to cool yourself rapidly.

So, go out and enjoy these “dog-days” of summer and be sure to plan, stay hydrated and get to the shade often.

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By Laurie Langdon

We need a good soaking: Part 2 The practice of soaking has been referred to as “waiting in God’s presence,” “tarrying,” “waiting upon the Lord,” etc., and often took place either in prayer rooms, at altar times at the end of a church service or during private devotions.

The importance of spending time alone with God has been stressed for years. But because we live in a society that values

busyness and productivity and insists on instant everything, time alone with God has fallen by the wayside in terms of importance.

I am re-learning this practice, which I used to call “discipline,” but I am discovering that it is actually “pleasure,” for “honor and majesty are before Him; strength and gladness are in His place” (Psalm 96:6).

When we soak in His presence we literally and truly enter the house of God or, more specifically, the “womb” of His presence, where glory and honor subsist. There in

His habitation we truly receive strength and gladness. There the missing parts are installed, that which is dead in us is made alive, that which is weak in us is made strong, that which is ailing is made whole and that which is lost is redeemed.

Yes Nicodemus, a man can enter a second time into the place of birth; not naturally, but supernaturally, in the Spirit, and be regenerated, engendered, born again.

Therefore, set aside time every day to soak in God’s presence. If music helps you, put on some good soaking wor-

ship music and relax. If reading the Word of God does it for you, purchase the Bible on CD or cassette tape and play it, or just read and meditate on God’s Word. If you need silence, be silent. If you need solitude, go away somewhere and shut out the noise.

Whatever you do, focus not so much on doing (i.e. wordy prayers) but on being and resting. Stop trying to “transmit” yourself or your enterprise to God. Rather, become a repository for His presence. Let yourself be nurtured and cared for by your heavenly Father, sit-

ting, kneeling or lying down in His presence and allowing His virtue to flow into you, soaking you to the bone. Resist fleshly attempts to impress God with prayer; become a sponge to His presence, allowing Him to “charm” you, “impress” you, “woo” you and fill every crevasse of your spirit with Himself, baptizing you with His Spirit.

Take annual breaks (sabbaths) where you set aside several days to spend time with God. Visit places of revival, attend conferences that focus on and encourage renewal, read

and worship the Lord, not as an exercise but as enjoyment.

You cannot bring anything to God that He doesn’t have. Neither can you tell God anything He does not already know. Nor can you accomplish anything that God has not already finished in the death and resurrection of Jesus.

You are complete in Him, His divine power having “given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue” (2 Peter 1:3).

So go ahead, receive.

Drayton sets the stage for Norm Foster’s cottage comedy The Melville Boys DRAYTON - Drayton Festival Theatre officials are inviting everyone to attend a light-hearted comedy by Canada’s preeminent comic playwright.

Norm Foster’s The Melville Boys plays eight shows a week for three weeks only, from Aug. 15 to Sept. 1 at the Drayton Festival Theatre.

Owen and Lee Melville arrive at their uncle’s lakeside cabin for a relaxing guys’ getaway chock full of fishing, beer and football.

But their plans are thrown for a loop when they meet two attractive sisters who unwittingly change their weekend agenda - and their life perspective.

“The Melville Boys is a genuinely compelling comedy about the ups and downs of sib-

ling relationships,” said artistic director Alex Mustakas.

“It poignantly sheds light on the resilience of the human spirit and keeps us laughing all the way along.”

The Melville Boys was originally produced at Theatre New Brunswick in 1984 and was Norm Foster’s second published play. The Melville Boys went on to be produced across Canada and in the United States, including a wellreceived run off-Broadway in New York.

It would become Foster’s signature play, and the one which would bring his name to the forefront of Canadian theatre.

Since then, Norm Foster has produced nearly 40 plays, including The Affections of May, the most produced play

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It was a beautiful summer evening. I was visiting a friend whose log house was nicely situated right beside a winding, shrub-lined creek with a little bridge crossing over it.

Out of nowhere we heard a loud call. We both had an excellent view of an easily identifiable water bird, a Green Heron. Andy Bezener writes in Birds of Ontario “Voice: generally silent; alarm and flight call are a loud kowp, kyow or skow; aggression call is a harsh raah”. Time has dulled my memory of the exact call I heard. “ID: stocky; green-black crown; chestnut face and neck; white fore-neck and belly; blue-grey back and wings mixed with iridescent green; relatively short, green-yellow legs; bill is dark above and greenish below; short tail. Breeding males have “bright orange legs”. Size: crow-sized or 36-38cm. They are “rare to locally common from mid-April to November. Habitat is “freshwater marshes; lakes and streams with dense shoreline or emergent vegetation”. Nest is a “stick platform in a tree or shrub, usually very close to water”. Nests have been spotted 20 meters high in trees.

The Green Heron feeds at dusk and dawn on “mostly small fish but frogs, tadpoles, crayfish, aquatic insects, small rodents, snakes, terrestrial insects, snails and worms”. In true heron habit the Green Heron slowly stalks its prey and uses its long bill with a stabbing motion. Small bits of debris are used as bait to attract fish. This may include crusts, insects, feathers and twigs. Green Herons are one of only a few known tool-using species of birds in the world. This places them among the world’s most intelligent birds. Predators include crows, grackles, raccoons, birds of prey and egg attacks by snakes. However they are still common and widespread and appear to be stable. Migration takes them to Mexico. I found other helpful data online with Wikipedia, Little Green Heron and Cornell Laboratory sites.

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The Melville Boys played a much-acclaimed run last season at the King’s Wharf Theatre in Penetanguishene, and four Canadian actors have again been assembled for this heartrending production: Richard Quesnel as quiet and pensive Lee Melville, Brad Austin as his irrepressibly outgoing younger brother Owen, Anita La Selva as mature and reliable Mary and Shauna Black

as Mary’s flirtatious younger sister Loretta.

Chris McHarge is the director for this charismatic production. A well-known figure in Canadian theatre, McHarge has directed over 60 productions including the world premiere of Norm Foster’s musical Sitting Pretty.

In addition to McHarge, the creative team includes set designer Stephen Degenstein, lighting designer Steve Lucas

and costume designer Jessica Bray.

A tenderly funny and unsentimental look at four lives in transition, The Melville Boys captures the essence of the human experience with a winning combination of vim and vigour.

The Melville Boys is proudly sponsored by Gibson Sound and Vision. The media sponsors are CJCS 1240 Stratford and Jewel 92. The design

sponsor is Elite Laser and Aesthetics.

The Melville Boys plays eight shows a week from Aug. 15 through Sept. 1.

Tickets are available by calling the box office at 519638-5555 or toll free at 1-855372-9866.

To find out more about the 2012 season at Drayton Festival Theatre, or to order tickets online, visit www.draytonfestivaltheatre.com.

Farm leaders value dialogue about agricultural programs

by Mark Wales, president, Ontario Federation of Agriculture The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), along with our national and provincial counterparts, had a rare opportunity for frank, transparent discussion about changes to Canada’s agricultural programming recently when Ontario’s agriculture minister Ted McMeekin addressed the meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture hosted in Toronto by the OFA. On the agenda was the expected outcome of Federal/ Provincial/Territorial (FPT) negotiations on Growing Forward 2, which will determine the next five years of agricultural programs for Canadian farmers.

The federal and provincial agriculture ministers are expected to sign off on the new

agreement this fall. McMeekin shared some of the options being discussed by ministers at the table.

McMeekin suggested farmers can expect to see a reduction to current spending levels on business risk management programs including significant cuts to a key program: AgriStability, a vital program that helps protect Canadian farmers from large declines in farm income due to market conditions, production loss or increased input costs.

OFA sees three main problems with the proposed cuts to AgriStability.

First, such programs were originally designed so that farmers and government share the significant risks of producing food. The proposed cuts to AgriStability will result in a disproportionate “risk shifting” to farm families, instead

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Secondly, implementing the government’s proposed cuts to the program’s design will overshoot their targeted budgetary expenditure cuts. That’s because farmers will be less likely to enrol in the program if they perceive AgriStability will no longer provide adequate risk protection.

Finally, cuts to business risk management programs such as AgriStability will only serve to increase the pressure on governments to distribute one-time assistance to producers facing sector-wide or regional challenges.

Canada’s primary production agriculture represents the heart of Canada’s agriculture and agri-food sector, and contributes more than 9% of Canada’s GDP and more than 2.3 million jobs, or 13% of all employment in Canada.

In the current financial difficulty facing much of the world, our agricultural sector has remained buoyant and become a driving force behind Canada’s economic prosperity.

Agriculture is a strategic resource, and its viability and productivity must be protected.

Cuts to AgriStability coverage or other business risk management program spending will most certainly lead to less effective programs for farmers.

The OFA understands the federal government’s interest in balanced budgets, but it is unfair and irresponsible to make drastic cuts to these vital programs for farmers.

Current programs and their associated coverage levels are crucial to keeping Canadian agriculture viable and competitive in increasingly challenging global markets.

Funding and functionality of AgriStability and the rest of the current business risk management suite of programs must be maintained to deal with the situations beyond the farmer’s control such as this summer’s drought.

Any additional investments into innovation, competitiveness or other industry supports cannot be reallocated from current business risk management programs.

The OFA believes strongly that industry associations have the right to be engaged in the development of business risk management programs that will keep our industry viable.

It is unfair and unrealistic to expect farmers to shoulder the risk alone. We will look for further open discussions with our elected officials to secure agricultural programming that will be an effective use of federal and provincial funds for Canadian farmers.

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OBITUARY Bauman, Gordon S.; Passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at Palmerston and District Hospital at the age of 84 years. Gordon S. Bauman, of RR#2, Drayton, was the husband of Madeline (Horst) and was predeceased by his first wife Mary (Martin) (1988). Father of Martha (Abner) Bauman of Millbank, Paul (Verna) of Drayton, Verna (Willard) Bowman of Drayton, Esther of Drayton, Lena (Edgar) Sauder of Mount Forest, and Laura (Earl) Bowman of Kenilworth. He is survived by 26 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, sister-in-law Lizzie Bauman, and brothers Lincoln and David.

Predeceased by his parents Menno and Leah (Sauder) Bauman, sisters Nancy and Edna, brother Clayton, and son James (stillborn). Visitation for relatives and friends took place on Thursday, August 2nd from 6:008:30 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira, and on Friday, August 3rd from 1:00-7:30 p.m. at the home of Paul Bauman, 7712 6th Line, RR 2, Drayton, where a family service was held on Saturday, August 4, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. and then to Goshen Mennonite Meeting House for further service and burial in the adjoining cemetery. www.dreisingerfuneralhome.com

PAGE EIGHT The Community News, Friday, August 10, 2012

Mapleton Business Profile Drayton Food Market offers fresh, local food and great customer service Located just a few kilometers away from the GRCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Conestogo Lake and just steps away from the Drayton Festival Theatre, the Drayton Food Market has proven to be a convenient yet worthwhile way for Mapleton residents, cottagers and visitors alike to shop local.

Following in the footsteps of her father, a successful grocer for 47 years, Deb Ramage seized the opportunity to join in the family business.

Having grown up and worked in the business,

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Ramage decided it was the perfect time in her life to pursue a grocersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; career. So on March 14, 2011 she took ownership of the Drayton Food Market.

From the beginning Ramageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main goal for Drayton Food Market has beeen to offer a wide variety of food products at competitive prices to Mapleton residents - thus saving them time and money by avoiding a drive out of town for groceries. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important for me to ensure that each customer is successful in finding what they are looking for,â&#x20AC;? said Ramage, who has expanded her selection by adding a â&#x20AC;&#x153;gluten freeâ&#x20AC;? section for patrons with health concerns, as well as wide variety of diabetic products. She has also been aggressive in broadening the variety of products available at her store and has, in essence, brought the city to the country when it comes to small town shopping.

One only has to walk through the front doors to see the Drayton Food Market prides itself in offering fresh, locally-grown meats and produce.

The store boasts an in-store meat manager and offers specialized cuts of meats, not to mention a full bakery and deli section. A daily homemade hot meal lunch special, as well as Chesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rotisserie Chicken and potatoes wedges, meet well with everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s busy schedule and, for those special occasions, party trays are available on order.

Ramage lives in Elora with her two children Alexis, 20, and Noah, 16, but regardless of where she lives, her commitment to Mapleton has stood out from day one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having grown up in a small town I recognize that it is vital for local businesses to invest and partner with community projects and

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charities,â&#x20AC;? said Ramage. She supports Drayton Minor Hockey, The Drayton Kinsmen, the Minto Minnows Swim Team and North Wellingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Brother/Sister program by supplying the food, barbecue and parking lot for fundraising barbecues. She also supports local school initiatives such as the Moorefield Optimistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shop with a Copâ&#x20AC;? food bank drive, and donates money to area churches for a variety of mission team efforts, in addition to many more worthwhile community enterprises, including the Drayton Agriculture Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual fair and local Canada Day celebrations.

Ramage is also very proud of her staff of 30 employees, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their commitment to customer satisfaction has helped to make the store such a success. We pack your groceries for you and offer carry-out service if required.â&#x20AC;?

Phone orders and delivery service for seniors and shut-ins is also available on a weekly basis.

Ramage said with a smile that more and more residents are staying in town to do their grocer-

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Ramage has a vision for the Drayton Food Market, which includes the dream of adding a plaza to its current location. It is this visionary process that has already earned her two awards from the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers.

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