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PAGE TWO Inside Wellington - Second Section of the Wellington Advertiser, Friday, June 8, 2012

No idle hands: Experience working on the Poorhouse farm ABOYNE - Are you one of the deserving poor?

Spend an afternoon stepping back in time into the shoes of an “inmate” of the House of Industry and Refuge or “Poorhouse” during the Great Depression and World War II years. That building is today the Wellington County Museum and Archives.

Visitors can go behind the scenes there to gain an understanding what life would be like living at the Poorhouse.

Visitors can also participate in daily tasks that would be assigned on the industrial farm such as digging up potatoes, pruning the apple orchard, or scaring away pests using tools and techniques of the era.

Once all the work is com-

pleted, workers can retire to the Victorian garden to have a taste of the simple daily meals of the men, women and children living in the Poorhouse.

The event is being offered on the third Sunday of the Month, July 15, Aug. 19, Sept.

16, and Oct. 21 from 2 to 4pm The cost is $20 for adults, $10 for children aged 12 to 16 (the content is mature and would not appeal to those under 12); and $50 for a family (includes two adults and two children).

There is a 20% discount for Wellington County Museum and Archives members.

For more information, email victoriap@wellington.ca, visit www.wcm.on.ca, or call 519846-0916 extension 5225.

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Public Service announcement

Family & Children’s Services of Guelph & Wellington needs volunteer drivers to provide transportation services to and from appointments for children and families. Especially needed are drivers available before school and/or immediately after school for court-mandated or medical/clinical appointments. Mileage reimbursed/orientation and training provided. For more info. contact Eva Marmurek at 519-824-2410, ext. 4822. *** Casting Call. The Grey Wellington Theatre Guild is casting for an original Blues Musical, Job’s Blues, a modernized adaptation of the biblical story of Job. Five women and seven men are required.

Be prepared to audition with a blues song. For more information call - 519-338-3681. Show dates – November 2012

Fri. june 8

Friday & Saturday. “Wingfield’s Progress” Fergus Grand Theatre, 244 St. Andrew St. W. 8pm The spectre of urban development looms on the Seventh Concession and Walt sounds the alarm.

Can he mobilize the neighbourhood to save the rustic splendour of Larkspur? Find out in part two of this hilarious series. Adults $35/ Box Office: 519-843-4852. *** St. Teresa of Avila Annual Garden Party, 19 Flamingo Drive, Elmira. Community barbecue, 5-8pm. Lots of fun for everyone, bouncies, bingo, penny table, horseshoes etc. Evening ends with fireworks at 9:30pm. *** St. John’s United Church, Belwood. Euchre. 7:30pm. *** Quilts on the Grand at St. James Church, Fergus - A celebration display of quilts by the Grand Quilt Guild June 8 from 10am-6pm and June 9 from 10am - 4pm. Admission $5 at the door.

Sat. june 9

St. John’s Anglican Church Plant Sale, noon - 4pm, Lloyd Dyer Park in Rockwood. All plants $1 -$5. *** Garage sale and car wash. Elora Canadian Reformed Church 8am12pm. 6674 Wellington Road 7, just north of Salem. There will lots of treasures for everyone, including a bake table and car wash. *** Friends of South Luther School grand reopening at 2pm.

Refreshments to follow. Wear period costume. Bring lawn chair.

All welcome. *** Walk for ALS. 5km walk around the outdoor track located at 320 King Street East, Mount Forest. 8:30am registration opens, 10:30am opening ceremonies, 11am walk start. Food, prizes, great people and awesome music all for a cause in need of a cure. 519323-8208 for inquiries, Ashley Teeter. *** Meat Roll. Harriston Legion Branch #296. 4-6pm. For more information call 519-338-2843. *** Old Time Country Fiddle Music & Variety Show at Duff’s Presbyterian Church. 401 and Cty. Rd. 46, Puslinch. 2pm and 7pm. Tickets: $15. Refreshments to follow. For Tickets call Wendy McDonald 519-763-9764 or Ida Law 519-824-3329. *** Learn Taoist Tai Chi™ in a weekend. Open House. 11am. The entire set is given in a special condensed format in a weekend starting Friday June 15, 6-9pm, continuing Saturday June 16, 9am -noon and finishing on Sunday June 17, 9am-12 noon at 54 Cardigan Street Guelph. Call 519-836-7390. *** Old Time Dance. 8pm - 12am. $10/person, light lunch provided.

Band - Marion’s Country Band. St. John Parish Centre, 160 Georgina St., Arthur. *** Arthur Legion Br. 226 Pork Roast. Afternoon entertainment.

Supper 6pm. Meal $12. For more info. Call 519-848-2622. *** Annual Yard and Bake Sale, Faith Lutheran Church. 290 Belsyde Ave. E. Fergus. 8am-12noon. Something for everyone. *** Kid’s Bike Rodeo, Child’s Seat Belt Clinic and Official Launch of the Road Watch program. 9am-1pm. Harriston Community Centre Sponsored by the Town of Minto Safe Community Committee in partnership with the Minto Optimist Club and the Wellington

County OPP. The top boy and girl will win a new bike. Come see the OPP’s Mounted Police Unit, the OPP Motorcycle Unit and roll over simulator. To book an appointment time for the Child’s Seat Belt clinic, call Marilyn at 519-343-5770.

sun. june 10

Royal Canadian Legion Listowel. Jamboree. Elizabeth St., Listowel. 1-5pm. Roast beef dinner, served at 5pm, $9. Call 519291-2569 for info. *** Sunday Night Showcase Concert - with U-Turn (country band from Kitchener/Cambridge), 7pm; free, Gore Park bandstand, Elmira. *** Music in the Park at the Hillsburgh Historical Park on Trafalgar Rd. Hillsburgh (beside the Exchange Hotel) 2-4pm featuring Southpaw (Bluegrass music). Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy an afternoon of music. If it rains, the performance will be cancelled. Sponsored by The Let’s Get Hillsburgh Growing Committee. For information 519-855-6343 or 519-833-2571. *** Fergus Legion’s Decoration Service with take place at Belsyde Cemetery at 2pm. *** St. George’s Anglican Church in Harriston is holding a Smoked Pork Chop Dinner. 4:30-6pm in Parish Hall. $12 per person.

Everyone welcome.

Mon. june 11

The Harriston & District Horticultural Society meeting, Minto community auditorium. 7:30pm. Speaker: Jim Mabee, Tillsonburg, Ontario. Topic: Roses. Door prizes and refreshments.

Tues. june 12

RCQG June meeting 7-9pm at Three Willows United Church on 577 Willow Road, Guelph. Artist Lyn Barrett-Cowan will be guest speaker. Guests are welcome to join the meeting for $5 each meeting. Membership is $37 for the full year. For more information, visit the www.royalcityquiltersguild.ca or email Judy.

RCQG@gmail.com. *** Guelph Township Youth Horticultural group meet at Pavilion behind Marden Library to make a bird bath and learn how to attract birds to your garden. 7pm. Contact leader: 519-836-9535 for more info. Club is open to youth 6 to 18, and parents are encouraged to remain and assist the leader.

Wed. june 13

The Grand Quilt Guild meets on the second Wednesday of each month, at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 275, 500 Blair Street, Fergus. All are welcome - doors open at 7pm and meeting concludes at 9:30pm. *** Euchre, Harriston Legion 296, Start at 8pm, light lunch provided. $5 per person. Bring a partner. For more information call 3382843.

Thurs. june 14

Arthur Agricultural Society meeting. 7:30pm. Upstairs Hall.

Arthur Community Centre. All Welcome. *** Please join the Guelph Enabling Garden Horticultural Therapist at 7pm in Riverside Park, 689 Woolwich Street North, Guelph for the free teaching session “Butterfly Gardening” with guest Trina Alix. Find out how to attract beautiful butterflies to your garden.

For more information call 519-993-5323.

Fri. june 15

Listowel Ham Supper /Garden Party at the Listowel Agricultural Hall. A family affair for all ages. Adults $12.50, children $5, pre-schoolers free. For advance tickets please call Gloria 519-2913648 or Bev 519-291-4400 ext 3. *** Until August 24, the Fergus `New to You` shop located at 695 St. David Street North will be open until 7:30pm on Tuesday and Friday evenings. Proceeds from sales at the shop are donated to Groves Hospital. *** Minto Safe Community Committee Youth Dance 7-10pm.

Harriston Legion. End of School Beach Party with a limbo Contest. Entry is $4. Drinks and pizza will be available for sale.

For further information, please contact Todd Pridham at 519-3233130. *** All you can eat Wing/Pub Night. Harriston Legion Branch 296. Entertainment provided.

6:30pm until we run out, $12 per person. Call 519-338-2843. *** Wherein all citizens are invited to join together to pay respect to loved ones and 2012 Mixed 3 Pitch Tournament, Harriston Legion neighbours who have gone before.

296. Entry Fee $175 per team.

The Fergus Brass Band will commence playing at 1:30 pm at the Legion Memorial Guaranteed 3 Games. Four girl in Belsyde Cemetery. The Parade will begin at 1:45 pm, beginning at the ball minimum on field. Food available all day. Prize table, home diamond on St. David Street South proceeding to the Legion Memorial in run Derby. For more informaBelsyde Cemetery tion contact stevechambers99@ with ceremonies beginning at 2:00 pm. hotmail.com.

All those wishing to place remembrances may do so at this time. *** Rummage Sale. Three day sale Carnations will be available at the Memorial Service.

Fri-Sat, Mon., 8-4pm. Clothing, Weather permitting. books, household items and Continued on page 11

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Inside Wellington - Second Section of The Wellington Advertiser, Friday, June 8, 2012 PAGE THREE

Relay for Life: Celebrate. Remember.

Fight Back.

by David Meyer

FERGUS - Some smile.

Some weep. Others grit their teeth in grim determination all night long.

They are gathering to spend a night meeting old and new friends, noting with sadness the absence of those who attended previous events, and celebrating their own lives and remarkable recoveries by other people.

The event is the Canadian Cancer Society’s annual Relay for Life that will run again this year in Guelph on June 8 and in Fergus on June 15.

The Fergus event is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

For one organizer of that event, Jennifer Stewart-May, the attraction is the slogan of Relay for Life: Celebrate, Remember, Fight Back.

For Donna Gear, who has lost family to cancer and who is a survivor, the event, while emotional, has another focus.

“It’s a lot of fun,” she said in an interview a few weeks before the Relay for Life event at the sportsplex grounds in Fergus.

Canadian Cancer Society fundraiser Amie Banks has another attitude. “I’m going to be mad,” she said. “I just lost an uncle.”

Together they reflect all aspects of the event’s motto.

Stewart-May celebrates the survivors, and she concedes it is sometimes difficult remembering loved ones who lost their battle with the dreaded disease.

“It is difficult. In the first year, I look back - particularly, I cried the entire survivor lap.”

That’s the opening walk with those who are fighting cancer or who are in remission. “The fighting back is the biggest part of the relay,” Stewart-May said.

She cited an advertisement that was published in this newspaper that stated, “If cancer had a face, I’d punch it.”

She plans to have a punching bag at the Relay to give people an opportunity to take a swing at the potent killer.

Relay for Life is a fundrais-

er held across Canada. People arrive at the site at 6 to 7pm and take turns walking a track all night. They have sponsors who pay them for every lap they walk, and that money goes to fund research to fight cancer.

They set up tents, they barbecue, they listen to music and they socialize. And they walk, sometimes in shifts, until the following morning.

Gear has been doing the allnighter since 2003.

“I lost a really good friend and co-worker. I wondered if there was anything I could do,” she said. The very next week she heard an announcement about Relay for Life and found her answer.

Participants in teams attempt to outdo each other in raising funds. Gear said the first Relay she attended was in Guelph and, “There must have been 60 teams.” She works at The Cooperators in Guelph, and said teams there eventually formed, based on departments.

Donna and her “Elves” have been the top fundraisers at the Fergus Relay for Life for several years in a row, and she sees it as a worthwhile, friendly competition.

Gear said soon after friends started dropping in during the night, and when that happens at 2am and they ask, “Can I walk with you,?” it becomes really emotional for her. While Gear admits it was difficult for her to “get out there and do that healing” at first, she now channels her emotions into fundraising.

“I play on people’s emotions to raise money,” she said with a smile. “I am shamelessly asking you for money ... I use my mother a lot.”

She often hears, “It’s been three years since I lost my mom - here’s 50 bucks.”

Gear uses email to contact potential donors, and has 200 people in her department. She sends memos on her team’s progress and will tell them “We’re a little bit short.”

And, the Monday after the relay, she emails them all to announce how she and the

Elves did.

She added with a laugh that she and her team are all mothers and, “We can guilt like nobody else” to raise funds from the reluctant.

Gear’s first year goal was $1,000 and she raised $1,500.

The next year she set the bar at $2,000. This year the goal is $5,000.

“Every year, it’s gone up,” she said.

Gear added everyone has their own technique for raising money. One woman went to a bingo and asked people there for a toonie. Instead, most gave her $2 to $5.

Stewart-May said, “If you have 500 friends on Facebook and ask each for $5 ... ” Gear added, “It all goes into one pot.”

Stewart-May said it is particularly nice to get up on the stage at 2:30am and announce the event has raised

Thrilling announcements - Jennifer Stewart-May is always pleased to make announcements from the Fergus stage at the Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. She especially likes to announce huge fundraising totals that will be used for cancer research.

Wellington Advertiser file photo at Guelph Lake, and the Fergus one is on June 15 .

If there is one thing that riles the trio it is hearing people say someone has a cure for cancer and is hiding it because fighting it supports so many people. There is no conspiracy, they insist.

First, there are over 200 different kinds of cancer that can

“Sixty per cent of people diagnosed with cancer today will live.

In 1940, it was 25%.

That’s a huge difference.”

- Amie Banks, Canadian Cancer Society fundraiser, on the effects of cancer research. $80,000. She said between the Guelph and Fergus events last year, participants raised over $185,000.

Hiding a cure?

Gear said the luminaries are a highlight for her. People buy covered candles for $5 and they burn around the track all night long.

Some people place them at their tents and it is not unusual to see notes such as “For Mom” on them. Those are also available on the Relay for Life website.

Banks explained the Guelph and Fergus events use to be tied together but that changed. The city event is on June 8 this year

Poignant time - Remembering is a big part of the Relay for Life, as is the determination of participants to “beat cancer.” Cancer survivors and their friends and relatives raise thousands of dollars each year for cancer research at Relay for Life. The Fergus event is June 15. submitted photo

attack people, and all of them are different.

Banks said, “Each one has a different strand.”

Gear said research has led to treatments being much better today. Her mom fought cancer for 20 years in total and she remembers chemotherapy in the 1970s “was devastating to her.” When the cancer re-occurred 15 years later, treatment was much advanced.

Gear said it is the same today with radiation.

Banks added, “Everything is getting better. It’s like the

first car ... today you’re looking at Porches.”

Stewart-May is “100% sure they don’t” hide a cure. “Do you know how many survivors there are?” she asked.

Gear said each one of her Elves had a different kind of cancer they survived.

Stewart-May added, “Look at what mastectomies did back then. Now, they can do lumpectomies.”

Last year the Canadian Cancer Society spent $23 million on research. She said a woman she knows had eye cancer in the 1970s and lost an eye. When she got pregnant in the 1990s they tested her son in the uterus and found he had the gene, too. He was treated in the uterus and when he was born, “He didn’t have it.”

It is that kind of results that keeps the trio going.

Gear said there are a lot of expensive drugs available, some as costly as $2,200 a month, and the Canadian Cancer Society pays for them.

Banks added, “Clinical trials can give people extra years. My uncle was diagnosed with a life expectancy of a few months. He lived for five years.”

Gear added, “My mom got two more years.”

Banks said, “And a better quality of life ... 60% of people diagnosed with cancer today will live. In 1940, it was

25%. That’s a huge difference.

The more money that goes into research ... ” Area merchants are providing a lot of support for the Relay events, including food and prizes. The Fergus Pipe Band will perform and lead the Survivors walk at the Fergus event.

Stewart-May said this year there will be an air band contest, and people should know “it’s so much fun.” Visitors are also welcome to drop in, walk or just watch. When it comes to the air band contest, Banks said, “By that time of the night we’ll all be delirious.”

Stewart-May said air band participants should simply put a song on a CD and bring it to compete.

Another team is holding a silent auction this year and Stewart-May said it has “some really nice stuff.”

The Big Survivor reception runs 6 to 7:30pm, and someone is making that group 108 special cupcakes. Survivors who want to take part can register on line.

Stewart-May explained how effective research has really been.

“We have a lot of survivors this year - 48. It’s a testament to the research,” she said.

For more information on Relay for Life visit www.cancer.ca/relay and follow directions to the local events.

Lighting up the night - Luminaries are sold as fundraisers at the Relay for Life events. Each one remembers a person lost to cancer, and they are placed along the track during the Relay for Life walk to inspire people doing laps to raise funds. submitted photo

PAGE FOUR Inside Wellington - Second Section of The Wellington Advertiser, Friday, June 8, 2012

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The panels are great for increasing pool temperature, which can increase swimming time.

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Dolphin is a Canadian company in Trenton. It only makes sense that a customer would get a pool that’s made in Canada for Canadian winters. Dolphin has many styles and sizes to choose from (visit www.dolphinfiberglasspoolscanada.com).

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ENTERTAINMENT Twilight Zoo, Scare Fair hope to build success with community momentum

by Kelly Waterhouse ELORA – Artist Tim Murton and partner Julie Denneny have long believed “if you build it, they will come.”

Their effort was successful with last year’s Twilight Zoo and Scare Fair, inspiring thousands of Halloween lovers to join October festivities here.

Now, “We want the community to join in and add to the momentum,” said Murton.

“We aim to have Elora the destination for Halloween in five years.”

He and Denneny are looking for ideas and opportunities to engage people to make a “sustainable,” independent event.

Returning to the grounds of the Elora Centre for the Arts this October, The Twilight Zoo features wire and gauze monsters for a family audience.

Murton’s creations caught the eye of media mogul Martha Stewart, who invited him, and a few of his monsters, to her Connecticut estate for a taping of her home décor TV show.

While the zoo has grown over the years, last season’s addition of a Scare Fair gave artists, entertainers and vendors with Halloween-themed merchandise a chance to join

Monster maker - Artist Tim Murton is already at work for next October’s Twilight Zoo and Scare Fair. submitted photo in, expanding the experience.

The artistic venture is part of Monster Month in Elora, which includes participat-

Las Vegas style show July 21 FERGUS - Celsk Benefit Promotions is bringing John Morello and his Platinum Impressions to the Fergus Grand Theatre on July 21 at 8pm.

Morello brings a rich baritone voice and celebrity lookalike charisma to a Las Vegas

style show, reviving the characters of Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley.

The show is at 8pm. Tickets are $35, available at the Fergus Grand Theatre box office at 519-787-1981 or online at www.fergusgrandtheatre.ca.

ing merchants and restaurants offering theme incentives for customers. Events such as Sensational Elora incorporated

the monster madness, while independent groups, such as Older Voice Walking Tours and Fight Like a Pirate, to name a few, joined with activities to engage people.

Another highlight was the annual Monster March Parade, a free, non-motorized event winding through streets of the village, ending at the entrance to the zoo.

The success of last year’s event, held as a fundraiser for the arts centre, raised $5,000 for the not-for-profit group. It also earned the Murton and Denneny honours, winning the 2012 Centre Wellington Cultural Tourism Impact award at the Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce’s annual Awards of Excellence.

“That was a fabulous validation for all the hard work we did last year,” Murton said.

“We want to build on the success of last year and make it not bigger, but better.”

They admit the show requires a lot of dedication.

“It took four months of prep work and pretty much exhausted our personal finances,” said Denneny. “With such a great turn out, we eventually recouped our expenses, but we need help to keep the ball roll-

ing this year.”

The Scare Fair is seeking sponsors for in-kind donations, such as lumber, wire, garbage cans and hay bales. Cash donations could also help purchase materials and cover expenses.

Contest prizes will allow activities to be expanded.

Monthly Scare Fair planning meetings will take place the first Tuesday of each month. Volunteers are needed for bookkeeping, information distribution, set-up and tear down, and at venues throughout the event.

“We’d love for community groups to create something unique to sell or run a games booth to promote awareness or raise funds for their own organizations too. The range of possible activities is endless,” said Denneny. “We’d like to see a game of skull field hockey or soccer, tug of war, monster lawn bowling, skull ring toss, pumpkin pie eating contests, anything that could be adapted to our theme and help to make this an event not to miss.”

Denneny invites people to pitch an idea to offer at this year’s fair.

New for Monster Month this year is the Scare Crow Contest and Tour, where every-

one is invited to display their creations and enter to be featured on the tour map and a chance to win prizes The 2012 Monster March parade will follow a theme of the Pied Piper and his rats, featuring lead piper Robyn Aggus.

Murton is offering workshops for people to learn the art of creating rat and skull masks for the occasion. Workshops will take place from Sept. 11 to 13, from 6 to 9pm at the Elora Curling Club.

On Sept. 15, another workshop will build spiders, from 10am to 5pm. Participants from ages 8 to 15 must have an adult present. Each workshop is $90.

“This is a valuable time for parents and kids to get creative together,” said Murton.

More workshops will be announced soon.

Murton’s Twilight Zoo will be featured at the arts centre from Thanksgiving to Halloween, Oct. 6 to 31. Scare Fair weekend will join the zoo from Oct. 19 to 21. The Monster March parade takes place Oct. 20 at 6:30pm.

For more information or to add “monstrous” ideas, visit www.monstermonth.ca, www. scarefair.ca or email halloweenelora@cogeco.ca.

Wedding season begins with British farce DRAYTON - It’s called a Perfect Wedding and starts during that season.

The comedy has a three week engagement at Drayton Festival Theatre from June 27 through to July 14.

Imagine the confusion when Bill wakes up on the morning of his wedding day in his honeymoon suite with a dreadful hangover, only to find an unknown - and unclothed - woman in his bed. In perfect farcical fashion, before the groom can decide what to

do, his bride-to-be arrives to dress for the nuptials, setting in motion a series of matrimonial mix-ups, double entendres, and startling revelations.

Added to the confusion is a best man who wants to ditch his duties, a pair of horrible inlaws, and a dim-witted chambermaid who knows too much (and yet nothing at all).

Perfect Wedding is directed James Kall.

The cast includes Darren Keay as Bill, the bewildered groom. Drayton Entertainment

favourite Jackie Mustakas takes on the role of Judy, “the other woman,” who sets in motion all of the confusing charades in the silly escapade.

Josee Boudreau tackles the role of Rachel, the alwaysin-command bride. David Leyshon is Tom, the not-so dependable best man. Gabi Epstein is Julie, the unpredictable chambermaid, and Karen Wood delights as the bride’s over-emotional mother, Daphne.

“Who doesn’t love a story

of total confusion and unbridled chaos?” asked artistic director of Drayton Entertainment Alex Mustakas. “Perfect Wedding is a real gem, with just the right amount of jesting, life lessons and hysteria.”

The Wellington Advertiser is one of the media sponsors.

Order tickets by calling the Drayton Festival Theatre box office at 519-638-5555 or toll free at 1-855-drayton (3729866). For more information, visit www.draytonfestivaltheatre.com.

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HARRISTON - The Grey Wellington Theatre Guild is looking for local vocal talent.

The guild is set to cast an original blues musical. Job’s Blues, by R. William Muir and featuring music by Chris Michie and Andy Kulberg is a modernized adaptation of the Biblical story of Job. “We’re very excited about this project; it’s not often a group gets to stage an original show that is fresh and different,” said GWTG president Peggy Raftis, who is directing the production.

The show, which will be

staged in the fall of 2012, requires a cast of five men and seven women.

The story of Job’s Blues is set in a bar room and offers excellent character roles, including a bartender, waitresses, God, the Devil and Job himself.

Auditions are on June 12, at 7pm at the Harriston Town Hall Theatre on Elora Street.

Participants should be prepared to audition with a blues song.

For information on the auditions contact Raftis at 519 338-3681.

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ENTERTAINMENT Corduroy Road CD release on June 16 GUELPH - Country rock band Corduroy Road will release its second CD, All That We Are, at Guelph Little Theatre on June 16.

The band has roots in New Brunswick, but calls Guelph home and has headlined Guelph’s Italian Festival, Country Roads Music Festival, Grand Old Enterprise Jamboree, Greenbank barbecue, and the Boot Hill Jamboree, where it shared the stage with The Oak Ridge Boys and High Valley.

Corduroy Road also opened for Julian Austin in New

Brunswick, which it will do again this summer.

Formed in 2005, Corduroy Road was short listed for a Juno in 2008 for its first CD, Not From the City.

At the heart of Corduroy Road is husband and wife team Reg and Andrea Arthurs.

Reg writes most of the band’s songs, sings and plays lead guitar. She arranges the songs and supports Corduroy Road with vocals and keyboard skills.

Stephanie LeBlanc, Andrea’s sister, sings lead and

harmony, joined by percussionist Craig Galbraith on drums, and Brendon Terry on bass.

This summer Corduroy Road will be performing at The Italian Festival, HollyRood Jamboree, and Marmora Jamboree, The CD release party for “All That We Are,� takes place at Guelph Little Theatre at 176 Morris Street in Guelph on June 16, at 8pm.

For more information, visit Corduroy Road at www.corduroyroad.ca.

Ondaatje, Gwyn part of stellar line-up for 24th annual Writers’ Festival EDEN MILLS - The 2012 Eden Mills Writers’ Festival here returns for its 24th year on Sept. 16.

This year’s line-up brings authors in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, young adult, and children’s literature to the village for an afternoon of outdoor readings from noon to 6pm.

The confirmed roster includes Carmen Aguirre, George Elliott Clarke, Doug Gibson in conversation with Alistair MacLeod, Richard Gwyn, Ian Hamilton, Michele Landsberg, Linden MacIntyre, Amy McKay, Michael Ondaatje, Linda Spalding, Eva Stachniak, Andrew Westoll, Nora Young, and many others. A full list can be found at www.edenmillswritersfestival.ca.

The festival will present three French fiction writers Louise Desjardin, Eric Dupont and Kim Thuy along with translator Sheila Fischman. It will also present Waubgeshig Rice, Garry Thomas Morse and Rene Meshake, all of Aboriginal descent.

Young adult and children’s authors include Karen Bass, Jill Bryant, Susan Glickman, Monica Kulling, Evan Munday, Ted Staunton, Teresa Toten, and more. “I am so pleased with how our author list has evolved this year: from legends of CanLit to new and exciting voices and everything in between,� said festival artistic director Kim Lang. “Order of Canada recipients, Giller, Griffin and Governor General winners and the 2012 CBC Canada Reads winner will all be arriving, raring to read in Eden Mills this Sept. 16.�

The festival features four outdoor reading sites along the banks of the Eramosa River. The village will also feature a children’s area, an outdoor food court of local artisans, a separate licensed patio, and a main street transformed to showcase publishers, booksellers, and other friends of the arts.

For the full lineup or to sign up for monthly newsletters, visit www.edenmillswritersfestival.ca.

Johnny Cash tribute at Century Church HILLSBURGH - Following their smash hit show in December, The Ring Of Fire: A Johnny Cash Experience is coming back to Century Church Theatre here on June 15.

This group’s tribute to The Man In Black is becoming very popular.

Andy Vickers brings life

to the music and style that made Cash famous, backed up

by Matt Temprile and Chester Perkins on lead guitar, Nick Rivet on bass, and Jason Langdon on percussion.

Sarah O’Hara’s tribute to June Carter Cash completes the ensemble. With the group being younger than most Johnny Cash tribute artists, it

is able to bring an edge that is attracting a next generation of Johnny Cash lovers.

The Ring Of Fire runs June 15 at 2:30pm and 8pm.

All seats are reserved and tickets are $25.

They are available at the box office or by calling 519855-4586, or at www.centurychurchtheatre.com.

Audition call for classic play June 7, 14

FERGUS - Vision Theatre Productions is hosting auditions for the theatrical version of the holiday classic Miracle on 34th Street.

The theatre group is looking for a broad range of talent. Characters include: Kris Kringle a colourful, old man who must prove he is the real Santa Claus; Susan Walker, a young girl raised to believe in only what she can see who challenges Kris to prove Santa is real; Doris Walker, Susan’s mother who has also lost her faith in Christmas; and Fred Gailey who defends Kris in court when he must face a competency hearing.

Other characters include the judge, employees of Macy’s department store and other large and small roles (approximately 14 characters in total).

The production company welcomes direc-

tor Stan Jensen, who has worked in the theatre industry for more than 30 years.

Booked and walk-in auditions will be held June 7 from 7pm to 10 pm and June 14 from 7pm to 10pm at the Vision Theatre Productions Studio at the Old Fergus Market (Queen Street) in Fergus.

Auditions are being held by appointment only and will be scheduled for June 10 from 1pm to 5pm. To schedule an appointment contact 519993-2319.

Stage crew and other positions are also available.

Additional information and a sample of the script can be found at www.visiontheatreproductions.com.

Second CD release - Guelph country rock band Corduroy Road launches its new CD at Guelph Little Theatre on June 16.

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Call for art entries

GUELPH - The Guelph Creative Arts Association invites local artists to exhibit work at Painting on the Green, its annual celebration of fine art and crafts.

The show and sale, has been held in Guelph each June since 1960.

It takes place June 9 and 10 at the Arboretum Centre of the University of Guelph. medium.

Art submitted is juried for prizes.

Submission details are posted at www.paintingonthegreen.ca.

erside hikes, a tour of Guelph Lake Dam, music by local musicians, a panel discussion about the future of the river lands, an exploration of the history of the rivers, some juggling, tree identification for kids and more.

The week of events will be topped off with a renewed Speed River clean up on June 16 at 11am followed by a volunteer lunch and celebration at the historic McCrae House.

Programs and more information will be available at The Boathouse on Gordon Street and at selected spots in the city.

For full program details, visit www.2riversfestival.org or follow the event on Twitter @2RiversFestival, and on Facebook at 2RiversFestival.

Two Rivers Festival runs from June 10 to 17. All are welcome to join in for some serious discussion, good exercise, introspection and fun.

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House concert features guitar virtuoso EDEN MILLS - Waterside Arts will host a house concert performance by Guelph guitarist virtuoso John Alac.

Homeland Remembered: A concert of Czech, Slovak, and Canadian guitar music will feature Alac’s traditional cultural music.

The performance is June 23, from 4 to 5:30pm, at Waterside Arts, at 100 York Street in Eden Mills. Refreshments will be available at intermission.

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Rural Life Meeting features Wightman history; Wellington North District may disband

by Willa Wick HARRISTON - The annual meeting of the Wellington North District Women’s Institute was held recently in the Fellowship Hall of the United Church here.

The hall was decorated with the institute colors of royal blue and yellow. White lace over blue cloths covered the tables while vases of yellow tulips, and mini straw hats of stiffened blue netting added accents.

Socializing before the 3pm meeting was enjoyed by members of the different local institutes as well as guests from neighboring districts and head office.

Unfortunately this would prove to be the last meeting of its kind.

District president Margaret Bracken (of the Little Ireland WI) welcomed the 30 in attendance and opened the meeting with the Institute Ode and repeated the Collect.

Anne Reid (Carry-On WI) conducted the In Memoriam where four district members were remembered: Marion Bracken and Eleanor Crispin (Little Ireland), Marjory Faulkner (Beehive) and Marrie Cochrane (the disbanded Greenbush WI). Two special poems were read followed by a minute’s silence.

Little Ireland president Maxine Heise welcomed everyone, and in following the meeting theme Communications over the years, introduced guest Paul Wightman. Paul is a great-grandson of the 1908 Clifford Wightman telecom company.

The telephone is something most of us live with every day, yet it was fun to have Wightman turn back the pages and remind us how it all got started. The communications system is now 103 years old and is the only family owned telephone company remaining in Ontario.

In the early days there were 600 independent companies.

Over a century ago Bell put one phone in the post office. A young lad was in charge and he was given 5 cents to take a call and deliver a message.

Bell Telephone would not allow another company use its lines unless it had 200 customers. Little independent exchanges sprung up around many towns and hamlets.

Robert Wightman wanted telephones among his farm neighbours in Howick and started his own company with 60 customers. Eventually Bell wanted away from all those smaller exchanges and sold out. In 1928, Robert’s son Ben

bought Ayton, Clifford and Neustadt exchanges and immediately boosted their sales to 400 customers.

The original office was in the Howick farmhouse. During the evening hours when the switchboard operators weren’t on duty Mrs. Wightman opened the lines and played the gramophone till she was summoned (was that not a precursor to the current ritual where music is played while you are on hold?).

Mrs. Wightman was so dedicated she slept in the telephone room so she wouldn’t miss a call. Her baby girl was born on the bed beside the switchboard.

Ben Wightman died suddenly in 1948 but his widow Leila made the decision to carry on the business … and was the only woman in Canada to own a telephone company. She took the business from days of the switchboard to one of the first rotary dial exchanges in Ontario (Neustadt in 1954).

One of the proudest moments in the Wightman career came when Leila was inducted to the Canadian Telecommunications Hall of Fame (one of only two women).

Leila’s son Ray took over and had the same foresight as his mother. He was recognized by the Agricultural Hall of

Fame in 2007.

Ray’s sons Blair and Paul joined the company in the l980s and are now fourth generation owners and operators. One of the more recent introductions is fibre optics. The fibre optic is a cable the size of a hair that contains two glass fibres.

If it has to be spliced it must be done with computer and a laser beam to meld it together. Optic is so high tech it is claimed all conversations in the world could be carried on one fibre. As time goes on the fibre optic cable will replace the old copper telephone lines.

Now that digital TV has come into play, the telephone is just a small part of the Wightman Telecommunications world.

Paul Wightman referred to the book that was printed to commemorate the 100 years of history – and he left it with the institutes to be used as a draw prize (won by Dorelene Anderson).

Anne Reid thanked the speaker and presented him with a token of our appreciation.

More business A review of last year’s District minutes was given by secretary Audrey Connell, and a financial status review by Peggy Roger. Annual reports were given by each of the committee co-ordinators.

Donna Henderson of Gorrie from the Howick WI was commissioned to design and produce a quilt to be used as a raffle ticket fund raiser for the Women’s Institute convention in Sydney, Australia in June.

Henderson described her work for the My Canada theme she chose.

She pointed out the various blocks that portray many areas of Canada and described how and why she used each one. It took her three years to design and make the quilt.

During the annual committee reports Lynda Alexander told of the successful rose program that had 25 women knitting fancy frilled scarves. A picture and description is on page 5 of the latest Home and Country magazine.

Anne Reid advised that Jacqueline Shaw was the recipient of the $300 WI scholarship. The Wellington County Historical Society’s annual meeting will be June 4.

Highlight of that meeting was the celebration of the 25 years of the Journal.

In giving annual reports from each institute, president Heise informed the group that Little Ireland has made the decision to disband after 85 years. A few members plan to join the Beehive WI.

A proposal was put forth to also disband the Wellington North District as it would now consist of only two institutes.

A ballot vote was taken for the dissolution of the current district, and the anticipation of amalgamating with Huron East.

Although it was a completely unanimous vote, it must now go back to the regular membership of the two remaining institutes for individual vote (to include those not in attendance at the annual meeting).

Disbanding is not an automatic action but must follow established protocol and may take months. In the meantime all elected officers will remain in place.

A dinner was served by the church women, followed by group entertainment. Little Ireland and Carry-On WIs presented songs about the history of their institute. Carry-On’s selection will be taken to the competition at the area convention in the fall.

Changes happen and progress takes its toll. Although the Woman’s Institutes have been a vital link in family and community for as much as 115 years, one by one some of the smaller have had to dissolve because of aging and declining membership.

Opinion: Advocating for farm safety will take a new focus with prevention

by Mark Wales, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture GUELPH - Every day is farm safety day on the farm.

But the busy spring planting season demands extra attention to worker safety.

Longer hours, fatigue and racing against the weather create an environment ripe with risk and complacency.

Accident prevention is part of the solution to keeping Ontario farm families and workers safe while they’re doing what has to be done on the farm.

That is one of the messages OFA representatives carried forward in a recent meeting with Ontario’s new chief prevention officer George Gritziotis.

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The meeting was to discuss the major changes that are occurring, including Ontario’s prevention services being moved to the Ministry of Labour.

It is OFA’s hope that with the move of prevention services members will see a better coordination of efforts and that Ontario employers, including farm operators, will see a more effective system to prevent workplace accidents.

Ontario’s chief prevention officer has a mandate to establish a provincial occupational health and safety strategy. He is also responsible for promoting the alignment of prevention activities across all workplace health and safety system partners, providing advice on preventing occupational injuries and illnesses, and working with health and safety associations to deliver programs

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and services, and comply with standards that are set by the minister.

OFA took the opportunity to discuss its role in working with a number of issues in Ontario’s farm sector. It spoke about the importance of preventing accidents on the farm, and asked that its sector be represented on the prevention council that is being established.

It put forward ideas on how to best work with its farm communities and work towards the prevention of farm-workplace accidents and fatalities.

One major topic of discussion for the OFA was the establishment of standards for employee training and certification. Ontario farmers employing workers can expect to see mandatory training requirements coming.

The goal is to ensure those requirements are thorough but not onerous and clearly relate to farming business realities.

Like many small businesses, farm employers must be supervisors, human resources managers, payroll and accounting, and still bring a crop to market.

With so many roles to play,

employers must be provided with clear options for achieving compliance.

The OFA is encouraged by the chief prevention officer’s positive attitude towards working and consulting with stakeholder organizations in the development of safety policies and regulations.

The OFA will continue to post updates on its involvement in the initiative on the website as we move forward.

Meanwhile, the OFA encourage all Ontario farmers to keep safety top of mind during this busy season.

Mapleton 4-H Life Skills Club keeps busy MAPLETON TWP. - The third meeting of the Mapleton 4-H Life Skills Club (“A Walk on the Wild Side”) was held on May 1 at 6:30pm at club leader Lynne Flewwelling’s house.

The meeting was originally set for April 24, but was rescheduled due to poor weather.

The meeting was opened with the 4-H pledge lead by club president Marina

Meulenbelt.

Everyone then walked back to the bush where they were told to remember the things they smelled, heard, saw and felt.

Members were also told to look for animal tracks so they could take molds. Members who found an animal track then made a mold of it.

On the walk back to the house members were told to

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find a rock they could paint the next meeting.

Jordan Dobben then read the secretary’s report. A discussion was then held about having a picnic club meeting.

Snacks were provided by Billy and Paxton Klasson and Felicity White.

Meeting four The fourth meeting of the Mapleton 4-H Lifeskills Club “A Walk on the Wild Side”, was held on May 8 at 6:30pm at the Moorefield Optimist Hall. The meeting was opened with the 4-H pledge led by club president Jordan Dobben.

Roll call was “What’s an animal or bird that you saw this weekend?”

Everyone then went outside to paint the rock that they had picked out at the last meeting.

Members went back inside to listen to a presentation about camp fire safety and first aid by Jeff deVries from the Mapleton Fire Department.

Snacks were provided

by Alexis Kuper and Laura Shaw. The next meeting is still to be determined. submitted by Laura Shaw

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A weekly report prepared by the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). If you require further information, regarding this report, call the Elora Resource Centre at 519-846-0941. Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

For technical information, call the Agricultural Information Contact Centre at 1-877-424-1300 or visit the OMAFRA Website: www. ontario.ca/omafra The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride at REACH Huron Clinton, ON – One of Canada’s most recognized icons, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Musical Ride, will be performing in the arena complex at the Regional Equine & Agricultural Centre of Huron Inc. (REACH Huron) on Thursday, June 21st. This exciting community event is being presented in partnership by REACH Huron and Bayfield Agricultural Society.

The RCMP Musical Ride represents a colourful Canadian tradition. The troop of 32 horses and riders will perform a variety of cavalry drills choreographed to music. Working through a unique medium, they support the RCMP community policing efforts throughout Canada.

The Musical Ride was developed in 1876 by early members of the North-West Mounted Police to display their riding ability and entertain the local community. It has evolved over the decades into a uniquely Canadian performance enjoyed by tens of thousands of spectators every year.

Members of the Musical Ride are first and foremost police officers. They all have at least two years experience in active police work before volunteering for duty with the Musical Ride. Surprisingly, most have no prior riding experience.

For ticket information, call REACH HURON at 519-482-3998.

Proceeds from ticket sales will be directed towards supporting REACH Huron and Bayfield Agricultural Society.

For further information contact: REACH HURON, Cindy Pryce, Executive Assistant at 519-482-3998 x1482 or BAYFIELD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, Doug Yeo, President at 519-4829296.

Growing Your Farm Profits

by John C. Benham The next Growing Your Farm Profits two-day workshop is planned for Monday, August 20th and Monday, August 27th at Everdale Farms, 5812 6th Line Erin from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided at no cost to you. At the workshop you will be able to complete a workbook similar to the EFP workbook and come up with an Action Plan to qualify you for financial assistance. By taking the workshop you will be able to review your current farm management practices. You will better understand how planning provides a framework for effective decision making. It will help you set goals and priorities for the future. It will identify resources to help you reach your goals. It will help you build on the strengths of your business and identify where you may wish to make changes for improved performance.

For an established farm business up to $31,400 is available and up to $35,900 is available for a new farm business. These are the maximum amounts of cost share available to improve your farm business management.

You are encouraged to sign up electronically at www.ontariosoilcrop.org/workshops/. For more information, call Liz at 519638-3268.

PROVINCIAL PREMISES REGISTRY Premises Identification Numbers can be obtained from the Provincial Premises Registry (PPR), now operated by approved service provider Angus GeoSolutions Inc. (AGSI). The PPR is a Ministry initiative and the only official provincial registry for obtaining Ontario Premises Identification Numbers for agri-food businesses.

Premises Identification Numbers issued before April 1, 2012 remain valid; the information is already in the PPR. Obtaining Premises Identification Numbers for agri-food businesses is an important step towards traceability in Ontario.

A Premises Identification Number is a unique identifying number assigned to a parcel of land that is associated with agri-food activities. In Ontario, premises are identified and registered in the

Provincial Premises Registry. Premises identification is a critical first step to building an effective traceability system. A traceability system is designed to track products through the agri-food chain.

Agri-food business owners and operators can register their premises securely online, easily and for free at www.ontarioppr.com.

Registrations are also available by calling the toll free number: 1-855-MY PPR ID (1-855-697-7743). The website and call centre services are available in English and French.

COMING EVENTS June 9 - 17th Annual Children’s Farm Safety Day for Waterloo Region from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Event will be held rain or shine in Woolwich Township at: Dennis & Helen Martin, 1220 Lundy Rd., RR#1, West Montrose. Registration by Friday, June 1st. For more information, contact Lois 519-696-2667 or check the website: www.waterlooruralwomen.org.

June 19 & 20 - Ontario Pork Congress. Mark your calendar; check website: http://www.porkcongress.on.ca/.

June 24 - Local Food Fest – a celebration of local food and copies of the 2012 local food map available at Ignatius Jesuit Centre with children’s area, workshops and more. Visit the website at: www.guelphwellingtonlocalfood.ca.

July 4 - National Farmers Union Waterloo-Wellington Local, monthly board meeting at 7:15 p.m. at the Husky Farm Equipment, Alma. (They meet every first Wednesday of the month).

July 4 & 5 - SouthWest Crop Diagnostic Day, Univ. of Guelph, Ridgetown, 8:15 a.m. Check the website: http://www.diagnosticdays.ca/.

July 12 - FarmSmart Expo, University of Guelph, Elora Research Station, Elora. Watch for details at: http://www.uoguelph. ca/farmsmart/.

July 13 - FarmSmart Expo Youth Day at the University of Guelph, Elora Research Station at 8:45 a.m. Check the website: www.uoguelph.ca/farmsmart/.

July 23-27 - 4-H Conference Career Sen$e; Application Deadline: June 11th, Guelph. See website for details: http://www.4hontario.ca/youth/opportunities/conferences/default.aspx.

Unveiling the truth about soy; new publication addresses misconceptions about product GUELPH - Soy 20/20 is hoping to boost healthy eating in Canada with the release of a new publication that dispels commonly held myths about soy bean consumption.

Commonly held misconceptions about soy intake focus on allergenicity, male fertility, mineral absorption and impairment of cognitive functions.

However, soy is low in saturated fat, full of nutrients and cholesterol free, and its protein is referred to as “complete,” because it provides all of the essential amino acids for human nutrition.

“Soy offers tremendous nutritional and health benefits when consumed as part of a healthy diet,” said Jeff Schmalz, president of Soy 20/20, an organization dedicat-

ed to expanding market opportunities for Canadian soybeans.

“Unfortunately there are some misconceptions out there about soy,” Schmalz said. Our goal is to debunk some of those myths with this new publication.”

Soy Questions and Answers addresses issues about food allergies and sensitivities, explains isoflavones and describes what makes soy heart healthy.

It also tackles some of the more sensitive issues with respect to soy consumption, backed by fact-based research findings.

Leading Canadian soy food researcher professor Alison Duncan provided feedback on the writing of the brochure, which includes information

4-H Field crop club learns about pests WEST LUTHER - The second meeting of the West Luther 4-H Field Crop Club was held May 22 at Doug and Susan Shaw’s.

The meeting was opened with the 4-H pledge followed by the election of officers.

Willie Van de Pol is our president; vice-president is Mitchell Clark; secretary, Dennis Coffey and press reporter Ellen Shaw.

This meeting we learned about the different pests that can affect the crops in our fields. They are weeds, insects and disease. We had each brought two weeds to identify.

We used the weed identification books supplied by our leader James Ferrier. The next meeting will be June 19.

from several recent studies on topics related to soy food.

“Soybeans are packed full of nutrition and have great potential to benefit human health,” said Duncan, associate professor in human health and nutritional sciences at the University of Guelph.

“Multiple studies have demonstrated the ability of soybeans in various forms to protect against heart disease, osteoporosis and various forms of cancer.”

The publication is available at www.soyforlife.ca and will be distributed food and consumer media, dietitians and health professionals.

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Moorefield diamond will host world class fastball teams at June 20 mural fundraiser

Darts champs - Shelley and Bernard Miller show off the darts trophies they won earlier this year after claiming the title of Ontario mixed doubles champions. photo by Chris Daponte

Darts duo heading to national tournament

by Chris Daponte C. WELLINGTON - Make no mistake about it, Bernard Miller wants to excel at the national darts championship later this month in Thunder Bay. “My goal is to be number one,” he said.

And yet the Maple Leaf Acres resident admits having a good time is always at the forefront.

“The whole goal of it, to me ... is to get together and see each other for a few days and have fun,” he added.

Joining him for the June 12 to 15 tournament will be his partner - both in life and mixed doubles darts - Shelley Miller.

“I want to win the Canada Cup,” Shelley said when asked about her expectations.

Eight men and eight women will represent Team Ontario at the tournament, with the goal

of finishing with the most overall points to claim the coveted top prize. Alberta claimed the Canada Cup last year and the Millers hope to regain the title for Ontario.

Over 1,000 Ontarians play darts competitively in tournaments recognized by the National Darts Federation of Canada. Of those, 256 men and 128 women qualified earlier this year for the provincial tournament. The Millers played well enough, both individually and as a team, to make the 16-member provincial team.

“It’s tough every year [to make it],” said Shelley.

When she’s not competing, she can often be seen pacing and cheering on Bernard, who is originally from Newfoundland. He moved to Ontario in the 1980s and has lived in Centre Wellington for about seven years.

Bernard has played darts for two decades, while Shelley, who is originally from Barrie, has played for about 15 years.

They couple actually met at a darts tournament.

“So some good has come out of it,” Shelley said with a smile.

Both practice for hours each day at home to stay sharp.

“It’s a sport that if you get good at it, it’s very addicting,” said Shelley.

And while the Millers love the competition and travelling to tournaments throughout southern Ontario, they took up the sport in the beginning just to have some fun.

“You make a lot of friends in it,” said Bernard. “I want to win, but if you’re not going to enjoy it, you shouldn’t play.”

For more information on the national tournament, visit www.ndfc.ca.

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MOOREFIELD - The softball fields here will host two of the game’s most exciting teams when the New Zealand Black Sox and the Argentina Men’s National Team bring their fastpaced international brand of fastball to Mapleton Township and Wellington County on June 20.

New Zealand, regarded as one of the top three fastball teams in the world, is a fivetime International Softball Federation (ISF) World Champion. The Black Sox held that distinction for 12 years straight, from 1996 to 2008, when they lost the crown to the Australia Steelers.

New Zealand will get a chance to regain the world title when the team hosts the ISF World Tournament on home turf in March.

Argentina is a fastballcrazed country that boasts some of the fastest players and certainly three of the top pitchers in the game.

Hurlers Lucas Mata, Juan Potolicchio and Sebastian Gervasuti are all well known to the ardent Ontario fans, and all three are certainly capable of beating the New Zealand powerhouse.

Both New Zealand and Argentina are in the area to

participate in the Legends of Fastball Classic, regarded as Canada’s number one men’s club tournament, from June 21 to 24 at Peter Hallman Ball Yard in Kitchener (tickets are available at the gate for that as well).

Moorefield has long been renown for hosting softball events and many area fans will remember the great tournaments featuring overnight camping, exciting local teams and, of course, the great aroma of ballpark hotdogs and onions.

Things have changed over the years but the cozy confines of Moorefield park still attract minor softball, local men’s and ladies teams and family reunions in a beautiful, treeenclosed setting.

The opportunity to host an international event in Moorefield is very timely.

The ballpark is having a major upgrade this spring, with the outfield fence being replaced, moved back and heightened to eight feet. The biggest improvement will be the replacement of the 50-yearold wooden light standards, thanks to a partnership with the Town of Minto and the opportunity to pick up the redundant light standards in Teviotdale, which became available with

the closing of the park there to make room for an OPP station.

The New ZealandArgentina game is being used as a local fundraiser to help defray the costs of an historical mural now being developed by renowned artist Alan Hilgendorf.

The mural, depicting many of the historic aspects of Moorefield’s past, is being developed on panels and will be installed in the heart of the community in late summer.

All of the profit from the ball game will go to this project.

The host committee for this event includes the Moorefield Optimists, Moorefield Athletic Association, Moorefield - Drayton Minor Softball, Drayton Kinsmen and Kitchener Fastball Promotions.

The double header action will start at 6:30pm with team introductions and a ceremonial first pitch to precede the games. Tickets are available at the gate at a cost of $5 per person.

Children under 12 are admitted free and all minor softball players are encouraged to wear their team jerseys. Both teams will be available to sign autographs before and after the games.

A day on the water - Over 500 anglers took part in the annual Belwood Pike Derby this year.

photo by Helen Michel

Biggest pike - The Belwood Lions held their annual Pike Derby on Belwood Lake May 26 and 27. The first place adult prize winner of $2,000, with a 34.75-inch lunker, was Glen Billings of Guelph, who was joined by his daughter Abbey.

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FROM PAGE TWO baking. Melville United Church, 300 Tower St. Fergus (across from Post Office). 519-787-0570. *** Arthur Legion Br. 226 Wing Night 6-8pm. All you can eat $12.

No take outs. Entertainment. *** Century Church Theatre, 72 Trafalgar Road, Hillsburgh. The Ring of Fire: A Johnny Cash Experience, starring Andy Vickers, with Sarah O’Hara as June Carter. Back by popular demand, for two shows, 2:30 and 8pm. Box Office 519-855-4586. *** June 15 and 16 Harriston Town Hall Theatre in Harriston, with our newest show BeatleMania Revisited. Come see this unique theatrical event that combines the looks, the music and the excitement of The Beatles as an international cast perform over 30 Beatles hits. Tickets are $20 and are on sale at 519-338-2778.

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sat. june 16

Yard and Bake Sale St. John’s United Church, Belwood. 8-1pm.

Proceeds to building fund. Something for everyone. *** Sunrise Galloping Gourmets Charity Fundraiser at the Sunrise Farm in Puslinch, 2:30-7pm. Celebrity meet and greet: Celebrity Chef Kary Osmond - CBC’s Best Recipes Ever and Host: Tommy Hunter – Canada’s Country Gentleman, gourmet dining, live and silent auction, children’s riding demos. For info and tickets call Lynne at 519-837-0558 ext. 31. *** The Annual Puslinch Lake Home Tour. Five lake homes will be on view. 10am to 4pm. Boat departure is 10am from the Old Marina restaurant dock at a cost of $25/person. Land tickets are $20/person using your vehicle. Tickets can be purchased at the Old Marina. For more information call: 519-658-0367 or 519220-0582. *** Rockwood & District Lioness and Lions Clubs present The Good Brothers. 5th Annual Dinner and Dance. Dinner 6pm, dance 9pm.

Rockmosa Community Centre. $30 per person. For tickets call 519-856-9419 or 519-856-9650. *** Country Dance, Alma Community Hall. $10. Dance to Southridge Sound. *** The Grandmothers of the Grand is having a fundraising garage sale at 448 St. Andrew’s St. E Fergus. Something for everyone.

For more info. call Elly at 519-843-1528.

Sun. June 17

Sunday Morning Community Family Breakfast at Fergus Legion, 500 Blair Street. 9-11:30am. $6 per person, $3 kids under 10.

Everyone is welcome. *** Sunday Night Showcase Concert - with Randy Morrison & Flat River, 7pm; free, Gore Park bandstand, Elmira. *** Music in the Park at the Hillsburgh Historical Park on Trafalgar Rd. Hillsburgh (beside the Exchange Hotel) 2-4pm featuring Maximum 60 (’50s & ’60s music). Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy an afternoon of music. If it rains, the performance will be cancelled. Sponsored by The Let’s Get Hillsburgh Growing Committee. For information 519-855-6343 or 519-833-2571. *** Last community breakfast of the season 9-11:30am. Fergus Legion. *** Eramosa Union Cemetery Memorial Service at 2 pm at the cemetery, please bring chairs for seating. In case of inclement weather service will be at Barrie Hill Church. *** Ellis Chapel Sunday afternoon services with the theme of Social Awareness. Guest speaker - Wayne Foster, Ontario Christian Gleaners. 2:30pm, followed by refreshments in the garden. The chapel is located at 6705 Ellis Road in Puslinch Township and can be reached from Wellington Rd. 34, 32 or Townline Road. *** Knox Presbyterian Church, Grand Valley. Mark DuBois and his Studio Singers in Concert Tickets $12/person. 2:30pm. Available at the door.

Mon. June 18

Guelph Enabling Garden Knit Knites 2012 at the Guelph Enabling Garden 6:30pm, weather permitting. This is a unique way to spend an evening in a beautiful setting along the river. Experienced and new knitters welcome. Bring a knitting project and folding chair.

Please bring a mug if you would like to enjoy tea. The Guelph Enabling Garden is fully accessible and welcomes folks of all ages and abilities. Visit www.guelphenablinggarden.blogspot. com for more details and events. *** Elmira & District Horticultural Society. 7:30pm. Demo with Master Gardener Mary Ann Gilhuly: Making your own Hypertufa planters. Trinity United Church, Elmira. New members welcome.

Tues. June 19

Cancer Support Group third Tuesday of every month, 10am12pm. Upper Grand 753 Tower, St. Fergus. First Wednesday of the month, Lunch out. Contact, Joyce B. 519-843-3213 or Judy D. 519-843-3947 Ext: 100. ***

Guelph Township Horticultural Society celebrates its 90th year with a barbecue and mini flower show. 6:30pm, pavilion behind Marden Library - 7368 Wellington Rd. 30. Please bring salad or dessert to share, along with family cutlery and dishes. Flower entries for youth and adult members from 6-6:30pm. Chris Earley, of Guelph Arboretum, will equip us with binoculars and nets to identify dragonflies, butterflies and birds. Bring your camera. Call 519-822-5289 for more info. The public is always welcome.

Wed. June 20

Until June 29. National Soaring Championships held at York Soaring Association. June 20 to 29. Come out and see some amazing flying. York Soaring Association Airfield, located on the South/West corner of Hwy 109 and 5th Line West Garafraxa. *** Arthur Legion Br. 226 General Meeting. 8pm. *** Fergus & District Horticultural Society Meeting & Flower Show: 7:30pm. Victoria Park Centre, Fergus. Topic: “Veggies for Small Places”. Speaker: Sonia Day. Everyone welcome. For more info. call Roberta at 519-843-5892. *** Guelph Hiking Summer Solstice Potluck Picnic. 6pm. Riverside Park, Guelph Bring plates, cutlery, lawn chairs and your favourite food dish to share. Coffee and juice will be provided. There will be evening hikes around the park after we eat, or sit and talk with friends.

Thurs. June 21

Family Fun Night 5-8pm. Everyone welcome. Hosted by St. Joseph Catholic School, Fergus. Games, food and drinks, entertainment and activities for all. 150 Strathallan St., Fergus. *** Arthur and District Horticultural Society Iris, Peony and Rose Show. Arthur Curling Club. 8pm. Speakers John Hieter and Ann Legault-Heiter. All welcome. *** Arthur Youth Horticultural Society Meeting and Show. Arthur Curling Club. 6 -7pm. *** Strawberry Supper Arthur Community Centre, 5-7pm. Salads, ham, beef, cake, ice cream and berries. Adults $12, children 10 and under $6.

KITCHENER - Tickets to blockbuster Wicked recently went on sale for Centre In The Square Aug. 29 through Sept. 9 and they are selling fast.

Currently in its ninth year on Broadway, over six million people have seen Wicked in New York alone making it Broadway’s highest grossing show for eight consecutive years. It has also played sellout engagements in Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Saskatoon and in Vancouver, where the production shattered its own box office record with a weekly gross of $2,030,245 (CDN), making it the highestgrossing week for a touring Broadway show in Canadian

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Week one performances run Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings at 7:30pm, with Thursday, Saturday and Sunday having 2pm matinees. Second week performances are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:30pm with Saturday and Sunday having 2pm matinees.

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Trinity United Church-Grand Valley.-Drive thru Chicken BBQ. Advance tickets only. Phone 519-928-5627. *** Moorefield United Church Garden Party. 5-7pm. Moorefield Community Centre. Ham, Turkey, Salads, and strawberry shortcake. No reserve tickets necessary. Adults $14; Children 5 - 11 $5; Under 5 free. *** Francofête 5-8pm at l’École élémentaire L’Odyssée, 30 Brighton Street in Guelph. Everyone is welcome. Rides and entertainment for the whole family. BBQ/refreshments available for purchase.

For info. or to book a table for the resource fair, call the school at 519-837-4420.

Sat. June 23

Saturday Night Dance at the Elora Legion featuring the Country Versatiles. Starts at 8pm. Cost $10 per person, lunch provided.

Call 519-846-9611 for more information. *** The Ennotville Library holds event to recognize the recent grant received from the Trillium Foundation. 2pm. This will be followed by the annual Strawberry Social at the library. We encourage all to attend to show our appreciation and view the renovations. *** Arthur Legion Br. 226 Karaoke. 8:30pm. *** Ham Dinner with Strawberries, at Knox Elora Presbyterian Church 5-6:30pm. Tickets: Adults $13, 8 & under $6. Call 519846-0680. *** Fergus Golf Course just outside Fergus, Ontario Partners With Purpose Annual Golf event for Haiti. $99 includes: steak dinner, barbecue lunch, snack bags and golf balls, golf with cart provided, prizes. Contact Dave Pero at 519-787-7622 or Wayne Groves at 519-787-1813 ext. 1813. *** Unique House Concert in picturesque Eden Mills. Guelph Guitar Virtuoso John Alac to perform Eden Mills House Concert.

Homeland Remembered: A concert of Czech, Slovak, and Canadian Guitar Music. 4-5:30pm. 100 York Street, Eden Mills. $15 by calling 519-856-2259 or pay at the door. *** Guelph Chamber Choir 7:30pm. Ffarwel (Farewell) Concert Before UK Summer Tour. Harcourt Memorial United Church, 87 Dean Ave, Guelph 519-836-5103. Tickets $15, $10 students and under 30, $5 eyeGO, from choir members or at the door.

Concert in preparation for choir’s participation in the Llangollen International Eisteddfod competition in Wales in early July. *** Boot Hill Auto’s 2nd Annual Show & Shine. 12pm- 4pm. Charity BBQ, Silent Auction, NFL & CFL Celebrities. In support of Guelph Wellington Community Living and Arc Industries.

Sun. June 24

Sunday Night Showcase Concert - with Jimmy Phair (from Sarnia), 7pm; free, Gore Park bandstand, Elmira.

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Horoscopes - For the second week of June -

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, your ambition will take you to new places this week. Channel your energy in a constructive method to make the most of this renewed vigor.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, now is the time to do slow and steady work, rather than experimenting with new methods. You’ll have time for fun and some trial and error later on.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, for some reason you feel compelled to get started on something new in the next few days. This may be a job or a relationship -- only time will unveil the secrets.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, you will need to take an intellectual approach to solving what has been troubling you recently. Lists and careful consideration might be necessary.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 You have to approach someone who hasn’t been doing his or her share of the work, Leo. Tread gently because there could be a very good reason why this person has been floundering.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Open yourself up to a new line of thinking, Virgo. There are many different possibilities that you may have overlooked before now. Try to expand your horizons.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Embrace spontaneity this week, Libra.

It could turn out to be something exciting and fun, which is just what you need at this time in your life.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, take a step back and allow an upset family member a little breathing room this week. It’s best not to add fuel to the fire in this particular situation.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Get out and try to meet some new people, Sagittarius. Constantly add to your collection of networking contacts, because you never know when you’ll need to call in a favor.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, though you can see quite clearly what you need to do this week, you may have to refrain from taking any action for some time. Try to be patient a little longer.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, things have been going your way and you are getting more and more excited about the future. This influx of enthusiasm is just what you need.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Your big ideas are highly valued, Pisces. Let others know what you are thinking and don’t be surprised if others ask for your advice.

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ABERFOYLE FARMERS MARKET Saturdays from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm May 26 to October 27 Optimist Recreation Centre, Puslinch Community Park • • • • •

Over 30 vendors Real farmers Plenty of free parking Wheelchair accessible Sheltered pavilion

Wellington County Library celebrates Father’s Day! Monday, June 11 Harriston Branch, 3:30-5:30 pm. Father’s Day Make-and-Take (all ages) Tuesday, June 12 Drayton Branch, 6:30-7:15pm. Father’s Day Storytime (ages 2-6) Tuesday to Saturday, June 12-16 Palmerston Branch, during open hours. Father’s Day Make ‘n Take (all ages)

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Every Wednesday in June Palmerston Branch, during open hours. Challenge Dad to a game! (ages 3 and up)

HARRISTON - June 8 to August 31 Fridays from 3:00 - 6:00 pm Harriston Motors

Thursday, June 14 Mount Forest Branch, 3:30-7:30 pm. Father’s Day Make ‘n Take (all ages) Friday, June 15 Aboyne Branch, 6:30-7:30 pm. Father’s Day Drop-In Story Time (families) Puslinch Branch, during open hours. Father’s Day Drop-In crossword contest (ages 5-12)

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Saturday, June 16 Arthur Branch, 10:30-11:30 am. Father’s Day Story Time (ages 5-9) Visit www.wclib.ca for branch contact information and hours.

PALMERSTON- June 9 to September 1 Saturdays from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Railway Heritage Museum Both markets feature 100% locally grown produce, home baking, meats, honey, maple syrup, plants and artisan products.

For a full listing of vendors and special event details, visit: www.mintofarmersmarket.ca

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PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WEST NILE VIRUS West Nile virus is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. The severity of the disease varies, so it’s important to take the appropriate steps to protect yourself and your family.

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Simple Ways To Protect Yourself • Use insect repellent containing DEET when outside.

• Cover up exposed skin with clothing.

• Be sure to clean up mosquito prone areas around your home on a regular basis.

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Call if you need information about: • Housing Services • Children Services • Health Matters • Social Assistance • Legal Matters • Homes for the Aged • Community Programmes • Employment Services • Immigrant Settlement Services 211 service is free • Calls are answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week • Multi-lingual services available • Services available online at: www.211ontario.ca

Reporting Dead Birds Please call the Ontario Veterinary College to report a dead bird.

1.866.673.4781 or 519.824.4120, ext. 54662*.

Top 10 List: Mosquito Prone Areas 1. Bird baths with stagnant water 2. Swimming pool solar covers 3. Children’s wading pools 4. Unused toys 5. Old tires 6. Unused containers 7. Flower pot saucers 8. Clogged gutters and eaves troughs 9. Blocked drainage ditches 10. Small containers like cans or bottle tops For more information on West Nile Virus, please visit the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health website, at: www.wdgpublichealth.ca

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THE 2012 GUELPHWELLINGTON LOCAL FOOD MAP IS NOW AVAILABLE! Pick up your copy at your local County library branch, tourism outlets and select businesses throughout Wellington Guelph.

Pick yours up today and localize the food on your plate!

For more information, visit: www.guelphwellingtonlocalfood.ca

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