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A firsthAnd look At first nAtion issues
Citizens want support in biogas fight Woolwich seeks more answers ahead of gravel pit OMB hearing
Although council opted not to appeal provincial decision, it can still help those in battle
Public input helps expand township’s list of concerns about project proposed for Winterbourne valley
sTeve Kannon
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Councillors may have backed away from the fight, but they should still throw in with the community in the upcoming battle over a proposed biogas plant, say Elmira residents who launched an appeal to the province’s Environmental Review Tribunal.
Addressing council Monday night, rep-resentatives of the group asked for the township’s help in fighting the project, calling it a potential health hazard that will lower the quality of life in Elmira. Al-though Woolwich opted against an appeal, citing the cost of fighting a battle with a slim chance of being won, councillors have a duty to protect residents, argued Vivienne Delaney and Michael Purves-Smith.
Their presentation, which emphasized the negative impacts of the extra truck traffic that would be needed to service the plant, laid the blame squarely on the shoulders of the Ontario government.
“It clearly does not care where bio-energy plants are located, so long as they are built,” said Purves-Smith, noting the province ignored the input and best in-terests of Elmira residents in giving the green light to the application by Woolwich Bio-En.
“The Ministry of the Environment once again has let Elmira down. We’re asking Woolwich council to stand up for us – where do you stand on this issue and are you on board with us?” he asked.
Both stressed they support the goal of green energy, but want to see the project built elsewhere, away from residential and commercial areas.
“Noise, odour, vibration, congestion
There are no answers, only more questions as Woolwich goes into Ontario Municipal Board hearings that will decide the fate of a gravel pit proposed for the Winterbourne valley.
Following public input, the township has expanded its list of concerns to be ad-dressed in upcoming proceedings, starting with a mediation session next month, in-volving Kuntz Topsoil, Sand and Gravel’s application to mine gravel from a 90-acre site at 125 Peel St.
New information has called into ques-tion some of the studies submitted by the applicant, with a host of new questions to be answered, director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley told council-lors meeting Apr. 16. The new data, for instance, have caused the township to reverse its position that the pit would have no adverse visual impact on residents of Conestogo’s Golf Course Road.
“We’ve changed our professional opin-ion. We’ve now determined there would be an unacceptable visual impact.”
With that in mind, the township will be asking the applicant to address the issue.
Other questions have arisen due to studies showing the water table is higher
biogAs | 2 grAvel pit | 4Bill Neish (front) and Darrol Bryant were outside the Woolwich Township offices Monday protesting the proposed biogas plant. More than 50 protestors marched along Church Street, calling for the project to be rejected. [COLIN DEWAR / THE OBSERVER]
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Pointing to the increased truck traffic – and the health risks of diesel-fu-elled vehicles – they noted the existing zoning in the area of the Martin’s Lane facility will see the creation of an industrial park with truck access only through the core of Elmira.
“If the site in north El-mira is to be properly used, without bringing extra truck traffic through town, we do need a truck bypass,” said Purves-Smith.
“What is the benefit to Elmira of increased truck traffic from new indus-try in the north of town? Where else has a significant extension of an industrial park been approved when there is no truck access to it except through a down-town and residential area?”
That idea drew support from Coun. Mark Bauman, who called on Mayor Todd Cowan to pursue the long-discussed bypass route at
regional council.“A truck bypass is not
only important to this proj-ect, but to other projects. If there’s one thing we should be doing – that would be a regional issue – it’s push-ing the region on a truck bypass.”
Bauman was cautious, however, about committing the township’s time and money to the appeal, not-ing council had received legal advice that the narrow scope of the appeal process makes success unlikely.
The citizens’ group is ask-ing for administrative sup-port, expert witnesses, re-search support and funding to help with legal action.
For his part, Cowan said the township would con-tinue to lobby the provin-cial government to allow the project to be moved to another site – a Breslau lo-cation has been suggested, though there are many details still to be worked out. Although not overly optimistic at this point, he said he would push for an alternative.
“I’m trying to be realistic – I’m not going to promise that we’re going to (be suc-cessful, but we’re going to continue the efforts on our part.”
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A vocal contingent gathered in front of township hall in advance of Monday’s council meeting, where representatives of the citizens’ group appealing the Bio-En decision later addressed councillors. Inset: Ailah Kauk, 5, attended the rally with her mother and sister. [COLIN DEWAR / THE OBSERVER]
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Donated house put to use in controlled burn as a training exercise for township firefighters, Conestoga trainees
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Fire students from Conestoga College had the rare opportunity to witness a house burn in a controlled setting on Apr. 13 as Wellesley fire crews razed it to the ground.
The house, located at 3438 Weimar Line, had been donated to the fire department earlier this year.
“The current owner pur-chased the property and were planning on rede-veloping the site and they had taken out a demoli-tion permit on the house,” said Wellesley fire chief Andrew Lillico.
“It was basically a dona-tion of the building for the purposes of training.”
A thick plume of smoke rose to the sky around 10:30 a.m. Apr. 13 and was visible as far away as St. Jacobs as about 25 students from the college participated in a range of training exercises, from water relay exercises to the application of water and the affects of various fire attack techniques.
At no time, however, were students or fire crews permitted inside the building while it
The Township of Wellesley joined 40 other Canadian cities and regions passing a motion for a proposal to exclude them from the Comprehen-sive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union.
CETA is an inclusive free trade agreement between Canada and the EU. Nego-tiations first began in 2009 and are expected to finish later this year.
At Tuesday night’s coun-cil meeting, Steve Sachs, recording secretary for the Waterloo Region Labour Council , urged councillors
to push the province for municipalities to be ex-empted from the terms of a trade deal that would have economic repercussions for food and agriculture in the region.
“We are concerned about the effects that the agree-ment will have on munici-pal procurement and our local food and farming sector,” said Sachs. “CETA would forbid the Township of Wellesley from apply-ing offsets or conditions assigned to extract local development benefits on tenders for goods, services and construction.”
Unlike the North Amer-ica Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA), CETA would bind provincial and municipal governments through its tendering provisions. These provisions would prohibit municipal gov-ernments from approving tenders of goods and ser-vices valued at more than $340,000 in favour of local or Canadian goods, servic-es or labour said Sachs.
Under CETA, if any pub-lic institution or munici-pality in the region choos-es to procure a portion of the foods it buys from local sources, European corporations could sue for potential lost of revenue.
“What the EU is seeking in CETA is a legal guaran-
tee that if one of its firms puts in the lowest bid that firm will win the contract and municipal decisions to the contrary could be chal-lenged before a trade tri-bunal with the authority to halt projects and over turn contracts,” said Sachs.
Municipalities may face new administration costs under the CETA agree-ment as they will have to provide the Canadian gov-ernment with information about municipal procure-ment, issue bids under CETA specifications and compensate unsuccessful bidders who claim CETA procedures were not fol-lowed.
Sachs said the trade agreement was unbal-anced in favour of the EU and would fundamentally change the way Canadian municipalities do busi-ness.
“An impact assessment done for the EU commis-sion predicts one-sided gains for European con-struction and service firms and Canadian municipali-ties lose a lot of policy flex-ibility on spending public money, money they could use to support local em-ployment and sustainable development.”
“This agreement scares me, especially what (Cana-da) is giving up procuring
this. There could be a lot of damage done to the mu-nicipalities,” said Coun. Jim Olender.
CETA is designed to open up European markets for Canadian beef, pork, canola, and other com-modities with the federal government claiming the agreement will add $12 billion to the Canadian economy over time.
Within southwestern Ontario the cities Guelph, Brantford, Stratford, Hamilton, Windsor, Mis-sissauga and Toronto have all passed motions for pro-posals to the Ontario gov-ernment to exclude them from CETA.
burned.“We follow National Fire
Protection Association Standards, which prohibit us [from entering],” said Lillico. “If we want to do interior firefighting sce-narios we would do that at the training centre, which is a more controlled envi-ronment.”
The fire raged for more than two hours as training officers from the college took students through various scenarios on how to attack a fire, where to spray water for the great-est affect, how to safely climb to the roof and com-bat a fire on the second storey, and how to operate manual water relays from a pond some 1,300 feet away – a reality in rural firefighting with no access to municipal water sup-plies or hydrants.
“I think the students were very impressed,” Lil-lico said.
The fire was also the fi-nal stage of training in the home that had been used by the fire department for exercises since early March. Lillico said his own volunteers had been practicing ventilation tactics, search-and-rescue and self-rescue exercises,
as well as aerial opera-tions and water supply and tanker operations for the past six weeks or so.
Before the fire they also ensured all utilities had been disconnected and that there were no hazards left inside the building.
The opportunity to practice on a real struc-ture is a rare one, as many homes that owners wish to donate to the fire de-partment simply aren’t in good enough condition.
“It can’t be in such a state of decay that there is no value to it,” the fire chief explained.
A couple of hours after it all began, fire crews used the aerial ladder truck to extinguish what was left of the flames and a backhoe was on the scene for cleanup.
For the dozens of pass-ing motorists that stopped to watch it must have been an odd scene watch-ing dozens of fire fighters watch a building burn to the ground.
“This was more […] to observe the fire rather than to see if you can physically put this fire out,” said Lillico.
“It was never our intent to extinguish the fire.”
Students from the Conestoga College fire training course spent the morning on Apr. 13 fighting a house fire on Weimar Line. The home had been donated by the new property owner earlier this year. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]
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Mother-daughter fashion show to benefit shelter
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The owner of a vacant former industrial site in Elmira’s core this week won an extension to the development charges exemption that’s been in place for eight years.
Blaze Properties now has another four years to get something going on the property, the former home of Procast Found-ries, which closed its doors in 2002. The arrangement would see the township
ate “an incredible amount of dust,” she argued, calling the extra crushing incom-patible with surrounding residential land use.
For Coun. Bonnie Bry-ant, concerns about the recycling operation are sig-nificant enough to look at removing that component from the application. At the very least, the township will look at a temporary-use bylaw to govern re-cycling of waste material onsite.
Kennaley said the town-ship would be seeking legal
advice about removing or controlling the recycling operation.
Coun. Mark Bauman, who was the lone dissent-ing vote in plans to expand the township’s official list of concerns, argued against further restrictions on recycling, saying it would be hypocritical given that Woolwich recycles the con-crete and asphalt from its road projects.
He also opposed more delays in the project, which was given tentative ap-proval in the last term of
council; Bauman is the sole member from that term still serving on council.
“We’re continually throwing hurdles in front of this application,” he said.
On the subject of gravel, councillors cleared the way for progress at the pit oper-ated by D&J Lockhart Exca-vators at 6225 Middlebrook Rd., agreeing to withdraw its objections to the compa-ny’s Aggregate Resources Act (ARA) application.
The expansion to the existing small pit had been
Just in time for Moth-er’s Day, a mother-daugh-ter fashion show is being held at Lions Hall in El-mira, with proceeds to help support the women’s crisis centre Anselma House.
The shelter helps protect women and children liv-ing in the region who are trying to escape domestic abuse.
“We wanted to help out a charity like Anselma House, which helps tons of women and children, because it is one of those charities that does not get a lot of donations as it does not have a happy feel as-sociated with it,” said Lori Dronick, one of the orga-nizers of the event.
Currently Anselma House has more than 30 beds for women and chil-dren and the salon is hop-ing to raise funds to help the organization expand its facilities to assist with the demand on space.
“Anselma House sees close to 45 people come through their doors, way
more than they can han-dle, and they need more space so we are hoping to raise some donations to help with the cause,” said Dronick.
The Beautiful Me fashion show, hosted by Guys and Dolls Salon, will take place on May 6 starting at 2 p.m.
The fashion show will display clothing and outfits from local businesses in-cluding FB and Me, Taylors Bridal, and Core Clothing. The garments will be mod-eled by locals, ranging in age from 14 to 70 years old, who are all clients of the salon.
“Around spring time ev-eryone wants to look good and feel good and the show is all about confidence and feeling better about one-self,” said Dronick. “We are really hoping to make this a community event.”
Tickets for the show are $20 and include a light lunch with door prizes available.
Anyone interested in at-tending the event should call 519-669-8234 for more information.
held up over the inclusion of depth-of-extraction pro-visions – known as vertical zoning – in the township’s zoning bylaw.
Both the township and Region of Waterloo are challenging the province’s stance against vertical zoning in an OMB appeal regarding the new Regional Official Plan. In this case, however, the township has agreed to separate the depth provisions from the rest of the bylaw, allowing them to be included in the ARA site plan.
waive $56,000 in develop-ment charges – fees levied by municipalities to pay for infrastructure costs for new construction – as an incentive to get a new proj-ect underway.
The catch is that only commercial development qualifies, not residential. The owner sees demand for a residential project, but none for commercial. The township has resisted converting the land to purely residential use, however.
As director of engineer-ing and planning Dan Kennaley noted at Monday night’s council meeting, a mixed-use project, with storefronts and apart-ments above, for instance, could be workable. An “important property in the core,” the site should be developed in keeping with the surrounding zoning, which is commercial.
“I think the requirement for ground-floor commer-cial is a good one,” he said of the township’s position.
But Coun. Mark Bauman appeared to be softening on that approach, noting there’s been no action at the site – and thus no real tax revenues – for eight years since the building was demolished and the property cleared for devel-opment.
“I’m wondering if our designation is wrong,” he said of the commercial zoning, adding the town-ship has an incentive to look at other options.
In pushing for the exten-
sion of the development charge exemption, Mark Dorfman, a planner repre-senting Blaze Properties, told councillors changing the Official Plan and zon-ing designations on the land would be the biggest incentive to seeing devel-opment there.
“I think there’s a market for residential develop-ment at that location.”
Blaze Properties has been trying to develop the 1.36-acre site at 7 Memo-rial Ave. since 2004. The
foundry itself closed its doors in October 2002, with the building subse-quently demolished.
In order to make the new exemption official, the township will have to amend the applicable bylaw, which requires a public meeting, with feed-back and notification pe-riods. Kennaley estimated it would take another two months to go through the process, which would see the exemption run to Apr. 30, 2016.
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than initially measured, meaning there’s less gravel accessible, as extraction would have to remain at least 1.5 metres above the water table. That, in turn, poses challenges to the economic viability of the project, perhaps remov-ing 300,000 tonnes of ag-gregate from the expected total of 850,000 tonnes.
The higher levels could also reduce the height of the pit face, perhaps changing the impact of
noise from the site, Ken-naley suggested.
And, if less gravel is to be taken, the township would have to look at perhaps reducing the 15-year sunset clause it hopes to attach to the project.
In a presentation to councillors, West Montrose resident Lynn Hare raised another issue that made the township’s list of con-cerns, namely the suitabil-ity of plans to recycle con-crete and asphalt onsite. The material, which would be trucked in, would gener-
Owner has another four years to work out a core-friendly commercial development project for long-vacant property
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Police issue warning about bottle bombsWaterloo Regional Police are warning the community about the seri-ous dangers posed by so-called “bottle bombs” after a 10-year old was seriously injured last weekend.
There have been three re-ported incidents in the past week of youth building a device that combines corro-sive household chemicals, such as drain cleaner and other ingredients, in a plas-tic container. The devices are unstable and can cause chemical burns and injury from flying debris, often to the person building it.
On Apr. 15, a Kitchener youth received serious facial injuries when the homemade device explod-ed, lodging plastic shrapnel into his face. He received treatment at a hospital emergency department afterwards. The two other
incidents involved youth exploding these devices in school parking lots after school hours. There were no reported injuries.
These devices may be making a recurrence due to the Internet and social media. Police and school officials want to remind parents to be aware of the online activities of their children, and potential indicators that they are involved in this dangerous activity.
As a general precaution, police urge the public to avoid handling misshapen or bloated plastic bottles with unknown contents, which could explode if moved or disturbed. Police should be contacted in these instances. Anyone with information is asked to contact Waterloo Region-al Police at (519) 653 7700.
small car operated by a 50-year-old Waterloo woman at the intersection of Line 86 and Katherine Street. No injuries were reported. Damaged to the car was moderate. No charges were laid.
3:00 PM | A man in his late 20s driving a Pontiac Sunfire ran into the back of an Elmira school bus driven by a 49-year-old woman on Arthur Street and Sawmill Road at the roundabout near St. Jacobs. No students were on the bus at the time. No injuries were reported by either driver. Moderate damage was sustained by the car. There were no charges.
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6:50 PM | Police responded to a break-and-enter at the construction site on Church Street in Elmira next to the Short Stop. When police arrived they found four young children exploring the site. Police spoke to the children about safety and returned them to their parents.
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9:00 aM | Police received a call from Wellesley Public School about a theft of an iPod. A 15-year-old boy had stolen the music device from a classmate. The device was
recovered by police and returned to its rightful owner.
12:15 PM | A Wellesley resident contacted police when he noticed a man driving a four-wheel ATV around his property on Lichty Road. When police arrived they spoke to the man, who said he did not know the property was private and subsequently apologized to the homeowner.
4:10 PM | A 27-year-old Cambridge man was operating a Fed Ex truck on Fountain Street near Riverbank Drive in Breslau
when the vehicle was pushed into on-coming traffic by the wind. The truck hit a blue 2004 Chevy Venture van driven by a 43-year-old Kitchener man. No injuries were reported but both vehicles were destroyed. No charges were laid.
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7:30 aM | A 20-year-old Waterloo man driving a black 2005 Ford Ranger pickup truck was charged with ‘careless driving’ when he hit a 1998 Honda Civic driven by a 69-year-old Kitchener man at the intersection of Farmer’s Market Road and King Street in St. Jacobs. No injuries were reported and moderate damage was sus-tained by both vehicles.
7:40 aM | Police were con-tacted by the Mill Street Market and Grill on Nafziger Road in Wellesley about the theft of a compressor for their freezer unit. The compressor was outside the building and is estimated to be valued at $8,000. Police are continuing to investigate.
9:00 aM | A 20-year-old woman driving a blue 2008 Toyota Yaris northbound on Northfield Drive near Jigs Hollow Road lost control of her vehicle when she drove onto the shoulder of the road. The driver of the vehicle over-corrected, sending the car into the southbound lanes before hitting a ditch and flipping over. No injuries were reported and no charges were laid. The vehicle was destroyed.
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6:10 PM | Police were called to a residence on Second Street in Elmira when a skunk appeared in the backyard acting strangely. Po-lice quickly dispatched the animal as it was suffering from distemper.
9:25 PM | A 30-year-old
man driving a transport truck on Lobsinger Line near Kressler Road in Heidelberg struck a plastic traffic box attached to a pole. The truck was not damaged. No injuries were reported. No charges were laid.
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New parking bylaw approved
The deletion of a couple of words was enough to earn unanimous council support for Woolwich’s new front-yard parking bylaw.
By removing “standing and stop-ping” from the text and focusing on “parking,” the township has a bylaw that’s less “onerous,” said Coun. Mark Bauman Monday night as he and his colleagues approved the new measure.
The new bylaw gives the township more flexibility in dealing with an increase in the number of complaints about residents parking on their lawns.
Once passed, the new regulations would provide for a $75 ticket to be issued in cases where parking strays from the legal driveway space.
New chairman, member for CPAC
Elmira resident Dr. Dan Holt is the new chair of the Chemtura Public Advisory Committee, replacing Mayor Todd Cowan, who had been serving that role on an interim basis. Cowan is stepping down from the environmental watchdog committee, with Coun. Mark Bauman stepping in as council’s representative.
Ernst Street reconstruction
Work should get underway by the end of the month as Woolwich prepares to reconstruct Ernst Street in Elmira.
Council this week awarded a $600,000 contract to Sousa Concrete to carry out the work. Another $64,000 will be handed over to the IBI Group to administer the project.
The work will involve the replace-ment of existing sanitary and storm sewers, cellar drains, watermains and associated underground services. Also on tap are new concrete curbs
and sidewalks, as well as new asphalt pavement. Street lighting will be upgraded.
The goal is to begin installing a temporary watermain on Apr. 30, with construction getting underway May 7. Completion is scheduled for July 31.
EDSS picks up green award
Earlier this week Elmira District Secondary School was named one of the recipients of the Tim Walker Memorial Award for Environmental Stewardship for 2011/2012.
EDSS won the award for its courtyard greening project that has
been ongoing since 2010. With the project, students designed gardens with a variety of grasses, shrubs and perennials around the newly built deck and interlocking brick patio area at the school outside of the school library, and students have been engaged in learning about the environment by creating a sustainable garden that contains plants native to the area. The project will increase students’ exposure to outside activities and provides opportunities to investigate possible career aspirations. A class of 20 will also be involved in the planning and plant-ing and many classes will be involved in the maintenance of the gardens over the years, and science classes will be
able to monitor the ecology of this area and observe new butterflies or birds occupying the area.
The $500 award was also given to Keatsway and William G. Davis Public School, and Eastwood Collegiate Institute was the other secondary school recipient based on the following criteria: staff and student involvement (current and future) and environmental stewardship; impact on student learn-ing/fostering learning and engaging students – consideration given to interactive education component; environmental benefits, for example shading, greening, waste reduction, recycling and organized action/school environmental club or committee.
Police conducted a commercial motor vehicle safety check along Arthur Street South on Tuesday. The proactive check had officers looking for the correct documentation, proper hook ups and making sure all loads were appropriate to each vehicle. [COLIN DEWAR / THE OBSERVER]
Gale Presbyterian ready to complete move to new churchMixed emotions for congregation as longtime effort to find a new home finally bears fruit
JaMes JaCKson
For more than 140 years, Gale Presbyterian Church has stood on a quarter-acre lot at 2 Cross St. in Elmira, but on Apr. 15 the congregation held its final service as the parish comes close to completing a nine-year journey to find a new location.
Tomorrow (Sunday), the church will officially open its new building, located near the intersection of Barnswallow Drive and Church Street.
“It almost feels like it has come too fast,” said Kim Denstedt, a member of the congregation for 23 years and who, along with Lee Coulman, co-chaired the relocation steering com-mittee.
“It’s a day of mixed emo-tions, for sure.”
The service last Sunday had to be developed from scratch by Rev. Linda Bell, who has been with the church since 1994, as there were no guidelines for moving from one church to another.
“Most of them are about dissolving a congregation, or amalgamating two con-gregations, or opening a new church, none of which we were doing,” she said following the final service that saw a packed house overflow into the main foyer.
She said she tried to strike a balance between those who cannot wait to move to the new location – “of which there are many” – and those who still feel the nostalgic tug of the old church and may be reluc-
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tant to say goodbye.She wrote what she
called the Rite of Transi-tion and in it she entrusted 10 symbols of the church, ranging from the cross and baptismal bowl to the pulpit bible, to members of the congregation to keep at their homes for the week and to bring to the inau-gural service at the new location.
Members of the congre-gation were also supplied with reusable cloth bags and were asked to take home a bible and praise
book from the pews and to return them at the next service, the beginning of which will include a tenor soloist singing “Bless This House.”
During the song, Bell will ask for the sacred items to be returned to her one by one to symbolize the com-pletion of the move.
The closing service in-cluded numerous classical hymns that took advantage of the old pipe organ, which Bell said would be left be-hind because of the costs involved in moving it. The
final hymn was “Joyful Joy-ful We Adore Thee” to the tune of Beethoven’s Sym-phony No. 9.
The search for a new location began in 2003 when the church launched what it called their Voyage of Discovery to determine if it would be feasible to find a new location for the church. Much has changed in Elmira since builder Hiram Martin and an archi-tect were selected to build the church at the site in
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Rev. Linda Bell, who has been with Gale since 1994, is overseeing the move from the old church, situated on a quarter-acre lot on Cross Street and built for just $450 back in 1868, to the new site on Barnswallow Drive, which cost upwards of $3.5 million. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]
gale: At $3.5 million, the new church cost considerably more than original building, which had a price tag of $450 in 1868from | 5
1868.Now, the church is land-
locked and after building a new addition in 1986 it has nowhere to grow. There is no parking available ex-cept on the street, and the church is difficult for visi-tors to find.
The new site is certainly much larger and in a more visible location. Situated on about 3.5 acres of land, the new church is approximate-ly 10,000 square feet on the main floor, with an extra 4,000 square feet of space in the basement – nearly double the approximately 8,000 square feet of total space available to them in the old church.
There will also be 110 parking spaces, a new dish-washer in the kitchen, and numerous other perks that the congregation is excited about.
This move didn’t come cheap, however. The land cost upwards of $300,000 per acre to purchase, and the building itself cost
about $2.5 million to build – a considerable increase over the $450 it cost to build the original church back in 1868 on land that had been donated four years earlier by Robert Ken-ning.
Part of the costs were off-set by an anonymous dona-tion of $1 million near the beginning of the project, and the rest was realized through tireless fundraising campaigns such as pie bak-ing, selling gift cards, talent auctions and summer galas.
“We thought the million dollars would buy the land and part of the church, but it barely paid for the land,” said Denstedt. “That’s a lot of pies.”
The church has been sold to a local couple who intend to use it as a dance studio and a residence, and Bell said she was happy to learn that they didn’t intend to simply tear the building down.
“It’s really nice to know that there is going to be music. It’s a different use of
music, but it’s still music, and there will still be joy and movement.”
The first worship service
will be held at the new lo-cation at 10 Barnswallow Dr. in Elmira at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow (Sunday).
The fun won’t be il-lusionary, but a great deal many things will be when Canadian illusionist Claude Haggerty performs in Elmira Wednesday in an event organized by the Woolwich Community Lions.
Haggerty will be bring-ing his Grand Scale Illu-sion show to Lions Hall, promising some big-stage illusions, including making people disappear on one side of the stage and reap-pear on the other.
“We make people float in the air, disappear and have a lot of audience par-ticipation through out the show,” said Haggerty dur-ing a phone interview at his home in St. Catharines. “For a family of four, they can be inspired and enter-tained while supporting their local community.”
The illusionist also shares part of an inspira-tional message of how he overcame his stuttering and encourages children
Colin deWar
Illusions on a grand scale at Lions Club fundraiser
of all ages to follow their dreams.
“I am a cross between an illusionist and a mo-tivational speaker, as I incorporate both into my performance.”
Admission to the Apr. 25 show is $15 or $12 with a non perishable food item that will be donated to the Woolwich food bank. The Woolwich Community Li-ons Club is also offering a special rate of just $45 for a family of four with a non-perishable food item. Fam-ilies with more than two children will have to pay an additional $5 per child.
Tickets for the show are available from Woolwich Community Lion mem-bers, Pampered & Polished Tanning Spa and tickets will also be available at the door the night of the show. Doors open at 6 p.m., with the show starting a 7.
Prior to the show Hag-gerty has offered to per-form free mini-shows at local elementary schools, including Park Manor and Riverside.
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Great Lakes Helicopter is one of the co-hosts welcoming the public to the Region of Waterloo International Airport Apr. 28 for the annual aviation fun day. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]
Airport plays host to aviation fun dayColin deWar
Have a passion for flying? Curious about it? interested in a behind-the-scenes look at the aviation industry? Then the Region of Waterloo International Airport is the place to be on Apr. 28.
It is a way of opening up the doors of the airport to the general public, said Jo Anne Leyburne of Great Lakes Helicopter Flight Training College, which is co-hosting the event.
“We had such a great response last year, we just felt the event was some-thing that the community really wanted us to hold again,” said Leyburne, add-ing there is hope the event will plant a seed of interest that could develop into a
lifelong love of flight for some young person in at-tendance.
Beginning at 9 a.m. the event runs until 4 p.m. rain or shine and is co-hosted by the Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre.
The airport is still small enough to allow staff and crews the freedom to hold these types of events, which is great for the community to learn all about the industry, she ex-plained.
The day will be filled with opportunities for families to get up close and personal with light air-planes and helicopters with some of the highlights in-cluding a helicopter spray demonstration, the chance to explore vintage aircraft and explore an airport fire
truck. There will also be short flights in either a helicopter or airplane avail-able for a small fee.
Booths will be set up with information about aviation careers with a chance to meet pilots, air traffic controllers and bor-der guards. For the younger ones there will be plenty of children’s activities, in-cluding face painting.
“The day is a great way to learn all about the amazing world or aviation and meet those responsible for flight and safety at the airport.”
The family friendly event is open to everyone and is free of charge. There will be parking available on-site. For more information about the event visit the website www.aviationfun-day.com.
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APRIL, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES MONTH in Woolwich, provides a plethora of examples of how to live lighter on the land, enriching ourselves and our environment in the process.
Today (Saturday) volunteers are fanning out across the township in a clean-up effort, essentially picking up after the thoughtless people who litter wantonly. If past years are any indication, they’ll find all sorts of discarded items. More than just candy wrappers and pop cans – perhaps written off as childish negligence – the long list of junk found along roadways, in parks and other public places reveals deliberate intent. A stray coffee cup or scrap of pa-per may have been caught in the wind, an old tire (or, more likely, 50 old tires) did not arrive on its own – somebody was bypassing the proper disposal process.
Such garbage is not only unsightly, it is potentially haz-ardous: people should be able to use the parks and trails without worrying about what they may step on. Worse still, some people are not above dumping toxins such as used oil and household cleaners.
Environmental arguments aside, such dumping is completely inconsiderate. Our shared spaces are just that: shared. Everyone who dumps trash, even if it just that cof-fee cup or candy wrapper, is in fact leaving the mess for somebody else to clean up – people who make use of com-mon areas are in essence forced to do the work.
Anyone who has ever walked along a roadside ditch, for instance, knows just how much garbage can accumulate in such places; it’s visible even from your car as you drive along, thus the need for something like the Adopt-A-Road program, whose volunteers can already be seen hard at work.
As unsightly as it is, however, such litter is only the tip of the environmental iceberg: The real damage comes from the stuff we can’t see, or collectively gather up for proper disposal.
As environmentalist stressed on the run up to Earth Day tomorrow, the number-one issue remains climate change. Canada, of course, has a poor track record on this file, promising little and doing less, arguing any targets we set would be a drop in the bucket if the big players – the U.S., China, India and Russia – refuse to play ball.
Perhaps it’s time to move past the rhetoric and actually start doing something. Even climate change skeptics – those who argue the changes are naturally occurring, not manmade – can’t argue the fact we’re polluting the only home we have. Measures designed to improve the environ-ment can only improve our own health and quality of life down the road.
Those opposed to fighting greenhouse gas emissions often cite economic reasons, saying we’d kill the economy by cutting back on energy production and manufacturing – take a look at the federal government’s rationale for scaling back environmental reviews.
This stance ignores many realities. First off, resources such as oil and coal are finite – we’re going to run out of them eventually. Also finite is the planet’s carrying capac-ity for the pollution we generate; we used to think dumping waste into the river/lake/ocean made it go away, but we now know better (what we do to the Grand, for instance, ends up downstream in Brantford and points south).
One way or another, we’ll have to change the way we live today. Whether we choose how to do that, or the planet makes the decision for us remains to be seen.
The need for each of us to tread more lightly on the earth is the real take-away message this month.
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In the midst of the Taliban attacks in central Kabul on Sunday, a jour-nalist called the British embassy for a comment. “I really don’t know why they are doing this,” said the exasperated diplomat who answered the phone. “We’ll be out of here in two years’ time. All they have to do is wait.”
The official line is that by two years from now, when U.S. and NATO forces leave Afghanistan, the regime they installed will be able to stay in power without foreign support. The Brit-ish diplomat clearly didn’t believe that, and neither do most other foreign observ-ers.
However, General John Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force, predict-ably said that he was “enormously proud” of the response of the Afghan security forces, and various other senior commanders said that it showed that all the foreign training was
Mission in Afghanistan continues through liespaying off. You have to ad-mire their cheek: multiple simultaneous attacks in Kabul and three other Af-ghan cities prove that the Western strategy is work-ing.
The Taliban’s attacks in the Afghan capital on Sunday targeted the na-tional parliament, NATO’s headquarters, and the Ger-man, British, Japanese and Russian embassies. About a hundred people were killed or wounded, and the fighting lasted for 18 hours. There was a similar attack in the centre of the Afghan capital only last September. If this were the Vietnam war, we would now have reached about 1971.
The U.S. government has already declared its intention to withdraw from Afghanistan in two years’ time, just as it did in Viet-nam back in 1971. Richard Nixon wanted his second-term presidential election out of the way before he pulled the plug, just as Barack Obama does now.
The Taliban are obvi-ously winning the war in Afghanistan now, just as North Vietnam’s troops were winning in South Vietnam then. The Ameri-
can strategy at that time was satirised as “declare a victory and leave,” and it hasn’t changed one whit in 40 years. Neither have the lies that cover it up.
The U.S. puppet govern-ment in South Vietnam survived for only two years after U.S. forces left in 1973. The puppet government in Kabul may not even last that long after the last American troops leave Af-ghanistan in 2014. But no Western general will admit that the war is lost, even though their denial means that more of their soldiers must die pointlessly.
“It’s like I see in slow mo-tion men dying for nothing and I can’t stop it,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Davis, a U.S. Army officer who spent two tours in Afghanistan. He returned home last year consumed by outrage at the yawning gulf between the promises of success routinely issued by American senior com-manders and the real situa-tion on the ground.
To be fair, none of those generals was asked wheth-er invading Afghanistan was a good idea. That was decided 10 years ago, when most of them were just
colonels. But if they read the intelligence reports, they know that they cannot win this war. If they go on making upbeat predictions anyway, they are respon-sible for the lives that are wasted.
“It is consuming me from inside,” explained Lt-Col Davis, and he wrote two reports on the situation in Afghanistan, one clas-sified and one for public consumption. The unclas-sified one began: “Senior ranking U.S. military lead-ers have so distorted the truth when communicat-ing with the U.S. Congress and the American people as regards to conditions on the ground in Afghanistan that the truth has become unrecognisable.”
Col Davis gave his first interview to the New York Times in early February, and sent copies of the clas-sified version to selected senators and representa-tives in Congress. But no member of Congress is going to touch the issue in an election year, for fear of being labelled “unpatri-otic.” So American, British and other Western soldiers
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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK
A chance for local politicians to weigh in on another poor trade deal
International trade agreements aren’t typical fare for municipal councils. Woolwich and Wellesley, then, were on unfamiliar ground this week with a call to action on the Comprehensive Eco-nomic and Trade Agree-ment (CETA), currently in the negotiation stage between Canada the Euro-pean Union.
Following a presenta-tion by Steve Sachs of the Waterloo Region La-bour Council who was in Woolwich Monday and Wellesley Tuesday, coun-cillors were asked to join some 40 other Canadian municipalities that have called on their provincial governments to keep mu-nicipalities from CETA’s grasp. What’s at stake is municipal autonomy in purchasing decisions, as well as yet another threat to local drinking water systems.
Wellesley councillors immediately backed the
request, while their Wool-wich counterparts were looking for more informa-tion before deciding.
As Sachs notes in his presentation, as the deal now stands, municipali-ties would lose some of their ability to control who bids on contracts for goods and services – CETA would open the process to international companies, disallowing any buy-local provisions.
Far more worrying is the access-by-stealth aspects of the deal: European designs on Canada’s resources, in-cluding water.
The Council of Canadi-ans, working with leaked documents from the trade negotiations, reports that Canada and the prov-inces have failed to protect drinking water and waste-water services from trade rules that would encour-age and lock in privatiza-tion.
The documents, made public in January, show Canada’s initial services and investment offers to the EU in ongoing CETA negotiations. They list policy areas or sectors that are to be spared from
liberalization, which can be understood as deregu-lation or re-regulation on market-based terms fa-vourable to multinational investment. Water services are not on the list, which means they are automati-cally included in the deal.
“The two biggest private water utilities in the world are European and eager to use CETA to gain access to Canada’s still public water systems,” says Maude Bar-low, national chairperson with the Council of Cana-dians. “Harper’s message to these companies is that Canada is ‘open for busi-ness’ when it comes to wa-ter privatization. The very notion of water as a public good and a human right is at stake.
“CETA will open up the rules, standards and public spending priorities of prov-inces and municipalities to direct competition and challenge from European corporations,” she adds. “Europe is seeking a com-prehensive and aggressive global approach to acquir-ing the raw materials need-ed by its corporations. At its heart, this deal is a bid for unprecedented and un-
controlled European access to Canadian resources.”
Other groups see equally damning consequences of this trade deal, compound-ing the ill-effects of those already in place.
The Centre for Civic Governance, for instance, reports CETA poses a threat to local economies. Economist Jim Stanford found that CETA would create a huge trade deficit for Canada, resulting in the loss of up to 150,000 Cana-dian jobs.
CETA would give big European drug companies extended patent rights, re-sulting in massive cost in-creases for Canadian drug plans, including $1.3-bil-lion per year on taxpayer-funded public drug plans and $1.5-billion on private drug plans.
Hydro Quebec’s Re-search Institute warns that CETA’s procurement chap-ter could limit the ability of government agencies to use public spending to achieve goals such as eco-nomic development and regional employment. If CETA had been in place in 2003, Quebec would likely not have been able to insist
on 60 per cent provincial content in wind projects. Local content require-ments under Ontario’s Clean Energy Act could face similar problems un-der CETA.
Even the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the national organization that represents munici-palities such as Woolwich, has reservations about this deal, though it does gen-erally support free trade, which is reason enough for the township not to rely on the FCM to make wise policy decisions in this regard.
The FCM estimates that Canadian municipal gov-ernments collectively pur-chase more than $98 bil-lion per year in goods and services. By opening up this sector to foreign cor-porations, the CETA would make it harder to keep these dollars circulating in Canada’s local, regional and national economies.
The FCM supports main-taining local autonomy, but does back the free trade agreement, which purports to boost trade to Europe by 20 per cent and create 80,000 jobs. The reality, of
course, will be otherwise, as other trade deals have served only to weaken the middle class.
Trade agreements have failed Canadians time and time again, yet we’re moving into another one – quietly, as is usually the case, so as not to draw attention to the process. NAFTA in particular has been hugely detrimen-tal to the middle class in Canada and the U.S., while even further erod-ing Mexico’s economy.
It can be argued that lib-eralized monetary policies and trade deals that favour corporate interests over the well-being of citizens – pol-icies that have eroded our standard of living for three decades – culminated in the recent financial melt-down. The cure, we’re told, is yet more deregulation and globalization, essen-tially offering a drowning man more water instead of a lifejacket.
Woolwich councillors say they want more in-formation before taking a stand on the CETA talks. Research will show them there’s only one conclusion to be made.
Do you agree Woolwich should be cracking down on off-driveway parking?
As long as the vehicles aren’t obstructing any driveways or fire hydrants I don’t see the issue.
» Tom Farr
I think it would just cause congestion in other areas. Might make a lot of people mad.
» Matt Green
I don’t really have a problem with the parking. As long as they have plates on them and are registered they should be able to park where they want.
» Dave Lambert
I do believe they should enforce the bylaw. There are times my street gets so crowded and my husband can’t even get into our driveway.
» Penny Lautenschlager
I don’t really have an issue either way. If they do crack down, my only concern is where people are going to park if they don’t have room in their driveways to begin with.
» Jamie Mccrea
"I feel the system is letting these kids down." Letter | Page 12
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THE MONITOR VERBATIM THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
NATIONAL VIEWDYER: Simply saying the war is won doesn't make it soCONTINUED FROM | 10
» From "Working After Age 65," Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
YOUR VIEW / LETTER
will continue to die, as will thousands of Afghans, in order to postpone the in-evitable outcome for a few more years.
It’s not necessarily even an outcome that threat-ens American security, for there was always a big difference between the Taliban and their ungrate-ful guests, al-Qaeda. The Taliban were and are big local players in the Afghan political game, but they never showed any inter-est in attacking the United States. Al-Qaeda were pan-Islamist revolutionaries, mostly Arabs and Paki-stanis, who abused their hosts’ hospitality by doing exactly that.
It was never necessary to invade Afghanistan at all. Senior Taliban com-manders were furious that
al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks had exposed them to the threat of invasion, and came close to evicting Osama bin Lad-en at the Kandahar jirga (tribal parliament) in Octo-ber 2001. Wait a little lon-ger, spread a few million dollars around in bribes, and the United States could probably have had a vic-tory over al-Qaeda without a war in Afghanistan.
It’s much too late for that now, but al-Qaeda survives more as an ideology than as an organization, and most Afghans (including the Taliban) remain pro-foundly uninterested in affairs beyond their own borders. Whatever political system emerges in Afghan-istan after the foreigners go home, it is unlikely to want to attack the United States. Pity about all the people who will be killed between now and then.
The OAS and GIS combined today provide one third of the income of all seniors aged over 65, and fully one half of the incomes of seniors with individual incomes of less than $20,000.One in four (24%) persons aged 65 to 70 is still working, up from 11% in 2000. Four in 10 (39%) workers aged 65 to 69 (32% of men and 51% of women in that age group) work part-time, compared to just 12% of so-called “coreage” workers aged 25 to 54.
» Energy expert Tom Adams says the Ontario government's claims green energy and feed-in-tariff contracts would raise electricity bills by 1% a year is really 9%, with huge increases on the way over the next three or four years.
“The government says about half of that is due to green energy, but if they were being honest it would be more than that. It’s not all FIT, but FIT is a big piece of it."
» From the Apr. 21, 2007 edition of the Observer.
Elmira's Graham and LuAnn Snyder returned home Apr. 16, 2007 from a 30-city odyssey that saw the couple visit every NHL team. They travelled in an RV decalled with the number 37 to raise funds for the Dan Snyder Memorial Foundation.
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To the editor:I can’t believe I even feel the need to write this letter in the first place, however...How is it that a school can preach zero tolerance for bullying and yet, not have the respect to work with parents and students to problem solve and actually talk things out together? As you’ve probably already assumed, I am a parent from John Mahood. Up until a few weeks ago I was unaware of the problem at the school with regards to the “eating off the floor” and the “winter clothes thrown on the floor” situation until I read it in the paper. I asked my child about it and was told that he didn’t say anything because it wouldn’t matter anyway. Apparently there was a meeting with the principal held at the school for all Grade 4/5 students regarding this problem. My child said that the kids
Why can't John Mahood just work out a solution?
were told that everything was fine the way it is, to not bother talking about it anymore and that the parent council was informed and they were working on something. Funny thing, from what I’ve heard parent council wasn’t informed about the meeting. I feel bad for the parent council members who have to work with someone who doesn’t want to work with them. I appreciate the time you guys give to at least try and make a difference in the school.I’ve talked with parents from other schools in and out of town who can’t believe a solution can’t be found. Their schools all have a place for clothes to be hung and a place to eat up off the floor. One of them made the suggestion to talk with the high school about setting up a program with their students. The high school kids need volunteer hours as part of their curriculum – maybe during their spare classes they could help. Try talking to the parents; maybe some
of us would be willing to volunteer our time. It’s discouraging to see this happen when I know how much we pay for taxes in this town. Where does my money go as far as education? Does it go towards the flat screen TV that is used for a slide show of pictures of kids at our school? I feel the system is letting these kids down. How can our school raise enough money to pay for an iPad lab but not find the funds for the current
problem? How can I feel good about asking my neighbours and family to purchase things for fundraisers when I don’t feel basic needs are being met for the kids? I guess it makes more sense to pay somebody to stand at the entrance of the staff parking lot to ensure no parent dare drive in. This is the third letter written to the paper over the course of just a few weeks and they’ve all been in regard to one out of the five schools in this town.
Don’t get me wrong, I know for a fact there are some amazing teachers who work at our school, but it’s sad to see these things happening. After talking with a number of other parents who seem to be on the same page as me, it’s sad to hear them say things like, “why bother fighting it, things won’t change” or “I don’t want to raise a fuss in case my child gets treated differently.” I didn’t know we lived in a state of dictatorship! I thought that democracy
was to give everyone a voice whether you’re an adult or child. People wonder why society is turning into “ME, ME, ME!” Why do we have commercials on TV about helping others out and showing kindness? Why can’t we just treat others the way we want them to treat us. If we all worked together for the common good, just imagine how much better out society would be. It all starts with respect.
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SPORTS | 13THE OBSERVER | SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2012
SPORTSMINOR HOCKEY/ OHF FINALS
Major Atoms take third in OHFPlaying longer games, boys were able to push through physical and mental exhaustion to take the bronze medal
JAMES JACKSON
ATOMS | 14
St. Clements squad claims title at nationals Rockets U19 team travelled to BC with something to prove
JAMES JACKSON
RINGETTE | 14
RINGETTE/ U19
Silver medal for Woolwich Bantam C girls hockey teamJAMES JACKSON
Goalie Cyrus Martin makes a diving glove stop to pull the puck off the line and save a goal in the first period against North Bay.
Playing in a home-game atmosphere all weekend, the Woolwich Major Atom AA team secured a third-place finish on the Ontario Hockey Federation finals last weekend in Kitchener.
The boys were seeded second in the four-team tournament following the round-robin portion of the competition with a record of 2-1-1, but lost in the semi-final matchup to the North York Knights.
“It was bittersweet, but the kids really held their heads high,” said team trainer Tim Rollins. “To finish third overall in the province is pretty fantas-tic.”
Rollins said that the competition was fierce and that by the end of the weekend the boys were both physically and men-tally exhausted. The tour-nament consisted of three
periods of 15-minutes each, compared to 10-10-15 in the regular season and 10-15-15 in the Ontario Minor Hock-ey Association playoffs.
“Over the span of five games and two days, that’s a lot,” said Rollins.
The tournament started on Friday morning where the team earned a tough 2-1 win over North York, but dropped a 4-1 decision to the eventual champion North Bay Trappers that afternoon.
The team then secured a 3-2 win over London and a 2-2 tie with the Kitch-ener Jr. Rangers to earn a second-place seed after the round robin.
The team couldn’t put it all together in the semi finals against North York as they fell 3-1. North Bay would go on to beat North York 2-0 in the finals to take the title.
Rollins noted that the crowd for all of their games was incredible as friends and family made the drive from Woolwich to watch the team compete, mak-ing all of their games feel like they were being played on home ice – even in the match against the home-town team from Kitchener.
“We can’t thank the fan support we got enough, it was incredible, and they were home games for us,” said Rollins. “We were so excited, the boys in par-
Over the course of a long hockey season, how you start is often not as im-portant as how you finish, a lesson the Woolwich Ban-tam C girls’ team learned this year.
After not winning their first league game until the middle of December, the team eventually came together as a defensive unit and claimed the silver
The St. Clements Rockets U19 team has reclaimed their position atop the ringette world with a 5-4 win over Calgary in the gold medal game on Apr. 14.
The team managed to combat a shortened bench and cross-country travel to run the table with a perfect 9-0 record. The Rockets travelled to the champi-onships in Burnaby, B.C. with only 11 skaters and two goalies, while most of their competitors iced a full complement of 15 skaters.
“I think this year it felt the greatest of all,” said coach Terry Nosal. “We were told we couldn’t do it with the number of skaters we had, and we had a lot to prove.”
The team earned a berth in the nationals by finish-ing third at the provincial championships earlier this season, losing out to a team from Nepean who eventually went on to win the provincial title and play as Team Ontario at the na-tionals.
The win was especially sweet for the team this year because six of the girls will be graduating from the
Defender Sam Davidson carries the puck up the ice during the Woolwich Major Atom AA Ontario Hockey Federation Finals matchup against North Bay Apr. 13. The Wildcats would wind up third in the tournament. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]
medal at the Ontario pro-vincial championships last weekend.
“From where we started and where we ended up that was excellent,” said coach Herb Townsend. “We just tried to gel and the girls bought into the defensive style we wanted them to play and we started scoring goals at key times and we started to get together as a team.”
Following their slow start,
the team snuck into their league playoffs by winning four and tying two of their final six games to secure the eighth and final spot, before bowing out to Walkerton in the first round.
Their renewed sense of confidence propelled them to a five-game series win over Waterloo in the pro-vincial zone finals, earning them a berth in the provin-cial finals held in Vaughn from Apr. 13-15.
Their record of 1-1-1 in the round robin was enough to make it to the elimination round, which saw them defeat Mount Brydges 1-0 in the semifinals, but they ran out of steam in the finals against East Lambton, fall-ing 4-1.
“It was quite competitive, all the games were fairly close and even the final score of 4-1 wasn’t indicative of the play,” said Townsend. “I thought we had just as
many good chances to score, but they just managed to cash in their chances and we hit a few goal posts and it wouldn’t go in.”
The team was very young, with 12 of 17 players playing in their first year of Bantam hockey, and Townsend said that the girls should be proud to see their second-place banner hanging in the rafters of the Woolwich Memorial Centre. The girls even went so far as to
cheer when the final buzzer sounded, content with all they had gone through dur-ing the season.
“At the end of the game when we came off the ice one of the fans said when the game was over our team was cheering and he hardly knew which team had won. I think that’s because the girls realized their accomplish-ment and what it took to get there.
“There were no tears.”
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THE SCORE
ATOMS: Next year looks good, as most of the players plan to return to defend OMHA titleFROM | 13
ticular, to see the crowd and to see all the kids that came out.”
With their season now over, the team is already looking forward to next year and Rollins said the coach-ing staff are excited by the fact that most of the play-
ers from the current squad are planning to return next year and hopefully mount a defence of their OMHA title and make a return to the OHF finals.
And despite not coming home with the gold, the players understand just how much they actually accom-plished this season.
“Although it was bit-tersweet losing they will remember this for a long time and I think that most of the boys by the time they left the dressing room were holding their heads real high,” said Rol-lins.
“They did Woolwich re-ally proud.”
The Major Atom AA team collected their Ontario Minor Hockey Association plaques during the team banquet last weekend. Players include Josh Martin, Kayden Zacharczuk, Eli Baldin, Brody Waters, Austin Cousineau, Jake Code, Griffen Rollins, Lukas Shantz, Mackenzie Willms, Kurtis Hoover, Justin Taylor, Owen Harnock, Sam Davidson, Riley Demers, Cyrus Martin and coaches Tony Code, Rob Cousineau, John Robertson, trainer Tim Rollins and manager Leanne Rollins. [SUBMITTED]
team after this season. The same core of players have played together for the past six years, highlighted by a 2009 U16 national cham-pionship in Prince Edward Island, and gold at the U19 provincials last year fol-lowed by a silver medal at nationals.
Not only did the team have a shortened bench in Burnaby, three of the girls were still eligible to play U16, but since Waterloo didn’t have a U16 team this year, the Rockets called them up to play.
“The work ethic of the younger girls was probably better than some of the older players, so they com-plimented each other very much,” said Nosal. “The age difference did not make a difference in the dressing
room because they all love ringette and wanted to do well.”
It was truly a hometown championship for St. Clem-ents as six of the girls on the roster live in town, includ-ing Nosal’s three daughters, Sydney, Paige and Sam, who each excelled in the finals.
Sydney and Sam each had a goal and an assist, while Paige finished with two goals and an assist. Paige was named the MVP of fi-nals, while Sydney was MVP for the semi-final game.
Sam, Paige and Sydney also finished second, third and fourth in tournament scoring respectively.
“They did well,” their mother laughed.
Playing nine games in five days with a short bench, the coach said they made a conscious effort to conserve their energy
WOOLWICH WILD
Bantam CProvincial FinalsApr. 13 vs MilvertonWoolwich: 1 Milverton: 1Goals: Brooke MulderAssists: Michelle Wang, Erika MorrisonApr. 14 vs West NorthumberlandWoolwich: 2 West Northumber-land: 1Goals: Brooke Mulder, Emily SchuurmansAssists: Jaycee Kaufman, Jessica Schopp, Lindsay GlofcheskieApr. 14 vs East LambtonEast Lambton: 3 Woolwich: 1Goals: Emily SchuurmansApr. 15 vs Mount Brydges SEMI-FINALSWoolwich: 1 Mount Brydges: 0Goals: Megan ThomanAssists: Jessica SchoppShutout: Alyssa McMurrayApr. 15 vs East Lambton FINALSEast Lambton: 4 Woolwich: 1Goals: Emily SchuurmansAssists: Brooke Mulder, Marlowe Schott
during games by putting a bigger emphasis on passing the ring and not commit-ting turnovers and forcing themselves to work harder than they had to.
“We let the ring do all the work.”
In the gold medal game they jumped out to a 4-0 lead, but Calgary battled back and the coach admit-ted to being a little nervous before the final buzzer went that their exhaustion might catch up with them.
The team would not let that happen, however, and they held on for the 5-4 win and the national champion-ship.
Rockets goalie Alana Raymond and forward Josie Scott were named first-team all-stars in their 18-team division, while second-team all-star selections went to Sam and Sydney.
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The St. Clements Rockets won the U19 National Championships held in Burnaby, B.C. last weekend with a 5-4 win over Calgary in the finals. Back row: Scott Nosal (coach), Sam Nosal, She-lyn Reaman, Julia Hildebrand, Lana VanFrankfoort, (Ringette Canada reps), Paige Nosal, Alex Hildebrand, Josie Scott, Stan VanFrankfoort (manager), Chuck Weber (asst. coach). Front: Maggie Wang, Emily McDonald, Josslyn Denstedt, Sydney Nosal, Robin Scott, Alana Raymond, Terry Nosal (coach). [SUBMITTED]
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Strong showing for Woolwich Gymnastics at All Star Challenge
The Woolwich Gymnastics competitive team travelled to Brampton last weekend to compete in the All Star Challenge. This was the first meet of the season for the team and for some of the gymnasts, it was their first competition. The team posted great results and a few personal bests.
It was a special weekend for Nathan Shuh, who represented the Woolwich men’s program and won first overall in his category. The rest of the results are as follows:
TWIN CENTRE HERICANES
Peewee: BProvincial FinalsApr. 13 vs OakvilleTwin Centre: 1 Oakville: 1Goals: Laura WeberApr. 13 vs NormanbyTwin Centre: 4 Normanby: 0Goals: Leah Sebben x2, Madelyn Jantzi, Laura WeberAssists: Laura Weber, Jocelyn Oja, Sophie Jantzi, Lauren Quehl, Sadie DieboldShutout: Tiffany TownsApr. 14 vs OttawaTwin Centre: 1 Ottawa: 0Goals: Jocelyn OjaAssists: Laura Ridge, Sophie JantziShutout: Tiffany TownsApr. 14 vs NormanbyNormanby: 4 Twin Centre: 2Goals: Laura Weber, Sophie JantziAssists: Madelyn Jantzi, Jocelyn Oja
SPORTS | 15THE OBSERVER | SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2012
ST. TERESA CURLERS AT PROVINCIALS
A team of curlers from St. Teresa of Avila school in Elmira participated in the 2012 Timbits Elementary School Provincial Curling Championship in Parry Sound from Apr. 12-15 which featured 80 teams from across Ontario. The team finished the round robin with a record of 1-3 and unforuntaetly did not qualify for the playoffs. Back row: Luke DeCorte,Ryan Bauman, Morgan Glofcheskie. Front: Natalie Bean, Veronica Bernard. [SUBMITTED]
NOT SO GREAT OUTDOORSMAN / STEVE GALEA
OPENCOUNTRY
How to dazzle ‘em by focusing on just the right spot
If you follow this column, you might recall that earlier this spring I purchased a longbow. Maybe you remember that I grumbled because the delivery time for this was perhaps a bit slow. Who am I kidding? It was lapped twice by slow.
On the positive side, it got here and I have been shooting it several times a day since then.
When I started this prac-tice, my goal was to get
good enough to hunt small game and deer in the fall and turkeys in the upcom-ing season.
If I got really good, I told myself I’d start a travelling trick shooting exposition where I would routinely shoot apples thrown in the air by a buxom and fear-less, sequin-bikini clad as-sistant. Unfortunately, my Bedazzeler broke, so this is looking like less of a pos-sibility.
As for the hunting part, I’ve attained an appropri-ate level of skill within the last few weeks. Now, I can typically put an arrow through a the lid of a coffee can at 20 yards – which is
just one more reason why my partner Jenn refuses to bring in the groceries these days.
The secret to good in-stinctive shooting, I’ve found, is picking a spot and focusing on it to the exclu-sion of all else. Do this and you’ll get into the zone, and – so long as your form remains correct – your ar-rows will go where you are looking. The theory is that, if you focus on the spot, the computer in your brain does all the rest of the ad-justments.
Of course, this concerned me greatly since the com-puter in my brain is, at best, a 286 that still uses
floppy disks. Nevertheless, I was happy to see that it actually worked.
Shooting instinctively means not using sights and reference points deter-mined by where you hold the arrow in relation to the target. This makes shoot-ing faster in the field but also much harder to attain levels of accuracy achieved by bows with attached sights. It takes a lot of work to get proficient.
Luckily, there’s no short-age of advice. And while there seems to be a few dif-ferent ways to get there, the one thing everyone agrees on is that you must focus completely on the spot
you’ve picked. The smaller the spot, the smaller the miss, they say.
In fact, if your focus is really good, you can make a few small mistakes in form and still put an arrow where you wanted to.
Of course, gaining that focus was not easy for me. Normally, I’m even too dis-tracted to qualify for Atten-tion Deficit Disorder.
But I have worked hard at focusing, and this trick – picking a spot – has helped considerably with my shooting. Don’t kid yourself though: it takes a lot of mental energy to maintain a proper level of focus. This is why I have
promised myself never to hunt leopards with my longbow – I don’t believe I could deal with the sen-sory overload.
All that aside, I am hop-ing that sometime in the upcoming weeks I’ll call in a turkey close enough to put in practice what I’ve learned. This, in my mind at least, is the hardest type of hunting. Never mind picking a spot, just coming to full draw will be tough. And, between us, no one will be more surprised than me should I pull it off.
If I do, you can bet your life that I’ll order a new Be-dazzeler.
WMC MARKS FIRST ANNUAL DAN SNYDER DAY
The Woolwich Memorial Centre was buzzing with activity on Apr. 15 for the first annual Dan Snyder Day. Activities
included hardest and most accurate shot, an obstacle course which Erik Hutton (above, front) and Mike Weigel competed in, tours of the Kings dressing room, and a series of inter-squad games. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]
In one inter-squad game the Woolwich Novice Local League #1 (blue) took on the Woolwich Novice Local League #2 (white). No scores were kept as it was just an opportunity to play for fun in the Dan Snyder arena.
KINGS: Wrapping up the season, looking to nextFROM | 17
leading to some questions as to how management decid-ed to assemble their lineup.
The January trade of all-star first-year defender Craig Johnson to Listowel for forward Brett Catto epitomized that mentality.
“People may ask why we played all these older play-ers. It was a damned if you do and damned if you don’t situation,” said DeSilva. “What we looked at as coaches is we wanted to ice the most experienced lineup that we possibly could.”
DeSilva said that the team is expecting all eli-gible players to return next season, meaning the Kings will have a strong core of returning defenders, led by veteran Clayton Greer, but the forwards are going to be decimated by the loss of the top two lines of players.
Michael Hasson, Brett Priestap, Scott Nagy, Brad Kraus, Lukas Baleshta,
Riley Sonnenburg and Andrew Smith are all gone next season, along with their 155 combined goals – or 65 per cent of the Kings’ total offense from last year.
“That’s a huge amount of offence, and yes, I’ve actu-ally got a blueprint and a plan in place for next year,” said DeSilva.
Add the fact that their captain and starting goal-tender are gone as well, it is clear that more than a few players are going to have to step up next season.
DeSilva’s plan involves a return to the more tradi-tional style of Sugar Kings hockey of banging, grind-ing and fighting for every inch on the ice, as well as a heavier reliance on players like Cass Frey and Clayton Greer to lead the way.
In goal, it will be nearly impossible to replace Nick Horrigan, who is graduat-ing from Junior B this sea-son, but DeSilva said the job will be backup goalie
Justis Husak’s to lose come training camp, and that the transition should be made easier by greater experi-ence on the blueline.
The work to execute that blueprint begins in ear-nest next month when the Kings will hold their spring rookie training camp May 12-13 in Cambridge. The camp will be for players hoping to move up from the minor hockey ranks as well as the Junior D and C levels of hockey, and no re-turning Kings players will be on the ice that weekend.
“What I’m looking for there is work ethic and their compete level. What I like to look for is their at-titude and how they react after they get checked – do they continue to battle? What’s their body lan-guage?” said DeSilva.
Registration forms for the spring camp are avail-able on the Sugar Kings website, elmirakings.point-streaksites.com.
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Big changes in store for next season’s Sugar Kingsbanner rise to the rafters.
The players didn’t disap-point, either, and the team went on to defeat the visit-ing Owen Sound Greys 5-2 in that game, eventually stringing together a team-record 14 straight wins to start the year.
Not bad for a team with a completely rebuilt defence,
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“It was a tale of two seasons,” said head coach Dean DeSilva earlier this week. “On paper, we prob-ably had the most talented team, and we definitely had the oldest team in the league, and at times that was our nemesis.”
The Kings took a differ-ent approach this season, moving away from the tra-ditional dump-and-chase Sugar King hockey fans are familiar with to adopt a more skilled game with a veteran lineup of forwards in order to compete in what they knew would be a very competitive Midwestern
Conference.To put the competitive-
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CONFERENCE / ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT
Conference urges businesses to reThink sustainability
When it comes to gov-ernment agendas, it’s all about economic recovery and exports these days. And that being the case, it’s all about agriculture, too – or should be, given its con-tribution to the economy here and elsewhere in the province.
Agriculture’s positive impact on Canada’s eco-nomic recovery was seen again last week with the Ontario government’s new proclamation that agri-food exports – primarily to the U.S., Asia and Europe – reached a record high in 2011.
No wonder – agri-food is everywhere in Ontario. Harvests and livestock from Ontario farmers ac-count for more than 20 per cent of Canada’s agri-food exports. The province is home to Canada’s largest food processing sector, accounting for 3,000 busi-nesses that employ 100,000 people across the province. Those are big numbers…so when they trend upwards, people take notice.
And that’s what’s hap-pening. According to the province, agri-food exports
Record agri-food exports support education, health
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With the environment and economic climate changing, there are two choices for business own-ers: weather the storm and hope for things to return to normal or look for new op-portunities and change the climate themselves.
Businesses across the region are constantly be-ing challenged and often must address the difficult choices in balancing fi-nancial concerns and en-vironmental innovation to become a more sustainable operation.
To that end the annual reThink Waterloo 2012 con-ference is being held on May 11 with the main focus this year on exploring a sustainable business action plan. The conference is set up to show local busi-nesses how to succeed in the world of greener opera-tions, climate change risk mitigation and business sustainability.
“People need to start looking at their businesses differently and need to ask themselves what do I need to change and what is the new norm in terms of a successful business,” said Antoni Paleshi, program-ming director of reThink Waterloo. “We are seeing people act more and more towards the green economy as they act more sustain-able in their operations and this conference will help them discover new trends and ideas.”
The last conference held in 2009 focused on local businesses taking action towards a sustainable fu-ture and featured guest speaker Dr. David Suzuki, who addressed the funda-mental crisis of how we see ourselves on this planet and what we can do as indi-viduals to make changes.
This year’s key-note speaker, Andrew Heintzman, is the chair of the Premier’s Climate Change Advisory Panel for the province of Ontario. He is also president and co-founder of Investeco, a Canadian investment com-pany that deals exclusively in the environmental sec-tor. He’ll be speaking about how to create an economy based on green innovation.
“We need to make re-sources more efficient globally and a place like a high-tech centre like Wa-terloo has a great opportu-nity to capitalize on that,” said Heintzman in a phone interview from his office in Toronto. “This also dovetails with ideas about good societies and good ways of living that create more livable places which we should be striving for in our communities.”
Heintzman will be dis-cussing the topic from a macro perspective, touch-ing on where he sees the global economy going and then changing focus by looking at where Canada is heading economically and how that will affect the region.
“In Canada there is a struggle between natural resource developments versus a more innovation-oriented economy. I will be arguing for the merits of innovation, focusing on how local communities can take advantage of some of the innovations available to them,” said Heintzman.
The conference will also include two interactive panel discussions where leading experts and expe-rienced local, national and global organizations will share their stories.
The first panel, moder-ated by Mike Morrice of Sustainable Waterloo Re-gion, will discuss the impli-
The chair of the Premier’s Climate Change Advisory Panel of Ontario, Andrew Heintzman, is the keynote speaker at this year’s reThink Waterloo 2012 conference to be held on May 11. [SUBMITTED]
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BUSINESS: reThink Waterloo 2012 conference
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from all quarters hit nearly $10 billion last year. That’s almost a 5.5 per cent in-crease over 2010, which was a six per cent increase over 2009. The province says by expanding into foreign markets, companies are not “held captive” to economic changes, consumer de-mands and seasonal fluctu-ations within the domestic economy.
Ontario’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Ru-ral Affairs, Ted McMeekin (from nearby Flambor-ough), isn’t about to let the new record go unnoticed.
cations of climate change on businesses through the perspective of an ac-countant, a lawyer and an insurer.
“There will be some up-coming implications when it comes to climate change and the panel is set to discuss the legal and insur-ance implications by giving a professional services per-spective on what is going to happen as climate change becomes a more signifi-
It’s important to the prov-ince that agriculture’s contribution is well under-stood. Despite tough times, the province continues to stand by farming – which constitutes a relatively small part of the popula-tion—and food processing, a sector which is mostly taken for granted by Ontar-ians who forget most food receives some measure of handling and processing before it winds up on their plates.
According to McMeekin, helping small- and medi-um-sized food processing companies export their
cant issue in the lives of businesses,” said Paleshi. “There are businesses like retailers who may not think that climate change will affect them but it will become significant for that group of people as well.”
The goal of the climate change panel is to have businesses look at their emissions and what steps they need to take to change those practice.
Later in the day a panel discussion about embed-
goods and link to interna-tional buyers is part of the government’s plan for jobs and growth. Such support reaches way beyond the farm community – in fact, says the minister, agricul-tural exports “help protect the gains Ontario has made in health care and educa-tion.”
Top marks to him for making this connection. The costs of health care in particular keep rising. Research at the University of Guelph and elsewhere is underway to help find ways for Canadians to be healthier, through a com-
ding sustainability into business practices will be held concentrating on deal-ing with the social, eco-nomic and environmental implications in a commu-nity and the challenges of directing an organization with profit, the planet and people all in mind.
“Climate change is not the only topic that relates to sustainability, there is a social impact as well and the long term viability of a company and all deal
bination of exercise and diet, especially with food, nutrition and plant and animal researchers finding or developing foods with added nutritional benefits. McMeekin’s own ministry has taken a lead role in this effort by partnering with the University of Guelph, and the results have been shown to yield more than $1 billion a year in econom-ic benefits to the province.
At the same time as these advances are being made, however, the province has to pay its bills. And it looks to its healthiest economic sectors for relief. In Ontar-
with the triple bottom line of social, environmental and economical issues,” said Paleshi. “The idea is to create a project or busi-ness that has success in all three areas and what that means.”
After the panel discus-sions delegates will have the opportunity to share their own stories, discuss solutions to help them overcome some of their business challenges and network with local busi-
io, among the healthiest of those sectors is agriculture and food, which emerged from the recession as what most believe to be the lead-ing economic sector here.
Exporting requires marketing, and lots of it. Globally, the competition is fierce. One of my former agricultural communica-tions and SPARK students at Guelph, Stefanie Nagel-schmitz, appeared recently before a federal committee on behalf of the Canadian Agri-Marketing Associa-tion to remind Ottawa her industry is likewise doing its part to promote the agri-
ness professionals.The conference is ex-
pecting over 200 partici-pants comprised of busi-ness leaders in the region interested in developing their businesses towards a more sustainable future.
The event will be held on May 11 at the Waterloo Inn starting at 8 a.m. Tickets for the event are $125 per person and all proceeds will be donated to the char-ity All Our Relations Hos-pice and Retreat Centre.
food sector. “It’s the world-class
product we are known for and proud to produce,” she said, “whether for custom-ers within our border, or abroad.”
Indeed, without market-ing and communications, how does anyone know about Canadian quality? When it comes to exports, everyone has a role in the value chain – growing, transporting, processing, retailing, marketing and communicating. It all con-tributes to a record year for agri-food of which Ontar-ians can be proud.
For more information visit the website www.rethink-waterloo.org.
ROBERTS: Establishing a connection between food production and our health
RETHINK: Looking at ways to imbed sustainable actions into standard business practices
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When the going gets tough, these women get goingBittersweet story of six women and their relationships fuels Elmira Theatre Company production of Steel Magnolias
STEVE KANNON
Anybody who’s anybody in Chinquapin, Louisiana goes to Truvy’s beauty par-lour to get her hair done. On the day we first join that lively bunch, Shelby’s get-ting married and there are preparations to be made. We’ll follow their lives – fo-cussing on what happens with Shelby – for the next three years, all without leav-ing the beauty salon that’s central to the story of Steel Magnolias, the Elmira The-atre Company production that opens next week.
Getting things rolling, we meet Truvy (played by Chris Grose) and her new assistant Annelle (Danielle Ball), who isn’t sure if she’s married or not, but won’t let that get in the way of “doing good hair.” Their clients are M’Lynn (Trish Starodub), a social worker who will do anything for her soon-to-be married daughter Shelby (Tracy Leighton); Clairee (Pam Webb), an eccentric millionaire; and Ouiser (Rita Huschka), a curmudgeon who says she’s just “been in a bad mood for 40 years.”
Danielle Ball, Chris Grose, Pam Webb, Rita Huschka and Trish Starodub (seated) rehearse a scene from Steel Magnolias, the ETC show that opens Apr. 27. [SUBMITTED]
The action centers around Truvy’s salon and the women who regularly gather there. The drama begins on the morning of Shelby’s wedding to Jackson and covers events over the next three years, including Shelby’s decision to have a child despite having Type 1 diabetes and the complica-tions that result from the decision.
With Steel Magnolias, we’re taken on a ride that’s
about relationships – the ups and downs – and how six southern belles with backbones of steel help each other through it all, says the play’s director.
“When I look at this, it’s like we’re going to take peo-ple on a rollercoaster ride – you’re on an emotional high one minute, and then on a low the next,” said Cathy Judd, adding the story’s ap-peal lies in the characters. “It’s always about the rela-
tionships. My vision was to show the strength of these women in times that are dif-ficult.”
Written in 1987 by Robert Harling, who was raised in Nachitoches, Louisiana, a town of about 17,000 that bears a strong resemblance to the fictional community of Chinquapin Parish, the story takes on an extra reso-nance in that it was inspired by his own real-life experi-ences. Steel Magnolias is
based on the tragic events of Harling’s sister, Susan. Like the character Shelby, she died at an early age as a result of complications caused by diabetes following the birth of her only child. The play also honours Har-ling’s mother who, like the character M’Lynn, donated a kidney to her daughter in a transplant operation that ultimately failed.
Filled with fury at the time, he pumped out his first work in 10 days, hop-ing to provide his nephew, then two year of age, with a story that he would one day read to know more about his mother. In writing the play, he painted a portrait of the community of women that surrounded his mother and sister at the time.
Although based on a heartbreaking situation, the story features plenty of co-medic moments. As Harling has been quoted to say, “my family and my community have always been character-ized by a tremendous sense of humour, even in the dark-est moments.”
That’s clearly in evidence, Judd notes, pointing to the
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Walking out of the theatre, audiences will be feeling good about the time spent at Turvy’s.
In recognition of the story’s origins, ETC is part-nering with the Canadian Diabetes Association to raise diabetes awareness. An edu-cation evening was held for the cast and crew by mem-bers of the CDA to provide guidance in the onstage por-trayal of a diabetic episode. Representatives from the association will be present at each show with information on diabetes.
The Elmira Theatre Com-pany production of Steel Magnolias runs Apr. 27-29, May 3-6, and May 10-12 at 76 Howard Ave. Show times are 8 p.m., except Sunday (2:30 p.m.). Tickets are $18, available at the Centre in the Square box office in Kitch-ener by calling 578-1570 or 1-800-265-8977, online at www.centre-square.com.
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Visit us at our NEW LOCATION! 3 Arthur St. S., Elmira | 519-669-5426
Elmira - Perfect for empty nesters! Don’t miss out on this semi detached raised bungalow. Complete with main floor laundry, 4 piece ensuite and open concept eat-in kitchen and living room. All the conveniences on one floor. The small yard will be easy to care for! The large garage is 17.5ft x 20ft, perfect for storage and still have room for a vehicle. Located close to downtown, walking distance to library, restaurants and banks. MLS Call Paul direct.
Elmira - Don't miss this brand new, open concept semi. All the conveniences on 1 floor, main flr laundry, master w/ensuite, 2nd bedroom, eat in kit & sizeable living room w/garden dr. Fin'd basement w/3rd bedroom, 3pc bath & bright rec room. The small yard will be easy to care for! Large garage is 17.5ft x 20ft, perfect for storage & still have room for a vehicle. Located close to downtown, walking distance to library, restaurants & banks. MLS Call Paul direct.
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$314,000$314,000 $299,900$299,900
Port Elgin - is the location of this lake-view property. Relax on the front deck and enjoy the sunsets, Chantry Island and the peacefulness of Lake Huron. This year round home/cottage is situated on a 70 foot by 230.79 foot lot with plenty of potential. The location is a short distance to Port Elgin’s sand beach or Southampton and if you like to walk, run or cycle there is a paved trail across nearby. MLS Call Bill direct.
$749,900$749,900$675,000$675,000
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Woolwich - Loc’d on 20 acres. Spacious 2400 sqft bungalow equip’d w/MF lndry, sep dr, huge fin’d bsmnt & walk up to garage. Open kit & FM w/wood fp. Master w/huge walk in closet & attractive slider to 3 tiered composite deck w/hot tub. 25x36 ft insulated, heated shop, 100amp w/bathrm & phone. 20,000 sqft 2 storey barn equipped for chickens or turkeys, currently empty. 17 acres of bush w/trail, mostly hardwood & poplar. MLS Call Paul direct.
Elmira - 79.5ft x 274ft Lot. Call and design this home to fit your needs and wants. Spacious bungalow on large treed lot. Stairway from garage to basement. Custom designed kitchen. Huron Homes will entertain other plans for houses on this lot. Call 519-503-9533 to have a look at the blueprints. MLS Call Paul direct.
$299,000$299,000WELL MAINTAINED
Elmira - Bungalow in sought after birdland location! This 3 bedroom home has a possibility of 4th bedroom in basement. Finished basement including a recroom with gas fireplace, bar, 3 piece bathroom and large laundry room/workshop. Slider to deck and yard including interlock patio. Some recent updates include all windows, and some doors. Roof ’05. Large double drive. MLS Call Paul direct.
HOME/COTTAGE$319,000$319,000
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Drayton - Luxurious, custom built home loc’d in quiet area. 3100sqft + huge fin’d bsmnt. Spacious kit designed w/cooking & entertaining in mind! Unique & exceptional home, spacious but still makes you feel right at home. Beautiful sun rm w/hot tub overlooking fabulous private yrd w/gazebo, pond & waterfall, beautifully gardens. Stamped concrete drive & lg patio w/retractable awning. MLS Call Alli or Paul direct.
$539,000$539,000ONE OF A KIND!!
$359,000$359,000OUTSTANDING VALUE
Elmira - Outstanding value for this 1800sqft custom built 1 owner raised bungalow. Fin’d basement incl: Rec rm w/wd burning fp, 3pc bath, bdrm, den/office or 5th bdrm possibility & lr workshop. Open living rm w/hardwd flr. Convenient main flr laundry. Separate dining rm w/walk out to yard. Fabulous big backyard complete w/interlock patio, hot tub & cute shed great for your family or entertaining! MLS Call Paul direct.
OPEN HOUSE SUN. April 22, 2-4 P.M. | 5 Sunset Place, Elmira
SPACIOUS BACKSPLITElmira - no backyard neighbours. This beautiful back split home with sunroom overlooking natural green space. Move in condition! Carpet free main floor with new hardwood and ceramic. Kitchen updates include granite countertops and new backsplash. Concrete driveway and over sized garage (1.5). Unspoiled 4th level perfect for games/playroom waiting for your finishing touches. MLS Call Paul direct.
$324,900$324,900
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Two adjoining offices in Multi-Tenant Plaza. Also 920 s/f unit consisting of two offices, reception area, kitchenette and bathroom. Located in busy plaza 10 minutes from Waterloo. MLS. Call Bert to view.
BUNGALOW!Great location central to schools, parks, Rec Centre and 10 minute walk to down town. Three bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, great room with addition, finished basement, triple wide paved drive, great for camper or motor home. MLS $329,900. Call Bert to View.
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BACKS TO GREENSPACE & WALKING TRAIL. One owner home in good condition. Spacious front entry. Gas fireplace in L.R. W/O to deck - faces south. Upper level loft/office. 3 baths (ensuite privilege). Finished rec. rm. & 2pc. 5 appl. Incl. MLS $312,900.
LISTINGS WANTED! We have several buyers wanting to relocate. If you’re thinking of selling, why not find out how much equity you have in your existing home. Call for details.
CRESCENT LOCATION - Pride of ownership is evident! Updated windows, furnace, and CAC. Remodelled bathrm. Gas stove in rec. rm. 5 bdrms. 2 baths. Lovely front entry. Hdwd. in L.R. & D.R. MLS $349,900.
IMPRESSIVE - Fam. room addition w/cathedral ceiling & lots of windows! Newer doors, windows, furnace & deck. Gas heatstove. Large rec. rm, w/high ceiling. 3 bdrms. Spacious dining area. Long driveway. Close to downtown. MLS $269,000.
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$362,000. Paradigm (Elmira) Homes New Model now available. 1780sq ft 3 Bedroom, 3 Bath. New design with welcoming entrance, spacious kitchen with built-in custom island and generous dinette. Additional features included plus 4 LG Appliances. Other plans with 4 lots remaining. EXCL.
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$999,000. Private setting, minutes from Elmira. Shop 60 x 32. Lovely bungalow with triple garage and fully finished walkout basement. 12 acres mature bush and trails, plus 8 acres workable. MLS
FLORADALE – 20 ACRES
$775,000. Ideal location on the edge of town, 4+ bedroom family home with many updates. 38 x 24 heated shop, ample parking/storage. Fantastic park-like yard for many outside activities. MLS
ELMIRA – 3.74 ACRES - POOL
$1,900,000. Private, peaceful and perfect. Landscaped grounds including picturesque pond surround the spacious 4 Bedroom bungalow with triple garage. Additional 4000 sq ft shop with heated lower area. Agriculture land, truly a picturesque setting. MLS
HEIDELBERG/BAMBERG – 60 ROLLING ACRES
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$276,900. Birdland location. 3 bedrooms with hardwood floors. Beautiful spacious yard. Several updates completed: furnace, air, windows and roof. New MLS
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GORGEOUS HOME 3 bedroom back split, on a large landscaped lot, with an awesome family room, eat in kitchen, 2 bath, central air, gas fireplace. $229,900.00 MLS
COUNTRY LOTS .5 acre don’t miss this chance to enjoy sunrises and sunsets. Within 40 minutes KW, or Guelph. High speed internet is available with fibre optic. Starting at $68,000 MLSBUILD TO SUIT
Don't miss out on this 3 bedroom home on Muscovey Drive! Open concept main floor with gas fireplace in living room. Walkout to a large cedar deck and patio in fenced & landscaped yard.
Finished basement. 2 car garage and storage shed. California shutters throughout. Lots of other extras and upgrades! Shows AAA. Quick possession available. $347,800. PropertyGuys ID 146039. Contact Steve & Kelly at 226-476-1603 to view.
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Lawrence & Marylu Pentelow along with Bruce & Carol Besco are delighted to announce the upcoming marriage of Laurel Pentelow to Randy Besco on May 19th 2012 at Crieff Hills Community.
Happy 40th Anniversary!Marni & Mike Balog
Our family celebrated by jumping over the falls! Congratulations, love you both, Krista & Mike, Will, Rylan & Brody, Dan & Nicole, Cruz & Sage.
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Join us at an Open House for our parents 60th Anniversary on Sunday, April 29, 2012 from 2-4 p.m. At Woodside Bible Fellowship, Barnswallow Dr., Elmira.Congratulations, Mom and Dad. We love you, Your Family.
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GHENT, DAVID HUGH | Went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, April 12, 2012, in his 68th year.
HASSON, JAMES WILFRED | Passed away peacefully, with his family by his side, at the Guelph General Hospital, on Monday, April 16, 2012. James W. Hasson, age 93 years, was a long time member of the Maryhill Knights of Columbus.
OBRIGHT, GLADYS (SLOAN) | Passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in her 102nd year. Local relatives are her daughter Judy Kittel and husband Terry of Bloomingdale
WAGNER, HERBERT (1921 – 2012) | Passed away peacefully at Leisureworld Caregiving Centre in Elmira on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at the age of 91.
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HOWES, Wayne September 15, 1955 -
April 14, 2012It is with great sadness that we have lost one of our co-workers, a resident and a friend for the past 34 years. Wayne passed away peacefully on Satur-day April 14, 2012 at the Assisted Living Centre with staff at his side. Wayne came to our association (EDCL) in October 1978. Wayne enjoyed his life to the fullest. He loved to collect keys and would remem-ber which key you gave him. Wayne was very proud of every accomplishment that he made especially his car wash business “Wax n’ Wayne” and he recruit-ed many of his co workers to help out. A memorial service was held in his honour on Tuesday April 17, 2012 at the Assisted Living Centre.
Wayne will be missed by all.
Stroh, Luke
In loving memory of Luke, who passed away, April 25, 1996. 16 years ago you left us, your memory is as dear today as the hour you passed away. Forever remembered and always loved by Mom and Dad, brother Skye, Aunt Dianne and Uncle Brian and Uncle Scott and Aunt Michele, two cousins Cody and Jesse, Grandparents Irene Hamilton and the late Ken Hamilton.
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Feel like take-out without going out? Something ethnic to put a spin in your week? A fresh spicy sauce is key to this! Building up your pantry of ‘Asian-type’ condiments can be easily done from any well-stocked super-market. And once you have them in your pantry they keep very well and can be mixed, matched and used in a variety of different ways to add zip to any dish.
Try sesame oil and soy sauce together with a little maple syrup to marinate chicken. Or an oyster sauce rubbed on steak before grilling. We’ve tossed the steak slices in cornstarch prior to cooking, as op-posed to adding the corn-starch in later to make a thick sauce. This will give the beef a nice crispiness against the smooth sauce.
The beef was enjoyed alongside a big pan of stir-fried veggies: mushrooms, peppers, onions and broc-coli. Another option is to roast your broccoli, to get similar results from a quick stir-fry: toss broccoli in a little oil and salt; spread on a baking sheet and roast in a hot (425°F) oven for 5-10 minutes, until edges begin to brown. The whole
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MCC PROJECT | 31
When news of the hor-rific housing situation in the northern Ontario ab-original settlement of At-tawapiskat first broke last fall, many Canadians were confused with how condi-tions in the community could have become so bad.
Dropping temperatures and health and safety con-cerns due to inadequate housing was what prompt-ed a state of emergency to be declared. Many resi-dents were living in tents, trailers and temporary shelters that lacked run-ning water and electricity, and some were even living in buildings right next to the site of a raw sewage spill from 2009 that was never adequately cleaned.
Those conditions cre-ated a public outcry and political debate over what should be done for the residents and how the $90 million that the commu-nity has received in federal funding since 2006 was spent.
For St. Jacobs’ Mark Bauman, the feelings sur-rounding the conditions at Attawapiskat are much more visceral.
“I was ashamed to be a Canadian,” Bauman said Monday, a little more than a week after the contractor and Woolwich Township councillor returned from a two-week trip to the iso-lated Aboriginal commu-nity as part of a Mennonite Central Committee Ontario project called Building Hope.
Bauman, who has more than 35 years of construc-
MCC project in Attawapiskat provides some perspective to St. Jacobs’ Mark Bauman
tion experience, wanted to donate his time and talents to the community after an announcement was made at his St. Jacobs Menno-nite Church by the MCCO that they were looking for volunteers for the pur-pose of helping to rebuild and renovate some of the dilapidated homes in At-tawapiskat, as well as learn more about the challenges that affect the people of that community.
He submitted his appli-cation and was readily ac-cepted onto the team.
Since 1981 MCCO has re-ceived invitations from the community to improve the quality of life for the ap-proximately 2,000 people that now live there.
There are currently 122 families living in con-demned housing that was built in the 1970s and has not been properly main-tained, and there are 19 families living in makeshift tents and shacks without electricity, running water, or plumbing. The MCCO estimates that some 250 new homes are needed to
alleviate the over-crowding ad sub-standard housing in the Mushkegowuk Cree community.
Bauman arrived at the MCCO north office in Tim-mins on Mar. 19 and after a couple days of orientation, the group of three volun-teers travelled 500 km north to the community. He said that from the mo-ment they arrived he felt welcomed by the people that call Attawapiskat home.
“We were strangers, we were a minority definitely
in their community, and they would stop and talk to us; you wonder if we would do the same here, stop and talk to a minority that was working in our commu-nity,” Bauman said.
Attawapiskat is very similar to towns in south-ern Ontario, Bauman ex-plained. They have a hos-pital, an airport, an arena and a community centre. There is an elementary and a high school, a number of churches, coffee shops, gas
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Mark Bauman, a contractor with some 35 years of experience, recently returned from the isolated northern aboriginal community of Attawapiskat where he helped make some repairs to local houses as part of a team from Mennonite Central Committee Ontario. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]
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FRIDAY’S ROCK AT THE WCS Youth Centre. Members will be enjoying two off-site field trips today. First we are visiting the Butterfly Conservatory, leaving the YC at 3 p.m. and at 6:30 p.m. we will be going rock climbing. Permission forms are required so bring them in!
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MOVIE NIGHT – 7 p.m., free! Trinity United Church, 21 Arthur St.N., Elmira. Featuring “Revenge of the Electric Car,” a must-see documentary that explores the electric car craze and the future of the automobile! A Woolwich Healthy Communities Event. For more information visit www.healthywoolwich.org.
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THE CHAPELAIRES GOSPEL QUARTET performing at 7 p.m. at West Montrose United Church, 42 Covered Bridge Dr. West Montrose. Free will offering. Light refreshments after concert.
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NEEDLE SISTERS QUILTERS GUILD meets at 7 p.m. on the 4th Monday of the month at the Elmira Mennonite Church, 58 Church St. W, Elmira. Guests welcome ($5.00). Next meeting on April 23. For more information call 519-669-3244.
FOODS THAT FIGHT INFLAMMATION – 6:30-8:30 p.m. this session will be presented by Robin Hicken, Registered Dietitian. Learn how your diet has a role in easing the symptoms of inflammation often associated with arthritis, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease and many other chronic illnesses. Call 519-664-3794 for more information.
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FISH FRY DINNER – Calvary United Church, 48 Hawkesville Rd. St. Jacobs. 4:30-7 p.m. The fist will be provided and cooked by Howell’s fish of Wiarton. Advance tickets only – adults $14; children 12 and under $7; preschoolers free. Takeouts available. For tickets call 519-669-5912, church office 519-664-2311 (9 a.m. – 2 p.m.), or Kingsway hairstyling 519-664-
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BINGO – 7 P.M. at St. Clements Community Centre sponsored by Paradise & District Lions Club. For further information contact Joe Brick at 519-699-4022.
WCS YOUTH CENTRE IS excited to have Jared coming back for a visit. Come catch up and try to beat him at hockey, basketball or pool. For more information contact Catherine or Anna at (519) 669-3539.
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WOOLWICH COMMUNITY LION CLUB presents “Claude Haggerty” – Grand Scale Illusionist. Lions Hall, Elmira. Showtime 7 p.m. doors open at 6 p.m. Admission $15 ($12 with non-perishable food item - $45 per family of 4 ($5 per extra child). Tickets available from Pampered & Polished Tanning Spa, Woolwich Lions Members or at the door. For more information please visit www.woolwichlionsevent.info – questions:[email protected].
THE EVENING HAS A tropical flare to it at WCS Youth Centre! Test your limbo and hula hoop abilities while sipping on a fruit smoothie, it’s sure to be paradise. For more information contact Catherine or Anna at (519) 669-3539.
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WEEKLY BINGO 7 P.M. at Elmira Lions Hall, 40 South St., Elmira. All proceeds go to support the many projects of the Lions Club of Elmira. For more information call 519-500-1434.
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What’s one of the more overlooked things that friends tend to do together?
Q. What’s one of the more overlooked things that friends tend to do together -- statistically at least?
A. Put on weight, answers David G. Myers in
“Psychology: Tenth Edi-tion.” One 32-year study of 12,067 people found them most likely to become obese when a friend did also, and for a close friend, the odds almost tripled. Further analysis showed the correlation was not
simply a matter of similar people seeking each other out as friends. Actually, the strongest evidence that the environment influences weight comes from our fattening world.
Although the developed nations lead the trend, people everywhere are get-ting heavier. Since 1989, the ratio of overweight Mexicans has grown from 1 in 10 to nearly 7 in 10, and this statistical trend holds in many other countries as well. One international report projected that by 2020, three of four Ameri-cans will be overweight or obese, with associated health costs increasing for diseases such as diabetes.
Q. Dachshund sausag-es, Frankfurter wieners, wiener-frankfurthers, hot dogs -- what’s the story behind this classic fast-food favorite?
A. Though everyone jokes about what goes into hotdogs, they did not originate as a catchall for butcher castoffs, say Beth-anne Patrick and John Thompson in “AnUncommon History of Common Things.” They came to us from Germany, where sausage-making is an elaborate art. Twocities contributed to the “Frankfurter wiener”: in Vienna, or Wien, in the early 1850s, a Frankfurt-trained butcher
concocted the “wiener-frankfurther.” At about the same time, the Frankfurt butcher’s guild created a new sausagecalled a “frankfurter” with a slightly curved shape; legend has it the shape came about because one of the butchers had a dachs-hund. The long, mild “wiener sausage” came to the U.S. with German immigrants, who had been eating them on rolls for years. Credit for the hot dog bun is generally given to St. Louis vendor Antoine Feuchtwanger, who in 1890 asked his brother-in-law to bake long, slender rolls to help keep his
patrons’ hands from get-ting burned. As for the term “hot dog,” it may have caught on after a 1902 New York Giantsbaseball game in which a concessionaire began hawking “dachshund sau-sages” by crying, “Get ‘em while they’re hot!”
Q. As flesh cuts go, what just might be “the unkindest cut of them all”?
A. The common yet dreaded paper cut, printouts and the daily mail all lying in wait for their next attack, says Steve Mirsky in “Scientific American” magazine. It’s a playground myth that a
hemophiliac will bleed to death from a paper cut. Ironically, the higher the paper quality, the likelier it is to cut. Paper cuts do indeed bring on outsize pain. Fingertips, the most likely site of damage, are loaded with nerve endings -- including the pain-interpreting nociceptors -- necessary for the constant exploration of the environ-ment. So a tiny tip rip gets a disproportionate degree of displeasure.
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5. Involving the entire earth
11. Injures
16. Cut, maybe
17. An organic compound containing sugar
18. Literally, “for this”
19. Person suffering from monomania
21. First: Prefix
22. A movement against abortion
23. “Eh”
25. Black cat, maybe
26. A child whose behaviour embarrasses others
29. “___ Ng” (They Might Be Giants song)
32. Anger
33. “Cool!”
34. Full of vigor
37. Deck (out)
40. Moon of Uranus
44. Water lillies, Claude Monet
47. Penniless
48. ___ Today
49. Put to rest, as fears
50. Little bird
51. A village in northern Poland
53. International champion-ship match
54. “Our Time in ___” (10,000 Maniacs album)
55. Dressing ingredient
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59. Losing proposition?
60. Set lower
61. Catch a glimpse of
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3. Big tippler
4. Lifted, so to speak
5. Street art
6. One-dimensional
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8. “We’re #1!,” e.g.
9. English race place
10. Ease
11. Accident
12. Quick or skilful
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14. “Psycho” setting
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20. Time div.
24. Sundae topper, perhaps
27. Bug
28. Cottontail
29. Excite
30. Mouthed off
31. Wear away through erosion
35. To a higher intensity
36. Attack, with “into”
38. Alternative to acrylics
39. Buzzing pest
41. “Portnoy’s Complaint” author
42. “___ From Muskogee”
43. Brings home
45. ___ King Cole
46. High school class
52. Inherited properties
55. Edge
56. “Bye”
57. Said to make a horse go faster
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stations, a fire department and government offices.
Yet the community is so remote that it is only ac-cessible by air year-round. It is accessible by water in the summer as it sits on the edge of a river that is one of the main drainage rivers of James Bay. It was his-torically a seasonal camp site that had been visited for centuries by aboriginal ancestors, and families tra-ditionally left the location during the winter.
That all changed in the 1960s and ’70s when the temporary dwellings gave way to more permanent buildings. Yet those build-ings have not been properly maintained, leading to the problems seen today.
While in the community, Bauman worked on about three separate houses to try to improve the standard of living for those fami-lies. Most of the work was focused on removing wet wallboard or floorboards,
and any insulation that was wet or moldy. He replaced the floors and the ceilings in several bathrooms, as well as the front entry on another home.
Bauman admitted the work he could do was lim-ited mainly by the lack of supplies. Given the isolated nature of Attawapiskat, supplies must be transport-ed in via an ice road from the south, but because of the warmer temperatures this spring the road broke up nearly six weeks early, which meant many sup-plies failed to make it to the community this year.
“You don’t go next door to Fairway Lumber; you have to plan six months ahead,” he explained.
As a result Bauman said that he had to be much more frugal with his demo-lition jobs than he would be working at his job with Menno S. Martin Contract-ing, located in his home-town.
“We would tackle one
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room in a house, or part of a room, and get that done and try and finish every-thing up in one day,” he said, “whereas around here I would just gut the whole room.”
The actual construction process was similar to his experiences working in more southern climes, but with one major exception: in Attawapiskat the frost can reach depths of up to 10 feet, compared to about four feet here, and there is even permafrost in some areas, meaning a lot more care was required when in-stalling underground water pipes to prevent them from bursting.
“Their main waterlines are 18-feet below ground,” Bauman said, adding they placed styrofoam around the pipes as well to insulate them from the cold, and that a second piece of pipe surrounded the original pipe to prevent frost from tugging the joints apart.
While he may not have accomplished as much work as he wanted to before returning home on Apr. 5, Bauman said that the trip really opened his eyes to the challenges that face the First Nation’s people of Canada.
“I’ve learned to take a second look. When people
say ‘they should just move’ well, no, they shouldn’t just move,” he said, noting the fact that they were liv-ing on that land centuries before Europeans ever set foot in North America.
“It really bothers me when people say ‘here’s the solution.’ First Nations people are rightly suspect of ‘White Man’ solutions.”
Bauman believes that a movement towards the Habitat for Humanity model of volunteers build-ing new homes hand-in-hand alongside the people who will actually be living in those homes could be adopted for future projects like this, and he is acting as a construction liaison for MCCO to determine what needs to be in place before any similar projects next year.
“I’ve laid out what has to happen each month for the next year in order to make a new house or a renovation, and it would be the chief and council that would need to identify where the need is the greatest and we’ll work with that.
“Obviously this isn’t the whole solution, building one house, but it’s a way of building a bridge and saying that we here in the south understand and sym-pathize with their plight.”
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