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Elmira’s 

St. Teresa 

school to see 

$1.8-million 

expansion 

New classrooms part of project 

expected to start in July and 

run through rest of the year 

steVe KAnnon 

An expansion is in the works for St. Teresa 

elementary school in Elmira, with $1.8 million 

earmarked to provide new classrooms, administrative 

offices and change rooms. 

Already making use of portables, the school 

expects to see increased enrolment as Elmira 

grows, with demand for space likely to exceed 

capacity by 100 students within a decade. 

Since the Waterloo Catholic District School 

Board had plans in place to add another kindergarten 

room thanks to $430,000 in provincial 

funding, trustees last month decided there 

were savings to be had by combining all of the 

additions into one project, committing another 

$1.4 million. 

Dave Bennett, the board’s senior manager of 

capital planning, said work is expected to get 

underway in July. Everything is in place for the 

kindergarten expansion, and he hopes to have 

the details sorted out for the larger portion of 

the project in time to start that construction on 

the same date. 

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In the first period it looked as 

though The Elmira Sugar Kings were 

going to have a hard time against the 

Listowel Cyclones in the opening game 

of the first round of the playoffs, as the 

host team was missing four key players, 

Clayton Greer, Riley Sonnenburg, Lukas 

Baleshta and Michael Hasson. 

Elmira, however, easily skated away 

with a 5-2 victory over the Cyclones 

Wednesday night at the WMC. 

Brett Priestap provided the heroics, 

scoring two goals in the second period 

to give the Kings a two-goal advantage. 

Listowel was first on the scoreboard, 

catching Elmira off guard and tallying 

a goal just 12 seconds in. The visitors 

went on to post a 2-1 advantage after the 

first 20 minutes. 

The atmosphere was electric once 

game time arrived at the Dan Snyder 

Arena and the Kings wanted to keep 

the raucous environment alive. The 

game was fierce and physical in the first 

period as both teams tried to establish 

themselves in that department. 

After Listowel's first goal there 

weren’t many excellent scoring chances 

early on. But at 7:53 Listowel scored 

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st. teresA: School community "very excited" about the coming changes 

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ed to be completed by September, 

with the rest done 

by year’s end. 

“It’s always a juggling 

act, but we’d like to complete 

it as quickly as we 

can,” he said. “We’re excited 

about this – it’s been a 

while since we’ve been able 

to do anything in Elmira.” 

Two new kindergarten 

rooms will be created by 

expanding one existing 

classroom. The existing 

kindergarten room will 

become a dedicated special 

St. Teresa school in Elmira will see its first 

expansion since 1968, with a project that 

includes the addition of four new classrooms. 

Work is expected to get underway in July and 

run through to the end of 2012. 

education room. The rest 

of the expansion features 

a four-room classroom extension, 

the addition of a 

new administrative suite, 

and change rooms and gym 

storage. 

The board has designated 

the school as “severely 

deficient in administrative 

and resource space.” The 

main office, deemed small, 

is located at the opposite 

end of the school to the 

parking area. The principal’s 

office has been created 

by partitioning a portion 

of the existing library. The 

former principal’s office 

serves as a resource room, 

the staff work room and the 

only meeting space in the 

school. That space, however, 

will no longer exist once 

the full-day kindergarten 

addition is completed, as 

the space will be converted 

to a mechanical room. 

The new administrative 

area would locate all of the 

administrative functions in 

one place. 

The existing gymnasium, 

though small, is considered 

sufficient for the needs 

of the school population. 

There is an existing stage 

attached to the gymnasium 

and the staff lounge 

doubles as a servery for 

events in the gymnasium. 

However, there are no 

change rooms and students 

must currently change in 

the washrooms located on 

the other side of the school. 

The proposed renovations 

would demolish a small 

storage room at the rear 

of the gym and add new 

change rooms and gymnasium 

storage. 

The planned changes 

have captured the imagination 

of principal Sherry 

Peeples, who’s eager to see 

the project get underway. 

“We’re very excited. We 

have something wonderful 

to look forward to,” 

she said, noting that the 

school’s motto is ‘Be the 

change’ – “We’re definitely 

going to be living our 

motto.” 

The entire school community 

is charged up by 

the expansion, with parents 

planning to launch a 

fundraising drive to create 

a new playground and 

green space – a naturalized 

teaching area with trees, 

shrubs, rocks and the like 

– to go along with the renovated 

building. 

On a practical level, the 

additions will take kids out 

of the portables and provide 

more room for everyone 

at the school 

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them gone,” Peeples said of 

the portables. “It makes the 

sense of community stronger, 

getting everyone in the 

building.” 

While she expects some 

inconvenience next fall, it 

will be well worth it. With 

construction beginning in 

July, she said she hopes 

the biggest mess will be 

out of the way over the 

summer, allowing for less 

disruption and a safer environment 

when the children 

return. 

This will be the first addition 

to the school in 44 

years. St. Teresa of Avila 

Elementary School opened 

in 1964. The gymnasium 

and two classrooms were 

added in 1968. Since that 

time, the school has been 

home to a varying number 

of portables, depending on 

enrolment; there are currently 

three, though there 

have been as many as five 

at times.


Township unveils plans for accessible playground 

Proposed location in Gibson Park has some neighbours concerned about proximity to their homes 

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JAmes JAcKson 

After more than a 

year and a half of successful 

fundraising efforts and 

community engagement, it 

seems that the Kate’s Kause 

universal playground project 

has hit its first snag. 

On the evening of Feb. 23 

the Township of Woolwich 

hosted an open-house meeting 

to give residents the 

opportunity to see a very 

preliminary plan for the 

universally accessible playground 

that is to be built in 

Elmira’s Gibson Park. 

Of the approximately 55 

people who attended, there 

were a handful of residents 

who voiced some concerns 

over the location in the 

green space on the west 

side of the creek that runs 

through the middle of the 

park. 

Originally hoping to 

raise $250,000 over five 

years, Kate’s Kause found 

considerable public support, 

collecting $265,000 in 

just 15 months. Given the 

response, the goal is now 

$500,000, which would allow 

for a larger facility, including 

a splash pad. 

“There were some people 

that offered suggestions 

to look at the other side of 

the creek, the east side of 

the park versus the west, 

which we certainly will look 

at,” said Karen Makela, the 

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ation and facilities, adding 

that “95 per cent of those 

who attended were overwhelmingly 

in support of 

the project and location.” 

The residents who did 

voice concerns said they 

were under the impression 

that the new park would be 

built closer to the existing 

playground equipment as a 

way of enhancing the existing 

structure, and that the 

green space would be left 

untouched. 

While the township had 

it in mind to build the playground 

and splash pad adjacent 

to Lions Hall, near the 

Woolwich Memorial Centre, 

that site was deemed unsuitable 

due to space constraints 

and the lack of tree 

cover for shade. 

Makela said she did have 

some discussions with 

residents who shared those 

concerns, and all who attended 

were provided with 

comment sheets to fill out 

to ensure staff was aware of 

the concerns before moving 

forward. 

The rec. director emphasized 

that the diagram 

presented to the public at 

the meeting was very preliminary, 

wasn’t to scale, 

and the township hasn’t 

even had the site properly 

surveyed yet. Rather, the 

diagram was to provide a 

rough idea of where the 

proposed playground equipment 

and splash pad might 

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The preliminary plans for the Kate’s Kause universally accessible playground proposed for Gibson Park. The drawing is not to scale, and the placement of the park has raised some concerns 

for local homeowners. 

go once construction gets 

underway. 

“We didn’t want to put 

any money in until this has 

been approved as the selected 

site, and we weren’t 

at that stage yet.” 

The township must now 

find a way to balance the 

concerns of the few with 

the many endorsements 

that they received. Makela 

said that they are “darned 

if they do, and darned if 

they don’t” with regards to 

where the park ends up, as 

moving it on the east side 

of the creek would mean 

that many mature trees 

would need to be cut down 

to make space for the equipment, 

and that portions 

of the existing playground 

structure would need to be 

removed. 

“The reason we looked at 

that location was primarily 

because it was flat and al- 

GRCA approves stand-pat budget for 2012 

JAmes JAcKson 

In this era of belt-tightening 

budgets, the Grand 

River Conservation Authority 

has decided to stand pat 

on their 2012 budget, calling 

for a slight reduction in 

total spending. 

Passed by the GRCA 

board on Feb. 24, the 2012 

budget will be $32.8 million, 

slightly lower than 

2011’s budget of $33.6 million. 

The board consists of 

26 members appointed by 

municipalities across the 

watershed. 

“As we were going 

through draft versions of 

the budget at the tail end of 

last year and the beginning 

of this year we were getting 

a lot of feedback from 

our municipal representatives 

and municipalities 

throughout the watershed, 

saying that the closer to a 

minimal increase the better,” 

said Cam Linwood, 

communications coordinator 

at the GRCA. 

Much of the reduction 

in the budget is the result 

of the scheduled reduction 

in provincial grants for the 

Drinking Water Source Protection 

Program. Last year 

the province contributed 

$3.2 million to the project, 

and that number will fall to 

$2.6 million this year. 

The charges applied to 

municipalities will rise 

by approximately three 

per cent compared to 2011 

with about $9.75 million, 

or 30 per cent of total ex- 

penditures, coming from 

residents of the watershed 

through their local property 

taxes or their municipal 

water bills. The total cost to 

each resident works out to 

about $10.05. 

The GRCA also collects 

about $13.8 million in selfgenerated 

revenues from 

camping and other service 

fees, as well as land rentals, 

hydroelectricity, payments 

from school boards for 

educational programming, 

and donations to the Grand 

ready open,” she said of the 

green space. “If we go to the 

other side and start taking 

down trees, we’ll be having 

people screaming at us for 

that, so you really have to 

weigh the comments of one 

or two.” 

Another sticking point 

is the fact that two of the 

grants Kate’s Kause received 

have time limits attached 

to them: a $60,000 grant 

from Aviva Insurance has to 

River Conservation Foundation. 

Government grants account 

for about $7.1 million 

and cover core programs 

such as flood warnings and 

dam maintenance, and the 

remainder of the budget 

(approximately $2 million) 

comes from GRCA reserve 

funds comprised of money 

set aside in previous years. 

Despite the drop in funding, 

the GRCA still has numerous 

projects on tap for 

2012, including the recon- 

be put to use by year’s end, 

while a $25,000 grant from 

The Keg has a June deadline, 

meaning a decision 

needs to be made sooner 

rather than later in order to 

get shovels in the ground by 

spring. 

Makela said that she has 

a team working on reviewing 

the material collected 

during the open house and 

will be delivering a report to 

council soon. 

struction of the Drimmie 

Dam in Elora, scheduled 

to cost $1.1 million with 

the province contributing 

half and the Township of 

Centre Wellington paying 

$200,000. Other projects 

include restoration programs 

at Conestogo Lake 

($110,000) and the Luther 

Marsh Wildlife Management 

Area ($178,000) and 

the design if an emergency 

spillway at Conestogo Dam 

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A mild winter across 

North America may be 

prompting some concerns 

about the maple syrup season 

this year, but there is 

still plenty of time for the 

weather to turn around and 

produce a bumper crop. 

That was the message 

delivered as part of the 

Waterloo-Wellington Maple 

Syrup Producers Association’s 

annual first-tap 

ceremony on Feb. 24 at the 

farm of Dale Martin, just 

west of Elmira. 

“The winter’s not as 

important as the next four- 

to six-week period,” said 

Martin as he stood inside 

his new sugar shack behind 

his dairy farm on Balsam 

Grove Road. 

The farm has been in 

the family for nearly 100 

years after his grandfather, 

Moses, settled in the area, 

and the maple trees on the 

property have been producing 

syrup off-and-on 

for pretty well that entire 

time, he said. 

Dale has also been in 

partnership with his cousin, 

Paul Martin, for the past 

19 years, and together they 

run about 9,000 taps on 90 

acres of bush spread out in 

($150,000). 

The GRCA is also confident 

that visitors to the 

parks will not experience 

any drop in service, and 

upwards of a million paid 

visits are made to GRCA 

parks throughout the year. 

“The parks are selffunded. 

They don’t receive 

any fees from levees,” said 

Linwood. “They are 100 per 

cent user pay, so any person 

who is visiting a park 

won’t see a decrease in 

quality or level of service.” 


Maple syrup producers optimistic good season on tap 

JAmes JAcKson 

Kitchener-Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht had the honour of drilling the ceremonial first tap 

Feb. 24 at the farm of Dale Martin. [james jackson / the observer] 

three different counties. 

Last year they produced 

about 10,000 litres of finished 

syrup, and hope for 

much the same this year. 

“Anything more than 

that is a bonus,” Paul said. 

Yet some producers are 

concerned that sap produc- 

tion could be down this 

season after an abnormally 

warm winter with very little 

snow cover. They like to 

see about an inch of snow 

cover in their sugar bush 

when they start tapping, 

along with below-freezing 

nights and days with tem- 

peratures touching four 

degrees above zero. 

This year, though, many 

syrup-producing areas 

have seen the sap start to 

flow a few weeks earlier 

than usual, raising concerns 

that if the trees bud 

too early, the season will be 

shortened and the sap will 

either be of a lower grade, 

or unusable altogether. 

Yet the Martins don’t 

share those concerns. They 

say that they’ve seen warm 

winters like this one in the 

past, and as long as conditions 

during the six-week 

window of production are 

ideal, the season should be 

a good one. 

“I remember one around 

30 years ago we were 

tapping and there was 

absolutely no snow in the 

bush,” said Paul. “We were 

tapping in our shoes, no 

boots, and we ended up 

with a decent year.” 

For resident maple syrup 

historian Albert Martin, it’s 

often best to take a waitand-see 

approach at the 

start of maple syrup season 

rather than start worrying 

right away. 

“It just depends now 

what the weather will do,” 

he said, adding that his 

father always said the last 

Friday of every month 

often served as a good barometer 

for how the next 

month will unfold, and 

that the few inches of snow 

and cooler temperatures 

the region experienced the 

night before the tapping 

ceremony should be a good 

omen for the rest of the 

season. 

“I’ll give you one example,” 

Albert said. “It was 

1957 and the weather was 

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The warmer-than-usual winter has generated some concern among some sap producers 

about the quality of syrup this season. [james jackson / the observer] 

warm and mild in March, 

and the sap wouldn’t run. 

At the end of the week we 

got some rain, and then we 

got some snow and cooler 

temperatures, and the following 

week the sap ran 

like ever.” 

The long-term forecast 

for Waterloo Region should 

help set producers’ minds 

at ease, as temperatures for 

the next ten days are expected 

to range between -6 

at night and +7 during the 

day – ideal conditions for 

sap to run. 

At the tapping ceremony 

Feb. 24, Kitchener-Conestoga 

MP Harold Albrecht 

had the honour of drilling 

the inaugural first tap, and 

as the sap began to drip 

from the spout, Paul and 

Dale were busy preparing 

their brand new evaporator 

for its first boil of the 

season. 

“It’s a real adrenaline 

rush when that sap starts 

coming and you start boiling,” 

Dale laughed. 

Doug Cassie, past-president of the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association, was on hand 

to help cook up some sausages and pancakes. [james jackson / the observer] 

HAVe fun WHile it lAsts 

Ryan Brubacher and Cole Harth, Grade 1 students at St. Teresa in Elmira, build a snowman 

during recess on Thursday. Temperatures across the region are expected to rise over the 

weekend, perhaps melting away early accumulations of snow. [colin dewar / the observer]


Closing in on the 

sap festival 

With the sap soon to flow, Woolwich 

council last week agreed to its long 

list of road closures for the 2012 Elmira 

Maple Syrup Festival. On Mar. 31, from 

1 a.m. to 8 p.m., most of downtown 

Elmira will be closed to vehicular traffic: 

portions of Wyatt Street, James Street, 

Hampton Street, Park Avenue, South 

Street, Walker Street, Dunke Street, and 

Mill Street. Although under regional 

control, Arthur Street will also be closed 

for the duration of the festival. 

The festival will also have an impact 

Police blotter buggy destroyed in collision WitH PicKuP 

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8:45 Am | Police were called 

to a hit-and-run in the parking lot of 

the Elmira Donuts & Deli on Church 

Street West. A 2007 Toyota driven by 

a 26-year-old North York man struck 

a 2003 Mercury owned by an Elora 

man. The Toyota drove away but not 

before witnesses managed to record 

the license plate number, allowing 

police to track down the man. Minor 

damages were sustained by both 

vehicles. 

11:30 Pm | A 28-year-old 

Elmira woman contacted police 

after she when into labour at her 

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Wind to blame 

for power outage 

As many as 200,000 people were 

affected by a disruption in Waterloo 

North Hydro service on Wednesday 

afternoon. 

Around 2:30 p.m. winds damaged a 

high-voltage Hydro One transmission 

line outside of Orangeville that 

supplies Waterloo North Hydro and 

southern Wellington County. The 

Police seeking help with theft 

from Elmira convenience store 

A theft occurred at the Elmira Mini Mart on Oriole 

Parkway about 9 p.m. on Feb. 25. 

Two teenage boys entered the store, asked for a case of 

pop and, when the clerk went to the back of the store, one 

of the teens grabbed a pumpkin Hookah off the counter 

valued at $35 and fled. 

The boys are described as white, 16 year olds, one wearing 

a black-and-white checkered hoodie with a medium 

build and brown hair. The other wore a black hoodie, was 

slim in build and had brown hair. Police ask anyone with 

information to contact the Elmira detachment. 

residence on Duke Street. When police 

arrived they found the woman 

and her baby boy. An ambulance 

arrived shortly after to help along 

with the woman’s midwife. Both 

mother and baby are fine. 

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8:00 Am | A tractor-trailer 

operated by a Waterloo man was 

slowing down for traffic at the 

roundabout in St. Jacobs when a 

silver 2004 Acura pulled along side 

the truck. The driver of the truck did 

not see the car and hit the vehicle 

when it merged into the lane. No 

charges were laid and no injuries 

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outages impact residents of Arthur, 

Fergus, Breslau, St. Jacobs, Elmira and 

Guelph. 

Power was eventually restored 

to almost all customers by 9 p.m. 

Wednesday night, and a Hydro One 

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counselling centre 

Woolwich Counselling Centre was 

the recipient last week of $1,000 from 

FaithLife Financial. 

Elmira resident Hugh Weltz presented 

the cheque to Mary Wilhelm, the 

centre’s executive director. 

“On behalf of FaithLife Financial, we 

are most pleased to assist in the very 

worthwhile work done here in our 

community,” said Weltz during the 

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No one was injured when a runaway horse pulling its buggy run into the path of a pickup truck travelling on Arthur Street north of Elmira 

on Feb. 24. The horse was also unharmed, making its way back to its owner after the collision. [joe merlihan / the observer] 

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serious damage. 

12:00 Pm | A farmer 

contacted police about the theft 

of diesel fuel from his property on 

Ament Line. Unknown suspects 

pumped $50 of fuel from the 

farm’s tanks. Police are continuing 

to investigate. 

1:30 Pm | Owners of the 

Community Care Concepts building 

on South Street in Elmira contacted 

police about a break-and-enter. An 

unknown suspect tried to pry open 

the front door of the building and 

damaged the weather stripping. The 

suspect did not gain access to the 

building. The investigation continues. 


Kitchener woman was pulled 

over after driving 133km/h along 

William Hastings Line, near Manser 

Road, where the speed limit is 80 

km/h. The woman was charged 

with ‘race motor vehicle’ and had 

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Park Manor students shine at Skills Canada competition held at Conestoga College in Kitchener 

colin deWAr 

It came down to a little 

improvisation and some 

creativity for two Skills 

Canada teams from Park 

Manor PS in Elmira as they 

claimed gold in the regional 

competition. 

The competition was a 

joint effort between the 

public and Catholic school 

boards, with students competing 

at Conestogo College 

Feb. 23. 

The school sent five 

teams to compete in five 

different categories including 

designing at catapult, 

Lego robots, Lego mechanics, 

constructing a desk 

organizer and film editing. 

“The teams had a lot of 

fun building and competing 

against other schools, it really 

brought them together 

as friends and classmates,” 

said Betty Bouw, the 

school’s science teacher. 

It was in film editing 

and construction where 

the Grade 7 and 8 students 

from the school took top 

marks and walked away 

with the gold medals. 

In the film editing category, 

Grade 7 students 

Nathan Bowman and Nick 

Martin had to edit together 

a video about whether or 

not fighting should be allowed 

in hockey, showing 

both sides of the issue. 

The boys had an older 

version of an editing program 

that would not accept 

the uploaded Skills 

Canada hockey clips and 

had to improvise using 

still images and recorded 

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themselves speaking to the 

camera about how fighting 

affects the sport. With 

just four hours to complete 

the project, the boys were 

under a lot of pressure but 

managed to come up with a 

creative solution. 

“We used a lot of comic 

relief in our video and used 

ourselves more in the video 

than actual NHL clips of 

the hockey fights because 

we felt it would add a personal 

touch to the video,” 

said Bowman. “We had to 

use what they gave us but 

what they gave us would 

not work on our computer 

so we had to think fast and 

came up with our idea to 

use ourselves instead of the 

clips and it worked out to 

our advantage.” 

Across the hall, Grade 8 

students David Minielly, 

Quentin Mayer, Cassie Martin 

and Mhari Reid were busy 

working on the construction 

of a desk organizer. 

The team came up with 

the general design before 

the competition began. 

With five hours to build the 

organizer they were well 

on there way when it completely 

collapsed and they 

had to start over. 

“We didn’t know we 

could bring our own cardboard, 

we thought that 

would be provided but it 

wasn’t and that was a bit 

of a struggle for us because 

we needed that for our design,” 

said Reid. 

The team acted quickly 

and used the juice boxes 

from their lunches and a 

French duo-tang to act as a 

cardboard substitute. 

“We had to work really 

well as a team, especially 

when it fell apart,” said 

Minielly. “We just knew 

what our strengths were, 

we didn’t get stressed out 

or started yelling at each 

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than we originally had 

planned.” 

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“All the students were 

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a bit on their own time for 

a good month,” said Bouw. 

“These students are incredibly 

strong problem solvers 

and independent workers 

and they follow through 

well which showed with the 

results they achieved at the 

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Police: Be wary of driving conditions 

fROM | 5 

colin deWAr 

It was more of a social 

event than business at the 

31st annual heifer sale in 

support of the Mennonite 

Central Committee (MCC), 

but a considerable amount 

of money was raised nonetheless. 

“We have a lot of support 

from the community 

and it really generates a lot 

of excitement,” said John 

Brenneman, committee 

secretary. “We draw some 

really big crowds and everyone 

really gets into it.” 

The event helped raise 

$220,000 for the MCC, as 

cows prized for their milk 

production and pedigrees 

were sold at auction. The 

sale has collected more 

that $4 million since its inception 

in 1982 through the 

auctioning off of more than 

3,600 heifers and other donated 

items. 

Brenneman said farmers 

and volunteers across 

the region donated their 

time and livestock to make 

the event what it was. The 

sale took place at David 

Carson Farms and Auction 

facilities in Listowel and 

included 126 donated heifers, 

semen and embryos 

and other donated items 

such as woodworking and 

a hand built threshing machine. 


Elmira woman driving a 2009 

white Hyundai was heading south 

on Union Street in Elmira when she 

failed to stop at a stop sign and 

collided with a 2005 Ford pickup 

operated by a 47-year-old Elmira 

man travelling west on South Field 

Drive. Both vehicles were destroyed 

and the woman was taken to Grand 

River hospital with minor injuries. 

She was subsequently charged 

with ‘fail to yield.’ 

fEBRUARY 24 

9:45 Am | A 51-year-old Ariss 

woman lost control of her 2004 

Ford pickup as she travelled west 

on Crowsfoot Road in Woolwich 

Township, striking a tree. Her vehicle 

sustained moderate damage. 

No charges were laid. 

10:30 Am | Police received 

a call about a Jeep swerving along 

Barnswallow Drive in Elmira. The 

vehicle was found in a driveway 

on Aspen Road. When police approached 

the vehicle they found 

a 39-year-old woman asleep 

Every year brings new 

donors to the auction, 

including 30 this time 

around. The annual sale 

draws a bigger crowd than 

usual auctions, from prospective 

buyers to retired 

farmers. More than 400 

farmers, buyers and businesses 

attended this year’s 

auction in support of the 

relief work 

“People really get behind 

it and we have some farms 

that have never missed a 

year.” 

Local businesses also 

participated in the sale, 

both donating and buying. 

Several bought cows and 

donated them back at the 

auction. 

Heifers with good pedigrees 

go on to compete in 

shows to show off their exceptional 

form. 

Topping the sale this 

year was a heifer named 

Fradon Armstead Autum at 

$4,100, donated by Murray 

inside. The woman was arrested for 

impaired driving. 

3:00 Pm | An runaway horse 

pulling a buggy collided with a 

2011 Ford pickup on Arthur Street 

near Seiling Road. The driver of the 

pickup, a 37-year-old London man, 

was not injured in the collision and 

neither was the horse. The buggy 

was destroyed and the pickup 

sustained severe damage. 

fEBRUARY 25 


Kitchener woman was charged 

with ‘drive while suspended’ when 

she lost control of her green 1997 

Dodge Caravan on St. Charles Street 

West near Maryhill due to bad 

weather and icy road conditions 

and struck a pole. The woman was 

taken the Guelph General Hospital 

with a bump on her head. Damage 

to the vehicle was moderate. 


Elmira woman lost control of her 

2003 Chevy Malibu while driving 

along Arthur Street near Scotch 

Line, south of Elmira, crossed the 

Gerber, Ken Erb and Norman 

Roes and purchased 

by Skipwell Farms Inc. 

Another heifer, Fradon Sid 

Mel, donated by Roy and 

Joe Snyder and Clarence 

and Marilyn Diefenbacher, 

was sold to Nelson Weber 

for $4,050. 

The auctioned cows 

brought in $196,000, another 

$16,000 came from 

miscellaneous items and 

cash donations pushing the 

total raised to $220,000. 

That is $54,000 more than 

last year’s event. 

“People tend to gravitate 

to our cause because they 

know that our organization 

does some very good work 

at home and abroad,” said 

Brenneman. “This is an 

excellent opportunity for 

farmers and agribusinesses 

to support MCC programs.” 

All proceeds go to the 

MCC for its relief, development 

and peace work 

around the world. 

Woolwich Community Lions offering 

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median and drove through an open 

field. The vehicle suffered moderate 

damage. No charges were laid. 

fEBRUARY 27 

1:50 Pm | A hydro line on Park 

Avenue near Duke Street in Elmira 

was knocked down by a transport 

truck. When police arrived the truck 

had left the scene. Police ask for 

any witnesses to contact the Elmira 

detachment. 

fEBRUARY 28 

10:45 Pm | Police were 

contacted by residents on Pine 

Creek Road near St. Charles Street 

in Woolwich Township about 

gunshots being fired in forest 

area. When police arrived all the 

shooting had stopped. Police 

are continuing to investigate the 

matter. 

fEBRUARY 29 

11:00 Am | A black and silver 

21-speed men’s Sport Tech mountain 

bike was found on Spruce Lane 

in Elmira. The bike can be claimed 

by its rightful owner at the Elmira 

police station. 

NEWS | 7 

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Church. Guild members Charlotte Vines (left) and Laney Campbell presented Julie Martin of EDCL (centre), Cindy Culp, and Margaret Bauer 

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8 | COMMENT 

COMMENT 

Our VIEW / EDITOrIaL 

Harper needs to 

take fraud issue 

more seriously 

ScandalS are nothing new for the 

Harper government – they’ve been messing 

up since day-one. What would be new, however, 

is seeing something stick. 

If public reaction to the voter-suppression fraud is any 

indication, we might just be getting somewhere. 

Thanks to last week’s revelations that voters in some 

ridings received phone calls purporting to be from Elections 

Canada informing them that they’re polling station 

had been moved – sometimes to spots miles away – increasingly 

numbers of people are coming forward. The 

net is being cast wider. 

Guelph appears to have been a hotspot. Other area ridings, 

including Kitchener-Conestoga, were also home to 

victims. 

Targeting Liberal and NDP supporters, the so-called 

robo-calls meant to discourage voter turnout for opposition 

parties. 

Beyond that, the supporters of parties other than the 

Conservatives received annoying, repeated or late phone 

calls purporting to be from Liberal campaign offices, for 

instance, though that was not in fact the case. The goal 

again was to weaken opposition support. 

So far there has been no direct connection to the Conservative 

party, though there’s ample circumstantial evidence 

to warrant an investigation. Stephen Harper maintains his 

innocence at this point, employing his customary deflection 

and pointing everywhere but back at his party. Internal 

reviews have been initiated, but that’s not enough. An 

independent inquiry is in order, as even an RCMP investigation 

cannot be considered impartial, as the in-and-out 

scandal and other wrongdoings have shown. 

The government appears to be using the same tactics it 

employed with the in-and-out scandal: deny, deflect, delay. 

That case, you may recall, already ended in a conviction 

of breaking electoral law. 

Elections Canada declared that the Conservative party 

violated spending limits in the 2006 election by moving 

money into accounts held by 67 individual candidates, 

then using that money in the national campaign. Phony 

invoices were subsequently submitted to earn reimbursements 

for election expenses. 

Last year, four senior Conservatives, including two 

senators, were charged in connection with the incident. 

The issue was allowed to drag on for five years, long 

enough apparently for Canadians not to punish the party 

for breaking the law. 

We’ve seen these tactics in other questionable activities: 

Maxime Bernier’s classified documents, Peter MacKay's 

propensity for military taxi services, Bev Oda’s “not” 

sleight of hand, “Gazebo” Tony Clement’s handling of border 

infrastructure money, and the list goes on. 

Though all serious, it’s the possibility of election tampering 

that should be setting off alarm bells. Our democracy 

is already challenged by voter apathy, corporate interference, 

negative advertising and a host of dirty tricks, 

we don’t need to add outright fraud to the list. Again, 

judging from the comments and reaction in the media 

and online, others are of the same opinion. The whiff of 

things Nixonian is most unpleasant. 

This is a problem that deserves more than the usual 

flippant responses coming from the government benches. 

If the officials in power are as clean as they maintain, then 

they should be pushing hardest for full disclosure (think 

Paul Martin and the Gomery inquiry). We thinks they 

doth protest too much ... and act too little. 

ThE VIEW frOM hErE 

WOrLD VIEW / GWYNNE DYEr 

WORLD 

AFFAIRS 

i am not making this up. 

They’re going to paint Calcutta 

blue. 

Some firm of public 

relations consultants has 

persuaded the West Bengal 

state government that all 

official buildings and assets 

in Calcutta, right down to 

the lane dividers on highways, 

should be painted 

light blue. Taxis and other 

public services that require 

licenses will also have to 

get out the blue paint, and 

owners of private property 

will be asked to do 

the same, with tax cuts for 

those who comply. 

It’s all about branding, really. 

West Bengal got a new 

government last year, after 

34 years of Communist rule, 

and the state’s new rulers 

decided that the capital city, 

Calcutta, needs a new colour 

scheme. As Urban Development 

Minister Firhad 

Hakim told The Indian 

Express newspaper, “Our 

leader Mamata Banerjee 

has decided that the theme 

colour of the city will be sky 

blue because the motto of 


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Red? In Calcutta they want to paint the town blue 

the new government is ‘the 

sky is the limit.’” 

Well, why not? If the 

state of Rajasthan can have 

both a “pink city” (Jaipur) 

and a “blue city” (Jodhpur), 

why shouldn’t Calcutta 

brand itself as “the 

other blue city”? However, 

Jaipur is naturally pink because 

of widespread use of 

terracotta, and in Jodhpur 

the residents got out their 

paintbrushes voluntarily, 

whereas the West Bengal 

state government is spending 

a reported 800 million 

rupees ($16 million) on the 

blueing of Calcutta. 

Calcuta’s leading newspaper, 

the Telegraph (in 

which this column has long 

had the honour of appearing), 

was so swept away 

by the wonderfulness of 

the concept that it wrote a 

fulsome editorial about it. 

“Finding the right colour 

combination is undoubtedly 

the crucial first step in 

making a city safer, healthier, 

cleaner and generally 

more user-friendly for its 

inhabitants,” the newspaper 

wrote, tongue firmly in 

cheek. 

“(Painting Calcutta blue) 

could, with as little doubt, 

sort out its core problems - 

chaotic health care, inabil- 

ity to implement pollution 

control norms, arsenic in 

the water, archaic sewers 

and garbage disposal, 

bad roads, killer buses for 

public transport, an airport 

falling apart and beyond 

dismal, priceless paintings 

rotting away in public art 

galleries, to name a few.” 

One wonders why more cities 

are not doing the same. 

Maybe they couldn’t afford 

the right consultants. 

I yield to practically everybody 

in my esteem for 

the overpaid consultants 

who are employed by unimaginative 

governments 

to “improve their image.” 

There is a better way for 

Calcutta to overcome its 

reputation for chaos and 

decay. By all means spend 

most of the available money 

on sewers and garbage 

disposal, roads and buses, 

pollution control, art galleries 

and the airport – but 

also restore the city centre. 

Calcutta was the capital 

of British-ruled India for 

two centuries. For much 

of that time it was the 

second-largest city in the 

British Empire, only surpassed 

by London. So the 

centre of the city was full 

of Georgian and Regency 

buildings that reflected the 

city’s power and wealth at 

that time. 

Most of them are still 

there. Calcutta was poor 

for a long time, so it hasn’t 

had the money to erase its 

past in the brutal way that 

is happening in most other 

Asian big cities. Almost 

all Chinese cities have 

already destroyed their 

architectural heritage, and 

beautiful cities like Hanoi 

are working at it full-time. 

But Calcutta’s wonderful 

buildings are in dreadful 

shape, and soon it will find 

enough money to start destroying 

them wholesale. 

It doesn’t have to end 

like that. Fifteen years ago 

I was walking up Bentinck 

Street, surrounded by the 

chaos of cars and trams 

and the crumbling buildings 

festooned with washing 

lines and movie posters. 

I came round a slight 

bend in the road ... and saw 

a miraculous sight. 

It was an four-storey 

townhouse restored to all 

its former glory: the stucco 

replaced, the balconies 

repaired, the whole thing 

repainted in the mustardyellow 

colour that was 

fashionable in the late 18th 

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COMMENT | 9 

Since the Toronto Maple Leafs are fading fast, what should their next move be? 

» Matt Lorentz 

Brian Burke has done enough and Ron Wilson 

is hot and cold, I think they should get rid of 

everyone and bring in new leadership. 

hiS viEw / StEvE KAnnon 

Excuses abound, but there’s no justification for Sansone fiasco 

EDITOR'S 

NOTES 

the justifications and 

excuses flying about in 

the wake of the Jessie Sansone 

affair is a perfect illustration 

of the bureaucratic 

mentality I recently discussed 

in a column about 

Parkinson’s Law. 

The 26-year-old Kitchener 

man was arrested last 

week after his daughter, 

4, drew a picture of a man 

holding a gun: her daddy, 

who uses it “to shoot bad 

guys and monsters.” That 

precipitated a sequence of 

events worthy of the golden 

age of slapstick comedy, if 

what happened wasn’t the 

farthest thing from funny. 

A teacher going to a principal, 

who in turn involves 

the police and Family and 

Children’s Services. The 

father is arrested at the 

school when he arrives to 

pick up his three children. 

He’s strip-searched and interrogated. 

Possibly under 

duress, he agrees to let police 

search his home. There 

are, as one might guess, no 

guns. Well, there is a plastic 

» Shane Stride 

They should fire Ron Wilson 

toy gun, the kind found in 

millions of households. 

Sansone was eventually 

released and given an 

apology. Only after going 

through the traumatic ordeal, 

however, was he told 

why he’d been arrested for 

possession of a firearm: the 

picture and explanation of 

a four year old. 

Not surprisingly, he’s 

talking to a lawyer about 

compensation. Equally unsurprising 

is the response 

of all of the agencies involved: 

we’re just following 

policy. No one is admitting 

culpability or responsibility 

for what was clearly 

an overreaction of epic 

proportions. Everyone by 

now will have been advised 

by lawyers to maintain the 

party line: admit nothing, 

plead innocent. 

For the rest of us watching 

from the outside, 

Sansone has clearly been 

wronged. He deserves 

compensation and, more 

importantly, we need to 

replace existing policies 

with a more common sense 

approach. 

The little girl’s use of the 

word “monsters” should 

have been a clear giveaway 

that no one in the house 

» Ryan Lorentz 

The Toronto Maple Leafs need better players 

was running around with a 

real gun or leaving firearms 

strewn about the house in 

reach of the children. The 

teacher could have easily 

followed this up by talking 

to the principal, who in 

turn could have contacted 

the parents for an explanation. 

No fuss necessary. 

No trampling of anyone’s 

rights. 

Instead, we had the 

fiasco that unfolded. 

The Sansone family has 

undergone a trauma. The 

institutions involved all 

have black eyes. And the 

public is worse off, taking 

a hit in the wallet and in its 

freedoms. 

One thing we can count 

on is that this is going to 

cost us a lot of money. It 

already has if you measure 

the staff time and expenses 

racked up in the wrong that 

was done, from the school 

itself through the police 

process. Yet to come are legal 

bills – everyone will be 

lawyering up – and costly 

reviews of existing policies. 

Then there’s the issue of 

compensation. Costs could 

be reduced if the family is 

offered a settlement rather 

than dragging it out, but 

bureaucracies often don’t 

behave so rationally. Nor 

are they spending their 

own money: it’s the taxpayers 

that are on the hook. 

It would be nice to think 

the costs would be extracted 

directly from those 

involved – payroll deductions, 

perhaps, or commensurate 

cuts to budgets – but 

that’s dreaming in colour. 

The money will come from 

taxpayers rather than holding 

anyone accountable. 

More pressing, however, 

is making sure this kind 

of thing doesn’t happen 

again. 

In this instance, we have 

policies that clearly go 

against the public good: 

the unreasonable excesses 

that followed the child’s 

drawing can’t be defended 

on any grounds. Those involved 

had trotted out the 

“if it saves just one child” 

argument in defense of 

what happened, but that 

doesn’t cut it. That line 

of reasoning is insidious, 

glossing over a multitude 

of sins with what sounds 

like a rational argument. 

After all, who’s going to 

say a child shouldn’t be 

protected? Well, as Public 

Safety Minister Vic Toews’s 

recent arguments in favour 

» Mackenzie Sanders 

They need new and better players, that is how 

they are going to win 

of stripping away the rights 

and privacy of Canadians 

– siding with the government 

or with child pornographers 

– clearly indicates, 

there’s no stooping too low 

for those who would take 

liberties with our, well, 

liberty. 

We can, hopefully, assume 

all of the officials 

and bureaucrats involved 

meant well, but you know 

what they say about the 

road to hell? Good intentions 

don’t excuse what 

happened. 

At a minimum, there was 

a lack of due diligence. It 

would be an understatement 

to say drastic measures 

were taken in the absence 

of credible evidence. 

And it wouldn’t be overstating 

things too much to 

say the child-safety card 

being played in defense of 

those measures should be 

countered by the words of 

Thomas Paine (1737-1809): 

“The greatest tyrannies 

are always perpetrated in 

the name of the noblest 

causes.” 

It’s no coincidence that 

some of the most memorable 

quotes about rights, 

freedom and democracy 

come from a time when 

» Devon Decopte 

I think they should fire Brian Burke. Do what 

the fans want. 

"In my mind, I picture every one of Canada's MP's rising in rage demanding that those responsible be rooted out ..." PAUL MARROW | Page 11 

they were in much shorter 

supply. Take, for instance, 

writer and abolitionist 

Wendell Phillips’s (1811- 

1884) reminder that “eternal 

vigilance is the price of 

liberty.” 

Today, when we have 

far more liberties, at least 

on the surface, we have 

given up our vigilance. As 

a result, our freedoms are 

being eroded. 

I’m not talking about 

just the actions of a federal 

government that has been 

undermining democracy 

as its standard operating 

procedure – from proroguing 

Parliament and using 

closure to limit debate, 

from the G8/G20 fiasco to 

stealing away your privacy 

– but about a wider misuse 

of power by governments 

and bureaucracies. 

While what’s coming 

out of Ottawa these days 

is malicious, many of 

the problems stem from 

rather misguided notions, 

self-serving tendencies or 

outright incompetence, fueled 

by public apathy and 

the assumption that those 

“in charge” have both the 

public’s interests at heart 

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10 | COMMENT 

Dyer: It'll take more than paint 

to make real improvements 

COnTInuED fROm | 8 

century. It was in a row of 

other 18th-century houses 

that were still rotting, and 

suddenly I realized what 

central Calcutta used to 

look like. It made the hair 

rise on the back of my neck. 

The same evening I went 

to a dinner party in south 

Calcutta, and found myself 

sitting next to the architect 

who had done the restoration. 

(Small world.) She 

explained that she had got 

municipal money to fix the 

house up, on condition that 

the existing residents (poor 

people, of course) would 

not be displaced by the 

high-rent crowd. The point, 

of course, was to inspire 

other property owners to 

do the same thing. 

I don’t know if that 

particular house has 

fallen into disrepair again 

(Google Streetview has its 

limitations), but I do know 

that the example did not 

work. I also know that it 

could work. It would cost 

more than a vat of blue 

paint, but labour isn’t that 

expensive in the city, so it’s 

cheaper to restore than to 

destroy and rebuild. If Calcutta 

started now, it could 

have a city centre that is 

the envy of Asia in 10 years. 

Alternatively, the West 

Bengal government could 

push the blue business a bit 

further. After all, nothing 

exceeds like excess. Why 

not paint all 14 million of 

Calcutta’s inhabitants blue, 

and declare that they are 

all avatars of Vishnu? That 

would get everybody’s attention. 

eDITOr: Freedom likely to die 

a death of a thousand cuts 

COnTInuED fROm | 9 

and the ability to do what’s 

right. History, of course, 

tells us otherwise. 

Wising up the fact that 

things will get worse unless 

we make them get better – 

starting with a proper overhaul 

rather than butt-covering 

in the Sansone case, 

for instance – is the first 

InbOx / lETTERs TO ThE EDITOR 

step to protecting ourselves 

from creeping erosion of 

our rights. 

As James Madison (1751- 

1836) notes, “I believe there 

are more instances of the 

abridgement of freedoms of 

the people by gradual and silent 

encroachment of those 

in power than by violent and 

sudden usurpations.” 

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after taking a 

break from cartooning 

– and moving 

to Japan – long-time 

Observer contributor 

Jack Lefcourt is once 

again providing his 

unique perspective 

on editorial matters. 

It was only natural, 

then, that his first 

appearance be back 

on these pages, in 

conjunction with the 

redesign we launched 

this week. 

YOuR vIEw / lETTERs TO ThE EDITOR 

Robo-call scandal 

undermines 

democracy 

To the Editor, 

in the last federal 

election, residents of 

Guelph and Kitchener- 

Conestoga among others 

received ‘robo calls’ purportedly 

from Elections 

Canada informing them 

falsely that their polling 

To the Editor, 

despite being very outspoken 

on the question 

of crime, Prime Minister 

Stephen Harper seems far 

from eager to discuss the 

“lawful access” legislation, 

Bill C-30, that will allow 

invasive online spying 

without a warrant. 

The proposed legislation 

will force every phone and 

Internet provider to allow 

“authorities” to collect the 

private information of any 

Canadian, at any time, 

without a warrant. This will 

location had changed. This 

is a clear case of election 

tampering, an activity that 

strikes at the very heart of 

the concept of democracy 

and is usually associated 

with third world dictatorships 

and emerging nations. 

In my mind, I picture every 

one of Canada’s Members 

of Parliament rising 

in rage at such activity, 

demanding that those 

COMMENT | 11 

Lefcourt returns to cartooning, renewing longtime link with The Observer 

THe OBSerVer Q & A | INTerVIeW WITH JACK LeFCOUrT, POLITICAL CArTOONIST | KyOTO, JAPAN 

Q. how long have you 

been in Japan? 

A. I’ve been in Japan for 

almost six years. 

Q. what do you do 

there? 

A. For most of this time, 

teaching English for a large 

Osaka-based language 

institute, as well as running 

my own (much smaller) 

school in Kyoto. More 

recently, have begun working 

as a writer and editor of 

curricular materials. 

Q. what was the big- 

Government intent 

on stripping away 

your privacy 

Jack Lefcourt tries his hand at a (self-) portrait of the artist as a man with a grainy webcam 

in Kyoto from 14 hours in the future. [jack lefcourt] 

gest adjustment between 

life in Canada and life in 

Japan? 

A. Not having (or needing 

for that matter) a car. 

Q. how long have you 

been on a break from cartooning? 

A. It’s been a six-year 

break from editorial 

cartooning in Canada, although 

for about a year and 

a half, I did do some cartooning 

for an Osaka-based 

monthly called “Kansai 

Scene.” 

create legislation that is: 

Warrantless: a range of 

“authorities” will have the 

ability to invade the private 

lives of law-abiding 

Canadians and our families 

using wired Internet and 

mobile devices, without 

justification; 

Invasive: the laws leave 

our personal and financial 

information less secure 

and more susceptible to 

cybercrime; 

Costly: Internet services 

providers may be forced to 

install millions of dollars 

worth of spying technology 

and the cost will be passed 

down to you. 

Canada’s Privacy Commissioner, 

Jennifer Stoddart, has 

Q. what made you get 

back into it? 

A. I had been thinking 

about getting back into it 

for a while. More specifically, 

I was inspired, and 

rather surprised, by the 

unexpected appearance of 

an old Bill Clinton cartoon 

of mine in a recent PBS 

“American Experience” 

documentary. Kind of 

prompted me to put pen to 

paper again. 

Q. where do you draw 

your inspiration for your 

responsible be rooted out 

and punished to the full 

extent of the law. 

In reality, my MP Harold 

Albrecht (Kitchener-Conestoga) 

had a staff member 

announce that Mr. Albrecht 

would not comment 

on the issue. 

What a terrible indictment 

of what politics has 

become in Canada. 

Paul MarrOw | WInTERBouRnE 

voiced her concerns about 

online spying repeatedly, 

and has called for strengthened 

oversight and privacy 

safeguards in the bills. 

Any proposals to expand 

telecommunications surveillance 

must be based 

on a clear need for new 

powers, which must be 

demonstrated by verifiable 

evidence. And these 

new powers must include 

comprehensive internal 

controls, clear oversight, 

meaningful deterrents, and 

a system of enforcement. 

Visit www.stopspying.ca 

to learn more and sign the 

petition. 

Oliver CardOza | WaTERLoo 

cartoons? 

A. That’s a tough one. 

I guess if you just spend 

enough time with news stories, 

juggling them around 

in your head, allowing 

them to produce imagery, 

funny stuff inevitably 

comes out. 

Q. You draw on canadian 

subjects. How do 

you stay plugged into that 

while living in Japan? 

A. Of course I manage to 

stay informed of things for 

the most part online. But 

also, I do know, and work 

with, a number of Canadians 

living here in Japan, 

and we talk. Canadian and 

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12 | SPORTS 

SPORTS 

national StaGE/ boxinG 

Elmira boxer 

competing 

at national 

championships 

james jackson 

For any young boxer 

heading to his first national 

championship, it helps having 

a Pan American champion 

and Olympic hopeful 

in your corner. 

That’s just the case for 

13-year-old Elmira resident 

Terrell Piper, who competed 

at the Junior and 

Youth Canadian National 

Championships in Ste. Hyancinthe, 

Quebec from Feb. 

28 to Mar. 3. 

For the past three years, 

Terrell has been training at 

the Waterloo Region Boxing 

Academy in Kitchener, 

where one of his coaches 

and training partners is 

none other than 24-year-old 

Mandy Bujold, a seven-time 

national champion and 

winner of four Pan American 

gold medals. She is also 

training to qualify for the 

2012 Olympic Games in 

London, England. 

Terrell’s father LeVar – a 

former boxer himself, as 

well as trainer for Terrell 

and Mandy – notes that 

seeing his son go to the national’s 

is an exciting step 

in Terrell’s boxing career, 

though he admitted he was 

a little nervous. 

“It’s pretty nerve wracking,” 

LeVar said prior to 

their Saturday morning 

workout last week. “The 

national’s, it’s a pretty big 

stage – but he’s a good 

fighter and I’m sure he’ll do 

woolwich/ GirlS’ hockEy 

boxEr | 14 


wEllESlEy/ jr d 

Jacks fall 

behind 

in opening 

round 

After knotting 

things up 1-1, 

Wellesley drops a 

pair to fall behind 

3-1 versus Ayr 

colin dewar 

The Wellesley Applejacks 

are up against the 

ropes. 

It’s do or die time for 

the Jacks as they lost two 

games last week and are 

now down 3-1 in their first 

round playoff series against 

the Ayr Centennials. 

After rebounding on 

Feb. 18 to win in overtime, 

the Jacks hit the road to 

visit the Centennials at the 

North Dumfries Community 

Complex but were unable 

to keep their momentum 

moving forward, losing the 

next game 5-0. 

“(Ayr) played very well 

defensively and shut us 

down all over the ice; we 

never had a really good 

chance at scoring a goal 

and we never really got near 

their net the whole game,” 

said Kevin Fitzpatrick, head 

coach of the Jacks. 

Centennials’ forward 

Tyler Gauthier drew first 

blood scoring on Wellesley 

netminder Josh Heer 

five minutes into the first 

frame. It would be his first 

of three on the night. 

Ayr would continue to 

attack keeping the puck 

in Jack territory for the 

remainder of the period 

but Heer managed to keep 

jackS | 16 

Event aims to get more girls playing hockey in Woolwich 

colin dewar 

Just over two years ago 

Canada’s women’s hockey 

team beat the United States 

in the gold medal game at 

the Olympics in Vancouver. 

Since then, women’s hockey 

has enjoyed a considerable 

upswing across the country. 

It’s estimated that more 

than 80,000 girls now play 

well.” 

Terrell fights in the 48 kg 

weight class, and qualified 

for nationals after a strong 

showing at a training camp 

held in Niagara Falls last 

month. Each province is 

allowed two representatives 

per weight class, and Terrell 

impressed enough at the 

camp to earn a berth. 

He was also bumped 

up from the Junior B boxing 

class to Junior C, and 

will be fighting boxers between 

the age of 14 and 16 

– making Terrell one of the 

youngest competitors at the 

tournament. 

“I’m excited and pretty 

nervous that I’ll be boxing 

people that are older than 

me,” said the soft-spoken 

fighter. 

Despite the age difference, 

LeVar said his son will 

be a strong competitor because 

of his ability to think 

during the match and find 

openings in his opponent’s 

defenses, and his conditioning 

is phenomenal – a result 

of his impressive training 

regimen. 

During non-competitive 

training Terrell is at the 

club four days a week, but 

when he is preparing for 

a tournament he trains 

six days of the week, or 

about eight to 10 hours. 

That includes sparring on 

Tuesdays, Thursdays and 

Saturdays, and boxing and 

the sport. 

In Waterloo Region, girls’ 

hockey has enjoyed growth, 

too, as the sport has been 

open to more girls. 

“It’s not like the boys’ 

hockey,” said Jacinta Faries, 

team manager for the Atom 

local league girls’ team in 

Woolwich and a member of 

the Wild executive. “Lots of 

parents think the girls are 

hitting and checking one 

Elmira’s Terrell Piper headed to 

the Junior and Youth Canadian 

National Championships this 

past week in Quebec. One of 

his sparring partners is Pan 

American gold medalist and 

Olympic hopeful Mandy Bujold. 

[james jackson / the observer] 

another; that is not the case 

– it is a non-contact sport. 

A lot of parents don’t know 

that and we are trying to 

change that impression of 

the sport.” 

Faries is organizing the 

second annual “Come and 

Try Girls’ Hockey” event, 

a day for young girls aged 

4-12 to come and play 

hockey for the first time at 

the arena in St. Jacobs on 

Mar. 18. 

“We had such a great 

event last year with over 

80 girls on the ice that we 

thought we should hold it 

again,” said Faries. “Our 

numbers grow year after 

year and we are really trying 

to keep the bottom end 

filled with new players. We 

started 10 years ago and 

those girls that started with 

us are about to leave us and 

we want to make sure that 

we have another generation 

of girls who enjoy playing 

the sport.” 

The day begins at 1 p.m. 

for girls aged 4-7 who will 

get a chance to spend an 

hour on the ice skating and 

participating in on-ice drills 

and will finish the event 

with a friendly scrimmage 

game. At 2 p.m. girls aged 

8-12 are invited on the ice to 

participate in their portion 

of the event. 

“We broke it up into two 

different age groups and 

have added an extra hour 

of ice time this year,” she 

explained. “Last year it was 

just too much and we want 

the girls to have a better 

experience and more fun.” 

Skaters are required 

tryinG it oUt | 14


The score 

WoolWich 

WildcaTs 

Tyke: Minor novice Select 

St Thomas Tyke Classic 

Game 1 Feb 24 vs Buffalo 

Woolwich: 1 Buffalo: 5 

Goals: Ian Speiran 

Assists: Sebastian Garrett 

Game 2 Feb 25 vs 

erin Hillsburgh 

Woolwich: 3 Erin Hillsburgh: 1 

Goals: Mitchell Hartman, 

Mitchell Young, Sebastian 

Garrett 

Assists: Ian Speiran x2, 

Sebastian Garrett, Adam Pauls, 

Tyler Brezynskie, Jocelyn Pickard 

Game 3 Feb 25 vs Brantford 

Woolwich: 3 Brantford: 6 

Goals: Ian Speiran x2, Mitchell 

Hartman 

Assists: Sebastian Garrett x2, 

Sam Goebel, Shelby Rempel, 

Carter Rollins 

Novice: ll #1 

Feb 25 vs Woolwich ll #2 

Woolwich #1: 3 


Goals: Ben Fretz x2, Coleton 

Benham 

Assists: Zach McMurray, Ben 

Moyer, Nolan Williamson 

Feb 26 vs Woolwich #3 



Goals: Mac Benham x2, Ben 

Fretz x2 

Assists: Corbin Schmidt, Zach 

McMurray, Coleton Benham, 

Logan Beard, Nolan Williamson 

Shutout: Connor Dingelstad 

Novice: ll #2 

oshawa tournament 

Game 1 Feb 17 vs Richmond 

Woolwich: 6 Richmond: 2 

Goals: Patrick Perry x3, Lucas 

Carson, Liam Eveleigh, Carter 

Cousineau 

Game 2 Feb 18 vs caledonia 

Woolwich: 2 Caledonia: 3 

Goals: Patrick Perry x2 

Game 3 Feb 18 vs reading 

Perry 

Game 4 Feb 19 vs cumberland 

Woolwich: 4 Cumberland: 2 

Goals: Lucas Carson, Liam 

Eveleigh, Patrick Perry, Carter 

Cousineau 

Playoffs Feb 25 vs Woolwich 

ll #3 

Woolwich LL #1: 3 

Woolwich LL #2: 2 

Goals: Patrick Perry x2 

Assists: Carter Cousineau 

Feb 26 vs twin centre 

Woolwich: 1 Twin Centre: 1 

Goal: Patrick Perry 

Assist: Lucas Weber 

Novice: ll #4 

Feb 26 vs St George 

Woolwich: 3 St George: 2 

Goals: Dustin Good x2, Simon 

Shantz 

Assists: Owen Hackart, Jackson 

Dumart, Oscar Ftich, Daniel Kelly, 

Sam Siopiolosz, Lucas Radler, 

Nolan Karger, Thomas Ring-Hill, 

Tanis Uhrig 

Novice: AE 

Feb 28 vs Burlington 

Woolwich: 3 Burlington: 4 

Goals: Danny Soehner, Kody 

Lewis, Andrew Weber 

Assists: Kody Lewis, Danny 

Soehner, Andrew Weber, Tyler 

Brubacher 

Novice: Major a 

Feb 26 vs centre Wellington 

Woolwich: 1 

Centre Wellington: 8 

Goals: Nolan Steringa 

Assists: Kyler Austin 


Woolwich: 4 


Goals: Spencer Young, Tyler 

Martin, Owen Lee, Kyler Austin 

Assists: Brett Moser, Jake 

McDonald, Kyler Austin, Owen 

Lee, AJ Mitchell 

Goals: Simon Zenker 

Assists: Matthew Thaler 

Shutout: Liam O’Brien 

Atom: ll #4 

Feb 19 vs Woolwich ll #2 


Woolwich # 4: 2 

Goals: Jesse Martin, Ryan Martin 

Assists: Benjamin Witmer, 

Dante Del Cul 

Feb 25 vs new Hamburg 

Woolwich: 2 New Hamburg: 5 

Goals: Cameron Martin, 

Benjamin Witmer 

Assists: Benjamin Witmer 

Atom: Minor aa 

Feb 24 vs tecumseh 

Woolwich: 2 Tecumseh: 3 

Goals: Mitch Lee 



Goals: Blake Roemer 

Assists: Isiah Katsube 



Goals: Isiah Katsube, Dawson 

Good, Keaton McLaughlin 

Assists: Mitch Lee, Blake 

Roemer, Keaton McLaughlin 

Atom: Major aa 


Woolwich: 1 


Goals: Austin Cousineau 

Assists: Brody Waters, Griffen 

Rollins 


Woolwich: 4 


Goals: Josh Martin, Eli Baldin, 

Griffen Rollins, Brody Waters 

Assists: Sam Davidson, Kayden 

Zacharczuk 

Shutout: Riley Demers 

Atom: ll #3 

Peewee: ll #1 

Feb 11 vs tavistock 

Feb 25 vs embro 

Woolwich: 3 Tavistock: 3 

Woolwich: 2 Embro: 5 

Goals: Devin Williams x2, Liam 

Goals: Sullivan Keen, Ian 

Catton 

McGregor 

Assists: Matt MacDonald, Chad 

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Feb 26 vs 

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Hoffer, Alex Metzger, Liam 

Goals: Lucas Carson 


Catton 

Assists: Coleson Sellars, Patrick Woolwich #1: 0 

Feb 12 vs St George 

Woolwich: 2 St George: 1 

Goals: Noah Scurry, Devin 

Williams 

Assists: Walker Schott 

Feb 23 vs Plattsville 

Woolwich: 1 Plattsville: 2 

Goals: Liam Catton 

Assists: Hayden Fretz, Sam 

Sabean 

Peewee: ll #2 

Bob Black Tournament in 

Oshawa 

Feb 18 vs ennismore 

Woolwich: 2 Ennismore: 0 

Goals: Austin Whittom, Nathan 

Horst 

Assists: Max Bender, Ryan 

Diemert 

Shutout: Alex Harnock 



Goals: Austin Whittom x2, Ryan 

Diemert x2, Max Bender, Nathan 

Horst 

Assists: Ryan Diemert x2, 

Nathan Horst, Tevin Piper, Max 

Bender, Dylan Smith, Alex Berry, 

Emmett Bartley, Tegan Schaus 

Shutout: Alex Harnock 

Feb. 26 vs new Hamburg 


Goals: Austin Whittom, Ryan 

Diemert 

Playoff time in the omha 

the Minor atom aa Woolwich Wildcats take a break after the second period during their oMHa playoff series game 5 against tecumseh. the 

Wildcats would go on to win 3-2, scoring in the last 40 seconds of the game. Woolwich will now face oakville in the semi-playoffs starting 

Saturday in oakville. the team is back at the Dan Snyder arena on Sunday, with the puck dropping at 1:30 p.m. [SUBMITTED] 

Assists: Mike Devries, Noah 

Rawlinson, Dylan Smith, Max 

Bender 

Peewee: ae 

Feb 19 vs Hespeler 

Woolwich: 2 Hespeler: 3 

Goals: Benton Weber, Matthew 

Uhrig 

Assists: Brett Henry, Earl 

Schwarz 

Feb 25 vs Dundas 

Woolwich: 4 Dundas: 1 

Goals: Cade Schaus x2, Brett 

Henry, Mathew Uhrig 

Assists: Nick Campagnolo x2, 

Earl Schwartz, Riley Shantz, Alex 

Turchan, Mitch Rempel, Jonny 

Martin 

Feb 26 vs acton 

Woolwich: 5 Acton: 2 

Goals: Cade Schaus x2, Matthew 

MacDonald, Brett Henry, Benton 

Weber 

Assists: Daniel Gallant x2, Tim 

Mayberry x2, Aaron Logan x2, 

Matthew MacDonald, Benton 

Weber, Mitch Rempel 

Bantam: ll #1 



Goals: Connor Bauman, Brad 

Mathieson, Alex Taylor 

Assists: Jacob Cornwall x2, Nick 

Berlet, Brad Mathieson 



Goals: Nick Berlet 

Bantam: ll #2 

jan 25 vs new Hamburg 


Goals: Jeff Talbot, Isaac 

Fishbein, Nathan Schwartz 

Assists: Dylan Arndt x2 

Shutout: Noah Taylor 

Bantam: Minor a 

Feb 25 vs Brampton 

Woolwich: 4 Brampton: 1 

Goals: Ryley Cribbin, Colby 

Bond, Greg Huber, Tyler Moser 

Assists: Kelby Martin x2, 

Mathieu Fife, Connor Goss 

Feb 26 vs Hespeler 

Woolwich: 4 Hespeler: 3 

(OT) 

Goals: Colby Bond, Connor Goss, 

Garrett Scultz, Ryley Cribbin 

Assists: Greg Huber, Ryley 

Cribbin, Garrett Schultz, Jayden 

Hipel 

Bantam: Major a 

Feb 12 vs centre Wellington 

Woolwich: 3 


Goals: Jason Gamble x2, 

Harrison Clifford 

Assists: Grant Kernick x2, Cole 

Lenaers, Matthew Leger, Ryley 

Cribbin 


Woolwich: 3 


Goals: Matthew Leger x2, Ryley 

Cribbin 

Assists: Cole Lenaers x2, Grant 

Kernick x2, Josh Kueneman, 

Jason Gamble 


Woolwich: 6 


Goals: Grant Kernick x2, 

Nicholas Pavanel, Luke Brown, 

Matthew Leger, Ryley Cribbin 

Assists: Troy Nechanicky, Connor 

Peirson, Pavanel, Leger, Harrison 

Clifford, Josh Kueneman, 

Cribbin, Jason Gamble, Scott 

Martin 


Woolwich: 5 


Goals: Grant Kernick x2, 

Matthew Leger x2, Harrison 

Clifford 

Assists: Ryley Cribbin x2, Josh 

Kueneman, Matthew Leger, 

Jason Gamble 

Feb. 25 vs centre Wellington 

Woolwich: 3 


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Goals: Harrison Clifford,Josh 

Kueneman, Connor Peirson 

Assists: Luke Brown, Ryley 

Cribbin, Troy Nechanicky, 

Nicholas Pavanel 

Midget: ll #1 



Goals: Dan Faries, Zack Goetz, 

Alex David 

Assists: Tyler Martin x3, Alex 

David, Lucas Bauman 



Goals: Joel Cairney x3, Alex 

David x2, Lucas Bauman 

Assists: Joel Cairney x3, Zack 

Goetz x2, Josh Simpson x2 

Midget: Major a 

Feb 23 vs oakville 

Woolwich: 3 Oakville: 0 

Goals: Weston Morlock, Dalton 

Taylor, Sebastein Huber 

Assists: Justin Neeb, Matthew 

Schieck, Mckinley Ceaser, 

Brayden Stevens, Weston 

Morlock 

Shutout: Blake Ziegler 

WoolWich 

Wild 

Novice: ll #1 

Feb 25 vs Twin Centre 


Goals: Julia Doerbecker, Ella 

Campbell, Maddie Goss 

Assists: Bethany Hebbourn x2, 

Maddie Goss, Amy Dueck, Julia 

Doerbecker 



Goals: Julia Doerbecker 

Assists: Teesha Weber 

Shutout: Bethany Hebbourn 

Bantam: c 

Feb 22 vs Waterloo 

Woolwich: 3 Waterloo: 0 

Goals: Emily Schuurmans x2, 

Erika Morrison 

Assists: Cassidy Bauman, Brooke 

Mulder 

Shutout: Alyssa McMurray 

TWin cenTre 

sTars 

Novice: ll #1 

Feb 17 vs Woolwich 

Twin Centre: 3 Waterloo: 0 

Goals: Ben Belcourt x2 Connor 

Doerbecker 

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Invention of transporter would take the pain out of waiting for da’ bow 

As I might have alluded 

to briefly in my last column, 

I ordered a long bow 

from a place down in the 

U.S. last week. 

This, in itself, is not a big 

deal. But, let me tell you, 

the wait is killing me. 

I’m not saying that 

they’ve been slow with the 

delivery process, because 

they haven’t by the standards 

of today. 

Nor am I, as my partner 

suggests, “obsessed with 

this bow.” I’ve merely 

monitored its travel route 

via the courier’s website 

from Gainesville Florida to 

Orlando to West Columbia, 

South Carolina to Roanoke, 

Virginia, to its most recent 

departure point in Harrisburg, 

Pennsylvania, which 

was scanned at 7:01 this 

morning. Far from obsession, 

this merely makes me 

a responsible bow owner 

and gives me something to 

talk about when the courier 

finally knocks on my door. 

I’m guessing that they like 

that kind of thing. 

OK, so I’m excited. 

If this wait has taught me 

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on the old Star Trek series. 

Had we put our efforts 

here, instead of into weapons 

research or robo-calls, 

I wouldn’t have to endure 

this intolerable wait and 

you wouldn’t have to endure 

this column. 

Would it have killed our 

scientists to do this? 

Look, this is not just 

about me and my bow – although, 

let’s face it, that’s 

probably reason enough for 

some up-and-coming scientist 

to take on a project 

like this. 

No, think of the other 

good things that would 

happen if only we had 

transporter units at our 

disposal. It would be easier 

to transport patients from 

hospital to hospital; we 

could deliver international 

aide quickly; we could reduce 

our reliance on fossil 

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help trapped miners better; 

we could provide quick 

disaster relief for isolated 

locations; pizza places 

would never have to give 

away free pizzas again just 

because the delivery boy 

got caught up in traffic and 

was three minutes late, and 

we would never have to 

wait at the back of the line 

again. 

Sure it would change a 

few things. Yes, we’d have 

to re-jig the world economy 

boxer: Determination and dedication are key on the road to success 

from | 12 

conditioning classes on 

Mondays, Wednesdays, and 

Fridays. 

LevVar said that Terrell 

has really benefitted from 

Bujold’s years of experience, 

and the Olympic 

hopeful is confident that 

Terrell will fare well in the 

ring against the other fighters. 

“I think it’ll be good for 

him. He’s been working 

hard in the gym, he has very 

good technique and he’s 

smart,” Bujold said, adding 

he does need to increase his 

intensity in the ring if he 

Terrell has an intensive 

training schedule, and 

spends up to 10 hours in 

the gym each week and his 

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Still, I’ve tried to be patient. 

And, I’ve even busied 

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the big day. 

My shooting glove, 

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books that supposedly 

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to shoot a long bow well. 

I’ve practiced my shooting 

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Heck, I’ve even picked 

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I’m ready to order them, 

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Accolades for 

Kings at banquet 

The Elmira Sugar Kings laid claim to 

several awards at the annual Junior 

B awards banquet in Stratford on 

Monday night. 

The Kings took home the team 

goaltending award, as starter Nick 

Horrigan and backup Justis Husak 

combined to post a 2.63 goals against 

average in Greater Ontario Junior 

League Hockey action this season. 

Andrew Smith, who led the team in 

scoring with 44 goals and 34 assists in 

49 games, took home the award for 

outstanding contribution to one team. 

Smith was also named a first-team 

all star. 

Second-team all-stars included captain 

Colton Wolfe-Sabo and forward 

Riley Sonnenburg. 

[james jackson / the observer] from | 12 

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“He’s got to want it, 

though. This is what everyone 

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so he’s got to deal with the 

pressure and perform when 

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Kings split final pair to end the season 

Loss a good thing, says coach, who was happy to see players get grounded before heading into the playoffs 

colin dewar 

The Elmira Sugar Kings 

split the weekend ending 

their regular season, 

winning at home over the 

visiting Stratford Cullitons 

Sunday but losing a tightlyfought 

game the night before 

in Brantford. That, however, 

is exactly what head coach 

Dean DeSilva was hoping for. 

“Honestly, it was probably 

the best thing that could 

have happened. The way I 

look at it is that we had won 

10 games in a row and, as a 

coach, I wanted to go into 

the playoffs with at least one 

more loss just to ground us,” 

said DeSilva. “I know it was 

important to get first place 

but I am alright with our 

result this season. During 

the year we won a number 

of games in a row and we got 

too high and I really wanted 

these guys to be grounded 

going into the playoffs.” 

The Kings (40-9-2) in fact 

finished the season in third 

place in the Midwestern 

Conference behind Stratford 

(41-9-1) and the first-place 

Brantford Golden Eagles 

(41-7-3). 

The weekend got rolling 

with a visit to Brantford Feb. 

25. The Kings got on the 

board first when Andrew 

Smith scored during a powerplay 

that had Eagles’ forward 

Brett Appio in the box 

for crosschecking. 

“We had an outstanding 

first period. We played really 

well, but we lost all that after 

the second and we became 

undisciplined and took some 

second when defenceman 

Sam Patterson stripped 

Elmira defender Mac Clustsam 

at the side of the Kings’ 

goal. Patterson put a shot 

on goal that produced a 

rebound his linemate Caleb 

Cameron lifted over netminder 

Nick Horrigan’s left 

pad. 

Elmira finally got on the 

board when team captain 

Colton Wolfe-Sabo, off a 

feed from his linemate 

Brad Kraus, fired a onetimer 

from the blue line 

that squeezed past Cyclone 

goalie Michael Pesendorfer. 

“Listowel did what we 

thought they would, they 

came out flying. We had a 

little bit of jitters, but that 

is to be expected: we have 

some young guys that have 

never gone through this before 

and four very key guys 

out of the lineup. I am not 

sure any team in the league 

penalties and sat back a little 

bit,” said Desliva. “At the end 

of the first we were up 1-0 

and by the end of the second 

we were down 2-1.” 

The second frame was all 

Brantford as they outshot 

and outscored the Kings. 

Eagles’ forward Mike Riley 

would find the back of the 

net six minutes into the 

period to tie the game, with 

Brantford’s Mike Rebry scoring 

the second of the frame 

as time wound down. 

The Kings opened things 

up in the third, scoring the 

tying goal in the last minute 

with netminder Nick Horrigan 

on the bench in favour of 

an extra attacker. 

With the game tied at two 

apiece the teams played 

through OT then headed 

kinGs: Team overcomes a slow start, missing players to post 

a 5-2 win over Listowel Cyclones to get the playoff ball rolling 

from | COVER could have those players out 

and still compete as hard 

Elmira’s Andrew Smith is knocked to the ice by Culliton defenceman Mike Pleon while heading to the net during first period action Feb. 26 

at the Dan Snyder Arena. The Kings emerged 4-1 victors over Stratford. [colIn Dewar / the observer] 

as our guys did,” said head 

coach Dean DeSilva following 

the game. 

Returning to the ice after 

the first intermission the 

Kings went back to their 

game as Listowel stuttered, 

allowing the Kings to score 

three unanswered goals in 

the period. 

Brady Campbell got 

things rolling, beating 

Pesendorfer with chip over 

the glove at 7:26 to tie the 

game at two. 

Three minutes later Brett 

Priestap would break away 

down the ice from deep 

in the Kings’ zone during 

a Cyclone powerplay and 

score a shorthanded goal to 

give Elmira the lead for the 

first time. 

“I managed to intercept 

the puck and blew past the 

defenceman – I chipped it 

ahead and got a breakaway 

and managed to score. I was 

to a shootout that saw both 

goalies put in strong performances, 

but the Eagles came 

away 3-2 winners. 

“It was good game and 

the guys played well. The 

bounces could have gone 

either way and we will learn 

from it and go forward from 

there,” said DeSilva. 

The next night the Kings 

played host to the Stratford 

Cullitons at the Dan Snyder 

Arena, skating to a much 

easier 4-1 victory in front of 

1,254 fans. 

“We want to play tough at 

home and make it a tough 

building to play in – it was 

important to bounce back 

from the game the other 

night,” said DeSilva. “We 

have been telling the guys 

that everything has been like 

pretty fired up about the 

goal,” said Priestap after the 

game. 

Priestap would end the 

period notching another 

goal, giving the Kings a 4-2 

lead heading back to the 

room. 

“I was actually trying 

to pass to (Andrew Smith) 

when the puck bounced 

off the defenceman’s stick 

and through the goalie’s 

legs, so I got lucky on there 

– I didn’t plan on that one,” 

said Priestap. “We are just 

excited to be playing playoff 

hockey. Some the guys 

went all the way last year 

to the Sutherland Cup and 

perhaps we got just a little 

too excited at first, but we 

settled and focused on our 

game plan.” 

The Kings hit two posts 

early in the third period and 

were unable to squeeze the 

rubber past Pesendorfer 

until defenceman Brodie 

Whitehead fired a wrist shot 

a playoff series for the last 

couple of weeks. We had an 

emotional game one night 

and you have to play the next 

night how are you going to 

react that is going to make 

the difference. I want my 

guys to react to that kind of 

thinking. That is the kind 

of mentality that we have 

been trying to prepare for 

the playoffs for the last two 

weeks.” 

Stratford drew first blood 

when forward Brock Reynolds 

beat Horrigan with a 

chip over the glove at 4:48 

but it would be the last of 

the night for the Cullitons, 

as Elmira would score four 

unanswered goals. 

Elmira’s Lukas Baleshta 

tied in the first when Will 

Cook picked up the rubber 

from just outside the crease 

beating the tender high to 

the right side and giving 

Elmira its fifth goal of the 

night. 

“In the playoffs, things 

are going to happen; we 

can’t control the bounces 

but you have to stick to 

what your game plan is and 

not panic, and that is what 

our guys did tonight. The 

leaders lead and lead by 

example. Guys like Priestap, 

Campbell and Scott Nagy 

lead by example and the 

rest of the guys just followed 

in and we stuck with what 

we had to do,” said DeSilva. 

Up 1-0, the Kings head 

to the Listowel Memorial 

Arena Friday for game 2 of 

the series. DeSilva expects 

to be able to put a full and 

healthy team back on the 

ice for the Kings’ next home 

game at the Woolwich 

Memorial Centre on Sunday, 

when the puck drops 

at 7 p.m. 

at the blue line and send a 

beautiful pass to Scott Nagy 

who was skating to the net 

only to pass to Baleshta at 

the last second and catching 

Cullitons’ netminder Taylor 

Dupuis off guard. 

Returning in the second 

Elmira was on the scoreboard 

early when Brad Kraus 

beat Dupuis with a one-timer 

giving the Kings a 2-1 lead. 

Cass Frey and Nagy collected 

the assists. 

The remainder of the period 

would see both teams 

with good chances only to 

be denied by the goaltenders 

who mustered up both skill 

and luck to keep the game 

close going into the third. 

Kings forward Patrick 

McKelvie gave the boys in 

green a 3-1 lead just over four 

minutes into the third frame 

when he beat Dupuis on the 

stick side. 

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Smith made it 4-1 when 

he scored during a man on 

advantage that had Culliton 

Calvin Thomson in the box 

for crosschecking. 

With the regular season 

over the Kings prepared to 

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in the first round of playoffs 

that started Wednesday 

night. DeSilva knows it’s a 

whole new season when it 

comes to the playoffs. 

“Over seven games anything 

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to play through that adversity, 

learning to deal with 

unexpected moments like 

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jacks: Team finds itself up against the wall going back 

to Ayr for game 5 of opening-round series of SOJHL playoffs 

from | 12 nial player before pass- 

them at bay and the Jacks 

returned to the room only 

down by one. 

It was a different story after 

the first intermission as 

Gauthier tallied two more 

to give Ayr a 3-0 lead. 

Gauthier came out flying, 

slipping one past Heer in 

the opening minute of the 

second period, with Adam 

Brubacher and Jay Fried 

collecting the assists. Two 

minutes later he potted 

another to record the hat 

trick. 

The third period saw the 

Centennials add two more 

to the total as Jordan Eby 

scored at 11:54 and Patrick 

McKelvie put the final nail 

in the coffin just two minutes 

later at 13:57. 

Heer finished the night 

with 23 saves on 28 shots, 

while Centennial goaltender 

Lee Doherty had to 

make only 15 saves for the 

shutout. 

Feeling the sting from 

their last game the Jacks 

were looking for revenge 

at home ice on Feb. 25, 

wasting no time in scoring 

first when James Mildon, 

who skating past the blue 

line, fed Rob Hinschberger 

who fired a one-timer past 

Doherty. 

The Jacks would continue 

with the pressure only 

to be denied by Doherty as 

he made outstanding plays 

to keep his team within one 

heading into the first intermission. 

The second frame would 

be all Ayr as they potted 

two goals to take the lead, 

with Jordan Witt scoring at 

Defenceman Chris Bauman and goaltender Josh Heer keep their eye on the puck as 

Centennial forward Alex richard closes on the net during the first period of last Saturday’s 

game at the Wellesley arena. Ayr defeated the Jacks 4-3 to go up 3-1 in the playoff series. 

[colIn Dewar / the observer] 

2:45 and Philip Durnford 

scoring at 13:27. 

The third period opened 

with Ayr scoring their third 

when Declan Kaster beat 

Heer with a beautifullytimed 

shot over the goalie’s 

stick. 

Down 3-1 the Jacks continued 

to keep the pressure 

on the Centennials 

and were rewarded with a 

powerplay goal when Ayr’s 

Eby was sent to the box for 

slashing. 

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With the man advantage 

the Jacks potted their 

second of the night when 

Chris Bauman fed Connor 

McLeod who in turn fired it 

past Doherty at 9:04. 

Just over four minutes 

later the Jacks would be 

deep in the Centennial 

territory when Matt Sovereign 

picked up the rubber 

and skated in behind 

Ayr’s net, finding Mark 

Hamilton on the left who 

would beat one Centen- 

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it into overtime. 

The Jacks seemed lost 

when they returned to the 

ice during the extra period 

and Ayr took full advantage, 

scoring the winning 

goal off the stick of Alex 

Richard during a scramble 

in front of the Wellesley 

net. 

“We didn’t even know 

they scored, the only one 

who saw it was the referee, 

and I am not sure the puck 

really went in,” said Fitzpatrick. 

“Ayr didn’t celebrate, 

they didn’t think it went in 

and the referee didn’t signal 

it right away and we actually 

put the next line on 

the ice before the goal was 

given.” 

The Jacks are still dealing 

with injuries and sickness 

and that was evident during 

Saturday’s game when the 

team only had 13 players 

ready to go. 

“It is so frustrating and 

I feel so bad for the team,” 

said Fitzpatrick. “We have 

a great goaltender that is 

keeping us in the game but 

the injuries are starting to 

hurt the team. I have never 

coached a team over the 

last 30 years that has had 

this many injuries all at the 

same time.” 

Game 5 of the series 

was Thursday evening in 

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Game 6, if needed, sees the 

teams return to Wellesley 

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17 | VENTURE 

Venture 

New busiNess / breslau 

Topping things off in Breslau 

A family-run business, 

Pizzeria Napoli sees opportunity 

in growing Breslau community 

cOLIN DEwar 

The prepared food industry 

is booming as consumers 

increasingly rely 

on quick and easy meals to 

accommodate their busy 

schedules. Pizzas, one of 

the most popular prepared 

foods, can be tailored to fit 

numerous tastes and has 

become a staple for many 

across the region. 

For Nada Ristanovic, 

pizza has been a part of her 

family for the last 26 years. 

Ristanovic owned and 

operated a pizza parlour in 

her home town of Gorazde 

in Bosnia before she moved 

with her family to Canada 

in 1995. For the last seven 

years she worked at a franchised 

pizza joint until she 

decided to take the risk and 

open her own pizza palour, 

Pizzeria Napoli. 

Ristanovic based the 

name of her restaurant on 

the city of Naples, Italy, 

“the birthplace of pizza” 

she said. 

Opening a pizza shop is 

not difficult if you have a 

good business plan, said 

Ristanovic, who is using 

her experiences to help her 

establish Breslau’s only 

family-owned pizzeria. 

“We have had a great 

response from the public 

so far, and a lot of them are 

telling me it is great that 

Breslau has a place like 

this for the residents,” said 

Ristanovic standing at the 

front counter of her restaurant. 

“Breslau is growing 

and I wanted to be a part 

of that, offering good food 

that I know how to make.” 

The 800-square-foot 

store located at the plaza 

at 10 Dolman St. offers a 

dining area for customers, 

even though take-out pizza 

by the slice or the pie is the 

main choice for customers. 

Ristanovic uses an old 

family recipe for both the 

dough – available in both 

white or whole wheat – and 

the sauce, saying she only 

uses natural ingredients 

with no additives or preservatives. 

“It is important to me 

that the food not only 

tastes great but is 

healthier for my customers 

as well,” she 

said. “For the business 

to grow and continue 

we are going to have to 

offer the best food we can 

with the best taste. That 

comes from using quality 

ingredients, and a good 

sauce that people enjoy. It 

also helps that we keep our 

prices reasonable.” 

Every day, Ristanovic 

arrives early to start prep, 

making the hand tossed 

dough and adding the 

special secret ingredients 

to her sauce. Pizza is not 

the only staple at her shop: 

they make handmade 

panzerottis, subs and ovenroasted 

chicken wings. 

She says the key to her 

success will be the stone 

ovens she uses in the restaurant. 

“I make everything in the 

oven, pizzas, panzerottis 

and chicken wings. Everything 

is cooked in there 

and everything is fresh. 

It may take a little longer 

than the bigger pizza 

joints, but I am making 

sure everything is cooked 

well. I will not have my pizzas 

come out undercooked 

and raw in the centre.” 

Ristanovic has the timing 

down perfectly, knowing 

it only takes 10 minutes 

to cook a pizza in the oven 

and chicken wings take 

around 15 minutes. As for 

the wings, she prepares 

them herself, buying raw 

chicken wings and adding 

the spices and batter and 

does not fry them in oil but 

bakes them serving them 

mild, hot, BBQ or honey 

garlic style. 

Pizzeria Napoli is a 

three-person operation 

with Ristanovic’s husband 

and their 16-year-old son, 

Jovan, helping on the 

weekends. 

Currently the pizzeria 

is take-out or dine-in, but 

Ristanovic has plans to add 

a delivery service once she 

feels the venture is more 

established. 

“As with everything it 

Nada Ristanovic prepares pizza dough using her family’s recipe at the recently opened Pizzeria Napoli in Breslau. [colin dewar / the observer] 

is going to take time. I am 

building this one step at a 

time, making sure everyone 

likes the products I am 

making and then I will add 

more to the restaurant,” 

she said. “It is very exciting 

to be a part of the community 

and I am looking 

forward to being here for a 

long time serving pizza.” 

The shop opens at 11 a.m. 

every day and closes at 9 

p.m. Sunday to Thursday 

and 10 p.m. Friday and 

Saturday. The busiest time 

for the pizza parlour is between 

4 p.m. until 8 p.m. 

when Ristanovic says she 

is basically run off her feet 

filling orders. 

“Pizza is a lot like a business: 

while toppings may 

get all the attention, it’s 

the crust on the bottom 

that holds it all together. 

The stuff on the top may 

add flavor and pizzazz, but 

without the bottom stuff 

the whole thing just falls 

apart and no one wants 

that.” 

VENTUrE 

PrOFILE 

BUSINESS: Pizzeria Napoli 

LOCATION: 10 Dolman Street, 

Breslau 

PHONE: 519-648-2333 

OWNER: Nada Ristanovic 


Food food For for thought/ 

owen oweN roberts 

Zero 

production 

limits food 

choices 

at markets 

FIELD 

NOTES 

A fascinating debate 

is percolating over food 

choices and farmers’ markets. 

In the wake of a dramatic 

and well-publicized 

remark recently by Canadian 

grocery magnate 

Galen Weston questioning 

the food safety of farmers 

markets, a new school of 

thought is emerging now 

that wonders also how 

food is chosen for farmers’ 

markets. 

This school questions 

whether farmers’ markets 

are inclusionary or exclusionary 

– not whether the 

food sold there is safe, but 

rather, whether markets 

broadly represent the 

tastes and consumption 

traits of a breadth of Canadians. 

Some may wonder how 

this can be. After all, farmers’ 

markets have always 

been a sort of vox populi, 

the voice of the people. 

They mirror consumers’ 

zeal to know more about 

their food. They’re a destination, 

a place where consumers 

go to make a social 

and perhaps agricultural 

statement. Farmers markets 

reflect their patrons’ 

lifestyles. Consumers are 

zealous in their patronage, 

visiting these markets to 

develop relationships with 

vendors, to have some fun, 

to connect with producers 

and to get unique products. 

But are the products 

being offered to market 

patrons “old school” – 

apples, maple syrup, root 

vegetables and the like – or 

reflective of the new face of 

Canada? 

That’s a big question 

says a University of Guelph 

research team looking into 

all facets of what’s called 

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18 | VENTURE 

from | 17 

ethnocultural vegetables 

– their production, consumption 

and marketing. 

With support from the 

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, 

Food and Rural 

Affairs and the Knowledge 

Translation and Transfer 

program, the team, led by 

rural extension specialist 

Prof. Glen Filson, broke 

ground and made headlines 

last year when they 

discovered Ontario farmers 

were missing out on a 

$61-million-a-day market 

by not growing the kind of 

vegetables certain new Canadian 

cultures crave – bitter 

melon and okra, among 

them. 

Now, they’re looking at a 

Catch-22 situation. Despite 

the amazing opportunity to 

cash in on the ethnocultural 

market, Ontario farmers 

are only planting a smidgeon 

of what they could 

sell to those who consume 

those kinds of vegetables. 

It appears farmers don’t 

understand it and don’t 

realize its potential. Not 

surprisingly then, they’ve 

had little interest in connecting 

with it. 

And that means these 

vegetables’ availability – at 

least as supplied by Ontario 

farmers – will be limited 

everywhere. 

To me, that’s neither 

exclusionary nor elitist, 

nor a situation restricted to 

farmers’ markets, at least 

not intentionally. Rather, 

that’s an opportunity for 

the ethnocultural sector to 

get together with the ministry 

on initiatives such as 

offering short courses on 

ethnocultural vegetable development 

and production, 

and on supporting further 

research to determine how 

to best to get farmers onside. 

Filson and the Guelphbased 

research team have 

made great strides. Their 

findings have been widely 

quoted (if not attributed), 

and they’ve made head- 

way understanding the 

retail sector’s response to 

ethnocultural vegetables, 

which led them to farmers’ 

markets. 

So far, they know the 

retail sector is complex, 

relational and at times 

prices are arbitrary. Out of 

the ethnic stories, Chinese 

markets have the best selection 

of fresh ethnocultural 

vegetables. As far as 

price goes, there’s no standard 

– it depends on seasonality 

and availability. 

But as far as freshness 

goes, there’s no question 

in Filson’s mind Ontario 

farmers could blow away 

the competition if they set 

their minds to it. Imported 

ethnocultural vegetables, 

even given our modern 

transportation systems, are 


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Two years after their mother Yvonne was killed in the 

devastating Haitian earthquake, Terry and Luke Martin 

travelled to the impoverished Caribbean nation to 

understand what brought her there 

JAMES JACKSON people was born. 

“We were all a little surprised 

Some nightS Luke 

and Terry Martin still 

dream about their mother. 

They dream that the retired 

nurse and grandmother 

of 10 is alive and 

well in Haiti, continuing 

the work that she loved – 

helping those who needed 

it the most and offering 

them a kind smile and 

gentle hands of comfort. 

Those ghost-like dreams always 

end the same way for the 

two brothers, however: waking up 

to the reality that their mother, 

Yvonne, is gone and is never 

coming back. 

In January, two years to the 

day of her death, Luke and Terry 

finally visited the spot where 

their mother's body was found 

following the Haitian earthquake. 

They went to understand why 

she returned to the impoverished 

nation time and time again, and 

where her love for the Haitian 

when she said she was going to 

Haiti for the first time, but once 

she came back it all made sense,” 

said Terry, whose mother first 

travelled to Haiti in 2007. 

“It wasn’t her entire life, but 

over those four years it was an 

important part of who she was.” 

On Jan. 12, 2010 the small 

Caribbean nation was struck by 

the island’s worst earthquake in 

more than 200 years. The epicentre 

was about 15 kilometres 

southwest of the capital city of 

Port-au-Prince along the fault 

line that divides the Caribbean 

and North American tectonic 

plates – enormous slabs of rock 

that fit together like a giant jigsaw 

puzzle over the entire surface 

of the Earth. 

Yvonne, an Elmira resident, 

had landed in Haiti earlier that 

day as part of a church mission 

group. It was her fourth time in 

the country, but at 4:53 p.m. local 

time the earth trembled beneath 

her feet and the guesthouse 

where she and the other missionaries 

were staying collapsed on 

top of her. 

The magnitude 7.0 earthquake 

struck just 90 minutes after the 

Crosses like this one cover the mass graves throughout Haiti. Written in Creole, this one has the date of the 

earthquake and says, “Let us remember those that go before us on the journey of life.” [terry martin] 

seven women from Waterloo Region 

had landed in the capital. 

Three of those team members 

– Marilyn McIlroy, Deb Paton and 

Lois McLaughlin – were standing 

on the third-floor balcony of the 

Wall’s International Guesthouse 

when the earthquake struck, 

while three others – Marilyn 

Raymer, Alice Soeder and Laura 

Steckley – were tossed back and 

forth in their deck chairs as water 

slopped out of the pool and 

soaked their legs. 

Unsure of what was happening 

around them, but realizing that 

they were in danger, the women 

moved away from the building 

and met outside, only to find 

that the seventh member of their 

team was not with them. 

It was then that they realized 

that Yvonne, who had gone inside 

to get changed just moments 

earlier, was buried in the rubble. 

Terry got a phone call later that 

night while he and his wife Melanie 

were about to head out to a 

basketball game. It was Melanie’s 

mother on the phone asking if 

they had heard about the earthquake. 

FEATURE | 19 

Luke and Terry Martin observe 

a moment of prayer with 

Marilyn McIlroy at the site 

of the destroyed guesthouse 

in Port-au-Prince where 

their mother died. 

[submitted by terry martin] 

“At the time we hadn’t, but we 

didn’t think too much about it,” 

said Terry. “We went to the basketball 

game and then I got a call 

from my dad, and he had a brief 

message saying, basically, that 

mom was missing.” 

Across the continent in San Diego, 

Terry’s brother Luke was at 

work when the first scattered reports 

of the quake began filtering 

out of Haiti. California was three 

hours behind Haiti, and at first 

Luke was relieved, thinking that 

his mother hadn’t yet arrived. 

“I was aware that she was travelling 

but I wasn’t keeping in 

mind the time change, so as soon 

as I heard that the earthquake 

had hit I thought ‘thank goodness, 

she hasn’t arrived yet.’” 

About an hour later Luke’s father, 

Ron, called to tell him that 

he had received a text message 

from Raymer saying that Yvonne 

was missing. 

After getting the news, Terry 

and Luke started scouring the Internet 

for flights to Haiti so that 

they could go search for her. 

Information coming out of the 

disaster zone was sparse at best, 

as local television and radio sta- 

HAITI | 20

20 | FEATURE 

FROM | 19 

tions were left without power in 

the aftermath. Raymer was the 

family’s only source of information 

in those early hours through 

her text messages, but with no 

means of recharging the device 

she tried to conserve power, 

meaning her messages were few 

and far between. 

It was on his way back from 

the passport office the next day 

that Luke got the call from his 

dad saying that Yvonne had been 

killed. 

“I was utterly stunned and 

couldn’t believe the words 

when they came out of my dad’s 

mouth. I was in shock.” 

He boarded a Toronto-bound 

flight an hour later and joined the 

rest of the family at their farm 

near Elmira that evening, and 

what followed were an agonizing 

couple of weeks in which 

the family tried desperately to 

communicate with the Canadian 

embassy in Haiti, and to get their 

mother’s body back to Canada. 

“There were lots of doubts 

about where mom’s body was, 

and then lots of frustration as far 

as trying to confirm it from here 

and trying to get it home. We just 

didn’t realize how overwhelmed 

the city was,” explained Luke. 

A funeral was held on Jan. 20 

and mourners packed the Waterloo 

Mennonite Brethren Church to pay 

tribute to Yvonne. Yet without a 

body the service lacked a sense of 

closure for the family, and it would 

take weeks for Yvonne to be returned 

to Canada and arrive at her 

final resting place in a cemetery 

just west of Elmira. 

Gradually time passed and 

life began to take on a new form 

of normalcy as family members 

adjusted to the death of Yvonne, 

yet Terry and Luke always had 

the sense that they needed to go 

to Haiti to see where she died and 

where she had worked. 

To that end, Terry and Luke 

finally boarded that long-awaited 

flight to Haiti, two years after 

they first began scouring the 

web in a desperate bid to join the 

search for their mother. 

The brothers planned to meet 

in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 11, 

where they also met McIlroy, who 

would act as their guide for the 

trip. Their other brother, Dean, 

decided that he did not want to 

join them. 

They traversed the congested 

streets of the still-recovering 

capital city amidst the crumbling 

walls and leaning buildings. Tent 

cities and ramshackle shacks still 

dominate the landscape, and the 

entire city was coated in a thick 

layer of dust. 

They spent that first evening 

Location: Western one-third portion of the island of 

Hispaniola, shared with the Dominican Republic. 

Population: 9,801,664 (2012 estimate) 

Language: French (official), Creole (official) 

GDP: $12.44 billion (ranked #145 in the world) 

Agriculture: coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum, 

wood 

Industry: textiles, sugar refining, flour milling, cement, light 

assembly based on imported parts 

talking with the six men who 

had dug their mother out of the 

rubble with their bare hands, 

took the time to carefully wrap 

her body in a sheet, and drove 

through the chaotic streets of 

Port-au-Prince to deliver her to 

the Canadian embassy. 

Yvonne was one of 58 Canadians 

killed in the earthquake, and 

hers was the only body recovered 

from the guesthouse that 

night. It was through the efforts 

of Nicholson, Veniel, Samuel, 

Jean, Lucien and Jean Jonel that 

her body even made it back to 

Canada rather than ending up in 

the mass graves that were dug to 

dispose of the more than 300,000 

people estimated to have died. 

“They were working with 

whatever they could to move the 

stones and debris. I wanted to get 

pictures of their hands and their 

faces, and to hear their stories of 

how overwhelmed they were,” 

said Terry. 

“If they hadn’t done it that 

night I’m sure mom’s body 

wouldn’t have got home.” 

“What surprised me was that I 

don’t think I really believed that 

people knew her,” added Luke of 

his discussions with the drivers 

and vendors who had worked 

with his mother before she died. 

“She was just one nurse out of 

however many NGOs and development 

organizations and medical 

missionaries pass through, 

but they remembered her clearly 

and had a relationship with her.” 

The next day, Jan. 12, Terry, 

Luke and Marilyn participated in 

memorial services across the city, 

and stood at the same spot where 

Yvonne had been found. The section 

of the guesthouse that collapsed 

still has not been rebuilt, 

and all that remains is the brown 

tile floor. 

“How do I come up with a word 

for that?” Luke asked. He paused 

for a moment before adding, “It 

was very meaningful. Where my 

feet were was exactly where her 

feet were when they found her. It 

was like visiting a grave.” 

Yvonne may have died in Portau-Prince, 

but she was very rarely 

ever in the capital. It was where 

she and the other missionaries 

would arrive and depart, but little 

more. 

The heart of her work was located 

in the mountainous region east 

of the city, in the plateau region 

near the border with the Dominican 

Republic, and that was where 

Terry and Luke headed next. 

On Jan. 13 the brothers 

climbed aboard a small plane 

and took a 20-minute flight to 

the village of Henche. It was 

there and the outlying villages of 

Malary, Savane Cajou and others 

where the brothers were able to 

see and hear the true impact that 

their mother had on the Haitian 

people. 

After touching down at an 

airport which was little more 

than a dirt landing strip, the 

group had to travel through the 

forest and along the rocky terrain, 

often riding in the back of a 

pickup truck or even on foot on 

roads that were barely passable. 

The thought of their 67-year-old 

mother making those same trips 

filled them with admiration. 

“She always said she would 

keep going until her body couldn’t 

do it anymore,” Terry said. 

They were surprised to learn 

that the villagers remembered 

her so vividly, and the Haitians 

cried as they recounted their 

annual visits with Yvonne. The 

memories of her were still as 

fresh in the minds of the Haitian 

people as they were in the minds 

Because the coat of arms is only used 

for national and military flags, whereas 

the civil flag consists solely of the two 

unaugmented horizontal bands, it 

was found at the 1936 Berlin Summer 

Olympics that Haiti and Liechtenstein 

were using the same flag. This led to the 

addition of a crown to the design of the 

flag of Liechtenstein. 

The brothers spent several days visiting the smaller outlying villages where their mother had worked. Top 

right, Luke (left) and Terry enjoy a drink from some coconuts, and they also distributed toys to local children. 

Terry also wanted to take photos of the hands of the men who helped dig their mother out of the rubble after 

the quake. More images available online at www.ObserverXtra.com. [terry martin] 

of her own family. 

The men heard countless tales 

of how their mother had helped 

distribute food and medical aid, 

and cared for the sick and the injured 

– particularly the children. 

“That made total sense to us, 

because that’s what mom was always 

fixated on – children,” said 

Terry with a smile. 

At the end of their six-week 

mission trips each year, Yvonne 

and the other women enjoyed 

travelling north to the 19th century 

citadel that was about 17 km 

south of the coastal town of Cap- 

Haitian. After climbing to the top 

of the fortress, the group would 

unwind by spending a few days at 

the beach on the coast. 

Luke and Terry had seen photos 

that their mother had taken 

during her trips to the citadel and 

the beach, and they knew the site 

had a special place in her heart so 


Haitian Earthquake by the numbers 

$4.5 billion: amount of money pledged for the rebuilding process 

$2.38 billion: amount of money delivered for the rebuilding process by 

January, 2012 

$220 million: amount of money donated by Canadians to charities in 

support of Haiti and matched by Canadian government 

3 million: estimate of number of people affected by the earthquake 

316,000: estimate of number of people killed 

58: number of Canadians killed 

HAITI: Martin brothers see firsthand what drew their mother to this impoverished country 

they travelled there as well. 

“Mom always described it as 

what she imagined Haiti used to 

look like. It was beautiful, with 

lots of trees,” said Terry of the 

beach. 

Luke and Terry left Haiti on 

Jan. 19, and have spent the past 

several weeks trying to sort out 

their feelings for the nation, the 

people, and the stories about their 

mother – as well as the horrors of 

the day she died and the impact it 

had on their Christian faith. 

“The earthquake hit and my 

first thought was ‘how could 

this happen?’ and I think that’s a 

pretty normal response for people 

who go through something 

like this,” said Luke. “I’m not one 

of those people who think that 

everything happens for a reason. 

No, this was the wrong time and 

the wrong person.” 

“The earthquake happens and 

you think ‘what better place for 

my mom to be, she’s a nurse and 

she can help,’” echoed Terry. 

“Ever since coming back from 

Haiti, though, I have a better 

understanding of life and what 

things are important. We don’t 

understand everything – it is way 

bigger than us here and on the 

island of Haiti.” 

In an effort to keep her legacy 

alive, the family established the 

Yvonne Martin Memorial Fund 

through the Evangelical Missionary 

Church of Canada, which 

helps offset some of the costs 

associated with training medical 

personnel in Haiti. There are currently 

three students receiving 

funding, and for every year they 

are supported they must spend 

one year working in the same plateau 

region where their mother 

worked. 

The family continues to cope 

with Yvonne’s absence, and their 

personal experiences with their 

mother before her death continue 

to shape the complexity of 

their grief. She used to visit Terry 

and his family almost every day, 

and her death has left a void that 

still remains. 

For Luke, living in San Diego 

for nearly a decade meant the visits 

with his mother were always 

much rarer, but he still misses 

the letters and the phone calls, 

and those feelings will likely 

never wane. 

They also believe that there 

is still a lot of work to be done 

in Haiti to rebuild, and their 

journey there has helped them 

understand why that work needs 

to be done. 

“This trip wasn’t so much a 

goodbye for me, it was just to 

gain a better understanding of 

what she did,” said Terry. 

“But, you know, I still dream 

about mom all the time.”


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Larry’s Jazz Guys will herald the trumpets of jazz during Mar. 9 show at Kitchener’s Registry Theatre 

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Miles. Chet. Louis. 

The names conjure up 

the sweet, hip sounds that 

follow the placing of lips 

against trumpet. 

Cooler than cool. 

For Larry Larson, they’re 

icons of the jazz he loves to 

listen to and perform. On 

Mar. 9, he and his band – 

Larry’s Jazz Guys – will fill 

the Registry Theatre with 

their music in a performance 

dubbed Hot & Cool: 

The Trumpets of Jazz. 

The show is aptly named, 

as it was the coolness factor 

that drew Larson to the 

trumpet in the first place. 

Not that of Miles Davis, 

Chet Baker or Louis Armstrong, 

however, but the 

slightly older cool kid that 

lived in the Chicago neighbourhood 

he moved to in 

the fifth grade. 

“He was really cool. He 

played the trumpet, so I 

wanted to play the trumpet,” 

he laughed. 

Supported by an encouraging 

music teacher, Larson 

stuck with it. “I knew at 

a pretty early age this was 

what I wanted to do.” 

As a grade school student, 

however, he really 

didn’t think about the details 

of making a living as 

a jazz musician. He simply 

kept on playing, eventually 

studying music at Chicago’s 

DePaul University. 

It was there that his jazzy 

life took a sudden change: 

exposed for the first time 

to orchestral music, he became 

enthralled, shifting 

into classical music. 

After graduation, his 

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brought him to Canada, 

first at Orchestra London, 

followed by a stint with the 

Hamilton Philharmonic 

Orchestra and then with 

K-W Symphony, where he’s 

been the principal trumpeter 

since 1993. 

Over the years, he’s 

worked with a variety of 

other orchestras, including 

performances with 

the backing orchestras for 

Diana Krall, Brian Wilson, 

Jann Arden, Holly Cole, 

Anne Murray, Dennis DeYoung, 

Roger Hodgson, and 

Yes. 

In addition to performances 

of the classical 

repertoire, Larson has developed 

nine critically-acclaimed 

Pops programmes 

for orchestra with conductor/trombonist 

David Martin. 

He is in frequent demand 

by Toronto recording 

studios for his work on motion 

picture soundtracks 

and commercial jingles. 

Larson is happy to be 

busy, knowing that versatility 

is what it takes to 

maintain 

a professionalmusical 

career. 

It beats the 

alternative. 

Dormant, 

the jazz bug 

never left him. After an 

absence of 20 years, he got 

back into jazz about a decade 

ago, renewing his love 

affair for the genre. Out of 

that sprang Larry’s Jazz 

Guys, with Larson joined 

by David Martin (trombone, 

tuba, vocals), Paul 

Shilton (piano), Kevin Muir 

(bass) and David Campion 

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Larry Larson, principal trumpeter with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, will be taking part in one of his side projects Mar. 9 at the Registry 

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Happy to have his fingers 

in many pies, Larson 

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ways the exact opposite of 

his day job with the Kitchener-Waterloo 

Symphony. 

Where classical music 

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ing jazz adds variety to his 

life. 

“No piece has to be the 

same every time – and 

it shouldn’t,” he said in 

an interview this week. 

“Jazz is a side adventure 

to what I do week in and 

week out here at the symphony.” 

Job, of course, is a very 

subjective term – Larson 

says none if it really feels 

like toil. 

“I don’t consider it work 

very often. It’s an absolute 

kick to do my job, and I 

enjoy it. 

“If I’m not enjoying it, 

what’s the point?” 

Next week’s show will 

be long on enjoyment, 

drawing on his trumpeting 

heroes, including Baker, 

Armstrong and Davis, as 

well as New York’s Tom 

Harrell, who, while not a 

household name, has been 

a major influence on many 

players. 

“It will be a mixed bag of 

tunes that I know the audience 

will be familiar with, 

along with some other 

less-familiar stuff for them 

to appreciate,” he said, 

adding he’ll be putting his 

own take on some of the 

standards. 

That, after all, is what 

jazz is all about – putting 

the moment into the music. 

Hot & Cool: The Trumpets 

of Jazz is set for Mar. 

9 at 8 p.m. at the Registry 

Theatre, 122 Frederick St., 

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22 | FARM SAFETY - SPECIAL FEATURE 

cAnAdiAn AgRiculTuRAl SAFETY wEEk | MARch 11-17, 2012 

Stress farm safety, then be well 

As many farmers manage one 

or more employees, wellness issues are 

a bottom line concern and a necessary 

part of a farm’s operational safety and 

business plan. 

Besides training an employee to operate 

equipment, producers need to 

encourage everyone living and working 

on the farm to regularly visit a doctor 

for a check-up, eat a balanced diet, 

follow a fitness program and manage 

stress. 

To help producers manage stress, a 

farm management tool called Difficult 

Times: Stress on the Farm has been 

developed by the Canadian Agricultural 

Safety Association (CASA). A free 

download of the booklet is available at 

http://casa-acsa.ca/content/difficulttimes-stress-farm 

. 

The Difficult Times: Stress on the 

Farm booklet supports the theme Plan 

• Farm • Safety, a three-year focus for 

the Canadian agricultural safety campaign. 

In 2012, emphasis is on “Safety” 

including assessment, improvement 

and further development of safety 

systems. Last year, the focus was on 

“Farm” including implementation, 

documentation and training. In 2010, 

the campaign promoted “Plan” fand 

eatured safety walkabouts and planning 

for safety. 

The yearlong “Safety” campaign will 

be launched with Canadian Agricultural 

Safety Week (CASW), March 11 to 

17. The Canadian Federation of Agricul- 

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ture (CFA) and CASA deliver CASW in 

partnership with Farm Credit Canada 

(FCC) and Agriculture and Agri-Food 

Canada through Growing Forward, a 

federal, provincial, territorial initiative. 

“Recognising there is a problem is 

half the solution,” says Ron Bonnett, 

President of CFA. “People are the most 

important asset that a farm business 

has, so it is imperative for everyone 

living and working on the operation to 

take care of themselves both mentally 

and physically.” 

Stress is the body’s response to the 

demands placed on it. Causes of stress 

may include weather, debt load, long 

working hours, or machinery breakdowns 

– the list of potential stressors 

on a farm is endless. 

Physically, prolonged stress can result 

in headaches, stomach problems, 

chest pain, racing heart and fatigue, 

among other symptoms. Mentally, 

stress alters the way one thinks and 

can lead to frustration, paranoia, 

negative thinking, and depression and 

reduces our tolerance levels which 

can lead to difficulty handling anger. 

Behaviourally, stress may show itself 

with overeating, increased smoking 

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lack of concentration, forgetfulness, 

emotional withdrawal and short temperedness. 

Unchecked stress spirals 

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solving and coping with stressors that 

are within your control. 

Stress management is good life management. 

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• Talk about your stress with someone. 

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times while comfortably seated. 

• Prepare for known stressful events 

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• Strengthen relationships with others and 

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FARM SAFETY - SPECIAL FEATURE | 23 

Tractor rollovers leading cause of farm fatalities 

No time to think. No time to 

react. It takes about three-quarters of 

a second for a tractor to rollover. Accounting 

for one in five deaths, tractor 

rollovers are the leading cause of farmrelated 

fatalities in Canada. 

Equipping tractors with a rollover 

prevention system or ROPS and ensuring 

the operator wears a seatbelt has 

been proven to be 99 per cent effective 

in preventing death or serious injury in 

the event of a tractor rollover. Do all of 

your tractors have ROPS? 

Rollover protection is one of the safety 

strategies in a new farm management 

tool called the Canada FarmSafe 

Plan developed by the Canadian Agricultural 

Safety Association (CASA). 

A free download of the core Canada 

FarmSafe Plan is available at www. 

planfarmsafety.ca . 

The Canada FarmSafe Plan supports 

the theme Plan • Farm • Safety, a threeyear 

focus for the Canadian agricultural 

safety campaign. In 2012, emphasis 

is on “Safety” including assessment, 

improvement and further development 

of safety systems. Last year, the 

focus was on “Farm” including implementation, 

documentation and training. 

In 2010, the campaign promoted 

“Plan” featuring safety walkabouts and 

planning for safety. 

The yearlong “Safety” campaign will 

be launched with Canadian Agricultur- 

al Safety Week (CASW), March 11 to 17. 

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture 

(CFA) and CASA deliver CASW in 

partnership with Farm Credit Canada 

(FCC) and Agriculture and Agri-Food 

Canada through Growing Forward, a 

federal, provincial, territorial initiative. 

“New tractors come with ROPS 

installed but virtually all makes and 

old models of tractors can be retrofitted 

with ROPS,” says Marcel Hacault, 

CASA executive director. 

Male tractor operators aged 50 and 

older account for the highest number 

of rollover fatalities, reports an article 

published in the June issue of Chronic 

Diseases and Injuries in Canada. The 

report says this is likely because many 

older operators use tractors that were 

made before manufacturers routinely 

installed ROPS, thereby increasing 

their likelihood of a fatality during a 

rollover. 

“Having ROPS is only half of the 

equation,” explains Hacault. “The 

operator must also be wearing a seatbelt 

to stay in the safe area and not be 

thrown in harm’s way.” 

The most common cause of a sideways 

rollover is driving too close to the 

edge of a ditch or steep slope. Always 

drive at least 1.5 metres away from the 

edge of a ditch or steep slope. 

Backwards rollovers usually occur 

when pulling-out or towing machines, 

dragging logs or implements, or removing 

stumps or trees. To avoid 

backwards rollovers, never hitch a 

tow chain above the draw bar of the 

tractor. 

When it comes to farm safety, ‘use 

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Farm Safety, Workers have responsibilities too 

Health and safety is a shared responsibility. 

Farmers have an obligation 

to provide safety orientation, training 

and a safe workplace for their employees. 

But ultimately, it is up to each employee 

to work safely. 

To help farm workers gain a better understanding 

of the importance and need 

for farm safety, Canadian Agricultural 

Safety Association (CASA) has developed 

a new farm management tool called the 

Canada FarmSafe Plan. A free download 

of the core Canada FarmSafe Plan is 

available at www.planfarmsafety.ca . 

The Canada FarmSafe Plan supports 

the theme Plan • Farm • Safety, a threeyear 

focus for the Canadian agricultural 

safety campaign. In 2012, emphasis is on 

“Safety” including assessment, improvement 

and further development of safety 

systems. Last year, the focus was on 

“Farm” including implementation, documentation 

and training. In 2010, the campaign 

promoted “Plan” featuring safety 

walkabouts and planning for safety. 

The year-long “Safety” campaign will 

be launched with Canadian Agricultural 

Safety Week (CASW), March 11 to 17. 

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture 

(CFA) and CASA deliver CASW in partnership 

with Farm Credit Canada (FCC) 

and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 

through Growing Forward, a federal, provincial, 

territorial initiative. 

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safe and successful running of a farm 

enterprise,” says Ron Bonnett, CFA 

President. “The more they understand 

about the relationship between safety 

and the role they play, the better it will 

be for everyone working there and for 

the business itself.” 

It is the responsibility of employees to 

understand and follow health and safety 

standards set out by their employer 

or required by legislation, including following 

standard operating practices at 

all times. Workers should never operate 

machinery, tools, or handle chemicals 

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or livestock without having completed 

appropriate training. 

Knowing how things should be done is 

not enough – safety practices need to 

be implemented to reap the benefits of 

a more efficient, safer working environment. 

This includes using safety equipment, 

machine guards, safety devices 

and personal protective equipment 

whenever they are needed. 

Likewise, employees need to make it 

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rective action can be taken. 

If an incident or near miss occurs, 

these too should be immediately reported 

so that appropriate corrective or 

preventative action may be taken. Near 

misses are free warnings. By examining 

these types of incidents you can 

learn your safety lessons and prevent a 

tragedy before it happens. 

“Employees play a key role in their 

own safety and the safety of others on 

the farm,” says Bonnett. “By working 

together, we can ensure everyone returns 

home safe.” 

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out your duties. Able to work with minimal supervision, you are 

physically fit and have the ability to work occasional additional 

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Property auction of a 2 storey 

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Clearing auction sale of brand 

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equipment; tools; 

tractor; small farm machinery; 

household effects; antiques; 

and miscellaneous items to be 

held at 8190 12th Concession 

Maryborough Township (approx 

4 kms northwest of Drayton) for 

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Luke Daniel 

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Grandma Twila Brenneman joyfully announces 

the birth of her second grandchild. Grandpa 

Cliff would be so pleased with his first grandson! 

Granddad Myron and Grandmother Jane 

Brubaker in South Carolina can’t wait to meet 

their fourth grandchild! Luke was born to Daniel 

and Rebecca Brubaker on Sunday, January 22, 

2012 at 8:44 p.m. and weighed 7 lbs. 2 oz and was 

19.5” long. We thank God for the safe arrival 

of Luke to our family! 

AuCTIoNS 

Sat. Mar 17 at 2:00 PM - Property 

auction of a one and a half 

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nice private backyard; situated 

in a sought after area of Waterloo 

(Westmount area) to be held 

at 202 Forsyth Dr in Waterloo off 

Westmount for Ailene Brown. 

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Wed. Mar 21 at 10:00 AM 

-Clearing auction sale of 

household effects; furniture; 

antiques; woodworking tools; 

and miscellaneous items to be 

held at the St. Jacob’s Community 

Centre in St. Jacob’s (23 

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3555, www.Jantziauctions.com 

BIRTH NOTICE 

Here I am !!! 

Proud new parents, Justin and Melissa 

Gutz (Downey) are pleased to announce 

the safe arrival of their daughter 

McKenzee Rose. Born February 2, 2012 at 

4:35 a.m. weighing 7lbs, 1 oz. 

So cuddly and sweet, from head to feet. We love you! 

SEE MORE 

FAMILY 

ALBUM ON 

PAGES 26 & 30 

AuCTIoNS 

fri. MarCh 23 at 4:30 PM - 

Auction sale of approx 350 toys 

including farm toys; complete 

CIFES collection including the JD 

5020; tractor trailers; precision; 

American Muscle cars; to be held 

at the St. Jacob’s Community 

centre in St Jacob’s (23 Parkside 

Dr) for the Ted Deroit estate with 

additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd, 

519-656-3555, www.Jantziauctions.com 

FINd MORE 

CLASSIFIEdS 

ON PAGE 26

26 | CLASSIFIED 

OBSERVER SERVICE dIRECTORY 

TIRE 

WHERE TIRES 

ARE A 

SPECIALTY, 

NOT A SIDE LINE. 

Farm • Auto • Truck 

Industrial 

On-The-Farm Service 

35 Howard Ave., Elmira 

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COLLISION CENTRE 

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Assistance 

Quality Collision Service 

1-800-CARSTAR 

519-669-3373 

33 First Street, East 

Elmira, ON 

AuToMoTIVE SErVICES 

Complete Collision Service 

101 Bonnie Crescent, 

Elmira, ON N3B 3G2 

519.669.8330 

FAX: 519.669.3210 

AFTER HOURS 

519.669.8917 

AuToMoTIVE SErVICES 

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• Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning on Location 

• Area Rug Cleaning Drop-off and Pick up Service 

• Bleached out Carpet Spot Repair 

• Janitorial • Grout Cleaning 

• Carpet Repair & Re-Installation 

• Pet deodorization • Floor Stripping 

CLEANINg SErVICES 

...& SMALL BUSINESS ACCOUNTING 

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28 Pintail Drive, Elmira, ON, N3B 3G9 

519-669-0003 

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CLEANINg FINANCIAL SErVICES 

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ELMIRA, ON 

AuCTIoNS 

Wed. aPril 4 at 10:00 AM - 

Clearing auction sale of household 

effects; furniture; antiques; 

tools; and miscellaneous items 

to be held at the St. Jacob’s 

Community Centre in St. Jacob’s 

for a Waterloo estate with 

additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 

519-656-3555 www.Jantziauctions.com 

Sat. aPril 7 at 10:00 AM - Clearing 

auction sale of a one and a half 

acre hobby farm or country property 

including a 4 bedroom brick 

house with barn; riding lawnmower; 

lawn and garden; household 

effects; antiques; tools; and 

miscellaneous items to be held at 

4631 Perth Line 55 in Milverton for 

Henry and Mary Kuepfer. Jantzi 

Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555 www. 

Jantziauctions.com 

pETS 

injury Prevention & Canine 

First Aid. April 11, 1 - 4 p.m., 

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For more information contact 

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519-500-3594. Visit 

www.pawsitivecanineconnection.com 

for more upcoming 

seminars. 

MegaMuttS SPring ClaSSeS 

starting soon! Introductory 

lesson March 27, Elmira Library. 

Free for registered students. 

Non-registered $25. 519-669- 

8167 or www.megamutts.com 

BIRTH NOTICE 

We Made a Wish & 

She Came True 

FAMILY ALBUM 

Rod and Lesley Bauman are thrilled to 

announce the safe arrival of their precious 

little girl. Molly Ann was born January 

30th, 2012 weighing 7lbs 7oz. Proud 

grandparents are Kathy Forwell and 

Howie & Gloria Bauman. 

STAG & dOE 

Stag and Doe: 

Tamara Buehler & Mitchell Burt 

Saturday, March 10, 2012 at Lions Hall, 

40 South St. W., Elmira ON. 8pm - 1am. DJ, 

games, door prizes, raffles, food and lots 

more fun! Age of majority 

Tickets available at the door. $10 each 


AuCTIoNS AuCTIoNS AuCTIoNS 

Sat Mar 24 at 10:00 AM - Property 

auction of a one acre country 

property or hobby farm 2 or 

possible 3 bedroom bungalow 

with 30ft x 40ft barn or shop. 

To be held at 4065 Line 61 Poole 

on the eastern edge or outskirts 

of Poole (Milverton or Millbank 

area) for Henry and Tina Harder. 

Jantzi Auctions Ltd., 519-656- 

3555 www.Jantziauctions.com 

rENTALS 

Moorefield - one bedroom 

apartment furnished, laundry 

facilities, parking, deck, electric 

heat, cable TV, no pets, adult 

building. References. $695.00 

inclusive. First & last. 519-638-3013. 

Sat. Mar 24 at 12:30 PM - Clearing 

auction sale of woodworking 

equipment; shop tools; 

lawnmower; household effects; 

antiques; collectables; miscellaneous 

items it to be held at 

15 Poffenroth Path in Elmira off 

Church St. near John Deere Dealership 

for Randy and Lori Marin. 

Jantzi Auctions Ltd., 519-656- 

3555 www.Jantziauctions.com 

rENTALS 

rooM for rent. 23 year old 

male looking to share clean, 

three bedroom house in Wellesley. 

$500/mth utilities included. 

519-327-8530. 

more family album on page 30 

BIRTHdAY 

Best wishes on your 40th Birthday 

From all your family & 

With love Joe, Cassandra, Nicole and Colin 

STAG & dOE 

St. Patrick’s Day 

Stag and Doe: 

Chris Reid & Jessie Potwarka 

March 17, 2012 at Elmira Lions Hall, 

Late lunch, DJ and Prizes! 

Tickets available at the door. $10 each 

STAG & dOE 

Sat. MarCh 31 - Property 

auction of a 2 possible 3 

bedroom home (condo) located 

in a retirement village (cottages 

of Livingstone Circle) in a great 

area of Kitchener to be held at 

5-50 Midland Drive in Kitchener 

for Theresa Swartzenburg. Jantzi 

Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555 

www.Jantziauctions.com 

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Stag and Doe: 

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March 24 at The Lions Hall, 40 South St. 

W., Elmira ON. 8pm - 1am. Music, games, 

prizes, food and good times! 

Tickets available at the door. $10 each


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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS 

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159 William St., 

Palmerston 

(Across from Home Hardware) 

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SALES REPRESENTATIVE 

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Coach House Realty Inc. 

OFFICE PHONE: 519.343.2124 

KATHY ROBINSON 

***Broker of Record 

519.292.0362 

Brokerage 

EDITH MCARTHUR 

*Sales Representative 

519.638.2509 

coachhouse@wightman.ca I www.coachhouserealty.ca 

YOUR DOLLAR WILL GO FURTHER HERE! 

NEW Impressive all brick bungalow 

w/walkout 552 MAIN bsmt. ST. PALMERSTON 3 bdrms, 2 baths, 

great rm w/vaulted ceilings, gas fp 

& mantel, rich oak kitchen w/ 

island, main floor laundry, central 

air & carpet free floors. Double 

garage w/basement entrance. 

House is maintenance free on an 

oversized lot with deck, paved 

driveway and Tarion Warranty. 

$349,900 Call: Edith 519.638.2509(h) 

519.741.6791(c) MLS 1211587. 

Impressive country & beautifully 

manicured 3.75 acres w/lots of trees 

& great view on paved rd. Minutes to 

town. 1750 sq.ft. immaculate 

bungalow w/4 bdrms & 3.5 baths 

w/geo-thermal heating & cooling 

system plus lots more. $375,000 Call: 

Kathy 519.292.0362 MLS 1215161. 

looking for that perfect home? 

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$624,000 

ATTENTION 

EMPTY NESTERS 

Elmira - Looking to downsize? Then 

don’t miss this brand new, open 

concept semi. All the conveniences on 

one floor, main floor laundry, master 

bedroom with ensuite, second 

bedroom, eat in kitchen and sizeable 

living room with garden door. 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. 

COTTAGE COUNTRY IN YOUR BACK YARD! 

$299,900 $299,900 

$453,900 

COMPLETELY FINISHED! 

Elmira - Meet “Olivia”, another fabulous home by 

Verdone. 2216sqft plus fin'd bsmnt. Many quality 

finishes some incl: Ceramic, Hrdwd, oversized trim & mf 

crown moulding. MF lndy, spacious LR, Dinette walk out 

to covered 16.4 x 9.4ft deck. Fabulous must see kit built 

for convienience, French drs to mf den. Lg master 

w/crown moulding, 2 walk ins, lg beautiful ens w/free 

standing tub & oversized glass shower. MLS Call Paul. 


West Montrose - Why own a cottage when you can buy a fabulous house with a pool backing onto green space. This home has all the conveniences! Sep dining 

room, main floor laundry, living room, family room & huge finished basement with built in bar and fireplace. Romantic master suite featuring wood fireplace, walk in 

closet & captivating spa like ensuite complete with stand up shower & corner whirlpool bath. MLS Call Paul direct. 

$329,000 

GREEN SPACE 

Elmira - 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. 

HOBBY FARM 

$749,900 

SPACIOUS BUNGALOW 

ON 20 ACRES 

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. 

OBSERVER PUZZLE SOLUTIONS 

CROSSWORd PUZZLER 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$453,900 $249,900 

$675,000 

AWESOME BUNGALOW 

BUILT FOR YOU! 

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 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BRAND 

SPANKIN NEW! 

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. 

FULL OF PERSONALITY 

Elmira - Looking for your first home? Look no 

further! This convenient home is full of personality. 

Close to downtown and bus route. Many updates 

including: mudroom at side entrance, kitchen 

updates, unique ceramic tile throughout and 

finished basement. Single garage equipped with 

separate workshop room. Back slider to fenced yard 

with large deck and shed. MLS Call Paul direct 

$259,900 

WELL KEPT TOWNHOME 

Elmira - This affordable 3 bedroom home is 

close to amenities. The sizable master bedroom 

is equipped with walk-in closet. Finished 

basement with 3pc bathroom. Bright kitchen 

with walk out to fenced yard. Kitchen 

appliances included. MLS Call Paul direct. 

THE BIG EASY THE CHALLENGE 

SALE 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Independently Owned and Operated 

17 Church St. W., Elmira 

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519-669-1544 24hrs 

Wendy 

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BROKER MANAGER 

Thinking of Buying or Selling call or email today! 

“You dream...We’ll work.” 

Free, no obligation, Opinions of value 

Mary Lou 

Murray 

SALES 

REPRESENTATIVE 

www.peakrealestate.com 

$334,900 This unique country 

property with a log cabin feel, is 

located on a private, treed 1.33 acre 

lot. This home features a cozy, open 

concept mainfloor, 3 spacious 

bedrooms, wide wood plank floors, 

custom spiral staircase, 2 full baths 

and is located on a paved road 10 

minutes N/W of Drayton. Please call 

Wendy Taylor to view. MLS 1214802 

$191,900 Great starter on quiet 

street, with short walk to downtown. 

3 good sized bedrooms, eat-in 

kitchen, separate dining room, steel 

roof, large fenced yard, neutral decor, 

newer laminate flooring on main, 

walk out from kitchen to party deck, 

newer vinyl windows. Please call 

Wendy Taylor to view. MLS 1215038 

$299,999 Excellent opportunity for family that requires a shop. Property is 

Zoned C-2. House features 3 beds, 2 baths with some updates. Shop is 30x60 

quonset style with 220 amp hydro, 2 pc. washroom, hoist and office area. Spring 

fed pond at rear of property. Please call Wendy Taylor to view. MLS 1211618 

ELMIRA REAL ESTATE SERVICES 

Independently Owned & Operated, Brokerage 

90 Earl Martin Dr., Unit 1, Elmira N3B 3L4 

519-669-3192 

Elmira@royallepage.ca | www.royallepage.ca/elmira 

FLORADALE! 

$1,100,000. Spectacular setting on 20 acres of 

bush property. Maturing maples border the 

welcoming driveway to this beautiful ranch red 

brick 2538 sq ft bungalow. The front wraparound 

porch is graced with gingerbread. The private 

back yard offers an award winning patio accessed 

by several walkouts including a private walkout 

terrace from basement level. MLS 

OPEN HOUSE - SUN. MAR. 4, 2-4pm 

11 Victoria Glen St., Elmira 

VICTORIA GLEN - spotless home close 

to Riverside school. 2bathrms. (main 

on recently renovated). Roof, furnace & 

air cond. (‘11). Rec. rm. & office. Dble. 

concrete driveway. Quiet street. MLS 

REDUCED TO $297,900. 

Brad Martin 

Broker of Record, MVA Residential 

Res: 519.669.1068 

When you buy or sell your home with us, 

part of our commission supports women’s 

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LET OUR 50+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORK FOR YOU! 

AFFORDABLE CONDO - Why rent? 

2 bdrm (extra-large master). 4 appl. 

Incl. Fin. rec. room & 2 pc. washroom. 

Private patio backs to courtyard. Well 

maintained bldg. Private parking 

spot. MLS $143,500. 

Julie Heckendorn 

Broker 

Res: 519.669.8629 

OPEN HOUSE: Sat. March 3rd 1-4pm 

Private Sale - 71 Second Street, ELMIRA 

$365,000 - Large Bungalow – large 135’x80’ corner lot, 

fenced yard, mature trees. Florida room, deck, double concrete 

driveway, large double garage. Hardwood floors, kitchen – oak 

cupboards, 3 bedrooms, 3 skylights, large L shaped rec room, gas 

fireplace, full cupboards with sink. High Efficiency furnace, 

central air, central vac. Call 519-669-5270. 

TRANQUILITY 

$799,900. 4000 sq ft 4+ bedroom home with 

basement in-law suite. Entertaining in all seasons 

with the inground swimming pool, patio and 

luxury cabana and plenty of room for your very 

own ice pad or storage. Wood burning fireplace 

makes the games room/ rec room a cozy place for 

the family to gather for a game of pool. MLS 

SPOTLESS home w/finished 

walkout basement. 4 baths (4pc. 

ensuite). Vaulted celing in fam. 

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FAMILY ALBUM 

MUNICIPAL | REGIONAL PUBLIC NOTICES 

Last year’s Maple Syrup Contest was a great success, this year we’re hosting it again! The 

2nd annual Mayor’s Maple Syrup Contest will be held during the Mayor’s Breakfast. 

Maple syrup samples will be taste-tested by the local area Mayors and the Regional Chair. 

The winner of the Maple Syrup Contest will be announced after the event and will receive 

a trophy. In addition, syrup from the winner of the 2012 Maple Syrup Contest will be purchased 

for use at the Mayor’s Breakfast during the 2013 festival. 

Congratulations to Burkhardt’s Maple Products, winner of the 2011 Maple Syrup Contest! 

Entering the Contest is easy. To participate, contestants must: 

Edenborough, Margaret 

(nee Williams) 

Passed away on Sunday, February 

26, 2012 at Leisureworld Care Centre, 

Elmira. Margaret, age 94 years, of Elmira. 

Beloved wife of the late Harry W. 

Edenborough (2005). Dear mother of 

Doug and Joan of West Montrose and 

Bob of Waterloo, and mother-in-law of 

Misuzu Yoshino of Japan. Also lovingly 

remembered by her grandchildren 

Matthew (Robin), Joey (Karla), David, 

Penny (Jeff Maillette), Ryan, and by her 

great-grandchildren Cameron, Madeline, 

Joey, Chase Maillette, Katie and 

Tessa Edenborough. Predeceased by 

her youngest son Ross (1991). The family 

received their friends and relatives 

at Trinity United Church, Elmira on 

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 from 10 

a.m. until time of funeral service at 11 

a.m. In her memory, donations to CNIB 

would be appreciated as expressions of 

sympathy. Arrangements entrusted to 

the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira. 

www.dreisingerfuneralhome.com 

2ND ANNUAL MAYOR’S MAPLE SYRUP CONTEST 

Be a maple syrup producer and part of the Waterloo-Wellington Maple Syrup 

Producers Association. 


THANK YOU OBITUARY 

OBITUARY 

OBITUARY 

Thank You 

A very sincere thank you to all who 

attended my 80th birthday party, sent 

flowers, gifts, cards, called or gave 

donations to the food bank. It has been 

a great time of celebration & reflection 

for me. A special thank you goes to my 

family for doing such an awesome job 

of planning and pulling it all off. 

Thanks Becca for the super slide show 

& thanks photographer Matt. All your 

kindness was much appreciated & was 

very special to me. 

- Helen Richmond 

dEATH NOTICES 

Carey, rita Marie | On Tuesday, February 28, 2012, while 

visiting the Grand River Casino, doing what she enjoyed, 

Rita, of RR2, Baden, went to be with the Lord, in her 89th 

year. Local relatives are her daughter Sheila Seyler and 

her hasband Paul Seyler of St. Jacobs 

CooK, alliSter WilliaM | Age 86, of R.R. 1, Stratford, 

passed away at Cedarcroft Place, Stratford on Wednesday, 

February 22, 2012. Local relatives are his son Stephen 

Cook and his wife Irene of Wellesley. 

feiCK, beatriCe | March 11, 1927 - February 27, 2012 Beatrice 

Habermehl Feick was born to Albert and Martha Habermehl 

on March 11, 1927 at St. Jacob’s, Ontario 

lautenSChlager, lloyd allan | (1920 – 2012) Entered into 

the hands of the Lord on February 28, 2012 at the Village 

of Winston Park, Kitchener, with his family at his side. 

Local relatives are his son Larry and wife Carole of Elmira. 

MaCdonald, jaMeS Keith | Of Chesley, passed away at 

Grey Bruce Health Services, Owen Sound on Wednesday, 

February 29, 2012, in his 76th year. Beloved husband 

of Wynelda. Loving father of Dennis (Beth Ann) of 

Chesley, Scott (Amanda) of Riverview, New Brunswick, 

Paul (Joan) of Kitchener, Vaughan (Tracy) of Elmira and 

dEATH NOTICES cont. 

Jody MacDonald of Waterloo. Cherished grandfather of 

thirteen grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. 

Jim will be fondly remembered by his siblings, Cuma 

Brinn of Tillsonburg, Lloyd MacDonald of Corunna and 

Mary (Jim) MacPherson of Stratford. Predeceased by his 

brother Ross and his parents, Gordon and Annie (Hatten) 

MacDonald. Private family services will be held at Rhody 

Family Funeral Home, Chesley (519-363-2525). Spring 

interment in Chesley Cemetery. Memorial donations to 

the Heart & Stroke Foundation or the Canadian Lung 

Schumacher, Norma Irene 

(nee Hill) 

On Monday, February 27, 2012, at 

Grand River Hospital as a result of 

age-related illness. Born in 1925, at St. 

Thomas, Ontario, Norma is survived by 

her loving spouse of 64 years, Jerome 

Schumacher; four children, Paul (Lynn) 

Schumacher, Brian Schumacher, Mark 

(Janet) Schumacher, and Becky (Donald) 

Allison. Also survived by seven 

grandchildren: Christopher (Lori) 

Schumacher, Jonathan Schumacher, 

Steven, Andrew and Ryan Schumacher, 

Connie (Korbin) Purchase, and Julie 

Allison; and three great-grandchildren, 

Sydney, Ella and Owen Schumacher. 

Predeceased by her parents Harold and 

Flora Hill and her brother Lt. Col. Louis 

J. (Elaine) Hill. At the request of the 

family, there will be no funeral home 

visitation or service. A private family 

committal service will take place at a 

later date. As an expression of sympathy, 

donations to the Community Care 

Access Program of Waterloo Region or 

The Canadian Red Cross Society may 

be made through the Dreisinger Funeral 

Home (519-669-2207). 

www.dreisingerfuneralhome.com 

dEATH NOTICES cont. 

Association would be appreciated as expressions of 

sympathy. www.rhodyfamily.com 

SChaner, harold |Peacefully passed away on Thursday, 

February 23, 2012 at KW Health Centre of Grand River 

Hospital. Harold was in his 85th year, of Elmira. 

Submit a 250 mL sample of maple syrup in a glass or plastic bottle, 

with no identifying labels or private markings. 

Submit entry tags along with the sample. Tags must include: the contestant’s 

name, farm name (if applicable), address, telephone number, grade of maple 

syrup, and how long they have been making maple syrup. 

All entries become the property of the Festival and no containers or dishes will be returned 

to the contestants. Entries can be submitted at the Township Administration Office, 1st 

Floor Reception, 24 Church Street West, Elmira from February 27th to March 28th between 

9-5 p.m. 

For more information visit our website at www.woolwich.ca. 

Norris, Jean 

Passed away peacefully at KW Health 

Centre of Grand River Hospital on 

Monday, February 27, 2012 in her 88th 

year. Jean Norris (nee Mabb) of Elmira 

was the beloved wife of the late Merlyn 

Norris (1985). Loved mother of Sharon 

and her husband Alec Johnston of 

North Carolina, Neil and his wife Laurie 

of Elmira, Valerie and her husband 

John Thomson of Elmira, Joel and his 

wife Kendra of Waterloo. Loving grandmother 

of Matthew (Rosalia), Leanne 

(Wes), Linda (2011) (Ian), Douglas, 

Laura (Terry), Benjamin, Heather, Meryl, 

Erin, and two great-grandchildren 

Jordan and Kenzie. Also lovingly remembered 

by her sister-in-law Evelyn 

Mabb, her brothers and sisters-in-law 

of the Norris family and many nieces 

and nephews. She was predeceased by 

her parents Lizzie and Sidney Mabb, a 

brother James Mabb and a sister Joyce 

Coveney. Jean was proud to serve in the 

Canadian Women’s Army Corps during 

World War II. Friends will be received 

at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira 

on Friday, March 2, 2012 from 7-9 

p.m. and on Saturday from 1 p.m. until 

the funeral service time of 2 p.m. at 

Woodside Bible Chapel, 200 Barnswallow 

Dr., Elmira. A Legion service will 

be held in the funeral home on Friday 

evening at 6:45 p.m. As expressions of 

sympathy, donations may be made to 

the L. J. Thomson-Sutherland Hope 

and Strength Award or the Heart and 

Stroke Foundation of Ontario. 

www.dreisingerfuneralhome.com


NIGHTINGALE CRESCENT RECONSTRUCTION WATERMAIN REPLACEMENT 

TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH, ELMIRA CONTRACT NO. 2012-03 

Sealed Tenders, clearly marked as to contents, will be received by the Owner, at 24 

Church Street West, Elmira, Ontario until 2:00 pm, Local Time, on: 

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 

For the reconstruction of Nightingale Crescent (644m) from Mockingbird Drive to Whippoorwill 

Drive, including watermain, granular road base, base asphalt, concrete curbs 

and sidewalks. The tenders will be opened publicly in the Council Chambers of the 

Township Offices at 24 Church Street West, Elmira at 2:15 pm, Local Time, on the date 

of closing. 

Plans, Specifications, and Tender Forms may be obtained at the office of Meritech Engineering, 

1315 Bishop Street, Suite 202, Cambridge ON N1R 6Z2 for a non-refundable fee 

of $100.00 (includes HST) per set, made payable to Meritech Engineering. Documents 

may only be picked up after 9:00 am on Friday, February 24, 2012. 

A Bid Bond in the amount of 10% of the tender amount must accompany each Tender. 

ANNUAL DRINKING 

WATER REPORTS 

In Accordance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, c. 32, 

Ontario Regulation 170/03, s. 11 (1), copies of the 2010 Annual 

Reports are to be made available to the public at no charge. The 

Township of Woolwich website (www.woolwich.ca) has provided a 

link to the 2011 Annual Reports for the following water distribution 

systems. Please note that the link is located under Township 

Services – Engineering/Public Works – MOE Annual Water Report. 

Breslau Distribution System 

Conestogo Golf Distribution System 

Conestogo Plains Distribution System 

Elmira /St. Jacobs Distribution System 

Heidelberg Distribution System 

Maryhill Distribution System 

Maryhill Heights Distribution System 

West Montrose Distribution System 

The Annual Reports provide information on the operation of the 

Municipal Drinking Water Distribution Systems and the quality of 

its water. If you wish to receive a written copy of the Township of 

Woolwich’s 2011 MOE Annual Reports for any of the above-mentioned 

Water Distribution Systems, please contact Cynthia Lean, 

Engineering & Planning Services ext. 6041 519-669-1647 or 519- 

664-2613. 

The Regional Municipality of Waterloo is responsible for the supply 

and treatment of potable water. An Annual Report is also produced 

by the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. The Region of Waterloo 

website (www.region.waterloo.on.ca) has provided a link to the 

Annual Reports. Please note the link is located under About the 

Environment – Water – Quality and Treatment – Annual Quality Reports. 

Copies of the Region of Waterloo Annual Reports are available 

by calling 519-575-4426 or can be picked up at the Region’s 

Headquarters, Water Services Division, located at 150 Frederick 

Street, 7th floor, Kitchener. 

Woolwich Memorial Centre 

24 Snyder Ave. S., Elmira, 519-669-1647 ext. 7001 

24 Snyder Ave. S., Elmira, 519-669-1647 ext. 7001 

PARENT & TOT 

6 mon. – 4 yrs 

30 minutes 

PRESCHOOL 

3 – 5 years 

30 minutes 

YOUTH 

6 – 12 years 

45 minutes 

Private / 

Semi Lessons 

SPRING 

2012 


The successful bidder will be required to furnish a 100% Performance Bond and a 100% 

Labour and Materials Payment Bond for the total value of the contract. 

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. Council approval is expected 

on March 27, 2012 and construction is anticipated to commence by April 30, 2012 

pending approvals. 65 working days are allocated for the completion of the work. 

OWNER – Mockingbird Drive CONSULTING ENGINEER 

Township of Woolwich Meritech Engineering 

24 Church Street West 1315 Bishop Street, Suite 202 

Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 Cambridge, ON N1R 6Z2 

Mr. Richard Sigurdson, C.E.T. Mr. Norm Litchfield, P. Eng, MBA 

Manager of Engineering Contract Administrator 

Tel: 519-669-6033 Tel: 519-623-1140 

Fax: 519-669-4669 Fax: 519-623-7334 

E-mail: rsigurdson@woolwich.ca E-mail: norml@meritech.ca 

Woolwich Memorial Centre 

SPRING SWIMMING LESSON CLASS SCHEDULE 

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat FEES 

11 weeks, running Mar 26 – Jun 18, 2012 

10:30 am 10:30 am 10:30 am 10:30 am 11:30 am $83.05 

6:15 pm 

6:15 pm 

$72.05 – Resident Discount 

10 am 

4:30 pm 

5 & 5:30 pm 

6:45 pm 

7:15 pm 

4:30 pm 

5:15 pm 

6:15 pm 

7 pm 

10 am 

1 pm 

10 am 

1 pm 

4:30 pm 

5 & 5:30 pm 

6:45 pm 

7:15 pm 

1:30 pm 1:30 pm 

4:30 pm 

5:15 pm 

6:15 pm 

7 pm 

Are available! Please contact Dave at 519-669-6047 

Spring Registration Information 

Ice Available at Woolwich Memorial Centre March Break 

MARCH 11 TO 17TH. Call 519-669-6025 or email gspencer@woolwich.ca to book 

• Council Updates 

• Construction Notices 

• Program Updates & Reminders 

• Township Events 

10 am 

1 pm 

• Event Reminders 

• Emergency Information 

• New Releases 

5 pm 

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5:30 pm 

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• Field Closures & Class Cancellations 

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Adult Programs Aquatics P.D. Days & Day Camp 

Registration Starts 

Mar 13 

Online and Inline 

Program Runs 

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Tuesday March 6th, 6:30 am 


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32 | LIVING HERE 

LIVING HERE 

Good works / voluntourism 

It’s a jungle 

out there 

But this bit of business in Belize was 

all about cooperation and lending 

a helping hand to those in need 

JAMES JACKSON 

After a week of work in 

the hot and humid rainforest, 

a dozen members of 

Quarry Communications 

have gained a new respect 

for the hardships of Latin 

America and a renewed 

sense of teamwork. 

Working in the village 

of San Pedro Columbia in 

Belize from Feb. 11-19, 12 

employees of the St. Jacobs 

company sweated it out to 

help build a new schoolhouse 

in partnership with 

the Belize-based Columbia 

River Cooperative and a 

North American charitable 

group called Students Offering 

Support. 

The school that the 

Quarry team helped build, 

dubbed The Rainforest 

Academy, will be vital for 

the long-term sustainability 

of the village and 

the people who live there. 

Currently there is only one 

elementary school in the 

village which serves 600 

students, but if they wish 

to proceed to high school, 

they must travel two hours 

by bus every day. 

The cooperative is a nonprofit 

organization seeking 

to conserve and protect 

the land, forest, rivers, and 

people of Belize’s rural 

south. 

The Quarry team was 

tasked with finishing the 

one-storey, two-room 

schoolhouse that a team 

of 20 Wilfrid Laurier Uni- 

versity students started 

last August. Quarry made a 

lump-sum donation to the 

project, while team members 

had to pay their own 

way and spent months fundraising 

for the cause. 

“It’s a farming region 

and for the kids who know 

they’re going to stay in 

the region and become 

farmers, there is no reason 

to stay in school given 

the time it takes to get to 

school every day,” said 

Lisa Stapleton, marketing 

automation strategist at 

Quarry and one of the team 

members who travelled to 

Belize. 

Stapleton said that the 

aim of the project was to 

establish in the village a 

high school that focuses 

on agriculture. The goal of 

the Columbia River Cooperative 

is to get the enrolment 

numbers up across 

the village and to spread 

knowledge to help them 

transform their lives. 

“It’s not a typical high 

school,” said Duane Wadel, 

the director of productivity 

support at Quarry and 

another team member. 

“It’s almost like a trade 

school because they’re 

specializing in agricultural 

techniques and sustainable 

farming to help them help 

themselves.” 

Wadel said that although 

the enrolment rate in elementary 

school is 100 per 

cent, only 50 per cent continue 

on to middle school, 

and of that 50 per cent, 

only 35 per cent continue 

on to high school. For every 

100 students who start 

elementary school, only 

about four ever graduate 

high school. 

Some of the projects that 

Lisa White, the director of 

the Columbia River Cooperative, 

is working on include 

sustainably growing 

and harvesting tilapia as 

another source of food, and 

successfully breeding cows 

that are capable of being 

milked in the often oppres- 

Auto Care Tip of the Week 

Those warning lights on the dash of your car 

may be more important than you think! If a red 

light comes on, it generally indicates a problem 

of much greater significance than a yellow light 

indicates. When the warning lights turn red, stop 

driving your vehicle immediately! 

- GARY MARTIN 

Antonia Matthews (front) and Lisa Stapleton were part of a team of Quarry Communications employees who travelled to Belize from Feb. 

11-19 to build a school. Here, the two women apply plaster to an outside wall. [SUBMITTED] 

sive rainforest conditions. 

They also want to help 

farmers learn more environmentally-friendlyfarming 

practices and move 

away from their traditional 

slash-and-burn agriculture, 

which destroys large 

tracts of rainforest and is 

unsustainable in the long 

term. 

The school was built of 

concrete blocks, poured 

concrete and plaster. For 

the employees of Quarry – 

who are typically more accustomed 

to sitting behind 

a computer screen all day 

than swinging a hammer – 

there was help in the form 

of a pair of local foremen, 

as well as other tradesmen. 

Wadel said the team 

marveled at their ingenuity 

and ability to work around 

any problem. On the first 

day he broke the handle of 

his hammer while taking 

down some concrete forms, 

but instead of throwing it 

out and finding a new one, 

the foreman went into the 

jungle with a machete, 

beliZe | 34 

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Tel: (519) 669-1082 Fax: (519) 669-3084 

info@leroysautocare.net 

www.leroysautocare.net 

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LOCATION! 


Chef’s table/ 

kirstie herbstreit 

& Jodi o’malley 

Easy to 

bring a 

touch of 

exotic to 

your table 

RECIPE 

NOTES 

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 supermarket. 

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 a oyster 

sauce rubbed on steak before 

grilling. 

We’ve tossed the steak 

slices in cornstarch prior 

to cooking, as opposed to 

adding the cornstarch 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 stirfried 

veggies: mushrooms, 

peppers, onions and broccoli. 

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 

Chef | 34


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COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR E-MAIL: ads@woolwichobserver.com 

MARCH 3 

Elmira lEgion ladiEs auxiliary Cabbage Roll 

Dinner; 6 p.m. ,$7/person 

ThE rEnaissancE singErs prEsEnT “Tango Cancion” 

at 7:30 p.m. at the Victoria Park Pavilion in Kitchener. 

The event is a cabaret/fundraiser, and will include 

Hot Sounds for a Cold Winter Evening, a silent 

auction, tango dancers, refreshments and a sizzling 

instrumental ensemble. Tickets must be purchased 

in advance and are available from any chorister, from 

Music Plus or from 519-745-0675, only $20 for all. 

annual gamE dinnEr & Bunny Banquet. Large prize 

table, door prizes. Tickets available at bar. Featured 

meats: elk, rabbit, beef. Starts downstairs at 2 p.m. 

Games, raffles, free snacks. Waterloo Rod & Gun Club, 

RR#1, St. Jacobs. 519-664-2951. 

9Th annual mEnTal hEalTh Conference: Reclaim You 

Hope Healing Our Personal Experiences. 9 a.m. – 3:30 

p.m., Grand Valley Golf & Country Club, 1910 Roseville 

Rd., Galt. Questions call 519-766-4450, ext. 224 or email 

mcshanel@cmhagrb.on.ca. 

MARCH 5 

making BaBy Food! 1-3 p.m. Join Robin Hicken, 

registered dietitian and learn how to make your own 

baby food. You will also learn what foods are good for 

your baby, how to choose, make and store baby food 

and ways to avoid “picky eating” and nurture a “good 

eater”. Call 519-664-3794 for more information. 

MARCH 6 

moviE aFTErnoon For adulTs – 1-2:30 p.m. at Elmira 

Submit an event The Events Calendar is reserved for Non-profit local community events that are offered free to the 

public. Placement is not guaranteed. Registrations, corporate events, open houses and the like do not qualify in this section. 

places of faith | a directory of local houses of worship 

St. Teresa 

Catholic Church 

No God, No Hope; Know God, Know Hope! 

Celebrate Eucharist with us 

Mass times are: 

Sat. 5pm, Sun. 9am and 11:15am 

19 Flamingo Dr., Elmira • 519-669-3387 

Trinity United Church, Elmira 

“Our mission is to love, learn & live by Christ’s teachings” 

Sunday Worship: 10:30 10:00 am 

Sunday Sunday School School during during Worship Worship 

Minister: Minister: Rev. Rev. Dave Dave Jagger Jagger 

21 Arthur St. N., Elmira • 519-669-5560 

www.wondercafe.ca 

Mar. 4 

Building A 

Bridge 

To Your 

Family 

SUNDAYS @ 10:30AM 

5 First St., Elmira • 519-669-1459 

www.elmiracommunity.org 

Branch Library, 65 Arthur St. S., Elmira. Movie showing 

will be Calendar Girls. Tickets $1 each and person 

attending must have a ticket. Admission includes light 

refreshments. For more information call the Elmira 

Branch Library at 519-669-5477. 

ThE carEgivEr coFFEE hour group meets at Chateau 

Gardens, 11 Herbert St., Elmira, 10 – 11:30 a.m. for a 

time of support and education. Our guest speaker is 

Michael Reid, Naturopath, who will be speaking about 

Stress Management as you care for someone who has 

Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia. Call Lorraine 

at 519-664-3794 or Cara at 519-742-1422 for more 

information. 

Bingo – 7 p.m. at St. Clements Community Centre 

sponsored by Paradise & District Lions Club. For more 

information contact Joe Brick 519-699-4022. 

MARCH 8 

calling all zoomErs, BoomErs and seniors – New 

Horizon’s meets every second Thursday from 10-11:30 

a.m. from Sept. to May at the Maryhill Community 

Centre, 58 St. Charles St. E., Maryhill. Mar. 8 – Christine 

Leyser –marginalization. Get informed, socialize and 

have fun. For further information please call Joan Haid 

519-648-2742 or email jehaid@xplornet.ca. 

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. 

MARCH 9 

h.u.g.s. program 9:15 – 11:15 a.m. Meet with other 

A Warm 

Welcome 

to all! 

Services at John Mahood Public School 

47 Arthur St., S. Elmira • 519-669-3153 

www.thejunctionelmira.com 

Finding The Way Together 

WhEELChAIR 

ACCESSIbLE 

Zion Mennonite Fellowship 

- The Junction - 

Worship Service - 10:30am 

Sunday School 

at 9:30am 

Service at 10:30am 

REACH WITH LOVE. TEACH THE TRUTH. SEND IN POWER. 

290 Arthur St. South, Elmira • 519-669-3973 

www.ElmiraAssembly.com (Across from Tim Horton’s) 

Sunday, March 4, 2012 

9:15 & 11:00 AM 

Series: Thinking Through Today’s Issues 

#3 - “War” 

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parents to discuss parenting and child health issues. 

Topic: Serving sizes and nutritional requirements. How 

to read labels! Karen Reitzel, registered dietitian will 

present. Held at Woolwich Community Health Centre, 

10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. For more information call 

519-664-3794. 

WoolWich communiTy sErvicEs has trained 

volunteers available to complete your income tax 

return. This service is offered free of charge to people 

with limited income. To find out if you qualify, drop by 

or call Woolwich Community Services at 73 Arthur St. S., 

Elmira or call 519-669-5139. 

MARCH 11 

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Woolwich Ringette. Serving from 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.; 

$6/person. All you can eat. 

MARCH 13 

looking For somEThing inTErEsTing to do during 

March Break? Join us for Mad Science: Slime Time! Fun 

for ages 6 and up; 3-4 p.m. at Bloomingdale Branch 

Library 519-745-3151. Tickets $3 per person or two for $5; 

everyone attending the show must have a ticket. For 

more information contact the branch hosting the show. 

looking For somEThing inTErEsTing to do during 

March Break? Join us for Reptile Show from Hamilton 

Reptiles – Touch Live Animals. For ages 5 and up. 

2:30-3:30 p.m. at Wellesley Branch Library 519-656- 

2001. Tickets $3 per person or two for $5; everyone 

attending the show must have a ticket. For more 

information contact the branch hosting the show. 

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to brown. 

The whole dish would 

be great with steamed 

rice, of course, or even egg 

noodles. 

Stir-Fried 

Beef with 

Black Bean 

Sauce 

Ingredients 

1 can of black beans, rinsed 

and drained; divided 

4 cloves garlic, peeled 

2-inch piece of ginger, peeled 

and chopped 

1-2 red chili, or red chili paste, 

seeded and chopped 

To make sauce: place 

4 tbsp of the beans in the 

bottom of a small food processor, 

or use a hand blender; 

Add remaining sauce 

ingredients and blend until 

the sauce is smooth; 

Slice steak into thin 

strips: a trick to doing this 

is to freeze the beef for 

about 30 minutes; 

Just before frying, toss 


bELIzE: Company hopes all of its employees gets a chance to take part in these kinds of projects 

Lisa Stapleton and Duane Wadel were two of 12 Quarry employees who participated in the trip to Belize; they hope others will do the same 

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chopped down a branch, 

and whittled it into a new 

handle within minutes. 

“I called them the Mc- 

Gyvers of construction,” 

laughed Wadel. 

The team typically 

worked between eight to 

ten hours days a day in 

30-degree heat with close 

to 100 per cent humidity, 

but Wadel and Stapleton 

said they were pleasantly 

surprised with the dedication 

and optimism shown 

by the team members to 

complete their work. 

“Any job that had to 

be done, no matter how 

labour-intensive or how 

boring, there was never a 

‘no’ it was always a ‘yes’,” 

said Wadel. 

This was the second time 

that Quarry had teamed 

up with SOS for a development 

project in Latin 

America. Last February 

Quarry sent another team 

of 12 to Costa Rica to help a 

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group of women establish 

their own small business; 

Stapleton said their partnership 

will be an annual 

occurrence. 

The two groups first 

came in contact about two 

years ago when Quarry, 

still located in downtown 

Waterloo, rented office 

space to SOS, a charitable 

group that raises money 

through university exam 

review sessions at universities 

and colleges across 

North America. 

The money raised in 

these study sessions is 

spent creating sustainable 

educational projects in developing 

nations, and since 

2004 more than 2,000 SOS 

volunteers have tutored 

more than 25,000 students, 

raising nearly a million 

dollars for development 

projects in Latin America. 

Aside from building the 

school, though, the trip 

provided a chance for the 

Quarry employees to get to 

know each other outside of 

A dozen employees – along with two foremen and other local tradesmen – worked for 

a week to complete the project. Along the way they encountered some local wildlife, 

including scorpions. [SUBMITTED] 

2 tsp sesame oil 

4 tbsp soy sauce 

2 tsp sugar 

2 tbsp rice wine vinegar or 

dry sherry 

2 tbsp oyster sauce 

1/2 cup water 

1 lb top sirloin steak, thinly 

sliced 

2 tbsp cornstarch 

2 tbsp grapeseed oil 

work, which should in turn 

benefit the company and 

each other. 

“You can never walk past 

somebody in the hallway 

in the same way if you’ve 

been on this trip together,” 

said Stapleton. “You share 

a bond.” 

There are about 90 

employees at the Quarry 

office in St. Jacobs, and 

Stapleton said the aim is to 

have everyone participate 

in at least one trip in the 

future. 

The team has a blog 

complete with a day-byday 

journal of their experience 

in Belize, as well as 

many photos of their trip. 

Visit http://quarryoutreach. 

wordpress.com/ to see 

their blog, and for more 

information on SOS visit 

www.studentsofferingsupport.ca 

and http://www. 

columbiarivercooperative. 

com/ for more information 

on the Columbia River Cooperative 

and their work in 

Belize. 

the beef in the cornstarch. 

If you do this too far in 

advance, the meat will become 

sticky and gummy; 

Heat a very large frying 

pan or wok over high heat; 

add oil and then quickly 

add all of the beef at once; 

Using tongs or a wooden 

spoon, quickly cook beef 

until desired doneness 

(medium is nice). Then add 

all of the sauce and cook 

for one final minute. 

about the authors 

Chefs Kirstie Herbstreit and 

Jody O’Malley are both Red Seal 

certified chefs. Together they run 

The Culinary Studio, which offers 

classes, demonstrations and 

private dinners. To contact the 

chefs, visit their website 

www.theculinarystudio.ca


Strange but true / bILL & rICH SOneS PH.D. 

Leap years occur every fourth year, in years divisible by 4 

WEIRD 

NOTES 

Q. You know that 

leap years occur every 

fourth year, in years divisible 

by 4. Do you know the 

one exception? 

A. Division by 4 makes 

2012 a leap year, with 

February 29 added to the 

calendar, says Joey Green 

in “Contrary to Popular 

Belief.” But 2100 won’t 

be a leap year because 

centenary years also need 

to be evenly divisible by 

400 (2100/4 = 525 but 

2100/400 = 5 1/4). Yet you 

may remember the year 

SuDOku 

HOW TO PLAY: Fill in 

the grid so that every 

row, every column and 

every 3x3 box contains 

the numbers 1 through 

9 only once. Each 3x3 

box is outlined with a 

darker line. You already 

have a few numbers to 

get you started. 

solution: on page 29 

2000 was a leap year since 

it was divisible by both 

4 (2000/4 = 500) and 400 

(2000/400 = 5). 

Q. Ready for an old 

party trick or puzzle: 

Think of a number. Now 

add 5, and double your 

result. Next subtract 4, 

then divide by 2. Finally, 

subtract your original 

number. Is your answer 3? 

A. No, we’re not psychic, 

just algebraic, confides 

Colin Pask in Math for the 

Frightened: Let x be your 

original number. Now 

when you add 5, you get x 

+ 5. Double this and you 

get 2x + 10. Subtracting 4 

leaves 2x + 6. Dividing by 2 

yields x + 3. Finally, when 

you subtract your original 

number x, you get (x + 3) 

- x = 3. In other words, 3 

will always be the answer, 

no matter what number is 

selected at the start. How 

fun is that! 

Q. What animal 

causes the greatest 

number of human deaths 

each year? Sharks? Alligators? 

Snakes? Bears? Dogs? 

A. Would you believe 

deer, says astronomer Bob 

Berman in Strange Universe: 

The Weird and Wild 

Science of Everyday Life-on 

Earth and Beyond. 

Those “cute Bambis” are 

responsible for some 100 

automobile fatalities in 

the U.S. annually, amounting 

to about a 1 in 40,000 

lifetime risk per capita. By 

contrast, the lifetime risk 

of your suffering a shark 

attack is 1 in 4 million. 

Alligators are twice as 

dangerous (1 in 2 million), 

then snakes (1 in 700,000), 

bears (1 in 410,000) and 

dogs (1 in 240,000). 

“Deer may be charming 

but they’re many times 

more lethal than all other 

animals combined -- even 

deadlier than the figures 

quoted. 

Q. Can you cite some 

famous examples of overconfidence 

down through 

history? 

A. At its worst, overconfidence 

breeds folly and 

catastrophe, says David 

G. Myers in Intuition: Its 

Powers and Perils. 

It was an overconfident 

Hitler who invaded the 

countries of Europe, an 

The big easy The challenge 

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Guadalajara, Mexico 

cAPtion 

SOLUTIONS: 1. LETTERS ON SNOWBOARD 2. TREES IN BACKGROUND 3. SNOWBOARDERS HAIR 

4. SNOWBOARDERS SHIRT 5. GOGGLE STRAP 6. SNOWBOARDERS SHADOW 7. MISSING FINGER 

While exploring the City Square, 

Michael Zenker makes sure to include 

the Observer in a photo. Seen here in 

Guadalajara, Mexico on Feb. 25, 2012. 

Michael told us how safe the city felt and 

how much he loved travelling there! 

overconfident Lyndon 

Johnson who sent the U.S. 

Army into South Vietnam, 

an overconfident Saddam 

Hussein who marched his 

army into Kuwait. And as 

writer Artemus Ward put it, 

“It ain’t so much the things 

we don’t know that get us 

into trouble. It’s the things 

we know that ain’t so.” 

“They couldn’t hit an 

elephant at this dist 

...” General John Sedgwick’s 

last words, uttered 

during a U.S. Civil War 

battle, 1864. Regarding the 

atomic bomb: “That is the 

biggest fool thing we have 

ever done. The bomb will 

never go off, and I speak as 

an expert on explosives.” 

Admiral William Leahy 

to President Truman, 

1945. “You’d better learn 

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secretarial skills or else 

get married.” Modeling 

agency, rejecting Marilyn 

Monroe in 1944. “You 

ought to go back to driving 

a truck.” Concert manager, 

firing Elvis Presley in 

1954. “The horse is here 

to stay but the automobile 

is only a novelty, a fad.” 

Michigan banker advising 

Henry Ford’s lawyer not to 

invest in the fledgling Ford 

Motor Company. 

On a personal level, Myers 

concludes, we would 

all do well to keep our 

confidence and optimism 

in touch with reality. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Across 

1. To the same degree 

3. Get (something) done 

5. Plugs 

11. C-worthy? 

14. “___ away!” 

15. Introduces an alternative 

16. Presence of modern 

mammals 

17. A natural consequence of 

development 

19. Shoreline problem 

21. Contraction of I am. 

22. Victorian, for one 

24. In the Christian era 

25. Someone from Ottawa 

27. Armageddon 

28. Avoid 

30. Lake _ (South Sudan) 

31. Linked_, networking site 

32. One thousandth of an 

ampere 

34. __ Tank, in World War II 

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35. A card for identification 

36. Introduces a conditional 

clause 

37. A Chinese surname 

38. A radioactive transuranic 

metallic element 

40. Denying or questioning 

the tenets of especially a 

religion 

47. Fire as from a gun 

50. Henry Clay, for one 

52. _ and Lois, a comic strip. 

53. Poorly stated 

54. Number the pages of a 

book or manuscript 

59. Brown v. Board of 

Education city 

61. Give sanction to 

62. Used in specifying 

adjacent dimensions 

63. “O Sanctissima,” e.g. 

64. Leave or strike out 

65. Short for for Toronto 

66. Occur, take place 

Down 

1. “Give it ___!” 

2. Former French coin 

3. Ism 

4. “Catch-22” pilot 

5. Nave bench 

6. Automatic 

7. Autumn color 

8. The object form of I 

9. “___ moment” 

10. “Buona _” (Italian 

greeting) 

12. “Farewell, mon ami” 

13. Bleed 

18. Little bird 

20. “___ to Billie Joe” 

23. A degree in nursing 

25. Located at 

26. Municipality smaller 

than a city 

29. Official notice; been 

About the Authors 

Bill a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate 

in physics. Together the 

brothers bring you “Strange But 

True.” Send your questions to 

strangetrue@compuserve.com 

fired 

31. “Rocky ___” 

33. “Much ___ About 

Nothing” 

39. Of me or myself 

41. Host 

42. “For shame!” 

43. About to explode 

44. Christmas ___ 

45. _&T, cell phone services 

46. Bounded along 

48. Tall hat; British soldiers 

49. Hale 

51. Autumn tool 

53. Ashes holder 

55. “Crikey!” 

56. “___ a chance” 

57. “Chicago” lyricist 

58. Blonde’s secret, maybe 

60. 16th letter, Greek 

alphabet 

solution on page 29

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SOMETHING 

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ABOUT MY 

OBSERVER. It looks 

different. That typeface is cleaner and easier to read. It 

looks classic yet still contemporary. It is so ... today. 

They must have used some fancy international type 

designer. [We did.] I hate using that word ‘fresh’ when 

describing design layouts, but it fits. They moved 

some sections around and renamed them and you 

know — that’s okay cause I’m not great with too much 

change all at once. They kept all the great stuff that I 

about the Observer and tweaked just about everything. 

No wonder they win so many awards — I hear 

they are up for more this year. OMG I need to TXT my 

BFF cause there’s another funny cartoon about the 

Mayor. LOL! 

WE EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING. 

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