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With potholes popping and roads freezing, winter is the time when municipalities are most on guard for liability claims. But in the townships, sticking closely to provincial guidelines has led to virtually no weather-related legal issues.
Since mid-November, no liabil-ity complaints have been filed to the Waterloo Region Municipal Insurance Pool related to pot-holes, icy sidewalks, or poor road conditions. During the winter season, the claims in Woolwich have been limited to two cases involving property damage from leaky pipes, and damage to a car from a municipal snowplow (the latter settled at $200).
“The largest mechanism that we have for addressing the liabil-ity question is making sure that we comply with the minimum maintenance standards, which are put out by the province,” said Dan Kennaley, director of plan-ning and engineering for Wool-wich.
As per the Municipal Act, sidewalks must be inspected for surface discontinuity once each calendar year, with no more than 16 months between inspections.
Staying on top of road conditions helps townships reduce number of liability issues
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Elmira lost one of its most prominent young leaders when Austin Whittom died the morning of February 7 after a long battle with cancer. Whittom, only 13 when he succumbed to leukemia at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, became the leader of an anti-can-cer crusade in his final months, with “Team Austin” events in the community raising thousands for charity.
“He was a quiet leader who led by his example,” said James Noonan, principal at St. Teresa of Avila school where Whittom at-tended. “He was a leader, he was a hero, and the world is a better place because he spent some time here.”
The news was announced in a post on the “Strength With Friends – Austin’s Journey” Facebook page, which added that Whittom was surrounded by loved ones and that his last words were, “I love you guys.”
Whittom’s passing came two days before the Elmira Sugar Kings were scheduled to hold their “Pink the Rink” hockey game to raise money for cancer charities. The opening ceremony became a tribute to Whittom, as local dignitaries (including MPP
Austin Whittom, 13, succumbs to cancerElmira boy’s fight with leukemia had been taken up by friends, wider community
St. Teresa of Avila Catholic School and the Elmira Sugar Kings both paid tribute to Austin Whittom, who became the symbolic leader of cancer charity in Elmira. He died February 7 at Sick Kids Hospital.
The Elmira Sugar Kings salute Austin Whittom during the team's Pink the Rink cancer fundraiser February 9 at the WMC. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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“We will forever remem-ber Ozzie’s spirit, dedica-tion, and courage,” said Matt Uhrig, one of Whit-tom’s teammates at Wool-wich Minor Hockey, to the audience at the WMC.
“During his first week back at hockey after remis-sion, Ozzie scored a hat trick,” added Justin Uhrig.
“He had a bright smile that you would never see shine brighter than when he was do-ing what he loved best: playing hockey.”
Whittom was first diag-nosed with leukemia when he was in Grade 6, and returned to school after in-tense treatment in Novem-
ber 2012. He lived a normal life for the rest of the school year, but was hit with a dev-astating blow when he was re-diagnosed in September 2013.
“His mom and he came in to see me about it, and he wanted his friends to know,” remembered Noonan. “I said, ‘I can let your class know and share that news with them,’ and he said, ‘No, I want to do it myself.’ For a young guy to stand in
front of his classmates and let them know, ‘My cancer’s back but I’m going to fight it,’ and share that news openly, was just such an in-credible sign of character.”
He spent his final months in and out of Sick Kids Hospital, enduring a bone marrow transplant in De-cember. Meanwhile, “Team Austin” became a rallying cry. At St. Teresa, a De-cember T-shirt sale raised $3,500, and a spaghetti
dinner and silent auction followed January 19. “There was so much positive ener-gy there, it was infectious,” said Noonan. “We just wish it had been a better result.”
Woolwich Minor Hockey also raised awareness, with a skate lace campaign that brought donations from across the Region, and “Team Austin” stickers that were handed out through-out the league.
“We just tried to show as
much symbolic support as we could,” said Rob Waters, president of Woolwich Mi-nor Hockey. “Throughout the year there were a lot of examples of how much Aus-tin meant, and not just to our community.”
Whittom’s funeral took place on Wednesday at St. Teresa of Avila Church in Elmira. The “Strength With Friends – Austin’s Journey” page will continue as a me-morial.
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GETTING A JUMP ON THE SEASON
Planting season began early, as students prepared the first seedlings of the year for Trees for Woolwich. Left to right: Hayley Waring, Willow Woods, Ryan Schinker, and Alex Uttley in the EDSS greenhouse on Wednesday. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
Austin Whittom
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The timeline is the same for traffic control signals, luminaries, and regulatory and warning signs, with inspections taking place every calendar year/within 16 months.
Other regulations in-clude: road debris must be removed as soon as pos-sible after discovery; cracks should be filled within 30 days on a Class 1 highway; For potholes on a Class 1 highway, a 600-square-centimetre pothole with an 8cm depth must be repaired within four days, while a 1,000-sq.-cm pot-hole of the same depth on a Class 5 highway must be filled in 30 days; weather must be monitored three
times per calendar day; and icy roads must be treated as soon as possible after discovery.
Kevin Beggs, general manager of community services for Wellesley, notes that by following these guidelines, the town-ship receives “very few” liability claims related to weather conditions.
“We’re probably the lowest in the Region of Waterloo. … We do regular patrols of the roads – that way you know what’s out there.”
He added, “On icy roads, salt melts, but it doesn’t al-ways give you traction. We use probably 75 per cent sand here and 25 per cent salt – we have good results with that.”
As for potholes, “right now, potholes are not too bad. Things are frozen up, and when things are frozen we don’t have issues. There are a few here and there, but we’ll probably get more once we get a mild spell.”
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If your school-age kids don’t have all of their shots you might want to start planning on a doctor’s appointment. Waterloo Region Public Health sent 4,100 requests for the im-munization records of elementary school students this month.
“That’s down from last year and the year before, so our numbers are declin-ing a bit,” said Linda Black, manager of the vaccine-pre-ventable diseases program at Public Health.
Parents are asked to update and provide full documentation of their children’s vaccinations by March 26.
“We do this to maintain accurate records. It’s impor-tant if there’s an outbreak,” said Black.
In the case of a violent outbreak of a disease, im-munization records help de-termine which kids should be kept home from school. The process also helps to maintain fairly high im-munization rates among children in the region.
A popular map of the region’s historic sites and vistas got an overhaul in time for Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation’s 2014 Heritage Showcase today (Saturday).
The revised maps intro-duce a new package of four historic countryside tours.
“I think we’re very fortu-nate to live in a region that has both urban and rural
Region’s historical tour maps get a new lookELENA MAYSTRUK bases. These tours give peo-
ple within the whole region some background informa-tion when they visit the countryside – we have such beautiful countryside and such interesting history,” said heritage planning ad-visory committee spokes-person Kate Hagerman.
The initial tour map cre-ated in 2006 had an aged look to complement the historical element of the tours, which explore the
region’s rural roots. The new version sports a sim-pler design and brighter colours.
“It was basically just an update to do some revisions and corrections and also we re-did the look: fresh and new. We updated the online version as well,” she said.
Staff added more infor-mation on the villages and hamlets covered by the tours and included new historic and scenic attrac-
tions along routes in the townships of North Dum-fries, Woolwich, Wilmot and Wellesley.
“There are so many smaller communities in our countryside that are very interesting and there are also very interesting land-scapes: rolling hills, inter-esting bridges especially along the Nith River. There are a lot of locations that you might not know about, but to see them collected
on a tour makes it very ap-pealing to go out and search them out,” said Hagerman.
The old versions of the map went out of print de-spite a rising demand for the tour packages from both local day-trippers and tourists to the region, she said. The trips take about two to three hours by car, but there are also options for cyclists and hikers, and showcase heritage build-ings, bridges, landmarks,
parks, scenic roads and trails.
Heritage groups from across the region have booths set up for the event. The free showcase takes place at Fairview Mall in Kitchener. The theme for 2014 is Having Fun with Heritage: Historic Places Made for Play, aiming to teach visitors about the region’s history from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., with presen-tations at 11 a.m.
Public Health on the lookout forkids' records of immunization
ELENA MAYSTRUK Public Health will en-force the legislation within the elementary school population next month with students carrying still-incomplete records subject to up to 20 days of suspension or until such time as they can get all of their shots. Parents can provide the appropriate legal documentation if it exempts their children from vaccinations based on medical or conscience reasons.
The Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) requires all students at-tending school to have a full immunization record filed with a public health unit in their area, unless proof of a religious, consci-entious or medical objec-tion can be provided.
This school year, the act requires students to be im-munized against tetanus, diphtheria, polio, measles, mumps and rubella.
Parents can get kids immunized or obtain the records through their family doctor and Public
The school faces as much as $4 million in repairs over the next five years, but parents argued that busing kids farther away in the township would uproot the community. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
St. Clement school to remain openCommunity rallies in support of school; trustees vote to take closure off the table
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The St. Clement Catho-lic School community breathed a sigh of relief on Monday as trustees from the Waterloo Region Catho-lic School Board decided not to pursue closing the school.
The trustees were grant-ed permission from Ontario Ministry of Education to consider the option as part of its accommodation review committee (ARC), which seeks to cut costs in the system. The site may re-quire $4 million in repairs over the next five years, with trustees pondering suggestions that closing the school and busing students to Wellesley Public School
may be more efficient.But parents made their
concerns known at a public meeting in St. Agatha, and were joined by Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris, who wrote an open letter to the trustees asking them to reconsider.
“I was disappointed in the education minister to grant the potential clos-ing of St. Clement School,” said Harris in an interview. “This small, rural town would really be uprooted and potentially bused to other communities away from their families. It has been an important and integral part of the com-munity, not only beside the church.”
The school, which serves
approximately 200 stu-dents, operates at 70 per cent capacity – a larger-than-usual percentage for closure consideration, despite declining enrol-ment. Moreover, parents at Monday’s meeting claimed Wellesley PS would be a poor fit for students: St. Clements has a high Catho-lic population within the largely Protestant town-ship.
“There are kids walking there, third and fourth-generation students going there – this school is an im-portant part of the fabric of St. Clements,” said Harris. “That’s why I was happy to stand with parents.”
Janek Jagiellowicz, trust-ee for Woolwich, Wellesley,
Wilmot, said that closing the school would be unfair to the community. “The main [decision] was – we’ve set the parameters for the ARC before this started. It’s unfair to all the parents to change the parameters halfway through.
“We had the ability be-fore the ARC started to discuss all the different pa-rameters, and if we wanted to put St. Clements in at that time, we should have put it in at that time.”
The only Waterloo Re-gion Catholic school still facing closure is St. Agatha Catholic School in Wilmot Township, which faces $2 million in repairs to a facil-ity operating at 60 per cent capacity.RECORDS | 4
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Faith Lopers shows a hairline crack she believes formed below a basement window due to construction on a watermain project last year. She says leaking has contributed to water damage and mold in her Maryhill home this winter. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
A Maryhill homeowner blames recent nearby roadwork for cracks in her home’s foundation, holding Woolwich Township and its contractor responsible for the repairs.
Halter Street resident Faith Lopers said she be-lieves vibrations from work to replace a nearby water-main and associated con-struction caused the cracks in the foundation.
She’s not the first person in the neighborhood to take the township to task over what’s known as the Mary-hill Isley north watermain replacement project. Dirty standing water in some areas led Lopers' neighbour Tony Schulde (who spoke to the Observer last fall) to erect a “West Nile Crossing” sign on his yard to catch the township’s attention after the construction created drainage problems near his home.
Lopers believes the sum-mer’s construction created another issue.
“Now that they are all done the construction, I have two cracks in my foun-dation,” she said.
Her assertions are now being investigated by the township.
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Health began offering walk-in clinics on February 14 each Monday and Friday (excluding holiday) from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Waterloo office is located at 99 Regina St. S. and in Cambridge each Friday 8:45a.m.-4 p.m. at 150
Main St. Immunization records
can be submitted in three ways: online at www.regionofwaterloo.ca, by calling 519-883-2007, ext. 13009 (8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday) or in-person at the free clinics.
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The temperature is freezing, the snowbanks are sky high, Christmas is a distant memory, and that can only mean one thing: it’s Family Day again. School will be out and work may be cancelled, but there will be no shortage of ways for families in the townships to while away the frostbitten hours.
Over at the Wellesley Community Centre, the Wellesley Optimist Club’s festivities will begin with a free public skate in the are-
WILL SLOAN na 9-11 a.m. (a food bank donation is encouraged). Children’s entertainer Er-ick Traplin will be on hand 11 a.m. to noon for a perfor-mance.
“We’re going to have a real fun, high-energy, in-teractive family show for the kids,” said Traplin, a mainstay at community events. “When you’re an entertainer, if the audience is having fun, you’re hav-ing fun.”
Traplin added, “When you start seeing the smiles on the kids’ faces, and their pure delight and hav-
ing a good time, it takes you back to your childhood and the feelings you had back then. It’s a joyful ex-perience.”
Traplin will be followed by a hot dog lunch at noon, and a screening of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs at 1:30.
Meanwhile in Elmira, the Sugar Kings are leading the festivities at the Wool-wich Memorial Centre, with an autograph session at 11 a.m. and face painting at 1 p.m. in anticipation of the boys’ 2 p.m. match against the Waterloo Sis-
kins.The Kings events are
part of a new annual ini-tiative called “#sellout-snyder.” “We’re trying to energize the community,” said Kings general man-ager Paul Jennings. “We’re trying to sell out our home game, and really make it a once-a-year event to get as many families out.”
In addition, free skates at the WMC are scheduled for 9-10:50 a.m. and 12-1:50 p.m., with swimming at 12-1:30 p.m. and 2-3:30 p.m., and shinny at 12:30-1:20 p.m.
Township project led to woes: residentMaryhill woman in dispute with Woolwich and its contractor over claims related to watermain replacement
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gineering and planning Dan Kennaley said staff will work with the Lopers to explore options for possible compensation if the family chooses to pursue the case further.
Typically, when the town-ship contracts out a project, an indemnification clause insures the municipality against damage claims, he explained.
“It creates the responsibil-ity for the contractor to deal
with any claims flowing from their work, admittedly on behalf of the municipali-ty, but it’s their work so they have to take responsibility.”
After conversations with township staff, the project’s contractor, Regional & Sewer Watermain Ltd., and an inspection by a consul-tant hired by the contractor, Lopers was told the com-pany was not at fault for the damage. She now hopes to continue with her claim.
The Lopers’ home stands on the corner of St. Charles Street and Halter Avenue, along one of the drainage ditches. The new, larger ditch and its sharp slopes, which start at the side of the road on her property, are planted with grass and difficult to mow, she also argued. Though a lesser issue, Lopers thinks the new drainage setup is re-sponsible for the pine trees growing on her lawn along
St. Charles Street turning a rusty brown.
Lopers noticed water damage in October after discovering cracks in the foundation above a base-ment bathroom window and the white paneling of the bathroom became wa-terlogged. She said another crack in the cement founda-tion caused the mould in the downstairs family room along the baseboards of one wall. It’s the first time the house has seen water dam-age in about 12 years and the mould could be respon-sible for making the family sick, Lopers said.
With claims such as this one, the township passes the information to the municipality’s insurance
company, which then deals with the contractor due to the indemnification clause, Kennaley said.
Before construction be-gan, staff photographed nearby properties, includ-ing the Lopers’ home, but the contractor has thus far declined the family’s re-quest see the photos.
“They are refusing to sup-ply me with the pictures that they took of my house. … I said, ‘Well, if there was a crack there before, then you’re not liable so you’re clear and free. But if there wasn’t and it has a crack now, then why don’t you just say ‘we’re sorry this happened, we’ll repair the damage’?’”
Kennaley said there are legal issues involved with releasing the images.
“What [Regional & Sewer Watermain Ltd.] has said through their insurers is that they do not believe this is the appropriate point in the process for those photos to be released. We don’t want to undermine the indemnification clause, so we are not taking issue with that at this point in time,” he said.
Lopers has contacted a lawyer, who is writing a let-ter to the contractor. The homeowner also hopes to get an estimate on repairs and start a petition around her neighbourhood asking neighbours to check their homes’ foundations.
“Once the spring comes and the snow melts at my foundation level, it’s all go-ing to come into my base-ment,” she said.
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Woolwich to look at snow clearing
Woolwich does a good job of clear-ing snow from its road, perhaps too good, suggests Coun. Mark Bauman.
The Ward 2 representative this week called for the township to review its winter maintenance standards, leading a vote to reconsider a motion passed in the fall of 2011 to stick with the current standards.
Council’s decision Tuesday night cleared the way for a directive to staff to draw up a report outlining other options, with Bauman noting the township currently exceeds provincial guidelines, “in some cases significantly.”
The township operates on a policy that sets out guidelines for salt use on municipal roads and sets minimum standards for clearing snow and ice from roadways, setting up a priority scale based on the traffic count and
speed limits of each route. Bauman’s request would look at whether trucks would need to go out as often as they do.
“It’s a matter of determining what level of service is appropriate.”
Bauman stressed he’s not advocat-ing putting costs ahead of safety, however.
Coun. Julie-Anne Herteis, while supporting Bauman’s request, said she’d like safety to be part of the staff report, along with some kind of
consistency applied to roads across the township.
“I don’t want to lower any of the standards,” she said.
Last year, the township spent $939,000 on clearing snow, some $300,000 more than what was in the budget.
Floradale bridge contract awarded
Plans to replace a Floradale Road
bridge just north of the village moved ahead this week as Woolwich council awarded a $44,000 contract to AECOM Canada Ltd. to carry out engineering design and tendering services related to the project.
Deteriorating, the structure’s load limit has been reduced to 10 tonnes. A study carried out by engineering consultants deemed replacing it more cost effective than rehabilitating it. Doing nothing would eventually force the closure
of the narrow bridge, which crosses a stream about 550 metres north of Florapine Road.
The cost of the project has been estimated at more than $600,000. The township has twice applied for senior government grants to help offset the expense, without success. In supporting the contract awarded this week, Coun. Mark Bauman said the project needs to go ahead quickly given the poor shape of the bridge – “this really needs to happen.”
Police see connection in string of robberies, seek public’s assistanceWaterloo Regional Police continue to inves-tigate a number of robberies that have occurred since Au-gust 2013 and are appeal-ing to the commu-nity for any infor-mation that will help identify a suspect.
On February 10 at 8 a.m. a lone male entered Star Con-venience at 156 Erb St. W. in Waterloo and brandished a weapon in the presence of the clerk. The suspect is described as a white male in his 20s, 5’6”-5’9”, wearing a black balaclava, hoodie and a black puffy jacket with a black single strap bag. The man fled the store without obtaining anything. He was last seen running onto Bev-erley Avenue.
This robbery may be linked to others, including one at this same store on the previous day.
On February 9 at approxi-mately 6:30 p.m, a lone male entered the Star Conve-nience and approached the cashier, brandishing what is believed to be a gun, and demanded cash. The male is described as white, approxi-mately 5’7” tall, with blue eyes. He wore a black jacket with a grey stripe under-neath the arms and across the back and either side of his chest, black pants, black shoes and a black ski mask open from just below the nose, along with a scarf.
On January 30 at ap-proximately 5:26 a.m.,
a lone male entered the Short Stop Store located at 373 Bridge St. W. in Water-loo. The male approached the cashier, brandishing what is believed to be a gun, and demanded cash. The suspect also left with several packages of cigarettes. He is described as white, approxi-mately 5’7” tall, with blue eyes. He wore a black jacket with a grey stripe under-neath the arms and across the back and either side of his chest, black pants, black shoes and a black ski mask open from just below the nose, along with a scarf.
On August 19, 2013 at approximately 1:16 a.m., a masked suspect entered the Pizza Pizza store located at 450 Erb St. W. in Water-loo, brandished an orange flare gun and demanded money from the cashier. The suspect fled the area on foot. He was described as a white male, approximately 5’ 10”, 170lbs, wearing a black jacket with the hood up, a dark scarf wrapped around his face, black gloves, grey pants, and run-ning shoes.
In the early morning on August 17 at Mac’s Convenience at 851 Fisher-Hallman Rd. in Kitchener, the suspect, a white male approximately 5’8” wearing a black sweater and black balaclava, was carrying a bright orange marine flare gun which he kept slightly hidden in his sweater at the time of the offence. The male entered the store, demanded money and ciga-rettes and fled the area on foot.
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10:59 AM | A Kiwanis Transit bus and a car were involved in a weather-related collision near 1300 King St. N. in St. Jacobs. A 76-year-old St. Jacobs woman driving a red 2005 Dodge Caravan moved to the right in order to allow the bus, driven by a 51-year-old Elmira man, to pass on the left. The Caravan veered too far into a snowbank, its backend fishtailing out and making contact with the bus. Both vehicles sustained light damage and no injuries occurred. Due to poor driving conditions, no one was charged.
4:42 PM | A rear-end collision in the Sawmill Road and Arthur Street roundabout led to minor injuries for a male driver. A Waterloo man slowed to enter
the roundabout when a Waterloo woman’s car struck his vehicle from behind. The man hit his head on the steering wheel and was treated by emergency crews, but was not transported to hospital. No one was charged due to icy road conditions. Regional road crews were summoned to treat the road. Another minor collision occurred at a nearby location and a couple of cars ended up in the ditch prior to crews treating the road.
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8:47 AM | An Elmira man was charged after his car crashed into the oncoming vehicle of an Elora woman travelling on Ratz Street in Elmira. The man was pulling out of his driveway and failed to yield the right of way.
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12:14 AM | A 16-year-old Heidelberg teen was charged with ‘careless driving’ after rear-ending a 2011 Lincoln in Woolwich Town-ship, causing severe damage to the vehicle. The Lincoln’s driver, a 53-year-old woman, was north-bound on Kressler Road, stopped to make a left turn onto Arthur Street and was rear-ended by the 2003 Oldsmobile. Airbags were deployed, but no one was injured.
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2:36 PM | A Waterloo Region snowplow hit a hydro pole at Shantz Station and Kossuth roads in Woolwich Township. The pole broke off at the bottom and Shantz Station Road was closed from Kossuth to Cober Road for several hours while repairs were carried out.
10:10 AM | One driver was charged with ‘careless driving’ after a collision between a Town and County van and a utility truck at Ar-thur and Brubacher streets in Elmira. A woman complained of a sore chest due to airbag deployment.
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1:23 PM | A driver’s license was suspended after a swerving vehicle grazed an oncoming car and caused another to veer into a ditch near 1170 Kossuth Rd. in Woolwich Township. A 33-year-old man lost control of his vehicle, crossed the centerline and brushed an oncoming car driven by a 37-year-old man. This caused a third vehicle, driven by a 33-year-old woman, to swerve into a ditch to avoid a collision. Each of the vehicles sustained minor damage. There were no additional charges.
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CALL IT A PRE- pre-election budget. A few goodies here, a few tweaks there, with the big emphasis on showing a surplus in 2015. An election year, but that’s just a coincidence.
For 2014, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty rolled out what he called a boring budget. It features some of the boutique tax breaks the Conservatives have come to love, targeting those voters they think will pay dividends. There’s some more money for education and research, with a particular, and overdue, emphasis on aboriginal communities. A bit of mostly meaningless attempts at appeasing teleco con-sumers. A smattering of tax relief. Not surprisingly, the no-new-taxes refrain was highlighted.
Also bound to be popular is a pledge to cut spending by reducing the entitlements among public sector workers, to the tune of $7.4 billion. Wage caps, sick days and ben-efits are on the table as the government goes into labour negotiations.
Spending cuts top the Conservatives’ agenda. Various analyses show this budget contains the largest annual cuts yet implemented.
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) says there are $14 billion worth of spending cuts an-nounced in previous budgets that will come into effect this fiscal year.
Little in the budget is aimed at helping those who need it most, reducing the assault on the middle class or mak-ing the economy more equitable.
Despite the government’s claims, it has done little to help a weak economy, nor to help the unemployed, the CCPA maintains, with only one in five of those who came off unemployment rolls since September 2009 finding a job, while four of five gave up looking.
As the anti-poverty coalition Campaign 2000 points out, the budget has no clear strategies to address Canada's 14.3 per cent child poverty rate. The group is calling on the government to dedicate half of the $6.5 billion project-ed surplus for 2015 to poverty reduction this year.
Failing to address poverty adds up to a $86.1 billion an-nual price tag that is paid by Canadians, it argues. When government ignores poverty, there are significant lost opportunities for low-income children whose education, health and employment prospects are jeopardized by pov-erty. Noting that one in three children living in poverty has a parent who works full time, the group also calls for jobs programs to be at aimed low-wage workers in order to improve their earning potential. Likewise, there should be more in place to deal with the increasingly troublesome youth unemployment figures.
With a surplus on the horizon, talk has turned to the Conservatives’ pledge to introduce income splitting. Aimed at married couples with children under 18, the tax changes as now discussed would cost about $2.5 billion. Estimates show some 85 per cent of Canadians would not benefit from the practice, with most of the advantages going those with higher incomes – 40 per cent of the benefit to those earning more than $125,000 a year, for instance.
The criticism that has surrounded the idea since it was pledged in 2011 appears to be sinking in with Flaherty, at least, as he’s backed away from it in recent days. If forced to answer honestly, the government would have to admit the $2.5 billion would go much further if directed at those who really need it.
That would, however, involve the government putting what’s right and proper ahead of politicking. As such, don’t count on it ever happening.
Budget aims for votes, not for what's right
Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner and champion of Burmese democracy, declared last June that she would run for president in the 2015 elec-tion. If she ran, she would surely win: she is to Burma what Nelson Mandela was to South Africa. However, as things now stand she is not legally allowed to run for president – and maybe she should see that as an oppor-tunity to reconsider whether becoming president is the best use of her talents.
Burma is part-way through a transition from a 50-year military dictator-ship to democracy, and Aung San Suu Kyi is the unquestioned leader of the democratic movement. Unless the military rig or cancel next year’s election, her National League for Democracy (NLD) will cer-tainly win a large majority in parliament in 2015. But she has no executive experi-ence of any kind.
She doesn’t really have experience even in leading
Some choices ahead for Burma’s next presidenta political party, although she was a co-founder of the NLD in 1988 and has always been its leader. She was under house arrest most of the time, and most of the party’s other leaders were in jail, so she was never chal-lenged by rivals and never had to administer anything.
Despite that, she may be a wonderful natural leader, but such people are very rare. She is much more likely to be, like Mandela, an inspiring symbol of democ-racy with quite limited ad-ministrative skills. If so, she should rethink her position.
The law that bans her from the presidency is clause 59F of the constitu-tion that was written by the military in 2008, which states that the spouse and children of a prospective president cannot owe their “allegiance to a foreign power.” It applies to her because her two sons with her late husband, the Brit-ish academic Michael Aris, have British citizenship.
This is not just an un-fortunate coincidence: the law was written that way to ensure that she could never become president. She presumably thought she had a deal to get rid of
that clause when she agreed with the current president, ex-general Thein Sein, to run for parliament under the military-drafted consti-tution in late 2011.
Under that deal, the NLD ran candidates in 45 by-elections in April, 2012, and won 43 of them. The NLD members took up their seats in parliament, and the world concluded that the demo-cratic transition in Burma was real. So the sanctions that many Western coun-tries maintained against the military regime were relaxed, and investments began pouring into the mor-ibund Burmese economy.
But clause 59F is still in the constitution. A parliamen-tary review committee with a majority of members from the generals’ tame political party reported last week that it had received 30,000 sub-missions for changes, includ-ing more than 5,000 on the “Suu Kyi clause.”
But it just listed all the submissions, making no recommendations about them – except to say that changes not requiring a referendum or that help to consolidate peace with Burma’s many armed eth-nic minorities should be
given priority. Changing clause 59F would require a referendum and it’s obvi-ously not about rebel ethnic groups. It looks like Suu Kyi has been had.
When Thein Sein was asked about the clause last week, he replied: “I would not want restrictions being im-posed on the right of any citi-zen to become the leader of the country. At the same time, we will need to have all nec-essary measures in place in order to defend our national interests and sovereignty.”
“Sovereignty,” of course, is code for not letting any-one with “foreign” ties near the presidency.
Aung San Suu Kyi has devoted half her adult life to bringing democracy to Burma, at great personal cost, and she clearly sees winning the presidency as the final validation of her long struggle. But before she launches a battle over clause 59F that will use up all the political oxygen for the next year, she should ask herself if the presidency is really where she can be most useful.
Is there nobody in her party, perhaps somebody a
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Chrysler's latest gambit a sign of what's wrong with corporate welfare
In what looks suspi-ciously like an extortion attempt, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says he’s looking for $500 mil-lion to $700 million from government to keep the company’s minivan plant in Windsor operating ... at least for a little while.
Handouts are a long-time staple for the auto industry, part of the larger climate of corporate welfare. It’s why Canadian govern-ments have turned over more than $200 billion to companies in the past few decades, with no indication that it’s done any good.
Oh, the companies have pocketed the cash, thank you, and some pandering politicians have helped their cronies and got their pictures taken at ribbon-cuttings, but the rest of us are simply out a whole lot of money.
Advocates of perpetual handouts to businesses – often large and profitable businesses, as is the case
with Chrysler’s ask on the $2.3-billion project – say such deals create and/or protect jobs. Besides, they’ll say, every other government does the same thing, so we need to dole out cash to even the play-ing field.
Problem is, companies know this, and end up play-ing one jurisdiction off of another. Worse still, the ben-efits touted don’t materialize.
In a report chronicling Industry Canada’s con-tribution to the corporate welfare rolls between 1961 and 2012, the Fraser Institute’s Mark Milke, as-serts Canadians don’t see a return on billions they’ve “invested” in subsidies.
“Peer-reviewed research does not support many claims advanced by federal politicians and other pro-ponents of such subsidies: that corporate welfare is responsible for economic growth or job creation. In fact, the companies with the highest employee counts – most of which do not take subsidies – are real-world examples of companies that have not needed taxpayer assistance to create jobs,” he writes.
The history of corporate welfare is replete with unpaid loans, bankrupt-cies, undelivered jobs and shuttered factories despite assurances to the contrary. For a sad example of all of the above, check out On-tario’s steel industry, par-ticularly what happened in Hamilton. The automotive sector, too, has seen plants close and jobs disappear even as governments have poured in billions of dollars.
Given that all levels of government and a variety of ministries and depart-ments are involved, it’s hard to get a handle on just how much money is doled out as corporate welfare. It’s made worse by the fact that officials try to hide what they’re doing: what we do know through the research of Milke and oth-ers almost always comes through Access to Informa-tion requests. Documents redacted as a matter of course, with the transfer of your money to wealthy corporations treated in the same way as military secrets.
Still, some estimates put the national corporate wel-fare bill at some $16 billion
a year, or almost double the cost of social welfare costs. And without any docu-mentable benefits.
In that light, it makes sense to scrap all subsidies to business. That’s not go-ing to happen, however, as such programs are another vote-buying scheme for politicians. Political life is a perpetual election cycle, and the one thing politi-cians relish is the doling out money – grants, loans, subsidies – and the photo ops that accompany such announcements.
Imagine the election fortunes of federal Con-servatives and provincial Liberals in the Windsor area if the Chrysler plant closed; they’d rather waste the money than risk losing votes. Which is why the politicians will likely give in to the company’s black-mail despite having bailed out Chrysler to the tune of $2.9 billion in 2009, some $810 million of which has not and will not be repaid. Not much gratitude on the company’s part, is there?
Will the money come with airtight guarantees for long-term employment, investment and eventual
full return to tax coffers? Not likely. Instead, it will be just another gimme in the never-ending cycle of priva-tized profits and socialized costs, the real modus ope-randi of corporatism.
What would make this and other welfare pay-ments more palatable is a realistic cost-benefit analysis: if an investment makes sense – i.e. pays back every dollar to the taxpayers directly, and then some – then it should be considered. If not, then take a pass. That applies to everything from massive, decades-long support for the likes of Bombardier and Pratt and Whitney to ersatz economic develop-ment efforts in Woolwich and the region. In almost every case, the decisions are bad ones, which, as we know, is pretty much busi-ness as usual for politicians and bureaucrats.
“It was an NDP leader, David Lewis, who coined the term 'corporate welfare bums' in 1972. Unfortunate-ly, in the past 30 years, too many corporations have been drawn into this trap by the available plethora of government loans, grants,
and subsidies.”Those words came not
from Lewis’ successors or free-enterprisers in Milke’s mold, but from then-opposition leader Stephen Harper in a 2004 speech to the Toronto Board of Trade, part of a pledge to tackle corporate welfare. We know how that’s played out in the past decade.
Political gain and an ea-gerness to channel public money into private hands aside – and that’s a big cultural change to reverse, as milking taxpayers is the norm – ending corpo-rate welfare wouldn’t be that difficult. As it stands, Milke’s Industry Canada report shows most of the country’s largest compa-nies don’t take financial assistance.
“The top three employ-ers – Onex Corp. (246,000 employees), George Weston Ltd. (155,000 employees), and Loblaw Companies (135,000 employees) – re-ceived no Industry Canada handouts in the 51 years surveyed.”
Broader research tells us that any benefits of cor-
How will you spend Family Day weekend?
I live on a farm; probably milking and having a family dinner.
» Corinna Roesink
Have family and friends come over.
» Andrew Zettler
We are doing some skidooing.
» Laura Zettler
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» Kyle Mantha
I haven’t really thought about it. Probably spend time with the family.
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"Despite that, she may be a wonderful natural leader, but such people are very rare. " Gwynne Dyer | 6
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THE MONITOR VERBATIM THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
NATIONAL VIEW DYER: It's a good idea to stay above the day-to-day politicsFROM | 6
» Democracy Watch
bit younger (she is 68), who has the right skills for the demanding job of execu-tive president at a time of huge political and economic transformation? Maybe she should consider the example of Sonia Gandhi, the widow of India’s assassi-nated former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, who led the Congress Party to a resound-ing election victory in 2004.
Sonia Gandhi could have become prime minister if she wanted, but she had a “foreign” problem too: she is an Indian citizen, but she was born and brought up Italian. So she chose econo-
mist Manmohan Singh to be prime minister, a job he has done with reasonable efficiency for the past 10 years, while she remained Congress Party leader and kept it united behind him.
The circumstances are not identical, but Burma needs a president who a) has the right skills for the job, and b) has a united party behind him or her. Maybe Aung San Suu Kyi’s most useful role would be as party leader and moral authority, while somebody else gets down in the dirt and makes the day-to-day decisions that will eat away the popularity of even the most respected leader in the end.
The Seventh Good Government Report Card gives the Conservatives an overall “F” grade because they have only partially increased accountability in the federal government while taking many key steps backwards. If the Conservatives had kept all of their 2006 election promises, they would have received an overall “B-” grade (as their promises covered about two-thirds of the loopholes and undemocratic flaws in the government’s accountability and decision-making system).
» Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives senior economist Armine Yalnizyan reacts to the lack of job measures in this week's federal budget
“The entire decline in youth unemployment from its worst in 2009 was due to jobless young people giving up their search, not finding a job. The 4,000 youth internships in this budget will have no substantive impact. This is no time for small measures. An entire generation of young workers is on the line and the federal government has a serious role it could be playing.”
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I’m thinking of start-ing a company that sells ice fishing products. In par-ticular, I’m thinking hole de-icers – which is a fancy way of saying the I would package fist-sized rocks that the angler could drop down the hole the minute it begins to freeze over. They’re environmentally friendly, create habitat, and can be purchased in a variety of value packs.
I’m sure this idea will make me rich.
I was inspired to do this after watching my friend Phil, who is new to Canada and ice fishing, begin a spending spree that should have elevated Canada right out of these tough econom-ic times.
Prior to actually going ice fishing, he bought a couple of ice fishing rods, some tackle and a tackle box. That stuff costs a bit of money.
After his first trip, he de-cided that he didn’t like the cold, so he bought a four-man portable ice fishing tent. And a rod case for a growing number of special-ized rods and reels.
After that, an auger, which he still hasn’t yet drilled one hole with, thanks
HOCKEY / JUNIOR B
Two outta three ain’t badPair of decisive wins and a loss that easily could have gone the other way make for a good week
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As the old saying goes, “Home is where the heart is,” and that’s especially true for the Elmira Sugar Kings. The boys in green were on the road last week, unpacking a 6-1 clobbering of the Brantford 99ers on February 6, then stumbling 4-3 against the Waterloo Siskins on February 8, but rebounded on home ice the next day, beating the Lis-towel Cyclones 5-1.
Chalk it up to home-ice advantage, perhaps.
“I think there might be a little bit of a comfort level,” said head coach Jeff Flana-gan after Sunday’s game. “We’re at home, we’re at our own lockers, and guys can get here whenever they want and do their routine.”
He added, “It’s a team thing, as well as a com-munity thing. I know other teams don’t like coming here because it’s a tough place to play – we have good fan support.”
The Kings came out strong against the Brant-ford 99ers on February 6, with Brad Kobryn (assists, Justin Cooke, Cash Sera-phim) potting the first goal at 5:33 and Cooke (Brett Parsons, Mitch Klie) fol-lowing at 13:21. The second period also belonged to Elmira, with Alex Mut-ton (Cass Frey) scoring at 0:57 and Seraphim (Brodie Whitehead, Adam Campag-nolo) expanding the lead at 4:54.
Brantford managed a goal at 4:12 in the third period, but Elmira made up the difference and then some, with Mitch Wilkins
(Whitehead, Eric Palazzolo) and Klie (Stephen Jablon-ski, Frey) scoring at 11:05 and 14:07. The Kings also dramatically outshot their rivals 51-20 throughout the game.
But the Kings weren’t in vintage form on Saturday when they faced the Sis-kins on Waterloo ice. Mitch Wright (Adam Brubacher, Palazzolo) scored first at 13:17, but Waterloo coun-tered at 13:44, 17:04, and 4:36 in the second period. Against this intimidating lead, Mitch Klie (Palazzolo, David Savery) got the Kings
Sugar King Mitch Klie outmaneuvered the Listowel Cyclones on February 10. Elmira won 5-1 at its “Pink the Rink” charity tournament.
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back in the game at 19:37. Waterloo scored again 45 seconds into the third period, but while Kobryn
(Seraphim, Savery) man-aged a late goal at 7:26, it wasn’t enough to salvage the game.
“We actually thought we played well and made very few mistakes. Unfortu-nately, the mistakes we did make ended up in our net,” said Flanagan.
“Our gap wasn’t great; coming through the neu-tral zone we weren’t great; we gave up a lot of odd-man-rushes, which they scored two goals off of. We think we scored enough to win, but we weren’t good enough defensively.”
Maybe it was something in the pink jerseys, but the
Brad Kobryn celebrates a goal. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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each room, if possible.
team staged a comeback on Sunday, rallying a decisive win against the Cyclones for their Pink the Rink charity game.
The Kings wasted no time getting on the board, with Wright lobbing a pair of goals at 1:34 in the first period and 10:10 in the second. The Cyclones had their first – and, it would turn out, only – goal at 12:21, but the third period was all Elmira. Kobryn (Savery, Campagnolo), Seraphim, and Campag-nolo (Whitehead, Kobryn) scored at 0:34, 13:02, and 17:45 in the last period to push the lead to 5-1.
While the Cyclones rank at seventh place in the league, Flanagan had plen-ty of praise for the Listowel rivals.
“They’re very young, and they haven’t had a lot of success in winning games, but they never give up and they’re extremely quick. Any time there is a bobbled puck, they’re on the offense immediately and they forecheck hard. You have to be really good against them.”
In Stratford Friday to take on the Cullitons, the Kings have a rematch with
KINGS: A busy Family Day weekend for the teamFROM | 9
the 99ers on Sunday at the WMC. In a special Family Day matchup, the Waterloo
Siskins come to town Mon-day. Both games are set for 2 p.m.
Brad Kobryn fends off the opposition on home ice during Sunday’s game. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
What makes a good skier? For Elmira high school coach Ron Fletcher, it’s the lack of fear: the abil-ity to dive headfirst into the sport.
“To some degree you need to be a little bit fear-less. To be a good skier, in my opinion, you have to be on the edge a little bit to really be effective – push-ing yourself just a little bit extra.
“Certainly there are lots of little technical things that come into play and all of those things are impor-tant.”
After a season’s hiatus due to last year’s job ac-tion by teachers, EDSS alpine skiers are back on the slopes. This week, they headed to Central Western Ontario Second-ary Schools Association
EDSS skiers taking it to the next levelAfter a strong regional showing, team is off to CWOSSA
ELENA MAYSTRUK games at the Beaver Val-ley Ski Club in Markdale after a good run at the regional level.
“We had our WCSSAA meet and the guys did well. Isaac Hogan actually did really well, coming second in the boys’ level 1 divi-sion,” Fletcher said.
A team that usually sees a good mix of boys and girls to try out has only male athletes this year, seven students in Grades 9 through 12, making for a combination of expe-rienced competitors and some beginners.
“We actually had a good season as far as snow goes. It wasn’t intended to be a boys’ team, but our girls, maybe we scared them away, I don’t know,” the coach laughed.
“It’s been a learning year for me too, really: just working with the team,
learning some of the drills. We’ve got some folks in their first year and we’ve got a few that years ago were part of racing. It’s nice, it’s a good way for the kids to learn from each other a little bit. As a new coach, I’ve been learning along with them.”
EDSS alpine skiers have a recent history of success. In 2011, the Lancers won two bronze medals at On-tario Federation of School Athletic Associations championships.
“The team’s been work-ing on a lot of little things to be more technically sound, but what sort of gives you that [success] is pushing it to the next level,” Fletcher said.
This year he is hoping for the best in his team.
“We’re optimistic, fingers crossed. We may make all-Ontario, you never know.”
SOME WINTERFESTING IN BRESLAU
The third annual Breslau Winterfest kept the winter fun indoors at the Breslau Community Centre on February 8. Clockwise from top: Alia Van Alphen takes a turn on Twister; Mya goes riding; Mason Taylor chows down; Lyla Eckmier visits the bouncy castle. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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to yours truly. Then he saw my ice fishing sonar unit, so he purchased one too.
Add ice cleats, more lures, more rods, a foldable shovel, bell attachments for his rods, a ladle, another ladle, just in case, a catalytic heater, specialized ice fish-ing lines, new gloves, new ice fishing pants, a special-ized ice fishing bucket and hand warmers and you’ll see what I mean when I say
Phil is good for the econ-omy. Oh, and a few dozen minnows along with ice fishing jig heads and hooks.
Then, having realized that he can’t easily drill through 30 inches of ice with a hand auger, Phil purchased a power auger, fuel container, five gallons of gas and oil to keep it go-ing. He still hasn’t drilled a hole with this, by the way.
All told, I’m thinking he’s spent somewhere around
$3 million. I fully expect for him to
call next week with news that he’s purchased a snow-mobile, permanent bun-galow hut and truck and trailer to tow these things with. The truck would be great because he can’t put all the gear he’s acquired so far in his little sedan.
The week after, I’m thinking he’ll purchase his own private lake – and then 10,000 trout to stock in it.
There are a thousand guys just like Phil. They’re addicted to ice fishing – as am I. The difference is these haven’t yet got it under control – which is to say their wives haven’t yet looked in the shed.
Until that time, they will buy virtually any item they feel will give them the edge over the fish. And since de-icing your holes is a ma-jor hassle, I’m absolutely certain they’d buy my Ice-
Breaker™ hole-clearing rocks as well as the acces-sory pouch, complete with optional warmer.
I figure the product will initially come in three sizes: early-, late- and mid-season. The first two packages would contain fist-sized anti-ice inhibiting units for the milder days when ice isn’t developing quickly. Just throw one down the hole and it’s ice free again! The mid-season package,
marketed as the Frozen Feb-ruary Pro Pack, would con-tain larger rocks. Both would retail at $1.95 a pound.
A couple of YouTube vid-eos and Pro Staff endorse-ments showing these rocks in use would be all that’s required to boost sales.
Admittedly, there’s prob-ably not a lot of money in this, which is why I’ll also be selling insulated ice fishing trusses for just un-der three hundred.
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A Wellesley win Wednesday night evened things up in what has thus far been a seesaw battle in the first round of the Mid-western Junior C playoffs.
Four games into the first round of playoffs, the Wellesley Applejacks and the Norwich Mer-chants are in a dead heat. Evenly matched (fifth- and fourth-place in the Junior C league respectively), the teams spent the last week struggling to ride momen-tum, alternating wins and losses in equal measure.
If there’s another pat-tern, it’s that the team that scores more than one goal wins, as the alternating victories have been 6-1, 3-1, 4-0 and 4-1.
This weekend’s games will be a real test for the Jacks, whose 2-2 perfor-mance has been consistent with their hit-and-miss record during the regular season.
Head coach Rob Way says the team has reason to be optimistic. “We know that if we bring our A-plus game and compete hard with them, we can beat them; you just can’t take a shift off.”
He expects the Mer-chants will give nothing away in the series.
“They’re very deep, and they’ve got three or four lines that can all hit and play the body hard. You just have to be prepared for that every shift.”
On Norwich ice February 7, the Jacks got off to a good start with a goal by Brett MacDonald (assist: Mcken-zie Carter) at 13:51, but they couldn’t catch a break after that. Norwich scored once in the first period, domi-nated the second with four goals, and scored again in the third, giving the Jacks a troubling 6-1 loss.
It was a brighter out-come the next day at the Wellesley arena. The teams
Jacks draw even with 4-1 victory WednesdayIt’s now a best-of-three series as Wellesley and Norwich battle this weekend to see who’ll move on
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spent most of the game tied – Devon Wagner (Tay-lor Doering) scored first for Wellesley in 1:46, and Nor-wich countered at 13:37 – but the Jacks pulled ahead in the third period, with a goal by Blake Hetherington at 2:29. Luke Rose pushed the score to 3-1 with a shot on an empty net at 18:30.
The victory game despite intense opposition: the Merchants actually outshot the Jacks 44-26.
“We just played like we needed to play on Saturday night. The first game, we didn’t do that,” said Way.
But the momentum was short-lived: back in Nor-wich on Sunday, the Jacks were unable to score a sin-gle goal against their op-ponents. The Merchants took a strong lead with two goals in the first period, added another two in the second, and held the Jacks off in the third.
“A bunch of things just didn’t give us the same physical presence in the game,” said Way. “We played reasonably well, but we ran into a couple of injuries, and we lost one of our top defensemen who works for a snow removal
company – he got called into work. … They took it to us physically.”
The team returned to form on home ice Wednes-day, drawing even with a 4-1 win, and while Norwich outshot Wellesley 48-27, the Jacks were able to capitalize on their chances. MacDonald (Stoody, Wag-ner) and Stoody (Wagner, MacDonald) led the way with goals in the first period, and Wagner (Mac-Donald) landed a third 3:11 in the second period. The Merchants managed a goal of their own at 9:16 in the third period, but Stoody (Wagner, Lebold) racked up one more for Wellesley at 15:32.
Despite the mixed re-sults, Way says that playing the same team repeatedly in a short span of time has its advantages.
“Both teams are making adjustments all the time because you see the team, and then at the end of the game you’re thinking about the kind of adjustments you have to make for the next game. They’re doing the same thing.”
In a tight, short series, adjustments have to be made on the fly.
“If you play somebody
Everyone was reaching for the puck as the Wellesley Applejacks began their first round of playoffs against the Norwich Merchants. The Midwestern Junior C series is now tied at 2-2, with decisive games coming this weekend.
Applejack Reid Denstedt tried to keep control of the puck on Saturday night, with Wellesley going on to win 3-1. So far in the series, the home team has claimed victory. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER] JACKS | 12
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WOOLWICH WILDCATS
Novice: AEFeb 8 vs. New HamburgWoolwich: 0 New Hamburg: 2
Novice: MAJOR AFeb 8 vs. BurlingtonWoolwich: 3 Burlington: 2Goals: Jordan Chang, Dustin Good, Eric HuttonAssists: Dustin Good, Ethan BickertonFeb 10 vs. BurlingtonWoolwich: 2 Burlington: 3Goals: Jordan Chang, Ryan BrubacherAssists: Cade Beacom, Joey Martin
Novice: LL #4Feb 8 vs. AyrWoolwich: 3 Ayr: 1Goals: Tucker Armstrong, Calum Heimbecker, Mason SparkAssists: Cameron Beisel
Atom: MINOR AJan 31 vs. CaledonWoolwich: 8 Caledon: 0Goals: Ian Speiran, Liam Eveleigh x2, Brett Moser, Lucas Carson, Shelby Rempel, Tyler Brezynskie
Assists: Mitchell Young, Tyler Brezynskie x3, Lucas Carson x4, Carter Rollins, Reid Burkholder, Liam Eveleigh, Ian SpeiranShutout: Dom RothFeb 1 vs. MiltonWoolwich: 1 Milton: 0Goals: Carter RollinsAssists: Ian Speiran, Brett MoserShutout: Colin BrayFeb 2 vs. OakvilleWoolwich: 2 Oakville: 1Goals: Carter Rollins, Ian SpeiranAssists: Iran Speiran
Atom: AEFeb 2 vs. HespelerWoolwich: 0 Hespeler: 6Feb 9 vs. ErinWoolwich: 4 Erin: 1Goals: Sam Siopiolosz x2, Seb Garrett, Lucas RadlerAssists: Gavin Wilson x3, Cole Seabrook x2, Carter Cousineau
Atom: LL #2Feb 8 vs. New HamburgWoolwich: 3 New Hamburg: 0Goals: Johnathan Horst, Corbin Schmidt, Jamie ReichardAssists: Oscar FitchShutout: John Kilgour
Atom: LL #3Feb 2 vs. LL #1LL3: 3 LL1: 2Goals: Danny Soehner, Griffin Boerner, Thomas Hill-RingAssists: Griffin Boerner, Danny Soehner, Ashton Weber, Jonathan Staken, Nolan Karger, Tanis UhrigFeb 8 vs. LL #4LL3: 2 LL4: 4Goals: Danny Soehner, Jonathan StakenAssists: Danny Soehner, Nolan Karger
Feb 9 vs. LL #1LL3: 4 LL1: 3Goals: Kieren Oberholzer, Nolan Karger x2, Danny SoehnerAssists: Danny Soehner, Jonathan Staken, Mitch Brubacher, Cole Sellars
PeeWee: AEFeb 8 vs. HespelerWoolwich: 1 Hespeler: 2Goals: Ryan BelangerAssists: Zac Pickard
PeeWee: LL #3Feb 8 vs. AyrWoolwich: 3 Ayr: 1Goals: Blake Richardson x2, Jonathan DingelstadAssists: Clay Martin x2, Andrew Kieswetter
PeeWee: MAJOR AAFeb 6 vs. OakvilleWoolwich: 2 Oakville: 5Goals: Bart Sherrer, Eli BaldinAssists: Lukas Shantz, Griffen Rollins, Ethan Young, Kurtis HooverFeb 9 vs. BramptonWoolwich: 3 Brampton: 3Goals: Lukas Shantz, Ryan Biggs, Nolan HislopAssists: Griffen Rollins, Brt Sherrer, Josh Martin x2
PeeWee: MINOR AFeb 10 vs. BurlingtonWoolwich: 2 Burlington: 0Goals: Cole Chipman, Matt FleischmannAssists: Matt
Fleischmann, Ben Witmer, Eric Martin, Jake ClemmerShutout: Simon Huber
Bantam: MAJOR AJan 25 vs. Halton HillsWoolwich: 2 Halton Hills: 3Goals: Owen Read, Ryan ShantzAssists: Mitch WatersJan 28 vs. OakvilleWoolwich: 3 Oakville: 2Goals: Jacob Uridil, Noah Zeller, Jonah BoehmAssists: Cameron Brown, Jonah Boehm, Owen Read, Mitch Waters, Connor MartinJan 31 vs. OakvilleWoolwich: 6 Oakville: 2Goals: Jonah Boehm x2, Owen Read, Noah Zeller, Mitch Waters x2Assists: Jacob Uridil x2, Mitch Waters, Ryan Shantz, Owen Read x2, Cameron Brown, Noah ZellerFeb 5 vs. Owen SoundWoolwich: 3 Owen Sound: 0Goals: Jonah Boehm, Owen Read, Noah ZellerAssists: Jacob Uridil, Mitch Waters, Owen ReadShutout: Evan MartinFeb 8 vs. Owen SoundWoolwich: 2 Owen Sound: 6Goals: Mitch Waters x2Feb 9 vs. Owen SoundWoolwich: 1 Owen Sound: 3Goals: Jonah BoehmAssists: Jacob Uridil, Ryan Shantz
Bantam: AEFeb 9 vs. Halton HillsWoolwich: 4 Halton Hills: 5Goals: Mathew Uhrig, Justin Uhrig, Benton Weber, Alex TurchanAssists: Garrett Reitzel, John Wang, Mitchell Rempel x2, Justin Uhrig, Mathew UhrigFeb 10 vs. Halton HillsWoolwich: 2 Halton Hills: 4Goals: Mathew Uhrig, Nick CampagnoloAssists: Earl Schwartz, Alex Turchan
Bantam: LL #1Feb 8 vs. ParisWoolwich: 3 Paris: 2Goals: Kyle Gingrich,
Daniel Gallant, Ben LenaersAssists: Daniel Gallant, Bryce Sellars, Liam Catton, Jon MartinFeb 9 vs. BeverlyWoolwich: 4 Beverly: 1Goals: Liam Catton, Bryce Sellars, Alex Metzger, Trent BrunkardAssists: Daniel Gallant, Trent Brunkard, Sam Sabean, Hayden Fretz
Bantam: LL #2Feb 8 vs. Twin CentreWoolwich: 4 Twin Centre: 3Goals: Ryan Diemert x2, Owen Lucier x2Assists: Riley Shantz x2, Brendan Knipfel x2, Noah Rawlinson, Keann Dowdall
Midget: MAJOR AFeb 6 vs. DundasWoolwich: 4 Dundas: 2Goals: Josh Kueneman, Alex Uttley x3Assists: Alex Uttley, Josh Kueneman, Nicholas Pavanel x2, Timothy Shuh, Adam CookFeb 7 vs. CaledonWoolwich: 4 Caledon: 1Goals: Matthew Leger, Adrian Gilles, Alex Uttley x2Assists: Scott Martin, Matthew Leger, Luke Brown, Josh Kueneman
Midget: LL #3Feb 9 vs. LL #1LL3: 1 LL1: 3Goals: Jacob Cornwall
WOOLWICH WILD
Novice: BFeb 8 vs. CambridgeWoolwich: 0 Cambridge: 2Feb 9 vs. Twin CentreWoolwich: 1 Twin Centre: 0
Atom: BBFeb 8 vs. BuffaloWoolwich: 1 Buffalo: 3Goals: HayleeAssists: Maddy, CarlyFeb 9 vs. BuffaloWoolwich: 2 Buffalo: 0Goals: Ella, HayleeShutout: Bethany
Bantam: BFeb 9 vs. BrantfordWoolwich: 0 Brantford: 3
Midget: BFeb 9 vs. MilvertonWoolwich: 1 Milverton: 1Goals: Hannah Weber
Midget: BBFeb 5 vs. Mount ForestWoolwich: 2 Mount Forest: 1Goals: Megan Lair, Cassandra TuffnailAssists: Sydney Meunier, Gillian OlsthoornFeb 11 vs. WilmotWoolwich: 2 Wilmot: 1Goals: Gillian Olsthoorn, Marlee KernickAssists: Claire Hanley
TWIN CENTRE STARS
PeeWee: LL #1Jan 24 vs. New HamburgTwin Centre: 2 New Hamburg: 2Goals: Jack Wolf, Dawson StevensonAssists: Jack Koebel, Conall GillettJan 28 vs. PlattsvilleTwin Centre: 3 Plattsville: 3Goals: Jack Koebel x2, Jaden Palermo, Jack Wolf, Dawson Stevenson, Caleb Eggert, Nathan JantziFeb 2 vs. WoolwichTwin Centre: 4 Woolwich: 2Goals: Jack Wolf x2, Tyris Patrick, Connall GillettAssists: Connall Gillett x2, Jack Wolf, Jack Koebel, Dawson StevensonFeb 8 vs. St. GeorgeTwin Centre: 3 St. George: 0Goals: Isaiah Siewert, Jack Koebel, Dawson StevensonAssists: Ben Hayden, Jack WolfShutout: Lucas Economides
TWIN CENTRE HERICANES
Intermediate: LLFeb 10 vs. WoolwichTwin Centre: 5 Woolwich: 1Goals: Jaide Shantz x3, Shannon Jewitt, Shannon LorentzAssists: Jessica Dunbar x2, Shannon Jewitt, Bekcy Jantzi, Shannon Novak, Holly Lorentz x2, Jaide Shantz
Atom: BFeb 8 vs. GuelphTwin Centre: 6 Guelph: 0Goals: Marlee Fraser x2, Emily Krueger, Katya Yusim x2, Claire HigginsAssists: Avery Bender, Nicole Hehn, Claire Higgins, Bella Kuchma, Marlee Fraser, Emily KruegerShutout: Katie Lee
Bantam: BBFeb 8 vs. LakeshoreTwin Centre: 2 Lakeshore: 0Goals: Sophie Jantzi, Laura RidgeAssists: Leah Sebben, Meghan SchnarrShutout: Nicole HendershotFeb 9 vs. AyrTwin Centre: 1 Ayr: 2Goals: Lauren QuehlAssists: Maddie Jantzi, Laura WeberFeb 10 vs. LondonTwin Centre: 2 London: 3Goals: Pam Hammer, Rebecca VitelloAssists: Jill Sebben, Lauren BrickHOCKEY TOURNAMENTS
Intermediate: LLLondon Devilettes Tournament – Feb 7-9Game 1 vs. MississaugaTwin Centre: 2
once and you don’t play them again for three weeks, you don’t make those kinds of adjustments to that degree. Sure, you might make a couple, but it’s not to that level,” he said.
“We already knew what they were like because we played them so often. They’ve got one line that’s really strong, good scor-ers, fast; they’ve got good size, and they’re physical. We’ve got to really fight hard to compete with their physicality, and we have to shut down their top line.”
After game five in Norwich Friday night, the two teams head back to Wellesley Sat-urday night for a 7:30 p.m. match. If need-ed, a seventh and final game will be played the following afternoon in Norwich.
Mississauga: 0Goals: Shannon Jewitt, Holly LorentzShutout: Lindsey DietrichGame 2 vs. LakeshoreTwin Centre: 4 Lakeshore: 2Goals: Jaide Shantz x2, Shannon Lorentz, Emily DetzlerAssists: Shannon Lorentz x2, Holly Lorentz, Jaide ShantzGame 3 vs. LondonTwin Centre: 5 London: 0Goals: Holly Lorentz x2, Mackenzie Van Bargen, Natasha Runstedler, Jaide ShantzAssists: Taylor Holst, Emily Detzler, Shannon Jewitt, Shannon LorentzShutout: Lindsay DietrichGame 4 vs. LakeshoreTwin Centre: 4 Lakeshore: 1Goals: Mackenzie Van Bargen x2, Shannon Novak, Natasha RunstedlerAssists: Shannon Novak, Taylor Holst, Shannon Jewitt x2, Holly LorentzGame 6 vs. Kent CountyTwin Centre: 0 Kent County: 5
Bantam: LLStoney Creek Sweetheart Tournament – Feb 7-9Game 1 vs. Niagara FallsTwin Centre: 1 Niagara Falls: 5Goals: Natalee DietzAssists: Emily BishopGame 2 vs. ClaringtonTwin Centre: 1 Clarington: 5Goals: Natalee DietzAssists: Elena McKee, Megan GiovannielloGame 3 vs. Stoney CreekTwin Centre: 0 Stoney Creek: 1Game 4 vs. WoolwichTwin Centre: 3 Woolwich: 1Goals: Thomas, Cory, BarettAssists: Noah, Blake
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KINGS PINK THE RINK IN SUPPORT OF FIGHT AGAINST CANCER
The Sugar Kings’ annual “Pink the Rink” charity game on February 9 brought awareness to cancer charities. The team auctioned off their special pink jerseys after the game, raising $7,735 for the Weekend to End Women’s Cancers. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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On the eve of the playoffs, the Wellesley Applejacks took an evening to celebrate the 2013-14 season, holding their annual awards banquet at Kennedy’s Restaurant in St. Agatha on February 6.
While trophies were handed out to distinguished members of the Junior C team, staff took to praising the roster.
“I’m quite a lucky fellow: I get to hang around with the team, and we just have such a riot together,” said Rick Grebinski, communications director for the team. “You see them out on the ice; I see them behind the scenes and at the different outings we go to, and I’ll tell you, they keep me young. Just a great group of guys.”
Head coach Rob Way thanked staff and volun-teers, and added, “We have a lot of players that could win these awards. When the coaches sat down, for every award we had three or four names for every category, so we’re very fortunate to have such a great team of players.”
Cody Tapsell took home the Martin Novack Trophy
Hardware aplenty at Jacks’ banquetWellesley’s players, coaches and staff look back on the season as Midwestern Junior C playoffs get underway
WILL SLOAN for Unsung Player, chosen by head trainer Mark Reit-zel. The trophy was named for a 1995-1997 Applejack who was killed in a motor-cycle accident, and has been presented by Reitzel since 1997.
Parker Wood won the John Igley Memorial Award for Most Valuable Defense-man, with assistant coach Bill Grebinski saying, “I re-member him third practice in, a little bit wet behind the years, who skated up to me and said, ‘Be patient, I’ll get it. I don’t understand it, but I’ll get it.’ And he got it good.” Wood, who was previously named the OHA Midwestern Junior C Rookie of the Year, was also cited as the Jacks’ Rookie of the Year.
With 45 goals (more than anyone else in Ontario Junior C this season), Alex Stoody earned the Total Points Award. Way joked that despite this impressive statistic, Stoody’s 11 total assists made it a tough deci-sion.
Team Captain Brett Mac-Donald was named Most Valuable Player, who Rob Way said “killed penalties, played power plays, and I think everybody would
agree [is] a great leader in the dressing room.”
Way also presented the Coach’s Award to forward Luke Rose. “He takes every goal personally as if it’s his own fault, and I think ev-erybody would agree he’s a
team player.”Others honoured in-
cluded Reid Denstedt for Most Valuable Local Player; Sean McEwan, who won the Don Greene Award for Most Sportsmanlike; Rick Grebin-ski, who won the Top Jacks
Award for volunteerism; Shayne Grebinski, also cited for volunteerism; and Cal Jeffries for Most Improved. “We looked at: Who’s the player that took on a ton of responsibility as the year went on?” said Way of Jef-
fries. “This player started out as a rookie, but by the end he’s killing penalties and taking key face-offs.”
The Jacks ended their season in fifth place in their league with a record of 19-17-3.
Coaching staff had plenty to celebrate as the Wellesley Applejacks held their awards banquet in St. Agatha on February 6. Left to right: Alex Stoody, Reid Denstedt, Brett MacDonald, Cody Tapsell, Sean McEwan, Parker Wood, Cal Jefferies, Luke Rose, Shayne Grebinski. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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6 and under (2008/2009) $70.00Monday and Wednesday 6:30pm
12 and under (2002/2003) $100.00Monday and Wednesday 7:00pm
8 and under (2006/2007) $90.00Monday and Wednesday 6:15pm
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SMALL BUSINESS / START-UP IDEAS
Helping prospects develop a taste for entrepreneurship
One of the biggest media draws in the world is actually an agriculture and food event, the big-gest one in Europe, called Green Week. Staged every January and now in its 79th year, this edition drew a record 410,000 people (mostly consumers) and 5,000-plus journalists over nine days, and more inter-national participants than ever.
It’s a great opportunity for the ag sector to try mov-ing the needle on public opinion. Opposition in Europe, led by Germany, to biotechnology and other modern crop protection measures remains high.
And it shows, not just in anti-technology protests on the streets, but also in news coverage. A report from a pro-crop protection group called Industrieverband Agrar notes that the ratio of bad to good news media reports on plant protection is about 40:1.
The report, distributed at Green Week to mem-bers of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (including me), called out the ag sector for concentrating its efforts on focusing on the economic and environmental impact
Crop protection benefits society, not just farmers
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Waterloo Region Small Business Centre to present seminar for those interested in launching a food-based business
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Waterloo Region Small Business Centre’s upcoming “Starting a Food Business in Waterloo Region” event aims to teach would-be entrepreneurs the basics of safety and health regulations when dealing with food products, said manager Chris Farrell. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]
This winter’s deep freeze may not have you thinking about the deli-cious food options avail-able from street vendors or through local producers, but the time is ripe for those thinking of getting into the game.
In fact, would-be food entrepreneurs can hardly wait for summer. In prepa-ration for warmer times to come, those new to the industry will have a chance next month to learn ev-erything they need to get their goodies out to the public via a business ses-sion created by the Water-loo Region Small Business Centre.
The food game became even more popular with the introduction of food truck licensing in a 2013 City of Waterloo pilot project, said the centre’s manager, Chris Farrell, and with even more small business options available comes the need to educate entrepreneurs. Thus was born “Starting a Food Business in Waterloo Region.”
“[The event] is for people who are interested in start-ing a food business or may-be they’re in early stages of investigating starting a food business,” she said.
Waterloo Region is a hotbed for smaller, start-up food businesses – even in Woolwich a pair of youths
took on the challenge with Cupcakes! Cupcakes! Cup-cakes!, a St. Jacobs market operation by Tiia Planert of Waterloo, and Ice Cream! Ice Cream! Ice Cream!, the mobile frozen treat busi-ness started by Elmira’s Andrew Brubacher last summer.
The challenges at the be-ginning of a food venture are plentiful, as Planert well knows.
“At first you think, ‘It’s going to be great, I can just bake out of my kitchen,’ and that’s the first thing they tell you is you can’t bake out of your kitchen, it has to be a commercial kitchen. Finding one was quite the challenge … find-ing insurance was another thing, finding a location was a third.”
The heavy workload can be another unexpected factor.
“It’s a lot of work, it takes up a lot of your life and be-ing your own boss has its perks but at the same time you are the first person opening up shop in the morning and you’re the last person doing dishes at the end of the day,” she said.
All food businesses, no matter how small, must come back to the basics of operating legally and safe-ly. That’s what the seminar, consisting of representa-tives from food regulatory bodies, will teach partici-pants.
Many regulators that affect the food business will sit on a panel during the event. It’s a long list: Region of Waterloo Public Health, municipal clerk’s office, fire departments, Ontario Ministry of Agri-culture and Food and Rural
Affairs (OMAFRA), Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, and insurers (Elmira’s Josslin Insurance will offer up a take on com-mercial liability insurance for businesses).
The panel hopes to target small food businesses such
as food trucks, family-owned cafés and restau-rants, or even small-time producers of sauces and goods sold at local markets.
There are several mis-conceptions that float
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of crop protection in isola-tion.
Sure, crop protection preserves and increases yields. In fact, it’s conser-vatively estimated yields would drop by one-third without meaningful crop protection, a contention that everyone should keep in mind as we drive to-wards feeding more people on the planet.
But, the report asks, what about the social benefits of crop protection? How does it contribute to society’s goals?
Well, the report says, targeted and properly con-ducted crop protection on farms is actually good for society.
That’s a wide-ranging statement. But the authors know would-be readers are pretty particular about the way farmers use crop protection products. Ger-many is already on high alert, and has been for de-cades, about gene-altering technology. That makes its citizens wary of North American-style crop pro-tection and GMOs.
But as farmers here know, when used prop-erly, crop protection does society good. The report’s authors agree.
They say first, by boost-ing yields, crop protection contributes to a country’s overall economic prosper-ity, not just that of farmers.
And in helping farmers fight bugs, weeds and dis-ease, it permits more food to be grown on less land. “It helps save the globally scarce source of arable land or soil, through generating higher yields per unit of
around when entrepre-neurs get their first whiff of the food business, said Farrell.
“A lot of times people want to start a food busi-ness from their home, but that’s not possible; you need to have a commercial kitchen to make food and then sell it to the public. A lot of people aren’t aware of that.”
Many producers at farm-ers’ markets rent such facilities to create their
area,” says the report.If relatively little more
land is needed to grow food, natural areas don’t have to be sacrificed for production, and biodiver-sity is preserved. This is a huge concern in Germany, where almost 82 million people are packed into a space about one-third the size of Ontario.
And finally, with more green spaces preserved and carbon sequestering main-tained, less greenhouse gases end up being emitted into the atmosphere. With climate change upon us and new pests emerging, crop protection helps hold the line while the plant world adapts.
All this certainly sounds like the position you’d ex-pect pro-technology lobby-ists to take. And I’ve heard their detractors argue against most of the state-ments made.
So have the German peo-ple, at a ratio of 40:1.
But the industry must keep trying different ways, like this society-targeted report perhaps, to make people understand plants grown for food are vulner-able and need help.
You know the come-backs: bees are vulnerable too, and need help. So does wildlife.
And so do people, if products are unsafe.
Can the industry prove it’s not the public’s enemy? It must, be it in Germany, Canada or wherever.
Despite the skepticism, the media wants to hear industry’s story ... beyond the catchy slogan and the perfect picture of the per-fect field.
“homemade” sauces and other goods. And if vendors do choose the market or street food route, there’s much to learn about prepa-ration, she added.
“If you want to prepare food and take it to market and package the foods, then people need to know about labeling that food and making sure that all the ingredients that are in the food are listed. If it isn’t listed on the packaging, they have to have it avail-able for the buyer because
there are so many food allergies. We want to keep the public safe when it comes to food.”
The number of food busi-nesses in the region is only outmatched by ideas for even more tasty creations.
“Location has a lot to do with where you run your business. We have a lot of people who have great ideas for food, who have traditional recipes or may-be ethnic recipes that they want to bring to the market and they haven’t gone to
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“It’s a strange juxta-position,” says James Kall, director of I’ll Be Back Before Midnight. “I spent a lot of last year co-writing a screen-play that was a thriller. I was in the produc-tion of Mary Poppins that opened the new [Drayton] theatre in Cambridge, and when I wasn’t onstage per-forming Mr. Banks, I’d run up to my room and try to come up with creative ways to kill people.”
Could there be any deep-seated psychological reason for such a state of mind?
“I don’t want to get into that,” he laughs. “It’s a nice release, though.”
Murder, it seems, is in the air at Drayton Enter-tainment. In the midst of his screenwriting project, Kall is taking the reins on the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse’s new produc-tion of I’ll Be Back Before
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Aiming for something thrillingly funnyDrayton Entertainment’s I’ll Be Back Before Midnight straddles two genres in show at St. Jacobs Country Playhouse
WILL SLOAN Midnight, a Canadian theatre favourite by Peter Colley.
“It’s unique because it re-ally does perfectly combine the comedy with the aspect of the thriller – there aren’t many of those out there,” says Kall. “When you’re not screaming out to save the heroine, you’ll be laughing with the next breath.”
The play follows Jan, a disturbed woman released from a hospital after a nervous breakdown. To recover, she travels with her husband to a dilapi-dated mansion in rural Ontario, which it turns out is a haunted house. Or not. Given Jan’s uncertain men-tal state, nothing that hap-pens onstage can be taken at face value.
“It’s unlike anything I’ve directed before,” says Kall. “I’ve directed a lot of farces and romantic comedies in the past, but this is a unique challenge because it walks a fine line between the comedy and the thriller aspect.
“With the actors we’ll certainly figure out the best way to play this, in terms of keeping the honesty in the acting but also amping it
up just a little in the horror element.”
He adds, “The fact that we could actually do this sort of thriller live onstage
Murderous shenanigans of all varieties haunt a remote rural house in Peter Colley’s comedy/thriller, which begins its run in St. Jacobs on March 12. [SUBMITTED]
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that has people flinching when they’re not laughing, it will be a fun challenge to pull off.”
Murder and mayhem
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County Spelling Bee. The tricky balance of comedy and horror would present a challenge for any director, but Kall’s extensive experi-ence as an actor gives him an advantage (among his credits: you can spot him as an altar boy in The Deer Hunter).
“Because I’ve been work-ing professionally as an actor for 30-some years, if nothing else I believe I know how to speak to ac-tors to get the best work out of them. I’ve worked with some amazing directors over the years who have done that for me.
“The creative process of directing, because it’s such a process of collaboration with the designers and the actors, I just find it so re-warding. I’m thankful that Drayton Entertainment keeps giving me these op-portunities to switch back and forth.”
I’ll Be Back Before Mid-night runs March 12-30 at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse (40 Benjamin Rd. E.). Tickets are $25-$42, and can be purchased on-line at www.draytonenter-tainment.com, or by calling 1-855-372-9866.
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Impressive Backsplit$299,900 DRAYTON You will be impressed with the space this home offers, unique open concept main floor layout with ceramic floors, oak kitchen w/appliances, huge dining area overlooks the family room w.engineered hardwood flrs, walkout to deck & fenced yard. MLS #1411110
13 Acre Private Oasis$629,900 Drayton Area Inviting Pioneer log home with modern conveniences, exposed logs, tongue & groove & wide plank floors give this home a welcoming feel, eye-catching cathedral ceiling & open staircase to upper loft, updated kitchen, finished basement. MLS#1347271
Superb Semi $272,900 Wellesley Only 6 years old! 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms including a full master ensuite. Great layout on the main floor, spacious kitchen with appliances, walkout of the dinette to rear yard backing onto green space, 1.5 car garage, dbl driveway. MLS #1411931
COUNTRY BUNGALOW$489,900 PARKER/ALMA 30 mins from KW, 7 yr old brick bungalow on almost an acre, 998 sq. ft. detached shop, entertainers kitchen & dining area, black appl., walkout, 9’ ceilings and oversized windows in basement. NEW MLS #1414294
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Country Acre | $239,000It's hard to find country properties at this price. Excellent location close to Drayton on a paved road. This bright 3 bedroom bungalow backs onto farmfields. Full basement and attached single garage. MLS
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DOG TAG PRICES ARE GOING UP MARCH 1STThe Animal Control By-law of the Township of Woolwich requires that every dog must wear a dog tag when off of the property its owner. 2014 Dog Tags are available for purchase at the following locations:
• Creature Comfort Pet Emporium | 1553 King Street North, St. Jacobs• Township Administration Office | Main Floor Reception, 24 Church Street West, Elmira• Eldale Vet Clinic | 150 Church Street West, Elmira• Woolwich Memorial Centre | 24 Snyder Avenue South, Elmira• Pet Valu | 315 Arthur Street South, Elmira• Breslau Animal Hospital | 2057 Victoria Street North (Unit 3), Breslau
Dog owners are required to purchase a tag by March 1st of each year.
Purchasing a dog tag promises your dog a shorter, easier ride home if picked up by the Animal Control Officer. Dogs with tags are delivered home. Dogs without tags are taken to the Humane Society and the owner must pay all costs incurred by the pound before the dog will be released. For more information please call Jessica Low at (519) 669-6009.
Dog tag fees before March 1st Neutered/Spayed $25 Non Neutered/Spayed $35
Dog tag fees after March 1st Neutered/Spayed $40 Non Neutered/Spayed $50
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CONESTOGO – This raised bungalow is in a quiet area, close to school and downtown. Walkout from D.A. to patio. Stone fireplace in the L.R. (w/parquet flr) and a gas fireplace in the rec. room. Newer floor in games room. 5 pc. bathrm (ensuite privilege) 1.5 garage (extra deep!). Dble. driveway. MLS
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BEATING THE WINTER BLUES IN LINWOOD
It was a blizzard of fun at the Linwood Community Centre on February 8 as Linwood Snofest returned for another year. Clockwise from top: kids go bonkers for bubbles; Samuel MacLeod rocks out; Meryl Doherty has the butterfly effect. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
Erick Traplin wows the crowd, while Georgia Jeske and Samuel MacLeod get into the festivities. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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Stag and DoeMark Paisley & Tracy Weber
Woodside Bible Fellowship200 Barnswallow Dr. Elmira.
Chili/Baked Potato Dinner, Games, Raffle, Pie Auction and Silent Auction.
Saturday February 15th, 2014 • 4:30-10:30pm
Tickets $10 at the door
Southcote, Graham LoweryPeacefully passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at Hospice Wel-lington, Guelph, at the age of 87 years. Graham, of Elmira, was the beloved husband of the late Betty (Ertel) South-cote (2003). Dear father of Marilyn and Larry Shantz of Alma, Rick and Deb Southcote of Waterloo. Lovingly remembered by his four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Brother of Doreen Calma. Predeceased by his siblings, Norman Southcote, John Southcote, Ethel Cronkhite and Lillian Major. Graham was a veteran of the Second World War and served in the Royal Canadian Navy on a corvette ship from 1942 – 1945. After serving his country, he went on to study electrical engineering at McGill University where he earned top marks. He worked at Sutherland-Schultz for 37 years where he travelled all over North America to solve many problems that others were not able to solve in the electrical industry. Graham was well respected by his peers. The family received their relatives and friends at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira on Thursday, February 13, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Parish prayers were offered at the funeral home on Thursday at 8 p.m. Fu-neral mass was celebrated at St. Teresa of Avila RC Church, Elmira on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 11 a.m. followed by interment in Elmira Union Cemetery. In Graham’s memory, donations to Chateau Gardens Auxiliary or Hospice Wellington would be appreciated as ex-pressions of sympathy. A special thank you to Chateau Gardens Assisted Living for the excellent care given to Graham and his family for over six years.
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ELLIS, Elizabeth “Betty Jane” (nee Jackson)Born June 18, 1929, passed away peacefully in Orlando,
Florida on Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at 84 years of age. Survived by Edwin Ellis her loving husband of 59 years, son Campbell, daughter-in-law Tammy, and grandson Christopher - all of Orlando. Betty Jane will be missed by sister-in-law Joan (W. Graham) Jackson of Elmira, 3 nieces and a nephew. Predeceased by parents Oliver
Earl Jackson and Margaret Cora Fenton Jackson of Elmira, brother Graham of Elmira, sister Frances and
her husband Ron Corbett of Toronto. Thank you to the Elmira and Drayton area family and friends who shared
news from “home” with Betty Jane over the years.
A visitation will be held on Sunday February 16 at Robert Bryant Funeral Home in Orlando.
Thank You
It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the town of St. Clements. My 28 years in the fire service have been
very rewarding. I have been fortunate to meet, work and serve this community throughout the years.
I want to thank all of you, especially the St. Clements Firefighters for providing me opportunities to succeed
and being a source of support and guidance.
Being District Chief has been an incredible experience and one that I will always cherish.
Effective February 14, 2014 It is with great sadness to announce my retirement from St. Clements Fire Station.
SNYDER (Uberig), Thelma L. Peacefully at Woodstock Hospital on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, Thelma
Loraine Snyder in her 88th year. Loving mother of the late Michael Snyder, Pete Snyder, Lori MacGregor (Rod), Becky Verwaayen (Ed) and Mary Stever (Jim). Doting Granny to Greg, Melissa, James, Mark, Kathryn, Jacqueline, Michael,
Lauren, Madeline, Miranda, Carling and Aidan. Sadly missed by her sister June Heibein (Don). Fondly remembered by Don Snyder (Twylla), Joan Milne, Jim Snyder (Doreen) and Joyce Uberig, as well as her nieces, nephews and many
friends. Predeceased by her parents Robert and Ada Uberig (nee Devitt) and her brother Fred Uberig. Thelma had a long teaching career, was a life- long learner
and a devoted advocate for children. A service to celebrate Thelma’s life will be held at the SMITH-LeROY FUNERAL HOME, 69 Wellington Street North, Woodstock on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at 11:00 am. If desired, memorial donations in memory of Thelma’s loving son Michael can be made to Special
Olympics Woodstock. Smith-LeRoy, (519) 537-3611. Personal condolences may be sent at www.smithleroy.com
OBITUARY
Whittom, AustinMay 30, 2000 - February 7, 2014 After a hard fought and courageous battle with leukemia, our hero, Austin passed away at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He leaves behind his mother and step-father, Jen Whittom and Joe Driscoll of Elmira; his father and step-mother, Todd Whittom and Amanda Strauss of Kitchener; his brothers and sisters, Nathan, Brayden, Brianna and Emily. Also lovingly remembered by his grandparents and many aunts, uncles and cousins. Austin’s family received relatives and friends on Monday, Feb-ruary 10 and Tuesday, February 11 at the Dreisinger Funeral Home , Elmira. Mass of Christian burial took place on Wednesday, February 12 at 11 a.m. at St. Teresa of Avila RC Church, Elmira. Interment will be in Elmira Union Cem-etery. As expressions of sympathy, do-nations may be made to the Child Life Fund Account at McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton.
Congratulations
Melanie received her Make Up Artist Certification Diploma from Complections
College of Make Up and Design in January 2014. Melanie resides
and works in Toronto.
Melanie K. Motz
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BURKHARDT, ILENE (NEE SHANTZ) | March 6, 1914 - February 6, 2014 Ilene Burkhardt, in her 100th year, passed away peacefully at Forest Heights Long Term Care. Local rela-tives are her daughter Sandra and Ross Shantz of Wellesley.
SPAHR, NEIL MELVILLE | Went willingly into the arms of his Lord Jesus, peacefully at St. Mary’s Hospital on Thursday, February 6, 2014. Neil, of Wellesley, in his 87th year.
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LIVING HEREVOLUNTEERISM / MOVING ON
It was red and white here this week. Not only did we celebrate Valen-tine’s Day in style, but we’re showing our support for Canada in the winter Olympics. The energy is contagious, and seeing the Olympians realize their dreams and goals is inspir-ing.
There are lots of stories coming out of Sochi about how prepared they were for the Olympics. I definitely wouldn’t see myself de-signing hotels or hosting a massive sporting event lasting weeks in the winter, yet we can create a beauti-ful dinner at a much small-er venue and have it go off without a problem. Why? Well, practice does make perfect and thankfully we get a lot of practice.
This week I was thinking about how much Russian food I am really exposed to. I can’t say there has been a lot. No, I’m not think-ing about Russian dress-ing, but I did remember the Stratford Chef School and one of my dishes was the wonderful Coulibiac. Don’t be afraid. It’s so easy, delicious and, well, a bit
A little taste of Russia to get in the Olympic spirit
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WILL SLOAN
“The toughest part of our job, living in a small town, is when you do the medical part of it,” says Dennis Ertel, outgoing dis-trict fire chief in St. Clem-ents. “It’s either somebody you know, or it’s someone related to you somehow.
“City people, probably 99 per cent of their calls they don’t know – they get their job, and away they go. With ours, it becomes emotional.”
Over his 28 years in the fire department, Dennis Ertel has been a fixture of the St. Clements commu-nity. Now he’s wrapping up an eight-year tenure as district chief, part of a restructuring plan that will eliminate six jobs from the fire service. While Ertel isn’t retiring from public service, his departure marks the end of an era.
“He should be com-mended for his years of service,” said Wellesley Township fire chief An-drew Lillico. “Today, turnover of staff is more frequent because the gen-eration is a little bit young-er – anywhere from the low-20s are the new stuff coming into the field, and their family lives change, their work environment changes. Members who stay 28 years are less and less.”
Firefighting was “kind of in the genes” for Ertel. He joined the fire service as a firefighter in 1986, the same job as his late father, Claude Ertel.“It was alto-gether different back then,”
After 28 years with St. Clements station, Dennis Ertel wraps it up due to township’s restructuring plans
he says of his dad’s time. “First of all, they never had pagers, they never knew what they were going to until they got there, and the equipment we’ve got now is three times better.”
Even with the advance-
ments, “Any major fire, by just reading the smoke and reading how the flames were turning, that’s where you learn the most.”
After paying his dues as a firefighter, Ertel worked his way up the ladder. In 1991
he became a captain, and then an assistant district chief in 2005, and finally district chief in 2006. Over the years, he has watched the community grow. “Where we’re sitting right now was a gravel pit,” he
says in his St. Clements home.
During his time, he watched and led the mod-ernization of the depart-ment, notes Lillico. “He has been instrumental in work-ing with us to change our tiered response protocol to make our responses more effective for the citizens. He was also instrumental in developing the speci-fication for the Township of Wellesley/St. Clements pumper in 2006.”
“We were getting called out for every band-aid type of thing,” Ertel remembers. “It’s nice to go out and help people but the money starts adding up.” With the tiered response system, “We [prioritized] what was critical, and that’s what we would respond to, instead of going to somebody with a bloody nose.
“The Ontario Fire Mar-shal set up a guide that if the ambulance could be on scene in 10 minutes, they wouldn’t send us. If it takes the ambulance more than 10 minutes, then we would be tiered.”
At 57, Ertel isn’t quite ready to retire: he con-tinues to patrol roads for winter operations for the Region of Waterloo. But has he at least planned a party for his last day at the St. Clements station on Friday?
“Not right now,” he laughs. “I’m not sure what we’re going to do.”
“He’s an excellent inci-dent commander, and a lot of years in fire service, which he should be very proud of,” says Lillico.
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CHEF’S TABLE/ DIERRE ACHESON
Dennis Ertel, who joined the St. Clements department in 1986, wraps up his stint as district chief this week due to changes made by Wellesley Township. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]
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FEBRUARY 17
ELMIRA & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL Society presents “Introduction to Cacti & Other Succulents - Inside & Outside” with David Naylor from the Toronto Cactus & Succulent Club. Trinity United Church, 21 Arthur St. N., Elmira, 7:30 p.m. Please bring shoes or slippers to wear.
OLD LOVE BY NORM Foster presented by Elora Community Theatre. Romantic comedy involving mature people (mature language), directed by Julie Wheeler Bryant. Feb. 14-23, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. Fergus Grand Theatre, 244 St. Andrew St. W., Fergus. Tickets: www. fergusgrandtheatre.ca or phone 519-787-1981 box office. Reduced rates for seniors and groups starting at $15.
COME CELEBRATE FAMILY DAY with a visit to the WTHHS Historical Room at the Old School, 1137 Henry St., Wellesley between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and enjoy displays and interesting facts about Wellesley Township. Free admission.
THE OPTIMIST CLUB OF St. Jacobs is sponsoring a free family skate from 3-4:30 p.m. at the arena in St. Jacobs. CSA approved helmets are required for all children under 16 years of age.
FEBRUARY 18
ALL TOGETHER TUESDAYS AT Gale Presbyterian Elmira. Come out between 7 and 8.30 with your kids or grand kids JK to Grade 6 for a bible story, a crafty activity, a game in the fellowship hall and a snack. Call Lisa at 519- 669-2852 or email [email protected] Please bring indoor shoes and water bottle.
TUESDAY LUNCHEON - GALE Presbyterian Church, 10 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira; 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Ham and scalloped potatoes, hot vegetable, cabbage salad, roll, cherry cheesecake, beverage, $10. Takeouts available by calling 519-669-2852 before 11 a.m. To be picked up at the church - please specify pick-up time when ordering.
ELECTRONIC BINGO UPSTAIRS AT the St. Clements Community Centre, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. Phone Joe Brick at 519-699-4022. Everyone welcome.
FEBRUARY 19
SENIORS LUNCH AT NOON (doors open at 11:30 a.m.). Wellesley Community Centre, 1000 Mapleleaf St., Wellesley. Cost $6. Join us for a noonday light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519-664-1900 or toll free: 1-855-664-1900 for more information.
FEBRUARY 20
THE LIONS CLUB OF Elmira 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 519-572-2669.
HEALTH EDUCATION SESSION - Getting a Good Night’s Sleep, Adam Kras, ACCQ Sleep Lab; 10:30-11:30 a.m., Breslau Mennonite Church, 226 Woolwich St., Breslau. Everyone welcome, no free, no registration. For more information please call 519-664-3794.
FEBRUARY 21
MOVIE NIGHT AT GALE Presbyterian Church. Come out and watch a movie at 7 p.m. in our fellowship hall. Tuck shop of snacks for sale opens at 6:30 p.m. Call Lisa 519-669-2852 or email [email protected].
HEALTH EDUCATION SESSION. GETTING Calcium from Food: Sources, Requirements and Functions in our Body, Tiffany Krahn, dietitian, Woolwich Community Health Centre; 10:15-11:15 a.m. at Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. Everyone welcome! No fee, no registration. For more information call 519-664-3794.
FEBRUARY 22
VISIT TO THE WTHHS Historical Room at the Old School, 1137 Henry St., Wellesley between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and enjoy displays and interesting facts about Wellesley Township. Free admission.
FEBRUARY 24
SENIORS LUNCH CLUB AT noon (doors open at 11:30 a.m.). Woolwich Memorial Centre, 24 Snyder Ave. S., Elmira (community room). Cost $6. Join us for a noonday light lunch and fellowship. Call Community Care Concepts at 519-664-1900 for more information.
FEBRUARY 25
ELECTRONIC BINGO UPSTAIRS AT the St. Clements Community Centre, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. Phone Joe Brick at 519-699-4022. Everyone welcome.
22 Florapine Rd., Floradale • 519-669-2861www.floramc.org
9:45am Sunday School
11:00am Worship Service
Hopping Thursday’s7-8:30pm Programs for all ages
www.elmiracommunity.org
SUNDAYS @ 10:30AM Services at Park Manor School
18 Mockingbird Dr., Elmira • 519-669-1459
Sunday, February 16
Getting God’sVision for My Life
47 Arthur St., S. Elmira • 519-669-3153www.thejunctionelmira.com
Finding The Way Together
Zion Mennonite Fellowship-The Junction-
Sunday School 9:30amWorship Service 10:45 am
REACH WITH LOVE. TEACH THE TRUTH. SEND IN POWER.
Rev. Paul Snow
Service at 10:30am
Sunday School at 9:30am
www.ElmiraAssembly.com (Across from Tim Horton’s)290 Arthur St. South, Elmira • 519-669-3973
www.woodsidechurch.ca200 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira • 519-669-1296
Sunday, February 16, 20149:15 & 11:00 AM
“Training in Community”Speaker – Stefan Konig
Olympic Faith
4522 Herrgott Rd., Wallenstein • 519-669-2319www.wbconline.ca
Sun., Feb. 16th
11:00am
Christ Our HealerGary GoodkeyDiscovering God Together
27 Mill St., Elmira • 519-669-2593 www.stpaulselmira.ca
St. Paul’sLutheranChurch
Sharing the Message of Christ and His Love
Pastor: Richard A. Frey
9:15am Sunday School10:30am Worship Service
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Emmanuel EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY CHURCH Worship Service Sundays 10:45am
519.669.5030
building relationships with God,one another and the world
850 Sawmill Rd, Bloomingdale, ON N0B 1K0 (519) 744-7447 | [email protected] | www.kcf.org
SUNDAYS - 9:00 & 11:00AMWEDNESDAYS - 7:00PM
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58 Church St. W., Elmira • 519-669-5123
Worship: 9:30am
“Parent-Child Dedication”Christian Educationfor all ages: 11:00am
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LIVING HERE | 27THE OBSERVER | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2014
ACROSS1. Smell6. Section of a lobe13. Detachable container16. Acoustic17. Helmet flower18. Altar avowal19. Official opposition21. Hawaiian wreath22. Bit of hope23. Mire24. Long, long time25. Big shot29. Resigning32. Aerograms34. Morgue, for one35. Opera solo36. Mouthful37. Ambition38. Encountered41. ___ Today43. Hightailed it45. Mr. Calloway46. Before47. Philharmonic52. Switched on53. His “4” was retired
54. Eggs55. Cheerleader’s cheer56. Biblical suffix57. Frat letter58. Tribute, of sorts60. Spanish appetizer63. “It’s no ___!”64. Rockets67. Stockrooms71. Eaters72. Portray73. Kia model74. Bodily fluid75. Compass heading76. Verbal punishments83. Baby carrier?84. Shackles85. Architectural projection86. Potpie morsel87. Lamp88. Momma Gump actressDOWN1. Functioned as2. “Say what?”3. Glass of public radio4. Furbys, once5. Regional plant life
6. Delicate7. Mozart’s “L’___ del Cairo”8. Fishing gear9. Brotherhoods10. Fast talk11. Took the cake, say12. Abbr. after a name13. Mushroom cap14. Ancient Greek theater15. “Nothing ___!”20. Light bulb units24. ___ of spades25. J.F.K. overseer26. Vent27. Victory28. Catch29. Reimburse30. Dickens’s ___ Heep31. Musical selection33. Ask, as for aid37. Bow38. Gas39. Be off base40. It’s served in spots42. Ponied up?44. ___’easter
47. “___ Loves You”48. “Are we there ___?”49. Additional50. Genealogy51. A white knight’s outfit59. Provide, as with a quality61. The “p” in m.p.g.62. Balaam’s mount63. Ashes holder64. Beams65. Expresses feelings66. Gadgets67. “The sweetest gift of heaven”: Virgil68. Bit of color69. Alpha’s opposite70. Be bombastic74. “Check this out!”76. Propellant in aerosol cans77. “And I Love ___”78. Burn up79. Big time80. Zilch81. ___ el Amarna, Egypt82. Cunning
Going GPS directions one better by adding moon-enhancing to the menu
Q. Getting there fast is one thing, getting there in the best possible mood is quite another. How does Patent no. 8,364,395 try to help drivers do this?A. It fuses advances in mapping and traffic data with those in mood detec-tion to form “an emotionally integrated navigation sys-tem,” says Marisa Fessenden in “Scientific American” magazine. Route-planning to avoid tolls and traffic jams is straightforward enough; now new technolo-gies can gauge mood via microphones to detect vocal stress in drivers asking for
directions or screaming expletives. Sensors can also detect pulse rates and sweaty palms on the steer-ing wheel, while other soft-ware can mine social-media streams for users’ emotions and locations.
A new device from IBM would permit tourist navi-gation in unfamiliar cities, avoiding road-rage inci-dents or local protests while taking in “buzz-generating restaurants or tranquil scenery.” Emoticons along the route would act as guides. The device even factors in an area’s recent history, choosing destina-tions with high happiness rates over the past week, says co-inventor Paul B. French of IBM. “If an area cheered visitors up, the sys-tem would classify the route
as mood-enhancing. The change of mood is key.”
As Pearce argues, “We should be recycling our feces and urine in the same way we recycle scarce met-als. In some places, that will involve much more ad-vanced technology.” Even in the developed world, “flush and forget” should end.Q. When hunger turns truly horrifying, how bad can things get?A. According to written accounts of the “starving time” winter of 1609-1610 in colonial Jamestown, Virginia, sickness and food shortages got so bad that the settlers became desper-ate, eating horses, dogs, rats, snakes and even boiled boots, says Bruce Bower in “Science News” magazine. As a last resort, human
corpses were consumed. The settlement was nearly wiped out, with only 60 of the 300 inhabitants surviv-ing.
Recently, a partial skull and shinbone from a teen-age girl dubbed Jane were unearthed, and analysis showed that “closely spaced cuts in Jane’s forehead, which can be made only on a motionless body, are con-sistent with the young girl having been dead before the cuts were made,” reported scientists at the Smithson-ian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. Tooth development and the growth stage of the knee joint put Jane’s age at about 14 years.
Jane’s partial remains were excavated in a struc-ture’s cellar, which had
become a refuse pit by 1610. Aside from Jane, research-ers found military equip-ment, pots, seashells, and the remains of horses, dogs and other animals. Jane represents the only skeletal evidence of cannibalism in the Americas during colonial times. But, said historian James Horn of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, “we don’t think Jane was alone in being can-nibalized at Jamestown.” Q. When are hungry dol-phins on a feeding frenzy having a literal “ball”?A. When it’s a “baitball,” or a huge, pulsating sphere of hundreds or even thou-sands of tightly gathered fish such as mackerel, with the myriad individuals trying to avoid predators by hiding toward the center,
says “Science Illustrated” magazine. “However, the dolphins have the fish sur-rounded and trapped just below the surface, allowing the feeding frenzy to begin.”
A full-blown baitball feed leaves few survivors, says Georgienne Bradley of Sportdiver.com, for even as predators become satiated, new enlistees arrive. Against the odds, small groups of baitfish may escape to cruise the waters, eating as much as they can as quickly as they can. “The rule of the oceans is clear and simple: Get as big as you can before you get eaten.”
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bill is a journalist, Rich holds a doctorate in physics. Together the brothers bring you “Strange But True.” Send your questions to [email protected].
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old-school. Salmon, egg, mushrooms, onion, spin-ach wrapped in puff pastry. So popular Escoffier made it his own, which means it can work for you too. Enjoy.
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cess water;Roll out pastry to double
the size of the fish, place crepe on top of pastry – a 6x6 tile of pastry works for 1 salmon portion;
Layer mushrooms and spinach on top of the crepe;
Season salmon with salt and pepper, place in hot pan and sear on both sides (it is best to remove the skin);
Place seasoned salmon trout on the top, grate eggs and place on top of fish;
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ing the wash around the sides. Fold the pastry over the salmon and crimp the pastry to seal the edges;
Slice the top of the pas-try to allow the steam to escape and egg wash the parcel;
Bake in oven at 400 F for 10 minutes, turn down to 350 F and bake the rest of the way, to a temperature of 150 F.
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