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While larger farmers’ markets such as St. Jacobs might steal the lime-light, the Elmira market quietly celebrated its 10th anniversary last weekend.

Located on Maple Street and tucked in a parking lot behind the new township office, the market sets up every Saturday morning from the first weekend in May to the last weekend of October. What began as a one-off experiment initiated by the Elmira Business Improvement Area back in 2002 has grown into one of the town’s best-kept secrets.

“I can hardly believe we’ve been here for 10 years,” said Laurene Martin last Satur-

Regional councillors have asked staff to find a yet another compromise for a proposed road-widening and repair project on a portion of Sawmill Road and Northfield Drive in Conestogo.

The issue isn’t whether or not the road should be fixed – of that there is no debate – but how to go about repairing the road in a way that appeases as many residents and community groups as possible.

Cyclists want Sawmill Road in particu-lar widened to accommodate bike lanes, while residents want to preserve the area’s historic character and properties.

“What I’ve heard is outcry from the public that they will lose their front yards, along with a number of trees taken down, and five or possibly six properties that the region would have to buy and knock down” said Woolwich mayor and regional councillor Todd Cowan.

Another issue is the upwards of 50 to 60 parking spaces in the village that would need to be eliminated to accommodate the road-widening, including at the fire station.

“(The region) don’t want to expand the road any more than it is because there is not a lot of space along parts of that road.”

Cowan said there were “four or five” delegations at the meeting on Tuesday, including cyclists hoping to promote the

Conestogo road-widening proposal put on hold

JAMES JACKSON

ROADS | 4

A decade of local foodJAMES JACKSON day.

Martin and her husband Alan are just one of two vendors who have been at the market since its inception.

“We’ve had some great community sup-port, or we wouldn’t be here anymore. We’ve had some ups and downs over the years but it’s the consumers that have kept us here.”

After getting their start in 2002, the group ran into insurance problems at their location in the parking lot behind what is now the Bargain Shop. The Home Hard-ware store heard of their problems and offered up some of their land for the stalls. They’ve called that parking lot home ever since and have been running full-time

since 2003.They had about 10 vendors that first sea-

son, a number that has ebbed and flowed over the years. Currently they attract about 15 vendors full-time, with another handful who come only at certain times of the season to sell their strawberries, corn, or other seasonal fare.

“Some tried it and moved on, while new ones come on all the time,” said Martin, who sells baking and preserves from her family’s stall.

The market has a large range of prod-ucts, offering not only produce but home baking, flowering plants, trees, handmade

MARKET | 4

The Elmira Farmer’s Market marked its tenth anniversary last weekend at its usual spot on Maple Street. For a decade the group has promoted the sale of locally-sourced food, and they are open Saturday mornings from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. from May to October. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]

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Councillors, however, say personnel matters are left

Councillors take hands-off stance in hiring controversy

STEVE KANNON

STEVE KANNON to staff; the situation has not been the subject of a formal discussion, nor are there plans to question the decision to hire someone in the country on a temporary visa set to expire in mid-June.

Saskia Koning, a South African citizen, beat out some 120 other candidates to win the executive assis-tant’s position, starting the job Apr. 26. It was to be a three-year contract.

Chief administrative officer David Brenneman said this week there’s been no change in Koning's visa situation. It’s likely she’ll have to leave the post, send-ing the township back to square-one in the hiring process.

Brenneman and Mayor Todd Cowan, who was involved in the hiring pro-cess, deemed Koning the best-qualified candidate. Without her application,

the township had consid-ered re-advertising for the position, deeming all the other applications ill-suited to the job.

"If the position becomes vacant the only additional costs that will need to be incurred will be associ-ated with the recruitment process," said Cowan in an email.

"It should be noted that had the township not hired Ms. Koning, we would have

proceeded to re-advertise the position and incurred those costs regardless."

Koning’s own résumé, however, does not seem to fit the qualifications stipu-lated by the township when it advertised for an execu-tive assistant to the mayor/council and corporate communications assistant. Brenneman said he is satis-fied with her background and experience.

Officials have also de-

clined to discuss the pay scale for an administrative assistant’s job – $43,000 to $53,000 a year, plus gener-ous benefits – that are out of line with HRSDC data for similar jobs in the pri-vate sector. The township position pays about 50 per cent above private-sector averages for administra-tive assistance jobs – about $35,000 – and much more

HIRE | 6

The Woolwich Counsel-ling Centre (WCC) has been named the recipient of the 2012 Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region (SVPWR) Investee award.

With the award comes guaranteed funding of $25,000 per year over the next three to five years, along with mentorship and guidance from more than 50 partners with SVPWR.

“We’re pretty thrilled,” said Mary Wilhelm, execu-tive director of the centre.

SVPWR launched back in 2010 using a business model created in Seattle, Washington in 1997 by Paul Brainerd. His vision was to build a philanthropic community that leveraged venture capital practices, meaning a group of part-ners pool not only their money – a minimum dona-tion of $5,000 is required per year – but also their technical or vocational skills to help community-based organizations grow.

“The $25,000 is impor-tant but it goes way beyond that. The other pieces are very attractive,” said Will-helm.

“We’re not just about writing a cheque,” added Jennifer King, executive director of SVPWR. “Along with the grant comes the expertise of our partners.”

LINWOOD STUDENTS GREEN THEIR SPACE

Students at Linwood Public School, including Grade 8 Green Team members Shaylen Jones (left), Chantelle Weber, Julia Lee, Johnny Metzger, and Emma Weber (back) participated in the school’s sixth annual spring plant in the schoolyard Monday. The event included four new trees, 24 new shrubs, and 21 new perennials as part of the award-winning environmental sanctuary. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]

Woolwich Counselling Centre the recipient of $25,000 award

JAMES JACKSON That expertise can range from a marketing and busi-ness background to pro-mote the investee, to legal and fundraising assistance as well.

“It really is a partner-ship,” King said. “We be-lieve in the idea that we can accomplish more by pooling our money and our time.”

In three years the SVPWR will reexamine the progress of each investee and decide if they wish to continue funding them. They also perform annual evaluations of the program to see how the groups are progressing and how the funds are be-ing used.

WCC provides various counseling programs and services to support the needs of the people of Wa-terloo Region, with a focus on youth and children. They help about 160 kids per year with issues rang-ing from grief and loss to autism, and Willhelm hopes that number will climb to at least 200 with this in-creased funding.

As far as dedicated funds for children are concerned, the group receives a dona-tion from the United Way as well as $15,000 from Wal-lenstein Feed every year, so $25,000 of guaranteed funding every year over the

AWARD | 6

Shuttered, the last service having taken place at the end of 2011, Chalmers Presbyterian Church remains a Win-terbourne landmark, one advocates say deserves preservation. They found a receptive audience in Woolwich councillors, who this week agreed to include the building on its Munici-pal Heritage Register.

The inclusion of the church as a “listed building of interest” affords it some protection, and perhaps paves the way for a full-on heritage designation.

Built in 1870, the struc-ture has essentially re-mained unchanged over the last 142 years, serving as a Presbyterian church. In December, however, the church closed its doors due to a declining membership. In January, some 60 resi-dents worried the building could be lost to demoli-tion if the property is sold, petitioned the township to preserve the building.

“In smaller communities like Winterbourne, there are usually a few structures

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When the market shuts down for the winter months a three-person committee plans for the next season and talks have often turned to how they can attract more custom-ers. While they could make the market larger if they wanted to, organizers fear it would take away from the true nature of why they started in the first place.

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safety aspects of installing bike lanes through the vil-lage by drawing upon the recent death of Waterloo cyclist Barrie Conrod, who was struck by an SUV and died in Wellesley Township almost a month ago.

Meeting Tuesday, councillors asked staff to develop a new report that considers the concerns of the cyclists.

Cowan added they were receptive to the idea of designating Flax Mill Drive as a bike path, and said he was open to the idea as long as the region was willing to cost-share the project on the township road.

“Compromise will be good for both sides,” he noted. “At this point we haven’t moved on it, we’re waiting for staff to come

back so we can address the cyclist issue.

“They (cyclists) felt they weren’t being given a dedi-cated area.”

The Region of Waterloo is currently considering improvements to Sawmill Road from Musselman Crescent to the Conestogo Bridge, and on Northfield Drive from the south limits of the village to Country Spring Walk. A traffic study indicated that by 2024 the intersection of Northfield and Sawmill would operate at a “poor level of service.”

The original plan called for the road to be widened by 1.5 metres to accom-modate cyclists and buggy traffic, the installation of left-turn lanes at the intersection of Northfield and Sawmill, the construc-tion of a pedestrian refuge island, and enhanced

boulevard landscaping, among others, totaling $5.2 million.

Following public consul-tation back in October at Conestogo Public School, and after reviewing public comments, the project team that was established to direct the planning of the improvements came back to council with the suggestion to abandon the widening of the road and to reconstruct Sawmill Road and Northfield Drive in its current configuration.

That modification would cost an estimated $2.5-mil-lion, or about half of the original project, and to be funded by the roads reha-bilitation reserve fund.

Cowan said he expects a new report to come for-ward in about three weeks at the next committee meeting.

ROADS: Regional council has trouble with plan that would alter the makeup of the villageFROM | COVER

want. You must make it, bake it, or grow it. That’s our motto. That way we keep it local.

“If everyone in Elmira came, we couldn’t support them all.”

They currently attract shoppers from across the region, and even from areas outside of Water-loo, who are drawn to the quaint nature of the market rather than the larger mar-kets that are very busy on a Saturday morning.

“Some come from Kitchener and bypass St. Jacobs market for Elmira. It’s a little quieter, a little smaller, and they know it’s local.”

As part of their 10th

anniversary they offered sausage on a bun with all proceeds going to lo-cal food banks, as well as wagon rides.

Foodlink also launched its 11th annual Buy Local! Buy Fresh! map at the mar-ket last Saturday morning as part of the anniversary, and it includes informa-tion on upwards of 70 local farms and farmers markets. Copies of the map can be found at local libraries, as well as food retailers and restaurants across the re-gion.

The market runs every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and for more informa-tion on the Foodlink maps visit www.foodlink.ca.

MARKET: Ten years in the making, market has reason to celebrate; Foodlink launches new mapFROM | COVER

Foodlink board members Andrew Coppolino (left), Julia White, Ingrid Schiller, and Karl Allen-Muncey, along with Harold Albrecht (centre) and Foodlink manager Anna Contini (right) launched their annual Buy Local! Buy Fresh! food map at the market last Saturday as well. [SUBMITTED]


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Woolwich this week joined a long list of Canadian municipalities expressing their unease over the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), currently in the negotiation stage between Canada the European Union.

Meeting this week, councillors passed a resolution calling on the federal and provincial governments to stand up for municipal interests, as critics have

seen the possibility the deal could undermine local autonomy, including purchasing decisions. The deal is also a potential threat to local drinking water systems.

Municipalities could lose some of their ability to control who bids on contracts for goods and services – CETA would open the process to international companies, disallowing any buy-local provisions. Far more worrying is the access-by-stealth aspects of the deal: European designs on Canada’s resources, including water, an ongoing threat with existing and proposed free trade agreements.

M AY 2 4

4:30 AM | Police received a call about a dog that had been barking for three hours on Anne Street near Riverside Drive in Elmira. When police arrived they found the dog tied to a tree unable to move and it had been sprayed by a skunk. The animal was transported to the Humane Society.

7:30 PM | Two people travel-ling in a red Dodge pickup on Line 86 near Manser Road were attacked by a man who threw rocks at the their vehicle. When they stopped the man proceeded to attack the female passenger. The attacker is described at wearing a white shirt and black pants. Police could not find any suspects in their search.

Police seek suspect following break-and-enter in BreslauPolice were contacted at 3:40 on May 27 about a break-and-enter at a Dol-man Street residence in Breslau.

When officers arrived they discovered the home’s back door was open. Once inside, they found the house had been ransacked.

A safe taken from an upstairs room was found near train tracks near the

house. Owners of the house reported a small amount of money and some jewelry was missing.

Police are looking for a suspect described as 25 to 35 years old, average height and medium build with short brown hair, scruffy beard, dark yellow teeth wearing a black ball cap and a long-sleeved t-shirt with a silver cross wing design.

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8:30 PM | A Listowel Road resident contacted police when they discovered that the license plate on their vehicle had been switched with an expired plate. The investigation continues.

MAY 27

9:50 AM | An 80-year-old Elmira woman was backing out of her driveway on Snyder Avenue when she blacked out, causing her black Saturn to loop around and drive into her own house. The car had significant damage and the woman

sustained minor injuries. No charges were laid.

7:00 PM | A Conestogo man driving a 2011 Nissan van hit a deer on Sawmill Road near Bloomingdale. The deer survived the impact and ran into a field. The vehicle sustained significant damage to the left side. No injuries were reported by the driver.

MAY 28

2:00 PM | A 16-year-old Elmira man operating a 1998 Toyota on Reid Wood Drive near Floradale lost control of the vehicle and rolled over, causing

significant damage. The youth was charged with ‘careless driving’ and not having a G1 licensed driver in the vehicle with him at the time.

3:55 PM | An accident occurred at Entertaining Elements on King Street North in St. Jacobs when a 51-year-old man cut his inner thigh moving a stove. The man was a friend of the owner and not an employee. He was helping the owner pack appliances as the store is moving. He was taken to Grand River Hospital to be treated.

M AY 2 9

7:20 AM | A 66-year-old Brampton man was charged with an improper turn when he struck a 2000 Safari van operated by a 49-year-old Wellesley man with his transport truck. The truck driver told police he was driving when he realized he was heading in the wrong direction and made a U-turn before hitting the other vehicle.

3:45 PM | Police received a call about graffiti on the Apostolic Church and at a nearby park on the building near the tennis courts on Lobsinger Line in Heidelberg. The investigation continues.

8:25 PM | A 31-year-old woman from Markham was charged with ‘fail to stop at a red light’ when she drove her 2011 Jetta into a 2003 Kia driven by an Elmira woman in her 30s at the intersec-tion of Arthur Street North and Church Street in Elmira. No injuries were reported. Both vehicles suf-fered moderate damage.

10:45 PM | Police and firefighters responded to a fire at a store on Katherine Street near Line 86 in West Montrose. Fire officials believe the fire started from a faulty electrical system. Damage was estimated at $10,000.

Building on the suc-cess of their affordable housing rental units on Centre Street in Elmira, MennoHomes is embark-ing on an ambitious plan to create even more afford-able housing in Elmira and Wellesley village.

The projects involve ren-ovating an existing bunga-low located at 9 Ratz St. in Elmira, building a duplex on the adjacent vacant lot, and building a second du-plex in Wellesley on David Street. The five units will bring the total to 105 for MennoHomes in the past decade.

Yet the new construction projects go beyond merely

MennoHomes plan more affordable housing for townshipsJAMES JACKSON building new houses. They

actually involve the decon-struction of an existing four-plex in Waterloo and trans-porting three of the floors to the sites – two of those units are headed to Elmira, and one for Wellesley.

“For us this is a first,” said MennoHomes presi-dent Martin Buhr. “It’s a whole new experience.”

The unusual opportunity arose last year when a pair of brothers – who wish to remain anonymous – sold their property on King Street North in Waterloo. Faced with the removal of the four-unit building, they could either turn the units into rubble, or donate them.

Luckily for Menno-

Homes, they chose the lat-ter option.

“Its 10 years old and they’re deconstructing it in modular housing units so it can be reassembled,” said Buhr.

Not only are the brothers donating three of the floors (the fourth was deemed unsalvageable), they are covering most of the costs themselves, including de-construction, transporta-tion, storage (if necessary), foundation work, and reas-sembling the units.

The agency doesn’t take ownership of the homes until they pass final in-spection and are deemed inhabitable under regional and township building codes. MennoHomes must

also complete soil tests at the David Street site before construction can begin to ensure it is not contami-nated.

Buhr estimates complet-ing the work themselves would have cost about $100 per square foot, and with each unit about 1,500 square feet in size, the savings should amount to more than $450,000.

There are still a lot of other costs that the com-pany must cover, including site plans that need to be drawn, work to even the grade on the 7,300 square-foot vacant lot in Elmira, and driveways and parking lots must also be com-

The 80-year-old driver of this car backed into with her own home on Snyder Avenue last Sunday morning after she blacked out. No charges were laid and the driver suffered minor injuries. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]

MennoHomes president Martin Buhr (right) and treasurer Gary Chard show off the future design plans for a duplex to be built at 11 Ratz St. in Elmira using two donated levels of a soon-to-be demolished fourplex from Waterloo. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]

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Hawkesville TV episode June 12

Hawkesville residents will have a chance to see their community featured on TV with the premiere of a new TVO show called Giver. It features a group of six Hawkesville kids volunteering their time to improve the playground at the Hawkesville Community Centre.

The Hawkesville episode of Giver was filmed in August 2011 and will premiere on TVO Tuesday, June 12 at 6:30 pm. Six local children ages 7 to 13

joined the Giver team to design and build a beach-themed playground with a sandcastle fort, a climbing pyramid and a volleyball court. The kids learned about civic engagement as they got their hands dirty sawing, nailing and painting with the help of local volunteers. With only three days to finish the project, they felt a great sense of pride in all that they were able to accomplish in that time.

Giver, co-produced by TVO and Sinking Ship Entertainment, engages kids across Ontario to volunteer their time to build playgrounds in their communities.

Dust suppression work underway in Woolwich

Delayed by a potential legal challenge of its tendering process, Woolwich this week began treating its gravel roads with dust suppressant.

The work would normally have been completed by now, with the setback causing more gravel dust to be dispersed into the air, affecting farm fields and the quality of the air breathed by rural residents, Coun. Mark Bauman noted at this week’s

council meeting.A challenge from one of the

unsuccessful bidders put the township behind schedule by two or three weeks. The township, however, stuck with its original plan, awarding the work to Pollard Highway Products, which will spread a 20-per-cent solu-tion of calcium brine on Woolwich’s 119-kilometre network of gravel roads. Councillors weren’t swayed by a representative of Miller Paving Ltd., which submitted the nominally lower bid for the job.

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On the issue of Koning’s hiring, Coun. Mark Bauman said council hires one per-

son, the CAO, who in turn looks after all other person-nel issues.

“With regard to the EA position, council does not get involved in the hiring process.”

Council is responsible, however, creating the job, which was approved as part of budget deliberations in February. There has been no talk of eliminating the position should it become

vacant. At the broader level,

council is also responsible for setting pay ranges, but there has been no discus-sion about restraint despite some public backlash that has arisen due to the hiring controversy. But that is not on the table right now, ei-ther, said Coun. Julie-Anne Herteis, noting ward coun-cillors were not involved in the employment process.

next three to five years will go a long way to increas-ing their programming capabilities, not to mention the other benefits they will draw from joining with partners of the investee program.

The process of being named an investee is a six-month procedure. First, companies or groups write a letter of interest stating why they wish to be selected as the investee. From there the list is whittled down to five agencies in the region and they are invited to write full proposals, which require references and a business-like approach, said Will-helm.

“You’ve really got to show

your stuff and be very trans-parent.”

The next step is to make a

presentation in competition with one other agency to decide a winner. This year the WCC was up against the John Howard Society, and both groups presented on May 7 at THEMUSEUM in Kitchener, with WCC select-ed as the investee for 2012.

“They had strong leader-ship and a great board, and their focus on children and youth development, includ-ing play-based therapy, re-ally spoke to us,” said King of why the counselling cen-tre was chosen.

The WCC investment be-gins immediately, and SVP-WR’s next call for Letters of Interest will take place this fall. For more information on Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region, visit www.svpwr.org.

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HIRE: Council, mayor remain mute on issue

FROM | 3

AWARD: Social venture partnership a boon

Mary Willhelm, executive director of WCC, is thrilled her organization has been named the 2012 investee for Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBERVER]

GOVERNOR GENERAL AWARD

Woolwich Mayor Todd Cowan, acting on behalf of Governor General David Johnston, this week presented Elmira’s Sue Walton with a Certificate of Commendation in recognition of her actions in helping with rescue efforts on Lake Huron in Kincardine on Sept. 7, 2008. Michael Hancock ultimately lost his life trying to rescue his daughter, who had become caught in a strong current. Others entered the water from nearby boats, attempting to aid both victims in distress. As the group got closer to shore, Walton was one of the bystanders who assisted by throwing them a life buoy and pulling them back to shore. The daughter was revived, but her father did not survive. [STEVE KANNON/ THE OBERVER]


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Over the summer months, three Elmira girls – Gwyneth Findlay, Tricia Bauman and Natalie Hanley-Sadowski – are planning to visit orphan-ages in Romania as a way to open their hearts and support the children in the state-run institutions.

Romania is going through an orphan crisis, with close to 80,000 children aban-doned, abused or displaced across the country.

The girls are travelling with International Teams Canada and will be running a day camp for children.

“The purpose of the min-istry going to Romania is to teach the orphans family skills and life skills because the Romania orphanages are institutions and not homes – they do not pick up those kinds of skills,” said Findlay. “The idea is that the orphans will be able to raise a healthy family once they leave the orphanage.”

The trio will be heading to a camp near Cluj in the mountains of Romania with seven other volun-teers for two weeks from July 22 to Aug. 6.

Last summer Findlay and her family went to Romania to work with chil-dren in the north-west part of the country. Working in a camp for two weeks they would perform morning exercises, read bible sto-ries, play games and activi-ties with the children from two nearby orphanages.

that define a community. It may be an inn, a mill, a post office or, sometimes, a bank. But more often than not it is an old church, and Chalmers Presbyterian is an example of this,” said John Arndt, past-president of the North Waterloo regional branch of the Ar-chitectural Conservancy of Ontario, in addressing Woolwich council May 29.

“It represents commu-nity values, and the his-tory and heritage of place. Physically, it is an excellent example of late-19th cen-tury rural church archi-tecture: the windows, the steeple, the inviting front door. Chalmers church is a local landmark appreciated by former parishioners, residents, history buffs and people passing through Winterbourne.”

For Kim Hodgson, whose home abuts the church property, preserving the building amounts to keep-ing Winterbourne’s de facto community centre.

“The church is important for so many reasons,” she said, pointing to its charm-ing architecture and long history. “We owe it to our township to preserve this little building.”

Although it may no lon-ger serve as a church, con-verting it to residential or commercial use, while pre-serving its look and charac-ter, would be an ideal solu-tion, she suggested.

The Presbyterian Church of Canada, which now

owns the building, is inter-ested in selling it, and has been lukewarm to the idea of a heritage designation, which would limit its op-tions for the property.

Woolwich has pushed ahead, however, because of the building’s significance.

“The church does have a number of key elements which make it a potential candidate for designation,” director of engineering and planning Dan Kennaley noted in his report to coun-cil. “The church is an older structure built in the 1800s, is connected to the his-tory of the community, has been maintained and used as a Presbyterian church since its construction, and character has not been sig-nificantly altered.”

Arndt noted there are some issues with the build-ing that will require repair, but they’re all rather easily addressed.

In that vein, Coun. Mark Bauman pointed to a couple of recent cases in Elmira – the Steddick Hotel and a Victorian home at 10 Park. Ave. – where heritage buildings were allowed to deteriorate so badly that demolition was the only op-tion, warning that historical designations can be oner-ous to property owners.

Forced to maintain char-acteristics of the buildings, often requiring expensive techniques for repairs and renovations, owners should have access to funds to help offset the costs, he argued, though voting in favour of the listing.

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CHURCH: Move is first step in possible historical designation for 142-year-old church

Built in 1870, Chalmers Presbyterian Church in Winterbourne has been vacant since its last serice in December. Residents hope to preserve the building. [OBSERVER FILE PHOTO]

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for the Wellesley unit will also need to be built on top of the donated floor as part of the project.

In total, MennoHomes will need about $250,000, and to help offset some of those costs they are holding a bike-a-thon on June 23 at the Elmira Men-nonite Church, 58 Church St. W. Starting at 9 a.m. or

after lunch, teams of par-ticipants will be invited to bike, run, or walk along the Kissing Bridge Trail with routes to West Montrose or Wallenstein.

The goal is to raise $60,000 in support of Men-

noHomes campaign for affordable housing. For more information or for a pledge form, contact Mar-tin Buhr (519) 578-5546 or [email protected]. Visit www.mennohomes.com for more details.

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MENNOHOMES: Campaign supports affordable housing

Aid to orphans drives girls' mission trip to RomaniaThree young woman are determined to make a difference, taking part in mission trip to impoverished Eastern European country

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“Ever since that trip I always wanted to go back but I didn’t think it would be an option until I was 18 years old,” said Findlay, a 16 year old EDSS student.

Findlay was sitting down with her team leader earlier this year when she asked

him if it would be possible if she would be allowed to go back to the country to volunteer even though she was underage.

“He said that as long as I had my parent’s approval and there were chaperones it was totally possible,” said

Findlay.Bauman, Findlay’s friend

from school was on board shortly after.

“When (Findlay) came back from her first visit she couldn’t stop talking about her trip and it seemed like her life had changed. She was so excited about it and I always had wanted to do a short term mission trip and it just seemed to work out that we would be able to go together this summer,” said Bauman.

Hanley-Sadowski joined the trio with help from Findlay’s parents who work for International Team Canada as they set up in-terviews for the 18 year old St. David’s student.

“I always really wanted to get involved with some-thing like this. I always thought it would be great to go on a mission trip,” said Hanley-Sadowski. “This is something that has been on my heart for a long time and I wanted to reinforce my faith at the same time.”

The trip will cost approx-imately $3,500 and the girls have held a a garage and bake sale where they raised $750. They are also doing some local support raising sending sponsor letters to organizations, friends, teachers and family.

As a team they are hold-ing a Zumba class in Mis-sissauga on June 9 to help raise money for the trip.

Anyone interested in supporting the girls can visit www.iteams.ca and search for the girl’s names to sponsor their trip.

Tricia Bauman (left), Gwyneth Findlay and Natalie Hanley-Sadowski held a yard sale at Findlay’s house last Saturday to raise funds for their upcoming goodwill trip to Romania. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]


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If, lIke many CanadIans, you stopped somewhere for coffee this morning, chances are the person who served you isn’t earning a healthy stipend for his or her troubles. That is unless you stopped by the Tim Hortons at New-foundland’s Health Sciences Centre, which has been staffed by public-sector workers making $28 an hour.

“How is that possible?” you ask. Because it made sense to bureaucrats in the public sector. Until this week, that is, when hospital announced it was turning the operation over to the private sector. Why? Because the coffee shop lost $260,000 last year. Why? Because employees were making $28 an hour.

A nice wage, but hardly the way to run an operation that was intended to provide the hospital with some $300,000 in annual profits when it was installed in the facility back in 1995. Instead, there’s been mounting losses.

“Let me tell you why [the hospital franchise loses money],” Vickie Kaminski, the authority’s president and CEO, told reporters on Tuesday. “We charge you a $1.94 for that large coffee, but we insist that the staff who are pouring the coffee are Eastern Health staff, and they get paid $28 an hour. No Tim Hortons pays that.”

True. And the average Tim Hortons restaurant reportedly generates $265,000 in profits. It does so typically by paying its employees minimum wage.

Critics this week jumped on the revelation as an indication of wasteful spending in the public sector, asking what other inefficiencies await discovery. If something as idiot proof as a Tim Hortons franchise loses money, what’s happening in the much more complicated parts of the health-care system?

This is surely a cautionary tale. A reminder of what hap-pens when bureaucracies expand, and ever-increasing pay scales continue to grow, regardless of job type, skills, infla-tion, the tax burden or any other rationale measure that should be taken into consideration.

There’s a parallel here with the recent hire at Woolwich Township, where an administrative assistant’s position is paying in the neighbourhood of $50,000 a year – less, of-ficials might point out, than the $56,000 doled out on an annualized basis for those lucky coffee servers at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s. As with the Tim Hortons em-ployees, the job is paying well above comparable jobs in the private sector.

Statistics indicate a growing gap between civil service wages and the average earning of private sector employees. The discrepancy is likely to increase, as average industry wages will remain stagnant or decline dramatically in some industries as layoffs take hold – look at what’s happening with RIM, to name just one.

Yet, as we’ve seen in this area, government employees con-tinued to receive multi-year deals worth, on average, three to four per cent a year. With no bottom line – politicians seem to have few qualms about dipping deeper on their repeated trips to the well – governments simply pass the increases along to a public forced to pay taxes, a far cry from the situa-tion faced in the private sector.

This is not simply a tirade against government workers. We want services, so we need people to provide them. Those people should be paid a decent living wage. The trick will be to decide what services we really need – hint, fewer than we’re spending money on right now – and what constitutes “decent.”

A cautionary tale of wages out of sync with reality

“There is no doubt that the (Syrian) government used artillery and tanks (in Houla),” said Russia’s for-eign minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday. But then he added: “There is also no doubt that many bodies have been found with inju-ries from firearms received at point-blank range. We are dealing with a situation where both sides partici-pated in the killings of in-nocent civilians.”

Russia is at last admit-ting that Syria is using heavy weapons against its own civilian population. It could hardly do less, given the scale of Saturday’s massacre in the village of Taldou in the Houla region: at least 108 civilians killed, including 49 children. But while other countries are expelling Syrian ambas-sadors, Lavrov is still try-ing to spread the blame in order to protect Bashir al-Assad’s regime from for-eign intervention.

While some of the vic-tims in Houla were killed

Assad opts for murder rather than lose powerby shellfire, others had been shot at close range or knifed to death. Assad’s propagandists insist that the fighters of the Syrian opposition (the “armed ter-rorist gangs,” as the regime calls them) massacred their own people with rifles and knives in order to put the blame on the government, and Russia is actively pro-moting the same story. But it is nonsense, and Lavrov must know it.

The testimony of eyewit-nesses is consistent: after two hours of shelling by the Syrian army, armed men belonging to the pro-government Shabiha militia entered the village and went door to door kill-ing suspected activists and their families. The govern-ment in Damascus doesn’t care that everybody knows it’s lying: the whole point of the massacre is to terrify Syrians into submission, and it knows that NATO will not intervene.

The victims murdered in Houla last weekend are only one per cent of the Syrian citizens killed by their own government since the anti-regime pro-tests began in March of last year, but some people hope

that this will be a turning point in foreign attitudes to Assad. They even talk about it as a “mini-Srebren-ica.”

That was the slaughter of Bosnian Muslims by Ser-bian forces in 1995 that fi-nally persuaded the NATO countries to use force against Slobodan Milos-evic, the dictator of Serbia, but it’s not going to happen here. The brazen effrontery of the Assad regime in per-petrating such a massacre even after United Nations/Arab League monitors have entered the country shows how confident it is that the Western alliance will not use force against him.

NATO will not go beyond empty threats because it cannot get the support of the United Nations Secu-rity Council for using force against Assad’s regime (the Russians and the Chinese would veto it), and because the Syrian armed forces are so big and powerful that it would suffer significant losses if it attacked.

If there is no foreign military intervention, then Syria is heading into a pro-longed civil war like Leba-non’s in 1975-1990: the eth-nic and religious divisions

in Syria are quite similar to those in Lebanon. If the Syrian regime understands that, then why does it per-sist in killing the protest-ers? Because it reckons that fighting a prolonged civil war is better than losing power now.

The pro-democracy protests in Syria began soon after the triumph of the Egyptian revolution in February 2011, and for six months they remained en-tirely non-violent despite savage repression by the regime. (By last September, Assad’s forces had already murdered about 3,000 Syrian civilians.) And so long as the demonstrations stayed non-violent, the vi-sion of a Syrian democracy embracing all sects and ethnic groups remained viable.

Assad’s strategy for survival had two main thrusts. One was to divide the opposition. At the start the protests included Christians, Druze, and even some people from Assad’s own community, the Alawites. He needed to separate those minority groups from the majority

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Unrealistic expectations meet worsening reality: the new generational struggle

kids today are lazy, with an overblown sense of entitlement. Kids today are facing a sinking economy, loaded with debt and fac-ing diminishing job pros-pects.

Pick one.Baby boomers should

retire, making way for the next generation who can’t find employment. Baby boomers have to keep working, as jobs go unfilled and their taxes are needed to pay for all the services required by an aging popu-lace.

Pick one.Which ones you choose

probably depends on your age.

Every generation feels the one that came after it has it easier and doesn’t appreciate what they’ve got. In the industrial era, each generation has done better than the previous one ... until now. Things are changing. Those who tut-tut the students out in the streets of Montreal see

only entitled kids, not the struggle. They may be go-ing about it all wrong – the jury’s still out on that one – but the issues are real.

Baby boomers, especially those leading the cohort, did have it easier, coming of age at a time when the economy was booming, housing was much more affordable and education, which was much less called for, was more affordable. Those born in the 1980s and ’90s find themselves in a much different world, one filled with a struggling middle class, the victims of free trade, outsourc-ing and a shift to a service economy.

Those early boomers lucky enough to land a well-paying job with ben-efits and a full pension face a soft landing today. Plenty of others, however, had no such luck, and find themselves being squeezed along with the millenni-als. Those who rode the consumer wave, relying on home-equity loans and credit cards to maintain their middle-class life-styles, see no chance of retirement, let alone Free-dom 55.

There are those who argue that older workers should step aside, making room for young people hav-ing a tough time finding jobs. That flies in the face, however, of the govern-ment’s rationale for con-tinuing to flood the coun-try with immigrants, claim-ing we need them to deal with a growing shortage of workers. This at a time when overall unemploy-ment rates hover around eight per cent – with the real rate, including un-deremployment, well into double digits – and the of-ficial youth unemployment at 13 per cent.

Leaving aside the fact the immigration is a net drain on Canada’s resourc-es, depressing wages and helping to fuel the housing bubble, the shifting eco-nomic trends away from good-paying, stable jobs to precarious, low-paying McJobs is enough to sound alarm bells.

It’s a much different sce-nario than was the case for boomers. There was a time when someone could get a decent job right out of high school, paying enough to af-ford a home, a car and some

of the comforts of life. Some of those jobs, including fac-tory work, weren’t ideal in everybody’s eyes, but they allowed for a good, middle-class life. In some cases, workers who started in the mailroom as kids ended up in the executive suites – I certainly knew more than a few relatives and parents of friends who went that route.

Today, if you do man-age to get a mailroom job, you’re probably stuck there for the duration.

That reality is greatly at odds with the expectations of today’s young people, which is where we get into the image of spoiled, enti-tled kids. Ironically, it’s the offspring of the boomers, whose parents fueled the consumer-based economy and fostered a system that boosted children’s self-esteem above all else, who are bearing the brunt of derisive comments.

While it’s easy to gener-alize, there’s something to the argument that some of today’s young people have a sense of entitlement that doesn’t mesh with reality, past or present.

The National Report

Card on Youth Financial Literacy, a research study released last fall, quanti-fied just what we’re up against.

The survey of some 3,000 recent high school graduates found most were overly optimistic about their financial prospects. The median survey re-spondent expects to earn $70,000 in 10 years’ time (more than double the re-ported income of Canadian post secondary graduates 10 years older) and almost three quarters expect to purchase a home within 10 years, which is a much higher rate than actual home ownership in this country.

The average survey re-spondent expects to earn $90,735 in 10 years, roughly three times the average income of 25 to 29 year olds with post-secondary de-

grees ($31,648), according to Statistics Canada data.

Clearly there is a divide between expectations and the realities of the job mar-ket, one that is pointed to in trying to explain why young people are reject-ing entry-level jobs, where wages, hours and working conditions don’t align with their idea of what a job should be.

That perhaps explains some of the almost one million young people out of work in this country, a cohort known as NEETs -- Not in Employment Education or Training. Some 513,000 of those 15 to 29 years of age who are neither working nor in school aren’t even looking for work.

With prospects showing no sign of improvement, expect the new generation gap to grow.

Should students have the right to protest against rising tuition fees?

Yes, because this is Canada and we have the right to protest anything.

» Carrie Rody

I believe as Canadians that we have the right to protest when we’re done wrong.

» Al Fry

I can agree with why students disagree with tuition hikes. There are lots of students who are very smart, and just because they might not have enough money to go to university, it’s not fair.

» Erika Fleck

Yeah I agree with that. It’s heartless what Harper and McGuinty are doing to students.

» Paul Collins

I think it would be best if they didn’t protest as much as possible.

» Michael Beams

"Civil war is Assad’s best option for survival, and he’s not stupid." Gwynne Dyer | page 10


@LETTERS TO THE EDITORARE ALWAYS WELCOME.PLEASE NOTE OBSERVER POLICY ONPUBLISHING LETTERS BELOW.

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» Lars Osberg, Dalhousie University professor and Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives research associate

of the protesters, the Sunni Muslims who make up 70 per cent of Syria’s popula-tion.

His other goal was to lure the protesters into using force, because that would license his own army to use far greater force against them. Eventually, in October/November, deserters from the Syrian army (who took their weapons with them) began shooting back at Assad’s troops, and he had his pretext. After that, he was free to use artil-lery against city centres, slaughter whole villages, whatever he liked.

The shift to open war-fare also had the effect of frightening most Chris-tians, Druze and Alawites back into the regime’s camp. They bought the regime’s lies about the resistance being run by Sunni Islamist fanatics

with al-Qaeda connections (although it is nothing of the sort), and decided that even Assad and his hench-men were better than a democracy that brought vengeful Sunni Muslims to power.

So Assad now has about 30 per cent of the popu-lation on his side, plus most of the army, all of the heavy weapons, and the world’s nastiest intel-ligence services. That’s enough to fight a long civil war, and maybe even enough to win it.

Russia and China will guard Assad’s diplomatic flank, and the other Arab states will do nothing be-yond sending some money and a few weapons to the rebels. Former UN secre-tary-general Kofi Annan’s six-point peace plan is a dead letter, and NATO will not intervene militarily. Civil war is Assad’s best op-tion for survival, and he’s not stupid.

Mexico is the only part of the continent where the middle class has been gaining from growth. Although similar trends in Canada and the U.S. maintained growth in middle class incomes until the 1970s, they have since run out of steam. Globalization, technological advances, a drop in unionized work, and a deregulated labour market have contributed to stagnant real incomes for most in Canada and the U.S. since the 1980s.

» NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus reacts to a report that found about a quarter of failed Conservative candidates (35 of 141) have received plum government jobs since last year's federal election.

“What we find objectionable is these failed candidates clearly rejected by the Canadian people are being put on EI boards, put on the Port Authorities, this is pork barrel, this is patronage and this is an insult to taxpayers.”

» From the June 5, 1999 edition of the Observer.

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SPORTSRolleR deRby / getting into the action

Rolling out a new challenge With the popularity of roller derby, couple launches a new league, encouraging women to give it a try

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Cindy Brown, a.k.a., Bonny Bruiseher, is the organizer of the new Walking Dead Derby Girlz roller derby league in Waterloo Region. She’ll be holding boot camps for girls in the region who are interested in learning more about roller derby and what the sport offers those who play. [COLIN DEWAR/THE OBSERVER]

More and more women are participating in roller derby, making it one of the fastest-growing sports in the world.

The sport combines a unique mix of camarade-rie, creativity and physical-ity. With leagues in nearly every major city in Canada, the game has re-emerged with the emphasis shifted from the theatrics to ath-leticism.

This spring a new league in the region has emerged with a twist: a zombie theme.

Within the new league, called the Walking Dead Derby Girlz, fierce makeup and fishnet stockings are still a standard but safety is the main con-cern for league organiz-ers Cindy Brown, a.k.a. Bonny Bruiseher, and her husband Michael, a.k.a. Chocolate Meltdown.

The couple has been involved in roller derby leagues across southwest-ern Ontario for the last three years, learning the ropes before deciding to take on the challenge of creating their own.

“It all started one night when my husband said to me we’re getting fat just sitting around: we’re not roller skating enough. So I went on the computer and looked up roller skating and came across Tri-City Roller Girls and I thought ‘what is this?’ There was a game that week so we went and by the end of the

Students and faculty of Elmira District Second-ary School blew the roof off Lions Hall with thunderous applause and cheers as the top athletic awards were handed out Wednesday night at the school’s annual athletic banquet.

The event had team coaches praising their stu-dent athletes as they pre-sented the most valuable player awards as well as the major athletic awards which included outstand-ing male and female athlete awards for both junior and senior students, manager of the year, most improved male and female athlete and both the sports-manship and sportswoman awards.

Top honours went to Ted Sebben and Kaitlin Doer-ing, who took home the outstanding senior athlete awards.

Jessica Reichard, finish-ing her fifth year at EDSS, was awarded the first-ever Commitment to Athlet-ics Long Service Award, recognizing extraordinary contribution to Lancer ath-letics over five years. The recipient of the award is a student who throughout their high school career has been committed to the success of sports at their school and their teams.

Reichard, a four-sport athlete who excelled in

match I was hooked,” said Brown who has been roller skating for 30 years.

At the age of 44, Brown decided to try out at a boot camp and has been taking part in the sport ever since. She admits that boot camp was not her cup of tea.

“Every minute was pain-ful for the three days a week that we did it. I am not an athlete and was not used to that kind of workout. I am allergic to exercise,” laughs Brown. “I wore full makeup through-out boot camp and I told them that I don’t sweat and of course I didn’t want to wear the helmet as that wrecks your hair, but it was an amazing time.”

Of the 60 women who attended that boot camp only 14 would survive to play in the league; 80 per cent of those girls had never skated before, said Brown.

“Some girls don’t have any idea what this sport re-quires of them, they think they can just grab their roller skates and show up. It takes hours of practice but it is worth every min-ute of it when you are out there with your team in a game.”

Brown skated with the Tri-City Rollers for a year before moving to the new Guelph Royal City Roller-girls, where she showed them how to skate derby style. That led the couple to teach skating at the at the Elora Community

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Conestoga Sailing Club unveils new dock at public open house

The Conestoga Sailing Club officially unveiled its brand-new dock during its annual open house last Sat-urday afternoon.

“The aim of the day is to say thank you for the dona-tions over the past two years for the dock,” said commo-dore Ben Harrison.

The new wooden dock is 44 metres long – about the same as the old one – and is comprised of six sections that sit atop the water on plastic floats, which will make it easier to remove and install each season. The dock, made possible through grants and donations from club members, also has rub-ber siding to help prolong the life of the sail boots that are moored to it, and was installed in sections over the course of the past two seasons.

The total cost of the dock was approximately $20,000, or about a third of the club’s annual budget. About $5,000 came from the KW Com-munity Fund, and another $3,500 was realized through the Kitchener Sports Asso-ciation. The rest was raised by the club itself.

The replacement of the 40-year-old dock was over-due.

“It was still a decent dock, but it was not suitable for us,” said former commodore Jan D’Ailly, who has been a club member for about 12 years. He said the constant repairs they had to make to it took away from time that members could spend out on the water.

The club offered up the sections of dock for free to neighbouring cottagers, and all the sections save for one

are now gone.The highlight of the

new dock is the ramp they installed which will allow anyone in wheelchairs or with any other accessibility issues the ability to access the dock, and a hoist will be installed that can lower them into one of the club’s two accessible sailboats.

“The goal was to help facilitate sailing for people with disabilities,” said Har-rison.

These improvements are just the latest way the club has tried to promote the sport of sailing in the region for the last half-century. Har-rison said the club is a great place for the public to come and learn the sport without having a heft investment.

Currently the club owns and maintains some 30 boats, they employ about six instructors during the

summer months and about 200 individuals take lessons there every season.

“Boats and equipment are here and available for those that are just getting started in the sport so they don’t need to go out and buy it,” said Harrison.

A family club membership costs $350 and provides ac-cess to the club’s boats and facilities.

Part of the appeal of sail-ing is that it teaches boaters to respect the environment, such as the wind and the wa-ter around them, said D’Ailly.

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Centre on Sundays for low contact (LOCO) derby and for the last six months they have been teaching the Stratford Festival City Roller Girls team.

Two months ago the Browns were discussing all the work they were doing for all the different leagues

in the surrounding area when they decided they would set up their own league.

“We know how to do all this now. Michael was refer-eeing for other leagues, and we were both teaching and it just made sense to start our own league.”

Safety is a priority for the Browns, who are holding

boot camps every Saturday night until the end of Au-gust before sending their players into the rink for the fall season.

“It takes at least two months of boot camp be-fore players know what they are doing. Some leagues only have eight practices before they send a squad out. I don’t think that

is very safe. We know all the rules to the sport and know how to be safe.”

They plan to start off small introducing one team of players this year before expanding on the numer-ous ideas they both have for the sport.

“We are taking baby steps right now, but we have some great ideas for the future.”

The league already has 15 players, well enough for one team, called the Rigor Mortis Roxys. The team will be playing against girls in September from leagues in the area, starting with scrimmages against teams from Toronto, Tri-City, Stratford and Fergus.

“Scrimmages help play-ers learn the game; they can

ask questions to the referee during a scrimmage. It is not like a real game where everyone is focused on the task at hand.”

Cindy, who grew up and

lived in Elmira before mov-ing to Kitchener last year, is looking to tap into the Woolwich Township for new players.

“I would like to build from the Woolwich area and I know that there are a lot of girls playing soccer and baseball and hockey. I just want them to know that there are other sports avail-able to them. Roller derby is so much fun I just want to share the sport.”

The leagues boot camp is held at the Albert Mc-Cormick Arena in Waterloo every Saturday night from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. and every-one is welcome to come and watch.

Anyone interested in the league should contact [email protected]

Safety is a top priority for Brown as she organizes a new roller derby league in the region. [COLIN DEWAR/THE OBSERVER]

The Conestoga Sailing Club unveiled its new 44-metre wooden dock last weekend at its annual open house. The dock, which cost $20,000, replaces the old 40-year-old dock and was installed in sections over the past two seasons. [JAMES JACKSON/THE OBSERVER]

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SPORTS | 15THE OBSERVER | SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2012

not So gReat outdooRSman / SteVe galea

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The judicious use of a club could have prevented overpriced parking today

I’m writing this from the nation’s capital, just like a real journalist might. Outside my hotel window is the Rideau Canal, Parlia-ment Hill and the bustling City of Ottawa.

And, thankfully, this will be as close as I ever come to being a Parliament Hill reporter.

Even so, I can’t help but find good stories.

Yesterday, for instance, I literally ran right into blues legend B.B. King. I was

each, said winning the award left her surprised.

“It actually was. I never expected this at all,” she said.

This year she was a strong presence on the basketball, volleyball and slo-pitch teams and also competed in tennis.

Reichard played for five years on the basketball team, four years on the slo-pitch team and three years playing both volleyball and tennis.

Reichard said one of her favourite moments in sports this year was the camaraderie she felt with all her teammates.

“The best part about sports at EDSS is making friends and coming togeth-er as a team.”

The Ernie Kendall Award for Outstanding Athletics and Academics for both commitment to sports and academia was given to Taz Martin.

The two sportsmanship awards were awarded to Sab Huber and Julia Frey.

MVP Awards Jr Girls Basketball Nicole Cressman Sr. Girls Bas-ketball Jessica Reichard Cross Country Alex and Julia Hildebrand Field

Hockey Cassandra Hahn Jr. Boys Football Alex Weber Sr. Boys Football Taz Martin Golf Curtis Koller Sr. Tennis Kyla Litwiller Jr. Tennis Heather Litwiller Jr. Boys Volleyball Keaton Weiss Badminton Alex

MacLean and Sydney Jones Jr. Boys Basketball Jordan Frey Sr. Boys Bas-ketball Lucas Nosal Curl-ing Baily DeRose Boys Hockey Ted Sebben Girls Hockey Kaitlin Doering Ski Team Kaitlin Doer-ing Swimming Katherine

Hoffman Jr. Girls Vol-leyball Madeline Weber Sr. Girls Volleyball Krista Weins Girls Rugby Julia Frey Boys Slo Pitch An-drew Brubacher Girls Slo Pitch Jill Sebben Boys Soccer Cole Martin Girls Soccer Krista Weins

walking out of my hotel to get me some of that fine McDonald’s cuisine that this city is famous for. Mr. King was being wheeled into the hotel – perhaps because he just ate there.

The difference was he was surrounded by an en-tourage. Better still a man in a suit carried his guitar. That’s the pinnacle of success, as far as I’m con-cerned.

Of course, I am no stranger to success myself, having recently remem-bered not to wear socks with my sandals. But, sadly, that’s not the kind of success that will get you a man in a suit to carry your laptop. No, I’m guessing for

that you need remember not to wear both socks.

In any case, as King and I crossed paths, we both pretended not to recognize each other.

But, even so, I think I know exactly what he was thinking: Gee whiz, park-ing is expensive around here!

And it was. In fact it was so expensive that I figure King went straight into his hotel room and started writing a blues song about it. Which explains why he never called, I suppose.

I am so perturbed by this that I have decided that should I ever get to go back in time, I’m going straight to the moment when the

first cave man tried to charge his fellow tribesman for parking a horse close to the cave.

Then I would club him – several times.

Hopefully, then no one would ever think of perpe-trating this ridiculous scam again.

I mean what was that first parking lot attendant thinking? I’m guessing it was 10,000 B.C. and the world’s population was less than 1,000,000. It’s not like space was at a premium. Even if it was, how do you justify charging someone good money to park close to your establishment? Aren’t you actually sup-posed to do everything in

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The point here is that I would have used a big club so he wouldn’t even think of franchising the business. I would have stopped the

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Jessica Reichard was awarded the Commitment to Athletics Long Service Award recognizing her contributions to EDSS athletics over the last five years. [COLIN DEWAR/THE OBSERVER]

Kory Lorentz (right) of St. Clements and Vaughan MacDonald of Elmira helped the Canadian National Amputee Team capture its sixth consecutive International Standing Ice Hockey Federation World Championship from Apr. 28-May 6 in Tampere, Finland. Canada defeated the host Finnish team 6-3 in the finals. It is the fifth gold medal for Lorentz and the sixth for MacDonald. Lorentz led the team in scoring with 8 goals and was tied for first with 14 points in four games, while MacDonald collected one assist over the course of the tournament.

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Students fan out across Elmira for Tinman’s test of their mettle

The EDSS annual Tin-man Triathlon went off without a hitch for the ninth consecutive year even with storm clouds threatening to open up on participants as they com-peted Tuesday in a race

across Elmira.Streets across the town

were a flurry of athletic activity as competitors took over with more than 500 participants from 17 different schools swim-ming, biking and running through the three stages of the event

“We’ve had a great turn-out for the event again and saw more competitors than last year,” said orga-nizer Laurie Murray. “Once again we had no major issues this year beyond the few minor cycling ac-cidents. All in all it was a great day, the weather

EDSS had some solid finishes by the end of the day.

The school took first place in the student tri-athlon relay, with Keenan Courtis, Morgan McPhee and Matt Bannon finishing with a combined time of 52:44.

Brandon Berchtold came in second overall in the junior boys’ event with a time of 1:04:22.

In the senior division, Keith Weber came in fifth place in the senior boys’ race with a time of 1:05:21 and Jenny Norris placed

was threatening us and we thought we were going to have to cancel the event a few times but it stayed at bay and we managed to get everyone in.”

Putting it all together was a team effort, she said, acknowledging the crew of staff and student volun-teers who helped along the course, giving directions and handing out water.

“We owe a lot to the volunteers for a successful day,” said Murray. “With-out their help we would never be able to pull off an event like this.”

sixth in the senior girls’ category with a time of 1:14:02.

EDSS placed third in the staff triathlon relay, a team made up of Janice Harper, Sarah Gerth and Rebecca McKerron timed in at 1:25:17.

Two staff members of EDSS were in the top-10, with Merzi Dastoor plac-ing third with 1:03:31 and Troy Dettwiler taking seventh place with a time of 1:08:29. Murray broke into the top 15 of the staff triathlon with a time of 1:13:51.

COLIN DEWAR

St. Clements’ Parker Lobban put on a strong showing at the Canadian Junior Golf Association 2012 Nike Golf Junior Series/ Stephen Ames Cup Qualifier in Pickering at Cherry Downs Golf club on May 26-27.

Competing in the Under-14 category, Lobban finished fifth with a combined +31 after rounds of 93 and 80 on the par 71 course.

The finish comes on the heels of another fifth-place performance at the Euro Junior Golf Cup/ Lipton Brisk Canada Cup Team East Qualifier on May 19-20 at Hidden Lake Golf Club in Burlington. Lobban shot a combined +12 with rounds of 78 and 76 in the under 14 category on the par 71 course.

Strong CJGA play for St. Clements youth

The annual EDSS Tinman Triathlon saw competitors swim, bike and run across the streets and trails of Elmira on Tuesday. Laurie Murray (top left) competes in the swimming event, Laura Bartlett of Bluevale cycles down Snyder Avenue, Jakes Jones from GCI challenges James Ball of John F. Ross in a final sprint to the finish line. [COLIN DEWAR/THE OBSERVER]

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VENTUREFOOD FOR THOUGHT/ OWEN ROBERTS

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To say the horse rac-ing industry is up in arms about the planned re-moval of thousands of slot machines from race tracks is an understatement.

It marks a huge change to the industry. For more than a decade, the provin-cial government, raceways and horse owners have shared revenue from slots at race tracks. That rev-enue now stands at $1 bil-lion a year.

But in March, the Ontario government an-nounced the arrangement would end. The slots are to be removed next year, and the sharing will be over. According to the province, slot machine proceeds be-ing shared with the racing sector are instead needed for schools and hospitals.

That’s a major blow to the sector. It’s predict-ing significant job losses, anywhere from 30,000 to 60,000 jobs. Online peti-tions are imploring MPPs to reconsider. The cover story in the latest issue of Better Farming magazine calls the decision “a catas-trophe in the making.” It impacts our region – the slots at Elora are among those on the chopping

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Tablet computers such as the iPad and Playbook have revolution-ized the way we access information, and a local Elmira company is look-ing to corner the market on how that information is made available to the public.

The Armodilo tablet dis-play stand has been called the world’s most versatile tablet kiosk system, and was designed specifically for the tradeshow and ex-hibit industry.

Launched in March after eight months of design, it has already gar-nered international at-tention as it captured the Buyers Choice Award for best new product at the EXHIBITOR2012 confer-ence and exhibition held in Las Vegas.

“Tablet kiosks are still fairly new, so to get not only the wonderful feed-back but to win an award on top of that was re-ally cool,” said Armodilo founder and CEO Iles Gu-ran, who moved to Elmira from Waterloo with his wife last May.

The Armodilo is an aluminum stand that can safely house a range of tablets, including the iPad 1,2 or 3, the Blackberry Playbook, Motorola Xoom and Samsung Tab. Their patent pending three-in-one design allows ex-hibitors to easily adjust the configuration to suit their requirements, easily transforming from a floor to a desktop or to a semi-

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The tablets can then be used to provide product information, sales data, slideshows, videos, or run whatever apps the user chooses.

It is available in two designs; the Armodilo(ex), which features the three-in-one capabilities along with a carrying case and retails for $1,049. The total package also weighs less than 15 kilograms, mak-ing transportation to and from tradeshows easy.

Their second line is called the Armodilo(rt) which offers consum-ers the choice of either the wall, floor or table-mounted version, and no carrying case. Prices range from $349 for the wall-mount to $549 for the free-standing model.

The units are also cus-tomized with a keyboard tray, graphic panels, a rotating head, and, in the near future, a card reader.

For Guran, who has 15 years of design and mar-keting experience, what initially started out as a side project for one of his clients has morphed into a business that now draws some 90 per cent of his time and energy.

“It was supposed to be

Iles Guran is the founder and CEO of Armodilo, an Elmira-based company that designs and builds tablet computer kiosk systems for the tradeshow and business community. [JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]

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block, as are those at Flamboro Downs and Mo-hawk.

This situation raises many non-racing issues, too, not the least of which is the hypnotic lure of slot machines. If they didn’t generate so much money for all parties, their pend-ing departure would cause a lot less panic. But the reality is that for some gamblers, the mesmeriz-ing effect of slot machines is stupefying. It makes players almost trance-like, pulling levers, pushing buttons, watching graph-ics spin, almost oblivious

to either the win or, more troublesome, the loss they are experiencing.

This hypnotic effect of casinos and slots in par-ticular has long interested and bothered Univer-sity of Guelph marketing and consumer studies researcher Prof. Karen Finlay. From her labora-tory on Gordon Street in Guelph, just south of the university, she carries out studies on casino environ-ments in a room that mim-ics parts of an Ontario ca-sino, trying to understand how gamblers can become disassociated from reality as they get caught up in

the slot machine experi-ence.

One reason she con-ducts research in a lab is because for years she wasn’t allowed by casinos to do studies there, even though they’re public places.

But then came a break-through, owing mainly to her persistence as well as support from the Guelph-based Ontario Problem Gambling Research Cen-tre. Last fall, both Elora, home to 400 slots, and Flamboro Downs, which houses 800 slots, gave her the green light to work inside their confines. She

described the relationship as very cooperative, with both facilities as interest-ed as she in enlightenment about gamblers.

At Flamboro Downs, over a 12-day period for eight-hour stretches, she and her graduate stu-dents studied ways slot machine gamblers could potentially be pulled out of their repetitive behav-iour, by something called restorative images. These images – including a tropi-cal beach scene (the most popular), a ballet dancer, horses galloping, moun-tains, cubs playing to-gether – give slot machine

gamblers a mellow, visual break from the transfixed monotony offered up by the machine’s graphics. It’s restoring reality, re-ally. Finlay calls it “wiping the visual slate clean” for gamblers.

The research team showed these images on a big-screen TV just above a slot machine, and mea-sured how much people looked away at them from the slot machines. Unfor-tunately, even they had little effect – despite being big, and directly above the machines, gamblers were still too absorbed in their activity, at least until the

researchers brought the restorative images to their attention.

Finlay suggests slot machine manufacturers build restorative image provisions right into the machines’ video displays, so the images pop up peri-odically and give gamblers a visual break from slot hypnosis.

Slot machines, wherever they end up, will continue drawing gamblers. And researchers such as Finlay will keep trying to make sure measures are in place to make gambling fun, not addictive.

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The units are made of aluminum, which allows the company to keep the kiosks lightweight as well as durable and recyclable. The colour is customiz-able, and then powder coated for a high quality, durable finish.

Even the company’s name was chosen to con-vey a sense of strength and stability, drawing upon the armadillo and its famed armoured shell.

“We spent a lot of time going through prototyp-

ing and manufacturing processes to find the best materials and the way things assemble.”

The production is also kept local, with the units constructed just down the road in Waterloo. It may be slightly more expen-sive than producing them overseas, but by building them here in Waterloo Region Guran said he not only helps keep local jobs, but it allows him greater control over manufactur-ing process and any qual-ity issues or concerns that might arise.

“I’m probably at the production plant every day looking at issues and whatever is going on.”

The CEO said that while kiosk systems may look like a very niche market at first, there are seemingly endless possibilities for the future of the product.

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THE ARTS | 19THE OBSERVER | SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2012

THE ARTSON STAGE / OL’ TIME HONKY-TONK

The man who set the stage for musical icons to comeHank Williams’ legendary life gets a sympathetic telling in Joe Matheson’s show

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Dead for almost 60 years, Hank Williams is still synonymous with country music. The legacy he created before passing at the age of 29 remains compelling to-day.

Hank – like many art-ists who came after, one name is enough for peo-ple to know who you’re talking about – changed the face of country mu-sic, putting it on the map, says performer Joe Matheson, who’s Hank Williams Live – 1952 comes to the Commercial Tavern June 10.

“Hank was a real character. He was Elvis and Michael Jackson wrapped up in one,” he said.

Matheson first became intrigued by Williams’ story in 2000 when he was called in as a last-minute replacement in a production of The Show He Never Gave, perform-ing as the legendary singer-songwriter. Cram-ming for a few days to get ready for the part, he was surprised by just how many of the songs he already knew, perhaps something he picked up as a kid growing up in Saskatchewan.

That role piqued his interest and he began looking into Williams’ life, which was often por-trayed in a negative light – “they seem to paint him

as the devil.” Finding few sympa-

thetic portrayals, he

wrote a show of his own, which he first staged in 2006, seeing it evolve

into the much-lauded production that will ap-pear next weekend on

stage in Maryhill.Happenstance brought

him to Hank Williams, but he’s since grown at-tached to the character.

“I have a huge affection for this guy, and a lot of compassion.”

Born in 1923 in ru-ral Alabama, Williams had a rough life, which contributed to his well-documented issues with alcohol, drugs and failed marriages. Behind all the troubles and moodiness – he was a lonely man because nobody seemed able to understand him – there’s an interesting and complex character to be discovered, said Mathe-son, insisting there’s more to Williams than his live-fast, die young reputation.

“He’s kinda the poster boy for that,” he admit-ted.

While recording a CD of Hank Williams tunes – Long Gone Lonesome – in 2006 in Nashville, he met with Don Helms, the steel guitar player in Wil-liams’ band, the Drifting Cowboys. From Helms, the last surviving mem-ber of that lineup, Mathe-son got some firsthand accounts of Williams, stories that formed the basis of Hank Williams Live – 1952.

“A lot of shows have everybody talking about Hank. With my show, it’s Hank talking about everybody else,” he laughed.

Matheson knew he was on to something when even hardcore Hank Wil-liams’ fans approached him after his shows to tell him they’d learned some-thing new about the man.

The production is not a tribute show, but rather his own take on Hank’s life.

“It’s like you’ve gone to the bar and it just so hap-pens Hank Williams is playing tonight.”

While the 1952 perfor-mance he recreates never happened, events unfold as they might have in that fateful time leading up to Williams’ Jan. 1, 1953 death.

“It’s not a true story, but all of the stories in it are true,” he explained.

There are stories told from the stage, but the real attraction is the au-thentic treatment of Wil-liams’ songs.

“This is old-time Hank Williams’ honky-tonk – a honky-tonk couple of hours,” said Matheson of the music that helped make the legend.

Today, that legend lives on, which is why he sees people of all ages at his shows – they all know who Hank is.

“It’s quite a phenom-enal thing.”

Joe Matheson’s Hank Williams Live – 1952 is set for June 10 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20, available at the Commercial Tav-ern, 1303 Maryhill Rd., or by calling 519-648-3644.

Joe Matheson is the titular legendary performer in Hank Williams Live - 1952, the self-penned show he brings to Maryhill’s Commercial Tavern June 10. [SUBMITTED]

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AUCTION SALE OF Tractors, combine, machinery & miscellaneous items, to be held at 6636 Wellington Rd. 12 Mapleton Twp. (approx. 7 miles southeast of Drayton or 10 miles northwest of Elmira, for Cliff and Geraldine Schill, on Wednesday, June 6th @ 12:00 noon. Gerber Auctions 519-699-4451.

WED. JUNE 6 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of household effects; furniture; antiques; tools and miscella-neous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for a Waterloo resident with additions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantziauctions.com

AUCTION SALE OF Household effects, antiques, 14ft. boat and miscellaneous items, to be held at the K.W. Khaki Club, 2939 Nafziger Rd. 2 miles south of Wellesley or 2 miles north of Philipsburg, on Thursday, June 7th @ 10:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions 519-699-4451.

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MATTRESS AND BOX Spring, new, never used, still in sealed bag. Sacrifice $195. Delivery available. Temper-pedic Memory Foam Mat-tress, new, never used, in sealed bag. Like sleeping on a cloud. No pressure points. Bankruptcy sale $595, box spring $200 extra. Delivery available. 519-635-8737.

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PROPERTY AUCTION OF Brick raised bungalow with com-mercially zoned shop, to be held at 1782 Notre Dame Dr. in St. Agatha, For Joe and Geral-dine Hergott, on Wednesday, June 13th @ 7:00 p.m. Gerber Auctions 519-699-4451.

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AUCTION SALE OF Brick bungalow on 1.2 acre lot, Int B414 tractor, household effects, antiques and mis-cellaneous items, To be held at 37 Simpson St. East (near Alma Public School), in Alma, for Aaron and Adina Martin, on Friday, June 8th @ 11:00 a.m. Gerber Auc-tions 519-699-4451.

AUCTION SALE OF Large quantity of tools, steel storage unit, household effects, antiques, bicycles & parts, and miscellaneous items, to be held At 57 Mill St. (Queen St., east on Main to Mill) in New Dundee, for Debbie King & The Late Greg Dovlet, on Saturday, June 9th @ 9:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions 519-699-4451.

SAT. JUNE 9 at 2:00 PM - Property auction of 5 cottage lots all serviced and ready to build to be held in the heart of grand bend in a highly sought after and desirable area for Brian and Debbie Kroetsch. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.jantzi-auctions.com

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AUCTION SALE OF 5 acre hobby farm, antique Allis tractors, vehicles, JD riding lawn mowers, household effects, antiques and miscel-laneous items, to be sold at 7120 Perth Rd. 121 Bordering Millbank, For Dale & the Late Del Schneider, on Saturday, June 16th @ 9:00 a.m. Gerber Auctions 519-699-4451.

PROPERTY AUCTION OF 2 storey brick century home, to held at 1155 Queen’s Bush Rd. in Wellesley, for Don and Julie Leis, on Thursday, June 21st @ 7:00 p.m. Gerber Auc-tions 519-699-4451.

AUCTION SALE OF 12.75 acre country property, machinery, household effects, antiques and miscellaneous items, to be held at 5297 - 13th Line Minto Twp. (west off highway 9 at the Pioneer gas station), approx. 5 miles northwest Of Harriston, for Marvin and Tammy Sauder, on Friday, June 22nd @ 4:00 p.m. Gerber Auctions 519-699-4451.

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PRIVATE SALE - Elmira. 3 Bedroom bungalow, corner lot. Fully renovated, centrally located. $349,000. Open House - Sun. June 3, 3-5 p.m. 70 Centre St. Elmira. Call 519-669-2667.

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APARTMENT FOR RENT. Modern, up to date apart-ment close to downtown. All appliances & laundry, gas fireplace, secure entrance. Call Hugh after 6 p.m. 519-669-5533.

ELMIRA - 2 bedroom apart-ment. Ideal for seniors with no pets and non smokers. Available August 1, only $825 + utilities. Please call 519-744-3711.

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LINWOOD - 1 Bedroom apartment, nice. Fridge, stove, washer and dryer, A/C, fireplace, deck, back yard storage shed, parking. No smoking, no pets. $630/mth + utilities. References. 519-698-2600.

MOOREFIELD - ONE bedroom apartment furnished, laundry facilities, parking, deck, electric heat, cable TV, no pets, adult building. Ref-erences. $695.00 inclusive. First & last. 519-638-3013.

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MULTI FAMILY GARAGE Sale. 33 William St. Elmira. Sat. June 2, 7a.m. - ? Rain date Sat. June 16. Household items, chil-dren’s clothing & toys, crafts.

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Camryn Booth (right), Jordyn Booth (left) hold a pair of eight-week old guide dog puppies as part of the Woolwich Lions’ annual fundraiser walk in Elmira May 27. Gracie Devitt (middle) also participated in the event, which raised more than $10,000. |JAMES JACKSON / THE OBSERVER]


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Drayton - Luxurious, custom built home loc’d in quiet area. 3100sqft + huge fin’d bsmnt. Spacious kit designed w/cooking & entertaining in mind! Unique & exceptional home, spacious but still makes you feel right at home. Beautiful sun rm w/hot tub overlooking fabulous private yrd w/gazebo, pond & waterfall, beautifully gardens. Stamped concrete drive & lg patio w/retractable awning. MLS Call Alli or Paul direct.

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Elmira - Outstanding value for this 1800sqft custom built 1 owner raised bungalow. Fin’d basement incl: Rec rm w/wd burning fp, 3pc bath, bdrm, den/office or 5th bdrm possibility & lr workshop. Open living rm w/hardwd flr. Convenient main flr laundry. Separate dining rm w/walk out to yard. Fabulous big backyard complete w/interlock patio, hot tub & cute shed great for your family or entertaining! MLS Call Paul direct.

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Elmira - Perfect for empty nesters! Don’t miss out on this semi detached raised bungalow. Complete with main floor laundry, 4 piece ensuite and open concept eat-in kitchen and living room. All the conveniences on one floor. The small yard will be easy to care for! The large garage is 17.5ft x 20ft, perfect for storage and still have room for a vehicle. Located close to downtown, walking distance to library, restaurants and banks. MLS Call Paul direct.

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Elmira - Quiet crt. All new windows, new roof May '12, mostly new flooring. 5 bedroon potential. Finished recroom. Gorgeous yard! MLS Call Paul direct.

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$349,000$349,000

Elmira - Exceptional home with potential inlaw suite w/2 bdrms, full kit, bath, & lndry. Lg yrd 87x250ft over looking farm land just steps to golf course. 5200sqft of fin'd living space. Welcome friends & family in grand foyer w/stunning chandelier & spiral staircase. Open concept kit & GR, 2 master bdrms w/spa like ens. Attractive interlock driveway & walkways. Fantastic opportunity for any car buff or hobbyist, 3 car garage & detached 4 car garage/workshop. MLS Call Paul or Alli direct.

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Elmira - Located on a quiet street close to downtown, schools, parks and hiking trails - this cozy well kept home with main floor bathroom, bedroom and laundry is perfect whether you are starting out or ready to retire. MLS Please call Bill or Alli direct

BACKS ONTO GREENSPACE$254,900$254,900

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$279,000. DRAYTON. Newly renovated home offers a lovely maple kitchen with bright dinette, walkout to deck and huge backyard, large main floor living room, master bedroom offers a 5 pc ensuite privilege, mostly new flooring, freshly painted, spacious lower level family room & nice 3 pc bathroom + the 3rd & 4th bdrms. MLS

$594,000. Elmira. Private mature court of fine homes. Unique architectural designed ranch bungalow offers 1883 sq ft, 2+ bedroom, updated baths, hardwood flooring, open concept kitchen/dining. Bump out dinette/studio overlooks yard and entertaining patio. Fully finished basement. Triple+ interlock drive and oversized double garage. MLS

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144’ DEEP LOT - QUIET CRESCENT - Updates galore windows, furnace, CAC. & a remodel led bathroom. Gas stove in rec. rm. 5 bedrooms. 2 baths. Spacious front entry. Hdwd. in L.R. & D.R. Workshop easily converted back to a garage. MLS $339,900.

ADDITION - Lovely fam. rm. w/cathedral ceiling & lots of windows! Huge rec. rm. w/high ceiling. 3 bedrooms. L a r g e d i n i n g r o o m . Newer doors, windows, f u r n a c e & d e c k . G a s heatstove. Long driveway. C l o s e t o d o w n t o w n . MLS REDUCED $265,900.

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Great family home. Full 4 level backsplit semi approx. 1700 sq ft finished. 4 bedroom, family room, open concept kitchen, dining, and living room, new 3 pce bath on lower level, rec rm, and a very nice yard. Roof,windows, doors, all newer. S.S. appliances included. Don't miss this one. $ 235,900. MLS

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Located in Drayton on a quiet street. Single family with lots of living space. Finished basement with in floor heating. Nice yard. Large eat in kitchen. 3 bedrooms. Possible to rent out basement with separate walk out entrance. Needs your finishing touches. $ 224,900. MLS

Just ListedGreat family home outside Drayton, boasting something for everyone. Quiet Scenic Dr., 4 spacious bedrooms, rec room, large kitchen & dining area open to living room, spectacular sunsets out the back yard, walkout to patio, huge double garage and extra parking. Nicely treed. Loaded with value! $ 359,000. MLS

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17 Park Avenue W., Elmira - $439,000

Spectacular older home in Elmira's most sought after location for older homes. Completely refurbished. New bathrooms, �oors, kitchen, windows. Newly pointed exterior brick, new wiring, plumbing & heating. Carpet free with C/air & c/vac. This is a must see property. Call Mildred or Len Frey MLS 1221850.

30 Adam Brown St., Moorefield - $214,000

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Investment property B-311 Bluevale St. N - $269,000Semi in Lincoln heights area with 2 legal units. Documenta-tion available. Lower unit is vacant. Upper unit is rented. Opportunity for single person to live in basement unit and have a great income to pay o� the mortgage quickly. NEW MLS 1225217 & 1225218 call Mildred or Len Frey to view.

7361 Sideroad 12 Mapleton Twp - $569,000Lovely bungalow with breakfast counter between eat-in area and work area of Birch Kitchen. Contrasting counter top very impressive. Highgrade laminate in Lr/Br . Porcelain Tile �oor in kitchen. Large windows in basement gives lots of light to recroom and games room Property is just under 4 acres with heated workshop 25X40. Great for hobbyist. NEW MLS 1225283 & 1225281 Call Mildred or Len Frey to view.

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Rebecca Lamb & Brendon Wilkie

Saturday June 16th at the Schwaben Club in Kitchener. A bus will be leaving the Central Tavern in Elmira at 7:30pm and returning to Elmira at 1:30am. Tickets are $10 and available at the Sip and Bite. Come enjoy games & mexican food and take a swing at the pinata!!

Stag & Doe for

Megan Lee and Tim Schott

Saturday June 2nd 20128pm at the Waterloo Rod and Gun St. Jacobs

Stag & Doe for

Julie Fell and Adam Ogram

Friday June 8th, 2012 8pm - 1amElmira Lions hall

Games | Prizes | Late Lunch$10/Ticket

Stag & Doe for

Charlie (Sharlene) & Tractor Dan

Saturday June 9th, 2012 8pm - 1amWaterloo Rod & GunRR1 1075 Bo De Lane St. JacobsGames | Prizes | Live Music | Food $12 at the door.

Happy 80th BirthdayEileen Martin

Open House at Countryside Christian School Gym - Hawkesville Sunday June 17, 2012. 4:30pm - 7:30pmBest wishes only please!

Happy 80th Birthday Teresa Day

Love your family.

Happy 80th Birthday Dad!

Sid Brubacher - June 1st

Love: Martha (Mom) Jeff, Kevin, Lana, Laura, Aaron, Daniel, Roxanne, Brad, Derrek, Jenny, Blake, Madison & Molson.

Happy 90th Birthday! Doris Marie Hahn,

born June 24, 1922

With lots of love to our Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother; family and friends are invited to celebrate with Doris ~ Saturday, June 23rd at an Open House, 2-4pm, Chateau Gardens Elmira -- Activity Room. Best wishes are preferred...donations to Chateau Gardens Auxiliary would be accepted.

Stag & Doe for Julianne Dietrich and Craig Jantzi

Friday June 15, 2012 8:00pm - 1:00am Lions Hall - Elmira Games, Raffle Prizes, 50/50 Draw, DJ, Late lunch provided. Tickets - $10 available in advance andat the door.

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MARRIAGE

Boucher - Martin Wedding

Doug and Pat Boucher of West Montrose, together with Rob and Marilyn Martin of Elmira, are proud and delighted to announce the forthcoming marriage of their children, Danielle Boucher to Scott Martin. A celebration of their love and commitment to one another will take place on June 9, 2012, in an evening ceremony along the peaceful banks of the Grand River.

BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS, BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS, STAG & DOE. SHARE IT ALL!


BELL, EVA | It is with deep love and sorrow we announce the passing of Eva Bell on May 17, 2012, at the age of 90.

KNECHTEL, DOROTHY | At St. Mary’s Hospital, on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, after a brief illness. Violet Dorothy Knechtel, aged 88 years. Local relatives are her sister Carol and her husband Alson Martin and Erma Gingerich, all of Elmira and sister-in-law Gladys of Elmira.

DEATH NOTICES

MUNICIPAL | REGIONAL PUBLIC NOTICES

COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENTNOTICE OF HEARING

On June 18, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. the Committee will meet to consider the following applications. All persons interested in the applications may attend and may contact Nancy Thompson regarding meeting details or visit the Township Webpage – News and Events – Current Public Notices.

The Committee will also consider submissions for or against the applications if submitted to the Township of Woolwich no later than 5:00 p.m. on June 12, 2012. Submissions can be forwarded to Jeremy Vink at the address noted at the top of this page, by email [email protected] or by fax 519-669-4669.

MINOR VARIANCE A5/2012 Vera Brubacher 12 Covered Bridge Drive West Montrose

The applicant is requesting permission to reduce the building line setback adjacent to a street from 6 metres to approximately 2.7 metres; and expand the legal non-conforming use of a variety store; in order to permit a 2.4 by 4.3 metre addition (retail and office area) to the existing building.

The 607 square metre property contains an existing variety store, bakery and residence. The property is zoned Settlement Commercial (C-3) and enjoys legal non-conforming status for lot width and lot area.

MINOR VARIANCE A6/2012 Edgar F. and Karen Martin 905 Arthur Street South

The applicant is requesting permission to reduce the required Minimum Distance Separation (MDS) adjacent to a Residential zone from 600 metres to approximately 325 metres in order to permit an addition to the existing dairy barn and a new manure storage area. The calculated MDS is 198 metres which is below the proposed 325 metre setback. The 56 hectare property contains a single family dwelling, farm shop and dairy operation.

MEMORIAM

Jackson Janeczko

In loving memory of a Dear Grandson, nephew and cousin. Jackson June 1, 2011.

An Angel in the book of life wrote down Jacksons birth and whispered as she closed the book...

Too beautiful for the earthForever in Gods Hand

Gramma & Grandpa John & Brenda Janeczko, Uncle John & Aunt Pam, Cousins Kaitlyn & Makena.

FAMILY ALBUM

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THANK YOU

Thank You

Wendy, Riley, Ryan, Kayla Shantz and family would like to thank everyone who has and continues to bless us with their love and care during our period of bereavement. We are deeply touched by the visits, prayers and words of encouragement. Your acts of kindness and generosity make our journey more bearable. We thank you from the depth of our hearts.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT

Jongerious - Gowan

Amy & Neil are pleased to announce the arrival of their daughter, Stella Maria Gowan! Born on February 29, 2012 Weighing 7lbs 15oz.Proud Grandparents are Carol & John Jongerius of Elmira and Barb & Dave Gowan of Allenford.

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Kenzie Louise GunnMay 2, 2012

Addison is thrilled to announce the arrival of her baby sister, Kenzie Louise Gunn, born May 2, 2012, weighing 7lbs 10oz. Proud parents are Ben and Steph. We love you!

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LIVING HERE | 27THE OBSERVER | SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2012

LIVING HEREEDUCATION / ABOVE AND BEYOND

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Father’s Day is right around the corner. I have cooked for musicians, poli-ticians, cooking icons and many special guests, but the hardest man to cook for has always been, you guessed it, my dad. One of our hors d’oeuvres inspired by him and his traditional tastes is the petite yorkie with beef tenderloin and horseradish mashed pota-to. It is hugely popular and loved by all, but very safe.

After beating stomach cancer – a moment I was never more proud – his cooking sense and taste buds awakened. Now he is trying all sorts of new recipes and cooking his way through cookbooks. Food has so many qualities nutritional, soul satisfying and as adventurous as you make it.

The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach? Not necessarily, but I love to try! This recipe is fantas-tic in the oven or BBQ – just keep the BBQ on med-low to avoid the sugar burn-ing. We use Conestoga porkloin: it is delicious! As the season progresses you can switch the apples to peaches, plums and figs. It’s a wonderful addition to any Dad’s day meal.

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COLIN DEWAR

TEACHERS | 28

A new teamwork phi-losophy has earned a pair of Floradale PS educa-tors top grades from the province. Teacher Janet Martin and early child-hood educator (ECE) Gloria Bauman are the recipients of the Premier’s Award for the Full Day Kindergarten Team of the Year.

Watching the “proactive, productive professionals” at work inspired principal Vlad Kovac to nominate the pair.

Early last month the kindergarten team was notified that they had re-ceived the award, which honours only one team from across the province for their work in a full-day kindergarten program.

“We were shocked and very honoured, but when it comes down to it we are just doing our job,” said Martin, who has been a teacher for 16 years.

The program is a para-digm shift in teaching philosophy; whereas kindergarten was once theme-based learning it has now changed to an inquiry-based learning, Kovac explained.

The new curriculum is currently being phased across the province over the next five years.

“It is really based on the student’s interests. So teachers are now coming at this grade from a dif-ferent way or perspective. Students are now asking questions about things and teachers help them

Floradale PS educators win provincial award for their approach to all-day kindergarten program

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find the answers to their questions,” said Kovac. “It was identified early that these two teachers were not only doing well at it but they were accelerating with it.”

Through the new pro-gram school has become more of a hands-on expe-rience for the children.

“It is phenomenal to see kids really engaged and really enthused with it all as they are learning what they want,” said Kovac. “It is incredible and very powerful to see the stu-dents learning in a differ-ent way.”

To be recognized for the award the kindergarten team must be comprised of a registered ECE and a teacher who are currently employed in a full-day kindergarten class in a publicly funded elemen-tary school.

Although the team has only been working togeth-er for the last two years they have already worked with the school board to share their experiences teaching the new model by speaking to other staff and leading discussions on the professional develop-ment that is occurring in public schools. The min-istry has also sequestered them to make videos that will be shared with the whole province about the program and philosophy behind it.

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“There is so much learn-ing that can happen when the children are asking questions and we man-age to get every aspect involved from math to language as well as a lot of social skills and just learning to take turns and learning their shapes,” said Bauman.

“The language that they are learning in a play-based program is amaz-ing,” said Martin.

The students are more focused and want to learn about everything from writing to reading and math, said the two women.

“We don’t give them top-ics to write about. In the past we would ask them to write about what they did on the weekend but if you have children that didn’t do anything excit-ing on the weekend they don’t want to write about that. So you don’t get any-thing real from them. It is so much better that they write about what they are doing in classroom,” said Martin.

The two educators are giving their students a reason for needing to write

or read.“We are making sure

that the children under-stand that writing and reading has a purpose in life not just in school,” said Bauman.

Working as a team hasn’t always been a smooth process, they ad-mit.

“There are challenges. There are times (Bau-man) wants to approach a subject differently than I would have and I don’t think it will work but as a teacher I needed to let go of the control of my class-room. She is a professional as well and has many dif-ferent and good ideas,” said Martin.

The two women say they are much more comfort-able working alongside each other within the pro-gram now and have been able to harmonize their teaching styles.

“It is just something that develops over time we both come in with differ-ent experiences, different education and different ideas but it is those differ-ences that make us work as a team,” said Bauman.

Working together makes the learning better for the

children, said Martin. “I have learned so much

in the past two years. I have over 15 years experi-ence as a teacher and I would think I have this job down pat, but my teach-ing has changed so much these past two years – all in a good way. The results that we are seeing are amazing with these chil-dren and they are excited to be here and want to come to school,” she said.

Another advantage of the all-day program and having two educators in the classroom is how well the teachers have got to know their students. With two of them in the classroom there are more chances for one on one time with students allow-ing the teachers to meet the students at their level.

“It has been a wonderful partnership. It has been a match made in heaven. I am so lucky to have (Bau-man) in that classroom. The knowledge that she brings from the ECE world is so beneficial in a kinder-garten classroom. I have learned tenfold this year just the different way chil-dren learn has been won-derful,” said Martin.


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PD Day Movie – 2 – 3:45 p.m. at Elmira Branch Library. Showing will be Gnomeo & Juliet. Tickets are $1 each and every person attending must have a ticket. Children under 5 must be accompanied by an adult. Admission includes popcorn and a drink, please no outside snacks. The event will take place at the library, 65 Arthur St. S in Elmira. For more information call the Elmira Branch Library at 519-669-5477 or [email protected].

Cholesterol Solutions 10:00 – 12:00 noon. Attend this session and find easy ways to improve your cholesterol level. This free class is facilitated by Registered Dietitian, Karen Reitzel and will be held at Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. For more information call 519-664-3794.

Spaghetti Dinner with garden salad, $7. Royal Canadian Legion, 11 First St. Elmira, 6 p.m. Take outs available – call 519-669-2932 to place order for Friday pick up.

JUNE 2

Maryhill Luau Dinner. Come out and join the Maryhill CWL & Knights of Columbus at the Maryhill Heritage Community Centre. Two seatings for dinner: 5:30 & 7 p.m. Roasted BBQ pig, roasted potatoes, vegetables, salad, & rolls, dessert, coffee & tea. Prices: adults $15; children ages 6-11 $7; Under 5 free. Advance tickets only. Mike 519-648-3394, Doug 519-648-2939, Mary 519-822-9287.

Crosshill Community Rhubarb & Rhummage Sale

presented by Crosshill Community and Crosshill Mennonite Church; 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. At the church: The Rhuby Café, bake table, fresh rhubarb, used books, CDs and DVDs table, all thing rhubarb. Free children’s activities, community BBQ lunch and more! Rain or shine. Community-wide rhummage/yard sales. Electronic rhummage waste drop-off and more. All proceeds donated to mission’s outreach.

JUNE 3

Dei Song, 7 p.m. at Waterloo North Presbyterian Church. You will love Dei Song…God’s song, a great ladies trio. Come and enjoy our newest gospel music ministry. 400 Northfield Dr. W. Free will offering, wheelchair accessible. For more information call 519-888-7870.

JUNE 4

Needle Sisters Quilters Guild meets at 7 p.m. on the 4th Monday of the month at the Elmira Mennonite Church, 58 Church St. W, Elmira. Guests welcome ($5.00). Next meeting on June 4. For more information call 519-669-3244.

Making Baby Food Class 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. What foods are good for your baby’s age and stage? How to choose, make and store baby food as well as ways to avoid “picky eating” and nurture a “good eater” will be some of the topics covered. This free class is facilitated by Registered Dietitian, Robin Hicken and will be held at Woolwich Community Health Centre, 10 Parkside Dr., St. Jacobs. For more information call 519-664-3794.

Tai Chi Demonstration. Are you looking for an activity that will lead to better balance, posture, and increased

strength? If yes, then come and learn more about Tai Chi from 11 – noon at 1 Pond View Dr. Wellesley. Everyone welcome. For more information contact Karla at the Wellesley Township Community Health Centre, 519-656-9028, ext. 224.

55+ Invitational Games for Waterloo Wellington June 4 to 12 hosted by The Township of Woolwich. Events include badminton, 5 pin bowling, contract and duplicate bridge, crokinole, euchre and bid euchre, cribbage, darts, Solo, snooker, shuffleboard, swimming, table tennis, pickle ball and walking. For more information call 519-669-5044 or email [email protected].

JUNE 5

Caregiver Coffee Hour from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Caregiver Coffee Hour group will meet at Chateau Gardens in Elmira for peer support and a light lunch. Caregivers of those family members who are dealing with Alzheimers or related dementia are invited to join us. Please register with Lorraine at WCHC 519-664-3794 or Cara at the Alzheimer Society 519-742-1422. No group in July or August.

JUNE 7

Weekly Bingo 7 p.m. at Elmira Lions Hall, 40 South St., Elmira. All proceeds go to support the many projects of the Lions Club of Elmira. For more information call 519-500-1434.

Woolwich Caregivers from 10-11 a.m. Woolwich Caregivers will meet at WCHC for a time of peer support while enjoying a cup of tea. Caregivers of family members who have chronic or life-threatening illness are invited to attend. No group in July or August.

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What’s the ancient wisdom of young kids refusing to eat their spinach or brussels sprouts?

Q. What’s the ancient wisdom of young kids refusing to eat their spinach or brussels sprouts?

A. The five basic human tastes play fundamental survival roles, existing for far more than just ourpleasure, says David G. Myers in “Psychology: Tenth Edition.” “Plea-sureful tastes attracted our ancestors to energy- or protein-rich foods that enabled their survival.” A sweet taste indicated

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bitter tastes were func-tionally useful signals to stay away. “Given repeated small tastes of disliked new foods, children will, however, typically begin to accept them,” Myers says

Q. A Brooklyn, Ohio reader asks, “If you were to take a digital clock and flip it over, in a 12-hour period how many words would it spell out?”

A. The digits of sev-en-segment numeric displays, when turned upside-down, may be read as letters, giv-ing rise to “calculator spelling.” Most famous

is the number 0.7734 which read upside-down is “hELLO.” Another popular example (which has appeared on various TV shows) is the mildly risque 5318008, whose translation is left to the reader. If the display includes “tails” on digits 6 and 9, then theflipped-digit-letter corre-spondences are 0=O, 1=I, 2=Z, 3=E, 4=h, 5=S, 6=g, 7=L, 8=B and 9=G. If tails are not included, then 6=q and 9=b. As for the words spelled out by a four-digit (hours + minutes) upside-down clock, a few hours of computer programming and a 41,000-word electronic

dictionary yielded 15 distinct words for a no-tails display: bee, bib, biz, bob, eel, lee, lei, lib, lie, lob, oil, see, sis, sob and sol. If the display includes tails, you get 9 more: beg, big, bog, gee, gel, gig, gob, leg and log. Many of these words occur at multiple times, such as gig (6:16, 6:19, 9:16, 9:19). Curiously, there are no four-letter words spelled out. For a clock showing military time, leading zeros are not suppressed and all the words have four letters. For a no-tails display, there are four distinct words: bozo, silo, solo and soso. With tails, gogo and logo

are added. Again, some of these occur at multiple times. What if the clock has six digits, including seconds? For non-mil-itary time and no tails, there are 6 words: belie, bezel, booze, libel, loose and seize. With tails, bogie, geese and goose also occur. For military time (with tails) you get the longest clock-word: gigolo!

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Quebec, Canada The EDSS Language Dept took a trip to Quebec from April 28 to May 1. While sight seeing they all posed for a photo with the O bserver.

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Robin Hood and his band of merry men will once again be running through the woods of Gib-son Park as the Robin in the Hood Medieval Festival is set to return to Elmira.

The event began 12 years ago when Elmira District Secondary School drama teacher DJ Carroll decided to create a small festival us-ing his students and other local actors and volunteers.

The first festival had only 50 cast members but that has grown over the years to more than 140 this time around, with an additional 30 volunteers who help out on the day of the event.

The primary objective is to educate the community on medieval history in a family friendly environ-ment, said Jessica Straus, director of advertising and promotions for the festival.

On June 8 there will be an education day that’s closed to the public and aimed at Grade 4 students from around the region who are brought to the park for a day of workshops and fun activities to help them learn more about the medi-eval time period.

“We bring students in to experience and learn about medieval life. Since the study of the medieval era is part of the Grade 4 cur-riculum. The festival offers a unique learning experi-ence for the students,” said Straus.

Throughout the day students rotate through various stations, includ-ing knight school, archery,

music, birds of prey and others.

The number of students participating in the educa-tion day has grown from just over 400 the first year for a half-day seminar to close to 1,000 this year for the whole day.

The main attraction, however, is on June 9 when the park will be open to the public to experience life in the Middle Ages through a series of family friendly activities starting at 10 a.m. and running until 5 p.m.

Visitors will be trans-ported to Sherwood Forest where they can shoot a real bow and arrow, play outlaw games and cheer for their favorite team of knights as they compete in tour-naments. They can also explore a castle or wander among the numerous ven-dors who will be selling ar-mour, toys, leather goods, and other period novelties.

Every half-hour there is a tournament scheduled between a group of knights, and every hour there will be a different show sched-uled so visitors can go to knight school where they can wear armour and learn how to properly hold a sword.

“We have made the day more interactive for the public. Instead of getting to know one or two characters we have made it so that visitors can meet and relate to 10, 15, even 20 characters through out the day which will give everyone a better experience,” said Straus.

Admission is $5 per per-son or $15 for a family of five or fewer.

Sherwood Forest is where the action will beCOLIN DEWAR

The Robin in the Hood festival will take place in Elmira’s Gibson Park June 8-9, with more than 140 cast members and 30 volunteers helping to transform the park into Sherwood Forest.

Two cast members practice their fighting techniques in preparation for the festival. [COLIN DEWAR/THE OBSERVER]

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