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Is the backyard rink becoming anendangered species in Canada?Wilfrid Laurier Associate Professor of

Geography and Environmental StudiesRobert McLeman said news reports ofwarmer winter weather in Canada madehim and his fellow researchers,Associate Professor Colin Robertsonand Master of Science student HaydnLawrence, come up with a plan toengage citizens across Canada to helpthem collect data on how warmerweather is affecting this long-timeCanadian tradition.

“Skating outdoors. That is us in anutshell,” McLeman said of theCanadian inclination to flood ourbackyards in winter.

On January 7 the three men launchedan easy to use website calledRinkWatch.org. They are askingCanadians who work on a rink in theirbackyard or in their neighbourhood topinpoint the location of their rink onthe map and log on once a week torecord which days of the week the rinkwas skateable.

In less than a week, the website hadbecome so popular that it crashed a fewof times from the volume of users.

“People are really jumping in on this,”McLeman said. He is hoping theirenthusiasm continues. The website willremain online because it will take yearsto get reliable data about temperature

changes across the country.McLeman said much of the discussion

around global warming talks about itseffect on “polar bears and glaciers”which many Canadians can’t relate tosince they’ve never seen either.

“We thought this was a way to connectwith families and the general public andget them to engage with environmentalstudies,” McLeman said.

And while many Canadians may notsee the effect of global warming on aglacier, they do see how it affects whatis going on in their own backyard.

Not even a week into the projectabout 150 rinks from British Columbiato Newfoundland had been added to themap on the website. A few people in thenorthern United States have also addedtheir rinks.

McLeman said collecting data in thismanner is called “crowdsourcing.” Theword is a combination of the words‘crowd’ and ‘outsourcing’. The idea is tooutsource it to a crowd of people,usually online, who can contributerelevant information. By canvassing alarge crowd, the quality of results isgenerally superior.

The project has caused such aninterest that McLeman said they nowhave a team of students, from differentareas of study at Wilfrid Laurier, whowant to work together to look at whatadditional information they couldgather, and share, on the website. Forinstance, they are thinking of adding aspot where outdoor rink builders, fondly

known as ‘hosers’, could exchange ideason rink building and maintenance.

McLeman said similiar websites thatcollect crowdsourced information aboutbird and nature sightings that were

started in the 1990s are still going strong.“We hope people will keep coming

back year after year,” he said.The website is located at www.Rink

Watch.or the sport of hockey.

RinkWatch.org was developed by, from left, Master’sstudent Haydn Lawrence and Associate ProfessorsRobert McLeman and Colin Robertson.

– Photo courtesy of Wilfrid Laurier University

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2 • JANUARY 17, 2012 • KITCHENER CITIZEN (EAST EDITION)

BY CARRIE DEBRONE

Ending her career where itbegan, 29-year-old Canadian

Olympic downhill and Super-GskierKellyVanderBeek officiallyretired as a professional athleteon January12 at theChicopee SkiClub in Kitchener.

A member of the CanadianNational Alpine Ski Team forthe last 13 years, she is theteam’s most-decorated femalemember.

VanderBeek place 2nd atWorld Cup events in both 2007and 2008. Making her FISWorld Cup debut in 2002 andwinning the Canadian juniorathlete of the Year that sameyear, she went on to becomethe first Canadian woman toreach the podium on Canadiansoil, placing 3rd at the 2006World Cup downhill in LakeLouise. She competed at the2006 Winter Olympicsnarrowly missing the podiumto place 4th in the Super-G.

In December 2009,VanderBeek suffered a severeknee injury after a training runcrash at the World Cup in Vald’Isere, France. The accidentended her season and herdream of competing in the 2010Vancouver winter Olympics.

“I started skiing at Chicopee21 years ago and I feel like theluckiest person in the wholeworld, she said, reminiscing

about the years she had racingwith the Chicopee teams whileworking with her local coachPeter Bassin and then going onin her career to compete at theWorld Cup and Olympic levelsand all the people she has hadin her life who supported herand helped further her career.

“I wasn’t alone. You‘re onlyas good as the people you havearound you and I have somereally good people aroundme,” VanderBeek said throughtears.

“On December 17, 2009 I gotunlucky for 10 seconds,” shesaid as she emotionallyrecounted to the room packedfull of family, friends, colleguesand supporters, how sherealized recently that althoughher knee will support her wellenough for her to remain anathlete, it will never be strongenough again to endure thestrain of professional skiracing.

“Part of me feels like I’vefailed. It’s the first time in mylife that I set a goal and didn’tachieve it,” she said, referringto her plan to compete in thenext winter Olympics in Sochi,Russia.

But she said it was herhusband, David Ford (a fivetime Olympic kayaker andmember of Canada’s kayakteam) who convinced herotherwise.

“He said failure would be to

not try, and I tried,” she saidthrough tears.

VanderBeek and Fordmoved from Chilliwak, B.C. toCanmore Alta. last fall so thatKelly would be able to workwith medical staff and trainerswith the national cross countryski team.

Accepting the reality that hersevere knee injury has endedher professional downhillskiing career, she said that now“emotionally, I have neverbeen happier,” and once againfeels “very lucky as windowsand doors have opened” to herin the last few years allowingher the chance to become ahost and broadcaster for CTVduring the Vancouver andLondon Olympics and a guesthost for Sportsnet, CBC andSportscene.

She hopes to continueworking in broadcasting and tofurther develop herphotography business.

VanderBeek was presentedwith a print and flowers byRobert Rousselle, Director ofSport Business for AlpineCanada.

“We’re sure proud of heraccomplishments,” Roussellesaid.

Her mother, Janet, publiclythanked those who helpedKelly in her athletic career,giving special credit to herGRCI guidance counselor RonPetker, who helped managerher high school educationwhen she was away so often tocompete. But JanetVanderBeek said the personwho had the most influence onKelly was her coach PeterBassin who instilled two thingsin her -- an incredibly strongwork ethic and a passion for skiracing.

After several videos fromcollegues and friends whocould not be at the retirementannouncement, and of a few ofher downhill racing highlights,Kelly invited everyone in the

room to join her for a toastwith a cup of hot chocolate.

“Let’s not cry because it’sover but smile because ithappened,” she said as sheraised her drink.

Bassin, who coachedVanderbeek for six years untilshe made the national team,said Chicopee Ski Clubprovided everythingVanderBeek needed to allowher to train to national level.

He teared up as he talkedabout VanderBeek’s hard workethic and dedication to hersport. He talked about the twoof them learning Italiantogether and told the storyabout reaching 300,000kilometers on his old Volvo,having driven so far to variousski competitions.

“We both got out of the carand patted it and gave it akiss,” he laughed.

“I was a tough fellow andtough on her and she workedhard to get to the nationallevel. I give a lot of credit toher parents. They had a lot ofopportunities to go otherplaces for coaching but theybelieved in me and stayed withmy coaching,” Bassin said.

In 2009, VanderBeek createdthe Kelly VanderBeek RacingClub (KVR) in an effort tosupport young racers inSouthwestern Ontario

The club provides youngathletes with high performancetraining and is based out of herhome club, Chicopee Ski Club.She is also involved with KellyVanderBeek Kid’s Fit programthat encourages kids to becomefit though all sports.

Former Kitchener resident and Canadian Olympic skier Kelly VanderBeek retires

Former Kitchener resident and Canadian Olympic downhill skier Kelly VanderBeek (middle) announced her retirementJanuary 12 at Chicopee Ski Club amidst a room full of family, friends and supporters. Standing with her is her MomJanet VanderBeek and her former coach Peter Bassin who coached her locally for six years until she became a memberof the Canadian National Alpine Ski Team in 2000.

KITCHENER CITIZEN (EAST EDITION) • JANUARY 17, 2012 • 3

BY HELEN HALL

This year is a big one for Habitat forHumanity of Waterloo Region.

Not only will it celebrate its 25thanniversary and build its 100th home,but it has a very well-known faceguiding it through it all.

Former Kitchener Centre Member ofParliament Karen Redman took over asChief Operating Officer of the charityin April 2012 when former ExecutiveDirector Ken Freeman had to take aleave for health reasons. He officiallyresigned earlier in January and Redmanhas agreed to stay until at least the endof 2013.

Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofitChristian ministry that believeseveryone should have a decent, safe andaffordable place to live. It builds homesfor people in need regardless of race orreligion. In lieu of a downpayment,homeowners must put in “sweat equity”by helping with the construction of theirhome, and then must pay for theremainder of it through an interest-freemortgage with Habitat for Humanity.

Redman represented Kitchenerfederally from 1997 to 2008, and priorto that was involved in municipalpolitics and served on the school board.Following her defeat in 2008, sheheaded back to school to get herMasters in Political Science.

“I decided to get some academicframework for what I had been livingfor the last 20 years.”

Former Wilfrid Laurier PoliticalScientist David Docherty, who is afriend of Redman's, encouraged her toget her Masters, joking that she hadalready “earned one on the street.”

Several political friends told her notto jump too quickly at offers she wouldreceive to volunteer her services in thecommunity, but to give herself time tomake a decision. However, Redmansaid yes “right away” when offered aseat on the Habitat for Humanity boardin 2009.

“I’ve always been a huge fan ofHabitat for Humanity,” Redman said inan interview.

“I love their philosphy, I love theconnection with the faith community.My faith has always been somethingthat is deeply personal but very strongin my life, and this is such amanifestation of people caring for otherpeople.”

Redman first worked with Habitat forHumanity many years ago on its veryfirst “women’s build” where womenwere invited to volunteer theirconstruction skills. The organizationinvites people from all walks of life tovolunteer with the family that will bereceiving the home during itsconstruction. Many local businessesvolunteer their employees for a daybecause they see not only the value inhelping Habitat for Humanity, but alsobelieve it is a positive team-buildingexperience for those who participate.

Habitat is supported by corporate and

private donations and by the funds itraises at the Restore on NorthfieldDrive East in Waterloo.

The Restore is a warehouse that sellsdonated construction items. Some arenew and some previously used.

“I think Habitat for Humanity is somuch like the old quilting bees,”Redman said.

“Our community is so steeped in thatMennonite tradition. Everyone workstogether and makes small pieces, whichdon’t have value or as much value aswhen they are knit together.”

Redman said her only frustration isthat some people are confused aboutwhat Habitat for Humanity does.

“The brand is strong but not alwayswell understood,” she said. “We don’tgive people homes, they earn theirhomes and they pay for them.”

Homeowners pay fair market valuefor their homes. The downpaymentcomes from sweat equity, and theremainder is paid through an interest-free mortgage.

“We’re offering opportunity and weoffering partnership with people, butwe’re not giving away homes.”

Habitat will complete the final twotownhomes on Howe Drive thissummer, and will begin construction onfour units on Donley Street nearOttawa Street South and Kehl,including its 100th home. A huge blockparty is planned to kick off constructionof the 100th home.

“We obviously want to give people adecent place to live that has all thethings we all want in a home, but at anaffordable rate. To do that we foundthat the townhome was the model thatwould work in Waterloo Region,” shesaid of Habitat’s move from buildingsingle detached homes to townhouses.

Celebrations are being plannedduring the next year to mark theorganization’s 25th anniversary.

A gala is scheduled for October, butthe exact date has not yet been set asthey are waiting to hear if GovernorGeneral David Johnston can come.Johnston is from Waterloo Region andis the former President of theUniversity of Waterloo.

The gala will also feature the displayof some very unique art.

Habitat for Humanity has invited 10artists to choose up to $100 worth ofmaterial from the Restore to make apiece of art. These items will becompleted by the Habitat’s AnnualGeneral Meeting on February 13, whichis being held at the Restore, and will beup for auction until the gala in the fall.They are also hoping to have themdisplayed online for bidding.

While Redman is enjoying her timewith Habitat for Humanity, she is notclosing the door on returning to politics.

“It gets in your blood,” she said.“There’s still a draw there so I’m not

ready at this point to publically say I’mnot considering it,” she stated.

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4 • JANUARY 17, 2012 • KITCHENER CITIZEN (EAST EDITION)

BY CARRIE DEBRONE

The fastest-growing college inOntarioservingapopulation

of 50,000 students, ConestogaCollege has modernized andupgradedits securitysystemoverthe past three years – a systemwhich now includes 167surveillance cameras at its mainDoon Campus.

Security is increasinglybecoming a top concern forpublic institutions includingschools where it has recentlybeen brought to the forefrontagain by school shootings in theUnited States.

Don Willis, the college’sDirector of Safety and SecurityServices, said an auditcompleted about three years agoby Bulldog Fire and Securityand the college showed the needfor more up-to-date equipment.

“We had used and newequipment purchased over theyears and a variety of DVRsstuck in backrooms. One roomhad seven DVRs and so muchcabling you couldn’t get to theback of the room. The quality ofthe images was simply not verygood and we often did not havecameras where we neededthem,” Willis said.

The college’s older analogcameras were digitized intothree custom-built hybridservers and about 80 new IPcameras were added to placeslike parking lots, new buildings

and green spaces where therehad previously been no cameras.

Remote access now allows thesecurity office to watch allcommon areas of the campus.Not wanting the cameras to beintrusive, there are no securitycameras in the college’sclassrooms.

The outdoor-ready, vandal-resistant HDTV cameras sendimages far clearer than mostsecurity cameras, eliminatingthe pixilation, static andgraininess of the previous analogcameras.

The new cameras have helpedcatch car thieves who had strucka number of large local parkinglots. One day at the college anumber of high-end pickuptrucks and SUVs were stolen.The cameras captured a

suspect’s license.Willis said the clearer images

reduce the time that securitystaff has to devote to examiningsurveillance videos and helpswith quick identification of thepeople filmed.

According to a report fromthe college, “Forensic searchesthat previously consumed hoursare now conducted in minutes,and Conestoga security has

implemented entire emergencytraining procedures around thenew system.”

And, the college’s securitysystem is now part of theorientation tours for prospectivestudents and their parents.

On any given day, about 7,500staff, students and visitors are atthe main Doon Campus.

“As a guest, student or staffmember at this college I wantpeople to come here and not toworry about their safety. I thinkwe’ve accomplished that withthis system,” Willis said.

And as a further benefit tostudents, the upgraded securitysystem is likely to become partof the college’s popularProtection, Security andInvestigation (PSI) program.Willis has proposed a jobshadowing program where PSIstudents would learn by jobshadowing the college’s securityguards. Part of that learningwould include exposure to thehigh-tech system now in place atthe college.

PSI students already have amock security desk at the DoonCampus that allows them topractice surveillance with foursecurity cameras and monitors –all equipment they will likely usein future jobs. The jobshadowing proposal will taketheir training to a higher level.

Kevin Mullan, Vice Presidentof Corporate Services saidConestoga College spendsabout $900,000 a year in security

operating costs (for all itscampuses) and a further $30,000a year in security upgrades.

He said the cost of high-techcameras and video equipmentand networks has reduced overthe years while the technologyhas greatly improved allowingthe college to move forwardquickly over the last few yearswith its security upgrades.

Some upgrades have beenpaid for through a ProvincialWomen’s Safety Grant, whichallowed the college to placetwo cameras on the pathwaythat cuts though the DoonCampus green space to parkinglots.

Although the campus alreadyprovides a “Walk Safe” servicewhere a security guard willescort people to their cars(especially women who may beleaving the school after nightclasses) students can now alsocall the security office to havea camera follow them to theirvehicle.

The college currently has astaff of 18 guards (including abicycle guard unit), twoinvestigators, one supervisorand one administrator.

“When I started here in 2008,security was an arm of facilitiesmanagement. Now it’s a standalone office,” Willis said,adding that the school has alsoupgraded its emergencybroadcast systems, which usedto be a PA system that didn’t goto all buildings on campus.

The new broadcast systemprovides the ability for securitypersonal to use the phone toclear the whole college or totarget security messages tocertain hallways, wings andclassrooms.

Barb Eichholz, the college’sSecurity and ParkingSupervisor, said securityservices also has the ability toset up a remote control center,if security staff ever had to beevacuated from the campus.

“The one thing I love is thatI can now watch all of thecollege campuses, all thepathways and entrances andhallways and emergencyevacuation zones, and theimages are so clear,” she said.

Graphic student EmmaStratton said she feels safe atthe college.

“I feel like there’s a lot moresecurity here this year than lastyear,” she said.

“We have night classes andthe security guards are aroundall the time.”

Financial planning studentSofia Tchabrazian said she alsofeels safe on campus.

“One time I was stuck in theelevator and security was thereright away to help me.”

“They have more securitycameras here than any otherplace I’ve seen,” said graphicdesign student AndrewMcNamara, adding that it doesmake him feel safe.

New surveillance cameras part of improved security at Conestoga College

Natalie Metherell Assistant Supervisor and Security Guard (sitting) and BarbEichholz, Security and Parking Supervisor, in front of numerous monitors at theSafety andSecurity Services office at ConestogaCollege’sDoonCampus. They tookpart in a training exercise showing how they would use the upgraded securitysystem to search for a ‘suspicious person’ on campus.

“They have moresecurity camerashere than any otherplace I’ve seen.”

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BY CARRIE DEBRONE

PaulaSmithhas seena lot of rolls of nickelsin her life.

She and her brother have been coincollectors for years, and she frequently getsrolls of nickels and pennies from her localbank to check for coins with dates on themthat she collects.

In November, after picking up severalnickel rolls from the Bank of Montreal inuptown Waterloo, she noticed that each rollwas short by two nickels.

The coins, wrapped in a clear, molded-plastic rolling case, held only 38 nickels – twoshort of the 40 ($2 total) that are supposed tobe in each roll.

The plastic cases are stamped with whatappears to be the manufacturer’s name –Plastichange International Inc. inDrummondville, Quebec, and a number.

Curious, Smith attempted to place twomore nickels into the roll she received, butfound she could, with difficulty, jam onlyone more nickel into it. Two more justwould not fit.

A lecturer in the University of WaterlooMath department, Smith admits she wasmore curious than upset about being shortchanged.

“I just wondered how it could happen. Yousort of expect that when you get the rollsfrom a bank that the number will be correct,”she said.

“I’ve never been shorted in the paperwraps.”

Smith called the bank to tell them about it.“They were astounded,” she said.The Kitchener Citizen contacted the bank

and was told by a bank employee that,“We’ve taken care of it and gotten rid of all

of them so that our customers aren’t facedwith coins that are short in rolls.”

However, when the reporter started askingmore questions about how the rolls couldhave gotten into the bank’s supply, therepresentative said the reporter should talkto the bank manager. The bank managerreferred the reporter to the bank’s nationalcommunications department.

A representative from the communicationsdepartment,RalphMarranca, explained in anemail that “BMO gets rolled coins via theCanadian coin pool, which is managed by aNationalCoinCommittee (a joint effort by allof the F.I.s, armoured cars, and the RoyalCanadian Mint).

All coins being shipped must be properlyrolled and boxed based on publishedCommittee standards. The coins ourbranches use could have been prepared byany participant of the coin pool. We alsoutilize coins we receive over the counter fromcustomer deposits.

The incidence of shorted rolls is quite low;in fact it happens rarely and when it does, theamount of money involved is verysmall...typically less than a dollar.

While we do look at each incident on a caseby case basis, we generally give ourcustomers the benefit of the doubt and coverthe shortfall when they report it to us.”

Irregular sized plastic coin rollersspark Kitchener woman's curiousity

Plastic nickel coin rollers received by aKitchener woman from her local bank areclearly the wrong size. They only hold 38nickels— two nickels shorter than a roll of thecorrect, 40-nickel size shown below.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Sick of smoky Kitchener air? Are youconcerned about the air that your

family members are breathing, and tiredof having to close your windows in thesummer due to the smoky air?

Please sign our petition at www.petitionhosting.com/petitions/kitchenerfirepitbanto help clear our air, and to have your sayabout the open-air burning debate. TheKitchener Council vote on the new draft

by-law is expected to take place in March.Waterloo and Cambridge have banned

wood-burning firepits and chimineas frombackyards.

Kitchener residents should not have tobreathe in secondhand smoke from thesecampfires in residential areas. We deservea ban to protect public health, publicsafety, and to reduce environmentalpollution from hazardous wood smoke.

Let’s take back the summer, and makeit a time of year when everyone can enjoywarm-weather activities without the stenchof fire smoke in the air. We should not haveto close our windows, and be forcedindoors due to this polluted, smoky air.

Thanks to everyone for signing!

Ingrid SienerthKitchener

Community concerns over the use ofwood burning fire pits, chimeneas

and other wood fuelled devices havebrought to focus the serious impact thatwoodsmoke has on our daily health andour environment.

Since Woodsmoke cannot be contained, isa known cause of world-wide prematuredeath and is associated with Asthma, Cancer,COPD, Cardiovascular, Cardiopulmonary,Respiratory, Stroke and other illnesses, it isvital and urgent that every municipality adoptand implement a by-law to ban all woodburning including (out door open air burning)within urban areas and neighbourhoods.

No exceptions or exemptions should beapplied to this all-inclusive ban on woodburning fire pits and other devices, due tothe grave, negative health implications thataffect everyone who breathes woodsmokepolluted air.

There are no excuses that make woodburning an acceptable form of outdoorentertainment when other cleaner methodsare available, such as propane and gasheating units, which are safer and muchhealthier for us and for our environment.

There is no room for apathy or denialregarding the extensive use of thesehazardous woodburning devices.

Woodsmoke trespassing into neighboursyards and harming the health of innocenttax paying citizens who are unable toaccess their own property for enjoymentshould be the concern of every municipalleader and all council members.

Contact your Public Health unit, Mayor,Fire Department and elected leaders withyour concerns about wood smokepollution. Demand your right to cleanwood smoke-free air to breathe.

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LLEETTTTEERRSS TTOO TTHHEE EEDDIITTOORRThe Kitchener Citizen welcomes Letters to the Editor. All letters must clearly state the writer’s full name,address, phone number and be signed. Names will be published along with the letter, however, addresses and telephone numberswill be used only for verification purposes and will not be published. Letters should be submitted at least one week before thepublication date. This newspaper reserves the right to edit, condense or reject any contribution for brevity or legal purposes.

IINNVVIITTAATTIIOONN TTOO BBEE AA GGUUEESSTT CCOOLLUUMMNNIISSTT The Kitchener Citizen invites you to share your experiences of local community as aguest columnist. Do you have a rant? A viewpoint about a local event or opinion about an important issue? Or, do you have apersonal or funny story? The Kitchener Citizen is looking for writers who are willing to share their views with their Stanley Parkneighbours in a guest column. Columns should be 400-500 words long and submissions must include your name and contactinformation. To submit your column by fax, email or mail, please call 578-8228. For more information contact, Carrie Debrone,editor, 578-8228.

What’s your idea of the perfect city?What would it look like? Who

would live there and how would it berun? What would you change aboutKitchener if you were the Mayor or acity councillor?

Meant to expose students to the researchand the sometimes hard debates that gointo building a city, the Kitchener Citizenhas partnered with Kitchener City Councilin a special contest that asks students toanswer some of those questions.

Just write 200-250 words on the topic“Welcome to My Ideal City” and send it tothe City of Kitchener.

Kitchener Councillors will narrowentries to a short list and winners will bechosen from that list by the editors of theKitchener Citizen and members ofCompass Kitchener.

Winners will not only have their essayspublished in the Kitchener Citizen, butthey will also be invited to come to CityHall in April 2013 on a night that the citycouncil meeting is televised.

The winning students will be given a halfhour tour of City Hall, including a viewfrom the 10th floor patio, and meet all themembers of Kitchener Council includingthe Mayor.

The students will then be invited to sit inthe council chairs in the council chamberand take on the role of a Kitchenercouncillor as they are given a half hour oftime on Rogers TV (thank you Rogers!) todebate a topic of interest to them.

As another exciting element, that nightKitchener Mayor Carl Zehr will draw thename of the student who will become theHonourary Mayor for the debate from a

hat containing the names of all thewinners. No one will know, until then,which student will play the part of theMayor!

The contest is open to any student aged10 – 12 who lives in the City of Kitchenerand it is our hope that teachers in civicsclasses in Grade 5 will tell students aboutthis contest and encourage them toparticipate. The contest is also open tochildren who are homeschooled.

Send all entries with contact informationincluding school and teacher’s name to meby either email at: [email protected] or drop them off to ourfriendly security personnel on the groundfloor of City Hall, or mail them to me at:Kitchener City Hall, 200 King Street West,Kitchener, ON N2G 4G7. Entries will beaccepted until March 8, 2013

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Ontario’s teachers and support staff arethe backbone of our education system.

For nine years, we have worked together totransform Ontario’s publicly fundededucation system into one of the best in theworld. Test scores are up and more studentsare graduating high school and moving on topost-secondary. Just recently, theOrganization for Economic Co-operationand Development (OECD) recognizedOntario as being an international leader inpublic education. This is a tremendousachievement of which we can all be proud.

In building on our success, we have to bemindful of Ontario’s fiscal challenges. Over ayear ago, the government began workingdiligently and in good faith to establish a newprovincial framework agreement with itseducation partners. Currently, compensationand benefits make up 85% of spending ineducation.

We had a choice: we could continue toincrease pay and benefits for teachers or wecould spend on other important investmentslike full-day kindergarten, small class sizes, andkeeping more teachers in classrooms.

We asked teachers and education workers totake a pause on pay raises and end the bankingof sick days to be paid out at retirement. Aftermonths of negotiations and hundreds of hours,we have seen agreements negotiated

representing 55,000 teachers and over 4,000support staff in the province. We also reacheda template agreement with CUPE, which has55,000 members in over 100 bargaining units.These agreements, along with those reachedwith doctors and public sector managers, showthat it is absolutely possible to reach fair andbalanced deals that protect public services.

Through an Order In Council, the LieutenantGovernor in Council, on the advice of theMinister of Education, has implementedcontracts for all school boards and unions thatwere unable to deliver ratified and approvedcollective agreements by the deadline.

Now that collective agreements are in place,any strike action is illegal. The Putting StudentsFirst Act had a specific goal: to protect thegains we have made in education, duringchallenging fiscal circumstances, and tominimize any labour disruption duringnegotiations. The Putting Students First Acthas now accomplished this goal, and so thegovernment will move to repeal Bill 115 beforethe end of January.

Although the last year has been difficult, Ifirmly believe that together we can build uponour many accomplishments of the last nineyears. I look forward to continuing to work ourlocal teachers and other partners to strengthenour education system and ensure it remains oneof the best in the world for our students.

KITCHENER CIT IZEN (EAST EDIT ION) • JANUARY 17, 2012 • 7

BY ALANNA FAIREY

Waterloo Region is askingthe public for its opinion aboutthree possible names chosenfor its Light Rail Transit (LRT)system - Trio, Arc and Ion.

The suggested names wereunveiled by Quarry IntegratedCommunications Inc. which isworking with the Region on thenaming and branding of thesystem.

Sarah Harwood, vice-president of Quarry said thatIon symbolizes the electricalcharge, playing on the notionthat the transit is always on themove. An arc is rounded form

like the proposed rapid transitroute and represents aprolongation of transit in theregion, and Trio representspeople working together withinventive and harmoniousimplications.

Three public meetings wereheld earlier in January to gatherinput on the names and anonline survey will be availableuntil January 18 at rapidtransit.regionofwaterloo.ca.

Director of rapid transit atthe Region of WaterlooDarshpreet Bhatti said thatpublic involvement is essential.

“We will be going to thepublic with the shortlist of thenames, get their feedback and

then we will go back to councilwith recommendations in termsof the preference from thepublic and then we will moveforward with one.”

A final decision is to beannounced at the end ofFebruary.

Once the public has helpedselect a name, construction isexpected to begin on the LRTnext summer.

Harwood explained at a pressconference how the nameswere selected.

“We had a foundation ofwork to inspire our thinkingand then we moved into abrainstorming,” Harwood said.

“We heard from citizens and

from those at the spine of thecommunity, delving into thehistory and characteristics thatthe people told us about thecommunity that werecollaborative. We ended up

generating over 300 names.”Harwood said that Quarry

narrowed down the list to threenames that were meaningfuland worked with thetechnology.

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Community SPORTS

BY MIKE QUIGLEY

The KW Youth Basketball Associationwas recently named the Ontario

Basketball Association's Club of the Yearfor its outstanding work and promotion ofbasketball over the past season.

The award is presented annually to anOBA club that contributes to thedevelopment of the sport throughextraordinary achievements in the areasof developmental and competitiveprogramming, organizational leadership,innovative practices, community impact

and the upholding of fair play principles.The KW association beat over 200

clubs across the province for the mostprestigious award presented at theOBA's Awards Gala in Toronto.

This award was the culmination of ayear that saw Viper teams bring home

four OBA Gold medals, one Silver andtwo Bronze as well as several "Fair Play"Awards.

The YBA also hosted the prestigiousU19 Mens’ Provincial Cup Basketballchampionships for the third year in a rowwith outstanding success.

KW YBA Vipers named OBA Club of the Year

Wendy, Buckley (Past President), John Illingworth (President)and Mike Quigley (Executive Administrator) accepted the awardfrom OBA President Ken Urbach on behalf of the KW YBA.

Jody Brown was named the OBA House League Coach of the Yearfor his outstanding work with the YBA's Novice House Leagueand the development of the innovative Novice Skills clinics.

Craig McLennan was named the OBA U13 Boys’ Rep Team Coachof the Year for his work with the Bantam Vipers, OBA Goldmedalists.

Kitchener girls hockey players love theirsport and helping others.

Members of Kitchener Minor Hockey’s girls’teams collected close to 3500 pounds of non-perishable food items for the Food Bank ofWaterloo Region as part of their celebration of the2nd Annual RBC Kitchener Girls Hockey Day inKitchener on January 13.

Additional food was collected at ActivaSportsplex during the day-long event.

During the campaign, the girls of the Atom ALady Rangers collected a 2000 pounds of food,

earning them the privilege of wearing andkeeping custom-made jerseys (provided by 1stImpressions) commemorating the day.

For Girls Hockey Day, all the girls registeredin Kitchener Minor Hockey played at onevenue, on one day, against teams from all overSouthern Ontario and the United States. The day is sponsored by the Royal Bank’s PlayHockey program.

A ‘Learn to Play’ session was also held thatfeatured multiple gold medal Olympians CherylPounder and Becky Kellar. Women of any agewere invited to join them on the ice and learn toplay the game.

2nd Annual Kitchener Girls Hockey Day celebrated January 13


Community SPORTSRegistration for the Stanley

Park Optimist Club’sBlastball, T-Ball and 3-Pitchleagues will soon take place.

This year there will be nomass spring registrationssessions for local minor sportsgroups as in past years.

Instead, the Optimist Club ofStanley Park will hold its ownregistration session on SaturdayFeb. 23 at Stanley Park Mallfrom 9am to 1pm for anyoneinterested in its Blastball, T-Balland 3-Pitch programs. Therewill be an "Early Bird"

registration discount offered atthis session for all T-ball and 3-Pitch players.

The City of Kitchener hasarranged a "ball" registrationsession on Saturday, March 2from 9am to 1pm in theCommunity Room (upstairs) atthe Zehrs store at theLaurentian Power Centre.

Groups participating include:Stanley Park (Blastball, T-Balland 3-Pitch), Kitchener GirlsSoftball, KW Boys Softball,Kitchener Minor Baseball,SouthWest Optimist T-Ball.

Stanley Park has twoadditional registration sessionsplanned for Sat. March 16 andSat. March 23 - both from 9amto 1pm.

All Stanley Park OptimistClub leagues are co-ed (as wasinitiated last year) and therewill be no increases in playerfees or sponsorship packagesthis year.

Website sponsorship is $35,team sponsorship is $170,combined team and website is$195 and other sponsorshipopportunities are available.

Umpires and scorekeepersare needed for the comingseason. These are paidpositions and offer a greatopportunity for youth to earnsome cash and gain valuablework experience.

The club is also accepting

applications from studentswishing to fulfill their highschool volunteer requirement.

For more informationStanley Park Optimist Clubball programs, includingsponsorship packages, visitwww.stanley parkoptimist.com

Registration for local Blastball, T-Ball and 3-Pitch Sat. Feb. 23 at Stanley Park Mall

Kitchener Rangers’ goaltender JohnGibson was named January 5 as the

Most Valuable Player of the 2013 IIHFWorld Junior Championship afterbackstopping the United States to a goldmedal, the nation's first since 2010. � �

The Pittsburgh, PA native was also namedTop Goaltender by the tournamentDirectorate and was selected by the media asthe goalie for the All-Star team.

He is the first net minder to be selected as

MVP since Canadian Steve Mason earned thehonour in 2008.

Gibson made 26 saves in the gold medalgame, and posted a tournament-best .955 savepercentage in seven games for Team USA.

He also led all goaltenders with a 1.36 goalsagainst average and posted two shutouts (oneshared).

A second-round pick of the Anaheim Ducksin the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, Gibson is 13-7with the Rangers this season, with a .929 savepercentage and a 2.33 goals against average.

The winter sports season iscancelled at Waterloo

Region public high schools.A one-line email from Darcy

Mintz, president of theWaterloo County SecondarySchools Athletic Association(WCSSAA), was distributed tolocal media on January 11.

“Due to insufficientvoluntary participation bycoaches of our memberschools, WCSSAA will not beproceeding with winter sportsschedules at this time,” he said.

Because of a labour disputebetween public school teachersand the provincial government,winter sports have been onhold since the beginning ofDecember. WCSSAA polledcoaches to see if there wasenough interest to try and getthe winter season going.

Boys’ basketball, girls’volleyball, hockey, swimming,curling, swimming and skiingare normally held in the winter.

Because the Catholic boardteachers across the provincehave signed their contracts,extracurricular activities andsports teams are running asnormal at the Waterloo RegionCatholic high schools.

For some sports the localCatholic teams play inWCSSAA and for others theyplay in the District 8 leaguewith local private schools.

Therefore, the cancellationof the winter sports season byWCSSAA has not affected theCatholic school board’s

basketball, volleyball orswimming teams that willcontinue to play in District 8.

District 8 league organizersare going to see if it can put

together schedules for theremaining sports that arenormally played in theWCSSAA league.

Kitchener Rangers’ goalie John Gibsonnamed World Junior Championship MVP

Public high schools cancel winter sports season

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WATERLOO REGION MUSEUMSTORYTELLING SERIES – TheWaterloo Region Museum presents anew storytelling series called WarmTales for a Winter Afternoon that takesplace in the Christie theatre. The seriesfeatures professional storytellers onselect weekend afternoons over thecourse of the winter. Tickets are $10(plus HST). For more information and topurchase tickets call 519-748-1914.Sunday Jan. 27, 2pm. Bernice Gei-Ying Hune, Ghost Train & OtherImmigrant StoriesThe building of theCanadian Pacific Railway, the HeadTax, and the Chinese Exclusion Act arestories of struggle and determination.History tales come alive for adults andchildren 11 and up. Saturday Feb. 23,2pm. Anna Kerz with music by SusanneFarrow, With a Stone in myPocketHow do you buy chicken soupin Toronto when even your chickensdon't speak English? It takes a littleingenuity and a lot of courage as youwill hear. Sunday April 21, 2pm. Mary-Eileen McClear, In Her Own Words:The Diaries of Maggie Owen.COLDEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR(CNOY) – Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. TheColdest Night of the Year is a 5/10 KMfamily-friendly winter fundraising walksupporting the Ray of Hope CommunityCentre. Registration is at CameronHeights Collegiate (301 Charles St E)from 4:00-5:00 PM, with all walkersfinishing their routes at the Ray ofHope Community Centre (659 King StE) where some hot soup awaits! Signup as a team or individual at www.coldestnightoftheyear.org/location/kitchenerwaterloo. For more informationcontact Scott Brush – KW LocationDirector - 519-578-8018 ext 220SUNNYSIDE SENIORS’ SERVICES

NEEDS VOLUNTEERS – CommunityAlzheimer Program Assistants areneeded for the Cambridge program(Monday to Friday) and Wednesday(Kitchener program). A bingo caller andtreasurer is needed on Tuesdayafternoons. A Sandhills Café assistantis needed daily over mealtime. If youare interested in any of these volunteeropportunities, contact Janice Klassen,Coordinator, Volunteers at 519-893-8494, ext 6372 or email [email protected] BURNS SUPPER – The K-WBranch of the Royal Scottish CountryDance Society is holding its 32ndAnnual Burns Supper on Saturday,January 19, 2013, at the WoolwichCommunity Hall, 31 Parkside Drive, in St.Jacobs. Please join us for a fineevening's entertainment in true Scottishfashion! Reception: 5:30pm, Dinner:6:15pm, Dancing: 9 - 11pm.Limited CashBar. Dress: semi-formal. Dinner willconsist of traditional Scottish fare: steakpie, haggis, mashed potatoes, mashedturnips, dessert, tea, coffee; avegetarian meal is available uponrequest. The evening will include atraditional Burns program, featuring theToast to the Immortal Memory of RobertBurns. Dancing will include traditionalScottish Country Dancing, as well asseveral dances that can be performed byeveryone.Tickets are $40 per person,and can be purchased by contact SusanMcTavish at 519-743-4143 or by email [email protected]. Ticket orderforms are also available on our websiteat www.rscds.kitchener.on.ca andrequests for seating for up to 8 can bemade with the order form available onthe site.DRUMS, DRUMS, DRUMS – ThePreston Scout House Cadets drum line

will make a classy public debutparticipating in the Kitchener/WaterlooSymphony’s (KWS) Drums, Drums,Drums! concert on Saturday, January 19,2013. Scout House Alumni Band’s drumline will also be featured in theafternoon show from 2:30 to 4:30 atKitchener’s Centre In The Squaretheatre.Tickets are $11 for children and$22 regular. Information is availablefrom the ticket centre at: (519) 578-1570or 1 (800) 265-8977 or by email at:boxoffice@centre inthesquare.comMISS SCHWABEN BALL - Saturday,January 26, 2013, Miss Schwaben Ball2013 with the Golden Keys. GreekTheme including: Full Greek Dinner,Special Dance Performances and lotsmore. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., Dinner at6:00 p.m. Members: $22.00 + tax, Non-Members $27.00 + tax, Children: $10.00+ tax. For tickets please call the cluboffice at 519-742-7979.SPAGHETTI DINNER - Schwaben Clubon Saturday, February 9, 2012. SpaghettiDinner. Silent Auction starts at 4:30pm.Doors open at 4:30pm, Dinner at 5pm.Tickets $12. For tickets please call theclub office at 519-742-7979. KITCHENER WATERLOO ARTGALLERY – Register for winter classesfor adults, teens and children. Speednetworking event on Jan. 24 from 7 –9pm. Walk the Talk tours Jan. 27, Feb.24 and March 31. Admission to thegallery is free. For more information visitwww.kwag.ca KID’S CLUB AT THE KITCHENERMARKET – Every Saturday in Januaryfrom 9am to 11am. Free family activities,crafts, stories. Kitchener Market upperlevel, 300 King St. ECOFFEE BREAK – is aninterdenominational Bible Study forwomen of all ages and all stages of

faith. Nurseries and preschool programsare provided. All programs are free.Wednesdays 9.30-11am, at theCommunity Christian Reformed Church,1275 Bleams Rd., Kitchener. Register atwww.ccrc.on.ca or come out on aWednesday morning. [email protected] CENTRE HAS AVOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY FORYOU! If you are a people person with 2hours per week to spare to brighten thelives of individuals with developmentaldisabilities, Sunbeam Centre has avolunteer opportunity for you! We arenow recruiting Day Program RecreationAssistants at our Kingsway Drivelocation, and Friendly Visitors (reading,computer, crafts, games, music, etc.)Various times available throughout K-Wand training provided. Studentswelcome! Contact Christine at(519)893-6200 ext. 253 or c.rushton@sunbeam centre.comSUNNYSIDE SENIORS’ SERVICESNEEDS VOLUNTEERS – We arerecruiting for a Tuck Shop Clerk(Mondays 1:15 – 3:45 p.m.), a ShoppingAssistant (Thursdays 9 – 10:30 a.m.) aPub Night Assistant (Thursdays 6 – 8pm.) and Friendly Visitors (flexibletimes). If you are interested in any ofthese positions, contact Janice Klassen,Coordinator, Volunteers at 519-893-8494, ext 6372 or email [email protected]. SENIOR ADULT DAY PROGRAM - Didyou know Trinity Village has an AdultDay Program for seniors wishing tosocialize with other seniors? The cost isjust $6 per day, and the program runsMondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from9 am to 1 pm, at Trinity Village CareCentre, on Kingsway Drive, nearFairview Park Mall. Self-referralswelcome. Call 519-893-6320 ext. 235 formore info.MAKE NEW FRIENDS WITH BETASIGMA PHI - Are you a woman lookingfor new friends and fun things to do? Doyou enjoy a social, community service-oriented group? If so, you might beinterested in our Beta Sigma Phi chapter.

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SIMPLE RECIPES FOR A BUSY LIFE STYLE by ZOE AVON

InGoodTasteA cold and windy winter’s day sets

the stage for this Dutch pea soup.These amounts will make enough

for a small army – but the soupfreezes well, and will be welcomethroughout the chilly season.A friend gave me this recipe; he

made it often for his large family.He suggested adding sliced smokedsausage to the soup at the end ofthe cooking period – leaving it injust long enough to heat through. Ihave not done that, since it alreadycontains an abundance of meat.While the cooking period is

lengthy (start the soup a couple ofdays or more before you intend toserve it) the preparation time is notonerous, especially considering themany substantial meals that willresult. You need only add a salad,and, if possible, the best homemaderye bread that you can find, for afilling, satisfying, and warmingantidote to a blustery day.

SNERT2 pounds split peas3 pounds pork hocks1 -1/2 pounds stewing beef1 pound spareribs1 large carrot2 stalks celery3 large leeks1 large celery root (celeriac)4 medium-sized potatoescoarse sea saltfreshly-ground black pepper

Soak the split peas for about 12hours in a very large pot withsufficient cold water to well coverthe peas.Then add a pinch of salt, and cook

over medium-low heat until the peasare tender – about half an hour ormore. Set aside.Cut the meat into pieces to fit into

a very large (huge) soup pot, and fillwith sufficient cold water to coverthe meat. Add salt to taste and cookuntil the meat is very tender.

Clean the vegetables; peel andslice the carrot; cut the celery intopieces; trim the leeks and slice onlythe white part, with an inch or so ofthe green leaves; peel the celeriacand cut into cubes; peel the potatoesand cut into cubes; and add all thevegetables to the soup pot when themeat is tender.Allow to simmer for another hour,

then remove all the bones.Add a generous grating of black

pepper and then add the cooked peasand mix thoroughly.You may, if you wish add herbs or

other seasonings to taste. However,you will find that salt and pepper issufficient to flavour this soup(although a pinch of hot, driedpepper flakes will not go amiss).Allow the soup to simmer gently

for another 3 to 4 hours.If possible, at this point you may

chill the soup, then reheat it beforeserving it the following day, whenthe flavor will be even better. If youwish, add smoked sausage slices justbefore reheating the soup. Whenreheating, do not bring it to a boil,but heat it slowly, at just under asimmer, for about an hour.If the soup is too thick, thin it to

the consistency you prefer. It issupposed to be a smooth and quitethick soup.Season to taste with salt and

pepper; a dash of wine vinegar willalso accent the flavour.

If you cook for only one or twopersons, this is an easy and verygood side dish. These amounts arefor one serving; double (or triple) asneeded.The potatoes should not be

mashed smoothly, but only smashed,coarsely.

POTAOTES AND PEAS(for one serving)about 2 medium-sized boilingpotatoes1/3 cup frozen peas1 tablespoon butter¼ cup light cream or milk1 green onion, chopped, orchopped Spanish onion

Peel the potatoes and simmer,covered, in boiling, salted water tocover, until barely tender. Add frozenpeas and simmer, partially covered,for only a couple of minutes or untilpeas are heated through.Drain; return to saucepan and add

butter, milk, a good-sized pinch ofsalt, and freshly-ground blackpepper. Remove from heat; stir inchopped onion and mash verycoarsely. Serve immediately.

While apples may be added raw towinter salads of all sorts, thispickled version has more flavourand spice. Add these to citrussalads, too, as well as cookedvegetable salads and pasta, cabbage,and other salads of your choice.

PICKLED APPLES2 large, firm apples½ cup cider vinegar1 cup water½ cup sugar1 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon mixed pickling spice

Core the apples (unpeeled), cutinto quarters, then cut lengthwiseinto slices of about 1/8-inch thick.Boil together the vinegar, water,

sugar, salt and pickling spice,stirring, until sugar has dissolved.Add the apples and return to a boil.Immediately pour mixture into a

large bowl and allow to cool at roomtemperature. Chill, uncovered, aboutan hour; drain before adding to salads.

This recipe is well known, and hasbeen widely circulated. However, ifyou haven’t encountered it, and ifyou would rather have a piecrustthat can be made without rollingout, rather than one that looksbeautiful, this is for you!

PAT-IN PASTRY1 ½ cups cake and pastry flour1 ½ teaspoon sugarpinch of salt½ cup corn oil3 tablespoons cold milk

With a fork, stir together the flour,sugar and salt; pour into a 9 or 10-inch pie plate.Combine in a small bowl the corn

oil and milk and whisk until themixture is creamy.Pour the oil mixture all at once

over the flour mixture; stir with afork or whisk until flour mixture isall dampened.With your fingers, push the dough

to line the bottom and sides of thepie plate. Fill as desired, and bake asusual. Or, if you want a pre-bakedpie shell, prick the shell all over witha fork; bake at 425 degrees F. forabout 15 minutes, watching carefullyto not allow it to burn.

A sweet and buttery pastry (witheggs and extra sugar) may be treatedsimilarly. Mix the dough according to the

recipe above, wrap it, and chill it well.Break the dough into small pieces,then scatter them over the bottom ofthe pie pan. Flatten out the doughwith your fingertips, spreading thepieces out so they cover the bottomand the sides of the pan.Even out the dough by pressing on

it with the bottom of a measuringcup that has been dusted with flour.Continue until the dough is smooth,then press lightly along the top edgesof the pan to smooth the top ridge.


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Wasn’t it nice during thewinter school break to

not have to pack kids’lunches? It’s not my favouritechore.Either my kids get on food

jags and want and eat thesame things every day or I’mpacking something new eachday, searching for somethingthat they’ll eat.

I’m ready for some newideas so I thought that all ofyou may be as well. Let’s givethese a try!

EggsThe protein in eggs is so

perfect that it’s the food thatthe World Health Organizationuses to measure the protein inall other foods. That’s great formy daughter who will rarely eatmeat packed in her lunch.

An egg is also packaged withiron, vitamins A, D, E, B12,folate, and selenium. Whatelse in eggs is great for kids atschool? Lutein and zeaxanthinhelp maintain good vision.Choline has an important partin brain development andfunction.

I love egg salad sandwichesbut my kids don’t so how am Igoing to get eggs to school?

I found a recipe forScrambled Egg Cupcakes on

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Made in a 12-cup minimuffin pan, I’ll make them onSunday while my hubby’swhipping up our post-churcheggs and I’ll add ingredientsthat the kids like and that Ihave on hand. The cupcakeskeep for two days so I may begood for Monday andTuesday!

Falafel ballsI know that both my kids are

always in a hurry to eat theirlunches and get outside withtheir friends or to bandpractice. I’ve admired onlinepics of lovingly arranged bentoboxes and sandwiches shapedlike Phineas and Ferb but Iknow that these will be moreappreciated on the weekendwhen everyone has more time.During the week, it’s all abouthow to get the most nutritioninto them in the short amountof time that they have to eat.

Meatballs have had somesuccess in our lunches so nowI’m going to try mini falafelballs. (Flip through yourcookbooks or google ‘falafel’and you’ll find many easyfalafel recipes.)

The main ingredient inMiddle Eastern falafel is chickpeas (otherwise known asgarbanzo beans) part of the

super nutritious legume family.Pack legumes in a school lunchand you’re packing loads ofprotein, 10 vitamins, and 8minerals. Minerals calcium,magnesium, and phosphorushelp keep bones healthy.

Stick your mini falafels inmini pitas with a dab of plainyogurt and a cucumber slice orpack them with veggie slicesand a tzatziki dip (a basicrecipe has yogurt, cucumber,and garlic.)

MuffinsWho can resist a muffin? It’s

easy to mix up a big batch,most freeze easily, and kidscan eat them in their hands.

My zucchini, pumpkin, andapplesauce muffins arestandbys but I’m going to givesome savoury muffin recipes atry.

Pizza muffins for my sonwho must be tired of hamsandwiches. He loves ham,cheese, and mushrooms on hispizza. I’ll go light on the hamand heavy on the mushroomsand throw in some red pepperor tomato for colour and extravitamins. (Hopefully he’llinhale them with the rest ofthe muffin.)

For some reason,mushrooms don’t get muchnutrition-credit but they’rerich in minerals (potassium,calcium, and selenium) andalso contain niacin andvitamin C.

I like my kids to eat them forthe amino acid, glutamic acid,which boosts immune systems;I don’t want any germs at ourhouse!

For my daughter, who likesher foods separate, I’ll packfresh mushrooms alongsidebroccoli and cheese muffins(but I’ll call them BroccoliMuffins. Call me sneaky, ifyou want.)

Part of the super-food familyof cruciferous veggies, broccoliis an excellent source ofvitamin C, vitamin E, andfolate and is also a source ofvitamin A, calcium, iron,potassium, riboflavin, andvitamin B6.

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THE DOCTOR GAME Reduce Your Risk ofHeart Attack!

BY W. GIFFORD-JONES M.D.

Why is heart attack the number onekiller in this country? Ninety-nine

percent of doctors say it’s due toatherosclerosis (hardening of arteries) andthat cholesterol lowering drugs are theprimary way to treat it. But I suggestcardiologists have closed minds and areignoring facts that could save thousands ofNorth Americans from coronary attack.

History shows mankind is not kind tonew ideas. In 1847 one maternity patient insix who entered the University Hospital inVienna left in a coffin. Why? Becauseesteemed professors ridiculed Dr.Semmelweiss, a colleague, for showing thatby simply washing hands after doing anautopsy, deaths were prevented.

Years later Dr. Linus Pauling, two-timeNoble Prize winner, is ignored for reportingthat large amounts of vitamin C and lysineare needed to prevent coronary attacks.Twenty-five years ago Pauling reported thatanimals make vitamin C and humans donot. That’s why sailors died of scurvy duringlong sea voyages, but the ship’s catsurvived.

Vitamin C is required to manufacturehealthy collagen, the glue that holdscoronary cells together, just like mortar isneeded for bricks. Lysine, like steel rods incement, makes collagen stronger. Paulingclaimed it takes a mere 10 milligrams toprevent scurvy, but several thousand toprevent heart attack.

Williams Stehbens, Professor ofAnatomy at Wellington University in NewZealand, proved Pauling was right.Stebhens’ research showed that coronaryarteries closest to the heart are under thegreatest pressure. This causes collagen tofracture resulting in the formation of ablood clot and death.

Dr. Sydney Bush, an English researcher,has now proven that vitamin C can reverseatherosclerosis. Bush took retinalphotographs, then started his patients onhigh doses of vitamin C and lysine. Oneyear later additional pictures showedatherosclerosis had regressed in retinalarteries.

So what has happened to thesemonumental findings? Bush, like

Semmelweiss, has been ridiculed bycardiologists. One has to ask whethercardiologists, by ignoring his results, arecondemning thousands of people to anearly coronary heart attack.

Fourteen years ago following my owncoronary attack, cardiologists claimed itwas sheer madness for me to refusecholesterol-lowering drugs. Instead, Idecided to take high doses of vitamin C pluslysine with breakfast and the evening meal,for several reasons.

I knew that Dr. Graveline, a physicianand NASA astronaut, had twice developedtransient global amnesia from takingLipitor. I was also aware that patients havedied from CLDs. Others have developedkidney, liver and muscle complications. Ialso believed the research of Pauling andStehbens irrefutable. Now, the work of Dr.Bush has convinced me my decision wasprudent.

But to take large doses of vitamin C andlysine requires swallowing many pills daily.It’s a tall order for those who dislikeswallowing one pill. So for several yearsI’ve been trying to find a company thatwould manufacture a combination ofvitamin C and lysine powder. Now Medi-CPlus is available at health food stores.

The dosage for the Medi -C Pluscombination is one flat scoop withbreakfast and the evening meal. Those atgreater risk should take one flat scoopthree times a day. If high doses causediarrhea, the dose should be decreased.

This column does not recommend thatthose taking CLDs should stop them. Thisis a decision that can only be made bypatients and doctors.

Most of today’s, cardiologists areimpervious to persuasion. They continue tobelieve that cholesterol-lowering drugs arethe be-all-and-end-all to prevent heartattack. They’ve been brain-washed bymillions of dollars worth of promotion bypharmaceutical companies. It reminds meof the saying that cautions “It’s not whatyou don’t know that gets you into trouble,it’s the things you know for sure that ain’tso!”

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After an unstable and challenging2012, Research in Motion (RIM)

is hoping the launch of the BlackBerry10 on Jan. 30 will bring momentumback to the struggling Waterloo-basedcompany.

With upset stockholders, numerouslayoffs and stiff competition fromGoogle and Apple, RIM has a lotriding on the new smart phone device.

“Nobody understands more than wedo about getting BlackBerry 10 right,and right the first time,” said RIMspokesperson Nick Manning.

BlackBerry 10 has been delayednumerous times, with many launchdates originally slated for the fall of2012, but the device will officiallylaunch at the end of this month.Commercial availability for the deviceis expected to follow shortlyafterwards.

“We’ve really listened to thedemands of the consumer and themarket to try and understand whatpeople want,” continued Manning.

Manning said BlackBerry 10 willfeature a multi-function operatingsystem where users can quickly gofrom messages to Internet browsing toapplications without closing anything.The device also features a “time shift”photo application that takes a fewphotos instead of just one so userscould alter the image afterwards to getthe most perfect result.

RIM has been vital to Waterloo’seconomy and many, such as IanMcLean, president and CEO of theGreater Kitchener-Waterloo Chamberof Commerce, are hoping that

BlackBerry 10 brings more economicprosperity to the company and the city.

“It’s a great opportunity to hit thereset button for them and I think it willbe very well received,” said McLean.

“I was very, very impressed with thetechnology and with the actual versionthat I’ve seen of BlackBerry 10. “

McLean added that RIM, as of late,has become the “whipping boy” forstock analysts. While RIM stockreached a nine-year low in July with aprice of $7.09 per share, its shares grewabout 18 per cent in November afterthe BlackBerry 10 official launch datewas announced.

“I think it was unfairly beatendown,” explained McLean.

“I think their management team hasbeen put very well together [and] theyare poised for a good stretch of positivenews.”

However, McLean said that, if it iswell received by the public, RIM can’tjust stop at BlackBerry 10.

“They’re going to have to be lookingto whatever else is next, whether thatis BlackBerry 11 or enhancements toBlackBerry 10 because the market islooking for the next improvement.”

Manning noted that communitymembers have been very supportiveover the last year and predicted thenew product will rebuild comsumerconfidence in the company.

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The city’s publication for its residents January-February 2013

Outdoor fun

When the winter weather co-

operates, being outside in the

snow and ice is a great way to

tire the kids out, and get some exercise

while having a whole lot of fun.

And it’s often free or nearly free!

“Promoting the benefits of an active

lifestyle can also create lifelong habits,”

said Denise Keelan, manager for aquatics

and athletics. “Getting outside to get some

exercise is not just a lot of fun, but also

improves the quality of life for our

residents.”

Did you know that from December

through March, more than 30 outdoor

rinks operate at schools and parks

throughout the city, with help from more

than 350 dedicated volunteers? There is

likely one in your neighbourhood. Without

generous help from community

volunteers, the rinks wouldn’t be possible.

Kelly Goodison is one. He volunteers at

the Belmont Park rink.

“We have one of the best rinks in the

city. We have lots of lights and usually two

rinks: one for hockey and the other for

skating. It helps make everyone welcome

because there are no schedules for

hockey or skating; you can just come to

the park and choose your activity,” he

said, adding he began volunteering with

the rink program when his daughter

brought a pamphlet home from school.

“Now I build the rink for all the

appreciative members of our community

and beyond. We get so many thank yous

from all ages and we always encourage

people to come out and enjoy

themselves.”

Goodison’s favourite memory about an

outdoor ice rink is when his daughter

skated for the first time.

“She was just four years old and I had

bought her a skating trainer but she

wouldn’t have anything to do with it. She

looked at me and said, ‘I want to skate like

everyone else’ and just took off on her

own. She taught herself to skate that day.”

Those memories are easy to make at

outdoor rinks around the city. Like

Goodison, rink volunteers work hard to

maintain the ice. Winter rinks are

dependent on the weather and may or

may not be open and ready for skating. If

the rink is closed, please respect it by not

skating on it until it is open.

If you would like to volunteer, please

contact the winter rink coordinator at

519-741-2200 x7389.

See www.kitchener.ca/yourkitchener for

more suggestions for outdoor fun. For

more on the city’s active indoor and

outdoor opportunities, please see

www.kitchener.ca n

So much morethan a job for summer

Dannon Vasey discovered one

application for a summer job at the

City of Kitchener turned into a whole lot

of opportunity.

Vasey, who is a youth coordinator for the

city’s youth drop-in program, started out

volunteering at a community centre

because she wanted to gain experience

working with youth.

She filled out an online application for

the city’s Hiring Now program, which hires

more than 175 young people to fill

positions as camp counsellors, youth

drop-in staff, inclusion coordinators and

playground leaders.

“I went in wanting a summer job, but it

exploded into so many other

opportunities,” she said. “I’m able to gain

knowledge and experience of how to deal

with difficult situations that you might

apply to other jobs.”

To be eligible you must be:

l 15 years of age and able to work in

Canada

l Able to provide a resume or are willing

to create one to apply

l Prepared to get a current standard

First-Aid certificate, CPR-C and current

and satisfactory police reference

checks/vulnerable sector screening as

a condition of employment

l Able to commit to the time. Jobs range

from six to 16 weeks.

Vasey said she also participates in

corporate-wide training, and gets to know

people across the corporation. In her line

of work, she is gaining first-hand

knowledge and skills that she will be able

to draw from in many areas of her life.

“Besides opportunities that came from

the connections I made at the city, the full-

time staff made me feel like part of the

team,” said Vasey. “They really invest in

your growth and achievement as a youth.”

Visit www.kitchener.ca/hiringnow to

check out the opportunities available and

apply online. n

Bring your PAL along with you

Is the cost to have a personal

support worker join you for a

swim just too expensive?

Would it be unfair to ask your

child’s aide to pay their own

way for a fun afternoon of

skating?

If you were able to have the

person who assists you join in

for a free round of golf, would

you play more often?

For many persons who need

assistance to do recreational

activities, we recognize cost can become a barrier.

The Personal Attendant for Leisure (PAL) card is a program allows people with a

disability to be accompanied by a personal attendant at no extra charge so they can

participate in designated local programs. The PAL card is accepted at city-operated

recreation and leisure programs like swimming, skating and golf in Kitchener, Waterloo,

Cambridge, Guelph and Woolwich.

To learn more and apply for your 2013 PAL card, please visit www.kitchener.ca/pal or

contact City of Kitchener inclusion services at 519-741-2200 x7228. n

“They really invest inyour growth and

achievement as ayouth.”

– Dannon Vasey,

youth co-ordinator

Your Kitchener is published every other month to keep our

citizens informed on local issues and

events. If you have questions or comments,

please contact us by phone at

519-741-2383 or by email at

[email protected].

The City of Kitchener is committed to providing accessible formats and

communication supports for persons with disabilities. If another format would

work better for you, please contact the inclusion coordinator, City of

Kitchener/City of Waterloo, at 519-741-2200 x7226.

When Bob Egan heard that the

City of Kitchener wanted to

“create” a music scene, his

cynical side stepped forward.

He went into a meeting with Silvia Di

Donato, the city’s manager of arts and

culture, “ready to set her straight on how

these things work,” he said.

He came out of the meeting a big

supporter of the city’s Music Works, an

initiative of the city’s economic

development division to support, facilitate

and accelerate the local music business

cluster, through a consultative process,

specifically nurturing an environment for

community success.

Music was identified as a key element in

the arts and culture cluster initiative,

confirmed by council in 2011 as part of

the Kitchener economic development

strategy 2011 (KEDS). The initiative built

on efforts already happening in the region,

including Communitech’s arts and digital

media peer-to-peer network series and

The Hub’s musical performance space,

regularly used by the large number of

technology workers who play musical

instruments.

Music Works: The Strategy Sessions

took the form of a day-long symposium

and consultation at the Hacienda. A

second session took place a few months

later at the Victoria Park pavilion.

“A city can’t create a music scene. A

city’s role is to facilitate the existing music

scene, to clear roadblocks and hurdles,

and to help navigate,” said Egan, a multi-

instrumentalist who plays with Blue Rodeo

and owns Bob’s

Guitar Service

repair shop.

“And its role is

to motivate. I’ve

had so many

people come to

me wanting to

harness this

energy that the city has unleashed. To that

end, the city has already achieved its goal

of bringing people together.”

“There were a lot of things that just

started to happen. The energy moved out

into the community,” said Di Donato.

“When you ask people questions about

what they’d like to see, and they run with

them, the leadership comes from the

grassroots. They really do want to take the

lead.”

Among the recommendations to come

out of the first Music Works session with

local musicians and other stakeholders

were to create a music working group,

based on the model of the public art

working group, which is an advisory

committee, and hold a music industry

conference. Di Donato and Egan agree

that the city’s role is not to create

something out of nothing.

“Facilitation and consultation are a great

way to leverage the community’s desire.

We as the city can’t afford to program

everything anymore,” said Di Donato. “Our

way of mobilizing has always been

grassroots networking.”

“There is a scene here. Once you scratch

below the surface, there is a lot

happening,” said Egan, who moved to

Kitchener seven years ago “for the real

estate.”

“I’ve always been a civic booster,

wherever I lived,” he said. “I’m an

observer. I noticed the streets being torn

up, heard the buzz about the Lang

Tannery, new condominiums, the

sidewalks being redone. I saw the city was

working at it. I thought, ‘They have a plan.

They have a very smart plan.’ I’m proud to

live here. They’re doing it right.”n

Athletic Award nominations

Each year the city recognizes and

celebrates the accomplishments of

many of this city’s and country’s finest

amateur athletes, and the coaches

who have inspired and motivated

them to excellence.

The awards ceremony will be held

March 5 to celebrate Kitchener

athletes who have achieved a

provincial, national or international

championship.

All nominations must be completed

online by Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. For

criteria and more information, see

www.kitchener.ca/AthleticAwards n

Free swims on Saturdays in January

and February at Cameron Heights

Pool.

Enjoy a free public swim at Cameron

Heights Pool Saturdays from 6-7:30

p.m., for January and February only.

Get to know your downtown pool on

Jan. 19, 26 and Feb. 2, 9, 26, 24.

This swim is being offered in

cooperation with ‘Active Kitchener’ to

provide activities that support the

health of our community. As this is a

limited time offer, regular swim

admission rates will apply starting

March 2. To ensure safety, children

must be supervised at all times. n

February is Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month at

Kitchener City Hall on Friday, Feb. 1

between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Come for

the food or come for the

entertainment; the whole community

is welcome.

www.tapestrycelebrations.ca n

Lunar New Year

2013 is the Year of the Snake.

Come celebrate the Lunar New Year

at Kitchener City Hall on Feb. 8 from

11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Events will be held

throughout the weekend at

themuseum and Kitchener Market.

www.kitchenerdowntown.com n

Making music work

The Aud gets anew look, insideand online

The Aud’s website is getting a facelift!

Visit the City of Kitchener’s new Aud

microsite at www.theaud.ca.

The site offers a sleeker, more modern

look; improved navigation, and better

integration of tools, such as the calendar

and news features, with the city’s

corporate site, www.kitchener.ca

After you’ve navigated the new microsite,

why not come down to the real site and

get a tour of the new and improved Aud

building?

The Aud is celebrating its renovation by

holding an open house on Wednesday,

Feb. 13 from 4:30-6 p.m.

There will be tours of the newly

renovated facility, including the Kitchener

Rangers’ dressing room. Refreshments

and snacks will also be available.

Watch for other City of Kitchener

websites relaunching throughout 2013:

l kitchenercemeteries.ca;

l kitchenergolf.ca;

l kitchenermarket.ca

l kitchenerutilities.ca

l downtownkitchener.ca

The sites will be ugraded to improve

their backend systems, integrate better

with the corporate site and improve

navigation. n

The former Patrick Doherty Arena at

72 Wilson Avenue is not only a

recently designed and renovated

community centre, it also just achieved

Leadership in Energy and Environmental

Design (LEED) gold rating.

“The gold designation signals a job well

done on the part of the city and all the

community partners who worked on

setting the standard for this community

centre,” said Peggy Forrest, the city’s

construction project manager. “Kitchener

is part of a select group of Canadian

communities as one of few municipalities

to set a LEED gold standard as a basis for

constructing all future municipal buildings

larger than 5,332 square feet.”

The designation affirms scores in

several categories:

l Sustainable sites

l Energy and atmosphere

l Water efficiency

l Material and resources

l Indoor environmental quality

l Innovation and design process.

Recycled content was an important part

of the construction process for the

community centre, which opened last

year.

The centre has five program rooms, and

a large gymnasium with an adjoining

commercial kitchen and bar area, which

are available for rental.

Forrest notes 15 per cent of materials

used in the construction of the facility

were recycled, and 94 per cent of

construction waste was diverted from the

landfill. Low VOC-emitting adhesives,

sealants, paints, and carpet were also

used, and 29 per cent of materials came

from local sources. Water efficiency

measures resulted in a 40 per cent

reduction in water use.

A white roof on the 16,500-square-foot

facility reflects the heat instead of

absorbing it, and bicycle racks and change

rooms were also included in the

construction to encourage other forms of

transportation.

The city worked with WalterFedy on the

architecture, engineering and sustainable

features of the building. Nith Valley

Construction, contractors; Seawood,

commissioning, and GSP Group,

landscape architects also worked on the

project.

Meeting a minimum sustainable

standard contributes to lower demand for

large-scale infrastructure such as waste-

transfer facilities, water supply and

treatment infrastructure and related

development and operational costs.

It also contributes towards reduction in

transportation development and

maintenance and increased economic

performance of transit systems.

For more on this story, see

www.kitchener.ca/yourkitchener n

Gold for Patrick Doherty Arena

The City of Kitchener operates

family-friendly facilities and

supports breastfeeding mothers.

Credit: Dean Landry

Looking for a space for a

meeting or special occasion?

We have a space for everything.

Rent one of our rooms.

Whether you want to rent space

for a birthday party, a meeting,

cultural event, stag and doe or

even a wedding, the city offers

number of options to make your

event or function memorable.

All city facilities are smoke-free,

breastfeeding-friendly, and

operate under a municipal

alcohol policy to reduce potential

problems related to alcohol

consumption.

Most facilities are fully

wheelchair-accessible. See

www.kitchener.ca/facility rentals

for more information. n

What’s cooking?

The Marketplace at the Kitchener

Market is undergoing a few

improvements this winter including a

new roof on the state-of-the-art

kitchen. Join us in the spring for a fun

and exciting series of cooking classes!

For Kitchener Market updates,

including class information, please

send an email to

[email protected] with

‘Kitchener Market updates’ in the

subject field to sign up.

Come visit the cooking stage,

sponsored by the Kitchener Market,

at the Total Women Show Feb. 9-10,

10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Bingeman’s.

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Hockey Town

Hockey Town once again skates into

Kitchener City Hall on Saturday,

March 9 from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

The event features memorabilia

displays, special guest stars, and

sport-specific educational

opportunities and, of course, the little

kids playing for the annual Mayor’s

Cup! www.kitchener.ca/hockeytown n

Application deadline approaches for

retroactive stormwater credits

Applications for retroactive

stormwater credits must be made by

March 1, 2013.

If you are approved to receive

stormwater credits, the credit will

appear against the stormwater

portion of your regular utility bill.

Property owners who have installed

a best management practice (BMP)

are eligible to apply for a retroactive

credit to the date that the BMP was

installed or Jan. 1, 2011, whichever is

the most recent.n

Making art out of garbage is

Susan Coolen’s goal. Her photo-

based project, the Litter-Arti

Project, emerges from debris found in

the local urban environment and

includes such items as factory

remnants, water bottles, hubcaps, paper

coffee trays, drinking straws and more.

She scans, photographs, draws and

explores the garbage with computer

media, including video and computer

animation.

A local photographer, Coolen is the City

of Kitchener’s 2013 artist-in-residence.

“I am most interested in the artistic

abstractions created by ordering, making

patterns and playing with new graphic

interpretations of these found objects,”

said Coolen. “My artistic quest is to take

these throw-away materials and transform

them into new modern and contemporary

imagery that is colourful, playful, a

curiosity and inspiring.”

Coolen anticipates her large-scale

graphic work being suitable for billboards,

bus stops, buses, as posters, and as

animated video projections in windows

and on buildings such as the Kitchener

City Hall Sky Gallery, on the Cube at the

top of the Berlin Tower.

“My art practice revolves around the

constant activity of scavenging. I gather

the found detritus of daily life and of urban

and rural nature, which I organize and

photograph on a continuous basis,” she

said. “All of my imagery is underlined by

interests in the museum, collections, the

history of photography, culture readings

and more. Recent works explores links

between nature, visual language, graphic

form, pattern and organization, returning

me to my early background as a graphic

designer.”

Coolen also plans to produce a smaller

series of printed works for presentation in

the gallery environment, accompanied by

a final overview art video of the project.

She plans to offer several opportunities for

community engagement and interaction

with her art, including an exhibition of 50

Ways to Leave Your Litter, documenting

the Litter-Arti Project in the Berlin Tower

ARTspace in city hall in September and

October, and a full exhibit in the Rotunda

Gallery at city hall in December.

Coolen was born in Halifax, NS, and

graduated with a bachelor of design from

the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

She has a bachelor of fine arts in

photography from Concordia University

and a master of fine arts in photography

at Columbia College, Chicago. She has

exhibited her art across Canada, the USA

and Europe. For more information on the

artist-in-residence, please see

www.kitchener.ca/AIR n

Bridge closedfor repairs

The historic pedestrian bridge in

Victoria Park linking Jubilee

Drive to Roos Island will be closed

for repairs for about four weeks

starting Jan. 7. The repairs involve

replacing the horizontal guardrails on

both sides of the bridge to meet

modern safety standards. n

Read the words “strategic planning”

and eyes glaze over. What is it

exactly? How does it affect you as an

individual?

Strategic planning is a process of

identifying where the City of Kitchener

wants to be as an organization and

making sure the resources are in place to

get there.

To do this, we need to know where we

are today and what steps we need to take

to get us to our goal.

In short, the City of Kitchener Strategic

Plan: 2011-2014 is our city’s blueprint

for our future. The plan is the single,

comprehensive strategy that guides and

aligns the city’s work and spending with

the community’s priorities and vision for

its future.

So, now you know what it is, how does it

affect you as a citizen?

Municipal government and services

affect residents every day – from road

repairs to snowplowing, community-centre

programming to swimming pools and

hockey arenas, bylaw enforcement to new

parks and playgrounds.

Residents have a personal stake in how

the city operates. Citizens told the city

what priorities it should focus on, through

a public consultation process.

So much has changed since the plan

was last updated – technology, the

economy, the diversity of our city – that

the city is obligated to update its over-

arching plan to reflect the evolution.

Strategic plans are, by their nature, filled

with long-term goals supported by short-

term actions layered on top of each other

over a number of years. A strategic plan

like this, which is based on the

community’s priorities, holds the city

accountable to deliver on those wishes.

The strategic plan is monitored and

reviewed by the community through

Compass Kitchener each term of council

to make sure the plan stays relevant.

Compass Kitchener is a committee that

creates and leads public processes to:

l determine community concerns,

l identify priorities for action, and

l monitor progress toward achieving

the community vision.

The committee also issues a report card

each term of council to monitor changes, if

any, in the community’s priorities. The

report card for this term will be posted

online.

This plan was developed by the

community for the community. The city is

making great strides in accomplishing

work that supports community’s priorities -

and city staff will keep residents in the

loop as progress continues.

For more information on the city’s

strategic plan, please see

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Kitchener’s artist in residence 2013

Planning the city’s future with community help

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Kids Hop is back every TUESDAYBring your little one out for a super-duper fun time

featuring live concerts and magicians!

•• Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noonTuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon ••Afterwards, be sure to stop by one of our market vendors for a

healthy and kid-friendly lunch with lots of options for adults too!

The Marketplace at the Kitchener Market

is undergoing a few improvements this

winter including a new roof. Join us

in the spring of 2013 for a fun and

exciting series of cooking classes!

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Printers’ typecase trays andarchitectural structures

form the exhibits for theRotunda Gallery and BerlinTower ARTSPACE to kickoff the new year in January.

ROTUNDA GALLERYMaryse Maynard’s Signs of

Intelligent Life in the RotundaGallery uses printers’ typecasetrays whose original functionwas to hold the various designsand sizes of fonts that allnewspapers and printingcompanies owned.

Maynard sees the shapes anddivisions in each printer’s trayas the compartmentalizationof thought and memory, notingthey are thematically linked tothe way we store ourexperiences and connect toour personal history.

“A favourite challenge liesin making old or abandoned ornatural objects worktogether,” says Maynard.

“Sometimes I amremembering a childhood ofinnocence and play growing upin a non-technical world ofmarbles, paper dolls andbutterflies. Other times I aminspired to create images fromquotes by poets, philosophers,writers as well as children’srhymes and ancient proverbs.”

Initially trained in oilpainting, Maynard hasextended her exploration ofmedia to include papier maché,wood carving, clay, papermaking, masks, found objects

sculpture, glass etching,embroidery, photography, film,installations and ritually basedperformance art.

BERLIN TOWER ARTSPACEThe Ontario Association of

Architects (OAA) Awards2012 exhibit highlights the bestin architectural design andinnovation by Ontarioarchitects. Winners of the 2012Ontario Association ofArchitects (OAA) Awardsinclude emerging talent andalso some of the province’smost established architecturefirms.

Designed by Ontarioarchitects, 15 new builtprojects in Toronto, Ottawa,Mississauga, Waterloo,Mulmur, Nobel, Vaughan,Peterborough, Montreal andPhuket, Thailand, have beendistinguished in the Design

Excellence category. Morethan 160 submissions judgedby a jury of peers from thedesign community on a varietyof criteria including;sustainability, creativity,legacy, good design/goodbusiness and overall context,exemplify the significance ofarchitecture in the publicrealm.

Celebrating forward-thinking design and leadershipin architecture, more than 30winners in nine categorieswere recognized at theCelebration of ExcellenceAwards presentation inOttawa in May.

The OAA is pleased toexhibit its annual awards toincrease public awareness andappreciation of architecture,Ontario architects, and theservices provided by thearchitectural profession.

Artwork made with printers’ typecase trays byMaryse Maynard in the Rotunda Gallery.

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ERICK TRAPLINCome join us for a fun-filled, high energy, interactive musical show!

Stanley Park Community Centre Saturday, February 9th1:00 to 1:45 pm Pick up your FREE ticket at the centre with a food bank donation. (please bring food donation to the event)Adults must accompany children*limited seating available*

SPCAHOEDOWN!Learn to line danceFriday, March 22nd7:00 to 9:00 p.mCome out forsome feet stompin'hip shakin' fun!

Free Admission (register by stopping in or phoning the centre)

Read the Kitchener Citizen online at www.kitchenercitizen.com

Drop by free art exhibits featuredat Kitchener City Hall in January


The Raven Boys is the first in a newseries by New York Times

bestselling teen fiction author MaggieStiefvater. It is a richly told, spellbindingblend of the supernatural, romance, andmystery. The lives of two teenagers aretangled at the heart of this tale - Blue,the daughter of a psychic, and Gansey,a rich and handsome young man whoattends a local private boys’ school inBlue’s hometown.

Algionby Academy, located inHenrietta, Virginia, is a prestigiousprivate school and home to studentsknown as the Raven Boys because of theraven crests on their uniforms. Blue ison to them, those snobbishly swank andentitled frat boys who always actconversely to their clean-cut stereotype.

She detests everything about them. Thatis until her vision of a ghost leads her toan unrelenting attraction to Gansey andthe quest he and three friends are onhoping to locate a long lost Welsh kingwho, as legends claim, is buriedsomewhere near their town. Strangesituations soon accompany the foretellingof circumstances shared by psychics inBlue’s family, perhaps the strangest beingher willingness to join Gansey and hisRaven Boys in their search.

This first novel in a series of four, is asuspense filled, haunting tale of love andsacrifice. Recommended for fans ofparanormal romance, urban fantasy, andwell told tales about lost kings, omens,and the possibility of real true love. Ages13 and up.

THIS MONTH’S READING:THE RAVEN BOYS by Maggie Stiefvater

REVIEWED BY:Christy Giesler,

Teen Services Librarian,Kitchener Public Library

A monthly column featuring great reads as suggested and reviewed by librarians from theKitchener Public Library. Follow along each month and discover your next great read!

For more great reading ideas, visit www.kpl.org and click on the “Books and More” tab.Want to share your own review of your favourite read? The library’s online catalogue enables

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WHAT WE’RE READING

BY CARRIE DEBRONE

Since 2010 the University ofWaterloo Art Gallery has

been steadily defining itself as aversatile and interesting spacefor both local and internationalartists to exhibit their work.

Described by currentDirector/Curator Ivan Jurakic as“a jewel box tucked away” thegallery, which is the former site of

Waterloo Manufacturing, iscurrently hosting a collection ofwork by eight members of thefamous and influentialNetherMind collective – TomDean, John Dickson, CatherineHeard, Greg Hefford, MaryCatherine Newcomb, ReinhardReitzenstein, Lyla Rye and MaxStreicher.

The exhibit opened January10 and runs until March 9.

The NetherMind collective,

originally 11 members,organized four influentialexhibitions in Toronto from 1991to 1995. The exhibits were heldin post-industrial spaces and the

SHOW RUNS UNTIL MARCH 9NetherMind collective members reunite for exhibit inspired by U of W Art Gallery

University of Waterloo Art Gallery Director/Curator Ivan Jurakic standsin front of artist Mary Catherine Newcomb's field of wheat sculpture asit is being installed for the gallery's NetherMinds exhibit, which openedJanuary 10.

Artist Max Streicher was at theUniversity of Waterloo Art GalleryJanuary 8 to install his inflatedsculpture titled Architecture ofCloud. The large sculpture isconstructed of clothing grade Tyvek,a home construction material, sewninto tubes and then inflated with air.

Artist Max Streicher's inflated sculpture.

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artists created work in response to eachunique environment. The innovativeapproach to creating the art pieces andthe works themselves becamelegendary and launched the art careersof most of the members raising theirprofiles to an international level andearning them solid reputations in theart world. In the last ten years thepopularity of warehouse shows hasincreased dramatically.Not having exhibited together since

1995, eight of the NetherMind artistsrecently re-united for the UWAGexhibit.In keeping with their original idea,

the gallery will exhibit a series of newand recent work by the eight artists--works that respond to the uniquequalities of the UWAG gallery and itsarchitecture.The gallery is broken into four rooms

by partial walls, some which can beremoved. The main 40 x 60-foot galleryhas polished epoxy coated floors,which bear the scars of formerconnections to large machines and, inparts, reveal the rough stones thatwere part of the original factoryflooring.As the gallery is looking to build a

larger community audience theUWAG exhibits are broken into fourtime modules per year. The first threemodules exhibit the work of local andinternational artists, with the lastmodule dedicated to showing the artcreated by the graduates of theuniversity’s Fine Arts department andto masters students needing space fortheir thesis shows.“We have the opportunity to give the

graduates space to exhibit their work

and it defines this gallery as differentthan others locally,” said Jurakic.When the eight members of the

collective approached Jurakic aboutdoing an exhibit he said he was veryinterested.“’They are all responding to the

space in different ways and, as acollective this may be their first galleryshow,” he said, explaining that all ofNetherMind’s other exhibits were inwarehouses.Max Streicher’s piece called

Architecture of Cloud is included inthe exhibit. The full piece, exhibited inHamilton two years ago, has beenmodified to fit the UWAG galleryspace.Streicher, a sculptor and installation

artist, who now lives in Toronto, worksextensively with inflatable technologyin kinetic sculptures. An artist for 23years, his famous pieces such asSleeping Giants and Stallions havebeen shown widely across Canada insolo exhibitions at The Art Gallery ofOntario, Edmonton Art Gallery andthe Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon.He has been part of group exhibitionsat the Museum of Contemporary Art,Taipei, the Museum of ContemporaryCanadian Art, Toronto, the SaidyeBronfman Centre, Montreal, PowerPlant Centre for Contemporary Art,Toronto and Southern Alberta ArtGallery in Lethbridge.He has completed site-related

projects in such places as Taichung,Taiwan, Erfurt, Germany and Prague,Czech Republic and his inflatablepieces are in the collections of theESSL Museum, Vienna, The HaraMuseum, Tokyo and the BeaverbrookArt Gallery in Fredericton.

Artist Mary Catherine Newcomb’sceiling sculpture of a suspended field ofwheat is also part of the exhibit.Newcomb, a graduate of the U of WFine Arts department, is a sculptorwho works in a variety of media. Shehas been producing organic, garden-based sculpture for several yearsincluding Great Hare, an 8-foot-longgrassy sculpture of a large hare.Her work is regularly shown at Loop

Gallery in Toronto and she hascompleted several public commissions.Her recent exhibitions include Product

of Eden, Kitchener-Waterloo ArtGallery, Kitchener, Faithful andFaithless Messengers and Chocolate,Loop Gallery, Toronto (2010), andProduct of Eden, Loop Gallery,Toronto (2008).

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The University of Waterloo Galleryis located at East Campus Hall, 263Phillip Street, in Waterloo and is opento the public Tuesday to Saturday 12noon to 5pm. NetherMinds runs untilMarch 9.

As Rockway Mennonite Collegiate student Will Russell looks on, grade 12 student councilmember Joclyn Cameron shaves Principal Dennis Wickerd after he promised that he would getrid of the beard he's worn for 27 years if the students at his school collected 22,000 items forthe House of Friendship Christmas hamper program. The students brought in an average of 95non-perishable food items each -- more than 27,000 items.

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The City of Kitchener heldits annual New Year's

Levee January 6 a KitchenerCity Hall. The event drewseveral hundred people andthis year, for the first time,offered children's activitiesincluding face painting andcrafts. The afternoon eventalso featured entertainmentincluding performances bythe Kitchener MusicalSociety Band, the GrandHarmony Women'sBarbershop Chorus and theGrand Philharmonic YouthChoir as well as door prizes,sandwiches, sweets anddrinks. The event offers achance for residents to meetKitchener Mayor Carl Zehrand members of Kitchenercouncil.

Members of the Grand Harmony Chorus perform at the City of Kitchener New Year's Levee January 6.

New at the City of Kitchener NewYear's Levee this year were anumber of children's activities.Anthony Cashin looks on as hisdaughter, Antoinette, 7, makes acraft.

Kitchener councillor Yvonne Fernandes (left) hands out a door prizeat this year's City of Kitchener levee.

City ofKitchener NewYear’s Levee


Community SPOTLIGHT

BY CARRIE DEBRONE

One of Kitchener’s greatestmodern pioneers retired this

month after 33 years of service atthe Centerville-ChicopeeCommunity Centre.

Sue Josic may not considerherself a pioneer, but the factsspeak for themselves.

In 1979, one day before herdaughter’s first birthday, shebecame the city’s first resourcecentre coordinator at 141 MorganAve. in Kitchener – the location ofthe city’s very first communitycentre.

That job title, of course, didn’texist. A job description didn’texist. The centre wasn’t evencompleted when she moved in.

“They didn’t know what acommunity centre was going tolook like back then. I evolved withit. I’ve had more staff changearound me than Kitchenercouncil,” Josic joked.

“I give the city a lot of credit.They gave me creative license todo the job and they appreciatedme. They wanted it run mostly byvolunteers and we did that,” shesaid.

Working in drywall dust andwith no windows for the firstmonths, Josic began to carve outthe path that would later becomethe model for how all ofKitchener’s community centreswould operate.

“I don’t think anyone reallyunderstood what a communitycentre was back then. But it was abit of good luck that the cityplaced the first one where it did,”she said, explaining that theneighbourhood around Chicopee-Centreville includes lots of rentalhousing and many new Canadianswere coming to the area.

She grew to love her job.“Who can get up in the morning

and after 33 years still say theywant to go to work and still lovewhat they’re doing?” Josic said.

“It was great. I got to meet somany interesting people. I gotattached to many of the families. Istarted to know thatneighbourhood better than myown.”

Through helping to designprograms, she learned the customsof foreign culture and had theopportunity to watch and helppeople who immigrated to Canada,often from war torn countries, starttheir lives over again.

“They did it so well and it’s beenincredible to watch that. I feel

lucky,” she said. Josic helped establish many

programs, including languagetraining and ESL programs, tomeet the needs of the people inthe neighbourhood. The centre’sclasses now include cooking, art,music, yoga, chess, Tai Chi,basketball, floor-hockey andPilates. If you have a suggestionfor another type of class and ifenough people ask for it, thecentre will provide it.

Because of its success, there arenow 13 community centers inKitchener, more than most othersin Canada.

But, no one is in a job for a longtime who doesn’t experience somelows along with the highs.

For Josic, the low came in 1998when there was a marked increasein the level of criminal activity,weapons and drug dealing in theneighbourhood. The centreparking lot was being used as ameeting place for much of thatactivity.

”Most of the people werecoming from other parts of thecity. They weren’t even from thatneighbourhood, but we werebeing used as the gathering area. Ihad police cars in the centredriveway everyday,” she said.

Things began to change whenthe innovative COPS Program,now in its 16th year of operation,began at the centre.

The program was developed byKitchener Councillor BerryVrbanovic, Police officer PatSmola and Mark Hildebrand, thecity’s Director of CommunityPrograms.

Supported by the WaterlooRegion Police Services, the

Kitchener Fire Department,Centreville-Chicopee CommunityAssociation and the City ofKitchener allows youth theopportunity to interact with policeand fire fighters outside of theirjob, helping to bridge the gapbetween youth and emergencyservice workers.

It offers recreational activities,education on substance abuse andactivities that build self esteemoffering kids the chance to ski atChicopee and go to camp as theyinteract with their mentors. Dueto its popularity, enrollment iscapped at 50 participants.

“To be able to help grow aprogram like that was awesome,”Josic said, adding that theprogram helped solve theproblems in the neighbourhood.She hopes it may one day bedelivered through many othercommunity centres in the city.

The COPS Program sparkedanother beginning – the start of awhole new focus on bringingyouth into community centersthrough creative programmingand services that they could use –like help with homework anddrop-in sports.

“We have to value and nurtureour youth and make a place forthem. They are our futureleaders,” Josic said, adding that,currently, a 13-year-old boyattends the centre’s boardmeetings because he interested inthe centre. “You never know. Hemay be our next mayor,” shelaughed.

Over the years, Josic has helpedcountless young people, butsometimes the affect you have onsomeone comes as a surprise.

Several years ago she received aletter from a nurse in Cambridgewho told her she was grateful forbeing allowed to spend time at thecentre and for Josic’s friendship.

“She used to come over to thecentre and I’d buy her and hersister ice cream and we’d talk. Shetold me that I set a good examplefor her life and inspired her andthat she had gone on to pay for herown education. The letter justcame out of the blue one day. Thetears were streaming down myface. You never know what kind ofan impact you are going to haveon someone’s life,” she said.

With 33 years of experience incommunity service behind her,Josic said she believes the bestqualities a community centreemployee can have are flexibility,open-mindedness, compassionand understanding.

“Sometimes you just have to putthe paper work away and listen towhat people need – hear what thatsad face across the counter istelling you,” she said.

Josic also knows that communitycenters are important because theyare a place where people can comeand get to know the staff and trustthem.

She points to the low turnoverof city staff at community centersas one of their strengths.

“When you have people stayingin a facility for a long time, it’ssuch a good connection for thecommunity.”

Community centers haveevolved from being mostlyrecreation based to being “onestop shopping” for the community,says Josic, explaining centreprogramming has grown throughpartnerships with other cityservices and instructions like theschool boards, the police, familyand Children’s Services, KWCounselling and ESL programs.

“Now, everybody wants one,”she said.

Josic plans to do some travellingwith her husband, who retiredfour years ago, and to spend timewith friends.

But, you may still see her at thecentre in the future where shehopes to become a volunteer.

* * *Shannon Thompson took over

as Chicopee-Centreville ResourceCentre Coordinator on January 1,2013.

Chicopee-Centreville Community Centrecoordinator Sue Josic retires after 33 years

Sue Josic (holding picture) is joined by her family at the entrance to theold Room #2 at the community centre, which was renamed in her honour.


On January 13, StephenWoodworth, Member of

Parliament for Kitchener Centrepresented Queen’s Diamond JubileeMedals to 15 recipients for theiroutstanding service to the KitchenerCentre community in a ceremony atEmmanuel Village in Kitchener.

The recipients were elected by anindependent advisory committee fromnumerous deserving nominations.

The commemorative medal, createdto mark the 2012 celebration of the 60thanniversary of Her Majesty QueenElizabeth II’s accession to the Throne asQueen of Canada, is in recognition ofthose who, like Her Majesty, havededicated themselves to service to theirfellow citizens, their community andtheir country.

The recipients are:

John Charles ChampionMr. Champion was stationed overseas

for 58 months with NATO and theUnited Nations. He served as a PoliceOfficer with Waterloo Region for 11years and was on the Board and VicePresident of CKWR 98.5 FM. Over thepast 27 years Mr. Champion has been onthe executive board of the WaterlooLegion and has volunteered and workedon numerous committees such asCommunities in Bloom and BigBrothers.

Gary Allan DunnMr. Dunn is a retired Warrant Officer

in the Canadian Army. He is a Past-President and continues to be an activemember of the Kitchener Lions Club.Mr. Dunn also acts as First Vice-President of Branch 412 Polish Legionand is responsible for their Seniors’Affairs.

James Duncan FraserMr. Fraser served a lifetime with the

Police Service in our community chargedwith the protection of our citizens andwas responsible for setting up Canada’sfirst Regional 911 response system. Asa Legion member he works endlesshours for the betterment of hiscommunity and in 2004 received theHelen Keller Fellowship Award fromthe Lions Club International.

John Anthony GazzolaCouncillor Gazzola was first elected in

November 2002 and has served theresidents of Kitchener since that time.As a Chartered Accountant, he workstirelessly to keep taxes down and be avoice for those in our community whoare most vulnerable. For the past 30years he has volunteered his expertise asTreasurer for the Kitchener MinorHockey Association.

Gordon Ernest Ira GreavetteMr. Greavette has acted for the past 5

years as an academic chair at Kitchener’sConestoga College. Prior to that, he hada distinguished 35 year career with theCanadian Forces. This service includeda United Nations Peace Keeping tour inSyria and a diplomatic position at theCanadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Robin HabermehlMr. Habermehl is a longtime

Kitchener Waterloo professional reedplayer, singer and teacher. He hascomposed and performed in

“Kandahar”: A Modern Soldier’s Story,which bring to life in original music,songs and drama the experiences ofCanada’s Armed Forces serving inAfghanistan. Mr. Habermehl servedwith the Canadian Military from 1980until 1994 and left the forces with therank of Warrant Officer.

John Louis HannenbergA Veteran from World War II, Mr.

Hannenberg at the age of 18 joined theArmy’s Royal Electrical MechanicalEngineers, having apprenticed in theTool & Die trade, and served as infantryreinforcement achieving the rank ofCorporal. Through his position asVice/President of Manufacturing MTDProducts of Canada, where he workedfor forty-eight years, he helped to bringJunior Achievement back into industry.With the assistance of ConestogaCollege and three other employers witha Tool and Die background a programwas set up to teach locally what hadpreviously been handled by GeorgeBrown College.

Sydney Brian KenmirMr. Kenmir was a member of the

RCAF from 1958 to 1963 and has beena Member of the 404 Wing RCAFA for48 years. He served as President of the404 Wing RCAFA three times and hasbeen a member of the Waterloo Legionfor 25 years. Other positions that he hasbeen active in are: Secretary of the K-WPoppy fund for 25 years, Chairman ofthe K-W Veterans Remembrance DayBuses for 28 years, Member of the K-WVeterans Council for 28 years and hasacted on the Committee of the GovernorGeneral’s Volunteer Service Medal.

Stephanie ManciniIn 1982 Stephanie Mancini, along with

her husband Joe, established TheWorking Centre as a response tounemployment and poverty indowntown Kitchener. Through its many

outreach programs some of whichinclude, the Job Search ResourceCentre, St. John’s Kitchen, Queen StreetCommon Cafe, the MulticulturalCinema Club, community gardens andIntegrated Supportive Housing, TheWorking Centre has transformedthousands of lives for the better.

Alan Joachim NandersMr. Nanders, is a retired teacher and

Reserve Army Officer (Captain). Hecontinues a lifetime of exemplarycommunity volunteer service, with theWaterloo Region Seniors’ AdvisoryCommittee, the Army Cadet League ofOntario and with other local volunteerservice groups. Through his entireteaching career Mr. Nanders remainedstrongly committed to volunteer workhelping those whose voices mightotherwise not be heard. This includedchurch outreach projects and foodbanks. In 2004 he was awarded theCanadian Forces Decoration (C.D.) fordiligent service.

Thomas Andrew RuggleMr. Ruggle was nominated for his

outstanding leadership. In the past hehas taught, through his position as ChiefFire Prevention Officer in Kitchener,three senior staff officer courses inAfrica and has been recommended tocommand this course in the future. Hisactions while representing his countryhave brought great credit to Canada inthe international community.

Harold C.J. (Hap) ShantzHarold, “Hap” Shantz, following a

distinguished career as a teacher andprincipal, has devoted a good portion ofhis retirement to community service.His passion is to assist refugees andother new Canadians to establish safeand productive lives. He has also beenactive with his involvement with minorleague sports, serving as the first sportsdirector for the Kitchener Recreation

Commission and through activeparticipation in Habitat for Humanityprojects as well as being involved withpromoting issues related to health,employment, faith and fitness.

Donald Richard SquiresMr. Squires served two tours of

service in Korea. One from May 1951to May 1952 through the War periodand from April 1954 to November 1954with the United Nations Peace KeepingForces. In 2000 he was sent anauthorized replica of the NorwegianNobel Peace Prize Diploma by theCanadian Peacekeeping VeteransAssociation in recognition of his serviceas a Member of the United NationsPeacekeeping Forces who won theNobel Peace Prize on December 10,1988.

Thomas A. E. ThompsonIn 1961 Mr. Thompson, while serving

with the Canadian Army, rendered lifesaving assistance at a serious motorvehicle accident involving two trucks onthe 401. Along with other persons, Mr.Thompson helped free and remove thedriver of an Imperial Oil company tank-truck, loaded with bunker oil, and at thetime on fire, seriously endangering hisown life.

Paul Josef Tuerr (Posthumously)This award accepted by Mr. Tuerr’s

daughter, Pauline Tuerr, recognized thelegacy of accomplishments left behindby Paul Tuerr. A tireless supporter ofGerman culture in Kitchener he wasactively involved with many of theGerman clubs and organizations in thearea and was the founder of theGerman-Canadian RemembranceSociety, a charitable and non-profitorganization. Through his generouscontribution to the University ofWaterloo he helped in the establishmentof the Waterloo Centre for GermanStudies.

15 local residents receive Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medals

Fifteen residents of Kitchener Centre were awarded Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medals by Kitchener Centre MP StephenWoodworth on January 13. From left: front, James Fraser, Syd Kenmir, John Gazzola, back, Gord Greavette, Don Squires, Allan Nanders,MP Stephen Woodworth, event MC Dan Glenn-Graham, Thomas Thompson. Absent: John Champion, Gary Dunn, Robin Habernehl, JohnHannenberg, Stephanie Mancini, Thomas Ruggle, Harold Shantz.


Politicians at the provincial andfederal levels are usually busy

battling each other and theirparties at every chance they get. But the Kitchener-Waterloo

riding’s Queen’s Diamond JubileeMedal presentation has apparentlybrought out the cooperative spirit.In a rare showing that politicians

can cooperate and work with eachother, Liberal MPP of KitchenerCentre John Milloy, formerConservative MPP of KitchenerWaterloo Elizabeth Witmer andnewly elected New Democrat MPP ofKitchener Waterloo Catherine Fife,will all be present at the medalpresentation ceremony for theKitchener Waterloo riding recipientsto be held January 16 at KitchenerCity Hall.Milloy was asked to give out the

medals on behalf of ElizabethWitmer after she left provincialpolitics. He decided instead to waituntil after the bi-election, allowingthe opportunity to whom ever waselected to present the medals intheir own riding.

The commemorative medal, createdto mark the 2012 celebration of the60th anniversary of Her MajestyQueen Elizabeth II’s accession to theThrone as Queen of Canada, is inrecognition of those who, like HerMajesty, have dedicated themselves toservice to their fellow citizens, theircommunity and their country.

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubileemedals were presented January 16 tothe following Kitchener-Waterlooriding recipients:

Chandrika Anjaria Chandrika Anjaria has been a tireless

volunteer within the community. Thefocus of her community work has beenempathy and compassion for others.An employee for the University ofWaterloo’s Information Systems andTechnology Department, Chandrikaalso served as past chair of UW’sUnited Way Campaign. She has alsopresided as co-chair of three localhospital walkathons, and is the chair ofthe Earthquakes, Cyclone and Tsunamirelief fund. Chandrika is a member ofthe India Canada Association, pastchair of several cultural festivals and afounding member of Club 55. In 1997,Chandrika was awarded as one ofKitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest’sWomen of the Year.

Ariarani AriaratnamAriarani is the founder and former

Executive Director of Focus for EthnicWomen in KW. Active in supportingthe women and children, Ariaraniserved the KW YWCA locally andinternationally. She has also served onthe Immigration and Refugee Board ofCanada. Ariarani is passionate inhelping newcomers understand,integrate and become fully activemembers of our community. She is amember of the board of the SouthAsian Seniors Association of WaterlooRegion. A recipient of the Citation forCitizenship Award from the

Government of Canada, Ariarani alsoreceived the Queen’s Golden JubileeMedal in 2002 for her outstandingwork in promoting the rights ofimmigrant and visible minority women. Ronald Beaudreau

Ronald Beaudreau served as an AirCadet, Leading Aircraftman in thereserved Air Force and as a RadarOperator in the regular service. He is amember and past president of the 404K-W Wing RCAFA of the Air-ForceAssociation of Canada. He alsoassisted in the starting of the Out of theCold program in Kitchener-Waterlooand has been a youth counsellor forboys aged 6-18 for the past 45 years.

Marjorie Carroll-NelsonMarjorie Carroll-Nelson was elected

the first female Mayor of Waterloo in1977, and remained in this role until1988. As a nurse and as a publicservant, she was an outstanding choiceto chair the K-W Hospital Foundationfrom 1989-1992. A devoted volunteerand fundraiser, Marjorie’s effortsresulted in a remodelled childbirthcentre at Grand River Hospital,renamed the Marjorie CarrollChildbirth Centre in her honour.

Connie DeckertConnie Deckert successfully ran

Motivair Canada Ltd., a local autocompany for 35 years. The company wassold in 2008 and she changed careers.Connie is now a member of the LPGATeaching and Club Professionals, aswell as the Canadian Golf TeachersFederation. She is a member of theCanadian Association of WomenExecutives & Entrepreneurs. Connie isalso a recipient of the Women OfWaterloo Region (WOW) Award, aswell as a graduate of LeadershipWaterloo Region. She is a member ofthe Kitchener-Waterloo Chapter ofZonta International and the K-WBusiness Women’s Association. She is aBoard member of the KW Symphonyand Executive Women’s GolfAssociation.

Jim ErbJim Erb has been associated with Erb

and Good Family Funeral Home for 43years. He is known for his commitmentto serving Waterloo as a city councillorfrom 1980-1988, and is remembered asgetting the most votes of any Waterloocandidate in three consecutivemunicipal elections. Jim has been amember of the Kitchener ConestogaRotary Club for 28 years where he haschaired their annual Turkey Drive insupport of House of Friendship. Jimhas served on the board of directors ofKitchener-Waterloo CommunityFoundation, KidsAbility Foundation,Shalom Counselling Services and is apast President of Kitchener WaterlooCouncil of Churches. He was afounding member of Habitat forHumanity, the Canadian Clay andGlass Gallery, founding Chair of theWellesley Apple Butter and CheeseFestival, past chair of the OntarioBoard of Services and was recognizedat the Mayor’s Dinner for the WorkingCentre in 2011. He is a member of ErbStreet Mennonite Church in Waterloo

and has been active in various inter-faith initiatives in the community

David GrahamIn his contributions to our community,

David Graham has worked diligently asa past Chair of the Board at St. Mary’sGeneral Hospital, the 1990 OntarioSummer Games, Leadership WaterlooRegion, K-W United Way, Rotary Clubof Kitchener, and the Canadian RedCross K-W Branch. Currently, Davidserves on the boards of the St. Joseph’sHealth System. In recognition of hisservice, David was awarded the K-WCitizen of the Year in 1990, theWaterloo Award, the Canada 125thAnniversary medal and the QueenElizabeth Silver and Golden JubileeMedals.

Owen Lackenbauer Owen Lackenbauer began his career

of service to the community byenlisting in the Canadian Army, servingfrom 1953-1965 and in the ArmyReserve from 1972-1985. In 1969, heco-founded KW’s Oktoberfest whichcontinues to thrive to this day. As a pastPresident of Kitchener Oktoberfest,Lions Club, K-W Untied Way,Kitchener Chamber of Commerce, K-W Community Foundation, andWestmount Golf & Country Club, 1979K-W Citizen of the Year, and a PaulHarris Fellow (Rotary International in1995), Owen’s contributions to ourcommunity have been profound. He ispast Honorary Colonel of the RoyalHighland Fusiliers of Canada,Waterloo Region’s reserve infantryregiment.

John LynchJohn Lynch, a long-time Rotarian,

was 1981-1982 President of the RotaryClub of Waterloo and is a Paul HarrisFellow. His contributing involvementwith KidsAbility spans over threedecades. He was President 1991-1993during the raising of $8 million forconstruction of the current treatmentcentre. From 1996-2002, he wasPresident of KidsAbility Foundation,which currently raises in excess of $1million dollars annually. He helpedbring the 1986 Brier Canadian Men’sCurling Championship to Kitchener-Waterloo. He was also treasurer forCampaign K-W, which raised $27million for expanded services at GrandRiver Hospital. A Fellow of theInstitute of Chartered Accountants ofOntario, he is retired partner ofKPMG, where he initiated the writingof Roots: History of KPMG inWaterloo Region. In 2011, he receivedthe Waterloo Award, the City ofWaterloo’s highest civic honour.

Joan McKinnonJoan McKinnon spent twelve years in

public service as City of Waterloo andRegion of Waterloo Councillor andMayor of Waterloo from 1997-2000. Shewas the founding Chair of CommunitySafety and Crime Prevention Counciland a member of such Boards as WilfridLaurier University, University ofWaterloo and the AGO. Joan hasdemonstrated a lifetime of communityservice through her involvement

volunteering with the Girl Guides ofCanada, summer camp for disabledchildren, the Kitchener-Waterloo ArtGallery, the K-W Symphony, the GrandRiver Conservation Authority and St.Mary’s Hospital. In 1985 she was namedOktoberfest Woman of the Year and shehas also received the Ontario VolunteerService Award for her outstanding workin the Region.

George SimGeorge Sim’s faith, his loyal

dedication to his friends and family, hiscaring heart and his delight instorytelling are an inspiration. Duringthe Second World War, George was amember of the Royal ElectricalMechanical Engineers, serving theOntario Tank Regiment, Oshawa inEurope. His experience during the warinspired him to become ordained in theUnited Church, and to serve as aChaplin for the Waterloo Legion for 40years. George has devoted his life toserving his fellow veterans; listening totheir stories and helping to heal theirsuffering. A kind soul, George isknown to offer a hug and story to alland enjoys playing the harmonica.

Rosemary SmithRosemary Smith is a visionary leader

in our community who has served asmentor to many. Since 2001, Rosemaryhas been the CEO of the Kitchener-Waterloo Community Foundation. Shehas also had leadership roles on manyorganizations, such as Chair of theGreater Kitchener Waterloo Chamberof Commerce, Cambridge Chamber ofCommerce and has served on manyboards such as the K-W YWCA, K-WBig Brothers, and the ProsperityCouncil of Waterloo Region ResourcesTask Force. Rosemary has also been amember of the United Way, CambridgeWomen in Networking, K-W Women inNetworking, Leadership WaterlooRegion, Zonta Club of Kitchener-Waterloo, Waterloo Region ImmigrantEmployment Network andOpportunities Waterloo Region.Rosemary has also had the honour ofbeing recognized as a Woman ofDistinction in the area of business bythe Cambridge YWCA and has wasnamed as Kitchener-Waterloo’s Citizenof the Year for 2009.

Lynne Woolstencroft Since moving to Waterloo in 1970

Lynne Woolstencroft’s belief incommunity-building expressed itself inpublic service and involvement in manyorganizations. She held electedpositions (City of Waterloo Councillor,Regional of Waterloo Councillor,Mayor of Waterloo, Waterloo CountyBoard of Education school trustee, withthree years as Chair). She served onnumerous boards (K-W Social PlanningCouncil, Waterloo Public Library,Grand River Conservation Authority,and Waterloo Regional Police Service).She was President of the Association ofLarge School Boards in Ontario. Hercommitment to the environment ledWaterloo to receive numerous awards,including the Greenest City in Ontariofrom TVO.

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The City of Kitchener has budgeted $100,000 this year to replaceaging playground equipment in Kitchener parks and public spaces.

City of Kitchener Landscape Architectural Intern Yvonne WesterveldCardoso is collecting comments from residents before scheduling thereplacement of equipment at the following parks:

• Breithaupt Park in the Fairfield community• Cedarhill Park in the Country Hills community• Greengable Park in the Highland West community• Knollwood Park in the Auditorium community• Pioneer Park in the Pioneer Park community• Prospect Park in the Stanley Park community• Westchester Park in the Grand River North community• Westwood Park in the Westmount community

Cardoso said these playgrounds are made of “predominately oldwooden structures.”

Cardoso said previously the city didn’t annually budget funds forplayground replacement, even though it was an ongoing process.

“This allows us to be more organized in how we do it,” she said.She is hoping residents will get back to her with their comments

about what they would like to see in their neighbourhood parks.“Instead of replacing it with exactly what is already there, this is a

time when we could make a change,” she said.She said the city will look at the demographics in the

neighbourhood to help them determine what age group should betargeted with the new equipment.

Please send your questions or comments to Cardoso at 519-741-2600x4216 or by email at [email protected]

Kitchener plans playground replacement in eight city parks


Q. Its time for our yearlybudget of 2013 and we alwaystry to do our best. However,sometimes there seems to bea shortfall. Have you got anytips regarding the calculationsof a yearly condo budget?Thanks for your help!

A. Review the current year’s budget andmake comparisons to the actual year-to-dateoperations. Is the current year’s actual expenserepresentative of a typical year or are therenon-recurring aspects that should beconsidered? A non-recurring expense would bea repair or maintenance item that is difficult tobudget, such as the water sprinklers. Onlycertain ones may require replacement.

Recurring operating expenses such as trashpick up are easier to foresee because these areconsistent items that usually have a fixed rate.A difficult item to budget is corporationinsurance. The annual increase of condoinsurance is unpredictable. Certain insurancepremium costs have risen dramatically over theyears. Higher premiums may dictateconsidering higher deductibles. Contact your

agent and request information or quotes basedon current needs and market conditions.

Reserve fund contributions should be verysimple to budget because they are based on theresults of your reserve fund study. Boardmembers should adopt a timetable in which tostudy, prepare and revise the yearly expenses.Consider having an alternative budgetprepared in case the board needs to increase ordecrease particular items.

If the property manager prepares the budget,it will still require final approval from theboard. If all parties involved with thepreparation and approval of the budget arewell informed, the budget process should goquite smoothly. Good Luck!

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CANADA’S BUSINESS

It’s Your BUSINESS

BBYY BBRRUUCCEE WWHHIITTEESSTTOONNEE

In a kind of message ofChristmas cheer it appears that

the housing sector in the UnitedStates is turning out someencouraging numbers. We canonly hope that this trend willcontinue and that it augurs wellfor the North American economy.Unfortunately, the outlook inCanada is far less hopeful.

In the western section of theUnited States, house prices are justabout half of their peak sellingprices of several years ago. Therewas a “short sale” forced on theowners to avoid foreclosure.

After complete renovations,those houses are now being rentedfor about $1,000 a month, nearlyhalf of what the original owner hadbeen paying for a mortgage.

This situation is part of thereason to believe that the long-suffering housing market at lastmay have turned the corner. Thesepurchases have started to shrinkthe huge oversupply of vacant,foreclosed homes and as a result,the stock of new homes for sale inthe U.S. is at an all-time low.

In addition to that good news, inthe revived construction sector thelatest reports show new housingstarts are the best they have been

in four years – higher by 10 percent in the last year. It is notsurprising then that the shares ofcompanies that build homes havebeen performing very well.

All these signals are a welcomechange. Housing historically is oneof the most powerful engines in theearly stages of a business recovery.Purchases of homes increasesspending in other retail sectorssuch as furniture, carpets andgardening.

Previously, the slump in thehousing sector had the reverseeffect, curtailing all kinds ofconsumer spending.

However, even with theseimprovements, housing as a shareof GDP is only half of the averageof the past three decades.

This upturn is different from theprevious housing boom. Thenprivate and public lenders, certainthat house prices would neverdecline, loaned funds toprospective buyers on terms thattoo often were unsustainable,allowing home ownership to risesignificantly.

Despite all the changes in thehousing market, the number ofhomes in foreclosure continues tobe too high. Lenders haveremained super cautious, shell-shocked by their previousexperience.

High unemployment remains a

negative factor inhibiting furtherrecovery and changes indemography (baby boomers nowstarting to pass as the peak in thehome buying years), will be a long-term drag.

The attractive yieldsavailable in theresurgence of renting islikely to become asustaining factor.

In Canada, housesrepresent 70 per cent ofhousehold wealth,compared to 40 per centsouth of the border.

House prices continueto be uncorrected inCanada. This isparticularly true in someisolated areas such asVancouver and Toronto.

A decline in ourhousing sector is adistinct probability,more than in the UnitedStates, but overall thehousing industry nowoffers a glimpse of abetter future.

* * *Bruce Whitestoneis an economist andsyndicated columnistliving in the Breslauarea.

The ups and downs of the housing sector

“Creative spaces can inspirecreative ideas” stated David

Marskell, CEO ofTHEMUSEUM. This is exactlythe result Junior Achievement ofWaterloo Region is hoping for.The Sun Life JA CompanyProgram has moved out of the highschool setting and has entered intoa collaborative partnership withConestoga College andTHEMUSEUM to host theirprogram starting January 8th and9th 2013, respectively.

“Our goal was to move theCompany Program to a space thatwould encourage creativity fromour students. What betterlocations than one of the mostinnovative post� secondaryinstitutions in the province and amuseum that is world renownedfor its imagination?” said AubreyWalters, President & CEO ofJunior Achievement of WaterlooRegion. “We wanted ourAchievers to be motivated tocome out every week and part ofthat is to provide them with aspace that they are excited to

come to and that sparks theirimaginations.”

With this mission in mind JuniorAchievement sought out partnersin the community that couldprovide this space and are a goodfit with their values. Both sides ofthe partnership feel that they weresuccessful in “achieving” this.

“This partnership was a great fitfor Conestoga.” stated BarbaraFennessy, Executive Director,Centre for Entrepreneurship andInternational Business. “JuniorAchievement is the first step formany entrepreneurs. It ignites apassion within these youngstudents. Conestoga looks to buildon this passion and develop theskills that will help theseentrepreneurs succeed. This is thefoundation that our newEntrepreneurship Centre is basedon.”

With these partnerships in placeJunior Achievement is preparedto grow their popular CompanyProgram this year. Registration isstill open for this free program.Visit www.jacompany.org to

register or learn more.

About the Sun Life JA CompanyProgram

During the 16 week program,Achievers from across WaterlooRegion will experience the risksand rewards of launching theirown business with mentorship andguidance from local businessprofessionals. This programprovides students an opportunityto gain valuable skills and to testtheir mettle as an entrepreneur.Top Achieving companies andAchievers are rewarded in June atthe Futures Unlimited Banquetwith awards and scholarships.

* * *Junior Achievement of Waterloo

Region is a charitable organizationwhich provides classroomprograms encouraging students tostay in school, stay out of debt andto discover their potential asbusiness and community leaders.Contact: Aubrey Walters,

President & CEO, 519-576-6610 ext301, [email protected]

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OPENED DECEMBER 7Fairway Road bridge first in Waterloo Region

over Grand River in 50 years

BY CARRIE DEBRONE

Traffic patterns in Kitchener are likely tochange as people discover the convenience of

using the newly opened Fairway Road Bridge inEast Kitchener to travel to and from Cambridge.

The new bridge is also expected to open a gatewayfor future development in the area.

Flanked by two roundabouts at the intersections ofFountain Street and Kossuth Road in Cambridge andFairway Road and Zeller Drive in Kitchener, theFairway Bridge is the first bridge to be constructedover the Grand River in Waterloo Region in 50 years.

Standing on the bridge sidewalk offers a clear viewof the snow-capped ski runs at Chicopee Ski Hill anda picturesque view of the Grand River in bothdirections. The riverbanks surrounding the bridgeare undeveloped and will continue to provideexcellent scenic views especially in the fall.

You can also see a Kitchener subdivision in thedistance, the Waterloo Regional InternationalAirport and, looking towards Cambridge, farmland.

The $52-million bridge construction project began

August 31, 2010.The sleek, post-tensioned concrete

span structure links Fairway Road inKitchener with Kossuth Road in northCambridge, providing greater access tohighway 401 and helping to easecongestion on highway 8.

John Stephenson, Region ofWaterloo Senior Project Manager, saidthe Fairway Road bridge is one of only about 10 post-tensioned segmental bridges in Ontario. The last onewas built about 20 years ago on Upper Middle Roadin Oakville.

“It is very exciting to be the person at the head ofthis project,” he said, adding that it is one of thelargest road projects, and in the top four largestinfrastructure projects ever completed in this region.

An engineer working at Waterloo Region since2003, Stephenson applied for a job with the region’sdesign and construction department in part becausehe knew he would have the chance to work on theFairway Road bridge project. He became the projectmanager in 2005.

“It’s really a once in a lifetime project. I wasinterested in it from the first time I heard about it.It’s not something that gets built very frequently inCanada,” Stephenson said.

“I’m very satisfied with the way the project turnedout and a lot of people have said they really like thebridge. When I drive over it and see the views andthe mist rising off the river and the ducks and geese,it’s certainly a beautiful setting for it,” he said.

“Usually a bridge is just something built to getpeople across a river and it ignores the terrain it’scrossing. We wanted this bridge to be different. Wewanted to it to connect people with the river and beable to see the river as an amenity. It’s been designed

Region of Waterloo councillors and staff gathered for a photo on as the Fairway Road Bridge officially opened Dec. 7.

Waterloo Region Chair Ken Seiling (left) and Regional CouncillorJim Wideman give the thumbs up signal as they complete thefirst trip over the new bridge.


to draw people and pedestrians to it,” Stephenson said.Aesthetically the bridge looks graceful and has

clean lines because none of its twin column supportpiers are in the river. Instead, they are all on the land.

With a total length of 247 meters, the bridgeconsists of four spans – span one is 37 meters andspan 2 is 65 meters over land on the Kitchener side;span 3 is 95 meters over water and span four is 50meters over Cambridge land.

Using local material suppliers and locally sourcedmaterials where possible, the Fairway Road bridge

was constructed by Grascan Construction of Torontoand designed through the collaborate efforts of theToronto architectural firm DuToit Allsopp andHillier (DTAH) and McCormick Rankin’s (MRC)Mississauga office.

Bob Stofko, MRC’s Senior Bridge Engineer andProject Manager is a Kitchener native and a U of Wgraduate. Engineering inspection was done byMRC’s Matthew Bowser, who recently completedhis Master's degree in bridge engineering at theUniversity of Waterloo.

Construction of this type of structure requiresspecialized expertise and specialty erectionequipment. Companies with this expertise usuallytravel all over the world.

The engineering expertise team for the FairwayRoad bridge included a specialist based in San Diegoand the specialized erection equipment used wasmost recently employed on projects in the CzechRepublic and Italy.

Post-tensioned bridges are known for theirdurability. The Fairway Road bridge incorporatesseveral other innovations that will give it a long life.

One is that its concrete surfaces, subjected to saltsplash, have been reinforced with advancedcomposite Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP)bars instead of plain or epoxy-coated steel. TheGFRP bars were supplied by the Kitchener-basedCanadian office of a German firm specializing inadvanced construction materials.

The pre-stressed, post-tensioned materials andsystems used are from a French company. Thematerials were originally pioneered by Dr. EugeneFreyssinet in France in the 1930's and Freyssinet'sfirm remains one of the predominant firmsworldwide in this field today.

The Fairway Road bridge features four laneshalved by a narrow centre median. About 26 meterswide, it has on-road bicycle lanes and widepedestrian sidewalks, which take up a generous 3.2meters on each side of the bridge. A typical bridgesidewalk and bike path would be only about 1.5meters wide.

The sidewalks connect to the Walter Bean Trailbelow. There are also pedestrian lookouts on itsCambridge side.

The bridge has sculpted piers and gateway portalson both its Kitchener and Cambridge entrances. Itsopen metal exterior railing has a wave pattern andhandrails are finished in wood.

Driving a convertible with its top down, WaterlooRegion councilor Jim Wideman and WaterlooRegion Chair Ken Seiling were the first people(other than those who built the bridge) to driveacross the new structure when it opened on thefrosty morning of December 7.

Both gave the thumbs up signal in victory as theyfinished the first double crossing leading a convoy of

other vehicles filled with local politicians andregional staff from Kitchener to Cambridge andback.

“You get a really great view from up here. It linksthe rural area with the urban area,” said Seiling.

Regional councilor Tom Galloway noted thepillars and decorative railings give the bridge a “realsignature presence” adding that it will be a greatconvenience for drivers.

Galloway said that when the bridge was firstproposed, construction was not supposed to beginuntil 2016. Realizing the bridge would be neededmuch earlier than anticipated, “We put our headstogether and moved the date up,” he said.

Restricted by winter weather, Stephenson saidthere is still lots of work to be done on the bridgeincluding trail connections, railings, landscaping,paving work and lookouts on the Cambridge side.That work will be completed this coming spring andsummer.

The region is planning a more formal bridgeopening ceremony and public tours in the spring.

“You get a really great viewfrom up here. It links the ruralarea with the urban area.”

Well lit and divided by a narrow median, the bridge sportsboth bike lanes and generous pedestrian sidewalks.

John Stephenson, Region of Waterloo SeniorProject Manager Design and Construction,headed the project --one of the largest roadprojects ever completed in this region.

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