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After indicating for months that this term in office would be his last, Wellesley Mayor Ross Kelterborn made his retirement official at Tuesday night’s

committee meet-ing. The announce-ment brings to a close 30 years on township council, including three mayoral elections that Kelterborn won handily.

“I’ve been mayor for 11 years, and at this particular time

I feel that the township is in a very good financial position,” Kelterborn told coun-cillors and staff.

“I have never really retired – I’ve al-ways been working at something. And I decided that it’s time that I started really living a life of retirement rather than work, and pick up on some things that maybe I haven’t paid attention to as I

Kelterborn makes retirement official

Wellesley eyeing surveillance video cameras for playgrounds

After 30 years, 11 as Wellesley mayor, he’s ready to move on; pair of councillors ready to take up the challenge

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Citing the discovery of glass “placed strategically” around the Linwood playground, Linwood recreation service board chair Lori Sebben asked township staff and councillors to consider options for video surveillance.

At the township committee meet-ing Tuesday night, Sebben said that the playground’s relatively sheltered, remote location makes it more vulnerable to safety issues.

“I understand that you want to wait until you can do them all together,” said Sebben of video surveillance of the township’s play-grounds. “But seeing as it’s such a private area, it would be really beneficial to have something back there.”

Director of facilities Brad Voisin said that video surveillance would represented a heavy workload, not-ing that the township is implement-ing a new strategy for monitoring playground safety. Instead of a daily, year-round staff walk-by, staff will be given a complete checklist of safety conditions to meet. “Which is going to be time-consuming and cost money, but we can’t have glass in our playgrounds.”

Coun. Herb Neher suggested not all playgrounds are equal priority. “Some of these playgrounds, you may not need [surveillance] because

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Earning a silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is no simple feat. Sure, there are some requirements – like community service work for local parades, food drives, and Legion activities – that seem rela-tively straightforward, and perhaps the skill test (like drumming or model build-ing) is something that comes naturally to you.

But to take home the award, you also need to complete a three-day Ad-venturous Journey – one that might send you on

We’ve all heard the doomsday predictions for arts education in schools – how courses in vocal and instrumental music are routinely slashed, or deemed a lower priority than “the Three R’s.” For the 27th year, the Kodály

Local schools to be represented at choral festivalWILL SLOAN Choral Festival aims to

buck the trend with its arts education celebration, bringing music students from across southwest On-tario for a choral extrava-ganza.

“I’ve seen it grow from a few schools to 10, 12 schools to 30, 40 schools, and from one evening now

to two evenings,” said vol-unteer Mark McMath, prin-cipal of Cedarbrae Public School in Waterloo.

“It is just an awesome experience to see over 500 children singing on stage at once. They’re singing so much repertoire, all memo-rized, with the orchestra who are all educators in the

Waterloo Region. It is a real celebration of children.”

The sold-out event at Centre in the Square will feature 922 students from 43 schools across two days. Among them, students from Linwood PS will take the stage on May 6, and students from Breslau, Flo-radale, John Mahood, Park

Manor, and Riverside will perform on May 7.

The evening will include everything from classics to a newly commissioned work, “Me to We,” inspired by the ongoing We Day educational movement. The festival’s mandate to include singing in at least three languages brings

students out of their musi-cal comfort zones, noted McMath.

“We purposefully try to get at least four or five genres covered in the pro-gram. The students will be singing this year 13 or 14 pieces, and everything

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These awards were well-earnedWest Montrose brothers put some sweat into it prior to receiving prestigious Duke of Edinburgh Awards from Ontario's Lieutenant Governor

WILL SLOAN an extended canoe or cy-cling trip. Such was the challenge facing West Montrose teenagers Devon and Ryan Sheppard, who accompanied each other on their grueling jour-neys through rural On-tario. They received their awards last weekend from Lieutenant Governor Da-vid C. Onley at a ceremony at Queen’s Park.

“Some of the trail that we’re on is just straight and there’s no shade, because there are big sections without trees,” remembered Ryan, who rode 160km in the Cale-

don/Elora area.“When you’re going down those stretches, one of the things that came across my mind was, ‘Why am I doing this?’ I had to think that over.”

However, he added, “The book asks you, ‘What did you gain from this?’ I got stronger in my legs, my stamina went up, and one of the other goals was to travel around the trails in Canada to see more of the country that I live in.

“Every trip has its prob-lems,” noted Devon. “Dur-ing his bike trip, my pedal just snapped off, and I had

to go another two kilome-tres with no pedal.”

Certain problems also arose on Devon’s canoe trip between Cambridge and Paris. “Everyone said it would only take four hours to do half, and it ended up taking eight because it was so shal-low. We had to drag our canoe a lot of the way, and we ended up being really tired.”

But again, every dark cloud has its silver linings. “I have a whole new re-spect for the wilderness,”

Devon and Ryan Sheppard undertook a three-day bike ride and canoe trip for the silver pin, presented by Lieutenant Governor David C. Onley last weekend. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]

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Saturday is World Labyrinth Day. News to you? You’re probably not alone, but you do have an opportunity to find out more by visiting Alma. The community is hold-ing a dedication ceremony Saturday afternoon for the new Alma Labyrinth and Memorial Arboretum.

The event has been timed to coincide with World Labyrinth Day, said resident Sharon Grose, one of the organizers.

Using concrete curbs, the Alma labyrinth traces out a traditional pattern, which the Labyrinth Society – yes, there’s one of those too – describes as a design with a single path (unicursal) that leads to the center and back out again. Labyrinths are typically round and are considered to incorporate a circle with a spiral.

“They are generally used as a tool for personal, psy-chological and spiritual transformation through contemplative walking. Labyrinths are thought to enhance right brain activ-ity and invite relaxation, offering an opportunity for centering the body/mind/

Alma enters the labyrinth in time for the big dayCommunity’s version of ancient pattern modeled on cathedral in Chartres to be dedicated on Saturday

STEVE KANNON spirit. The labyrinth is of-ten viewed as a metaphor for the path we walk in life and therefore may pro-vide a time and space for personal reflection on life issues.”

That is indeed the goal of the Alma project, which started as an idea in 2009 in conjunction with plans for a memorial arboretum, Grose explained.

“There was a core group of people who were inter-ested in getting one going ... as an interesting new feature.”

A planning committee was struck, and the com-munity, service clubs, churches and local busi-nesses quickly joined on.

The symbolism of the labyrinth fit well with memorial tree plantings in the park, Grose said of response to the idea. While you could walk through it quickly, the point is to use it for quiet time, to reflect. Traditional beliefs link the ancient patterns that go back some 4,000 years to physical, mental and spiri-tual benefits, from lower blood pressure to increased concentration.

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The Kiwanis Club of Elmira kicked off spring by planting 30 trees on April 26. John Chapman (top), and Allan Poffenroth, Jim Stewart and Tom Edge (above) were at the site on Mockingbird Drive.


POLICE BLOTTER

Region continues war on transfer stations

Wellesley’s transfer station will stay open until March 25, 2015, Mayor Ross Kelterborn confirmed at township committee meeting on Tuesday night.

The mayors of Waterloo Region’s four townships have been pushing for a reversal of regional council’s decision to close the waste transfer depots to shave some $300,000 from the 2014 budget. Woolwich won a reprieve, keeping the Elmira station open two

days a week.This week’s compromise, which has

yet to be ratified by regional council, would see all of the transfer stations close at the end of next March.

One Book program makes 2014 pick

The Massey Murder by Charlotte Gray is the 2014 pick for Waterloo Region’s One Book, One Community reading program.

Subtitled A Maid, Her Master and

the Trial that Shocked a Country, this book details a scandalous crime, a sensational trial and a surprise verdict. It’s the story of Carrie Davies, the 18-year-old British maid who shot and killed her employer Bert Massey, of Canada’s wealthy and powerful Massey family, in February 1915.

An award-winning writer, Charlotte Gray has published nine books of literary non-fiction, and is acclaimed for her well-researched tales of the most fascinating people in Canadian history.

Her 2006 bestseller, Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell, won the

Donald Creighton Award for Ontario History and the City of Ottawa Book Award. Five of her previous books were all award-winning bestsellers.

The longest-running reading program in Canada, One Book, One Community is now in its 13th year of celebrating the books and writing of Canadian authors.

Breslau man is Liberal candidate

Wayne Wright will carry the flag for the Liberals in the provincial riding of Kitchener-Conestoga, having won

the nomination at a riding association meeting Tuesday night.

Wright, 39, is a tradesman who now teaches as a professor at the Conestoga College School of Trades and Apprenticeship.

Wright and his wife, Christine, make their home in Breslau, with their two children, Jonathan, 7, and Hayden, 2.

“I understand our community. My family and I live here. My children attend school here. I know the challenges that face our community because I, too, have faced them,” he said in a release announcing the nomination vote win.

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8:37 AM | Police responded to a collision at Queen Street and Huron Road in Wilmot Township after a blue Toyota travelling north-bound on Queen Street entered the intersection after stopping at the stop sign on Huron Road and was struck by a white Mercedes that was travelling westbound on Huron Road. There were no Injuries. Both vehicles suffered moderate dam-age, and the driver of the Toyota was charged with ‘fail to yield to through traffic.’

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11:59 AM | A two-vehicle collision at Arthur Street and

Real estate firm supports WCS

Royal LePage Elmira Real Estate Services donated $9,950 to Woolwich Community Services. The money was collected throughout 2013 as part of the brokerage’s commissions were earmarked for the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation charity, which in turn donates the money back to the community of the broker’s choice. This time around, the firm chose to give $5,000 to WCS’s building fund and $4,950.00 to its Family Violence Prevention Program.

Police release security cam images related to Elmira break-in

Police have released video camera images related to an incident in Elmira last month.

On April 5, between mid-night and 1:45 a.m., a male suspect damaged three vehicles and broke into a fenced compound on the east side of Elmira. These incidents occurred on Wy-att Street, First Avenue and Howard Avenue.

The suspect was cap-tured on security video (see

still photos). The suspect is described as male, white, slim build with dark brown hair and beard. He was wearing a distinct green and white jacket, white cap, jeans or cargo pants and black boots.

Anyone who can identify the suspect or assist in the investigation is asked to call Waterloo Regional Po-lice detectives at 519-650-8500, ext. 6349 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

Listowel Road in Elmira brought police out to investigate. A vehicle was rear-ended while entering the intersection after having been stopped at the red light. The driver of the second vehicle was charged with ‘start from stopped position not in safety.’

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9:25 AM | Police responded to a collision at Northfield Drive and Line 86 east of Elmira when the driver of a Nissan travelling northbound on Northfield Drive made a left turn onto Line 86 and was struck by a PT Cruiser travelling southbound on Northfield Drive. The driver of the Nissan was charged with ‘turn not in safety.’

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The driver of a blue Jeep had to be extricated from her vehicle by Floradale firefighters and paramedics after a two-vehicle collision Wednesday evening at the intersection of Line 86 and Listowel Road. A white Hyundai Sonata had been travelling eastbound on Line 86 when the Jeep advanced from the stop sign at Listowel Road. In both cases, the drivers were the sole occupants of the vehicles. Traffic was rerouted temporarily while emergency workers were at the scene. [STEVE KANNON / THE OBSERVER]

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Observer shortly before the 2003 election, then-can-didate Kelterborn said his style of leadership would be based on “team building and consensus.” Running on a campaign of “repairing the public trust,” he beat incumbent mayor Doug Bergman by 24 per cent of the vote. Looking back on Tuesday, Kelterborn said, “We tried a team approach here with both council and

they’re out in an exposed area. … Just because we’re going to have one there doesn’t mean we have to have one at every single location.”

Considering options, Voisin said, “I was research-ing getting something por-

staff, and in my opinion worked very well.”

In an interview, Kelter-born said that the last two terms of council saw a har-monious working relation-ship between the mayor, staff, and councillors. “I did very little council busi-ness, other than with con-stituents, other than at the council table. I really think that’s how it should all run.”

He added, “That team-work rubbed off onto the staff. … You see the soccer fields – that was done with five staff, and each staff

putting in their little bit of information to help do it better.”

Kelterborn said that creating an atmosphere of cooperation is the best part of the job.

“After discussing the problems carefully, and having all the people to-gether that are involved in the problem … you can usually work out a solu-tion. My direction to any constituent that was dissat-isfied, I always told them, ‘If you don’t like what our bylaws say, come to us as a

delegation and tell us.’”His advice to the next

mayor is along the same lines: “Try to keep the teamwork together; spend within your means with the amount of taxes the people can handle.”

Current councillors Paul Hergott and Jim Olender have declared their can-didacy for mayor. Shelley Wagner and Herb Neher will seek re-election as councillors for Ward 1 and 2 respectively. Wellesley resi-dents will go to the polls October 27.

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KELTERBORN: Two current councillors in running for the job

With the return of baseball season, Wellesley councillors meeting Tues-day briefly discussed con-cerns relating to fees for the township’s diamonds.

Municipal ball diamonds have two bookings – early and late. Early bookings with no lights are $50 to rent; late bookings with lights are $55, the higher rate going towards electric-

WILL SLOAN ity costs. Melanie Martin, recreation service board chair for St. Clements, read an email from a resident who noted that diamonds are regularly lined and bases set in the first game, but not for the second. The resident’s concern is that players in the evening slot take on extra set-up/disas-sembly duties for a higher fee.

“I think it’s a give and take,” said Coun. Shelley

Wagner. “I’ve played ball in Millbank; I’ve played ball in this township; I’ve played ball in Kitchener-Waterloo; and every team I have played for, we set our own diamonds, we remove the bases at the end, and if we were the last team, we turn the lights off. It’s just something in the baseball culture, and it’s the way it’s always been.”

“In all the ball I played, the first game was always

prepared,” said Coun. Jim Olender. “After that, the guys lined the stuff them-selves, they did all the work themselves the second game – even some of them went and raked it. It’s just part of the game.”

Olender added, “If you’re going to have full-time staff out there two or three hours waiting for a game to be over, it’s pretty costly. You can expect your rates to go up to use the field.”

Councillors OK with status quo for Wellesley ball parks

table that we could move around from problem area to problem area. … We do have playgrounds that are more secluded, but we don’t even have hydro near them, so we couldn’t do it anyway.”

He added that staff would look into pricing for video surveillance options.

from some light jazz to classical art songs to folk songs and some Latin.”

The lessons learned here extend outside the band room, he added.

“It’s achieving a common goal; the ability to work together as a group; the

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KODALY: Popular event gives voice to local school kidsFROM | 3 ability to stay focused for

an extended period of time; the ability to learn different languages, we generally try to have at least three lan-guages involved,” he said.

“It helps parents under-stand the importance of mu-sic education, and arts edu-cation in general, and how it values the whole child.”

QUILTS DESTINED TO HELP THE MCC

The Elmira Needle Sisters Quilters Guild donated 186 quilted items to the Mennonite Central Committee’s relief sale for disaster aid Monday night. Pictured: guild members Katrina Clarke and Patty Hachlan (left) showed some of their bounty to MCC representative Lois Weber. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]

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Kodylyn Tanner and Hannah Neumann kept the music coming at Linwood Public School’s talent show on April 25. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]


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said Devon. “We’re not used to that anymore – the average person doesn’t go 300 kilometres on trails across local areas. I don’t even think people know there are 300 kilometres of trails around.”

Devon and Ryan learned about the challenge through the Royal Cana-

dian Air Cadets, where they are active members. They both attribute much of their success, both on and off the trails, to what they’ve learned through the Cadets.

“Without Cadets, I don’t think I would know what I’d want to do with my fu-ture,” said Ryan. “My plan now is aircraft mainte-nance, because Cadets has

given me a wide opportu-nity to figure out stuff in a field that I like.”

This summer, he’ll be one of only 50 cadets na-tionwide selected to take part in a prestigious air-craft maintenance course at Canadore College in North Bay.

When asked for advice on how to make it through a physically demanding

journey, the brothers sug-gesting bringing a good friend. Devon noted, “As much as the journey’s fun, at some point you get frus-trated, and no matter what you try to do, you always get frustrated at somebody. We’re brothers, we get along rather well, so our frustration was short, but if you just brought ran-dom people …”

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CADETS: Brothers see plenty of benefits from the organization

From Hamilton to Orlando and back again within 24 hours is a busy enough day as it is; throw in an afternoon at Dis-ney World, and you’ve got yourself a bursting calendar. But that’s ex-actly what Grade 11 EDSS student Eva Peters did as one of 80 students to take a one-day trip to “the Happiest Place on Earth” last week, courtesy of the Sunshine Foundation’s DreamLift program.

“We had to be at the air-port at 4:15 and then get on the plane, and then fly there,” said Peters in her Elmira home. “When we get there, we walk around and all that, and then at 7 o’clock we had to fly back the same day.”

The London-based founda-tion special-izes in “making dreams come true” for children with disabilities or life-threatening illnesses.

“It’s supposed to be calming,” said Grose, add-ing there’s a feeling “jour-neying through” some-thing, akin to our paths in life.

On the spiritual side, though labyrinths aren’t associated with religion per se, “It provides a nature experience and an oppor-tunity to be close to God in nature,” she added.

Grose points out that while labyrinth is often used interchangeably with maze, the two differ in a labyrinth’s pattern has a single path (unicursal) versus the multiple routes of a maze (multicursal). A labyrinth has no tricks or dead-ends.

“It’s not a puzzle: there’s

one way in and one way out.”

With the donations of time and money, the proj-ect has been completed, the dedication ceremony taking place at 1 p.m. – walking as one at 1, as observed globally the first Saturday in May by laby-rinth aficionados.

“We’re going to celebrate a worldwide event right here in little ol’ Alma,” she said.

The Alma structure is a 54-foot circle that forms a pattern called “Circuit Chartres,” modelled on the one found in the famous medieval cathedral in France. It’s a first for Ma-pleton Township, but Grose notes there are 175 laby-rinths listed in the Ontario Labyrinth Community

Network, including those in nearby Clifford, Fergus, Guelph, Hillsburgh, Kitch-ener, Mount Forest, Oran-geville, and Waterloo.

Worldwide, the Laby-rinth Society’s online database has more than 4,000 entries.

The Alma Laby-rinth and Memo-rial Arboretum dedication cer-emony takes place at 12:30 p.m. on May 3 at Wallace Cumming Park, Alma Community Hall. At 1 p.m., or-ganizers will mark World Labyrinth Day. In case of poor weath-er, there will be a repre-sentation of the labyrinth indoors at the community centre.

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LABYRINTH: Alma in sync with worldwide event

EDSS student makes a whirlwind tour to Disney WorldWILL SLOAN

Since 1987, it has granted more than 34,000 “dreams,” many in the form of a trip to Disney World.

“I think it means a lot,” said Peters. “If [kids] have to go to hospitals all the time, this is a day they can

forget about all that and

do something more fun, instead of just seeing doc-tors.”

She added that her best memory of the day was “seeing the kids smiles on the kids’ faces, and how much fun they were hav-ing meeting all the char-acters.”

Peters, who is wheel-chair-bound with spina bifida, learned about the opportunity through the Waterloo KidsAbility Centre, which provides

rehabilitation and therapy for disabled children. The day had the kids touring the entire park, including a ferry ride and a private audience with a certain rodent Disney star.

With Disney World the size of a small city, the kids got a small taste of everything, and plenty of ideas for a future visit. If she goes back again, Pe-ters says she’ll be “meet-ing more characters, because we only got to meet Mickey Mouse, and there’s not so much time

to do everything, because there’s so much to see and do.”

“It was very exciting,” said Helena Peters, Eva’s mother. “She was so ex-cited she didn’t sleep! She was up for 36 hours straight.”

Added brother Jacob Peters, “When she came home we knew she’d be either smiling, crying, or sleeping.”

For more information on the DreamLift program, visit www.sunshine.ca/dreamlift.

Grade 11 student Eva Peters (seen with mother Helena and brother Jacob) visited Disney World through the Sunshine Foundation. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]

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COUNT ELMIRA AMONG THE 30 spots in Waterloo Region taking part this weekend in Jane’s Walk activities.

Created in 2007 by friends of the urban thinker Jane Jacobs, the annual series of free, volunteer-led, partici-patory and fun walks help people explore the history and stories that shape their urban experience. Events often involve guided tours of specific neighbourhoods, as is the case even in the relatively small centres of Kitchener and Waterloo. In Elmira, where urban issues aren’t prevalent, the event on May 4 will focus on the town’s water crisis 25 years after contaminated ground-water was first discovered (the tour gets underway at 2 p.m. at the Woolwich Youth Soccer building at the cor-ner of First and Arthur streets).

Jane’s Walk events typically focus on walkability is-sues, as Jacobs (1916-2006) was focused on the human scale, despite a preference for high density develop-ment. By her measure, walkability was determined by how inviting or un-inviting an area is to pedestrians. She called for built environments that promote and facilitate walking – to stores, work, school and ameni-ties – arguing they’re better places to live, have higher real estate values, promote healthier lifestyles and have higher levels of social cohesion.

Elmira, Woolwich and the other rural townships in the region present a challenge for supporters of Jacobs’ philosophies.

In all the talk of more human-scale communities, there’s no mention of aesthetics. Our ugly built envi-ronments foster neither pride of place nor a desire to be out on foot, interacting with the place where we live something to enjoy in its own right. It’s going to take a monumental effort at creating something better to get us out of the suburban model: Shifting from our box of a house to our box of a car to the box where we shop and the box where we work. The insides may be nice and comfortable, as we shut out the world and the oth-ers who happen to live in the same town, but the shared spaces are not conducive to creating the kind of com-munity envisioned by proponents of a livable city.

For decades now, we’ve had a model of suburban sprawl – low-density living that relies on roads to con-nect our homes to shops and workplaces. In the region, it’s pretty difficult to get around without a car. The transit system is not particularly robust, especially out-side of the main transit corridors, which means pretty much the bulk of the area. The townships are beyond the pale.

Living in a large suburb, kilometres away from a mall or massive power centre, we naturally get in our cars to get there.

In a recent discussion about Woolwich’s trails – and next weekend’s Spring on the Trail event – council touched on the key ingredient in encouraging more walking and cycling in the township and, indeed, the region: off-road routes that actually take us places. If we can safely and easily get to where we want to go – be it work, shopping or entertainment venues – under our own steam, we might consider that option more often. As it stands, that’s not really the case.

For this weekend only, perhaps, some of us might opt for the different perspective of the pedestrian, though Mother Nature seems intent on dampening the enthu-siasm, a reminder of an all-too-common issue around alternatives to cars in the Canadian context.

It'll take more than a walk to alter perspectives

With due apologies to God, Voltaire and the Ukrainians, I must point out that if Ukraine did not exist, it would not be necessary to invent it. It is not a great power, it has no resources the world cannot do without, and it is not a “vital strategic interest” to anybody except the Ukrainians themselves. Not even to the Russians, al-though they are acting at the moment as though it were.

Bosnia was nobody’s vital strategic interest either. It isn’t now, and it wasn’t a hundred years ago. But Bis-marck warned in 1898 that if there was ever another ma-jor war in Europe, it would come out of “some damned silly thing in the Balkans,” and an assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 fulfilled his prophecy to the letter.

Some things have changed since then, however. The next world war will not come out of Ukraine (which is only slightly north-east of the Bal-kans) no matter what hap-pens in the next few weeks and months. Russia might

When it comes to war, Donetsk is not Sarajevoinvade Ukraine, there might even be a new Cold War for a while, but there will be no fighting in Europe beyond Ukraine’s borders.

Indeed, apart from the Balkans there has been no full-scale war in Europe for the past 69 years, and there was never the slightest risk that the fighting in the 1990s would spread beyond the borders of former Yu-goslavia. Indeed, there was probably never a single day during the 45 years of the Cold War when either side seriously considered attack-ing the other.

The reason was simple: they knew what would hap-pen next, even if neither side used the thousands of nuclear weapons at its dis-posal. Twice in 30 years, in 1914-18 and 1939-45, a major war using modern weapons had been fought over almost all of Europe’s territory.

On the first occasion, they lost a generation of young men. The second time, most countries from Germany eastwards lost around ten per cent of their populations killed – and most of the ca-sualties that time were civil-ians. Half of the continent’s great historic cities were re-duced to ruins even without

the help of nuclear weapons. It was a very expensive edu-cation, but the Europeans did finally learn their lesson: don’t do this anymore.

That is why, even as Rus-sian tanks drive right up to Ukraine’s eastern borders and the Ukrainian army prepares to die in a fight it knows it would lose, nobody else in Europe is getting ready for war. If the Russians want part or all of Ukraine, they can have it – and pay the long-term price for tak-ing it, which would be very high. But nothing in Europe is worth blowing up all of Europe for.

Do not be alarmed by the fact that troops and planes from as far away as the United States and Canada are currently being sent to NATO countries that have borders with Russia. The numbers are militarily in-significant. Their purpose is simply to remind the Rus-sians that the alliance will protect its own members should Moscow ever decide that it has also a right to “protect” Russian-speakers in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

Moscow does not actu-ally need to be reminded of that. It has seized Crimea,

and is toying with the idea of seizing more of Ukraine, precisely because that coun-try does not fall under the NATO umbrella. And it does not belong to NATO because NATO didn’t want to take military responsibility for its defence.

That was an entirely ra-tional decision, because the Russians clearly thought Ukraine fell within their sphere of influence. This is the first time it has been independent from Russia for any appreciable period of time in the past three and a half centuries.

Moreover, the post-Soviet governments in Kiev had been horrendously corrupt and incompetent, the coun-try as a result is even poorer than it was in Soviet times – and the population in the eastern part of Ukraine is terrified of getting tangled up with the West because it inhabits an industrial mu-seum whose products are only saleable in Russia. What eastern Ukrainians really fear for is their jobs, not their right to speak Russian.

All this was clear 20 years ago, and that’s when NATO decided that Ukraine’s inde-

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THEIR VIEW / QUESTION OF THE WEEK

There's more to wellbeing than the numbers touted by politicians

Politicians tout num-bers, fudging with statis-tics in an effort to convince us to re-elect them. That’s the sole purpose. They get agitated when we refuse to believe them when they say things are getting bet-ter.

The principal dataset relayed to us involves the gross domestic product (GDP), along with skewed unemployment figures. GDP measures economic activity, regardless of consequence or benefit. No one would argue this spring’s flooding, for in-stance, is a good thing, yet the economic activity gen-erated to repair the damage counts towards an increase in GDP. Politicians, bu-reaucrats and others who support the status quo pro-mote that as a good indica-tor of growth and progress.

Getting a clearer picture of what we really think is the goal of studies such as the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) and the

OECD Better Life Index.In a new report out this

week that looks specifically at Ontario, the University of Waterloo-based CIW points out a major flaw in equating GDP to wellbeing.

Comparing its wellbeing index and GDP between 1994 and 2010 reveals a chasm between our wellbe-ing and economic growth both nationally and pro-vincially. Over the 17-year period, GDP grew almost four times more than over-all wellbeing. The trends clearly show that even when times are good, over-all wellbeing does not keep up with economic growth and when times are bad, the impact on our wellbe-ing is even harsher.

We have to ask ourselves, the report says, is this good enough?

Even though Ontario and Canada show very similar increases in overall wellbe-ing at 7.3 per cent and 7.5 per cent respectively, how they got there is different. In Ontario, the strongest growth has been in edu-cation (36 per cent) and community vitality (15.4 per cent), showing Ontar-ians are well positioned to

adapt to future challenges. The largest decline was a drop of 5.9 per cent in leisure and culture. This is due to more than just belt-tightening related to the 2008 recession, from which we’re still recovering.

The economic crisis that followed the meltdown caused by the financial services industry brought many of these longstand-ing issues to the forefront, accelerating a 30-year decline in our standard of living and the attack on the middle class.

Canadians were hit less hard than many others, but we’ve not been exempt from the austerity mea-sures. Nor has the federal government been a friend to the average citizen. Still, while Canadians rank well on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s qual-ity-of-life index, there are clouds on the horizon, reflecting that gap between GDP and actual standards of living.

Life satisfaction mea-sures how people evaluate their life as a whole rather than their current feelings. It captures a reflective as-

sessment of which life cir-cumstances and conditions are important for subjec-tive wellbeing. When asked to rate their general satis-faction with life on a scale from 0 to 10, Canadians gave it a 7.4 grade, higher than the OECD average of 6.6.

In a look at social indica-tors earlier this year, the OECD had some cautions, warning that the social consequences from the meltdown could linger for years.

“With households under pressure and budgets for social support under scru-tiny, more and more people report dissatisfaction with their lives, and trust in government has tumbled. There are also signs that the crisis will cast long shadows on people’s future wellbeing.”

Such pronouncements are in contrast to what gov-ernments try to feed us.

In Ontario, the focus of the latest CIW report, the numbers aren’t likely to be welcomed by a minor-ity government facing the prospect of an election.

“Ontario’s 6.4 per cent increase in living standards

lags far behind the increase of 14.3 per cent for all of Canada. Having risen to 29.2 per cent by 2007 — al-most matching the 29.5 per cent increase in GDP — the recession led to a 22.8 per cent drop in living stan-dards in just three years. We see a growing income gap, volatility in long-term unemployment, and lower job quality. In 2010, the risk of being economically insecure was much higher than in 1994. Ontario did make progress in both pov-erty reduction and higher median incomes, but these still trail Canada as a whole,” reads the report released this week.

There is a disconnect between the rosy numbers governments try to peddle and what’s actually hap-pening on the ground.

In Canada and around the world, people are chal-lenging the use of purely economic indicators to measure the wellbeing of a country. People deserve a measure that tells a more meaningful story. They deserve a measure that re-flects what we really value in our lives – things like a rich social and cultural

life, a thriving and effec-tive democracy, good living standards, a sustainable natural environment, and that most precious and non-renewable commod-ity: time.

“When Canadians go to bed at night, what worries them? They worry about their health, their jobs, car-ing for an elderly parent, or their kids’ education. Maybe they dream about their next vacation, an up-coming volunteer commit-ment, or how they spend their leisure time," says the CIW report.

“They worry about stretching their paycheque and how they are going to get everything done. They care about how they’re really doing. They are defi-nitely not thinking about gross domestic product.”

Irespective of the budget, is it time for a provincial election?

I think they should get along better.

» Jenn Pidgeion

Yes, it’s time we had a choice in who was running.

» John Lawrence

There should be. We’ve got to get the Liberals out of office, with costing us $1.1 billion.

» Wally Harding

First of all, she wasn’t elected. … She is spending taxpayer dollars in order to help the bee industry, but they’re not banning the pesticides!

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The collapse of the status quo is partly the European Union’s fault, for demand-ing that Ukraine choose between closer trade and travel ties with the EU and full membership in Russia’s “Eurasian Union.” It is even more the fault of Moscow:

President Vladimir Putin has been both emotional and opportunistic. He’s scar-ing people, which is never a good idea.

But if he does take more or even all of Ukraine, the West will not fight him. It will just take in all the Ukrainian ref-ugees, strengthen its eastern defences, and begin the slow process of bringing down Putin by crippling the Rus-sian economy. That would take years, but nobody would forget about Ukraine. It is a UN member, and even China has stopped support-ing the Russian position. Remember East Timor.

Both the number of victims and the rate of firearm-related violent crime in Canada fell by more than one-quarter between 2009 and 2012. Police services reported 5,600 victims of firearm-related violent crime in 2012, about 1,800 fewer victims of this type of crime than in 2009. Although violent crime is generally decreasing, the rate of firearm-related violent crime has fallen at a faster pace than that of non-firearm-related violent crime.

» Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Dr. Ann Cavoukian comments on a Supreme Court decision saying the public has a right to know about data related to registered sex offenders, which the province was suppressing

"What this means is that a 'trust me' model will no longer suffice: institutions must now demonstrate a reasonable expectation of probable (not possible) harm, which must be based on something other than a mere belief. ... The Supreme Court ruling is a vote in favour of transparency, and, in turn, privacy."

» From the May 2, 2009 edition of the Observer

A violent thunderstorm that ripped through the area, though not typical of April, was seen as a snippet of what lies ahead on the weather front. A brief but powerful storm brought strong winds that wreaked a significant amount of damage throughout the townships, leaving many people without electricity, before heading east towards Toronto and eventually Ottawa.

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Hanging it up after 37 years with the KingsWhen it comes to Elmira hockey, longtime trainer Gary Schaefer has pretty much seen it all

Elmira club getting ready for another season, starting with an open house next weekend

GALEA | 13SCHAEFER | 12

LAWN BOWLING | 12

Lawn bowlers waiting for things to green upSTEVE KANNON

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Going downhill in praise of role reversals

Sometimes I wonder about what goes on in the peanut-sized brain cavity of my dog – then again, sometimes I suspect she wonders a little about what goes on in my head too.

You see, Callie is nor-mally a gifted retriever, but there are occasions when she just stops retrieving.

I was telling this to my friend Tom the other day. He happens know a thing or two about dogs.

“She just quits retrieving, huh?” he asked.

“Yes, ” I said. “She used to be able to go all day.”

“Tell me about what happened,” he said.

I then described a train-ing session that happened yesterday morning in the backyard.

“I threw several training dummies on the flat area behind the house and she retrieved them flawlessly,” I said. “She brought them right to hand, sat down beside me and rushed out when I threw another one.”

“Nothing wrong with that,” he said. “You were praising her up after each retrieve – making it a positive experience – and

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Members of the Elmira Lawn Bowling Club can be excused for keeping a close eye on the sky these days: some proper spring weather would make a big difference. Some sun and warmer temperatures would not only get the greens back in shape, they just might encourage a few

new people to stop by to check out the sport.

Right now, members are working on the greens. Like pretty much everything else related to the outdoors, the schedule is running behind thanks to Mother Nature. Still, the group will continue sprucing up their facility in advance of an open house next weekend.

“We really want to pro-

mote the club and the sport, and we really want to get some younger people out,” said club vice-presi-dent Rob Brooks of the up-coming open house. “We’re hoping to get more families involved.”

If people are exposed to the game, they’ll see how much fun it is, he added, acknowledging the sport is working to counter its

image as an activity for an older crowd.

Currently, the club has about 20 members. He’d like to see that expand, re-juvenating an organization with a long history in the community.

The club was incorpo-rated in 1928, but records make reference to the club at least three years earlier. A popular part of the com-

munity in the early years, it’s had its ups and downs since then. Initially located on Wyatt Street, where the Beer Store can be found today, it moved to the cur-rent Mockingbird Drive facility in 1974. The switch was brokered by the town-ship, which wanted the for-mer space for development and offered up municipal land and a new home in

exchange.“The township still owns

the land and we look after it. Very well,” said Brooks.

An Elmira resident for 26 years, he’s been involved with the sport for 15 of these years. Taking care of the property is something he takes pride in.

“I really enjoy the game,

“Schaef,” who was honoured at the Elmira Sugar Kings’ awards banquet after announcing his retirement, has logged 1,472 regular season games, 355 playoff games, and approximately 1,600 practices since 1977. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]

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Gary Schaefer, train-er for the Elmira Sugar Kings for 37 years, received an emotional retirement tribute from players and staff at the team’s awards banquet April 27. Schaefer, who is stepping down be-cause of weakness in his knees, has been fixture of the team across four are-nas, and speakers remem-bered “Schaef” as a reliable presence during decades of growth and change.

“In some cases, you have been the players’ best

friend, and sometimes a father,” said scout John Craig, who tracked Schae-fer’s career through three Sutherland Cups and an OHA Trainer of the Year award. “But most of all, you have looked after our Kings,” he added.

“Rookies find out very quickly, Schaeff has quite a sense of humour,” said team historian Bob Cum-mings. “A rookie would come into a room and ask him about something, and Schaeff will turn around and look at him, and rook-ies won’t know what the

hell to do. He’ll yell out, ‘Do I look like your mother?’ and they’ll just kind of sit there, stunned for a little bit.”

Cummings calculated Schaefer’s participation in 1,472 regular season games, 355 playoff games, and ap-proximately 1,600 practices since 1977, not counting his volunteer work for the On-tario Hockey Association. Midwestern Conference convener and former Sugar Kings coach John East re-membered, “Whenever we needed him to look after an all-star game, a prospect

game, Sean [Mckelvie] would say, ‘What do you think, do we give Schaef a call?’ I said, ‘Damn right, because I know he’ll be there!’ … Nowadays, it’s tough getting guys to show up to these games, they think it’s too much time out of their schedules, but not for Schaef – he came.”

Fighting tears, Schaefer said in a speech, “To the parents who are here today, I say: Be proud of your sons. They have done well for the Elmira Sugar Kings, and they will continue to do well in whatever they do.”

In an interview after the ceremony, Schaefer said that it was the players who kept him coming back every year. “Young boys come in as young boys, and they leave as almost adults. I love that some of them move on to higher and better things – some go to NCAA, some go to pro camps, some go to senior hockey – and the ones that don’t, that’s fine, I’ve en-joyed their presence.”

He added, “I can tell you, it’s been a long time since

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we’ve had a bad influence in the dressing room. … They’re good, down-to-earth kids.”

By now, Shaefer is so much a part of the fabric of the team that his of-

fice is labeled “Schaef’s Room.” Will it really be so easy to keep “the King of the Kings” away from the rink? “It’s going to be really tough,” he laughed. “I’ve told them if they run into a problem and need someone

to fill in, if they give me a call I’d gladly come.”

On September 21, the El-mira Sugar Kings will host Gary Schaefer Night at the WMC. Schaefer is currently nominated for the 2013-14 OHA Trainer of the Year.

SCHAEFER: A longtime part of the Kings’ familyFROM | 11

In addition to the bowl-ing greens, the club plans some improvements to the facility, having applied for an Ontario Trillium Foun-dation grant, Brooks said. A previous grant in 2008 went towards new siding, windows and insulation in the clubhouse, upgrades that reduced energy consumption and helped maintain the structural integrity of the well-used meeting place.

Once the season gets going, games are held Tuesday and Thursday evenings. As well, there are regular tournaments and other events. The club is part of the Ontario Lawn Bowls Association’s Dis-trict 7, which includes the likes of Elora, Guelph and Arthur.

Aside from the sched-uled games, members have access to the clubhouse and greens at their conve-nience.

“If you’re a member, you can come out and play when you like,” Brooks ex-plained.

The open house is sched-uled for May 10 and 11. More information about the club can be found online at www.elmiralawn-bowls.com.

and I really enjoy looking after the greens with two other guys, as well.”

This year, tending to grass has been on hold for much of what’s passed for spring.

“It’s been a very late start,” he said, noting there’s been some progress this week. The club is hop-ing to get going with the season, including instruc-tion for new players, start-ing in mid-May.

LAWN BOWLING: Looking to expand the rosterFROM | 11

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pointing in the direction of the dummy as you sent her off too, I assume?”

“Sure was,” I said. “I made her feel real happy and enthusiastic when she brought them back. But I also showed her who was boss by making her sit until I told her to go.”

This, I told him, went on for half an hour without a hitch.

“So then what hap-pened?” he asked.

“Well, I threw one down

to the bottom of the steep hill behind my place. But instead of retrieving, she just milled around at my feet …”

“What happened next?” he said.

“Finally, I realized that I was going to have to go get it,” I said. “So I did. Talk about exhausting”

He asked more questions and then I continued on with my story.

“I must have been something right,” I said. “A minute later, when I

threw one more on the flats, she straightened up and performed flawlessly. So I praised her a lot and acted all excited to get her enthused. Then when she was ready, I threw another dummy downhill.”

“Did she go get it?” he asked.

“Nope,” I said, “She started milling around again.”

“She never retrieved it, huh?”

“Didn’t even try. Instead, she kept pointing her nose

downhill and barking until I finally got up from my chair and brought it back! It was the darndest thing.”

“Hmmm…” he muttered. “What was the darndest thing?”

“Well, when I brought it back she waited ’til I sat, then took the dummy and acted all excited. She danced around in circles and started to make me laugh. It was funny to watch,” I said.

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“Right until she dropped it and it rolled down the hill,” I said.

“Of course, I had to go get that one,” I replied. “But at least she appreciat-ed it. A whole lot actually.”

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really frustrating. This hap-pened two more times.

“The next time, how-ever, I lost track of where it landed. Fortunately, when I looked back at her she was pointing right at it so I bee-lined to where she was

looking and found it.”“Sounds like you are get-

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A time of celebration and reflection for the KingsOrganization puts a festive cap on the season with awards banquet honouring this year’s achievements

WILL SLOAN

The Elmira Sugar Kings officially wrapped up their 2013-14 season last Sunday as players, staff, family and friends gathered for the team’s annual awards banquet. The lunchtime event, held at the Waterloo Rod and Gun Club, gave the Junior B squad a chance to look back at a year that saw them reach second place in the regular season before falling in the second round of the playoffs.

“It’s always disappoint-ing as your season ends a bit early,” said Kings gener-al manger Paul Jennings to the audience. “It’s great to take a step back and then reconvene, get everybody back here together.”

With the departure of team president Mike Ben-jamins and longtime train-er Gary Schaefer, “Once a King, Always a King” was the banquet’s oft-repeated mantra.

“The Kings have been running for 44 years, and I believe we have every gen-eration spoken for this eve-ning,” said Jennings. “The people who were here from day one, right up until our coaches and kids are here today. That really exempli-fies the Elmira Sugar Kings family.”

The Elmira Insurance Agency trophy for regular season top-scorer went to Adam Campagnolo, who also took home the Sugar King Memorial Award as the regular season MVP. Campagnolo made a strong impact in his first and only year with the Kings, as he logged 60 points (24 goals, 36 assists) in the regular season. The Sugar Kings Alumni Award for 2014 playoff MVP went to Brad Kobryn and Cass Frey.

The Don Duke Memorial Award for sportsmanship and leadership was given to

Mitch Wright. The Elmira Sports Award for rookie of the year, given to the player who shows the greatest de-velopment in his first year in the league, went to Jona-than Reinhart. The James Austin Memorial Award for outstanding defenceman went to David Savery.

Adam Brubacher re-ceived the David Uhrig Me-morial Award for top local minor hockey prospect. Named for the defence-man who died during an exhibition game while still

a prospect, the award is presented to the best player who has graduated from the local minor hockey system.

Head coach Jeff Flana-gan presented the Coach’s Cup, an award for perse-verance and dedication, to Justin Cooke. Flanagan recounted how Cooke was expected to never play hockey again after suffer-ing a broken leg on the ice in January 2013. “Consider-ing that, he came back in the middle of October, fully

healthy, and led our team, along with our other lead-ers, through the season and into the playoffs. It is a re-markable achievement.”

Also, goalie Hayden Neu-man was recognized with the Award of Excellence for achievement in hockey and academics; Rob Kohli was named the Outstand-ing Defensive Forward; Carolyn and Bruce Seil-ing shared the Dawn Farr Memorial Award for most dedicated volunteer; and Mitch Wright and David Savery tied the Barb Schae-fer Memorial Award for fan favourite (voted on by Sugar King fans).

Next year will see a sub-stantially different group of Elmira Sugar Kings take the ice. Justin Cooke, Da-vid Savery, Brad Kobryn, Michael Wilkins, Cass Frey, Adam Campagnolo, and Hayden Neuman have all aged out of the team (the graduating players received their jerseys mounted in frames).

In a speech, outgoing captain Cass Frey (whose 191 regular season games make him the fifth most prolific player in Sugar King history) said, “Playing on a championship team taught me a lot about what it takes to be successful, not only in life but hockey as well.”

“Whatever you do next, make your choice carefully, wisely, do your homework,” said Jennings to the play-ers. “Because I’ve been in other organizations, I’ve seen the colour of the grass on the other side, and there’s no colour of green quite like being here.”

Looking forward to 2014-15, Jennings added, “To all you players who are coming back, come back ready to go, because our philosophy here is to try to win every year. That’s our job that we’re tasked with over the summertime.”

Adam Campagnolo, Craig Johnsons and Justin Cooke are three of the eight departing players who received their jerseys mounted in frames. [WILL SLOAN / THE OBSERVER]

Adam Campagnolo was honoured as top-scorer and regular season MVP; Cass Frey and Brad Kobryn were named playoff MVPs; Adam Brubacher was the top minor hockey prospect.

Hayden Neuman was cited for academic and hockey excellence.

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If you can buy wine at the grocery store – where soon the selection will be expanding significantly, thanks to the arrival of LCBO express outlets in some stores – shouldn’t you be able to do the same at a farmers’ market?

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Thursday saw the launch of a new two-year pilot pro-gram in Ontario designed to bring great local food and the best Ontario wine together, in farmers’ mar-kets. If the agri-food sector has enough patience to see it through, I believe all in-volved – farmers, wineries, consumers and the prov-ince – can come out on top.

Here’s why. The farmers’ market program addresses the province’s desire to stimulate the economy by further promoting local food and beverages. Sales of VQA wine – an acronym for Vintner’s Quality Alliance, a quality assurance program centred around 100 per cent Ontario grapes – soared to $268 million last year, up a phenomenal $100 million since 2008. Overall, Ontario’s wine and grape industry con-

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Weber’s Fabricating in St. Jacobs has been rising to the challenge for 40 years. For founder Clare Weber, it’s been fun pretty much every step of the way.

“If work’s not fun, well, what’s the point?” he laughed.

Over four decades, things have changed at Weber’s Fabricating – the technology, the types of materials, the products – but his enjoyment has never waned.

There’ll be a little extra focus on fun come May 9 when the company cele-brates its 40th anniversary with an open house.

Reaching this milestone is something Weber never envisioned when he built his first turkey loader – a device that moves turkeys from the barn floor onto the trucks that will trans-port the birds – for his father’s farm in Conestogo. That was in 1970. By 1973, his design for the piece of farm equipment had garnered some attention and he received orders to build three of them. The

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“I never would have imagined we’d be here 40 years later,” said Weber this week from his office at the St. Jacobs plant that be-came the home of Weber’s Fabricating in 1978 when he moved out of his dad’s garage.

An acre of land and a 7,000-square-foot build-ing started things off. “I thought ‘how am I ever going to pay for this prop-erty?’” he recalls. Since then, there have been two additions, bringing the floor space to 19,000 sq. ft. on three acres.

In that time, the busi-ness has grown from Weber working in his dad’s garage to a diverse facility employ-ing 16, some of them, such as Tim Baillargeon, Mark Nafziger and Don Seyler, who’ve been there for more than 30 years. Others such as Curvin Martin and Steve Horst for 20.

“The people are a key part of what we do. We’re one big family.”

Weber’s Fabricating still builds turkey loaders, though they’ve been rede-signed and enhanced over the years. Units have been sold to far-flung places on the globe, but they rep-resent just a small part of what the operation does today.

“It all started with build-ing turkey loaders – there was just the one product,”

said Weber.In the early days, the

shop made do with a torch, a welder and a grinder. That’s certainly not the case today, as Weber’s invested in a range of spe-cialized equipment to meet

growing needs. Starting with a CNC (computer nu-merical control) machine in 1984, the business has changed with the times.

“We’ve always tried to stay reasonably current with the technology,” he

said, noting the focus on working with aluminum, a tricky metal, representing about half of the work car-ried out there.

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This new program didn’t come about easily. A lot of handwringing and what-if scenarios related to alcohol

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As well, it’s likely Ontario craft beer producers and fruit wineries that have storefronts like the VQA wine producers will also want to take part at some point. Right now, it’s just for VQA wine producers.

But after all, the whole idea of selling wine at farmers’ markets originated with fruit wine producers.

And finally, anyone who has frequented farmers’ markets knows there are cultural reasons some food producers would not want their products associated with alcohol.

Will your local famers’ market be selling wine? The Attorney General’s website is supposed to be listing those that have been approved.

See you at the market.

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Dump boxes, truck trail-ers, fuel tanks – the types of work just blossomed. Having become involved as a firefighter in St. Jacobs in 1975, Weber developed an affinity for the service that continues to this day. In 1988, his company got its first order for a fire truck, building a unit for the Flo-radale station. Then came an order from Drayton. Others followed. What to-day is known as C-Max Fire Solutions was incorporated in 1989.

The company got out of building fire trucks in 2005, but continues with sales, service and certifica-tion, a big part of the busi-ness ... and a visible one, as you often see fire trucks in the compound as you pass through the nearby roundabout. In fact, visi-tors out at next week’s open house will likely be able to check out a brand new lad-der truck destined for the Hamilton Fire Department.

The firefighting theme is evident in the aluminum barbecue spatulas and drink coasters that Weber’s whipped up recently, a new sideline as he backs away from the business. His three children – Heather, Kathy and Scott – all work there and the operation is in good hands, he said.

He has every intention, however, of staying in the action – there’s no golfing in his immediate future.

Even as the business grew, he had his hand in ev-ery project. About a decade ago, he began pulling back somewhat. The work is still his principal passion.

“I live, eat and breathe work. I enjoy work – I find it relaxing,” he explained.

“My intention is to start cutting back on my hours as of the anniversary date ... but I’ll still keep my hands involved in it here.”

Rather than the day-to-day stuff, he’ll focus more time on his designs, find-ing pleasure in taking a sketch or an idea and turn-ing it into a prototype or finished product.

“Give me a challenge and I’m happy,” he said.

Among those challenges in the past 40 years are the likes of a 64-foot replica of the aluminum wing of a Boeing 727, destined for Pearson International Airport for de-icing train-ing. Or the initial fireplace inserts that spawned El-mira Stove Works. Or the demonstration trailer to simulate a kitchen fire that he made for the Kitchener Fire Department.

“I can’t begin to think of the variety of jobs that we’ve done,” he said. “These are all one-off projects – that’s what a lot of our stuff is. We’ve done such a variety of work. It’s hard to imagine what we’ve done ... over 40 years.

“People ask me what we do here and I don’t know what to say to them – we do so many things,” he laughed.

The open house to cele-brate the 40th anniversary of Weber’s Fabricating is set for May 9, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 3044 Sawmill Rd. in St. Jacobs.

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While he plans to back away from the business, Clare Weber will remain involved, citing his passion for the work. [STEVE KANNON / THE OBSERVER]

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Fields’ turn at the helm. “Just being in that show – a seven Tony award-winning show – really changes your life,” he says.

After Broadway, he re-vived the character are various venues in the Unit-ed States, where reaction to the play was mostly the same. “I have noticed that people in their sixties and early seventies come up to me by the dozens and say this was the first LP that they remember their parents playing, and that they enjoyed as a child. Usually they say they learned every word to the album, listened to it over and over again.

“That audience in that age bracket is just so nostalgic to see the show. They mouth all the words, and tears are streaming down their cheeks, and it’s just pure nostalgia and pure joy for them to see the show again.”

But when asked if he feels a heavy responsibil-ity to the role – and to a song as popular and beloved as “Some En-chanted Evening” – he says it’s no burden.

“I can fall out of bed singing that song,” he laughs. “It’s so in my voice, and such a part of me. It just comes out without me even think-ing about it.”

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It’ll be some kind of enchanted eveningBranch Fields in his comfort zone in Drayton Entertainment’s production of Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific

From school to Broad-way to Drayton, Emile de Becque has always followed Branch Fields. With the new production of Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific opening at the Dray-ton Festival Theatre, Fields returns to a role that has come to define his career … and finds that there’s always room to learn about the character.

“I was a bit of a hothead playing this role at first,” says Field. “But our won-derful director, Michael Lichtfeld, has shown me a different approach that is more mature, and more self-assured.”

When we join Emile in South Pacific, he’s already a well-established plantation owner – a French expat who settled in the islands 15 years earlier. He is a widower, with mixed-race children, and finds that the woman he now loves has trouble putting aside her prejudices. In the midst of the Second World War, he also has to make a choice about taking part in a dan-gerous mission. Suffice to say, it’s a character that de-mands some maturity, and the longer Fields lives with the role, the more he grows into it.

“In many of the scenes with the officers, Emile is holding the cards in his hands – he’s holding the

winning cards. In the show, their fate rests on Emile’s next decision – to partici-pate or not participate in this operation. Having a bit more reserve and being a little more savvy is where the role has come.”

Fields first became im-mersed in the showwhen he studied music at Indi-ana University under Gior-gio Tozzi – Rossano Brazzi’s voice double in the 1958 film adaptation. Through Tozzi, he became versed in the Rogers and Hammer-stein style, singing in the chorus at the university’s production of the show. “I

think I did a little variation on the melody once and he stopped me and said, ‘No… Richard Rogers would not like that,’” remembers Fields. “He kept me on the straight and narrow.”

His professional career took off as a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, but when the market for opera music collapsed in the city, he took a job in the ensemble of South Pacific’s 2008 Broadway revival. He was placed on standby for the role of Emile, and when lead actor Matthew Morrison moved on to star in Glee, it was

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South Pacific plays at the Drayton Festival Theatre May 14-31. Tickets are $25-42, and can be purchased at www.draytonentertain-ment.com, or by calling 1-855-DRAYTON.

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Notice of Public Consultation CentreSawmill Road Improvements

River Street to Snyder’s Flats RoadBloomingdale, Township of Woolwich

The Region of Waterloo is currently considering improvements on Sawmill Road (Regional Road 17) from River Street to Snyder’s Flats Road in Bloomingdale.

Due to the age and condition of the pavement on Sawmill Road, it is necessary to completely reconstruct the existing road structure. The timing of this reconstruction presents an opportunity to address other deficiencies along this road. These deficiencies include a lack of cycling lanes, the addition of a left turn lane at St. Charles Street and a lack of continuous sidewalks within the project limits.

The Sawmill Road project is classified as a Schedule A+ undertaking in accordance with the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment planning process and is pre-approved to proceed to construction provided that appropriate public consultation is conducted.

A Public Consultation Centre has been arranged to receive public input and comments on the improvements being considered. The Public Consultation Centre will take place as follows:

Date: Thursday, May 8, 2014Time: 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.Place: Bloomingdale Community

Centre 1031 Snyder’s Flats Road Bloomingdale, Ontario

An Information Package will be available at the Public Consultation Centre meeting. Region staff and Project Team members will be present to receive comments and answer any questions.

The Region of Waterloo encourages members of the public, stakeholder groups and agencies to actively participate in this study by attending public consultation opportunities, or contacting staff directly with comments or questions, to provide input for incorporation into the planning and design of this project. If you require further information on this project, or wish to be added to project mailing list for future project notices, please visit our website at

www.region.waterloo.on.ca/en/gettingAround/FutureConstructionProjects or contact:

Jason J. Lane, P.Eng., Senior Project Manager Region of Waterloo 150 Frederick Street, 6th Floor Kitchener ON N2G 4J3 Phone: 519-575-4757 Ext. 3752 Fax: 519-575-4430 Email: [email protected]

All comments and information received from individuals, stakeholders groups and agencies regarding this project are being collected to assist the Region of Waterloo in making a decision. Under the “Municipal Act”, personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and property location that may be included in a submission becomes part of the public record. Questions regarding the collection of this information should be referred to Mr. Jason Lane.

Accessibility: This event is accessible for people with disabilities. Accessible parking is available. If you require assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, or to access information in alternative formats, please contact Mr. Jason Lane (as above) at least five days prior to the meeting.

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MAY 24th 2014

Do you know what to doin an Emergency?

A test of the Emergency Siren and CAN system will be conducted at approximately 9:30 A.M. in Elmira, Breslau and St. Jacobs on the mornings of:

Elmira: Wednesday May 7, 2014 Breslau: Thursday May 8, 2014 St. Jacobs: Friday May 9, 2014

You will receive a phone call with a test message from the CAN network. If you do not receive this phone call, please contact:

The Township of Woolwich519-669-6006 or visitwww.woolwich.ca

EMERGENCY SIREN, SHELTER-IN-PLACE AND COMMUNITY ALERT NETWORK (CAN)

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF MEETING LOCATIONThe Township of Woolwich’s regularly scheduled Committee of the Whole

meeting on Tuesday May 6th, 2014 will be held at the:Agendas will be posted at www.woolwich.ca on Friday May 2, 2014

Further questions or concerns can be directed to: Kiera Schlueter at (519) 669-6010 or [email protected]

Breslau Community Centre

100 Andover Drive, Breslau at 6:00 P.M

NOTICE OF WATERMAIN FLUSHING/ HYDRANT MAINTENANCE OPERATION IN ELMIRA & ST. JACOBS

The Township of Woolwich will be engaging in a watermain flushing/hydrant maintenance program as follows:

ElmiraMonday May 12, 2014 – south of First Street (see area 3 on map)Tuesday May 13, 2014 –north of First Street, west of Arthur Street (see area 1 on map)Wednesday May 14, 2014 – morning - north of First Street, east of Arthur Street (see area 2 on map)

St. JacobsWednesday May 14, 2014 - afternoon - in St. Jacobs, in the vicinity of the stockyardsThursday May 15, 2014 – in St. Jacobs

Between the hours of 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (unless otherwise noted)

**These dates are subject to change and will be communicated on the Township website

Watermain flushing is performed at this time of low water usage to minimize its impact on water service. Please refrain from using excessive amounts of water during this time period (i.e. doing laundry, using the dishwasher, etc.)

The flushing process may cause discoloured water and a reduction in pressure. It should be noted that both of these conditions are temporary and not harmful. If discolouration occurs, open a cold, hard water tap in the basement until it runs clear before resuming regular consumption. In some situations this may take 5 to 10 minutes. If, however, either of these conditions persist, please contact Cynthia Lean at 519-669-6041 or 519-664-2613 ext. 6041

The Township of Woolwich appreciates your patience as we continually work to improve the quality of drinking water throughout the Township.

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AUCTIONMonthly PUBLIC Vehicle

Sat. May 10th 9:30 a.m.

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SALE CONSISTS OF: Furniture Pcs; Sofa; T. V. Stands; Elec. Piano; Fridges; Dishwashers, Large Skid Lots of Misc, Skid Lots of Clothing; Household Items; T.V.’s & Ass’t. Electronics; Vaccumes; Watches; Pcs of Swar; Kid's & Adult Clothing; Bedding; Books; Consumer Goods; Plus a Very Large Selection of Other Misc. Items. Note: This is a very large offering and There will be 2 auctioneers selling.LUNCH BOOTH TERMS: Cash, Interac, Visa, M.C. NOTE: Clothes will be sold in large lots, list subject to additions & deletions. Viewing from 4:00 P.M. day of sale. Owner or auctioneer not responsible for accidents day of sale.

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NOTICE OF STUDY COMPLETION CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT STUDY

East Side Lands (Stage 1)Master Environmental Servicing Plan

The Region of Waterloo, the City of Cambridge and the Grand River Conservation Authority, in cooperation with the City of Kitchener and the Township of Woolwich, have undertaken a Master Environmental Servicing Plan to support the development of approximately 300 hectares of land in the north part of the City of Cambridge for future employment uses. The Master Environmental Servicing Planhas been completed to identify the required roads, water, sanitary sewer and stormwater management infrastructure for future development in the area to the year 2031.

The Master Environmental Servicing Plan was prepared in accordance withthe Environmental Assessment Act andthe master plan process outlined by the Municipal Engineer’s Association Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (June 2000 as amended in 2007and 2011) and will satisfy Phases 1 and 2 of the planning process.

By this notice, the Master Environmental Servicing Plan is being placed on the public record for a 30-day review period in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment. Subject to comments received as a result of this Notice, and receipt of necessary approvals, all Schedule B projects are considered approved and may proceed to implementation. Schedule B projects require listing in a Notice of Completion and thus are listed below.

For further details on these projects and a complete list of the recommended projects, please review the reports at the following location:

Region’s Websitehttp://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/aboutTheEnvironment/eastsidearea.asp

Interested persons may provide written comments to the Regional Clerk within (30) calendar days from the date of this notice. If concerns regarding this project cannot be resolved in discussions with the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, a person may request that the Minister of the Environment make an order for the project to comply with Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act (referred to as Part II Order), which addresses individual Environmental Assessments.

Requests for a Part II Order must be received by the Minister at the address below by no later than June 2,2014. The request to the Minister must be copied to the Regional Clerk’s Office. If no request for a Part II Order is received, the Region and City intend to proceed with implementation of these projects.

The Honourable Jim BradleyMinister of the Environment77 Wellesley Street West, 11th Floor, Ferguson BlockToronto, ON M7A 2T5

For further information or to provide written comment please contact:

This notice first issued Friday May 2,2014.

All comments and information received from individuals, stakeholder groups and agencies regarding the Master Environmental Servicing Plan are being collected to assist the Regional Municipality of Waterloo and the City of Cambridge in making a decision. Under the Municipal Act, personal information such as name, address, telephone number and property location that may be included in a submission becomes part of the public record. Questions regarding the collection of this information should be referred to the persons indicated above.

Brenna MacKinnon, MCIP, RPP Elaine Brunn Shaw, MCIP, RPPManager, Greenfield Planning, Region of Waterloo Director of Planning,City of Cambridge150 Frederick St.Kitchener, ON N2G 4J3 50 Dickson St., 3rd Floor,PO Box 669Tel: (519) 575- 4060 Cambridge,ON N1R 5W8Fax: (519) 575-4449 Tel: (519) 740-4650 x 4571Email: [email protected] Fax: (519) 740-9545 Email: [email protected]

Transportation Schedule B Projects

Project Name Project Description From To

Middle Block Road Upgrade and widen to 4 lanes New North-South Collector Road Fountain Street

Middle Block Road Upgrade existing 2 lanes Fountain Street Speedsville Road

Allendale Road Upgrade and widen to 4 lanes New North-South Collector Road Fountain Street

Speedsville Road Upgrade existing 2 lanes Middle Block Road Maple Grove Road

Municipal Water Schedule B Projects

Project Description From To Size, mm

Watermain (within new North-South Road right-of-way)

Middle Block Road along new North-South Road Existing Regional Watermain parallel to CP Rail 300

Municipal Wastewater Schedule B Projects

Project Description From To Size, mm

Trunk Sewer along new North-South Road Middle Block Allendale Road 900

Trunk Sewer to Sewage Pump Station #2 Allendale Road Sewage Pump Station #2 1050

The Regional Municipality of WaterlooClerk’s Office150 Frederick Street, 2nd FloorKitchener, Ontario

The Corporation of the City of CambridgeClerk’s Office50 Dickson Street, 2nd FloorCambridge, Ontario

AUCTIONS

SAT. MAY 3 at 2:00 PM - Unreserved Property auction of a cottage/house on Alder Lake; includes 2 bedrooms; 2 bath; entire main floor renovated; situated on a gorgeous waterfront lot to be held at 85 Alderside Drive in New Dundee. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.Jantziauctions.com

AUCTIONS

WED MAY 7 at 10:00 AM -Auction sale of furniture; antiques; collectables; house-hold effects; tools; and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Com-munity Centre in St. Jacob’s for Wilmer and Janet Martin of Waterloo with addi-tions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.Jantziauctions.com

SAT. MAY 10 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of property with 4 bedroom red brick bungalow; household effects; antiques; collectables; furniture; tools; lawn and garden equipment and miscellaneous items to be held at 638 Cedargrove place in Waterloo for Joseph Welches. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.Jantziauctions.com

WED. MAY 14 at 10:00 AM -Clearing auction sale of furniture; household effects; antiques; collectables; tools; and miscellaneous items to be held at the St. Jacob’s Community Centre in St. Jacob’s for a Kitchener estate with addi-tions. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.Jantziauctions.com

SAT. MAY 24 at 10:00 AM - Clearing auction sale of snowmobile; lawn and garden equipment; wood working equipment and tools; horse drawn wagons and cutters; furniture; antiques; collectables; and miscellaneous items to be held at 1087 West River Road Cambridge (south end of Cambridge) for Harry Bergsma. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.Jantziauctions.com

FRI MAY 30 at 7:00 PM - Charity auction of brand new donated furniture and miscellaneous items to be held at the old New Hamburg arena on Jacob street in New Hamburg for the Mennonite Relief Sale. Jantzi Auctions Ltd. 519-656-3555. www.Jantziauctions.com

WANTED

INTERESTED IN PLAYING RUGBY? Join us at the HIGHLAND RUGBY CLUB in Fergus this summer. See details or register online at www.highlandrugby.com or call the local convenors, Tony or Laurie 519-669-0326. Registration at E’s Into Wellness available May 3rd.

AUTOMOTIVE

2008 SMART CAR/PASSION: $6,900, 54,000 kms, gas, rwd, auto, burnt orange/silver - Fun and economical. Much roomier then it appears. Elmira. 519-669-4172.

RENTALS

4 BEDROOM COTTAGE for rent at Chesley Lake Camp. A great summer holiday idea! Call 519-573-6792.

COMING EVENTS

CONSIDERING PLAYING RUGBY? Join us at the HIGHLAND RUGBY CLUB in Fergus this summer. See details or register online at www.highlandrugby.com Need help registering? see Tony & Laura at E’s Into Wellness Fitness, 51 Arthur St. S. May 3rd, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. For further details 519-669-0326.

GARAGE SALES

13 BLUEBIRD PLACE, Elmira. Sat. May 10th 7-12. Quilt rack, ladies bike, helmet, X-country skis, Tupperware, household items, decor, tools, toys, plastic beer bottles etc.

ANNUAL LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INTER-NATIONAL GARAGE SALE - Bake Sale, Bar-beque. Friday, May 2, 2014, 7 am to 8 pm. Saturday, May 3, 2014, 7 am to 2 pm. Bag Sale Starts at 10:30 am. Gerald Bowman Auction building in Wallenstein.

COZY QUILTS FABRIC clearout. Cotton prints $3.25 metre; broadcloth $1.00 m; thread 4/$1.00, lace, notions, craft items. Tax included. 4 Snyder Ave. S., Elmira. May 3, 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

GARAGE SALE - 6 Peregrine Crt., Elmira. Rain or shine. Fri. May 9, (5-8), Sat. May 10th (7-1). Furniture, home decor, misc. items, box spring, mattresses, bed frame & much more!

GARAGE SALE - Sat. May 3, 133 Porchlight Dr. Elmira, 7 a.m. Kitchen gadgets, dining table and chairs, mens/boys clothing, photographic equipment and more.

GARAGE SALE - Sat. May 3, 26 Duke St., Elmira, 8 a.m. Tables, chairs, glassware, depression glass, carnival glass, jugs, pottery, antiques. Something for every-one.

GARAGE SALE - Sat. May 3, 8:00 a.m. 106 Church St. W, Elmira. Bedroom furniture, chairs, wooden table with 12 extensions and many more misc items.

HEIDELBERG’S ANNUAL TOWN Wide Garage Sale. Sat. May 10, 8:00 a.m. Trea-sures for Everyone, Great Deals, Rain or Shine. Email: [email protected]

MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE - 13 Porch-light Drive, Elmira - Friday May 2 and 9 (3:00 - 7:30 p.m.) and Saturday May 3 and 10 (8:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m.). Will not be held in case of rain.

WINDOWS & DOORS Garage Sale. Huge selection of New, Used & Mis-Measured Vinyl Windows, Steel Doors, Storm Doors, Patio Doors, California Shutters, Exterior Shutters and more! Fri. May 9, 12 - 5 p.m., Sat. May 10, 7 a.m. - 12 p.m. Beingessner Home Exteriors, 9 Henry St. St. Jacobs. Bring Your Measurements! Come Early for best selection.

GARAGE & BAKE Sale - Fri. May 9, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Sat. May 10, 7 a.m. - 2 p.m., held at 188 First St. W., Elmira. Tupperware, books, variety of children’s clothing


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519-669-440030 ORIOLE PKWY. E., ELMIRA

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1-800-CARSTAR519-669-3373

24 Hour Accident Assistance

21 Industrial Dr.Elmira

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AUTO CLINIC

OBSERVER SERVICE DIRECTORY

519-669-4964100 SOUTH FIELD DRIVE, ELMIRA

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ORTLIEBCRANE

• 14 ton BoomTruck

• 40 ton Mobile Crane

& Equipment Ltd.

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24 Hour Service(Emergencies only)

7 Days A Week

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• Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning on Location

• Area Rug Cleaning Drop-off / Pick up Service

• Bleached out Carpet Spot Repair

• Janitorial

• Carpet Repair & Re-Installation

• Pet deodorization • Floor Stripping

ROB McNALL 519-669-7607 LONG DISTANCE? CALL 1-866-669-7607

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS SERVICES

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REPAIRS

JAMES BAUMANCraftsman Member O.G.P.T. Inc

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22 Church St. W., Elmira

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Buy your bike from us and get a FREE annual inspection!

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Concrete Breaking & Removal

CONSTRUCTION INC.(519) 569-0772

“25 years in Business”

• Commercial & Industrial General Contracting

• Specializing in Concrete Work & Excavation

• Retaining Walls

• Stamped Coloured Concrete

• Demolition

• Bin Service

• Machine Bases

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KENJIORITA

20B ARTHUR ST. N., ELMIRA

TEL: +1 (519) [email protected]

100% SUPERIOR QUALITY CUSTOM WOODWORKING

• Custom Kitchens• Custom Furniture• Libraries• Exotic Woods

Hardtop and Travel Trailer Rentals

(519) 638-3075 (Phone)

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7011 Wellington Rd. 11 RR#2Drayton ON, N0G 1P0

• New & Existing Roofs• Roof Repairs

• Cellulose Attic Insulation

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For all yourPlumbing Needs.

24 HOUR SERVICE

Steve Jacobi ELMIRA

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John SchaeferPainting

Specializing in Paint & Wall coverings

27 ARTHUR ST. S., ELMIRA519.669.3658

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DECORATINGSINCE 1961

READ’S

LAWN MOWING PACKAGES· weekly, biweekly services

FULL FLOWER BED MAINTENANCE· weeding, pruning, dead heading,

planting, flowerbed edging, mulch delivery & installation

TOP DRESSING & OVERSEEDING· Triple Mix topsoil & sure start

overseed grass seed

SNOW PLOWING & ICE CONTROL· Trucks, Tractors, Skidsteer

Call: Jeff Basler, OwnerOffice: 519-669-9081 | Fax: 519-669-9819

Email: [email protected]

SPECIALIZED SKIDSTEER SERVICE

· Offering a quick and easy way to reclaim unused land

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· Trail maintenance and development· Wooded lot Thinning· Pasture Reclaimation · Orchard Maintenance· Industrial Lots· Real Estate Lots· Cottages

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· Offering a quick and easy way to reclaim unused land

· Our tracked skid steer equipped with a forestry brush mower can handle any long grass/brush

· Trail maintenance and development· Wooded lot Thinning· Pasture Reclaimation · Orchard Maintenance· Industrial Lots· Real Estate Lots· Cottages

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YOUR SOURCE FOR YEAR-ROUND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

OUTDOOR SERVICES

Sew Special

Lois Weber519-669-3985

Elmira

Over 20 Years Experience

Custom Sewing for Your Home

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Custom Blinds

Free Estimates

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Randy Weber

519.669.1462519.669.9970

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519.501.2405 | 519.698.2114In Business since 1973 • Fully Insured

• Specializing in residential re-roofs • Repairs • Churches

A Family owned and operated business serving KW, Elmira and surrounding area for over 35 years.

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1553 King St. N., St. Jacobs, ON N0B 2N0

• Store Fronts • Thermopanes

• Mirrors • Screen Repair

• Replacement Windows • Shower Enclosures

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SPRING SPECIAL ON AIR CONDITIONING TUNE UP $99, INSTALLED FROM $1999

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Clean Up | MulchPlanting | Garden Design

Lawn MaintenanceAll Your Gardening Needs

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Driveways • Sidewalks • Curbs • Barn RenovationsFinished Floors • Retaining Walls • Short Walls

Decorative/Stamped and coloured concrete

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OBSERVER SERVICE DIRECTORY

OUTDOOR SERVICES

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27 Brookemead, St, Elmira P: 519-669-1188 | F: 519-669-9369

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KEVIN DETWEILER OWNER-OPERATOR

Outdoor Services

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Frameless Showers & Railings

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COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

Call: Jeff Basler, Owner | Office: 519-669-9081 | Fax: 519-669-9819Email: [email protected]

ISA Arborculture CertifiedStorm damaged

fallen trees/branchesCutting/removal

Storm damagedfallen trees/branches

Cutting/removal

Shrub & BranchRemoval & Chipping

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ALMA, ONTARIO | PHONE: 519.846.5427

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Full Lawn Maintenance Programs

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REAL ESTATE LISTINGS

3 Arthur St. S., Elmira519-669-5426

Paul Martin

519-503-9533

SALES REPRESENTATIVECALL DIRECT

www.homeswithpaul.ca

Alli Bauman

519-577-6248

SALES REPRESENTATIVECALL DIRECT

www.elmiraandareahomes.com

MarciaThompson

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., BrokerageIndependently Owned and Operated

Call today and book a FREE NO-OBLIGATION HOME EVALUATION. WHO IS REPRESENTING YOU?

Elmira - Fabulous open concept, 4 bedroom home with large yard. Kitchen with concrete

counter tops open to dining room and living room. Side door walk out to large yard. Huge

open upstairs family room featuring vaulted ceiling and gas fireplace. Upper floor laundry.

Carpet free throughout. Single garage. MLS 1422320. Call Alli or Paul direct.

RENOVATED EXTENSIVELY! $374,900$374,900

Sat. May3rd, 2-4pmSat. May3rd, 2-4pm

THISWEEKSOPENHOUSE

THISWEEKSOPENHOUSE

67 CENTRE ST.ELMIRA

NEW LISTINGNEW LISTING

STUNNING BUNGALOWDrayton - This Verdone Model Home has elegant and luxurious features including skylights, tray ceilings and 2 french door walkouts from master and dinette. Ceramic and hardwood throughout the main floor. Kitchen with granite countertops and glass backsplash overlooking dinette and open to great room. 2 walk in closets in the Master Suite and 4 piece ensuite. This home is complete with den, 2nd bedroom, mudroom/main floor laundry and huge finished basement with fireplace. MLS1418095. Call Paul or Alli Direct.

$425,900$425,900

Breslau – Approx 2700sqft house located on 3.15 acres. Enjoy sunsets from your bckyrd haven. Tree lined private drive. Complete w/main flr LR, FR w/wood fp, eat in kit & sep DR. Main flr bdrm w/kitchenette & 3pc ens. Side entrance ideal for home office/business. Master bdrm w/8ftx8ft walk in closet & 3pc ens. Fin'd basement featuring lg bar & location for wood stove. Bsmnt bath incl sauna, whirlpool. 648sqft unfinished bonus room above garage. TLC Required. MLS 1414121. Call Alli or Paul direct.

BEAUTIFUL BACKYARD$629,900$629,900

SPACIOUS!$174,900$174,900

Palmerston – Move in & enjoy the summer in your new Home. Solid 1.5 storey brick 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath home w/detached sngl car garage. Recently remodeled master & both baths. New roof 2010, orig hrdwd flrs, double French drs & spacious rms throughout. Lots of character & space for young or growing family. 3 decks, children’s playground & huge private/fenced & beautifully landscaped backyard make this property ideal for entertaining or simply enjoying some family time. MLS 1417276. Call Paul or Alli direct.

$389,000$389,000CORNER LOT

Elora – Freehold townhouse w/double garage situated on corner lot backing onto Elora Cataract Trailway. Large eat-in kitchen w/ceramic tile & abundant w/maple cupboards. Bright Living room w/hardwood floors, corner gas fireplace, 2 storey ceiling open to stairs & 2nd floor hallway. Fantastic master bedroom complete w/ensuite & lg walk in closet. Second floor laundry. Bright Finished basement w/recroom, bedroom & bathroom. 2300sqft + finished space. A must see home. Prepare to be impressed. MLS 1414406. Call Alli or Paul direct.

Drayton - Beautiful Mansfield III Home. Various Prices and Plans available. Model Home is at 46 Bedell Open: Mon, Tues, Wed 1-7pm and Sat, Sun 1-4:30pm. MLS 1418101. Call Paul or Alli direct.

YET TO BE BUILT!$338,900$338,900

Call Bonnie Brubacher, Broker of Record

Royal LePage Elmira Real Estate Services

519-669-3192

ELMIRA SOUTH END Earl Martin Drive

M5 Industrial zoning, ideal for small business, 1742 + sq ft great location with quick access to Hwy 85 S Office includes 2nd floor including 1000 sq ft bay with 12 x 12 overhead door w/ 22’ ceiling

height. NEW MLS

Call David Horst 519-292-1473

David HorstSales Representative

519-292-1473

www.peakrealestate.com

NEW LISTING8271 Concession 12, Moorefield

Country property approx. 4 km North West of Drayton 2½ acres with mature trees. Four Bedroom, 3 bath completely renovated house with newer addition (2008). MLS 362805.

REALTY & AUCTIONS INC. BROKERAGEIndependently Owned and Operated

PREMIER

Office 519-291-2299195 Wallace Ave. N., Listowel, Ontario N4W 1K8

$449,000

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BUYING OR SELLINGYOUR PROPERTY?

Dwaine NichollsOffice 519-291-2002 | Direct 519-492-2002

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“THINGS TO DO, PEOPLE TO SEE, PLACES TO SHOW”

COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL • AGRICULTURAL

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Visit our Model Home at 46 Bedell Drive, DraytonMon., Tues. & Wed. 1-7pm | Sat. & Sun. 1-4:30pm | or by appointment

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R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD.45 Arthur St. S., Elmira

www.thurrealestate.com519-669-2772JULIE

HECKENDORNBroker

Res: 519.669.8629

TRACEYWILLIAMS

Sales Rep.Cell: 519.505.0627

BRAD MARTINBroker of Record,MVA Residential

Res: 519.669.1068

CALL FOR YOUR FREE MARKET EVALUATION

LOCATION! Desirable Southwood Park. Close to walking trails and across from a park. Lovely oak kitchen with ’bump out’ dinette & walkout to concrete patio. Private asphalt driveway. Storage shed. Conve-nient side entry. 3 bedrooms. Spacious fin-ished rec. room & washroom in lower level. MLS REDUCED TO $279,900.

Workable land, recently tile-drained @ 30’ centres. Road frontage at front and back of farm. MLS Reduced to $1,400,000.

STUNNING CENTURY HOME – loaded w/character! Natural woodwork & staircase. Hdwd. floors. Pocket doors. Oak kitchen, formal D.R. Cozy L.R. w/gas fireplace. Main flr. fam. rm. w/custom built-ins. Two staircases to upper lev-el. Private master suite w/ensuite bath & dress-ing area. Updated main bathrm. Floored attic. 200 amp. serv. Detached oversized garage. Private, professionally landscaped yard. Expect to be impressed! MLS $539,900.

Productive Farmland85 Acres in Wellesley Township.

NEW PRICE

[email protected]

90 Earl Martin Dr., Unit 4, Elmira N3B 3L4

519-669-3192

Independently Owned & Operated, BrokerageElmira Real Estate Services

100YEARSSINCE 1913

www.elmirahomes.ca Robin Hansford-CurrieSales Representative

Bonnie Brubacher Monique RoesSales Representative

Shanna RozemaBrokerBroker of Record “Helping you is what we do”

We support Woolwich Community Services through

2013

Call for your FREE Market Evaluation.

HAPPYSPRING!

PRICES FROM $322,900 2 Month closing on 3 UNITS! PARADIGM BUILT EXECUTIVE BUNGALOW/LOFT TOWN HOMES. Model home offered at $355,900, 1286 sq.ft plus finished basement, gourmet kitchen w/granite, 2 bdrms, 3 baths including ensuite. 2046 sq.ft loft unit offered at $345,900, 1977 loft end unit offered at $347,900, double car garage. MLS

SAT & SUN 2-4 pmWED MAY 7TH 3-7pm

170 Ridgeview Drive, Drayton

AMAZING STARTER$272,900 WELLESLEY Just move in & enjoy this 6 year old semi, 1.5 car garage, double drive, open concept main floor, kitchen offers plenty of counter space, 3 appl., 3 bdrms, master ensuite + 4 pc bath. MLS

BACKYARD OASIS$999,000 ELMIRA Entertain with style & Ease! Inground salt water pool w/water feature surrounded by beautiful landscaping, patio, custom pergola over the hot tub area, outdoor speakers, heated 43'x26' detached shop. Grand entrance into the Executive bungalow w/loft, marble floors, gourmet kitchen w/granite, lavish master ensuite & walk-in. MLS

ONE OF A KIND$629,900 NEAR DRAYTON Absolutely stunning Pioneer log home on 13 acres in the country, cathedral ceilings, exposed logs, wide plank floors, main floor master with ensuite, 2 bdrms up in loft, gorgeous kitchen offers island, quartz counters & high end appliances, rustic elegance sums up this home. Inviting covered verandah overlooks the grounds. MLS

$409,900 A breath of fresh air! Well maintained two storey home, great main floor layout offers a huge kitchen w/appliances, walkout to deck & fenced yd, corner gas fireplace in the great rm., 3 bdrms up including a master ensuite, 4pc guest bath & laundry, finished recreation room, double garage & driveway, c/air. MLS

COUNTRY LIVING$869,900 100 acre property with 60 acre of bush. Custom built stone home in 1999. Hardwood flooring & pine doors throughout, beautiful country views, stone fireplace, ensuite, DETACHED SHOP, 3 bdrms, 3 baths. Approx 15 mins from Harriston. NEW MLS

NEWER SEMI$272,900 WELLESLEY Amazing starter home with 1.5 car garage/double driveway, 3 bdrms, 3 bathrooms including ensuite & walk-in closet, bright kitchen & dinette (3 appliances included), sliding doors to rear yard backing onto green space, shed. MLS

THIS WEEKEND OPEN HOUES

SUN MAY 4TH 2-4 pm204 Park Ave., West, Elmira

$279,900 ELMIRA Exceptionally maintained freehold town home, steps to downtown, nice kitchen/dinette, appliances included, ceramic flrs, neutral decor, large living rm with sliders to deck, c/air, 3 bdrms, 2 baths, unspoiled basement, washer & dryer included, garage. MLS

$259,900 Attention! First time home buyers and investors. Beautiful 2+1 bedrooms all brick bungalow semi in Huron Park area. Minutes from Conestoga College and 401. Features include a large eat-in kitchen with walk out to deck and fenced yard. Open concept living/dining room.

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ANNIVERSARY

FAMILY ALBUM

IN MEMORIAM

STAG & DOEBIRTHDAY

DEATH NOTICES

OBITUARY OBITUARY

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Stag and Doe

Saturday May 10th @ 8:00pmSt. Jacobs Community Center

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Happy 25th Anniversary

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May 6, 2014

Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary

Join us for an Open House Sunday May 4th, 2-4 pm at Valleyview Manor

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ANNIVERSARY

Martin, AliceIt is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Alice (Wideman) Martin on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at her home in Elmira, at the age of 80 years. Alice was the loving wife of the late Robert L. Martin (2012). She is survived by her children: Brenda (Lloyd) Martin, Chester (Sharon) Martin, Rob (Marilyn) Martin, Gwen (Vidya) Narimalla and Brad (Leigh) Martin; 13 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Alice is also survived by her stepmother, Florence Wideman and siblings, Elaine (Alvin) Hershberger, Elroy (Ruby) Wideman, Beulah (Mel) Gerber, Reta (Rudy) Derksen, Eva (Norm) Woodard, Clifford (Joanne) Wideman, Maynard (Sue) Wideman, Stuart (Diane) Wideman and Marilyn Wideman. Alice is predeceased by her infant son Rodney (1960), infant grandson (1990), her parents Aaron Wideman (1978) and Maria (Bauman) Wideman (1935), stepmother Lucinda (Martin) Wideman (1945) and brother Leonard Wideman (1932). Alice lived an active life taking a keen interest in the lives of others. She enjoyed music and served the community with her gifts. She will be missed by her many extend-ed family members and friends. She enjoyed her last few years at Chartwell Elmira. Relatives and friends may call at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira on Tuesday, April 29 from 7-9 p.m. and Wednesday, April 30 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Interment will take place in Bethel Mennonite Cemetery on Thurs-day, May 1 at 10:30 a.m. followed by a Memorial Service, to celebrate Alice’s life, at 11 a.m. at the Bethel Mennonite Fellowship, 6772 Eighth Line W., RR 1, Elora, where she was a beloved and ac-tive member. Donations in memory of Alice’s life may be made to Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) or Chateau Gardens Auxiliary.

Well done good and faithful servant! Matthew 25:23

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Happy BirthdayAkela!

You always DYB, DYB, DYB’d with the best of ‘em!

Hope your May 1st Birthday wasLord Baden Powell worthy!

Happy Birthday

Mom & Grandma!

Love from your family!

Greg, Sheila, Matthew, Emily, Michael & Aden

Joe, Lori, Cassandra, Nicole & Colin

Pat, Heather, Parker & Finn

May 5, 2014

Cluthe, Richard DarwinPassed away peacefully at his residence with his family by his side on Wednes-day, April 30, 2014, at the age of 71 years. Richard Cluthe, of Elmira, was the be-loved husband of Bev (Bauer) Cluthe. Loved father of Cheri Cluthe, Carrie (Greg) Dietrich, and Rick (Julie). Loving grandfather of Kristy (Bryan), John, Au-tumn, Noah, Jarrett, Logan, and Mor-gan. Dear brother of Ronald (Marlene), Jerry (Pat), and Bill (Ruth) Cluthe. Pre-deceased by his parents Mary Cluthe and George Cluthe, and his mother-in-law, Shirley Bauer. Richard owned and operated a local tool and die business for his entire working career. He loved farming in his earlier years and spent his retired years at his dream cottage on Colpoys Bay. He will be missed dearly by his loving family. The family will receive relatives and friends on Friday, May 2, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira. A funeral service will take place in the funeral home chapel on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 11 a.m. Cremation will follow. As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to Grand River Regional Cancer Centre. The family would like to thank the Regional Cancer Centre with special thanks to Dr. Keleher and the palliative team.

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STAG & DOE

Mary Wideman

Such beautiful memories, more precious than gold of a mother whose worth can never be told. There’s a place in our hearts that no one can fill we miss you dearly and always will. No words can ever express how much we miss your face, your laughter and the joy you brought to every day and gave to everyone around you. Our lives have been blessed by the time you were with us, and as we remember and miss the love and joy you brought our family, we rest in knowing we will meet again. We wish you could see your Great Grandchildren Kaitlyn, Makena, Joshua, Jackson (In The Hands of Jesus), Jarek and Josiah. You would be so proud!

In Loving memory of a wonderful and irreplaceable

mother, wife, grandmother and great grandmother who was called to her Heavenly home

10 years ago on May 5, 2004.

In Our Hearts Forever John and Brenda, John & Pam,

Joseph and Theresa

Stag and Doe Lindsay Ray & Wes Bast

May 10th 2014 8pm-1am St.Clement’s Community CentreTickets available at the door $15 BRUBACHER, SELEDA | Passed away peacefully at Coun-

tryview Residence on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, in her 85th year.

ELLIOTT, ESTHER | At Listowel Memorial Hospital on Sunday, April 27, 2014, Mrs. Esther Louise (Kahle) Elliott of Listowel, in her 87th year. Local relatives are her son Bob Elliott and Bonnie of Linwood.

KRAUSS,JOHN| Passed away peacefully, on Monday, April 21, 2014, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, in his 82nd year. Local relatives are his daughter Anita Chamberland (Jacques) of Wellesley.

MARTIN, WILMA | Baby Wilma went to be with her Lord on the day she was born, Saturday, April 26, 2014, at Grand River Hospital, Kitchener. She will be remembered by her parents David and Mary (Weber) Martin of RR 2, West Montrose.

SCHMIDT, NORMA ANN | Passed away on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Grand River Hospital, K-W Health Centre, Kitchener. Norma resided in Wellesley and was born 77 years ago.

DEATH NOTICES

REMEMBER LOVED ONES IN THE OBSERVER

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LIVING HEREGOOD WORKS / LOFTY GOALS

With Mother’s Day just around the corner I have been thinking back to the days when I would be making breakfast for my mom as a small token of my appreciation for the endless time and devotion she gave to our family.

My special Mother’s Day breakfast was typically French toast drizzled with maple syrup alongside some fresh fruit, bacon and, of course, coffee. My mom wasn’t picky, she was always happy to try whatever I made and she was always so thrilled to sit back and enjoy a day where she got to be doted on.

In our busy adult lives, it requires a conscious ef-fort to remember our Mom or any significant female figure in our lives and take a moment to be grateful for all that they have given us. So, to all you moms out there, we hope you get all the credit you deserve this Mother’s Day and hope-fully a delicious breakfast somewhere along the line, too.

Putting together a special breakfast treat for Mom

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WILL SLOAN

KILIMANJARO | 35

Standing strong as the fourth-highest peak in the world, Mount Kilimanjaro is not the kind of vacation destination you can reach on the Greyhound. That’s not stopping Conestogo resident Duane Eby from following in Gregory Peck’s footsteps. On July 4, Eby will begin a ten-day, 16-per-son effort to raise $250,000 for MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Association), a charity that combats poverty.

“I’ve had adventure in my blood all along,” says Eby, the erstwhile president of Eby Financial Group. “Not that I’ve exer-cised that much, but this idea of the physical chal-lenge and the adventure of trying to climb a mountain, forcing me to get fit and set some personal goals … I thought, ‘Going to Africa? Yeah.’”

He continues, “Part of the attraction is, there’s actually a group. You don’t feel like you’re doing it alone. I would never think about doing this with just one other person and hir-ing a few other people. Part of the benefit, I think, is the camaraderie, and feel-ing just a little bit safer.”

The idea was hatched last August, when a friend connected with MEDA took a similar trip with a

Conestogo man looks to whip himself into shape ahead of group effort to scale Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro

smaller group. “On the way back down, he said, ‘I’m going to go back and talk to the executive director, Alan Sauder of MEDA, and say we should get a group together and use it as a fun-draiser.’” The trip was ad-vertised in November, and a group of 16 (including seven from the Waterloo Region) had committed by Christmas.

At 63, Eby notes that he’s “not the oldest member of the group.” Still, this will mark his first hike of anything approaching this scale, and training will be important. With an eye towards increasing lung capacity, Eby has been en-rolled in fitness and spin classes, swims regularly, and has begun hiking.

“I’ve been taking these fitness classes and saying to the young trainer, ‘Now, you have a defibrillator around here? You realize we could have a heart at-tack – you could have an emergency on our hands.’”

For spring and sum-mer, he’ll take time away from the gym to test his stamina. “I’m going to find more hills – just walking on roads is kind of boring,” he says. “I’ve had ideas to go to Chicopee, go to Milton, maybe find sections of the Bruce Trail, someplace where there’s elevation up

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TREE PLANTING - HELP leave a green legacy! 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m., with TWEEC. For more information contact Ann at 519-669-6027 or 519-664-2613, ext. 6027 or [email protected].

THE JUNIOR GARDEN CLUB is starting in May this spring. Interested 8-10 year olds should contact youth leaders before May 10 for more information. Fee $15. Call 519-669-3244 (Irene) or 519-669-8616 (Barb).

BOARD GAMES DAY IN Breslau, 1-11 p.m. Join us for our next board games day at the Breslau Community Centre (100 Andover Dr.). New people always welcome. For more information email [email protected]. Admission $2. Children under 16 welcome to participate if accompanied by an adult who is also participating.

CHORD SPINNERS FROM ST. Jacobs fundraising spaghetti dinner 4:30-7:30 p.m. at St. James Lutheran Church, St. Jacobs (across from the Stone Crock Bakery). Cost: free-will offering. For more information please call 519-664-2874.

MAY 4

JANE’S WALK: THE ELMIRA Water Crisis, 25 years later; 2-3:30 p.m. Led by Susan Bryant and sponsored by TWEEC, the walk and talk will focus on the 1989 Elmira water crisis and what has been done in the 25 years since to reduce the water contamination in Elmira. Meet in Elmira at the Woolwich Youth Soccer building at the corner of First and Arthur streets.

THE INTER-MENNONITE CHILDREN’S CHOIR is pleased to present “When the Spirit Says Sing!” featuring many familiar African American spirituals; 3 p.m. at Floradale Mennonite Church, 22 Florapine Rd., Floradale. Tickets $10 each, $5 for children under 12, and $25 per family - available at the door or from a chorister. Come and join us for a lively afternoon of music and inspiration.

HUNGRYMAN’S BREAKFAST WITH THE 1st Elmira Venturer Scouts. Serving 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Elmira Legion, 11 First St. E. All you can eat; $6 adults; $3 6-10 years, free 5 years and under.

MAY 5

THE 10 STEPS TO A Safer and Healthier Home, Wellington Guelph Hoarding Network (WGHN). Being held at 41 Cuthbert St., Elora - Grand River non-profit apartment buildings at 1:30 p.m. Join us for a presentation focusing on ten beneficial steps that will help anyone improve the health and safety of their home. Cost: free. For more information email [email protected] or visit www.wghoardingresponse.ca.

MAY 6

TREE PLANTING - HELP leave a green legacy; 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., Trees For Woolwich church challenge. For more information contact Ann at 519-669-6027 or 519-664-2613, ext. 6027 or [email protected].

CAREGIVER COFFEE HOUR MEETS the 1st Tuesday of the month (Sept. – June) 10- 11:30 a.m. at Chateau Gardens, 11 Herbert St., Elmira. This support group is offered in conjunction with the K-W Alzheimer Society. For more information call Lorraine at 519-664-3794, ext. 229.

ELECTRONIC BINGO UPSTAIRS AT the St. Clements Community Centre, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Paradise & District Lions Club. For more information contact Lion Joe Brick 519-699-4022.

MAY 7

GALE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 10 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira is hosting a fish fry, 4:45-7 p.m. Continuous serving. Advance tickets only. Adults $15; children $7.50. Dining room pick ups available with ticket. For tickets call: Church office 519-669-5734; Lee 519-669-8217.

MAY 8

NEW HORIZONS WELCOMES ALL zoomers, boomers and seniors. Enjoy coffee or tea and a delicious snack. Speaker: Dr. John Theis speaking on fathers and sons, the blessing and the wound. His book Fathers and Sons will be on sale. Be inspired and socialize; $2 per person, 10-11:30 a.m. at the Maryhill Community Centre. For more information call Joan Haid at 519-648-2742 or email at [email protected].

MAY 9

COMMUNITY CAN DINE, TRINITY United Church, 6-7:30 p.m. Soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. Pay what you can at the door, all welcome.

JACOB MOON CONCERT AT Floradale Mennonite Church, 22 Florapine Rd., Floradale; 7:30 p.m. Tickets $15 can be purchased by calling 519-669-2861 or www.jacobmoon.com.

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The Elmira Optimist Club hosted its 23rd annual road hockey tournament April 26 at Park Manor Public School in Elmira. Kids between the ages of 7 and 14, divided into four divisions of 24 teams, took part in the day-long event. [ELENA MAYSTRUK / THE OBSERVER]

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ACROSS

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5. Kind of ticket

10. Bustles

15. Upon

16. Down with the flu

18. Imitation

19. Jalopy

20. Fraternity letters

22. “Is that ___?”

24. Inch

25. In the direction of

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28. Channels

30. ___ Khan

32. Morning

33. Bridges of Los Angeles County

35. Children’s ___

37. Boot

39. Exist

40. To the same degree

41. Kind of strap

43. __ then or statement

44. Drivel

46. First-rate

47. Perform

48. Man

49. Basketball maneuver

52. “Yes, ___”

53. You and I

54. Do nothing

55. “Aladdin” prince

56. In a tree or made of blankets

57. Chronic fatigue syndrome

58. Advertising sign

59. Knowing, as a secret

60. Giant Hall-of-Famer

61. Overseas

62. “Don’t go!”

63. Expressing a point in time

65. Burn up

66. The Beatles’ “Back in the ___”

67. Associate in Nursing

68. Moldovan monetary unit

70. Ancient Andean

72. Lentil, e.g.

DOWN

1. Spoiled

2. Unwelcome obligations

3. Hello

4. Cole ___

6. A reason or cause

7. Clavell’s “___-Pan”

8. Charlie, for one

9. Stubborn as an “__”

10. Quip, part 3

11. Introduces an alterna-tive

12. Adjudge

13. Columbus Day mo.

14. Fish that lays an egg case called a mermaid’s purse

17. Andean animals

21. Marienbad, for one

23. Alkaline liquid

25. Taurus

29. Said with a sneer

31. Divinity

32. Above

34. Depth charge target

36. Roswell sighting

38. Therefore

42. Engine speed, for short

45. Jungle climber

46. Fish and Chips topping

50. Fill to excess

51. Connections

52. Bon ___

53. Fly catcher

54. Grassy area

56. “Them”

57. Slang for mother

58. Refusal

59. “Cousin __”

64. Beach bird

65. Equals

66. Minneolas

69. WSW’s opposite

71. Promotion

Moving around on two feet comes at a cost to the “delicate” bodily functions

Q. Compared to our nearest primate relative, we upright humans are able to stand and walk tall with our hands free. But these advantages come at a price. Can you get to “the bottom” of this one?A. As a result, we not only experience problems with our back and joints, but the whole business of evacu-ating our waste is more difficult, writes Christine Warman of North Yorkshire, UK, in “New Scientist” magazine. “The fundamen-tal problem is that the area used for releasing urine and feces is compressed

between thighs and but-tocks, so we’re more likely than other animals to foul ourselves.

“Also, unlike other ani-mals, we tend to regard our waste with disgust so liv-ing together in settlements means we need to learn when and where it is social-ly acceptable to excrete.” Of course, civilization itself would be impossible with-out some system of sanita-tion for controlling threat-ening pathogens, plus we’ve so house-trained ourselves that thorough cleaning has become a necessity for so-cial reasons as well. Comments Warman: “Hu-man ingenuity has now gone far beyond toilet paper and wet wipes. In Japan there are toilets which will wash and blow-dry your

most delicate areas without any effort on your part.”

Yet even in 16th-century France, writer Francois Ra-belais recommended “using the softly feathered neck of a live goose for the ultimate in cleanliness and comfort.”Q. Gasoline seems pretty expensive these days, but how does it compare with some of the other liquids in your life?A. To answer, you need to estimate costs and volumes, says Lawrence Weinstein in “The Physics Teacher” magazine. We all spend too much time staring at the gas pump display indicating $3 and up per gallon, which translates to about $1 per litre (a liter is about a quart). Bottled water costs about a third as much. Crude oil at about $70 per barrel figures

to about 44 cents per litre.Next consider perfume,

which can range from $1 to $1,000 per ounce (or high-er), most often about $20 to $50 per ounce, putting it at roughly $1,000 per litre.

Alcohol is a bit easier to estimate: Vodka is about $30 to $50 per litre, wine from $3 to $300 (or higher) per litre.

Now ink for inkjet print-ers is priced at $5 to $10 for a typical container of about 10 cubic centimeters (cm). That is about $1 per cubic cm or $1 per millilitre.

Thus, crude oil, gasoline and bottled water all cost a dollar or less per litre. Vodka goes for $50 per liter, and wine for $3 to $300 per litre. Ink for inkjet printers costs about the same as perfume, or $1,000 per litre.

As Weinstein concludes,

“the next time you go out on a date, just splash a little ink on yourself. It should cer-tainly make an impression.”Q. Whether or not you know the Greek language, the word “ekadekapente” may be of interest to you. How many reasons can you give for thinking so?A. Maybe not 115 but “115” is what the word means in Greek, which Gail D. sug-gested as the possible new name for “ununpentium” (Uup), the striking new ele-ment in the periodic table, atomic number 115, con-firmed last year, as reported in “Discover” magazine. It was thought that volunteer observers could do better at the naming game, hence “ekadekapente” (“eka” meaning “one,” “deka” for “ten,” “pente” meaning

“five”).Other reader suggestions

for the element included “euphorium,” which “like euphoria, lasts just a brief time, needs a very special situation to trigger it and is remembered long after it is gone” (Kris S.); “pentium” -- “The two un’s cancel each other out” (Anthony N.); “UFOonium” -- “UFO expert Bob Lazer claims it powers the antigravity warp drives of UFOs” (Chris C.); and “pandemonium” -- “after all the discussion it’s created” (Ivan W.).

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once Eby reaches Tanzania will be in acclimatizing to the oxygen levels further up the mountain. By all accounts, the final climb to the summit is an over-whelming experience, and not simply on a physical level.

“It is a very emotional thing to get to the sum-mit, because I’ve heard people feel the support of everything that’s got them there, including family and friends. Getting to the sum-mit, saying ‘This is as high as we can go’ – that must be pretty emotional.”

The climb will raise money for MEDA, an orga-nization devoted to “creat-ing business solutions to poverty.” During their trip, the group will visit some of the charity’s project sites in Tanzania.

“It’s a fairly small, tightly-run organization that has a very big reach,” says Gloria Eby, Duane’s wife and a longtime MEDA volunteer. “I like it because it’s efficient and effective. They measure everything, and are not afraid to stop doing something if it does not accomplish the very specific goals that were set out.

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Pour in the maple syrup and a dash of ground cin-namon; simmer for a min-ute to combine;

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