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cORDOnED OFF the province’s Special investigations unit has taken over the case because police had arrived on the scene at 38 meadowview Ct. in heidelberg when the homeowner took his own life. 

KATIE EDMONDS 

Police descended on a Heidelberg 

neighbourhood Tuesday 

evening, but were just setting 

up when a 64-year-old man 

took his own life without incident. 

Neighbours on Meadowview 

Court, a small residential 

street with homes that back 

onto a large forested area, 

are still asking questions 

about what exactly happened, 

while three investigators 

and two forensic in- 

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Heidelberg man’s death now an SIU investigation 

Homeowner takes own life just as tactical offi cers respond to situation where guns present at the scene 

vestigators are probing the 

circumstances surrounding 

the death of David Rung. 

At approximately 5 p.m. Oct. 

13, Waterloo Regional Police 

offi cers responded to a call 

regarding a potential suicide 

at a residence. Rung’s wife 

made the call to police after 

returning home and fi nding 

her husband in a state that 

suggested he was suicidal. 

Shortly thereafter, heavilyarmed 

members of the 

Emergency Response Unit 

descended on the neighbourhood: 

a record check 

on the man determined that 

he did have weapons in the 

house. 

Rung’s wife was advised to 

leave the building. As offi cers 

arrived on scene, Rung exited 

through a back door and went 

into the wooded area behind 

the home. A shot was heard, 

and his body was found a 

short time later. 

As required, regional police 

called in the provincial 

Special Investigations Unit, 

a civilian law enforcement 

agency that investigates cases 

involving police and civilians 

where serious injury or death 

have occurred. 

Monica Hudon, communications 

coordinator for the 

SIU, said the post-mortem 

examination was scheduled 

for Wednesday afternoon in 

Hamilton. Results were not 

available before press time, 

however. 

Few details are being released 

about the incident as 

three investigators and two 

forensic offi cers from the 

SIU conduct a “thorough investigation,” 

which includes 

processing the scene and do- 

ing interviews with witnesses, 

Hudon said. 

Next door neighbour Kelly 

Henderson said that police 

and news crews have been 

swarming around her neighbourhood, 

but few solid facts 

had been made available. 

“There were a bunch of police 

cars and an ambulance 

and the fi re team. They surrounded 

the neighbours’ 

house and were out in the 

backyard. They told us to go 

into the basement and just 

wait until they told us it was 

safe for us to come out.”


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JONI MILTENBURG 

Twenty-seven years after he 

retired from his job at Walco 

Equipment, Frank Walter is 

retiring again. This time, after 

more than 35 years, Walter is 

retiring from delivering Meals 

on Wheels. 

Walter, 91, was recently recognized 

by Community Care 

Concepts for his 25 years of 

volunteering with the agency. 

Having been with CCC since it 

started, Walter is the longestserving 

volunteer, but he’s been 

delivering meals for more than 

a decade before CCC existed. 

When Frank and his wife Beatrice 

moved to Elmira in 1968, 

the meal program was run 

by women from several local 

churches, operating out of St. 

James Lutheran Church. One 

of the women approached Walter 

and asked him to help deliv- 

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ALWAYS THERE TO HELP Frank Walter has recently retired from delivering meals on Wheels after more than 30 years on the job. his wife beatrice rode with him for many years, serving as navigator. 

Mealing and wheeling no longer 

At 91, Frank Walter “retires” from decades driving around the area delivering for Meals on Wheels 

er meals. Since his job gave him 

some flexibility during the day, 

Walter agreed. 

“At that time, I remember we 

delivered the meal and we also 

collected for it,” he said. “It was 

a big relief later when we didn’t 

need to collect for them.” 

The hot meals went to seniors 

in Woolwich and Wellesley 

townships, from Paradise Lake 

to Bridgeport and Maryhill. 

Helping out must be in his 

blood, Walter said. Growing 

up on a farm near Macton, he 

would check if his mother had 

any chores for him to do, then 

make himself useful at neighbouring 

farms and his grandparents’ 

200-acre farm. 

“If we had our farm work 

done, I’d walk through the 

fields, a complete section, just 

to get there and help.” 

Volunteering was also a way 

for him to repay the help he and 

his family received. 

A few months after their second 

child was born, Frank was 

stricken with rheumatic fever. 

This was in the spring, when 

crops were being planted and 

hay cut. For three months, he 

was confined to his bed, at times 

delirious with fever and unable 

to even feed himself. Family 

and neighbours pitched in to 

help Beatrice care for their two 

young kids and the farm. 

The doctor came every day for 

a while, but the Walters never 

knew what the bill was. Every 

Saturday, they would go to his office 

in Linwood and put however 

many dollars they had at the end 

of the week toward the bill. 

“One Saturday night, he surprised 

me,” Frank said. “He 

said ‘I don’t want any more calls 

from you. You’re paid in full.’ 

They don’t do that any more.” 

Walter eventually made a full 

recovery, and a specialist told 

him that he should do some- 

thing lighter than farming if he 

wanted to live a full life. Having 

been married for 68 years now, 

with eight children, 14 grandchildren 

and more than 20 great 

grandchildren, Walter reckons 

he’s had that full life. 

After he retired from Walco, 

Walter drove the bus for Elmira 

and District Community Living. 

When the Kiwanis Club of 

Elmira purchased a lift-assist 

bus to transport seniors to day 

programs, Frank had the Fclass 

licence required and volunteered 

to drive it. 

“He’s such a kind, caring individual 

– really gave a lot to this 

community through this agency,” 

said Veronica MacDonald, 

executive director of CCC. 

Any time he was offered any 

payment, Walter declined, saying 

the job itself was reward 

enough. The seniors on his 

routes were always pleased to 

get a hot meal and chat for a few 

minutes. 

“The last while, certainly, a lot 

of them were younger than I 

was,” he noted. 

Beatrice went with him on his 

deliveries for many years, saying 

it was better than sitting 

alone at home. 

“She was my navigator for the 

last two years. We didn’t get lost, 

either,” Frank chuckled. 

Sharon Walsh, coordinator of 

the Meals on Wheels program, 

said the agency will miss its 

most senior volunteer. 

“He’s a wonderful volunteer 

– always willing, always able 

to go, always happy to do it,” 

Walsh said. 

Although he enjoyed doing the 

deliveries, Frank said he won’t 

regret his decision to retire. 

“I’m not one to look back. I 

know it’s done and over, and 

time to do something else instead.” 

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Don’t believe the hype: our oil addiction continues 

In the years following 

the energy crisis 

of the early-1970s, 

there was much talk 

about oil cartels 

and oligarchic auto 

manufacturers actively 

suppressing a 

well-built, 100-mileper-gallon 

car: there 

was simply too much money to be 

made in gas-guzzling rust buckets. 

Unlike, say, UFOs hidden in the Roswell, 

this rumour had at least a tinge 

of reality. And the stories had legs. 

Now, it seems, such stories weren’t 

just fanciful tales of my youth. There 

really are forces conspiring to keep 

us hooked on oil. Back when gasoline 

was measured in gallons and charged 

in cents, the situation wasn’t so bad. 

Today, our addiction comes at a steep 

price – even before we factor in the environmental 

costs. 

For award-winning author Edwin 

Black, our dependence on oil is no accident: 

manipulation and deceit have 

been the cornerstones of energy policy 

for centuries. 

In his book Internal Combustion: How 

Corporations and Governments Addicted 

the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives, 

Black details how we came 

to be slaves to a substance controlled 

by a handful of powerful groups. 

While peak oil and spiking prices are 

recent headlines, our predicament is 

nothing new. 

Centuries ago, “timber was the greatest 

power in the world and therefore 

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Timber was worth killing for because 

it was the secret behind the earliest 

making of metal, the stuff of wealth 

and weaponry. When the trees became 

too scarce, the monarchs turned to monopolists 

and corporate scoundrels for 

a new burning substance, this one not 

green but black. It was coal. 

Thus, the first private international 

energy cartel began in England centuries 

ago with a secretive Newcastle order 

called the Hostmen. The Hostmen 

powered the Industrial Revolution but 

poisoned the air and water as part of 

their bargain. The coal cartel gave rise 

to later generations of energy monopolists 

who built great steam railroads 

that further poisoned the environment 

and spread cancer to those who lived 

near. Anyone who stood in their way to 

find cleaner alternatives was ruthlessly 

defeated by the men of wealth and 

power who defended their brand of 

energy and transportation,” he writes. 

Energy – wood, at first – allowed us 

to manipulate metal, from which we 

fashioned tools and, most importantly, 

weapons. The rulers controlled the 

wood. In England, as the wood grew 

scarcer, there was an even greater impetus 

for colonial expansion. Eventually, 

the need to fuel the fires generated 

the first alternative fuel: coal. 

A boon for coal barons, it was anything 

but for the bulk of the population, 

covering the cities in a dirty, 

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Coal was eventually displaced by 

oil, but the manipulative practices in 

place for centuries became the model 

for the new energy source, and it’s remained 

that way since, says Black. 

Even as we struggle with runaway 

prices, decreasing supplies and climate 

change, those who control the 

oil have no interest in changing for 

the better – essentially, there will no 

changes until the last drop of oil is 

wrung from the earth and sold for a 

profit. 

The oil industry is nothing if not 

shady. 

Prior to the First World War, before 

oil became embedded in our culture, 

transit systems and the earliest cars 

were electric. In what would become 

a turning point, a handful of powerful 

groups sabotaged the electric car 

(this long before GM and the EV1) 

and, later, ripped up trolley lines to 

promote the sale of dirty, unreliable 

buses. 

“We never needed to be on oil. All the 

technology we need is decades old,” he 

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says of battery technology, today trying 

to make a comeback but still suppressed 

by the oil industry and automakers. 

“They have the alternative now … 

[but] you’re not going to see anything 

until the world comes to a crisis. 

“They have a thousand different 

ways to pull the wool over your eyes.” 

He dismissed charges that electric 

cars aren’t ready for the market today. 

Although the average driver travels 

fewer than 40 kilometres a day, critics 

keep calling for electric cars that 

will run for hundreds of kilometres 

between charges – “that’s just not necessary.” 

He points to other technologies embraced 

by consumers – calculators, 

computers, cell phones and the like – 

that started out as large and unwieldy, 

but got smaller and better. 

If brought to the market, electric cars 

would be welcomed by consumers, 

with the market growing as they became 

established. Those with a vested 

interest in the status quo, however, are 

not eager to go down that road. 

Favourite cuisine? 

Thai food’s my favourite right now. 

What’s the most interesting place you’ve 

been? 

Procida. It’s a little island off the coast of Italy. 

The streets are really narrow because they’re 

2,000 years old and the houses come right up 

to the edge of the road, so none of the cars 

have mirrors. 

Do you have a comfort food? 

Chocolate-covered almonds.


Bridge entry 

floats boat of 

parade judges 

A float depicting the West montrose 

Covered bridge won the 

Wunderbar Award for community 

involvement in the K-W oktoberfest 

parade on thanksgiving Day. 

entered by the bridgeKeepers 

(West montrose residents’ Association 

inc.), the float was a 

65-foot entry, with a 40-foot reproduction 

of the famous covered 

bridge as the centre section, and 

a 10’ x 12’ deck on either end. 

the front deck had a “harvest” 

theme, with corn stalks and 

planters stuffed with mums and 

pumpkins. lloyd hartwick, the 

last West montrose bridge keeper 

in the 1940s and 1950s, rode on 

the front deck, along with other 

local residents. 

“this is great,” stated tony 

Dowling, co-chair of bridgeKeepers. 

“our committees and volunteers 

have worked really hard for 

the past year – perhaps no one 

harder than those who worked on 

the float. to see it win this award, 

and to hear the applause and encouragement 

we received along 

the parade route, were tremendously 

gratifying.” 

Soccer club 

moves into VIC 

the former visitor information 

centre on First Street in elmira 

will become the new home of the 

Woolwich Youth Soccer Club. 

the organization will use the 

building as its administration office, 

a place to host board and committee 

meetings, hold registration sessions 

and store its equipment. 

under a deal approved this week 

by Woolwich council, the township 

will enter into a three-year lease 

with WYSC, which will pay $450 

per month to rent the building this 

year, increasing by three per cent 

annually. the organization will 

also cover all operating costs. 

the building became available 

this year when Woolwich consolidated 

its visitor services in St. 

jacobs. Some staff members had 

been working from that location, 

but that is no longer the case, allowing 

for immediate occupancy. 

Making the 

grade in twp. 

Watch for a shiny new grader on 

Woolwich roads as council this 

week agreed to shell out $245,000 

to buy a john Deere unit. 

Another $71,000 will be spent 

to upgrade and outfit the grader, 

bringing the total price to 

$316,000. 

the deal with nortrax Canada 

sees the works fleet replace a 

1994 unit, which will fetch a 

trade-in price of $40,000. 

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KATIE EDMONDS 

A local family caring for 

a child with a rare genetic 

disorder is $30,000 

closer to reaching their 

$1 million research 

fundraising goal following 

a benefit dance put 

on by the Paradise and 

District Lions Club in St. 

Clements Oct. 3. 

Gabbie Strauss suffers 

from cystinosis, a genetic 

disease that is slowly 

destroying all the organs 

in her body. 

When parents Trevor 

and Jody realized how 

serious their daughter’s 

condition was early in 

her life, the couple immediately 

reached out 

to see what kind of support 

was available. The 

answer: not much. Cystinosis 

affects about 2,000 

people worldwide, 500 of 

them in the United States 

and probably only about 

50 in Canada. There simply 

was no foundation in 

Canada; the closest was 

the Cystinosis Research 

Foundation (CRF) in 

California. 

In response, the 

Strausses created Gabbie’s 

Wish – the Cystinosis 

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STEVE KANNON 

If you pave it, they will 

come. And the commuters 

have indeed turned 

out, speeding along 

Chilligo Road, much to 

the residents’ chagrin. 

Once a gravel route, 

the road in Woolwich’s 

southeast end has become 

a favourite for 

drivers seeking a shortcut 

between Cambridge 

and Guelph. In the 

township, Chilligo Road 

runs from the Woolwich- 

Guelph Townline to Kossuth 

Road before crossing 

into Cambridge and 

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OnE STEP cLOSER two year-old gabbie Strauss and her mother jody celebrate after a successful fundraiser 

which brought in more than $30,000 for gabbie’s Wish – the Cystinosis Awareness and research effort, a charity 

started for children like gabbie who suffer from the genetic disease. they’ve raised $90,000 to date. 

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in partnership with 

the CRF. All the money 

raised goes to research 

toward finding a cure. 

Their efforts were quickly 

stepped up when an 

anonymous donor offered 

to match any donations 

to the CRF, up to $1 

million. 

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Paradise and District Lions 

Club in St. Clements 

assisted the Strauss family 

with a benefit dance. 

Club member Annette 

Kuhn said that when the 

Strausses approached 

the Lions in May for support, 

complete with a 

visit from Gabbie and a 

slideshow presentation, 

there was no question as 

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to whether they would 

help, only how they 

could best do it. 

“When we met Gabbie 

and heard her story, we 

decided right then and 

there to do what we can.” 

Some 350 people turned 

up to the dance held at 

the St. Clements Community 

Centre, all the 

hall could accommodate. 

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The Lions Club helped 

out the cause by donating 

to the charity, as well 

as selling tickets to the 

event and running the 

bar. The silent auction 

alone raised more than 

$20,000 for the cause. 

Gabbie’s mother Jody, 

who is originally from 

eastern Ontario, was 

taken aback by the outpouring 

of care from the 

St. Clements community. 

“I personally was overwhelmed 

to see the number 

of people from a 

small community come 

out and support our family 

and support Gabbie 

and Trevor’s family. It 

truly was amazing.” 

In addition to some of 

Trevor’s elementary, 

high school and family 

friends, many people in 

attendance did not know 

the family at all. 

“How can I possibly 

thank people enough? 

People who came to support, 

and volunteers 

from the Lions Club – 

they don’t know Gabbie 

at all but they still came 

and opened their hearts 

and ours.” 

For more information 

or to help out the cause, 

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Chilligo Road residents look for speedy solution 

Woolwich to look at traffic-calming measures as paving turns road into commuter route 

verdale roads. 

Since first being paved, 

the route has become 

popular with commuters 

looking for a shortcut. 

Now, with the road 

newly repaired and 

repaved, residents are 

worried that speeding 

and dangerous passing 

will become more commonplace. 

At Tuesday night’s 

council meeting, resident 

Scott McDonald, 

bearing a petition signed 

by every one of the 17 

homes along the Woolwich 

stretch of Chilligo 

Road, called for the 

township to look at traffic-calming 

measures for 

the route. 

“It was a quiet country 

road that’s been paved,” 

he said. “Now it’s getting 

dangerous.” 

Residents would like 

the township to consider 

measures such as speed 

bumps, a stop sign (perhaps 

at Lerch Road) and 

a reduction in the current 

speed limit of 80 

km/h. 

The suggestion of a 

stop sign caught the attention 

of Ward 3 Coun. 

Murray Martin. 

“A stop sign might be 

a good thing,” he said, 

pointing to a similar arrangement 

at Maryhill 

and Crowsfoot roads. 

He also suggested the 

township place its porta- 

ble speed-tracking sign 

on Chilligo Road to track 

the scale of the problem, 

which McDonald noted 

was most problematic 

during the morning 

and evening commuting 

times. 

Director of engineering 

and planning Dan 

Kennaley said his department 

already has 

plans to use the sign at 

five locations along the 

road, mapping speeds 

and taking a count of 

traffic. 

Noting there are no 

posted speed limit signs 

on the roadway, making 

the speed 80 km/h by 

default, Martin added 

that staff should look at 

dropping the rate to 70 

km/h. 

Coun. Mark Bauman 

agreed with looking into 

reducing the speed limit, 

but dismissed the idea 

of speed bumps, saying 

they would penalize all 

drivers, not just those 

who speed and pass dangerously. 

Additionally, 

he called on staff to request 

Waterloo Regional 

Police to set up speed 

traps on the stretch of 

road. 

In a later interview, 

McDonald said he was 

satisfied with council’s 

direction, adding he got 

the reaction he expected 

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STEVE KANNON 

There’s no such thing as 

a free lunch – or even a 

free place to eat lunch – 

at the new Woolwich Memorial 

Centre. 

Sticking with their assertion 

a new recreation 

facility would come with 

higher user fees to cover 

the costs, township 

councillors this week 

turned down a request 

to waive rental fees for 

a community event during 

the Atlanta Thrashers’ 

practice session in 

Elmira Sunday. 

Organizers of the event 

had asked for two hours 

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ly with engineering staff 

and Waterloo Regional 

Police. Speed bumps, for 

instance, seemed like a 

nonstarter. 

The petition was done 

in advance to indicate 

the residents’ solidarity 

on this issue when presenting 

the request to 

council. 

“I’m sure they’re going 

to do something,” Mc- 

Donald said of council. 

The hope is to have 

some kind of action to 

solve what he described 

as an accident waiting 

to happen as soon as the 

road reopens with the final 

layer of new asphalt, 

possibly as early as this 

weekend. 

“It’s gotten to be quite 

bad lately. When the 

road reopens, it’s going 

to be a real racetrack. 

“The passing is the 

biggest problem – that’s 

where it gets dangerous.” 

assistance to make the 

sport accessible to kids 

whose families can’t afford 

the cost. 

By paying the township, 

the group will have 

fewer dollars for the 

kids, he said. 

Radcliffe also pressed 

the township about the 

size of the crowd that 

would be allowed to attend 

the event, noting 

the 1,500 limit seemed 

too low. Organizers have 

no idea what kind of 

crowd to expect, not having 

sold tickets, but they 

were hoping for around 

2,000. 

“We’re hoping that if 

2,200 show up, they let 


Woolwich won’t waive fees for Thrashers practice 

Community invited to attend free event, but organizers must pay for ice time, room rental 

of ice time and access 

to the community room 

at the WMC to host the 

NHL squad. 

“We want to make this 

a free event for the public. 

It’s a big day for us 

as a community,” said 

organizer Jim Radcliffe, 

president of Woolwich 

Minor Hockey. 

The Thrashers will be 

stopping in Elmira Sunday 

between games in 

Buffalo and Montreal. 

Players will skate in the 

arena bearing the name 

of former teammate Dan 

Snyder, an Elmira native 

who died following an automobile 

collision in 2003. 

While here, the team 

Speeding: Residents 

see the potential for 

dangerous driving 

The narrow road, with 

very little in the way of 

shoulders, poses a danger 

to pedestrians and 

cyclists, said McDonald. 

In collecting names 

on the petition, he discovered 

that every resident 

had a story to tell 

about a near-miss or 

similar incident on the 

road. 

Reducing the speed 

limit and posting some 

signs would let the police 

enforce the new 

rules by setting up speed 

traps – “word will get 

around that you can’t 

speed through here.” 

While the limit is currently 

80 km/h on the 

Woolwich stretch of 

Chilligo Road, it drops 

to 50 km/h on the Cambridge 

side. 

An engineering staff 

report on the traffic 

analysis and residents’ 

requests is due back at 

council early in December. 

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will honour Snyder, hold 

an open practice session 

and sign autographs. 

Although indicating 

support for the event, 

Woolwich councillors 

balked at the subsidy, 

which would amount to 

$400 or $500. 

Coun. Mark Bauman 

suggested organizers 

look at setting up donation 

jars at the event, 

saying most people 

would be glad to chip in 

to help cover costs. Radcliffe, 

however, noted 

there were already plans 

to do just that, with proceeds 

going to Friends 

of Hockey, a local group 

that provides financial 


A pair of St. Jacobs service 

clubs has decided to 

step up and take the lead, 

allowing local youth to 

get footloose – but there 

will be no dirty dancing. 

The St. Jacobs Lions 

have partnered with the 

St. Jacobs Optimist Club 

to organize youth dances 

for students in Grades 5-8. 

Dennis Lougheed, 

chair of the organizing 

committee, said lots 

of other groups hold 

youth dances, but the 

age range is much wider. 

A former high school 

teacher, Lougheed said 

it’s a long span even between 

Grades 9 and 12. 

“An 11-year-old kid 

who’s sitting in Grade 

5 could very well be attending 

a dance where’s 

there’s 17- and 18-yearold 

kids there. That 

struck me as not being a 

very healthy thing.” 

The new program, 

Kids2Kids, has been 

2,200 in,” he said in an 

interview. 

Both Bauman and 

Coun. Ruby Weber suggested 

that seating of 

1,300 might be augmented 

by standing room for 

up to an additional 1,000. 

But in a later interview, 

facilities manager Brian 

Detzler said safety regulations 

– based on factors 

such as the width of 

aisles and availability of 

emergency exits – limits 

standing room to 187, 

bringing the official total 

to just shy of 1,500. 

“We have to watch our 

maximum occupancy 

loads. That’s what the 

building is designed to 

hold,” he said of the total. 

Recreation staff were 

working this week with 

organizers to address 

security and access control 

issues for what is expected 

to be a full house. 

“We need to have a plan 

in place should attendance 

reach occupancy 

loads.” 

Radcliffe noted executive 

members of the 

minor hockey organizations 

and other parents 

would be out to help 

manage the event. As 

well, paid-duty officers 

from the Waterloo Regional 

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than a year. Lougheed 

first got the idea from 

some Lions members 

from Grantham, near 

St. Catharines. The 

Grantham Lions host a 

series of very popular 

dances for elementary 

students twice a month 

from September to May. 

Lougheed hoped they 

might be able to start 

with one dance a month, 

but members of the two 

service clubs were concerned 

about taking 

too much on. Instead, 

they’re going to start 

with four dances this 

year and see if there’s 

interest in holding them 

more often. 

The groups’ concerns 

centered around the 

number of volunteers 

needed to staff each 

dance (15 or 16) and addressing 

safety issues. 

“To do this kind of a 

program, you have to 

be able to convince parents 

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have to be confident that 

when that kid walks in 

the door, he or she is 

going to be well-supervised, 

they’re going to 

be safe, the behaviour is 

going to be appropriate,” 

Lougheed said. 

To ensure the safety of 

the children attending, 

kids will have to be accompanied 

through the 

doors by an adult and will 

not be allowed to leave the 

building until they are 

picked up by an adult. 

The St. Jacobs program 

will be employing 

the same DJ used by the 

Grantham Lions. 

“He is great with this 

group of kids, he knows 

the music, and his sense 

of what is appropriate 

is stricter than mine,” 

Lougheed said. 

The Lions have added a 

link to their website, www. 

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The Lions have sent flyers 

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Jacobs, Conestogo and 

Elmira, but the dances 

aren’t restricted to Woolwich 

youth. Lougheed 

said they decided it’s more 

important that students 

are within the age limits, 

not where they’re from. 

The first dance is scheduled 

for Nov. 6, with the 

next three happening in 

January, April and June. 

Admission is set at $5, 

with snacks available 

for $1 each. Organizers 

are anticipating that the 

dances will be successful 

enough to have funds left 

over after startup costs 

are covered. In that case, 

Lougheed said, the extra 

money will go toward 

children’s support services 

in the area. 

“If we make money 

off the kids, the money 

will go back to the kids 

in some way shape or 

form.” 

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for public signage 

STEVE KANNON 

Woolwich will review 

its township-wide sign 

policy before acting on a 

request for another sign 

along the already crowded 

Industrial Drive boulevard 

in Elmira. 

The decision follows 

the latest application for 

a directional sign pointing 

to Birdland Plaza. 

Earlier this year, Lori 

Weber, owner of Guys 

& Dolls Hair Design and 

Spa, asked for a sign 

after being told by the 

township she could not 

continue using her own 

markers over the former 

Selby’s Freshmart sign. 

In reviewing that case, 

staff took note of the 

hodgepodge of signs 

across the township, 

an indication that a set 

of design standards is 

needed, clerk Christine 

Broughton told councillors 

meeting Tuesday 

night. 

That policy review 

will join an overhaul of 

Woolwich’s sign bylaw, 

which has been many 

years in the making. The 

township has been waiting 

for several years for 

the Region of Waterloo 

to finalize its own sign 

bylaw, but Coun. Mark 

Bauman suggested the 

waiting is over – “I think 

it’s time to move on. If 

the region wants to, it 

can catch up to us.” 

Working from the current 

draft of the region’s 

bylaw, Woolwich can 

come up with something 

firm for council’s consideration 

by January 

or February, Broughton 

suggested. 

Signs have been a sore 

point with council, particularly 

the proliferation 

of roadside signs, 

from the wheeled, neonlettered 

type lining roadways 

to posters slapped 

up on hydro poles 

throughout the township. 

The latest undertaking 

would look at providing 

consistent design standards 

for advertising 

and directional signs, 

for instance. 

To date, Woolwich has 

agreed with most of the 

clauses in the region’s 

draft bylaw, including 

limiting A-frame or sandwich-board 

signs to the 

settlement core areas. 

The measures aimed at 

so-called accessory signs 

would also restrict the 

placement of any temporary 

signs along regional 

roads outside of the core 

areas. In Woolwich, the 

largest impact would 

be along Arthur Street 

heading into Elmira and 

King Street through St. 

Jacobs. 

Posters would be 

limited to designated 

spots, with the region 

proposing to install 

poster collars in the 

core areas. That move 

is aimed at drastically 

reducing the number 

of posters on utility 

poles and traffic lights. 

Woolwich is looking to 

have such collars installed 

in each of the 

settlement areas. 

Enforcement is also 

a key concern for the 

township, especially in 

the overlap with regional 

roads, such as Arthur 

and King streets. 

“We need to have a coordinated 

effort on this,” 

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Churches unite for WMC fundraiser 


Three churches in St. Jacobs 

are joining forces to 

raise funds for the Woolwich 

Memorial Centre. 

St. Jacobs Mennonite, St. 

Jacobs Lutheran and Calvary 

United are holding 

a fundraising dinner on 

Oct. 23. 

The beef and pork barbeque 

will be followed by 

a live auction and entertainment 

from speaker 

Neil Aitchison. 

“As churches, we do 

dinners. That’s what 

we know best, I guess,” 

chuckled Pat Weber, who 

is chairing the event. 

Weber said the congregations 

of the three 

churches wanted to contribute 

to the community 

fundraising efforts for 

the WMC, noting many 

of their members are users 

of the facility. 

“It’s open for everyone 

from the little babies 

that I see in the pool to 

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meringue, at the church event oct. 23 chaired by pat Weber. 

pas and everybody in 

between. It is a fabulous 

facility.” 

Although it’s their 

first time joining forces 

for a fundraiser, it’s by 

no means the first time 

they’ve worked together. 

The three churches have 

held a joint bible school 

for decades, and they 

take turns hosting the 

annual Easter sunrise 

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service and breakfast. 

Jeff Cardiff of Brussels 

is supplying the 

barbecue and all the 

trimmings, with the 

churches providing condiments, 

homemade pies 

and fresh cider. 

After the dinner, there 

will be a live auction with 

Dave Litt as auctioneer. 

The highlight of the 

auction is a hockey stick 

signed by Darryl Sittler, 

commemorating the 1976 

game where he recorded 

10 points (six goals, four 

assists), an NHL record 

that still stands. 

“It’s interesting, it’s 

years ago and … there 

have been so many people 

who well remember 

that game,” Weber said. 

“For hockey fans, it’s a 

highlight.” 

The committee is urging 

people to buy their 

tickets by Oct. 20 so 

they can provide an estimate 

of numbers to 

the caterer. Tickets can 

be purchased by calling 

Barb Bowman at 519- 

669-5912. 

The committee is hoping 

to sell 250 tickets 

for the event. That’s the 

maximum number of 

people that can be seated 

at Calvary United, where 

the dinner will be held. 

“I wish we could totally 

eliminate the deficit, but 

we’re not going to have 

the space to do that,” Weber 

said.

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Kitchener-Conestoga 

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new website that aims 

to reach out to suicidal 

young people. 

Albrecht spoke at a 

press conference on 

Thursday announcing 

the launch of a new website 

by Your Life Counts, 

a Canadian organization 

that connects suicidal 

youth to resources in 

their communities. 

Albrecht got involved 

with the issue of assisted 

suicide after the 

death of 18-year-old Nadia 

Kajouji in March 

2008. Kajouji, a student 

at Carleton University, 

was struggling with depression 

and threw herself 

into the Ottawa River. 

Investigators allege 

a male nurse from Minnesota 

posed as a woman 

in her 20s and formed a 

fake suicide pact with 

Kijouji through online 

chat rooms. 

In May, Albrecht tabled a 

private member’s motion 

in Parliament that would 

add new wording to the 

criminal code provisions 

dealing with assisted suicide. 

M388 would make 

counselling or aiding or 

abetting a person to commit 

suicide an offence, 

“regardless of the means 

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Internet or a computer 

system.” 

“We need to clarify 

without any question 

that this new technology 

also needs to be included 

in the Criminal Code,” 

Albrecht said. 

If passed into law, Albrecht 

said the motion 

would act as a deterrent 

to people who would hide 

behind the anonymity of 

the Internet to counsel 

others to commit suicide. 

The motion was debated 

for the fi rst time in 

September, and is up for 

a second debate in early 

November. Following 

that, there will be an allparty 

vote to see if the 

motion passes into law. 

Albrecht acknowledged 

that the motion in itself 

won’t address the larger 

issue of suicide, which 

is why he’s throwing his 

support behind the new 

website. 

“I’m not naïve enough to 

think that I’ll address the 

problem. We have to work 

together,” he said. “The 

positive resources that 

we can direct vulnerable 

people to certainly has to 

be the big picture. 

“I put my weight behind 

trying to help them 

get their message out 

there to counteract some 

of the sinister forces 

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people to take 

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NEWS | 9 

KATIE EDMONDS 

ton Local Health Integration Network, 

followed by a discussion with an OPP 

officer about keeping ourselves safe on 

Sometimes a good bowl of chicken the roads. 

soup is all that is needed to make a ‘Why Older Adults Fall’, a presenta- 

sickness go away. Other times, it is tion by Susan Brown from The Schle- 

having a good knowledge base about gel Research Institute for Aging gave 

what you can do if you or someone you tips and strategies for preventing falls. 

know is victim to a serious illness, how Janine Grespan of CKCO-TV shared 

you can prevent the illness in the first her inspiring story of illness and re- 

place, and where you can go to get help. covery and offered personal insight 

The 19th annual Woolwich/Wellesley about building her own health safety 

Adult Health Fair focused on how we net and how it helped her recovery. 

can create our own personal health Perhaps one of the most pertinent 

safety net. This includes preparing topics of the day was a talk by Pastor 

physically and emotionally to cope Monika Wiesner, discussing ‘Care for 

with a health crisis, building commu- the Caregiver,’ and issues which arise 

nity and personal support to access for older adults who are responsible 

when needed, learning to navigate for the welfare of others, in addition 

the health care system, advocating for to themselves. Voisin noted her happi- 

your own health care and ideas for preness that this topic was to be discussed, 

venting accidents that create a health as it often goes unmentioned. 

crisis. 

“It’s just a matter of knowing where 

Marilyn Voisin of the health fair planning 

committee said that the group deliberated 

on a theme for the day, but in 

to go to get the help. And in some 

cases, it’s a matter of accepting help. 

The caregiver is in a very difficult po- 

EATInG RIGHT mary Visneskie displays a minature grocery cart promoting the food bank and Woolwich Community 

Services at the Woolwich/Wellesley Adult health Fair held at Calvary united church thursday. 

the end, it was the ‘personal safety net’ sition, with so many demands placed 

that simply seemed to make the most on them. They often forget about their 

sense. 

own health.” 

“We got to talking about the things Bonuses of the fair included a free 

that are really important for seniors to- massage therapy session, reflexology 

day and what it all boiled down to was treatments, blood pressure and audi- 

that if you have a safety net around 

you, then if a major medical crisis 

tory clinics and more than 40 donated 

door prizes to the event. Voisin said When can this be my full-time job? 

happens, these supports are all in place she hopes that the message of health 

and you have a much better chance of promotion came across loud and clear. 

being able to deal effectively with it.” “It was an exciting day. There was a 

At its new location at the Calvary nice variety of stuff for people to do 

United Church in St. Jacobs, the day- and we hope everyone came away with 

long schedule of events started with lots of good information and ideas – 

a talk about ‘Aging at Home’ by Kathy things that they can do to secure their 

Durst, chair of the Waterloo-Welling- own health safety net.” 

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There are two main 

things that you can do 

to keep yourself and 

your family safe when it 

comes to fire prevention, 

according to Bill Cronin, 

chief fire prevention officer 

with the Township 

of Woolwich Fire Department. 

First, always 

make sure that there is 

a working smoke alarm 

on every floor of the 

house. Secondly, make 

sure that everyone in the 

building is familiar with 

the home escape plan. 

Everyone should know 

what to do, and where to 

go in case of a fire. 

These themes, among 

others were front and 

centre at last week’s Fire 

Prevention Week festivities 

at all of the local fire 

stations. Community 

members were invited 

out to view the stations 

and take in a mix of 

food, festivities and fire 

safety in Elmira, Conestogo, 

St. Jacobs, Maryhill, 

Wellesley, Linwood 

and Floradale. 

If you ask any child in 

St. Jacobs, it seems clear 

that the fire prevention 

team is doing a great job 

of getting those important 

messages across. 

Cronin visits every 

classroom each year 

and is increasingly impressed 

by the amount 

of knowledge the youngsters 

possess about fire 

safety. 

“I think kids in our 

area, and kids today 


Local stations mark 

Fire Prevention Week 

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LOOkS LIkE Fun eight year-old Aaron herschburger tries out the fire 

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Fire prevention Week. 

know more about fire 

prevention than any 

other generation has. If 

I ask them what to do if 

their clothes catch on 

fire, they know to stop, 

drop and roll. If I ask 

them where they should 

keep their fire escape 

plan, they know it is on 

the fridge door. All the 

kids know – right down 

to the kindergartners.” 

Fire Prevention Week 

was established 90 years 

ago to commemorate the 

Great Chicago Fire, the 

tragic 1871 blaze that 

killed more than 250 

people, left 100,000 homeless, 

destroyed more 

than 17,400 structures 

and burned more than 

2,000 acres. The fire began 

on Oct. 8, but continued 

into and did most of 

its damage on Oct. 9. 

Over at the Floradale 

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as firefighters 

put out a pot fire on a 

stove, and a Christmas 

tree fire. Firefighters 

also explained and demonstrated 

the Jaws of 

Life, various equipment 

on the fire truck, and 

even gave kids a chance 

to try using the hose. 

Floradale district chief 

Dennis Frey couldn’t be 

happier with the level of 

public involvement. 

“We are so thankful 

for the support from 

our community. We are 

here to serve them, to 

make the place safe for 

them. When they come 

out to see the station at 

our open house, that is 

just a pat on the back for 

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» OctOber 7 

7:30 AM | A man’s wallet 

was stolen overnight from his 

unlocked vehicle on Water 

Street, near Printery Road in 

St. Jacobs. The vehicle was 

parked in a driveway, and 

when the man reported his 

wallet as stolen, one of the 

credit cards inside had already 

been used at a nearby 

gas station. 

3:25 PM | A mailbox was pried 

open and a family’s mail stolen 

from a residence on Sawmill 

Road, near Misty River in Conestogo 

sometime last weekend. 

The incident has been 

linked with two other related 

issues in the Waterloo Region. 

» OctOber 9 

8:47 AM | A green, 21-speed 

Hard Rock mountain bike was 

left on a home’s front porch 

on Line 86. The bike is now at 

the Elmira detachment awaiting 

its rightful owner. 

9:00 AM | A blue and grey 

youth-sized mountain bike 

was found leaning against a 

lamp post on Kildeer Road in 

Elmira. The bike, a 15-speed 

Supercycle, can be claimed at 

the Arthur Street station. 

11:00 AM | Some copper wire (a 

grounding wire and some strapping) 

were stolen from a busi- 

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It was a memorable 

Thanksgiving Day 

for an Elmira family, 

as a man, his wife, 

their two daughters 

and three dogs evacuated 

their home after 

throwing a burning 

mattress out a secondfloor 

window. 

The fire, which occurred 

on Duke Street 

near Church Street, is 

believed to have started 

when a candle in 

one of the young girl’s 

bedrooms slipped off 

a nearby shelf and 

onto the bed. The family 

managed to remove 

the mattress from the 

home before fire crews 

arrived on scene just 

after 11 p.m. The room 

suffered minor smoke 

damage, but there 

were no injuries. 

ness at Hergott Road and Sunset 

Drive in St Clements. The wire 

was pulled up from underneath 

18 inches of ground, and the 

wire fence surrounding the area 

was cut open. 

2:30 PM | A 59-year-old New 

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SmOuLDERInG Woolwich firefighters tackle a small blaze monday evening 

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» OctOber 11 

12:00 AM | A 20-year-old 

woman was arrested during 

a wedding for causing a disturbance 

outside the Blackforest 

Inn on Sawmill Road in 

Conestogo. The woman was 

charged with being drunk in 

public and for breaching previous 

court terms. 

2:17 AM | Police were called to 

a dispute on Snowgoose Crescent, 

near Kingfisher Drive in 

Elmira when a fight broke out 

following a nearby wedding. 

When police arrived, five 

or six people were outside a 

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»EDITORIAL 

Cars and schools just don’t mix 

October is International Walk to School 

month, which encourages kids to walk to 

school rather than relying on being driven. 

In that regard, it’s really an effort to educate 

parents as much as students. 

The benefits are clear. We all know we 

need to increase daily physical activity, 

improve the safety of our communities, 

reduce traffic congestion around schools, 

improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas 

emissions, and create communities where 

people choose to walk. Knowing is one 

thing. Putting it into action is another. 

Debates are ongoing about the advisability 

of parents driving their children to 

school. 

Increasingly, students who aren’t bussed 

travel to and from school in their parents’ 

cars, rather than walking or bicycling. 

While previous generations may not have 

walked to school barefoot in the snow, uphill 

both ways, kids did get there under 

their own steam much more frequently 

than is the case today. 

Concerned about obesity and falling fitness 

levels, authorities have been encouraging 

kids to wake, bike or blade to school. In 

Waterloo Region, the public health department 

promotes the practice, and planners 

pay more attention to safe school routes. 

»VERBATIM »THE MONITOR 

“Low interest rates, rebounding consumer confidence and an improving overall 

sense of economic security continue to draw homebuyers to the housing market.” 

Canadian Real Estate Association president Dale Ripplinger on record sales levels 

From an environmental perspective, every 

car trip avoided results in fewer greenhouse 

gas emissions. And keeping the car 

away from schools is also much safer: show 

school zones have become one of the most 

dangerous places in our communities. 

Families that would like to walk opt to take 

the car because they don’t want to become 

another pedestrian statistic. 

We’ve become so dependent on driving to 

school that the school run accounts for 25 

to 30 per cent of morning rush hour trips. 

The Ontario Walkability Study, prepared 

at the York University Centre for Applied 

Sustainability, attempted to quantify the extent 

of the problems caused by travelling to 

school by car instead of on foot. 

• Fewer than half of Canadian children 

now walk to school, and the figure drops to 

10 per cent in the United States; 

• 26.8 per cent of Ontario students surveyed 

said they would like to ride their bicycle 

to school, but only 3.5 per cent do; 

• Two out of three Canadian children do 

not meet average physical activity guidelines 

to achieve optimum growth and development; 

• More than 25 per cent of Canadian children 

and youth are overweight. 

In explaining their decision to drive kids 


to and from school, parents typically cite 

concerns about abduction and traffic safety, 

the latter ironically heightened by the 

increased number of cars around schools 

as parents act as shuttle services. 

U.S. statistics show parents are right to 

fear their children could be struck by a car 

– being killed by a car on while on foot is 

the second leading cause of unintentional 

death in children under the age of 14. The 

top cause? Being killed while travelling as 

a passenger in a car. About 50 per cent of 

children hit by cars near schools are hit by 

parents of other students, according to U.S. 

figures. 

As for strangers scooping kids off the 

streets, the chance a U.S. school child is 13 

times more likely to die playing football 

than to be the victim of abduction. 

Still, there’s a huge psychological barrier 

to overcome. The media are partly to blame, 

with reporting on every incident and scare 

on the continent and leaving the public 

with the idea things are getting worse. As 

with other crime statistics, perceptions run 

contrary to the numbers. 

Individual decisions to walk to school provide 

individual benefits. With enough people 

taking part, the collective change could 

make a real difference. 

When asked about their choice of transportation in surveys more than 70% of children 

prefer to walk or cycle to school but they can’t because their parents won’t accompany 

them or let them go with friends. 

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THE OBSERVER | Saturday, October 17, 2009 COMMENT & OPINION | 13 

»HARD TALK | RAFE MAIR 

Russians flexing their muscles in disputes over the Arctic 

Canada has been 

making efforts to 

stake its claim over 

the Arctic in the 

wake of Russian activity 

in the North. 

That includes a 

mission by Russian 

scientists to assert 

that the 1,220-mile 

long underwater Lomonosov Ridge 

is geologically linked to the Siberian 

continental platform, and similar in 

structure. 

In short, they claim land that has hitherto 

been recognized as being owned 

by Canada and the United States. 

If you’ve ever been “Down Under” 

or to South America you’ll have seen 

world maps which for us are upside 

down making the point that what’s up 

or down is a matter of ancient prejudice. 

To see what is really happening 

in the world one must stand on the 

North Pole (figuratively of course) and 

look at where Russia is. 

We always think, with our Mercator 

map mentality, that Russia is that faraway 

place with the beautiful former 

capital St. Petersburg and the intriguing 

Moscow. But what if we look at the 

map and see Russia from the North 

Pole? The result is astonishing – and 

not a little scary. The following coun- 

»INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | GWYNNE DYER 

In the Middle East, there is no peace, just prizes 

“Anyone who says 

that within the next 

few years an agreement 

can be reached 

ending the conflict 

(between Israel and 

the Palestinians) 

simply doesn’t understand 

the situation 

and spreads 

delusions,” said Israeli Foreign Minister 

Avigdor Lieberman last week. But 

Barack Obama does say that. In fact, 

they gave him the Nobel Prize for saying 

it, didn’t they? 

Speaking in a radio interview, Lieberman 

added: “There are conflicts that 

have not been completely solved and 

people have learned to live with it, like 

Cyprus. ... We have to be realistic. We 

will not be able to reach agreement on 

core and emotional subjects like Jerusalem 

and the right of return of Palestinian 

refugees.” And he said all this 

just as Obama’s point man for what 

we used to call the “peace process,” 

George Mitchell, arrived in Israel. 

Undaunted by Lieberman’s comments, 

Mitchell gabbled the usual non- 

»LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

Letter writer off the 

mark, says local MP 

To the Editor, 

In Karen Kennedy’s Oct. 3 letter, she 

ventures from opinion to misinformation. 

I have not received any letters from Ms. 

Kennedy. When she e-mailed me regarding 

financial assistance to auto companies, 

she received a prompt reply. 

She expresses her displeasure with 

my Feb. 14, 2008 member’s statement in 

which I paid tribute to my wife Betty. I 

have paid tribute to others in the House 

tries, former Russian republics and 

satellites, border this massive country: 

Finland, Norway, Denmark (through 

Greenland), Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, 

Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, 

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, 

Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, 

Uzbekistan, Georgia, China, 

North Korea, Mongolia, Turkey, Iran, 

Pakistan via Tajikistan, Afghanistan, 

China – and (are you ready for this?) 

the United States and Canada. Now I 

realize (the lash marks still show on 

my back) that some of you are pretty 

picky about fact checking so let me say 

that while I pored over an atlas with 

a magnifying glass for an hour I may 

have missed a “-stan” somewhere so 

let’s just say that Russia, taking into 

account former republics and latterday 

satellites, borders on a hell of a lot 

of places. 

What’s amazing about this is that 

the “west” has treated Russia with 

indifference, and an air of triumphalism 

since the USSR broke up. It was 

almost as if the world’s largest country, 

endowed with riches throughout, 

became some sort of Ruritania, which 

might make a nuisance of itself from 

time to time but a patronizing “tut, tut, 

there, there” would soon whisk the 

problem away. 

We seemed to forget that Russia still 

sense about how “we’re going to continue 

our efforts to achieve an early 

relaunch of negotiations ... because we 

believe that is an essential step toward 

achieving a comprehensive peace.” 

Doesn’t he understand that the “peace 

process” has been dead for years? It 

is no more. It has expired. It is an expeace 

process. 

Yes, of course he knows, but it was 

Lieberman who went off-script, not 

Mitchell. Every Israeli government 

since 2000 has believed what Lieberman 

said and acted accordingly, but 

has colluded with the United States 

and various well-meaning Europeans 

in pretending otherwise. 

The Palestinian Authority under 

Mahmoud Abbas also pretends that 

the peace process is still alive. Indeed, 

it did so even in the last years of Yasser 

Arafat’s life. It has to go on pretending, 

because if the PA admits that the 

peace process is dead, then it becomes 

no more than an Israeli instrument for 

indirect control of the Palestinians. As 

it often is, in practice. 

We had a vivid demonstration of this 

recently, when Judge Richard Gold- 

of Commons. I offered Samantha Whiteside 

best wishes on behalf of the Canadian 

government as she attempted to 

break a world record swimming across 

Lake Ontario. I thanked Larry Gravill 

for his service when he retired as chief 

of police. I paid tribute to the impact 

Mel Brown had on our community. 

Fifteen minutes each day before Question 

Period each day is devoted to these 

short member’s statements. 

A video of my statement is available 

on my Facebook page. I encourage 

your readers to view this video and decide 

for themselves how irresponsible 

my statement was. Ms. Kennedy must 

has a huge nuclear arsenal, which 

doesn’t lose its scariness just because 

the weapons are old. 

And the Russian military has announced 

it has tested the air-delivered 

“father of all bombs” – the world’s 

most powerful non-nuclear weapon. 

It’s not just because we patronized 

them during their troubles, at the 

break-up, that has angered Russians 

but that we actually goaded them 

by encouraging so many of Russia’s 

former “buffer” states not just to apply 

for membership in the European 

Community but NATO as well. Why 

the hell would we want former satellites 

as NATO partners when NATO’s 

raison d’etre was and presumably still 

is to stand ready to fight Russia if that 

becomes necessary? How else is the 

Kremlin to see this new NATO but as 

a flinging down of the gauntlet when 

it seemed Russia was too helpless to do 

anything about it. 

I don’t suggest that Russia is spoiling 

for a war but simply that a proud nation, 

one once powerful and able to be 

powerful again, was bound to take this 

NATO move as an insult. 

This behaviour comes at a time when 

Russia is led by a very ambitious and 

dedicated man, Vladimir Putin, who is 

determined to re-establish Russia as a 

world power. 

stone submitted his report on last winter’s 

three-week war in the Gaza Strip 

to the United Nations Human Rights 

Council. The 575-page document reported 

that both Israeli forces and Palestinian 

militants had committed war 

crimes and possible crimes against humanity, 

and a resolution was put before 

the council that could ultimately have 

led to prosecutions at the International 

Criminal Court in The Hague. 

Israel launched a propaganda blitz to 

discredit Goldstone’s report, and together 

with the United States it mounted 

a diplomatic campaign to postpone 

any formal consideration of the report 

until next March. By then, it would be 

old news. Standard tactics, but here’s 

the bizarre bit: the Palestinian Authority 

also supported delaying the vote by 

six months. 

What possible reason could the PA 

have for doing such a thing? Well over a 

thousand Palestinians had been killed 

in the conflict, and only 13 Israelis. 

The only Palestinians accused of war 

crimes were the militants of Hamas, 

who rule the Gaza Strip, and they are 

the sworn enemies of Abbas, his Fatah 

have viewed it repeatedly, to have actually 

counted the words. 

Political spouses endure great sacrifices 

in the name of public service. I 

would not be able to do my job without 

Betty’s love and support. Your readers 

know I am an enthusiastic proponent 

of strong families. Through two election 

campaigns, voters responded positively 

to this message. Perhaps they 

do not share Ms. Kennedy’s definition 

of “responsibility.” 

Finally, she claims that if you are 

not a Conservative supporter, that 

I will not have time for you at a public 

event. I can’t recall a single occa- 

What this has done is move Russia 

and China back into a closer relationship 

within the Shanghai Cooperation 

Organization (SCO) formed in 2001 by 

the leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, 

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, 

with India, Pakistan, Mongolia 

and Iran having observer status. 

Mongolia, Pakistan and Iran have also 

applied for its full membership. The 

SCO isn’t the equivalent of NATO – 

yet. 

Looking at maps and atlases from the 

equator up and down, thus seeing two 

hemispheres forbiddingly cold at the 

top and bottom and the rest livable, 

has caused us to always assume our 

sovereignty of the Arctic right up to 

the North Pole. It was an easy assumption 

to make – I mean who the hell 

cared about a bunch of ice, polar bears, 

walruses, some narwhals and what do 

we call those people? Eskimos? Inuit? 

Whatever. Because there didn’t seem 

to be any reason to see things differently, 

we looked at the Canadian North 

as that part populated by a few people 

that needed our patronizing generosity 

from time to time. Oil and natural 

gas changed all that. 

Not that the interest in Arctic petroleum 

and gas is new. 

On May 9, 1977, my classmate Tom 

See MAIR »14 

movement, and the Palestinian Authority. 

It was a no-brainer, and yet the 

PA went along with the Americans and 

the Israelis. 

Unsurprisingly, this public evidence 

of the PA’s subjugation to American 

and Israeli policy caused a great outcry 

among Palestinians even in the West 

Bank, and Mahmoud Abbas ordered 

a “probe” into who had made such a 

wicked decision. (Hint: his initials are 

M.A.) The truth is that the Palestinian 

Authority is just as complicit in the 

charade of a continuing peace process 

as the Israeli or American governments, 

and cannot afford to abandon it. 

Only the radical Islamists of Hamas, 

from their besieged enclave in the 

Gaza Strip, openly acknowledge the 

same reality that Avigdor Lieberman 

describes (although from a very different 

perspective). There is no peace 

process, and the “two-state solution” 

on which it was built is all but dead. 

So what they offer Israel, at best, is a 

long-term truce – but only if the Palestinians 

get their pre-1967 borders back 

now. 

See DYER »14 

sion where I asked someone how they 

voted. Her conspiracy theory doesn’t 

even make sense. As your MP, it is my 

duty to meet and communicate with as 

many of my constituents as possible. 

As a once-and-future candidate, it is in 

my interest. 

Ms. Kennedy asks your readers to 

question the real meaning of political 

advertising. I ask your readers to 

test Ms. Kennedy’s claims for themselves. 

View the statement, approach 

me at an event. Then, they can judge 

Ms. Kennedy’s real meaning. 

Harold Albrecht 

MP, Kitchener-Conestoga

14 | COMMENT & OPINION 

Mair: Russian bear 

set to reawaken 


Berger filed his Mackenzie 

Pipeline Report 

and we’ve been debating 

northern oil and gas issues 

since. What’s different 

is that we have a new 

player, big time: Russia 

claims jurisdiction under 

the North Pole, and 

has stuck a flag under it 

to make her point. Now 

that global warming is 

making a reality out of 

the fabled Northwest 

Passage, that part of the 

world is “in play.” No 

longer is the Arctic the 

land of the midnight sun 

dappled with neat little 

igloos and little econom- 

A long-term truce (“like 

Cyprus”) is all that Lieberman 

is offering, too 

– and even that is not going 

to happen because 

he has no intention of 

returning to Israel’s pre- 

1967 borders. Neither 

does his boss, Prime Minister 

Binyamin Netanyahu, 

although he wraps 

his refusal in more diplomatic 

language. 

All of President 

Obama’s pleas have 

failed to extract from Netanyahu 

even a promise 

to freeze the expansion 

of Israeli settlements in 

the occupied territories, 

let alone to negotiate a 

withdrawal from them. 

He has not moved from 

ic importance. Nobody 

cared very much who 

claimed ownership. Suddenly, 

that’s no longer 

true. 

Russia, a recovering 

power, seething with 

anger at the West generally 

but especially at the 

United States, has laid 

claim to what we’ve always 

seen as ours. 

Since we neither want 

an armed struggle over 

this land, nor could we 

win one, the time has 

come to do two things: 

Act respectfully not to 

say obsequiously towards 

Russia; and open 

talks. 

Dyer: Prize appears 

to reward intentions 

» From page 13 pleas to actual pressure 

Pleasing them with pork 

because the Israelis effectively 

control the 

U.S. Congress on this 

issue, and he will not 

risk alienating Congress 

over Israel while he is 

trying to get legislation 

through on health care, 

climate change, and other 

urgent issues. 

He cannot even order 

the Israelis not to attack 

Iran. They will do 

it if they want to, even if 

the bulk of the Iranian 

retaliation would fall 

on American bases and 

forces in the Gulf, Iraq 

and Afghanistan. 

Still, there is no doubt 

that Obama’s intentions 

are good. So are mine. 

Where’s my prize? 

A LITTLE PORK ON THE FORK The Elmira branch of the Mennonite Savings 

and Credit Union held its annual customer appreciation day Thursday, 

serving up pulled pork in support of struggling pork producers. Above, 

Randy Ruppert ensures lunch is cooked to perfection. 

»OBSERVER Q&A 

Have you been taking part in Oktoberfest activities? 

“No, I am not planning on going. 

It’s not my thing. Been 

there, done that.” 

» Henry Heber 

“I am hoping to. Being under 

the drinking age makes it tough 

for me to go to most events, but 

the atmosphere is great and the 

food is good.” 

» Noah Demers 

“No, I don’t think I will. It’s 

tough when it’s on Thanksgiving 

weekend because I want to 

spend that with my family.” 

» Mary Blott 

»THE VIEW FROM HERE | SCOTT ARNOLD 


“It’s not really a family thing, 

rather more for older people. 

I am not old enough to really 

enjoy it I don’t think.” 

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»ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION 

Safety-Kleen seeking expansion in Breslau 

Company looks for zone change to acquire 15 acres from neighbouring gravel pit, build new warehouse 

STEVE KANNON 

Breslau’s Safety-Kleen is 

looking to develop land immediately 

to the west of its 

oil re-refinery, tackling underground 

contaminants in the 

mix. 

The company is looking for 

an official plan amendment 

and zone change to acquire 

15 acres of land from the 

abutting Forwell gravel pit. 

It plans to build a warehouse 

on the site and consolidate its 

truck repair and storage. The 

truck service is currently located 

in Breslau’s core. 

Part of the 15-acre parcel has 

contaminants underneath, a 

legacy from Breslube Enterprises 

and other former operations 

on site. Safety-Kleen 

has been working for years to 

clean up the pollutants based 

on a remediation action plan 

approved in 2002 by the Ministry 

of the Environment, said 

planner Sam Head, representing 

the applicant at a public 

meeting in Woolwich council 

chambers Tuesday night. 

The idea of transferring a 

small portion of the gravel 

pit – the rest will remain in 

operation – to the re-refinery 

dates back to 1990, township 

planning manager John Scarfone 

told councillors. A number 

of issues, including the 

extent of contamination, saw 

what was then Breslube halt 

the process. 

There is a renewed urgency, 

as the MOE would prefer to 

see the land in Safety-Kleen’s 

hands before its remediation 

action plan is enacted, he added. 

Part of the added parcel 

would be used as home for 

a new warehouse that will 

store finished goods, mostly 

2010 

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one-litre plastic containers 

of oil. Space on the site will 

also be used by the company’s 

truck fleet. That would remove 

the need for a small lot 

in Breslau’s core; in fact, the 

company has already stopped 

using oil storage tanks at that 

location, with the intention of 

moving those uses onto the existing 

Safety-Kleen lands. 

“We’re going to remove traffic 

from the downtown area,” 

said Head. 

The idea of storing oil on the 

15-acre parcel raised concerns 

for Coun. Mark Bauman, who 

saw the potential for spills or 

a fire that would see contaminants 

released close to the 

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Chemical/Chemtura Co. plant 

in Elmira. 

He called on the township to 

be diligent in reviewing Safety-Kleen’s 

application. The 

site, he said, has a history of 

environmental issues. And, 

given the situation in Elmira, 

caution is in order with a 

source of potential pollutants 

near to both groundwater 

sources and the river. 

“I hope that bells are going 

off with council.” 

The company has already 

completed a variety of studies 

about the development’s 

impact, and is currently doing 

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wetland area, said Head. 

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pollutants, none 

of which pose a danger to the 

wellheads or the Grand River, 

he added. 

Under the plan discussed 

this week, a storm-water management 

pond would be built 

to channel runoff from the 

site to the north, away from 

the river. 

The land to be severed is 

currently designated for rural 

land use, with extractive 

zoning to allow the gravel pit. 

The application from 957859 

Ontario Ltd. (owners of what 

was formerly Forwell Properties 

Inc.) would see the lands 

zoned for industrial use. The 

rest of the land would remain 

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a 15-acre portion of the Forwell 

gravel pit, with plans to add a 

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»FOOD FOR THOUGHT | OWEN ROBERTS 

Canadians want to get personal with farmers 

Your family doctor. 

Your family dentist. 

And now, your family 

farmer. 

In Japanese supermarkets, 

consumers 

can buy produce in 

packages bearing 

photos of the farmers 

who grew it (at 

least, that’s what the package claims). 

People develop an allegiance to particular 

producers, seek them out and 

give them their business, without 

having to go to the farm. That’s brand 

loyalty, at the grassroots level. 

Well, that desire to breed some familiarity 

with farmers appears to 

be what Canadians want, too. A new 

national opinion poll commissioned 

by USC Canada – an international 

development group formerly known 

as the Unitarian Service Committee 

of Canada – shows strong support for 

farmers. 

The poll, released for World Food 

Day on Oct. 16, found that seven out 

of 10 Canadians want farmers to have 

more influence on the food system. 

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Respondents also said it’s important 

to think about who grows the food 

they purchase. As well, they said they 

trust the experience and knowledge 

of farmers “over that of large agricultural 

corporations,” which tells 

you something about the way USC 

Canada leans. 

Nonetheless, polling firm company 

president Nik Nanos, of Nanos Research, 

said the results showed Canadians 

are concerned about food 

production and how it impacts the environment 

and local economies. 

“Canadians are aware that their food 

choices have far reaching impacts,” 

he says. “They want to know where 

their food comes from, who grew it, 

and under what circumstances.” 

I hope he’s right. 

Once Canadians want to know how 

their food is grown, they may come to 

understand modern production practices 

are letting farmers grow more 

food on less land. They’ll learn farmers 

go to great measures to keep their 

animals healthy, productive and lean. 

And they’ll also learn the same “large 

agricultural corporations” dismissed 

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by USC Canada are in fact pouring 

billions of dollars into research to 

keep farmers productive. 

Really, the us-versus-them attitude 

must stop. It’s defensive, it’s archaic 

and it’s not helping address the real 

matter at hand: That is, how we’re 

going to feed seven billion people by 

2011, especially the one billion-plus 

who are already hungry. 

For example, while USC was loading 

its anti-corporate gun, global 

companies and governments gathered 

together in Des Moines, Iowa, 

for the World Food Prize symposium 

were calling for increased agri-food 

investment and innovation, as well 

as improved public-private partnerships. 

Ellen Kullman, chief executive officer 

for DuPont, said doubling agricultural 

output is necessary to meet 

world population demands. 

“We believe this must be done in 

a sustainable way to reduce agriculture’s 

environmental footprint 

and conserve the precious resources 

available to us,” she said in Des 

Moines. “We know it’s going to re- 

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and geographies, and between 

private and public entities.” 

A private-public partnership can 

be a good thing. Public participation 

should, in theory, serve as a governor 

to keep business from running 

amuck, if indeed that’s a concern. 

But it requires a lot of trust. And 

there’s not much time. 

Next month Rome hosts the World 

Food Summit. Maybe that’s where 

farmers should step up and offer to 

mediate these private-public partnerships. 

Organizations such as the 

International Federation of Agricultural 

Producers, who have representatives 

visiting Guelph Monday, are 

ideally positioned to play a lead role. 

Farmers have the public’s trust. 

And in Ontario, farmers have always 

supported research, recognizing 

how relatively quickly results can 

go from the lab to the field. Here’s a 

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countries – move ahead 

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18 | SPORTS 


»THE NOT-SO-GREAT OUTDOORSMAN | STEVE GALEA 

The key to a successful hunt is to quit while you’re ahead 

Last week, I experienced 

a hunt that 

I’ll remember for as 

long as I remember 

anything. That’s because 

my springer 

spaniel Callie and I 

went out looking for 

woodcock and, for 

once, we weren’t disappointed. 

First, let me say that, if you’ve never 

watched a good flushing dog work upland 

cover, your education as a hunter 

is somewhat incomplete. And, on this 

day, I’m happy to report that Callie was 

on her game. 

She quartered beautifully through 

the open goldenrods and alders, keeping 

within easy gun range and heeding 

my directions like an experienced 

dog ought to – something that made it 

all the more pleasant because, between 

you and me, this ain’t always the case. 

The migratory woodcock flights had 

not yet arrived but in about an hour of 

hard hunting Callie put up three local 

birds, and flushed them right towards 

me. I’ve never taught her this but, over 

the seasons, she has managed to figure 

it out. 

It was magic. 

Okay, enough bragging about my dog. 

It’s time to brag about my shooting. 

Three woodcock rose; three shots were 

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WOOLWICH NOVICE GIRLS LL #2 

Oct. 7 

Twin Centre 6, Woolwich 1 

Goal: Alenna Martin 

WOOLWICH TYKE BOYS SELECT A 

Oct. 11 

Woolwich 14 Brampton 0 

Goals: Brett Allen x3, Kyler Austin, Connor 

Bradley, Trevor Ferretti, Lucas Huber, 

Isiah Katsube x3, Keaton McLauglin 

x4 (Brett Allen x2, Kyler Austin, Brady 

Brezynskie, Jacob Clemmer, Trevor Ferretti 

x3, Lucas Huber, Isiah Katsube, Keaton 

McLauglin, Blake Roemer, Spencer 

Young) 

WOOLWICH MAJOR NOVICE A BOYS 

Aurora tournament - Oct. 9-11 

Game 1 

Woolwich 6, Dorchester 3 

Goals: Josh Martin x2, Jacob Code, 

Brody Waters, Ethan Young, Austin 

Cousineau (Griffen Rollins x3, Sam Davidson 

x2, Justin Taylor, Ethan Young, Jacob 

Code, Brody Waters) 

Game 2 

Woolwich 2, Barrie 1 

Goals: Austin Cousineau, Brody Waters 

(Griffen Rollins) 

Game 3 

Woolwich 6, Vaughn Blue 0 

Goals: Lucas Shantz x2, Josh Martin x2, 

Mackenzie Willms, Sam Davidson (Lucas 

Shantz x2, Austin Cousineau, Brody Waters, 

Kurtis Hoover) 

Shutout: Cyrus Martin 

Semi-finals 

Woolwich 7, Vaughn White 1 

Goals: Brody Waters x3, Austin 

Cousineau x2, Sam Davidson, Mitch Lee 

(Griffen Rollins x3, Justin Taylor, Sam Davidson, 

Mackenzie Willms, Lucas Shantz, 

Austin Cousineau, Seth Morrison, Brody 

Waters, Ethan Young, Jacob Code) 

Championship 

Woolwich 2, Dorchester 1 

Goals: Lucas Shantz, Austin Cousineau 

(Brody Waters, Josh Martin) 

WOOLWICH MINOR ATOM BOYS 

Oct. 4 

Woolwich 3, Brampton 1 

Goals: Jordan Lee x2, Riley Runstedler 

(Chase Mooder, Matthew MacDonald) 

Burlington tournament 

Oct. 9 – Game 1 

Fort Erie 6, Woolwich 1 

Goal: Cade Schaus (Tegan Schaus, Cole 

Altman) 

Game 2 

Whitby 3, Woolwich 2 

Goals: Riley Runstedler, Jordan Lee 

(Matthew MacDonald, Nolan McLaughlin, 

Chase Mooder, Tegan Schaus) 

Oct. 10 – Game 3 

Woolwich 2, Toronto 1 

Goals: Riley Runstedler, Matthew Mac- 

Donald (Riley Runstedler, Matthew Mac- 

Donald, Nolan McLaughlin) 

Game 4 

Owen Sound 2, Woolwich 1 

Goal: Cole Altman 

WOOLWICH ATOM B GIRLS 

Oct. 10 

Woolwich 2, Mitchell Meteors 0 

Goals: Caitlin Pickard, Megan Chapman 

(Tya Beacom) 

WOOLWICH RUSSELL ATOM AE BOYS 

Oct. 6 

Woolwich 4, Dundas 1 

Goals: James Cooper, Nathan Horst, 

Benton Weber, Nick Campagnolo (Brett 

Henry, Earl Schwartz, Mathew Uhrig, 

Kyle Bruder) 

Oct. 9 

Woolwich 2, Arthur 2 

Goals: Mathew Uhrig, Nick Campagnolo 

(Nick Campagnolo, Kyle Bruder, Ben 

Lenaers) 

Oct. 11 

Woolwich 9, Centre Wellington #2 0 

Goals: Alex Turchan x2, James Cooper 

x2, Nathan Horst x3, Cameron Brown, 

Zachary Pogue (Nathan Horst, Earl 

Schwartz, Brett Henry, Alex Turchan, 

Benton Weber, Jonathan Martin x2, 

Mathew Uhrig, Nick Campagnolo) 

Shutout: Dylan Creelman 

WOOLWICH RUSSELL PEEWEE AE BOYS 

Oct. 9 

Arthur 5, Woolwich 0 

fired; three went down. Classic Galea 

… 

Actually, this is the furthest thing 

from being Classic Galea. Classic 

Galea would have found me caught 

like a housefly in the wild grapes and 

when I did manage to free the gun, I 

would have found that the safety was 

on. Then the bird would have circled 

me three times without a branch between 

us inducing me to twist myself 

in a painful knot. Eventually, it would 

have been flown off unscathed because 

I would have been in too much pain to 

shoot. 

But this didn’t happen. I actually 

dropped all three without a hitch, and 

my dog found each one. 

The down side of this is that you have 

to walk back to your car. All the while 

you are thinking that you shot three 

birds with three shots and your dog 

did its part. You’re ecstatic. You realize 

that you have a great story to tell your 

hunting buddies, family, friends, innocent 

bystanders, telemarketers, complete 

strangers in the checkout line, 

priests at confession and so on. 

And then it occurs to you. One errant 

bird could ruin all that. 

That’s right; on the way back to the 

car, the dog could flush another woodcock 

and you could – heck, probably 

would – miss. And while this, in itself 

wouldn’t completely ruin your 

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Oct. 11 

Woolwich 3, Hespeler 2 

Goals: Nick Kieswetter, Jake Lewis, 

Jordan Shantz (Jordan Shantz, Nick 

Kieswetter, Tyler Martin) 

WOOLWICH PEEWEE C GIRLS 

Oct. 7 

Woolwich 2, Zorra 0 

Goals: Sydney Meunier, Megan Martin 

(Rachel Weber x2, Emily Schuurmans x2) 

Shutout: Alyssa McMurray 

WOOLWICH MINOR BANTAM A BOYS 

Burlington tournament - Oct. 9-11 

Game 1 

Brantford 5, Woolwich 1 

Goal: Bo Uridil 

Game 2 

Woolwich 3, Newmarket 2 

Goals: Owen Griffiths, Johnny Clifford, 

Alex MacLean (Bo Uridil, Jasper Bender, 

Timmy Shuh, Alex White) 

Game 3 

Ottawa 6, Woolwich 4 

Goals: Timmy Shuh, Alex White, Johnny 

Clifford x2 (Alex MacLean x2, Bo Uridil, 

Owen Griffiths, Alex White, Adrian 

Gilles, Timmy Shuh) 

WOOLWICH BANTAM AE BOYS 

Oct. 10 

Fergus 4, Woolwich 3 

Goals: William Frank, Dalton Wojcik, 

Mathew Halter (A.J. Priester, Ryan 

Schinker) 

Oct. 12 

Woolwich 5, Erin 4 

Goals: William Frank x2, A.J. Priester, 

Blake Cabeldu (A.J. Priester, Blake Cabeldu, 

Tyler FUlcher, William Frank) 

WOOLWICH MINOR MIDGET A BOYS 

Oct. 11 

Woolwich 4, Caledon 4 

Goals: Ryan Ament x3, Jordan Moore 

(Alex David x2, Weston Morlock x2, Logan 

White x2, Justin Schlupp) 

TWIN CENTRE MIDGET GIRLS LL 

Oct. 7 

Twin Centre 2, Waterloo 0 

Goals: Sarah Miltenburg, Emily Detzler 

story, the next three or four misses in 

your newly developed shooting slump 

would. 

So you hunt back to the car, actually 

hoping not to see a bird. Why sully the 

greatest upland hunting day in recent 

memory? 

You make noise, you direct the dog 

to unlikely places, and generally hope 

that there’s not a single feather between 

you and the road. The pressure 

is intense. 

The dog, who is an eternal optimist, 

however, keeps looking at you and wondering 

why you are hunting an open 

field when the alders and hawthorns are 

Kings: Team looks to parlay 

win into success in homestand 


The win came at the 

right time for the Sugar 

Kings (5-4-2), said coach 

Geoff Haddaway. 

“It was really great 

to win at the end of 

the weekend. Our first 

games really took a toll, 

so the third game win 

was necessary. It’s also 

so important to the guys 

to have the support of 

the fans, regardless of 

whether they have won 

or lost the last game. 

That means a lot to us.” 

Although the final 

score was favourable, 

the Kings probably felt 

a strong case of déjà vu 

as they fell behind 1-0 

just 2:24 into the game. 

It wasn’t until almost 

the final minute of the 

period that Elmira tied 

things up on a power 

play goal from Jon Jutzi 

(assisted by Riley Sonnenburg 

and Brennon 

Pearce). When the buzzer 

sounded, the home 

team had been outshot 

16-9. Elmira’s Nick Horrigan 

was clearly the 

busier netminder. 

The second frame 

brought a reversal of 

fortune, as the Kings’ 

Tyson LeBlanc (Tyler 

Kuntz and Michael Therrien) 

netted the period’s 

only goal just 42 seconds 

after the puck dropped, 

with Elmira getting the 

edge on shots 14-13. 

Upon hitting the ice 

again in the third period, 

it seemed as though the 

Hurricanes had bounced 

back from the previous 

20 minutes, scoring 

twice in less than five 

minutes and taking the 

wind out of the Kings’ 

sails by quickly bringing 

the tally to 3-2. 

The rest of the period 

was a struggle, but Elmira 

was able to retaliate at 

11:39 courtesy of a power 

play goal by Kuntz, 

with an assist from LeBlanc. 

Elmira kept up the 

PHOTO | JONI MILTENBURG 

ON THE FLY Andrew Smith carries the puck along the boards in the 

offensive zone during the second period of the Sugar Kings’ game 

against Guelph. 

pressure, eventually outshooting 

Guelph 12-7 (40- 

36 on the night). However, 

that was it for the 

scoring, and regulation 

time ended in a 3-3 tie. 

Having opened the scoring, 

Jutzi put an end to 

it, beating Guelph keeper 

Chris McDougall at 

3:53 of the extra frame, 

with help from Therrien 

and Shane Smith. 

The key to the Kings’ 

success against Guelph 

was special teams. The 

power play capitalized 

on three of five chances, 

while the penalty killers 

were perfect in five 

attempts by the Hurricanes. 

Jutzi, the night’s top 

scorer, said what the 

team really needed was 

just over there. She gives you a look that 

says, “That’s where the birds are, boss.” 

You ignore her and walk at a steady 

clip back towards the car, singing at 

the top of your lungs just so any bird 

in the vicinity understands that you’re 

not looking for trouble. 

Eventually, your vehicle is in sight. 

But experience tells you not to let up on 

your vigilance now. There could be a 

bird waiting in ambush within sight of 

it. So, you unload your gun and make 

a mad, zigzagging evasive dash to the 

car, fumble with the keys, load up and 

head home victorious. 

It doesn’t get any better than that. 

just to keep playing 

hard. 

“Coming off playing 

two rough games in two 

nights, we just had to 

keep it simple and get 

back to the basics. Hard 

work is what helped us 

on Sunday.” 

Jutzi also noted that he 

doesn’t take the weekend’s 

two losses to mean 

anything negative about 

the team, simply that 

they are getting better 

with time. 

“We are a young team 

so we are getting better 

with every shift and every 

game we play.” 

The Kings play host to 

Waterloo tonight (Saturday) 

and to Brantford 

Sunday. Game time is 7 

p.m. both nights.

THE OBSERVER | Saturday, October 17, 2009 SPORTS | 19 

Thrashers: A taste of the NHL 


Don Waddell. “We’ve 

obviously known the 

family for this many 

years and have stayed 

in contact; we’ve tried 

to do things throughout 

the years to help raise 

money for the foundation 

and build the ice 

rink, so we definitely 

wanted to be a part of 

it.” 

After talking to Dan’s 

father Graham Snyder 

during training camp, 

Waddell contacted the 

league and asked for a 

game in Buffalo or Toronto 

early in the season. 

Only two of Dan Snyder’s 

teammates – Kovalchuk 

and Vyacheslav 

Kozlov – are still with 

the Thrashers, but every 

player on the team 

knows about him, Waddell 

said. 

“We have a community 

room here with lots of 

pictures of Danny Snyder 

in it, so everybody’s 

very aware of what 

happened here. Anybody 

that’s been in the 

hockey world knows, so 

for the guys this is an 

easy one. They want to 

do something.” 

The Thrashers will hit 

the ice for a practice 

at 1 p.m., followed by 

lunch and autograph 

sessions. 

“This will be a full 

practice, so the players 

will be flying out there,” 

said Jim Radcliffe, 

president of Woolwich 

Minor Hockey and one 

of the organizers of 

the event. “The public 

will get a chance to 

see a true showcase of 

what these players can 

do. I’m sure it’ll be an 

eye opener for even the 

[Sugar] Kings.” 

The organizers toyed 

with the idea of having 

the Sugar Kings 

involved in the practice, 

but the Thrashers 

vetoed it, not wanting 

to risk injury to either 

their own players or 

the Sugar Kings. 

“These guys are in a 

different weight class 

and a different speed 

class; they could hit one 

of our Junior B players 

and take them out for 

the season,” Radcliffe 

said. 

A few youngsters will 

be even more wideeyed 

than the rest; the 

names of all the boys 

and girls registered in 

minor hockey will be 

entered into a draw, 

and a handful of them 

chosen to eat lunch 

with the Thrashers. 

The organizing committee 

is also raffling 

off an autographed 

team jersey, with the 

proceeds going to the 

Friends of Hockey organization. 

The organizers were 

dealt a setback on Tuesday, 

when Woolwich 

council unanimously 

declined their request 

to waive rental fees for 

the facility. 

The organizers want 

the event to be free and 

open to the community, 

so in lieu of selling tickets, 

they’re asking for 

donations to Friends 

of Hockey. The group 

helps with equipment 

and registration costs 

for children whose families 

couldn’t otherwise 

afford to put them in 

minor hockey. 

“Now we’re going to 

be taking money from 

that and putting it toward 

paying the fees 

for the place,” Radcliffe 

said. “That’s a little 

frustrating.” 

Radcliffe argued that 

the Thrashers practice 

is a community event 

and an extension of the 

grand opening celebrations. 

“This is probably a 

chance of a lifetime 

here; it’ll probably be 

the only NHL team 

we’ll have playing 

on that ice,” he said. 

“We’re bringing an 

NHL hockey team to 

town, and they (council) 

were not interested 

at all in waiving that 

fee.” 

Despite the unexpected 

costs, estimated at 

$400 to $500, Radcliffe 

and his group are excited 

about seeing an 

NHL team take to the 

ice. It’s been a busy 

three weeks, but parents 

and the executives 

from both minor hockey 

organizations have 

jumped on board to organize 

things in that 

short span of time. 

Waddell is also looking 

forward to rolling 

into town with the 

Thrashers and seeing 

the new facility. 

“I’ve been up there 

several times myself, 

so I’m looking forward 

to seeing the arena now 

that it’s done.” 

Novices return from Aurora as undefeated champs 

»TURKEY SHOOT 

A CLEAN RUN The Woolwich Major Novice A team went undefeated to claim the championship at a Thanksgiving tournament in Aurora. Back 

row: coaches Dave Weiss, Tony Code and Rob Waters. Third row: Josh Martin, Jacob Code, Mackenzie Willms, Seth Morrison, Ethan Young and 

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UNITED EFFORT Sydney Nosal, Talon Cisecki, Owen Bolender and contest winner Scott Carere display their 

offerings for the United Way at the second annual Turkey Shoot at St. Clement School Oct. 9. 

St. Clement students toss 

it up for the United Way 

KATIE EDMONDS 

Dozens of students 

tossed basketballs and 

spare change into their 

respective baskets for 

the second annual Turkey 

Shoot, a basketball 

tournament and fundraising 

event held Oct. 9 

at St. Clement School. 

Students and staff at 

the school measured 

their fundraising progress 

on homemade 

“Tom the Turkey Meter,” 

which was eventually 

filled all the way to 

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the top, totaling several 

hundred dollars in loose 

change. 

The money raised at 

the school is going to be 

donated to the United 

Way, with hopes of reducing 

the harmful effects 

of poverty in the 

community. The Turkey 

Shoot campaign is just 

one of many fundraisers 

in the area supporting 

the United Way as they 

kick off their regionwide 

fall campaign. 

Lori Spoltore, who 

works with the student 

council to plan events 

and is also the United 

Way representative for 

the school, said that the 

enthusiasm for the project 

was infectious. 

“We had over 130 kids 

participating in the tournament 

and everyone 

who came out to watch 

had ‘Turkey Shoot 2009’ 

hats that were made by 

the students, complete 

with feathers and all.” 

In the end, it was Grade 

8 student Scott Carere 

who took the turkey 

tossing title, scoring seven 

of his 10 attempted 

baskets. 

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GOING IN ALONE The Wellesley Applejacks’ Eric Parr scoops up the puck on a breakaway in the second 

period of last Saturday’s game. Parr scored on the play, contributing one of five Applejack goals in the 5-1 

pounding of the Port Stanley Sailors. 

PHOTO | JONI MILTENBURG 

KATIE EDMONDS 

It was a topsy-turvy 

weekend for the Wellesley 

Applejacks and the 

Port Stanley Sailors, 

with each team winning 

their home game, 

but losing their away 

game by a large margin. 

Oct. 9 saw the Jacks 

travel to Port Stanley, 

only to give up four 

goals within the first 

10 minutes of the game. 

Although they outshot 

the Sailors overall, the 

Jacks could not manage 

to come back from 

the initial setback. 

Pat Doyle and Chris 

Givlin made valiant efforts 

for the Jacks, each 

netting a goal, one in 

the second period and 

another early in the 

third, but that effort 

was no match for Sailors, 

as they managed to 

score another goal en 

route to a 5-2 final tally. 

Assessing the loss, 

coach Kevin Fitzpatrick 

said the Jacks need 

to work on their pregame 

preparation, as 

road trips seem to slow 

them down significantly: 

they’ve started the 

past two away games 

by being down by four 

points. 

“We are a pretty decent 

hockey team when 

we come to play, but 

we’re not when we 

don’t.” 


»SOJHL 

Jacks swap wins 

with Port Stanley 

It’s home-sweet-home, as both teams fare poorly as visitors 

KATIE EDMONDS 

Players who visit the 

Woolwich Memorial 

Centre on Sunday 

mornings to join in a 

game of pickup hockey 

will notice a bit of a 

change in the schedule 

starting this week. 

The shinny hockey 

time slot has been busier 

than staff at the 

WMC originally expected, 

so there will now 

be two times in which 

players can come out to 

toss around the puck. 

Jennifer Horndl, rec- 

Two days later, however, 

the Jacks turned 

the whole thing around 

and managed to regain 

their pride by beating 

the Sailors 5-1 at home. 

“We were glad to play 

the same team on Sunday,” 

noted Fitzpatrick. 

“We got a jump on them 

early and the guys 

played very, very well.” 

Starting off the game 

on a good note for the 

team, Wellesley managed 

to score two goals 

in the first period. 

Robert Hinschberger 

opened the scoring at 

15:49, assisted by Chris 

Givlin. Aaron Knol, 

with help from Robbie 

Martin, made it 2-0 

less than three minutes 

later. 

The Sailors wasted no 

time in the second period 

and were quick to 

retaliate when Marcus 

Duncan buried the rubber 

during a power play 

after a mere 15 seconds. 

Assists went to Greg 

Lyle and Jordan Lant. 

After that attack, the 

Jacks were able to hold 

their defence for the remainder 

of the period 

and even managed to 

score a third goal. Eric 

Parr, with the help of 

Mike Moggy, brought 

the score to 3-1 before 

the second period buzzer 

sounded. 

Wanting to finish the 

Sailors off quickly, 

Wellesley’s Mark Hamilton 

netted one within 

reation business development 

manager at the 

WMC, said the township 

was surprised by 

the number of people 

showing up to play on 

Sundays. 

“When we first 

opened, we offered 

Sunday morning shinny; 

the intent was that 

it was to be an adult 

shinny time, but we 

started getting a lot of 

young people and their 

parents coming, so we 

can see that people really 

want to play with 

their families, she explained.” 

the first three minutes 

of the third period. 

Following Hamilton’s 

lead, Matt Aspden 

came down the ice to 

score yet another goal 

against Port Stanley 

goaltender Stefan Duncan. 

Jake Albrecht and 

Martin drew assists. 

“The guys worked really 

hard on Sunday. 

We got good goaltending 

when we needed it 

from Kurt (Martin). It 

was pretty refreshing 

to watch, they really 

played hard from the 

moment they dropped 

the puck,” said Fitzpatrick. 

Martin stopped 49 

of the 50 shots he 

faced. His counterpart 

stopped 35 of 40. 

The swap of wins and 

losses left each team 

with four points in the 

five-team Bauer Conference 

of the Southern 

Ontario Junior Hockey 

League. Although both 

have records of 2-3, the 

Jacks have two games 

in hand on Port Stanley. 

Both teams are just 

one point back of second-place 

Thamesford 

and third-place Tavistock. 

Thursday saw the 

start of a three-game 

road swing for the Applejacks, 

facing Ayr 

Oct. 15, Exeter Friday 

and Port Dover Sunday. 

The team’s next home 

game is Oct. 24 versus 

Thamesford. 

Demand for shinny leads 

to extra hour at WMC 

The new schedule has 

time allotted for families 

with children under 

the age of 14 who 

are accompanied by a 

skating adult (8:30-9:30 

a.m.). That session is 

followed by another 

hour of adults-only 

ice time, for skaters 

over the age of 15. That 

shinny game runs 9:30- 

10:30 a.m. 

The price to play a 

game of pickup hockey 

is $5.75 per person. All 

players are required to 

wear CSA (Canadian 

Standards Association) 

approved equipment.

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HELP WANTED 

The Township of Woolwich 

is hiring a full-time 

Municipal law 

enforceMent 

officer/ canine 

control officer 

Details available under “Employment 

Opportunities” at www.woolwich.ca 

Closing Date: October 23, 2009 

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• Manufacturing of Landscape 

& Snow Removal Equipment 

• Custom Manufacturing and Machining 

• Agricultural, Industrial, Transportation 

& Construction Equipment Repairs 

519.669.1501 

100 Union St., 

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LEASE SPACE MARkET 

FOR SALE FIREWOOD AuTOMOTIVE AuTOMOTIVE 

FOR 

LEASE 

DOWNTOWN 

ELMIRA 

inside an icon building, 

500 to 2200 sq. ft. 

for retail or offices. 

Reasonable rent. Call: 

519-590-4110 

HELP WANTED 

» Full time sales clerk 

required. Duties will also 

include work in the produce 

department. Apply 

in person with resume 

to Stemmler Meats & 

Cheese, 3031 Lobsinger 

Line, Heidelberg. 

ELMIRA 

INDOOR 

MARKET 

SATURDAYS 

8:00AM-1:00PM 

There is Always 

Something 

There For You. 

LOWER LEVEL 

SHOPPING VILLAGE 

10 CHURCH ST. WEST 

Vendor Inquiry - 519.669.0334 

FOR SALE 

» Dis N Dat Treasures 

open every Thurs. and 

Fri., 10-6. 15 Dunke St., 

Elmira, 519-669-5005. 

» Oil Tank - almost new. 

Used on season. $600. 

519-656-2572. 

» O r d e r N o w ! O v e n 

ready, drug free, Omega 

3, ducks and chicke 

n s . C a l l 5 1 9 - 6 6 4 - 

1972. 

» O v e r 2 0 Y e a r s o f 

serving our customers. 

We are now ret 

i r i n g ! T h e N e a r l y 

N e w C e n t r e , 5 11 6 B 

Ament Line, Linwood. 

All merchandise will 

be on sale 10 to 50% 

off! All shoes, winter & 

summer boots, skates, 

books, toys, linens, 

b a b y i t e m s , d i s h e s , 

pots, pans, Tupperware 

etc. Free Delivery on 

New Mattress Sets 

within 20 km area or 

$15 off purchase price 

for pick up. Sale starts 

October 17th. Hours - 

Tues. - Fri., 9-5; Sat. 

9-3. 519-698-0088. 

» Seasoned Firewood, 

hardwood and soft maple. 

Call 519-669-4108. 

AuTOMOTIVE 

» 2005 Chev Silverado 

Ext. cab 4X4. 4.8L 

auto, loaded, 1 owner, 

maroon, only 5800 

kms. $18,995. Bustard 

Chrysler Listowel, 519- 

291-1900. 

» 2007 Jeep Wrangler 

Unlimited Sahara - 3.8L 

a u t o , l o a d e d , b l a c k , 

49,000 kms. $25,997. 

Bustard Chrysler Listowel, 

519-291-1900. 

» 1997 Plymouth Voyager 

van. 7 passenger, 

3L 6 cyl., 186,000 kms, 

lady driven, oil sprayed, 

no rust . Sold as is. 

$2,400 o.b.o. 519-291- 

6807. 

» 1999 Chevelle Malibu 

- 4 dr., 6-auto, PS. 

PB.PW. PDL. Only 

157,000 kms. Cert. & 

E-test. $3999. Bustard 


291-1900. 

» 2 0 0 0 G M C S i e r r a 

1500 4X4 Reg. cab, 

short box, black, fully 

loaded, 165,000 kms. 

$9900. Bustard Chrysler 

Listowel, 519-291-1900. 

» 2005 Dodge Caravan 

SE. 3.3L V6, auto, fully 

loaded 7 passenger van. 

One owner, all original. 

Only 90,000 kms. Finished 

in butane Blue/gray 

interior. All this for only 

$9,900. Voisin Chrysler 

519-669-2831. 

» 2006 Dodge Ram 3500 

Quad dually SLT diesel 

4X4. All SLT options including 

trailer tow package. 

$24,996. Bustard 


» 2009 Sebring Touring 

2.7L V6 Automatic Leather 

interior, power sunroof, 

Aluminum 18”wheels,Tilt, 

Cruise, Side impact airbags, 

Sirius sat radio, 

traction control, power 

win/locks with keyless 

entry, power driver seat. 

30,868km’s finished in Inferno 

Red. $18,900. Voisin 

Chrysler, 519-669-2831. 

RENTALS 

» 2 bedroom unit available 

Sept 1st - 14 Spring 

Street, Drayton. Unit in 

great condition. 1st floor 

unit in good condition. Call 

519-669-1544 Mildred or 

Len Frey. 

» Country Basement 

Apartment near Wellesley. 

Separate entry, appliances 

included, no smoking 

or pets. Available December 

1. $700 inclusive. 

St. Jacobs student rides away with the prize 

291-1900. 

» 2006 Ford Freestar - 

4.2L auto, fully loaded in- 

519-656-2715. 

» Elmira - Spacious one 

bedroom basement apartcluding 

pwr. doors, alum. ment in new home. Large 

road wheels. 1 owner. windows, heated floors, 

$13,796. Bustard Chrys- separate entrance, no 

ler Listowel, 519-291- pets, no smoking. 519- 

1900. 

669-5239. 

» 2006 Grand Caravan » Large, Beautiful one 

- Great condition, Stow bedroom apartment for 

and Go seating, 3 zone rent in St. Clements. New- 

temperature control with ly redone paint, floor etc. 

rear air and heat, cruise, Floor heating! Parking 

tilt, keyless, 7 passenger available. Approx. 10 min. 

seating with driver power from Waterloo. Laundry 

seat. AM/FM, single disc. facilities, appliances, heat 

84,265 kms. Finished in and water include. $785 

black pearl coat. $13,900. per month. Call now. 519- 

Voisin Chrysler 519-669- 404-8879. 

2831. 

» 2008 Jeep Gr. Chero- 

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loaded, excellent condition, 

hard to find vehicle. 

43,000 kms., $36,998. 

Bustard Chrysler Listowel, 

519-291-1900. 

» 2005 Honda Odyssey 

EX-L. 6 -auto, leather, 

sunroof, 8 passenger, 1 

owner, silver, 117,500 

kms. $18,995. Bustard 


» House For Sale - 99 Mill 

St., Milverton. 3 Bedroom 

close to public school, 

large family room with 

propane fireplace, walkout 

basement to deck with 

stamped concrete patio, 

hottub, new carpet, some 

new floors, windows & 

doors. Serious inquiries. 

By appointment only. 519- 

595-8339 

QuIZ WHIZ St. Jacobs Public School principal Paul Milne (right) pedaled this mountain bike into a Grade 5 

classroom this week with Woolwich fire prevention officer Bill Cronin to present it to Maddie MacLean, who 

won a contest for doing a quiz on fire safety during Fire Prevention Week. 

291-1900. 

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AUCTION SALE 

OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE & 

ANTIQUES & 1995 MERCURY MARQUIS 

FOR THE EST. OF THOMAS WHITTAKER, 

PLUS WINDOWS, DOORS, BUILDING 

MATERIAL, ETC. 

AT GRAY’S AUCTION CENTRE, 1 MI. W. 

HARRISTON, CORNER HWYS. 87 & 23 

SAT. OCT. 24 AT 10:00 A.M. 

VIEWING ONLY FROM 8:00 A.M. DAY OF SALE. 

HOUSEHOLD ITEMS:Oak Ped. Table & 

Chairs; Small Roll Top Desk; Corner Cabinet; 

Hall Table; Rocker/Recliner; 3 Pce. Bedroom 

Suite; Book Shelf; Sofa & Chair; TV & Stand; 

(6) Victorian Chairs; Ext. Table; Silvertone 

Grammaphone & Records; Buffet & Hutch; 

Snow Shoes; Ass’t. Dishes & Misc; 1995 

Mercury Grand Marquis Car. 

BUILDING MATERIAL: 2000’ Various 

Lengths 1x4,6&8” Rough Cut Lumber; Vinyl 

Siding; Used Steel; Int. & Ext. Doors; Ass’t. 

Windows; Spindles; Stairs; 8’ Kitchen Pantry 

& Cupboards; Quantity of Cupboard Doors; 

Vanity & Counter Tops; Taps; Sinks; Toilets; 

Bevelled Mirror; Vent Pipes; Overhead Door 

Opener; 12’x8’ Garage Door w/Opener; 

Ass’t. Shingles; (37) Rolls 96”x177’ Black 

Plastic; Carpet & Vinyl Flooring; Tile; Light 

Fixtures; S/S Range Hood; Air Exchanger; 

Pressure Washer; Air Compressor; Tools; 

Coffee Dispenser; Wood Stove; 5’ Utility 

Trailer; Lucknow S200H 8’4” Snowblower 

w/Hyd. Hood; Plus Other Misc. Items. 

SALE ORDER: Household Items at 10:00 

A.M. Building Material at 11:00 A.M. 

LUNCH BOOTH 

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with proper I.D. Owners or auctioneers not 

responsible for accidents day of sale. Any 

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precedence over written ads. 

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Township of Woolwich 

Notice of Public Open House No. 2 

Breslau Servicing Study 

The Corporation of the Township of Woolwich is completing a 

Servicing Study to identify and propose alternative servicing 

strategies for extending water, wastewater, and general stormwater 

needs for the existing community of Breslau (Study Area). 

The Corporation of the Township of Woolwich is 

completing a Servicing Study to identify and propose 

alternative servicing strategies for extending water, 

wastewater, and general stormwater needs for the 

existing community of Breslau (Study Area). 

The study has identified existing servicing constraints/ 

deficiencies, and has prepared alternative solutions. 

The information obtained from this study will be used 

by Council to determine a preferred water, 

wastewater, and general stormwater servicing strategy 

for the extension of services in Breslau, including 

estimates of probable costs and the available funding 

mechanisms. To date, the following activities have 

been completed: background data collection and 

review; assessment of existing servicing; development 

of preliminary servicing strategies; costing; 

assessment of phasing and funding, and consultation 

with Township staff. An integral component of this 

study is public consultation, and the first Public Open 

House was held on September 16, 2009. 

The study has identified existing servicing constraints/deficiencies, 

and has prepared alternative solutions. The information obtained 

from this study will be used by Council to determine a preferred 

water, wastewater, and general stormwater servicing strategy for 

the extension of services in Breslau, including estimates of probable 

costs and the available funding mechanisms. To date, the following 

activities have been completed: background data collection 

and review; assessment of existing servicing; development of 

preliminary servicing strategies; costing; assessment of phasing 

and funding, and consultation with Township staff. An integral 

component of this study is public consultation, and the first Public 

Open House was held on September 16, 2009. 

A second Public Open House and Public Meeting 

will be held on October 21, 2009, at the Breslau 

Mennonite Church located at 226 Woolwich Street 

South in Breslau. The Public Open House will start at 5:00PM and the Public Meeting at 7:00PM. 

A second Public Open House and Public Meeting will be held 

on October 21, 2009, at the Breslau Mennonite Church located 

at 226 Woolwich Street South in Breslau. The Public Open 

House will start at 5:00PM and the Public Meeting at 7:00PM. 

The purpose of the second Public Open House is to clarify the objectives and findings of the project, 

and to provide answers to questions received following the first Public Open House. Display Boards 

will be available for viewing at the Public Open House, and staff from the Township of Woolwich and 

Stantec Consulting Ltd. will be on hand to answer questions regarding the project. Following the Open 

House, a Public Meeting will be held with Council at which time interested parties will have the 

opportunity to comment on the project. In addition, a non-binding survey will be mailed to Study Area 

property owners to receive specific public opinion on the preferred course of action. Council will make 

a decision at a future council meeting (date to be determined) based on the information presented in a 

final report and the public survey, abiding by the procedures defined by the Municipal Act, 2001. 





Township of woolwich noTice of 

public open house no. 2 breslau servicing sTudy 




Community Information Page 

THE TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH 

"Proudly remembering our past; 

confidently embracing our future." 

P.O. BOX 158, 24 CHURCH ST. W. 

ELMIRA, ONTARIO N3B 2Z6 

WEBSITE: www.woolwich.ca 

TEL: 519-669-1647 or 519-664-2613 

FAX: 519-669-1820 

AFTER HOURS 

EMERGENCY: 

519-575-4504 

The purpose The Corporation of the second of the Public Township Open House of Woolwich is to clarify is the 

The Corporation of the Township of Woolwich is 

objectives completing and findings a Servicing of the project, and to provide answers 

completing Study a Servicing to identify Study and to propose identify and propose 

to questions alternative received servicing following alternative strategies the servicing first for extending Public strategies Open for water, extending House. water, 

Display wastewater, Boards will be and available general wastewater, for stormwater viewing and general at needs the stormwater Public for the needs Open for the 

existing community of Breslau (Study Area). 

House, existing and staff community from the Township of Breslau of (Study Woolwich Area). and Stantec 

Consulting Ltd. will be on The hand study to has answer identified questions existing regarding servicing constraints/ 

The study has identified deficiencies, existing and has servicing prepared constraints/ alternative solutions. 

the project. Following the Open House, a Public Meeting will be 

deficiencies, and has The prepared information alternative obtained from solutions. this study will be used 

held with Council at which by time Council interested to determine parties a preferred will have water, 

The information obtained 

the 

wastewater, from and this general study stormwater will be used servicing strategy 

opportunity by Council to comment to determine on for the the project. extension a preferred In of addition, services water, a in non-binding 

Breslau, including 

survey wastewater, will be mailed and to general Study estimates Area stormwater of property probable costs servicing owners and to the strategy receive available funding 

mechanisms. To date, the following activities have 

specific for public the extension opinion on of the services preferred in course Breslau, of including action. Council 

been completed: background data collection and 

will make estimates a decision of probable at a review; future costs assessment council and the meeting of available existing (date servicing; funding to be development 

determined) mechanisms. based on To the date, of information preliminary the following presented servicing activities strategies; in a final have costing; report 

and the 

been 

public 

completed: 

survey, abiding 

background assessment of 

by the procedures 

data phasing collection and funding, 

defined 

and and consultation 

with Township staff. An integral component by the of this 

review; assessment of existing servicing; development 

Municipal Act, 2001. study is public consultation, and the first Public Open 

of preliminary servicing House strategies; was held on September costing; 16, 2009. 

Mr. Randy assessment Miller, C.Tech. of phasing and Ms. funding, Barbara Robinson, and consultation M.A.Sc., P.Eng. 

A second Public Open House and Public Meeting 

Township with Project Township Manager staff. An integral Project Manager component of this 

will be held on October 21, 2009, at the Breslau 

Township study of Woolwich is public consultation, Mennonite Stantec Church and Consulting the located first Public Ltd. at 226 Open Woolwich Street 

24 Church House Street West, was P.O. held Box on 158 September 49 Frederick 16, 2009. Street 

Elmira, Ontario, N3B 2Z6 

Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 6M7 

Phone: (519) The purpose of the second Public Open House is to clarify the objectives and findings of the project, 

A second 664-2613 Public ext. 6030 Open House Phone: (519) and 585-7379 Public Meeting 

Fax: (519) and to provide answers to questions received following the first Public Open House. Display Boards 

will 669-4669 be held on October Fax: 

will be available 21, (519) 2009, 579-8806 

for viewing at the at Breslau the Public Open House, and staff from the Township of Woolwich and 

Email: rmiller@woolwich.ca 

Mennonite Church located 

Email: 

at 

barbara.robinson@stantec.com 

226 Woolwich Street 

South in Breslau. House, The Public a Public Open Meeting House will be held will with start Council at 5:00PM at which and time the interested Public parties Meeting will have at 7:00PM. the 

South in Breslau. The Public Open House will start at 5:00PM and the Public Meeting at 7:00PM. 

Stantec Consulting Ltd. will be on hand to answer questions regarding the project. Following the Open 

opportunity to comment on the project. In addition, a non-binding survey will be mailed to Study Area 


a decision at a future council meeting (date to be determined) based on the information presented in a 

Mr. Randy Miller, C.Tech. Ms. Barbara Robinson, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. The purpose of the second Public Open House is to clarify the objectives and findings of the project, 

Township Project Manager Project Manager 

and to provide answers final report to questions and the public received survey, following abiding by the procedures first Public defined Open by House. the Municipal Display Act, Boards 2001. 

Township of Woolwich Stantec Consulting Ltd. noTice To residenTs 

24 Church Street West, P.O. Box 158 49 Frederick Street 

will be available for viewing at the Public Open House, and staff from the Township of Woolwich and 

Mr. Randy Miller, C.Tech. Ms. Barbara Robinson, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. 

Elmira, Ontario, N3B 2Z6 Kitchener, Ontario, fall N2H 6M7 2009 Stantec leaf Consulting disposal Township Ltd. will Project be on Manager prograM 

hand to answer questions regarding Project Manager the project. Following the Open 

Phone: (519) 664-2613 ext. 6030 Phone: (519) 585-7379 

Fax: (519) 669-4669 Fax: (519) 579-8806 

House, a Public Meeting Township will of Woolwich be held with Council at which time Stantec interested Consulting parties Ltd. will have the 

Email: rmiller@woolwich.ca Email: barbara.robinson@stantec.com opportunity to comment 24 Church on the Street project. West, P.O. In addition, Box 158 a non-binding 49 Frederick survey Street will be mailed to Study Area 

Mulching and composting are the most economical and environmentally beneficial ways to deal with Elmira, your Ontario, N3B 2Z6 Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 6M7 


Phone: (519) 664-2613 ext. 6030 Phone: (519) 585-7379 

leaves. Mulch them with your lawnmower and gradually add them to your home a decision composter at a where future they 

Fax: council (519) 669-4669 meeting (date to be determined) Fax: based (519) on 579-8806 the information presented in a 

will break down into useful organic material. If you have too many leaves for your final composter report and to the handle, Email: public rmiller@woolwich.ca survey, abiding by the procedures defined Email: barbara.robinson@stantec.com 

by the Municipal Act, 2001. 

you may bring your leaves to one of locations listed below (look for a on the map). 

Mr. Randy Miller, C.Tech. Ms. Barbara Robinson, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. 

Please be courteous and observe the restrictions (leaves to be left bagged Township or left loose) Project and Manager DO 

Project Manager 

NOT mix ROCKS, STICKS, BRANCHES, or other DEBRIS with the leaves. Township of Woolwich Stantec Consulting Ltd. 

24 Church Street West, P.O. Box 158 49 Frederick Street 

Elmira, Ontario, N3B 2Z6 Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 6M7 

PLEASE DO NOT RAKE YOUR LEAVES ON THE ROAD, AS THERE IS NO PICK Phone: UP FOR (519) THIS 664-2613 AND THEY ext. 6030 Phone: (519) 585-7379 

END UP CLOGGING THE SEWER DRAINS! THERE IS A FINE OF $125 FOR DEPOSITING Fax: (519) 669-4669 ANY DEBRIS 

Fax: (519) 579-8806 

OR REFUSE ON TOWNSHIP ROADS. 

Email: rmiller@woolwich.ca Email: barbara.robinson@stantec.com 

Leaf Drop off Locations: 

1. Regional Landfill Sites 925 Erb Street West, Waterloo or the end of Savage Drive, Cambridge 

- Call 519-883-5100 for hours of operation 

First 50 kg free. A charge of $3/100kg is charged on additional quantities. Bags must be emptied. 

2. Elmira Transfer Station End of Howard Avenue., Elmira 

Tuesday to Friday 8:30a.m. to 4:30p.m. Saturday 8:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. 

First 3 bags free. There is a charge of $2.00 for every additional 3 bags. Each trailer or pick-up truck 

of loose leaves will cost $14.00. 

3. Jason Showalter Farm 7584 Reid Woods Drive, Elmira 

- North side of the road (look for sign) Leaves are to be left just outside the white barn, between 

concrete slabs. 

Bags must be emptied. 

4. Ken Bender Farm 1355 Hopewell Creek Road, Breslau 

- Between Spitzig Road and Greenhouse Road on the North side of the road (look for sign) 

Bags must be emptied. 

5. John’s Nursery Farm 1175 Martin Grove Drive, Waterloo - (look for sign) 

No leaves from black walnut trees. Bags must be emptied. 

If you have any questions about the leaf disposal program in the Township of Woolwich, please contact: 

Cynthia Lean-Martin, Engineering & Planning Services, 519-669-1647 or 519-664-2613, ext. 6041.


FAMILY 

ALBUM 

519.669.5790 | 1.888.966.5942 


OBITuARY 

Edwin Gingrich 

Peacefully went home to his Lord on Friday October 9, 

2009 at the West Parry Sound Health Centre in his 84th 

year. Beloved husband of Verna. Loving father of Elaine 

Gingrich and her husband Ken, Judy Kropf and her 

husband Peter, Stephen Gingrich and his wife Suzanne, 

Rose Biehn and her husband Ed, Stafford Gingrich 

and his wife Beth, Derrick Gingrich and his wife 

Brenda. Cherished by his 25 grandchildren and 10 great 

grandchildren. Predeceased by his brothers Sylvester 

and Angus, sister Ada and step – sister Edna. Fondly 

remembered by Erma, Sidney, Urias, nieces, nephews 

and many friends. Visitation was held at the Torrance 

Funeral Home (89 Bowes St. Parry Sound 705-746-4664) 

on Tuesday October 13, 2009 from 2 - 4 and 7 – 9. The 

Funeral Service was held in the Chapel on Wednesday 

October 14, 2009 at 1 PM with visiting starting at 12 

Noon. Interment Foley Memorial Cemetery. If desired, 

donations to the West Parry Sound Health Centre or the 

Christian Aid Ministries would be appreciated by the 

family. To send an online condolence to the family go 

to torrancefuneralhome.com 

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BIRTH NOTICE 

Amy, Greg and big sister Lily are 

thrilled to announce the arrival of 

Austin James Thompson, 

born September 1st at 8:26am. 

Proud grandparents are Bruce 

and Laurie Shantz of Elmira and 

Tom and Mary Lyn Thompson of 

Woodstock. 

STAG & DOE STAG & DOE 

Haunted Halloween 

Party/Stag ‘N Doe for 

Jennifer Raycraft 

& Trevor Leblanc 

Saturday, October 31, 2009 8 pm - 1 am 

Prizes for Best Costumes, Games, 

Music, Food, Raffl es 

St. Jacobs Community Centre 

29 Parkside Dr, St. Jacobs 

(beside the hockey arena) 

Applications for membership will be accepted until Thursday November 12, 2009. 

ANNIVERSARY 

Halloween Stag ‘N Doe for 

Sandra Wilson 

& Junior Lewis 

P.O. BOX 158, 24 CHURCH ST. W. 

ELMIRA, ONTARIO N3B 2Z6 

WEBSITE: www.woolwich.ca 

Happy 15th 

Anniversary! 

Dave & Heather 

Oct 15/ 1994 

Love Mom and Dad & Family 

Saturday, October 31, 2009 

8 pm - 1 am 

Lion’s Hall Elmira 

Featuring Money Shot 

Doors Open at 8 

TENDER 2009-27 

Snow Clearing of Municipal 

Sidewalks in Elmira 

Sealed Tenders clearly marked as to contents, 

will be received by the undersigned until: 

Wednesday October 28, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. 

Further details and specifications with 

respect to specifications, Form of Tender and 

Information to Bidders, may be obtained as 

noted below: 

Finance Department 


24 Church Street West 

Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6 

Fax: (519) 669-9348 

Email: dennisk@woolwich.ca 

Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 

BIRTHDAY 

Happy 60th 

Birthday 

Kathy! 

We love you - 

Ray, Brad, Nat, Jer, 

Janice & Parker 

OBITuARY 

Klein, Roy 

TEL: 519-669-1647 or 519-664-2613 

FAX: 519-669-1820 

On Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at Freeport Health 

Centre of Grand River Hospital. Roy Klein, age 

86 years, of Elmira. Beloved husband of Bernice 

(Ziolkowski) Klein for 59 years. Dear father of Roy 

Klein (Anne) of Elmira, Vonda and Terry Dinelle 

of Kitchener. Devoted grandfather of Roy Adam 

Klein (Robin), Danielle Klein and by his greatgrandchildren 

Riley and Makayla Klein. Brother of 

Donald and Doris, Stanley and Rita all of Elmira, and 

Dorothy Fewkes of New Hamburg. Roy is lovingly 

remembered by his brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law 

and by his many nieces, nephews and their families. 

Predeceased by his parents John and Mary Klein, his 

daughter Valerie (1961), brother George and sisters 

Della Swartz, Edna Haffner and Dora Westfal. Roy 

served overseas from 1941-1945 with the Highland 

Light Infantry and was a life member of the Royal 

Canadian Legion Branch No. 469, Elmira. At Roy’s 

request cremation has taken place. A memorial 

visitation to celebrate Roy’s life will be held at the 

Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira on Friday October 

16, 2009 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A memorial mass 

will be celebrated at St. Teresa of Avila RC Church, 

Flamingo Drive, Elmira on Saturday October 17th at 

11 a.m. followed by interment of cremated remains 

in St. Teresa’s RC Cemetery, RR 1 Elmira. Parish 

prayers will be offered at the funeral home on Friday 

afternoon at 4p.m. and the Royal Canadian Legion 

Branch No. 469, Elmira will assemble for a memorial 

service at the funeral home on Friday evening at 

6:45p.m. In his memory donations to the Canadian 

Cancer Society or the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 

469, Elmira Poppy Fund would be appreciated as 

expressions of sympathy. 

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Support your local schools. Buy or list your home with Paul. 

Paul Martin 

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EMAIL: paul@remaxsolidgold.biz 

Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd., Brokerage 

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OFFICE: 519-669-5426 

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$298,500 

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$319,900 

$209,900 

OPEN HOUSE 

27 Mockingbird St., Elmira - Saturday, Oct 17 2-4pm 

$279,000 

Located on a large lot in Elmira, close to all 

schools and amenitites. Double gate provides 

access to a spacious backyard and workshop. 

Ample space for pool. Some rooms recently 

painted, newer powder room in basement. MLS 

BERT MARTIN, BROKER 

LARGE LOT ELMIRA Located on a quiet 

street central to schools this home oers 

country kitchen, main oor laundry, 4 bdrms, 3 

bthrms, renovated rec room, lg single garage 

and fenced yard backing to greenspace. MLS 

MATURE TREES surround this Elmira semi 

featuring 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. All 

original windows replaced, new sliding 

door to covered patio and fenced yard. MLS 

COUNTRY BUNGALOW! Located on a 3/4 

acre treed lot backing to a wooded area this 

home oers a large kitchen and dining area, 

cozy living room, 3 bedrooms on main oor 

and 2 in basement, four piece main bath 

plus 4 piece ensuite, double garage. MLS 

GREAT STARTER! Located on quiet 

crescent this home features beautifully 

renovated kitchen and living room, three 

bedrooms, rec room, covered patio, fenced 

yard with trees backing to park. MLS 

Your referrals are 

appreciated! 

OPEN HOUSE 

40 SECOND ST., ELMIRA - SAT OCT 17, 2-4PM 

$479,900 

$599,900 

$349,000 

$439,000 

519.669.5790 | 1.888.966.5942 


Verdone Model Home. Custom 

built. 3+ bedroom home with 

main oor master, luxury 

ensuite, hardwood oors, 10’ 

ceilings, great room with 4 

walkouts, beautiful “Barrotti” 

kitchen with pantry & breakfast 

bar. $30,000 in upgrades backs 

onto greenspace. MLS 

WOW! 12.9 ACRES. 

2800 sq. ft. bungalow, 

4 bedrooms, main oor 

master bdrm, main oor 

laundry, patio/deck, hot 

tub, walkout basement, 

detached workshop, backs 

on to greenbelt, waterfront 

property. MLS. 

Retirement at its best, Let 

Huron Homes build this 

beautiful bungalow for you. 

It features 2 bedrms on main 

oor and if you like 2 more 

in the basement, along with 

a large rec. rm. Dbl. garage. 

Backs on to green belt. MLS 

All the comforts, for your new home! 

This is an exceptional family home 

with 10 ft high ceilings and has 4 

bedrooms, 3 bathrooms located in 

Elmira. Enjoy this gourmet eat-in 

kitchen, seperate dining room, 

master bedroom with deluxe spa-like 

ensuite, mudroom just off garage and 

upper floor laundry. Stunning ceramic 

tile and hardwood in main traffic 

areas. This large home is located on a 

50ft lot. MLS 

$219,900 

WOW 1800 sq. ft. of 

fantastic living space 

includes loft with master 

bedroom, ensuite and 

family room. Main 

r consists of 2 more 

bedrooms, hardwood and 

ceramics throughout. Backs 

$284,000 onto green space. MLS 

$419,000 

BUY OR LEASE 

PRIVATE SALE Spacious country home on 4.3 acre lot 

with mature trees and stream, tennis court, and barn. 

2600 sq.ft. of finished living area with 5+ bedrooms. 

Linwood area private sale. $499,000. (519)698-2558 

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rst time home buy 

townhouse located 

Elmira. This 3 bdrm 2 

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is a 4 piece bath up st 

air, all appliances as 

dishwasher are includ 

water softener, newer 

OPEN HOUSE 

121 ORIOLE PKWY., ELMIRA - SUN OCT 18, 2-4PM 

ELMIRA Perfect starter 

home with family room 

addition, backs onto 

greenbelt, spacious 

garage can be used as 

workshop, also shed in 

backyard. Ready to movie 

into. Appliances Incl. MLS 

WOW! Beautifully nished 

and decorated home 

is equiped with all the 

upgrades. 3+bdrm, 4 bath, 

w/ nished basement. 

Large kitch w/maple 

cupboards walk-out to 

deck, landscaped yard. 

Family rm w/ replace. MLS 

RECREATIONAL LOT! 6.5 

acres on the Conestogo 

River. Excellent camping 

and/or seasonal 

property ideal. Services 

(gas, telephone, hydro) 

available at road side 

Line 86. MLS. 

ELMIRA Why buy a Resale 

Home when you can 

build your dream home 

on this 50’ lot. Hardwood 

& ceramic throughout 

main oor, maple kitchen 

cabinets, 4 bedrooms, 

master has walkin closet 

and ensuite. MLS 

Introducing... HURON HOMES INC. 

45’ and 50’ lots available in Elmira. Several 

plans available in bungalow or 2 storey 

models, or will build to suit. 

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HOME HUNTERS » 

Len Frey 



THE FREY TEAM 

frey@golden.net 

$399,900 

GOLDSTONE | Unique 2 storey 

home approx. 2500 sq.ft. in a 

country setting. Large living area 

with oak kitchen & island. Large 

garage and workshop. Sliding 

doors to rear deck and above 

ground pool. Includes extra lot. 

MLS Call Mildred Frey. 

$229,900 

Mildred Frey 

BROKER MANAGER 

WATERLOO | Legal duplex. Well kept 

home in desirable location close to 

Universities. Great mortgage helper 

with bachelor unit in basement. MLS 

Call Mildred Frey. 


www.thefreyteam.com 

Wendy Taylor 

BROKER** 

wendy@thefreyteam.com 

$279,900 

519-669-1544 24hrs 

Mary Lou Murray 


marylou@mmrealestate.ca 

$699,000 

CONCESSION 8 | 48.79 acres on Con. 

8 near Moorefi eld, 3 bedrm. bungalow, 

fi nished basement with fi replace, 12 x 

16’ wood deck, 14’6” x 24’ detached 

workshop with hydro. 48.79 total acres, 

34 tillable tile drained, 2 acres building 

site + 4.25 acres zoned for future 

residential, 7.5 acres zoned for future industrial 

development. Great investment 

property. MLS. Call Len Frey. 

$359,900 

CONESTOGO | 3300 Sq. ft. renovated 

older home in desired Town of Conestogo. 

Large lot with studio detached 

garage. Many updates. A must see! 

MLS. To view call Mildred Frey. 

MAPLETON | Unique property steps 

from Conestogo Lake. 4 yr. old custom 

built home located on end of private 

road backs to greenspace. Open concept 

with gourmet Kitchen and Great 

Room with 19Ft. vaulted ceiling & 

more. MLS Call Wendy Taylor 

Buying OR Selling? 

OPEN HOUSE Sun., Oct. 18 2-4pm 

3689 Manser Rd. Linwood 

$324,500 - Unique property, two semidetached 

residences under one ownership. 

Live in one, rent out the other. 

lot size approx 175’ x 165’. 

Separate driveways, hydro 

and heating. Two car garage 

plus larger single detached 

garage. Brick home is immaculate 

with a fully finished 

basement. A rare opportunity. 

$325,500. 

2.98 acres on Cedar Springs Rd. treed, wooded lot on gravel road 

5 min. north of Elmira, build your dream home here! $199,500 

Call Gayle at Team Realty to discuss your real estate goals, plans and dreams! 

Gayle Draper, Sales Representative 

Modern Thinking - Traditional Values! 

Tel: 519-500-6004 

Email: gdraperteam@rogers.com 

ELMIRA 

REAL ESTATE 

Independently Owned & Operated, Brokerage SERVICES 

BONNIE 

BRUBACHER 

Broker of Record 

SHANNA 

ROZEMA 

Broker. 

DARREN 

ROMKEY 

Sales Rep. 

LAURIE 

LANGDON 

Sales Rep. 

519-669-3192 

90 Earl Martin Dr., 

Unit 1, Elmira 

N3B 3L4 

DALE 

KELLER 

Sales Rep. 

MONIQUE 

BRUBACHER 

Sales Rep. 

THIS WEEK'S FEATURE PROPERTIES 

OPEN HOUSE - SAT AND SUN 2-4PM 

42 ROBERTA STREET, ELMIRA 

$332,500, for 2 Bedroom Model open 

concept Bungalow, striking kitchen w/ 

stainless appliances, california shutters, 

vaulted great room. 2 baths. Only one left 

to build your plan. MLS 

OPEN HOUSE - SAT, OCT 17, 2-4PM 

81 CHURCH STREET, W, ELMIRA 

GREEN SPACE BUNGAlOw 

$309,900 | 4 Bedrooms, 2 baths, finished 

basement with in floor heating. Beautiful 

oak hardwood flooring in family dining 

rooms seperated by a 3 way glass 

fireplace. 1 1/2 car garage. MLS 

OPEN HOUSE - SAT, OCT 17, 2-4PM 

FOR yOUR GROwiNG FAmily 

27 HILLvIEW DRIvE, DRAyTON 

$314,900 | This amazing home designed 

for the large or growing family features 

4 bedrooms, hardwood & ceramic floors, 

heated pool, 2 gas fireplaces and a large 

fenced backyard. MLS 

SEEiNG iS BEliEviNG! 

$334,900 DRAyTON | This well cared for 

home with striking decor and features, 

the detached 29x26 garage with 10' 

doors, great for the motor home and the 

picturesque view of countryside can all be 

yours on this quiet rural setting. MLS. 

DRAytON lOG HOmE 

$440,000 | 2.11 ACRES, Pictureesque 

property, welcoming home with full 

walkout finished basement. 3 box stall 

horse shelter, double garage/shop. MLS 

BUilDiNG lOt mARyBOROUGH 

$64,900 | 1.90 ACRES, Just East of Rothsay 

on County Road 7. MLS 

BUilDiNG lOt miNtO 

$79,000 | 3.40 ACRES, between Harriston 

and Mt. Forest. Forested, driveway 

installed, stream borders property on the 

East side. NEW MLS. 

GREAt FAmily HOmE 

$282,500 DRAyTON | Beautiful home 

includes 4 bedrooms, huge master with 

en-suite, huge deck for entertaining, gas 

BBQ hookup, front porch, finished rec 

room; numerous renos completed 2005. 

Close to all ammenities. 

StUNNiNG BRiCk BUNGAlOw 

$409,900 ELMIRA | Backs onto greenspace/ 

creek! Attractive layout, hardwood & ceramic 

flrs, large kitchen with island & stainless 

steel appl., main floor great rm with floor to 

ceiling windows/walkout to flagstone patio 

and wrought iron fencing, 2 gas fireplaces, 

huge finished basement. ++++NEW MLS 

BRAD MARTIN 

Broker of Record 

MVA Residential 

Res: 519-669-1068 

BROKERAGE 

JULIE 

HECKENDORN 

Broker 

Res: 519-669-8629 

open House | sun, oct 18tH - 2-4pm 

9 SpRinG WAGOn LAnE., ELMiRA 

weLcome Home!!!. - close to 

downtown and rec. centre! 3 bdrms, 2 bths. 

Large lot - 144’ deep. 5 appliances incl! mLs 

$274,500. 

Backs onto park! - 3+1 

bdrms. Replacement windows, 

doors & Furn. Lovely rec. rm. 

w/gas heat stove. W/u bsmt. 

Central Air. Updated elect. panel. 

mLs $214,900. 

great FamiLy Home -4 level 

backsplit offers a huge kitchen w/ 

open concept to family room w/ 

stone fireplace & lge. windows. 

Office & den in lower level. 2 baths. 

Dble. Garage, mLs. $349,000. 

park-Like grounds. 11 

acres, mixed bush, pond! Lovely 

updated bungalow w/ great room. 

Glass solarium. Min’s from Elmira/ 

K-W & Guelph. mLs $569,000. 

R.W. THUR REAL ESTATE LTD. 

45 ARTHUR ST. S., ELMIRA 

519-669-2772 

ALLI 

NORRIS 

Sales Rep. 

Cell: 519-577-6248 

www.thurrealestate.com 

BILL 

NORRIS 

Sales Rep. 

Cell: 519-588-1348 

TRACEY 

WILLIAMS 

Sales Rep. 

Cell: 519-505-0627 

investment property 5 plex, 

always fully occupied! Laundry 

in each unit. Lots of parking! 

Shows a good return on your 

investment! mLs $479,000. 

Large Lot in Linwood 

-perfect for renovators! Home 

has lots of potential! High eff. 

furnace, lot is 66’ x 165’, private 

rear yard. mLs $157, 000 

new BungaLow - quality built! 

Great room w/hardwood and gas 

fireplace. Covered porch off dinette. 

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Lots 

of cupboards. Main floor laundry. 

mLs $395,000. 

4-pLeX centrally located in St. 

Clement’s. 1/3 acre lot w/ nice 

gardens. Let your new rental income 

pay your mortgage! Easy to rent! 

mLs $265,000. 

sougHt aFter BuiLding Lots - 

Country setting on edge of Linwood. Court location. 2 available! 

mLs. $139,900 (per lot). 

PRIVATE SALE 

OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, October 18 - 2-4pm 

12 Aspen Crescent, Elmira 

This 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom 

home features a spacious eat-in 

kitchen, finished rec room with 

walk out to back yard facing 

local park and playground. New 

high efficiency furnace and 

air conditioner (2008). Many 

upgrades. Fridge, stove, washer, 

dryer & freezer included. Call 

519-824-9075 to view. 

$215,900


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21 HOWARD AVE., ELMIRA 

(Behind the old Trylon Building) 

SkATE SHARPENING 

Accredited Test 

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ELMIRA’S SHARPENING 

HEADQUARTERS 

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STORE HOURS: M-F: 7-8, SAT 8-6, SUN 12-5 

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AFTER HOURS 

519.669.8917 

CARPENTRY 

JOHN GROSHAW 

7449 8th Line 

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COLLISION CENTRE 

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33 First Street, East 

Elmira, ON 

Custom Homes • Cottages • 

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CARPENTRY 

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CONSTRuCTION 

• Concrete removal & replacement 

• Siding work up to 66’ high 

Marty Trapp 

519-669-5588 

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CONSTRUCTION INC. 

GENERAL CONTRACTING 

commercial • industrial 

•Pole Structures 

•Remodeling & restoration 

519-846-9066 

RR#1 Elmira fax: 519-846-9319 

P L A C E S 

O F F A I T H LOCAL CHURCH SERVICES DIRECTORY 

Sunday, October 18, 2009 

9:15 & 11:00am 

Keeping the Bubble Between the Lines 

Speaker: Gord Ahier 

200 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira • 519-669-1296 

Check out our website www.woodsidechurch.ca 

Trinity United Church 

Sunday School 

during Worship 

ELMIRA 

Minister: 

Rev. Dave Jagger 

Sunday Worship: 10:55am 

Visit our website on: www.wondercafe.ca 

21 Arthur St., North • Church Office 519-669-5560 

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

“ The Small Business Advantage” 

Advantage 

b o o k k e e p i n g 

• Personal Tax Returns • Accounts Receivable/Payable 

• Complete Payroll Services • PST • GST 

• Reconciliations, Commissions, Year End, Etc. 

• New Business Start-Ups • On-Site Service Available 

208 Arthur St. S. 

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building relationships with God, 

one another and the world 

SUNDAYS, 8:30 & 11:00AM 

WEDNESDAYS, 7:00PM 

(with Childrens’ Programs) 

IMPACT YOUTH (GR 7-12): Fridays, 7:30pm 

TWENTY20 (GRADS & TWENTIES): 

Visit www.kcf.org/twenty20 for details 

Pastors Steve & Beth Fleming 

850 Sawmill Rd, Bloomingdale 744-7447 www.kcf.org 

F O C U S O N T H E F A M I L Y ’ S 

Sunday Evening 

at 6:30pm 

Sunday Morning Worship at 10:30am 

Childcare available during morning and evening programs. 

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

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

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

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33 First Street, East 

Elmira, ON 

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24 Hour Service 

7 Days A Week 

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Farm • Auto • Truck 

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The Reality Choices 

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Sundays @ 10:30am 

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Bloomingdale 

Mennonite Church 

Sundays - 9:45 am Family Worship Service 

11:00 am Sunday School for all ages 

1151 Snyder’s Flat Rd., Bloomingdale • 519-745-2411 

www.bloomingdalemennonite.com 

SERVICE PROS 

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Sunday Worship 

9:30 am - 10:30am 

NURSERY 

PROVIDED 

Welcome to 

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St. Jacobs 

48 Hawkesville Rd. • 519-664-2311 

“Making Faith 

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TOWING 

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WHEELCHAIR 

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SUNDAY 

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Upbeat Family 

Worship & 

Sunday School 

10:00 am 

Wheelchair accessible • Nursery Care provided • Hearing Assisted 

St. Teresa 

Catholic Church 

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

Celebrate Eucharist with us 

Mass times are: 

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

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

TOWING AND 

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34. Last: Abbr. 

35. Eye layer 

36. Golden Triangle country 

37. Forger 

39. Merlin, e.g. 

40. Boat in “Jaws” 

41. Many, many moons 

42. Beauty pageant wear 

43. In an ethnological manner 

47. Aged 

48. Businesses: Abbr. 

49. Clean, as a spill 

53. Occurring in summer 

58. Unpleasant stimuli used 

to alter behaviour 

61. ___ mortals 

62. Charity, often 

63. “... or ___!” 

64. Length x width, for a 

rectangle 

65. Buy-one-get-one-free item? 

66. Attends 

D O W N 

1. Way, way off 

2. Small European freshwater 

fish with a slender bluishgreen 

body 

3. Tolkien creatures 

4. Dirty coat 

5. Fish hawk 

6. Fountain treat 

7. Auspices: Var. 

8. Neon, e.g. 

9. Bat wood 

10. Accordingly 

11. Stalk 

12. Any network of nerves 

13. The Beatles’ “Back in the 

___” 

18. Food from heaven 

19. Attention 

23. Shoe strengthener 

24. “@#$%!,” e.g. 

25. Active; lively; brisk 


26. Age 

27. Month after Adar 

28. Feel remorse for 

29. A light flintlock musket 

30. Relating to the part of the eye 

that contains the iris 

31. Apprehensive 

32. “___ Smile” (1976 hit) 

33. ___ gin fizz 

37. Unload, as stock 

38. Atmosphere 

42. Spoonful, say 

44. “My bad!” 

45. Summer cooler 

46. Conforming to dietary laws 

49. “Oh, ___!” 

50. “Your turn” 

51. Father (French) 

52. Used as fertilizer, animal 

feed & plastics 

53. “Green Gables” girl 

54. Strong emotions 

55. Caesar’s farewell 

56. ___ line (major axis of an 

elliptical orbit) 

57. Cleaning cabinet supplies 

59. Driver’s lic. and others 

60. “___ Baby Baby” (Linda 

Ronstadt hit) 

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same direction. But the amazing new 

finding, based on hundreds of satellite 

photos from Google Earth, is that 

grazing cattle generally align northsouth, 

following magnetic north 

more than the geographic poles. 

You might expect migrating animals 

to have such compasses, but 

cattle? Perhaps it has to do with their 

ancestral habitat in dense forests and 

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magazine. 

His team scoured satellite images of 

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the cattle are basking in the sun or 

avoiding wind or huddling together 

to stay warm but these didn’t check 

out. 

“In the 10,000 years since humans 

domesticated cattle, their geomagnetic 

sensitivity had gone unnoticed, 

or at least unrecorded.” 

Similar patterns have become 

evident in field observations of deer, 

as these too join the growing list of 

species known to possess internal 

magnetic compasses: migrating 

birds, sea turtles, monarch butterflies, 

fish, honeybees and termites. 

Sheep, horses, goats and wild boars 

are due to be studied soon. 

Q. “Everything is relative,” Einsteinomaniacs 

love to repeat at a 

cocktail party. If the great man 

himself were in attendance, would 

he agree? 

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sal system and unity of things. The 

speed of light, for instance, is the 

same for all observers who measure 

it, regardless of where they are or 

how they’re moving. 

But so many people misunderstood 

this point that Einstein later declared 

he should have termed his theory “invariance 

theory” rather than “relativity.” 

In fact, he was so frustrated that 

at one point he remarked he should 

have been a plumber instead. 

“It’s not clear that he would have 

been successful in this demanding 

occupation but he might have found 

gainful employment more readily at 

the beginning of his career.” 

Q. Will the case ever be closed on 

the two-centuries-old question of 

who murdered Napoleon? 

A. In a surprising new development, 

scientists at the Italian National Institute 

of Nuclear Physics believe 

they may indeed have solved this one, 

says Constance Holden in Science 

magazine. 

Historians have long speculated 

about what killed the 52-year-old, who 

died in exile on the Isle of St. Helena 

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in 1821. Stomach cancer, his doctor 

said, but analysis of some preserved 

hairs and accounts of symptoms 

raised the notion that he was poisoned 

with arsenic. 

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out homicide. New analysis used 

samples of Napoleon’s hairs from 

when he was only a year old and others 

cut a few days before his death, as 

well as hairs from his wife and son 

and 10 others living at the time. The 

hairs, placed in a nuclear reactor and 

bombarded with neutrons, were all 

found to be extremely toxic, with arsenic 

levels more than 100 times those 

found today, reported the institute’s 

director. 

Napoleon’s arsenic load registered 

8.3 parts per million as an infant and 

18.9 ppm at death. At the time, arsenic 

was everywhere: in paints, drugs, 

tapestries and preserved food; so no 

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» Elmira & District Horticultural Society presents Postage Stamp Gardens, small 

lots; beautiful spaces with Jeremy Feenstra of FlorisTerra Greehouses & Landscape 

Centre; 7:30 p.m. at Trinity United Church Hall, 21 Arthur St. N., Elmira. Contact 

519-669-2458. Members no charge; non members $2. 

OCTOBER 20 

» Lunch at Gale Presbyterian, 2 Cross St., Elmira, 11 a.m – 1 p.m. Baked spaghetti 

and meatballs, caeser salad, rolls, chocolate truffle squares, beverage, $9 

per person. Also, soup and roll to go $3. Takeout available, wheelchair accessible, 

everyone welcome. 

OCTOBER 21 

» Smart Serve Program – being offered at the Royal Canadian Legion, 11 First St. 

E., Elmira, Oct. 31, 9-11 a.m. Cost is $40. If interested in completing program you 

must sign up and pay at the Legion prior to Oct. 21. 

OCTOBER 22 

» Drayton United Church Turkey Supper from 5-7 p.m. P.M.D. Community Centre, 

Drayton. Tickets at the door. Adults $12; children 10 & under $5; preschoolers free. 

» Woolwich Caregiver Group, 10-11:15 a.m. at the WCHC for a discussion on 

“Decision-making in Caregiving.”.Call Lorraine at 519-664-3794 for more information. 

If you are caring for someone who is chronically or terminally ill this group 

may be of interest to you. Note change of date. 

» Cholesterol Solutions 6:30-8:30 p.m. Find easy ways to improve your cholesterol 

level. Call 519-664-3794 for more information. 

OCTOBER 23 

» Howell’s Fish Fry Dinner at Floradale Mennonite Church, 22 Florapine Rd., 

Floradale; 4:30-7:30 p.m. (alternate chicken dinner available). Tickets, $14/adults 

or $7/children 10 and under, can be purchased by calling the church office at 519- 

669-2861. Takeouts available. Proceeds to the Canadian FoodGrains Bank and the 

church building fund. 

» Going For The Goal Fundraising Dinner, 6:30 p.m., Calvary United Church. 

Speaker to follow: Neil Aitchison; $30 advance tickets only, available from Barb 

Bowman 519-669-5912, Sheila Schmidt 519-664-2874. Honoured guests LuAnn 

and Graham Snyder. Sponsored by the three churches of St. Jacobs. Proceeds to 

Woolwich Recreational Facility Foundation. 

» Euchre Card Party, 7:30 p.m. at St. Teresa of Avila Church hall, 19 Flamingo 

Dr., Elmira. Admission $5. Cash prizes, door prizes and lunch served. Everyone 

welcome! Sponsored by the Catholic Women’s League. 

» H.U.G.S. Program 9:15-11:45 a.m. For parents and their children (0-5 yr). Topic: 

Making Cents of Financial Planning. Woolwich Community Health Centre, 519- 

664-3794. 

OCTOBER 24 

» Hawaiian Dinner. Two sittings – 5 & 7 p.m. Royal Canadian Legion, 11 First St. 

E., Elmira. Adults $12/person, children 6-10 yrs $5; 5 and under $2. Entertainment 

with Al Steel to follow the 7 p.m. sitting; $2 cover charge without dinner ticket. 

» Casino Bus Trip to Fallsview Casino Niagara – Great Canadian Coach; $10 per 

person (tickets must be purchased in advance at the Legion). Bus leaves Royal 

Canadian Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira, at 9:45 a.m. and leaves casino in Niagara 

at 5:15 p.m. 

» Annual Sauerkraut Supper a the Linwood Recreational Complex, 5279 Ament 

Line, Linwood. Sponsored by St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. Doors open 5 p.m., dinner 

at 5:30 p.m. Tickets – adult $14; children 6-12 yrs. $7; under 5 free. For more 

information or tickets call 519-698-2531 or 519-698-2523. 

OCTOBER 25 

» Hungryman’s Breakfast – all you can eat, $5; 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Royal Canadian 

Legion, 11 First St. E., Elmira. Proceeds to Riverside Public School fundraising for 

the new playground centre and the Legion. 

CLARKE, Robert “Bob” 

- Passed away peacefully 

at his residence, 

on Tuesday, October 13, 

2009, age 69 years. 

Local relative is his sister 

Virginia Zehr of West 

Montrose. 

FERGUSON, Eleanor Rita 

– Passed away on Tuesday, 

October 13, 2009 at 

Freeport Health Centre 

of Grand River Hospital, 

age 85 years. 

KLEIN, Roy 

– On Tuesday, October 

13, 2009 at Freeport 

Health Centre of Grand 

River Hospital, Roy 

Klein, age 86 years, of 

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HARD 

MARTIN, Salinda (Mrs. 

Amos) 

- On Monday, October 

12, 2009, at KW Health 

Centre, Kitchener. Salinda 

Martin, age 79 years, 

of RR4, Elmira. 

RODY, Alma Bertha 

Anna 

– Passed away at Brucelea 

Haven, Walkerton on 

Sunday, October 11, 

2009. She was 92. Local 

relative is her daughter 

Karen Rody of Maryhill 

RUNG, David 

– Passed away in Heidelberg 

on Tuesday, October 

13, 2009.John David 

Rung aged 64 years.


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√Based on January through July 2009 R.L. Polk sales total registrations. ΔBased on 2010 EnerGuide Fuel Consumption Guide ratings published by Natural Resources Canada. Transport Canada test methods used. Your actual fuel consumption may vary. ‡Based on U.S. 

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Available 2nd row 

power windows 

HWY: 8.4L/100 km (34 mpg) Δ 

CITY: 12.6L/100 km (22 mpg) Δ 

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ENGINE 5.7L OHV HEMI ® V8 5.4L SOHC Triton ® V8 5.3L OHV Vortec V8 

– Power: hp @ rpm 390 @ 5600 310 @ 5000 315 @ 5200 

– Torque: lb-ft @ rpm 407 @ 3950 365 @ 3500 338 @ 4400 

– Multi-Displacement System (MDS) fuel saving technology YES NO YES 

– Transmission 5-speed automatic 6-speed automatic 4-speed automatic 

Transmission with Electronic Range Select (ERS) YES NO NO 

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multilink coil spring rear suspension YES NO - Leaf springs NO- Leaf springs 

Standard Stain Repel stain/odour resistant and anti-static seat fabric YES NO NO 

Electronic Stability Program YES - ESP YES - AdvanceTrak YES - StabiliTrak 

Hill Start Assist YES NO NO 

Trailer Sway Control YES YES NO 

Interior volume: L (cu. ft) 3302 (116.6) 3288 (116.1) 3273 (115.6) 

Four-wheel disc brakes YES YES NO-Front disc/rear drum 

with ABS: mm (in.) diameter Front 336 (13.2)/Rear 352 (13.8) Front 330 (13.0)/Rear 348 (13.7) -includes ABS 

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