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Fall Fair Busy But Rain Cancelled The Fireworks
ABC WeatherUnbeatable
Cottrill Named2014 Wellesley Idol
BOT OrganizesWellesley All Candidates Meet
Doors Open Presents:
Schnurr’s Hall
Still Time toNominate 2014Citizen of the Year
SERVING: BambergCrosshillDorking
HawkesvilleHeidelbergKingwood
LinwoodMacton
Paradise LakeSt. ClementsWallenstein
Wellesley
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2014 WNEH FallFair AmbassadorAshley Jeffries
September 2014 WELLESLEYIS.CA
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INVITATION
Wellesley Apple Butter & Cheese FestivalAnnual Meeting
Thursday November 13, 2014
Wellesley Community Centre Small Hall
7:00 pm
Our committee is a very small representation of our community. We are always searching and listening for ideas on how to spend the profits from our festival for the betterment of Wellesley. We invite people with ideas to come to our annual meeting. Our mandate is to ‘spend the profits from our one-day festival on bigger projects that serve a large majority of our citizens in Wellesley.’ At our annual meeting, we will present a financial report listing our yearly spending and the profit for the 2014 festival. We have replaced nine booths used on main street. We had hoped for many of you to enjoy the fireworks at this years fair. We will continue to purchase and maintain the flowers around town. We are excited about all our swans again this year. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for all the hard work that you do for our festival.
For more information please visit our web site:www.wellesleyabcfestival.ca
Thanks,Terry BrickSecretary/TreasurerWellesley Apple Butter & Cheese Festival
Rain Shortens LionsAnnual Labour Day
Fishing Derby
MaryAnn Luckhardt of St. Clements came first for the largest fish—1.07 pounds— in the 16 and over catego-ry. This was her third year competing. She had entries for first, fourth and was tied for fifth.
The Lions annual Labour Day Fish-ing Derby was about 30-40 minutes shorter this year after a 20-min-
ute heavy rain sent the 242 fishers regis-tered running through Albert Erb Park, at the end of the morning. So winning prizes were given out before our arrival.
However, MaryAnn Luckhardt was still on site and seemed thrilled to have her photo taken.
Carson Lichty, 10, caught the largest fish of the day at 1.16 pounds. Eight-year-old Jack Lichty came second with a fish that was 1.12 pounds. Quinn Bisch, 14, caught a 1.10 pounds for third; Caleb Eggert, 12, got .93 pound for fourth place and Claire Higgins, 10, got fifth with a .91 pounder.
For the 16 and over group, Dave Quast’s second-place fish was .93 pounds and Bill Wismer’s third place fish was close at .91 pounds. Marcel’s fifth place fish was .22 pounds.
The smallest fish was caught by Theo-dore and was a mere .02 pounds.
Nobody caught the tagged fish. ❖
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Who Says You Can’t Do a Wheelie!
Soap box racers are un-powered, so how can they do a wheelie? They can if their brake—a puck dragging on the ground—hits a crack! 10
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Selling Coke… 75 Years Ago
Doors Open Waterloo of-fered Schnurr’s Hall in Linwood. It was built 110 year ago and once was the village’s ‘Town Hall’! They have some vintage stuff.
2 Rain Shortens Lions’ Labour Day Fishing Derby
5 BOT Organizes All Candidates Meeting
6 Editorial: …Acclamation & Dropping the Ball
7 How to Make Up a Good Story…
8 Horticultural Society Recognizes Junior Gardeners
9 Nominate Citizen of the Year for 2013
9 Harris Queries Ed. Minister About Nov. 11
10 Crashes Made Soapbox Derby Exciting for Some
12 Soapbox Derby Winners
13 AppleTree Receives ‘New’ Church
15 Skate Pad Nearly Ready to Go
15 Kerri’s Korner
16 39th ABC Festival Unbeatable
19 Cottrill Named 2014 Wellesley Idol
20 Red Shed Raises $5250, Celebrates Anniversary
21 Ed’s Self-Serve Apples Going Strong
22 161st WNEH Fall Fair Busy Event
26 Cruising Newfoundland & Labrador: St. John’s
28 Theatre Wellesley Invites You to: Chateau La Roach
29 Doors Open: St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
30 Doors Open: Schnurr’s Hall
32 Photo: Wellesley Idol, Ben Cottrill
Weather Was AmazingFor ABC Festival
The weather has a big impact on attendance. This year they had to turn cars away at the antique car show. They had 160 entered. 16
Fall Fair has Many Diverse Activities
It’s virtually impossible to see every Fall Fair event, even if you hustle. Here is a ‘Threesome in a wagon with pony’. It was cute, but I bet you missed it!22
There were six candidates competing to be WNEH Fall Fair Ambassador for this year. Each had poise and delivered an insightful speech on community and why they were aspiring to be Fair Ambassador. Ashley Jeffries spoke on the value of a smile. The judges gave her a good reason to have one when they selected her as the 2014 Fair Ambassador.
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Stage (l-r): MAyorAl cANdidAtES–Paul Hergott, Joe Nowak and Jim olender.Floor level (l-r): Moderator dieter Kays; candidates: WArd 1–Murray Frey;WArd 2–Herb Neher & Butch Voisin; WArd 3–Andrew Brenner & Peter Vander Maas;WArd 4–Brian cunningham, Gord doehn, Andrew Epp and carl Smit.
This was the first opportunity in eight years that township resi-dents have been able to inquire of candidates about their fu-
ture intentions. The last council was acclaimed, which by-passes this process. Here’s a quick peek at each candidate’s comments:MAyorAlty CAndidAtesPaul Hergott: From Wellesley; retired businessman; two terms on council; 15 years volunteer fire fighter. offers: info meetings, strong voice at regional council, wise use of taxes. Biggest issue: Limited development land for growth.Joe Nowak: tackled health & day care issues; two terms on council; past president Board of Trade; offers: spend wisely, pro-mote township to all governments, protect environment. Biggest issue: unequal population growth/services, health & day care.Jim oleNder: Two terms on council; works well with people, supports sports. offers: multi-use rec space, new economic stra-tegic plan, solid & fast internet, strong voice. Biggest issue: Need a strategy for recreation and employment lands.WArd 1murray Frey: Hawkesville resident 50 years, small business owner, sports. Biggest issue: Tax control, regional decisions.SHelley wagNer (Absent): Two terms on council. WArd 2HerB NeHer: Resident 28 years, two terms on council, township finances strong. offers: keep taxes low, work to save transfer station. Biggest issue: Balance growth with small community spirit.ButcH VoiSiN: Worked 38 years in municipal government, 15 years Waterloo fire fighter, retired. Biggest issue: Regional gov-ernment–townships will get cut short.WArd 3aNdrew BreNNer: 10 year resident, chartered accountant 15 years. Biggest issue: Property tax rates, Schweitzer Crescent– unnecessary economic development.Peter VaN der maaS: 25 year resident, Lions Club 25 years, retired teacher, sports. Biggest issue: Communication/cooperation in region (economic development), protect township interests.WArd 4BriaN cuNNiNgHam: Retired police officer, served public 45 years in policing/volunteering, nine year resident. Biggest issue: Infrastructure–balancing tax revenues and expenditures.gord doeHN: Fourth generation farmer–squash & pump-kins, 600 acre production now less than 70, 60 seasonal employees. Biggest issue: Maintain services while maintaining expenditure.aNdrew ePP: Professional engineer/project manager, married with two children, home owner. Biggest issue: Health and Safety.carl Smit: 25 year resident, two children, retired police officer, sports, Optimist executive, Lions and Community Centre board volunteer. Biggest issue: Transfer station closure. ❖
Wellesley Apple Jacks
Upcoming Home Games
Oct. 11 Sat. Norwich 7:30 pm
Oct. 18 Sat. Ayr 7:30 pm
Oct. 19 Sun. Tavistock 7:30 pm
Oct. 25 Sat. Woodstock 7:30 pm
Nov. 01 Sat. Delhi 7:30 pm
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ADMISSIONAdults $7.00Seniors/Students $6.00Children (12 & Under) $5.00
ALL GAMES ARE PLAYED IN THE WELLESLEY ARENA
A sizeable crowd, below, attended the All Candidates meeting September 23. There were 115 visitors, six Board of Trade members, one moderator, nine council candidates and three mayoral candidates for a total of 134 persons.
Wellesley & districtBoard of trade organizesAll-Candidates Meeting
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How should you react to AcclamationAnd dropping the Ball?
During the previous municipal election, the mayor and all candidates were acclaimed, which certainly made many people's jobs easier, including this one. However, if one takes the time to review the positions of the 14 candidates
now running, one quickly realizes the richness of both the personalities and ideas that are being placed on the table and that are occasionally quite nuanced. That gives this election a real value that the previous one lacked. It is the township’s residents and businesses who are that much poorer as a result of those acclamations.
I notice another aspect that I was beginning to sense at recent council meetings, which became increasingly obvious as I sat through the Wellesley Board of Trade’s All
Candidate Meeting and just recently Ward 4’s councillor/mayor candidates meeting—this council had become tired and had become quite irritable.
So the question that I’ve been asking myself is: Why has Wellesley Township gone from acclamation to 14 candidates? It might imply that during the last election, residents were satisfied with the results that council had produced. So does 14 candidates mean that residents were less than pleased this time?
The incumbent council was generally effective, but did drop the ball on a few issues that certainly stirred up public feelings. In Wellesley Village, the process around the development of a skateboard park had become increasingly
irritating to the public sensibilities. There are two aspects of this that showed a lack of sensitivity toward the public: First,
that money was accepted (both by this council as well as earlier councils) in lieu of land, as developers expanded the community’s residential base; Second, the process of digging up of the Community Centre parking lot for a multi-use sports pad when much of the preparatory work had yet to be done and the final design had not even been completed.
The money-for-land decision, shows a lack of response to residents recreational needs—money was obviously more important. The second seemed a violation of the council’s own processes—which usually makes sure that every ‘i’ is dotted and every ‘t’ is crossed before allowing projects to proceed. Somebody jumped the gun on that one and it has yet to be explained how that occurred.
There was a cascading effect here. The lack of available land for a skateboard park put pressure on council members to respond. This put council in the position of trying to place a multi-use sports pad—they assumed it could fit a skatepark within its confines—in the Community Centre parking lot. If that had proceeded, then the council would not be able to properly honour its legal covenant with the Wellesley North Easthope Agricultural Society, which is to preserve the use of the land donated to the village, for the Fall Fair.
Many stakeholders certainly felt shocked, ignored and/or misinformed after they arrived at the Community Centre parking lot to find a gaping hole in the pavement—and that was only half the size of the intended hole.
One other place where this council dropped the ball, was in the trails process to develop a recreational hiking trail to access the Bast woods on Greenwood Hills Road. It would have passed near some of the yards north of Schweitzer Crescent. Here is another event where there was a poor process of communication. Residents reacted, identifying a dizzying list of reasons why a trail there would be a really bad idea and might result in the downfall civilization. The residents say they paid a premium for their lots because they were told that there was to be no development behind them (NIMBY?). The township says that a trail was on the development plans from the beginning. Council needs to revisit this and determine what is correct, where the responsibility actually rests and whether to reconsider.
As to St. Clements having four candidates: It is a community whose population is declining. They have lost services and may continue in that direction if a source of the problem and an accompanying solution is not found. Think before you vote! ❖
Larry Kryski
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Mavis Kerr
No, I am not about to coach you in how to tell a “whopper”. Yes, one of my father’s favourite expressions was: Never spoil a good story for the sake of the truth. But I am
headed in a different direction. In fact the point of my “good” stories is to make your life less anxious, your defensiveness less destructive, your self-esteem more secure and your relationships
more satisfying. Whether sitting with hurting couples in my therapy office, watching people offended by a comment in a committee meeting or listening to the international news, I am always impressed that we humans can communicate in a constructive way at all.
The pitfalls of communication often come through interpretation—or more often—misinterpretation. Interpretation is the ever-present filter through which each of us sees or hears the world around us. Each of us has a unique personal filter that is a product of our history. Sometimes
it is a history we need to get past. This is what keeps therapists employed. If you were raised in a threatening, abusive setting, it would be reasonable for your filter to cast things around you with a veil of suspicion and a certainty that the world is not a safe place. On the other hand, an indulged childhood with never a “No,” might yield an entitled, demanding person whose belief system is, “I deserve and you are here to provide”. If you were an invisible child whose needs and wishes were ignored and discounted, you may approach life with the belief, “I don’t matter.” In the best-case scenario, you might share the position of J. D. Salinger who said, in my very favourite quote, “I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.” I long to arrive at that felicitous place—a delicious twist on traditional paranoia.
The curious thing is that each of us is at risk of compulsively collecting evidence to support our own bias. For example, if you believe you don’t matter, you will interpret the things others say and do in a way that confirms your belief even if it is a mistaken belief and that is NOT what they meant. It takes awareness of the problem and lots of practice to learn how to avoid the pitfalls of a toxic belief. Examples of common damaging beliefs are, “I am stupid”, “I am unlovable”, “I am to blame”, “I cannot succeed”, “I am crazy”. Underlying core beliefs like this can have a huge and destructive influence on us. Without understanding this, we may wonder why we keep falling on our face and shooting ourselves in the foot. Negative patterns tell us something is amiss.
Here is a story based on a fictionalized composite example to show how this can happen and what can be done to help. A woman (actually dozens of women) came to me dissatisfied with her marriage and was convinced that her husband didn’t care about her. She was one of those very competent, organized people with a good job, a tidy house and her bankbook balanced. She was married to a fun-loving, warm, funny guy who had more than a few organizational “challenges”. He adored her. He was a great Dad, had a good job, and was beloved by his coworkers and friends. He screwed up regularly in ways that created a bit of chaos, a mess here and there, and some time wasted going back to the store for the
things he forgot. This woman, with her excellent organizational skills would never have made the mistakes he made and consequently she did not understand his “wiring” deficit and short circuits. (I not only understood him, I identified with his struggles.)
The human brain drives us to make meaning of what we see around us. The meaning she made was that he screwed up because he didn’t really care about her and she believed she did not matter to him. If he cared, he wouldn’t do these things that inconvenienced and frustrated her. I was suspicious that this was a ‘filter’ problem. My hunch was she had come into the marriage already carrying the “I don’t matter” belief and was bending the data to fit her hypothesis. She was “making up a story” and not a good one.
While being sympathetic with how awful it must feel to believe she was not cared for, I went looking for patterns. (I also educated her about how differently he was wired from her. It is so easy to assume what is easy for us is easy for others.) Where else in her life did she feel she didn’t matter? Who did care for her? Who didn’t? How did she know when she was cherished? When was the earliest time she remembers feeling that she did not matter?
That was where we hit the therapeutic jackpot. She remembered an incident as a young child where her dad had promised to make cookies with her on a Saturday. She was excited and eager for this special time with him and had visions of cookie cutters in many shapes, pink icing and multi-coloured sprinkles. Much to her disappointment he was busy all morning and she had to remind him at lunch of his promise. He kept his promise by buying a roll of refrigerator cookie dough, which they sliced and baked before he rushed off to his next task.
She teared up as she told the story twenty-some years later, reliving the let down and hurt of that day. That was the day she
had the thought, for the first time, that she didn’t matter. Other examples followed but we had found the core of the belief that shackled her. But how could she change it and release herself from her hurt? Using some of the techniques of a modern
therapist, we dissipated the emotional intensity of her early hurts. Then we practiced making up good stories.
She learned to pay attention whenever she felt hurt or annoyed, and to then, very consciously, notice her automatic explanation for his latest sin. Often it was her old friend, “I don’t matter.” The exercise now was to make up a “good” story instead—a story in which his booboo was not about her. Often in circumstances where our hurt and anger flare, we do not have all the information and just jump to a habitual conclusion. I worked with her on holding off on that initial conclusion and playing with other possibilities—making up good stories. If he was late and had not called, well maybe his phone died, or he remembered they needed milk, or he ran into an old friend, or perhaps he stopped to buy her flowers. Or maybe it was
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Mavis Kerr is a retired Marriage and Family Therapist who was in private practice at Southern Ontario Counselling Centre — http://www.socounselling.com — in St. Agatha, Ontario. She has lived in the rural countryside just outside Wellesley (close enough to hear the church bells) for more than 29 years.
she learned to pay attentionwhenever she felt hurt…
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Wellesley Horticultural society recognizes
More Junior Gardeners For excellent results
The Wellesley Horticultur-al Society held a rare Sep-tember meeting to recog-
nize the gardening achievements of their Junior Gardeners, a program conceived and initiated by Anne Koch to increase the interest and skills of young people in gardening.
The Junior Gardeners’ ef-forts were judged in August. They were then encouraged to enter their best items into the Wellesley North Easthope Fall Fair.
They were presented with their cash prizes for their efforts and as well, received their prizes for their fair winnings. ❖
Photo Above: 2014 Wellesley Fair Ambassador, Ashley Jeffries, left, pre-sented Certificates of Excellence to seven Junior Gardeners for their dili-gence in preparing their gardens. From the left are: Molly Musselman, Isabella Snyder, Ashley MacGilli-vray, Katie Musselman, Owen Jantzi, Claire Koch and Heidi McDonald.
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Women of all ages!Discover the joy of
singing at theChord spinners’
open-rehearsal night!Harmony, Inc. is an international singing organization of women who are dedicated to the performance, promotion, and preservation of four-part a cappella harmony in the barbershop style. You are invited to come out and take part in the Chord Spinners’ rehearsal night.
Who: All women who enjoy singing & want to have more of it in their lives.
What: Come out and experience rehearsal night with the Chord Spinners. Refreshments will be served.
When: Monday, October 20, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: St. James Lutheran Church, 1407 King St. North, St. Jacobs (across from the Stone Crock Bakery). Enter the church through the side doors and take the stairs to the basement.Why: Research confirms the positive effects of choral singing: enhanced wellness, reduced depression, improved cognitive function, and overall increased feelings of well-being! Plus, it’s just plain fun!
ContaCt: For more information telephone: 519-664-2874 or e-mail: [email protected]
MPP Michael Harris
Citizen of the YearNominations PossibleUntil End of October
Wellesley & District Board of Trade will be accept-ing nominations for 2013
Citizen of the Year, until October 31. Submission boxes are available at the Post Office, Wellesley Service Centre, the CIBC and Gourmet Meat & Cheese, or may be emailed to: [email protected]. ❖
PREVIOUS CITIzENS OF THE YEARARE INELIGIBLE. LIST BELOW
2012 - Wendy Richardson2011 - Murray Schlueter2010 - Ron Futher2009 - Jean Horne2008 - Pat Bremner2007 - Hal Schneider2006 - Mary Lichty2005 - Marg Runstedler2004 - Steve Jantzi2003 - Terry Dennerley2002 - Wendy Sauder2001 - Ron Bisch2000 - Ross Kelterborn1999 - Elinor Cook1998 - Gary Leis1997 - Richard Vollmer1996 - Gerry Bowes1995 - Joe Nowak1994 - Robert Reid1993 - William Dietz
1992 - Richard Cook1991 - Eileen Stroh1990 - Norman Jaques1989 - Ruth Leis1988 - Verna Metcalfe1987 - Glen Roth1986 - Hilda Koch1985 - Harold Leis1984 - Emily Hafemann1983 - Lorne Hackbart1982 - Albert Erb1981 - Erwin Leis1980 - Larry Roth1979 - Wilbert Wagner1978 - Paul Weber1977 - Earl Coxon1976 - Adolph Hafemann1975 - Orval Janzen1974 - Jim Erb
Harris Queries Education Minister About School Board Charges for Remembrance Day Events
In a recent open letter to Minister of Education, Liz Sandals, Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris queried why the New Dundee Board of Trade is being
charged $134 by the Waterloo Region District School Board to hold a Remembrance Day gathering at the New Dundee Public School, Nov. 8.
Harris said that sacrifices by our veterans have provided the freedoms we enjoy today and that public schools should be open and available free for local recognition of our veterans.
He implored the minister to respond swiftly so that no veterans or organization celebrating them, have to pay. ❖
all of the above. Not likely, but the exercise of making up a good story until you get the facts can really work to de-escalate the white hot intensity of being sure you are wronged. Most people we describe as “defensive” are operating out of one of these negative beliefs about how the world sees them.
This phenomenon of jumping to conclusions because of your filter—your flawed belief system—occurs in the work place, in volunteer organizations, in church congregations, in friendships, even between countries in international conflicts. Next time you find yourself festering over some perceived slight or insult, try calling on your mature adult self and generating a “good” story…at least until you find out the whole story.
I like the quote from some unknown man who was feeling misunderstood by his wife. He said, “If I say something to you that can be taken two ways and one of them offends you…I meant the other one.” This is what I hope for the folks I may have unintentionally offended in some committee meeting or for a friend who misinterpreted my often impulsive humour. Let’s at least give each other the benefit of the doubt. ❖
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Crashes Make 10th Annual Soap Box ClassicAn Exciting Event for Some Spectators
Some years there is nary a single crash, but this year, there were nu-merous mishaps; all into the straw
barrier at the end of the racing strip. No one was injured, but one of the cars, possibly the snazziest car on the track, had its front spoiler broken off as it pen-etrated two layers of straw bales.
Youthful and somewhat foolish spectators started sitting inside the bales at the end of the track. While they obviously considered it a good location from which to watch the rac-es, it does impose some risk if a car is unable to stop in time, or if its brake should fail.
The usual braking mechanism is a rubber hockey puck attached to a long lever which the driver pulls on to stop the car. When the lever is pulled, the puck is forced down in contact with the road and slows the vehicle using drag as the main process.
On this race day, one of the cars came barrelling into the straw and sent spectators scrambling for safety. The four photos at the bottom show the event.
Keep in mind that these cars trav-el up to 41 kph and could seriously in-jure or kill an individual in the wrong scenario. ❖
dayne Gohl, 13, of Wellesley
carson lichty, 10, of Wellesley
Photos Below – cW from top left: Youthful spectators sit inside the bales to watch the races; The car on the right doesn’t stop and crashes into the straw bales, sending some spectators leaping for safety; The car be-gins to penetrate the second row of bales sending more spectators des-perately leaping away; The driver gets out of his car and is presented with his front spoiler which has broken off.
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At the top, Jonathon Sauder, left, hadthe tiniest lead over Barb Franzke…
…but by the end of the race, he had stretched his lead out to more than a car length.
Sean Bond, left, does the safety check on chris Eaton’s
racer. the car was built by chris’s grandfather, doug, of innerkip.
(l-r) Josh Weinstein, Shawn Macintyre, John Skanes and Paul Weinstein enjoyed the derby from Paul’s front porch.
Bill ross of Wellesley Gourmet Meats and cheesehas a good laugh before his race starts.
Garrett Flynn thought jelly beans would make the races better.
Officer Rabidoux clocked car speeds.
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2014 soap Box ClassicWinners
AGES 8 to 10
1. Kyle Grasby – The Eagles:24.16 seconds for two heats
2. Natasha Sider – Poole Car:24.63 seconds for two heats
3. charlie Birrell-VanDerlaan Car:24.72 seconds for two heats
AGES 11 to 13
1. Megan Jantzi – Weitzel Pump & Water Treatment car: 24.50 seconds for 2 heats
2. cole Gingerich – Leis Feed & Supply Ltd. car: 24.60 seconds for 2 heats
3. carson lichty – H2Ontario car:24.63 seconds for 2 heats
AGES 14-17
1. trevor Grasby – The Eagles 23.69 for 2 heats
2. tyris Patrick – Milverton Wellesley Veterinary Clinic car: 25.0 seconds for 2 heats
only 2 drivers
AGES 18 ANd oVEr
1. Bill ross – Wellesley Gourmet Meats & Cheese car: 24.80 seconds for 2 heats
2. Jonathan Sauder – Leis Pet Distributing car: 25.25 seconds for 2 heats
3. Pete Weber – Wellesley Home Centre car: 25.57 seconds for 2 heats
rAcE StAtiSticS
25 Cars
44 Drivers
Oldest Driver 47
Fastest Time 41 Kph – Eagles Car
Terry Dennerly, left, the man behind the Wellesley Soap Box Classic, retired from calling the races this year. His wife Pat, centre, was still doing the statistics. New-comer, Kerri Johnson, did an enthusiastically fine job in Terry’s stead.
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by Lori LaRonde
If you’ve heard the saying ‘be careful what you wish for’, you might relate to those who similarly espouse: ‘be careful what you pray for’. And the folks who attend AppleTree Community
Church in Wellesley, will attest to the belief in the latter.While some would call it good luck, karma, or serendipity, the folks at AppleTree call it ‘prayer answered’ as their prayer for their own building was recently granted in a most dramatic fashion: They were offered a beautiful church for the princely sum of ten dollars.
“Only God could orchestrate such an amazing turn of events,” said Pastor Mark LaRonde who recently completed negotiations for AppleTree to be the benefactors of the historic Lisbon church, built in 1895, that has housed the Westhills Mennonite congregation since 2002, the same year they received the same gifting from the United Church of Canada.
Pastor Sean East, of the Westhills Church, was instrumental in brokering the recently-inked deal that was reached between West-hills and AppleTree that will see the folks of AppleTree take posses-sion of the building under a rental situation. As soon as the West-hills group moves into their new location in Baden —in the Baden Emporium building—the AppleTree group will become tenants un-til such time that the building ownership can be transferred.
It’s win-win for both groups as the Westhills group was going to close the Lisbon building after vacating it, yet still having to pay the bills to maintain it. In this way, the bills will be paid by Apple-Tree, once they take possession.
AppleTree benefits from having a place to call home and not have to set up and tear down every Sunday for their worship service.
This will also allow AppleTree to hold numerous events such as youth nights, family nights, Bible study, Vacation Bible Camp and other activities that churches offer when they have their own building.
“The Community Centre has been a terrific place for us in our first 18 months but it’s exciting for us to be able to offer so much more. As a contemporary non-denominational church, we offer so much to the families of Wellesley, New Hamburg and surround-ing areas. Because many families drive into Kitchener to our type of service, we are now able to offer the community, not just an alterna-tive to the Sunday morning drive, but all the trimmings that go with having our own building. They weren’t previously possible at the Community Centre, which has served us so well,” said the Pastor.
The AppleTree group now waits patiently for the Westhills group to move to their new home, once their renovations are com-plete. Currently, they are waiting for permits to transform the build-ing into a new worship centre to serve the Baden area. They hope to make their move sometime in the new year.
In the meantime, AppleTree Church is hosting a free communi-ty concert to mark the gifting of the Lisbon church. Contemporary Christian recording artist, Kevin Pauls, along with special guests, rocking Christian youth band, WordsUnspok’n, will take the stage at the Wellesley Community Centre, Saturday, October 25th and the entire community and beyond is invited. Doors open at 6 pm, Concert at 7 pm. Tickets are free but seating is limited and it is best to acquire in advance and not wait to see if there are tickets at the door. Tickets may be picked up at Pym’s in Wellesley or ordered on-line at Eventbrite. See the church website at www.appletreechurch.ca or contact [email protected] or call 226-989-6623. There will
be a freewill donation opportunity with proceeds in thanks to the Westhills Church.
AppleTree is also hosting 2 Saturday evening services with kids program at the Lisbon Church on October 19 and Nov 1st. Everyone is invited to these inclusive Saturday evening worship events.
No matter how you explain what appears to be a great gift for both groups, they know they are blessed and thank God for provid-ing for them. ❖
AppleTree Recipient of ‘New’ Church
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the ‘New’ church is at road 104and North Easthope line 45.
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Kerri’s Korner
Kerri Johnson was calling the races at the Wellesley Soap Box Classic, replacing Terry Dennerly. She was hold-ing her daughter Isla, who reached out, took the micro-phone and started making oohey-gooey sounds into it.
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Concrete Pour Brings Wellesley Skate Pad Near Ready After Eight Years
The long wait is nearly over for Wellesley’s youth as the con-crete was finally poured Thursday, October 8. Their quest for a skate board park began eight years ago with the lo-cal Youth Advisory Council making requests, including as a delegation to the township council. The concrete will take about 30 days to cure properly, so Brad Voisin, Director of Facilities for the township is hoping that skaters and bikers will be able to refrain from using the surface until the end of the first week of November. Photos (l-r) : (Top)–Sub-surface prep; gravel added; (Bottom)–rebar was added; then concrete.
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Celebrate our local foodat the Wellesley Apple Butter Cheese Festival
Join me for the annual pancake breakfast
39th ABC Festival Unbeatable with Perfect Weather & large Crowds
tea for two: danica Guenette, left, & Jack Pender entertain on stage.
it was a great day to ride in this 1931 Ford Model A’s ‘rumble’ seat.
Eight new booths were in operation. Here’s the Board of trades’ pancake booth.
line dancers keep the beat.
children had fun on many different activities.
Schnitzel and wieners are cooking on the grill.
Farm-style transport was available.
Visitors have fun taking photos at the apple fritter booth.
Fresh oil is added for the apple fritters deep fry.
old time sawmill slices up logs be-side the Wellesley Home Hardware.
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A sign commemerates Ed Erb, who owned the left and right tractors. the centre trac-tor was part of Vernon Erb’s collection. Pos-ing in the photo is Ed’s wife Marj and broth-er, Vernon.
Wellesley apple cider, grape juice and apple butter were for sale.
the antique tractor show was in the Home Hardware parking lot.
this beautiful quilt raised $1000 at the auction. it was purchased by Erik Kuttis (top) of New Hamburg.
leah Bremner volunteered with the quilt auction. lorne Hackbart cole Foster Erik Kuttis irvin Jantzi
charlie Kelliher from Stratford gets to
hold a cockatoo.
Martin’s Family Fruit Farm offered many varieties of apples for sale.
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Wellesley ABC Festival AGM 2
Waterloo North Hydro 4
Wellesley Apple Jacks 5
Wellesley Home Centre 8
Chord Spinners Open Call 9
David Paisley—Election Ad 11
All Protect Systems 12
Josslin Insurance 13
Theatre Wellesley—Chateau… 14
Lantz Lawn & Garden Ltd. 15
Michael Harris, MPP 16
Harald Schneider Law 18
Jon Lambert, RE/MAX 18
Pym’s village Market 20
CCC Community Lunches 21
Let’s Celebrate Christmas 27
AppleTree Church Concert 28
Free Financial Workshop 29
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Milt Erb keeps on carving though he is approaching 90. He stands beside a 3-D piece that sports multiple fish, a turtle and an eagle on top.
Calvin Schmidt gives scale to the totem pole he is standing beside. The totem was carved by Milt Erb a few years ago. Note the eagle landing on the realistic nest on top.
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Cottrill Wins 2014 Wellesley idol
Photo left (l-r): Idol contestants Scott Carere, Ella Nafziger and Ben Cottrill as they emerged from the Fall Fair competition. Photo Above (l-r): This year’s judges were Kalina Siefried, Saibal Chakraburtty and Sara Martin. They offered second prizes to Scott and Ella, putting up the money for the prize difference themselves.
2013 idol, Amy rola sang four pieces.
lindsay Slessor, 10, of Peters-burg was the Fan Favourite.Susan cook-Scheerer was Mc.
Fair AmbassadorAshley Jeffries chats
with Wendy richardson,who helps organize both
the Ambassador and Wellesley idol programs.
Ashley gave out the awards.
Friends cluster around Ella:(l-r)Julia Needham, Alison dale,
Sami Gibbons & Faith dube.once Ella started started singing, out came the
smart phones, recording her performance.
What’s a Fan Favouritewithout fans? Well here they are!
Ben Cottrill charmed the hearts of the judges and everyone else at the Wellesley Idol finals at the ABC
Festival. The 16-year-old singer from Elmira was named 2014 Wellesley Idol (See back cover).
The judges suffered a breakdown when it came to choosing second and third plac-es. They couldn’t make the split and award-
ed two seconds to Scott Carere, 17 of St. Clements and Ella Nafziger, 13 of New Hamburg.
The Idol receives $500, second place re-ceives $300. The fan favourite receives $125.
As Idol, Ben will perform at the Christmas Tyme in Wellesley ceremonies and this November for Theatre Wellesley. ❖
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ExtEndEd StorE HourS
Monday–Saturday 8 am – 9 pmSunday 11 am – 6 pm
Red Shed Event Raises $5250 for Canadian Food Grains BankAnd Celebrates Schlueter’s 50th Anniversary Too!
Murray and Beth, taken 50 years ago.
It was a great evening for Murray and Beth Schlueter to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with their family: (l-r) Daughter Karen Pilecki, daughter Krista Doupé, Beth, Murray, Paul Doupé and grand daughter, Julia Pilecki.
(l-r) Jim Bender, Dwight Steinman, Dave Neufeld and Fred Martin of ‘No Dis-cernible Key’ entertained during an evening that raised $5250 ($4750 plus a $500 grant from Faithlife Financial). CIDA will match the fund raising 4:1.
Good friends, Adolph and Emily Hafemann, were there to share the celebration as well. Emily read a trib-ute to Murray and Beth.
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Ed Runstedler poses beside his popular fruit stand at the corner of Queen’s Bush Road and Molesworth Street. While most fruits are no longer in season, apples are still at their peak flavour and freshness.
Ed’s basket-quantity prices seem like an excellent deal when compared to the $15 per basket at the ABC Festival.
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161st WNEH Fall Fair a Busy Event
2014 Fair Ambassador Ashley Jeffries
Kitchener-Conestoa MPP Michael Har-ris presented medals to the 2014 Ju-nior Fair Ambassadors, Mary-Ellen and Marshal McCormick. Each had sub-mitted 27 items to the fair.
Kitchener-Conestoa reps, MPP Mi-chael Harris, left, and MP Harold Albrecht got two chocolate cakes at auction and are about to share them with the public. Fair volunteer, Karen Pilecki delivered the cakes to them.
Scarecrows played a big part of the pre-fair publicity. Prizes were offered to the top six winners, four of whom were at the fair to receive them: (l-r) Jacob Rich-ardson Cruz; Molly Musselman; Wendy Sauder; and Valery Freund (1st place). Winners not in attendance were: Margit Fritsch ad Lois Horst.
Fair Ambassadors and contestants wanted to emphasize the fair by holding the fair logos as they posed for a group shot: (l-r) 2014 Fair Ambassador, Ashley Jeffries; Sally Draper; Lia Humphrey; Fayrosa Mya; Taylor Gerber; Rebecca Mula and 2013 Fair Ambassador, Kelsey Bisch.
The 2014 Wellesley North Easthope Fall Fair met most visitors’ expec-tations with the possible excep-
tion of those wanting to see the dog agil-ity demonstration, the tug of war and the fireworks, all of which were cancelled by heavy rain.
This was the first time that a part of the program was cancelled using today’s modern technology.
As sprinkles approached, cell phones were used to assess the weather that was bearing down on Wellesley. Using the Exeter-based radar site of Environment
Canada, organizers were able to see that at least 4-6 hours of heavy rain was moving in from the west. So all activities scheduled for after 5:00 p.m. were cancelled.
Many wondered if the fair sets a rain date for its fireworks, but that has not been the practice.
One of the morning activities that the fair has been promoting involves elemen-tary-level regional schools. They have been bringing in students from as far away as Cambridge, to learn about the dairy indus-try. They use live cows, exhibits and they rotate between five different stations. ❖
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And the Parade Begins…
Wellesley Students
linwood Students
St. clements Students
Parade Marshall, John Drummond, in red, was named 4-H Canada’s Na-tional Volunteer Leader of the Year. John is a remarkable individual and has been with the Ontario 4-H for 29 years. He has volunteered in 124 proj-ects while also assisting at various 4-H camps, conferences and events.
Wellesley & districtcooperative Preschool Students
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rick Grebinski pos-es with his 11 1/2 month old grand-daughter, Emma, at the Fair’s baby con-test. Emma won in the ‘Best Personality’ category.
4-H members entered about a dozen scare-
crows, with themes.
olivia roth of Kenton roth Farms gave a milking demo as part of the fair’s dairy Ed program offered to school students. these are Grade 3 students from Blessed Mother teresa School in cambridge. Fifty-eight students attended five different demonstrations.
Jonno Johnson gets big smiles from daughter isla as she plays in the corn box (like a sand box).
Fran dunn wins ‘Best Quilt in Show’ again. this is her fourth time.
cameron Kraeuter brought his four foot albino corn
snake “demon” to share at the exotic pet exhibit.
Produce entries were also on display in the arena.
the flower contest has more room to spread out in the arena.—Anne Koch Photo
Visitors are always fascinated with Glen Sippel’s minitures.
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cecil Wells of Paris continues his winning ways.
Shannon Metzger (14), rose lynn Metzger (13) and Heidi Metzger (17 mo.) receive 1st
for ‘threesome in a wagon with pony’.
Heavy horses continue their return to the WNEH Fall Fair.
ingrid Hafemann, left, and Susan duke gave logistics support.
Jack Bannerman of Monkton was judging.
Heidi Mcdonald entered a bird feeder.
laine young (4) entered a big green litterbug.
Heidi Mcdonald’s diorama came 1st.
darryl Ehnes exhibits an antique camera.
it’s larry the lemur.
Aren’t Burmese pythons fun? …At least when they are well fed.
del Niedzialek of Hands on Exotics holds a large Great Grey owl.
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Adventure Canada Calls it:Cruising Newfoundland and Wild Labrador
Part 2St. John’s
Photos: ccW from top: A view of Signal Hill National Park from the community of Black Head, about mid-way to Cape Spear from St. John’s. The tiny bump on top, is Cabot Tower. Directly below Cabot Tower is the entrance to St. John’s harbour; Canadian Coast Guard Ship Cyg-nus passes an iceberg on its way into St. John’s harbour. The berg is about 490’ from end to end; Memorial Univer-sity of Newfoundland, in St. John’s, operates a 50-acre botanical garden. Two flowers growing in the botanical garden–left, the rare Himalayan blue poppy (St. John’s is almost too warm for it to grow there), right–unknown; View of St. John’s city and harbour as one drives down from Signal Hill; Cabot Tower, where Guglielmo Marconi’s first transatlantic wireless signal was received in 1901.
by Larry Kryski
Although our cruise officially began from the is-land of St. Pierre, France, St. John’s was the easi-est location to start from. Adventure Canada
had organized a charter flight to the French island for those that opted to do that. Mavis and I chose to fly to St. John’s a week early, spend a few days visiting family and then take the ferry from the community of Fortune, NL across the 12 miles that separates the two islands. My brother-in-law, Greg Bennett was kind enough to drive us the 366 km to Fortune.
St. John’s is sometimes billed as the oldest English-settled city in North America and has almost 200,000 residents (metro area). It is a rich cultural centre and has had many historical firsts because of it geographical po-sition. It is a great location from which to explore if you enjoy camping, hunting, fishing or hiking. ❖
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The Service Clubs of Wellesley invite you to celebrate Christmas together with us.
Dinner & Dance $35.00
Saturday, November 29, 2014Wellesley Community Centre
Doors Open: 6:15 p.m. Dinner: 7:00 p.m.
Turkey DinnerCatered by Kennedys
DanCe To Dianne & the Cavaliers
introduction of Citizen of the yearCash Bar
Door Prizes
Let’s Celebrate Christmas Together!
tickets available from service club members
What better way to get in the spirit of Christmas and celebrate our wonderful community!
Newfoundland Photos: CCW from top right: New-style row housing in St. John’s; Old-style row housing; East Coast Trail sign. The hiking trail has 265 km. devel-oped and 275 km. under development; Historic light house at Cape Spear, the most easternly location in North America; A military tatoo practises for its sum-mer demonstrations at Signal Hill National Park within St. John’s.
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by Rhonda Caldwell
Things are buzzing and beginning to take shape on Theatre Wellesley’s set for its
upcoming show “Chateau La Roach” by Lauren Wilson. The day begins as any other at the lovely Chateau La Roche. The staff are squabbling, the maid is eating the mints, the waitress
is late for her shift, the Italian chef is complaining about the help and then disaster begins to unfold. Cockroaches are coming out of woodwork, the Health Department is coming for a surprise inspection and the latest guests are about to arrive. These are no ordinary guests; they are none other than Ronnie Zircon, the famous child star actor and his Manager Lola St
Britannia; Hanula Bing of Bing Travel Books; the wealthy widow Enira de Can and her spiritual advisor Madame Zillinda; the renowned British cyclist Nigel Havoc; and the newlyweds Jip and Josie Nackerly. When the exterminator Roskel T. Goomey arrives things go from bad to worse.
Theatre Wellesley has been providing laughter to the Wellesley Community since 1997. This year six new actors join the stage. With 17
cast members, there is never a dull moment. On stage, you will recognize many of the actors who are from Wellesley and Wilmot Townships. The show will be performed November 20-22 at the Wellesley Community Centre. The Saturday evening show will include appetizers and dessert by Bellzy’s Catering and entertainment with Ben Cottrill the 2014 Wellesley Idol winner. For tickets or more information, go to Pym’s Village Market, [email protected], www.theatrewellesley.ca. or call 519-897-1737.
theatre Wellesley invites you to “Chateau la roach”
Lori Hoelscher, Megan Crumb and Karen Reger are in Theatre Wellesley’s Chateau La Roach.
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Free FinAnCiAl WorksHoP
For those interestedIn learning more
About Retirement Saving
Whether your retirement is near or here or a distant fear, you are welcome to attend a free financial workshop led by Mennonite Savings & Credit Union.
Where: Wellesley Mennonite Church, 157 David St.date: Tues Oct 28th
time: 7:00 p.m. RSVP appreciated but not necessary.
For more info or to RSVP, please contact: Pastor Joshua Ph: 519-656-2700 or [email protected]
DOORS OPEN: St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
This historical beauty in Linwood was built in 1904 and was one of four properties in Wellesley Township available to the public during Doors
Open Waterloo Region.Although the parish dates from 1873, the cornerstone
for the current structure was laid in 1904 and the church consecrated Oct. 08, 1905. 90,000 bricks had been hauled by wagon from Conestoga for construction. The congrega-tion had 150 members at that time.
In 1942, an electric organ replaced their reed organ which itself was replaced by a Wurlitzer organ in 1973. An oil furnace was installed in 1955 and washrooms added in 1958. The original steeple and bell tower are still there.
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church is affiliated with St. John Evangelical Church at 4260 Hessen Strasse, also in Wellesley Township. ❖
the church is located at 1046 Gordon Hain St. linwood.
this image shows the chancel, sanctuary and altar.
At the rear of the church is a glassed-in balcony.
this is the original baptismal font, with an inscription written in German.
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DOORS OPEN: Schnurr’s Hall
ccW from top right: Schnurr store and hall today; Don and Julie Schnurr–Don is the current owner of the store and hall; The hall is on the second floor. This view is of the back of the hall; The store, on the ground level, sports a decorative tin ceiling; Cigarette ad appealing to the mili-tary; Roup (common cold in poultry) tablets; Two calen-ders from the First World War, 1917 and 1918, that promote chewing tobacco. One appeals to the common soldier, while the other appears aimed at officers.
Schnurr’s Store and Hall in Linwood was a part of Waterloo Region Doors Open offering. The building was purchased by Aaron & Albert Schurr in 1910. The upper floor functioned
as the town hall for nearly 50 years. It also had a 19’ x 8’ raised stage offered many entertainers, lecturers, preachers and actors to the public (see the playbills on the next page). Movies were popular fare at one time—13 were shown during the winter of 1952—fea-turing popular figures such as Abbott and Costello, Bing Crosby and others. Many spiritual, educational and civic events were of-fered the community as well. The Linwood Women’s Institute and the Methodist Ladies Aid used the hall frequently, as did the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Agriculture and the court cir-cuit added more uses. The Schnurrs have published a number of books on the history of the building. ❖
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Above: A rustic stage with fragile original curtain (right side) and a hand-painted back drop from an event long ago. left: A bot-tle of Cherokee Paingone Indian Liniment (made from seven MAGNETIC oils!). right Side: Three of many playbills of events staged in the hall. Note the prices: Adults 25¢, Children 10¢ or 15¢. Below left: Shoemaker equipment–John Schnurr, first gener-ation owner was a shoemaker. His son Aaron continued making shoes, but expanded into groceries and dry goods. Aaron and brother Albert bought the existing store and town hall in 1910. Be-low centre: Grant Schnurr, third generation owner used this bicy-cle to deliver small grocery orders. He travelled to and from the store daily from the 1940s until 1993. Bottom left: The store today uses much original shelving and carries a sense of the earlier era. Bottom centre: A photo of the store taken in the 1940s.
Ben Cottrill, with his Clark Kent good looks, is the 2014 Wellesley Idol. He has super vocals, a cool, easy style on the key-board and a stage presence that makes for a winning combination. Ben exuded confidence and charm throughout his performance. He will perform for Theatre Wellesley in November.
Wellesley Idol 2014
