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Exclusive tastes mean opportunities for Elmira craftsmen.........................»11 THE OBSERVER | Saturday, February 14, 2009
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2009
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Elmira biogas plant has neighbours concerned Project at north end of town would turn organic wastes into electricity and steam heat photo | joni miltenburg
STEVE KANNON
tHiNGS GEt HAirY Woolwich novice ll#2 players suddenly sprouted beards before their hockey practice Wednesday afternoon. the hockeyville committee is encouraging people to “beard up” as Woolwich vies for the top prize. Front row: bruce martin, isiah Katsube, Sam Sabean, Kieffer beard, matthew macDonald, nathan maier, travis Weber and blake roemer. Second row: Kayden Zacharczuk, austin Cousineau, Devin Williams, bryce Sellars, Sullivan Keen, luke haugerud and hunter Schmitt. Coaching staff: rob Cousineau, Chad nicholls, Kevin Schmitt and mark Sellers.
Woolwich ready for its close-up Selection to Hockeyville’s top five means it’s time to show area’s spirit JONI MILTENBURG With a place secured among Hockeyville’s top five finalists, Woolwich is going all out to show its hockey spirit to the rest of the country this weekend. Woolwich beat out Lincoln, Ont. by a margin of less than 4,000 votes, 260,669 to 256,746. The race in Ontario was tighter than the Western and Atlantic regions; Terrace, B.C. beat out La Broquerie, Manitoba by 44,000 votes and Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, beat out Stanley, New Brunswick by 85,000 votes. Hockeyville organizer Graham
Snyder said the committee is working on strategies for the next round of voting, but the immediate concern is putting on a good show for the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast. “This is our one and only chance to showcase our community to the viewers across the country and we want to make a good impression,” Snyder said. The committee is encouraging people to “beard up” for the remaining weeks of the competition, with fake hair if necessary for the follicularly-challenged. “That’s a playoff tradition and we’re playing for the cup,” Snyder said. “If we can’t grow them, we
get some enhancements of some kind.” CBC cameras arrived Thursday evening, preparing for tonight’s (Saturday) Hockey Night in Canada broadcast. Cassie CampbellPascal, former captain of the Canadian women’s team, and former NHL player Steve Thomas are on hand taking part in a range of events. Mike Dodson, producer of Kraft Hockeyville, said he enjoys the chance to get outside the six NHL cities. Hockeyville brings home the importance of the game to people in communities of all sizes, Dodson said. See HOCKEYVILLE page »07
The project may be environmentally friendly, but the environment will be anything but friendly when neighbours of a proposed biogas energy plant get their say at a public meeting Feb. 24 in Elmira. Some residents surrounding the site in the north end of town are concerned about the potential for odours and noise coming from the plant, which will convert organic waste such as manure into biogas, subsequently producing electricity and steam heat. The plan by Woolwich Bio-En Inc. would see a $12-million facility built at 40 Martin’s Lane, located on industrial land behind the Elmira Pet Food plant. The cogeneration unit would produce 2.8 megawatts of renewable electricity – enough See BIOGAS page »02
Air QUALitY iSSUES ed Speers, who suffers from emphysema, is worried about the potential impacts of a proposed biogas facility.
Look for the new 2009 Township Waste Collection Calendar � � �
Information on new services to start March 2009 for all of Woolwich Township. New format – a calendar! To be delivered to your home in February.
www.region.waterloo.on.ca/waste • 519-883-5100