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Former Woolwich mayor showed up in court Wednesday after twice failing to appear WHITNEY NEILSON IT TURNS OUT THIRD time’s a charm for former Woolwich mayor Todd Cowan. Cowan appeared in a Kitchener courtroom Wednesday morning to answer to his previous two failure to appear charges and to confirm his trial date of Nov. 23-26. He’s accused of double billing expenses of more than $2,700 between the Region of Waterloo and Woolwich Township when he served as mayor and the Woolwich representative on regional council. He paid back the full amount, calling it a mix-up due to poor bookkeeping. After an investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police, he was subsequently charged with fraud and breach of trust. Twice this year an arrest warrant was issued for Cowan after he failed to appear in court, having not replied to numerous messages left by his lawyer Thomas Brock. He then turned himself in shortly thereafter on both occasions. He was required to pay a $1,000 bail the first time with the promise to return to his next court date on Oct. 27, which he did not despite 49 phone calls and letters from COWAN | 21
Ryley Cribbin misses the shot in a 5-4 loss to the Brampton Bombers on Nov. 1 at the WMC. The Elmira Sugar Kings have now lost nine games in a row, and subsequently fired head coach Jeff Flanagan just hours before Sunday’s game. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] “We scored five on Saturday you should win games,” said Following loss in Brampton, team makes night and four [on Sunday]. You general manager Jeff Snyder. should win a lot of games when In Brampton, it took nearly coaching change prior to Sunday’s game, you score four or five goals and the full first period before but drop another match back on home ice we didn’t win either of them. So anyone got on the scoreboard. we feel our issue is more with Brampton’s Ramon Lopez on Sunday. Elmira’s executives defending and getting our goals earned the goal on a power play, WHITNEY NEILSON also made the decision to let against down,” Snyder said. assisted by Mitch Shennette and A HOME-AND-HOME SERIES head coach Jeff Flanagan go on Eager to pull ahead, the Kings Yianni Liarakos. VERSUS the Brampton Bombers Sunday prior to the game, maknotched two goals in less than The Kings took the lead in ended with two more losses for ing assistant coach Ty Canal the four minutes of play in the third the second frame as Jeff Jordan the Elmira Sugar Kings, bringnew head coach. to take a 4-2 lead. Jordan and (Ethan Skinner) and David Elfing them to a nine-game losing “We’re giving up a lot of shots, Zac Coulter scored, with assists ord (Ryan Walsh) tallied a goal streak this weekend. a lot of scoring chances. We need apiece. coming from Harlen VanWynBoth games were tight, with to be better defensively and we sberghe, Jake Moggy, Skinner, Bomber Brad Bollert tied Brampton winning 6-5 on home need to get better goaltending. and Mackenzie MacSorley. things up in the last 10 seconds. ice on Friday, and then 5-4 at We scored five goals. We always He was helped by Joseph Spina KINGS | 11 the Woolwich Memorial Centre feel if you can score five goals and Liarakos.