Seven-year-old puts party on ice
January 30, 2009 By: Joni Miltenburg
Tanner Mann is serving up a different sort of hockey banquet for his birthday party next Saturday.
Mann, who just turned seven on Jan. 23, is asking his classmates to donate food for the food bank instead of gifts for his birthday party.
Tanner, an avid hockey player, was torn between going to a Kitchener Rangers game and renting the ice at the Albert McCormick arena in Waterloo. He finally decided he’d rather celebrate with his friends and classmates at Conestogo Public School, where he gave invitations to two classes and their siblings and his principal, Mr. Martin.
Seven-year-old Tanner Mann has invited two classes from Conestogo Public School to his birthday party. At the suggestion of his mom, Monica, he’s asking for food for the food bank instead of presents.
“I gave it to pretty much the whole school but a few,” Tanner said. “We’re going to be skating, and then we’re going to do the donation.”
“The kids never get to go on the ice with their sticks just to play,” said Tanner’s mom, Monica. “It’s either during hockey or no sticks.”
They wouldn’t normally have such a big party, but it didn’t make sense to rent the ice for a handful of people.
Monica said the idea to ask for food was partly his and partly hers …Read more
Musicians making a scene
January 30, 2009 By: Marc Miquel Helsen
It’s been a long time coming, but it looks as though Elmira might finally get some night life.
Looking to provide Elmira’s budding musicians with a regular venue to showcase their talents, and residents a fun night out, a local band is teaming up with the Central Tavern downtown to offer up music nights every two weeks.
Christina Robinson of Soul2Soul hopes the open band night at Elmira’s Central Tavern becomes a regular outlet for local musicians.
“What we want to do is kind of start a musical community in Elmira,” said Soul2Soul’s bassist Christina Robinson.
“Elmira’s just full of talent,” she said.
Having celebrated her birthday at the Tavern with her bandmates at an open jam night Jan. 10, Robinson was pleasantly surprised by the number of musicians who showed up.
Overwhelmed by that positive response, Robinson and her band – a three-piece ensemble playing covers such as …Read more
Township seeking proposals for new fitness centre
January 30, 2009 By: Steve Kannon
When the Woolwich Memorial Centre opens later this year, the township will be on familiar ground with the bulk of the offerings, including arenas and pools, but is entering unchartered territory with the planned fitness centre …Read more
Regional tourism plan stays within limits
January 30, 2009 By: Steve Kannon
On a day that plays out like an advertisement for immediately booking a trip to the sunny south, Susan Cudahy is charged up about tourism opportunities in Waterloo Region. Of course, that may have something to do with just having spent some time in Mexico, which can tend to make one a little more sanguine about yet another …Read more
Preschool turns recycling effort into cash
January 30, 2009 By: Marc Miquel Helsen
Have an old cell phone you’d like to get rid of? How about that old printer cartridge? Wellesley and District Cooperative Preschool (WDCP) will gladly take it off your hands as it looks to help tackle the growing problem of electronic waste and earn some cash all at the same time …Read more
Local officials warm to budget
January 30, 2009 By: Marc Miquel Helsen
Happy to hear about the infrastructure funding in this week’s budget, local officials say, however, the devil is in the details.
The $12 billion announced in the budget could prove helpful as municipalities cope with aging roads, bridges and water pipes, but the timing and implementation of the funding program will really tell just how useful it will be as an economic stimulus measure …Read more
Kings drop squeaker to Guelph Dominators
January 30, 2009 By: Marc Miquel Helsen
It was an exciting game that kept the home fans enthralled from the moment the first puck was dropped until the third-period buzzer sounded, ending a game that, for its full 60 minutes, could have gone either way. Unfortunately for the home side, the Guelph Dominators took the edge Jan. 25, defeating the Elmira Sugar Kings 6-5 in a real nail-biter.
Coming off a 7-5 loss to third-place Listowel (25-11-8) on Jan. 23, the Kings were eager to win one in their own barn.
In a tight battle, the winning goal wasn’t scored until the 19-minute mark of the third frame.
Elmira netminder Jake Williams redirects the puck with his blocker in Junior B action at the Elmira Arena Jan. 25. He faced 39 shots in a nail-biter ultimately won 6-5 by the Guelph Dominators.
“We showed a lot of positives in the first couple periods. I thought we really tested their “D,” and our power play was working, our penalty kill was effective; and in the third period I just thought we got away from that, got away from what our strengths were and what led to success and that’s what cost us,” said coach Geoff Haddaway after the game.
Elmira’s Jarred Parent, who didn’t stop hustling all night, opened the scoring for the home side, combining with Nic MacEachern and Paul Thompson at 7:54.
“I thought we worked really hard, we just couldn’t hold them off in the third period but we had a few lapses. I still think we worked hard,” said Parent.
A short while later …Read more
Green headed for blind curling championships
January 30, 2009 By: Joni Miltenburg
“Nice shot, Don!” Len Cooper needled his curling opponent at the Granite Club on a recent morning. “Took out [your] two rocks and left us three.”
Studying the rocks after the first end, Ralph Fritz shook his head. “We got wiped by the blind guys,” he grinned ruefully.
Cooper and his curling teammates, Norm Green and Jim Stephens, are all visually impaired. The men are three-quarters of the team heading to the blind curling championships in Ottawa Feb. 1-6. The fourth – and youngest – member of the team, Carrie Speers, was at work Wednesday morning.
Norm Green uses a special stabilizer to keep him balanced as he releases a rock at the Granite Club in Waterloo. The St. Clements resident is skipping Team Ontario 1 in the Blind and Visually Impaired Championship Bonspiel in Ottawa Feb. 1-6.
Green, a resident of St. Clements, will be skipping the team in its second bid for a national title. Last year they lost in the semi-final round, after defeating the eventual winners, Team British Columbia, in round-robin play.
The championship draws teams from across the country; Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick are the only provinces not taking part, and Ontario has two teams in competition.
Green and his crew curl against …Read more
Back-to-back wins for Kings in midweek road trip
January 30, 2009 By: Joni Miltenburg
After a pair of losses last weekend, the Elmira Sugar Kings turned things around midweek, defeating Welland 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday and dumping Kitchener 7-4 the following night …Read more
Girls With Glasses … and something to say
January 30, 2009 By: Steve Kannon
Their eyewear isn’t the only thing in common: all three members of Girls With Glasses are songwriters with something to say. Their performance at the Registry Theatre tonight (Saturday) will be steeped in the folk tradition.
Which works out well, it being the third in a series of concerts dubbed Folk Night at the Registry.
Girls With Glasses, Karyn Ellis, Evalyn Parry and Eve Goldberg, perform tonight at the Registry Theatre, the latest presentation of the Folk Night at the Registry series
A one-off show involving Ontario singer-songwriters Karyn Ellis, Eve Goldberg and Evalyn Parry back in 2004 went so well, the three now tour annually. The stop in Kitchener should provide plenty of entertainment, and even more food for thought, suggested Jack Cole of The Old Chestnuts Song Circle, the man behind the series.
In Girls With Glasses, those in the intimate confines of the theatre will find tunes that are “by turns …Read more
