A Year In Review
JANUARY
»Milo Shantz succumbs to cancer
The man whose name is synonymous with St. Jacobs passed away Jan. 6 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Milo Shantz was 76. Beginning with the opening of the Stone Crock Restaurant in 1975, he eventually transformed the village into an international tourist destination. In 1981, he launched Mercedes Corp, which focused on property development and promoting tourism. Along with brother Ross Shantz, he amassed extensive holdings in the village, including the St. Jacobs and Waterloo Farmers’ Markets, the Ontario Livestock Exchange and the St. Jacobs Outlet Mall. Read more
Babies of the Year 2009
The Observer is pleased to present the 2009 Babies of the Year. Congratulations on the newest addition to your family! Read more
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Christmas Concert Photo Gallery
St. Boniface Catholic School students Maria Kanellis, Mitchell Hartman, Grace Baillargeon and Jenny Schaefer take to the stage during the school’s annual Christmas pageant Dec. 17 in Maryhill. See below for more pictures of school performances.
Breslau PS
Conestogo PS
Floradale PS
Foundation Christian School
John Mahood
Linwood PS
Riverside
St. Boniface
St. Clements
St. John’s Kilmarnock
Twin City Harmonizers to kick off Christmas
The Twin City Harmonizers will be holding their annual Christmas concert at Calvary United church Dec. 5.
Formed in 1946, the Harmonizers are a 60-man chorus who sing a capella in the barbershop style. This year’s concert, “A musical winter wonderland,” includes quartets, octets, solos and audience participation. Special guests will be women’s quartet A Touch of Class.
Funds from the concert will be split evenly between Calvary’s building fund and the Harmonize for Speech fund. Tickets are $12.50 each, available at the church office or at the door. Showtimes are 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Costume contest winners announced
Thank you to everyone who took part in this year’s costume contest. There were over 150 contestants and more than 300 votes were cast. Here are your winners for The Great Pumpkin Party Costume Contest:
- Nathan as Indiana Jones
- Gavin as Captain Hook
- Alyssa The Princess
- Jordyn, Tatum and Jaimee as the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Vanessa as Dorothy
To view all of the contest entries, click here.
To download a hi-res version of your photo, click here.
Congratulations to the winners! You can come at claim your Webkinz Prize Pack at 20-B Arthur St. N., Elmira.
October 12 | 10:30 AM | Pumpkins & Pipes
Five pumpkins and two steel pipes were stolen from a backyard on Peel Street near Sunset Drive in Winterbourne. Homeowners are unsure of the exact time of the theft but it occurred sometime over the previous two days.
October 11 | 2:17 AM | Wedding fight
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 home yelling and fighting and one male was pinned to the ground by another. A 28-year-old man was arrested and lodged in a Kitchener prison cell overnight until sober.
October 11 | 12:00 AM | Wedding drunk
<?php DisplayVotes(get_the_ID()); ?>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.
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Constantly reminded of the virtues of reading, students at Elmira’s Park Manor Public School would like to see the rest of the community share the passion. This week kicks off the school’s ninth annual magazine fundraiser, ‘SOS – Save Our Subscriptions.’ The goal is to raise enough money to give their music program a facelift.
Students plan to fundraise by selling magazine subscriptions through the Canadian Community Reading Plan, in which the company donates 37 per cent of every subscription back to the school. Fortunately for fundraisers Read more
