SWIMMING POOLS • PATIOS • DRIVEWAYS STAIRCASES • GARDENS • WATER FEATURES www.bcrecreational.ca TED: 519-505-0073 | [email protected] | BRANDON: 519-897-7707 | EMAIL: [email protected] 03 | 28 | 2015 VOLUME 20 | ISSUE 13 KINGS OFF TO A GOOD START VS. CULLITONS SPORTS PAGE 11 COMMENT PAGE 8 YET MORE REASONS TO CLOSELY MONITOR BUREAUCRATS www.OBSERVERXTRA.com Concerns about Glasgow Street bridge hinder efforts to remove unpopular left-turn median STEVE KANNON There’s no quick solution for a made-in-Woolwich problem at the intersection of Glasgow Street and Millennium Drive in Waterloo, say township officials. A median that prohibits left-hand turns onto Glasgow Street is incon- venient and a longstanding source of grievance for residents of Conestogo, Vandals took advantage of the milder temperatures this the township acknowledges. Reduc- month by spray painting graffiti on the Elmira Skate Park, ing traffic on the Glasgow Street forcing the township to bring in a cleanup crew. bridge, an old single-lane span that [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] underwent rehabilitation in 2010, takes precedence, says director of engineering and planning Dan Ken- naley. WHITNEY NEILSON “It’s not a victimless He argues that a solution for the crime,” Nuys said. “Look at bridge, already subject to height and Elmira skate As the snow melts we the equipment, look at the weight restrictions, must be found be- find things we haven’t seen guys working. If you don’t fore the intersection at the other end in months, like flowers, stay on top of it then people of Glasgow Street can be addressed. sidewalks and…graffiti? think it’s alright to do it. Be- “There’s a load limit on the bridge. park sees first The Elmira Skate Park fore you know it, this place Something has to be done about received some spring clean- will be closed.” that,” he told councillors meeting ing last week to erase the And they’re starting to March 24. vandalism that appeared in get busy now because aero- The township continues to receive bit of graffiti the bowl portion of the park sol spray paint can work complaints about the Waterloo- recently. again, due to the milder side intersection, as the prohibition Quick action taken to remove the Hans Nuys, co-owner temperatures. After clean- against left-hand turns forces traffic vandals’ work; special coatings put in of APP All Remove, had ing off the graffiti they put to make a long detour before dou- his crew out working last GRAFFITI | 2 bling back to make a right-hand turn. place to make surfaces easier to clean Friday. MEDIAN | 27 2 | NEWS THE OBSERVER | SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015 GRAFFITI: Vandalism comes at an expense, but quick action needed to avoid others joining in FROM | COVER the Woolwich Township “But we do track vandal- a protective coating on the administrative building. ism, so that on any given surface to make it easier to “It’s amazing – the Lu- year we can have a good clean. theran church, every year handle on how much of “No sheen to it,” Nuys they get swastikas. Again, our operating dollars went said. “You can’t even feel it. they probably don’t even towards malicious graffiti What it does is it prevents know what it means,” Nuys and vandalism that occurs penetrating of oil, water, said of the vandals. across the township,” Make- grease, so it makes it easy. He said usually they don’t la said. You can just come in and clean the graffiti off until She said it cost about get it off. Right now we’re the police come in, they $500 to get rid of these few using a gel that kind of lifts send in forensics, take pic- bits of graffiti and it’s im- it off.” tures and put it on a file. portant to remove it as soon The company started “We have a power washer as possible, to hopefully in Holland and they do all with hot water,” Nuys said. deter future graffiti. kinds of buildings, soccer “It’s like doing your dishes. “Any time that we do have stadiums in Europe, monu- You can throw all the deter- instances of vandalism we mental buildings, subways, gent in you want, but you do notify the police who do and train stations. He use cold water, nothing’s a police report and certainly started off by himself, but going to happen.” follow up there from any now co-owns it with Steve Karen Makela, Woolwich leads that they have to iden- Jacobi. director of recreation and tify,” Makela said. “And if He said they cleaned graf- facilities, says money is set we are able to identify who fiti off the WMC a couple aside for dealing with graf- did the damage then we do years ago. They also have fiti, part of their general The APP All Remove crew cleaned up the graffiti last week and put a new protective coating on to make future graffiti easier to clean off. look for restitution through their protective coating on maintenance account. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] whatever means we’re able.” Great Sex ARTHRITIS Happiness for couples is a satisfying sex life. Pain free in 2 weeks. This is what happened to me personally. I tried drugs, acupuncture, magnets and many other methods. 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