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Waterloo identifies spots for photo radar. The spots picked out are: 😯 Keats Way (at Keatsway Public School) Glen Forest Boulevard (at Sir Edgar Bauer Catholic School) Chesapeake Drive (at Lester B. Pearson Public School and St. Luke's Catholic School) Moore Avenue (at Elizabeth Ziegler Public School) This information was reported in an article published by Kitchener Today. https://www.mikebolger.ca/news.html What are your thoughts?

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The Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower was built in 1926 in Kitchener to commemorate the arrival of the Pennsylvania Dutch to Southwestern Ontario. It was conceived by William Henry Breithaupt, who wanted to heal wounds of nationalism fomented in the city during World War I which led to increasing anti-German sentiment and an eventual change in the name of the city from Berlin to Kitchener.

The tower overlooks the Grand River on a site once cleared by the first pioneers to settle the area. Its walls consist of fieldstone, its observation deck references the Grand River Trail along which the pioneers travelled, and the roof is topped by a weather vane in the shape of a Conestoga wagon. For many years, it was depicted in the masthead of the local newspaper The Record.

Background

In the late 1700s and early 1800s, numerous Pennsylvania Dutch immigrated from New York and Pennsylvania to Ontario. They settled in several areas, particularly York Region and the three cities of Cambridge, Kitchener, and Waterloo. Among the first of the immigrants were Samuel Betzner and Joseph Schörg, who had travelled more than 700 kilometres (430 mi) over 10 weeks in a Conestoga wagon.[1] They arrived in the late 1700s from Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and established homesteads in Kitchener.

By the early 20th century, the city of Berlin (now Kitchener) had become known as "the German Capital of Canada" for its many families of German descent living in the area. The city had a German-language newspaper and schools taught German, with 80% of elementary school students enrolled in optional German classes in 1911. The city had a large manufacturing industry, whose products were stamped with "Made in Berlin, Canada".

During World War I, increasing anti-German sentiment led to mistrust of people of German heritage. The Berlin School Board terminated the teaching of German in its schools, and in 1916, the Berlin Board of Trade suggested the city be renamed. It cited a negative effect of the city's name on business, and that making such a change would symbolize the patriotism of its residents. Despite objections to the proposal, a referendum was scheduled for May 1916.

Supporters of the name change had taken several actions to ensure its success, including having opponents declared aliens, and intimidation tactics to prevent organization of an opposition movement, to deter them from casting a ballot, and from sending sufficient scrutineers to the polls. In the months leading up to the referendum, there was "violence, riots and intimidation, often instigated by imperialistic members" of the 118th (North Waterloo) Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. In an address to the residents of the city, sergeant major Granville Poyser Blood of the 118th Battalion famously stated "Be British. Do you duty or be despised...Be British or be damned". Blood, a "fearless and fearsome leader", led members of the Battalion in a riot within the city, an act he defended by stating "I have been trained to destroy everything of military advantage to the enemy". The referendum was supported by the majority of the city's residents.

The civic ballot to rename Berlin in June 1916

On 28 June 1916, a second referendum was held to choose the new name of the city, which the Berlin News Record described by stating that the "outstanding feature was the absolute indifference displayed by the ratepayers". On 1 September 1916 the name was officially changed to Kitchener. 

On 13 July 1923, the Waterloo County Pioneers' Memorial Association was formed with the patronage of the Waterloo Historical Society, and its board of directors included its members and descendants of the first Mennonite families to move to the area. The tower was conceived by William Henry Breithaupt,[13] president of the association, who wanted to commemorate the Mennonites who had moved to the area (and also the first farmers of Waterloo Region), and to heal the wounds of earlier nationalism that led to the city's name change. Breithaupt, according to local historian Rych Mills, "was trying to just re-jig our history a little tiny bit because of all the troubles we went through in World War One."[ A group petitioned the council of the County of Wellington to build the tower.

The Memorial Association purchased a 1.17 acres (4,700 m2) parcel of land that had been part of the Betzner property from Isaac Furtney in January 1924, and construction began in May 1925. Its architect was William A. Langton of Toronto. The cost of $4,500 (equivalent to $62,703 in 2016) was funded via subscription.

The tower commemorates the settlement by the Pennsylvania Dutch (actually Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch or German) of the Grand River area in what later became Waterloo County, Ontario. It was dedicated on 28 August 1926.

The tower was built on a site once cleared by Betzner's son near what is now the Doon neighbourhood of Kitchener. It stands on a ridge overlooking the Grand River, opposite a water treatment plant. The 18.9-metre (62 ft) tapered tower is built of rounded fieldstone, which had been collected over time from the surrounding 200 acres (810,000 m2) of land. It is topped by a weather vane shaped as a Conestoga wagon.  In 2009, the weather vane was restored, and the tapered copper roof was replaced.

The weather vane and roof reflect the Swiss heritage of the early Pennsylvania Dutch settlers. The design of the observation deck integrates references to true north, and the Grand River Trail along which the first immigrants travelled to settle the area.

Legacy

For many years, the tower was included in the masthead of The Record. Archival documents regarding the tower's conception, construction, and dedication are stored at the Kitchener Public Library in collections MC.55 and MC.113.

The site was acquired by the Historic Sites Branch of the Department of the Interior in 1939, owing to the Waterloo Historical Society lacking the reserve funds to finance its maintenance. It is now owned by Parks Canada, and managed by the Woodside National Historic Site. The site is open to the public, but since 2008 the tower is opened only by request

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A Quarantine Q&A with Jesse Parent

On April 14th, 2020, about a month into Ontario’s coronavirus lockdowns, Waterloo singer-songwriter Jesse Parent released his most recent project, Learning to Live Apart. Right now, this heartfelt and reflective single is something anybody can relate to on some level, and feeling isolated from loved ones is an experience much of the world is going through. The song was released with a moving music video to go alongside it, featuring a compilation of footage and Parent singing. 

When asked about the process and how this song came about, Jesse revealed how he wrote and recorded the song himself: “[It] came out of pure inspiration really. I was .. I think halfway through my second week of self quarantine after travelling ..This was right at the beginning of all this, and I was just feeling you know, isolated and sad, and lonely and I missed my family; My father was fighting cancer at the time. And so .. that song kept me up late one night and I wrote it .. I thought it might be important for me to get it out there and connect with people .. Within a week I had learned how to record in my basement, [I] recorded it .. did a video for it, all in my basement”. Turning an uncertain and lonely experience into something that can make people feel more connected is admirable, and Jesse has really captured what makes music, and storytelling through music such an incredible thing. Not only is the song and music video itself incredible, but they were made within a week! Parent recalled that he started writing it on a Tuesday, and by that Sunday it was complete, which is an impressive feat while trying to navigate self-recording at home for the first time: “That’s the first time I’d ever recorded myself and mixed, like I usually hire people for that. And I also played all the instruments except for the keyboards and the synth. For the first time in my life I played the drums [and] bass, [in addition to] guitar and vocals,” he said.

Learning to Live Apart was certainly different from previous recording experiences, and Parent described it as “Nerve wracking, I wasn’t sure if it sounded good.” Although we are learning to live apart, he did rely on friends and bandmates throughout the process, “I’m very lucky to have my buddy Steve Wood who plays in my band. He’s got a great ear and I used him as a, ‘Hey man this doesn’t suck does it?’ Sort of soundboard and he was great that way, and helped me with the keys part like I said .. but yeah it was really fun .. it probably took longer than it should have to record one song cause I was figuring it out as I went but it was a really rewarding process” he added. The song has certainly been well received, with the music video reaching 1,500 views on his YouTube channel, and the single itself accumulating over 13,000 streams on Spotify as of June 17, 2020.

    “Nerve wracking, I wasn’t sure if it sounded good”

             - Jesse Parent on performing and mixing instruments and music

Life before COVID-19 for Jesse Parent involved regular weekly performances. In April of 2018, he began a weekly songwriter series, “Storytellers”, every Thursday night at Lana’s Lounge in Waterloo, Ontario. Unfortunately all live events stopped in the middle of March, with the last Storytellers before COVID-19 occurring on March 11th. However, he is hoping to resume the event when restrictions on gatherings are lifted, “Back before COVID it was my favourite night of the week. Every Thursday I’d invite a different songwriter special guest, and I’d play some songs, they’d play some songs, we’d play some songs together. It’s a very intimate venue, if there was 20 people in there it feels packed .. so it’s also a really cool personal experience for both the audience and the performers. And I really hope that I can get back to it when this is all over,” Storytellers Thursdays sound like a night to remember, and we hope Jesse can get back to it sooner than later. 

Performers have had to find new ways to engage with audiences, since Ontario allows gatherings of no more than 5 people, and all venues are closed. Every Tuesday night you can catch Jesse Parent doing a weekly livestream on his Facebook page at 8pm, which he began doing on March 24th, shortly after venues shut down. He spoke to the differences of performing virtually versus live as well: “I wouldn’t say it’s bad or worse but I still get a good audience to play for every week, and people that are really interested so it’s good.” Parent has been looking to the brightside, finding the humour and speaking of the positives that this pause has brought on. However like most people are experiencing, it gets lonely. In regards to his plans after quarantine, he says that spending time with family is #1; “most of [quarantine] hasn’t been too tricky, other than that … Yeah I just miss my loved ones, my family and friends.” 

Plans for new music aren’t just stopping at Learning to Live Apart, and the global pandemic has actually changed Parent’s plans for the better. Back in March, his fourth album was in the early planning stages, and he says that Learning to Live Apart really gave a jump start to the process: “The fact that I figured out how to record a song has inspired me well, maybe I should do a whole album. So I’m just kinda playing around in my home studio and making noises and putting them together.” This experience has been different from creating his past albums, but he speaks of it positively, “When I go to use a studio I gotta pay by the hour, or the session, or whatever, and it’s really freeing to have access to a studio where I can just, tinker. So this’ll be my first self-recorded, self-produced album. If I can get my act together and not waste too much more time, I think I can actually have this out before the end of the year,” Parent is giving fans lots to look forward to in 2020. He also has a vinyl collection full of fan favourites in the works, titled “for a moment” that was available for pre-order in May, and is set to be released sometime this summer.

Jesse Parent is a name to keep an eye out for, with immense talent, and a great personality to boot. We can’t wait to see what’s next for him. Keep an eye out for his upcoming album and vinyl collection; in the meantime Learning to Live Apart is available now on all digital streaming platforms, as well as the music video on YouTube.

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