You may have noticed that Hive Waterloo Region has been quiet lately. After our last meetup last November, the group went dormant. Recently we re-evaluated our situation, and realized that it is time to close the doors. Instead of letting Hive buzz away into obscurity, we’re saying goodbye with one last informal gathering:

Farewell to Hive Party
Tuesday, July 30, 7pm
Queen Street Commons
43 Queen St South
Kitchener

Please join us to celebrate the many things HiveWR has achieved over the past five years. Sending an RSVP via the contact link would be helpful but is not required.

Although HiveWR is no more, there are many other organizations in this region that deal with digital inclusion and digital literacy issues. We have listed the ones we know on the hivewr.ca website: hivewr.ca/2019/07/15/local-digital-literacy-resources/ .

The HiveWR website will continue to exist until the domain name expires next February. It will then be available on archive.org : web.archive.org/web/*/hivewr.ca

Other social media accounts will disappear starting in August.

HiveWR has had a good run. Thanks for all your support over the years, and please join us on July 30.

– Paul, on behalf of the HiveWR organizing team

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Member of Parliament for Waterloo Bardish Chagger was on hand at Jack Couch on Sunday afternoon to deliver the 1st pitch before the Welland Jackfish- Panthers game.  Chagger kicked off the day by firing a strike to Mike Adrulis.

The Panthers would like to thank the Honourable Bardish Chagger for taking time out of her busy schedule to spend the afternoon at the park with us.

To find out more about Bardish Chagger visit bardishchaggermp.ca/ 

Maxwell’s Concerts & Events are proud to present Killer Dwarfs, Saturday September 7th!

Tickets on-sale Friday July 12th at 10am
www.ticketscene.ca/maxwells

Doors open at 7:30pm, music starts at 8:00pm
Special guests Villain & SPLIT THE SKYE

19+, valid photo ID required

$25 advanced tickets + service charge

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Maxwell’s Concerts & Events & 107.5 Dave Rocks proudly presents GODDO, Friday August 23rd!

wsg Trucker Mouth and the Voodoo Curse

Tickets on-sale Friday July 12th at 10am
www.ticketscene.ca/maxwells

Doors open at 7:30pm, music starts at 8:00pm

$25 tickets + service charge
19+, valid photo ID required

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D2L, a learning technology leader headquartered in Waterloo Region, is moving its hosting infrastructure to Amazon Web Services, the world’s leading cloud. D2L – through its pioneering learning management systems (LMS) Brightspace – supports millions of learners in schools, businesses and governments around the world.

D2L uses more than 60 AWS services to power its product suite. D2L sites have more durability and stability on AWS compared to its traditional data centre environment, due to AWS’s global reach and scale. D2L can also scale for peak periods without over-provisioning its technology resources to deal with spikes in demand, such as the start of the school year. In fact, D2L is now equipped to handle a three-times increase in the load of a large client in less than 24 hours, something that would not have been possible with its previous environment using its on-premises data centre. The company leveraged AWS’s Well-Architected Reviews and Cloud Adoption Framework – which are available to all AWS customers to provide guidance for successful builds – and expects to complete its migration to AWS by the end of 2019.

“Before we moved to the cloud, we were stuck building on the lowest common denominator in our data centres. We had to invent or cobble together open-source code to make it work,” said Nick Oddson, CTO, D2L. “Re-architecting our application on AWS has enabled a 157-per-cent increase in learner logins at the same cost point so far this year. As a whole, the transition to AWS represents a huge win for our customers.”

“D2L understood from the beginning that the cloud offered increased functionality and would result in a better user experience for its customers. With AWS, D2L is realizing better resiliency, performance and global reach,” said Teresa Carlson, Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector Sales at AWS. “Re-architecting on AWS gave D2L the ability to expand and add more learners, without worrying about the infrastructure.”

About Amazon Web Services

For 13 years, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. AWS offers over 165 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), media, and application development, deployment, and management from 66 Availability Zones (AZs) within 21 geographic regions, spanning the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Sweden, and the UK. Millions of customers – including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies – trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit aws.amazon.com.

About Amazon

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews.

About D2L

D2L believes learning is the foundation upon which all progress and achievement rests. Working closely with organizations globally, D2L has transformed the way millions of people learn online and in the classroom. Learn more about D2L for schools, higher education and businesses at www.D2L.com.

Join us for book club conversation at any meeting. No need to sign up. No need to clean your house. The WPL Book Clubs have “open” membership, so you can drop in once in a while, or come faithfully every month.

Monday, August 12, 2019 – Monday Evening Book Club
Title: The Outsider by Stephen King
Location: Main Library, Auditorium, 35 Albert Street

An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when his brand has never been stronger, Stephen King has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories.

An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City’s most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad.

As the investigation expands and horrifying answers begin to emerge, King’s propulsive story kicks into high gear, generating strong tension and almost unbearable suspense. Terry Maitland seems like a nice guy, but is he wearing another face? When the answer comes, it will shock you as only Stephen King can.

Goodreads rating = 4.02 and reviews
Place a hold on a WPL copy of the (print) book, the eBook or the recorded book (audiobook on CD)
Consider the discussion questions found on Goodreads

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Thursday, August 15, 2019 – Thursday, Afternoon Book Club
Title: The Secret River by Kate Grenville
Location: Main Library, Boardroom, 35 Albert Street

A historical novel about an early 19th-century Englishman transported to Australia for theft, The Secret River explores what might have happened when Europeans colonized land already inhabited by Aboriginal people.

Goodreads rating = 3.97 and reviews
Place a hold on a WPL copy of the (print) book or the eBook
Consider these discussion questions found on LitLovers

Having played 4.5 games in the last 6 days, it could be understandable that the Panthers were showing some signs of fatigue on day 6.

Kitchener got involved in a slugest with the Welland Jackfish on Sunday afternoon and ended up on the wrong side of the win column.

Welland jumped on Panthers starter Christian Hauck who lasted 2 innings giving up 7 runs (5 earned).  Reliever Austin Hassani didn’t fare much better going 2 innings as well giving up 6 runs against Welland.  

Kitchener finally got on the board in the 4th down 13-0 when Liam Wilson and Brian Burton reached on back to back hits.  Each would come around to score to make it 13-2.

Geoff Moroz went 3 innings for the Panthers giving up 3 runs (2 earned) as the defence wasn’t as sharp as it has been all season.

Matt Vickers pitched a scoreless 8th inning for the Panthers.  Welland would score 3 more in the 9th off of Brian Burton and Brady Schnarr.

Kitchener would get 4 runs back in the 9th as Welland reliever Ryan Bench had some trouble finding the zone hitting 3 batters and walking another.  It wasn’t enough as the Panthers would fall 19-8 on Sunday.  The two teams meet again Thursday night in Welland at 7:30pm.  Kitchener’s next home game is Sunday, July 28th at 2:00pm against the Guelph Royals.

KITCHENER — Jasvir Rakkar and Yoennis Yera are teammates on the Kitchener Panthers. But later this month, they'll be opponents playing for their separate countries.

Both pitchers have been selected to pitch in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, on opposing teams — as Canada and Cuba face off in a division with Colombia and Argentina.

It's a familiar role for both hurlers, who are teammates for the first time this summer on the Intercounty Baseball League team.

Rakkar, a former Chicago Cubs prospect, was a member of the Canadian national team that won gold at the 2015 Pan Ams in Toronto.

Yera, an 11-year veteran with the Matanzas Crocodiles in Cuba's national league, pitched on the Cuban team that took bronze in that same tournament.

For the Panthers, it's tough to lose two of their top pitchers in the final week of the season. But the IBL club says it will be cheering them on.

"We are very proud of both Jas Rakkar and Yoennis Yera for being selected to pitch for their national teams in this important international tournament. This reflects very positively on the calibre of play in the IBL," said Panthers general manager Mike Boehmer.

Both players will join their national teams next week, and are expected to return to Kitchener in time for the IBL playoffs to begin. The club says it will lean on its depth from junior ranks in the meantime to replace Rakkar and Yera.

The Cuban lefty has already departed Kitchener, which hosts Guelph Friday night and slipped out of first place with a 1-0 loss to London Thursday night.

Rakkar is expected to join Team Canada in a few days.

The top two teams from each division will advance to the Pan Am "super round." Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Peru and Nicaragua will comprise the tournament's other division.

Canada and Cuba are scheduled to meet on July 30 — in a televised game that will have special meaning for their Panthers teammates back home.

Kitchener, which travels to Guelph Saturday night, hosts Welland at Jack Couch Park Sunday at 2 p.m.

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♦All Connor Hall has ever wanted is another shot at the National Hockey League.

And now, after four shoulder surgeries that virtually wiped out his junior hockey career with the Kitchener Rangers, he's got it.

The Cambridge native has worked his way back into game shape and secured an invitation to rookie and main camp with the Arizona Coyotes in September.

"This is one of the first times in many years that I've been full healthy," he said. "I'm excited and eager to jump into camp."

Hall had his doubts that this chance would ever come.

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KITCHENER – Three Kitchener Panthers pitchers combined to one-hit the Guelph Royals in a 6-0 win Friday night at Jack Couch Park.

Yoen Socarras (3-0) went the first six innings and gave up the lone hit, a leadoff single to Angel Villalona in the second inning. Socarras walked two and struck out 11. Jasvir Rakkar went two innings and Austin Hassani finished the game with a scoreless ninth.

At the plate, Tanner Nivins went 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs. Mike Gordner had three hits and drove in a pair, Brian Burton had two hits, Zach Johnson drove in a run and scored, and Andy Leader added an RBI.

Kitchener moved to 22-8.

Yomar Concepcion took the loss for Guelph (15-16), surrendering five runs (one earned) on six hits in 5.2 innings. He walked one and struck out two.

♦Kyle Gentles isn't going far.

The defenceman, who was a mainstay on the blue line for the Kitchener Rangers the past three seasons, is heading to Waterloo to play for the Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks.

The Ajax native was one of eight recruits announced by the team Thursday for the coming campaign.

"I had a couple of options, but what put Laurier ahead was that they are focused on team chemistry," he said. "I heard a lot from players I know who told me about the great program and that they take pride in it and want to win."

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Innovation is more than just a buzzword for companies looking to prosper and grow. If you aren’t moving forward you’re moving backward, and the best way of moving your business forward is striving to create and offer new products and services that keep you ahead of the pack.

Companies in tech, manufacturing and automotive industries all need research and development capacity in order to grow. That’s where Waterloo can help.

With three renowned post-secondary institutions, 150+ research centres and hundreds of experts in a diverse array of fields including automotive technology, smart manufacturing and technology management, Waterloo has the human resources necessary to help your business take its next step.

This video features Avidbots, a Kitchener-based robotics firm and the maker of Neo, the first fully autonomous floor-scrubbing robot for large commercial environments, such as airports, universities, hospitals and malls.

In 2014, Pablo Molina (co-founder and CTO) partnered with his University of Waterloo Mechatronics engineering classmate, Faizan Sheikh (co-founder and CEO), to create a robotics company with the goal of expanding human potential and enabling people to do higher value tasks. Their signature product, Neo uses AI to constantly learn from its environment. Unlike traditional floor-scrubbing machines that follow a teach/repeat methodology, Neo dynamically plans how to clean the floor and avoid obstacles.

Now with 130-plus employees, Avidbots produces the Neo at its 40,000-square-foot facility and has sales in more than 10 countries, including Canada, the U.S., France, Singapore, Japan, Norway and Israel. Watch their journey here.

Video by Sara Jalali.

More on Avidbots:
news.communitech.ca/robot-firm-avidbots-announces-us23-6-million-series-b/

Article by Craig Daniels.

We wish to thank everyone who supported the production of this video.

♦Derek Hines, Marketing Director of the Sun Life Financial UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival is pleased to announce the expanded Jazz After Jazz series of small venue shows.

“This series of gigs compliments the main stage performances at the Sun Life Financial UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival next weekend,” said Derek.  The shows will be held at Sole Restaurant & Wine Bar and The Jazz Room in the Huether Hotel. “This is an opportunity for jazz fans to see artists perform in smaller and more intimate venues as opposed to the big outdoor stage.”

“In addition, the outdoor performances cannot run past 10:30 pm.  These indoor shows will go a little later into the evening,” adds Derek.

Some of the Jazz After Jazz shows have a nominal ticket charge since they are not technically part of the outdoor Jazz Festival and involve different artists who are not on the Festival program.

Here is the full schedule for the Jazz After Jazz series:

Thursday, 18 July

The Jazz Room at 8:30 pm:

Festival Launch Jam including Dave Thompson, Jonathan Chapman, Ted Warren, Loop Doctors and other guests.  Tickets are $15 at the door and $7 to perform.

Saturday, 20 July

The Jazz Room at 2:00 pm:

Masterclass with Loop Doctors (Friday night headliners).  Free admission.

Sole Restaurant & Wine Bar at 8:00 pm:

Brent Rowan Trio.

The Jazz Room at 8:30 pm

Standard Fusion Company featuring Jeremy Ledbetter, Ted Quinlan, Jason Raso and Ted Warren. Tickets are $20 at the door.

Check out www.waterloojazzfest.com for a complete event listing.

• Sun Life Financial UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival Announces Jazz After Jazz
• Taking in the “Sights & Lights” of Uptown Waterloo and Downtown Kitchener
• Cheering on The Raptors in UpTown Waterloo
• Kicking Off Summer Solstice in UpTown Waterloo
• Beating the Winter Blues in Uptown Waterloo
• Beat the Winter Blues at Winterloo Food Crawl
• Kicking off the Holidays in UpTown Waterloo
• Uptown Waterloo LED Lighting – WATERLUMINATE
• UpTown Waterloo Kicking Off 40th Great Oktoberfest Barrel Race
• UpTown King Street Streetscape and Bike Lane Launch

In the library we see publishers responding quickly to events in the hope that they will capitalize on reader interest and sell more books. In some cases their rush to get a book on the shelves can result in books that meet a need but won’t find their way into your top ten list. With the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing publishers, authors, illustrators, scientists and astronauts had ample time to pull together every resource to make their products top-notch and it has been an absolute thrill to see these book treasures arrive on our shelves. It seems like I have been taking home a book or two a month to read or share with my space-loving family and we have learned some wonderful new facts, sneaky behind-the-scenes tidbits or relived the details we already read.

♦When we look back at those blurry images on the moon it’s hard to comprehend that it was only fifty years ago that engineers and technicians (almost entirely men) huddled over the desks to wait and see if decades of work would pay off. It seems like much more than fifty years because advances in technology have reached an absolutely dizzying pace. The computers used to provide guidance for the Apollo mission were so big that they took up entire rooms but are known to have been no more powerful than a calculator used by today’s high school student. It’s astounding to realize that the code was fed into the guidance computer using punch cards. You can actually see the code listing on the Caltech archive and imagine the incredible amount of work that went into just one part of the mission. Or you don’t have to imagine it. Here is a photograph of Margaret Hamilton, an MIT computer programmer working at NASA during the Apollo missions, standing next to a stack of some of the Apollo guidance computer source code.

Landing on the moon is the anniversary being celebrated on July 20th but there could have been hundreds of thousands of individual anniversaries celebrated before that day. An estimated number of about 400,000 people worked to make it possible for three men to safely travel to the moon and two men to walk upon it. The dedication, the incredible risks, the scientific advances and the decades of research and development since the Apollo mission have culminated in a publishing surge and it’s making for some fabulous reading.

In 1961 John F. Kennedy shared his goal that the United States put a man on the moon by the end of the decade and put into motion his plan to conquer space and the world at the same time. Historian Douglas Brinkley (a professor at Rice University where Kennedy gave his famous “we choose to go to the moon speech”) has done well in tying together the story of Kennedy’s family, that of engineer Wernher von Braun, NASA’s role in American politics and the space program’s future following the president’s assassination. He successfully blends politics, history and the thrill of the space race into one compelling narrative in American Moonshot : John F. Kennedy and the great space race. It’s a must read for anyone interested in the Kennedy story or someone who wants to get a feel for all of the forces that came together to make Apollo 11 happen.

Another 2019 book that has far fewer pages but held me captivated for hours was a gorgeous picture book by Dean Robbins and Sean Rubin. The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon is not about the Apollo 11 mission but about the mission that follows and the images are so beautiful. It’s a sweet choice to take home to read aloud but a reader of any age could learn from this one. Alan Bean was the lunar module pilot for Apollo 12 and was the fourth person to walk on the moon but is also known as the only artist to have ever seen the moon up close. What a perfect chance to use your art to communicate a unique experience! This picture book is a wonderful opportunity to learn a little more about his life as a navy pilot and his work at NASA but focuses more on his work as an artist. The author was able to collaborate on this story with the astronaut before his death and the illustrations share some of Bean’s own bold use of line and shape. It’s a little more STEAM than STEM and it’s perfect. Read more about Alan Bean on his own website or through the NASA website.

Alan Bean was a part of the group known as Astronaut Group 3 which included Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins. But in the early days at NASA all of the astronauts worked closely together by backing each other up at mission control, training together, testing equipment, flying together and helping each other to learn the dense material required to make each mission a success. We have so many fantastic books on the shelves about these fascinating days – some old and some new – but Neil Armstrong’s authorized biography (the one that the Ryan Gosling biopic was based on) is one that stands out in my mind because it is so clearly written. It reads like a textbook because it is free of extra emotion but filled with incredible fly-on-the-wall detail. The chapters that cover his time as a test pilot are so explicit that I am sure I will remember the types of the planes he flew longer than I will remember the names of the people in his family or the town he was born in (Wapaknoeta, Ohio). If you read one book about the Apollo 11 mission then I suggest you set aside a few evenings and spend some time with First Man : the life of Neil A. Armstrong. It’s the closest you will ever get to feeling like you have experienced the life of an astronaut.

For another perspective on the Apollo 11 mission we have a newly reissued copy of Michael Collins’ Carrying the Fire here on the shelves. As a member of the crew, he followed a similar astronaut career path to many of the other pilots with a graduation from West Point, time spent as a test pilot and a spacewalk on Gemini 10. Where his story becomes interesting is that with Apollo 11 he had the unique worry of being the man who might have to fly home and leave Buzz and Neil behind. He was concerned that they might crash on the moon, that there might be a failure to launch from the moon or any one of a number of other catastrophes. He writes about this weighty knowledge in his memoir. Mike had time to think about this as he piloted the command module and listened to his crewmates make their historic first steps onto the lunar surface. So much of the spotlight has focused on their actions in those days on the moon but his story – and his feeling of being truly alone out there – make this a fascinating memoir.

We have also been experiencing an increase in other material focusing on the Apollo 11 anniversary so if you haven’t satisfied your curiosity through shiny, new books you can view a documentary like the one that features newly discovered 65mm footage of mission control and the astronauts on the moon. It’s a truly unbelievable viewing experience. You can also check out one of the many magazines that have featured the moon landing – Make, National Geographic, Popular Mechanics and Sky & Telescope are a few of the periodicals that I’ve been reading lately – the photographs and features have been a great way to augment my reading about the anniversary.

We have some of the classic books about space flight on the shelves like NASA flight director Gene Kranz’s Failure is Not an Option and Tom Wolfe’s The Right Stuff (many contemporary astronauts say that this book was an early inspiration for their career choice) and your options for fiction about astronauts are endless. We have so many great books to suggest that you could be reading until we return to the moon. I know I’ll be on the holds list for the book about that mission.

— Penny M.

NOTE: if your children are into space, check out the Moon Lander (see below) in the Children’s Department at the Main Library. And don’t forget to register for the super-fun, space-themed Summer Reading Club. Activities, events, challenges and prizes all summer long.

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Stroll the streets and discover the rich and varied food scene of downtown Kitchener!

Those of you reading and continuing to follow me know that I am a dedicated supporter of the food and restaurant scene in Waterloo Region.

So now, along with business partner Michael Lutzmann, we’ve created a walking tour of downtown Kitchener to show just how incredible and diverse our local restaurants are — and to support them as the entire Region enters a new phase of its culinary maturity.

Along with Michael (a wine expert and food lover to no little degree), we have formed a new company – with the funky little name World of Flavour – to create experiences such as these. We’ll be sharing our love of food, wine, beer and restaurants through these events which we are calling the “Flavours of Kitchener Walking Tour.”

In a series of tours, the walks will expose you to the restaurants in the downtown area — but, perhaps more importantly, they will also introduce you to the cooks and restaurateurs (let’s call them passionate culinary artisans!) who work wonders with the best of what our region grows and makes and, in fact, some of the best from around the world.

We’ll sample their creations and enjoy and savour them with a little beverage during a pleasant and relaxed two to three-hour tour of the area. The chefs, wait-staff and restaurateurs will introduce themselves and describe the restaurant and their dish and how it was made.

Michael and I have run a couple of test tours: rest assured, you won’t need lunch afterwards.

The feedback that we received after we ran the tests was that many walking-tour participants had no idea there were so many varied restaurants and food shops within only a block of the iconic Walper Hotel at the corner of King and Queen, for example.

But don’t take our word for it: check it out for yourself. We have two tour dates planned, so open your calendar and book a spot on August 3 or August 17 (both Saturdays).

The tours begin at the Walper at 11:30 a.m., and we will visit 7-8 venues. Registration is limited to just 12 people each day. The cost is $95 per person: that’s for all food, beverages, taxes and gratuities.

Go to Flavours of Kitchener Walking Tour to register.

If you have any questions, contact me at apcoppolino@rogers.com, or 519-569-0576.

Help us launch Waterloo Region — its cities and townships; its chefs and producers — into a new phase of its food, beverage and restaurant development!

A new report from CBRE identifies Waterloo as North America’s third fastest-growing “opportunity market.” The report, 2019 Scoring Tech Talent, says that Waterloo has witnessed an incredible 40 percent growth in tech jobs over the past five years, which put the total tech workforce at 20,500.

Opportunity markets offer quality labour pools and affordability that supports rapid scalability. Waterloo has seen this story play out with numerous local companies, including homegrown scaleups like Vidyard, North and ApplyBoard. Tech giants are also tapping into Waterloo’s unique combination of tech talent quality and cost – which CBRE called “exceptional” just last year – with Google, Square and SAP all having important, growing operations in the area.

Jack Couch Park is well known as a hitter’s ballpark, it sure played that way for both teams on Tuesday night.

Kitchener got off to a blistering start in the 3rd inning against Leafs starter Marek Deska.  The Panthers unloaded for three home runs in the 3rd inning.  Andy Leader got the party started with a solo blast.  Tanner Nivins connected with on a two run shot and Zarley Cina lined a three-run home run out to give the Panthers a 6-0 lead through 3 innings.

Toronto would knock their first home run of the evening in the 4th when Justin Marra took Panthers starter Yoennis Yera deep to make it a 6-1 game.  Kitchener answered with three runs in the bottom of the 4th- Zach Johnson and Mike Gordner had RBI hits, Johnson also came around on a wild pitch by Deska to make it a 9-1 Panthers lead.

Cooper Lamb tried his best to get the Leafs back in it, swatting two home runs on the evening.  A solo shot in the 6th and two run no doubt blast in the 8th to get the Leafs to within 9-4.  

Tanner Nivins delivered another RBI in the 8th, this time with a single to right to score Colin Gordner to push the Panthers lead to 10-4.

Matt Vickers shut the Leafs down in order in the 9th to nail down the 10-4 win for the Panthers.  

Kitchener is back home on Thursday, July 18th at 7:30pm against the London Majors and Friday July 19th against the Guelph Royals at 7:30pm.