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Friday, July 30, 2010 Vol. 10 No. 31

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One of the major growth spurts proposed for Clearview Township will get its first public airing out on Monday, August 9 at the Council Chambers.

A public meeting will be held that night for Clearview Developments, Inc., the company owned by Gian Del Zotto that has applied to build 396 residential units and a commercial component on 129 acres of land in the southeast corner of Nottawa.

Of the 396 units, 329 would be

single-detached homes and 67 would be townhouses.

The commercial component , consisting of retail units, office space and room for a farmers’ market, would front on County Road 124.

The public meeting will be of interest to all Clearview residents because of its ramifications on future servicing in Nottawa and because Del Zotto has also applied to build a large development in New Lowell.

NOTTAWA DEVELOPMENT GOES TO PUBLIC

OLYMPIC KEEPSAKES Several people have been asking if they can purchase one of the Olympic banners that lined Mill Street this winter as a souvenir of the day the Olympic Torch came to Creemore. Seen here with four-year-old Brayden Paterson (grandson of Thom), the banners are available for a donation of $25 with all proceeds going to the Clearview Food Bank. If you would like to have one of these keepsakes of the Torch Relay, please contact Thom Paterson at 466-6321.

LOCAL FASHION The Creemore 100 Mile Store will kick off its second annual 100 Mile Food Challenge with new t-shirts, designed locally, of course, by OCAD student Lucas Gordon (centre). The t-shirts will be on sale at the Farmers’ Market on Saturday, during which the 100 Mile Store will be serving an “all-local” pancake breakfast and handing out scorecards for the Challenge. Over the next week, people shopping at several “locally inclined” shops and restaurants in the area can get their scorecards stamped and be eligible for prizes. The 100 Mile Store will also host a raw food workshop and several other events throughout the week. For more information, call 466-3514 or visit www.shopcreemore.com/100milefoodchallege. (Modelling the t-shirts with Lucas above are, of course, Markie Boake, Jackie Durnford and Sandra Lackie.

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Upcoming Events

Friday, July 30 to Sunday, August 1• Open Garden at Nottawasaga Daylilies from 10 am

to 5 pm each day. Peak bloom. See ad on page 12.Friday, July 30 to Monday, August 30

• Art Array at The Arts Centre, 163 Hurontario Street, Collingwood from 11 am to 5 pm daily. Bryan Davies is showing in this group of 11 artists. Artist’ Opening Saturday, August 7 from 3 to 5 pm. bmfa.on.ca or www.bryandavies.com 466-5775.

Friday, July 30• Creemore Horticultural Society Flower Show

at Station on the Green. Entries can be brought in starting at 3:30 pm on Friday July 30. All entries must be in place properly labeled by 6 pm. Judging will start at 6:45 pm. All entries must remain in place

until the show closes at 1 pm on Saturday. Saturday, July 31

• Flower Day in Creemore. Come to the Station during the Farmers’ Market & see the Creemore Horticultural Society Flower Show at the Station from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.

• The Best Preserves & Pickles Competition. Judging will be Saturday, August 7 by Bernardin to wrap up the Eat Local Week. Prizes for 1st & 2nd place in each category. Entry forms available at Creemore Farmers’ Market.

• Open Garden at 113 Mill Street (Mad River Pottery) from 9 am to 3 pm.

• Opening Reception for Johane Landry. Come see her oil paintings “From the Gaspe” at Curiosity

House from 2 to 4 pm.• Locavore. Member artists celebrate local food

production. Opening Reception today from 2 to 5 pm at Mad & Noisy Gallery. www.madandnoisy.com

• Rhonda Lowe & Andrew Millsap’s Buck and Doe at the Collingwood Curling Club, 152 Hume Street from 8:30 pm to 1 am. Live band and prizes. Age of majority needed. Tickets $10. Call 466-5482 or at the door.

Saturday, July 31 to Saturday, August 7• Local Food Challenge Week kicks off with a pancake

breakfast at the Farmers’ Market. Enjoy a week of events celebrating local food. www.shopcreemore.com/100milefoodchallenge.

Sunday, August 1• Church Services are listed on page 5.

This Weekend

Thursday, August 5• Music in the Park at Stayner’s Station Park from

7 to 9 pm featuring Backpocket tonight. Bring your lawn chairs.

Thursday, August 5 & Monday, August 9• Canadian Blood Services Blood Donor Clinic at

Angus Arena. Thursday August 5 from 2 to 6:30 pm. Also on Monday, August 9 from 3 to 6:30 pm. Call 1-888 2 DONATE to make a reservation.

Friday, August 6• Annual Pig Roast at Jubilee Presbyterian Church

Stayner from 5 to 7 pm. Adults $12.50, children $5, preschoolers free.

• An evening of art & food. Creemore Inspired. from 6 to 9 pm view 4 new exhibits at Curiosity House, Maplestone Gallery, Moyaboya & Mad&Noisy Gallery with an apres art menu available at Chez Michel (reservations recommended at 466-3331) See ad on page 6.

Thursday, August 5 to Sunday, August 8• 60th Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship.

Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Shelburne. See www.shelburnefiddlecontest.on.ca for details.

Saturday, August 7• Author Signing. Join Sonia Day as she signs her laugh

out loud memoir Middle Aged Spread & her organic edible gardening book Incredible Edibles. Come to Creemore Farmers’ Market from 10 am to noon or Curiosity House from 2 to 4 pm.

• Benefit Dance for Jessie Hill from 8 pm to 1 am at Creemore Legion. 50/50 draw, door prizes, Buffet provided and video dance. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Tickets sold at the Echo on sale now.

Sunday, August 8• Praise in the Park with New Lowell United Church

at New Lowell Conservation Area at 10:15 am. Bring

your own lawn chair. Worship service & light picnic lunch following. Rain or shine!

• Please join us for a 50th Wedding Anniversary Open House Celebration for Walter & Audrey Sheffer at Stayner Brethren in Christ Church from 2 to 4 pm. Please no gifts or cards. There will be a book to sign for your best wishes.

Monday, August 9• Public Meeting concerning the 129 acre residential/

commercial development in Nottawa at 7 pm at Stayner at the Clearview Council Chambers.

Tuesday, August 10 & 17• Creemore Skating Club Registration at the

Creemore Arena from 6:30 to 8 pm. Early bird fees will apply on these two dates. A third and final registration will be held on Wednesday, September 8 at the Creemore Arena from 6:30 to 8 pm, regular fees will apply on this date. After September 8, regular fees plus a $50 late fee will apply. There is also an adult session on Saturday mornings. For more information, please call Dan at 428-6781.

Thursday, August 12• Music in the Park at Stayner’s Station Park from 7 to

9 pm featuring Carlos del Junco & Steve Strongman tonight. Bring your lawn chairs.

Saturday, August 14• Mary’s Kitchen Gathering at 756473 2nd line EHS,

Mulmur at the home of Candice Bist. Are you interested in the opportunity to cook & deliver homemade food to people in our community who need a treat to brighten their day? Join us for this non-profit community initiative to lovingly give & receive. Call (519) 925-6466 or [email protected] to RSVP.

Sunday, August 15• Trails Open at Nottawasaga Bluffs. Take a guided 5

km hike along the Bruce Trail with the Nottawasaga

Glencairn 705-424-6697

For Reliable ServiceTank Truck Delivery of Furnace & Stove Oil

Valley Conservation Authority & the Blue Mountain Bruce Trail Club beginning at 9:30 am with optional lunch at Mylar & Loreta’s Restaurant in Singhampton. Pre-register by phoning Sue at (705) 445-4751 or visit www.nvca.on.ca for more information.

Monday, August 16 to Saturday, August 21• Leisa Way stars in Sweet Dreams: A Tribute to

Patsy Cline starring & featuring The Wayward Wind a 4 piece country band with Bruce Ley presented by Theatre Collingwood. Hear 30 of Patsy Cline’s greatest hits & more. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday to Saturday at 8 pm, Wednesday at 2 pm. For ticket information call (705) 445-2200 or www.theatrecollingwood.com.

Thursday, August 19• Music in the Park at Stayner’s Station Park from 7

to 9 pm featuring Sheesham & Lotus tonight. Bring your lawn chairs.

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OPEN HOUSE CELEBRATION of their Love and Life

Sunday August 8,2010 Stayner Brethren in Christ Church

2-4pmPlease no gifts or cards. There will be a book to sign for you best wishes.

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Nominated candidate for Simcoe-Grey and Green Party of Ontario (GPO) leader Mike Schreiner is demanding the Liberal government honour its promised price for solar microFIT applicants. He is asking local businesses and individuals to comment on the proposed cuts to the solar microFIT program announced by the Liberal government and the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) before the August 3 deadline.

Schreiner says it is critical that the government honour its promise to pay green energy entrepreneurs 80.2 ¢/kWh for solar projects under 10 kilowatts. There are over 10,000 outstanding applicants who applied for the program in good faith. The proposed cuts would reduce the rate by 27 per cent and have a negative impact on farmers and businesses in Simcoe Grey who have invested in such projects.

“As a small business owner, my word was as good as a signed contract, I’m simply asking the government to keep its promised price to farmers and green energy entrepreneurs. The proposed solar microFIT cut will hurt local job creation and eliminate an important source of economic development, especially for rural areas,” said Schreiner.

“The Green Party’s vision is for

every Ontarian to have the opportunity to be a green energy entrepreneur. We advocated for and supported the original microFIT program because it enables homeowners, communities and especially farmers to invest and share in the proceeds of this sustainable energy source” says Schreiner. “The government is destroying confidence in the program by not fulfilling its commitment.”

The Ontario government’s proposed change to the microFIT rules came suddenly and without consultation. The unexpected price change has led to instability and uncertainty in the sector. Schreiner is worried it will have a negative effect on local residents and businesses. This industry had shown promise to help the economy recover and to create jobs lost in the recent recession.

The Green Party has launched a campaign to help residents write to local MPP Jim Wilson for his support. The web site also includes the mailing address of the OPA and Premier Dalton McGuinty. Schreiner is asking residents and businesses to write the OPA and the Premier asking them to stand behind the promised pricing for all current solar microFIT applications. The Simcoe Grey Green Party web site can be found at www.greenpartyofsimcoegrey.ca.

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The Edenvale Classic Aircraft Foundation is holding its annual Gathering of the Classics on Saturday, August 7.

The event, open to the public, takes place at the Edenvale Aerodrome on Highway 26, just east of Sunnidale Corners, from 9 am to 4 pm.

Billed as Ontario’s largest fly-in, the gathering will include a variety of vintage planes, plus old cars and trucks.

As well, flights will be available in a Second World War P-40 Kittyhawk and another plane from that era, a B-25 Mitchell Bomber. Flights will also be available in the Foundation’s de Havilland Tiger Moth, a 1930s biplane that was primarily used as a trainer.

Admission to the gathering, which attracts planes from all over, is $10 for adults and $5 for children and

seniors. For more information, call (705) 818-2223 or email [email protected].

Photo by Eric Dumigan

Classic aircraft on the way eCho BriefsCreemore Flower Show

Creemore Horticultural Society members will show off their finest blossoms at Station on the Green on Saturday, July 31 between 8:30 and 12:30 pm. Members and all children participating are reminded that entries should be dropped off at the Station on Friday, July 30 by 6pm. Any children who started sunflowers or spider plants at the spring Garden & Home Show are encouraged to show off the plants as they are now.

Do your jams disappear as fast as you can make them? Are your pickles the toast of the table? The Creemore Farmers’ Market is joining forces with Bernardin to host a “Best Preserves and Pickles Competition.” Category lists and entry forms are available at the Farmers’ Market on Saturday, July 31 and entries will be received and judged on Saturday, August 7. Prizes for 1st and 2nd will be awarded in each category.

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Dear Sir:I would like to respond to a few of the points made

by Mark Klein, Manager of Communications and Stakeholder Relations for WPD, the German company that has proposed the Fairview Wind Farm at County Road 91 and Fairgrounds Road, in his Letter to the Editor of two weeks ago.

The first point would be to identify the “stakeholders.” Surely, this means no one in our community. This is a “big business” venture and with no previous public discussion, we have already been excluded from the consultation process. Maybe consultation happened with the owner of the lands the turbines might be on. But not with his neighbours and friends. And not with the community! Wind turbines create no contributions to our local economy. No ongoing local employment. Stakeholders? Who are they? Foreign companies that develop the sites and other foreign companies that make the turbines themselves. None create wealth in Canada.

Wind turbines, while perceived as being a method of creating green energy, are like any industrial installation. They impact the lands they are on in many ways. The average single turbine sterilizes up to five acres of farmland with its tower footprint, access roads, substation and transmission lines, all reducing a farmer’s efficient use of the land. Working the land is further hindered as the farmer must now plow around these obstacles. Incessant noise, flashing lights and constant dirty electricity impacting livestock production are all pollutants. At what cost?

Klein states that “studies show that wind farms have no significant adverse effect on bird populations or wildlife.” Yet empirical data has been collected for over a year now in Prince Edward County, along with other areas, and shows a significant rise in bird and bat kills caused by wind turbines. Alarmingly, the increases specifically impact the raptor populations, with many hawks and eagles killed. What studies are they reading?

“Wind energy is competitive with new coal and

Dear Editor:In Tyler Gowman’s recent letter he urges cyclists

to be safe on Fairgrounds Road. As an avid cyclist around Creemore, I appreciate and share his concern for my fellow cyclists. I certainly understand his frustration if he is witnessing cyclists riding four or five abreast. Thank goodness none of the cyclists I ride with partake in such a dangerous habit.

However, all the experienced cyclists that I know ride two abreast – and we do this to be safe, not to annoy vehicles! Consider this from the cyclist’s point of view. The problems with riding in single file are this: 1. It takes twice as long for cars to pass a long line of cyclists compared to a shorter line riding two by two; and 2. Cars try to squeeze by cyclists in single file, but are forced to make a proper lane change to get around the cyclists riding two abreast.

I live and ride on Fairgrounds Road and know of a couple of recent incidents when cars (in one case, towing a trailer) squeezed some single-file cyclists off the road and into the gravel. To avoid the risk of head-on collisions mentioned by Tyler, cars must wait behind cyclists until it is safe for them to pass using the other lane, as they would for a slow-moving vehicle.

The safest formation for multiple riders on a country road like Fairgrounds is two abreast. Nowhere in the Highway Traffic Act does it state that cyclists must ride in single file. It is, however, a common misconception that car drivers often site as a “rule of the road.” As a member of the local “Share the Road” committee, I hope everyone is noticing the new “Share the Road” signs on Fairgrounds and many other Clearview roads.

The Centurion cycling event this September is expecting 2,500 participants, who will be riding around Creemore (including Fairgrounds Road). Let’s respect, welcome, and applaud them and any other riders we see riding the beautiful roads in our community.

Sue underhill, Creemore.

nuclear power,” said the letter. This is only because our tax dollars support the subsidies the wind companies receive. They are paid 13.5 cents per kw/hr while we pay 5.9 cents on average. In addition, over the last year the spot rate cost for a kw/hr of electricity has been around 3.5 cents. They use our tax dollars to build them and then they tell us energy costs are on the increase. Basically, we pay our taxes for the privilege of higher energy costs.

“Gas prices increase,” he said. Okay, maybe that’s a good thing. “Wind energy costs fall,” he said. But those contracts are paying them 13.5 cents for the next 20 years. Who’s kidding who?

“Modern wind turbines produce electricity 70 to 85 per cent of the time.” Sorry, but this is a shameful misrepresentation. The Ontario Power Authority tracks the average efficiencies of wind farms and compares them to their nameplate capacity. Between July 2009 and June 2010 averages were just under 27 per cent – a far cry from 85. In addition, they frequently produced power when it was not required. Hot mid-summer days are the biggest draw on power, and the wind typically doesn’t blow on those days.

“Peaceful, respectful differences of opinion can and should occur in democratic societies,” he said. But what about Queen’s Park stripping our Township’s planning powers? What’s democracy when you have no authority? Arcane at best!

“This project will help create well paying jobs.” Not in Clearview, I say. Not many in Canada even. Wind power will “help to protect our environment.” By disrupting migratory bird paths and impacting on local wetlands, not to mention on human health? They will “combat climate change”. As more coal and natural gas fired power must be created to offset the inconsistencies of wind power?

Again, who’s kidding who. Come on, Clearview. Tell them no! Again!

Colin Huismans, CreemoreChairperson, Clearview WAIT (Warning About

Industrial Turbines)

This picture of the second New Lowell Train Stat ion was brought to us by New Lowell resident David McNeil. The original station burnt down in 1910, and this one replaced it until the 1960s. We’ll show you a great picture of the original building, also submitted by McNeil, next week.

WAIT’s response to wind company letterLETTER

A cyclist’s point of viewLETTER

It’s all about the local this week as several shows and events celebrating the local food movement get underway in Creemore.

It’s amazing how much this issue has grown over the past few years. Not long ago, no one thought twice about picking up some out-of-season berries at the local supermarket in the middle of winter. Now, it seems that every second book launched in the Canadian publishing world has something to do with keeping accumulated kilometres off your plate.

This is a wonderful thing, and no doubt as it continues to grow it will have positive ramifications for this country’s sometimes struggling farmers.

But sometimes, we think it also might be worth remembering that a lot of folks in these parts have been eating this way forever. It just never crossed their minds that it could be so marketable!

Eating Off The Land


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To tell us what is happening at your church call Georgi 466-9906 • fax: 466-9908 • email: [email protected]

Worship & Sunday School at 10 am. “Where Jesus is Lord,

all are welcome.” Rev. Elizabeth Inglis • 466-5838

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Sunday, August 1

CREEMORE BAPTIST CHuRCHSunday School for all ages

at 9:45 a.m.Worship Service 11 a.m.

12 Wellington Street WestFor info call (705) 466-6232

All are welcome

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Summer Schedule:August 1 - New Lowell (Communion)

at 10:15 am August 8 - Praise in the Park at New Lowell Conservation Area at 10:15 amAugust 15 - St. John’s at 10:15 am

Join us at ST. LuKE’S ANGLICAN CHuRCH

22 Caroline St. W. 466-2206For a joyful service of worship

join us at 11 am. All are welcome.

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cold beer.At Creemore Springs we take pride in introducingfolks to the great taste of our beer and showingthem how we make it. So the next time you’re nearthe town of Creemore, drop by the brewery,the hospitality is on us.

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that is right for you.Stayner Brethren in Christ Church

Contact us for day camp info and summer activities for youth

6th Conc., 1 Km N. of Cty. Rd. 91705-428-6537

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St. James’ Anglican ChurchClougher-Lisle

Sunday Service at 9:30 am All are welcome to join us.

Attendance was down to 54 today, possibly in part because of the hot weather. P r e s i d e n t B o b Ve a l e mentioned our upcoming Rama trip on Tuesday, August 3, and he mentioned that we could use more passengers. If interested, call Sylvia at 466-5732. Then I announced that any senior or disabled person could call Brian or Diane McKay at 466-3126 if they could use some free help with things like yard work, etc, and the chores that they can no longer handle. This work is done by volunteer cadets and is free. If you would like to donate a bit to cover cold drinks, etc, that would be appreciated but is not a requirement.

Barb Pilon told us a cute joke, off the top of her head. This is quite a feat as most of the rest of us have to have things written down these days! Then the 50/50 draws went to Mary underhill, Roy Veinot, Gayle Gordon, Dean Chestnut, Jim Rigney, Peter Gubbell, Vi Matthews and Eleanor Elder.

Moon shots were played by Karl Seifert, Eileen Nash, Jim Ferguson, Effie Taylor, Jim Rigney (2), Dave Smith, Doreen Murray and Isabelle Gubbell. Isabelle won the travelling prize while Jim Rigney won the Sidewinders and the side bet money.

High scorers were Jim Rigney 321 (Nice!) followed by Eileen Nash 310,

Isabelle Gubbell 291 and Gerri Miller 282. Low was Kevin Keogh with 103. The hidden score of 191 did not go, so next week it will be worth $21. Somebody had better win this prize soon, or else it will break the bank when someone

finally does collect!Last weekend, Lorraine Kulik

and her son, Scott, were headed up to Parry Sound to visit their cousin, Joy (Beacom) Stewart and her family. They stopped at the produce stand at Cashtown Corners to load up on some fresh fruit and veggies to take with them. Lorraine set her wallet on the back bumper while helping to load the food into the back of the truck. When it was all loaded, she got back into the truck and they drove off east from Cashtown on County Road 9. On arrival at their destination, she discovered that her wallet was missing, and she remembered leaving it on the bumper. She was devastated, as in the wallet was all her cash, a cheque, several gift cards worth four to five hundred dollars, plus her driver’s licence, health card, bank card and credit card – in short, all her identification and personal information. Scott suggested that she phone a neighbour and ask them to check Lorraine’s home phone on the off chance that someone had found her

wallet. Sure enough, on her answering machine was the name and phone number of a lady in Creemore saying that she and her husband had found the wallet on the road. This gal’s name is Liz Fullenwider, and after talking to Lorraine and discovering that there had been a cheque and cash in the wallet originally, she and her husband Jim drove back to Cashtown and got out and searched the ditches. Scattered in the long grass they found a twenty dollar bill here, and a ten dollar bill there – and eventually found everything that was missing. Talk about being one relieved and happy camper! Lorraine was so thankful that she couldn’t help but tell everyone about these wonderful people, and she would again like to thank Jim and Liz Fullenwider again for being her guardian angels. In talking to Liz, she mentioned that she had been laid off work some time ago, and she and Jim had both been unemployed. Her job searches hadn’t

yielded any employment until right after the wallet episode (I think I have the time correct here), when Liz got a job offer, which she is accepting. It is out of town, and I think that they will have to relocate. If so, their leaving town will be Creemore’s loss.

By the way, the Joy (Beacom) Stewart that the Kuliks were visiting was raised in Creemore, and went to school when I was in Public School. Joy’s dad was Victor Beacom, and I believe he was an insurance agent. Joy’s mother, Louie (White) Beacom, was a sister to Lorraine’s father, William White. So she was Lorraine’s Aunt Louie, and Louie’s sister, Joy White, eventually married Dr. R. Graham of Creemore. He was Dr. Jack Graham’s father by his first wife. Both of the White sisters, Joy and Louie, were nurses, and nursed at Collingwood Hospital for some years. Joy (Beacom) Stewart has two sisters – Elizabeth and Sharon, and they are all first cousins of Lorraine’s.

Dear Editor:This le t te r i s to he lp local

business owners and residents of the village understand the relationship between the community and the cadets from Charlie Co. of Blackdown Training Centre, Canadian Forces Base Borden. Several years ago someone from the Base contacted me to ask if there was anything the cadets could do as part of their community service program to help with projects of the Creemore Tree Committee. The cadets would be available the last two Fridays of July and the first two Fridays of August. As this is usually the hottest and driest part of the summer, the hardest time to find volunteers, and not the best time to be planting shade trees, I contacted Paul Ruppel, one of the busiest volunteers in town, often found working on numerous projects at the Station on the Green, to see if he could use some help.

Since that time many service organizations including the Creemore Tree Committee, the Station on the Green, the Creemore Horticultural Society, the Creemore Legion and Cenotaph, the Creemore Public Library, the new fire station on Louisa Street and the BIA have all benefited from the services of these fine young men and women. The program organizers tell me that the cadets like coming to Creemore because I do my best to find tasks that are both interesting and meaningful for

them and I make sure they know their efforts are appreciated.

This year an extra 80 cadets on each of two Satuday afternoons were added to the 30 to 35 that come on each of the Fridays. We quickly expanded the program to include assisting seniors and those with disabilities, the local churches, the daycare centre and nursing home. (Please note: The Rent-a-Youth Program has not been affected negatively... in fact, they agree that having the cadets here has helped strengthen the image of youth in our community).

The cadets will no longer be asked to clean up garbage in the downtown area or to do work that is not safe. They will continue to weed around the trees on Mill Street but they will not be sitting or kneeling on the road to weed out the plants and grasses that have been an unsightly nuisance since the beginning of the reconstruction of Mill Street. This weed problem is expected to disappear when the final paving has been completed. In the meantime, it is hoped that business operators/owners and residents on Mill Street will get out their weed trimmers and tidy up their own street frontages to help make our main street more inviting and attractive.

Yours in helping to keep Creemore a “green and beautiful place,”

Diane McKay, Creemore

Mill Street weeding not cadets’ jobLETTER


creemore inspired

154 Mill St"Locavore" at Mad & Noisy GalleryMember Artists join together celebrating our wealth oflocal food in a variety of media

146 Mill StBryan Belangerat MoyaboyaAbstract mixed-media and multi layered canvases inspired by satellite imagery of the earth

142 Mill St"Menagerie" atMaplestone GalleryA lively mix of wildlife, Þshand birds from a variety of contemporary mosaic artists

134 Mill StJohane Landryat Curiosity HouseJohane interprets Quebec's pastoral themes to reveal a passionate love of the land

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by Brad HoldenMost people in Creemore are aware that we’re known for our beer, but few have probably realized that we’ve acquired new claim to fame.

Since last fall, when Suzanne Steeves opened her Maplestone Gallery at Mill and Elizabeth Streets, our town has, believe it or not, become somewhat of a mecca in the world of mosaic art. Maplestone, you see, is the only gallery dedicated strictly to the artform in Canada, and it’s one of only two in North America.

For Steeves, who lives with her husband Aiken Scherberger in the Horseshoe Valley area, the gallery is a dream that came true quickly. The couple moved out of the city 10 years ago, and were always drawn to Creemore when they went on day trips from their country home, but it wasn’t until late 2008 that they were visiting town and noticed that the building that used to house Shane Durnford’s workshop was for sale. Steeves had discovered mosaic art five years earlier, and Scherberger had the sudden idea that she should buy the building and use it not only as a workspace and showroom for her own work, but as a gallery to promote the medium en masse. Six months later, on their anniversary, they returned to Creemore and purchased the building.

Fast forward to today and the gallery is a reality, its walls covered with fantastical pieces by both Steeves and artists from across North America and even Europe, crafted in a range of styles using a huge variety of materials.

“Mosaic art has really been elevated in recent years,” said Steeves. “There’s so much you can do with texture and colour. For me, I just love the way light plays on the cut edge of glass. It dances.”

With the gallery successfully up and running,

Steeves is now enjoying contributing to life in Creemore as well. Together with Curiosity House, Moyaboya, the Mad & Noisy Gallery and Chez Michel, Steeves is organizing the second installment of the Friday Night Gallery Crawl on Friday, August 6 from 6 to 9 pm. She was pleasantly surprised with the turnout at the inaugural event a month ago.

“It was a really social evening – I found that people

lingered longer than they do during the day,” she said. “And the streets were full, which is what we were aiming for.”

For Steeves, the night is not only good for Creemore businesses, it’s also good for the beautiful artform that she’s devoted herself to.

“I’m happy to talk about mosaics day and night,” she said with a smile. “It’s my passion.”

Suzanne Steeves at the Maplestone Gallery.

Creemore: a mosaic capital of the world?


by Brad HoldenThe last time Orangeville-based singer and actor Leisa Way was seen in these parts, she was dressed as Canada’s favourite redhead and singing songs about Matthew, Marilla and Gilbert Blythe.

Way, who spent six years playing Anne of Green Gables a t the Charlottetown Festival, has reprised that role on many occasion, just as she did at Knox Presbyterian Church in Dunedin two years ago. But these days, it’s another role that’s foremost in her mind, that of Patsy Cline, one of the most influential, successful and acclaimed vocals of the 20th century.

From August 16 to 21, Way will present Sweet Dreams: A Tribute to Patsy Cline at Theatre Collingwood. Since developing the show in 2007, Way and her crack band of studio musicians have performed the show more than 250 times, and every time she is struck by how much people are affected by Cline’s songs.

“She had such heart and soul, and

that still exists in her music,” said Way. “We do our best to capture that, and to bring her to life. And I’ve been told many times that people feel like they’ve spent an evening with her. That’s a real honour.”

While Way does not s tay in character between songs, instead choosing to tell stories of Cline’s life (and its tragic ending – she died in a plane crash just after her 30th birthday) between songs, when she sings she does her best to embody the character of the country legend.

“It’s all about the emotion,” she says of the process.

It’s also, of course, about her band, which features Mulmur resident and frequent Creemore performer Bruce Ley on piano and electric guitar.

“When it comes down to it, the show is really a concert... so these guys are playing off each other and doing it just like it was done in the old days,” said Way. “They’re so good, some nights I think I hardly need to show up.”

Sweet Dreams: A Tribute to Patsy Cline will play at the Gayety Theatre in Collingwood at 8 pm on August 16, 17, 19, 20 and 21 and at 2 pm on August 18. To buy tickets or for more information, visit www.theatrecollingwood.com or call 445-2200.

Capturing the heart and soul of a country legendFormer Anne of Green Gables teams with Bruce Ley to honour Patsy Cline

Leisa Way as Patsy Cline.

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8 • The CreeMore eCho • Friday, July 30, 2010

Clearview Township noTiCes

Clearview Township, Box 200, 217 Gideon St. Stayner, ON L0M 1S0 705-428-6230 • www.clearview.ca

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Honeywood Arena Booth – The Township of Mulmur is accepting proposals for the operation of the concession stand in the Arena for the 2010-2011 season, with an option for renewal for one additional year. Proposals shall be made on a monthly rental basis, and includes the use of all appliances in the booth. The operator pays their own energy costs, carries liability insurance, commits to excellence in customer service, and will ensure the booth is open during all arena events.

All applicants are required to pick up a copy of the contract terms from the Township Office (Telephone 705-466-3341) after August 3rd, 2010.

The highest or any bid not necessarily accepted.Sealed bids, clearly marked as to the contents will be received by the

undersigned no later than August 30th, 2010 at 2:00 pm to:

Township of Mulmur758070 2nd Line East (Terra Nova)R.R.# 2 Lisle Ontario L0M 1M0Attention: Terry Horner, CAO/Clerk

On Monday, September 13, 2010, the Council of the Township of Clearview will hold a public meeting, pursuant to Section 12 of the Development Charges Act, 1997, to present and obtain public input on an amendment to the Township’s proposed development charges by-law.

The proposed amendment will remove charges related to waste water servicing in the communities of New Lowell and Nottawa; remove water charges in the community of Nottawa; and remove water charges in a neighbourhood of New Lowell known as the Shadywoods Subdivision.

All interested parties are invited to attend the Public Meeting of Council and any person who attends the meeting may make representations relating to the proposed by-law and amendment. The meeting is to be held:

Monday, September 13, 20107:05 p.m.

atThe Township of Clearview Council Chambers

217 Gideon St, Stayner, OntarioIn order that sufficient information is made available to the

public, copies of the proposed by-law amendment and the background study are being made available by 4:00 p.m. Friday, July 23, 2010, at the Township offices and are also available on the Township website www.clearview.ca

Interested persons may express their comments at the Public Meeting or in writing, addressed to the Township Clerk, PO Box 200, Stayner, Ontario prior to September 13, 2010.

Robert CampbellTownship Clerk

CorreCTionCorrection to:

Publication Date: July 23, 2010 Clearview Township

Notice of Passing – Zoning By-law Amendment (ZB 2010-018 – By-law 10-52)

Error under Purpose and Effect of the Proposed Amendment • should have read “add a maximum separation of 50 metres”

instead of “add a minimum separation of 50 metres”

Happy 60th Anniversary wishes were r inging throughout the Avening community as Harold and Betty Norris celebrated with friends and family at the Nottawasaga Inn. Congratulat ions to a super couple on this great milestone!

More congratulations to new additions to families in our area. To Rachel and Will Brooks a girl, Clara Elizabeth. Marg and Dennis Rainbird are sharpening up their Grandma and Grandpa skills again as Karen and James welcomed a girl, Cara Julia Filena Cubitt on July 22 at Collingwood General and Marine Hospital. Summer will be busy for these new families.

We are pleased to welcome home Brad Oster and Carlee Gowan from their mission trip to Nicaragua. They will be doing a presentation for the Creemore Pastoral United Church Charge in the near future.

Don’t forget to bring your lawn chair and a friend or neighbour to the Pavilion at the Conservation Park (not the Recreation Park) on August 8 at 10:15 am when the New Lowell United Church will welcome Al Beardsall and Lloyd Preston with their gospel music. There will be a worship service and light picnic lunch following the service. Rain or shine!

The Vacation Bible School at New Lowell United takes place on Tuesday, August 3, 4, and 5. We are pleased to say that 40 children with 11 staff members will host this event, called Diving for God’s Treasures Under the

Sea. So if you see some sea creatures around the village be assured they are friendly and enjoying their days learning some new things about the Sea and about God.

I was into the Sunnidale Library the other day and wow, we are so lucky to have

such a good place for the children of the community to learn some skills in many areas of their development. Plus there was a line up for the computer usage amongst the adults. It is such a pleasure to see all of these facilities being used. Janice and staff has had a very busy summer with all the events. Here is more news from our library.

Lions , Tigers and Bears in Clearview… it’s actually more like the lions, hippos and elephants are invading the Clearview Public Library. There will be a herd of “elephants” showing off their artistic masks that they made in the Junior Jaguars Club and a pod of “hippos” celebrating at the Hippo Party which will be taking place at the Sunnidale Branch on Saturday, July 31 at 10 am.

Please drop by the Stayner Branch to play and learn in the TD Summer Reading Programs that Amy and Jen have organized for Thursdays during the summer holidays. There are three different age-specific sessions throughout the day and it seems like everybody is thoroughly enjoying themselves at these Story Hours. And it is not too late to sign up for the Girl Power Hour that runs on Saturday, July 31 from 1:30 to 3 pm. Please call 428-

3595 for registration details.As of Saturday, July 24, the library

now has laptops in all three branches for in-house use. If you need some extra time to work on a homework paper or extra privacy for your banking, ask at the circulation desk for a lend of a laptop computer.

The library will be at the Creemore Farmers’ Market on Saturday, August 7, 14 and 21. They will be selling their “famous” brand of coffee by the cup or by the bag and shilling their wheelbarrow of paperback beach-books to raise funds for the library.

They will also have a presence at the Gathering of the Classics at the Edenvale Aerodrome on Saturday, August 7. Over 200 aircraft, 250 classic cars and thousands of people attended this heritage aviation event last year and this year, the library will be featuring the book First In and Last Out, The RCAF Women’s Division and Nursing Sisters in World War II by Glad Bryce at its booth. When you are not checking

out the vintage planes or cars at the event, try your hand at the Library Outreach Wii gaming demonstration located next to the flight simulator.

The New Lowell Legion had a successful day on July 24 with their Annual Pig Roast. Don’t forget that the Legion has many events on during the month of August and on into the Fall. Watch for the Turkey Shoots on the third Saturday of each month with the cost of $3 each round. Watch for these coming events: Newfie Jigs’ dine and dance, October Fest, Dragon Boat Festival. Perhaps you are looking for a facility to rent for an event. Call the Legion at 424-1621 to arrange rental of the Hall. Remember, the Legion is for the community and the profits benefit us all.

That’s the news from around the area.

Remember to call 424-6497 or email [email protected] if you have something of interest for this column.

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The family of Carman Gowan would like to make a few corrections to the information that was provided to Ken Thornton for the column that

appeared last week.Carm was born May 23,1920, not April.

Carm married Margaret Free-Elliott October 21, 1961 and became a wonderful husband and dad to his new bride Mae and her four children Wayne, Carol, Christopher and Kerry Elliott. Carm and Mae enjoyed nearly 47 year of

marriage before Mae succumbed to cancer on July 30, 2008. Carman has 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Thank you,The Family of Carman Gowan


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Coming home from his Little League game, Billy swung open the front door very excited.

“So, how did you do son?” his dad asked.“you’ll never believe it!” Billy said. “I was

responsible for the winning run!”“Really? How’d you do that?”

“I dropped the ball.”


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by Peter Dillman, Curator of the Mad & Noisy “Locavore” showWhen my daughters pick wild strawberries from the lakeshore near our house, they are hunter gatherers. When they pick raspberries from the canes I planted, they are agrarians. In both cases, they are good little locavores.

When they are in Loblaws, however, they are typical shoppers, wanting the freshest berries in January.

I have been a vegetarian for all of my adult life and am raising my kids the same way. I think about food and food production a lot. Being a locavore is probably the most difficult of dietary choices to maintain. I admit that it is one I seldom attain.

“Locavore” is a contemporary term for an ancient concept. Hunter gatherers were locavores. Agrarians were locavores until the success of agrarianism allowed populations to grow and the cities expanded into the fields. Food production moved further from population centres, and city dwellers lived far from the sources of food.

For thousands of years, the limits of freshness imposed two days travel time for perishable goods. Bananas were not seen in the average kitchen until well into the 20th century.

In the 14th century, English law determined that food markets could be no more than 14 miles apart as that was the distance a food producing merchant could walk to market from

his fields and then back home after a long day shilling his wares. The law also forbade markets from being any closer to each other as that would increase competition and lower prices!

F a s t e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n ( a n d refrigeration) allowed regional s p e c i a l i z a t i o n o f c r o p s a s local populations no longer relied on what grew locally. Eating transported food became an entrenched way of life.

Now, entire populations approach the edge of famine while their cash crops are shipped abroad to raise foreign capital to adhere to IMF debt repayment schedules. Other food producing regions at the end of the line of irrigations systems are running out of water to produce crops to feed themselves. We are challenged to reduce our impact on the planet. Our food choices are being examined more closely than ever before.

Do you think about where your food comes from, and how it gets to your table? Nature’s bounty is all around us in Creemore in July. But those berries in the grocery store in January sure are tempting.

The artists of the Mad &Noisy h a v e b e e n t h i n k i n g a b o u t “Locavorism.” This exhibit is the result.

The Locavore Show at the Mad & Noisy Gallery will run for the month of August. An opening reception will take place from 2 to 5 pm on Saturday, July 31.

by Brad HoldenThe Creemore Braves will take on Lisle in the first round of the 2010 North Dufferin Baseball League Playoffs, with Game 1 taking place on Wednesday, August 4 in Creemore at 6:15 pm. Game 2 will go in Lisle on Saturday, August 7 at an undetermined time; Game 3 in Creemore on Sunday, August 8 at 1 pm; Game 4 (if necessary) at 6:15 on Tuesday, August 10 in Lisle and Game 5 (if necessary) at 6:15 pm on Wednesday, August 11 in Creemore.

The Braves won their final regular season game on July 23, beating the

Bolton Juniors by a score of 3-2. Brent Trott picked up the win, allowing five hits while striking out five batters. The Braves collected five hits, with Bryan Post contributing a home run and a single. The other three hits came from Chris Greer, Ed Akitt and Dan Gowan, who clinched the game with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh.

This weekend, Creemore will warm up for the playoffs by playing in the New Lowell Tournament. Their first game will be against Nepean at 1 pm on Saturday.

Braves to meet Lisle

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CELEBRATIONS Rhonda Lowe & Andrew Millsap’s Buck and Doe on Saturday, July 31 at the Collingwood Curling Club, 152 Hume Street from 8:30 pm to 1 am. Live band and prizes. Age of majority needed. Tickets $10. Call 466-5482 or at the door.

Please join us for a 50th Wedding Anniversary Open House Celebra-tion for Walter & Audrey Sheffer at Stayner Brethren in Christ Church on Sunday, August 8 from 2 to 4 pm. Please no gifts or cards. There will be a book to sign for your best wishes..

YARD SALEJardine Crescent Street Sale on Saturday, July 31 from 8 am to 2 pm. Lots of homes and lots of good stuff.

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PROPERTY FOR SALEVACANT LAND for sale, 8.7 acres, 74 Sydenham Trail W., near Duntroon, View of Georgian Bay, privacy, dead end road, well treed, driveway, drilled well. (705) 445-6095, www.viewofgeorgianbay.com

DAYCAREHOME DAyCARE SERVICES in Creemore. Healthy lunches and snacks, arts and crafts, circle/story time, indoor/outdoor play. Reasonable rates and hours. Booking for fall 2010. 466-6355.

NOTICEI, Glen Best, declare myself as a supporter of wind turbine energy in the Clearview area. I also do not support the WAIT group, the Niagara Escarpment Commission or the World Biosphere designation area. I do support (most of the time) the Bruce Trail group. (Please no phone calls or letters.) Glen Best

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OFFICE WANTEDOFFICE SPACE wanted for computer professional. 100-200 sq ft, private entrance (not shared), access to bathroom, utilities incl. preferred, starting August 15. Call Joseph (705) 515-0196.

WANTEDFIREARMS Wanted. Collections or single antique and modern rifles, shotguns, handguns, military collectibles, swords, bayonets and knives, military and hunting gear, ammunition and reloading supplies, decoys, fishing tackle, outdoor sporting collectibles, etc. For September 18 and November 20, 2010 Firearms, Militaria and Sportsman’s Auctions at the Creemore Legion Hall. All paperwork handled including unregistered guns. Call John Simpson Auctioneer at 1-800-438-8138.

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IN MEMORIAMIAN LANG – In loving memory of a beloved husband, father, and grandfather who died on August 1st, 2005.

As we loved you, so we miss you.In our memories you are near.Loved, remembered; longed for always, With passing of each year.

“Till a’ the seas gang dry my love” Marjorie.

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Important Antique Estate Auction. Saturday August 7th 9:45 a.m. at the Shrine Club, 2265 Fairgrounds Rd, 10 miles north of Creemore. Antiques, collectibles, coin & stamp collections. Pegnegnat & Marble Clocks; fine china & glass ware. Moorcroft; Wedgwood. Sevre; disc’t Doultons. Hummels; Galle, carnival, etc. Bronzes; sterling; Lg collection of art work. Lots of estate gold, diamond and costume jewellery, violins, crocks; early lamps; vintage hats. LR kitchen and dining suites & furnishings. Asst chairs; parlour tables; Ikea BR suite; unique Karn gypsy organ; old fishing tackle; military German sword and medals. Persian rugs; mirrors; memorabilia; milk bottles Inc; Besse, Potts & other Ont. bottles; handyman and garden tools. Lawn Boy. BBQ, toy motorized car, baby crib/bed (as new), reference books, filing cabinets and many pleasant surprises.Terms Cash, Debit, Visa 5% B.P. Pifher Auction Services Ltd. (since 1960) (705) 445-4848. Come and enjoy The Shriners usual hospitality & an old time Country Auction across from GNE.www.pifher.theauctionadvertiser.com

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Seven years ago, a summer hockey camp introduced mountain biking to 11-year old Steven Noble and although the youngster continued playing Canada’s favourite sport, he was now hooked on a sport that is gaining enormous popularity in this country and around the world.

Perhaps, mountain biking is the perfect sport for a boy living on the farm in Canada. Most farm kids live several kilometres from town, where other kids can play road hockey or visit their friends. Generally, a farm boy grows up working and learning to play with the few other children nearby. Mountain biking offered Steven the freedom to see other kids and the exhilaration of what can be a hair-raising experience.

Steven, son of Dave and Eveline Noble, lives south-west of Banda Corners, which is the corner on Airport Road where you turn toward Glencairn. Luckily for him, his home is not too far from the Mansfield Outdoors Centre, a mecca for mountain biking enthusiasts. After the hockey camp, Steven’s parents enrolled their bike-mad son in a program at the Outdoors Centre and, well, the rest is history.

You see, Steven is not just a weekend warrior; he is the real McCoy when it comes to cycling. During the beginning of July, Steven, now 18, qualified for the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore on August 14-26 by earning a 5th place

mountain bike ranking and winning a bronze in the time trials at the Junior Road Nationals in Edmonton. Steven will compete in the mountain bike and road races there.

Steven said that his road race performance at Nationals was a surprise, but he’ll take

it. The bronze also enabled him to become an alternate for the Road World Junior Championships in Italy.

The farm boy who used to ride up and down the gravel sideroad is now seeing more than just the hills of Mulmur.

Two weeks after the Edmonton Championships, the 5-foot-10, 160-pounder, which is extremely heavy for a cyclist, won a silver medal while riding an Opus Mountain bike at the Junior Mountain Bike Nationals in the Rocky Mountains at Canmore, Alberta. The silver will take him to Mount Saint Anne in Quebec during the first week of September to vie for a World Junior Mountain Bike championship.

But wait, there is more to this leg-turning teenager. Steven just graduated from Centre Dufferin District High School in Shelburne with a 93 per cent average. After the championships in Quebec, he will jump on another plane to take him to British Columbia where he received academic scholarships to attend the University of Victoria in pre-med.

So what is in store for Steven? Obviously, he has high academic standards

he would like to meet, but he has set a goal to be a nationally carded mountain biker within the next three years and has the 2016 Brazil Olympics in his sights.

You might be able to see Steven race in Singapore as TSN and CTV will provide one-hour coverage each day the Youth Olympic Games run.

Steven’s sponsors include Glacier, Opus and Little Ed’s Ski & Bike Shop.

In another sport, kudos go to two local 10-year-old girls who won the inaugural provincial under 12 girls ball hockey championship playing for the Beeton Xtreme. Congratulations to Jessica Whitley from Avening and Stayner’s Andrea Redpath. Jessica’s mom Myrna Whitley is a member of the coaching staff. The Xtreme beat Cambridge 2-1 in the championship game.

Local boy makes good on the mountain bike circuit

Steven Noble on the trails. Photos by bradchisholmphoto.com

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