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Force will be conducting groundassault demonstrations at theupcoming Great Lakes Interna-tional Air Show at the St.Thomas Airport this weekend.They will be performing air toground battle reenactmentswith CF-188 Hornets and a CH-146 Griffon helicopter to showwhat soldiers do on operations.

Marking 100 years of NavalAviation, the US Navy will alsobe on show with 20 planes in-cluding Coast Guard helicopters,a Hercules, eight trainers andtwo jet trainers.

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will be the performance of thelegendary Canadian ForcesSnowbird Demonstration Teamand their parachute team, theSkyHawks.

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First carriers hiredare sisters

Charly Gullons and her sisterEmma-Belle became part of thehistory of the St. Thomas/ElginWeekly News on June 16. Theywere the first students hired asindependent carriers to deliverthe community newspaper. Theirroute is in northeastern St.Thomas.

Setting up delivery routes andrecruiting carriers was the nextlogical step for The WeeklyNews, said Terry Carroll, pub-lisher of the newspaper. “We’vehad a long and successful rela-tionship with Canada Post, butwe’ve reached the point whererunning our own delivery systemis important to us.”

Consultant Ken Seguin hasbeen retained by Carroll Publish-ing Inc. to set up a carrier distri-bution system and drivernetwork system for The Weekly

News. Ken is president of News-paper Circulation Specialists,and he has a wealth of knowl-edge about newspapers, withparticular expertise in the area of

newspaper circulation. He nowresides in St. Thomas and says,“I’m loving it.”

Ken is interested in talking toanyone 11 years or older who is

interested in a carrier route, oradults who would like to act ascontract drivers. He can bereached at 519-633-1640, ext.33.

Members of the Snowbirds Demonstration Team prepare for take-off. TheSnowbirds will call St. Thomas home from June 24-26 at the 2011 GreatLakes International Air Show. (Photo supplied)

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Central Elgin Council adopts2011 budgetTax rate decreases 2.9%

by Amelia BainbridgeCentral Elgin Council approved the 2011

budget at its June 13 meeting. The budgetincludes a tax rate decrease of 2.9 per-cent, and a total property tax levy increaseof 2.1 percent, or $218,566 over last year.

The budget faced a 10 percent decreasein grants from the Ontario Municipal Part-

nership Fund, representing a loss of$91,600 in revenue, as well as a 9.8 per-cent increase in policing costs. Despitethese challenges the budget includesmany capital projects and limits the in-crease in the tax levy to less than the cur-rent cost of living increases.

Highlights of capital projects include thereconstruction of Brouwers Line, greengym equipment for Little Creek Park,$120,000 for the future replacement ofthe Belmont Arena roof and new tar and

chip surface treatment on Mapleton Lineand Pleasant Valley Line.

Council hosted its first ever budget openhouse and created a budget survey to re-ceive public input on the budget. “The2011 budget reflects the concerns weheard from the public about taxation lev-els while maintaining service levels andthe public’s investment in roads and otherinfrastructure,” said Central Elgin MayorBill Walters.

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Tangible capital assetsNeil Roberts, president of In-

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sented a report regarding tan-gible capital assets and howmuch it would cost to replacethem. The city has been accu-mulating an infrastructuredeficit for a long time with theconstruction of the 1950s and60s beginning to need attentionnow. Roberts said that the ex-isting deficit is $280 million,with a cost of $20 million peryear over 10 years, after thedebt is paid, in order to main-tain existing assets. Hestressed that St. Thomas is notunlike other municipalities inthis regard, but encouragedcouncil not to leave it, but todeal with it now, or else it willcost even more down the road.Backyard burning

Mayor Heather Jackson-Chapman asked Fire Chief RobBroadbent if backyard burningwas allowed in St. Thomas.Broadbent said that it is al-lowed but that the little unitsavailable in the stores were not.Fire pits are okay if they are 5metres away from combustiblematerial and use clean fuel.However, any complaint aboutsmoke will mean the fire willhave to be extinguished.

Stewardship Ontario BatteryCollection Program

A report outlining potentialcollection sites of batteries waspresented to council. AldermanGord Campbell asked if auto-motive batteries were a part ofthis. John Dewancker, directorof environmental services, saidno, only dry-cell, rechargeableand cell phone batteries will beaccepted at the collection sites.Green cart waste collection

Alderman Jeff Kohler said thathe had received calls from res-idents who had purchasedextra green bin containers fororganic materials from Green-lane, the previous garbageservice provider, but that BFI,the current waste managementservice, was only emptyingone. Alderman Tom Johnstonsaid that the current contractstipulates one green containerper household every otherweek.Too much garbagedowntown

Alderman Dave Warden askedif more garbage receptaclescould be placed downtown dur-ing events, citing the significantgarbage build-up when morepeople are downtown. Directorof environmental services, JohnDewancker, said that MichelleShannon, waste management

coordinator was working withthe Downtown DevelopmentBoard to improve the situation.Alderman Gord Campbell saidthat the waste managementsystem at the InternationalPlowing Match, which includedrecycling, worked very well andshould be considered as part ofa comprehensive plan to dealwith the garbage downtown.July 1 fireworks

Mayor Heather Jackson-Chapman said that Canada Dayfireworks will be taking place atdusk at the Doug Tarry SportsComplex. However, the festivi-ties will start at 5pm with freeentertainment, kids activities,exhibitors and vendors. Dona-tions for the Kinsmen will beaccepted at the gate. She urgedresidents to adhere to parkingrestrictions onsite to avoid thefallout zone and park in nearbystreets or the Faith BaptistChurch parking lot across thestreet.

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CASO Station honouredby provincial plaque

The Canada Southern RailwayStation in St. Thomas was hon-oured June 17 when the On-tario Heritage Trust unveiled aprovincial plaque to commem-orate the 1873 heritage buildingcurrently being restored by theNorth America Railway Hall ofFame.

“We are extremely fortunateto have this architectural land-mark here in St. Thomas,” saidDr. Thomas H.B. Symons, chair-man of the Ontario HeritageTrust, “to remind us of theproud railway heritage we enjoyin our province.”

The unveiling ceremony tookplace at the CASO Station Fri-day, where the provincialplaque will be permanently in-stalled in the northwest cornerof the grounds.

“The railways helped buildthis community,” said JoeDocherty, executive director ofthe North America Railway Hallof Fame, “and the workers theyattracted helped settle the sur-

rounding area. St. Thomas hasrallied behind the efforts to re-store this landmark buildingthrough their financial contribu-tions and volunteer labour,showing how the railways con-tinue to influence this commu-nity and keep it strong.”

“Provincial plaques such asthis one identify people, placesand events from our past thathelp define our future,” saidMPP Steve Peters.

Restorationefforts recognized

“...railways continueto influence thiscommunity andkeep it strong.”

Joe Docherty, Executive Director

[Left] St. Thomas mayor Heather Jackson-Chapman, MP Joe Preston, MPPSteve Peters, North America Railway Hall of Fame vice-president Matt Janesand Ontario Heritage Trust plaque program coordinator Sam Wesley standby as Ontario Heritage Trust board member Ruth Dudley unveils the newprovincial heritage plaque for the Canada Southern Railway Station in St.Thomas June 17.


Local students explore issueof affordable housingthrough art

We often take where we live forgranted, but Grade 7 and 8 stu-

dents at St. Thomas CommunityChristian School, through theirstudy of issues surrounding eq-uitable housing, have beenlearning that not everyone has acomfortable home.

Art specialist at the school,Peggy DeVries, who is always onthe lookout to connect learningwith the Visual Arts expectationsset by the Ministry of Education,invited representatives fromHabitat for Humanity into theclassroom, in order to broadenher students’ perspective.

After interviewing a womanwho had just received a homethrough the help of Habitat forHumanity, Grade 7 student CoreyFox asked, “What can we do tohelp?”

Because the students had beenlearning ways that art can im-pact society and cause people tore-examine the world aroundthem, they created artwork thatwould be able to stimulate dis-cussion about affordable hous-ing.

Peggy partnered with the St.Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centreto present an art show of thestudents’ work June 9 and in-vited representatives from bothgovernment and non-govern-mental organizations to speakabout housing.

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“If one family in St. Thomascan move into affordable hous-ing, as a result of their efforts,”Peggy said, “we will celebratehow art can function as a healingagent in the world around us.”

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The Committee, responsible for anumber of procedural and admin-istrative matters, including PrivateMember’s Business, questions ofParliamentary Privilege and reviewof Standing Orders, met for the firsttime this session June 8. Membersof the Committee include repre-sentatives from the Conservative,NDP and Liberal Caucus.

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by Amelia BainbridgeSparta improvements

Sparta business owner Dar-lene Sinclair attended council tosuggest opening public wash-rooms in Sparta. “I have hadpeople ten deep waiting for thewashroom, and I don’t mind atall but I feel sorry for the people,”said Sinclair. She explained thatmost businesses in Sparta areon a holding tank and thereforecan’t offer public washrooms.The community hall washroomswere once open to the public,but as Councillor Sally Martynexplained there were problemswith vandalism and damage asthe washrooms weren’t staffed.Council directed staff to investi-gate options for public wash-rooms for the coming touristseason.CBC London transmitter

Council will support a requestby London asking the CBC to re-consider shutting down its Lon-don television transmitter. Lossof this transmitter would meanany households using antennasto receive over the air televisionwould be unable to view the CBCchannel. “I think that is very dis-turbing, many of us still haveaerials and I think that’s wrongfor them to do that,” said Coun-cillor Martyn. “I don’t disagreewith Sally, but I think the wholeTV process is changing fromanalogue to digital, so it’s a donedeal,” said Councillor Rob Mc-Farlan.St. George Street sidewalk

Council will request that ElginCounty install rumble stripsalong the north edge of pave-ment on St. George Street fromWellington Road to Hydro Roadand designate this section as noparking. Residents are con-cerned that there is no physicalbarrier between the street andthe sidewalk in this area, allow-ing cars to easily drive onto thesidewalk and endanger pedes-trians. Parking on the sidewalksis also problematic for pedestri-ans. “There are by-laws pro-hibiting people from parking onthe sidewalk but this past week-

end staff observed at least sevenor eight vehicles that wereparked across the sidewalkblocking it,” said CAO DonLeitch. ‘Quota’ revitalization

Council will give interestedcommunity groups the chance torevitalize a sculpture of a fishnamed ‘Quota’ that once over-looked the Port Stanley harbourin Glover Park. ‘Quota’ was putinto storage when the sign itwas mounted on was removedand the sculpture was found tobe damaged from exposure. “Isay give it up and let [the com-munity groups] do the fundrais-ing and get our approval onwhere to put it. I don’t think therest of Central Elgin would likeus spending money on ‘Quota’ inPort Stanley so give it to PortStanley,” said Councillor DanMcNeil.Automatic aid agreement

Central Elgin will enter an au-tomatic aid agreement with theTownship of Malahide for the re-sponse areas of the YarmouthCentre and Belmont stations,and the property at 47326Jamestown Line. If there is astructure fire in these areas,both Central Elgin and MalahideFire Rescue will respond. Coun-cillor Russell Matthews askedwhy Aylmer wasn’t approachedfor the agreement. “Basically it’sour quick response time. It’s notalways that easy to get throughAylmer, especially on Tuesdaysand with the location of their firehall, so the Chief approached usinstead of Aylmer,” said FireChief Crocker.Water study completion

The Elgin Area Primary WaterSupply System has completedan environmental assessmentfor the construction of a Residu-als Management Facility at thewater treatment plant on DexterLine. This facility will improve thequality of water being sent intoLake Erie. “The wastewater thatgoes from the water treatmentplant was an area of concern,and I’m glad to see that that’sbeing dealt with,” said Councillor

Martyn.Line painting contractawarded

Council awarded K.D.N. Pave-ment Marking Ltd. of Rockwood,Ontario the contract for linepainting in various Central Elginlocations. K.D.N. provided thelowest bid at $4.63 per litre withoptions for the same price overthe next three years. “This is anincrease of eleven percent overlast year. The price that we hadlast year was for the third yearof that previous contract whichwas a three year contract andwe chose to renew it for onemore year, so we haven’t had aprice increase for four years,”said Director of Physical Serv-ices Lloyd Perrin.Purchase of pickup trucks

Central Elgin will buy threepickup trucks from ElginChrysler for a total price of$78,849.14 including tax. Staffprovided a cost analysis on dif-ferent classes and models oftrucks to be used for transport-ing workers and equipments. “Inoticed that the vehicles thatwere highlighted had muchhigher CO2 emissions thansome of the other vehicles, so Iwas concerned about that be-cause the mileage didn’t seemthat different,” said CouncillorMartyn.

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St. Thomas Relayfor Life raises$100,000Members of the team from the St.Thomas Elgin General Hospital,called ‘STEGH Island,’ take a breakduring the Canadian Cancer Soci-ety Relay for Life event in St.Thomas June 10. Bev Trethewey,chair of the event, said over$100,000 was raised this year, sur-passing last year’s donations of$73,000.


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Just when I thought things weregoing well, the Director of CSISsays my country is filled withspies. Richard Fadden says it’sjust as bad now as it was duringthe Cold War and that Canada isripe for Islamist extremists to per-

petrate acts of terrorism. I am thinking twiceabout using the Toronto subway.

Fortunately, we are not panicking or over-react-ing to such possibilities. The biggest problem wehave is apparently home-grown terrorists. Theyare Canadians who have decided to follow theradical path and force their beliefs and values ona suspicious public.

The actual spies are probably probing our econ-omy more than our defense capabilities. Many ofthese are based in mainland China and drawinggood wages hacking our computer systemsthrough the Internet.

All of this is happening as Canadians and Amer-icans are growing more concerned about theirprivacy. Recent figures show that six millionAmericans have quit Facebook in efforts to stoppeople from snooping in their affairs. In Canada,usage of Facebook is also on the decline.

Life continues, but it seems to get more com-plicated. Ever since 9-11, we have been workingeven closer with American intelligence agencies,so we don’t even need to keep secrets. They cankeep them for us. It’s hard to believe that we haveany secrets at all.

I get a little nervous about this relationship be-cause I am old enough to remember the DEWLine during the Cold War. It was designed to de-tect incoming Soxziet bombers before theyreached the US. It would be better, they thought,to explode those nukes over Canada. Somehow,I didn’t feel any more secure because of this.

We are facing similar problems today when weplace too much trust in our allies. I wonder if CSISis spying on them. It would be nice to know whatthey are up to.

Editorial by Ric WellwoodGuest

Best chip shot winsDave Mennill, Elgin County Warden, accepts a United Way t-shirt from Heather Jackson-Chapman, Mayor of St.Thomas, for winning the chip shot challenge at the 3rd annual Warden’s Charity Golf Tournament June 15 at theKettle Creek Golf & Country Club in Port Stanley. On behalf of the city, Heather will donate $500 to the UnitedWay, whose new tag line is ‘Change starts here.’

Terry Carroll

The 21st century –what a riot

A scant three days after theVancouver chaos that followed the Stanley Cupfinal, Nancy and I hosted a small “Back to the 60s”party in St. Thomas. A 60s party is a bit of a no-brainer – the tie-dye, the wild hair, the beads, thepeaceful, groovy language are easy to have funwith, or parody.

Many of the people in the room were young inthe 1960s, an era of considerable protest. Butwhen the conversation veered in the direction ofthe Vancouver riots, there wasn’t a lot of sympathyfor the fires, vandalism and destruction of propertyon The West Coast. The majority asked “How couldthis happen?” and expressed a desire to punishthe instigators who had shown up, prepped for de-struction. The dissenters were two people, moreleft-leaning, who disagreed with a characterizationof some of the hooligans or anarchists as terror-ists.

Another idea tickles the back of my mind. Thereis a link between the social revolution of the 1960sand what happened in Vancouver, an event thatseemed eerily similar to last year’s G20 riots inToronto.

Along with peace, love and new ways of organ-izing society, the flower power generation usheredin two concepts that have mushroomed over theyears. One is an emphasis on individual humanrights, which now trump all other rights. The otheris a deep suspicion of organized religion, a logicaloutcome of a rallying cry from 45 years ago: Doyour own thing.

Here’s the dilemma. If a boy grows up with anexaggerated sense of his rights as an individual,and with no organized religion, where is the moralcentre to stop him from kicking in storefront win-dows and setting fire to automobiles? I don’t seeit.

Government leaders should consider this beforethey book another G20 summit or approve gigan-tic outdoor screens to attract enormous crowds tohockey games. Some commentators say Vancou-ver was about the increasing violence in hockey.Nonsense, I say. It was about violence for its ownsake.

Dorothy Gebert

Bicycle bluesWhen I was going home for

lunch last week, I was almost cutoff by a bicyclist. She had been

meandering along the side of the road while I wasdriving up and then decided to cross the streetwithout waiting for the lights or signaling just as Iwas making a turn. I swerved out of the way butit didn’t seem to register with the bicyclist that shewas doing anything dangerous.

It is that time of year when bicycles becomemore prevalent on the road, and I would normallyencourage motorists to make sure they pay atten-tion and share the road with cyclists. However, itworks both ways. Although bicyclists have thesame rights as other vehicles on the road, theyalso have the same responsibilities to obey therules of the road, which were enacted to keepeveryone safe.

That means stopping at lights and signs and

looking both ways before proceeding. It meanssignaling your intentions to turn so drivers can an-ticipate your actions. It means traveling in thesame direction as the traffic and not driving on thesidewalk. It also means being visible, especially atnight, with reflective clothing and a working bikelight.

I am not against bicycles. I have one myself. It isa great way to get some exercize and reduce yourcarbon footprint. But being aware of traffic andobeying the rules of the road is part of the respon-sibility of driving a bicycle – or any other type ofvehicle – so those near misses (or worse) can beavoided.

In last week’s St. Thomas council meeting, al-derman Mark Cosens urged people to forego theircars and drive their bicycles to the Doug TarrySports Complex on Fairview Avenue to see thefireworks on Canada Day. It’s a noble and energy-saving suggestion, but remember to pay attentionto what is going on around you, let drivers knowwhat you are doing and stay safe.

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Doing onething well

Are we notamazed atpeople whocan do fivethings atonce? Youknow whatI’m talking

about if you have kids orteenagers in your house – theycan do it. They listen to music,watch a movie, text a friend anddo their algebra homework allat the same time!

We watch that happen, shakeour heads and go back to doingour one thing at a time. Readthe paper. Once completed, do

the dishes. Once completed, cutthe grass. Once completed,well, I think you get it.

A multi-tasker, I am not. I can-not do four things at once. I amhappy if I can do one thing at atime.

But, with all this multi-taskinggoing on, are we running therisk of missing twothings? First, do we miss the joyof really focusing on onething? Second, do we actuallyend up doing many things 'kindof okay' when we could do onething with some degree of ex-cellence?

Think of it this way. WayneGretsky is a hockey player –who knows if he is really anygood at yard work? Gordon

Lightfoot is a musician / songwriter – who knows if he cansketch with charcoal? GordonRamsay is a chef – who knowsif he can sail a boat? RonMacLean is a hockey analyst –who knows if he can play thebagpipes? These people arerenowned for doing one thingand doing it well.

Actually, come to think of it,the historical person, JesusChrist, fits into the 'one thing'kind of approach as well. Jesus,had one thing on his mind – 'toseek and save the lost.' Hmm,good approach! Doing one thingwell.

And that, is something to thinkabout.

To Think About...Something Honouring Belmont’s heritageDr. Robert Burns, Heritage Central ElginChair and Dot Sale, Belmont representativefor Heritage Central Elgin, remove the clothfrom the Belmont Pioneer Cemetery plaqueJune 11. The sign was erected to make peo-ple aware that, though the cemetery was nolonger used after the 1930s, due to an over-sight, there are unknown pioneersstill buried there.

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Outstanding service recognizedRosemary Moreau, president of the St. Thomas-Elgin Retired Women Teachers of Ontario (left), presents theCora Bailey Award for outstanding service to the local branch to Carole Watson, Elsie Parish and Marg Hulls atthe organization’s June 17 meeting at the Kettle Creek Inn in Port Stanley.

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Baker family holds 114threunion in Pinafore Park

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The year was 1847 whenWilliam and Margaret (Hicks)Baker left Cornwall in Englandwith their ten children andlanded in Hamilton, Ontario,Canada. It took several moredays to trek from Hamilton toYarmouth by foot in a rented oxcart. Their first homestead inElgin County was a mud andstraw house, with 18 inch thickwalls.

Saturday, June 18 was the114th reunion of the large fam-ily they brought to this area.

Ruby Poole, 91, was the oldestdescendant at the reunion. Sheherself has eight grandchildrenand 17 great grandchildren,none of which were able to at-tend, as they live all overCanada.

The question that the family

cannot answer is why the cou-ple left the peaceful farmingarea near Cornwall, England tocome to Canada. Apparently,they came with cash andbought their first farm outright.

Julie Allen, president of the re-union committee, felt that itboiled down to “a better oppor-tunity for future generations ofBakers,” as well as more farm-land available for the expandingfamily of settlers.

It was at a time when manyfarming families from Englandwere immigrating to the poten-tially rich farmland in southernOntario.

Whatever the exact reason,hundreds of family memberscommemorate their family his-

tory with a reunion in PinaforePark every spring.

Ruby Poole, 91, meets Griffin Baker, 2, in the arms of dad Chad, with JulieAllen, looking on. The occasion was the 114th annual reunion of the descen-dants of William and Margaret Baker who settled in Yarmouth in 1847.(Photo by Brian Wilsdon)

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Giving back to the communityRoss Woodhouse (left), on behalf of Fingal United Church, donates lights and training manuals to RobertBrown, Southwold Fire Chief and an automated external defibrillator to Michelle Lackey, manager of theShedden Keystone Complex at a presentation June 17. These donations, worth $3,000, were funded by out-reach activities by Fingal United Church, which will be closing June 2012.


Elgin County EconomicDevelopment introducesElgin Arts Trail

by Heidi Goud

Inspired by the success of itsSavour Elgin program in 2010,Elgin County Economic Devel-opment is partnering with theSt. Thomas-Elgin Public ArtsCentre and Elgin Business Re-source Centre to launch a newprogram called Elgin Arts Trail,to begin September 2011. Ameeting was held at the St.Thomas-Elgin Public Arts Cen-tre June 16 to present details ofthe program and garner publicinput.

“The Elgin Arts trail is de-signed to provide visitors withan unforgettable experience ofwhat the St. Thomas-Elgin areahas to offer,” says Kathryn Rus-sell, tourism development coor-dinator at the County.

Promoting visual attractionsboth in St. Thomas and in ElginCounty, the Elgin Arts Trail willpresent tourists with a clearlymarked route of destinationsthey can visit, showing off thetalent of local painters, sculp-tures, potters, blacksmiths,glass blowers, jewellery mak-ers, stain glass artists and pho-

tographers. While encouraging local peo-

ple to come out to see thesights, the Elgin Arts Trail is pri-marily designed to draw peoplefrom cities like London orToronto to come for a memo-rable getaway.

“The Arts Trail will appeal toolder people looking for a vaca-tion, younger working couples,and two-income families look-ing for a chance to escape bigcity life,” says Kathryn.

To encourage visits this year,the Elgin County is distributingover 15,000 copies of the ElginArts Trail Guide and Mapthroughout the province, usingprint and magazine ads, partic-ipating at trade shows andevents throughout Ontario,using media promotion andtours, and doing radio advertis-ing.

“If the Savour Elgin CulinaryTrail is any indication,” saysKathryn, “we are in for a suc-cess.” Since 2010, Savour Elginhas drawn visitors from all overthe province to explore its culi-nary attractions.

The Elgin County EconomicCentre is encouraging local artgalleries, shops, artists and ar-tisans to join the Elgin Arts Trail.To join, participants are re-

quired to meet certain criteria.All exhibits must be primarilyderived from the original andauthentic work of local visualartists and artisans. Participantsmust also reside in the ElginCounty or St. Thomas area, beopen more than seven months

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To promote a great tourist ex-perience, the Elgin Arts Trail willalso require each site to haveaccessible washrooms withinwalking distance, clearlymarked signage and parkingareas, a healthy and safe envi-ronment, and a high quality ofcustomer service.

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SUMMER ACTIV IT IES“A horse! ahorse! mykingdom for ahorse!”Shakespeare’s Richard IIIopens at Stratford Festival

by Ric Wellwood

The 2011 season at Stratford’sTom Patterson Theatre openedwith William Shakespeare’s‘Richard III.’ For the first time inmore than fifty seasons at theStratford Festival, the role ofRichard is being performed by awoman.

Festival veteran SeanaMcKenna, who has given manymemorable performances overthe years, from Anne Hathawayto Phèdre, takes to the stage asa spider-like Richard. But de-spite high energy and a full un-derstanding of the text, herattempt is a noble failure. Anyefforts to make the character

into the lecher that Shakespearewrote are stymied as Richardbecomes androgynous. It’s hardto make a connection betweenthe Yorkish monster and thethree women he pursues in pur-suit of power and pleasure whenplayed as a sexless Richard.

But that does not mean thatthe production is not worth see-ing. Her efforts are strong andshe gets good support from ac-tors like Wayne Best as Bucking-ham, as well as Andrew Gilliesas a nobleman who turnsagainst Richard and risks the lifeof his own son who is being heldhostage as a guarantee of hisloyalty.

In addition, Martha Henry hasreturned to her old form as apowerful performer, vilifyingRichard and his deeds.

Director Miles Potter’s stagingruns from trite with the upstagecurtains to daring with the deathof Richard among the ghosts ofhis victims.

Although one is tempted tocompare this title figure withperformances by Colm Feore orBrian Bedford, I have to admitthat this one stands on its ownas something daring and unique.You have to hand it to the Festi-val for its willingness to take achance on a risky idea.

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Experience aculinaryadventureFanshawe College tourexplores Savour Elgindestinations

It’s been said that people willtravel around the earth to expe-rience new things but will over-look fascinating attractions intheir own backyard – often onesthat tourists from elsewheretravel to see.

This summer, Fanshawe Col-lege has developed a one day

bus tour to sample four culinarydestinations on the Savour Elgintrail – and you don’t have to doany of the driving.

Savour Elgin is a program topromote and enhance culinarytourism in Elgin County and in-cludes restaurants, farms,wineries and other attractionsthat focus on food and drinklocal to Elgin County and St.Thomas.

“The course provides morethan just visiting as a regulartourist,” says Kate Burns, busi-ness development coordinatorat Elgin County, “because we’veasked the proprietors to talkwith the participants about theculinary uniqueness of their es-tablishments.”

The first stop will be Clover-mead Apiaries, which is famousfor its bees and honey. You willtake a Bee-Line tour to learnabout honey production andhave an opportunity to samplethe end product.

Later in the morning, it’s off toPinecroft Studios to watch apottery demonstration androam the Muskoka-like sur-roundings. You will learn howlocal products are incorporatedinto the menu of its Green FrogTea Room, where you can ordera home-cooked country lunch.

In the afternoon, the scent offresh grown lavender will be inthe air at Steed and CompanyLavender Farm. ProprietorSuzanne Steed will discuss howlavender is grown and used incooking. You’ll be able to sam-ple lavender products and wan-der the fields.

Last stop is Quai du Vin Win-

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“It’s an opportunity to sipsome wine and then get on abus,” says Kate. “What a greatway to find out about local foodand what this area offers.”

The Culinary Adventure Tour isone of the short-term coursesavailable in the Summer Schoolof the Arts for adults offeredthrough Continuing Education atFanshawe College.

IF YOU GO…Culinary Adventure TourWhen? Wed., July 13, 8:30am-5:30pmWhere? Departs FanshaweCollege London 8:30am; Fanshawe St. Thomas Campus 9amCost? $99 +HSTMore info? 519-452-4441 orwww.fanshawec.ca/summerarts

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If you’re tired of keeping upwith the hectic pace of modernlife, take a break at Steed &Company’s Lavender Festivalthis weekend.

“It’s a relaxing outing in thecountry, a little taste of Francejust outside of Sparta,” saysproprietor Suzanne Steed,owner of Steed & CompanyLavender, previously known asLavender Blue.

Suzanne recently changed thename of her farm to better re-flect the double entendre of herlast name and her horse whograzes in the fields nearby. Asshe says on her website, “Weredesigned our logo to be amarriage of lavender andhorse.”

In addition to the cleansingproperties of breathing in airheavy with the soothing scent oflavender, visitors will be able towatch painting by open airartists, pottery demonstrations,floral design, gardening expert-ise from master gardeners, chil-dren’s crafts, cooking withlavender and live musical ac-companiment by local musicianKim Ladd.

“Come for the experience,”says Steed, “and help celebratelavender at its peak just beforethe harvest, as well as learningall of the things you can do withit.”

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Visit OldSt. ThomasChurchStudent tour guideshelp St. Thomasresidents discovertheir heritage

by Heidi Goud

When university studentsMichael Singer and DanielleMcKay returned home to St.Thomas from school to look forsummer jobs, they were in-trigued by the history of the OldSt. Thomas Church on WalnutStreet and applied to becometour guides of the heritageproperty.

“I was inspired by an excel-lent tour my family and I re-

ceived from Jenny Olivia, a pre-vious tour guide,” says Michael.“I enjoyed learning about myhistory and wanted to share itwith others.”

While giving tours five days aweek, Michael and Daniellehelp visitors to uncover theirgenealogies, crack the myths ofthe two-century-old graveyardand enhance their knowledgeof St. Thomas’ history. They alsomaintain the grounds aroundthe cemetery and help with thegeneral upkeep of the building.

“The thing that strikes memost about the church is itsGothic style architecture,” saysDanielle who is studying at Car-leton University. The churchwas the first brick building inthe city of St. Thomas and fea-tures cubic-style pews popularin the early 1800s, a prisoner’sbalcony and Masonic stainedglass windows.

“My favourite part of the job isseeing people track their her-itage back to the founding fa-thers of St. Thomas,” saysMichael.

As part of their training,guides are given a very exten-sive background tour by long-time resident and boardmember, Jeff Booth. They alsoreceive a variety of reading ma-terial about the church and atraining manual compiled bystudents who worked there inprevious years.

“On our first tour of thechurch, I immediately fell inlove with the paintings on theoriginal stain glass window,”says Danielle.

She and Michael also share a

high appreciation for the openfeel of the church’s architectureand the two original prints ofQueen Victoria and Prince Albertwhich grace the front of thechurch.

They encourage local resi-dents to visit Old St. ThomasChurch to rediscover the begin-

ning’s of their town and connectwith a piece of their heritage.

“Touring the church allowsyou to make a connection withthe original pioneers,” saysMichael Singer. “It gives you achance to hear their stories andrecognize the amazing thingsthey did.”

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Danielle McKay and MichaelSinger, tour guides at Old St.Thomas Church, hold a vin-tage sign they show to visitorsduring summer tours to theheritage building.

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Kids and teddy bearsPaula Kielstra, a staff member at the St. Thomas Public Library (right), holds a monkey puppet as she reads astory to Alex Duncan, Lukas Rusek and Isabel Rusek and their teddy bears during the Teddy Bear Picnic atPinafore Park June 15. (Photo by Nicole Duncan)

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High flying fun‘Boeing Boeing’ takes offat Port Stanley FestivalTheatre

Do you remember the romanticcomedies of the 1950s and 60s?Port Stanley Festival Theatre’scurrent production of ‘BoeingBoeing’ by Marc Camoletti is aclassic farce from that era (madeinto a movie with Tony Curtis andJerry Lewis in 1965) and retainsall the effervescent qualities ofthe genre.

Directed by Simon Joynes, thecast looks like they’re having funamidst all the slamming doorsand ringing telephones that per-meate the set. Jamie Williamsplays Bernard, a ladies man whobelieves he’s got the perfect setup juggling three fiancées whoeach work for a different airline.

“One up, one down and onepending,” he says.

Ashley Brooke plays Janet, theAmerican air hostess who flysTWA, Rachel Jones is Jacque-line, the French fiancée from AirFrance and Liz Gilroy is espe-cially funny as the intense Ger-man air hostess, Judith, fromLufthansa.

Even though Bernard hasworked out each fiancée’sschedule to the precise second,things begin to go awry whenthe girls are grounded and allhead to Bernard’s apartment atthe same time.

James Quigley plays Robert,Bernard’s friend, who tries tohelp him regain control over theunexpected situation and plays

the character with an impish in-nocence that is quite endearing.

Rounding out the cast isDanielle Nicole as Bertha themaid, whose blunt and forthrightmanner dealing with Bernard’sharem is quite hilarious.

For light and frothy fun withlots of laughs, ‘Boeing Boeing’ isa great evening out.

IF YOU GO…Boeing BoeingWhen? Until July 2, 2pm or 8pmWhere? Port Stanley FestivalTheatre, 302 Bridge St.Cost? $28, matinees $25More info? 519-782-4353 orwww.portstanleytheatre.ca

Liz Gilroy as Judith gives a bigwelcome hug to Jamie Williamsas Bernard in Port Stanley Festival Theatre’s production of‘Boeing Boeing.’

Aylmer Fair hostsseasonal fest thisweekend

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Get ready for a strawberryfeast with lots of free berrytastings at the Aylmer & EastElgin 2nd Annual StrawberryFest, being held at the AylmerFairgrounds June 24-26.

Presented by the East ElginAgricultural Society, this muchanticipated event promisesgreat fun for the whole family.Even though the weather hasnot been the best for thestrawberry crop this year, or-ganizer Elaine Earhart has re-assured that “there WILL bestrawberries!”

She and her “volunteers ex-traordinaire,” Gwen Owen andBetty Pendreigh, have workeddiligently to create a fun com-munity festival. There will bean MCC auction, food booths,craft vendors and a silent auc-tion, as well as midway ridesand entertainment by Dotsythe Clown.

IF YOU GO…Aylmer & East Elgin Strawberry FestWhen? Fri., June 24, 5-9pm;Sat., June 25, 9am-9pm;Sun., June 26, 11am-4pmWhere? Aylmer Fairgrounds,139 Pine St. E.Cost? FreeMore info? 519-773-3445

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Healthy Smiles Elgin St. Thomas Public Health hosted a grand opening June 10 of its neworal health clinic for Elgin County and St. Thomas children and youth whodon't have access to dental benefits. Pictured from left are Dr. Frank Warsh,Medical Officer of Health for Elgin St. Thomas Public Health; Stever Peters,Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP; Cynthia St. John, Elgin St. Thomas Public

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Remembering Lynhurst heritageHeritage Central Elgin members, Ward 4 member Glenn Dutton, councilor Sally Martyn and chairman Dr.Robert Burns unveil a new sign in Lynhurst honouring the Tole family June 11. It is situated on the site wherethe family is buried and where there is a large monument to them in a wooded grove. Colonel Thomas Talbotgranted Silas Tole this land for his participation in the Battle of Lundy’s Lane during the War of 1812 where hehad been wounded. (Photo supplied)

Winners of the 2011 Free Enterprise AwardCentral Elgin council recognized the winners of the 2011 St. Thomas & District Chamber of Commerce Free Enter-prise Awards. Mayor Bill Walters (left) and Deputy Mayor Dave Marr (second from right) congratulate Sam Bar-raco, general manager of Presstran Industries, winner of the Chair's Award; Jeff Campbell of St. Thomas Rent All,winner of the Master's Award; and Jamie Weisler of Elgin Transmission, winner the Award of Merit.

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The Alzheimer Society,BBQ, 450 Sunset Drive,rear parking lot, 11am-1:30pm. June 23, 24,30.

Canadian Cancer Soci-ety free 6 week pro-gram for cancersurvivors & caregivers:“Living Well beyondCancer”. 6:30-8:30pm,Aug. 31-Oct. 5. Regis-trations at Elgin Middle-sex Unit519-432-1137.

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VON Volunteers urgentlyneeded to help withMeals On Wheels,Transportation Drivesand Volunteer Visit-ing. Call VON for moreinformation on how youcan help. 519-637-6408.

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Wednesday, June 22,B i b l eQuestions10:30am, atime for discussion andreflection on BiblicalStories, St. Andrew'sUnited Church, 60 WestAve. Info 519-631-4558. Everyone is wel-come.

The YWCA St. Thomas-Elgin Annual GeneralMeeting will be held onThursday, June 23 at5:15pm at 16 Mary St.W., St. Thomas. ToRSVP, please call 519-631-9800.

Grab & Go Ham TakeOut Dinner, Thursday,June 23, $10, 4-6pm,Harrietsville Church,Elgin Road, Reserve call519-644-0150.

David Harding willspeak about 'The His-tory of the Port StanleyRailway' on Thursday,June 23, 7:30pm at theElgin County Museum,450 Sunset Drive.

Roast Beef Supper, St.John's Church on FloraSt., Friday, June 24from 5-7pm. Info 519-631-7368. Last chancetill September!

Youth Dance (nonvideo), ages 10-14 only.Friday June 24, 7-10pm. Knights ofColumbus, St. Thomas.Great music and lightshow. $7 admission.519-639-2336.

7th Annual CraftSale/Car Show, Corinth,Community of ChristChurch, #54246 EdenLine, June 25, 10am-3pm. Rain or Shine!!!For info call Lori 519-866-5004.

Misfit Motorcycle ClubRide for London Chil-dren’s Hospital, Satur-day, June 25, Meet atCaptain's Corner. 170

William St., Port Stanley.10-11am, $15 all wel-come! Info.519-782-7228.

Rose and Flower Show,Saturday, June 25, 1-6pm, Monsignor Morri-son Catholic School, 10South Edgeware Road.Sponsored by the St.Thomas HorticulturalSociety.

Decoration Day, Sunday,June 26, Holy AngelsCemetery at 1:15pmand Southpark Ceme-tery at 2pm. St. ThomasLegion, Br. 41. Every-one welcome.

Conquer Cancer in ourLifetime Charity GolfTournament. June26,1pm, Kettle CreekGolf Course,Proceeds benefitPrincess Margaret Hos-pital. Contact JessicaMcIntyre 519-520-3120.

STPA presents: “Drivenby Eternity”, A John Be-vere video series, Sun-day, June 26 at 6pm,144 Wellington St., St.Thomas, 519-633-3810.

Country Gospel, Head-ing Home Trio. June 26,2pm, St. James Presby-terian. Worship, concert,and food! Bring lawnchair. Free will offering.Ferguson Line &Yarmouth Centre 519-207-3331.

Strawberry Social1850's Style, Sunday,June 26, Backus-PageHouse Museum, 29424Lakeview Line, Wal-lacetown. Must haveadvanced tickets$15/person. 519-762-3072.

Sunday, June 26, 2pm,Fingal Community Pic-nic, Shedden Keystone

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1st Annual Ride For Madd,Sunday, June 26, PinaforePark at the Marshall FieldLakeside Pavilion. Regis-tration 10am, $20 per mo-torcycle with prizes andBBQ to follow. 519-637-3333.

St. Thomas Public Library,“Visit the Beaches of Nor-mandy & Dieppe: A Travel& History Program”, Mon-day, June 27 at 2pm, ElginMall. Free. 519-631-6050for more info.

Tuesday, June 28, Straw-berry Social with hotdogs,5-6:30pm at St. Andrew'sUnited Church, 60 WestAve. Freewill offering. Insupport of Growing YouthSummer camps.

Drumming Circle, St.John's Church, Flora St.,Tuesday, June 28, 7pm.All ages welcome. Instru-ments available. Freewilloffering only. No experi-ence necessary. Info 519-631-7368.

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Thursday, June 30, EuchreGames and Dessert, 7pm,St. Andrew's UnitedChurch, 60 West Ave.Everyone welcome. Forinfo 519-631-4558.

Port Stanley United ChurchStrawberry Supper, Satur-day, July 2, 5-7pm. Adults$10, Children 5-12 $5,under 5 free. Dessert only$5 (Strawberries, IceCream & Cake). Info 519-633-5556.

STPA presents: “Driven byEternity”, A John Beverevideo series, Sunday, July3 at 6pm, 144 WellingtonSt., St. Thomas, 519-633-3810.

Field Naturalist ButterflyCount, Saturday, July 9,9:30am. Meet at WoodlandPavilion in Pinafore Park .Info 519-769-2094.


Road trip, Drayton FestivalTheatre, July 16. ItalianFunerals & Other FestiveOccasions. Leave 9am ar-rive St. Jacobs, lunch inDrayton. Performance2pm. $95. 519-637-3034.


Christmas in July, Wednes-day, July 20, Full TurkeyDinner with all the trim-mings. Tickets $10 Ad-vance, $12 at door. Doorsopen 4:30pm. Dinner 5pm.



STPA presents: “Driven byEternity”, A John Beverevideo series, Sunday, Au-gust 7 at 6pm, 144Wellington St., St. Thomas,519-633-3810.



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ANDREW, ALEXANDER of St. Thomas, passed away onMonday, June 13, 2011 in his 73rd year. A memorialservice was held June 14, 2011. Williams FuneralHome Ltd.COFFEY, TERRY of Lyons, passed way Friday, June 17,2011 in his 65th year. A funeral service was held June21, 2011. H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.DEMSKI, TADEUSZ “TED” of Caressant Care MaryBucke in St. Thomas, formerly of London, passed awayon Saturday, June 18, 2011 at the age of 88. ShawnJackson Funeral Home.FEHR, EDNA MAY (CURTIS) of St. Thomas, passedaway on Sunday, June 12, 2011 in her 54th year. Amemorial visitation was held June 15, 2011. WilliamsFuneral Home Ltd.FOSTER, ROBERT “BRIAN” of St. Thomas, passed awayon Friday June 10, 2011 in his 64th year. A privategraveside service was held June 14, 2011. WilliamsFuneral Home Ltd.LUCAS, HILDA (LUNN), RN, of London, passedaway Thursday, June 16, 2011, in her 88th year. A fu-neral was held June 20, 2011. Sifton Funeral Home. MITCHELL, EVELYN of Aylmer, passed away Saturday,June 18, 2011 in her 89th year. The funeral mass was

celebrated June 21, 2011. H.A. Kebbel FuneralHome.NESBITT, OPAL EDITH of Aylmer, passed away Wednes-day, June 15, 2011 in her 85th year. A funeral servicewas held June 18, 2011. H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.O’BRIEN, COLIN L., formerly of St. Thomas, passedaway on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at the age of 93.A memorial service was held June 18, 2011. ShawnJackson Funeral Home.PEER, HAZEL MAE (NEE CALLOW) of Rodney, passedaway on Monday, June 13, 2011 at 90 years of age.A service was held June 17, 2011. Rodney Chapel ofDenning Funeral Directors Ltd.RICKWOOD, THOMAS WILFRED “WILF” of St. Thomas.passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 in his 73rdyear. A funeral service was held June 17, 2011.Williams Funeral Home Ltd.

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Pickers pick St. ThomasScott Cozens (left) and Sheldon Smithers of the History Television show ‘Canadian Pickers’ were in St. ThomasJune 17 to film a segment of an episode at Rail City Vintage on Talbot Street.

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Normandy and DieppeVisit the Beaches of Normandy& Dieppe: A Program on Traveland History. St. Thomas PublicLibrary, Elgin Mall LocationMonday, June 27, 20112 - 3:30 pm.Library Meeting Place (beside LibraryAdministration, formerly H&R Block)See WWII sites in Normandy, Dieppe,and Vimy Ridge through a personalphotographic travelogue with guestspeaker Mary Vanzanten from Advan-tage Elgin Travel. Plus, get expert ad-vice on planning your own safe andmemorable holiday! Free admission.Call 519-631-6050 for more information.St. Thomas Doll ClubThe club meets the last Monday of themonth from 7 - 9pm in the Community Room. If you are a doll en-thusiast, come out and join thefun. Everyone welcome.

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