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With their scarlet tunics and bearskin head-dress, The Ceremonial Guard of the Canadi-an Armed Forces, The Band of the Ceremo-nial Guard and its Pipes and & Drums are the most recognizable military unit in Canada. For over 50 years the Changing of the Guard has been a top Ottawa summer attraction, having thrilled thousands of visitors on Par-liament Hill. They proudly provide sentries at the National War Memorial and Rideau Hall, the official residence of His Excellency David Johnston, the Governor General of Canada.This year Penetanguishene resident Cor-

poral Samantha Parent has the opportunity to spend her summer as part of this tradi-tion. “I joined the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) as a musician because I had so many musician friends express how much they had gained through joining,” says Corporal Parent, “I was excited with the opportunity to work professionally as a musician.” Sa-mantha attended St. Ann’s Elementary and Penetanguishene Secondary School. With an undergrad degree from McGill and a Masters from Memorial University of Newfoundland, she is one of many extremely qualified musi-cians in the 2015 Ceremonial Guard. “Mu-sic is my passion and the Ceremonial Guard challenges me every day to develop and push myself, both as a musician and as a member of Canada’s military.”Three weeks of intensive drill training, mas-

tering precision movements while playing her instrument, maintaining a high standard of dress and deportment, and undergoing ex-tensive physical fitness training are all part of the preparation process. Fitted and tailored in the scarlet tunic and bearskin hat she stands

tall with other members of this prestigious band. During the summer Samantha will also perform in Ceremonial Guard appearances around Eastern Ontario, and as well as the final Changing of the Guard parade on Au-gust 22nd. So when the band leads the scarlet tunics through the nation’s capital remember there is a Penetanguishene connection.Submitted by 2Lt / Sous-lieutenant James

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Penetanguishene Local Performs with the Band of the Ceremonial Guard

Podium in Pocono and New Partnership for Garwood

Long Pond, PA – August 9, 2015 – Matt Garwood is proud to celebrate a 3rd place finish in race 1 at Pocono Raceway with the addition of The Automotive Busi-ness School of Canada (ABSC) as a new partner.The Automotive Business School of Canada powered

by Georgian College in Barrie is one of the most re-spected establishments in the world for automotive educa-tion.The Automotive Business School of Canada offers many

different automotive avenues for their students to pursue. With degree and diploma options their goal is to provide the students with various automotive programs and career options for the future.Garwood is a 20 year-old Formula 1200 race car driver

from Elmvale, Ontario who currently studies at the Auto-motive Business School of Canada powered by Georgian College. Coming off of his first F1200 win at the Pitts-burgh International Race Complex, Garwood achieved another podium with a hard fought 3rd in class finish on Saturday at Pocono Raceway.Over the past six years Garwood has had many accom-

plishments to be proud of including four Karting Champi-onship titles and earning the 2012 Formula 1200 Rookie of the year award “recipient as well as a top ranked Canadian F1200 open wheel driver.“I am excited to partner with the Automotive Business

School of Canada as I’ve always had a passion for the Automotive Industry and I’ve enjoyed every moment of learning and growing within this program. I’m looking forward to graduating this winter and spending the next few months in school and on the track.” said Garwood.The Automotive Business School of Canada is a well-

respected learning facility within the automotive industry and within the world of education as a whole. ABSC will

work with Garwood on many projects over the next few months including promo-tional and social media initiatives to raise awareness of the school’s world-class automotive education excellence.To learn more about

The Automotive Business School of Canada and to view other aspects of the program visit: www.automotivebusinesss-chool.ca.The Automotive Business School of Canada joins Gar-

wood’s impressive list of partners he is proud to represent that include; FEL (Franczak Enterprises Ltd.), Driverseat Barrie, Vallis Motor Sport, KarmaComa Studio, Core Evolution Fitness, Athletes Brand and Autoglym Canada. Garwood is also proud to be “Laps for Muscular Dystro-

phy” (Laps4MD) driver where he has pledged to donate $1 for every lap he leads to go to Muscular Dystrophy Canada.Garwood will be back on track at Pocono Raceway for sec-

ond and final race of the weekend shortly after noon today.

About Matt GarwoodMatt is a 20 year-old race car driver from Elmvale, Ontar-

io currently studying at the Automotive Business School of Canada. Matt competes in the Formula 1200 open wheel racing series and in the near future looks to jump from regional racing to a national level series such as the Canadian Touring Car championship. He is a 3-time Ca-nadian Karting League Champion and the 2012 Formula 1200 Rookie of the Year.To learn more about Matt Garwood and his racing pro-

gram please visit www.mattgarwoodracing.com, www.facebook.com/MattGarwoodRacing and follow him on Twitter at @mattgarwood31.

Fraudulent SolicitationSpringwater Township / July 29, 2015 – A number of Springwater resi-

dents have recently received phone calls from an individual soliciting dona-tions for a children’s charity and claiming to represent Springwater Fire & Emergency Services.Springwater Fire & Emergency Services does not fundraise through door-

to-door efforts or telephone solicitation. When conducting routine inspec-tions or public outreach, representatives of Springwater Fire & Emergency Services carry proper identification and dress in uniform.If you have been contacted by someone claiming to represent Springwater

Fire & Emergency Services and been asked to donate, please report the in-cident to the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122.

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Two of my grandchildren came from Cochrane Alberta on June 25th. 34 days later, July 29th, my son Chris, his 8 year old daughter Sophie and I took them home. Chris stayed until Monday 6 pm and flew back home while So-phie and I stayed until Sunday August 9th.For the five days Chris was there, the weather was great.

Son Tim has three Harley’s sitting in his garage - one of them is his wife’s baby - and I have one so there was no shortage of transportation.On Thursday, with one of Tim’s friends, a leaf fan from

Flin Flon, we straddled the bikes and headed south through Bragg Creek, Turner Valley and Black Diamond then at Longview, we turned west unto Highway 541 then 40 through Kananaskis Country north over the Trans-Canada Highway to 1A, the former Trans-Canada then east back into Cochrane. Did you know - The Trans-Canada Highway (French:

Route Transcanadienne) is a transcontinental federal-pro-vincial highway system that travels through all ten prov-inces of Canada. It is, along with the Trans-Siberian High-way and Australia’s Highway 1, one of the world’s longest national highways with the main route spanning 8,030 km (4,990 mi). The system was approved by the Trans-Canada Highway Act of 1949, with construction commencing in 1950. The highway officially opened in 1962, and was completed in 1971. The highway system is recognizable by its distinctive white-on-green maple leaf route markers.And as an aside, there is a group of Royal Canadian Le-

gion Riders in Canada. This motorcycle gang was unveiled in Saskatchewan as a new nationwide Legion program on September 14, 2013. To be a participant, the only criteria is that you be a Legion member. I have their crest. I qualify as a member as my dad was a mechanic in the services dur-ing the Second World War. There is a move afloat to start at the easterly end of Highway 1 and ride all the way to the westerly end. The plan is to stop each night at participat-ing Legions approximately 500 kilometers apart. Accom-modation and meals would be available at each stop for a price. You could ride all the way or join the group for three or four days, whatever your desire.Back to Day 1; my bike had covered 380 kms since the

last fill. It took 18.5 litres to fill it up. The capacity is slightly over 19 litres.The next day, we went to Canmore (80 kms each way),

4 bikes - 7 people and we went for a one hour horseback ride. If you have not ridden for a long time, I will not be the one to tell you the saddle is as hard as a rock. It was great to finally get off and stretch one’s legs properly. My 16 year old gelding named Frosty had done the trip so of-ten that he had little to do with neck reining, whoas, giddy ups and kicks in the ribs.On Saturday, Chris, Sophie and me on two bikes went to

the Banff Hot Springs (41 degrees Celsius). If you are ever there, towel and swim suit rentals were $1.90 each. The pool capacity was 210 but at 75, I thought it a nice number. 210? I would not want to be there then. At 2:30, we went to go for a ride on the Gondola but a

two hour wait did not turn us on. We went for a tour north of Banff to Lake Minnewaka around Two Jack Main and back to Cochrane - over 200 kms.Sunday, four of us headed up towards the Columbian Ice

Fields along the Bow Valley Trail and Highway 93. Ap-proximately 130 kms from Canmore, we filled up with gas at $1.78.9. To have gone north to Jasper and then returned in the same day, it would have been late and dark when we got back so we cut our losses and retraced our travels.By the time Chris left for home, we had put 1500 kms on

the bikes. For the 2 or 3 ensuing days, the weather deterio-rated. In the meantime, we needed a bike part which was available in SE Calgary. About 15 kms south of Cochrane, in Tim’s truck, we ran into hail. In only a few minutes, the ground was over an inch deep in alley sized balls of ice. It looked frightening alike a winter scene. When Tim stopped, the first thing he did was rub his fingers over the

hood of the truck to see if there was any damage.Although most days you could go for a motorcycle run, it

was a risk to venture too far. The weather changed rather quickly - or maybe I was on holidays so I did not move too fast - take your choice. Friday, when no one was around, I went north to Sundre, across to Bowden south through Olds then down 766 for some 80 kms to come out on Hwy 1A just east of Cochrane - 305 kms. If you are ever out there, in Bragg Creek, there is a Gen-

eral Store behind the mall. It has everything. I can remem-ber going to half a dozen places around here to get a part for Jamie’s travel trailer. The next time West, I was wan-dering through the hardware section of this store and there was the part I needed.In total, I put 2000 kms on the motorcycle.

Sophie, Sean and I went downtown Cochrane on Tuesday as I wanted to go to the office where we have the bike insured. The bike is a 100th Anniversary Harley Ultra Classic - $511 with fire and theft compared to in excess of twice that amount here.

Cochrane is famous for the Mackay’s Ice Cream. Outside of one of the owners and a young lady behind the counter, we were the only ones there. There were 100 plus FREE empty ice cream containers the same size as we have here, with lids. She said people take them for storage or to grow tomatoes in. The reason there were so many is that it was August 3 and they had had a good holiday weekend. We drove bye on Saturday, August 8th. There were 50 people lined up outside the door and if you have been inside, there were that many inside.Before we left, Sophie and I choked her cousins. After

45 days, we were coming home and had no more use for them. Unfortunately, we must not had done a very good job. Before we walked out the door to head to the airport, they were there to say goodbye. It was a good time. I won-der what next year will bring.You might wonder what happened to Margaret Ann dur-

ing our Western sojourn.While the boys were here, she had gone down east for a

few days to a convention. As you read this, MA, as Presi-dent Elect for the National CWL, will have gone to Van-couver for nine days. I am on my own to finish her 15 kgs of 14 day sweet pickles and to find a place to store the 20 jars of corn relish and cauliflower pickles and the 21 jars of dills, three of them gallon jugs. According to the Canadian Taxpayer Federation, our

Federal Government has a $616 billion debt on which they pay $26 billion interest a year. The CFT wants to see a schedule set up by the Federal Government to repay the debt.Just using the financial figures mentioned, I did a quick

calculation and found the interest rate to be 4.26%. When the Bank of Canada has a prime rate of a 1/2% which var-ies, and a bunch of us have undisclosed amounts of money sitting in our accounts drawing NO INTEREST, how come our government cannot find a better rate than 4.26%.Donald Trump, born June 14, 1946 is a billionaire busi-

nessman. Through shrewd negotiating and opportunism, by 1990, he was worth $1.7 billion. The downturn hit his empire and his fortune slipped to a $500 million value. He climbed back from being $900 million in the red to be worth close to $2 billion in 1997.He is running for President of United

States. People are making fun of his brashness and some would like to see a presidential battle with Hillary Clinton who has never been anything else but a professional politician.At all levels of government, we have

winnable business people running our governments. Think about it. If you were going to build a house, or if you wanted someone to fix your car, would you go to someone who has never done it before to do the work? If you think that is okay, come on over to my house and I will cut your hair. Trump says it like it is. One of the

candidates claims to be a war hero be-cause he was caught and became a POW. Would war heroes not be the people who were not caught?One of Stephen Harper’s latest prom-

ises is for religious freedoms. Does that mean we will be hearing Merry Christ-mases instead of Happy Holidays and can we bring back the Christmas tree

rather than calling it a Holiday tree?Donald Trump would probably say , “Yes! Yes! Yes!”.How come we are so politically polite to a very small

minority of the country? I do not suggest we minimize their contributions. We can respect them. My pet peeve is the gay community. Most people do not care whatever your sexual leanings. Most people do not think it to be an impediment in life. In my opinion, it is an impediment only for the person him/herself. I think I am mainstream, Neither your sex nor your orientation would affect my hir-ing of that person. Now Donald Trump...for all I know, we may not be on equal footing there. Some of this I read and agree - some is me - Globalization

is clearing the clock of most (North) Americans by driving down wages and pushing too many workers into the con-tingency economy - erratic hours, poor benefits and zero job security....Free trade means giving imports unimpeded access to our markets...each year computer and communi-cation technologies less costly but home cable bills keep rocketing, banks pay hardly any interest on deposits but still charge 20% and more on credit card debt and fuel prices are down but air fares stay high...in Mexico, they do the same job in the car industry as here but pay 10% of the wages...how come when I hand the girl $5 for a $1.50 coffee, she needs to use her calculator to figure out the change...are these guys who send out emails about the price of gas going up two cents tonight and down three cents tomorrow working for the gas companies or just try-ing to exist. I hope we are not paying them anything...

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tion of the magnificent sculpture ~~that is God’s work! Nothing I do is complete~~no teaching ful-ly expresses my awareness~~no program accomplishes God’s

mission~~no set of goals and objectives includes everything~~I plant seeds that one day will grow~~I water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold fu-ture promise. I lay foundations that will require further development. I provide yeast that produces effects far beyond my capabilities~~I cannot be everything, and there’s a sense of liberation in realizing that! This en-ables me to do something and do it well~~it may be incomplete, but it is a beginning~~a step along the way~~an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest. I may never see the end results—that is the difference between the Master Builder and the worker. I AM a Worker!Archbishop Oscar Romero, the author of the above

wise words was murdered in 1980 in San Salvador ~~for he too believed in the equality of mankind, and that there are many branches from the Tree of Life that can lead us Home. I was deeply touched by Archbishop Romero’s sense

of humility, acknowledgment of his limitations, but most and foremost his self-less dedication towards the betterment of mankind, which unfortunately, due to mankind fear of change, cost him his life. And so it continues, anyone who dares to step out of the tribes’ comfort zone, will be ridiculed, ostracized, crucified or murdered for honoring what he/she knows to be true! Rita Benacquista, Mental Health Counselor Author/Motivational Speaker

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Torrential rain and crazy winds did not stop our hard-core horseshoe players, another great Wing Dinger! Con-gratulations to the winners. Debbie Valender and Martha Pringle took the ladies championship and Ross LeMay and Dave Alexander won the men’s championship (see winner photos attached – missing Ross LeMay). A huge thank you to all of the volunteers, this great event would not be pos-sible without all of your help!

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If you didn’t attend the Boots and Hearts Festival on the weekend, I am sure you know someone who went and if you don’t know someone who went, I’m sure you heard all about it on every media source possible in the last week. I didn’t attend the event but did a lot of driving to and from it over the weekend for drop offs and pick-ups. I will say that for an event of that size, with the number of people in attendance, I was extremely impressed with the organization that I saw during my small involvement of it. The impressive lines of tents and vehicles all within white lines on the ground, the volunteers wanting to help you figure out where you were headed, the signage on the roads and the police presence all showed that so many de-tails had been considered in the planning of this festival. The amount of money that the festival apparently brought to our area is huge as well. I hope that the residents of the immediate area did not have too much disruption of their coming and going home. With only one news worthy incident where the man climbed on the top of the stage, it sounds like Boots and Hearts was a great success. Sounds like it will be back next year too. Minesing’s largest fundraising event, our Labour Day

Baseball tournament, is just around the corner, and plan-ning is well underway.Our Baseball Tournament booklet is ready to be filled

with advertising from local businesses and entrepreneurs. If you are interested in purchasing a spot in the flyer, please contact Alisha Tanner at 705-309-7740 or email: [email protected] for more details. Each Business advertising in the flyer will receive an online ad on the Minesing Community Facebook page at no extra charge.This year the tournament will be offering spots for 10

vendor tables in the pavilion for Saturday and Sunday. The cost of a table for the weekend is $25. There will only be 10 spots, and it will be on a first booked basis. Please remember that fundraising initiatives like these

support events held free of charge in our village such as the Christmas Tree lighting and Canada Day Celebrations, hall restorations, upkeep of the pavilion and more! Keep in mind if you have any upcoming events, birth-

days, anniversaries, or items you’d like to let your neigh-bours know about, please feel free to contact me either by email at [email protected] or 705-728-9784. I’m always looking for things to write about.Until next time, keep smiling!

There is a lot of action going on in Hillsdale lately! Many have been watching as the store on the corner of Hwy 93 and Mill Street gets renovated. I am pleased to announce that “The Old General Store” will be opening by the end of August! In the next issue of the “Hillsdale Highlights,” I will have an interview with the owners who will fill us in on the other components to the building, along with some pictures of the beautiful interior of the store.Hillsdale’s “End of Summer Extravaganza” is our next

community social gathering. It takes place on Saturday, August 29th at the hall. The event starts at 4:00, with a bike parade at 4:30 led by our friends from the Ninja Tur-tles and Frozen! Decorate those bikes, wagons, strollers, push cars or whatever else you or your kids would like to enter the parade with, as our resident bike expert, Mrs. Hallyburton, will be judging and handing out prizes! The BBQ begins at 5:00, so bring your change for some deli-cious hamburgers, hot dogs, corn on the cob, drinks and cake! “The Grace Notes” will be playing live – a band which includes our very own Mayor French! The Spring-water Fire Department will be there, as well as some silly family games. Lastly, there have been some very generous donations

from local businesses to our raffle! Come and take your chances on winning some amazing prices, all while sup-porting businesses in our community and our hall (all of the proceeds will go towards renovations of our commu-nity hall). We are in need of volunteers to help BBQ and serve food, so please contact us if you have an hour or two to spare! The “Hillsdale Highlights” is a community news update,

so please feel free to contact me at the number above, or at [email protected] with any information you would like the community to know about! This includes any births, marriages, events or any other special an-nouncement that I can pass on.

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On Friday July 31st Sts. Volodymyr & Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church in Cawaja Beach held its 18th annual Golf Tournament Fundraiser at Brooklea Golf and Coun-try Club. The tournament was followed by a pig roast and tradi-

tional Ukrainian dinner, served to approximately 200 people at the Church grounds at 5 Brook Ave. Special guests at the fundraiser were Bruce Stanton, M.P. for Sim-coe North and his wife Heather, as well as Patrick Brown, recently elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Bruce Stanton was presented with a plaque as a thank

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Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) contin-ues its important work of training new family doctors as another group of family physician residents begin their final two years of training at the health centre’s Family Medicine Teaching Unit (FMTU). The program, which welcomed nine new residents, helps ease the shortage of family physicians in the area as many stay and open their own practices.As RVH, a University of Toronto teaching hospital, wel-

comes the new group of physicians, another nine doctors prepare to graduate. Since the program began in 2009, 34 family medicine residents have trained at RVH, with 22 staying in the area to set up their own practices, provide temporary coverage for area physicians or work in the health centre’s Emergency and Hospitalist departments.“Our program has far exceeded our expectations,” says

Dr. Stuart Murdoch, program director, FMTU. “We have seen some exceptional new doctors come through the FM-TU’s doors and as faculty, we are so proud to play a part in shaping their careers, passing along our knowledge and skills. And the residents bring such enthusiasm and pas-sion for their patients and their work - it is contagious and they remind us of why we became physicians. We are bet-ter for having taught them.”RVH welcomes Drs. Lauren Fruchter, Atiqa Malik, Emi-

lie Beyls, Sarah Foohey, Jacky Lai, Caitlin Moran, Pinky Gaidhu, Natasha Stribbell and Chris Blake as they begin the last leg of their journey to become family physicians.“For many years now, this region has suffered from a

shortage of family physicians,” says Janice Skot, president and CEO, RVH. “Many physicians who have completed

Nine new family medicine residents joined the Family Medicine Teaching Unit (FMTU) at Royal Victoria Re-gional Health Centre to complete the final two years on their journey to becoming family physicians. RVH (from left) – Drs. Lauren Fruchter, Caitlin Moran, Atiqa Ma-lik, Pinky Gaidhu, Emilie Beyls, Natasha Stribbell, Sarah Foohey, Chris Blake and Jacky Lai.

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their training at RVH have gone on to establish practices in the area which has helped meet some of the demand for physicians. As we focus our efforts on increasing the teaching and research opportunities available at RVH, we plan to continue growing, and hopefully keeping, excep-tional physicians in this region.”RVH extends congratulations to the nine residents who

will graduate from the program this year including Drs. Alanna Cluff, Joseph Moran, Adam Rosanally, Mykolas Kasperavicius, Curtis Hadden, Gaurav Dhindsa, Kristine Chan, Cheryl Kemsley and Sabrina Tung-Barnett.

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What a wonderful Community !The Elmvale Fairgrounds was bustling, on Sunday

evening, with over 250 family & friends who came out to celebrate the 155th Anniversary of the Elmvale Fall Fair and 100 years of 4-H Ontario. The show barn was transformed into a banquet hall, where we enjoyed a delicious meal, catered by our very own Valley Farms. 4-H members, past & present, were recognized. Young and old alike could participate in games & quizzes which were organized by the Com-munity Involvement 4-H Club. Marilyn Bidgood, a familiar face in Simcoe County agriculture, offered her insight into the history & accomplishments of 4-H. John Fisher conducted a lively auction of do-nated items, which offered everyone a chance to go home with something unique. A spectacular fireworks display was a fitting close to the fun-filled evening.

* Rainwater stored in rain barrels has many uses. Some people find it mostly useful for water-ing their landscapes and gardens. Others find uses within the house as well. Rainwater can also be used for drinking but re-quires special treatment with a filtration system. You do not need a fil-tration system for land-scape uses. You can use it directly from your rain barrel on your garden.

Long weekend primer for safe cottage and summer celebrations

by Jim Vigmond and Ryan A. MurrayAs the August long weekend approaches, summer fun is about to kick

off with reckless abandon. Many will be making their way to the lake to get active and relax in the great outdoors. However, with the trip, there are numerous safety hazards to be mindful of. Here are a few to keep in mind:ONTARIO’S HIGHWAYS AND COUNTRY ROADS are notorious

for their long-weekend traffic. Be properly rested and give yourself ample time to arrive and return from the cottage. After a difficult win-ter, the road surface may be unusually uneven. Look out for potholes and be mindful of construction work that is already underway.ONCE YOU ARRIVE AT THE COTTAGE, INSPECT FOR HAZ-

ARDS. Make sure gas and water lines are intact and working properly. Check decks, docks, and any other outdoor structures. Any injuries that arise from your failure to maintain your premises may result in a lawsuit against you.LEGIONS OF BOATERS, young and old, experienced and novice,

will crisscross the waters in a dizzying celebration of water, youth and horsepower. It is imperative that life-jackets are worn. Check that the lights and horn of your boat are in proper working order. For motorized boats, operators must have a valid Pleasure Craft Operator Card. Make sure that the boat is properly insured and keep a lookout for people swimming or playing in the water.The OPP reported last week that there have been NINE DEATHS

FROM ATV USE so far this year, compared to just one at this point last year. Ontario law requires that off-road vehicles be insured. If your uninsured off-road vehicle is involved in a crash in which someone is injured, paying a fine may be the least of your worries. If you do not have adequate insurance, a lawsuit can result in financial ruin.IN 2011, THERE WERE 97 DEATHS BY DROWNING IN ONTAR-

IO and the Ontario Medical Association estimates that all of them were preventable. Children are especially vulnerable and it quite literally only takes a few seconds for a child to drown. Here are a few safety tips to get started;• Children need to be supervised at all times.• Get CPR training.• Novelty inflatables and noodles are not swimming or safety devices. Don’t rely on them to keep children safe.• Whether diving from a dock, rock, cliff or boat, diving can be filled with hidden dangers. In Ontario, diving related accidents accounted for nearly 60 per cent of all recreation related spinal cord injuries over a 35 year period.• Make sure that your cottage insurance covers you for swimming liability.


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August 18 - 7:00 p.m.Elmvale Rec Board

Elmvale Community Hall

August 19 - 7:00 p.m.Recreation Advisory CommitteeTownship Administration Centre

August 24 - 6:30 p.m.Council Meeting

Township Administration Centre

August 25 - 7:00 p.m.Heritage Committee Meeting


September 2 - 7:00 p.m.Committee of Adjustment


Upcoming Meetings

Council meetings are now streamed live online. Watch from the comfort of your own home!

As we surpass the half-way point of summer we took a moment to analyze statistics from Stanley the Speed Sign and were shocked by the data presented to us.

People are traveling at alarming rates of speed on our roads with limits of 40, 50 and 60 km/h. Drivers must pay attention and slow down in these areas.

This is extremely important in the 40 km/h zones, which are usually Community Safety Zones and should always be treated as zero tolerance zones.

Keep our children, families and pets safe this summer by slowing down and packing your patience during this busy time.

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The Township of Springwater is currently accepting bids for:

CS-175711-2015High-Speed Copier

Bid Closing Date: August 27 at 2:00 p.m.

General Government-01-2015Legal Services

Bid Closing Date: August 27 at 2:00 p.m.

PW-05-2015Supply and Delivery of Clear & Colour Diesel Fuel, Gasoline and LubricantsBid Closing Date: August 20 at 2:00 p.m.

For more information on these opportunities visit: www.biddingo.com/springwater

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Water Restrictions

www.springwater.ca

Even House Number

Water on Even Calendar Days

Outdoor water use permitted from midnight to 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.

Odd House Number

Water on OddCalendar Days

Outdoor water use permitted from midnight to 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.

Get your copy of the 2015/2016 Fall & Winter Recreation & Leisure Guide in this week’s edition of the Springwater News, at the Township A d m i n i s t r a t i o n Centre or one of the three library branches.

Recreation Guide Delivery

The Commercial, Industrial, Multi-Residential and Mixed Class tax bills have been mailed. The first due date is:

August 19, 2015

If you have not received your tax bill and your taxes are not paid by your mortgage company, please contact the Township ofSpringwater Municipal Office in person at2231 Nursery Road, Minesing or phone 705-728-4784 and select option 2.

Failure to receive a tax bill does NOT excuse the property owner from responsibility, nor relieve him/her from liability for late payment.

Tax NoticeSpringwater Council is planning for the future by initiating a strategic review and is seeking resident input to help guide the direction of the plan.

Strategic planning is a process that involved learning, observing and dialogue. Through strategic planning the Township will determine priorities for the next four years and develop the 2015-2018 Strategic Plan. The Plan will outline what the Municipality intends to accomplish, contain key initiatives and action plans that may focus on areas such as community development, service delivery and leadership.

A survey has been developed to collect resident feedback. Share your vision for the future of Springwater at:

www.springwater.ca/strategicplan

Our Springwater, Our Future

The Township is currently recruiting a:

Planning & Development Coordinator

Position closes August 19, 2015 at 12 noon.

A job description and details is available at:www.springwater.ca/careers

Job Opportunity

Residential Water and Wastewater Bills for the billing period of May 1 to July 31 have been mailed. Payment is due on August 31.

For those on a monthly payment plan, please note that the full amount owing will be withdrawn on the due date. Contact the Finance Department at 705-728-4784 with any questions or concerns.

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Ontario Liberal Party Announces Fred Larsen as Candidate for Simcoe

NorthLarsen to take on Patrick Brown in upcoming by-election

(Midland) - The Ontario Liberal Party is proud to announce Fred Larsen has been selected as the Ontario Liberal candidate for the Simcoe North by-election. Larsen was joined by Scarborough-Guildwood MPP Mitzie Hunter and members of the community in Midland for the nomination meeting this afternoon. Larsen is a long-time community advocate, educator and

volunteer in Simcoe North. He understands what Simcoe North and its residents need to succeed and has demon-strated an unwavering commitment to building a better lo-cal community. As MPP for Simcoe North and part of Kathleen Wynne’s

Ontario Liberal team, Larsen will work to improve sus-tainable economic opportunities by investing in new and modern infrastructure, securing retirement funds for citi-zens, and protecting our beautiful lands and waterways.“Patrick Brown and the Ontario Liberal Party fundamen-

tally disagree on a number of important issues facing the people of this province,” said Larsen. “I look forward to pointing out these fundamental differences to the people of Simcoe North during this by-election.”“I have spent my professional career working collabora-

tively to improve how students learn,” Larsen continued. “I will take that approach to Queen’s Park to help solve important Simcoe North issues.”“We fundamentally disagree with Patrick Brown when

it comes to values, he voted in the House of Commons to reopen the debate on a woman’s right to choose, he doesn’t believe our students should have a health and physical ed-ucation curriculum that meets the reality of the 21st cen-tury,” said MPP Mitzie Hunter. “The fact is that this PC party is much more extreme, much further to the right than the Party of Bill Davis.”

New Path Foundation will be the recipient of a dona-tion from the team at A Man’s Zone Barber Shop in Bar-rie for proceeds raised during their annual BBQ in sup-port of New Path and our Help The 1 in 5 Campaign. The cheque presentation is scheduled for Friday August 7h at 11am and will be held at A Man’s Zone located at Big Bay Plaza, 649 Yonge St. Barrie, Ontario. James Thomson, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives

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The five in 2015 represents a dizzying array of histori-cal commemorations, not the least of which is our own 400 years of Franco Ontario history, the arrival of Samuel Champlain in Huronia and the celebration of the first Ro-man Catholic Mass at Carahgua. Stayner Art Festival and Stayner EMC Camp were alive with all kinds of presenta-tions, music groups, cafe events, international food fare, as well as the talent show and many added new events that family Camp brings every year. The camp now owned and operated by Evergreen Christian Ministries winds up on August 9. . For information for 2016, consult websites. Rendezvous-Champlain was a rousing success with

many comments about the quality of the 60 group proces-sion of history, the kick-off event, on Friday July 31st. The Wendat re-enactment of the historic meeting with Champ-lain was a breathtaking drama and unveiling of the monu-ment at Penetang’s revitalized Heritage Rotary Park on the waterfront. The park, barely finished in time for the event,

shined like a new penny. The locals rose to the occasion and showed Penetang, French and Metis pride with the help of Ontario 400. The weather cooperated for Friday and Saturday but a

torrential rain and a tornado warning sent Samuel Champ-lain packing an hour ahead of schedule. He was tired and he wanted to go home. Long trip that back to France you know. I caught him in time for an interview on Saturday and I will share that with you later when we release video footage into a film for the Wasaga Beach Short Film Fes-tival in January 2016. Bayshore Senior’s Centre will be having its second an-

nual art show on Saturday August 15. I went last year and it was a wonderful show. Wasaga’s Canadian Tire will be displaying some local artists in their store on 45th St. Until September 8th. Not finished yet folks! Ten thou-

sand Polish Canadian are arriving this week on a walking and bike pilgrimages from Mississauga for a cultural religious celebra-tion at Martyr’s Shrine. The com-memorative masses celebrating the arrival of Champlain are on the 12th and 15th of August at the historical site and re-enactment of the meeting of the two cultures. Check Rendezvous Champlain.ca/en for details.Finally yet importantly in up-

coming events is the MNO AGA from August 19 to 24th in Mid-land. Metis Nation of Ontario will be releasing their first book of Metis Veteran history. A more expensive version will be avail-able after the AGA session.Enjoy what is left of the summer.

I know there are still a few trolls lurking around, already rubbing their hands together, and planning what we will be up to next year. Better rest, South Georgian Bay!Submitted by Judy Masdorp,

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The Mayor’s View by Bill French

I will open with, “My life is definitely not dull!”

MFIPPA (Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of

Privacy Act)As mentioned some time ago, there

was a Freedom of Information request to have access to my personal email account that contained any communi-cation between me and any member of council or senior staff. Even though I find the request odd, I have complied and a number of emails have been provided to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner.Midhurst Secondary PlanI am not sure how many times I need to repeat this, but I

can assure everyone that even though I do not support the mega developments planned for the Midhurst area, we as a Council have not done anything to delay any aspect of the progress of the development itself. As a Council we have made it clear that we have no plans to rescind the plan as it is outside our jurisdiction and is permitted to proceed by the Ministerial “Special Rule”. If you recall, at my re-quest, shortly after the election, we had a public meeting to bring all stakeholders up to speed so everyone understood where we were at with the developments. Following that meeting, one of the senior representatives of the Landown-ers Group congratulated me on how well the meeting was conducted and the positive tone of everyone following the meeting. At that meeting I personally initiated a regular meeting schedule for the two committees involved with the Environmental Assessment of the Midhurst develop-ments. It disappoints me that recent events and accusations seem to have taken this growing relationship in an opposite direction. My position on the MSP has been well known for at least six years. Those that now seem surprised and highly critical of my actions and requests made to the Min-ister when we met in March, boggles my mind. My posi-tion is simple. I will, within the legislation provided and of course with the support of Council, do all in my power to ensure that Springwater has control of its destiny when it comes to planning its future developments. That was the type of leadership I promised during the election and I in-tend to honour that commitment and will bear the brunt of those that would like to detract me from that vision. I nor Council have no intention of obstructing what has been approved, but if a higher approval authority changes its position, I would not obstruct that either.Elmvale District High SchoolSince the additional funding has been addressed by oth-

ers on Council, I have just a brief comment. Councillors Ritchie and Austin need to be congratulated for their hard work on the initiative to increase township funding for the renovation and expansion projects planned for EDHS. It disappoints me that a local municipality has to provide funding for what is clearly a Provincial responsibility. The reason I supported the motion for the extra funding is that EDHS is an important part and a key driver of the eco-nomic wellbeing of Elmvale and we must do all in our power to retain this important institution and see it thrive. AgricultureDeputy Mayor Allen and Councillor Hanna need to be

commended for this visionary motion to protect agricul-tural land and operations in Springwater. There was a lot of push back from a few and especially the large develop-ment community but those expressing support including about 350 emails overwhelmingly illustrated the need for this Council to ensure that agricultural land is protected in all future planning policies. At the request of one of the councillors, a legal opinion was sought and the motion ap-proved reflects that input.Springwater ParkAs we know, the Park re-opened its gates on July 10th for

visitors. An official ceremony was conducted on July 31st with a number of dignitaries present. I was proud to be part of that celebration and I look forward to continuing our di-alogue and cooperation with both Beausoleil First Nations who have an operating agreement and a co-management agreement in place with the Province of Ontario. To me this is the type of partnership that needs to be developed in other areas of service in the province. Working together I believe we can bring great value to the residents of Ontario and lessen our tax burden. I encourage everyone to take the time and do a day visit to the park this summer and enjoy the natural beauty and tranquility of this great jewel we have in Springwater.Council WebcastsOn July 20th we featured our first live broadcast of our

Council Meeting by way of the internet. It was a great suc-

cess and about 65 residents followed the action packed 4 hour broadcast. Our next Council Meeting is August 24th, so tune in and see what happens with the governing of your township. The link is www.springwater.ca/live or you can access it through the Governance drop down menu on our website. A special recognition goes to Michael and Joey, our IT specialists, for this initiative. Being a broadcaster at heart, I am pleased that we are now making access to this Council easier. We are now considering using something like Skype so residents can engage Council with live ques-tions during our question period at each Council meeting. Look for that in the Fall. We promised transparency, access and openness and we as a Council are delivering.Since the request for a compliance audit of my election

expenses is a personal matter, check elsewhere in this pa-per for my comments.Keep informed and involved with Springwater by check-

ing out our website www.springwwater.ca and especially our calendar of meetings. Also stay close to the action and read this excellent local paper, the Springwater News, and check out our regular Springwater Link and Council Cor-ner columns. Be part of the solution and have your say. Contact me at 705-728-4784 ext. 2040 or my cell at 705-

718-7031 or email at [email protected] and fol-low me on twitter @MayorFrenchA reminder these articles are my thoughts and perspec-

tives on issues and I am but one voice on Council. These opinions may not reflect the position of other Councillors.

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My thoughts and comments on the Election Compliance Audit

by Bill FrenchI had no intention of making any comment on this mat-

ter until the entire matter is resolved, but a few people have encouraged me to provide my perspective on Dan McLean’s application for a Compliance Audit of my Elec-tion Expenses. As a point of interest my election expens-es were audited by an independent local firm Smith and Lassaline of Barrie. I was under the eligible spending limit by $6,000 as a point of interest or stated in another way spent about 70% of the allowable limit.For those that were present on July 20th and 21st, the

Elections Compliance Audit Committee, in a 2 to 1 deci-sion, has approved a request for an independent audit of my already audited election expenses. I don’t mind the de-cision but it appears that some on the committee missed an important point of law that was actually submitted by Jack B. Siegel, the high profile solicitor for Dan McLean, defeated Deputy Mayor in the 2014 Municipal Election. To quote from the Lyras V. Heaps case that Siegel refer-enced, the judge of the Ontario Court of Justice hearing stated “In my view, where the statute requires, ‘a belief on reasonable grounds’, the jurisprudence applicable in other contexts indicates that the standard to be applied is that of an objective belief based on compelling and credible information which raises the ‘reasonable probability’ of a breach of the statute”. Mr. McLean provided no compel-ling or credible information, as all members of the com-mittee agreed, but presented a number of suppositions that could not be substantiated with any hard evidence. As committee member QC Robert Barlow rightly stated in his dissenting vote “Conjecture, again is not acceptable to me in a matter of this nature” and concluded with a statement based on various cases he referenced throughout his deci-sion, “In the end result, considering the documents, evi-dence and submissions of the parties and of the facts and on the law provided, I find that a contravention of section 81.1 of the Municipal Elections Act has not been proven by the Applicant (McLean) and I reject the application.” The committee has appointed the firm of Grant Thorton

LLP to conduct the audit.I look forward to the outcome and will make more de-

tailed comments at that time, as there are a number of other unusual circumstances that need to be brought to the pub-lic eye that relate to this matter.Stay tuned!

Rural Intentions – a word from Craighurst by Lynette Mader

On a recent camping trip at a provincial park east of Ot-tawa, my sister-in-law Liz caught a Muskie. Liz is a petite Philippine woman who weighs all of 100lbs and she was in a kayak. She had lived inland in the Philippines and later Hong Kong. Fishing was a purely Canadian discov-ery for her and she loved it. She had mostly ever caught bass, perch and some whitefish. So, she didn’t know what she had and described it to Dave and me and my mom and dad, as a 4 foot long fish with a BIG mouth. All she could see (the image forever burned in her memory) was that mouth. “Did you get a picture?” asked my 82 year old dad innocently. “That was the LAST thing on my mind,” exclaimed Liz. “It was dragging my kayak!”We knew it was no tall tale because it scared Liz so bad-

ly. She was so clearly afraid to go back out in her kayak with her fishing rod so we knew that her experience was every bit as traumatic as she described. Liz’s fishtale was probably the highlight of our trip to the South Nation watershed. Almost everything else about the area under-whelmed us. There had been a wild boar siting in the park but the most interesting wildlife I saw was a baby deer. I saw a scarlet tanager at Sauble Falls Provincial Park and that was pretty huge: the first time I’d ever seen one. The majority of my most interesting wildlife sightings are in my backyard. Not much compares to the still (somewhat) rural Crai-

ghurst for flora and fauna. There are moose and bears and while we haven’t seen one up close, we’ve found their tracks and scat quite close to our house. Coyote tracks go right past our back door in the winter. Just this week-end, joy of all joys, I had a mama, papa and two baby oriels at my hummingbird feeder. Papa was trying to teach the baby orioles how to use the feeder but they weren’t grasping it. Once, I witnessed an immature rose breasted grosbeak try to get a seed from the hole in our sunflower feeder. Every time it stuck its head in the hole, it inadver-tently pushed itself off the perch. This happened several times. The grosbeak paused to contemplate its situation for a moment, and then ever so calmly stretched out its neck to take seed right from the mouth of a sparrow sitting on the next perch. Today, a preponderance of house wrens chose to fledge from a bird house in our front yard. Nor-mally this type of activity takes place when I’m at work and I’m happy to miss all the drama, but this year they chose a Sunday when I was weeding the garden and our two cats were lounging lazily in the gazebo. There were at least five little fluffy wren babies on the lawn and two more back in in the bird house. It was horribly stressful watching these helpless little

puff balls migrate with a baby bird step-hop across our back yard to a hydrangea bush, the mom all the while frantically chattering at them and the cats watching with calculated interest from the gazebo. I peered into the hy-drangea wondering if there was some way I could help the baby wrens get to safer ground. One particularly small fledgling was perched quietly in the bush with his eyes drooping closed. I wasn’t sure if he was resting or dying so I put a shallow dish of water under the bush in case he needed some hydration. I don’t know if the baby birds found the water but a chippy with a snow white tipped tail did and treated it like it was the greatest Christmas present ever. I lamented that if my cats got him, I’d know exactly who they got since often all they leave is the tail. (Both cats were tossed into the house by this point.) Such are the national geographic scenes that unfold in my backyard in Craighurst. It’s better than any provincial park I have yet to visit.

The University of Louisville Marching Band’s playing of “My Old Kentucky Home” as the horses trot onto the track for the post parade is another beloved Derby tra-dition. The tune, which was penned by Stephen Foster in 1853, is the official state song of Kentucky, and it’s been played at every Derby since 1921. Well, almost. The song has undergone a few makeovers since the Ken-tucky General Assembly adopted it as state song in 1928, including changing the offensive “darkies” to “people” in the first verse in 1986.


Barrie, Ontario – The YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka is an-nouncing that they are hiring over 100 Registered Early Childhood Educators (RECE) and Assistant Teachers over the summer. There are over 80 YMCA child care centres across the communities that they serve, and the demand for quality care and education is increasing. A key com-ponent to early learning is the availability of quality child care. Studies clearly show that trained and knowledgeable Regis-tered Early Childhood Educators and child care workers are the most important ele-ment in quality child care. The YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka is responding to this need by hiring experienced child care providers across Simcoe County, Muskokaand Parry Sound. “There is a growing

need in the community for quality child care and early childhood education,” said Fio-na Cascagnette, Vice President, Child De-velopment and Family Support Programs, YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka. “We un-derstand how important it is for parents to trust that their children are in the hands of a team that cares as much as they do in an environment where they can learn, grow and thrive. Our goal is to provide that for even more families.”As the country’s leading nonprofit organization commit-

ted to strengthening communities through youth develop-ment, healthy living and social responsibilities, the YMCA offers more than just a job – it offers a career with a future and the chance to make a lasting difference in the com-munity. Whether looking for full time, part time or split

shifts, the YMCA provides the flexibility to ensure a posi-tive work-life balance.“Supporting our staff to help them accomplish their ca-

reer aspirations while maintaining their work/life balance is a priority for us,” said Cascagnette. “Whether you’re a new graduate, experienced RECE orretired teacher, we understand that everyone has differ-

ent needs at different stages in their lives, so we offer a variety of shifts and flexible work hours to ad-dress this need.”Growth potential

comes from an en-vironment of on-going training and education with a professional devel-opment path built-in. Working with the YMCA’s nationally recognized YMCA Playing to Learn curriculum and be-ing a part of a team operating over 80 YMCA Child Care locations in Simcoe County, Muskoka

and Parry Sound, staff members become part of the larger community and enjoy all of the benefits it brings, includ-ing YMCA memberships, benefits, pension, job security, flexibility and more.“I go to work and get a chance to meet children that im-

pact me in positive ways. I get to laugh and be myself and work with co-workers who are very supportive,” said Rob-ert Harrower, Director’s Approved Early Childhood Edu-cation, YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka. “I love the YMCA for the community atmosphere, the values we teach and for all

the children and families we serve each and every day. It’s all about making a difference.”The YMCA of Simcoe/Mus-

koka Child Care centers repre-sent the best of what research and common sense tell us kids need – healthy beginnings, positive interaction with car-ing adults, age-appropriate learning activities, and plenty of time for fun and making friends. Helping kids and fam-ilies thrive is at the heart of the YMCA’s mission.

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Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) recently received a generous donation of $1 million from David and Mary Crook of Barrie. The gift will support the future Advanced Cardiac Centre at RVH. Celebrating this amaz-ing donation along with Mary and David Crook (centre) are Dr. Jaskaran Kang; Dr. Behzad Etemadi; Dave Mc-Cullough, Chair, RVH Foundation Board; Janice Skot, RVH president and CEO; Dr. Rajeev Rao; Dr. Stephen Pizzale and Dr. Farrukh Hussain.

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) recently received a generous donation of $1 million from David and Mary Crook of Barrie for the Hearts & Minds cam-paign. Hearts & Minds is an RVH initiative to raise $25 million

for five priority areas, one of which is advanced cardiac care, and as such the Crook family has dedicated their gift to support the future Advanced Cardiac Centre at RVH. The Crook family has a long history of supporting RVH.

Since 1985, they have contributed to both the Building on a Century and I Believe campaigns. “Barrie is my hometown and my family has roots in this

community dating back to the 1800s. So as long as RVH has been in existence, it has been our hospital,” says David Crook. “Helping to ensure the residents of this incredible community and region receive top quality heart care here at RVH is so important to Mary and I. It’s the least we can do.”This generous donation comes on the heels of an excit-

ing announcement recently made by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne. The Premier visited RVH to personally announce the formal approval for an Advanced Cardiac Centre at RVH.“RVH has been working for many years to develop an

Advanced Cardiac Centre because we know there is an urgent need for heart care in our region. This amazing do-nation from the Crook family is great news as we are well-positioned to proceed with advance cardiac care at RVH,” says Janice Skot, president and CEO, RVH. “We are ex-ceedingly grateful for David and Mary Crook’s inspiring gift as it demonstrates their belief that RVH has the vision to bring this vitally needed care to our region.”In preparation for advanced cardiac care RVH has ex-

panded the cardiac team; opened an Urgent Cardiology Clinic; now provides 24/7 coverage for heart patients throughout the region; operates a specialized Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) as well as a 32-bed Cardiac Renal Unit. The Crook family donation will specifically help equip a

cardiac catheterization lab which is used in the diagnosis and treatment of heart problems. Having these labs will mean patients brought into RVH’s Emergency department suspected of having a heart attack can be rushed upstairs to a catheterization lab to determine their heart condition and in many cases, treat the problem without further travel.“I have a personal connection to seeing this cardiac cen-

tre become a reality,” says David Crook. “Eight years ago, while travelling in the U.S., I experienced a heart attack and it all happened so quickly. It was terrifying to think what could have been my outcome if I hadn’t been able to receive care immediately. The longer a patient waits, the more damage to their heart so this cardiac centre is not a want - it is a need.”

A million reasons to say ‘Thank You’


If you are a baseball fan, the last two weeks have been fun! Even people I know who do not follow baseball are jumping on the band wagon for the To-ronto Blue Jays.Alex Anthopoulos, who has been ac-

cused of not doing enough to improve the Jays over the season, pulled all the rabbits out of the hat over the major league trade deadline. David Price was the biggest addi-tion to the team and, I will be the first to admit, I did not expect him to come to the Jays. Dave Dombrowski, who was general manager of the Tigers at the time of the trade, is now rumored to be in the running to be the new presi-dent of the Jays next season so he may have been doing Toronto a favor by sending Price north.David Price will be a free agent at the end of the season so

his stay in Toronto may be short. Toronto will likely have to come to the table with an offer of $240 million over eight years to have a chance to retain Price. That would be just under $1 million a start over the regular season and if you base a start at 100 pitches that is $10,000 a pitch.Anthopoulos also added LaTroy Hawkins and Mark

Lowe to the bullpen that now has been almost perfect. He also made a trade for superstar shortstop Troy Tulowit-zki and outfielder Ben Revere to help the offence and de-fence that makes the pitching even better. If that was not enough, he added Cliff Pennington after the deadline to re-place Devon Travis who may not return until the season is almost over. If you add the acquisitions of Russell Martin, Josh Donaldson, Marco Estrada and Justin Smoak, Antho-poulos has changed this team from a so-so team to one of the best in the major leagues.Tickets are selling like hot cakes in Toronto as every-

one jumps on that band wagon. With this lineup, the Jays should win. The only thing that worries me is the guy in charge of the bench. I hope that John Gibbons will let the best players play, and keep his butt on the bench. Over-managing sometimes is worse than doing nothing. Just put the names on the score sheet and let them play. So far he has done a great job.The Barrie Baycats are

also winning games. They beat Guelph 4 games (5-2, 5-0, 7-5 and 13-6) in the first round of the playoffs. In the last game, the Bay-cats had 19 hits on the way to the 13-6 win. Ryan Spa-taro (4 hits) and three hits each from Jordan Castaldo (4 RBI and a homerun), Kevin Atkinson (homerun) and Glenn Jackson led the attack. Brad Bissell was the winning pitcher while Santos Arias, Adam Rowe

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The “Ross & Mary Anne Leonard” GBMSL Tyke Champion-ship Trophy 2015 Winners From Minesing

and Brett Lawson picked up wins in the other 3 games. Barrie will now play Toronto in their second round. To-ronto upset Brantford in five games to win their first round. The series started last Tuesday in Barrie with game two played in Toronto on Wednesday. Game 3 goes Saturday, August 15th in Barrie at 7:00 pm. Barrie then travels to Toronto on Sunday and, if game five is necessary, it will be played Tuesday, August 18 at 7:30 pm in Barrie, game 6 in Toronto Wednesday and then game seven on Thursday, August 20th at 7:30 pm in Barrie. Hopefully Angus Roy pitches his lefthanders in Toronto to keep the big left-hand bats of Toronto away from the short porch in right field. Also Congratulations goes out to the Minesing Travel-

ling Tyke team for winning the Georgian Bay Minor Soft-ball League Championship against Victoria Harbour. The Tykes last won the championship back in 2011. Great job by the kids and coaches!Quiz Time: In 1977, Lou Brock stole his 893rd base to

become the all-time major league leader. Who did he pass to take over the lead? Answer below.This Day in Sports (August 13th): In 1906, Cubs’ pitch-

er Jack Taylor was knocked out of the game by Brook-lyn in the third inning, ending a string of 187 complete games and 15 relief appearances in which he finished each game. In ten years, he would fail to finish only 8 games in 286 starts. Now that was impressive…Satchel Page, at 42, pitched his first major league complete game in 1948…Pitcher Jim Palmer pitched a no-hitter on this day in 1969…Lou Brock collected his 3,000 hit in 1979…In 1987, the Cardinals outfield set a major league record by failing to record a single putout in a 4-2, 13 inning win…Ricky Henderson payed Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24 jersey in 1993…Born on this day include golfing legend Ben Hogan (1912), Bobby Clarke (1949), Figure skater Scott Hamilton (1958), Leafs Mark Osborne (1961) and Shayne Corson (1966)…Yankee great Mickey Mantle (1995), Yankee player and announcer Phil Rizzuto (2007) and Red Sox Johnny Pesky (2012) died on this day. This & That: The Elmvale Merchants over-50 Legends

team will be in South Bend, Indiana playing fastball by the time you read this. The team plays Misha-waka, Indiana Thursday at 2:00 pm, Bay City, Michigan Thursday at 8:00 pm and then Co-bourg, Ontario at 12:00 noon on Friday. They will play a playoff game at 4:00 pm Friday and must win to play again at 8:00 pm Friday. They will play on Saturday if they win both play-off games…Lou Brock passed Ty Cobb to take over the all-time major

league lead in stolen bas-es in 1977.

Greetings from the Indian subcontinent

We are Springwater residents who have recently relo-cated to Bangalore on a two year work assignment. While we have previously been to India on holiday, it has, under-standably, been a hectic period on both sides of the world, as are all moves, in arranging temporary occupancy of our real home and establishing another some 13,300 kilome-ters and 9 ½ hours distant.India, we have discovered, is an extremely diverse coun-

try, although it may look the same to an outsider. It is the 7th largest country in the world by area, the second by population and the people speak more than 100 different languages, although the official languages are Hindi and, fortunately for us, English. The main language in Banga-lore is Kannada (pronounced just as you would imagine) which is spoken by over 50 million Indians in this part of the country. Communication is not really a major issue, as the Bangaloreans, despite not having a lot of educa-tion, do have a lot of languages. Our Driver, for instance, speaks Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and English (sort of). Most of the signs in Bangalore are in English, as well as Kan-nada, although this becomes less so as you move into the countryside.Bangalore, in south India, is considered to be the IT hub

of India and has more than 9 million residents, having doubled in size in the last 20 years. For a North American, this is unimaginable as the city is in a continuous state of outgrowing its infrastructure. For all who have moaned of Toronto traffic please understand that you have nothing to complain about. Chaos is the only word to describe it. The amount of construction is mindboggling with multi sto-rey apartment buildings being built everywhere you look, sewers being installed on already busy roads and many buildings being torn down. It seems that there is garbage and construction materials everywhere and nothing ever quite gets finished.But the people are wonderful and we are physically and

psychologically comfortable after only a couple of months. Except in the estate where we live, we see very few non-Indian faces but this has never been an issue and we have yet to meet an Indian unwilling to help or be friendly. This is not to say that we don’t have times where India defeats us but this is all part of the adventure and we look forward to the years to come.Life in IndiaYou can rest assured that what you think life in India is

like is probably correct. In a country as large and diverse as this, there can be no real misconceptions, as everything is true. Yes, there is poverty, of every grade, and, yes, there is affluence. It can be extremely crowded but, by the same token, there is rural life, forests and national parks. It can be loud and chaotic but not all the time.You can also be assured that a westerner is readily identifiable as a west-erner and gets treated differently than an Indian. This can be both good and bad. Service is generally better (move to the front of the line) but you can be certain that the price you pay, in many instances, is higher than what an Indian would pay. This is as it should be and we refuse to drive a hard bargain with someone living at a subsistence level. We let it go. It is a constant challenge to ‘blend in’ without seeming to be arrogant or flaunting ones affluence. We will never be truly accepted as ‘natives’ but we do all we can to be ‘normal’ residents of the country.That includes interacting with the locals, who are always

happy to do so. Most speak some English and we can gen-erally get by without too much difficulty. If there is a prob-lem there is always someone nearby who volunteers to as-sist so what needs to get done, gets done, after a fashion. Everyone is friendly and on many occasions we have been approached by Indian families to have their picture(s) tak-en with us.In many ways Bangalore is a continuous holiday. The

weather is great and the jackets we brought over have never left the closet. It does rain upon occasion but it only lasts, at most, a couple of hours after which the sun comes back. The Indian heatwave so much in the news in Canada this spring did not affect Bangalore. All through April and May it was a high in the low to mid 30’s and down to the low 20’s.This is the hot season and the rest of the year will be high

teens to high 20s. There is semi-tropical foliage all around and we have wildlife on the streets (cows, goats, bullocks). What more could you want? We, as is the case when on holiday, are forced to adapt to India, and we try.

by Indra SharmaOn July 6, 2015, I had a total hip

replacement due to the hip fractur-ing because of rheumatoid and os-teoporosis. R.V.H. did a great job to fix the hip, on July 13th. I was trans-ferred to G.B.G.H. which is familiat since I go there whenever something happens to my bones and also my nephew was always there due to asthma. I never spent a lengthy period of

time in the hospital until July and some days in August 2015. I was ap-palled at the work load of the nurs-ing staff, doctors et al. Cut backs are left, right and centre. Sometimes a nurse is in charge of 15 patients dur-ing the night. The hospital has 105 beds. There are 69 acute care beds with six ICU beds. There is a 24 hour emergency dept. which handles thousands of patients, cottagers, ski-ers etc. There is a 15 bed Regional Rehab Unit, 21 regional Complex Continuing Care beds.When I saw how the nurses

worked, I endeavoured get myself better and I did to the point where I was transferred to the rehab unit on the first floor of the hospital, a

15 bed regional rehab unit which includes Penetanguishene rehab pa-tients. Penetanguishene rehab was closed in 2014. In the unit there is one full time physiotherapist, three day a week speech therapist, one full time physiotherapy assistant, and one time occupational therapist. The speech therapist serves the en-tire hospital. The hospital is cutting back on

R.N.s and are hiring P.S.W.s and non-registered nurses due to govern-ment cutbacks. The hospital needs all three of the above mentioned. They all work very hard to help pa-tients to get better. They desperately need more help and no cutbacks. They need more doctors, more ther-apists. Midland is growing with people

retiring there. Common sense says they get sick and end up in the hos-pital. More funding is needed to G.B.G.H. In the rehab dept. I was amazed at the work the therapists do. They got me going. I wanted to get along so they could have more time to give others, the majority in wheelchairs struggling to move a limb etc.

I met a beautiful person, Sue Prin-gles who had no legs and finally got prosthesis when I was there. She said, “Indra I can stand tall tomor-row and I can paint my toenails.” What gallantry!The most remarkable thing of be-

ing in the hospital was the patience of the staff in helping us. Tired over-worked they never lost their patience with us. Talk of community minded! My kudos go to all the staff includ-ing Jane Maxwell who grew up in Midland, attended Humber College School of Nursing thirty nine plus years ago and got a job at G.B.G. H. and has been there for thirty-eight years when she could have worked in a Toronto hospital. Despite having two replaced knees,

two replaced hips and a repaired heart. I felt great in rehab when I saw the conditions of the other pa-tients. Our government should help G.B.G.H. with more funding not cutbacks. I am appealing to our township and Midland to donate whatever can be given to the hos-pital. Every drop of water builds an ocean.P.S. Kudos to G.B.G.H. volunteers!

“Life is made up not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses and small obli-gations given habitually are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort and care.” Sir H. Davy 1778-1829

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According to Transportation Safety Board data, from 2009 to 2013 there were 770 pipeline accidents and incidents in Canada. Of this number, 654 resulted in some sort of release of product. Again, this may seem large, but during this period Canada’s federally regulated pipeline system moved more than 11 billion barrels of petroleum and natural gas products, making the per barrel accident rate remarkably low.


Solid Waste Management Strategy UpdateSimcoe County Solid Waste Management Strategy, ap-

proved in 2010, prioritizes the need to increase our diversion rate, reduce garbage, and securely manage our own trans-fer and processing capacity. The County will benefit from ownership and operation of its own facilities and progress continues on two key infrastructure projects – the Organics Processing Facility (OPF) and Materials Management Facil-ity (MMF). – The OPF is a location where green bin organ-ics, leaf and yard waste and potentially pet waste and diapers (in future potentially) are processed and converted into other valuable products such as compost or fertilizer. The County currently hauls its materials to a processing plant in Hamil-ton. The MMF is a location for consolidation and transfer of waste from multiple collection vehicles, for more economi-cal shipment to other disposal or processing locations. The County is currently under contract for this with a facility based in Barrie.Since 2013, extensive research and feedback from public

meetings has resulted in a short list of possible sites - 7 iden-tified for the OPF and 5 for the MMF which were presented to County Council this week. The consultants retained also identified 5 of these sites where both OPF and MMF could possibly be co-located on a single site, resulting in a cen-trally-located waste management centre with adequate space for County transfer operations for garbage and recycling, in addition to on-site organics processing and truck servicing facilities. Of the possible sites, 1 is in Clearview Township, 1 in Oro-Medonte and the rest are in Springwater Township, due to the central location of Springwater in the County.Moving forward, the siting process will proceed to a period

of public and stakeholder consultation and feedback through meetings to review the short-listed sites and the potential to co-locate the facilities in fall 2015. Following this consulta-tion period and further comparative evaluation by the County’s consultant, the preferred site(s) is expected to be presented to County Council in early 2016 with targeted approvals in 2017.Benefits of these facilities include:Organics Processing Facility (OPF) • strong environmental leadership;• a local, long-term solution to managing the County’s or-ganic waste (both source-separated organics and leaf and yard waste) at one common facility;• greater security in regards to future processing costs and environmental impacts;• reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by shortening haul-age distances to processing;• ensuring capacity for future growth and protecting against provincial processing capacity shortages;• flexibility to add materials such as pet waste and/or poten-tially diapers in the long term; and• valuable end products such as compost or fertilizer to support local markets (inclusive of agriculture) which, as an allied strategy, complements agricultural goals of local-ly grown, field to table experiences that make for healthier communities and stronger local economics.Materials Management Facility (MMF)• an estimated $13 M savings in contracted transfer costs over the next 20 years, translating to a 6-year payback period;• protection from future increases to contracted transfer costs;• utilization of secured funding from the Continuous Im-provement Fund estimated at $1.15 M (47% of the blue box-related project costs to a maximum funding limit of $2,187,840);• secure management of County material and greater control over operations;• operational flexibility and the ability to adapt to changes in collections and/or processing arrangements; and• ideal location to co-locate the Solid Waste Management truck servicing facility.Benefits of consolidating operations at a single waste management centre (co-locating) include:• reduced capital – a single receiving facility could act as both a location for transfer of garbage and recycling and preparation of source-separated organics for on-site processing;• reduced operating and maintenance expenses;• increased transportation efficiencies and eliminating the need to haul SSO to an additional processing facility;• minimizing the number of neighbours; and• reduced footprint requirements as a combined facility would share buildings and supporting infrastructure such as internal roads, weigh scales, and buffers.Extensive background information and communication

material from public information sessions can be found at www.simcoe.ca/opf and www.simcoe.ca/mmf.Springwater Council is planning to tour a similar facilities

in another municipality and I will review each of the possible sites in Springwater and report further in future.Paramedic Station at 667 Bayfield Street NorthThe County has been leasing the Property at this location

for the last ten years under a previous lease which expired on June 30, 2015. Staff recommended and Council agreed to move forward with a new lease. This is a good location and Paramedics Services want to remain here for at least 5 more years, pending the construction of the new joint emergency services campus in Barrie. A new lease was entered into so that more favorable terms for the County could be achieved in the lease and the condition of the Property and Building could be addressed.County negotiated with the landlord for a better cost shar-

ing strategy than existed before, to allow for the property and building to be brought into good repair. The repairs include paving of the entire parking lot and a new roof on the build-ing and other structural repairs.The 2015 County operating budget included $150,000 for

improvements to the Barrie north station whether it remained at the existing location or moved to a new location. These funds will be utilized toward the roof and driveway repairs, as well as to complete other interior work at the station. It is positive that this Paramedic Station will remain as

close to Midhurst and surrounding areas as it is at present rather than moving further into Barrie.

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Dear Editor,My thoughts and comments on the Election Compliance Audit

I had no intention of making any comment on this mat-ter until the entire matter is resolved, but a few people have encouraged me to provide my perspective on Dan McLean’s application for a Compliance Audit of my Elec-tion Expenses. As a point of interest my election expens-es were audited by an independent local firm Smith and Lassaline of Barrie. I was under the eligible spending limit by $6,000 as a point of interest or stated in another way spent about 70% of the allowable limit.For those that were present on July 20th and 21st, the

Elections Compliance Audit Committee, in a 2 to 1 de-cision, has approved a request for an independent audit of my already audited election expenses. I don’t mind the decision but it appears that two of the committee missed an important point of law that was actually submitted by Jack B. Siegel, the high profile solicitor for Dan McLean, defeated Deputy Mayor in the 2014 Municipal Election. To quote from the Lyras V. Heaps case that Siegel refer-

enced, the judge of the Ontario Court of Justice hearing stated “In my view, where the statute requires, ‘a belief on reasonable grounds’, the jurisprudence applicable in other contexts indicates that the standard to be applied is that of an objective belief based on compelling and credible information which raises the ‘reasonable probability’ of a breach of the statute”. Mr. McLean provided no compelling or credible informa-

tion, as all members of the committee agreed, but present-ed a number of suppositions that could not be substantiated with any hard evidence. As committee member QC Robert Barlow rightly stated in his dissenting vote “Conjecture, again is not acceptable to me in a matter of this nature” and concluded with a statement based on various cases he referenced throughout his decision, “In the end result, con-sidering the documents, evidence and submissions of the parties and of the facts and on the law provided, I find that a contravention of section 81.1 of the Municipal Elections Act has not been proven by the Applicant (McLean) and I reject the application.” The committee has appointed the firm of Grant Thorton

LLP to conduct the audit.I look forward to the outcome and will make more de-

tailed comments at that time, as there are a number of other unusual circumstances that need to be brought to the public eye that relate to this matter.Stay tuned!Submitted by Bill French

Hello Mr. Jacobs,Thank you for printing the article and images concern-

ing my Trillium Prize Award. It is very much appreciated. Even got the royal treatment with the added colour. I have had positive feedback from people I have met this week-end which was a busy one at the Rendez vous Champlain events.Kind regards,Micheline Marchand

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Dear Editor,Important Oro Medonte Township Council Meeting -

Wednesday August 12th - 10:00 a.m.We urge the public to attend a very important meeting on

August 12th at 10:00 a.m. The letter below will be intro-duced by Councillor Coutanche at that time. Show your support by attending and show our Township Council how concerned we are about the safety issues with respect to the CR-22 Horseshoe Valley Road proposal.Warden Gerry Marshall:At a recent Township meeting we agreed with members

of the community to jointly put forward safety concerns and areas of interest that we feel need to be considered by County Staff and consultants during the design of County Rd 22/Horseshoe Valley improvements.Safety Concerns and Areas of Interest:- the major concern is excessive speed- poor lighting at a number of intersections- inadequate shoulders (paved and soft)- poor sightlines especially at lines #3 and #4 ( worse inthe winter with snow piled up)- deep roadside ditches/ drainage- guardrails in need of up-grading- safety of school bus stops on County Rd.22 (steephills...poor sightlines)- any design that would increase speed- pedestrian crossings especially at Line #4- misalignment of intersections- merging lanes near intersections- that the road design incorporate future growth- traffic calming measures- reduction of speed to include Trillium Trail entrance- the design be “cycling friendly”Oro-Medonte Council / community request that the de-

sign recognize the unique and challenging topography of our area and that County Rd #22 be regarded as a road going through a settlement area.On behalf of Oro-Medonte Council

Dear Editor,On Tuesday, July 28, Springwater Township issued wa-

ter restrictions for all those connected to municipal water. Residents are being advised to conserve water generally and, specifically, to reduce the watering of lawns and gar-dens until further notice. Although this may seem like a common prescription, such water restrictions are prompt-ing a fundamental question from the Midhurst Ratepayers’ Association: how much water IS actually available for our residents now and, especially, in the future?Municipalities issue water-use restrictions or bans when

the supply is insufficient or over-stressed. This protec-tive measure would not be necessary IF there really were abundant water for all conditions. With climate change bringing higher temperatures and unpredictable amounts of the rain and snowfall which replenish our aquifers, ma-jor problems with water supply loom large. Developer pressure to urbanise will place huge demands on our water resources. In fact, the proposed Midhurst Secondary Plan will require the extraction of 10 M litres of water EVERY DAY from a local aquifer! And it’s one that supplies neighbouring communities, too.Developers and engineering consultants have assured us

that supplying 10,000 additional homes with water will not be a problem. is this credible when Barrie is strug-gling to ensure its supply of drinking water is sufficient for its planned growth and water restrictions in Springwater are announced? As is evident across the globe - California springs to mind immediately - water supply and its mis-management are becoming critical issues. How can stress-ing our water supply for the sake of a vast and sprawling development possibly be progressive, pragmatic or wise?International water advocate Maude Barlow and author

Margaret Atwood have joined our fight to stop this de-velopment, and to protect our water rights and ecologi-cal treasures like the Minesing Wetlands. They join over 45,000 people who agree that our water, farmland and the integrity of our communities are far more important than corporate-driven sprawl and developer profit. Quick buck or enough water to sustain us into the future? Which do you choose?

The total prize money dedicated to Wimbledon 2015 was 26.75 million pounds. This is an increase of 7.6 per-cent from 2014.


Miss Gevious Reads.com Of Poseidon: Anna Banks

(Young Adult fiction)Rating: This novel was pretty darn goodThe day Emma meets Galen on the

beach is the day her life changes for-ever. Galen is the prince of the Syrena sent to find a girl he’s heard can com-municate with fish. When Emma runs into him-literally, ouch!-their connec-

tion is immediate and powerful. Could this be the girl? After several encounters, Galen is convinced Emma is the one. But how can he convince her of her gift? And how can he make his feelings for her disappear? She’s the key to his kingdom, she can’t be the key to his heart.In a sea of ho-hum reading this past month, Of Posei-

don was the novel to make me sit up and take notice of a good book again. The timing was perfect with it being the middle of summer coinciding with a summery, swimming novel.There are a few stand out factors to this book: 1. Emma,

our main gal, is a clumsy but well-meaning teen. Her stub-born streak is a nice contrast to her natural impulse for ev-eryone to get along. I enjoyed her unknown talents as they surfaced throughout the book and how her understanding of herself changed. 2. I mentioned it above, but the setting was refreshing. Personally, if I’m in a pool or a large body of water for more than 10 minutes I start to feel sea sick so I’m not a swimmer by nature. I’m also a little freaked out knowing there are bigger fish than me when it comes to swimming in any open water such as oceans or seas. But in this novel, you can swim to quite deep sea levels and feel calm, as seen through Emma’s experience, which was a new idea to me.Something different in this book was the angle of sto-

rytelling. Emma’s passages are written in first person, through her eyes, feeling her feelings etc. But when it is Galen’s turn, instead of using first person, author Anna Banks uses third person terminology. It is a more detached way of telling his story, almost as though it were being narrated which is certainly left of the usual beaten path.All in all, this is not your usual run of the mill young adult

love story. It follows some key rules, but it is wrapped in some unique styles and ideas that make it feel fresh. Being the first in a trilogy, I am happily looking forward to the next installment, Of Triton.Ginger Tsang aka Springwater Library, Elmvale Branch Librarian

LEGO DONATIONS NEEDEDWe are running our popular Lego club at the Library again this summer and need your help! Do you have any Lego at home that you are no longer using? We are asking for donations to help our program be a success.CRAYONS & CANVASWe’re gearing up for a fun summer of activites for the youth in our community and are asking for donations of crayons (old or new) and any size canvas for

painting. You can drop them off at any branch of Spring-water Library. Thank you!

SENIORS HELPING SENIORSWith new technology being released daily, it can be hard to keep up. Re-ceive FREE tech help at the Midhurst Branch! Appointments are for 30 min to 1 hour. Please call to make an ap-

pointment or you can register at the front desk. Every Wed 10am-12noon MIDHURST BRANCH

SPRINGWATER READSGood to the last page! Pink journals are circulating throughout the many communities of Springwater and we want YOU to be a part of it! Write

your name, home community and the title of your favou-rite book, then pass it on to someone else. Please keep the journals moving as much as possible until the end of September, 2015 when the journals need to return to: Mi-nesing, Midhurst or Elmvale branch. We will post every-one’s “favourite reads” during Public Library Week (Oct 19-26, 2015). You don’t need to be a library patron to participate. Thank you and pass it on! You can also par-ticipate online from our website or go directly to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5NJDQ5X

FIRE PERMITS NOW AVAIL-ABLE AT ALL BRANCHESResidents of Springwater can now ob-tain Recreational Fire Permits at any of our branch locations of Elmvale, Midhurst or Minesing.

AUGUST ACTIVITIES: Elmvale BranchEvery Thurs 10:30am StorytimeEvery Fri 10am Lego ClubTue Aug 18, 10:30 am Art in the Park with Ontario Early Years

Wed Aug 19, 1:30pm-3:30pm YMCA Employment ServicesThurs Aug 20, 10:30am Ontario Early Years StoryTimeSat Aug 22 - Final day for Reading Logs

AUGUST ACTIVITIES: Midhurst BranchEvery Tue 10:30am Lego ClubEvery Wed 10am Senior Tech HelpTue Aug 18, 10:30am Fun with Puppets:

Craft with Lori McIntyreWed Aug 19, 2pm Painting Outside! (ages 5-12)Thurs Aug 20, 10:30am Ontario Early Years StoryTimeSat Aug 22 - Final day for Reading Logs

AUGUST ACTIVITIES: Minesing BranchCome on out for this fun program that includes a craft, story and songs. Sat Aug 22 - Final day for Reading LogsFri Aug 28, 10:30am Ontario Early

Years StoryTimeSUMMER READING PROGRAM ENDING PARTYDid you participate in the summer reading program or club this sum-mer? If you did, sign up for the ending party and celebrate all the

awesome reading you have done!The party will take place on Tuesday, August 25th at 11am-12pm for Elmvale,2pm-3pm for Midhurst, and 4pm-5pm for Minesing.

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Bette Di Domenico (centre) and her husband Bruno chat with Patrick Brown, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, Tuesday, during a visit to the Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre. Brown was at RVH to provide Hockey Night in Barrie VIII tickets and signed memorabilia to patients and fam-ily members in the cancer centre. This year’s event holds a tal-ented player roster including NHL first-round draft picks Connor McDavid and Aaron Ekblad. Funds raised go towards the cancer centre at RVH and the development of a child and youth mental health program. Hockey Night in Barrie takes place at the Barrie Molson Centre on August 13 and starts at 6:30 p.m. Full details of the event including player rosters can be found at www.hock-eynightinbarrie.com. Tickets start at $12 and are available on line at www.ticketpro.ca.

Patrick Ryall and Jake Lalonde travelled to St catharine’s on July 18 19 to compete in the Athletic Ontario Youth Provincial Championships! Patrick placed 3rd in Discus, Shot put 6th with a personal best and hammer was 5th. Jake was 5th in discus and 8th in javelin. Patrick has now qualified for the Legion Youth National Track and Field Champion-ships in Quebec on Aug 7-9.

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A historical plaque from the Province of Quebec to the Province of Ontario was unveiled today at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in Midland, Ontario. The plaque re-affirms the strong ties between Ontario and Quebec and commemorates 400 years of French presence in Ontario.Jean-Marc Fournier, Quebec’s Minister responsible for

Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs and the Canadian Francophonie, presented the plaque to Premier Kathleen Wynne to congratulate Ontario on this milestone and to honour the historic friendship between the two provinces. Madeleine Meilleur, Ontario’s Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs, also attended. “Ontario and Quebec share 400 years of common Fran-

cophone history since the founding of Quebec City in 1608 and Champlain’s voyages in Ontario in 1615. This plaque recognizes the close bond between our two provinces. I am honoured to be part of this historic event and to con-tinue working with Minister Fournier and his colleagues on many joint initiatives of importance to the Canadian Francophonie.— Madeleine Meil-

leur, Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs“Sainte-Marie Among the

Hurons is a place of great importance to the history of New France, and it’s my plea-sure to be here – on behalf of the Quebec Government – to present the province of On-tario with this plaque, which underscores the friendship and historical ties that link our two provinces and pays tribute to the heritage we have shared for 400 years. This plaque will remind all Fran-cophones of the key role they

have played in founding Quebec, Ontario and Canada.”—Jean-Marc Fournier, Quebec Minister responsible for

Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs and the Canadian Francophonie“Sainte-Marie among the Hurons is a significant Ontar-

io attraction that draws tourists, supports local jobs and helps grow our economy. I’m proud to be part of a gov-ernment that recognizes and celebrates the 400 years of French presence here in Ontario, and I thank the Province of Quebec for joining us in commemorating this important milestone.” —Michael Coteau, Minister of Tourism, Culture and

SportHuronia Historical Parks (HHP) General Manager Will

Baird comments, “We at Sainte-Marie among the Hu-rons are thrilled to be chosen as the permanent location for the plaque to signify this event. Sainte-Marie stands as the premier site to experience and learn of early French history in our province. The plaque will be permanently

installed in the Champlain Rose Garden at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons.”The plaque unveiling is a

key initiative of the prov-ince’s official Commemora-tion of 400 years of French presence in Ontario and takes place during the Ren-dez-Vous Champlain 2015 festival in Penetanguishene from July 31st to August 2nd. For ongoing updates on

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Plaque at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons recognizes 400 years of French presence in Ontario


COMMUNITY POLICING COMMITTEES AUCTION 2015-07-29 The Community Policing Committees in the Huronia

West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police area and in partnership with the Huronia West OPP would like to invite all to the annual auction.The date of this year’s auction is Saturday, August 22nd,

2015 and as in previous years viewing will be from 12:00 (noon) to 1:00 p.m. and the auction from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.Our auction will once again be held in the side parking lot

off of Access Road at the Huronia West OPP Detachment at 1000 River Road West in the Town of Wasaga Beach.Some of the property up for auction this year include:

• Paddle Boat – 2 person (yes it floats)• Toshiba Portable Hard Drive – 500 GB capacity (still in the box)• Women’s 10 Karat ring with clear zirconia stone• Milwaukee 55 Pocket Bucket Tool Organizer (still in original packaging) • Dell OptiPlex Gx 520 (CPU) Intel P4 -2.80 GHz 512 MB Ram, Windows 7 Pro, with power cord and keyboard• And 24 previously loved bicyclesAll proceeds will go our 3 Community Policing Com-

mittees to help them continue their good work in our com-munities.Please stay tune for more of what we have for auction

this year! DID YOU KNOW?… Dufferin County’s picturesque

landscape is a perfect environment for cycling. As a re-sult, many local residents and visitors to our area take advantage of “the rolling hills of Dufferin” as a popular cycling location.Many cyclists are well versed in their sport and know

the rules of the road. This release will provide some of the rules and regulations under the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario.Under the Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act

(HTA), a bicycle is defined as a vehicle and cyclists are required to obey the rules of the road.The Highway Traffic Act requires vehi-

cles to “turn out to the right to allow the vehicle to pass” when being passed by ve-hicles travelling at a higher rate of speed. The Act further requires that slow moving vehicles move to the right, but this is only when being passed. The move to the right is to facilitate the space to allow a faster vehicle to safely pass. The Dufferin OPP recommends that cy-

clists ride as close as practicable to the right curb of the roadway, except when:

• Travelling at the normal speed of traffic• Avoiding hazardous conditions• The roadway is too narrow for a bicycle and a motor vehicle to travel safely side-by-side• Riding alongside another cyclist in a manner that does not impede the normal movement of traffic• Preparing to make a left turn, passing another vehicle, or using a one-way street (in which case riding along side the left curb is permitted.BUSY LONG WEEKEND - (WASAGA BEACH, ON.)

– From 12:00 p.m. (noon) to 7:00 p.m. on August 2nd, 2015, members of the Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to 41 calls for ser-vice. One in particular at 5:33 p.m. where an individual called and advised that they were stuck in traffic in one of our 8 Ontario Parks (?) in the Town of Wasaga Beach and since they had small kids they wanted the Police to attend and get the traffic moving.High traffic volumes and as a result traffic jams are a

reality of Long Weekends in Wasaga Beach especially if the weather is hot. During the above time period a major storm front travelled through our Detachment area, chal-lenging our Emergency Services and impacted traffic flow.As always the Huronia West OPP strive to keep our road-

ways safe. We also ask all motors to be patient especially when heavy traffic flow and weather make driving diffi-cult.THEFT OF FURNACE AND AIR CONDITIONING

UNIT – The members of the Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are asking for the public’s assistance in solving this crime.Sometime between the evening hours of August 1st and

the early morning hours of August 2nd, 2015, unknown person or persons stole a Gas Furnace and Air Conditioning Unit that was on a skid at the front of a residence on Finlay Mill Road. THEFT OF DIESEL FUEL FROM

CONSTRUCTION SITE – The mem-bers of the Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are asking for the public’s assistance in solv-ing this crime.Sometime between 6:00 p.m. on July

30th and 6:00 a.m. on July 31st, 2015, unknown person or persons attended a construction site on Sydenham Trail West and stole a quantity of diesel fuel from construction equipment.

OPP INVESTIGATE THEFT OF A DIRT BIKE FROM TAY TOWNSHIP– Members of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Po-lice (OPP) responded to call July 30, 2015 at 8:39 a.m. of a stolen dirt bike from a residence on Willow Street in Tay Township.On July 30, 2015 between 1:00 a.m. and 8:39 a.m. the

blue and white 2013 Yamaha Y5F (un plated) was stolen from the attached garage area of the residence.THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE – LOCK IT OR

LOSE IT! – The members of the Huronia West Detach-ment of the Ontario Provincial Police are asking the public to remember to lock your vehicles at night and for their assistance in solving this crime.Sometime between late evening hours of August 1st and

the early morning hours of August 2nd, 2015, known per-son or persons entered an unlocked motor vehicle parked at a residence on River Road East and stole the following items:• Black and Decker Electric Drill, black in colour• Master Craft Battery Drill, black in colour• Canon Digital Camera, brown in colourIf you have any information in regards to this crime,

please contact the Huronia West O.P.P. at (705) 429-3575 or Call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (1-800-222-8477) or submit your information online at www.crimestopperssdm.com if you have any information on this crime or others.Crime Stoppers does not subscribe to call display, you

will remain anonymous. Being anonymous, you will not testify in court and your information may lead to a cash reward of up to $2,000.00.For safety and crime prevention tips, please visit our

website at www.opp.ca.MALE CHARGED IN ATTEMPTED MURDER -

(TOWN OF PENETANGUISHENE, ON) – On Saturday July 26, 2015 at approximately 9:39 p.m. officers from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Pro-vincial Police (OPP) were called to the Central North Correc-tional Centre (CNCC) in the Town of Penetanguishene, ON.Southern Georgian Bay OPP learned that a male inmate

at the facility was found in his cell with serious injuries. The male victim was transported to a local hospital then with the services of ORNGE the victim was transported to a Toronto area hospital with life threatening injuries.Tristin Joseph Gregory TAYLOR, (age 24) of Perry

Township, ON has been charged with the following:1) Attempt to Commit Murder2) Aggravated AssaultThe accused has been held for a bail hearing and will ap-

pear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie on July 29, 2015.The investigation is being conducted by the Southern

Georgian Bay OPP Crime Unit under the direction of De-tective Staff Sergeant Paul Rosato of the Criminal Investi-gation Branch (CIB).Details specific to the investigation cannot be released at

this time but further information will be made available when possible. LIQUOR LICENSE ACT APPLIES TO OUR – The

Orillia Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to re-mind the public that the Liquor License Act applies on our area lakes and rivers.No person shall operate or have care or control of a boat

that is underway while there is contained in the boat any liquor, except under the authority of a license or permit.Exception- liquor is in a container that is unopened and

the seal unbroken, or is stored in a closed compartment.A police officer who has reasonable grounds to believe

that liquor is being unlawfully kept in a boat may at any time, without warrant, enter and search the boat and search any person found in it. Alcohol can be consumed on a boat with permanent

sleeping accommodation, permanent cooking and sanitary facilities, while the boat is at anchor or is secured to the dock or land. Definition, “boat” includes any ship or boat or any other

description of vessel used or designed to be used in the navigation of water.“Be mindful of the rules on the waterways so that you

and all other boaters remain safe” says Constable Andrew MacDonald, Orillia OPP Marine Operator. MALE ARRESTED IN TAY TOWNSHIP FOR POS-

SESSION OF COCAINE – On July 29, 2015 members of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a male standing in the middle of Old Fort Road in Tay Township

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Building Healthy Relationships - Part ThreeBy: Little Brown Bear (Ernest Matton) I.C.A.D.C.,

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Let’s pick up from where I left of on part two. A com-mitted relationship people are serious about reducing the conflict and deepening the intimacy in a relationship.SelfishTo set boundaries for one’s self is not selfish. Selfish

people make miserable friends. A relationship or friend-ship finds itself in unselfish people. Unselfish people know they get the most joy out of life when they give to others. Thinking, Acting, and Feeling in terms of others. There is no better joy in this world than to give. Selfish people care only about themselves and what they have and want. Meeting others needs is so very important in healthy relationships. Selfish people will find it im-possible to give you what you may need because their needs will always come first. Meeting the needs of others means you’re getting your needs met.MonetaryA true friendship or individuals in a relationship is not

measured in dollars. No amount of money in the world-will bring you true friend. They say that the love of money is the “root of all evil.” Money makes people do things that they would not normally do. If you think you have to comprise your relationship because of money and to have a good relationship and/or your problems will go away, you are sadly mistaken. Problems just get more expensive with money. Remember what are your basic needs in life. (Food, Water, Shelter)Low Self WorthRelationships is not found in an unhealthy self esteem.

Some people in this world believe that a person or indi-vidual will make them happy. If you are not happy now, no one else can bring that to you. You need to find your

own happiness within yourself before you can adequately be happy with anyone else. There is a terrible fairly tale out there that says “just find a man/woman” then, you’ll be happy. Happy friendships and relationships are found in two people who already love and care about which they are now. They are not looking for a partner to “prove” they are loveable. Likewise, when you feel inside that you are worthy, you will make better choices. People who are hurting and feel unloved sometimes will turn to the first person to come along to fill the emptiness they feel. More than likely this will not result in healthy relationships. If you find yourself in this situation you need to step back from the relationships and work deep inside yourself to find the root cause of your unhappi-ness. Until then you will not be able to make the best choice you deserve to make for yourself.Verbally or Physically AbusiveA true friendship or relationship is not abusive. Any

type of abusive behavior by either person is not a lov-ing healthy relationship. Intentional pain inflicted “out of Love” is as far away from the truth you can get. Love builds up, never tears down. Verbal or physical abuse is an illness regardless of the reason someone may give for inflicting it. This type of behavior is never a candidate for a healthy relationship. ANY type of abuse will al-most certainly continue. Counselling for the abuser is the ONLY next step there is if they want to maintain a healthy relationship or friendship.

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BrIDgE BITES from The American Contract Bridge League IT’S ELEMENTARY By: Brian gunnell Crime in London appeared to be taking a vacation, and Sherlock Holmes found himself on opening lead at the Baker Street Bridge Club: ♠ A65, ♥ 92, ♦ T95, ♣ Q9654 Holmes West Watson East Pass 1♣ Pass 1♦ Pass 1♠ Pass 1NT All Pass Let’s eavesdrop on the post-mortem in Holmes’ 221B bachelor quarters. Watson: Dash it, Holmes, why not lead the unbid suit? I must have Hearts. Holmes: Indeed, dear chap, you had four, but so did declarer. Watson: We know that now. Holmes: And I knew it before I made my lead. Watson: An Englishman doesn’t peek. Holmes: No, it was the curious matter of your bidding. Watson: But I didn’t bid. Holmes: Yes, that was most curious. My 6-count and the opponents’ bidding told me that you had a decent hand. And yet you did not overcall 1♥. Clearly you had less than 5 Hearts. The auction also told me that West had less than four Hearts and East less than 5. Thus, the Hearts were 2-3-4-4 around the table. Watson: Very clever. I suppose you also knew that West had three Clubs. Holmes: Yes, Watson. Watson: You did know? Holmes: It seemed most likely. I had five and East had at least two. Watson: He did? Holmes: If he was 3=4=5=1 he would raise Spades. With 2=4=6=1 he would rebid Diamonds. Ergo, he had at least two Clubs. Watson: So, if East had two Clubs and

West had four then I would have had just two. With that I would no doubt make a Takeout Double of 1♣. Holmes: By George, I think he’s got it! Yes, of course, Holmes did not lead the unbid Hearts, he led through West’s Club suit. But how on earth did he know to lead the Queen, the only card in his hand which beats the contract? That’s a story for another day.

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Tiny, and most of North Simcoe for that matter, will be in election mode for the next three months. All of you no doubt have heard by now that Garfield Dunlop, our MPP for the last 16 years, resigned from the Provincial Legis-lature towards the end of last month in order to provide a vacancy so that PC leader Patrick Brown can seek a seat in the legislature. I’ve met Patrick on a number of occasions now. I like Patrick. He has travelled the Province exten-sively, knows what is going on, is not afraid to ask an au-dience what they think and what they like to see in a pro-vincial Premier. Patrick was successful in bringing many new members to the party and by doing so he broadened the Conservative base significantly. Last Friday evening, at the Bonaire Golf and Country Club in Coldwater, mem-bers of the North Simcoe Conservative Riding Associa-tion proclaimed Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown as their candidate and (hopefully!) next MPP for Simcoe North! It was also an opportunity for the Riding Association to say a heartfelt “thank you” to Garfield and his wife Jane, for their many years of public service at the Municipal, County and Provincial level.

Garfield and his wife Jane at the Bonaire Golf & Country Club on August 7, 2015

Simcoe County Warden and Penetanguishene Mayor Gerry Marshall clearly was considering running in the bi-election for the Provincial Liberals. Personally, I am glad he decided against that bid. Penetanguishene can fi-nancially ill afford to get into a Municipal bi-election and continuity at the County level is similarly of benefit to us all.The Liberal Riding Association has nominated Fred

Larson again as their Candidate in the upcoming bi-elec-tion. Fred ran unsuccessfully in both the 2011 and 2014 campaigns. The NDP’s nomination meeting was scheduled for Monday, evening, August 10. The deadline for this col-umn is such that I am unable to report on the outcome of this meeting. However, I do know that Carole Anne Nich-ols’s request for the NDP nomination in our area has been approved. Should she get the nod, you’ll see her name on signs shortly!

Although a few lawn signs are popping up, we will not likely see a lot of activity on the Federal election front in North Simcoe until af-ter the Provincial bi-election is wrapped up on September 3, 2015. Bruce Stanton has his team in place and is looking forward to continuing his representation for the Conservative Party in this area. Four Federal parties now have their candidates nominated in our riding. Liz Riley from Orillia is nominated by the Liberals, Tiny’s Richard Branigan is waiving the NDP flag and Peter Stubbins, also a Tiny resident, is running for the Green Party. Good luck to all!Dinner tickets and Sponsorship opportunities

for the 2015 Tiny Mayor’s Charity Golf Tour-nament in support of the new CT scanner for the GBGH and the Rosewood Shelter to support their efforts to prevent male violence against women are still available. This event is sched-uled for Friday, August 21st. Please call Laura Russell at 705-526-4204 for further information. The issues surrounding the McMahan Water

System were mostly resolved during the July 27 Council meetings. Council in the end supported a cost recovery from the benefitting residents in the amount of $8,277.90 with an option to the residents to have the amount amortized over nine years at 3 percent interest with the balance of the project costs to be drawn against the Water Reserve Fund. The residents were clearly relieved with the decision as a

long outstanding matter is coming to a close. Concerns re-main though about why so many questions could be raised during this process in regards to the ownership of the lot on which the original (now de-commissioned) well was located. One would reasonably expect that the Township has files on any subject that contain all related correspon-dence and documentation, files that could be opened at any time to clarify whatever issue arises. Obviously I am too optimistic here.... Councillor Hinton confirmed that the is-sue is not black and white, that the Township held some responsibility in the matter as there was too much ques-tionable information. Mayor Cornell referred to a “shared responsibility towards the issue” and thanked the residents for their demeanor during the debate and their research into the matter. A presentation was made to Council promoting the use

of a “Ranked Ballot” system during the next Municipal Election. Proponents of this system point to the elimination of vote splitting, the reductions in strategic voting and how the model discourages negative campaigning. In addition, the process provides voters with more choice and ensures the elected candidate has indeed majority support. Ranked Ballots allow voters to choose multiple candidates, ranked in the voter’s order of preference. On election day all of the first choice votes are added up (just like in our current system). If someone wins 50% or more of the vote, they are declared the winner and the election is over. However, if no candidate receives more than 50%, the candidate with the least votes is eliminated from the race. With this candidate eliminated, their vote is now transferred to the voter’s second choice. Again, the votes are counted and if a candidate has a majority now, that candidate is declared the winner. If not, another candidate will be eliminated and the process repeats itself until there is a majority winner. This type of voting methodology appears to be increasing in popularity. From what I understand, political parties use runoff voting regularly to choose their leaders and often use the process to nominate their riding candidates as well.

Council directed staff to provide a report on this Ranked Ballot system for consider-ation at a future Regular Committee of the Whole Meeting.Two presentations were made by residents

in regards to noise issues originating out of properties that are being rented out. Ex-cessive drinking, use of narcotics and foul language, garbage left behind and even fornication on the beach and in the bushes was cited. Concerns were expressed as to why a permanent stop to these unfavor-able events could not be enforced between the OPP and Tiny’s By-law Department. Tiny’s Chief By-law Enforcement Officer, Steve Harvey suggested that the matter should be referred to zoning. Mayor Cor-nell instructed Staff to talk to the OPP for enforcement clarification and to bring a report back to Council. This report is tar-geted to be delivered during the 2nd meet-ing in August. Hopefully Staff and Council will work on this over the winter to make the 2016 summer season more pleasurable for those residents that are most affected.Doug Taylor, Tiny’s Treasurer and Man-

ager of Administrative Services presented the Township’s Financial Report as of June 30th , 2015. As expected, Legal expenses remain high due to ongoing issues. Septage re-inspection administration fees collected exceeded the budget by $16,312 due to a “correction” of prior transactions. Such comments always make me a bit nervous. However, I digress. Councillor Hinton

questioned a number of unscheduled equipment expenses and challenged Public Works how these matters could be anticipated better going forward. One unit in particular stands out and is a 2008 GMC 3/4 Ton 4x4. Year-to-date repair and maintenance spending on this 8 year old truck is $6,473 vs. a budgeted amount of $1,000. Equipment budgeting concerns have come up before and do raise on-going concerns about the manner in which Public Works addresses their equipment budget.Richard Gould, a member of Tiny’s Accessibility Advi-

sory Committee, presented the benefits of the Mobi-mat® to Council. The Mobi-Mat® is a patented, roll-out, non-slip portable access path mat, originally designed for use by the Armed Forces on soft and unstable soil conditions. The product has been adapted to enhance wheelchair and stroller, as well as any individual’s access, to beaches and other recreational areas where soft surface conditions oth-erwise would seriously reduce, hamper or even prohibit their use. Made of polyester fibers, the mat can extend into the water to allow handicapped, or persons with reduced mobility, a direct transfer into the water. Tiny’s Accessi-bility Advisory Committee’s mandate is to advise Council in the promotion and facilitation of a barrier-free com-munity for all citizens including persons with disabilities. The Committee reviews Municipal policies, programs and services and through its work prevents the creation and recommends the removal of barriers faced by persons with disabilities. Council viewed the report very favorably and a test mat will be installed at Balm Beach. Ms. Karen Alexander, representing the Lake Huron

Centre for Coastal Conservation presented in regards to the Green Ribbon Champion Program. This program pro-vides support and materials to the Township and residents alike to allow them to restore moderately degraded beach and dune ecosystems. Lafontaine Beach was identified as a priority beach under this program.Parking and the “No Parking” signage project was on the

Agenda as well. The Fire Chief’s Report discussed con-tained an extensive list of areas of concern. The cost of the signs and the installation requirements are both significant. The risks and the liabilities of having a few vs. not having enough signs was discussed extensively. The pressure on available manpower was a concern for Public Works. In the end, Staff was directed to deliver an installation/action plan to be discussed during the August 10, 2015 meeting.A good discussion took place in regards to the waiving of

rental fees for Township facilities and the manner in which the waiving of fees was granted. Turns out that Parks and Recreation has a workable process in place that over time has been increasingly bypassed. Going forward, all re-quests will go through the Parks and Recreation Depart-ment for consistent application of the rules. That’s it for this week. Until the next time!(Readers can contact me at [email protected])


Bruce Stanton, Member of Parliament for Simcoe North on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), today announced that The RJ and Diane Peterson Keewatin Foundation will receive $480,000 for the rehabilitation of the dock and adjoining land adjacent the S.S. Keewatin in Port McNicoll. This funding comes through the Canada 150 Community Infra-structure Program.This announcement is one of many for projects approved

through the Program that will improve and preserve com-munity spaces across southern Ontario, with the aim of giving back to Canadians and creating a lasting legacy as Canada prepares to celebrate the150th anniversary of Con-federation in 2017. The Program is expected to boost eco-nomic activity through infrastructure investments, build community-based partnerships and modernize existing community facilities.This Celebration of Canada’s 150th year of Confederation

project is a joint effort of members of the Port McNicoll Community, the volunteers “Friends of KEEWATIN” that come from Port and the surrounding communities. (Mid-land, Penetanguishene, Tiny Township). The County of Simcoe, The Township of Tay, Tourism Ontario, Skyline Developments are partners.Not many Canadian’s know of the role that Port McNicoll

and the Canadian Pacific Steamships that worked out of the Port, had in the building of Canada. Port McNicoll was the “Confederation Gateway to the West” moving hundreds of thousands of immigrants up the Lakes to Fort William where they went to ALBERTA and SASKATCHEWAN to farm and work the land. The ships also carried the grain and flower they produced from the top of Superior back to Port McNicoll for trains to the East and into the US.This was a major role in getting Alberta and Saskatche-

wan to join Confederation in 1905. This project will forev-er educate and honour the people from all over the world that built the town, sailed the ships, managed the grain and made sure the Farm immigrants got to the West.Quick Facts

• Projects have been selected based on program criteria, including the extent to which funding wasleveraged from other sources, construction-readiness, and linkages to Canada 150.• The Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program is one of several infrastructure-related initiatives that the

Harper Government has undertaken to generate well-being and prosperity in communities across Canada.• It builds on FedDev Ontario’s delivery of the Commu-nity Infrastructure Improvement Fund and theRecreational Infrastructure Canada Program in Ontario, which represented a federal investment of more than$225 million and supported more than 1180 projects.

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Pan Am Silver Medalist Maegan Chant Coming To Infinity Gymnastics

On August 15th, 2015Ontario’s lone representative on the Canadian National

Women’s Artistic squad, Maegan Chant, will visit Infin-ity Gymnastics in Utopia. The Waterdown, Ontario na-tive was part of a strong, young Canadian team anxious to demonstrate their talent ahead of the 2016 Olympics in Rio and proved as much earning a Silver Team medal second only to the strong US team.Maega Chantwill visit Infinity Gymnastics Centre (located just off highway 90 between Barrie and Angus) part of their annual open house. Athletes are excited about Maegan Chant’s visit and are

as excited to ccapture a ‘selfie’ with the talented athlete as they are to hear about her experiences as one of Canada’s best female gymnasts and of course, see her shiny silver medal first hand.12 year- old Infinity Team member Alyssa Nordkap; “I saw her compete at the Pan Am games last month, she’s my inspiration and I can’t wait to meet her”. Infinity Gymnastics Open House is a free, family- friendly event boasting free supervised tryouts, bouncy castle, games, demos, BBQ and a special Fall Registration dis-count and special guest Maegan Chant.What: Infinity Gymnastics Annual Open HouseWhen: Saturday, August 15th 10am- 2pm(Maegan’s appearance will be in the morning)Who: Meet Special Guest – PanAm Sil-ver Medalist Maegan ChantWhere: Infinity Gym-nastics Centre – 17 Napier Court, Utopia, ON L0M 1T0Contact: Michelle Pothier or Karen Carl-ton at [email protected]: infinitygym-nastics.ca. Phone: 705-896-3220.

Come See What’s New at ECNSThe Elmvale Co-operative Nursery School got new win-

dows!! This September the preschoolers will be able to discover many new things outside the classroom through new, high efficiency windows. A big ‘Thank You’ to

everyone involved in making this renovation possible. Come out Wednesday, August 19th to the ECNS Open House to see what you can see…our classroom is wait-ing for you!ECNS is a preliminary school designed to assist in the

transition from home to kindergarten for children 31 months-5years. Children have access to a wide range of activities like sensory (sand, water, ice, snow, etc.), gross motor and fine motor development, circle time, painting, alphabet and number activities, music and story time. Classes begin September 14th and registration for 2015/2016 is already underway. Space is available Mon/Wed or Tues/Thurs. For more information about ECNS please call/text

(705) 790-4339 or visit www.elmvalenurseryschool.ca or visit the classroom Open House August 19th (1-3pm & 6-8pm). Registration packages are available online and at the Springwater Library - Elmvale Branch. Donations of toys, books and craft supplies are always welcome.

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place “where the brain has had enough” the emotion that is usually expressed is anger. There is so much “going on in the brain injured brain” and the switch from “being able to handle what is going on” to that “dark and lonely place” happens so fast that the brain injured person and the people who care for them are not usually prepared for the “intensity of the emotions” (usually an-ger) that are expressed.The people who care for the brain injured person can play

a very important role in the outcome of all this anger be-ing expressed. In my experience, the people who care for the brain injured person who exercise “gentleness” during the recovery process make a difference in how recovery progresses.Gentleness can provide the brain injured person a “safe

place” in all the chaos. Gentleness can make the differ-ence in that “dark and lonely place” where all brain injured people travel. Gentleness can make a difference in how fast the brain injured person learns to accept the changes. Gentleness can make the difference for the brain injured person and the people who care for them.Once gentleness is included in the recovery process the

brain injured person and the people who care for them might be able to “take a breath” or “not be so nervous about these episodes of anger” (because everyone involved knows they are coming it is just a question of when) and real recovery can take place.To the Brain Injured Person: When you get to the place

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Wilson thanks community for their efforts with re-opening

Springwater Park Simcoe-Grey MPP Jim Wilson is pleased to announce

that after a three yearlong battle with the Liberal govern-ment Springwater Park has reopened to the public for daily use. Wilson congratulates residents of the community and all those involved for their hard work and dedication to make this day a reality. Wilson, along with many community members, was not

invited to the reopening. Instead Premier Kathleen Wynne put politics ahead of Ontarians and sent Liberal MPP Ann Hoggarth, who represents the riding of Barrie. “For the past three years, residents of our area have

joined with me to fight for the reopening of Springwater Park,” said Wilson. “We collected petitions, held rallies, wrote letters and I raised the matter in the Ontario Legis-lature on a number of occasions. It is nice to see the hard work of our community pay off, but I do question why many of those involved were not allowed to attend the opening. It’s shameful.” The Liberal government announced the closure of

Springwater Provincial Park in September 2012 without consultation. Countless residents and local councils op-posed the closure and worked tirelessly to find ways to allow the park to remain open. Springwater Park is now open for public use under a five year co-management and operational agreement between the Beausoleil First Na-tions and the Province of Ontario. “Despite the partisan politics, I would like to thank the

entire community of Springwater and surrounding area for their persistence in getting this park reopened,” said Wilson. “It is because of their continued advocacy that the government has agreed to reopen this local treasure and we can’t let their efforts be overshadowed.”

Our Springwater, Our Future –Township Initiates Strategic Review

Springwater Township / August 7, 2015 – Springwater Council is planning for the future by initiating a strategic review and is seeking resident input to help guide the di-rection of the plan.Strategic planning is a process that involves learning,

observing and dialogue. It is an exercise in self-reflection and will articulate the Township’s vision for the future. Through strategic planning Springwater will determine priorities for the next four years and develop the 2015-2018 Strategic Plan. The Plan will outline what the mu-nicipality intends to accomplish, contain key initiative and action plans that may focus on areas such as community development, service delivery and leadership.Strategic plans are dynamic documents that are continu-

ally edited and updated as the Municipality changes and evolves. Springwater’s last strategic plan was developed in 2010 and updated as part of a mid-point review in 2012. The new Strategic Plan will provide Council and staff with guidance, direction and priorities, and will serve as a road-map to success.Council is taking a community-based strategic planning

approach and is in the process of collecting input from residents and stakeholders. A Strategic Planning Educa-tion Session was held on July 8, 2015 to inform citizens of the undertaking and the process involved. A survey has been developed to collect feedback and is available on the Township website at www.springwater.ca/strategicplan. Residents are also able to obtain a hard copy of the sur-vey at the Township Administration Centre or any of the three Springwater Library Branches during regular busi-ness hours.“We are excited to embark on this strategic planning jour-

ney,” says Mayor Bill French. “We look forward to the process of determining priorities, and to implementing the recommendations provided in the final plan. Community input is critical to the success of this Plan and I encourage you to share your feedback and become involved in the process.”

Simcoe-Grey MPP Jim Wil-son penned an open letter to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne today urging her to ad-dress the growing crisis in long-term care and, in particular, the difficulties his constituent, Mr. Jim Lees, is experiencing find a long-term care bed. Wilson has been raising the issue with the Liberal government for close to a decade, most recently on behalf of Mr. Lees. “Mr. Lees is classified as a

critical case-the highest priori-ty-and yet he has been waiting for over four months for a bed in long-term care,” wrote Wil-son. “Over the past few months

he has suffered injuries, been over medicated and shifted back and forth to hospital... Premier, this is a very troubling situation that continues to be ignored by your government. Why has your government not done anything to help Mr. Lees or others in his situation?”Wilson first raised Mr. Lees

case in the Ontario Legislature in May of this year. Since that time he has been following the situation closely asking for weekly updates from the Min-ister of Health. Wilson hopes his open letter to the Premier will increase public awareness and pressure the government

into examining the issue.“Without question, long-term

care is one of the biggest is-sues that I deal with in my con-stituency offices,” said Wilson. “There is such a huge waiting list to get into local homes that many seniors are suffering and often being forced to travel out of their own home communi-ties to find space. It’s a real cri-sis that this government needs to address.”Long-term care facilities in

Ontario are 99.9 per cent full 100 per cent of the time. Local-ly, every facility has a waitlist as per the chart below:

(Orillia, Ontario) - Local resident Valerie Powell will represent the Green Party of On-tario for the September 3 by-election in Sim-coe North, announced GPO leader Mike Sch-reiner today.“I’m happy to be running for the Green Party.

We offer a better option for progressives from all parties who are disillusioned with the sta-tus quo,” says Powell. “I’m committed to en-gaging voters on important provincial issues to our communities in Simcoe North, even if the Premier’s timing of the by-election seems more focussed on what’s good for the parties at Queen’s Park.”“This by-election has been called in the

middle of summer, falling right before a long weekend, days before the start of the school year and during a heated federal election,” ex-plained Powell. “How is this timing good for having healthy debate and building strong de-mocracy?”Valerie grew up in Simcoe North and has

worked in health care for the past 15 years. She is currently coordinator of the Behav-

ioural Support System in North Simcoe Mus-koka. She is a dedicated volunteer, community builder and a strong supporter of the arts.“I’m thrilled that Valerie Powell is joining the

GPO team,” says Schreiner. “Valerie’s passion and experience in the local community will make her a strong MPP. She will introduce an honest debate about issues that matter: protect-ing food and water, stopping the fire sale of Hydro One and improving health care, specifi-cally for seniors.” Powell has run in Simcoe North twice as a

federal candidate, gaining 10.69% of the vote in 2008 and 6.02% in 2011. “Many of my neighbours are concerned that

Patrick Brown is bringing Harper-style right wing politics to Ontario,” says Powell. “That’s not my vision for Ontario. The GPO provides voters a fiscally responsible, progressive party to vote for.”The Green Party of Ontario is on a mission

to bring honesty, integrity and smart public policy to Queen’s Park. You can learn more at www.gpo.ca

Valerie Powell GPO Candidate for Simcoe North

Wilson Urges Premier to Address Crisis in Long-Term Care


Ward One ReportCouncillor Katy AustinMayor Bill French, Deputy Mayor

Don Allen, Councillor Sandy Mc-Conkey and I attended the official re-opening of Springwater Park last Friday. Also in attendance were Beausoleil Chief Jeff Monague, two visiting chiefs, Barrie MPP Ann Hoggarth representing the provincial government and Parks Superinten-

dent Scott Thomas. Chief Monague gave a fine speech outlining the negotiations between his nation and the province, which led to a five-year agreement for the Beausoleil Nation to operate the park for day use. He also spoke of the possibility of the park as a centre for studies in First Nations history, culture and language.Simcoe County is in the process of shortlisting sites for

an Organics Processing Facility (OPF) and a Materials Management Facility (MMF). Currently, the County processes leaf and yard waste at five local facilities but hauls other organic waste to a facility in Hamilton. An OPF here in the County would reduce hauling costs and offer the possibility of adding pet waste and diapers to our green bins in the future. Similar cost-savings and better operational flexibility are reasons being presented for a new MMF. Anyone seeking further information or wishing to provide input can call 1-800-263-3199 or go online to simcoe.ca/mmf or simcoe.ca/opf.Springwater clerk John Daly has been working with his

colleagues around the County and at the provincial level to improve the way the voters list is made for munici-pal elections. In the past, the voters list has been based on data from MPAC (Municipal Properties Assessment Corporation), some of which can be quite outdated. Ac-cording to an AMO (Association of Ontario Municipali-ties) website, “Inaccuracies, errors, and omissions on the

municipal voters’ list have been raised by many munici-palities, election after election. These result in mistakes that aggravate voters, can frustrate voting behaviour, and question the capabilities of municipal elections staff and the process. AMO supports the need to improve the mu-nicipal voters’ list to safeguard the integrity of local gov-ernment elections. …. we understand that MPAC’s work can be impacted by data it gets from the Province, so the Province needs to take some ownership of the situation.” AMO will be making recommendations to the province to improve the accuracy of the voters list for the 2018 election.The comments made in this article are strictly my own.

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Fallen From GraceIt's strange how we continue to put

television and movie superstars on a pedestal, and we think that they are perfect and free from doing wrong. Every so often, one of these stars is exposed for having committed acts of molestation or sexual mis-conduct. The Internet immediately fills with condemna-tion and shaming, even if the person has not been con-victed of a crime. Bringing to light what was hidden in the darkness is shocking to us, because our belief in these persons has been betrayed.A few years ago, a couple of televangelists were also in

the limelight due to sex scandals, and I am sure that they won't be the last. No one is perfect; we all have fallen from grace at one point or another.We Christians believe that God extended His lovingkind-

ness and forgiveness to us who are unworthy when His Son Jesus was nailed on the cross. God's love will con-tinue to be available for us, though we can never deserve it. All we have to do is believe and accept that love.Do we truly believe that God washes away all sin or only

the sins that we are comfortable with? Other people aren't perfect either. They too, are flawed, like us. Why, then, are we habitually judgemental of others for their faults, in-stead of committing them to God Who judges righteously?Ephesians 4:31-32-Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger,

harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil be-havior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, for-giving one another, just as God through Christ has for-given you. (NLT)Prayer: Lord, God, help us not to judge others so quickly,

but to love them as You love us. Help us to believe that our fate is in Your hands. Only You know the hearts and minds of all living souls; we see only the outside. Help us to understand. Amen.Rosemary Hagedorn,Penetanguishene, Ontario, [email protected]

Springwater Mayor Bill French and Barrie MPP Ann Hoggarth join Beausoleil First Nation Chief Jeff Mona-gue (centre) and two visiting chiefs in the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the official re-opening of Springwater Park on July 31st.

Harsh Words Can Linger on Forever by Gwen Randall-YoungI walked past a lady in a supermarket the other day. She

was harried for sure, with three small, fussy children. One in particular was being espe cially difficult. The mother’s frustration grew as she admonished the child, with little effect. Finally, she raised her voice and said, “If you don’t stop that right now, I’m going to go away and leave you here.”Several courses of action immediately raced through my

mind. I could ask the mother if she needed help and sug-gest that those words could be very frightening for a child. I could say to the child, “Your mother is only saying that because she’s an gry. She would never really leave you.” I decided in the end to say nothing, rather than risk creating further aggravation to this mother, which might be then taken out on the child. But I thought about the incident for a long time after wards.Certainly all parents have moments of exaspera tion,

when unintended words are uttered in anger. But it is im-portant to be aware of the impact of such words. Little children are frightened and vulnerable to begin with when a parent explodes in anger. Words spoken at this time have an even more powerful im pact.Parents may think that it is obvious to the child that they

don’t mean it when they say things like “I’ll kill you,” “I wish you were never born,” “Why don’t you just get lost” and so on. Suggestions that the child’s behavior is hurt-ing a parent or making them sick are equally damaging. Therapist offices are filled with adults still dealing with the trauma created by inappropriate comments directed towards them as youngsters.Many who would never dream of beating their children

physically may be beating them emotion ally without ever realizing it. Often they feel that the child’s behavior justi-fies their response. We must remember though that as the adult in the situation, it is up to us to remain in control. If children do not feel safe and secure with their own par-ents, then they have a poor foundation upon which to build a healthy sense of self.Words are etched into the memory just as clearly as vi-

sual images. If you say something that you re gret, correct it immediately. And if you wouldn’t say it to the child of a neighbor or friend, don’t say it to your own child either.Gwen Randall-Young is an author and award-winning

Psychotherapist. For permission to reprint this article, or to obtain books or cds, visit www.gwen.ca.

The Guesthouse Shelterby Constance Smithinterview on July 15, 2015 Recently I visited a place called The Guesthouse.

Formerly known as “Midland Out of the Cold,” The Guesthouse offers shelter, meals and camaraderie for the homeless and vulnerably housed in North Simcoe. For now the shelter located in the basement of the Knox Presbyterian Church, 539 Hugel Ave., Midland, Ontario L4R 1W1, 705-527-4111. At present The Guesthouse is closed until Sept. 8th to give volunteers a break (98% are volunteers.)I spoke with Beth McCormick, operations manager,

and Robert Sykes CEO. They said, “We house people in an emergency but we provide meals every day for anyone who comes in the door. The Guesthouse serves those who live in this community, most of whom are from this community i.e. Midland, Tay, Tiny and Pene-tanguishene areas. Way back we would have a dozen, now we have as many as 50 in an evening, the average being 30 to 35.” “For the bulk of people who are homeless, it’s just that

they don’t have a place that meets their need. From when we opened 365 days of the year in November 2012 up until the end of May we’ve had 642 different unique guests come into the shelter; it is large number of people, certainly for this area. And 249 unique overnight lodg-ers. We’re always getting new people coming in from the community at large.” “In December 2014, we purchased the building at 522

Elizabeth St. Already we have been using the lower floor. We’re in the final stages of getting the building permit for our renovations on the third level. We still need quite a bit of money to get there. We’d really like

to be out of the current place by fall 2015.”How can readers help out The Guesthouse? It’s as

simple as making a telephone call to the new adminis-tration office at 705-528-1096 or visiting the website to donate or to volunteer. The Guesthouse is on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/TheGuesthouseShelter and has their own blog http://www.theguesthouseshelter.ca/


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Buzz was in the air on July 28th, as Jarlette Health Ser-vices delivered their pontoon boat for the Residents of Waterside Retirement Lodge to enjoy for the month of August.

Rocking The Roof OffWaterside Retirement Lodge

was rockin’ the roof off on Friday, July 17th with musical entertainment from the Desotos and guest Madeline French.Mother Nature may have

played tricks on us so we moved our party inside - and what a party we had. Dancing in the halls, back courtyard, out the front door and even in the elevator - fun was had by all.The toe tapping event was

enjoyed by over 250 people, who graciously made amazing donations to our Resident fund. Previous purchases have includ-ed an AED machine, a celebra-tory official Canada flag and we are excited to see what the Residents choose to purchase this year.Waterside is growing and very

soon we are going to have a wait list - so be sure to get in for your tour today - don’t wait - come and see what kind of fun we have. Making Waves in Retirement

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Cruising Down the RiverResidents have been cruising

down the river in style during the morning, afternoon and early eve-

ning cruises.Friendly waves and greetings

hello came from the shores and fellow boaters as they cruised by. The best surprise the Resi-dents received was the “Hello Waterside” sign that was held up as they passed by a family’s home.Residents have been all smiles

even when the rain began to come down, they didn’t want to go to shore. They look forward to the upcoming cruises.

Horticultural Mystery Garden TourOn July 22, the Elmvale and District Horticultural Society went on a fun filled

Mystery Garden Tour. We met at the Elmvale Legion and car pooled from there. Our first stop was at Steve’s personal garden at Springwater Nursery, Phelpston.

He told us about his unique plantings and answered many of our questions. He has a Fringe Tree that has a white bloom in the spring and a Ground Clematis. Also a Nine Bark that was 7 feet high and about 4 ft. around and a cactus that will survive our Canadian winters.Second stop was on Flos Road 8 a beautifully terraced garden with stone wall

and stone steps. We were given a demonstration on how to prune a plant if it was variegated and some of it was going back to its original solid colour.Third was Simcoe Street address in Elmvale to see a garden with a huge old

Maple tree. We saw many plants, but there were a lot of compliments on the Clematis and the Hydrangea that was loaded with many, many large blooms.Fourth was a short walk to another garden. Here the owner answered many

questions about The Yellow Moon Plant that blooms in less than 2 minutes and lasts only one night. She also showed us how to take a tomato cage and cut it to fit around are large perennial plants to stake them. A very useful tip! Our next house was just around the corner on Queen Street at the home of one

of our member’s. We saw a very unique twisted tree that looked like an over-grown Hazel. Some of us are still trying to identify it. She had some well es-tablished beautiful grasses. We all enjoyed refresh-ments while sitting under a huge ornamental pear tree that bears tiny fruit.If you missed the Tour,

join the Elmvale and Dis-trict Horticultural Society now so you don’t miss out on next year. Call Joanne Madill at 705-322-2864 for details on membership.

Ontario Mixed Pairs Lawn Bowling ChampionshipsThe Midland and District Lawn Bowling Club hosted the Ontario Mixed Pairs

Championships from August 7 to 9. The top teams from each of the 16 districts in Ontario competed for the right to represent the province at the Canadian cham-pionships in Fredericton, New Brunswick from September 14 to 19. The opening ceremonies on Saturday included a parade of the athletes lead by Midland’s own Cindy Higgins, piper Art Stewart and a colour guard from the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 68. Mayor Gord McKay welcomed the competitors and delivered the opening bowl.The competition was fierce on Saturday, with three 16 end games followed by

tie breakers (over 10 hours on the green) to determine the 8 teams that would advance to the playoff rounds on Sunday. The medal rounds on Sunday afternoon featured teams from London, Niagara on the Lake and Toronto. The team of Jim Young and Sandy Ronson from Lon-don, Ontario jumped out to an early lead in the gold medal game result-ing in the team of Vince Donohoe and Sheila Lumley from James Gardens in Toronto conceding the match after only 6 ends of play. These two teams will represent Ontario at the national championships in Fredericton. The bronze medal was won by Peter

Wong and Helena Ho from the Ag-incourt club in Toronto after 16 very close ends of play.

Shown left to right are Sandy Ronson and Jim Young.

Photo by Bill Hunter

This spring the Barrie Dis-trict Hunters & Anglers Conservation Clubs Youth Group built, planted and maintained vegetable gar-den boxes on the club prop-erty on Old Second South in Springwater. This garden has flourished and is yielding a great harvest for their efforts. Shown here are a few of the Youth group members donating some of the gardens vegetables to representa-tives from Red Wood Park Communities Centre, United House. These fresh vegetables will be enjoyed by the women and children staying at this Transi-tion centre.Submitted by Elaine Forgrave. Photo: Heather Forgrave

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Mon. Aphasia Communication Group - The Stroke Recovery As-sociation (Barrie and District). All sessions free 705-737-9202.

Mon: 9 am. Coffee Club and Art Group - 9:30 am Pool and 10 am Tiny Stitches The Place 300 Balm Beach Rd. Perkinsfield

Mon: 10 to 11:30 or 7:30 to 9 p.m. Ladies Interdenominational Bible Study at Willow Creek Church 2387 Gill Rd. 705-722-7582

Mon 1pm to 3pm. Penetang seniors shuffle board 705-549-7611Mon: 1 p.m. Elmvale Community Hall, euchre/bid euchreMon/Wed 1- 3pm at Brian Orser Hall Penetang Seniors shuffle

board 549-7611 for info. Register at town hall.Mon: The HUB for Arts and Culture at the Midland Cultural Cen-

tre - JUST SHOW UP!Mon. 4:30 p.m. The Royal Canadian Legion BR. 63 490 Ontario

St., Collingwood plays host to its Charity Bingo. Prize Fund up to $4,240 with a Progressive Jack pot of $1,500.

Mon: 7 pm Midland District Railroad Club at Huronia Airport - basement of white building 705-526-3461

Mon: 7 pm Texas Hold’em Tournament at the Maple Valley Sports Club. All Welcome

Mon: 7:30-9:30 Bingo at Bayshore Seniors Club 2000 Tiny Beach-es Road South Woodland Beach every Monday in July & August

Mon: Euchre 7:30 p.m. RCL Barrie2nd Mon.: 7 p.m., Wasaga Beach Community Presbyterian

Church, 208 Mosley St., “Alzheimer Caregiver Support Group”Tues. Wed. & Thurs: 9 am-3:30 pm Elmvale Adult Day Out Pro-

gram at United Church Manse. 549-6277Tues: 9:30 Coffee Club - 12:30 Bid Euchre @ The Place3rd Tuesday at the Elmvale Legion 2-4 pm Veteran’s Drop In

Day.Tues: 5:30 and 6:30 Art Classes Creative Madness Art Studio 705

322 6588Tues: 5:30 Newcomer Services - English Conversation Circle - to

improve language skills and meet new people, YMCA Midland 705 529 2518

Tues. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 pm Waverley Youth Group at Waverley Gospel Hall. GRADES 7 & UP. Free - All Welcome

First Tuesday 6.30 – 8.30 PM Georgian Bay Coin and Stamp Club North Simcoe Sport/Recreation Centre. 705-534-3771

First Tuesday 6:30 - 8:30 pm Georgian Bay Coin and Stamp Club meets in Midland, North Simcoe Sports and Recreation Centre 534-3771

2nd and 4th Tues 7pm. 237 Second St Midland (Wendat Building) Bipolar/depression/anxiety peer support group.Family, Friends and lovedones welcome. Paul Morton 705-835-5102, [email protected]

Tues: 7-9 Wasaga Beach Toastmasters at the Library 429-6416Tues. 7 pm Bid Euchre at Bayshore Seniors Club Woodland Beach.

Welcome!Tues. 7 pm Chess (beginners and advanced) at Bayshore Seniors,

Woodland Beach 2000 TBRNTues. 7:30 pm: Bid Euchre and darts Barrie Legion Tues. 8 pm Elmvale Legion - First Tues, General Meeting - Last

Tues. (summer excluded) 322 1042Wed: 9 am Coffee Club - 10 am Pool - 12:30 pm Games Af-

ternoon 1st/3rd - 2nd Wed - 1:30 pm Camera Club Georgian Bay Swinging Seniors “The Place” 300 Balm Beach Road

First Wed/Month: Regular meeting of the Georgian Bay Métis Council at 355 Cranston Cres. Midland 526-6335

Wed. CHAIR YOGA 10:00 - 11:00 am. Gentle exercises with soothing music. Georgian Shores Swinging Seniors 300 Balm Beach Road West 705 526 5074

Wed. 10am All are welcome to join us for Coffee and Conversation with Rev. Steve in the Parlour.

3rd Wed of the month: 10 am – noon The Dutch Canadian coffee club meets in Georgian Mall food court by elevator.

Wed: 12-1:00 Lunch, $8 at Barrie Legion. 728-1412Wed: 12:30 Euchre at Wasaga Beach United Church 361-2022Wed: 1 pm Line Dancing Elmvale Legion 322-1042Wed: 1pm Penetang seniors shuffle board group 549-7611Wed: 1- 3pm at Brian Orser Hall Penetang Seniors shuffle board

549-7611 for info. Register at town hall.Wed. 1 pm Royal Canadian Legion Elmvale District 262 Legion

Seniors (open to all Seniors 55+) coffee and cookies. Table Shuffle-board and other games. 322-1042

Wed. 5:15–6:30 pm Springwater Township Rotary Club meet Wed @ Midhurst Library 721.3148

Wed. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Kids Awana Group at Waverley Gospel Hall SK to GR 6.

Second Wed: 6.30 - 8.30 pm Georgian Bay Coin and Stamp Club Real Canadian Superstore, Wasaga

Beach. Peter 534-3771Wed: 7 pm Euchre at Sunnidale Corners Hall! All ages and experi-

ence levels are welcome.2nd Wed: 7pm LA General Meeting Elmvale Legion.2nd Wed: 7 - 8: 30 pm.- Wasaga and area Cancer Support group

meetings open to all cancer survivors, caregivers and family mem-bers at Body‘n Balance Physiotherapy (705) 429 - 9619.

Last Wed 7 - 8 pm. - Wasaga and area Stroke Support Group meet-ings held at Body‘n Balance Physiotherapy - 429-9619

First Wed. of month: 7 pm Hillsdale Parks and Rec meet in the Community Centre. 835-5240

Wed. 7:30 pm Cribbage at Barrie Legion.Wed: 7:30 Euchre at the ANAF Club Barrie3rd Wed of the month: 10 am – noon The Dutch Canadian coffee

club meets in Georgian Mall food court by elevator.4th Wed. 7:30. Horticultural Society meets Elmvale LegionThurs: 9 am Coffee Club- 10-3 p.m. Tiny Stitchers The Place

Perkinsfield, 526-5074First Thursday Phelpston Rec Committee meets1st Thurs 7 pm Midland District Camera Club at the North Simcoe

Sports and Recreation Centre, Midland, in Askennonia Seniors Club area. Guests welcome. Speakers, refreshments. www.midlandcam-eraclub.com

2nd Thursday of each month (except July and August) - The Barrie District Stamp Club meets the from 7 - 9 pm at St An-drews Presbyterian Church in Barrie. Contact is D.B. (Bruce) Walter, CD 705-735-5009. www.barriedistrictstampclub.ca

3rd Thurs The BIA meets every third Thursday at 5:15 pm in the Elmvale Library.

3rd Thurs. 9:30 -11 am Oct. 16 to Spring 2015. Coffee Party at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Hillsdale 6 Mill St.

3rd Thurs: 10 am - noon - The raging grannies meet at Woods Park retirement facility 110 Lillian Cres. in Barrie. 322-1575 .

4th Thurs: 1-3 Nottawasaga Bay Stroke Recovery meet at 135, 32nd St. Wasaga Beach Guests speakers 429-9571

4th Thurs: 1:30 pm Diabetes support group meets at the Health and Wellness Center at Penetang General Hospital 549-0881

4th Thurs. 3-5 pm Parkinson’s support group meetings at the Su-perstore Midland 526-9170.

Third Thursday 6.30– 8.30 PM Georgian Bay Coin and Stamp Club meets at the Prime Time Club, 1724 Mosley Street, Wasaga Beach. 705-534-3771

3rd Thurs Free Community Breakfast at All Saints Anglican Church Hall 1 Peel St. Penetanguishene 549 2223

Thurs. 7 - 10 pm Good Vibes Coffeehouse at Mount St. Louis Road and 4th of Oro-Medonte

Thurs. Acoustic Circle Jam at the Surf Family Restaurant 369 Balm Beach Rd. Cathryn/Tom 647 692 0935 All types of music. Bring your instrument or just come and listen.

Thurs. 7 pm Bid Euchre at the Georgian Shores Swinging Seniors Centre, 526-5074

Thurs. 7 pm Blue Grass Music at Barrie RCLThurs. 7 pm - Elmvale Com Hall Euchre/Bid Euchre Lunch.Thurs. 7:15- 9:30 PM Barrie Shambhala Meditation Group at the

Flourish Vitality Centre in downtown Barrie. 11 Collier St. 705-435-7237 or email [email protected]

Fri: 9:30 a.m. Coffee Club - 9:30 Pool, 12:30 p.m. Bridge – In-cludes Coffee/Tea/Cookies Georgian Shores Swinging Seniors “The Place”, Perkinsfield, 705-526-5074

Last Fri. of month 5 - 7pm Elmvale Ladies Auxiliary Royal Ca-nadian Legion monthly supper $8.

Fri: 5:30 pm WB Lions Bingo at RecPlex 429-3331Fri.: 6 pm - Full course meals RCL Barrie $10 Reservations re-

quired, 728-4002Every Fri. 6 pm Minesing United Church Youth Group Jr. Youth

Grade 5-6, Sr. Youth Grade 7-12 705-737-5322Fri. 7 pm – Euchre, Ladies Auxiliary, Branch 262, RC Legion,

Elmvale (upstairs).1st Fri of month 7-8:30 pm “KID ZONE” Elmvale Presbyterian

Church, 22 Queen St., E. Children J.K. to Grade 8 welcome. Sat: 3 pm Meat Darts BBQ at Legion, Branch 147, Barrie,Sat. 3 pm Meat Darts. ARMY NAVY/AIR FORCE CLUB, 7

George Street, Barrie 728-8240Sat: 5:00 Meat Darts Elmvale Legion. 322-1042 Welcome!Sun: 9:45 am Knox Flos Presbyterian Church Services Sun. 10am - St. John’s United Church warmly welcomes you

to join us for worship. 27 Yonge St. S, Elmvale. www.united-churchelmvale.org

Every Sunday - 10:30 Outdoor Services at the Church in the Pines Park Cawaja Beach 11th Conc of Tiny to 28 Lafaive Rd.

1st Sunday of month - Family Breakfast Barrie Royal Canadian Legion 410 St. Vincent St. - 11 - 12:30 pm 728-1412

Sun. 2-6 All day “Karaoke” at the Barrie Royal Canadian Legion Br. 147 (728-4002)

DAILY EVENTS - All on the website at www.springwaternews.ca with greater information.Georgian Shores Swinging Seniors Club are

offering Acoach tour this summer:Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015 RIP-

LEY’S AQUARIUM OF CANADA a visit to Ripley’s new Aquarium highlights this Day Trip to Toronto that also features a delicious Buffet Dinner at the popular Hot House restaurant and Bar before heading home. Just $97.00 Per Per-son. Coach pick up and drop off at the GSSS

Club in Balm Beach. For more info call GSSSeniors Club at 705-526-5074 or Carroll Ann Girard at 705-527-1514. August 10th - General Meeting of the Oro-Medonte Horticul-

tural Society. 7:30 p.m. at the Oro-Medonte (Guthrie) Arena lo-cated at #71 Hwy. 11 South at the 4th Line exit. Aug 12 - 16 - Wasaga Beach Midway Returns! Playland Park

Square, Beach Area 1. Aug 12 & 26 - 8:00 p.m. Guided Beach Sunset Walks Meet at

Nancy Island Historic Site. Grab your ice cream, loved one and flip flops! Meet park Interpreters at the Nancy Island Welcome Centre, then walk to Beach Area 1 or 2 for a 30 minute to 1 hour stroll touching on beach ecology or local history topics. These leisurely walks are timed to culminate with Wasaga Beach’s fa-mous sunsets. 705-429-2516Aug 13 - 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. The Amazing Race Summer Break

Edition The Wasaga Beach Youth Centre - 1621 Mosley Street. Grades 7-12. Teams of two to four will race around the neigh-bourhood, completing crazy and zany challenges. The first team to return to the Youth Centre wins. Lots of fun and PRIZES. Maximum 8 teams of 4. Limited space, sign up now on the Get Involved Board! No wheels allowed, feet only.Aug 14, 15 - 25th Annual Beach Cruize Weekend Beachfront

& Playland Parking lot. Saturday will start at 9 a.m. Gates open at 8 a.m. Show n’ Shine starts at 10 a.m. sharp. Vettemart open all day. Canadian Tire Poker Walk around the Beach from Noon - 2 p.m. The show n’ shine awards will be at 2:30 p.m. Rotary Cor-vette Draw at 3 p.m. The Cruize leaves the beach at 4 p.m. www.wasagabeachcorvetteclub.com or email [email protected]. 14: Elmvale Legion Steak BBQ catered by Valley Farms

322-1042Aug 15: 8 pm at the Midland Cultural Centre ‘Ed Sullivan, A

really Big Show!’ Go to the midlandculturalcentre.com website to get a list of all the events or call 705 527 4420.Aug. 15: 8 p.m. Palace Tavern 13 Queen St W, Elmvale Fund-

raiser for team ‘Love You Forever’ featuring live music from Pub Dogs, Penny Love and Loose ChangeSun Aug 16: 11 a.m. Annual Cemetery Decoration Service Wa-

verley United Church Rev. Jim McKean will be leading us in this Special Service. A light lunch will be provided after the service. All welcomeAug 15, 16 - Wasaga Under Siege, “A War of 1812 Experience”

Nancy Island Historic Site. Visit American, Native & British Na-val Encampments on Nancy Island and experience life in 1812. Musket & Cannon Demonstrations, Native Drumming & Story-telling, War of 1812 Fashion Shows, Candy Cannon, Kids Mini Militia, 1812 Scavenger Hunt and much more! 705-429-2728August 16th 2015 - 7:00pm - Gospel Concert (indoors),

featuring Wasaga’s favourite Elvis Tribute artist Lance (Elvis) Dobinson. 380 Zoo Park Road, Wasaga Beach.Aug 16: 8 pm Doyle Bramhall II www.petersplayers.comAug 18 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.- Jazz in the Park Oakview Woods Ga-

zebo, 1724 Mosley Street. Time: . Come sing, dance and experi-ence the best jazz has to offer. Tonight’s performance is Stir It Up, Mixed Contempory. 705-429-3844 ext. 2287Aug 18: 8 pm Matt Anderson - a powerhouse performer with a

giant soul-filled voice. www.petersplayers.comThurs Aug 20 8 pm Joel Plaskett duo www.petersplayers.comAug 21 - 8 p.m. Night at the Museum Nancy Island Historic

Site. Everyone knows a museum comes to life at night! Encoun-ter characters from Wasaga Beach’s fur-trading, sailing & pio-neering past to understand how history has shaped our vibrant community. A Park Interpreter will “sneak” you into the Island’s museum after hours to this one hour family program. 705-429-2728Aug 22: 11-4pm Simcoe County Museum “Are you Dyeing to

Spin?” in partnership with the Huronia Spinners Guild (Museum.simcoe.ca)Aug 25 - 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Jazz in the Park Bandshell (behind the

RecPlex), 1724 Mosley Street. Come sing, dance and experience the best jazz has to offer. Tonight’s performance is the Simcoe County Band, Mixed Contempory. 705-429-3844 ext. 2287Thurs. August 27 – 9:30-11 am: Centre Flos W.I. coffee party

at Heritage Park, Elmvale. Proceeds to support local charities.Aug 27 - 30 Tecumseh Corn Festival (Tecumseh) TOP 100 Fes-

tivals & Events in OntarioAug 29: 11-2 Township of Tiny Fire and Emergency Services

2nd Annual Family Fun Day at Fire Station #2 Wyevale 817 Cty Rd 6 South Free BBQ Lunch Rain or Shine 322-1161 Fun for ALL ages!! Jaws of Life Demos, Fire Safety House, Car Seat Clinic, Face Painting for Kids and moreAug 29: Annual Steak BBQ at the Royal Canadian Legion at

7 John St. Dinner at 6 PM. Tickets are $17.00 each; Available at the Legion or call 705-322-1042 to reserve before Aug. 22nd. Everyone is welcome.Sept 1 -7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Jazz in the Park Oakview Woods Ga-

zebo, 1724 Mosley Street. Time: . Come sing, dance and experi-ence the best jazz has to offer. Tonight’s performance is Aaron Garner, Mixed Rock, Blues. 705-429-3844 ext. 2287Sat. Sept 5. 2 pm and 7:30 pm A Tribute To Country Music

King’s Wharf Theatre 705 549 5555Sept 12: 8pm Coco Montoya petersplayers.comSep 12 - 27 Niagara Wine Festival (St. Catharines) www.niaga-

rawinefestival.com TOP 100 Festivals & Events in OntarioNov 21 - 22 Homes For The Holidays self-drive tour of 5

holiday decorated homes, tea room, Unique Boutique. (705)737-1322 or www.BarrieMayCourtClub.ca

Community Events can be faxed - (705) 322-8393, called to - 322-2249 or e-mailed to - [email protected]

Robert MacDonaldPainting & Paper Hanging(705) 322-1160

Heaslip & Son Renovation & Handyman Services

705-361-9945www.heaslipandson.comLeon Tilt & Load

We pick up scrap cars, trucks and metals. Call 705-527-9534

CHRIS CROSS BOATWORXMechanical boat repairs • Outboard • Sterndrive

1060 Flos Rd. 8 East, Elmvale (Behind Elmvale Home Building Supply) 705 322-BOAT (2628)

KEN ARCHER PAINTINGOver 25 years experience painting & wallpapering

Call Ken 705-727-8313

Mike’s Small EnginesLawn Mower / Snow Blower / Snowmobiles

Orr Lake/Elmvale Pickup-Delivery2158 Orr Lake Road North • 322-2707

Canadian Firearms Safety Course & Hunter Education plus the Canadian Restricted Firearms Course available Instructor/Examiner

Ernest Reid • 705-529-1212

Are You New to the Community?

Do you have aNew Baby?

Call your local rep or register online for your FREE Welcome Gift bag

and Visit.

Candi Fox (705) 515-2252www.welcomewagon.ca

Need someone to talk to about mental health or addiction?

Call the CAMH Telephone Support line at

416 595-6111Monday to Friday, 3:00 to 9:00 pm

Confidential telephone support provided by volunteers

JUDY MASDORP, CHRIS NASAGER,N. M. CREATIVE SERVICES, WASAGA

([email protected]) WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE MNO VETERANS’ COMMITTEE

ON THEIR RECENT PUBLICATION OF METIS VETERAN STORIES. WELCOME TO

MIDLAND FOR YOUR AGA AUG 22


Announcements / Coming Events

Items for sale

For rent (WANTED) - apt., houses, and halls

Up to 60 Tables & 500 Chairs for RentProperty of the Elmvale Fall Fair - Rob 790-1772

Elmvale Community Hall - capacity 220 for great dances, beautiful weddings and other super events.

Stage and kitchen facilities. For rental call 728-4784 ext. 2055

Weddings, Anniversary Parties, & BirthdaysOrr Lake Golf Club is now renting out its hall for wed-dings, anniversary parties & birthdays. Seating for up to 175 people. Dancing for up to 200 people. Basic setup, cleanup, in-stock utensils/dishes/linens, and bartender

included in rental fee. Catering done fresh in house. Call 705-322-1664, email: [email protected]. Web

Site: www.orrlakegolfclub.com c

Hall - Elmvale Lions Club Hall is available for reunions, anniversaries, dances, parties or whatever. Kitchen

included. Call Bob at 705 322 4484

Guitar, Piano, Keyboard, Accordion, Drums, Banjo, Bass, Mandolin & Ukelele lessons available in Elmvale

for Children, Adults, Seniors. Flexible times. Reason-able rates. Private Instruction. For more info,

call John Brown at 322-7696 or 322-3995

Music Instruction

Hillsdale, Shared Accommodations $575 / monthAvail Immediately. Two main floor rooms for rent. Beds available, no other furnishings. 2 roommates

share 1 full bath (double sink) and remainder of house except owner's space. Country living. Includes laundry, parking, all utilities, satellite TV except internet service & telephone. Require own vehicle transportation. No pets. Central to Barrie, Midland, Elmvale, Orillia &

Craighurst. Minutes to Highway 400 and 93. 1st & Last month’s rent req’d plus refs. Call 705 835 5361.

Spacious 2 bedrm apt with fridge, stove, parking, etc.No pets/no smoking - Available immediately. Upper and

lower apartments. 705 322 3008

2nd Mortgages$40,000 Carries for $150 per month. OAC

www.darick.ca 705 623 8658YBM Group Lic#11129 Barrie, On

Berries

Birch Farms • All Non-GMO1962 Mill St. West • Hillsdale

Strawberries - You pick or we pick!Also in season - we have

beans • beets • carrots • cabbage • cauliflowersquash • tomatoes • onions • peppers • peaspotatoes • pumpkins • sweet corn • zucchini

Home of the butter tarts • Call 705 322 2062

Garage Sales

ATTENTION ALL CURLERSThere will be a

“Come and Go” FAREWELL PARTY for Bill and Barb Stephenson at the C Club on

Sun., Aug 23rd from 2 -4.Come bid them a fond farewell as they are

relocating to Calgary.

Thank You!!

U-pick’m BlueberriesThunder Beach Berry Farm1369 Chemin de Loup, Lafontaine

Open 7 to 1 daily - Phone for availability and timesFarm Phone 533-2345 or www.tbbf.ca

U-PICK or WE-PICK BLUEBERRIES1337 Ron Jones Rd, Tay Township

Go north on 93 from Waverley, east on McMann SR, then south on Ron Jones Road

Open every day 8AM to 5PM - Thurs 8AM to 8PMbut call to confirm conditions:BYO Containers 705-526-3042

The BLUEBERRY Place

Grenfel & Centre Vespra News with Kathy Stunden-Hall 735-9423 or [email protected] Stunden-Hall has decided to take a break from

writing the Grenfel and Centre Vespra News. If you are interested in picking up from where she left off, please give us a call at this newspaper 705 322 2249. We will tell you there are no rules outside of stay-ing away from being slanderous. Pictures are always welcome. 500 words is a nice length for an article but some are much shorter and that is ok. The shorter it is, the more chance there is of someone reading all of it.

Garage SaleAugust 15 to 22 9am – 6pm

Tiny Twn. - 4 Concession, Deanlea Beach27 Dale Av. Enter from Bay Rd.

A lot of household items, children staff, books, movies, clothing and much more.

One bedrm apartment for Rent - Elmvale. $695.00 mth. Includes utilites, frig, stove,parking, NO Smoking,

NO Pets. First and last mth. required. 705-322-1410

The organizing committee of the Family Celebration, held Aug 9 at the Elmvale Fairgrounds wish to acknowledge the

outstanding support that we received from our local community. We are overwhelmed by the generosity of local individuals & businesses:

items donated for our auction, cash sponsorship, and donation of products.

Thank you, to a wonderful community, for helping us celebrate!

Aug 13 – Aug 29King’s Wharf Theatre

One of the most explosive movie musicals in recent memory bursts onto the stage at the

King’s Wharf Theatre with exhilarating results.Not recommended for young children

Call Now! 705-549-5555 | kingswharftheatre.com

Stage Adaptation by Dean Pitchford & Walter Bobbie Based on the Original Screenplay by Dean PitchfordMusic by Tom Snow Lyrics by Dean Pitchford

Additional Music by Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins & Jim Steinman

Directed & Choreographed by Timothy French Music Direction by Craig Fair

Elmvale, one bedroom apartment. Available Oct. 1’st, fridge,stove, $750. plus hydro. Call: 705-322-2644.

Apt for rent. Newly constructed. 1 bdrm. Fridge and stove. Own laundry room. No dogs/No smoking. Walk out patio door to backyard. All inclusive. Call 705.322.7205.

4 Bdrm farmhouse with horse shed, Vasey area, wood/electric heat. Available Sept 1st. $1180 +

utilities. Call 519.272.1423.

House for Rent- Large 2 story house, 3 bed room, l and ½ bathroom, large eat in kitchen, living room, Mud room entry, located in Elmvale. No Smoking, No Pets, First and last month rent required up front. References, 1400.00 mth plus utilities. Available September 1. Call 705-322-1410.

Clarke’s U-Pic/We-PicMinimal use of pesticides - Local teenagers are helpers

Noted for flavour Blueberries NOW OPEN!

Great Cancer fighters, our grandchildren eat them right out of the patch...

Cauliflower, Potatoes, Sweet Corn is close to being ready.4 km north of Springwater Provincial Park

1571 Nursery RoadOpen Mondays to Fridays 8 to noon & 5 to 7

Closed Sat for Barrie Farmer’s MarketOpen/Sun • 8 to noon 705-728-4369

NEIGHBOURHOOD GARAGE SALE Saturday, August 15th, 2015

Come to Elmvale for several garage sales on the same block! At least FIVE families!

Centennial Avenue/Shaw Street 7:00am start.

Berries

For SaleFree Fill - approximately 70 cubic yards of clay fill. I can load it for you. Fergusonvale 705.726.5666.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then I realized that the Lord doesn’t work that way, so I stole a bike and asked Him to forgive me.


A Hardware Store with ALL Your Needs!

Corner of Blake & Steele

Serving Barrie and Area for over 80 Years

mon-Sat & Sun 10-5(705) 728-2431

ROBINSONS

Canada’s Paint Expert.

Tinney Stump Removal

Dan 322-3613

Stock up on Summer ReadingVISIT THE BOOK CELLAR

MIDLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY’S

USED BOOK STORE We have all types of books

for adults - fiction, mystery, biography, history, cookbooks, etc. as well as a good selection

of children’s books. At great prices!

Open 6 days a week – Monday to Friday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

and Saturday 10:00 to 2:00 p.m. 320 King Street, Midland, ON

All proceeds go to support the programs of the Midland Public Library.

This downsizing auction contains a Trojan Sea Raider boat, 1988 BMW 325i Cabrio convertible, 2002 Nissan Altima, 2002 Chrysler Neon, Intex 15’ pool, quantity of tins, fabric & yarns, electric bass guitar & amp, vintage magazines & books, numerous movie posters, electric leaf blower, weed trimmer, lawnmower, Meade telescope, Casio electronic piano & more!

Check out this major downsizing auction for Bill Burkett! It contains a 2003 Chrysler 300M (70,000 km), Toro lawn tractor LX420, Cub Cadet snowblower, tall case clock, Mercury outboard motor, aluminum boat and trailer, utility trailer, electric wood splitter, lawn sweeper, chipper/shredder, gas powered generator, Stihl chainsaws, welders, numerous electric and hand tools (too many to mention!), pressure washer, band saw, scroll saw, bedroom furniture, Royal Doultons, curio cabinet, bar stools, model trains, electronics & much, much more!! 600 lots!

For complete catalogues and bidding information, visit www.rapid-sell.ca.

Thinking of an auction? Call us to find out the benefits of an online auction

through Rapid-Sell.ca.

DOWNSIZING FOR HEATHER & NORM DELONG - PORT MCNICOLL SUNDAY AUG. 16TH – WEDNESDAY AUG. 19TH

MAJOR DOWNSIZING FOR BILL BURKETT - ORILLIA

SUNDAY AUG. 16TH – THURSDAY AUG. 20TH

453211 ONTARIO LIMITED 703752 ONTARIO LIMITED

NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT

MUNICIPAL CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

TOWNSHIP OF SPRINGWATER SNOW VALLEY SETTLEMENT AREA

PHASE 5 – SNOW VALLEY HIGHLANDS OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT, DRAFT PLAN OF SUBDIVISION

ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT And

REQUIRED INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT

PUBLIC COMMENT INVITED

The Owner of the subject lands being 453211 ONTARIO LIMITED and 703752 ONTARIO LIMITED has initiated a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) process for a Draft Plan of Subdivision, Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment to create a 17 lot residential development and for the required infrastructure to accommodate the proposed development for Highlands Phase 5 of the Snow Valley Settlement Area. This Class EA will serve to identify and assess a preferred design alternative, develop a recommended conceptual design, and to consult with the public and interested parties.

This EA will follow the requirements of Section A.2.9 Integration with The Planning Act as outlined for a Schedule B project, as defined in the Municipal Engineers Association’s Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (October 2000, as amended in 2007).

Public input and comments are invited for incorporation into the planning and design process of this project, and will be received until September 14, 2015. Subject to comments received and the receipt of necessary approvals, the Owner in conjunction with the requirements and specifications of the Township of Springwater intends to proceed with the planning, design, and construction of this project to be completed by the spring of 2016.

Please direct questions and/or comments to the Planning Consultant for the project:

Ms. Angela M. Rudy, MCIP, RPP Ms. Michelle Cutts, BACS (Hons), BEdRUDY & Associates91 Borland St. EastOrillia, ONT., L3V 2B8Phone: (705) 327-2070Fax: (705) [email protected]

This notice issued August 13, 2015.

Springwater News • Aug 13, 2015 Edition 449 • Phone 705 322 2249 Cell: 705 321 (BOLD) 2653 Page 25

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Valley & Hwy 93 (775), R.R. # 2 L4M 4S4 - Hwy 90 & Sunnidale (420),R.R. # 3 L4M 4S5 - St. Vincent St., Paddy Dunns,

Snowvalley & Carson Road (453) S.S.#44 Ferndale Drive & area (351)

Complete coverage (as indicated in the shading) of Tiny & Springwater Twps and parts of Tay, Essa,

Oro-Medonte and the City of Barrie

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UPCOMING ONLINE AUCTIONSWITH A TOUCH OF CLASS AUCTIONS

Join us ONLINE for another great lineup of Auctions presented by A Touch of Class! Visit our website for our online auctions and bid from the convenience of your own home 24/7 right up until the auction closes.

---------------------------------------------------------NEW LOWELL ONLINE AUCTION3711 MICHAEL ST, NEW LOWELL

STARTS: SAT AUG 15 @ 8PMBIDDING ENDS: TUES AUG 18 @ 8PM

A very large auction of antique & modern furniture, glass, china, collectibles, jewellery, vintage toys, origi-nal & LE artworks, vintage clothing, tools, camper truck, playground set, and much more!

---------------------------------------------------------ONLINE AUCTION

42 BENSON DR, BARRIESTARTS: SUN AUG 23 @ 8PM

BIDDING ENDS: WED AUG 26 @8PMFeaturing furnishings, collectibles, home décor & more. Details will be on our website closer to auction start date.

---------------------------------------------------------QUALITY ONLINE AUCTION

930 DAMASCUS COURT, NEWMARKETSTARTS: SUN AUG 30 @ 8PM

BIDDING ENDS: WED SEPT 2 @ 8PMThe contents of an exceptionally clean home includ-ing: antique & modern furniture, glass/crystal, china, home décor, various artworks (Trisha Romance), Egyp-tian rugs, upright piano, jewellery, yard & garden tools/equipment & more.

----------------------------------------------------------All details for the above auctions will be on our website closer to the auction dates. We have an exciting sched-ule of upcoming auctions and welcome you to include

your quality items. To register and bid for the online auctions, go to:

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EATING IN THE FIFTIES Pasta had not been invented. It was macaroni or spaghetti.

Curry was a surname. A take-away was a mathematical problem.

Pizza? Sounds like a leaning tower somewhere. Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time.

All chips were plain. Rice was a milk pudding, and never, ever, part of our dinner.

A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining.Brown bread was something only poor people ate .

Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking. Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green.

Cubed sugar was regarded as posh. Chickens didn’t have fingers in those days.

None of us had ever heard of yogurt. Healthy food consisted of anything edible.

Cooking outside was called camping. Seaweed was not a recognized food.

‘Kebab’ was not even a word, never mind a food.Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was re-

garded as being white gold. Prunes were medicina.

Surprisingly muesli was readily available. It was called cattle feed.

Pineapples came in chunks in a tin; we had only ever seen a picture of a real one.

Water came out of the tap. If someone had suggested bot-tling it and charging more than gasoline forit they would have become a laughing stock.

The one thing that we never ever had on /at our table in the fifties...was elbows or hats!

A.A. Milne created Winnie the Pooh for his son, Chris-topher Robin. Pooh was based on Robin’s teddy bear, Edward, a gift Christopher had received for his first birthday, and on their father/son visits to the London Zoo, where the bear named Winnie was Christopher’s favorite.

Springwater News • Aug 13, 2015 Edition 449 • Phone 705 322 2249 Cell: 705 321 (BOLD) 2653 Springwater News - November 27, 2008Tel: 705.322.2249 Fax: 705.322.8393 Cell: 705.321.2653

Obituaries

445 St. Vincent Street Barrie, Ontario L4M 6T5

Speeding in School Zones(Clearview, Springwater Twp., Wasaga Beach) – Recently

members of the Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police have been receiving concerns about motor vehicles in our detachment area that seem to have a complete disregard for the safety of our school children. These motorists feel that the reduced speed in our school zones, are not meant for them. If a school zone is ½ a kilometre long, most are shorter and our motorist is going 50Km/h, 10 km/h over the posted speed limit of 40Km/h, the difference in time it takes to travel this distance at those speeds is 9 seconds. Is not the safety of our children worth 9 seconds?To help motorist remember to “slow down” in school

zones, OPP will be spending more time patrolling these roadways, stopping drivers who may feel their time is more important then the safety of our children.

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GALBRAITH, Ethel Mary Sabina - At the Wedgewood Manor, Summerside, P.E.I. on Tuesday, November 18, 2008, In her 91st year. Beloved wife of the late Arnold Galbraith. Dear mother of Sabina (John) Daniels of Richmond Hill, Jim (Rebecca) of Texas, Dale (Anita) of Newmarket, Heather Zaharychuk of S’side, David of Manitoulin Island, Earl (Vivian) of Brampton, June (James) Walters of S’side, Lois Travors of S’side & Donald (Carol) of Sydney, B.C. Also survived by 16 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Sister of Joyce MacSweyne, Fred Dapp and the late Bert Dapp & Marjorie Chambers. Memorial Donations to the Alzheimer Society would be appreciated and may be made through the Lynn-Stone Funeral Home, Elmvale.

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Made in Canada Eh!When A Moose in A Maple Tree – The All-Canadian 12 Days of Christmas hits the shelves of bookstores across Canada in the coming weeks it will be one of the few Canadian children’s books on the market that is actually printed in Canada. “Yes it’s a lot cheaper to get books printed in China”

concedes the books author Troy Townsin “but I think it’s very important to support our local industries”. He adds,”I urge people to take a closer look at where the books they are buying are printed. I think they will be very surprised to fi nd that even books that claim to be specifi cally about Cana-da are usually printed abroad. With the struggling economy this trend is det-rimental to Canada as we need to keep jobs here”. His book is a unique Canadian adapta-

tion of the traditional 12 Days of Christ-mas song and it features Canadian ani-mals, icons and activities. Townsin, an Australian by birth moved

to Canada fi ve years ago, married a Ca-nadian and has written the book as a celebration of his upcoming Canadian citizenship. He is also a wine columnist for CBC radio and the author of several books on food and wine. My background is in children’s theatre”

explains Troy “and I although I’ve been having a lot of fun doing the food and wine books I’ve defi nitely missed work-ing with children so this gets me back at schools singing with the kids.”Partial proceeds from the sale of each

copy of A Moose in A Maple Tree are do-

FLYNN, Thomas Owen “0zzie” (Co-Owner of McEachern & Flynn Cartage, Retired Sears Canada SLH, Retired Captain Barrie Volunteer Fire Department and Member of Royal Canadian Legion Branch #147 for 37 Years.) Suddenly, but peacefully at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie on Monday November 24th, 2008. Ozzie Flynn of Barrie (in his 80th year). Beloved husband of 60 years of May (nee Williams). Loving father of Catharine Marley and her husband Paul, Louise Smith and her husband Michael, Barbara Flynn and her husband Buzz Carroll. Loving grandfather of Leigh Anne Marley (Marc Masson), Jennifer Marley (Gilbert Kuiper), Scott Marley (Laura), Christopher Smith (Jody Becker), Leah Smith (Christopher Size), and great grandfather of Lauren, Carsten, Owen, Liam, Emily and Isabelle. Dear brother of the late Monica Paton, survived by her husband Sandy, and the late Joyce Ridley. Friends called at the STECKLEY-GOODERHAM Funeral Home, Clapperton and Worsley Streets, Barrie on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held at St Mary’s Church, 65 Amelia Street, Barrie on Thursday November 27th, at 10:00 am. Interment St. Mary’s Cemetery, Barrie. Memorial donations to the Kidney Foundation or the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the family. Condolences may be forwarded through www,steckleygooderham.com

Obituaries!

In Memoriam

[email protected]

In Loving MemoryBetty Rumney

May 18, 1928 - August 18, 2014If Roses Grow In HeavenIf roses grow in heaven,

Lord please pick a bunch for me,Place them in my Mother’s arms

and tell her they’re from me.Tell her I love her and miss her,

and when she turns to smile,place a kiss upon her lipsand hold her for a while.

Because remembering her is easy, I do it every day,

but there’s an ache within my heartthat will never go away.

Always Loved Anne

WARDMAN, Nelson - Passed away peacefully at the Georgian Bay General Hospital, Midland on Saturday, August 1, 2015. Loved father of Marita (Lionel) and Christine (Bob). Nelson was pre-deceased by his wife Vicky, his daughters Regina, Joy & Muriel and his only son Michael. He was a devoted grandfather to Michelle, Monica, David, Danny, Laurie, Carolyn, Kevin, Natalie, Bill and Bobby. He will be remembered lovingly by his 16 great grandchildren and his 3 great great grandchildren. He was born in Southport, England in 1923 and since 1949 has called Canada home running several successful Companies as an engineer from Strathclyde University “Glasgow, Scotland”. Cremation with entombment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, North York. In Celebration of his life and in Nelson’s memory donations may be made to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (1-800-378-2233) or by calling 1-705-322-2732 (Lynn-Stone Funeral Home). Condolences may be sent to www.lynnstonefuneralhome.com

While there’s still lots of summer left to enjoy, the OLRA recently wrapped up the 2014-15 season with our annual picnic and gen-eral meeting.

Despite dire forecasts the entire week before the picnic, we enjoyed great weather until the very last minute when the wind threatened to wreak havoc on the raffle draw. Thanks to all who rushed to snatch up bags and loot so the terrific selection of prizes could find their way to lucky winners.As always, Susan Eccleshall and

Jack Beyfuss did a wonderful job of organizing an event that has long been a summer tradition for many Orr Lake families. To some of those families - the Moffitts, Bluesteins, Gibbs, and Eccleshalls - we owe our sincere thanks for donations of priz-es for the raffle and races. We are also indebted to local businesses that sponsored the event. Please be sure to reward their generosity with your patronage. These include Classique Dimensions Family Hair Care, Coffee Time, Darlene’s Hair Design, G&S Computers, Jacks on Queen, Pieces of Olde, Settler’s Ghost, TAG Paint-ing, The Corner Cut Salon & Spa, The Gift Shoppe, and Dr. Logicks Ultra-fast Wireless. A special thank you to Joe and family, who live next door to the park and kindly donated the hydro required to power our sound system.We are able to share the big-heart-

edness of all these great donors only with the help of a hardworking team of volunteers. We would be well and truly lost without their contributions of time and effort. A well-deserved pat on the back to Rita and Karen Moffitt, the extended Eccleshall fam-ily, Charlie DiGaudio, Ernest Stefa-niuk, Tiffany Young, Tom Deas, and “Ms. Eccleshall’s kids”: Delaney, Colby, Monika, Diana, Gio, and Car-lee. The success of this year’s picnic is a credit to you all!There were two faces missing among

the volunteers this year. Although Ted and Ruth Woodcock have given up their places on the executive after many years of service, they did intend to be on hand. As some of you may know, Ted’s ticker decided a change of this and other plans was in order and he underwent surgery earlier this summer. We are happy to say that, al-

though he isn’t quite up to his usual mischievous self as yet, he is well on the way to a full recovery. Many not-ed their absence, and we have passed along your concern and best wishes.If you missed this year’s picnic, just

remember that it is always held on the Sunday of the August long weekend. Residents and cottagers alike often host family and friends at this time, and the picnic is a great way to let us help you entertain. At this year’s AGM we had a great

variety of speakers to offer insight into topics such as septic re-inspections, healthy waters, and grants for shore-line and septic projects. Springwater Township was well represented, and residents appreciated the opportunity to direct their questions to Mayor Bill French, Councillor Perry Ritchie, and Junior Building Inspector Jacob Gooch. Thanks to Shannon Stephens of the NVCA for her workshop on the Healthy Waters Program as well as her organization of our roster of guests. Keith Sherman represented the SSEA and also offered insight that would normally be provided by our Lake Steward, as we currently lack a volunteer for that position. Also on hand were John Osmok and Greg Bales of the Lake Simcoe and Geor-gian Bay Community Stewardship Program to discuss funding oppor-tunites for property owners. Those who have paid either the 2014-15 or 2015-16 membership fee will receive a copy of the meeting minutes. The minutes offer details regarding Town-ship plans and scheduling for septic re-inspections, and funding sources for work that may be subsequently necessary. This will be of value to anyone owning a lakeshore property. If you would like to benefit from this information, you may purchase your membership online at orrlakeratepay-ers.blogspot.ca or arrange payment by calling/texting 905-716-2571.One issue that we can, and indeed

must, share with you regardless of membership standing involves the status of our Association. For the last three years, we have been un-able to fill executive positions. For the last year, we have operated with only two active executive members. Events held during the past season were only possible due to an excess of funds gleaned in previous years. At the AGM only two of seven possible nominations were accepted to serve on the executive. Thank you to new Orr Lake residents

Nick and Sonia Heintz for joining us. The most crucial role to be filled at this time is that of Membership Coor-dinator. Without an increase in mem-bership, we will not have the resourc-es to be active in the coming season. The primary responsibility of the coordinator is to enlist and organize volunteers who will undertake door to door canvassing. We do have some volunteers waiting only for guidance, and will help to find more. Second-ary is the maintenance of member-ship records. It does require a block of dedicated time, but only minimal part-time hours for one or two months of the year. This would be an ideal position for someone who is well or-ganized, with a large acquaintance of folks in Orr Lake. Many hands really do make light work. If you would like to volunteer, either to canvass or to act as Coordinator, please contact us.On the surface, this sounds much

like the same appeal we make every year. Please believe that the situation is serious, and the very existence of the Association is at risk. Allow me to break away from my voice as Chair of the OLRA and speak to you as an Orr Lake resident, and as a human being with a deep-seated respect for the past that makes our present pos-sible. The OLRA is more than just a guardian of the lake and the voice of its members, more than just a com-municator with the Township and en-vironmental associations. Right now, in my basement, are over sixty years of records. There are names in those old papers of families that still own lake properties and those that have faded away. There are reports that de-tail the changes and the growth of our hamlet, our home. Most importantly, in between all the facts and figures, tucked away unseen among the statis-tics and particulars, are the memories. Since joining the executive several years ago, I have been touched time and again by the stories members tell – and the only reason I hear them is because the OLRA exists. If we let the Association wither away, we lose not only a collective voice, not only our identity as a community, but also a place to preserve our common his-tory. We lose a piece of ourselves. Please help us to prevent such an un-necessary tragedy. Contact us now, and offer to give just a little. Email: orrlakeratepayers@gmail.

com / Website: orrlakeratepayers.blogspot.ca

John Ram 1934-2015 - Passed away at Georgian Bay General Hospital on Friday, August 7, 2015. Predeceased by his wife of 47 years Rita (nee Contois). Survived by his children; Ann Tivendale of Alberta, Alida Moreau (Leo) of Phelpston, Peter Ram (Kelly) of Newmarket, and Lorraine and Jacup Ram. He is missed by 7 grandchildren, 4 step grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Also survived by his siblings; Tina Dunlop (predeceased by Frank), Peter, Hank (Gladys), Harry (Noreen), niece Rose Yates (Ken) as well as many other nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents Alida and Jacob Ram and sister Marie McKinnon. Brother-in-law of Albert Contois, Louella Peterkin (Bob), Lavern and Gerry Contois and the late Phil Contois, Estelle Dunbar and Lorena Maltais. Interment took Place at St. Margaret’s Cemetery. If desired, donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated. Arrangements entrusted to LeClair Cremation Centre.

30,000 IslandsA god, who guarded Georgian Bay, Kitchikewana, had

a bad temper. Members of his tribe decided he needed a wife to help calm him. A celebration was held, and many women came, including Wanakita. Kitchikewana decided he wanted to marry Wanakita. However, she said she was already engaged. Kitchikewana was so angry; he grabbed a large ball of earth from Beausoleil Island and tossed into the lake. And the 30,000 Islands were created. Kitchike-wana then lay down to sleep, and still lies there asleep as Giant’s Tomb Island.Thor Hansen, a designer and artist created a number

of designs featuring Huronia flora and fauna for Simcoe County Arts and Crafts Association. These designs were for quilting and rug hooking. Mr. Hansen also created de-signs featuring local items such as mill stones, broad axes, logs and buildings. He also created several designs that featured Kitchikewana. These can be viewed in the Thor Hansen Room at the Huronia Museum in Midland.The 30,000 Islands is the world’s largest archipelago.

The area stretches from Port Severn to the French River. Visitors come from around the world to take a cruise and

enjoy the scenic beauty.UNESCO designated the area in 2004 as a significant

biosphere. Biosphere Reserves are important ecosystems. There are 16 biosphere reserves in Canada. Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve has unique geography

and geology with over 1,000 distinct habitat types sup-porting a variety of rare species of plants, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. . There are sheltered bays, coast-al wetlands, bedrock shores and forests.The 30,000 Islands area is a favourite for boaters and cot-

tagers. In days gone by, some well-known persons have holidayed here: Irving Berlin, composer of White Christ-mas had a cottage. For 30 years, Orville Wright made Southern Georgian Bay his summer home. He was a fa-miliar figure in Midland and Penetanguishene. Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve Inc. was established in

1998 as a non-profit community organization, comprised of volunteers with a common purpose. The organization strives to be model of sustainability while protecting the ecological values of the Georgian Bay area. This goal is sought through education and public outreach. More info: www.gbbr.ca

GILLESPIE, Rose V. -- In loving memory of a dear wife, mother and grandmother who passed away

August 18, 2000.If Roses grow in Heaven,

Lord please pick a bunch for us.Place them in her arms and tell her they are from us.

Tell her we love her and miss her.And when she turns to smile, place a kiss upon her cheek,

and hold her close for us for a while.Because remembering her is easy,

we do it every day.But there is an ache in our hearts

that will never go away.Sadly missed, lovingly remembered by your family.

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Barbara Tucker 1936-2014 We little knew that morningGod was going to call your name.In life we loved you dearlyIn death we do the same.It broke our hearts to lose youYou did not go aloneFor part of us went with youThe day God called you home.Your loving family

BERRY, Sandra-LynFebruary 12, 1975- August 11, 2012

In loving memory of our precious daughter.We hide our tears when we say your name.But the pain in our hearts is still the same.

Although we smile and seem carefree,There is no one who misses you more than we.

Always, Dad and Mom

august 13 edition 449 2015

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