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If you know of a St. Thomasindividual, team or group thathas had an impressiveachievement in 2011 and isdeserving of civic recognition,why not nominate them? Paytribute to the hardworking vol-unteers, athletes, artists andheroes who bring pride anddistinction to St. Thomas.

Nomination forms for the39th Annual Honours andAwards Banquet are now beingaccepted at the St. Thomas

Parks and Recreation Depart-ment, located at the TimkenCentre at 2 Third Avenue. Nom-ination forms and eligibility cri-teria are available on the city’swebsite, the Parks and Recre-ation Department or the CityClerk’s Office at City Hall. Thenomination deadline is Friday,March 23 by 4pm.

The award recipients will beannounced at this year’s ban-quet, which takes place at Me-morial Auditorium on Thursday,April 19 at 6pm.

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Kelly Baines won the Special Contribution Award at last year’s Honours andAwards Banquet for her efforts in creating the very successful Bowling forBoobs event. (Photo courtesy of St. Thomas Parks & Recreation)

Wellington StreetSchool gets readyfor Algoma University

Following months of planningand a successful campaign toattract student applications toAlgoma University for the St.Thomas campus, St. ThomasCity Council accepted a tenderfrom the Cobrell Company tomove forward with the demoli-tion of the gymnasium, con-struction of an elevator,installation of a new heatingsystem, installation of a newsuite of washrooms and a gen-eral refreshing of the interior ofthe former public school onWellington Street.

While the tender amount was$898,873 excluding HST, thetotal estimated value of thisphase of work is $1,097,193 in-clusive of architectural fees, acontingency allowance andbuilding fees.

This project came to fruition ina very significant way becauseof a generous donation by theDorothy Fay Palmer Estate anda contribution of $900,000.

“Students from this commu-nity and beyond will now beable to live in the St. Thomasarea and benefit from the dis-tinctive programming and smallclass sizes offered by AlgomaUniversity,” said Andrew Gunn,trustee of the Estate of DorothyFay Palmer. “I am confident that

Mrs. Palmer, together with herhusband John W.F. Palmer,would have been pleased toknow that many young peoplewill benefit from this terrific ini-tiative.”

The City had allocated fundsfor the former Wellington StreetSchool site for the demolition ofthe gymnasium and the recon-struction of the school groundsto accommodate parking for theconsolidated courthouse proj-

ect. The actual redevelopmentof the school grounds will takeplace later in the year under aseparate contract.

“The City is extremely appre-ciative of this wonderful gift andlegacy from the Estate of DorothyPalmer,” said Mayor HeatherJackson. “Not only will we be-come a university city, welcom-ing students into our community,

but we have been able to find atremendous use for the Welling-ton Street School, a huge stepforward for St. Thomas.”

Construction activity on theheritage building will commencealmost immediately and will becompleted by mid summer inorder to receive Algoma’s firstSt. Thomas students in Septem-ber.

Wellington Street Public School in St. Thomas will soon be home to a newcampus for Algoma University.

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Copper wire, beads, and recy-cled paper. These three materi-als, combined with the creativityand ambition of 16 high schoolstudents have created the Jun-ior Achievement company in St.Thomas named Between Bind-ings.

Handmade bookmarks madeof copper wire and adorned withbeads are packaged withsheets of recycled paper. Theyare made by youth at the ElginBusiness Resource Centre, withspace graciously donated byJohn Regan and EBRC staff.

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Early birds

Hold on a minute…this is stillFebruary, isn’t it? So why doesit seem that nature has fast-for-

warded to April?Geese are milling around on Lake Margaret in

St. Thomas and other watery parts of the region,something these birds don’t usually do untilthey’re back from parts south at the end ofMarch. And the raucous honking and blatant at-tempts at courtship behaviour are very muchahead of schedule. Does this mean we might seelittle goslings by Easter instead of Mother’s Day?

People have been telling me of other odd sight-ings, such as tundra swans flying over the AylmerWildlife Management Area near the Police Col-lege a month early and the robins that never leftthe backyard this winter.

And it’s not just the animals that are behavingprematurely. Buds are already appearing on localtrees, and one man in Aylmer sent me a photo of

a dandelion blooming in his yard. (He said he hadto take a picture because when he told peopleno one would believe him!)

All this pseudo spring activity has its good sidesand bad sides. Good because it means we had amild winter and can look forward to an earlyspring (and just imagine how much money mu-nicipalities saved on snow plowing this year).

But it’s bad because the ground never reallyfroze and the farmers’ fields didn’t get a goodblanket of snow – something they need for ahealthy crop yield (and the snow plow operatorswill be pulling their belts a little tighter becausethe snow-filled driveways and parking lots didnot materialize to help them make ends meetthis winter).

So it depends on your point of view whetheryou think an early spring is a good thing or not.

But whether it’s global warming or the regularebb and flow of the environment, there’s onething we can depend upon: things will alwayschange and be different. So enjoy the early birdsthis year. Next year could be a very differentstory.

Terry Carroll

Regular provincialcoverage, please

Half a lifetime ago, I was in-volved with a group of borderline hippies whostarted a weekly newspaper called The Peterbor-ough Common Press which we ran in (surprise!)Peterborough, Ontario. One of the writers – andfor a while the main sales representative for thepaper – was John Barber. The Common Press didnot make it, but John did. For many years, hewas the Toronto City Hall reporter for The Globe& Mail.

This next part is a little complicated, but bearwith me. Our editor at The Common Press wasClifford Maynes. He stayed more in touch withJohn than I ever did, and a few years ago, Cliffordrecommended to John that he move up from CityHall to cover the Provincial Legislature. Greatidea, but John went a different direction and nowcovers the world of publishing for the Globe.

Even at that time, the question Clifford Maynesraised, and I am about to raise again here, is an

issue that arises because our two national news-papers do not routinely cover “The Ledge” perse.

The Globe & Mail and The National Post bothcover provincial issues. But because they haveno Queen’s Park bureau, their focus tends to beon the premier and his Cabinet. Only at electiontime do their readers get a strong sense thatthere are opposition parties and leaders, withsomething to say.

The most recent example is the debt and deficitchallenge the Province of Ontario now faces. Thefocus is on the premier and the finance minister,naturally enough in a way. But this is a minoritygovernment and Conservative leader What’s-His-Name and NDP leader What’s-Her-Name deservealmost equal time. How soon we forget.

Okay, I’m joking, in part. But Tim Hudak and An-drea Horwath faded from the national newspa-pers almost as soon as the provincial electionwas over.

Perhaps social media – such as emails, Face-book postings and electronic newsletters fromour opposition MPP Jeff Yurek – are filling thegap. I’m just not sure they accomplish the samething. Not sure at all.

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Family Day funFive-year-old Saige Vaughan and her mother Lisa enjoy working on crafts at the St. Thomas Elgin Public Art CentreMonday. The first annual Family Day craft and art event attracted over 200 people. (Photo by Brian Wilsdon)

I am particularly fond of localperformers, present and past.From London it goes back toHume Cronyn and up to Tom Mc-Camus and Ryan Gosling. FromSt. Thomas it runs from Stephen

Ouimette to Rachel McAdams. They seem likefamily to me and, for the most part, they havelong, productive careers. Some of the Stratfordand Shaw performers have worked well intotheir 80s, not because they need the money;they just need the work.

Someone who is going to quit touring on his75th birthday is London’s Tommy Hunter, hostof Canada’s longest running television musicshow. Known as Canada’s Country Gentleman,Tommy elevated country music to a classier

state and likely paved the way for uptown coun-try and cross-over music. At the moment, he ison the road from Newfoundland and making hisway to his final performance on tour among hisfriends and family in London. There are probablyenough of them to fill the John Labatt Centre onMarch 20.

If you have followed Tommy with any regular-ity, you would know that Shania Twain per-formed with him before she changed her namefrom Eileen, or that Alanis Morissette used to bea country singer. People like Reba McIntyre andJohnny Cash appeared with him during his 26years on the tube, starting when television wasstrictly a black-and-white medium. As a child, Iwitnessed history in Chatham when my fathertook me to see Gene Autry on his farewell tour.History continues to be made when Tommy saysgoodbye on a very special birthday. Goodbye,Tommy and stay busy in your retirement.

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“Crazy…I’m crazy for feeling solonely…I’m crazy…crazy for feeling soblue…”

Most fans of country music can easily re-call these famous lyrics sung by the leg-endary Patsy Cline in her signature hit‘Crazy,’ written by Willie Nelson and re-leased in October 1961.

Cline’s unique vocal talent shot her to thetop of the Country and Pop charts on nu-merous other occasions with Patsy’smemorable hits including ‘Walking afterMidnight,’ ‘I Fall to Pieces,’ ‘She’s Got You’and ‘Sweet Dreams of You’ before hertragic death in a plane crash on March 5,1963.

Most of all, music fans will always re-member Patsy Cline’s amazing voice,which even today, remains the voice bywhich all female country singers mustmeasure themselves.

On Saturday February 25, the music andlife of Patsy Cline will be celebrated at thePort Stanley Festival Theatre with a newtouring show entitled ‘Patsy Cline: The

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St. Thomas railwaystation winsprestigious prize

The North America RailwayHall of Fame received highmarks for its sympathetic ren-ovation of the Canada South-ern Railway Station in St.Thomas at a recent awardsevent in London.

At its second annual Com-mercial Building Awards cere-

mony February 7, the Londonand St. Thomas Association ofRealtors presented the Her-itage Renovation Award to the1870s CASO Station.

“This award is a tribute to thevisionaries who saw the stationas a diamond in the rough,while others saw it as aderelict building, fit only fordemolition,” says Joe Docherty,

executive director of the NorthAmerican Railway Hall ofFame.

The station won out overthree London-based competi-tors in the Commercial Reno-vation Building Achievementcategory, including WestmountShopping Centre, Dufferin Cor-porate Centre and NicholsonSheffield Architects Inc.

“I think when the judgescame to visit us that the northfaçade of the station sold it –especially with the new canopyand the partial restoration ofthe boardwalk,” says Joe.“This award is a validation ofall the hard work that’s beendone. We encourage visitors tocome down and see for them-selves.”

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Greg Harris, chair of the RegionalCommercial Council, looks on asJoe Docherty and Matt Janes of theNorth America Railway Hall ofFame, Ed Vandermaarel of S.J.M.A.Architecture Inc., and Victor Wev-erink and Fred Wissink of generalcontractor Graceview Enterprisesaccept the Heritage RenovationAward for the CASO Station at theDon Smith Commercial BuildingAwards February 7.

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Catfish Creek Conser-vation Authority looksback on 2011

More than 100 people gath-ered at the East Elgin Commu-nity Complex for the AnnualGeneral Meeting of the CatfishCreek Conservation AuthorityFebruary 16.

A highlight of the afternoonwas the farewell to MalahideTownship's GeorgeCleminshaw, following 20years as a member of theBoard. He is being replaced byJim Jenkins, the Township’sDeputy Mayor. The remainderof the Board is unchanged andSally Martyn of Central Elginremains as Board Chair.

The annual CCCA Conserva-tion Award was presented toDon Fick, who has spent manyyears as a working conserva-tionist in a volunteer capacity.He has been credited for alarge part of the return of the

endangered American Chest-nut Tree to the watershed. Itwas one of the trees men-tioned in a visual presentationby the Elgin Heritage TreeCommittee offered by mem-bers Peter Atkinson and EdSuckley of St. Thomas.

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columnist Ric Wellwood wasthe guest speaker for the eventand he spoke about the unfor-tunate ways that man has ac-cidentally caused problemswith the natural order of things,referring to moose in New-foundland, Burmese Pythons inthe Everglades and the rabbit

plague in Australia. As a con-sultant for the Authority, he alsooutlined the difficulties offundraising for the environ-ment and conservation inthese difficult times.

General Manager-Secretary/Treasurer KimSmale, in his annual report,outlined the events of a yearthat he declared a strong suc-cess in all facets, from activi-ties in water management tothe nature festivals run for thestudents of the Thames ValleyDistrict School Board.

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George Cleminshaw, retiring representative from the Township of Malahide,(centre) is recognized for his work on the board of the Catfish Creek Conserva-tion Authority by Sally Martyn, CCCA chairperson and Jim Jenkins, DeputyMayor of the Township of Malahide, at the CCCA’s annual general meetingFebruary 16 in Aylmer. (Photo courtesy of the Catfish Creek Conservation Au-thority)


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International Plowing Match gives backJason White and Dave Karn of the 2010 International Plowing Match Legacy Committee present a cheque for $10,000 February 15 to Sandra DiMeo and JeffPallister, board members of Big Brothers Big Sisters of St. Thomas-Elgin. The money is part of the profits from the Plowing Match that is being distributed toarea organizations. “It wasn’t difficult to add them to the list of recipients,” said Dave. “Big Brothers Big Sisters directly impacts families in our community.”

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It’s not alwayswhat it seems

He was al-ways late – atleast by fiveminutes – andhis boss had

had enough. As usual, this oneparticular morning, the em-ployee shuffled in – late. Theboss, from within his office,grabbed the microphone andbellowed into the intercomsystem: "Hey, Tony. Get in here.Now."

As this behaviour had beengoing on for weeks, the bosswas relishing the opportunityof a confrontation. As Tonywalked into the office, the bosserupted into a tirade of “Whatin tarnation are you doing?”After a good five minutes ofrunning up one side of Tonyand down the other, meek littleTony offered an explana-tion. "Oh sorry, boss. I just

slipped in today to get myblack dress shoes from mylocker. You see, my Dad diedthis morning."

I know the boss, who told methis true story. He told me howdeflated and cruel he felt afterhis stupid verbalexplosion. Further, the rift inthat relationship took monthsto heal.

It is so easy to make a quickjudgment based on my ownopinion, my own base ofknowledge and understandingand my own culture.

Probably the person whostands out to me as a positiverole model in this area isJesus. He once said: "Stopjudging by mere appearances,and make a rightjudgment.” But not only didJesus give that advice, he ac-tually lived and did what hesaid (which is neat in and ofitself).

Here's one particular event

that speaks volumes. Jesus iswatching what people aretossing into the offering box inthe temple one day. A verypoor widow comes up andputs in a very smallamount. Others come in andtoss in huge amounts. Jesusthen explains to his disciplesthat the real giver is the widow– who technically gave theleast. Wow, let's stop judgingby mere appearances!

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Moe Shier, an internationallypublished artist, designer andteacher, has decided that St.Thomas has a wonderful artscommunity.

“This city is all about whatthe people want in relation totheir local artists, from exhibi-tions to art classes,” she says.

Two years ago, while attend-ing an art group in St. Thomas,she met Dan and Sharon Bras-sard, owners of Romantic De-signs Artist Studio. “We sharedour excitement about a com-mon dream,” Moe says, “tonot only share our talents asartists but to network theseskills with each other’s stu-dents!”

However, it wasn't until theend of the year, that Moe con-nected with Dan and Sharonagain to discuss the possibilityof offering an art workshop atthe St. Thomas studio.

Sharon and Dan are thrilledto have Moe as a visitingartist. Sharon says, “We aredelighted that the St. Thomascommunity caught her atten-tion. We can learn so muchfrom each other.”

Moe teaches at MoezArt Stu-dio in Ingersoll and has 20years experience in decorativeart. Over the last 10 years, shehas focused on capturing real-istic impressions of animals.She studies and teacheswildlife art, working in acrylic,watercolour and graphite, andcarries several accreditations,having studied throughoutNorth America with severalwell-known artists.

Moe happily notes, “Our stu-dios offer different genres thatwe can share with each other.”

She feels that networking “isfantastic in that it helps othersto create their own visions. Itprovides tools to challenge ourabilities and inspire both newand established artists. It’s agreat and needed exchange ofinformation.”

On March 3 and 10, Moe re-turns to Romantic DesignsArtist Studio to offer a 2-partintermediate acrylics paintworkshop. She will be usingher painting, called “BlueEyes,” to teach dry brush tech-niques, showing how to buildvalue and density into animalfur.

When Moe discusses thetechniques of painting to cre-ate soft fur and add shape towhiskers, she says, “This iswhere the magic happens.”

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St. Thomas StampClub Meeting - Febru-ary 23, 7pm. Commu-nity of Christ Church,105 Fairview Avenue.For Info call Rick Bad-gley, 519-637-8432.Everyone welcome toattend.

Port Stanley LionessesChili Cook Off, FridayFebruary 24, PortStanley Arena. Doorsopen 6pm. Tickets atPort Stanley HomeHardware.

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BILDY, ELIZABETH of Wardsville, formerly of RR #2 Rodney,passed away Sunday, February 19, 2012 in her 96th year.A funeral service was held February 22, 2012. RodneyChapel of Denning Funeral Directors Ltd.BOGART, LEO RODNEY of Springfield, passed away Tuesday,February 14, 2012 in his 89th year. A funeral service washeld February 18, 2012. H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.FIELD, GLADYS of St. Thomas, passed away on Monday,February 20, 2012 in her 95th year. A funeral service heldThursday, February 23, 2012 at 11am. Visitation from 10-11am. Williams Funeral Home Ltd.GREENLUND, RUTH (nee Le Bar) of St. Thomas, passedaway Sunday, February 19, 2012 in her 72nd year. Cre-mation took place. No public visitation or funeral service.Sifton Funeral Home.SEIP, RALPH EDWARD of St. Thomas, passed away on Thurs-day, February 16, 2012 in his 79th year. A memorial serv-ice was held February 21, 2012. Williams Funeral HomeLtd.

STAFFORD, JOYCE DIANNE of Aylmer, passed away onWednesday, February 15, 2012 in her 49th year. A servicewas held February 20, 2012. H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.THOMPSON, GEORGE of St. Thomas, passed away on Mon-day, February 13, 2012 in his 92nd year. A funeral servicewas held February 16, 2012. Williams Funeral Home Ltd.VINCENT, IRIS (MOYES) of St. Thomas, passed away onThursday, February 16, 2012 in her 90th year. A public me-morial service was held February 21, 2012. Williams Fu-neral Home Ltd.

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Wacky Tacky winnersThe Disbrowe team celebrates top honours in the Wacky Tacky contest at the St. Thomas and District Chamber of Commerce fun-spiel at St. Thomas Curling Club February 11. (Left) Karen "Diva" Johnson, Paul "Cousin Eddy" Johnson, Bill "Clark Griswold" Feairsand Suzie "Princess" Gagnier.


If you thought Farmgate Mar-kets Inc. was just anotherbutcher shop, you may be sur-prised to learn differently. Al-though it began in 2004 as ahigh-end quality butcher shopwith a unique approach to sellingmeat, the business has ex-panded steadily over the past 7years to include something forevery type of eater.

Since Farmgate’s inception, ithas been steadily growing byadding new products to include23 different flavours of store-made sausage, 26 differenttypes of deli meat including thesoon-to-be-famous FarmgateCountry Ham, and a variety ofsmoked bacons. Add these to anextensive line-up of differentcuts of fresh meat and you areleft wondering why you can im-mediately taste the Farmgatedifference.

The difference comes from 2

key practices that Farmgate ad-heres to. First, is sourcing onlyOntario raised meat. This meansit’s fresh and free of hormonesand antibiotics. The secondpractice is to add as little as pos-sible to the end product exceptflavour and quality. Meaningthere are no fillers, by-products,

phosphates, or chemical nitratesin any of their store-made prod-ucts. It’s just meat and season-ings.

In October 2010, Farmgate hadoutgrown their space and movedto their current location at 19Elgin Street, St. Thomas. The ex-pansion of floor space grew into

an expansion of services. A fullretail section offering everythingfrom local seasonal produce, tohoney, to home-made preservesand a full commercial kitchenwith a sit-down cafe area (withfree Wi-Fi) are now a part of theFarmgate experience.

The most recent expansion is

to the Farmgate team. To fill thenew role of Retail/Kitchen Man-ager, Andrea Renner has joinedthe friendly, knowledgeable staff.Andrea is a certified chef, for-merly of Garlic’s in London andmost recently a local cafe in St.Thomas. She has added a break-fast menu to compliment Farm-gate’s new store hoursbeginning March 5, 2012. With

retail hours from 7am to 6pm,Monday to Saturday you couldstop in for breakfast and a hotcoffee before work, pick up abuild-your-own deli sandwich orsoup for lunch, and take home aroast or fully cooked chickencomplimented with potatoes andveggies for dinner.

Whether you are a buddinggourmet chef, have special di-etary needs like gluten-freeproducts, or believe that cookingis best done by someone else,Farmgate has something for you.Find them on Facebook to seewhat’s on the menu.

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The Farmgate Way To Start The Day!

Breakfast Menu BREAKFAST BURRITO ..$6*

FARMGATE BREAKFAST ..$6*

WESTERN SANDWICH ..$6*

BREAKFAST SANDWICH..$5*

BACK BACON ON A BUN ..$5*

TOAST AND JAM..............$2

Starting March 5th 2012 we will beopen 7am – 6pm Monday - Saturday

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Meats – BBQ Packages –Ready to Eat Meals – Gluten Free Products

Our products are gluten free, chemical nitrate & nitrate free, phosphate

free. They contain no unnecessary additives, are 100% Ontario raised, drug

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The Farmgate Experience – Growing the Business Yet Again

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