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Friday, January 2, 2015 Vol. 15 No. 01 ANNUAL YEAR iN REviEw iSSUEthecreemoreecho.com
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Beaver leader dedicates three decades to ScoutingCathy Traverse has hung up her
wings.In June, Traverse retired from her
role as Beaver leader after 32 years.The Creemore resident is known to
many as Malak, named after the owl in the Friends of the Forest story, the basis for the Beavers program.
While Traverse is reluctant to talk about all of her accomplishments in Scouting, her husband wayne Traverse reveals her wall of fame. The certificates and plaques take up two walls. They include certificates for years of volunteer service, from officials inside and outside of Scouts Canada. Traverse was also the first person in Ontario to receive a medal for volunteer service issued to mark the 100th anniversary of Scouting.
Traverse said she first became involved with the organization in 1982 when she enrolled her youngest son, Tim.
“He was getting ready to go to Staff photo: Trina Berlo
The highly decorated Cathy Traverse retired from Scouting in 2014, well almost.
Volunteer of the Year
(See “Traverse” on page 3)
It was the end of an era.The Nottawasaga and Creemore
Public School’s annex, also known as the junior site, closed its doors in 2014 after being an important part of generations of local people’s lives during their formative years.
The community marked the closure with an open house on June 19. The old bell rang ceremoniously during an emotional ceremony before ringing one final time on the last day of school at the end of the month.
Many memories of the old school surfaced as people toured the building and were treated to performances by current students.
In the fall, students ended up spending a few weeks at the junior
site as finishing touches were added to the new addition at the senior site. The old school was permanently vacated at the end of October.
In order for the school board to do anything with the old school site it needs to be declared surplus, a decision that will be made by trustees, probably in 2015.
The building is not slated as a maintenance depot so it is not likely that it will be useful to the board.
The school was consolidated into the senior site because of declining enrolment, the addition of full-time kindergarten and because the old school site was in need of upgrades relating to accessibility and building code requirements.
The charming red brick building was
News story of the Year
Old school bell rings for the last time
(See “Old” on page 3)
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CalendarCOMMUNITY Submit your community [email protected]
phone: 705-466-9906fax: 705-466-9908
Upcoming EventsSaturday, January 3
• Today is Garbage Day – one day late this week due to New Year's Day.
Sunday, January 4• Creemore Pastoral Charge. New Lowell United
Church Service at 9:45 a.m. St. John's United, Creemore, Service at 11 a.m.
• Knox Presbyterian Church, Dunedin, Service at 10 a.m. • St. Paul’s Anglican, Singhampton Service at 10
a.m. (combined service for the parishes of Batteaux, Duntroon & Singhampton Anglican Churches)
• Salvation Army Hope Acres Community Church Service at 10:45 a.m.
• St. Luke’s Anglican Church. A New Year Service with “Blessings of Families” at 11 a.m.
Monday, January 5• Choralworks Choir – Starting our 2nd exciting
season! Rehearsals on Mondays at 7 pm, starting tonight through to May, at Collingwood Public Library. Especially welcome altos, tenors and basses with music reading skills. Contact Brian Rae at 705-444-5857 www.choralworks.com
Mondays and Wednesdays• walking indoors at Creemore Legion at 10 am.
Walk all winter long on Mondays and Wednesdays. Everyone welcome. Cancelled if buses at school are cancelled. For more information call 705-466-2330.Thursday, January 8 to Sunday, January 11
• Highlands Trailblazers, the home club of Highlands Nordic in Duntroon, is hosting the Haywood NorAm world Junior Trials and Under 23 Trials, in addition to an Ontario Cup Competition. Spectators welcome. To volunteer call 705-444-5017 or [email protected] www.highlandsnordic.ca
Glencairn 705-424-6697
For Reliable ServiceTank Truck Delivery of Furnace & Stove Oil
Friday, January 9• Ladies Auxiliary Friday Night Supper at Cree-
more Legion from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Breaded pork chops, mashed potatoes, corn, apple sauce, angel food cake with fruit or whip cream, coffee or tea, buns and butter. Adults $14, seniors $12. Call 705-466-2202 to RSVP.
Sunday, January 11• Creemore Pastoral Charge. Single Service at New
Lowell United Church Service at 9:45 a.m. Special guest speaker Sara denBok. Sara will reflect on her life experience recorded in her book Saved – by Mother Teresa - The experiences of Sara denBok. At age 3, Sara was found abandoned on the streets of Calcutta and dropped off at Mother Teresa's orphanage later to be adopted at age 5 by Canadians. Come hear about her remarkable life – a testament of love. No service at St. John's United, Creemore, today.
Friday, February 6 to Sunday, February 8• New Lowell's winterama. www.clearview.ca for info.
Monday, February 9• Clearview Township’s Public Meeting to receive
input on the Council Proposed Budget at 7 p.m. at the Council Chambers. Everyone welcome.
Thanks for your donation of non-perishable food, money, gifts and gift cards to Hope Acres and
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district commissioner and eventually became Beaver coordinator for the province of Ontario.
She has helped coordinate jamborees in Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Quebec, was site supervisor at the 100th anniversary campout at Burl’s Creek in 2007, attended by 3,000 youth and adults from the region.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Beavers program, Traverse helped organize a sleepover at the SkyDome in Toronto with 10,000 people. She said it was close to beating a world record,
but not quite.Various agencies and companies
offered activities during the day and at night, children rolled out sleeping bags on the turf and the first level. She said it was a long sleepless night of watching over children who were too excited to go to sleep.
Traverse is also the recipient of the medal of merit, awarded to her in 1999 after coming upon a fatal crash while en route to a Scouting event. She was among those who cared for the injured passenger. The driver was killed.
school and he was very attached to his mom,” she said.
Someone recommended she try Scouts as a way of preparing her young son for school.
Traverse said there were about 20 children enrolled in Beavers at the time and she was recruited as a parent helper.
“I enjoy working with the kids, and the adults,” said Traverse. “The look on their faces when they try something new or when they make something to take home.”
The program is all about learning to share and working together. There’s no competition in Beavers, for children between the ages of five and seven, it’s about having fun while learning about Scouts.
She was schooled in Scouting and the following year, Traverse took a one-week course about how to deal with children with specific behavioral issues and was promoted to Beaver leader.
Even after her sons left Scouting, Traverse continued to volunteer with the organization. She held many positions on the regional council, was
built in 1917 as the Creemore Public and Continuation School.
It served as an elementary school and high school for local students.
According to historian Helen Blackburn, the school’s decline started in 1951 when Grade 13 students started attending classes in Collingwood. Three years later Grades 9 to 12 would follow suit.
The elementary school students remained at the school, joined by students from the small country schools as they closed.
In 1967, Blackburn said, all the one-room schools in surrounding
communities closed and students were consolidated into one student body. The senior site was built to accommodate the new students and the junior students remained at the old building.
If the property is declared surplus it will be offered, at the appraised fair market value to other school boards, local college or university, local municipality, local upper-tier municipality, the province of Ontario and then to Canada, in that order.
If no offer of purchase is received, the property is offered for sale to the public, at fair market value.
Watch the Creemore Echo for updates in 2015.
Traverse, who has operated a home daycare since 1977, said she has cared for many local children throughout the years. She has seen somewhere between 250 and 300 children come through her home and now she is caring for the children of the children she looked after in the early days.
She said there was some cross over with people from the daycare joining Beavers and vice versa.
Now, her granddaughter and two grandsons are in Cubs.
“It’s like a big circle,” said Traverse. “Do I miss it? Sometimes. And sometimes I don’t,” she says with a chuckle.
Ultimately Traverse said her decision to leave the organization was due to the fact that she needed to have surgery on her knee and found she couldn’t move around as well and couldn’t get down on the floor, necessary for some of the Beavers’ ceremonies.
“I figured if I couldn’t do it properly, it was time to get out,” she said.
But she has not totally severed ties with Scouting. She is still quartermaster for Gilwell, an annual reunion for leaders.
Old school building will most likely be sold(Continued from page 1)
(Continued from page 1)
Traverse continued with Scouting long after children
Cathy Traverse (second from left) with Lyle Noble, Leah Bailey and Mark Madill, all of whom retired from Scouting in 2014.
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The News in 2014 The Creemore Echo looks back on some of the headlines that made the front page in 2014.
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Cadet Cole McArthur earned a position on the Royal Canadian Army Cadet National Rifle Team.
Skier Morgan Ross won the Lynne Hume Dedication Award for commitment to her sport.
Noa Bridson was named one of the top 25 environmentalists under 25 by online environmental organization Starfish Canada.
Olivia Walker (left), of Stayner, won junior ambassador and Rebecca Redpath, who lives near Creemore, won senior ambassador at the 159th annual Great Northern Exhibition in September.
The Miller's Dairy team won the Community Appreciation Award at the Simcoe County Food and Agriculture Charter Champion Awards barbecue in July, held at the dairy farm just outside Creemore.
Achievements Several people were recognized for excellence in business, sport and community work in 2014.
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EventsClearview Township celebrated as a community at new and long standing events in and around Creemore.
The chicken race at Duntroon Hall was a highlight of Clearview Township's Small Halls Festival in October. Below: During the same weekend several art events took place during the Creemore Festival of the Arts. Ernest Herzig, with wife Rivette, unveiled Harmony, a sculpture he donated to the village of Creemore. It is installed at Station on the Green.
Canada Day in Creemore featured the annual bike parade. A food challenge was added to this year's Copper Kettle Festival.
Members of the Creemore BIA took the ALS Challenge on Mill Street in September along with Creedan Valley nursing home staff and other individuals.
Miriam Vince at the Inspired show curated by Creemore area artist Sara Sniderhan.
Children took part in the Kids Cent Ride, organized in conjunction with the Centurion race.
The third instalment of the Creemore Chidren's Festival took place in August.
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Midnight Low won the Battle of the Bands' youth night in Collingwood in January.
Live on stageSome amazing live performances took place in the area in 2014.
Events
Jim Yorfido performs at Duntroon Hall in August in tribute to Johnny Cash in From Memphis to Folsom. Big Tobacco and the Pickers performed in Duntroon as part of the Small Halls Festival in October.
Gord Downie performed with The Sadies at the New Farm in June. The event raised $40,000 for Grow the Stop.
The Sadies performed at the Avening Hall in 2014, along with Skydiggers (below). Jim Cuddy also played in the area during the All-Star Jamboree in July. His son Devin Cuddy performed in Avening with his band during the Small Halls Festival, along with Whitney Rose and Sam Cash and the Romantic Dogs and Buck 65.
Terry O'Reilly hosted an evening with comedy troupe Monkey Toast at Avening Hall in January 2014.
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Local BusinessThere was a lot of movement in the Creemore business community in 2014.
Home Hardware reopened under the ownership of Ross Lotto (left).
The Creemore Springs Brewery expansion is underway.
The Creemore General Store opened under the ownership of Diane McQuiag, with husband Robert Armstrong.
Emily Fischl and darci-que took over Hillview Cellars Winery from Noel VanWallegham.
Rina Barone and Chris Dunk acquired Curiosity House Books from Ralph Hicks.
Jeanette Poste retired from Creemore Dental Centre.
Steve and Sandra Green launched Clearview Community Radio out of the Bank Cafe.
Sass Dempsey (left) and Karin Stephens opened The Sanctuary, a yoga and pilates studio, at St. Andrew's Maple Cross Presbyterian Church.
Troy Scott purchased Foodland. Reg Sheffield opened Niagara Escarpment Outfitters.
Pharmacist Jennifer Yaeck took over Village IDA Pharmacy from Jean Smart.
Lisa Rutland opens Sequel Inn, with husband Eric te Boekhorst, on Garden of Eden Road, Dunedin.
Peter Miller embarks on Agripharm medical marijuana operation at Cashtown Corners.
Photographer Alicia Lawson opens Abandoned Echoes on Mill Street, selling new and vintage
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Friday, January 2Sunny High -5 Low -7POP 10%
Saturday, January 3Snow High -4 Low -7POP 90%
Sunday, January 4A few flurries High -5 Low -7POP 40%
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January 2, 2014
On New Year’s Eve, Marilyn stood up in the local pub and said
that it was time to get ready. At the stroke of midnight, she wanted every
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well, it was kind of embarrassing. As the clock struck, the bartender was almost
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Changing facesThere was a changeover in staff and elected officials at town hall
In October, residents in Clearview and Mulmur townships elected new council members.
Clearview council members Orville Brown (left), Mayor Ken Ferguson (centre) and Brent Preston (right) decided not to run this time around.
Sue McKenzie retired as CAO of Clearview, replaced by Steve Sage.
Annie Chandler was elected area school trustee after Caroline Smith opted to run for Barrie city council.
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old phoToS WAnTEdDo you have any PHOTOS of special events in and around Creemore that you’d like to share with everyone in our “The Way We Were” section on page 4? Bring them in to us & we’ll take a copy and run them in future editions of The Creemore Echo. We look forward to seeing you!
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in MEMoriAM
MACKAY, Alice (Lee) September 14, 1904 – December 30, 2011In loving memory of a dear mother.
You left quietly,Your thoughts unknown,But left me a memoryI am proud to own; So treasure her Lord,In Your garden of rest;For when on earth, She was one of the best.
Daughter Shirley
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Stayner, ON L0M 1S0John & Kim Breedon
Along with my fellow team of volunteer Coordinators I would like to thank all who contributed to the success of the 13th Annual Community Christmas Dinner held Christmas Day in the Creemore Legion whose hall was gifted to us for this event as their way of giving back to the community. With a seating capacity of 400, the Legion Hall will allow us to carry on hosting this annual event if it continues to grow on an annual basis as it has since its inception. We sincerely appreciate the generous support of our corporate sponsor village Builders inc and all the individuals, businesses, and organizations who contributed to the TD Canada Trust Account # 2320 5202657 allowing us to do so much more for our community than just offer a delicious meal in a festively decorated hall. We were able to provide quality gifts of all items on the wish lists of (13) residents without family who live at the local nursing home, and we discretely delivered Foodland & The village iDA gift certificates throughout the community to families & individuals in need. We were delighted to have the musical entertainment by the professional musicians and vocalists David, Hazel & Karina wipper and Ken Robertson and Tim Armour who graciously shared their time and talents during the social hour welcoming guests to the dinner event. Many thanks to all who purchased the “Christmas in the valley” CD of traditional & original Christmas music with talented vocalists and musicians within a 100 mile range including our own poet emeritus Tim Armour, and a special thank you to the wippers who generously produced this special CD as a fundraiser for us to share the proceeds with the local Food Bank. The event coordinators are deeply indebted to the organizers of the Santa weekend events and to the participating businesses: Cardboard Castles, Creemore House of Stitches, “Croi Moir” Niagara Escarpment Outfitters, The Curiosity House, The 100 Mile Store, and The village iDA for helping provide a venue for the sale of the CDs which are sure to have delighted all who purchased them. Thank you to Stonehedge Farms for the lovely hand-crafted (3’) evergreen wreath and to the unknown folk who left a beautiful evergreen tree after their event in the Old Log Cabin - both added greatly to the ambiance. Thanks to all those caring shoppers who donated their Foodland Turkey Bucks to help with the purchase of frozen turkeys. Thanks to The Old Mill House & Pub for your contributions of produce, and to area market gardeners: Fiddle Foot Farm, Not So Hollow Farm and The Morrison Farm who generously shared their harvest of fruit & vegetables. Thanks to The New Farm for the 22 lb turkey they organically raised for us. Thank you to all the excellent home-bakers and the restaurants: Affairs Catering Bakery & Cafe, Chez Michel, The Bank Cafe, The Creemore Kitchen, and The Sovereign for the wide assortment of delicious desserts. We want to assure all contributors of frozen turkey and fresh vegetables & baked goods that any extras were donated to families in need and to the Glencairn, Stayner & wasaga Beach Food Banks along with the non-perishable food items we collected at the door the night of the dinner. Thanks to Kate & Roland Fleming for keeping our supplies safely stored between events and thanks to Bill McDougall and David Johnson for ensuring everything got moved over to the Legion. Thanks to Jim Richards and Norm Nordstrom for helping us put everything away (temporarily). As promised, we purged & downsized the amount of storage needed. Thanks to the volunteer drivers who provided a ride for all needing transport, and to those who delivered the hot meals in insulated containers to grateful area shut-ins. A heartfelt thanks to all the volunteers from ages (4) to (96) including the professional cooks who gave of their time, energy and creative skills on Dec 24 and 25 to help ensure the hall would be beautifully decorated, the meal expertly prepared and served on time, and for helping with the clean-up leaving the hall in perfect order. We certainly couldn’t host this event without you! We even managed to reserve some start-up money for next year’s event. Creemore is indeed the village with the Big Heart, a special place we are proud to call home and to play a role in making it a great community to live, work, play & shop. With best wishes to all in 2015 from the team of Volunteer Coordinators including Brian, my husband of 47 years & greatest supporter. Sincerely, Diane McKay (amateur but dedicated planner of the Annual Community Christmas Dinner)
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www.clearview.ca
WAnteDinformation on
upcoming Clearview events & Programs
Clearview wants to help promote your upcoming events and programs for the
2015 spring/summer recreation Guide!Submit information for the upcoming seasons.
Deadline is January 16th, 2015 For more information contact:
Shane Sargant at Clearview Township Office: (705) 428-6230 ext. 249
Mobile: (705) 888-4732E-mail: [email protected]
SportsTwo skaters are making this community proud as they make advancements in figure skating.
Hannah Whitley and Elliott Graham got top marks in the novice division at the Canadian Tire National Skating Championships in Ottawa in January.
2015 Health & Leisure showcase
CALL for eXHiBitorsIf you would like to register as an exhibitor for
Clearview’s Health & Leisure Showcase, the early bird deadline is January 16th, 2015.
By registering early you will be included in Clearview’s 2015 Spring/Summer Recreation Guide!
to reGister: Visit our website www.clearview.ca to fill out a
registration form, ORContact Shane Sargant at (705) 428-6230 ext. 249 -
This is the 7th Annual Health & Leisure Showcase, so don’t hesitate in booking your booth, interactive demonstration
or workshop today!
7535 County Road 9 At the Shell Station
O’Shea’sFamily RestaurantCrói Mor • 705.520.5200
All day breakfast • Fast take out
OPENING THIS JANUARY