volume 10 no. 39 your universe - - the cosmos · 2015. 11. 23. · council & committee meeting...

by Roger Varley and Lisha VanNieuwenhove

As moderator Ted Barris remarkedat the end of Monday night's can-didates meeting at the arena,Uxbridge politeness results in rela-tively civil proceedings. The town-ship’s first forum on Sunday after-noon, however, didn’t display thispoliteness.

A public forum held at theGoodwood Community Centre formayoral, regional council andWard 1 candidates began in a civilenough manner, but about threequarters of the way through dis-solved into a more-than-heated dis-cussion which resulted in onewoman striking another on theface.

Event coordinator David O’Leary

said that the candidates presentedthemselves, and then the 65 mem-ber audience was given the chanceto ask questions.

“It took a bit for them to get intoit, but then one woman stood upand began speaking about theissues she faced, and she began toget visibly upset,” said O’Leary.

Antoinetta Tripodi was directingher concerns mainly towards cur-rent Mayor Gerri Lynn O’Connor,who responded to Ms. Tripodi’scomments by suggesting that, if shewas that dissatisfied with her livingsituation, she should perhaps con-sider leaving the township. Ms.Tripodi’s frustration escalated, andwitnesses to the situation say thatshe advanced on the stage wherecandidates were sitting more thanonce. The discussion became so

heated that Regional CouncillorJack Ballinger left the forum alto-gether. Ward 1 candidate BevNortheast, towards whom Ms.Tripodi had also vented her frustra-tions, left to obtain some docu-ments and later returned to thedebate; Mayor O’Connor removedherself from the stage and went tosit in the audience. She too laterreturned to the stage to finish theforum.

Meanwhile, Ms. Tripodi hadreturned to her seat in the audiencebecome engaged in a confrontationwith long-time Goodwood residentEleanor Todd, who was apparentlysitting in front of Ms. Tripodi dur-ing the confrontation with councilmembers and candidates. Althoughdetails of the conversation betweenthe two women remain vague, itbecame violent enough that Ms.Todd struck Ms. Tripodi across theface with her hand. Both womenthen apparently left the debate tocompose themselves, and Ms.Tripodi later returned.

No charges had been laid against

Ms. Todd by press time.“It all got calmed down, eventual-

ly, and the debate ended on a goodnote,” claimed O’Leary.

Some, however, did not leave thedebate with such good taste in theirmouth.

“The incumbents just got up andleft us there,” said an incredulousMichelle Viney. Others who hadbeen sitting on the stage expressedthe same dismay - that the moreseasoned candidates chose to leavethe situation rather than stay andhelp diffuse it.

Despite the upheaval during theforum, David O’leary was pleasedwith how it went.

The Cosmos-hosted forum onMonday evening at the arena wasnot nearly as action-packed - itqualified as a rather low-key affairwith few hard-hitting questions.

The podium was packed withthree mayoral candidates, threeregional councillor candidates andfour people running for schooltrustee, none of whom appeared todeal any knockout blows to their

opponents.The main issue for those seeking

council seats was taxes. Ted Engand Bob Shepherd, both contestingthe mayor's seat, said new sourcesof revenue have to be found to keepproperty taxes from rising. MayorGerri Lynn blamed high taxes onMPAC, which assesses the value ofproperties in Ontario. She saideither assessments have to be low-ered or the level of service toUxbridge residents has to bereduced. For the regional council-lor candidates, incumbent JackBallinger said Uxbridge needs aplan for controlled growth, JonTaylor said there is a need for busi

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Volume 10 No. 39 YOUR UNIVERSE Thursday, October 2nd 2014

EVERYONE STICK OUT THEIR TONGUE - Bailey Morton gives Rita a hug as they both lick their chins at Epsom Public School. Bailey and Rita took part in the walk-a-thon that was held forthe New Animal Shelter for Uxbridge - Scugog on Saturday. Although numbers were down from last year, organizers say well over 100 people still made the trek from Uxbridge to Epsom, meet-ing their counterparts from Port Perry there for a social and barbeque after the walk. Photo by John Cavers

Inside This Week’s Cosmos Maud Day draws big names . . . 7USS teacher is tops . . . 8OnStage starts new season . . . 9Our version of a Ted talk . . . 13

Goodwood forum ignites fiery showdown

Coral Fungus, near Foxbridgeby Renée Leahy

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Monday, Oct. 272014 MUNICIPAL

ELECTION

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HUMAN LIBRARY

October 18 - 19. Your opportunity to meetand talk to some of the mostinteresting people in ourcommunity, face-to-face andlearn what makes them tick.Visit www.uxlib.com formore information. This eventonly happens once a year!

TEEN VOLUNTEERS

REQUIRED

Volunteer hours for highschool.Teens needed to assist sen-iors in learning how to usetechnology such as iPads,laptops, emailing, andInternet browsing. Meetingsare one-on-one, at thelibrary, for 4 - 1 hour ses-sions that are scheduled tobe mutually convenient forteen and senior.

Please fill out an applica-tion form at the library. Moreinfo at www.uxlib.com

READING BUDDIES

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED,including French immersionstudents, who would like tobe involved in a fun readingsupport program that givesyoung children one-on-onereading practice! October7/8/10 to November25/26/28.Tuesdays, 6:15 - 7:45 p.m.OR Wednesdays, 3:30 - 5p.m. OR Fridays, 3:30 - 5p.m. (8 weeks).

Pick up an application formin the Children's Departmentor download fromwww.uxlib.com

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Municipal Election?There are 3 simple ways to check:

Online http://voting.uxbtwpacc.caCall (905) 852-9181

Visit Town Hall (51 Toronto St S.)

To have your say, register to vote today!

Mail-in Vote Kit Coming in October!Electors within the Township of Uxbridge will be voting by mail again during this Municipal Election. Each eli-gible elector included on the Voters' List, as of September 17, 2014, will be receiving a Mail-in Vote Kit in themail after October 2.Electors may return their ballot to the Township of Uxbridge by the following means:

By MailPrepaid return envelopes will be provided in the Mail-in Vote Kit. The last day to mail your ballot in order toensure that it is received by the October 27 deadline is October 18.

Ballot Return StationIn addition to using regular mail, a “Ballot Return Station” will be established for those electors wishing todeposit their Return Voting Envelope directly to the Clerk or designated election official at the Township ofUxbridge Town Hall, 51 Toronto Street South, Uxbridge, on the following dates and times:• Monday, October 6, 2014, through Friday, October 24th, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Extended office hourswill be as follows:

a) Saturday, October 18, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.b) Wednesday, October 22, from 4:30 p.m. until 7 p.m.c) Thursday, October 23, from 4:30 p.m. until 7 p.m.

• Election Day, October 27, from 8:30 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Hand-DeliverHand-delivering the completed ballot envelope and depositing it in the red drop-box located at the frontentrance to the Township of Uxbridge Town Hall prior to 8 p.m. on Voting Day, October 27, will be consideredas having been mailed.

What if I don't receive a Vote-by-Mail Kit?If you have not received a Mail-in Voting Kit by end of day, October 9, and you are a qualified elector in theTownship of Uxbridge, you are encouraged to visit the Municipal Clerk's office to have your name added to theVoters' List and to receive a Kit.

Elector Qualifications - Who Can Vote?A person is entitled to be an elector in the Township of Uxbridge if he or she, on Voting Day, is:

• a Canadian citizen • at least 18 years of age• a resident of the Township of Uxbridge • an owner or lessee of property in the

• not legally prohibited from voting Township of Uxbridge or the spouse

To avoid lineups on October 27th, don't delay.Vote and return your kit ASAP!

Victorian FashionShow Thanks!

On Sunday, September 21, theUxbridge Historical Centre pre-sented historian NancyMacLeod's Victorian FashionShow as a fundraiser for theCentre.

An enthusiastic crowd at theUxbridge Seniors' Centrelearned all about Victorianfashions and traditions whileenjoying delicious treats andteas from 'Steeped Tea'.

Thank you to everyone whohelped make this event a suc-cess - our volunteer modelsand dresser, the servers andset-up help from LadiesLounge, and of course ourenthusiastic audience!

Thank you to the local busi-nesses and community groupswho generously donated prizesfor the event - Avon, CurvesUxbridge, Cutie Pies andCakes, Ladies Lounge, NancyMacLeod, OnStage Uxbridge,Provincial Beverages ofCanada, Quilters' Cupboard,Scentsy, Steeped Tea, SugarFX, the Uxbridge-ScottHistorical Society.

Nancy Marr & Rachel Sutherland

Uxbridge Historical Centre

Calling all Story Tellers!Do you love to tell a story? Takepart in our Uxbridge StorytellingFun Fest on October 24, 25, 26Stories can be about anythingCanadian. Prizes for all partici-pants.

You must register ahead of timefor the contest.

Other activities taking place atour storytelling festival include apuppet show, live theatre, profes-sional story tellers, workshops,family events, music.

Check rules online or pick up aset at the Uxbridge Library.

---------------------I wish to register for the story-telling contest.Name:_____________________Phone Number:______________Age:________Address____________________Parental Permission if under 16

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I LOVE MY UXBRIDGEBUT

I am not happy with how our town has stagnated over the last 4 years

I CAN DO BETTER!I am not happy

with rising property taxes driving people out of their homes

I CAN DO BETTER!The status quo is not acceptableWE MUST MAKE CHANGES NOW!

GIVE ME YOUR VOTE

I LOVE MY UXBRIDGEBUT

I am not happy with how our town has stagnated over the last 4 years

I CAN DO BETTER!I am not happy

with rising property taxes driving people out of their homes

I CAN DO BETTER!The status quo is not acceptableWE MUST MAKE CHANGES NOW!

GIVE ME YOUR VOTE

Durham Regional Police are appealing to thepublic regarding two recent incidents in thetownship - a robbery and an motor accidentthat left one woman dead.

This past Monday, at approximately 8:30p.m., officers were called to the Daisy Martconvenience store on Quaker Village Driveafter a male was spotted entering the storewith his hood up and pointing a handgun atthe cashier. The suspect fled northbound onQuaker Village Drive, crossing the street tothe east before running out of view.The suspect is described as male, white, 16-

20 years old, blue eyes, 5'9”, slender build,wearing black pants, black hooded jacket,and a blue and white bandana worn acrosshis face.

Anyone with information about this inves-tigation is asked to call Det. McInall ofMajor Crime - Robbery Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5359.

In the second incident, a 55-year-oldToronto female suffered fatal injuries as aresult of a motor vehicle collision whichoccured on Saturday, September 27, atapproximately 12:36 p.m., at GoodwoodRoad west of Lakeridge Road, in theTownship of Uxbridge.

The collision involved a silver Lexus car, a

silver Suzuki motorcycle, and a black NissanSUV. Evidence and witness statements indi-cate that the motorcycle and Nissan weretravelling eastbound on Goodwood Roadapproaching Lakeridge Road. The silverLexus, operated by a 74-year-old male fromToronto, was westbound on GoodwoodRoad and crossed the center line collidingwith the motorcycle. The female driver ofthe motorcycle was thrown from the vehicleand then struck by the SUV. She succumbedto her injuries at the scene.

At press time the name of the deceased isbeing withheld as police attempt to notifynext of kin.

Anyone with new information about thisincident or anyone with information on theabove mentioned vehicles is asked to callD/Cst. Ashfield of the Traffic ServicesBranch at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5226.Anonymous tips on both these or any other

crimes can be made to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or online atwww.durhamregionalcrimestoppers.ca<http://www.durhamregionalcrimestoppers.ca>and tipsters may be eligible for a cash rewardof up to $2,000.

Second robbery in Uxbridge, police asking for help

I would like to apologize via yournewspaper to all the candidates run-ning for office in the upcomingmunicipal election, and to all thevoters who attended the AllCandidates Meeting in theGoodwood Community Hall onSunday.

My poor behaviour in reaction tothe poor behaviour exhibited duringthe Q and A period only served tomake a very bad situation worse,and I'm ashamed of myself for notbeing able to rise above the insulthurled at me, when all I had intend-ed to do to express my disgust wasto get up and walk out, hoping afew others might follow my exam-ple.

Eleanor ToddGoodwood

We are pleased to announce that theUxbridge Music Hall is, once again,fully operational and has begun itsfall schedule of events.

The Music Hall Advisory Boardwishes to take this opportunity toacknowledge and express its appre-ciation for the manner in which theTownship, Council members and allstaff along with the Hall's usergroups and audiences, have dealtwith the necessity to close the bal-cony area last spring and to repairsome structural problems over thesummer.

From first learning of the Board'sconcerns, Township Staff andCouncil responded quickly. Theyassessed the problem, developed aplan and took the necessary steps toexpedite a timely solution, onewhich would involve the minimumpossible inconvenience to the Hall'susers.

The closure of the balcony createdmany challenging problems, involv-ing everything from juggling sched-ules to compensating users forreduced seating capacity and evenassisting scheduled users to move toother venues. The individuals

involved responded to these chal-lenges and developed viable solu-tions in exemplary fashion. The accommodation and coopera-

tion of the Music Hall user groups,especially those suffering the great-est inconvenience, were outstand-ing. Their understanding and sup-port was invaluable and most appre-ciated.

Finally, we thank our loyal audi-ences for their patience and under-standing in dealing with any incon-venience they may have encoun-tered during this period.

In December, 1901, the officialGrand Opening of the Music Halland the efforts of that communityto build this facility were celebrated.It is that same community spiritthat drove this project so efficientlyand successfully. We can all beproud of these achievements.

Thank you.Members of the

Music Hall Advisory Board

I attended the all candidates' debatefor Uxbridge Mayor, RegionalCouncillor and School Trustees andI have never felt so pumped,notwithstanding the tiresome dis-cussions concerning many of thesame issues that have plagued thetownship for years, including utter-ly useless OMB hearings. But Idigress.

There is a new breed of candidatein this race who represent very realpossibilities for a better Uxbridge.They are enthusiastic, passionate,articulate and smart, brimmingwith practical and do-able ideas.These candidates do not rely onsound bites and rhetoric, they havedone their homework well and itshows.

I have never before felt such hopefor Uxbridge, but don't take myword for it; before you mark your Xon your ballot, do yourself a favourand run, don't walk, to the next allcandidates' debate. These new can-

didates deserve the chance to earnyour vote. I promise, you will notbe disappointed.

Mary-Kay MaynardGoodwood

On behalf of the Foster MemorialCommittee, I want to express ourwarm and sincere gratitude to eachand every one of the musicians whoprovided such a musically delightfulconcert on September 20, at theUxbridge Musical Hall as a fund-raising benefit for the ThomasFoster Memorial, Uxbridge's (andCanada's) "Jewel on the Hill".However, this event would not havehappened at all, had it not been forthe inspired vision of Nancy Hallwho organized and arranged thisconcert. Some 20 years ago, Nancywas the very first performer for whatbecame Friday's at the Foster con-certs and she has continued eversince. We also want to acknowledgeand thank the huge effort and sup-port provided by Mike Bridgeman,who seemed to be everywhere atonce!

Uxbridge has such rich history forpresenting music. The FosterMemorial provides such a wonder-ful acoustical venue in which toshowcase this musical heritage.

The Foster Committee would bepleased to provide a tour of theFoster for all the candidates who arerunning in this municipal election.

Hilary A. BalmerFoster Memorial Committee

There is a miracle happening inUxbridge and I am the recipient ofthis miracle. My election signs aremiraculously moving on their own,closer to the road so they are placedillegally, and this means that bylawis out picking up signs and placing afine on my deposit for my signs tobe displayed in the township duringthe election.

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A letter FROM the editor

Letters to the Editor

Dear Township of Uxbridge Candidates,

We would like to invite you to take a moment to relax and draw a few breaths. You are head-ing into a crazy time right now, and we want you to just withdraw from the campaign trail, andeven the world, for just a moment, and reflect on what you are doing.

Take one of those in-through-the-nose-out-through-the-mouth kind of breaths and settle. Forjust a few moments, find some peace.Find some peace in knowing that, whether you come out with the position you are vying for or

not, you are giving everything that you've got right now to convince people who have no cluewho you are that you are the right person to represent them in municipal government.

Find some satisfaction in doing what you think is right - whether you've been on council formany years, or it's your first time running. You must have something that you believe in, andeven if it's not the same thing as everyone else believes in, it's in your heart, and if it meansthat much to you, then it must be right for you.

Know that you are special - not many people can do what you are doing. To decide that youare willing to represent your friends and neighbours amongst a larger group, in a civic govern-ment - that takes guts. You are giving up a great deal of your private, personal time to speakto a larger assembly on their behalf. You are the core of democracy - government for the peo-ple, by the people. You are those people. You are confident enough in your own abilities to standfor election. Too many of us are not, so for that you are to be commended. You are willing togo to strangers' houses and knock on their doors, then tell these strangers who you are and whatyou stand for. Many of us don't have that strength of conviction, or that bravery. You are will-ing to sit in front of microphones at debates and have not only fellow candidates but the publicapproach you and face you down on the issues that matter most to both you and them. And youmust formulate intelligent answers on the spot when these worthy opponents pose their difficultquestions.

It must be difficult for you when a member of the public approaches you, then reproaches youfor the difficulties they face in their day to day lives, be it from high taxation, poor infrastruc-ture, or school bussing difficulties. For they may bring before you plights that you didn't knowexisted before they stepped forward, and your response, if not carefully prepared, may comeacross as crass or ignorant, when in fact it is only the gift of time that is necessary to present ananswer to an individual who has nowhere else to turn. Indeed, coming up with positive, hopefulanswers for all people all the time must be a terrible, and unrealistic, burden to carry. Yet carryit you must, in order to win the opportunity to help in a real way once elected.Yes, dear candidates, we watch you as if you are under a microscope these few weeks that you

run for election. And we pity you your position, at the same time recognizing fully that you havevoluntarily put yourselves in this position. We judge you, we ridicule you, we scrutinize you andwe criticize you, all the while thinking that we could do a better job ourselves, but knowing fullwell that we couldn't. Why, if we could, our names would be on the ballot beside yours.And so we thank you. We thank all of you for the work that you have done, the work that you

are doing now, and the work ahead of you. Some of you will have success, others will not finda soft seat in council chambers. Do not think your work was for naught. Think of the people youhave met, of the issues about which you have learned, and of the community that you nowknow. For under no other circumstance will you learn what makes this little town we know asUxbridge live and breathe like it does. Good luck.

Don’t get worried - this isn’t going to be a lay-it-all-on-the-table and let youknow exactly how it’s going kind of column. Nothing of the sort. It’s going to be a giant Q with no A attachedto it, because I’m not sure anyone will be able to answer my burning question. How on earth do contortion-ists manage to balance on their chins with their feet on the floor in front of them while their arms are bentakimbo and hold up two other contortionists on their belly while riding on a moving platform? No, really, Iwant to know. Because there is nothing about it that is natural, and I’m kind of freaked out.I went to my first Cirque du Soleil performance on Sunday, and was prepared for just about anything. Kurios

is the name of this “episode” in their ‘ography of shows, and I was very curious to learn just how amazingthese performers in Cirque are. I had heard plenty, and all of it raved about how wonderful the acts were,how death-defying, how mind-boggling, how fantastic it all seemed. So I was ready for the show of a lifetime.

I certainly got it. I do not go to regular circuses that display animals, so my exposure to trapeze artists andsuper-gymnasts has been limited to what I see on television, or the odd (term used loosely) display at Canada’sWonderland or the Canadian National Exhibition. I had never been an eye-witness to the things that weregoing on in front of me, namely four young woman in skin-tight, sea creature-like costumes that did thingswith their bodies that no human should be able to do. They bent and twisted and balanced and rose with agrace that many ballerinas don’t possess. They made their movements and their poses look so effortless - theysmiled as they balanced on their right thumb and put their toes in their ears and held two other people aloft,one on each knee.

It may sound like I’m making fun of them, but believe me, I’m not. I am in awe of them. The strength thatresides in their tiny bodies. The countless hours of training that have led them to this level of ability. Whatpain have they known? What injuries have they suffered, or do they suffer, as a result of what that incredi-ble S-shape they’re making with their backs? What is like during a practice and one quivers just a tiny bit,perhaps causing the whole quartet to tumble to the floor? Do they laugh? Do their trainers laugh, even a lit-tle? Is it fun for them to this? Was this their childhood dream, to teach their bodies to bend in awkward andunnatural looking ways for the entertainment of others?

It wasn’t just the contortionists who made me ask these questions to myself. The entire troupe did. The fel-lows who jumped around on a trampoline-type net and sent themselves at least five stories into the air? I can’teven work up a good height on our trampoline at home without getting giddy and dizzy. The chair-stackingroutine - (I won’t spoil it for anyone who hasn’t seen this, but for those of you who have, I know that you’reall nodding your heads in agreement, here) how do they do it? Is there a gene that makes people perfect for,well, running away with the circus? If there is, it’s the gene that doesn’t allow fear to creep in. It’s the genethat pushes for physical perfection. It’s the gene that somehow turns your vertebrae into sponges and makesyou a veritable walking jellyfish.

Who am I kidding. We all have this gene. Children know how to tap into it and use it - that’s what makesthem do crazy dives off the highest diving platform at a pool. That’s what makes them do crazy somersaultson balance beams as gymnasts, and lets them be hurled in the air as a flyer in cheerleading. We grow up, andwe teach ourselves fear. but we needn’t feel badly about this. There has to be some sense in the world, afterall. So we can admire the lithe bodies in front of us as they swing from tiny metal bar to tiny metal bar andpray to God that the person hanging off of the other tiny metal bar is going to catch them by their tiny chalkedlittle wrist. We can appreciate the beauty of what they are doing, and marvel at how physically perfect ahuman body can be (because heaven knows my body is never in a million and one years going to look asgood as theirs does!), and shake our heads at the amazing things a body can be trained to do.

I certainly hope that the Cirque performers don’t get regarded as “freaks” of any sort. They are world-classathletes that have combined their sport with a unique form of entertainment, and take us outside of ourselvesfor a little while. (Never mind that when you leave the performance you feel like the biggest sloth that everlived.)

I don’t think I’ll ever understand - just how do they get their legs to bend that way?


the barris beatcolumn by Ted Barris

How families grow wiserEarly in the celebration of Bill Cole's life, last Sunday afternoon at Wooden Sticks,his son Rob talked about the periodic disconnect that had existed between himself

and his late father. Rob said he thought it was much the same as the disconnect between Bill and his father, FirstWorld War veteran Thomas Clark Cole. But Rob admitted a reality that many sons and daughters do.

“I was astonished,” Rob Cole said. “The older I got, the wiser Dad seemed to become.”Indeed, I remember walking with Bill Cole, then 81, through the reconstructed Grange Tunnel below the Vimy

Ridge memorial in 2007. Bill and Elinor Cole were travelling with us to Vimy for the 90th anniversary commem-oration that spring. As we explored the place where 15,000 Canadian troops had waited underground to go overthe top on the morning of April 9, 1917, Bill told me that his father Thomas had fought with the 15th Battalion(48th Highlanders) at Vimy. Bill said he'd never been able to get his father to talk much about the event, andhad consequently never understood his father's war.

“During the battle, my father was hit by machine-gun fire,” Bill recalled finally learning from his fatherThomas. “And wounded, he walked five kilometres to the town of Arras before being given a field dressing.”It was then, that Bill said he realized, as Mark Twain put it so glibly, that - with age - his father had suddenlyshown great experience and wisdom.

My guess is that most children - the very famous and the not so famous - learn of their parents' wisdom thesame way. Whether George H. and George W. Bush or Pierre Elliott and Justin Trudeau, no doubt the politicallearning curve posed a gap that - with time and maturity - was eventually bridged. Whether Lionel and NicoleRichie or John Allan and Stuart Cameron, each generation learned that music could smooth relationships morereadily than any other form of communication. In business dynasties - whether the automotive Fords, the oilrefinery Irvings, the financier Rothschilds, the food marketing Westons, the realtor wizard Trumps or the broad-casting Rogers - one can bet that never was there familial unanimity across the balance sheets of their lives.

I've always been amused that the two American writing giants - father Irving Wallace and son DavidWallechinsky - went by different surnames. It wasn't a family tiff, but apparently a British customs officer whotriggered the son's name change.

“Ah, Wallace,” the officer said greeting David at the customs gate, “a good Scottish boy coming home.” Andso David immediately decided to revert to his Jewish roots, changing his name to Wallechinsky.I was always kind of upset that my grandmother had chosen to blend her family into the American melting pot

by changing the original surname from Barbaretis to Barris. (There's actually a loving cup in our front roomwith my father's then name “Alex Barbaretis” inscribed on it.) And my father never seemed to care about thechange. I always thought the original name had a lot of character. But, like most fathers and sons, he and I did-n't always see eye to eye. As a kid, I remember being disciplined for some misdemeanor or another, and untilI agreed to apologize face-to-face I was grounded. I proved just as stubborn as Dad in refusing to apologize, butI eventually realized his authority could outlast my principles. I apologized and we were best friends again. Ithink that's the part about growing older and realizing each year, as I grew closer to fatherhood, my dad's wis-dom grew more and more apparent. On the other hand, my mother always seemed wise to begin with and shedidn't need any Mexican standoffs to make the point.

“Listen to yourself,” she used to say, “and you'll hear what's right and what's wrong.”The same European trip, during which the late Bill Cole told me about his father's wounds at Vimy, a few days

later found Bill and I walking over the chert-rock beach at Dieppe. This was, of course, the place where morethan 900 Canadians had died in nine hours during the infamous raid against the French seaport in August 1942.As he had never understood the realities of his father's generation, and in particular the Great War, so, Bill said,his son Rob never appeared to understand the Second World War that had happened during Bill's youth.

“Then, Rob came for a visit,” Bill said. “Living in Paris at the time, Rob said he'd suddenly taken a side trip topay homage to the dead of Dieppe. He brought some stones from Dieppe beach. He said they were a fitting trib-ute to the dead Canadians; when the stones were wet, he said, they turned blood red.”

I guess - given time - sons grow wiser in a father's eyes, just as a father grows wiser in a son's eyes.

For more Barris Beat columns go to www.tedbarris.com

a blonde momentcolumn by Lisha Van Nieuwenhove

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Letters, from page 4

those blessed will have a miraclehappen to them so what does thatmake me? One of the blessed! So tocombat this miracle I have takenpictures of all of my signs with atape measure visible in the pictureand we will see just how far the signsare miraculously moving.

Is anyone else experiencing thesame miracle?

Bev NortheastGoodwood

Quite a few paragraphs were devot-ed to the replacement of the culvertin downtown Uxbridge in lastweek's Cosmos. Most of the state-ments were not only misleading,but they also showed a completelack of understanding of the realitiesof a 200 year storm such as the onethat hit the Humber watershed,which caused severe damage andconsiderable loss of life.

Studies by experts have concludedthat the culvert is structurally defi-cient, and in fact for some 200 feet

under the parking area north ofBrock Street, temporary internalshoring has been installed to pre-vent a structural collapse. A 200 year storm event, known as

the Regional Storm, is the designstandard for new structures such asthe downtown culvert. It is an eventthat statistically will occur every 200years. That does not mean it willoccur in 200 hundred year's time. Itmight occur tomorrow or it mightnot occur within the next 200 years.Storms of greater or lesser magni-

tude will also occur, some of whichcould cause serious flooding in ourdowntown. Other studies have concluded thatthe damage cost alone from aRegional Storm would exceed$14m. This figure does not includebusiness losses or social costs thatwould be substantial.As part of the Class Environmental

Assessment, three full evening OpenHouses were held to explain theproject to as many people as possi-ble including the press. The whole

point of the Open Houses was toinform and solicit local opinion.

Perhaps it would be worth reflect-ing on how the press would reportthe consequences of Council notproceeding as recommended,should a major flood event occur.No doubt there would be manyharsh words and accusations ofincompetence and gross negligence.

Tom FowleChair

Uxbridge Watershed Advisory Committee

ness retention and support andMichelle Viney argued thereshould be no tax increases abovethe rate of inflation.

Asked how Uxbridge can growwhen its sewage treatment capacityis limited to another 390 units, Mr.Taylor suggested new smaller treat-ment plants are needed as well ascommunities with common septicsystems. Ms. O'Connor agreed thatthe Fields of Uxbridge could be alocation for another sewage plantwhile Mr. Ballinger repeated he is"in no hurry" to see growth with-out controls.

The other big topic was the cul-vert under Brock Street West in thedowntown. A recent report said itwill cost between $1.8 million and$18 million to rehabilitate the cul-vert to alleviate a severe flood threatin the event of a major storm.

Mr. Eng suggested selling themunicipal parking lot behindMac's Milk to pay for the culvertwork. Ms. O'Connor said it wouldbe irresponsible not to fix the cul-vert, while Mr. Ballinger said:"some things, you have to getdone." Ms. Viney suggested thatcouncil start talking about deben-turing the project so as to startwork as soon as possible.Mr. Taylor said if the culvert work

is to be done, council should takethe opportunity to upgrade thedowntown area. Mr. Shepherdwent a step further. He said the cul-vert gives a chance to look at "thebig picture", offering that the areain question would be ideal for atown square.

"Doing it might take a decade,but we have to start somewhere,"he said. "It's a vision to talk about.If it's not a good idea, then it does-n't get done."

Mayor O'Connor responded thatonce the culvert is in it will be timeto think of other things, but shesaid she would not see the town gointo debt.

One of the few young people inattendance was Caitlin ChristoffTaillon, who wanted to know howthe town could retain young peoplegiven the high price of housing andscarcity of jobs. Several candidatesadmitted they did not know theanswer. Mr. Shepherd suggested

homes should be allowed to put insecond kitchens so that young peo-ple could stay in their parents'homes but still "have their ownspace". Mr. Taylor said theChamber of Commerce and theBIA should run forums for bud-ding entrepreneurs.

Following Ms. Taillon was hermother, Cathy Christoff, whonoted she had to move her manu-facturing company out ofUxbridge, partly because there wasnot enough affordable housing forher workers. She also said Uxbridgeoffers no incentives and has no eco-nomic development officer. Ms.O'Connor and Mr. Ballingeragreed an economic developmentofficer is needed, but Mr. Shepherdsaid that would add about $75,000a year to the township's budget.

"It's better to put our headstogether and come up with a plan,"he said.

Mr. Eng said Uxbridge residentshave to support local businessesand suggested those 55 potentialretailers who entered the BIA WinThis Space contest should be con-tacted to see what they want to do.

On theques t ionof polic-ing, onlyM s .

O'Connor was critical of theDurham Regional Police. She saidshe was the most critical of policewhen she served on the police serv-ices board.

"Police are asking for things thataren't needed," she said. "Theirdemands are out of sight."Mr. Ballinger said Uxbridge needs

to see more police presence, butadded that he has been told thereare not going to be more policeofficers in the northern part of theregion. Ms. Viney said she did notagree there are not enough police intown, while Mr. Taylor said the jobof police is changing substantially,with officers involved more inpaperwork and social issues.

Questions to the candidates forschool boards were few, but, notunexpectedly, the issue of highschool busing was raised.

Gord Baxter, running to replaceretiring public school trustee JoeAllin, said Uxbridge should nothave to fight "to get back what wehad," referring to a new board pol-icy extending the school bus travelboundary to four kilometres from3.2 kilometres. He claimed that the

board had a surplus of transporta-tion funds for eight years, but thosefunds went elsewhere. ElinorHansen, running against him, saidshe would work "to find a viablesolution" to the busing problem.

However, when the issue of stu-dent safety at the Brock StreetEast/Third Avenue crossing wasraised, Richard Damianopoulos,running for the Catholic schoolboard against Kathy LeFort, saidpolice should be brought in tocatch speeders and Mr. Taylor alsosaid it "comes down to policingand enforcement."

With so many candidates present,the meeting, attended by about400 residents, ran a full hour pastits allotted two-hours, but few ofthe attendees left early.

On Monday at 7 p.m., theCosmos will host the candidates inall five wards and on Tuesday, alsoat 7 p.m., there will be a meeting ofthe candidates for regional chair.Both will be held at the communi-ty centre at the arena.


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Who is the Most Famous Storytellerin Canada?

As you might have noticed, the 3rdweekend in October is all about sto-ries. The Uxbridge Storytelling FunFestival runs for three days, withpeople old and young telling theirstories. Check these web sites:uxbridgebia.com, uxlib.com, andlucymaudmontgomery.ca, for all thedetails.

On Saturday, October 25, from 9a.m. to 3 p.m. at the LeaskdaleHistoric Church we hold LucyMaud Montgomery Day. While inDowntown Uxbridge storytellingevents are taking place, in Leaskdalewe will be hearing talks by eminentscholars about what made L.M.Montgomery the master storytellershe was. Here is the lineup of speak-ers:

Melanie J. Fishbane (MFA, MA)spoke at the 2010 and 2012International L.M. Montgomeryconferences in Charlottetown, and atthe 2011 Celebration in Leaskdale.With over 16 years in publishing,Melanie also writes book reviews,adjudicates on a number of bookawards, and is the book review coor-dinator for the National ReadingCampaign. Her YA novel based onthe teen life of L.M. Montgomerywill be published in 2015.

Laura M. Robinson is an associateprofessor and head of English litera-

ture at the Royal Military College ofCanada. She has published manyarticles on L.M. Montgomery'swork, most recently in Children'sLiterature. Ms Robinson has createdan exhibit titled “The CanadianHome Front: L.M. Montgomery'sReflections on War”, which will be atthe Uxbridge Public Library fromOctober 11 to 26.Ted Barris is a writer and broadcast-

er and journalism teacher. His latestbook,The Great Escape: A CanadianStory, has earned him the title “Non-fiction Author of the Year” in 2014.Of course Ted is also one ofUxbridge's most prolific and belovedstorytellers.Emily Woster is an instructor in the

Department of Writing Studies atthe University of Minnesota-Duluth.She completed her PhD in EnglishStudies in 2013 at Illinois StateUniversity with a dissertation onL.M. Montgomery. Emily's mainscholarly work explores the relation-ship between Montgomery's readingand autobiographical practices. Shehas recently joined the editorial teamat a/b:Auto/Biography Studies andhas presented at past conferences andat conferences for the InternationalAuto/Biography Association and theChildren's Literature Association.

Benjamin Lefebvre, PhD, is direc-tor of L.M. Montgomery Online.His books include The Blythes areQuoted, and an annotated edition of

Rilla of Ingleside. He is also editor ofthe Early Canadian Literature Series,and is currently pursuing a graduatecertificate in publishing fromRyerson University. He will be sign-ing copies of his latest books, TheL.M. Montgomery Reader in 3Volumes, which will be available forpurchase at the Gift Shop.

We think this day will be of specialinterest to writers groups, bookclubs, and anyone interested inlearning how and why L.M.Montgomery became the force she isin Canadian literature and story-telling.


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October 5 is the celebration ofWorld Teacher's Day, and localteacher Edward LaRocque has spe-cial reason to celebrate. He wasnamed to the Toronto Star's HonourRoll for Teacher of the Year 2014,which was featured in the Life sec-tion of the Star on Thursday,September 25.

Ed, or “Lar” as he is known by hisathletes, has been teaching inOntario for nine years, six of whichhave been at Uxbridge SecondarySchool. Prior to Uxbridge, he livedand taught in a remote Fly in com-munity in Northern Ontario. He iscurrently a Small Class placementteacher and teaches a variety of sub-jects, including Essential English,General Learning Strategies, andCoop for his students, as well asguiding and supporting 10 studentswith learning exceptionalitiesthrough their secondary education.

In addition to academics, he alsoassists with coaching both the crosscountry and track teams.Throughout the past four years ofhis involvement at USS, the crosscountry team has grown from fivemembers to over 40.

His nomination for the Teacher ofthe Year award came from one of hisstudent athletes, Lauren Negrazis,currently in her first year at WesternUniversity.

“My motivation to nominate Mr.LaRocque was because of his hugeinvolvement with me during mytime at Uxbridge. He taught impor-tant lessons through sport that havegone on to shape a lot of my val-ues,” says Lauren. “He has unwaver-ing commitment to the runningprogram, both in school and withthe club where he sought to encour-age personal improvement andgrowth in literally everyone whocame out, putting in huge amountsof his personal time to give everyoneequal attention and build our suc-cess. I know I'm not the only onewho has been influenced by Lar ingreat ways; whether reaching goalsor learning the meaning of hardwork or valuing belief in yourselfthat you can do "impossible" things,I asked my teammates about it, theyall agreed. To me, it seems like ahuge, cumulative thank you

through an action. Actions speaklouder than words, so putting theeffort in to try and have himacknowledged for his character andmentorship did a bit more than say-ing "thanks" which comes upshort.”

Despite the appreciation he has

received from his students, Edremains a genuinely humble guy:when he was informed about theaward through Lauren's mother, hedescribed the whole experience asbeing a bit surreal: “I am not sure Iclued in who she submitted myname to, but I am flattered someone

thinks that highly of me” he says,adding that “there are many teachersI'd say are more deserving of thishonour compared to myself.”

When asked what he thoughtsome of his greatest lessons havebeen thus far, he states, “SometimesI wonder if I am making a positiveimpact. I do remember my first yearof teaching I did a lesson on respira-tory diseases and I had my Studentsat John C Yesno in Eabamet Lakerun on the spot while breathingthrough a straw. A year later, threeof the boys were talking about thatlesson while waiting for school tostart. It was a light bulb moment forsure.” While he may struggle to acknowl-

edge his greatest teaching moments,it seems easy for him to note someof the lessons he has learned overthe course of his career thus far:“The greatest lesson I have learnedwould probably be that studentsand adults alike have to fall so theycan learn to pick themselves up. Toooften, students are inhibited byadults who think they have to pick

them up, but we tend to learn morefrom our mistakes then our success-es. Students today have a great chal-lenge ahead of them. I'd say mygreatest feeling is when a student orathlete accomplishes somethingthey did not think was possible. Iwas lucky, I had teachers and coach-es that cared enough to help me andthe hope is I may be able to returnthat gift.”From what we've seen from his stu-

dents, it certainly seems like he'smeeting that goal.


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by Amy Hurlburt

OnStage Uxbridge’s 2014-15 seasonkicks off next weekend at the newlyrenovated Music Hall with Emily:The Musical, based upon the well-

known Emily series by Lucy MaudMontgomery. While Emily of NewMoon is set on Prince Edward Island,the series itself was written right herein Leaskdale, which makes the storyquite well-suited to the Uxbridgestage.The musical was written by Toronto

Star theatre critic Rick Ouzounianand composer MarekNorman, who isacclaimed for roles inmany musicals and is cur-rently in his third seasonas associate musical direc-tor and conductor atStratford Festival.

This isn't the first timeEmily has been performedby OnStage Uxbridge.Three years ago, it wasshown at the Leaskdalechurch, which was a “tightfit for a cast of 15,”according to ConradBoyce, who directed Emilythen, and is directing thisproduction as well.

He initially saw the playin 2000 in PEI during theCharlottetown festival, and decidedto use it during the Lucy MaudMontgomery centennial celebrationof her arrival in Uxbridge.

“Since the Emily books were writ-ten in Leaskdale, I thought it wasvery appropriate for the centennial. Idid some digging and eventuallylocated it,” explains Conrad.

Emily is larger than most ofOnStage's fall musicals, and will be

much larger than it was in the 2011performance. While Conrad notesthat it was a “neat connection” toperform Emily in the little Leaskdalechurch where Lucy Maud's husbandhad been the minister - in the same

town where she wrote 11 of her 22novels, including the ones the musi-cal Emily is based upon. This timearound, the cast has swelled to 29members and an orchestra of eight,including the conductor. With onlythree of the original cast membersand far more stage to work with forsets, the performance promises to be

a fresh take on the locally-rootedtale.

“Our original schoolhouse waslooking a bit sparse…we now have18 kids to work with for our school-house scenes, some of which arefrom the same family,” Conrad noteswith a chuckle: “This is Emily-theexpanded version!”

Some of the highlights this timewill be the projections - an appleorchard on stage, and the water-

colour backdrops done by aLeaskdale artist Ann Goldring. Theprimary actors are four youth: thelead, Emily, an aspiring writer, isplayed by Lesley Higgins (picturedbelow, centre). The tale follows her

and her three friends,and takes place over12 years, fromEmily's initial arrivalas an orphan and fol-lows her life up untilher early 20s. Otherkey characters includeIlse (SamanthaSmilovic fromOshawa, below left),an aspiring actress;the romantic leadWade Minacs (PettyKent from Whitby,below right), and thechore boy with bigdreams, Perry Miller

(Julian Norris of Stouffville).Teacher Miss Brownell is played byHannah Carlson (above left).

Uxbridge theatre regulars will bedelighted to know that SophiannRoberts choreographing the show,and Steffan Brunette is conductingthe orchestra of seven, whichincludes three strings, two percus-

sion, flute, and piano.The performance is being touted as

a feast for the ears as well as the eyes:“I'm most excited to say that themusic is really, really good,” saysConrad. “The kids are all excellentsingers…even with a cast of 29, theyfill the hall quite nicely. It really is anice Canadian story that should bebetter known, about kids that aspireto great things,”

Tickets can be purchased for $20

each online or in town at The LittleAcorn. Performances will be takingplace the weekends of October 9-11

and 16-18 at 8 p.m. Saturday mati-nees will be taking place at 3 p.m.Photos by Lisha Van Nieuwenhove

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Since this is the first time that thepublic has voted for the position ofRegional Chair, it was surprising tosee only around 70 people at adebate in Courtice on October 22with the six candidates - incumbentRoger Anderson, Arthur Augustine,Michael Deegan, Peter Neal, LynnPorteous and Barbara Pulst - all inattendance.

Roger Anderson talked about his23 years of experience, 17 as chairwith the region, the $1.3 billionbudget, the 6,000 employees and allthe services provided throughoutthe region every day, adding that theregional chair needed to have expe-rience in government. He also listedsome of the many committees hesits on.

None of his challengers haveserved on a municipal council, butthey all commented on how theirexperience made them a goodchoice for chair. All the candidates talked about the

need for more economic growth.Deegan said more jobs were neededhere, not in Toronto and thatDurham should not be just a “bed-room community”. Neal added theserious impact of the loss of thou-sands of jobs from GM. Augustinewants to attract industries andPorteous spoke about the highnumber of low paid retail jobs andthe need for more higher incomejobs. Other topics of concern includedthe importance of keeping the AAArating, the affect of the provincialdebt, the high number of unem-

ployed youth, congested traffic andsupport for seniors. Augustine men-tioned having affordable seniorhousing andD e e g a nadded thatseniors arec h a n g i n g ;more arew o r k i n glonger andneed differentservices.

Support forthe PickeringAirport cameonly from theincumbent ,who stronglyexpressed hisc o n f i d e n c ethat the air-p o r twouldn o to n l yp r o -v i d ejobs int h ebuild-i n ga n dr u n -n i n gof thefacili-ty, butwouldb r i n gm a n yindus-tries tot h e

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but all candidates talked about thewhole region.

Thurs., Oct. 2: Ultimate Women'sShow, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Join us for anupscale women's night out, enjoy spatreatments, demos, speakers, shoppingand more! Supporting Jennifer AshleighChildren's Charity, Big Brothers BigSisters of North Durham, DurhamFamily Resources and the Uxbridge-Scugog Animal Shelter. Visitwww.facebook.com/groups/shoplo-caluxbridgeFri., Oct. 3, 9:30 a.m. OakRidges Trail Association Hike:Brock Tract. A 10+ km fast pace, 2+hr., loop hike with some hills. Meet atthe parking lot on the east side of Conc.6, 5.5 km south of Durham Rd. 21or0.6 km north of Uxbridge Town Line.Contact: Russ Burton 905 830 2862Fri., Oct. 3: Theatre 3x60 pres-ents This Is War by HannahMoscovitch, Blue Heron BooksStudio, 7:30 p.m. Follows an ill-fatedoperation where four Canadian sol-diers recount different versions of themission. Mature themes and language.Directed by Joan EtienneSat., Oct. 4, 7:00 a.m. OakRidges Trail Association Hike: AlShaw Side Trail. 1+ hr., 4 km moderatepace hike with some hills. Meet atparking area on the west side of Conc.6, 1.5 km south of Durham Rd. 21.Contact: Russ Burton 905 830 2862Sat., Oct. 4: Legacy Equestrian

Show Team OES Collection Event.8 a.m.-1 p.m. 521 Sandford Road.Clean out your closets, basements andgarages, bring old electronics andclothing! When dropping off youritems, take the time to come and meetthe horses, join us for a cup of coffeeand take advantage of pony rides ($2each) starting at 10 a.m., proceeds tothe Uxbridge Cottage HospitalFoundation. 905 852-1417 for info.Sat., Oct. 4: Take a Kid MountainBiking Day with the DurhamMountain Biking Association andJoyRide150, 10 am-1:30 pm atDurham Forest, 3789 Conc. 7, justsouth of Goodwood Rd. This free eventwill be a fun day for kids of all agesand riding abilities. www.durhammoun-tainbiking.caSun., Oct. 5: Music Fest atReachview Village, 10 - 11 a.m.For more information pls. contact Jo at905-852-6487.Sun., Oct. 5: Blessing of theAnimals - St. Paul's Anglican Church.Bring your pets. Refreshments after-wards for all including cats & dogs.More info: call 905-852-7016, or E-mail [email protected]., Oct. 5: Pine Grove PioneerChurch (7th Conc.) HarvestHome Service, 3 p.m. Guest speakerRuth Anderson, music by Don &Kathyleen Kennedy. Everyone wel-come.

Mon., Oct. 6: Shuffleboardbegins, runs through to April 29.Mon. & Wed. mornings, UxbridgeSeniors’ Centre. 9 a.m. $2, all wel-come. Oct. 6-9: Uxbridge Curling ClubOpen House and RegistrationWeek. 7-9 p.m. New curlers welcome- 70 Franklin Street, Uxbridge. 905-852-6862Wed., Oct. 8, 9:30 a.m. OakRidges Trail Association Hike: AlShaw, Clubine, Norton Tracts &Albright Side Trail. This is a fast pace,4+ hr. loop hike with some minor hills.Meet in the parking area on the eastside of Conc. 6, 2 km south of Durham21 at Albright Rd. Contact: MalcolmHann 905 477 760 (before 10:00p.m.)Sat., Oct. 11: Trinity UnitedChurch Social. The U & I Club ( rein-vented to include singles as well as cou-ples ) attending Guy Davis concert inGreenbank. For more info please con-tact Jo at 905-852-6487Oct. 11-24: Laura Robinson's(Royal Military College) exhibit“The Canadian Home Front:L.M. Montgomery's Reflectionson War” on display at the UxbridgeLibrary, and will be at the HistoricLeaskdale Manse Oct. 25 for L. M.Montgomery Day. Sun., Oct. 12: IODE Butter Tartswill be on sale at the Farmers Market, 9a.m. to 1p.m. Proceeds to continue sup-porting Local Charities.

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Lunches begin again! St. Andrews-Chalmers Presbyterian Church, 12-1:30 p.m., every Wednesday. Paywhat you can. All Welcome. Wed., Oct. 15: Author Ted Barriswill speak about his latest book, 'TheGreat Escape', 7 p.m. UxbridgeSecondary School. Light refreshments,admission by donation. Call theUxbridge Historical Centre at 905-852-5854 for more information.Fri., Oct. 17, Blood Donor Clinic,Uxbridge Seniors’ Centre, 1:30 - 7p.m. Book appt. at 1-888-236-6283orat www.blood.caSun., Oct. 19: Tunes & Tea WithSoulise (featuring JackieBennett), 3-5 p.m. An hour of musicfollowed by tea & dessert. Donationwill be accepted in aid of TheCommunity Christmas Hampers. StPaul's Anglican Church. Call 905-852-7016 for information.Sun., Oct. 19: Family MusicNight, hosted by Uxbridge Branch ofthe Canadian Bible Society, 7 p.m. atSt. Andrews-Chalmers PresbyterianChurch. Featuring, Richard Watsonand Johann Cresswell, Freedom Bound,Reflections, Rev. Kirby Constable.Grace Constable, Carolyn Piet. Freewill offering, all are welcome.Refreshments. For information contactJim Campbell at 905 852 6086.Tues., Oct. 21: Uxbridge SeniorCitizens' Club Roast Pork Lunch,12 noon. Tickets $12/pp, available atQuilt room Mon.- Thurs. 1-4 p.m.Sat., Oct. 25: Lucy MaudMontgomery Day, at the HistoricLeaskdale Church. ”Maud The

Storyteller.” Special Speakersinclude keynote Laura Robinson (RoyalMilitary College). Enjoy a half or fullday of speakers and academics pre-senting on a variety of subjects onMaud The Storyteller. Registrationincludes coffee, snacks and luncheon.www.lucymaudmontgomery.ca

The Loaves & Fishes Food Bankopen Wednesdays 1-4 p.m. Donationsalways appreciated, can be droppedin the Food Bank Box at Zehrs or at St.Andrew's Presbyterian Church Mondayto Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon. Tax receiptsissued for financial donations. North Durham LadiesCommunity Bible Study (Non-Denominational), meeting at UxbridgeBaptist Church, 231 Brock St. W. onTuesday mornings from 9:15- 11:15a.m. Nursery and Full Children's pro-gram are offered from newborn to age5. www.cbsicanada.org. or contactCarol 905 852-4064.Monday Morning Singers. Do youlike to sing? Anne Mizen Baker directsthis women's choir in a variety of musicfrom folk to classical. No auditions. St.Paul's Anglican Church, 65 Toronto St.south, Uxbridge. 9:15-11:30 a.m.905-852-3693 or visitwww.mmsingers.org.If you have a community event for acharity or non-profit organization thatyou’d like us to mention (AS SPACEPERMITS), please contact us at [email protected] or 905-852-1900.The deadline for our next issue is 6p.m. Sunday.


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InterviewingTed Barrisseemed a lit-tle like nepo-tism, since hewrites a col-

umn for the Cosmos. But with the successof his latest book, The Great Escape, it wasimpossible to put it off any longer, so weinvited him for a cup of coffee. We're gladwe did. This is an edited version; the com-plete interview can be read atthecosmos.ca)

Ted, there is so much to talk to you about,but let's start off with The Great Escape.The last year must have been fabulous foryou.

It's been an extraordinary year. In fact,it is a year today (Sept. 28) the book waspublished. You know how you some-times have an inkling that maybe you'vecaught people's imaginations andyou've maybe come out with the rightbook at the right time? I sort of had asense of it, in spite of the complicationsthat came about as a result of my oldpublisher being purchased by DundurnPublishing. I was worried it would slowthe book down in getting out of theblocks, but it came out Sept. 28 andwithin a few weeks it was a best-seller ina number of quarters. I was getting callsfrom people who were running to bookstores and not finding it and I kept say-ing: "We need to get more books outthere," and by Christmas we were fiveprintings in and upwards of 10,000 and15,000 books out. In Canada, a best-seller is 5,000 books. I was getting callsfrom Peter Mansbridge (of CBC News)to do a One-on-One, from MichaelEnright (CBC) to do a Sunday Edition,the papers were interested, militarymuseums and all the usual suspects werecalling me to come and talk becausethey'd heard about The Great Escape andthat I had a different take on it andeverybody was clamouring for it.

You talk about timing for the book. Whywrite the book this many years after themovie came out?

I knew the 70th anniversary was com-ing up this year but I wanted to have itcome out in 2013 to take advantage ofthe lead up to Christmas. That's whenyou make the greatest sales. In fact,without Blue Heron Books, that launchwouldn't have been nearly as exciting asit was. Wherever I went within 50 miles,Shelley (Macbeth) or her staff werethere to set up and ready to sell. I thinkshe sold 1,000 books at her store alone,partly because Shelley is the way she isand she wants to support Canadianauthors. The other reason it came out in2013 is it was 50 years from The GreatEscape movie release.Since The Great Escape is about the huge

Canadian involvement in that escape,which was practically non-existent in themovie, have you in some strange wayreceived flak about your book?

I'm not the first person to debunkHollywood. Look what happened with(the movie) Argo. Ben Affleck complete-ly omitted any reference to Ken Taylor,the ambassador, and his massive role ingetting American diplomats out (ofTehran). Years ago, Pierre Berton wrotea wonderful book called Hollywood'sCanada: The Americanization of theNational Image about the way Hollywoodviews Canada. They've always gotten itwrong. That's the danger, that webelieve the way Hollywood paints it isthe way it happened. Now, withoutHollywood, you and I wouldn't be sit-ting here talking about The GreatEscape. Audiences wouldn't be coming

in droves to see me if they didn't knowThe Great Escape as a movie and a phraseand a phenomenon. So now I can walkin and say: "Okay, I can debunk themyth" and they all laugh because theyunderstand what I'm talking about. IfHollywood hadn't taken Paul Brickhill'soriginal book from 1951, I wouldn'thave anything to be kicking at.How many books have you had published

now?Seventeen.How many of those books have been

about war?Maybe about eight. My

first military book wasBehind the Glory, about theBritish Commonwealth airtraining plan, the next wasDays of Victory, which I co-authored with my dad aboutthe end of the war, then Idid Deadlock in Korea, thenI did Victory at Vimy, thenBreaking the Silence.Where does this obvious pas-

sion and interest in Canada'srole in war come from? Fromyou dad?

No. In fact, Dad was apacifist. I think - and this issomething I'm currentlyexploring - Dad became amedic in the American armyin the Second World Warbecause he didn't want tocarry a firearm. My dad andmy mom were anti-war, Iwas involved in all thedemonstrations in the 60s as a student.All the influences in my life, my parents,my sense of fairness in the world, mydisgust with war, would have sent mescurrying in the other direction, but inthe late 80s an interesting thing hap-pened. I was doing a freelance radiopiece for CBC Radio and I heard aboutthese guys who were rebuilding these

old trainer aircraft down in Tillsonburg,called the Canadian Harvard AircraftAssociation. I didn't know anythingabout the big picture: I just heard aboutthese guys getting these yellow trainingaircraft back in the air. So I went downto do a five-minute piece. While I wasthere I met a guy named Charley Foxand I learned that he had formerly beenan instructor flying these things duringthe war. Long story short, I spent hourswith him. We became fast friends andwithin a few weeks I realized that veter-

ans were not monsters, they were notwarmongers, and, more importantly,they had great stories to tell that had notbeen told and here was an example of astory which all writers search for thathad never been written. It was the storyof the British Commonwealth air train-ing plan. Charley took me under hiswing...

Good pun, Ted....and he introduced me to fellowinstructors all around the world. I wentto more reunions in the next couple ofyears to meet these guys and I wasabsolutely hook, line and sinkerimmersed in the lives of these veterans,because these guys understood whatservice was and had put their lives onhold to fight this war and win it for acause that was obvious. That was thefirst step into that world that I hadnever really understood or respected.

You talk about getting veterans to talkand you've done it successfully.

I've interviewed over 6,000 veterans.Yet the word is, and I've come across it

myself, that most veterans don't like to talkabout it. How do you get it out of them?I wrote a whole book about it, Breaking

the Silence, and to break it down into acouple of bullets, if you make them real-ize that you've done your homework, ifyou show them respect when they fallapart, which they often do, if you arepatient enough to wait through theirstories, if you recognize the loss they'veexperienced, if you reign them in withrespect when you sense they've kind ofembellished, you begin to build a repu-tation as someone who takes these sto-ries as gifts and treats them with theutmost respect. Not a week goes bywithout a veteran who calls and says: "Iwant you to tell my story." I've only hadone veteran say he didn't want to talk tome over the yers,

You say vets ask you to tell their stories.Does this apply to our Afghanistan vets,too?Yes, and that's another book some day.

In July 2013, a good friend of ours wascelebrating his 90th birthday and a

bunch of guys showed up at his birthdayin Kitchener on motorcycles. They'reCanadian Army Veterans and they goout and help veterans all over the coun-try. Harry Watts was a motorcycle dis-patch rider in Italy and all these guyscame to his party and he was a bit thun-derstruck. They were all young vets andthey've all served in Bosnia, Rwanda, Somalia and Afghanistan. They madeHarry feel like a million bucks and thenthey drifted out to a patio to have a

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THANK YOUA sincere thank you to all who joined us on Saturday at

St. Paul’s Anglican Church, and to everyone who sentsuch beautiful cards, as we celebrated our

60th Wedding Anniversary.

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A Cup of Coffee... with Ted Barrisby Roger Varley

Coffee, from page 13

smoke and shoot the crap. So I went outand I joined them with a cup of coffeeand I listened. I kept my mouth shut.Then I said: "You guys are angry, aren'tyou?" They were angry at the govern-ment, they were angry at VeteransAffairs, they were angry at the disinter-est of the public, they were angry at asystem that doesn't understand them,and this is a whole new generation ofveterans who are in that fog out there of"suck it up, get back into civilian lifeand get on with it and put the pastbehind you." It's not as easy as we thinkit is. It never has been. These guys, withtheir motorcycle jackets and beards andlong hair and looking like somethingout of a Satan's Choice picture, wereessentially guys who were crying out forsomeone to listen. I'm feeling more andmore the tug to their stories.But this is in the future. Are you current-

ly working on a new book?Yes, two or three of them. The one

working its way to the top of the listcomes back to my dad. As I said, he wasa medic in Patton's army. He was in theBattle of the Bulge and that's where hewon his Bronze Star. What I'm realizingis there's a subject I haven't exploredvery much. I'm thinking very seriouslyof landing in France where my fatherlanded and, if I can find from his regi-

mental records, where his unit travelledduring the war and retracing it. Butthat's only going to be the backbone tothe book. The rest of it might be storiesof other medical people who served bysaving lives, not taking them and put-ting their stories together, from any war.

Let's talk about your dad for a bit, Ted.He had a great influence on you. In fact,you use the title of the column he had, TheBarris Beat.

But with his permission. I think hestarted The Barris Beat with the Globeand Mail and then migrated to theToronto Telegram. And then the televi-sion show spun out of that. I think hewon a couple of awards for the show.

Everybody knew your dad back then. Hewas a jazz afficiando, he went toHollywood as a screenwriter . . .

And a sit-com writer.And like your father, you're a writer, a

television host, a radio host, you like jazz.You didn't fall far from the tree, in fact, Idon't think you fell at all.

Yes, I learned at the elbow of the mas-ter. He started freelancing when mostpeople didn't even know how to spell it.One last thing, Ted. You are the go-to guy

in this town when anyone needs an MC.How did that come about?

Well, as a freelancer, I was poor andyou've got the Cancer Society, the HeartFoundation and all these others comingto the door and they want donations. I

realized I could make a greater contribu-tion to my community if I gave what tome was my most precious commodity:not money, but my time. So I used to

MC the Fair Queen pageant, the hock-ey banquets, strawberry socials at thechurches, just about anybody who cameknocking. To me that is a way of giving

back.Ted, thank you very much.Thank you!


by Roger Varley

In a classic back-and-forth gameFriday, the Uxbridge Bruins wereedged 4-3 in overtime by the PortPerry MoJacks in their first meetingof the regular OHA Junior C CentralDivision season. However, the Bruinsrebounded the following night,thumping the Eagles in Claringtonby a score of 5-1.

The three points earned put theBruins in third place in the seven-team league with five points, threebehind the MoJacks, who hold firstplace with four wins.

The scoreless first period at thearena Friday saw plenty of end-to-end action, with both teams missinggood opportunities to score. Indeed,both teams hit the post and the cross-bar several times during the game.

Rookie Alex Williamson put theBruins ahead early in the second,assisted by fellow rookie JordanNesbitt. Near the midway point, aconcerted attack by the MoJacks ledto an Uxbridge penalty, followedquickly by a power-play goal byLucas Clark. Port Perry carried theattack most of the period, but as itwound down the Bruins had severalgood scoring opportunities. With 30seconds remaining, Connor Evansnotched a power-play marker, assist-ed by Carter Vahey and Jarrett Smith.However, with two seconds left, theMoJacks scored from a face-off to theright of Bruins goalie BrandonFrancey.

Francey came up with a big save atthe start of the third with a terrificstop on Port Perry's Evan Wasylyk,who stepped around the Uxbridgedefence. With Williamson in the sinbin for tripping well behind the play,Daryl Thomson put the Bruins aheadagain at the 15:52 mark with a short-handed goal while a MoJacksdefenceman was draped all over him.Four minutes later, the MoJackscame from behind once again. The

Bruins were lucky to exit the periodwith a tie, having taken four penalties- including a pointless trippingpenalty by Francey - in the last eightminutes.In the overtime period, the MoJacks

took an early penalty, but, with onesecond left before they returned tofull strength, Kyle Schweda scored anunassisted short-handed goal for thewin.

In Clarington on Saturday, theBruins' veterans took over from therookies. After Francey made a greatsave on a strong rush by the Eagles'Brodie Myers, Vahey slammed in ablast from the blue line for a power-play goal, assisted by Korey Brandand Marco Mastrangelo. Ten minuteslater, Shane Smith made it 2-0, assist-ed by Brand and Dylan Locke. As theperiod closed out, the Eagles scoredtheir only goal following a well-exe-cuted, classic three-way passing rush.

Early in the second, Locke weavedhis way through the tightly clusteredClarington defence and looked asthough he had made one too manymoves, but he managed to tuck thepuck in the net to restore the two-goal lead. Shane SMith was creditedwith an assist. Late in the period,Francey made another great save as aClarington forward picked up a long,long pass that put him alone in frontof Francey. Shortly afterwards,Bruins defenceman AdamBartholomew was ejected from thegame for shooting the puck over theglass after the whistle had sounded.Then with less than two minutes left,Locke scoredagain, assisted byVahey andBrand.

In the thirdstanza, Uxbridgefound themselvestwo men downfor almost 60seconds butmanaged to holdoff theC l a r i n g t o nattack. Just pastthe midwaypoint, Brandscored the finalgoal of the game,assisted by

Jordan Nesbitt and JasonSimmonds.

Following Saturday's game, headcoach Geoff Hodgkinson was askedabout the number of penalties theBruins had taken in both games - atotal of about 25. He said the penal-ties are a concern.

"It's a great way to work on thepenalty kill, but from a disciplinestandpoint, we've got to work onthat," he said. "We have to work onthe culture in here and keep themout of the penalty box."Despite the physical nature of both

games - (Shane Smith took a heavyhit into the boards against theMoJacks and heavy hits were hand-ed out in both games) - Hodgkinsonsaid his team isn't suffering anyinjuries yet.

"That shows the depth of ourhockey team," Hodgkinson said."We're okay running four lines."

He said he's happy with the resultsthis early in the season.

"Six points (in the first threegames) would have been nice," hesaid, "but with five points you can'tcomplain."The Bruins host last year's champi-

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Hope everyone has been enjoying thelate summer/early fall weather lately.The extended warm days have beenappreciated.

Cliff and Lois Taylor, Debbie Kea,Janice Holland and her husband,Steve, all attended the wedding of Jeffand Amanda Millman (VanRycheghm) at the Armory BanquetConference Centre in Chatham onSeptember 13.

The Men's Breakfast will take placeat St. Paul's Leaskdale Church onSaturday, October 4 at 8:30 a.m. Allmen are welcome to come and enjoyfood and fellowship.

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ROTARY NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER

The 11th year of our Million Dollar Hole inOne has come and gone. We had over 450registrants this year and a record number of10 Hole in One very great shots made bysome very lucky men and a woman, leadingup to the finals, where each one not onlyreceived a fabulous daily prize but $100 onthe spot!

Paul Kelly, Marcus Strom, CeciliaMatthews, Robert Armitage, LloydMacDonald, Donald Maynard, KevinDonnelly, Kyle Halliday and JohnMacDougall (a very sharp shooter who wontwo!) were the lucky winners. The weatherheld for the most part, except for a slightlybreezy day which resulted in only one tentcasualty this year. The Putting Challenge,Ladies Day, Youth Day and Canadian TireDay winners all forged on in anticipation ofthe Final Day at the end of the event. Congratulations to all of the winners of this

year's competition. An event like this couldnot take place without the sponsors, prizedonations, volunteers from Rotary andfriends of Rotary, student volunteers,Wooden Sticks for providing the venue, theMillion Dollar Hole in One Company withDave Shepherd the representative forOntario and the participants. Thank you toeveryone!

----------The Foundation Walk for Rotary district7070 took place on September 21 in Torontoat the George Brown College waterfront

campus. The day was pretty grim to start outto say the least. However the weatherchanged and the walk was successful in rais-ing over $110,000. Our club presidentRandy Hickey and Director of theFoundation for Uxbridge, Michael Banh,Michelle and Kai Banh participated and weremuch relieved with the weather change!

The Rotary Foundation transforms yourgifts into projects that change lives both closeto home and around the world such as erad-icating polio and promoting peace.Foundation grants empower Rotarians toapproach challenges such as poverty, illitera-cy and malnutrition with sustainable solu-tions that leave a lasting impact. When yougive you become a part of Rotary's life-changing work!

----------Thanksgiving will soon be upon us. We willbe chopping and peeling in preparation forour 17th year of the annual SeniorsThanksgiving Dinner to be held on October2, at the Uxbridge Seniors Centre. This eventis presented by the Rotary Club of Uxbridge,is sponsored by PACE Credit Union andaided by Vince's Market. The dinner startsat 5 p.m. and is open to seniors 65 and over.The 200 tickets are free. Those attending areasked to bring a non-perishable food item forthe Food Bank. These are much appreciatedand will be collected at the door.

----------Trip of the Month tickets will soon be avail-able for 2015. Anyone wishing to purchase aticket can do so through myself at the RonNoble Insurance office, through IanMorrison, Getaway Travel and fellow Rotarymembers.

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Your voice in protecting theEnvironment:Who will police the quality of fill coming into thepits?

Do we become the dumping ground for Toronto andother areas?

How do we address the high volume of truck trafficwith the health issues?

Where is MNR’s rehabilitation program?

Or are we going to live with fill operations torehabilitate the gravel pits?

When is a gravel pit worked out? When the original gravel is depleted ? OR When the gravel they haul in is depleted?

Your Voice in Promotion of the Arts and Culture:Establish the tourist centre in the downtown area.

Improve the brochure areas in local businesses forinformation to visitors.

Invest in the established programs to attract touristsand record the days/hours when visitors/tourists arein town so we are open and welcoming.

Match fundraising dollars so more restorations,repairs can be accomplished and establishedprograms can be more effective.

I live in the Ward and I understand theunique and different issues that we live with

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Vote for Experience in Ward 1. Re-Elect BevNortheast, a Resident of Ward 1 for 47 years.

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