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Locally Owned and Operated..Celebrating Issue No. 117 December 6, 2015

Ruttan Clan Movember Staches

Day 26 all the boys together before some of them get shaved — with Grand Dad Jerry Ruttan, Dad Mark Ruttan, with Sons Jason Ruttan, Jeremy Ruttan and Chad Ruttan.

Now we need an after-shot to see who has kept their moustache.

Well done guys!

WB Business Association Planning for 2016

by Joe Bickerstaff Members of the Wasaga Beach Business Association met recently at The Little Marina Restaurant in Wasaga Beach to hear from several speakers about a few of the great events planned for the summer of 2016. Gary Cerantola told us about the new date and the exciting plans for the 5th Annual Wasaga Film Festival. Director of Economic Development & Tourism Andrew McNeill spoke of the plans for a true Wasaga Beach Downtown and the Main Street Market coming to our Main Beach area next year. All were pleased to hear from Jenny Legget, Special Projects & Communications, telling us about just a few of the new events being planned next summer and Shawn Crozier of The Georgian Triangle Music Festival spoke of the growth of the annual festival, returning to The Beach again in 2016. The Wasaga Beach Business Association’s members include owners and operators of accommodation businesses in town who are eager to welcome visitors to our community for our busy summer season. The Association is planning the return of the successful Stay N’ Save program to reward guests with coupons for local attractions and services. Beach BOOSTER is eager to once again support this great program.

Millions have joined The Movember movement raising over 676 Millions Canadian Dollars funding research projects focusing on prostate cancer, testicular cancer, poor mental health and physical inactivity. The vision is to have an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health.

Locally Owned and Operated..Celebrating Issue No. 117 December 6, 2015

Adding a Beachfront Location to the Gaming Opportunity

by Joe Bickerstaff

Mayor Brian Smith

Andrew McNeill

Thursday's meeting to discuss adding the Main Beach area to the list of possible gaming sites generated a good crowd at the RecPlex.

Director of Economic Development and Tourism, Andrew McNeill delivered a great presentation after starting the evening by pointing out the irony of the fact, minutes prior to the Mayor's introduction, a fully loaded bus left the parking area, taking Wasaga Beach residents to Rama.

Andrew pointed out that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss offering an additional site to the OLG that may appeal to some of the potential developers/operators. As an important part of the presentation, we were reminded that the suggested gaming facility for our town is a small one. Andrew compared the dimensions of what is being considered here with size of the familiar Wasaga Beach Wallmart.

The actual size of the gaming facility suggested here is about the size as just the grocery department of the store... or roughly the same square footage of the foot print of our historic Dardanella at the beachfront.

It was pointed out that the 4 existing potential sites would appeal the "Drive to... and leave" visitors, while perhaps a gaming component to a true resort facility (perhaps with hotel, banquet facilities, shopping and family fun activities) at the beachfront would be a "Stay and Play" addition to our community.

From the reaction of the crowd, most were in favour of providing this additional and creative option to the OLG in order to perhaps have a better chance of getting this needed boost to local tourism. Several residents had comments and questions after the presentation with most being positive. A very few spoke against the proposal although all but one of the negatives seemed to be about the concept of a gaming facility anywhere in town and that of course, was not the point of discussion.

Andrew is eager to hear from residents about this proposal and can be reached at <a.mcneill@wasagabeach.com> or phone 705-429-3844.

A report will be completed and presented to council on December 15th.

(Left to Right) Susy Miranda, Ehab Masad, Joanne Smith, Mayor Brian Smith, Pina Stillitano and Councillor Bonnie Smith

Marilyn Ruttan of ReMax reads to Lily and Carter

Photos by Enrique Photo Art. See more at www.mywasagabeach.com

Wasaga Beach Lions Club President Bill Frieday and Friends

Mayor Brian Smith with Councillors Bonnie Smith and Ron Ego

Members of the Central Ontario ATV Club

Prince of Peace Anglican Church Christmas Season Schedule Sunday, December 13, 9:45 a.m.

The Story of Christmas in Word and Carol followed by a Christmas Brunch Thursday, December 24, 4:45 p.m.

Christmas Carol Sing-along with Christmas Eve Service beginning at 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 27, 9:45 a.m.

A Service of Memories and Dreams A gentle way to leave 2015 and to welcome 2016. A quiet service with Eucharist and the offer of blessing and healing.

May we at the Prince of Peace wish you every blessing and joy for Christmas and the New Year.

For more information call Reverend Wendy Moore @ 705-435-7059.

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What’s Happening Wasaga Beach Lions Club Bingo every Friday evening. Almost $5000 in prizes..$1000 Jackpot Game. RecPlex Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Contact: Wasaga Beach Lions Club at 705-429-3331 Note: No Bingo on Christmas Day and No Bingo on New Year’s Day. Wasaga Beach Toastmasters meet every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Wasaga Beach Public Library. For more information call 429-6416 or 429-5464.

December 4 - December22 - Santa Claus at Stonebridge Town Centre Location: Main Street & Stonebridge Blvd. (Beside Sunset Grill).

Photos with Santa are $12. Fridays - Dec 4, 11, 18 - 4 p.m. - 8 p.m., Saturdays - Dec 5, 12, 19 - 12 p.m. - 4 p.m., Sundays - Dec 6, 13, 20 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. Monday & Tuesday - Dec 21 & 22 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Dog Photos ONLY - Thursday Dec 10 & 17 - 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Wasaga Beach Public Library. For full details visit www.stonebridgetowncentre.com or facebook.com/StonebridgeTownCentre December 5-6, 18-20 - Silverstick Hockey Tournament Location: Wasaga Stars Arena. For more information email wasagasilverstick@rogers.com or visit www.wasagaminorhockey.com December 11 - All Wrapped Up Youth Dance Location: Wasaga RecPlex, 1724 Mosley Street. Time: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Grades 5 - 8 only! Tickets: $5.00, advance tickets only! DJ Chuckie B. Tickets can be purchased at the Recreation Office Wasaga RecPlex 705-429-3321, Chamber of Commerce, 550 River Rd. West 705-4292247, Wasaga Beach Youth Centre, 1621 Mosley Street - 705-4222494D December 12 - Atom Hockey Tournament Location: Wasaga Stars Arena. For more information email wasagasilverstick@rogers.com or visit www.wasagaminorhockey.com December 19 -Mayor Smith's Christmas Dinner (For Members of our Community in Need) Location: Wasaga RecPlex, 1724 Mosley Street. Time: Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Mayor Smith and his family recognize that the Christmas season can be a difficult and often sad time for people who may be experiencing financial challenges, living alone without family nearby or having health problems. For this reason, the Smith family and many dedicated volunteers will be hosting a Christmas Dinner. Members of our community who would otherwise find it difficult to provide a Christmas dinner for their families or themselves are welcome to attend. If you are planning to attend dinner using Wasaga Beach Transit, Transit service along Routes 1 and 2 will be complimentary. If you would like more information and /or interested in attending, please contact Angela, Special Events Coordinator, 705429-3844 x 2287 or Lorraine, Executive Assistant to Mayor and Council - 705-429-3844 x2246

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For more information contact: Wasaga Beach Chamber of Commerce at 705-429-2247 / 1-866-292-7242

Santa arrives in Wasaga Beach

Christmas Day Community Banquet If you are alone this Christmas or find this time of year especially difficult, we invite you to come celebrate Jesus' birthday with a traditional Christmas Day Community Banquet. It will be held December 25 at 1pm at Faith Evangelical Missionary Church 1355 River Road West, Wasaga Beach and is sponsored by the Wasaga Beach Ministerial Food Bank. Turkey or ham and all the fixings plus carol singing and gifts.

Christmas holds the hope of God's love in a manger.

Volunteering “Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once every few years, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.”

Canada Post Charges This won't change your life dramatically or help you survive the apocalypse but it will save some $. We recently mailed two identical packages via Canada Post one week apart. One would think that the postage should be exactly the same.

Package #1 was mailed from a Canada Post Office. Postage came to $11.74. Since we knew the second package would be mailed in about a week's time, We bought sufficient postage for the second package. When it came time to mail Package #2, we went to the post office in a drug store. We handed the pkg to the clerk to be put in the outbound mail bag, We were informed that the package did not have sufficient postage attached. The clerk proceeded to inform that we needed to purchase an additional $6 worth of stamps. After explaining how we knew exactly what the postage should be, the clerk offered some lame excuse that Canada Post is unionized and they can say and do anything with impunity and if we wished to mail that package from drug store then we needed to purchase more stamps. We told the clerk to stuff it and took back the package and headed to the Canada Post Office, where we would raise hell... Surprise! The Postal Clerk took the package, weighed it and tossed it in the mail bag, and it was on it's way. When asked if the amount of Postage on the parcel was right she shook her head and said "yup, no problem"...

The truth comes out: Canada Post Offices charge postage for packages at the published Canada Post rates. Franchise locations such as drug store can charge whatever they like.

So remember if you regularly mail packages at franchise locations (drug stores) you are probably paying too much.

Franchise locations are found in shopping malls, drug stores and private businesses everywhere. From now on, all of our mailing will be done from a Canada Post location. Still perplexed by what we were told by the girl at the drug store , we emailed to Canada Post for clarification.This is the reply from them: Thank you for your message to Canada Post. A postal outlet is not a federal government agency and is not owned or managed by Canada Post. For example if the postal outlet is within grocery store or pharmacy it would follow the stores working hours, therefore if the store must be closed, so will the postal outlet inside. Only Canada Post Depots and Corporate Post Offices are obligated to follow the price of stamps and postal products that are legislated by Canada Post. Any commercial and private establishment may charge extra fees as a convenience to their customers. It is at their discretion to apply additional service fees to products that they sell. We suggest visiting a Corporate Post Office in order to avoid paying additional service charges that corner stores or other establishment may implement on their products.

How's that for privatization?

Thanks to Dianne McGee for this story.

Making the Hard Decision to Stop What Isn’t Working

By Dr. Henry Cloud

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I was talking to my daughters one morning who are 10 and 12. I was telling her about this group of guys that go into schools and churches called the Power Team and they’re all these He-Men who do all these stunts and I said, “Olivia, they could pick up a person and raise them up over their heads. They can take a block of ice and punch it and break it in half. But the thing that kills me is that they can take a phone book and rip it in half.” She looks at me and she’s 12 years old, she looks at me and she goes, “Dad what’s a phone book? You mean a Kindle?” Unbelievable. Talk about a season that’s passed.

The next day, I’m at JFK Airport standing in the line waiting for a car, I’m talking to this lady and say, “So what brings you to New York?” and she says “Business” I said, “What kind of business are you in?” and she says “Phone books.” I said, “Oh I bet it’s really cool what you all are doing. The Yellow Pages and getting all that digital.” She goes, “No, we still make phone books. That’s our business, the digital stuff, we’re into the books.”

I said, “You should talk to my daughter.”

Sometimes leaders get so invested in something and it may be for a lot of reasons. There is ego, you poured so much time and energy into it, you poured so much heart into it but sometimes that season is passed and its over and you’ve got to take the hard step to pull the plug.

Let me ask you a question, General Motors, why did it take… now think of this, these are the smartest executives in the car industry, right? For years and years and years, why did it take General Motors, after four decades, why did it take a bankruptcy judge to shut down Pontiac? A brand that hadn’t made a profit in like four decades? You’ve got all these smart executives but why did it take a bankruptcy judge to pull the trigger on that? That’s what happens to us in leadership. We get attached to things that we can’t pull the trigger, because there’s a lot of stuff involved. Sometimes, and the hardest ones of these, is when there’s a person involved.

What I’m about to tell you is a true story. A man who owned a big manufacturing firm that he had started was getting near retirement. He was working on succession, and he was grooming his son to take over the business.

He was going to retire in a few years and he had a succession planned for him and he was working on it for a few years. And one day he was walking through the factory floor and he sees his son angrily berating an employee in front of a group of other employees. So he was angry at this guy and shaming him and all this stuff and just an ugly scene.

So he motions to his son to come up to his office and he sits him down and he says, “David, I wear two hats around here. I’m the boss and I wear the boss hat, but I’m also your father and I wear the father hat. Right now I’m going to put my boss hat on. You’re fired. You’re done. I will not have that in my culture. I won’t have my people treated that way. I will never let that take route. I’ve talked to you about this. We’ve tried to get you help, I’ve tried to get you to change. So you’re fired, you’re done. I won’t have it. Now let me put my father hat on for a minute. Son, I heard you just lost your job. Is there something I could do?”

When that story was relayed to me, there’s so much right with that, I don’t even know where to start. Because what that leader realized is sometimes it is not best for anybody that they continue in a position or with the investment that has been made or whatever because the collateral damage of people around them, or that they become a log jam, and by and large, do you know what we find 99.999% of the time is when somebody is not performing and it’s a wrong fit, the best thing for them as well is that there be a necessary ending. And these are the hard decisions for leaders to make.

Barrie Concert Band Presents "Christmas at The Beach”

Dianna Chycki is host of Beach Corner and Cochair of the Wasaga Film Festival. Beach Corner broadcast weekly Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Beach Corner article sponsored by Exchanging Vows Bridal Boutique in Collingwood.

To date, this 50+ member musical group, along with more than 2000 music enthusiasts have helped in achieving $35,500 in the previous 10 visits they have attended the Sunday evening concerts. All funds from a goodwill offering go to the Wasaga Beach Ministerial Food Bank. What better time of year to help this very worthy cause.

At the conclusion of the concert all are invited to enjoy Christmas goodies. Tim Hortons have donated coffee, hot chocolate, donuts and apple cider served by the Lighthouse Church Ladies

Wasaga Film Festival Fundraiser Auction

Recently the following WFF Committee Members: Gary Cerantola, Dennis Moise, Ewout Derijke, David Cubitt, Kathy Wadham and myself along with film festival supporter, Eva Cerantola took part in an Intuitive Painting Workshop with Janick Lemieux from “Open Heart SOULutions”.

Janick is a Limitless Living n' Loving Mentor, Speaker and Writer, Certified Coach, Energy Shifter and Reiki Practitioner. A resident of Wasaga Beach, she works in her studio at Tremont Annex located at 79 Simcoe Street in Collingwood. She ignites powerful transformation and desire to unleash their pure and powerful truth through painting.

"The afternoon I spent with the WFF members was fascinating such an array of diverse individuals coming together for one heartfelt purpose raising funds for the WFF. They dove right into the experience and I had a great time leading my Intuitive Painting workshop, witnessing their artwork appearing in front of our eyes. It was a pleasure and honor to be part of this group effort.

Thank you everyone who participated, and thank you to everyone who will acquire these Master 'Peace'," said Janick Lemieux, Open Heart SOULutions.

Janick facilitated this five-hour workshop intended to create our own experience on canvas to raise money for the upcoming 5th annual film festival scheduled April 30, 2016. She kindly donated her services to help bring awareness to the film festival via fundraising by way of auctioning the members' creations. She has also donated her own work of art creation from this workshop towards the WFF fundraiser.

“Janick not only created a fundraiser opportunity for our film festival, she also generated an experience of personal learning and team building for our film festival committee participants. A heartfelt thank you from the Wasaga Film Festival,” said Gary Cerantola, Chair of WFF. This event took place at the Wasaga Beach Chamber of Commerce boardroom where Wasaga Beach Mayor Brian Smith and Ehab Masad, President of the Wasaga Beach Chamber of Commerce dropped by to view some of the paintings in progress. A total of eight paintings were produced and will be up for auction from November 30th to December 31st at the following locations: Boston Pizza, Dr. Dina Ghobrial, Dr Kowalik, River Cookhouse, Re/Max of Wasaga Beach, Century 21 Millennium Inc., Friends in Stayner and Cathy's Flower & Gift Boutique. A starting bid is set at $65 for the small canvas and $85 for the larger size with proceeds going to the film festival. We encourage you to view the artwork and help support this great event for our community.

The WFF and the Wasaga Beach Chamber of Commerce would like to thank Open Heart SOULUTIONS for the paint/paint brushes, Wasaga Beach Brewing Company for providing the canvases and Enrique Photo Art. The WFF is gearing up for their 5th Annual WFF Red Carpet Gala Awards with their new date of April 30, 2016 at the Wasaga Beach RecPlex. Submissions are open for short films/videos until February 28th, 2016.

There are no entry fees. For information please visit wasagafilmfest.com.

The Barrie Concert Band returns to Wasaga Beach for their 11th concert at the Lighthouse Community Church, 800 Sunnidale Road.

Sunday, December 6th at 7pm.

A large crowd is expected this year and we urge guests to come early. Doors open at 6:15 pm. The church will provide a tax receipt to anyone making a donation of $25.00 or more. Please come and bring a friend. You will be glad you did!

For more information please call 705-428-2004

ŸSign on front lawn: Wife met my girlfriend need 2 sell house fast! ŸI’m cleaning out my car today in case anyone needs 27 half-empty

water bottles. ŸWhen people start a sentence with "Do you know what your problem is..." I interrupt and start telling them all my problems.

They never expect that.

Open for Lunch ŸThree Wise WOMEN, would have asked directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby, bought practical gifts, cleaned the Wednesday to Friday 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. stable, made a casserole and there would be peace on earth!

Open for Dinner ŸFacebook account for sale, Friends included! ŸIf the person is ugly , you call them a stalker. If the person is good Wednesday to Sunday 5 p.m. to Close looking, you call them a secret admirer.

Closed Monday and Tuesday ŸI don't make typos...I make new words. ŸMy wife says I talk while I sleep... but I'm skeptical. Nobody at 962 Mosley Street, Wasaga Beach my office has ever mentioned it.

Reservations Preferred ŸIf everybody was consistently as determined as they are when they www.catch22grill.com 705-422-2281 carry all groceries in one trip, this world would be in a better place. ŸImmigration puns are funny but they cross the line. ŸSo how is Black Eye Friday going? Anyone killed over a can of Pringles at Walmart in the states yet? ŸHey kids, remember the feeling you got when you cleaned your room without being asked and no one noticed? That's what adulthood's like ŸI bought a $300 dollar tent so I can camp outside Best Buy for 3 days to save $20 on a TV. ŸRefusing to accept refugees is not cold and heartless. I lock my doors every night; not because I hate the people on the outside but because I love the people on the inside. ŸThe brownies I started making in my Easy Bake Oven in 1987 are ready if you guys want one. ŸKFC is starting home delivery of its buckets of fried chicken.

Great news for loyal KFC customers who can’t fit through the restaurant door. ŸI may block and remove maybe 1 or 2 people a month. Beautiful women want to be my friend from Nigeria. This past weekend I have blocked 15. So much hate. We are helpless in the goings on in the news today. We can't do anything about it. So we lash out here and the media just gets us more fired up. I'm guilty too. I see something and I share it. Why? Because I want to do something.

Then it causes a rift with someone else and it snowballs from there.

Friends here are arguing with their friends and family members are arguing with family members. The terrorists are winning. ŸTim Hortons Me: is that muffin gluten free? Girl: yes it's included in the price. ŸI hate when you offer someone a sincere compliment on their mustache and suddenly she’s not your friend anymore. ŸIf you need some help at Home Depot and are being ignored, get on one of their step ladders.

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This headline could be a reality as we start answering the better questions. It’s no secret that the organizations that ask the better questions are the more successful organizations in business, in government and in building healthy and prosperous communities. It’s that simple. Easy Peasy.

I have to congratulate our Mayor and Council for the courage to step out of the box, hire a competent Economic Development and Tourism Director that truly understands our community and brings options for our future that are backed up with experience and due diligence.

At the Wasaga Beach Downtown Open House it was evident that the options presented will embrace our small town values, in as many ways as possible, celebrate our historic character, capitalize on our scenic beauty and build from our sense of community to deliver a sustainable prosperous economy.

The beauty of the approach was that it was done without trying to deliver on a kind of cookie cutter development that in many ways over the last 40 years in North America has turned many communities into faceless places that young people flee, tourists avoid and which no longer instill a sense of pride in residents.

There is no doubt in the presentation that the overriding message was that we have to outline our community’s strengths and weaknesses, involve a broad cross section of residents in determining and planning for the future. We have to capitalize on our most distinctive assets like the Dard, our retro style of fun architecture, our history, our natural surroundings, and our home grown businesses rather than trying to adopt a new and different identity. Most successful communities also utilize a variety of private sector and market incentives to influence new development, instead of relying solely on government and this Council announced that the effort will involve getting private enterprise involved in the mix to make it happen for Wasaga Beach. So here’s a list of things we should consider so we can ask the better questions to make us a lot more successful as a community going forward: 1. Do we have a well vetted community vision for the future that can guide the way?

2. Are we paying attention to the community aesthetics to help feature our community in the new plan?

3. Are we looking at education, training and development to sustain our efforts over the next 40 years?

4. Are we looking at building plans based on some of our most prized existing assets?

5. Will we pick and choose among our development projects that best fit strategically with our vision for this community?

6. Will we collaborate with our neighbouring communities and the County of Simcoe for mutual benefit?

7. W i l l w e p l a n f o r t h e m o s t a d v a n c e d telecommunications network to be integrated with all of our engineering efforts to ensure we are a community of the future?

8. Will we continue to recruit and retain strong leaders in our community to move our plans forward?

9. Will we find better ways to engage and nurture committed citizens in our town?

“Be the Beach”, send me your thoughts and comments at Gary@beachBOOSTER.com. Your efforts count in making this community the preferred place in which to live, work and play.

Gary is president of Critel Professional Services, www.critel.ca, chairs the Wasaga Film Festival and lives and works and plays in Wasaga Beach.

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Approx. Pop. 32,000. In South Easthope Township, Perth County, on the Avon River and Hwys 7, 8 & 19 and County Rd. 21, 36km West of Kitchener. The attributes of Stratford as a townsite were noted by surveyors as they hacked out the Huron Road from the Waterloo Country boundary to Goderich from 1828 to 1829. The place was known as Little Thames, after the river, when William Sargeant and his wife arrived in 1832. and built a hotel, which they called the Shakespeare Inn. A Canada Company official donated a painting of Shakespeare to Sargeant to hang in the hotel. The river had previously been named the Avon by Dr. Williams “Tiger” Dunlop of the Canada Company, so when the post office was established in 1832 residents agreed the place should be called Stratford after Shakespeare’s birthplace in England. In the 1860s, when Stratford was divided into five wards, they were named Shakespeare, Hamlet, Romeo, Avon and Falstaff.

It wasn’t until 1953 that Stratford really capitalized on its Shakepeare connection (thanks to the idea and efforts of newspaper reporter Thomas Patterson.) Patterson set up a committee in 1952 to explore the possibility of holding a theatre festival and sought the advice of leaders in the theatre arts. He arranged through Dora Mavor Moore for Tyrone Guthrie, eminent British producer, to meet the committee in 1952.

Patterson held executive posts in the organization that grew out out of this committee. The following year, in a massive tent beside the Avon River, Sir Alec Guinness played Richard III. The venture was a huge success, and the 1957 season opened in a permanent home with 2,262 seats, none of which is more than 65 feet (19.8m) from the stage. The 1901-vintage Avon Theatre became a partner in the festival in 1967, and the Third Stage opened in 1971. The three theatres now draw 400,000 persons a years to “the Festival City.”

Justin Drew Bieber, was born on March 1, 1994 in London, Ontario, and was raised Stratford, Ontario.

He is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Bieber released his debut EP, My World, in late 2009. It has been certified platinum in the United States.

He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut record to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Bieber released his first full-length studio album, My World 2.0, in 2010. It debuted at or near number one in several countries and was certified platinum in the United States. It was preceded by the single "Baby". He followed up the release of his debut album with his first headlining tour, the My World Tour, the remix album titled, My Worlds Acoustic, and Never Say Never – The Remixes, and the 3D biopic-concert film Justin Bieber: Never Say Never. Bieber released his second studio album, Under the Mistletoe, in November 2011, when it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Bieber released his third studio album, Believe, in 2012. His fourth studio album Purpose was released in November 2015.

He has won numerous fan-voted awards, including American Music Award for Artist of the Year in 2010 and 2012. His fan base, dubbed "beliebers", largely consist of early to midadolescent girls. He was listed three times by Forbes magazine as one of the top ten most powerful celebrities in the world in 2011, 2012, and 2013.

Wasaga Beach Lions Club â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breakfast with Santaâ&#x20AC;?

Last Sunday, just a day after his busy Santa Claus Parade, Santa held his Breakfast with Santa with the help of the Wasaga Beach Lions Club in the Lions Den. A magical morning with Santa Claus for the family to enjoy! Over 560 attended the Pancake and Sausages event from 9 til noon. Above Sophia and Jacob, ages 8 and 6 were thrilled that Santa immediately new their names and he promised to do his best to bring them what they wanted for Christmas. Santa would like to extend his gratitude to the Wasaga Beach community for your overwhelming support of Breakfast with Santa! This was a Community Service Event by Wasaga Beach Lions members, who were on hand all day to help Santa.

Photo courtesy Joe Bickerstaff

Fit and Healthy in The Beach

Expert answers to your health and wellness questions

slow and quick steps. Challenge your walk by incorporating hills, a steep incline or stadium stairs within your walking route. Adding the use of trekking poles or a weighted vest can also ramp up the intensity of your walking workout.

by Jessica Brown Question: Is it safe to work out after giving blood?

Answer: The Canadian Red Cross suggests that blood donors do not exert themselves too much for the rest of the day after giving blood. A typical blood donation is a pint. The absence of red blood cells, iron, plasma, and water is enough to decreases oxygen delivery to your muscles by about 10 percent – causing dehydration, dizziness, and fatigue. The Canadian Red Cross suggests drinking plenty of fluids before your donation and an additional 32 fluid ounces after your donation to make up for lost blood plasma. If you do choose to exercise, participate in low to moderate aerobic activity, avoid lifting weights, and cease exercise if you begin to feel dizzy or light-headed.

Question: I enjoy walking outdoors and walk 4-5 days per week. I feel this is a good workout for me, but do I need to be doing more?

Answer: A good fitness program should include a balance of cardiovascular, strength, and flexibility training. But if walking is what you are enjoying right now, then keep at it! Understand that at some point, you’ll want to incorporate the other components to About the Author: improve your overall fitness. If you are a beginner, walking just 30 minutes a day can help keep your Jessica Brown is the Member Experience Manager at Anytime Fitness in Orillia, Wasaga Beach and bones strong, exercise major muscle groups and Alliston. She is a fitness enthusiast with a coaching reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease. If you background in competitive figure skating. have been walking for some time now, maybe your Jessica earned her CSEP-CPT certificate through body is plateauing, in which case you just need Durham College’s Fitness and Health Promotion Program and is also a some new techniques to intensify your walking certified TRX instructor. workout. Vary the pace of your walk by alternating shorelines for boating and fishing. Cottagers found the Nottawasaga River running through our town provided even more “waterfront” and allowed for docking and boating from their own properties.

The Nottawasaga River We all appreciate our wonderful stretch of sand that makes us World Famous. Wasaga Beach has been affectionately known as “The Beach” for generations as a result of our 14 kms of natural wonder, The World’s Longest Freshwater Beach!

Although there are many features that make Wasaga Beach special and unique, another natural asset is certainly the Nottawasaga River that meanders through our community. Like the beach, the Nottawasaga River has a long history and has played an important part in the development of Wasaga Beach. Over the years, the river has served many purposes for many people and businesses. It was always used as a transportation route for the natives of our area and then continued to be used as an important part of the main travel route from York (now Toronto) to Penetanguishene and beyond.

During the 3 year War of 1812, the Wasaga Beach portion of this route was so important, Schoonertown, a small military outpost was built at the current site of the Schoonertown Bridge. Our Nottawasaga River also saw the battle and the sinking of the HMS Nancy during this conflict and is now recognized with the museum on Historic Nancy Island. When logging was a thriving industry around Southern Georgian Bay, the river was instrumental in moving the fallen trees in huge log booms out into the bay and on to other ports. Commercial winter ice recovery was important and kept perishables cool throughout the summer months and when the ice went out every spring, commercial and sport fishing flourished. The tranquil beauty of the winding river did not escape the eyes of the millions of visitors discovering Wasaga Beach! Unique in the world, our river boasts beautiful sandy dunes sloping towards the river while other areas provide perfect

Enjoying the river at the “Iron” Main Street Bridge - 1910 When the cold winter months allow for the river to freeze, snowmobilers have enjoyed our frozen river that at one time allowed for easy access to the many hotels and lounges that were dotted along the shores. Wasaga Beach's annual Winter Carnival was once held on the frozen river, under the Main Street Bridge.

View from “New” Main Street Bridge early 1960s Yes, we will always be “The Beach”, but let’s remember how lucky we are to have the Nottawasaga River as an important part of our town, allowing for additional, unique outdoor enjoyment and recreation!

Joe Bickerstaff