Spring In The Hills 2016

VOLUME 23 NUMBER 1 2016

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A Hockley Vineyard A visit to the new Adamo Estate Winery

Go wild for dinner Foraged food on the menu

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Orangeville’s hoop dreams go big time

by Grant Ellis

Rustik’s asparagus tacos

by Tralee Pearce

19 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Pat Burns-Wendland

38 A VINEYARD GROWS IN HOCKLEY

82 HISTORIC HILLS

20 MUST DO

Our favourite picks for spring

Mario Adamo’s grand experiment

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Excerpt from a new book by Lorraine Roberts

by Tralee Pearce

A puff of straw

by Dan Needles

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35 MADE IN THE HILLS

First dance

by Bethany Lee

Spring cleansing

by Tralee Pearce

88 GOOD SPORT

Home on the range

by Nicola Ross

56 A FORAGED FEAST

Go wild for dinner

by Don Scallen

92 AT HOME IN THE HILLS

Patterns for living

by Pam Purves

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Memoir of a dairy farmer’s daughter

by Elizabeth Andrews

108 WHAT’S ON IN THE HILLS

A calendar of spring happenings

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122 A PUZZLING CONCLUSION

Keeping flamingos in the pink

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by Ken Weber I N D E X

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84 OVER THE (NEXT) HILL

The benefits of meditation

by Gail Grant

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48 SPECTACUL AR PL ANT COMBINATIONS

All the news that’s fit to print

by Ken Weber

A jaunt through fashion history

by Ken Weber

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volume 23 number 1 2016 publisher and editor Signe Ball design and art direction Kim van Oosterom Wallflower Design editorial Elizabeth Andrews Grant Ellis Gail Grant Bethany Lee Dan Needles Tralee Pearce Pam Purves Nicola Ross Don Scallen Ken Weber photography Rosemary Hasner James MacDonald Pete Paterson Food styling: Jane Fellowes illus tr ation Shelagh Armstrong Jim Stewart

a s so ciate editors Tralee Pearce Dyanne Rivers oper ations and adminis tr ation Cindy Caines advertising sales Roberta Fracassi Erin Woodley advertising production Marion Hodgson Type & Images events and copy editor Janet Dimond web manager inthehills.ca Valerie Jones Echohill Web Sites web video Mick Partlett

on our cover Jahvon Blair of Orangeville Prep heads to the hoop on the outdoor court at the Athlete Institute Basketball Academy.

Photograph by James MacDonald

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Surprises It was a meagre winter that waited until early March to produce the kind of snowstorm that Canadians love to hate, but secretly celebrate. It was an overnight storm, and morning dawned with a startling blue sky, sparkling white snow – and neighbours hailing each other with almost contrary cheerfulness as they shovelled out in the bracingly pure air. Then within a week it was gone. Which many might agree was a perfect winter – beautiful and brief. But as many also agree, it’s not the snow or the cold, but the dark that drains our collective spirit – and, oh, this winter had more than its share of plodding grey days, each drearily indis­ tinguishable from the next.

So “easy” winter or not, it’s good to know that spring in the hills is full of sunny surprises.

Among the smallest but most endearing of them are the unfurling fern fronds and arrow shoots of wild leeks that hide in the greening landscape. In this issue, Don Scallen searches them out, along with other treasures foraged from the wild, to create an intimate meal sourced as far from the fluorescent aisles of the supermarket as it’s possible to get. And no less tantalizing, in the garden the first crop of asparagus will soon push through, lifting our spirits by inches a day. In our cooking class, Rustik chef Christopher Walsh adds a spring surprise of his own, spicing up winter-weary palates by fusing local asparagus with Mexican-style tortillas.

And this spring we can do something we’ve never been able to do before in these hills: Visit a local vineyard and winery. Tralee Pearce takes a preview tour of Adamo Estate Winery in Mono. With wines already making waves in Toronto restaurants, it’s set to ship an impressive 6,500 cases this year, made with grapes harvested from 18,000 vines on a hill overlooking the Adamo family’s Hockley Valley Resort.

And if all that isn’t new and remarkable enough, Nicola Ross visits a place where brothers Alf and Dave Budweth, chefs of a different sort, are making food, not for people, but for flamingos, gorillas, elephants and lizards.

On a very different topic, but still on the theme of the unexpected, is our cover story. Grant Ellis takes us inside the Athlete Institute Basketball Academy near Orangeville where a Canadian sports revolution is quietly under way. Here, high school basketball prodigies are bypassing the usual American prep schools to hone homegrown skills that will certainly launch some of those young players to the NBA. So put away those winter blues – and prepare to be astonished!

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Awesome Squash I wanted to sincerely thank In The Hills and writer Nicola Ross for the terrific article about squash [“The Awesomeness of Squash” winter ’15].

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mustdiscovermulmur mustlearn You can’t live in Headwaters without having an opinion about deer. You worry about them crossing the road. You love seeing them run across open fields. Or maybe you fret about your gardens or farmland – aka your local deer family’s favourite salad bar – and wonder when hunting season begins.

If you’d like to learn more about the species we share our space with, head to the Upper Credit Field Naturalists speaker’s night on Tuesday, March 29 for Deer Biology and Management in the Headwaters Region. Biologist Graham Findlay from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry will share the basics on the creatures and what goes into managing them in our area. The talk is free and takes place at the Orangeville Seniors’ Centre at 7:30 p.m. uppercreditfieldnaturalists.org

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When was the last time you visited sleepy and fabulously scenic Mulmur township? A grassroots group called the Mulmur Citizen & Business Network has launched a new campaign called Better in Mulmur to shorten the span between those visits.

As locals already know, there’s plenty of fun, food and drink to be had – if you know where to find it. Dive into local history and culture at Dufferin County

Museum & Archives. In winter, head out for public skiing weekdays at Mansfield Ski Club or to Honeywood Arena for skating.

In summer, drive along roads that wind through some of the highest and prettiest hills in Southern Ontario, or follow the curves of the river valley. In autumn, the colourful vistas are particularly magnificent. Any time of year, enjoy excellent food at Rosemont General Store, Mrs. Mitchell’s or

Terra Nova Public House.

At the centre of the campaign is a new logo designed by Mulmur artist Ken Hall. It includes green for the rolling hills, blue for rivers and streams, and the pink heart that binds the township folk together.

To show your support, you can pick up a window cling of the logo free at Terra Nova Public House.

Or download a digital version at www.betterinmulmur.ca

Dancing Nude, Rosemary Molesworth; Prelude, Linda Jenetti; Rome Alleyway Restaurant, Darlene Hassall; Leaf platters, Jackie Warmelink.

mustsee Creative Force – The Fire Within is more than an art show. It’s an invitation to dig into the artistic processes of a veritable who’s who supergroup of local artists.

The Art by 9 show features mixed media works from Marg O’Flanagan-Byerley, abstracts by Darlene Hassall, photography-based mixed media art by Rosemary Hasner, oils by Linda Jenetti, pottery tiles by Rosemary Molesworth, acrylics by Terry Gardner, watercolours by Margi Taylor, pottery by Jackie Warmelink and watercolours

by Freda Wrench.

Set in the charming Williams Mill Gallery in Glen Williams, the show is open Sundays and Wednesdays from May 18 to June 5. At the free opening reception, on May 21 from 5–7 p.m., you can buttonhole your favourite artist and have her explain her path to the finished work. Visit www.williamsmill.com

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Charlie Armstrong holding Armbro Auriel at his Caledon farm in 2009.

Horse lovers alert: It’s time to raise a glass to honour equine industry leaders at the 2016 Headwaters Horse Country Excellence Awards Gala.

On Wednesday, May 11, standardbred breeding expert Charles Armstrong, who owned the famous Armstrong Bros. Farm on Highway 10 near Inglewood and was named to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame last year, will receive an award for industry building. Horsewoman Susan Grange will be saluted for her tireless work promoting Headwaters as an equestrian destination. Show jumper Beth Underhill will be honoured as the face of the future. And rodeo pro Ross Millar will pick up his award for his work as an equine business leader.

The keynote speaker will be Headwaters booster Bill Duron, whose recent roles include chair of the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation and CEO of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.

Presented by the Headwaters Equine Leadership Group. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $175. www.headwatershorsecountry.ca

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mustrun If you need a little motivation to get moving this spring, mark Saturday, May 28 in your calendar for the Seven Bridges Run. The run – at the Island Lake Conservation Area on the edge of Orangeville – is designed to appeal to all ages, so experienced and newbie runners alike are welcome and can choose between a 5 km and 10 km course.

The Orangeville Fairgrounds on 5 Sideroad Mono hosts the kickoff. All entrants receive an event T-shirt, a medal and post-race refreshments. Runners doing the 10 km course leave at 10 a.m. and those running 5 km leave at 10:15 a.m. Early bird rates are available until March 31. See www.sevenbridgesrun.ca I N T H E H I L L S S p r in g 2 0 1 6

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March 6–June 5 Organized and circulated by the Textile Museum of Canada Adventures in Oriental Rug Collecting Talk Sunday, May 29 from 2–4 p.m.

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I know very few farmers who have made it through to retirement without missing fingers or a limp.

On a cold night last November, I was climbing a ladder in the barn to get some hay bales down for the sheep, the same ladder I have climbed daily for over 25 years. I stepped over onto the haymow floor and put my foot down on a puff of straw that went out from under my boot like a bar of soap. Next thing I knew I was hanging by my fingers from the edge of the haymow. But fingers do not support me anymore and I dropped six feet down onto the arms of the loader tractor, bounced once and landed full length in the manure bucket.

This was not good. My right leg and my left arm wouldn’t work and it was very painful to breathe. I have never carried a cell phone around the farm and there was no way to signal the house. My trusty guard dog Dexter was sleeping on the chesterfield in front of the fire, dreaming of rabbits. I tried to pull myself up into a sitting position with my writing hand, which has never failed me yet, but the most I could manage was to slither out of the bucket like an inchworm and get my head up against the front tire of the tractor. There was nothing else to do but lie there patiently and wait until my wife noticed I was missing. She would likely send my daughter out to look for me first, so it was important not to alarm her too much. I tried to keep my head

up and began practising an opening line.

“I’ve had a little mishap here.”

Irony is lost on sheep. They studied me through the steel gate of their pen, puzzled as always by my behaviour. “Why is he lying on the floor talking to himself when we need a bale of hay?”

The temperature had dipped to the freezing mark and a stiff wind blew across the concrete floor. I was wearing a heavy barn coat but my legs were stretched out into that wretched wind. Within minutes I began to shiver.

A cowboy’s limp is part of his rugged charm … when a writer limps, people just assume it is stiffness brought on by too much deskwork.

Whenever I am in pain, facing extensive dental work or sitting through an evening of throat singing and interpretive dance, I close my eyes and go to a special place I call “airport mode.” The last time I whacked myself this severely was about 20 years ago, falling out of the same haymow and landing in the same place. On that occasion, I had an excuse because I was escaping from a nest of angry yellow jackets. I didn’t get stung but I did crush my heel and ever since, I have limped on rainy days, the way all my wife’s brothers and western cousins limp.

Not quite the same, for they are cowboys, and a

cowboy’s limp is part of his rugged charm. When a writer limps, people just assume it is stiffness brought on by too much deskwork. I tried telling people that my bull-riding days were over, but no one took me seriously.

The sheep gave up and lay down without their supper. The wind howled and the barn doors banged. My neighbour drove by in his truck, but he was scanning the road for my dog and not looking at the barn. I drifted in and out of consciousness and lost track of time.

Then suddenly, she was there in the doorway carrying a barn lantern, my very own Florence Nightingale. The dog was beside her, very sheepish that he had been dozing instead of dashing to the house to write “Fire” in the mashed potatoes. No citation for bravery for Dexter.

“I’ve had a little mishap here,” I said, teeth chat­ tering uncontrollably.

Farm women always curse their husbands for two minutes before they call an ambulance. That’s be­ cause they saw this coming and can’t understand why you would own a ladder and not learn to tie it off.

Then she put a blanket over me and held my hand.

Some people sit on a waiting list for a year for a hip replacement. If you fling yourself off a cliff they will do it in eight hours, but I don’t recommend it.

Thanks to modern science I am walking again with­ out a cane, not quite sure which leg to limp on. ≈ Author and playwright Dan Needles is a recipient of the Leacock Medal for Humour and the Order of Canada. He lives on a small farm in Nottawa.

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n a warm evening in mid-November, the stands are packed in the Father Henry Carr gymnasium. It’s midway through the fourth quarter of a tight basketball game at this high school in the workingclass Toronto neighbourhood of Rexdale. The kids in the stands are out, only in part, to see their own team, one of the best in Ontario for decades. The real attraction is Thon Maker, a seven-foot-one high school senior from Orangeville. Right now, he is Gulliver invading Lilliput.

Foul. Foul. Foul. Basket. Basket. Basket. Father Henry Carr is draping their whole team on one play­ er, but Thon is having his way with them. And while his height and skills close to the hoop have made him a National Basketball Association prospect, it’s what he does next that makes him a potential superstar.

Thon catches the ball 20 feet from the basket, and jabs one of his impossibly long legs forward to make his defender think he is about to gallop forward.

Instead, Thon dribbles the ball, and quickly steps back behind the three point line. As he takes the shot, Thon’s off-balance defender lurches forward and knocks him on his rear. The crowd gasps, then lets out a loud “Aahhhh!” as the ball slides through the hoop.

“We waited for the trap, we took it, we broke it down and blew it open at the end,” Thon says after his team, Athlete Institute Prep, turned the close game into a 95-63 shellacking.

Thon’s success is a testament to his talent and hard work – with a major assist from the Athlete Institute Basketball Academy, which he has attend­ ed for the past two years. Its headquarters on High­ way 9, east of the TSC store on the edge of Mono, look rather ordinary. But going on inside is what has become the top high school basketball program in Canada and one of the best in North America.

Its talented players attend Orangeville District Secondary School and spend the rest of their time honing their hoop skills. Many will win scholarships to top American colleges, play in the prestigious National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) – and have a shot at being drafted into the NBA. Until now, almost every recent top Canadian basketball star left home at a young age to go to an American prep school. As young as 13, they tend to lose touch with their country, often live thousands of miles from their parents, and are sometimes purposely sheltered from any semblance of a normal teenage existence. Now, the decades-long southward tide is turning, not only keeping Canadians here, but attracting non-Canadians north.

Thon, for one (he was born in Sudan and is now an Australian citizen; see sidebar, page 27), made the shocking decision to actually leave an American prep school to come to Orangeville. He appears to be following in the footsteps of Kitchener native Jamal Murray, whose decision to “stay home” and play for the academy while attending ODSS from 2013 to 2015 served the University of Kentucky basketball star well: He’s projected to be joining the NBA this spring.

Thanks to a local family’s entrepreneurial drive and belief in this community, the future of Canadi­ an basketball – perhaps even the NBA – now courses through Orangeville.

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n the gym following the Father Henry Carr game, Athlete Institute Prep coach Brandon Lesovsky has relaxed. A handsome, shaved-bald Kansas native, Brandon looks every bit the part of the comicallyintense-to-point-of-heart-attack basketball coach.

During a game, he squats by the sidelines and slaps his palm against the hardwood when the referees miss a call, and he blasts his team when they blow a play. But his intensity is mostly a teaching tactic and just part of his dedication to ensuring his play­ ers’ success. As with the other academy coaches, continued on next page

Thon Maker of Athlete Institute Prep is fouled while going up for a dunk against the Father Henry Carr basketball team in Etobicoke last fall.

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Brandon even lives with most of the players in their makeshift residence – the old motel on Hockley Road (which also serves as the main set for TV’s Schitt’s Creek). “It’s 24/7 with them,” Brandon says. “Which isn’t always great for them.”

The program comprises two fairly equal teams – Athlete Institute Prep and Orangeville Prep. AI Prep is the better of the two, thanks to Thon’s outsized abilities. They compete in a new elite basketball league, the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Associ­ ation (see sidebar, page 31), largely against top schools like Father Henry Carr, and in tournaments against the best teams in the United States. A small private bus is constantly mov­ ing the players between ODSS, the academy and the residence, and to games all over Ontario and the U.S., though they take the regular school bus to Orangeville in the morning.

“We’re so busy,” Brandon says.

“Basically all we do is sleep out there

[at the residence].”

There are no bush parties or hang­ ing out at the mall. “Naw, our guys are dedicated,” Thon says after the game. For pretty much everyone in the program there is one aim. “Our whole goal is to get kids scholarships [to U.S. universities],” says Tony McIntyre, director of basketball operations for both teams.

Playing exceptional basketball in front of the right American coaches is just the first step to getting one of those all-expenses-paid tickets to a top post-secondary institution. They’re going nowhere without good grades.

And this year the kids’ grades are the highest since the program started in 2010.

While the players, ages 14 to 19, have little time for anything outside of school, practice, athletic testing, working out, games, travel and sleep, they enjoy top-notch perks. Every­ thing at their disposal is among the best in North America. The academy’s

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With a series of remarks on Twitter, Thon Maker blew a seven-foot-wide hole in the idea that U.S. high school basketball programs have no equal.

In September 2014, the top prospect wrote, “I’m tired of playing with no shot clock. Against sorry competition. And with non passing guards!” And with that he announced he was leaving his school in Virginia to come to Orangeville to play for the Athlete Institute Basketball Academy.

The online gasps were almost audible. It was called “the most important move in Canadian high school basketball history” by hoopshype.ca, while others sneered, “What is he thinking?” and “What a joke.” No one is scoffing now.

Thon knew this program would drive him to add new skills to his floor game and muscle to his skinny frame. “Those two really came together when I came to Orangeville,” he says, noting the exceptional quality of the Athlete Institute’s facilities, staff and teammates.

“I know later down the line I’ll get a chance to enjoy life,” the 19-yearold, grade 12 student says of his 24/7 dedication to being a future NBA star. “But, right now, if I want to get to taste the full victory, I have to really put in the work and sacrifice a few things.”

Thon and his younger brother – Matur, 18, also a top college prospect with a shot at the NBA – escaped war-torn South Sudan when they were small boys. When Thon was 14, the two were discovered by Ed Smith, an American-Australian who was helping young African athletes find educational opportunities. Ed took over guardianship of the Maker boys and the three have been joined at the hip and on the move ever since.

After stops in Uganda, Australia and Virginia, the Makers now live in Orangeville with Ed (who is also an assistant coach with the academy).

What does he like about living in this neighbourhood? (Hint: It’s not the winters.) “The fact that it’s very laid back. It’s very cool. Nobody’s in a hurry, nobody is too slow. It’s just eeeasy. I like that.”

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Brothers Thon and Matur Maker at the Athlete Institute Basketball Academy near Orangeville. Thon is considered a lock to play in the NBA and his younger brother may soon follow.

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gym floor is sprung like an NBA court, a brand new residence is under con­ struction on the property, top bas­ ketball minds like Brandon Lesovsky and Tony McIntyre are on tap, they eat meals from local caterers Lavender Blue, and receive cutting edge train­ ing that builds both strength and long-term health – in other words, everything a professional sports team would have.

In fact, now there is an actual professional team on site from whom the prep teams can learn the highs and lows of pursuing a hoop dream.

Last year, the Tippings moved the minor league pro team they own, the Brampton A’s, into town, renaming it the Orangeville A’s.

Now in its sixth year, there’s a noticeable swagger to the academy. A couple of seasons ago, the program was just trying to get noticed, to get a spot in the big tournaments. Now they want to be seen as the best, to make it almost impossible for the top Canadian talent to go south for high school. It’s happening. “Jamal was our big ticket on that one,” says Jesse Tipping, president of the Athlete In­ stitute. “He could have gone to any prep school he wanted to in the States for no charge. He saw the vision of ‘I’m going to get better here ... I get to see my parents all the time.’”

Later that same November evening, 700 kilometres away in Chicago, Jamal is showing off what he learned at the academy. At a tournament of top U.S. college basketball teams, the University of Kentucky Wildcats guard picks apart the reigning NCAA champion, Duke University’s Blue Devils. After one highlight-reel pass the crowd goes nuts, including Holly­ wood actress and Kentucky fan Ashley Judd who performs a celebratory dance. The top authority on NBA prospects writes that Jamal, a grad­ uate of ODSS after going to the academy for two years, might be “the best player in college basketball.”

Both Jamal and Thon are projected to be top 10 picks in the NBA draft over the next two years, guaranteeing them at least $10-million in salary out of the gate. Career earnings of more than $100-million could be in the offing. With these success stories in mind, kids are now pouring in liter­ ally from coast to coast – Newfound­ land to Haida Gwaii – and abroad to join local players from Mono, Beeton and the GTA. If all this national and international renown seems implausible for a small rural community in the shadow of the GTA, then you should get to know Jesse Tipping and his belief that Orange­ ville is the perfect place achieve an improbable dream.

Brandon Lesovsky coaches guard Tyrell Leotaud as Athlete Institute Prep starts to take over the game against Father Henry Carr.

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t’s the first game of a gruelling stretch of 17 games in 48 days for the AI Prep squad. Jesse is sitting on a balcony next to his office, overlooking the Athlete Institute court.

“Orangeville is on fire for basketball,” he says, as AI Prep starts to pound the visiting Bill Crothers Secondary School team from Markham.

The crowd cheers at the eye-popping plays. “The fact that we have fans blows my mind. These aren’t just family members,” he says, looking at the wellpopulated stands. “They’re fans.”

When he was in high school, thanks to his dad, James Tipping, this gym was Jesse’s actual home. “We lived here, in this building,” he says in an interview during the game. “Back where the therapy clinic is, that was our house. Having a gym as your liv­ ing room is pretty fun.”

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gym and health club. Looking at a map of Southern Ontario one day, Jesse says his father drew a big, wide “funnel” around the GTA and other population centres, and felt all roads led to Orangeville. “We didn’t know why we were here, but he kinda had a vision and a gut feeling.” (The Athlete Institute facility is now also home to indoor soccer training, summer camp and other programs.)

Jesse was a gifted athlete and a bas­ ketball nut. He bopped around from school to school trying to get the right mix of academic benefits and basket­ ball competition, but feels he never really found it. Playing for ODSS and then two Ontario private schools in the early 2000s, there was “no expo­ sure” to the U.S. colleges he dreamed of playing for. He played for Brock and Waterloo in university, but for him the experience only served to ill­ ustrate how our college sports system pales next to the U.S. In an exhibition game in 2006, he played against the University of Flor­ ida just after their Gators, stacked

with future NBA superstars, had won their first of two NCAA champion­ ships. If only he had gone to a big U.S. prep school, would he have had a chance to play on a team like that?

His younger sister and brother, Jacki and Jameson, would have a chance to find out. In an effort to avoid their older brother’s frustrations they both went to IMG Academy in Florida, the massive school that help­ ed create such sports legends as Andre Agassi, Serena and Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova. Through his siblings and others, Jesse saw what a meat grinder the U.S. system could be for Canadian kids, and so began his vision for a homegrown alternative.

“I heard so many horror stories from friends, from family, from coaches, all just saying ‘These kids ... they’re get­ ting burned and they’re coming back [with] no options and they’re broke.’”

The Tippings were never going to go broke from paying tuition. Their maternal grandfather is Michael DeGroote, one of the wealthiest men in the province after building and

Athlete Institute president Jesse Tipping on the court where he grew up, as the high school players practise.

selling transportation giant Laidlaw International. (While many of the kids at Athlete Institute pay tuition of more than $20,000, the program is subsidized by the Tippings’ family business, for now. The target date for self-sufficiency is 2017-2018.) But with the sacrifices his siblings made and the many despondent experiences of the Canadian athletes streaming south, the challenge was “personal” for Jesse. “I knew with that much of a negative we had to create a positive.”

Jesse took over management of the facility from his father in 2010, build­ ing on what was already an elite sports club to establish a high school basketball mecca. It was far from a slam dunk. “Everybody said, ‘You can’t do it, it’s not possible to have the best players stay here in Canada,’” he says over the sound of squeaking sneakers as AI Prep brings home a 96-54 win.

One of the keys to the academy’s success was teaming with Orangeville District Secondary School. “At IMG, a basketball player is in a class with

only four other basketball players, taught by a tutor,” Jesse says. “They get no social development – at all. I said, ‘There’s no way.’ I can send them to ODSS and they get the exact same high school experience as every other kid. The exact same good teachers and guidance. They get to walk the halls. They get to talk to other human beings, other than just basketball players.”

On top of the foundation of a strong academic program and a pro-level facility and staff, Jesse and his management team built relationships with top Canadian prospects and basketball coaches across the country.

After Jamal signed on and thrived, and Thon dumped his U.S. prep school to venture north, Jesse’s dream is rapidly being realized. Along the way, he’s found out that small-town Orangeville has a lot more to offer an entrepreneur than its giant suburban neighbours. continued on next page I N T H E H I L L S S p r in g 2 0 1 6

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inter has caught up with us and the parking lot outside the field house is frozen, dark and packed.

It’s the opening game for Orangeville’s first professional basketball team, the A’s of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC).

Inside, the stands are mostly full and the crowd is getting pumped up for some high-level hoops. It is a family event with little kids dressed in PJs so they can slide from the mini­ van into bed at the end of the night.

It’s a family affair for the Tippings too. Jesse is walking the crowd and James is watching from one of the balcony boxes. But they’re the leastinvolved Tippings. Jesse’s siblings are actually in the game. Younger brother Jameson is in the starting lineup and sister Jacki is on the bench as the A’s basketball operations manager and assistant coach.

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hometown introductions. The an­ nouncer has a booming professional voice and a highlight video plays on a big screen. It’s not quite a Toronto Raptors game, but it’s a lot closer, a lot cheaper, and still a lot of fun.

It also seems like a big gamble on a small town. The NBLC is only a few years old and already struggling in some much bigger markets. Tonight, the home squad is playing Windsor, a city that has eight times the pop­ ulation of Orangeville. Other teams in the division, London and Niagara, hail from regions that are also much larger. And the Tippings actually moved this team from sprawling Brampton which is 20 times the size of its new hometown.

Despite the population downgrade, Jesse is hoping for a small bump from the 450 average attendance at Bramp­ ton’s relatively cavernous Powerade Centre. “Four hundred and fifty people in a venue that holds 4,000 doesn’t look awesome. Five hundred

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Orangeville A’s power forward Justin Moss goes up for a shot in the game against the London Lightning, while his teammate, power forward Flenard Whitfield, jostles for the rebound.

The journey begins here.

WHAT ’ S TH E OS BA? This is the first year select high school teams have been playing in a new elite league called the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association.

The Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations still runs a broader program of tournaments across the province.

The league, which includes seven teams from six schools (two from Orangeville), was created and is owned by the Tipping family’s company Pretty River Sports and Entertainment. This year the league was dominated by the two Athlete Institute Basketball Academy teams. The league plans to expand to include girls’ teams in the 2016-2017 season.

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in a venue that seats 750 looks pretty good,” he jokes. On opening night, on a date that most adults mark for hangover-nursing, the crowd is look­ ing pretty close to Jesse’s hoped-for number.

He laments that while “as great as it is that it’s diverse,” Brampton’s frag­ mented media scene and lack of a real core made it almost impossible to reach its sprawling population and get them excited about a sports team.

“We can do one [marketing] thing in Orangeville and have almost 90 per cent of the community know what’s going on,” he says.

What’s more, part of what makes Orangeville a special place to build a

business is the other local business owners. The concession stands serve alcohol from community partners Adamo Estate Winery (see story on page 38 of this issue), Pommies Cider and Hockley Valley Brewing Com­ pany, for instance. Jesse has been ap­ proached by “some bigger corporate sponsors” but had to turn them away.

“I said, ‘Unless you’re going to come to the game ... then it’s not as highly valued to us.’ Because the boxes are going to be full and people are going to go, ‘I bought a car from Orangeville Kia because I saw you at the game.’”

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his is basketball’s holiest temple. A shrine to both Page the sport itself and the first Canadian who went to the U.S. for basketball (he just didn’t know it when he crossed the border).

Dr. James Naismith of Almonte, Ontario invented the game here 125 years ago and he is still the most revered figure in the sport’s panthe­ on. It’s the weekend of the Hoophall Classic and the two Orangeville teams are interlopers in what is otherwise an elite, all-American affair.

Athlete Institute Prep is matched up against Nevada behemoth Findlay Prep (the high school choice of almost every Canadian currently playing in the NBA) in the main event, broadcast across North America on ESPN and TSN. Findlay has figured out that neutralizing Thon is the best way to stop AI. While Thon and others shoot some stunning three-pointers, they lose the game 73-59.

Orangeville Prep’s opponent is even mightier. Florida’s Monteverde Prep has won the U.S. national high school championship an astounding three years in a row. Mississauga’s Jaelin Llewellyn – just six-foot-two, rail thin, 16 years old and quick as a whip – makes a series of killer shots. Orange­ ville is almost able to overtake the Monteverde powerhouse in the final minute, but falls a few points short.

In this setting, however, players don’t have to win games to win praise.

A top U.S. scout tweets how impres­

sed he is with the way Jaelin “plays older than his years.” A day later it’s announced that Jaelin has been of­ fered a full scholarship from a top college program, Wake Forest Uni­ versity in North Carolina. Two other big schools, Creighton University in

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Nebraska and Providence College in Rhode Island, make overtures based on what they saw in Springfield.

Teammate Kalif Young and others also get a wave of offers.

Dr. Naismith would have been proud. So is a family from Orangeville who took a chance that a small town could seize the ultimate home court advantage. ≈ Grant Ellis is 6' 3", yet has never dunked a basketball. The general manager of Business News Network, he lives in Caledon and Mono.

The professional Orangeville A’s play home games at the Athlete Institute court through to the end of April. The institute is located on Highway 9, east of Orangeville. For ticket and schedule information, visit asbasketball.ca.

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Spring Cleansing As winter melts to green, we shrug off the bitter cold, and thoughts turn to clearing out cobwebs and freshening up for spring. This year, inspired by a surge in top-notch natural products made right here in the hills, we suggest spring cleaning our beauty routines first.

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Drake Apothecary owner Michelle Marino, who blends a wide range of rich, nourishing products out of her cozy Bolton shop, says taking time for a long bath or using a decadent body lotion is good for the soul. “Being kind to yourself should not be considered a luxury.”

oil’s well A big beauty trend is facial and body oils.

This grapefruit version can help wake you up and the lavender oil can replace your night cream to help you drift off. (Facial oils $12 each; body oil $25, Bridlewood Soaps)

on her soap box Bridlewood Soaps mastermind Jennifer Kleinpaste started her line three years ago when she was pregnant and looking for gentle products that weren’t packed with unnecessary chemicals. Now the Orangeville beauty maven sells her line of soaps, oils and body products at local farmers’ markets and online. This gift box features 12 of her edible-smelling soaps, including lemon poppy, orange patchouli, avocado charcoal and orange turmeric. ($79.99, Bridlewood Soaps)

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locks with lustre Drake Apothecary Elixir No. 8 Shampoo and Conditioner feature sweet orange and clary sage, among other gutsy ingredients. Uniquely Pure’s Dreamy Hair Treatment is designed to repair and boost dry, damaged hair with coconut and argan oils and chamomile. (Shampoo and conditioner $22.99 each for 12 oz, Drake Apothecary. Hair treatment $23 for 120 ml, Uniquely Pure and Route 145)

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She teaches yoga, offers massage and other treatments, and creates a hardworking line of products. Her Black Pepper Oil warms sore muscles. Meno Pozz Mist cools with clary sage.

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body lotions Smooth out life’s wrinkles with one of a huge array of local lotions. Drake Apothecary’s Coconut Sun Lotion Potion, Lavender and Calendula Lotion Potion and Southern Charm Aloe Body Butter are customer favourites. Michelle offers scent-free, too. (Lotions $18.99 for 16 oz; butter $17.99 for 8 oz).

Bridlewood Soaps’ Orange and Patchouli Lotion Bar is meant to melt in your hands. ($12 for 4 oz)

Tralee Pearce is an associate editor of In The Hills. Want to suggest a locally made item she should check out? Contact her at tralee@inthehills.ca.

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The lush vineyards of the Adamo Estate Winery roll over the hills adjacent to Hockley Valley Resort on Mono’s 3rd Line.

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How Mario Adamo’s Italian roots – and love of fine wine – spurred his family’s next big adventure.

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s last summer settled into fall, a visit to the new Adamo Estate Winery made it easy to grasp how founder Mario Adamo had evolved his highly romantic – some would even say risky – vision of creating this region’s first full-fledged vineyard and winery in Hockley Valley.

Rows of lush green grapevines still lined the hillsides, hugging their curves and criss-crossing out of sight on the edge of the 77-acre property on Mono’s 3rd Line. Lose your bearings for a moment and you’d swear you were in one of Europe’s stunning wine regions.

The hunch that this area’s rolling landscape and hot sum­ mers just might produce wines as well as his native Italy lies at the heart of Mario’s bold experiment. The recent evolution of the fertile countryside at the eastern end of Lake Ontario into a hip vineyard destination only fortified the resolve of a man who, professionally and personally, is all about good food and wine.

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The Adamo family, Julie, Nancy, Mario and John Paul, sample a bottle of their Riesling inside the new winery.

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“For years I looked up there and thought of Prince Edward County and what they’d done there,” the ele­ gant, soft-spoken Mario says in an interview about the land he and his wife Nancy Adamo bought adjoining their Hockley Valley Resort in 2000.

“If they can grow grapes there, I can grow them here.”

He’s done just that: about 18,000 vines so far, with another 5,000 to be planted this spring, all grown using organic and biodynamic techniques, mirroring the resort’s successful kitchen garden. And although the Adamos have been making and sel­ ling wines made from their own grapes as well as grapes from other vineyards for two years now, 2016 is poised to be a vintage year. A lot of hard work and love has gone into crafting this spot and, quite possibly, putting down roots for Ontario’s next wine region.

The family is putting the finishing touches on a modern-rustic 20,000square-foot headquarters housing winemaking operations, a tasting bar and retail space, a café, an event room – all perched to maximize the view of those undulating hills. Visitors will be able to stop in, tour the tanks and barrels, and sample the wines. They can linger over a charcuterie plate with a full glass at earthy tables made

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locally by Deep Water Wood in Rose­ mont, or head down the road to try more pairings at one of the resort’s chic restaurants.

“It’s a passion for us,” says Julie Adamo Cass, Mario’s daughter, who now runs the resort and vineyard with her brother John Paul Adamo.

“It’s a separate business but it’s a great addition to the resort – wine tasting is another experience for visitors.”

The wine adventure started in 2011 when Mario and his late friend and fellow wine lover Frank Ianni spent long days planting Pinot, Chardonnay, Riesling and Vidal grapes, by hand.

“He came as a volunteer, every day,” Mario says wistfully of his mate, who died in 2013.

A dream realized After connecting with Prince Edward County winemaker Jonas Newman of the Hinterland Wine Company, Mario asked him to test the vines to see if they’d survived their first win­ ter. On a sleeting March day in 2012, Jonas pronounced the vines alive and kicking. Mario’s side project was about to bloom into the next chapter in the Adamo family business.

“It became clear this was much more than a hobby,” says John Paul

during a February interview with the family, who gathered at a table in the resort’s stylish Cabin restaurant, accompanied by vineyard and winery manager Shauna White.

“The quality has to be there, the relentless pursuit of excellence,” says John Paul. “We want to be one of the best. We know about tasting.”

Mario chimes in, “I know about tasting.”

Indeed, the Adamo family also knows a thing or two about creating new things. After building a success­ ful catering operation, Nancy and Mario bought the 300-acre-plus resort property – then a run-down 28-room inn and ski hill with only T-bar and tow ropes – in 1985. While developing Hockley Valley Resort into a success­ ful 104-room luxury hotel, ski hill and golf course over the last quarter century, they’ve racked up accolades, such as Nancy’s repeat inclusion in the first 25 of Profit magazine’s presti­ gious list of top 100 Canadian women entrepreneurs. Now, the next genera­ tion has serious plans for the vineyard.

While Mario’s original dream was to transform a barn on the property to house the winemaking, the future is looking a little more posh. The space is being built by longtime Hockley partners, Toronto firm BLT Construction. It lists hip contem­ porary country sites like the Drake

Devonshire Inn in Prince Edward County among its high-end clients, which also include Holt Renfrew and Sher Club in the Air Canada Centre, rapper Drake’s collaboration with Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment.

It was also time to hire a vineyard manager. Up and coming winemaker Shauna White left an Okanagan winery to come on board in 2014, after proving to Mario that she was just as tough as he.

“My first question was will she get her hands dirty?” he says, smiling at Shauna across the table. Shauna holds up her hands. They’re not as grapestained and rough as they were during grape-picking season, but, with no offence meant, she’s certainly a can­ didate for a manicure in the resort’s famed spa.

Their first Adamo-grown wine to be bottled was the bright, juicy 2014 Vidal, bottled in 2015 and now sold out on their online shop. Others currently on the menu at the resort, available online and in some Toronto restaurants, are made with grapes trucked from other vineyards. These include such Niagara region offerings as Chardonnay from Willms Vineyard, Gamay Noir from St. David’s Bench Vineyard and Riesling from Wismer Vineyards – all proudly announced on the Adamo bottle labels. continued on next page I N T H E H I L L S S p r in g 2 0 1 6

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The mobile bottling operation brings an Adamo white one step closer to customers.

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This mixed portfolio isn’t just a stop-gap measure until more Adamo vines reach maturity; it’s a founding tenet of their business. The idea is to keep producing an array of wines both homegrown and sourced from other growers to showcase Ontario’s differing terroirs and winemaking techniques. “There are so many deci­ sions that go into making wine. We’re showcasing the skill involved, show­ casing the grape,” Julie says. They don’t plan to blend home and away grapes either, so each grape succeeds or fails on its own merits.

John Paul says customer demand will also steer the ship. For instance, he has deduced that Adamo needs an unoaked Chardonnay in addition to one aged in oak barrels. “People love the Riesling, but they’re also asking for a clean, crisp white,” says John Paul, who trained at the Culinary Institute of America and served for a time as the resort’s executive chef.

Behind the curtain As their wine list expands and shifts each year, the team is in exploratory mode. What will the rocky fields of this end of the Niagara Escarpment hold in store for the grapes grown here?

What will the sand, loam, clay and

limestone bring to the tasting table?

“I think it’s giving us an aromatic tree-fruit character,” says Shauna of her early impressions. “Our whites have got pear and plum flavours.”

Wine nerds and newbies alike can follow along on the Adamo wine blog, learning about the intricacies of grape growing, residual sugars, alcohol con­ tent and PH levels.

There’s plenty of fodder – the wine­ making process is a daily affair. Vines are sourced from a Niagara vine seller called VineTech, which propagates both Canadian and foreign vines.

The Adamos and Shauna have used both. Come late fall, to meet the chal­ lenge of our (usually) cold winters, the vines must be mounded with soil for winter protection.

During the fall pressing season, Shauna co-ordinates the production schedule, ensuring incoming grapes – trucked the same day they’re picked – and her own ripening ones hit the presses at the optimal moment.

Mario was a quiet, constant pres­ ence last season, zipping through the vines on his Gator or sitting in a chair in the unfinished space, waiting for grapes to arrive at the end of the day from Niagara. (He’s so single-minded, staff members gently check in with him to make sure he’s had lunch.)

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After it’s inoculated with yeast to begin the fermentation process, daily tasting begins, to determine if and when tweaks – adding nutrients for the yeast to “eat” to “keep them happy” – might need to happen. Lab analyses back up this subjective process.

“If you make a mistake, you can’t go back,” says Shauna, adding that the Adamos have never told her to produce a particular taste. “They say, ‘We want it to come from a place that counts.’”

The next step is adding sulphur to stop the fermentation. Then, if neces­ sary, Shauna sets up a secondary fer­ mentation – process called malolactic fermentation – to bring out more body and flavour. The wines are then aged and bottled when the time is right. “The wines will tell us when they’re ready,” Shauna says.

“I could have used cases of unoaked Chardonnay six months ago. But we don’t release it until it’s ready,” John Paul adds.

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One of their first successes is a 2013 Pinot Noir made from hard-to-get grapes harvested from the wellrespected Lowrey Vineyards in Nia­ gara. After a recent tasting of various Pinots made from his grapes, owner Wes Lowrey wrote this in a blog post on his winery blog at fiverows.com: “It was exciting for me to see what an excellent job they’ve done with the Pinot Noir from our 2008 planting ... I highly recommend giving the wines of Adamo Estate Winery a try sometime soon!”

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The Adamos are also already win­ ning praise for making Ontario wines look good as a whole. In a note on the wine list at Toronto’s Biff’s Bistro, the sommelier writes that the Adamo 2014 Gamay made with St. David’s Bench grapes “proves Ontario’s met­ tle as a region capable of serious Gamay.”

Antonia Bachinski, sommelier at Toronto’s tony Auberge du Pommier restaurant, says embracing the Adamo wines is about zeroing in on topnotch “new world” bottles than can stand up to the powerhouse French and Italian favourites her customers gravitate toward. “You have to bring in something you believe in, some­ thing that’s good, and something interesting and different.”

She has four on the menu: a Char­ donnay, a Riesling and, perhaps not surprisingly, the Gamay and Pinot Noir. Antonia recently added the two Adamo whites to Auberge tasting menus. The Riesling was paired with a crab dish and the Chardonnay with a lobster bathed in beurre blanc. “I was super-impressed with the ripe­ ness and the quality of the whites,” she says.

For Nancy Adamo, the scene on a Hockley patio last summer was an­ other good omen, right at home.

“There was an Adamo Estate wine on every table,” she says.

Antonia says the Adamo story makes for lively tableside chat with diners in her restaurant. For her, the narrative is also personal. “I grew up in Orangeville and we’d go to the Hockley Valley Resort. I never would have imagined growing wine there.

It’s so cool. He did it. He worked the soil and gave it a shot. “

Bottling the future As March clawed its way in like a lion, Shauna, John Paul and a team of helpers oversaw a three-day winebottling marathon. A mobile bottling truck from Niagara-area company Hunter Bottling – a shiny stainlesssteel mini-factory on wheels – was parked in the breezeway between the vineyard’s two main buildings. In­ side, the team filled the first of this year’s projected production of 6,500 cases of wine amid a great racket of clanking bottles and whirring mach­ inery. Good thing John Paul and Hockley head chef Mario Turco were wearing their Arctic-worthy parkas and Adamo Winery toques – a bitterly cold wind just kept on coming.

Chalk it up as one more exhausting, exhilarating milestone in the 24/7 business of winemaking.

As Shauna and the Adamos start sending those bottles out to their cus­ tomers and wholesale clients, they’re

also exporting the big idea behind them: Maybe Headwaters can be the next hot wine destination, even closer to the GTA than Niagara and Prince Edward County. The Adamos hope others are watching, learning, and brave enough to follow their lead.

Auberge’s Antonia says what many in the industry are thinking: There’s room. “A few years ago no one knew about Prince Edward County,” she says. “And now look at it. They’re past up-and-coming. What’s the new wine region going to be?”

Nancy points to the vacant fields in the area as potential vineyards. Mario is even more direct. “I’d like to see ten more wineries on the 3rd Line,” he says, gesturing north. His family chuckles. This is clearly typical of the quietly ambitious patriarch. In the same interview, Mario has vowed to one day make wine in the appassi­ mento style – red grapes are dried before pressing, which increases their sugars and makes for big, bold reds like the Italian powerhouse Amarone.

And he’s not done. He adds that he’s confident Adamo vintages can shine in the home country he left at age 18, bringing his journey full circle. “You can put Ontario wines up against Italian ones. My goal is to sell wine to Italy. If you took our Riesling, it would sell there. Or our Pinot.”

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the Perennial Garden. She spells out how important plant leaf and bloom shapes are, using simple terms such as “spires,” “buttons and balls” and “frothy fillers” to get readers oriented.

In the book, Lorraine, whose background in art is obvious in her work, discusses the power of colour (she doesn’t believe there are bad colour pairings, by the way), shapes and planning blooms by season.

One of her favourite pairings is the contrasting daisy and spire shapes.

How to know if you’re on the right track? Take black and white photographs of your garden to assess what shapes and structure you have. “Does it still look good even without colour? The shapes of the plants, the flower forms and the leaf forms all combine to make a garden that’s textural and full of interest.”

Not to say that even a well-planned garden stays that way. Lorraine says she embraces the constant surprises – the combinations that look better than she imagined, the self-seeding plants that seem to know where they belong, and even the mistakes, which can be transplanted elsewhere.

So, what of the soothing shade garden on these pages, photographed at the height of last summer?

“I’ve already changed it. It’s never finished,” she laughs.

More of Lorraine’s happy matchmakings, excerp­ ted from her book, are featured on the following pages. In addition to the descriptions shown here, the book lists the botanical name, sun and soil preference, height, zone and blooming season for each plant.

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false sunflower alpine sea holly perennial salvia

The textural complexity of each flower shape draws you closer to this colour-on-colour composition. The creamy centre of Iris germanica ‘Mother Earth’ adds just enough excitement to bring it all together. Most bulbs go dormant after blooming, so I plant them quite close to perennials which act as the foundation and create an ever-changing display.

Foliage takes centre stage with Heliopsis ‘Loraine Sunshine’ (top right). Miscanthus sinensis ‘Strictus’ is in the background with its variegated yellow and green foliage. Blues are brought to bear with Eryngium alpinium (left) and Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Sky Blue’ (foreground).

When it blooms, Monarda ‘Jacob Cline’ (not shown) will complete a triadic colour scheme using the yellow, blue and red primary colours.

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coral bells pinks

little bluestem grass coral bells wormwood

giant fleeceflower perennial larkspur asiatic lily

Big swaths of the same perennial will always add the greatest impact. Heuchera ‘Paris’ and Dianthus ‘Rosy Cheeks’ Devon Cottage™ Series are two long-blooming perennials that make perfect partners. Heuchera ‘Paris’ is one of my favourite coral bells because of its sun or shade adaptability, hardiness and vigour. In the distance is an invasive perennial I’d advise never planting, Artemisia ‘Oriental Limelight’.

Silver shines in this mostly monochromatic planting with differing foliage textures creating a unified whole. In the forefront of the photo is Sedum sieboldii with its pink-edged, bluishsilver, succulent foliage and pink flower buds.

Behind the Sedum lie Artemisia schmidtiana ‘Silver Mound’ (wormwood), Heuchera ‘Frosted Violet’ (coral bells) and Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Blue Paradise’ (bluestem grass).

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The white plumes of Persicaria polymorpha are a majestic backdrop to the regal Delphinium elatum spires. Large groups of Asiatic lilies are repeated throughout the garden to enliven a primarily cool colour scheme. As the delphiniums begin to emerge in April, I use an organic slow release fertilizer. To grow into healthy, strong specimens they require regular fertilizing until they bloom.

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In this part-shade, dry and difficult garden, the early spring-blooming perennial bulbs were planted under a ground cover of Lamium (foreground).

Muscari latifolium and Tulipa turkestanica are sun perennial bulbs that tolerate part shade. In early to mid-spring there are no leaves on the shadecreating deciduous trees, so most spring-blooming bulbs would be a good choice. For a sunny garden try substituting the ground cover Veronica ‘Georgia Blue’ with Tulipa humilis ‘Little Beauty’.

Native ephemeral plants are very long-lived perennials (trilliums, for example). They bloom in the spring, and then after blooming their leaves die back and the plant seems to disappear only to return the following year. The spring blooms of the native ephemeral Dodecatheon meadia (above, centre) accentuate the strikingly beautiful colour and textures of Athyrium n. p. ‘Burgundy Lace’ (above, foreground). The leaves of Hosta ‘Barbara Ann’ (background) will eventually engulf the space where the Dodecatheon meadia were blooming.

Brunnera m. ‘Jack Frost’ (foreground) has already flowered, but continues to light up this morning sun location with its frosted silver foliage and green veining. We have found only two cultivars of hydrangea to be successful in a great degree of shade – Hydrangea a.

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Foraged feast Skip the supermarket, find the ingredients for gourmet dining in forest, field and stream.

BY DON SCALLEN

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n a crisp morning in early April, Kevin Brunner of Beaverwood Farm in rural Hillsburgh looks as if he’s wandered off the set of The Red Green Show. He wears rubber boots, brown overalls and a plaid shirt. His bearded face is topped with a plaid hunting cap, ear flaps pinned to the sides. Unlike Red Green though, Kevin knows what he’s doing, and on this day he’s making maple syrup.

Owner and principal furniture maker of Lone Pine Furniture, Kevin is dedicated to traditional tools and methods. He takes the time to do things right. This credo informs his hobbies as well. He will spend eight to 10 hours tending the steaming cauldron over a roaring fire. This is the time needed to render 60 litres of fresh sap into 1.5 litres of maple syrup.

Kevin doesn’t produce maple syrup to make money. He taps only a dozen or so trees a year, for heaven’s sake, and his annual production averages a mere 14 litres. For Kevin, maple sugaring is a tri­ bute to the delight he felt as a youngster in Hudson,

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Quebec, dipping a finger into maple syrup produced by “Uncle Phil,” his neighbour and godfather.

“Every spring Uncle Phil would sit on his patio, boil down small batches of sap on an open fire and play his banjo – music that promised a sweet reward,” says Kevin.

Admittedly, my visit to Kevin at Beaverwood Farm, an equestrian training and boarding facility, had a covetous motive. Yes, I did want to observe the process of making the syrup, but I also hoped to walk away with a jar of the precious elixir at the end of the day. This would be the first component of a wildforaged meal I would serve to friends later in the spring. (Thankfully, Kevin did grace me with a jar!)

The Rules of the Game My idea for this meal was loosely based on a project author Michael Pollan wrote about in his book The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Pollan prepared a grand feast out of foods gathered entirely from the wild.

My meal would not be nearly as ambitious. Pollan, for example, shot and butchered a wild boar to provide the meat for the table. I had no intention of doing that, even if I could find a wild boar in Headwaters!

In creating his meal, Pollan was guided by six self-imposed rules that I decided should also guide me – with some exceptions. His primary rule?

“Everything on the menu must have been hunted, gathered, or grown by me.”

I was true to this one except for cheating on es­ sentials such as garlic and dairy products. I also added cultivated potatoes to my wild leek soup and diverged on the alcohol, serving wine from the liquor store.

The difficulty of quickly assembling all the components of my meal caused me to modify an­ other of Pollan’s rules: “Everything served must be in season and fresh.” Instead, my meal became a homage to spring, with food gathered throughout the season.

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a Wild menu salad

Foraged finds from left to right : Oxalis greens (top left) and black raspberries; wild leeks, morel mushrooms and fiddleheads; wild asparagus; fiddleheads; rainbow trout; daylily petals (top right) and wild spinach, also known as lamb’s quarters. inset : Wild spinach salad.

Freshly foraged baby wild spinach and oxalis greens accented with day lily petals and black raspberries.

soup Wild leek and potato garnished with flowering raspberry blossoms and wild leek flowers. (See recipe page 58)

vegetables As plants and fungi sprouted and berries ripened, I harvested them, often leaning on friends to help me out. I returned to Beaverwood Farm, for exam­ ple, to pick fiddleheads with Kevin as they emerged from their wetland soils. These, along with wild asparagus, were blanched and frozen. Morel mush­ rooms collected in May were lightly sautéed and freeze dried. Closer to the feast in late June, straw­ berries and wildflowers were harvested.

This story is about the how, the why and, im­ portantly, the ethics of gathering the wild foods for that feast.

Nutrient Powerhouses Foraging plants for my meal led me to Karen Stephenson, creator of a website called Edible Wild Food and a sought-after wild-food educator. Karen leads walks and gives presentations that explore the food potential of the wild plants around us. When I ask her why she eats wild-foraged plants, she says,

Steamed wild asparagus and Beaverwood Farm fiddleheads paired with select wild leeks sautéed in virgin olive oil.

mushrooms Morels sliced lengthwise and gently sautéed in garlic and butter.

meat Pan-fried rainbow trout, locally sourced, drizzled with Beaverwood Farm maple syrup.

dessert Wild white and red strawberries sweetened with Beaverwood Farm maple syrup.

beverage Pineapple weed tea, lightly steeped.

(See instructions page 60)

“I do this for my health. It is mind-boggling how loaded these plants are with nutrients.”

Botanist and writer John Kallas agrees. In his book Edible Wild Plants, Kallas touts wild-foraged greens as “nutrient powerhouses.” He cites studies concluding that some abundant weeds, including garlic mustard, dandelion and wild spinach, “may be the most nutrient-dense leafy greens ever analyzed.”

Kallas acknowledges you can “greatly improve the quality of your diet just by eating plenty of storebought, dark-green leafy greens like kale, collards, turnip leaves and spinach.” But he stresses you can do yourself even more good by adding wild spinach, field mustard, dande­lions, purslane and other wild foods. These wild greens, he writes, “add tremendous diversity to the diet in terms of flavours, nutrients and phytochemicals. Health benefits build through this diversity.” (Phytochem­icals, also known as anti­ oxidants or flavonoids, are compounds produced by plants and may include beta carotene and lutein.) continued on next page

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Wild Leek Soup ingredient s 1 cup wild leek bulbs 4 tbsp butter 6 medium-sized potatoes, peeled and chopped 6 cups vegetable stock ½ cup cream ¼ cup wild leek flowers, freshly gathered, plus flowering raspberry petals* prepar ation In a large pot, sauté leeks in butter for two minutes.

Add chopped potatoes and vegetable stock. Simmer until potatoes soften, about 30 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes, then transfer to a blender or use a hand blender to purée the soup. Add cream and warm the soup to serving temperature. Garnish with edible flowers. *I used wild leek flowers from my backyard. These small white blossoms arise on stalks in June, after the leek foliage has died back. I also used flowering raspberry, but any edible flowers will do. stock

Please harvest wild leeks sustainably, taking only 5 to 15 per cent of a given population a year.

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Both Kallas and Karen Stephenson also laud the economy of wild-for­ aged plants. That they are free should appeal to anyone on a tight budget.

“The use of easily accessible edible weeds can spare your money for other things and expand the variety of your diet,” writes Kallas.

I used two of these “easily accessi­ ble” weeds in my salad, the foundation of which was wild spinach, or lamb’s quarters. Before reading Kallas’s book, I treated this weed like, well, a weed, pulling it and tossing it onto my com­ post pile. Wild spinach, like so many weeds, is a rampant grower. Clear a patch of ground and chances are it will appear. Its taste is mild, not unlike store-bought spinach.

To the wild spinach I added a hand­ ful or two of oxalis. This weed, with clover-like leaves and pretty yellow flowers, has long existed in the rather fuzzy periphery of my attention and, before my epiphany, was one I yanked out and discarded along with the wild spinach. Its tart leaves added a de­ lightful accent to my salad.

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above : Wild leeks, raspberry blossoms and wild leek flowers. inset : Wild leek soup.

like oxalis and wild spinach a dis­ service. An oft-cited quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson is relevant here: “What is a weed? A plant whose vir­ tues have not yet been discovered.”

Common Sense First If plants have hidden virtues, they may also have hidden perils. A caveat or two about the safety of eating wildforaged plants and other foods should be mentioned. Let common sense prevail and don’t eat anything you can’t identify with 100 per cent cer­ tainty. Karen states emphatically, “If you have even a tiny element of doubt, don’t eat it!” If you decide to forage, using a good field guide to identify the plants is essential. (See resources sidebar on page 61.)

But even after identifying a plant with certainty, Karen recommends taking a further safety precaution before you eat it. Rub a little of the juice of the plant on your forearm and wait half an hour to see how your skin reacts. The wild plants she and Kallas celebrate are as safe to eat as store-bought foods, perhaps even

safer because of the lack of pesticide residues. But everyone has a unique health profile that can include food sensitivities.

Another concern when collecting wild foods is sustainability. There are lots of us, and natural space and re­ sources are finite. Should we be out foraging at all? This question dem­ ands an answer, but I’ll start by being wishy-washy: It depends.

Wild plants range along a con­ tinuum, from “weeds” that can be gathered in any quantity to those that we shouldn’t harvest at all. Kallas’s Edible Wild Plants and Karen’s website feature a great diversity of “weeds”

that pop up (and I use the term “popup” in the most literal sense) abun­ dantly in human-modified land­ scapes: our villages, towns, roadsides and farms. They are fast-growing, profuse seeders that can easily with­ stand an army of foragers. Cutting off their heads may simply encourage them to sprout more, like the Hydra of Greek mythology.

But harvesting foods like fiddle­ heads – glorious sautéed in garlic and olive oil – merits more careful con­ sideration. Fiddleheads, the compact leaf spirals that emerge from the ground in early spring, can be sus­ tainably harvested by taking only two

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above : Kevin Brunner boils down maple sap the traditional way at Beaverwood Farm. facing : Dinner is served – (left to right) Don Scallen with guests Peggy Stansfield, Fiona Reid, Nikki Pineau and Joseph Bryson.

or three from each fern. If this basic rule is followed, fiddleheads can be harvested in an area indefinitely.

Some plants, however, should be harvested only in small numbers, or not at all. Ramps or wild leeks have been overharvested, which forces me to come clean about how wild leek soup ended up as part of my wild foods meal. The leeks I harvested came from my suburban backyard.

They arrived in my yard unbeknownst to me, stowaways in the soil around some trilliums and jack-in-the-pul­ pits I had dug as part of an organized wildf lower rescue in a woodland awaiting the bulldozer. For decades, these leeks have thrived in my shady woodland garden.

The recommended sustainable an­ nual harvest of wild leeks from any given area is a mere 5 to 15 per cent.

But this presumes you have a place to harvest them, and this presumption leads to another ethical consideration of wild foraging: Where to do it.

Provincial parks and conservation areas are off limits. Obviously, har­ vesting on private property, without permission, is an absolute non-

starter. Where, then, can wild foods be ethically harvested? Start with your own yard if you have one. You can grow edible weeds such as ferns for fiddleheads, and if you have an ethical source, plants like wild leeks.

Or you can take a more laissez-faire approach, loosen the landscape reins, and let some “weeds” arise in a corner.

But to broaden your selection of wild-foraged foods, my best advice is to cultivate friendships. Then join your friends in an enjoyable and sus­ tainable harvest on their properties.

I’m indebted to friends for the morels, the wild asparagus, the fiddleheads, the strawberries and, of course, the maple syrup that became part of my memorable meal.

Roads Less Travelled Karen suggests other places to forage.

Organic farmers may welcome the pesticide-free removal of “weeds” on their farms, for example. She also views the margins of less travelled roads as potential foraging grounds.

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Pineapple Weed Tea Nikki Pineau, one of my dinner guests and Kevin Brunner’s partner, introduced the other guests at our foraged meal to pineapple weed tea.

Its mild herbal taste with a hint of fruitiness was a hit.

Also known as wild chamomile, pineapple weed is yet another useful “weed” that grows lustily, especially along old gravel pathways in full sun.

Though a member of the aster family, it is easily overlooked because it lacks petals. It looks a little like a small daisy with all its petals plucked.

Kevin and Nikki cut and air dry the pineapple weed flower heads before storing them in a canning jar. Like Kevin’s relationship with maple syrup, his connection with pineapple weed tea hearkens back to childhood, when his mom would give it to him to help soothe a sore stomach.

Pineapple weed tea, sweetened with a little honey, still brings him comfort today. Kevin sips it on cold rainy days that keep him indoors. prepa r ation Nikki placed about ¹⁄³ cup of dried whole pineapple weed flower heads in a tea infuser and allowed them to steep for about 10 minutes in enough hot water to make six cups of tea.

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road,” she advises, “and avoid forag­ ing in low-lying areas where pollu­ tants can accumulate.”

Along with the abundant “weeds,” many other wild foods can also be harvested with a clear conscience.

Nuts, berries and fruit fall into this category. One of the joys of a walk in the woods is encountering ripe rasp­ berries and strawberries.

My dessert featured strawberries sweetened with Kevin Brunner’s maple syrup. The strawberries were another contribution from Beaver­ wood Farm, where they were gather­ ed along a sunlit roadside verge, and included a quart of fully ripe white strawberries, every bit as tasty as the standard red. Fiona Reid, an artist friend and guest at my wild-foraged meal on June 30, used these berries to fashion a Canadian flag in honour of Canada Day. Mushrooms can also be gathered with few ethical qualms. Picking a mushroom is akin to picking an apple.

Like an apple, the mushroom is the fruiting body of a much larger organ­

ism, an extensive fungal body that lies hidden from view in soil or wood.

The spores of a mushroom are ana­ logous to the seeds of a fruit, and following some simple guidelines helps spread the spores to ensure future mushroom crops. First, don’t collect all the mushrooms you see.

Second, hit them (this aggressive advice is from Karen – hitting helps spread the spores), and third, collect them in a mesh bag that allows the spores to disperse as you hike through the woods.

If we can set aside ethical qualms about mushroom foraging, we can’t be nearly as sanguine about safety concerns. Some mushrooms are kil­ lers, plain and simple. Remember Karen’s warning: “If you have even a tiny element of doubt, don’t eat it.”

This warning has guided my mush­ room foraging over the years. I eat only a few species, those I can identify unequivocally. These include morels, which are quite distinctive and sub­ limely edible.

In this area morels appear in May. Hiding among the leaves and wild­

flowers on the forest floor, they can be difficult to find. Some people have the knack. I don’t. As a balm to my ego, my excuse is that I’m distracted by the explosion of life – the birds, butterflies and wildflowers – in the verdant spring woodlands where morels grow.

Morels are so prized that even friends are sometimes loath to divulge their locations, secrecy that can be forgiven as long as the friends are willing to share the harvest. Some of the morels I served were gifted to me, but their origins remained intention­ ally obscured. Other morels came from Dan MacNeal, a naturalist friend whose daughter discovered them, not in the deep, dark woods, but alongside their driveway in rural Erin.

This serendipitous bounty was quickly consumed by Dan and his family, but he graciously invited me out to look for more. I wandered with him along a woodland path. As usual, the morels had no intention of reveal­ ing themselves to me. They jumped out at Dan, however. He stopped, in­ dicated the treasured fungi grew near­ by and invited me to look. I squinted, scanned the ground, and finally saw them, poking up among mosses and tree seedlings.

The Meat of the Matter I’m an omnivore and so too were the guests I invited, so I decided to in­ clude meat in my wild-foraged meal.

Following Michael Pollan’s lead, I intended to be an active participant in the killing of the animal that would become part of the feast.

I believe anyone who eats meat should be willing, at least conceptu­ ally, to kill the animals that provide it. Being prepared to kill the animal that nourishes you forces a humble recognition of its sacrifice.

I had two choices. Hunting or fish­ ing. If hunting, I’d be restricted to turkey, the only animal that can be hunted in spring. But I quickly dis­ missed the notion of acquiring my meat this way. Moral opposition was­ n’t the reason. I’m not anti-hunting, as long as it is conducted sustainably and by the book. I find it disingenu­ ous that people who speak out against hunting see no hypocrisy in sitting down to a meal of steak, chicken or pork from animals slaughtered in modern food production facilities.

Having said this, however, I’m not a hunter. I don’t own a gun. Heck, I don’t even know how to shoot one.

Where to hunt would be another hur­ dle and, of course, I’d have no guar­ antee of success, especially as a com­ plete greenhorn. And truth be told, if the opportunity to pull the trigger

Some resources before you set out Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada

by David L. Spahr (North Atlantic Books, 2009) Excellent descrip­ tions of edible mushrooms along with compre­hensive advice on how to find them and prepare them for eating.

Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods from Dirt to Plate

by John Kallas (Gibbs Smith, 2010) For my money, the best wild plantforaging book, filled with valuable information about all aspects of plant foraging and meal preparation. Includes excellent diagnostic pictures of many common edible “weeds.”

Edible Wild Food ediblewildfood.com Karen Stephenson’s website provides a wealth of information about edible wild plants and how they can benefit your health.

Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide

by Lawrence Newcomb (Little, Brown, 1989)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Eastern Region – Revised Edition

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The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

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presented itself, I really wondered if, despite my views, I could do it.

So that left fishing. Even this wasn’t as easy as I expected. Harvesting trout, for example, is not allowed in much of Headwaters. Catch and release is the expectation. I did do some fishing at Pine River Provincial Fishing Area in Mulmur, but the one eight-inch rainbow trout I caught could hardly serve as a meal for six. Because I had left this important part of food collection to the last, I decided to visit a commercial trout farm south of Shelburne. I would have preferred wild-caught fish, but mealtime was drawing near.

I was intent on killing my fish as quickly and humanely as possible.

Years ago, as an occasional angler, I would simply leave the fish on a stringer in the water until they suf­ focated, a practice that allows the angler a certain evasion of responsi­ bility. So I went online and decided to follow the advice of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on how best to kill a fish: a blow to the head, just above the eyes, immediately after landing it. This is how I dispatched the three rainbow trout that became part of my meal.

I found this unpleasant, but a nec­ essary jolt of reality. Many of us think little or not at all about the origins of our food and the often unpleasant history of its journey from farm or sea to plate. Killing the trout encour­ aged me to be mindful of the deaths of all the store-bought salmon and halibut that sustain me over the course of a year.

Navigating ethical issues like this and others relating to the collection of wild foods can give us greater insight into our relationship with food in general. Pollan writes that foraging and hunting enabled him to better understand the ecology and ethics of eating in a way he could not 62

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get in a supermarket or fast-food chain or even on a farm.

Pollan also writes, “Foraging for wild plants and animals is, after all, the way the human species has fed itself for 99 per cent of its time on earth; this is precisely the food chain natural selection designed us for.”

There is an elemental goodness about foraging, a rightness etched in our DNA. And aside from the gravity of taking an animal’s life, the process of plan­ ning a foraging session and searching for and preparing wild food has great appeal, especially when shared with friends and family. Kevin Brunner, channelling Red Green, knows this.

Producing maple syrup forged a bond with his beloved godfather many years ago. Kevin now gathers friends and family around his steaming syr­ up kettle and forages with them at Beaverwood Farm for fiddleheads, wild asparagus and strawberries.

There is an adventuresome, selfreliant joy in this, as well as exercise and plenty of fresh air.

And of course, in the end there is the eating – in my case, the eating of delicious foods gathered from the good earth of Headwaters, prepared with care and served to dear friends.

Friends who, by all accounts, enjoyed the meal, the happy culmination of my season-long quest for wild foods. ≈ Don Scallen is a naturalist and retired elementary school science teacher.

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“I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men, the former are so much the freer.”

Henry David Thoreau

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with the dairy herd gone, a farmer’s daughter reflects on memory and identity

BY ELIZABETH ANDREWS

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y father is the most private man I know and the perfect archetype for his farmer occupation. He is humble, hard­ working, and fiercely independent, with the classic aversion to outside help and outside visitors. He started dairy farming full time at age 21, but from birth might be more accurate.

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switch on the milk house lights.

He grew up in Caledon in the same house I did, an old red brick with green shutters that had its centennial the year I was born. He has a stubborn horse­ shoe of brown hair, cool blue eyes, and a face etched by years spent sitting on a tractor seat underneath a hot sun.

His worn hands reveal a life of labour – scarred palms and callus-capped fingertips – hands like his late father’s, and unlike mine and my two older

brothers. None of us will be farmers and none of us will inherit those scars.

My dad sold his dairy herd of 64 cows on October 1 last year, after nearly four decades of farming. He wasn’t alone. At the time of his depar­ ture, roughly 40 Ontario milk pro­ ducers had left in the span of a couple of months. The motivation behind their decision depends on the farmer and is born from a variety of factors.

The consequential threat of trade

deals like the Trans-Pacific Partner­ ship is one. Such deals open up the market and jeopardize Canada’s cur­ rent supply management system.

Supply management adjusts produc­ tion to fit consumer demand and maintains stable milk prices, ulti­ mately ensuring fair and predictable revenue for farmers. Without this security, farmers are at the mercy of a fluctuating market. Mandatory reg­ ulations are another factor. Many

left : This Caledon farm has belonged to the Andrews for well over a century. generations : (from left to right) Elizabeth Andrew’s father Hunter Andrews, shown here as a small boy with his father Robert and sister Connie on the family farm; Hunter as a young farmer; tending a Holstein calf; and with Elizabeth not long before the dairy herd was sold last fall.

aren’t willing to upgrade to expensive machinery and technology in the face of such uncertainty, especially in small-run operations. For some it could also be the farmer has no inter­ ested offspring to take over.

About a week after the milk cows were sold, I visited home from Toronto.

My parents were away for the week­ end, a luxury previously barred by 4:30 morning and evening milkings.

It was the second week of October and the trees along the laneway were rich in red, copper and yellow leaves, illuminated by late afternoon sun­ light. My dad had been tight-lipped about the auction the week before. He didn’t go, but seemed satisfied with the outcome. His satisfaction was, as he said, because things went about as well as he expected. The cows sold for what he thought they would. He felt there was no sense in going. All he could have done was watch. What he didn’t say, and what I knew he meant, was there would be pain involved in a goodbye that hurt too much to endure so passively.

I’m not sure what I was expecting when I headed down to the barn. Part of me envisioned ruins, a gutted mess of split boards and rot, a tangible parallel to the change in my parents’

lives. It wasn’t like that, of course.

The physical space was the way it had always been, but there was a newfound stillness that disturbed the sameness.

Our identities are often composed of spun narratives – a series of mem­ ories plucked and strung together.

Our stories and the recollections we choose are based partly on experience, partly on the mesmeric haze of retro­ spection. When I moved to Toronto for university, I swapped fields for a concrete jungle. Suddenly my agri­ cultural upbringing had its own exoticism. It was a change from the normalcy it had in Caledon. In a crowded city that seemed to breed anonymity, my background helped me carve out a sense of myself. I em­ braced this difference and felt proud of where I was from.

It was easy to let my former farmkid tether slacken and to let go of some childhood bitterness: Can’t go out after school – gotta go home and feed the calves. I set aside the tedium of hours picking stones out of the fields. I ignored summer days on a wagon, sweating in the heat and get­ ing pricked by straw as I sent square bales up the squealing elevator to the loft. Now when I thought of home, even the weeds seemed dreamy.

I envisioned fields filled with spheres of dandelions seeds, ephemeral and soft, shaken by wind and erupting into wishes along the fence line.

Milkweed and purple thistle bright­ ened in memory. Surrounded by the high rises of the cityscape, thinking back to the farm was a comfort. In the smog and city lights I’d think about the soft-belted redness of the chang­ ing skyline spilling over the escarp­ ment. I missed the emptiness of 150 acres of land, the darkness and serene silence when I slept. I’d idealize and filter out the bad bits: the stressful calf births, broken-down machines, unexpected rains running over un­ baled hay. Not that these were ever truly my burdens. Only ones I felt secondhand.

From the outside, the milk house was the same – all grey stone and white wooden boards, a roof of slanted, wavering metal. Inside, faint yellow light poured through the window, revealing strips of listless debris. Barn cats rubbed my legs, purring madly, meowing to be fed. I heard the taps run, steady drops of water leaking from corroded copper.

I noticed the milk cooler had yet to be removed. Still against the wall, it was now empty and purely orna­ mental. Washing it used to be one of my childhood chores. I’d hold the brush in my hand and scrub hard blue bristles until my reflection bounced back in the clean chrome. Once, when continued on next page

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I was a kid playing, I’d accidently kicked off the cooler’s stopper. I watched the floor rise with rushing pools of white as the milk f looded underneath the door and out into the barn. The memory still makes my stomach turn.

Under these familiar sounds were the absent ones. The unheard noise of the milk machines being cleaned, the whirl of the fan blades spinning on the whitewashed walls of the barn.

There were still leftover calves in the pens that needed feeding, but I felt the missing Holsteins in a palpable way. (My dad couldn’t let go of farm­ ing entirely. The calves will join the heifers and steers as he transitions to a beef herd.)

I knew I’d never see my dad pull back from behind the warmth of their black-and-white coats as he milked them, the same way my grandpa had.

I thought about my dad spraying milk at me straight from the udder and his childish laughter as I rubbed my face, the cacophony of calls when my whole family brought the cows in from the field.

When the cows were sold, I felt a loss. It was more than just their physi­ cal departure from the farm. I thought about the greater loss of small-run operations like my dad’s and what I see as the imminent loss of the supply management system that has kept farmers secure. Canada’s individual­ ity often gets mangled up in statistics from south of the border through news reports and other media.

In the city, I find most people are not aware of Canada’s high standards in milk production and tend to con­ fuse policies and practices they hear are going on in the States. I still feel compelled to argue with strangers about Canadian dairy standards, to express our differences from Ameri­ can policies, and explain the way it is

for many farmers with small oper­ ations. Of course, not everyone wants to talk about supply management in Toronto bars.

Maybe with the cows gone I’ll feel less compelled to debate, but as they say, you can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the coun­ try out of the girl. My fear is not so much that we will lose the highquality dairy industry we currently have in Canada. To me, this loss feels unavoidable. My main fear is that the sacrifices of farmers like my parents have been undervalued and ignored to a point where it is too late.

Change is scary, especially when it forces us to take stock of our lives. It wasn’t until my dad lost his identity as a dairy farmer that I realized how much of myself had become tied to his occupation. Off the farm and on my own I clung to my childhood memories. As I considered who I was and who I wanted to be, I realized my upbringing had changed the way I look at the world and continues to inform the way I live my life. As I’ve grown up, I find myself re-entering these experiences from the perspec­ tive of the person I am now, and understanding how meaningful they are and how lucky I am to have these memories.

When I moved away I took comfort in my lineage. In the anonymity of the city I was proud of my parents and my own trivial assistance and contribu­ tions on the farm. All the same, I res­ pect the convenience of retrospection.

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Chorizo and charred asparagus tacos cooking with chef christopher walsh of rustik

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othing says spring like fresh new greens – think fiddleheads, asparagus and garlic scapes – poking through the soil to greet us.

Maybe it’s the anticipation, but we swear they taste so much brighter and give us infinitely more pleasure than the hearty winter vegetables we’ve relied on for months.

Rustik chef Christopher Walsh is eagerly awaiting this coming bounty, finalizing a spring menu to do it justice. Enter the charred asparagus taco, in which al dente shoots are at the centre of a big, complex bite.

In the tacos, “you get the freshness of cilantro, the char of the tomatoes and asparagus, then the heat of the chorizo and aioli on the back of the palate,” he says. “Food needs to tell a story as you bring out the flavours.”

Christopher builds this story using authentic flour tortillas made by AlbaLisa All Natural Mexican Food in Alliston, goat cheese from Woolwich Dairy in Orangeville and, to garnish the dish, microgreens from Caledon’s Nature’s Nurturing. Along with his

style of cooking, this dish represents the reason he jumped at the chance five months ago to work with restaurateur Brett Jaggard, who opened Rustik in Orangeville two years ago.

Now he’s commuting from Toronto and says he “couldn’t be more grateful” for the chance to helm this kitchen and be closer to farmers and producers.

“He’s like a kid in a candy shop,” says Jaggard, who will be his energetic field guide.

Christopher was born in England, and first immi­ grated with his family as a boy to Welland, Ontario, then spent about 18 years with his family in Nova Scotia. In a household of specialized mechanics, he credits his mom for encouraging his interest in food and cooking back in high school when he was casting about for a work placement. “I fell in love with it,” he says with a slight British lilt. “I love making new things.”

This led to a diploma at Nova Scotia Commun­ ity College and gigs at the Chateau Lake Louise and, most recently, with the Oliver & Bonacini

Restaurants group, which owns restaurants such as Canoe and Biff’s Bistro, and a catering operation in Toronto, where Christopher says he “honed his craft.”

He’s full of insider tips too. Think you know how to make homemade mayo or aioli? Pause before you reach for your beloved extra virgin olive oil if you plan to build in other flavours, such as the chipotle here. “I use canola oil,” he says. “It’s neutral. Olive oil can be very strong and peppery, and dominate.”

While there are many steps to amping up each bite in this Mexican-inspired dish, Christopher points out that home cooks can build in shortcuts, such as using store-bought mayo. But some steps, such as the caseless chorizo, are so simple they’re worth it.

The result? In addition to looking every bit the bright, optimistic spring offering, we found it a juicy, tangy, smoky winner. And a perfect nod to new beginnings. recipe on next page

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Chorizo and Charred Asparagus Tacos taco ingredients 12 flour tortillas 1 large bunch asparagus Chorizo sausage (see recipe) Chipotle aioli (see recipe)

Toss asparagus in olive oil, salt and pepper, and place on a hot grill until lightly charred. Trim the stalks into bite sized pieces.

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Pickled red onions (see recipe) Goat cheese Tomato salsa (see recipe) Cilantro to garnish

Brown chorizo in nonstick pan over medium heat.

Serves 4 (three tacos each)

chorizo caseless sausage 1 lb ground pork 1 tbsp ground cumin 1 tbsp ground coriander ½ tbsp ground cinnamon 2 tbsp smoked paprika 1 tbsp fresh oregano ½ tbsp fresh thyme ¼ cup fresh chopped garlic 3 oz canned chipotle peppers, chopped 2 oz apple cider vinegar

pickled red onions 2 red onions – julienned 2 tbsp pickling spice 2 cloves garlic 1 tbsp sugar 2 cups red wine vinegar 1 cup water

Mix a half quantity of the ingredients into the ground pork and mix well.

Once combined, add the rest of the ingredients until well mixed. Refrigerate overnight to develop flavours.

In a sauce pot, mix pickling spice, garlic, sugar, water and red wine vinegar. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Let cool for 5 minutes. Place red onions in a dish and pour pickling liquid over until just covered. Set the dish in the fridge for 10 minutes.

Grill tortillas for 20 seconds a side in a hot pan.

Spread chipotle aioli on a tortilla.

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Char tomatoes on the grill until skin begins to turn dark. Keep turning to get all sides blistered.

Dice tomatoes, onions, jalapeño pepper, and mix in a bowl with cilantro. Add garlic, salt and pepper, and vinegar. Lightly toss with olive oil until mixed well.

Place egg yolks and mustard in a food processor (or bowl if using hand mixer).

While mixing, slowly add half the oil. When mixture begins to thicken, add chipotle peppers, ancho chili sauce, cumin, garlic and lime zest; blend well. Slowly add the rest of the oil, ensuring mixture thickens. Add lime juice and cilantro. Season with salt and pepper. For hotter aioli, add more peppers.

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Zoo Food how a local feed mill has become the go-to resource for zoos across north america

BY NICOLA ROSS

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eeping flamingos “in the pink” may not sound like a serious job, but brothers Alf and Dave Budweth, owners of Budson Farm & Feed Company in Erin and the Nobleton Feed Mill, have turned formulating food for zoo animals into a vocation.

Tall and affable, with a youthful grin, Alf is the company president and chief spokesperson, while Dave looks after operations: scheduling, deliveries and everything else that goes into looking after the nitty-gritty of their thriving businesses.

Their line of zoo food is called Züküdla, Alf’s con­ flation of zoo and ukudla, the Zulu word for food.

(The umlauts are just a quirky embellishment.)

Alf takes Züküdla seriously, but in a most engaging and entertaining way, and his enthusiasm is in­ fectious. His experience creating Gorilla Muffins (simply add water, bake at 350°f for 15 minutes and serve), CricketMax 2 and Veggie Bites, meant for zebras, hippos, bison, camels, tapirs and more, is material for a book – or at least a magazine article.

Take Züküdla’s special formulation for flamingos.

These iconic birds are pink – orangey pink, really – because their diet in the wild includes copious quantities of brine shrimp and algae that contain carotenoid pigments, which are deposited into their growing feathers. These pigments are what turns shrimp pink when they’re cooked, and they are also responsible for the colour of carrots, beets and other vegetables. (The skin of people too will turn yellowy orange if they eat too many carrots. This harmless condition is called hypercarotenemia or carotenosis.)

When brine shrimp are not readily available, as in a zoo, keeping flamingos their characteristic coral pink is a challenge. Zookeepers often fed flamingos carrots and red peppers until they discovered that adding canthaxanthin, a carotenoid, directly to the birds’ feed keeps them colourful and improves their general health and reproductive success.

With a diploma in agricultural business and a degree in animal science, Alf couldn’t resist the challenge of converting this knowledge into a feed that not only keeps the birds pink but also supplies them with the nutrients they require. Züküdla’s Flaminglo Daily is formulated to ensure strong bones, healthy plumage and vibrant colour. In fact,

Alf warns, “You can make flamingos too pink or too pale if you don’t get it right.”

The Budweth brothers’ entry into the zoo-food market was built on their father’s approach to feed­ ing horses. In 1978 Alf Budweth Sr., a King Township farmer, bought the feed mill in Nobleton, a village just east of Bolton.

The senior Budweth, who steered clear of added drugs, hormones and animal byproducts in the livestock feeds he milled, was ahead of his time. His focus on healthy nutrition led him to question the then common practice of feeding a glorified cattle food to horses. With a growing equine industry on his doorstep, he considered the specific nutritional needs of horses, and from this created a line of specialized equine feed. “The horses that ate this food began winning [on the racetrack],” Alf explains. “When you start winning, people start coming to you.”

“When we started,” says Alf, who was nine when he started working at the mill, “we had eight horse products. Now we have more than 40.” By 1985 the modest-looking building erected in the 1950s had become one of Masterfeeds’ leading North Ameri­ can outlets for horse feed.

Alf encourages customers to feed the mill’s form­ ulations to their horses when it is really fresh. “We make the feed in the morning and they dish it out in the afternoon,” he says. And as if it were newly baked bread, the horses love it. Some thoroughbreds stabled at Woodbine Racetrack often refused to eat anything, but they cleaned up the nutritionally cor­ rect food – and began performing better as a result.

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all along the food chain : Brothers Alf (left) and Dave Budweth, who grew up helping out in the family feed mills they now own, have evolved their custom equestrian feed business into supplying nutritional blends for zoo animals such as flamingos, elephants, spotted toads and bearded dragon lizards, including food for the crickets the amphibians eat.

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This attention to detail and focus on specialty feeds that meet the par­ ticular nutritional requirements of individual animals caught the atten­ tion of nutritionists at the Toronto Zoo. Consider the task of keeping up with the nutritional needs of zoo animals. Jaap Wensvoort, who leads the zoo’s team of animal nutritionists, explains, “The Toronto Zoo feeds about 5,000 animals some 450 different menus every day.” That’s enough to make any chef’s head spin.

Not many feed mills take the time and have the expertise to come up with the specific formulations re­ quired by elephants or gorillas, much less spotted toads, bearded dragon lizards or crickets. So the zoo called Alf because they wanted him to trans­ fer his dad’s exacting approach to producing horse feed to the formu­ lations their nutritionists had devised for zoo animals.

Lydia Attard, the zoo’s curatorial keeper of invertebrates, relied heavily on Alf. Their relationship dates to when Attard, who was already working at the zoo, was conducting research at the University of Guelph for her mas­ ter’s thesis, which involved studying the nutritional needs of insect-eating amphibians and reptiles.

In North America these animals are often fed domestic crickets, the same near-black ones often heard chirping away in the corners of kitchens dur­ ing a short Canadian summer. But amphibians and reptiles raised in captivity and fed crickets often have health problems, including bone dis­ ease. Attard speculated that a health­ ier diet could alleviate some of the symptoms. Though the amphibians and reptiles she studied seemed to be getting enough protein, she deter­ mined they lacked calcium and were deficient in vitamin A. So Attard set out to see if she could improve their health by “gut loading” the crickets they consumed with more of the nutrients reptiles and amphi­ bians need. (Gut loading is a practice whereby an animal’s prey is fed the nutrients needed by the animal that eats the prey.)

The result is CricketMax 2 , one of Züküdla’s hottest products. What Attard formulated and Alf produced is a flour-like feed that crickets love.

They gobble up CricketMax 2 until their guts are loaded. Then, sadly for the crickets, the amphibians and rep­ tiles have their turn. They devour the fat, juicy crickets, which are chock full of calcium, vitamin A and other nutrients they require. Attard notes it’s best if the crickets are consumed immediately after they gorge them­ selves on CricketMax 2 before they’ve had a chance “to poop it out.”

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“The palatability of insect food is not tested much,” she says. Her eure­ ka moment came when the crickets gorged themselves on the feed she and Alf had created. Attard credits much of this success to Alf’s use of a detailed spreadsheet that recorded the exact percentage of each ingredient, though he modestly plays down its import­ ance. Crediting Attard as “the brains behind the diet,” he adds, “She did so much work, it’s unbelievable. She’s tak­ en gut loading to a whole new level.”

No matter who deserves credit for the breakthrough, the two managed to manipulate the mix of calcium, vitamins, minerals, protein and other components until they found the magic combination the crickets liked while serving the dietary needs of the zoo’s insectivorous amphibians and reptiles.

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The old Nobleton Feed Mill is home to the Budweth brothers’ international zoo feed business, Züküdla. They also continue to produce custom feeds for horses, as well as other livestock and domestic animals.

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A tip of the hat to history B y ken weber

Deep in many closets in the hills, there is a hat that someone once loved, a hat that marked a special day or event, or a hat that, in a time gone by, proudly declared membership in a group. Sometimes the hat goes back generations and has become an heirloom, or it may have been kept simply because it’s unique, truly one of a kind. Very often it’s a hat that just couldn’t be thrown away because it served so faithfully it became a companion.

Whatever the reason for keeping it, the rediscovery of a special hat, almost always while searching for something else, stirs the warm power of memory and nostalgia. Because many people have felt that power and were reluctant to discard a treasure, we are able to present this brief reflection on hats and history. To those people we say, “Thanks for the memories.”

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scan of the crowd at the Shelburne Fair in the 1930s would have revealed a number of these distinctive straw hats, possibly including the one above, which Donald Ferguson of Melancthon Township might have worn as he strolled the grounds.

Boaters were first worn by men in the 1890s and soon became a seasonal harbinger, for they are a

The Boater warm weather hat and their appearance at public events meant spring had arrived. The straw boater was both stylish and versatile. If the sun was hot at the Shelburne Fair, for example, function would take precedence and Donald could shade himself by wearing it horizontally. But at a strawberry soc­ ial in, say, Honeywood or Redickville, the boater would probably have been worn at a jaunty angle no matter what the weather.

Donald’s hat has an iconically Canadian con­ nection. It was manufactured by the T. Eaton Co. and was almost certainly purchased by mail order from their well-known catalogue. As early as the 1890s, Eaton’s factories were manufacturing goods as varied as easy chairs and horse collars. Every home in these hills was sure to have the latest Eaton’s catalogue near the kitchen table.

Boaters and Bowlers and Hats Galore: There was nary a bare head when the people of Orangeville turned out to celebrate the opening of Alexandra Park in 1903.

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The Cloche

Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau wore a cloche in 2015, on the day the newly elected Liberal cabinet was sworn in.

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Militia Hat Imagine standing at the bottom of a hill on the Mono-Amaranth Townline. It is a Saturday morn­ ing in September 1870. On the other side of the hill, the sound of marching feet is coming toward you.

As the sound nears, you first see hats like the one pictured rise over the crest of the hill, then the men wearing them.

What’s immediately apparent, in addition to the distinctive hats, is the age range of the marchers.

Some are just teenagers, while others could be their grandfathers. Most wear overalls, and they march in slightly ragged formation with a variety of weapons on their shoulders. But everyone wears one of these hats, for they distinguish members of the Whittington Rif le Company, one of many militia units formed in these hills as part of the 36th Peel Battalion, later the Peel and Dufferin Reg­ iment and, ultimately, the Lorne Scots.

inset : In time, all units in the 36th Peel Battalion proudly wore this badge on their (issued) hats.

After Confederation in 1867, Canada had to pro­ vide its own defence. The dreaded Fenians and fear of an aggressive United States meant militia units were hurriedly formed around the country. The new militia was haphazardly attired, so many units made a point of acquiring at least one distinctive uniform item.

Members of the Whittington Rif le Company sported hats like this one worn by members of the Spence family, who settled on the Second Line of Amaranth Township around 1850.

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Reputed to have been invented by Parisian milliner Caroline Reboux around 1915, the cloche took the fashion world by storm in the 1920s after it was adopted by showbiz personalities such as Joan Crawford and Josephine Baker. So popular was the cloche that it generated a new hairstyle – a short, slicked-down cut known as the “Eton crop.” At first the cloche was made of felt with little design or detail, but over time it became more elaborate, like Annie Webster’s straw version (shown above), which was intended for summer wear.

Annie (Ferguson) Webster (1914–2006) of Horn­ ing’s Mills, East Garafraxa and Fergus was a talent­ ed musician and music teacher here in the hills. In 1951 she competed in Shel­ burne’s first Old Time Fidd­lers’ Contest. She pur­ chased her cloche in the early 1920s, not long before milliner Caroline Reboux died at age 90.

Military Peaked Cap When the 153rd (Wellington) Battalion crossed the Atlantic in April 1917 to join the Allied forces in France, the man wearing this cap was already 52 years old. Not an ideal age for combat, but James Justice was an officer, a major who had served in the militia for 22 years, including a long stint as com­ mander of No. 7 Company, Erin, 30th Regiment, Wellington Rifles. Major Justice (1865–1952) served in France and survived to return to his family and his contracting business in Erin, where he also pursued an interest in municipal politics, serving as councillor and reeve, as well as warden of Welling­ ton County.

Like most military peaked caps, this wool cap has a short polished leather visor with crown bands and piping. And like most Canadian army accessories from World War I, it is remarkably plain. It was “service dress,” essentially the basics.

Almost all caps in today’s military have gold braid on the band to indicate rank, with further embellishment on the visor. Nothing like that for Major Justice. Although Canadian officers in World War I could dress up their peaked caps, usually at their own expense, it seems he chose not to.

Still, this is a cap with stories to tell. The ship that carried Major Justice to Europe took a torpedo right after unloading the 153rd. The cap, if it could talk, might tell us why its regimental badge is missing.

It might also reveal the answer to an even more

intriguing mystery: Why is a strip of newspaper – found in 2011 – rolled up inside the hat band? The strip, which is two centimetres wide, was cut from a four-page spread that appeared in the Erin Advocate on December 31, 1922, and the major has signed it. One can only speculate.

Olive’s Baseball Cap It’s quite possible that in mid-May 1925 Olive Henderson enjoyed strutting around Bolton wear­ ing this cap, for she was a member of the Bolton Ladies’ Softball Team that was tearing up the com­ petition. The team had soundly defeated the Wood­ bridge Kodaks in an exhibition game, a victory that was especially sweet because Woodbridge had slipped in four players from Toronto’s Sunnyside League. A couple of days later, Olive and her team­ mates defeated the Kodaks in a regular league game.

The team eventually went on to win the All-Ontario title that year and advanced to the semifinals of the Canadian Championship at the CNE. Historians agree that softball, first called “kitten­ ball,” “mushball” and a variety of other names, began in Chicago in 1887 but was slow to catch on.

(The sport took a hundred years to make the Olym­ pics, and even now its place in the Olympics is not assured.) American sport histories point to 1933 as the year the rules of softball were standardized by a national governing body so the sport could grow and prosper.

Unlike contemporary baseball caps, Olive’s has no logo. That idea developed in the 1940s. But her hat is designed on principles that began in the 1860s and continue today: panels that come together at the crown and an extended brim for shading sun­l ight. In 1925 it was not unusual for a cap to be a team’s only common uniform item. The fact that the Bolton Ladies also wore a uniform sweater made it clear they were a force to be respected. continued on next page

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The origin of the top hat is uncertain, but on two facts there is agreement. One is that the top hat was introduced to British society in 1797 when a haberdasher named Hetherington wore the startling new topper on the streets of London – and caused a near riot. He ended up being arrested for disturbing the peace. A second is that after 1850, when dashing Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s husband, wore a top hat in public, this towering and most impractical headpiece became a fashion necessity.

When James Keith came to East Garafraxa from Ireland in 1870, his father’s beaver top hat (upper left) came with him. James farmed on the 12th Line and pursued a sideline as a stonemason (some of his work still stands around Marsville). But no matter how he made his living, with the hat on, James became a “gentleman.”

James’s “stovepipe” represents another hat fact. Because beaver fur was the go-to material for top hats, Canada’s national rodent was driven near­ ly to extinction. A switch to silk in the later 19th century relieved the pressure.

George Broughton brought his “silk” (upper right) to Canada after wearing it at his marriage to Mary Goodwin in England.

The couple first farmed in Wellington’s Peel Township and then Caledon, before moving to Erin around 1901.

The fact that James and George brought these top hats across the Atlantic despite the cost and inconvenience underlines how crucial it must have been to a man’s self-esteem to own and wear one.

Sir Robert Borden, seen here with Winston Churchill in 1917, was the last Canadian prime minister to regularly wear a top hat.

P h o t o s o u rces : W ith thanks t o o u r three re g i o nal archi v es f o r preser v in g o u r hist o ry – and t o th o se wh o d o nated their treas u res .

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“Every Duke and Earl and Peer Is Here” Famous racing events have a character of their own. The Queen’s Plate has excitement. The 100-metre dash at the Olympics has anticipation. The Kentucky Derby has tradition, and the Indianapolis 500 has roar. England’s Royal Ascot, on the other hand, has aura.

This aura arises from the royalty who attend, as described by the lyrics of Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady, and most particularly from the fashion parade the event has become. In fact, media coverage of what everyone wears far outweighs the reporting of race results.

The Royal Ascot invites sartorial flare, but even so, a dress code is strictly enforced, especially for anyone privileged enough to be invited to the Royal Enclosure. For women, the code emphasizes modesty – no bare shoulders, for example – and discourages excess.

Hats are required in the Royal Enclosure, but contrary to popular belief, fascinators are specifically forbidden. Which makes the hat shown here an ideal choice. It is elegant and tasteful, and suggests a sunny day in summer, perfect for rubbing shoulders with the Queen.

This hat was worn in the Royal Enclosure at the 1993 Royal Ascot

by Heather (MacPherson) Sheehan. A true citizen of these hills, Heather was born in Mono Mills, currently lives near Mono Centre, and at the time she attended The Royal Ascot, raised thoroughbreds in Caledon. Though Heather and Queen Elizabeth did not quite rub shoulders, they did enjoy a pre-race paddock visit at the same time.

A WI Make-and-Take This hat may look store-bought, but it isn’t. It was handmade by Jean Hutchison of West Garafraxa. In the early 1970s, Women’s Institute branches in Waldemar, Hereward and elsewhere in the hills ran workshops in hat making. Jean was a lifelong member of the Belwood WI, where she used blue synthetic felt and metallic silver braid to make this classy winter headpiece.

Although Jean Hutchison’s millinery skill is noteworthy, her reputation as a writer and amateur historian is far better known. She was born in Amaranth Township in 1910, and while still a student at Grand Valley Continuation School in the 1920s, was published for the first time – in The Globe and Mail. Over a busy lifetime she contributed regularly to agricultural weeklies but became best known as a compiler of local history. Friends say she proudly wore this hat until her death in 1997, which, sadly, happened just days before publication of her comprehensive and much-appreciated his­ tory of Wellington County. continued on next page I N T H E H I L L S S p r in g 2 0 1 6

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The Bowler Did James Reith Jr. of Grand Valley think about the 1889 Paris Expo­ sition when he donned this hat? This model of the bowler won a grand prize for design at that world’s fair, which also introduced the Eiffel Tower. Notation of that prize, awarded to Christys’ London, is inscribed on the band of James’ hat. (Christys’ is still in business and bowlers are still among its best sellers. You can buy its fur Devon bowler for £180.)

In 1903, James Reith Sr. and his son James Jr. added a dry goods and millinery section to their grocery store on Grand Valley’s main street. This hat is one of many bowlers and other toppers that came to these hills through that store.

The bowler was developed in England in about 1849. Before it became a fashion piece, its purpose was to protect the heads of gamekeepers from low-hanging bran­ ches as they rode about making the upper classes more comfortable while hunting.

Bowlers once enjoyed popularity among men about town, but they have survived for the most part as an item of headgear that suggests the wearer is unique or mildly eccentric.

Future prime minister Mackenzie King and his friend and employer John D. Rockefeller pictured in 1915 wearing a bowler and fedora respectively. The fedora completely overwhelmed the bowler in the 20th century after it was taken up by Hollywood stars such as Humphrey Bogart.

Night and Day In all of fashion, the nightcap may well be the headgear with the longest tenure and greatest universality, for it originated at the dawn of history and hung on until the early 20th century. Women of every class, age and income wore nightcaps for two very sensible reasons: warmth and protection from “critters,” essential in the days before modern hygiene and building techniques. A similar rationale applied to men’s nightcaps, which were similar in style. But records suggest that when wigs, which usually required a shaved head, fell out of fashion, men’s use of nightcaps faded quickly.

The nightcap shown here from the Erie Smith Schaefer collection is likely from an era of transition away from nightcaps, for its appearance reflects its function. The day cap, from the same collection, is clearly a fashion item. Wearing a separate fashionable cap during the day became popular in the Victorian era. It clarified class distinctions because dust caps, which were similar to night caps, were usually worn by women doing housework.

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Erie Smith Schaefer (1886–1977) was a diligent and enthusiastic collector who lived her entire life in Bolton in a century home built by her father. Most of her collection, which contains far more than hats, can be seen at Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives.

Mourning Cap There is a darkness to Maria White’s hat that goes deeper than its colour. Its history illustrates a sorrow visited upon many early set­ tlers. As the name suggests, the cap was worn after a death, always by the woman of the family, for she was mandated by tradition to be the lead mourner.

Maria emigrated from Ireland with her husband and four children in about 1858. According to family lore, their original destination was Mono Township, but the comfort of having Catholic neighbours and a parish church in Colgan meant they took up land in Adjala. Only a few years after her arrival, Maria likely wore the cap for the first time at the death of her husband. Often called a “widow’s cap,” it was also used after the all-too-common death of children and, sadly, Maria had occasion to wear it for much of 1886. Diphtheria took three of her grandchildren within days of one another in January that year, and two of her adult children in May. Queen Victoria’s near epic mourning of Prince Albert made mourning clothes a social obligation in the 19th century. For the wealthy, the hats were quite elaborate and this ritual, at its peak, even dictated a progression of styles over the mourning period, which usually lasted a year. For most, however, mourning caps were simple affairs, although Maria’s includes a ribbon that would have hung over her forehead, a touch that indicated the hat’s purpose.

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n May 20, 1869, a Thursday, it took Matilda Clark three hours to walk to Melville.

Alton was closer. So was Charleston. But the Orangeville Sun made it to the Melville post office on Thursday and often didn’t reach the other villages until Friday.

On May 13, the previous Thursday, a column on the front page of the Sun had ended abruptly with “To be con­ tinued” – just as demure and delicate Mary Cliffe had inflamed the vindic­ tive Richard Berger by refusing his proposal of marriage. Matilda simply had to know what happened next – and so did her neighbours (although they didn’t always admit it).

There really was a Matilda Clark.

Her property was on the Second Con­ cession East of Caledon Township in 1869, but whether she actually walked to Melville we can never know. The appeal of romance fiction, however, a weekly serialized feature in the Sun, was so powerful that her effort was entirely possible. Matilda’s world had no radio, no television or movies, few books and fewer libraries, but, just as today, everybody enjoyed a good story, and weekly newspapers cleverly responded to that desire.

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local and national news and updates on the world at large. There were instructional and informative essays – columns – on a variety of topics.

The May 13, 1869 Sun, for example, told how cork is harvested, mused on the biblical significance of the num­ ber three, and warned of the dangers of eating opium. There were health and wellness columns and reports from all levels of government. Read­ ers could count on notices of coming events such as church socials or auc­ tion sales (although on May 13 they were outshone by a list of strayed and missing livestock).

Always prominent and carefully perused were the space ads, the adver­ tisements. A business and profession­ al directory was a standard feature, along with “fill” of a lighter vein – poetry and vignettes varying from trivia to gentle jokes (called “Sun­ beams”). Above all, every issue of the Sun had editorial comment which was widely read, for publisher John Foley was notoriously outspoken.

A mighty task Weeklies like the Sun were pretty much one-person operations, so in addition to selling ads and managing the business, the John Foleys of their day had to gather and write the news, write editorials (or as often happened, insert editorial comment into the news), do the typesetting, layout and printing – and then see to distribution.

Given that huge labour demand, the Sun was a surprisingly sophisticated and cosmopolitan newspaper for its era. In part, that was because Foley took advantage of outside services. For much of its early life, his was a fourpage newspaper. Two broadsheets arrived in Orangeville every week prior to the Thursday printing, with international and national news, the essays, the popular fiction, the fill and some ads already printed. However, there were also sections of the layout left blank for the insertion of local ads and news, or other items Foley wished to include at his own discretion. As a consequence, the Sun, like many local weeklies of the day, managed to provide something for everyone.

Something for everyone When Matilda Clark and her neigh­ bours in Caledon Township got their copies in May 1869, odds are that after checking on the fate of Mary Cliffe, they turned immediately to local news. At the time, the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway was slated to come through their township to Orangeville and news of this impor­ tant development was eagerly antici­ pated. Subscribers in Amaranth, on the other hand, would have been immediately drawn to page three which contained the yearly audit of the township’s finances.

Detailed items like audits often took up significant space because a local paper was almost the only way for governments to disseminate reports or advise of upcoming legislation and policy. Along with that Amaranth audit, for example, the Sun published a detailed explanation of Ontario’s new school legislation which, among other things, set up collegiate insti­

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tutes (males only) and dictated min­ imum teacher salaries (male, $300/ annum; female, $200/annum).

National news was rather unevent­ ful in 1869, except for reports on the Fenians and the fear they would bring their Irish nationalist fervour to the hills. (Things heated up a lot a couple of years later when the Pacific Scandal famously blew up in the House of Commons with accusations that MPs were taking bribes to influence the national railway contracts.)

International news covered items like the activities of British royalty and happenings in the U.S. The May 20 issue that we imagine so intrigued Matilda Clark touched on the comple­ tion of the Suez Canal, and included news from countries as varied as Mexico, Turkey and Prussia. The news was general and it was brief, but for people in the hills, it was a window on the world.

ONLINE IN THE HILLS Did You Know? In what was generally a socially conservative milieu, Orangeville’s newspapers were pioneers of gender equality.

At the same time, political editorial bias, still a controversial feature of today’s corporate media, was a well-established tradition among 19th-century independent newspapers, including the Orangeville Sun. To learn more, see “Did You Know?” with this story at inthehills.ca.

Foley had a masterful understanding of a readership that was essentially rural and comparatively isolated.

Major local news would get entire separate columns. In May 1869, he reported in depth on discussions about the creation of a new county (eventually to be Dufferin). The com­ ing railroad always got space, as did human interest stories if they were both local and unusual, like the farmer from Mono who, in “a state of partial inebriation” choked to death on a piece of meat.

Items deemed of lesser significance were published under “Orangeville and Vicinity,” a catch-all title typical of all weekly papers. (The Bolton Enterprise used “Localettes.”) These items included short bits such as the price of potatoes, a barn fire in Caledon, a conference of doctors in Fergus, and a boy who found and returned a lost wallet (with $69!) in Alton. In this section Foley often re­ ported the recent arrival of goods at local retail stores, “news” that coin­ cidentally also appeared in large ads on the next page.

Because they were the biggest source of revenue for the Sun, ads took up a significant amount of space in every issue. Yet these too were a kind of community service, offering kitchen-table information readers genuinely wanted, telling people what was available and where, and in the process reassuring them that their community offered a lifestyle equal to any other.

All this was put together faithfully every week by a publisher who was an enthusiastic booster of his predom­ inantly Protestant community even though he was a Roman Catholic.

Although readers might have expec­ ted a jab or two from someone who never hesitated to do just that (Foley cheerfully slagged competing news­ papers in almost every issue), he regularly and fairly reported Orange Lodge news because it was local and important. It helps explain why in its day, especially in its early days, the Sun was a vital part of the glue that connected these hills and made them a community.

(Incidentally, as Sun readers dis­ covered, the dastardly Berger was con­ signed to a watery death after failing to take Mary Cliffe down with him.

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f you were to ask me, I’d say we live in a part of the world with three seasons: winter, summer and Christmas. Each season lasts about four months, and winter starts in January. Because I have no grandchildren to spoil, the Christmas season is my least favourite.

So last September, with Christmas decorations sprouting, the refugee heartbreak in Europe sharing head­ lines with almost daily violence in Toronto and the federal election cam­ paign at full throttle, my mood was indeed sombre.

Someone once said, “A greater to­ morrow requires action today.” Time to take control, or my sombre mood could turn into a black pit. My yoga instructor Jean Szmidt had been offering meditation classes. Hmm. I booked an appointment.

According to Jean, the mechanics of meditation are as follows. Turn off anything that might become a dis­ traction (cellphone, computer alert, radio). The lotus position is the clas­ sic posture: sit on a cushion on the floor with legs crossed, back straight and hands resting upward on your

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Set a timer with a pleasant ring­ tone. The time can vary from two to 20 minutes for first efforts. Gently close your mouth and eyes, and begin to concentrate on your breathing.

Centre your attention on the entrance to your nostrils, just above

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Kay MacDuffee, 80, of Caledon has been taking time to meditate twice a day for about 15 years. The former kindergarten teacher, who still supply teaches a few days a week, says, “Meditation changes my day for the better, and changes who I am. I don’t get distracted as much by the daily minutiae.”

your upper lip. As you settle in, you will likely find your breathing be­ comes slower, and you might notice a slight pause between each inhalation and exhalation. Your total awareness should be on the air entering and exiting your nostrils.

When your thoughts wander, gently bring them back into focus. In, out, in, out. It may help to silently repeat a focus phrase such as “ohm,” the traditional mantra, or anything else you are comfortable with – per­ haps “my mind (on the inhalation) is calm” (on the exhalation). Notice what you’re thinking and feeling, but gently set it aside and pay full atten­ tion to your breathing.

The goal is to become grounded in the moment.

“You can’t mess up meditation,” says Jean. “Those nattering thoughts can be good. They give you an oppor­ tunity to practise the important skill of bringing yourself back to the now, without judgement. Think of it as inner housekeeping, an exercise for connecting to your inner being.”

A cancer survivor, Jean says prac­ tising meditation has made her more grounded. She likens it to pushing the reset button on her computer; it clears her emotional pathways of stress and enables her to let go of negative influences. She says the prac­ tice leaves her softer and lighter.

No longer is the discussion of meditation to be found only in ob­ scure self-help books and ashrams. It is quickly becoming society’s go-to antidote to stress. The practice of meditation is being integrated into some school curriculums, our health­ care systems, businesses and even professional sport teams.

Various studies have suggested that regular meditation may produce physical changes in the brain. These changes improve brain function, including the ability to retrieve both long- and short-term memories. For

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In Orangeville, the Kadampa Med­ itation Centre sponsors a weekly evening session focusing on Buddhist wisdom and meditation techniques.

Under the inspirational guidance of Rose Hirano, the classes are designed to reduce the negative thinking that can often creep up on us as we age.

Incorporating meditation into dai­ ly routines also helps develop clarity and perspective, and improves focus and sleep patterns while creating greater inner peace and balance.

I’m a novice at all this, but I see meditation as a journey toward the present moment. I am training my­ self to become conscious only of the now, without thoughts of tomorrow, which will take its own shape, or of yesterday, which I can learn from but not change.

This makes perfect sense to me.

Shouldn’t we be living and appre­ ciating the time we have left of life in the here and now?

And I promise myself that next year I will not get emotionally involved with Christmas marketing in Sept­ ember. And if ohm helps that process, ohm going to stick with it. ≈ Gail Grant is a happily retired senior who lives in Palgrave.

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t was a slick winter night just before 10 p.m. as I drove east on Hockley Road and took the fork right onto 5 Sideroad. Icy rain pelted down as a lineup of cars snaked into the parking lot of the cavernous agricultural centre. We pulled up our hoods and did the slip and slide as we made

our way inside, the music pounding, awaiting our arrival.

I felt nervous walking into the dance, but not for the same reason I had in the past. This dance, this light show and music mayhem wasn’t for us, the adults. Instead, we trundled into the lobby, ready to pick up our kids.

When did this happen? Laughing quietly to myself, I thought, I’m supposed to be the one heading out to parties and dances. Parents exchanged smiles and hugs, while scanning the throngs of wild animals that wouldn’t give up the dance floor. Eventually sweaty bodies began to emerge in little packs. I could tell some parents were slipping into sleepy­ time before the clock hit 10 and had headed out reluctantly, pulling puffy coats over their PJs. Oh, how time had changed us.

I waited for a few minutes at the back, the smells and sounds so familiar, so similar to my own first dance. I can remember it clearly. It was held in an arena in Peel Village, a big open space just like this one. I had already moved north to the hills to East Gary, but headed back for a sleepover and to attend the dance. It was summer; we were between grades 6 and 7. We went a little overboard with turquoiseblue eyeliner, coloured lip gloss, hairspray. I could tell you the name of the boy I danced with, but I

won’t – our dance is a secret sweet moment locked in my memory forever. I remember he felt different than me. I could feel his bones and the beginning of muscles, longer arms and longer torso. So this is what boy feels like, smells like, I thought.

Fast-forward and here I was again, girls again with glossy lips and eyeliner (though happily with less hairspray) and boys in buttoned-down shirts and understated, on-trend T-shirts. I nervously scanned the crowds coming out of the throbbing ag centre, which is more often host to horse shows, rodeos and fall fairs. Then I saw my boy, his slim frame heading to the door, his buddies in pursuit.

They were talking, laughing, the younger brother of one friend still jumping with excitement, hair stuck to his forehead. My nerves slipped away – my son and his friends were in my care again. A few girls flitted by them. “Oops, sorryyy, byeee.” They flipped their long, sweet silk hair and twinkled shy smiles before collapsing into shared euphoria like stars in the night.

Everything smelled the same and felt the same.

The happy tension, the smell of boy, the smell of girl, of smoke machine, parents smoking discreetly outside the door. Ah, heaven.

As for Adrian, this was not his first dance. It was his third, but my first time picking him up after­ ward. The event was hosted by Party Rockers, a fantastic group that holds fundraising dances every month for local sports clubs.

Adrian and his friends piled into the car, hot, sweaty, slipping on the ice. I got to listen to their ex­ cited post-dance analysis. “It was so loud!” they said in overly loud voices, their ears ringing. “Did you see Madison? Does she text you?” “Did you see how tall Aidan is?” “Did you like the DJ?” “I had so much fun. I’m definitely going next time. Are you coming?” “I’m definitely going. We should defin­ itely go.”

I remember my dad picking me up from a dance or two in Orange­ ville. As my ears rang from the loud music at ODSS, he drove slowly across Townline, the mist curling up over the edges of the swampy woods and onto the road.

I can laugh about it now, but as he tuned in CHFI for the deadly “Lovers and Other Strangers,” and drove even more slowly, I wanted to slither under the seat and die from teenage embarrassment. I was convinced my pounding chest would give my teen heart away.

I’m sure a smile played on his lips as we drove through the night.

What becomes of these mom­ ents? They are stored in tiny time capsules in each of our brains. Lit­ tle treasures we draw upon when we need a thrill or a happy place to go, or when we see the mist curling over the road in just such a way that takes us right back.

First dances, barn dances, field parties, high school dances and prom, followed by first kisses and passion. They join with the joy and anxiety of a first dance at your wedding, or swinging your child in spirals from your arms, allowed to stay up late and party with adults, little dress shoes circling the air. Flip over your dance card and there are the unwritten dances you wish you could have had, the times when you sat on the sidelines looking at the floor, pretending to nurse a long-ago drained drink.

But then, there you are before you know it, picking up your own preteen on an icy winter night.

You are the driver, and now he is the one with heart beating secret rhythms in his chest. ≈ Bethany Lee is a freelance writer who lives in Orangeville.

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It was a blustery day when Carl “Crusty” Cosack took writer Nicola Ross for a ride across the high hills of Peace Valley Ranch.

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n the 1991 comedy City Slickers, Billy Crystal’s character decides that a cattle-wrangling ad­ venture is the antidote to his midlife crisis. Mid-movie and suffering from saddle sores, he belts out, “Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, keep them dogies rol­ lin’, man, my ass is swollen, rawhide!”

This is Crystal’s take on the theme song of the popular 1960s TV western Rawhide, that introduced Clint East­ wood as a hunk in a cowboy hat.

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fittingly, Rawhide Adventures, is a kinder, gentler sort of operation. But it too can ward off the slide into midlife – and beyond – while pro­ viding a valuable diversion from hectic lives. Cosack, who is widely known for his central role in the battle against the Melancthon mega quarry, says, “We’re Ontario’s last authentic cattle ranch.”

Peace Valley Ranch is home to some 40 horses and more than 120 black Angus cows on 1,200 acres of rolling hills, open fields and hardwood forests in Mulmur. The “natural horseman­ ship” techniques they employ mean the Cosacks’ horses are calm, gentle

and nothing like the defeated plod­ ders or headstrong runaways typical of many dude ranches. When training her charges, Nikki’s goal is to gain their utmost respect so they come to trust rather than fear people. The out­ come is that her horses are as trust­ worthy as they are lively and alert.

The Cosacks’ cattle ranch depends on its reliable horses and guests in part because they drive the cattle.

“On the four main drives of the year, we need the help because we move cattle over public roadways, over other people’s private lands and past many laneways. So keeping control of the herd is paramount,” says Carl.

The idea of a cattle drive is what drives Michael Flynn. A forensic en­ gineer who is new to horseback riding and lives near the ranch, Michael says, “My dream is to become a decent rider who is useful on the farm.” Carl believes Michael will soon achieve this goal. “Michael is ready this year for sure, and we will assign an exper­ ienced rider to him to help with the uncertainties and surprises that seem to always be part of real-life outings.”

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has taken part in at least 30 cattle drives. “You forget you’re riding,” she says. “You’re so focused on watching the cattle and anticipating their next moves that you’re not consciously thinking, I’m going to ask my horse to speed up or slow down or turn.

You just do it.”

To foster trust and respect in her paint gelding Ok lahoma, which Vanessa leases from the ranch, she employs the Cosacks’ natural horse­ manship training techniques. In a sort of equine obedience class, she is teaching Oklahoma to walk over a tarp, climb onto a pedestal and bal­ ance on a teeter-totter.

When I visited the Cosacks to head out for a ride, it was a blustery, dram­ atic day with steel grey clouds crowd­ ing the horizon. As Carl and I left the farmstead, the gusty wind rattled a piece of loose tin siding on the barn.

Up ahead, a dust devil turned a plastic bag into a twirling ballerina. Weather like this can cause less well-trained horses to go squirrely. Ears twitching, nostrils flared, they want to flee these “demons.” A day like this would nor­ mally be a nightmare for a trail guide, but not at Rawhide Adventures. Kali­ jah, the striking 17-year-old leopard Appaloosa I was riding, was alert but not afraid.

We left the open fields dropping down into the forest, crossed streams and rounded a small pond. As we ambled along, Carl explained that their trail rides are private. You can head out on your own with a guide or bring a group of friends. “It’s not the best model for making money, but where else can you go out on the trail one on one?”

Another of Rawhide’s strengths is its access to land beyond its fencelines.

Kelly Heshka, who boards her quarter horse with the Cosacks, says, “I’ve been riding at the ranch for 16 years and I still don’t know all the trails.”

Kelly des­cribed her experience on a night ride – another highlight that

made me want to stick around until dusk. With only the moon showing the way, her group wandered through the forest and across open fields. “You just had to trust your horse,” she said.

As Carl guided me around the pro­ perty, he offered a few pointers on natural horsemanship. Our sedate pace offered a peaceful respite from life, but I was intrigued by descriptions of the cattle drives and Rawhide’s Rider Challenge. It’s a half-day trip that takes participants over the area’s “most intense ravines and ridges” on a “western bushwhacking” ride.

Rawhide takes in boarders, trains horses for others, and generally offers a service not dissimilar to what you might see on Heartland, CBC TV’s popular show set in the Alberta foot­ hills. You can camp overnight or stay in the ranch’s bed and breakfast, which has two bedrooms, a kitchen­ ette and the “saloon,” a comfortable communal room panelled in pine boards cut and dried on the ranch.

Cowboy paraphernalia adorns the walls, giving the saloon an authentic ranch feel – the Cosacks have not fallen prey to the allure of kitsch.

At the end of City Slickers, dude ranch owner Clay Stone says, “When the three of you first got here, you were as worthless as hen shit on a pump handle. Now look at you – you’re cowboys.” The challenge of learning new skills had made Billy Crystal’s character at least forget about his midlife crisis.

Vanessa explains that a fellow rider once asked her how often during a cattle drive she thinks about work.

Never, was her answer. “The task at hand,” she said, “required my full concentration.” ≈ For more information about Peace Valley Ranch and Rawhide Adventures, see www.rawhide-adventures.on.ca.

Nicola Ross is a freelance writer who lives in Belfountain.

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ow do we live in our home? Does it work?

Does it help us feel relaxed and happy – or anxious? How many of us have any idea what makes a built space great to live in?

Nearly 40 years ago Christopher Alexander and a group of California architects attempted to answer these questions in both a philosophical and pragmatic way. They published their theories in A Pattern Language, a book that has become a bible for architects.

It examines much more than the pri­ vate home, and it’s worth reading if you’re interested in sustainable com­ munity development. But this column will limit itself to the home, and I’ll

use my own to provide examples of the principles outlined in the book.

How many times have you ap­ proached or walked into a space that just felt right? You might have felt inspired, or cozy and comfortable, or at peace, or energized. You might not have known exactly how to express it, but somehow you felt good. You might have said to yourself, “I just love this house.” Though you might have liked the décor, it was probably the elements of the structure that struck an emotional chord.

In 1993, I purchased the home I currently live in after seeing it a few years earlier and being impressed by its “potential.” An unprepossessing example of 1950s modernism, it had

been unused for a couple of years and was built of orange brick with brown and orange trim. My directions to visitors were simple: look for the A&W. It did not seem to be a house that dreams were made of. And yet, I dreamed.

What immediately attracted me to the house was the light. There was light everywhere. It reminded me of an art gallery, an art gallery set in parkland with woods and streams.

Not only was there light and modern­ ism, but there was also natural beau­ ty. A bonus was that the house was set at the top of a rise among the treetops.

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A Pattern Language and started read­ ing about individual patterns. It was then I realized this homely house felt wonderful to live in because it had been built on enlightened principles.

It became a kind of game for me to see how many patterns were represented in the house.

There are many. The first is the way the house draws you from the public area of the parking space to the pri­ vacy of the interior. A narrow stone path from the driveway pulls you into a yew-dominated courtyard, which leads to a porch. This gradual transi­ tion from public to private space feels welcoming and safe.

According to A Pattern Language, this is not accidental: “In every case,

the entrances create a transition be­ tween the outside – the public world – and some less public inner world.”

“People will always gravitate to those rooms which have light on two sides.”

Once inside, you see that light in my house comes from three sides of the principal rooms. Not only are the rooms filled with natural light, but they also connect to nature every­ where you look. The book explains the importance of having light come from a minimum of two, and ideally three, sides and of having something to look at. “Rooms which are too closed prevent the natural f low of continued on next page

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social occasions, and the natural pro­ cess of transition from one social moment to another. And rooms which are too open will not support the differentiation of events which social life requires.”

If you let your eye follow through the windows of my house, you see “outdoor rooms” – a porch off the kitchen, a terrace off the living/din­ ing area and a small deck off the master bedroom. Each is defined by railings or leads the eye to views.

They are inviting spaces that make you want to enter and use them.

“Rooms without a view are prisons for the people who have to stay in them,” says the book.

“Reach the right balance between open, flowing space and closed cell-like space.”

In addition, my house offers an open-concept layout in which the foyer, kitchen, dining room and liv­ ing room flow from one to another.

The spaces are defined by a free­ standing closet and a kitchen counter.

Although it is a modest-sized home, the flow makes it feel large, yet with spaces clearly identified for various uses.

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upward thrust of f loor-to-ceiling windows next to the back door, an arrangement that creates three stages of atmosphere within about 800 square feet.

The lofty space at the front door is welcoming to guests and family as they congregate while shaking off coats and boots. Then the sloping ceiling gen­erates a sense of coziness, enhanced by a fireplace. And finally the eye is taken again to defined spaces outdoors. It is a physical invitation to move forward and, in good weather, outside again.

I added to the flow of light, and this outside-inside rhythm, by replacing the solid wood exterior doors with glass.

“Vary the ceiling heights… so that the relative intimacy of different spaces can be felt.”

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In the bedrooms and den, where a “lift” isn’t necessarily wanted, the ceilings are lower, making the space feel more intimate and safe. Even here there are windows on two sides, but on one side they are clerestory, pro­ viding a lot of light while maintaining privacy. This strategy of designing higher ceilings in public spaces and lower ones in private spaces is quite deliberate and adds qualitatively to the enjoyment of the space.

“No one can be close to others without also having frequent opportunities to be alone.”

The arrangement of rooms is also important. In my house the private spaces are the last part of the house you see. This coincides with the advice in A Pattern Language: “Place

The lower ceiling in the bedroom makes the space feel cozy and safe while windows on two sides admit lots of light.

these rooms at the far ends of the in­ timacy gradient – far from the com­ mon rooms.”

The bedrooms are at either end of the building, so each is private. Al­ though the distance between these rooms is short, the idea of separation is created.

On the lower level of the house is a large den or studio. This area is mostly below grade, but it too has light at both ends and connects to an outdoor terrace. This is the inner sanctum, the office, the most private place for someone who needs a place of her own.

Planning or choosing good space for yourself isn’t easy. We may not think in terms of patterns, but we know when something is right. There isn’t a room in my house that isn’t used, and that’s because all are rooms you want to be in. It is the first house I’ve ever lived in where this is true. If you are planning to build or to buy, you can’t go wrong if you have a copy of A Pattern Language to help guide your decision. ≈ A Pattern Language is available on Amazon. Or you can go online at patternlanguage.com to learn more about and explore ideas for creating houses, buildings, streets, neigh­ bourhoods and gardens that work.

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KINGFISHER, ORANGEVILLE Luxurious living in an adult community steps to hiking trails. 2+1 bedroom bungalow.

Beautifully finished with hardwood floors, granite kitchen counter, nobody behind, 2-car garage and finished bsmt. $615,000

WHITAKER STABLES, 6TH LINE, AMARANTH 124 acre equine paradise! Turn-key facility w/ 240'x82' arena, 31 stalls, 3 outdoor rings, xc course. Gorgeous 5+2 bdrm house w/ all the upgrades, 3-car grge, i/g pool. $1,460,000

GORE ROAD, CALEDON Have it all. A bungalow and 2 storey, both updated. 30 acres on the prettiest part of Gore Road. Find your inspiration here as the resident artist has for years. For more info visit 18166thegoreroad.ca. $1,295,000

NORTH VALLEY RANCH, 7TH LINE AMARANTH 77 acre private oasis. 4 bdrm o/l swimming pond. 8-stall barn. Loafing barn used as riding arena, 40’x80’ shop (combo insulated workshop and drive shed). $929,000

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HEART OF HORSE COUNTRY! 101 acres along Humber River. Energy efficient post & beam, gourmet kitchen, 15 stalls, indoor arena with day-night lighting, viewing lounge, lit 'all weather' sand ring, paddocks, galloping track, apartment/office above. $2,995,000

HEADWATERS HORSE FARM Minutes from Mono Cliffs Park, dining and shops. Access from Airport Road and Hwy 9.

4 bedroom, updated bank barn, 4 stalls, run in, 64'x32’ shop and paddocks on 45.6 acres, perfect for equestrians or working farm. $985,000

EQUESTRIAN LEGACY ROCK EDEN FARM Elegant 3292 sq ft home. Master suite overlooks the 1/2 mile turf track, sand and grass Olympic sized dressage rings, Dutch Masters facility, picture perfect 100 acres. $1,900,000

HOCKLEY VALLEY RETREAT SET BACK IN THE HILLS Tree-lined driveway, ponds, paddocks, forest & trails surround the French inspired chateau. Barn turned retreat centre & log cabin, perfect for guests or family. Outstanding view & endless options make this a truly unique country escape. Horse farm, wellness retreat, artist studio, private getaway or family estate. Whatever you desire you will find here along with natures finest views. $1,550,000

EXECUTIVE CUSTOM BUILT Situated on 8+ acres. Superior construction finished top to bottom. Walkout to inground pool with cabana – great setup for entertaining or in-laws and to enjoy sunsets and views.

Ground source heating. $1,299,800

LAKE SIMCOE WATERFRONT! Spacious year round home on 1.39 acres with approximately 118' of shore line. Amongst fine executive homes. Enjoy stunning views over lake and fabulous sunrises. Multiple walkouts.

Enjoy this private getaway! $2,300,000

COUNTRY LIVING 85 acres rolling hills, workable land, hardwood forest, paddocks, bank barn. Renovated top to bottom, kitchen with granite, tons of storage, family room with cathedral ceiling, main floor laundry, mud rm with garage access. $950,000

GORGEOUS 72 ACRES Century farm with addition in south Adjala!

Rolling hills, multiple ponds, tree-lined frontage. 3rd floor loft is ideal studio. Hike/ride Bruce Trail, country lifestyle. Minutes to Palgrave Equestrian Centre. $1,200,000

86 ACRE FARM 50'x100' workshop, barn, pond and custom 3+2 bdrm brick bungalow. Ideal setup for contractor, home business or farmer with workable flat land. Kitchen with walkout to deck overlooking farmland. Minutes to Hwy 9 & 27. $1,295,000

PREMIERE EQUESTRIAN FACILITY 100 acres minutes to Collingwood! 28 12'x12' stalls, auto water, indoor & outdoor sand arena, wash & tack stalls, tack room, laundry, baths, viewing lounge, paddocks, attached workshop, hay storage, equipment shed. $2,150,000

PRIVATE 10 ACRE HORSE FARM Edge of Newmarket. 3200 sq ft 4-bedroom bungalow, artesian spring-fed pond, 6-stall barn, shop, paddocks, 70' round pen.

Hardwood, travertine, designer granite kitchen, solarium, walkout to covered deck. $2,095,000

HORSE FARM IN SOUTH MONO 70x140 indoor arena, 100x200 outside sand ring, approx 13-acre hayfield, 5 paddocks.

Riding trails, 5-stall barn, standing stall, 3 horse shelters, wash stall, loft for bales and large tack room/apartment. $929,900

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Over 50 years of combined experience at your service! Caledon, Mono, Adjala and surrounding areas.

CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE 42-acre property offering a very unique, ultra-modern home with walls of windows, open concept layout and pours out onto an extensive deck that almost touches the large lake-like pond with sand beach. Massive garage for storage or studio. View the drone tour on our website. Mono. $1,295,000

STUNNING 10+ ACRE SHOW PLACE Impressive brick and stone bungaloft with professionally finished, walkout lower level and finished full loft area ideal for in-law or nanny suite. Beautiful, 3-season Muskoka room overlooking the inground pool, hot tub, pond with waterfall feature and large fire pit. 4-car garage. Mono. $1,800,000

EXCLUSIVE ESTATE WITH VIEWS Custom built executive home with one of the best views in Caledon! Very private setting on 5.3 acres of park-like mature forest with the Niagara Escarpment as your backdrop. Inspiring, multi-level home, finished walkout basement, theatre and spa rooms. View the drone tour on our website. Caledon. $1,289,500

BACKYARD OASIS Large executive home in estate location on the edge of Orangeville. Open concept living featuring a gourmet kitchen, granite tops, soaring ceilings, stunning floors, crown mouldings. Finished lower level with bar. Inground pool, waterfall and lanai with fireplace. 3-car garage. 1.19 acres. $1,195,000

SOUGHT AFTER CALEDON EAST Exclusive court location. New quartz/granite counters. Furnace, a/c, triple pane windows (2015). 4 bdrms, family room with fireplace.

Storage loft above garage. Cedar deck with covered BBQ area. Large rear yard. $790,000

SHARP INGLEWOOD 2-STOREY Premium lot and full, walkout basement. Open concept, vaulted ceilings, pot lights, custom centre island and granite tops. 6-pc ensuite with extra room ideal for a nursery. Crown mouldings, hardwood flrs and more. $829,000

SPACIOUS COUNTRY HOME Upgraded kitchen with granite tops. Dining and great room with views. Home theatre, spa room + infrared sauna. Detached 2-car garage. Inground pool, shared pond. Backs onto Caledon Trail system. 1 acre. $799,000

SPRAWLING COUNTRY BUNGALOW Large home ideal for extended family with main flr area behind 4-car garage with 2nd kitchen, living room, bath and bedroom. 10+ flat acres.

Large main kitchen, w/o basement. Cover-all building for storage. Mono. $1,050,000

SHARP COUNTRY BUNGALOW Spacious home with updates on rolling, treed lot. Kitchen with granite, main flr laundry. Large dining and living room, stone f/p, upgraded baths. Fin w/o bsmt with summer kitchen, f/p, 2 extra bdrms. 2.44 acres. Caledon. $749,900

RARE INVESTMENT OFFERING Almost 100 acres among ongoing development.

Residential to the west in the same block and light industrial to the south. Existing home and barn. Large road frontage, gently rolling terrain.

Orangeville/Mono. $9,995,000

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY Almost 50 acres. 2 homes with rental income.

2 road frontages including high visibility to Hwy 9. Adjoining golf course and light commercial properties. Property may have future potential. Mono. $5,500,000

QUIET COUNTRY LIVING Set back in a small estate dev on 2.65 acres.

Lrg principal rooms, granite tops, stainless steel appliances, rear deck with cedar gazebo.

Hardwood floors, f/p’s, 6-piece ensuite. View the drone tour on our website. Caledon. $849,900

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INCREDIBLE SOUTHERN VIEWS 2600 sq ft 2-level home located within the NEC on 55.95 acres. Backs onto forest for privacy. Wildlife, beautiful solar-heated inground pool, perennial gardens. 3400 sq ft 3-level barn with horse potential. $1,400,000

IDYLLIC SETTING & RIVER VIEWS Picturesque 55-acre property minutes north of Orangeville with over 1000 ft of riverfront.

Spacious Viceroy home with guest/teen retreat, separate nanny suite, bank barn, paddocks and riding ring. $1,099,000

40 ACRES MULMUR SECLUSION Expansive 40 acres, ideal setting with mix of field/meadow, hardwood/pines, large spring and stream-fed pond. Private with cozy A-frame cottage offering south-east views and valuable NEC footprint. Close to skiing, golf, shops, cafes. $675,000

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A RARE OFFERING 1910 converted barn w/ exposed beams/rafters, original wide plank floor, bright open concept, views in all directions. Set back from quiet rural road in Mulmur on 20 acres with seasonal stream, swimming pond, trails. $1,450,000

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NOISY RIVER RETREAT Custom-built retreat on 12.5 acres with pond, river, woods, bunkie and studio. Relax in the outside sauna, take a dip in the pond or enjoy the hot tub room. Great location for golfers and skiers. $849,900

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SPRING OFFERING, ROB ROY Lovely 3.5 bedroom nestled on a 29.5 acre property with a 3.5 acre pond fed by 3 small streams, including the headwaters of the Pretty River. Approx half the property is forested with a sugar bush for making your own maple syrup (shed, evaporator, pails, etc included). Numerous cross-country ski trails/snowshoe trails. On a paved road 15km from Collingwood and 15-20 minutes from Thornbury. Perfect location for outdoor enthusiasts.

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CENTURY STONE Perfect house with architecturally integrated board & batten extension, 2 bedroom coach house, indoor arena, 10-stall barn, an original 1890’s bank barn in great shape, ponds; all on 83 glorious acres. $2,250,000

JUST ADD HORSES 43 acres, stone house, immaculate horse farm with excellent indoor arena, extensive paddocks, sand ring and 10 stalls with space for constructing more. Stocked pond, trails, 2 driveways. $1,195,000

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PRIME CALEDON LOCATION Next to Albion Hills Conservation, the Humber runs through the property. Modest cottage overlooking the river awaits an architect’s dream creation or renovation. Private 5.5 acres, 2 driveways. $779,000

33 ACRE CALEDON FARM Tastefully updated and extended 4-bedroom house, a century barn with stalls for horses, a large paddock, hay fields, and a beautiful swimming pond. Convenient location minutes from Orangeville. $1,279,000 “Peter, thank you for your great efforts in selling our country property. You went far above and beyond. Exceptional!

Highly recommended.”

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FOR THE LOVE OF LAND This 75-acre farm will speak to you. A modest cottage, good century barn, hay fields, pine and hardwood forest, 2 natural ponds. Mono Cliffs Provincial Park and the delightful hamlet of Mono Centre, nearby. $849,000

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POINTE AU BARIL, GEORGIAN BAY Drive-to 330ft waterfront in a protected bay with western exposure, boat house, bunkie, extensive docks, sandy beach.

Everything is A+. $749,000 Another waterfront coming soon. $749,000

69 ACRE VACANT LAND 2 gorgeous ponds, open clear and wooded areas. $695,000 Also for sale is the adjacent 55 acre vacant land with great building site, includes a 40’x50’ Coverall structure, potential for a pond. $595,000

"Peter Bowers was the listing agent for the sale of our home in Mono. He provided excellent advice and service."

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MONO HILLS GOLF CLUB 2 acre building lot on private golf course. Be one of only 10 owners! Mono Hills Country Club. 10 minutes to Orangeville. Play your own course anytime. $335,000

HOCKLEY VALLEY VISTA Newly completed bungalow on 50 acres of valleys, meadows and woodlands. Walkout lower level, one of the best views we have ever seen. Future severance potential. $949,000

BOLTON ACREAGE 42 acres near Bolton. Hold as an investment in growth. Good road exposure. $1,250,000

MODERN BUILT CLASSIC, MONO Elegant family home on 25 acres with distant views. Superb kitchen/great room. 10 minutes to Orangeville. $979,900

CALEDON CADENCE, 100 ACRES Rising from the hills of the escarpment, a masterpiece of design and ingenuity.

7500 sq ft, 4 bedroom, 5-bath residence. Exercise room, sauna and wine cellar.

Almost 100 acres of rolling mixed terrain and exceptional views. $6,580,000

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HIGHFIELDS, CALEDON Architecturally important home designed by W. Fleury. 34 acres with distant views.

Walled garden. 5+ car garage.

Asking $1,950,000

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100 ACRE HORSE FARM The Grange Equestrian Community. Updated 25-stall barn, synthetic footing, indoor arena.

Renovated farmhouse. 2 staff apartments.

Asking $3,000,000

Elegant home overlooking the hills, valleys and fairways of the private Mono Hills Golf Club.

HIDDEN HILL, KING Classic country 4-bdrm home captures views.

Elegant design meets today’s lifestyle. Combined kit & 2-storey liv rm. Pool. 8th Concession. Heated stone floors. Superb fp’s. Wine rm. $2,985,000

LONG LANE, CALEDON 4+1 bdrm home. 2-storey great room. W/o lower level with gym. Drive-in workshop.

3-car garage with studio. Skating pond and rolling farm fields. 57 acres. $1,415,000

TOP HORSE FARM, NEAR PALGRAVE Superb horse farm. 20 stall Dutch Masters main barn with 4 wash stalls, 2 offices + deluxe 76x180 indoor arena with irrigated footing! 300x150 irrigated outdoor ring. Charming 4 bedroom stone house. Staff housing. 12 stall upper barn. Very private setting. $2,950,000

ORANGEVILLE CLASSIC Totally restored century home with selfcontained 2 bedroom, 2nd floor apartment.

Elegant in-town living. 6-car parking. $935,000

RIDE INSIDE WHEN IT’S COLD, ERIN Private 43 south facing acres. 3 bdrm stone house. Separate driveway for stable. 70x135 indoor arena. 9 paddocks. 10 stalls. 3 run-ins + sand ring. 1 bedroom staff apt. $1,225,000

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HILLTOP RETREAT, MONO HILLS Modernist home designed by Crang & Boake.

95 acres. Long drive leads to light-filled 3-bedroom home, pool, gazebo.

Asking $1,275,000

TURTLE FEN, CALEDON One of Caledon’s iconic country houses.

Pond, woodlands and peaceful curated gardens. Studio building, garage + 3-bay drive shed. Guest house.

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PRIVATE | MAJESTIC | PHENOMENAL MonoPark.ca – A Spectacular home set in a private 70 acre oasis of rolling hills, woods, trails, ponds, manicured lawns and lush gardens. This house has everything – an opulent marble entrance with grand winding staircase, elevator, and indoor parking for 9 vehicles.

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FABULOUS FAMILY HOME Situated on 1/2 acre in Erin and backing onto the Erin Heights Golf Club. Beautifully renovated and upgraded throughout and within walking distance to everything Erin has to offer. $499,000

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ATTN DEVELOPERS/BUILDERS Large lot in Caledon East with potential to be split and have 2 homes built or expand the existing bungalow. Fabulous elevation with north views. Walking distance to everything.

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TURTLE SPRINGS FARM Equestrian facility in Adjala. 68 acres, 2 legal residences. Amazing new 16-stall barn with indoor arena, sand ring, multiple oak-board paddocks – all with auto water – hay field, spring-fed pond & gated entrance. $3,495,000

TORY GLEN FARM Turn-key equestrian centre in Caledon on private 35 acres. Luxurious main residence, legal 2nd home. 20 stalls, indoor arena, 2 sand rings, grooming and wash stalls, 3 bay heated garage/workshop. $2,695,000

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STUNNING COUNTRY HOME ON 13.5 PRIVATE ACRES Superior built construction with above ground 2 bedroom in-law suite. Great room, floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, granite counters and custom milled cabinetry in kitchen.

Saltwater pool. MULMUR $1,150,000

43 ACRES IN BEAUTIFUL ERIN TOWNSHIP Private family enclave, perfect for entertaining family and friends. 7 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, great room, lower level walkout and huge windows overlooking scenic hills. Inground pool, stone patio, wildlife pond. ERIN $859,000

INCREDIBLE DETAIL IN EVERY RM Amazing farmhouse with 7 bdrms, kitchen with island, large dining room, solarium, master with double-sided fp. Spectacular barn with bar, bath, open space, kitchen and 6 stalls. Guest/pool house. 100 acres. $2,995,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

STUNNING PANORAMIC VIEWS Open concept solarium, kitchen, dining room.

Master with 3-piece ensuite, 2 storey guest suite with ensuite and Juliet balcony plus 2 more bedrooms. 10 acres, charming 4-stall stable, paddocks. In the hills of Mono. $1,099,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

MAGNIFICENT & GRAND Paved winding drive and spectacular entrance/foyer to impressive 72' great hall.

Massive loft area. Perfect for entertaining.

Stunning master suite. Gorgeous kitchen overlooking the pool. 41 acres. Adjala. $3,950,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

CIRCA 1836 STONE MASTERPIECE 4 bedrooms, eat-in kitchen, sunroom with view of pool. Tennis court. Walk around the 1-acre pond, thru the forest and down to the river – all on your own 97 acres. Detached workshop/garage. Close to GO. Erin. $1,899,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

MAJESTIC EQUESTRIAN LIVING Winding drive through trees to renovated farmhouse, 2 barns, arena, paddocks and outdoor ring. Scenic winding Humber River and driveway leading to private guesthouse in the forest. Near Palgrave. $1,319,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

RENOVATED WITH A MIX OF MODERN & RUSTIC 4-bdrm bungalow with open concept kit/din/ liv room. Mostly fin w/o bsmt w/ rec & music room, office, hair salon. 22.5 acres, heated drive shed/workshop, barn & pond. Mono. $869,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

170 SCENIC ACRES WITH TWO HOMES 2 large ponds, bush and long driveway to restored, turn of the century home. Includes parrot aviary, 2nd residence, 3 barns, drive shed, track. Paddocks and crop land. Erin. $2,450,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

RARE FABULOUS OPPORTUNITY 246 acres with approx 170 acres crops, some hardwood and mixed bush, 3 ponds.

38'x264' workshop with yearly income of $21,600. 2800 sq ft renovated, 3 bedroom turn of the century home. $1,999,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

INVITING COUNTRY HOME WITH POST & BEAM ADDITION 17 acres back from the road, this approx 1700 sq ft home started with a log cabin (1868) and more recently added Great Room with views on 3 sides. Barn/workshop and shed perfect for horses/hobbyist. MULMUR $659,000

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VERY SPECIAL 4.3 ACRE RURAL PROPERTY Charming 2-storey home with pond, separate garage/workshop/studio. Additional use of 10 acres with tennis court, river, soccer field and pond. 1 hr 20 mins to airport in scenic MULMUR $629,000 LAND FOR SALE IN MULMUR

45 acres with 180˚ views. $339,000

19 acres with pond. $319,000

7.7 acres on Boyne River. $289,000

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THE OLD BANK IN CLEARVIEW Preserved art deco building. Soaring 10’ ceilings, light-filled mullioned windows with potentially 4 bdrms or storefront and 3-bdrm apartment upstairs. Weekend getaway or full-time home and/or business. $299,900

1876 SCHOOLHOUSE IN MULMUR Updated, open-concept living with soaring ceilings. Hardwood floors, bathroom with clawfoot tub, loft with 2 bdrms all on a knoll overlooking pristine pastures. Close to skiing and easy access to the city. $342,000

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME Build in Mono amongst the mature hardwoods with dramatic ravines as the backdrop. Rolling 25 acres with views over quiet countryside. Close to skiing, golf and easy commute to the city. $375,000

CENTURY FARMHOUSE 28 acres in Mulmur. Renovated with great rm addition; slate and hardwood flrs, custom kit, beautiful baths and huge master with ensuite and vaulted ceiling. Separate legal apartment on property and bank barn. $849,000

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100 AC TURNKEY EQUESTRIAN 20 stall main barn with spacious heated tack rm. Attached 80x180 indoor arena. Heated viewing lounge with kit & office. 2nd barn with 18 add’l stalls, 15 acres of paddocks.

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MUST SEE EQUESTRIAN OASIS! Stunning custom stone bungalow. 3 bedrooms, 11-stall barn on 57 acres. 10ft ceilings, hardwood floors, 4-car garage, 4 walkouts to pool with spill over hot tub and rock waterfall.

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CALEDON EAST – SIMPLY STUNNING! Custom home with an elegant and tasteful colour scheme flowing throughout, featuring a gourmet kitchen with granite island, large prep island, garland stove and subzero fridge.

7800 + sq ft finished. Finished lower level with extra kitchen, theatre room, games room, party room, fireplace, walkouts to patios and entrance to 2-car garage. Plus detached 3.5-car garage, to store toys or workshop. Saltwater pool, tennis court and landscaped. Steps to shopping, schools, parks and easy commute to GTA. $2,065,000

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OUTSTANDING STYLE Lavishly designed and energy efficient, this alluring beauty on 5.4 acres provides stunning views! Sumptuous kitchen will entice the chef in you to create culinary masterpieces! $1,590,000

COUNTRY LIFE & TROUT FARM What could be better than country living and running a trout farm too! Nestled among trees on 40+ acres, the 3 bedroom raised bungalow allows you to live where you work and play! 70,000 lbs trout/yr. $1,500,000

40+ ACRES OFFERS PRIVACY Come wander through forest and fields!

40.7 acres, well set back from the road, warm and inviting open concept with 1 bedroom loft apartment, offers natural beauty all year long. $1,050,000

GREAT FARM - 73 ACRES While the 3-bedroom house gives you a place to stay, you'll want to be outdoors with this 73-acre farm, with over 60 workable acres, lawn and green space too. $999,000

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91 ACRES TO HORSE AROUND Comfortable, farmhouse with modern amenities and detached triple garage. Clear, rolling land with Mennonite built arena, oversized dressage ring and bank barn set up for horses. 45 acres in crop. $950,000

HORSE FARM – RIVER VIEW Spacious, beautiful one owner Viceroy bungalow on 55 acres in Mono with 1000 feet river frontage/view. Finished w/o lower level, separate garden suite, 16-stall barn, paddocks and hayfields. $1,099,000

ERIN EXTENDED FAMILY HOME Enjoyed by one family since new in ‘99. Two 2-bedroom living spaces in private setting with fenced child/dog play area. 10 acres mostly clear, suitable for a couple of horses or other grazers. $799,000

2 HOMES – 185 ACRE ESTATE Enjoy private country living with 2 newer luxury homes, heated workshop, summer kitchen, detached garage, restored bank barn, superb farm outbuildings with 130 arable acres, spring-fed pond. $3,799,000

CUSTOM STONE 48 ACRES Superb location between Terra Cotta and Glen Williams. Escarpment views, close to GO, Bruce Trail, golf, skiing. Privately situated open concept, quality, 3-car garage. Exclusive.

Call Martha Summers $1,850,000

HORSEY 52 ACRES Minutes to Brampton. Century home, 10-stall barn, wash stall, workshop or additional stalls, coverall arena, gently rolling land, incredible location, spring-fed pond. Exclusive.

Call Martha Summers $1,700,000

100 ACRE NATURAL SETTING Open concept bungalow. Beamed ceiling.

In-floor radiant heat. Paved road, 3000 sq ft heated shop ideal for contractor. Sellers live off grid with wind/solar system/generator.

Low taxes! $1,150,000

LIFE IS BETTER AT THE POND Pristine 3-bedroom bungalow with detached 3-car garage/workshop. 24 acre nature lover’s paradise with rolling walking trails, crystal clear stocked swimming pond with dock and cozy insulated cabin. $925,000

COMPLETE COUNTRY – 43 ACRES Quality open concept, high end finishing inside and out. Walkout lower level, 2nd kitchen, 9-car garage, pool, hot tub, cabana, 6-stall barn, professional landscaping. South Erin.

Call Martha Summers $1,975,000

TERRA COTTA CLASSIC Casual country living. 10 acres, stream, views, pool, dead end road, access to Bruce Trail, close to golf, skiing, GO. High ceilings, screened wrap-around verandah.

Exclusive.

Call Martha Summers $1,195,000

LIVE & WORK HERE Landmark known as the Ballinafad General Store includes retail space, second residential building, apartments. Great location in village setting with commuter traffic.

Call Paul Richardson $625,000

EASY TOWNHOUSE LIVING Luxurious freehold townhome in Milton.

3 bedrooms, 2.5 bath, 2-car garage, huge kitchen, hardwood floors, conveniently located near Milton Hospital and Sportsplex.

Call Paul Richardson $479,000

TIMELESS DESIGN – AGELESS AS FINE WINE Entertainers’ masterpiece by architect Christopher Simmonds, custom built in ‘03. Geothermal heat and 77 windows provide passive solar efficiency. Classic contemporary living, main and upper level master suites. Walkout lower level with 9’ ceiling, fireplace, 4th bedroom, 4-piece bath, rough in for wet bar/kitchenette. 50 acres south Erin, nature lover’s paradise with pond/trails. Landscape by designer Juergen Partridge. $2,150,000

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PRIVATE RIVERSIDE ESTATE Bungalow built to enjoy spectacular Humber River view. Deceivingly large with room for extended family. Pool, golf green, 5 bedrooms, spacious master, 3 fireplaces, garage and large workshop.

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Photography If you want your travel stories to sparkle and entertain, join us for a day-long Travel Writing & Photography Workshop at Farmhouse Pottery in the Hockley Valley near Orangeville.

“Great day Saturday. Enjoyed the opportunity to learn and experiment.” Cindy Matthews

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Alton Mill, 1402 Queen St, Alton. 519-9422018; dancingmoondesigns.ca MAR 26 : LINO BLOCK PRINTING WORKSHOP Liz Eakins demonstrates

printing on Japanese paper. $120.

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Pace describes his soapstone carvings and their origins. 7-9pm. $15. Farmhouse Pottery, 307114 Hockley Rd, Mono. 519941-6654; pacepottery.com APR 1 – JUN 12 : THE SINGH TWINS: A RETROSPECTIVE Intercultural, political

“I suspect this book will be a staple for Ontario bookstores for years to come.” Ben McNally, Ben McNally Books

“If you want to explore the hiking trails of southern Ontario with a latte in hand, pick up Nicola Ross’s new book.” Toronto Star On sale in stores throughout Caledon and Headwaters or buy your copy online at www.nicolaross.ca

$24 95 + HST for the book

Guided Hikes By popular demand, Nicola is guiding hikes throughout Caledon, Dufferin and Erin.

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critique and “past-modern” aesthetics.

Apr 2: a talk by the artists, 1-2:30pm. $5.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca APR 2 : A STORY OF LOVE, LIFE AND LOSS Barbara Heagy (McQuarrie) talks

about her book about finding, then losing someone to cancer. 11am-noon. BookLore, 121 First St, Orangeville. 519-942-3830; booklore.ca APR 2 – JUN 5 : SEASONS OF A LIFE – PAT BURNS-WENDLAND Handmade silk

kimonos by celebrated fibre artist. April 2: reception, 6pm, admission by donation, register. DCMA, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com APR 6 : CELEBRATING POETRY MONTH

Robert McAlpine reads from his book Wings of Wonder. 7pm. Free. BookLore, 121 First St, Orangeville. 519-942-3830; booklore.ca APR 9 & 10 : COLLAGE & MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOP Variety of media and

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Mill St, Creemore. 705-727-6161; millstreetartstudio.com APR 10 : VIETNAM – A TRAVELOGUE: A ONE BOOK ONE COUNTY EVENT Jamie

McAlpine recounts his travels. 2pm. Free, reserve. Shelburne Library, 201 Owen Sound St. BookLore, Dufferin libraries, 519-925-2168; shelburnelibrary.ca APR 16 : ORANGEVILLE ART GROUP WORKSHOPS Landscapes, media

TBA, Doug Purdon. 10am-4pm. $80, register. Victoria Parks Community Centre, Mono Mills. 519-546-9224; orangevilleartgroup.com APR 16 : COLOURED PENCIL WORKSHOP

Ruth Ann Pierce creates realistic images.

Bring coloured pencils, Prisma Colour or Faber-Castell. 10am-4pm. $100.

148A Mill St, Creemore. 705-727-6161; millstreetartstudio.com APR 16 : WRITING & PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP Award winners Rob

Stimpson (photographer) Nicola Ross (writer) offer tips. 10am-4pm. $125.

Farmhouse Pottery, 307114 Hockley Rd, Mono. 519-943-5667; nicolaross.ca

APR 16 – MAY 8 : MADE OF WOOD SHOW Juried show and sale of one-

of-a-kind Canadian works. Wed-Sun 10am-5pm. Free. Alton Mill, 1402 Queen St, Alton. brianoates@hotmail.com; madeofwoodshow.com APR 19, MAY 17 & JUN 21 : ORANGE THREADS Stitchery group shares projects,

conversation about good books. 1-2:30pm.

Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519941-0610 x5232; orangevillelibrary.ca APR 22 : DUFFERIN CIRCLE OF STORYTELLERS An evening of stories

expertly told, with live music. 7pm. $10 at DCMA and BookLore. DCMA, Hwy 10 & Airport Rd. 1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com APR 24 – JUN 12 : PORTRAITS OF YOU – JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW See

website for submissions. Click Connect group work also displayed. Apr 24: reception 2pm. Donation, register for reception. DCMA, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com APR 27 – MAY 1 : MAYFIELD SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT SHOW Inspiring

works by talented young artists. Wed-Sun 10am-5pm. Alton Mill, 1402 Queen St, Alton. Mayfield Secondary School, 519940-0935; margi@altonmill.ca APR 30 – MAY 1 : ALTON MILL SPRING OPEN HOUSE Tour the studios, sign up

for classes and workshops. 10am-5pm.

Free. 1402 Queen St, Alton. 519-941-9300; altonmill.ca APR 30 : AUTHORS FOR INDIES Jael Richardson launches her new children’s book The Stone Thrower (11am) and Signe Langford discusses her nonfiction book Happy Hens and Fresh Eggs (1pm). Free.

121 First St, Orangeville. 519-942-3830; booklore.ca

MAY 1 : ONE BOOK ONE COUNTY – DUFFERIN READS GRAND FINALE Kim

Thúy, author of Mãn, discusses her work.

1-4pm. DCMA, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. BookLore & Dufferin County libraries, 519942-3830; booklore@bellnet.ca MAY 1 – JUN 30 : RICKY SCHAEDE PRIVATE STUDIO TOURS Browse new works. Sales

to fund educational art trip. Noon-6pm.

Studio Schaede, 41 Townline, Orangeville.

519-217-3059; rickyschaede.com MAY 6 – 8 : THE FESTIVAL OF LITERARY DIVERSITY BookLore is official bookseller

for FOLD. Workshops, performances, panels discussions, and an evening with Lawrence Hill. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. info@thefoldcanada.org; thefoldcanada.org MAY 6 – 11 : WRITE ON THE FRENCH RIVER RETREAT Hone your skills with

Camilla Gibb, Don Gillmor, Oakland Ross and Susan Scott. All skill levels. 9am-6pm. $1200-$1600. The Lodge at Pine Cove, 1013 Highway 528a, Noelville, Ont. 705898-2500; frenchriver.com MAY 7 : LENSCAPERS – PHOTOGRAPHY WALKING WORKSHOP AT THE DCMA

Emily Curd gives tips for great shots. Bring your camera. No skill required. Ages 16+.

11am-1pm. 1:30pm-3:30pm. $30, register.

Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com

Noon-5pm. Free. Williams Mill Gallery, 515 Main St, Glen Williams. Art by 9, 905-8738203; gallery@williamsmill.com MAY 21 : NOTTAWASAGA HANDWEAVERS & SPINNERS GUILD MEETING Making

small felted bags. 1-4pm, register, materials fee. The Gibson Centre for Creativity, 63 Tupper St W, Alliston. 705435-6991; nottguild.ca MAY 21 & 22 : BOTANICAL WATER­ COLOUR PAINTING Identify and

accurately paint herbs and flowers.

10am-4pm. $180 + materials. 148A Mill St, Creemore. 705-727-6161; millstreetartstudio.com MAY 26 : CORPORATE VITALITY BY DR. LANCE K. SECRETAN Making

relationships inspiring. Proceeds to Headwaters Arts. 7-9pm. $25. Cambium Farms, 81 Charleston Sdrd, Caledon. 519943-1149; headwatersarts.com MAY 29 : ADVENTURES IN ORIENTAL RUG COLLECTING Exploration and travel

with Marshall and Marilyn Wolf and Judith Humphries. 2-4pm. Regular admission.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca JUN 2 : MARK-MAKING TO ART

MAY 7 & 8 : ALL THINGS WOOD WEEKEND

Expression through art and fine motor development for early learning professionals. 5-7pm. $10, register. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-7914055; pama.peelregion.ca

Interactive demonstrations and seminars.

10am-5pm. Free. Alton Mill, 1402 Queen St, Alton. madeofwoodshow.com

JUN 9 : CONNECTIONS ART & BOOK CLUB Bone and Bread by Saleema Nawaz,

MAY 18 – JUN 5 (WEDNESDAY, SUNDAY) : CREATIVE FORCE – THE FIRE WITHIN

Nine women artists of Headwaters, various media. May 21: reception, 5-7pm.

tour of The Singh Twins: A Retrospective.

7-8:30pm. Free, register with Brampton Library (905-793-4636). PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca JUN 12 : CORN FLOWER FESTIVAL

Sharing sessions, consignment sale, live auction, raffle of authenticated Corn Flower pieces. 10am-4pm. $10. DCMA, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com JUN 25 – AUG 20 : A FINE LINE – THE CARICATURES OF ANTHONY JENKINS

Retrospective show of the Globe and Mail cartoonist and illustrator. June 25: reception, 6pm. Donation. Reception $25, register. DCMA, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com continued on next page abbreviations CPCC

DCMA

PAMA

Caledon Parent-Child Centre

Dufferin County Museum & Archives

Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives

CVC

Regular admission: $5; seniors $4; children 5-14 $2; under 5 free; family $12

Regular admission: $5; students, seniors $4; family (2 adults & 5 children) $12

DCAFS

EWCS

SBEC

Dufferin Child and Family Services

East Wellington Community Services

Orangeville & District Small Business Enterprise Centre

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SPCA

Dufferin Parent Support Network

Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

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community Farmers’ Markets Opening Days MAY 7: ORANGEVILLE Saturdays, 8am-1pm. Second St & Broadway. orangevillefarmersmarket.ca MAY 21: CREEMORE Saturdays, 9am-1pm. Station on the Green. creemorefarmersmarket.ca MAY 21: ALLISTON Saturdays,

8am-2pm. Mill St & Victoria St. allistonfarmersmarket.ca MAY 25: NEW LOWELL Wednesdays, 5:30-8pm. New Lowell Recreation Park Pavilion. clearview.ca MAY 26: SHELBURNE Thursdays,

3-7pm. 1st Ave & Owen Sound St. shelburnefarmersmarket.ca JUN 1: INGLEWOOD Wednesdays,

3-7pm. Lloyd Wilson Arena. villageofinglewood.com JUNE 9: STAYNER Thursdays, 5:30-8:30pm. Station Park, Downtown Stayner. clearview.ca JUNE 9: SOUTHFIELDS VILLAGE Thursdays,

3:30-7:30pm. Village Blue, 415 Dougall Ave, Caledon. caledonmarket@gmail.com

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JUNE 17: ROSEMONT Fridays, 3-7pm. Rosemont Hall parking lot, beside Globe Restaurant, Hwy 89. rosemontfarmersmarket.ca JUNE 18: BOLTON Saturdays, 9am-1pm.

Learn how his latest book, A Love Story, has helped to shape an entirely new theory which is transforming organizations into vibrant and inspiring institutions.

This evening is for you.

Downtown Bolton, Ann St & Sterne St. boltonfarmersmarket.ca

Talk followed by book signing, wine, cheese, coffee.

NOW – JUN 5 : FROM ASHGABAT TO ISTANBUL: ORIENTAL RUGS FROM CANADIAN COLLECTIONS Rug collecting

7pm, Thursday, May 26 at Cambium Farms 81 Charleston Sideroad, Caledon, Ontario Call 519-943-1149 or visit www.headwatersarts.com for information or tickets $28 (tax included).

This is a fundraising event for Headwaters Arts.

CATERING + TAKE-OUT Orangeville Agricultural Society Event Centre Fairgrounds 247090 5 Sideroad in Mono

(519) 939-3663

JUN 24: ERIN Fridays, 3-7pm. Erin Agri­

cultural Society Fairgrounds. erinfair.ca

in Canada and the people who made them. Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca NOW – JUN 30 : CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY LOCAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Wheels of Hope

(year-round), Relay for Life (Nov-June), Daffodil convenor (Jan-Apr). Canadian Cancer Society, 32 First St, Orangeville.

1-866-711-0111 x3836; cancer.ca NOW – ONGOING (THIRD WEDNESDAY) : CAFÉ CALEDON Discussion in a coffee­

house setting. Topics on website. 7:309:30pm. Free. St. James Anglican Church, 6025 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. 905584-8506; stjamescaledoneast.ca NOW – ONGOING (SECOND THURSDAY) : PROBUS CLUB OF ORANGEVILLE & DISTRICT MEETINGS Active seniors enjoy

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speakers and interest groups. 10am-noon.

Orangeville Agricultural Centre, 247090 5 Sdrd, Mono. 519-939-2711; handydad. clarence@gmail.com

NOW – ONGOING (THURSDAYS) : ZOOMERS, BOOMERS AND SENIORS – HEALTH AND WELLNESS DAYS Work­

shops to enhance mind, body and spirit.

10am-3pm. Free. The Exchange, 55 Healey Rd, Unit 10, Bolton. Caledon Community Services, 905-584-2300 x273; ccs4u.org MAR 24 – APR 7 (THURSDAYS) : THE EASTER EXPERIENCE Passion and

resurrection of Jesus through dramatic storytelling. 6:30-7:30pm. Cheltenham Baptist Church, 14520 Creditview Rd, Cheltenham. 905-838-3122; cbchurch.ca MAR 26, APR 9 & 23 : ORANGEVILLE WINTER MARKET Local veggies, meats,

maple syrup and more. 9am-1pm.

Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway.

Orangeville BIA, 519-942-0087; wintermarket.ca MAR 28 : RESTORE AND ACTIVATE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM Prevent illness,

improve health and well-being. Half of fees to EWCS. 7-8pm. $20. Private horse farm in Erin. 519-993-3254; clarityhomeopathy@gmail.com MAR 31 : DISCOVER YOUR ROOTS WITH ANCESTRY The basics of the Ancestry

Library Edition database. 7-8:30pm. Free, register. Heritage Caledon and Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905-8571400 x250; caledon.library.on.ca APR 1 : HOLI GALA 2016 Celebrate the Festival of Colours! Proceeds to Osler’s three hospitals: Brampton Civic, Etobicoke General and new Peel Memorial. 6:3011pm. $150. Embassy Grand Convention Centre, 8800 The Gore Rd, Brampton.

905-494-6556; oslerfoundation.org APR 1 – 30 : SIKH HERITAGE MONTH Art,

history, performances and interactive demonstrations. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. PAMA and the Sikh Heritage Committee, 905-791-4055; ontariosikhheritagemonth.com APR 2 : GIANT MULTIFAMILY INDOOR GARAGE SALE Supporting the King’s

College School. 8:30-11:30am. 16379 The Gore Rd, Caledon. 905-880-7645; kingscollegeschool.ca APR 3 : HEATHERLEA FARM SHOPPE’S GRAND OPENING New butcher shop

and café. Noon-4pm. Heatherlea Farm Shoppe, 17049 Winston Churchill Blvd, Caledon. 519-927-5902; heatherlea.ca

APR 3, MAY 1 & JUN 5 : SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFAST Bacon, sausage,

APR 16 : CALEDON SENIORS’ CENTRE BINGO & BRUNCH Includes three bingo

eggs, hash browns, toast, fruit. 10-11am.

Free, register. St. James Anglican Church, 6025 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. 905584-9635; stjamescaledoneast.ca

cards and prizes. 10am-2pm. $12, register.

Caledon Seniors’ Centre, 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton. 905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca

Jim Leonard and Kyle Neill discuss what PAMA collects. 7-8:30pm. Regular admission, register. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama. peelregion.ca APR 10 : BRIDGING THE GAP CELEBRATION Local high school students

write seniors’ life stories. 1-2:30pm. Free.

Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton.

905-857-1400 x228; caledon.ca APR 11 : CALEDON COMMUNITY RECOGNITION NIGHT Awards to

outstanding citizens contributing in extraordinary ways. 7-9pm. Free. Caledon Community Complex, Caledon East. 905584-2272 x4235; caledon.ca APR 13 : WRITE AN EFFECTIVE BUSINESS PLAN Practical steps for

business planning documents. 9amnoon. $23. Tony Rose Sports Centre, 6 Northmen Way, Orangeville. Orangeville & Area SBEC, 519-981-0440 x2286; orangevillebusiness.ca APR 14 : DISCOVER YOUR ROOTS WITH ANCESTRY The basics of the Ancestry

Library Edition database. 7-8:30pm. Free, register. Heritage Caledon, Caledon Library, 35 Station St, Alton. 905-857-1400 x250; caledon.library.on.ca APR 14 : TRAVELS TO THE DARK CONTINENT Lindsay Scorgie-Porter

discusses her experiences in Africa.

7-9pm. $15. Farmhouse Pottery, 307114 Hockley Rd, Mono. 519-941-6654; pacepottery.com APR 15 – 17 : CALEDON HOME & LIFESTYLE SHOW Products and services

for your home. Free. Don Sheardown Arena, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. Caledon Chamber of Commerce, 905-857-7393; caledonhomeshow.com APR 16 : CALEDON HORSE TACK SWAP & SPRING SALE New and used tack,

equipment and gifts, vendors. Two buildings: Caledon Fairgrounds and Caledon Village Place, Caledon Village.

10am-3pm. Free. Caledon Agricultural Society, 519-927-5970; horsetackswap.ca

Our readers interpreted the scenes of Erin Village by Steve McDonald in many different and enchanting ways.

APR 16 : RABIES AND MICROCHIP CLINIC

Thanks to all who entered our winter colouring contest.

Dogs leashed, cats in carriers. Microchip $30; rabies vaccine $30; nail clipping available. Cash. 10am-1pm. Premier Equipment, 8911 Wellington Rd 124, Ospringe. Upper Credit Humane Society, 519-833-2287; uppercredit.com APR 20, 27 : HEADWATERS FOOD & FARMING ALLIANCE FOOD CHARTER CONSULTATIONS Share perspectives

and necessary action to protect our food system. Apr 20: 5:30-8:30pm, WDG Public Health Orangeville Office, 180 Broadway.

Apr 27: 5:30-9:30pm, Shelburne Library, 201 Owen Sound St. hffa.ca

congratulations to our winners!

Details of their work are shown below.

Each will receive a free copy of Creemore-area artist Steve McDonald’s bestselling colouring book Fantastic Cities.

Emma Rahbæk

APR 7 : ARCHIVES 101 TALK Archivists

ties. 9am-1pm. Albion Bolton Community Centre, Bolton. boltonkin@gmail.com

APR 20 : CALEDON TRAILWAY TALK

Wayne Noble speaks on the Caledon Trailway. 7:30-9pm. $5. St. James Anglican Church, 6025 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. Caledon East & District Historical Society, 905-584-0352; cedhs.ca APR 21, MAY 19, JUN 16 : INTO THE MYSTICAL Learn about, discuss mystical

matters with like-minded souls. 7-9pm. $20/session, register. Alton Mill, 1402 Queen St, Alton. 519-942-2018; dancingmoondesigns.ca APR 22 : LAUGH OUT LOUD FOR CPCC

Yuk Yuk’s Ian Sirota and Rob Pugh, antipasto bar, waffle station, silent auction. Proceeds to CPCC. 6:30pm. $75.

Royal Ambassador Event Centre, 15430 Innis Lake Rd, Caledon East. 905-8570090; cp-cc.org

Anne Marie Capaz

Enhance communication, increase profits.

6:30-9:30pm. $23. Alder Street Recreation Centre, 275 Alder St, Orangeville.

Orangeville & Area SBEC, 519-941-0440 x2286; orangevillebusiness.ca

APR 16 : BOLTON KINSMEN TOONIE SALE Used clothing supports local chari­

Laurie Merrithew

APR 7 : EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE

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APR 23 : WELLIES TO WISHES Cocktail

dresses, welly boots, artisan foods, auc­ tions. Proceeds to Dufferin Children’s Fund. 7-11pm. $60. Orangeville Agricul­ tural Centre, 247090 5 Sdrd, Mono.

DCAFS, 519-941-1530 x246.

And congratulations also to Lori di Giusti who correctly identified the camouflaged creatures in the Can You See It? challenge in Don Scallen’s Notes from the Wild blog.

She wins a $50 gift certificate to BookLore.

APR 24 : PURPLE HILLS ARTS & HERITAGE SOCIETY AGM Includes a volunteer

appreciation luncheon. Free. Creemore Station on the Green, 10 Caroline St E, Creemore. info@phahs.ca; phahs.ca APR 25 : BOUNCE OUT OF BED ENERGY IN 5 STEPS Symptoms and triggers,

nutrition, diet and lifestyle. Half of fees to EWCS. 7-8pm. $20. Private horse farm in Erin. Sherri McKnight, HD, 519-993-3254; clarityhomeopathy@gmail.com continued on next page

Check out other fascinating facts about local flora and fauna in Don Scallen’s Notes from the Wild blog at inthehills.ca.

While you’re there, catch up on humorist Laurie May’s latest Two Blue Boots entry, along with gardening ideas from Cut & Dried Flower Farm and Not So Hollow Farm.

www.inthehills.ca calendar of events . dining out guide video ex tr as . reader comments . advertiser index plus all your favourite stories from past issues

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APR 29 : CALEDON SENIORS’ CENTRE MONTHLY DINNER Lasagna, salad,

dessert. 5:30-7pm. $10, register. Caledon Seniors’ Centre, 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca APR 30 : CHELTENHAM UNITED BEEF BBQ Takeout from 4:30pm. Sittings: 5

& 6pm. Advance tickets required. $20; children 6-12, $10; 5 & under, free. 14309 Creditview Rd, Cheltenham. 905-838-3417, brander@sympatico.ca APR 30 : GREAT TASTE SHOPPING PARTY

Evening of serious shopping, tasty treats.

5-9pm. $20. Downtown Orangeville.

Orangeville BIA, 519-942-0087; downtownorangeville.ca MAY 1 : HIGH TEA AND HIGH HEELS – EWCS FUNDRAISER Tea and accessories

shopping, silent auction. 2-4pm. $17; 2 for $32. St. Andrew’s Church, 83 Trafalgar Rd, Hillsburgh. 519-833-9696 x222; ew-cs.com MAY 3 : UNDERSTANDING YOUR BUSI­ NESS INSURANCE NEEDS Appropriate

coverage for your enterprise. 6:30-9:30pm. $12. Alder Street Recreation Centre, 275 Alder St, Orangeville. SBEC, 519-941-0440 x2286; orangevillebusiness.ca MAY 5 : MUSEUM MONTH: THROUGH THE EYES OF A CURATOR Thomas Smart

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Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca MAY 14 : THE WILD RIDE – DCMA SPRING BUS TOUR Nooks and crannies

of Dufferin with interesting tales. Lunch provided. 10am-2pm. $35, register.

DCMA, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd, 1-877-9417787; dufferinmuseum.com MAY 14 : KNOX UNITED SILENT AUCTION & ITALIAN DINNER 5-9pm.

$15; ages 5-7, $7; 5 & under, free. 2976 Charleston Sdrd, Caledon Village. 519-9273320; knoxunitedcaledon@gmail.com MAY 15 : WALK FOR ALZHEIMER’S

Begin at Mono Amaranth Public School (Hockley Rd) and walk Island Lake trail, Orangeville. Alzheimer Society of Dufferin County, 519-941-1221 x102; kristimoore@ alzheimerdufferin.org MAY 15 : WHOLE VILLAGE ORIENTATION

Tour the farm and eco-residence. 1-4pm. $10. 20725 Shaws Creek Rd, Caledon. 519941-1099; wholevillage.org MAY 18 : ADVANCED MARKETING TOOLS AND SOFTWARE Effective online tools

for measuring marketing goals. 9amnoon. $30. Tony Rose Sports Centre, 6 Northmen Way, Orangeville. SBEC, 519941-0440 x2286; orangevillebusiness.ca

speaks on The Singh Twins, and Fabulous Fictions and Peculiar Practices. 7-8:30pm.

Free with admission, register. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca MAY 7 : GET DOWN & DERBY MC Scott

Finlay. Black tie optional, derby-themed attire for the Best Dressed contest.

Proceeds to the Headwaters Health Care Foundation. 5:30pm. Hockley Valley Resort, 793522 3rd Line Mono.

Headwaters Health Care Foundation, 519-941-2702 x2309; hhcfoundation.com MAY 7 : RUN FOR MY BUDDY 5km charity run/walk for Lyme disease. Proceeds to local girl Noelle for treatment. All ages, fitness levels. Register at raceroster.ca.

1-5pm. $35. Island Lake Conservation Area, Orangeville. 519-216-2645; facebook.com MAY 7 : TASTES OF AFRICA African-

SPECTACULAR That’s what best describes the natural beauty of our incredible setting.

GOLF • DINING • WEDDINGS • EVENTS • MEETINGS • PATIO

inspired food, music, entertainment. All funds to African sister school. 5:30-11pm. $55; children 12 & under, $25. 16379 The Gore Rd, Caledon. 905-880-7645; kingscollegeschool.ca MAY 11 : HORSE COUNTRY EXCELLENCE AWARDS GALA Honouring Charles

Armstrong, Susan Grange, Beth Underhill and Ross Millar. 5:30pm. $175. Best Western, 7 Buena Vista Dr, Orangeville. Headwaters Equine Leadership Group, 519-942-0314 x204; headwatershorsecountry.ca MAY 12 : MUSEUM MONTH: DIVERSE WRITERS OF PEEL: PAST & PRESENT 2121 Olde Baseline Road, Caledon, ON L7C 0K7 (905) 838-0200 www.golfcaledon.com

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MAY 18 : WOMEN AT THEIR BEST 2016

Entertainment and keynote speaker Kate Davis. Exhibitors, cash bar, prizes.

Proceeds to My Sister’s Place, Girl Guides of Canada and Stevenson Memorial Hospital. 6-9:30pm. $30. Nottawasaga Inn, 6015 Hwy 89, Alliston. 705-435-8874; womenattheirbest.ca MAY 21 : HIGH COUNTRY UNITED CAMILLA GARAGE SALE Recycle, reuse.

8am-noon. 346255 15 Sdrd, Mono. 519-9410972; highcountryunited@auracom.com MAY 21 : ARCHIVES WORKSHOP – GETTING STARTED WITH ANCESTRY.CA

Records, passenger lists, military rolls and more. Basic computer and Internet skills required. Bring your laptop. 9:30am-noon. $10, register. DCMA, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877-941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com MAY 21 : READY, SET, WEAR IT! World

record attempt for number of people wearing a PFD on the same day. Paddle Island Lake, canoe, kayak, SUP. Dogs with a PFD. 10am-2pm. Free. Island Lake Conservation Area, Orangeville. 647-4072621; readysetwearit.com

JUN 6 : OSLER OPEN: BRAMPTON INVITATIONAL Proceeds to Peel Memorial MAY 26 : MUSEUM MONTH: PRESERVING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY

Where to store original photos and records. 7-8:30pm. Regular admission.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca MAY 28 : GRAND VALLEY LIONS DUCK RACE Finish line in Hereward Park with

activities, prizes, entertainment, food.

2pm. Free; duck for $5. Main St S, Grand Valley. 519-928-5470; grandvalleylions.com MAY 28 : GRAND VALLEY LIONS COMMUNITY BREAKFAST Community

breakfast at the Grand Valley Community Centre. 8-11am. Free, donations apprecia­ ted. 519-928-5470; grandvalleylions.com MAY 28 : ORANGEVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL MEGA YARD SALE Rain or shine.

8am-noon. 553281 Cty Rd 16, Mono. 519941-3381; orangevillechristianschool.com MAY 28 : ERIN SUMMER CELEBRATION!

Sidewalk sale meets street festival.

11am-5pm. Free. Main St, Erin. Village of Erin BIA, villageoferin@gmail.com; villageoferin.ca MAY 28 : UPPER CREDIT HUMANE SOCIETY GOLF TOURNAMENT 1:30pm.

$175 golf/dinner; $120 ClubLink members; $145 golf; $50 dinner. Eagle Ridge Golf Club, 11742 Tenth Line, Georgetown.

Upper Credit Humane Society, 416-7067406; uppercredit.com MAY 28 : BELFOUNTAIN GARLIC MUSTARD PULL Join Grade 4/5 from

Belfountain PS to get rid of this invasive species. Free BBQ if you pull. 9am-1pm.

Belfountain Conservation Area. CVCA, Belfountain Community Organization,garl icmustardbusters.ca MAY 29 : PURINA WALK FOR DOG GUIDES Proceeds to Lions Foundation

Dog Guides. Doggie fair, silent auction.

Donate, register online. 9am-noon. Alder Street Recreation Centre, 275 Alder St, Orangeville. Amaranth Lions Club, 519941-1633; purinawalkfordogguides.com JUN 4 : PALGRAVE UNITED BBQ SMOKED PORK CHOP DINNER Salads, baked beans

19th Annual Gala Benefitting Headwaters Health Care Foundation

redevelopment, diagnostic equipment and technology at Brampton Civic Hospital. 8:45am-5pm. Lionhead Golf Club, 8525 Mississauga Rd, Brampton.

905-494-6556; oslerfoundation.org JUN 9 : CELEBRATING SENIORS LUNCHEON Caledon’s seniors and their

contributions to the community. Tickets at any Caledon library. 11:30am-2pm. $10.

Caledon Community Complex, Caledon East. Town of Caledon, 905-584-2272 JUN 9 : TRIVIA NIGHT AT THE PUB Fun

with local history and heritage buffs.

7-9pm. Free, cash drinks and menu. Villa Caledon Inn and James McCarty Pub, 16626 Airport Rd, Caledon East. Caledon Library with Heritage Caledon & Caledon Inn, 905-857-1400; villacaledoninn.com JUN 10 – 12 : CALEDON FAIR Midway,

live entertainment, competitions, horse and cattle shows, homecraft exhibits, truck and tractor pull, BBQ. 9am-10pm.

Fri night $10/person; daytime $15/car.

Caledon Fairgrounds, Caledon Village.

Caledon Agricultural Society, 416-6977792; caledonfair.ca

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JUN 18 : ST. JAMES ANGLICAN SPRING YARD & BOOK SALE 9am. 6025 Old

Church Rd, Caledon East. 905-584-9635; stjamescaledoneast.ca JUN 18 : RURBAN FOOD TRUCK RALLY

Live music, beer gardens, farmers’ market, arts festival. 1-7pm. Free. Mill St and Victoria St, Alliston. Alliston BIA, 705435-1787; rurban.ca

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JUN 18 : CALEDON DAY Country

and western-themed celebrations, entertainment, vendors, silent auction, fireworks. 2-11pm. Free. Caledon Community Complex, Caledon East. Town of Caledon, 905-584-9254; caledon.ca JUN 19 : RELESSEY CHURCH MEMORIAL SERVICE Annual memorial service,

2:30pm. Mono Centre Rd at 5th Line.

Mono Relessey Cemetery Board, 519-9411100; luellaholmes@aol.com JUN 20 : ST. ANDREW’S HILLSBURGH STRAWBERRY SUPPER BBQ chicken,

and Palgrave United famous homemade pies. 5-7pm. 1 chop, $14; 2 chops, $16; kids 10 & under, $5. 34 Pine Ave, Palgrave. 905880-0303; palgraveunited.ca

salads, strawberries. Sittings 5:30 & 7pm. Take-out 5-7:30pm. 1/4 dinner $13; 1/2 $16; children 6-11, $8; 5 & under free.

83 Trafalgar Rd. Tickets 519-855-4274; st.andrewshillsburgh@gmail.com

JUN 5 : HIT THE ROAD FOR HOSPICE DUFFERIN Poker run, 9am, or guided

JUN 24 : BOLTON TRUCK & TRACTOR PULL Largest one-day pull in the

scenic tour, 10am. Cash prizes. BBQ lunch. Register at curling club 9-10am.

Pledge online. $30 or $100 in pledges.

Orangeville Curling Club, 76 Fifth Ave. 519-942-3313; hospicedufferin.com

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Pipes, Celtic step dancing, traditional Scottish tunes, BBQ. 11:45am-3pm. $10; $12, children $5 at door. St. Andrew’s Stone Church, 17621 St. Andrew’s Rd, Caledon.

519-927-5987, stoneridge@bell.net JUN 25 : UNDER THE MAPLES FEATURING THE PRACTICALLY HIP Food,

beer tent and local artisans. Proceeds to community initiatives. Tickets at ticketpro. ca, or at Higher Ground in Belfountain, Inglewood General Store. 4-9pm. $20.

Caledon Ski Club Parking Lot, Belfountain.

Belfountain Community Organization, 519-993-1715; belfountain.ca JUN 25 : WINES OF THE WORLD Premium

wines, beers, local ciders, assorted foods and live music. Tickets at local retailers or the website. 6-9pm. $50. Caledon Equestrian Park, 200 Pine Ave, Caledon. palgraverotary.com Now offering an extensive line of Vintage Rental Products!

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JUN 26 : CYCLE FOR BETHELL HOSPICE TEAM AT THE HEALING CYCLE RIDE

Proceeds to Bethell Hospice. Register online. Select the Cycle for Bethell Hospice Team. Brampton Fairgrounds, 12942 Heart Lake Rd, Caledon. thehealingcycle.ca JUL 1 : STRAWBERRY SUPPER AT KNOX UNITED CHURCH Canada

Day celebration. 4:30-7pm. $15; 5-10, $6; 5 & under, free. 2976 Charleston Sdrd, Caledon Village. 519-927-3320; knoxunitedcaledon@gmail.com

music MAR – JUNE: LIVE MUSIC AT ROSE THEATRE All performances at 8pm

unless noted. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. 905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca APR 8 : GUY DAVIS Acoustic blues, African-

American stories, original songs.

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cell: 519-939-9806 office: 416-530-1100 www.bosleyrealestate.com valcorn @ bosleyrealestate.com

APR 21 : ASHLEY MACISAAC Traditional Cape Breton-style fiddling with a shredding twist.

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ications May 2-4. Syllabus, registration forms on website. Fri 9am-noon. TuesThurs 9:30am-4:30pm. Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville. 519-942-8675; odmf.ca MAR 26 : THE ROAD HEAVY & SPECIAL GUESTS Rock concert with Blackdog

Ballroom and Visual Negative. Proceeds to building a pole barn in Fiddle Park.

Tickets at Holmes Appliances, Tattoo Addiction, Shelburne Legion. 8pm. $15. Shelburne Legion, 203 William St. theroadheavy.com APR 2 : ORANGEVILLE JAZZ SOCIETY LITTLE BIG BAND Local saxophonist

Ryan Grist, original compositions

by trombonist Cam Millar. 7-10pm. $10; students free. Hockley Village Hall, 994174 Mono/Adjala Townline. orangevillejazzsociety@gmail.com APR 8 : KAREN MACLEOD, CROSS­ CURRENTS CAFÉ Music from the

Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland and elsewhere. 8-10:30pm.

Free, donations appreciated.

Bolton United Church, 8 Nancy St. crosscurrentscaledon@gmail.com.

APR 9 : A HOT NIGHT IN HILLSBURGH

The Chinguacousy Swing Orchestra performs Big Band music. 8-10pm. $20. Century Church Theatre, 72 Trafalgar Rd, Hillsburgh. 519-855-4586; centurychurchtheatre.com APR 15 : JASON WILSON BAND CD RELEASE PARTY Award-winning jazz,

Scottish and English folk atop a reggae foundation. 7:30pm. $25; $30 at door.

Alton Mill, 1402 Queen St, Alton. Global Roots Music, 519-941-9300; altonmill.ca APR 17 : RHYTHMFOOT – A LEAHY FAMILY CONCERT Be amazed by this

multitalented family. 2-3pm. $10; youth $5. Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville. 519-941-0381; westminsterorangeville.ca APR 22 : JUNEYT YETKINER, CROSS­ CURRENTS CAFÉ An evening in the

nuevo flamenco style. 8-10:30pm.

Free, donations appreciated.

Bolton United Church, 8 Nancy St. crosscurrentscaledon@gmail.com APR 23 : CELTIC SPIRIT True Celtic flavour

on fiddle, guitar and bodhran drum with The Achill Choral Society. 3-5pm. $25; youth $10; children 12 & under, $5. Knox Presbyterian Church, 160 King St S, Alliston. achill.ca APR 23 : CHART TOPPERS – ’60s AND ’70s Nostalgic afternoon of favourites.

3:30-5pm. $15 at door. St. Joseph of Nazareth Anglican Church, 290 Balmoral Rd, Brampton. Brampton Festival Singers, 905-846-0701; rosemary_chikowski@ yahoo.com APR 23 : THE SPLENDOUR OF SPRING Franz Schubert Mass in G

with shorter works and soloists. 7:309:30pm. $15. Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville.

The Dufferin Concert Singers and The New Tecumseth Singers, 519-941-0381; thedufferinconcertsingers.com

APR 23 : MAURO BERTOLI Pianist in his debut performance with Caledon Chamber Concerts. Tickets at BookLore, Howard the Butcher and Forster’s Book Garden. 8-10pm. $30; students 16 & under, $15. St. James Anglican Church, 6025 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. 905880-2445; caledonchamberconcerts.com APR 24 : SPRING CELEBRATION – CONCERT AND HYMN SING Nominate

your favourite hymn with a donation. 3pm.

All Saints Anglican Church, 81 Main St, Erin. 519-833-9961; allsaintserin.ca APR 29 : THE MYSTERY AND MAGIC OF BAGPIPES An evening with Helen

Batten. 7-9pm. $15. Farmhouse Pottery, 307114 Hockley Rd, Mono. 519-941-6654; pacepottery.com APR 30 : CELTIC SPIRIT True Celtic flavour

on fiddle, guitar and bodhran drum with The Achill Choral Society. 7:30-9:30pm. $25; youth, $10; children 12 & under, $5. Mayfield Secondary School, 5000 Mayfield Rd, Caledon. achill.ca

presented. 7-9pm. $10; 12 & under, $5.

Westminster United Church, 247 Broad­ way, Orangeville. 519-942-8675; odmf.ca MAY 20 : HENMAN-ROSE SIDEROAD, CROSSCURRENTS CAFÉ Canadian

Music Hall of Fame inductee David Henman (April Wine) and Rosemarie Bell. 8-10:30pm. Free, donations appreciated. Bolton United Church, 8 Nancy St. CrossCurrents Caledon, crosscurrentscaledon@gmail.com.

MAY 29 : BROADWAY SHOWSTOPPERS

Favourites from the shows you love. 3:305:30pm. $25. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. Brampton Festival Singers, rosetheatre.ca JUN 3 – 5 : ORANGEVILLE BLUES & JAZZ FESTIVAL Award-winning festival features

80+ outstanding performers. Free.

Alexandra Park, Second St & First Ave, Orangeville. orangevillebluesandjazz.ca

MAY 6 : BOB PARKINS JAZZ BAND, CROSSCURRENTS CAFÉ Jazz pianist

Bob Parkins plays an evening of classics.

8-10:30pm. Free, donations welcome.

Bolton United Church, 8 Nancy St. crosscurrentscaledon@gmail.com.

MAY 7 : BATTLE OF THE BANDS Under

25s compete to play on Caledon Day. Registration forms online. 7-10pm. $3.

Caledon Community Complex, Caledon East. Town of Caledon, 905-584-2272; caledon.ca MAY 7 : CELEBRATE SPRING! WITH THE MARION SINGERS Songs old and

new, sacred to popular. Proceeds to The Stephen Lewis Foundation, 7pm. $15; $20 at the door. Claude Presbyterian Church, 15175 Hurontario St, Caledon.

Orangeville GoGo Grannies, 519-9419966; claudechurch.com MAY 14 : DANCING WITH THE BAND

Chanda Leahy instructs, 5pm, then join the band,7pm for an evening of various dances. $15; seniors $10; children 14 & under, $5. Orangeville District Secondary School, 22 Faulkner St. orangevillecommunityband.ca MAY 15 : THE SOUNDS OF WESTMINSTER PRESENTS FRENCH TOAST Romantic

French composers performed on piano and Casavant organ. Tickets at the church.

2-3:30pm. $20. Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville. 519941-0381; westminsterorangeville.ca MAY 15 : CALEDON CONCERT BAND: SPRING INTO ACTION – HEROES FROM FANTASY & HISTORY Family-friendly

musical selections. 2-4pm. $12; seniors/ students $10; 12 & under free with adult.

Caledon Community Complex, Caledon East. 416-276-7852; caledonconcertband.ca MAY 16 : ORANGEVILLE & DISTRICT MUSIC FESTIVAL GALA CONCERT Best

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outdoor MAR 29 : DEER BIOLOGY & MANAGE­ MENT IN THE HEADWATERS REGION

Graham Findlay with MNR speaks on the considerations of managing deer.

7:30-9pm. Free. Orangeville Seniors’ Centre, 26 Bythia St. 519-942-2972; uppercreditfieldnaturalists.org APR 6 & 20 : HEADWATERS FLY FISHING CLUB MEETINGS Apr 6: Buy and Sell.

Apr 20: Casting Clinic (Doug Swift).

7:30-9pm. Annual fee $30, register.

Victoria Parks Community Centre, Mono Mills. hwffc1997@gmail.com APR 7 : WOMEN IN THE WILDERNESS

Lin Ward speaks on the camaraderie of paddling trips in the North. 7-9pm. $15.

Farmhouse Pottery, 307114 Hockley Rd, Mono. 519-941-6654; pacepottery.com APR 12, MAY 10, JUN 14 : ORANGEVILLE & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MEETINGS Apr 12: Perennials in Bloom.

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May 10: Attracting Wild Birds to Your Garden. Jun 14: The Pleasure Is Mine and flower show. 7-9pm. Orangeville Seniors’ Centre, 26 Bythia St. orangevillehort.org APR 16 : CARING FOR YOUR HORSE AND FARM Managing manure, protecting

wetlands, assistance programs. 9:30am2pm. Free. Utopia Hall, 8396 6th Line, Utopia. NVCA, 705-424-1479 x239; eventbrite.com APR 16 : STORM SEEKERS, CHASERS & WEATHER GEEKS The Weather Network’s

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Mrs. Mitchell’s Restaurant ⁄ 34,66 Orange Bistro ⁄ 68 Pia’s on Broadway ⁄ 66 Ray’s 3rd Generation Bistro Bakery ⁄ 68 Rustik Local Bistro ⁄ 66 Terra Nova Public House ⁄ 66 The Black Wolf Smokehouse ⁄ 68

art supplies Craft Happy ⁄ 46

Go Tire ⁄ 30 Orangeville Volkswagen ⁄ 12 Total Mechanical ⁄ 75 WROTH Auto ⁄ 30

beauty + fitness

events

Artizan ⁄ 117 Devonshire Guest House & Spa ⁄ 55 Millcroft Inn & Spa ⁄ 112 Skin ’n Tonic ⁄ 46

Body & Soul Retreat ⁄ 119 French River Creative Writing Retreat ⁄ 119 Headwaters Arts Evening with Dr. Lance Secretan ⁄ 110 Headwaters Health Care Gala Dinner & Auction ⁄ 113 Hike for Bethell Hospice ⁄ 109 Travel Writing & Photography Workshop ⁄ 108 Yoga & the Ayurvedic Way ⁄ 119

books BookLore ⁄ 44

builders + architects + developers Caledon Timberframes ⁄ 89 Classic Renovations ⁄ 83 Dalerose Country ⁄ 98 Dutch Masters Design & Construction ⁄ 113 Harry Morison Lay, Architect ⁄ 61 Pine Meadows ⁄ 36 Village Builders ⁄ 95

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farm + feed supplies Budson Farm & Feed Company ⁄ 55

Caledon Fireplace ⁄ 60

interior decorating + design

Caledon Country Club ⁄ 112 Hockley Valley Resort ⁄ 21 Mad River Golf Club ⁄ 14 Shelburne Golf & Country Club ⁄ 63

Adam & Company Interior Design ⁄ 22

health + wellness Dr. Richard Pragnell ⁄ 117 Renee J Fitness ⁄ 117

dining Aria Bistro & Lounge ⁄ 124 Barley Vine Rail Co. ⁄ 68 Belfountain Inn ⁄ 68 Bistro Riviere ⁄ 55 Cabin at Hockley Valley Resort ⁄ 21,68 Dolce Rustic Italian Eatery ⁄ 66 Forage ⁄ 66 Land & Fire Local Kitchen ⁄ 66 Landman Garden & Bakery ⁄ 66 Millcroft Inn & Spa ⁄ 68,112 Mono Cliffs Inn ⁄ 68

A.M. Korsten Jewellers ⁄ 47 Chez Nous Thrift Boutique ⁄ 47 Chic à Boom Consignment ⁄ 117 Creek Side Clothing ⁄ 81 Gallery Gemma ⁄ 81 Hannah’s ⁄ 55 Just Be Customized ⁄ 46 Manhattan Bead Company ⁄ 46 Off Broadway Clothing Boutique ⁄ 46 Scented Drawer Fine Lingerie ⁄ 47 Seconds Count Hospital Thrift Store ⁄ 46 Shoe Kat Shoo ⁄ 79 The Fashion Outlet ⁄ 55

home improvement + repair

golf

Islandview Farm Equipment ⁄ 30 Kubota ⁄ 123 Larry’s Small Engines ⁄ 90

fashion + jewellery

Recovering Nicely ⁄ 42 Sproule’s Emporium ⁄ 47 The Weathervane ⁄ 54

Creemore Farmers’ Market ⁄ 40 Fromage ⁄ 47 Garden Foods ⁄ 43 Heatherlea Farm Shoppe ⁄ 112 Holtom’s Bakery ⁄ 54 Inglewood Farmers’ Market ⁄ 40 Lavender Blue Catering ⁄ 110 Mount Wolf Forest Farm ⁄ 61 New Lowell Farmers’ Market ⁄ 40 Orangeville Farmers’ Market ⁄ 40 Pommies Cider ⁄ 42 Rock Garden Farms ⁄ 36 Route 145 ⁄ 46 Shelburne Farmers’ Market ⁄ 40 Stayner Farmers’ Market ⁄ 40 The Chocolate Shop ⁄ 47 The Friendly Chef Adventures ⁄ 54 Wicked Shortbread ⁄ 84

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All-Mont Garage Doors ⁄ 74 AllPro Roofing ⁄ 2 Cedarport Window & Door Centre ⁄ 90 Celtic Carpet ⁄ 78 ClickLock Roofing ⁄ 91 Deep Water Wood Products ⁄ 89 Divada Kitchens ⁄ 71 Dufferin Glass & Mirror ⁄ 32 Headwaters Windows & Doors ⁄ 75 Jameson Pro Builders ⁄ 60 Karry Home Solutions ⁄ 14 Kitchen Painters ⁄ 45 Kurtz Millworks ⁄ 63 Leathertown Lumber ⁄ 94 Manax Plumbing & Pure Water ⁄ 74 Onyx Windows & Doors ⁄ 97 Orangeville Building Supply ⁄ 90 Orangeville Home Hardware ⁄ 33 Paragon Kitchens ⁄ 40 Peel Hardware & Supply ⁄ 11 Rubber Deck ⁄ 114

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food + catering event centres + services Caledon Country Club ⁄ 112 Hockley Valley Resort ⁄ 21 McLean Sherwood Event Rental ⁄ 114 Mendonça Catering Equipment Rental ⁄ 115 Millcroft Inn & Spa ⁄ 112 Shelburne Golf & Country Club ⁄ 63

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landscaping + gardening Cold Creek Landscape ⁄ 18 GB Stone ⁄ 6 GBC Design + Build ⁄ 93 Hill’N Dale Landscaping ⁄ 51,53 Outdoor Elements Landscaping ⁄ 60 Peel Hardware & Supply ⁄ 13 Peel Landscaping ⁄ 63 Plant Paradise Country Gardens ⁄ 15 Raymar ⁄ 62 Stephanie’s Country Greenhouse ⁄ 65 The Local Gardener ⁄ 36

home décor + furnishings Aardvark Boutique Audio ⁄ 115 Décor Solutions Furniture & Design ⁄ 54 From the Kitchen to the Table ⁄ 71 Granny Taught Us How ⁄ 34 Heidi’s Room ⁄ 34 Olde Stanton Store ⁄ 79 Orangeville Furniture ⁄ 5 Pear Home ⁄ 47

memorabilia Treasured Collections ⁄ 80

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continued from page 115 APR 16, 23 & 30, MAY 7, 14 & 21 : PLANT PARADISE COUNTRY GARDENS SEMIN­ ARS Apr 16: Dividing Perennials. Apr

Locally grown plants. Bring a box to take plants home. 8-11am. May 28: Donate plants labelled with plant name and colour; call 519-942-0779 for pick-up.

Orangeville Seniors’ Centre, 26 Bythia St. orangevillehort.org

23: Continuous Bloom in Perennial Gardens. Apr 30: Sensational Shade Perennials. May 7: Container Gardening. May 14: Spectacular Plant Combinations. May 21: Butterfly Gardening. 10-11am.

Free, regis­ter. Plant Paradise Country Gardens, 16258 Humber Station Rd, Caledon. 905-880-9090; plantparadisecountrygardens.ca APR 17 : NATIVE PLANTS & POLLINATORS – BUILD A SOLITARY BEE NEST Help bees

in your garden. Noon-3pm. $48 (materials included). Not So Hollow Farm, 838369 4th Line East, Mulmur. 705-466-6290; notsohollowfarm.ca APR 19, MAY 17 & JUN 21 : BOLTON & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MEETINGS Apr 19: Peonies – The Imperial

Inglewood Community Centre. Bethell Hospice Foundation, 905-838-3534; bethellhospice.org MAY 1 : HIKE FOR HOSPICE DUFFERIN

1k, 2k or 5k. BBQ. Pledge forms online. $20; $25 in pledges; kids 12 & under free, register at noon. 1pm hike. Monora Park Pavilion, Hwy 10, N of Orangeville. 519942-3313; hospicedufferin.com

Flower. May 17: Summer Containers.

Jun 21: Secret Lives of Plants. Grow and Show table. 7:30-9pm. $5. Caledon Seniors’ Centre, 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton. boltonhort.info

Mill Park Trail. Collect pledges. 9am-10pm. $25, register. Bethell Hospice Foundation, 905-838-3534; bethellhospice.org

APR 24, MAY 8 & 22, JUN 5 & 19 : LILAC TREE FARM OPEN GARDEN DAYS Three-

MAY 7 : MOTHER’S DAY PLANT & BAKE SALE Hanging baskets and geraniums

acre garden combines thoughtful design with unusual plantings. Rare trees. 10am4pm. Free. Lilac Tree Farm, 547231 8 Sdrd, Mulmur. lilactreefarm@gmail.com

MAY 7 : HIKE FOR BETHELL HOSPICE – BOLTON Hike Dick’s Dam Park and Boston

(can preorder), perennials, herbs. 8-11am.

Primrose United Church, 486281 30 Sdrd, Mono. 519-925-2397; gailbrown.pharm@ yahoo.ca MAY 14 & 15 : DUFFERIN HI-LAND BRUCE TRAIL END-TO-END 28km per day with

checkpoints and assistance. 7am-4pm. $25. Mono Community Centre. 519-2176689; dufferinbrucetrailclub.org MAY 22 : CHASE THE TORNADO 10K RUN AND 5K RUN/WALK 8:30am: register.

10am: race start. Chip timed, BBQ, prizes. $40. Grand Valley Community Centre. Run Dufferin, 905-936-3801; rundufferin.com MAY 28 : FRIENDSHIP GARDENS’ PLANT SALE Excellent perennials, reasonable APR 26 : THE INCREDIBLE MINESING WETLAND Dave Featherstone of NVCA

speaks on invasive species and forest decline. 7:30-9pm. Free. Orangeville Seniors’ Centre, 26 Bythia St. 519-9422972; uppercreditfieldnaturalists.org APR 30 : EVERDALE SEEDY SATURDAY

Buy your seeds and seedlings, tour the farm. 10am-2pm. Free, donations welcome. 5812 6th Line, Hillsburgh. 519855-4859 x103; everdale.org APR 30 : ALBION HILLS COMMUNITY FARM OPEN DAY Get a community garden

plot, join our community-supported agriculture (CSA) program. 1-5pm. 16555 Humber Station Rd, Caledon. 416-2332840; albionhillscommunityfarm.org MAY 1 : HIKE FOR BETHELL HOSPICE – INGLEWOOD Hike the Caledon Trailway.

Collect pledges. 9am-10pm. $25, register.

prices. Expert gardeners offer advice.

8:30-11am. Headwaters Health Care Centre – Kids’ Garden, Orangeville. friendshipgardens.ca MAY 28 : DUFFERIN COUNTY FOREST WILDFLOWER IDENTIFICATION Identify

local flowers with Dawn Renfrew. 10am. $10, register. Little Tract, Dufferin County Forest, 938130 Airport Rd, Mulmur. 519941-1114; dufferinmuseum.com MAY 28 : ISLAND LAKE SEVEN BRIDGES RUN 5km and 10km. Parking at

Orangeville Fairgrounds, 5 Sdrd, Mono.

T-shirt, great food. 10am. $40 by March 31; $50 after; kids $25. Orangeville Lions Club, 226-790-0623; sevenbridgesrun.ca MAY 28 : ALBION HILLS COMMUNITY FARM PLANTATHON Help with their big

spring planting. 1-5pm. 16555 Humber Station Rd, Caledon. 647-981-6281; albionhillscommunityfarm.org

JUN 4 : EDIBLE WILD Karen Stephenson identifies plants and their edible and medicinal values. Bring your own mug. 10am. $20, register. Wallwin Tract, Simcoe County Forest, 6600 Conc Rd 4, Adjala-Tosorontio. Dufferin Simcoe Land Steward­ship Network, 519-941-1114 x4011; dslsn.org

• Private Studio or In-Home Training • Exercise Correction for posture & pain • Strength Training • Nutrition & Wellness Coaching

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JUN 11 : DUFFERIN COUNTY FOREST – TREE IDENTIFICATION Caroline Mach

identifies local native trees, shrubs in the Dufferin County Forest. 9am. $10, register.

Little Tract, Dufferin County Forest, 938130 Airport Rd, Mulmur. 519-941-1114 JUN 11 : DUFFERIN HI-LAND BRUCE TRAIL 20 KM CHALLENGE Register by

Wedding Specialists Colour • Updo’s • Perms Cuts • Highlights • Make-Up Hair Extensions

June 7, contact Peter Blackmere,dhb tcvolunteercoordinator@gmail.com. $10. Mono Community Centre. Dufferin Hi-Land Bruce Trail Club, 519-217-6689; dufferinbrucetrailclub.org JUN 15 & 16 : GARDEN CLUBS OF ONTARIO FLOWER SHOW 75 Canadian

and international floral artists, workshops, demos, auction. Wed 10am-8pm. Thurs 10am-4pm. Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Rd W, Burlington. 905-527-1158

307 Broadway, Orangeville

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JUN 25 & 26 : NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST 24 -HOUR MOUNTAIN BIKE FESTIVAL & RELAY EVENT

Complementary kids’ races, team events, overnight camping. Albion Hills Conservation Area, Caledon. 905-8520381; chicoracing.com

kids NOW – JUN 24 (MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, FRIDAYS) : ERIN INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE DROP-IN PROGRAMS Monday

& Friday: Walk With Us, 9:30-11:30am; Nordic Pole instruction, 10-11am.

Wednesday: Play on the Turf, 9:3011:30am. $2. Erin Agricultural Centre, 190 Main St, Erin. bookings@eirc.ca; eirc.ca NOW – JUN 28 (TUESDAYS) : ADJUST­ MENTS AFTER BIRTH Support after the

birth or adoption of a child. Childcare available. 10am-noon. Free, register.

CPCC, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905-8570090; cp-cc.org MAR 25 : EASTER EGG HUNT & PANCAKE BREAKFAST Face painting, crafts.

Little people hunt before the big kids.

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Betz Pools ⁄ 8 D&D Pools & Spas ⁄ 78 New Wave Pools & Spas ⁄ 87

Royal LePage RCR Realty ⁄ 80 Gillian Vanderburgh, Andrea Kary Royal LePage RCR Realty ⁄ 102 Ginny MacEachern Royal LePage RCR Realty ⁄ 107 Jacqueline Guagliardi Royal LePage RCR Realty ⁄ 32 John Walkinshaw Royal LePage RCR Realty ⁄ 104 Roger Irwin, Barbara Rolph, Dawn Bennett Royal LePage RCR Realty ⁄ 105 Susan Brown Royal LePage RCR Realty ⁄ 28,106 Suzanne Lawrence Royal LePage RCR Realty ⁄ 104 Victoria Phillips Royal Le Page RCR Realty ⁄ 33,105 Wayne Baguley Slavens & Associates Real Estate ⁄ 67 Elaine Kehoe Sutton-Headwaters Realty ⁄ 10 Jim Wallace Sutton-Headwaters Realty ⁄ 99 Sarah Aston Sutton Group – Central Realty ⁄ 17 Mary Klein, Kelly Klein, Kaitlan Klein

professional services Carters Law Firm ⁄ 95 Centurion Asset Management ⁄ 29 Coster Law, Technology & IP ⁄ 81 Wiesner Insurance ⁄ 3

radio Country 105 ⁄ 12

real estate + home inspections Bosley Real Estate ⁄ 114 Velvet Alcorn Chestnut Park Real Estate ⁄ 99 Patrick Bogert, Sandy Ball, Sue Collis, Sarah MacLean Coldwell Banker, Ronan Realty ⁄ 106 Ashlyn Trevelyan Coldwell Banker, Ronan Realty ⁄ 100 Marc Ronan, Sarah Lunn iPro Realty ⁄ 98 Chris Reed Johnston & Daniel ⁄ 102 Peter Bowers, Gayle Woods Moffat Dunlap Real Estate ⁄ 103 Moffat Dunlap, John Dunlap, Peter Boyd, Murray Snider, George Webster, Nik Bonellos, Peter Cooper, Elizabeth Campbell ReMax In The Hills ⁄ 27,101 Chris Richie, Philip Albin, Sean Anderson, Dale Poremba ReMax Realty Services ⁄ 94 Julianne Budd ReMax Realty Specialists Inc. ⁄ 7 Maria Britto ReMax Realty Specialists Inc. ⁄ 106 Sigrid Doherty Royal LePage Locations North ⁄ 104 Matthew Lidbetter Royal LePage Meadowtowne Realty ⁄ 106 Mark Latam, Mélodie Rose, Kevin Latam Royal LePage Meadowtowne Realty ⁄ 107 Paul Richardson, Martha Summers Royal Le Page RCR Realty ⁄ 104 Basia Regan Royal LePage RCR Realty ⁄ 85 Dorothy Mazeau

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continued from page 117 MAR 25 – 27 : EASTERFEST Wagon rides,

crafts, magician, Easter Egg Scramble, treats. 10am-5pm. $12. Downey’s Farm Market, 13682 Heart Lake Rd, Caledon.

905-460-7165; downeysfarm.com MAR 26 : HIPPITY HOP – EASTER IS ON ITS WAY! Games, crafts, Easter egg hunt.

Children with adults. 10:30am-noon. $3, register. Two locations: Caledon Commu­ nity Complex, Caledon East and Caledon Centre for Recreation and Wellness, Bolton. Town of Caledon, 905-584-2272 MAR 26 : SKATING AT TEEN RANCH Bring

your own skates. 4-5pm. $4; $15 family of 4+. Teen Ranch, 20682 Hurontario St, Caledon. 519-941-4501, teenranch.on.ca MAR 26 : THE GREAT GREET EGGTRAVAGANZA Activities, crafts and

games, scavenger hunt. Noon-3:30pm. $5. Creature Quest Canada, 92 Trafalgar Rd N, Hillsburgh. 416-554-1940; creaturequest.ca MAR 26 & 27 : FUN WEEKEND FAMILY ACTIVITIES Creative projects inspired by

PAMA’s exhibitions. Regular admission.

1-4:30pm. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama. peelregion.ca APR 1 & 3 : BOWL FOR KIDS’ SAKE FUNDRAISER Wii Bowling, raffle, auction.

Country & western theme, prizes for costumes. Make a team, collect pledges.

Fri noon-1pm, 4-8pm. Sun 10am-3pm.

Best Western, Orangeville. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dufferin & District, 519-9416431; bigbrothersbigsisters.ca APR 2, MAY 7, JUN 4 : FAMILY ART + STORIES Hands-on activities. April:

Upcycling. May: Nature. June: Sensational Clay. Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca APR 12 : MURRAY: CELEBRITY MAGICIAN

seniors’ services

H A PP E N I N G S

ence participation, mind-blowing illusions.

8pm. $39. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. 905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca APR 13 : SHARON AND BRAM Singalong

concert for the entire family. 7pm. $28.

Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton.

905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca APR 24 : EARTH DAY AT PAMA!

Drop-in activities based on the three Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle). 1-4:30pm.

Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama. peelregion.ca APR 25 : PA DAY CAMP AT CAMP MANSFIELD Crafts, building and outdoor

projects, games. Ages 4-13. 8:30am5pm. $50, includes hot lunch, snacks.

Mansfield Outdoor Centre, 937365 Airport Rd, Mulmur. 705-435-4479; mansfieldoutdoorcentre.ca MAY 7 : TEDDY BEAR CLINIC Medical

staff will check dollies and stuffies. BBQ, mini horses, free parking. 10am-1pm. $2. Headwaters Health Care Centre, 100 Rolling Hills Dr, Orangeville. 519-941-2410 x2268.

MAY 13 : HIGH FIVE PRINCIPLES OF HEALTHY CHILD DEVELOPMENT Social,

emotional and cognitive needs of children.

9am-5pm. $85. Caledon Community Complex, Caledon East. Town of Caledon, 905-584-2272 MAY 13 : HOME ALONE SAFETY COURSE

Internet safety, stranger danger, basic first aid. 9am-5pm. $65. Mayfield Recreation Complex, Caledon. Town of Caledon, 905584-2272 MAY 13 : RED CROSS BABYSITTING COURSE Basic first aid and caregiving

skills for ages 11-15. Manual supplied.

Bring a doll and blanket. 9am-5:30pm. $85. Mayfield Recreation Complex, Caledon. Town of Caledon, 905-584-2272

Direct from Vegas, family fun-filled audi­

Lord Dufferin Centre ⁄ 83 Montgomery Village Retirement Residence ⁄ 85

tourism + travel Caledon Travel ⁄ 44 Cruise Holidays ⁄ 54 Orangeville BIA ⁄ 46,47 Town of Erin ⁄ 54,55

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tree services Maple Leaves Forever ⁄ 59 Ott’s Tree Service ⁄ 65 Sunshine Trees ⁄ 84

No Tricks! (Well, maybe...)

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“I’ll spell this colour correctly from now on.”

Before looking back at the Puzzling Conclusion page, write the name of the Russian premier referred to.

Compare your spelling to those in the paragraph. The challenge: Did you notice his name was spelled three different ways? In Russia, his name is written in the Cyrillic alpha­ bet: Хрущёв. The accepted spelling in our alphabet is the third example in the paragraph – with three h’s.

To submit your community, arts or nonprofit event, go to inthehills.ca and click what’s on on the menu bar. That takes you to the listings page.

Click submit your event and complete the easy form.

For the summer (June) issue, submit by May 13, 2016.

We reserve the right to edit submissions for print and web publication.

For up-to-date listings between issues, go to inthehills.ca and click what’s on on the menu bar.

Natural Foods. 6:30pm. Free – Donations appreciated. Erin Legion, 12 Dundas St E, Erin. Climate Change Action Group of Erin (CCAGE), 519-833-4676; transitionerin.ca APR 28 – 30 : TRUDEAU STORIES Brooke

Johnson’s remarkable friendship with Trudeau brought to life. 8pm. $29. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. 905-8742800; rosetheatre.ca APR 30 : BROADWAY ON BROADWAY

MAY 13 & JUN 13 : PA DAYS – DESIGN & BUILD WITH PAMA Programs with

MAR 31 – APR 17 : MENDING FENCES

Men too stubborn to give in to feelings of the heart. Thurs-Sat 8pm. Sun, Wed 2pm. Evening $42; matinée $35. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville.

Theatre Orangeville, 519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca

MakerSpace Brampton and Four Corners Library. 10am-3pm. Regular admission, register. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama. peelregion.ca MAY 14 & 28, JUN 11 & 25, JUL 16 & 23 : FAMILY ART & YOGA Art supplies

APR 1 – 9 : GHOSTS AT THE GRANGE

Two ghosts witness a crime, but can they communicate it to the living? Theatre, dinner at Inglewood United and play: Apr 2, 6pm. Fri, Sat 8pm. Tickets at Inglewood General Store. $20. 905-838-2874; inglewoodschoolhouseperformers.leene.ws

included. Bring a yoga mat. All ages.

2-3:30pm. Regular admission, register.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca MAY 26 – JUN 16 (THURSDAYS) : THE incrEDIBLE FOOD PROJECT Kids design,

APR 10, 23, 24 & 30 : THE CEMETERY CLUB – LUNCH MATINÉES Three widowed

develop and market a local food product.

4-6pm. Kids 8-12. $60/4-week program.

Palgrave United Church Community Kitchen, 34 Pine Ave, Palgrave. 905-8800303; palgravekitchen.org

friends vie for Sam the butcher’s attention.

Noon. $29.95. David’s Restaurant, 20 Shamrock Rd, Erin. Erin Theatre at David’s, 519-833-5085; erintheatre.ca

JUN 18 : CANADA AT PLAY FAMILY WORKSHOP Family-friendly games

APR 15, 22 & 29 : THE CEMETERY CLUB – DINNER/THEATRE Laugh-out-loud,

and toys to explore. 1-4:30pm. Regular admission, register. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama. peelregion.ca

touching play cherishes the past and embraces the future. 7pm. $39.95. David’s Restaurant, 20 Shamrock Rd, Erin.

Erin Theatre at David’s, 519-833-5085; erintheatre.ca

theatre+film

APR 18 : MY ADVENTURES IN CANADIAN TELEVISION: RICK MERCER Best hilarious

keynote moments from his show.

8-10pm. $77. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. 905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca

MAR 31 : CRACK ME UP COMEDY: BIG NORM WITH RYAN LONG Big Norm with

host Ryan Long. 8pm. $20. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. 905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca

APR 27 : FAST-FORWARD ECO-FILM FESTIVAL Documentary Plant This Movie!

Great local food. Sponsored by Treehaven

Mrs Ough’s Class to the Rescue

The Prevaricating Swim Team

I Here is one solution; there are others.

Reverse the false statements, so Dorella beat Cam and Barb beat Abby. Dorella or Barb had to be 1st. But Dorella says she was 1st, so Barb must have been. Cam can’t be 4th as Art says, and can’t be 1st because Barb is.

Thus, Cam must be 2nd or 3rd and, because Dorella beat Cam (reverse of Barb’s statement), Cam must have been 3rd and Dorella 2nd, leaving Abby as 4th.

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Performances by various Westminster members and special guests. 7-9pm. $10; children 12 & under, $5. Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville.

519-941-0381; westminsterorangeville.ca APR 30 : HORNING’S MILLS MURDER MYSTERY DINNER Dundalk Little Theatre

performs. Cash bar. Proceeds to hall improvements. Tickets, 6-11pm. $35, from Melancthon Township Office and Masonville Store. Horning’s Mills Hall, 14 Mill St. 705-481-7548; horningsmills.ca MAY 1 : MARILYN – AFTER Nonnie Griffin as Marilyn Monroe, back after 50 years to tell about her life. 3:30pm. Alton Mill, 1402 Queen St, Alton. 519-941-9300; altonmill.ca

The Lodge at Pine Cove

Write on the

French River

Creative Writing Retreat

May 6 – 11, 2016 Giller and Taylor Prize nominated author Camilla Gibb is this year’s Guest Instructor, joining regulars Don Gillmor, Oakland Ross and Susan Scott.

In its 5th year, the retreat offers participants instruction, peace, camaraderie, excellent food and exquisite lodgings.

Come and be inspired.

Sponsored by

MAY 5 – 13 : ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID Four high school friends are in each other’s weddings – no matter what. Thurs-Sat 8:15pm. 18365 Hurontario St, Caledon Village. Caledon Townhall Players, 519927-5460; caledontownhallplayers.com

Body&Soul Retreat

MAY 5 – 22 : STAG & DOE The perils of

May 27 – 30, 2016

prenuptial shenanigans. Thurs-Sat 8pm.

Sun, Wed 2pm. Evening $42; matinée $35.

Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. Theatre Orangeville, 519-9423423; theatreorangeville.ca MAY 6 – 14 : MURDER MISTAKEN – A CLASSIC MELODRAMA A young man

must hasten his wife’s end before she changes her will. Fri Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm. $15. Grace Tipling Hall, 120 Main St, Shelburne. Tipling Stage Company; tiplingstagecompany.com

with Renee Holden

Live better in your body through a gentle journey connecting movement and breath to restore balance.

Leave rested and peaceful in mind, body and spirit.

Nurture | Nature | Adventure

Yoga & the Ayurvedic Way

MAY 13 : ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID – FUNDRAISER Four high school friends are

with Paras Moghtader-Dawe

in each other’s weddings – no matter what.

7:30pm. Tickets May 1-13 at Scotiabank (Centennial/Riddell, Orangeville).

Proceeds to the Stephen Lewis Foundation. 8pm. $16. Caledon Townhall Players, 18365 Hurontario St, Caledon.

Orangeville GoGo Grannies, 519-942-2399

June 19 – 22, 2016

MAY 27 – 29, JUN 3 – 5 : THE SECOND TIME AROUND Widow and widower

Sam and Laura fall in love, but how to tell their children and grandchildren? Fri Sat 8pm. Sun 2:30pm. $20. Century Church Theatre, 72 Trafalgar Rd, Hillsburgh. 519855-4586; centurychurchtheatre.com

Learn the foundation of Ayurveda wisdom for sustained strength and rejuvenation. Immerse yourself in Yoga practice, a clean Ayurvedic diet, deep meditation and rest.

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a Puzzling Conclusion

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Mrs Ough’s Class to the Rescue At the Dufferin County Bake-Off Ellie was the only member of the Mel­ ancthon team who didn’t panic when the chair of the judging panel removed the tea towel covering their flatbread.

(The chair, from East Luther, was noted for her rigorous standards.) A large piece of the team’s flatbread entry was missing! It had broken off – or been cut off, for the broken edge, like the other three edges, was perfectly straight. The Melancthon team had felt that pre­ senting their entry in the shape of a perfect rectangle would give them a leg up on the competition, because most teams baked their entries in squares.

Now they had a problem.

A bus breakdown stranded several Grade 7 classes on a field trip from their school in Bolton to the Glencairn Conservation area near Creemore. Fortunately, Mrs. Ough’s class had some number puzzles with them, so everyone had something to do until a new bus came.

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Fill the grid using only the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Use one number in each square without repeating a num­ ber in any column, row or diagonal.

The Prevaricating Swim Team It could be their specialty, the backstroke, is at the root of this practice, but the Grand River Foursome has a habit of always making false statements when they report the results of their backstroke races. After their most recent compe­ tition at Island Lake in Orangeville, for example, the team (falsely) presented the results thus: Abby said, “Cam came in fourth.”

Barb said, “Cam beat Dorella.”

Cam said, “Abby beat Barb.”

Dorella said, “I came in first.”

Who actually came in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th?

No Tricks! (Well, maybe...)

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According to the rules, an entire flatbread entry had to be cut and served to four judges in pieces of precisely identical shape and size. Fortunately for her team, Ellie did a quick calcula­ tion and after several deft swipes with a bread knife was able to present each judge with the required sample, pre­ cisely according to the rules. (Her team came in second, edged out by the team from Caledon East who had baked a trapezoid.)

How did Ellie cut the Melancthon flatbread to save the day?

Bagreet pointed to the cash register and said, “It says I owe $1.70 and that’s wrong. I bought two bubble­ gums at 2¢ each and eight at 4¢ each. I don’t remem­ ber what the eight candy kisses cost or the 12 licorice sticks, but there’s no way the total can be $1.70.”

Why can Bagreet be so sure of this?

Two of these word puzzles are straightforward.

One is not.

A The adverbs “facetiously” and “abstemiously” share a feature that is unique in all of English vocabulary.

What is it?

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1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 100

There is a particular English word that is written with five letters but is pronounced with the sound of only one letter.

Enzo pointed at the following equation,

“That is wrong,” he said. “Watch this! I’ll use seven plus and minus signs to show how those nine num­ bers can equal 100!”

“I’ll go you one better,” Maria said. “I can make the nine numbers equal 100 with only three plus and minus signs!”

How did Enzo do it?

How did Maria do it?

What is it?

C Removing six letters from the string below will leave a familiar English word.

t r b i a x n l a s n e s t a e What is it?

“I’ll spell this colour correctly from now on.”

“I’m really keen about correct spelling. Take the spelling of colours, for example, ones like persimmon (yes, it’s a colour). A lot of people – not me – are unsure about the s’s and m’s. Cyan is a tricky colour to spell too, as is azure – their sound throws you off. Ochre (ocher?) is always fun and beige never fails to confuse. Anyway, I thought I could spell every colour in the spectrum until I saw an old copy of the Orangeville Banner at the Dufferin Archives. It was all about Nikita Krushchev, the premier of Russia at the height of the Cold War. Remember him? Anyway, that’s when I learned I’d been spelling a colour wrong! You see, in 1959 he came to the UN in New York and it must have been a big deal because the paper covered every angle of his trip. That’s what led to my spelling discovery. According to the Banner, Mrs. Khruschev wore a white-and-fuchsia dress to some big dinner. Not fuschia as I’d written for years, but fuchsia! Of course, I ran for my dictionary and sure enough ... Incidentally, the colour got its name from a German botanist, Leonhart Fuchs. Knowing about Herr Fuchs will make spelling fuchsia easy to remember now – along with the fact it took a visit from Nikita Khrushchev to expose a glitch in my spelling expertise.”

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