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11 11 WHAT’S GETTING YOU THROUGH? Local residents share their experiences.

16 Advocate writers share how they’ve been filling their days when not writing.

18 SAVING THE WALLEYE

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New social reality will require patience and kindness.

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20 UNCERTAIN TIMES

26 SEEKING A NEW ECONOMIC NORMAL

Governments must respond with creativity.

30 GREAT DEBATE Proposed gun law: Helpful or flawed?

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You can’t buck city hall

Judy Paul was clearly inspired by her reading of Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up (May Advocate). I wish her and her companions every success in their efforts to “bend the rules” to achieve positive ends in her community. “You can’t buck city hall” is an expression that describes her challenge which, in an age of thousands of government-imposed regulations, is more daunting than at any time in the past.

Author Dave Meslin identifies the hegemonic powers of the major political parties as well as the well-established and rigid authority of related public institutions as the main obstacles. Having been a minor party candidate in seven elections, I sympathize with his frustrations. I have not read his book (yet) but I wonder if part of Dave’s vision is to reduce the scope, size and cost of our multiple levels of governments.

The best and most enduring way to restore the individual freedoms and personal responsibility that his followers evidently crave, is to repeal any and all legislation that has granted unfair and undesirable power privileges to the most powerful political groups and their cronies.

Only then will the voices of people like Judy Paul and her friends get the attention that they deserve.

According to Paul, civil disobedience seems to be central to the theme of Meslin’s book. This surprises me because, if advocated by libertarians like me who want less government, it would likely be described as “radical” or “anti-establishment.” Do Meslin and Paul secretly (or not so secretly) harbour libertarian sentiments in this age of ever-expanding governments?

Gene Balfour, Fenelon Falls Neither author Dave Meslin nor I are arguing for less government but for meaningful ways in which citizens can engage in decision-making beyond the voting cycle. ~ Judy Paul, Haliburton

Re: Gene Balfour’s letter in May edition of the Advocate (“Life is stressful enough without believing in climate change”).

It is sad to give closed-minded people a public voice.

At the same time, it is nice to see open communication in print. So I will give it a try. If you can’t see climate change then let’s call it air pollution like the old days.

Travel as I have to the Arctic Ocean and speak to the people struggling there to move their homes. Or, paint your skin orange and move south. Because sorry — we can’t have it both ways.

Mark Lowell, Fenelon Falls

Joe Keele: Lindsay’s unknown war hero and Renaissance man

Readers of the Advocate may be interested in Joseph Keele, an Irish immigrant who lived in the Lindsay area. In the late 1880s, Joe was a private in the 45th Battalion of the Midland Regiment in Lindsay.

On April 3, 1885, the headlines of the Lindsay Post shouted: “Our Volunteers Off to the Northwest.”

The Lindsay Company travelled by train to Swift Current, Sask., and by steamer to Batoche. Batoche, held by Louis Riel and supporters, was taken on May 12 after a charge through the rifle pits by the Midland Regiment. Joe was in the thick of the battle and was later awarded the Imperial 1885 medal with clasp inscribed “Batoche.” This medal, approved by Queen Victoria, recognized his service as a corporal under

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Joe had other heroic and extraordinary accomplishments such as: 1. saving two children from drowning when their sailboat overturned at Sturgeon Point.

2. graduating from University of Toronto with honours as a Special Student in Architecture in 1893, with an honour B.A.Sc. in 1894, then teaching at the university for the next four years.

3. breaking through internal reluctance to win the position of surveyor and geologist for the Geological Survey of Canada, working in eastern Ontario and the Yukon.

4. leading an epic traverse across the Richardson Mountains as the surveyor, mapper and photographer.

He and Jim Christie, a Dawson voyageur, lived off the land, constructing cabins and canoes as they advanced through the mountains with a dog team during the summer and winter of 1907. They reached the Mackenzie River in late summer, 1908.

5. studying – he would later specialize in clay deposits for GSC; received an A.M. degree at Cornell University in 1911 and came back to GSC. At the start of First World War, he was transferred to the Mines Branch as Chief of Ceramics 6. being a world traveller who witnessed the opening of Tutankhamen’s tomb on February 16, 1922, as reported later by the Ottawa Citizen with headlines and photos.

Joseph Keele died after a heart operation on June 11, 1923, and is buried in Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough.

Alan Gregory, Lindsay (Joe Keele was also a geologist. Gregory read of Keele’s clay expertise while studying at the University of Toronto in the 1940s. He later discovered Keele was his cousin twice removed.)

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VCCS ready to help job-seekers and employers in uncertain economy In the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic, VCCS Employment Services continues to adapt and change how it delivers its programs and services in Kawartha Lakes.

VCCS continues to provide one-on-one employment counselling to clients and employers via phone, email, text and web meetings to help provide access to information, support and services.

The organization also offers free online sessions that help job-seekers continue with their job search and successfully find work even during these difficult times.

Employers are continuing to hire, and the VCCS job board is full of postings.

VCCS offers screening, recruitment and virtual job fairs to employers to help them fill their vacancies..

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Sunscape shifts focus to making hygiene shields for local businesses

A business specializing in custom-designed sunrooms, screen rooms, patio covers and more pivoted during the COVID-19 pandemic to build something most businesses now desperately need — hygiene shields.

While Sunscape is based in Newmarket, one of its manufacturing facilities, known as “number three,” is in Lindsay where about 30 employees can now produce up to 3,000 shields per day. The plant is under full isolation and all products are cleaned before packaging.

“The team at number three is just amazing and we are proud of them,” says Bob Newnham, director of marketing and branding, who adds they may need more people at their Lindsay plant soon.

Owner Steve Hunt, returning from vacation, had to selfisolate and it made him restless, says Newnham. He conceived of the idea on a Friday night and by Sunday “we had our first products manufactured and installed Monday at 8 a.m.”

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Business UPFRONT

Williamson Chrysler will build The Bike Garage on Manley family’s success }} Fitness and fresh air

From left to right: Brett Crawford, CFO, Todd Williamson, Jim Williamson. Photo: Sienna Frost.

Jim and Todd Williamson may live in Uxbridge but they’re not strangers to Kawartha Lakes. The brothers — the new owners of Williamson Chrysler in Lindsay — have fond memories of Balsam Lake at their grandparents’ cottage. (Their grandfather started the family automotive sales business in Uxbridge back in 1947.)

“Both of us spent many of our younger years at the lake and many summers in and around Lindsay and the Kawarthas,” Jim says.

Now he and his brother have their own cottages on Balsam Lake.

The Williamsons took possession of the old Manley Motors dealership April 7, operating under government COVID-19 regulations. They look forward to having a grand opening in the future when it’s safe to do so.

“Our focus today is to help the local area with any of their automotive needs during this difficult time,” says Jim. Jim says they believe “a business that has been operating as long as the Manley family’s has” is already doing a lot of things right. “Our plan is to build on those successes.”

He says they will be able to offer a larger selection of new and used vehicles than people were used to at Manley’s, given their intent is to share their inventories between the Uxbridge and Lindsay dealerships.

Williamson Chrysler is located at 76 William St. N in Lindsay.

It was only in 2017 when Al Hussey decided to purchase his first electric bike. As he tells the story on his website, after falling in love with this new mode of transportation, he realized that many baby boomers and young families in the area might also appreciate the benefits of assisted biking.

In the spring of 2018 Hussey opened his first bike store in Bobcaygeon – Pedego – featuring a full line of electric bikes as well as some accessories and clothing. A year later, he opened a second store, in Lindsay, now branded The Bike Garage, offering electric bikes, traditional bikes, and a full line of accessories and clothing.

Given continuing restrictions on other forms of recreation, Hussey says 2020 is “an especially great opportunity for families to get out and enjoy some fresh air this summer” in an environmentally friendly way.

The Bike Garage is located at 66 William St. N., Lindsay.

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BENNS’ BELIEF Billionaires equate to failed public policy RODERICK BENNS, PUBLISHER As our people and small businesses hold on for their lives and livelihoods, many are wondering what happened to the grand promise of unfettered capitalism. What happened to the promise of endless growth? Of the greatness of the free market?

The sheer inadequacy of the market to respond to this pandemic, the utter inability of big business to pull us out of this mess is itself a master lesson in economics. It’s also an indictment of extreme capitalism.

It’s not the markets that are saving us now; it’s our governments, led by a prime minister and premiers and talented bureaucrats who have learned that they have the tools at their disposal to chart a course for the public good.

And how silly we ever once thought that hundreds of corporations, all working in their own self-interest, could a country make.

Governments must demonstrate they can also imagine a new path forward and think bigger (and differently), as my colleague Mike Perry writes on page 26.

Thinking bigger will require governments to put people ahead of profits.

It will require reimagining long-term care; creating meaningful jobs; ensuring these jobs pay a living wage; establishing single-payer pharmacare; enhancing interprovincial supply chains and establishing more manufacturing here; rewarding the growth of small, local economies; developing a basic income guarantees for citizens; and much more.

We will pay for this transformation of our society by reconsidering what we value. Do we value, for instance, the federal government’s tax loopholes, which the Broadbent Institute recently shone a light on? (These include a capital gains loophole, an employee stock option loophole, and offshore tax havens for corporations.) Just closing these loopholes alone would provide the federal government with up to $12 billion annually. That’s only the tip of the iceberg in what tax reform could do.

Do we value the behaviour of Canada’s Bombardier, which awarded $32.6 million US in 2017 to senior executives (a shocking 50 per cent increase) while simultaneously laying off thousands of workers and seeking government aid?

The money to those five executives alone could have funded more than 800 nurses. Examples like this are common; action is rare.

Do we value Amazon’s Jeff Bezos’ right to become a trillionaire by 2026?

Or do we value something more human and more important to life in our communities?

Every billionaire is a symbol of failed public policy. Let’s commit to undoing extreme capitalism in favour of social democratic reforms. There couldn’t be a better moment in time to do so.

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Kawartha Lakes residents are getting through the

pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic was an unwelcome surprise in so many ways. For some of us, the virus has taken our loved ones and for others it made them seriously ill. For most of us, though, it disrupted the rhythm of our lives. It forced us to change how we live — at least for an extended time period.

We were asked by our country and by public health to do our part to stop the spread of the virus by staying home whenever possible. Staying home seems like a small sacrifice and yet we are creatures of habit. We are all forced into at least some level of introversion now, no matter our natural orientation.

So, what has gotten us through this pandemic so far?

We asked 12 Kawartha Lakes residents that very question. Oh, and don’t worry! Our own Sienna Frost kept a safe distance away and used her zoom lens, as did guest photographer Mark Ridout.

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Dana Bowman

Dana Bowman was missing the company of a pet, something that became more pronounced whenever she’d visit her pet-owner daughter, Samantha before the pandemic hit, Samantha gave her mother a new puppy — which she named Bane — to keep her company.

“I’m not a person who just strikes out to go for a walk, especially with the pandemic, so Bane gives me the incentive to get some fresh air and exercise. He gives me positives to focus on and the rewarding work of taking care of him. Maybe it’s the trusting looks I get from him and the unconditional love that I found I need in these challenging times. I’m grateful for my new fur friend.”

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Dennis Geelen

Dennis Geelen’s company, Zero In, was put on hold during the pandemic but he figured out how to do some charity work with webinars which supported local non-profits. He’s been exercising each morning, reading a lot, and even writing his next business book. But it has been a goal of his for a long time to learn how to play the guitar. “After borrowing a guitar from a friend, I have been spending 15-30 minutes each day, teaching myself how to play. What a great treat it has been to have this to look forward to each day, see my progress, and have a new outlet to help relieve the pressures and anxieties that come with this new normal.”

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Sharon Robbins

Many years ago, Sharon Robbins took pottery lessons and really enjoyed them. She found a used pottery wheel and a kiln and set them up in the garage, but a busy life meant that she rarely had time to use them. “Years have passed and while I find that I’m a bit rusty, I now leave the house most days to throw clay in my little studio. Time is a real luxury when it comes to improving any skill and the current circumstances have provided that time for me.”

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Kate Dorotheou

Kate Dorotheou feels fortunate to be a staff member at Kawartha Lakes Food Source, so getting through this crisis was essential for her, “as our work was not going to stop.” Even through the tough days of not knowing if our food banks would have enough for those in need, of working from home, of feeling isolated and alone, I got to witness an outpouring of good happenings as well.

Our community has come together to support those who are vulnerable, and I see it first-hand every day. What a bright side to focus on! I’ve tried some quarantine cooking too, though. I can make pad Thai — who knew?

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Less than a year into his retirement from the Ontario public service, Mark Robbins was just getting used to the change in lifestyle when the pandemic occurred. The touchstone he has returned to througout his life is the natural world. “Unlike most people I have never oriented well to the twelve-month calendar.

My life has always revolved around Photos: Sienna Frost the seasons and their associated fishing and hunting activities and I can find a good reason to be outdoors any time,” where there is always something different to learn and something new to see. “It’s both relaxing and exciting at the same time and always puts me in a better frame of mind.”

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Artemis Chartier

Artemis Chartier believes many of us faced a potential loss of purpose and connection during isolation. “For me, meaningful human connections still happen through writing songs. I hoped with all my heart that a few light melodies might help lift some heavy burdens people were carrying.” Reaching out through songs took the form of original Easter music for a live-streamed church service, and then a musical thank-you to essential workers, called “On the Front Lines.” About 40 paramedics, pharmacists, police officers, firefighters, clergy, sanitation workers, hospital staff, and other heroes participated in the related video. “Creating music, while feeling gratitude for the service of others, took the chill out of isolation. I was moved to see that Kawartha Lakes really did draw closer together.”

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Rajan is a stay-at-home mother of two children aged 7 and 3, while her husband is a health-care worker.

They live in an apartment in Lindsay. “When the COVID-19 pandemic started my husband decided to keep some physical distance because of the nature of his work.” She says her children adapted to “air hugs and kisses” with their dad. When the schools closed it was a bit tough, she says, but she keeps them busy doing things like reading, painting, colouring and clay modelling. Rajan also has a good friend who provides new books and games for the kids. “We are also doing a lot of cooking and baking and maybe I will become a good baker before this pandemic is over.”

Pierre Chartier

This unexpected quiet time at home allowed Pierre Chartier to turn his full attention to writing a novel based on his grandparents’ and mother’s experiences in the French resistance during the Second World War. Weaving together the elements of a story is consuming, and research takes even longer than riting, he says, so he made the most of the opportunity to focus. “Some of the difficult historical events I was trying to depict shook me or resonated with me for long periods. During the COVID-19 situation, we may have complained to some degree about our confinement, but it was really nothing compared to what many of our ancestors went through during the Second World War.”

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Lynn Hasson

Lynn Hasson’s farm life is probably less affected by the COVID-19 virus than most people’s.“Except for the personal distancing with family and friends our daily routine is marginally affected. The saying ‘life goes on’ is most obvious here on the farm.” And that means weather gets warmer, the chickens keep laying, the sheep will be lambing and the garden still needs planting. “A positive for me is the extra time at home has made it possible to spend more time working with my fibre.” Lynn operates Lanesend Farm & Fiber in Reaboro. “Dyeing my wool and spinning it into yarn is one of my favourite pastimes and staying home has allowed me to pursue my passion.”

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Gabrielle Simpson

Gabrielle Simpson has a three-year-old son, Austin, and another baby on the way.

Her social-distancing days started off “lazy and easy,” she says, “a great break from our normal busy life.”

“As the weeks went by Austin needed something more. We are adjusting by spending as much time in our large backyard as possible. We have set up a ‘construction site,’ and there are three large areas where Austin has worn away the grass — and that’s okay. My husband put ropes on the large dump truck toys so I wouldn’t have to bend over and push the trucks. I hope our son will remember the hours at the ‘job site’ in our backyard and not all the things we miss about our busy lifestyle we lived before social distancing.”

Nicole Bryant

“During the pandemic I have been able to keep positive and motivated by the fantastic work that my team at A Place Called Home continues to do.” We have partnered with the Kawartha Lakes human services and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit to respond to the needs of the homeless in our community during the pandemic. We continue to rally together to serve this vulnerable population with passion and integrity.

My staff has shown unwavering commitment; adapting and pivoting to meet the need as we all struggle to find normalcy during this time. My heart is filled with gratitude, happiness and a deep appreciation as I continue to work alongside these amazing men and women who are all ‘in it together.’

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Priti Patel

The changes resulting from the pandemic have given Priti Patel the chance to dust off her old recipe books and cook some traditional Indian food from east, west north and south. “I absolutely love cooking and while the whole family is home all day, the food never seems to stay.” She says she has been able to create some new recipes “and make do with what I can find in the house — always creating new fusions exploring unique flavours.” There are so many kinds of different recipes from all over India which Priti has enjoyed cooking.

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TEAM ADVOCATE MEMBERS have been doing to get by

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Kirk Winter

It feels like I’ve been working harder since the pandemic began. But I’ve carved out the time to go on long walks with my daughter. Joli and I have also enjoyed binging Cardinal, the dark police thriller filmed in North Bay. Reading: Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline and in fiction, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night.

I tore the tendon in my elbow and developed tendinitis in both elbows and shoulders during the time when preventive health care places were closed. In response my dear friend, Paola, created a deep core yoga video for me to follow and heal.

A few surprise porch drop-offs of various goodies added some cheer.

Online meetings became common.

I have been very fortunate to self isolate with my wife and youngest son who is home from university.

We have had much time to talk, play games and re-watch all seven seasons of The West Wing. I have also used the time to get comfortable in my new position as government/ education reporter for The Lindsay Advocate.

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Nancy Payne

Trevor Hutchinson

Seven years ago, I pulled my groin playing hockey at the rec centre in Lindsay. People in Kinmount, I’m sure, heard my screams. “Stretch more,” they said. Ultimately, though, the couch won; I’ve barely played since.

But the pandemic has meant more time to stretch - and reflect. The goal? Returning to (old man) game shape. That’s what’s kept me going.

I’m taking an additional walk most days. It’s calming and gives me perspective to watch spring unfold, oblivious to our human preoccupations.

I avoid news stories obsessed with placing blame, and speculative ones that lean heavily on words like “may” and “could” — they just leave me feeling stressed and helpless. Work is actually a blessing, as are “thinking-ofyou” texts from friends.

Thankfully COVID-19 has been mostly just lots of work for me. I baked cookies once when I was feeling guilty about buying flour.

Virtual happy hour and virtual church occasionally made up for my lack of socialization. When I was feeling really bad about being a horrible home-schooling parent, I would read pro-machine gun tweets from local councillors and laugh.

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We're all in this together

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Judy Paul

I suspect that my experience during this pandemic scarcely differs from that of other folks in that I’ve spent a great deal of time in the kitchen.

Aside from that, I’ve been working remotely; dabbling in some family history; taking a professional development course online; playing Scrabble with the family and going for plenty of long walks.

I spend a lot of time fishing. Having a stream to yourself is kind of the Holy Grail, so trout anglers are hoping to social distance everyone, everywhere, all the time they are fishing.

I have been training like this for 50 years, so coping with the restrictions isn’t too difficult.

While I dearly miss my social activities, being retired means that much of my day-to-day routine has not changed. I’ve been baking sourdough bread, walking, reading, knitting, writing, watching Netflix, and spring cleaning. Listening to music, a Zoom birthday celebration with songs, stories and readings from friends and family, and playing ukulele with the “Ukuladies” has helped to boost my spirits.

Family and the ever-longer, warmer, more birdsong-filled days. Walks with my extremely significant (especially now) other along the Scugog, and long chats from opposite sides of the street with friends and neighbours we encounter while out walking. The library’s digital resources — movies, audiobooks, my first ever e-books.

The prospect of the community garden opening.

Sylvia Keesmaat My 99-year-old grandmother recently visited for a week. Reflecting on her life in the Netherlands during the Second World War puts COVID-19 deprivations in perspective. She also trusts God’s promise that, no matter what, seed time and harvest will never cease. As spring emerges, I realize that this trust also carries me when everything else seems to be crumbling.

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Province, Trent-Severn Waterway not off the hook as group works to save the walleye

GEOFF COLEMAN, WRITER-AT-LARGE

Foot-dragging by the provincial government and inconsistent water flow resulting from Trent-Severn Waterway management practices are frustrating the efforts of a local organization to enhance walleye spawning habitat to protect this important fish from further decline.

At issue is the area immediately downstream of the TSW’s Bobcaygeon dam. Once a significant spring spawning area from bank to bank, it now only supports spawning on the north side, and poorly at that. Correcting the situation has been a five-year mission for Save the Walleye, a group spearheaded by Larry Jones and Doug Coombs.

Jones, a long-time resident, fisherman and taxidermist says when the Pigeon Lake walleye population was at its peak, there was never a question of whether you would catch your limit of fish. The only question was how long it would take. And this predates common technical aids such as fish finders and accurate lake maps housed on cellphones. At spawning time, the smell of walleye hung in the air.

The beds were covered with fish from bank to bank every night.

However, things started to drop off by the mid-1970s, and by the late 1980s the fishing was a shadow of what it once was. Gone were the opening nights when as Jones puts it, “you could walk from boat to boat across the river,” and the resulting American tourist dollar influx had all but dried up.

There are as many opinions on what caused the decline as there are anglers, but members of Save the Walleye believe it has been a result of water management practices by the waterway. In 1968, a newly installed dam at Bobcaygeon released water from a bottommounted gate at such a velocity that the fist-sized stone on southern side of the spawning area was washed away by the flow. Previously, stop logs controlled the outflow, moving out warmer surface water at a slower pace.

The gates also created a reduced and erratic flow on the northern side. Eggs laid there one night could be high and dry the next, or washed away in suddenly powerful current. In 2015, Save the Walleye started a campaign to get the water flow problem corrected.

Save the Walleye would like to see a study that investigates using the raceways of the dam that still have stop logsto direct water over the north side of the spawning bed. “We are just talking about removing a few logs — maybe they’d have to do it a few times

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before they got it right — and sending the water where it needs to go.

It’s easy and cheap,” Coombs explains.

For its part, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says it is ready to support Save the Walleye.

Minister John Yakabuski’s office stated, the Minister “has met with the Save the Walleye group, along with his colleague local MPP and Minister of Infrastructure Laurie Scott, to discuss their concerns and share his support of Mark Byles on Cameron Lake. their proposed actions to strengthen walleye populations.” He has also discussed the matter with MP Jamie Schmale and written to federal Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson to engage the federal government on this file.

“Our government is committed to working together to provide advice as required to support the project. We will continue to communicate with Parks Canada’s water management team to help inform their decisions about water level management and how to best protect fisheries resources during critical periods, including the walleye spawning season.” (Parks Canada is the agency responsible for the Trent-Severn Waterway.)

Coombs says he has heard that response before, and it doesn’t necessarily mean that the ministry agrees that adjusting water flow actually is the way to “best protect fisheries resources.” After five years of meetings and discussions to get what his group says is a simple project off the ground, Coombs has plenty of experience to back up that opinion. “What has the MNRF done to physically help the walleye in the Kawartha Lakes?” he asks. “You can’t regulate them back to health.”

A big part of the problem is that the Ontario government does not have jurisdiction regarding the expansion or rehabilitation of walleye spawning areas in Bobcaygeon, which fall under the mandate of the Trent-Severn and therefore Parks Canada. Fortunately, the TSW recently agreed to allow testing of the Save the Walleye proposal, provided an environmental Basic Impact Assessment was completed. Facing a $150,000 bill for that study, the group turned to Kawartha Conservation, which said it could complete the assessment as part of its mandate, pending post-COVID 19 budget changes.

When the environmental assessment is done, it will be up to the TSW to green-light the study. Although it’s too late to get things moving this year, with some intergovernmental cooperation, the problem of a declining walleye fishery could be water over the dam. For more information see savethewalleye.ca

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How are the

walleye doing?

Studies done in 2009 and 2013 for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry both show walleye accounting for four per cent of the total number of fish captured. Both the largest walleye and the average size increased over the four years. But does that mean the local population is healthy?

Local anglers point out that the percentage of walleye hasn’t increased, indicating there’s been no improvement.

Their stories bear that out.

Bobcaygeon’s Richard Junkin has been fishing for 40 years, when it was common to catch 30 walleye in a day, and heard stories of his grandfather’s days as a guide on Pigeon Lake in the 1950s and 60s.

These days, Junkin says, even if you get up early, it’s not easy to catch multiple walleye in one outing.

Maybe that kind of over-fishing caused the decline in walleye stocks? Larry Jones of Save the Walleye notes that the white sucker population has also dropped, suggesting an environmental problem that affects both. —GC

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}} Uncertain times

No more simple answers as we adapt to complex new reality

NANCY PAYNE, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

We human beings seem to do best with simple No gatherings with people outside your household. Easy instructions. That’s why, in the face of a terrifying new to remember, and, after a while, second nature. virus and predictions of overwhelmed emergency rooms But as those rules are being relaxed, the certainty and millions of deaths, we turned to political leaders and is disappearing. Sure, limiting travel and avoiding large health officials at all levels for guidance. groups still makes sense. But instead of it being a relief They came through with clear as the restrictions ease off, it’s actually directions like “Having a friend over the exact opposite. We always knew for coffee is not social distancing,” and there was no way things could go back “Stay home. Save lives.” When Rick to normal overnight, but if we’re being Mercer lectured, “Stop looking for honest, most of us probably believed We always knew loopholes,” we got it. somewhere deep down that life really there was no way Those of us who had to go to would just kind of pick up again over work — and there will never be words things could go back the summer. adequate to truly thank you, whether It can’t and it won’t. André Picard to normal overnight, nailed you clean nursing home bathrooms or it in a mid-May Globe and Mail but if we’re being stock drugstore shelves or drive truck column, “It’s easier to scare people or supervise an intensive care unit — honest, most of us than to unscare them.” The easy-todug in and washed their hands nonstop. remember rules are gone, and in their probably believed absence the uncertainty and fear of The rest of us quickly accepted that if all we were being asked to do was stay mid-March are back in full force, along somewhere deep home, well, we could handle that. with all kinds of new, super-stressful down that life Strange and hard as those noquestions. How long will we have to really would just loophole months were, we had rules keep our distance from other people? to guide us. As Mayor Andy Letham kind of pick up again Will we ever be able to go to a movie said in one of his regular video updates, or baseball game or church again? over the summer. Could there be a second wave? Would by following the guidelines, we were saving lives. No unnecessary travel. it be worse?

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strokes, cancer and diabetes. It can keep blood pressure The lake is like glass and with each kayak stroke I steady, improve sleep, stabilize our weight, overcome feel like I’m flying. Sunlight shimmers on the water like anxiety and boost self-esteem. diamonds. Gliding up to a loon, I am close enough to Travelling on foot can also slow down the mind. see its white necklace before it slips below the surface.

As wilderness writer Edward Abbey reminds us, “Life is As I paddle around the smooth, rocky islands I feel a deep already too short to waste on speed … Walking makes connection to the elements. the world much bigger and therefore more interesting.

I fell in love with canoeing, cross-country skiing and You have time to observe the details.” Hearing birdwilderness tripping as a teenager. Drawn to the chalsong, noticing animal lenge and exhilaration tracks, being surroundof moving through the ed by the silence of natural environment the snowy woods: the without using gasoline experiences that feed or batteries, I made our souls require a these activities part of slower, quieter pace. my life. Now, over 40 Many self-propelled years later, they seem leisure pursuits are more important than easy to do with a little ever as our well-being investment in acquiring and that of the planet skills and equipment. hinge on a slower lifestyle more attuned to Hiking boots, a small nature. On past outings daypack and some binoculars will get you I’ve caught a glimpse of started hiking and birda moose on the shore, watching. While you and watched an osprey can paddle a canoe feeding its young. or cross-country ski Research tells us the first time on your that exercise and connecting to nature are own, some initial essential to our physical The lake is like glass and with each instruction will give you greater enjoyment and mental health. Nick kayak stroke I feel like I’m flying. and confidence. In Cavill of the University Sunlight shimmers on the Haliburton County, of Oxford’s department water like diamonds.

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September, the Hike Haliburton Festival runs, offering 100 free, guided hikes and is a great way to explore new trails.

Snowshoeing has surged in popularity in the last few years as people discover how simple it is to get out and experience landscapes transformed by snow and ice.

I enjoy the easy rhythm of snowshoeing, but it is the thrill of cross-country skiing that makes me eagerly anticipate winter. One moment I’m gliding over the snow marvelling at the delicate patterns of ice on a stream and the next I’m zooming down a hill with the wind in my face.

Returning to the warming hut at the end of my ski I sit by the fire thankful for the snow and the volunteers who maintain the trails of my local Nordic ski club.

Spring’s warmer weather brings opportunities for other self-propelled activities. Avid cyclist Art Hornibrook is president of the Kawartha Cycling Club.

For him, cycling is a way to keep fit and meet people.

He cycles indoors during the winter, but much prefers riding outside, enjoying nature and observing the details of his surroundings. Hornibrook is one of the club’s designated ride leaders, who take responsibility for organizing a group ride. The quiet roads and trails of Kawartha Lakes offer excellent cycling routes. He describes feeling “a rush” after completing a few hours of cycling; when he’s part of a group, “it feels good when everyone has had a good ride.”

The Kawartha Cycling Club also works with the City of Kawartha Lakes on active transportation planning, advocating for better trail systems. Each year the club holds the Kawartha Lakes Classic Cycling Tour, bringing people together for a healthy challenge and raising funds for A Place Called Home.

Whether I’m hiking, cycling, paddling or skiing, my senses are heightened; I’m energized by the physical effort and I feel content. Engaging in self-propelled leisure has never failed to provide an entry to beautiful places, enjoyment and adventure.

The recent pandemic has forced us to reflect on our most cherished values and the kind of society we want.

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A people’s new economic normal }} Guest Opinion MIKE PERRY “All of my sweat, blood and tears were in my business.” In Fenelon Falls, Sandy’s well-known bakery, Dolce, has closed. My dear friend Graham has also shuttered his senior care family business, too overwhelmed to consider what might be next for him.

We’re hearing these stories more and more. The free market is now producing 15 per cent unemployment and possible defaults on consumer debts of 50 to 70 per cent. A lot more bankruptcies and unemployment are forecast.

Trust the system, we were told. The free market will solve all our problems, we were told. It’s “common sense.” Logical. Normal.

But “normal” is 45 per cent of Canadians living paycheque to paycheque. Normal is houses and food produced as commodities, not based on need. Normal is a million kids going to bed hungry every night.

Normal is the president of Scotiabank making more than $13 million per year.

Indeed, normal has been the problem. We are now seeing yet again how inadequate and not “normal” our economic system is. The market is not saving us financially here.

The market has crashed and been rebuilt the same. But this time, things are different.

The government — so long demonized as the problem — is offering to pay 75 per cent of private sector wages. “There-is-no-money” governments have found funds in record time. Rightfully so. And, perhaps most importantly, we aren’t blaming each other — or ourselves — this time for the free market’s failures.

More people are now openly questioning what’s normal in the face of so much loss and financial hardship. This time, a consensus is emerging among people from all walks of life that we need to rethink how society works. People are saying that we want — and need — an economic model that unleashes our human potential, not for accumulation and profiteering and unlimited growth, but to express our moral values.

Also this time, it’s the workers — usually ignored and underpaid — who are coming to the rescue. Cashiers and cooks and drivers are being acknowledged like we’ve never seen.

We are being reminded again of what’s profoundly important – our value of people and community and how interconnected we all are.

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We are enjoying a sense of unparalleled goodwill towards one another where the normal, rigid rules don’t have to apply after all.

These are indeed hard, unprecedented times.

So let’s seize this moment and transform the economy. After the Second World War, elites behind closed doors created the economy in their own image. Now it’s the people’s turn.

But there is no alternative to the free market, we’re told.

Nonsense.

Ideas and policy options abound. Just do an internet search for the doughnut model; the Green New Deal; community exchanges; cooperatives; social enterprises; and indigenous economic ways, to name but a few.

Our post-pandemic new normal must include a new economic normal. If we don’t change what’s been normal, we will just relive the same problems.

Now is the time to create a new economy. Efforts are already underway to put the same old free market back together again, so we need to act now, with a clear vision and the courage of conviction. Now is not just a time for out-of-the-box thinking. This time, we can make a whole new box.

But creating new boxes – especially economic ones – can be challenging. People and local businesses are both hurting and resilient. Too many of us have experienced loss and hardship over these past few months. And many of us have ideas and experience and success working for change and meeting challenges head on. This is hope.

We now have a clear choice: to return to the old normal problems of the free market system or rise out of these very hard times with a new economy fashioned in the people’s image; one that meets the needs of all of us, absorbs shocks and is sustained by the planet.

Planning is underway for residents of Kawartha Lakes to soon have a say in what a more fair, inclusive, and green economy will look like for all of us. Everyone will be welcome.

We are in this together. And together, we can make it happen.

A native of Fenelon Falls, Mike Perry is a lawyer and social worker.

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The next several months may well be harder than the last few, precisely because there are no more simple answers. “Go out and support local business and get exercise but be sure to respect physical distance and don’t get carried away,” is a lot more complicated than “Stay home.” Just as in the early days of the pandemic, even our best-informed decision-makers are trying to figure this all out as we go.

We’re all scared. We’re exhausted by the hyper-alertness in public places — no one more so than retail workers who must do their jobs while constantly backing away from customers to maintain distance. We’re worried people will revile us if we’re not wearing a mask. We desperately miss each other. Animal fight-or-flight instincts war with more enlightened tend-and-befriend ones as our heart’s desire to draw close to people conflicts with the new fear about personal contact that’s been hammered into our brains.

The ground has shifted under our feet once again, and that means we must once again find our balance.

The unprecedented lockdown has given way to unprecedented restrictions and changes in our everyday lives, and that’s frustrating and stressful.

Of course, it’s weird to have to step off the rail trail when you see other hikers coming. It’s infuriating to see people gathering too closely and in groups that are too large when you’re trying to respect the ever-changing guidelines. It’s devastating that so many small businessowners, students, self-employed people, seniors, farmers and others don’t know their fate.

Which is why we’re all going to have to dig deep to find the patience, kindness and compassion that will get us through this newly uncertain time. Solidarity with our community and care for each other aren’t one-time principles we abandon now that the worst may be over.

And remember: We’ve made it this far. Saddened by the terrible toll, more aware of the social inequality that puts the poor and frail at risk, but we’re here.

As a podcast I love put it recently, “We’ll all get through this together, because it’s the only way we can get through this.” We’ve done great things over the past few months. We rose to the occasion, not just to keep ourselves healthy but to protect everyone else, too.

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Proposed federal gun law makes no one safer

KIRK WINTER, WRITER-AT-LARGE

OPINION In May, the federal government moved to ban more than 1,500 different models of firearms from further importation, sale, resale or usage. Both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair claimed Canadians will be safer as a result because these so-called “assault rifles� that make up the bulk of the models to be banned are a threat to the public at large.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

The key weapon banned by the order-in-council is the Armalite AR-15, the civilian version of the weapon used by the Canadian Armed Forces. It is only manufactured in semi-automatic versions and it cannot be made fully automatic. It is a favourite of target shooters everywhere because of its light recoil and inexpensive ammunition.

The AR-15 has been a restricted firearm in Canada since the 1970s. Additional licensing and training are required to own one and even then its transportation and usage are limited to licensed gun clubs in Canada.

These guns cannot be used for hunting, and the government knows the location of every Armalite in Canada because of tough ownership and licensing procedures. Not a single legally-owned registered Armalite in Canada has ever been used in the commission of a crime in this country.

Critics from across the political spectrum believe the Trudeau Liberals are using the Nova Scotia shooting in April to push this through. The deranged criminal responsible for killing more than 20 people recently had been banned from owning firearms in Canada because he had been convicted of assaulting his girlfriend. His Norinco 305, also now on the banned list, had been bought illegally in the United States and smuggled into Canada.

Tragically, if press reports are correct, he also killed many people with weapons taken from the cruiser of the RCMP officer killed in the shooting. Our gun laws worked correctly, and the only way the murderer killed a single person was by smuggling a weapon in from the United States and killing a peace officer and then stealing her weapons. The new Liberal legislation would have not saved a single life in Nova Scotia.

Canada has proven time and time again to be at the forefront of safe and sensible gun legislation that has led to our nation having one of the lowest rates of gun violence in the world. Fully automatic firearms have never been legal in Canada. Handguns have been tightly controlled since the early 1930s. Canada’s safe storage laws and training and licensing requirements are the gold standard when compared to many other countries.

If the government truly wants to spend $500 million to make Canadians safer, the money would be much better spent on tougher border inspections, and closing the illegal gun pipeline from the U.S. where most of our gun problems begin.

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Restricting access to guns saves lives

TREVOR HUTCHINSON, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

OPINION Like a vast majority of Canadians — 79 per cent according to a recent poll — I think the federal government’s proposed ban on “assault-style” weapons is a good idea.

The new regulations were passed in the aftermath of the April mass murder in Nova Scotia, although this policy was part of the federal Liberals’ platform since before the last election. And the specifics of the Nova Scotia tragedy are beside the point. There is a reasonwhy more than 200 health, women’s, policing and community organizations have advocated for a similar policy for years: banning assault rifles is simply good public health policy.

When Australia banned assault rifles in 1997, the number of mass-shooting deaths went from 104 over the previous 18 years to zero over the 22 years following the ban. Even the United States saw a 40 per cent drop in mass-shooting fatalities for the 10 years it had similar policies (1994-2004).

Research shows that such bans not only decrease the number of mass shootings, they reduce femicide (the murder of women and girls) and suicides.

Restricting access to guns saves lives. Since Canada restricted access to rifles and shotguns, the rate of homicide due to rifles and shotguns has decreased by 53 per cent.

This new Liberal policy is not about taking away guns from lawful hunters or farmers. It’s about deciding, as a society, that there is no place in our society for weapons that were designed solely for the efficient killing of humans.

When you get into the specifics of the new policy, it’s about restricting calibre, shots and barrel lengths.

The now banned .375 Cheyenne Tactical is designed to hit a 36” inch plate at 3,800 yards. That is not for hunting.

As for the AR-15, there’s a reason that the U.S. Army has used some version of this weapon for years: Because of its muzzle velocity, it is an exceptionally good weapon for killing humans. It is designed so that a shooter of minimal skill can kill as many people as possible.

I get that some people have found hobbies with this killing machine. I loved firing a machine gun when I was in the army. But sacrificing a hobby is worth it if it’s going to save lives. And numerous studies show that banning assault rifles will save lives.

Opponents of the ban also cite illegal handguns as the real problem.They are right: Illegal guns are a big problem and handguns are an even bigger one. There should be stricter border controls. But these new restrictions prohibit the guns that were used in the tragic mass shootings in the Quebec mosque, Moncton, Dawson College and École Polytechnique. All of those weapons were legally purchased and owned.

Will these new restrictions solve every gun-related problem we have? Absolutely not. Is there more we must do to solve gun violence in Canada? Absolutely.

But prohibiting these weapons designed only to kill people is a good start.

How do you feel about the government’s proposed ban?

Let us know by emailing kawarthalakespublisher@gmail.com in 150 words or less

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LOCAL HEIRLOOM RECIPES Stuffed Beef Heart with Dandelion Salad The residents of Fenelon Court have provided a wealth of local heirloom recipes. Many are simple recipes from the land that make the most of what is at hand. Because I could not photograph someone making their heirloom recipe this month, I thought I would try a local farm food, stuffed beef heart with dandelion greens salad.

Salad The fat is trimmed from the heart and the inside is sprinkled with salt and pepper. Prepare your preferred stuffing and fill the inside (I made my stuffing from challah bread and added sage and thyme). Sew in the stuffing. Sear the heart and add some beef broth to a small roasting pan. Cover and cook at 325° for 15 minutes per pound.

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A passion for dentistry drives local doctor

“Dr. Sun’s passion in life is ‘dentistry.’” So states the bio on Dr. Victor Sun’s website. For Sun, who as of this August will have been practicing in Lindsay for 20 years, dentistry is an artistic pursuit. “It gives me the opportunity to recreate the natural anatomy of a tooth, to design and build a beautiful smile,” he says.

I’ve interviewed individuals who had passions for music, for baking, for sports, even for human-powered vertical flight and ice-resurfacing machines. I could understand every one of those passions. But dentistry?

Now, I have no reason to doubt the statement. I’m a patient and have long admired Sun’s professionalism and the sense of flow — the complete absorption in what he’s doing that emanates as he moves among his four examination rooms. And each month since becoming a patient I’ve received email newsletters that include briefings on a range of dental matters — one month it’s tongue lesions and bruxism (teeth-grinding), another month Invisalign (an alternative to braces). He’s excited and wants us to be excited about what dentistry can do for us these days.

When we talk (by phone, of course, because at a physical distance is how we’re all communicating these days) I’m hoping to understand his passion. I also want to learn how he’s operating during the pandemic. At a time when we’re all being advised not to touch our faces, it’s hard to imagine a profession that’s more up close and personal.

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He found he loved to learn. A self-confessed “continuing education junkie,” he went on to pick up additional credentials. Asked about the disciplines, in addition to oral surgery, that particularly interest him he lists several specialties. When I ask what doesn’t interest him, he’s stymied for the only time in our conversation.

A LIFELONG LEARNER

From the time he was small, Sun tells me, he’d wanted to be in health care. His undergraduate degree from University of Toronto was in human biology. After completing his DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery) degree, he went on to a general practice residency at the University of Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital.

Only eight residents were accepted that year, and he was one of only two Canadians.

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Even now, 25 years after that residency, Sun continues to complete seminars, workshops and courses. Most recently he finished a six-session program on early orthodontic treatment. (Apparently starting treatment as early as age six can eliminate the need to remove teeth later).

Back in November he travelled to the Dominican Republic for a four-day course on dental implant surgery. While there he provided free extractions, implants and gum surgeries for people in need. (He’s also gone on dental missions in Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, and China.)

So, part of his passion for dentistry is sheer love of learning and a recognition of how much there is to learn. A feeling of responsibility to keep on top of a rapidly changing professional landscape also accounts for his constant upgrading. The biggest change, to his mind, has been the advancement of technology.

“New technologies have allowed dentists to diagnose, treatment-plan, and execute treatments faster, better and with more precision” he says. “They’ve also allowed treatments to be done with greater comfort for the patients.”

(Not helpful news for those of us conditioned by distant childhood dental experiences to be fearful).

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On March 16, Dr. Sun sent out a message to his patients: “Due to the continued effort to ‘flatten’ the curve for the COVID-19 in Ontario, my office will remain closed for non-essential dental treatments.” In the same email he reassured us that the office would still be open for emergency dental services.

With his 12-member team of dental assistants, hygienists and receptionists temporarily laid off and receiving benefits, Sun has been on the phone, rescheduling appointments to the summer.

He’s also been responding to those emergencies. “There are four criteria for a dental emergency,” he explains: “trauma, bleeding, infection and pain that can’t be managed by over-the-counter medicines or antibiotics.”

In one emergency case, Sun removed an adult patient’s infected tooth.

In another he’d repaired a youngster’s brace. It had come loose and was scratching the boy’s cheek; he couldn’t eat or talk.

There’s no question in Sun’s mind that the pandemic is going to change the way dentistry is practiced and he’s already started to make changes to ensure he’s ready. He’s purchasing a high-quality medical-grade air filtration system and a Plexiglas partition for the receptionists. He’s expecting even stricter requirements in disinfecting and PPE (an abbreviation nobody needs explained these days). Social distancing will continue to be the norm. He speculates that instead of marshalling patients in a waiting room, dentists may have patients wait in their cars until staff text them then usher them straight into an examination room.

Sun will continue to share his passion for dentistry (which I’m beginning to understand). Just a few days after our phone conversation I received this month’s e-newsletter, this one entitled “Home Remedies for Dental Emergencies During COVID-19.” In case I develop a gum abscess, chip a tooth, lose a filling or have food trapped below the gumline, I have some strategies for temporary relief. (Tip: for a lost filling, a small piece of sugarless gum may be your best friend).

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Our daily bread

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The wonderful aroma of freshly baked bread wafts from the inner sanctum of A.B. Terry’s bakery, confectionary and restaurant at 117 Kent Street in downtown Lindsay. The loaves emerging from Terry’s state-of-the art ovens represent only one of the many offerings found in this hunger-inducing establishment — it’s the middle of June, after all, and the wedding season is fast approaching. Anyone getting married in this year of 1901 will want to select one of the stylish wedding cakes which have made Terry famous far and wide across Victoria County.

A dainty display of delicious delicacies graces the window, through which lunching patrons see a horsedrawn bread wagon from William McWatters’ bakery make its way down Kent Street. McWatters and his son operate a bakery over yonder in the east ward, with an oven capable of churning out 400 loaves of bread at a time. McWatters and Terry are just two of the many bakers making the mouths of local residents water with warm and fresh goods at the turn of the 20th century.

Let’s pause the picture there and fast-forward almost seven decades. It’s late August of 1967, and the famously nostalgic Ford Moynes pens a column for the Lindsay Daily Post in which he laments the dearth of home baking. “In very few farm homes today can be smelled the wonderful aroma of home made bread,” Moynes wistfully writes. Mass-produced loaves wrapped in plastic bags and purchased 10 or 15 at a time mark the end of an era in Ford Moynes’ imagination.

Or did it? Pause the picture yet again and fastforward another 50-plus years. It’s the middle of April, 2020. Yeast is almost impossible to find in the local grocery stores. “We have a limited flour supply” has become a familiar message. Social media feeds

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light up with pictures of concoctions that would make A.B. Terry and William McWatters proud.

Home baking, it seems, has made a triumphal comeback, at least while people isolated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This rise in Canadians baking up a storm brings to mind memories of bakeries and bakers long gone.

For Rae Fleming of Argyle, the bread from Southern’s Bakery in Cannington left an indelible impression. “They must have been using unbleached flour, which meant that the bread was pale yellow,” Fleming remembers. “Of course I knew

Bill Gill, whose father Herb ran a bakery in Bobcaygeon.

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that bread should be pure white, so I was embarrassed when I opened my sandwiches at school lunch hour. Of course what I may not have realized is that most of my fellows at S.S. No. 1 Eldon, in Lorneville, also opened sandwiches wrapped in Southern Bakery waxed paper. Now I bake bread more or less in the style of that long-gone bakery.” (Baking has a long history in Fleming’s clan.Years before, when his maternal grandmother ran out of bread, she resorted to making bannock – a traditional biscuit-like food favoured by her Scottish ancestors.)

Herb Gill operated a small bakery on Bolton Street in Bobcaygeon from the mid-1930s through at least 1944. Herb’s son, Bill (pictured here as a child outside the bakery) remembers his father rising shortly after midnight to begin preparing the yeast. Early mornings of labour-intensive kneading resulted in nothing but the freshest bread for Bobcaygeon.

In Lindsay, no trip downtown was complete without a pilgrimage to Graham’s Bakery, at 100 Kent Street. “You used to have to line up at the counter to be waited on,” remembers Barb Truax.

“They made the best honey-dipped doughnuts in the world!” says Pat Keenan, who regularly stopped in on his way home from the Rotary swimming pool as a youngster. Chelsea buns topped with cherries and cashews were another highlight, he said.

“My absolute favourite was a tie between the cherry loaf and icing-topped chop suey loaf!” recalls Mary Lou Tompkins, for whom the squeaky screen door and aroma of freshly baked bread made entering Graham’s an experience akin to “entering a warm, welcoming, cozy home.”

Said Nicki Dedes,“I remember walking in to buy chocolate éclairs, my fave.”

In Lindsay, no trip downtown was complete without a pilgrimage to Graham’s Bakery, at 100 Kent Street. “You used to have to line up at the counter to be waited on,” remembers Barb Truax.

Graham’s, like bakeries in most small towns, was an institution. But the wonderful world of baking extended well beyond the bakery door and out into the countryside courtesy of bread men, like the late Tom Humphries.

Humphries, who once worked at the Trent Valley Bakery on Victoria Avenue in Lindsay, supplied bread and sundry baked goods to residents in rural Thorah, Mariposa, and Eldon Townships for more than 30 years.

“Bread was delivered right to our house,” remembers Humphries’ daughter, Marion Puffer. “At six in the morning, he would load his truck and start out at 8 a.m.” Tom Humphries travelled about 160 kilometres a day and would often not be home until late in the evening.

Tom Humphries’ pickup truck, like A.B. Terry’s window and William McWatters’ oven, is long gone. Yet, following in their tracks are Kawartha Wholesale Bakery, the Little Pie Shack, Mickaël’s Café Librairie, Kawartha Shortbread, South Pond Farms, Mennonite and Amish bakeries and others that continue to supply us with our daily bread — or doughnuts and éclairs.

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TREVOR’S TAKE TREVOR HUTCHINSON, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

The two solitudes

I was probably 13 when I realized how tourists affected my personal economy.

All these years later I can still remember the time. I was on the cliff in Fenelon Falls, steeling my nerve as I stared down the 20 feet that felt like 60.

Someone in a boat passing by underneath yelled “Jump.” Ever a capitalist, I replied reflexively, “50 cents!” The boater said, “OK”, and I leaped with abandon.

It was that very moment when I joined, for the first time, the tourist industry — one that vies with agriculture as the most important industry in our municipality.

I have found myself thinking of this memory, and hundreds more like it, as I have been watching social and regular media conversations about cottagers (sorry, I mean seasonal residents) and COVID-19.

The issue of whether or not people who own second properties in our “city” should be allowed to come here during the pandemic has been a hot topic since almost the start of the lockdown. I have read heated arguments online between locals and seasonals (the two solitudes of our city) that, at least in some quarters, aren’t coexisting as peacefully as our colourful city brochures would suggest.

To be sure, the situation wasn’t helped by the mixed messages coming from our local authorities, with the mayor stating that he thought seasonal residents should come here if they want — an opinion which contradicted the advice of our local health unit. Choices by our prime minister and premier about trips to secondary properties only further muddied the waters.

For the record, I believe we should all be following the direction of health authorities, as uncomfortable as that has been over the last few months.

And it’s perhaps my bias — that I’m forever the person swimming to the boat, and not the boat owner — that makes me reject the argument that paying taxes equals a right to occupancy in a second home during a pandemic. I could have paid taxes on a flight to Italy three months ago. It wouldn’t have given me the right to fly there.

It’s a short list of odd jobs that I haven’t done for tourists and cottagers to make money. And I couldn’t possibly understand what the people who own tourism-dependent businesses are going through right now.

As emergency measures started to lift, it is a tug-of-war between two codependent entities: health security and economic security.

If we are going to survive and thrive in Kawartha Lakes, it may take all of us (seasonal and permanent residents alike) truly treating and thinking of each other as neighbours in the real sense: people who care about each other; people who will do right by each other, people who will protect each other.

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