Tavistock Gazette 20200401

CHOICE LAWN CARE SERVICES

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MAYNE KLEIN: TAVISTOCK’S GUY LOMBARDO

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Serving Tavistock and area since 1895 VOLUME 124 • NUMBER 26

TAVISTOCK, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2020

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-19 Facilities Manager Ken Wettlaufer washes down the floor in the Tavistock arena after the ice was removed

Oxford County Paramedic Services ready to respond Oxford County Paramedic Services is part of the greater healthcare team working on the COVID-19 front-lines in Oxford.

Although it is a busy and stressful time for everyone, our paramedics are well-trained and ready to respond to emergencies and the outbreak.

Paramedic Services is reminding people through social media to: • Self-isolate if sick and call Teleheath Ontario at 1-866-797-0000 for advice, or Southwestern Public Health if you think you have COVID-19 • Call 9-1-1 if symptoms become severe, for instance, if you are having trouble breathing • Not to call 9-1-1 if your situation is not an emergency: check Ontario’s online screening tool instead at https://covid-19. ontario.ca/self-assessment/#q0

TOWNSHIP SHUTS DOWN RECREATIONAL FACILITIES On March 17th, 2020, in an effort to help prevent or lessen the impact of the community spread of the Coronavirus (COVID 19), the Township of East Zorra-Tavistock decided to close all municipal indoor recreational facilities until further notice. This included the Tavistock Arena, Queen’s Park Pavilion, Tavistock Memorial Hall and the Innerkip Community Centre.

At the Tavistock and District Recreation Centre and Memorial Hall, Facilities Manager Ken Wettlaufer stated that their last complete booking was the weekend of March 14 and 15. This year, the ice was scheduled to be taken out on May 7th. However, due to the provincial mandate of physical distancing, the ice surface was removed over the week of March 17th to 21st. “We did a slightly different process this year,” Ken said.

With the closing of the facility all staff was laid off including two full-time facility operators, two part-time operators, and five part-time students as support staff.

Based on last year’s booking schedule, taking into

account the two months from the start of the COVID-19 restrictions, the Facilities Board has lost approximately $65,000 in revenue. “We have currently cancelled all booking up until the middle of May,” Ken said. “We will be monitoring the COVID-19 guidelines and consulting with South Western Public Health to see how this pandemic unfolds. At this point we anticipate the strong possibility of more cancellations,” he added.

On March 23rd, the Township deemed that all playground areas were off limits to the public, however the parks would remain open. The Municipal office in Hickson will remain open during this time of selfisolation and social distancing and they strongly encourage all residents to go to the Township website at ezt.ca to access online services and contact information for each department.

“If you are outside it is essential that everyone practice social distancing … walks are to exercise, not socialize,” the Township news release concluded.

Callers to 9-1-1 will undergo a prescreening over the phone to check for signs and symptoms of COVID-19. When they arrive at a call, paramedics will be wearing the right personal protective equipment for the call and will perform a secondary screening with the patient.

Oxford County Paramedics are taking all precautionary measures to protect the public and themselves during the COVID-19 outbreak.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU to our loyal subscribers who continue to send in their payment to allow us to continue to publish the Gazette online. www.tavistock.on.ca

A closed notice placed at the playgrounds in East Zorra-Tavistock due to COVID-19.

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SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS Choice Lawn Care Services

MAIN STREET A QUICK LOOK AT OUR TOWN!

THIS ‘N’ THAT How we all wish Covid-19 was an April Fool's joke as of today (March 31st) Canada's numbers have climbed to 7,708 with Ontario's number at 1,966 … Social Distancing and (self isolation for 14 days if out of the country or even province) is vital in our fight against this virus - please remember every decision we make to NOT follow the rules or NOT take this pandemic seriously will only delay the time until this pandemic is over … Easter is 1-1/2 weeks away - church services and family celebrations and gatherings will have to be done online, through video chats or telephone this year . . . it was beautiful, sunny warm weather this past Saturday with temperatures reaching 20 degrees - mild temperatures and plenty of sunshine forecast for this week - March was said to come in like a Lamb and it definitely is leaving like one; contrary to the old saying . . . the World Crokinole Championship that was scheduled for June 6th has been called off for this year due to Covid-19 - another difficult decision to make by the committee.

BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES Ava Ropp is 12 today April 1st; Bailey Brenneman is 12; Kaydence Vandenberk, 15; a birthday for Jacob Francis; a 5th wedding anniversary for Terry and Lexi Rozendal … on April 2nd Elaina Gunn is 7 …

Travis Wettlaufer is 17 April 3rd; a 21st wedding anniversary for Andy and Paul Roth … on April 4th Hannah Heinbuch is 6; birthdays also for Mitchell McKay; and Larry Hohner … Kate Doan is 14 April 5th … on April 6th Montana Zehr is 15 …

Joshua Hobson is 11 April 7th. Congratulations to all and this year's birthdays will be ones for the history books!

Kyle Meadows, owner/operator of Choice Lawn Care Services.

BILL GLADDING / TAVISTOCK GAZETTE

COMING HOME WAS HIS ‘CHOICE’ Kyle Meadows is among the many trusted lawn care specialists operating in the Tavistock area. About two years ago he took over Choice Lawn Care services from founder Pete Bell of Shakespeare.

Since then he has rekindled his hometown connections and given attention to detail in all his work. This has allowed him to carry on the business with great success.

Choice Lawn Care was established by Pete Bell in the Spring of 2000. He then serviced Tavistock, Shakespeare and the surrounding area with seasonal work and lawn care programs for 19 years. “While out working long hours and days, people would approach him for work right off the street,” Kyle said. When Kyle heard from his mother that the business was for sale, he set up a meeting with Pete. It was following that meeting that Kyle knew he was well-suited for the job; to be able to continue to provide the physical labour required, managing the day-to-day operations of the business, as well as being able to return to his hometown(s) and serve the people he knows well.

“Tavistock is a great community and this was an excellent opportunity for me to give back. I am happy to serve,” Kyle said.

For those who don’t know Kyle, his family roots are in Tavistock. The eldest son of Ken Meadows and Brenda Holst, Kyle first lived on Henry Street in Tavistock. Kyle’s dad Ken is best known for his musical talents in the country and western band “Sunrise.” Ken was also a truck driver for Martin Mills and with the Tavistock cheese factory. Kyle’s mom Brenda operated Nosy Nook Flower and Gift Shop in Tavistock for many years with her business partner Brenda Smythe. Kyle also spent a lot of time in Tavistock with his grandparents, Almer and Charlotte Meadows.

At three years of age, Kyle’s family purchased a farm property south of Harmony. This is where Kyle and his older sister and younger brother were raised. Kyle’s sister Krystal lives in Toronto and brother Brett now lives in Waterloo.

Kyle attended Sprucedale Public School in Shakespeare and his

family was cash and share cropping their farm. At age 12, he began milking cows for Paul and Wilfred Epp. He continued for the next five years with the Epps, but also milked for Dirk and Karen Griffieon for four years and for relatives Elwood, Carol and David Meadows for a couple of years. All the while, Kyle was still thinking about farming as a career.

“As a kid, I worked for a lot of local dairy farmers,” he said. He also worked in the fields baling and mowing hay and straw for Dennis and Bonnie Bean and Floyd and Ida Smythe. For a couple of years in high school, he also managed to find time to work shifts at the Tavistock cheese factory. Upon graduation from Northwestern Secondary School in Stratford, he took a full time position in the new whey plant evaporator department at the cheese factory.

Kyle enjoyed the mechanical work and spent his high school coop programs in the tool room at FAG Bearings in Stratford. He later apprenticed for electrical maintenance as an HVAC technician with Culliton Bros. When Kyle was 15, he spent one summer working for Bailey Concrete. That led to answering an advertisement in the newspaper and landing a job at Wilhelm Concrete where he was able to secure a position there for about two years. He helped to build many agricultural silos and distinctly remembers working on a water tank in Vineland that was the size of a football field.

As a pastime, Kyle played minor hockey in Tavistock up to Bantam age, as well as playing softball. He then focused on high school rugby with the Northwestern school rugby team. “We had a pretty good run while we played,” Kyle said. “It was a good physical game,” he recalled.

This activity was also complemented by a couple of years on the South Easthope Tug-O-War team led by coach Bruce Cook.

“Tavistock played such a huge role in my youth,” Kyle said.

“Tavistock is my hometown and I have many, many memories at my grandparents and neighbours.” Kyle also attended church and Sunday school at Grace United Church in Tavistock. (continued on page 3)

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A few years after the family farm was sold, Kyle moved to Goderich. He earned his bartender’s license and Smart Serve designation and worked at the Bedford Hotel. With his electrical/mechanical background, Kyle picked up a 6-month contract working on a Vestas wind turbine site with Composotech from Goderich. They serviced lightning protection on 150+ wind turbines installed along the Bruce nuclear power lines just north of Tiverton.

Kyle later bought a house in Clinton and lived there for three years while working at Vandenheuval Construction. He loved being in the country and would often take his four-wheeler to the 6,000-acre Hullett Marsh, just north of Clinton. There were lots of deer and other wildlife to see on his excursions.

In 2010, Kyle decided to move back to the area and purchased a home just outside of Embro. Kyle feels he is following in the entrepreneurial footsteps of his family by taking over Choice Lawn Care. “It’s about keeping the business locally-owned and operated,” he said. “Staying at home and working locally for people, all the while providing a service that makes customers happy, and proud of their homes, is an honour,” he said.

Over the years, Choice Lawn Care has provided lawn rolling, aeration, fertilizer application, overseeding, weed and lawn pest control, as well as repairs to lawns and other property maintenance services. Several years ago, when regulations for sprays and fertilizers were tightened, Pete introduced his own formulation with the help of Agronomist Charlie Dunsmore of Quality Fertilizer in Shakespeare. Together, they came up with a spring and fall weed control and fertilizer application that was designed to sustain strong and healthy lawns through harsh weather and heavy summer use. Kyle continues to use this product and other service models developed by Pete to help maintain his loyal, local clients.

Kyle recently purchased a new, walk-behind aerating machine that will allow him to get into tighter spots on smaller properties and around complex flowerbeds. “I don’t want to have to say no to anyone who needs help in maintaining their property,” he said.

Having completed a successful first year in business, Kyle believes he made the right decision to be in business for himself. “Without everyone’s support, it would be hard to maintain a small seasonal business like this,” he said.

677044 16th Line Road, East Zorra Pastors Ray Martin & Tanya Dyck Steinmann / www.ezmennonite.ca Service audio recordings available at: https://ezmennonite.ca/worship/

PREPARING FOR

HOLY WEEK

TAVISTOCK MISSIONARY 77 Mogk St., Box 220, Tavistock N0B 2R0 Pastor Hugh Rutledge 655-3611 Email: office@tavistock.church www.tavistock.church

CASSEL MENNONITE

ST. MATTHEWS LUTHERAN RR 1, Tavistock, Ont. N0B 2R0 (Maplewood Sideroad and the 16th Line) Interim Pastor Dale Finch www.stmatthewsezt.com

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- Kyle Meadows

A WEEKLY NOTE FROM TAVISTOCK MINISTERIAL

EAST ZORRA MENNONITE

696556 17th Line Road, East Zorra Pastor Wanda Roth Amstutz 519-462-2251 • casselmc@netflash.net www.casselmc.com

“It’s about keeping the business locally owned and operated.”

BIRTH: Bowman Elise Cheryl and Chloe Patricia Born March 2, 2020. Daughters to David and Theresa Bowman and sisters to Aurelia Rose of Tavistock.

Proud grandparents, Paul and Patricia Bowman of New Dundee, David (Butch) Otto of Haysville and Cheryl Otto and Dave Olinski of Kitchener.

Special thanks to Dr. Shannon, Dr. Wakim and the nurses of Grand River Hospital for their care.

Graduation Rylee Dawn Michelle Kaufman Tammy and Greg Kaufman are proud to announce the graduation of their daughter, Rylee Dawn Michelle from the Respiratory Therapy Program at Conestoga College in December. Rylee graduated on the Dean’s Honour List, as well as, with Distinction, and was successful in completing her licencing exam in January.

Rylee has been hired as a Respiratory Therapist at LHSC, Victoria Hospital, as well as, Grand River Hospital in Kitchener.

We wish you all the best Rylee as you begin your career. We are so very proud of you! You will make a difference in the lives of many.

Wishing you God's Blessing - Be safe.

We love you!

Dear Tavistock Community, As you are well aware, the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is a rapidly evolving situation.

Thank you for following protocols communicated by the Ontario Ministry of Health province’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David Williams, has advised the "immediate suspension" of all gatherings because of the risks of COVID-19.

Many news station are keeping us updated 24/7 with overwhelming information.

I’d like to take this time to change your focus, and encourage you to contemplate on the upcoming event in the church calendar that is referred to as Holy Week.

May I suggest that you gather as a family spending time on reading and mediating upon the following Scripture during ‘Holy Week.’

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April 5 - Palm Sunday: Mark 11:1-11; Zechariah 9:9.

April 6 - Monday: Romans 5:6-21; Psalm 118:22-24.

April 7 - Tuesday: Romans 8:31-38; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21.

April 8 - Wednesday: Psalm 22; 1 Peter 2:19-21.

April 9 - Thursday: John 13:1-17; 1 Peter 3:18-19.

April 10 - Good Friday: Isaiah 52:13-15; Isaiah 53:1-12; April 11 - Saturday: Romans 6:3-11; Acts 3:13-24 April 12 - Easter Sunday: 1 Corinthians 5:3-19; Hebrews 2:9-18

We continue to trust in God’s Word and remember His call not to be “anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God” (Phil. 4:6).

And so, we rest in the assurance that, as we do that, “the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:7).

Please join me in prayer for one another and for our wider community in these challenging days. It is wonderful to know the sovereign God as our loving Father, and to have a peace that the world simply does not know.

May the Lord use this crisis to call many to Himself.

With joy and peace in Christ, we serve a Risen Saviour.

Pastor Hugh Rutledge, Tavistock Missionary Church

Love, Mom and Dad, Kaylee and Brent, Kenzie, Mackenzie, and Tanner xoxo

Our 2020 competition cancelled!

The World Crokinole Championship Committee has made the very difficult decision to cancel the 2020 World Crokinole Championship on Saturday, June 6, 2020, due to the serious public health threat of COVID-19. Over the course of the last few weeks the severity and risk presented by COVID-19 has made it clear that holding the tournament, this year, would not be socially responsible. For the complete statement and instructions go to: worldcrokinole.com ~ The World Crokinole Championship Committee

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SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS Choice Lawn Care Services

MARCH BREAK AT THE LIBRARY March Break this year has been a little out of the ordinary to say the least.

Original plans were to have the schools closed for an extra two weeks after March Break to deal with the 14-day quarantine that travellers would surely have if they left the country for a vacation. A lot has changed since then and changes from day to day.

The Tavistock Public Library, usually a haven for young children and their school friends, found themselves closing their doors to the public due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

“All of our March Break activities were cancelled with the shut down,” said Librarian Deb Schurink.

But behind closed doors, Library staff was busy coming up with activities the children could do at home. One of their outsourced activities in the program room was to be a ‘Decorate you own cookie’ class presented by My Little Bakery of Tavistock.

In lieu of all our programs being cancelled, bakery owner Delaney Schurink offered the cookie kits with instructions in a take-out box for self pick up. She was overwhelmed with the response.

“We turned lemons

into lemonade and promoted our March Break programs into a play at home activity,” Deb continued.

Week number one was a scavenger hunt posted to the Library’s front window and shared to their dedicated Library parents via email and social media. They created craft/loot bags for the children to keep busy. “We had excess supplies in our craft cupboard for quite some time,” Deb said, so they purchased new bags, followed proper hand washing procedures and wore gloves to pack them up. They were taped to the railing outside the library and each family was asked to come and pick one up for each of their children; asking that they only touch the one they were going to take. The Library started with 30 bags. Some ideas were to make a scary creature, a card for Gramma, bookmark, fridge magnet, butterfly, poster, a game, a bird, an animal, word search, colouring picture, tic tac toe game, superhero mask, etc. The children were told to use their imagination and then send us a picture to post in the window of the Library.

“After you have stopped

Allie the Alligator hangs out with craft bags left on the railing at the Tavistock Library. by, please help us make Allie our Big Green Alligator happy again,” Deb wrote in her contact letter. “He was sad staying here and not seeing his friends so he escaped out the door when I came in today. I tracked him down and he is sitting on a porch, not too far from the school. Please stop and say ‘Hi’ to him and take a selfie and send it to us as well. I will give you a hint, he is on a porch on a square block where all four streets start with a W. Good Luck finding him.”

As mentioned, the Library started with 30 craft bags and they were picked up within two hours. So each day they created more with a total of 100 being picked up to date. “I have had numerous families out for a walk looking for Allie and taking a picture (he was on my front porch),” Deb said. “The response from the community has been overwhelming, from sending me pictures of what they found in their craft bag, to sending in their completed scavenger hunt, to selfies with the Alligator,” who they were asked not to touch.

One of the comments Deb received included, “What a sweet idea - the craft bags on the railing.

Thank you so much for providing them. It gave great joy! We are missing our library times!”

DEB SCHURINK / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

To Our Loyal Customers

RE: COVID-19 We want to thank our Customers for your support and patience as we continue to deal with keeping you our customer and staff safe surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak. Home Hardware is deemed an essential service. We will continue to stay open to support you in a time of need until such a time we are not allowed to.

In order to protect our staff, the following changes have been made.

We ask the General Public to email sales@yantzihomebuildingcentre.com or call 519-655-2014. Payments will be credit card over the telephone, unless you have a house account. Pick up orders for instore items will be brought out to the parking lot. Please call when you arrive to pick up your order. Larger deliveries can be made to your front porch of your home.

You can also reach us by Facebook or Instagram! @Yantzi Home Design Smart The General Public is not free to browse around our store so we will be happy to do the shopping for you.

Our Contractor desk remains opens. We will continue to do jobsite deliveries. Product will be placed in an open garage, front porch or on your driveway. We will not be entering homes and you will be responsible for the handling of material at drop-off.

STORE HOURS: Monday to Friday - 7:30 am to 4:30 pm Saturday 8:00 am to 1:00 pm - CLOSED SUNDAYS Our Flooring and Home Décor Design Centre as well as our Kitchen Design Centre are CLOSED. We thank you for your continued support during these rare circumstances. The health and safety and well being of you are customer, staff and community is our top priority.

Take care, Yantzi Home Building Centre

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COPING WITH COVID-19 Village Life on the Inside

HOMECRAFT Reese Gunn is a Senior Kindergarten student at Tavistock Public School and asked if she misses her classmates and teacher, she simply said, “yes!”

When asked what other activities her kids are enjoying now to keep themselves busy and entertained, Roz said, “we’ve been having fun creating our own little school at home. We have theme days and the kids have had turns supply teaching and lots of reading!” They’ve been loving the community scavenger hunts, counting all the silly faces, animal pictures, etc. that people have been displaying on their doors and windows.

“The library crafts were so exciting for them,” she said. “They couldn’t wait to see what was inside their bags and start crafting!”

Roz said they have also been video chatting with their grandparents, cousins and friends as well as spending lots of time outside in their backyard and out for walks.

Reese Gunn, 5, daughter of Ken and Roz Gunn of Tavistock works on her library crafts at the table with her brother, Porter, 8, and Maeve, 22 months (not shown).

ROZ GUNN PHOTO / CONTRIBUTED

FIRE DEPT. UPDATE It is critical that we keep our fire departments both safe and in service, and so we have taken steps to minimize how many times the departments come together. Practices and meetings have been cancelled and firefighters are only to be at the stations for emergencies. The key is to reduce the amount of emergencies that our fire department attends.

That is where we need community cooperation. Some municipalities have issued burn bans already to promote fire safety, we would prefer not to do that at this time. Instead, we need the community to work with us to promote fire prevention. Now, more than ever, we need to reduce the unnecessary response to fires and emergency calls. And we want to keep business as usual for as long as we can.

Controlled burns in rural areas: • All controlled burns must be called in to the Township office. You must speak with someone directly and no messages can be left. The office is working at reduced levels and there is no guarantee that all messages will be answered on the same day.

• All requests for burning of demolished buildings must have an inspection from the fire department first.

Please book an appointment for inspections by emailing the Township Fire Chief at salexander@ezt.ca.

We will attempt to inspect in a timely manner.

• Staff will not attend a site that has individuals in quarantine or isolation.

Screening will take place at the time of inspection and social isolation will happen.

• Camp fires will continue to be permitted at this time but we ask that you practice social isolation and do not ask friends or neighbours to attend. People are reminded that by Provincial Order, no more than 5 people can gather.

• Now more than ever respect your neighbours. In this time of reduced recreational activity people want to enjoy their back yards. Please respect your neighbours and do not have campfires where smoke drifts towards other properties.

Thank you - Township Fire Chief Scott Alexander

WILLY AND TIMMIES Meet Willy Elzinga from The Maples. He was used to having his daily coffee brought in everyday from his sister Jane. With the changes implemented due to COVID-19 this unfortunately had to be stopped. So with some unique thinking a Tim Hortons mug was brought in for him. The Maples now gives him his daily coffee every afternoon along with his favourite Bear Paw chocolate chip cookie!

Caring for our residents is our number one priority.

Be well. Be safe!

Posted on Facebook by Caressant Care Nursing and Retirement Homes Used with permission from Administrator Joan Hergott and the family.

If you have activities or photos to share of your family during this time of isolation from COVID-19, please feel free to submit them to the Gazette for consideration in one of our upcoming online editions.

IMPORTANT MUNICIPAL UPDATES In an effort to help lessen the impacts of the community spread of the Corona Virus (COVID-19), the Township of East Zorra-Tavistock is once again advising all residents to stay at home, adhere to the practice of social distancing and be mindful of the importance of hand washing, not touching your face and self-monitoring for symptoms of the virus.

If you have recently returned from travelling, you must now self isolate for 14 days.

The Municipal office in Hickson will remain open at this time, but at reduced staffing levels. We encourage all residents to go to our website at ezt.ca to access online services and contact information for each department. At this time, building permits are still being accepted however there will be no inspections of occupied buildings. Expect minor delays of inspection scheduling and administrative response.

Please note, that while an emergency has not been declared in East Zorra-Tavistock or Oxford County, we are under a state of emergency as declared by the Province and we are all taking this situation very seriously.

Our municipal parks and trails currently remain open however, we remind people not to gather in groups of more than 5 while practicing social distancing at all times. Please keep your children off the playground equipment. If you have tested positive for COVID-19, if you are experiencing any of the symptoms or if you have recently returned from travelling then you are in self isolation and are not to be out in public.

Accessing accurate and timely information will be very important over the next few weeks. We advise all residents to regularly check for Public Health updates from Southwestern Public Health at www. swpublichealth.ca Public Health is strongly recommending that people stay at home and only go out for essential needs. The health unit is operating a call centre 7 days a week from 8:30 am to 8 pm. The number to call is 1-800-9220096.

If you think you have coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms or have been in close contact with someone who has it, use the COVID-19 selfassessment to help determine how to seek further care.

Please go to https://covid-19.ontario.ca/self-assessment/#q0 The next 2-3 weeks are a critical period in the fight against the spread of this virus … we all must do our part to ensure the health of everyone around us.

Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 • Wash your hands with soap and water thoroughly and often.

• Cough and sneeze into your sleeve or a tissue.

• Dispose of tissue immediately and wash your hands.

• Practice social distancing when in public.

• Keep surfaces clean and disinfected.

• Stay home when you are sick.

If we work together, we can reduce the spread of infection.

Thank you!

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STREET NAME FEATURE Tavistock & District Historical Society otherwise. In 2008 the main thoroughfare was given the commemorative name Veteran’s Way. Woodstock Street remains the official designation.

How many people named Wettlaufer do you know? For most people in our community, the answer is “lots”. Back in 1902 Wilhelmina Wettlaufer, the wife of John C. Wettlaufer, hired a surveyor to measure part of their land for a new little subdivision in Tavistock. That survey covered the area bordered by William and Woodstock Streets and two new streets, Wilton and Wettlaufer.

Wilhelmina and John C. had two children, Alfred and Albert. What are the chances that neither Alfred nor Albert had any children of their own and, as such, no one named Wettlaufer

in our community today is directly connected to Wettlaufer Street. Strange but true.

Now on to Incubator Alley. Big families used to be the norm. In the 1950s and 60s one street had more children living on it than seemingly any other and there were always more on the way.

Fuhr Street earned the nickname Incubator Alley. Long before that nickname it had another, Coldwater Street, thanks to the many springs in the vicinity. Officially, it’s always been Fuhr Street named after Adam Fuhr who owned the land. Do you know of any other streets with nicknames?

Check an upcoming edition to see if your street is featured.

If you would like to know more about our local history check out tavistockhistory.ca

WHAT’S IN A STREET NAME

By Sherrill Calder hy is the main thoroughfare through Tavistock called Woodstock Street?

Is Wettlaufer Street named for an ancestor of one of the many Wettlaufer families in town? What street was nicknamed “Incubator Alley” in the 1950s and 60s?

All good questions.

Let’s start with Woodstock Street. In

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the early 1850s a new road was built from Shakespeare (then called Bell’s Corners) south through Tavistock (then called Freiburg) to Woodstock. It was called the Woodstock Plank & Gravel Road. Our village had few buildings at that time. With no pressing need for a new name, the main thoroughfare became known as Woodstock Street. In 1924 the Chamber of Commerce didn’t think it was in Tavistock’s best

interests to advertise the City of Woodstock. They petitioned the Village Council to change the name to Main Street.

Council was lukewarm to the idea and months later determined it would be too expensive.

One wonders what expenses factored into their decision. At the time there were very few street signs. Mail, which everyone picked up at the Post Office, was simply addressed to a person or business with Tavistock, Ontario as the only other identifier. No need for the local businesses or organizations to change their letterhead or printed envelopes.

Council obviously had their reasons, stated or

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SPRING SWEEPER An Oxford County Roads Department employee is seen sweeping the streets in Tavistock on Tuesday morning. There was a dreary sky and misty rain in the morning with slightly warmer temperatures as everyone tries to keep physical distance everywhere.

ENSURING YOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY UNDER COVID-19 PROTOCOLS We’d like to encourage Tavistock residents to allow us to deliver or to call ahead so we can collect any items you need. Payment by debit or credit preferred. We currently have all entrances locked except the back door to ensure everyone entering the pharmacy gets screened. Our hours are slightly reduced:

Monday-Friday 9-5 and Saturday 9-4 to allow extra time for sanitizing and deliveries.

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The Klein family was out for some exercise on Tuesday morning in Tavistock. Mom Bethany stands with Maynard, 5, (on bicycle), Arlan, 4, and twins Lauralye and Evelyn.

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CHALK YOUR WALK Like many families around Tavistock, sidewalk chalk drawings and messages are popping up everywhere. Mom Jessica Pearson and daughter Emma Keats, sit on the step in front of their home on Elizabeth Street in Tavistock. Emma, 6, is a Grade 1 student at Tavistock Public School and said she really misses her friends.

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TAVISTOCK GAZETTE NOW ONLINE ONLY During the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Tavistock Gazette will not be publishing a print edition. The necessary need for social and physical distancing and the cancellation of all events and gatherings has caused a significant decrease in local news as well as advertising revenue. This makes it impossible to meet the financial requirements for us to be able to pay both the printing and mailing costs. We hope that when we resume publishing, we will be able to provide our printed edition for you once again. All print subscribers who don’t have internet access will have their expiry date extended.

In the meantime, we will publish a colour-enhanced, online version of the Gazette at www.tavistock.on.ca, FREE to all.

This digital version will also include our regular back page business directory for residents to access when they need essential services. Many businesses have been forced to close due to government restrictions, or simply because there is no business at all. Please, always call or email them for information.

To our current business customers, if you require printed material, call or email us with your orders.

Once again, during this time, our newspaper will be available online only. If you know of a subscriber who doesn’t have internet access, making a phone call to connect and share any of our news items would be greatly appreciated.

Again, due to the mandate of physical distancing and the obligation to stay at home, if you have news, stories or photos to share, or have ideas for us to report, please contact us.

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A MUSICAL MEMORY Tavistock & District Historical Society

TAVISTOCK’S GUY LOMBARDO

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Tavistock’s Little German Band playing at the Bricker’s-Reliance Petroleum party in the arena on June 10, 1953. From the left are E.C. ”Fance” Seltzer, Harry Boyd, Otto Wilker, Lorne Yausie, Mayne Klein and Spencer “Ben” Weston. n his later years, Mayne Klein was best known as a hardware man, but in his younger days, he was considered one of the most accomplished musicians in the village. And for good reason. You could say he was Tavistock’s Guy Lombardo.

Mayne’s mother died when he was 3 years of age and so his sisters and Aunt Eva Klein helped raise he and his two brothers, Lloyd and Charles Jr. At some point, according to family lore, after showing great interest in musical instruments, his elder

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sister took him by train to London, Ontario, where he began taking reed instrument lessons with Carmen Lombardo. In his class were Carmen’s younger brothers Guy, Lebert and Victor. The Lombardo’s later went on to international fame in radio and television as the most popular Canadian orchestra, synonymous with New Year’s Eve celebrations.

In the meantime, Mayne mastered the alto, tenor and soprano saxophone, clarinet, piccolo and flute. He began playing in the Olin Brown Orchestra in

Stratford in the 1920’s, along with his brother Charles Klein on drums, at the ever popular Winter Gardens dance hall.

Mayne’s daughter, Audrey (Stares) recalls that it was at one of these dances that Mayne met his wife, Grace MacDonald, formerly of St. Mary’s. The story is that at the dance, Grace’s friend said she could introduce her to the drummer; but Grace asked if she would introduce her to the saxophone player instead.

They were married in 1927 and raised their

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family of three sons and three daughters here in Tavistock.

In the early days, as the youngest son of Charles Klein, Mayne helped in his father’s hardware business toward the end of World War I. In 1937, he took over the enterprise in partnership with his brother Charles Jr. and operated the hardware store until his son, Gilbert, joined the business in 1959.

Mrs. Stares believes that the Mayne Klein Orchestra was in existence during the 1920’s. A Gazette search turned up advertisements for the band as early as 1921 and as late as 1944.

They played dances in the Opera Hall, Library Hall, Arena and provided old time music for the Annual Firemen’s Dance in 1925.

Mayne formed the Little German Band along with other local musicians, with Gazette articles showing them performing in the 1930's and early 1940's. Reference to the Little German Band being revived was made in the late 1940’s. Then on January 17, 1950, the Little German Band got together to serenade Robert Rudy on the night of his election as Oxford County Warden. Some of the names of musicians over the years include Mayne Klein, James Steinhagen, Fred Weston, March Brett, Erhardt Wilker, E.C. (Fance) Seltzer, Otto Wilker, Lorne Yausie, Lewis Wilker, Harry Boyd and Spencer Weston.

Along with his dance and folk bands, Mayne

was also a member of the Tavistock Citizen’s Band.

Mayne’s grandson, Stu Klein inherited two pieces of memorabilia from his grandfather - the sign used for the orchestra and one of his grandfather’s straight soprano saxophones.

Stu’s Uncle Bob (who lived in Chatham) was the caretaker of the sign until his passing, then his wife Elaine gave it to Stu to take care of. The saxophone, by chance, was donated back to the family from Allan Hilcox, who at one time (he believes) took lessons from Mayne, and eventually purchased this saxophone from him.

Allan was no longer using it and felt it would be best enjoyed by the family.

Stu and his wife, Chris, host many of the family gatherings so everyone

Mayne Klein’s straight soprano sax.

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gets to enjoy these items, “although I’m not sure that any of my siblings are old enough to have seen his band perform,” Stu admits. “I also started taking saxophone lessons from Grandpa Mayne when I was about 11 or 12 on one of his alto saxophones (the typical curved type people are most familiar with),” Stu said. Unfortunately his grandfather suffered a stroke in that era and didn’t recover. And also unfortunately, Stu didn’t continue with his saxophone playing after that.

The Mayne Klein Orchestra and the Little German Band played an important role in the life of the community for many years. They are but one part of the great musical history of our village.

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RECIPE OF THE WEEK

MOMENTS IN GAZETTE HISTORY - 23 years ago, April 9, 1997

TO HELP FAMILIES DURING COVID-19

Our daughter Lesli says that being at home with the kids is wonderful and challenging at the same time. One of those challenges is what to make for the next meal with the groceries you have on hand. Many people in today's world often shopped several days a week if not every day for their meal preparation. With the current recommendation to only shop weekly, or even every two weeks during Covid-19, it makes planning for meals a new chore. In the days prior, if something was missing from your pantry or refrigerator it was off to the grocery store. Anyone who would like to submit their goto or favourite recipe, please feel free to submit it to tavistockgazette@rogers.com for inclusion in our online edition.

– The Editor and his wife FROM CARIN LONG: This is always a family favourite. I usually have these ingredients on hand and this recipe is an easy to make quick one pot recipe. Enjoy!

This has been a go to for us a lot lately. Low carb (keto friendly).

chicken fajita soup INGREDIENTS: 2 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts 1 cup chicken broth (pour over chicken in slow cooker) 1 onion, chopped / 1 green pepper (chopped) / 3 garlic cloves (minced) 1 tbsp butter / 6 oz. cream cheese / 2 - 10 oz. cans diced tomatoes w/green chilis 2-1/2 cups chicken broth / 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream 1 packet of taco seasoning (salt and pepper to taste) INSTUCTIONS: 1. Cook boneless skinless chicken breasts in a slow cooker for 3 hours on high or 6 hours on low in a cup of chicken broth. Season with salt/pepper.

2. When chicken is cooked through, remove from slow cooker and shred. (You can strain the leftover broth for the soup.)

3. In a large saucepan sauté green pepper, onion, and garlic in 1 tablespoon of butter until they are translucent.

4. With a spoon, mash the cream cheese into the veggies so that it will combine smoothly as it melts.

5. Add the canned tomatoes, chicken broth, heavy whipping cream, and taco seasoning.

6. Simmer on low uncovered for 20 minutes.

7. Add chicken, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.

8. Add salt and pepper to taste.

9. Enjoy!

Optional: Top each bowl with shredded cheese, cilantro, and/or sour cream.

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