The Creemore
Echo
Friday, January 2, 2015
Vol. 15 No. 01
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ANNUAL YEAR in Review ISSUE
News and views in and around Creemore
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Beaver leader dedicates three decades to Scouting Volunteer of the Year Cathy Traverse has hung up her wings. In June, Traverse retired from her role as Beaver leader after 32 years. The Creemore resident is known to many as Malak, named after the owl in the Friends of the Forest story, the basis for the Beavers program. While Traverse is reluctant to talk about all of her accomplishments in Scouting, her husband Wayne Traverse reveals her wall of fame. The certificates and plaques take up two walls. They include certificates for years of volunteer service, from officials inside and outside of Scouts Canada. Traverse was also the first person in Ontario to receive a medal for volunteer service issued to mark the 100th anniversary of Scouting. Traverse said she first became involved with the organization in 1982 when she enrolled her youngest son, Tim. “He was getting ready to go to (See “Traverse” on page 3)
Staff photo: Trina Berlo
The highly decorated Cathy Traverse retired from Scouting in 2014, well almost.
Old school bell rings for the last time News story of the Year It was the end of an era. The Nottawasaga and Creemore Public School’s annex, also known as the junior site, closed its doors in 2014 after being an important part of generations of local people’s lives during their formative years. The community marked the closure with an open house on June 19. The old bell rang ceremoniously during an emotional ceremony before ringing one final time on the last day of school at the end of the month. Many memories of the old school surfaced as people toured the building and were treated to performances by current students. In the fall, students ended up spending a few weeks at the junior
site as finishing touches were added to the new addition at the senior site. The old school was permanently vacated at the end of October. In order for the school board to do anything with the old school site it needs to be declared surplus, a decision that will be made by trustees, probably in 2015. The building is not slated as a maintenance depot so it is not likely that it will be useful to the board. The school was consolidated into the senior site because of declining enrolment, the addition of full-time kindergarten and because the old school site was in need of upgrades relating to accessibility and building code requirements. The charming red brick building was (See “Old” on page 3)
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