The Creemore
Echo
Inside the Echo
Happy Father’s Day!
Friday, June 25, 2010
Vol. 10 No. 26
News and views in and around Creemore
Across the Sea
Curlers on the Golf Course
Creemore resident crosses the Atlantic.
Tournament raises money for G&M.
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THE NEW GARDENING
Around here, it may seem that everyone has always had a veggie garden in their backyard, but the truth is, in many parts of this country, the practice fell out of vogue for a few years there. These days, it’s coming back... big time. If you haven’t jumped on the grow-your-own train (or returned to the practices of your ancestors), meeting author Lorraine Johnson at the Farmers’ Market this weekend may be the inspiration you need. Johnson is the author of 10 books on gardening, including her latest, City Farmer: Adventures in Urban Food Growing, which explores new ways of growing vegetable plots. Johnson will be at the Curiosity House booth at the market from 10 am to noon.
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COLOUR IN THE LANDSCAPE Artist Mark Hope took advantage of a beautiful canola field just south of Creemore
last Saturday while instructing his students in the fundamentals oil painting in the impressionist style. Hope’s Plein Air Oils art workshop was hosted by the Mad and Noisy Gallery. For more workshops throughout the summer, visit www.madandnoisy.com or call 466-5555.
Not your average running race Fourth annual Creemore Vertical Challenge could be the province’s hardest
THE FINISHING TOUCH
Don Brearey and Patrick Brown of Howie Welding & Repairs were busy installing the last stretch of fencing along the north side of the Horticultural Park Monday, in preparation for the Purple Hills Arts & Heritage Society Garden Tour on Saturday, June 26. The Creemore Horticultural Society had a successful fundraising effort this spring and was able to install the fence ahead of schedule. Part of the cost of the fence was donated by Howie Welding.
by Brad Holden Nick Brindisi, at age 47, is in pretty darn good shape. He’s been running regularly since he joined his school’s cross-country running team in Grade 7, and in the past 20 years he’s completed seven marathons. He ran a 3:34 in Hamilton last fall, four minutes short of the time that would have qualified him for his age division in the Boston Marathon. He’s going to try again. He typically runs about 60 to 70 kilometres a week, and lately he’s taken to going on 20-kilometre sea kayak jaunts along the shores of Nottawasaga Bay. But none of that could prepare Brindisi, a website designer who lives
in Collingwood and works at Inzane Planet on Mill Street, for the Creemore Vertical Challenge. It’s a fitting name for a running race that climbs 875 vertical metres – roughly four times the height of Blue Mountain – over the course of 25 kilometres. In 2008, Brindisi finished that distance in 2 hours, 43 minutes. It was the hardest race he’s ever run. And here’s the crazy thing: while Brindisi and 60 other runners called it quits after 25 kilometres, 50 others set out for a second loop of the course, completing a full 50 kilometres in anywhere between 4 hours, 13 minutes, the winning time that year, and 8 hours, the maximum time allowed. This year’s Vertical Challenge will take place on Saturday, July 3. It will leave from the home of Pierre Marcoux (See “25 km” on page 3)
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