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The Creemore

Echo

Friday, July 29, 2011 Vol. 11 No. 30

News and views in and around Creemore

Inside the ECHO

New Curator

Provincial Silver Medallists

Mad & Noisy Gallery makes new hire.

Beeton team features Creemore players.

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DEVELOPMENT CHARGES COULD BE AMENDED

AROUND THE WORLD IN 5 DAYS The Tin Roof Global Explorer Camp took over Station on the Green this week,

with kids spending each day learning about and playing the games of a different part of the world. The highlight of Wednesday, when we took this picture, was going to be an afternoon Skype chat with the Trinidad family of councillor Chris-Beth Carey (above right). Tin Roof founder (and Creemore resident) John Millar (bottom left) is eager to let people know that another week of Explorer Camp is scheduled at the Station for the week of August 15 to 19. For more information, call 705-812-1319 or visit www.tinroofglobal.com. For a look at other summer camps happening in Creemore, see page 5.

Echo Briefs Contest Winner

darci-que called this week to inform us that she’s been selected as a top-15 winner in Home Hardware’s Hometown Stories contest, which means the company will film a television commercial in Creemore this September. The contest called for personal stories regarding your local Home Hardware store. Darci’s story told of a time that her basement was flooding and Creemore Home Hardware owner Brian Doran first met her at the store on a statutory holiday and later came to her house to fix her sump pump personally. The company will film commercials of the 15 best stories and the best eight of those will be picked to be aired nationally.

by Brad Holden After several complaints and ad hoc decisions regarding high development charges resulting from the Township’s 2009 Development Charges Act, Clearview Council voted Monday night to hold a public meeting regarding several proposed amendments. The amendments would include the following: 100 per cent reductions for buildings constructed by non-profit organizations that serve a community function; 100 per cent reductions for buildings or additions for medical centres; 20 per cent reductions for buildings constructed for industrial or commercial use that have a significant community benefit; 20 per cent reductions for buildings with a wastewater pre-treatment facility; 10 per cent reductions for buildings with green roofs or grey-water recycling; and 5 percent reductions for buildings that (See “Public” on page 3)

Centurion Returning to Clearview Township

Centurion Canada race director Dan Mainguy returned to Clearview Council Monday night and was granted road closures for the second annual Centurion cycling event, scheduled to take place from September 16 to 18, 2011. Like last year, the 100-mile version of this year’s ride will travel down Mill Street, across Elizabeth Street and up Collingwood Street on the Sunday. The event also includes a 50-mile ride on Sunday and a 25-mile ride on Saturday. New this year will be a Kids’ Ride at the Blue Mountain village on Saturday morning and a timed Hill Climb event on Scenic Caves Road on Friday night. For more information, see www.centurioncycling.com/canada.

GREEN THUMB Creemore Horticultural Society member Linda Kelly was the big winner at last Saturday’s annual Hort Show, winning “Most Outstanding Exhibit” for this flower arrangement. For more pictures of the show, including the “celebrity” flower arranging demonstration, see page 7. Serving Mulmur & The Creemore Hills for 35 years

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