August 7, 2015

The Creemore

Echo

Friday, August 7, 2015

Vol. 15 No. 32

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Community cleans up after storm

by Trina Berlo The community had a big mess to clean up after a severe thunderstorm came through Creemore Sunday, taking out several trees and causing a power outage.

The storm toppled two maple trees on Collingwood Street, which were blocking the road for a short period of time.

Cheryl Miller said she was at home when the two trees in her front yard fell.

“The wind and the rain got really bad. It came across really fast,” said Miller.

She said she looked out the window and happened to notice her granddaughter’s pink swing that was hanging from the tree fall from the sky.

“I saw the one branch from the tree hit the ground and both trees fell pretty much simultaneously,” said Miller.

The trees, about 60 feet tall, stretched all the way across the street.

Miller said they went out to survey the damage and take photos before doing a tour of the neighbourhood to see if any other trees had come down.

She said there were downed trees at Gowan Memorial Park and on a couple of other streets.

“By the time we got back there were some good Samaritans there and they were just sawing away,” said Miller.

People came from New Lowell and Mulmur to help open the road.

“The next day, we cleaned it all up,” said Miller.

She said the one tree will have to come down entirely because of the damage but the other tree may survive.

A community clean-up effort was under way Monday and chainsaws could be heard all over town.

Clearview Township’s Fire Chief Colin Shewell said firefighters were called to George Street where a tree had taken out hydro wires to be sure there were no hazards. It was one of four calls that day, including hydro lines arching at County Road 9 and Riverside Drive, which was less of a hazard and more of a visual distraction, said Shewell.

Children's Festival

Election called Canadians will go to the polls Monday, Oct. 19.

An election was called Sunday after Prime Minister Stephen Harper asked the governor general to dissolve Parliament. The 78-day campaign is said to be the longest campaign since the 1800s.

Taking on Simcoe-Grey Conservative MP Kellie Leitch is former New Tecumseth mayor Mike MacEachern, standing for the Liberals, David Matthews for the NDP and JoAnne Fleming-Valin for the Green Party.

Leitch, a physician, was first elected in 2011. She is the Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women.

MacEachern was on New Tecumseth council for 17 years, and was mayor for 11 years.

Matthews, a retired steamfitter and Wasaga Beach resident, ran for the NDP locally in provincial elections in 2011 and 2014.

Fleming-Valin is a first-time candidate. She is a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator specializing in topics relating to sustainable environmental topics.

Classics gather Saturday

Staff photo: Fred Mills

Mike Bennett cuts up a downed tree on Collingwood Street in Creemore after a big storm took out several trees Sunday.

He said Clearview wasn’t hit hard by the storm compared to its neighbouring municipalities and that the fire department’s dispatch agency serving the greater Barrie area received 287 9-1-1 calls that afternoon.

Councillor Thom Paterson was also out surveying the damage after the storm. He said there were trees down in the park. On Monday, he removed debris from the playground area.

(See “Tree” on page7)

The annual Gathering of the Classics, dubbed the largest classic wings and wheels event in Canada, takes place at Edenvale Aerodrome on Saturday, August 8.

Classic and vintage airplanes, automobiles and motorcycles will be on display at the Aerodrome from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Organizers promise a steady stream of aircraft spanning the last century of flight will be on the ground at the annual fly-in. People are invited to meet the owners and check out the Warbirds, Vintage, Classic, Ultralights, floatplanes and modern aircraft, either on the ground or in the air and take a ride in a Second World War B-25 bomber, Harvard, 1943 Fairchild Cornell or a 1946 Fleet Canuck.

There will also be vendors, food and more. Admission costs $10 for adults, $5 for youth 10-17 and children 9 and younger are admitted free. Rain date is Sunday, August 9.

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COMMUNITY Calendar

Submit your community events info@creemore.com phone: 705-466-9906 fax: 705-466-9908

This Weekend Friday, August 7 to Monday, August 10

• Nottawasaga Daylilies is open. Come and see the

peak bloom. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 3757 Conc 3. See ad on page 11 for directions.

Saturday, August 8

• Creemore’s Log Cabin is open with History Hosts

from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to welcome visitors and tell them about the cabin and its first families. (The Cabin, Creemore’s only surviving log residence, was built in the 1870s and is now located on Library Street, between the Old Jail and the Creemore library.) Open each Saturday morning until Thanksgiving.

• Creemore Vertical Challenge starting at 6 a.m.

25K (9 a.m. start), 50K (8 a.m.) and 75K (6 a.m.) running race on trails and country roads, with almost no cliffs. Part of the Ontario trail series and the Ontario, National and international ultra series.

Nottawasaga 3rd line and 6/7 Sideroad. For more information, see: www.ouser.org; vertical.pierre@ gmail.com 705-466-3253.

• Gathering of the Classics at Edenvale Aerodome.

Classic aircraft, vintage automobiles and other ground attractions. Flights available all day, weather permitting, in the Tiger Moth, Champ and Canuck.

Breakfast and lunch available. For information call 705-818-2223 or email info@classicaircraft.ca

Sunday, August 9

• Church Services on page 8.

Upcoming Events Tuesday, August 11

• Clearview Community Radio invites you to a

Community Meeting at Station on the Green at 6:30 p.m. where we will share our story and plans for the future. Tea and coffee served. For more information, email info@clearviewcommunityradio. org, call 705-791-6053 or visit our website at www.clearviewcommunityradio.org.

See you there! [a not-for-profit community radio station CKAW 90.1 FM now live-streamed at www. clearviewcommunityradio.org.]

Tuesday, August 11 & Thursday, Aug.13

• VON Smart – free seniors exercise classes.

Tuesdays at 1 pm & Thursdays at 11 am at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Caroline Street West.

Come one day or both. Gentle, no floor or mat work. Can be performed seated or standing . Must be 55+ with a valid Ontario Health Card. For more information call 705-309-7054 or michelle. foster@von.ca.

Wednesday, August 12

• BIA General Meeting is at 6:30 p.m. at the Creemore Springs Brewery Boardroom.

Thursday, August 13

• Bay Photography Meeting is at Bygone Days

Heritage Village, 679 Sixth Street (next to Fischer Field), Collingwood. Admission for members is $10/person and we will have access to most of the buildings from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Lots of things to shoot including a church, schoolroom, general store, several houses, and tractors and a train.

• Music in the Park at 7 p.m. at Station Park, Stayner with Jason Redman, rock. Bring your own lawn chair to listen to some music. Farmers' market from 5 to 8 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 14 & Saturday, Aug. 15

• Alzheimer Society Tag Days - South Georgian

Bay. During Tag Days, volunteers collect donations for the Alzheimer Society at various businesses around Stayner, Collingwood and Wasaga Beach.

Would you like to help collect donations for your local Alzheimer Society? Contact Marguerite Glanfield, Volunteer Resources Coordinator at 705-722-1066 or mglanfield@alzheimersociety.ca

Monday, August 17

• Bernardin Canning Workshop at Hornings Mills

Hall from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Learn how to preserve fruits and vegetables. No cost but pre-registration required – a minimum of 20 people required to hold the workshop. Call Debbie at 519-925-6293 or sarah@versadesign.com to register.

Thursday, August 20

• "Quirks & Quilts" Trunk Show with Joni

Newman, Guest artist & pattern designer, at Mad & Noisy Gallery from 7 to 9 p.m. Presented by Creemore House of Stitches. Tickets $15 available at store. 705-466-6363.

• Music in the Park at 7 p.m. at Station Park, Stayner with Kelly's Heroes, rock. Bring your own lawn chair to listen to some music. Farmers' market from 5 to 8 p.m.

Friday, August 21

• Please join Murray and Anne Henderson as they celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Creemore Legion. Best wishes only please.

Saturday, August 22

• Creemore Spring's Copper Kettle Festival from noon to 6 p.m. Plus the Copper Kettle Classics Car Show, fabulous food & drink, live music, kids' activities & more. creemoresprings.com

Thursday, August 27

• Music in the Park at 7 p.m. at Station Park,

Stayner with Regal Jazz Band, jazz. Bring your own lawn chair to listen to some music. Farmers' market from 5 to 8 p.m.

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Christmas in August Jennifer Yaeck (from left), Fred Mills and Laurie Wilson selling hot dogs at the Creemore Children's Festival Saturday to raise money for the Creemore Santa Claus Parade.

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Georgian Triangle Humane Society under utilized in Clearview

by Trina Berlo The Georgian Triangle Humane Society (GTHS) wants Clearview residents to know it is there to help.

The organization, located in Collingwood, takes in homeless dogs and cats within the Georgian Triangle.

Although it has no formal boundaries, its catchment area includes Wasaga Beach, Collingwood, Blue Mountains, Meaford and Clearview Township.

Of the municipalities served by GTHS, Clearview ranks lowest in terms of intakes for both dogs and cats.

Of all animals taken in by the GTHS, three per cent of cats and two percent of dogs are from Clearview.

Manager of marketing, communications and resource development Calla Lyon said the GTHS is trying to spread the message throughout Clearview that it is their shelter. It does have a limit of how many animals it can take in so people are encouraged to call ahead to make arrangements for drop offs and the shelter is always looking for good homes for its animals.

The average stay for dogs is 11 days and 30 cats for cats.

The shelter has about 25 kittens inhouse and there is a special adoption rate of $75 until the end of August.

The facility is affiliated with the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty (OSPCA) but it is governed by an independent board of directors and is self funded.

It has more than 300 volunteers who do everything from care for the animals to help pay for operations.

Proceeds from the volunteer run Treasure Tails second hand store in Collingwood account for one-third of the shelter’s income, said Lyon.

The store is located at 186 Hurontario Street.

Its two biggest annual fundraisers are the Friends Walk for Life Walkathon and National Cup Cake Day, when people sell baked goods on behalf of the organization.

Friends for Life Walkathon takes place in Collingwood on Sept. 19 and National Cup Cake Day is in February.

The GTHS accepts donations of all kinds, from supplies (small blankets, towels, litter and wet cat food) to money and goods for the store.

Volunteers are needed, especially to walk dogs and visit with the cats.

For more information and details on programming, making donations and adoption feed, visit gths.ca.

Staff photos: Trina Berlo

Top: Lucky, gets some love and attention from Creemore resident June Reed who is a regular volunteer at the shelter. Above: Nala is a one-yearold cat that came to the Humane Society through the Creemore Cats organization. Nala is looking for an indoor/outdoor living situation. She is a good candidate for the shelter’s barn buddies program.

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Clearview Township Deputy Mayor Barry Burton is working with the County of Simcoe to prepare a historical display for the new Collingwood Street Bridge in Creemore but recently it was discovered that the original metal plaque at the top of the steel truss bridge is missing. Burton said someone may have taken it as a memento but hopes it will be returned. Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of the plaque (above) is asked to contact Burton at 705-466-2718 or by e-mail at bburton@clearview.ca.

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Opinion EDITORIAL

Shell game of election funds An election is upon us and the federal money is flying.

The election was called August 2 but Canadians won’t be going to the polls until Oct. 19.

It is being called the longest election in recent history. The 78-day campaign will cost taxpayers more money than usual but it seems the government is hoping we won’t hold that against them after receiving a cash infusion.

The government is being criticized for extending the campaign to allow for more spending when the Conservatives have more than other parties to spend.

This campaign could cost double what a traditional five-week, 35-day campaign costs, about $375 million to run, according to Elections Canada.

During a typical 37-day election period, each party can spend up to $25 million. The limit increases by $675,000 with each additional day. During the 11week campaign, parties can spend more than $50 million. The kicker is that parties are reimbursed for half the money they spend during an election campaign.

Individual candidates are also allowed to spend an additional $2,700 per day on top of their limit of about $100,000.

In the last couple of weeks MPs have been making announcement after announcement relating to all types of initiatives and have given families with children a little bump.

On July 20, local families may have received a surprise deposit in their bank account as the feds sent almost $3 billion of Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) payments to more than 3.8 million families.

The enhanced UCCB provides almost $2,000 per year for each child under six and $720 per year for each child aged six-17.

The first payment included a one-time retroactive payment, which means that families were sent $520 for each child under six and $420 for each child six-17.

Of course, we will have to pay some of it back come tax time so it is really more of a shell game.

Then last week, Conservative MP Kellie Leitch handed out more than $600,000 in two days in this area with money going toward accessibility, independent living and youth employment via the Avening Hall, Breaking Down Barriers and Tracks.

Inevitably we all get a warm fuzzy feeling when the money starts flowing and then we realize, this will cost us in the end.

At this juncture, Canadians are most likely to take the money and run – most likely to Canada’s Wonderland or some beach somewhere given the time of year.

We are smack dab in the middle of summer and people are more concerned about whether or not they have enough sunscreen at hand and ice in the freezer than who they will vote for when they go to the polls in October, if they go at all.

We suspect this month’s election campaign will be lost on most voters. Those who are engaged won’t truly dial in until September making these extra weeks a waste of money, time and energy.

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Flavoured tobacco ban and e-cigarette restrictions good news for youth health

by Dr. Lisa Simon This spring the Ontario government made important changes to laws governing tobacco industry products that will help our youth stay tobacco and nicotine free.

Two of the most notable changes include a ban on flavoured tobacco and a ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) to anyone under 19.

People in Simcoe and Muskoka who have quit tobacco say breaking the addiction was the hardest thing they have ever done, usually taking multiple attempts. It’s the addiction that the tobacco industry relies on for its sales. Flavouring hooks young new buyers by making the products more attractive to try—and to continue using.

In 2014, a study from the University of Waterloo found that, among Canadian tobacco users in Grades 9 to 12, more than half reported using flavoured tobacco products. In particular, menthol cigarettes were the choice of 32 per cent of young cigarette smokers, compared to only 4.6 per cent of adult smokers. Alarmingly, 70 per cent of students using chew tobacco bought flavoured tobacco; 65 per cent smoked flavoured cigarillos; and 55 per cent used flavoured shisha in waterpipes and hookahs.

Flavoured tobacco products include everything from cigarettes and cigars to chew tobacco and e-juices for use in e-cigarettes. As a youth-oriented marketing approach, the flavouring ranges from candy, to fruits like mango, banana and orange, to coffee and even cocktails such as Piña Colada and Margarita. Another tobacco industry strategy to ease initiation of cigarette use by youth is menthol flavouring, which reduces the irritation caused by inhaling the chemical-laced smoke.

The public health community welcomes efforts to counter the rapid uptake of e-cigarette use, especially among young people. The 2013 Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey found that, of the roughly 2.5 million people who reported having tried an e-cigarette, one in five was between the ages of 15 and 24.

The provincial Electronic Cigarettes Act was designed to prevent a whole new generation of youth from becoming addicted to nicotine from e-cigarettes. Prior to this legislation, there had been no provincial restrictions on sales or marketing of these products. The tobacco industry has been promoting them with fervor reminiscent of the advertising for cigarettes back in the 1950s and ’60s with celebrity endorsements, billboards and more.

To date the Health Canada law banning the sale of e-cigarettes and juices that contain nicotine has not been strongly enforced. As a result, people of all ages have had ready access to the highly addictive flavoured juices being sold everywhere from corner stores to flea markets and gas bars.

The ban on e-cigarette sales to anyone under 19 takes effect January 2016. Use of e-cigarettes will also be banned indoors and at other public places where smoking is prohibited. Research into the possible value of e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid is ongoing.

For more information about tobacco use prevention and breaking your addiction to nicotine, call Health Connection at 705-721-7520 or 1-877-721-7520, or visit our website at www.simcoemuskokahealth.org.

Dr. Simon is one of Simcoe Muskoka’s associate medical officers of health.

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World’s best French fries just down the road ESOTERICA

gastro pubs popping up in You are probably asking, rural UK you stand a better how is A llen Clark e chance of finding trout qualified to proclaim who makes the “best French almondine with a saffron infused glaze on a bed of fries in the world?”, so kale with a side of quinoa. let’s address that thorny I probably don’t need to issue now.

Al mention that it’s been more First and foremost I have CLARKE than 72 hours since I have dedicated much of my eaten any of that, although life to the consumption I do like the occasional cruciferous of fast food principally, hamburgers, vegetable and particularly Brussels French fries, and Coca-Cola. I don’t sprout sautéed with bacon bits and like to go more than 24 hours without maple syrup, but I digress. consuming beef and potatoes in some Fortunately you don’t have to form and no more than 72 hours travel abroad because the best fries between hamburgers, I see fries as a are close at hand just down the road daily vegetable serving and having in Mulmur. However before I reveal just read the book Squeezed by Alissa Hamilton, I consider Coca-Cola as the location I feel obligated to clear much of a health food as orange juice. up a few general misconceptions as As a child, my parents ran a driveto the iconic French fry. First and in restaurant in Kingston and every foremost they shouldn’t even be Saturday morning from the age of called “French” the first recorded 12, I would peel and dice numerous deep-frying of cut potatoes occurred 10-gallon pails of potatoes so I know in a northern Spanish monastery in the the kind of effort required to peel and late 1500s. As potatoes originated in hand dice potatoes in any significant new world Columbia, where there they number and can understand why fresh were the food of the Inca, and were cut fries are disappearing. subsequently introduced into Europe My survey sample is extensive by the Spanish circa 1560. The French and extends far beyond the Mulmurdidn’t proclaim the potato edible for Clearview area. I have tasted fries in humans until 1772 and it took the great France, the United States, Germany, famine of 1785 to get the French to Spain, Italy, Philippines, New Zealand, eat them in any great amount, in fact Australia, American Samoa, Tahiti, most of Europe was initially reticent Belgium, Monaco, Fiji, Montenegro, to eat the vegetable, except of course Iceland, Greenland, Barbados, Croatia, the Irish. Thereafter there is no doubt Slovenia, China and most South that the French have embraced even American just to name a few countries. enhanced the potato, i.e. potatoes However Great Britain is my biggest gratin or fondantes or pommes duchess disappointment. or gratin dauphinois but in particular The United Kingdom and Ireland, and specifically “frites”. In our the supposed home of fish and area if you want the best high-end chips, have on our last five visits gastronomical potato experience Chez with my hiking buddy Jimmy, not Michel is without a doubt the place to failed to disappoint. We have been go, his frites set the standard by which unable to locate a single establishment all frites should be judged. that still prepares their own chips, However when it comes to regular disappointingly they have all gone fries, fries for the proletariat, which pre-prepared, and trust me we have I personally think should be called looked in earnest for good old style “Belgian fries” going back to the British chips. With all the froufrou Spanish connection. Spain at the time

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of the potato introduction controlled north to what is now Belgium so they were from the start Belgian fries, and even most French will admit that frites came from Belgium. Today the Belgians, much more so than the French, take great pride to the point of obsession in their fries. Last year, Belgium approached the United Nations cultural arm UNESCO to get Belgian fries recognized as global cultural heritage. There are presently 314 such entities like Peking duck or Turkish coffee. The key elements of Belgian fries is in the preparation, using Bintje potatoes the most widely cultivated potato in Belgium and France, peeling them, no skins left on, thinly cutting them, thoroughly rinsing them, carefully drying them to remove all water, using hard vegetable fat (shortening solid at room temperate), and double frying/blanching them,

first at 160˚C or 320˚F no higher, then letting them cool, second frying at 185190˚C or 370˚F, and finally adding salt and served hot in a paper cone called a “fritkot”.

Not surprisingly the “world’s best fries”, which I believe come from Foxy’s” at the corner of Airport Road and County Road 21, yes the yellow school bus, follow a similar time tested regiment as the Belgians in their preparation. The ladies, Janice and Danielle up front with Al toiling in the background follow a strict regimen with their fry preparation.

They start with locally grown Sheperdies potatoes from Tupling Farms down the road in Honeywood, you can’t beat local produce, they hand dice every potato, leaving the skins on, which I really like. For oil, they use a mix of 75 per cent canola oil, invented in Manitoba Canada in the 1970s it has the lowest level of saturated fats of any vegetable oil, and 25 per cent secret ingredient, which I can’t divulge, they also double fry/blanch their potatoes at 180˚C or 355˚F, and finally serve them hot and golden brown with a dash of salt.

If I were you, I wouldn’t bother travelling all over the world trying out fries, I’d take my word for it and mosey on down Airport Road, watch out for the radar police in Avening, and stop in at Foxy’s for what I believe are unequivocally the “best Belgian/ French fries in the world”.

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Friday, August 7, 2015

Kids from far and wide descended on Creemore Saturday during the Creemore Children's Festival where they were welcome to some hands-on experiences, entertainment, food and enterprise with special guests, including MP Kellie Leitch (right) and princess emilie-que. For more photos, visit www.TheCreemoreEcho.com.

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Creemore painter among national art prize finalists

by Trina Berlo Creemore’s Peter Adams is among 52 artists from across Canada selected as finalists for the inaugural Salt Spring National Art Prize.

“There aren’t many competitions in Canada that offer the kind of exposure that the Salt Spring National Art Prize can offer to Canadian artists. So it is indeed an honour to be chosen as a finalist for this prize,” said Adams.

Adams submitted a painting entitled Earth Scars #12: Mirny Diamond Mine, which depicts a massive open-pit mine in Siberia. He said the impetus for this series was much closer to home.

“When the proposed Melancthon Mega Quarry was on everyone’s mind several years ago, I began to research and paint some of the largest holes in the earth. The series has since featured mines in Russia, Africa, South America, the US and northern Canada.”

The piece will be part of a monthlong exhibition of the finalists’ work in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia beginning Sept. 26.

The finalist will receive a $25,000 cash prize.

“For our first finalist exhibition we are extremely pleased with the number and quality of work submitted by artists from across the country,” said Salt Spring National Art Prize founding director Ronald T. Crawford. “The work chosen from over 800 artists and 1,367 works, successfully reflects our goals of showing the strength and diversity of Canadian visual arts while encouraging dialogue and exposure for

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Peter Adams’ Earth Scars #12: Mirny Diamond Mine is a finalist for the Salt Spring National Art Prize. the 52 featured artists. The jury selected works blind to any geographical, cultural or gender information; this has given us an amazing cross section of works for our exhibition. I congratulate the finalists and applaud the decisions made by our jury.”

In addition to the money, officials say the finalists have an opportunity to elevate their careers by gleaning exposure

and valuable industry recognition. The inaugural Salt Spring National Art Prize has a mandate of encouraging artists whose work demonstrates a visual impact and a depth of meaning.

Jurors are artists and art instructors Holger Kalberg, of Winnipeg, Ian Thomas, of Salt Spring Island, and curator Vicky Chainey Gagnon, of St. John’s.

As a member of the Tree Society of Creemore, he has been assessing the damage throughout town, both on township and private property.

Paterson said there are more than 20 trees down.

The majority of the damage occurred on Fairgrounds Road, Elizabeth Street, Caroline Street, Mill Street and a tree also fell on a home on Edward Street but there doesn’t appear to be any significant damage.

Paterson is hoping the township will help support the clean up effort and said he may bring the issue up at a council meeting Monday.

“I wish the township had used the same go get ‘em attitude that the residents had,” said Paterson.

Anyone wishing to contact the Tr e e S o c i e t y t o a r r a n g e f o r a replacement tree is asked to contact Liz Smith at 705-466-6171 or Tracey Kolowska at 705-466-6317 or tracey@treesocietyofcreemore. com.

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“I am pleased with what we did. We had a good run.” • Neil Metheral portrait by Sara Sniderhan

THE VILLAGE AND I: Ten Life Stories A book honouring Creemore-area elders with art portraits and essays.

OFFICIAL BOOK LAUNCH Saturday, September 19, 2015 Public reception at Avening Hall, 7 to 9 pm Hardcover Limited Edition - $75 includes 2 tickets to a special pre-launch reception Sept. 19, 2015 at 6 pm.

Saturday, August 22nd, 2015

Softcover Edition - $35

Produced by Sara Sniderhan and Curiosity House Books featuring the work of 18 talented writers and artists with the support of the Kemp Foundation, The Purple Hills Arts & Heritage Society and The Creemore Echo.

The original art will be on display at Creemore' s Log Cabin during the Creemore Festival of the Arts October 3 & 4, 2015 - 10 am to 4 pm Pre-order now at Curiosity House Books 178 Mill St. Creemore or curiosityhousebooks.com

Enjoy the Copper Kettle Classics car show, fabulous food & drink, live music, kids’ activities & more!

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Creemore Vertical Challenge

Friday, August 7, 2015

International competitors join ultra running event

by Kara McIntosh On Saturday, nearly 200 ultra runners will descend on Creemore for the ninth annual Creemore Vertical Challenge (CVC).

There will be three different races run along a combination of private trails and roads – a 25-km, 50-km or 75-km.

The 25-km is part of the Ontario Trails Series and the 50-km and 75km races are part of the Ontario Ultra Series and are designated Bronze Races for the International Association of Ultra Runners.

Race organizers, Pierre Marcoux and Lee Anne Cohen have been Ultra runners since 2002 and according to Marcoux, the Creemore race evolved from his own training.

“The races in the series were very tough, but I found many of the courses were easier than my training runs in Creemore. I thought that other runners should be sharing my pain so I linked three of my hill training runs together and that became the beginning of the CVC course.”

The course is demanding with varied terrain and lots of hills and because it is in August, it can be extremely hot and humid.

There are eight landowners who allow the race to be run on their properties and the remainder of the course takes place on country roads.

This year, there will be several international competitors from Nepal, Texas, England and Scotland.

Run entirely by a team of 28 volunteers, the CVC takes place over an entire day, with the different distances having staggered starts from the home of Marcoux and Cohen.

“This race has a different vibe from the others in the series because it starts and finishes from our home, it takes place throughout the countryside and competitors finish their day by soaking in the Mad River, eating pizza and drinking a pint of Creemore Springs.”

The race is also known for its great SWAG – there are 60 age category prizes that include pottery made

by Cohen and jugs of maple syrup produced by Marcoux in his sugar bush near Singhampton.

For more information on the CVC and other musings on the running life, check out Marcoux’s blog runnningchallenged.blogspot.ca.

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Two-year-old Percheron stallion “Ryan Day Flash’s Malkin” owned by Sherry McArthur and Wayne Stephenson of Pink Ribbon Percheron’s and trained by Rusty McArthur won his class and went on to win Grand Champion Percheron Stallion at the Essa Canadian Draft Horse Exhibition held August 1-2. Pictured from left is Naomi McArthur, Sherry McArthur, Wayne Stephenson, Rusty McArthur and Jeff Robbins.

Cybergnomes launches all-girl robotics team for youth 11-18 Cybergnomes Robotics, a non-profit organization focused on developing technical skills and thinking in students in Simcoe County is launching a new team for girls ages 11-18.

To increase the number of girls on the team Cybergnomes Robotics is launching an all girls VEX robotics team.

The Cybergnomes Robotics Team has traditionally competed in the FIRST Robotics Challenge - an international competition where students have six weeks to design, prototype, build and program a 120-pound robot to compete in a sports-type game.

Currently only 25 per cent of the members of the team are girls.

Our goal is to increase that number and encourage young women into leadership and stronger building and programming roles.

The VEX Robotics Challenge asks students to design, prototype, build and program a table-sized robot to compete in international games.

This year’s robot must score fourfoot balls in goal nets, defend against other robots and lift its partner robot 12 feet off the ground in a game called “Nothing but Net”.

Students will meet weekly through the summer and fall and need nothing more than enthusiasm.

Each week the team will learn different concepts related to developing and programming a robot

that they will put to direct use on their competition robot. No prior knowledge is necessary. Students, working in a friendly, social atmosphere, will gain knowledge of tools, techniques and processes.

“Our hope is that by working through the VEX program, the girls will develop the confidence to take on leadership roles in our more intense FRC program where they have a much shorter time frame to build a much bigger robot,” says Gary Page, mentor with the Robotics Team.

Anyone interested in the program is welcome to contact Gary Page at 705-888-0731 or e-mail the team at cybergnomesroboticsteam2013@ gmail.com for more details.

Avening Women’s Institute “is for the birds” Our June meeting was held at A&D Bird Seed and Farm Market just south of Stayner across from the Huron Tractor business.

I started buying my bird food there last winter and was surprised at the large variety of mixtures and the amazing birdhouses and feeders.

Although the business is called A&D Bird Seed and Farm Market, there is much more going on there.

The owners Dwayne Wyant and his sister welcomed our members and guests in the store, were we held our meeting.

After our business was done, Dwayne gave us a tour of the facilities and his sister Faith talked to us about the products the Farm Market carries.

On the property, they have free range chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys.

They sell the eggs and also the birds ready for your roasting pan.

They also carry other meats such as local beef, all are fed with the food that they mix themselves and are free of hormones and steroids.

Many of the other products they carry such as meat and fruit pies are also locally made.

A large part of the property has been planted with vegetables that are grown organically and are for sale in the market when they are ripe for the picking. Beehives on the property provide honey and bees that pollinate the berries and veggies grown there.

For more information on how this

gem of local business got started, about 20 years ago, in our area check out their website at www.adbirdseed.com.

Our group shared refreshments provided by Faith, Dwayne and Joyce Millsap and Edith Eedy brought the sweets.

Every member picked their favourite bird and told a short story about that bird or their unusual encounters with that bird, such as helping the bird heal an injured wing.

Each member was given six duck eggs to take home and for some this might have been the first time they ate a duck egg.

Thank you, Dwayne and Faith for a wonderful and educational afternoon spent in your facility.

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A man staggers into the emergency room with a concussion, multiple bruises, and a five iron wrapped around his neck.

Naturally the doctor asks him what happened.

“Well, it was like this” said the man. “I was having a quiet round of golf with my wife, when at a difficult hole, we both sliced our balls into a pasture of cows. We went to look for them, and while I was rooting around I noticed that one of the cows had something white in its rear end. I walked over and lifted up the tail, and sure enough, there was a golf ball with my wife’s monogram on it stuck right in the middle of the cow’s butt. That's when I made my mistake.” “What did you do?”, asked the doctor.

“Well, I lifted the tail, pointed, and yelled to my wife, “Hey! This looks like yours!”

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Friday, August 7, 2015

Big Heart Seniors looking for new president seniors

Tw e l v e m o o n s h o t s On July 23, Karl Seifert were played by Alinda brought a huge bouquet of Bishop, Janice Stephens flowers for our treasurer x2, Wayne Brownridge, Irma Flack and one for Marg Hennessy, Lillian me also. Thank you, Karl.

Hiltz, Eileen Nash, Leona A short update to Wilma Hartling, Roy Veinot, Zeggil’s injury to her Evelyn Dave Smith x2, with the forearm.

WARDEN travel prize to Judith Wilma was advised to Turner. have more x-rays should Winners for cards were Jim it continue to be painful. Hope all Rigney, 309; Wilma Zeggil, 305; is well.

Alinda Bishop, 302; Irma Flack, We are still hoping to have a 299; and the low prize to Karl member come forward to step in as Seifert. president in January. Please consider On July 30, we welcomed Irene helping us out with this as President Scott, who is from Orillia, visiting Ray has doctor’s orders to step down.

Flo Kerr.

We had 47 members out for Although it was a beautiful summer cards and lucky draws were won day we had 48 members out for cards

by Sheila Fenton, Marj Thomson, and lucky draws were won by Peter Evelyn Warden, Pat Winger, Jim Gubbels, Irma Flack, Lois Walker, Rigney, Wilma Zeggil, Gayle Barb Cudmore, Carol Tymchuk, Gordon, Norma Johnston, Corrine Alinda Bishop, John Van Voorst, Brownridge, Peter Gubbels, Lillian Marcia Cameron, Isabelle Gubbels, Hiltz and Irma Flack.

Effie Taylor, Gayle Gordon, Sherry Lohnes, Lucy Young, Sheila Fenton and Morris Tymchuk.

Five moon shots were played by Wayne Brownridge, Jim Rigney, Wilma Zeggil, Effie Taylor and the travel prize to Flo Kerr.

Winners for cards were Jim Rigney, 354; Alma Seifert, 330; Dave Smith, 307; Alinda Bishop, 290 and low prize to Karl Seifert, 85.

A little girl was digging a hole in her backyard when her neighbour looked over his fence and asked what she was doing in her yard.

The little girl replied that she was going to bury her goldfish.

The neighbour with a scoff in his voice said that is a pretty big hole for a goldfish and why are you digging such a big hole.

She looked up at him and angrily said, “Because my goldfish is in your damn cat.�

A blind man was sitting on the

sidewalk with a sign saying “I am blind, please help� many people passed him by with only a very scarce few depositing coins in his dish.

As these people stopped he would touch their shoes.

A young lady stopped and put a few coins in the dish and again he touched her shoes.

As she went on her way she had noticed only a meagre amount of money there.

A while later she returned and again the blind man touched her shoes and said, “you were here before.�

Saying nothing the young lady took his sign, turned it over and wrote, “It is a beautiful day and I cannot see it�.

From that point on every person passing by made a donation to the man’s dish. Is it not all in the words we use that make the difference?

Remember: We are all a little broken, but last time I checked, broken crayons still colour the same.

• Service Directory • Accountant

Animal Care Alternative Energy

Ramona A. Greer CGA

Gravity Sun Power

Certified General Accountant 7351 Hwy 26, Stayner

(705) 428-2171 Member of the Certified General Accountants of Ontario

Custom Ironwork

solar generation for energy savings and income professionally designed and installed

Jeff Williams • 466-5741

Chimney Sweep

Iron Butterfly

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Design • Welding • Refinishing

• Chimney Cleaning • Maintenance • Annual Inspections

Wrought Iron Creations Custom Iron Work Tubo and Tyler Kueper

ironbutterfly.ca

Roger Maes

705-466-2846

705-435-8503

Gardening

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Auto Mechanic

Valley Auto & Tech Repairs to all makes of cars and light trucks!

Safety’s & Fuel Injection

218 Main Street, Stayner Bus. (705) 428-3393 ~ Res. (705) 466-2343

Garry Stamp, Owner/Operator

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758397 2nd Line East • Mulmur

519.938.1019 Healinghorses2@hotmail.com

Evelyn’s

Country Gardens Design, planting and management of country-style gardens.

Party Planner

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Event Facilitator

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fred@fredmills.ca

(705) 466-3109 Painting

Easy on the Eyes Exterior Painting

FREE QUOTES NEIGHBOURLY SERVICE HANDYMAN BARN ROOFING WORK BARNS • FENCES • HOUSES • EQUIPMENT SANDBLASTING & PRESSURE WASHING TYLER KUEPER

(705) 791-5478

3 Seasons Garden Care Experienced gardeners offering custom service

519.938.6197

Pet Care

Susan’s Grooming Salon

Professional Grooming for all breeds 31 Caroline St. E East entrance OPEN Monday to Friday

Evelyn Downie

fredmills.ca

Towing

COMPUDOC SERVICES

General Contracting Renovations & Repairs

Complete IT Support

705-434-8236

brad.garbs@gmail.com

(705) 466-3746 Welding

Drywall • Painting Carpentry • Tile Work Masonry • Roofing

Make one call - we do it all Over 30 years experience

Neil I McAvoy 705.466.3804

Landscaping and Lawn Care

Dave North • 705-718-7370

5 Francis St. E. Creemore

SKY BLUE Chrissy Jackson

Contractor

705-466-1131 Gardening

Owner/manager/certified barefoot trimmer

Computer Repairs

Place your ad here Plumber

Lawyer General Practise of Law

T. NASH

PLUMBING Servicing Creemore and surrounding area

(705) 466-5807 Licensed and insured

Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution John L. Ferris Megan L. Celhoffer

www.ferrislaw.ca 190 Mill Street T 705-466-3888

Rentals

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705-466-3334

TOWING

Towing at its best!

For all your towing and recovery needs!

Kells Service Centre 80 High Street, Collingwood (705) 445-3421 • Fax (705) 445-7404

Machine Shop Facility • Custom Steel Fabrication & repairs • Decorative Iron Railing, Fences & Gates 8:00a.m. to 4:30 p.m.-Monday to Friday Book ahead for Saturday Service Don Brearey or Gloria Howie

Plumber

705-466-2149

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Echo Classifieds celebration

Services

Please join Murray and Anne Henderson as they celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Friday, August 21 from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Creemore Legion. Best wishes only please.

Elliott Painting and Decorating, over 30 years experience with excellent references. Booking for 2015 for interior painting/wall papering. Call for free estimate 705-466-2356.

Rowbotham Reunion Sunday August 16 at the Creemore Ball Park on Edward St. Auction at 3 p.m. and pot luck supper at 4:30 p.m.

for sale Hay for sale – Small squares and 4’x5’ rounds of horse hay. We deliver year- round. Call Norm of Stonehedge Farms at 705-466-2607.

Period sofa and 2 arm chairs, rolling oak principal’s desk chair, piano stool, 20002 Buick Regal well maintained in good condition. Phone 705 424-1065 evenings.

yard sales Moving/Yard Sale: Saturday, August 8 at 2 Longwood Crescent, New Lowell, from 8 a.m. to noon. Furniture, household items, toys & more.

Experienced Computer Technician new to the community and ready to help with your home computer.

Specializing in upgrades, anti-virus and general trouble shooting. Contact Brad at 705-434-8236 or email brad.garbs@ gmail.com.

Contractor Repairs, restores, dismantles and jacks up farm buildings, homes, and cottages. Also roofing, siding, doors, windows, beams, posts, foundations, peers, cement work, fencing, eaves troughing, decks, docks installed, repaired, replaced. Brian McCurdy. 519-986-1781.

Wanted

art show entries

A Collector trying to recreate an old time General Store is looking for items found in a General Store before 1955. Eg. tea tins, tobacco tins, candy tins, postcards, bottles, magazines, old paper items, comic books, signs, toys, advertising, old store stock etc. Cash Paid 416-7454981 or 416-953-6219.

The 23rd Annual Juried Photo Show is accepting entries online now, until August 21 at bmfa. on.ca/juried-photo-show.php.

Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts, 163 Hurontario Street, Collingwood, ON L9Y 2M1 Phone: 705-445-3430 or email admin@BMFA.on.ca.

The Old Mill House Pub is now hiring line cooks, servers and dishwashers. Full and part time.

Please call Carol 705-888-6770 to set up an interview.

Blue Mountain Manor requires a R.P.N. for casual part-time, to start immediately. Must have valid registration with the C.O.N., CPR certificate and reliable transportation.

First Aid and experience in retirement are are assets. May be required to work all shifts. Please apply with resume to: Lynn Chattell R.N., Executive Director, Blue Mountain Manor, Retirement Residence, 236 Weir St., Box 140, Stayner, ON L0M 1S0; Fax: 705-428-3549 or email lynn.chattell@ reveraliving.com

For Rent 1 ½ bedroom on ground floor in Stayner. $900 a month including heat and hydro. No pets, No Smoking.

Available September 1. Call 705-4282535.

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The Township of Mulmur would like to thank all who came out to participate and volunteer at this year’s 50th Annual Honeywood Beef BBQ. Thank you for making this year such a great success!

Lennox; Reta Eileen - Passed away peacefully, with

Friday August 14, Saturday, August 15 Alzheimer Society Tag Days - South Georgian Bay. During Tag Days, volunteers collect donations for the Alzheimer Society at various businesses around Stayner, Collingwood and Wasaga Beach. Would you like to help collect donations for your local Alzheimer Society? Contact Marguerite Glanfield, Volunteer Resources Coordinator at 705-722-1066 or mglanfield@ alzheimersociety.ca Copper Kettle classics car show is looking for volunteers to help with setup, traffic management and cleanup on Sat Aug 22. Call Corey 705 466 6593 or info@copperkettleclassics.com

NOTTAWASAGA DAYLILIES BLOOM CONTINUES Garden open Fri. Sat. Sun. & Mon. 10 am to 5 pm - now through Labour Day WEEKLY SPECIALS (terms: cash or cheque) For directions visit www.wilsondaylilies.com or call 705-466-2916 Julie & Tom Wilson 3757 Conc. 3 Nottawasaga, Clearview

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family by her side, at Sunset Manor, Collingwood, on Monday August 3rd, 2015, in her 99th year. Reta, (nee Morrison) beloved wife of the late Cecil (1997). Loving mother of Joan and her husband Tom Box, of CREEMORE and ECHOEarl• Friday, 1, 200 Bracebridge and hisFebruary wife Enid, of Nottawa. Dear Grandma of Murray (Jennifer) Box, Brenda (Shayne) Irvine, Jerolyn Lennox (Rudi), Tanya (Rob) French; GreatGrandma of Geoffrey, Gregory, Ashley Kim, Staci Bradley, Johnathan, Victoria, Ellie, Hanna and Great-Great-Grandma of Alexis.

Predeceased by her sister Iva (Carle) Woodward. Sadly missed by her furry friends Heidi, Annie, Zoey and the late Dakota. Visitation will be held on Thursday August 6th, 2015, from 1-4 pm at Chatterson Funeral Home, Collingwood, followed by a funeral service in the chapel on Friday at 1 pm.

Interment at Stayner Union Cemetery. www.chattersonfuneralhome.com

in memoriam In loving memory of Julie RainbirdKendrick, August 8, 1974 – August 5, 2005 Your life is a sweet remembrance, Your light has never dimmed, Your legacy lives on today, Your love still felt within.

You are forever in our hearts.

Sadly missed, never forgotten.

Rob, Dad, Karen and families

old photos wanted Do you have any photos of special events in and around Creemore that you’d like to share with everyone in our “The Way We Were” section on page 4? Bring them in to The Creemore Echo.

REPAIRS TO ALL MAKES AND MODELS

Cars - Vans - Light Trucks Tires - Fuel Injection - Electronics MTO Safety Inspection Performance Parts & Service (705) 428-0550

222 Montreal Street Stayner, ON L0M 1S0 John & Kim Breedon

This week’s answers

travel Clearview Travel presents

Kingston Extravaganza $389 September 8-10, 2015

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call 705-466-9906, fax 705-466-9908, email info@creemore.com,$15 + hst for 25 words or less

volunteers

Rod the Window Cleaner – You deserve a clear view! Residential.

Commercial. Staging. All windows welcome. Call Rod Grabham at 705351-0768. References on request.

Experienced mature lady looking to help you with your house cleaning. Reasonable rates. $15 an hour. Can supply references.

Call Arlene at 705-424-9955.

Submit your classified ad by 5 pm Tuesday:

Manito Shrine Club "Shriners Helping Kids since 1922". We sincerely thank the hole sponsors and donations made to our golf prize table over the past two seasons, making this year's tournament, which was held on July 18, 2015 at Silver Brooke Golf Course, a greater success than past years. All for a very special and rewarding cause. Ron Willett, Golf Chairman.

College Pro Painters. Call now to set up your free estimate. Call Nathan Fuller at 705-441-6939.

Moving/Yard Sale: Saturday, August 15 at 28 Elizabeth St E in Creemore, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Toys, furniture, fabric and more.

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Package includes: 2 nights accommodation at the Colonial Resort & Spa; 2 breakfasts; 2 dinners; 1000 Islands Boat Cruise; guided tour of Fort Henry – a UNESCO World Heritage Site; city tour of Kingston by trolley; winery tour; local tour guide; 1 night live entertainment; welcome punch orientation upon arrival.

Resort facilities include: indoor heated pool; whirlpool spa; steam room; sauna; indoor Serenity Garden; outdoor pool; shuffleboard; bocce ball; horseshoes; strolling path with gazebos and more.

Call 705-428-2543 or email info@clearviewtravel.ca

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Friday, August 7, 2015

Car seat clinic in Creemore August 18

Huronia West OPP is partnering with the Simcoe/Muskoka District Health Unit and the Clearview Fire Department to conduct a child car seat inspection clinic in Creemore on Tuesday, August 18.

The clinic is hosted by Clearview Fire Department Fire Station 4, located at 7655 County Road 9 from 11 a.m.

to 1 p.m.

To book an appointment, contact Health Connection at 705-721-7520.

To prepare for the clinic people are encouraged to read their car seat’s instructions, review their vehicle’s owner’s manual (bring both to the appointment) and install the seat to the best of their ability.

217 Gideon Street, Stayner, ON L0M 1S0 Telephone: 705 428-6230 | Fax: 705 428-0288 Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm www.clearview.ca

Notice - Fire Extinguisher Training The Clearview Fire and Emergency Services would like to extend an invitation to the residents of Clearview Township to attend a Fire Extinguisher training session. The training will be held at Station Park in Stayner during Music, Market it and Park it on the following dates: • August 13, 2015 at 5:00pm • August 20, 2015 at 5:00pm The training session will include both a demonstration and a hands-on training experience.

This training session will be free of charge.

For more Information, please contact: Michelle Davies Fire Prevention Officer (705) 428-6230 ext. 260 mdavies@clearview.ca

Notice - Procedural Bylaw NOTICE OF INTENTION TO AMEND PROCEDURAL BY-LAW 12-19 A BY-LAW GOVERNING THE PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL AND ITS’ COMMITTEES _______________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that Council of the Corporation of the Township of Clearview intends to amend the procedural bylaw as follows: Council shall deal with matters in the following order: 1. In Camera (if required) 2. Approval of the Agenda 3. Disclosure of Pecuniary Nature 4. Ministerial Association 5. Public Participation 6. Deputations and Presentations 7. Public Meetings (6:30 p.m.)

8. Approval of Minutes 9. Business Arising from the Minutes 10. Communications from the Mayor 11. County Reports and Information 12. Council Reports and Community Announcements 13. Department Recommendations and Information 14. Notice of Motion/New Business 15. Confirming By-law 16. Motion to Adjourn This is part of the governance review taken by Council at a Special Meeting held on May 7, 2015.

Amendments to the by-law will take place at the regular Council Meeting scheduled for August 10, 2015 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Clearview Administration Office, 217 Gideon St., Stayner, Ontario

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proud moment Clearview Township Mayor Chris Vanderkruys (right)

presents a certificate proclaiming Pride Week in the township from July 31 to August 8 to Simcoe Pride interim chair J. Andrew Baker Tuesday, August 4. Council voted to make the proclamation in April after reversing an earlier policy not to entertain any such requests.