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The Creemore

Echo

Friday, August 13, 2010

Vol. 10 No. 32

News and views in and around Creemore

Inside the Echo Public Art Preview Hugh Russel show will feature memorial-inprogress. PAGE 7

Gathering of the Classics

An antique car and plane paradise. PAGE 6

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NOTTAWA DISCUSSES GROWTH by Brad Holden A standing-room-only crowd of Nottawa residents gathered at the Clearview Council Chambers Monday night to have their say about a 422-home development proposed for 52 hectares south of the McKean subdivision. The project would draw its water from the Collingwood/New Tecumseth pipeline, and sewage would be pumped into the Collingwood system. While it was clear the majority of the audience was there for this portion of the agenda, only eight people stood to address Council. Three people were staunchly against the proposal, citing it would put “too many houses in the wrong place” and pointing out that many in Nottawa had moved there for the rural atmosphere, something that would be changed with the addition of such a development.

SUMMER LIBRARY FUN Alysha, Johnny, Ethan, Lucas and James are

some of the many kids who have enjoyed playing with the Clearview Library Creemore Branch’s Active Fun Kit this summer. The kit, which is a large hockey-sized bag containing various types of physical activity equipment, is provided by the Simcoe County Good For Life program and is available to be loaned out for birthday parties, community picnics, family reunions, or just for fun. For more news from the Clearview Library, see page 12.

Echo Briefs 100 Mile Winners

The following were the winners of last week’s 100 Mile Food Challenge, presented by the 100 Mile Store: Randy Nemez, who won a $150 gift certificate from Scotch Mountain Meats; Leslie Nemez, who won a $75 gift certificate from the 100 Mile Store; Helen Blackburn, who won breakfast or lunch for two at Café Chartreuse; the Hayward family (Helen, Scott, Ella and Clara), who won a $20 gift certificate from Grass Roots Organics; and Morgan Ross, who won a 100 Mile Store Eat Local t-shirt.

Election Update

The 2010 Clearview Township Municipal Election slate grew a little larger this week, with Duntroon resident John Millar filing to challenge Orville Brown for the Ward 2 (Duntroon) seat. Also recently confirming her intention to run for re-election was Caroline Smith, who has served the last two terms as Simcoe County District School Board Trustee for Collingwood and Clearview Township. Nominations are due on September 10 and Election Day is October 25. For an up-to-date list of candidates who have filed so far, visit www.clearview.ca and click on the Municipal Election 2010 link.

Other speakers focused on the water and sewer component, and were either hopeful that such a development would allow other residents to hook into full services or concerned that such an eventuality would be mandatory and prohibitively expensive. Concluding the public meeting, several Councillors said that any future decision on the file would hinge on servicing and phasing, and said the next piece of information necessary would be a report from Public Works on how the servicing of this development would affect servicing of the hamlet as a whole. “The most important factor is how this integrates with the existing community,” said Councillor Thom Paterson. Discussions between the Township and the developer will continue.

County provides funding to G&M On behalf of Simcoe County Council, Warden Cal Patterson presented a cheque for $307,993 to Shelley Wells, Chair of the Board of Trustees for Collingwood General & Marine Hospital this week. Funding from the County of Simcoe will cover almost half the cost of the renovation and expansion project now underway at the Collingwood General & Marine Hospital. The Phase 1 Clinical Redevelopment project is the first step in the hospital’s plan to address the severe space shortage in the existing facility. “The County of Simcoe is continuing to honour our financial commitment to health care,” said Patterson. “This is just one of many significant investments in regional hospitals through the Simcoe County Hospital Alliance that County Council will be making to ensure our residents have access to high quality health care here at home.” In 2007, County Council committed $30 million in funding to the Simcoe

County Hospital Alliance (SCHA) over a 10 year period to provide support for hospital capital projects. This SCHA is comprised of all the hospitals in the area which provide care for County residents. “We are pleased to have our Phase 1 Clinical Redevelopment project underway that will see expansion to several clinical areas including the Emergency Room Triage and reception area, Dialysis, the Operating Room, Endoscopy suite, and the Sterile Processing Department. This expansion would not be possible without the partnership of the County of Simcoe and the Collingwood G&M Hospital Foundation,” said Wells. Linda Davis, President & CEO of CGMH, continued, “It is our hope that we will receive a planning grant from the Ministry of Health which will allow us to begin to plan for a major expansion to the G&M. This longer term project will be designed to meet the needs of our communities over the next 25 years.”

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