The Creemore
Echo
Friday, September 5, 2014 Vol. 14 No. 36 thecreemoreecho.com
Inside the Echo
A Fond Farewell
Look Who Took the Challenge!
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PAGES 7 AND 8
Susan Prosser retires after 31 years.
The Creemore BIA gets wet.
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NEW YEAR BEGINS AT NCPS
YOUNG “CENT”URIONS READY TO RIDE The 3rd Annual Creemore Kids Cent Ride is coming to Creemore on
Sunday, September 14 and these youngsters – Griffin MacIntyre, Miles Dempsey, Dresdon Dupuis, Hazel Dempsey, Jonathan Van Severen, Anson Dupuis, Chancellor Stamp and Mirabella Dupuis – can’t wait to be part of the excitement. Coinciding with the Centurion 100-mile cycling race that starts at Blue Mountain and passes through Creemore on the same day, the Cent Ride is a Creemore event for children from 5 to 12 years of age and a fun way to encourage cycling as an active recreational activity in our community and to promote safe cycling habits. The Creemore BIA, in partnership with the OPP, Simcoe County, Share the Road and the Clearview Fire Department, will be on hand at 9:30 am to host a safety rodeo, helmet inspection and free bike safety checks. The feature event, the Kids Cent Ride, starts at 10:45 am. It’s a 1/100th kids’ version of the longer event, running along a one-mile course set throughout the village. A water station, free T-shirts for the first 50 to sign up and prizes will be provided. See this week’s Community Calendar and the ad on page 8 for more details.
by Brad Holden Nottawasaga & Creemore Public School’s 2014/2015 school year got underway Tuesday, with exactly 200 students enrolled – a number that’s expected to remain constant for the next decade or so, according to NCPS principal Heather Birchall. While the day went smoothly, it was not without its unexpected circumstances, chief among them the fact that the Full Day Kindergarten addition, expected to be ready for opening day, was still abuzz with construction workers. “Unfortunately, we’re about a week behind schedule,” said Birchall, explaining that the delay was caused by a late shipment of windows. As a result, Senior Kindergarten students got an unexpected (See “NCPS” on page 3)
Burton launches bid for Deputy Mayor by Brad Holden With one week to go before the September 12 deadline for nominations, the outlook for Clearview Township’s 2014 municipal election changed in two significant ways this week – Creemore resident Barry Burton, well-known for his opposition to Simcoe County’s plans to replace the Collingwood Street bridge, filed to run for the Deputy Mayor’s seat last Friday. And on Thursday, incumbent Councillor Shawn Davidson ended speculation that he would run for higher office by filing for reelection as
a Councillor in the new Ward 4. As of this issue’s press time, Burton was the only name put forward for the Deputy Mayor position. Incumbent Alicia Savage, who had previously signalled her intention to run for reelection, switched gears and filed to run for Mayor against Chris Vanderkruys last week after Ken Ferguson announced he would not seek a third term. Burton told the Echo this week that he had made the decision to run prior to Savage’s decision, and that his most pressing motivation had come out of his
experience on the bridge file. “It became very clear to me that the existing Council had very little regard for the will and voice of the people,” said the self-employed lighting technician, promising to revisit the bridge issue but also to focus on encouraging both industrial and residential growth. The deadline to file a nomination is 2 pm on Friday, September 12. Current information on who is running can be found at http://www.clearview.ca/ home/election/registered-candidates.
The NCPS playground hosted a familiar mixture of excitement and apprehension Tuesday.
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