The Creemore
Echo
Friday, November 21, 2014 Vol. 14 No. 47 thecreemoreecho.com News and views in and around Creemore
Inside the Echo
Enterprising Duo
All Lit Up
Sprinkler Guys brighten Hort Park
Mother-daughter team takes over winery
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Teen's car seized
A 17-year-old Clearview Township man was caught driving 86 kilometres over the speed limit Monday evening. Police stopped the teenager while travelling 176km/h in a 90km/h zone on Highway 26 in Wasaga Beach with three teenage girls in the vehicle. The driver was charged with stunt driving and his vehicle was seized for seven days. His licence was also suspended for seven days. “At that speed you would travel a kilometre every 20 seconds or the length of a football field in two seconds,” said police.
Echo launches food drive
Staff photo: Trina Berlo
The Creemore Community Christmas Dinner crew, including Diane and Brian McKay (from left), Laura Earles and Natalie Seltzer, is preparing for the 13th annual feast which is moving to the Creemore Legion to accommodate its growing number of diners.
More room at the table for this year's Community Christmas Dinner by Trina Berlo A CD of Christmas music performed by area musicians is in the works. The recording is a project of those who help pull together the annual Creemore Community Christmas Dinner. For several years the Christmas Day dinner has included live entertainment by the Wipper family and other performers. This year, the Wippers brought those performers into their studio, just outside of Creemore, for a recording session. All profits from the sale of the CDs, entitled Christmas in the Valley, will go to support the dinner. David and Hazel Wipper are joined by their daughter Karina, Ken Robertson, Tim Armour, Jim Fraser from the Beinn Gorm Highlanders, John Boswell, Mike McDonald, Jeff Williams, Neil and Dawn Van Alstine. Students at Hummingbird Montessori, who study with Hazel
Wipper, also sing on a few tracks. Diane McKay, the coordinator of the community dinner, said it is hoped the CDs will be ready by the Christmas in the Valley celebrations Dec. 5 and 6. The dinner, now in its 13th year, is free and open to everyone. McKay said it has grown from 20 people to more than 150, so for the first time this year, the dinner is moving to the Creemore Legion. She said it all started as a community effort to provide a place at the Christmas dinner table for those who had nowhere else to go. “It’s an opportunity for everyone in Creemore to share in the experience of the traditional Christmas dinner,” said McKay. “There are lots of reasons why people are alone at Christmas. Their children may be away at school or there has been a break up in the family.” The event has evolved over the years
to provide hot meals to those who can’t get out of the house, and their caregivers. Volunteers do prep work on Christmas Eve day and the cooks, coordinated by head cook Jim Henderson, do the rest on Christmas day in order to serve a dinner of turkey and ham with all the fixings. In past years, gifts have been given out to everyone in attendance. McKay said the committee this year decided that because of the increase in attendees and because some people have indicated they don’t really need gifts they will be reserved for the people in nursing homes, children and those in need. Organizers rely on donations for the food and gifts. She said many local farmers and businesses donate and Village Builders is the corporate sponsor. (See “Musicians” on page 6)
The Creemore Echo is once again holding its annual food and toy drive. The Echo is now collecting nonperishable food items, unwrapped toys for all age groups, cash and grocery store gift cards to be distributed through the Salvation Army and the Clearview-Stayner Food Bank. “As the community newspaper, it’s our way of helping the community by being the local drop off spot for holiday donations,” said Echo office manager Georgi Denison. Bring all donations to the office, located at 3 Caroline St. W., during regular business hours. The Echo has been collecting items for those in need since the newspaper began publishing in 2001.
Amity Trio up next at Gift of Music series The Gift of Music concert series continues with the Amity Trio, a piano, cello and violin combo, on Nov. 23. Classical guitarist Tariq Harb will return Nov. 30 and the Three Tenors will finish out the series on Dec. 14. Tickets cost $15 each and are available at Curiosity House Books, The Creemore Echo and at the door. Purchase tickets for all four shows for $50. All performances are at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, at 22 Caroline St. W, in Creemore, beginning at 3 p.m. Complimentary refreshments served after the shows.
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