The Creemore
Echo
Friday, April 27, 2018 Vol. 18 No. 17
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News and views in and around Creemore
inside the echo
In the Cards
Growth Industry
Sunnidale Hall plays toward accessibility
Flower farm celebrates 25 years
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Hockey dance returns to elimination draw
Staff photo: Trina Berlo
Creemore and New Lowell students have personalized their rubber ducks in preparation for the Stayner Kinsmen's Duck Race on May 5 and they are now on display at Creemore Home Hardware. See story on page 3.
Echo publisher gets award for community work by Trina Berlo Sara Hershoff is the 2017 recipient of the Insurance Bureau of Canada Community Award in memory of Mary Knowles. The owner and publisher of The Creemore Echo was recognized for her many contributions to the community, both professional and volunteer, at the Ontario Community Newspaper Association’s gala dinner and awards ceremony in Richmond Hill on April 20. The award, coordinated by the Ontario Community Newspapers Foundation with the support of the Insurance Bureau of Canada, recognizes dedicated newspaper employees who are constantly making a difference within their communities, in memory of Knowles, a dedicated newspaper employee and active community member who died of breast cancer in 1996. Past recipient Lois Tuffin, editorin-chief of Peterborough This Week,
The hockey dance is going back to its roots, reintroducing live music and the elimination style cash draw. It is the main fundraiser for Creemore Minor Hockey, which has been hosting the annual event for more than 25 years. The volunteer organization uses the funds to help pay for ice time. During the elimination draw every single entry is drawn throughout the night, which takes several hours, and the last three tickets are winners. The person who bought the last ticket drawn wins $5,000. The prize for second to last is $1,000 and $500 for third to last. The elimination draw method was used until about five years ago but association president Donna Harper said this year, they are hauling out the old pill bottles that hold the tickets in the wheel and the original plywood ticket board where all the tickets are displayed. The live music for the dance will be performed by Little Foot, a Clearview based cover band. The Elimination Cash Draw and Dance is Saturday, May 12 at the Creemore arena. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $40, which gets two people into the dance and the draw. Otherwise people can pay $10 for admission to the dance only. Tickets are available from any member of the association, at The Creemore Echo , 3 Caroline St. W., or by calling 705-466-5082.
Spring auction for Horning's Mills hall
Contributed photo
Lois Tuffin (from left), editor in chief of Peterborough This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week and Brock Citizen, presents the Insurance Bureau of Canada Community Award in memory of Mary Knowles to Sara Hershoff, with members of her family, son Ben Riche and brother David Traplin.
Kawartha Lakes This Week and Brock Citizen, paid tribute to Hershoff highlighting almost two decades of dedication to the newspaper and many
community boards and committees, before being presented the award by members of Knowles’ family. (See “OCNA” on page 3)
Horning’s Mills Community Hall is hosting a fun Spring Auction & Supper May 5 featuring celebrity auctioneer Bob Severn, with a simple a la carte supper of traditional auction fare available for purchase, prepared by hall volunteers. Organizers Judy and Dave Lavers will be accepting items with a minimum value of $5 (no large furniture please) at Horning’s Mills Community Hall, 14 (See “Auction” on page 10)
Taking care of buyers and sellers in Mulmur and the Creemore hills for over 40 years
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Ginny MacEachern
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The Town & Country Agent with the City Connections 1-800-360-5821• 705-466-2607 • maceachern.ginny@gmail.com www.ginnymaceachern.com