April 26, 2019 by The Creemore Echo

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ECHO

Friday, April 26, 2019 Vol. 19 No. 17

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INSIDE THE ECHO

Rock Solid

Flood Watch

Program funds cut in half

Granite Club plans for renovation

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News and views in and around Creemore

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Gather scrap metal for Creemore Skating Club The Creemore Skating Club is hosting its annual scrap metal and bottle drive on Saturday, May 4. People are asked to place scrap metal, appliances, barbecues, pots and pans, or other metal items, as well as liquor and beer bottles at the curb by 8 a.m. on collection day. To arrange for special pick-ups in New Lowell, Glencairn, Dunedin, Lisle and other areas in Clearview and Mulmur, contact Julie Bigham at 705-4662977 or jbigham30@hotmail.com.

New Lowell United holds annual yard sale

Staff photo: Trina Berlo

The Easter Bunny hands out chocolates to Egg Hunt participants waiting patiently in the rain to be let into the Hort Park at 1 p.m. sharp during Saturday's Easter events in Creemore, hosted by darci-que and Emily. See page 7 for more photos.

Inter-library loans part of budget cuts by Trina Berlo Inter-library loans have been cancelled following a provincial funding cut to the Southern Ontario Library Service (SOLS), reducing patrons’ access to library materials. “It is with great sadness that I have to inform public libraries in southern Ontario that the SOLS interlibrary loan delivery service will permanently cease to operate, effective April 26,” said SOLS CEO Barbara Franchetto. “I know this is very sad and disappointing news but given the enormity of the cut to our operating budget, there is no alternative. Even under our previous budget allocation, it was becoming difficult to sustain the service because of ever increasing operating costs.”

In response to a 50 per cent funding cut, SOLS has terminated its courier delivery service, said Clearview Public Library CEO Jennifer La Chapelle. “To expect any corporation, if you suddenly slash their revenue by 50 per cent, how do you expect them to continue doing what they are doing? Is this the death nail for the Southern Ontario Library Service? I certainly hope not,” she said. In 2018, Clearview made 1,396 interlibrary loan requests to other libraries and fielded 967 requests for material. “Something that has been in existence prior to 1989 has now gone the way of the dodo,” said La Chapelle. This week, library staff put a call out to people asking them to return

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New Lowell United Church's Annual Yard Sale is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 11. There will be lots of interesting valuable treasures. Come and hunt while supporting the church. Buy a fresh-baked pie from the Church Ladies. The event happens rain or shine.

Library art program The Clearview Public Library is hosting their third MacLaren Art Centre’s VanGo Book Art program on the next PD day, Friday, May 3, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the New Lowell United Church. Registration is required (online or in person) as there is a limit of 15 per session. The cost is $5. This art activity is geared for middle school ages but younger children are welcome to join the fun with adult assistance.

Learn about Hospice There will be free presentation by Hospice Georgian Triangle at First Baptist Church, located at 205 Oak St. in Stayner at 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, May 2. Find out all about the hospice, what they do, who they are, and how to help out. Refreshments will be served. this is a free event

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THIS WEEKEND Friday, April 26

• Double Toonie Lunch at St. Luke's Anglican Church, Caroline Street West, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Homemade soup. Bring a friend and enjoy. • Fiddlin’ Around with the Scott Woods Band at Clearview Community Church. 1070 County Rd. 42, Stayner, at 7 p.m. An evening of old time fiddling, step dancing & country music. Adults $30. Children 12 & under $15. Children under 5 free. Tickets at Barb’s Clothes Closet & from Myrna at 705-428-2540. For Visa/Mastercard - call 1-855726-8896. Sponsored by Stayner Heritage Society.

Saturday April 27

• Dunedin’s Annual Fisherman’s Breakfast and Bake Sale from 7 to 10:30 a.m. at Dunedin Village Hall. This event has marked the opening of fishing season for over 30 years, and attracts hundreds of

people for its great home-cooked breakfast and spectacular baked good. • Canadian Blood Services Blood Donor Clinic at Wasaga Beach RecPlex, 1724 Mosley Street, Wasaga Beach, from 9 a.m. to noon. To book an appointment call 1-888-2-DONATE. • Caring Crafter’s Supplies Sale at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, 3521 Cty Rd 124, Nottawa, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come to shop for highquality craft supplies, including fabric, yarn, beads, notions, paper, paint, kits, ribbons, embellishments, books, magazines... and so much more! Soup lunch and dessert being served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for $6. Proceeds from the sale and lunch go directly to the Days for Girls South Georgian Bay Team to purchase supplies to make reusable, sustainable feminine hygiene kits. daysforgirls.org or sgeorgianbayon@daysforgirls.org for more info.

• CANCELLED: Sunnidale Corners Hall Spring Euchre Kick Off Tournament - Progressive Euchre. Call Marianne at 705-428-0223 for more info.

Sunday, April 28

• Church Services on page 5. • Creemore Legion Breakfast at Creemore Legion from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Choice of 2 eggs or waffle, home fries, toast, sausage or bacon, juice, coffee/ tea. Adult $7, children 12 and under $4. Hungry Soldier Special $10. Call 705-466-2202 for more information. 27 Wellington Street West. • Opening Reception & Awards for the 39th Annual Juried Art Show at 65 Simcoe Street, Collingwood, from 1 to 3 p.m. Show runs to Saturday, May 25. • Ray’s Place Annual General Meeting at Creemore Legion at 2 p.m. All welcome.

UPCOMING EVENTS Wednesday, May 1

• Mad and Noisy Quilters Dessert & Tea at 7 p.m. at Creemore Legion. $8 admission. Guest speaker is Donna Klein Gebbinck, and her trunk show Vintage Farm Girl Quilts with a Twist. ***This event fragrance free! Thanks*** (Something new this year: we’re working on a new recipe book of favourites served by members at our Tea for $7.) • Creemore Horticultural Society is offering a free “Veggie Gardening 101” class to the public from 7 to 8 p.m. at St. Luke’s Anglican Church Hall, 22 Caroline Street West in Creemore. From novice to experienced gardeners. All ages are welcome to attend (under age 15 must be accompanied by an adult). Advance registration is required. Email CreemoreHort@gmail.com or call Judi at 1-519925-5368.

Thursday, May 2

• A Presentation by Georgian Triangle Hospice at First Baptist Church, 205 Oak St, Stayner, at 1:15 p.m. Find out all about the hospice, what they do, who they are, and how to help out. Refreshments served after speaker. This is a free event.

Friday, May 3

• Duntroon Hall’s Know It All Ball. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Trivia begins at 7 p.m. Bring your own snacks and brains. For info call 705-888-9514 or visit www.theduntroonhall.com.

Friday, May 3 & Saturday, May 4

• The Clearview Community Theatre presents a special production by our Youth troupe: “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown - The Broadway Musical”. Friday at 7 p.m. Saturday at 3 p.m. At Clearview Community Church, 1070 County Road 42, Stayner. $20 general admission. Tickets available at A&D Bird Seed or Stayner Home Hardware or visit clearviewcommunitytheatre.ca.

Saturday, May 4

• Stayner Lions Pancake Breakfast at Jubilee Presbyterian Church, Main Street, Stayner, from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. • Creemore Skating Club’s Annual Scrap Metal Day & Bottle Drive. Please place your scrap metal, appliances, BBQs, pots and pans, or other metal items, as well as liquor and beer bottles by the curb at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 4 in the town of Creemore. Special pickups will be made in New Lowell, Glencairn, Dunedin, Lisle, Mulmur, Clearview and areas outside of Creemore if you call Julie Bigham at 705-466-2977 or jbigham30@hotmail.com to arrange a special pickup. • Stayner Kinsmen Duck Race from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Centennial Kinsmen Participark, Brock Street, Stayner. BBQ, live music, silent auction and more. 3 duck races begin at 1 p.m. Elementary School race then the corporate race and then the main event race to follow. Duck tickets for $5 available at Creemore Echo. Proceeds to community projects. • You are invited to a Come & Go Tea to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Jim and Catherine Jones at the Creemore Legion from 2 to 4 p.m. Best wishes only. • Holy Trinity Clearview Anglican Church invites everyone to join them for a free roast beef dinner to celebrate the completion of its kitchen renovations at the church hall. For tickets 705-445-3949. There will be limited tickets available for 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. seatings.

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• Photography Hike with Bryan Davies. Learn how to photograph wildflowers and water surfaces in the forest. Bring your Digital Camera or Phone Camera to create images you will be proud of. Cost is $50. Contact Bryan Davies at 705-441-7435 or bryan@ bryandavies.com to register. • 34th Ramp Romp at Singhampton Community Centre from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dine on luscious leeks, pork and veggies & pie. Adults $17, students $15, under 12 $9, under 6 free. Silent auction. Proceeds to the community centre. • Mother’s Day Plant & Bake Sale from 8 to 11 a.m. at Primrose United Church. Fresh baked goods, craft & food vendors. Pre-order baskets, urns, flowers by May 5 by calling 519-925-2397 or gailbrown. pharm@yahoo.ca. Visit www.shelburneprimrose. com for more info. 486281 30 Sideroad Mono.

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Wednesday, May 8

• Come and go lunch. Come and visit Rene Cornelisson and Diane Hutchings who are being brought to Creemore for a short visit and would love to see all of their acquaintances. Please call if you can make it. There is a light lunch for all that attend. Call Dee at 705-441-3709. At Creemore Legion, 27 Wellington Street West from 12:30 to 2 p.m.

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Friday, May 10

• Community Mother’s Day Pasta Supper at St. John’s United Church, Creemore, from 5 to 7 p.m. Family of 5 (2 adults & 2 or more children) $12. Adults $5. Children (6 – 13) $2. Children under 5 – free. There will be a craft station for children to make a craft for their special somebody for Mother’s Day at no extra cost.

• Mother’s Day Breakfast at Manito Shrine Club, 2265 Fairgrounds Road, from 8 a.m. to noon. Support the Shrine Children’s Hospital and the costs incurred by families while their children are having treatment. Adults $10. Children under 5 free. Contact GreatbreakfastManito@gmail.com or 705-4458125 for more info. • Creemore Legion Mother's Day Breakfast at Creemore Legion from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Choice of 2 eggs or waffle, home fries, toast, sausage or bacon, juice, coffee/tea. Adult $7, children 12 and under $4. Hungry Soldier Special $10. Call 705-466-2202 for more information. 27 Wellington Street West.

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• Centennial United Church Annual Fish Dinner from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Fillets of rainbow trout caught right in Georgian Bay with all the trimmings and homemade pies for dessert. Entertainment while you wait. Take-out & gluten-free available. Tickets at door. Adults $17, children 6-12 $8, 5 & under free.

• The Sound Investment Community Choir is hosting the Septini Sapni Choir from Dobele, Latvia at Trinity United Church, 140 Maple Street at 7:30 p.m. performing songs from their homeland, as well as several Canadian and Latvian songs. Tickets $10, will be available at the door. There will be a reception with light refreshments to follow. • Canadian Blood Services Blood Donor Clinic at Collingwood Legion, 490 Ontario Street, from 2 to 7 p.m. To book an appointment call 1-888-2-DONATE.

Wednesday, May 15

Saturday, May 25

• Creemore Vintage Festival in downtown Creemore from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Province cuts NVCA flood management program funds by Trina Berlo Like other conservation authorities in Ontario, the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority is facing funding cuts. CAO Doug Hevenor said the NVCA’s funding for its flood management programs has been reduced 50 per cent from $188,490, the same amount of provincial funding it has received for its flood program since 1995. “Cuts come at a time when climate change is increasing the frequency and risks from flooding and other weatherrelated natural disasters,” said Hevenor. “Flooding is the most common natural disaster in Canada, and the costs associated with flooding are rising.”

To address this shortfall, NVCA will be looking at reducing all non-critical program spending, as well as trying to source alternative funding. Prior to this reduction a total of $7.4 million in provincial funding was shared across the 36 conservation authorities (CA) towards this work. “The impacts of these reductions will vary from CA to CA, however, they will all be felt immediately, particularly in smaller and more rural conservation authorities,” said Conservation Ontario general manager Kim Gavine. Gavine explained that cutting natural hazards funding is particularly problematic right now in light of the fact that – like everywhere else

– Ontario is experiencing stronger and more frequent flood events as a result of climate change impacts. Conservation Authorities have a variety of responsibilities around flood management in Ontario. The NVCA’s mandate is to undertake watershed-based programs that protect people and property from flooding and other natural hazards. The flood program uses an integrated approach that focuses on preventing and reducing flood risks. It plays plays a frontline role in monitoring the watershed for flood risk and issuing flood warning messages by maintaining a network of stream gauges, monitor weather conditions and

survey the winter snowpack. The NVCA also maintains flood control structures such as dams and dikes; Contributes to municipal emergency planning and preparedness activities; Does floodplain mapping; provides planning support and advice to the province, municipalities and the federal government to minimize flood impacts; Regulates development activities in floodplains; Contributes to municipal emergency planning and preparedness activities as well as recovery activities; Informs and educates the public about flooding; and protects, restores and rehabilitates natural cover that contributes to reducing the impacts of flooding.

Cuts reduce patrons' access to library materials (Continued from page 1) moves them around from library to library, so that service has also been cancelled, but items from the County Library Cooperative will still be delivered through that separate service. “There are so many items that we have to get from other libraries because, despite the fact that council has been generous and we have a good collections budget, we can’t buy everything. We also don’t have the shelf room to keep everything that we’ve ever had,” said La Chapelle,

adding years ago they would have kept everything by popular authors but now they take it out of the collection to make room for new things knowing that they are still accessible through inter-library loans. SOLS is looking at alternatives for some of the materials sent through the courier service. It has committed to providing all Summer Reading program materials to participating libraries this year but La Chapelle is not certain about future plans. Inter-branch borrowing is delivered

by Clearview Public Library employees so it will not be affected. The end of the SOLS delivery service means that 24 drivers will lose their jobs. Last year, they drove almost one million kilometres to deliver over 710,000 packages to 153 main library branches across southern Ontario. They also made reciprocal agreements between libraries possible, brought newly purchased material to over 100 libraries at cost effective rates. SOLS said, this is truly the end of an era in provincial resource sharing.

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THE WAY WE WERE

Are you an organ donor? Are you sure? Currently, around 1,600 people in Ontario are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. And though most of us believe that organ donation is a good thing, just over a quarter of us are registered as donors. Some great strides have been made in Ontario over the past year, but still more needs to be done. You can spread the word by encouraging your friends and family to register their consent to become organ and tissue donors. I thought I was an organ donor. It turns out I wasn’t, but I am now. With April being “Be A Donor Month” there has been a lot of public encouragement to become an organ and tissue donor. I remembered checking a box on some piece of paper way back so I was pretty sure I was all set up. I wasn’t. Paper donor cards are no longer in use as they often were not available when needed. In 2008, Trillium Gift of Life Network adopted an affirmative registry and now consent to donate organs and tissue is stored in a Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care database. By formally registering, either online at www. BeADonor.ca or in person at any ServiceOntario location, it ensures that your decision is recorded and can be made available to your loved ones at the right time. So if you are like me and thought you had already registered, and you feel strongly about donating organs, you may want to go online and check. More than 85 per cent of Ontarians are in favour of organ donation yet only 34 per cent (4.2 million out of an eligible 12.5 million) are registered donors. As a result, 1,684 Ontarians are currently waiting for an organ transplant, their only treatment option and every three days someone will die because they did not get their transplant in time. One donor can save up to 8 lives through organ donation and enhance the lives of up to 75 more through the gift of tissue. 17,916 Ontarians have received a lifesaving organ transplant since 2003. Age alone does not disqualify someone from becoming a donor. The oldest organ donor was over 90 and the oldest tissue donor was over 100. There’s always potential to be a donor; it shouldn’t stop you from registering. Your current or past medical history does not prevent you from registering to be a donor. Individuals with serious illnesses can, sometimes, be organ and/ or tissue donors. Each potential donor is evaluated on a case-by-case basis. All major religions support organ and tissue donation, or respect an individual’s choice. Organ and tissue donation does not impact funeral plans. An open casket funeral is possible. It takes only a few seconds to register at www. BeADonor.ca, using your health card. – Trina Berlo

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Students banded together in anger Editor: On April 4th, I walked out of Collingwood Collegiate Institute in protest to the education cuts. I thought that it was a great day of students across the province banding together and sharing their anger with the decision. However, when I read Yael Inglis’ letter to the editor in last week’s Echo, I felt sad. What was the point of the protest if people as misinformed as this were still within the student population? Had we failed so much in sharing our message that some students didn’t even believe in it? I would like to set the record straight and talk about some of the things in Yael’s letter, so that she might understand why the students of Ontario are so angry. Also, the community needs to understand that opinions like Yael’s are in the vast minority. There are a few things that Yael says which are blatantly incorrect. She doesn’t seem to understand that class sizes going from 22 to 28 is an average. This means that the maximum students allowed in every class will be raised by six. The “40-person classes” number comes from Grade 11 and 12 university level courses, which currently have a maximum size of 34 students. However, the students in those courses will be the least affected. Locally developed courses with small class sizes contain students who are very vulnerable. An increase in class sizes could lead to more of those students slipping through the cracks. Saying that “class sizes have no effect on student

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learning” is a very ignorant thing to say, and it demonstrates a poor understanding of how the school system works. In 2003, the high school graduation rates were at an extremely low 68 per cent. After class sizes were lowered, that number rose to the current rate of 86 per cent. I won’t go into detail about the other things in Yael’s letter, but just know that there are a lot of misconceptions and falsehoods. I recommend anyone reading this should do their own research, because you can never trust people like me or Yael. Although I disagree with pretty much everything else she says in her letter, she is right when she says “I have on my own realized I must source my information.” The biggest issue I have with Yael’s argument is how she seems to think that the walkout was masterminded by the teachers. This is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever read in The Echo. (Although I am 15, so I haven’t read very many things in The Echo.) I don’t understand where people get this kind of idea. As a student, Yael should understand that teachers have a hard enough time getting kids to hand in assignments on the due date, let alone walking out of school in the middle of the day. And when she goes on to say that “It was sickening to see children used as tools for propagandizing” I get worried that she’s (See “Hey” on page 4)

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(Continued from page 4) lost the plot! This last paragraph was borderline conspiracy theory, and her idea that teachers should prevent students from participating in protests is completely ridiculous. It goes against one of the fundamental freedoms on the charter of rights and freedoms. (By the way, that’s the same freedom that lets us write these letters.) Anyways folks, bottom line is that I could go off on this letter for a decade so I’m gonna wrap it up here. In the words of Yael Inglis and Pink Floyd, “Hey, teachers Doug Ford! Leave them kids alone!” Martin Hewitt, Avening.

Amateur doctor will see you now. Anyone? Some people get excited severe symptoms to be about the Oscars or the told to go home and get Country Music Awards, some rest. This may go on but me; I get excited about for a few weeks till finally the new season of Dr. they stumble on a visiting Pimple Popper, Monsters doctor who says, “You Inside Me and Real Stories have a tape worm.” Yuck. from the ER. The thing that I find Cat FLACK I love anything that is quite interesting is that medical/science. I read all pet owners will vaccinate the magazines, study the textbooks their animals (a good thing) but not and scavenge the grounds while out so many de-worm their pets. walking my dogs, for any remnants Tapeworm is a zoonotic, meaning mainly of the bone variety. I even that it is transferable to humans; very stopped on one of my walks to pull important to de-worm your animals the teeth out of a dried out coyote jaw especially if Rufus likes to cuddle up bone, don’t know what happened to with you and the kids. the rest of the bones, but wow, that So with all this interest in all things was a lucky find. I still have them in medical and scientific I get pretty my collection. excited when I have to take someone Working for a doctor is great, he to the hospital, oh the things we can is kind enough to tell me in medical learn from the medical professionals. terms about unusual cases that he The CEO had to be taken to the has worked on. My GP is also very hospital, as he had a raging fever generous with giving me information and was in quite a lot of pain. He and discussing in great detail my knew what was going on as he had test results or any concerns that I experienced these same sorts of may have, you know, just in case Dr. symptoms before. Google is on a break. Off we went to the local hospital Monsters Inside Me is about people and were seen pretty quickly in the who present with symptoms that see and treat area. could be anything as simple as a I had looked at the “growth” to see fever or muscle aches. They go to if it was something that I could look the hospital sometimes with very after at home, but I didn’t think I had

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enough liquid lidocaine (freezing agent, I was using it when I developed mouth ulcers from the chemo) to cover the affected area. I also didn’t think that I had a scalpel blade long enough to do the job. I told the attending physician what my plan of action was going to be, since I had an idea of what to do, seeing as I worked in a vet office, when a voice, slightly higher than normal said, “Don’t let her touch me, she only answers the phone.” I took that little outburst as slightly offensive but then again where this abscess was located I would have been leery about someone bursting my bubble so to speak. The CEO sailed through the procedure and stayed a course of antibiotics and has since made a full recovery. I watched the whole micro surgery and mentally made note of the volume of infectious pus that was drained, better to have that information on hand for the next emergency. The human body is an amazing thing; treat yours with the respect that it deserves. Now if I could only find the latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, nothing like a little light reading before lights out.

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• THE CREEMORE ECHO • Friday, April 26, 2019

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Clockwise from above: The Easter Bunny with his "bunnyguard" Justin Rowbotham toured Mill Street Saturday during the village's Easter celebration; Children are released into the Hort Park for the Easter Egg Hunt; Bunny Headquarters was jam-packed with children making Easter bonnets and other activities; Event organizer darci-que delights in the mixed reactions of children while handing out toothbrushes donated by Dr. Hawthorne.

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Stayner Granite Club plans for AODA upgrades by Trina Berlo Clearview council has thrown its support behind the Stayner Granite Club’s desire to upgrade the curling rink in order to make it fully accessible but has made no financial commitment at this time. The updates are needed to bring the facility into compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). The curling club has formed a construction committee to oversee the proposed renovations including club president Chuck Christie, Judy Hutton and Maxine Coutts-Reid. Clearview’s Parks, Culture and Recreation department general manager Terry Vachon said he received three concept plans from R.J. Burnside and Associates. The renovation options, all with lift, include a 520 square foot twostorey addition and lift at $385,000; a 270 square foot addition and lift at $456,000 or the preferred option of a 729 square foot addition at $720,000. Councillor Robert Walker said Option 3 is very appealing because it looks like a complete design, rather than having a piece stuck on. Council has directed Parks, Culture

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Option 3: The preferred option to renovate the Stayner Granite Club is priced at $720,000. Council has directed staff to work with the Stayner Granite Club as it pursues funding opportunities. and Recreation Staff to work with the Stayner Granite Club as it pursues funding opportunities, such as grants, and fundraising initiatives to upgrade the Stayner Granite Club. Once funding and grant opportunities have been explored and a fundraising initiative has been established, the department will return to council with an update and final approval.

Deputy Mayor Barry Burton asked about other accessibility projects in the municipality, specifically an accessibility renovation for Avening Hall that went all the way through the design phase, saying the township should come up with a plan for how to roll-out accessibility renovation projects. In 2016, council baulked at the tender price of more than $700,000 and put the

project on hold, with the blessing of the hall board. In 2015, Avening Hall received a $110,000 grant from the federal government’s Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program, which would have covered almost half of the original 2012 cost estimate of $235,000 but would barely put a dent in the actual overall cost.

Big Heart Seniors April 11 Welcome back to Lois Walker. Also welcome to a new member, Wanda Avery. John van Voorst came through his surgery okay. 50/50: Winston Ferguson, Marg Falls, Phyllis Seed, Alinda Bishop. Moon shots: Lois Walker, Marcia Cameron, Morris Tymchuk. Winners: Roy Veinot, 333; Leona Hartling, 322; Wilma Zeggil, 278; Bill Martin, 266. Low: Winston Ferguson, 92. Lucky chair: Melvin Lougheed.

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The Avening Ladies Afternoon Bowling league are hanging up their shoes for the season. The league runs on Wednesday afternoons from October to April. Anyone interested in bowling with them is encouraged to watch for information in The Creemore Echo in late September. Pictured from left is Gail Martens (captain), Ellen Whitley, Luise Meeser, Janet Sumilas and Marie Kidd. Absent: Ann Huskinson; Anne Emerton with a high score of 240 and Sharon Buchanan with a high average of 154.

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Nursery contest earns provincial award Cut and Dried Flower Farm in Glencairn has been awarded a provincial Award of Excellence from Landscape Ontario. Owner Katie Dawson was thrilled to accept the award for 2018 Outstanding Promotional Event at Landscape Ontario’s Garden Centre Awards. Last spring, the greenhouse ran a fundraiser to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The Hanging Basket Challenge was a huge success, bringing together employees and visitors to the farm. Over $1,000 was raised for the Alliston District Humane Society. Due to the huge success of the 2018 Challenge, the farm is once again running this unique fundraiser. In March, eight staff members designed and planted a 14-inch hanging basket each, using no more than six plants. The baskets have been growing along with the rest of the greenhouse crops and will be ready for voting to start at the farm’s first special event of the year – Perennial Party on Sunday, May 5. Voting will continue each day to May

26, when visitors to the farm will have a chance to purchase ballots to vote for their favourite basket. Dawson said she is very excited about this year’s project. “Staff members are the ones who pushed to continue the challenge this year. They are so proud of their baskets. It’s a really fun way to engage visitors and educate them a little about plants and design, and of course the chance to win a beautiful hanging basket for $2 is very appealing,” said Dawson. Ballots are being sold for $2 each or 3 for $5, with each vote being a chance to win the basket. On May 27, one ballot will be drawn to win each basket and the eight basket winners will be announced. The hanging basket that receives the most votes will be designated the winner of the challenge. The designer of that basket will have bragging rights and will get to select a charity to receive the proceeds. Last year’s winner was Val White who chose to donate the funds to Alliston District

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Katie Dawson Humane Society. For updates and photos of the baskets, visit the farm’s website at www.cutdriedflowerfarm.com or Facebook page. Visit the farm, located at 8530 Concession 3, Glencairn, from May 6-26 to cast your vote for a chance to win.

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• THE CREEMORE ECHO • Friday, April 26, 2019

AWARE Simcoe meeting to focus on groundwater

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Groundwater will be the topic of discussion at a public meeting co-sponsored by AWARE Simcoe and the Elmvale Foundation on Sunday, April 28 in Elmvale. “Groundwater is of major interest to residents of north Simcoe,” said AWARE Simcoe chair Don Morgan. “This is the area where our water has tested to be the cleanest known to science, and it’s where 10 years ago, indigenous people, farmers, cottagers, residents and supporters from across the

The 2019 spring wild turkey season opened April 25 and is a result of the reintroduction of wild turkeys to Ontario in the late 1980s. The subsequent growth of turkey populations allowed for a limited hunt that has expanded over the years as the number of birds continues to grow. Anyone with information about a natural resources or public safety related violation is encouraged to call the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry violation reporting line at 1-877-847-7667 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). For more information, visit www.ocoa.ca.

province and beyond rallied to protect the water and stopped Dumpsite 41.” The meeting is at Elmvale Community Hall, 33 Queen St. W., Elmvale from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. AWARE Simcoe’s Annual General Meeting will also be held at this time. The event is free and all are welcome. Speakers include Springwater Township Mayor Don Allen, Tiny Township Deputy Mayor Steffen Walma, hydrogeologist Dr. John Cherry, and water protector Vicki Monague.

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Glencairn house for rent. Available Creemore Farmers’ Market is June 1. $1600 plus utilities, available looking for volunteers and students furnished or unfurnished. 25 minutes looking to get their community hours. to Alliston, 30 minutes to Barrie or Our market runs every Saturday Collingwood. Call 647-459-4878 after morning and the required hours would 2 p.m. during the week. be from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please email Helen at creemoremarket@gmail.com. Basement 2 bedroom apartment for rent between Stayner & Creemore in a farmloCAl house. 4 TAlENT appliances included. $1000 WANTED per month includes internet. Hydro extra. No pets. Callis705-333-2024. Thesmoking. events No committee looking for local talent that would be interested in performing at the upcoming 2nd Annual Mulmur Day Event on June 30. If you are interested please contact info@ mulmur.ca. Youth fishing derby, vendors, children’s activities, food, music, cash bar. More details to come.

WINE MAKERS

DINNER with Master Winemaker Andrzej Lipinski

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RENTAL VolUNTEErS WANTED

Lumber • Plywood Trusses • Windows Roofing • Siding Fence Supplies • Culverts Cedar Posts • Railway Ties Fuel Delivery •Oil Furnaces Lawn & Garden Supplies “Nowhere... but close to everywhere.”

HAMILTON BROS. • EST. 1874 • 705-466-2244 hamiltonbros@ultrafastwireless.com 2047 Glen Huron Rd, Glen Huron

Wed. May 15 at 6 pm 6 courses with wine parings $99.00 Plus tax and tip Tickets available in advance

157 Mill Street, Creemore 705-466-9999

• THE CREEMORE ECHO • Friday, April 26, 2019

Latvia comes to Collingwood Happy Mother`s Day MOTHER`S DAY

BUFFET

from 10 am to 9 pm Grey County Road 124, Singhampton, ON

Call for reservations (705) 445-1247

noble insurance 705.445.4738 www.nobleins.on.ca

The Sound Investment Community Choir is hosting the Septini Sapni Choir from Dobele, Latvia at Trinity United Church, 140 Maple St., Collingwood at 7:30 p.m. The choir will be performing songs from their homeland, as well as several Canadian and Latvian songs featuring the two choirs singing together. Tickets $10, will be available at the door the evening of the concert. There will be a reception with light refreshments to follow. Visit www. soundinvestmentchoir.ca.

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

www.clearview.ca

Communications are available in alternative formats upon request.

TENDER NOTICES: APRIL 2019 The Corporation of the Township of Clearview is now accepting tenders as listed below.

FOR DETAILS AND PROPOSAL DOCUMENTS www.clearview.ca/tenders NEW 2019 HALF TON PICK-UP – 2019-01 Proposals are invited by the Administrative Building, 217 Gideon Street, Stayner, Ontario, L0M 1S0, until 1:00:00 (hr.: min: sec) p.m., local time, as recorded on the time clock located in the counter in the Administrative Building (which time will be deemed to be taken as conclusive of the time), on Thursday May 9, 2019 Closing Date: 1:00 pm, May 9th HOT MIX PAVING – 2019-03 Tender to supply and place hot mix asphalt in the Township of Clearview: Supply and place HL4 on roadways surfaces. Proposals are invited by the Administrative Building, 217 Gideon Street, Stayner, Ontario, L0M 1S0, until 1:00:00 (hr.: min: sec) p.m., local time, as recorded on the time clock located in the counter in the Administrative Building (which time will be deemed to be taken as conclusive of the time), on Thursday May 9, 2019 Closing Date: 1:00 pm, May 9th GRAVEL CONTRACT – 2019-06 Gravel, Granular “A”. Proposals are invited by the Administrative Building, 217 Gideon Street, Stayner, Ontario, L0M 1S0, until 1:00:00 (hr.: min: sec) p.m., local time, as recorded on the time clock located in the counter in the Administrative Building (which time will be deemed to be taken as conclusive of the time), on Thursday May 9, 2019 Closing Date: 1:00 pm, May 9th MAINTENANCE GRAVEL – 2019-07 1) Supply and apply 2,500 tonnes more or less of 16 mm crushed Gravel on various roads. 2) Supply 2,500 tonnes of 16 mm Gravel F.O.B. at the pit or quarry source. 3) Supply and apply 1,000 tonnes of Granular B on various roads. 4) Supply 1,000 tonnes of Granular B F.O.B. at the pit or quarry source. To be applied on roadways or locations within the Township of Clearview at the discretion of the General Manager of Transportation and Drainage or their representative. This contract shall be in force from June 1st, 2019 through to June 1st, 2020 and is for Maintenance Gravel ONLY. Closing Date: 1:00 pm, May 9th

DUST SUPPRESSANT – 2019-08 • Liquid 35% minimum per flake tonne as specified y OPSS 2501 or OPSS 2503 • Approximately 350 tonnes shall be supplied and applied on the Township of Clearview’s roads. • Approximately 75% to be applied continuously and 25% spotted on roads, as directed by the Township Director of Public Works or his representative to any roads in the Municipality. • The provisions of Ontario Provincial Standard Specification 506, Construction Specification for Dust Suppressants shall apply. The attached tendering requirements, and general conditions shall apply. Closing Date: 1:00 pm, May 9th WINTER SAND – 2019-09 1. Sealed tenders, clearly marked as the contents, to be submitted on Township Forms no later than 1:00 P.M. May 9th, 2019. Tenders to be opened May 9th, 2019 at 1:15 P.M. 2. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 3. A belt of approximately 90 feet (27.5 m) in length will be required. 4. Sand to be approved by the Township General Manager of Transportation and Drainage. 5. Work to be completed in two stages: STAGE 1: 4500 tonne New Lowell Dome Sept.-Oct. /19 5000 tonne Clearview Works Yard S.R. 27/28 Sept-Oct/19 STAGE 2: 4500 tonne Clearview Works Yards 27/28 S.R. as well as New Lowell Dome Feb/20 Provisional that Winter Sand be delivered to both Clearview Works Yards and New Lowell Dome Closing Date: 1:00 pm, May 9th TWO NEW 2019 DUMP TRUCKS – PW-2019-01(A and B) Proposals are invited by the Administrative Building, 217 Gideon Street, Stayner, Ontario, L0M 1S0, until 1:00:00 (hr.: min: sec) p.m., local time, as recorded on the time clock located in the counter in the Administrative Building (which time will be deemed to be taken as conclusive of the time), on Thursday May 9, 2019 Closing Date: 1:00 pm, May 9th

NOTICE- 2019 SPRING HYDRANT FLUSHING The Township of Clearview Water Department will be flushing hydrants between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm on the following dates and locations: • • • • • •

Stayner: April 23 - May 3 Nottawa: May 3 & 6 Colling-Woodlands: May 6 - 8 Buckingham Woods: May 8 – 10 Creemore: May 13 – 15 New Lowell: May 15 – 17

Please be advised discolored water could stain laundry during these times. If your water remains discolored or dirty, run water until clear. It is recommended water softeners are left in by-pass mode during these times. For more information, please contact: Todd Patton, Manager, Water & Sewer 705-428-6230 ext. 302 705-428-5024 tpatton@clearview.ca