The Creemore
ECHO
Friday, August 9, 2019 Vol. 19 No. 32
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INSIDE THE ECHO
Creemore Nights
Get outside
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It's good for you
Blues concert is next
News and views in and around Creemore
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Village Green initial drawings presented
Staff photo: Trina Berlo
Clearview Township Mayor Doug Measures and Councillor Connie Leishman, along with members of Clearview Fire Department, hosted Fierté Simcoe Pride for a flag raising at the emergency services hub on August 1, kicking off the local pop-up Pride celebration in Stayner.
Local youth selected for Blackdown Cadet Training Centre
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CI Joanne Vallely Hignett, Assistant Unit Public Affairs Representative
by Petty Officer Madison Green, Cadet Correspondent. Personal fitness and healthy living has and always will be an imperative aspect to our day-to-day lives. Course Cadet Hailey D’Angio from 1949 New Lowell Army Cadets in Creemore will be taking a step further in developing this important life skill as she has been selected for the Basic Fitness and Sports Course at Blackdown Cadet Training Centre from July 29 to August 16. This three-week Basic Fitness and Sports course provides cadets an opportunity to participate in fitness and sports activities, and to develop knowledge and skills on how to perform the duties of a Fitness and Sports Assistant. Cadets participate
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in activities like following a personal fitness routine, leading warm-up and cool-down sessions, assisting with the Cadet Fitness Assessment and assisting with recreational sports. Cadet D’Angio’s favourite part about the training so far has been participating in sports training, such as playing team sports like volleyball, and making new friends. She’s fitting right in with past experience at home corps being a part of the Marksmen Team at her home corps and many sports teams at her school, New Lowell Public School. There are approximately 430 cadets who complete the Basic Fitness and Sports Course at Blackdown just like Cadet Cadet D’Angio. Blackdown is the place where (See “Leadership” on page 5)
by Judi Parker Creemore community groups had their first look at the preliminary design for the Creemore Village Green on August 1 at Station on the Green. The lead designers, Jennifer Nagai and Madoc Hill, from PFS Studios, described their thinking process, stressing the importance of local history and community needs in the preliminary design of the reimagined space. Sixteen representatives of Creemore community groups including the BIA, Farmers’ Market, Station on the Green, Creemore Horticultural Society, Creemore Legion, Log Cabin and Jail, Purple Hills Arts and History Society, Councillor Thom Paterson, and the Village Green Build Team attended the meeting. Consensus was that the majority of community wishes were well-represented in the design. Everyone in attendance had the opportunity to provide feedback on the design and many offered constructive comments for future design iterations. All community members are invited to attend when PFS designers present two versions of drawings for the Village Green, both reflecting the input from community groups, at a public meeting on Saturday, Aug.10 at 4:00 p.m. at Station on the Green. The Creemore Community Foundation is hosting this meeting to ensure that the public has an opportunity to view the designs and comment on them. Community members who are unable to attend the August 10 meeting will be able to view the designs at www.creemorevillagegreen.com beginning August 11 To ensure all members of the public have an opportunity to comment, the foundation is offering two ways to submit feedback. Comments may be emailed to sass.dempsey@gmail.com or by placing comments in collection boxes at several locations around the (See “Community” on page 5)
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