The Creemore
ECHO
Friday, February 21, 2020 Vol. 20 No. 08 www.creemore.com News and views in and around Creemore
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Back-to-Back Appointments Clinics streamline healthcare system PAGE 3
Youth Centre launches LGBTQ Youth Connection Program
Staff photo: Trina Berlo
Clearview's deputy director of public works Dan Perrault demonstrates how roads can be managed using Municipal 511. because of GPS wayfinding. He is hopeful that the use of software that interfaces with mapping apps like Waze and Google will help travellers
find more appropriate routes. The municipality is a user of Municipal 511, which logs road conditions and (See “Clearview” on page 12)
Ward 1 councillor prepares to be sworn in by Trina Berlo Phyllis Dineen will replace the late Ed Christie as Clearview Township’s council representative for Ward 1. Christie died suddenly of acute leukemia one year into his first term on council. Dineen will be sworn in at the March 2 council meeting. “He made an indelible mark in the year he was there and I am just going to do my best to continue on,” she said. The long-time Nottawa resident made her first run for council in 2018, and came in second to Christie. She was nominated as his replacement by Councillor Doug McKechnie at the Jan. 27 meeting. She said the way she got the job
is tough so she has a of municipal government, somewhat reserved feeling but acknowledges there is of excitement. much to learn. “I am a little less She is retired from a 22idealistic,” said Dineen of year career at Collingwood how she is approaching General and Marine Hospital, the role one year after the where she worked in many campaign period. “I’ve clerical roles. thought about it a lot more Dineen enjoys spending since and I still have no time with her two real aspirations, I am just grandchildren, John and looking forward to being Phyllis Dineen Emma, who are thirdpart of the New Official Plan g en erat i o n s t u d e n t s a t planning process and looking forward Nottawa Central Public School. She to making informed decisions for the and husband Kevan raised their two benefit of my ward and the whole of sons, Dan and David, in Nottawa. Clearview.” Her mother Barbara Ryerse still Dineen has been attending meetings lives in the family home and all but to familiarize herself with the process one of her five siblings still live locally.
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GPS directing drivers onto rural roads by Trina Berlo With the advent of GPS navigation, drivers are being directed onto municipal roads that may not be designed to accommodate the volume or speed of traffic so a ‘workaround’ is being explored until a more permanent solution is found. Deputy director of public works Dan Perrault said it is known that there is a significant amount of traffic coming through Clearview on the way to other destinations, like Wasaga Beach and Blue Mountains. The municipality is just now getting a handle on exactly how much traffic is on specific roads. Existing radar signs, with more on order, are providing a baseline measurement of traffic volume and speed so that staff will be able to say if indeed certain roads are problematic. There are examples though of people trying to take rural roads that are not ploughed in the winter, and Perrault has heard from residents that traffic is becoming an issue on Concession 10 North Nottawasaga, near Duntroon,
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The Clearview Youth Centre is partnering with the Gilbert Centre to offer a new LGBTQ Youth Connection Program. The Gilbert Centre provides social and support services to individuals and families from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) communities of Simcoe Muskoka. It also works to empower, promote health, and celebrate the lives of people living with and affected by HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI). The LGBTQ Youth Connection is a drop-in social space for all Queer and Trans identified youth. The twospirit community is always welcome as well. The goal of this group is to provide a relaxed place to get together and access resources and support on LGBTQ topics/issues, and most importantly for LGBTQ and questioning youth to connect. The LGBTQ Youth Connection is held on the second and fourth Monday of each month, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. In addition to this drop-in, the group holds special events for youth, such as picnics and movie nights, education presentations and guest speaker events, discussion groups about coping strategies, mental health, etc. The program is open to LGBTQ+ and questioning youth in Simcoe Muskoka between the ages of 12 and 20. The group will be guided by the interests and imaginations of the youth involved and is facilitated by supportive adults. Eventually, youth will be trained to facilitate the group themselves. Registration is not required. The Clearview Youth Centre, is located at 7458 Highway 26, in Stayner.
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