The Creemore
ECHO
Friday, June 17, 2022 Vol. 22
No. 24
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Songs, stories and sips at Summer Solstice by Trina Berlo After a long hiatus, the Creemore business community is hosting two events to bring the community back together and welcome visitors. Creemore BIA is having a Summer Solstice celebration on Friday, June 24 and an Autumn Equinox on Saturday, Sept. 17. This month’s event will celebrate the start of summer and draws inspiration from the Solstice with its imagery of fire, flowers, agriculture and the changing seasons, incorporating those elements in the themes and décor. Event co-chair and BIA president Laurie Severn said the BIA had planned to resume Creemore Nights but was unsuccessful in its application for the funding necessary to bring in the entertainment. “We’re hoping that perhaps in 2023 we’ll be able to secure funding and we can bring Creemore Nights back,” said Severn. In the same spirit of the popular Friday night community street parties,
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Emily Ekelund, Esther Wade and Chance Kellner make up Mourning Doves, part of the entertainment line-up at the Summer Solstice event presented by Creemore BIA. the BIA has put together these two events. Severn said organizers are trying something a little different by having seating circles around small fires at different spots on the street,
where there will be entertainment in the form of song and storytelling. Guests include Adam Webster with his parents Fran and Annalee (See “Entertainers” on page 6)
Bronée runs for deputy mayor by Trina Berlo Former New Lowell council member Deborah Bronée has filed to run for deputy mayor in Clearview Township in the fall municipal election. Bronée told The Echo that as of June 30 she will have officially retired from her job at the County of Simcoe allowing her to take on the role, which includes a seat on county council if she is successful in the election. She says she has been active in the community since losing the election for her ward seat to John Lamers, who said he will not seek re-election. He told The Echo he has enjoyed his term on council and working with residents but he is retiring and has plans to move up north. Deputy Mayor Barry Burton has also indicated he would not seek re-election.
Bronée served on council from 2010-2018 as representative for the New Lowell ward, where she has lived most of her life. She is a long-time volunteer with Sunnidale Winterama, the Cybergnomes, and is a longtime member and current chair of Clearview’s Accessibility Advisory Committee. “I still think I have more to offer to the community and I wanted to take a broader approach on council and I think as deputy mayor that’s the place to be,” said Bronée. Having worked in social services, Bronée said she has an interest in seeing how some of the county housing projects will come together. “As a councillor I can see how much is driven by the developers… We’re driving young people out who have
Deborah Bronée lived here all their lives because they can’t find any place to live. It’s really hard,” she said. “You need a mix in (See “Nominations” on page 5)
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