Inside the Echo
The Creemore
ECHO
Friday, May 29, 2009
Vol. 09 No. 22
First Friday
Ride for Dad
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Reapproaching spirituality in Dunedin.
News and views in and around Creemore
800 bikes at the Legion.
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A WET NIGHT AT COUNCIL Flooding issues throughout Township dominate agenda by Brad Holden Clearview Township will investigate its options for helping residents of three areas of the Township deal with what an expert called “an awful lot of water” at Monday night’s meeting. John Easton, a hydrogeologist from Golder Associates, was talking about Michael Street and 9/10 Sideroad (both off the Clearview/Adjala-Tosorontio Townline) in Sunnidale and the Village by the Park (formerly Quanbury) subdivision in Creemore. A standingroom-only crowd of residents from those areas backed him up, speaking of
a horrible winter and spring of pumping, damming and in some cases on Michael Street jackhammering the floors of basements that had been dry for four years to create trenches for the sudden deluge of water. Easton had been hired by the Township to give a short lesson on ground and surface water dynamics, and at times the three-hour portion of Monday night’s meeting devoted to the issue felt like a university science class. While the Quanbury site has been wet for several years (and is the subject of at least one ongoing litigation), the two Sunnidale sites had been dry until late in 2008. That corresponded with (See “Water” on page 7)
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THE WAIT IS OVER! After a winter of discontent over potholes and mud, merchants on Mill Street were happy to see the road paved a week ahead of schedule last Friday. Sidewalk pavers in most areas were replaced this week; expect to see trees making their reappearance next week.
ECHO Briefs Celebrate Trails Day
These guys want your art T h e S t a t i o n o n t h e G r e e n ’s fundraising Art Auction is fast approaching and organizers Rowlie Fleming and Paul Ruppel, when not squeezing into their old tuxes and posing as auctioneer’s assistants, are busy with Paul Bridgman gathering as much art and other fantastical items as possible to put on the block. The event will take place on Saturday,
June 13 and proceeds will benefit the Station and the Mad & Noisy Gallery. For $25, guests will enjoy a martini bar and great appetizers while auctioneer John Simpson runs the show. The focus right now is to collect as many money-fetching items as possible. If you have some art or something interesting to donate, contact Paul at 466-3636 or Rowlie at 466-3021.
Hewitt Leads Greens
Clearview Township has teamed up with the Town of Collingwood and the Collingwood Trails Advisory Committee to celebrate International Trails Day on Saturday, June 6. This event will feature an organized mountain bike ride at 9 am and an interpretive trail walk at 10:15 am, both leaving from Stayner Collegiate Institute.Runners are also welcome to attend the trail walk/run at 10:15. The event will be held at SCI, rain or shine. For more information, visit www. clearview.ca.
Avening resident Bill Hewitt, having just won the presidency of the Green Party of Ontario, is already gearing up for the next election. “I am hoping to get the Green Party ready to elect MPPs in 2011,” said Hewitt, which has yet to win a seat in the Ontario Legislative Assembly. His new position will allow him to lead in the building of a cooperative, responsible and cohesive organization that he feels will best represent the needs of the voters of Ontario.
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