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BY SARAH MURRELL VOICE Staff Gail Hilyer routinely makes a visit to the mayor’s office to discuss issues dear to her heart, most notably a permanent home for Pelham Cares and help for the disadvantaged in our community.

No longer president of Pelham Cares, Hilyer’s talks with Mayor Dave Augustyn are a demonstration of her continued commitment to this community and dedication to an organization she believes strongly in.

Hilyer’s commitment and dedication were recognized at the Feb. 4 council meeting where Augustyn and Irene Stuiver, representing MP Dean Allison, presented her with a Queen’s Jubilee Medal.

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GAIL HILYER (centre) with Irene Stuiver, representing MP Dean Allison’s office and Mayor Dave Augustyn received a Queen’s Jubilee Medal at council recently.

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“You don’t think this is going to get me to stop do you,” joked Hilyer, indicating to Augustyn she will continue to work for Pelham Cares’ goals.

On a more serious note, Hilyer thanked Agustyn and Stuiver for the recognition.

“None of this would have happened without community,” said Hilyer. “I raised my family here. I retired here. It never changes. This is a very, very caring community.”

“It didn’t happen because of me,” said Hilyer of the changes and growth she oversaw as president of Pelham Cares for a dozen years. “It happened because of everybody.”

In presenting the award,

Augustyn said he was honoured and delighted to congratulate Hilyer and recognize her for the volume and significance of her contributions to Pelham.

“Gail led the charge for so many years to help the less fortunate,” said Augustyn.

Hilyer has also volunteered with St. John Ambulance, is active in her church Kirk-on-theHill, and most recently has taken up the cause of an age-friendly community in Pelham.

Hilyer has been the recipient of the Kinsmen Citizen of the Year award; a Town of Pelham Peer Award; and the Ontario Senior Achievement Award.

Ideas abound on the internet for what to do with Canada’s now obsolete penny.

You can use them to weigh down curtains for an even hang or lay them out on the floor and cover them with high gloss polyurethane to create a unique floor. There’s always good luck from putting pennies over the door or in your penny loafers.

While there may be loads of wonderful, if silly, ideas for using the tiny copper-covered coins,

the penny is still legal tender and can be spent - albeit only 25 at a time.

If you’ve got more pennies than that stored away in a jar, there are some great ways to empty that jar while helping others.

Pelham Cares is accepting pennies from those who have collected them over the years, hoping the insignificant copper will become a significant source of revenue this year.

It was suggested by finance minister Jim Flaherty when the elimination of the penny was See PENNIES/page 6

Site alteration

BY SARAH MURRELL VOICE Staff Pelham’s controversial site alteration bylaw may finally be coming back to council.

The bylaw, considered to help control the amount and type of fill being dumped on Pelham properties, became controversial as residents debated over its necessity and possible overreaching powers to control landowners’ rights.

Several months ago councillors, in an attempt to define the issue and narrow the scope of the bylaw, conducted a “how might we?” session, using new problem solving methods learned by

town staff. Councillors created a list of “facts’ about the issue, narrowed them down tot he most important, then created a list of possible solutions for those issues by asking the question “how might we?”.

From that exercise it became clear the issue is environmental protection, ensuring any material dumped is clean and that natural waterways remain unchanged.

Since then staff have been working on a rewrite of the original site alteration bylaw draft, and have renamed it the Environmental Protection Bylaw. The new draft should be presented to councillors on Feb. 19 at the next Priorities and Policies meeting.

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Region seeking input on homelessness in Niagara Niagara Region has launched an online survey asking residents for their views and ideas on how to best increase access to adequate, suitable and affordable housing.

The public input will be used to develop a 10-year housing and homelessness action plan for

Niagara.

“The survey will help ensure the action plan reflects the needs, perspectives and priorities of the community,” said Katherine Chislett, Commissioner of Community Services. “We want to hear from as many people as

possible in order to identify the community’s current and future housing needs, establish realistic and measurable goals, and the actions needed to meet those goals.”

The survey is part of a broader public consultation, which to

date has included two community forums and meetings with a variety of groups and organizations.

The survey is located at www. niagararegion.ca/HHAP A series of townhall meetings is also scheduled to give residents an opportunity to learn more

about Niagara’s housing and homelessness issues and to provide input into the action plan’s development. In Welland the meeting will be held Tuesday, Feb. 26, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at City Hall, 60 East Main St. The Housing and Homelessness

Action Plan will outline strategies to coordinate housing and homelessness services and supports to help families and individuals find and keep a suitable home. It will cover the full range of circumstances from homelessness to affordable homeownership.

Hospital foundation accepting scholarship applications Welland Hospital Foundation is accepting applications for The Niagara Health System - Welland Hospital Site Tuition Scholarship, Dr. Ken Hope Memorial Book Award and the Dr. Laszlo Kuharik Memorial Scholarship.

The Niagara Health System- Welland Hospital Site Tuition Scholarship is available to students graduating from high school and entering a healthcare program at a

college or university. They receive $1,000 per year for up to four years.

The scholarship was established by the Welland County General Hospital Board of Trustees in 1994.

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Peace park concerts not the first in town When I reflect on the last century it seems that all the interesting stories in Pelham centre around the Fenwick, Ridgeville, Fonthill area.

Ridgeville band had been entertaining the citizens every Saturday night in the summer months for a good many years.

My introduction to it in the early 1930s was through my boyfriend who played French horn in the band and thought I might like to see how things work in a band.

He invited me to go along with him to band practice one night.

Practice was held in an old shed or barn on the northeast corner of the intersection of Canboro Road and Effingham Streets. Col. Phillips was the band master and I was very surprised to find that the membership of the band held some young ladies: Dora and Madeline Hicks, Marjorie Meter of Fenwick and Annie Farr of Ridgeville. When the practice was over I found myself going home with an E-flat clarinet under my

arm. Col. Phillips urged me to join and said that Percy Beckett, a local music teacher would be happy to teach me how to play this instrument. I was happy. So happy that I practiced every day soon to find out that one’s lower lip could only stand so much pressure before it rebels and swells up to twice its normal size.

My horrible squawking practice times were abandoned for a couple of weeks and my family was thankful for the break.

By now Col. Phillips had retired from the band and Percy Beckett, my teacher had taken his place as leader. Percy was a good band master and his musicians often got a laugh from one of Percy’s pet phrases which he used when trying to implant some simple rule of mucic. He would look at his band members, and utter his pet phrase: “You have to understand the fundamentals!”.

Saturday nights in Ridgeville were a great night for the Pelham natives, in that they came out

full force to the band concerts which were executed by their own Ridgeville band, in their own uniforms, in their own bandstand.

I am sure that many a romance has blossomed in Ridgeville because of the band.

In my time with the band it changed locations a few times.

It was at or near the practice area when I first joined but then moved across Effingham Street to take a place in the middle of the lawn of the home owned by Mr. Herbert a very generous music lover. He didn’t mind his lawn being torn up and was happy to have a front seat on his verandah for the concerts. After some time the stand was moved further west up the Canboro Road to a piece of land next door to a home owned

by Court Hast. And the band played on.

People attended the show, made a visit to Burton McClellan’s general store to get ice cream cones, sat in their cars or on the grass and listened to the music or

walked around visiting. It was a great country night out.

Some years later when the band was no more because of lack of funds in the hard times in the 1930s, the band stand disappeared for some time. People wondered where it was. No one seemed to know. It was still around but no one recognized it. Then a couple, Walt and Irma Ashton, purchased and moved the stand to a place on the north side of Canboro Road at the beginning of “Limburger Hill” between Fonthill and Ridgeville.

They built a house around the old bandstand and also erected a couple more buildings, a hot dog stand and a dance floor. So the old bandstand was not destroyed.

It simply changed its face.

It can still be seen but one would never recognize it as ever having been a bandstand. These Saturday night band concerts were something that those of us who participated in will never forget.

On a Saturday night the music could be heard for miles around

the countryside. At one point a dance floor was erected on the ground beside the bandstand for those who felt the urge to dance and celebrate. It was well used mostly by the younger generation of the community.

This will be my last column for The Voice. I hope you have enjoyed going back to relive the way things used to be. Let me know, dottie@computan.com.

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A collision of rights and obligations Seven billion people have to share this wonderful planet and we all insist on our “rights”. Here in the west we have the “right” to a comfortable home surrounded by bushes, trees and pretty flowers while others have the right to have absolutely nothing.

They live in squatter shacks and collect food from garbage dumps or they live in ever increasing drought regions and are forced to move to refugee camps because their plot of land hasn’t had a drop of rain for several seasons.

“That’s just too bad, there’s nothing I can do about it,” we would say.

Hold on. Couldn’t it possibly be the case that the many decades of unbridled overconsumption, denuding millions of acres of forest, release of trillions of tons of carbons, sulfurs, etc., and dumping huge amounts of toxins into the soil and water has had an impact on the plant and the living standard of people?

“Yeah, maybe. But preventing homeowners to cut trees unnecessarily, prevent us from adding and removing fill or

installing a few wind turbines in West Lincoln is not going to make a big dent.”

That’s true. But if every municipality would begin to think about the global picture and implement environmental improvements and by doing so teach residents to reduce their carbon footprint and we would all act upon it, we could slowly

reverse the man-made climate change.

Let’s concentrate on our obligations for a change rather than thinking only about our rights.

Feedback is welcome at ehueniken@yahoo.com Erdwin Huenikin Fenwick

Congratulations to town Congratulations Pelham on winning the Aviva fund grant for the future Riehl Skate Park!

To Mariah Bunz, Nick Loscavo, Reese Ashbee, and all the volunteers that worked hard to achieve this dream; way to go! Your success shows the youth of today that they can champion change for the future if they believe in

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To the Town of Pelham; please don’t waste the money on expensive studies.

To the parents of the kids that will use this facility for years to come; please demand your child wear a helmet. Skating/biking in a concrete

structure can have disastrous consequences. Let the new Riehl Skate Park be a place of challenge and enjoyment, not tragedy.

Now if we could only get a second rink in Pelham.

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Pelham’s 2013 operating budget and its impact on residents

BY DAVE AUGUSTYN Mayor of Pelham We officially approved our 2013 Operating Budget during our Town Council meeting last Monday.

While Council gave direction to ensure minimal impact on you and other property taxpayers last fall, we also approved ways to increase the town’s level of service. For instance, Council asked staff to become more customer-friendly, to start clearing snow from all Town

sidewalks (for next winter), to emphasis recreation, culture, and wellness, and to continue to improve the image of the town. At the same time, we also directed staff to ensure we continued to improve the town’s infrastructure and facilities.

These decisions mean budget changes. For example, continuing to improve infrastructure added $161,000 to the budget.

Significant organization changes – five job reclassifications including establishing a Director of Recreation, Culture & Wellness, turning two contract positions to

permanent, removing a number of part-time positions, and adding a Marketing & Communications Officer – added $3,000 to the budget. Creatively revamping snow-clearing and beginning to clear all town sidewalks (effective November 1, 2013) added only $7,000 to the budget.

Uncontrollable, wage-related increases – benefits, CPP, EI – added $56,000 to the budget.

As a result of these and other initiatives, the Treasurer recommended a net budget increase of $399,542 (on a $9.5 million net budget) or

4.39% BEFORE adjusting for real assessment growth. Real assessment growth in 2012 – from new businesses, new homes, or improvements to existing properties – was $133,587 or 1.47%. (This growth has nothing to do with MPAC’s changes in market value assessment of existing properties.)

Once growth is removed, the net effect on the tax levy will be $265,955 or an increase of 2.92% on the Town of Pelham portion of your 2013 property tax bill.

What does that mean for your pocket book, you ask?

Well, the average residential property value for 2013 is expected to be $291,556. If your home and property were assessed at that value, you would be paying an additional $45.91 or a total of $1,335 for the Pelham portion of the municipal services on your property tax bill.

To put the 2013 Operating Budget into perspective – from what we are hearing and reading in the media from across Niagara – Pelham will likely be the lowest or among the lowest increases again this year.

I will write more about your

total property tax impact after Regional Council approves the 2013 rates and ratios later this spring.

For more information about our 2013 Operating Budget, please check out “Budget & Financial Reports” under “Information for Residents” on the town’s website at www.pelham.ca.

You may contact Mayor Dave at mayordave@pelham.ca or read past columns at www. pelhammayordave.blogspot. com.

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February 10th – Penny Drive begins: Give us your two cents! Drop your pennies off in the water jug we will have in the church atrium from Feb 10th to March 24th to have them donated to the Riehl Skate Park Lenten Project.

February 17th – Babysitting Party: Take advantage of this chance for a late Valentine’s Day date! Bring your children to the church for an afternoon of movies, crafts and a kid-friendly lunch while you enjoy some time to yourself. Drop off time will be 12 noon with pick up at 3pm in the Sunday School room.

Donations greatly appreciated.

February 24th – Spelling Bee: Get together a team of up to four people and join us at 12 noon in the church hall for a fun and friendly spelling bee. Teams are asked to make a $10 donation to play and there will be a prize for the winners.

March 3rd – Cake Walk: Join us in the church hall at 12 noon for a chance to play this delicious spinoff of musical chairs. Walk the track until the music stops and if the number you’re standing on matches the one pulled out of the hat you win a cake! For just 25¢ a round you can have a shot at winning a tasty, homemade cake and it will taste even better knowing the money is going to such a great cause!

March 10th – Candy Kabobs: We will be selling candy kabobs in the church hall starting at 12 noon. Perfect for kids of all ages and can be purchased at a price of 1 for $2 or 3 for $5.

March 17th – Trash-a-thon: We will be collecting “pledges per bag”, make a pledge with us in person at church/during one of our previous events or by email at laura.maclean@live.ca and on March 17th we will be out on Church Street collecting garbage. The more bags of garbage we collect, the more pledges we collect!

March 24th – Window Wash: Would you like to come out of church to clean car windows? We will have a table set out in the church atrium prior to church (service begins at 11am) where you can leave us a donation and your license plate number to have your windows washed while you’re enjoying the sermon!

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announced that the jar of pennies sitting in your closet is adding nothing to the economy now, and isn’t really an asset for you, so you might as well make a donation of it, since it won’t be missed anyway.

Pelham Cares, and other charities, have taken up Flaherty’s suggestion and are accepting donations of pennies that can be cashed in at the bank.

Betty Brown, Client Services Coordinator for Pelham Cares, says the organization has already rolled more than $285 worth of pennies, and the bucket is full

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“We could get $1,000,” says Brown of the pennies fundraiser, noting a handful of pennies, worthless to many now, can add up for charities.

In Pelham, you can drop your pennies at Sobeys or directly at Pelham Cares, Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to noon. Brown says you can also call Pelham Cares, at 905-8925300, and someone will pick your pennies up.

The banks have not offered a timeline yet for returning pennies, although all pennies deposited at the bank must be rolled.

AUDRA Braun recently volunteered to roll hundreds of pennies for Pelham Cares. The local non-profit is encouraging penny-savers to donate their pennies as the copper coin has been eliminated from Canada’s currency roster.

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First hair cut in three years helps children who need wigs

BY SARAH MURRELL Voice Staff The last time Mary Crysler had a haircut was three years ago. The clipping wasn’t just a whim or change in hairstyle - it was part of a plan that culminated Saturday afternoon with another hair cut.

Crysler’s hair cut three years ago was to give her hair a fresh start, free of any hair dyes or treatments, so she could grow it long enough to donate a pony tail to Angel Hair for Kids.

The 22-year-old explained hairdressers have always told her she has nice, thick hair so she decided to grow it out and donate it for children whose hair has fallen out due to cancer treatments.

She has also been told that it usually takes two ponytails to

make one child’s wig, but her hair is so thick a single ponytail would be enough for one wig.

“It’s something I always wanted to do,” she says.

Crysler, however, did more than cut her hair. The Fonthill Sobeys employee asked her boss, Ron Kore, if she could raise money at the store. He said “absolutely”, encouraged his employees to wear pink on Saturday and made a donation to the cause.

Crysler explained her goal was to raise $1,000 cash to send to Angel Hair for Kids along with her hair, noting it costs between $800 and $1,000 to make one wig.

Small change boxes at the cash registers leading up to Saturday’s big fundraiser had already netted Crysler her goal, and she said donations on Saturday had been very strong. In total she raised

$2,135.

“I’m very, very happy,” she said. “I want to thank everyone for their support. It’s pretty overwhelming.”

Crysler specifically thanked Kore for hosting the fundraiser, and supporting her all the way; all the staff at Fonthill Sobeys for their help and support; and Cyndie Buri of Electric Beach for cutting her hair.

Crysler was at the Fonthill Sobeys on Saturday, Feb. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. when she headed out to get her hair cut, to her jawline.

Before the cut, Crysler said she was excited to get her locks cut off, saying the weight was starting to cause her headaches. She admitted to being a bit nervous at going short, since she’s always worn her hair long.

MARY Crysler (centre), with support from close friends Greg Krysa and Danielle Walker, was raising funds at Sobeys on Saturday before getting her hair cut for charity.

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Library needs assessment begins to “re-image” libraries

BY SARAH MURRELL Voice Staff The “re-imaging” of Pelham’s Public Library system will be evidence-based without any preconceived notions on what the library should, or shouldn’t be.

According to Todd MacDonald, president of Performance Concepts, the evidence that his firm’s recommendations will be based on include facts and third party “number crunching” as well as a needs assessment now and for the future and public input.

“Our firm specializes in this type of work,” MacDonald told council Jan. 21, adding he’s confident his team will be hitting the ground running with a lot of knowledge and lots of questions.

Performance Concepts won the bid to perform a library needs

assessment for Pelham’s Public Library, including both the Fonthill and Maple Acre branches.

MacDonald says he is leading the team personally on this project and the team will include Performance Concept’s library consulting team, coming from the west coast to do specific work on the project. He

added the team will be looking at physical structure and the mix of programming at both branches, explaining it is important input for both the analysis, as well as a series of recommendations.

There will be a clear set of recommendations from the team when the assessment is complete

he said, which will highlight what “our team thinks that path looks like going forward.”

The assessment will be completed in three phases, a look at each branch separately and then a look at the entire system using information from the first

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To get that input two public workshops have been scheduled.

The first was on Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. at Fire Station #2 in Fenwick.

The second will be on March 26, at 6:30 p.m., at Fire Station #1 in Fonthill.

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Fonthill Singerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corners WI celebrating 100th anniversary Spring will soon be here, and Fonthill-Singerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corners Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Institute members are looking forward eagerly to celebrating the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100th Anniversary.

A Victorian Tea will be held on Saturday, April 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Fonthill Legion. Tickets are $6,. available from members or at the door. There will be prizes for the prettiest, funniest and zaniest hat, so dig out your prized accessory from years ago or craft a new one to wear to this festive occasion.

Past President Betty Ralph spoke on concerns surrounding â&#x20AC;&#x153;frackingâ&#x20AC;? to release natural gas from shale layers deep in the earth. Millions of gallons of water are required to be forced into the shafts, then pumped out, with its burden of chemicals, to be disposed of somehow. It was hoped pressure could be brought to bear on MPs to keep the safety of the environment on the forefront when fracking is proposed.

Sophie Paroschy was congratulated on winning two

awards at the Niagara Regional Exhibition, one for the Home Division and one for the Fruit and Vegetable Division.

To commemorate the demise of the penny, each member was given ten pennies to see what could be done with them by the March meeting. It was also suggested if members have no plans for jars of pennies theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve saved, they could be donated to the Branch.

Marion Egerter presented an interesting program on agriculture. She noted vegetable

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matter from green bins can be worked into the land in place of manure, which is becoming scarcer due to the falling numbers in the national cow herd. Using compostables this way is cheaper than having it sorted at a central facility.

It was discovered that certain seed treatment chemicals play a part in recent honey bee die-offs, as well as mites and extremes in weather, all of which cost beekeepers millions of dollars.

Non-perishable food items were collected to be delivered to Hope

House in Welland.

The next meeting will be on March 6 at 1:30 p.m. at the home

of Diana Knight in Fonthill, when it will be a time for fun and games.

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Community Events ONGOING • To March 24th Penny Drive, Fenwick United Church, 1050 Chruch Street, Fenwick.Drop your pennies off in the water jug in the church atrium to have them donated to the Riehl Skate Park Lenten Project.

• Mondays at 7 p.m.

Sing Niagara Women’s A Cappella Chorus at Paroisse Immaculee Conception Church, 99 Garner St, St. Catharines.

Call 905-892-1640 or visit www.singniagara.com.

• Tuesday 7:00 pm Bingo Night at St. Ann’s Church, 834 Canboro Rd, Fenwick Wheelchair accessible.

• Tuesdays 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

SPAN (Single Professional Association of Niagara) is a social club since 1982 for mature singles who meet and mingle at BaileyObrady’s,111 Hwy 20, Fonthill, every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Offers members a monthly calendar of social activities.

Further information, call Lynie @905-788-0359 • Tuesdays 7:30 p.m. A Cappella Niagara Men’s Chorus Meets at St. John Ambulance, 5734 Glenholme Ave., Niagara Falls. Info: Bob 892-2336 • Alternate Wednesdays.

1:00-3:00 pm.

Drop-in Bridge at Pelham Library.

Ask for Schedule at front desk.

• Wednesdays - 1st & 3rd of the each month, at 2 p.m. Pelham Community Church Worship Service, 461 Canboro Rd, Fenwick.

• Thursdays, 6-8pm Free Art2 Workshops, Teens and Adults welcome to drop in.

The Happy Place Studio, 1433 Pelham St. Fonthill.

• Fridays 11:30am 1:00pm Legion Lunch • Fridays 1:00-3:00pm.

Knit Wits - Knitting Club.

Work on your present project while spending time with other knitters. All levels are welcome. Crocheters welcome. Knitting tips will be shared at each session.

Begins Jan. 4. $2.00

includes refreshments.

Drop in at the Fonthill Library.

• Fridays at 7:30 p.m.

Euchre at North Pelham Youth Hall, 1718 Maple St. $3 admission. Call Rose for info: 905-892-3408.

• Fridays from 1:00 to 3:00 Knit Wits at Fonthill Library for knitters and crocheters. Drop in. $4 includes refreshments, • Saturdays, 2 to 4:30 p.m. Bingo at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 613 Fonthill, 141 Regional Road 20.

• Ontario Senior Games Association (OSGA) for fellowship, friendly competition and a more active lifestyle. Info www. ontarioseniorgames.ca • Meals on Wheels.

Available for Seniors and Adults with Disabilites in Pelham. Hot or Frozen Meal options, delivered Monday to Friday. Volunteers also needed. Contact Melissa 905-788-3181 ext. 25.

• Interested in singing with the Robert Wood Singers? Please contact Barb Snopek at 905-7356425 or at joe.snopek020@ sympatico.ca to arrange details.

•Volunteers Needed in Fonthill, Fenwick, Ridgeville for the Meals on Wheels program, Friendly Visiting program and also requires volunteer drivers to take seniors to appointments.

Offer flexible hours and mileage reimbursement.

Call Laura Dumas at 905788-3181 ext. 27 or email ldumas@csn.on.ca.

UPCOMING Thursday, February 14 • 7:00-9:00pm. “The Great Adventure: Journey through the Bible” 24 session course starts. St. Alexander Church, Fonthill Friday, February 15 • 11:30am - 1:00pm Legion Lunch Sunday, February 17th • 11:30-1:30 Soup & Bread Lunch, Fenwick Lions’ Club, 999 Church

St, Fenwick. Homemade soups, variety of breads, Dessert, Coffee/Tea/Juice. $7 • Babysitting Party: Fenwick United Church Fundraiser for Riehl Skate Park, 1050 Chruch Street, Fenwick. Take advantage of this chance for a late Valentine’s Day date!

Bring your children to the church for an afternoon of movies, crafts and a kid-friendly lunch while you enjoy some time to yourself. Drop off time will be 12 noon with pick up at 3pm in the Sunday School room. Donations greatly appreciated.

Wednesday, Feb. 20 • 7:00pm Community Roundtable regarding VIA RAIL Service Cuts.

Please join Malcolm Allen (MP Welland) to discuss the reduction in VIA RAIL Service and its impact on the community. Community Room, Welland Civic Square (60 East Main Street, Welland, Ontario).

• 7:30pm Meeting, (6:30 Social hour) Niagara Heritage Quilters.

Featuring Helen Fujiki’s Japanese inspired quilts.

Merritton Community Center, 7 Park Ave, St. Catharines.

• 7:00pm The Canadian Federation of University Women Meeting, Ellie Cholette will speak about Colonel Rose’s home in Welland. Plymouth Cordage Retirement Residence , 110 Plymouth Rd. Welland. We welcome all women.

Friday, February 22 • 11:30am - 1:00pm Legion Lunch Saturday, February 23 • 1:00-2:30 Geocaching 101. An environmentally friendly outdoor recreational activity for families or individuals alike. Adults: $3.00.

Children and teens: $1.00.

Please register ahead.

Classes Adult pottery classes.

Six week sessions, Tuesdays or Wednesdays, from 10 am until 12 noon. New classes begin Feb. 26 and Feb. 27. Contact Monique, 905-892-9990, www. mmwpottery.com

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My sincere thanks to relatives and friends who attended my 80th birthday Open House.

Everyone’s cards, gifts and best wishes were very much appreciated.

My special thanks go to my daughters for making this a special day.

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Applicant must be able to work as part of a team and possess good organizational skills. Must be willing to work longer hours during spring shipping season.

Wages too commensurate with experience. Resumes can be dropped off Mon. to Thurs. 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. or Friday 8:00a.m.-12:00:

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Phone 905-892-0206 for info. Open House Sunday February 17th 2:00 - 4:00 pm

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Willowbrook Nurseries Inc. Attn: Jane Broere 935 Victoria Avenue, RR#4 Fenwick, ON L0S 1C0

No phone calls please. (We thank you for your application, however only those considered will be notified).

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Wholesale nursery growing perennials, vines, flowering shrubs, evergreens and trees seeking individuals who desire a career in horticulture. We have employment opportunities for those skilled in the growing, management, and shipping of nursery stock. Extensive training provided if required. Reply in confidence to:

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Wheat straw for sale. small bales.

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Portable sawmill service.

I will come to your home or farm and custom mill your logs. Firewood & lumber also available. Call Rob Patterson, 905-401-4948, Email: riverwood@primus. ca

Truck Driver Local nursery requires truck driver with DZ License. AZ license would be an asset. Position is seasonal. Deliveries are within Ontario, Quebec, and occasional runs to Michigan and Western New York. Must have clean abstract, professional appearance and be customer friendly. Rates are hourly and competitive. Resumes, together with abstract can be dropped off between the hours of 8:00a.m-4:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs. or 8:00a.m.12:00 Fri. at:

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Willowbrook Nurseries Inc. Attn: Jane Broere 935 Victoria Avenue Fenwick, ON L0S 1C0 Shop/Maintenance Wholesale nursery, greenhouse operation has a position open in their shop and maintenance department.

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Victory train keeps on rolling for Pelham Peewee Panthers The Victory Train has just kept on rolling for the Baron Roofing Pelham Peewee Panthers who have been undefeated since late November 2012.

On Jan. 19 the train rolled through Welland with a 7-4 victory.

Team captain Matthew Vandenhaak and assistant captain Zachary Pasma led the scoring with two goals each with assists by Lukas White, Connor Adams, Jacob Gula and Ryan Rhora. Lukas White and Rowan McLellan added singles while winger Jared Sloan had a goal and five assists.

Next stop was Thorold for a 3-1 win over the Blackhawks. Pelham goals were scored by Gula, McLellan and Vandenhaak.

Next it was “All aboard” for Port Colborne where Vandenhaak

‘engineered’ the early lead with two goals assisted by defenseman Mitchell Karnay and assistant captain Mitchell Waldt. With 40 seconds left to play in the first period McLellan scored with assists by Gula and Sloan. Sloan followed up with a goal of his own in the third period with assists by Rhora and Vandenhaak. In the dying seconds of the game Rhora found the net with help by Adams and Vandenhaak.

This Panther express train continued with stops in Niagara-on-theLake where the team enjoyed a 4-1 finish and then rolled over Wainfleet for a commanding 10-0 win.

The final stop for the regular season was on Feb.9 at the Merriton arena where the Panthers squared off against local rival Black Panthers.

Once again the Baron Roofing Panthers ‘conducted’ a convincing 5-1

victory with impressive goaltending by Brock Pellow combined with goals by Sloan, Vandenhaak, Pasma, McLellan and defenseman Denver Parent. Assists were provided by Waldt, Vandenhaak and Tyler Scott.

Throughout this incredible winning streak, the competence of the defense and the superb play of goalies Brock Pellow and Tyler Scott have stonewalled the opposition leaving them with that ‘hit by a train’ feeling.

The team finished third place out of 16 teams in the NDLL Peewee BC division.

“The team is truly a ‘team’ and we’re very impressed with the leadership of our players,” said head coach Steve Scott.

Mossimo’s closes season with series of tough match ups The Mossimo’s Peewee Black Panthers are closing out their regular season with a series of tough match-ups. The Panthers first faced the Thorold Community Credit Union Blackhawks who sat just behind them in the league standings. Jeremy Pollard, fresh off the IR list, played a little tic-tac-toe with Braeden Prout on his way to netting the first goal of the game.

Pollard struck again early in the 2nd period going top shelf from Noah Wouthuis & Dan Durkin. Later that period, Noah Wouthuis grinded it

out in front of the net to score from Dean Coates. Also back from injury, Nick Chambers streaked up and down the ice all game, and goalie Nick Yioldassis had lots of opportunities to show his prowess between the pipes in the 3-0 shut-out.

The next day, the Black Panthers were off to Dunnville to face Dunnville #2, a tough opponent who had bested the Panthers earlier this season. Jeremy Pollard’s stick was still hot as he made the most of a nice passing play from Braeden Prout & Ethan Guitard. Dunnville

Pelham Tennis award recipients The Pelham Tennis Association held its Annual General Meeting at the Fenwick Lions’ Hall at the end of the season. President Yann Marais started off the evening with thanking: the Fenwick Lions for their continued support, the Executive for all their hard work and input thoroughout the year, and the Town for their support and cooperation.

He also welcomed and thanked our new Club Pros Emma Roberts and Evan Roberts who took charge of the 2012 junior program in June. They conducted a great program and are looking forward to an early start to the 2013 season.

Yann reports that our juniors are in good standing at the high school level. The courts were busy during the 2012 season. With all that wear and tear the executive are looking at the 2014 season to re-surface the courts. The 2013 season will see another members’ barbeque and play.

Emma and Evan will be back as the club pros. Lion Robert Henson presented the club with a cheque and assisted Evan in handing out the Junior medals.

The medals were awarded to the juniors in recognition of their hard work, dedication, and being good role models for other students.

tied it up, but Braeden Prout put the Panthers ahead again with a nice feed from Noah Wouthuis & Tristan Barnhart. A 3rd period goal by Dunnville ended the game in a tie. The team’s defensive squad, Hayden Stewart, Zach Baltrusianus, Dan Durkin, Ethan Guitard & goalie Nick Yioldassis, were solid in keeping the pressure on in their zone in the competitive game.

U10 boys split Pelham Basketball’s U10 Boys played the Hamilton Wildcats last week in Ancaster.

The Panthers played a great defensive game and the teams were a close match.

After losing this game with a score of 22-28, the Panthers took a win against SC Storm, with a score of 22-12.

The boys really showed their skills with great rebounding by Matthew Zoretich, and strong

defensive action by Connor Schuman. Scorers were Isaiah Pilkington, Thomas Vaillancourt, TJ Hurley, Zion Pilkington, Adam Kleinsmith, Edson Sanecki, and Quinn Bendlis. Outstanding foul shooting by TJ Hurley, who managed to sink seven foul shot baskets.

The Panthers head to a tournament in Stoney Creek next weekend.

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Junior medal recipients at the Pelham Tennis Association Annual General Meeting received awards for their hard work, dedication and for being good role models for other students.

Recipents were: Yann Marais, President of the Pelham Tennis Association (back, left), Caitlyn Glasser, Mackenzie Glenney, Lion Robert Henson, Evan Roberts ,Club Pro, Ian Safranyos (front, left), Ian Mcqueen, Karly Higgins, Matthew Vandenhaak, Absent: Lisa Gearing, Danny Gearing, Matteya Moccia & Head Pro Emma Roberts [who is attending university]. /Special to the Voice

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