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Larry Clark leaves town council BY WAYNE CAMPBELL
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Ward 1 Coun. Larry Clark resigned from Pelham town council Monday. The first-term councillor handed in his letter of resignation, effective Tuesday, saying he was relocating to British Columbia. The B.C. native said he had the opportunity to move his construction business to Kelowna. Clark grew up in Saanich on Vancouver Island. Council received the letter with regret, Mayor Dave Augustyn said. He called Clark a good councillor who brought forward the concerns of his constituents and pressed until the issues were resolved. “He was a voice of common sense,” the mayor said. Clark said he chose to step down now so anyone who replaced him would have input on the 2014 town budget, which councillors are preparing. It would also clear the way for the 2014 municipal election next fall.
“The last three years have been very interesting for me,” Clark said. “I have a much greater appreciation of politicians now.” He called Pelham town council a strong team. He plans to leave Pelham in February but has sold his house and bought one in Kelowna. The owner of Clark Construction, he will move his company to Kelowna. Clark has lived in Pelham since 1984 and his family grew up in the town. His construction company has built about 100 homes in Niagara including 70 in Pelham. For five years he coached minor hockey teams and served on the Pelham Business Association as president. He said he enjoyed living in Pelham but this was a chance to fulfill a dream. Clark is the second Ward 1 councillor to resign this term of council. Debbie Urbanowicz left in early 2011 for health reasons. She was replaced by Richard Rybiak in a byelection. Town clerk Nancy Bozatto will prepare a report
for the Nov. 18 council meeting outlining options the council has to fill the vacancy. Generally, it can appoint someone or hold a byelection in Ward 1. With less than a year before the next civic election under new ward boundaries, a byelection seems unlikely. During Monday’s town
council meeting councillors took turns praising Clark for his contributions. Along with spectators in the gallery, they gave him a standing ovation. Fellow Ward 1 councillor Richard Rybiak said Clark’s departure will be a loss to the community. “I was always impressed by how many people
said Larry Clark built my home,” Rybiak said. “It was a sign of integrity.” Ward 2 Coun. Catherine King said she will miss Clark’s emotion in expressing his thoughts. “I learned a great deal from you.” Ward 3 Coun. John Durley said they did not See Clark (Page 3)
Olympic cyclist Joseph Veloce with a video of the local course he rode speaks to the Pelham Peer Awards ceremony at Lookout Point Golf and Country Club last week. See story page 7. Wayne Campbell/Voice photo
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Clothing sale warm and cuddly BY WAYNE CAMPBELL for the VOICE Pelham Public Library is offering “great style and great bargains” at its winter clothing sale. The weeklong sale in the Festival Room of the Fonthill branch runs through Saturday, Nov. 9. “It’s not just clothes,” said community events co-ordinator Melanie Taylor-Ridgway. “We have accessories, shoes, hats and other items.” The clothing sale has grown in popularity and, next to the library’s two annual book sales it has become a steady fund raiser for library activities. “We bring in $2,000 to $3,000,” she said. Many of the items such as coats, scarves,
sweaters, mitts, toques and hats help shoppers get ready for winter, she said. For those preparing for Christmas holidays, there are Santa and elf hats. The clothing is donated and donations are still welcome. “We receive some good quality clothing,” Taylor-Ridgway said. “Many people come in looking for the accessories.” Sale times are: 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. On the final day Saturday, there is a filla-garbage-bag special for $5. Items not sold during the library sale will be donated to charities that sell used clothing, said Taylor-Ridgway. For information contact the library at 905-6443,
Pelham Public Library community coordinator Melanie Taylor-Ridgway is wrapped up for winter and holiday celebrations as she sits among bags of clothing donated to the library’s clothing sale. It runs from Monday Nov. 4 to Saturday, Nov. 9 at the Fonthill branch. Sale includes accessories, shoes and hats. Wayne Campbell/Voice Photo
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The organization Free The Girls (freethegirls.org) collects used bras and has teamed up with safe houses in different parts of the world to provide employment opportunities for these women. DONATE A BRA. GIVE A FORMER SLAVE A JOB. At Free The Girls® we have a dream that modern-day slavery will be stopped. We have a dream that the average woman can help stop it. We want you to dream with us. THE PROBLEM Currently 27 million men, women and children are being held as slaves around the world—more today than at any other time in history. 80% of those slaves are women and girls. There are a number of amazing organizations that are helping to rescue these women out of a life of prostitution, but what happens when they are rescued? OUR SOLUTION We provide an opportunity for women who have been rescued from sex trafficking to earn a living selling second-hand clothing while they go back to school. Many of the women we work with were sold into prostitution as children, only 8-10 years old. Because their lives were stolen from them, they missed out on going to school and getting an education. Selling clothes allows them to work as much or as little as their school schedule permits. WHY BRAS? Lets face it ladies, the back of your underwear drawer is most likely a graveyard of bras you don’t wear anymore of that never fit right in the first place. By contrast, second-hand clothing is a profitable market in many countries around the world. Bras are sought after items. Some of the girls in the program are making 5x the minimum wage in their community by sellling bras! And even better, bras provide an opportunity for these women to work with other women, since they have a history of being used and abused by men.
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Page THE VOICE of Pelham Wednesday, November 6, 2013 Students of A.K. Wigg Public School collected more than 500 food items for Pelham Cares in their Scare Away Hunger drive for Halloween. From left front are student council members Dan Town, Jordan Hatt, Abigail Thibodeau, Isabel Song, and Parker Triano. In back from left are Hailey Kleiboer, Kate Irwin, Julia Labricciosa and Rowan McLellan. The project organized by the school’s EarlyAct club was held in partnership with E.L. Crossley Secondary School’s InterAct. Both are sponsored by the Rotary Club of Fonthill. Wayne Campbell/Voice Photo
Clark (continued from Page 1) always agree “but we always left the argument in the room.” He praised Clark for his networking ability. Ward 3 Coun. Peter Papp said he thought Clark was joking when he first heard he was planning to leave. Papp said Clark was visibly dedicated to the interests of his ward. “This is not an easy
game, people don’t realize the stresses,” but Clark handled them well. Papp urged Clark to continue a municipal career in Kelowna. Ward 2 Coun. Gary Accursi said they didn’t always agree “but you were passionate in your views” as an intelligent and dedicated member of council. “We wish you best in an opportunity to fulfill a lifelong dream.”
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Personal remembrance Next to actual veterans who saw fighting, those of us in the baby boomer generation are closest to those remembered on Remembrance Day. We grew up listening to stories about the Second World War from our parents and their friends. My father, for example, was in the Royal Canadian Air Force serving in the Commonweath Air Training Plan. His two brothers fought with the Canadian Army in Italy. My mother was a teenager in St. John’s in the then independent Dominion of Newfoundland. The port was filled with American soldiers, allied navies and Canadian airmen. My father-in-law served with the British Army in North Africa and in the invasion of Europe. When I was growing up in Welland, we heard more than
stories of service in the Canadian army, navy or air force. We became familiar with often painful war stories from Poland, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Ukraine, Russia and other parts of eastern Europe. W h e n b a b y boomers sat down with their grandparents’ generation, they were talking to those who survived the trenches of the First World War. Some were in opposing trenches. What this experience gave us was a perspective. We understand
somewhat the pain involved. Our sons and daughters may not have. We have personal links to those who were lost. They were the friends and relatives of our fathers, mothers and grandparents. We can still take the First and Second World War personally as well as pass those feelings on to our children. Unfortunately, they have begun to experience the loss of war in their generation. They have seen young men and women their age with their backgrounds die in Afganistan. They can start to under-
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Wayne Campbell stand why cenotaphs stand in every community. The memorials are for men and women in their teens and twenties, often fresh out of high school. Those young people never got a chance to fulfill their potential. When you read the names on a cenotaph, you have to feel a pang of sadness. If you do not know them, you do know they were much like you. It’s something to think about this Sunday and Monday during Remembrance ceremonies across Pelham.
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Regional Councillor Niagara’s central waterways are situated on top of the Niagara Escarpment. The main components are Beaverdams pond, Marlatt’s pond, Lake Gibson and Lake Moodie along with a separate water channel just south of Lake Gibson from Allanburg to the DeCew reservoirs for the DeCew water treatment plant as well as Twelve Mile Creek. Of these, only Twelve Mile Creek is natural. All the rest were manmade! In fact the hydro generation facilities in Power Glen are the oldest hydro generation facilities in Canada. At the end of the 1800s,
five men, all named John (Gibson, Moodie, Patterson, Dixon and Sutherland) formed the Cataract Power Company with the ambitious plan to harness hydro energy by flowing water over turbines situated just south of the current Brock University property over the Niagara Escarpment. Another pioneer effort was the plan to transport this energy to Hamilton, a distance of over 35 miles to power an electric railway system. Additions to the Power Glen facility took place in 1900 and 1902. This company would later become the Dominion Power and Transmission Company and is now controlled by OPG (Ontario Power Generation). As a teenager I would fish, hike and picnic in the
DeCew reservoir areas but currently these properties are fenced and are out of bounds for security reasons. Back then I believed that the water source for these reservoirs was Lake Gibson. While there is an emergency valve source from Lake Gibson, the water is actually taken from Allanburg via a separate channel to a waterfall above the upper DeCew reservoir. While driving north on the Merritville Highway, you can see this channel just before the house that sits on the shore of Lake Gibson. You can also see this separate channel and control structure just west of Highway 406. Lake Moody is not visible from DeCew Road but it branches off Lake Gibson as you travel over the De-
Cew Road bridge. The Public Works Department is considering changes to the DeCew water sources. They are planning a new water source from Lake Moodie to the DeCew reservoirs and they are considering closing the Allanburg to DeCew channel in pipes to lessen the possibility of contamination of the water supply. This proposal was reviewed at a recent meeting of the Source Water Protection Committee. Should that transpire, it is my hope that they will consider a trail system from Allanburg to the Short Hills Park near the gun club on Cataract Road. It would be ideal if we could create a connecting loop to Fonthill as an alternate means of
accessing the Greater Niagara Circle Route Trail system. All six water treatment plants in Niagara derive their water either directly or indirectly from the Great Lakes. These proposed projects for the DeCew water treatment plant would serve to protect what is perhaps one of the safest water supplies on the planet. (By the way, try to see the six white swans who have made Like Gibson their home the next time you cross this manmade lake.) Brian Baty is a Niagara Regional Councillor for the Town of Pelham and is an NPCA liaison to the Source Water Protection Committee brian.baty@ niagararegion.ca
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As volunteers aspire, they inspire others BY DAVE AUGUSTYN Mayor of Pelham Last Wednesday Council and I hosted the town’s Annual Volunteer and Community Corporate Recognition Ceremony at Lookout Point Golf Club. It’s one of my favourite events of the year because we recognize the dedication and hard work of hundreds of Pelham’s volunteers. Volunteers work to beautify our Town – as part of Communities in Bloom, or the Horticultural Society, or those that have “adopted a road”, or the Downtown Beautification Committee. Other volunteers organize Pelham’s significant public events – from the Fonthill Bandshell Concerts, to Biketoberfest, to Fenwick’s 160th Anniversary Celebration, to the Canada Day Celebrations, to Summerfest.
Volunteers – like coaches, convenors, team managers, and score keepers – in every sport from figure skating to soccer, ensure that our children and youth practice skills, enjoy sport, and learn how to play fair. Others work to ensure that our town progresses and moves forward including those serving on the Library Board, the Active Transportation Committee, and the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council. And members of Pelham’s service clubs work to enhance community – from supporting our parks to our teams to local charities. We presented the “Peer Award” as a special way of recognizing outstanding individuals. Each community-based group or organization in Pelham nominates one of their most exemplary volunteers. Deep appreciation to Peer Award recipients: Michael Andrus, Knights of
Columbus; Roxanna Bowman, Pelham Farmers’ Market; Tom Boyce, Pelham Cares; Gary Chambers, Fenwick’s 160th Anniversary; Doug Gaylor, Fonthill Lions Club; Leo Giovenazzo, Canada Day Committee; Bill King, Communities in Bloom Committee; Andrea Keus, Pelham Soccer Club; Cora-Ann MacKinnon, Niagara Centre Skating Club; Joseph Marchant, Pelham Active Transportation; Gladys Recchia, Fenwick Lioness Club; Norm Recchia, Fenwick Lions Club; Linda Roach, Fonthill Lioness Club; Heidi TeBrake, Pelham Art Festival; Madeline Wallace, Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council; Diane Weeks, 613 Royal Canadian Army Cadets; Jim Wellington, Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 613; Loraine Woods, Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 613 Ladies Auxiliary. We also honoured our Corporate Citizens – those businesses that give money, resources, product – to all facets of our
community. We especially honoured the Lazy Loon Restaurant with a Corporate Peer Award for their generosity to so many charities and commitment to improving our town. Thanks to Joseph Veloce, Olympian and special guest speaker, and Taylor Wallace and Jessica Wilson, singers and song writers, for inspiration and entertainment. And, thank you Perry Wakulich for designing and creating a wonderful and new Peer Award. I offer deep thanks to each of the town’s volunteers and corporate citizens for giving of themselves to help other people and to make Pelham a vibrant, creative and caring community for all. You may contact Mayor Dave mayordave@pelham.ca or read past columns at www.pelhammayordave.blogspot. com.
Treasurer opens budget discussions BY WAYNE CAMPBELL for the VOICE Town treasurer Cari Pupo in a preliminary presentation to town council Monday said the town is looking at an operating budget increase of 1.63% for 2014. The town, she said, will operate with an $11.9 million budget in 2014 up from $11.7 million in 2013. Pupo’s presentation at a special council meeting Monday was council’s opening round of budget discussions. She cautioned councillors not to jump to conclusions about potential tax increases A projected increase of 1.63% is based on 2013 figures. She will not know whether the town has had a growth in assessment until Dec. 12, when new assessment figures are released. At the special meeting, councillors received more suggestions for the 2014 budget. Acting chief executive officer Amy Guilmette explained a request to increase the library grant from $7,000 to $25,000 to help the library catchup on increasing costs for books, computers and other items. Coun. Peter Papp said the town should sit down with
the library board before moving on any increases to determine the future of buildings and operations. A number of other budget suggestions came to council by email and letter. Carolyn Botari suggested a splash pad for Centennial Park in Fenwick as well as repair of an unopened Balfour road allowance between Chantler and Webber roads. ATVs and trucks have tornup the roadway. Lyn Davis Brown suggested “a moritorium on consultant, new hires and new committees and unnecessary ‘branding’ projects.” She urged a year of restraint with no more money for the skateboard park. Meanwhile, longboarders in a letter suggested a longboarding track for Marlene Steward Streit Park. The Pelham Active Transportation Committee sent in a list of suggestions including an active transportation master plan, two benches in Fonthill Cemetery, safety and education materials on walking and cycling, and, an incentive program for bike racks at businesses. Bjorn Walter opposed spending money on longboarding. “If the Town of Pelham has money to spare, than perhaps lowering the tax rate should be considered,” he wrote.
Tim Hortons franchisees Doug Burr, left, and Bill and Stephanie McWilliams with children Ashley, Lauren and Ryan presented a $2,800 cheque to Pelham Town Council for the Riehl Memorial Skate Park. The donation was raised through a weeklong sale of Tim Hortons Smile Cookies. The town has received $36,965 in donations for the skate park now under construction in Marlene Stewart Streit Park. It is expected to be completed in early December. Wayne Campbell/ Voice Photo
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for the VOICE Fonthill resident Jennifer Turner tells her family and her students to set a goal and go for it. Following that advice has led the Niagara College dental program professor to a national Excellence in Teaching Award from the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association. The award is presented annually to a dental hygienist educator and CDHA member in a Canadian dental hygiene program. “It’s quite an honour,” said Turner from her office a Niagara College’s Welland Campus. The award recognizes teaching contributions, innovative approaches to learning, and educational leadership. Candidates are nominated by their peers and supported by letters from students. It is sponsored by Dentsply, an international dental product supply company. “The panel was impressed with Jennifer’s commit-
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Town honours volunteers Olympic cyclist and Fonthill resident Joseph Veloce praised the role of volunteers on a night set aside to honour 18 outstanding ones. He told a full house at Lookout Point Golf and Country Club last week the events he competed would fail without volunteers. Volunteers in cycling programs, helped him to fulfilled his dream to reach the Olympics. His original plan, he said with a laugh, was to compete with his father’s old bicycle on the hills of Pelham. He quickly learned from trainers, it would take more to race like Lori-Ann Meunzer, Canada’s gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Inspiration is not enough, Veloce said, success requires great effort, dedication and perseverance. Veloce, is the 2013 Pan-American silver medalist and current Canadian record holder at 9.8 seconds in individual sprint. He plans to compete in Toronto’s 2015 Pan-Am Games and Rio’s 2016 Summer Olympics. He races in sprint, Keirin and team sprint competitions. During the Pelham Volunteer and Community Corporate Recognition Ceremony, awards were handed out to people selected by their organization for special recognition. Corporate winners were nominated by the organizations they assisted. Mayor Dave Augustyn, who acted as master of ceremonies, said the volunteers and awards ceremony inspires people to aspire to a better community.
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The Peer Award winners are: • Andrea Keus – Pelham Youth Soccer Club • Bill King – Communities in Bloom Committee • Cora-Ann MacKinnon – Niagara Centre Skating Club • Diane Weeks – 613 Royal Canadian Army Cadets • Doug Gaylor – Fonthill Lions Club Inc. • Gary Chambers – Fenwick’s 160th Anniversary • Geo Giovenazzo – Canada Day Committee • Gladys Recchia – Fenwick Lioness Club • Heidi TeBrake – Pelham Art Festival • Jim Wellington – Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 613 • Joseph Marchant – Pelham Active Transportation Committee • Linda Roach – Fonthill Lioness Club • Lorraine Woods – Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 613 Ladies Auxiliary • Madeline Wallace – Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council • Michael Andrus – Knights of Columbus #13903 • Norm Recchia – Fenwick Lions Club Inc. • Roxanna Bowman – Pelham Farmers’ Market • Tom Boyce – Pelham Cares Karey Warden on behalf of the Lazy Loon Restaurant & Ice Cream Bar accepted the Community Corporate Award. Local artists, songwriter and musician Taylor Wallace and singer-songwriter Jessica Wilson, entertained during the event.
Local artist Perry Wakulich, creator of the current peer award trophy, is with winner Cora-Ann MacKinnon of the Niagara Centre Skating Club. Wayne Campbell/Voice Photo
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Losses from 3 communities BY WAYNE CAMPBELL
for the VOICE “James McCaw Born 1899 Killed 1918 Rob’t Moody Born 1898 Killed 1917 Albert Norgate Born 1895 Killed 1917 William Tyrrill Born 1899 Killed 1917” The names of these four young men are among 18 from the First World War engraved on the Pelham Township cenotaph at Ridgeville. It was erected soon after the war and is guarded by a trench mortar. Those 18 names also appear on Pelham’s main cenotaph in Fonthill’s Pelham Peace Park. Along with the Fonthill young men, the First World War losses for Pelham total 25. On the Peace Park cenotaph is a similar list of 18 local young people who died in the Second World War as well as that of Melvin Suthons who was killed in Vietnam. The Peace Park cenotaph was dedicated on Remembrance Day in 1996.
In Fenwick’s Centennial Park, the town has a third cenotaph, erected in 1977 by the Fenwick Lions Club. Unlike the other two it simply remembers “all Canadians who died for peace.” Each Sunday before Remembrance Day-- this year it is this Sunday, Nov. 10,-- the town and Royal Canadian Legion Branch 613 hold separate remembrance services at each of the three cenotaphs. They acknowledge the sacrifices made by young people from what were three separate communities, said Bernie Law, chair of this year’s Poppy Campaign and co-ordinator of the ceremonies. “We wish to continue to remember these local young men from Fenwick, Ridgeville and Fonthill who signed up but did not return,” he said. One ceremony would not be enough to acknowledge the historical significance of the losses the communities even though Pelham is now one town, he said. The Sunday Remembrance consists of four ceremonies including a church service with at Fonthill Baptist Church. Continued on page 9
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They begin in Fenwick’s Centennial Park at 9 a.m. followed by the Ridgeville service at 9:45 a.m., the church service at 10:45 a.m. and the Pelham Peace Park service at 12:30 p.m. Law said each ceremony is a little different. The one in Fenwick draws residents from the village, gets great support from the Fenwick Volunteer Firefighters Association and the Fenwick Lions, he said. In Ridgeville, local families gather, some related to those named on the cenotaph. The church service allows for reflection by the branch chaplain Rev. Russ Myers. Law said the Fonthill ceremony usually draws the largest crowd including the Fonthill Volunteer Firefighters. Members of 613 Lincoln and Welland Regiment Army Cadet Corps participate in all the ceremonies along with Legion members.
On Monday, the Legion will hold its Remembrance Day service at 11 a.m. in Pelham Veterans Park around Branch 613’s own cenotaph put up in 1987. Veterans Park brings the local Remembrance story up to date. It was dedicated on Nov. 11, 2008, the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War. Its markers recognize sacrifices in the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War, Peacekeeping, Vietnam and Afghanistan. The walk ways are formed by bricks bearing the names of veterans as well as others local families may want to honour or remember. Law said bricks are still available for purchase to help cover the upkeep of the park. Ten were recently added to the walk. The Remembrance Day ceremony usually draws a large crowd to the Legion grounds and is expected to include a flyover by vintage warplanes.
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Christmas in Pelham begins 2 month run BY WAYNE CAMPBELL
for the VOICE What started out as a weekend Christmas sales promotion by the Pelham Business Association for local businesses has turned into a town supported two-month program. Christmas in Pelham wraps in 21 seasonal events held during November and December. A nine-member committee oversees the schedule. It starts with Wednesday’s holiday gift showcase and downtown evening stroll followed by a similar sales promotion Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Shoppes of Ridgeville. The program includes
familiar holiday events such as an art studio open house, Fonthill United Church’s Holiday House Tour, Community Food Drive, Fenwick’s Santa Claus parade, the Temperanceville historic village, caroling through the town, a Saturday of bandshell concerts, Kinsmen’s seniors dinner, and free skates at the arena. Three new events join in this second year’s lineup. They are an outdoor Christmas market under the Arches on Friday, Dec. 6, a Christmas light competition run by Pelham Communities in Bloom and a Dec. 16 Nordic Walk with Santa Claus in Peace Park. While the town assists with co-ordination and promotion, separate
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groups run each event. The town has increased the the Christmas in Pelham budget to $4,500 to cover decorations, entertainment and advertising. The committee, meanwhile, has received $2,100 in donations from Niagara Peninsula Energy, Hydro One, Pelham Business Association, Sapphires Jewellers, Churchill Meats and the Fonthill Kinsmen Club. It will help with promotion, entertainment and logistics such as portables. Included under the Christmas in Pelham umbrella are: Nov. 6 (6 p.m. to 9 p.m.): Holiday Gift Showcase and Downtown Stroll in downtown Fonthill with 14 participating businesses. Nov. 7 (10 a.m. to 9
p.m.), Nov. 8 (10 a.m. to 7 p.m.), Nov. 9 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.): Holiday Gift Showcase - Shoppes of Ridgeville with four shops. Nov. 9 and 10 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.): Art Studio Open House with Bev Sneath in Ridgeville donating 20% of sales to Pelham Cares. Nov. 16 (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.):  Homes for Holiday House Tour with six locations in Fonthill  sponsored by Fonthill United Church. Dec. 1 – Jan. 1: Temperanceville historical display in Peace Park, Fonthill Dec. 4 (2 p.m. to 4 p.m.): Lessons, Carols and Cookies at Fonthill United Church. Dec. 6 (12 p.m. to 3 p.m.): Caroling in Downtown Fonthill with the Glynn A. Green School Choir.
Dec. 6 (4 p.m. to 10 p.m.): Outdoor Christmas Market (pending Town Council approval) - Downtown Fonthill under the Fonthill Arches with vendors, food and holiday cheer. Dec. 7 (9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.): Pelham Community Food Drive. Dec. 7 – Dec. 25 (5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.): Christmas Light Competition  Dec. 7 (10:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.): Christmas in Pelham Celebration at Fonthill – Bandshell Dec. 14 (1 p.m. to 5 p.m.): Santa Claus Pa-
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Peewee Panthers on a hot streak The Baron Roofing Peewee Panthers continued their schedule with three games this week. Carter Nicholas played goal against Thorold No.1. Reid Murray posted the first goal with the help of Eli Taylor. Dan Durkin rifled in from the blueline assisted by Jared Sloan and Taylor. Drew Colangelo netted the game winner from Tyler Scott and Colton Morrison. Insurance goals were scored by Jack Obdeyn from Zach Baltrusiunas and Mitchell Karney, Eli Taylor from Blake Bishop, an unassisted goals for Obdeyn and Murray. Tyler Scott was residence between the pipes against Pelham No. 2. Murray started things off with a flip to the top fromTaylor and Durkin. Colangelo found the net from Obdeyn and Durkin. Obdeyn landed quick power play face off assisted by Colangelo and Sloan accepted the puck
from Baltrusiunas and Karney. Pelham No. 2 mounted a comeback but the Panthers held on for the 4-3 win. The Panthers next visited Port Colborne No.3. Port Colborne scored its only goal first. Colangelo scored on a breakaway for his first of a natural hat trick with Bishop and Scott. Murray and Baltrusiunas teamed up in front of the net before Murray netted the goal. Baltrusiunas floated the puck into the net from Obdeyn and Josh Morningstar before a Zach to Jack pass lead to an Obdeyn goal. Murray hit his second of the game from Taylor and Durkin, Tyler Scott scored short-handed and Forest Turpel netted the puck from Obdeyn. Goalie Carter Nicholas earned the win and rookie Forest Turpel took home the game puck for his first goal.
It was a typical start to a Niagara Basketball Association season, much the same as opening nights since the league was founded by Jack Randall in 1970. First the Generals, a new team, with many players that have played in the league before. Their opponents, Millennium Computers had new faces to go along with some grizzled veterans. It sometimes takes a while for a team to gel, but for others the gelling
is immediate. The Generals had some issues in the first half, but gelled in the second. The Generals started out slowly leading only 16-11 after the first quarter. They outscored Millennium in the second, 12-4. Their shots started to drop in the third quarter when they tallied 17 points and in the fourth when they scored 25. When the final buzzer sounded, The Generals had their first victory, a 70-35 win over Millen-
PeeWees win Caledonia The Pelham Panthers E.S. Fox Peewee Rep team enjoyed a successful weekend when it captured the 2013 Caledonia Challenge Cup. Connor Walton scored both Pelham goals as the Panthers tied their opening game 2-2 against the host Caledonia Thunder. In game two, Evan Macpherson picked up the win in net and Walton, Mitchell Carmichael, Josh Glen, and Alex Repar replied for the Panthers as they doubled up the Wal-
laceburg Lakers 4-2. Tyler D’Angelo, Joey Natale and Mitchell Waldt had solid defensive games and limited the number of Laker scoring opportunities. Needing a win to advance out of pool play Pelham responded in a big way, dominating the Cayuga Stars 10-0. Josh Glen led the offensive charge with five goals. Glen’s line mates, Carmichael and Ethan Mergl each scored twice and Ty-
ler Dekker had the other Panther goal. In the semi-final the Panthers faced the undefeated Ingersoll Express. Mitchell Carmichael found the back of the net three times and Repar put the game out of reach with a late third period goal. In the finals, the Panthers defeated the St. Catharines Warriors by a score of 3-2. Repar from Walton and Jeremy Pollard opened the scoring and Glen from Mergl put the Panthers up
2-1 in the second. Cameron Crysler broke a 2-2 tie, scoring the winner with six minutes left in the game assisted by Dekker and Quentin Annunziata. Converted forwards Garrett Jackson and Liam Sodtke were standouts on the blue line using their speed to contain and frustrate the Warriors Goaltender Michael Rossi made several big saves in the Pelham net to secure the win.
Generals put on a show in Niagara Basketball nium Computers. Big forward Adam Semark had a game-high 16 points and his large frame kept the Millennium forwards at bay. Pat McCauley, formerly with P.O.I.T.S. had a great two-way game as well scoring 14 points, 8 of them in the final quarter. Team captain James Graves finished with 12 points including one 3pointer. Miles Wright was the sharp-shooter on four 3-pointers, one in each
quarter for his dozen points. NBA veterans Marc Viger and Shawn McCauley each picked up 4 points. Supporting cast members Malvin Jeffery and René Lemay each hit for 2 points (all on foul shots) and 2 personals. Peeter Kupper scored 12 points and picked up 8 rebounds. Team captain Bernard Amyot scored 8 points, two in each quarter. John Schmidt, who kept the Generals honest on
offence with his Dunnville-style defense, potted 5 points. Vern Martens, the buzzsaw of the backcourt, finished with 4 points. Mark Lawley made a nuisance of himself by flying through the key almost constantly. He was rewarded with 4 points. Frank Rozman picked up one traditional basket with his classic 10-footer for 2 points. Rookie Riley Christian got a good look at the
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• Tuesdays 6 p.m.-9 p.m. SPAN (Single Professional Association of Niagara) is a social club for mature singles who meet and mingle at Iggy’s Pub 115 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 • Alternate Wednesdays. 1:00-3:00 p.m. Drop-in Bridge at Pelham Library. Ask for Schedule at front desk. • Thursdays through October, Pelham Farmers Market at Market Square, 4:30 p.m. to dusk. Fresh, local produce, prepared foods, crafts. • Thursdays (first Thursday of every month) 1:30 p.m. to p.m. SOS (Survivors of Stroke) Everyone is welcome. Info call Ann 905-892-1621
• Fridays 1:00-3:00 p.m.. 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.$2.00 includes refreshments. Drop in at the Fonthill Library. • 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Legion Dinner • Alternate Saturdays 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Computer & Gadget Drop-in: For beginners to advanced learners. Learn new tips and tricks and share ideas and skills with others in an informal setting. Some laptops will be available or BYOG (bring your own gadget). $2.00. Drop in. Pelham Public Library. • Ontario Senior Games Association (OSGA) for fellowship, friendly com-
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petition and a more active lifestyle. Info www.ontarioseniorgames.ca • Newcomers Club of St. Catharines & District welcomes women new to the region to participate in a variety of activities. Call Maureen 905-397-7593 or Gwen 905-641-9816 for 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 Wednesday, Nov. 6 • 7:00 p.m. St. Alexander Church, Fonthill, Catholic Women’s League are celebrating their 50th ANNIVERSARY, commencing with Mass celebrated by his Excellency Bishop Bergie to be followed by a Reception in the church hall.Come help us celebrate! RSVP 905892-3090. Friday, November 8 • 4:00 - 6:00p.m. Royal Canadian Legion Friday Dinner Saturday, November 9 • 6:30 p.m. Baby Boomer Music Trivia Night will be held at the Fonthill Legion, 141 Hwy 20 E., Fonthill. Relive the great music of the 50s, 60s and early 70s! Cost is $20 per person; register teams of eight, or individually at www.babyboomertrivia.ca, or call 905-938-8800 All proceeds will be donated to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Friday, November 15 • 4:00 - 6:00p.m. Royal Canadian Legion Friday Dinner Saturday Nov. 16 • 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. “Homes for the Holidays”
CLASSIFIEDS Christmas House tour – organized by Fonthill United Church. Six homes and the Church beautifully decorated by local designers. Tickets $20: Available at 905 892 6433 (Church) & participating designers: Vermeer’s Garden Centre and Flower Shop, Cox Home Furniture, The Log Cabin Gift Store ,Décor Amour/ Hometown Treasures, Le Village, J&J Floral Expressions, and Floral Dimensions. Saturday & Sunday November 16 & 17 • 12:00 noon to 4:30 p.m. Fenwick Central Railroad, Model Railroad Open House. 1141 Maple Ave, Fenwick. www.gnmre. ca Donations gratefully accepted. Friday, November 22 • 4:00 - 6:00p.m. Royal Canadian Legion Friday Dinner Sunday, November 24 • 7:15 p.m. Distinguished Speaker Night. Fr. Bill Ryan, a social justice activist of international renown is the guest for this year’s Distinguished Speaker Night at St. Kevin’s, Welland. (5 p.m. mass, potluck supper at 6:15 p.m. Info 905-7353562. Tuesday, Nov. 26th • 12:00-3:00 p.m. CHRISTMAS MALL SHOPPE & BAKE SALE! Niagara Women’s Connection invites you to an afternoon of fun, friendship, information and inspiration, starting off with a wonderful lunch. We also have a very special speaker, Tina Weidelich. Coffee, tea and treats will be served in addition to lunch all for only $10. Babysitting is provided free of charge. Kirk on the Hill, 1344 Haist St., Pelham ON. For reservations call Margaret Quenelle at 905-788-9641 or email her at mrs.q@live.ca
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Teen Challenge takes on drug addiction BY
WAYNE CAMPBELL
for the VOICE An upbeat presentation to inspire hope to overcome drug addiction will take over the 9:30 a.m. Sunday service at Bethany Christian Reform Church. Speakers and choir from Teen Challenge London will layout positive approaches to breaking out of addiction and the toll it takes on families. “They will provide testimony to help young people see their way out of addiction and to a safer place,” said worship coordinator Nicole VanHuizen. Teen Challenge will lead the morning service at the church on Balfour St between Welland and Foss roads in Fenwick. VanHuizen said there are many people in Pelham face various addictions. Church elder Kevin
Twoney said he wants to hear the speakers who experienced addictions themselves. “I am looking forward to hearing how they got out,” he said. “You can draw hope from people who have been there and came through it.” While it is called Teen Challenge, it is not just for teens, VanHuizen said. Anyone can suffer from additions to drugs, alcohol and other substances. Not only the individual but their families must to find ways to get out of the grip. “Everyone is welcome to come,” she said. “After the service there will be a light lunch and time to talk to the speakers.” Teen Challenge is a 12month, faith-based, residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. It is part of a network of more than 15 Teen Challenge Centres across
Canada and 1,000 worldwide. The program offers spiritual, academic and voca-
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Sapphires opens trunk for Pelham Cares Sapphires will tie its 25th year with Pelham Cares 30th anniversary during an Elle jewellery trunk show on Friday. The jewellery store in the Fonthill Shopping Plaza will donate 20% of proceeds from Elle brand jewellery and Elle watches sold on Friday to Pelham Cares. Door prizes during the day will include Elle jewellery, a jewellery care basket valued at $100 as well as coffee and treats throughout the day. Free Elle tote bags are available while quantities last. The store will ask for do-
nations to Pelham Cares during the day long event from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. “Our Elle jewelley representative will be on hand from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. with the latest jewellery designs,” said Sapphires owner Tamara Steele. Some of the designs for the winter collection are not in the stores yet. “Elle brand jewellery is our top selling sterling silver brand in the store. Quality, great value, antitarnish and a focus on unique designs are what have women loving this brand right down to the detail of a little red gem-
stone trademark in each piece.” “Pelham Cares celebrating 30 years is the perfect fit. And we are thrilled they are moving into their permanent own home this spring.” Pelham Cares coordinator Betty Brown, right, looks over ELLE jewellery with staff of Sapphires jewellery store, from left Melissa McNabb, goldsmith Heather Morandin, and owner Tamara Steele. Wayne Campbell /Voice Photo
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