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An art prodigy It’s time to get McHappy

BY SARAH MURRELL VOICE Staff

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McHappy Day. It’s become a tradition, part of Canadian culture. And after 20 years and almost $40 million raised, that’s really no surprise.

One day a year, since 1977, McDonald’s Restaurants have been donating the proceeds from Happy Meals to Ronald McDonald House. In Fonthill, McHappy Day has become a major event with local “celebrity” servers, special guests, and fundraising activities.

This McHappy Day, May 8, the Fonthill McDonald’s Restuarant will donat $1 from each Big Mac, Happy Meal and hot McCafe beverage sold in the restaurant

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to Ronald McDonald House. Throughout the year $0.10 from every Happy Meal is also donated.

This year, the local McDonald’s is also holding a book sale, from May 6 through May 8, and a flower sale, offering hanging baskets of flowers and ferns from local greenhouse Rice Road Greenhouses.

“Those guys have helped us out so much,” says Terry Ware, People Manager for the Fonthill restaurant, of making sure the flowers they sell are locally grown.

In store that day Paul Owen and Jane Gilmour from Pelham Cares will be on hand to help raise funds.

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We all know what it is like to feel hungry, but do you know what it is to be hungry and not have access to food? Thousands of Canadians, many of them children, do know exactly how it feels to be hungry and have nothing to eat.

Pelham Cares, the local food bank, is working to increase awareness of hunger here in Pelham by taking part in Give It Up For Hunger during Hunger Awareness Week, May 6 to 10.

Hunger Awareness Week is a week-long initiative that challenges Canadians to learn more about the issue of hunger, the important work of food banks and to take action.

Nearly 900,000 Canadians will visit a food bank for assistance this month alone. Of those, 38 per cent are children. Hunger is often a hidden issue and one Pelham Cares is hoping to bring into the

light.

Here in Pelham the rise in need is represented by an increase of three per cent in 2013, in those turning to Pelham Cares for support, with more than 119 individuals being assisted in March alone. This included 66 adults and 53 youth.

All across the country, Canadians are being encouraged to Give It Up for Hunger during Hunger Awareness Week and these numbers show why participation is especially important for Pelham.

What does ‘giving it up’ really mean?

It’s as easy as three simple steps: Give It Up – Close to 900,000 Canadians have had to rely on food banks this past month. On May 8, Canadians are asked o understand what it’s like to have food out of reach by fasting for

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a day and giving up breakfast, lunch and dinner; Give a Shout - Share your experience by going online to show your support via Facebook, Twitter, a blog; and Give It Out - Donate food, funds or your time to your local food bank.

Together, Canadians can make an impact on the solvable issue of hunger in Canada and find solutions to hunger in communities across Canada, includig Pelham.

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Hunger Awareness Week was created to provide food banks with an opportunity to educate about the reality of hunger in Canada and to encourage all Canadians to make a choice to help those in need.

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Bandshell committee releases 2013 season lineup

BY SARAH MURRELL VOICE Staff

Juno award-winning artists; country, rock, blues and reggae; 50s, 60s and 70s; nationally known bands; and local talent.

This year’s lineup for the summer concert series at the Fonthill Bandshell has it all.

“We’re all very excited about the lineup,” said Jim Casson in announcing the acts who will perform this summer.

The season opens on June 20 with Jonesy, one of the most popular “party bands” in Niagara, said Casson. Other acts throughout the summer include a big band, a full rhythm and blues review, a Reggae show, a tribute to Janis Joplin, a Bonjovi tribute, and Jersey Kid, a Frankie Valli show.

The 2013 lineup also features

Liberty Silver.

“If you haven’t heard Liberty Silver you’ve been living under a rock,” said Casson, noting she is Canada’s best R&B singers.

“She’s the singer other singers go to see and say they wish they could sing like that,” he said.

Jim Witter, award winning country music and Christian music singer and songwriter, is bringing his Piano Men to the bandshell, a tribute to Elton John and Billy Joel.

Casson said Witter, “an amazing piano player” usually performs his Piano Men show in theatres, so Fonthill is very lucky to have Witter perform in Peace Park this summer.

Each performance is sponsored by a different, local business. Gayle BaltjesChataway aknowledged the support of local sponsors who help make the bandshell

concerts a success and thanked everyone who helps in some way.

Baltjes-Chataway also thanked the market for their support and a good partnership over the past eight years, noting she’d like to see that partnership continue for many more years to come.

Now in it’s eighth year, the concert series has become a point of pride in Pelham, said Baltjes-Chataway.

Along with a new lineup, the committee was also unveiling a new uniform.

Sporting new, red jackets with a bandshell logo, Casson said the jackets are this year’s insurance policy, joking that since the committee members now have something more than a golf shirt to keep them dry - they won’t need the jackets and it won’t rain on a Thursday

evening all summer long.

The concerts kick-off on June 20 and run through the summer to Sept. 5. All concerts begin at7

p.m.

“It’s going to be a good summer,” said Casson.

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MEMBERS of the Fonthill Bandshell committee are looking forward to this year’s lineup. Members are Bryan Baltjes (back, left), Jill Cappa, Sandra Warden, Gail Baltjes-Chataway, David Swan, Carolyn Mullin (front, left) and Jim Casson.

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Getting ready for Fenwick’s 160th anniversary bash On June 1, 2013 Fenwick will celebrate it’s 160th Anniversary and while it will be a day for Families in the community to celebrate our heritage and rural roots, the Committee has decided to include two additional elements during the celebration.

While opening ceremonies start at 10 a.m. with brief remarks from local dignitaries, our celebration centers around the “heritage” dedication of Fenwick’s flagpole which not only served as a centrepiece for the town square of Fenwick, but greeted many veterans home from World War 11. To that end we are pleased to announce that at the “eleventh hour” on June 1, 2013, there will be a flyover of war bird vintage planes along Canboro Rd. over Fenwick from west to east. We encourage all Pelham residents to be present at the flagpole as we “Salute Fenwick’s 160th and its Veterans, beginning at 10 a.m.

In fact, we encourage everyone to dress in period clothing, with vehicle displayers matching the era of their vehicles.

The main part of our vehicle

display will occur along Canboro Rd. from downtown Fenwick, east toward Cherry Ridge.

Vehicles will be parked along both sides of the street by era starting with the early 1900’s downtown and proceeding east along Canboro Rd. in front of decorated businesses and homes. The display will feature up to 75 assorted vehicles, 95 per cent owned by Pelham residents, and will culminate with an operating turn of the century steam traction engine tractor at Lampman’s Furniture.

We are pleased to announce that we are challenging Pelham residents, both participants in the display of vehicles and the general public to help us fill a pickup truck with non perishable food items. Fenwick is a close knit community and to that end we have taken on a self imposed challenge with Pelham Cares.

Bill and Carole Chapman will have their clearly marked 1940 Chevrolet pick up in the vehicle display along Canboro Rd and we are challenging Pelham residents and attendees to help us “Fill up

the Pick up” with non-perishable food items for Pelham Cares.

The entertainment begins after the 11 a.m. flyover and goes until 11 p.m. There will be food, entertainment and live bands, plus historical displays, tours and a museum. The cost to attendees is free ,but we encourage a non-perishable food donation, and we also encourage people who participate in the vehicle

display to bring a non perishable food item and in return you will receive a sponsors’ bag.

The historic tour will take two different routes. The first from Dam’s to Church St. to Foss, left on Foss to Balfour, up Balfour to Welland, Welland to Garner back to Canboro. The second route would be Canboro to St. Ann’s church, back to Welland to Balfour, left on Balfour to

Memorial, left on Memorial to Maple, up Maple to center the of the village. Homeowners and business owners along the tour tour routes are encouraged to purchase swags and bows to decorate their buildings in the theme of the day.

Newly designed “Official” 160th Anniversary T-shirts are available for $12, as are “Heritage” posters for $5.

For more information on the 160th Celebration of Fenwick, T-shirts, decorating swags and sponsorship, contact Gary and Rosemary Chambers at 905892-2549 and for confirmed vehicle registration contact Rick Kavanagh at 905-892-5407, John Burger at 905-892-3059, Dave Csikos at 905-892-3615 (Space is Limited).

Motorcycle awareness on May 9 On May 9 motorcylceists and supports will converge on the intersection of Hwy 20 and Merrittville Highway to promote Motorcycle Awareness.

The group, with Motorcycle Niagara, planned the event to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the death of motorcyclist Regis Allard, who was killed in an accident at that intersection.

Friends and fellow motorcycle riders describe Allard as a wonderful husband, father and a good friend. As a community, they

would like to make a difference in the hope of saving future lives.

To achieve that goal, the group has planned the rally on May 9 to educate drivers about motorcycles and encourage everyone to “look twice, save a life.”

We are well into spring with the warm weather approaching.

Motorcyclists are emerging out onto our roadways. All motorists must share the road and be aware of their surroundings, especially motorcycles. Motorcyclists along with several local businesses and emergency services are coming

together as a community to educate motorists, on motorcycle awareness.

The group points out motorcycles are not as easily seen as other vehicles and a motorcycle may appear smaller or to move slower than it actually is.

Motorcycles are sometimes heard before being seen and their speed

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Time for vendors and retailers to get along

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“Can we all get along?”

The famous words, often misquoted, from Rodney King after his violent arrest and the Los Angeles Riots, might be a bit of overkill in this instance, but the message is certainly relevant.

I’m talking, of course, of the debate over the Pelham Farmers’ Market, and where it should call home.

The dialogue began when a meeting of local business owners, market vendors and town staff to discuss how to improve parking resulted in the suggestion to move the market.

The idea, as I understand it, was to bring the market closer to downtown retailers and open up the municipal lot for parking.

I wasn’t going to publicly offer my opinion in this matter, mostly because my opinion isn’t about “siding” with the vendors or the retailers and I

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didn’t want to offend anyone.

But I think the dialogue is moving a little away from improving things in the downtown core on Thursday nights.

I find the arguments for moving the market interesting.

Retailers have said the Thursday night parking issue, caused by the success of free summer concerts in Peace Park and the market, is negatively impacting business. I have to say I wonder how they know.

Few of the retailers in that area of Pelham Road have been in business long enough to know what their business would be like on a Thursday without concerts or market.

I’ve also heard the market vendors don’t like the concerts, as it takes business away.

That’s not what market vendors tell me, however. Vendors I’ve talked to say the idea that the market and concerts are

so close together means kids can run over to the market for a drink or treat, and their parents don’t have to worry, while adults grab dinner and their weekly produce while at the market. They worry it wouldn’t be the same if the market were further away.

And of course there’s the opinion below, that retailers are here 365 days a year while market vendors are once a week in a short season. It’s true, but if you’re here 365 days a year I would hope the weekly market wouldn’t make or break you. I also need to point out that for many market vendors, the weekly markets are their business - they don’t have a retail operation 365 days a year.

Not to mention the fact that market vendors have taken steps to make that location suitable for market, with the installation of hydro - that

they’re not even done paying for yet. Why would they want to move?

Personally, I think the market is fine right where it is and as one business owner recently suggested, the parking issue probably would have been better addressed eight years ago, before it got to be so chaotic.

I also think, as Mr. King suggested back in the 1990s, that the market, the concerts and the retail business should be able to get along and work together to make Thursday nights a benefit for everyone.

As a resident my family enjoys Thursday nights downtown, grabbing a bite to eat, hearing great music, having the opportunity to pick up fresh, local produce and, if need be, visit retail shops.

I’ve always thought the best solution is a positive one, like offering market goers free parking if they visit your

shop, or better yet a special or coupon to entice folks in on Thursday nights.

As my English granny always said, “you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.”

Isn’t it time to work together and make a little honey rather than let the vinegar of opposing views make the situation worse?

Sarah Murrell MY VOICE

LETTERS to the editor Business owner disgusted and appalled I was disgusted and appalled to read Mr. Fred Arbour’s comments in your recent article regarding moving the Farmers’ Market onto Pelham Street (Is Farmers’ Market on the move?” April 24, 2013); Mr. Arbour dismissed our concerns out of hand, stating “he doesn’t think it should move to please a handful of businesses”. That handful of businesses he is referring to are supposed to be the lifeblood of this town; this is a gentleman who represents

a group of retailers, who for the most part come to town for 5 hours a week and 6 months of the year (although many don’t even come outside of the summer months), we struggle to be here 365 days a year. Secondly I found it ridiculous that this article (and possibly town council) has rejected this proposal stating only the concerns of one business owner, who is in fact moving out of the downtown core, and will be completely unaffected by this decision

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Hoping for new hospital

BY DAVE AUGUSTYN Mayor of Pelham You will recall that last May, Dr. Kevin Smith, the Provincially-appointed Supervisor of the Niagara Health System (NHS), presented an Interim Report regarding restructuring of the NHS. He recommended building a new Southern Hospital and asked the six Southern Mayors and the Regional Chair to recommend the site.

Based on an analysis of population densities, Emergency call volumes, drive times, municipal infrastructure, NHS referrals, and Emergency Room usage, the Mayors and Chair unanimously suggested two geographic areas (about 8 kilometers apart) for the new hospital. In his September 2012 final report, Dr. Smith recommended that the NHS should construct a new general acute care hospital at the Lyons Creek / QEW location – as well as two free standing Urgent Care Centres.

By closing current facilities and building new, he estimated that this preferred option would cost $879 million in capital, but would save $9.5 million in annual operating expenses. The NHS needs the savings; Dr. Smith forecasts a consolidated deficit of $29 million by 2015.

He showed that a “revitalized status quo” – 3 acute care / ER sites (GNGH, St. Catharines, Welland), 3 complex care sites (NOTL, Fort Erie, Port Colborne) and 2 Urgent Care Centres (Fort & Port) – would cost $883 million in capital upgrades and save only $2 million in more efficient operations. The

hybrid option – 2 acute care / ER sites (GNGH, St. Catharines), 1 Ambulatory & Urgent Care Centre (Welland) and 2 Complex Care Sites (Fort & Port) – would cost $1,165 million in upgrades and save $2.8 million in operations.

Other options would cost substantially more, as well; for example, closing Niagara Falls site and redeveloping everything at the Welland Site would cost $1,433 million.

Providing local health care options and services in 2013 cannot mean “a hospital for every community” as it did in the 1930-50s when “Southern” communities constructed or relocated existing hospitals.

One can undergo day surgery for something today that would have kept you in the hospital for weeks in the 1950s. And, the hundreds of procedures that are routine today, weren’t even imagined two-and-a-half generations ago.

I do believe that communities need more local health care options and services –but that may not be in the form of a hospital; that’s why the Town is working with doctors who are developing new facilities and family health teams in both Fonthill and Fenwick.

Our hospitals need to quickly evolve to the new realities of health care. I hope that each of us can embrace the position of the Niagara South Medical Society and the Greater Niagara Medical Society; these doctors recently supported Dr. Smith’s call for a new hospital and suggested speedy implementation.

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

Regional poetry contest Niagara Region’s commitment to culture continues with the recent launch of the 2013 Niagara Region Poetry Contest.

Last year, by virtue of Niagara’s Cultural Capital of Canada (CCC) 2012 designation, the Region was invited to participate with municipalities across the country in hosting a poetry contest marking April as National Poetry Month.

Last year’s contest generated strong entries from poets throughout Niagara, and winners were awarded for poems in both official languages. The winning poems were announced and read by their authors at Regional Council last June, and went on to

be featured at CCC Closing Ceremonies and several other events during the year.

“We are delighted to be able to continue the Niagara Region Poetry Contest in 2013,” said Regional Councillor Douglas Joyner, co-chair of the Niagara Region Culture Committee. “We were very impressed with the number and quality of entries we received last year, and with the wonderful reception of our 2012 winning poems each time they were read.

Niagara has a wealth of literary talent which is important as well as gratifying to recognize. We look forward to another creative and diverse group of entries, and

encourage all Niagara poets out there, writing in French or English, to consider submitting.”

The deadline for submissions is May 31, 2013. An expert panel, including last year’s contest winners, will be assessing the entries based on their originality, creativity, and positive depictions of Niagara. One winning poet in each language category will receive a $175 honorarium and the opportunity to read their poems before Regional Council.

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Lookout Point Executive Chef wins Iron Chef Niagara

BY SARAH MURRELL VOICE Staff

Chef Abbey Solomon strives to be the best at what he does.

As the winner of this year’s Niagara Iron Chef competition Solomon can certainly claim to be the best.

“In Niagara anyway,” the executive chef at Lookout Point clarifies.

Solomon took part in the fifth annual Niagara Iron Chef competition, defeating seven other chefs to take the title and help raise funds for local charity.

“It’s a really, really fun event,” he says. “It’s great to get to work with other people in your field.

Since it’s for charity, everyone helps each other out.”

As for the competition, Solomon says it’s about more the prep work than anything else, noting his team put out 1,200 plates in the finale serving 300 guests.

Like the television show Iron Chef, chefs know the protein they’ll be working with but are given a secret ingredient at the start of each competition. Also like the television show, chefs are judged on the creativity,

presentation, originality and taste of their dishes.

For the finale, Solomon was serving up beef tenderloin, with mushrooms as the secret ingredient, and lobster with rice as the unknown ingredient.

Solomon noted since it is the guests who vote, and they’ve paid for their ticket, the secret ingredients weren’t too off the wall.

For the finale, he said, voting was fairly close but his dishes won him the Iron Chef title in Niagara.

Solomon got started in his father’s restaurant, first as a

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Working at a variety of restaurants before landing in Pelham two years ago, Solomon learned everything on the job, at home or from reading.

“The best experience I could have had was working in the industry,” he says. “When I first

got into the restaurant industry, it was one of those things I just fell in love with.”

“When I first stepped in the dish pit, I loved it,” he says, noting like anything to be successful you have to love what you do.

The creativity, he says, is what he loves about cooking.

“I have to have a creative outlet to make myself happy” says Solomon, explaining the creativity in cooking is endless At Lookout, where there is the 19th hole, a fine dining restaurant and a banquet hall, Solomon has no trouble being

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“There are a lot of different outlets where you can use your skills, your craft,” he says.

Solomon his testing his craft later this week with the So You Think You Can Cook competition from Niagara’s Norcliffe farms, which produces fiddleheads.

Solomon is one of three chefs chosen to cook their dish for a panel of five chefs. Two of the three finalists are from Niagara, he says, noting that speaks about the quality of dining in Niagara.

He enjoys competing, he says, because it’s a way to prove his skill.

“Because I’ve never gone to school, I have a little insecurity,” says Solomon. “I need to know, to prove to myself, I am as good as these others who have gone to school.”

“The bottom line, I want to be the best at what I do, I try to do my best at what I do.”

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to the paper clown shoes sold to help raise funds.

Other local leaders, including Gail Levay from Pelham Auto, will be on hand, added Ware.

Ronald McDonald Houses across the country provide a home away from home for families of sick or injured children while their child is being treated at a nearby hospital.

Today, there are 14 Ronald McDonald houses, eight Ronald McDonald rooms, and one Ronald McDonald Care mobile

in Canada. By 2014 those houses will be home to more than 20,000 families a year.

Ware says the Fonthill location makes such an event of McHappy Day because Ronald McDonald House is a place that is dear to many of the employees’ hearts.

“We have made dinner and served it at the House in Hamilton a few times and we were lucky enough to see what an impact it has on the families staying there,” says Ware, noting they’ve met with families who had been staying at the house for six months because

their child was so sick, and they were very grateful for the support of McDonalds.

Ware adds one of the local crew was born premature and when her mom was released from the hospital she stayed at the House until her daughter was released to the Welland hospital.

And, she says, there are lots of customer stories about the importance of Ronald McDonald House as well.

“That is why it is so special to us,” she says.

FONTHILL McDonalds employees Penny Igguleden, mananger Harold Mills, MaryLou Tremblay and Jenna Wutzke, are ready for McHappy Day, the national fundraiser for Ronald McDonald Houses in Canada, on May 8.

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Correction In the April 17 edition, (page 15) Tessa Jeffery’s name was incorrectly listed as Tessa Jevvery. The Voice apologizes for the error.

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Crossley’s environmental team wins school $25,000

BY SARAH MURRELL VOICE Staff While the Enviornmental club at E.L. Crossley has worked diligently for the past several years to help the environment, their work has led to some pretty impressive rewards for Crossley students as well.

The latest is a $25,000 computer lab the group won from Staples’ Recycle for Education contest.

Local representatives were at the school early Thursday morning to tell the students their essay, detailing how E.A.R.T.H., the environmental club, has helped the school has become environmentally responsible, was chosen from 650 entries to win the $25,000 computer lab.

The contest, explained Alex Rasiulis, manager of the Welland Staples store, ties in with Staples’ commitment to sustainability and eco-friendly initiatives with the products they sell and programs they deliver.

The $25,000 prize is actually funded through Staples’ instore ink cartridge recycling programs.

“It’s an opportunity to give back to the schools,” added Rasiulis.

In making the announcement to Crossley staff and students, Rasiulis said the school’s commitment to encouraging students to do more, the other awards and acclamations the school’s environmental club have earned, and their commitment to go beyond the school in their environmental work is why the group was chosen as the winner.

The school has implemented environmental programs including: a recycling program, battery disposal program, promotion and selling reusable water bottles, tree planting and an annual event “Crossley is Not Afraid of the Dark” aimed at promoting and educating the community between Earth Hour and Earth Day. Dedication to green initiatives has landed the school several green awards and certifications. To take the green revolution one step further,

E.L. Crossley Secondary School became the second Canadian school to join the Global Ozone Project, a project for students around the world to collect data to establish a global ground level ozone bank.

E.L. Crossley Secondary School’s dedication to the environment showcases their “passion and commitment to making the world a greener place.”

“It’s quite the achievement,” said Rasius.

“I’m tickled pink,” said Jason Kominetsky, District Manager for Staples, noting he was very happy to be in Niagara to make the announcement.

Sharon Keller, the staff leader of the school’s environmental activities, was visibly emotional when the $25,000 award was revealed.

Keller said she’s proud of the students, noting they’re proud of themselves as well, adding it is nice to see others recognizing the school’s commitment to the environment.

With the $25,000 from Staples Keller says the environmental efforts of the school have earned Crossley $44,500 in grants and awards.

Those grants, she said, have helped the club create environmentally friendly initiatives that benefit the entire school.

This year the club is set to complete a second outdoor classroom, just outside of the cafeteria, that will give students a place outdoors to sit with friends as well as provide teachers a place to teach when summer temperatures rise inside the upper floors of the school.

The school has also been a leader in providing H2O water filling stations and encouraging students to bring refillable water bottles to school. There are four at Crossley, with a fifth coming soon, and more than 50 water stations in other DSBN schools that can be attributed to Crossley’s lead on the project.

The five-year greening of the school grounds project began in 2008 and is set to wrap up this year, with the planting of another 25 trees.

E.L. CROSSLEY’S environmental club along with teachers and representatives from Staples, celebrates their win of the Staples Recycle for Education contest.

Sarah Murrell/Voice Photo “We couldn’t do that without getting grants,” said Keller, adding the club has been able to make significant contributions to the school and students.

Keller also noted the club works to make enviornmental actions part of the everyday, culture of the school - by encouraging recycling, turning off lights, and the refillable water bottles.

In thanking Keller for her work, Principal Ed Goerzen said she invests a lot of herself into the environmental work, noting she is dedicated to the effort.

He also attributed the success of the club to the students involved.

Keller said there isn’t a plan yet for the $25,000, noting the school will have to look into any requirements Staples has for the money and where a new computer lab would be most beneficial for the students.

“This is really amazing,” said student Victorial Gunge. “This will help our whole school.”

“It’s inspiring,” added Bakht Kahn, “to see others recognizing what we’re doing.”

Gunge added it was nice to see Keller, normally a very strong person, to get emotional over the announcement.

“You know it meant a lot to her.”

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McCarthy family sees uncle Herb’s dog graduate

BY SARAH MURRELL VOICE Staff

Herb McCarthy wanted to help the Lions in the work they do so he made a donation to the Fenwick Club.

With the graduation of Herbie, a Lions Foundation Dog Guide, Herb’s donation will make a lasting impact in the life of a blind man but will also insure Herb’s generosity isn’t forgotten.

Members of Herb’s family joined members of the Fenwick Lions Club last week to watch the graduation of Herbie and meet the gentleman he will help.

Herb’s nephew Ross says his uncle hadn’t specified what the money should be used for, but simply wanted to make the

donation because he liked the Lions club.

When the Lions told him they thought it would be best used to purchase a dog guide, Herb thought it was a wonderful idea, added Ross.

The Fenwick Lions Club has sponsored about 15 dogs, says Lion Al Beamer, noting most were sight dogs but they’ve also provided hearing dogs and special skills dogs.

The Lions Foundation provides dogs in several different programs, including sight, hearing, special skills, seizure response, diabetic alert and autism assistance. To raise and train a dog ranges from $4,000 to $12,000, depending on what type of service they will provide.

The Fenwick Lions sponsor a dog, sometimes two, earch

year usually funded through Biketoberfest, said Beamer, noting sight is the Lions mandate.

Herb passed away last August, before getting the chance to see the dog he sponsored graduate as a Dog Guide.

“It’s a wonderful thing the Lions Clubs do,” said Ross of the Dog Guide program, noting the dogs are provided free to Canadians who need service dogs.

Ross added it was “fabulous” to attend the graduation.

“It was really great. I really enjoyed it,” he said.

Colleen, Ross’s sister, said it was “really something” to see what the dogs can do. “It’s just unbelievable.”

She added everyone is so appreciative of receiving a dog, including Jeff Dewald who received Herbie because of their

uncle’s generosity.

For those who’d like to help the Lions Foundation provide more dogs, the Purina Walk for Dog Guides is coming up on Sunday, May 26.

The walk is being held by the Fenwick Lions in conjucntion with their carnival weekend. To register, to donate or to learn more, visit www.walkfordogguides.com MEMBERS of Herb McCarthy’s family, niece Dorothy, nephew Doug, niece Colleen and nephew Ross, join Jeff Dewald, who received Herbie, a Dog Guide named after McCarthy who made a donation to the Fenwick Lions which sponsored the purchase of the dog. /Special to the Voice

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has been in over 30 exhibitions and has sold more than 60 original works and hundreds of limited edition giclee prints to Canadian and international collectors.

Tiessen was juried in as the youngest member of International Guild of Realism (IGOR) featuring foremost realist artists from around the world, and Artists for Adults $10 Children 5-12 $6 Under 5 FREE

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“It’s always been a passion for me,” says Tiesssen, noting it is an added bonus that people buy his art and he is able to make it his full-time career.

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“It’s really amazing to have encouragement from one of your icons,” he said.

Tiessen’s work, which he describes as “high realism”, will be on display at the Pelham Art Festival this year.

The teen says he was at the show last year and was invited back in 2013 as a featured artist. He has donated a limited edition giclee print to raffle at the show.

“I’m glad to donate,” he said, noting the festival’s commitment to giving back, having donated more than $350,000 to the Pelham library, is in line with what he likes to do.

Tiessen recently created Arts for a Change, which supports several environmental and social causes.

The environment is important, he says, as he takes much of his inspiration from nature.

“I’m really inspired by the natural world and weathered surfaces,” he says. “It’s an

PELHAM Public Library Board Chair Maxxine Gaylor (left) and CAO Stephanie Stowe (right) were happy to accept another $10,000 cheque from Heidi TeBrake of the Pelham Art Festival.

For more than two decades the art festival has supported the library with significant doantions.

The art festival runs Mother’s Day weekend, May 10, 11 and 12, at the Pelham Arena. /Special to the Voice amazing world created by God.” Tiessen adds he loves being able to depict that world through human creativity.

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E.L. Crossley students win big in skills competition

BY SARAH MURRELL VOICE Staff

like DeRuyte, the skills challenge was a “whim� he entered to test the experience he got at home.

Rauh, with teammate Travis Gabryelski, won a bronze medal in the Carpentry challenge.

That home experience, he explains, includes building a small cottage on his grandparents’ property and a slew of tree houses he built as a kid. “It feels pretty good,� he says, to have medalled in the carpentry challenge.

Connor Wright agreed,winning a medal feels pretty good.

Wright picked up a silver medal in the Mechanical CADD competition, noting he really enjoys the design work he does in class.

For Wright, industrial design using the CADD system is his career choice.

The medal wins will help the students as they work towards their individual career goals, says Janine VanOostrom, whose silver

medal winning Photography will make a nice addition to her portfolio.

The Grade 11 student plans to study Broadcast and Video, with a side in photography, noting photography is a hobby but it is definitely something she’d like to have a career in. “We’re proud of them,� says teacher Dave Csikos, noting the entire tech department is proud of all of the students who take part in tech skills competitions.

Taking part in a tech skills challenge isn’t just another extra-curricular activity. For many students it’s a path to a future career and a chance to showcase their specific skill set.

For 14 E.L. Crossley students it was also a medal-winning experience. “It’s a good accomplishment,� said Jack DeRuyte of winning gold in the Auto Service Technology challenge. “I’m proud.�

DeRuyte also took gold in the district challenge, giving him the opportunity to move on to the provincial level of competition.

DeRuyte says he’s learned a lot since last year, when he placed fourth in the competition, explaining everything “builds up� through in-school class and real world experience, which he has.

The Grade 12 student started working on cars alongside his grandfather when he was a kid and is already working where he plans to apprentice, at Mark’s Heavy Truck Repair. “I’ve always liked having dirty E.L. Crossley’s Tech Challenge Skills winners are Travis Gabryelski (back, left) and Benjamin hands,� he says, his hands and Rauh, carpentry bronze; Alex Delle Monache, electrical wiring silver; Michael Madej, graphic clothes already covered in the dirt design bronze; Connor Wright, Mechanical CADD silver; Josh Loewen (front, left) and Katelyn of hard work in the school’s auto Pellow, District Champions 2D animation; Natalie Belanger, TV video production silver; Janine VanOostrom, photography silver; and Jack DeRuyte, auto service technology District shop.

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Lows, DeRuyte, Pellow and Loewen will all compete at the provincial level of competition in Waterlool, May 6 to 8.

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Community Events ONGOING • 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 p.m.

Bingo Night at St. Ann’s Church, 834 Canboro Rd, Fenwick Wheelchair accessible.

• Tuesdays 6 p.m.-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 a.m.bulance, 5734 Glenholme Ave., Niagara Falls. Info: Bob 892-2336 • Fourth Tuesday of the month, at 11 a.m. Maple Acre Library Book Club.

Jessica Stewart leads this lunch hour discussion. $10.00 includes sub lunch and drink. Please register the month ahead in order to pick up your book.

• Alternate Wednesdays.

1:00-3:00 p.m.. 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.

• Wednesday - last Wednesday each month.

Euchre Night at North Pelham Youth Hall, 1718 Maple St. $3 admission.

Call Rose for info: 905-8923408.

• Thursdays, 6-8 p.m.

Free Art2 Workshops, Teens and Adults welcome to drop in. The Happy Place Studio, 1433 Pelham St. Fonthill.

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Thursday of every month) 1:30 p.m. to p.m. SOS (Survivors of Stroke) Everyone is welcome. Info call Ann 905-892-1621 • Thursdays (first Thursday of every month) 4:00-7:00 p.m. Pasta Night, St. Alexander Church, Fonthill. $10 adults, $5 child age 4-12. All you can eat. $9 for take out. Penne, meatballs, sausage, bean medley, garlic bread, salad, desserts, coffee, tea. Wine and Beer also available.

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• Fridays 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Legion Lunch • 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.

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, 2-4:30 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. ontarioseniorg a.m.es.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.

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UPCOMING Thursday and Friday, May 2 and 3 • Free Comic Book Day. In celebration of Free Comic Book Day, Pulp Comics of N.F. is providing a number of comic books to the Pelham Library to give out. On May 4, visit the store for more fun. Check out www.pulpcomics.ca for more details or call 905353-0666.

Friday May 3 • 8:00 - Noon, Giant Flea Market at Fonthill United Church, 42 Chruch Hill, treasures and bargains, items for home, garden, recreation, also books and toys. Also on Saturday, May 4.

• 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and 4:30 - 7:00 p.m. Legion Lunch Saturday, May 4 • 8:00 - Noon, Giant Flea Market at Fonthill United Church, 42 Chruch Hill, treasures and bargains, items for home, garden, recreation, also books and toys.

• 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Overdrive and Your KOBO, Pelham Public Library.

Learn to download free ebooks. Bring your KOBO, valid library card and all cords with you. Laptops available on site. $5, please register ahead.

Sunday, May 5

•12 noon - 5:00 p.m.

CFUW 39th Annual House Tour. Five beautiful and varied homes. www. cfuwstcatharines.org or call 905-646-3191 for details.

Tuesday, May 7 • 6:30 p.m. ANXIETY How to Understand & Cope with it. 21 Port Robinson Rd., Fonthill. A FREE presentation by Karen Robson of the Canadian Mental Health Association – Niagara. Includes a volunteer’s personal experience. Sponsored by the Christadelphians of Niagara. Register ahead at 905-714-0701 or davejoannegray@gmail. com • 6:00 p.m. My Phone is a Camera? Part 1, Pelham Public Library. Get the best photos possible from your cell phone by adjusting settings. $5 Please register ahead.

• 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Widows Information Network (WIN) presents lawyer Melanie Smith to answer legal questions, Cafe of Faith Tabernacle, (Fitch and Pelham Streets), Welland. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Tea/coffee provided. No charge. All widows welcome.

Wednesday, May 8 • 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Scrappy Club Drop-In. Pelham Public Library.

Work on your latest cardmaking, stamping, papercraft or scrapmaking project and get inspiration from others. Swap table,

how-to tips. $2. Also on Monday, June 3.

• 2:00 p.m. Apple Tea Party, Pelham Public Library. Celebrate spring with toddlers (please bring mom, dad or grandparents) with apple treats, tea and juice as well as stories and activities. $2 per person.

Please register ahead.

Thursday, May 9 • 6:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Motorcycle Awareness Niagara, Look Twice Save a Life rally, in memory of Regis Allard, died on his way to work May 9, 2012 while riding a motorcycle.

At the intersection of Hwy 20 and Merrittville hwy, Thorold, on all four corners.

Friday, May 10 - Sunday, May 12 • Pelham Art Festival, Pelham Arena. 65 artists, live entertainment, delicious food, cash wine bar. Fri. 7-10 p.m. $8, Sat. and Sun. 11 a.m. -5 p.m, $5.

Friday, May 10 • 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and 4:30 - 7:00 p.m. Legion Lunch • 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Fab Fenwick Lions Fish Fry, Take Out, Centennial Park, Church St, Fenwick.

Saturday, May 11 • 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Perennial Plant Sale and Bake Table, Fenwick United Church, 1050 Church Street. Great selection of perennials and shurbs at bargain prices.

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Neighbourhood?

New to Fonthill, or know someone who is?

Whether you’ve moved from far or near, we’ll greet you with COMPLIMENTARY gifts from your local business community, and provide information about Pelham/Fonthill!

This is a free community service.

1-866-283-7581 www.welcomewagon.ca

Services

Garage Sale

ALLTYPE MASONRY Chimneys, Brick, Block, Stone.

Foundation repairs, sidewalks, custom concrete work. Call the Deamudes– Tom 289-241-4767 or 905-892-1924

In ‘The Barn’, Top of the hill at 1705 Effingham Road.

Antiques, furniture, tools, china and more. Saturday, May 4 7:30 a.m.

Robert’s Painting I only paint & I do it well.

Int/Ext 25 years experience, neat, reliable. www. robertspainting niagara.com

732-2352 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, riverwood@primus.ca

Time to Spring Clean?

Advertise your Garage Sale! editor@thevoiceofpelham.ca

905-892-8690

Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5, 8 a.m.

- 3 p.m. 5 Maureen Court, Fonthill. Tools, china, kitchen, home and camping items.

Lessons Golf Lessons. CGTF/ USGTF Level IV Certified Master Gollf Teaching Professional. Private. SemiPrivate. Juniors. Beginners.

All Levels. Call Doug 905892-3140, 905-327-1492, dhowell1@cgoeco.ca

Route Available • Linden, Giles, Burton, Elm, Forest Gate, Pelham (Broad to Shorthill)

83 papers Please call 905-892-8690

For Sale Josh DeHaan Flooring “For all your flooring needs”

We offer in-stock specials: • pre-finished hardwood

FRANK’S DRYWALL & TILE

flooring solid, engineered from $2/ft2 • laminate flooring from $.89/ft2 • carpet and vinyl flooring from $4.95/yd2 • fibre flooring from $1/ft2 • ceramic tile from $.89/ft2

905-892-5875

...and other specials!

Complete basement renovations, parging, porches, back decks, fences, laminate & ceramic tile.

Call for free estimate:

MP Lawncare “Great Work at a Fair Price Since 2002” • Lawn cutting (commercial & residential) • Tree service • Yard clean-up • Hedge trimming • Lawn rolling • Aerating • Dump runs 905-892-4286 Ask for Mike

Call us to see the products that are available & visit our showroom.

Phone: 905-892-7898 Fax: 905-892-4811 No Sunday Calls, Please

Wheat straw for sale. small bales.

Call 905-788-2956 or 905-892-1303

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SPORTS

Bootcamp successes inspire second 8 week session

BY SARAH MURRELL VOICE Staff

Four hundred pounds. Five hundred inches.

Just half-way through a 16week boot camp, participants are having such incredible results in how they look and how they feel, they’re asking for more.

Studio 20 and DJ Weight Management are happy to oblige, and have scheduled a second session, that will begin after the May 24 holiday.

“We had a very good response,” says Krysta Pratt, owner of Studio 20, noting organizers conducted a survey at the half way mark of the boot camp and everything was positive.

“Some people have lost half of their goal weight,” said Jayne Watson, of DJ Weight Management.

Watson and Diane Watters approached Pratt about the boot camp idea, looking to partner with a local business. Watson and Watters supply a customized nutrition program with weigh-ins and Pratt provides the space, the administration of the program, a punch card for additional work outs at the studio, and a fitness

instructor.

Lynn Winner, who takes spin classes with Pratt, has been a fitness instructor for 15 years and has three fitness degrees from Brock. She was the logical choice to lead boot camp classes, said Pratt.

“This is way fun,” says Winner of the her classes, her students joking and smiling as they lean against a wall, knees at a 90 degree angle, weights in their hands.

Pratt noted the participants in the camp receive one boot camp exercise class per week, but many are asking for a second class.

The next session will include three boot camp options. The original boot camp with the nutrition plan and 8 workouts; a second with the nutrition plan and 16 workouts, two per week; and a plan with just the workouts for those who have already been through boot camp and have a nutirition plan in place.

Pratt says it’s a great program because participants get everything they need to get fit, a nutrition plan, cardio and resistance training.

“It’s a total package,” she says.

Watson added the boot camp is designed to fit in with people’s everyday lives, from scheduling of the classes to the nutrition plan

and the prices.

“There are a lot of choices, it’s a great workout,” says Pratt. “We make it fun, that’s important.”

Studio 20 and DJ Weight are hosting a meet and greet for anyone interested in the boot camp. The event will be Wednesday, May 15 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the studio.

Those who register that day, or before, receive a 10 per cent discount.

LYNN WINNER, foreground, puts her students through their boot camp training.

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Bowman will be offering her hundreds of varieties of herbs, while other vendors will be preparing their seasonal produce and other goods. The first market of the year includes a “burlap cutting” and birthday cake. Market runs 4:30 p.m. to dusk every Thursday evening in the municipal parking lot on Pelham Town Square (beside town hall).

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