The Voice of Pelham, October 16, 2013

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Lieutenant Governor, David Onley, stresses planning for accessibility BY WAYNE CAMPBELL

for the VOICE Ontario Lieutenant Governor David Onley emphasized progress in accessibility with a visit to one of Pelham’s nine accessible playgrounds last week.

But in an interview, he said there is still a long way to go toward a completely accessible society.

After riding his scooter around the Centennial Park playground, Onley, disabled by polio at age 3, praised the design of the parks.

“Parks are for all children, not just children who can,” he said.

“When my parents took me to playgrounds, they were completely inaccessible.”

The Lieutenant Governor quoted television personality Mr. Rogers about the importance of play to children to a crowd of elementary students.

“For children, play is se-

Ontario Lieutenant Governor David Onley poses with St. Ann Catholic Students at Centennial Park in Fenwick. They welcomed him with a sign when his visited the park’s accessible playground.

Wayne Campbell/Voice Photo rious learning.”

The Pelham playgrounds are fitted with artificial turf to prevent injury and allow wheelchair, walker and stroller access.

Onley stressed the need for a “universal design”

approach in planning facilities that are useful to everyone.

It means doing the work correctly from the beginning, rather than spending money later to alter it, he said.

He praised those behind the creation of Pelham’s playgrounds. They included the town council, the Fenwick Lions Club who donated the park in 1967, the town’s joint accessibility advisory committee

and the design firm ABC Recreation Ltd. In 2009, taking advantage of federal and provincial Recreational Infrastructure Canada (RinC) Program stimulus funding, Pelham paid its share of a three-way $1.1 million cost to build nine new fully accessible playgrounds.

Mayor Dave Augustyn told his visitor the town turned a 15- to 17-year project into a single-year effort. The playgrounds were built and opened in 2010.

Pelham won the Parks and Recreation Ontario Excellence in Design Award for them.

In an interview, Onley said over the years considerable progress has been made in accessibility. He credited disabled athletes Terry Fox and Rick Hansen with drawing attention to it.

“It is accelerating,” he said pointing to Ontario See Onley (Page 2)

Page THE VOICE of Pelham Wednesday, October 16, 2013 Onley cont. from Page 1) legislation that is in the eighth year of a 20-year program toward making the province completely accessible.

There are efforts in the private sector with some companies showing real leadership, he said, but “there is still a long way to go.”

Many small and medium size companies remain inaccessible. Government departments and court procedures can still stand in the way of providing services, he said.

“And in the area of unemployment, we are definitely not there when it comes to hiring.”

Sharon Cook, a former town councillor and member of the joint accessibility advisory committee, similarly has seen some progress.

“It is inching along.”

It took legislation to bring about major changes.

For decades, Cook worked in recreational rehabilitation. She helped to train wheelchair athletes such as Fox and Hansen as well as organize competitions.

She recalled fighting with airlines, bus companies and railways just to get athletes simple transportation.

Today it’s different. Now that services are compulsory, things can be done that couldn’t be done before, she said.

Chris Paiva, an accessibility committee member who uses a wheelchair, stressed the need for sensible design.

“It’s getting better slowly,” he said. For example, sidewalks are easier to use but paving bricks beside them can be a problem for wheelchairs.

During Thursday’s visit, Onley presented a Lieutenant Governor’s volunteer pin to Capt. Leo Giovenazzo for his service with 613 Lincoln and Welland Regiment Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps.

Onley said he has presented the pin only a dozen times in the six years he has been in office.

For Giovenazzo , it came as a surprise.

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Onley met members of the Fenwick Lions Club, Mariah Bunz who had received the Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers earlier this year and about 125 students from E. W. Farr Memorial School, Pelham Centre Public School and St. Ann Catholic School.

Pelham’s nine playgrounds are in Centennial, Cherry Ridge, Harold Black, Hurleston, Marlene Steward Streit, North Pelham, Pelham Corners, Rolling Meadows and Woodstream parks.

For Onley, it was also a family visit. He is related to the Comfort family and “I came to check out our tree,” Pelham’s Comfort Maple, the town’s symbol in North Pelham.

(Top) Ontario Lieutenant Governor David Onley is joined by students from E.W. Farr and Pelham Centre public schools for photos after many of the students demonstrated Centennial Park’s accessible playground. About 125 students from Fenwick area schools were at the park for his visit.

(Bottom) Ontario Lieutenant Governor David Onley with Mayor Dave Augustyn and MPP Tim Hudak at Centennial Park’s accessible playground during a visit last week.

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Tender made for Highland Avenue reconstruction work Calling all bids.

Six tenders have been awarded by the town in September.

They include work for reconstruction of Highland Avenue and renovation of the pool house in Marlene Stewart Streit Park.

Brennan Paving with a $288,986 bid will reconstruct Highland Avenue from Elizabeth Drive south for 150 metres.

It includes road reconstruction

with a new watermain and storm sewer. Work is expected to begin this month.

Doumax Developments Limited is renovating the pool house for $180,750.

It will remove interior block walls and concrete floor and then pour a new floor and put up new walls.

Gibbons Contracting with a $54,280 bid would carry out a culvert replacement.

The town will rent a four-wheel drive articulated multipurpose tractor for $9,500 from Work Equipment Ltd. Economy Paving with a bid of $143,500 would carry out the town’s road base and surface program.

For a sanitary sewer video inspection program, Dynamic Industrial Services had a bid of $82,754.

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Author Lini Grol celebrates 100th birthday BY WAYNE CAMPBELL

for the VOICE At 100, Lini Grol still writes stories and poetry.

The former Fonthill writer and artist said Friday she is working on an 8,000 word fictional story drawn from her nursing days.

The member of the Canadian Authors’ Association regularly submits stories to magazines.

About 100 people from Niagara, across Ontario, and her native Holland marked her century on Oct. 7.

They crowded into a reception room at the Holland Christian Homes in Brampton where she has lived since 1994.

Grol is known for her books and plays about Niagara, nursing, the Netherlands during the

Second World War, and, legends of Niagara and Holland.

Liberation, a novel about the Netherlands, may be her best known work.

She continues to write poetry as she has since she was a young girl.

“I do enjoy it,” she said.

When she lived in Fonthill, Grol introduced many to the Dutch art of scissor cuttings. She used the clippings to tell tales as well as illustrate her books.

Grol said she can no longer do scissor cuttings.

Her hands aren’t steady enough.

But by using computers, she continues to write.

“It just takes a little more time.”

Grol comes from a family of long-livers, so she isn’t surprised she reached 100. He father died at 98, and, her brother and sis-

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“It’s in my genes.”

Fitness and goal setting helps too.

She said she walks for a half hour every morning before breakfast, usually outside. If the day is wet or cold, she will switch to tunnels under the fivebuilding Holland Christian Homes complex.

“I enjoy what I’m doing, and as long as you have a goal, life remains interesting and you continue to work.”

As a retired registered nurse, she encourages her fellow retirement complex residents to stay active.

She said, however, she knows many of them had hard lives of working and raising families.

“They are just worn out.”

Grol said she always had a strong interest in what she was doing.

Since she did not have an immediate family, she had the independence to do what she wanted to do.

Grol worked as a registered nurse first in Holland, then in South America and finally at the Welland County General Hospital until 1970 after she immigrated to Canada in 1954.

In the 1970s, she opened a studio in Fonthill to turn her part-time writing career into a full-time occupation.

Over the years, she produced a string of books,

art work and poetry while helping to organize Niagara’s community poets and authors, demonstrating scissor cuttings in schools and, for four years, hosting a Dutch and English cable television show, Discovery with Lini Grol.

Among her books are: Fidelio—The Faithful Cat, Lelelawala—A Legend of the Maid of the Mist, Tales from The Niagara Peninsula, Scissors Craft, From A Nurse’s Diary, Mothers, Silent Thoughts & Silhouettes, Magic Gifts, Anita, Hundred Years Dreams, With Love From Holland, and Of Love and Laughter.

Grol travels and visits Niagara often.

“I don’t drive anymore, but I enjoy visiting friends

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Pelham High alumni plan reunion and offer scholarship for students

BY VILMA MORETTI

Since 1985, the alumni of Pelham Continuation/District High School, that was located in Fenwick, have given a scholarship to graduating students from E.L. Crossley Secondary School.

This year, two $2000 scholarships were given out. One to Allison Bylsma, who is going to Niagara College for the two year recreation therapy program, and the other to Bennett Liddycoat, who is going to Trent University for the teacher’s program.

This brings our total to $38,000! We are so pleased to be able to help our young people further their education.

For any student at E.L. Crossley who is interested in applying for our scholarship, please go to the Guidance department at the school or go on line to the school’s website and you

can find “Pelham High Memorial Scholarship”. You will be able to see the qualification you need and how to apply. The Guidance Department has all the necessary forms.

Pelham High School opened in 1922 and throughout its history had served the students of Pelham, Wainfleet, Welland, West Lincoln and Thorold.

During the late 1950s, there were over 1,200 students at the school. E.L. Crossley was our principal and then supervising principal of Pelham High, Thorold, Fonthill and E.L.Crossley secondary schools.

The students going to this rural school in Fenwick were a close knit community—not only among themselves but also with the village. So, when Pelham High closed in 1974 a huge void was left.

Many of the former students felt that something had to be done to get people together

again and we held our first Reunion in 1984 and every five years after that. It was through this first reunion that we had enough money to invest and set up our scholarship fund.

In 2014, forty years will have passed since Pelham High closed so we are planning another reunion.

The exact date and place have not yet been decided but we will keep you posted through our email and phone lists and through the Voice.

P.S.: Our year book was called the Pelham Pnyx. The Pelham Historical Society has been able to put years 1933 to 1950 online. To access them, visit www.pelhamlibrary.on.ca, scroll down and click on Pelham Historical Society, then under Feature Collections click on Pnyx Collection.

If you like what you see, let them know.

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Automation not Rock ‘n’ roll always the best choice rids raccoons!

It is the 21st century.

I have spent three days now mastering (or I should say tolerating) the invention of digital voice systems all for the sake of trying to obtain six appliance-sized cardboard boxes for my students to create art.

Seems simple enough doesn’t it?

After waiting ever-so patiently on hold for an average of 10 minutes, I was not successful in getting any boxes from the nine companies I called. To my surprise, I was met with indifference, disinterest, and sometimes outright rudeness from the human voices of store associates. I was repeatedly told, “I’m sorry, it’s not our policy to do that.”

Does this really need to be so complicated?

In my teens, I remember reading the article “Future Shock” by futurist Alvin

Toffler, and laughing with my peers at the idea that technology would lead to disillusionment and the breakdown of real communication. Hmm. There is a happy ending to this story, which is the real reason I am compelled to write this letter. Feeling discouraged, I drove to our local hardware store, owned by the Beamer family. I explained to them what I needed. Without hesitation they handed over eight cardboard boxes and loaded them into my car. This is not the first time Beamer’s Hardware has pulled through for art and theatre projects for E.L. Crossley students.

Thank you Lloyd and family for your generosity and business etiquette. You bring back the human touch.

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We recently had a visit by two police officers, responding to a call from a neighbour.

They were concerned after hearing our radio/TV being played quite loudly, non-stop for the past few days. We thanked the police officers for their visit, and they were on their way.

Let me explain: We have raccoons. They have been raiding our bird feeder quite regularly lately, and we were concerned that they may have set up home in our attic.

We searched for a remedy on the Internet,

looking for some way of getting rid of them without the expense of hiring an exterminator. Several people reported success simply by playing a radio in the attic at a high volume. This is what we’ve been doing.

I did not get the name of the person who phoned the police with this concern. To that person, thank you! It’s nice to know people show concern, and take appropriate action when they sense a possible problem.

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Bylaw shocks longboarders

BY WAYNE CAMPBELL for the VOICE Local longboarders call unfair a bylaw that bans recreational longboarding on town streets.

“We’re all shocked and disappointed,” said Isaac Harley. “Town council seems incapable of compromise in this situation.”

Longboarders participated in two problem-solving workshops and suggested compromise ideas such as designating a road for longboarding.

“We tried to compromise, yet we end up getting everything taken away,” he said on behalf of the Fonthill Skaters Union.

“As a group, we have lost faith in the town.”

Last week, town council passed a bylaw that would ban recreational longboarding on streets but did permit the use of longboards for transportation.

Longboarders can use sidewalks, bike lanes or roadsides to get from one place to another.

They cannot, however, ride down hills doing tricks and stunts.

Mayor Dave Augustyn said he has received some reaction to the new bylaw.

Unlike other communities that passed similar bylaws that banned all longboarding, Pelham is allowing its use for transportation, he said.

The town will enforce the bylaw on a complaint basis.

Ward 3 Coun. John Durley, during the bylaw debate at council’s last meeting, said that if longboarders could find a neighbourhood comfortable with their activities, they could still practice their sport.

Harley saw a flaw in that approach, although there are residents comfortable with longboarders.

“All it would take is someone passing through to complain.”

Nor was he sure police or the public would be able to tell the difference between transportation and recreational longboarding.

“If you’re going down a hill, sometimes you will slide out to slow down; that could be interpreted as recreational,” he said. “It’s going to be very hard to tell.”

Town council will consider whether to build a $130,000 longboarding track as it prepares its 2014 capital budget.

Harley said it would be difficult for longboarders to wait eight or nine months to practise their sport.

“It’s like telling a hockey player he can’t play hockey.”

They, however, planned to attend an open house on Tuesday during which Pelham residents were invited to suggest capital and operating items for the 2014 budget. Longboarders want to show support for a track.

Suggestions can also be made by email through the town’s website at www.pelham.ca by those who couldn’t make the meeting.

The open house at Pelham Town hall has been held at the beginning of town council’s budget deliberations for the past few years.

Among resident-suggested projects that have been added to the budget are sidewalks along Canboro Road and South Pelham. There have also been recommendations for restraint.

“Town council likes to say it is youth friendly,” Harley said. “The youth don’t about know that, we feel like we’ve been deceived.”

Four-way stop for Canboro Road and Balfour Street Canboro Road at Balfour Street could become an all-way stop.

Town council’s committee of the whole is recommending acceptance of a staff report calling for stop signs on Canboro to match those on Balfour.

“All way stops have been created at all the cross traffic intersections on Canboro Road,” said staff in its report, “and it is believed that the creation of an all way stop at the intersection of Canboro Road with Balfour Street will resolve future collisions related to a lack of visibility for drivers entering Canboro Road from Balfour Street.”

The streets intersect at 65 degrees rather than the usual. Trees and hedges at the southeast and northeast corner along with a hill affect visibility. There

have been three collision there in the past three years.

While the necessity for stop signs doesn’t reach the level suggested by the Ontario Traffic Manual risks are considered high enough to recommend it.

The committee is also recommending 11 stop sign locations in the new Lookout, Rittenhouse and Weiland Heights subdivisions.

The recommendations must be formally approved by town council.

The subdivisions of Weiland Heights and Lookout, which are between Lookout Street and Haist Road, and Rittenhouse, which is on the east side of Pelham Street, are now under construction.

The stop signs will be added when the road work is done.

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Town council proclaims November Philanthropy month

BY WAYNE CAMPBELL

for the VOICE Pelham town council proclaimed November Philanthropy Month in Pelham.

It received a request to so from the Niagara Community Foundation at Monday’s council meeting. The foundation has taken National PhiRoyal Canadian Legion Branch 613 Bar & Lounge Restoration

Capt. Leo Giovenazzo points to a pin for volunteer service he received from Ontario Lieutenant Governor David Onley. The surprise presentation of Fenwick’s Centennial Park recognizes his 16 years with the 613 Lincoln and Welland Regiment Army Cadet Corps. For three years in a row the cadet unit has won regional recognition. Onley said only a few of these pins are presented.

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The month will open Nov. 1 with Random Act of Kindness Day, foundation past-president Mel Groom told council.

“Philanthropy involves a generosity of spirit, a desire to help and a firm belief that you can make a difference in your community regardless of how much or how little you have to give,” said the Pelham resident.

The foundation wants to raise awareness of philanthropy and recognize the contribution of people and organizations in the community, she said.

Groom also acknowledged an $11,000 contribution to the Pelham

Community Fund held by the foundation, which in just 18 months has raised $44,000.

She saluted Mayor Dave Augustyn and his wife for opening the first family fund within the Pelham Fund as well as Coun.

Peter Papp for opening a family fund under his hometown Welland Community Fund. The Niagara Community Foundation holds funds for specific communities under its umbrella. Earnings from them are used in those communities.

Groom said in the past 18 months the foundation’s endowments have grown from $12 million to $22.5 million, much of it from estate gifts. The generosity of donors is re-

markable, she said, “their impact will be felt long into the future.”

Random Act of Kindness Day on Nov. 1 will involve a partnership.

“Our partners include all school boards, the college and the university, United Way agencies and many in the business community.

She brought Random Acts of Kindness cards for town councillors and town staff.

“There are so many simple ways we can share a moment of kindness with a family member, friend, colleague or stranger,” she said, suggesting the town give its bylaw enforcement officer a day off.

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Vendors list grows for Kinsmen Craft Show BY WAYNE CAMPBELL

for the VOICE The Kinsmen Craft Show this week will become the largest since the club took over the show four years ago.

“We have a lot more vendors this year,” said coordinator Barney Ubbink.

“There are more than 70 and they are still coming in.”

The 29th annual show, a long-running fundraiser for Women’s Place, takes place this Saturday and

Sunday at Centennial Secondary School from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Women’s Place continues as a recipient of support from the show, said Ubbink.

It will receive 20% of proceeds from $3 admissions while another 20% will go to Special Olympics, a Fonthill and District Kinsmen Club project.

The remaining 60% will be used for various charities.

“Since the event is held in Welland, we direct donations to Welland-based

charities,” he said.

Similarly, proceeds from the Kinsmen Club’s Home and Leisure Show in Pelham each spring are directed to Pelham charities.

Two years ago, the Kinsmen contributed $6,000 from the craft show to new flooring at The Hope Centre.

The show was almost cancelled four years ago.

Women’s Place did not have enough volunteers to run it.

The Kinsmen, with its large club and its experi-

ence with the home show, stepped in to help.

Now, Ubbink said, the craft show has become the club’s second largest fundraising event.

“We’re fortunate to have a lot of members.”

During the show, crafters’ booths will line the halls of the high school

on Thorold Road at Rice Road and Prince Charles Drive in Welland.

“We can accommodate about 100 without using the gym,” said Ubbink.

Most of the crafts are handmade by primarily local crafters but the show does attract a wide select ion of arts and crafts from

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Chamber awards night at Lookout Point Oct. 18 BY WAYNE CAMPBELL

for the VOICE The Welland/Pelham Chamber of Commerce will again hand out its Ruby Awards at Lookout Point Golf Course, this year on Friday, Oct. 18.

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They include categories ranging from community service to customer service, and from new business to long-term business as well as innovation and accomplishments by young people.

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This year entertainment during a post event party will feature a Karaoke competition. Mayor Dave Augustyn and Welland’s Mayor Barry Sharpe will square off in the opening round.

Through the evening Karaoke songs will reflect on the winners and nominees.

For the past few years, the awards program, which was held in downtown Welland, shifted to Pelham’s Lookout Point Golf Course.

It began as Oscars, Eh? but changed its name after a legal objection from that other event in Hollywood.

A number of Pelham businesses and business people are among the

award nominees.

Nominees for the Ruby Awards are: For the Mary Anne Christoff Community Service Award Frank Adamson, Betty Farrish, Leon Lowry, Patrick Rothwell, and Nancy Thomas; Employee of the Year/Excellence in Service Award Karley Gatta of Boston Pizza, Rita Mancuso of Iris — The Visual Group, Nate Triano of Urge to Purge, and Lindsie Walker of Seasons First Avenue; Venture Niagara Award Candy Ashbee of Presentations Corp., Michelle Doucet of Niagara Regional Pets & Home Services, Mikki Roy of Re/Max Welland Realty Ltd. Brokerage, and Jayne Watson and Diane Watters of DJ Weight Management;

The 2013 Ruby Awards Celebration will take place on Friday, October 18.

RBC Financial Group Business Initiative Award Mark Carl of the Hope Centre, Larry Bone of Season First Avenue, Frances Gregotski of Welland McMaster Family Health Team, and Rich Merlino of Lookout Point Country Club; RBC Financial Group Business Award Bissell’s Hideaway, Pleasantview

Pelham Historical Society Open Meeting Saturday October 19,2.30 pm. at Kirk-on-the-Hill, Haist Street Do you enjoy “Antiques Road Show”?

Come and meet Deb Wilson, who will talk about Folk Art. Bring your collectables for her comments.

Funeral & Reception Centre, and Urge to Purge; Eco Action Award of Excellence L. Carr Design Studio, Niagara Catholic District School Board, Urge to Purge, Welland Hydro-Electric System Corp.; Youth Citizen of the Year NikiAnn Brideau from Eastdale Secondary School, James Caporicci from Notre Dame College School, Andrea Caruso from Notre Dame, Cole Fast from Centennial Secondary School, Vinay Sharma from Centennial, Courtney Steingart from E.L. Crossley Secondary School, and Hannah Zamora from Notre Dame.

Business of the Year Staples Business Depot, Presentations Corporation, Urge to Purge, Iris —The Visual Group, La Farina Welland Bakery, DJ Weight Management, Archer Trucks, At Home Bed & Breakfast at the Rose Manor, Giant Tiger Welland, Sparrow Lakes Golf Course.

During the award ceremony, the chamber will announce the winner of the Stuart Cumming Memorial Award of Merit for outstanding contributions to the Welland/Pelham Chamber of Commerce.

The nominees for this award are not announced in advance.

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LCBO takes out building permit The Liquor Control Board of Ontario has taken out a building permit for a commercial building project valued at $1.2 million.

The building shell would be constructed at 110 Highway 20 E. It was the most expensive project of 19 building permits that were

purchased from the town in September.

Total value of permit projects is $3.2 milion.

The second largest permit project was a $516,500 three-unit townhouse at 18-22 Kline Cres.

Six permits were given out for

Aggressive

Impressive RESULTS!

dwelling units, two for commercial buildings and two for demolition projects.

The number of permits taken out in September 2013 is less than September 2011 and 2012 when more than 25 were purchased.

Warren Mason Advertising Coordinator

Phone 905.892.8690 advertising@thevoiceofpelham.ca

SERVICE directory Electrical

ACB

Electrical

Fenwick Alex Bover-Master Electrician

-ECRA #7003130 Service Upgrades • Energy Efficiency Upgrades Troubleshooting • New Wiring & Re-Wiring Commercial • Industrial • Residential

Design & Build

Ben Benson Fenwick, ON

CELL

Niagara’s Complete Concrete Contractor (905) 262-2000 We Service All Makes And Models

Top Soil

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905.734.4870 also • Sand • Crushed Stone

Delivery or Pick-Up

DiMartile Farms Est. 1940

Automotive

J&S

AUTO • TRUCK • INDUSTRIAL REPAIRS

Jeff Pietz We offer Drain Snaking, Hydro Scrubbing and Video Inspections

Landscaping

Concrete Supplies

905.658.6084

Screened Organic

Plumbing

Heating & Cooling

OFFICE 905.386.9999 FAX 905.386.0009 www.bensonhomeimprovements.com bensonhomeimprovements@hotmail.com

tel: 905-892-4988 Email:abover@cogeco.ca cell: 905-714-2145 for urgent calls

Renovations

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Open Mon-Friday 8am-5pm

905-892-4271

Plumbers

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Property Maintenance

Bill De Bruin

Edging • Planting Mulching • Grass Cutting Garden Maintenance New Sod & Repair Snow Removal Spring Clean Up

905.892.8608

or Toll free

1-800-881-1628

cottoninc.ca

Furniture Refinishing HEIRLOOM HAND REFINISHING 1825 Hollow Rd., Fonthill

905-892-3023 www.filbertrefinishing.com Established 1976 specializing in

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Plumbing

Landscaping www.landscapesbybill.com

residential • commercial • farm Licenced plumber & gas fitter with 25 years experience

905-386-6483 • 905-651-8558 www.joesplumbingniagara.ca

Tree Service

892-4510

•Flagstone •Waterfalls •Planting •Interlocking Brick

Wine Making

Fully Insured Free Estimates

• Landscape Design & Construction • Interlocking Stone • Natural Stone • Retaining Walls • Ponds & Water Features • Mini Excavator & Bobcat Services • Free Estimates

Steve Van Lochem NPD • 905-892-2188

874 Hwy #20 West, Fenwick • www.naturesownidea.com

Brian Alkemade

Certified Arborist

ROBERT WILLIAMS PLUMBING & HEATING LIMITED

330 MOORE DRIVE, RR 1, RIDGEVILLE 905-892-2655 1-800-676-4029

905.892.0261 www.shorthillstreeservice.com

wineofpelham@cogeco.net www.wineofpelham.com FREE BOTTLES WITH YOUR FIRST ORDER

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Community Events ONGOING • Mondays 7:15 p.m. Peninsula Orchestra invites players to join them every Monday at Holy Trinity Anglican Church. No audition. For info. please contact Bev @ 892-0583.

• 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 competition 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, Oct. 16 • 7:00 p.m. CFUW welcomes new members and reminds everyone of their October meeting which will feature local author Cathy Marie Buchanan speaking about her new book The Painted Girls.

This meeting will be held at the Welland Community Wellness Centre.

Friday, October 18, 19, 20 • Binational Doors Open Niagara. Explore the “20th Century Neighbourhoods of Niagara” – free entry to heritage sites in Niagara, Ontario and Western New York. www.doorsopenniagara.com • 3:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.

Legion Dinner Saturday, October 19 • 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pasta Dinner, Fonthill Lions Hall.

Adults $10, Children under 12 $6.

• 6:00 p.m. Roast Beef Dinner, Fonthill United Church, 42 Church Hill. $12, $8 for ages 12 and

under. Call to reserve: 905-892-6433 Friday, October 25 • 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Fab Fenwick Lions Fish Fry, Take Out, Centennial Park, Church St, Fenwick.

• 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Legion Dinner Saturday, October 26 • 7:00 p.m. Progressive Euchre, Fonthill Lions Hall. $5 Monday, October 28 • 7:30 p.m. Pelham Horticultural Society Meeting at Floral Dimensions Flower Farm, 906 Hwy. 20 West, Fenwick: field trip to a local grower to see what’s new.

Look for the Big Chair.

Please bring a lawn or folding chair.

• 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Legion Dinner Saturday & Sunday November 2 & 3 • 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.

Saturday Nov. 16 • 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

“Homes for the Holidays” Christmas House tour – organized by Fonthill United Church. Six homes

CLASSIFIEDS Anniversary

Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary

VOICE www.thevoiceofpelham.ca

Extra copies of The Voice of Pelham available at these fine area businesses:

FONTHILL: E. L. Crossley Churchill Natural Meats M&M Meats Shoppers Drug Mart Fonthill Library Town of Pelham Cafe on Main Beamer’s Pro Hardware Sobey’s McDonald’s Fonthill Legion Tim Hortons Semenuk’s

Pic’s Klagers Keith’s Restaurant Target Store Penzoil Quick Lube Lazy Loon Pharmasave Avondale Store

ALLTYPE MASONRY

Call the Deamudes–

Tom 289-241-4767 or 905-892-1924

Gerry & Regina MacDonald

October 24th, 1953 - October 24th 2013 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.

Send your community calendar listings to: editor@thevoiceof pelham.ca

New In The

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

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

Memorial

Housecleaning

Joseph Czombos Jr.

THODE Housecleaning Services Team of hardworking, organized, dependable & energetic ladies will take care of your housecleaning needs. Give us a call.

Elizabeth at 905-386-0082 after 5pm.

Memorial Service Saturday, October 19 10:00 a.m.

Holy Trinity Church 155 Pelham St., Pelham

The Voice of PELHAM Route Available

FONTHILL

Lyndon, Giles, Burton 83 Papers.

Call: 905-892-8690 Email: office@ thevoiceofpelham.ca Services Robert’s Painting

FENWICK:

Avondale Store Fenwick Sub Shop Golden Grill Devries Fruit Farm Ridderikhoff Meats

Dog Grooming in my home.

Call Virginia at 905-8921555.

Chimneys, Brick, Block, Stone.

Foundation repairs, sidewalks, custom concrete work.

Pelham’s independent news source from the Heart of Niagara

The

Services

Leona’s Housecleaning Serving Fonthill for 15 years. Openings available.

905-892-4906

For Sale Wheat straw for sale. small bales.

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

Josh DeHaan Flooring “For all your flooring needs”

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

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 ...and other specials!

I only paint & I do it well.

Interior & exterior, 25 years experience, neat, reliable.

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

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No Sunday Calls, Please

Phone: 905-892-7898 Fax: 905-892-4811

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Saturday art camps available

Donations of trees help local schools celebrate National Tree Day

SPORTS

Alena Dawson and Laura De Graaf, right, of Snips Landscape and Nursery work with a Grade 5 and 6 class at A. K. Wigg Public School to plant an oak tree on the school’s back playground for National Tree Day. They are spreading mulch around the tree, donated

by Willowbrook Nurseries, to keep water in and weeds out. Snips planted trees at A.K. Wigg in Fonthill, St. Ann in Fenwick, and Alexander Kuska, St. Augustine and St. Mary in Welland. The donated trees served as a thank you to District School Board of Niagara and the Niagara Catholic District School Board from the local landscapers who service the schools. Dawson and De Graaf explained the importance of trees to the health of the environment and to people.

Wayne Campbell/ Voice Photo

‘In the Orchard Programming for the Arts’ in Fonthill is offering half day Saturday Art Camps at the Pelham Arena starting on October 26.

Through the success of past programs, which include March Break and Summer Art Camps, the Town of Pelham will be sponsoring the space for In the Orchard (ITO) to use for their newest program.

“We are grateful to the town for providing us with the space to run an arts recreation program. Many children do not fit into the category of sports,” said Executive Director, Angie Geiss. “Art is the perfect solution—providing intellectual growth, life skills and social interaction, especially for children who are in need of confidence and expression!”

Children aged 4 to 12 can participate, and each week will feature a different creative theme. A Halloween-themed camp will include pumpkin painting, and mask creation, and a Christmas camp will include sculpting characters like Frosty and Rudolf. Other subjects include Drawing Fundamentals, Pop Art, and Fashion & Bling. The camp runs from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. every Saturday until December 14, but ITO hopes to offer Saturday Art Camps through the entire school year. The cost is $30.00 a day or $200 for the eight-week autumn program.

Registration is still available. Call (905) 892-1709 or visit www.intheorchard.org for more information.

Glynn A. Green kicks up a win at soccer championship!

Glynn A. Green Intermediate Boys Soccer team won the District School Board of Niagara Regional 2 soccer championship. In the final game of a five-game tournament it defeated A.K. Wigg 1-0 after losing to Wigg earlier in the tournament. The team gave up one goal in the day-long tournament. Winning team members are: front from left, Connor Howey, John Higenell, Dylan Viggar, Tanner McEachern, Duncan Clancy and Campbell Veld; second row from left, Evan MacPherson, Joseph Loscavo, Matt Sayles, Jacob Combe, and Josh Enson; and back row from left, coach Aaron Baldwin, Lucas Fast, Fraser Darling, Quinton Fox, Evan Dobbie, Preston Galvin, and coach Shawn Haining.

Wayne Campbell/Voice Photo

Thursday, October 24, 2013 7:00 p.m.

Fabulous Fenwick Lions Hall, Please plan to attend All Are Welcome Info: Call 905-658-9FSA Volunteers are need in all capacities for the coming season.

Come out and get involved.

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This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Limited reserve the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. **The 2-Year Scheduled Lube-Oil-Filter Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada, who have purchased, leased or financed a new eligible 2014 MY Chevrolet, Buick, or GMC vehicle (excluding Spark EV), with an ACDelco oil and filter change, in accordance with the oil life monitoring system and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 40,000 kms, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four (4) Lube-Oil-Filter services in total, performed at participating GM Dealers. Fluid top offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc. are not covered. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Limited reserve the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Additional conditions and limitations apply.

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Option to purchase at lease end is $20,630/$12,598/$17,952. Excess wear and tear and km charges not included. Other lease options available. ▼/***Freight & PDI ($1,600/$1,600), registration, air and tire levies and OMVIC fees included. Insurance, licence, PPSA, dealer fees and applicable taxes not included. Offers apply as indicated to 2014 new or demonstrator models of the vehicle equipped as described. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in the Ontario Chevrolet Dealer Marketing Association area only (including Outaouais). Dealers are free to set individual prices. Quantities limited; dealer order or trade may be required. Limited time offers which may not be combined with other offers. GMCL may modify, extend or terminate offers in whole or in part at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. †When equipped with available 6.2L EcoTec3 V8 engine (available to order fall 2013). Class is Light-Duty Full-Size Pickups. ∞Requires 2WD Double or Crew Cab with available 6.2L EcoTec3 V8 engine and Max Trailering Package. Maximum trailer weight ratios are calculated assuming a base vehicle, except for any option(s) necessary to achieve the rating, plus driver. The weight of other optional equipment, passengers and cargo will reduce the maximum trailer weight your vehicle can tow. Comparison based on wardsauto.com 2013 Light-Duty Large Pickup segment and latest competitive data available. Excludes other GM vehicles. Class is Light-Duty Full-Size Pickups. ∆2014 Sierra 1500 with the available 5.3L EcoTec3 V8 engine equipped with a 6-speed automatic transmission has a fuel consumption rating of 13.0L/100 km city, 8.7L/100 km highway and 11.0L/100 km combined 2WD and 13.3L/100 km city, 9.0L/100 km highway and 11.4L/100/km combined 4WD. Ford F-150 with the 3.5L EcoBoost V6 engine has a fuel consumption rating of 12.9L/100 km city, 9.0L/100 km highway and 11.1L/100 km combined 2WD and 14.1L/100 km city, 9.6L/100 km highway and 12.1L/100 km combined 4WD. Fuel consumption based on GM Testing in accordance with approved Transport Canada test methods. Your actual fuel consumption may vary. Comparison based on wardsauto.com 2013 Large Pickup segment and latest competitive data available. Excludes other GM vehicles. ◊U.S. government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (safercar.gov). ††2014 Sierra 1500 SLT Crew Cab 4WD, MSRP with freight PDI & levies $51,579. 2014 Acadia SLT, MSRP with freight PDI & levies $46,639. Dealers are free to set individual prices. ¥Offer only valid from October 1, 2013 to January 2, 2014 (the “Program Period”) to retail customers resident in Canada who own or are currently leasing (during the Program Period) a GMC Terrain, Pontiac Torrent, Aztek, Sunrunner, Buick Rendezvous, Saturn Vue will receive a $1,000 credit towards the purchase, lease or factory order of an eligible new 2014 GMC Terrain. Only one (1) credit may be applied per eligible vehicle sale. Offer is transferable to a family member living in the same household (proof of address required). This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. The $1,000 credit includes HST/GST/QST/PST as applicable by province. As part of the transaction, dealer will request current vehicle registration and/or insurance to prove ownership. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See your GM dealer for details.

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