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for the VOICE Sorrow, strength and skateboarding are the foundation of Pelham’s first skatepark, which officially opened with a ribbon cutting Saturday afternoon.

The celebration, featured giveaways, live music and skate contests. It also served as a reminder of an accident that took the life of 14year-old long-boarder Isaac Riehl, and of the community which united to build his memorial.

“I retain pride in my heart for the

accomplishments of this community. For embracing the idea of the initial proposal to the Aviva Community Fund, and for supporting the design and build project of the Isaac Riehl Memorial Skatepark,” Bonita Riehl said at the opening.

“It is a community park that has become a treasured landmark in the heart of Fonthill.”

The entire project cost about $400,000, including $298,000 from the Town of Pelham and $115,000 from the Aviva Community Fund.

The rest raised through donations from family, friends and complete strangers. From the Mayor’s Gala, to high school fundraisers, each do-

nation moved the building process along.

It became a skatepark that just couldn’t lose.

It won the Parks and Recreation Ontario Excellence in Design Award earlier this year and before that the Aviva Community Fund Grant.

The steps to opening the park included a bit of luck and a lot of hard work.

Mayor Dave Augustyn spoke of the community’s willingness to embrace this project as their own.

Each donation helped create a safe environment for skaters and bikers to enjoy recreational activity in a See Skatepark (Page 2)

A recreational complex or a community centre, what’s the difference?

Apparently there are different perceptions.

The title of the new complex suggests whether it is for recreation or something more.

Town council’s committee of the whole slipped into a debate Monday over the creation of an architectural design advisory committee for the proposed structure.

The advisory committee will assist an architect and town councillors with

suggestions during the planning stages.

Similar advisory committees helped to design new fire stations in Fenwick and North Pelham.

When town councillors reviewed the terms of reference for the advisory committee, Ward 2 Coun.

Gary Accursi questioned its proposed membership.

“This looks like an arena replacement committee,” he said.

Ward 3 Coun. Peter Papp said town staff should stop calling it a recreational centre and use the term “multi-facetted community centre, See Council (Page 2)

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beautiful setting of Marlene Stewart Streit Park.

It transformed grief into celebration, the mayor said.

The story of the park begins its next chapter. It features skateboarders and bikers from across the town. “I will be forever proud of the legacy that Isaac has left behind,� Riehl said. “That which has impacted not only this community of Pelham, but communities (throughout) the region.�

At Monday’s town council meeting, the opening prayer led by Ward 3 Coun. Peter Papp was dedicated to the memory of Isaac Riehl.

which includes all possible components.�

Accursi pointed to the list that the suggested membership would include one representative each from Pelham Minor Hockey, Joint Accessibility Advisory Committee, Seniors Advisory Committee, Niagara YMCA, Pelham Figure Skating Club, Old Times Hockey League, Pelham Art Club, Kinsmen Club, and the business community along with two representatives from the community at large.

Missing from the committee, Accursi said, were those interested in theatre such as the E.L. Crossley Secondary School drama club as well as the local

basketball association who could use its gymnasiums.

He objected to including the YMCA, with which the town does not have any contract.

A consultant working for the town is preparing a business case scenario for a complex. He suggested the town partner with the YMCA to run recreational programs.

The third phase of his report, which covers the possible future of the current arena such as twinning the ice surface, is coming to council on July 7.

For the new complex the consultant recommends a single ice pad, gyms, fitness centre, walking track,

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The town is moving toward completing a plan for a multi-million-dollar community complex. It would allow the town to be ready if sources of funding suddenly become available.

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Councillors recommended making the YMCA a non-voting advisory committee member and adding a representative of the performing arts community as well as opening up service club membership to a representative of services clubs in general.

The Kinsmen now sponsor an annual trade show in the arena.

Mayor Dave Augustyn said the YMCA has 2,500 members in Pelham, more than any of the sports associations. “It is important to include the YMCA,� he said.

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McCormack making a mark for the NDP BY WAYNE CAMPBELL

for the VOICE Brian McCormack would like to walk in the style of Mel Swart and Peter Kormos.

The New Democratic candidate for Niagara West-Glanbrook can’t quite do it in this provincial election campaign.

A recently torn Achilles’ tendon will prevent him from going door-to-door like his two NDP mentors.

While McCormack will direct his campaigners from the sidelines, he had already marched in familiar streets at the Fenwick Lions Carnival parade. He is the bass drummer for the Thorold Pipe Band.

McCormack, a Pelham resident, is a retired Canadian Union of Public Employees union representative with a 30-year history of negotiating collective agreements.

He coordinated CUPE’s municipal employees committee, which he says makes him familiar with municipal and provincial matters as well as labour issues.

When NDP leader Andrea Horwath decided not to support the provincial Liberal budget leading to the current provincial election, some labour leaders criticized her.

“It was a tough call,” said McCormack of her decision. The Liberal budget had some NDP friendly features.

“But they were just more blank promises” and the Liberals have not been very good at keeping them, he said.

McCormack said he is particularly interested in

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building up the minimum wage, cutting the cost of hydro, protecting health care and resisting a plan by Tim Hudak to cut 100,000 public service jobs.

The NDP candidate faces an uphill battle against Hudak the riding’s incumbent.

“We don’t have the profile and resources of the leader of the official opposition,” he said about the contest in a riding stretching from Pelham to Mount Hope.

While considered a Conservative rural riding, the

NDP has made gains in recent elections.

McCormack, 61, served two terms as vice president for Thorold Community Activities Group. He is a director of the Canal Bank Shuffle Blues Festival that has donated over $120,000 to local charities and spent 25 years on the Thorold Community Credit Union board.

The family man has children and grandchildren.

He can be reached at BrianMcCormack@ontariondp.ca.

Niagara Catholic to launch High Performance Academic Support Program

Niagara Catholic will launch a new initiative in September 2014, geared toward ensuring students who perform at elite levels in sports or the arts graduate on schedule.

The Niagara Catholic High Performance Academic Support Program will offer students who meet the criteria, flexible and quality programming. This will support each student’s unique schedule and academic pathway, without compromising Niagara Catholic’s standard of excellence in education. This program is ideally suited to student-performers who are required to be on stage or set for a period of time, and for student-athletes who frequently spend time away from school due to games and/or training in another location.

Student course selection will be accommodated throughout the school year, according to the student’s unique schedule and their academic goals.

The flexibility of the Niagara Catholic High Performance Academic Support Program will not only benefit students, it will also reduce some of the anxieties parents of high-performance artists and athletes experience with regard to ensuring their son or daughter meets their academic goals.

“The Niagara Catholic High Performance Academic Support Program, which will launch in September 2014, really formalizes the way in which we deal with our incredibly gifted student athletes and artists who often find themselves away from school,” said Director of Education John Crocco. “Niagara Catholic has made advancing a student achievement for all a system priority as part of our Vision 2020 Strategic Plan, and this program will ensure that we are able to best assist those students who are eager to graduate on schedule and still continue their athletic or artistic pursuits at the highest possible level.”

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LETTERS to the editor Mayor Dave Augustyn is so pumped about “his dream” for the East Fonthill development and he appears to harbour absolutely not one regret whatsoever of seeing this land that has been able to exist for years go under the shovels.

At speaking opportunities to the Welland Pelham Chamber of Commerce this year and last, he proudly toted out all the pluses this building of buildings and bringing more growth to Fonthill has with not one spot of downside.

He may not be your mayor forever, but his mark of forever changing the face of Fonthill will remain.

He has discussed with Toronto consultants and developers and perhaps wants to bring a little city to quiet, scenic Fonthill.

Ironically, Mayor Dave is disgruntled that Wainfleet and the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority purchased beach property for the public good and the endangered Fowler toad. He does not like the price tag to the developer and he has questions he wants answered. He has publicly let it known he disapproved.

Fast forward photo ops with Wellspring Niagara and his column “a permanent home for a much needed regional cancer centre.”

He says that the Town of Pelham will lease up to two acres of land in the East Fonthill area for $1. a year as long as Wellspring Niagara operates their Niagara Cancer Support Centre there. A 7000 square foot facility will be built. Was this price tag okay with all in the Region?

Cancer is a hideous disease there is no doubt and in my lifetime I have lost family and friends to it. Wellspring Niagara has an outstanding reputation. But, one wonders does there not exist an empty building in the Region on bus routes. Rather than agriculture land that provided healthy nutrients to bodies? Land that will be scarce in the near future.

Mayor Dave is critical of Wainfleet and NCA for buying a great piece of land for the public and wildlife which is priceless in what it will provide for future generations’ health and welfare.

Wainfleet and the NCA’s dream and work does not seem to count.

Their price tag outrageous to Mayor Dave, but yet he is giving away for $1 lease Fonthill land.

The cause is noble and people will fear to rebuttal, but at the same time can the mayor not support others’ dreams and good for future generations?

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Embracing and celebrating the Isaac Riehl Memorial Skatepark

BY DAVE AUGUSTYN

Mayor of Pelham What an amazing celebration on Saturday, May 31 for the Official Grand Opening of the Isaac Riehl Memorial Skatepark! The event marked the culmination of a year-and-a-half of community support that Mariah Bunz, Nicholas Loscavo, Reese Ashbee, and Cooper McIntee – members of the design committee and event Emcees – said “…has been nothing less than inspiring and motivating for everyone involved.”

As you know, the skatepark was built in memory of Isaac Riehl, a 14-year-old, Grade 9, E.L. Crossley Student, who tragically lost his life in October 2012 after being struck by a car while longboarding with his close friend Reese.

In honour of Isaac, the idea for a local skatepark was submitted to the Aviva Insurance Community Fund by fellow student Mariah and with the assistance of Isaac’s friend Nick.

The overwhelming community support for a skatepark in Isaac’s honour – including thousands of Facebook votes and Pelham Council’s commitment to not only build the skatepark but to match all donations – resulted in Aviva awarding the Town $115,000 toward the project.

(This was announced at a special national broadcast on Canada AM on January 29, 2013 at E.L. Crossley High School.)

A design committee – which included Bonita, Ted, and Jacob Riehl (Isaac’s immediate family), a cross-section of Pelham youth, and Town staff – worked with various park users to choose the best location for the new skate-

park. The also recommended a design and construction firm – New Line Skateparks – and worked diligently to oversee the park’s design and construction.

Not only does the design include Pelham-specific and personalized features – like the “Comfort Maple” Volcano, the “Overholt Hill” Bank, and the “Message to Isaac” Flat Ledge – but it garnered a highly-coveted Parks & Recreation Ontario (PRO) Award of Excellence in Design for 2014!

During the park’s soft opening in December 2013 – coined the “Riehl Reveal” – the Town thanked donors, sponsors, and volunteers. I again acknowledged the community’s tremendous support of the skatepark as I spoke during the Grand Opening on Saturday; deep appreciation again to Bill & Stephanie McWilliams, Tim Hortons Fonthill; Barb & Scott Christopher, Young Sod

Farms; Rotary Club of Fonthill; 2013 Pelham Mayor’s Gala; Sam Reynolds, “Be Riehl, Be You” Campaign; E.L. Crossley Secondary School community; Niagara Catholic District School Board Technology program, and the hundreds of other donors.

Since the community overwhelmingly embraced the Isaac Riehl Memorial Skatepark, we achieved an amazing transformation together; together we turned an idea into reality, we revitalized an aging baseball diamond into a new skatepark, and we transformed our grief into a lasting memorial and a fitting celebration.

You may contact Mayor Dave at mayordave@pelham.cawith questions or to suggest future topics. Check out past columns at www.pelhammayordave. blogspot.com.

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Farmers market nurtures young growers

Church receives $25,000 for renovations

Madi Jacobson, 8, waters a pumpkin seed she planted as part of an education program at the Pelham Farmers Market last Thursday. They will return with their products in the fall for a pumpkin judging contest.

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Linda Roach, who helps co-ordinate the program, said the Kids Can Grow event has been popular with children.

Many do bring back their pumpkins.

Even in a mixed urban and rural community like Pelham, many children are unaware of where the food comes from they see at the farmers market.

The Pelham Farmers Market, held Thursday evenings from 4:30 p.m. to dusk, stages events throughout its May to October season.

The next one, a hot dog eating contest, is just before Fathers Day weekend on Thursday, June 12. Registration deadline is 5:30 p.m. that day.

Contestants have five minutes to eat as many hot dogs and buns as they can, washed down with water.

Pelham Farmers Market sets up in the Fonthill municipal parking lot in Pelham Town Square each Thursday evening.

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Pelham Farmers Market introduced 80 children to the basics of farming last Thursday.

For the third year, it held its Kids Can Grow program. Children received a small pot in which they planted pumpkin seeds and watered them.

They will care for the seeds through the summer following the nurturing instructions they were given. They guide the young farmers through the steps of watering, watching the pots sitting on a window sill and then transplanting the sprouting plants with four or more leaves into their home gardens.

On Thursday, Sept. 25, the children will bring their grown pumpkins back to the Pelham Farmers Market for weighing-in during a pumpkin growing contest.

In addition to instructions, the young growers received a colourful sheet of farming-related games prepared by Foodland Ontario.

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13 E.L. Crossley athletes will be moving on to the OFSAA final being held at St. Marcellinus Secondary School in Mississauga on June 5-7.

Those athletes moving on are: Shyla Cardy (Senior Girls High Jump), Regan Glen (Senior Girls Pole Vault, 100m Hurdles), Kylie Butler (Senior Girls Javelin, 100m Hurdles), Alanna Peplinski (Midget Girls 300m Hurdles, 4x100 relay), Kaye Chang (Midget Girls

High Jump, 4x100m relay), Sophie Pauls (Midget Girls 4x100m relay), Victoria Fair (Midget Girls High Jump, Shot Put, 80m Hurdles, 4x100m relay), Richie Pauls (Midget Boys Pole Vault), Jacob Mergl (Midget Boys Pole Vault), Andrew Pauls (Junior Boys Pole Vault), Tyler Grummett (Junior Boys Pole Vault, High Jump), Cole Watson (Senior Boys Pole Vault) and Sam Fennell (Senior Boys 400m Hurdles).

Builder Paul Ryan and Gail Levay of the sponsoring Rotary Club of Fonthill flank a model of a Quaker meeting house. It is the latest addition to the Temperanceville model village.

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for the VOICE Temperanceville will include a salute to Pelham’s Quaker heritage.

Paul Ryan, who has built about a dozen of the models for the local Christmas season village in Pelham Peace Park, unveiled his latest building last week.

It is a wooden scale model of the Society of Friends meeting house, which stood beside a cemetery at Effingham Street and Welland Road.

Built in 1875, the meeting house was used until the 1920s. The Fenwick Women’s Institute bought and moved it to Fenwick in 1929.

Today it is the club house for the Greater Niagara Model Railway Engineers.

The model railway club plans to display the meeting house model at their site, when it is not used for Temperanceville.

Ryan said he used pictures of the original meeting house from Pel-

ham Historical Society to guide to his scale model reconstruction.

He called it one of his more elaborate projects with tricky details such as cedar shake roofing and benches on the porch.

“They didn’t have ministers,” he said. “Members took turns speaking as inspired, sometimes sitting outside on the benches.”

It took about 300 hours spread over a month to complete the work, Ryan estimated. Much of it was done in his home basement woodworking shop.

This project had a personal connection for Ryan. His mother was a Quaker and his father made a brass plaque, which marks the original site of the church, when he worked at Welland Brass.

Members of the Society of Friends were among the first settlers in Pelham in the late 1700s. They built a wooden church at Effingham and Welland. In the 1820s, a philosophical split in the local Quaker congregation led to the construction of a second brick church on Haist Street.

The Welland Road branch became known as the Hicksites as followers of the teaching of Elias Hicks.

Temperanceville is a collection of models of historical Pelham structures. Some still exist, some don’t.

They range from the North Pelham Presbyterian church to the original Fonthill bandshell, Davis Hall, Holy Trinity Church and Maple Acre Library. It is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Fonthill.

Ryan said he would like build a model of Fonthill Public School , which stood on Pelham Street at the end of College Street.

“I have yet to find a good picture of it.” Class pictures don’t show the whole building.

Each December, Temperanceville (from Fonthill’s early name) sits on the side of a hill surrounding the Fonthill bandshell. The Town of Pelham may overhaul Pelham Peace Park in the future.

When it does, Ryan would like to see a flat area to set up to display the models as a town along a street.

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New store opens in Ridgeville

Classy clothing and cherished treasures from the past. That’s what’s featured in Ridgeville’s newest boutique. “We’ve always been shoppers in gently used clothing stores,� owner Stephanie Ridley said. “My husband and I always go down to Florida where this kind of thing is really big, so we wanted to give it a try here.�

Stephanie, along with husband Dennis and daughter Marcia, opened the Revival Company earlier this week at the corner of Conboro Rd., and Effingham Rd. The small collection of stores make for a personal and local shopping experience in the village – now featuring the exclusive woman’s clothing store. “This area really doesn’t have anything like it with many people travelling to St. Catharines or Welland. We figured this would be a great spot to try it.�

The store aims to buy and sell gently used woman’s clothing, while dabbling in antiques, accessories and painted furniture.

All three have experience in the business. Both Dennis and Stephanie have owned businesses in the past, while Marcia will run the store with years of retail experience. Despite previous adventures in owning a business, Stephanie says this one is different – it’s in their hometown. “We told a few friends about our idea but it hadn’t gone beyond that. We’re a new business trying something new in a town we love so it’ll be a great adventure heading into Summer.�

Customers can drop off items from Tuesday to Friday at the Revival Company. For more information, call 289783-1433.

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Pelham team kicks-off season A team enthusiastic Pelham kids aged 10 to 11 finally began their baseball season with a victory over Thorold Athletics at Centennial Park in Fenwick.

The Pelham Mosquito Rep has begun a summer long quest to represent Pelham Minor Baseball at Ontario Baseball Association Championships during the Labour Day weekend. The team will play the majority of their home games on Thursday nights at Centennial Park, while going on the road to parks in St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Thorold and Welland as well as tournament appearances in Brantford, Port Dover and Wyoming.

Team members include Alexander Rubino, Brendan Grenville, Brock Morden, Carly Elcich, Carson Crysler, Curtis Crysler, Drew McArthur, Ethan Wells, Jacob Passmore, Matthew Zoretich, Owen Nicholls, William Baltrusiunas, and Wyatt Gibson. The team is coached by Greg Morden, John Elcich, Henry Gibson and Dave McArthur.

The team would like to thank there sponsors that have made the season possible they are Miller Restoration, Investment Planning Council – Zoretich Wealth Management, Powell Drywall, and Volcano Pizzeria.

Riding in search of a cure

Murray Furgeson, Shari Windsor, Shayne Chesney, Tom Thomas and Pierre Garneau participated in the Niagara Chapter of Ride For Dad on May 24. (ABSENT: Margret Barcuk) Stephen Dyell/Voice Photo

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Celebrating 85 years

The roaring sound of nearly 150 motorcycles could be heard throughout Niagara two weekends ago in an annual TELUS Ride For Dad event to raise funds for prostate cancer research.

“The ride was fantastic,” Murray Ferguson, who teamed up with a small group of riders from Fonthill, said. “The people who organize it did a great job in helping create a

welcoming atmosphere for new riders and veterans – all for a great cause.”

What began over a decade ago, has quickly has become one of the largest fundraising events for the increasingly dangerous cancer. Since 2000, the TELUS Ride For Dad has donated more than $13 million towards research and public awareness with the simple goal of trying to save lives.

“So little is known about (prostate cancer), yet so many people think that because they’ve had a colonoscopy, that they are in the clear,” Pierre Garneau said. “Early diagno-

ses is 90 per cent curable but many wait until they are symptomatic which is where the problem lies.”

This year alone, nearly 4,000 men will die due to prostate cancer. The Niagara Chapter, who raised over $25,000 this year, lost two members in 2013 due to the deadly, yet misunderstood disease.

“It’s a cause that is not glamourous, but it does a whole lot of good,” Garneau states. “Most of the money is spent locally at the Walker’s Centre in St. Catharines, and even more on awareness for the public.”

For more information or for donations, visit www.ridefordad.ca.

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Local artists to showcase studios Several artists in town will open their studios this weekend to the public in an effort to collect non-perishable food items for Pelham Cares.

The annual “Village Artists” studio and garden tour will feature bright colours and one-of-a-kind peices as locals explore the talented artists in town.

“It’s a chance for others to visit and view our work. We can’t always showcase all our work at the local art shows, so it’s great to show everything we do,” artist Beverly Sneath said.

Sneath, along with Ken Robertson (495

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Memorial Dr.), Eddy Papez (713 Canboro Rd.), Bev Houge (26 Canboro Rd.) and Vanessa Brownbridge (1152 Maple St), will be opening their doors to share their personal work.

“We try to change up the artists each year to share the exposure. This year we have a few familiar faces and a couple new ones.”

Sneath says it allows others to see the unique projects everyone works on throughout the year.

The tour runs Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 5 p.m.

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HEAD INSTRUCTOR: COACH BILL MILLAR National “A” License Coach – CSA Coach and Instructor – OSA Technical Staff Head Coach – Brock University Men’s Soccer Program (28th Season) Director of Coaching – Grimsby Town Youth Soccer Club Past Chair – OSA Coaching Development Committee Former Canadian National Team Player (1971-73) Retired School Teacher (33 years) AssistAnt instRUCtoR: Ron gourlay Former Head Coach – Brock University Women’s Program - CIS Coach of the Year (2003) & 2 x OUA Coach of the Year AssistAnt instRUCtoR: sarah Millar Former Player - Brock University Women’s Soccer Team AssistAnt instRUCtoR: kaela Millar Former Player - Brock University Women’s Soccer Team

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PelhAm Soccer club P.O. Box 1223, Fonthill, ON L0S 1E0 register online: www.pelhamsoccer.ca

DeADline To regiSTer July 10, 2014

Future in hands of those who show up BY WAYNE CAMPBELL

for the VOICE If you are scratching your head over the current crop of provincial party advertisements, we understand.

They do appeal to emotions rather than logic.

We have a jogging premier mediating as she runs. We have an opposition leader standing up in the legislature for something. We have a third party leader walking and talking.

The television ads imply our leaders are healthy and action orientated. Too bad they weren’t results orientated during former the minority government.

On a positive note, we have a group of television ads that do appeal to our intelligence.

They are from Elections Ontario.

With a flash of a golden “X” they remind us of our responsibility as citizens. They point to our power to make an impact.

Elections Ontario oversees the June 12 election.

In its ads it reminds us, we choose our representatives.

If we don’t vote, someone else makes that choice.

If we complain in the coffee shop, but don’t cast a ballot, we throw away our influence.

If we phone radio talk shows to spout off, but fail to take off to the polling station, we’ve lost our voice.

It we have turned 18, but don’t take advantage of our new privileged to vote, we need not wonder why politicians ignore us.

Around the world, people fight to gain the right to vote. They continue to struggle to protect it. They are opposed by those who discourage voting to retain their own power.

During an election campaign, all political party advertising suggest magical solutions -- such as balancing the books in two, three or four years.

On June 12, however, the real magic happens behind a cardboard screen when you mark your ballot.

The decisions on the future of Ontario are made by those who show up.

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CLASSIFIEDS Lieutenant Colonel Chris Marvin, commanding officer of the 56 Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery, speaks to parents, guests and cadets at the 37th annual review of 613 Lincoln and Welland Regiment Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps at the Pelham Arena Saturday.

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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 J&J Floral Expressions

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ONGOING • 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.

• May 23 through June 8. “Who’s Under Where?” presented by the Canalside Players. Welland Community Wellness Complex, 145 Lincoln Street, Welland. canalsideplayers@gmail.com 905-735-1700 x 4000.

• Mondays at 7 p.m. Sing Niagara Women’s A Cappella Chorus at Paroisse Immaculee Conception Church, 99 Garner St, St. Catharines. Call 905-8921640 or visit www.singniagara.com.

• 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 • 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

SPAN is a social club for mature singles who meet Iggy’s Pub 115 Hwy 20 E

Fonthill. Offers members a monthly calendar of social activities. Further information, call Lynie @905-7880359 • 7:00 p.m. Bingo at St. Ann’s Church, 834 Canboro Rd. Fenwick. Wheelchair accessible.

• 6:30 p.m. “A Cappella Niagara” Men’s Chorus invites singers for fun, fellowship, and fabulous 4-part harmony at the Welland Community Wellness Complex, 145 Lincoln St. in Welland.

For info call Kerry—289820- 6584. Come and sing with us—you’ll be glad you did!

• Thursdays (first Thursday of every month) 1:30 p.m. to p.m. SOS (Survivors of Stroke) Everyone is welcome. Info call Ann 905892-1621 • Fridays 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Knit it, scrap it, bead it, quilt it – whatever your craft is, bring your materials to the Pelham Library for sharing, learning, and fun. $2. Drop in. Refreshments.

• 3:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.

Legion Dinners • Saturdays • Computer Tutor & Gadget Clinic.

“One-to-One Help” with a volunteer tech tutor. Get help with web browsing, webmail account set-up, e-books, social media, editing and sharing your photos

and more. 12:30 – 3:30.

Register and pay ahead in person. $5.00 per 1/2 hour.

Pelham Public Library.

•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 905-788-3181 ext. 27 or email ldumas@ csn.on.ca.

Saturday, June 8 • 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Annual Strawberry Fair.

St. Ann’s Church, Fenwick (834 Canboro Road). Featuring pancakes and sausages with strawberries, strawberry shortcake, ice cream, hot dogs, burgers, coffee and soft drinks. Free games and face painting for the children, bake shop.

Take out available. All are welcome.

• 2:00 p.m The Gallery Players of Niagara presents The Beethoven Cycle Continues… St. Barnabas’ Church 33 Queenston Street, St. Catharines. Julie Baumgartel violin, Margaret Gay ‘cello, David Louie piano. Tickets $5-$32.

905-468-1525 / www.galleryplayers.ca

Sean and Jenn Young (nee Bering) are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Samuel Edwin Young, born Friday May 23, 2014 at 9:59 am, weighing 8lbs 3oz. First time grandparents, Al and Connie Bering and Peter and Stephanie Young, couldn’t be happier. Uncle Mike Bering, Auntie Sophie Young, and Auntie Steph Charlton look forward to spoiling Samuel rotten.

Samuel is blessed to also be surrounded by many loving family and friends, including GreatOpa Albert Timmerman, Great-Grandma Pauline Bering, Great-Grandad Eddie Young and Great-Nana Jean Hart.

Welcome to the world Samuel!

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