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That night in Cairo
BY NATE SMELLE
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For the past 55 years, the Fonthill and District Kinsmen Club have come together just before Christmas to host their annual Senior Christmas Party. Last Tuesday, the Kinsmen carried on the tradition, packing in more than 100 local seniors into the Old Pelham Town Hall to celebrate the season. The crowd enjoyed a free Christmas dinner provided by the Kinsmen and live entertainment by Lindsey Mills and the Jingle Bell Rockers. Guests also had a chance to take home a poinsettia floral arrangement from Slappendel Greenhouses in Fenwick, door prizes and even had a chance to visit with Santa See KIN DINNER Page 3
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From left, Peyton Fox, Emelia Bennett and Luke Harker of the Jingle Bell Rockers entertain an audience of some 100 seniors at Old Town Hall last Tuesday evening. NATE SMELLE PHOTO
Warm Hands, Warm Hearts BY NATE SMELLE
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Children from A.K. Wigg’s Way to Grow Daycare take a break from working on the first ever Warm Hands, Warm Hearts project. NATE SMELLE PHOTO
In keeping with the spirit of Christmas-giving, the kids from A.K. Wigg’s Way to Grow Daycare have come up with a way to share with children less fortunate than them. Excited by her teacher’s plan to make mittens out of reclaimed sweaters and fabrics that they could donate to Niagara Emergency Medical Service’s (EMS) annual Toy Drive, 9-yearold Gabby Griffin had the eco-friendly idea to also transform some of the leftover ma-
terial into Teddy Bears for the kids. She even came up with a name for the project, Warm Hands, Warm Hearts. “I thought it would be nice for kids to have something to hug so I asked the teacher if we could make a stuffed animal,” Gabby said. “We got to make ourselves a bear first since we needed to practice.” Having quickly developed a passion for sewing, Gabby said she has been sewing with her grandmother at home, and is
ANY OF THE BEST adventures on a bicycle tour happen after the bike has been parked for the day. A group of us were assembling in Cairo, Egypt, to begin a tour south through the desert when we realized we didn’t have bike locks and had no clue where to get them. Exiting our hotel compound walls into the dusk, I spied the cab driver I’d used to go to the Cairo Museum in the morning, so I signalled to him and asked him to drive us to a store. We needed two cabs for seven of us, so he flagged a buddy from the line-up idling across the road. This meant both drivers had jumped the cue. Shouts and curses (you didn’t need to know Arabic to get the drift) ensued, then a heated pushing match began in the middle of the road. Horns blared, lights flashed, and See CAIRO Page 10
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IN THE NEWS
PUBLISHER’S CORNER by Dave Burket
Dreams come true...It’s looking a lot like a white Christmas as we go to press. Only a sudden thaw and downpour could erase the bucolic winter landscapes on display. Globetrotters...It’s unlikely that realtors Debbie Pine and Cindy Raskob, and recently elected MPP Sam Oosterhoff, expected to find themselves in Oman this week, yet there they are, in the hands of Debbie Dimezio, at the bottom of this page. (In case your Arabic is rusty, the translation is, “What a beautiful place.”) Safe trip home! Like a fine wine...We’re letting our survey on senior housing in Pelham age a bit longer, with results coming in our next issue, which will be on January 4 (we’re taking Christmas week off). This is partly to allow for those without computer access to let their voices be heard as well. If you have access to a computer and can help someone who doesn’t, find the survey at www. thevoiceofpelham.ca/later New year, new digs...The Voice has come full-circle. After starting life on Pelham Street in 1997, we’re back, this time in the Sawatzky Dental building next to our new best friend Farha Syed and her new(-ish) Fonthill Barber Shop, across the street from Beamer’s Hardware. With her family, Farha emigrated from Pakistan several years ago and runs another successful barber shop in Welland. Like other Pelham seniors, The Voice
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is downsizing in our maturity. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like running a business out of a camper trailer, stop by for a look— but give us a few days to get the place reasonably ship-shape. Right now it’s all packing boxes and ethernet cables. Please also check out our Moving Sale, page 12, and in Technicolour on our Facebook page. So many office chairs. And surely someone out there could use a perfectly adequate business telephone system—it already survived Y2K. In the Seoul of Fenwick... The former Golden Grill on Canboro Road, Fenwick, has been resurrected as the Grill on Canboro, under the new ownership of Korean-born Mr. and Mrs. Young. Some additions to the menu have already arrived, and, with any luck, we’ll be seeing bulgolgi, a delicious grilled beef dish, one of these days. But the basics are very much still there and are better than ever—and the hours are regular now, too. Cairo nights...John Swart takes us to Cairo, Egypt this week, though for a change it’s by taxi rather than bicycle. So we have realtors in Oman (if only on newsprint), Koreans in Fenwick, a Pakistani barber as our new office neighbour, and John Swart searching for SIM cards in Cairo. Even rural Pelham can hold its own in the Canadian multicultural scheme of things, and that’s pretty darned good for all of us. Merry Christmas, and best wishes for 2017.
Fatal collision
On Thursday, December 15, at approximately 9:15 AM. the Niagara Regional Police Service, the Niagara Emergency Medical Services and the Pelham Fire Services responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision on Rice Road at Highway 20 in Fonthill. Police say that initial investigation revealed that a 2000 Cadillac motor vehicle was stopped at the red light at this intersection facing southbound on Rice Road. The 80-year-old male driver from Fonthill suffered a medical event and lost control of the vehicle. This vehicle then crossed Highway 20, went through a parking lot, crossed Hurricane Road and struck a tree in front of a residence in the area. The male driver was pronounced dead while the 87-year-old female passenger in this vehicle did not suffer any injuries. This collision remains under investigation by Detectives of the Niagara Regional Police Services Collision Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses with information regarding this collision are asked to contact investigators at (905) 6884111.
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RIDE arrest
On Friday, December 16, members of the Niagara Regional Police Service conducted R.I.D.E. checks within the city of Niagara Falls and Thorold. Officers stopped some 500 vehicles throughout the night. Of those drivers stopped, 10 were required to provide breath samples for suspected alcohol consumption. One driver was arrested for impaired driving resulting in a mandatory 90-day drivers licence suspension and 7-day vehicle impoundment. An additional driver
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A Brock University researcher says the federal government’s approach to legalizing marijuana is similar to how post-prohibition alcohol sales were treated. Last week a task force studying recreational cannabis use released a framework for legalization that it says the government should follow. Among its recommendations are: —Sales should be restricted to those 18 and older, with provinces and territories able to set age restrictions older than 18 —The personal possession limit should be set at 30 grams Cannabis should be sold in storefronts, but not in locations also selling alcohol and tobacco products —Products should be sold in plain packaging —The number of stores should be regulated, and kept away from schools, community centres and parks —Tax revenues should fund public education campaigns and research on the effects of marijuana consumption “My initial reaction was it was fairly comprehensive,” says Department of Health Sciences associate professor Dan Malleck, an expert on Canadian drug and alcohol policy and history. “Some elements are surprising and some are what we expected. I think it’s a completely reasonable report. It’s incredibly dull in its lack of anySee IN THE NEWS Page 14
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$100K Thorold winner Daryl Wilkinson of Thorold is celebrating after winning $100,000 with ENCORE (December 1, 2016 DAILY GRAND). Daryl matched six of seven winning numbers on his ENCORE selection. “I went to the store to check my ticket the day after the draw,” shared Daryl while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto where he picked up his winnings. “I clearly saw the words, ‘Big Winner’ flash on the screen so I scanned the ticket again and this time I saw an amount flashing. At first I thought I won $10,000. I thought to myself, ‘Impossible!’ So I scanned the ticket a third time. That’s when I saw the amount I actually won - $100,000!” The married father of two handed his ticket to a friend who was with him. “He scanned the ticket a couple of times and confirmed it was a winner. He was stunned and so was I.”
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Pelham Town Council reviews proposed 2017 capital budget BY NATE SMELLE
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Last week Council had its first look at the proposed capital budget for 2017. Presenting the budget at their committee of the whole meeting on Monday, Dec. 12, Treasurer Cari Pupo took time to explain how each expenditure fit within the Town’s long-term strategic plan. Pupo explained to Council that wealth creation was driving capital budget requests for 2017. She said they also included input from the community received at the public budget open house earlier this year. “The 20-year forecast that we continue to operate on focuses on longer term development and sustainability,” Pupo said. “We also ensure that using this process we stayed focused on our strategic plan, we provide adequate funding for financial needs, we ensure transparency
with Council and the community and we adjust the budget as required.” Registering at nearly $11-million, the proposed capital budget for 2017 encourages Council to spend $4,181,818 from the Town’s reserves. Under the new budget, reserves would cover the total cost of financing: $191,000 of necessary upgrades to the municipality’s information technology, $43,000 to replace bunker gear and pagers for fire protection services, $437,400 to finance vehicles and equipment in need of replacement, $12,000 for cemeteries and $184,500 for park facilities. Council is still considering whether to invest in a new snowplow and spreading unit for $275,000, and $15,400 in GPS tracking devices for the Town’s snowplows. Pointing out that over the next few years the municipality is projecting expenditures on new snowplowing vehicles amounting to
$825,000, Councillor Gary Accursi said he needed more answers regarding the cost of contracting out these services versus purchasing new vehicles before he could support expanding the Town’s fleet. “I think we really need to have a good hard look at this whole contracting-out issue before we agree to spend the significant capital that we are looking at over the next few years,” he said. The Director of Public Works will provide Council with a comparative report on the costs and benefits of purchasing new vehicles and equipment as opposed to contracting the services out to the private sector. With nearly half of the overall budget financed by reserves, the rest of the funds would be made up of government grants, development charges and debentures. The overall budget for Town facilities is set at $518,100 with $430,100 coming from reserves. No-
tably repairs to the mechanical system and deck at the Marlene Stewart Streit
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Park pool totaling $162,500 were red- circled by Council to be reconsidered before their approval. They are also discussing the necessity of spending $227,000 for staff accommodations and relocation at the Town’s Tice Road operations centre. The proposed budget earmarked $7.46 million to be
spent on maintaining public roads. This portion of the budget would use $1,654,274 from reserves, $1,836,680 from development charges and $3,976,747 from other sources. Other sources include: a developer contribution debenture of $ 2,088,774 for the Summersides development from Station Street to Wellsprings Road, a grant debenture of $1,594,173 for the design and construction of the water main replacement on Station Street from Pelham Town Square to Port Robinson Rd, and $293,800 from a developer contribution for the East Fonthill Block Two secondary servicing. The $2,454,573 slated for the water main rebuild on Station Street was another of the items red-circled by Council for further consideration. Of all the items comprising the proposed $470,000 wastewater budget, only the $85,000 cost for the design and construction of
the Hurricane Road sewer in need of lateral replacement was red-circled. The Town’s budget for water totaled $1,234,885. Council red-circled the $742,500 replacement of the Hurricane water main from Chestnut Road to Hwy 20. Planning and development would receive $182,900 by means of the proposed budget. Most of these funds would go towards financing the $130,000 needed for a future housing development proposed for Canboro Road in the east Fenwick secondary plan. The cost of cleaning the Keenan drain will use up the $15,000 in the municipal drainage budget for 2017. The $215,000 needed to complete repairs to the basement of the Fonthill Library Branch was also red-circled by Council. T he Library budget also includes $10,000 for Computer Services Development, bringing the total up to $225,000.
Corporate donors see names attached to new arenas BY VOICE STAFF Members of Town Council and senior staff along with donors and volunteers from local service clubs gathered at the Old Pelham Town Hall in Ridgeville on Thursday, Dec. 15, to acknowledge the generosity of the individuals and organizations throughout the Niagara Region who have contributed to the Town’s fundraising campaign for the new Pelham Community Centre (PCC).
During the press conference the Town announced three major gifts helping to move them closer to their goal of raising $3 million of the $36.2 million needed to finance the new PCC. Currently in the first phase of the capital fundraising campaign, the names of Pelham’s two new arenas were announced along with the donations totaling $400,000. Stepping forward with a donation from his company, Accipiter Radar
Technologies, President and CEO Tim Nohara announced they would be donating $250,000 to the project. In an expression of gratitude, the Town designated that Arena A — which features an NHL-sized ice surface and a 1,000-seat spectator area— will henceforth be known as the Accipiter Arena. With the capacity to host major sporting events, tradeshows, concerts, and other commercial affairs, the Town says that Accipi-
ter Arena will provide Pelham with a new range of opportunities for economic growth and community development. “I am a resident of Pelham whose life, along with the lives of my family and co-workers, has been enriched by this charming community for many years,” said Nohara. “I couldn’t be more pleased that Accipiter Radar Technologies, the tiny high-tech company I re-lo-
A crowd of some100 seniors enjoy a free Christmas Dinner provided by the Fonthill and District Kinsmen during the 55th annual Seniors Christmas Dinner. NATE SMELLE PHOTO
KIN DINNER continued from Page 1 Claus himself. Chair of the Seniors Christmas Party committee, Len Doyle, acted as the master of ceremonies for most of the night, spicing-up the evening with a few of his Christmas-themed jokes
and stories from previous dinners. Having joined the Kinsmen 35 years ago, he has seen firsthand how the event lifts people’s spirits and brings the community together. He says the popular event is always a pleasure to host because it is a unique opportunity to gather with old friends and make a few new ones.
“We really like to put this on because people really enjoy it,” Doyle said. “Many of the people here carpooled with their neighbours or people living in the same apartment building. Some of them even meet up beforehand just so they can sit together and share a nice meal. There are a lot of friendships made here every
year.” With some of the diners showing up before 5 PM to make sure they had a seat at the table, the Kinsmen had their hands full before, during and after the event to ensure it was another success. Doyle said the dinner is a nice way for the Kinsmen to honour many of the elders from the community
cated to Pelham in 1995, has been able to grow here in this fertile and welcoming community. We are proud to be able to pay it forward by investing in the Pelham Community Centre, a oncein-a-lifetime undertaking that will enrich the lives of our present and future residents for years to come.” Vice-presidents of the Duliban Insurance Company, Jason and Adam Duliban, were proud to carry on their family’s long history of giv-
ing back to the community they call home, declaring that they would be donating $125,000 to the capital fundraising campaign for the PCC. Though smaller in seating capacity — 100 seats at ice-level — the new Duliban Insurance Arena, formerly known as Arena B, will also feature an NHLsized ice surface. Providing visitors with an accessible, warm space to enjoy the ac-
who have helped to make the Town what it is today. Kin public relations officer Kevin Twomey said it is also shows people how they can help to make the community a better place by supporting service clubs like the Kinsmen and Kinettes. “We support many other groups such as the Special Olympics, Pathstone, Women’s Place, but ultimately the money comes from the community,” said Twomey. “With us being the stewards, we hold fundraisers and then we put that money back into the community where we see the greatest need. Whether they supported the poinsettia dropoff or the Fall Craft Show, when people look at the impact our fundraisers have they can see for themselves that their money went to a good place.” Teacher, musician, songwriter and Fonthill resident, Lindsey Mills, and the Jingle Bell Rockers highlighted the festivities with an upbeat set list of Christmas classics such as Jingle Bells, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer and a variety of other holiday favourites. Playing more than a dozen instruments, Mills’s music has been featured on CBC radio. Her first year performing at the historic community gathering, Mills said she was asked to perform by a few of the Club’s members following a set at a restaurant in town. “I can’t imagine what
it would have been like to be here when it started 55 years ago,” she said. “I was honoured when they asked me to play at
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There are a lot of friendships made here every year
the event. It is great to have three of my students here performing with me as well. They were so excited to be able to perform tonight.” After the Christmas season wraps up, Twomey said the Kinsmen will begin their search for Pelham’s outstanding Citizen of 2016. The Citizen of the Year must live or work in Pelham, and exemplify volunteerism and positive community activism, and cannot be a sitting politician. The club is accepting submissions for the award until Friday Jan. 27, 2017. They must in writing and be addressed to The Kinsmen club of Fonthill and District, Box # 906 Fonthill, ON L0S 1E0.
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As We See It Flaccid fundraising foreshadows rising taxes
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AST THURSDAY, the Town announced its first major contributions to the Pelham Community Centre fundraising campaign. At a small celebration at Old Town Hall it was revealed that CEO Tim Nohara and Accipter Radar Technologies had donated $250,000 for the naming rights to the facility’s main arena, while the Duliban family and Trillium Mutual Insurance Company had donated $125,000 and $25,000, respectively, for the rights to the second rink. Credit should be given to Nohara and the Dulibans for their contributions and their commitment to our community. But should residents be concerned by the apparent lack of progress in this fundraising campaign, as evidenced by the limited number of donors to come forward so far? $400,000 is nothing to be scoffed at, but the Community Centre budget calls for $3 million in total fundraising contributions for a building scheduled to open in a year. Where is the rest of the money going to come
from? $2.6 million is a lot of weekend bake-sales. Traditionally, fundraising campaigns like to kick things off with a major donation to excite the community. Port Colborne received $1.2 million from Vale for the naming rights to their community centre. Meridian donated $5 million to name the new 5,000-seat arena in St. Catharines. Does Pelham have another big donor lined up for the rights to the whole facility? Or has the $250,000 valuation on the main arena set prices too low to expect such a windfall? On November 30, the town officially broke ground at the Community Centre with a small ceremony. Though staff members have purported that the facility has been under construction for some time now, the early stages have been taken up with an uncharacteristic lack of fanfare from the Mayor and Council. One wonders if the powers-that-be are beginning to feel the pressure of their overly ambitious fundraising target. After ramming the project though with little account for residents’ concerns, it might be
that these residents are hesitant to throw their money behind said project. Perhaps it’s time for these outspoken Community Centre supporters to come forward and turn out their pockets. Back on April 25, when Council was voting on the facility, there was a line of people and organizations, all with suspiciously similar talking points, who championed the new Centre. This newspaper has also published letters written along a similar theme. Hopefully these impassioned speeches and letters can be converted to tangible monies, and staff charged with raising funds on the Centre’s behalf will approach these folks to come up with the remaining $2.5 million dollars. Accipter and the Dulibans, to their credit, have gotten the ball rolling here. And if the Town can’t raise the funds? Well, no big deal. Council and staff will simply put our money where their mouths were. Like every other element of this Community Centre budget, the fundraising component is built on assurances and little else. And when words turn to wind, the Town will turn to our wallets. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.
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McKnight termination deplorable all around I do not know Ana McKnight I have never met the lady, but I find the handling of her termination by the Town and by your publication to be deplorable. According to your article [Town dismisses Marketing and Communications Officer, Dec. 7], she was fired because a consultant said she was overpaid. Whose fault is this? Shouldn’t the person or persons who authorized her salary be the ones to get the axe? The article does not sug-
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gest she was terminated for cause, so she will be entitled to a significant severance package. Naturally, her “excessive” salary and severance package all come at the expense of the taxpayer. I suggest it would serve the community better to get rid of the staff who created this problem than to terminate the employee whose salary apparently exceeded some consultant’s opinion of what is appropriate. Does Ms. McKnight not deserve some form of dignity regarding her termination? Should it really be frontpage news that she loses her job just before Christmas, because someone said she was overpaid? Was it fair to insert her picture with her baby daughter and husband? Isn’t it bad enough that she loses her job without being publicly humiliated? George Demery Fonthill
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Editor’s Note: The staff of this newspaper does know Ms. McKnight, and we know her to be competent at her job. She was not terminated for cause, but for expediency. In the photo that accompanied the story, we saw a young family, newly arrived in Pelham, on a bright spring day, a bright future ahead. To suggest that this humiliates Ms. McKnight is akin to blaming the victim. We suggest instead that what we collectively—The Voice, our readers, Town staff—see in this photograph, and why it may be upsetting to some, is, in fact, our own humiliation. First we react with sympathy. Then confusion—how could this happen? Then anger at those responsible. Then, inevitably, guilt and humiliation, as we realize that is we who are to blame, it is we who have placed the governance of our town in the hands of people who would do such a thing—and then, despite repeated requests for comment, refuse to explain their inexplicable conduct in public.
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Thanks to Kin for wonderful evening Do you know where I was on Tuesday, December 13 at 6 PM? Do you know I was served a complimentary Christmas dinner by a handsome young man and as a bonus there were prizes and Santa and music? Wow. Did you know that a traditional poinsettia was presented to each family as they left for home. And did you know that the Jingle Bell Rockers—Payton Luke and Amelia—in addition to the lovely and talented Linsey Mills, provided a musical interlude to our delight? Are you aware that this spectacular event took place at the Old Town Hall? Mayor Augustyn was in attendance to bring greetings from the Town of Pelham to the over 100 happy souls. And amazingly this event has taken place for the past 55 years, with different participants of course. This year and for several past years Len Doyle has been a gracious and well-spoken M.C.. By now I am sure that you know that we of senior years thank our local Kinsmen and Kinettes for another fabulous evening,
where being a senior has its advantages. Once again I am pleased to say “Thank
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you” to our hard-working service group. You are an asset to our community. Wonderful sponsors for this event included the South Niagara Hearing Clinic, Seniors on the Move, White Meadows Farm, Boggio’s Pharmacy, Doyle Financial Solutions, and Duliban Insurance. If I have forgotten anyone please blame it on my age. After all, I am a bona-fide senior. Shirley Lazareth Fonthill
Tip of the toque to decorating elves My dog and I just finished a walk along the Steve Bauer Trail between Port Robinson and Merritt Roads. We haven’t been there for several weeks. What might have been a cold and blustery walk became one of filled with smiles and the humming of Christmas carols (by me, not my dog).
Someone has been decorating for Christmas! There are colourful Christmas ornaments on branches along the path — I lost count at 25. A big thank you to the Elves who decorated the trail. Your Christmas Spirit is uplifting. Anne Schattmann Fonthill
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Fonthill, Welland Rotaries help Habitat buy trailer Habitat for Humanity Niagara, through the incredible support of the Rotary Clubs of Welland and Fonthill, held a brief ceremony to recognize the generosity of the Clubs’ financial donation allowing Habitat Niagara to purchase a brand new trailer. “We are so impressed and pleased that both the Fonthill and Welland Rotary Clubs partnered in providing Habitat with this trailer,” said Alastair Davis, Habitat Niagara’s CEO. “They are wonderful community leaders who jointly sponsored this purchase which will be very beneficial to Habitat as we work at multiple sites each year. The trailer will greatly improve our resourcing, reduce cost and allow us to recognize the Rotary Clubs’ support as we display their sponsorship proudly on it.” The trailer was unveiled at Habitat Niagara’s ReStore in Fonthill where local delegates, Rotarians and Habitat supporters were present to see the newly branded piece of equipment. “The Welland Rotary Club is enthused to be part of this collaborative project that will benefit all of the
Niagara communities,” said Tamara Coleman-Lawrie, President of the Rotary Club of Welland. “Together we were able to invest in a construction trailer that will help to build homes for families and children. At Rotary, we value our community’s needs, particularly the basic human needs of shelter, nutrition, access to clean water, education and family. We are thrilled to support Habitat Niagara with the tools necessary to build the lives of local children and their families.” “The Rotary Club of Fonthill was so pleased to be able work in partnership with The Rotary Club of Welland for this trailer,” said Paul Allen, President of the Rotary Club of Fonthill. “Our small clubs were able to have such a positive impact for Habitat for Humanity which is such a great, caring organization with fantastic results!” Habitat for Humanity Niagara is scheduled to build homes in Welland, Fort Erie, Grimsby and Niagara Falls next year.
Pelham Public Library: Re-Opening Maple Acre BY KIRK WEAVER
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For many in the community it has been a long time coming. Perhaps others never thought it would happen. We are happy to say it is almost done! We are brimming with excitement, just like children waiting to open their presents on Christmas morning! We are just weeks away from opening the renovated and expanded Maple Acre Branch of the Pelham Public Library. While it has only been a few short months since construction began on June 20th, there are a number of dedicated community volunteers who have been working hard for many years to make this project a reality. We extend our appreciation to all past and present members of the Friends of Maple Acre Library group who persevered in making this happen. On Tuesday January 24th, the public will be invited to step into the building and take in the results of the long-planned renovation. In the meantime, there is a great deal of work we need to finish. From the moment we take possession of the building
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Crossley students get professional advice during Career Day BY NATE SMELLE
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Grade 11 students at E.L. Crossley were treated to a diverse line-up of guest speakers at this year’s Career Day on the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 14. Professionals spoke to the students about their careers during a series of sessions beginning at 8AM and concluding just before 11AM. The list of speakers included 14 individuals working in a wide variety of fields including the trades, law and law enforcement, arts, education, sports and health care. E.L. Crossley graduate
Stephanie Hall was part of the day’s programming. Sharing advice regarding some of the stepping stones and stumbling blocks she experienced while pursuing and achieving her lifelong dream to become a veterinarian, Hall told the class not to get discouraged if the path to their career of choice is different than they expected. After not getting into the Animal Biology program at the University of Guelph, Hall decided to complete a four-year degree in the Animal Sciences program. Feeling the urge to travel in the third year of the program, she entered the exchange program at the Royal Agri-
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cultural College in England. Hall said the year she spent in England turned out to be a turning point in her life. “Sometimes if you don’t end up where you expect to be it can actually be a good thing because you were meant to go that way,” she told the students. “Having that little bit of a longer path because I studied abroad for a year was really awesome. I met great people, I made lifelong friends and while I was there I got to shadow a vet who ended up writing my reference letters for vet school and became one of my best friends.” Accepted into the Ontario Veterinary College on her second try, Hall left England and returned to Guelph. She then spent the next four years training to become a veterinarian. Accomplishing what she set out to do, Hall is now a practicing veterinarian her own clinic — the St. David’s Animal Hospital in Niagara-On-The Lake. “It takes persistence and
it takes motivation to get where you want to go,” Hall said. “If you have something in mind that you really want to do, you need to put your heart into it. There are always going to be people who think differently but you need to have a good support system and a lot of focus. Once you achieve that goal it feels great.” One of her favourite parts of being a vet, she said, is that every day is interesting because every day is something new. Hall said there are two key components to being a good veterinarian, which can help people no matter what profession they choose. These are: possessing good communication skills and being compassionate. “Whether you are an optometrist, a dentist, a doctor or a vet your day is comprised of talking and communicating with people,” Hall said. “Communication is so important, because you need to have good communica-
tion skills in any career you might choose. Being compassionate and understanding is also very important since pets become a part of our family and they provide us with love and companionship.” Jessica Millar was another of the Crossley grads to speak with the students on career day. Millar said that the time she spent at Crossley was instrumental in helping her to choose her career. Originally intending to study law, Millar had a change of heart after taking a couple of courses on the subject. Unsure of which path to follow, her mother suggested that she consider the trades. Taking her mother’s advice, she signed up for a class in electrical work and never looked back. “After taking one class I did a co-op placement and I realized that I really liked doing this type of work,” she said. “It was really neat to complete circuits and understand how they worked.
It gives you a good feeling to look back at your work and say, yeah, I did that.” Graduating from Crossley in 2014, Millar is currently in the second year of a fiveyear apprenticeship. Recently she said she has been working with a small crew of electricians maintaining the electrical system in the Thorold Tunnels. Finding a great deal of satisfaction in her work, Millar recommends that anyone who may be interested in becoming an electrician should try taking a class or two and see where it leads them. From her experience, she said there always seems to be opportunities for electricians. “The trades are always changing and growing,” said Millar. “There are more and more companies who are expanding and need employees. With all of the new houses and industrial buildings going up there are always a lot of work for electricians.”
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cept of Suspended Christmas Dinner. The Hope Centre in Welland work with the most vulnerable citizens in Welland by providing food and housing stability in the community. The Hope Centre will distribute vouchers from any suspended Christmas dinners purchased to those who need it and Seaway Mall hope Christmas Day will be a social, fun day full of welcome for this group coming together for food and laughter. If you wish to make a difference to someone this year, you can advance purchase a Christmas Dinner at Seaway Mall customer service for $10.
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Earlier this year the Fonthill and District Kinettes and Kinsmen brought in a guest speaker from Pathstone Mental Health (PMH) to provide them with an update on their work to improve the lives of children, youth and families coping with mental health issues. Upon learning that one in five young people suffer from mental health issue, Kinettes’ Vice-President Betty Twomey said the two clubs decided to get involved. Since forming the partnership with PMH, Twomey
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said they have been working to raise funds for, and awareness of, the organization’s efforts to enhance the quality of life of young people living with mental health challenges. “We were floored by the work Pathstone is doing to help young people and their families struggling with mental health issues,” Twomey said. “When you hear about the revolutionary work they are doing how can you not stepup and help?” Governed by a community-based volunteer board of directors, PMH is a non-profit charitable agen-
cy that operates under the Child and Family Services Act. As the organization’s executive director, Carrie Zeffiro is very grateful for the clubs’ support. The new partnership is especially important she said because the need for the services PMH provides is growing fast. Last year she said they observed a 10 percent increase in the number of children and youth they helped from the previous two years. In Pelham alone, Zeffiro said PMH assisted some 100 children last year. Throughout Niagara they provided services to some
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4,500 young people. “When adults don’t feel well we know we can reach out for help,” she said. “Children and youth need us to do that for them. About 70 percent of adult mental health problems start in adolescence. We need to provide help early-on for better outcomes.” Just like adults, Zeffiro said the majority of young people who are struggling with their mental health are dealing with anxiety and depression. As the only accredited provider of children’s mental health treatment in the entire Niagara Region,
PMH provides counselling, therapy and a variety of mental health services to children and youth up to the age of 18. “Even though we have come a long way in helping ease the stigma around mental health problems, there are still those who are reluctant to reach out for fear that their children will be labelled,” said Zeffiro. “We also know that sometimes parents or teachers don’t realize the behaviour is a mental health problem and may attribute the behaviour to a stage the child or teen is going through. Some also don’t know where
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the others. They found us a general merchandise store. We had no idea where we were, so we asked them to wait while we shopped. Seems some of our group needed other stuff too — toilet paper, hand sanitizer, detergent, more toilet paper, baby wipes, etc. The first to pass through checkout with a 24-pack of toilet paper (we all decided to share a value pack), three hand sanitizers, two locks, a box of detergent, and some chocolate bars got quite the stares. By now two of our group decided they needed SIM cards for their phones. No problem for the drivers; so away we go, one cab in hot pursuit of the other, like an Inspector Clousseau- po-
www.thevoiceofpelham.ca lice chase through the dark streets of Cairo. Oncoming “tuk-tuk” motorized pedicabs had no lights, yet seemed quite happy going the wrong way on multilane one-way streets. Stop lights and stop signs were ignored on our route beneath a neglected overhead expressway. It was dark and dirty and dusty with cars, trucks, and donkey carts darting every direction at every chance. It was a ridiculous way to drive, and the more we laughed in the cab, the more aggressively the driver drove. SIM cards acquired, we asked the cabbies to take us somewhere “authentic” to eat. Away we went again, as if a green flag had dropped at Indianapolis. The Egyptian menu had one English word to describe the meat in each dish, but no further detail. Everything was lamb, chicken or pigeon, and the prices were in Aramaic script, indecipherable to us. Our waiter spoke little English, and we were the only non-Egyptians in the place. I chose stuffed pigeon (why not) and asked for a side order of rice, because a pigeon is small. The waiter smiled and nodded. My skinny, blackened pigeon arrived on a huge bed of rice, stuffed
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HEARTS continued from Page 1 now learning how to knit. She spent much of the afternoon session helping her classmates finish their sewing projects by stitching on smiles to some of her friends’ bears. The young artist’s creativity is not only held together with a needle and thread, she is also the youngest member of the Strong Water Women — a First Nation drumming and singing group. Earlier this past fall she performed with the group at the Indigenous Solidarity Coalition’s Sisters in Spirit event at Brock University. One of her teachers at Way to Grow, Jessica Gallo, said that everyone is very proud of her for taking such initiative with the project. “We originally wanted to teach the kids to sew and then we thought it would also be a good lesson for them to learn why it is important to share, said Gallo. “Sewing is a very useful skill for the kids to have so why not start them off early. It is great to see them being creative while learning to give back to their community.”
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Rahne Graham, another one of the teachers at Way to Grow said the class has set a goal of creating 20 pairs of mittens and bears before EMS comes to collect them before the Christmas break. For the past three weeks, she said the children, between the ages of 6 and 12, have been working on the Warm Hands, Warm Hearts project every chance they get. The community has been very supportive of the initiative, donating sweaters, yarn and pillows for stuffing the bears. “We have had such a good response from the project by the kids and from the parents that we are already talking about making it an annual project,” Graham said.
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IN THE NEWS continued from Page 2 thing shocking, but that’s what you’re looking for in a policy like this.” Malleck said one thing that stands out is the age limit being set at 18. “With all the rhetoric they got from various stakeholders, it is a surprising limit. However, it makes sense to leave it to the provinces because liquor law ages vary across the country.” He says the recommendation against selling cannabis alongside alcohol and tobacco was also unexpected. “It’s going to create a whole new administration around cannabis.”
Malleck thinks this is a political, rather than a practical strategy. “The best people to manage access to controlled recreational substances are those whose job already is to control access to controlled recreational substances, like a liquor control board.” He says the idea of locating cannabis stores away from parks and schools is a measure to calm public anxiety. “It’s this idea of persistent moralism. This is right out of the LCBO playbook from the 1920s and ‘30s, that locating it near a school or church had this imbedded fear or guilt by association into it. The distribution system should be able to deal with kids com-
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