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Dress for success: My ruminations in this space last week on clothes shopping inspired a couple of readers to weigh in with recommendations. Said one, who wished to remain unnamed, “Your column hit with what I was talking about with friends just last week. There are very few places to shop for everyday clothes, other than Walmart (try to avoid that place) and Giant Tiger. We just don't have the selection of department stores like they do in the US. And even with the thousands of new homes being built in Welland, Dain City, and Pelham there doesn't seem to be any plan to bring more options to shop.” They also suggested, as did other readers, checking out the various thrift store options, which indeed we have over the years, often with great success. My spouse reminds me that when we first arrived in Pelham, lo these many years ago, one of our first stops, as we waited for our shipping container to arrive from overseas, was the Goodwill store on Niagara Street, where we picked up basic essentials such as cutlery and dinnerware. “Much nicer,” according to a reader, is the Goodwill store on Churchill Avenue, near Welland Hospital, which offers a 25 percent senior discount off of everything on Mondays. Who is a senior? Sixty-plus. There’s also Renewed Thrift and Vintage, on Hwy 20 near the 406 interchange, where we’ve had some luck, although not so much with the relatively limited selection of clothing. (Side question: Has anyone else noticed that their parking lot is almost always packed?) As for the comparative lack of clothing stores locally, I’m not sure that the US is in any better shape. They just have more malls. Capitalism being capitalism, if there were as much money to be made locally in garments as there evidently is in pizza, we’d have eight clothing stores within a ten-minute drive instead of eight pizzerias...For those who know: Play Spot the Marc MacDonald is this week’s issue! No prize, just the satisfaction of a job well done. Good talking to you, Marc. Apologies for the daze. I was seriously debating at the time whether I was about to be felled by heat stroke, and immediately thereafter wobbled over to buy a $2 bottled water...If you thought that was cryptic: Yes, we’re aware of a certain robocall poll that’s disturbing some residents on more than one level. If anything legitimate comes out of it, you’ll be the first to know…Modern retailing: Ever wonder what that note is, as wine aficionados might phrase it—the odour—that hits you when walking into Dollarama and other stores selling primarily Chinese-made merchandise? It’s a combination of formaldehyde and other chemicals used by manufacturers to preserve and stabilize plastics, odours which really permeate in airtight shipping containers during ocean crossings and storage...This week in herpetology: Trinidad's paradoxical frog "grows" from a foot-long tadpole into an inch-long frog. Ribbit. See you next week. 4
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On eve of trial, Ottaway hospitalized Lawyer says former Pelham CAO may have brain tumour BY DON RICKERS Contributing News Editor Former Town of Pelham CAO Darren Ottaway had a court date in Cochrane on July 12 to answer to charges related to incidents alleged to have occurred prior to 2019, when he was still working in Pelham. In total, Ottaway is facing two assault charges, a sexual interference charge, and a sexual assault charge. Paul Bragagnolo, Ottaway’s defence counsel, made a jolting announcement on July 12, when he told Justice Michel Labelle that his client was in the intensive care unit at an unspecified southern Ontario hospital, that he had experienced seizures, and may have a brain tumour. Not knowing Ottaway’s medical prognosis, Bragagnolo requested that the matter be adjourned to a later date. The Crown is proceeding by indictment on the charges of sexual assault. Indictable offences include more serious offences under the Criminal Code, such as theft over $5,000, aggravated sexual assault, and murder. Indictable offences generally have no minimum penalty. Justice Labelle agreed to
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Assembling a tribute to a Canadian aviation legend Boeing 767 flight deck a passion project for Perry Van Veen BY DON RICKERS Contributing News Editor If you’re playing a word association game with an aging Baby Boomer and mention Gimli, Manitoba, you’re likely to get two responses. One is, “the home of Crown Royal Rye Whisky.” The other, “the Gimli Glider.” The Gimli Glider was an Air Canada Boeing 767 with 60 passengers onboard that ran out of fuel on its Mont r e a l-O t t aw a-E d monton route 39 years ago this week, on July 23, 1983. A series of errors led to the mishap, including a mixup in converting between gallons and litres of aviation fuel. Captain Bob Pearson couldn’t nurse Flight 143 to the nearest major airport in Winnipeg, so he set the 80ton, powerless plane down on an abandoned military airstrip-turned-drag strip in Gimli, chasing hot-rodders and kids on bicycles from the asphalt runway in the process. Pearson was an experienced glider pilot, and was able to calculate on the fly, so to speak, the ideal speed and descent ratios required to reach the field. The Boeing was slightly damaged on its glider landing, but all passengers and crew emerged unscathed. The twin-engine aircraft was repaired and put back into service. It was retired from the Air Canada fleet in 2008, and today sits forlornly in an aircraft “bone yard” in California’s Mojave Desert. The event has always intrigued Perry Van Veen, of Welland. A former pilot and flight instructor himself, he works in human resources training and development, and has been selling aircraft parts as a sideline, a hobby, for the past decade. “Back in 2014, I put a bid in for the actual strippeddown Gimli Glider cockpit, but the owner wanted a ridiculous amount of money for it,” said Van Veen. “I had contacts in the aviation industry, and ended up getting my 767 cockpit in 2017 from a retired Delta Airlines plane, being stored in the Arizona desert, at a really good price.”
The Gimli Glider has a place in Canadian aviation folklore because of the nature of the mishap, and the skill of the flight crew in landing the aircraft safely under dire circumstances. The Boeing 767 piloted by Captain Pearson was only four months old, with a crew that was still learning the new fly-by-wire system of the Boeing 767. In 1983, Canada was transitioning from the imperial system to the metric system of measurements, which was the crux of the near-catastrophe. The aircraft was fueled in Montreal, but with an inoperative fuel quantity indication system. A misunderstanding led the captain to believe that the flight was safe to depart without the fuel gauges working. Instead, a dipstick measurement was performed in both Montreal and Ottawa, with the data entered into the plane’s flight management system. At about 41,000 feet, somewhere over Red Lake, Ontario, a cockpit warning light alerted Captain Pearson to a low-fuel problem, which was later found to be an error of the ground crew in Montreal, which had used imperial rather than metric measurements for their manual fuelling calculations. Shortly thereafter, the aircraft lost its electrical and hydraulic systems, which are powered by the engines, and began dipping earthward at 2000 feet per minute. Luckily for all, Pearson’s experience as a glider pilot almost certainly saved the day. Having been informed by his first officer that Winnipeg was too far given their glide rate, he opted to set the plane down in Gimli. Unbeknownst to Pearson, the abandoned airport had been converted to a drag strip for racing, and his heavy landing and braking blew out all the aircraft’s tires, with the jet coming to a stop only 100 feet from incredulous locals on the ground. An air traffic safety inSee GIMLI Page 10
Top, Perry Van Veen inside his Boeing 767 flight deck. Centre left, the 9 ft.-plus tall aluminum shell in Van Veen's garage. Centre right, the nose wheel control for slow-speed ground taxiing. Above, part of the plane's autopilot and FMS, or Flight Management System, which can automatically control speed, heading, and altitude.
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COTÉ'S COMMENTS Larry Coté
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olf is a game that lifts the spirits of only a select few who regularly come close to scoring at or near par. So why is it such a popular pastime? The answer confounds even the most skilled psychiatrists. There are hoards of golfers so unhappy with their scores. And they blame their confounded golf clubs, grips, balls, shoes, greens keepers, the weather, and many other factors except their own inadequacy. Many golfers, after a bad tee shot, commit to buying a new very expensive golf club to correct their slices, hooks and whatever other miss hits are driving them to obtain the technology that will cure their golfi ng imperfections. Like so many duffers, I have quit golf more times than I can count. Yet I soon give in to that dream of playing a game that comes close enough to par so that the scorecard will be framed and hung prominently over the fi replace. That is much to the disdain of the golf widow who doesn’t appreciate how it adds to the décor.
I know a number of decent golfers and when they are off the golf course and away from other good players, they appear to be quite near normal people. But when they are on the links or meeting with other
"Like so many duffers, I have quit golf more times than I can count"
skilled golfers they become totally different personalities. If you watch them in a group, you will see them swinging an imaginary driver or stroking a ball out of a sand trap with a fantasized wedge. To some, they appear to be choreographers designing a new dance routine. The ads for golf clubs boldly promise that if you buy that glistening new putter, you will regular-
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ly be dropping putts from so far away that you can hardly see the cup. A new set of irons will get you to the greens in regulation so often that you will be looking at birdie putts throughout the round. The technologies associated with golf club design easily rivals the science of building spacecraft. I must admit here that I am a member of a fraternity of senior golfers that is more like a brotherhood than an uncaring collectivity. The range of athleticism and golfi ng skills varies from duffer to club championship levels. There are more visible body part replacement surgical scars, knee wraps, bandages and pregame pharmacological injections than would be seen at the nearest health facility. It could be unwise for anyone with low self esteem to join this group. The jovial repartee among members often includes character debasement and the degrading of intelligence. Golf is more than just a game to those committed to membership in a club
Letters Kudos to Welland Hospital ER Saturday, after going to a Pelham walk-in clinic (online hours differed from note on the door), then a Seaway Mall clinic and finding them both closed, I called several in St. Catharines with no luck. (I did learn that the Walmart in the Pen Centre has a walk-in clinic.) So I went to Welland Hospital. Triage was quick and then I waited. I observed helpful and courteous staff. A wee child crying to go home was offered stickers. A woman with a brace on her arm was offered a pillow to rest it on. Three hours later I went home. I am grateful for their care, good organization, and positive attitude. L. Morgan Fonthill
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OPINION Reminder to take special care of newly planted trees This is a notice to tree lovers and their neighbours who have recently planted new trees. If you have planted or have had the Town plant new trees in the past few years, it is a critical time in your tree’s life. The summertime can be very stressful on young trees and cause adverse effects. Drought stress is common during heat waves and the long period between rains. During those periods, trees cannot absorb as much water as required for the tree to grow or maintain their daily functions. There are different factors to consider. It could be the soil compaction, high water evaporation rate and lack of rainfall. These few reasons can be examples of tell tales signs of drought stress. Some visual cues are an early drop of leaves, leaves changing colour, curling of the sides of the leaves and some completely brown leaves. One must remember that if these conditions continue, the tree may have a longterm effect by which the tree growth may be slower or even halted. The leaves may become smaller, less colourful and early leaf drop. The tree may become pest accessible. The good news is that one simple and crucial way to help protect your invested interest during summer droughts is to frequently water the young tree. To ensure newly planted trees have an optimal growing condition to become established, watering is essential. Increased growth will result if regular watering is done for the first few seasons.
Each newly planted tree is recommended to receive 2.5 cm (1 in.) each week. Water dripping is the most preferred method because the water will penetrate deeper into the root system. This can be done by allowing a slow drip from a hose at the base of the tree for approximately fifteen minutes every three days or by installing water bags on the tree, filling them every three days. To help improve water penetration and reduce competition from weeds and grass, the tree's trunk should be kept mulched at 5 cm (2 in.). There must be a clear ring around the tree free from the mulch, do not allow the mulch to form around the base of the tree! Remember, every tree has enormous value, not only monetary but in climate-related benefits, personal health benefits, cooling effects from the tree, potential energy savings, and helping their role in maintaining biodiversity. These are just a few reasons for increasing our tree canopy in the town of Pelham. I would like to recognize the Safe Tree Ltd. staff Jessica and Kait, and the Town of Pelham Street Tree Maintenance “A Guide For Home Owner” created by the Town of Pelham Operation Department with the assistance of the Pelham Tree Conservation Society for their enlightenment on this topic. Happy tree growing season! Mike Jones Pelham Advocates for Trees and Habitat
Municipalities working in silos One of the reasons for the Wainfleet Fire Hall “boondoggle” was as a result of directives from the Fire Marshall’s office that the pretty impressive Wainfleet volunteer fi refighters should “clean up their act,” mainly the paperwork and records that did not meet the standards of pa-
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per-pushing bureaucrats and had little to do with the competence and performance of the volunteer fi refighters themselves. That this current council have embraced it as their chosen mission and legacy also
desire to play a good game before teeing off, the execution of some good shots and the post game replay are just some of the
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MUNICIPAL MATTERS Mayor's Office
It's time for a renewed focus on local agriculture BY MARVIN JUNKIN Mayor Town of Pelham
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have always been a strong believer in advisory committees to Town Council. As both a former councillor and now as Mayor, I can say that it is beneficial for council to receive advice from dedicated, focused teams of residents. When running for the office of Mayor, one of my major platforms was to form an Audit Committee consisting of members of council and interested qualified members of the general public. The new council did form this Audit Committee and two citizens, both CPAs, were appointed to the committee along with three members of council. By all measurements, the committee has been a resounding success and played no small part in the Town’s Finance Department achieving North American-wide recognition for transparency of reporting two years in a row. Now after serving almost four years as head of council, I strongly believe that an Agricultural Advisory Committee would greatly serve Pelham’s interests. Very few, if any, of our Town’s Senior Leadership Team members have agricultural
joys of playing at golf. Finally, give golf a break. Even if you don’t score well, your spouse will certainly enjoy the break. 4
backgrounds, and the same can be said of most elected officials. Although I feel Town staff does an excellent job in reaching out residents for opinions and thoughts on policies, with the efforts by Town staff during the last two years of working on our new zoning by-law amend-
"I strongly believe that an Agricultural Advisory Committee would greatly serve Pelham's interests" ment being a prime example, it is nevertheless clear to me that a committee made up of members such as market gardeners, greenhouse growers, field crop growers and orchard growers, meeting on a regular basis, would go a long way in bringing both council and staff the much needed agricultural perspective on any new policies or bylaws that are being contemplated. The Niagara Region has its own Agricultural Committee known as “ACAP,” which
stands for Agricultural Policy Action Committee, and it sits once a month to review and comment on any new policies that the Regional staff are working on. Just recently, this committee helped to reverse a proposal put forward by Regional staff that would have attached development charges to all new agricultural buildings within the Region. The agricultural industry is not only a big part of the cultural makeup of Pelham, but this industry continues to innovate and flourish, changing its methods of operation and the very tools and machines it uses in order to stay viable in an ever-changing environment. With climate change being a reality and rainfall patterns changing around the planet, governments, both local and national, must take whatever steps are needed to keep Canada’s agricultural producers viable. Keeping all governments up to date on the ramifications of their actions would be a big first step, and an Advisory Committee skilled in agriculture would pay great dividends to the community. Now, let's support our farmers directly and take advantage of Pelham's weekly Farmers Market, every Thursday at Town Hall! 4
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olitical conservatism has come a long way. But in the spirit of the word and the ideology, that doesn’t signify progress. In fact, the decline and decay of the organized conservative movement in the democratic world is one of the most worrying phenomena of contemporary politics. Worrying because unlike the extremes of right and left, parliamentary conservatism is established, respected, and often in government and power. As a philosophy, it’s always been vague by its nature, and in its pragmatism almost not a philosophy at all. We can look to the Irish MP and author Edmund Burke or the Tory movers and shakers of the 19th century, but the context then was profoundly different. The conservative parties of Canada and Britain—they’ve usually been similar in outlook and policy— were until the 1970s paternalistic, moderate, and supportive of qualified change and reform, and consensus governance. Canada’s linguistic and geographical divisions added other spices to the menu but the fundamentals remained. The centre was occupied by all of the major parties. In the late 1970s and early 1980s this all began to change, with a new generation of young conservatives anxious to intellectualize the movement, and obviously tired of being seen as the unthinking voters. I can remember my university days back then when conservative students would carry copies of Austrian economist and philosopher Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom under their arms,
would discuss the market economics of Milton Friedman, and hold seminars to consider libertarianism. This was the era of Ronald Reagan, Brian Mulroney, and especially Margaret Thatcher. The British leader transformed her party into something entirely different from the red Tory past, and directly attacked the notion that it was the duty of government to care about the weakest. “There's no such thing as society”, she declared. “There are individual men and women and there are families.” That view, the rejection of the alleged “nanny state,” the celebration of financial success if not downright greed, the emphasis on ostensible personal liberty, all mingled with a nostalgia for an imagined past, and a sympathy for if not complete acceptance of social conservatism, influenced right-wingers the world over. Which in Canada meant Stephen Harper and the politician and journalists around him. Then came the disappearance of the federal Progressive Conservative Party and most of that for which it stood. The timing here is vitally significant. As obnoxious as much of what the Thatcher-style of politics was, it was at least rooted in a consistent worldview. But foreign wars, the triumph of unanchored social media, the decline of industry, and the evaporation of what many saw as traditional values created a vacuum on the right. It was filled by populism, conspiracy theories, utter hatred for mainstream media, and ultimately
by Donald Trump. He changed everything, because it was seen that someone so apparently absurd, so bombastic and chauvinistic, and
and those who were once considered pariahs in Canadian politics are given room to speak and have influence. Tails wag dogs, and
"We see in the race for leadership of the Conservative Party a surreal circus, with various candidates trying to outdo each other in their commitment to extremism"
so linked to the new right could win at the very highest level. Former Tory leaders are dismissed with contempt—solidly conservative but responsible politicians such as Erin O’Toole are humiliated and chased out of office, and media platforms that deal in raw sensationalism or downright nonsense grip the conservative rank-and-fi le in a vice of hysteria and paranoia. We see in the race for leadership of the Conservative Party a surreal circus, with various candidates trying to outdo each other in their commitment to extremism. The party of Kim Campbell and Joe Clark has become the venue for talk of Bitcoin, support for the occupation of Ottawa by fanatics, and denial of science and fact. Informed and mature conservative activists and journalists who criticize any of this are insulted as sellouts and “liberals,”
anybody who aspires to lead has to make sure to be ideologically pure, even if it means encouraging the sewers to breathe. There has been talk of the Conservative Party splitting after the current leadership campaign but that’s possibly a misnomer. A group of people leaving a major party is less or a split than a splinter. As troubling as it is, there’s no restoring Canadian conservatism to what it was, as most of the membership has long moved on. The only question is whether the electorate is willing to support them when it comes to voting. For those who assume that Canadians would never do so, I’m afraid I don’t share your sense of optimism. 4 Rev. Michael Coren is an award-winning Toronto-based columnist and author of 18 books, appears regularly on TV and radio, and is also an Anglican priest.
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has little or nothing to do with a lower tier municipality preventing a dysfunctional Regional Council from suddenly becoming a best option for moving forward? This Wainfleet council is merely emulating their upper tier colleagues, spending money they do not have in the hopes their names may be remembered. If the anyone actually believes that bigger and bigger government, and an ever increasing number of highly paid bureaucrats is the solution to Niagara’s problems, I would only suggest they take a look at our present governments at federal and provincial levels. Niagara Region takes 46 percent of every Wainfleet tax dollar for what? Primarily to ensure the 50 percent or more of our Regional taxes are available for Regional councillors’ stipends and expenses and the almost exponentially increasing demands for Regional staff salaries, benefits, pensions, and annual increases. Forcing amalgamation on the 12 lower tier municipalities would only serve to further reduce the influence of the 12 communities to have any say in the future of their families and their chosen homes. Far better to dissolve Niagara Regional government entirely. It may be messy to begin with but with 12 municipalities suddenly doubling their budget— who knows, even a Wainfleet council may be able to make a rational case for this new fi re hall. Andrew Watts Wainfleet
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OLT to hear appeals against Pelham cannabis bylaw CCC Chair Tim Nohara urges public attendance via Zoom BY DON RICKERS Contributing News Editor Tim Nohara has chaired Pelham’s Cannabis Control Committee (CCC) since its inception in 2019, and is ready to pass the baton. “From my perspective, the overarching message is that our work as a committee is almost done,” he told the Voice. “Our mandate will end with the term of the current municipal council in the fall election. We're proud of what we've accomplished, and will be making recommendations for the next council, but really, it's going to be up to Pelham residents to indicate their interest, pick this issue up, and re-engage with the next council.”
Cannabis Control Committee Chair Tim Nohara. Nohara said that Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) hearings were held this past January, to deal with appeals launched by cannabis producers CannTrust and Redecan against Pelham’s Cannabis Official Plan Amendment and Zoning Bylaw Amendment, which Town Council approved on July 13, 2020.
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“The public has indicated a real interest in the hearings,” said Nohara. “I've been getting emails left and right. Back in January, I had some residents contact me who were a bit upset, because they didn’t know about the hearings that had been scheduled, and were not aware of how to connect on
Zoom to attend the hearings. So I just want to get the awareness out to residents now about the impending OLT hearings.” The online Zoom co-ordinates for the are https://global.gotomeeting.com/ join/660145013, with an access code 660-145-013. The toll-free number to listen by telephone is 1-888-299-1889. The CCC has prepared a twopage summary which includes information on how residents can participate in the process. The link to the document can be found at https://www.pelham.ca/en/townhall/resources/Documents/cannabis/CCC-TwoPager-CannabisRegulations_22020605.pdf. “Our last committee meeting and council delegation will be in mid-August, so we’ll be making our final recommendations at that time,” said Nohara, noting that “we’ve achieved virtual agreement [with the cannabis producers] on the Official Plan Amendment [OPA], but differences remain on the Zoning Bylaw Amendment [ZBY].” The OPA sought to establish
permissions for indoor cannabis and industrial hemp cultivation, subject to a zoning bylaw amendment, and to establish approval criteria. Outdoor cultivation in agricultural areas is allowed. The OPA states that new cannabis facilities must avoid adverse effects or appropriately mitigate them, determined on a case-by-case basis through peer-reviewed odour and light studies and contingency mitigation plans, in concert with site plan control. The ZBA’s purpose is to add two specific agricultural-cannabis and general-industrial-cannabis zones to regulate newly approved indoor and outdoor cannabis facilities. A 300-metre setback is required for outdoor uses. An Odorous Industries Nuisance Bylaw (OINBL) approved and amended by Town Council in 2020 has been appealed to the Ontario Superior court by the cannabis producers, with hearings not scheduled until 2023. For complete information on cannabis cultivation in Pelham, go to www.pelham.ca/en/town-hall/ cannabis.aspx
Pelham firefighters hosting food drive for Pelham Cares BY DON RICKERS Contributing News Editor Fenwick volunteer firefighter Jeff Dam is hoping to extinguish the flames of hunger in community homes by leading a summer food drive for Pelham Cares. He has co-ordinated all three local stations — Font-
hill, Fenwick, and Shorthills — in joining forces to locate firefighters at Food Basics and Sobeys, both on Highway 20 in Fonthill, on Saturday July 23, from 9 AM to 3 PM. Modern and vintage fire trucks will be on site to enthral the kids. Jennifer Dubé, Office Manager at Pelham Cares,
said that the shelves are depleted at the food bank, which serves dozens of local families, and consequently the summer food drive is a timely event to replenish inventory. High on the list of needs are canned fruit, baking items, school snacks, hamburger helper, baked beans,
side kicks, crackers, and canned meats. “We are grateful that the Town provides us with really good firefighting equipment,” said Dam. “We look forward to community events that allow us to meet and greet people. Pelham is growing rapidly, with a lot of new residents that
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New Centennial Park splash pad a hit BY DON RICKERS Contributing News Editor There has been no official ribbon cutting ceremony yet, but that hasn’t prevented Pelham kids from enjoying the municipality’s latest water amusement, a splash pad at Centennial Park in Fenwick. “The grand opening will happen later this summer, but we had a soft opening last week, when the splash pad was commissioned by Public Health,” said Pelham’s Communications Specialist, Leah Letford. “So far, it's been busy. I've driven by a few times. There were lots of kids on Tuesday. We were very fortunate that our camp kids were able to use the splash pad.” The Centennial Park pad includes a superwave water wheel, and sunspray and jet stream sprayers, within the design located beside the playground area. The $350,000 project was funded primarily by a Canada infrastructure program through the Covid-19 Resilience Fund. More than a third of the cost is covered by federal and provincial funding, with the remaining portion paid from development charges revenue. “The proposal was actu-
Six-year-old Isla Clifford strikes a pose to celebrate the new water feature's Fenwick debut. PAULA CLIFFORD
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continued from Page 3 vestigation was convened, which concluded that Air Canada should implement better training in the new aircraft for ground handlers and pilots, and commended Pearson and his crew for their skill and professionalism. “My cockpit is from exactly the same type of bird as the Gimli Glider,” said Van Veen. “A lot of these Boeing 767s are still flying today. Many have been converted to cargo carriers.” Van Veen was able to get a num-
ber of parts and interior panels from the original Gimli Glider. “They were parting it out, selling it for scrap essentially, and I was able to negotiate a deal with the owner to retrieve instruments, crew seats, a steering yoke, and other parts.” The aluminum cockpit shell, which weighs about 3000 pounds, just barely fits in Van Veen’s suburban garage, next to a Skidoo. It sits on wheeled dollies, with a couple inches to spare below the ceiling. “I had it in storage up on Highway 20 for a few years, and brought
it to my house last August,” he said. “I took lots of measurements. The last thing I wanted was to have this thing delivered to my driveway only to discover it was too big to cram into the space.” Van Veen’s goal is to have the cockpit fully restored by next year, which is the 40th anniversary of the incident. But it is time-consuming work. “I’m always looking for people that have an aircraft mechanic background, or some kind of work in aviation, who might be able to spare some time to help me out with re-assembly,” he said. “I had
ally put forward to Pelham council back in December of 2020,” said Letford. “Both splash pads were tendered and awarded in the summer of 2021. They run throughout the summer months, closing in September.” Additional improvements now in place at Centennial Park include a playground, resurfaced tennis courts, and newly renovated and expanded outdoor Pickleball and multi-purpose courts. Marlene Stewart Streit Park is awaiting a splash pad as well, but Covid-related delays have set that project back to a likely August opening. “We’re looking very optimistically to early August, and hopefully earlier, if all of the subcontractors are able to finish the pieces that are still pending,” said Letford. Marlene Stewart Streit Park’s splash pad is designed with a nature-inspired theme, and includes a butterfly, water bloom, and frog among the elements. The new Riverview Estates Park, located on Bergenstein Crescent in the east end of Fonthill, opened in late June, and has a water feature — a cool mister — incorporated into its design, but is not slated for a splash
a guy helping me two years ago, who worked with WestJet, and had some down-time.” All of the electrical components are still intact, said Van Veen, and simply need to be connected to a power supply. He has a design to connect the rudder pedals such that they move as on a functioning 767. He has also started a GoFundMe account, https://gofund. me/3be740a3, which he hopes will cover $15,000 of his reconstruction costs. “I’m hoping that, when completed, the cockpit will be a static
pad. The park also includes a playground area and personal fitness amenities. “It's a lovely way to be able to service the majority of Pelham where we have significant youth populations looking to use these recreation facilities,” said Letford. The municipality’s only outdoor swimming pool, located at Marlene Stewart Streit Park, had a slightly delayed opening this year, on July 1. The pool is slated for an overhaul in 2025 through another grant. A picnic pavilion, similar to one at Harold Black Park, will be added adjacent the splash pad and pool at Marlene Stewart Streit. The pavilion will provide welcome shade and seating areas, and be available for public use and private rentals throughout the season. “These splash pads are a great replacement for what would have typically been kiddie wading pools,” said Letford. “They really opened up the number of people who are able to access the facility, without the safety concerns of a swimming pool.” The splash pads, unlike the pool, are unguarded, and open from 9 AM to 9 PM daily.
display of interest to museums, or perhaps private collectors.” After the incident, accident investigators tried to duplicate Captain Pearson’s glide on full-motion flight simulators used to train pilots. The simulated aircraft crashed every time. Similarly, Van Veen is also a personal computer flight simulation hobbyist. Asked if he had ever tried simulating Air Canada Flight 143, and succeeded in gliding into Gimli, Van Veen’s luck proved no better. “I have tried a few times landing it, and was unsuccessful each time.”
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Fonthill adds a centenarian BY DON RICKERS Contributing News Editor
COUNTDOWN TO THE GAMES The Town of Pelham hosted the Canada Summer Games torch relay last Saturday, which coincided with Summerfest celebrations. “The 28th edition of the Canada Games represents the highest level of national competition for thousands of up-and-coming amateur athletes,” said Mayor Marvin Junkin. “By the time the torch arrives at the Games’ opening ceremony, it will have traveled to 21 communities across Ontario and Quebec, a journey undertaken by foot, bike, and boat from Ottawa via the Trans Canada Trail to Montreal, before heading down the St. Lawrence Seaway to Niagara...and visit all 12 of Niagara's local municipalities, as it makes its way to the Meridian Centre in St. Catharines for the opening ceremony.” Pelham’s torch runners were Robert Lucchetta, Natalie Anderson, Michael Jacques, Jim Chalcraft, Frank Adamson, Rhys Evans, and Mayor Marvin Junkin, Dave Hunt, Sharon Greenwood, Shellee Niznik, Ava Colangelo, Eilea Given, and Christina Picton. Above, Junkin and Evans inaugurate the Pelham section of the run. DON RICKERS
AXES SLICE LEGION AIR Some 200 visitors were on hand to witness a record 50-strong roster of competitive and amateur axe throwers at the Fonthill Legion last Saturday. "Right now we’re at around $8,500 raised," said organizer Jamie Treschak. "We've done $10,000 a year for the last two years, and are on target to do $15,000 today, with the proceeds going to the Legion’s Meals on Wheels program, plus outreach programs for local veterans." Above, competitor Sid Murray checks his aim. DON RICKERS
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Just 9500 out of 38,000,000. That’s the number of Canadians who are currently at least 100 years old. A rarified group, and we can count Pelham’s Ken Hoare among them. Kenneth John Hoare attended rural Sharon Public School in the Village of Colborne, Northumberland County, but left school at the end of Grade 4 out of necessity to work in farming. He went on to work at a foundry, a dairy, and even a travelling carnival for a while. He married Mary Lovett on November 20, 1943. They had eight children, 18 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren, and one greatgreat grandchild. Ken served in an artillery division of the Canadian Army from 1942 until 1945, and enlisted in a reserve regiment until 1950. “He was particularly adept at tinkering with motor mechanics, and was remembered as a reliable soldier, who deplored the fact that he had so little education,” said his grand daughter Tracey O’Brien, an information technology manager at City Hall in Toronto. Once discharged, Ken worked at the Town of Cobourg as a grader operator in road rehabilitation. “He drove the grader to the hospital once, when he had to get his appendix removed,” said O’Brien. In 1963 the family moved to St. Catharines, where Ken joined the family landscaping business with his brother Len. In the winters, he worked plowing the city streets. He worked at Peninsula Landscaping in Fonthill until retirement well into his 80s. “Ken and Mary were an active part of a camping group that called itself the ‘Boomerangs,’ and enjoyed summers at Ontario camp grounds, where the entire Hoare clan would come together and spend time around the campfire, inventing gourmet ‘pie iron’ recipes,” said O’Brien. Mary passed away in 1993, after almost 50 years of marriage. She was in a long-term
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continued from Page 14 the beta-carotene in carrots does indeed help our bodies produce vitamin A, which increases the ability of our eyes to convert light into signals the brain understands, and reduces cornea degeneration as we age. Problem is, this carrot and eyesight health link wasn’t founded on solid health science in the early 1940s. It seems that the British Royal Air Force had developed radar technology late in the war, suddenly increasing the success of their bombing raids on Germany. In an effort to hide their discovery, the British promoted the myth that their airmen had suddenly become more capable of night vision by eating volumes of carrots. The science came much later than the headlines. Remember the MSG (monosodium glutamate, a common amino acid with one sodium atom added) scare which began in the late 1960s? I’m still afraid of this food additive, or at least I was until I read that MSG’s bad rap began in 1968, when an American doctor named Robert Ho Man Kwok wrote a letter to the New England Journal Medicine, calling a medical condition of general numbness and weakness the “Chinese restaurant syndrome,” citing the MSG used to flavour Chinese food as the culprit. The American Chemical Society, a potentially unbiased stakeholder if ever there was one, swiftly responded with the vague non-statement that “MSG can temporarily affect a select few when consumed in huge quantities on an empty stomach, but it’s perfectly safe for the vast majority of people.” Confused by this conundrum between natural salt and MSG, I personally chose to switch to pink Himalayan salt. It’s reputed to contain healthy trace minerals, which worked for me until my son pointed out that the dispenser I was using to grind it had hardened plastic cutting teeth rather than metallic ones. I was in fact ingesting more trace plastic than healthy trace minerals. Now it’s “Pass the sea salt please” at our house. Then there’s the “five-second rule,” the idea that if a piece of food drops on the floor you can safely pick it up and eat it as long as it doesn’t sit there for more than five seconds. Apparently Julia Child gets the blame for this one. During one of her TV shows she dropped a potato pancake, promptly returned it to the pan, and continued with her
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for five second food drops than clean ones. Sure hope our taxes weren’t funding Health Canada to participate in this research. My personal interpretation of the five-second rule doesn’t need scientific guidance. If the food dropped is a cookie or ripe sweet cherry, it will be picked up and eaten. Dropped soggy cooked brussels sprouts go straight to the compost bucket. Pizza is situational. When I bought the last slice of warm pizza at 5:59 PM from the only gas station still open along some desolate road in northern Ontario, after cycling 120 kilometres, then promptly dropped it facedown on the sidewalk, a five-second or five-minute rule wouldn’t have saved that pizza slice and a few fresh tiny specs of gravel from being eaten. Are the natural sugars in honey better for you than processed sugar? Will an apple a day keep the doctor away? Is herbal tea or juice better for detoxing? The list goes on. As Dani Blum suggested at the beginning of this column, I’ll stick with balancing diet and exercise, and do my best research before I intentionally change a wellness habit. In the meantime, I just viewed the beginning of a podcast, and now I really need to find out why Dr. Steven Gundry, MD and best-selling author of nutrition and cookbooks, claims that, “Beans are so lethal that five raw kidney beans will kill a human being in five minutes by coagulating their blood.” 4
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My fi rst two friends are both students and Christian believers. My third friend is neither. I met him at a mosque in Sudbury where a few of us gathered monthly for a friendly dialogue. When I asked him where he was from, he said “Palestine.” My fi rst thought was the Gaza Strip but he then told me he grew up in Bethlehem (a few miles from Jerusalem). I told him (with a wink in my eye) that my very best friend was born there. He
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he headline of a recent article by Dani Blum, a News Assistant in the “Well” section of the New York Times, forced me to ask myself, “Are we really this misinformed about what contributes to good health and wellness, and the basic actions we can take to improve our chances of aging well and avoiding disease and chronic pain?” Blum’s piece, entitled, “You Won’t Live Longer by Diet or Exercise Alone, Study Says,” began by stating “Sprawling new research showed that healthy eating and regular workouts do not, in isolation, stave off later health
issues. They need to be done together.” Really? You mean it took “Sprawling new research” to verify that walking Fido vigorously each morning, then taking him with me for a pancake and whipped cream breakfast seven days a week might not be the best preparation for my senior years? That three-times-aweek to the gym followed by a mocha cookie crumble frappuccino and double-smoked bacon, cheddar and egg croissant sandwich won’t necessarily qualify me for the Canada Summer Games next time they swing into Niagara? Assume my diet is a per-
fect combination of organic leafy greens, black beans, lentils and gluten-free, hearth-baked bread with natural honey on seaweed crackers for dessert. Does this mean I can sit in an ergonomic chair at work or in front of my home computer all day, then watch four hours of Netflix every evening without risking my longterm health? Of course not. Next up was an article in The Guardian by Linda Geddes, Science Correspondent, entitled, “Sunlight may trigger hormone that makes men hungrier, study suggests.” The piece was based on a study by Carmit Levy, a Professor of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, at Tel Aviv University, examining the effect of sunlight on appetite in male and female people and sim-
ilar genders of mice. The substance of the article was that his team had discovered ghrelin levels (a gut hormone which stimulates food intake, fat deposition and growth hormone release in our bodies) rise in males’ blood after sun exposure, but estrogen appears to block a similar increase in females. The article stated, “Analysis of 3,000 people revealed that men, but not women, increased their food intake during the summer months.” Okay, but could there possibly be any other reasons than exposure to sunlight? I don’t recall many of my male buds worrying about losing a few pounds to fit into a new bathing suit before hitting the beach and going on a summer crash diet, or blaming sunshine for the need to have a beer
or three and plate of fries after playing a round of golf, which is most-often done in the summer. Seems backyard steak and sausage BBQs are more prevalent in the summer than winter too. Could any of these be a factor? As I completed reading Geddes’ article, my skepticism was rewarded by a review notation in the second to last paragraph. It read, “Dr. Duane Mellor, a dietitian and senior teaching fellow at Aston University (Birmingham, England) was more cautious. ‘What it does show is the potential mechanism of how UVB can influence hormone metabolism, and how this may be associated with an increase in the appetite hormone ghrelin, at least in mice,’ he said.” The need to evaluate wellness and health advice,
as this column generally cautions when it ventures into these topics, through additional corroborating evidence mixed with our own best common sense is clear. Indiscriminately accepting what fits into our preconceived ideas is seldom useful, and understanding the motivation behind conflicting health information is helpful. Those of us born in the two decades immediately following the Second World War remember our mothers constantly telling us to eat carrots by the bunch to improve our vision. Dear mom was aided in this unabashed conspiracy of forced carrot consumption by Bugs Bunny, Warner Bros sassy carrot-chomping wild hare in cartoon after cartoon. Science later proved that See BALANCED LIFE Page 13
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street he lived on in Damascus — Straight Street (see Acts 9:11). You can appreciate my surprise when my friend casually said, “Oh, I know Straight Street well. It’s still there. That’s where I went to school. I walked that street many times.” Wow, it was like someone was taking me back centuries into the pages of Scripture and the society of 1st century Syria.
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We have an international friend from Damascus, Syria. He is now a Canadian citizen but he will always be proud of his ethnic background. He is also very smart which is true of all of our international students. We get the “cream of the crop” (which is an idiom we would need to explain in our English class). My friend reminded me that his hometown (Damascus) is one of the oldest cities in the world. I told him that it must be neat to read verses in the New Testament which refer to his city. For example, the apostle Paul had his life-changing encounter with Jesus on his way from Jerusalem to this Syrian city. We are even told what
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