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BY DON RICKERS Contributing News Editor The annual Pelham Farmers Market is open for business, formalized with a burlap ribbon cutting ceremony last Thursday, May 5.

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through the summer from 4 PM until dusk. Locally grown fresh produce is available, plus baked goods, flowers, juices, and an array of artisan products.

Fred Arbour, the long-time market manager, was at his usual post near the entrance point to greet customers, as well as the many ven-

dors, some who have been selling at the market since its inception almost 20 years ago.

“We still have a couple of vendor spots to fill, but need to preserve more than half the spots for farmers,” said Arbour. “I expect we’ll have 15 vendors by the time things pick up, when the supper market

and bandshell concert series start.”

Again this year, the Farmers Market is offering the GooseChase Junior Growers program, a free weekly event for youth, with a weekly mission launched at noon on Thursdays before market opens. More Market information may be found at facebook.com/PelhamFarmersMarket

ith the Sherbrooke Phoenix on a power play in the third period of a tie game, a failed clearing attempt is gloved down by a defenseman just inside the blue line. When a converging checker bites on the threat of a pass to the right, the defenseman keeps the puck and darts left into open space, and now it’s a greenlight special. He wheels to the top of the faceoff circle and then, with the graceful power of a Freddie Couples drive, he hammers the puck high and glove side, netbound in a meteoric blur.

“Un laser,” as it is aptly described on the French-language broadcast. It holds up as the game-winner— or in these parts, le but gagnant — in a 4-3 victory over the Rimouski Océanic.

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The gift that warmed a million hearts: Sometimes a story of pure goodness comes along just when you need it. Such was the case last Tuesday evening, Yankees vs. Blue Jays at Rogers Centre, when Yankees slugger Aaron Judge let one fly into the stands in the sixth inning, where it was caught by Jays fan Mike Lanzilota. Behind him was Derek Rodriguez, a pint-sized nine-year-old Yankees fan—wearing a Judge shirt. It took far less than a New York minute for Lanzilota to turn to the boy and give him the home run ball, provoking a hug and tears of gratitude. That’s Canada right there, no flag-fetishizing needed. My eyes are definitely not brimming as I write this— it’s just humid in here! (Dammit, now where did those Costco tissues go that seem to have gotten 30 percent thinner over the pandemic)...Still in childhood: A letter to the editor this week, in response to the Confederate flag story of last week, implicitly dismisses the concept of “white privilege,” citing Band-Aids along the way, which got me curious. For decades I’ve had a pretty good understanding that my skin tone (and gender) automatically makes my life easier. Whiteness (and maleness) has been the default standard of normality—and not just in North American and Europe. When I first visited Southeast Asia, in the 1980s, I was nauseated to see the many skin-lightening creams marketed to women to make them look “more attractive”—i.e., more like the western ideal of feminine beauty, namely white. Lighter-skinned actors still dominate in S.E. Asian film and television, in advertising too.

So I spent some time over the weekend looking into the actual sociological definitions of white privilege and came away the better for it. So will you. Have a look at the sidebar on page 6.

And incidentally, “Flesh” coloured crayons may have officially been renamed “Peach” before I was quite old enough to scrawl on the walls, but there must have been a crapload already in circulation because I well remember that colour label throughout my childhood. Maybe the Montessori school had brought them in by the trailer-load...On the other end of life’s journey: How is it that Bob Dylan is 80 and Billy Joel is only 73?

Does it not seem like Billy Joel is elemental—like Boron and Beryllium—an unavoidable part of the landscape and elevator soundtracks forever? Shouldn’t he be closer to 1000?...A brightening literary light: Well, sportswriter for sure. One of my many deficiencies is a lack of particular passion for hockey outside of Letterkenny story arcs, despite growing up mere miles from the storied 1970s Broad Street Bullies franchise, so I was surprised to find this week’s Column Six, by Voice newcomer Jared Sloan, quite the pulse-racing read. Enjoy...He's in: Mayor Marv Junkin filed his papers for re-election last week (photo, this page). Councillor Bob Hildebrandt emailed to say he's filed as well, and DSBN Trustee Nancy Beamer confirms she's also running again...Plenty to see: It's a decently packed issue this week, so I'll let you get to it. Sorry to be a bore, but Covid's still here. Mask up for everyone's sake! ◆

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Fonthill traffic incident shuts down Highway 20 Motorcycle rider expected to make full recovery

BY VOICE STAFF One motorcyclist accidentally collided with her companion at an intersection in Fonthill on Sunday afternoon, resulting in Hwy 20 being closed to traffic for several hours.

Peter Piper’s Pub and Parlour owner Peter Moore had an unenviable frontrow seat. A security camera above his entrance caught the whole thing.

“From my camera after the fact,” Moore told the Voice on Sunday evening, “this is what I saw.

Two motorcyclists were heading eastbound and approached the lights [at the Sobey’s entrance]. The light was yellow— the forward bike stopped and I believe

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Moore said the second bike clipped the first causing the rider to fall off and hit the pavement face-first.

Her bike kept skidding about 20 feet past the intersection.

“I was leaving the parlour at around 2:45 PM and witnessed the two bikes lying on the road. An older lady— an ice cream patron—started calling 9-1-1. The first rider was trying to aid the second biker, who was his partner, and I yelled that I was going to get some help.”

Moore said he headed into his pub and grabbed Steph Murdock and Leo Giovenazzo, who he knew were certified in first aid, plus the

Pelham Fire Department Weekly Calls

The Pelham Fire Department responded to nine calls for assistance from Friday, April 29 to Friday, May 6.

Saturday, April 30 Medical assistance, Station 1 Sunday, May 1 Motor vehicle collision, Webber Rd., Station 1 Tuesday, May 3 Vehicle fire, Hwy 20 W, Station 1 Medical assistance, Station 3 Medical assistance Station 1 Wednesday, May 4 Medical assistance, Station 1 Medical assistance, Station 1 Thursday, May 5 Medical assistance, Station 1 Friday, May 6 Medical assistance, Station 3

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In an effort to bring further attention and deterrence to driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs, the Niagara Regional Police Service reports the names of those people who are charged with an alleged criminal impaired driving offence in the Region. None of the following charges have been proved in court. In addition to being charged, these individuals are also bound by a Ministry of Transportation 90-Day Administrative Driver’s License Suspension and are prohibited from operating a motor vehicle on a roadway. The public is encouraged to contact the Niagara Regional Police Service Traffic Safety Hotline or Crime Stoppers to report those who are driving in contravention of the suspension.

The following individuals have been charged criminally with impaired driving by alcohol or drugs, driving with a blood alcohol concentration above 80 mgs of alcohol in 100 ml of blood, or refusing to provide a breath / blood sample.

Samuel WYNN, 53, Buffalo, NY Courtney L. SALOMONS, 36, St. Catharines Michelle IRABE, 31, St. Catharines Julio L. ZARI TORRES, 42, Pelham Leroy M. MIGUEL, 31, Brampton The Niagara Regional Police Service is committed to reducing impaired driving offences through education and the apprehension of offenders through enforcement programs like RIDE. Impaired driving is still the leading cause of criminal deaths in Canada and destroys thousands of lives every year.

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Rocky road to yes on zoning request

BY JOHN CHICK Voice Correspondent Pelham Town Council voted in favour of changing a zoning bylaw to accommodate a controversial proposed four-storey Pancake Lane condominium complex May 3, but the decision didn’t come without theatrics.

The basic zoning request appeared on its way to being defeated by the political bloc of Councillors Lisa Haun, Bob Hildebrandt, Ron Kore and Marianne Stewart before appeals by Mayor Marvin Junkin, CAO David Cribbs and Councillors Wayne Olson and John Wink seemed to sway the vote. Only Kore and Hildebrandt voted against the request, with Kore criticizing the proliferation of multi-dwelling housing units in Pelham, and on two occasions making remarks using the cryptic term “low housing.”

“What scares me the most is we have adjacent land to the west and if we approve it, I can see a twin building right beside it and also across the street, the potential for another apartment building,” Kore said, suggesting that the Glad Tidings Church of God — which sold a parcel of their own land to the developer of the proposed project — could disappear in favour of housing, as well as the commercial building across Pancake to the south.

“Is this a low housing project, is it a rental or is it condos?”

Kore asked Director of Community Planning and Development Barb Wiens.

The director replied that the project has been submitted as 40 one- and two-bedroom condo units.

“It won’t be low housing?” Kore asked again, potentially referring to low-income housing, none of

which currently exists in Pelham.

Wiens replied that she did not know what the price point of the housing development would be.

She also added, however, that because the land is currently zoned as institutional, it already allows for four-storey buildings, and that the developer was simply seeking to have the land zoned residential.

Wink disagreed with his fellow Ward 2 Councillor Kore’s assertions, pointing out that apartment buildings already exist directly to the east and southeast of the site, at the intersection of Pancake and Pelham Street. He also raised the spectre of having a council decision likely overturned by the Ontario Land Tribunal — which happened after a majority of this council, led by Kore, shot down a proposed townhouse development less than a kilometre away.

“If we don’t approve this, it’s going to go to [appeal],” said Wink, “and we’re going to be in the same situation we were at the other end of Pancake—we turn this down, we’re going to lose it and it’s going to cost this town thousands of dollars again.”

Wink acknowledged that while the Ontario Land Tribunal is controversial across the province and that many municipalities have pleaded to overrule or abolish the body, it’s not something likely to happen soon alongside provincial demands for higher-density housing.

“At this point in time we don’t have a leg to stand on,” Wink said.

Haun, however, took issue with the developer’s preliminary parking plan and suggested that this the leg to stand on. The Ward 3 councillor objected to the plan’s reduction of overall parking to 1.4 spaces per unit from a Town-recommended 1.5.

“Other developers have had to

meet our standard, now this one gets let off the hook?” she asked aloud.

Wiens said that several developers have had variances allowed for less parking, citing 1518 and 1440 Pelham Street, the latter of which came via the Committee of Adjustment.

“By the committee,” Haun dismissively replied.

“One was a zoning amendment by this council,” Wiens responded.

Haun said she was uncomfortable approving the zoning request until revisions to the Town’s drawn-out parking study came back.

“I thought this was heading back to us sooner than later,” she said.

The Mayor pointed out that modern environmental sensibilities dictate that, “the number of parking spots do not increase with the number of cars on the road.

That [is the case] across North America.”

The Mayor added that because Pancake Lane is defined a collector road, higher density is encouraged.

“This is exactly was planning is about, it’s called infilling.”

CAO David Cribbs summarized the debate by again reminding members that this was simply a zoning request, and that scrutiny of the developer’s plans would come later. He warned them that defeating it could not only send the matter to the Ontario Land Tribunal, but also cede any say the Town had later in the development.

“It just seems unfortunate we would give up our control at this early stage,” the CAO said. “You need to approve this and carry on to the next part of the conversation —you need to look at the battle and the war.”

With that, the zoning request passed 5-2.

More parking parley

Wink successfully moved a motion to have staff report back to council next month on moving ahead with the idea of using Town-owned vacant lands — as well as the possible apportionment of lands for sale — adjacent to the community centre for parking expansion, with a possible eye on earmarking 2023 budget money for the project. Stewart vocally supported, noting the proposals to move the library to the MCC and talk of a possible “town square” in the area will only make the parking shortage more acute.

Olson asked that cost-analysis of the long-running Ridgeville parking issue be included in the report. Both areas were cited as the primary concerns in the much-maligned yet incomplete parking study.

“That should be in the consideration of this,” the Ward 1 councillor said. “That’s what I call low-hanging fruit.”

However, Wink said that Ridgeville should become a separate motion.

“I think we’re talking about two different things and I really don’t want to muddy the waters,” he said.

Lame Duck passes

Council passed its lame duck provision, delayed from the last meeting. The bylaw is standard in Ontario municipalities and gives signing power, if necessary, to the CAO for expenses during the “Lame Duck” period between nomination day and election day during municipal election years.

Wink, who at the last meeting suggested putting a cap of signing power at $100,000, said he made a mistake and that he didn’t mean to

hold up standard legislation.

“I apologize for that, I obviously heard wrong. Other municipalities don’t have [such caps],” Wink said, adding that CAO Crobbs has been demonstrably, “honest, and his integrity is without question as far as I’m concerned.”

Junkin joked that, “there is always the resort of an ankle bracelet if we decide we have to go that way.”

The bylaw passed unanimously.

EV stations likely coming soon

Council unanimously accepted a staff report on options for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Pelham, with Wink adding a successful motion investigating the fi nancial impacts of the various options, with an aim for potential inclusion in the 2023 budget.

“We need to go on a carbon diet and really fast,” Olson said. “This is going to be a very rapid change that’s going to take place. The best thing we can do is get it into our building codes.”

The federal government currently has an aggressive plan to mandate that new vehicle sales must be zero-emission by 2035.

Odds and ends

 Council unanimously accepted a staff report on proposed nomenclature and signage for the different portions of the Steve Bauer Trail. Concept drawings include maps and directions.  Niagara had zero Covid-19 ICU-on-ventilator admissions in the 28 days ending May 3. As of that date, Pelham reported 147 active cases of Covid, a number likely significantly lower than reality. Nationally, more than 39,000 deaths had been attributed to the coronavirus over the last two years, with 60.3 percent of those deaths among unvaccinated persons.

Duncan sentencing adjourned until June 3

BY DON RICKERS Contributing News Editor Former Pelham family physician Charles Duncan was back in court at the Robert S.K. Welch Courthouse in downtown St. Catharines last Friday before Justice

Deborah Calderwood. He appeared via Zoom, as did his defense counsel.

Her Honour reiterated for the courtroom that a publication ban prohibited the publication of any information that could identify the named complainants in

the case.

Duncan was found guilty on January 21 by Justice Calderwood on all six counts of sexual assault under Section 271 of the Criminal Code, in relation to five different complainants.

The charges stemmed

from alleged acts committed by Duncan in his medical practice and elsewhere between 1999 and 2018.

Oral sentencing submissions were previously presented by defense counsel Seth Weinstein, and Crown prosecutor Todd Morris,

which were on completed on April 19.

During the trial, Weinstein referenced 52 letters of support for Duncan, from former patients, staff, and medical colleagues. Duncan had no prior criminal history, and previously had an

unblemished record with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

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hen decisions between politicians and healthcare providers collide, should schoolchildren be the victims?

Over and above the Covid-19 virus itself, there are a number of matters that occur alongside that issue and require the attention of the political, medical and societal leadership of a jurisdiction.

One of the more crucial side-issues has been the matter of accepting or rejecting the advisability of masking. The wearing of a mask has been scientifically proven to be among the most effective measures to avoid and control the spread of this dreadful virus and its variants.

However, despite this undeniable scientific evidence, one in four Canadians reject wearing a mask for a mixed bag of reasons. In effect, these rebels-without-a-vaccine are delaying endeavours to control the spread of the virus and causing inexcusable chaos within the healthcare system. This same incontrovertible science reports that the highest proportion of

those currently victimized and hospitalized by the virus are those who rejected the wearing of a mask and avoided vaccines. What are they thinking?

According to many surveys and in spite of the scientific evidence, 39,000 have died out of the nearly 4 million Canadians who have so far contracted the virus. It is now in its sixth wave and who knows of its future directions. Notably, a decision has been made by Ontario’s politicians to discontinue the requirement for children to continue the wearing of masks in their classrooms.

Think about it. Classroom space is limited, air handling equipment is inadequate, appropriate social distancing is practically impossible, and the virus has proven to be potent, virulent and resistant. Remarkably, this decision is not a firm requirement and educators and classroom teachers, should they choose, can ignore that quasi-law. To put the onus for such a decision to wear or not wear a mask on an elementary school teacher is unreasonable to say the least.

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trol. Admittedly, the severity of symptoms for those vaccinated is often not too serious nor debilitating. Sometimes. Maybe.

On the other hand, there are cases where the disease has left victims with serious and perhaps lifelong debilitating effects. Now why on earth put children at risk of such outcomes when the wearing of a mask is not unreasonably uncomfortable and has proven to be very effective?

It would be interesting to know the political reasoning behind such a measure.

Especially so when it is not supported by many experts in the healthcare field. Dr. Mustafa Hirji, Niagara’s Acting Medical Officer of Health has said hospitalizations among children is rare, “but it going to become less rare.”

It has been reported that the absentee rate in many classrooms has been high and increasing due to the number of students and school personnel contracting the virus. Might one expect that trend to worsen if the mandate to the wearing of the mask in schools is completely abandoned at this time? ◆

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OPINION Geopark project provokes Councillor's reflection I’m writing to you today from the traditional territory of the Haudanosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties and is within the land protected by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum agreement. It is important to recognize that we are in violation of many treaties across the land under which both colonizers and Indigenous peoples were meant to prosper.

It has taken me many years to understand that when the Europeans first arrived here they were critically wrong about something.

They saw huge swaths of old-growth forests, large fertile meadows, life-giving wetlands, savanna grasslands and more, and it was assumed that this land was untouched or at best under-utilized by the peoples who have lived here since time before memory.

These diverse landscapes existed precisely because people interacted with them on a regular basis. Species like corn, squash, and others were brought here through trade and travel. Trees such as walnuts, butternuts, chestnuts and more were cultivated and grown for their food giving capacity.

Wetlands were maintained and cared for so that cattails and roots could be harvested for medicine when needed most.

I have learned the western science perspective on natural phenomena. It is a powerful tool and it has helped us understand a lot but the hubris of thinking that western science has an unbiased perspective on the world keeps us from understanding the many other perspectives that share with us the stories of the world around us.

I rarely see the words “Indigenous” and “science” in the same sentence. I think that goes to show the level of dissonance our western science has with Indigenous science. I would have to say that Indigenous knowledge is indeed science.

Indigenous science is what I would describe as a form of systems thinking: a field that is still all the rage in manufacturing and certain science bubbles. Interconnected thinking is in built into the cultures and languages of this land. This is the Indigenous science of context, natural phenomena, and the consequences of damaging our environment.

Indigenous science calls upon us to understand the internal steps in a process before we can understand the sequences in the process and the consequences of misunderstanding and bad practices. Through this land and its biodiversity learnings we have access to the stewardship and stories of the many other peoples who traveled and traversed this land long before you and I and all of our teachers got here to share learning.

I understand the incredible benefits of being able to look at the world with multiple perspectives. It’s a start toward seeing things in multiple dimensions and recognizing their place within the world. In small ways I hope to take steps back to that connective understanding that will help me to find my own way to reconciliation with the lands and peoples who have lived on and nurtured the very earth that we stand on today.

I am very thankful to stand atop the work that has already been done and to be able to bring the Geopark project to a bigger stage.

A key aspect of the Geopark project is that of building a better relationship and connection with the land, water, air and the environment around us. In doing so we must recognize the nations and the peoples to whom we owe that biodiversity we’re trying to protect today.

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Safety taking a backseat in park renovations Having read that a splashpad and overhaul of old pool at Marlene Stewart Streit Park are in the works I cannot help but think why in that location. It is not easily accessed by those it is designated for—children and community at large.

A children’s playground area (with equipment, pool and skatepark) should be safe both in location and accessibility. Located nestled below street level there is no sidewalk, a narrow laneway and Regional Road 20 to cross. Dense trees surround the area, therefore hidden from public view, but no shaded area is available with tables or any seating.

Regional Road 20 is already busy. With increased density it is about to get much busier as main artery in Pelham.

Note the new building adjacent to the laneway will house business and residents, therefore more cars to contend with.

This laneway is not us-

er-friendly to pedestrians, bikes, strollers / wagons, and not even cars. Try exiting onto 20 from the laneway.

"In real estate, the mantra is still 'location, location, location'" This expansion will be very costly regards water and drainage required for both the reno and new splash-pad. It appears the land was chosen because not viable enough to make a profit. In real estate the mantra still is “location, location, location.”

Safety is a priority to Pelham families. Elements providing safety must be implemented sooner than later. There isn’t any sig-

In Loving Memory of

Jeffrey Paul Yungblut February 21, 1972 to May 11, 2013

Your life was a blessing, Your memory a treasure You are loved beyond words, And missed beyond measure Love you and miss you “more than words can say.”

Mom & Dad, Nance, Kaileigh and Cole, Jennifer, Laurence, Maggie, Sam, Seth and Finn.

nage at present.

This demonstrates a lack of concern for Pelham families.

L. Morgan Fonthill

MUNICIPAL MATTERS Niagara Region

Niagara's new Official Plan nears completion

BY DIANA HUSON Regional Councillor for Pelham

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t the end of April, the Region held a final public meeting to collect feedback and comments on the Region’s new draft Official Plan. This document outlines how land will be used across Niagara’s communities to ensure growth meets our planning and development needs.

To signify just how important this document is, the Region has spent nearly four years working through its development, has had multiple points of consultation with lower-tier municipalities and planning staff, and extensive dialogue with a variety of stakeholders including private citizens, environmental groups, the development industry, our Indigenous community, and youth. Last week’s meeting had a total of 33 delegations all wanting a say on what growth in Niagara will look like. The new plan includes important features marking a significant improvement and commitment to specific priorities.

One such feature is the natural heritage section. Regional Council was presented with options to inform direction on this component.

I’m thrilled to confirm that council endorsed the most robust environmental protection option, recognizing a systems-based approach

to preserving and enhancing Niagara’s natural heritage features. This acknowledges the important role of natural corridors and large linkages in supporting our natural features and sites.

The plan also contains a section on climate change, not included in our current plan. This means long-term planning will also incorpo-

"Last week's meeting had a total of 33 delegations all wanting a say on what growth in Niagara will look like"

rate climate modeling and projections to help mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change, such as flooding. As part of this work, we also approved a greening initiative that will result in an increase in tree planting efforts and seek to diversify some of our tree species. A welcome improvement from our current plan!

Finally, facing a projected population of 674,000 people and 272,000 jobs by 2051, the plan emphasizes the importance of an adequate and diverse supply of attainable housing across Niagara. These housing needs

also require infrastructure, such as sewers, water mains and roads. However, we also want to create conditions that attract and retain employment. But more importantly, growth or development needs to be channeled into growth-appropriate areas that balance our housing and employment needs with retention of our small-town communities, and protection of our agricultural and green spaces.

Next steps include a final approval by council in June and submission to the Province for approval. Once completed, our local municipalities, including Pelham, will need to develop secondary plans. The secondary plans are where some of the more detailed plans for specific development and growth will occur locally.

I’m hopeful the new Official Plan will pass without issue, recognizing that current development applications and planning continues to follow an official plan developed in the 1970s!

As such, does not reflect our current housing challenges, is devoid of any climate change policy and does not reflect the enhanced environmental protections we’ve embraced for Niagara. As far as I’m concerned, this new plan couldn’t come into effect fast enough! A huge thank you to everyone who participated in our consultation process and recognized the value of this important exercise. ◆

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COMMON DECENCY Rev. Michael Coren

The unholy battle over abortion

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here is nothing Christian about allowing women to die in illegal backstreet abortions. Nothing Christian about removing the basic right of a woman to control her own body.

Nothing Christian about wanting to criminalize female equality.

This needs to be emphasized as it’s just been leaked that the U.S. Supreme Court has provisionally voted to overturn Roe v Wade, the iconic 1973 ruling that legalized abortion. Judge Samuel Alito apparently wrote in February that, “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division.”

He was supported by four other Republican-appointed justices — Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. It provoked a storm of both support and opposition, and a genuine fear among women in the U.S. who assumed that their fundamental rights were protected. Not so, and expect other freedoms to be challenged by this court.

There’s a chapter in my last book, The Rebel Christ, entitled, “Life Begins at …

Being Really, Really Angry About Abortion,” and while I realize that the optics scream otherwise, please know that the war on women’s reproductive choice isn’t at all Christian.

I’ve written about this issue before here, but some facts are worth restating.

Until relatively recently the evangelical church had a far more nuanced and moderate position on the issue. As late as 1971, the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant church in North America, voted to, “work for legislation that will allow the possibility of abortion under such conditions as rape, incest, clear evidence of severe fetal deformity, and carefully ascertained evidence of the likelihood of damage to the emotional, mental, and physical health of the mother.”

In 1968, Christianity Today, the most influential magazine in the evangelical world, stated that abortion had always to be considered in the light of “individual health, family welfare, and social responsibility.” Both positions would be considered heresy today.

The Roman Catholic Church has been more consistently opposed to abortion but also objects to birth control, divorce, and women’s ordination. With all due respect, it’s difficult to regard this anachronistically patriarchal institution, that was so slow and reluctant to admit systemic sexual abuse

of children, as a qualified commentator on the subject.

But what of scripture itself? The central point is that any ancient text, even one that is central to a religious faith and certainly crucial to my life and beliefs, has to be understood and interpreted in context and with understanding.

Those reading this who think that I’m wrong, I respect your opinions but please know that I read my Bible in Hebrew and Greek as well as English, and have spent long periods studying in the Holy Land.

In other words, I come at this with a certain qualification.

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Letters continued Reaction to Town employee flying Confederate flag in Fenwick I was very disappointed to read the comment by Mayor Marvin Junkin excusing the flying of the Confederate flag in Fenwick. [Anger as Confederate flag flies in Fenwick,” p. 3] It was okay because the man liked a TV show? What? I used to like Hogan’s Heroes. Does that make it okay for me to fly a Nazi swastika flag above my garage? Ridiculous. I believe the Mayor, like Sargeant Shultz, should have just said, “I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing!”

R. Anderson Via Voice website I have a serious question.

How is it possible, in 2022, after a hundred years of Klansmen lynchings in the south, after lunch counter sit-ins, after Rosa Parks on that bus, after King’s assassination, all the way to Donald Trump’s vile race-baiting and the white supremacist display in Charlottesville and on January 6, that anyone with the slightest awareness of the world would think it was okay to display a Confederate flag—on a flagpole!—at their home? How

unbelievably ignorant do you have to be? This man does not represent my town, and I resent that my tax dollars are going to pay his salary.

Michael O’Brien Ridgeville Wow! A Town employee flying the Confederate flag in Fenwick? Professing not to know it stood for slavery and white supremacy? Unbelievable! The Town should not employ people that are this uneducated!

What if someone was a collector of WWII memorabilia and hoisted up the Nazi flag—could they get away with the “I didn't know what it stood for” excuse?

What bothers me is that they are so well-connected, and ignorance is an acceptable excuse for them, it never was considered that for people like me with a German last name!

This is not a matter of educating employees now.

In case of the Nazis, it has been over 70 years, the Confederate US Nazis, much longer than that. If you did not get it by now, you never

will, because you are a part of the problem that persists in Canada. The Confederate flag problem has been on the news for years, so unless you never watch any TV or have no internet connection, there is no excuse here.

I am also very concerned about the reactions from Mayor Junkin, and Councillors Olson and Stewart. I would have expected a much stronger response than excusals, reflection, and disappointment. My response to them will be reflected in my next vote, and trust me, my campaign will start now, because this kind of racism and white supremacy is not something I can tolerate. I was taught in high school in Germany to never let this happen again!

Barbara Stramm Ridgeville Flying a flag your kids gifted you as a TV show reminder is not a wrongdoing.

The fact that it was vilified should be. Dignifying this type of vigilantism with the fight against hate and racism as motive shows how intru-

sive and hysterical a society can get. What we have is an indication of what the doctrine of Critical Race Theory looks like. Harmony or dominance?

Prof. Peggy McIntosh is said to have begun “white privilege” ideology. Her list of things defined as privileged included owning bandages that matched the colour of your skin.

The Voice’s May 4 flag coverage spoke of one Fenwick resident requesting anonymity for fear of being retaliated against while another surrendered their right to be reminded of fond memories of a television show. So now we have free speech fear, and loss of the right to own your interpretation. In this “white supremacist” battle, did anybody really win?

Have racism issues? Use the Human Rights Code.

Janet Gritter Wellandport EDITOR'S NOTE: The writer's mention of Band-Aids got us curious. Readers are strongly encouraged to see the sidebar below.

SIDEBAR So, for example, when opponents of abortion quote Jeremiah: “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born, I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations,” they should grasp a few realities. First, this was written around 2,700 years ago. Second, the text is speaking more of a single person, “a prophet to the nations,” than making a sweeping comment about the beginning of life.

Or Psalm 139: “For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” This is poetry and metaphor, a beautiful testimony to God’s love but not a guide to human biology. The very idea is un-biblical.

The New Testament has Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, meeting Mary, mother of Jesus, and “the child leaped in her womb.” Again, a lyrical description of an event that shaped history, but not scientific and not supposed to be. If we’re to take a literalist approach to the Bible we’re in all sorts of trouble. By the way, it sometimes supports abortion, something the Christian right doesn’t like to mention.

What does run through scripture, if we read it through the light-filled prism of Gospel love and empathy, is care for the marginalized and powerless. And it is poor and racialized women in particular who will suffer if the extremists have their way. This isn’t about life and never has been. It’s about control. Of women, freedom, and progress. As a Christian I know where I have to stand. ◆

Band-Aid fixes aren't enough: A look at the concept of “White Privilege”

BY VOICE STAFF Following the worldwide outcry at the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers two years ago this month, in June of 2020 Johnson & Johnson announced that for the first time in 99 years of manufacture, Band-Aids would be produced in a range of skin tones, not just Caucasian.

For decades, the default “flesh colour” of Band-Aids and other brands of adhesive bandages was cited by racial equality proponents as an example of institutionalized racism, in which the standard, “normal” human was assumed to be white—and typically a white male.

A pioneering critic of this attitude was Peggy McIntosh, at the time an Associate Director of the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women. In 1989, the magazine Peace & Freedom published her article, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,” which itemized 26 examples of instances and situations in which whites benefited from an “invisible package of unearned assets” simply owing to their skin tone.

Here are those 26 examples, the kindling that set ablaze a slow-burn societal reckoning over unacknowledged racism that continues to today.

Excerpted from “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,” by Peggy McIntosh, Peace & Freedom magazine, July/August 1989.

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y schooling gave me no training in seeing myself as an oppressor, as an unfairly advantaged person, or as a participant in a damaged culture.

I was taught to see myself as an individual whose moral state depended on her individual moral will. My schooling followed the pattern [that]: See PRIVILEGE Page 16

Into the 1960s, the default definition of "flesh-coloured" was white. Crayola renamed its Flesh crayon to Peach and Indian Red to Chestnut in 1962. Fifty-eight years later, in 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced a new Band-Aid colour line.

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New Business FOCUS

Fonthill Jewellers open for business Custom design work on site

BY DON RICKERS Contributing News Editor The address said B7, 160 Highway 20 East, theoretically a couple shops down from the new Starbucks. But there was no sign out front.

Heather Morandin-Lambert, the owner of Fonthill Jewellers, which has been open since mid April, laughed and offered her apologies.

“I’ve been waiting for that sign for weeks. It’s supposed to be delivered before the weekend, fingers crossed!” she said.

Morandin-Lambert grew up in Niagara Falls, but has been a Fonthill resident for a decade. She attended George Brown College in Toronto for goldsmithing, graduated at the top of her class in 2004, and proceeded to work in the Niagara jewelry retail business.

“I’ve actually been in the jewelry industry since I was 15 years old,” she told the Voice. “Given that I live here in Pelham, I decided to establish a store locally. It’s a growing market.”

On-site repairs and laser welding are services offered at the new store, along with custom work.

“We have a CAD [computer-assisted design] rendering system, so that people can actually visualize what their design will look like,” she said. “Plus, I can print out a three-dimensional wax mold or

prototype of their unique piece of jewelry before it's actually created in gold or some other precious metal.”

She is currently working on a ring for a customer, who wanted to incorporate a gemstone called morganite in the centre.

“He's making it for his mother, and he wants to include his birthstone as well as his son's birthstone.

The ring will have a flower-like design.”

Fonthill Jewellers offers a wide range of rings, including engagement rings and wedding bands, along with necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and other items. Morandin-Lambert said that she offers no watches at present, but can provide watch battery replacement.

She pointed to a display of Meditation rings, a relatively new trend in the fashion industry. They are made by artisans in Israel and Thailand from .925 sterling silver and 14 karat gold, along with semi-precious stones. The collection’s concept is that the spinning motion helps channel anxious energy and clear the mind, a notion that originated with ancient Tibetan prayer wheels.

The inside of the ring actually spins,” noted Morandin-Lambert. “It's a Canadian company. The woman who came up with the design is from Thornhill. I'm trying to

Heather Morandin-Lambert uses computer-assisted design technology. stay with Canadian companies, and have another Canadian distributor that deals with gold and diamonds, both natural and lab-grown. All the certified gold is mined here in Canada.”

Morandin-Lambert also takes in jewelry on consignment.

“I’ve had customers bring in jewelry that they have inherited from a family member who passed away, but it's just not their style. I offer the option of selling it on consignment, or I’ll buy it from them, and they can apply that money to a new piece which I have in stock, or can create for them.”

Customers can also bring in orphaned items, like an earring whose matching piece has been lost, for credit on repairs or new

jewelry. Even a broken gold chain has value.

Business has been good thus far, said Morandin-Lambert.

“During the pandemic, people haven’t been travelling, so rather than a $5000 vacation, they’re putting their money into a keepsake that can be passed down through generations of their family,” she said. “jewelry is very sentimental in nature, and there is always a story behind it. Whether it was passed down from grandparents or parents, or recreated and redesigned using precious stones and metals from vintage settings, it keeps family memories close.”

A new staff member has been hired, and will start this month, said Morandin-Lambert.

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“My husband the computer whiz comes in to help on the weekends, and my six-year-old son also helps out, putting away jewelry at the end of the day on Saturday. We're getting him started in the business early,” she said, laughing. “He made his own ring recently, and when was four, he made me the fanciest macaroni necklace. I’ll probably frame it and hang it on the wall, with the caption ‘my future goldsmith.’”

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Catching up with Nurse Annie Advocate urges public support for protest against Ontario Bill 124

BY HELEN TRAN Special to the Voice Last year, nurse Annie Mazmanian was interviewed by the Voice for a story that highlighted both her personal mental health journey and the experiences of her fellow nurses as they navigated depression, anxiety, and burnout while working on the front lines of a pandemic.

Mazmanian’s story was a call to action: the need to improve the healthcare system, to provide better practical support for nurses, and how the Ford government’s passing of Bill 124, in her view, negatively affected patient care, and the careers of registered nurses, nurse practitioners and healthcare professionals all over Ontario.

In light of National Nursing Week, Mazmanian sat down to reflect on a year of change and personal growth, and to bring attention a rally against Bill 124 that she hopes the public will attend on Thursday, May 12. The rally is meant to protest the bill, and educate the community on core issues that still affect healthcare professions, access to mental health supports, and patient care.

At the time she was interviewed last year, Mazmanian was on stress leave to deal with depression, anxiety, and burnout. When she finished her leave, she went back to work as a part-time nurse in the ICU. Going back to the front lines during a pandemic was daunting, but Mazmanian remained focused

on furthering her education and achieving her long-term goals.

While she is still a practicing nurse, Mazmanian has also been busy with other healthcare-related projects and her ongoing advocacy for access to mental healthcare.

In early 2021, she was presented with the Community Advocate Award by MPP Jeff Burch.

Mazmanian also secured a position on the Provincial Human Rights and Equity (HRE) Team.

Her position as provincial representative involves speaking up about issues that affect mental health and wellbeing, as well as other disabilities, and advocating for human rights.

“It gives me a lot of hope and fulfillment to help people outside of the hospital, not just on the inside,” she said.

According to Mazmanian, many patients are at a disadvantage when they are released after hospital treatment and almost immediately have to go back to their regular lives. Without the proper support and resources, many patients are unable to “maintain the trajectory of physical and mental healing.”

She believes that mental healthcare should be universal, and that talk therapy should not only be empathetic and person-centered, but should also offer a combination of scientific, medical and holistic coaching.

“I also want to reduce the stigma of healthcare workers seeing help with mental health. Healthcare workers face the fear of judgment from coworkers and superiors, and like their patients, have to deal with long wait-lists, isolation, nowhere to go, and no one to talk to about their burnout.”

Unfortunately, the many issues that Mazmanian asserted affected nurses and healthcare workers last year still persist. According to the Ontario Nurses Association (ONA), Ontario has one of the lowest nurse-to-patient ratios in Canada.

The situation was exacerbated by the passing of Bills 124 and 195 at the beginning of the pandemic, said Mazmanian. Bill 124 legislat-

ed the suppression of healthcare workers’ wages, and according to the ONA, negatively impacted nurses’ rights to bargain. Bill 195 allowed employers to re-deploy healthcare workers to different units to help with understaffing.

However, staff would be pulled from already understaffed units.

“This bill devalues us as nurses and healthcare professionals,” said Mazmanian. “It is very disrespectful, especially after the pandemic and how hard we’ve worked.

The Ford government has been calling us heroes, but this bill interferes with our charter of rights to free bargaining, and is a disservice to the nurses who are right there beside the patients. We see

how patients miss out on care, opportunities and resources because of understaffing and budget cuts.”

Mazmanian emphasized that the bills have created a “trickle effect,” with both new and experienced nurses leaving “in droves” due to exhaustion and burnout.

Patient care suffers as a result, and, according to Mazmanian, this is hard for non-health care workers to see because of the lack of transparency to many aspects of healthcare. She describes this lack of transparency as the “four walls” —care happens within the walls of the hospital, and ends once the patients leave to go home.

“We do our best to abide by our nursing standards, but we are exhausted,” said Mazmanian. “We can’t do it anymore. The Conservative government just announced new nursing homes, new hospital beds — but who will manage and staff those beds? More healthcare staff are leaving. It’s a downward spiral. Where does it end?”

Since these bills were passed, the ONA has actively protested in the hopes of repeal. Bill 124 nears the end of its three-year term in September, and is a hot issue in the provincial election.

To that effect, Mazmanian has helped to organize a rally on May 12, which will begin at 12 noon just outside of the Conservative Office on 24 Facer Street, in St. Catharines. It is her hope that this rally will raise support for the elimination of Bill 124, as well as educate the public on issues that affect nurses and patient care. The rally is open to anyone who would like to attend.

“The Ford government has really oppressed nurses. It’s a human rights issue and it is a shame,” said Mazmanian. “We are not just fighting for fair negotiation and wages, but also fighting for fair healthcare.”

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From left, Rob Shoalts of the NCPA, Wainfleet Historical Society members Geoff Bowden, David Fowler, Janet Hodgkins, Doug Willford, and Wainfleet mayor Kevin Gibson.

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Burlap Banding: Late May to August

BY JANET HODGKINS Special to the Voice During World War II so many Canadians enlisted that there was a labour shortage at home. The Erie Peat Company, which was mining peat at the Wainfleet Bog, needed workers. The company applied to the Department of Labour for assistance. The result was the establishment of a Prisoner of War Camp in the Wainfleet Bog. Today the Wainfleet Bog, maintained by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, shows few traces of that POW camp.

The collective memory of it is fading. Many local residents are unaware that such a camp ever existed. The Wainfleet Historical Society felt that the POW camp at the Wainfleet Bog was too important a part of our local history to let it fade away. The Society commissioned a plaque about the camp and had it installed at the Bog, where it was unveiled in a ceremony last Friday, May 6.

From August 1943 until November 1945 about 60 German prisoners of war were in-

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terned at Camp Wainfleet, where they cut peat for the Erie Peat Company. Although local residents were at first wary of having the enemy so near, they really had nothing to fear. The POWs were merchant seamen. As non-combatants, they were not a security risk. Although five did escape and were re-captured, most of the POWs interacted well with the community. Some supplemented their pay by making and selling handicrafts. Some families still have a shipin-a-bottle made by a Camp Wainfleet POW. Sometimes the POWs would sneak out of the camp at night to go to a movie in Port Colborne, but they always sneaked back into camp in time for work in the morning.

After the war ended, all of the POWs were sent back to Germany. At least one of the Wainfleet prisoners continued to correspond with a local family. Some POWs from Canadian camps did return to settle in Canada.

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Caterpillars can be killed by squishing them or placing them in soapy water.

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t was a beautiful afternoon last Saturday, featuring a spring sun that shined on cheerful birds on budding branches—i.e., the sort of day that’s a horror story for event planners. No one, they say, visits auto showrooms or indoor events when the weather’s nice. You need some good old-fashioned drizzle, maybe some light hail or locusts, to get the propects through the door.

At first glance outside the community centre this rule of thumb seemed to be out the window, given that approximately zero parking spaces were available, circa 3 PM. Apparently Elton John and Lady Gaga were strolling the art show aisles. Finally securing a narrow strip of graveled space in the overflow lot, a visitor entered the lobby to find the place overrun not with art aficionados but rather hockey players, their parents, cousins, friends, hangers-on, and hangers-on to the hangers-on.

Past the melee, over on the Accipiter arena, ground zero for the art festival, the attendance was significantly lighter, quieter, and grayer.

Just inside the entrance was Don Svob, a wood turner from Wellandport, who for the last decade has used a lathe and his evident talent to fashion his pieces of art.

“I’m into the art more than the function,” Svob said, pointing out that even the flaws in the wood he uses—all local to Niagara and Pelham—can be harnessed in beauty’s service. Missing knots in a tray make for a convenient birch branch holder. Moss emerges from a crack in a vase.

There were 53 booths set up across the boarded-over ice. The scent of a vendor's fresh baked goods hung in the cool air. Most visitors wore light jackets. Few under the age of 60 wore face masks.

At booth 15, Martha Southwell, from Fenwick, was enjoying her return to an in-person festival after the pandemic hiatus. Southwell’s been painting various subjects and scenes for 40 years, she said, including portraits.

Her father, Bill Cader, a welder, posed for her at age 85, next to his beloved 1971 Plymouth Fury, which he owned for 31 years. Southwell’s family supports the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, and a handsome portrait of a PBY-5A Canso flying boat skimming just above the Pacific looked nearly photorealistic.

“A lot of pilots buy these,” Southwell said, “so it’s important to get the details right.”

Live string music discreetly emanated from a low stage next to a beverage seller. A few booths away, Fonthill’s Mary Powley, a festival veteran, said she’d been painting for 50 years.

“I sold my first work in Grade 8.”

Powley mentioned seeing the former mayor earlier, whose council oversaw the community centre construction, and rhetorically asking him how the MCC got built without sufficient parking. “Well,” she said with a shrug, “It is what it is.”

Down a bit at booth 20 was surely the youngest artist in the festival, George Wastle, of Burlington. At 25 he looked even younger, and had his mom—who

emigrated to Canada from the former Soviet republic of Georgia three decades ago—along for assistance. Wastle said he spent several weeks last summer studying fine art in Italy, and had been drawing and painting since he was a teenager. Some of his works featured religious themes. A sorrowful Christ bowed in the wilderness. “That’s his crown,” Wastle said, pointing to what could also have been yellow flames licking from the ground.

Suddenly there was the current mayor, Marvin Junkin, speaking to a pair of exhibitors in the centre of the arena. Taking a seat at one of a handful of round banquet tables, he drew his visitor’s attention to a booth across the way.

“That’s Joe Speck,” Junkin said. “He was a year ahead of me at Pelham District High.”

The Speck family ran a chicken farm, recalled the Mayor, and back in the day a lot of chicken farmers were ticked-off over Ontario’s quota system. Something about fryers vs. broilers. Feathers were figuratively flying. In 1975, Conservative Premier Bill Davis was running for re-election. On his way to a TV debate one afternoon in Toronto, Davis rolled down the window of his limo to wave at folks along the sidewalk.

Seeing his chance, a youthfully brash Joe Speck hustled over, leaned through the window, and deposited a live chicken on the leader’s lap.

“That’s right,” Speck said a few minutes later, confirming the Mayor’s account.

Speck was detained by police as the limo and presumably the future fryer (or broiler) rode on, and was informed he could be charged with assault.

“I told them, ‘How’s PREMIER ASSAULTED BY CHICKEN going to look in the newspapers?’” They let him go.

Years later, in fact, Speck ended up serving on the same industry board that had caused so much quota consternation.

“I even represented Ontario at the national level.”

Long out of the chicken game and now living in Jordan Station, for the last 16 years Speck has created glass artwork, first stained glass, then glass fusing.

His booth was adorned with an array of pieces of dazzling ingenuity. A visitor lamented that his income was not up to the price tags, justified though they may be, but that his wife might have other ideas. “So I’m not telling her.”

Speck has some Hungarian ancestry and on a visit to Hungary awhile back he discovered Székely-Hungarian Rovás, or Hungarian runes, an alphabetic script for writing Hungarian used until the 11th century, when it was replaced with the Roman alphabet. There was a populist rune revival in the 20th century.

“On signs you often see both,” said Speck, who came home and began adding the runes to some of his glasswork.

The 35th annual art festival continues online at pelhamartfestival.com until next Sunday, May 15. Over its three decades-plus the show has raised nearly $460,000 to benefit the Pelham Library system, and funded community cultural programs and fine arts scholarships for Crossley and Notre Dame graduates. It is one of the longest-running art shows in Ontario. ◆

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Left, Joe Speck, not a chicken in sight, holds one of his fused glass pieces, decorated with Hungarian runes which spell his name as a form of signature. Above, "DNA," another of Speck's creations. Centre row, from left: Martha Southwell, with the portrait she painted of her father and his prized 1971 Plymouth Fury; Mary Powley with her painting of poppies; George Wastle, of Burlington, with some of his Italian scenes; and Don Svob, who fashions bowls, vases, trays, and other objects on his wood lathe. Bottom left, one of Svobs trays. A birch branch nestles in hollows left after the trunk's knots fell out. To its right, one of Svob's vases. A patch of moss fills a natural crack in the wood.

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continued from Page 1 see it, in the midst of a late-night rabbit hole of Sherbrooke Phoenix highlights and box scores, following the eyebrow-raising realization that said team was leading all others in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) standings. I’m filing this one under Developing Stories with a Solid Local News Angle.

You may remember Max Blanchard and younger brother, Alex, appearing on the front page of this newspaper last February. I’ve known Max since our Grade 11 year, his first at Ridley College. I got to watch him and Alex — both left-shot defensemen — play a handful of times in high school, including a home game vs. Appleby in 2019, where I did play-by-play commentary for the livestream. Didn’t gain very much insight into their defensive abilities on that night, as Ridley won so overwhelmingly that the scorekeepers stopped updating the score.

But I think it’s safe to assume these guys can play, based on how things have turned out. In 2019, with Max as captain and Alex as the heir apparent, Ridley’s Varsity Hockey Team played for two league titles, emerging as winners of the Midwest Prep Hockey League and runners-up to St. Andrew’s College in the CISAA playoffs. Max then moved on to Junior A, joining the CCHL’s Ottawa Jr. Senators with an eye towards earning NCAA scholarship offers.

But when Covid-19 cut short his season and placed the next one in jeopardy, he decided to pivot to major junior, accepting an offer from the Sherbrooke Phoenix with the hope that the QMJHL would be able to put on a legitimate season.

Max Blanchard watches from the Phoenix bench as the author watches from two rows behind.

Max made his regular season debut for the Phoenix on October 2, 2020. Unfortunately, that turned out to be one of just five games the Phoenix were able to play in the Covid-ravaged pre-2021 portion of their schedule. Even more unfortunately, they lost all five games.

That was apparently enough to convince management to divest at the trade deadline, with veteran players being dispensed in exchange for draft capital. In search of players to fill the vacated roster spots, the team asked Max about

a Junior A defenseman with whom he had some familiarity. On January 11, 2021, Sherbrooke officially announced the acquisition of Alexandre Blanchard.

The Phoenix finally resumed play on January 22, and went on to win eight of their remaining 22 regular season games before being expelled from the playoffs in a first-round sweep. Not a banner season for the franchise, but for the players there was considerable solace in being able to play real hockey at a time when many Ca-

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And to hear Max tell it, a new belief was aborning within the locker room. The Sherbrooke Phoenix were readying to rise from the ashes.

I spend a bit of time with Max over the summer, and am much relieved to find out that golf is the one athletic discipline in which I can take him. Maybe ping pong, too—although given his extensive experience in competitive badminton, I wouldn’t be too sure of that. These multi-sport chops

earned him Ridley’s Male Athlete of the Year honours in 2019.

He generously offers to comp my tickets if I come to a Sherbrooke game.

A few months later, with Christmas drawing nigh, I am making plans to redeem the aforementioned offer over the holidays. (As you may have heard, Omicron had other plans.) That’s when I am admittedly taken aback by the sight of Max’s team atop the league See COLUMN SIX Page 14

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Fenwick Lions parade and carnival return May 27-29 weekend includes fireworks

BY DON RICKERS Contributing News Editor Pelham kids will turn out in full force the weekend of May 27 through 29, which marks the return of the Fabulous Fenwick Lions Parade and Carnival, replete with midway rides, games, and a fireworks spectacle.

The annual event was cancelled in 2020 and 2121 due to the pandemic.

The Parade starts at 7 PM on Friday May 27. Parade participants will be marshalled at 6 PM at Bethany Christian Reformed Church on Balfour Street. The route winds through the village of Fenwick and finishes at Centennial Park on Church Street, the site of the carnival, which opens at 5 PM Friday. The carnival opens at noon on Saturday and Sunday.

There is no admission fee to get into the park. The fireworks show and parking are also no charge. Rides require a ticket purchase, and food is available to buy onsite.

Outdoor event Covid protocols are in place. Face masks are at the discretion of those attending, and hand sanitation stations will be available beside the washrooms at the park.

Bert Marissen, this year’s

carnival committee chair and a veteran of 22 years with the club, said that the events are a long-time tradition of the Fenwick Lions, and are not designated as club fundraisers, but simply to recoup costs from the weekend.

“It’s our way of giving back to the community we love, as a gift,” Marissen told the Voice. “I’m not exactly sure how long the carnival has been running, but it was definitely around in the 1970s. I moved into town in 1980, emigrating from Holland, and it was already an annual then.”

Magical Midways of Toronto bring in about a dozen mechanized rides for the kids, which are especially busy on Saturday. Red Boss Fireworks and Pyrotechnical Services of Fenwick illuminate the sky that evening, said Marissen. Red Boss has been handling the display for the past decade.

The Fenwick Lions have a membership of 43, and most will be on deck during the weekend, along with a group of recruited volunteers.

“A lot of Lions Clubs are struggling a bit with membership, trying to draw in

Fun times in the Before Times—riders gallop on the carousel in 2019, the last fair before the pandemic. a younger crowd of volunteers,” said Marissen. “But our club has been fortunate, and we’ve been able to attract quite a few younger guys, which helps make our club vibrant and energetic.”

Marissen said that there will be a plant auction on Saturday afternoon, thanks to local nurseries and greenhouses that have do-

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“Our biggest challenge this year is dealing with the parade and carnival budget,” said Marissen. “The cost of everything has gone way up.

Fireworks are up 40 percent, and insurance for the events is probably up 50 percent.”

The Lions approached local businesses for event donations, and were thank-

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The main annual fundraiser for the Fenwick Lions is a classic car show and car raffle, held in September, with a red 1965 Chevelle Malibu the prize this year.

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continued from Page 12 standings, next to a points percentage in the order of 0.750. Not to mention that the elder Blanchard is sitting inside the top ten in the league in points amongst defensemen. Maybe he can explain what’s going on here.

“We kind of decided that we were going to rebuild [last season],” Max tells me over the phone. “A lot of guys got moved around for picks…and I guess it was like the shortest rebuild ever, because in half a year, we were able to kind of figure everything out, practice a lot and figure out our team identity, and we’ve been able to put it on the ice this year.”

Uh-huh. But no one really expected this, right?

“The articles at the beginning of the season definitely had us not winning that many games, so we used that as fuel. We would post the articles on our team board in the dressing room, and we’d just kind of look at it every morning, knowing that a lot of people are underestimating us.”

Ah, the proverbial bulletin board material. These kids still read newspaper articles? In that case, let me just state for the record: THE SHERBROOKE PHOENIX WILL NOT BE QMJHL CHAMPIONS THIS YEAR. But of course, there’s a little more to it than trying to flex on the haters.

“We knew we had a really good camp, we knew we had a really good team, especially with all the systems and the strategies we’d built in the half-season before with all our new players. So we already had really good chemistry, and we knew that we were gonna come out hot…it was just about performing on the ice and executing our systems, and we were able to find our way. I think we surprised a lot of people, and we hope to continue surprising people.”

I’ll start writing the movie script now. Sort of like Hoosiers, but with a QMJHL team. Clearly we have the makings of a CBC made-forTV classic.

In my script, there will be little mention of the period of time from December 18 to February 3, during which the QMJHL’s regular season is suspended amidst the Omicron wave. But a short time into the unofficial second half of the schedule, Sherbrooke lands a starring role opposite Rimouski in a Friday Night Lights face-off on TSN. The Phoenix come out like a house aflame, outshooting Rimouski 13-2 in a scoreless first period, but struggle to rekindle any sense of momentum after giving up two quick goals in the middle frame. They eventually make a late push, but still down 2-0 with only two minutes to play, it appears their fate on this night has been sealed.

That is, until Max hops over the boards and begins raining terror from the blue line with four heavy blasts in short order, one of which fells a defending player who has the misfortune to block it with his ankle. Then, with the clock ticking down to under a minute, Max slides the puck down to the left faceoff dot for the QMJHL’s leading scorer, Joshua Roy, who fires a brilliant pass through the slot for a backdoor tap-in. That counts as an apple for the kid from Pelham — we’ll call it a Honeycrisp from Duffin Appleworks — and his team ain’t dead just yet.

Max receives a pass at the right point with less than ten seconds left, and from my couch at home I’m silently beseeching him to let it fly once more. Instead, he smartly dishes it off to Roy, whose last-chance wrister provides the perfect climax, but not the desired outcome.

For my money, Sherbrooke deserved at least one point out of this game, but as they say in the QMJHL, c’est la vie.

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whether anyone says that.

All I know is that this Sherbrooke team seems to have something special – call it an esprit de corps if you like— and I’m not putting any ceiling on what it could accomplish. t is April 28, and my astute analysis is that the Sherbrooke Phoenix are still a very good QMJHL team —at least so far as one can tell when one lives nearly 600 km from the Quebec border. And I have independently verified that distance, having just driven it.

The Phoenix will play their third-to-last regular season game tonight in Gatineau, pitting them against the one team which still has an outside chance to overtake them in the race for the No. 1 playoff seed in the Western Conference. But Sherbrooke can kibosh that chance with a win tonight.

I meet up with a high school friend who lives in the area, and we arrive just before puck drop at the Centre Slush Puppie, which I was told is one of the premier venues in the league.

As it should be, based on its name alone. And there’s a hearty crowd in here tonight, certainly enough to give this game some extra juice of the non-frozen kind.

Max is the only Blanchard dressing for this game, so we’re doubly focused on #7 in the double blue. And it’s hard to miss him when he’s playing heavy minutes at both ends, 5-on-5 and otherwise, in different pairings, switching between the left side and the right side.

Trusted in all situations, and entrusted with an “A” on his sweater. This team has a few horses who can drive play from the backend, which is, to my eye, among the principal reasons to be bullish on its postseason prospects.

But first, there is the matter of securing optimal playoff positioning, preferably with a statement road victory over the nearest pursuer.

Alas, it is Sherbrooke who is

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forced to chase Gatineau for much of the opening period, and I would imagine Max, et al., feel quite fortunate to emerge from it with only a 1-0 deficit.

If the first 20 minutes was Gatineau’s opening statement, the next 20 is a wild series of blistering rebuttals from both sides. During a stretch of 4-on-4, the puck is fed down from Blanchard to Roy to the captain, Xavier Parent, who makes a super-slick move in tight to give Sherbrooke a 2-1 lead.

Near the end of the period, with Sherbrooke having again fallen behind, 3-2, Max breaks up a Gatineau rush deep in his own zone, and the ensuing breakout culminates in a Joshua Roy snipe from just outside the hash marks. However, Gatineau immediately strikes back with their third goal in just over four minutes, and heads to the intermission with a 4-3 edge.

(Quick PSA for my fellow Habs devotees — if you’re not yet familiar with the name Joshua Roy, I think you’d better learn it soon.

And if you’re a believer in good omens, he wears #10 for the Phoenix. Just saying.)

In truth, I remember very little about the third period aside from Sherbrooke scoring the equalizer with under six minutes to play.

That is because what came next was, as the kids say, a trip. By which I mean that it was the 3-on-3 equivalent of a drug-fueled psychedelic thrill ride. A Gatineau player is sprung for a breakaway within ten seconds of the opening faceoff, which sets the pace for the rest of the overtime period. At one point, Max meanders through the offensive zone and then hits Joshua Roy in stride, only to have his bid for a wraparound winner — to say nothing of my bid for the perfect wrap to this article — dramatically scuppered on the goal line.

And then things start to get really weird.

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www.thevoiceofpelham.ca threatening, the puck fortuitously pops out to a Gatineau shooter, leaving him a wide-open net from just outside the blue paint.

He somehow yanks it wide.

At the other end, a crosscrease dish gives a Sherbrooke skater a similarly gaping cage from similarly close proximity. He flubs it wide. Less than 20 seconds later, another Sherbrooke rush leads to another cross-crease setup, and another wide-open look on the doorstep…and another muffed tap-in. Because the Sherbrooke head coach is standing no more than ten feet in front of us, we are able to witness his head explode in real time. When the buzzer sounds, Max turns to us from the bench with a headshake and a cany o u-b e l i e v e -w h a t-j u s thappened grin. This game has had a bit of everything, from the sublime to the ridiculous.

After two scoreless shootout rounds, Gatineau converts on their third attempt, which puts Sherbrooke in a must-make situation. Luckily, the shooter is Joshua Roy, who winds in, slows down, and makes a move so nasty that it leaves the goalie completely out of his net as Roy casually deposits the puck into the twine. That’s big-league skill, man.

Sherbrooke fails to cashin game-winning chances in Rounds 4 and 5, and when another such opportunity arises in Round 6, the anxiety level on the bench becomes palpable.

Which is partly why, after Ethan Gauthier fi nally delivers the knockout punch, this shootout victory is celebrated more exuberantly than any I have ever seen.

Far from a masterpiece, but still mightily impressive in its dogged resolve. Which is perhaps befitting of the top seed which still plays with the fi re of an underdog.

Now the playoffs beckon, and a pair of brothers from Pelham will play on

OBITUARY

RADBONE, Ursula Maria (nee Kramer) Passed away peacefully at the Welland Hospital with her loving family by her side on Saturday, April 30, 2022 in her 81st year. Beloved wife of 56 years to Stephen C.J. Radbone. Dear and loving mother of Suzana Pitts (Stephen) and Sonia Ng (Eric).

Cherished grandmother of Sarah and Katelyn Pitts and Vanessa, Kira and Jared Ng. Predeceased by her brother and sister. Ursula was an expert duplicate bridge player and for several years taught others to play. She was active in the community and was a member of the Mayors Gala organizing committee for Pelham for several years. She worked in England with Varig Airlines as Public Relations Officer for Great Britain and Ireland. In Oakville, North Bay and St Catharines she worked as a Real Estate Agent where her ability to speak 5 or 6 languages was a distinct asset. She will be greatly missed by many.

The family will gather for a private graveside service at Hillside Cemetery. In lieu of flowers and as an expression of sympathy donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. Condolences may be placed at www. pelhamfuneralhome.ca the biggest stage of their hockey careers to date, with designs on giving this storybook season a dream denouement. ◆

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continued from Page 3 Order (CSO) was appropriate in Duncan’s case, and recommended 18 months of non-custodial house arrest.

He suggested that Duncan’s crimes were on “the lower end of the spectrum” with regard to sexual assault, and insisted that Duncan’s age (he will be 79 in July) and poor health (he has been diagnosed with leukemia and prostate cancer, and is receiving treatment for both) deserve consideration.

This position was contested by Morris for the Crown, who insisted that a period of incarceration of two to four years was a more fitting sentence. Morris noted that the crimes represented a significant

breach of trust, involved multiple victims over a lengthy period spanning two decades. He sought a sentence “proportional to the gravity of the offense.”

During last Friday’s proceeding, Justice Calderwood told Duncan that he could address the court before sentence is imposed.

“It is a right, not an obligation. You are not required to say anything. It is entirely up to you. But if you would like to say something, I'm here to listen,” said Her Honour.

Duncan declined to make a statement.

Duncan resigned from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario in October 2019, and also gave up his license to practice medicine, after the College commenced an investigation

into allegations against him of professional misconduct and incompetence.

After one of the alleged sexual assault victims told her story to the Voice that autumn, several other women came forward with similar allegations. Duncan was formally charged with seven counts of sexual assault and one of sexual exploitation, and was arrested by Niagara Regional Police in November 2019. The women involved were aged 16 to 64 at the time of the incidents.

Justice Calderwood announced that she was not in a position to deliver her sentence on last Friday, and adjourned the proceedings until June 3 at 10 AM in courtroom six in St. Catharines, at which time she will render her sentencing decision.

Bond trial set for September Traffic Act death, other charges date to 2019

BY DON RICKERS Contributing News Editor Justice of the Peace Carol Chernish presided in a Welland courtroom last Thursday, where former Pelham resident Michael Bond, 53, appeared via Zoom to address the charges against him.

Bond was behind the wheel of a vehicle

which struck and killed a 66-year-old Ridgeville woman walking along Effi ngham Street on November 30, 2019. Bond is charged under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act with careless driving causing death, driving while under suspension, driving with no valid vehicle license, and operating an unsafe vehicle.

He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Bond has been provided with a legal aid lawyer from Toronto to handle the most serious charge, careless driving causing death.

The matter has a trial date of September 20 to 22.

The accused has asserted

that the pedestrian stumbled into the path of his vehicle. However, police have reported that visibility was clear and road conditions were excellent, there was no oncoming traffic, and the accident occurred on a straight section of roadway.

On the lesser charges, Bond told the court that he has no funds to pay for lawyers, and accordingly plans to provide his own representation. He currently lives in a hostel in Toronto. Bond acknowledged that he had received disclosure documents relevant to these charges, and would appear via teleconference at 9 AM on June 16, in Welland courtroom 103.

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I decided to try to work on myself at least by identifying some of the daily effects of white privilege in my life.

I have chosen those conditions which I think in my case attach somewhat more to skin-color privilege than to class, religion, ethnic status, or geographical location, though of course all these other factors are intricately intertwined. As far as I can see, my African American co-workers, friends and acquaintances with whom I come into daily or frequent contact in this particular time, place, and line of work cannot count on most of these conditions.

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3. I can be pretty sure that my neighbors in such a location will be neutral or pleasant to me.

4. I can go shopping alone most of the time, pretty well assured that I will not be followed or harassed.

5. I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the paper and see people of my race widely represented.

6. When I am told about our national heritage or about “civilization,” I am shown that people of my color made it what it is.

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I repeatedly forgot each of the realizations on this list until I wrote it down. For me white privilege has turned out to be an elusive and fugitive subject.

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OBITUARY

OBITUARY

OBITUARY

Robert Glenn Freeman

LEA, William John “Bill”

ACASTER, Rhonda

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Glenn Freeman in his 86th year. Glenn passed away peacefully at the Niagara General Hospital on May 4, 2022. Predeceased by his beloved wife, Sybil, just this past February. He was born in Hamilton on Groundhog Day and raised by the late Ernest (Ernie) Freeman and Era Maie Purdy. Glenn and Sybil were married in June of 1956 and raised their two sons, David (Teri) and Robert (Lynne) in St. Catharines and Fonthill. One of Glenn’s greatest joys were his grandchildren; Papa will be missed by Alyssa (Mark), Susie (Eric), Tori, Sarah, Julia, and Robert. Glenn also got to meet and adore his great-granddaughter, Kit, over the last year.

As a former high school teacher, Glenn spoke fondly of his experiences with all of his students. He would also reminisce about working for the English Electric Company of Canada often. In his retirement, Glenn was passionate about restoring his 1955 Chrysler Imperial among other antique cars. He and Sybil would travel around with their friends to car shows and attendees would marvel over his attention to detail. The many, many trophies that he brought home also proved how impeccable his restorations were. He will be fondly remembered by family, friends and former students. The family will gather for a private interment of both Glenn and Sybil at Fonthill Cemetery on a later date. Online condolences may be shared at www.pelhamfuneralhome.ca.

Passed away on April 28, 2022, at the age of 83. Bill died on his own terms, peacefully, in his Fonthill home, in his bed, with his wife and family by his side. Bill battled multiple health issues over the past few years, but his will to stay with his wife of 59 years, Venesa, was strong to the end. Bill was born in 1938 in England and spent much of his early life in London in the Isle of Dogs area. He met his soulmate and love of his life Venesa in Ascot, Berkshire. He eventually convinced Venesa that love at first sight was a real thing and she agreed to marry him in 1963. His legacy lives on through their children David (Yvonne), Martin (Jenny), Jason (Michelle), and Lisa (Lawrence); eight grandchildren: Christina, Katharine, Daniel, Rebecca, Eric, Brandon, Samantha, and Jennifer, and six great-grandchildren: Isabella, Oliver, April, Kaya, William, and Jackson. Bill faced hardships as a child and was never afforded the opportunities in life that so many take for granted. Nevertheless, he worked tirelessly to raise his family, put food on the table, and provide his children with opportunities he never had. He was fiercely proud and protective of his wife and children, and nothing was more important to him than family. Bill was a man in a million. He was an adventurer who loved to travel and at the age of 66, he and Venesa immigrated to Canada to start a new chapter in their lives. Bill was an avid gardener, and a reader who typically had two novels on the go at any time, often a crime novel and a Victorian era love story! Those that knew him may have thought he had shares in the Tetley Tea company, and indeed his last words were “put the kettle on”. Bill’s favourite saying was, “See you when you’re older”. So, darling Bill, husband, father, grandfather, greatgrandfather, father-in-law, and friend, from everyone that knew and loved you, “See you when you’re older!” Bill hated fanfare and did not wish to have a funeral. Cremation has taken place and a celebration of life will be held at a future date. Arrangements entrusted to PLEASANTVIEW FUNERAL HOME. You are invited to share valued memories and condolences on-line at www.pleasantviewcemetery.ca

February 2, 1936 – May 4, 2022

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continued from Page 18 front of the spine and allow us to bend forward as well as arch our backs. Oblique muscles attached to the sides of our spine allow us to rotate our bodies. These three muscle groups are responsible for our posture. Loss of strength in these muscles as we age also contributes to kyphosis, as does the normal redistribution of body fat to our waists.

Kyphosis can not only rob us of our appearance of youth, it can also accelerate physical aging by increasing the chance of other health issues.

As your spine curves forward, your rib cage presses on your lungs and diaphragm, making deep-breathing more difficult. It’s the flush of oxygen entering our blood stream and cells that allows quick energy recovery and a healthy cardiovascular system, one of the most important components to maintaining physiological youthfulness.

This internal organ compression may also create digestive issues such as acid reflux and difficulty in swallowing.

There are ways in which, at any age, we can combat kyphosis without medication.

Understanding that spinal deterioration happens gradually over many years, we must also expect that a return to spinal health achieved by reversing naturally controllable factors may take months or up to a year. There is no quick fix, but the effort is worth it.

Healthy lifestyle choices are important to correcting posture issues. It may also be wise to consult a doctor or physiotherapist because various types and severity of kyphosis require different corrective strategies.

Regular exercise and targeted weight-bearing activities are necessary to counteract the anticipated muscle and bone loss of aging. Abdominal flexor muscles need strength and flexibility to work cohesively with our large erector spinea muscles to provide good posture while standing erect. Range of motion and body alignment, good posture in general, will all improve with muscle balance.

Exercise also increases blood flow in the arteries that feed the spine, helping it remain supple and healthy.

Various exercises including posture stretches, chin tucks, floor Y-stretches and prone extensions all increase the strength and suppleness of our muscles. Abdominal

stretches on a Swiss ball and yoga positions such as the cobra and plank counteract our tendency to slouch.

Be conscious of personal risk factors in your daily ergonomics, and ensure good spine support. If you purchase “ergonomic” chairs, desks and other equipment, make sure they fit and you understand how to use them.

Keep your feet flat on the floor, use a lumbar support, and don’t cross your legs. Tilt your chair to 100 – 110 degrees, don’t sit at 90 degrees.

Keep screens at eye level to avoid craning your neck, and position your keyboard so your hands are lower than your elbows.

Stand or move around regularly. Our back and core muscles become weak and atrophied from lack of move-

ment. Standing and walking lessens this muscle stiffness and fights misalignment of the spine, as well as promoting blood flow and removal of physiologic toxins which tend to accumulate in lower back muscle tissue.

Bend from the hips not your waist. Bending from the waist puts the whole weight of your torso and head on just one or two vertebrate and discs, while hip bending engages the strength of your spinal erectors and glute muscles for support.

Diet matters. A spinal health study published by the U.S. National Library of Medicine found that, “By age 49, 97 percent of the discs of those eating the Standard American Diet show at least grade-2 degradation,” a startling figure.

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March 28, 1957 - May 3, 2022 Rhonda Kathleen Acaster (nee Potts) passed away on May 3, 2022. She is survived by her loving partner and “Manitoullin Island adventurer”, Chris Vollick. Rhonda had a strong faith and anticipated the embrace of her predeceased parents Ronald and Reeta Potts. Rhonda listened with an open heart and was often the best dancer at the party! Her passion was her family. She was a kind and loving mom to her three children: Natasha Szabo (nee Acaster), Trina Brisebois (nee Acaster) and Frank Degazio.

Rhonda was adored by her sisters Patricia Sieber (nee Potts), Terry Potts and Cindy Gutcher (nee Potts). She was blessed with amazing sons-in-laws, Terry Szabo and Wesley Brisebois.

Rhonda’s love “burst at the seams” for her grandchildren: Kyera, Alyssa, Tiyanna, Mateya and Becka along with Tayler, Noah, Jon, Mathew, Jacob and honorary grandson Kai. She will always be cherished by her nieces and nephews: Annette, Cheryl, Brandy, Aaron, Coty, Lexi, Sophie, and Emma. She will be missed by sisters-in-law, Patty and Linda. Rhonda and Chris had their own business, CNRs 1993 – 2005, and Rhonda was a personal support worker at Tanguay Place for over 30 years.

She affectionately referred to the residents as “her family too”.

Her recent zest for travel was sparked by granddaughter Tiyanna who took her to many places around the world. Rhonda leaves a legacy of love, sweetness, fun and generosity. Visitation will take place on Saturday, May 7th from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Followed by a celebration of life service directly afterwards. Both held at the First Baptist Church, 165 Sydney Place, (corner of Fitch and Prince Charles Avenue) Welland, Ontario. A private family gathering will follow the service. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Habitat for Humanity. https://habitat.ca/en/ways-togive Online condolences available at www.cudneyfuneralhome.com.

Choose calcium-rich foods that promote bone strength to reduce minute compression fractures.

Consume sufficient muscle-building high-quality protein. Note that plant protein is different than animal-based protein, which is high in saturated fat. Animal-based protein causes inflammation which can exacerbate back pain and degeneration.

Look for foods high in Vitamin D, K, and magnesium.

Excessive alcohol use can

upset the calcium balance in your body and inhibit absorption of vitamins and hormones necessary for strong bones. Smokers are more likely to have osteoporosis and bone fractures, and heal less quickly afterward than non-smokers.

Any steps we can take to postpone kyphosis are worthwhile for maintaining good body self-image, and most will furnish additional health benefits, especially as we age. ◆

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THE BALANCED LIFE

by John Swart

Kyphosis—beating this sure sign of aging is possible

O

nce we reach 18 years old, and can do all those things that become much less exciting once they’re legal, few of us strive to purposely look older than we are. By 30 we’re wary of any visual hint that we’re aging, at 50 our body image battle begins in earnest.

Few things imply old more clearly than kyphosis, or excessive curvature of the spine; that 18th century look our ancestors had when struggling under the weight of a sack of grain.

Back and spinal problems caused by Scheuermann’s disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal bifida, and other con-

ditions can be debilitating and extremely painful. This column addresses the varieties of kyphosis which can be corrected, cured or postponed with lifestyle changes, even if you’re not lucky enough to have a partner like mine who constantly reminds me to, “stand up straight.”

Unfortunately, kyphosis doesn’t just affect older adults. It is in part a disease of our time. Many younger people engage in activities that increase the risk of slouching. As we spend more time hunched over our computer screens and phones, posture and proper body alignment deteriorate, increasing the stress on our spine, discs and

muscles.

The recent dramatic increase in depression and anxiety across all age groups is an additional factor. These emotions can trigger lethargy, often displayed with a slouching head down posture, a precursor to kyphosis.

What is kyphosis and how is it caused? Our spine is subdivided into three specific areas. Cervical spine refers to the neck area, thoracic spine is the middle portion, extending down to the vicinity of our diaphragm, and the lumbar spine is our lower back. Normal posture manifests itself as a straight or very gently ‘S’ shaped spine, with the lower back protruding forward very slightly and the upper back (thoracic spine) curved forward to a maximum of 35 degrees. Kyphosis occurs when the curvature of the upper spine exceeds 40 to 45

degrees.

Our vertebral column is composed of bones (vertebrae), gelatin-like cartilage called intervertebral discs, and muscles. Age and disease affect all three components, often resulting in stooped posture.

As we age our ability to process calcium decreases. Beginning after age 65 in men and post-menopause in women, our bones become

less strong and dense and increasingly brittle. Osteoenia is a milder form of osteoporosis which also causes our bones to lose calcium and shrink.

Our discs lose flexibility and harden as we age, which causes them to compress. Our weight and normal spine curvature cause us to lean forward, which means our discs compress into a wedge shape.

The result of this wedgeshaped compression is even

more forward tilt, eventually leading to kyphosis.

Our back or spine is supported by three main muscle groups. Extensor muscles, including the large erector spinae group located in the lower back, are attached to the back of our spines, allowing us to lift and stand. Flexor muscles, including our abdominals, are attached to the See BALANCED LIFE Page 17

V oice HOROSCOPE ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Avoid going down the rabbit hole that can be social media, Aries. Put your phone or tablet to the side for a little bit and focus your attention elsewhere.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Try to stay calm and grounded right now, Taurus. Others can learn from your example at work, as you likely will be the voice of reason among your colleagues.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, if you are having trouble figuring out a path this week, try to meditate on a solution. Find a quiet spot and visualize your goals and how you can achieve them.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Be mindful of whom you confide in this week, Cancer. Not everyone has your best interests at heart and may use the information you share to his or her advantage instead of yours.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 A partner or close friend may seem to pull away from you this week, Leo. Don’t take it personally as it won’t be a permanent break. Soon things will be back to normal.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Sticking to your normal routine this week simply will not be possible, Virgo. Start brainstorming ways you can get things done more quickly.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, your ego may take a temporary hit as someone in your sphere gets a promotion or a recognition before you. Don’t take this to heart as it is only time before you get to shine.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Try not to trigger any people in your home who seem to be more tense than usual, Scorpio. It may be tricky, but keep the calm and maintain the status quo for now.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Well-meaning advice can backfire if it is offered unsolicited, Sagittarius. Unless someone comes to you seeking help, it’s best to stay silent for now.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Try to avoid any impulsive spending for the next several days, Capricorn. The temptation will be high, so this will be a bit of a challenge for you. Stick to the essentials.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, stay calm and keep your nose to the grindstone during a potentially hectic week.

This may mean taking a day off or at least a step back.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Some truths are difficult to hear and swallow, Pisces. Only through learning all sides of the story can you grow as a person.

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FAITH LIFT

by Pastor Rob Weatherby

Scottie Scheffler—Golfing for God

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t this year’s Masters Tournament (April 7-10) in Augusta, Georgia, all eyes were on Tiger Woods.

Just over a year ago he suffered serious injuries in a car accident. But he had recovered and qualified again for golf’s top tournament. Could he pull off another big victory at age 46?

The Green Jacket

The answer was no. He finished a distant 47th at 13 over par. Instead, the winner’s “Green Jacket” went to Scottie Scheffler, who finished 10-under par, beating Rory McIlroy by three strokes.

Scottie who? Let’s find out.

Scheffler is 25 and emerged as a golf star at the University of Texas. He married Meredith in 2020. This was only his third full season on the PGA (Pro Golf Association) Tour. When the year began, he ranked 15th in the world but had not yet won a major tournament. That was about to change.

Since February he has won three of five events he played in. That achievement elevated his ranking to No. 1 as he arrived in Augusta. He would not disappoint. While the crowds followed Tiger, he quietly established his lead for most of the tournament.

For one birdie, he chipped it in from well off the green.

glorify God and all that He’s done in my life. So for me, my identity isn’t a golf score. Like Meredith told me this morning, ‘If you win this golf tournament today, if you lose this golf tournament by ten shots, if you never win another golf tournament again,’ she goes, ‘I’m still going to love you, you’re still going to be the same person, Jesus loves you and nothing changes.’ All I’m trying to do is glorify God and that’s why I’m here and that’s why I’m in this position.”

Scheffler affirmed the role his wife plays in his success.

“Meredith always prays for peace because that’s what I want to feel on the golf

course, is peace and have fun and just feel His presence. So that’s her prayer every day.

That’s my prayer and I really felt that today. I felt at peace.”

And peace is what he needed on the tournament’s last day. Scheffler confessed that he was “a mess” when the day started. “I cried like a baby this morning. I was so stressed out. I didn’t know what to do. I was sitting there telling Meredith, ‘I don’t think I’m ready for this. I’m not ready, I don’t feel like I’m ready for this kind of stuff,’ and I just felt overwhelmed.

She told me, ‘Who are you to See FAITH LIFT Page 20

The God factor

After winning, Scheffler was quick to thank his wife and family. “I have such a great support system, and I’m so blessed,” he said with some emotion. “I’m so thankful for the sacrifices my support system has had for me in my lifetime, and I’m so glad we could enjoy this moment together.”

Later in the post-tournament press conference, Scheffler shared openly about his faith. “The reason why I play golf is I’m trying to

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Who am I to say that I know what’s best for my life?’ And so what we talked about is that God is in control and that the Lord is leading me, and if today is my time, it’s my time. And if I shot 82 today, you know, somehow I was going to use it for His glory.”

The great caddie

Scheffler’s caddie was Ted Scott, a veteran in the game who knew the Augusta National course very well. He had caddied for Bubba Watson when he won the Masters in 2012 and 2014. Scheffler first met Scott in a Bible study. He wanted a caddie who was also a Christian.

Scheffler gave a lot of credit to his team mate.

“You know, I can’t speak highly enough of Ted as a person, and as a caddie. I respect him so much just as a person. He’s such a fun guy to be around, he’s a man of faith and I love him. I can’t say enough about him. The qualities you look for in a person, Ted embodies pretty much all of them.”

So, what was Scheffler’s winning combination? God first, a praying wife second, and a great caddie third.

As the winner of the 86th Masters, Scottie Scheffler humbly gave the glory to his Master. ◆ Rob Weatherby is a retired pastor and accomplished duffer.

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Greek Yogurt Potato Salad Serves 6 2 1⁄2 6 1 4 1 2 3⁄4 1⁄2 1⁄2 1⁄2 1⁄2

pounds potatoes (Yukon Gold or red potatoes) onion eggs cup plain Greek yogurt tablespoons sour cream tablespoon vinegar tablespoons yellow mustard teaspoon salt teaspoon black pepper teaspoon celery seed teaspoon dried dill weed or 1 teaspoon fresh cup dill pickles, chopped Paprika, for garnish (optional) Parsley, for garnish (optional)

1. Peel and dice potatoes and onions. Put them and a teaspoon of salt in a pressure cooker and cover with an inch of water. Close valve. Set pressure cooker to high pressure. Set timer for 5 minutes, cook and quick release when it’s done. Drain potatoes. Cool until just warm. (If you don’t have a pressure cooker, boil potatoes in a pot of water on the stove until tender.)

2. Set eggs on a rack in the pressure cooker. Add 1⁄2 inch of water. Close valve, set to high pressure for 5 minutes. Cook for 5 minutes, quick release, and leave lid closed for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, take lid off. Drain eggs and cover with ice water to stop the cooking process. Let sit in ice water bath for about 5 minutes, then peel eggs. (If you don’t have a pressure cooker, hard-boil eggs according to your favorite recipe.)

3. Add Greek yogurt, sour cream, mustard, vinegar, salt, pepper, celery seed, and dill weed to a large mixing bowl. Stir until smooth. You can taste test to see if you need to add ingredients.

4. Add cooled, diced potatoes, pickles and hard-boiled eggs.

Gently stir until potatoes are coated with dressing. Adjust seasonings to taste. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

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