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weather and allow them to get planting, including newcomers to the market,

UNNY THING about the walkers in Fonthill. If one were to monitor their meanders, it would become apparent that the majority use routes primarily following the contours our “hill,” rather than up and down.

There are six walkers and their dogs, sniffing and lifting their legs (the dogs, not the walkers) along Spruceside Crescent, Hurricane Road, or the rail bed section of the Steve Bauer Trail, for every one climbing Church Hill or east Canboro Road.

Ditto that for the runners.

Sure, it's scenic running along Foss Road or Welland Road, but it's also much more flat than Haist Street or Effingham Road as you head north.

Nothing elicits immediate muscular and mental mutiny like approaching a serious hill on foot. Even the drowsiest early-morning brain knows its aerobic system will be tested; knees,

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Stacey Dunkin, Mayor Marvin Junkin, and Fred Arbour perform the ceremonial cutting of burlap to open the Farmers Market for the season. KATHRYN HRYCUSKO PHOTO including Bry-Anne Farms, who have been there since the inauguration of the market, in 2003.

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Her sentiment was repeated by several other farmers who hope that the coming weeks will see dry

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Junkin has been invited to open the market in the past in his previous capacity as councillor and because he is farmer.

Despite the formality of the opening, the event was subdued, with few but the vendors in attendance. The market is only slowly coming to life and many of the vendors missed the inaugural week.

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Yellow dots: Two weeks ago, as I mowed the lawn for the first time, I noticed an unusual lack of dandelions. Maybe it will be a light year, I mused. Ho-ho! Last weekend saw an explosion of the little critters—everywhere. Not that our lawn is much to look at anyway. Years of seeding bald patches have left it looking like a rolling green ocean, slightly different shades of green and many different growth rates, all adding up to a puffy carpet of turf...Just two weeks away: With spring struggling to assert itself, it's a little surprising that the Fenwick Lions' Annual Carnival is close on the horizon.

Get your wristbands now (page 18)...But before that: Mother's Day is upon us, and there's no shortage of gifts and dining choices for the day (page 11 and throughout the paper). One of the more unusual options would be to take mom to the Niagara West Federal Liberal Association's Pancake Breakfast, at the Legion (page 6). Parents and politics, now there's an ideal holiday mix! Bartender, leave the bottle...Arch you glad you asked? Why yes, there are a few thousands words about the arches issue this week—and don't miss Larry Coté's take, page 4. As is our policy, we provide a platform for all. Council will have its hands full deciding this one, and is taking all opinion on board, as it should...Riddle you this: The Puzzler is back! To give everyone a reasonably equal chance to see the paper first, note the entry time requirement. Good luck to all.

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Water under the bridge is how the new board of the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority views last year’s scathing Auditor General’s report, in which the organization was taken to ask for “significant operational issues.”

The report was released last September, but on Friday, Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk came to Pelham to personally present it to the new NPCA board during their meeting at the community centre.

“We’ve had the opportunity to reboot,” NPCA Chair and West Lincoln Mayor Dave Bylsma said at the conclusion of Lysyk’s presentation.

The near-90-minute rundown covered all her office’s 85 recommendations under 24 categories to get the authority back on track, from updating its code of conduct to prioritizing capital projects. The audit was performed at the NPCA’s Welland headquarters between January and July 2018.

“Her report was an important motivator for a number of our new board members, including myself, in being appointed and exhibiting new leadership,” NPCA Vice Chair and Pelham Regional Councilor

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Diana Huson told the Voice afterward.

“Recognizing how hard we have all been working over the past four months, I was thrilled to hear she was ‘impressed’ by the progress we have made to date.”

Bylsma and Huson form the new leadership after housecleaning late last year. Sixteen of 18 board members are new. That shift was a direct result of Lysyk’s findings, which indicated multiple red flags inside the NPCA. Among them was misspent —or unspent —money. In 2012, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) gave the NPCA $3 million for restoration work related to the Welland River. Only 48 percent of that money was spent on the intended project, and the NPCA couldn’t provide details on how 73 percent of that money was spent.

Meanwhile, in the absence of a long-term staffing plan, the NPCA implemented four restructurings that resulted in $1.3 million in severance payouts.

The report also said morale among staff at the NPCA was low, with 51 employee grievances filed in 2016 and 2017 alone.

“That’s rather high,” Lysyk said. “The issues here

were pretty significant. I’d say this is an eight [on a scale of 10].”

Per diem payments for the NPCA totaled $47,700 in 2017.

While the new NPCA board is in the process of addressing those issues, the neglect of the previous administration could still pose problems in terms of the authority’s core service. According to the A.G.’s report, the NPCA did not have floodplain maps for 58 percent of the watercourses in the peninsula’s watershed.

To make matters worse, a quarter of the floodplain maps the NPCA had were outdated. This is noteworthy after the governing conservatives slashed about half of the NPCA’s funding in its spring budget. The cost of completing the floodplain mapping is about $200,000, according to interim CAO Gayle Wood.

Huson pointed out that the authority is refocusing on its mandate.

“The board, the interim CAO, our senior management team and NPCA staff have truly come together as a cohesive and collaborative team in order to refocus the NPCA on our environmental mandate,” she said.

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Mother's Day weekend tradition returns: 33rd annual Pelham Art Show

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Originating in someone's backyard, the Pelham Art Festival Show and Sale in 33 years has grown from a few painted canvasses and sketches on a lawn to 78 exhibits, luncheons, entertainment, and a wide variety of pleasant activities to fill Mother's Day weekend.

This year's event, from May 10 to 12, is making its community centre premiere, and Heidi TeBrake, the event's committee chair, is ecstatic.

"It's very exciting.

It will be bigger, brighter and fresh," she said, adding that all the additional light in the new building gives the event that "airy feeling."

She noted all of these qualities are conducive to a better presentation of the vast variety of artistic pieces, mediums, and jewelry in all its brilliance.

This year, the venue will be setup differently and there will be additional booths with about 37 artisans from the Toronto area, eight of whom are brand new. One of TeBrake's goals is to continually offer new artwork, and the Pelham art committee has requested that returning artists showcase different pieces from last year. The event is hailed by many artists because of the genuine enthusiasm the community takes in the art itself, she said. In fact, in the last four or five years, there has been a large "communal maple" tree hanging on a canvas for anyone attending the event to add a few splashes of paint, and collaborate in completing the picture.

Proceeds from the Pelham Art Festival goes toward the Pelham Public Library, as well as provides $1,000 donations and scholarships to E. L. Crossley Secondary School, the Niagara Catholic District School Board, and Niagara College's art design programs. The fundraising event has raised $435,000 for the library over the decades.

Appealing to the curiosity of children, the art show is offering a "scavenger hunt," which requires its participants to seek out and interact with ten artists. The end goal of this game is that children and their parents learn more about various types of art work, pointed out TeBrake. The winner receives an artsy door prize. Anyone interested in this event needs to fill out a form at the show to participate.

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ied event, and prizes are awarded based on criteria established by a committee of four "knowledgeable judges,” said TeBrake. For the first time there is a People's Choice award, and one could say Jennifer Emily is a bonafide pro in this category, as she has won several awards from various festivals across Ontario.

I was in mourning over losing my art for all those years

She is an artist to the core, and believes art saved her physical and spiritual being. About 10 years ago, Emily had a work-related accident, which caused a head and neck injury so severe that she couldn't hold her head up to draw or sketch at a drafting table.

So her husband purchased a floor easel, which allowed her to paint again. While it was painstaking at first,

Emily eventually reached a point where she could complete an entire painting. She firmly believes her love of painting helped her get her life back.

"Absolutely, it helped me rehabilitate. I was mourning over losing my art for all those years," she said.

Compelled to "recreate herself," after ten years, Emily has noticed a difference in her painting style following the accident, but she is completely content with the change. "I'm so happy now, and use more different mediums than I used to. It's beautiful," she said.

Emily uses more of an impasto technique now, which incorporates thickening agents, as well as glazes, to enhance the translucent effect. To summarize her signature style, her work is about magnifying objects, flora, fauna and scenery so the details are boldly and beautifully apparent. She enjoys "enlarging everything," lights and shadows sharpen colours, angles and define any characteristics. Emily, who grew up in Pelham, recalls spending a great deal of time walking through gardens, orchards and grape vineyards, and its natural wonder has always touched her aesthetic core.

"I think more about how

Maria Cozzi shares her rooms filled with oil scenescapes from her Pelham residence in the next Pelham Art Festival. She has been involved in the festival for 15 years.

GLORIA KATCH PHOTO I grew up and the farmers now." She recalled as a child many fields inundated with vines heavily laden with grapes and berries that were sold to Welch’s for jellies, jams and juice.

Emily captures details in her paintings that go unnoticed by most people, who haven't learned to stop and smell the roses. In fact, her mother and other family and friends will bring her bouquets of flowers to paint, or notify her when their flowers are in bloom.

These closeup renderings of

scenescapes have previously garnered her awards in juried shows, and especially People's Choice awards.

While she sometimes starts painting from a photograph, she stated the photograph is hers. Emily doesn't believe anyone should replicate a painting of someone else's photo, because of the copyright infringement, although she admits there are artists, and particularly novice artists, who do so.

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COMMENTARY / OP-ED Larry Coté The saga of Fonthill's fallen arches

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H E D E B A T E surrounding the replacement of Pelham’s fallen arches is gaining some foothold among the council chambers and the panels of experts who hold forth daily at the local coffee shops.

These overly caffeinated, self-proclaimed omniscient experts are deeply divided on the issue. To paraphrase the Bard, “To arch or not to arch,” that is the question.

Pelham’s Citizen of the Year, the gentleman Frank Adamson, is reported to be the patriarch leading the pro-archist activists and busily engaged in recruiting members to that side of the debate. They flat-footedly claim to be able to raise the funds necessary to replace the former downtown landmark and complete the project at no cost to the Town. After all, they exclaim, many rival communities have widely recognized edifices that dominate their skylines. For instance, Toronto has the CN Tower, Niagara Falls has the Skylon Tower, Paris has the Eiffel Tower, and NOTL has a clock tower. Wainfleet claims to have the most attractive cellphone tower in the peninsula. And so, the

argument goes, Pelham should have some sort of eye-catching landmark to dominate its skyline.

According to some reports, Mayor Junkin is sitting on the fence about the issue and will listen attentively to the arguments of both the pro-archists and anti-archists. Those in favor of the rebuild might propose to name the new edifice “Junkin’s Junction” if that might entice the Mayor’s favor. In that way, the Mayor’s name would be forever etched into the Town’s arches archives.

Should the arches be rebuilt, this would open up the possibility of selling the fixture to the same foreign consortium that scavenge users of the infamous 407 toll road. The revenue from such a sale might be applied to replenish the Town’s reserve funds and pay down the community centre’s debt load. The tax-collecting consortium would then install cameras and charge users of Pelham’s midtown arterial road a less-thansky-high fee and closer to a minimally-less-outrageously-high fee to transit beneath the arches. Purchase a transponder or stay off the road, they would ad-

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The toll collectors might graciously exempt citizens on foot, unicycles, roller blades and skateboards, but not seniors pulling food carts after visiting the farmer’s market.

These guileful profit-driven toll-keepers claim that oftentimes the spouses of wily seniors are surreptitiously riding among the vegetables and it therefore fits their definition of a passenger vehicle.

Hopefully, the saga of the fallen arches will soon be resolved and our Town Council and coffee shop think tanks will turn to other contentious matters.

It is difficult to predict what that next issue might be.

However, you can be certain that the council’s agenda and top-of-mind issues at the local coffee shops will continue to be interestingly contentious and rarely unified.

So don’t be hesitant. Join the fray. Let your voice be heard as to what this town is and should be. ♦ Larry Coté is a retired college professor. He has been awarded the Governor General’s Medal for his community service.

Letters Rocky Mountain high: Council should look to Colorado I have no problem with the pot industry expanding in our town, but the industry needs to get a handle on the noxious fumes they emit before they should be allowed to expand.

The technology is there, they just need to be made to invest in it, and bylaws to make them do it.

Make the pot industries agree to emit zero odour before giving them the goahead. When did I sign up to be woken up during the night from 1:30 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. by horrible smells coming in my window that invariably give me a migraine?

The Mayor and town councilors need to educate themselves extensively in the operations of the pot industry, because they do know it is here to stay, and Town Council also needs to do research to find out if other communities are having the same problems with this industry, and what those communities are doing, or have done about the noxious fumes.

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OPINION Gypsy moths will be bad in Cherry Ridge

Open letter to TD Bank

Seeing all the letters coming in about gypsy moths reminded me of my observations last fall. In Cherry Ridge it was easy to find egg masses and this will definitely lead to a serious problem this year. I am attaching a photo of a single branch on a single tree along the boulevard area on Sandra Drive in Fenwick, taken on Monday, April 29, showing a large number of egg masses. I can only guess how many more cover the trees and shrubs throughout the area nearby. At huge risk along with mature trees will be all the newly planted trees along the multiple streets and crescents in Cherry Ridge in the past few years. People should be checking not only trees but any protected areas around their home or sheds or even decks for these masses.

I have spent more than 40 years involved in horticultural advisory work (almost 20 years as specialist with Ministry of Agriculture and Food in pest control - horticulture) and can honestly say in a suburb like Cherry Ridge, this is the largest number of egg masses I have seen on trees in spring.

This is not just a Fonthill phenomenon. People be aware—if the Town does not or cannot treat trees outside your residence you should, and you can, spray to control gypsy moth with safe materials. The biological pest control agent is Bacillus

Recent changes to access to the TD Bank branch at 1439 Pelham Street in Fonthill are raising major access concerns for myself.

This bank, due to security concerns, has decided to no longer allow access to the branch through their rear door from the bank’s parking area. As a physically challenged senior citizen, I find this change causes me extreme difficulty. I would request reconsideration of the closure of the rear door.

Have there been thoughts of reconfiguring the interior of the bank? I am suspicious that the majority of clients previously used the rear door. I would request that the bank consider outside-the-box thinking as to how to improve its situation in this location. Possibly the bank should consider a better location in town. I recommend this thinking because the parking available at the present time on

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probably would allow for a ramp to be built along what is now the back, to ease access for those who are physically challenged.

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The Pelham arches: Argument, Counter-argument Editor's Note: Due to the volume and length of letters this week related to the proposed return of the arches above Pelham Town Square, we have consolidated their start on this page. We continue to welcome all points of view. Write to: letters@thevoiceofpelham.ca

Tilting at arches The Summerfest committee wishes to reply to various of Mr. Harley’s statements, as published recently in the Voice.

Mr Harley states that the Summerfest Committe is “pushing too hard,” asserting that “as many such events grow, so does their appetites for bigger-mustbe-better, cost and liabilities add up, and volunteer passion morphs into ownership and rule.

We’ve seen...similar community festivals grow until they implode” Our response: Note this is a joint project of both the Rotary Club of Fonthill and The Pelham Summerfest committee— to only replace the arches, which have been in place for the last 6 years, using the same location and footprint, but more sustainable construction and material.

We take exception to Mr. Harley’s unsubstantiated statement that our participation in this project will lead to Summerfest imploding, or morphing into “ownership and rule.”

Readers will be interested to know that all Summerfest meetings are open to the public, their finances and the minutes of the meetings are posted on the Town website, and we present to council annually or as circumstances dictate.

Mr. Harley states: “…. that Councillor Wink could be conceived as having a pecuniary interest since he has long been a lead organizer of Summerfest starting out as a private citizen. Now being an elected official he has the power to allocate funds to his once pet project.”

We respond: Councillor Wink is not the chair of the current iteration of Summerfest. He is however a sitting member (as council representative) with NO voting power.

The proposal to participate in the replacement of the arches was presented to the Summerfest committee by Frank Adamson of

Can't understand refusal to accept offer the Rotary Club of Fonthill.

The committee discussed the initiative and voted to participate—again council Wink did not vote on the motion Mr. Harley states: “Since the Summerfest is a Town event, and the committee members are appointed by the Town, any funds they solicit technically are Town funds…. then only council can approve the solicitation and disbursement of these funds.”

Readers will be interested to know that all Summerfest meetings are open to the public We respond: The activities of the committee fall under the mandate of council. The committee submits a working budget forecast to the Town.

Please note both Councillor Wink representing council and the Town’s Director of Parks, Recreation, and Wellness, representing the Town, both sit on the committee. Further, the budget for the festival is formulated and tabled, complete with ALL expenditures of monies to third parties in support of the event (musicians, security fencing, washroom facilities). A copy of the minutes of ALL Summerfest meetings is forwarded to council and posted on the Town website.

The actual monies raised by the committee, by sponsorship, sales of foods and beverage, etc., are placed in administration with the Town. All cheques, which are approved by the committee, are issued through the Town.

At the end of each event,

there is a meeting held to review the previous Festival’s expenses and receivables. It has been the practice of the committee, after ALL expenses are paid, to set aside the funds remaining into a (Town-administered) reserve fund.

This reserve fund allows for the Festival to sustain itself in the event Festival days are lost due to inclement weather.

Traditionally the committee takes a portion of the funds remaining and proposes a legacy project to the Town—fully funded by the committee— The arches restoration was our last year’s legacy fund. Councillor Wink can address previous legacy projects.

Mr. Harley states: “It appears that the committee is trying to push this along using their political connections and their self-interest vision.”

Our response: The Rotary Club and the Summerfest Committee have only made one public overture/presentation visa-vis this project and that was to Town Council. And, as such, we take exception to Mr. Haley’s unsubstantiated statement that we have used political connections to implement this project.

Mr. Harley states: “To hear a Summerfest Committee member simply brushing off the need for due diligence and ignore other residents is very short sighted approach.”

Our response: We take exception to Mr. Haley’s statement given the following: In our joint presentation to council we identified that we had been in contact with the Director of Public Works, who is a Professional Engineer. In our joint presentation to council, it was identified that when we have finalized the design of the arches, the cost, construction schedule, etc., we would obtain sign-off by the Director of Public Works, and would See COMMITTEE Page 18

I have just read Frank Adamson’s letter in this week’s Voice ["The case for pushing ahead with arches reconstruction," May 1, p. 5] and wholeheartedly agree with him.

What would the explanation possibly be for not accepting this kind and generous offer to reconstruct the arches?

They had become a focus for our town, providing a central gathering place. As a member of the local CFUW chapter I was grateful to the Town last November when they agreed to light up the arches in orange

to draw attention to the issue of eliminating violence against women and girls, in both Canada and across the globe.

Get over that the arches were a symbol of our town long before any of the present council were elected, and realize that they are a positive, meaningful part of our town, which could be reconstructed without use of Town money.

Gwenn Alves Fenwick

The case against the case for pushing ahead...

One can imagine that in the heat of the moment, and in the excitement of announcing a $100,000 dollar gift to the Town, it’s possible that questions and talk of a delay— versus an enthusiastic reception—might lead to a disappointed outburst, but the rant in last week’s Voice was a non-respectful, confrontational discourse.

Our Town Council is reacting in an appropriate way by assessing all the obligations to the whole community which a gift like this brings with it. That is what their duty is as elected officials, to represent all Pelham taxpayers. Their role as elected leadership demands respect for them, and the office they represent. Everyone has special interests, and when like-minded people work together this is what brings momentum to achieve goals.

The “disgruntled few” is also a spe-

cial interest group, but is often referred to as such by another special interest group, which wants to discredit the other’s point of view as being but a small number of individuals, a minority.

For example, the “Names Matter” group is “special interest.” They lost the battle to keep the historical name of E. W. Farr on the renovated school in Fenwick, but they won the war by campaigning for a truly community-committed public school Trustee candidate who won office last fall.

The D.E.B.T. group was another special interest group of taxpayers who were also called the “disgruntled few.” Their work resulted in sweeping change inside Pelham Town Hall.

What would be the reason to call out See DILIGENCE Page 19

Mr. Adamson—his way or no way?

Mr. Adamson, if your pastime is defaming and discounting the opinions of others, please approach it with some fact-based comments.

In setting your largely skewed record straight, please note: • I have stated clearly that I am in fully supportive and in favor of a Town signature gateway. Not necessarily an arch and not necessarily in the former location. Sir, please show the negativity in that.

• My comment about directing efforts and fundraising towards our “Elephant in the Room,” the MCC, was because I think we all can see that there is / will be a significant financial impact coming that residents were misled on.

We need to have this matter fully disclosed and dealt with as a first priority over arches. If your energy could be funneled into this, we could have a much needed success there.

• You attacked me for suggesting council follow the good standard practices surrounding Town design, services, tendering and procurement. This initiative is a Town initiative that should be driven by council, not a committee. A committee follows the bidding of council, not the other way around as you “appear” to be suggesting when you say you came with your proposal of “Design, engineering, funding and constructing.”

That, by any definition, comes across as if you have already done most of those

tasks without council’s endorsement. That concerns me.

• The location previously inhabited by the arches is Town- owed property, and any structure placed upon it would have to be Townowned. Sir, you appear to take wide liberty in your committee being able to do what you propose and when and how. There is no life and death urgency to this.

Nowhere in your comments do you agree on a due diligence approach as I suggest.

• At no time did I so much as discount, describe in negative light, or suggest that any service club or volunteer organization in town was not a major benSee PATIENCE Page 17

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ANOTHER ROUND

Friends of the Pelham Library Bridge Club recently held their 2018-2019 season wind-up at the Fonthill United Church. From left, Julie Looby, evening high score, Jean Rittenhouse, coordinator, and Mary Smith, high score overall.

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Nobody dies from swinging a golf club

about her I realized how intelligent and passionate she was about things. She got rather involved in politics in her spare time and I imagine she would have liked to get much more involved if it wasn't for us meddling kids.

I found out she was athletic when she was younger, though outside of Friday night bowling she never took the time to do anything for herself.

So for any of you moms who had to hold back on your passions— especially in the realm of recreational activities—it's time to let loose. There are more than

a few women who come in for a lesson and are afraid they will not be able to play golf because they have never played another sport in their life, or not in the last few decades, anyway. So what? Nobody dies from swinging a golf club (some occasionally die as a result of the swing, but you gotta break a couple of eggs if you're going to make an omelette).

Golf is physically easy to play because it can be played at so many different levels.

If it’s tennis or baseball or bronco riding, or something else that you always dreamed of doing, go give it a shot as well, but golf is a lot easier than all of them.

The game of golf is physically easy, but there are still obstacles out there that keep many women from sticking with the game. One of the biggest is the small but very vocal group of men who still think it is their god-given right to control who is allowed to play this game and when.

I had a young lady in last week who is just getting into the game. She may have started years ago but for an incident at a tournament she was attending through work. There was a pro hired to play with and See GOLF Page 18

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continued from Page 1 John Taylor and Mary Edmonds, of Calico Farms. The couple brings organic microgreens and soaps to the market, though Taylor said that once the weather improves they hope to bring salad greens, tomatoes, and peppers to Pelham residents as well.

Other vendors sell everything from potted plants, baked goods, honey, sandwiches, pickled vegetables, and of course a large variety of seasonal vegetables, which will only expand as the season progresses.

In addition to weekly sales, Yungblut says that the market organizers have also planned some special events for the season.

“The Lionettes are here doing strawberries in June.

They come and do a strawberry shortcake, and then in August they come and do

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peaches and ice cream.”

In the fall, on the last day of their season, October 10, the vendors will put on an Apple Festival as a customer appreciation night. Customers will be given free apple cider and apple fritters.

The market has plenty to offer for children as well, including the “Kids Can Grow” night. On May 23, youngsters are invited to plant seed potatoes at the non-profit booth in the market, which they can then take home and replant in their gardens or in a porch pot. In mid-September, participants will be invited to return with their full grown potatoes for a weigh-off.

Prizes will be given out for the smallest and biggest potato and the biggest crop.

Face painting and a balloon artist will be on offer both nights of the Kids Can Grow program.

Children will also have

the opportunity to participate in a weekly scavenger hunt activity that is new to the market this year. Each week “Wanted” posters featuring a flower, fruit, or vegetable, will be posted around the market, with its life-like duplicate hidden in one of the market stalls.

Once found, children are asked to report to the “Marshall” (Market Clerk Fred Arbour) who will give them a stamp, the collection of which will add up to a prize.

Yungblut says that they are hoping that this market season “everyone’s sales pick up,” and reminds residents of Pelham that the market will stay open past the last bandshell date, until October 10. The bandshell concert series begins June 20 and runs until September 5, with the supper market starting June 6. Pelham residents are encouraged to come out and support their local farmers.

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If we wanted a ride to Jordan pool, or my old buddy Chris and I wanted a lift to Fairview Golfland, it was a rarity she ever said no (we forgave her the one time she forgot the more important part of driving us to Jordan pool, the picking up.)

There were four of us within six years of each other, and I'm sure we weren't always in agreement on where we wanted to go or what we wanted to do (like never), but still, somehow, she didn't kill us. It didn't seem like a big deal in the ‘70s. Some moms worked (like mine), but they didn't tend to be full-time, always-away-from-home

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Trout Unlimited launches Twelve Mile Creek initiative

BY JOHN CHICK

Special to the VOICE

Looking at a map of the Twelve Mile Creek watershed, one may be surprised to learn just how extensive its headwaters are in the Town of Pelham.

“It actually looks like lungs,” Trout Unlimited’s Brian Green says, pointing to its tangle of tributaries that extend as far south as Hurricane Road in Fonthill, and as far west as Cream Street.

The comparison to a pulmonary system is apt, as Pelham is where most of Twelve Mile Creek’s health issues begin. Increased development, improper stream maintenance and subsequent erosion have gradually raised the water temperature over the years, bad news for Niagara’s only significant coldwater stream.

Brook trout die when the water temperature reaches 22 degrees Celsius, hence Trout Unlimited’s involvement.

The non-profit is not a fishing group, as the name may suggest, but rather committed to conserving freshwater ecosystems.

“It’s called that because trout is best indicator of coldwater resources,” Green said.

Essentially, trout means life.

“It’s no secret that Twelve Mile creek runs like chocolate milk after rains these days,” TU Niagara chapter President Dennis Edell said.

“It’s lost its balance.”

With that in mind, the organization launched its Healthy Twelve Mile Creek initiative last weekend at Lookout Point Golf Club.

While the event drew local politicians, the group of people that Trout Unlimited really needs to reach are private landowners throughout Twelve Mile Creek’s watershed —mostly in Pelham, all with the creek’s tributaries running through their properties.

“More than 80 percent of this is private landowners,” Green explained. “The part that isn’t is Short Hills Park.

So we’ve got to reach out to the private landowners, and that’s what this Trillium grant was for.”

The Ontario Trillium Foundation is a provincial government agency and Canada’s largest granting foundation. It has giv-

A map showing Twelve Mile Creek’s extensive watershed in Pelham. en the Niagara chapter of Trout Unlimited $250,000 to address the issues, but the solutions begin on private properties. Green says it starts with something as simple as not mowing grass

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Fenwick's painter to royalty

of went off of that,” Butler said.

It turned out Markle’s favorite flower is the peony, which also happened to be beloved by Harry’s

late mother, Princess Diana.

Butler then commenced the month-long process of creating the painting, an item that ulti-

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signed the finished product, but then proper protocol set in.

“First, we had to get the goahead from [show producers]NBC Universal, in L.A.,” Butler said.

“There was a whole chain of command thing that had to happen.”

After talking to the Duchess’ personal secretary, it was decided to hold off sending the gift until the global media frenzy surrounding the May 2018 wedding had subsided. Then, just before last Christmas, British Airways World Cargo delivered the painting to the royal couple, who welcomed their first child—a boy—this Monday.

Butler did not expect to hear back directly from Meghan and Harry, so he was a little surprised when a personal thank-you letter arrived in Fenwick via special delivery last month.

“It was great,” Butler said.

Butler said that while he wasn’t close with Markle while working on Suits, the typical camaraderie of a film set was at play.

“Actors mingled with the crew and vice versa, it was good that way,” he said.

As an artist, Butler found the project rewarding because of the personal trials he was dealing with at the time.

“Going through my divorce, there were a lot of emotions that kind of spewed out over that painting,” he said. “Speaking as an artist, you kind of get lost in it a little bit.”

Butler is now working on another Ontario-filmed production, the new Netflix series, “Locke & Key.”

tailed figurines, especially for indoor sculptures and outdoor patio pieces that have to be moved.

Unfortunately, some of his larger sculptures are too difficult to transport to art shows, he said.

Sculpting requires a person to be both tactile and visual—"You have to feel the pieces," emphasized Sereda.

Working with cement requires dexterity, and it's not all about just working with a spinning wheel, or a hammer and chisel like it's portrayed in the movies, he said. While several of these tools are definitely required for a hard substance like granite, he prefers to work with cement and clays. The advantages of cement

is that it's available no matter where an artist is situated, and a mould cast can be sanded and ground after it’s popped out eight hours later.

Sereda also adds paints to cement for colour. However, he admits the water, sanding and dust involved in sculpting is messy, and requires a spacious area. He doesn't have a studio to store all the materials and finished products, and has to be content with working in his garage.

Unlike painting, it is difficult to try and construct a three-dimensional object from a one-dimensional picture.

"They never come out looking like the picture, where it becomes

a living, moving piece," he said.

Lately, with the cold weather, Sereda has avoided his garage, and just works sporadically. Unlike Jennifer Emily, he only constructs objects when his imagination strikes him, or his wife makes suggestions.

"I have to be in the right mood to sculpt. I use the analogy of cooking: If you're not into it, it's doesn't taste the same.”

On average, a sculpture takes about a week to do, but Sereda admits there are times when no matter how many attempts and extra blobs of cement he adds, "there are some pieces that never come together."

However, his wife and "muse" happily re-

minds, him to, "sell it or smash it," he said, chuckling.

Sculpting for "commercial purposes" is different than just being creatively self-indulgent. Despite the hard work of keeping up with the demand, Sereda said he enjoys art shows, because they validate his work. He is appreciative when others likes his creations.

While the first show was somewhat daunting, he admits being "way past that point now."

Sereda is looking forward to the new location of the Pelham Art Show, because it's more central and "better for traffic.” Some 2,000 people attended the festival last year, and more are expected at the new location.

Scenic artist gets thank-you from Meghan and Harry for wedding gift

BY JOHN CHICK

Special to the VOICE

While working as a scenic artist on the Toronto set of the TV series “Suits” a few years ago, David Butler heard the rumors, as did many others, that the show’s then-star Meghan Markle was dating Prince Harry.

“It was all kind of hush-hush,” Butler, who is 31 and currently lives in Fenwick, said last week. “Although [the prince] came and did a walk-through on set once.”

Once the pair became engaged, Butler’s artistic instinct gave him an idea: Paint the soon-to-be royal couple a picture.

“The makeup girls were able to find out what she was into, I kind

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He became immersed in the culture and the stylings of sculpting, which involved wood, clay, metal, glass, and a myriad of processes. While this was great for his creativity and for learning how to work with different substances and textures, those materials are not all readily available in the Niagara region.

While he incorporates some styles, Sereda said it is easier to add a polyurethane ingredient to cement, which allows it to be more malleable. He uses it in molds to develop different and de-

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A special meeting last Monday to amend bylaw 972010 on muzzling pets in a public place appeared less like a municipal meeting and more like a courtroom sequence from a reality TV show. Nancy Bozzato, Municipal Clerk for Pelham, officially swore in all the witnesses testifying, including Welland and District SPCA officers, while the Mayor with gavel in hand acted as judge, and municipal councillors looked on, like jurors in a court room. The only element missing from Welland and District SPCA Investigation #15137 was Titan, a fiveyear-old, 170-pound mastiff, who has been officially muzzled for life while in a public place, as a result of council's unanimous vote in support of upholding the bylaw.

"This is not a death sentence by any means. It's just an assurance that it won't happen again," said Animal Control Officer, Ryan Huurman, addressing both the sympathies for the dog, and alleviating any safety concerns the victim or council members had.

Described as a "big gentle teddy bear," Titan, according to his owner, Tara Young, of Haist Street, was tending to his own business on the evening of Feb. 9, which in doggy terms means urinating on the pole in front of their house. The Youngs reported they were just returning after picking up a

pizza, and were exiting their truck, when Titan, who was on a short leash, decided to relieve himself at his favourite spot.

Titan heard Irene Boychuk directly behind him, during her regular evening stroll.

Young alleges Boychuk said, "Hello," and then tried to pet Titan without asking. When Boychuk's hand was close to Titan's head, he turned and nipped her hand and bit into her thigh before jumping back. The incident happened quickly, leaving Boychuk with a bleeding finger and severely bruised thigh. Pictures of the attack had been reported to the police, and were placed into evidence, noted Bozzato.

The only significant difference between the testimonies of dog owner and victim was that Boychuk told council she would not attempt to pet a 5-pound dog urinating, let alone a 175-pound dog urinating, and that Titan surprisingly lunged at her for no reason.

Young testified the incident was just "a timing issue," and that Titan was startled and has never acted aggressively or bitten anyone before. Young said the dog has always played well with her three children without incident.

That night, seeing that Boychuk's finger was bleeding and she was shaken, Young drove her home. Boychuk told the Voice she reported the incident to the SPCA because she thought it was what a person bitten by

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continued from Page 6 efit to the town and its residents, and I never would have done so.

I have the utmost respect for all our service clubs.

I will remind you of a couple of sub-points: • Certain polls are not scientific and can be skewed and are not a true refection of the issue, its support or non- support.

• During the last election, after I brought to light there maybe irregularities, illegitimate and possible corrupt actions of town council, I heard some of the same defaming comments that you are quick to recycle. As the election day came closer we were assured that the residents which I represented were all just a “few people,” a “very small group of vocal people,” just as you said in your letter. Those claims turned out not to be true, and that “small group” was, we believe, instrumental in replacing the entire town council. By the way, our support had grown to over 700 residents.

• This is not an us-againstthem situation, but you want to turn it that way.

• Your “pushing ahead” is not the right way—pushing is never the right way. We need wider community involvement, a more transparent process, a process that follows proper procedures for a municipality.

• Your statement that no one ever suggested the arches be removed is not accurate. It was brought to a number of election candidates, some of whom did not win. I myself brought it up after a visual review of the structure. On the street and door-to-door there were many not so favorable comments.

The Voice of Pelham, May 8 2019 Now let’s do a short overview of my personal background and what my investments to the community have been: • I have lived here all my life.

• I come from a family who has had deep roots in Niagara and has contributed greatly to its development. One such initiative came from my grandmother and mother, who led a group that founded Brock University. My mother worked tirelessly for the University Presidents Fundraising committee.

• I held senior positions with two highly recognized award-winning architectural firms. Through those firms I worked to help make the dreams of local residents and organizations come true in designing and building their much-needed facilities. Numerous awards came as a result.

• I was engaged in a senior management position with a government agency.

• I have served in a senior role on projects worth over $500 million dollars.

• I try to take an active role in community, and this was seen in the past election cycle where I became the spokesperson for hundreds of good folks.

• I have served on numerous committees and boards of directors .

• In the early ‘80s, I was an active member in the Fonthill Kinsmen and worked tirelessly to raise funds to help the community needs. In 1981 the club was suffering from membership and financial challenges. They took on a project that was not going well and might have brought the demise of the club after 50 years.

I proposed a solution that resulted in a very highly welcomed annual

‘50s dance that not only saved the club but provided tens of thousands in revenue that went to the community for years.

• In 1983, in support of cystic fibrosis, I created an initiative called the “Circle of Life,” and with the aid of the Fonthill Kinsmen, I rode the big Maple Leaf Village ferris wheel for 72 hours in the fall cold and rain.

• Recently I brought to the Niagara Region one of my construction partners, and through some clever planning and initiatives we gave Region of Niagara residents a cash savings of $9 million dollars.

Mr. Adamson, your attack on me only brings further concerns to the table. It’s unfortunate that your personality is so abrupt and demanding. Your approach is so opposite from the one I see in the many great Rotarians that I know.

You reach out to me on a Friday while I’m away and expect an IMMEDIATE reply. I was sent a copy of the Voice on Wednesday only to find your thoughtless comments, which caused me to decide there is no benefit in speaking to someone that has such issues and orders.

Your message to me and the community is clear: it’s all your way, and the opinions within the community are of no value to you.

Essentially what you are saying is that you have an opinion and you want an arch, you want it now, and you will just go ahead without community approval or council authorization.

Sir, we are all entitled to our opinions. Ours is that the arch is not related to anything about Pelham. We believe that there can be “made for” designs from the licensed professional community that will be a statement about the town and the people in

Page 17 it. We see something classy, permanent, and of multipurpose. Our opinion is that it is council who should be creating the initiative, and drafting the process following protocols. If this gateway is so important to you, then it stands to reason it be managed in a professional manner with full community engagement and due diligence.

The opinions of timing, location and design belong to the council and the residents, not just a business association, Rotary, and your committee.

How do you know we couldn’t arrive at a dynamite design that made a statement about Pelham?

Any design should come from a standard procurement process.

You and your small, core group are out in all the newspapers and radio saying you have held community meetings with clubs, solicited funds, engaged an engineer for a specific design of your choosing, and essentially have told council this is what you are proceeding with. That, sir, by all measures, is wrong.

Leave this to the council to handle. They are proving they respect residents and the need to be transparent and follow process with due diligence.

Mr. Adamson, please don’t deny the community their right to opinion. This is our town too.

As for me, I’m still awaiting the council reconciliation of the MCC fundraising results. That is the priority we need to be focused on—to know where we are financially with our true debts, then make a plan to reduce those debts. I am willing at the Mayor’s request to sit on any committee my time allows for.

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continued from previous page if someone were bitten by this dog again.

Bozzatto said an appeal to the muzzling bylaw was made in 2016, but she recalls only two challenges to the bylaw in about 20 years.

According to Craig Genesse, Senior Bylaw Officer, Bylaw 97-2010 states that persons may be fined $200 for not complying with a muzzling order, failing to keep a vicious dog confined, or letting their dogs run at large. Persons can also be fined $50 for failing to display a sign on the owner's premises indicating a dangerous dog is present.

Ellis told the Voice their staff performed 108 dog biting investigations last year. However, she said the public health department's statistics are much higher, because it receives reports from doctors and walk-in clinics, which provide care to people bitten by an animal.

Due to confidentiality issues, the public health department does not report the cases to the SPCA. Even when police receive reports of a dog bite, they do not always inform the SPCA, so its statistics under-represent the true picture.

"Animals can be unpredictable," she said.

As far as muzzles are concerned, there are new styles now that allow animals to pant, as well as even bark, and drink water, as they only need to use their tongues, pointed out Ellis. While looping the leash around a dog's nose and mouth is commonly seen, this is not considered a muzzle, which is a "securely fastened device.”

Understandably, Ellis notes why many owners walk their dogs with their leash securing their mouths, because if someone is bitten, “it's a liability.”

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continued from Page 10 almost in half. Still, local PC MPP Sam Oosterhoff was in Pelham to applaud the launch of Healthy Twelve Mile Creek.

“As a conservative, I know we have to conserve the environment,” Oosterhoff told the audience. “But I know we need the private sector involved.”

Landowners in that private sector

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continued from Page 6 then return to council for its further deliberation on our proposal.

Mr. Harley states: “This small-group mentality is what caused the mess of the last eight years of rule.”

We respond: In Mr. Haley’s statement he refers to “the mess of the last eight years.” We take exception to this statement and how the Rotary Club and the Summerfest Committee are associated in this undefined “mess of the last eight years.”

Mr. Harley states: “We see the committee echo bold comments like those opposing are just a handful, or a small majority.”

Our response: We take exception to Mr. Harley’s statement, given that in our joint presentation to council we made no such statement.

Mr. Harley states: “Currently after hearing considerable opinions on the issue, learning that the former st r ucture was left to fall down, finding out that the committee was about to spend money on a fix that would leave the dangerous arches as a safety liability.”

Our response: We take exception to Mr.

include Dawn and Marty Melnick, who live on two acres—with about 600 feet of stream running through it—in Pelham.

“Since that big storm in ’15 that did all the damage, we’ve since had Niagara College and a number of volunteers come out and put some plants along the edges [of the stream]— probably about 400,” Dawn said. “Hopefully it’s going to be something, with the root system, that will stabilize the bank. We’d like to do more, but we frankly don’t know

Haley’s statement.

Last fall the Summerfest Committee met to discuss that year’s and next year’s event.

During the discussion, Bill Gibson brought up the sustainability of the existing arches. It was agreed that we would propose to council the following: That an engineering study be undertaken to determine the integrity of the arches — that if the study indicated a potential safety hazard then the arches be removed.

If the study indicated that remedial measures could be undertaken to strengthen and sustain the structures for another five years, then the committee would seek council approval to proceed — highlighting that the committee would contribute financially and provided oversight to the said remediation measures.

Given that the council’s mandate was ending in the fall (2018) and an election was being called, Town committees and their members were terminated, and the above motion died on the books.

The current Summerfest Committee members were approved by council this January. The first meeting of the committee took place in February with the reintroduction of the preceding restoration motion to go to council. One of the arches collapsed days after this

what [else] to do.”

Added Marty: “The thing is, everything costs money.”

Mayor Junkin, as a farmer, explained that farming techniques have evolved over the years to consider delicate balances such as watercourses. He pledged to prioritize the watershed’s health.

“I consider [Twelve Mile Creek] a jewel of Niagara,” the Mayor said.

“It’s a crime we’ve been treating it as

meeting.

Mr. Harley states: “Now they have a non-designer and an engineer of what specialty in this area of structures...there appears to be a lack of due diligence and only passion driving this trainwreck again.”

Our response: We take exception to Mr. Haley’s statement. As per our joint presentation to council, we have been in conversations with a Structural Engineer re this initiative, and we have been in contact with the Town Engineer to research the structural and safety protocols that we will have to meet regarding this proposal.

Before, and this is included in our delivery plan, we will have the manufacturer of the arches provide a stamped engineering drawing for the said structures.

This will be rev iewed by the Town Engineer (as per the same process re new buildings, etc). Further, Bill Gibson is a graduate of O.C.A.D. University in Toronto as an Industrial Designer, a past superintendent of construction for the Ministry of Government Services, Property Management Division, architecturally designed and prepared the construction drawings for well over 100 buildings, and when the

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ELLER, George Freeman

ZIEMNIAK, Dorothy (nee Gee)

It is with profound sorrow that the Eller family announce the passing of George Freeman Eller on April 28, 2019 at 83 years of age. Following a brief illness, he passed peacefully surrounded by his entire family at North York General Hospital in Toronto. He will be forever missed by the love of his life and wife of 59 years Dorothy (nee Morgan), his loving children Wendy (Paul Wright), Lorraine (Darren Smith) and Jeffery (Kara Triano), his 13 precious grandchildren, and sister Jean Hodgins. George has now joined his daughter Janice (David Jenkins) who predeceased him.

George followed his passion of real estate for over 50 years – still making calls from the hospital.

He was a highly respected member of the community and will be remembered with much love as the greatest friend, father, and papa ever. George (fondly called G.E.O.) always enjoyed a friendly chat filled with his special stories and famous one-liners. His grandchildren brought him so much love and joy. He was so proud of all that they accomplished. George loved his life. He loved Sunday breakfasts and date nights at the Pelham Grill, golfing with his buddies, and his infamous campfires. He was forever a family man and has left behind a legacy that we will treasure always. A private Celebration of Life will take place at a later date.

As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations can be made to Pelham Cares. Thank you for all the love and support we have received from so many.

On Easter morning, Sunday, April 21, 2019, Dorothy Marion Ziemniak passed away, surrounded by family. She was 83. A schoolteacher, talented writer and gifted storyteller, Dorothy was born February 27, 1936, to Margaret and Clifford Gee. In 1955, she married Chester Ziemniak, her beloved late husband of 53 years, and together they built their home in Ridgeville and raised their family.

Dorothy will be dearly missed by her daughters, April Luska, Melody Burnham (Grayson) and Lelani Lopes (Jorge). Our ‘Nana’ was adored by her grandkids, Ashlie Luska (Paula) and Kylie Luska (Lauren), Kate Burnham (Amy) and Brandon and Meghan Lopes. Dorothy was a proud ‘Great Nanny’, to her great grandchildren, Mirabelle; Miles and Eric; Carter and Mason. Dorothy treasured time spent with family - camping across Canada with her daughters, baking shortbread with her late mother Margaret Gee and picking blueberries with her sister Julia Hierlihy and her late brother-in-law Glen Hierlihy.

Dorothy was dear sister-in-law to Howard and the late Wanda McEachern. She was a beloved aunt to Colleen Hycz, Danny Hierlihy and Jimmy Hierlihy.

Dorothy was lifelong friends with the late Myrna Macey. She will be missed by her church family, her neighbours, “the Bixby Babes”, and her many close friends. Dorothy cherished her faith and the memories that filled her countless family photo albums. She was proud of her garden, she had her own “happy dance” and she loved any cat that crossed her path.

Dorothy loved to laugh and use funny expressions like, “In two shakes of a lamb’s tail!” Selfless and thoughtful, she always remembered to send cookies and birthday cards. Dorothy always made time for “a visit and a cup of tea.” To be in her home was to feel loved. Family and friends were received at the PEDLAR FUNERAL HOME, 1292 Pelham Street, Fonthill on Thursday, April 25th. The funeral service in celebration of Dorothy’s life took place at the Pelham Community Church, 461 Canboro Road, Fenwick on Friday, April 26th. Interment at Lane Cemetery in St. Anns.

As an expression of sympathy, donations may be made to the Welland Humane Society, Pelham Community Church, or the War Amps. Online Condolences may be shared at www.pedlarfuneralhome.ca

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historic gun carriages at both Queens Park and University of Toronto failed, he was contracted to provide a sustainable structurally sound replacement — the guns’ weigh more than 8,000 imperial pounds each.

Mr. Harley states: “Residents agree on the idea of having a stylish gateway that has historical significance and association with the Town’s history...Residents do not want to pay for any gateway and if one is built, they don’t want a liability or maintenance cost...Residents want full disclosure, transparency and due diligence in determining the need, the location and the design.”

We respond: All of the above was undertaken as the gateway project a number of years ago by the formulation of a committee of citizens, representatives from council and other interested residents. The gateway feature was to be located behind the retention pond at Hwy. 20 and Rice Road. An RFP was issued — submissions were received — and a short list of entries was formed.

The cost at that time was around $250,000 taxpayers dollars. The council of the day decided not to proceed.

Mr. Harley states: “Council has a responsibility to keep this train on the tracks…. a new gateway feature…open a design competition and issue an RFP.” We respond: We take exception to Mr. Haley’s statement given that in our joint presentation to council we did not propose a new gateway project — our proposal is to replace the arches that have been in place for the last six years, with structures that

GOLF

continued from Page 8 help the participants. This woman was nervous and had a great deal of trouble even hitting the ball. Did this guy try to put her at ease and encourageher? No. He told her she should take up tennis.

Probably thought he was hilarious. It took her years to decide to give it another try.

If this was a one-off thing, fine. But virtually every woman who has played the game for any length of time has a story of being harassed or belittled by male golfers (sometimes their own husbands or sons).

The one thing my wife, Lissa, and I are very careful about doing with our daughters is ensuring they chase their passions as far as they can. Liss was laughed at as a kid because she used to say she wanted to be a middle-infielder for the Detroit

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Tigers when she grew up.

When our daughter Lily was seven she wanted to play hockey for the Leafs (must have been the time she fell out of the crib and landed on her head) and our daughter Tessa was six she wanted to be a ballerina. Such dreams are kept alive by their dreamers, and supportive parents. The fact our moms sacrificed so much taught us not to limit our daughters’ hopes.

Mothers and grandmothers, enough of putting everyone else first.

“I don't have time for golf or tennis because I babysit the grandkids all the time.”

Too bad! You're spoiling them too much anyway. Put them in daycare a couple of mornings a week, where they learn they don't get candies for breakfast and ice cream for lunch everyday, and they have to learn how to share toys.

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continued from previous page a drainage ditch. The Town has made mistakes, and we’re going to make sure we don’t make them again.”

One of those “mistakes” appears to be rooted in the East Fonthill development.

“Part of our concern was the way that it was built,” Green said. “It’s all asphalt and concrete and the water that used to soak into that now doesn’t … they built

DILIGENCE

continued from Page 6 someone for a face-to-face meeting when their written intentions are not for respectful discussion? Unless you are the Canada Revenue Agency, how would anyone know the financial contribution someone else has made to the community they live in?

A licensed Public Engineer wrote in the October 10, 2018 edition of the Voice regarding the arches, saying, “The arches were not designed for permanent exterior service, the budget was minimal and the concept was to make a splash as cheaply as possible for three days in July….This past June I noticed when driving by that the arches have deteriorated considerably, with fungus growing out of some them and significant loss of material, which I brought to the attention of Town staff by email. I was assured that they are being monitored.”

The Voice of Pelham, May 8 2019 that great big pond [at Hwy. 20 and Rice Road] which was supposed to both cool the water and clear sediment— okay, fine. But when you get a heavy rain, down it comes [effluent into Twelve Mile Creek].”

However, that’s literally water under the bridge now, leaving the private property owners downstream to do what they can. Green says most have been receptive to TU’s approach, with very little pushback.

“A lot of the landowners are very concerned and have got their own ideas what the problem is,” he said. “There is some resentment toward the conservation authority and the Ministry of Natural Resources, partly because up until about 10 years ago the conservation authority and the MNR were really punitive—they’d come on your land and say, ‘You can’t do that’ and, ‘I’m gonna fine you.’ They’re much more willing to talk to us.”

Let’s not confirm the truth of the quote quoted last week from Mark Twain, that “any fool can condemn, criticize and complain and most fools do.” Quotes are like a double-edged swords, they cut both ways. As residents of Pelham, volunteers, special interest groups, or representatives of wonderful organizations like The Rotary Club of Fonthill, we can all do better.

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FORM 6 SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC TENDER Municipal Act, 2001 Ontario Regulation 181/03, Municipal Tax Sale Rules

SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC TENDER THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PELHAM Take Notice that tenders are invited for the purchase of the lands described below and will be received until 3:00 p.m. local time on May 15, 2019, at the Pelham Municipal Building, 20 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill, Ontario.

The tenders will then be opened in public on the same day as soon as possible after 3:00 p.m. at the Pelham Municipal Building, 20 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill.

Description of lands: Roll No. 27 32 010 016 12505; Foss Rd. NS; PIN 64029-0275(LT); Lot 21 N/S Ontario St Plan 703 Pelham except RO107119 & Part 1 59R8830; File No. 17-01 According to the last returned assessment roll, the assessed value of the land is $130,000 Minimum tender amount: $20,905.63 Roll No. 27 32 010 016 12510; PIN 64029-0272(LT); Part Lot 20 N/S Ontario St. Plan 703 Pelham as in RO112837 except RO107119 & Part 1 59R8830; File No. 17-02 According to the last returned assessment roll, the assessed value of the land is $109,000 Minimum tender amount: $23,356.29 Roll No. 27 32 030 017 14000; PIN 64400-0143(LT); Part Lot 4 Concession 14, Pelham as in RO523233; File No. 17-06 According to the last returned assessment roll, the assessed value of the land is $97,000 Minimum tender amount: $18,109.70 Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form and must be accompanied by a deposit of at least 20 per cent of the tender amount, which deposit shall be made by way of a certified cheque/bank draft/ money order payable to the municipality.

The municipality makes no representation regarding the title to, crown interests or any other matters, relating to the land to be sold.

Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchasers.

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but for most of us in our 50s, 60s, or beyond, this train has left the station. We've already lost a significant amount of muscle.

Good-news flash—those muscles can be rebuilt with resistance exercise, like hills. And, you might ask, having not fully bought into this idea as you grab your car keys to drive from Station Street to uptown Fonthill, "Why would I care about more muscles and resistance training?"

Reduced symptoms of osteoarthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis, back pain, and depression, weight management, improved balance, better sleep and glucose control might be a few reasons.

Let’s, in our wildest imagination, assume you’re thinking, “Okay, maybe I’ll try it.” How do you begin? Gradually is the key.

Having your spouse drop you off at the bottom of Saylor's Hill, then climbing it to get home, isn't likely the best plan for your first day.

For most of us, gradually means short climbs of 2% or 3% grades like Haist Street or Pelham Street North in town.

Good form or the lack of it, whether walking or running, can make a big difference on hills too.

continued from Page 1 ankles and especially hip joints will be stressed like Cirque-duSoleil performers; and calves and glutes are in for overtime.

Even the most energetic dog will sniff a few extra hydro poles or trees at the bottom of a hill, surreptitiously attempting to postpone the ascent.

The catch is, walking or running hills provides major health benefits.

Climbing hills resembles resistance training, in that your muscles must “lift” you up the hill. Resistance training, strength training, or weight training—doctors will use all three terms interchangeably to motivate you—is the use of resistance to normal muscle contraction to build the strength, endurance and size of muscles.

Within reason, the more resistance, the better. Hence, the bigger the hill, the better.

Think of flat as maintenance versus hills as improvement. At some time beginning in our 30s, we all start to lose muscle mass, or size. Walking, or gentle running, can help reduce this muscle loss,

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Steve Larson and Jake, ready to take on some Font-hills. JOHN SWART PHOTO Resist the urge to put your head down and tough your way up. Instead, head back, chin up, and chest out will maximize your breathing efficiency. Stare the enemy in the

eye, don’t watch your feet.

Shorten your stride so there's less lifting in each step, and if you're running, don't hesitate to intersperse your uphill run with some walking the first few times out.

Beware of downhills. They’re seductive devils, begging you to use the lazy advantage gravity offers. Downhills will stretch your quads unbelievably quickly, which you will feel the next morning.

The faster you go, whether walking or running, the more you pound your muscles and joints. Try to avoid using longer downhill strides until you're accustomed to the extra strain.

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Jake's tail wagged like a flag in a hurricane, anticipating his walk.

Last year was busy for Steve, and finding the time for them to get out had been difficult. Jake was the sumo wrestler of Goldens by Christmas.

Both looked good now though, and Steve mentioned he'd dropped two belt sizes. Jake had lost an incredible 17 pounds this spring. I asked how far they walked each day, and Steve said eight kilometres. He then added that after their walk together, he does another five kilometres without Jake.

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