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The Voice PUBLISHED INDEPENDENTLY IN PELHAM
NIAGARA’S BEST-READ WEEKLY SINCE 1997
Wednesday September 21, 2016
Vol.20 No.29
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“Annie” at Bissell’s for Pelham Cares
Column Six Baby wipes or bust
BY NATE SMELLE
The VOICE
At a time when the gap between the wealthiest one per cent and those living in poverty has grown larger than ever, the need to help the less fortunate has also never been greater. For over 30 years Pelham Cares has been providing this help. Coordinator of client services Lori Grande has been working with Pelham Cares for two years now. As one of two paid staff the organization, Grande attributes much of the organization’s effectiveness to its volunteers. “Working with all of our volunteers is very inspiring,” she says. “The time and dedication they give to our organization is truly amazing. It is See ANNIE Page 7
Desert bike touring inspires twists on routine hygiene BY JOHN SWART
VOICE Correspondent
SOMETHING LARGE, ROUND AND ORANGE THAT’S NOT TRUMP Crystal Coote of Wes Crowe Farms in Ridgeville works on one of her custom-painted pumpkins at the farm’s roadside stand on Canboro Road. For 31 years her family’s farm has been growing and selling locally grown fruit, vegetables, native plants, seasonal decorations and fruit trees. Coote says that the Haunted House area of their Halloween display will be complete and open to the public on September 24. VOICE PHOTO
A century of fellowship Association of Kinsmen and Kinettes turns 100 BY KEVIN TWOMEY
Special to the VOICE
Events that shape the course of history are often the offspring of pure chance. So it can be said for the Association of Kinsmen and Kinettes. In fact the idea that produced the Kin organization was born in the trenches of World War 1 France. The beginning of the conflict was a time of
almost uninterrupted German successes. It was the period of France’s greatest peril, and of Belgium’s supreme agony. At no other period of time in the world’s history had such a limited geographical area witnessed so much of the horrors of war as Flanders during that struggle. All the world would weep bitSee KINSMEN Page 3
Fonthill Kinsmen President Ryan McKay and Fonthill Kinette President Betty Twomey publicly welcome new members to Kin. SUPPLIED PHOTO
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Bicycle touring Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, one of the driest, hottest areas in the world was amazing. At one stretch, our small group rode eight days between water restocking points for our support truck, mandating the water in the truck’s tanks be used only for drinking and pre-meal hand washing. Water was rationed so tightly that none was allowed for cleaning ourselves or our clothing— baby wipes were the recommended alternative. Envision the following as your personal hygiene regimen on a typical day. You’ve just ridden and roasted 140 kms in the desert dirt and sun, on- and off-road, and arrived at your desert camp. Your helmet straps are white and inflexible from dried perspiration salt. Your sun glasses are stuck to your nose by sweat, dirt, and suntan lotion. You’ve shaken hands with all 37 teachers and students at the tiny village school you discovered. Your neck scarf has absorbed the sweat pouring down your neck and chin, then been stretched over your nose and See DESERT Page 3
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