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Dan DeVries loves fruit farming, and it shows in the excitement and knowledge he conveys when discussing the transition his family is making in how they grow apples. “Gone are the days when trees were 20 feet apart and you could turn a semi around in the orchard,” he says, gesturing to an area of 30- yearold apple trees in his Sumbler Road orchard. These old trees are 17 feet apart, planted in rows 12 feet wide. His latest plantings are in rows three feet apart. “Up to 40% of the apples on the older trees are poorer quality. Less sunlight, suckers are harder to prune amongst the gnarly old branches, less productive, more costly to pick ..., “ says DeVries as he handles the tree. “ It’s competitive in the fruit industry. You have to be more efficient, manage your labour and costs. The new planting method is known as a High Density Orchard System, and DeVries’ family business is embracing the changes to be profitable and survive. “We’re 25% in the old standard, 50% in intermediate, and 25% in the newest form of high density planting,” he says, referring to the 40 acres dedicated to apples. Plans are to continuously remove older trees and put more space into high density in the future. “Our medium density trees yield about the same per-acre as our new plantings, but the labour costs of managing and picking are less for the new ones,” says DeVries, referring again to the need to be ultra-efficient. The new planting style was developed by Cornell University. British
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would do that —grab my artificial leg and then rip it off. And then one cop ordered me to hop with my hands tied behind my back. It was so outrageous and ridiculous that sometimes it feels like I was tortured. I mean, what were they trying to do to me? It was like they were trying to break me.” When Pruyn told the officers that he couldn’t hop because it was too painful, he says that he heard another officer say “You asked for it,” before he says they assaulted him again. Being dragged across concrete by two different officers, he says he screamed for help as he was hit and kicked. With so many police watching, Pruyn says he couldn’t understand why none intervened. “What they did to me was intentional,” Pruyn says. “It was obvious that I was disabled and obvious what they were doing by yanking off my leg and stealing my disability aid. Those were deliberate things to hurt me mentally and to cause stress, lifelong stress.” According to Pruyn, it
N MY FIRST TRIP to Australia I witnessed two remarkable events. The first involved the entire country. The second involved a man in an elevator. The first remarkable event was a nationwide vote on whether to get divorced from Britain. Similar to the Canadian system, Australia was a constitutional monarchy, with a Governor General representing the monarch. Anti-royalist sentiments bubbled up now and again, yet the monarchy remained popular, particularly in the form of Queen Elizabeth II and a certain Princess of Wales. Even so, by the early 1990s a fresh push for a break from Britain arose, becoming a political Aussie-rules football usually tossed by the left. A Constitutional Convention was held in 1998, and after much unpleasant dickering a proposal was finally hammered out—the sort of half-baked compromise that pleases no one and is guaranteed to fail. Despite this, on the eve of the election opinion polls suggested that Australia was about to become a republic—byebye Westminster system, hello...weirdly-hybrid-appointed-president system. It was put to a nationwide vote in mid-November 1999. The polls were wrong. Monarchists won the day decisively, defeating the republicans by about 2-to-1. My wife and I sat in a hotel bar watching the election returns on television. We’d
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Ridgeville man’s G20 scars linger BY NATE SMELLE
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There seem to be new allegations of police brutality in the U.S. every day lately. While tensions flare south of the border when another shooting occurs, most Canadians assume that they won’t be subject to violence at the hands of those whose duty it is to serve and protect them. This may be the case for most Canadians, but not for all. For some six-and-a-half years Ridgeville resident John Pruyn has been waiting for an apology. He says that he was assaulted by police at the June 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto. What started out as a fun day of walking the streets of Toronto with his wife Susan and daughter Sarah, quickly turned into a nightmare that Pruyn says continues to haunts him. Pruyn was sitting, talking with his daughter in what was designated the “Free Speech Area” at Queen’s Park, when he says police moved in. Trying to get up after being told to move by one of the officers, Pruyn says that he was pushed to
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and assaulted before being detained. “I couldn’t believe it,” said Pruyn. “I was stunned that they
The Voice of Pelham, September 28, 2016
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER by Dave Burket
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HE NEW YEAR unofficially arrived last weekend with the first cool weather of autumn. The school calendar, of course, is the real benchmark of time’s passing. With Labour Day and the start of a new school year, we subconsciously turn the page. Summer’s over. Winter awaits. Time to prepare. The first geese head south, flying low. With luck we’ll have a few weeks of colourful leaves and crisp mornings before we need to worry about the white stuff. Predictions are mixed. The Old Farmer’s Almanac says that we’re returning to real winter, with colder-than-normal temperatures and greater-than-normal snowfall. “The coldest periods will be in early to mid-January, late January, and late February, with the snowiest periods in mid- and late December, early January, and mid-February.” Environment Canada, on the other hand, being the fact-based, research-driven drudge that it is, says we’re more likely to see a winter much like last year’s. That said, trying to decipher their “ensemble prediction system whose objective is to forecast the evolution of meteorological trend[s]” nearly requires a degree in statistics. I’m playing it safe and tuning-up the snowblower. Speaking of new beginnings...I enjoyed two interesting chats last week with recent arrivals in town,
Fonthill resident Eugene traveled all the way to Vancouver Island, B.C., with his owners on a family vacation. Here he is pictured at Cathedral Grove, a beautiful protected forest near Coombs.
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both widows, both moving to Pelham in the last year or so. In their 70s, these ladies moved to Pelham not because family lived here, but because on paper it seemed like a good spot to retire. Louise (not her real name), came from Owen Sound, while Elaine (likewise) hails from outside Walkerton. Elaine lived on a farm almost her whole life, and says that her husband credited their “terrible” well water for effectively inoculating them against the Walkerton E. coli tragedy of 2000. Louise says she was looking to escape Owen Sound’s harsh winters, and enjoyed last year’s near absence of snow. It’s no surprise that Pelham has become a magnet for retiring Boomers. Word among realtors is that Niagara has surpassed Victoria, B.C. as Canada’s most popular retirement destination. Louise and Elaine both say that they rely on the Voice to inform them about what’s happening in town, and my guess is that they are in good company. How many GTA immigrants arrive each week, do you suppose? And retirees from farther afield, each looking to learn about their new home. Welcome all! Have you recently moved to Pelham? Tell us why, and where you came from: publisher@thevoiceofpelham.ca
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Medical marijuana grow site investigation
Pelham property owners are reminded that municipal tax and water installments are due by 4:30 PM, this Friday, September 30.
Monkey business for Pelham kids
The Town of Pelham has partnered with Monkeynastix to offer a fitness program to children ages 1 to 8. “Following the success of our Monkeynastix sessions this summer during our Free Play in the Park program, we saw increasing interest and demand for this type of activity in our community,” said Recreation, Culture & Wellness Director, Vickie vanRavenswaay. “We are excited to offer sessions Wednesday evenings for 2 to 8 year olds at Old Pelham Town Hall.” “Monkeynastix focuses on developing children’s fundamental movement skills,” said coordinator Ashley Bruzzese. “It works on the long-term, physical, cognitive, and social development of children, and they always leave feeling happy, confident and energized.” A run of 12 weeks costs $125. For more information visit pelham.ca/kids-activities
“Comfort House” now Heritage Site
At its last meeting, Pelham Town Council approved designating 1732 Cream Street (also known as The Comfort House) for its cultural heritage value.
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“In making our decision,” said Mayor David Augustyn, “we reviewed the building’s heritage and took into consideration the owner’s desire to help preserve this important piece of our community’s history.” According to the Town, the property has been maintained in good condition, and is a suitable example of a Georgian-style farm dwelling that is simple in its design and layout with many original features remaining.
Brock and Pen Centre indecent acts similar
The Niagara Regional Police Service along with Brock University Campus Security Services are jointly investigating two separate incidents involving indecent acts which occurred last Wednesday evening at 9:30 PM and again at 11:00 PM on the Brock University Campus in St. Catharines. Both incidents involved a lone male subject standing between parked vehicles in Parking Lot U V and then again in Parking Lot S, where he exposed himself to passing female students. The suspect is described as a dark-skinned male, approximately 6 ft, wearing jeans and a dark-striped T-shirt or polo shirt. Police are investigating a similar incident that occurred in the parking lot of the Pen Centre Mall on September 14th, where a male person was observed exposing himself while he was seated in a white coloured SUV-type vehicle at about 5:30 PM. Police and campus security advise anyone seeing such behavior to call 911. Brock security will be increasing patrols to these parking lots and asking staff and students to always be aware of their surroundings, walk with a friend, or contact campus security at for an escort to vehicles.
In the early hours of September 19, members of the Nigarara Regional Police Service responded to 462 Pinecrest Road, Port Colborne for a robbery in progress.This location is a known medical marijuana growing site. Investigation revealed that this location has three licences to produce medical marijuana. Further investigation revealed that some of the marijuana growing at this location was being unlawfully produced. Last Tuesday, members of the Guns, Gangs, and Grows Unit with the assistance of the St. Catharines Street Crime Unit executed a search warrant and discovered 3,400 plants, exceeding the permitted number by nearly 3,000 plants. Charged with Robbery with a Firearm, Forcible Confinement, Pointing a Firearm, Disguise with Intent and Uttering Threats are: Veneranda Kyere, 24; Federico Martinez, 23; Alexander Duarte, 24; Cian Coley, 20; and Hana Habib, 24. Coley and Habib have also been charged with Obstruct Peace Officer and Fail To Comply With Recognizance. Detectives believe there are five suspects still outstanding from this incident. The Niagara Regional Police Service urges all residents in that area to remain vigilant and report any suspicious persons or insecure premises to police immediately by calling 911.
Arrest on child porn charges
In August, The Niagara Regional Police Service Internet Child Exploitation Unit initiated an investigation into the exploitation of children on the internet after information was received from the Hamilton Police Service. In early September a search warrant was executed in St. Catharines. An adult male from the City of St. Catharines was arrested and charged with the following offences: Making Agreement or Arrangement
NRP impaired driving charges 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. Kevin P. RIDGEWAY 51, St. Catharines Kevin R. HENDRIKS, 26, Beamsville Laura L. OBERLEIN 44, Niagara Falls Leah SCHOEMAN 22, Brantford Nicole R. STEENBURG 42, Niagara Falls Lawrence P. FUMANI 73, Hamburg NY Dennis D. JARDINE 61, Thorold Linda R. CIBULIS 62, Niagara Falls 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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Council okays Community Centre site plan BY VOICE STAFF At its last meeting, Town CAO Darren Ottaway reported to Pelham Town Council on East Fonthill and Pelham Community Centre development progress. Ottaway first provided an update on the project’s finances, informing Council that in October or November the Town would need to invest funds from its Infrastructure Ontario loan. In the meantime he said that staff are putting together a request for proposals (RFP) for investments, and working with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario to develop an overall investment strategy. According to Ottaway, staff are also in the process of registering the River Realty development with associated cost-sharing responsibilities. He said that an inventory of the Town’s surplus lands had been completed and administrative staff are preparing an RFP to find a realtor so that several of the properties may be sold. The CAO also told Council that the newly created intersection of Wellspring Way and Hwy 20 is expected to be active this November. In an effort to enhance the aesthetic appeal of the design, the Town has decided to bury the overhead hydro wires. To prevent the need for re-excavation of the site, a conduit is being installed
before any finishing concrete work takes place. Highlighting that most of the underground infrastructure had been installed throughout 2015 and 2016, Ottaway explained that the water main installed last year had been connected to the Town water system. To ensure that the water did not become stagnant, he said that public works staff had been flushing the system regularly. A storm-water drainage channel running from the west end of the development to the River Estates area had also been completed. Ottaway also announced that he, Councillor Gary Accursi, Bill Gibson and Gordon Morasco had recently been elected to the Pelham Community Center oversight committee. “We had a very good inaugural meeting,” said Accursi. “The two citizens who are sitting on it are very strong and bring a variety of expertise.” Council approved the official site plan for the PCC, allowing for construction to go ahead. The facility is to be built as part of the Village of East Fonthill subdivision at the corner of Wellspring Way and Shaw Avenue. Mayor Augustyn said, “Council is excited to approve this site plan because it will assist in creating a more complete community in Fonthill.”
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Injury forces Pelham woman out of contention Catherine Dickinson was cruising to raquetball championship when disaster struck BY VOICE STAFF Fonthill’s Catherine Dickinson suffered a heartbreaking finish at the World Senior Racquetball Championships earlier this month when she was forced to withdraw due to injury after easily defeating her first three opponents. “I was on my way to the gold medal, and nobody could touch me,” Said Dickinson. “With two more matches to go I ripped a tendon in my foot. At that point I was in first place.” “It was heartbreaking, really,” she added. Her coach and husband, LaVerne Dickinson, was with her when the injury struck. “No one could handle her
serve, and she was on her way to number one,” he said. “It’s like running out of gas just before the finish line.” Catherine had previously gone into semi-retirement due to nagging knee injuries. While doctors had advised her to stop playing, Catherine had a difficult time staying away from the game she loved, and which she used as a form of therapy. “I’ve had a few personal tragedies the last couple of years and sometimes you need to channel your grief,” said Catherine, who recently lost both her parents. “I just feel happier, like we all do when there’s something to look forward to.” Instead of quitting en-
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tirely, Catherine adapted her game to rely more on her serve and shot placement, and to limit her need to run. While the strategy seemed to be working, LaVerne thinks that their very short training camp leading up to the tournament did not allow Catherine enough time to build the strength
she needed to compensate for her bad knees. “With the proper time to train, I think everything would have been different,” he said. While the injury was a major setback, Catherine says she will not let it keep her from competing in the future. She plans to heal and rest, and take another shot at the title next year, taking more time to prepare. “I’m going to keep playing, I’m going to get back at it,” she said. It is this indomitable will that helps make her such a great player, according to her husband. “Her determination, and her serve, make her very hard to beat.” The World Senior Racquetball Championships are held annually in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The event draws competitors from across the globe.
Pelham student’s stand for Standing Rock BY NATE SMELLE
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With oil companies proposing pipelines in all directions throughout Canada and the U.S., for many ecologically and socially concerned citizens it can be difficult to know where to take a stand. But Pelham’s 15-year-old Jade Zanut-
to knew exactly where she needed to be. Last Sunday, Jade, her 6-year-old sister Violet, and their mother, Janet, headed west for North Dakota with a few of their Haudenosaunee friends from Six Nations to stand in solidarity at the Sacred Stone Camp on the Standing Rock Reservation. With help from their
teachers and fellow students at Glynn A. Green Elementary School, Jade and Violet have been collecting donations to support their cause. Jade said it was her own observations of the human impact on the natural world that led her to become an environmentalist. “Seeing the land change around the Reserve where
my dad lives in northern B.C. over the years, and how the landscape around our cottage in Buckhorn has changed, made me want to get involved.” If built, the Dakota Access Pipeline will stretch for 1,886 kilometres through traditional Sioux territory, See STUDENT Page 8
Catching air on a fine autumn day, skateboarders enjoy park BY VOICE STAFF The Voice recently visited Marlene Stewart Streit Park to check out allegations made by a local resident of vandalism, littering, and drug use. While it was true that a picnic table had been well carved with grafitti, the park otherwise looked in good shape on an early autumn day. Three BMX riders were catching air above the concrete ramps of the Isaac Riehl skateboard facility. An
COLUMN SIX continued from Page 1 been touring the country for the better part of a month, starting on the west coast in Perth, where she had gone to university. We were now in Sydney, resting in the lap of luxury. It was here, in an elevator, where the second remarkable event happened. Our hotel was the Park Hyatt Sydney, arguably the finest hotel in the country, wonderfully situated on the waterfront, walking distance from both the iconic opera house and Sydney Harbour Bridge. It’s the sort of hotel that most of us experience only vicariously through Hollywood movies. Even back then, rooms went for a few hundred bucks a night, and we were in an upper-floor suite. We had airline miles to thank for it—rather, the
avid BMX rider and skateboarder, Sean McNulty, 21, has enjoyed the skatepark since it was completed in 2014. He spends as much time there as possible and says he appreciates how the installation has improved the community for local youth. “I come here three or four days a week, so we can see how well maintained this park is,” says McNulty. “I pick up garbage and pretty much all of the other riders I know do the same.
The Town is here often cleaning up the park too. I think the park looks really good.” Before the skatepark was built, McNulty says he and his friends would build dirt jumps on vacant land. Often they would be told to leave, and had nowhere else to go. After being kicked out of pretty much everywhere, McNulty says it’s nice to have a protected area where they aren’t harassed. “We just wanted somewhere to ride or bikes and
airlines had us to thank, for flying on business so often that we’d earned enough to take this trip, and to nestle in these luxurious laps along the way. We were going out for a late afternoon stroll with a friend. My wife and he chatted while we waited for the elevator, and they continued chatting as the doors closed and we dropped down a couple of floors. We came to a stop. The doors opened. It was the spa floor. On the wall opposite were signs pointing to saunas and massage rooms. A man of about 40 stood before us, wearing only a thick, white, terrycloth robe, and bright white hotel slippers. He looked at me, glanced at my wife and our friend, and, clearly regretting his choice, joined us anyway. He had hairy, pale legs. The doors closed. He
pressed the button for a floor about halfway down. The man kept his back to us and stood inches from the doors, while we three stood along the back wall. My wife and our friend were still chatting away, so it was no surprise that the two of them hadn’t registered the tousled hair and puppy-dog face. They hadn’t been pierced by those cornflower-blue eyes which melted hearts around the world. Clearly it was left to me to inform them. But I had to be subtle. Less discreetly than I would have liked, I elbowed my wife and jerked my head in the man’s direction. “What,” she said. “Hoognt,” I mouthed silently. “What?” she said. I nodded my head some more. Hoognt. She was about to mutter another what when all
There are video cameras on almost every pole here, so I think ... the police would know
three of us glanced over at the man. I had forgotten about the elevator doors.
The doors closed. He pressed a button for a floor about halfway down. The doors were mirrored—not just shiny metal, but covered with actual, gold-tinted mirror glass. We could all see each other perfectly. Inside his comfy terrycloth bathrobe, the man watched us with increasing alarm. The man was Hugh Grant. We continued descending.
have fun,” McNulty says. “If the park wasn’t here who knows what we would be doing right now. If we had a day off like today we could have ended up drinking on the beach or doing something stupid. Instead we are here riding our bikes and enjoying the day and nice weather.” Had they spotted any drug use in the park? McNulty’s friend and fellow BMX rider Brandon Christopher says he hasn’t. “There are video cameras
on almost every pole here, so I think if there was a serious problem with vandalism or people using drugs in the park the Town and the police would know and do something about it.” Mayor Dave Augustyn says that as far as he knows there had not been any complaints submitted to the Town. He says the park has been a big success for local youth, and that the public may reports any concerns to the Town for investigation.
We reached his floor. The doors opened. Hugh Grant didn’t move. He didn’t push the CLOSE button and neither did we. We all waited for the doors to shut themselves, which took about a hundred years. In a flash I understood his reasoning. Grant’s notorious Los Angeles arrest for soliciting a prostitute was still relatively recent. The film Notting Hill had been released just a few months before and had become an even bigger hit than Four Weddings and a Funeral. Grant was then in his prime as tabloid fodder. For all he knew, we were paparazzi, ready to trail him right to his room, snapping photos of those pale, hairy legs all the way. So he stayed put. Hugh stayed put all the way down to the lobby. Even in the moment this struck me as a whole lot riskier than just jumping off on a
random floor and making a break for it. When the doors opened he scuttled into the elevator’s front left corner and was already jabbing the CLOSE button as we walked out. A day later a big spread appeared in one of the national papers—Hugh Grant interviewed at the Park Hyatt Sydney. He and his partner of a decade-plus, Elizabeth Hurley, were doing their own Down Under tour, partly to promote his latest film, Mickey Blue Eyes, a mob-themed comedy. In short order both the film and and the relationship tanked. Within six months, Grant and Hurley had split for good. Mickey Blue Eyes was panned, and 17 years later enjoys but a dismal 45% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Those blue eyes, though. My heart still skips a beat.
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OPINION COMMENTARY / OP-ED This is Hockey Night? BY DYLAN MCCONNELL
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F YOU, LIKE ME, have decided the World Cup of Hockey is a worthwhile television experience, then it’s likely you’ve also seen the new slate of commercials airing on Sportsnet. And you may think that the ads, paid for by the usual suspects—a bank, a coffee shop, the maker of a sugary drink, a credit card company—are all trying to sell you something different. But in fact, they’re all selling the same thing—the Canadian identity. The ad that really caught my attention is the commercial from Hockey Night in Canada itself, which features reinstated Night host Ron MacLean proudly proclaiming, “This is hockey night!” Over the course of the minute-long promo, heavily edited clips showing Canadian NHL teams evoke a sense of nostalgia through a Hollywood lens of haze and slow motion, representations of memories or an idealized past. The night in question is Saturday night, of course. It’s the night that Night has aired on radio or TV since
You’d be hardpressed to find a middle-class family in the lower bowl of the Air Canada Centre 1931, when the program was first known as the General Motors Hockey Broadcast. It’s the night when families gather ‘round to watch their Leafs or Canadiens and listen to the familiar voices of Foster Hewitt, Howie Meeker or Don Cherry talk about “Gordie,” “Bobby,” “the boys from Boston” or “Sid the Kid.” It’s when young hockey players are taught to work hard, fight in the corners, keep their sticks on the ice and play as a team. Over the years, Night has been able to convince Canadians that hockey is a large part of what makes Canada the country it is, and Ca-
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to himself. Whether running for the Christian Heritage Party, representing the Family Coalition Party, nearly winning with the Conservative Party in the Welland riding (a mere 300vote difference), to attending municipal government meetings, he has stood firm in his beliefs and ideals. This is a man who wants to be a voice for the local business owners. He has strong conservative values, is a volunteer in the community, is a big family man, and a patriot for his coun-
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Fight with DSBN not over We were inspired by the Town of Pelham’s priority to commemorate people who have made a difference and the ultimate sacrifice for our country and community, as witnessed by the
recent trench and mortar dedication at Old Town Hall. We thank Council and staff for acknowledging that as a priority in our commuSee FIGHT Page 5
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Midget Panthers earn shutout
Council debates change to commercial signage bylaw Amendment would effectively allow larger store signs
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Construction is wrapping up at the new bridge installation near the corner of Sawmill Road and Centre Street in North Pelham. The bridge replaced two old culverts that had been installed decades prior. The bridge was tendered to Rankin Construction at a cost of $961,016, and is scheduled to be complete sometime in October. VOICE PHOTO
Bikers: Show some courtesy This letter is to the attention of cyclists regarding courtesy on the canal pathways and other areas where they ride. They don’t seem to realize that people walking or running do not hear them approaching until they are right on top of us. It is the law to have a bell (and use it, please!), or at least announce your presence by
saying “Bike on your left” or right, whichever it may be. We are really tired of looking over our shoulder on what should be a pleasant outing in the area. We have had numerous frights, by cyclists whizzing by us, totally oblivious to the scare they’ve given us. We have no problem moving out of
the way and standing our dog to the side for you to pass by. Everyone should be able to enjoy these scenic routes peacefully, please remember this next time you are out there trying to enjoy it. R. Obelnycki Fonthill
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honouring them. It is dishonourable to take away the inspirational name of E.W. Farr Memorial School while the school is still in use for its intended purpose to teach and inspire students. Our fight witht he DSBN is not over! Help us create a movement for changing the DSBN decision. Please contact us at nameourschool@outlook. com
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continued from Page 4 nity. Why then is the District School Board of Niagara not following suit? In fact, the DSBN is against the wishes of the community as well as against the Pelham Town Council. Our community values people who make a difference and we do so by
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Hockey fans filled the bleachers at the Pelham Arena Saturday night for the Midget Panthers first home game, and were treated to an exciting 2-0 shutout win against the visiting St Catharines Falcons. Pelham started strong and kept an aggressive onslaught throughout the first two periods. Despite dominating the play and outshooting the Falcons, Pelham were unable to finish on any one of their relentless offensive plays and find the back of the net. The third period, however, saw a change of fortune. Two goals scored in the first half of the period put the Panthers up 2-0. The game, which had already seen some big hits, quickly became even more physical and a hitting from behind while Pelham worked the boards caught the attention and disapproval of linemates. A gathering in the corner ensued, and after it was shut down the benches were thinned with a few complimentary penalties and ejections. Unfazed, Pelham continued with their strong offensive play to keep St Catharines off the board and finish with the See PANTHERS Page 6
BY VOICE STAFF At the Sept. 19 Council meeting, bylaw enforcement officer Craig Genesse recommended that the Town’s sign bylaw be amended to increase the maximum size limit of signs. The current bylaw allows the area for a single wall sign to be 107 sq/ ft, or 25 percent of the building face, or whichever is lesser. Currently any sign exceeding this size requires a variance. Genesse would like to see the limit rise to 25 percent of any building face, no matter how large. “As you could imagine with the development we are getting, more and more applications coming through and this is strictly to streamline the process for signs in the town,” he said. Genesse told Council that the proposed amendment would only affect wall signs, not billboards or other signage. Giving an example of why he feels the bylaw isn’t working, Genesse explained how the letter “F” alone on the proposed sign for the new Food Basics would exceed the current limit. Councillor Richard Rybiak was the first to air his concerns with changing
the limit, pointing out that 25 percent of a large wall could allow for a much bigger sign than is necessary to convey the information a business needs to express. “I think that we all accept that the current maximum size is impractical and leads to some other issues,” said Rybiak. “There is a point at which we want to exercise some control to ensure that the character of the town is preserved or protected from some opportunities that might not work.” Considering the large quantity of applications the Town receives, Mayor Dave Augustyn said he understood staff’s desire to speed up the process. Concerned about unintended consequences, he said he would nonetheless have to vote against the amendment. Recognizing that this might mean a delay for some of the applicants, Augustyn stated he would rather look at this issue on a case-by-case basis. In the end, Council refrained from calling a vote on the amendment, but approved a motion put forth by Councillor Rybiak directing staff to conduct a more comprehensive analysis of the implications of increasing the size limit.
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RBC gift to high school The RBC Foundation is helping to make the DSBN Academy’s inaugural class’ final year of high school extra special. The Foundation is donating $20,000 to the Academy’s Grade 12 students to assist with the cost of attending a post-secondary institution. The DSBN Academy opened its doors in September, 2011, with modest beginnings. The school initially began with a Grade 6 and Grade 7 class. All had made the decision to pursue a college or university education. Next June, 45 students will be eligible to walk across the stage and become the first Argonauts to graduate from the Academy. “I can’t say enough about the students who make up the Class of 2017,” said Lisa Nazar, the Academy’s Secondary Principal. “They have been entirely committed to their goal since day one and will soon be ready to take the next step towards becoming the first in their families to complete a postsecondary education. We are all very proud of them.” Nazar adds that, “This generous gift from RBC Foundation will support a much smoother transition to the next stage of their learning by removing many of the financial barriers that students encounter.”
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G20 continued from Page 1 wasn’t just the violence perpetrated against him and his daughter towards which the police turned a blind eye. “The police allowed the initial breaking of windows and the police cars to be burnt,” he says. “Then they could justify coming in to stop any appearance of a protest against [former prime minister] Harper’s policies. It also made us look bad. They shut us all down. All of the subsequent political activity and the things we wanted to say were stopped. They painted all of us as violent protesters.” Pruyn does not believe that his treatment that day was the result of just a few heavy-handed thugs, but rather the result of institutionalized violence and corruption. “They are still trying to cling to the theory that it was just a few bad cops that did this,” he says. “No, it wasn’t. It was the organized beating of protesters. It was coordinated what the police did. The police attacked all over Toronto. It wasn’t random, the terror the police unleashed, it was deliberate.” Pruyn says he was hauled away from the scene to the East Detention Centre without his glasses or his prosthetic, and he felt helpless and humiliated. Without an explanation as to why he was being held, he spent the night locked in a cage
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worrying about what had happened to his wife and daughter. “It was more like a kidnapping, because I was never formally arrested and never charged with anything,” says Pruyn. “But yet I was held for about 28 hours without any charges and then I was just let go.” Pruyn says he that he has submitted three formal requests for the police report of what he terms his “unlawful arrest,” without response. Pruyn says he began that day as as an employee of the federal government and a supporter of the police, but ended it with a fundamental shift in the way he lived his life. Left depressed, angry and disillusioned with his Canadian identity, Pruyn says he was unable to go back to work, and took early retirement. Although his physical injuries have healed, he says he still suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. “For me it has been horrible. I dream about it all of the time and I think about what happened and why nobody has the decency to admit what happened to me was wrong and apologize for it. It really bothers me that deep down the police were like that.” It was like having salt rubbed in his wounds, he says, when former Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair declared in The Globe and Mail on June 28, 2010, that “[There has been] incredible misrepresentation of what that was. It was a rallying
point for legitimate protests.… There’s no sanctuary from criminality. And what happened is after they rampaged along Queen and up Yonge Street, we watched
It was more like a kidnapping. because I was never formally arrested them. We watched them as they went over to Queen’s Park. We watched them as they changed into other clothes, and we watched them as they hid in the crowd among the people that had gathered at Queen’s Park. We went in to apprehend them.” Pruyn says that Blair’s statement about the nature of how police handled the peaceful G20 protesters who were sitting down with him at Queen’s Park is inaccurate. He is calling on Blair to retract his words and offer an apology. “He knows that I was beaten, robbed, bullied and
abused because he was directly involved in my human rights case,” says Pruyn. “By not apologizing, he has continued the process of abuse and bullying. It is important for victims of extreme violence to receive an acknowledgement that they did nothing wrong and did not deserve the punishment. My daughter was injured by the police because she was trying to help her disabled father.” Pruyn says he isn’t seeking monetary compensation for his experience, just an apology. Blair is now a Member of Parliament and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice. Pruyn is calling on him to step up and take responsibility for what he says are the “crimes” committed by police at the G20. “There has been no apology to the thousands of victims of police violence that weekend,” Pruyn said. “Blair is now in a position where he is supposed to help victims of violence. He has refused to help the victims of police violence and he is unfit to work in the Justice department.”
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Janet Zanutto and her daughters Jade, left, and Violet display the flag they will be presenting to the elders of the Standing Rock Sioux First Nation when they arrive in North Dakota to potest the Dakota Access Pipeline. VOICE PHOTO
IN THE NEWS continued from Page 2 to commit Sexual Interference and Possession of Child Pornography. The identity of the male arrested and charged will not be released to ensure the integrity of the investigation that is still ongoing at this time. As a result of the search warrant an additional suspect was identified. On September 16, in Hamilton, Geoffrey Burnet, 48, of Kitchener, was arrested. The NRPS have charged Burnet with the following offences: Make Child Pornography and Transmit Child Por-
nography. On September 20, Hamilton Police charged Burnet with the additional offenses of Sexual Assault, Sexual Interference and Invitation to Sexual Touching. Burnet has been identified as a school teacher who previously worked in the regions of Hamilton, Guelph, and Toronto. The Hamilton Police Service Victims of Crime Unit continues to investigate and believes that there may be more victims who have had contact with Burnet. Anyone with further information is encouraged to call Det. Michelle Wiley of the Hamilton Police Child Abuse Unit at 905-5463856.
Residence robbed in Niagara Falls
Lat Thursday, police responded to a residential robbery in the area of Drummond and McLeod roads in Niagara Falls. The suspects entered the residence, armed with a firearm, and removed several items prior to departing the area on foot. The residence was occupied at the time but no injuries were sustanied as a result of the incident. The suspects are described as follows: Suspect #1- a Mexican or Spanish male, mid-20s, 6’1”, muscular build, short dark hair with several tattoos on his arms and chest. Suspect #2- a black male, 20-30, 6’0”, afro style hair
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Student protests pipeline continued from Page 3 crossing 209 waterways including the Missouri River—threatening, say indigenous protestors, their primary water source and way of life. As the first member of the Nisga’a Nation to arrive at camp, Jade will represent her Nation when she presents their flag to the elders at Standing Rock. Jade is honoured by the responsibility she has taken on. “I hope we can help in some way just by being there and by adding another flag to the group,” she said.
and clean shaven. The residence appears to have been targeted and is currently being investigated by members of the Niagara Falls Criminal Investigation Branch.
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Arrest in thefts
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Welland man charged with sexual assault
On Saturday at 2:40 p.m., police were called to the Fairview Mall for a report of a male shooting an airsoft -type rifle within the mall. Uniform officers immediately attended the mall and discovered that the male had fled on foot prior to their arrival. In speaking with witnesses, officers were advised that the male had been firing the weapon in the hallway near the East entrance, by the Dollarama store. The weapon used by the male was described as a black airsoft-type rifle. The male was not pointing the weapon at mall patrons; however, the weapon was discharged at least two times within the mall. The male suspect is described as a white male, approximately 17 to 19 years of
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age, medium build, wearing a red baseball cap, black shirt and pants, and a bright blue backpack and thick rimmed glasses. The male was last seen walking through the mall parking lot by Food Basics. Anyone with information on the identity or whereabouts of the male is asked to contact Detectives with the One District Detective Office at 905-688-4111 Extension 4233.
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APPLES continued from Page 1 Columbia’s Okanagon Valley producers got in early. “They had to,” explains DeVries. “Agricultural land got expensive in B.C. a long time ago. Now here, it’s increased by 30% to 40% in the past few years. We have to produce the same amount of fruit from much less land.” The investment required to upgrade and stay in the game is significant. Dan’s father, Leo, a carpenter by trade, began farming 25 years ago on a part-time basis. “It’s now full-on for the whole family,” says Dan, conveying that everyone contributes: Dad Leo, brother Mark, sister Andrea during summer break from university, and his mom. “Margaret’s the glue,” he states matter-of-factly. High density means 1,100 to 1,200 trees per-acre at $13.00 each, approximately $15,000. Then you have to plant them, install the posts and trellises like a giant vineyard, and lay in a trickle irrigation system. “Without enough water, forget it. There’s so much root competition when the trees are so close, without irrigation it won’t work.” He adds another $15,000 for the planting, so we’re at $30,000 per- acre, before the wind machine. Each wind turbine protects 10 to 15 acres from frost, depending on the nature of the inversion at any particular time. The apple orchard has four for 40 acres, and cost isn’t mentioned. “Then we wait three years for our first financially viable crop,” he reminds me. He has to get the variety right too. I ask him if apple farming is a fashion business, and he laughs. “It’s changed a lot in 10 years. They try to keep it sexy. A Red Delicious is boring. Now it’s Honeycrisp and Ambrosia, two new varieties.” Dan says that his farm is working with the Ontario Apple Growers, their professional association, to
“We’ve been blessed. You could do a story a week for a year in the Voice talking about all the people who have helped us.” He mentions Frank and Mary Bower, who sold them the orchard in 2003, and Stuart and Sydney Beamer, on whose land they farm cherries and peaches. DeVries retail around 50% of their apples, a high percentage, which wouldn’t have been possible without the market business the Bowers and Beamers developed and passed on to the DeVries. Networking, attending conferences, staying tunedin and working with Ontario Apple Growers—it’s all necessary to succeed. “You never stop learning,” says DeVries. “With these new varieties we can sell hard, tasty, top-quality apples until July 1st.”
A Red Delicious is boring. Now it’s Honeycrisp and Ambrosia ish, both from Summerland Varieties Corporation in B.C. No samples are offered, and I’m not shown the tree locations. DeVries, who is 33, has a diploma in Agri-business from University of Guelph’s Ridgetown College, but he doesn’t credit this for the farm’s success.
The way you talk to yourself as you exercise in the heat will make or break your workout, says new Brock University research. While high temperatures do have an impact on brain, muscle and heart functions, what you tell yourself about the heat will determine how long you exercise, how hard you work and how clearly you are able to think, says Stephen Cheung, professor in the Department of Kinesiology. “This shows that our thoughts really can drive our performance,” says Cheung, a Fonthill resident who is Canada Research Chair in Environmental Ergonomics. “It continues the trend in research of being aware that it’s not just a physiological kind of mechanism for why we fatigue, but that there is a strong psychological component to it.” Cheng and his graduate student Phillip Wallace instructed 18 cyclists and triathletes to perform a series of physical and mental tests that included bicycling in 35-degree Celsius heat and solving tasks that would measure their mental abilities.
Stephen Cheung, right, in his lab at Brock. Next, Wallace and Cheung randomly split the group. Half of the participants attended a two-week motivational self-talk training session where they chose motivational self-talk statements such as “Keep pushing, you’re doing well,” or “I am focused.” The other half of the participant group did not undergo self-talk training. The two groups repeated the previous experiments. “The group with the motivational skills training — who were just as hot, just as uncomfortable as the control group — were willing to extend the time that they were in those last stages of tolerance,” says Cheung. “It’s not as if, by performing motivational selftalk, I don’t hurt as much,” Cheung explains. “It’s more like, I’m willing to push
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