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Fire department completes rural property identification project By Jaime Myslik
Canadian builders - The Everything Red and White program on July 26 at the Drayton Library allowed children to create something Canadian from red and white Lego. From left: Blake and Dylan Richardson teamed up to create a boat carrying a Canadian flag and two CN towers, while Brando Kramer designed a Remembrance Day poppy. Photo by Caroline Sealey
Local flood costs could hit $250,000 By Jaime Myslik DRAYTON – Mapleton Township is in the process of gathering necessary information and figures to apply for the Municipal Disaster Recovery Assistance program after the June 23 flood. Director of public works
Sam Mattina provided an update on July 25. “I want to let council know that the remedial work has significantly impacted our departmental work plan and our ability to deliver on that plan by virtually doubling our workload,” he said. “Although we’re making
every attempt to maintain our level of work continuity, the impact is affecting our ability to deliver our projects in general.” Councillor Marlene Ottens asked if Mattina had a total cost estimate for the flood. “We’re working with
the CAO and the director of finance, through the ... accounting system we are tracking some ... incremental costs,” he explained. “We’re putting all that together and actually just this morning we did a preliminary calculation that SEE FLOOD » 8
DRAYTON Mapleton Fire/Rescue recently completed the Rural Property Identification Project throughout the township. On July 25 Fire Chief Rick Richardson told council a co-op student from the Wellington Catholic District School Board worked on a project to identify all the emergency numbers, or green numbers, in Mapleton. Property owners who are missing emergency numbers will be notified and have a set amount of time to install the number, he said. If the time lapses the township will install the number at the owner’s expense. Though not a requirement, Richardson also said that when there’s more than one residence on the property there should be A and B numbers, or two completely different numbers. He added that because the department travelled all roads in the township for the Rural Property Identification Project, they also looked for possible “driveway drop locations” and identified the type of structure on the property. A “driveway drop” means water is relayed from the
road to the pumper on the scene of a fire. “When ... the laneway is ... away from the road we won’t be backing the fire trucks down the road and back ... because you can’t get any other vehicles in there at that time,” Richardson said. “It also eliminates the problem of tanker trucks getting stuck in the laneway in the winter time and then you’ve got no water so it takes care of a lot of the problems.” The project also identified which properties had old bank barns, new barns, older houses, newer houses, silos and grain bins. “It was strictly done from the road, the only ones we went down the laneway were the ones that we could not see the property at all from the road,” Richardson said. “So they were done strictly for our figures at the fire hall.” The department is scheduled to implement computer assisted dispatch (CAD) systems in the fall. All the data gathered through the Rural Property Identification Project will be uploaded and used in the CAD system. The data gathered will SEE PROPERTY » 3
Drayton bassoonist hosts second local concert with Valdy By Caroline Sealey DRAYTON - Drayton’s resident bassoonist Nadina Mackie Jackson invited guests to kick off their shoes and settle in for an evening of toe tapping, hand clapping, sing along music at her home studio. A capacity crowd was on hand at the July 26 event. Joining Mackie Jackson for the evening concert, titled Home Folk, was Canadian folk legend Valdy and world renowned Canadian pianist Karel Roessingh. The trio previously performed together in November 2016 at the Drayton studio. Mackie Jackson, known globally for her bassoon skills, is also a visual artist and a writer. She was introduced to the bassoon during her university years and by the age of 22, she obtained a position with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
In concert - ABOVE: Nadina Mackie Jackson performs at her home in Drayton with Canadian folk music legend Valdy, right, and renowned pianist Karel Roessingh on July 26. RIGHT: Local singer/songwriter Lucas Rogerson was joined by his daughter Caitlin and son Daniel for a set. Photos by Caroline Sealey In 2000, Mackie Jackson began her solo career and is currently Canada’s most widely-recorded solo bassoonist. She also teaches students at the university level. Valdy, a B.C. resident, singer, songwriter, guitarist and bassist, has been a part
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of the Canadian music scene for over four decades. Valdy continues to perform hundreds of concerts each year across Canada. Numerous musical awards along with the Order of Canada are some of his accomplishments.
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Songs like Play Me A Rock and Roll Song and Yes I Can continue to be fan favourites. Pianist Karel Roessingh is also an accomplished composer, arranger and producer, with musical scores for over 500 television episodes, award winning films, docu-
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mentaries and promotional videos to his credit. After graduating with a teaching degree, his plans to teach never materialized as his music career took off. A resident of Highlands, B.C.,
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Roessingh has a strong interest in his community, has served as mayor and is currently a municipal councillor. The trio’s music is a mix SEE CONCERT » 8
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