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Friday, May 21, 2010
Vol. 10 No. 2110230 Highway 26 East, Collingwood
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The Boys of Summer On Butterflies and Life
Braves return with two wins and a loss.
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Echo contributor launches book at Market.
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HELPING HANDS
For most people, the hospital emergency room is not the most pleasant place to visit. It’s easy to complain about long waits, especially when you’re not feeling well to begin with.But Collingwood resident Glen McTaggart (above) was tended to quickly and professionally, as were many other patients when the Echo visited the Collingwood General and Marine Hospital ER this week. For a rare behind-the-scenes look at our local emergency room, see pages 8 to 11.
BIKE RAFFLE FOR CANCER
Creemore resident Vicki Dunleavy (in the blue) has begun training in earnest for September’s Sears National Kids Cancer Ride, during which she and 42 other cyclists will spend 15 days riding 7,000 kilometres from Vancouver to Halifax. The Echo will have a feature story on Vicki’s plans in the near future, but in the meantime, starting this weekend she will be selling raffle tickets for two extremely nice bikes, donated to Vicki’s cause by Murray Lackie of MSPEC Group and Kamikaze Bikes in Collingwood. The bikes are on display at Cardboard Castles (where Laurie Copeland and Corey Finkelsten helped Vicki string them up on Wednesday) and tickets can be purchased at Cardboard Castles, the Creemore Echo, the Bank Cafe and Patrick Prime’s Royal LePage office.For more about Vicki’s ride, visit http://vickidunleavy.snkcr.com.
by Brad Holden
Clearview Township will go ahead with plans to build a joint Emergency Hub in Stayner in spite of lone objections by Councillor Thom Paterson that such
a move might be premature given that the growth needed to pay for it has not yet arrived.
Mayor Ken Ferguson, however, argued that the time has come for Clearview to offer a higher level of emergency service to its residents, and suggested that the Hub would help foster growth. He also expressed disappointment that Paterson prevented
the vote from being unanimous; the Hub issue has long been close to Ferguson’s heart and several times he’s made it clear he was hoping for Council’s full support when the time came to move forward with the project.
Part of the reason why the rest of Council was so clearly on Ferguson’s side was the fact that the lowest tender bid for the Township’s portion of the project came in at $3.6 million, more than $400,000 less than expected. In total, with contributions from Simcoe County for the ambulance portion of (See “Emergency” on page 3)
EMERGENCY HUB IS A GO
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• The CreeMore eCho • Friday, May 21, 2010Calendar
Community
Submit your community events info@creemore.com phone: (705) 466-9906 fax: (705) 466-9908Upcoming Events
Thursday, May 6 to Thursday, June 3
• Mad & Noisy Gallery Show for the month of May:
“Paper & Porcelain” Hannun Lyn’s porcelain pieces & Loralie Clemmensen’s reduction lino- cut prints. www.madandnoisy.com
Wednesday, May 19 to Tuesday May 25
• Teddy Bears Picnic Scrap Metal Drive. Drop off your scrap metal to Teddy Bears & all proceeds go to the Childcare Centre. Call (705) 424-7382 if you need a pick up. See ad on page 15 for details.
Friday, May 21
• Buck & Doe for Amber Thomas & Andrew Fisher at Duntroon Community Hall from 8 pm to 1 am.
Age of Majority. Call Sebrina at 428-6003 for tickets or $10 at the door.
Saturday, May 22
• Creemore’s Townwide Yard Sale! See The Classifieds page for addresses.
• Creemore Farmers’ Market Opening Day from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm at Station on the Green.
• The Log Cabin Committee is running the Coffee Booth at the Creemore Farmers’ Market! Stop by
& chat with us about the Log Cabin.
• Creemore Echo is at the Creemore Farmers’ Market!
Brad & Sara will be helping at the Coffee Booth as we start our Annual Subscription Drive.
• Teddy Bears Picnic Annual Yard Sale & Breakfast Sandwiches at Station on the Green from 8 am to noon. This is a fundraiser for the Centre.
• Meet local author Lisa Timpf at the Creemore Farmers’
Market from 9 am to noon. Lisa will be signing copies of her new book A Trail That Twines: Reflections on Life and Nature, $16. Her observations of nature, life and dogs inspire appreciation of our wonderful surroundings here in the Purple Hills. Lisa will also be at Curiosity House Books & Gallery from 2 to 4 pm.
• 7th Annual Car Wash and the 2nd Annual Yard Sale by the 1944 EME Army Cadet Parents’
Committee from 9 am to 4 pm at the Stayner Medical Centre Parking lot. For further information, contact Michelle Banks at (705) 293-0772. This is a fundraiser for the Cadet Corps.
Saturday, May 22 to Monday, May 24
• Nottawasaga Daylilies sponsors “Daylilies for Daycare”. 10% of sales over the Victoria Holiday Weekend will be donated to the Teddy Bears Picnic
Daycare Centre. We are at the Creemore Farmers’
Market on Saturday morning. Our garden is open Saturday from 2 to 5 pm, Sunday and Monday from 10 am to 5 pm. For directions see ad on page 11.
Sunday, May 23
• Church Services are listed on page 5.
• New Lowell Legion Breakfast. Eggs, bacon, sausages, pancakes, home fries, fruit cups, toast
& coffee/juice. $6.50 for the works, $5.50 regular,
$2.75 kid’s breakfast.
• The family of Carman Gowan wish to invite you to a Come and Go 90th Birthday Tea from 2 to 4 pm at 236 Mill Street, Creemore. Best wishes only.
Monday, May 24
• Annual Museum Open House from10 am to 4 pm at the Dufferin County Museum and Archives.
Bring your family, friends and neighbors and discover the museum’s exhibits, galleries and gift shop. Held in conjunction with “May is Museum Month”. Free admission all day, everyone welcome.
Dufferin County Museum and Archives, Hwy 89 &
Airport Rd. 705-435-1881 or 1-877-941-7787, www.
dufferinmuseum.com.
This Weekend
Wednesday, May 26
• The G&M Hospital Foundation Education Committee is pleased to sponsor a free seminar Cancer: Early Detection, Prevention, Treatment at The Leisure Time Club in Collingwood at 7 pm. A panel discussion on colon, skin, and cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV). To register or for more information call (705) 444-8675.
Wednesday, May 26 to Saturday, May 29
• Beauty & the Beast presented by Collingwood Collegiate Institute. Creemore’s Emily Fischl is in it! Tickets: preferred $25, general $15, children 12 &
under $10 available at CCI or Collingwood Library.
Friday, May 28
• Toonie Lunch at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 22 Caroline St. W. from 11:30 am to 1 pm. Come out and enjoy the last Toonie Lunch until the fall.
Saturday, May 29
• Dunedin Perennial Plant, Garage Sale & Bake Sale from 8 am to 1 pm at Dunedin Hall. Gardener’s basket draw. Kids’ table & more. Plant donations welcome.
Accepting perennials, vegetables & herbs. Contact Tammy at 466-5622 or drop off at 8892 Cty Rd 9.
Accepting donations for the garage sale at 5 Lavender Hill Rd (Claire 466-6161). Bake Sale by Dunedin Presbyterian Youth Group. We’re hoping that all of Dunedin area homes will join in with us by having their own garage sales too today.
• Motorcycle Ride For Dad arrives at Creemore Legion for lunch. Watch for over 700 motorcycles as they raise money to fight Prostrate Cancer through research &
awareness.
• Collingwood House Tour. Tour 6 of Collingwood’s most interesting historic homes & buildings from 10 am to 4 pm.Tickets are $15 available at The Crows Nest, Saunders Office Pro both in Collingwood. Presented by Collingwood & District Historical Society.
• Noavalis Hall, Camphill Nottawasaga (7841 4th Line, Angus) invites you to their Annual Spring Fair from noon to 4 pm. Pottery, candles, vegetables, pure maple syrup etc. Lunch BBQ, soup, buns and desserts. Contact Camphill Communites Ontario (705) 424-5363 or visit www.camphill.ca.
• GNE Hoe Down. Steak dinner & country dance.
See ad on page 11.
Sunday, May 30
• Bridal Shower for Lisa Smith (Brad Grieveson) at St. Johns United Church Creemore from 2 to 4 pm. Please accept this as your invitation.
Thursday, June 3
• It’s leukemia patient Susanne Aucoin’s birthday. For the 3rd year, Susanne is hosting a Donate for My Birthday Blood Donor Clinic and Swabbing Event at the Angus Arena from 2 to 6:30 pm to tell people how critical and life-saving their donations can be.
Join Suzanne’s birthday celebration, call 1-888-2- DONATE & make your appointment to give.
Saturday, June 5
• Creemore Horticultural Society’s Annual Plant Sale at St. John’s United Church Hall (across from Foodland) from 9 am to 1 pm. Lots of perennials from
members’ gardens as well as from the Horticultural Park, big pots full of larger specimens, like hostas and solomon seal plus many unusual and hard to find perennials with some annuals thrown in. Cash and cheque only please and if possible, please bring your own bags and/or boxes.
• International Trails Day at Station Park, Stayner. 9 am trail ride (26 km return). Meet at gazebo at 8:30 am. 10 am kick-off with Mayor. BBQ fundraiser for Stayner Door from noon to 1 pm. All morning enjoy live entertainment, family games, trail walk & OPP Bike Rodeo. Sponsored by Clearview Township.
• Prim Pickins Valley Market (corner of Cty Rd 9 and Cty Rd 124 in Maple Valley) from 8 am to 2 pm. Up to 30 vendors. A 5-year-old having a charity coffee stand to raise money for Juvenile Diabetes). Contact primpickin@gmail.com or (705) 716-4866.
Sunday, June 6
• Pathways to the Past Guided Walking Tour of heritage sites of historical interest around Creemore. Meet at the Station on the Green at 1 pm rain or shine. Tea and cookies will be served after the walk. Tickets are $10 each or $25 for a family & available at the Echo or Curiosity House or at the coffee booth at the Market from May 22.
Presented by Purple Hills Arts & Heritage Society.
Saturday, June 19
• The Collingwood Agricultural Society’s Great Northern Exhibition is proud to present the “Here
Comes Summer” Fashion Show at 7 pm at the GNE Agricultural Building on Fairgrounds Rd. Four Seasons, Magic Mountain and Skiis and Bikes will be providing the fashions. Tickets available at their stores & at Perks in Stayner. You can reserve your tickets or table of 8 by calling (519) 922-3448 or (705) 444-2895 or www.greaternorthernex.com.
• Creemore Curling Club Golf Tournament at Duntroon Highlands Golf Course 4 person scramble Registration from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Shotgun start at 1 pm. $100 per person includes 18 holes green fees, power cart, steak dinner and donation to Collingwood G&M Hospital Foundation. Dinner only & donation $30. Silent Auction. Sign up as a team or individual. Open to curlers and guests. Entry fee must be paid by June 9 to Paul or Karen Crevier at (705) 428-2616.
Saturday, July 10
• 5th Annual Collingwood Agricultural Society’s GNE Floral Reflections Garden Tour will be held rain or shine from 9:30 am to 4 pm.
Ten outstanding gardens again this year, many with water and unusual features. Tickets $10 at Creemore Village Pharmacy. For advance tickts or more information, call Yvonne (519) 922- 3448 or Karen (705) 444-2895 or visit www.
greatnorthernex.com. Vote for your Favourite Garden for the “People’s Choice Award”.
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Walker has been giving for ten years. They first supported us in 2000 with a $100,000 commitment to purchase our bone density unit. In 2008 they returned, unsolicited, with another $100,000 commitment towards a new x-ray room. They always direct that the funds be used where we need them most.
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the building, the cost of the Emergency Hub is now pegged at $5.9 million.
As treasurer Edward Henley explained, the Township will have access to interim financing with an interest rate of 0.85 per cent during the construction phase of the project. After that, the $3.8 million will have to be borrowed, with income from development charges to be used to make payments. Depending on the amortization period of the loan, the upward pressure on taxes should the development charges not materialize is in the range of one to 1.5 per cent.
Henley also pointed out that having the OPP present in the Hub (albeit without contributing to the cost) will mean the equivalent of having one more officer on duty, when you take into consideration the saved driving time to and from Huronia West detachment in Wasaga Beach – a bonus that could be valued at more than $100,000 a year.
Deputy Mayor Alicia Savage voiced her strong support for the Hub, pointing out that if the Township chose to defer the decision, the $400,000 savings might disappear.
“This is a time of opportunity,” she said. “Borrowing is still cheap, and I haven’t seen a savings like this in four years. If we wait, it’s going to cost us more.”
Paterson, however, said he wasn’t comfortable spending money the Township doesn’t have. “The level of service this Hub would provide would be better, but not significantly better to burden taxpayers in the future.”
Fire Chief Bob McKean said he anticipated the building will be done by March 1, 2011.
WEBSTERVILLE CRASH
The peace and quiet of Websterville was interrupted Wednesday afternoon when several residents heard the crash of this car going off the road and down a 30-foot embankment immediately east of the point where the 6th Line branches off County Road 9 to the south. A police report wasn’t available at press time, but the officer on the scene reported that the driver was a 21- year-old male who escaped with minor injuries. It’s not known whether speed was a factor in the accident, but several residents commented that the hill that this car had just crested is a dangerous section of road.by Brad Holden
Clearview Township is traditionally slow to jump into election season, but this week saw a sign that that’s about to change when Christopher Vanderkruys (right) became the first person to file their intention to run for Mayor. The lifelong Brentwood resident works as a Development Officer for the Barrie Public Library and is an active volunteer in Clearview, sitting on the Brentwood Community Hall Board for the past 19 years and serving as its president for the past 11. He’s also a past member of the New Lowell Parks & Recreation Committee and past president and treasurer of the Sunnidale Winterama committee.
Mayor Ken Ferguson has not said whether he will run again. The only other person to file their papers in Clearview at this point is Thom Paterson, who will run for re-election as Ward 4 Councillor.
In Mulmur Township, Paul Mills and incumbent Gord Montgomery have filed for Mayor, Rhonda Campbell-Moon for Deputy Mayor and Carl Tafel for Councillor.
Elections start taking shape
Emergency Hub goes forward
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There is a misconception that there are only two seasons in Canada, winter and the season of construction. I, however, feel that we need to add another – the season of reunions.
Coming from a small family with no need for the phenomenon known as the family reunion (I mean gawd, I just saw you seven years ago... what’s the rush?) I find myself strangely drawn to the
idea of attending my high school reunion. But wait a second, why would anyone want to go to a high school reunion? This is the very question I asked myself as I filled in a registration form... for my high school reunion.
High school for me was very painful. It is for most of us. Your teenage years, as Alice Cooper once sang, find you in between childhood and adulthood and not at all sure which hood you prefer. Many of my high-school mates I have already found on the official reunion site known as Facebook. But photos can lie and meeting the person again in the flesh will be different and revealing.
The first night of the reunion is in a pub in the Byward Market area of Ottawa. Always a better idea to relive a nightmare while under the influence of alcohol, right?
People always seem smarter and better looking that way. The second evening is a dinner and dance affair in the hallowed halls of Colonel By High School. They are even going to give us a memento of the evening, but
I am sure that being a wallflower, yet again, will be memento enough for me.
Here are a few sayings to help you get through the reunion season.
• Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts. ~ Author Unknown
• If you don’t believe in ghosts, you’ve never been to a family reunion. ~ Ashleigh Brilliant
• People seem to get nostalgic about a lot of things they weren’t so crazy about the first time around. ~ Author Unknown
• It’s never safe to be nostalgic about something until you’re absolutely certain there’s no chance of its coming back. ~ Bill Vaughn
• Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days. ~ Doug Larson
• Things ain’t what they used to be and probably never was. ~ Will Rogers
• Nostalgia is a seductive liar. ~George Wildman Ball• There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory. ~ Josh Billings
• Bring the past only if you are going to build from it. ~ Doménico Cieri Estrada
• What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now. ~ Author Unknown
The Season of Reunions
Dear Editor:
Sara Nicoll, the Walker Aggregates employee who wrote you a letter two weeks ago, should think back to the community meeting held last October. The Clearview Community Coalition was opposed to the new quarry’s size. Walker wanted to go for 3 million tonnes per year. Our stand was that we could live with the current production level, but not a doubling the size as they were aiming for. CCC met with Walker management and tried to negotiate with them, but their stance was “it’s all or nothing.” I guess you could say it was “Las Vegas” style management: if we don’t get what we want, so much for the jobs and the local businesses.
Had they agreed to continue on at the current level, all those jobs would have continued for the next 40 years and everyone would be happy. But no, it was all or nothing. This stance caused CCC to take the same stand as the Niagara Escarpment Commission, fight the new quarry and preserve a UNESCO World Biosphere.
So if Walker loses in their bid for a new quarry, you can thank their “Las Vegas” management style for your job loss.
Dick Corner, Duntroon
“All or nothing”
This old newspaper clipping from the Toronto Telegram was among the Creemore keepsakes brought in by Jim Madill, who is in the middle of going through his father’s old boxes. The caption reads, “Did you beat the tax deadline last night? The Marcatos, appearing at Granny’s discotheque in the Walker House, did their returns and then trooped down Front Street to the post office between shows.” If you’re wondering who the Marcatos were, we’re pretty sure that’s our own Fran Webster holding up the tax return. Is that Anna Lee on the far right?
Ahh, Victoria Day. It’s our favourite time of the year, and not just because spring is finally in full swing the threat of random snow has pretty much disappeared.
It also signals the start of that great Creemore summer tradition, the Farmers’ Market. Those of you who are regulars know that the Market is a special place, filled with friendly faces and great local goods. Those of you who aren’t are encouraged to come check it out!
As has also become a tradition, the Creemore Echo will spend the first few weeks at the Market coffee booth, helping out whichever charitable organization is pouring the java (this week it’s the Log Cabin Committee). We’ll be there in hopes of signing up new subscribers, and we’d be pleased to have your support.
It’s always a little tough for us to get the message out that a paper that’s delivered free to everyone actually relies on subscribers for its survival. And perhaps
“subscriber” is not exactly the right word. If you can find a better one, please let us know. But at its most basic, the situation is this: The Echo started as a free paper mainly because people were reluctant to subscribe so soon after the Star’s demise. The only way to attract advertisers in the early days was to give the paper away to everyone. Over the years, we’ve realized that being free also helps us be a true voice of the community, available to everyone regardless of financial means. But we’ve also realized that to continue improving, we need extra revenue, and as a result we’ve asked people who are appreciative of what we do and would like to see it continue to become “volunteer subscribers.” And we’re grateful that many of our readers have done so.
If you see value in the fact that Creemore has a weekly voice in the Echo and haven’t done so already, please consider purchasing a subscription for $45. It really is for the good of the community.
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There were 66 of us out for cards today. Bob Veale welcomed newcomers Pat and Ray Broad, and he also announced that our next Rama trip will be on Tuesday, June 1. Then Marg Ferguson read out a couple of cute jokes. Well done, Marg!
The 50/50 draws went to Pat Broad, Ruby Klinck, Lois Walker, Wilma Zeggil, Audrey Fenton, Doreen McDermid, Janice Stephens, Warren Gale and Eileen Giffen.
Moon shots were played by Peter Gubbels, Jim Rigney, Eleanor Elder, Phyllis Seed, Ray Leighton, Doreen Murray and Eileen Nash. Eileen won the travelling prize, and Jim won the side bet loonies.
High scorers were Marge Douglas 305, Peter Gubbels 296, and Audrey Tidd and Ted underhill were tied with 289. Low was Norma Johnston with 69. The hidden score of 35 did not go, so next week it will be worth $12.
Our thanks to Ray Leighton for being “on the ball” by recognizing a good buy when he saw it, and for going ahead and buying some much-needed supplies for Seniors – and for saving us a buck or two in the process. Also thanks to Norma Johnston for again planting, nurturing and sharing her
“signature” small yellow, pear-shaped, acid-free tomato plants with all of us.
She has done this for some years. We at Seniors are blessed with the thoughtful, caring folks that make up our group. They are concerned about each other, and go out of their way to help one another. For instance, after the score cards are all in, Bob Veale is busy sorting out the winning scores – and often the sandwiches are gone by the time he gets to the lunch table. Last week, Marion Kelly was spotted putting some aside for him while there was a good choice.
Just another way in which these folks keep an eye out for each other, Very nicely done, Marion!
Our sincere sympathy goes out to Cyndy Reycraft and family (Peter, Susie, Mary Jane and Jenny and their families) on the loss of a wonderful husband, father and grandfather, Jim Reycraft. Jim had just had his 80th birthday, and he was still active in his law office in Creemore until he suffered a recent stroke. Jim passed away on Sunday, May 16, and his friendly personality and lovely smile will be sorely missed.
The Celebration of Life/Memorial for Laverne Barker was held at the New Lowell Legion last Sunday. It was so well attended that they were kept busy setting up chairs and more chairs. A most fitting display of the esteem in which he was held.
We had a whirlwind visit from daughter Laurie and grandgirl Beth from Calgary last week. They arrived Sunday night and left Tuesday morning – and even managed to get a bit of visiting in while they were home. They were in Ontario for a water conference as husband Bryce was too busy with his own company, Rowe Water Works, to attend.
I was also talking to grandboy Curtis Kidd who was slated to go to Polaris in the Arctic. His flight, on Air Canada, was from Calgary to Ottawa, where they would stay overnight and then go on to Iqaluit in Nunavut the next day. Well, he was sitting waiting for the plane to take off in Calgary when Security came on board and asked Curtis to “come with them, and bring his boarding pass.” They took him to a locked room with a security guard where he found his water testing case was being shown on a TV monitor. Seems this water testing case normally goes as “cargo” but it got missed, so it was sent as part of Curtis’s luggage. Apparently they had x-rayed it, and as soon as they saw all the tubes and gadgets, the case was put in a dugout with a TV camera. After an hour or so of questioning him, and having him explain all the functions of all the hardware, he discovered they had held the flight for him. It was a case of hold it or else unload all the luggage to get his other two
bags off. As they were escorting him down the terminal to the plane, he said something about having “told them it wasn’t a bomb” only to see all the heads within hearing distance snapping his way. Anyway, once he boarded the much-delayed flight, some passengers looked as if they would gladly have throttled him for the hold up, while others were looking askance at him. He did get to Ottawa, and his water testing case was there in the morning to go to Iqaluit with him.
They also gave him a “disk” with the info about that case so he would not have trouble in the future.
His adventure didn’t end there. As Iqaluit is the end of the road for Air Canada, he was to transfer to a First Air flight. As the bus was taking about ten passengers out to the plane, some metal went skittering along the tarmac.
The bus was then notified to take the passengers back to the terminal as they had just blown something off the motor of the plane. And, when he finally did get to Resolute, the twin otter plane that was arriving to take him to Little Cornwallis Island landed on the ice of the Arctic Ocean and went through – although one wing was still sticking up through the ice. No wonder a guy that also works in the high Arctic came up to Curtis in the Ottawa airport and said, “I know you. Every time I get on a plane with you, we never get to where we are going!”
Sylvia GALE
SENIORS
Creemore Big Heart Seniors
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• The CreeMore eCho • Friday, May 21, 2010We are a proud part of this community.
And we want you to have the facts.
The Duntroon Quarry Expansion proposal matters to the future of this community.
Some people want us to close our operations and eliminate dozens of local jobs.
Take a moment to get the facts and decide for yourself.
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Our goal for the quarry expansion: net gains for both the community and the environment.
We will protect the quantity and quality of groundwater and
surface water
The Ministry of the Environment has completed its review of the project
and is satisfied that it can proceed subject to permits under the Ontario Water Resources Act
Our Adaptive Management Plan will act as an insurance policy
to ensure the quarry operations adapt to changes in the local environment
Our reforestation and wetland enhancement program focused on
ecological diversity on 180.5 acres of buffer and other lands will increase forested area by approx. 50 acres
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increase the local wetland area by approx. 3 acres
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increase interior forest habitat for a greater diversity of
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species
enhance ecological linkages with wildlife corridors on
»
adjacent properties
enhance brook trout habitat in the Beaver River
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Fact #1: We care about the environment.
Walker is a two- time recipient of the Niagara Escarpment Achievement Award for our quarry rehabilitation and enhancement efforts.
If you have questions about
the proposal, please talk to us:
705.445.2300 x223
In our words...
“The quarry environment is perfect for the bees. It’s amazing how many wildflowers grow around the quarry.
Bees don’t just make honey. They help pollinate agricultural crops, home gardens, orchards, and wildlife habitats.
With honey bee populations on the decline, I’m happy to do my part.”
Grant Parsons
Quarry Operator and Bee Keeper
RCR Realty,
Brokerageindependently owned & operated
sales representative 1-800-360-5821
basiaregan@royallepage.ca www.basiaregan.com
COUNTRY ESTATE
Fabulous custom built house in the Arts and Crafts style. Professionally landscaped grounds with lawn and shrub irrigation system, interlocking drive and paths with natural stone steps that lead to beautiful gardens and paths.
This house consists of 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, open concept living/dining room with 22 ft. stone replace and cathedral ceilings. Kitchen with custom built Maple cupboards, granite counter tops and built-in KitchenAid appliances.
Floors in Living/dining room and bedrooms are reclaimed antique hemlock planks. Kitchen, bathrooms and mudroom are ceramic tile. Lower level oors are slate. Walkouts to extended outdoor living area with covered porch, outdoor replace and views over the forest.
This ICF constructed house uses water source geothermal heating and cooling.
Situated on approximately 48 acres, 1 mile of Mad River surrounding a 10-acre island, 4 kms of groomed trails for walking and cross country skiing.
Located just west of the Village of Creemore. ASKING $1,875,000.
INdEPENdENTLY oWNEd ANd oPERATEd BRoKERAGE
Broker of Record
(705) 466-2683
psprime@royallepage.ca
PATRICK
PRIME
www.royallepage.ca/creemore
ITALIAN IN THE EVENING
Banking After Hours, the Thursday-Friday- Saturday evening Italian restaurant operating out of Nancy Johnston’s Bank Café, has changed hands and is now owned by Sabrina Stamp- Dupuis. Sabrina designed the menu and was cooking for original proprietor Bob Pegg, and when Bob decided to move out of town, she jumped at the chance to run the show herself. Since she took over last month, the restaurant has continued to offer casual Italian fare in an intimate environment at a good price. For reservations, call 466-2002.The CreeMore eCho • Friday, May 21, 2010 •
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Come join in the fun and fi tness of Tennis
Look for our table at the May 22 Saturday Farmer's Market Forms also available at Th e Curiosity Book Store on Mill Street
It’s Spring and our club is hoping to grow
Discover The Path...
A Touchstone for Health and Wellness
8A Caroline Street West, Creemore 705-466-2387 • 866-794-0779
www.discoverthepath.com
Services * Information * Books & Products
Join the Wise Women’s Circle Mondays 7 to 9pm
(705) 445-5520 ext. 233 ringabell@royallepage.ca
www.vickibell.ca
All Real Estate Services Ltd. Brokerage
INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED
“Your Local Professional Real Estate Broker”
Broker
Vicki Bell
Open House
Sun May 23 11 to 1:00 pm
9 Johnston St. Creemore
$219,900.00
176 Mill St. • 466-3514
Thursday 9 to 6 • Friday 9 to 7 • Saturday 9 to 6
Fresh
look new
Our renovations are complete.
Come in and see!
BLAKEY’S ROOFING
In Business for 20 Years
Specializing in re-roofi ng
STEVE BLAKEY
428-5752
424-6697 Open Mon - Fri, 8am - 6pm Sat. 8am - 5pm , Closed Sundays Stephens, Glencairn
Stephens Store
“The GlencairnMall”
We have it all!
Work clothes treats and candy hot and cold drinks
by Brad Holden
Just in case things weren’t busy enough at the New Farm at this time of year, organic farmers Brent Preston and Gillian Flies have decided they’d like to throw a big party as well.
And where else to have a party but in the barn, and who else to have as entertainment than Fred Eaglesmith, southern Ontario’s travelling troubadour of all things ragged and rural?
Brent and Gillian will host Fred in their Maple Valley barn on Saturday, June 5, and for $45, concert-goers will not only be treated to a fantastic show, they’ll also enjoy an organic pig roast with all the fixings.
Proceeds from the party will benefit “Grow for The Stop,” a charity founded by the New Farm owners in partnership with Toronto’s The Stop Community Food Centre. Money allows the Stop to buy quality organic food from the New Farm, which is then used in its food bank program to serve over 16,000 people every year.
Instead of macaroni and canned food, people in need receive a wide diversity of the freshest, best-tasting and nutritional foods available, and local agriculture receives much-needed support.
As for the entertainment, anyone who has seen Fred Eaglesmith before on his periodic trips through the area can tell you that this is a man who pulls out all the stops to make sure the audience goes home happy.
In addition to being an exceptional songwriter whose lyrics perfectly capture the rural experience, he’s also a gifted comedian whose between-song rapport is guaranteed to enlighten and entertain.
Tickets for “Fred on the Farm” are available online at www.fredeaglesmith.com, at the Creemore Echo, the 100 Mile Store and Curiosity House, or at the New Farm booth at the Creemore Farmers’ Market.
A good old-fashioned barn party for a cause
New Farmers Gillian Flies and Brent Preston (here with their dog Zip) will host Fred Eaglesmith (right) in their barn on Saturday, June 5.
Echo Briefs
The 1944 EME Army Cadets will be in the Stayner Medical Centre Parking Lot on Saturday, May 22 from 9 am to 4 pm for their 7th Annual Car Wash and the 2nd Annual Yard Sale. For further information, contact Michelle Banks at (705) 293-0772.
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic Daycare Centre fundraising drive continues on Saturday, May 22 with a Yard Sale and Breakfast Sandwiches at the Station On The Green. There is also a bin in the Teddy Bears parking lot from Midwest Metals. They will be accepting donations of all kinds of metal, as well as electronic goods. Alternatively, you can take your metal directly to Midwest Metals and ask them to direct the proceeds to Teddy Bears.
Teddy Bears Fundraising Cadet Car Wash and Yard Sale
See the Classifieds on page 15 for a list of yard sales around town this Saturday.
Yard Sale Weekend
Seasons in Creemore
Invites you to visit our
NEW LOCATION
134 Mill Street Creemore
Right next to
Curiosity House Books
open daily
134Mill St. • 466-6278
Don’t miss our 2nd floor
Grannie’s Attic
Antiques and Collectibles
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CREEMORE
Stunning 48 acres country estate just west of charming village of Creemore with Mad River running through it. All the bells and whistles including ICF construction, geothermal heating/cooling, heated floors, gourmet kitchen, outdoor entertaining with exterior fireplace, etc. Close to Devil’s Glen Country Club and The Mad River Golf Club.
$1,875,000
MULMUR
Spectacular views of Pine River Valley and hills of Mulmur. Fabulous house boasts 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, living/dining separated by 2-sided, granite faced fireplace, gourmet kitchen, southern exposure onto pond and so much more. Next to Bruce Trail and close to Creemore, Devil’s Glen Country Club, Toronto & North York Hunt Club. Your private
“Mulmur Escape” awaits you. $1,750,000
MULMUR
Build your dream home atop Niagara Escarpment. Privacy, wildlife, trees and trails for riding, hiking, snowshoeing, etc.
Close to charming village of Creemore, ski clubs, golf clubs, hunt club, etc. $395,000
sales representative
1-800-360-5821 basiaregan@royallepage.ca
www.basiaregan.com
RCR Realty,
Brokerageindependently owned & operated
Leeanne Weld Kostopoulos
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
416-489-2121
OFFICE| 416-566-8603
CELLwww.leeanneweld.com
Ginny MacEachern, B.A.
BROKER
1-800-360-5821 www.ginnymaceachern.com
Royal LePage
Real Estate Services Ltd., Johnston & Daniel Division
Royal LePage RCR Realty, Brokerage
The Boyne Mill
Built in 1865 as a flour mill and enjoyed now as a wonderful country house in the Mulmur Hills. Three levels of unique living space with exposed hewn beams.
325 acres with the Boyne River running through.
Stunning waterfall and large spring fed pond. Spectacular opportunity for outdoor recreaction, including fishing and hunting. Delightful 1900’s Miller’s house also on the property for extended family and guests. Tennis court, swimming pool and sensational gardens. A once in a lifetime opportunity. Offered at $4,800,000.
1 Purple Hill Lane, Creemore
Located In a unique enclave of estate homes, a short walk to the historic Village of Creemore. A most sought-after location with lovely north east views and 3 acres of pine forest, gardens and open meadow. Wonderful proximity to Mad River Golf, Devil’s Glen Country Club and Mansfield ski hills. 3 levels of spacious family living. Country living at its best. Offered at $1,100,000.
Ginny MacEachern 1-800-360-5821 www.ginnymaceachern.com
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CREEMORE
Stunning 48 acres country estate just west of charming village of Creemore with Mad River running through it. All the bells and whistles including ICF construction, geothermal heating/cooling, heated floors, gourmet kitchen, outdoor entertaining with exterior fireplace, etc. Close to Devil’s Glen Country Club and The Mad River Golf Club.
$1,875,000
MULMUR
Spectacular views of Pine River Valley and hills of Mulmur. Fabulous house boasts 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, living/dining separated by 2-sided, granite faced fireplace, gourmet kitchen, southern exposure onto pond and so much more. Next to Bruce Trail and close to Creemore, Devil’s Glen Country Club, Toronto & North York Hunt Club. Your private
“Mulmur Escape” awaits you. $1,750,000
MULMUR
Build your dream home atop Niagara Escarpment. Privacy, wildlife, trees and trails for riding, hiking, snowshoeing, etc.
Close to charming village of Creemore, ski clubs, golf clubs, hunt club, etc. $395,000
sales representative
1-800-360-5821 basiaregan@royallepage.ca
www.basiaregan.com
RCR Realty,
Brokerageindependently owned & operated
Leeanne Weld Kostopoulos
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
416-489-2121
OFFICE| 416-566-8603
CELLwww.leeanneweld.com
Ginny MacEachern, B.A.
BROKER
1-800-360-5821 www.ginnymaceachern.com
Royal LePage
Real Estate Services Ltd., Johnston & Daniel Division
Royal LePage RCR Realty, Brokerage
The Boyne Mill
Built in 1865 as a flour mill and enjoyed now as a wonderful country house in the Mulmur Hills. Three levels of unique living space with exposed hewn beams.
325 acres with the Boyne River running through.
Stunning waterfall and large spring fed pond. Spectacular opportunity for outdoor recreaction, including fishing and hunting. Delightful 1900’s Miller’s house also on the property for extended family and guests. Tennis court, swimming pool and sensational gardens. A once in a lifetime opportunity. Offered at $4,800,000.
1 Purple Hill Lane, Creemore
Located In a unique enclave of estate homes, a short walk to the historic Village of Creemore. A most sought-after location with lovely north east views and 3 acres of pine forest, gardens and open meadow. Wonderful proximity to Mad River Golf, Devil’s Glen Country Club and Mansfield ski hills. 3 levels of spacious family living. Country living at its best. Offered at $1,100,000.
Ginny MacEachern 1-800-360-5821 www.ginnymaceachern.com
Spectacular views of Pine River Valley and hills of Mulmur.
Fabulous house boasts 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, living/
dining separated by 2-sided, granite faced fi replace, gourmet kitchen, southern exposure onto pond and so much more. Next to Bruce Trail and close to Creemore, Devil’s Glen Country Club, Toronto
& North York Hunt Club.
$1,750,000
THIS PRIVATE MULMUR ESCAPE AWAITS YOU
BEAUTIFUL BUILDING SITE IN MULMUR
Build your dream home atop Niagara Escarpment. Privacy, wildlife, trees and trails for riding, hiking, snowshoeing, etc. Close to charming village of Creemore, ski clubs, golf clubs, hunt club, etc.
$395,000
Barb Thompson Anita Lauer SALES REPS
705-446-6446
www.themoviegals.com Real estate in action!
Rockwind Farm $749,900 Bright 2 bdrm bungalow set on 97 acres with 2 road frontages, south of Glen Huron. Open con- cept, hardwood floors, woodstove, propane fireplace, garage, 2 barns.
JUST LISTED! $989,000 Exceptionally appointed 3 bdrm bungalow with 35 acres that fronts on the Noisy River with groomed walking trails on a secluded road. Finished walk out lower level, screen porch, ground source heat, 3½baths.
Private yet close to the village!
Hawthorne Ridge $1,595,000 Stunning Adirondack style home set on 10 acres, 4 bdrm, 7” oak plank floors, limestone fireplace, custom kitchen/pantry cabinets.
French limestone, slate and granite counters. Large main floor master suite complete w/dressing room & ensuite.
Minutes to Creemore.
Circa 1835 $999,000 Charming 3 bdrm with bunkie and triple car garage set on 99 acres. Colossal views to Georgian Bay, beautiful gardens, mature trees and 2 streams.
393 First Street Suite 100 Collingwood 705-445-5454
Coun†ry Re†rea†s
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE ER
Anyone familiar with the General & Marine knows that the hospital’s operations begin and end with its volunteers, so it’s no surprise that people arriving in the ER waiting room are first greeted by a volunteer like Marlene Hayes. In the above case, Hayes made sure that Wayne Tracey was directed to the triage line-up, and kept him entertained while he was there.
Once at the triage desk, patients are evaluated and placed in priority before they are registered. In the above right case, triage nurse Deb Foubert listened as John Thomas described his reasons for coming to the ER.
Inside the ER, the nurses’ desk is a hive of activity, with physicians like Dr. David Baird (in the red) checking in between patients.
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A N Y W H E R E Y O U W A N T T O L I V E TM
Cheryl MacLaurin
Sales Representative Direct (705) 446-8005 Toronto 416- 925-9191 Collingwood 705 445-5454 www.chestnutpark.com CREEMORE HILLS
CREEMORE HILLS BAYVIEW SCHOOL HOUSE
A romantic country retreat Circa 1884 - completely reno’ed 4 bedroom, 2 bath, panoramic views, fi replace, fl oor to ceiling windows, pond & landscaped. $549,000
VACANT LAND NORTH MULMUR NORTH MULMUR
Stunning Timber Frame on 24 acres of managed forest. 5 bedrooms, 5 baths, soaring great room, main fl oor master w/ ensuite, large fi nished lower
level, double garage w/ loft $1,290,000 Light fi lled contemporary home on 7.8 acres with
panoramic view to south and east. Main fl oor master w/ ensuite & offi ce, 2 story great room, high, large, &
bright lower level w/ walkout, pond. $724,900
Limestone & Timber bungalow, very quiet private setting on 3.5 acres. Great room w/ stone Rumford fi replace, 3 bedrooms up & 2 down, main fl oor
master w/ ensuite, long views. $699,000
85 rolling acres w/ long westerly views, mix of fi elds, woods, & rolling hills. very quiet road, several choice
building sites. $569,000
Anglican Rectory , circa 1880, on 3/4 mature acre lot w/ view of Georgian Bay. Impressive Chef’s kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, main fl oor family room & laundry,
large windows & garage w/ workshop. $299,000
DUNTROON
Charming &
immaculate 3 bedroom, large eat-in kitchen, main
fl oor laundry, front
& back porch, metal roof & close to the
river. $154,000
DUNEDIN
705-466-2683 CREEMORE www.royallepage.ca/creemore
THE RIGHT BROKER
makes a world of difference INdEPENdENTLY oWNEd ANd oPERATEd BRoKERAGE
Features Grand Centre Hall w/original Formal Staircase, Stained Glass Window, Tiffany Lights, large principal rms w/10’ ceilings, Elegant Solid 9’French Doors leading into Formal Dining rm & Living rm w/gas replace, Den w/access to large screened in porch, newly renovated kitchen, 22’x 16’deck w/wrap around stairs, 2 large bedrms plus master bedrm w/large en suite.
Coach House for 2 cars & loft for future home of ce or artist studio. Situated on fully professionally landscaped lot w/paved driveway, also included is a separate deed lot 85’x132’ valued @$80,000. Located in Creemore.
ASKING $675,000.
Features centre hall plan, open concept kit w/oak cabinets, 2 pc bathroom, sunken living rm, dining rm w/ garden terrace doors, sunken family rm w/
gas replace & wooden oors, oak staircase. 2nd storey features 3 bedrms &
4 pc bathroom. Master bedrm, en suite w/ Jacuzzi bath & separate shower.
Basement consists of large family rm w/ gas replace. Good size decks w/
awnings & att`d 2 car garage. Situated on 1.9 acres of landscaped grounds w/
walking path to Mad River & bush. Located in Creemore. ASKING$695,000.
ELEGANCE IN THE VILLAGE
HISTORIC TWO STOREY EDWARDIAN HOUSE
TWO ACRE RIVER LOT
WITH BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED CAPE
COD HOME
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE ER
Spending a day in the ER gives you a real sense of the huge array of ailments that doctors have to deal with quickly and professionally.
Wasaga Beach resident Warren Shore (above left) a fluttering sensation in his heart for a few days, and when he called his family doctor to make an appointment, he was told to go to emergency instead. Within a few hours of arriving, he was being consulted by G&M cardiologist Dr. Eric Good.
Seventeen-year-old Stayner resident Amy Sacrey (left) has been feeling unwell for nearly two years. When she woke up vomiting in the middle of the night, her mom Darlene Campbell brought her to the ER. When we talked to her, she was good-naturedly awaiting the results of a test for Chrohn’s Disease.
Collingwood resident Keri-Lyn Durant (above) was driving to work along Highway 26 east of town on her brand new pink Vespa scooter when a heavy gust of wind knocked her off the bike. It appeared she’d suffered only bumps and bruises, and was thankful she’d been wearing full leather gear and a helmet.
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• The CreeMore eCho • Friday, May 21, 2010To help preserve our rural environment please contact us
PO Box 2091, Creemore, ON L0M 1G0 clearviewwait@gmail.com
The Clearview coalition is concerned with the health, environmental and economic impact of industrial wind turbines on our prime agricultural and recreational land.
Wind Turbines; Offensive industrialization of human space
By: Dr. Brian L. Horejsi, Dr. Barrie K. Gilbert, George Wuerthner
Reprinted with permissionPeople are barking up the wrong tree by promoting, or succumbing to, wind turbine construction regardless of where it is proposed and how many there might be. Many North Americans are infected with tunnel vision and erroneously appear to believe that turbine gen- erated energy is somehow linked to reversing the growth in and impact of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions.
There exists NO evidence anywhere that Turbine energy is substituting for or displacing fossil fuel dependence, nor is there any evidence that it is in any material way slowing the rate of GHG emission growth. Turbine en- ergy is a non factor in the never ending growth agenda of the fossil fuel industry, and it is not a factor in the agenda of governments promoting growth in and dependence on oil and gas consumption. There can be no better example than North America of the failure of turbine energy to slow growth in anything.
People have been hoodwinked into promoting wind turbine energy as some sort of Nirvana all while human population growth and per capita energy consumption continue to spiral upward.
Turbine energy generation is fueling growth in human population and energy consumption and growth in a false “economy”. It is NOT doing the opposite.
Matching the folly of the energy replacement misunderstanding is denial by governments and promoters of the ecological impacts and health effects of turbines; the ugly reality is that they are a serious addition to the industrializa- tion of quiet rural landscapes that people have long valued for quality of life, retirement, and recreation.
The list of environmental costs imposed on wildlife and people are now being recognized;
they are far from meaningless, but they have been trivialized by turbine promoters and politi- cians that have systematically tilted the deck sharply in the developers favor. Environmental costs have been systematically ignored by a po- litical and regulatory system that has corrupted individual and societal freedom and environ- mental integrity by relegating these values to some distant offshoot of economic growth.
These costs, and those who stand by them, are treated with contempt; how dare they influence the decision to grant some landowner a chance to make a buck by carving your backyard and your space into fragments with giant chopping machines?
Wind turbines are an assault on human well being and act to degrade the human “gestalt”.
Promotion of wind turbine energy is a case of
serious misjudgment by those who fraudulently use green wash to promote their commercial aspirations.
Buried deep within the human genome is an in- nate recognition and suspicion of monsters – large objects – looming on the horizon. Wind turbines are todays versions of a threatening monster, jammed down the throats of neigh- bors and localities. 30% of the human cortex occupies itself with processing visual informa- tion, far more than any other sense, and noth- ing delivers a more intrusive and intense visual picture than the tower and blades of wind tur- bines. Turbines erode freedom of the human mind hour after hour, night after day, virtually forever, like a cell phone ringing incessantly and yet no one is able to turn it off. To many people this intrusion into their physical and physiolog- ical space is an insidious form of torment. The mental effect is analogous to the physical effects of a heavy smoker sitting next to you essentially for life!
We do not subscribe to the managerial / market approach to democracy or conservation with its deeply entrenched bias against human values such as an unadulterated horizon. This largely corporate view denigrates the value of freedom of the human spirit – the very pedestal upon which human dignity, character and strength are built.
In an honest and fair regulatory and political en- vironment, local citizens and communities would bury turbine projects long before they get to the serious implementation stage. Once again, however, citizens are being forced to try and employ the very tools that degrade our quality of life and humiliate us as mere pawns of some corporate created market economy. That being the case, it occurs to us that wind tur- bines wearing eternally on the human psyche, constituting a “taking” by corporate promoters and biased government collaborators; a taking that damages the well being of all residents. We asked ourselves if $1000 payment per person would compensate for the damages imposed on the ever day life of hundreds and thousands of affected citizens? Not even close. Perhaps then, $3000, or $8000? Would that kind of money make up for the forced collapse of part of your quality of life, your loss of right to space, loss of privacy, loss of political power, curbs on your freedom, and the mental and physical costs imposed on you by stress associated with constant angst, irritation and distraction? For some, we suspect yes would be the answer. For others, like those who have lost a child to neg- ligent corporate behavior, been strangled slowly by nicotine, or been poisoned by toxic emissions or effluent, no amount of money can
compensate for the deprivation and harm they have and will suffer. Regardless of the compen- satory damages you might place on that part of your life lost because of turbine industrializa- tion, should you not be compensated for this taking?
The commercial private sector is forcing itself into your life, and that constitutes a taking of your rights, benefits and well being. We pro- pose that each person impacted by a turbine receive, as a starting point for negotiations,
$3000 annually, to be paid by the developer for the loss of private and citizen rights, a very large portion of which includes peace and satisfac- tion, a critical part of your state of mind. We all know that is a significant part of personal, social and democratic well being. The concept is sim- ple; if the developer and some uncaring land owners want to destroy your rights and those of other citizens, inflicting on you suffering and mental distress, the good old “free” enterprise system developers and local governments love to hide behind, comes into play; they pay to de- stroy part of your life. There has to be pain and resistance in the system for those who know- ingly exploit the public and individual vulnera- bility, a now institutionalized vulnerability which commercial and private sector interests worked hard to establish.
The recent proliferation of wind turbine farms is just one more case of the serious aggression and destruction that reflects the continuing ex- pansion of an extremist private property and commercialism agenda. This socially, legally and politically defective agenda and process is being exploited by corporations, some local residents, and local governments. Ladies and gentlemen, this is not freedom and it is not democracy; it is vandalism and oppression in the name of com- mercialism. As citizens we have the right, and we say the obligation, and we must marshal the courage, to reject wind turbine invasions as a corruption of our well being that is cached “in our spirit rather than in our wallet”.
Dr. Brian L. Horejsi
Behavioral scientist and citizen advocate for democratic process Box 84006, PO Market Mall Calgary, Alberta, T3A 5C4 403-246-9328
Dr. Barrie K. Gilbert
Wildlife Ecologist and conservation activist Box 252, Wolfe Island, Ontario KOH 2HO 613-385-2289
George Wuerthner, Ecologist and writer.
POB 719, Richmond, Vermont 05477 802-434-3948
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Wes Lawler Mechanic
Walker Aggregates Inc.
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I chose to work for Walker based on the values of the company, the competitive wages and benefits, and because I live only a 10 minute drive from the quarry. Lots of us who work at the quarry are locals.
I used to commute from my home in Feversham to Brampton every day. I have four children — aged eight, three and one-year-old twins — and it means the world to me to cut off two hours a day of commuting to spend time with them. If the quarry closed, I’d have to leave the area to find comparable employment, and that’s not something I or my family wants to do.
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The Duntroon Quarry Expansion Proposal:
It’s about our community.
The Duntroon Quarry Expansion Proposal:
It’s about our community.
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& Saturdays at Creemore Farmers’ Market
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Open Daily 9am to 5pm
& Saturdays at Creemore Farmers’ Market
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It's time!
Annuals Perennials Shrubs & Roses Veggies & Herbs Hanging Baskets
Planters
Celebrate 30 years of
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thAnniversary of
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at 3 Caroline St. E.
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Julie and Tom Wilson
466-2916 • www.wilsondaylilies.com
Daylilies for Daycare
Directions: From Airport Road south of Avening turn west on the 3/4 SR, then south on the 3rd Conc. We are the rst house on the left: #3757, 3rd Conc., Nottawasaga
Sat. May 22 - 2 to 5pm
Sun. & Mon. May 23 &24 10am to 4pm 10% of all proceeds go to
Teddy Bear’s Picnic
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE ER
Throughout the day, as the number of patients grew, the G&M ER staff remained the epitome of grace under pressure. Resource nurse Cathy Maecker (left) spent the day on a “special project” – taking inventory and reorganizing the department’s stockroom, an invaluable resource in a place where you never know what supplies you’ll be in dire need of from day to day.
Despite it being his day off, Dr. Nick Furtado (right) paid the nurses a visit to drop off some cupcakes, a fruit dish and a bottle of non-alcoholic champagne in honour of his daughter’s first birthday.
Volunteers Kim McCarthy and Marlene Hayes (below left) opened a shipment of donated finger puppets, some of them knit by Haye’s sister Pat Irwin. Toys like these go a long way toward distracting young patients during stressful times.
And while they rarely stand still long, some of the staff agreed to pose for a photo during a quiet time: from left to right ER nurses Erin Parrish, Erica Miller and Jocelyn Mathers and medical lab technologist Miranda Marles.
G.N.E.
Including Square Dancing for beginners to advance
HOE DOW N
Live music
Featuring Country Dance
Happy Hour 6:00 Dinner 7:00
Dance 8:30
Saturday, May 29
GNE Fairgrounds
at the
Tickets available at: Stayner Town & Country, Hwy 26, Stayner Smart Flowers, Hurontario St., Collingwood or call 444-0308�if no answer call 444-2992
Dinner & Dance: $25.00 per person Dance Only: $15.00 per person or $25.00 per couple
Silent Auction
Steak Dinner &
a portion of the proceeds will go to support the G.N.E. Building Projects 2220 Fairgrounds Rd. N, (1 km south of Hiway 26), Clearview Twp
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• The CreeMore eCho • Friday, May 21, 2010SUMMER SESSION CLASSES
& SUMMER DAY CAMP
• Summer Camp – 4 weeks starting July 5th
• Summer Session – 8 weeks of evening classes for boys
& girls all ages, starting July 6
Registration for all programs starts May 17 at the Buell Fitness & Aquatic Centre
BCRA Kiosk
** COMPETITIVE TEAM TRYOuTS**
spots open on all teams including boys <
