October 10, 2011 Volume 7, Issue 17

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Ideas on what to do with the old Sutton Public School were not in short supply on Wednesday, October 5 when nine presen-tations appealed for space in the 30,000 sq. ft. building during a public meeting at the Kin Hall. The meeting was hosted by Robin McDou-gall, Manager of Programs and Special Events for the Town of Georgina who said the meeting was an information gathering exercise to identify ideas for the best use of the former school property. “Tonight’s meeting is about listening,” she said adding, no decisions would be made until the input and suggestions received were compiled into a report and presented to council. First to address the audience was Rev. Susan Kim who lobbied for space in the building to create a hub for social outreach programs including tutoring, guidance for young mothers, pre-assistance with tax returns, a winter coat exchange and an A/V room for entertainment and information sharing. Rev. Kim said the United Way was inter-ested in funding these “local strength ini-tiatives” and preliminary discussions with the Town have already taken place. Supported by more than 30 young skate-boarders in the audience, Steven Morgen-roth brought a petition signed by 333 youth who were urging the Town to consider a skateboard park on the property. Hoping to

get between 50 or 60 signatures, Mr. Morgenroth said the support he got “showed how much people agreed” with the idea. “It was incredible,” he said. A representative from Hospice Georgina outlined their needs for space in the former school and provided a detailed list of ser-vices that could be delivered from that venue. “We would need specific Hospice space as well as shared space with other service providers,” she said. Heather Fullerton from the Georgina Arts Centre envisioned a new home for the gal-lery at the rear of the old school building which would leave their current location open for much needed parking on High Street. Alf Judd addressed the meeting with his thoughts about housing for the Food Pan-try somewhere within the building. He said they would require about 3,500 sq. ft. to store, sort and distribute food and he dis-cussed his vision for a soup kitchen and used clothing outlet. FARM Georgina, led by Betty Ann Martin is also looking to relocate and Ms. Martin said a central location within the building would suit the needs of local farmers and other food producers. She said in addition to being home to the Farmers Market, it would increase opportunities to benefit the local economy with special events such as cooking demonstrations and quilting and antique shows.

A representative from Windcor Develop-ments outlined her company’s interest in renting the entire facility and turning it into a 31 unit senior’s residence for 52 seniors. She suggested 7,500 sq. ft. of common space could provide synergy for use by other groups. She also envisioned a Well-ness Centre and outdoor space for vegeta-ble and flower gardens and exercise areas in her deposition. Lynn Marles, an advocate for Give a Mira-cle a Chance believes there should be room in the building to house health care profes-sionals and services dedicated to cerebral palsy so no child ever has to wait for care. Following Ms. Marles’ presentation, Ms. McDougall told the audience her depart-ment at the Town will also submit ideas to council that will expand current recrea-tional programs and implement new ones. Mayor Rob Grossi concluded the meeting by saying the Town is not necessarily looking to make money from the facility but will be considering cost recovery op-tions. “Who knows what the long term use of the property will be,” Mr. Grossi said. “But in the short term, we are trying to accommo-date as many groups as we possibly can.” Ms. McDougall said a report of summary based on input from the meeting together with a recommendation to establish a steering committee should be available and presented to council by November.

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Well, here we go...again I’m not a huge fan of minority governments. I think when big issues are on the table, too much partisan politics come into play and decisions that are best for the electorate get lost in the scuffle. Inevitably we end up back at the polls. In order for a minority govern-ment to work, parties of all political stripes have to work together and co-operate. They need to fine tune their negotia-tion skills and forge alliances in unfamiliar territory. By midnight on election night a minority Liberal government had been declared. Both the Conservatives and NDP gained seats at the ex-pense of the Liberals—sending a clear message that Ontarians want a change—but what kind of change can we expect? It has been reported that Mr. McGuinty will not entertain a coalition government and that attitude doesn’t bode well if cooperation is the name of the game in a minority environ-ment. Like it or not, he is going to have to seek coalitions with other party members to get leg-islation passed. But, after spending eight years in a major-ity position, I suspect moving away from partisan politics will be a huge paradigm shift for him and his party. In his acceptance speech on election night, he spent a lot of time talking about liberalism saying things like “liberalism is alive and well in Ontario”. Comments like that suggest to me that partisan politics will continue to drive the agenda at Queen’s Park and will send us back to the polls in 12 or 18 months. There are some pretty strong economic indicators out there that should motivate him to change his tone a bit. The Conservatives and the NDP have a serious role to play here as well. Either one of them can pull the plug on the govern-ment at anytime and they are in

the driver’s seat when it comes to setting the agenda. Both Tim Hudak and Andrea Horwath talked about “working to-gether” in their speeches on election night and we can only hope they were serious. In many countries around the world and in particular, Europe, coalition governments are the norm but I’m not sure that is much of an endorsement when so many European coalition countries are in difficulty. Suffice it to say that over the next few weeks, political strate-gists in all three parties (BTW, what happened to the Greens?) will be pouring over their play books to come up with their best offensive and defensive strategies. I just hope they keep in mind that Ontario voters will not want to be back at the polls any time soon. Karen Wolfe, Editor.

Like many other municipalities on October 2, Georgina laid out a sampling of cultural activities for the province-wide Culture Days celebration. Residents who attended the event at the Keswick Library were treated with performances by local musicians, dancers and theatrical troupes. The Manager of Cultural Ser-vices for Georgina, Phil Rose-Donahoe said the event helped raise aware of the vast cultural activities in Georgina that were accessible and to encourage participation and engagement.

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Top Photo: Jenna Thompson, a stu-dent of Bernadette Connors was one of the many enter-tainers. Bottom Photo: Four-year-old Ben Peters, 4, and his brother Luke, 5, paint a portrait on a mural.

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Congratulations to the follow-ing Georgina firefighters on receipt of federal and provin-cial long service awards for 30 years service: Bill O’Neill, Carl Sarasin, Rick Walker, Greg Lockie, Bill Marritt, Steve Richardson, Bruce Ren-nie. We also want to congratulate David Harding upon receiving a 40 Year Fire Service Federal Exemplary Service Bar. Mr. Harding has been a member of the Pefferlaw fire crew since 1971. We also congratulate David Reddon, Cliff Dunthorn and Cathy Hillier for 30 years ser-vice as town employees. Cheers also to Bob Maglough-len, Acting CAO for celebrat-ing 35 years as a town em-ployee. The Pefferlaw Ice Pad Com-mittee is looking for volunteers

to help look after the Pefferlaw Ice Pad for the upcoming skat-ing season. If you have a cou-ple of free hours a week or month, please contact Joanne at pipmember@sympatico.ca Happy Belated Birthday wishes go out to Joan Schell who celebrated her special day with family and friends at Brooks Farm on September 25. Cheers to Wanda and Bill O’Neill who will celebrate their wedding anniversary on October 18. Congratulations to Matthew Pontin and Tara Madigan who have returned home from their cross-country, two-month marathon on bicycles which helped to raise money for the Mully Children’s Family Charitable Foundation. Their 6,300 km trek began in Van-couver on July 15.

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Open House at Fire Department 5

All three fire halls in Georgina held an open house to help raise awareness among residents on fire safety during the province-wide Fire Safety Week activi-ties. Children were given an oppor-tunity to aim a fire hose at the windows and doors of a house façade in an attempt to “knockout” the flames. They were also treated to tours of the fire halls, the trucks and equip-

ment used by Georgina’s crew of 78 firefighters. Taunya Zabielski, Public Edu-cator and Fire Prevention In-spector at the Georgina Fire Department said the fire depart-ment was able to deliver some important messages on fire safety to the community during the open house events. Specifi-cally, she said, “always have working smoke alarms and a family fire escape plan.”

Left Photo: A member of the Pefferlaw fire-fighting team, Robert Squires instructs a fire-fighter-in-training on how to “knock down” the flames shown in the windows and doors of a house façade set up at the fire hall in Pefferlaw on Thursday, Sep-tember 29.

Right Photo: The kids learn about poten-tial fire haz-ards by Public Educator Taunya Zabielski as she walks them through a display.

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And the winners are… Lawn Bowling: Ron Geniole, Ray August, George Burns (Gold); Christie Hall, Estelle Lemaire, Bette Banks (Silver); Ken Holwell, Charlie booth, Betty McWhirter (Bronze). Progressive Euchre: Muriel Levand, Betty Range(Gold); Shirley Lawson, Dorthy Ste-venson (Silver); Ronald Marshall, Sara Varga (Bronze). Bid Euchre: Shirley Lawson, Dorthy Ste-venson (Gold); Barry Kennedy, Karen Ken-nedy (Silver); Carol Milwain, Suzanne Phil-lips (Bronze). Prediction Walk: Don Waldie (Gold); diane Waldie (Silver); Goldie White (Bronze). Horseshoes: Barb Belliveau, Jim Logue(Gold); Dan Collinson, Robert Laing(Silver); Don Waldie, Ken Hackenbrook(Bronze). 18-Hold Golf Men (Handicap Div): Ken McIntosh (Gold); Lorne Newton (Silver); Nelson Hunter (Bronze). 18-Hold Golf Men (Calloway Div): Clyde Noftle (Gold); Ron Janes (Silver); Hans Helleman (Bronze). 18-Hole Golf Ladies (Handicap Div): Marion Calvert (Gold); Sandra Graham

(Silver); Doreen Hunter (Bronze). 9-Hole Golf Men (Handi- Cap Div) : Chuck Willamson(Gold); John Thompson (Silver); Bob Armitage (Bronze). 9-Hole Golf Men (Calloway Div) : John Chernoff (Gold); Clyde Noftle (Silver); Ted Petkoff (Bronze). 9-Hole Golf Ladies (Handicap Div): Rose West (Gold); Barb Clark (Silver); June Tur-cotte (Bronze). 9-Hole Golf Ladies (Calloway Div): Ruth Rae (Gold); Dorothy Georgieff (Silver); Lynda Ritchie (Bronze). Chess: Wayne Hodgson (Gold); Tie—Eric Jarvis and Dave Turnbull (Silver); Tie—Ken cox and Herbert Schywalsky (Bronze). Floor Shuffleboard—Singles: Don Waldie (Gold); Al Leslie (Silver); Barry Knox(Bronze). Floor Shuffleboard—Singles: Vera Watt (Gold); Myrtle Sutton (Silver); Donna Knox(Bronze). Floor Shuffleboard—Doubles: Charlotte

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18-Hole Ladies: Ken Hackenbrook, Doreen Hunter (bronze) , Dan Wheeler, Sandra Gra-ham (silver), Marion Calvert (gold).

9-Hole Men (Calloway): Ken Hackenbrook, Ted Petkoff (bronze); Dan Wheeler, Clyde Noftle (silver).

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Widdifield, Ra-chel Ridgeway(Gold); Norman Felton, Anna Hughes (Silver); Don Waldie, Nancy Reid

(Bronze). Table Shuffleboard: Don Waldie, Dave Matt (Gold); Barry Knox, Sharron Holmes(Silver); Ron Marshall, Ginny Roe (Bronze). 5-Pin Bowling: Wayne Haviland, Jean Flicker, Murray flicker, Doreen Hunter, Nel-son Hunter (Gold); Dorothy Georgieff, Marie Lane, Judy McGregor, Barb wilkins, doug Langley (Silver); Shirley Fancy, Pat Baldock, Grace Cooper, Madge Carpenter, Evelyn Lavery (Bronze). Scrabble: Linda Armstrong (Gold); Lynda Ritchie (Silver); July McGregor (Bronze). Contract Bridge: Marilyn Hallowell, Alice Luxmork (Gold); Betty Range, Beryle McIntyre (Silver); Kay Jackson, Jean Ken-nedy (Bronze). Duplicate Bridge: John McLean, Nan McLean (Gold); Doug Eaton, Richard Beetham (Silver); Tie—Beryl McIntyre,

Betty Range and Linda Armstron and Brenda Campbell (Bronze). Cribbage: Fran Speers, Ken Holwell

(Gold); Linda Armstrong, Bonnie Romback (Silver); Lynda Ritchie, Laurence Ritchie (Bronze). 8-Ball Men: Peter Arkwell (Gold); Frank Sebo (Silver); Gerry Neally (Bronze). 8-Ball Ladies: Charlotte Widdifield (Gold); Barb Bellieveau (Silver); Agnes Hanlon (Bronze). 9-Ball Men: Ron Venning (Gold); Peter Arkwell (Silver); Jim Stephens (Bronze). 9-Ball Ladies: Barb Belliveau(Gold); Char-lotte Widdifield (Silver); Brenda Campbell (Bronze). Badminton: Barbara Wilkins, Nelson Hunter (Gold); Mavis Dunn, Doug Payne (Silver); Marja Kock, Edward Windebank (Bronze). Darts: Ron Mills, Joanne Mills (Gold); Bill Brown, Jeanne Mullarkey (Silver); Gerry Neally, Barb Bellieveau (Bronze). Carpet Bowling: Brenda Campbell, Rocco DiMambro, Ken Holwell, Peter Ward (Gold); Neil O’Brien, Ruth Zinck, Sadie Walton, Peggy Dickinson (Silver); Gord Rae, Don Waldie, Judy Wilson, Carol Wolfe (Bronze).

r Games Results signed up for 26 events in rgina Senior games. Held athletes came together at ctober 5 to recognize the gold medalists.

Floor Shuffleboard: Barry Knox (bronze), Al Leslie (silver), Dan Wheeler, Don Waldie (gold), Ken Hackenbrook.

Cribbage: Bonnie Romback, Linda Armstrong (silver), Ken Holwell, Fran Speers (gold), Lynda Ritchie, Laurence Ritchie (bronze).

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So Mary, how does YOUR garden grow?

Jack and his beanstalk has nothing on the young members of the Georgina Brock/4H Youth Garden Club. The group gathered at Pefferlaw Peat on Sunday, September 25 to find out who grew the largest vegetable and/or plant in over 20 categories. Cordy Jorritsma (photo right) from Wilfrid had a great year with wins for her sunflower which measured 25 inches, a carrot which weighed 1.5 kg

and a long gourd that measured 6.25 feet. Katelynn Crawford’s 18 ft. 4 in. corn stalk broke her 2009 record which was 17 feet. And, Daniel Shier broke a re-cord set in 2010 by Shelby Bond with his tallest sunflower entry of 15 ft. nine and half inches. Other winners were: Graham Dumas (squash, 319lbs.); Re-becca Crawford (marrow, 55.1 lbs.); and Joline Quinn (pumpkin, 50 lbs.)

Right Photo: Winners of the giant marrow category were Graham Dumas (left, third place with 45.6 lbs.), Shelby Bond (centre, second place with 52.65 lbs.) and Re-becca Crawford (right, first place with 55.1 lbs.

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Terry Fox Run at Morning Glory P. S.

Even though the students a Morning Glory Public School were not alive when Terry Fox ran his Mara-thon of Hope to raise money for the disease that took his life, the entire student body of 439 participated in a Terry Fox Run on September 28 and raised $465.21 for cancer re-search.

Photos above: The kids get into the spirit as they sprint around the school yard. Photo below: A number of boys proudly stick out their chests to spell out T-E-R-R-Y-!

Olympic Bottle Drive Pefferlaw’s own Melinda Wat-pool, a women’s boxing contender for the 2012 Olympics in Lon-don, England will be hosting a bot-tle drive on Satur-day, October 22 at the Pefferlaw Lions Hall to help her get to the Olympics. Ms. Watpool will be setting up in the parking lot between 10:00 am to 4:00 pm to receive donations of beer cans and bottles and glass liquor and wine bottles. Her team will also provide pick-up for donations. Anyone wishing to help Melinda get to the Olympics by

donating their spirit bottles and beer cans are invited to call (705) 437-4316 for pick up.

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Residents and visitors alike stepped out in Georgina on September 24 and 25 to con-duct a self-guided tour of more than 25 local artists and arti-sans. Potters, sculptors, weavers, photographers and artists ex-hibiting works in various me-

dia were all part of this 13th annual tour. (Above left) Gaby van Gans proudly holds up her photo of Canadian artist Robert Bate-man. (Above right) Nancy Day from Markham check out the quilting display at One Step Ahead Creations.

Georgina’s Annual Studio Tour

New Rogers TV show features Keswick trainer At the age of 15, young Fran-cesco Ciano from Keswick began working at Zehrs bag-ging groceries. He worked hard, saved his money and in his spare time began working out. In 2002 he joined a local gym as a trainer and a year later, started up his own business, Eterna Health and Fit-ness. Now, after in-structing hundreds of clients as a personal trainer, Mr. Ciano will host his very own health and fitness program on Rogers TV. The first of six segments of Fitness with Fran-cesco, which were all filmed in Georgina, will air on Monday, October 10. Mr. Ciano says most of the segments were shot

out of doors in some of the most picturesque areas of Georgina and viewers will be given tips and tricks on physi-cal fitness. “And there will be expert seg-ments where I sit down with a

doctor, a chiropractor, a chef and physical therapist to dis-cuss what they do and how it relates to overall health and fitness,” he said.

A camera man shoots a segment of Fitness with Francesco on the shoreline of Lake Simcoe in Georgina.

The sights, sounds and smells of fall were in full display at the Georgina Pio-neer village on September 24 as volun-teers from the Georgina Historical Soci-ety and the Town of Georgina gave resi-dents an opportunity to gaze through the looking glass into yesteryear. Accompanied by the Voices of Georgina choir singing in the church and musi-cians in the band shell, guests were able to stroll through the village to catch demonstrations such as rope making and blacksmithing and purchase home bak-ing as well as home made crafts.

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Harvest Festival

GTTI Golf Tourney raises $15,000 for training programs On a wet and blustery day on Fri-day, September 30, 144 soggy souls completed the 18-hole scram-ble golf tournament at the Briar’s Golf Club to raise money for the Training Centre (GTTI) in Sutton. It was “mission accomplished” as the event raised approximately $15,000. The money will be used to help develop and deliver pro-grams that will assist in training local youth and adults in a variety of disciplines.

The men’s team that captured the trophy for the highest score in-cluded (photo left) Bob Maglough-len, Murray Evans, Bob Pollock and Raymond Watt. Winners of the mixed trophy were (photo bottom left): Terry Baron, Anita Haynes, Dave Haynes and Mike Baron. Money was also raised during the event when a live auction was con-ducted by Mayor Rob Grossi.

Mr. Grossi shows his delight when a jar of donated beets, a recipe of his which won first price at the Sutton Fair, was sold at the auction for $150.00.

(Photo above) Square dancing in the school house was a new addition to this year’s fes-tival. (Photo right) Historical Society volunteer Estelle Le Maire (left) presides over the delicious bake sale table.

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St. Bernadette’s Children’s Centre is hosting an Open House on Oct. 13 from 6:00—8:00 pm. Refreshments, jumpy tent and tours. The Pefferlaw Lions Club is celebrating 55 years of service with a 50s/60s Dinner and Dance on Sat. Oct. 15. Dinner 6:00 pm, dance to follow. Tickets at Bodley’s (705) 437-2000 or sherrydavidson55@yahoo.ca Luncheon at the Gallery on Oct. 18. Call ahead for reservations at (905) 722-9587. Don’t forget to drop into your favourite li-brary during Library Week Oct. 16—22 and see what’s happening. Call ahead for an interview with a “human” book. Hospice Georgina is hosting education and grief support sessions on Thursdays from Oct. 20 to Dec. 8. Call (905) 722-9333. The Uxbridge Historical Centre is hosting a Primitive Rug Hooking workshop for begin-ners. Call (905) 852-5854. The Georgina Pioneer Village will be all decked out for a Spirit Walk from 6:30 to 9:00 pm on Oct. 22. Come if you DARE!!

The Keswick United Church is hosting an Autumn Luncheon & Bazaar on Sat. Oct. 22 from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. Baking, plants, toys, nifty stuff and vendors too! Canada’s reigning R&B queen, Jully Black will be at the Stephen Leacock Centre on Sat. Oct. 22 at 8:00 pm. Call (905) 476-0193 for tickets. Lake Simcoe Gardeners invite you to learn all about “Garden Invasives” on Mon. Oct. 24 at 7:30 at the Keswick United Church.

The Pefferlaw Lioness will hold their annual Craft Show at the Pefferlaw Lions Hall on Sat. Oct. 29 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Ven-dors still wanted. Call (705) 437-1552.

The Port Bolster Hall Board and the Kes-wick Optimists are hosting a Halloween Party at the Port Bolster Hall on Sat. Oct. 29 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Crafts, lunch, con-tests. Bring a food item for the Food Bank! Call Barb at (705) 437-1821.

Club 55 in Keswick is having a Halloween Dinner Dance on Sat. Oct. 29 at the Stephen Leacock Centre. Prizes for Best Costume. Cocktails at 6:00. Dinner & dance to follow.

The Georgina Historical Society invites you to a showing of a 1949 film of Sutton at the Stephen Leacock Centre on Nov. 4 at 1:30 pm.

Coming Events & Announcements

Eavestrough cleaning and protection system installed. Fast service and reasonable rates. Free estimates. Call Eric (705) 437-4634.

Riverglen Nursing Home in Sutton is looking for a used school bus to use for resident outings. Please call Lau-rie at (905) 722-5921.

Dispatcher required for Transit Geor-gina office in Sutton. Call (905) 722-8191.

Nancy’s Home Daycare—All ages wel-come. 6am—6pm. ECE teacher, full learning through play program. Re-ceipts available. Call (705) 437-2162

2+ BDRM bungalow for rent on Pef-ferlaw River. $1,100 per mo. Plus utilities. Call (705) 437-1216.

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