Soaring with Snowbirds

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The Snowbirds perform over the Niagara District Airport on Wednesday afternoon. DARIYA BAIGUZHIYEVA

Brittany Carter Local schools were Snowbirds technician Tris- overwhelming responses and by the Niagara Historical ing,” she said. The Lake Report welcomed to the Niagara ton “Pope” Popescu was more excited students. Society and Museum and By 5 p.m., Morris said District Airport for an swarmed by eager students More than 70 volunteers serves as the organization’s she didn’t have an accurate The Canadian Forces exclusive meetup before the while answering questions and a host of community largest fundraiser. tally of the amount raised for Snowbirds invited excited fundraising event later that and explaining the ins and sponsors helped make this Cheryl Morris, marketing the organization, but it was kids and inquisitive chaper- evening. outs of handling the fleet. year’s Canadian Forces lead of the NOTL Snowbirds likely around $30,000 before ones to learn more about the Ruby Brunton, along with After teaching about the Snowbirds show a success on committee, said a lot was expenses, she said. planes, what it takes to be many of her classmates from technical side of handling Wednesday, with a sold-out learned from the event held Morris did say she was a pilot, and everything else Crossroads Public School, the aircraft, Popescu asked VIP area and almost 1,000 two years ago. “very happy” with the turn- involved in flying a Canadair were encouraged to look into questions and handed stick- people in the general admis- “We have a lot more vol- out, though, and deemed the CT-114 Tutor aircraft on the cockpit of the Canadair ers out to the first students sion space by 4 p.m. unteers this year, and have a Wednesday morning. CT-114 Tutor. to answer; he was met with The event was presented better handle on the park- Continued on Page 2 Canopy Growth challenges town cannabis bylaw

Dariya Baiguzhiyeva day from Canopy Growth, million-square-foot facility opy Growth, confirmed The Lake Report one of the country’s largest grows medical marijuana. the company has some cannabis producers, Lord The company also pur- concerns with an interim Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Mayor Betty Disero told chased Coyote’s Run win- control bylaw passed in cannabis bylaw is be- council’s committee of the ery for $10 million in May. June, but wouldn’t dis- ing challenged by Canopy whole meeting Monday. In an email response to close any more details. Growth Corp. Canopy Growth owns The Lake Report, Jordan “We enjoy a positive The town received a Tweed Farms on Conces- Sinclair, vice-president of A Canopy Growth employee bags trimmed cannabis leaves notice of appeal last Fri- sion 5 Road where its one- communications for Can- Continued on Page 13 at Tweed Farms in Niagara-on-the-Lake. RICHARD HARLEY

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Top, and middle: Kids enjoy the morning learning about the Snowbirds and checking out their planes. Left: Snowbirds in flight. Right: Snowbirds prepare to take flight for an aerobatics display. Bottom: A parachute team jumps from the sky during the show. PHOTOS BY BRITTANY CARTER AND DARIYA BAIGUZHIYEVA Spending the day with the Snowbirds

Continued from Page 5 the-Lake, Allied Aviation, certainly weren’t all of them. area for Wednesday’s show the Niagara District Airport, The event brought the to celebrate their 25th wed- event a success. Engel and Volkers, Ravine community together to ding anniversary. It couldn’t have been done Vineyard, the Exchange watch the expert flying of They said they wanted to without all of the community Brewery, Konzelmann Estate Canadian Forces pilots. support the Niagara Histori- sponsors and volunteers, she Winery and PigOut Catering Niagara locals, Teresa cal Society and Museum and added. were some of the sponsors to and Lyndon Palmer, bought wanted to do something The Town of Nagara-on- note, she said, though they themselves tickets to the VIP local. Terry Fox Run this weekend

The annual Terry Fox Run takes place this Saturday. The “That was Terry’s vision, wasn’t it? Just one dollar from run takes participants through a five-kilometre stretch start- each person in Canada. Terry only wanted one dollar, we ing at Simcoe Park, travelling up King Street to John Street, have a population of about 15,000 and I think we got to then following Ricardo Street to King, and back to Sim- $10,000 (in 2007). Now we’re at $113,000,” she said. coe Park. A video outlining the route can be found on the Registration is at 9 a.m., and the run kicks off at 10 a.m., town’s website at notl.org. with a barbecue to follow. Participants can walk, run, bike or rollerblade, and are asked Last year, King said $113,538.43 was raised through Terry Fox, in a portrait by photographer John O’Callaghan, to donate whatever they can. Donations of $20 or more will be the community run with 250 participants, and another when the Marathon of Hope passed through the Toronto issued a tax-receipt. King said all she asks for is $1 a person. $3,865.05 was raised through school events. area. JOHN O’CALLAGHAN PHOTO Page 3 September 12, 2019 NEWS Protesters target Legion pork roast, blast air horn in older man’s ears

Dariya Baiguzhiyeva Effortless and The Lake Report delicious dining The annual pig roast at Join us for authentic Sichuan & Dim Sum the Royal Canadian Legion with new menu items arriving daily. Branch 124 didn’t go ex- actly as planned Sunday. About 15 members of the At War for Animals Niagara $ Dim Sum animal rights group showed 1 All day, every day! up at the NOTL legion. They stood on King $ Brunch Street, waving flags and 20.99 Sunday holding signs. One of the $ Dinner Special protesters occasionally 18.99 Sunday–Thursday turned on a megaphone with a siren, disrupting music at DJ Mike Moose tells protesters he’s had enough of an air horn being blown mere feet $ Lunch Express Special the event. away from him, as he tried to perform. DARIYA BAIGUZHIYEVA 15.99 Monday–Thursday Protester Adam Stirr said Takeout and Delivery Available the demonstration was a “furthering of our beliefs” and a “way to get attention”. CHILIJIAO.COM • 905.468.6114 For months, his group has 271 MARY ST, NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ON been protesting Sentineal Carriages’ use of horses to pull carriages around Old Town. “It’s not just about the horse carriages. It’s about any use of animals, including raising them, killing them and eating them,” he said. Three Niagara Regional Police cars, parked along King Street, were on scene to maintain peace. Police officers only inter- Andrew Ball gives the thumbs up as members of the legion carve up the freshly roasted vened when the pig’s head pig. DARIYA BAIGUZHIYEVA was placed on a stick in front of the protesters. suggested legion members The protesters started remove the pig’s head as it their usual protest in Old might “incite” the protesters. Town. Lord Mayor Betty Disero Jade McLauchlan, a Sen- was at the event, too. tineal Carriages driver, “What is confounding said the activists started to me is that a group of their protests Sunday at the 15 people would protest a corner of King and Queen barbecue of 60 people,” she streets but then filled the told The Lake Report. sidewalk near the Prince of “You would think they Wales Hotel, where people would go to bigger venues get on and off the carriages. Dan Reid stands in front of a pig roast in an anti-vegan in larger cities. So much She said they also followed T-shirt. DARIYA BAIGUZHIYEVA energy and time wasted. the carriage drivers around, And why the police would blocked one of the horses McLauchlan said she Stirr, who said he is veg- not move a protester along, with a car plastered with didn’t charge her customers an, said people are welcome when a rider tells him she signs. One of the protesters for the ride because they to protest any of his group’s feels threatened and afraid held a sign in front of the didn’t get an “enjoyable gatherings because that’s is also a concern to me.” horse, which made the horse experience” with protesters the “beauty of democracy.” The town and the police, uncomfortable. following them around. One police officer told as well as the activists “They were on and off “We shouldn’t have to The Lake Report he sug- and Locals for Carriages the sidewalks, on the roads work in an environment like gested protesters turn their members, a support group, with their signs. They were that. They (protesters) keep megaphone off because met on Monday morning hollering at our customers on saying they have rights there could be veterans to discuss a revised proto- today,” McLauchlan told and freedom to protest. But with post-traumatic stress col agreement that sets the The Lake Report. “I was re- I have a right to have a safe disorder present at the pig ground rules for protests ally anxious being out there work environment and have roast. He said he told one and counter-protests. and driving because you the customers have a safe and of the protesters to “judge Details of the meeting’s don’t know how extreme enjoyable ride when they’re accordingly.” outcome haven’t been dis- they’re going to go.” with me,” McLauchlan said. The officer also said he closed yet. Page 4 September 12, 2019

The Lake Report EDITORIAL & OPINION Editorial Enough is enough

Richard Harley predictable protesters who Niagara Regional Police need to consider getting re- Editor think they can shove — where are you? straining orders for every their views down people’s Members of this com- single member of the Snowbirds fly on Wednesday. BRITTANY CARTER NOTL’s not-so-friendly throats. munity are starting to lose protest group. Then police neighbourhood protest- The irony was not lost on faith in you as protectors of would have to act. Editor-In-Chief: Richard Harley ers decided to attack the me, that I was enjoying the peace and safety. Pushing back physically Managing Editor: Kevin MacLean country’s veterans again sandwich on land represent- While there is some against these animal rights Publisher: Niagara Now this weekend, protesting ing real heroes, who fought understanding that you must protesters is not an option, Design & Layout: Richard Harley outside a pig roast fund- for my right to eat whatever be afraid to step on peo- no matter how frustrating Advertising: Rob Lamond raiser at the Royal Canadian I want — and coincidentally ple’s constitutional rights, and odious their actions and Staff: Jer Houghton, Brittany Carter, Dariya Legion Branch 124. for the ignorant protesters’ there is no constitutional name-calling are. Baiguzhiyeva, Jill Troyer, Tim Taylor, Eunice It now seems clear the ability to protest. right to harassment. The po- But with no action by the Tang people demonstrating just As I sat and watched, one lice department’s inability police, it appears that some Contributors: Denise Ascenzo, Linda Fritz, like hanging out in NOTL. of the protesters decided to to properly enforce the dif- sort of legal remedy might Ross Robinson, NOTL Writer’s Circle, Brian But here’s the thing: blow an air horn into an old- ference between the two is be the only route left so that Marshall, Tim Carroll, Jim Smith, Susan Nobody wants you here. er man’s ear. This is where appalling. Business owners, businesses, tourists and area Des Islets, and many members of the local Nobody is listening to you. police should have stepped residents and tourists alike residents can have a respite community I know I enjoyed my in. It was clear, intentional are suffering because you from these endless protests. pork sandwich all the more harassment, and police only will not enforce the law. editor@niagaranow. thanks to the audience of gave a warning, yet again. Perhaps the horse people com HOW TO GET IN TOUCH

Email Letters: [email protected] Story Ideas: [email protected] Advertising: [email protected] LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Phone Newsroom: 905-359-2270 Advertising Department: 905-246-4671 Office Address Excellent story on history Special report on lake erosion 496 Mississauga St., NOTL, Ontario, Canada. highlights importance of Mailing Address of flying in NOTL PO Box 724, Niagara-on-the-Lake, L0S1J0 shoreline lands Have a lead on a story? Dear editor: Call 905.359.2270 or send an email to Congratulations to Denise Ascenzo for her excellent re- Dear editor: [email protected] port, (“90 years of flying in NOTL,” The Lake Report, Sept. We at Harmony Residents Group wish to congratulate 5), about the history of aviation in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The Lake Report for its special report, “Falling Into the It contained lots of good, worthwhile detail and was nice- Lake,” (Aug. 29). Want to grow your business ly researched. Keep up this level of reporting. Not only did your special report raise the issues of the through advertising? If you or your readers have time, see if you can get these eroding shoreline, it reminded everyone in town that the Call 905.246.4671 or send an email to two books from the public library: Air Transport in Canada area of the former Department of National Defence rifle [email protected] and Aviation in Canada: The Formative Years. range and the Niagara Shores Park are a valuable natural There you can use the indexes to find quite a few other part of our heritage and worthy of the care and cost needed Niagara Region aviation events. to preserve those lands. For example, did you know that Max Ward (founder of For 12 years, Harmony (harmonyresidents.org) has ad- Green Tip of the Week Ward Air) instructed during the war at the British Com- vocated for the lands to be managed as a conservation area monwealth Air Training Plan flying school near St. Catha- and for all levels of government to be partners in creating a Contributed by Norm Arsenault: rines? Regards, park to be used by everyone. Larry Milberry Thank you for bringing attention to those lands. When offered a plastic straw or stir stick, Member, Debi Goodwin just say “No thanks!” Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame Board member Fifty-seven millions straws are sold Publisher, CANAV Books Harmony Residents Group in Canada each day. Most end up in landfills where they will stay forever. Approximately 20,000 are used in Niagara-on-the-Lake every day. We welcome your letters Most end in the landfill! Correction The Lake Report welcomes your telephone number so that letters to the editor. Please, write authorship can be authenticated. Positive Power + early and often. Only names and general A photo caption accompanying Letters ideally should be under addresses (eg. Virgil, St. Davids, a news story last week wrongly with Patty Garriock 400 words long. Occasionally, longer NOTL) will be published. referred to Tim Jennings as artistic “The holy passion of letters may be published. All letters Send your letters to editor@ director of the Shaw Festival. friendship is of so sweet may be edited for conciseness, niagaranow.com or drop them by As the story correctly stated, and steady and loyal and accuracy, libel and defamation. our office at 724 Mississauga St., Jennings is the executive director of enduring a nature that it will Please include your full name, NOTL. the festival. Tim Carroll is artistic last a lifetime.” - Mark Twain. street address and a daytime The Lake Report director. UNDERGROUND OPEN HOUSE Starts at 3pm on September 24, 2019. Mori Room in the Community Centre 8 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (doors open at 2:30pm) Niagara-on-the-Lake Hydro is hosting an Open House to talk about the underground conversion planned for the Olde Town...and anything else you’d like to talk about. More Information is available at www.NOTLhydro.com Page 5 September 12, 2019 NEWS

MEMORIAM In memory of Rex

On August 20 we lost our good friend Rex Williams. He had struggled with health issues in recent years, overcoming the many challenges, surgeries and rehabilitation that each entailed. He always remained upbeat and pleasant even when faced with his many health challenges. We all got to know and appreciate his wit, optimism and wisdom over the years as an integral member and leader of our Wednesday duplicate bridge group. His tongue-in-cheek summaries of weekly play, sometimes in the form of poetry, made everyone look forward to his weekly missives. He is sorely missed by one and all, both in our small group of bridge players and friends, but the entire bridge and golf community in NOTL. A few weeks before his passing, during one of our Wednesday afternoon sessions, the topic of Heaven came up during a break in the action. Rex opined that maybe we are in Heaven now. Subsequently, he wrote this poem:

Heaven by Rex Williams

Life surely can be very good, spouse, family, and friends Are there mountains, woods, beautiful terrain? Lots of love with fun and laughter. Will we be able to ride a bike? But what awaits when this long journey ends? Is it always sunny or does it rain? Will there be life hereafter? Can we swim or take a hike? And if allowed through Heaven’s door Is there music, singing, funny jokes? Will we be with parents kin and cousins, Are we able to go dancing? Meet again those we’ve known before? Can we get together with friendly blokes? Friends and Relatives by the dozens. One’s pleasure thus enhancing. In Heaven will we get to eat? As I contemplate this path unknown Perhaps drink, a hearty ale, A future all must accept, Guinness would be quite hard to beat. With no value to things that we now own, Prefer a beer that’s not too pale, Now really what did we expect? And is the game I love played there? Enjoy the woods, streams, the babes in arms, If I could then I would pick it, Pause and take pleasure in this life that’s certain, Do referees make sure it’s fair, The woods, the streams, the babes in arms, What would it cost me for a ticket? They’ve yet to drop that final curtain. Are there hills and streams all to enjoy? Perhaps there is a Heaven very near Are we able to go fishing? And we need to wake and smell the roses, Many things I loved as a little boy. It could be with us right here, Or is this just wishful thinking? Beneath our very noses.

We will long remember what a privilege it has been to know Rex. Wednesday Bridge Group: Ron Ashenhurst, Tom Letson, Bob Olley, John Christie, Keith Grimble, Chris Gosling, Verne Chant, Dale Daniels, John Long, John McCallum, Mike Henry, Dan Taylor, Patrick MacNeill, Doug Newman, Bill McEachern, John Sitch, Robert McGrath, Did you know? Paul McHoull, Herman Fontyn, Bob Goodwin, Ivan Eaton, Alfred Mouget, Andy Fisher “There are no goodbyes. The Lake Report’s printer sources 100 per cent of Wherever you will be, you will be in our hearts.” Gandhi its paper fibre from industry leading paper mills, which use quick-growth, sustainable, renewable plots of land, rather than clear-cutting forests. The ink is also vegetable-based.

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Dariya Baiguzhiyeva features, has smaller lots 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. and limits street, she said. The Lake Report with rear garages accessed street parking to a maxi- “Many residents are feel- Have an opinion via laneways, minimal front mum of 12 hours. ing stressed and harassed Garrison Village needs yards and narrower streets She also said many by nightly patrols,” Chapell on-street parking, residents aimed to calm traffic. The garages are undersized and told council. you want heard? told Niagara-on-the-Lake design was approved by the can’t accommodate larger She suggested removing Send a letter to the editor to council at the committee of town council and residents cars. One resident has a the overnight parking prohi- the whole meeting Monday. bought their homes thinking mobility issue and has dif- bition, extending a 12-hour [email protected] Two Village residents, Jane they were allowed to park ficulty getting in or out in a parking limit to 48 or 72 Chapell and George Scott, on streets, Chapell said. small garage, she said. One hours and using discretion said they were concerned “We’re opposed to … neighbour has an adult son in issuing a ticket. with the recent hike in tick- ticketing for the sake of starting school at Willow- Coun. Wendy Cheropita, eting in the neighbourhood ticketing,” she said. “We bank so now it’s a “three- who lives in Garrison Vil- and that parking was never need a solution that will car family.” Another neigh- lage, said there are only a an issue in the area. work for everyone.” bour left on a trip, leaving couple of cars parked on the The Village, which has The current bylaw prohib- cars in their garage, so their a “new urbanism” design its overnight parking from pet sitter has to park on the Continued on Page 7 Page 6 September 12, 2019 OPINION

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Town, region letting us down of Trudeau critique road and cycling infrastructure was full of propaganda Dear editor: a new public school and walks.” Oh really! In whose existing bike lanes on Mary. There have been many soon a major new medical lifetime, as no date was They need to install side- useful and interesting letters centre. As well as what is, provided? walks on both sides of Mary of late about cycling in our for Niagara-on-the-Lake, I am reminded that near and on all of Mississauga/ Dear editor: tians and other “illegals” town. I am encouraged that explosive growth in the this intersection a few Stone Road / 55, from George Warkentin’s letter rushed our border because the level of discourse has Virgil business district. weeks back a pedestrian Queen to at least Anderson to the editor, “Not a fan Trump persecuted them. It been high from both sides What has not happened was mowed down and seri- Lane. They need to improve of Justin Trudeau,” (Sept. is now better controlled. of the coin. is the town and the region ously injured. Poor street and maintain the street 5), was full of propaganda 7. Planned Parenthood Having said that, there is have not kept up with ap- lighting and trees obstruct- lighting. against the prime minister services have been rationed an ever-increasing problem propriate infrastructure for ing the few streetlights They need to install bike and included a combination by Trump under pressure in town with the interac- all street users. probably did not help the boxes (yes, that’s a thing, of selective excerpts and from hateful, un-Chris- tion of cyclists, pedestrians I focus on the Mary Street already bad situation here. too), or bike through/ turn- misrepresentations. This tian “evangelicals.” and, oh, motorized vehicles. to Queen Street sections as The road, of course, has ing lanes and cycling prior- is similar to the behaviour 8. Dictatorship is not Sidewalks used as bikeways, an example of the neglect no bike lanes and the very ity lights, at the Mary and of far-right hate mongers desirable but it can be more pedestrians with nowhere to all users have experi- narrow shoulders are neither Mississauga and King and and U.S. President Don- efficient. Communists and walk, and drivers frustrated enced. There are almost pedestrian- nor bike-friend- Mary intersections. They ald Trump when he tweets. fascists are increasing by bikes seemly every- no sidewalks except for the ly (those ditches again). need to build more vehicle I have a few rebuttals: around the world. It is dif- where, and “in the way” all short section from Mary to The short stretch of turning lanes on 55 along 1. Balancing the budget: ficult to negotiate between the time. Centre Street on the east sidewalk that does exist has with slower and consistent Our federal deficit to GDP our two largest trading part- Now, I’m not going to side (and a little stub down become a bike expressway speeds and synchronize the ratio is medium compared ners – USA and China. Both pretend that any one of by Queen). It ends uncer- and connects to the Mary traffic lights in Virgil. They to other OECD countries. are pursuing 5C capitalism these three groups are emoniously in a ditch and Street sidewalk, also now a need to build more on-road 2. Aga Khan and SNC i.e. conservative, competi- always fully law-abiding a poorly maintained drain, bike expressway itself. bike lanes on all of 55. As Lavalin: No broken laws. I tive, capitalistic commerce, and respectful of each other, with cracked and heaved Mary Street has bike a minimum, signage and trust Trudeau lobbied Aga at all cost. Beijing is worse but neither can one group be pavement and frequent mud lanes but they just fade “sharrows” (shared-lane Khan’s peaceful, Canadian – increasingly sadistic, painted any worse than the puddles, as the crossing on out before the King and arrows on the pavement), Ismaili Shia Muslims to in- ignoring the UN, and Cana- other. Mississauga. Mississauga intersections. to improve cycling safety crease their pressure against dian and international law It is true that tensions I called the town to Who thought that was a and awareness for the short genocidal Shia Syrians and – and fighting the USA to are rising and education have this cleaned up in good idea? It’s astonishing term. Shia-Sunni wars. see who can buy up Canada. on road use by and for all our muddy wet spring. that at the busy Avondale There is much to be done 3. New justice minister I think Trudeau and MPs is a good start. The letters They cleared the drain and plaza cyclists lose their and some of this is new and bowed to pressure and or- and cabinet ministers (espe- here have helped at least to ignored the sidewalk. I lanes and are forced to fend all is expensive to imple- dered guilty (2001-2011) cially women like Freeland, move forward the discus- cleaned and edged the side- for themselves, by merging ment. But until the town SNC Lavalin to trial. Multi McKenna, Bennett etc.) are sion. One letter last week walk myself, as I was told into traffic unprotected by and region can adopt a millions in fines, same for doing a good job fighting struck a particular chord by a town functionary that any cycling infrastructure Complete Streets plan. The DPA as trial, but the com- for democracy and fairness for me (“Town, region need since the school closed they whatsoever. It’s no wonder safety and sanity of all road pany can’t bid on govern- for all with kindness. to implement more safety were actively discouraging so many choose the one users will be compromised ment contracts – so it could I hope our new govern- measures for cyclists”). It people from using this as sidewalk instead, then cross in these very busy cor- leave Canada . ment will reverse the mentioned a section of Mis- a crossing. That’s true – mid-block to get back to the ridors. No amount of good 4. $10.5 million to Omar increased wage gap due to sissauga at Anderson Lane. they attempted to erase the bike rental shop. discourse will keep us safe Khadr: Our independent 5C and work to prevent and I thought, actually, the en- crossing marks on the road The town and the region and content on our streets, judiciary ordered com- treat global warming. tirety of Mississauga/ Stone and took down the crossing have failed all of us. They until those streets provide pensation for the unlawful Elizabeth Oliver-Malone Road / 55, and particularly signs. are not providing the mod- the modern amenities we U.S. jailing and torture of NOTL the sections in Old Town I asked him how I was ern amenities of Complete need today. the Canadian teen soldier from Virgil to Queen Street, supposed to walk from my Streets, (yes, that’s a thing), It’s your turn now, lord during the Afghan War. are very unfriendly to both house on Centre Street, west which provide safe areas for mayor. Many of your 5. Trudeau owned up to cyclists and pedestrians and, side of Mississauga to the all users. citizens have spoken out the mistake inviting Cana- indeed, motorists alike. Avondale plaza. I asked him They need to urgently but you have been a bit too dian Sikh found guilty of at- In the past few years this this three times. He could build bike lanes on Mis- Stone Road quiet. tempted murder to dinner in corridor has become home not answer – except to say, sissauga/ Stone Road / 55. Bill Talbot India and costuming error. to three cycling companies, “We plan on more side- They need to complete NOTL 6. Many Muslims, Hai-

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Being the youngest a lieutenant from 2014 to Ruller says. “We were In addition to several Na- child in the family, he says 2017. blessed by the fact that tional Fire Protection Asso- he’s a “people’s person at a He became deputy fire someone had heard him and ciation certifications, he also Hear the difference hearing aids can make. Try the latest core” and a social individu- chief in 2017. was able to call for help.” has a graduate certificate advanced or premium digital hearing aids for 14 days, al who has always enjoyed Having known Grimwood But the most rewarding in community prepared- risk-free.* Our hearing professionals will perform a FREE hearing assessment and fit you with hearing aids suited to helping others. for 20 years, Ruller says it part of his job is helping ness and disaster manage- your loss. There’s no cost or obligation to participate. 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Parking was never an issue before, residents say * Trial valid until September 30th, 2019 and is subject to change without notice. No-cost hearing tests are provided to adults ages 19 and older. A fee will apply for a copy of your audiogram. Child hearing tests are conducted at select locations for a fee, please contact us for more information. Promo Code Offer not valid in Quebec. [1] https://www.oticon.ca/hearing-aid-users/hearing-aids/ Continued from Page 5 Coun. Norm Arse- to make a thoughtful, edu- April 2017 recommending products/opn-s NSP-TBYB-LAKR nault made a motion to cated decision,” she said. amending the parking bylaw street and not all cars get ask staff to bring back any In January 2017, follow- and removing the overnight Did you know? ticketed. reports and data related to ing concerns from Garrison parking prohibition. The Lake Report’s printer sources 100 per cent of “It doesn’t appear to be a the Village from 2016- 2017 Village residents in regard “It should be noted its paper fibre from industry leading paper mills, parking issue in the Village and come back with a to an overnight parking pro- that the 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. which use quick-growth, sustainable, renewable at all. It seems to be more holistic approach on how to hibition in their neighbour- parking prohibition has plots of land, rather than clear-cutting forests. specifically a neighbour solve the parking issue. hood, the previous council been rendered obsolete, The ink is also vegetable-based. problem,” she told council. Lord Mayor Betty Disero approved a staff recommen- as in keeping with the “I would hate to see us jump said there are no “precon- dation to conduct a parking town’s noise bylaw, routine Advertising inquiries? Email us at to killing a mosquito with a ceived notions.” survey in the Village. maintenance is no longer [email protected] nuclear bomb when it may “This has been a long Staff then came back conducted at night,” the or call Rob at 905-246-4671 be a real simple solution.” time coming but I want us with the survey results in staff report said. Page 8 September 12, 2019 NEWS Community helps farm worker send soccer balls to Jamaican schools

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Prophet Elisha Steele has kicked community support into action and is sending 23 soccer balls to schools back home to Jamaica. Linda Anderson-Kozik, Sandy Sullivan, Judy Mantle and The soccer balls were pur- Dawn Jacot enjoy the Moonlight Picnic at the Pumphouse chased with excess money Arts Centre. PAUL JACOT/SUBMITTED raised for roll down cricket matting for the migrant workers’ cricket team to Pumphouse’s Moonlight play and practise on. Fundraising for the mat Picnic a sell-out success was initiated by Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen own- Paul Jacot own food to tables out- er Aziz Anjum, who offered Special to The Lake Report side the arts centre for the to donate $500 of the almost picnic. $2,000 needed to purchase Ken Eden, of Bikes for Farmworkers, Jamaican farm worker Prophet Elisha Steele, Dave The third annual Moon- She added that the eve- the mat, if the Caribbean Pritchard and Carol Miller, Caribbean Workers Outreach Project board members, with the light Picnic fundraiser ning really appeals to locals Workers Outreach Project 23 soccer balls that will be sent to Jamaican schools. BRITTANY CARTER for the Niagara Pump- because it’s like an old-fash- and the players could raise house Arts Centre sold ioned gathering of friends the rest. presented to Steele on he said, and has always been Caribbean Workers Out- out early again this year and neighbours. “Our board The organization raised Monday afternoon at Gaio eager to support them any reach Project. as more than 400 people members and many volun- $2,600 in total, with sup- Farm on Concession 1 way he can. Steele said he will cover attended the popular teers worked hard to put it port from Bikes for Farm- where he has been working “This endeavour is the cost of sending the balls event held last Friday at all together,” she said. workers, Jamaica National seasonally for more than 20 remarkable to me because to Jamaica. He will be re- the Pumphouse. Niagara-on-the- Money Services, the Hawley years. He said he has been it demonstrates how two turning home before the end Lise Andreana, chair of Lake band Back in the family, and farm workers sending soccer balls back organizations and the work- of the month and said he’s the Pumphouse board of Daze brought the picnickers and volunteer supporters to Jamaica for about as long ers themselves co-operate to looking forward to seeing directors and co-ordinator to their feet dancing to the who attend Sunday night as he has been coming to not only benefit themselves friends and family again for of the event, said the night Eagles, Bruce Springs- services at Grace United NOTL to work. but to share it with kids in a few months before likely is so popular because it is teen, the Beatles and other Church. He is passionate about Jamaica,” said Nancy King, coming back for another unique – people bring their hits from the ‘60s and ‘70s. The 23 soccer balls were helping the kids back home, a longtime member of the season. Investigation of drive-by shooting NOTL Hydro holds open house in St. Davids continues, police say on project to bury power lines

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Niagara Regional Police Niagara-on-the-Lake are continuing their investiga- Hydro has launched a tion into a targeted drive- 14-year project to bury by shooting in a quiet St. overhead lines under- Davids neighbourhood. ground and town residents Investigators are seeking are invited to an open at least two men after four house to learn more about shots were fired at a house the project. on 31 Kenmir Ave. No one A presentation about the was home at a time of the The exterior of a house on 31 Kenmir Avenue, which was plan will be held on Tues- targeted in drive-by shooting last Sunday, was damaged. . shooting and only the exterior day, Sept. 24, at 3 p.m. NOTL Hydro president Tim Curtis. DARIYA BAIGUZHIYEVA DARIYA BAIGUZHIYEVA of the house was damaged, in the Mori Room at the police said. possibly early 2000s, four- juries, detectives believe this NOTL Community Centre. son Street this fall. Next “There’s always a bit of The property was owned by door silver Volkswagen Golf. was a targeted event,” police NOTL Hydro has been year, it will move to Gate a mess,” Curtis comment- Francesca Pasco as of 2015, The car had a light blue patch said in a statement. doing conversion proj- Street. Each section takes ed on the project’s im- public records from the On- on the front passenger door No reason or motive for the ects in some parts of the about a month to complete. pact on residents. “Some tario land registry office show. and the front silver rims are shooting is known and police town, like Queenston and The project will cost about people are bit fussed by The house was sold for different than the rear silver are not releasing any details. Chautauqua, since the $200,000 to $300,000 per that, so that’s understand- $1.3 million on Aug. 28 to rims, police said. Anyone with information late 1980s. Old Town is year. able.” a couple who had not yet The car was seen in the is asked to contact detec- the last area to be done, The voltage in the over- Instead of overhead moved in at the time of the neighbourhood several hours tives at 905-688-4111, dial said hydro president Tim head lines in Old Town lines, there will be trans- shooting. before the shooting, the option 3, badge #9361. Curtis. will increase to 27,600 former boxes which make Police said the shooter was investigators said. - with files from Kevin The 14-year conversion volts from the current volt- the street look “nicer, a rear passenger in an older, “While there were no in- MacLean project will start on John- age of 4,000 volts. cleaner,” he said. Page 9 September 12, 2019 NEWS

The adventure begins with you... Palliative Care gearing up for Healing Cycle ride at St. Mark’s church Bonnie Bagnulo church in Old Town to St. Special to The Lake Report Saviour’s church in Queen- ston, and back. The ride Niagara-on-the-Lake starts at 9 a.m. Palliative care is gearing Thanks to the generous up to participate in this donations from people in year’s Healing Cycle ride this community we hope to fundraiser Sept. 15. reach our goal of $15,000. Leadership • Citizenship • Physical Fitness During the Healing As we prepare, it’s not too LEARN SQUADRON HQ Cycle Ride, the funds raised late to add your donation. Aviation Careers • First Aid Croatian National Centre

Aeronautics • Marksmanship • Drill NEWARK (Corner of Line 3 and Concession 1) by palliative care teams like To donate, visit www. 1416 Line 3 NOTL Palliative Care are thehealingcycle.ca; find the DEVELOP Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0 Teamwork • Friendship 809 809 (905) 468-7584 Con dence • Self-Worth directed back to their own “Donate to a Rider” button TRAINING NIGHTS

SUMMER TRAINING S N specific organizations. (top right of page), or find QUADRO Wednesday Evenings Every summer there are opportu- 6:30pm-9:15pm These funds allow our a friend who is riding and nities to participate in exciting organization to provide all fill out a donation form. All training programmes with other www.809cadets.ca CONTACT cadets from across Canada and The Royal Canadian Air Captain Jody Lemoine five communities of NOTL cash and cheque dona- around the world! Cadets is a program for [email protected] youth between the ages of — Old Town, Queenston, tions will be collected and Open House Event 12 and 18. Bottle Drive Fundraiser Rachel DeBon rode for four hours and Terri Ulley joined in and Welcome BBQ Van Noort Greenhouses Virgil, St. Davids and presented directly to the Ni- to raise money for Palliative Care on Thursday. Croatian National Centre (Four Mile Creek and Hunter Roads) September 16th, 7:00pm September 14th, 9:00am-4:00pm Glendale — with free agara on the Lake Palliative BRITTANY CARTER services, including: trained Care Service. Donations of visiting volunteers who $25 or more will receive a On behalf of the Pedal Pushers, thank you to the provide companionship and tax receipt. community, and to the following major sponsors: respite; equipment such as Anyone who needs help Mori Gardens walkers, wheelchairs, and finding a rider to support Simpson’s Pharmasave commodes. We also have can contact Tim Taylor at Penner Building Centre bereavement services, and 905-468-2536, or by email Hummel Properties multitudes of resources for at timothyntaylor1949@ McGarr Realty seriously ill people. gmail.com. If you would Vino Velo One ride will take place like to participate, but Lead Mechanical in Mississauga, on Sunday, don’t have a bicycle, Vino The Ukesters Sept. 15. This will be our Velo in Virgil will lend The Epicurean seventh year our team of you one. Just ask Taylor to Stacey Wilson five riders will participate in arrange it. St.Marks Church the ride. For information about lo- Mama Mia’s Italian Eatery For the first year ever, a cal palliative pare services, The Pedal Pub ride will also take place you can call 905-468-4433 The Flying Saucer Restaurant in NOTL, from St. Marks or visit www.notlpc.com And Vince Kerrio Wells of Hope fundraiser supports people in Guatemala

Scott Maxwell drilled 28 wells, which have Anneliese Huizinga benefitted more than 80,000 Special to The Lake Report people in Jalapa. Wells of Hope is able to For anyone who doesn’t achieve all its goals, and Volunteers move adobe blocks for building houses. Did you know? know about Wells of Hope, then some, thanks to the SUPPLIED PHOTO it is a Niagara-based charity continuous support of its The Lake Report’s printer sources 100 per cent of its that drills water wells and grassroots in the Niagara about what Wells of Hope and Niagara College beer paper fibre from industry builds schools and other Region and throughout has accomplished in the and cider, while being enter- leading paper mills, which infrastructure in Guatemala, Canada. One of our major last year — will be able to tained by the acclaimed Ron use quick-growth, sustain- so that people in small fundraisers is our annual savour food from different Dewberry. able, renewable plots of towns and villages have ac- Passion event, which takes local restaurants, includ- There will also be a silent land, rather than clear- cutting forests. cess to clean drinking water. place this Friday, Sept. 13, ing the Prince of Wales, auction. This season’s projects from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Queen’s Landing and Pillar Tickets can be purchased The ink is also vegetable- continued in the Santa María at Chateau des Charmes in and Post Hotels, Canyon on-line at www.niagarapas- based. mountains of Jalapa, Guate- Niagara-on-the-Lake. Creek, PigOut, Con Gusto sion.com. Any questions can mala, with the goal of drill- Tickets are $75, and all Artisan Bakery, Grounds be answered by calling 1-866 ing two wells. We’re happy proceeds of the event go for Hope Café, and Il Gelato 392-3530 or emailing us at Advertising inquiries? to say we’ve doubled that towards Wells of Hope di Carlotta. [email protected]. Email [email protected] goal this season, successfully projects. Those in attendance Scott Maxwell is the or call Rob at 905.246.4671 drilling four wells. In the last Attendees — in addi- can also sip Chateau des board chair of Wells of 15 years, Wells of Hope has tion to finding out more Charmes wines, Oast beer Hope.

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15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Terry Fox Run - 9 a.m. - Simcoe Fun Duplicate Bridge - 9 a.m. Tumble Tots - 9 a.m. to 11:30 German Conversation Group Seniors Drop in: Casual Knit a Bit - 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. - NOTL Farmers’ Market - 8 a.m. to 1 Park to noon - NOTL Community p.m. - NOTL Public Library - 9:45 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. - NOTL Bridge - 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. - NOTL Public Library p.m. - The Village Centre Community Centre Community Centre Theatrical Cemetery Tour - 6 Theatrical Cemetery Tour - 6 Beer and Books: Educated - 7 Therapy Tails with Jasper - p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. - Niagara p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. - Niagara p.m. - Old Winery Restaurant 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. - NOTL Historical Society and Museum Historical Society and Museum STYLISHLY DESIGNED & Council Meeting - 6 p.m. - Public Library Lino Block Printing: Wearable Council Chambers Art Workshop - 1 p.m. - Niagara ORGANIZED PLAYROOMS Pumphouse Arts Centre TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD’S DEVELOPMENT AT HOME. Early Childhood Educator and Decorator [email protected] 905.324.5990

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Theatrical Cemetery Tour - 6 Niagara Regional Native NOTL Horticulural Society NOTL Toastmasters Special Open NOTL Community Wellness Knit a Bit - 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. - NOTL Culture Days: Fay and Fluffy’s p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. - Niagara Centre Community Sept. Meeting - 6:30 p.m. to 9 House - 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. - Niagara Committee Public Forum - 2 Public Library Drag Queen Story Time - 2 p.m. Historical Society and Museum Drumming Night - 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. - NOTL Community Centre College NOTL Campus p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 Duplicate Bridge (Sancionted to 4 p.m. - NOTL Public Library p.m. - Niagara Regional Native NOTL Rotary Club - 12 p.m. - German Conversation Group p.m. - NOTL Community Centre ACBL) - 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. - NOTL Theatrical Cemetery Tour - 6 Centre, 382 Airport Rd. - NOTL Community Centre - 9:45 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. - NOTL Therapy Tails with Jasper - Community Centre p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. - Niagara Duplicate Bridge (Sancionted Community Centre 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. - NOTL Yoga with Jenny - 10 a.m. to 11 Historical Society and Museum ACBL) - 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. - NOTL Public Library a.m. - NOTL Public Library St. Davids Fall Fair - 10 a.m. to 2 Community Centre Seniors Drop in: Casual p.m. - St. Davids Public School Niagara Golden Age Club: Bridge - 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. - NOTL Seniors Euchre - 1:00 p.m. - Community Centre NOTL Community Centre

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15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Terry Fox Run - 9 a.m. - Simcoe Fun Duplicate Bridge - 9 a.m. Tumble Tots - 9 a.m. to 11:30 German Conversation Group Seniors Drop in: Casual Knit a Bit - 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. - NOTL Farmers’ Market - 8 a.m. to 1 Park to noon - NOTL Community p.m. - NOTL Public Library - 9:45 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. - NOTL Bridge - 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. - NOTL Public Library p.m. - The Village Centre Community Centre Community Centre Theatrical Cemetery Tour - 6 Theatrical Cemetery Tour - 6 Beer and Books: Educated - 7 Therapy Tails with Jasper - p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. - Niagara p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. - Niagara p.m. - Old Winery Restaurant 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. - NOTL Historical Society and Museum Historical Society and Museum Council Meeting - 6 p.m. - Public Library Lino Block Printing: Wearable Council Chambers Art Workshop - 1 p.m. - Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre

Know of a local event? Tell us. Submit it directly to www.niagaranow.com or send us an email at [email protected] Page 12 September 12, 2019 NEWS ‘Without lights, I didn’t feel safe’ Lights for Bikes project brightens the way for farm workers

Dariya Baiguzhiyeva who play in Virgil, came out The Lake Report to show their support to the community — and to Grape A Virgil company’s Escape, which sponsors the generous plan to outfit team, said team’s captain the bikes of migrant farm Trevor Legault. workers with safety lights “We play baseball around has turned into a commu- the corner so we’re pretty nity event. closely tied to the Virgil Dubbed Lights for Bikes, area,” the project has seen more Several NOTL residents than 250 bikes equipped also stopped by to have with front and rear lights lights installed on their following the hit-and-run bikes. death of a migrant worker Grape Escape tour guide who was struck by a truck Graham Chaytor said while walking along a rural the event was organized road at night. to promote bike safety to The project, at Phil’s everybody. Valu-Mart for the past two “And making sure these Thursdays, was organized folks (farm workers) at the by Richard Mell, Ian Mell end of their season can go and Diane Shaw, co- home to their families and owners of Grape Escape not end up at the hospitals Wine Tours, with the help or worse,” Chaytor said. of family members and Andrew Abrams and Terry Constantini of the Silks Raiders baseball team install lights at the second Lights for Bikes event “Because we’ve all encoun- volunteers. last Thursday. DARIYA BAIGUZHIYEVA tered them on the road and “All three of us are just they’re hard to see. And really, really proud this And Mell hasn’t stopped spent about $2,000 on 500 mittee meeting. worker who had lights anything to make them a seems to be going so well there. Because there were lights for 250 bikes. The committee has previ- installed on his bike, said little bit easier to spot is the and there’s a lot of sup- a lot of farm workers who Coun. Norm Arsenault, ously developed a bike map he now feels safer riding right thing to do.” port from the community,” didn’t have their bikes with who is also a member of and an app, and it also orga- at night. Mell and the folks at Mell told The Lake Report. them at a time of the event, the town’s safety commit- nizes an annual Bike Safety “Without lights, I didn’t Grape Escape will be back “Everybody thinks it’s a Mell said his team plans tee, was on hand helping to Rodeo in collaboration with feel safe,” he said. “Now, it’s at Phil’s Valu-Mart this positive thing … It’s start- to visit various farms this install lights. He said bike the Niagara Migrant Work- much better.” Thursday, Sept. 12, from ing to take off bigger than week to install more lights. safety is an issue he’ll be ers Interest Group. Some members from the 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. to install we expected initially.” Mell said the company bringing up at the next com- Ruper Rhoden, a farm Silks Raiders baseball team, more lights. 9/11 memorial service held at Old Town cenotaph A memorial service was held near the clock tower on Queen Street in Niagara-on-the-Lake Wednesday to commemorate the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks and pay tribute to those who lost their lives or were affected by the tragedy. Several officials, including Lord Mayor Betty Disero, NOTL chamber of commerce president Eduardo Lafforgue, Niagara Falls MP Rob Nicholson and Shannon Mitchell representing Niagara Falls MPP Wayne Gates, made speeches at the ceremony. Members of the NOTL Fire & Emergency fire department, Niagara Regional Police and Niagara Emergency Medical Services were on hand, too. “To remember this day is important to us, as first responders and as a country, a nation, a world,” Kevin Smith, Niagara EMS chief, told The Lake Report. Royal Oak Community School students, from senior kindergarten to Grade 8, attended the service. Joe Mangiacasale, the school’s primary teacher, said they’ve been bringing children to this event for five years now. “(We) want to make sure the next generation has an appreciation for what happened,” he said.

A wreath at the 911 memorial service Wednesday. DARIYA BAIGUZHIYEVA Page 13 September 12, 2019 ARTS Canopy Growth appealing town cannabis bylaw

Continued from Front Page facility must be set back the interim control bylaw. policy and as not conform- at least 250 metres from If it’s challenged, if we ing with the Greenbelt working relationship with neighbouring properties, lose that challenge, then we Plan, according to the the Town of Niagara-on- residential or commercial have nothing in its back- report. the-Lake,” Sinclair said. development zones, public ground in effect that would Health Canada issues “This appeal is our way of or private schools, day replace it automatically,” licences to producers sell- officially communicating nursery, places of worship, she said. ing cannabis for medical concerns we have with the designated heritage build- Restricting the location purposes. For producers interim control bylaw to ing or district. of cannabis operations also wishing to open a retail the town. We look forward According to the staff can be challenged to the store and sell cannabis for to continuing a collegial report, the only industrial Local Planning Appeal recreational purposes, the dialogue on those matters.” lands in NOTL are located Tribunal, the staff report Alcohol and Gaming Com- In June, council extended in the Glendale Commu- said. mission of Ontario issues the existing interim control nity Zoning District. When explaining the the licence. bylaw for one more year. Town staff recommended rationale behind limiting In addition, the Farm- It prohibits new cannabis council adopt official plan cannabis cultivation to ing and Food Production operations and expansions and zoning bylaw amend- industrial zones only, Che- Protection Act states no anywhere in town. ments to regulate cannabis ropita said it was to protect bylaw can restrict a normal In the meantime, the cultivation and send the the “tender fruit, food and farm practice carried on town’s cannabis committee, report to the town’s legal grape and wine industry.” as part of an agricultural comprised of councillors counsel for review. “Cannabis doesn’t re- operation. Wendy Cheropita, Stuart Disero said she would quire good soil,” Cheropita “If you’re trying to regu- McCormack and Erwin support the staff report and told councillors. “Can- late cannabis or any par- Wiens, has been working urged counclllors to adopt nabis is considered part of ticular crop, you’re expos- on creating a draft bylaw, the new bylaw. agriculture but it’s treated ing yourself to some risk which was presented to “If we lose the interim differently because it does of having the bylaw struck council Monday. control bylaw, we have require legal approvals … down,” Craig Larmour, The draft bylaw states nothing in place,” Disero It was all about protect- the town’s director of com- any cannabis facility said, noting council would ing food sources and our munity and development should only operate in an waste time sending the agricultural crops.” service, told the council. industrial-designated zone report to its lawyer and If the bylaw is approved The committee of the and have an odour preven- arguing over what should by council, prohibiting whole deferred making tion protocol to mitigate be done instead of adopting cannabis cultivation in a decision on the draft any smells. Any visible the bylaw. all agricultural areas can bylaw to the next council lighting should be restrict- “The only thing that pro- be challenged as non- meeting on Monday, Sept. ed during night hours. The tects us at this moment is consistent with provincial 16.

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Fry sizzles with 2-under 34 Kevin MacLean Murray was closest to the Managing Editor pin on #4. Peter Danakas won the 50/50 draw ($58). Daryl Fry’s hot streak on Men’s league: Mark the links continued as he Derbyshire dominated play shot a 2-under 34 on Sept. on Sept. 5, with a 3-under 3 to win low gross honours 33. He also won two gross in WOOFs league play at skins (#1, #9, $25 each), and the NOTL Golf Club. A closest to the pin (#1). Other week earlier Fry rolled to an winners: Gross skin: Sean Golfers at the NOTL Golf Club. DARIYA BAIGUZHIYEVA even-par 36 to also win low Simpson (#5). Closest to gross. pin: Ron Newman (#4), Paul Jacques (#3), Ted Carmi- flight: Paul Shelestowsky Hidden hole winner was Jacot (#7), Brian McK- chael (#8). A flight winner: (24 points). 50/50: Glen John Hinchley and Glen illop (#9). Long drive: Jeff McKillop (25 points). B Murray ($175).

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Brittany Carter community, Olsthoorn said. attract people from all over, level really curated display of The Lake Report Four years ago, Vogue in the not just the Niagara Region, fall fashion, in a larger sense. Vineyard was launched in the fashion show was moved This is a big scale fashion Fashion and wine will con- the form of a small, 80-per- outdoors on the property last show, which really doesn’t verge again this month for son showcase held inside year. This year, Olsthoorn happen too much any more. an annual charity event that’s the McArthur house, the said she expects to reach the And it’s a great way to have growing more and more former estate of artist Trisha available capacity of 200 wine and lunch with friends,” popular each year. Romance. people. she said. Vogue in the Vineyard “Always fun to do some- Tickets are $125, and $100 The event is sponsored by on Sept. 18 will be held at thing where women can from each ticket will go di- Trius Winery and real estate the McArthur estate at 210 collectively get together and rectly to the supported chari- broker John Bald. Fashions John St., and is organized by have a lot of fun, but then ties. This year the women are will be provided by Queen’s Dorothy Olsthoorn, Linda at the same time it’s a great supporting Community Care Fashion, Halley’s Fashion for Ridgway, Wilma Bald and way to support causes. Every and the Westview Centre 4 Men and Biba Boutique. Brenda McArthur. year we’re getting bigger Women in St. Catharines. For tickets, contact The charitable fashion and better, and obviously the The group is also ask- Olsthoorn at queenfashion- show started as a way for the dollars are bigger and better,” ing people to bring their used [email protected] or by four women to bring their Olsthoorm said of the money clothes to donate to Women 4 stopping into Queen Fashion passion for fashion to life raised for charity. Women. on Fourth Avenue in St. while also giving back to the As the event has grown to “It’s great to have a high- Catharines. The McArthur House. BRITTANY CARTER Writers’ Circle: The Gift — Beth’s betrayal

Hermine Steinberg after moving into her quaint her entire history with just NOTL Writers’ Circle cottage with a lake view. her fingerprints and photo. He was kind, attentive, and People in her past lives were In the previous install- full of energy. Beth told him all too willing to talk. ments of The Gift, I shared the story she had polished And Jack’s expertise as a the story of five friends who for all her new friends. She hacker allowed him to track encountered a magical spirit. was a widow from Toronto her every move, read every She gave them an enchanted who worked in the hospital- text and email, hear almost tea that could transform ity industry. Her parents had every conversation through the women to the idealized passed and she never had her phone and computer. version of themselves at half the good fortune to have He not only knew all her their age. They were given any children. Her husband aliases, bank accounts and three days to decide whether had planned wisely, leaving passwords, but all about the they would accept the gift. her well provided for, which enchanted tea, which he This is Beth’s story. enabled her to retire early and wrote, “was an unexpected It was 4 p.m. on Monday. travel the world. and astonishing bonus.” The sun would fade into the Everyone saw Beth as The shock of Jack’s horizon in less than an hour an attractive, worldly and betrayal left Beth catatonic. and with it, Beth’s opportu- charming woman. No one She sat motionless on the nity to transform. But she had would ever suspect that Beth edge of her bed until her no interest in starting her life had actually grown up on the the Michelin three-star res- only sex. But they were in bottle was filched from the housekeeper found her days over, again. streets of Vancouver where taurant in the south of France love. wine vault of the restaurant later. The ink on the letter Beth had been hiding she sold drugs and sex to that she now owned with her Not being able to continue before she handed over the had disappeared the night so many secrets, she was survive. After a short but suc- husband of five years. Roger the business without her keys to the new owners. Beth she read it. When the ambu- exhausted from trying to cessful career as a porn star threatened to destroy her new partner, she sold the restau- brought it with her to cel- lance arrived, she was taken keep all the stories straight. by the name of Crystal Flare, life and humiliate her hus- rant for an unprecedented ebrate when she finally found directly to the local psychiat- She desperately wanted to tell she established a lucrative es- band. Instead she lured him price. Gisele also sold their her safe harbour. ric hospital. Jack about the most recent cort service targeting execu- to a seedy hotel near the port country house and apartment She then went to her bed- A young man who claimed and incredible one of all, but tives visiting the west coast. where she drugged him and in Paris after she collected room dresser where she had to be Jack’s son arrived a few knew that would lead to their At one point, she had over 40 then dropped his limp body on his life insurance. All she hidden the velvet pouch of weeks later to sell the house. whole life unravelling, as “companions’’ working for into the sea. He was found wanted now was to find a tea. Beth opened the drawer He told people his father one thread would slowly but her and a client list that num- weeks later by a fisherman place where she could lead a and reached into the back had moved in with him. The surely pull apart the entire bered in the thousands. That but Crystal, who was then quiet life. corner. But it was gone. She proceeds would be put into fabric of their lives. is, until she was arrested and known as Gisele, was never The memory triggered by frantically threw the entire a trust to take care of Beth. Moving to this town had served almost seven years in suspected. her enchanted tea was the day contents on her bed. Out After grabbing the bottle of been the perfect opportu- prison. When Gisele’s husband she married Jack. As Beth, dropped an envelope with her cognac from Beth’s desk, he nity to start over. She loved Crystal had been wise suddenly died from a heart she finally felt content, safe name boldly printed in red on climbed into his cobalt blue being Beth Vernon for the enough to build a nest egg attack, the entire community and couldn’t imagine giving the front. Porche Speedster. past three years. Riding the that she hid in a Swiss bank rallied around her. Everyone up her carefully designed life It was from Jack. “Don’t Jack looked into the mirror newcomer wave made it easy account. Five million dollars except their 25 years old for anything in the world. bother trying to find me,” was and smiled. “Hey, Peter Pan, to fit in. Retirees wanting a was waiting for her. Crystal maitre’d whom Gisele caught When the crimson sun the first line. Jack had tar- build faith, extract trust, add a simpler life in a picturesque left the country and believed in the kitchen supply room melted into the horizon, Beth geted her from the beginning. little pixie dust…and dreams setting, rich in culture, came she had left her old life be- with her husband, pants pulled out the crystal de- Beth was the perfect mark … can come true.” He laughed from all over the world. hind as well. Until Roger, one around his ankles. She could canter of Remy Martin Louis obviously hiding something. out loud and drove away.c. She met Jack a few months of her old clients, walked into have forgiven him if it was XIII Cognac. The $40,000 His friend was able to trace To be continued ... Page 17 September 12, 2019 FEATURED Exploring Photos: with Jim Smith Exclusive to The Lake Report

Yum - recipes Local recipe book planned for 2019

The Lake Report is calling on all cooks, chefs, bakers and food enthusiasts in Niagara-on-the-Lake. We want your favourite family recipes, and the stories that go with them, to share with the community. Whether it’s a special stew, soup, or salad; the best bread or muffins; or a decadent dessert, we’d like to hear from you! We’d love it if you could include pictures of the food where possible, and of the family member who might have passed the recipe down. If there is any family folklore associated with the recipe, we’d love to hear that too. Maybe there’s a certain occasion when it’s always made, perhaps there’s a funny or sad Simcoe Park bathrooms story to tell that relates to that particular recipe, or certain traditions that accompany it. Simcoe Park was once a different sort of place for town kids and adults to find entertainment in the We will publish selected recipes regularly, summer and winter. For us kids there were large swings, a huge wooden slide and a heavy-duty and at the end of the year we’ll compile all wooden teeter totter. The dance hall, seen in this 1957 picture had live entertainment for dancers the recipes together as a book of NOTL family favourites. Proceeds from the sale of on Saturday nights through out the summer. On Sundays there was an outdoor bandstand with a the book will be donated to a local charity. piano, at which local crooners would entertain the towns people who brought their own chairs. In the Please send your recipes, pictures and winter, we had the best skating rink and slay ride hill’s you could ask for. stories to: [email protected] The top recipes will be published in SUPPLIED PHOTO/JIM SMITH an annual paperback book which will be available (in limited supply) to residents of Niagara-on-the-Lake at The Lake Report office. This year’s book (title uncertain!) will be released in the coming months!

Considering the roof

Brian Marshall Featured

I received a question from a reader who was curious about what kind of roof crowned his house, which he A clipped gable, clipped hip or jerkinhead roof. BRIAN MARSHALL said had “almost a gable but sort of a hip.” His question 12 inches of horizontal run, the ridge to leave triangu- found in Niagara on Arts led me to realize that we it is considered a “high- lar extensions atop the end & Crafts and Craftsman have never explored roof pitch.” A “medium-pitch” walls, and with equal ease designs. Essentially it is a forms; an oversight we’ll would be less than 8:12 but identify the four slopes that gabled roof on which a tri- remedy over the next couple more than four inches of rise rise to the ridge (or peak) of angular section is introduced of weeks. for every 12 inches of run, a hip roof, there are many at right angles to the ridge Before we get to the forms, while a “low pitch” would other roof forms that have at the apex of the gables; let’s define roof pitch. In be less than 4:12 but greater been used over the centuries. essentially ‘clipping’ the top short, this refers to the angle than two inches of rise for Among the rarer roof of the gable. or slope of a roof. In North every 12 inches of run. And styles happens to be on the In appearance it resembles America, this is most com- a flat roof (which properly house of our reader which, an abbreviated hip which, I monly expressed as a ratio of built is not flat at all) has a depending on where in suppose, led to the Clipped the number of inches a roof slight slope of less than 2:12. North America you live, Hip and English Hipped rises over a 12-inch horizon- While most folks would is called a Clipped Gable, labels. tal run (distance). readily recognize a gable Clipped Hip, English Hipped Next week we’ll look at So, if a roof rises more roof, which has two sloping or (oddly) Jerkinhead. Gambrel, Mansard and other than eight inches over every sides that come together at Generally this form is only forms. Page 18 September 12, 2019 NIAGARA’S HISTORY UNVEILED John D. Larkin’s Niagara legacy

Parkway, there are four more on Line 6. The 35-by-38-foot buildings had three bed- rooms, three clothes presses (closets), a dining room, kitchen , living room, front and back porches, a full cel- lar and two barrel cisterns. Each also had its own garden plot. There were originally Linda Fritz 24 such houses on the farms. Exclusive/The Lake Report The buildings were con- structed from concrete, in A drive in the rural area some cases, manufactured of Niagara-on-the-Lake may at the Queenston Quarry. take you to Larkin Road. It Harold Usher, another is only one rural block long, well-known Queenstonian, and is located between Con- ran the plant at the quarry cessions 1 and 2. Line 4 is to for some years in the late the north and Line 5 to the 19th and early 20th century. south. A bed and breakfast Concrete was an important and an organic winery, as building material for Larkin well as private homes are because it was believed to be situated there. fireproof. The road was named for Again, because of Frank John Durrant Larkin, a Lloyd Wright’s connection Buffalo businessman, who to Larkin, there are people played an important part in who think that these houses the 20th-century building of were in fact designed by the area around Queenston. Wright. They base their There are a few legends claim on a statement made surrounding Larkin’s pres- by Wright’s third wife and ence in the area, including widow Olivianna Milanoff references to iconic Ameri- A La Gallarie at 14902 Niagara Parkway. BRITTANY CARTER in her biography of her can architect Frank Lloyd husband. In the index, she Wright. wrote that Wright designed John Larkin, with his With his company grow- Hamilton built a school surrounding the property the 20th century. Digweed “workman’s cottages and brother-in-law Elbert Hub- ing, Larkin decided that he house on the property for his are three other houses. They and his family lived in a row houses.” While this bard, founded the Larkin needed a much larger office estate workers. Some believe include what was the care- house provided by Larkin. may be true, they are not the Company, the manufacturer building. He turned to Mar- that his 10 children also at- taker’s house and a large A second farm just north concrete houses in Niagara. of Plain and Fancy Soaps. tin for advice and Wright tended the school, which can carriage house. Because it of Queenston on the west As with the carriage house As their business grew, they was hired to design his first still be seen on the property was known that Larkin was side of the Parkway is now near Glencairn, the more expanded into mail order, major public work, the Lar- today. acquainted with Frank Lloyd run as A la Gallarie bed and likely candidate is James one of the first American kin Administration Build- By 1905, Larkin had Wright, some people believe breakfast. Originally 200 A. Calvert. There is some companies to do so. ing. Built between 1904 and added bathrooms and a he was involved in the design acres, it was managed by a evidence that he designed At first, Larkin controlled 1906, the building had many wing containing a dining of these houses; however, a Mr. Ramsey. A two-storey them as well. the administration of his state-of-the-art features, in- room. He also built a coach stamp on the carriage house farmhouse was provided for John Durrant Larkin is a business himself; how- cluding air-conditioning and house and improved the names James A. Calvert as him. (The original house name most often associated ever, he reached a point built-in furniture. Unfortu- grounds, where he added a the builder. burned down in 2002. What with the heyday of Buffalo where he needed help. He nately, it can only be seen in tea house for Hannah’s use. Glencairn wasn’t Larkin’s you see today is a replica.) at the beginning of the 20th hired Darwin Martin, who photographs today because it The garden was so attractive only interest in Niagara. By The farm’s barns and con- century. In spite of his busi- streamlined his accounting was demolished in 1950. that Chicago writer Blanche 1901, he was expanding his crete silos are original and ness achievements, today, he and record-keeping system. John D. Larkin’s mother Elizabeth Wade based her Canadian business holdings. can still be seen from the is often thought of as a side- Martin eventually became was Canadian. Larkin best-selling book “Garden in He bought three large farms Niagara Parkway. bar in the Darwin Martin/ corporate secretary for the visited her family regularly Pink” on it. consisting of 1,900 acres Although fruits and veg- Frank Lloyd Wright story. Larkin Company. and fell in love with the area The house served mainly in total along what is now etables were always grown His presence in Niagara is Tourists visiting Buffalo on the western side of the as a weekend retreat. Frank the Niagara River Parkway. in the area, this farm also also important. His progres- are often attracted to Darwin Niagara River north of the Lloyd Wright was one of the They produced both fruit produced a herd of merino sive take on the welfare of Martin’s house, which is an falls. In 1900, he and his many visitors. He first came and vegetables as well as sheep. Larkin was apparently his employees, as evidenced American national historic wife Hannah bought the to stay in 1905. livestock. fond of suits made from the in his buildings and farms, landmark. Martin’s brother riverside property Glencairn. In 1915, Larkin allowed In 1957, Ontario Hydro wool of the breed. Although speaks for itself. Although had settled in Chicago and Located about a mile the Canadian military to use (today, Ontario Power the land has since been sub- the farms no longer exist, so became acquainted with north of Queenston, Glen- Glencairn as a border post Generation) opened the Sir divided, the area is still used high was the quality of his Frank Lloyd Wright. Martin cairn was built in 1832 for after two German spies were Adam Beck II Generat- as farmland. workers’ homes and agri- liked Wright’s work and had John Hamilton, the brother caught in the area. Larkin ing Station, along with its As people travel along the cultural buildings, they still his home designed by the of Alexander, who was sold Glencairn to his daugh- reservoir at the top of the Ni- Niagara Parkway toward Old stand today. architect. It was built in the building Willowbank in the ter Ruth L. Robb and her agara Escarpment. Under the Town, they are sure to notice prairie style between 1903 village at about the same husband in 1923, three years reservoir are the 900 acres three almost square single- More Niagara’s History and 1905. Later, Martin time. The house faces the before his death. Members of of Larkin’s Mountain Farm. storey houses. These were Unveiled articles about the commissioned Wright to river, which was the main the family continued to use it This farm had been managed built by Larkin for farm past of Niagara-on-the-Lake design his Lake Erie cottage, transportation artery at the until the 1950s. by Queenston native Frank workers with families. are available at: Greycliff. time. Later in the decade Behind the drystone wall Digweed in the early part of Besides the houses on the www.niagaranow.com Page 19 September 12, 2019 COMMUNITY

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The Golden Plunger With Betty and Jane

NOTL Community Centre

The NOTL Community Centre is one of our favourite bathroom venues. It has it all. It’s completely accessible, is a great match for the Sweets and Swirls Cafe, has no capacity problems and can handle large numbers. The bathrooms are family-friendly and on an extremely busy day when we visited, they were clean. Spotless, really. Niagara-On-The-Lake has some of the best-designed accessible bathrooms. However, many of these award-winning bathrooms’ commitment to accessibility stops at the design level. We can’t tell you how many wineries and restaurants meet all the design requirements of accessibility only to have someone decide a table or chair should be placed in the space needed to make it accessible. Mani Singh, Lori Paterson, Heidi Howell-Guerin, Karen Post and Andrew Paterson decorate smile cookies for this year’s Or that a ramp is a good place to store chairs or that campaign, which runs from Sept 16 to 22. BRITTANY CARTER the accessible bathroom is in fact locked and used as staff locker space. It has been one of the great disappointments in our endeavours. We understand Tim’s Smile Cookie campaign supports Red Roof Retreat that in heritage buildings there is an argument to preserve and not change features that might Brittany Carter ra-on-the-Lake charity. cial events co-ordinator for Paterson said she liked compromise the integrity of the original architecture. The Lake Report Both Tim Hortons fran- Red Roof, helped symboli- the idea of supporting Red However, when one of these buildings seeks permits chise locations owned by cally kick off the start of Roof this year because she to do a $100,000 renovation, is it not reasonable to Tim Hortons’ Smile Lori and Andrew Paterson the campaign last Thursday wanted to give back a little insist a percentage goes toward accessibility? New Cookie campaign is about in Niagara-on-the-Lake, morning at the Virgil Tim more locally. wineries pop up with kitchens and an abundance of to kick off and Red Roof at 443 Mississagua St. and Hortons. Post drew pink “People like to see their tasting rooms and but sometimes their bathrooms Retreat will reap the ben- 1561 Niagara Stone Rd., are smiles on cookies while money go back into the are far from, and in a few cases there is not even efits this year. taking part. Cookies can be team leader Heidi Howell- community,” she added. an expectation to make the building accessible. From Monday, Sept. 16 pre-ordered from either lo- Guerin dotted the eyes. Tim Hortons franchises The community centre bathrooms make us proud, through Sunday, Sept. 22, cation by filling out an order “I used to own a bakery, across Canada are partici- not only with how they were built but with how all of the proceeds from form, which can be found so this is old-hat for me,” pating in the Smile Cookie they are managed. Kudos to Dan Makesenuk for the sale of each $1 Smile online at timhortons.com. Post said while adding the campaign. not only providing top-of-the-line Golden Plunge- Cookie will go to the Niaga- Karen Post, part-time spe- final touches to the cookies. calibre bathroom facilities for everyone, but for also making sure his staff were acknowledged for the effort. So, thanks to Craig Currie for making our community centre’s washrooms an award- St. Andrew’s Presbyterian winning experience. Church celebrates 225 years 4/5 Gold Plungers

RIDDLE ME THIS: I am a ball that can be rolled, but never bounced or thrown. What am I? Pratima Bhatt, Special Olympics district developer, Andrea Bartal, athlete, and Nancy Bailey of Engel and Volkers I’m always in front of you but you can never NOTL. BRITTANY CARTER see me. What am I? St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church will celebrate 225 years Answer: The future serving the community from its Simcoe Street location, Answered first by: Cheryl House Engel and Volkers with an anniversary Sunday service this weekend. On Also answered correctly by: Christine Baxter, Sept. 15, a guest preacher and local dignitaries will lead Richard Mell, Carol Watson, Julia Klassen, the 11 a.m. service in the newly refurbished sanctuary. St. Marion Briston, Cheryl House, Evan Ganski, celebrates grand Andrew’s has been celebrating its anniversary throughout the year, alone and in partnership with the Niagara Jacob Willms, Rod Falk, Katie Reimer. Historical Society and Museum and many other local Email answers to [email protected] opening in NOTL organizations, a media release said. for a chance to win a prize. Page 20 The September 12, 2019

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FEATURED LOCAL STORY Rene Bertschi seamlessly blends engineering and art

Left: Rene Bertschi flies a drone at Niagara Shores Park, filming for the Lake Report’s shoreline documentary.RICHARD HARLEY Right: Bertschi pulls out recently finished Lake Report stands from his 3D printer. BRITTANY CARTER

Brittany Carter plastic in the industry, he says. So it’s an education in two ways – a “I started flying drones even “There’s an exceptional amount The Lake Report “I was the first when they senior man and a young upcoming before I left Germany with the of professionalism: lawyers, switched from metal to plastic. maybe engineer,” Bertschi says. first little prototypes and things doctors, physicists, you name it. There’s an art to engineering and That’s how I got into plastic,” Aside from creating anything he like that. And then progressed Engineers, bankers. And they’ve Rene Bertschi has been exhibiting Bertschi says. can dream up from scratch through to bigger and bigger and bigger all travelled, and that’s what’s that art for years. So, it was only fitting he would 3D printing, he also takes his en- drones,” he says. interesting. They all come out Local certified drone pilot and fall into the 3D printing world gineering skills and artistic eye to Now, he flies his own high-end and they all volunteer. They all aerial photographer, and retired when he discovered what could the sky. As a licensed drone pilot, drone and captures stunning im- have something to contribute to engineer and 3D printing aficio- be done with the technology. He Bertschi has started an aerial pho- ages for himself, for local busi- this area,” he says. nado, Bertschi demonstrates how says he loved that he could create tography business, Skyview Arts. nesses and as a volunteer for the He says he wouldn’t have met engineering, photography and art simple and complex items by tak- It’s just one more way he blends many organizations in town he’s many of the people he has since can blend seamlessly together. ing his designs and adapting them his engineering background with involved with. moving to town if he wasn’t out Bertschi, originally from for creation. art for a rewarding and fulfilling Bertschi says he started volun- volunteering. Switzerland, says he has always He first got a taste for 3D print- hobby, he says. teering when he moved to town in “Getting to know people. You been interested in bringing his ing through the NOTL Public He called the company Skyview 2012. meet a lot of people when you go designs to life. He spent most of Library when a demonstration was Arts, because he says there’s an art “I joined the board of the Friends out and volunteer,” he says. his career as an engineer for a held. After that he says he was to the images he captures. of Fort George for a few years. He’s not just willing, he’s eager vacuum manufacturing company, hooked. He bought his own used “To see things from above, it’s That was a start. Then we went to to assist whoever he can through where he says he derived pleasure machine so he could experiment not looking into people’s back- the Shaw. I volunteered with the his vast experience and knowl- from seeing a product take shape, more from home. yards. But it’s looking at a differ- Shaw guild, taking photos. They edge. Bertschi has printed small from concept to design to a final “The fun is in watching the ent view. It’s art, it’s photography. needed volunteers for the Commu- newspaper stands for The Lake finished product. design come to life.” To see things on street level, it’s nities in Bloom, I volunteered for Report, designing and redesigning He eventually ran his own Now, Bertschi says he enjoys always the same, everyone can take the Canada 150. Volunteered for prototypes until he settled on a manufacturing compny, Gamma- showing the magic of 3D printing a picture of that. But to see things the tall ships,” Bertschi says. perfect model. Above and beyond flux Europe, which he sold off his to his grandson, Griffin, who he from above – it gives it that three- He finds a sense of satisfaction that, he assisted with the Falling shares for in 2012 when he retired says lights up at the idea of creating dimensional look,” he says. bringing his own expertise and into the Lake project and docu- and decided to move to NOTL. toys and objects in his basement. That’s what attracted him to experiences to town, he says, mentary, providing aerial footage Throughout his years in manu- “He just loves it. He wants to aerial photography. He also just re- adding that it’s one of the incred- and images of Niagara Shores facturing he witnessed first-hand draw things, and he wants to create ally liked playing with the drones, ible things about residents of Park and much of the erosion the change from metal moulding to things, and then we print it for him. he says. Niagara-on-the-Lake. along the shore.