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In This Issue: Home on the Green Is a Registered Name SUMMER 2021 ENTER THE NEW HOTG PHOTO CONTEST! In This Issue: Golf in Ontario’s Cottage Country All About Artifi cial Intelligence Container Gardening Tips Beautiful Floors start HERE CARPET · HARDWOOD · AREA RUGS · LUXURY VINYL · TILE atti-Lynn has been bringing spectacular, quality flooring to homes in Ballantrae since Phase 1. We focus on making sure you have the right product that will deliver the style and function you needP for years to come. We offer professional advice, in-home measuring and consultation, and certified installers who care about your home. Come see why customers fallin love with their homes decorated and installed by the team at Patti-Lynn. 37 69 Stouffville Rd. Stouffville, ON 905.640.0640 II Patti-Lynn patti-lynn.com Floor, Window & Wall Coverings STA TO CARPET C-IJ6l'Ollill AUE& • RlJNIEi:5- Summer 2021 p28 p32 p46 P.O. Box 849 Stouffville, ON L4A 7Z9 A magazine for and about the residents of The Ballantrae Golf & Country Club Community. A positive community voice to inform and entertain. In this Issue: Home on the Green is a registered name. The use of this name without written permission is prohibited by law. Permission must be obtained for copies of any articles or photographs. DEPARTMENTS Message from the Publisher 3 PUBLISHER Helen Hunt Message from our Councillor 5 EDITOR Anita Draycott Karen Clark Assistant Editor COLUMNS Social Liaison Kathy Billington New Tricks from an Old Dog – The Truth About Contributing Writers Johanna Burkhard Fake News 7 Donna Clark Terri Drover Ballantrae Tails – A Brief Introduction and Some Trivia Linda LeGallais on Truly Canadian Dogs 9 Greg McCain Ken Miyauchi Made In Canada – The Canoe, our All-Canadian Al Moldon Transport Vehicle 11 Jan Richards Luba Quadrine What’s Up Doc? – Okanagan Valley: Paradise Found 13 Alison Scowcroft – Please Don’t Talk About Me When Maurice Smith Stay Tuned! Dayna Stoddart I’m Gone 15 Philippe Martin Teillet – Monopoly Voice Blair Tullis Tech Tips from the PC Doctor Banking: Covid-19 Made Me Buy It 17 Proofreaders Mary Hallam, Coordinator Helen Mitchell Tasty Recipes for the Season – It’s Barbecue Time! 20 Diane Ross Neighbourhood Noshing – Hulshof Farm Market Contributing Photographers Robert Pitour Coordinator Where Good Things Grow 22 Terri Drover Greg McCain Health and Wellness – Tune in to the Recreation Al Moldon Centre’s Virtual Learning 25 Luba Quadrine REALSPACE MEDIA INC. Phillipe Martin Teillet FEATURES Blair Tullis Ballantrae Photo Contest! 19 Production Coordinator Terry Coulson 416-606-5876 Cottage Golf: Rock and Roll 28 Advertising Sales Elaine Saksons, Coordinator, At Home in Ballantrae 30 [email protected] John Pittaway, Administrator Disruptive Technologies: Part 2 34 Bruce Forty A Vivian Village Store 38 Lynn Gale Bill Hewitt It’s a Gas! 40 Maggie Pittaway Container Gardening Tips 46 Imants Saksons Linda Tanaka More Reasons to visit www.hotg.ca 52 Carol Taplin Ballantrae Has Gone to the Dogs! 56 Distribution Norm Bresser Al Moldon PAST EVENTS Comptroller Marie Hewitt Virtual Trivia Contest 44 Board of Directors Donna Clark, Chair Anne Brewing Helen Hunt UPCOMING EVENTS Paul Mak Pocket Concert News 50 Terry Maloney Peter Sims Ginny Tullis NOTICES Name Tags 48 Founding Editor Ruth Flanagan Licence Plate Frames 48 UNITE Creative Inc. Graphic Design Ballantrae Golf & Country Club Summer Games Update 48 Printing Tower Litho Company Ltd. Home on the Green is a community-oriented magazine, published four times per year (March, June, September and December), for the enjoyment of the residents ADVERTISERS INDEX 54 of the Ballantrae Golf and Country Club Community. It is produced by our residents who volunteer their talents, efforts and time. The magazine is owned by Home on the Green Community Magazine, a not-for-profi t organization, duly incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario. Home on the Green is intended for general information purposes only, and neither endorses nor promotes any of the products or services represented herein, and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of any statements made in the magazine. Home on the Green welcomes submissions from residents of our community for possible inclusion in the magazine. Send articles and news items in WORD format to [email protected]. Home on the Green reserves the right to accept, edit or reject any submitted article. 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