Uxbridge Bruins End Year Searching for New Head Coach by Roger Varley About 25 Possible Candidates and Have Nar - Morial Award As Defensive Player of the Year
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Volume 14 No. 15 YOUR UNIVERSE Thursday, April 12, 2018 Inside Your Cosmos New sign for accessibility . page 2 Food bank robbers photos released . page 3 Clean up for the dogs Raking, barking and pole pounding sounds will fill the air this Saturday morning as spring cleanup at the off leash dog park takes place, starting at 9:30 a.m. Located beside the Uxbridge Historical Cen - tre, at the corner of Brock Street and Conces - sion 6, the park has been quite busy since its unofficial opening last November. Eager dogs and owners used it continuously during the winter months despite the snow and cold winds, and now it’s time to clear away any de - bris. Volunteers are being sought to help with a general tidy up, as well as set up protection of the initial area to be seeded in late April. Fu - ture planned enhancements include adding more benches and seeking donations towards the construction of a shelter. “A formal opening is planned for later in the spring, but the first step is to prepare for Spring” says Tony Lauria, chair of the council’s dog park committee. Those attending the clean-up should bring work gloves and rakes. A PHOTO FINISH - Cubs from the 1st Uxbridge Scouts cheer on their Kub Kars as they race towards the finish line during the Kub Kar Runoff 2018, held last Saturday in Claremont. Cubs pictured are: Brayden Westall, Chase Pope, Lucas Volkmann, Owen Shaw, Bennett Sewell, and judge Regis Arseneau. Photo by John Cavers Uxbridge Bruins end year searching for new head coach by Roger Varley about 25 possible candidates and have nar - morial Award as defensive player of the year. rowed the search down to two, "one fairly The Coaches Award went to defenceman and A search is underway for a new head coach for local." He said a final decision on the new head team captain Adam Bartholomew. Keiran the Uxbridge Bruins of the PJHL's Junior C coach will be made in a couple of weeks. Beaudoin was handed the rookie of the year Orr Division. The Bruins' annual banquet Monday started trophy and Carson Bell was named most im - Rob Acton, who took over the reins of the on a sombre note, with past president Cam proved player. Noah Donaghy took the Ron team at the beginning of the 2017-18 season, Stewart offering the team's support for the Cordingley Memorial Trophy as the most is leaving the Bruins to become the new head families of the young Humboldt, Sask., hockey sportsmanlike player and goalie Ryan Mc - coach of the Stouffville Spirit Junior A team, players killed in a horrific bus-truck collision Conkey drew the biggest cheer of the night replacing Jeff Perrin, who has been suspended last weekend. Stewart said the club has donated when he was named the team's most valuable for 68 games following an incident in Febru - $500 go the GoFundMe campaign launched player. ary. to aid the families of the victims. At press time, A new award was added to the proceedings, For Acton, it is a return to his roots. He the fund has already garnered over $6 million. the Uxbridge Bruins Media Award, presented played for Stouffville, was a Spirit assistant He then called for a minute's silence, followed to the player who most epitomized the "spirit coach for two seasons and head coach of the by a prayer from team director Brian Evans. of the Bruins." Sponsored by the Uxbridge Cos - club’s summer development league team. "It's a tragedy we never want to see again," mos and Vince's Market, the winner, selected Acton said his year at the Bruins was his "most Evans said. by hockey writers Darryl Knight and Roger enjoyable year as a coach and a player." Then the club got down to the main event, Varley, was Michael Rennie. Mark Savory, the Bruins general manager, said the handing out of awards. Monday that the club has already gone through Matthew Hunter received the Ivan Cox Me - ...continued on page 3 CONTRACTOR’S DELIGHT • Immaculate Home 4 bed. 3 baths, 3 car garage • 10 acres - 2 frontages - 2 entrances • Barn and workable land • Asking $1,475,000 OPEN HOUSE Marie Persaud SUNDAY 1-3 Sales Representa tive 26 ENZO CRES. Coldwell Banker R.M.R. Peaceful, park like and ver y priva te setting. 10 acres, less than UXBRIDGE Real Esta te Brokera ge 10 minutes to Uxbridge. Inground pool, lake views, walking distance to lake access. Custom built home with total of 4 bedrooms, 4 2 STOREY Direct: 416-970-8979 ba throoms. 10 ft high ceilings in main part of house, soaring ca thedral $759,000 Office: 905-852-4338 in log addition. Multiple walkouts with lake and pool views. Screened www .mariepersaud.ca in porch. Full finished walkout basement. Workshop with hydro. Offered for sale a t $1.25 million. Call or text Marie a t 416-970-8979 The Uxbridge Cosmos 2 Thursday, April 12, 2018 Uxbridge adopts new accessibility e old version, adopted by the for accessibility changes and is an im - parties don't always work together." TOWN HALL symbol : Following a live video feed United Nations in 1974 as the uni - provement over the old symbol," he In an accompanying report, deputy with Dylan Hzikowitz, a member of versal symbol of access, depicts a said. clerk Catalina Blumenberg said the by Roger Varley the Forward Movement, council de - stick figure sitting in a wheelchair. He said the symbol currently in new DSA is already being used in a Notes from the April 9 cided Monday to adopt an updated e new version - called the Dy - place is legislated by the provincial number of jurisdictions in North version of the familiar wheelchair namic Symbol of Access (DSA) - government to be used on signs indi - America, including Toronto, Council Meeting symbol used to denote accessibility. being pushed by the Forward Move - cating handicapped parking spots, Kingston, Stratford, Mississauga and ment and various other disability or - but the legislation doesn't cover the Guelph. Blumenberg said if ganizations, shows a more rounded symbol that is painted on the pave - Uxbridge adopted the new symbol it stick figure in an active position atop ment. would be the first municipality in a complete wheel, which also denotes Hzikowitz said the Forward Move - Durham Region to do so. She added movement. ment is lobbying the provincial gov - that it could be implemented in time Hzikowitz told council the new ernment to allow use of the new to mark National Access Awareness symbol places emphasis on the per - symbol. Week at the end of May. son, not the wheelchair. "We have the support of all three "It creates a dialogue about the need parties," he said. 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