Volume 8 No. 34 YOUR UNIVERSE Thursday, August 30th 2012 Inside This Week’s Cosmos

Coffee with the Duke of Rouge River... 3 Taken down a peg in the first class... 5 Calling all young film- makers... 7 Artists open studios in best tour ever... 10 Bruins lose to former coach... 13 CIBC robbed... 13

Cosmos, Main Street by Conrad Boyce

ANCIENT DOLLS - Liz McKee makes some timely repairs to some timeless toys. Visitors to Heritage Days at the Uxbridge Historical Centre last week- end came upon such scenes from the past wherever they turned. For more pictures, see page 6. Photo by Conrad Boyce. The Uxbridge Cosmos 2 Thursday, August 30th 2012

51 Toronto Street South The Corporation of P.O. Box 190, Uxbridge L9P 1T1 Tel: 905-852-9181 The Township of Uxbridge Fax: 905-852-9674 www.town.uxbridge.on.ca

Council and Committee EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES REGISTRATION FAIR UXBRIDGE Meeting Schedule for September CROSSING GUARDS Wed., September 5, 2012 at the Uxbridge Arena Community Centre PUBLIC LIBRARY Monday, September 3rd The Township of Uxbridge is currently 6:30p.m. - 8:00p.m. NO MEETING - LABOUR DAY seeking an individual to fill the position of For groups, committees, Program Director, Pamela Noble, Crossing Guard for the Town of organizations, theatre, sports…etc. 905-852-9747,ext. 24 Monday, September 10th Uxbridge. Spare crossing guard posi- Call 905-640-3966 or email COUNCIL tions are also available. [email protected] PATIO PLUS…Looking for a comfy place to relax 9:30 a.m. If you are interested in a position, to book a spot. downtown? Be sure to visit our newest attraction please contact Jo Ann Merrick at 905- at the library- outdoor seating on the south side Monday, September 17th 852-9181 ext 202 or email: SKATE PARK DONATIONS of the upper level. Access this area from outside with a cool summer drink or snack, as well as COMMITTEE [email protected] Don't miss out on your opportunity to be from the inside, with your favourite reading . 9:30 a.m. part of the Uxbridge Rotary Skatepark!. Order your family, business or commu- UXBRIDGE FALL FAIR: 'READ ALL ABOUT IT', PUBLIC NOTICE Uxbridge Library Celebrates 125 years. Watch for Monday, September 24th nity service granite stone by Sept 14, Notice is Hereby given that, in accordance our big booth at the fair, along with special shows COUNCIL 2012. with the Public Notice Policy bylaw, on the performance platform by the Durham 7:00p.m. Please visit www.skateparknow.com Pursuant to Section 238 of the for more information and order forms. Folklore Storytellers, three shows each day: Sat. Municipalities Act,2.3 g, adopted by the Call the Township office 905-852-9181 Sept. 8, 10:30am-2:00pm and Sun. Sept. 9, noon- Township of Uxbridge BIA (Business or the Uxbridge Youth Centre at 905- 2:30pm. FREE PASS THE BOOK 2013. This year all residents of UXBRIDGE TOWNSHIP Improvement Area) , one or more mem- 862-3456 for more information. MUSEUM ADVISORY COMMITTEE bers of the BIA Board of Durham Region are invited to read, 'Fauna' by 2012-2014 Management/Directors, will participate and VOLUNTEER HELP Alissa York. Visit the library soon to pick up your we hereby request to call special meetings NEEDED AT MUSEUM copy, enter the draw and win year round family The Council of the Township of Uxbridge of the Board of Management and BIA Are you interested in local history, love passes for the Toronto Zoo! Also join the North invites applications from members of the members, if interested, in attending meet- dealing with people, and have some time Durham libraries (Uxbridge, Brock & Port Perry) at public who are qualified electors of the ings dedicated to the discussions of available to volunteer? Our local history the Scugog Memorial Library for a dessert party, Township of Uxbridge who wish to have “Strategic Planning & Constitution”, with museum is looking for volunteer reception to hear Alissa speak about 'Fauna', on Thur. Sept. their names considered for a two-year our governance partners, MMAH (Ministry help from early September to mid- 13 at 2:00 pm. Tickets are FREE but MUST be picked up IN ADVANCE from any of the participat- appointment (term of Council - expiring of Municipal Housing and Affairs, Township October. Do you have a few hours or days ing libraries. Nov.30, 2014) to the Museum Advisory of Uxbridge and facilitated by OMAFRA to greet visitors and answer phones at the READING WITH RONALD. Free Family Event! Committee. Any people interested in (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and museum? Even if you only have a few Pyjama Story Time! Join Ronald McDonald for an offering their services, and would accept Rural Affairs). hours one or two days a week, we are interactive story, for children ages 4-7, but all ages an appointment, are invited to submit a Location: Township Offices, interested in hearing from you. welcome. Thurs. Sept. 27 at 6:45 pm. at the letter of interest to the undersigned by 51 Toronto Street South Please contact the museum at 905-852- Uxbridge Library. Don't miss out on this learning Wednesday, August 29th 2012. Time: 6:30 pm 5854 or [email protected] experience, brought to you by your local Uxbridge Together with the letter of interest, Dates: September 11, September 25, to find out more about this volunteer posi- McDonald's. Sign up now in the Children's Dept. please complete and submit an October 9, October 23, 2012 tion. Application form to become a volunteer or a committee member. These forms can be obtained on our website at http://www.town.uxbridge.on.ca/initia- THEATRE NIGHT tives - Volunteer-Committee Member AT THE MUSEUM Application Package.Any questions Wednesday September 26th, 2012 regarding these appointments may be 7:30p.m. - 8:30p.m directed to: Old School House Debbie Leroux, Clerk Have you always wanted to act? Do you enjoy going to the theatre? Now is your chance to get involved in a brand new play. No experience necessary. Admission is a donation at the Door. More info 905-640-3966 [email protected]

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT EXTENDED HOURS The Development Services Department will be extending its hours of operation to assist the pub- lic with their planning and building projects on the following dates:

Tuesday, September 18, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Please use rear entrance. All other departments will be open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Uxpool ...... 905-852-7831 Uxbridge Public Library 905-852-9747 Zephyr Library Arena ...... 905-852-3081 Mon., Wed., Fri., Sat. 10 am - 5 pm 905-473-2375 Tues., Thurs. 10 am - 9 pm Historical Centre ...... 905-852-5854 Sundays after Thanksgiving to May 24 weekend 1 pm - 5 pm HOURS Tues., Thurs., 3 pm - 8 pm Sat 10 am - 3 pm Animal Shelter ...... 905-985-9547 Chamber of Commerce . .905-852-7683 Uxbridge Arts Association: . . .www.uxbridgearts.com Ux. BIA ... 905-852-9181 ext. 406 Township Library: ...... www.uxlib.com The Uxbridge Cosmos 3 Thursday, August 30th 2012

A Cup of Coffee... with Alan Wells by Roger Varley

Alan Wells is no stranger to the didn't have any good funding last meeting of the Rouge Park I retired in 2002. ested in being their interim CAO world of government and so it is source. So I did a review to find a Alliance. It was formed to save the As CAO during those years, you and I did that for another six no surprise that he was able to better system of operating the Rouge Valley back in the late 80s. probably met all the players months, helping them get reor- work with all levels of govern- park and narrowed it down to Did you come on board as the involved in the Rouge project. Did ganized. And then I retired again ment on the road to establishing three choices, and the first choice chair to steer the way to a park? that make it easier for you? and East Gwillimbury asked me Canada's first urban national was to become a national park. In No, I came on board because the Oh, it did, because it was dealing to do that. And then I was park, right on Uxbridge's 2009, we made a submission to chair of the day wanted to retire with Toronto councillors, approached by the provincial gov- doorstep. We invited him for a the federal government and we and I came on Valentine's Day, Markham councillors, York ernment to be the provincial cup of coffee to talk about the continued to work with them and 2008, and have been chair since. Region, Durham Region, development facilitator. One of park and himself. I sort of led that as chair. It takes a But once I became chair I realized Richmond Hill, Whitchurch- the things I did was help negotiate lot of people to make something we needed a better management Stouffville: they knew me, they the turning over of the So, Alan, I guess the biggest thing happen, but it was my initiative to system and better funding. We trusted me and I understood local Tannenbaum Gan Eden lands. I in your career of late has been the have this review and everyone used to be funded project by proj- politics and a lot of it was "what's did all the negotiations between Rouge Valley national park? agreed. Then a year later, after ect. We'd go to the province, we'd the interest for Toronto, Joey Tannenbaum and the deputy Yes. It's going to be called the meeting with people like (Finance Markham?" And I also knew our minister of municipal affairs and Rouge National Urban Park, Minister) Jim Flaherty and Peter provincial appointee, Dr. Helena the agreement to transfer that land because this is the first Parks Kent, the Minister of the Jacek. So it certainly helped. After to the province. The nicest thing I Canada park in an urban setting, Environment, lo and behold they I retired I did several things that did in that job was to get the (Dr. and it doesn't meet the criteria of announced in the throne speech helped as well. The last thing I did Frederick) Banting homestead in a wilderness park. The Rouge in 2011 that it would be govern- before I became chair, for three Alliston into municipal hands park, which goes from Lake ment policy to form a national years I was the Ontario develop- because it was going to be Ontario all the way up to park and this year the federal gov- ment facilitator, working with the knocked down for development Stouffville, includes the river val- ernment put $143 million in the provincial cabinet on issues that on the land. It later became a ley completely through Toronto budget for the next 10 years to were difficult to resolve, dealing national historic site. and Markham. It has infrastruc- create a national park. with municipalities. So I had a lot You've been in Uxbridge a long ture: it has railway lines and And it's the only national park in of experience in mediation and time now . . . there's roads crossing it. So it's not an urban area? facilitation. Yes, since 1975. a wilderness park, but Parks Yes. This park, in perspective, is When you retired as CAO, was Did you ever consider running for Canada wanted to have a presence 15 times the size of Central Park that early retirement or had you Council here? in an urban area and we wanted to in New York City and 10 times go to the TRCA, go to Markham, reached the age? I was on Council, from 1977 to improve the governance and fund- the size of Stanley Park in so we never had a clear base and No, I was 62. I immediately got a 1980. In those years, they were ing for the Rouge park. When I Vancouver. It's 15,000 hectares. we had 12 different municipalities phone call from a consultant I two-year terms. I was on council became chair of the Rouge Park So I'm very pleased that this is involved, so we never had a good knew who said "We really need when Gerri Lynn was the reporter Alliance in 2008, which has repre- going forward and it's underway governance and management sys- your help in Lanark County." The (for the Uxbridge Times-Journal), sentatives from all the southern now. My term of office ended at tem. When (former Toronto CAO had left, so I went down for Gord Davies was the mayor, and municipalities who are in the the end of July. There is no longer mayor) David Crombie put the six months as interim CAO and Gary Herrema was on council and watershed, plus the province, plus an alliance. We're now in a transi- Alliance together in 1994, it was helped them straighten things out we did great things. We built the the federal government, plus tion stage and Parks Canada is to be reviewed in three years. That and recruit a new CAO. And then roads yard out there, putting three Toronto Region Conservation now actively involved. Until the never happened. So, it is a big I went home and retired again and roads departments together, the Authority represented by our actual Act is proclaimed in achievement for me personally, then I got a call from the town of arena was built then, the library mayor (Gerri Lynn O'Connor), Parliament, the TRCA is the inter- but more importantly it happened Innisfil asking me if I'd be inter- addition. continued page 13 the zoo and a couple of other im transitional manager. Our because all the people involved NGOs, it was unwieldy and we annual meeting in June was the wanted it to happen. Is it more important that it be a national park rather than a provincial park? It is more important. The nation- al park systems in both Canada and the United States are almost sacred. They're a cut above any other parks because of their policy framework, their history and the fact they are national. In the Starring Uxbridge Actress United States, a quarter of the population visits the national Jennifer Carroll as Maud parks every year. Not so in Canada The story of Lucy Maud Montgomery during because our parks are more remote her first 15 years in Ontario (1911-26), a time and our population isn't spread of simple joys and heart-rending tragedy, out as evenly. But our national brought to life through Montgomery's own parks in Canada are famous: powerful words. Banff, Gros Morne. Terra Nova, Fundy Bay. It hasn't been a good Conceived and directed by Conrad Boyce history on either the provincially Only Two More Shows! owned land in Rouge Park or the Playing June 28 - September 3 federally owned lands in ThursdayThurs., and AugustSaturday 30 evenings - 7:30 at p.m.7:30 pm Pickering, but I think the national SundayMonday, afternoons Sept. at 3:00 3 - pm 3:00 p.m. parks will change that around. And, by the way. it will connect to Tickets $20 at the trails that come out of Blue Heron Books, Uxbridge, Uxbridge. at the Leaskdale Country Store You were chief administrative offi- or by calling 905-904-0977 cer for York Region for seven years. for reservations. When did you retire? The Uxbridge Cosmos 4 Thursday, August 30th 2012 our two cents The queen of volunteers It would probably scare Carol Johnson if she actually sat down some day and tried to calculate the number of hours she’s spent over the last couple of decades volunteering for the Uxbridge Historical Society, the fundraising and event management group that supports the Uxbridge Historical Centre. Her husband Harry, who has performed yeo- man service in Carol’s support throughout those same years, had best keep his wife from seeing the final tally, lest she faint on the spot from accumulated exhaustion. Carol spent a full ten years as president of the Society, and even though she no longer holds that position, she was every bit as much in evidence as usual at Heritage Days this past weekend, both on the museum grounds and behind the scenes, coordinating publicity, volunteers and no doubt a great number of other things besides. She was heard to mention that she and Harry put in 15-hour days both Thursday and Friday, so it’s questionable if she slept at all during the actual event. She was also heard to vow on the weekend that this would be her last Heritage Days in an organizational capaci- ty. She most assuredly deserves the rest, but we can’t imagine how many feet it’s going to take to fill those shoes. The current board of the Historical Society, which thanks to Carol’s tireless recruiting efforts now includes some fresh and fairly young blood, presented her with some flow- ers in a brief ceremony towards the end of the day Sunday, in recognition of her years of service to the Society, the museum and the Township. It was a nice gesture, but in Letters to the Editor our view, it wasn’t nearly enough. If founding curator Allan MacGillivray received a stone plaque on his retirement from the museum a few years back, Carol Johnson As the Uxbridge Rotary Skate Skate Park Committee I wish to house (I live a fair way off the deserves some form of permanent recognition as well. How about the Carol Johnson Park begins to take shape, it is thank all those who have sup- beaten track) and why did they Gazebo, one of the many public-oriented features which didn’t exist before her tenure important to acknowledge the ported not only the park but drive past others to target my role that the Rotary Club of youth and sport in our commu- two signs? as president? We’re certain there is a very long list of physical improvements, as well Uxbridge and two of its mem- nity. The initial report was for a For as programming innovations, for which she can take a great deal of the credit. She no bers have played in this project. Sale sign (directional) placed by doubt has become extremely adept at applying for grants; the access ramps at all the The club’s participation in this Leslie Edwards my agents at the corner of Historical Centre’s buildings can attest to that. endeavour has been essential in Uxbridge Concession 2 and Bloomington. Over the last several years, Carol has fought endlessly, and often with a considerable seeing this twenty-year dream My agents were advised that this amount of frustration, to not only keep up the membership numbers in the Society become a reality. The Rotary Re: Our Two Cents (Aug. 23) was not permitted. However, last (many of those who founded the group, and the museum, are no longer with us), but Club of Uxbridge has itself made Bravo! Well said, and exactly year, an agent had a sign up for to convince Township bureaucrats, and members of Council, of the importance of the a donation of $75,000 towards how I feel about my adopted four or five months in that exact museum in their ongoing budget discussions. the construction of the park. The town of Uxbridge. We have a lit- location and it remained there That’s not just because a community has no heart unless it values its heritage. It’s also application which resulted in a tle gem here and I cringe every until the property was sold and $150,000 grant being awarded time I see those abandoned store- as of today, there is a private For because an increasing focus on our history will be vital to the Township’s economic from the Ontario Trillium fronts and other distractions. Sale sign at the corner of future. We may be the Trails Capital of Canada, but as a lure to tourists, those trails Foundation was led by Stephen Free enterprise is all very well, Concession 2 and Bloomington pale in comparison to unique features like the Foster Memorial, the LM Montgomery Snoddon and Dave Boulton of but social responsibility has a and it has been there for a couple Historic Site, the Heritage Railway and at the centre, the museum. the Rotary Club. Stephen and role too. Give 'em a deadline and of months as well. We can think of few volunteers who have played such a key role in their chosen field Dave are members of the Skate move 'em out, I say. I never indicated that the by- as Carol Johnson. The Township should pay her tribute, and the best way to do that is Park Committee and have man- law officers drive around looking to give her beloved museum the support it needs. aged to participate fully in this John Fisher for signs. Unless the by-law offi- undertaking for the past year and Uxbridge cers and Ms Northeast parachute a half, even with all of their other into the centre of Uxbridge, they commitments. Thank you, I would like to thank Ms will all see the two signs that are Stephen, Dave and the Rotary Northeast for taking the time out still on a property on Club of Uxbridge for all of your of her busy schedule (Aug. 23) to Bloomington just past Wagg. support. respond to my letter about the Those two signs are still up, as of The committee has also been real estate signs. I obviously did- this writing, and you don't have extremely lucky to have received n't make the by-law rules as clear to go out of your way to see 8,900 copies of the Cosmos are published each Thursday in the Township of financial assistance from other as she did. But since I was the them! Uxbridge: 8,200 delivered by mail, 700 available in stores and boxes. local service groups as well. The person impacted by this event, I As I said in my initial letter, I residents of Uxbridge are would like to set the record of don't care how many signs some- Publisher/Editor Conrad Boyce 905.852.1900 tremendously fortunate to live in events straight. one has on their property but I a community that has so many I was told that someone report- believe in fair play and if the offi- 38 Toronto Street North, Unit One, Uxbridge Ontario L9P 1E6 service groups seeking to ed my property as having two cers drove past my neighbour's e-mail: [email protected] improve the lifestyle of its resi- signs. I didn't inquire as to house which had two signs to web site: www.thecosmos.ca dents both young and old. whether this was true or not, physically remove one of my It is not too late for you to be because I can't imagine why signs, off my front lawn, then Office Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. part of this project. We have someone would say that if it was- they should have done the same EDITORIAL POLICY: Opinions expressed by columnists, contributors and in letters to the editor are not nec- begun selling custom engraved n't true. And if, as Ms Northeast to all the other properties. essarily those of the The Cosmos. Letters must be signed and the telephone number provided (number granite stones that will line the indicated, the by-law officers Fair is fair... will not be published). Requests that a name be withheld will be honoured only if there is a compelling pathway to the park. Please visit don't drive around looking for reason. Errors brought to our attention will be corrected. The Cosmos reserves the right to edit or refuse to publish unsolicited material. ADVERTISING POLICY: The Cosmos reserves the right to refuse any adver- our website www.skateparknow signs (and they would have driv- Susan Fedorka tisement. The Cosmos is not liable for slight changes or typographical errors in advertisements or any to see how you may contribute to en past several infractions to get Goodwood other errors or omissions in advertisements. All material herein, including advertising design is copyright- this exciting venture. to my house), how did they see ed, and may not be reproduced in any form without permission. On behalf of the Uxbridge the two signs in the front of my The Uxbridge Cosmos 5 Thursday, August 30th 2012 ravenshoe ramblings the barris beat column by Roger Pires column by Ted Barris The essay Giant leaps for humankind

The career of many a class clown came to a crashing halt in Mr. B’s grade eleven It was the summer I turned 20. It was also the summer of anti-war demonstrations advanced English class. My reign as resident wit lasted all of about thirty seconds. Mr. B’s parry and thrust of sar- on Canadian and U.S. university campuses. It was the summer of Chappaquiddick and then Woodstock. Then, in the casm and seriousness was a potent antidote for teenage bravado. You didn’t know when he was being sarcastic middle of the night, on July 20, 1969, we heard those indelible words. and when he was being serious. Unless he wanted you too. By that time, you were well on your way to becoming “One small step for a man,” Neil Armstrong said between bits of static on the TV feed from the moon. “One giant the punch line of one of his extended jokes. I was merely one in a long line of casualties slain by his caustic wit. leap for mankind.” In most classes, Day One followed a standard format. The teacher would sit at his or her desk doodling in a There was a lot of history that summer. Judy Garland committed suicide. Dr. Henry Morgentaler provided pro-choice notepad and checking off the names of each student as they walked in. The teacher’s name appeared in loopy services for women in Quebec. But the moments we most remember were “Eagle,” the Apollo module landing on the handwriting in the upper right-hand corner of the freshly-scrubbed chalkboard along with the course code. And surface of the moon, Armstrong stepping carefully down Eagle's ladder and those words. Of course, they're not as there was usually some pithy bit of wisdom pilfered from Shakespeare - a lot of thines and wherefores attributed politically correct as perhaps they should be. Today, Armstrong would have said “humankind.” Nevertheless, we all to someone named Puck or Horatio. But the eccentric scholar that presided over room 211 was to conformity what think of the moment in terms of where we were, or whom we were with. I remember thinking that the moon wasn't the Big Mac is to Weight Watchers. There was no name. No “ENG 351” in block letters. No obscure literary refer- as romantic anymore. It wasn't blue cheese. And the only “man in the moon” now was an American pilot from Ohio. ence. Just this challenge scrawled on a board that looked like it had been recently salvaged from the rubble of I guess that's what opening up frontiers is about - dispelling myths and reaching out. an earthquake: “What I did on my summer vacation.” And as we filed in, Mr. B leaned against a wall, flipping a Coincidentally, we've witnessed news on another frontier, as well. It's 166 years ago this summer that the John chalk brush in a cloud of dust. Franklin expedition disappeared. Of course, his family and well-wishers didn't have the benefit of a scratchy inter- That’s when yours truly, the poor deluded fool, decided to stake my claim as court jester. I questioned whether com or black and white camera to show them how far he got. For Franklin and his British crewmen, discovering and such a mundane topic was worthy of advanced academics. “No, but it’s perfectly suited for you.” navigating the Northwest Passage proved a far greater challenge than they could handle. Unlike Neil Armstrong, I failed to heed the warning. “How long does it have to be?” “As long as you want.” Michael Collins and Buss Aldrin of the Apollo 11 mission, all of Franklin's 134 men died somewhere out there. “When’s it due?” “At the end of the class.” This week, the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, moved into the waters off Beechey Island and Many of us didn’t even have a pencil yet. Murmurs of discontent rose from the cheap seats. I resumed my role began taking underwater imagery of what scientists hope will be the resting place of Franklin's two doomed ships, as spokesman for the great unwashed. “Do we really have to do this, sir?” HMS Erebus and Terror. Quite apart from the Prime Minister's ulterior motive of asserting Canadian sovereignty over Arctic lands and waters, the mission to find Franklin's ships, I think, represents more a validation of a great explor- I had pressed his “on” button. From here, he proceeded to regale his captive audience with a dissertation on the er's initiative 166 years ago. The same way the Apollo 11 mission changed our perception of the moon, even though history of democracy. He paced the classroom like a mad genius. His hairstyle looked like it had been applied by he fell short, Franklin's expedition changed the mythology of the Arctic. The North was no longer out of reach, and Ontario Hydro and with his aquiline nose, it made him look like the love child of Albert Einstein and Barbara only the home of Aurora Borealis and Magnetic North. It still had mystery and killer cold, but it was reachable by Streisand (his description). He went on to expound on the ancient Greeks and introduced his callow charges to the humankind. great lawmaker, Solon, and his mission to alleviate the suffering of the poor while preserving the privileges of the I view other challengers of mythology with just as much respect, even if they didn't travel across 400,000 kilome- rich. Juggling the chalk brush, he told us about how Socrates and his student, Plato, attempted to define the indi- tres of outer space to the moon to achieve notoriety the way Armstrong did, or half-way around the world through vidual’s role within the community. About how the Romans furthered the work of the Greeks. Now standing on a ice fields to make deadly history the way Franklin did. And a few of those trailblazers are close to home. I think of chair in front of his desk, the poor man’s Churchill laid out how the Magna Carta curtailed the role of those in our own Lucy Maud Montgomery as a trailblazer in literature and Glenn Gould who explored the limits of classical power. Then there was some guy named Rousseau that influenced some other guy named Paoli who drafted some- piano performance. thing called the Corsican Constitution. Let me go further. September marks seven years since we started publishing this newspaper. Such landmarks are We were now headed for the finish line and Mr. B brought it home with the English Bill of Rights, the Virginia rarely considered in the same light as putting a man on the moon or a ship's crew across the Arctic. But consider that Declaration of Rights which led to the American Constitution, and of the repatriation of our own Constitution and very few people gave publisher Conrad Boyce and his community of supporters much hope of success in 2005. Yet, how this fledgling manifesto spelled out the rights of the individual within the purview of the state. He surveyed here he is, 350 editions later, reporting, publishing and thriving as a commercial enterprise in the same geographical the room full of blanks stares and concluded: “So, you don’t HAVE to do anything. It’s a free country. But expect and publication area as the Globe, the Star and the Sun, not to mention the Metroland juggernaut. All this as Conrad to be aptly rewarded.” continues to participate as actively as ever as a playwright, producer and theatre manager in his community. At this point, anybody with even one live brain cell would’ve taken his lumps, borrowed a pencil, and begun cat- Another colleague and friend of ours is doing her own brand of trailblazing next month. On Sunday, Sept. 16, hun- aloguing the mundane events of a suburban summer: going to the mall, playing baseball, camping with your fam- dreds of volunteers and runners will assemble for the 32nd running of the Terry Fox Run in our community. And that's ily, going to the mall again, griping to your mother that you’re bored, being sent to the mall. principally because its organizer, Julie Slater, has dedicated so much of her adult life to the cause of organizing and But some of us are slow learners. I thought I would impress our esteemed Mr. B with a totally fictional romp raising the profile of this event. I was delighted last month, when our colleagues at the Times-Journal chose Julie as through the highlights of summer. I piloted the space shuttle, scored the winning goal in the Stanley Cup finals, “Citizen of the Year.” But equally important, she continues to energize her family, friends and neighbours about her led an expedition down the Amazon to unearth some ancient civilization, tamed lions, and wrestled sharks. My cause célèbre. rock band sold a million copies of our new album and headlined all over Europe. I don’t recall now but I think I “The Terry Fox Foundation is the gold medal standard in fundraising,” she wrote me in a recent email. “Eighty-five even became my own superhero, saving the world from long-winded speeches about Greeks and democracy. cents of every dollar raised goes to cancer research.” Mr. B was true to his word. For my imaginary tale I received an imaginary grade – and an alternate assignment. I have always admired those who go where others won't - whether it’s walking on the moon, pushing back frontiers, He handed me a massive, dog-eared tome entitled, “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”. If I wished to excelling in artistic pursuits, publishing a weekly newspaper or battling a seemingly insurmountable disease. reclaim any semblance of a mark – purely up to me, of course – I had to read Act One from a play of my choos- Armstrong, Franklin, Montgomery, Gould, Boyce and Slater could easily have let summer slip by unexplored and ing and list any literary devices used by the great master along with an example of each. Due next class. Either unchallenged. Instead they have spoken with deeds. They are a breed apart. that or write, “I will not be a smart ass in Mr. B’s English class”, one hundred times on a sheet of foolscap. I grabbed the foolscap, went back to my desk, and tucked into a nice, thick slab of humble pie. For other Barris Beat columns go to www.tedbarris.com The Uxbridge Cosmos 6 Thursday, August 30th 2012

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Still time for youth to enter films One of Canada's most recognized icons, the Royal Canadian Mounted Every seat is filled, the lights fade to sions is quickly approaching. It is roll and the audience starts its appre- Police (RCMP) Musical Ride, will be dark, a hush falls over the audience, Friday September 7th and all films in ciative applause, growing in strength performing at Elgin Park, in Uxbridge, the screen lights up and a sudden DVD format can be dropped off at as the young filmmaker is asked to on Wednesday September 19 - there intake of collected breath is heard as the Uxbridge Youth Centre on or stand and accept the flowing acco- will be two shows, one commencing at the story beginning on the screen before this date. lades coming from the crowd. Now, 12:30 pm and the other at 6:30 pm. envelopes everyone in its creative This festival is open to youth aged he can take a breath as well…what a genius… and the 13 year old budding 13 to 19 years, with the "Theme" of feeling! Get your films made and live Constable Terry Russel was in town filmmaker feels so vulnerable as his the films being documentary, fiction, the moment. FOR MORE INFOR- Monday to meet with the event’s spon- film is viewed and judged for the first live action or animated (really quite MATION: contact Cathy Christoff sors - Karren and Greg Patterson of time by his community and a panel of open to creative exploration) with the @416-989-6963 or Vanessa Slater Patterson Flooring (rear) and Hilary industry professionals. This was the only caveat being that they must be @905-862-3456 or check us out on Balmer (left) and Margaret Langlands atmosphere at the Roxy Theatres at accessible to all ages and 3 to 10 min- Facebook of the Uxbridge Horsemen’s the “1st Annual Youth Short Film utes in length. FACEBOOK.COM/UXBRIDGE Association. Photo by Conrad Boyce. Festival” last fall. It is with extreme honour that the YOUTH CENTRE It was a special night of laughter, Roxy Theatres hosts this film, youth tears, gasps of “wow…that was amaz- initiative, in conjunction with our ing… how old is the filmmaker… returning sponsors: The Zachary TIPS FOR BETTER GOLF you are kidding me… really?” And it Karkheck Charitable Foundation, BY DARRICK HARROP, HEAD PRO, FOXBRIDGE GOLF COURSE is all happening again on Wednesday Scarsin Corporation, Footsteps September 26th with the “2nd Sound Productions, Technicolour CLUB FITTING Annual Youth Film Festival at the Studios, and the Uxbridge Youth Roxy”. But before that night of Centre. There are cash and prize There are many reasons to have your clubs fit. It is important to have the right shaft in order screening of the top 10 films created awards totaling over $1000 to be to get the maximum distance by the very talented youth of our won!!! and proper trajectory. Having community, the deadline for submis- The film ends, the credits start to the correct lie angle is impor- tant because if the club is too Legion Bingo This upright it cause you to fade the ball; if it is too flat it will cause Friday you to draw the ball. Having at the the correct grip size is impor- is Back! tant to allow your hands to Foster work effectively. Things to look Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. for when being fit are: 1) is the Beginning September 6 7:30 p.m. 9449 Concession 7 fitting indoors or outdoors. It is Admission by Donation important to be outdoors so Over $1400 in AUGUST 31 - SHIMODA FAMILY you can see the ball flight. 2) Is cash prizes every week! the person using a lie board The Shimoda family consort performs on recorders, oboe and harpsi- and face tape? 3) Did they use chord, from solo to quartet. The ensemble has been performing a ruler? If they are using a around GTA and entertaining people with their versatility. On August Royal Canadian Legion, Br. 170 31 their program focuses on everybody's favorite baroque pieces by ruler other than to check grip Bach, Pachelbel, Telemann and other composers. A special guest Linda size run. For a proper fitting 109 Franklin Street Deshman joins the consort with a bass viola da gamba. consult your local CPGA pro.

LONG WEEKEND SPECIAL AUG. 31 - SEPT. 3 AFTER 11 A.M. 4 GOLFERS WITH CART $125 FOXBRIDGE GOLF COURSE 905-852-7962 CALL 905-852-7962 TO BOOK YOUR TEE TIME SCRAMBLES 905-852-7323 The Uxbridge Cosmos 8 Thursday, August 30th 2012 The Uxbridge Cosmos 9 Thursday, August 30th 2012

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29 Toronto Street Testa Professional Building Learn how to make your own products using South, Uxbridge 2 Campbell Drive, Uxbridge natural, raw, organic ingredients. 905-862-2800 Tel 905-852-7707 For our fall class schedule and registration Fax 905-852-1352 details visit www.elemi.ca or see us at Your Independent Email [email protected] 58 Brock St West. Neighbourhood Pharmacy 905.852.5575 The Uxbridge Cosmos 10 Thursday, August 30th 2012

Thurs., Sept. 6 Cruise In Weekly classic p.m. See page 14. James Hill Court off Campbell Drive. All wel- Coming Up car gathering, this year at the Uxbridge Arena. come. 6 p.m. to dusk. Entertainment by the Dual Fri., Sept. 14 Zephyr United Church will feature Like Pacific, Bathurst, Sleepwalker Exhaust Band. Steak and Burger BBQ Zephyr Community Line Dancing Lessons exercise mind and and Harbour. Entry to the concert is $5 and THIS WEEKEND Hall, 5:00-7:30 p.m. body Thursday nights at Trinity United Church, doors open at 6:45pm. Sept. 7-9 Uxbridge Fall Fair Annual 6:30-8 pm. Call Shanie at 905-852-4655 for autumn agricultural extravaganza. Watch for Sat., Sept. 15, 7:00 a.m. The Oak Ridges more details. Until Sept. 3 Maud of Leaskdale One- Saturday and Sunday September 1 & 2 more details in next week’s Cosmos. Trail Association is hosting a 1+ hr., 4 km woman show about the amazing life of Lucy Maud's Garden of Quilts Show presented moderate pace hike on the Al Shaw side Trail. The ‘Gifts of the North’ sculpture display Maud Montgomery. Only two more perform- by the LMMSO of Leaskdale. 10 -5pm daily. Fri., Sept. 7 Fridays at the Foster Cris No dogs please. Meet at the trail entrance on continues at the Uxbridge Historical Centre until ances! See page 3 for more. Enjoy the latest creations of local and guest quil- Cuddy Acoustic Unit, Folk. Foster the west side of Conc. 6, 1.5 km south of October 6. A unique exhibit of 18 whimsical ters at the Historic Leaskdale Church, 11850 Memorial, 9449 Concession 7. 7:30-8:30 Durham Rd. 21. Russ Burton 905-830-2862. sculptures by artist Janet Hannam that illustrate Thurs., Aug. 30 Cruise In Weekly classic Regional Road 1 north of Uxbridge. $5 p.m. Admission by donation. different aspects of life and culture in northwest- car gathering, this year at the Uxbridge Arena. Admission Lunch will also served. Kathy Sept. 15-16 Uxbridge Studio Tour ern Ontario. Open Wednesday to Sunday and 6 p.m. to dusk. Entertainment by the Drive South Wasylenky 905-852-5284. Sat., Sept. 8, 7:00 a.m. The Oak Ridges Annual celebration of the best in visual arts. holidays, regular admission fees apply: Adults Band. Trail Association is hosting a 1+ hr., 4 km 10am to 6pm.See below for more. For more $5, Seniors and Students $4, Children $3, Sun., Sept. 2 Music Fest Reachview Village moderate pace hike on the Al Shaw side Trail. information visit our website at www.uxbridges- Family $14. Fri., Aug. 31, 9:30 a.m. The Oak Ridges from 10-11 a.m. We welcome singers, dancers, Join us for breakfast after the hike. No dogs tudiotour.com or contact Judith Tinkl at www.uxbridgehistoricalcentre.com. 905-852- Trail Association is hosting a 2 hr., 10 km, instrument players, joke-tellers. The sky's the please. Meet at the trail entrance on the west 705.437.1478. 5854. fast pace and hilly hike in Walker Woods. No limit! For more info please contact jo at 905- side of Conc. 6, 1.5 km south of Durham Rd. dogs please. Meet at parking area on the east 852-6487. 21. Joan Taylor 905-477-2161. Sun., Sept. 16 Uxbridge Terry Fox Event Glen Major Church summer services through side of the 6th Conc., 2 km south of Durham 21 for cancer research. Registration Elgin Park August, 7 p.m. Special speakers and music. On at Albright Rd. Joan Taylor 905-477-2161 Sun., Sept. 2 Rotary Summer Concerts UPCOMING Bandshell at 8:30 am, Start 9am, walk, run, Concession 7 south of Chalk Lake Road. Sleepless City 7-8 p.m. Rotary Bandshell, cycle, 2km, 5km or 10km beautiful rural well Fri., Aug. 31, 8:00 p.m. The Oak Ridges Elgin Park. Wed., Sept. 12 HOOT (Help Out Our marshalled route. Info Maggie 905-852-2169. Hospital Auxiliary “Chances Are” Store Trail Association is hosting an 8 hr., 2.5 km Town) 5 – 8pm, Staples, 4 Banff Road. $10 on Bascom Street accepting good summer and full moon loop hike on Durham Forest Main NEXT WEEK Shop Local (cash mob). Sun., Sept. 16 Teddy Bear Train York fall clothing. Proceeds to Cottage Hospital. Track. Bring water and snack. Meet at parking Durham Heritage Railway. Kids with teddies area 3789 Conc. 7 Uxbridge Chris Johnston Mon., Sept. 3, 8:00 a.m. The Oak Ridges Thurs., Sept. 13 Cruise In Weekly classic welcome. Leaving Uxbridge station at 10 am If you have a community event you’d like us to 905-852-7524. Trail Association is hosting a 3.5 hr., 10 km car gathering, this year at the Uxbridge Arena. and 2:30 pm. mention, please contact us at moderate pace shuttle hike on Durham Forest 6 p.m. to dusk. Entertainment by the Cyril Wray [email protected] or 905-852- Fri., Aug. 31 Le Vent Du Nord Popular Main Track. Meet at parking area 3789 Conc. Band. Sun., Sept. 16 Rotary Summer Concerts 1900. The deadline for our next issue is 6 p.m. Quebec band returns... 8 pm, Uxbridge Music 7 Uxbridge. Car pool back to Mason Hogue Cris Cuddy Acoustic Unit 7-8 p.m. Rotary Sunday. Hall. Nursery on Brock Rd, and walk to main track. Fri., Sept. 14 Fridays at the Foster Bandshell, Elgin Park. Chris Johnston 905-852-7524. Marion Drexler, Vocals. Foster Memorial, Fri., Aug. 31 Fridays at the Foster 9449 Concession 7. 7:30-8:30 p.m. ONGOING Shimoda Family, Recorders. Foster Sept. 5-9 Rotary Million-Dollar Hole-in- Admission by donation. Memorial, 9449 Concession 7. 7:30-8:30 One Annual charity fundraiser at Little Sticks Uxbridge Parkinson’s Support Group p.m. Admission by donation. Driving Range on Elgin Park Drive. See page 9 Fri., Sept. 14 Belleville Bulls vs. meets the first Thursday of each month from 1-3 for details. Oshawa Generals Uxbridge Arena 7:30 p.m. at the Bridgwater Condo building, 22 Fri., Aug. 31 Five Buck Fridays at the UYC Fans invited once more backstage with visual artists

The 27th annual Uxbridge Studio the artists’ sites and in advance at Dunk Tinkl, Nicholas Tinkl, Tour, presents a rich, diverse, many locations in and around Tracy Walker; Linda Wiebe and unique and varied community of Uxbridge, these include: Blue Ray Young. artists who open their studios and Heron Books; Presents, Presents, For more information please visit galleries to the public in Presents; Rush Photo; the Quilters our website at www.uxbridgestu- September. Cupboard; Elemi; Select Art diotour.com or contact Judith The Uxbridge Studio Tour is free Gallery; Tin Cup Cafe; Tin Mill Tinkl at 705.437.1478. of charge, self-guided and always Restaurant; Frankie’s Ristorante; Admission is free. on the 3rd weekend of September and many more. (September 15 & 16, 10am to See the Studio sites of Lynn 6pm). This year there are over two Bishop, Carmel Brennan, Shelly dozen sites with nearly sixty artists Burke, Della Cavanagh, Ross poised to create a visual feast Colby, Daniel Colby, Ann located in and around the beauti- Cummings, Lynda Cunningham, ful town of Uxbridge, along wind- Cynthia Cupples, Fly Freeman, ing country roads and in the Megan Jones, David Swinson, charming historical villages of Max Kalinowski, Hanneka Claremont, Goodwood, Koonstra, Mark Puigmarti, Lynne Sandford, Victoria Corners and lic is invited to experience our McIlvride Evans, Yvonne Sunderland. work and share in the exchange of Meissner, Francis Muscat, Ken Goldsmiths, jewelers and black- ideas and the results of the creative Nice. Christl Niemuller, Jennifer smiths, glass artists, ceramists, process. Many of the art works on and Gordon Ross, Jean Pierre fibre artists and sculptors, display will be for sale and the Schoss, Judith Tinkl, Viktor Tinkl painters, photographers, print- artists will be available to talk to Samantha Turnbull, Gerd makers and stone carvers are all visitors about their work. Untermann, Joan Yerema and Jay represented in a tour de force of Tour brochures with a detailed Yerema Weafer, Wynn Walters, colour, shape and form. The pub- map can be picked up at any of and Monique van Wel. This year’s tour has over 30 guest artists including Judy Bear, Danielle Boerhof, Gretel Boose, Deeni De Medieros, Frank Ditomaso, Dan Gallagher, Dave Greaves, Marni Grossman, Berna Kilic, Constance Laing; Kim Lowes, Tom Loach, Mayta Markson, Suzanne McNenly, Audrey Morgan, Mary Noetzel, Kristen Perrott, Kimberley Price, James Pronk, Jeannine Rosenberg, Eric Rosser, Sherry Rossi, Caitlin Sabean, Lis Simpson, Vanessa Slater, Diane Smith, Craig Telfer, The Thursday evening "Uxbridge Cruise In" at the Uxbridge Arena featured this 1938 Deluxe Ford Coupe Barbara Thompson Hoover, Tricia owned by Rick Huskisson of Newmarket. Photo by Rob Holtby. The Uxbridge Cosmos 11 Thursday, August 30th 2012

Quality instruction • Classical Ballet with emphasis on • Jazz technique • Hip Hop • Tap • Pre-Dance

Classes held at the Uxbridge Music Hall

Non-competitive, supportive learning environment

Annual Gala Performance

Register: 905-852-4621 or [email protected] Some ideas to ponder as the summer sizzles to a close... looking in Uxbridge! forward Learn the basics of Ballroom dancing in 10 short weeks! You will learn the basics of The Waltz, to fall! The Meringue, The Fox Trot, The Rumba and The Swing.

Classes will be held at the Uxbridge Arena beginning Thu., Sept. 20th through to Thu., Nov. 22nd, 2012 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Join us and have some fun, great exercise and meet new people.

A registration fee for 10 weeks is only $290.00 per couple.

Contact Marta Croly to register at [email protected] or phone 905-903-6437 The Uxbridge Cosmos 12 Thursday, August 30th 2012 Cosmos Business Bulletin Board Tree Service PROMOTE STAN - Your Local L. MARTINS Handyman 905-852-5313 your business PAINTING Interior & Exterior here! Wallpapering, Early Style Canadian Give me a call - No job too small ISA Certified Arborists drywall & plaster repairs Handcrafted Pine Furniture ONLY 905.852.6970 or Crown moulding - 905-852-2275 Established 1981 - Fully Insured (cell) 416-705-6970 • Bucket Trucks, Professional Climbers Home renovations www.gilldercroft.com $25/week [email protected] • Pruning, Removals, Stump Grinding David Watts, B.Sc. (Agr.) www.uxbridgetreeservice.com 905-852-7129 Garage Doors RON BROWN AUTO DOOR We will not be undersold. SERVICE ALEC UPRIGHT We service all LEASK Windcrest GARAGE DOORS•ELECTRIC OPERATORS makes and models. 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Call/text 647-220-6093. 8/30 FREE PICKUP OF ANY TYPE OF METAL OR FOR A PAINTING QUOTE call two DOWNTOWN UXBRIDGE: Large, Clean 2 bed- ELECTRONICS, GOOD OR NOT: Appliances, room Apt, Main Level, Parking, Appliances, AC, microwaves, batteries, propane tanks, any type old guys with paint brushes. Inside or Separate entrance, Available on or before of wire, BBQs, computers, plumbing fixture, pianos, outside, no job is too small. Call Mike September 1st. $1150/mo. Inclusive. Call/text cars, trucks, boats, trailers, farm machinery, ski- at 905 852 1836. 9/6 647-220-6093. 8/30 doos, lawnmowers, motorcycles, etc, etc. NOTHING NEW 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT - newly reno- TOO BIG OR SMALL, WE TAKE IT ALL. 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Your local businesses/professionals LUGGAGE: 29” Samsonite, wardrobe size, are offering a beautiful personalized Repairs and Renovations. Property Management. 8/30 a home.” almost new. $75. 905-862-0327. 8/30 keepsake gift free of charge. Call Steve at Northwood Home Services for a free 3 BDRM, 2 BATH BRICK HOME with finished - Psalms 127:1 CEDAR RAILS: $3.00, $1.00 if you remove. estimate. 905-852-1750. 8/30 basement on beautiful treed .3 acre lot just north of Hauler, about 3x4. Wire, 50 cents a foot. Free For more details, UXBRIDGE FLUTE LESSONS for beginner to intermediate lev- Uxbridge. Renovated, clean, nicely decorated. please call BRANCH Firewood. 905-852-7634. 9/13 els. Local. Studied under Lesley Joosten and cur- Available immediately. $1600/mo. plus utilities. Agnes Lobbezoo 905-852-3162 KILN: Ceramic/pottery. Duncan The Teacher Plus, rently under the instruction of Peg Albrecht, U of T. Contact Ian Morrison, sales rep., ReMax All-Stars at 905-852-5067. Model DA820, volts AC240, Max. Temp. 2300 F., 24 Also offering piano lessons for beginners. Realty. 416-791-9212. 8/30 www.biblesociety.ca amps, 5700 watts, Cone 8. New, never uncrated. References available. Sarah Pollard 852-0056. $650. Antique butter churn, original. $350. 905- 8/30 Events 852-4727. 9/6 BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL DAYCARE FOR SALE: Lucknow snowblower 6 foot single COSMOS CLASSIFIEDS AVAILABLE: For Joseph Gould. Best suited for RCMP MUSICAL RIDE: Wed., Sept. 19, Elgin auger, John Deere 5 foot wide bushhog, bucket teachers. Fenced yard, non-smoking, snacks and Park, 12:30 and 6:30 p.m. Tickets at Blue Heron Classifieds are $5 plus HST per week mounted round bale spear. All in very good condi- receipts. 905-852-0611. 8/30 Books, Presents Presents, All About Equine or on- for up to 20 words, tion. 905-852-3257. 9/6 HOME DAY CARE AVAILABLE: Lots of room to line at www.ticketpro.ca Pre-sale: Adults $12, $10 plus HST for up to 40 words. play, snacks and hot lunches provided. References Students/Seniors $7, children under 5 free. Family For Rent Payable in advance by cash, cheque or credit card. available. Call Lorrie at 905-852-2349. 9/13 $35. 9/6 MUSIC LESSONS: Carolyn Piet (ARCT piano and GARAGE SALE: Sat., Sept 1. 7:00am – noon. Contact: [email protected] or 905-852-1900 ROOM FOR RENT: Downtown Uxbridge, Large, pipe organ) will be teaching piano and music theo- Antiques, furniture, household items. 110 Cemetery Deadline: Monday 5:30 p.m. Clean, Main Level, Parking, Appliances, Equipped ry from her home on Herrema Blvd, in Uxbridge Rd. Uxbridge. 8/30 Kitchen. Shared Living Space. Separate entrance, The Uxbridge Cosmos 13 Thursday, August 30th 2012 CIBC robbed in Muir wreaks early revenge on Bruins by Roger Varley saves during his time between the pipes. The Bruins, broad daylight still trying to become familiar with each other, had Former Bruins coach and general manager Matt Muir difficulty getting their offence on track in the second by Roger Varley demanding money to one of the returned to the Uxbridge Arena last Friday in his new period and most attacks on the Port Hope net lacked tellers. After the teller handed over a role as general manager of the Port Hope Panthers finish. Durham Region Police have arrest- quantity of money, the suspect fled and watched as his team downed the Bruins 3-1 in an After the Panthers scored their third goal in the third ed an Uxbridge man in connection on foot and was seen running exhibition game. period, the Bruins' offence finally put more pressure northbound on Toronto Street near with a robbery at the CIBC branch It was only the second exhibition game for the on their opponent's zone, with their lone goal coming Albert Street. in downtown Uxbridge on Bruins wannabes - supported by veteran defenceman with just three seconds left on the clock during a The bank teller was not injured. Wednesday, Aug. 22. Callum Lynch and veteran forward Mike Ramsey - delayed penalty. The man was arrested without A spokesman for the CIBC said The Bruins were scheduled to play the Panthers in the bank does not disclose how but the rookies failed to show much in the way of incident at an Uxbridge apartment play-making. Port Hope last night before readying for the annual three days later and held for a bail much money is taken during rob- The action was entertaining, but the Panthers' Alliston tournament. Then the real action begins. hearing. beries, nor could he comment on offence gave the Bruins plenty to handle in the first The Bruins open the 2012-13 OHA Junior C Jeffrey Ozolins, 28, is charged with the security guards that have been stationed at the Uxbridge bank's period, scoring their first goal at the 14:40 mark. Central Division season with a home game against the robbing the bank and also with the Lakefield Chiefs at the arena on Sept. 21, starting at robbery of a CIBC branch in main door since the robbery or how They particularly used body checks to good effect. 7:45 p.m., followed by a visit to Keswick to face the Keswick the next day. long they will be there. The local lads did show a good penalty-killing effort Georgina Ice the next night. Then it's back to Police said a lone male suspect The bank branch was robbed twice near the midway mark, limiting the Panthers to long- Uxbridge to play the Little Britain Merchants on entered the Uxbridge bank during in one week in the late 1990s. range shots on net. the afternoon and handed a note The Panthers scored again near the halfway point of Sept. 28. Fans will have to wait a full three weeks the second period before starting goalie Aaron Young before the Bruins have their first meeting with their was relieved by Kevin Collins. Although Young arch-rivals, the Port Perry MoJacks, on Oct. 12 at the Bowling green vandalized allowed two goals, he made a number of acrobatic arena.

What is it that motivates a small Bowling Club managed to repair the group of people to climb a six foot, green ready for the Novice District COFFEE WITH ALAN... from page 3 chain link fence, under cover of dark- Playdowns on Saturday, Aug18th. ness, carry heavy, wooden benches to Uxbridge was well represented by the middle of a lawn bowling green one ladies’ and two men’s teams. The Those were great times. But after East Duffin River. We've been pro- water, so you want to imitate, mimic and upend them? As well as damag- ladies winners were from Midland four years, there was too much con- tecting a couple of hundred acres of those flies. The next thing most fly ing the green, three large tubs of but the men’s winners were our own flict being a councillor here and the headwaters for 200 years. fishermen do is tie their own flies. I colourful flowers were overturned high school students, Alex LeBlanc, working for York Region. Mount Educate me, if you will, Alan. I do a bit of that but I also buy a lot and the plants trampled on. Nathan Lofgren and Andy Lofgren, a Albert was putting a sewage lagoon thought fly fishing was done in rivers of flies. The third thing is being able Despite this mindless vandalism, very new player. Alex, Nathan, right on the Uxbridge border and and streams, but if I'm not mistaken to cast right. It takes a while to learn volunteers from Uxbridge Lawn Quincy Garry and Nicole LeBlanc Uxbridge wasn't happy with that. the fishing club has ponds. that. And the fourth thing is getting (who recently had a cup of coffee The Uxbridge Star had a York- We don't have a lot of rivers in the a fish on the hook and drawing it in. with Roger Varley) had only a week Durham column and I was getting southeast part of the GTA to actual- So there's a lot more to it than just earlier come back from British more publicity as a councillor in ly fly fish. But in Scotland, they fly casting or throwing a worm out on Columbia having taken part in a Uxbridge than some of the mayors fish on lakes, right? You need space the end of the line. provincial tournament where they were in York and they weren't very to fly fish. Duffin Creek isn't wide So catching a fish is really just a had represented Ontario. Nicole, 13 happy with that. It wasn't good to enough. So ponds are acceptable for bonus? years old, came home with a bronze be a councillor here sharing the page fly fishing. Most fly fishermen You don't have to catch fish to have medal for Junior Singles. with my political masters in York. release what they catch. I caught a a good time because the nice thing is We are now into the second session But you're still involved here. You beautiful lake trout yesterday at my casting and enjoying the peace of it. of House League and soon the season are a member of the Uxbridge cottage and brought it in, said hello Sometimes I get mad because I've will come to an end with play offs Watershed Committee and the Oak and put it back. got a fish on. What I really like is and a corn roast. All past members Ridges Trail Association. What is it about fly fishing that pulling him over and losing him are cordially invited to join us for the I'm not too involved with the Oak attracts you? right at the edge. corn roast. Please phone Cindy Ridges Trail now. When I took on It starts out with knowing what fly is Alan, thank you. Finlay 852-6480. - Margery Cowley the job of Rouge park, I thought going to work that day. Trying to Thank you. that was enough to do. I've been determine what flies are on the involved with the watershed com- ACTING mittee since it was formed, but the real leadership of that committee comes from Tom Fowle. I'm co- RIGHT HAND MAN CLASSES chairing the event on Oct. 18 (envi- Uxbridge - Cell 647-333-7746 ronmental appreciation night at the THE ACTING ACADEMY OF PORT PERRY Music Hall), so that's going to be a DECKS &FENCES Youth-Teens-Adults fun night. Why did you get involved with the Register now for September watershed committee? Your Best Man for the Job! 905-986-4861 I don't know, if you're interested in www.myrighthandman.ca www.theactingacademy.biz public service, if you ever really retire. I've retired four times from work now and that's it. Anything I do now will be local. I want to spend Community Martial Arts more time with my family and my Shotokan Karate, Kick Boxing, Self Defense garden. And you know about our UXBRIDGE MEMORIAL COMPANY home, where we now have a conser- vation easement on our property. KARATE & KICK BOXINGBOXIN G 108 Brock Street West, Uxbridge L9P 1P4 We're restoring it to a natural state. Now in Uxbridge! We have a historic woodlot and For kids, teens and adults! Dave & Lori Tomkinson we've planted trees and shrubs on Attend our “Intro Night” at the Testa Building the rest of it. Protecting nature is on Sept. 17 @ 7pm or call now for details: part of our life. And, you know, the Karen or Brian Larte r: 905-852-5986 Tel: 905-852.3472 • 1-888-672-4364 • Fax: 905-852-0085 fishing club I belong to has been a [email protected] steward of the headwaters of the Striving to make the world better by making people better. The Uxbridge Cosmos 14 Thursday, August 30th 2012 Top OHL teams battle in Uxbridge Volleyball league

For the third time in the past nine sea- Gord Simmonds, an Uxbridge resi- rience, and we met many of our best coming to Uxbridge sons, the Ontario Hockey League’s dent. friends through our participation in it. Belleville Bulls will move a home exhi- Uxbridge Minor Hockey Association Attending any OHL game, but espe- bition game to North Durham in sup- President Dan Pollard explains, “The cially one played in a community rink What has been a dream for a couple of local people in Uxbridge is port of local charity work. The Bulls previous visit by the Bulls and like Uxbridge, allows a close up view going to become a reality. Martin Kerstens, Janice Simmons and will host the Oshawa Generals, in an Generals was a complete sell out as of the outstanding level at which these Andony Kiriakou have been talking about getting a volleyball club official OHL exhibition game, to be local hockey fans enjoyed the proxim- young men play hockey. We are started in Uxbridge for a couple of years now, and it appears that it held at the Uxbridge Community ity of these elite teams playing in our thrilled the Bulls will play again in Arena on Friday, September 14th at town. The Belleville and Uxbridge, and that Precious Minds is finally going to come to fruition. 7:30pm. Oshawa rivalry is a great one with and the UMHA will benefit. Hard The club will be called Uxbridge Cosmo Volleyball Club and will Two years ago, the Bulls hosted the both teams striving to prove they can working volunteers are at the center of start with 14U and 15U girl’s teams. An initial meeting was held Generals in Port Perry, allowing its res- contend in the OHL’s Eastern both organizations and we are pleased back in June and there was a lot of interest in getting a club started, idents to enjoy a close look at the level Conference. Both teams boast top to bring our support to them and as the closest teams for our community are in Whitby or Aurora. of hockey played in the world’s top young stars recently drafted in the first especially to the kids and families they Details are still being worked on but things are well on their way for development league. This game marks round of the NHL draft including the serve by staging this unique communi- the Bulls’ return to Uxbridge for the General’s Scott Laughton ty event.” the upcoming season. first time since 2008, tying into the (Philadelphia), Bulls’ center Brendan During the 2011-2012 OHL cam- The club has a Facebook page with more details (Uxbridge Cosmo Uxbridge Stars AE Early Bird tourna- Gaunce (Vancouver), as well as Bulls’ paign, the Belleville Bulls and Oshawa Volleyball Club) or you can e-mail at ment scheduled for September 17th to goalie Malcolm Subban (brother of Generals played 8 times with the Bulls [email protected]. 19th. The games in North Durham Montreal holding a slight margin in wins by 5- The Club believes that building strong fundamental skills is the have always been put into the schedule Canadiens star P.K. Subban). With the 3. North Durham hockey fans need to start to building a successful athlete. It is their intention to build with the full support of Belleville Oshawa Generals involved (Durham circle September 14th on their calen- Bulls’ Owner and OHL Governor, Region’s own OHL team), we expect a dars and prepare to enjoy a competi- that foundation through hard work, dedication and lots of fun! capacity crowd. All proceeds will be tive contest during which the Generals The club is looking for volunteers to help with practises, games etc. GOING used to support the work the UMHA and Bulls players and prospects, will Students are welcome and the club will sign off on your community does to develop its approximately 250 battle for an opportunity to play in the service hours; what a great way to get your community hours done young players on and off the ice, as league from which the most NHL by helping out to start a club, having fun and getting to play some GREEN well as to North Durham based chari- players are drafted. volleyball all at the same time. AT 410 AUTO ty Precious Minds, a local organization Tickets will all be general admission providing resources to families with (open seating) and are on sale in July Tryouts will be held Wednesday September 5th for 14U and Specializing in children with barriers to learning.” for $12 each (including HST) at the Thursday September 6th for 15U from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. both nights Regarding the team’s decision to Uxbridge Shoppers Drug Mart, at Uxbridge S.S. Second tryouts will be Wednesday September Volkswagen bring a home game back to Uxbridge, Canadian Tire, Uxbridge Shoe Sales Audi 12th for 14U and Thursday September 13th, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Simmonds commented, “The and Repair, as well as the Precious Uxbridge S.S. All interested girls who were born 1999 and 1998 or Hybrid Uxbridge Stars organization is home Minds office (Hwy #12 just south of base for my own family’s hockey expe- Sunderland). later (2000) are welcome to try out. 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VIEWPOINTS 3 Brock Street West OPEN SUNDAYS 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. ow well do you know the highways and byways of Uxbridge Township? The first per- ComeOur out 11th son each week to call into our office number, H Uxbridge Farmers' Market and enjoy 905-852-1900, and correctly identify the location season of our 5th year of our photo, will receive a prize; this week, it’s two bringing OPEN SUNDAYS THROUGH OCT. 7 of the tickets for a play at the Music Hall. Last week’s view- Opening Day Sunday June 4th UxbridgeUxbridge’s point (lower photo) was not guessed. Hint: Look Farmers’best to behind the scenes. Photo by Jennifer Carroll. Uxbridge Arena 9am-1pm Market! you!

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history? noon September 3 at 3 p.m. Call for astic spokesman for the Leaskdale Meanwhile, Back And reservations at 905-904-0977. Historic Sites, and led more than 500 how The new garden at the south side of the people through tours of the Manse and was that church is underway. The stream has been Church, as well as helping with research, by Barb Pratt quilt dug out and cleared, and now instead of a with the teas, plays, and whatever else we at the Manse put slow trickle of water over silt we have a threw at her. Which, come to think of it, togeth- beautiful rock-lined babbling brook, soon was quite a lot. Thanks, Lindsay! Opening this Saturday, September 1, and er, and whose fingers did that beautifully to be bordered with ferns and hostas and running through Sunday, Maud's Garden precise stitching? wildflowers. Drainage concerns along the of Quilts promises to be an eye-popping The show is upstairs and downstairs in foundation of the church have been recti- show. It will bring together quilts the Historic Leaskdale Church. The fied with new drainage tile. The rather designed and made by Uxbridge's finest hours are 10 to 5. Admission is $5, but all alarming piles of earth have been put quilters, as well as fabulous quilts from men are allowed in at no charge. A tea back, and we are ready to create a new York Region, Kawartha, and all over room will be open both days, and lunch perennial border along the church wall. Durham Region. A group of quilters from will be available. Upstairs in the church We are sad that the summer has come to Sutton have submitted extraordinary you will probably notice the absence of an end, and it means the end of our time work. The featured artist is Judith Tinkl pews. Yes, they are all gone, but only for a with this year's summer employee, stu- from Sunderland, a renowned fibre artist short time, while the floors are being dent Lindsay Orr. Lindsay is an enthusi- who was assistant Dean of Ontario sanded and refinished and the new carpet College of Art for eight years. Her exquis- donated by Parks Canada is installed. The Artistic Hair Stop itely-designed quilts have been shown, moving of the pews comes at an oppor- among other places, at the Cheiongju tune time because it will be easier to erect thanks Internation Craft show in Korea, and at the quilt stands and display the quilts, but the World of Threads Festival in Oakville not so opportune for the last two per- OSA ELEP where she was a juror. formances of Maud of Leaskdale, as we R T Quilts have stories, and the display of have to scrounge and put up chairs to for 28 years of antique quilts will be sure to catch your accommodate the close-to-sellout audi- excellent hairdressing! interest. At least one was constructed ences. The last times to see Jennifer from pieces of women's dresses during Carroll as Maud of Leaskdale are tonight All clients, World War II. Whose housedress is that (Thursday) at 7.30 and Monday after- friends & family fabric from? Who was she? What was her please drop in Saturday, Sept. 1, 8am - 2pm 53 Albert Street, Uxbridge 905-852-7391

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Fair Opens ...... 5:00 pm Heavy Horse Show ...... 9:00 am Tractor Pull ...... 7:00 pm Buildings and Midway Open...... 10:00 am Youth Entertainment at Bandshell...7:00 pm Canine Equine Challenge...... 10:00 am Buildings Close...... 10:00 pm Cruise-in Car Show, Baby Show, Poultry Show, Turn ‘n Burn ...... 11:00 am Beef Show ...... Noon Buildings and Midway Open...... 10:00 am Horse Pull...... 2:30 pm General Admission $10.00 Barnyard Rodeo...... 10:00 am Fair Closes...... 5:00 pm Children Grade 8 & Under FREE Sheep Show, Goat Show Evening Schedule for Midway Weekend Pass $25.00 & 4H Rabbit Show ...... 11:00 am 1. Kiddies Rides will close at 10:00pm Parking FREE Open Dairy Show...... Noon 2. Ticket booths will close at 10:30pm 3. All rides or attractions will shutdown promptly by 11:00pm Offsite (shuttle) FREE Durham West 4H and Open The Uxbridge Fall Fair gratefully Lawn Tractor Pulling Club ...... 1:00 pm Conditions of Entry to The Fair acknowledges the financial support of: Demolition Derby...... 7:00 pm 1. No skateboards 2. No Bicycles (smoke free bleachers) 3. Wristbands must be worn Buildings Close...... 10:00 pm 4. No Alcohol The Ontario Trillium Foundation is an agency of the Government of Ontario. 5. Backpacks and bags will be subject to search www.uxbridgefair.ca General admission provides free admission to all events. Parking and seating not guaranteed.