Volume 12 No. 4 YOUR UNIVERSE Thursday, January 28, 2016 Gravel pit expansion approved by Roger Varley

Uxbridge council adopted the rec - ommendations of planning con - sultant Elizabeth Howson on Monday night and approved an application to amend the township Official Plan and zoning bylaw to allow SASE Aggregates to expand operations at its pit on Wagg Road near Old Hwy. 47. However, in unanimously ap - proving the application, council tagged on a page and a half of con - ditions over and above conditions that Ms. Howson had recom - mended. Among those conditions is the establishment of an advisory committee - made up of council members, local residents and the owner/operator of the pit - which will review the operation of the pit and any issues arising from imple - mentation of the conditions. Also, FINALLY OUT ON THE POND - A game of shinny was just the thing for a P.A. day last Friday. These boys took to the ice on the pond by Barton Farms. For trucks going to and from the pit more outdoor photos, visit www.thecosmos.ca. Photo by John Cavers will be banned from all township roads except Old Hwy. 47 and des - Tragedy in La Loche takes life of Uxbridge man ignated truck routes. The council chambers were by Shelagh Damus At around 1 p.m. last Friday, a 17- through the scouting movement. a tent,” says Allison. packed with area residents, who year old male entered the school and Many neighbours, friends and ac - Adam recently finished teachers col - were given the opportunity to talk Breaking news banners regarding began a shooting spree that left four quaintances are “devastated by the lege at Lakehead University. He to members of council after the ap - school shootings in the United States dead and another seven injured. In news.” Local minister Andrew Alli - moved to La Loche in September, plication was approved. During are an almost regular occurrence, so response to multiple 911 calls from son remembers Adam for his “under - 2015, to commence his teaching ca - it came as a quite a shock last week students and teachers, police arrived stated humour” and as a “genuine reer. The remoteness of the town and those informal talks, Mayor Gerri to learn the latest attack had taken on the scene and were able to arrest and authentic, guy, who wasn’t trying its reputation for being home to a Lynn O'Connor, responding to place in Canada – at the La Loche the suspect without further incident. to be something he wasn’t.” significant population of at risk queries why the application was Community School in the small Adam, seriously injured, was rushed “Adam was quite an adventurer, had youth would no doubt have been not turned down, said: "We have northern Saskatchewan town of La to hospital, where he succumbed to a passion for life, and would often seen as a challenge. But one that no tools to turn it down." Loche. The vastness of Canada and his injuries. A teachers’ aid, Marie make you laugh until your stomach Adam seemingly embraced. In an - As for traffic problems that might the Saskatchewan town’s remoteness Janvier, was pronounced dead at the hurt,” said Adam’s father, Ted, in a other statement, the Wood family re - arise - (a total of 25 trucks per means the tragedy, while closer to scene. Soon after the police were statement released by the family. calls that “On Christmas day, [they] hour would be allowed to enter home, still seemed so far away. The called to a nearby home where broth - One former neighbour remembers sat around the kitchen table….and and leave the pit) - Councillor illusion of these things happening to ers Dayne and Drayden Fontaine, a “young Adam dressed in his Indi - [they] spoke about La Loche. Adam Dave Barton said a turning lane other people in other places was shat - were found shot to death. ana Jones gear” setting off down the shared the joys and struggles of being could be constructed at Old Hwy. tered when news came that one of Adam was raised along with his two street in search an adventure. As he a teacher, his passion for his work, 47 and Hwy. 47 if the need arises, the four fatally wounded victims was siblings in Uxbridge, and the family grew, he continued to seek out op - and the potential of his students.” with SASE on the hook for the former Uxbridge resident, Adam has always been active in the com - portunities to challenge himself. costs. Wood. munity through their church and “You know he spent a year living in ...continued on page 2

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Uxbridge resident Adam Wood Submitted photo opinions of reasons why this oc - It is clear from the statement re - curred,” we are asked to “stop and lis - leased by the family that Adam’s abil - ten to the voices of La Loche” who ity to see potential where others saw “know what types of support and none was his gift, and that this ability changes are needed. Our responsibil - is family trait. ity as a nation is to listen and respond “We find ourselves in moments of to create lasting systemic change.” despair thinking, “Why did it have For details on how the community to be Adam?” But really, the question can help Adam Wood’s family finan - is, “Why did this have to happen? It cially, please see article on this page. is in these moments, when tragedy strikes, that we are able to stop and The Uxbridge Cosmos 3 Thursday, January 28, 2016

- and one from a town in Massa - mayor. Health study seeks regional participants TOWN HALL chusetts - about the program and In the letter, Olivia quite politely has produced a booklet which tells but forcefully requests that the e Durham Region Health Depart - strategies and treatments. ment is working with the Ontario Following their visit, each partici - by Roger Varley them how to start their own pro - town install more litter bins around Health Study (OHS) to help pro - pant will receive a comprehensive gram. town, particularly at the Fields of Notes from the January 25 mote the study’s upcoming visit to blood analysis report of where their Mayor O'Connor said she had Uxbridge. Council Meeting the region. personal health falls within reference never seen a program become so "There are not a lot of garbage e Ontario Health Study (OHS) ranges. successful in such a short time and cans around the soccer fields in recently announced it will open four Participants who have already com - Banner program coming back: asked council to agree to $1,500 to Uxbridge," she wrote. "All of the Study Centres located in Bow - pleted the Ontario Health Study cover the cost of new lampposts cans are near the parking lot. Play - manville, Oshawa, Ajax and Picker - questionnaire online will receive an Tish MacDonald, co-ordinator of and hanging the banners. ers then leave empty water bottles ing, which will run from February 1 email invitation to take part. last year's highly successful veterans She also announced that a bas-re - and snack garbage around the fields through to February 12. Participants e Centre will accept walk-ins, banners program, asked council for lief statue of Uxbridge's Col. Sam which is messy and dangerous for are invited to contribute to a long- though making an appointment is continued support to bring the Sharpe will be displayed in the players." term health research study while recommended to reduce any poten - banner program back this year. Uxbridge library before being taken Not only does litter make areas learning more about their own tial wait times. Visit www.ontario - Ms. MacDonald said she expects to Ottawa for placement inside the look messy, it can decrease the value health. healthstudy.ca/Durham to register to have 40 more banners than the Parliament buildings. of properties, she argued. Ontario residents living or working for the Study and complete the on - 67 that were hung last year, al - Olivia states that litter is not just in Durham Region and the sur - line questionnaire, which takes about though hanging banners in the Olivia wrote a letter: "garbage on the ground", it is pol - rounding area 30 to 74-years old an hour. Participants have six weeks hamlets will likely have to wait lution which can affect animal years are invited to visit a Study Cen - to complete the questionnaire from until 2017 because of a lack of Ten-year-old Olivia Lee was pre - habitats, the water system and trees. tre to complete a short questionnaire the time it is started. lampposts with brackets to hold sented with a certificate by Mayor "Therefore, I think reducing litter and provide a blood sample, which Schedule an appointment using the the banners. She said anyone want - O'Connor at the start of this week’s with more garbage cans will help will enable researchers to better un - online booking tool and visit the ing to have a banner honouring a council meeting, recognizing the with pollution messy properties and derstand what affects health and Study Centre of your choice. veteran this year can pick up an ap - young girl's "active participation people being lazy," she closed. "I quality of life. is information will Questions may be directed to an plication at the Uxbridge Legion or and concern for the environment". hope you will put more garbage help researchers understand the risk OHS staff member by emailing on its website between April 1 and The certificate resulted from a let - cans around town for all Uxbridge factors and causes of chronic diseases [email protected] or calling August 1. ter Olivia wrote to the mayor as a citizens to reduce litter." and to develop new prevention 1-866-606-0686. She told council she also has re - school assignment handed to her by ceived inquiries from a number of teacher Jody Bales last November. municipalities in the Durham area Ms. Bales then forwarded it to the The Uxbridge Cosmos 4 Thursday, January 28, 2016 Our two cents No man, nor town, is an island There is a belief held by many that life in small Ontario rural municipalities is safer, more stress free and more laid back than it is in the great metropolises. That, of course, is a fallacy, as was demonstrated recently. A tragic and deadly incident 1,000 miles away in La Loche, Sask., reverber - ated here in Uxbridge when it was learned that one of the victims was Uxbridge native Adam Wood, a teacher at the school where some of the shootings occurred. Take one relatively sleepy little burg and watch how events around the world impact us in unexpected ways. Consider the strife in the Middle East, particularly in Syria, and see how that is affecting us. As it stands now, this town is likely to be host to at least three Syrian (or other Middle East) refugee families fleeing a part of the world most of us will never visit. Not long ago, a group of Uxbridge people came together to send relief supplies to war-battered Afghanistan. At the end of the Vietnam war, Uxbridge opened its doors to the family of Vi Tu Bahn, who were among the so-called Vietnamese boat people fleeing that war-torn country. Closer to home, a remote First Nations community tucked away in the near inaccessible reaches of northwestern Ontario has benefitted from the efforts of the Uxbridge Secondary School Tigers hockey team, which has travelled there to deliver hockey equipment and coaching instruction. Years ago, a large group of Uxbridge young people travelled to Quebec to urge La Belle Province to renounce separatism. David and Pauline Streeter were front and centre when an earthquake devastated Nepal last year and are now engaged in relief operations. Letters to the Editor And, of course, we have sent our young men and women to the front lines in two world wars and the Korean conflict, some never to return. In recent It was indeed sad news to learn that installing solar panels under the "Fit" took his appeal to the OMB when years, we have lost several local young people to suicide and traffic accidents. Harry Stemp is hanging up his quill program of the Province Of Ontario. the Town did not respond in an ap - All of these events affect us in one way or another even though, as is often and no longer regaling us with his (I did this with my house and am en - propriate time period. the case, the events happen thousands of miles away. Living in a small rural ragout of rants and reminisces. While joying a 12.5 per cent return on my This all could have been avoided if township does not mean the world will not come knocking, sometimes with I may not have agreed with all mat - investment. This is guaranteed for 20 the Township of Uxbridge followed a sledgehammer. ters discussed in his "Stews", I cer - years.) its own official plan. Sometimes, however, the world comes to our door with a light, polite tainly enjoyed them. What did the mayor and council do What happened? We were subjected knock, such as when Hollywood sends stars like Kathy Bates, Sigourney I had the pleasure of being intro - with my suggestion? Nothing. They to a public tongue lashing by the Weaver, Richard Dreyfus, Christian Slater and Samuel L. Jackson to make duced to Harry approximately 20 raised the tax rate. mayor and Regional Councillor their movies here. And sometimes, the stars decide to live here, like Graham years ago, and have only had about The residents of Gouldville sought Ballinger for speaking out on the Greene and Hayden Christensen. two or three conversations since but the mayor and council's support in matter. The mayor (wrongly) indi - If a television series was written about life in Uxbridge, many viewers would they were always enjoyable and posi - opposing the barracks-style condo - cated at a council meeting that we, not believe so much could happen in a small town: not only tragedy, despair tive. miniums proposed for 62 Mill St. the residents, had caused this OMB and murders but also comedy, hope and the occasional razzle-dazzle. Enjoy your retirement, Harry, and We wanted the builder to follow the hearing. John Dunne wrote centuries ago that no man is an island. He could also we know that you will always push official plan and the restrictions Is it any wonder taxes go up? have said no town is an island, unaffected by events happening just beyond your hometown forward whether placed on the property since it had I also suggested that Uxbridge its borders or halfway around the world. you reside here or not. been declared an historic site by Council and the mayor reconsider If we recognize this fact, we won't just tut-tut and shake our heads when Ron Dempsey Uxbridge and the Province of On - the role of regional government and we hear of other incidents like La Loche. We'll remember that they can result Udora tario. We thought this was reason - the fact that we are paying top dollar in heartache in unexpected quarters and affect more than just those in the able, since the official plan and the for too many levels of government. immediate vicinity. And that will connect us even more to all those other Roger Varley's item in last week's by-laws which accompanied the des - What happened? Nothing. little "islands". Cosmos contains the following state - ignation, and all of the reports of the Is it any wonder people do not at - ments attributed to the mayor - she town's planner and their heritage tend the budget meetings? "noted that few people attended the consultant, said much the same Doug Moffatt public budget meetings." thing. We thought we were working Uxbridge "You should tells us where we're together on this, since council voted wrong instead of writing letters to say to adopt their planner's report that Thank you so much for the newspa - you can't afford to live here," she the developers plan was not appro - per being available again on-line. I said. priate for the site. But two days be - look forward each week to reading The mayor's comments are not fore the OMB hearing began, the the PDF version of the paper – the 9,500 copies of The Cosmos are published each Thursday in the Township of amusing. They are rude and insensi - mayor and council met in secret with closest I can get to actually holding Uxbridge: 8,700 delivered by mail, 800 available in stores and boxes. tive. the developer and his lawyers and the newspaper in my hands. Last year I did attend three sessions agreed on a deal which gave the de - Though we love living in the Ot - Publisher/Editor Lisha Van Nieuwenhove 905.852.1900 of the budget meetings and made veloper 29 units instead of 39 and tawa River valley we still feel closely Advertising/Sales Dianne Oad Winder 905.852.1900 what I thought were helpful and con - continues to break the municipali - attached to Uxbridge through our structive statements to improve the ties' own rules on development of the friends there – and through The Cos - 38 Toronto Street North, Unit One, Uxbridge Ontario L9P 1E6 revenue situation of Uxbridge, and historic property. We found ourselves mos . Wishing everyone a wonderful e-mail: [email protected] web site: www.thecosmos.ca therefore reduce the tax needs. arguing against the Township's 2016. My first suggestion was to turn as lawyers and had to hire our own con - Lisa Boyce Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. many of the buildings owned by the sultants and legal staff to appear at an Cobden Township into revenue generators by OMB hearing because the developer EDITORIAL POLICY: Opinions expressed by columnists, contributors and in letters to the editor are not necessarily those of The Cosmos. Letters must be signed and the telephone number provided (number will not be pub - lished). Requests that a name be withheld will be honoured only if there is a compelling reason. Errors brought to our attention will be corrected. The Cosmos reserves the right to edit and/or refuse to publish unsolicited material. ADVERTISING POLICY: The Cosmos reserves the right to refuse any advertisement. 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She was a rose between two thorns. Actually, through sheet metal. But it ran. And ran. And There was only one thing wrong, that night. The survey cited data indicating “a majority of you could argue quite the opposite. ran. And it carried eight victorious members The appetizers were tantalizing, the steaks ex - young adults reported having experienced tin - I pulled into the parking lot at the office the of a high school rugby team home from a quisite. The bay window in front of our table nitus or impaired hearing after exposure to loud other day and shoehorned my old beater into championship. gave us a stunning view of Niagara Falls. And music at concerts or clubs.” And, as we learned a space between two impressive metal ma - Next came the ‘75 Torino. It had the classic the wine helped every morsel of the entrees go at dinner a few weeks ago in Niagara Falls, now chines. To my right was the pride of German lines of Baby Boomer Americana. Its Auburn down ever so smoothly; and since we would apparently in crowded restaurants. engineering: all gleaming, waxed finish and finish was right out of a Norman Rockwell later be walking to our accommodation and My interest in noise pollution is not a sudden leather upholstery. On the left was an SUV painting. And unlike the Montego, it wasn’t not need a designated driver, the five of us attraction. In 1969, one of my best friends and thought we might linger over the wine. But professional partners, Ross Perigoe, and I pre - large enough to house a family of 12. My two rotting from the inside out. Not a hint of rust that one thing nearly erased an otherwise deli - sented the idea of producing a radio documen - neighbours sparkled in the mid-morning sun disturbed the pristine metal of its chassis. But cious evening. Not long after the meals arrived tary on noise pollution to CBC Radio. A looking like they’d never seen a concession sometime between rolling off the assembly our waiter returned. program called “Action Set,” hosted by John road. Between them was my Jimmy, a relic line and ending up in the parking lot of my “How’s the meal so far?” he asked out of gen - Kastner and Alan Maitland, took us on. We from the turn of the century and adorned with student residence, it blew a rear seal and uine interest. spoke to firefighters, pilots and engineers, the best vinyl money can buy. It was coated in dripped more oil than a Greek salad. Since fix - I looked at him, shrugged my shoulders and record producers and musicians, Department a thick batter of January slush and country ing it would require an entire semester of pub said, “Sorry, I can’t hear you.” of Transport scientists, preventive medicine dirt. The rim of rust lining the door frame money, I opted to carry a case of oil in the The din in the dining room, by this time – specialists and (then) Canada’s only noise con - gave it an air of sophistication, like a touch of trunk instead. about 8:30 on a Saturday night – had reached trol consultant, Tony Black. gray around the temples. The greatest of them all, however, was The such a deafening level that I couldn’t hear a “In apartment buildings, noise reduction fea - On the way to work that morning, the heap Legend. She started life as a ’79 Ford Fairmont word the waiter said. I quite seriously had to tures are a luxury,” he said, “so when the apart - had hit a milestone. Somewhere on the out - and had all the style and flair of a four-slot read his lips each time he spoke to us. When ment builder cuts corners to save money in skirts of Mount Albert, the odometer had toaster. (I say “she” but I’m only guessing here. we’d first entered this ninth-floor dining desti - construction, the thicker walls and fuller broad - turned: 2…5…0…0…0…0. A quarter of a I’m not familiar enough with automotive nation in Niagara Falls, we’d been aware that loom go out the window.” million kilometers. Almost six-and-a-half anatomy to detect gender in a sedan). She was the place was humming. But it was soon clear That was in 1969 – almost 50 years ago – times around the equator. Magellan attempted the colour of Belgian chocolate and as slow as we’d arrived at the peak of the restaurant’s when medical studies revealed that noise for ex - to do one lap around our fair planet. Holed Canadian molasses - a leisure suit on a set of evening service. The dining tables to either side tended periods of time could cause ulcers, heart up in a dank ship for nearly three years, he sur - whitewalls. The poor thing had the misfor - and on the tiers up away from the bay window disease, allergies, indigestion, nervous break - were packed with people, yes, enjoying their down, high blood pressure, vertigo, nausea, vived mutinies, endured the ravages of scurvy, tune of being owned by a recent grad whose meals, but also nearly shouting to each other to fainting, mental illness, temporary blindness, and boiled his own urine for drinking water. greatest financial decision was whether to serve be heard. This restaurant, one where we’d sexual impotence and outright insanity. At the Falling short of his goal, he became a hood or - gravy or ketchup with his Kraft Dinner. Still, treated ourselves annually for years, was drown - time, again five decades ago, as many as nament at the hands of some angry natives. I treated that heap like royalty; I changed her ing in chatter, clatter, laughter and the pound - 100,000 Canadians were victims of hearing loss Meanwhile, some guy in a New World that oil every 50,000 kilometres whether she ing of background music, to the point that due to noise. hadn’t even been discovered yet did it six times needed it or not. none of us could speak and be heard. Most of “Still,” Black said, “noise pollution is not con - by driving his kid to Cadets and popping in And she was slow. It didn’t matter how hard our conversation this night took place at the sidered critical.” to Canadian Tire to buy light bulbs. The old you stood on the gas pedal, that square box top of our voices. Between bites of our food When the members of our dining group that boy must be spinning in his grave. had all the pick-up of an advancing glacier. and sips of our wine, we were shouting to be night overlooking Niagara Falls had sipped our The pilgrims had their Mayflower. I’ve got Traffic lights were particularly entertaining. In heard. last drops of wine, we called for our bills. The my Jimmy. the first few seconds after the light turned What my friends, my wife and I encountered waiter promptly brought over the credit card Most young men fall in love with Mustangs, green, I would be passed by school children that night wasn’t the exception. It was flat out and debit devices, but again none of us could Camaros, and Beemers. I’ve never aspired to and old ladies pulling bundle buggies. She noise pollution. And whether we realize it or hear a word he said. We just slipped in our the Best in Show. My heart has always gone started to hum just in time to hit the next not, it’s taking a toll. Sound volume is meas - cards, punched up the appropriate totals, tips out to the front-porch mutt. The Heinz ‘57’. light. And her nickname? It’s largely apoc - ured in decibels. The World Health Organiza - and PINs and handed them back to the waiter. The Jimmy is just the latest in a long line of ryphal. But I think it was given to her about tion notes that loud sound charted at 100 dB “I hope you enjoyed your evening,” I think he mixed-breeds and back alley hounds that have the time of the “big move”. Before embarking (such as the sound of a jackhammer or snow - said. hauled my sorry carcass across the country. o n a trip to Europe, I loaded up The Legend mobile) should be limited; it adds that ex - We nodded and I almost told him, “Yes, ex - My very first ragamuffin was a ’72 Mercury with all my worldly possessions. It took three tremely loud sound, or 140 dB, is the pain cept for the noise.” But I knew he wouldn’t threshold exceeded by such noise as gunfire, have heard me. I’m sure there are some of you Montego. It hadn’t been equipped with such guys sitting on the trunk to close it. She firecrackers, loud toys and crowds, and can shouting at this column, “Well, if you don’t like modern inventions as power steering and hauled her motley payload four hundred kilo - cause hearing loss. the atmosphere, you don’t have to go there.” power brakes. It handled like an aircraft carrier meters to my parents’ home in Windsor. In all About a dozen years ago, according to a web - Unfortunately for us and for the restaurant and on days I had to parallel park I could the years I had her, she never let me down. site called Medscape, more than 12 per cent of we’ve enjoyed these many years now we proba - forego doing the bench press at the gym. Clos - I don’t know how much Ol’ Jimmy has left North American children (ages six to 19) were bly won’t go back there again. We’ll have to sac - ing the doors dumped a healthy layer of rust in him but I’ll stand by him until his dying hearing impaired. This, the Medscape survey rifice treating our taste buds for saving our onto the pavement below. The rubber mats sputter. He’s in good company. In fact, he may pointed out, was due to music devices “played eardrums. doubled as floorboards. And the tiny speaker be the leader of the pack. for extended periods of time at potentially dan - that dangled from a wire under the dash made gerous volume settings,” and because of high For more Barris Beat columns, the Top Forty sound like a jigsaw tearing volume sound in “places of entertainment.” go to www.tedbarris.com

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of Uxbridge formed in 1996, it was of serving others. Rotary facilitates networks and always expected that women would New members are drawn to joining building good friendships. Deirdre AUDITIONS have an equal and active role in the for a wide variety of reasons. Club Gibson transferred into the Club club. Iris Schickler, a high school members – both men and women - after relocating to Uxbridge to assist Vocally Inspired Performers (VIP) is getting principal, was one of the founding have many opportunities for human - in setting up an architectural prac - ready for auditions for their fifth production; with Deirdre Gibson members of the club. itarian service, both locally and inter - tise. Deirdre knew that “the Rotary Beauty and the Beast jr , which will be pre - As of January 2016, there are 45 nationally, to address such concerns principles of fellowship and service sented at the Uxbridge Music Hall August It is a commonly held myth that Ro - members in the Uxbridge club – as health care, hunger, poverty, liter - are the same around the world and 11,12,13,14,19 & 20, 2016. tary is only open to men - this is not both active and honorary - and 21 of acy, and the environment. Rotarians the local connections of continuing The production is for performers aged 8- true! them are women. From active pro - experience the fulfillment that comes to be a Rotarian would be a great way In 1989, The Rotary International 17, but will appeal to audiences of all ages. fessionals in the community to re - from giving back to the community. to meet new people in the neigh - Auditions for this ‘tale as old as time’ are constitution was changed by the tired world travellers, the female Rotary also provides opportunities bourhood”. being held Friday, February 12, and Mon - Council on Legislation to eliminate members of the Club represent a for personal growth, especially in the There is an upcoming event that day, February 15, by appointment only. the "male only" provision for all of wide array of skills and interest. development of leadership skills. many Rotarians are supporting Rotary. Thus when the Rotary Club Their common shared interest is one Team building, fundraising, public which only women are invited to. It High energy kids and teens who love to per - speaking, planning, organizing, and is the fundraiser this Thursday, Jan - form can get their full information package, communicating are just a sampling uary 28, for the Lucy Maud Mont - ask questions and book an audition time by of the leadership skills that club gomery Society. Tickets for “Movies, contacting Marisa at members can exercise and enhance. Martinis and Manicures - The [email protected]. Being a Rotary leader provides fur - Thomas Crown Affair” are still avail - VIP will be casting approximately 35 young ther experience in learning how to able at the Roxy or Presents, Presents, people for this show. Some rehearsals will motivate, inspire, and guide others. Presents. So if you, or a woman im - be held in the spring, but the two week day Current club President Lisa Brooks portant to you, would like to meet camp program is where it really all comes was drawn to Rotary because she was some of the ladies of the club and together! The rehearsal process mixes in a “interested in finding a way to help support a good local cause, please lot of skill building including improvisation, people who lacked the basic necessi - join them at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday character work, drama activities. ties - clean water, access to health evening at The Roxy. A non-profit organization, VIP was care and education - I found my per - As Rotarian Cathy Christoff often fect fit with Rotary”. says, “Please accept our personal in - founded in 2010 by then 16-year old Marisa The incoming Club President for vite, no strings attached, to join us Hachey. VIP uses youth leadership in all 2016-2017, Dale Hickey, concurs for a breakfast meeting as our guest areas of the production, including vocal di - having similar ideals. to see what being a volunteer, not rection, choreography, art design and back - “I joined Rotary to become in - only in your community, but stage crew. Parents and siblings of volved with community service. In throughout the world can mean to performers are always encouraged to pitch doing so I found camaraderie among you and those around you”. in and help too! a group of like-minded individuals, Man or woman, come to Jerseys any VIP’s previous productions have received but I also found a very meaningful Thursday morning at 7 a.m., or visit high praise from audiences. 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Reader’s Choice 5 years in a row! Best telephone service 905-985-8171 [email protected] and internet provider! Operated by Rogers Communications The Uxbridge Cosmos 7 Thursday, January 28, 2016 Josh’s Pennies4Homes in its last year by Joshua Morrison I am praying that as a community we can Last chance - make this home for a family in need possi - For three years I have been on board with ble. One day there will be no more pain or Habitat for Humanity’s Pennies4Homes problems; we will no longer need to build Book your ad today! Campaign. I’ve raised money, spoken at houses for people, feed the hungry, or guide events, and spread the word that we are the lost. I am working towards that day, so going to achieve our goal of raising as long as people need help, they will be $100,000 to build a house for a low-income helped. This house, Josh’s Penny House, will family in Oshawa. Over the three years, I be built, but in order for that to happen we have learned that this is a bigger challenge need to continue our teamwork. than I thought, but I know So if there is anyone who that we WILL achieve it to - can help make this house a gether, for hard is not a syn - reality with me, please stand onym for impossible. up, because there is a family This brings me to 2016, who needs a safe home. We the last year to raise the re - are thankful for anything maining money. To date, we and anyone that can bring have raised almost $23,000 us closer to our goal of towards this house and we $100,000 and a happy fam - are still climbing. Thank ily. you to all those who have If there is any way that you helped us to get where we can help, please call me at are! (905) 852-4204; donate at In this year, we need to any of the Restores in raise $77,000 more to com - Durham (there’s one here in plete this house. It seems Uxbridge!) or on-line at like a lot of money to collect in one year, but https://www.canadahelps.org/services/wa/dn it is far from it! We can do this! We only m/en/#/page/7908. need $6,500 a month, and that could easily Thank you! be achieved if only 650 of the people reading this right now gave only $10 a month to the house. The number of people is even less if only 213 gave a dollar a day until the end of the year! That is so simple if you think that you are helping a family into a home.

2016 Well-read Township of Uxbridge Throughout Spring and Summer the Township What's inside: Community Spring & Summer programs and lessons Guide The popular Summer For advertising options, sizes and prices Camps Guide insert call 905.852.1900 Community events and or email [email protected] information Community groups, halls Guide to be distributed February 25th and organizations THE guide to activities in Uxbridge! The Uxbridge Cosmos 8 Thursday, January 28, 2016

syrup, fruit salad and more. Continuous Tues., Feb. 16: Uxbridge Senior Upstairs Room at Zehrs. Monday serving in the lower hall. $8 adults, $5 Citizens’ Club “Chocolate Tea” evenings 6:30 - 9:30 every other week. kids 5-12, pre-schoolers free, family $20. Uxbridge Seniors’ Centre, 1 p.m. A sur - Wednesdays 9 a.m. - 12 noon alternate COMING UP Proceeds to church and outreach pro - prising new activity! Please bring your weeks. New artists welcome! For infor - grams. Tickets available at the door, or mug. New members welcome! $10 pp. mation call 905-852-8831 or 905-852- phone 905-852-7016. www.stpauls- per year. 3034 hike. Meet at road side parking on the THIS WEEKEND uxbridge.ca and on Facebook. Thurs., Feb. 18: Lunch & Learn. St. Starting Thurs., Jan. 7, from 2 - 3 p.m., west side of Conc. 6, 1.5 km south of Thurs., Feb. 11: The Friends of the Paul's Anglican Church. If you've ever Uxbridge Senior Centre VON Thurs., Jan. 28: Goodwood Durham Rd. 21. Contact: Russ Burton Uxbridge Public Library monthly been confused about your health care op - Smart Exercise Program . Light exer - United Church Soup Lunch. 11a.m. 905 830 2862 meeting. 7 p.m. in the Uxbridge Li - tions & what funding or resources might cises to improve and strengthen muscles - 1 p.m. Soup, homemade bread, dessert Sat., Jan. 30: Five Love Lan - brary lower meeting room. The Friends of be available, this presentation by Vir - and joints, using a chair if needed for & beverage. For further information con - guages of Children. Free seminar for the Library bring awareness to the library ginia Miles of Compass Healthcare Solu - support. $2/session. tact June Harper at 905 640 3347 parents, Uxbridge Arena Boardroom. 2 by organizing book sales & other events. tions can help. Join us for a Uxbridge Writers' Circle . Dedicated Thurs., Jan. 28: North Durham time slots available 9:15-9:50 a.m. or All proceeds go to the library to help in pay-what-you-can lunch catered by North to encouraging & promoting the art & Nature Members Night. Several pre - 10:15-10:50 a.m. Discover your child's various expenditures including adding to House, followed by Virginia's presenta - skill of writing in a supportive environ - senters, including: John McLean on "The love language and how to how to suc - their extensive DVD collection. New tion and a question-and-answer period. ment. We meet the first Tues. of each High Arctic Oasis"; James Kamstra on cessfully express your affection & commit - members always welcome. Membership Call 905-852-7016 to reserve a seat. month, 1-3 p.m., at the Uxbridge Arena. "Queen Elizabeth Wildlands"; Derek ment to your child; notice the fees: families $20/year individuals Use door on the south side of church. Membership is free and open to all gen - Connelly on "Thunder Cape Bird Obser - improvement in his or her behaviour and $10/year. Contact Parking available in the municipal lot be - res. Contact Sherry at vatory"; Jay Thibert on "Belizean Adven - in your relationship. Contact: Barry Web - [email protected] hind the church or on the street. Please [email protected]. tures"; Cara Gregory on local treasure ster 905.852.2059 "The Nonquon Wetland". Uxbridge Sen - Fri., Feb. 12: 4-H Roast Beef do not park in the lot in front of the mu - Shuffleboard at Uxbridge Seniors Cen - iors' Centre, 7 p.m. Everyone welcome! NEXT WEEK Valentine Dinner. 4:30 - 7:30 p.m., nicipal offices. ter, Every Monday and Wednesday at Visit www.northdurhamnature.com for Sun., Feb. 7: Music Fest at Sandford Hall. $16/plate. 4-H family Sat., Feb. 20: Udora Community 9 a.m. more information or contact Derek at Reachview Village , 10 - 11:15 a.m. rate, $55/family (kids under 20). Kids Hall Board presents a Yuk Yuk's Monday Morning Singers , St. Paul's 905-852-5432 or by e-mail at ndna - We welcome all kinds of talent - story under 6 eat free. A fundraiser for the 4-H Comedy Night. Doors & licensed bar Anglican Church. Beat the 'Winter Blahs' [email protected]. telling, dance, music. A great venue to exchange. open at 7 p.m. Comedy show starts at by singing with this women's choir, di - Fri., Jan. 29: Oak Ridges Trail As - build confidence. For more information Fri., Feb. 12: Goodwood United 8:30 pm. Tickets $25 per person (tax in - rected by Anne Mizen. The group's sociation Hike. 9:30 a.m. Glen Major please call jo, 905-852-6487. Church Valentine Dinner. Good - cluded) available at the Udora General preparing a spring concert on April 29th. West. This is a fast pace, 10km, 2 hr., UPCOMING wood United Church, 6:30 p.m. Lasagna Store & UPI Gas Bar or call 705-228- Practices are Mondays, 9:15-11:30 a.m. loop hike with some hills. Icers or snow - dinner including bread, dessert & bever - 8102. Come out to enjoy the best stand- No auditions. Visit www.mmsingers.org, shoes may be required. Meet at the park - Tues., Feb. 9: Pancake Supper, Trin - age. Advance tickets only from June up comedy around and help support our 905-852-3693. ing lot on the east side of Conc. 6, 0.6 ity United Church. 5 – 7 p.m. Harper at 905 640 3347. community hall. Udora Community Hall km north of Uxbridge Town Line or 5.5 Adults/teens $7, Grade 1 – 8, $4, under Sat., Feb. 13: Valentines with is located at 24 Victoria Road. COMING UP is a FREE community bul - km south of Durham Rd. 21. Contact: 5 free. Family rate $22, four persons or Elvis . Dinner/Show/Dance featuring ONGOING letin board. If you have a community Russ Burton 905 830 2862 more. multi-award winning ELVIS tribute artist event for a charity or non-profit organiza - Heart to Heart Healing Centre. 26 Sat., Jan. 30: Oak Ridges Trail As - Tues., Feb. 9: St. Paul's Annual Bruce Andrew Stewart. RCL Uxbridge tion that you’d like us to mention (AS Brock St. W. Open Wednesdays 2 - 4 sociation Hike. 7 a.m. Al Shaw. 1 hr., Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, Branch #170, 109 Franklin St. Tickets SPACE PERMITS), please contact us at p.m. and Thursday evenings, 7 - 9 p.m. 4 km moderate pace loop hike. No dogs St. Paul’s Anglican Church. 5:30 - 7:30 $35 in advance only. Doors 6 p.m., din - [email protected] or 905-852- 905-862-9014 please. Icers or snowshoes may be re - p.m. Enjoy a delicious hot pancakes and ner 6:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. Tickets avail - 1900. The deadline for our next issue is Artists of Uxbridge meet every week, quired. Join us for breakfast after the sausage dinner with butter, real maple able at Legion, or call 905-852-5293. 6 p.m. Sunday.

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With the final weekend of the regular (they handed Clarington two of their minutes later, the Bruins found the line with Siblock and Mas - As of press time, no dates have been season upon them, the Uxbridge three losses this year) - they would themselves two men down for 35 sec - trangelo and turned to Coby Gard - set for the start of the playoffs. Check Bruins face the prospect of finishing take second place. onds after Jordan Nesbitt gave a Mo - ner, who has been making his the Bruins' website at www.uxbridge - either second or fourth in the seven- The Bruins did not help their cause Jacks player an extra shove at the end presence felt in the last half of the bruins.com. team OHA Junior C Central Divi - on Saturday when they settled for a of a play that sent the player flying season. sion. Second place would give them scoreless tie against the Chiefs in over the Bruins' net. However, the a first-round bye in the playoffs: Lakefield. They failed to follow up penalty killers held the MoJacks at fourth would see them face Lakefield on their excellent showing against the bay. With seven minutes left in the Chiefs in the first round. MoJacks at the arena on Friday, when period, Patrick Bolahood finished off The Bruins meet the league-leading they downed their arch-rivals 3-1 in the scoring with a power-play goal, Clarington Eagles at home tomorrow a fast-paced, fluid, business-like game assisted by Nicholas Sribney. night and then travel to Apsley on in front of a playoff-sized crowd. The MoJacks had an opportunity to Saturday to take on the North Just about every aspect of the Bru - come back late in the third when the Kawartha Knights. A win over the ins' play clicked, with the power play Bruins once more found themselves Knights and at least a tie against the producing two goals and the penalty a man short with the Port Perry Eagles would give the Bruins 53 killers shutting down the attacks on goalie pulled for an extra attacker, points. The Port Perry MoJacks meet net. but the penalty killers stifled the at - the same two teams: if they lose to The first power-play marker came tack. Clarington they would end the sea - early in the first period when Alex Following the game, head coach son with 52 points and the Little Siblock finished off a well-played Geoff Hodgkinson said he was Britain Merchants, who have three passing combo with Brett Thomson pleased with his team's performance. relatively easy games left, could also and Marco Mastrangelo. Mas - "They stuck with the game plan, end up with 52 points. However, if trangelo made it 2-0 as the period taking advantage of time, space and the Bruins lose to the Eagles and also wound down, assisted by Siblock. effort," he said. "All week we've been finish with 52 points, Little Britain The MoJacks came close, hitting the working on this and they executed to would take second and Port Perry crossbar twice. a T." would be in third given the number The MoJacks scored their lone goal Referring to the suspension of for - of wins posted by the teams during early in the second when GCrah am w ard Daryl Thomson, Hodgkinson

Second semester is Catholic Secondary School at the sports busy at USS Uxbridge Commu - nity Centre. e by Joey Ranni teams then get a six FOUR SQUARE day break! Exams are upon us, and once they’re If you want to see if CONSTRUCTION LTD. through, the second semester kicks the Tigers will win a off! LOSSA Champi - Chris Brunne On February 4, the first day of se - onship, the tier 2 [email protected] mester two, the tier 1 girls’ hockey boys’ curling team Builder of Fine Custom Homes team is going up against Pickering will be going to the Across 2. Skillet type High School at the Uxbridge Com - Renovations & Additions Oshawa Golf and 1. Duck feature 3. Portside munity Centre. If you’re not into Specializing in Carpentry Curling Club on 5. Call upon 4. Most in-style, say hockey, there’s going to be a senior February 23 at 2 girls’ volleyball tournament at USS. Get it in Writing from Chris! 8. Water source 5. Rainbow p.m. to see if they 11. Square footage 6. Condiment On February 8, the 3A junior boys’ can win the champi - Tel: 905-862-0040 12. Campaigned 7. Understood basketball team is playing against onship. Fax: 905-862-0030 Port Perry High School, and after www.foursquareconstruction.ca 13. Have bills due 8. Early scene in "The Wizard them, the 3A senior boys’ basketball 14. Insufficiently strict of Oz" team is going against PPHS. Both 15. Less murky 9. Shock's partner games will be at USS. THANK YOU 17. Put in 10. m.p.g. part February 8 will be a busy day, as 19. Romulus or Remus 16. Hang on a clothes line the tier 1 boys’ curling team meets e family of Rodine Egan would like to express their 20. Put into words 18. Teller Brooklin High School at the Os - sincere thanks to all of her friends in Uxbridge and be - 22. Explode 21. Vote hawa Curling Club in a quarter 25. Missing 23. "Juice" for Jeff Gordon final game. yond for their prayers and kind wishes during the time 29. A ___ in the life.... 24. Look at February 9 has the tier 1 girls’ curl - she was in the Cottage Hospital, and for the many 30. Projecting edge 25. It's often found in a vein ing team playing Donald A. Wilson 31. Gather 26. Put together Secondary School at the Oshawa condolences received and donations to the Kidney Curling Club; also a quarter final Foundation following her death on January 6th. 34. Turnoff 27. Ape 36. Attention 28. Directly game. ere will also be a 3A junior ank you to all of the nurses and doctors for their girls’ volleyball tournament. 37. Trial 32. Take care of a bill ere is 1A/2A/3A junior boys’ ice wonderful care; to the many friends for visiting, for 40. Yellow parts 33. Showed to be true hockey against Dunbarton High sending flowers and cards; to the Uxbridge Baptist 44. Mad 35. Early Pearl Jam album School, also on February 9 at Don 47. Creepy plant 38. Worry Beer Arena in Pickering. e tier 2 Church for the wonderful care and service; and to 48. Consume 39. Burn out girls’ curling go against Maxwell Branch 170 of the Royal Canadian Legion 49. Prohibition ___ 41. In play Heights Secondary School at the for their tribute service, as well. 50. Level 42. It might be slapped after a Oshawa Curling Club; again, a anks also to the ladies of the church for such a beau - 51. Make blond, maybe good joke quarter final match. 52. Part of WWW 43. Fax, say On February 10, 3A senior boys’ tiful luncheon following the service. 53. Exploit 44. Banking advisers basketball goes up against Sinclair Rodine was a proud Canadian veteran and Uxbridge 45. Bit of sun Secondary School, and 3A senior Down 46. Driving location boys’ ice hockey plays All Saints citizen for 70 years, and she will be missed by many. 1. Safari camp The Uxbridge Cosmos 10 Thursday, January 28, 2016 COSMOS BUSINESS BULLETIN BOARD

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THE MARTIAN - Matt Damon dominates this effects-laden work The ten best films of 2015 with a funny, superb performance as a man accidentally left behind on 2015 was quite an extraordinary plunges back into a world once Mars. year, a year in which the best films upon a time ago in a galaxy far, far 9. STAR WARS - THE FORCE of the year were largely impacted by away. Original characters are merged AWAKENS - Wow....just the films that came before them, pri - seamlessly with new, paving the way that....wow. marily from the 70s and 90s. More for a new generation of fans to dis - 10. BROOKLYN (tie) - the kind of and more, one can feel the influence cover and re-discover the Star Wars love story they do not make any - the great cinema of past decades has legacy. more, so they did. Saoirse Ronan is had on today’s best filmmakers, or It was a terrific year at the movies, both heartbreaking and luminous in those exploding to the forefront of and I know which films I think are the film. Remarkable. American film. the best of the year, but the Acad - 10. LISTEN TO ME MARLON - DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS FAMILY? This photo, marked “N. Bogart of New - The 70s was a time of great risk emy is going to have a rough time the most revealing documentary market” has been donated to the Uxbridge Genealogy Group and Uxbridge Heritage taking in cinema, a decade when selecting their own because the ever made about an actor, in this Centre, and they need help trying to put a name to the faces in the picture. If you movies were topical and urgent, ex - choices are so strong and so many. care, the greatest actor, Marlon think you recognize anyone in this photo, contact the Uxbridge Genealogy Group by Brando. Using audio tapes and ploring the happenings from the As in previous years, good films, email at [email protected]. daily news on the big screen, star - good performances will be left out. home movies found in a storage tling audiences with their realism Let me state right from the start, I shed they piece together the real and depth. Directors were finally am not a huge fan of Mad Max - Brando and find a man we never free to explore what were previously Fury Road , which for me was a solid knew. Scott Barry Hammell thought to be taboo subjects, and action film, and little more, but not 42, of Uxbridge passed away peacefully rather than exploit the subjects they much else. Get a grip people, please. And runners up: Inside/Out, Son of surrounded by family and friends on January made powerful films that will stand So no, you will not find it on my ten Saul, Steve Jobs, Black Mass, Creed, 21, 2016. Scott was born in Ottawa, Ontario the test of time. best list, or even as a runner up. and Amy . on October 14, 1973. He graduated from 2015 often felt like a trip back in Here are my ten best: Carleton Place High School and continued on time. The summer was dominated to receive a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor by Jurassic World , a revamp and up - 1. THE REVENANT - a stunning of Education Degree from Brock University and Master of Education Degree from Nipissing dating of the famous story first told dark masterpiece, with a perform - Doodchenko University. Scott was married to Tanya Yvette in 1993. ance from Di Caprio for the ages. Hammell (nee Kushner) from St. Catharines on Spotlight , one of the year’s best 2. ROOM - haunting and powerful, Michael John August 9, 1997; they were married for 18 years. Scott films, is quite simply the best film Brie Larson is astonishing as Ma. Sept. 10, 1955 - worked as a teacher then Director of the Senior School at about journalism since the award This announces her as a major new Feb. 2, 2007 Pickering College in Newmarket, Ontario for nearly 20 years. He enjoyed time winning masterpiece All the Presi - talent. with family and friends, travelling, playing and watching sports, and had a keen dent's Men (1976). Creed brought 3. SPOTLIGHT - beautifully di - interest in vehicles. He was also actively involved in coaching tennis, soccer, back Rocky Balboa, again portrayed rected and written, with one of the Always in our and softball. Scott is survived by his two children, Morgan Alexandra (age 10) by Sylvester Stallone, this time finest ensembles in years. Keaton and Adrian Scott (age 8) and his wife Tanya, his parents Irene and thoughts. Barry Hammell (Perth) and his 3 sisters; Cheryl and Dave Earl coaching the son of his enemy/ and Ruffalo are standouts. (Ottawa), Kim and Dave @ompson (Perth) and Melanie and friend Apollo Creed, who is older, 4. BEASTS OF NO NATION - Forever loved and Greg Fair>eld (Braeside); his nieces and nephews; and the wiser and very ill. The Revenant and deeply disturbing film about child missed son, brother rest of his family and friends. @e family of Scott Hammell Beasts of No Nation each tell differ - soldiers and how they are coerced wish to thank the Southlake Cancer Clinic and Durham ent stories but with the same raw into duty doing murder. Idris Elba & uncle. Palliative Care. Visitation was held at the Low power as Apocalypse Now (1979), is superb as the vicious comman - and Low Funeral Home, Uxbridge (905-852- placing the lead characters in the dant. Dad & Mom, Steve. 3073) on Sunday, January 24th and Monday, wilderness, searching in the jungle 5. THE HATEFUL EIGHT - January 25th followed by a Funeral Service in the Donna, Taylor & Cameron. chapel. In lieu of ?owers, memorial donations and into their own souls for their Tarantino's sprawling western is his Kathy, Nelson & Kayley may be given to the Canadian Cancer Society. own heart of darkness. Room was a most intimate film, nothing is as it For online condolences, please visit biting film about a mother and a seems, and who is in chaoots with www.lowandlow.ca son held captive for years in a 10 by the girl to be hung? Terrific Taran - 10 garden shed, finally escaping tino....again. their personal hell to a world they 6. CAROL - Brilliantly made film Hugh Morrison do not know, or in the son's case, about lesbianism in the 50s and the October 16, 1931 - have never ventured into. The inten - perils of a woman being in love with January 30, 2015 sity of their bond forges a love that another. Blanchett and Mara are cannot be chal - More and more each day lenged by any - Twins one or we miss him. anything. 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