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Highway 26 East KIA OF OWEN SOUND 519-371-4447 across from Montana’s www.kiaowensound.ca 1-800-930-5616 Newsstand Price $1.50 ruceThe eninsula ress B P P Since 1988 DELIVERING LOCAL NEWS TO THE NORTHERN BRUCE PENINSULA FOR 30 YEARS 2018 Number Seventeen November 20 to December 11, 2018 OPP Report: Alarming Increase in Stunt Driving Charges on Hwy 6 Media Release SpeedSpy devices record 354 stunt driving speeds over just 4 weekends Bruce Peninsula Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted numerous hours of focused traffic enforcement over this past travelling season on Highway 6, Bruce Peninsula. The results are alarming with 130 drivers being charged for stunt driving-50km/h or more over the posted speed limit from January 1st to present date. In 2017 OPP officers charged 43 drivers with the same offence on Highway 6. There have been no fatalities on Highway 6 this year but the sobering reality is that drivers’ behaviours need Photo Credit: Mike Reid to change. Photo L-R: Ricky and Finn Peacock lay a wreath for Peacocks Foodland; Sarah and Maiya Peacock lay a In the spring of 2018 Bruce Peninsula wreath for St. Edmunds Public School at the 2018 Remembrance Day service at the Tobermory Cenotaph. OPP received from Safe Communities Bruce Turn to page 3 for more Remembrance Day photos from the North Bruce. Continued on next page Bruce Peninsula Teacher Breanna Summer House Park Donates $3500 to BPHSF Heels Wins National Innovation In Geography Teaching Award Royal Canadian Geographical Society News Release While Breanna Heels was studying in East Africa, she saw the powerful role education was playing to improve people’s lives. She wanted to be part of that change and made the decision to become a teacher. Today, this K to 12 Experiential Submitted by April Patry, BPHSF Peninsula Health Services Foundation. Learning Teacher at On November 7th Darci Lombard The $3500 was raised over this past the Bluewater District (right), and Karin Webb (left) of Summer summer season by their generous patrons School Board inspires her House Park in Miller Lake were pleased to and staff in support of a new MRI system students to be curious present a $3500 cheque to Beverley Boswell for the Owen Sound Regional Hospital about the world and how (centre), Executive Director of Bruce Foundation. all living things on our planet are interconnected. In This Issue: $1.50 (plus tax) Her goal is simply to make • NBCoWork Open House page 6 ISSN 1495-2696 the world a better place for all. For her dedication and • Introducing the New MNBP Council page 13-15 ingenuity in geographical • BPDS News page 18 teaching, Breanna Heels is being awarded the Royal • Discovery of Manasoo Wreck page 30 Canadian Geographical 9 771495 269609 Continued on Tobermory Press Hours - Monday-Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm. next page The deadline for our next issue (#18/18) is Dec 5, printing Dec 11/18. Over 40 years in Business McNair WE DELIVER! Roofing BBB • Asphalt • Steel ACCREDITED • Custom Homes • Renovations BUSINESS • Cedar Shingles • Siding • Decks and more [email protected] • Eavestroughs 4707 HWY. # 6, MILLER LAKE 519-795-7729 www.mcnairconstruction.ca • [email protected] • Jim McNair 519-793-4353 page 2 #17 November 20 to December 11, 2018 The Bruce Peninsula Press OPP Report continued from previous page Power Workers’ Union Donates $7,700 Peninsula two SpeedSpy data collection devices. The two devices were deployed throughout the two municipalities of the Bruce Peninsula over the summer months. On Highway 6, to BPDS Outers Program the devices were set up over 4 individual weekends capturing northbound traffic. The data, such as speeds and amount of vehicles, was recorded and analyzed showing that there is an ongoing problem with driver’s behaviours when it comes to excessive speeding. Over the 4 weekends that the SpeedSpy devices were deployed 354 stunt driving speeds were recorded. “A significant amount of work was done over the summer but clearly there is more work to do. Those drivers that travel on Highway 6, at excessive and dangerous speeds, need to recognize that their actions directly negatively affect others also using the highway. Through our partnerships with community stakeholders we resolve to keep Highway 6 safe. Ontario Provincial Police will continue to enforce the laws of the road, raise awareness for safe driving and remain committed to public safety.” said Interim Staff Sergeant Paul Richardson. Heels Wins Award continued from previous page Society’s (RCGS) highest award in using National Geographic teaching teaching, its Innovation in Geography resources, and exploring with Google Teaching Award. Cardboard virtual reality. Her teaching While Heels has already received adventures take students beyond the Photo L-R: Linda Crombeen – PWU both national and international awards classroom walls and around the world Chief Steward, Heather Pope – PWU for her teaching methods, the RCGS through her “Global Citizen Project,” Member at Bruce Site and Michelle Innovation Award means a lot to Heels. where teachers and students come Minke – Secondary Teacher at BPDS. “I am honoured and humbled to receive together to work collaboratively towards the Innovation in Geography Teaching the UN Global Goals. This video (https:// WINTER Award. To be recognized by the Royal www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4Q0HvH Submitted by Michelle Minke Canadian Geographical Society is one of 8iBU&feature=youtu.be) highlights how The Power Workers’ Union (PWU) FARMERs my greatest career achievements,” says Breanna Heels nurtures her students to Bruce Site Equity Committee recently Breanna Heels. “I have been a member become global citizens. donated $7,700 to Bruce Peninsula MARKET of Canadian Geographic Education since District School Outers Program. The “Breanna brings the world of 2nd Saturday, 10 - 1 I started my teaching career, and it has geography to her classroom by embedding funds will be used for equipment largely shaped my pedagogy and provided and introducing a multitude of exciting purchases. “The Power Workers’ Union December to March me with the tools to bring the world into resources to engage her students, including is pleased to be able to assist our my classroom.” Canadian Geographic’s Classroom Energy local communities by enhancing local December 8 @ BPDS Cafeteria Heels’ approach to teaching was Diet Challenge,” says Connie Wyatt programs and events for all to enjoy,” Anderson, Chair of Canadian Geographic January 12, February 9 & March 9 influenced by the local geography of where said Linda Crombeen, Chief Steward @ The LH Anglican Parish Church she grew up: on the Bruce Peninsula, a Education and Vice-President of the from the PWU at the Bruce site. UNESCO World Biosphere, located on RCGS Board. “Breanna is a mentor to both students and new faculty with her The PWU Bruce Site Equity Saugeen Ojibway Nation territory. Her Committee has been in place since students’ geographic education is often innovative teaching methods.” early 2006, and its purpose is to make taught while hiking and snowshoeing This award recognizes the recipient’s cash disbursements of PWU Bruce Hosted by the Lionʼs Head Farmers Market along the Bruce Trail, learning to explore achievements with a medal and $2,500, Power Equity funds to community For more info, call 519-793-6125 or through geocaching activities, making split evenly between the recipient and a organizations and local causes. The email [email protected] quinzees or yurt camping at Bruce donation to support geographic education committee makes these donations on Peninsula National Park, where they learn in their name. Heels plans to donate about forestry, geology and Indigenous $1,250 to the Bruce Peninsula Biosphere behalf of all 2,600 PWU member who history. Inside the classroom, her students Association. Heels received her medal at a work for Bruce Power. have become tech experts, doing Mystery medal ceremony on November 1st, at the Skypes, taking part in Google Hangouts, National Arts Centre in Ottawa. MCARTHUR TREE REMOVAL Climate Comment for October 2018: Now�offering�mini�excavator�services. Clearing�of�building�sites�&�hydro�lines. Cold, Wet And Dreary Tree�stump�removal. Submitted by Bill Caulfeild-Browne Firewood�and�mulch�for�sale. Cold. October was significantly cooler than normal. Instead of a mean temperature of 9C, we saw only 7.7C. There were some nice days at the start of Call�Tony�•�Fully�Insured the month, with the mercury in the teens - and even a warm day on the 8th when . it soared to 22.6C. From then on things deteriorated with most highs in single 519 596 2989 519 372 8O48 digits. Our first frost occurred on the 30th when the early morning temperature dropped to -1.5C but it was very short-lived and appeared not to damage any vegetation. Mark your Calendar for the Annual Wet. It was the second wettest October I have recorded. Total precipitation amounted to 155.2 mm, surpassed only by the 158.6 mm. we got in 2013. It rained on 22 days, roughly two-thirds of the month. It is interesting to note that Octobers have become much wetter than they used to be. From 1996 until 2011 most Octobers delivered from about 25 mm to 80 mm. of rain. Since then all but October 2017 have yielded well over 100 mm. & Christmas Home Tour Dreary. There were only 15 days when the sun made any appreciable Saturday, November 24th, 10 am - 2 pm appearance and only October 4th was truly sunny from dawn until dusk. There at the Tobermory Community Centre were six days with no sunshine at all. The rest qualified as cloudy with sunny breaks. On the positive side, winds were about normal for this time of year. The Books By Local Authors Christmas Cafe average speed was 11 kms/hr and the windiest gust was 70 kms/hr on the 15th.