Uxbridge Boasts Best Bookseller and Author in Canada in the Running Were ORR by Bobby Libris Award, Now the Acclaim Them.” “Ted Is a Canadian Hero

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HAULING THE HARDWARE - Shelley Macbeth, owner of Blue Heron Books, stands with author Terry Fallis, who hosted the 2014 Libris Awards on Monday night at the Toronto Congress Centre. Shelley won for Bookseller of the Year, while author and Cosmos columnist Ted Barris, right, holds his award for Non-Fiction Book of the year. See story below for more. Photo by Shelagh Damus Uxbridge boasts best bookseller and author in Canada in the running were ORR by Bobby Libris award, now the acclaim them.” “Ted is a Canadian hero. He puts by Shelagh Damus Orr, A House in the Sky by Amada comes to the word-pictures I've cre- There was widespread knowledge out the everyday-guy stories of sol- Lindhout, and Clearing the Plains ated, their accuracy, and their style. of the accident within the tight-knit diers at war which are important. In The Oscars of the Canadian pub- by James Daschuk. I am humbled and proud at the Canadian bookselling community The Great Escape he uncovered the lishing and bookselling industry are Barris is a celebrated writer of most- same time.” at the awards ceremony, and when Canadian connection to a story that the Libris Awards. These national ly war-related stories. He has been Shelley Macbeth, owner of Blue the winner was announced, really resonates,” says Macbeth. awards celebrate excellence in honoured for his body of work that Heron Books, was again honoured Macbeth was met with a standing She says that Ted's work “doesn't Canada's book industry. This year, serves to preserve the history of to receive the Libris award for ovation as she made her way to the always get the national attention it Ted Barris and Blue Heron Books Canadian troops in battle. However, Canadian Bookseller of the Year. stage, accompanied by her son, deserves,” so she “couldn't be happi- brought home the hardware in their this is the first time he has won an Also nominated were McNally Daniel. er for him that he has been recog- respective categories from the 2014 award for his writing as an art form. Robinson (Winnipeg), Words Macbeth, who is “all about getting nized with this national award.” Libris Awards. It is a different sort of recognition Worth Books(Waterloo), Mosaic great authors to come to Uxbridge” Uxbridge should be proud of both Ted Barris' book The Great Escape: and one that Barris is proud of. Books (Kelowna), and Another hopes this second win will serve to Ted Barris and Shelley Macbeth for A Canadian Story was honoured as “Through nearly 40 years and 17 Story Bookshop (Toronto). increase the store's profile with pub- their work in putting this town on the Non-Fiction Book of the Year, books, I have received applause and There was an added sweetness to lishers even more. the literary map of Canada. alongside Chris Hadfield's An praise from the Canadians whose the win this time. In January, “A Libris award gives you more Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth in lives and accomplishments I've tried Macbeth was in a “critical injury credibility; opens doors to higher a rare tie for the literary prize. Also to capture in print. Thanks to the accident” where she nearly lost her profile authors,” says Macbeth, who life. There are no words to describe is working on the fall literary line- Inside This Week’s Cosmos the gratitude she feels to the various up for Books and Authors night on communities of friends, family, September 25, and the store's 25th The pleasure of pets . . . 5 employees, booksellers, and authors. anniversary celebrations in Know your candidates . . . 7, 11 “I don't know how many times I November. Not being very neighbourly . . . 9 have been called a fighter, and I am, Part of Blue Heron's success stems Historic land threatened . . . 12 but you sure don't want to disap- from its relationship with local For photos of last Saturday’s ‘Support Our Troops’, visit thecosmos.ca point all those people by dying on authors. Looking for lunch, Sandford by John Cavers The Uxbridge Cosmos 2 Thursday, June 5th 2014

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The Uxbridge Cosmos 4 Thursday, June 5th 2014 our two cents Pride and no prejudice A strange hybrid between Canada Day and Remembrance Day - that is how one could best describe Uxbridge's first annual Support Our Troops Day, which was held this past Saturday in Elgin Park. The park itself was awash with red and white, red being the colour of the t-shirts sold to people who wanted to participate in the creation of the giant ribbon that was assembled for an aerial photo. Canadian flags were everywhere, the weather was perfect, and the mood was fairly festive. We say fairly because there was a slight pall over everything - the same sort of pall that falls over crowds gathered on Remembrance Day. An ever-so-slight sense of gloom. But the artillery displays, the overwhelming police presence, the men in uniform (navy, army and air force), and the Griffon Tactical helicopter that stood at the ready out by the ball diamond - those were the things that reminded everyone why we shouldn't really swing into full-on party mode. We were there to celebrate Canada, yes, but also there to celebrate those who have served on behalf of Canada. We know many who have struggled with the phrase “Support Our Troops.” If you support the troops, does that mean you support the war they're fighting? Does it mean you have a hate- filled bias against “the enemy” that dictates “they” must be stopped at all costs? Isn’t being the armed forces a job? The young men and women that sign on to the forces do so of their own volition. There is no draft, no one is making them do it. They choose to join. They choose to do this work, just as one chooses to be a computer software analyst, or a chef, or a mechanic. And they get paid for it. Why should we treat their jobs as so much more special than our own, and more deserving of honour and praise? Do firemen and police officers not put their lives on the line, too, every time they answer the call to go out and face unknown danger? They do. But their jobs, while unscheduled and dangerous, don't take them to war zones for months on end. Their jobs, while perilous, don't put them in harm's way every hour of the day. Letters to the Editor And their jobs, it seems, are better equipped to handle the fall-out of the plethora of catastro- Re: Am I Wrong?, May 29 forced to pay for them with tax dollars, After I raised a question at last week's phes that may occur while answering a call. There are counselors, therapists and many other to the men who have no say in the life all-candidates debate about ending tax- kinds of help available to the police, paramedics, and firemen who encounter situations that will What is wrong with a person asking a of their unborn children, to the scores of payer support for abortions, Roger undoubtedly leave marks and scars on their psyche. Our armed forces, however, seem to be left question about abortion at the all candi- women mourning their decision to ter- Varley wrote in his column that the dates meeting? Why should anyone feel minate their child's life, to the legal and debate around abortion should be over to fend for themselves more and more. Wounded Warriors of Canada was the beneficiary of the ashamed of being motivated by compas- policy scholars who argue the anti-dem- and asks “am I wrong?” The answer is proceeds from Saturday's event, and we don't think the organizers could have picked a better sion for the life of an innocent, just ocratic nature of abortion in Canada, yes, Mr. Varley, you are wrong. one. With warfare and humankind's capacity for coming up with more and more atrocious things because the baby happens to still be in Roger extends his simple solution: don't Canada stands as one of the few coun- to do to one another, it is unthinkable that anyone could spend any amount of time at all in a the womb? And, it is still a free country. have one. Simple? Or simple-minded? tries in the world without ANY laws or warring region and not come home with some post-traumatic stress to some degree. Re-entry You mention the error, in your mind, "Such people [pro-lifers] mostly see limits on abortion. Twenty-six years ago into civilian life is, by many accounts, far worse than the war they went to fight. And with of the Catholic Church not providing abortion only as a moral question, the the Supreme Court struck down Veteran's Affairs offices closing across the country, we are left to wonder how the men and birth control to Africans but fail to health and well-being of the woman and Canada's abortion laws and Parliament women who have gone to work at their job serving their country are going to pick up the pieces mention the great many ways in which the foetus be damned." OK, so pro-lif- is yet to enact a new law. The debate you when they return. WWC is helping to do that. Supporting our troops means getting on board with the Church provides assistance to those ers want the baby to live, and Roger say should be over was never resolved. in need. Would not a balanced approach wants the baby to be subject to being Mr. Varley is quick to dismiss the pro- organizations like WWC and convincing both past and present “troops” that their job was worth be more honest? burned to death with saline or surgical- life movement as focused only on moral it, that Canada still has a place for them. Chris Dalby ly dismembered, but he's the one who issues (since when is morality a bad ------Leaskdale cares about the health of the foetus. thing?) - “the health and well-being of We would be totally remiss here if we didn’t take some space to congratulate Ted Barris on his With reasoning like that, who needs the woman and foetus be damned,” he Libris Award for Non-Fiction Book of the Year - a title he shares with Chris Hadfield! Although he Roger crows "will of the majority" in brain death? says. In fact, the opposite is true. Pro- maintains a crazy schedule and plays in the “big leagues”, he still manages to find the time to supporting abortion. But a 2013 Angus Sean Thompson life Canadians are deeply concerned write a Barris Beat for every edition of The Cosmos. We are proud and honoured to call him one Reid poll indicates that most Canadians Peterborough about the health, and life, of both the of our writers. favour at least some restrictions on abor- woman and her baby. Sadly, the true We are also proud of our own Shelley Macbeth, who was there to receive her own Libris Award tion, though Canada, along with such Roger Varley's bozo eruption proves yet impact of an abortion on a woman's for her special bookstore - the best in Canada! Our prayers have been with her all the way luminaries as China, Vietnam and again that we have social peace on this health is rarely publicized - physical North Korea, has absolutely no restric- issue the way the Germans have peace complications, depression, post trau- through her horrid ordeal, and she deserves to win every single award in the book for all that tions. on Auschwitz and the South has peace matic stress disorder, and increased rates she has accomplished, both personally and professionally. "Much newsprint has been given over on slavery. Far be it from me to suggest of suicide, to name just a few. Uxbridge - if you’re wearing buttons, they better be bursting with pride. to Justin Trudeau's recent order that that Roger couldn't draw 25,000 to The right to life is the most basic future Liberal Party candidates must Parliament Hill even if he promised to human right. And how well is that right support the party's pro-choice position. film his own abortion. Varley purports upheld for the most vulnerable mem- Of course, opponents have automatical- concern for government encroachment, bers of our society - the unborn? Cases ly labeled him as 'pro-abortion'". First, yet on the granddaddy incursion of of gender selective abortions and those the Liberal party had no "pro-choice them all (the stake has no place in the of babies who might be born with a position." Trudeau was not requiring babies of the nation) his radar switches mental or physical disability fly in the support but changing the party land- off and we are left with recycled 80s face of Canadian values of equality and 9,500 copies of the Cosmos are published each Thursday in the Township of scape. Second, it was Trudeau's move cant. Doesn't he see that forcing doctors diversity. While the abortion industry Uxbridge: 8,700 delivered by mail, 800 available in stores and boxes. that gave profile to the debate Varley and politicians to act against their con- vigorously promotes a woman's “right wants silenced, so shouldn't our jour- science qualifies as tyranny? That con- to choose,” the paradox is that those Publisher/Editor Lisha Van Nieuwenhove 905.852.1900 nalist be directing his stare at Justin? straining taxpayers to be complicit in who do choose abortion often do so out Advertising/Sales Dianne Oad Winder 905.852.1900 Third, instead of addressing Trudeau's the deaths of their fellow citizens leaves of desperation, because they feel they tyrranical assault on freedom of con- them with blood on their hands? That have no other choice. Why not offer a science, Roger takes his place at the making sure females never see the light real choice? Increasing support and care 38 Toronto Street North, Unit One, Uxbridge Ontario L9P 1E6 helm of the Non Sequitur and fires his of day puts him on an intellectual level specifically for women facing e-mail: [email protected] web site: www.thecosmos.ca cannon at people stupid enough to call with Boko Haram? When Europe unplanned pregnancies would be a good the Liberal leader pro-abortion. What's becomes Islamistan (not that there's start. Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. worse, the cannon turn out to be aimed anything wrong with that), how many Following the all-candidates debate last at himself: calling Trudeau pro-abor- Muslims will line up to see his experi- week I had good discussions with both EDITORIAL POLICY: Opinions expressed by columnists, contributors and in letters to the editor are not nec- tion on this basis, he says, is the same as ments in relativism? Does Varley not pro-life and pro-choice members of our essarily those of The Cosmos. Letters must be signed and the telephone number provided (number will calling atheism a religion. But the pro- see that there is a connection between community (both of them women). not be published). Requests that a name be withheld will be honoured only if there is a compelling rea- lific atheist Ronald Dworkin, wrote a being alone and unable to camp and a Canadians need to have more of these son. 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 adver- book called Religion Without God. So if bad conscience? discussions to better understand each tisement. The Cosmos is not liable for slight changes or typographical errors in advertisements or any intellectuals like Dworkin see atheism as On this issue, Roger, you are not other and the legitimate interest in pro- other errors or omissions in advertisements. All material herein, including advertising design is copyright- religion, Roger must concede the point wrong, you aren't even alive (or should moting the health and protecting the ed, and may not be reproduced in any form without permission. of his opponents. I be referring to someone else?). rights of all Canadians. There is still "If you are opposed to abortions, the Blaise Thompson much to debate. answer is simple: don't have one." To Uxbridge Richard Damianopoulos the opponents of abortions who are Uxbridge The Uxbridge Cosmos 5 Thursday, June 5th 2014 a blonde moment the barris beat column by Lisha Van Nieuwenhove column by Ted Barris Furry therapy Juno in his life

In many more ways than one, Juno is always close by. Fred Barnard's been counting Last Friday, I was feeling uncharacteristically not Friday afternoon-ish. The sun down the days, reminding his daughter, Donna, that the anniversary is coming up. At was out, it was a beautiful day, but I was having a lot of trouble finding the smiles. I couldn't focus on any- 93, he's not as agile as the day he first became acquainted with Juno Beach. That day - June 6, 1944 - he waded thing, I couldn't get excited about anything - I was, in a word, blah. ashore in Normandy as part of the greatest amphibious landing in military history. He helped the liberation of Europe Then Gracie stopped by. Well, she wasn't actually Gracie then, she was still The Unnamed New Pup. My office gain a toehold in France as part of the D-Day landings. partner in crime Sara, Queen of Print Services, stopped by with her kids and their brand new nine-week old “He remembers it all,” she said. “Whenever it's close to the anniversary, it's always on his mind.” German Short-Haired Pointer. A whole lotta cuteness in 10 and a half pounds of puppy. I plunked myself down Well, D-Day is almost as often on my mind as it is on Fred's, but especially with the 70th anniversary tomorrow. in the middle of the parking lot just outside the office and let this little ball of lovin' fall asleep in my lap while Some of you may remember how Fred Barnard and I came to know each other. Eleven years ago, I was standing in I stroked her silky soft fur, giggling over the fact that she's way too small for her skin. I eventually very reluc- line at the CIBC in town waiting to pay my credit card bill. Ahead of me were an older man and, at the head of the tantly handed her back to her new family, and returned to my work tasks not altogether healed, but certain- line, a friend of mine. My friend asked what I was doing these days. ly in better spirits than pre-Gracie. (Gracie was unnamed when we first met, but she told her family her name “Writing a book about Canadians on D-Day,” I said. “Big anniversary next year,” my friend said. over the weekend, and I found out Monday, so that's why I can call her by name now.) “Yes. The 60th.” By the time Friday evening rolled around, I was feeling substantially better. So I dressed myself up, and Then it was my friend's turn for service at the teller's wicket. That left only the older fellow and me. As we moved Grant and I headed over to Port Perry, where we were privileged enough to participate in the first annual up the queue, he turned to me. Petissimo - a concert that was put on to benefit the New Animal Shelter for Uxbridge-Scugog. For three hours “I was there,” he said quietly. we were entertained by some world-class singers. Dogs at Camp owner and singer Glen Kowarsky brought “A veteran, are you?” tears to my eyes with his performance of Lucia Dalla's Caruso, and it was then that my mood shifted com- “I was there,” he repeated and then continued, “on D-Day.” pletely. Toronto-based jazz singer Allyson Morris’s rendition of Bye Bye Blackbird had me bobbing my head What followed was an exchange of phone numbers, an invitation to visit and an interview that changed me, and it and tapping my toes, and the Jazz Cats ensemble was a treat to both watch and listen to. Their passion for changed the book I was writing. Fred Barnard related to me his D-Day experience of coming ashore in Normandy that their music was palpable. Throwing Maneli Jamal and his rather off-beat sense of humour into the mix was June day in 1944 with his younger brother Donald in the same landing craft. But Fred's younger brother never made the perfect touch (not to mention his “How exactly does he do that with a guitar?” music). it off the beach; a single bullet through the chest felled Donald before he reached dry land. Until that day in 2003, Fred Barnard rarely if ever talked about it. I felt honoured to hear the Barnard brothers' story. Intermingled with the performances were various explanations of what the evening was about - a fundrais- Fred and I have carried on a friendly acquaintance ever since. Phone calls, visits to the house and the occasional er for building the new shelter. And the way everyone spoke about the furry future inhabitants of the shelter chance meeting downtown have allowed me to learn more about my coincidental friend. As often as we've chatted, made my heart ache. I didn't want there to be a need for a shelter, I just wanted to commit right then and however, Fred remains a quiet and modest man. His Second World War service in France after D-Day proved to be there to taking all the lost dogs and cats home to my house so that they would be loved and fed and not lone- equally remarkable. His Queen's Own unit continued to spearhead the liberation of France and Fred was wounded by ly. (Upon reflection, I realized that they will experience love, food and company at the shelter, and my house shrapnel in mid-August 1944. will be a wee bit tidier for it, so I didn't volunteer my services). All of that might seem just another veteran's tale from a war so long ago, fading and nearly forgotten. However, We ended a lovely evening and headed home. When we opened the door, my 12-year old chocolate Lab, several years ago, back in 2007, I accompanied Fred Barnard to a ceremony at the Moss Park Armoury in Toronto. Bruno, lifted his tired white-haired head and thumped his tail on the floor. He struggled up to greet us, and At that event he received the French Legion of Honour. followed us about dutifully while we went about our routines and got ready for bed. He struggled when he “I was no patriot or hero,” Fred told me back in 2003. “I was just doing my job as a volunteer soldier.” went outside to do his bedtime business, wobbling in his back end as he tried to maintain his balance. And oh, For the record, the Legion of Honour was created by French general Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802. It was and still is the highest award given by the French Republic for outstanding service to France, regardless of social status or nation- he struggled when he climbed the stairs behind us, not wanting to be left on his own downstairs to guard the ality. It is the French equivalent of the British Victoria Cross and George Cross combined. Critics of Napoleon's award door. once suggested that such “baubles on men's chests were mere children's toys.” Bruno is 12 now. We think he's going a little deaf, and his hind quarters have seriously atrophied; not for Baubles or not, I for one have the greatest respect for what young volunteers Fred and Donald Barnard accomplished want of any sort, we're just told that sort of thing happens to Labs. He's got lumps and bumps in all sorts of that precarious June morning 70 years ago. In simple terms, were it not for them, I wouldn't have the freedom to places there ought not be lumps and bumps. But his eyes are knowing eyes, and his soul the kindest that ever write these words today. inhabited a dog. He's the most patient, kind, gentle animal. He's tolerated small children riding him like a Fred remains a modest veteran. His daughter Donna allowed that Fred doesn't get out much. The frailties of age horse. He's let little girls tug at his soft ears. He's helped those same little girls learn to walk by holding his and diminished hearing, particularly in larger gatherings, such as he used to attend at the Legion and veterans' tail as he wanders around. He's still greeted us with a wagging tail when we've left him way too long on his events, make meeting people awkward for him. Nevertheless, the victory of landing Canadian troops on Juno Beach own at home, a busy day getting in the way. He's a good boy. And we got him from the current Uxbridge- 70 years ago tomorrow is very much on his mind. Even more so these days, his daughter said. Fred has been look- Port Perry Animal Shelter. We paid a pittance for the lifetime of wonderful, unconditional love that he has ing forward to seeing the way the TV stations commemorate the anniversary - he's been watching documentaries and will watch D-Day coverage on Friday. But D-Day will be close by in another way this year. Donna and Fred just recent- given us, and he's worth his weight (which is substantial) in gold. ly got a golden retriever puppy (five months old) to be a companion to their older golden, Chloe. After giving Bruno praise for tackling the stairs and seeing him settled, I lay down and thought about my “Of course, you know what we named the new puppy, don't you?” Donna said. “Juno.” day. About the miserable way I had started it, and then about the way a puppy, a concert for animals, and While memories of the loss of his brother Donald Barnard on D-Day always come back to him this time of year, now my own pooch had made it better. Little wonder they use dogs, and even cats, in all sorts of therapy. The ben- Fred has something more pleasant to think of each June 6 - the new life in his life. Something worth remembering efits are immeasurable. everyday, as we do a veteran's service to his brother, his regiment and his country. Will Rogers said it perfectly: “If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went.” For it is there that there is pure love and peace. For more Barris Beat columns go to www.tedbarris.com The Uxbridge Cosmos 6 Thursday, June 5th 2014 TOWN HALL by Roger Varley Notes from the June 5 Council meeting Regional sign bylaw protested:

Uxbridge council received a letter from the Lucy Maud Montgomery Society of Ontario asking the township to seek some exemption from Durham Region's newly amended sign bylaw. The LMMSO letter said the non- profit group relies on signage for its fundraising efforts because advertising in the media is too expensive. It noted that Trinity United Church's Tour of Homes signs are currently contravening the bylaw, which says, in part, that signs on regional roads must not remain in place longer than 72 hours. The letter expressed dismay at what it says was Mayor Gerri Lynn O'Connor's and Regional Councillor Jack Ballinger's silence on the matter when the bylaw was discussed at regional council. It asked that the two re-examine the bylaw. The mayor said she and Mr. Ballinger did address the issue at regional council. Mr. Ballinger advised the LMMSO and other such groups to blitz the median along Toronto Street South with signs on a Thursday and take them down on Sunday, saying that would get them the exposure they seek. However, that would not help such events as the Optimist Club's annual Fantasy of Lights, which runs for two weeks straight every Christmas. Council recommended that the LMMSO approach regional council to seek an exemption.

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Granville Anderson (GA) Mike Patrick (MP) Derek Spense (DS) Connor Toye Halyna Zalucky Ontario Liberal Party Ontario Progressive Ontario New Democratic Ontario Libertarian Party Green Party of Ontario Conservative Party Party (no photo available) Occupation: Community Advisory Committee all. As someone who is passionate Moraine Conservation Plan (Chair). about education I am proud of our The growth of Uxbridge is (ORMCP) are up for their 10 year GA - Mediator. strong record in our effort to create limited by the provincial review in 2015. Mike will work DS - I am a strong supporter of the one of the best education systems in Greenbelt and Oak Ridges with the Township and the residents United Way and many other local the world. We cannot expect our to ensure that Uxbridge has more MP - Has owned and operated the Moraine legislation. Would Bowmanville Foundry since 1988. charities. I have played hockey and economy and society to grow if we say in Greenbelt land use and/or is Mike is a Professional Engineer and other organized sports all my life don't focus our resources on educat- you support the relaxation of treated fairly in this review and holds a Masters Degree in Business throughout Durham Region. ing our youth. this legislation to allow properly compensated for Greenbelt Administration. greater population growth in lands locked out of development. Town of residence: MP - Mike first became involved Uxbridge? DS - I work as a custodian at the with provincial politics and the PC DS - The NDP values environmen- Party when John O'Toole was the tal protection. At the same time I Unifor Hall. I am also president of GA - Courtice GA - The Oak Ridges Moraine is Unifor Local 1136. I am the energy critic and the first signs that would bring forward any concerns the Liberal's energy policies were one of nature's most precious and of our constituents that best serves owner/operator of a small farm. MP - Mike Patrick is a 30-year delicate ecosystems, sustaining resident of Bowmanville where he going to be catastrophic for Uxbridge and surrounding areas. Ontario. Like all Progressive diverse animal and plan life while Community involvement: and his wife of 33 years, Debbie, purifying and regulating our water Based on your knowledge of raised their two children, Meghan Conservatives - like most Ontarians - Mike is very concerned about the cycle. Developing such land Uxbridge, what are the keys to GA - School Board Trustee (since and Caitlin. requires prudence and careful con- 2003), Rotary Club, St. Vincent De horrific job losses we have seen in the prosperity of our business the past 10 years coupled with the sideration, but it is a conversation I Paul Society, Durham Literacy DS - I live on a farm in am willing to have. community? How would you Council, Baseball coach, Heart and Newtonville. unprecedented debt levels the cur- and your party facilitate that rent government has piled up. Stroke Foundation. MP - The provincial Greenbelt Plan prosperity? Length of involvement with and accompanying Oak Ridges continued on page 11 MP - Was the founding President of the party you represent on the DS - I have been an NDP support- the Clarington Board of Trade and er for as long as I could vote. I was ballot. Why do you think this raised in a union family which has served on the Clarington party best represents your own Physician Recruitment Committee taught me the importance of work- (Chair), the Clarington Visual Arts personal principles? ing families and their communities. Board (President, Treasurer), The The NDP is a party that not only Clarington Swim Club (President, GA - I have been a Liberal for over supports manufacturers and small Treasurer) the Board of Lakeridge 30 years. Our party advocates for a businesses, but believes in a healthy Health, the Sustainable Clarington just society, with opportunity for middle class. READY FOR SUMMER? RETRACTABLE AWNINGS AND CANOPIES!

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Wed., June 11: Uxbridge BARBECUE,12 Noon. Catered by clothing. Proceeds to Uxbridge Cottage Hoticultural Society, “What to "The Meat Merchant". Volunteer Hospital. Coming Up grow when all hell breaks Appreciation Day, volunteers past and The Leaskdale Historic Church loose” with Conrad Richter. Flower present free! Members $10/pp and Manse Site is opened for tours Sat. June 7: Concert to raise show. 7:30 p.m. Uxbridge Seniors’ Quilt Room 905-852-7401 or call during the weekend in May and THIS WEEKEND funds for new piano at St. Paul’s Centre. Membership-$20/yr. Guests Linda 905-852-6494 Wednesday to Sunday during June, July Thurs., June 5: Sandford United Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m. Free will $5/meeting. and August. Why not bring the family Church Pork Supper, Sandford offering. Light refreshments, tax receipts Tues., June 17 & Thurs., June 19: Thurs., June 12: Durham Farm and visitors to this National Historic Community Centre, 5 - 7:30 p.m. available. Auditions for the Borelians and Rural Family Resources Site? 905-862-0808 or 905-852-5284 Adults $15, 6-12 yrs $7 and children Sun., June 8: Uxbridge Community Theatre. "The Drawer Annual General Meeting, 1 - 2:30 Family Caregiver Support Group under 6 yrs free Horsemen’s Association Food Boy" by Michael Healey. Seeking three p.m., Early Years Centre, Uxbridge for those caring for someone with 905-862-3684 Drive, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Visiting male actors. 7 - 9:30 p.m. both nights. Public School. Alzheimer's disease or a related Thurs., June 5: the Uxbridge Barton Farms and Wooden Sticks, hors- Town Hall 1873 in Port Perry. Phone Thurs., June 12-Sat., June 14: dementia. Last Tuesday of each month Early Years Centre offers a four-ses- es and riders will be collecting food for Helen Caughlin, 905-985-4673 for Community Care Durham- (except December),1:30-3:30 p.m., sion free JK & SK Readiness program. the Loaves & Fishes Food Bank. more information. Uxbridge Tag Days. Zehrs, Vince's, Trinity United Church. Meet and Appropriate for children beginning Contact (905) 852-9471 for more Thurs., June 19: Uxbridge TD Bank, Scotia Bank, The Beer Store. exchange ideas in a supportive envi- either JK or SK in September. information. Genealogy Group meeting, Fri., June 13: Uxbridge & Area ronment. Support groups are facilitated Registration is required, please call Sun., June 8: Pineridge Chorus Uxbridge Scott Museum-Heritage Networking Lunch Meeting, noon- by a Family Support Coordinator. For 905-862-3131 or email Tuneful Tea. 2 - 4 p.m., Uxbridge Centre, 7 p.m. Speaker Grant Karcich 1 p.m. Scrambles at the Foxbridge Golf more information, call Alzheimer [email protected] Seniors’ Centre. Sweet Adelines per- on Genetic Genealogy and an intro- Club (South Course), 274 Reach Rd. Society Durham @ 1-888-301-1106 for further info. formance, homemade goodies, silent duction to tracing your ancestry through RSVP Chris Auger at Heart to Heart Healing Centre, Sat., June 7, 7 a.m. Oak Ridges auction, gift basket raffle, and a prize DNA, both parental lineage and ethnic [email protected] or 26 Brock St West, (opposite Coffee Trail Association Hike: Al Shaw for the Prettiest Hat! $10 Adult/Senior, heritage. All are invited. Admission $2 [email protected] Time) is open the 2nd and 4th Side Trail. 1+ hr., 4 km moderate pace $5/Child. (Men are welcome too!) Call and 50/50 draw. Fri., June 13: Endless Love Wednesday of the month, 1:30-4:30 loop hike with some hills. No dogs Chris at 905 473-2342 or ask any Sat., June 21: Uxbridge Fire Concert, with the Tudor Consort. p.m., and Thursdays 7.30 pm - 9.30 please. Meet at the trial entrance on the Pineridge Chorus Member. Department Open House. Serving 7:30 p.m. Historic Leaskdale church, pm. Offers Christian prayer for anyone west side of Conc. 6, 1.5 km south of Sun., June 8: Annual service for the community for 140 years!! 10 a.m. 11850 Regional Road #1. Special needing healing in body, soul or spirit. Durham Rd. 21. Contact: Russ Burton the Friends’ Meeting House, - 2 p.m. guest ColleenKennedy, oboist. Contact Annette Forkun 905 852 4665 905 830 2862 Quaker Hill, 2:30 p.m. Guest speak- Thurs., June 26: Salad Luncheon, Sat., June 14: Zephyr United or email Sat., June 7: Plant & Bake Sale, er Rev. Stovell, music by Reflections Goodwood United Church. Church, Garage Sale, 8 a.m.-1 [email protected], Uxbridge Lawn Bowling Club. 8 a.m. - Trio. All are welcome. Salads, rolls, dessert & beverage. 905- p.m. Lots of Good Stuff, coffee, muffins www.hearttohearthealingcentre.com 12 noon. Brock W. and Centre Rd. Sun., June 8: 139th Siloam 640-1781 and hotdogs available. The Loaves & Fishes Food Bank Sat., June 7: Uxbridge United Church Anniversary ONGOING open Wednesdays 1-4 p.m. for those Horticulture Club Annual Plant Service & Decoration Day, 2:30 UPCOMING requiring assistance. Donations always and Bake Sale. 9 - 11 a.m., the par- p.m. Guest speaker Ryan Maxsom. Sundays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Mon., June 16, 9:30 a.m. Oak appreciated, can be dropped in the kette, between Branching Out and Music by Hannah Maxson and The Uxbridge Farmers' Market, Ridges Trail Association Hike: Food Bank Box at Zehrs or at St. Coffee Time. Worship Team. Additional music by Uxbridge Arena parking lot until Uxbridge Secord Forest. Slow to mod- Andrew's Presbyterian Church Monday Sat., June 7: 44th Annual Tour of Hannah Klose. Refreshments to follow. October 29. erate 2.5 hr. hike. Well-mannered to Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon.Tax receipts Homes, 12-5 p.m. Tickets $20, Goodwood Baptist Church - Kids NEXT WEEK dogs welcome. Join us for lunch after issued for financial donations. advanced sales $18, available at Club for boys & girls age K--8 each the hike. Meet at Secord parking lot 2 If you have a community event for a Pharmasave, Shopper’s Drug Mart, Tues., June 10: Lunch & Learn Tuesday at 6:45pm. & Sunday School km south of Goodwood Rd. on Conc. charity or non-profit organization that Trinity Church Office.In Stouffville at with Nancy Loraine. 11:45 a.m. - for all ages at 10 a.m. 905- 640-3111. 3, and east on Secord Rd. Contact: you’d like us to mention, please contact IDA Drug Store, in Port Perry at Luke's 1 p.m. St. Paul’s Anglican Church. “Chances Are” Hospital Brian & Wilma Millage 905 853 2407 us at [email protected] or 905- Country Store. 905-852-6213. Adults RSVP by June 6 at www.northhouse.ca AuxiliaryStore on Bascom Street Tues., June 17: Uxbridge Senior 852-1900. The deadline for our next only. or call 705-432-8654 accepting good spring and summer Cititzens’ Club. issue is 6 p.m. Sunday. Meanwhile, Back at the Manse by Barb Pratt MIKE PATRICK We open up for our visitors montgomery.ca. DURHAM’S NEW CANDIDATE Take note… the Historic Leaskdale Church is There was a flurry of cleaning and tidying activ- now air conditioned! ity around the Leaskdale Historic Sites a few We have a delightful evening of music to look weeks ago. And just in time, too; the visitors forward to when the Tudor Consort presents started coming in droves. Last week the “Endless Love” at the Historic Leaskdale Church Pickering Historical Society came for lunch (and on June 13. This extraordinary group sings sent a very appreciative note about their visit); medieval selections, their voices blending in as then a busload of 45 seniors from Missisuaga many as eight parts. Special guest for this concert came for a tour of the church and manse. We’ve is Colleen Kennedy, playing oboe. The concert also hosted a lunch served to 52 members of the starts at 7:30. Tickets will be at the door. North Bay Horticultural Society, who also Donations will be accepted in support of the toured Carole Ditomaso's gardens nearby. (We Lucy Maud Montgomery Society. are very lucky to have Carole on our Board; she On Saturday June 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. is generous about opening her gardens, and is we celebrate gardens. This is the annual Garden organizing the development of our public garden Day and Strawberry Festival. Jeff Mason, from beside the Historic Leaskdale Church). Many Mason House Gardens, will be speaking in the people have stopped by on weekends; it's amaz- morning. The second speaker is (ahem!) yours ing how many just see the signs and take the time truly, talking about one of my life's passions, for a tour. native plants and wildflowers. I will have a slide Jennifer Carroll will soon be leaving Dublin for show, and lots of fascinating lore and traditional good, and coming home to Uxbridge. Jen will knowledge. After a lunch that will feature straw- “I have known Mike Patrick for over 20 years and he is my choice hit the ground running, ready to recreate her role berry shortcake for dessert, we can all head off to to continue to represent Durham at Queen’s Park. Mike represents as “Maud of Leaskdale”, this time in a couple of Carole Ditomaso's garden to ooh and aah! The new venues. On June 11, “Maud of Leaskdale” price for the day, including lunch, is just $25. the fresh new energy and strong fiscal thinking we need.” will be presented for an audience in St. Andrews Our Wednesday summer luncheon teas begin - John O’Toole, retiring Durham MPP Presbyterian Church on Simcoe Street in on July 4. A great lineup of speakers and enter- Toronto. The play will then be taken to tainment will soon be announced. Be sure to put serving 1995 to 2014 Charlottetown, PEI, on June 27, as part of the aside a Wednesday afternoon or two, and plan to L.M. Montgomery Conference. We expect a bring your friends for a delicious and interesting large audience from the Conference will see the outing. play, but we are hoping native Islanders, too, will There are so many other occasions and events MIKE PATRICK be interested in seeing their favourite author planned for the summer and fall: a Quilt Show, recreated. Then “Maud” is back on her home a Downton Abbey Luncheon, a Storytelling turf. Performances during the summer will be Festival. Please keep an eye on our website and 905-697-9999 Thursday evenings, and Saturday and Sunday on this column for details, and watch for our 1-844-449-6453mikepatrick.ca [email protected] afternoons, beginning July 3. Tickets are avail- posters around town. able at Blue Heron Books, the Leaskdale General Authorized by the CFO for the Mike Patrick campaign Store, and through our website www.lucymaud- The Uxbridge Cosmos 9 Thursday, June 5th 2014 Don’t tick off your neighbours Complaints can cost residents tutes an emergency, saying the trees ers, said they ran two one-week township sent a letter saying the big time in question only threatened a camps every summer, with about bylaw department "decrepit" shed in a backyard. He 40 players attending each camp, will continue to con- by Roger Varley said Ms. Stadnitzky-Kolendo and had $2 million insurance. In duct periodic inspec- should have been given at least 24 the fall and winter, the building is tions. And, as Mr. Two Uxbridge residents have dis- hours to obtain a quote but wasn't. used to store hay bales. Gratton told the covered recently that being the sub- (As a side note, Ms. Stadnitzky- Mr. Griffiths said some of his vol- Cosmos, bylaw offi- jects of bylaw complaints by neigh- Kolendo noted the shed in question leyball students have gone on to cers do not need a bours can cost them large amounts is closer to the property line than better things, noting one student warrant to enter any- of money. bylaws allow, but she was not from Zephyr went to the University one's property. Last month, Tatjana Stadnitzky- allowed to make a complaint about of Guelph on a volleyball scholar- It would seem it is Kolendo saw Uxbridge Tree Service, it because her neighbour had com- ship. best to be on good under orders from township bylaw plained first.) The Griffiths also claimed that Mr. terms with your officers, remove two poplar trees at "How fair are we being to our res- Pigozzo told them they could not neighbours, although the rear of her property following a idents?" Mr. Highet asked. He have friends over to play volleyball in the Griffiths' case complaint from a neighbour. Now added that using the same company in the barn, although Mr. Pigozzo their nearest neigh- she faces paying a bill that will cost to do the assessment and the cut- says he doesn't recall saying that. bour is about half-a- her hundreds of dollars. ting seemed "self-serving." The Griffiths said they have kilometre away. Last year, someone complained Mayor Gerri Lynn O'Connor said "given up fighting," noting the that Larry and Judy Griffiths were the township doesn't have the running summer volleyball camps option to negotiate with anyone in a coverall barn on their rural- when an emergency is declared, but property, something they had been a motion to require Ms. Stadnitzky- doing for about six years. They have Kolendo pay the bill was defeated. been ordered to cease and desist this Instead, council passed a motion by activity unless they pay tens of Councillor Bev Northeast to obtain thousands of dollars to upgrade the more information on the case and building. In the Griffiths’ case, they ask Ms. Stadnitzky-Kolendo attend are not allowed to know who made council on June 16. the complaint. No such luck, however, for the In the case of Ms. Stadnitzky- Griffiths. Chief Building Official Kolendo, she knows who the com- Brian Pigozzo says the coverall plaining neighbour is because he building was constructed for agri- claimed the trees posed a threat to a cultural use and that is what it must shed in his backyard. On May 7, be used for. To allow the volleyball the bylaw department asked camps to continue, the Griffiths Uxbridge Tree Service to assess the would have to apply for building trees. A couple of hours later, Ms. code changes, which would mean Stadnitzky-Kolendo received an putting in hydro, a septic system emergency order by hand delivery and handicapped parking, paying telling her the trees had to come for architectural and engineering down. Two hours after that, fees and meeting the township's fire Uxbridge Tree Service was cutting code. They said Mr. Pigozzo esti- them down and she was later sent a mated it would cost about $70,000, bill for the work. She complains although Mayor O'Connor said that she was not allowed to seek later that recent changes in develop- quotes from any other arborist for ment charges would bring that fig- the work. ure down. Chief Bylaw Officer Andre The structure is about 90 feet Gratton said she was not given that long, 60 feet wide and 60 feet high opportunity because the trees posed with a deep sand floor. While hold- an immediate hazard. Ms. ing the summer camps, nothing Stadnitzky-Kolendo, however, con- was in the structure except volley- tends there is a conflict of interest ball nets. Portable toilets were set in having Uxbridge Tree Service do up outside. Both ends of the build- the assessment and then do the ing have wide, open entrances. removal work. The Griffiths, both retired teach- In council on Monday, while debat- ing Ms. Stadnitzky- Kolendo's letter asking council to waive the outstanding bill, some councillors expressed similar reservations. Regional Councillor Jack Ballinger wanted to know who decides who cuts trees down when they are deemed unsafe. "We do," replied Mr. Gratton. Councillor Gordon Highet wanted to know what consti- The Uxbridge Cosmos 10 Thursday, June 5th 2014 Cosmos Business Bulletin Board STAN - Your Local Tree Service SINCE 1974 L. 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...Candidate questionnaire, from page 7 GA - Uxbridge is a community with they relate to provincial governance. must be reduced. It is the only way MP - The PC Party has clearly stat- the province's base load. significant potential for growth. I DS - . A key to a prosperous busi- we can balance a budget that is ed that they would immediately put will outline just a few Liberal initia- ness community is to encourage almost 60 per cent payroll. It is the an end to subsidies for solar and DS - We support a diverse mix of tives that will help in achieving that more small businesses to the area. only way our province will get out wind power projects. Further, the hydro generation that is safe for the goal: The NDP will reward job creators of debt and restore prosperity for PC Party has re-affirmed a commit- people who produce it and for the a. Our plan to invest $14 billion and small businesses by cutting the future generations. Contrary to ment to affordable, safe, and clean residents that live in the surround- over several years into Ontario's Small Business tax rate gradually to popular belief, a PC government is nuclear energy as the foundation of ing areas. infrastructure will provide (access three per cent. not going to “fire” or lay-off to) rural and semi-rural communi- 100,000 government employees. ties such as Uxbridge, which will The number of public sector The 100,000 positions to be create greater access to markets. jobs, at the provincial, munic- reduced over the next four years will b. Our youth employment and ipal or school board level, has come from attrition and reducing training strategies will create skilled the bloated bureaucracy. workers to expand and populate the emerged as a key issue in this region. In many rural areas it is dif- election. Do you support the DS - I do not support cutting ficult to retain and recruit young reduction of such jobs, and in 100,000 public service jobs. The people. I am committed to working what areas in particular? NDP wants to create jobs, not elim- with Uxbridge to find a solution inate them. c. For small business, we will raise GA - Liberals create jobs when they What methods of energy gen- the employer health tax exemption are needed and are socially benefi- eration do you believe to be threshold, reduce red tape from cial. If students and teachers benefit key to the future of Ontario? ministries that regulate them, and from educational assistants, our implement plans to help them save party defends them. Rest assured and manage their energy costs. GA - Our Clean Energy plan will that we are fully committed to help save Ontario over $4.4 billion ensuring that tax dollars are well in health and environmental costs. MP - Mike will champion the con- spent. We will review all public sec- cerns of business people with For the first time in 2012, wind tor jobs to make sure that we are energy produced more power for regards to doing business in the getting value for money. But, we are Uxbridge area. As a businessman our homes and businesses than coal. unwilling to cut positions at the We are committed to creating an himself he is very cognizant of the expense of services that people need. issues businesses face and is well environment that is both clean and LOCAL FOOD WEEK safe for our children to inherit. equipped to deal with those issues as MP - The size of our government JUNE 2 - 8 UHA Celebrates Unofficial 30th Anniversary with Food Drive A few people with horses got interests in their particular field of Celebrate local foods, enter a draw together and went on a trail ride. horsemanship; and to accept dona- That was in 1984. From that meet- tions, gifts, legacies and bequests to and watch a performance given ing, the Uxbridge Horsemen's general funds and utilize these in a Association is now celebrating 30 philanthropic manner. by the 404’s of Port Perry! years as a club. The objectives of the These many years later the club is club were to provide a forum in still a part of the fabric of Uxbridge. Uxbridge and surrounding area for Over the years the club has donated Come visit us on Sunday a growing number of people inter- to many causes, and such things as from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm ested in or involved with horses; to the Everything Equine show have promote horsemanship and fellow- brought many people to this area. at the Uxbridge Arena parking lot ship among members and the com- This Sunday the members and munity; to provide social, recre- horses of the UHA will be holding Thank you for the ational and educational outlets; to a FOOD DRIVE, with donations generate a common ground for area going to the Uxbridge Loaves & uxperience! Buy fresh, buy local! horse people to exchange ideas and Fishes Food Bank. The following uxperience 2014 - 'uxperience the 70s' - was Our 13th items are needed: canned fish, meat a huge success, raising $6000 for the Uxbridge & stews, canned vegetables & fruit, Season! cereal (whole grains), cooking oil, Youth Centre. Vanessa Slater, second from left, dry pasta & sauce, baby diapers, of the UYC presents a “Thank You Card” to VIEWPOINTS baby formula, household products, Cathy Newton, Chair of the Executive (left); juice (boxes or cans), legumes Laura Kelland, producer of uxperience 2014 (canned or dried), peanut butter, personal hygiene products, rice, and Jill Hempen, director of uxperience 2014. ow well do you know the highways and snacks (think nutritious!) and Photo submitted by Cyndie Jacobs soups. byways of Uxbridge Township? The first Our route will take us through THANK YOU person each week to call into our office Barton Farms and Wooden Sticks subdivisions. Hopefully you will A heartfelt thank you to the staff This Hnumber, 905-852-1900, and correctly identify the come out and meet us. Place all of the Uxbridge Library for food items in boxes or bags at the location of our photo, will receive a prize; this end of your driveway for pick-up. organizing the retirement Friday week, it’s a $10 gift certificate to Sugar FX. There For further information please con- party in my honour on tact 905-852-9471 or go to the Sunday, May 25. were lots of guesses for last week’s picture, which UHA website at www.uxbridge- at the horsemen.com The many thoughtful cards and was of the Globe sculpture that sits next to the gifts are much appreciated, and Foster lights in Goodwood at Hwy. 47 and Reg. Rd. 21., ESTATE SALES it was great to see all those I guessed by Barbara Langielle. Congratulations! 12 HOMES have had the privilege of working for, and with, during my 27 Photo by Lisha Van Nieuwenhove YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS! years at the Uxbridge Library. 7:30 p.m. 9449 Concession 7 High-End Furniture, Books, It was a wonderful tribute, Admission by Donation Records, China & much more! which myself and my family will JUNE 6 - POOR TOM Thursday Friday, Saturday remember for a For more than ten years local residents Susan Luke and Wanda Stride have writ- 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. very long time. ten, sung and played their own Celtic-influenced songs and traditional music. We are just east of the 10th Known for strong harmony vocals, soaring melodies and constantly-changing instruments, Poor Tom has become a tradition at the Foster Memorial Friday Line on the south side of Hwy. Regards, series. You may not have another opportunity to hear them live, and they’d like 47/Bloomington Rd., opposite to thank you in person for the wonderful support they have felt over the years.For Pam Noble more information about the duo, please visit www.poortom.ca. the Industrial Park. The Uxbridge Cosmos 12 Thursday, June 5th 2014 Skate park gets the beauty treatment Residents gird for development battle by Roger Varley the process of approving the devel- have 40 townhouses "jammed in". opment could take several months, Another resident suggested the More than 50 residents of it was important for the residents to community begin thinking about Gouldville crammed into council be prepared, noting the communi- starting a fund to pay for a possible chambers last Wednesday to plan ty's comments could result in appeal to the OMB should the their resistance to a proposed devel- changes to the proposal. developer's proposal be approved by opment on Mill Street. When former Scugog mayor and council. At the end of the meeting The informal meeting, hosted by now Uxbridge resident Doug several of the crowd agreed to form Councillor Jacob Mantle, was called Moffatt suggested the developer a committee to oversee the resi- over concerns surrounding a pro- should be seeking an Official Plan dents' opposition. posed 40-townhouse condominium amendment rather than a rezoning, The first official public meeting on development to be located on the Mr. Mantle said it wouldn't change the development proposal will be last remaining piece of the original the process. held at the township offices on June Joseph Gould farm. One of the "Either way, there could be an 23. houses Joseph Gould built in appeal to the Ontario Uxbridge still sits on the land, but Municipal Board (OMB)," ARE YOU PREPAREDIT’S FOR THE would be moved to one end of the he said. NEWUNDERCOATING EMISSIONS STESTING?EASON! property to accommodate the town- Mr. Mantle said it will not We are ready to assist you. Photo by Lisha Van Nieuwenhove houses. be enough for the residents HAVE YOU GOT YOURS? by Roger Varley maple (donated by June Dale), Since the development would be a to just say: "We don't want condominium, it is only required to it." Specializing in crab apple, spirea and hydrangeas. have one common access route, plus Mr. Moffatt said Volkswagen Adrian Giacca, the young man The flowering plants will have a another entrance for emergency and Gouldville residents "need who came up with the initial variety of pink, blue and white Audi fire department vehicles. The com- to sit down as a community Hybrid, Electric & Diesel design for Uxbridge's skate park, blooms. Topsoil and equipment mon entrance would be on Mill and plan a strategy that was back at the park Sunday giv- for the project was donated by the Street. would persuade (the devel- Porsche ing it a beauty treatment. TCG group. Mr. Mantle told the assemblage oper) to move. Maybe we European & Asian Together with a band of friends, Adrian designed the garden to that although the property is zoned can convince them to take Rick Callaghan Adrian created a garden around compliment the architecture of for a single family dwelling, the over the First Leaside land. UÊÀiiÊVÕÀÌiÃÞÊV>À (by appointment) the stone wall carrying the skate the wall and also decided what developer will seek to have it We have to rely on planning UÊ9iÃ]ÊÜiÊ`Ê iÃÌV park's name. The cost of the proj- plants to place there. He said rezoned for high-density housing arguments alone." UÊ"ÊiÊ }ÊÃ ect was borne by the township's more landscaping will be done under the provincial in-fill policy, One man, noting the Mill Available skate park committee, but Adrian, later this year, including installing which requires municipalities to go Street area had only recently to high-density fill-in instead of seen heritage street signs 138 Sandiford Dr., who now runs his own landscap- rubberized playground material Unit 5, Stouffville urban sprawl. The councillor erected proclaiming the ing business, donated his time. under the sails which provide a 905-642-2886 or 1-877-410-2886(AUTO) showed the crowd a thick sheaf of community of Gouldville, Together with his brother Nic, shade area. www.410auto.ca papers related to the proposal and said it was "outrageous" to and friends Shawna Sanders, Sam urged them to appoint some- Rainbow and Jamal Nureddin, he body to read them all in installed a variety of low-mainte- preparation for opposition to nance plants, including hostas, the proposal. He said although How Heavy is Your Head? English oak, juniper, Japanese

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