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Volume 9 No. 25 YOUR UNIVERSE Thursday, June 27th 2013 LOOK MA’ NO HANDS! - Carson Barry flies high in the sky as he shows off his style at the grand ppening of the Uxbridge Skate Park on this past Saturday. Photo by John Cavers. Lightning, Wooden Sticks by Charlotte Damus Inside This Week’s Cosmos CANADA DAY SPECIAL: Going down the road - our writers take us on their most memorable journeys.... Pages 5, 7-18 The Uxbridge Cosmos 2 Thursday, June 27th 2013 51 Toronto Street South The Corporation of P.O. Box 190, Uxbridge L9P 1T1 Tel: 905-852-9181 The Township of Uxbridge Fax: 905-852-9674 www.town.uxbridge.on.ca Council and Committee VOLUNTEERS OF UXBRIDGE! FROM THE TAX Meeting Schedule for July UXBRIDGE • Canada Day Uxbridge ~ July 1st OFFICE... Monday, July 15th • Rib Fest ~ July 18th-22nd 2013 Final Property Tax Bills PUBLIC LIBRARY SPECIAL COUNCIL 9:30 a.m. • Highlands of Durham Games ~ July PUBLIC MEETING - Air Force Mavericks 25th-29th All Residential, Managed Forest, and Program Director, Pamela Noble, Extreme Cheerleading - ZBA 2013-07 - • Uxbridge Fall Fair ~ September 6th-8th Farmland Final Property Tax Bills 905-852-9747, ext. 24 7:15p.m. • Uxbridge Scugog Animal Shelter ~ have been mailed. Payments for Wednesday, July 17th Ongoing these bills are due on the following HOLIDAYS are coming…DAILY classes Committee of Adjustment 7:00 p.m. • Habitat for Humanity ~ Ongoing due dates: and fun events will be offered EVERY day • Africycle ~ Ongoing • the FIRST Tax Installment is due during July and August for a nominal STREET SWEEPING and payable on Tuesday June 25, cost, as in PREVIOUS years. GRADE for To register as an official volunteer with 2013. ALL PROGRAMS is as ENTERING in Street sweeping will be continuing in the Volunteers Of Uxbridge, or to inquire • the SECOND Tax Installment is SEPTEMBER 2013. For more info. call due and payable on Wednesday upcoming weeks, weather permitting, about local events requiring assistance, Pam or Taylor at the library. September 25, 2013. and will take 6 - 8 weeks to complete. please contact Rebecca Harman at [email protected] or visit our Commercial, Industrial and Multi- WEEK 1: (payment for all classes, in per- Please try not to park on the streets dur- Residential Final Property Tax Bills will Facebook Page (~ Volunteers Of son, by cash or cheque) ing this time. Please leave the sand on be mailed the first week of June. the road as there will not be any special Uxbridge ) for up to date volunteer Payments for these bills are due on ~Tue. July 2, grds.Jk-Sk, 2 - 3:00 p.m. pick up of sand left in piles or in pails. It opportunities and event contacts! the following due dates: 'Here we Grow', includes making your is acceptable to rake any sand that has • the FIRST Tax Installment is due own greenhouse! Cost: $3.50/child. accumulated on the boulevard into the and payable on Monday July 15, (Adult remains in building) curb and gutter prior to the sweeping of 2013. the street. Any areas that are missed • the SECOND Tax Installment is ~Wed.July 3, grds. 2-7, 2 - 3:30 p.m. due and payable on Wednesday due to parked cars will be redone after GO! … TD SUMMER READING CLUB September 25, 2013. all sweeping is complete. KICK-OFF. If unable to attend the initial Penalty/interest charges will be Below is the schedule for sweeping: gathering, students can still sign up in applied to installments not paid by the 1. S/E corner of town - COMPLETED the Children's Department until mid-July. 2. N/E corner of town - COMPLETED due date at the rate of 1.25% (or 15% per year) on the first day of the follow- Meetings are planned every Wed. to 3. Rural subdivisions and hamlets - share experiences of places close to COMPLETED ing month and on the first day of each calendar month thereafter in which home, and those far away. Games and 4. N/W corner of town - COMPLETED default continues. Failure to receive a activities complement a special passport 5. S/W corner of town Tax Notice does not excuse the tax- as books are read for pleasure, and at the 6. Town parking lots payer from responsibility for payment pace that is comfortable for the reader. (The town portion is divided into 4 areas of taxes nor liability for any penalty or Hence, literacy skills are maintained dur- with the Brock & Main Street intersection interest due to late payments. The ing the holidays, with lots of fun along as the centre point.) TUESDAYSTUESDAYS penalty/interest charges cannot be the way! CNIB kit available also at no waived or reduced by the Tax cost. AREARE SENIORSSENIORS Department or Council for any reason. CANADA DAY Tax payments can be made by the ~Wed. July 3 & Thurs. July 4, grds. 6 & following: In person by Interac, up, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. AT ELGIN PARK! DAYS!DAYS! Cheque or Cash, by Mail (Post-dated BABYSITTING TRAINING. Participants at participating BIA businesses cheques are accepted), telephone & MUST attend both classes for certifica- Come visit Elgin Park for a family oriented (look for the orange KEEP CALM sign Internet banking, drop box, or at most tion. Course covers responsibilities for celebration of Canada Day. in the window) Banks. caring for young children, some There will be great food and plenty of activi- If you did not receive your 2013 Final C.P.R.,and basic first aid as well. Guide ties. Entertainment includes family games, www.uxbridgebia.com Tax Bill, please call the Tax horse drawn wagon rides, the Superman book included to keep for reference, and Department at 905-852-9181 X211. Show, a live band, Zoo to You, kids crafts, snacks provided. Please bring along a PLEASE RETAIN YOUR 2013 FINAL Bossy Bingo, “Citizen of the Year Award” life-size doll or teddy bear for practice! TAX BILL. If a reprinted tax bill or and more! FREE ADVERTISING FOR Great for aspiring babysitters, or just for Enjoy our spectacular annual fireworks dis- receipt is required, a fee of $10.00 kids at home on their own! Cost: $75.00. play at dusk. Admission is free but dona- FALL AND WINTER EVENTS! plus HST will apply. ( 2nd. course Aug. 7 & 8) tions at the gate are appreciated to assist in offsetting the costs. Our suggested donation Thank You ~Thur. July 4, grds. 1-2, 2 - 3:30 p.m. is $20.00 per family Calling all Special Events for the Fall Tax Department 'Hair Raising Adventure', wow-a Accessible parking is available, please enter and Winter 2013 - 2014. Please regis- Happenin' Rapunzel Rap with a hairy from Water Street. ter on the Township website head craft! Cost: $4.00/child. www.town.uxbridge.on.ca TENDER U13-30 ~Thur. July 4, grds. 6-8, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. and click on “SUBMIT AN EVENT”. TREE REMOVAL Wii night “Scene It” Cost: $2.00 To be included in the Fall and Winter Tenders are invited for the supply of all This will be the first of our SE@TL Community Guide your Event must be labour, equipment and material necessary (Senior Elementary @ the library) pro- grams for young adults in this age group. submitted before July 7th! to perform tree removal for specified road- side trees. Lots of cool stuff to come! Tender forms may be picked up at the Frequent free advertising opportunities TEEN SUMMER READING: Township of Uxbridge Municipal Office at may arise but you must be registered with A great way to find out what books other 51 Toronto Street South, Uxbridge, the Township of Uxbridge Community teens are loving and to blog how you feel Ontario during business hours 8:30 a.m. Calendar to be eligible about the books you read this summer! to 4:30 p.m. http://uxlib.com/teenreading or call Tender closing: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at Corrinne at 905-852-9747. 2:00 p.m. local time. Uxpool / Summer Camps .905-852-7831 Uxbridge Public Library 905-852-9747 Zephyr Library Arena . .905-852-3081 Mon., Wed., Fri., Sat. 10 am - 5 pm, Tues., Thurs. 10 am - 9 pm 905-473-2375 Sundays after Thanksgiving to May 24 weekend 1 pm - 5 pm Historical Centre . .905-852-5854 www.uxlib.com HOURS Tues., Thurs., 3 pm - 8 pm Sat 10 am - 3 pm Animal Shelter . .905-985-9547 Township of Uxbridge documents are available in alternate formats upon Ux. BIA Chamber of Commerce . .905-852-7683 request. Please fill out the Request for Alternate Formats Form at www.town.uxbridge.on.ca or contact the Accessibility Coordinator at 905- 905-852-9181 . [email protected]/www.uxcc.ca 852-9181 ext. 209 or at [email protected]. ext. 406 The Uxbridge Cosmos 3 Thursday, June 27th 2013 AIRPORT INFORMATION SESSION TELLS PUBLIC NOTHING Leaskdale News by Nancy Melcher airport zoning regulations'. can fit four of the world's busiest air- land under consideration: 1,600 with Helen Harrison “This is on their website, along ports into the current boundaries of acres are owned by the province and The room was hot, noisy and with the other three maps they've the airport lands. the remaining 3,700 acres are owned Our very best wishes to Conrad and packed. Easels, set up around the got here. Why don't they show this, Watch the Green Durham video at by the Toronto Region Conservation Lisa Boyce who are moving on to edge of the room at Glen Cedars with the proposed runways and the www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6MV Authority (TRCA).