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Inside This Week's Cosmos Volume 9 No. 16 YOUR UNIVERSE Thursday, April 25th 2013 RUNNING FOR THE DIAMOND - Angela Briscoll and her son Caiden were among hundreds who took to the streets of Uxbridge Sunday in the annual Half Marathon in benefit of the Cottage Hospital. Runners and walkers weren’t the least bit cowed by the recent events in Boston. For more on that tragedy, see pages 3, 4 and 5. Photo by John Cavers. Crocuses, Concession 7 by Renee Leahy Inside This Week’s Cosmos Harry stews about Trudeau... 3 The great daughters of the Empire... 6 Uxbridge’s backbone: a new column... 9 Fabulous fiddleheads... 11 Spring is a time for song... 12 The Uxbridge Cosmos 2 Thursday, April 25th 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 PUBLIC TENDERS Council and Committee 2013 Business Count Meeting Schedule for May TENDER NO. U13-25 coming to RE-SHINGLE TRAIN STATION ROOF Monday, May 6th the northern municipalities! COMMITTEE 9:30 a.m. Strip existing roofing materials down to 7:00 p.m. Public Meeting - wood deck and re-roof with 50 year The Regional Municipality of Durham will ZBA 2013-04 -1404338 Ontario Inc., CertainTeed's Highland Slate architectural soon be conducting its 2013 Durham UXBRIDGE QUILT Owner CJ Kumar, Applicant Region Business Count. The Business design fiberglass asphalt shingles. 7:30 p.m. Public Meeting Count team (recognizable by their navy blue STORIES WANTED! Tender may be picked up at the Municipal - ZBA 2013-03 & SUB 2013-01 Region of Durham shirts and photo ID 1236240 Ontario Limited, Office, 51 Toronto Street South, Uxbridge, cards) will be visiting local businesses in Is the art of Quilting a part of your fami- Owner IBI Group, Applicant Ontario. Tenders will be received until Scugog, Brock and Uxbridge between ly's history? Monday, May 13th Friday May 10th, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. approximately May 6 and Aug. 9, to gather COUNCIL 9:30 a.m. basic information about the type and nature Uxbridge Historical Centre is holding a Wednesday, May 15th TENDER U13-22 Committee of Adjustment Meeting of the business, the number of employees, Heritage Quilt Show, 'Quilts on Quaker 7:00 p.m. TREE PLANTING plans for growth, floor space and location. Hill', from May 10th to 20th and we would Monday, May 20th All information will be grouped together with like to include your family's quilting story NO MEETING - Victoria Day Tender forms may be picked up at the other data, for economic analysis and plan- as part of the exhibit. Monday, May 27th Municipal Office at 51 Toronto Street South, ning purposes, as well as to update the COUNCIL 7:00 p.m. Uxbridge, Ontario for tree planting in the www.durhambusiness.ca directory. We would like to know the story of some- Township of Uxbridge. All trees must be Information collected will be kept confiden- one in your family who quilted, including planted by June 15, 2013. tial. For more information, or to complete the what and why they quilted, and any spe- STREET SWEEPING online survey, visit www.durham.ca/busi- Tender Closing: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at cial memories that go along with the nesscount. 2:00 p.m. local time. story. The story could be about your Street sweeping will be starting in the mother, grandmother, great-grandmoth- upcoming weeks, weather permitting Debbie Leroux, Clerk er, or a local quilting group. Your story and will take 6 - 8 weeks to complete. DOWNTOWN PARKING could be about a family quilt and the his- Please try not to park on the streets Lowest or any quote tory behind the fabric and pattern. You during this time. Please leave the sand REMINDER not necessarily accepted. may even have a story about one of the on the road as there will not be any This is a friendly reminder to the resi- quilts in the museum collection. These special pick up of sand left in piles or EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY dents of Uxbridge Township that Parking are all stories that we would like to share in pails. It is acceptable to rake any in the Downtown core is limited to 2 with our visitors. sand that has accumulated on the Trails Coordinator hours. Please be advised that any vehi- boulevard into the curb and gutter Term of Work: This is a part-time, contract cles parking longer than the 2 hours per- Stories you submit will be included in the prior to the sweeping of the street. position working approximately 10 hours per mitted may be ticketed. exhibit for visitors to read along-side the Any areas that are missed due to week. Hours are flexible and may include Should you have any questions or con- heritage quilts. Your story can be from a parked cars will be redone after all some evening and occasional weekend work. cerns, please contact the By-law few sentences, up to a full page, and we sweeping is complete. Duties: The Trails Coordinator coordinates all Department at the Township of Uxbridge will gladly accept typed or handwritten Below is the schedule for sweeping: activities related to the Uxbridge Trails pro- at 905-852-9181. submissions. 1. S/E corner of town gram including volunteers, trail maintenance, 2. N/E corner of town grant applications and monitoring, Send your email submissions to 3. Rural subdivisions and hamlets budget preparation, assistance with [email protected], or 4. N/W corner of town special events, public relations, media by mail to Uxbridge Historical 5. S/W corner of town liaison, and administrative support for Centre, Box 1301, Uxbridge, ON 6. Town parking lots the Town Trails Committee. L9P 1N5. You can also drop your (The town portion is divided into 4 Qualifications: story off at the Township Office in areas with the Brock & Main Street • Self starter and able to work both an envelope marked Uxbridge intersection as the centre point.) independently and with groups. • Strong organizational and time man- Historical Centre. If possible, ROAD CLOSURE agement skills. please include a photo of the quil- • Enthusiastic attitude about Uxbridge ter and/or a quilt they created. The deadline to submit your story for Our 11th Annual Youth Fishing Day is Trails and the outdoors. • Excellent computer skills including inclusion in the exhibit is Monday, scheduled for Saturday April 27th at Word, Powerpoint, Excel and social May 6th. Thank you for your help! Elgin Pond in Uxbridge from 10:00 am to media. For more information you can con- 1:00 pm. • Experience working with the public. tact the museum at 905-852-5854. Last year we had over 2,000 participants • Previous experience working with and it was a major community event. This is volunteers an asset a completely free event for all participating youth. Please be advised Main Street will Please apply with a resume and cov- be closed from Mill Street to Elgin Park ering letter describing your experi- Drive for the event from 7:30 am - 1:00 pm. ence and qualifications to: Clerk's The street will be fully Department c/o Debbie Leroux, The occupied with booths, Township of Uxbridge, Re: Trails families and volunteers. Coordinator Position, 51 Toronto St. South, P.O. Box 190, Uxbridge, Residents from Mill Street to Bell Street may want Ontario, L9P 1T1 or email your appli- too consider moving their cation to cars to Bell Street or Main [email protected]. St north of Mill Street if Application deadline is Friday May 3, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. you require getting out during this time period. 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 request. Please fill out the Chamber of Commerce . .905-852-7683 Request for Alternate Formats Form at www.town.uxbridge.on.ca or contact the Accessibility Ux. BIA ... 905-852-9181 ext. 406 Coordinator at 905-852-9181 ext. 209 or at [email protected]. The Uxbridge Cosmos 3 Thursday, April 25th 2013 Stemp’s Stew column by Harry Stemp Events that happen many, many miles away can explosion changed the lives of so many. Athletes event and what their families are going through. he would have made this often have an effect on families, some positive and who had trained for months, maybe years, to take We will run again, but we will always remember. statement or just contin- some negative. One of those was the recent event part in the race were either killed or crippled for Messages of shock and horror poured in from ued to cash those ‘resi- that shattered the athletic dreams one experiences life. And a wonderful experience turned into a around the world as the internet allows us to do dence’ cheques had he when completing the Boston Marathon. As fami- tragedy that echoed around the world. immediately in this age of high technology. not been caught with his ly and friends near the finish line cheered, not just In the case of our family we had a close connec- However, the message that had me scratching my hand in the cookie jar? their loved ones, but all the participants, a huge tion, as my grandniece Kirsten Dunne trained head came from the newly elected head of the Wonder what happened to his ‘word’ and honour hard and made it to the Liberal Party – the young and inexperienced Justin when he was cashing those nice fat cheques that he finish line.
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