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EWING ROAD The Creemore INSIDE SINGHAMPTON Just under two acres Backs onto the Mad River SOLD Vicki Bell, Broker 154 Mill St.Creemore ECHO 705-446-4539 Hospital Heroes www.creemore.com Friday, June 18, 2021 Vol. 21 No. 25 G&M grateful for fundraisers LOCATIONS ORTH PAGE 6-7 BROKERAGE PERSONAL I PROFESSIONAL I PROGRESSIVE News and views in and around Creemore Publications Mail Agreement # 40024973 REAL ESTATE SERVICES Creedan Valley celebrates end of COVID-19 outbreak by Trina Berlo Unit, they were related. Creedan Valley Care Community “It was so amazing that the staff long-term care home celebrated the adapted so well. They just stepped end of an outbreak with a visit from up,” said Friesner. “They are an an ice-cream truck Wednesday. amazing team and we are thanking Executive director Sadie Friesner them through their tummies,” she said said she wanted to thank everyone with a laugh. for having successfully navigated an “The residents have fared very well, outbreak avoiding any spread within they have been very understanding,” the facility and preventing deaths. she said. “It’s not easy going through “We wanted to do something special an outbreak.” to thank the staff and residents,” said Friesner said she is pleased to Friesner, adding that June is also report that of the 61 residents, 98 per Seniors Month in Ontario. cent have had two doses of vaccine The outbreak was declared over on and of the 84 staff, 94 per cent have June 5 and involved only staff that had had a first dose with second doses acquired the virus in the community coming soon. and had no link to the workplace. She said thanks to a change in An outbreak was first declared on directives, Creedan Valley has April 15 and was declared over on welcomed back essential caregivers May 11 but the facility went back into and is able to host outdoor gatherings Staff photo: Trina Berlo outbreak on May 18. Although it was like the one on Wednesday, where Creedan Valley Care Community long-term care home resident Mark Enns technically recorded as two outbreaks residents can be together with friends enjoys an ice cream with his sister Ginger Carney, who is visiting from by Simcoe Muskoka District Health and family. California. Mayor explores Indigenous land acknowledgement by Trina Berlo once inhabited our community lands,” writes. Measures said he is working on it Clearview Township Mayor Doug said Measures. “This custom has been revived for and he expects to bring something back Measures said he is working on a The statement was in response to a administrative and ceremonial meetings to council at some point. land acknowledgement to read before letter from Christopher Dodd asking all over Ontario and right across “It’s an interesting predicament that council meetings and he is welcoming what steps are being taken to develop Canada. Acknowledging a traditional we, as a municipal government are in input from the community. a land acknowledgement and when territory shows recognition of – and because we obviously want to do the He said he has been researching the it could be expected that one would respect for – Indigenous peoples, right thing and recognize the ancestral appropriate land acknowledgement but be read at the beginning of all public which is the first step down the path of heritage of these lands but we also don’t has been struggling because the land meetings in the township? reconciliation. It is a highly symbolic want to speak incorrectly and identify that is now Clearview is not specified Dodd said that the call for gesture without legal or political Indigenous groups and nations that are in any of the First Nations treaties other reconciliation has grown louder and consequence. When an Indigenous not part of this land. It is something that than the Williams Treaties of 1923 that more urgent with the tragic discovery land acknowledgement is heartfelt we need to do,” said Measures. includes all of Simcoe County. He of the remains of 215 children at the and real, municipal leaders, staff, and He thanked Dodd for bringing forth acknowledged that the Petun who have former Kamloops Indian Residential meeting members pause, reflect, and the question and welcomed anyone a strong ancestral connection to this School. consider how to repair the damaged who could provide clarity on the area are not part of any treaty. “Land acknowledgements are deeply relationship between Canadians and creation of the land acknowledgment “Council at this point has not been rooted in Indigenous culture. Giving Indigenous peoples and how to impact to get in touch. satisfied that we are in a position to thanks, respect, and honouring the land positive change. It sends a powerful The mayor can be reached at speak a true land acknowledgement and ancestors is a common practice message to our communities, and from [email protected] or write to that honours the Indigenous people that within Indigenous communities,” he our communities.” all of council at [email protected]. Collingwood Fuels Ltd. PROPANE FUEL DELIVERY • residential • furnace oil • commercial • diesel fuel • farm • gasoline CYLINDER REFILLS OIL FURNACE SALES & SERVICE 705-445-4430 • 1-800-553-5571 15 Stewart Road, P.O. Box 321, Collingwood, ON L9Y 3Z7 2 • THE CREEMORE ECHO • Friday, June 18, 2021 Landmark boat moved to new home by Trina Berlo After the sale of the family home on County Road 9, Todd Jardine new he would have to move the big boat from the side yard and he got to work on how to go about it. The hull had been a curiosity for many in town, while others knew all about it and the lasting legacy of the builder. The ship was a labour of love for Donald, or Doc Jardine as he was called, who lived in the stone house set back from the road with his wife Laura and two children, Todd and Londy. Donald was from a long line of boat people, so sailing was in his blood. His father, Cap Jardine, was a chief engineer and his grandfather, Charles Beatty, was a captain. There was no doubt Don would follow in their footsteps, and he was on the water by the age of 13. Londy said during her primary years her father would leave for months joining his crew on the Top: Doc Jardine with the boat while its (705) 466-9999 • 157 Mill St. Creemore large tankers, where he held the ribs were still showing. Below: Laura position of chief engineer. He (from left) and Donald Jardine with www.lacucinacreemore.com (Continued on next page) Laura's sister Arlette Trcka at the garage. CREEMORE’S NEW FAMILY PHYSICIAN We are pleased to announce the arrival of Creemore’s next family physician, Dr Alex Pearce. She will be joining Drs. Engell, Xie and Houston in July of this year. She will gradually take over Dr Houston’s practice over the coming year. Dr Pearce grew up in Waterloo, Ontario and has family there. She attended University of Waterloo for a Bachelor of Knowledge Integration (2016) and Michael G Degroote School of Medicine at McMaster University (2019) and has just finished her medical NOW OPEN SUNDAYS training through McMaster/the Rural Ontario Medical Program. 10 am to 3 pm Dr Pearce loves all aspects of family medicine and also enjoys delivering babies and hopes to do low-risk obstetrics at the REGULAR HOURS Collingwood General and Marine Hospital for Creemore and CREEMORE Mon. to Sat. area moms. Much of her training was in the Collingwood area where she has impressed the nurses and doctors she has worked 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with. Dr Pearce has really enjoyed her training here and all of SUNDAYS the biking, kayaking and hiking she has done in the Georgian Bay 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. area. She is looking forward to getting to know the Creemore community. We are certain that the big heart of Creemore will open to this promising young physician. 705-466-6511 • 153 Mill St. Creemore THE CREEMORE ECHO • Friday, June 18, 2021 • 3 Iconic boat part of Doc Jardine's legacy (Continued from page 1) sailed on the Great Lakes until 1969 when he went to work at the shipyards in Collingwood after Todd was born. The ship started to take shape as steel plates were molded around steel ribs, which Todd said looked like a skeleton sitting on the lawn before it was covered. Both Londy and Todd recall seeing the blue glow of the welder lighting up the 60-foot hull from the inside as he worked at night. While Donald was outside working on the troller, his friend was working on a wooden sailboat in the barn. Todd remembers his father and John Widdis Contributed photos sitting together at the kitchen table Above: Todd Jardine gets help from his friend Vic to move his father's boat working out their designs. He said the from the family home on County Road 9 this past Sunday. Right: Todd and construction was more of a journey, Londy Jardine christen the boat in honour of their father. than a destination. There has always been much community interest in the old rusty “When I was a very small girl I Cashtown Corners. boat that has come to be recognized told my mom that my dad could do The move was successfully executed as a local landmark. Throughout the 'nothing' but what I meant to say was this past Sunday. years Londy recalls the neighbours my dad could do 'anything'. Over the “This last task, his last dream was quipping about when the flood was years this saying was more than true,” not completed.

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