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The trusted voice of our community. notllocal.com JULY 9, 2020 Volume 2 • Issue 28 NOTL Museum opens its doors Penny Coles federal governments. We be- The Local gan planning this quite a few weeks ago, anticipating our This week is a new start re-opening. We’re excited for the museum, as it opens to be able to get people back its doors under a new name. through the doors, and doing Rebranded the Niaga- what we can to make them ra-on-the-Lake Museum, for- feel safe.” merly known as the Niagara Kaufman says she and Historical Museum, it is wel- other staff “are really looking coming members this week forward to seeing our mem- for a slow, cautious opening, bers, and familiar faces from and visitors starting Tuesday, the community. We’ve really July 14, so all can enjoy a mu- missed them.” seum experience that adheres Some displays around the to regional, provincial and entrance have been moved to federal health guidelines. avoid crowding, and some piec- “We’re asking visitors to es “slightly” rearranged in the maintain physical distancing, main building, which is already follow directional arrows, spacious, to allow for accessibil- and we’re limiting time and ity, says Kaufman. And with a number of visitors inside the limit of 10 visitors at a time, ev- museum,” says managing eryone should be able to move director and curator, Sarah around comfortably and enjoy Kaufman. the exhibits, she adds. “It’s really exciting, but “We want our members also a little nerve-wracking,” and visitors to have a relaxed she says. experience when they come “We’ve taken the time to here, but we’re also making sure make sure all protective mea- that safety is paramount, for Long-time Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum supporter Neil Rumble was the first visitor when the doors opened to members Tuesday sures are in place, looking them and our staff,” she says. morning. He and Sarah Kaufman, managing director and curator show safe distancing is possible while enjoying the exhibits. at recommendations from Doors open to the public Tuesday, July 14. (Photo supplied) the regional, provincial and Continued on page 14 Street closure continues, with mixed reactions from merchants Penny Coles son, who has been on Queen “We don’t need this added his, selling high-end clothing, forces our point. Older people winters in a normal year.” The Local Street for more than 30 years, stress. Trying to run a business were equally discouraged. don’t want to park far away and But nothing about this year “we might have had a Saturday at this time is stressful enough On Saturday, Shauna says, walk in the heat. That’s what is normal, and locals, especially Queen Street is closed to in February years ago that was without making it any worse.” she and other retailers were we’re hearing from our custom- seniors, are afraid to come out, traffic for at least one more worse, but this was the first Sat- As far as he’s concerned, it’s not busy. “We’ve never seen ers.” she says. weekend, although some mer- urday in July.” clear the trial is a failure, is not anything like this. We had four She says some people told Even the long-standing chants would like to see the pi- He says he agreed to a helping merchants, and this weekends under our belt before her they drove to town, saw the businesses on Queen Street “are lot project dropped now. weekend pilot project, thinking should be the end of it. this, and they were better than street closed, and almost didn’t not immune to closure. No one That was the hope of the it might help some of the mer- “I’m a democrat. If you want this weekend. We were not ex- stop. is immune to shutting down.” owners of at least one store, and chants, but it was proven to be to have a debate about the pe- pecting to see crowds, but we “It’s only been two days, While she agrees that peo- they say they are not alone. a disaster. destrianization of Queen Street weren’t expecting this. It defi- but it’s devastating,” she says. ple need to feel safe, she says Shauna Dickson of Irish Sunday was slightly better, two or three years from now, nitely hit us hard.” “Weekends are what keep us that wasn’t a problem this week- Design, one of the oldest stores but not by much. then let’s debate it, but not now. Yes, it was hot, but it’s been going. We had three staff mem- end. on the main street, says this Sat- He admits he and his wife We do not need this now.” hot other weekends, she says. “I bers in Saturday, and we would The trial closure was an urday was the worst ever for the Maureen were feeling “pretty He says most of the mer- don’t know if that is something have been better off closed. opportunity to see what would store. down about this” Saturday eve- chants he’s spoken to, particu- to judge by. If it’s going to be “We adore our locals, and Adds her father, Paul Dick- ning. larly those with stores similar to part of the discussion, it rein- they do help get us through the Continued on page 2 2 July 9, 2020 THE NOTL LOCAL notllocal.com Emergency closure signs frustrate merchants, chamber Continued from page 1 She also questions that there The message he is hearing majority of merchants want, but was no signage directing people from a lot of people, he says, is the chamber wants to continue happen, and she is open to to park in the Market Square, that they would like to see some the trial, Disero told councillors. change if it helps, but this has which was not full, and that music, some entertainment on Coun. Wendy Cheropita not, she says. Johnson and Prideaux Streets the street. says the signs made it look like If nothing else changes, the had signs posted that said no But closing the street “was the street was closed to pedes- signage must, she adds. exit, with no further informa- not intended to create an event. trians, and most walked on the A sign at the entrance to tion. It was to create physical distanc- sidewalk. “If we want a true test, Queen Street, by the blockades, “People who were on the ing.” Entertainment is not feasi- with valid results, it would be declared an ‘emergency road fence about this will say, ‘well, ble at this time, he adds. great to make it look like an in- closure,’ when instead, a smi- we’ve tried it,’ but really it was Merchants were encourag- viting pedestrian walkway.” ley face and a sign welcoming poor execution, that was the ing visitors to wear masks, and Interim CAO Sheldon Ran- visitors would have been much problem. It was not a good trial.” the majority were, he says. dall says he has discussed sig- more helpful. She says she hopes the Town For something that was nage with the chamber, which is These were taken by Shauna Dickson Saturday, at 1:40 p.m., “It was so discouraging to and chamber will look through tried “for the first time ever,” committed to more welcoming to show there was no need to be concerned about physical dis- see that. We started the day in all the surveys before making closing the street without a fes- signs for pedestrians. tancing on the street. good spirits, but that changed a decision, and, “if none of the tival to draw people, “it was not everything.” merchants support it, then don’t that bad,” says Lafforgue. Kim Gauld of the Sunset support it.” He agrees the signs were a Grill is one of the restaurant Eduardo Lafforgue, pres- problem. owners who took advantage of ident and CEO of the NOTL “The message should have the ability to set up a patio on Chamber of Commerce, says been ‘welcome back.’ I think Queen Street, paying for the the intention for street closure if we change the signs for next two parking spots where the pa- was always to allow for so- weekend, it will be better. tio is located. cial distancing, “and this was “Right now there is no mag- She has now gone through achieved.” ical solution. We are all trying two weekends with the patio, People were walking on the new things, and we need to be one with Queen Street open, side of the street, rather than flexible. If we fail, we all fail, and and the other when it was down the middle, looking for if we thrive, we all thrive. We’re closed. There was very little dif- shade in the very hot weather. all in this together.” ference in sales between the two “We can’t do anything about In her pandemic update weekends, she says. t h at .” to councillors Monday, Lord More welcoming signs might encourage pedestrians to use the street, merchants say. (Penny Coles) As a representative of the He says there is a different Mayor Betty Disero was clear new merchants’ group, she has demographic coming to town she’d like to look at other op- heard “mixed reviews” on the these days, with more young tions, including opening the Residents ask for resolution street closure, and has handed people visiting, stopping for ice road to traffic but closing off some surveys over to the Town, cream or enjoying the patios, some parking spaces to allow without tabulating the results. but they’re not in town to shop. pedestrians to spread out, while to ongoing dust problem She feels the street closure “Some merchants thought it remaining in the shade. Penny Coles hood, which said the developer possibility of going back to the works for physical distancing. would bring an instant increase Without the results of the The Local should supply access to Dyck developer to pay for that solu- “Even though it wasn’t nec- in sales, and this is not what surveys, which were not avail- Lane for emergency vehicles, tion, but that might be difficult essary this weekend, some happened,” he said. “Not every- able Monday night, there is no Eighteen homeowners in and the laneway should have — the developer is no longer thought it was helpful,” she says. one is in the mood to shop.” clear message about what the St. Davids are hoping the Town an all-weather surface such as buidling in NOTL, says Krahn. will right a wrong they believe concrete or asphalt, with gates As councillors discussed goes back almost 15 years, and or knock-downs, removable requesting a staff report, Krahn which continues to make their bollards. He pointed to two tried to ask for the laneway to at lives a misery, especially during other local subdivisions where least be sprayed with a dust sup- hot, dry summers like this one. this has occurred, as dictated pressant to give residents imme- Sixteen of the homes are by the Town’s own engineer- diate relief, but at that point in part of the Courtland Valley ing standards, and the Ontario the meeting, he was not allowed Estates subdivision, on Hicko- Building Code, he said. to speak, leaving him to hope for ry Avenue, and two are on Tan- He also refers to a Town by- a speedy report and resolution. bark Road. law that calls for roads abutting Dust suppressant has been They border Dyck Lane, a residential properties to have a suggested in past years, but gravel road which is privately hard surface. never with an agreement about owned and provides access to Yet over the years, the who would pay for it. three homes. Town has consistently failed “I hope council will take Every time a vehicle uses to take responsibility, he said, full responsibility and imme- the lane, a cloud of dust is creat- discouraged that what came diate action to fix it,” he said ed for those homeowners, says out of Monday’s meeting was Monday evening. Bill Krahn, who spoke to coun- a request to staff for another “Come visit. You’ve got to cillors at their virtual planning report. see it for yourself.” committee meeting Monday The residents’ preferred He asked them for a much night, asking the Town to take solution is for the Town to needed resolution, “fast.” responsibility and remedy the close Dyck Lane, create a safe “These people are all se- situation. entrance and exit for the three niors, and they need help.” This is the third council homeowners who depend on Tuesday morning, he said residents have approached for it, put down asphalt, and leave he was frustrated and con- help, and he and his neigh- the laneway chained or with cerned this request would not bours are beyond frustrated. knock-downs for emergency be any different from the oth- The dust affects their health vehicles. ers, that it will end up to be and their quality of life, says There was a discussion another case of “100 per cent Krahn, because of a situation amongst councillors about the passing the buck.” the Town created. Residents subjected to ex- cessive dust say they can’t enjoy their backyard or an outdoor meal, and patio tables, chairs and even plants have to be washed down daily. There have been presenta- tions to council going back to 2015, petitions signed by the residents, and correspondence repeating their quest for the Town to take responsibility for the situation. Kahn told councillors the issue goes back to a 2006 draft subdivision agreement with the Resident Bill Krahn showed this photo to council Monday evening, developer of the neighbour- saying the situation has become considerably worse. (Photo supplied) notllocal.com THE NOTL LOCAL July 9, 2020 3 Councillor who resigned a person of ‘honesty, integrity’ Penny Coles In response to questions fol- before the voting took place. and create a framework for a “I want to particularly thank others. He was very careful to The Local lowing the receipt of his letter, In his letter, he says, “I believe strong future. I am convinced the agricultural community for allow others to express their he says in an email, “at this time that the residents of Niagara- that any such framework, to be taking the time to educate me own views. He is accustomed Stuart McCormack has I prefer to let my resignation on-the-Lake deserve a successful, has to be built on a and sharing some of their pas- to working collaboratively with resigned from Niagara-on- letter stand as my narrative on well-functioning council, serv- foundation of fiscal responsibil- sion for the land. I only wish I people who have a collective the-Lake town council, with a departure. Should an alternative ing the residents who have given ity, sound planning and vision.” could have been as successful in v i e w.” letter to council and the media narrative appear at some point, it their trust. Council must take He says he ran for council assisting them as I would have He is also a very private per- explaining his position. I will consider whether a further its responsibility seriously to act, with a desire to work coop- liked,” he adds. son, and one who chooses his It comes as no surprise response is required.” based on evidence and the best eratively with the mayor, the “I want to thank the resi- words very carefully, Cheropita that there would be no further His letter was sent on July 1. information available, solely in council and staff, “as a team to dents for having given me their adds, referring to his letter of word from him for the media He had signed in to the the interest of the residents for accomplish that mission of cre- trust, and assure them that I resignation. “He doesn’t want to — he has made his position virtual special council meeting their common good. Council ating and achieving a strategic worked every day to, first and make anyone look bad.” against talking to the media called June 26 to discuss the must safeguard the strong foun- vision for this Town, and build- foremost, listen, problem solve, She says she considers his clear in the past. closure of Queen Street, but left dation NOTL has established, ing the necessary sound finan- take decisions, and contribute resignation “a huge loss. He was cial foundation to support it.” to the best of my ability to dis- very much a voice of reason on He continues, “unfortunate- cussions. My desire was always council.” ly, after more than two years in to serve all residents.” Everyone on council brings office, I believe that continuing He also wishes council and a different experience to the ta- on council is no longer viable town staff well “in their stew- ble, as did McCormack, she says. for me. The direction that coun- ardship of this wonderful place, Despite the perception of cil is taking, and its process of and in their efforts to move this those who knew him only as a decision-making underlying town forward. I personally will member of council, Cheropita that direction, does not allow welcome the opportunity to re- says, “he has a quiet soul, a gen- me to appropriately represent turn to being simply a hands-on tle and kind soul. He’s a good the interests of the residents volunteer for a variety of organi- human being, with integrity, who put their trust in me, and zations in the Niagara Region.” honesty and intelligence. It’s so to contribute to the future of Coun. Wendy Cheropita sat sad to see him go.” our community as I hoped and beside McCormack on council, He doesn’t have the “A-type expected.” and seemed to be the councillor personality” of many politicians, He did not come to the de- who knew him best. she says, and wanted to be a coun- cision easily, he says, but with She acknowledges that Mc- cillor “for all the right reasons.” “considerably mixed feelings, Cormack, a lawyer by profes- The response to his resig- and after a long period of de- sion, “asked tough questions,” nation from the Town came in liberation.” and says he also “looked deep a brief letter from Lord Mayor His resignation means he into issues. He was very smart.” Betty Disero. Coun. Wendy Cheropita, who sat beside Stuart McCormack at the council table, says his resig- is also stepping down as chair- As a councillor, he held staff, “For 19 months in office,” nation is a great loss to council. (Penny Coles/File photo) man of the audit committee, the and himself, to high standards, she says, “Mr. McCormack Glendale task force, and other she says. was conscientious and hard- council-related positions. He is a person who is not working as he served Niaga- He also says how much afraid to express his opinions, ra-on-the-Lake residents. On Town history shows tradition he enjoyed working with and but while on council, very easy behalf of myself, senior man- learning from the people of the to work with. “He said what agement, and the rest of council, Old Town, St. Davids, Glendale, he thought, but he didn’t try I would like to wish him well in of appointing ninth candidate Virgil, and Queenston. to influence the opinions of his future endeavours.” Penny Coles in to fill the position left va- Ontario, a community near The Local cant by the passing of Bob the Ontario/Quebec border. Howse, who died of cancer They still keep in touch While there are options in August, 2008. with friends from NOTL, O’Connor waits for decision under the municipal act Zalepa says he wasn’t and it wasn’t long after Mc- for replacing former town involved in any discussion Cormack announced he councillor Stuart McCor- leading up to his appoint- was resigning that Copeland on ‘what’s best for town’ mack, who sent a letter of ment, until the decision was heard the news. Penny Coles McCormack. of a councillor, in which resignation to the Town made and he was called to He was elected to town The Local The news brought about case it can be made at the and the media last Wednes- ask if he was willing to serve. council three times: 1997, “a time of reflection” for next two meetings. With- day, there is a history of There hasn’t been the 2000, and 2003. In the 2000 Although there are her, she says, as she waits in 60 days of declaring the past councils following the need for an appointment to election, Copeland was dep- other options for replac- to hear council’s decision. seat vacant, council must tradition of appointing the council since, he says, and uty mayor, with the most ing the vacant seat left by “If called to serve the decide whether to fill it ninth-place candidate in the hearing McCormack had amount of votes of the can- the resignation of Stuart community, I’d step in. But through a by-election or previous election. resigned brought the mem- didates for councillor. McCormack, if councillors there are other options for by appointment for the The most recent exam- ories of that time back to Although many remem- follow tradition, they may council to consider.” remainder of the council ple was the appointment him. ber him throwing his keys consider appointing San- She says she hopes term. of Gary Zalepa Jr., who is McCormack’s resigna- down on the council table dra O’Connor, the ninth- council makes a decision If a seat becomes vacant now the regional coun- tion came as a surprise and and leaving a meeting in place candidate in the 2018 sooner rather than later, after March 31 in a regu- cillor representing Niaga- a disappointment, says Zale- frustration during a discus- election. “doing whatever they want lar election year, the seat ra-on-the-Lake. pa, who called the exit of the sion about a McDonald’s She has continued to to do quickly, so they can may only be filled by ap- He was elected as a mu- councillor “graceful.” Restaurant franchise com- stay active as a volunteer, carry on doing what is best pointment, unless it occurs nicipal councillor in 2010, The last time a council- ing to town — a move Co- and ran in the recent fed- for the town.” within 90 days of the elec- but served two years in the lor resigned brought back peland remembers making eral election representing The municipal act, re- tion, in which case it can council before that, after memories for Rob Cope- the national CBC news — the Green Party. vised in 2018, says when a remain vacant. being appointed to the posi- land. A long-time former that wasn’t why he resigned, She was surprised when seat becomes vacant, coun- Town clerk Peter Todd tion Oct. 6, 2008. He was the resident of Queenston, he he says. friends began calling her cil must declare the seat has been working on a ninth-place finisher in the and his wife Helena recently on Canada Day to tell her vacant at its next meeting, 2006 election, and stepped left the village for Vankleek, Continued on page 4 about the resignation of unless it’s due to the death Continued on page 4 4 July 9, 2020 THE NOTL LOCAL notllocal.com Appointments have been made in recent memory Continued from page 3 October, 2002. regional council to replace He remembers an old Wilbert Dick, who had been guard on council that tried named regional chair. During that term of to stop his appointment, “I remember that time council, the Queenston although there was a prece- very well,” says Collard. “I Community Association, dence to follow. “Although was so excited to be ap- which originated back in you might think it was a pointed, to be a champion the 1970s, took on the issue simple decision, there was of the people.” of Part IV heritage designa- a movement to bypass me While there were other tion for the village. by some members, and options available to council Copeland spearheaded appoint another person, to fill the vacant position, “I the issue with council, and or even have an expensive don’t remember there being after meetings with the vil- by-election,” Braybrook re- any discussion,” says Col- lagers, thought he had ev- calls, from his retirement lard. He went on to spend eryone onside. home in B.C. almost 30 years in munici- He thought he had even Both he and Copeland pal politics, before deciding converted a local resident went on to win seats in the not to run in the 2018 elec- and developer, who had 2003 election, replacing a tion. some concern about limits couple of the old guard poli- Clement, first elect- that might be imposed on ticians of the previous term. ed in 1963, served 34 development under heri- In 2006, Copeland did years representing Niaga- tage designation. not run again, and Bray- ra-on-the-Lake, as a mu- But the day before it brook took a stab at the nicipal and then regional was going before council, mayor’s race, losing to Gary councillor. with Copeland confident Burroughs, who had been While Collard could of a “slam dunk” in favour expected to run for region- remember realtor Kev- of designation, a group of al councillor but at the last an O’Connor also being three people, including minute decided to go for appointed to council, he the developer, distributed one more term as mayor. couldn’t recall the details. a petition and convinced Braybrook has so far A review of Town re- enough villagers to sign that managed to stay out of pol- cords, says town clerk Peter when it was presented to itics in Victoria, B.C., and is Todd, shows that in Sep- council, the vote for desig- now living “a happy, healthy tember, 1987, O’Connor, nation was lost. retirement in beautiful B.C. who passed away in 2018, “I had given so much, So in the end it is all good.” was appointed to fill the po- and I felt like I was hitting Jim Collard was also ap- sition left vacant on council my head against the wall. I pointed to his first term on by the resignation of Alder- had to step down,” said Co- council. In December, 1985, man Mike Dietsch, who left peland. “It was the only way shortly after a municipal to take the position of MPP to protest. election, Collard, the ninth- for the local riding, repre- Tom Braybrook, the place candidate, was asked senting the Liberal party. ninth-place candidate in the o fill the position left vacant O’Connor had placed 10th 2000 election, was appoint- on council when Harold in the municipal election ed to replace Copeland in Clement was appointed to held in 1985. By-election would be costly

Continued from page 3 If council chooses a costly as an election to fill by-election, it will have to an entire slate of council, report to present to coun- decide how it is to be han- he says. cil on the options and past dled, possibly deferring it “It would work the history of replacing coun- until it would be consid- same as a normal election.” cillors in NOTL. He says ered safe. Todd says the report while there are timelines Council could also may be presented to coun- written into the munici- choose to allow online vot- cillors at the committee- pal act, during a state of ing, says Todd. of-the-whole meeting July emergency, council is not In a town without a 13, with a council decision required to abide by them, ward system, the by-elec- about how they choose and could choose to defer tion process to fill one po- to proceed possible by a decision. sition could be almost as July 20.

Coun. Gary Burroughs talks to 2018 council candidate Sandra O’Connor at a meeting to dis- cuss the Town’s tree bylaw. O’Connor was representing the NOTL Conservancy tree bylaw committee. (File photo) notllocal.com THE NOTL LOCAL July 9, 2020 5

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Queen’s Royal Park was crowded Saturday afternoon, as were other local parks, leading Lord Mayor Betty Disero to question at Monday’s planning committee meeting whether there could be some effort to direct visitors to larger parks, such as those operated by the Niagara Parks Commission. There was no solution proposed, but the Town will continue to work on how to control crowds in small parks, she said. (Penny Coles)

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The opinions expressed in submitted commentary, and letters to the editor, COMMENT are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of The NOTL Local. How will COVID-19 impact provincial parks? ents shared their disappoint- ment with this year’s booking process. Maybe it’s system overload. Maybe it’s an inevi- table shift to get us doing even more online than we already Owen Bjorgan do, which I believe will be a Special to The Local global byproduct of this pan- demic. It’s already happening, With a timeless and tick- from groceries to education. ing sense of adventure, I felt Here’s me on my screen, recently it was time to get up though. I just watched a north again. Combing over CBC News video titled “How the rocky edges of Georgian to camp safely during the Bay, one can find plenty of COVID-19 pandemic.” You stunning provincial parks. can search it on YouTube if With nearly all of Ontario’s you missed it. It made my parks emerged from COVID mind stretch in about 10 di- hibernation, people are back rections at once. out and exploring, but with The presenter makes a some odd modifications. tight-knit professional vid- These changes range from a eo about how to pack your lack of washrooms, to social dis- masks, gloves, disinfectant tancing guidelines, to clogged wipes, hand soap, hand sani- online booking systems. tizer, toilet paper, garbage bags, This was made comed- and tissues. Then, we hear the A photo taken in Niagara’s Short Hills Provincial Park, the only provincial park in the region. The reopening of the park system is ically evident when I tried basic reminders of washing worth celebrating, but comes with some intriguing challenges. (Owen Bjorgan) to book some backcountry your hands before cooking paddling sites. It took multi- and touching camp materials, Next, the video en- demic: what is going on with doors; a friendly reminder on I’ll be curious to visit some ple tries to reload pages, two as well as before and after you courages using your own the triangle of nature, the gov- how to pack basics for camp; a of Ontario’s provincial parks people, two phones, and a leave your campsite. hand-washing stations to ernment, and the people? beneficiary to our day-to-day over the coming two weeks, computer to register a camp- Wait. Isn’t this just usual prevent contamination and I imagine that this video hygiene knowledge; a remind- and get a better feel at ground ing site. It seemed impossible camping protocol? Sounds spread at common touch could be perceived as any of er to fear the virus, even in the level as to how we are respond- to get through to the parks’ like basic hygiene to me. points in the park. I under- the following: helpful tips on safest of places; or perhaps, in- ing, and hopefully reciprocat- staff to pay over the phone. When you’re camping, if stand the logic, but I also I how to avoid COVID out- sulting to our intelligence. ing, with the landscape. Embarrassingly, this took you’re not cleaning up your envision a lot of people not over an hour, and made me site for yourself, at least do it having a second thought vexed. Oh, the irony of tech- for the animals and upcom- about what kind of chemicals nology peeving me off, as I try ing campers. Keeping your- are in their soaps, which will LETTERS to book some time away from self, as well as your site, clean seep into the soil. Eco-friend- it in the woods! also benefits the ecosystem by ly soaps are a little trickier I teed up the bookings, keeping black bears, racoons, to come by, and who knows Some in this together, some not a click away from payment. and other curious mammals what kind of sprays and suds As the old Chinese curse ing generosity. Whilst other So are we really all in this There were very limited sites safely away from humans. people are using to clean to says: ‘May you live in inter- acquaintances we might together? Some of us are; remaining due to the re- Then, there are the gloves the extreme these days. esting times.’ have known for years, with some not. And it is only just surgence of people getting and masks. Admittedly, these The most bizarre com- Well, they got that right. whom we had once thought now that we can clearly dis- outside again and summer are not your ordinary camp- ment to me was that if you’re The present crisis shines to develop friendship, now tinguish between the sheep holidays upon us. The online ing items. However, I always camping with kids, you might a searchlight on personali- appear to be focused more and the goats. maps showed plenty more carried them before COVID, want to review the campsite ties and relationships. Per- on how much money they Nothing wrong with red than green for space, but I as I like to have a properly boundaries with them, and haps neighbours with whom might make out of the pres- goats of course. Fascinating liked what I had lined up. loaded first-aid kit for emer- make sure they stay within we thought to be just on ent situation. creatures. I walked away for a few gencies. I feel this video did them. I’m not a parent, but nodding acquaintance turn Family members may Interesting times indeed. minutes, and by the time I a proper job of reiterating does this sound like a pro out to be full of love, con- make surprisingly different had returned to the screen, physical distancing in places parenting tip glazed over in cern, and the most astonish- moral judgments. Andrew Henwood that camping spot had been like park buildings, and wear- COVID precautions? I would reserved by someone else. ing flip-flops in the shower. I like to think anyone who has Maybe some of you read- would sincerely hope people the capacity to book a trip ing this would agree to dis- would be keeping their phys- and drive north would also agree, but technology is sup- ical distance in any public have the intellect to set those Looking Up With Bill posed to have the intention of washroom. kinds of boundaries. COVID making things easier. Okay, Everyone in the park com- or not, northern Ontario’s Bill Auchterlonie lookingupwithbill.com. most impulsive emotions are that part is my fault. In saying ing to the same outhouses and woods require respect and Special to The Local Sunday, July 12: Mercu- pitted against our most sen- that, I swear every year I go touching the same handles safe exploration with kids. ry has been retrograde since sitive selves. Try to do every- online to book a camping res- could be worrisome, though. So, what was this video? Again, this is the one-day June 13. Mercury turns di- thing with a light touch. ervation, it gets more compli- I also wonder if all of those News? A public service an- version of Looking Up With rect at 4:26 a.m., on the day Malala Yousafzai, a Pa- cated. And now, COVID-19 gloves and masks will be prop- nouncement? A helpful plea Bill due to the COVID pan- of the third quarter Moon in kistani activist for female is not helping. Later on the erly disposed of, and not left as from the CBC? demic. The full version is on Aries which happens at 7:28 education and the youngest same evening, once the book- dead bluebirds floating down This leads me full circle the NOTL Local Facebook p.m. Even though we may get Nobel Prize winner, turns 23 ings went through, my par- the Muskoka River. to a question during the pan- page, and at the podcast www. news, we may not like it. Our today.

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The Local and Virginia Mainprize, three of Zanner, one of those clos- the many people who were im- est to him, says even when his Three weeks ago, David portant to David, described a dear friend could no longer Galloway rested on his Victoria scene of family members and communicate, he believes Da- Street porch late on a Sunday friends who came and went, vid could hear their conversa- afternoon, and talked about his along with palliative care nurses tion, and be comforted by the friends, how much they meant who popped in regularly, one on sounds of their voices. to him, and how much they her own time, on her way home “The voices would have were helping him, in his gar- from work — another person been soothing,” says Main- den, which he loved, and also drawn to helping David. prize. “And when we went in to stay in his home for what he When he could no lon- to see him, he’d give us a wink.” knew to be his final days. ger leave his bed to sit on the “I never got a wink,” jokes He died late on another porch, his friends dragged his Zanner, but then adds, “he did Sunday afternoon just two hospital bed up to the front have some time of understand- weeks later, and a few days ago, window, where he could look ing we were there, I’m sure. a small group of those friends out onto the street, and hear How many people get to die of whom he spoke with such the birds singing. at home, surrounded by their love gathered on his porch to He could also hear the chat- friends and family?” talk about how much he had ter of his friends, who contin- “He died where he wanted meant to them. ued to meet on his porch, where to die,” adds Mainprize. David Galloway’s friends, Gary Zanner, Virginia Mainprize with David’s cat, Miss Ellie, and Sally There were issues to be Adamson sit on his porch to reminisce about their friend. (Penny Coles) sorted, especially about medi- cation, “but we seemed to fig- A landscape horticultur- and watching the world go by. consult with us, but he was just ure it out as we went along. The alist, David came to Niaga- He had helped many with being polite. He’d do what he care he received was excellent.” ra-on-the-Lake leaving behind their own gardens — that was thought was best.” The professional caregivers a dissolved marriage that led how they became friends — As a friend, he was gener- gave them a good idea of what to dissolving his business, a although Zanner says he met ous with his time, and as a gar- to expect, and left them with garden centre in Listowell. David when he was sitting be- dener, he was generous with his cell phone numbers for one of He had friends here in town, hind him at St. Mark’s Church. knowledge. his nurses and a doctor to call and although he came for a Sally Adamson and Virgin- And as a member of the if needed. visit, planning to stay a few ia Mainprize both talk about community, he was adamant Zanner describes a scene of weeks, that turned into years. David’s visions for their gar- about supporting local busi- dozens of people coming and go- He bought his Victoria Street dens, which always seemed to nesses — he felt very strongly ing during the last couple of days, home and immediately began involve bringing them more about that. Whether it was food even after David was carried work on his gardens. plants, even though their vision for an event or plants for a gar- away from the garden he loved so He also did work for oth- was for fewer plants. den he was looking for, the peo- passionately, having fulfilled his ers, building up a small cli- “Once you were his friend, ple whose businesses he sup- wish to die at home, surrounded entele of people who became he was always your friend,” says ported also became his friends. by those who loved him. his friends. Six years ago, he Adamson. “He attracted peo- But most of all, says Mainprize, It’s not for everybody, and began a battle with leukaemia, ple to him. No doubt about it.” “he was a lot of fun to be with. He David Galloway shows off his garden just two weeks before he won’t work in all cases, “but for which led to a bone marrow “He always made you feel could always make us laugh.” died. (Penny Coles) David,” says Sally, “it worked.” transplant. In February, after special,” added Mainprize. “He When he was at Juravinski, his last radiation treatment at had lists of of things he wanted to they said, he had so many cards the Juravinski Cancer Centre, do for people, dozens of people.” from people, including St. he was told there were no fur- He had plants he was deter- Mark’s parishioners, staff had ther options for treatment. The mined to pick up for another to come and look. “That made prognosis was three weeks to friend and client, Judy Ma- him the big Kahuna at the hos- three months, and plans were cLachlan, says Mainprize, listing pital,” says Zanner. made for palliative care to off the plants he insisted Ma- He tells the story of a wom- start at home. cLachlan needed for her garden. an from Listowell, who saw the His friends began coming “It was the last thing he story of David in The Local, regularly to check on him and was able to do for a client,” says and came looking for him. She help him out, mostly in his gar- Zanner. found him by driving down the den, as he became more reliant And there was the rainbow street and looking for his porch on others for the physical la- dogwood he insisted Main- that was on the photo. bour. He continued to be very prize needed in her garden. By “Not too many people involved, working hours ev- then he wasn’t well enough to have a bicycle hanging on their ery day he could manage, and help plant it, but he came the porch,” says Zanner. alongside others who helped next day to inspect it, she says. David was well enough to visit, with the heavier work. He de- When she first met him, and they started talking about all veloped a routine for himself she wanted help minimizing the people they had in common. that included pouring his heart her garden. “This porch has become fa- and whatever energy he could “He made it bigger,” she mous,” says Zanner, who loves muster into what he knew to be says. the old style of front porches his final days outside, where he She talks about his friends where you can sit and watch belonged, in his garden. calling him the Robin Hood of people walk by. “Up until five days before gardens. He was always digging “I think people who come to he died, he was outside work- up plants in one friend’s garden NOTL to visit picture themselves ing in his garden,” says Zanner. if they thought they had more sitting on a porch, and end up By then, he’d had a few falls, than enough, and planting buying a house here. NOTL has and one of his nurses suggested them in another friend’s gar- so many well-designed porches, palliative care. David had re- den, where he felt there was an front or wrap-around porches, sisted that, knowing he would empty spot. and you don’t see that any more only be allowed one visitor be- “All of his friends have in other communities.” cause of the pandemic. He said plants from each other’s gar- The three agree David’s he couldn’t possibly choose — dens,” she says. porch is perfect. There’s a large being able to see his friends was They all worried about him tree on the front lawn, and lots much too important to him. falling in his own garden, “but of plants on the porch, with just His son Alexander was that’s where he was happiest,” enough space to see what’s hap- able to spend time with him, says Mainprize. pening on the street. You can call and had left the Victoria Street “The thing that always out and talk to passers-by if you house about an hour and a half amazed me,” adds Adamson, feel like it, or you can sit quietly, before David died. “was he had no small thoughts if you don’t feel like socializing. He was also able to speak to when it came to his garden.” They were all quite amazed his daughter, who lives in Nova Nor when it came to hers. by another friend of David’s, Scotia, Zanner said. When he first saw her back whom he hadn’t seen for a Apart from his daily naps, garden, his eyes lit up with the while, who arrived at the porch his late afternoon rest involved possibilities, she says. the day before he died. sitting on his front porch, hav- “My poor husband. He’d ing a glass of wine with friends, say, ‘what is he doing?’ He’d Continued on page 9 notllocal.com THE NOTL LOCAL July 9, 2020 9 Former cancer patient says goodbye, just in time Continued from page 8 he could always make me laugh.” les. They were always a joke be- Instead, she found his It was his laugh she remem- will look after his ashes, that She says he must have tween David and I. When we friends. She talked about how bers him for the most — that, will remain in a frog until he’s found out from one of the were in the hospital together, much David had helped her get and the way he talked about his buried — he loved frogs, and Dianne Nesbitt became an nurses that she was having a we’d go to the cafeteria to have through a very difficult time, friends and family. had quite a collection given to instant friend of David’s in the stem cell transplant, and came deep-fried pickles. We both and she wanted him to know “He had lists of all he want- him by friends. hospital. to see her. loved them, and we’d laugh she’d come through it. ed to do for them. He was such His ashes will be buried be- A mother of three, she was She was in isolation at that about that.” His sister Carolyn invited a good friend.” side family in a cemetery in Ex- admitted to the hospital one point, but they let him come in She mentioned to her hus- her in to sit with David. He was a good friend to eter, and his NOTL friends hope evening, in shock, not under- to see her, “and we had a little band that ordering the pickles “I sat and held his hand, her, as well, she says. “I’m so that at some point before then, standing what was happening, bit of a cry together. He told me reminded her of David, and and talked to him. It seemed glad I was able to spend that they will be able to gather in some and terrified. they had given him six months she wondered whether there like he responded with eye time with him.” way, and toast him on his way. Her husband couldn’t stay at that point. It was heartbreak- had been a celebration of life movements, and made a little His friends talk about want- In the meantime, they toast — he had to look after the kids, ing to hear. for him. He picked up the sound. I felt like he knew I was ing to hold a celebration of life for him from the porch that will and go to work the next day. I thought, this is not fair, that phone to look online, and came there. I told him I loved him.” him, but how, or where, is difficult. always hold good memories of “David was my roommate,” this should happen to such an across the article in The Local. Nesbitt, becoming emo- For now, his sister Carolyn the dear friend they will miss. she says. “He was right there amazing person. But five minutes “It seemed so strange. I tional at the memory, explains beside me from the time they later we were laughing together.” thought how could this make that when you go through can- brought me in. I was there for She bumped into him once sense. He’s still alive. I said, ‘we cer, you bond with others who five weeks, and at first, my hus- more after that, “and he had have to go and find him, and experience and understand the band was shuffling work with tears in his eyes, happy to see we have to do it now.’” emotions you feel, in a way that caring for the girls. I was alone, how well I was doing. He was They had plans to meet up nobody else can. in shock and scared. That first so happy for me.” with friends later in the day, but “We had this special bond, night, I broke down, and he sat Her story gets “pretty instead they left the restaurant this strong connection with each up and talked to me all night. weird” after that, she admits. and drove to NOTL. other. It’s something not even He actually made me laugh. At a later visit to the hospi- Nesbitt said she remem- caregivers can understand.” He had such a great spirit. If he tal, she asked a nurse if she re- bered talking to David about As fortunate as she feels hav- hadn’t been there, I don’t know membered David, and was told NOTL. She had worked years ing survived, with no further what I would have done. He re- he had passed away. This was ago at the Pillar & Post, and health issues so far, she still has ally was special.” months ago, and she felt very she knew he lived nearby. They days where she can’t help re- They ran into each other oc- sad that she hadn’t seen him found Victoria Street, and membering she had cancer, and casionally after their treatment, before he died. drove along it until they found feeling some anxiety about it. and “no matter what he was go- Last week the day before he the porch with the bicycle. “With David, I could talk ing through — and what he was died, she was sitting in a restaurant “I was thinking maybe he’d about anything, and however Donald Combe designed a thank you note with a photo he took going through was hard — he al- having lunch with her husband. be on the porch, and I could scary it was, it would always of David Galloway’s front porch, and one of David’s favourite ways had a smile on his face. And “I ordered deep-fried pick- say hi to him.” end with a laugh.” quotes from Winnie the Pooh.

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They have no diagno- facilities, they began sell- sis, but all the scary things, such ing and delivering prepared as a brain tumour or epilep- meals, including entrees and sy, have been eliminated, and some of the tasty treats Lock- Liam is learning how to deal ard is known for. with the episodes. If he’s awake, They’ve had good support he knows when they’re com- from the community, says ing and can usually stave them James. “Some people order off. It’s more difficult when he’s every week, and we’re really asleep. “We’ve learned we just thankful for that, and others have to keep him comfortable. occasionally, and we’re thank- He goes back to sleep as if it ful for that too.” never happened.” When the Saturday morn- Cadeau describes it as Liam ing Farmers’ Market @ The “freezing” for a short time, but James Cadeau, with his kids, Sophie and Liam, sells some of Sweets and Swirls’ most popular treats at the Saturday farmers’ market. Village opened, they were then he’s fine. They are hoping He looks forward to the day when he and his wife Erinn Lockard can open the patio at the community centre cafe. (Penny Coles) able to sell prepared food he will grow out of whatever is causing them. Because of his was told an MRI showed he’d running every morning. have to get a plan in place get there. If this is the worse it age, they might be growth-re- had a stroke. He’s been told the risk of to ensure they can keep ev- gets, it can only get better.” lated, says his dad. “They really “It was minor, but it hap- another stroke is greater fol- erybody safe. But they are Lockard, he says, is “good have no answers for us.” pened,” he says. lowing the first one, but di- remaining “cautiously opti- at taking things in stride. She’s No sooner were they ad- He was also having diffi- minishes as the days go by, and mistic” that will happen in the a pretty strong person. She justing to Liam’s condition culty writing — he couldn’t disappears if he goes a year not-to-distant future. doesn’t quit either.” when Cadeau had his own sign his name when he was without a repeat. While most know Cadeau They are keeping their fin- episode. It was a Tuesday eve- admitted. But over the course “I really don’t want it to as Lockard’s partner in the cafe, gers crossed about the patio, ning, and he’d been working of the four days in the hos- happen again. I’ve got lots of and as a hockey coach, many although everything else in the outside with a friend, when pital, he improved, and was life left in me.” in the community may not community centre will remain he started to slur his words. sent home with no further Meanwhile, “I have to keep know he gave up an interesting closed, and people are still ner- He thought he just needed instructions. going. I think of all the things I career to spend more time in vous about coming out. Dr. Kevin Clark and to rest, but when he was still He still has some trouble have to do, the people I want to the cafe and with their family. “We don’t want to get Dr. Rebecca Zabek-Clark having difficulty talking two speaking, “although people help, and that keeps me going. Cadeau is a professional ahead of ourselves. We want Dentists days later, he was convinced who don’t know me probably I have to keep my spirits up, tea-taster by trade, and was to be sure everything is safe, and their registered by friends that he should go wouldn’t notice.” but some days it’s a fight.” selling tea for a Toronto im- and we’re looking forward to Dental Hygiene Team to the hospital. He went to the He knows what he wants It is also tiring, he says. “I porter when they opened the time when we can have St. Catharines site, spent the to say, but it takes a fraction start thinking of everything I the cafe. As it got busier, he people back at the communi- 369 MARY STREET day there, had a CAT scan, of a second before he gets the have to do and I get up to do made the decision that the ty centre.” NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE where nothing was found, words out. “I just have to work them, but then I find I just three hours he spent on the If nothing else, their re- www.niagaradental.ca and was sent home with a at it. But as long as it’s coming don’t have the energy.” road every day could be put cent problems have taught couple of Aspirins. back, I can live with that.” He and Lockard are now to better use helping his wife them what a great communi- However, he got a phone At 51, he feels the cause making plans to open the and spending time with the ty this is, he says. 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People are far ing hours selling tea. “I’m ed- more concerned about others ANDREWS LAW ucated in the world of tea, and than we realized.” PROFESSIONAL I import it and sell it.” He and Lockard do what At least he did. they can to help others, and CORPORATION He also taught night although it’s difficult to be on Barristers & Solicitors school classes in professional the receiving end, it’s good to tea-tasting at Mohawk Col- have friends when you need 905.468.0081 lege in Hamilton. them, he says. [email protected] But of course, “then “When my friends COVID-19 happened, and stepped up to do the deliver- REAL ESTATE WILLS BUSINESS that destroyed everything.” ing for me, it wasn’t because The cafe was shut down, I just wanted a day off. I’m so as well as his tea business. thankful to everyone who was They switched gears, to there to help. It’s great to have selling prepared meals. That, such good friends. This is the and the market, where they beauty of living in a small can now sell coffee and their community. You get to know “egg thingies,” keep them busy. people, you’re there for them But they really look for- if they need you, and they’re Linda Attoe, RP ward to opening the patio, there for you. We’re so grate- 905•468•0046 | www.lindaattoe.com Painting in Niagara-on-the-Lake for more than 40 years. and seeing people come back ful, so thankful to everyone to the cafe, even in small who has been so supportive.” Video-conference & Phone sessions available Robert Bradley Tony McCafferty numbers. He says they’re feeling Connecting when disconnected T: 905.380.0298 T: 905.353.6815 “We’ll get back on top of it. positive and optimistic for I’m not a quitter. If something the future, and will keep Serving the Niagara Region since 2005 E: [email protected] gets me down, I go around it, moving forward as they can underneath it, I find a way to — one step at a time. notllocal.com THE NOTL LOCAL July 9, 2020 11 Local musician Rayburn Blake reminisces about career highlight Mike Balsom Toronto at the Anndore Ho- infamous Gibson SG with the Special to The Local tel & Apartments, prior to the peace sign on it,” says Blake. two dates at CNE Stadium, “I’m sitting there watching, Last week marked the June 27 and 28. and he says, ‘I saw you play 50th anniversary of a unique It was raining when Blake last night, pretty nice, here event in rock and roll history. arrived, and the first person you go,’ and he handed me his It happened in Canada, and he noticed was one of the guitar. That was definitely a Niagara-on-the-Lake resi- tour’s biggest stars. “Janis Jo- highlight of the trip.” dent Rayburn Blake was a big plin was sitting there on a The Winnipeg show took part of it. stone fence. I didn’t speak to place on Canada Day in front Originally billed as The her because I didn’t know her. of a disappointingly small Transcontinental Pop Fes- But she wouldn’t go in until crowd. That was partly due to tival, The Festival Express Ron ‘Pigpen’ McKernan of fears of crowd violence after brought together some of the the Grateful Dead turned up.” the incident at the Toronto biggest names in rock for a “Unfortunately, the ru- shows. In the film, a short clip cross-Canada tour, moving mours were true,” he adds. of Blake and Mashmakhan at from city to city via a Canadi- “She was high all the time. the Winnipeg Stadium gives Guitarist Rayburn Blake of Mashmakhan in a photo from the Festival Express. (Photo supplied) an National train. But she was the most pleasant the viewer an idea as to how It was like Woodstock on alcoholic I had ever met.” good the band was. erson included singers Frank- records and masters music for While there, they opened rails. The Grateful Dead, Ja- The Toronto shows were “The audience reaction ie Hart and Mashmakhan’s other artists. He also teaches shows for Grand Funk Rail- nis Joplin, The Flying Burrito a bit chaotic. The 2003 doc- was so good that someone Brian Edwards, and Graham guitar lessons, and before the road in Tokyo and Osaka Brothers, Mountain, Delaney umentary film titled Festi- said, ‘get the cameras rolling,’ Lear, who also now lives in pandemic, he had begun to to their biggest crowds ever. & Bonnie & Friends, Ian & val Express, pieced together but by the time they did that, NOTL, played drums on the play the open mic nights at That event could form anoth- Sylvia, Eric Anderson, Tom from footage that had been we were almost finished our album. Following that, Blake the Royal Canadian Legion er entire story. Rush and Buddy Guy played buried in a Toronto garage set. Jerry Mercer (their drum- was part of the short-lived hall on King Street. A month spent playing an shows in Toronto, Winni- for decades, shows throngs mer, later of April Wine) Lisa Hartt Band, who released Was The Festival Express outdoor gig in a beach setting peg and Calgary. Other acts, of long-haired fans storming called out for us to play I’m the album Starwatcher in the highlight of his career? in Bermuda is also on that such as Traffic, and Ten Years the gates. They were protest- Comin’ Home, Baby (made fa- 1976, and he performed as a Blake claims that’s a tough highlight list, as is his chance After, joined them for one- ing the ticket price ($9 for one mous by Herbie Mann), and session musician, before retir- question. Other big moments to enjoy a half-hour jam with off appearances. The Band day, $14 for the two concerts) that’s what you see us playing ing from the road. Eventually, include Mashmakhan’s 10- legendary Canadian guitarist jumped on the train part-way for the shows. It seemed the t h e re .” he began working at Steve’s day, two-date trip to Japan in Lenny Breau in a music store. through. Woodstock ‘hangover’ had Of course, there were Music Store, and then Long 1971, where As the Years Go So, yes, says Rayburn As the guitarist in Montre- given this group the opinion drugs and alcohol on the and McQuade in Toronto, By made them the first for- Blake, The Festival Express al-based band Mashmakhan, that music should be free. Po- train. Blake says on both legs first selling, then repairing eign band to top the charts. was a highlight of his career, who performed at all three lice on horseback scrambled of the journey they made guitars. That’s a distinction they held just not THE highlight. But it stops, Blake was along for the to quell the riot. Jerry Garcia many whistle stops, primarily These days he keeps busy until a Korean band followed certainly was the most unique entire ride. of the Grateful Dead offered to connect with local pot deal- in his home studio, where he suit in 2012. musical experience ever. Now 76 years old and liv- to play a free set with a group ers to replenish the supply. As ing with his partner Charm- of other musicians outside the well, anywhere the Grateful ian Entine in the Chautauqua gates to placate the intruders. Dead went, there was sure to area of town, Blake says rid- “Jerry turned out to be be LSD. According to Blake, ing that train was just one of kind of a father/mentor type,” the LSD on this trip was the the many highlights of his life says Blake. “Thousands of last of the infamous original as a touring musician. people were following the batch cooked up by famous Mashmakhan burst onto Dead around the continent. San Francisco chemist and the scene in 1969 with their When he spoke, he was a gen- Dead roadie, Owsley Stanley debut self-titled album. As tle man.” III. the Years Go By, the first sin- According to Blake, the The film certainly doesn’t gle from the Columbia Re- first morning on the train, hide the party atmosphere on cords release, went to the top Garcia called a meeting, and the tour. At one point it stops of the charts in Canada, and asserted mildly that all in- in Saskatoon after they had sold more than a million cop- volved had to agree to make run out of booze. A collection ies worldwide. In May, 1970, the sojourn a “musicians’ was taken amongst all those they played their first Toronto trip.” That meant just the mu- onboard, and they visited a show at Massey Hall, opening sicians, their roadies and the liquor store, where they spent for another band with a debut two journalists invited along about $800, also leaving with album out on Columbia, San- were to ride the train. Blake a big display bottle of Canadi- tana. says one musician snuck a an Club whiskey. Legend has “It’s an oddity of a song,” groupie onto the train at one it the giant bottle was spiked he says now, “a little bit of a point, and was severely chas- with some of that pure LSD. fluke, and it didn’t always rep- tised for the faux pas. With the jam sessions, the resent what the group was. Despite that one trans- drugs and the alcohol, there Columbia didn’t think we had gression, it really was a mu- wasn’t a lot of sleeping going a hit on the record. Then one sicians’ trip. Though Mash- on. Many of the musicians of the radio DJs, I think it was makhan was certainly not top were having so much fun they Roger Ashby, played this cut, of the bill, Blake says, in the didn’t want to miss a minute and the switchboards lit up, spirit of the ’60s, there was re- of it. and within three weeks other ally no hierarchy amongst the The crowds were better at stations picked it up, and Co- participants. Things were free McMahon Stadium in Cal- lumbia released it as a single.” and easy during the constant gary, July 4 and 5, the final It stayed atop the Canadi- jam sessions which brought stop on the tour (a planned an charts for weeks, which is musicians together 24 hours a Vancouver show had been surely one of the reasons the day in the antique cars desig- previously cancelled when band’s booking agent, Donald nated for such. PNE Empire Stadium be- K. Donald, and manager, Ter- Of those jam sessions, came unavailable). When it ry Flood, were able to get the Blake remembers Janis Joplin was all over, Blake and his band a spot on the train. learning how to play Me and young bandmates had played Originally, The Festival Bobby McGee on guitar. He to more than 60,000 fans over Express was scheduled to recalls Leslie West of Moun- the five dates, and made mu- start in Montreal on June 24, tain wringing a sound out of sic history in the process. 1970. Mayor Jean Drapeau, his Les Paul that was as gigan- Mashmakhan released however, put the kibosh on tic as the man himself, despite another album in 1971, and that, as that date was also St. the smaller amps on the train. disbanded shortly after. Blake Jean-Baptiste Day, the reli- “One of the first days on went on to form a new band, gious holiday in Quebec. the train, some of Buddy Riverson, whose one release So the musicians and their Guy’s band were playing, and remains a highly-sought-after support teams gathered in Jerry Garcia was playing his collectors item on vinyl. Riv- Rayburn Blake, beside a poster he’s kept from the cross-Canada tour. (Photo supplied) 12 July 9, 2020 THE NOTL LOCAL notllocal.com Niagara College offering virtual cooking lessons Kim Wade “Due to these uncertain Germond introduced her- catering company, called Wil- Special to The Local times, these interactive learn- self at the beginning of the low Branch, in NOTL and also ing experiences are our re- session and outlined her sub- works as a sous-chef at Look- No face masks were needed sponse to keeping our commu- stantial credentials. To start out Point Golf and Country to attend this class — the only nity connected to learning, all with, she is a graduate of the Club in Fonthill. personal protective equipment while bringing people together culinary management pro- Joining Germond, remote- required were oven mitts when virtually,” says Jeffrey Steen, gram at Niagara College. Her ly was Brianne Hawley, wine Daniella Germond, chef pro- CFWI’s manager of part-time bio on the CFWI webpage program student liaison and fessor at the Canadian Food studies and corporate training, outlines her accomplishments social media coordinator for and Wine Institute at Niagara For $25, participants re- after graduation by explaining, the Institute, who administrat- College, invited 12 participants ceive a full ingredient shopping “she went on to compete in cu- ed the event, supported the MS into her home for a virtual list. The recipes for the meal linary competitions around the Teams platform and fielded learning experience. include preparation instruc- world, where she received Gold questions and comments for This was the first in a series tions and a list of equipment at the Young Chef Olympiad in Germond. called CFWI @ Home. The four required. The forum was a live India in 2016, and a gold and For Sunday’s session, Ger- sessions are in response to the interactive video using the Mi- silver medal at the 2016 IKA mond brought us into her COVID-19 pandemic and the crosoft Teams platform. Partic- Culinary World Cup in Ger- kitchen to demonstrate some suspension of in-person class- ipants are invited to cook along many, with Junior Culinary examples of South American es on the Niagara-on-the-Lake with the chef, or simply enjoy Team Canada.” cuisine. On the menu was a campus. watching her prepare the meal. She has started her own spice-rubbed barbecued chick- Chef Daniella Germond is the first chef to be featured in a Niag- en with chimichurri, grilled ara College virtual cooking series. (Photo supplied) corn and asparagus summer salad, and barbecued roasted the chicken rest, by instructing to her childhood. mini potatoes paired with a the students to just, “let it kinda As mentioned by a couple refreshing clerico, a cocktail hang out” for a while. of participants, the experience made with a local pinot grigio, As for her culinary skills, could only be improved upon white rum and fruit. it was a treat to watch her in by the invention of ‘smell-o-vi- Watching Germond was motion. She taught her virtual sion.’ To overcome this draw- a delight. Her good-natured students how to spatchcock a back, Germond’s virtual stu- personality translates through chicken swiftly and easily. Just dents are encouraged to try out the media. She has a calm and watching her mince shallots was the recipes for themselves. This accepting demeanour that worth the entertainment value. reporter already has done the makes you feel welcome. The She also provided valuable tips shopping. The corn and local interactive nature of the ses- and tricks on how to improve asparagus are ready for the sal- sion has the participants feeling cooking skills, from how to get ad. The fresh herbs are waiting they’ve been invited into her all the juice out of a lime to cor- to be picked from the garden kitchen to watch her prepare rectly chopping basil. She also for the chimichurri. The Niag- A grilled corn and asparagus salad was one of the dishes prepared in the first of a virtual cooking a meal for them. She casually added little anecdotes about the series. (Screenshot) made a comment about letting recipes, and how they connect Continued on page 13 NOW OPEN TO SERVE YOU SAFELY

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1573 Four Mile Creek Road, Virgil 14 July 9, 2020 THE NOTL LOCAL notllocal.com LOCAL HAPPENINGS Shaw Festival stage will FIRST ONTARIO PERFORMING remain dark through August ARTS CENTRE Local staff digital and other initiatives, such as leaving money on [email protected]. #NiagaraPerforms and thank you all for your account for future exchang- The Festival will contin- support.” es, converting the ticket val- ue to follow the guidance July 9 @ 7 p.m. The Shaw Festival has The Shaw’s educationue to a charitable donation, and directives of the local, The Gallery Players (livestreamed) been forced to cancel all and community outreach or issuing a refund. provincial and federal gov- July 12 @ 7 p.m. public events and perfor- specialists (ECOS), an art- Patrons can visit shaw- ernments, and Canadian Katey Gatta (livestreamed) mances scheduled in Au- ist employment program fest.com for more infor- public health agencies, to gust, due to the extension supported by the Canadian mation and direct any determine when it is safe to View via PAC’s Facebook of the provincial emergency emergency wage subsidy, ticket-related questions to return to their stage. and YouTube channels orders and the continuation and the generosity of Fes- www.FirstOntarioPAC.ca of the state of emergency in tival donors and the Shaw Niagara. Guild, continue to create An announcement Mon- engaging digital content for day said, “in discussion with Festival members, patrons TD JAZZ FESTIVAL and under the guidance of and education partners. The Shaw’s insurer, it has The Festival recently become clear that scheduled launched Shaw from Home, July 10 @ 7 p.m. Mark Eisenman performances cannot pro- content produced by artists ceed as originally planned.” in the ECOS program. July 11 @ 7 p.m. “While we are disappoint- Shaw Festival adminis- Laila Biali ed with these further cancel- trative and box offices con- July 14 @ 6 p.m. lations, we are focusing our tinue to be closed by provin- New Orleans Cocktails with Davis Rogan energy on planning for the fu- cial order until mid-July at ture, so that we can safely wel- the earliest. Ticket holders Events livestreamed at niagarajazzfestival.com come audiences back to our to cancelled performances theatres, hopefully in Septem- will have the full value of ber – even if in a more limited their tickets held on their way,” said Tim Jennings, Shaw account. executive director and CEO. A team of box office Unique Italian garage & “In the meantime, we contin- representatives is working moving out sale. Famous NOTL Inn. ue to stay in touch with our remotely to contact ticket patrons through a number of holders to discuss options, Shaw Festival CEO Tim Jennings (David Cooper) Where: 342 Victoria Street Niagara-on-the-Lake When: Saturday/Sunday July 18 & 19, 2020 Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Museum opens with exhibit Italian linen and clothing, brand new pergola, bedding, housewares, garden tools and yard implements, furniture, dishes and cutlery. about significant NOTL women Continued from page 1 be open four days a week to Community members, as All presentations start at S.T.E.A.M. STORYTIME! SCIENCE – start. well as museum staff, have 4 p.m. and require registra- The current exhibit, A contributed to the stories. tion through Zoom. TECHNOLOGY – ENGINEERING – ART – MATH “We’re asking visitors to Piece of Her Mind, displays The museum has main- Please email aklassen@ July 15 @ 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. wear masks, for their safety 200 years of quilting that tained a social media profile nhsm.ca for the registration Join us for virtual Story Time with … a Twist! Kasia will and the safety of our staff.” highlights the socio-econom- throughout its COVID-19 link. be livestreaming S.T.E.A.M. Storytime – a weekly NOTL While at the desk by the ic world for women through closure, @NOTLMuseum, The Museum’s popular Public library favourite from our Facebook page. Can’t entrance, staff are protected the centuries. with weekly news, quizzes, and Walking Tours will also be- make it? No problem! We will be uploading the video to by glass, but if they are in oth- The museum had sched- zoom lectures. Recordings of gin again, on Saturday, July our YouTube channel so you can watch at your leisure. er common areas or with the uled its next exhibit, All Along the presentations are readily 18, with limited group sizes Join Kasia each week for a S.T.E.A.M. based storytime. public, they will be wearing The Waterfront, for a summer available. Check the Museum’s and all new routes that avoid All Are Welcome! Hosted by Niagara-on-the-Lake Public masks as well.” opening, but it has postponed Facebook page or www.nhsm. the high traffic areas of King Library. https://notlpubliclibrary.org While the masks were just until next spring. “We expect ca for online activities. and Queen Streets. a “suggestion” for the Tues- it to be a popular exhibit, so Lectures coming up in July: More details on all these day opening to members, it seemed best to push it for- July 9: activities can be found on Kaufman says that could ward,” says Kaufman. Ordnance Boundary Stones the museum’s web page: THE NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE change by the end of the Instead, they are plan- of Niagara-on-the-Lake www.nhsm.ca week, with the regional coun- ning a fall exhibition on sig- Presenter: Ted Rumble “So let’s all meet again,” MUSEUM cillors and mayors expecting nificant women in Niaga- July 16: said Kaufman, “and pref- The Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum presents a series of to discuss the issue of making ra-on-the-Lake’s history, to Some Women in Niaga- erably wearing masks. But online talks in the month of July. All presentations start at masks mandatory in indoor coincide with the publishing of ra-on-the-Lake’s History in the words of Vera Lynn’s 4 p.m., are free and require registration. public spaces. a new book on the same topic. 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GALLOWAY JOHN, DAVID — After a lengthy battle with cancer, John David Galloway passed away peacefully in his home, among friends and family, overlooking his garden, on June 28, 2020 at the age of fifty-seven. He leaves behind his dear friend Gary Zanner of Niagara-on- the-Lake and his two children Rebecca Galloway and Alexander Galloway (Brittany Blaker). Son of Grace and Allan Hamilton of Listowel, and Doug Galloway of Shelburne. Dear brother of Carolyn and Mike Chapman of Listowel, Melissa Galloway, Jenny Bryan (Joey McCrae) and Amy (Jeff) Smith. He will be remembered fondly by his two nieces Hunter (Scott) and Jensen, as well as by his many friends. David was a skilled gardener, fiercely protective of our natural world. An excellent teacher, he showed many young people the correct way to plant, to divide, and to weed. Always concerned for his family and friends, he remembered their life events, all while battling the ravages of leukemia. If it was YOUR birthday, a large bouquet would arrive on your doorstep. David leaves a legacy of great beauty for us all to enjoy. We will remember him for his kindness and his gardens. A celebration of David’s life will be held at a later date. In his memory, please plant a tree or send a donation to St. Mark’s Anglican Church - Cemetery Tree Fund, Box 582, Niagara-on-the-Lake, or the Jurivinski Hospital and Cancer Centre Foundation, P.O. Box 739 LCD1, Hamilton, ON L8N 3M8. Arrangements entrusted to MORGAN FUNERAL HOME, 415 Regent St., Niagara-on-the-Lake. Memories, photos and condolences may be shared at www.morganfuneral.com. Across: 47 Measure of sound intensity 13 Texas siege city 1 Cagney’s partner 48 Swellings 19 Sully 6 Poker variant 51 Music for voices 21 Butterfly larvae 10 Nipper 54 It means “central” 24 Winner of three Olympic Sell your unwanted items or 14 Got up 56 Globally calamitous golds, --- Devers advertise your garage sale in our 15 W L A N happening 25 Perform in a pantomime 16 “I’m --- here!” 57 Home to Everest 26 Large bodies of salt water EARN 17 Identifies 59 Release partially enclosed by land CLASSIFIEDS 18 Papal 61 First lady’s partner 28 Sincerely EXTRA 20 Slow-witted 62 Wander about 29 Can be recycled? Contact: 21 The Tiffany network 63 Understand 30 Exposed CA$H 22 --- quarters: precedes Taps 64 Lairs 31 Convent inmates [email protected] 23 Symbol of disgrace 65 Simple arithmetic 32 E.g. Speer, Himmler 26 Earth 66 Terminates 33 Draft cattle Deadline: 27 Drawn tight 38 Dines 28 “Idylls of the King” writer Down: 39 Used to be Mondays at 3 p.m. 32 The blink of an eye 1 Comes ashore 41 Oscar winner Tatum --- 34 Harangue 2 Anticipate 43 Youth 35 Computer brain 3 Advisory or decision- 45 Tank type 36 Ice skating jump making groups 49 Top celebrities 37 Put back into service 4 Scrape 50 Percolates 39 St. Paul’s Cathedral 5 Agreeable response 51 Large African lake designer 6 Wad of cleaning cloth 52 Conceal 40 Follows why, by the 7 Gratuities 53 Persian Gulf monarchy sound of it 8 Mysterious radar image 54 Courteous address to a lady 41 Iridescent gem 9 Fragmented 55 Sets of beliefs 42 Scrubs 10 Nervelessly 58 Not me 44 Mental illness 11 Brief let-up 59 Expression of disgust 46 Waterproofed canvas (Abbr.) 12 On the job 60 Gun owners’ grp.

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Waco, 19 Taint, 21 Caterpillars, 24 Gail, 25 Mum, 26 Seas, 28 28 Seas, 26 Mum, 25 Gail, 24 Caterpillars, 21 Taint, 19 Waco,

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Sums, 66 Halts. Halts. 66 Sums,

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PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER 16 July 9, 2020 THE NOTL LOCAL notllocal.com Pickleball courts remain open to public Penny Coles ents are out there playing with “It’s easy to learn, kind of like Last September, the club The Local their kids, especially in the ear- ping pong, only better,” she says. agreed to spend $5,000 on the ly evening, and they’re having a “I didn’t know it was a windscreens to help with Ni- The pickleball courts in whale of a time. We really want ‘thing,’ until I got dragged out agara winds that affect the light Virgil may look off-limits to to encourage people of all ages here by friends. It’s definitely a ball during play. the public, but they definitely to give it a try.” lot of fun.” The club also asked the are not. Club play has been sus- Mayer’s a convert now, and Town for the gate locks, con- The courts have recent- pended, indoors and on convincing Ferron was not an trolled by a code that would ly been surrounded by black the Virgil courts, due to effort —she too was enjoying be made available to mem- windscreens on three sides, and COVID-19. Even when club herself, and says she’ll be en- bers and public, to protect and locks put on the two entries, at play resumes, with games for couraging her sister and friends manage the courts, which were the request of the NOTL Pick- members to be scheduled in to give it a try. being damaged by bicycles and leball Club. the mornings, 8:30 a.m. to Hindle, with a few simple skate boards. Club president John Hindle can’t help offering tips to Rachel However the gate code is 12:30 p.m., there will always be suggestions, had them rallying There is also money the Mayer and Hailei Ferron. (Penny Coles) available to anyone wanting to at least one court for public use, the ball back and forth in no club board has put aside to play, says club president John says Hindle. time, while their friends waited build a shade shelter, for be- open from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m., across the country in 2019. Hindle, and the courts are al- In the meantime, members their turn in the shade, with a tween play. he says, but asks those playing And for those who are curi- ways available to the public. of the club and public are wel- cooler and music playing quietly. Hindle says the rules of the to be respectful of noise that ous about the name, there are two “I’m afraid the screens and the come to use the courts, but are He laughs that while pick- club during the pandemic, and might bother those whose versions of where it originated. locks make it look like an exclu- asked to follow safety guide- leball is recognized as the fast- guidelines for the public, are to homes border the park, just It was invented by friends sive club. Nothing could be fur- lines, which are posted at the est-growing sport in North kick the ball instead of picking it steps away from the courts. in the Seattle, Washington area ther from the truth,” says Hindle. entrance. America, he still gets funny up, and cleaning off the paddle The sport was launched in as a family sport. One version “We don’t want the gates to No club play also means looks from people when he and ball before and after use. Washington State in 1965, ex- says it was named after Pickles, inhibit people from using the no lessons from instructors, at mentions the name. In doubles play, club rules ploded in Florida, and is now a cocker spaniel belonging to courts.” least not arranged through the In Niagara-on-the-Lake, say, partner only with your huge in Canada, thought to be one of the families, who would The code is available on the club, but Hindle can’t help him- where the club began using household or social circle introduced by snowbirds who run after the ball. club website, at www.notlpickle self from coaching newcomers the courts at the community members; maintain two-metre picked it up in the U.S. The other story is that the ball.ca, and for those who arrive to the sport when he sees them. centre, they asked the Town distancing from anyone out- The U.S. Pickleball Associ- wife of one of the game’s origi- without it, the instructions are One afternoon last week, in 2018 to convert the tennis side your social circle or house- ation says the sport has seen a nators named it after the pickle on a notice posted on the gate. he was offering tips to Rachel courts at the Virgil sports park hold; avoid touching the nets, 650 per cent increase in partic- boat in rowing, which was said He says in recent weeks Mayer, 17, and Hailei Ferron, to pickleball courts. posts, fencing or windscreens, ipation over the last six years, to have a crew of ragtag rowers he’s noticed a growing number 22. It was Ferron’s first time They were rebuilt andand be cautious when enter- and Pickleball Canada reports passed over by other boats. of young people and families playing pickleball, although opened in the spring of 2019, ing or exiting the courts to not an increase in both registered Either way, Hindle says, “I playing pickleball. “We love to Mayer had been on the court a and club membership grew from crowd at the gates. and recreational players, with wished they’d picked a different see the courts being used. Par- few times this season. 60 to 270 last year, says Hindle. The courts are technically an estimated 75,000 players name. But it’s a great sport.”

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