THINKING OF THIS, INSIDE THINKING OF THAT? The Creemore Born and raised here with 24 years experience as a Real Estate Broker. LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU! Vicki Bell, Broker 154 Mill St.Creemore ECHO 705-446-4539 Bridge Over Rising Waters Friday, April 30, 2021 Vol. 21 No. 18 www.creemore.com Concession 2 Bridge closed LOCATIONS ORTH PAGE 3 BROKERAGE PERSONAL I PROFESSIONAL I PROGRESSIVE News and views in and around Creemore Publications Mail Agreement # 40024973 REAL ESTATE SERVICES Survey gauges community commitment to Dunedin hall by Trina Berlo of $520,000, with the board being The Dunedin Village Hall board of expected to contribute 25 per cent of directors have launched a survey the total cost at $130,000. The other designed to gauge overall use of the hall option is to purchase the hall for $1 and the community’s commitment to and operate it as an independent board. see it through a proposed accessibility Jansen said the board is facing some renovation. questions and doesn’t have a lot of Until May 15, the hall board is answers. There are many unknowns asking people to weigh in on the value about hard deadlines and penalties. of the hall in terms of its use and their In Dunedin, pre-, the hall willingness to pitch-in and help support is used for regular exercise classes, a fundraising effort. celebrations, private bookings and “I’m really looking for some is home to annual events such as the community buy-in to say, yes we want Fisherman’s Breakfast, plant sale, the hall, yes we’ll come and help knock Handmade in the Valley, the annual on doors. And we do have that in the community Christmas Potluck, to community from a handful of people name a few. that we can always count on,” said At the beginning of 2020 volunteers board chair Jennifer Jansen. “I want were preparing to host the 33rd annual it to be embraced by everyone who has Fisherman’s Breakfast, a favourite a stake in the village.” Contributed photo local event, but with the hall shut down The public outreach is in response to Dunedin Village Hall board is asking people to participate in a survey due to health protocols, Jansen said the a proposal from Clearview Township designed to get input on future commitment to the community hall. reality is that its only use is as a place council which has made offers to all for cyclists to park their cars while of the municipally owned halls in the with Disabilities Act (AODA) calls 2025. they ride. township in order to bring them to an on corporations with more than 50 Dunedin was presented two options If I had to guess, I’d say it’s one of accessibility standard set out by the employees to make public spaces late last month: one option is to renovate the quieter halls,” said Jansen. province. accessible by 2016, with the goal of to meet the AODA requirements set She said people are supportive of The Accessibility for Ontarians having a fully accessible province by out in the Building Code at a cost (See “Hall” on page 6) COVID-19 case count surpasses 10,000 milestone by Trina Berlo With many older adults having been community,” said Gardner. Science Table report states 56 to 89 per Simcoe Muskoka has reached a vaccinated the transmission is largely Sporadic transmission is at 30.9 per cent of the population of the province milestone in surpassing the 10,000 between young and middle aged adults cent and accounts for a majority of the would have to be immunized to achieve case mark for COVID-19 transmission. who now account for the highest infected who are hospitalized (45 of the herd immunity, and notes to get to the The region’s medical officer of incidence of cases in April. 52 in hospital). On Tuesday, there were highest target will be a challenge. health Dr. Charles Gardner said this The weekly case count has seen a 13 people in intensive care, which is the He said the health unit is making week that variants of concern (VOCs) slight reduction from 714 cases the highest number since the beginning of good headway and more is have almost completely taken over – 95 week of April 11 to 617 cases for the the pandemic. coming to the area in May. per cent of cases reported last week week of April 18. Gardner noted this There are currently 27 outbreaks in Currently, the health unit is were VOCs, compared to 50 per cent is the first downturn in cases since the the region including one declared at focussing on its only provincially of cases at the beginning of the year. second week of March. Creedan Valley in Creemore on April designated hotspot, Bradford West “So far this week all of the cases “Even though it’s welcome to see 15, categorized as having fewer than Gwillumbury, which is experiencing that we’ve had have been identified it come down a bit, I do note that five resident cases and no staff cases, a weekly incidence rate of more than as variants of concern,” said Gardner. testing is slightly down and our percent and Collingwood Collegiate Institute 300 cases per 100,000 population for Three variants are spreading in the positivity rate is slightly up so we need with two cases. the third straight week, compared to region, including a newly detected case to be cautious in our interpretation of Vaccine rollout continues, reaching 107 cases per 100,000 population for of the variant from India, but the large whether or not it has truly come down the 200,000 mark. all of Simcoe Muskoka and a provincial majority are the UK B117 variant. or not in terms of transmission in our Gardner reported a new (See “Child” on page 2) Collingwood Fuels Ltd. 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COVID-19 appointments under the please visit www.smdhu.org. • There have been 277 new cases reported to the highest risk health conditions in Ontario’s Phase 2 As of April 29 child care workers in licensed child health unit for the current week. There were 637 new prioritization guidance. They can book an appointment care settings will be eligible to book an appointment cases reported to the health unit last week (week through the provincial call centre by calling at 1-888- through the Provincial Vaccine Booking Line number of April 18), 11 per cent lower than the 715 cases 999-6488. A letter from a health care provider is not at 1-833-943-3900. reported for the week of April 11. required for vaccination. Eligible workers in licensed child care settings will • There have been 22 COVID-19 deaths so far in Additional COVID-19 vaccination clinics have receive a letter from their employer. This letter must April. In March, 12 Simcoe Muskoka residents died been added to the 29 Sperling Drive vaccine clinic be available at the time of booking and taken to the from COVID-19. in . vaccination appointment. • To date 2,519 local cases have tested positive for Those who are 60 years of age and older who In the coming weeks, eligibility will be expanded the COVID-19 variant of concern UK B.1.1.7 (UK), have not yet booked their first dose can book an to child care workers in unlicensed child care settings 36 cases have tested positive for the P.1 variant of appointment directly at www.Ontario.ca/bookvaccine. across the province. concern (Brazil), 7 cases have tested positive for the B.1.351 variant of concern (South Africa) and an additional 672 cases have screened positive (awaiting confirmatory testing). • Over 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Simcoe Muskoka, including doses administered by local pharmacies. Over 184,500 individuals living in Simcoe Muskoka have received their first dose of vaccine, which represents nearly 30 75 per cent of the total population. on • Young adults (18-34 years) have had the highest 6 May 2021 rate of since February 2021.

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One of the benefits of looking at the bright side of things during this six-week stay-at-home order is that I get to see and read the new book releases as they hit the shelves behind the closed doors of your public library. Michele Our collection is available NEWS LIBRARY McKENZIE for curbside pickup but I would like to bring these three specific titles to your attention. The first is The Girl from the Channel Islands by Jenny Lecoat (Graydon House/2020). This debut novel is based on an incredible true story of courage and hope in WWll set on Jersey Island. The author was born there and draws upon her very own family history The Blacksmith House, 1921. Photo submitted by John Smart, current owner of Blacksmith where Nazis had deported members of her immediate House B&B, located on Caroline St. W. family to concentration camps for resistance activities only 16 years previously. This book vividly takes place among the daily conditions of loss of liberty plus fear of arrest for trivial offences. The reader lives day to day with Hedy Bercu as she must hide in plain sight as Consider the benefits of vaccines starvation and deprivation of basic needs for survival Editor: sideshows travelling town to town to protest the lock take their toll on her community over the length of the I have my first COVID-19 vaccination booked for downs, mask regulations, vaccine, etc. I have had German occupation. next week. I’m really excited to have this because, plenty of vaccines in my life and always happy to The next book is ICEBOUND Shipwrecked at the frankly, I don’t get out much. I went looking for bypass the misery of shingles, flu, polio, tetanus and Edge of the World by Andrea Pitzer (Scribner/2021). vaccine information on the Internet. This tends to the rest of the scourge of diseases to plague the human Andrea comments that she is fascinated about stories be stupor spreader event – my affectionate name race. I entreat the hesitant to consider the benefits of lost public memory events and ideas that were once for Internet browsing. I skipped across the anti- of modern science and think about the results of the common knowledge and by humanity’s tendency to vaccination propaganda and looked at the World historical work of these scientists: NOT learn from the past. From this premise, she authors Health Organization website for some of my • (1892-1989) and Linn Enslow (1891 the tale of the famous Dutch Polar Explorer, William information. I then visited the Moderna and Pfizer -1957) chlorination of water, 177 million lives saved; Barents, and his trials and tribulations that take place websites. The rest of my concerns were assuaged by • William Foege (1936-) eradication during his three Arctic expeditions. Imagine spending Globe articles, CBC and a conversation with my GP. strategy, 131 million lives saved; a year as a castaway living on Nova Zemba on top of I wondered where the anti-mask/vaccination crowd • Maurice Hilleman (1919-2005) eight vaccines, the globe and having to fight off ravenous polar bears, get the science behind their ‘informed’ decision 129 million lives saved; gnawing hunger and perpetual polar night and then read not to vaccinate and in some cases refuse to wear a • John Enders (1897-1985) vaccine, 120 the reality of making it through these situations. mask. I would think that hearing about a COVID-19 million lives saved; The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec death every 4 minutes in India might cause these folks • (1981-1955) and Howard (ACE/2021) is a modern thriller about Loki, Angrboda to reconsider their sources. Florey (1898-1968) penicillin, 82 million lives saved; and their three children (Hel, Fenrir and Jormungand). I saw an interesting comment on social media from • Gaston Ramon (1886-1963) Diptheria and Tetanus If you are familiar with the Norse myths, Icelandic a scientist (possibly, but you can’t really tell on the vaccines, 60 million lives saved; Sagas or the Marvel movies, you will recognize internet) which I felt should be a very relevant anyone • David Nalin (1941-) oral rehydration therapy, 54 these characters. But in Genevieve’s story, you are looking at popular anti-science rhetoric: million lives saved; right there in their family cave, in the middle of their • Paul Ehrlich (1854- 1915) Diptheria and Tetanus domestic squabbles and you too will hear told “how ‘Study 3-4 years for degree Antitoxins, 42 million lives saved; again the worlds are going to end?” This is fascinating Study 3 more for Ph.D. • Andreas Gruenzig (1939- 1985) angioplasty, 15 entertainment provided by the Gods and Giants of Join lab, start working, spend years studying problem million lives saved; olden times. Form Hypothesis, gather evidence, • Grace Eldering (1900-1988) and Paul Kendrick These and other “amazing to read” books that will Test Hypothesis, form conclusions (1890-1980) whooping cough vaccine, 14 million enthrall and inspire you are sitting on our New Releases Report findings, clear peer review lives saved; Shelves at the three branches of the Clearview Public Findings published, reported in press • Gertrude Elion (1918-1999) rational drug design, Library. To book your reservation or inquire about 5 million lives saved. Reader Advisory recommendations, please call 705- Guy on internet: “Bulls__t!”’ (From Enlightenment Now by Steve Pinker; 466-3011 (Creemore), 705-424-6288 (New Lowell) published 2018 by Penguin) and/or 705-428-3585 (Stayner). I am not university educated and my science is Keep safe out there! Looking forward to seeing electronics which by no means qualifies me to make a everyone on the other side of the pandemic. Michele McKenzie is deputy CEO of Clearview call on the safety and appropriateness of any vaccine. Murray Lackie, Public Library. I defer to doctors, science and scientists, not those Creemore.

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3 Caroline St. W., Box 1219 • Creemore, ON L0M 1G0 • Tel: 705-466-9906 • Fax: 705-466-9908 • [email protected] THE CREEMORE ECHO • Friday, April 30, 2021 • 5 LETTERS Village Green would benefit from a wide variety of plants Editor: so much more to create “a signature attraction, a it grows happily in Creemore, and not a single An announcement in the April 16 number of the landmark drawing visitors from far and wide”? Who magnolia! Among shrubs, there will be no daphnes, no Echo summarized the goals of the Village Green’s re- will come to the Village Green to see sugar maples or lilacs, nor the lovely Abeliophyllum distichum, with creation. It “will be a signature attraction, a landmark, the American Mountain Ash or the alternate-leaved its fragrant white flowers, from the Korean peninsula. drawing visitors from far and wide to experience dogwood, growing in their hundreds and thousands All of these are growing contentedly within a few Creemore’s beauty and hospitality.” One element in just down the road, when they could be delighted by miles of Village Green, but if you follow Laura’s its re-creation is that “forty new trees and shrubs are alternatives, durable, hardy, spectacular that could be advice, you and your children will not see them there. to be planted.” These are admirable goals, and all of included in the new forty? I have restricted my comments to trees and us who value Creemore’s beauty and hospitality will Let me concede the pollinating argument. But it shrubs but if you choose only native plants, you hope for inspiration in the search for them. should not be allowed to veto other possibilities. must abandon most of your favourite spring flowers This summary was followed by Laura Walton’s ‘Beneficial’ is too single-minded, too exclusive. (snowdrops, winter aconites, cyclamen, leucojums, piece suggesting that “If you are going to plant It needs to include aesthetic aspects (are the trees corydalis, hellebores, scilla and Glory-of-the Snow, trees, it makes sense to plant trees that have the most beautiful, unusual?), cultural breadth (where do the chionodoxa, none of them ‘native’ to Creemore). You beneficial impact upon the world around them, and trees come from? In what conditions do they grow?), can forget about many perennials because when they that means planting native trees.” Few of us would and, perhaps above all else, gardening pleasure are sold as ‘native’, it is overlooked that the plants disagree with Laura’s confident use of ‘sense’ in the (can we grow these in our own gardens?) Without are ‘native’ to Nova Scotia or British Columbia, or first part of the sentence; the sense of the second part non-native plants there will be no paperbark maple, to acid soil when you garden on the alkaline Niagara is less obvious. with its intriguing exfoliating bark, from China; Escarpment, or to wetlands when you spend much of There is an argument to be made for ‘native trees’ no Zelkova from Japan, rivalling the majesty of the summer doing a rain dance. If we are to avoid the in their role as pollinators. The word ‘native’ is itself the sugar maples and the red oaks; no Kentucky (horti)cultural isolationism into which nature and the slippery; the only trees and shrubs truly native to the coffee tree or yellowwood from the ; native plants’ enthusiasts would plunge us, we must Village Green either grow there (unless they have no Sorbus commixta, with its extraordinary spring interpret ‘beneficial’ widely and fill the Village Green been removed or have chosen not to linger) or within foliage, from Russia and Korea; no Northern Catalpa with trees and other plants from the world over for a very short distance from it. Many of those trees growing across a wide swathe of central and Northern the pleasure of residents and visitors alike. are handsome and have impressive pollinating America; no Amur cork tree, with its ruggedly spongy Brian Bixley. credentials, but why add to them when we can do bark, from a Chinese province; no Tulip tree though Mulmur.

Don't forget Creemore Key missing facts on the 26/27 SR Springs co-founder Editor: Mayor Doug Measures issued a statement to set development of 26/27 and the closure of County the record straight on the 26/27 Sideroad, however, Road 91 still under consideration? Russ Thornton there are a few key facts that were not mentioned In 2021 these are the facts: that are of the utmost importance for the decisions The expansion of the 26/27 Sideroad will at Editor: our council needs to make today, for the upcoming best be a two-lane road (existing road allowance I was interested to read your article in the April 18 hearing and for moving forward. is 20 meters) not highway size. It will devastate issue of The Echo, about the life and passing of John The history of this strange agreement between the sensitive ecology of the escarpment. When Wiggins, “founder of the Creemore Spring Brewery.” the County of Simcoe who gave County Road 91 completed it will not be adequate for farm Actually, he was the co-founder along with his to the township for $1 who in turn promised it to equipment, firetrucks and other emergency vehicles. partner Russ Thornton. I was surprised that there Walker Aggregates is one for historians to unpack. Moreover, original projections in 2010 and repeated was no mention of Mr. Thornton in the article, And yes, far too much time money and energy has again in the 2015 Joint board report were for “light although there is a good picture of the two of them been spent on this affair. More than a decade after traffic”. (It was to be paved when 400 cars per together, wearing matching tops, on Page 6. the original agreement Clearview council needs to day was reached.) It will not be adequate for the Russ Thornton was an entrepreneur who built up take a fresh look at the proposed road closure of thousands of cars and trucks that now use the road his own business manufacturing and selling fork lift County Road 91 and the redevelopment of 26/27 daily. With today’s traffic levels, the intersection attachments, in the Toronto area. Like Mr. Wiggins, Sideroad. where the 26/27 side road meets the 10th line will Russ came to know this part of Ontario through his In the original Minutes of Settlement between be far more dangerous than the current junction at love of skiing. Russ and his wife Edna, along with Walker Aggregates and Clearview Township in the 10th and County Road 91. children Ian and Nancy, owned a weekend chalet at the February 10, 2010 Clearview committed to upgrade Surrounding municipalities are against the base of what was then known as Mansfield Skiways, the 26/27 side road as soon as possible. Upon closing of County Road 91. The Town of Blue (now Mansfield Ski Club), which is where my wife completion, the upper portion of County Road 91 Mountain, Grey County, the Town of Collingwood and I came to know the Thorntons. would be transferred to Walker Aggregates and all actively oppose the closure of County Road About 1975, Mr. Thornton sold his manufacturing they would commence extraction activities. As 91. They say this road is critical for regional business, and purchased a full time home south of Mayor Measures correctly pointed out, this did not transportation and its closure is not necessary since Creemore. After getting settled and installing his happen, and it was not until four years later that Walkers has a tunnel and is proceeding with its own, in ground swimming pool, (and helping install the quarry was approved in the Joint Board Report. quarry business. mine), he found the need for something to fill his The Joint Board, (Municipal and Environmental) The original Minutes of Settlement committed time, so he worked for some time in the Creemore approved the quarry but not the road upgrades as Council to sell the top portion of country Road 91 Home Hardware store. It may have been there, or on that was outside their jurisdiction. Nevertheless, to Walker only, if and when, the 26/27 side road was a ski hill, that he met Mr. Wiggins, but in any case, they acknowledged that public road works were upgraded. Clearview still owns the road. County together they planned, financed, opened, and operated essential to the successful and safe operation of Road 91 does not need to close and for the good Creemore Springs Brewery. the quarry and stipulated that they must be in of the region should not be closed. Unfortunately Russ Thornton passed away, in 1996, place prior to the opening of the quarry. By this The Minutes of Settlement state that subsequent at age 72. Though he has been gone for many years, time major cold-water streams and wetlands along councils are free to make their own decisions. There he should not be forgotten. with steep escarpment slopes had been identified is nothing in the contract that requires council to John Ireland, beside the existing 26/27 Sideroad and the continue to fight to implement an idea that may Everett. Niagara Escarpment Commission had to approve have made sense in 2008 but is actually harmful in a development application for the side road. 2021. This council can stop fighting to redevelop Send letters to the editor to editor@creemore. In 2015 the NEC turned down the application the 26/27 side road. com. All letters must be signed with the writer's full as alternative solutions had not been explored. Walker has been accommodated by council name and include a phone number (which will not In that same year Clearview council gave Walker allowing it to build the tunnel and to engage be printed.) Deadline is 5 p.m. on Tuesdays. permission to dig a tunnel under County Road 91 unhindered in its quarry operations. They have We are in need of submissions for our They Way (a viable alternative to the 26/27 road development) been accommodated in good faith. County Road 91 We Were feature. Bring in your old photos and we and, as Mayor Measures says, the extraction of the is critical regional infrastructure and must remain will scan them and get right back to you. (Please, quarry is well underway. Walker is now carrying open. It is a solution everyone can live with. call first while we are in lockdown, just to be safe). on business without constraint so why is the Lynn Eakin, We also accept submissions by e-mail to editor@ Clearview. creemore.com. Thank you. 6 • THE CREEMORE ECHO • Friday, April 30, 2021 Annual Hike of Bike for Hospice Georgian Triangle, virtual edition 2.0

The Hospice Georgian Triangle sponsor a participant, and a 50/50 Foundation is celebrating the 11th tickets for this month’s draw, sponsored anniversary of its annual fundraiser, by Walker. Hike or Bike for Hospice Georgian This year there are prizes for the top Triangle, Virtual Edition 2.0, sponsored individual fundraiser from Kamikaze, by Century 21 Millennium. and top team fundraiser from Squire For the month of May, everyone is John’s. invited to walk, bike, run, dance, or get Organizers have added a new photo active in whatever way suits them best, contest this year with prizes for “Purrrfect and get family and friends to sponsor Pet” and “Most Scenic Route,” thanks their efforts to raise much needed funds to Pet Valu Collingwood and County Hall survey open until May 15 for Hospice Georgian Triangle. The of Simcoe. All the details can be found first 45 participants to register will win at www.hospicegeorgiantriangle.com (Continued from page 1) but I want to hear from the community. an extra special prize donated by area beginning May 1. events but the four-person board has It’s their hall. If the community isn’t merchants, and the first 300 registrants “The pandemic continues to challenge struggled to get people to fully commit interested in supporting the hall, or receive a welcome package from our community in extraordinary ways, as board members. getting involved with the hall then community partners, Tim Hortons, but throughout it, Hospice Georgian Jansen is encouraging all people, perhaps it’s time for us to consider Sobeys/Foodland and Boston Pizza. Triangle continues to support the needs regardless of which community they other options.” All money raised provides palliative of individuals and families dealing live in, or if they are part-time residents The board is cognizant however, of care and palliative respite care with life-limiting illness, and those to respond to the survey and share all the implications of taking on ownership delivered by the highly skilled clinical that are grieving and bereaved. Please ideas, no matter how out there. of the facility and is leery of operating team at Hospice Georgian Triangle’s add your financial support through “I don’t want to make decisions that the hall without some of the supports Campbell House and Community the annual Hike or Bike for Hospice the community doesn’t agree with or it enjoys from the municipality, both Support Programs team. These teams Georgian Triangle during the month of isn’t down for, that’s really why we operational and administrative. of professionals and trained volunteers May 2021, to ensure these free services want to hear from everybody,” said To complete the survey online provide support to everyone needing continue for everyone who needs them. Jansen. visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/ care from Town of the Blue Mountains, Thank you for your support,” said She said she has heard from people DunedinHall or via www.facebook. Collingwood, and organizers. who think the hall is most integral to com/dunedinvillagehall and other Clearview Township. Hospice Georgian Triangle provides the community. Others would rather social media channels. Paper copies To participate, sign up at www. compassionate care in the home and have a pavilion in the park while some will be available in be a box near the hospicegeorgiantriangle.com at Campbell House for individuals have said the community should buy it lower door of the hall where people can beginning May 1. Click on the “Hike and families dealing with life-limiting and open a pub. pick-up and drop off the hardcopies. or Bike for Hospice” tab at the top left illness at no cost and focus on the “There are all kinds of ideas being The survey also offers people a of the homepage. From there, follow physical, emotional, and spiritual tossed around,” said Jansen. “And we chance to sign up as a volunteer, or the links to register as an individual needs of both the patient and family, can do that until we’re blue in the face donor, and to join the e-mail list. participant or as a team, donate to enhancing quality of life. THE CREEMORE FLOWER COMPANY is excited to offer beautiful arrangements for MOTHERS & MOTHERS TO BE

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Municipal Law Enforcement Officer Youth Center Assistant – Temporary, Full Time Permanent full-time from June 2021 to September 2022.

Qualifications: Qualifications: Recognized diploma in a Law and Security Program and or Police Foundations with Recognized High school diploma or equivalent and post-secondary certificate in 3 years related experience including animal control. In addition, Municipal Law Social Services, or Youth Work and or Recreation and Leisure with 1-year related Enforcement Officer Certification (MLEO) and Certified Property Standards Officer experience including experience working with youth 12 to 17 years of age. In would be a definite asset. A valid driver’s licence is essential to this role. addition, Non-violent Crisis Prevention Training, current CPR “C” with AED, First Aid Certification and a valid driver’s licence are essential to this role. Responsibilities: Reporting to the Supervisor, By-Law, the Municipal law Enforcement Officer Responsibilities: participates in investigating inquiries regarding Township by-laws and regulations, Reporting to the Youth Center Coordinator, working as a team member and enforcing Municipal parking by-laws, perform property standards enforcement and responsible for the controlled entry access, coordination and supervision, scheduling zoning enforcement concerns, perform animal control duties, as well as preparing and direction of youth centre recreational programs and activities (for 12 to 17 years detailed reports and recording keeping. of age). The preferred candidate will posses a thorough knowledge of applicable The preferred candidate will have experience delivering services within a Youth legislation, acts, statues, and regulations. As well, they must be able to exercise tact Center. They must be diligent in ensuring all equipment and supplies are used and diplomacy by working independently and as a part of an enforcement team accordingly, and record when equipment and supplies are not returned. They must be Experience and proven ability with enforcement, investigation and inspection able to resolve conflicts while displaying a professional, enthusiastic, and courteous practices and procedures as well as excellent analytical, problem-solving, demeanor at all times. They must be able to follow procedures with respect to interpersonal, conflict management and communication skills are a must. recognizing youth at risk in accordance with Child and Family Services Act. Experience creating a liaison with the Clearview Youth Center, community Salary: Salary range offered for this position is $56,329 to $68,468 per year plus a organizations and corporations, youth related agencies and education institutions to competitive benefits package. coordinate and promote activities is a definite asset. The ability to be flexible to work afternoons, evenings as well as weekends is a must. Note: The preferred candidate must be willing to provide consent for the Township to conduct a criminal background and vulnerable sector check prior to finalizing an Salary: Hourly rate range offered for this position is $26.85 to $32.63 per hour. employment offer. Note: The preferred candidate must be willing to provide consent for the Township Interested candidates are invited to forward their resume and covering letter quoting to conduct a criminal background and vulnerable sector check prior to finalizing an job # 2021-016 to Human Resources by May 7, 2021 to: [email protected] employment offer.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those applicants selected for an Interested candidates are invited to forward their resume and covering letter interview will be contacted. No phone calls please. The Township of Clearview is an equal quoting job # 2021-014 to Human Resources by May 7, 2021 to: [email protected] opportunity employer. We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those applicants selected for an Accommodation will be provided in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with interview will be contacted. No phone calls please. The Township of Clearview is an equal Disabilities Act (AODA). opportunity employer.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Accommodation will be provided in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Youth Center Assistant – Permanent, Part Time (21 Hours) Disabilities Act (AODA).

Qualifications: Recognized High school diploma or equivalent and post-secondary certificate in Social Services, or Youth Work and or Recreation and Leisure with 1-year related For more information experience including experience working with youth 12 to 17 years of age. In regarding addition, Non-violent Crisis Prevention Training, current CPR “C” with AED, First Aid Certification and a valid driver’s licence are essential to this role. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES please visit: Responsibilities: Reporting to the Youth Center Coordinator, working as a team member and www.clearview.ca responsible for the controlled entry access, coordination and supervision, scheduling and direction of youth centre recreational programs and activities (for 12 to 17 years of age). The preferred candidate will have experience delivering services within a Youth Center. They must be diligent in ensuring all equipment and supplies are used accordingly, and record when equipment and supplies are not returned. They must be able to resolve conflicts while displaying a professional, enthusiastic, and NOTICE - HYDRANT FLUSHING courteous demeanor at all times. They must be able to follow procedures with respect to recognizing youth at risk in accordance with Child and Family Services Act. The Township of Clearview Water Department will be flushing hydrants Experience creating a liaison with the Clearview Youth Center, community between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm on the following dates and organizations and corporations, youth related agencies and education institutions locations: to coordinate and promote activities is a definite asset. The ability to be flexible to • Stayner: April 19 - May 14 work afternoons, evenings as well as weekends is a must. • Creemore: May 3 – 5 • New Lowell: May 5 – 7 Salary: Hourly rate range offered for this position is $26.85 to $32.63 per hour. • Nottawa: May 10 - 12 • Colling-Woodlands: May 12 - 14 Note: The preferred candidate must be willing to provide consent for the Township • Buckingham Woods: May 17 – 19 to conduct a criminal background and vulnerable sector check prior to finalizing an Please be advised that there may potentially be water interruptions and employment offer. discolored water could stain laundry during these times. If your water remains Interested candidates are invited to forward their resume and covering letter quoting discolored or dirty, run water until clear. It is recommended water softeners job # 2021-015 to Human Resources by May 7, 2021 to:[email protected] are left in by-pass mode during these times.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those applicants selected for an For more information, please contact: interview will be contacted. No phone calls please. The Township of Clearview is an equal Dale Lightheart. opportunity employer. Foreman, Water & Sewer 705-428-6230 ext. 303, 705-428-5024 Accommodation will be provided in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with [email protected] Disabilities Act (AODA).