Volume 6 No. 32 YOUR UNIVERSE Thursday, August 19th 2010 SLUGGER IN PINK - Madeline Jefferies knows that style on the course is as important as technique. She and her admiring colleagues were participating this week in one of the annual combina- tion golf/hockey camps at Foxbridge Golf Course in Uxbridge. Photo by Stuart Blower. Former player returns to coach Bruins Get a taste of Uxbridge tonight at the Music Hall Meet Matt Muir! He is the new head coach of “We've got solid players coming out and hockey.” Meet the people that provide the food we eat! Bring the the Uxbridge Bruins, but he's no stranger to we're going full steam ahead,” he said, noting Calling himself a life-long Bruins fan, he long-time Bruins fans. that close to 60 players attended the Bruins' said he watched last season's final playoff whole family down to the Uxbridge Music Hall tonight, Muir, a Whitby resident, played for the rookie camp earlier this summer. series between the Bruins and the Merchants, Thursday, Aug. 19, from 7 to 9 p.m., and sample all the Bruins from 1993 to 1996 and was assistant That 60 had been cut down to about 40 as who took the playoff title. wonderful fare that’s grown within our borders. A hallful coach of the team from 2003 to 2005. In the Bruins took to the ice Tuesday night for “Little Britain out-muscled and intimidated of Uxbridge farmers will be there to answer your ques- both capacities, he helped the team to OHA the first session of their training camp under the Bruins,” he said. “That's not going to tions. There’ll be refreshments, entertainment, and of Jr. C Central Division titles. He also coached Muir. It was the first time for coach and play- happen this year.” course, great food! Don’t miss this great event, as the mar- the Little Britain Merchants from 2006 to ers to have a look at each other. To that end, he said the team is looking for 2008. The new coach said that although he had size and speed as it goes though the whittling ket comes downtown. Muir coached Port Hope Panthers in the Jr. nothing to do with the circumstances under down process during the training camp. Cosmos, Shobrook Gardens by Conrad Boyce C Empire Division last season, leading them which he takes over the team, he does expect Joining Muir on the bench is his assistant to that league's playoff finals before succumb- some friction and “some fires to be put out.” coach, Keith Leslie of Oshawa, a former play- ing to a strong Napanee team. “But that's normal and expected,” he said. er with the Port Perry MoJacks and coach The 34-year-old father of a two-week-old Muir, who described himself as a player's with the Merchants. son has been hired to replace former coach coach, said he believes in discipline, hard Bruins fans can take their first look at the and general manager Dan West. West and the work, physical fitness and a strong mental prospects tomorrow when the team hosts Bruins were unable to come to terms on a approach to the game. Stayner Siskins at 7:45 p.m. for an exhibition new contract and finally parted ways last “The attitudes and culture of kids have game. The two teams then play again at week. Bruins president John Miller said both changed in the Internet age and a coach has Wasaga Beach at 2 p.m. Sunday. sides were too far apart in the negotiations. to find ways to adapt,” he said. On Sept. 12, the Bruins head off for the Miller said he wasn't too concerned with He said his approach to the game starts with annual Alliston tournament and then play speculation that some of last year's veterans solid goal-tending and a strong defence, “but the season opener against Lakefield Chiefs at might not return to the team because of I won't take creativity away from the kids. the arena on Sept. 24. West's departure. I'm going to try and promote free-wheeling The Uxbridge Cosmos 2 Thursday, August 19th 2010 noticed that all of their echinacea Heliopsis, Rudbeckia, and Asters had black cones. I told them what I (when they start blooming). Cut Can you dig it? by John Statham had found and asked them to cut all them back fairly hard and burn what of their echinacea back and burn you cut right away. If you can't burn Bugs II had run across this last year as well. I and starting squirming and trying to them. The next day, another consul- it, seal them in a bag, preferably started inspecting my echinacea get as far from me as he could. I tation, and more worms. I then black like a garbage bag, and leave more closely, pulling apart the cones began removing all of the flowers Continuing on last week's column, I received a shipment of plants com- them in a sunny spot, which will of the flowers that had turned black that had blackened cones. It turned have a new bug to talk about. ing from the Hamilton area and hopefully cook them, until you can already. Deep down in the cone, far out to be a considerable number, There's a worm, or probably more immediately checked the echinacea. put them out with the garbage. from eyesight, was this fat little almost half of them. I then started correctly, larva, that's burrowing into They looked fine, but between the Don't compost them, or put them in worm about 1/2 inch long, greyish- looking more closely at the remain- the cones of echinacea (cone flower). orange spikes was the grey mass. I your green bins. I'll let you know green with stripes. He (I'm calling it ing flowers and noticed that some of I first noticed that some of the cones cut apart one of the flowers to reveal when I have any more information. a he because of its voracious the paleae (the orange spikes that were turning black, then had a cus- the worm and put it in a ziploc to Hopefully, this isn't a major concern appetite) did not like being exposed make up the cone of the single-flow- tomer from Oshawa tell me that she send back to the grower (along with like the lily beetle, and is just a prob- ering varieties) were standing taller all of the echinacea). Two days later lem this year because of the mild than the rest. These orange spikes are we had another delivery, this time winter. what gave echinacea their name, from the Niagara region. Again, the If you have any questions, please feel which was derived from echinos, the echinacea were returned with a free to Email me at: greek word for hedgehog. I carefully flower cut in half, safely secured in a [email protected]. pulled apart the cone and found ziploc. another worm, this time a little Having destroyed most of the flow- smaller. After removing all of these ers and stems, and checking the flowers, I got in for a real personal remaining echinacea daily, I thought and up-close look at the remaining we were on top of this new problem. flowers. In between the orange spikes Then I noticed that it was getting I noticed a small grey mass. into the Heliopsis (false sunflowers) Certainly not something you'd see as well and I began checking all flow- unless the cone was close enough to ers with that daisy shape to them. I poke you in the eye. I pulled apart found it in some of the Rudbeckia the cone and, sure enough, found (Black-eyed Susans) too. After another worm, this time no bigger updating everyone I had passed than 1/8 inch. I removed all of these along the initial information to, I cut Just before deadline, John was final- flowers and then took the stems back more plants, had a little (ok, a ly able to identify his worm (pic- down to the base, just in case they lot) less colour, but hopefully no tured above): it is the larva of the were also taking up residence in the more of these worms. Sunflower Moth, Homoeosoma stems. When I stood back and Please, check your Echinacea, electellum. looked where there had been, just a short while beforehand, hundreds of blooms, there was now maybe a THERE’SANEW dozen. I filled two garbage bags with flowers and stems and tied them MINISTER IN TOWN! tight to keep the worms from escap- ing, which they started trying to do Come and hear within an hour of the flowers being cut. I then tried to Google the prob- a great sermon with lem but nothing showed up, so I changed the wording, but again REV. BILL FRITZ nothing. I sent a few Emails to some plant people I know, but they didn't know anything about it. They have Every Sunday, 10:00 a.m. at A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE since passed it on to people they know and I'm still waiting to hear RINITY NITED HURCH FOR ALL AUTOMOBILE POLICY OWNERS back. T U C A few days later I was doing a con- 20 First Ave., Uxbridge 905-852-6213 sultation at someone's home when I Effective September 1, 2010, the accident benefits section of all automobile policies will be changing.