2012 Christmas Edition $1.00 WEDNESDAY, December 19, 2012 - Vol. 68 No. 9 INDEX ARTHUR BLACK . 3 FIRE CAPTAIN RECEIVES SERVICE MEDALS OPINION PAGE . 4 LIFESTYLE . 5 COMMUNITY EVENTS . 11 CLASSIFIEDS . 12 MARKETPLACE . 15 coming eveNTS CHARITY MIC NIGHT NAKINA DECEMBER 22nd CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 25th CURLING SPIEL LONGLAC DECEMBER 25th NEW YEAR’S EVE DANCE DECEMBER 31st ******************************** Please note that due to the upcoming Christmas holiday, all advertising and articles must be submitted by Thursday December 20th. Thank you for your cooperation. Happy Holidays Pictured is Captain Gerald Abraham being presented with the Fire Department Federal Exemplary Service Medal and the Provincial Long Service Medal. Gerald joined the Geraldton Voluntary Fire Department on 22 June 1987. Gerald is the son of Charlie and Gail Abraham of Geraldton. Captain Abraham followed his father GERALDTON Charlie, who now has served for 34 years into the fire service. In turn, Gerald's sons Anthony and Jonathon Weather Forecast followed their dad into the volunteer fire service. Their mother Donna wanted to ensure she could watch over her boys and serves with the department as a communications operator. The Geraldton Volunteer Fire De- WEDNESDAY partment is honoured to have this hardworking and dedicated individual in our ranks as well as having the SCATTERED benefit of an entire family working to make our community a safer place to live. FLURRIES Submitted By: Mike Hammer HIGH: -5°C LOW: -12°C t~åí=^=mÉíÛë=jÉÉí=~åÇ=dêÉÉíÒ some of the volunteers THURSDAY and Board members. SCATTERED A Big Thank you to Paula FLURRIES ï~ë=~=_áÖ=pìÅÅÉëë O’Brien for her wonderful HIGH: -5°C Want A Pet? had a success- citing Saturday, with all the with Santa” was a huge LOW: -9°C photography, Biggy for ful “Meet and Greet” and dogs, puppies and Kittens success with Paula being such a great Santa, FRIDAY December 8, 2012 at the being cuddled and three O’Brien’s Photography tak- Loudon’s for donating sup- SCATTERED Geraldton Royal Canadian finding a new family to go ing pictures of family and FLURRIES plies for the BBQ, the Royal Legion. It was quite an ex- home with. Our “Photo pets with our jolly Santa. Canadian Legion for do- HIGH: -10°C LOW: -14°C On this cold day it nating the hall, all the vol- SATURDAY was great to be unteers for their hard work, VARIABLE able to have a de- and the attendees for CLOUDINESS licious hotdog being so generous during HIGH: -13°C while buying this event. New members LOW: -16°C some homemade all always welcome so SUNDAY dog biscuits and check out our facebook SCATTERED pick up some in- page facebook.com/wan- FLURRIES formation to share tapetgreentone or website HIGH: -15°C http://wantapet.yolasite.co LOW: -18°C with others. This gave the residents m for more information MONDAY of Greenstone a about our organizations CLOUDY WITH SUNNY BREAKS chance to come in HIGH: -10°C and see what LOW: -15°C “Want a Pet?” do for the animals in TUESDAY need in our com- SCATTERED FLURRIES munities and meet HIGH: -11°C LOW: -16°C FORECAST DATA GATHERED FROM 2012 Christmas Edition WWW.THEWEATHERNETWORK.CA BEARDMORE • CARAMAT • GERALDTON • JELLICOE • LONGLAC • NAKINA LOCAL NEWS Strike Closes Superior-Greenstone DSB Elementary Schools Following strike notification this challenging time for ments from the daycare Letter to the editor by the Elementary Teach- everyone in our system. where their children may Surely it is time for our savings exercise is to stop ers’ Federation of On tario The board is committed to attend. Greenstone Council to plowing the parking lots (ETFO), all Superior-Green- ensuring the safety of our “All elementary schools for take a long Christmas and that are not municipal. stone DSB elementary students throughout this Superior-Greenstone DSB New Year’s vacation, per- That pretty much narrows it school will be closed on job action and maintaining are scheduled to reopen haps collectively give their down to churches. From Thursday, December 20, positive relationships with on Friday, December 21,” heads a shake and return what I can see, these insti- 2012. Secondary schools our students, parents, staff said Tamblyn. “We recog- in 2013 with an agenda tutions are supported in will be open for regular and the communities that nize that this is an incon- classes. venience and are doing that is focused on essential large part by the same we serve. We will continue “We understand and sin- our best in this difficult services for their con- folks that no longer get to provide regular updates cerely regret this disruption provincial situation to min- stituents. I think that was their windrows removed. as the information be- the platform that most if for our students, and urge comes available,” said imize the disruption in our Churches are struggling to parents to make alterna- schools.” not all our councillors ran Tamblyn. maintain their member- tive arrangements for the “Every effort will be made on in 2010. As a result of this strike, all ships and from my per- care of their children on to provide timely and rele- At the Council Meeting of elementary schools (Junior spective can little afford this day,” says David Tam- vant communication with 10 December Council Kindergarten through the added cost of contract- blyn, Director of Education grade 8) will be closed to our families for the dura- voted to stop plowing the ing to have parking lots of Superior-Greenstone students on December 20. tion of job action,” said windrows from the end of plowed. The moral com- DSB. “We thank parents for Children in JK to grade Tamblyn. Any strike/school the driveways of seniors pass the churches provide their understanding during eight who ride the school closure related information and the disabled. This was to our communities must bus will not be picked up will be communicated di- put forward as a cost sav- have some value to all of the windrow motion, they on Thursday, December rectly to parents by school ing measure. Staff figures us. listened to a presentation 20. administration, as well as show that Greenstone Sidewalks were a sign of from a Greenstone resi- “Student safety is a prior- through media releases Public Services plow 340 progress in our commu- dent hoping to become in- ity,” said Tamblyn. “There- and bulletins that can be windrows and 32 parking nity. They ran from Main volved in the tourism fore, we ask that parents found by visiting the board lots at a cost of $8,000.00 Street to the schools, hos- business. It must have not drop off their JK to website at per snow event. Well 339 pital, senior’s residences, been a very effective pres- grade 8 children at the www.sgdsb.on.ca where windrows. I have had my the ball park, etc. They entation indeed. The pre- school on Thursday be- all related documents are name on the list for a cou- were made of cement, senter and a councillor are cause there will not be ad- posted under the Labour ple of years and have wide enough for two now scheduled to man a equate supervision Relations Update section. never had my windrow pedestrians to pass. They booth at a German trade available. “We would like to thank plowed. Anyone else? our families for their pa- were torn out this summer show to promote Green- All secondary schools will The report goes on to ad- tience and understanding because they required re- stone as a tourist destina- remain open and school vise that 10 to 26 snow during this event,” said pair. So much for tion for affluent Germans. bus transportation will be events per winter costs provided as usual for high Tamblyn. progress, hello lowest Yes the booth is in Ger- $80,000 to $200,000 to school students to attend More information about common denominator. many. What the heck is remove. When the streets, their regular day classes. the ETFO imposed sanc- But hey, we save money going on? Why are we laneways and boulevards Tamblyn noted that day- tions can be found by visit- because the grass planted continually involved in ad- are being plowed during care programs located in ing www.etfo.ca. to replace the sidewalks ventures such as tourism our winter, public works the elementary schools doesn’t need snow plow- when we have entrepre- crews and contractors are are operated by a third ing. Now the kids and sen- neurs already operating fully engaged. When we party and these facilities iors can just walk down the very effectively in the in- do not have a significant will make their own deter- middle of the road like dustry? Let’s do better in snowfall what happens to mination as to whether or everywhere else. 2013 the staff and equipment? not they will be open. He At the same meeting .Submitted by: The other target of this cost where Council voted on advised parents to watch Mike H. Hammer for specific announce- www.InvestInGreenstone.ca Municipal Economic Development Office UPDATED FREQUENTLY! 2 Wednesday, december 19, 2012 Editorial THERE AUTO BE A LAW cles do – they separate black curtain of auto ex- us. We don’t walk or haust is dissipating. Car stroll or – beautiful word use in Paris has dropped – ‘promenade’ anymore. a whopping 25 percent Cars box us in. We jump over the past decade. In in our boxes and join the same time, bicycle streams of other boxes use has doubled. One that take us to work or to half of all trips in Paris play or to shop – as often are now made on foot.