Celebrating life at Lake Simcoe art galleries on show p. 17 pitch in, clean up p. 9 a noteworthy man p. 7 we remember p. 23 PHOTO CONTEST. 5 dETailS P fantastic fall fairs fishing, renewable energy, local birds, events listing + 2010 Autumn Ever wonder .... What does that beautiful, old house look like on the inside? Celebrate the community’s heritage by exploring various historic properties across Georgina September 11, 2010 FREE ADMISSION For a complete list of participating sites visit www.town.georgina.on.ca./doorsopen Environmental Printing It’s more than recycled paper TM Proudly Warren’s Waterless Printing utilizes the most progressive environmental printing process and environmental practices available in the printing industry. 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University Avenue Campus by JOhAnnA POwell page 16 Downtown Orillia Campus LakEFront Quick Splashes LakE simcoE’s art scEnE Airbags for the open air page 6 Art galleries and studio tours Professor Nandakumar Kanavillil Lake people by VAlerie Pring by JOhAnnA POwell page 17 with Lakehead graduate, Michael Thorn. A noteworthy man page 7 From LEningrad to ottawa Lake Simcoe Community Forum An Orillia veteran’s journey page 9 Pitch in, clean up by JOhn FOrreST page 23 Ripple effect by ClAire mAlCOlmSOn energy FiT for the future page 10 LakE simcoE’s Living hEritagE Tributes to the past at a modern resort Hooked on Fishing by wil wegmAn by Andrew hind & mAriA dA Silva page 25 Aquatic plants page 11 Starry Nights by neil KinneAr caLEndar oF EvEnts page 27 Jupiter rules the heavens page 13 LovE oF wood by JOhAnnA POwell Wingbeat by rOn Fleming woodturner’s passion shines page 30 birding close to the nest page 14 Food by mArlene mACPherSOn From the pumpkin patch page 15 15 CONDUCTING RESEARCH TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY OF LAKE SIMCOE 18 CHOOSE LAKEHEAD – ORILLIA Be environmentally friendly at Canada’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Platinum university campus – University Avenue Academic Building, opening September 2010. New for September 2010: Canada’s first Honours Bachelor of Arts and Science in Environmental Sustainability. 16 orillia.lakeheadu.ca Celebrating Life at Lake Simcoe 705-330-4008 photographs: karin adams (cover); courtesy gallery on queen, cookstown (page 18); istock (page 15); marvin platten (page 16) Editor’sDesk Beauty and excitement are all around us VOLUME 3, NUMBER 3 ISSN 1916-9310 Capture them for our Second Photo Contest! PUBLISHER/EDITOR Johanna Powell ART DIRECTOR et out your camera and start focusing on the beauty and excitement Jayne Finn around us in the Lake Simcoe area. PRODUCTION MANAGER G Cynthia Proctor Then send us your best shots, because it’s time for Lake Simcoe Living’s Second Annual Photo Contest! The theme is “celebrate the seasons at Lake Simcoe.” Great PROOFREADER Charise Arscott prizes have been lined up — see Page 5 for details on prizes and how to enter the CONTRIBUTORS contest. The gorgeous sunflower photo on the cover of this issue was taken by Karin Lesley Chung, Neil Dimock, Anita Draycott, Adams, who also won the grand prize in our first photo contest. Ron Fleming, Angela Forgeron, John Forrest, Thank you to everyone who took part in our Second Annual Readership Survey. Nancy Glover, Andrew Hind, Neil Kinnear, The winner of the draw for a one-night stay for two people in a luxury suite at the Darcie McKelvey, Marilyn Munslow, Marvin Platten, Valerie Pring, Bassam Shmordok, Susan Smith, Stone Gate Inn in Orillia is Joanne Benham of Newcastle. Carrie Anne Snyder, Wil Wegman If you are looking for fun in the Lake Simcoe area this Autumn, this issue of LSL MARKETING DIRECTOR has listings for fall fairs, art studio tours and general events. If you still can’t find what Bob (Mr. Bob) Cassels 705-721-0727 you are looking for, please go to the Event Calendar at lakesimcoeliving.com. ADVERTISING Our website at lakesimcoeliving.com also has listings of the people running for Myrna Brayford 705-791-2366 office in your area of the watershed in the October election. Rick Gadziola 705-484-5246 Zoe Perrin 905-717-2971 Maria Pritchard 905-715-3287 See you at the lake! ACCOUNTING Johanna Powell Biserka Clark, Clark Business Solutions Inc. Publisher/editor TECHNOLOGY ADVISER Garron Bailey CATSPAW MEDIA INC. Lake Simcoe Living magazine is published four times a year by Catspaw Media Inc., based in Barrie and Bradford. Catspaw Media Inc. is a member of the Independent Publishers Association of Ontario. Telephone 289-221-2910 or 866-866-8678 Fax 905-778-1932 Email [email protected] Website lakesimcoeliving.com Printed on FSC paper by Warren’s Waterless Printing Inc., an Ontario Environmental Leader. © 2010 Catspaw Media Inc. All rights reserved. Publications Mail Agreement #41778513 Return undeliverable magazines to Suite 242, 92 Caplan Ave., Barrie, ON L4N 0Z7. 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To change your subscription address, please include both your new and old address in your request. 4 | Lake Simcoe Living Autumn 2010 publisher/editor’s photograph: neil kinnear & lesley chung Second Annual Photo Contest Celebrate Lake Simcoe with us! Enter your best photos of Lake Simcoe scenery, people, pets, activities and memories in Lake Simcoe Living’s Second Annual Photo Contest. Go to lakesimcoeliving.com for details All prizes courtesy of Henry’s Camera $ in Prizes! and Henry’s School of Imaging 2,200 Grand Prize First prizes Second prizes Photo Contest sponsored by Henry's Barrie Henry's Newmarket 130 Davis Drive Barrie, Ontario L4M 3C1 Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 2N1 Phone: (705) 720-2300 Phone: (905) 898-4655 www.henrys.com Lakefront q u i c k s p l a s h e s money for the lake The provincial and federal For the ultimate grocery governments have moved ahead over the summer with plans to shopping experience improve Lake Simcoe’s environment. The Ontario government has announced a 35-year plan to reduce phosphorus levels in the lake to 44 tonnes a year from the current 72 tonnes a year. Areas targeted by the plan include sewage-treatment plants, stormwater runoff from urban areas and atmospheric sources freshly picked freshly baked freshly caught of phosphorus. Ontario’s strategy for reducing phosphorus is expected to evolve over time — presumably, as new technology becomes available. Lois Brown, member of Parlia- ment for Newmarket-Aurora, has announced that six new projects will freshly prepared freshly arranged bbq with confi dence receive $331,900 from the $30-million Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund campaign. And Peter Van Loan, MP for York-Simcoe and the minister of • Collingwood • Sutton International trade, has said $335,000 • Barrie Mapleview Dr. • Bradford • Barrie Bayfi eld St. • Alliston from the fund goes to a stormwater ask for details in-store Most Stores • Alcona Beach • Aurora project in East Gwillimbury. an airbag for the open air With so many safety-conscious boomers on motorbikes, it was just a matter of time before someone came up with an airbag system for the open air. the armored air Jacket, using a Co2 cartridge and a rip-cord system, is available as a jacket or a vest. When triggered, the airbag system inflates before the rider impacts any object. there is also a similar vest for horseback riding. go to www.armoredairjackets.com. droWning does not look like droWning There were many drownings in Ontario this year, so an Internet article on drowning is worth noting. The article, by Mario Vittone, says drowning is almost always a quiet event — a drowning person has a reflex action that does not permit shouting or waving for help. The main clue is that a drowning person cannot talk. Ask the person if they are OK; if there is no answer, take emergency action. The full article can be found at http:// mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/. LSL 6 | Lake Simcoe Living Autumn 2010 Lakefront l a k e p e o p l e Through the Colours of Music festival, Bruce Owen shares his passion for music A noteworthy man Bruce Owen brings the world’s top classical music talent to Barrie By VaLerie Pring riven by a lifelong passion for classical music, Bruce Owen dedicates his time Martyr’s Shrine near Midland.