THE TOOTH FAIRY WANTS INTO UXLAND - Local dentist Francois Bessay channels his inner tutu as the Tooth Fairy in “uxperience - Alice’s Adventuresin Uxland”. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the variety show that gives back to the community, which opens next Thursday, May 5, at the UxbridgeMusic Hall. Also pictured, from left: Mike Bridgeman, Pamela Beach, Dave Mutton, Jamie McCarthy, Lorraine Ottolini and Matt Gunn. Photo by John Cavers

Mount Albert schoolnew recycling depot

by Roger Varley

Plans to upgrade the lighting andpower systems and pave portions ofElgin Park have been scaled back be-cause of costs.

Nevertheless, council was toldMonday night that even the reducedimprovements will cost more thanoriginally budgeted for.

In a report, facilities manager BobFerguson said all tenders received forthe original plan were above the$662,220 the township had bud-geted for improved lighting, ex-tended power sources and paving ofthe parking lot and roadways in thepark. That $662,220 came fromgrants, including the Canada 150program, and parkland reserves.

Because the tenders were all higherthan expected, Durham Energy,

hired as consultants on the project,revised the scope of the work to bedone."So what we have done is reduce the

size of the area in the park that wecan get done at the present time thatwill satisfy the majority of needs fornot only the user groups but also thepublic of accessibility," Mr. Fergu-son's report said.This means delaying installing light-

ing and power boxes along thestretch of driveway leading out toElgin Park Drive, reducing the widthof the paved roadways to three me-tres from four metres and reducingthe amount of gravel underlay be-neath the paving.

Even so, the report said, 41 lightstandards will be erected in the park.

Councillors agreed to purchase themore expensive of the two types of

light standards offered, declaring thelesser priced light poles would makethe park look like a parking lot.Going for the higher priced lighting

means the overall cost of the im-provements will be $737,268. Thereport said the extra could also becovered by the parkland reserve.

"Staff feels that now is the time tospend the extra funding required toget the best return on its investmentinto Elgin Park by capitalizing on thealready approved grant funding,"Mr. Ferguson wrote.Council agreed with his recommen-

dations and work will proceed withinthe next couple of months.

In other council news, zoning by-laws are to be examined. In answer toa question from The Cosmos, MayorGerri Lynn O'Connor said the town-ship is examining its zoning bylaws

with a view to bringing them intoline with today's realities.

Noting that the Committee of Ad-justment last week approved a minorvariance allowing a resident to builda storage garage three times largerthan allowed, The Cosmos asked whatwas the township's definition of"minor".

The mayor said many people nowhave a lot more "toys" such as ATVs,RVs, riding lawn mowers and boatsthan they did years ago and theyneed more space to store them."What was fair in 1981, is it fair for

today?" she asked.It was a zoning bylaw passed in

1981 that allowed Armoclan to re-ceive approval recently to put in aneight-pump gas bar, drive-throughrestaurant and convenience store at168 Brock Street West.

Robert Munsch Public School inMount Albert has been selected as anew recycling drop-off point for allair and home care packaging, whichwill be recycled.Students at the school are asking the

public to bring them as much of thiswaste as possible, both to ensure it’sdiverted from local landfills as well asto help in their efforts to win the na-tionwide Febreze Frenzy Contest.The contest is part of recycling com-pany TerraCycle’s collection-and-re-cycling program called the Air andHome Care Brigade, which enablesany brand of air-freshener cartridgeor home-cleaning packaging to be re-cycled. The school is taking part in the con-

test, which runs until April 30, eventhough they only recently signed up.The school earns two TerraCyclepoints for each piece of air and homecare packaging sent in, with eachpoint redeemable for a one-cent con-tribution to their school.To help Robert Munsch’s efforts,

simply bring your used plastic airfresheners and plug-in refills, triggerheads, pumps and caps and flexiblehome cleaning wipe packs of anybrand to their collection box duringbusiness hours. The support of thecommunity helps the environment,as well as their chances of becominga winner in the contest and theamount of money raised for theschool.Plastic air fresheners and the pack-

aging they come in, trigger heads,screw caps from bathroom andkitchen cleaners, used packs of dis-posable cleaning wipes, etc., are tech-nically recyclable; however, the highcost of recycling these mixed plasticsmeans the infrastructure to do so isn’tavailable across the country. As a re-sult, this material ends up in landfills.This prompted Febreze and TerraCy-cle to join together in finding an in-novative solution to this wastestream. Any plastic bottles andaerosols can still be recycled throughmunicipal curbside collections.

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by Kathy Normandeau

As the weather warms and thesun shines brightly, manyyoung people are finishing onechapter of their lives and ea-gerly looking forward to thenext. When that chapter in-cludes furthering music educa-tion, the Uxbridge MusicScholarship Trust can step inwith scholarship money for in-strument upgrades, music, les-sons, etc. (If this is somethingthat interests you, please visituxbridgesmusicscholarship.com for application details).

Each year the UMST show-cases a few of Uxbridge’s risingstars in music. One featuredperformer this Spring is Jacque-line Smith, a member of thepopular Bella Nove choralgroup. Another star burning brightly

is Duncan McDougall. He will

be a junior showcase performerat the Grandmaster FiddleCompetition this summer.

Not to be out shone, GraemeMcDougall will show off hispercussion skills as the twinbrothers perform as a duo.Fiddle and violin are the same

physical instrument, it is thestyles that are different. ErinMerkley will also show us howversatile this instrument is.

Dylan Morrison and RachelGreen are preparing for theirGrade 8 piano exams with theRoyal Conservatory of Music.As there are distinct stringstyles, there are also differingkeyboard styles.

Finally, it is always a pleasureto assist young singer/songwrit-ers. Casey Spencer will accom-pany herself on guitar, thenpiano as she performs “mashups” of popular songs.Don’t miss this opportunity to

support our talent on Saturday,April 30, at 7:30 p.m. at St, An-drew’s –Chalmers PresbyterianChurch, 40 Toronto St S.(Church St. doors).

Thursday, April 28, 20162The Uxbridge Cosmos

Ah, Spring! At last we have hadsome seasonal weather! Peopleare busy with planting, prepar-ing gardens, and general clean-ing up.

Udora-Leaskdale Lions' Clubwill again have their CanoeRiver Run on Saturday, May 7,at 8 a.m. on the PefferlawRiver, beginning on ZephyrRoad.

Men's Breakfast at St. Paul'sLeaskdale Church will be onSaturday, May 7 at 8:30 a.m.Come and enjoy - if you’re noton the Canoe River Run!Udora United Church Spring

Bazaar with many vendors willbe held this Saturday, April 30,9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Come, you mayfind just what you have beenwatching for. Call Helen Jones(705) 228 - 8102.

ADVANCE NOTICE: Sun-ROCK Kids Camp is beingplanned for July 4 - 8 at St.Paul's Church, Leaskdale.Adults interested in volunteer-ing? Call Kelly Boehm at 905-852-5732.

Rising Stars Burn Brightly Leaskdale Newswith Helen Harrison

e hospital has just completedminor renovations to one of its Am-bulatory Clinic rooms to support anew and growing “OTN (OntarioTelemedicine Network) Clinic”, re-ports Sandi Lofgren, PatientCare Director of the UxbridgeCottage Hospital.

Using the technology ofvideoconferencing, the hospi-tal will be able to register pa-tients into this clinic and thenfacilitate their consultationwith their specialist from any-where in the GTA or SouthernOntario. is technology iscurrently being used for inpa-tients at the hospital, patientsin the Emergency Departmentand occasionally with patientsreferred to the hospital by theirfamily physician.

e hospital has also com-pleted consults with the Frac-ture Clinic and the MentalHealth Crisis team at theMarkham Site, as well as with spe-cialists from Toronto General, South-lake, Sunnybrook and other hospitalsin the GTA. e same videoconfer-encing technology is supporting theuse of the ventilator for the sickestpatients in the Emergency Depart-ment, as well as patients who needconsultation for their complicatedwounds and dermatological condi-tions.

Expanding the OTN Clinic willallow the hospital to continue to-wards the goal of providing the kindof care Uxbridge residents need in aplace close to where they live. “We are grateful to the Foundation

and our many donors for supportingthis innovative equipment and tech-

nology at the hospital,” says SandiLofgren.

More news about recent upgradesat the hospital will be communicatedin future columns.

In other news, Jo-Anne Gray, Exec-utive Director, UCH Foundation,accepted a cheque from the Good-wood Lions Club this week. eirfundraising efforts resulted in a $500donation to UCH Foundation thisyear. is busy group donates to sev-eral charities annually and has beencontributing to the Uxbridge Hospi-tal for several years.

e 9th annual Uxbridge CottageHospital Foundation’s Swing intoSpring Golf Tournament, being heldthis Friday, April 29, at WoodenSticks is SOLD OUT!

All Hole, Dinner & Cart Sponsor-ships have been pre-sold and 148golfers will participate to raise fundsto purchase new equipment, fund

renovations and special projects atthe Uxbridge site of Markham-Stouf-fville Hospital in the coming year.ank you to everyone who is partic-ipating, as well as to the group of vol-

unteers who are generouslygiving their time to this event.e Auxiliary held its annual

Run for the Diamond Half-Marathon fundraiser on April17. We couldn’t have asked forbetter weather! ere were ap-proximately 650 registrants,including many children. Aspecial thank you to all theparticipants, all the sponsorsand volunteers, to the Townstaff and the Durham Re-gional Police for their help.And thank you to WoodenSticks for again letting us usetheir beautiful course andclubhouse for this event. Chances Are is now featuring

its spring and summer cloth-ing collection. And on Friday

and Saturday this week, the first Gar-den and Patio Sale will be held up-stairs at the store at 20 Bascom St.Marilyn and her helpers have beenworking hard collecting items and ar-ranging attractive displays. So dropby for some bargains. All moneyraised goes towards purchasingequipment for the hospital. It’s garage sale season again. We ap-

preciate your donations of saleableitems to Chances Are. Please remem-ber that we are unable to accept largefurniture or electronics.

e Auxiliary is looking for morevolunteers to visit and do activitieswith the hospital patients. Pleasecontact the Auxiliary office atuchauxiliary@msh.on.ca or 905-

852-9771 ext 5237 if you can helpus, even if it’s for just one shift a

month.

Thursday, April 28, 20163The Uxbridge Cosmos

Hospital Happenings with Susan Long

Bob Kennedy (left) and Kelly Martin present Jo-AnneGray with a $500 donation to the Uxbridge CottageHospital Foundation from the Goodwood Lions Club.

Photo by John Cavers

Thursday, April 28, 20164The Uxbridge Cosmos

RE: Report says Uxbridge can han-dle more houses, The UxbridgeCosmos, April 21, 2016

It sad to see Mayor O’Connor con-tinuing to cling to the outmodedidea that new housing developmentis “good for everybody”. Many stud-ies show new development is farmore likely to lead to increased taxesfor all residents. These studies showthat development charges and addi-tional property taxes rarely cover theadditional infrastructure and ongo-ing service costs for fire, police, roads,recreation, etc., arising from new de-velopments. Peel Region, the cities of Edmonton

and Calgary have all discovered, totheir dismay, that new developmentdoes not pay for itself. Edmonton isfacing $4 billion in additional costsover and above any additional taxrevenue from new planned develop-ments.

New development also increasestraffic and pollution and contributesto the loss of green space, amongmany other impacts that are hardly"good for everybody” living here. There is a very readable presentation

that summarizes this and looks at al-ternative solutions that could benefitus all, done by the University of Ot-tawa's Sustainable Prosperity net-work here:http://thecostofsprawl.com . I hope the Mayor, council and resi-

dents will take a look at this beforeproceeding with agreeing to new de-velopment that will end up increas-ing everyone’s tax bills.

Stephen LeahyUxbridge

I know, I am banging my headagainst a sacred mantra which main-tains that all things economic mustgrow or die, but tell me again — whyare 600 more homes so good forUxbridge? Perhaps it is because wewant to look more like Stouffville orBrooklin and we’re embarrassedwhen people use words like small,sane, sensible, cozy, comfortable,character-rich, and quiet when theyspeak of Uxbridge? Maybe it’s so wecan get our money’s worth out of ourexisting water and sewage infrastruc-tures by pushing them to extremelimits? Or could it be that nearbyfarmland, currently producing food,will be so much more picturesquewhen covered with taxable asphaltand cement? Is it that we want towheeze a collective sigh of relief whenwe are finally on our way to looking,and smelling, exactly like Toronto,the urban jungle that so many of uscame here to escape?

Yes, Uxbridge has grown. I, andmany others, would probably not behere otherwise. But Uxbridge still hasa chance to avoid the suburbansprawl spiral. Our town is solvent,and with careful management, thathappy situation should continue,making an expanded tax base unnec-essary. Let’s preserve and enhancewhat we have. Zero growth — whata grand concept for Uxbridge, andfor the planet.

John TomlinsonUxbridge

The Energy Conservation Commit-tee held its first “Everything Green”information night at the Townshipoffices on Thursday, April 21, and itwas a very successful evening, with

Quaker Village Public School, St.Joseph’s Catholic School, UxbridgePublic School and the UxbridgeMontessori School all participatingin the Mascot Contest. Each mascotwas very creative and unique andbuilt completely from recycled mate-rial. Quaker Village was our winnerand the school will have their awardon display until April 20 of next year.

Our evening was an informativenight, with Heyes Landscape Co.giving a demonstration on how togarden with low to no maintenanceand conserving water; Lawson HomeImprovements showed us energy sav-ing windows; Renewable Watts pre-sented how going solar can saveenergy and money.

Hop Hill Farms was this year’s re-cipient of our local EnvironmentalHero award, and local businessessupplied products that are madefrom recycled material. Residentswere very impressed with the qualityof these products that can be boughtlocally.

Our committee also had demon-strations on growing vegetables in asmall urban area, on insulation foryour home, conserving water, and in-formation brochures on saving en-ergy, money and recycling fromTRCA, DEAC, Green Belt, En-bridge and Hydro.

Thank you to all who assisted usand to the residents who came outand took part in our program whichmade our first “Everything GreenShow” a success.

See you all next year on April 20,2017, during Earth Week.

Bev NortheastChair

Energy Conservation Committee

Letters to the Editor

Last week we so badly wanted the headline on the front page to be different.Instead of reading “Report says Uxbridge can handle more houses” (stifleyawn here), we really wanted to say “Uxbridge told it can take more cr-p”,but we didn’t think that would be entirely appropriate. Accurate, yes, but notgood on the front page. That was essentially what came down, however. Thereport said our sewage plant could handle more than it currently does - thusthe urge to write the headline noted above. Seems that no matter what head-line we used, the piece caught a few eyes, and already residents are shakingtheir heads “no” at the possibility of more houses in and around the down-town. The letters to the editor this week say it just as well as we could.

Now, we know that, just because one little report said that Uxbridge candeal with more cr-p, it doesn’t mean it should. With housing prices beingwhat they are at the moment, we could build a million more houses here,but no one will move to Uxbridge because no one will be able to afford them!We do think that the east/north end of town would benefit from a grocerystore being built around just a couple of washrooms. That wouldn’t tax thesewage system too much. Oh, ideas of where new washrooms could goaround town are boundless, but must be thought through carefully. Wewouldn’t want to be accused of being full of cr-p.

------------It was a crisp but sunny day on Saturday, and hundreds came out to enjoyHuck Finn Youth Fishing Day. It was fun to see the pond engulfed in people,all standing with their lines in the water just waiting for that first little nibble.Fishing is, to us, a little like watching paint dry, but when there are that manypeople are gathered together for such a fun, community-minded event, onecan’t help but want to grab a pole and get in on the “action”. Congratulationsto Yakob Wensvoort, who caught a 17-inch trout and won the Huck FinnFishing Contest. And thank you to those who put this amazing event together- you know who you are, and you know that Uxbridge wouldn’t be amazingwithout you.

------------Here we are at the end of April, and the weather still won’t let us definitivelyput our winter coats and boots away, or take the snow tires off the car. Buthockey is sort of kind of winding down, and the Toronto Blue Jays are alreadybeing closely watched, so that bodes well for those of us who can’t wait forthe nicer weather to really set in. But for now, we’ll be content with wearingWellies with shorts and mittens, and toques with sundresses, and ... oh, well,we were going to say socks and sandals, but we take that back. No one shouldwear socks and sandals. No matter what the weather is outside.

------------Just in case you’re confused by our cartoon this week, we just had to make acomment on the fact that Vince’s Market’s new biodegradable grocery bagsare fabulous for the environment and do smell an awful lot like maple syrup.If you haven’t had a sniff yet, pop in to Vince’s, do a bit of shopping and getone of the bags. You won’t be able to stop smelling it, and you’ll develop astrong craving for pancakes long before you get home. Vince’s sausages aredelicious...

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Thursday, April 28, 20165The Uxbridge Cosmos

I had a bad dream the other night. Disturb-ing. Chilling. The stuff of nightmares. I wassitting at a table at the Sunny Ways Café.Presidents Trump and Putin sipped lattés atthe table next to me. The Hair Apparent andOld Ostrich Legs were locked in giddy de-bate about how to divvy up the free world.“Give back the Ukraine, Vlady!” bellowedTrump. The Russian strongman stroked hischin thoughtfully, “Donald daaaahling, I villgive back Ukraine in exchange for Cyanada.”

The Donald mulled it over then sum-moned the waiter. “Vlady old boy, this callsfor something stronger.” In a moment JustinTrudeau emerged from the kitchen in acloud of green smoke and wearing nothingbut an apron and a perma-smile. Girlsswooned. The prices on the menus went up.“How can I help you boys?” In the spirit ofdétente, Trump ordered a vodka martini butinsisted the toothpick be made in America!Reciprocating, Putin held his nose and or-dered a Miller Lite.

“Coming right up, boys!” Then Trudeau disappeared into the back,

not before taking a selfie with the two over-lords. In seconds he reemerged, this timewearing sparring shorts and a “Justin’s Gym”t-shirt. He set the drinks on the table. Putinglowered.

“Dis is not Miller Lite, dis is Molson!” Trump’s hair stood on end. “And this mar-

tini is missing an olive!” To which Trudeaugushed, “You didn’t hear? Your partner incrime there had the world’s supply of olivesdumped into the Caspian Sea.” Trump turned a shade of red not seen since

tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia. Trudeau,sensing the worst, turned on his heel anddisappeared back into the green cloud butnot before taking a selfie with Donald reach-ing for the big, red button under a pictureof an ICBM. That’s when I woke up, sitting bolt upright

and scraping the ice chips off my forehead.Never has a human being been so relieved tobe back in the here and now, away fromnukes and tyrants and annoying waiters. Soit was in a state of blessed wakefulness that Iarrived at our office coffee station for thedaily meeting of the minds with my fellowdevelopers. The boys and I contemplated theweighty issues involved in saving the free

world from faulty computer code. Complexprojects. The impossible deadlines. Is theJays starting rotation good enough to winthe A. L. East? Ah yes, this morning’s dreamwas fast becoming yesterday’s nightmare. Allseemed back to normal in the world of bitsand bytes. Until, of course, someone decidedto share something they had seen “on thenews”.A group of student protesters in the Belgian

countryside were able to steal some nukes.Or at least they could have if they had beenterrorists or a klatch of disgruntled cabbies.The stealthy band of co-eds had managed tohop a chain-link fence, tip-toe past some be-mused sheep, and walk right up to the “se-cure area” housing nuclear leftovers from theCold War. A few months later they returned,again unchallenged, to enter one of the shel-ters before being arrested (no word on if itwas the sheep that turned them in). Thepoint of this little frat house prank was tohighlight the insecurity of the world’s dead-liest weapons. Our colleague’s tale gave usthe warm-and-fuzzies knowing those en-trusted with our safety are doing such abang-up job.

That evening – tired, world-weary, and inneed of some mindless diversion – I parkedmy keester in the La-z-Boy and flicked onthe telly. Leonardo DiCaprio, the erstwhileWolf of Wall Street, was addressing theUnited Nations (you can’t make this stuffup). Uncle Leo had been anointed as aglobal ambassador for climate change. Well,you certainly can’t argue with Dr. Di’s cre-dentials. While filming The Revenant in Al-berta he proclaimed the Chinook winds tobe the evil offspring of climate change. Thisproclamation tickled the ribs of the localswho pointed out the Chinook has beenaround forever. It is actually a dry, warm,down-slope wind that occurs on the lee sideof a mountain range and not a warm frontemanating from a rich thespian. With myfinger quivering tremulously over the mutebutton I listened to how the Tinseltown glit-terati angled to craft the policies to combatclimate change. With Leo the Enlightenedat the helm what could possibly go wrong? When he exited the stage to fawning ap-plause, another thought occurred to me: Ishould’ve stayed in bed.

It was that time of the night. The host had toldplenty of jokes. The volunteers had completedmost of the preparations. The event was un-folding the way most had hoped. Even thechair of the fundraising committee had a smileon her face. It was time for the pitch. So, outcame the president of the charity that was thebeneficiary of the evening to speak.

“Time to dig deep folks,” he said. “It’s whywe’re here, right? To make some money.”With that, the host slipped into the role of an

auctioneer, inviting the audience to begin bid-ding in a live auction. In this case, it was the12th annual “Scrabble with the Stars” event inToronto, bringing together a slew of musical,radio, television and movie stars, as well assundry other personalities (I was invited in tobe one of those), to compete in games of Scrab-ble for fun and fundraising in aid of the Per-forming Arts Lodges. PAL is a downtown TOapartment complex providing affordable hous-ing for those in the performing arts professionsin need of accommodation in their retirementyears. I know it may sound a bit odd – Scrabbleas a fundraiser – but it really works.

“What am I bid for Joel Wapnick?” the hostshouted, looking for a starting bid of $500.

“What am I bid for the former ScrabbleWorld Champion?”

Well, as it turned out, Wapnick, because ofhis capacity to give a table of four Scrabbleplayers (a celebrity and three paying guests) aleg up to potentially achieving the top scoreand prizes for the evening, commanded a $900bid. Moments later, another Scrabble wizard,Robin Pollock-Daniel, the top-rated femaleScrabble player in North America, brought innearly twice that in a second live auction. Andthat’s exactly what the PAL beneficiaries hadhoped for, in the heat of the moment, a flurryof bidding with several well-heeled guests get-ting into the spirit of giving and knowing it wasall for a good cause.

We have all been there. We have all gone tothese benefits, fully aware that the idea of theevening is to give as much as we can. I remem-ber among the first and most successful com-munity benefits here in town was the annual“Doodle Auction.” For most of its years-longrun, it attracted hundreds of participants who,one night each year, bid both silently and liveon the simplest, but most sought-after doodlesand signatures of celebrities as diverse as hockeycelebrity Don Cherry, movie star John Travoltaand naturalist/painter Robert Bateman. Com-munity booster Barb Murphy and her team of

volunteers spent nearly the entire year betweeneach Doodle Auction collecting submissionsfor the next auction. And the beneficiaries – theCelebration of the Arts and the York-DurhamHeritage Railway – enjoyed both the spotlightand the proceeds of a very profitable night.The Sam Sharpe Gala at the high school a few

weeks ago had much the same aim – to raisethe profile of the Uxbridge Secondary Schoolstudents’ initiative to travel to Vimy next year,and, along the way, the students hoped, to endup with a few dollars after gala costs to assist inthe travelling expenses to get 54 students over-seas next year. But the Sam Sharpe Gala, theDoodle Auction and the Scrabble with theStars benefit, all require three vital ingredients:A visible and laudable cause. A seeminglyreachable financial objective. And a group ofvolunteers with boundless energy, focused com-mitment and a strong empathy for the benefi-ciaries.

“It takes months of work to make this onenight happen,” said my sister, Kate Barris, whohas chaired most of the Scrabble with the Starsevents the last dozen years. “And I thank oursmall but mighty committee … for lookingafter every little detail.”She wasn’t kidding. Her volunteers booked the

40-plus stars, arranged for their care and feed-ing, organized a silent auction that would ulti-mately stimulate thousands in bids, managedall the elements of the buffet meal and bar, or-chestrated the Scrabble matches at all 40 tables,rewarded the winning scores, marshalled every-body in and everybody out of the venue in amatter of hours. I know. I watched the last ofthe volunteers carrying away the Scrabbleboards, pens and score sheets, table cloths, ta-bles and chairs. And it was the same at the SamSharpe Gala – students, faculty and staff trans-forming U.S.S. from functioning high schoolto a Vimy museum / banquet hall / perform-ance stage and back again – in a matter of 48hours.And why? Well, yes, it’s the pride of achieving

a financial goal, perhaps. It’s the sense of ac-complishment – both personally and in thebroader sense of community. But I think deepin the heart of every benefit or fundraiser is alsoa sense of defiance – despite staring disastersquare in the face, that the “small but mightycommittee,” as my sister called it, pulled it offand survived to tell the tale.

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Thursday, April 28, 20166The Uxbridge Cosmos

The Uxbridge Youth Centre is aboutto become a great place to grab ahealthy snack. It was recently ap-

proved for a grant from the GroceryFoundation to make “Healthy Eats”a regular program feature at theYouth Centre.Healthy Eats is an afterschool snack

program that offers young people inthe community access to free, healthysnacks at 3 p.m., Tuesdays to Fridays,and at 12 p.m. on Saturdays.

The Uxbridge Youth Centrelaunched the Healthy Eats After-school Snack Program in August2014 with the support of both theGrocery Foundation and Vince’sMarket. After having the UYC's ap-plication for funding approved bythe Grocery Foundation, the fundingwas sent from the Grocery Founda-tion to Vince’s Market, then deliv-ered to the UYC in the form ofVince’s gift cards.

“The UYC is continuously strivingto improve every aspect of what it hasto offer the community. As such, itwas with the inception of ourHealthy Eats program that we soughtto improve both the quantity andquality of food that is available to

youth in Uxbridge,” explains DaleMcKnight, program facilitator at theUYC. Following the conclusion of the first

Healthy Eats campaign at the end of

2015, the incredible popularity ofthe program encouraged the UYC tostrive towards developing it into aregular feature. They were approvedfor a second grant from the Grocery

Foundation, receiving a $10,000 do-nation, and are running the programin the same format as it was before -Grocery Foundation provides Vince’s

with funding which is delivered to usin gift cards.

The program is designed to provideyouth with healthy snacks and to en-courage youth participation in com-

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You’ve seen the signs, heard it talkedabout, and asked yourself a milliontimes - what the heck is Pickleball?And does it involve hamburgers?

Pickleball is a game that was in-vented in 1965, on Bainbridge Is-land, not too far away from Seattle,Washington. Congressmen JoelPritchard, William Bell and BarneyMcCallum came home from a golfgame and found their kids bored inthe middle of summer. So they cre-ated a game to keep the kids out oftrouble, was fun and challenging andaccessible. ey gave the kids sometennis table paddles, they lowered thenet on their badminton court, gotsome whiffle balls, and Pickleball wasborn. Pickleball is played on a badminton

sized court with special paddles,made out of wood or high-tech aero-space materials. e ball is slightlysmaller than a whiffle ball, and thenet is lower so every age can play.

Rules: e ball has to bounce onceon both sides of the net before aplayer is allowed to volley. ere is aseven foot “no volley zone” on eachside, so there is no spiking. e serveralternates service courts, until he or

she faults, and whoever can score 11points first and lead by at least twopoints wins the match. Pickleball can be played in both sin-

gles and doubles. When serving theball, a player must be diagonal to hisopponent; must serve underhanded(below waist); and the serve mustclear the no volley zone in front ofthe net,landing in the diagonal serv-

ice court. Faults occur when the ball touches

any part of the non-volley zone onthe serve, is hit out of bounds, does

not clear the net, or is volleyed beforea bounce has occurred on each side.Pickleball’s popularity is on the rise,

and leagues are popping up all over.

Want to try it yourself? Check outthe demonstration at Sandford Hallnext Monday evening (see ad below).No burgers allowed.

Thursday, April 28, 20167The Uxbridge Cosmos

PICKLE-BALL

Come on out for a demonstration ofPickleball at the Sandford Hall

Monday, May 2, 6:30-8:00pm.Following the demonstration everyoneis welcome to give Pickleball a try.All equipment will be provided.Ages 14 and up welcome to play

What is Pickleball, anyway?

Thursday, April 28, 20168The Uxbridge Cosmos

THIS WEEKENDFri., April 29: Artists of UxbridgeAnnual Art Show & Sale.170 ReachSt. E., 12 - 6 p.m. Also runs Sat., April30, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., and Sun., May 1,11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Fri., April 29: The Monday Morn-ing Singers present Folk Songs ofthe Four Seasons. St. Pauls AnglicanChurch, 7:30 p.m.. Tickets are $15 fromPresents, Presents, or at the door.www.mmsingers.org 905-852-3693Sat., April 30: York Durham Chap-ter, Ontario Woodlot AssociationEvent. 8:30 a.m. registration & coffee,,program 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. including lunch.For woodlot & rural property owners whowish to learn more about managing theirforest & meadows by studying a York Re-gion Forest lead by an experienced Pro-

fessional Forester. Followed by a briefAGM. Bill Fisch Forest Stewardship andEducation Centre, 16389 Highway 48(3 km south of Davis Drive). Contact AlanWells, wellsa@sympatico.ca or 905 8523051Sat., April 30: Community YardSale. 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Uxbridge Legionparking lot, Rain or shine (inside or out).Sell your treasures - $15/spot or donategently used items to the Legion. ContactLen Cole at 905-852-7633. BBQ & re-freshments available.Sat., April 30: Spring Bazaar,Udora United Church. 9 a.m. - 2p.m. Many vendors including woodwork-ing, antiques, metalwork, barn board fur-niture, stained glass, plants, candles,recycled knitwear, silk products, baking& more. For more information contactHelen Jones at 705-228-8102.

Sat., April 30:Digital Photog-raphy Work-shop. TheUxbridge Public Li-brary & Friends ofthe Library presentthis workshop, in-structed by CarmenBrennan. LowerMeeting Room ofthe library. 1 - 3p.m. Bring your owncamera, iPhone oriPad and questions.Cost $20. Registerat the Uxbridge Li-brary Adult Depart-ment.Sat., April 30:Pasta Supper at

St Paul's Anglican Church, 5 - 7p.m. Continuous Serving - Adults $15,Children (5-12) $5, preschoolers free.Featuring lasagnas, spaghetti, caesarsalad, rolls, beverages & Italian icecream. Tickets available at the door or inadvance at the Church. www.stpauls-uxbridge.ca & on FacebookSat., April 30: Rising Stars Con-cert. St. Andrew's-Chalmers PresbyterianChurch, 7:30 p.m. Tickets available atthe door: Adults $15, students $10, chil-dren under 10 FREE. A showcase ofUxbridge youth on piano, voice, fiddle,percussion and violin.Sat., April 30: Wing & PizzaNight, Uxbridge Recreation Centre, 7 –9:30 p.m. Hosted by Big Brothers Big Sis-ters of North Durham. Vote on whoserves the best wings & pizza inUxbridge! Cash bar, raffle prizes, silentauction. Tickets $30, $40 at the door,contact 905-985-3733, ext. 4, or emailkrista.webb@bigbrothersbigsisters.caSun., May 1: MusicFest atReachview Village,10 - 11:15 p.m.We have a very appreciative audience!All welcome. For more info please con-tact jo at 905-852-6487. Sun., May 1: Concert at the Foster Me-morial. 1:30 p.m. Ted Nasmith, Tolkienartist, will unveil his painting of the Foster& will also entertain with guests WandaStride & Marie Lyn Hammond.

NEXT WEEKTues., May 3: Uxbridge Writers'Circle. 1 - 3 p.m. Dedicated to encour-aging & promoting the art & skill of writ-ing in a supportive environment. Wemeet the first Tuesday of each month,Uxbridge Arena. Membership free, opento all genres. Contact Sherry at authorsh-erry@rogers.com.Wed., May 4: Annual UxbridgePrayer Breakfast. Wyndance GolfClub, 7 - 9 a.m. A morning of inspiration,

prayer & fellowship with keynote speakerPastor Blake Found, representing Set FreeDurham, an organization formed to bringawareness to human trafficking inDurham Region. Musical presentation byFreedom Bound. Tickets $20, availableat Blue Heron Books & Evans FinancialServices (38 Toronto St. N.)uxbridgeprayerbreakfast@gmail.comSat., May 7: Foster MemorialGarage Sale. 8 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Renta spot, call 905-640-3966 or emailbnortheast@powergate.caSat., May 7: Udora / LeaskdaleLions Club - Canoe River Run. Starttime 8 a.m. at Zephyr Road betweenConc. 5 & 6.Sat., May 7: Uxbridge FreeMethodist Church Bake Sale. 10a.m. - 2 p.m. 81 Reach St., Uxb., rain orshine. Proceeds help Michael join theOperation Mobilization Mission.Sat., May 14: Award-winningsinger, songwriter & multi-instru-mentalist Suzie Vinnick at Green-bank Centennial Hall, 8 p.m. Hostedby Greenbank Folk Music Society. Tickets$25, available at Blue Heron Books, P OE Design in Port Perry, or call 905-985-8351 for reserved tickets and informa-tion. Tues., May 17: Uxbridge SeniorCitizens' Club Chinese Lunch, 12:30p.m. Tickets for members $10/person.Non-members $15/person. Please ob-tain tickets by May 12! Dishes will beprovided. New members welcome! Mem-bership $10/person per year.

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wood. Thursday evenings & Sunday af-ternoons. Robbie 905-640-0436Uxbridge Soccer Club: REGISTERNOW for house league summer soccer.All leagues begin in May.www.uxbridgesoccerclub.comUxbridge Legion Branch #170.Bingo every Thursday evening, 7:30.Doors open at 6. Up to $1,200 in prizemoney. Euchre every Friday evening at7. Saturday afternoon Meat Rolls startingat 4 p.m. All events open to the public.Heart to Heart Healing Centre. 26Brock St. W. Open Wednesdays 2 - 4p.m. and Thursday evenings, 7 - 9 p.m.905-862-9014Uxbridge Parkinson's SupportGroup meets the first Thursday of eachmonth (except July & August) between 1-3 p.m. at Bridgewater - 22 James Hill Crt.All welcome. For additional informationcontact Maureen Gilleece 416-895-2255 or visit www.uxparkinsons.comUxbridge Legion Branch #170.Bingo every Thursday evening, 7:30.Doors open at 6. Up to $1,200 in prizemoney. Euchre every Friday evening at7. Saturday afternoon Meat Rolls startingat 4 p.m. All events open to the public,come out & support your local veterans.Baby Café, every Monday, 9 - 11a.m.at the Uxbridge Early Years Centres lo-cated in Uxbridge Public School. Drop infor tea & a chat. Breastfeeding supportavailable. All pregnant women, par-ents/caregivers with infants welcome,non-fee. Please call 905-862-3131 or di-rector@durhamfamilyresoruces.org formore info.COMING UP is a FREE community bul-letin board. If you have a communityevent for a charity or non-profit organiza-tion that you’d like us to mention (ASSPACE PERMITS), please contact us atthecosmos@powergate.ca or 905-852-1900. The deadline for our next issue is12 noon Tuesday.

COMING UP

Well, we survived another yearof hockey. It’s now time tobring out the lawn fertilizerspreaders, connect the outdoorhoses for washing our cars inthe driveway, and check the‘honey do’ list that our signifi-cant others have prepared forus. We ended the season a weekago on Sunday, April 17, withthe Reachview Rangers playingoff against the Butternut Bruinsat 7 a.m., and the other fourteams of ‘youngsters’ playing at8 a.m. Almost everyone stayedfor a nice brunch in the Com-munity Hall. Councillor FredBryan, presented the NobbyCoppins ‘For e Love of theGame’ award to Dunc Burns.Fred is the son-in-law of GaryCoppins and is married to oneof Gary’s daughters, Denise.

I would like to thank theleague executive members: RobCroxall, Don Mason, Jim Ron-deau, and Dean Wilson. Deanwas unable to complete the yeardue to a serious leg injury (un-related to hockey) and DaveSterrit took over for him. Also,joining the executive next yearwill be Reid McBain, acting astreasurer.

Next season will start in Sep-tember, around the second orthird week, similar to this year.Check for SOFA SMILESagain in late August for exactdetails. We still need more ‘reg-ular’ players and ‘spares’ for theSunday morning SOFA ‘young-sters’ league. We are planning toadd Wednesdays to the Mon-day SOFA+ (over 60 . . . notspeed) league, provided we canget enough players to play bothdays. In fact, players don’t needto play both days, but we need

enough to play each day tomake it work.So, if you’re interested in play-

ing as a ‘regular’ or ‘spare’ in theSunday SOFA league contactRob Croxall atrjcroxall@yahoo.ca. If you want

to get out of your wheelchair orput down your ‘walker’ onMondays (and perhapsWednesdays) contact GerryRoberts at gerry_roberts@sym-patico.ca.

Enjoy your summer!As I have said before, it takes a cer-tain arrogance and egotism to writea column: being arrogant enough tothink your opinion matters andegotistical enough to believe peoplewant to read it.

Some who know me well will tellyou I have arrogance and egotism inspades. I am not so arrogant or ego-tistical, however, to believe that mywritings have any influence onUxbridge council. Yet it seems pass-ing strange that council has recentlytaken, or is about to take, severalmeasures to address some concernsI have raised in recent months.

One is zoning. In recent columnsregarding the proposed gas bar at168 Brock Street West, I askedwhether it was fair or reasonable toallow a gas bar at that site based ona zoning bylaw that was passed 35years ago. I also asked if the minorvariance sought by Armoclan tothat zoning could, in fact, be realis-tically considered "minor".Last week, noting another applica-

tion for a "minor" variance beforethe Committee of Adjustment, inwhich the applicant wanted tobuild a storage garage three timeslarger than the zoning of his prop-erty allowed, I asked council whatwas the definition of a minor vari-ance. I really don't care if the appli-cant builds a garage five timeslarger: it's no skin off my nose. Butsomething is either minor or it isnot and I just wanted to knowwhere the line is drawn. I was toldthe Committee of Adjustmentcould answer that question. So Itook myself to the next meeting ofthe committee and when the filecame up for consideration, I askedchair Marion Norton if I could aska question of the committee. I wastold "No".

Back to council on Monday, toonce again ask the question and alsoto ask why the committee doesn'tallow questions while council does.I was not surprised that no onecould - or would - tell me what aminor variance is. As it turns out,after visiting the websites of severalother Ontario municipalities, Ifound out it seems minor variancesaren't necessarily defined: they aremore or less left to the judgment ofcommittees of adjustment. How-ever, Mayor Gerri Lynn O'Connordid tell me that Uxbridge is goingto re-examine its zoning bylaws. Shesaid it wasn't fair to push 1981standards on today's populace.

Hmmmm? Was it something Isaid?I recently wrote a column in which

I suggested it is long past time forcouncil meetings to be audio orvideo recorded to avoid disputesover who said what. Lo and behold,shortly afterwards, the mayor an-nounced that she had been dis-cussing the issue with the mayors ofBrock and Scugog. I don't quite un-derstand what Brock and Scugoghave to do with Uxbridge councilmeetings being recorded, but themayor added that there is a possibil-ity that such recordings, or even livestreaming, will be introduced.

Hmmmm? Was it something Isaid?

at issue of recording - or lackthereof - didn't come into playsome months ago when I wassoundly criticized by council for anarticle I wrote about the bylaw de-partment's proposal to curtail theuse of ATVs on private property,but it could have. A packed houseat Zephyr community centre wastold I had my facts all wrong. Nev-ertheless, in spite of the fact that Isupposedly got the story wrong, theproposal was quietly withdrawn.

Hmmmm? Was it something Isaid?

In answer to all those questions,the answer is more than likely"No", because it was not just meraising the issues. Neighbours in theBrock Street/Cedar Street area wereequally vociferous on the subject ofzoning, the Gouldville group wasformed to fight the Mill Street de-velopment and large numbers ofpeople in the rural area were riledup about the ATV bylaw.at would indicate two things to

me. First, council is listening to theresidents who put them into office,and that is good. But, secondly, italso indicates council is reactiverather than being proactive and thatis not so good. As I wrote in an-other recent column, when ques-tion period comes atthe end of councilmeetings, I almostalways have ques-tions, questions thatI believe should havebeen asked by someof the councillorsduring the proceed-ings.

It seems to me ifthey asked the ques-tions in the firstplace, they wouldn'thave to be reactive.

Tell me, am Iwrong?

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haunting speech Robert Shaw givesin Jaws (1975) about the Indianapolissinking, the men going into thewater and the sharks coming? This isthe story with Nicolas Cage, search-ing for a hit. Could be great, or not.

The Founder - Michael Keatoncould finally win that elusive Oscarfor his performance as the man who

made McDonald’s the massive chainit is. In the middle of a staggering ca-reer renaissance, Keaton is hitting allthe right notes and Hollywood iswatching. By the time the campfire smoke has

cleared and the air has cooled we willbe ready for Oscar season again.Cannot wait!

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Super heroes, super villains, sequels,and remakes dominate the majorsummer releases coming at us in thecinemas across the country. Here arethe major films to look for in thosehot, soon-to-be-here summermonths.Money Monster - Jodie Foster directs

George Clooney as a TV financialwizard taken hostage after a youngman who has lost everything stormsthe show live and takes control. JuliaRoberts co-stars with Clooney inwhat could be an early Oscar con-tender. Foster's chance to breakthrough as a director, Clooney a wel-come back after a long absence.Finding Dory - One of the most

awaited films of the year finds the

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Peacefully at the home of her daughter Braunda Bodger in Sunderland. Allison was predeceased by Walter, her husband of 66 years. Allison will beremembered by her daughters Gretna (Bob) and Braunda (Tim), her fourgrandchildren, Lara Ben and Samantha, Jessica andRebecca Bodger, and her three great grandchildren,Libby and Lucas Ben and Maxwell Worrell. Allison was born in Collessie in the Kingdom ofFife, Scotland and immigrated to Canada with herfamily in 1923. She was raised in Craik,Saskatchewan, became a teacher and thenmarried Walter. After the war the two ofthem then went on an adventure of a life-time that took them to Northern B.C.,the jungles of Guyana and then theidyllic life on a boat in St. Lucia. For38 years they lived in St. Lucia ontheir boats “Rose Salter” and “YoYo.” Allison has lived the last nine yearswith her two daughters in Canada.

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forgetful fish Dory seeking her par-ents, whom she has finally remem-bered. Ellen Degeneres again voicesDory, one of the most beloved char-acters ever created by Pixar. Expectedto be huge and very, very good.The BFG - Steven Spielberg returns

to the fantasy genre in this adapta-tion of the Roald Dahl novel about alittle girl who befriends a giant tohelp her battle the vicious giants in-vading the world. Recent Oscar win-ner Mark Rylance portrays the giant.With Spielberg at the helm expecta-tions are huge, and the film will be.Star Trek Beyond - The reboot of the

franchise has been hugely successfuland critically acclaimed, so the cru-cial third film will be telling. ChrisPine will again captain the Enter-prise, with Zachary Quinto as Spockand the rest of the more recent castback for duty. Could go either way,though they have been smart thusfar.Ben Hur - Yes I am serious. They

have remade the 1959 Charlton He-ston classic and the exciting thing is,it looks terrific. The trailer has beenon the web for a week or so and looksmagnificent - updated but not stray-ing from the original at all. Jack Hus-

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