THINGS LOOK ‘GRIZZLY’ OUT THERE - The weather may not have been fit to play ball, but Sam Lopresti manages to hit a triple on Monday night as the UxbridgeGrizzlies Major Peewee rep team played against Newmarket at the Bonner Diamonds. Uxbridge competes in league play as a member of the York Simcoe Baseball Associationas well as in tournaments across Ontario. Photo by John Cavers

by Lisha Van Nieuwenhove

Uxbridge has voted to support the proposedPickering Airport, but Land Over Landingschair Mary Delaney doesn’t think that MayorDave Barton gave himself enough time tothoroughly investigate what an “aerotropolis”in south Durham meant before he voted hissupport.

“I would like to think that, if that motion[to advise the federal government that it sup-ports the development of the Pickering air-port] hadn’t been brought up so quickly inregional council, and that if he’d had advancenotice, the mayor would have talked to peo-ple, including Land Over Landings, and hisconstituents,” says Delaney.

Talk of an airport in Pickering has beenramping up following the introduction of aproposed “Toronto East Aerotropolis.” Ac-cording to the City of Pickering’s website, anaerotropolis is “an airport city that consists of

businesses and communities that grow basedon the accessibility of an airport at their core.”It goes on to say that an airport is “an enginefor sustained long-term economic develop-ment, creating tens of thousands of new jobsin the process.”

Mayor Barton shares this view. In a state-ment released earlier this month, Barton saidhe believed the airport “could fuel our econ-omy so our residents can have a 20-minutecommute instead of driving to Toronto forgood paying jobs.” The proposed aerotropolis announcement in

early April prompted Land Over Landings torefocus its annual general meeting, which oc-curs this Sunday, June 2, at the Dr. Nelson F.Tomlinson Community Centre in Clare-mont. The meeting will host Dr. Dianne Saxe,an environmental lawyer and former Environ-mental Commissioner for Ontario, and SteveParish, former Ajax mayor and vocal cham-pion of the Greenbelt, “for a candid and ac-

tion-oriented discussion of threats facing ourcommunities,” explains Delaney.

Although the airport lands are locatedmainly in north Pickering, some are locatedwithin the Township of Uxbridge. Also, flightpaths are expected to directly cross over thetownship.

“Uxbridge is thriving as a community thatis based in agriculture,” says Delaney. “Agri-culture is the leading economic driver in On-tario. Seventeen per cent of people useairports. One hundred per cent use food.That’s why this aerotropolis is short-sighted.That’s why the planet is in the situation is in.There is no such thing as a ‘green airport.’ Youdon’t walk off a plane into nature.”

For more on the proposed Toronto EastAerotropolis, visit pickering.ca/en/toronto-east-aerotropolis.aspx For more on this Sun-day’s Land Over Landings annual generalmeeting and guest speakers, go to landover-landings.com

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New marijuana operation proposed:A proposal to allow a medical mari-juana grow operation just south ofthe Uxbridge urban area received aless-than-enthusiastic response fromcouncil Monday night.

In a deputation, Simon Nasr of

Northern Spirits Biosciences Groupsaid his organization wants to open agrow operation on a 10-acre propertyon Highway 47, just north of WaggRoad. Nasr said it would be a "microcultivation facility" with an emphasison research and development dedi-cated to developing techniques toallow for the use of medical mari-juana, such as pills, creams or edibles.

He said the township's currentbylaw covering medical marijuanaoperations is too restrictive. ebylaw, passed in 2016, requires suchoperations to be located on a mini-mum of 100 acres. e bylaw further

states the maximum area of a build-ing that houses a grow operation willbe 743 square metres. Nasr's groupproposes starting off with a 278-square metre building, but with a1,858-square-metre building to beadded. Nasr said the current bylawrequires excess land.Township planning consultant Eliz-

abeth Howson said the current bylawwas drawn up after a number of is-sues were raised and that the param-eters set out are now in force. Shesaid Nasr should apply for a changein the zoning bylaw and make hiscase.

Councillor Pam Beach of Ward 1had only one comment - a complaint- about such an operation."e smell," she said.Mayor Dave Barton told Nasr that

council "will be walking slowly onthis," saying such operations havecaused a number of issues, includingcrime and odours.

Grainboys file going to LPAT: ConradRichter, owner of Richter's Herbs inGoodwood, has filed an appeal withthe Local Planning Appeal Tribunal(LPAT) over council's recent decisionto allow a rezoning application byGrainboys, which opens the way fora grain-cleaning facility to be built onproperty close by Richter's land.

Planning consultant Howson saidshe had prepared the report uponwhich council relied to make its de-cision regarding the Grainboys appli-cation, and noted her conclusions onthe case were different from thosereached by a planner hired byRichter.When asked how the LPAT hearing

would likely unfold, Howson said"it's anybody's guess" when a hearingon the appeal would take place oreven how such a hearing would beconducted. She said LPAT's rules"are in flux." LPAT replaced the old Ontario Mu-

nicipal Board (OMB) after a largenumber of municipalities com-plained to the province that theOMB, an unelected body, had thepower to overrule municipal plan-ning decisions.

Goodbye, Catalina: Councillors werefull of praise and compliments fordeputy clerk Catalina Blumenberg asshe finished her last day working forthe township on Monday.

Blumenberg is leaving to becomeclerk in Picton in Prince EdwardCounty, continuing a trend. Herpredecessor, Michael De Rond, leftUxbridge to become clerk in Auroraand his predecessor, Paul Shipway,became clerk in the municipality ofBayham in southwestern Ontario.

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pay tribute to the veterans who par-ticipated in the Allied invasion in

northern France on June 6, 1944;and to remember those who servedwho are no longer with us. Ninety-eight year old Uxbridge res-

ident Fred Barnard landed in the firstwave of assault with the Queen’sOwn Rifles of Canada on JunoBeach, a seven-kilometer stretch ofsand featuring coastal villages forti-fied into German strongholds.

June 6, 2019, marks the 75th An-niversary of his participation in theassault on Juno Beach. It is a day thatgives Uxbridge an opportunity togather, and to say thank you to Fredfor his service and sacrifice, and to lethim know that We Will Remember.

e Uxbridge gathering will takeplace on Campbell Drive inUxbridge. Parade begins at 7 p.m.(between house #s 35 and 17) and aceremony will take place at #21 atapproximately 7:10 p.m.

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Regarding the letter from CraigMiller regarding the last council[“Letters to the Editor,” May 23 edi-tion], I hope that he realizes that fourof the present council were on theprevious one, and that the mayoronly gets to vote when there is a tie. If Mr. Miller feels bad choices were

made, he should watch the threecouncillors and present mayor whowere involved in the choices.

June Archibald Zephyr

When I received my Cosmos on May23, I was delighted to read Ted Barris’column [“The Barris Beat”]. Ted ar-ticulated just about anything I couldpossibly say about the horrendous

and mindless cuts recently made bythe Ford government. Those cutswere dumped on municipal govern-ments AFTER their budgets had al-ready been approved!

Currently, significant focus by themedia has been on the cuts to healthcare. As pointed out by CouncillorJoe Cressy, chair of Public Health inToronto, most of the ongoing workby public health departments is notparticularly visible to the public.That is because, the main work ofpublic health is PREVENTION!PREVENTION of situations likethe contaminated water issue inWalkerton, Ontario, or SARS. Eachone was a wake-up call!

For the government to cut public

health offices from 35 to just 10 isabsurd! In each of those 35 districts,the unique needs of that particularpopulation are familiar to the localpublic health office.

What the government simplydoesn’t choose to “get” is that, shouldanother crisis occur, the cost of deal-ing with such a situation will far ex-ceed whatever savings thegovernment may gain from the cuts.

And finally, and even more impor-tant, is that human lives will be puta risk and, as happened in Walker-ton, some people will die!

Hilary A. BalmerUxbridge

Letters to the Editor

Even though she’s been fighting for the federal airport lands in Pickering fordecades, now, Land Over Landings chair Mary Delaney has just as much pas-sion now as she ever had for keeping an airport out of Durham region. Andher passion is certainly at its peak now, as contemplation of putting an airportin north Pickering again comes to the fore. Over 18,600 acres of land wereexpropriated by the federal government back in 1972, ostensibly for an in-ternational airport. Nine thousand acres were turned over to the Rouge Na-tional Urban Park in 2013 and 2015, and the airport seemed to be on theback burner. But things heated up at the beginning of April when the Cityof Pickering presented the “Toronto East Aerotropolis” (TEA) to the world- well, at least to hungry developers who have dollar signs for pupils in theireyes. Take a look at the City of Pickering’s website - pickering.ca/en/busi-ness/aerotropolis.aspx to be specific. Then look at the paragraph under “Whatis an Aerotropolis?” Have a read. The word “business” (or its plural) comesup six times. “Economy/Economic” also gets mentioned six times.Develop/development - three times. Grow/growth - once. The whole blurbis only three paragraphs long. Now, we read this blurb several times over. Notonce is the buzzword “sustainability” - mentioned. Nor is the environment.Climate change? Aerotropoli (is that the plural?) don’t play a role in that,surely? As mentioned in the article on page 1, Ms. Delaney remarked on theTEA touting itself as a “green airport.” That’s an oxymoron if ever there wasone. The only green anyone sees at Pearson airport in Toronto is the roadsign announcing that Algonquin National Park is 255 kms away.Growth and economic development and business and the warm fuzzy “less

time commuting, more time to spend with family” all sounds like such agood idea, doesn’t it? But how is creating Mississauga East a good idea? Howis getting rid of thousands of acres of land that was once Class A farmland(it’s still prime land, but it needs some serious TLC before it can regain itstop-drawer status) a good idea? How is paving over paradise and putting up- an airport - a good idea, when we are every day becoming more and moreaware that our poor Earth can’t put up with much more paving over? Wedon’t NEED more supermarkets. We don’t NEED more chain stores. Wedon’t NEED more fast food and franchise restaurants. We don’t NEED planesbuzzing over our township while at the same time trying to entice tourists tocome hang out in the Trail Capital of Canada. We do, however, need to feedthe people that are already here. We do need to protect our air. We need toprotect our future (cliché, but the truth) and we need to protect ourselvesfrom becoming mired in the greed that is a “Toronto East Aerotropolis.” Uxbridge was built on agriculture, as was everything surrounding it. It’s seen

so much disappear already as the GTA encroaches northward. We won’t pros-per with an airport nearby - we’ll be swallowed up by the great greedy mouthsof a few developers and the politicians who are in their pockets. Once thoseFederal lands are paved over, they’re gone. This battle has been going on a long time, now. And as Ms. Delaney says,

everyone wants the same thing. We all want good homes, good jobs, pros-perity. We’re of the opinion that we need to think outside of the box, ratherthan create more grey, concrete ones on our land.

As a wise woman once said, there is no Planet ‘B’.

Our two centsA flight path to horrible

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Fred BarnardFor your service, your memories, and for all you do in Uxbridge.

A D-Day Parade and Ceremony honouring Fred Barnard will take place Thursday, June 6, at 7 p.m., on Campbell Dr. All welcome!

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Thursday, May 30, 20195The Uxbridge Cosmos

As far as I am concerned, Spring 2019 hasbeen a total disaster. I don't think Uxbridgehas experienced more than one day so farwhere the temperature has reached 20C andhere it is, May 30!As for signs of Spring, they are few and far

between. The trees along Brock Street down-town have only come into leaf in the pastweek, flowers appear to be scarce and it ap-pears the number of birds in my neck of thewoods are fewer than I have observed in thepast few years.

But there is one sure sign of Spring thatnever fails: the fools with the modified en-gines and exhaust systems on their vehiclesare back again, screaming around town withear-splitting, pet-frightening noise. Living asI do in the heart of the downtown, it's al-most like living trackside at Mosport Race-way.

But it's not just me that these attention-seeking fools are annoying. They must alsobe disturbing everyone who lives along all ofBrock Street, Toronto Street and MainStreet. I'm not talking about those vehiclesthat just blast past my apartment never to beheard from again. I'm talking about thosewho roar by, only to come racing back in theother direction a couple of minutes later. Tobe sure, it's likely only a handful of driversengage in this nonsense, but it's a multitudeof people who have to suffer as a result.

I suppose I could complain to the town-ship's bylaw officers, since the township'snoise bylaw states, in part, that it is an of-fence if your are "creating or permitting anynoise likely to disturb the peace and enjoy-ment of any inhabitants of the township."But to do that, I would have to write mycomplaint in a letter and then the bylaw de-partment would require me to keep a log ofthe occurrences before they would act.I was reading today that the city of Edmon-

ton launched a pilot program last year tomonitor noise at locations around the city.Last week, the city's urban planning com-mittee decided to continue the program, butadded manned enforcement stations to themix. Sound-measuring devices and cameraswill be accompanied by a police officer whocan hand out tickets up to $250 for any ve-hicle exceeding 85 decibels.While I applaud that initiative, it does seem

to be a bit of a waste of police resources.With police forces across the country com-plaining that they are undermanned and inneed of bigger budgets, using officers tocatch noisy motorists is not the best way todeploy a force's manpower.

When Uxbridge council was discussingspeed limits on residential roads recently, Iasked - (knowing full well what the answerwould be) - whether bylaw officers are au-thorized to man radar units to catch speed-ers. Of course, they are not: only policeofficers can do that. Presumably, the samewould apply to noise monitoring stations.Even though former Chief Bylaw OfficerAndre Gratton was trained to monitor thenoise emanating from Uxbridge ShootingSports on a regular basis, he (or whoevernow takes over his Shooting Sports monitor-ing) would not be allowed to aim the deci-bel-reading equipment at traffic in thedowntown.

So maybe it's time the provincial govern-ment thought about allowing municipalitiesthe right to form traffic enforcement depart-ments to carry out such duties as handingout parking tickets - (our bylaw officers dothat, but so do police officers) - catchingspeeders and monitoring loud vehicles. Thiswould free up a lot of police officers to doactual police work. And, if the municipalitywas allowed to keep the revenue realizedfrom speeding, parking and noise tickets,that revenue could easily pay for the trafficenforcement department.However, I'm not so naïve as to believe that

will ever happen. So it would appear that theonly way to get these eardrum-busting noisemakers off the road is for all of you who haveto put up with this nonsense to descend oncouncil to demand something be done. Ifenough of you make enough noise - (pardonthe pun) - council would no doubt relaythose concerns to the region and to DurhamRegional Police. That just might result in apolice blitz in town to handle the problem.

It seems to me that if I can be ticketed forwhistling on the street - (check out thetownship's noise bylaw) - I should expect thedriver of a deafening automobile to receivethe same treatment.Tell me, am I wrong?

At first, it didn’t look like much. From a dis-tance the building looked, well, like a barn. Iteven had a silo. But on closer examination, Icould see signage and some outdoor exhibits.No animals. No straw bales. In fact, when Ilooked up inside the silo, there was no silage,but a scale model of a vintage airplane.

“There are artifacts in here that you’ve neverseen before,” said John Lawson, the chair of theMontreal Aviation Museum. “Welcome to mysecond home.”

Airplanes and aviators have always been aguilty pleasure in my life. It started with plasticmodel airplanes I assembled and then paintedor authenticated with affixed decals. The Lan-caster. The Spitfire. The Avro Arrow. Then, Iread all the classic aviation books: Reach for theSky, A Thousand Shall Fall, 12 O’clock High andPiece of Cake. So, when the Canadian AviationHistorical Society invited me to speak to its an-nual general meeting in Montreal, last week-end, I didn’t dare miss one of the side tripswhile billeted in the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevuearea. John Lawson was a fellow delegate duringthe AGM and led us through the Montreal Avi-ation Museum (MAM).

He and his fellow volunteers – because mostaviation museums these days are run entirelyby volunteers – showed us past the museum’s1927 Fairchild photo-survey plane, its 1935Noorduyn Norseman bush plane, and its 1942Bristol Bolingbroke bomber, still under recon-struction. But clearly Lawson’s favourite he leftto last. “Piece de résistance,” he said. “OurBlériot XI.” The single-seat, mono-wing aircraftlooked like little more than a glider with itsopen fuselage, open cockpit and landing gearthat seemed more like a set of buggy wheelsthan an aircraft undercarriage; it was the cen-trepiece of the MAM. Clearly, Lawson was inlove with this magnificent reproduction. Me? Iwas interested in its story.

Louis Blériot, after whom the plane wasnamed and its first operator, flew over the Eng-lish Channel on July 25, 1909 – 110 years ago.It was the first heavier-than-air aircraft to con-nect France and England across the Channel.In the true spirit of aviation pioneering, with-out the aid of a compass, Blériot took off intothe sunrise that morning and buffeted stiffwinds for 36 minutes, landing in Britain witha controlled crash landing. He survived, earned£1,000 as prize money, and became an instantcelebrity. Here’s his diary entry after the flight: “I headed for this white mountain, but wascaught in the wind and the mist,” he wrote. “I

followed the cliff from north to south, but thewind, against which I was fighting, got evenstronger. A break in the coast appeared to myright, just before Dover Castle. I was madlyhappy. I headed for it. I rushed for it. I wasabove ground!”I’ve always enjoyed the thrill of seeing classic,

vintage and antique aircraft. Like all the peopleI call “rivet counters” in the world, I do enjoyseeing the planes, touching them, smellingthem, and sometimes witnessing them airborneat air shows. But I’ve always felt more excitedby the face of aviation. By and large, suchhuman stories of aviation are largely overlookedor lost. And at the Montreal meeting, I learnedsome new ones.Among the other presenters during the AGM,

Dick Pickering offered anecdotes about hisdad, Doug Pickering, flying bush planes intothe far north; in every photograph Dickshowed, whether in the bush or on the streetsof Montreal, his dad was always wearing a tie.And aviation author Anne Gafiuk offered thewartime story of an RCAF Canso crew that hadto force land on an ice flow in the Atlantic andsurvived for days in a dinghy before dying ofexposure. “Such war stories are heart-rending,”she said.Then, there was the tale of the so-called “fly-

ing lad.” Based on his own research, authorPierre Thiffault dug into the history of ayoungster named Laurence Jerome Lesh. Just11-years old when the Wright brothers flewtheir first airplane, and caught up in the ro-mance of flight at the turn of the 19th century,Larry Lesh managed to search out Quebec fly-ing machine expert Octave Chanute, who wasrecruiting young capable aviators to test fly hisgliders. Lesh proved himself to be Chanute’schosen glider pilot. He made a series of testflights, but Lesh’s date with destiny occurred onAugust 21, 1907. Towed by and tethered to amotor boat on the St. Lawrence River andlaunched from Montreal’s Dominion Park,Lesh hung from the glider some 60 feet in theair over the river for some 24 minutes.“(It gave the) sensation of flying,” Lesh wrote,

“no petty adventure!”Just like French aviation pioneer Blériot,

Canadian Larry Lesh, had to endure a crashlanding – on the water – but he survived it andother crashes to perpetuate his “flying lad”nickname – at 16, a Canadian aviation legendwe’ve never heard of.

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A sure sign of Spring

Uxbridge Secondary School studentsare hoping for good weather this Fri-day night, because their Eighth An-nual Relay For Life cancer fundraiserhappens tomorrow - Friday, May 31,beginning at noon and going straight

through until midnight. Relay For Life is a popular interna-

tional event where participants rallytogether to walk (laps of the track, inthis case), partake in fun activitiesand celebrate those who have or arefighting cancer. e theme of thisyear’s event at USS is “Blast from thePast,” and will feature multiple guestsurvivors who will speak about theirbattle with cancer, hopefully inspir-ing others to take a stand and fightback against cancer.

Participants are encouraged to setpersonal fundraising initiatives thatwill contribute towards the school’s$25,000 goal. All proceeds from theevent will be donated directly to theCanadian Cancer Society to fundcancer research and help those un-dergoing cancer treatments.

e Relay For Life Committee in-vites all community members to getinvolved with Relay For Life throughsupport and donations, which can bemade atwww.relayforlife.ca/uxbridgess.

“Together, we can make cancer athing of the past.”

Thursday, May 30, 20196The Uxbridge Cosmos

THIS WEEKENDThurs., May 30: GoodwoodUnited Church Soup Lunch. Good-

wood United Church, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.for soup, homemade bread, dessert andbeverage - $5. Fri., May 31: Udora-Leaskdale

Lions Club Spaghetti Dinner.Udora Hall. Enjoy all you can eatspaghetti, garlic bread with a salad anddessert. Adults $15. Children 7 - 12, $5,under 5 are free.Sat., June 1: Antiques ID Clinic,Uxbridge Historical Centre, 10 a.m., 1p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Participants $25, upto 3 items. Observers $8. Do you havefamily treasures, antique furniture, orunique items in your home? Would youlike to learn more about them? Sat., June 1: Dan Clancy perform-ing solo with acoustic guitar.Greenbank United Church, 7 p.m. to sup-port accessibility project. Tickets $25.Call 905-985-4504 or 905-985-2090. Sun., June 2: Uxbridge Historical CentreOpen House. 12 - 3 p.m. Free workshopdemos, tours, sneak peeks of exhibits,and more. Details at uxbridgehistorical-centre.com

NEXT WEEKMon., June 3: Green New DealTown Hall. Uxbridge Library, 7 - 9p.m. For more information, and to RSVP,visit greennewdealcanada.ca Fri., June 7: Blood Donor Clinic.Uxbridge Seniors’ Centre, 1:30 - 7:30p.m. Hosted by the Rotary Club ofUxbridge.Sat., June 8: Community CareDurham 14th CCD Walk for Men-tal Health Awareness. Port PerryFairgrounds, 9 a.m. - 12 noon. A 1 km,2 km or 5 km walk along Port Perry Wa-terfront Trail. Pre-register for the Early BirdDraw. Proceeds support CCD servicesacross Durham Region. For info call 905-430-8014 or visit www.communitycare-durham.on.caSat., June 8: North Durham Na-ture Walk - Uxbridge Country-side Preserve. 9 a.m. Introduction toBirding. Bring binoculars, bird book orcell phone Bird App. Check list will be

provided. No pets. Preregister at ndna-ture7@gmail.com or 905-852-5432(ORTA shared walk )Sun., June 9: North Durham Na-ture presents Birding BeaverRiver Wetland. Scugog, 7 a.m. Car-pool shuttle first Blue Mountain Rd. at Lak-eridge to Scugog Line 14. Bringbinoculars, insect repellent. Preregistergeoff.carpentier@gmail.comSun., June 9: 144th SiloamUnited Church Anniversary Serv-ice & Decoration Day. 2:30 p.m.Guest speaker: Rev. Stephen Kern. Musicby the Bacon Sisters and Jean Wilson.Refreshments to follow.

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Passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Wednesday,May 22, 2019, at the Uxbridge Cottage Hospital at the age of 70.

Beloved Husband of Donna Painter (née Wright). Cherished Dadof Dianne Cupples (John), and James Painter (Anna Gill). Carl willbe deeply missed by his Grandchildren; Ryan, Shawn, and Shannon.Survived by brothers Murray Painter and David Painter.

Arrangements entrusted to the Low and Low Funeral Home (905-852-3073). A private family service will be held on Friday, May 31,2019. A Celebration of Carl’s Life will be held at the Royal CanadianLegion Branch 483 (4937 Old Brock Rd, Claremont, ON), laterthat day from 5 - 8 p.m. In lieu of ;owers, memorial donations tothe Uxbridge Cottage Hospital or the Heart and Stroke Foundationwould be greatly appreciated by the family. For online condolences,please visit www.lowandlow.ca

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