The next step in the Brock and Georgina Against Garbage (BAG) plan to save the Brock dump from becoming a dumping ground for all of Durham Region or the GTA is to demand a full blown environ-mental assessment (EA). The group voted at a meeting last week in Wilfrid to move forward on legal proceedings that would force Durham Region to do an EA on the site. BAG members are convinced the 100-acre facility, located on the 17th Sideroad of Brock, would not meet the stringent environ-mental require-ments of an EA and given that out-come, it would put an end to rumours that the dump could be used in a GTA-wide garbage crisis or be expanded. This most recent action is in response to a letter received from the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) in July. The letter states that MOE is aware of the leaching problems at the facility and “has re-

quested Durham Region delineate and remediate the impacted area as soon as possible.” According to BAG member Fran Fish, both the ministry and Durham Region have been aware of the leaching problems

since the first water monitoring tests were conducted as far back as 1984. To assist the group in its goal to have the dump site undergo an EA, members have collected and sent a number of water samples from stra-tegic locations around the dump for testing to an independent labo-ratory. It is ex-pected the lab,

which is testing for heavy metals, PCBs and other contaminants, will make the results available within the week. Dozens of concerned residents, some with farms bordering the dump site, showed up at the meeting to offer their services in the fight to force the region to conduct an EA. Their next meeting is on August 1.

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BAG demands full environmental assessment

Viktor Tinkl’s home in Wilfrid isn’t just his home—it is an expression of how he feels about things and it is a monument to his life’s work as a sculptor, an artist and as an amateur architect. At first glance, it could be considered a curiosity. Dozens of whimsical-looking concrete gargoyles, playing an eclectic collection of musical instruments, are perched precariously along the north wall of Viktor’s workshop. As an inanimate orchestra, their melodies are silent but their composition is in perfect harmony with their exhilarating environment. Viktor purchased the old Wilfrid school house, circa 1867, located on Brock Rd. and the 10th Concession of Brock in 1965. And, while trying to repair a ce-ment buttress on the corner of the school-house, curiosity got the better of him and his first cement sculpture was born. Today, he and his wife Judith, an artist in her own right, are surrounded by a col-lection of quirky concrete sculptures, an array of “found” objets d’ art and beauti-ful hanging quilts. Both Viktor and Judith are students of Continued on page 5...

Local sculptor’s home is celebration of 40 years in Wilfrid

Images like this one taken in the vicinity of the Brock dump on the 17th Sideroad of Brock are a call to action for residents.

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I just finished reading a report that published the 2004 results of water quality monitoring tests that were conducted in and around the Brock landfill site—and I am gobsmacked. This report clearly suggests that surrounding soil, surface water and ground water have been negatively impacted by leachate from the Brock dump site. Let me say it another way—contaminates from the garbage in the Brock dump are leaching into soil, surface and groundwa-ter. Here is something else I found out. This is an annual monitor-ing report, paid for by Durham Region and previous reports also identified the leaching problem. Let me say that an-other way—both the Ministry of the Environment and the Region of Durham have known about this problem for years. The results of the monitoring tests, which looked at a mini-mum of 10 parameters, were compared to Ontario Drinking Water Standards and Provincial Water Quality Objectives for each parameter. And in many, many cases—too many for me to count—the test results EX-CEEDED these standards. Another little tidbit of informa-tion you might be interested in is the fact that the dump is leaching outside its boundaries and a discreet little creek nearby is a tributary of the Pefferlaw river. Let me say that another way—contaminants from this dump are finding their way into the Lake Simcoe watershed and ultimately, Lake Simcoe. Wait, the report gets better. One recommendation that was of-fered to solve the leaching prob-lem was: “The Region should attempt to acquire a strip of additional bufferland along the north edge of the site to capture landfill impacted groundwater.” The fact that these two govern-ment bodies have known about this problem and haven’t seen fit

to fix it, troubles me greatly. They are the first ones to put restrictions and limitations on our personal behaviour in the name of the environment but yet, they have ignored this seri-ous and potentially hazardous situation for years. The only excuse I can come up with is apathy for problems that exist outside Toronto. My thought is that if this was occur-ring in Toronto or in a more heavily populated area than Wilfrid or Port Bolster, some-thing would have been done about it by now. If these con-taminants were leaching into the Oak Ridges Moraine, do you think the situation would have been allowed to continue for more than 10 years? Not very likely. And, I don’t believe the recom-mendation would have been for them to buy the land surround-ing the problem so as to limit their liability. The problem would have been corrected faster than we could say Walk-erton. Karen Wolfe, Editor.

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As they say, one man’s garbage is another man’s treasure and after all expenses were paid, the organizers for the Sunkist Beach Association’s Annual Garage Sale raised $1,500 to help pay for taxes and maintenance on the community centre on Sun-kist Beach. The event also included a bake

sale, 50-50 draw and raffle. According to event organizer Al McKenzie, the Sunkist Beach parkette and community centre is used by approximately 80 home owners and cottagers. The facility recently underwent renovations that included a new roof and new windows.

Former mechanic Paul Jinkinson above, of Sunset Beach Road, poses beside his pet project—a replica 1923 Model T bucket car which took him three winters to build from scratch. Mr. Jinkinson did not use a kit to build the five-litre hot rod but instead committed a photo to memory and went from there. “I started with a photo,” he said. “I took the visual of it and tossed it around in my head for a while and then I went back to my workshop and started building it.” Many of the parts used were collected across Canada and the U.S. and according to Mr. Jinkinson, similar cars sell for $20,000 to $25,000.

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The famed Ladies of the Lake, a group of concerned women who posed nude for a 2006 calendar that raised in excess of $250,000, has recently released the results of a report that suggests urban sprawl and climate change are two indicators of change that are threatening the health of Lake Simcoe. The report entitled “The Naked Truth, Go-ing Behind the Science of Lake Simcoe”

reviews previously published scientific reports and identifies seven indicators of change that are responsible for the growing imbalance in the eco-system of Lake Sim-coe and its watershed. The Windfall Ecology Centre co-sponsored the report and according to the organization’s executive director Brent Kopperson, “our investigation revealed many canaries in our coal mine such as wild trout that are on the verge of disap-pearing, stocked fish that cannot reproduce and declining frog and turtle populations signalling the loss of critical biodiversity.” The Ladies of the Lake and the Windfall Ecology Centre shared the results with citizens from around the lake through a number of action planning events that were staged last weekend. These included look-ing at the lake through a variety of photo lenses shot from vantage points on the water, above the water, beneath the water and from the water’s edge. Nearly 2,000 photo images were shot and they will be assembled into a photo album to illustrate the declining state of the lake. According to Annabel Slaight, co-founder of the Ladies of the Lake, the Naked Truth report and digital images from the photo shoot will be used to help create a commu-nity action plan for saving Lake Simcoe. Funding for the development of the action

plan will be raised at a Lake Aid Concert scheduled to take place at Heritage Park in Barrie on August 19, 2006. Lake Aid will feature all Canadian talent including five-time Juneau Award winner Gino Vannelli and Matt Dusk. The master plan will be unveiled at a ce-lebrity dinner in Newmarket on October 12.

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Four Ladies of the Lake calendar models from the month of July re-create their 2005 pose from a canoe on Lake Sim-coe—this time however, the models were fully clothed.

Continued from page1. the arts—she is a quilt artist who designs breathtaking creations using textiles—and both have spent years teaching students at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto. In 1996, the couple con-verted an old shed on the property into a gal-lery which has since experienced a number of expansions. Upon entering the grounds of the Tinkl home and studio, one is immediately struck by the size of the concrete structures affecting the space outside. Once in the studio, one marvels at the complexity and ingenuity built into the work that graces the space inside. Much of Viktor’s bod-ies of work are created using “found objects” that can be used to either embellish a piece or add to its struc-tural integrity. Many of his pieces are me-chanical in nature, such as the birthday card he built for his wife’s 50th birthday. It is cantilevered from the wall of their home and uses mechano-set-like gears and pul-leys to move beloved family objects and memories around. Together, the artistic duo have assembled an impressive list of accomplishments and acknowledgements to their dossiers. On top of the fact that they are parents to two grown sons and grandparents to three grandchildren, they operate the artist-run Tinkls’ Gallery on the property. Judith continues to teach at the Ontario College

of Art and Design (albeit she has resigned from her position as assistant Dean) and she continues to produce inspiring quilt art

from tiny bits of cloth. Viktor has retired from teaching and never stops finding “found” objects to use for his next project. He continues to draw on his vast resources of “curiosity and igno-rance.” “To me, art is a left over from an experi-ence,” he says. “Forty years ago I didn’t know what I was doing but I was going to do it anyway.” According to wife Judith, her husband’s work has been influenced by the “outsider art world”—an art community of people who are somewhat disconnected to society and who are untrained artists and Viktor describes it as process through which he can “get the demons off my back and over

the years, the demons have been less tur-bulent.” Visits to the Tinkls’ Gallery is by chance

or by appoint-ment from May to Thanksgiv-ing . During the season the Tinkl’s host several open houses and will be part of the Uxbridge Studio Tour scheduled for September 16 and 17 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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Tinkls Gallery is full of works of art created using ‘curiosity and ignorance’

(Above) Viktor Tinkl with a wooden replica of his hometown Lanskroun in Czechoslovakia. He re-created Lanskroun using photographs and found objects. The quilt in the background is a sample of his wife Judith’s quilt art.

(Above) The north-side of Tinkls’ Gallery is adorned with life-size concrete sculptures of whimsical musicians who overlook a maze of arches and angular art structures amid the many gar-dens tended by Judith Tinkl.

“The Trumpeter” is a 16 ft concrete musician located in the Tinkl’s garden.

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Tennyson Tidbits

A very Happy Birthday to Amanda Guyton who is celebrating her 40th birthday at a party with family and friends on Saturday, July 22. Have a good one Amanda.

As you know, Tennyson Tidbits honors the contribution of Mrs. Tennyson who wrote a Pefferlaw society column for the old Lake Simcoe Advocate during the 60s. And I am sure Mrs. Tennyson will be smiling at the mention of a birthday celebration for her great, great grandson, Gregory Sondrup, 7, and his sister Cloe, 4, on July 12. Happy Birthday kids!

She would also get a kick out of me men-tioning her grandson, Ken James, who celebrated his birthday on July 13.

Our very best wishes and congratulations are going out to Betty and Jim Thompson who celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary with family and friends at the Pefferlaw Lions Hall on Saturday, July 8. I am sure a good time was had by all.

There will be an Open House from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Port Bolster Hall on Sunday, July 30 in honour of Doreen Stephens who will be celebrating her 80th Birthday. Best Wishes only. For more information call (705) 437-4684. Congratulations Doreen!

Another Port Bolster resident, Doris James, turned 93 on July 13. Doris re-ceived many family and friends at her home.

I hope everyone has been reading the “goby” reports in the Pefferlaw Post on

the status of native fish recovery in the Pefferlaw river. Last we heard from the Ministry of Natural Resources at the meeting in Pefferlaw on June 29, ap-proximately 29 native species out of 37 had returned to their river habitant in Pefferlaw. A recent email from MNR tells me their ongoing monitoring efforts have discovered a number of other spe-cies that have returned and currently, only four native species are still missing from the list that was developed prior to the Rotenone treatment last fall. Still missing are walleye, blacknose shiner, finescale dace and yellow bullhead.

Now here’s a good news story. Val Sarasin won $2,000 when she turned in a winning lottery ticket that had six out of seven numbers correct. Congratula-tions Val!

In celebration of the first anniversary of the Pefferlaw Post, I held a Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday, July 8 and I would like to thank all of the adver-tisers who attended. Their investment in advertising is what makes the Pefferlaw Post possible so if you enjoy reading the Post, please show your appreciation to these businesses whenever you can.

As many of you know, the Pefferlaw area map was launched recently as a fund raiser to help raise money for an ice pad in Pefferlaw. Many retail outlets in the area are offering the maps for sale and I encourage everyone to purchase one. At the same time as the Pefferlaw area map was being created, the Udora map was also being developed. It too, has been completed and will be launched at the Family Fun Day on September 3,

2006 at the Community Centre in Udora. Both maps identify historical, environ-mental and cultural features that are sig-nificant to residents in both communities.

I spoke to Al McKenzie at the Sunkist Beach garage sale last week and he tells me he is working on publishing a book that records the history of the United Church in Virginia. He has been work-ing on it for some time now and is hop-ing residents who have lived in the com-munity for some time might have some old photographs of the church that he can use for the book. If you or someone you know has any photos, please contact Al at (705) 437-2357. (The oldest photo he has so far is one from the 50s.)

Congratulations to Nick Laviolette, Ron Den Braasem and Eric Bass who each won 12 lb. Turkeys for the Most Honest Golfer Award at the Camp Kirk Lions Golf Tournament at the Pines on June 24.

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A kindergarten teacher was observ-ing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occa-sionally walk around to see each child’s work. As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, “I’m drawing God.” The teacher paused and said, “But no one knows what God looks like.” Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, “They will in a minute.”

Real estate representative Teresa Millar gives heads up to first time buyers 7

This area has been experiencing a robust real estate market for some time now and while things seems to be tapering off a bit, there are some who believe the bubble ain’t near ready to burst yet. For Teresa Millar, a real estate agent with Prudential Renascent Realty, trying to fig-ure out what will happen next in the real estate market is a bit like trying to drive forward using a rear view mirror. “You can’t crystal ball it because world events and so many other things that we have no control over have such an impact on housing prices.,” she said. “When rates go up, traditionally prices come down and we have seen a bit of that in this area, but it is not a drop. It is more like a correction,” she said. Ms. Millar has been an agent selling real estate in Georgina since 1994. She and her husband Bill moved into the area in 1978 and raised their two children, Erin and Joey in Pefferlaw while continuing to commute to work in the city every day. And accord-ing to Ms. Millar, although the decision to take the leap from negotiating actor/musician contracts for CTV in Toronto to real estate agent in rural Ontario was rela-tively easy to make, the timing was not the best. “It was a struggle then because prices were still going down and I had to go into peo-ple’s homes and tell them their house was worth less than they owed and that was tough,” she said. But the world has changed since 1994 and so has the real estate business. New rules, new regulations, new technology and new procedures have changed the way agents and their clients buy or sell a house. For example, Ms. Millar cites the buyer representation agreements that give agents the legal right to work for the purchaser. “When I started, an agent only worked for the vendor (seller) not the buyer and over

the years the legislation has changed so now we can work for a buyer,” she said adding that this now provides a level of comfort to purchasers they previously did not have. “The buyer is more protected today than

ever before,” Ms. Millar said. In addition to the increased protection, to-day’s buyers are able to surf the net to pre-view homes they may be interested in and they can easily research area schools and the neighbourhood. But despite greater protection and ease of access to real estate listings on the internet, the process of buying a house is still a stressful one and even more so for the first time buyer. “It is very stressful for someone who has never bought a house before,” said Ms. Millar. “But I have fun working with first

time home buyers because they have so much enthusiasm “ And, she has a few pointers and suggestions for anyone buying their first home. “The number one thing is to get yourself pre-qualified to see what your spending

limit is so you know what price range is comfortable for you finan-cially,” Ms. Millar said. “Get an agent that will take the time to edu-cate you on the process and how it works. And I strongly recommend you have a house inspection done because for $400 or $500 you can find out if the house you want to buy has huge problems that you can’t deal with.” Ms. Millar also suggests that buy-ers find out up front what hidden fees they will be expected to pay when buying a house. These can include CMHC fees, land transfer taxes, lawyers fees, bank mortgage appraisal fees and adjustments made at closing to taxes and oil. “These fees could mean as much as $5,000 and $10,000 extra,” Ms. Millar said. Finally, she recommends that all principals in a real estate transac-tion should read the fine print on

all legal documents such as mortgages, law-yer documents, real estate forms and home inspection reports. “And remember,” she said. “if it sounds to good to be true it probably is.” Although Ms. Millar hesitates to try and predict pricing trends, she does admit that rumours of four-lane expressways that will connect Georgina to Toronto will help drive prices up in this area. “We’ve come a long way,” she said. “Years ago no one knew where Pefferlaw or Kes-wick were. Now they’ve heard of it and some actually know where it is.”

Prudential Renascent Realty representative Teresa Millar has been selling real estate in Georgina for over 12 years.

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Coming Events The Pefferlaw Lions Club is hosting a Garage Sale on July 22, 2006 at the Lions Commu-nity Centre. Giant Multifamily Barn/Estate Sale on July 29th/30th from 9-4 at 2 locations side by side - 8946/8978 Snoddon Road off Weir’s Sdrd. Items include - furniture, saddles, bikes, port-able horse stall, piano, house-hold items, woodworking equip-ment, wood stove, trailer hitches and many, many other items too extensive to list. The Pefferlaw Association of Ratepayers is hosting the Sim-coe Day PAR Family Picnic on Monday, August 7 at the Peffer-law Lions Community Centre. The day starts at 11:00 a.m. and events include karaoke, tug of war, petting zoo, car show, face painting and more. To pre-register for Karaoke and for further details, call (705) 437-2945. Leisure Services at the Town of Georgina is once again sponsor-ing the Georgina Senior Games for residents 55 and over. The games run from Sep-tember 11 to September 22 and contestants are invited to send in their entry forms before the deadline on August 28, 2006. For more information on events and locations call (705) 437-2210 ext. 375. The 151st Sutton Fair and Horse Show will be held at the Sutton Fair Grounds on August 10, 11, 12, 13, 2006. Fair hours are Thurs, 12-11:00 p.m., Fri

and Sat 9:00 a.m. to Midnight, Sun 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm. Thurs Events— Fair Ambassa-dor, ATV pull, Georgina Idol. Fri Events — Baby Show, Kid’s Day, Battle of the Bands, Heavy Horse Pull, 4 Cyl. Derby Demo. Sat. Events — Horse Shows, Dairy Show, 8 Cyl. Derby Demo, Carriage Racing Derby. Sun. Events — Classic Car Show, Livestock shows, Horse Racing, Talent Show, Team penning, Arena Awards Presentation. Attend the Family Fun Day in Udora on September 3, 2006 from 1:00 p.m. to dark o’clock. They are looking for any local entertainers willing to perform throughout the afternoon—singers, dancers, demonstra-tions, etc. Call Lori Tomkonson, (705) 228-1046 Club 55 in Sutton is hosting a Sutton Senior’s Rummage Sale on August 19. Sale starts at 10:00 a.m. and will be held at the Sutton Senior’s Centre on 1 Market Square in Sutton. Former members of the Geor-gina Township Police and the Royal Canadian Rangers Band are hosting a Band Reun-ion on Saturday, August 26, 2006 at the Pefferlaw Lions Community Centre. Tickets available at Bodley’s or by call-ing (705) 437-2573. All wel-come. Lakeside Music Concert at St. George’s Church at Sibbald Point, Sunday, August 13 at 3:00 p.m. Featuring cellist Daniel Domb and wife Carey.