June 10, 2010 Volume 6, Issue 11

Idol auditions reveal deep pool of singing talent in Georgina

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Stay tuned for another outstanding talent com-petition at the Sutton Fair this summer when 10 of Georgina’s most talented singers take the stage to vie for the cov-eted Georgina Idol moniker. Twenty-eight talented contestants ranging in age from 13 to 19 per-formed at the Stephen Leacock Theatre on Sunday, June 6 in hopes of making the cut to move on to the final judging competition at the Sutton Fair this year. Judges and audience members alike were warmed and thrilled by the calibre of talent showcased by the young performers at the Idol auditions. Success-ful in their bid to be-come Georgina’s 7th Idol winner, the 10 fi-nalists are: Jordan Brammer, 17, Peffer-law; Allison Dadswell, 13, Keswick; Monica Grix, 18, Keswick;

Talisa Haskins, 16, Keswick; Casey Stiemer, 14, Sutton; Anthea Thomp-son, 14, Kes-wick; Cameron Wasson, 17, Keswick; Ash-ley Zimmers-mann, 16, Roches Point; Jennifer Tasich, 15, Keswick; Gwen Williams, 16, Pefferlaw. Photos clock-wise from top left to bottom left: Jennifer Tasich; Allison Dadswell; Jor-dan Brammer; Gwen Williams; Monica Grix; Cameron Wasson; Ashley Zimmersman. Prize money of $1,500, donated by the Chamber of Commerce, will be awarded to the top three performers.

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A television instead of a nurse—go figure

As part of the breast screening program at the South Lake Health Centre in Newmarket, I’m supposed to go for regular checkups every two years. I’ll admit it, I don’t go as often as I should but I did manage to keep an appointment there a few weeks ago. After being quickly and effi-ciently processed by administra-tion, I was directed to the change rooms and then on to the waiting room to sweat out my turn before entering the torture chamber. The waiting room was about 25 feet long and 10 feet wide but there was nothing medieval about it. It was semi-divided in the middle by a counter that encroached into the room by about four feet. Inside the counter was a fireplace that could be seen from both ends of the room. Up on the wall at one end was a flat screen television tuned to CP24 for the enjoyment of the patients waiting there. Hummm. ‘Things are looking up in the health care field,’ I thought. Without much delay, I was beckoned into the examination room and sat facing the dreaded mammogram machine. The technician opened my file and proceeded to explain that due to financial cutbacks, the nurse who would normally con-duct the physical examination was no longer available. “Did your doctor conduct a physical examination before you came?” she asked. “No,” I replied. “I assume he thought that would be done here.” “We have been running into that a lot,” she said, “And, I can’t say it any plainer than this—it is all about money.” Immediately, the visions of the fireplace and the flat screen TV popped into my mind. “Well, perhaps the money that was spent on the fireplace and TV in the waiting room could

have been better spent on wages for a nurse,” I volunteered. “Oh, those things don’t come out of the same budget and we are trying to make it look like this isn’t a hospital,” she coun-tered. “Well, the bottom line is, this IS a hospital,” I replied. I still can’t get over the fact that those in charge of our health care dollars are substituting fireplaces and televisions for nurses. I mean, it might be dif-ferent if I had to spend days in that waiting room, but no one there sat down for longer than 10 minutes. I’ve waited longer at a train crossing in Pefferlaw. In a perfect world, we could have both the nurses we need AND waiting room entertain-ment but we all know our health care system is not operating in an optimum setting. So if there IS any extra money floating around in the system, I vote to fill the medical staff void first.

Karen Wolfe, Editor

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Body discovered of missing man York Regional Police have con-firmed that the body of a man found in a wooded area of Ma-honey Avenue and 3rd Avenue in Keswick last week is that of Dennis Lane. Mr. Lane, 57, had been the subject of a massive search since his disappearance from his residence on Tuesday, May 25, 2010.

On Thursday, June 3 a Canine Unit officer and his Police Ser-vice Dog, part of the search team looking for Mr. Lane, dis-covered the body which ap-peared to have been there for several days. According to police, there are no criminal circumstances sur-rounding the death of Mr. Lane.

Long-time incumbent and coun-cillor for Ward 2, Ross Jamieson, will not be seeking re-election in the upcoming fall municipal elections. Mr. Jamieson has been the Ward 2 councillor for 22 years. “It has been a great honour for me to have served the residents of Georgina during my seven terms as a member of council and I am very pleased with the way our town has evolved over the years,” Mr. Jamieson said. This leaves the race wide open for the three nominees who, to date, are seeking election as the

Ward 2 councillor—Phil Craig, Rob MacDonald and Mario Martignani. Mr. Craig is a successful Cana-dian actor and the executive director of the Georgina Mili-tary Museum. A former professional race car driver, Mr. MacDonald is cur-rently a high performance driver trainer, stunt driver and automo-tive product trainer. Mr. Mario Martignani is a busi-ness owner, a member of the Knights of Columbus and was a candidate in the previous mu-nicipal election.

Ross Jamieson will not seek re-election

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We’d like to send our best wishes to Susan Griffith who will celebrate her birthday on June 14. Cheers, Susan!

Happy Birthday greetings to Bev Turner of Port Bolster who will celebrate her 16th birthday on May 25.

Fran and Monroe Wolfe will celebrate 60 years of marriage at an Open House at Lakeview Manor in Beaverton on Satur-day, June 26 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Please feel free to drop in and say hello!

Congratulations to Bill and Anne Guy of Pefferlaw who will celebrate their 50th wed-ding anniversary on June 20. Their family is holding an Open House at the Lions Hall from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. All are wel-come! Best wishes only!

We’d like to join the congrega-tion of Knox United Church in Sutton as they bid farewell to Rev. Leslie Sedore who has been conducting services there for the past 12 years. Rev. Se-dore has accepted a position in Bobcaygeon. However, she and her husband Bob will continue to be integral members of the Sutton community. Good Luck, Leslie!

You are welcome to attend a Jack and Jill for Jennifer Smockum and Ashley Dart at the Pefferlaw Lions Hall on June 12 starting at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $10. It’s a western themed event.

Congrats to Orest and Eliza-beth Kortko who will be cele-brating their 56th wedding an-niversary on June 12. We also want to extend our best wishes to Orest who will turn 78 on June 24. Cheers to you both! Photo by Shirley Jakonen

Pefferlaw was a whistle stop on Sunday, May 30 along a 165 km. route for more than 1,320 bikes and 2,000 bikers during their 13th Annual Bikers Against Distress (BAD) ride this year. The group raised over $200,000 in support of three GTA Distress Centres.

Congratulations to the students of Waabgon Gamig First Na-tion School on Georgina Island for winning the “Best Docu-mentary” category at York Re-gion’s Inaugural Film Festival Gala on May 19. Good Job!

While provincial elections are not until October 6, 2011, cur-rent MPP for the York-Simcoe riding Julia Munro has an-nounced her intention to seek re-election. Ms. Munro has been in the legislature repre-senting this area for 15 years.

Our sincere condolences to the friends and family of Doris Murray who passed away on June 2. She will sadly missed.

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Junior Farmers members, Meghan Somerville, (left) and Claire Bunnik (right) were on hand at the Peter Gzowski Library in Sutton on Saturday afternoon, June 5, to help launch the 2010 One Book—One Com-munity program of the Georgina Public Libraries. The book chosen this year is called The 100 Mile Diet by Alisa Smith and J. B. MacKinnon and it follows a one-year culinary experi-ment of two Van-couverites who have commit-ted to eating only foods grown within a 100 mile ra-

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2nd Annual Military Vehicle Day The Georgina Military Mu-seum showcased a collection of both retired and current military vehicles at their 2nd Annual Military Vehicle Day on Saturday, May 29. The day

was also in held in honour of Canadian soldier, Rob Wilson of Keswick who lost his life during a tour of duty in Af-ghanistan in December 2008.

(Top Left) Sarah Crilly, 16, checks out a G Wagon, a Light Utility Vehicle recently used in Afghanistan. (Top Right) Vet-eran Roy Hall with the Fort Garry Horse 2nd Armored Core during WWII. (Bottom) Mrs. Anne Wilson (right) accepts a drawing of her son, WO Rob Wilson, 1RCR, from museum ex-ecutive director Phil Craig.

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Georgina Cares Kidfest roaring success Fun for all ages was the fare for the day at the Georgina Ice Pal-ace on Saturday, May 29 where hundreds of kids participated in games, crafts and even a fash-ion show.

Sponsored by Georgina Cares, the event was a one-stop-shop for all things kid-related includ-ing vendor displays for youth related programs and activities. A great time was had by all!

Skylar Baker, 2, from Kes-wick tries his hand at the Freaky Flicker booth, a novelty toy collected by kids of all ages.

Dozens of kids and their parents stopped by the craft table to spend a few minutes being crea-tive.

Grace Pople, 4, from Kes-wick was en-thralled by her creation at the clay moulding booth.

The Peffer-law Lions Club and Pefferlaw Lioness Club cele-brated the inaugura-tion of the 2010 ex-ecutive at a dinner at the Peffer-law Lions Hall on Tuesday evening on June 1. A wonderful roast beef dinner by Linda Bag-shaw was served as members and guests welcomed in the new team for both clubs. (Top Photo) The Lioness executive (Back Row L to R): Jean Stephens, Past President; Gayle Middleton, Treasurer; Pat Peterson, Director; Anne Guy, Tail Twister; Marion Calvert, Lioness Tamer. (Front Row L to R): Lynne Lester, Director; Terry Windsor, Presi-dent; Patty Bailey, Bulletin Editor; Betty Petten, Vice President; Gail Moore, Secre-

tary. (Bottom Photo) The new ex-ecutive for the Lions: (Back Row L to R) Barry Emmerson, Secretary; Don Philip, Vice President and Lioness Liaison; Dave Harding, Lion Twister; Max Bulmer, President; Bill Guy, Treasurer; George Co-martin, Membership Chair; Al McDermott, Director; Albert Henderson, Lion Tamer.

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Inauguration of new officers

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Donating blankets for hospitalized children

Students and staff at Morn-ing Glory Public School donated their time during lunch hour to help cut out and sew tiny fleece blan-kets for premature babies. A program of the Linden Fund, the volunteers stitched 70 blankets with the help of recycled cloth-ing designer, Dawn McNally from Udora. According to Linden Fund program coordinator Lau-ren Pezzullo, there are 27 neonatal intensive care units across Ontario and 53,000 premature babies are born every year. Approximately 1,500 blan-kets are distributed to these units on an annual basis. Another member of the community that has been busy making blankets for children is Rosslyn Hastings. She was recently recognized by Project Linus for knitting 1,123 comfort blankets

which are used for sick and injured chil-dren in hospitals and youngsters coming into care at the Children’s Aid Society for fostering or adoption.

(Back Row L to R) Taylor Pontin, Maggie Gassen, Liis Jogi, Todd Jones, Lauren Pezzullo, Dawn McNally. (Front Row L to R) Michelle McNally, Joshua Ha-senauer, Richard Tyutyunik, Rae-ann Bickmore.

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Off and running—full speed ahead for The ROC

With tenders and contracts awarded for the construction of the $14.8 million recreational complex at the Civic Centre known as The ROC, the Town of Georgina hosted an Open House at the Ice Pal-ace in Keswick on June 7 to unveil the latest developments of the plan. Project Manager An-drew Johnson with contractor, Aecom, said the ROC project has been broken down into seven phases, with phase 1 and 2 (baseball, soccer and tennis) al-ready under construction. Phase 3 and 4 which includes a chalet and the notorious hill, will begin this week with an October 2010 com-pletion date on the tubing section of the hill. Mr. Johnson said the current height of the hill of 65 feet will be raised to 105 feet at its highest point once completed. The chalet is expected to be fin-ished at the end of January 2011. Phases 5, 6, and 7 will include an adventure water park, internal

roadways, snow making equip-ment, BMX bike courses and will also be completed in October. Some facilities will be free of charge (walking trails, skating, splash park, beach volleyball, tennis, basketball etc.). Team sport activities such as baseball and soccer will be paid through club fees and other activities such as the tubing hill will be on a fee-for-service basis. Tourism con-sultants have recommended a host of rate scenarios across a mix of usage hours ranging from $15 for two hours to $22 for longer periods but these prices are still under review.

Sutton resident Nena Marsden (left) gets a guided tour of the ROC layout from Leisure Services Director Faye Richardson (right).

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Pefferlaw Firefighter car wash

Firefighters John Keith (left) and Clay-ton Brush (right) spent Saturday, May 29 at the Pefferlaw Fire Hall washing vehicles to help raise money for the Pef-ferlaw Fire Fighters’ Association. Funds raised by the association are used to support local youth in sports clubs, mus-cular dystrophy, community improve-ment projects and charity organizations. This year the guys raised over $400.

After raising enough money to purchase a new boat, members of the Georgina Dragon Boat Club celebrated the naming of their vessels while conducting an ancient ceremony of ‘awakening the dragon’ at the docks located beside Boston Pizza in Keswick on Monday evening, June 7. Christened “Egopogo” and “Spirit of the Lake”, the two boats and 40 paddlers paid homage to the spirit of the dragon by offering sacrifices and dotting the eyes, ears and tongue of the ceremonial dragon figurehead at the front of each boat. In ancient Chinese culture, the awakening ritual was to appease the spirit of the dragon to ward off bad luck. A dragon boat is a long, narrow, canoe style

human-powered boat now used in the team paddling sport of dragon boat racing which originated in China over 2000 years ago. While competition has taken place annually for more than 20 centuries as part of folk ritual, it emerged in modern times as an international sport in Hong Kong in 1976. One of the fastest growing water sports in the world, each dragon boat requires 20 paddlers, a drummer and a steersperson. (Photo right) Georgina Dragon Boat Club member Kelly Flood christens the club’s new-est boat, “Spirit of the Lake”, prior to leading an assembled group of on-lookers to partici-pate in a funding raising dinner at Boston Pizza.

Georgina Dragon Boat Club raises the dragon

Dog walkers of all ages got together at the Sutton Fair Grounds on Sunday, May 30 to help raise money for a future off-leash dog park in Georgina. By all reports the day was extremely successful as more than 100 people turned out with their trusted friends to bring the dream of an off-leash park that much closer. Judi Crowes of the Dog Park committee says pledges are still coming in with $4,700 received to date.

Dog Walk-a-Thon raises close to $5,000

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June is Seniors’ Month—check out these upcoming events: June 11 Seniors’ BBQ at Club 55 in Keswick at noon; Drum Circle Demo on Wed. June 16 after lunch at Club 55; Blue Willow Butterfly Conservatory Trip on Wed. June 23. Bus leaves Club 55 at 12:30. Sutton Seniors’ BBQ on Thurs. June 24 at 12:30.

Ham and Scalloped Potato Dinner at the Port Bolster Hall on Fri. June 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Cost $12.

A selection of perennials at great prices with proceeds going to support Sandgate Women’s Shelter will be available at Living Land-scapes at 7130 Old Homestead Rd. on June 12 & 13 from 10 am—5pm.

Lake Simcoe Public School is hosting their fundraising Spring Fling on Wed. June 16 from 5-8pm. Rib cook-off, raffle, Zoo to You, wagon rides, carnival games & more.

Jericho Youth Services Summer Camp registration Thurs. June 17 to 25 5-8pm.

Attend the Georgina Highland Gathering on Sat. June 19 at the Sutton Fair Grounds. Events start at 8:30 a.m. Bands, dancing, heaving events, displays & more. $10.

Knox United Church in Sutton Lawn Sale June 18 & 19 from 9 am to 3pm.

Eaglewood Benefit Concert at The Belve-

dere in Pefferlaw on Sat. June 19 from 10 am to 2 pm. Tickets $10.

Queensville Players auditions for Seussical the Musical for children 7+ on June 22, 25, 27. Call (905) 960-0878 to book a time.

Beaverton Horticultural Society meeting and flower show on Thurs. June 24 at 7:30 pm. St. Paul’s Anglican Church. 426-4394.

Wilfrid Village Festival on Sat. June 26 from 8:00 am to noon. Yard sales, pancake breakfast, fish pond, drum circle & more.

Keswick United Church is hosting a Fish Fry Dinner on Sat. June 26 from 4:30—7:00 pm. Call (905) 476-5532 for tickets.

Dr. McLean will be showing photos of her recent trip to Cambodia at the Virginia United Church on Sun. June 27 at 9:15. This will also be the last service conducted by Rev. Diane Graves.

You are welcome to the Lake Simcoe Gar-deners meeting and summer flower show on Mon. June 28 at Keswick United Church at 7:30 pm. (905) 476-3087.

Registration now open for Take a Kid Fish-ing in Pefferlaw on Sat. July 10 at the Penin-sula Resort. Call 647-828-5100.

The Pefferlaw Ice Pad Committee is look-ing for volunteers to help with fundraising. Call Joanne Cutler (705) 437-1080.

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