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The Fenwick firefighters have a new place to rest their hats.
Pelham celebrated the grand opening of Fire Station # 2 on June 25—a $2.9-million facility on Welland Street.
According to Mayor Dave Augustyn, the idea of a new fire hall began over 10 years ago, as the old fire hall was in need of upgrades and/or repairs. At the time, however, the funds were not available to build a new station.
With the help of government funding, the new facility was realized. Augustyn says that, without the funding, the town would not have been able to build such a facility.
The new facility offers 12,000 square feet of space, and it includes more-than-ample storage space plus training areas, and room for community events.
The firefighters also unveiled a new crest that will be featured on their uni-forms. The crest reflects the history of the community and its fire department.
“The crest represents the history, heri-tage and honour of the fire department
and firefighters at large , including those who lost their lives in New York City in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001,” says Capt. Ben Guten-berg.
At the end of the ceremony, a time cap-sule was buried. The capsule contains some of the history of the old fire hall and a couple of copies of the current newspapers. It will be reopened in 25 years.
After the ceremony, the firefighters hosted an afternoon open house for the community. Visitors enjoyed food and beverages, a video presentation, and family-friendly activities.
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Vol.15 No.17 Wednesday, June 29, 2011
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Edie Basaraba is hoping for sun on July 16, and she’s not the only one.
Basaraba, a Communi-ties in Bloom committee member, owns one of the featured gardens on the annual Garden Tour. The tour is a go, rain or shine, and will take place on Sat-urday, July 16 from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm.
Basaraba says that the gardens featured on the tour are chosen by the committee after members
receive recommendations and tour potential gar-dens.
“The gardens are all beautiful,” says Basaraba. “We try to feature a variety of different types includ-ing large country proper-ties and other more sedate versions.”
Basaraba says that the owners will be on site, in their gardens, during the tour.
“Many people have ques-tions about gardening, so the owners are there to answer them,” she says.
Moreover, Basaraba says that July is the perfect time
for the tour as there will be a lot of colour in some of the gardens. She says that the variety will show-case colourful gardens, not-so-colourful garden, gardens with ponds, and gardens with streams.
Basaraba says the event draws a mixed crowd of avid gardeners, wanting to learn more and dupli-cate some of what they see, and those who aren’t much into gardening but who enjoy strolling through lovely gardens.
“The day is all about idea and information gather-ing,” she says. “And it’s
just a nice day, looking at beautiful gardens.
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BY TINA CHIVERSVOICE Staff
Gearing up to tour town’s blooming gardens
Communities in Bloom committee member, Edie Basaraba, gets ready to show off her gardens. The Garden Tour will take place on July 16, rain or shine.
Warren Mason/Voice Photo
Town celebrates grand opening of fire station
Celebrating the opening of Pelham Fire Station #2 on June 25. Pictured is firefighter Jeremy deRoos, hav-ing fun with an old-fashioned fire truck. The firefighters gave children a chance to try out an old method of fighting fires, using a hose from days gone by.
Tina Chivers/Voice Photo
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He may be only eight years-old, but when it comes to dinosaurs, Dev-on Lawrence knows more than most adults.
Lawrence, who just completed Grade 3 at St. Alexander’s School, was attending a recent semi-nar at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) when he was discovered by a Daily Planet producer. The seminar speaker was Dr. David Evans, who happens to be the young Larwence’s favourite pale-ontologtst.
“Dr. Evans is a specialist in duck bill dinosaurs,” says Devon.
Devon’s mother, Kim Lawrence, said that she decided to take her son to see the seminar at the ROM since she knew that Devon would be over the moon with the opportu-nity to listen to Dr. Evans.
“We were sitting in a room in a basement of the ROM, and it was mostly senior citizens,” says Kim. “And then there was us.”
After the seminar, there
was a question and an-swer period, and Devon wasted no time engaging the paleontologist. Dev-on’s knowledge attracted the attention of a woman seated next to him. It turns out, the woman was a producer for the Daily Planet, and she asked Kim if Devon would be inter-ested in filming a dinosaur segment with Dr. Evans.
Within two months, the young lad was in the stu-
dio, filming the show. He spent one day at the CTV studios in front of a green screen which he described as “very cool”.
“The entire thing was unscripted,” says Kim. “It was just a conversation between Devon and Dr. Evans.”
Kim says that Devon first began to draw dinosaurs at the age of three and he showed a keen interest in the creatures by the age of five. Now, just over three years later, Devon has a vast collection of dinosaur-related non-fic-
tion—most of it is at an adult reading level.
Kim says that Devon can hold his own with adults when it comes to discuss-ing dinosaurs, and that he has no patience for “kids’ stuff” or replicas that are not anatomically correct.
Devon says his favourite is the Stygimoloch.
“He’s really cool,” says Devon. “He has a big dome head and spikes surrounding his head, and he’s a herbavore.”
Not surprisingly, Devon wants to be a paleontolo-gist when he grows up.
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A special congratulations to my students Katelynn Crane and Bryanne Noel who were both accepted into voice programs at Mohawk College and The University of Western Ontario.
Another big thank you to family, friends, sponsors and the commu-nity for helping make the Doctors Without Borders benefit concert on Dec. 3rd a major success. It was extremely exciting to see a full house and be able to raise $3,200 for such a great cause!
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Devon Lawrence poses with some of his artwork. Lawrence created the artwork for Maple Crest School’s art galas.
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Local residents and business owners may find them-selves having something to say about Pelham on You Tube.
Fonthill business owners Cathy Berkhout-Bosse and Bryan Caporicci have been all over town, interviewing people for an event video series which is putting Pel-ham on display via You Tube.
The pair has set up a “PelhamTV” You Tube Chan-nel which can be viewed online at www.youtube.com/user/PelhamTV. The event video series was real-ized after Berkhout-Bosse, Summerfest promotions manager, first announced her role via Twitter. She says that Caporicci then tweeted that he would love to get together for some idea sharing about the event.
“We both felt that You Tube would be a great vehicle to help build both public awareness, community spirit and lift the general morale of participants,” says Berk-out-Bosse. “Bryan then decided to come forward as a sponsor by offering to contribute these videos and a photo journal to the festival; we developed the content together—the rest is his pure talent and inspiration.”
The intent of the video series is to create a common platform for sharing videos that promote Pelham. Also linked is the PBA “Did You Know” series, along with some of the promotional videos that Berkhout-Bosse has done for MyPelham.com.
There are eight Pelham Summerfest event promotion videos in total; topics include: Getting the Street Ready in Time; Business Showcase; Main Stage Entertain-ment, Food & Drink, Active Lifestyle, Kids Activities, X-Zone Youth Zone and overall event profile video.
Over 20 local residents have been interviewed in this Festival video report series.
“We even interviewed our construction workers,” says Berkhout-Bosse.
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According to Larry Szto-gryn, the town is discrimi-nating against him.
The town has imposed a half-load truck limit on Centre Street and Sixteen Road which is preventing him from completing the construction of his new home and a berm. He says that the reason he’s build-ing the berm is to improve his farm operation.
“I can’t believe the dis-crimination I’ve encoun-tered here,” says Sztogryn. “And I’ve been the victim of name calling and ha-rassment by neighbours.”
With the half-load re-striction, it would be too expensive to use extra trucks to deliver the soil and it would be difficult to bring in construction
equipment such as a ce-ment truck to pour floors, he says.
Sztrogryn says he wants people to hear his side of the story, and not accept as truth what his neigh-bours are saying about him.
Sztogryn’s neighbour, Les Csanyi, appeared as a delegate, speaking to town council’s general committee on June 6.
Csanyi told the commit-tee that Sztogryn’s berm damaged agricultural land and could have poten-tially endangered his well (raising concerns about the quality of his drinking water).
According to Sztogryn, he was unaware of the council meeting and he says that he would have liked the opportunity to defend himself at the
meeting.Sztogryn’s berm, which
is made of soil and stone, is not breaking any laws and does not require any permits, he says.
“The Minstry of Environ-ment has been here, and inert material was tested,” says Sztogryn. “It must have been okay. There was no order to remove it; the Ministry doesn’t fool around.”
Sztogryn asserts that his berm will improve —not harm—his agricultural operation by drying out a wet area (which would ultimately protect his hay production, eliminate a mosquito source, and create a tree nursery). Sz-togryn also plans to build a solar panel directly into the slope—one that, he says, would not be an eye-sore.
Furthermore, the berm would also give Sztogryn access to a wooded area at the back of the 28-acre property. He says he has plans to landscape the berm to match the one he has on the other side of his property.
In addressing the issue of well water Sztogryn says that he likely draws water from the same well source as his neighbour, Csanyi.
“I’m not going to do any-thing to damage the same water that my wife and I drink,” he says.
Regarding the sidewalk sections and asphalt that have been delivered to his berm, Sztogryn says that he did not request those deliveries.
“They brought that stuff without my permission,” he says. “They hustled it
all in while I was away at a medical appointment.”
He says he wanted small-er materials that he could move around himself with his tractor.
He had made arrange-ments with Brennan Construction, its subcon-tractor Centennial, and Cameron Trucking to receive dirt from the Pel-ham Street reconstruction project. He says that, in total, only 140 loads were dropped off—not the as-sembly-line of activity that Csanyi has spoken of.
During a tour of his property, he pointed out that he’s using some of the concrete slabs as a base to stack firewood and farm equipment. He says he would be pleased if the subcontractor would remove the rest of them, and he says he has written
to the town to ask its con-tractor to do so.
Sztogryn’s intent is to build both a house and a construction-equipment storage garage. The work has been delayed due to a car accident in which Sztogryn received seri-ous injuries (requiring numerous surgeries and a lengthy recovery pro-cess). Stzogryn was hit by a teen driver, who ran a stop sign.
Sztogryn and his wife, Jane, currently live in a home on Canboro Road in Fenwick, and they want to finish building their dream home on Centre Street.
Sztogryn says that the trucks delivering loads to his property did not tear up the road. The town claims otherwise, thus the half-load restriction.
According to Sztogryn, people are victimizing him, and using the town’s by-laws to shut him out.
At the June 27 general committee meeting held in council chambers, council discussed the is-sue of the delivery of con-crete. According to CAO, Martin Yamich, the town did not authorize the de-livery of any concrete.
“There is no way the town instructed any con-tractors to dump concrete out there,” says Yamich.
The town may consider seeking legal advice to help deal with the matter.
Berm builder says he’s being victimizedBY TINA CHIVERS
VOICE Staff
The Jimmy Marando Swing Band./Special to the Voice
The Jimmy Marando Swing Band (presented by Raymond James Ltd.) will be playing at the Bandshell on June 30.
The Jimmy Marando Swing Band is still in ‘full swing’, bringing the best hits of the 30’s through 70’s to audiences throughout Niagara and beyond. Formed in 1965 in Welland by Jimmy Marando, the band continues to bring back musical memories of days when audiences danced to swing, jazz and classic (ballroom) stan-dards. These include the best of Glen Miller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Judy Garland, Ella
Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Broadway, Latin, polka and much more! Band members are from all parts of Niagara, travelling weekly to Welland for rehearsals and many of the charts feature vocals, performed by Maggie Vida.
After Jimmy Marando’s passing, the band continued to be led by others, most notably, Nev Glan-field, until his passing in 2009. As the band as well as the Maran-do and Glanfield families hoped for the band to continue, the band has since been managed as a ‘cooperative’ by all active band
members.Bandshell concerts run every
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Local swing band to play at Bandshell
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Quietly nestled into a hillside, abundant with babbling brooks, scenic country roads, outstand-ing cycling routes, unique farm experiences, spe-cialty shopping boutiques and culinary destinations, in part, is the wording used to describe our town on the SummerFest web-site. Surely we’d all agree. That being the case, I can’t help but wonder why so many people are in such a rush to get in or out or around town in the least amount of time possible.
A travel destination is just what Pelham aspires to and we who live here should enjoy the beauty surrounding us but, do we? No. Instead we take it all for granted, get caught up in driving from one destination to another
and not always with our minds on our driving.
Speeding in Pelham has become a very real and very serious issue. The sad part is most drivers speeding in Pelham are residents of Pelham so the very people concerned are the very people caus-ing the problem.
The last time I looked every road was posted with the Speed Limit. That’s right SPEED LIMIT not the “suggested” speed but the maximum limit a vehicle is allowed to travel the section of the road. Speeding is described as anything in excess of the posted limit.
The Community Policing Committee has stepped up their Speed Watch program to respond to the ever-increasing num-
ber of speed complaints received by purchasing an Onsite Radar Speed Dolly complete with a statistics data logger and software. What does this mean? Quite simply, the com-mittee is able to moni-tor speeds and transfer the data to the Niagara Regional Police Services (NRPS) for response. The positioning of the Speed Dolly is being coordinated with the NRPS and tickets and fines will be handed out!
To date, statistics have been gathered on Hurri-cane Road, Station Street and Pelham Street north of Pancake Lane. The re-sults are astounding!
During a 40 hour pe-riod 1847 vehicles were monitored westbound on Hurricane Road east
of Station Street. During that time 849 vehicles were clocked exceeding the posted speed limit of 50 kilometers per hour with an average speed of 59 kph, including two ve-hicles whose speed was in excess of double the limit. That is 55% of the traffic exceeding the speed limit and all of this in a quiet residential neighbour-hood!
The Speed Dolly was relocated to Station Street after that so I must fess up…There I was rushing along Station Street last Tuesday morning only to have my speed flashing frantically up at me. Well, it worked. I slowed down! Then I thought about it, the road is familiar, my mind was elsewhere and I was oblivious to the lead
in my foot. It was definite-ly time for a reality check.
As the volume of traffic increases we become less tolerant of being slowed down as a result of it but let’s be realistic…plan on the trip taking five minutes longer and if it doesn’t, you have time for the drive-thru to pick up that coffee. Consider this: How much longer is it going to take to get from point A to point B if you need to stop for a dis-cussion with a Police Of-ficer and obtain his badge number on that ticket?
We all have places to go and people to see but let’s all be cognizant of the posted speed limit, drive accordingly and think about the ramifica-tions of what could be if we don’t heed the speed,
particularly in areas where children play and seniors walk.
Until the next time–en-joy your summer, tour the lovely countryside of our beautiful community and be careful out there on the roads.
Why such a rush to get in and out of town?
Catherine King
CommunityPolicing
It is with intense frustration and disap-pointment that I write this letter to my hometown paper, in order to call atten-tion to a recent theft.
My father’s gravesite in the Fonthill Cemetery had its flowers stolen for the second time in as many years. My mother had taken great pains to plant some lovely magenta and white Martha Washington geraniums after weeding and clearing of spring overgrowth. Upon visiting the site on Fathers’ Day, it was discovered that the flowers had been dug up and stolen.
Flowers were stolen off his gravesite last year around the same time of year, and we hoped it was a misunderstand-ing and certainly a one-time incident.
It is extremely upsetting that someone would stoop so low as to steal flowers from a gravesite, particularly on Fathers’
Day and so close to my father’s own birthday.
My father was a good man who survived 10 years of living with cancer before fi-nally losing his battle in 2004. I miss him every day, particularly on Fathers’ Day, and particularly two weeks ago when he was not able to walk me down the aisle on my wedding day.
I would appreciate if this letter was published in the Voice so that the culprit, or someone who knows the individual or individuals, might read it and realize there are people who have noticed, and who care.
Dawn Elliott,
Fenwick
Flowers stolen at father’s gravesite
Lazy Loon Restaurant in Fonthill donated a portion of the May 24 sales to Therapy Trails. Pictured (left to right) are Karey Warden of Lazy Loon, Brenda Frame of Therapy Trails, with “Kuma”, Laura Smith, of Therapy Trails (and also a manager at Lazy Loon), with “Ellie” and Ryan Learn of Therapy Trails, with “Seamus”.
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Lazy Loon donates to Therapy Trails
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We held the Grand Opening of the new Pelham Fire Station #2 this past Saturday.
More than a decade ago a small planning group of Firefighters identified several deficiencies in the former Fire Station. They sug-gested building a replacement fa-cility, but lack of funding stopped that process.
Then, in August 2008, Town Council formally established a Fire Station #2 Replacement Commit-tee. Chaired by former-Councillor Debbie Urbanowicz (who attended the opening!), the Committee in-cluded Councillor Peter Papp, Fire Chief Scott McLeod, District Chief Owen Simmonds, Captain Otto Heinrich, Captain Tim Vanderwei-de, Town CAO Martin Yamich, and myself (ex officio).
The Committee reconfirmed that Town needed a new Fire Station on a new site because parts of the 50-year-old building are structur-
ally inadequate and deteriorating, because of the safety concerns with firefighters backing-up vehicles af-ter each call, and because the old site has no room to expand or re-construct a new fire station.
The Committee worked with Fire-fighters to determine their needs and worked with the community to find the best location and prop-erty for a new Fire Station. The Committee completed a functional analysis to determine space re-quirements and an appropriate building configuration, and over-saw an environmental assessment and re-zoning of the site.
When the National and Provincial government announced Infrastruc-ture Stimulus Funding, the Town submitted a complete business case for the new facility. That funding made Fire Station #2 a reality! I deeply appreciate support of Fed-eral and Provincial governments who invested a total of $1.98 mil-lion into the $2.9 million project.
The new, 12,000 square foot facil-ity includes:a separate area to store bunker gear and each firefighter’s
specialized equipment; specialized areas for firefighter training – in-cluding a smoke room, an elevated training platform, an auto-extrica-tion pad, and a classroom; a hall for large-group training and com-munity events; and drive-through parking bays for fire vehicles.
I offer special thanks to Steve Bernier, Panichi Architects, John Klassen & John Colangelo, Bromac Construction, and Martin Yamich, Town CAO and Project Manager.
Saturday’s Grand Opening was about much more than a building. It was about the men and women who have given of themselves, and who continue to give to the com-munity so that they can be pre-pared for any and all emergencies and so that each of us can be safe.
Congratulations to Pelham Fire District #2 and the Pelham Fire Service and thank you for your ongoing dedication, commitment, hard work and service.
You may contact Mayor Dave at [email protected] or read past columns at www.pelhammay-ordave.blogspot.com.
Grand opening of new fi re station, ongoing service
BY DAVE AUGUSTYNMayor of Pelham
Thank Youto the voters of Pelham
Ward 1, and all those who helped in my campaign. I
look forward to serving the people of Pelham.
Richard RybiakCouncillor Elect
Thank youThe Fun Fair Committee would just like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for attending the annual Glynn A. Green Fun Fair on Friday May 27th, 2011. The rain did not scare anyone away from enjoying the festivities. This activity is GAG Public School’s “fun” fundraiser for the year, with the proceeds going directly back into the school to benefit the children and the educational environment of the school. The Fun Fair Committee would not have been able to put together such a successful “fun fundraising” evening if not for all the generosity of the GAG staff, students, parents, grandparents, and local community members such as Riverview Golf Club and Peninsula Lakes Golf Club who both continue to generously donate to the silent auction. Additionally the GAG Fun Fair Committee would like to pub-licly thank the following individuals and companies for their generous donations to our silent auction: Agrogreen, Ardene’s, Anne Smelsky of Everyday Style, Avon by Angela Williams, Bailey O Brady’s, Blue Star Restaurant, Briggsy’s Sportswear & Promotions, Bird Kingdom, Boston Pizza, Bowl-O-Rama Lanes, Butterflies Boutique, Ron Sayles, Royal LePage, Cheeky Monkeys, Curves, Dave & Busters, Dr. Marc Bosilac, Dr. R.J. Riley, DMZ Paintball & Lazer Tag, Earthcare Clothing Co., Everyday Style, Fielding Winery, Fox Run Golf Course, Fonthill Art & Home, Fonthill Fitness, Gary Bos Golf Academy, Greg Frewin, Hoco, Hair Hunters Salon & Spa, Harpwood’s Trophies & Gift Shop, Jill Anthony Law Office, Joseph’s Estate Wines, Jumbo Video, Koppers Fishing, Klager’s Food Market, Lifetime Vision Centre, Log Cabin, Lynda Tyler, Marineland, Meridan Credit Union, Mossimo’s, Monica’s of Welland, MT Bellies Tap & Grillhouse, Niagara Freefall, Norwex by Carolyn Steven, Niagara Helicopters, Niagara Ice Dogs, Niagara Soft Cloth Car Wash, Paul’s Lawn Care, Pet Valu, Picard Peanuts, Pita Pit, Pinestone Resort, Quality Cleaners, Sawmill Golf Course, Sapphires, Shari Szeplaki, Shriner’s Creek Popcorn, Shoppers Drug Mart of Fonthill, Fonthill Sobey’s, Sue’s Seafood, Suntastic Tanning, Sugar Bean Bags – Andrea Hilts, Therapeutic Fitness & Wellness Centre, Today’s Magazine, Td Canada Trust, Turf Net, Vermeer’s, Volcano’s Pizzeria, Yates Renovations, Young Headz, Brook McClellan, Great West Life (Howey Fam-ily), Welland Wal-Mart, Wild Water Kingdom, and student Andrew Cramp. All the wonderful donations make the Silent Auction a hit every year. The Fun Fair Committee also needs to thank the Steven’s Family & Pleasantview Cemetery, the Wintle Family for the buns, Fonthill Kinsmen for the tables, Starmakers Karaoke, Niagara EMS for letting Teddy Medic visit , London Reptiles of Niagara, Students from the English as a Second Language program at Niagara College, Classic Caters for supplying the food, Fonthill Giant Tiger for the prizes, Niagara Recycling, Ni-agara Inflatable’s for the bouncers, and finally all the staff of GAG School, and the GAG Parent Community who volunteered, and supplied many great items for the Bake Sale table. Finally the Fun Fair Committee must recognize the work our own GAG students did in preparation for such an event, it makes us very proud. I tried very hard to include everyone and ensure all names/titles were correct, however if you did notice an error it was purely accidental and I would like to take this opportunity to apologize.We want everyone to know how thankful and grateful the GAG Fun Fair Committee is, and your generosity did not go unnoticed. Sincerely the GAG Fun Fair Parent Committee: Bonnie Cramp Chair, Dianna Dudzik, Catrina Bachur, Carolyn Steven, Cathy Froese, Joanne Caldwell, Diane Belovari, Kim McClay, Robin Johnson, Deb Howey, Barb Moore, Rose Safranyos , Michelle Butler, and Jenn Sayles . “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” ~Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Hope to see you all next year. Cheryl Taylor, from Glynn A Green (GAG) Fun Fair Committee.
Pictured are (left to right) brothers Jeffery and Jake Sung, students of Glynn A Green. Their parents, Wonkee and Sooyen, are the owners of Riverview Golf Club, and they donate to the GAG Fun Fair Silent Auction each year.
/Special to the Voice
Kids VBS CampFonthill United Church
Free to kids ages 4 to 12Monday to Friday July 11th to 15th
Mornings 9 am to 11:30 am
To register phone the Church
weekday mornings at 905-892-6433
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TOWN OF PELHAM INFORMATION COLUMN THE WEEK AHEAD •PELHAM ARENA “ZUMBA FITNESS”
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 9:30 – 10:30 am Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:30-10:30 am and 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Tuesday July 5, 2011 9:30-10:30am and 7:30 – 8:30 pm “ZUMBA GOLD”
Thursday July, 7, 2011 9:30 – 10:30 am Join us for Aqua Zumba at the Pelham Pool
Monday and Wednesday 12-1pm. •PELHAM TOWN SQUARE
Pelham Farmer’s Market –Every Thursday May to October - 4:30pm in Pelham Town Square. Come on
out Thursday’s throughout the summer and fall for some fresh produce and lots of goodies! Come rain or shine. Winner of the Market Bucks for June 23rd
was Karen Emmons!! Congratulations Karen! Town of Pelham Summer Camps and Pool
Registration has begun for all residents and non-residents! Sessions fi ll up quickly so register today! Please check
our website or come into Town Hall for more information. Aqua Zumba
New! Ditch the workout. Join the Pool Party! Join Us Mondays and Wednesdays from 12:00-
1pm Beginning July 4th $60 for a 10 Class Pass plus 2 Bonus Classes or $6 to Drop-In.
June is Recreation and Parks Month! Pelham is Cel-ebrating with the Pelham passport. Pick yours up from Town Hall or print it off our website at www.pelham.caComplete the Activities in the passport and return it to
Town Hall for your chance to win prizes including… 1 week of Active Outdoors Camp provided by the Town of Pelham!
Canada Day Celebrations! Harold Black Park Haist Street Fonthill
Parade route Grand Opening Haist Street 1:00pm Start Pie Baking Contest presented in partnership with the Royal Canadian Legion, Br. #613
Friday July 1st – Set up begins at 3:00pm, Judging is at 4:00pm
2 Categories of Pies: (1) Fruit Pies (2) Custard or Cream Pies
Pet Show- 12:00 noon- 2:00pm pre-registration in the park or complete registration in form and send to Welland
& District Humane Society or Town Hall to register. NEW THIS YEAR- Ultimate Frisbee! 4:00-9:00pm
Free Learn to Play- Instructors from the On-tario Disc Sports Association will be present to teach children how to play Ultimate Frisbee. Learn the skills and join for some free fun! More details and registration form can be found on our website at www.pelham.ca
•COMMUNITIES IN BLOOM Communities in bloom Trillium Nomination forms now
available at the Town hall and online at www.pelham.ca Communities in Bloom Garden Tour July 16th Tickets available at Town Hall Vermeers, Sobeys, Pet Valu, and other local garden centres. Tickets are $10. For
more information please call (905) 892-2607 ext 341.Town of Pelham e-mail address: [email protected]
Visit our Web site at www.pelham.ca
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On behalf of Council and Town staff, I wish you and your family a very happy Canada Day!
Also, I extend my sincere appreciation to the 2011 Canada DayCommittee, volunteers, businesses and staff who have contributed to this year’s Canada Day celebrations.
I hope that you will join us at Harold Black Park on Friday, July 1, 2011 to celebrate our nation and our vibrant, creative and caring community.
Have a safe and enjoyable holiday!
Mayor Dave Augustyn
HappyCanada
Day!Councillor
PETER PAPPWard 3 • Town of Pelham
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Canada!HAPPY CANADA DAY
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Ward 2 • Town of Pelham
HappyCanada
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JOHN DURLEY & FamilyWard 3 • Town of PelhamJOHN DURLEY & Family
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Program of Eventsat Harold Black Park
1:00pm ............Grande Parade (see route below)1:45pm ........Piping in of Dignitaries. Singing of “O Canada” by Fonthill Music Academy in English and
French. Opening remarks by the Mayor2:00pm............................Pelham’s 8th Annual Pet Show2:30 - 4:00pm.........................Lori DeLuca’s Dance Place4:15 - 5:30pm.........Children’s Sing A Long with Kevin Wiley4:00pm.........................Pie Baking Contest sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion, Br. #6134:00 - 9:00pm...........................“NEW” Ultimate Frisbee5:30 - 7:00pm............................Fonthill Music Academy7:00 - 8:30pm...................................“Emergency Exit”8:30 - 10:15pm.....................................“True Country”10:15pm.................................................FIREWORKS
Canada Day CelebrationParade Route • GRAND OPENING HAIST STREET • 1:00 pm START!
Shuttle Bus RouteFREE PARKING • Shuttle will run Noon - 1pm, and 3:15pm - Midnight
Location Times1 Municipal Parking Lot • Maple
St. FenwickNoon, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00
2 Pelham Municipal Building • 20 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill
12:15, 3:15, 4:15, 5:15, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:15, 10:15, 11:15
3 Pelham Arena • Haist St. Fonthill
12:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30
4 Harold Black Park • Haist St. Fonthill
12:45, 3:45, 4:45, 5:45, 6:45, 7:45, 8:45, 9:45, 10:45
NEW! Parade RoutePlease refrain from
parking on parade route (as indicated on map),Harold Black
Park, or A. K. Wigg School.
Pelham’s 21st Annual
Canada Day Parade Parade begins at A. K. Wigg School, travels down Haist
Road, crossing Welland Road to Harold Black Park
Free Family Fun, Children’s ActivitiesCrafters, Clowns, Entertainment
Canada Day Eventsat Peace Park Band Shell, Pelham Town Square
2:00 - 3:00 pm Niagara Old Tyme Fiddlers3:00 - 4:30 pm “Kindred”
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THE FONTHILL LIONS AND LIONESS CLUBS INVITE YOU TO JOIN US IN
CELEBRATING CANADA DAY JULY 1.
The Lions Club serves your community in many ways:Help for the blind, deaf, diabetes, dog guides, sports groups, scholarships, Welland Hospital Foundation,
Pelham Cares, Pelham Library plus many others.To enable us to continue these projects we need the support
of the community with our raffles and draws.Don’t Be Left Out!
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It was the battle of Pel-ham on Monday night as the Rookie Ball Pelham Grey Panthers, faced off against the Pelham La-Farge Team. Both teams played a strong game with
excellent hits and field-ing plays exchanged. The Panthers bench erupted into cheers as Carter, Ethan and Wyatt scored RBIs. Forced outs at first and second were regis-
tered thanks to the quick hands of Matthew and Sammy. Nolan showed great promise as a catcher, snagging most of the fast balls from the pitching machine. The final score
was a tight 5-4 in favour of the Grey Panthers.
The Grey Panthers played a second game last week, this time hitting the road to visit Beamsville’s Ted Roberts Park. Al-though Beamsville pre-vailed, a solid technical game was played by the Panthers. Cole hit a dou-ble to the outfield, knock-ing in several base runners. Tayah, Trent, Michael and Meghan recorded base hits and contributed to the high scoring game. Jack pulls the team together; always bring a positive attitude and a winning smile! Several innings were brought to an end because the Panthers had their maximum 10 batters up to bat, displaying the even batting skills of the team. The Grey Panthers would like to thank their sponsor, Miller Restora-tion Disaster Kleenup, for making this season pos-sible.
After a slow start to the season, the Pelham Star Tile Knights Mosquito Baseball team picked up steam this week. First they met their local rivals, the Pelham Pirates. The Pirates held a 3-1 lead af-ter the 2nd inning, when the Knight’s defence be-gan to come together. A nice play between pitcher Carter Nicholas and Ben Klassen at 1st base brought down the first batter, and a few plays lat-er, Andrew Avolio ended the inning with a double play at 2nd base. The de-fensive play continued in the 4th inning. First base-man Keegan Ingraham charged toward the plate
to scoop the ball and tag the first runner out and Carter Nicholas ended the top of the inning by catching a huge fly ball in the outfield. At the plate, Aidan Nichols brought Ayrton Ashick across the plate to bring the score within 1. Both teams found their bats in the 5th inning scoring the maxi-mum 5 runs each. The Knight’s batting was high-lighted by a 3 RBI double by Dan Durkin, and single RBI hits by Adam Bisson & Aidan Nichols, bring-ing Aidan Longo, Dun-can MacFarlane, Bisson, Ashick & Durkin home. Unable to score in the 6th, the Knights lost the well-played game to the Pirates.
Two nights later, the Knights hosted Welland #1, the A’s. The game started off strongly when pitcher Rowan McLellan caught the first hit of the game for the out. The Knights were up by one on the scoreboard at the end of the 1st and kept the A’s scoreless when the top of the 2nd ended with Carter Nicholas tagging out a runner at 3rd. The Knights seized control of the game earning 5 runs in the bottom of the 2nd. The A’s rallied in the 4th, but with lead-off hitter Nicholas Grant reaching first base, followed by 8 of his team-mates, the game was beyond their reach, and the Knights earned their first victory of the season. The Knights had good defensive play and solid hitting. Ayrton Ashick, Aidan Longo, Keegan Ingraham, Aidan
Nichols, and Adam Bis-son were all perfect at the plate (the 2nd game of perfect hitting in a row for Adam Bisson!), and Dan Durkin lead in RBIs with three 2 RBI hits.
On Monday June 13th, the Fonthill M&M Meats’ Pelham Pirates met up with the Welland Walmart team in an exciting, edge of your seat game. It was neck and neck right up until the last inning when Ryan Dykstra started things off with a home run slammed into right field. Followed by some more awesome hitting by Noah Wouthuis, Nicholas Yioldassis, Zachary Baltru-siunas & Ayden Janas, the Pirates took the lead go-ing into the bottom of the 6th. Unfortunately, they were unable to hold the lead and the Pirates expe-rienced their first loss 14 – 13.
On Wednesday, June 15th, the Fonthill M&M Meats’ Pelham Pirates triumphed in a match up with the Pelham Knights. It was a tight, low scoring game going into the 5th inning when Reid Murray started things off with a hard hit to LF and a slide into 2nd earning him a double, after getting all 3 outs at 3rd in the bottom of the 4th. Then, hard hit singles & some sliding by Sarah Saldutto, Callan Saldutto & Malyssa Ci-mato loaded up the bases and the Pirates’ hitting streak continued, giving them a nice lead. Despite a good comeback by the Knights, the Pirates stayed strong, earning them a 13 – 7 victory.
This week in baseball...
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/Special to the Voice
June 21st, Centennial Park saw Lampman’s Fur-niture Junior softball team take on Free Gas, giving the spectators a lot of hits and good defensive plays. Lampman’s came out on top en route to a 17-8 victory. In the top of the first, Kaitlyn Reece hit the ball right back to William Guitard of Lampman’s (pitcher). William then threw the ball to Kaileigh Smith at first base for the
first out of the inning. Bottom of the first had William Guitard hit a long ball only to be tagged out at home plate by Lauren Mancino of Free Gas. In the second, Lauren Mancino hit the ball which was stopped by Kaileigh Smith of Lampman’s at first base for an out. After getting on base, Emma Farion of Free Gas was tagged out at home after a nice play by Tommy Fal-
coner (backcatcher) and Isaac Stephens (pitcher) of Lampman’s teamed up to get the out. Top of the third, Isaac Stephens made a highlight reel diving catch from the pitchers’ mound to get Kaitlyn Reece out. Daniel Guitard of Lampman’s made a huge stop at third base after a hit by Dar-ren Sojka stealing a sure homerun hit. Excellent effort by both teams! Stats
for Free Gas: Zachary Free (single), Darren Sojka (single, double), Lauren Mancino (homerun). Stats for Lampman’s: Kaileigh Smith (2 singles), William Guitard (single, triple), Andrew Guitard (single, double), Xavier Stephens (double), Isaac Stephens (2 doubles), Gavin Hill-house (single), Daniel Guitard (single), Tommy Falconer (2 singles).
On June 22nd, Lamp-
man’s Furniture knew they had a tough game ahead of them when they faced Duliban Insurance. In the top of the first, Isaac Stephens caught a fly ball hit by Aiden Beld-ing of Duliban securing an out. In the second, Kai-leigh Smith of Lampman’s dominated at first base, securing 3 outs against Duliban. Two of those were due to fast-think-ing and acting from Isaac Stephens in the pitcher’s mound. Awesome team-work! In the bottom of the second, Mackie Sider of Duliban tagged out Kai-leigh Smith at first base. Third inning action saw Aiden Belding (pitcher) of Duliban securing 2 outs against Gavin Hillhouse
and Tommy Falconer. In the fourth, Aiden Beld-ing once again secured an out by tagging Daniel Guitard en route to third base. The game ended with Lampman’s winning 16 to 6. Stats for Duliban: Mackie Sider (single), Aiden Belding (single), Taryn Petrovsky (single), Tessa Kievit (double), D.J. Petrovsky (single). Stats for Lampman’s: Xavier Stephens (triple), William Guitard (2 singles, triple), Daniel Guitard (single, double), Gavin Hillhouse (2 singles, double, triple), Tommy Falconer (single, double), Kaileigh Smith (triple), Andrew Guitard (triple), Isaac Stephens (triple, homerun).
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Service DIRECTORY
The Voice of Pelham will be closed for Canada Day on Friday, July 1 and will re-
open on Monday, July 4th
The Voice staff would like to take this opportunity to wish all the residents of Pelham a very happy Canada Day.
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Bev Sneath SummerArt Camps with Beverly Sneath. DRAWING AND PAINTING July 4th to 8th from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon ages 10 and up at the studio. ART FUN July 18th to 22nd from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ages 5 and up at the Fonthill Music Academy. Contact: 905-892-5868 or [email protected] or www.beverlysneath.com
ANNOUNCEMENTS OBITUARY
GOLF CAMP FOR JUNIORS at the Greens at Brock. Run-ning all of July & August. Monday thru Thursday. Call 905-641-8088 to register.
Greg and Ulrike Green are pleased to announce the graduation of
their daughter, Kara, from
Ryerson Univers i ty in Toronto. In
the fal l , Kara wil l continue studying for Masters of Architecture at Ryerson.
Congratulations from Mom and Dad, Craig, Mark and Oma. A special thanks to al l of her former teachers at E.L.C.S.S. for their
caring and mentoring.
Congratu lati onsKara Green,
Bachelor of Architecture
ONGOING
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: In the Orchard Programming for the Arts volunteers for summer camp. Complies with DSBN volunteer hour requirements.
• Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. to dusk Pelham Farmers’ Market, Pelham Town Square www.pelham.ca.
• Thursdays Summer Concert Series 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. begins with the British Invasion Band - the best music from the early 1960’s.
• Fridays (July 1, 15, 29, August 12, 26, September 9, 23, October 7, 21) Fabulous Fenwick Lions Fish Fry at Centennial Park, 999 Church Street, Fenwick www.fabulous-fenwicklions.org.
Wednesday, June 29• 9:00 a.m. Niagara Bruce Trail Hike Jordan Valley Loop (medium-moderate) Meet at the parking lot near the Bailey bridge. Leader: Tys Murre 905-563-4620.
Thursday, June 30• 7:30 p.m. - JFK Assassina-tion: The film and Photographic Record at the library
Friday, July 1• Pelham’s Canada Day Cel-ebration begins with the parade on Haist Street and ends with the fireworks at Harold Black Park. See pg. 6 for details.• Niagara Bruce Trail Club Pig Roast - St. David’s - fundraiser - call Keith Rae for information: 905-892-6633.• Dragon Boat National Cham-pionships - South Niagara Ca-noe Club - July 1 to 3 - Welland International Flatwater Centre - volunteers needed - contact: [email protected] or [email protected]
Saturday, July 2• 9:00 a.m. Niagara Bruce Trail Hike Fireman’s Park - meet in the upper parking lot, corner of Dorchester and Mountain Rds., Niagara Falls (medium-mod-erate) 2 hrs Leader: Marion Roggeband 905-643-2821.• 4:00 -7:00 p.m. 10th Anniver-sary Open House. Short Hills Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association invites you to its celebration of 10 years of dedicated service. Pelham Sta-tion #3, 597 Sixteen Rd (and Cream St), North Pelham. All welcome.S
Sunday, July 3• 1:30 p.m. - Lipa ParkSausage Festival [email protected] for info• Niagara Bruce Trail Hike Mer-ritt Island meet at the parking lot at the foot of Cross Street in Welland (medium-moderate) 1.5 hrs Leader: Sylvia Wheeler 905-735-2069.
July 4 to 8• 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Pelham Community Church Vacation Bible School - “Shake It Up” 461 Canboro Road, Fenwick. Free but call 905-892-5922 to register.
July 9-10• 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. NPCA Annual Bass Derby Chippewa Creek Conservation Area www.conservation-niagara.on.ca• 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Art in the Gardens - Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens (outside the Butterfly Conservatory). Free admission. The outdoor summer shows are held along the pathways in the beauti-fully landscaped gardens. Visit Niagara’s fine artists as you stroll the grounds.
July 11 to 15• 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Vaca-tion Bible School ages 4 to 12 - Fonthill United Church - Free - Non-denominational - call weekday mornings: 905-892-6433.
Sunday, July 17• Niagara Bruce Trail Club Hike Allenburg Loop - 1.5hr medium/moderate - meet at the Allenburg Bridge Hwy 20 park-ing lot on the west side of the bridge - leader: Fred Azzopardi 905-735-2345.
Niche for 2 in the wall lo-cated at Pleasantview Me-morial Gardens in Fonthill. Value $2,250.00 + HST, ask-ing $2,000.00 HST included. Call 289-897-9738
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TUTORING
YUNGBLUT, Marilyn Ednapassed away at Hospice Niagara, with family at her side, on Thursday June 23rd 2011, in her 62nd year. Be-loved daughter of Wes and Caroline Yungblut. Dear sis-ter of Carolyn Skulj (Frank), David (late Joanne) and Clif-ford (Tammy). Loving aunt of Carol-Ann Thompson (Tom), Heather Free (Terry), Kevin Skulj (Kristen), Lorne Yung-blut (Kristina), Pam Rous-seau (Eric), Shelley Kuepfer (Greg), Charlene, Shannon, Jimmy Yungblut, and 8 great nieces and nephews. Dear niece of Eleanor Cumming, June Egerter, Doris Yungblut and Margaret Yungblut. She will be missed by her spe-cial friends Ruth, Sandy and Ron. Marilyn was the Sunday School Treasurer for many many years at the Fonthill Baptist Church. Marilyn en-joyed her friends and family, travelling and her farm life. Special thank you to the car-ing staff at Hospice Niagara, CCAC Home Care and nurs-ing staff (Jan), Dr.Giesbrecht, and her oncology clinic staff.Friends were received by the family from 7-9 pm.Sunday June 26th and 2-4 & 7-9 pm. Monday June 27th at the JAMES L. PEDLAR FU-NERAL HOME, 1292 Pel-ham Street, Fonthill, where the funeral service was conducted in the chapel on Tuesday June 28th at 11:00 am with Rev. Russ Myers of Fonthill Baptist Church offici-ating. Interment followed at Fonthill Cemetery. Memo-rial donations may be made to Hospice Niagara or to Li-ons Foundation of Canada Vision and Hearing Dogs. Online condolences may be forwarded through www.ped-larfuneralhome.ca
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Page 12 THE VOICE of Pelham Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Calling all beautiful Pel-ham properties.
The Pelham Communi-ties in Bloom Committee is accepting nominations for the Trillium Awards. The awards recognize and thank residents and busi-nesses for adding to the beauty of Pelham. Since the Trillium grows natu-rally in the Pelham com-munity, it is used to em-phasize the fact that this award is for the people of Pelham.
This summer, dur-ing July, front yards of entrants will be viewed
to find properties that are neat, have exuber-ant flower beds, display different plant materials and innovative design, or are part of an attractive streetscape.
The Committee encour-ages all residents to help make Pelham one of the prettiest towns in Ontario. The committee looks for-ward to receiving entries for properties in the com-munity that bring delight to the viewer and pride to the town.
Entry information is as follows: All entries will be judged on the basis of view from the nearest public roadway; the award is lim-ited to properties within
the municipal boundaries of the Town of Pelham; criteria for judging will include balance, colour, innovation and the blend-ing of the landscaping with the building and remainder of property; judging will take place by July 30 by the Communi-ties in Bloom Committee or their appointees; the committee, award spon-sors, and members of town council will recog-nize winners.
The categories are as fol-lows: Category #1 Resi-dential Small Frontage; Category #2 Residential Large Frontage; Category #3 Residential Small (professionally land-scaped within the last five years); Category #4 Resi-dential Large (profession-ally landscaped within the last fiveyears); Category #5 Commercial Property; Category #6 Multiple Residential; Category #7 Best Individual Balcony; Category #8 Schools, Churches, Institutions; Category #9 Most Im-proved, Residential or Commercial (before pho-to required with entry).
Nomination forms are available online, at local garden centres and at the Town of Pelham offices.
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