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13 THURSDAY, March 28, 2019 YOUR GOOD NEWS NEWSPAPER
Shamrock Sprint 4th Annual Race set for this Sunday
COLLEEN GREEN The Standard registered non-prot charitable organization,
devoted to serving and strengthening
KAWARTHA LAKES: The Boys and Girls children, youth and families throughout the
Clubs of Kawartha Lakes (BGCK) is a City of Kawartha Lakes and Peterborough.
This Sunday, March 31st, they are hosting
the annual Shamrock Sprint, at the Boys and
MP O’Toole speaks about Girls Clubs of Kawartha Lakes location, 107
2019 federal budget Lindsay Street South, Lindsay. The race is a
fund raiser for the BGCK, the proceeds of
DAN CEARNS The Standard which will go to fund the various programs
they provide. The vision of the club is for all
DURHAM: Early last week, the Federal Liberal government unveiled children and youth to discover and achieve
their 2019 budget. Following its tabling, Durham MP Erin O’Toole spoke their dreams and grow up to be healthy,
to The Standard regarding his thoughts on this budget. successful and active participants in society.
“I’m very disappointed with the budget. It’s an example of the Trudeau The BGC family had this to say about the
government trying to bribe Canadians with their own money,” Mr. BGCK, “We thank the Boys and Girls Clubs of
O’Toole said. Kawartha Lakes and all the fabulous staff
The budget includes $22.8 billion in new spending. from the bottom of our hearts, for the
“This budget underscores the reckless approach of the Trudeau govern- difference they make in the life of our son.
ment when it comes to the Canadian economy. Continued on page 7. Your interesting and educational programs
and dedication of your staff are exceptional,
and we feel extremely fortunate to be able to
make use of them.”
“We love what the Boys and Girls Club has
to offer, without it we would never have been
able to allow our son the opportunities to play
so many sports”, said M. Montegue.
There will be ve different races. The Kids
Run/Walk will start at 9:40 a.m. The
Individual 10k Run will start at 10:00 a.m.
The Team 10k Run will start at 10 a.m. The
Individual 5k Run/Walk will start at 10:20
a.m. And the Team 5k Run/Walk will start at
10:20 a.m.
Everyone is welcome to come out and
cheer on the runners. Better yet sign up and
join the fun. There is still time to register. You
can do so online, at shamrocksprint.ca, or
you can contact Heather McCullough by
phone, at 705-324-4493 ext 203, or via email
at hmccullough@bgckl.com for more
information.
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Province committed to expanding Pancake Breakfast in Uxbridge
natural gas on Scugog Island returns this weekend
Speakers at the natural gas announcement on Scugog Island included
Mississaugas Chief Kelly LaRocca, MPP Lindsey Park, Scugog Mayor Bobbie
Drew and Jim Sanders from Enbridge.
DAN CEARNS The Standard
SCUGOG: The Ontario Provincial
Conservative government announced its
commitment to continuing a funding
promise, made by the previous Liberal
government, to expand natural gas service
on Scugog Island.
On Thursday, March 14th, at an event at
the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First
Nation Administration building, MPP
Lindsey Park announced the government
will be providing up to $6.3 million, from
their Natural Gas Expansion Support
Program, for expansion of the service on
the Island. The previous provincial
government had announced the same
amount of funds, through a different
program in 2018.
MPP Park explained what makes this
program, and this announcement,
different from the previous government’s.
“The previous program would have seen
natural gas expand into under 10
communities all across Ontario. This
program will see more than quadruple that
number of communities receive natural
gas in the coming years and that’s great
news for people across our province.”
According to a press release, the Scugog
Island project could see the service
expanded to 810 customers on the Island,
which breaks down to 780 residential
customers and 30 commercial customers.
It states, switching to natural gas can save
customers anywhere from $800 to $2,500
per year.
The total project costs for the expansion
work are estimated to be $16.6 million.
The project, run by Enbridge, is expected
to begin later this year and is currently
going through the Ontario Energy Board
regulatory process.
MPP Park explained this announcement
is fullling the Ontario government’s
overall platform.
“We were elected on a promise to make
life more affordable and put more money
back in people’s pockets, and the people of
Scugog Island today are beneting from a
great announcement that natural gas
service is coming their way. There’s no
question this is going to mean lower energy
costs for not only residents but also the
businesses on the Island.”
Mississaugas Chief Kelly LaRocca was
pleased with the announcement. “Our
people have been without access to
affordable heating for quite a long time.
Personally I have been working on this
issue with our council and with many of
you for quite a long time,” she said.
Scugog Mayor Bobbie Drew said this
announcement is great for Scugog. “This
announcement means a lot to our
communities. For many years, the
Township of Scugog council has been
advocating for better community services
like high speed internet and natural gas.
Today we thank the province and Enbridge
for the Natural Gas Expansion and
Support Program. The Township of
Scugog recognizes natural gas will bring
many benets to our communities,” she
said.
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The Standard they decided to make this
year’s event admission by
UXBRIDGE: The donation.
Uxbridge and District “We did that for the rst
Lions Club is inviting time last year, and we were bacon, coffee, juice and
members of the commu- pleasantly surprised at the gluten free options.
nity to come to their generosity of the “The fact that it’s been
annual Pancake Breakfast, community to just support an annual event for a
this Saturday, March 30th. us. We actually made number of years, people
The event will be held at more that way than having have come to accept it and
t h e U x b r i d g e A re n a , a ticketed price,” he expect it,” Mr. Doucet
located at 291 Brock St. explained. explained, regarding the
West, from 7:30 a.m. until All proceeds will support event.
12:30 p.m. the Lions’ work in the Mr. Doucet said he is
Entrance to this Uxbridge community. h o p e f u l t h e Pa n c a ke
breakfast event is by As well as fresh Breakfast will see the
donation. L ocal Lions pancakes, the breakfast same support, as last year,
C l u b P re s i d e n t J e a n event also offers sausages, or more this year.
Body found in Lake Scugog
believed to be missing boater
SCUGOG: Durham police believe they and Crozier Lane on Scugog Island.
may have found the body of a boater, who Ofcers attended, and it’s believed to be
had been missing since October when Phong Vu of Toronto.
his canoe capsized in Lake Scugog. A coroner attended and requested a
According to police, ofcers have post-mortem to be conducted to deter-
located a deceased male on the shoreline mine cause of death and to conrm the
of Lake Scugog, believed to be that of the identity.
missing sherman. On Thursday, March If anyone has any further information,
14th, at about 6 p.m., a sherman they are asked to call Constable Lang of
contacted 911 after locating a deceased North Division Criminal Investigation
male on Lake Scugog, near Centre Road Bureau at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 3977.
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SEAGRAVE by Jean Short
Spring has arrived. Soon the crocus,
daffodils and tulips will be poking
their heads through the ground. It is
good to hear and see the birds again.
The St. Patrick’s Day Dinner was a
huge success. Approximately 90
people sat down to a meal of Irish
stew, corned beef and cabbage, ham,
homemade bread, with bread
pudding and sauce for dessert. After
dinner, we were entertained by “The
Noise”. We have a very talented
choir.
Sincere sympathies go out to John
and Donna Kent with the recent
passing of Donna’s brother, Barry
Swain of Blackstock.
The Park Committee would like
you to keep them in mind as you start
your spring cleaning. They will be
collecting scrap metal, e-waste,
bottles and cans, and new this year,
gently used clothing and bedding.
Please bring these items to the
Seagrave Park for the Earth Day
event on April 27th, from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. There will also be a pancake
breakfast. Adult portion is $7 and the
child portion is $4. All proceeds will
go to park improvements. They are
also looking for student volunteers.
For more information please email
seagrave.park.on@gmail.com.
The Greenbank-Seagrave Lions
Club is collecting pull tabs to nance
seeing eye dogs. Any pull tabs from
beer cans, pop cans, or any other type
of pull tab is acceptable. Contact Don
Beacock for pickup, or for more
information call (905) 985-3595.
Seagrave Men's Sunday Night
Softball is looking for new players
ages 35 years or older. For more info
Contact John Olivero at
john.greenbank@gmail.com.
Happy Birthday wishes to David
Hooker, who celebrated his birthday
on Saturday, March 23rd. But
Sunday was also a special day for
David Hooker. We welcomed David
as he became a member of the
Seagrave Church with an 'Afrma-
tion of Faith' service. He chose the
anthem “Lead Me Lord” as the choir
anthem, and then celebrated at
coffee hour with cake and ice cream.
Also celebrating her birthday was
Rosa Pallatto. The greeters were
Betty and Len Somerville. The
Christ Candle was lit by Mya Puckrin
and her grandfather Keith. Richard
Charron read the Minute for
Missions report entitled, “Children
deserve to be Children”. This was the
third Sunday of Lent, and the
Lenten readers and candle
extinguishers were Chris and Brooke
Acton. The Christ Candle was lit for
the second consecutive week in
recognition of the passing of Alex
Ingram who was a member of the
church. Minister Stephanie’s, 'Young
at Heart' message was about a
parable in the bible about a g tree
that had not borne fruit for three
years. The owner of the farm wanted
it chopped down, but the farmer said,
“let’s fertilize it and see if it will
produce good fruit”. Stephanie had a
bowl of fruit with her and on each
fruit was a word such as; thoughtful,
peace, compassion, joyful, consider-
ate, friendship, caring, generosity,
humility, honesty, love, patience and
kindness. It was suggested that we
pick one of these words, which is a
virtue, for this week and demonstrate
how sharing that virtue produce
goodness. Stephanie’s message was
also about how we view the Bible in
different ways. Scriptures are like a
song imploring us to be the doers of
the word. God is the garden, and has
given us a second chance. He is the
fertilizer of our lives, and we will
produce the good fruit and be doers
of the world. Minister Stephanie
Richmond is looking forward to
participating in the L enten
Luncheons organized by the Port
Perry Ministerial Group. She will be
leading the service this Wednesday,
March 27th. The Reverend Don
Wilmer of the Port Perry Ministerial
Group has graciously agreed to play
the piano. Lunch will be provided by
the St. John’s Presbyterian Church.
Please note: on March 28th, Let's
Talk About will be cancelled, as well
as Minister Stephanie's meditation
time and ofce hours on that day.
During the month of April, the
Greenbank United Church will be
accepting donations for the Scugog
Food Bank.
April 12th, 9 a.m - 3 p.m. Food
Safety Course at the Greenbank
Church. Cost is $25.00, to be paid by
the church. A certicate will be given
to those completing the course.
April 28th. Extreme Balloons with
Jungle Jack. Lunch will be pizza and
refreshments. A free will offering is
requested. Mark your calendars.
Details to follow. Please contact Rick
at (905) 985-8383 if you are planning
to attend.
The next issue of Seagrave's
Shorelines News will be on April 8th .
If you wish to rent the hall, please
call Rick at (905) 985-8383 or email
to barberick@sympatico.ca. If you
have any news for this column,
please call Jean at (905) 985-9921 or
you can email her at
grammiejean2010@hotmail.com.
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Another month has gone by. Will it be a lion or a
lamb exit? So far, this past week, we have had
both faces, but the signs of spring abound, such
as the return of robins, redwings, swans, song
sparrows, and grackles. The skate park was
busy this afternoon, and many folks seemed to
be out walking with or without their dogs. The
ponds are thawing and the water is running,
and most of the snow has melted.
Last Monday, the Zephyr United Church was
full with friends and family celebrating the life
of Marion Thompson. Marion lived and worked
all her life in the Zephyr area. In spite of the
sadness at losing another friend, it is always
good to see others, such as Beth Brown.
Reverend Eiko conducted the service, and
Nancy Wolfe provided the organ music. The
Zephyr ladies served lunch following the
internment.
Our sympathies go out this week to Susan
Pegg Risebrough, and her family, with the
passing of her father Don Pegg. Her mother Pat
is in hospital, and her dad had been staying
with them when he succumbed to a heart
attack. Sympathies also go out to Derek
Kokkinen, with the passing of his grandpa Ollie.
I am happy to report that baby Sybil
Collingwood is recovering from her sudden
illness. Congratulations go out to Brenda and
Brian Moore on becoming rst time grandpar-
ents. Their son George, and Jenelle had a little
girl, Mia Elizabeth, on March 21st, weighing
in at 7lb. 13 oz. This is another great-
grandchild for Barb and Bruce Harwood.
Birthday wishes go out to Zelda Stentiford.
She spent the weekend at a number of parties
apparently, which is testimony to how popular
this lady is. May there be many more great
years to celebrate amongst us.
Congratulations to Robyn Ottolini, who did a
two hour presentation of her music at Second
Wedge last Sunday afternoon. She is a very
popular and busy young lady.
On Wednesday, March 29th, Carol Johnson
and I attended the Lakeridge United Church
Women’s Presbyterial at St. Marks United
Church in Whitby. There were 119 ladies in
attendance. This was our rst visit, as
representatives from our area, and it is all new
to us since the switch from Living Waters.
Ladies from Epsom/Utica, Uxbridge and
Goodwood were also in attendance for the rst
time. Carol had attended a Cluster meeting in
Brooklyn on Tuesday evening. In the evening
we attended the cluster meeting at the Epsom
church. P resent were members of
Epsom/Utica, Greenbank, Seagrave,
Sunderland and Vroomanton churches; all are
trying to nd ways to work together in the
changing world.
On Thursday evening the Sandford-Zephyr
Ofcial Board met in Zephyr. The new Chair is
Karen Rynard and the Secretary is Carol
Johnson. There are many things to work
through in the coming months, particularly
after the end of April when Reverend Eiko is no
longer with us. The Uxbridge Genealogy
Group met Thursday evening at the Uxbridge
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Library. The topic was the solving of “brick
walls”, or how to solve search problems that
members might have. A number of these
problems were discussed and some solutions
were found, or suggested, for many of them.
Sadly, the columnists for Standard
Shorelines have been informed that we will
only be able to write our columns every other
week, due to nancial constraints, so I won’t be
writing again until the week of April 7 so please
note dates of upcoming events.
Scott Central School Grade 8 students will
hold their spaghetti supper on Thursday,
March 28th, at the hall, from 4:30 p.m. - 8
p.m.. Cost for a family of 4 is $30, adults are
$10, and cost for the children is $6.
Church next Sunday, the 4th Sunday of
Lent, will be at Sandford once more. Reverend
Eiko is conducting, with Nancy Wolfe at the
organ. All are welcome to worship with us. This
week envelopes for donations were handed out
for the ‘Bakeless Bake’ sale. Please return them
before the end of April. This is the major fund
raiser for the UCW for the rst half of the year.
The Sandford Council will meet at the
church, at 7 p.m. on April 2nd. Bruce Harwood
and Sheila Richardson are new members that
have joined. Thanks for joining with us.
On April 7th, the venue for services switches
over to Zephyr, and will continue throughout
the month. The one exception is the Good
Friday service which will be at Sandford at 11
a.m. April 28th, is another special Sunday as it
will be Reverend Eiko’s last Sunday. A special
ceremony will be held. There will also be a
communion. This Sunday is also known as
‘Holy Humour Sunday’.
On April 6th, the Aurora UCW is holding a
book sale at the Anglican Church in Aurora.
These two churches have been sharing
facilities since the UC burned several years ago
now.
Please be reminded of the ‘Spring Luncheon
and Fashion Show’. It is sponsored every year
by the Bethesda-Reach WI. It will be held at
Trinity United Church at 12 noon. Tickets are
$25. Woods Clothing will be showing their
fashions. Call Marlene at (905) 852-4024 or
Kathy at (905) 852-5284 to reserve tickets.
On April 12th, the Epsom /Utica church is
holding a ‘Ham and Scalloped Potato Supper’
at the Utica Hall from 4:30 p.m - 7 p.m. Cost is
$15 for adults, youth $8, and children under 5
are free. On May 5th, the “Bach to Blues”
chorus, from Stouffville, will present a special
concert for our fundraising efforts. Start time is
2:30 p.m. Cost is $20 for adults. This is an
excellent group in which a few of our congre-
gants are involved in raising their voices in
song. Packaged snacks will be sold as well.
On May 9th, our UCW will meet at the
church at 1 p.m. Group 1 is in charge, and the
guest speaker will be Deborah Clement. She
will talk about the latest trip that she and
Dwight took to South America. Men and
women are invited to join with us for this
meeting.
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CAESAREA by Eleanor Colwell
Caesarea Nestleton Euchre: Eileen
Nelson nished in rst place, Doug Day
came in second, Norm Lackner and Val
Preibe tied for third, and Pat Currie
nished in fourth place. Howard Cayer
nished in fth place, Val Preibe had the
most lone hands with 9, and Doreen
Sheehey had the low score. Nestleton
Euchre is held every Thursday (except
holidays) in the Nestleton Community
Centre, located at 3971 Hwy 7A. Play
starts at 7:30 p.m.
Blackstock & District Lions Club:
Thank you to the Newmarket Lions Club
for hosting our annual Lions A-16,
'Effective Speaking Contest' this past
Saturday. There were 32 contestants in
the six categories representing 14 Clubs
from the District. The rst place winner
in each of the categories will now go on to
the Provincial competition in Sarnia on
the May 4th weekend. We wish them all
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well. We thank the students and staff of
Cartwright Central P.S. for their
participation.
Saturday night, in Blackstock, was a
great time at the Recreation Centre.
With over 100 attendees at our Lions
March Madness Dance, we were able to
raise funds in support of Operation
Scugog and the Lions Clubs Camp Kirk.
Many thanks to all those who joined us,
and especially to the Steve Waters
Cartwright Boundary Band who
provided the music, and to Strack's
Smokin' Grill for the food. Keep tuned for
our next venture. Our Lions Club will be
organizing our semi-annual park clean-
up next month. We accepted the
responsibility for the park, located
between the cenotaph and the arena, a
few years ago, and have contracted with
the Municipality to continue this service. The Port Perry Shopper’s Drug Mart made a donation of $3,873 to the Port Perry
We can always use extra hands here. Hospital Foundation on Thursday, March 14th. DAN CEARNS The Standard
5 ● Thursday, March 28, 2019
What are
theses
birds?
@dancearnsy
Spring is on the horizon and birds are
starting to trickle back to Canada to
breed. I always get a bit antsy this time of
year so I try to amuse myself, to while
away the time.
I came across a fascinating compilation
of obsolete bird names. Over the
centuries, birds have been named by
various ornithologists, bird fanciers, and
publishers, who try to reect their
appearance or behaviour. Sometimes
these names persist for centuries, others
last only months or years. As we learn
more about birds and their inter-
relationships, the bird names become
more useful, but not always.
Here is a sampling of some birds,
occurring in our area, which once
sported names quite different than what
we might call them today. I will introduce
each one at the start of the article then
identify it for you at the end, to give you
some time to try to gure it out. Don’t just
Google the answer. That’s too easy.
The Bogsucker is a unique bird, who
will arrive here any day now. It favours a
diet of worms and will probe for them
with its long beak. It has a comical walk
that makes it look like its feet are stuck to
the ground, and with each step must
break free of the soil.
The Golden-crowned Thrush likes
similar habitats and is a unique little bird
that isn’t even a thrush, but rather a
warbler who thinks it is a thrush. It makes
a unique covered nest deep in the darkest
forest.
The Wax-chatterer is an uncommon
bird, most years, but sometimes comes
through in huge numbers in the winter.
This year many stayed in North Durham
to feed on berries.
The Yellow Redpoll cannot be found here
in winter, like its namesakes, but it
certainly will pass through in large
numbers later this spring, on its way to
the north. It doesn’t like palms but has
something in common with them.
The Black Woodcock is a large forest
bird, which is not a woodcock at all. Its
long pointed beak and cacophonous call
ring out through the dense forest as it
calls to its mate.
The Tell-tale can only be seen in
migration, as it nests in the Canadian
Arctic in trees. To see it or its smaller
cousin we should look on the mudats by
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our lagoons.
Now here’s a
tough one; the
Bartramian Tattler
is a eld bird, who
likes fence posts and whistles like a wolf
to attract its mate. Its numbers are
plummeting in our area, but there are
some strongholds where we can still nd
good numbers of them.
The White-bellied Swallow is one of the
rst to come back and is soon joined by its
cousin the Eave Swallow; and yes, they
are swallows.
This species in decline is the Mexican
Starling, which is becoming rarer as we
gobble up its habitat to build houses and
intensively farm. Its melodic song is a joy
to hear on a spring day.
The Phillip Sparrow is not native to North
America and isn’t really a true sparrow at
all, yet it is a common sight in our urban
areas.
The Red-breasted Snipe is a beautiful
bird of our shores and lagoons, but can
only be seen in migration, on its way to
Hudson Bay. It has a cousin who is very
similar and they are often hard to tell
apart. Similarly, the Grass Snipe is a
transient, which will breed in the far
north, and like its cousin isn’t a snipe at
all, but rather another type of sandpiper,
but what kind?
So there you have it – 13 oddly named
birds that once made sense to those who
studied them. I guess our names will also
look odd to birders in the future. So how
did you do naming them?
Here are the answers: Bogsucker –
American Woodcock; Golden-crowned
Thrush – Ovenbird; Wax-chatterer –
Bohemian Waxwing; Yellow Red-poll –
Palm Warbler; Black Woodcock – Pileated
Woodpecker; Tell-tale – Greater
Yellowlegs; Bartramian Tattler – Upland
@dancearnsy White-bellied Swallow – Tree
Sandpiper;
Swallow; Eave Swallow – Cliff Swallow;
Mexican Starling – Eastern Meadowlark;
Phillip Sparrow – House Sparrow; Red-
breasted Snipe – Short-billed Dowitcher;
Grass Snipe – Pectoral Sandpiper.
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Letter to the Editor

@dancearnsy

Taxpayer Reprieve
Scugog Taxpayers are apparently off the
hook for the retreat, which Mayor Drew,
Councillors and senior staff indulged
themselves in, at Nestleton Waters Inn,
on January 17th -18th, 2019, according
to Dianne Valentim, the township’s
Chief Financial Ofcer (CFO).
At the time of the event, the venue
owner and Ward 4 Councillor did not
know who was paying for the retreat, and
the CFO claimed she had no knowledge
of the cost involved, a careless oversight
by both parties.
The CFO has subsequently conrmed,
the owner and Ward 4 Councillor will not
seek costs from the township, that being
the taxpayers.
Recently, Mayor Drew proclaimed her
experience, honesty, integrity and
responsible spending as being important
attributes for the position of Mayor. With
these sound bites in mind, should it not
have been incumbent upon Mayor Drew,
and senior staff, to educate and lead our
rookie councillors on the required
standards of accountability and ethics?
Send your letters to the editor via e-mail to
office-standard@powergate.ca
To avoid any perceived favours of gifting,
staff and politicians, who attended the
retreat, should pay their equal share of
the cost, and put it on the public record.
Apparently, the venue of choice for the
Strategic Planning session, [was chosen]
in order to avoid telephones calls and
other interruptions; a awed rationale,
when most, if not all, attendees had cell
phones in their pockets.
Closed meetings are held at the
municipal ofce on a regular basis, and
without interruption; it is the proper
place to conduct Government business,
without excuses.
During the Strategic Planning session,
CAO Paul Allore recognized the public
has concerns about the Township’s
nancial sustainability.
Council and senior staff should have
known better and stopped this potential
abuse of taxpayers’ money.
Sincerely
Sharon Dodgson-Smith
Scugog
MVP honour
The 2018/2019 NHL season has been
an impressive one for Toronto Maple
Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly, and
with the regular season winding down, I
think Rielly is the team’s most valuable
player this season.
Lets examine things to understand
why I think Rielly is the team’s MVP,
when Toronto has superstars like
Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Mitch
Marner and goaltender Frederik
Andersen. I think we should start with
what he brings to the locker room.
Rielly is the third longest serving active
Maple Leaf, behind only Nazem Kadri
and Jake Gardiner for time spent with
the team. He brings experience to this
young roster, but also leadership, as he
is the only one of those three long time
Leafs to wear an ‘A’ on his jersey this
season, as an alternate captain. The
L eafs have two other alternate
captains, they are Tavares and Patrick
Marleau. Toronto media have been
speculating all season long about who
should be Toronto’s next captain, and
Rielly’s name has come up on more
than one occasion.
He also leads the team in total time on
ice as of press time, and his average
time on ice is over
23 minutes per
game, which tops
the team stat list
as well. Obviously,
this shows the coach trusts Rielly to play
in any situation in a game.
With a team that sometimes struggles
with defence, Rielly is one of the most
responsible players, as he is second on
the team in the plus/minus stat, sitting
at a plus 28, and has only taken 12
minutes in penalties.
Offensively, Rielly also recently became
the third defenceman in Maple Leafs
history to record 20 goals in one season.
The other two were Al Iafrate and Ian
Turnbull. As of press time, Rielly is tied
for third on the team in points with 68,
and is fourth on the team in goals.
Looking at the stats across the league,
Rielly is the third highest point
producing defenceman in the NHL,
behind only Brent Burns of San Jose
and Mark Giordano of Calgary.
I don’t think the Leafs would be
having the success they’ve had this
season without Rielly, and that is why I
think he is the team’s MVP.

To Know & Show the Love of Jesus

SCUGOG ISLAND Pastor Bernhard VanderVlis

UNITED CHURCH
The Rev. Ruthanne Ward - Priest-in-Charge
office@ascensionportperry.com
• Girls Club:
www.ascensionportperry.com Wednesdays 7pm
Children are always welcome.
2210 Hwy. 7A (at Island Rd.) SUNDAY, March 31st • Sunday School:
905-985-8681 Sundays 10am
March 31st www.portperrybaptist.ca
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10:00 a.m. Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Sunday School
1710 Scugog Street, Port Perry Port Perry and
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(classes for adults, youth & children) Prince Albert
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For Mass through the week 294 Queen St., Port Perry
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Minister: Stephanie Richmond Nursery care,
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(Above) Many people packed into the Uxbridge Arena for Uxperience’s Buttertart
and Craft Sale event on Saturday, March 23rd. DAN CEARNS The Standard

(Left) The Navigating On-Farm Value Added workshop held in Nestleton on March
19 was attended by entrepreneurial farmers Levar Jones, Oshawa, and Mary-Ann
Muizelaar, Newcastle, who picked up information from sponsors Durham Farm
Fresh, Durham Region, and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural
Affairs. EVE-LYNN SWAN The Standard

Posters in the Heritage District MP O’Toole speaks about

a topic of concern in Scugog
DAN CEARNS The Standard
SCUGOG: Concerns have been raised
about how posters being placed in the
windows of businesses in Scugog’s
Heritage District are handled.
At a council meeting on Monday,
March 25th, Scugog councillors looked
at the minutes of the recent Heritage
Advisory Committee meeting. The
minutes noted that at that committee
meeting, Ward 5 Councillor Lance
Brown had brought up a concern he
heard from local residents about posters
being placed in the windows in that area.
The minutes went on to state the
committee plans to discuss this further
at a meeting in May.
At the council meeting, Ward 2
Councillor Janna Guido was seeking
clarication on this conversation.
“As far as I can recall, we’ve always had
posters in the windows of our local
businesses,” Councillor Guido said.
Councillor Brown responded, stating a
complaint was made, which was brought
to his attention.
“My understanding is there is a bylaw
that says that you can’t have any posters
on windows fronting Queen St. in the
heritage area. You can if they are a certain
distance behind the windows, but you
can’t otherwise. So, there are discussions
underway between myself and other
members of the Heritage Committee to
change that, and that is something that
we will hopefully be looking at at the next
meeting or next two [Heritage
Committee] meetings,” he said.
Kevin Heritage, Scugog’s Director of
D e v e l o p m e n t S e r v i c e s , p ro v i d e d
clarication.
“The sign bylaw that was prepared and
adopted by council in 2015 indicates that
poster signs are permitted in the
windows subject to the approval of the
Heritage Advisory Committee,” he
explained.
However, Mr. Heritage said the
approval of signs, such as posters, is
currently being delegated to Township
staff.
“I’m just bafed that we’re going to add
staff time to approve posters, which
historically have always been hung in our
business windows,” Councillor Guido
said. “I really look forward to the
discussions the heritage committee will
be having to expedite this.”
Mayor Bobbie Drew agreed, stating she
thinks there needs to be a change made
to the poster approval process.
“We need to look at this because, for
one thing it isn’t timely if they have to go
to the Heritage Committee, but it’s not
very community focused either or
customer friendly. We are a tourism
district, and many of the posters that are
up there are events that are happening in
the Township,” she said.
2019 federal budget
Continued from page 1.
The budget conrmed that the federal
government will collect more than $27
billion in unexpected extra revenues due to
higher taxes and rising employment, but
the Liberals have decided to spend every
cent and much more. They are running
massive decits when they are not needed.
This puts Canada on very shaky ground if
the economy slows further and guarantees
future tax increases for Canadian families
and employers,” the Durham MP said, in a
press release.
Mr. O’Toole said, if they wanted to, the
Liberal government could have decided to
“have a balanced budget and spend
appropriately.”
The budget projects a decit of about
$19.8 billion for the 2019/2020 scal year.
“Within months of forming government,
their economic promises went out the
window,” MP O’Toole said.
The budget includes a commitment to
connect all Canadians with high speed
internet by 2030. However, M.P. O’Toole
said if the government wants to reach that
target in that timeline, they would “need to
double or triple” what they have currently
earmarked to spend on the project.
Erin O’Toole was also critical of the new
Canada Training Benet.
“This program appears to be cobbled
together with no serious thought and does
not have employment of Canadians as the
end goal. We need employers at the table,
as retraining should be focused on securing
a job and helping raise productivity levels in
the economy. I met with Durham busi-
nesses that have trouble nding skilled
employees, but the Canada Training
Benet does not connect the training with
employment opportunities. It also does not
even engage the provinces, who are the
lead service providers for training. The
Liberals have committed billions to this
program that does not have a focus on
jobs,” he said, in the press release.
Overall, MP O’Toole said he feels the
budget looks like it was “slapped together at
the last minute” and he thinks “a lot of
measures were rushed for the politics of it.”
Mr. O’Toole thinks this budget was
meant to be a distraction from the SNC-
Lavalin scandal, stating the Liberal
government was “hoping the news would
be lost, with the news of the budget.”
In the press release, the Durham MP
spoke about the budget’s impact on his
riding.
“This budget does nothing to support the
residents of Durham, thousands of General
Motors and other workers in southern
Ontario. Budget 2019 did not tackle the
competitiveness issues facing businesses
from tariffs, trade uncertainty, and higher
taxes. Literally every week, I hear from
small and medium-sized businesses that
are questioning investment, or expansion
in Canada, because of the high tax, high
regulation environment. This is a crisis
looming for the future, because more than
two thirds of Canadians work for small and
medium sized businesses,” he said.
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Footprints Christian Bookstore is closing

COLLEEN GREEN The Standard
Pat Henderson has had the privilege of
ministering to the local community,
through the operation of Footprints
Christian Bookstore in Lindsay, for the
past eight years. Sadly, for us, that
chapter in Pat’s life is quickly coming to a
close.
Saturday, April 13th will be Footprints
nal day in operation. Ms. Henderson is
retiring and moving up to Elliott Lake. “I
have worked all my life, usually 2 and 3
jobs. So now it’s time to go to a bible study,
maybe I will still play [piano/organ].”
When asked what prompted Pat to
open the bookstore, she told The Stan-
dard, “I really felt God leading me to open
a store.” However, Pat initially ques-
tioned the wisdom of the request. “I was
like, seriously, I am a church musician, I
have a gospel choir, and now you want me
to open a store?” But she kept getting a
nudging which just wouldn’t go away.
One day she was passing a plaza and saw
a sign, a huge ‘For Lease’ sign. So she
went in, and leased it.
“I opened the store as a ministry, not to
become a millionaire. So while I was
working [my other job] it was ne. I had a
really good time. When it would fall
short, as it would every month, I would
make up the short fall. My accountant
would say ‘What are you doing?’. He
wasn’t a Christian. ‘But this is what I
want to do and am lead to do. So that is
what I did.” she said smiling.
According to Ms. Henderson the
greatest blessing of operating this
ministry has been, “I have met some
amazing people, and the growth that I
personally have received.” Over her
years, Pat has had the opportunity to
build relationships with many of her
customers. Recently, a woman came in to
thank her for her Christmas present. The
woman’s son had come in before Christ-
mas and had no idea what to get his
mother, but because Pat knew that
mother loved reading Joyce Meyers, Pat
recommended Joyce’s new book.
For the same reason Pat was prompted
to open the store she has been prompted
to close the store. “I have prayed about it
a lot and now is the time to stop in
Lindsay. I dened that as Lindsay
because I am not yet sure what I will be
doing with my stock.” Her plan is to pack
whatever leftover stock she has, and
leave it in the garage, then wait to be told
what to do with it. “It could be I am just to
sit on it for awhile. It could be I do fairs. I
was thinking I could do a Christian
exhibition twice a year, for two days each,
which would sell stuff and then maybe
have a concert at night. That would give
me something to do for six months of the
year, planning and organizing, which I
love to do, posters and getting everything
out there, and booking stuff. Then I
would only be locked down for two days,
twice a year.”
“I have this plaque that I look at every
morning when I get up, it is Phillipians 4,
‘be anxious for nothing’, To be anxious is
such a waste of energy. Because, at no
time did I think I would have a gospel
choir and I did it. At no time did I plan to
have a Christian book store and I did it. I
have met wonderful people, I have
learned so much about me, the knowl-
edge of my faith has increased; and even
to retire when I left insurance, I had no
plan, except to work in the store for
awhile. Without the store I don’t know
what I would have done, and because
God knows, He in his wisdom knew, what
I would need when I left my job for
healing.”
Then speaking directly to me as she
remarked, she continued, “It was the
people who came into the store, people
like your children, coming in and
showing me that there are young people,
that are so in depth in the word. And
people coming off the street, and young
people buying bibles. This is why I had
the store.”
The Standard encourages everyone to
drop in to Footprints Christian Bookstore
before it closes on Saturday April 13th to
say hi to Pat and to purchase some
inspirational items at fabulous prices.
Footprints sells bibles, devotionals, gift
items, music CDs, videos, novels and so
much more. This is a sale not to be
missed.
We will miss you greatly, Pat, but we will
meet again. Thanks for being there for
us, God Bless you in all your ways.

McDonald’s Durham Region commits $500,000 to Grandview Kids

CLAUDIA SYTSMA The Standard
Grandview Kids, at 600 Townline Road in
Oshawa, is a multi-service facility,
providing programs and services for
children and youth with physical,
communication and developmental
needs.
Their dedicated staff, and over 100
volunteers, have made it their mission to
help every child and youth they work
with live life to their full potential, but the
rapid and ever increasing population
g ro w t h o f D u rh a m R e g i o n h a s
challenged their ability to meet all the
needs within Durham. In a facility
designed and built in 1983, to provide
services for 400 clients, last year alone
they provided programming for over
6,161 clients, equalling 65,000 visits to
this facility, and their six other satellite
locations combined.
However, despite working at optimal
levels, they still encounter the challenge
of having an accumulated waiting list of
3,303 more clients requiring their
support. In response to this, Grandview
Kids, along with government and many
community and corporate partners, are
working towards attaining the funding to
construct a larger building which can
accommodate, what is projected to be,
over the next ten years, the need to
facilitate 91,700 visits per year.
Mike Forman, a member of the
Grandview Foundation board, invited the
owners of the McDonald’s Restaurants,
i n D u rh a m R e g i o n , t o t o u r t h e
Grandview facility in Oshawa, and they
unanimously and wholeheartedly agreed
to commit $500,000 towards building
and supporting the new Grandview
building in Ajax, which will begin
construction in 2020, and is anticipated
to be completed in 2022.
The Standard Newspaper spoke to
Ginger Jackson, owner of the Uxbridge
and Port Perry McDonalds locations,
about this project. Ginger said, “when I
got home from the tour, all I could think
about was this building is just full of love
and heart, and that’s what all the other
owners thought, and then we thought
about what we could give if we all
collaborated on McHappy Day, for
Grandview, over the next ve years... It
just got to our hearts, and everyone
jumped on board the very same day.”
McHappy Day is a one-day event, in
support of Ronald McDonald House
Charities and other local children’s
charities. McHappy Day originated in
Canada, but has expanded to 18
countries around the world. This year’s
McHappy Day will be on Wednesday, May
8th. Ginger continued, “My restaurants
are going to be there for Grandview 365
days a year. We will also raise funds for
them by donating money from our bottle
and can drive, that runs all year, and from
funds received by the Friday’s staff dress-
down days. We will also be selling
McHappy days shirts to our staff, and will
be selling tumblers to the public. My son, how important it is to support Grandview Durham Region. The commitment from
Jeff, is the Manager at the Port Perry site, Kids in any way they can.” McDonald’s Durham Region, to help us
and my son Stephan manages the B r i g i t t e Ts c h i n k e l , G r a n d v i e w build and support the New Grandview,
restaurant in Uxbridge, alongside with Children’s Foundation Executive will ensure no child is left behind, so all
Courtney. They all have so much drive, Director of Development said, “When kids in our community will live life at
and we are thinking up new ideas all the local businesses make signicant their fullest potential.”
time on how we can help. Last year, our contributions to the communities in For more information about Grandview
two locations raised $30,000 in one day which they do business, it has a profound Kids or to volunteer for McHappy Day,
alone, on McHappy Day in 2018. We impact. Since the early 90s, McDonald’s please contact Brandy Reid, at
hope to do just as much, if not more this has helped change the lives of many Brandy.Reid@grandviewkids.ca or call
year... I’d like to McEducate people on Grandview kids and their families in (905) 728-1673 ext. 2277
9 ● Thursday, March 28, 2019
Organic farm using new tech to target taste, cut waste
EVE-LYNN SWAN The Standard
KAWARTHA LAKES: Lunar Rhythm Gardens lies just
east of the Scugog-Manvers Townline on Gray Road,
putting it just inside the City of Kawartha Lakes border
and just outside Scugog Township. Its geographic
location is not important, though, because it is using
current technology to bring fresh, nutritious food to a
market or drop-off location convenient to customers.
Under the Community Shared Agriculture (CSA)
model, consumers pay in advance or installments for a
share of a grower’s produce, whether there is a bounty
or crop failure, thus sharing the risk and the benets of
small-scale agricultural production. As many gardeners
know, some vegetables grow in abundance and some
are not well-loved by all, but until now, CSA sharehold-
ers got their share whether or not they liked it or could
use it.
The new online portal called Harvie allows consum-
ers to pick and choose their favourite foods from the
Gray Road farm’s produce and either pick it up weekly
at the farm or at one of four delivery locations,
explained farm owner Jessica Foote. “We often won-
dered what families did with all their produce and we
suspected that a fair bit got thrown out. I hate waste.”
Readers can see the feature at
www.harvie.farm/prole/lunar-rhythm-gardens.
Jessica, husband John Florence, daughter Jessalynn,
father Dave Foote and an ever-changing cast of employ-
ees work year-round to supply vegetables and some
fruit, eggs, and meat to shareholders. Delivery locations
this summer will be in Brooklin, Bowmanville, Port
Perry, and Lakeeld.
The 100-acre farm, certied by Cambray agency Pro-
Cert, has 20 acres dedicated to produce that will be
easier to keep watered this summer. A well was drilled
last year and will allow for drip irrigation of newly-
planted seedlings and seeds and for the micro-spraying
of small greens, “much to the relief of John, who spent
many hours on the tractor watering from a portable
tank,” laughed Jessica. The well will also provide
pasture water for the farm’s beef cattle, who will be
eating much more grass as part of an intensive rota-
tional grazing plan.
Even though CSA shares are limited to 150 for the
summer season, the enterprise also attends farmers’
markets in Millbrook, Port Perry, Peterborough and
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Lakeeld. Add a few wholesale customers and the
volume of produce to be sorted and washed becomes
considerable. The investment in a bunch washer
capable of cleaning more produce with less water than
the current system will also reuse some water and save
labour; its installation will help achieve waste reduction
goals and is eagerly anticipated.
As Jessica hates wasting food, the processing building
is being tted with a health department certied
kitchen, which will allow for on-farm processing of
excess produce, which could be sold in a new on-farm
store this fall.
Animals and insects play an integral part in food
production at Lunar Rhythm Gardens. Horses are used
to plough elds, bees are welcomed to the property as
part of a pollinator attraction tree planting scheme, and
manure is managed as part of the soil enrichment and
fertilization plan. “Biodiversity keeps expenses down
and fertility up,” said Jessica, recalling reports of
doubled yields from tree-lined, diversely cropped elds.
While the gardens’ CSA concept provides a variety of
quality vegetables at an affordable price and supports
small-scale, environmentally and community-oriented
food production, it is also a way to experience directly
how food is grown, re-establish a social community
around food and keep local money in the community.
“Farming could be a lonely job,” said Jessica, “but
bringing the customers to the farm and meeting them
at the markets makes it much more social. And we love
our apprentices, they become family.”
The Foote and Florence family employs apprentice
farmers through the Collaborative Regional Alliance for
Farmer Training (C.R.A.F.T.) Kawartha network, a
process that requires investing valuable time teaching
people during the busiest time of the year. To assist with
production demands, Jessica and John also hire
migrant workers and hourly help, injecting more funds
into the economy.
Surrounding Lunar Rhythm Gardens are huge elds
of conventionally-farmed crops, grown with much
different methods and inputs, yet as Jessica describes
her business and efforts to evolve and adapt to changing
markets and climates, she echoes the same desire to be
protable and sustainable as her neighbouring farmers.
“We’re all human, we’re all the same inside,” she
said, “and we all need to keep our land healthy and
productive to feed future generations.”
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March 2019
Fenceline removals signal change
EVE-LYNN SWAN The Standard
Over the past few years, large-scale farming has changed
the look of the countryside.
In this third article in a series, The Standard is looking
at the reasons for fencerow removal and the possible
effects of doing so.
With increasing frequency, big yellow excavating
machines can be seen dragging old fences and trees into
piles in farm elds. Sometimes, the machine is used to
push big tree trunks into the middle of a cooled re, in
preparation for another day of burning.
As a result, the landscape looks different. Where rows of
fence posts tacked with wire strands were shouldered by
native shrubs, rock piles and weeds, nothing remains but
a dark gash of soil.
Seeing mature maples toppled in a farm eld, across the
road from their Nestleton-area land, in late 2018, Joanna
and David Malcolm started noticing fencerow clearing
“everywhere” and began writing letters to the newspaper,
drawing attention to it.
A 2011 article entitled “Fix ‘Er Up” in Country Guide
magazine shows the practice isn’t new. Writer Maggie Van
Camp spoke to Sunderland-area farmer Daryl Phoenix,
who was cropping 1,300 acres, and said it was common
for 70-acre dairy and beef farms to be broken into ve
elds. He’s quoted as saying, even though it cost $3 a foot
to remove and burn fencerows, he gained ve per cent
land per eld and he removed them as soon as he bought
a former livestock farm.
Shawn Williamson did the math on reclaimed land, in a
2018 Successful Farming article, called “Clear Fencerows,
Find Money.” He wrote, three sides of an 80-acre eld is
about 6,600 feet long, and when 20 feet of width is
reclaimed, a farmer gains three acres of land. He pointed
out, removing, sun-blocking, thirsty trees from the edges
of that eld could gain another 1.5 acres and lead to 60
extra bushels of yield, for another $1,000 annual prot.
Nor was Williamson keen on the risk of being sued by ATV
riders, catching an old fence wire across the neck.
Chatting with farmers and reviewing literature, reveals
more fencerow problems: trees get wider as they grow up
alongside the fences; fences fall down and no longer
contain livestock; a nasty invasive species, European
Buckthorn, which hosts oat rust and soybean aphids, can
grow there along with vermin; trees fall onto crops, and
the fences may not accurately mark lot lines, resulting in
expensive disputes.
While the fencelines take up land and present
Time to Flock to Chicken Suppliers for Feathered Fun
EVE-LYNN SWAN The Standard
It’s an exciting day at the feed store when the chicks
arrive. Special, airy cardboard boxes make endless
peeping sounds, and poultry enthusiasts can’t help but
lift the lid for a peek at the little uff balls on tiny stick
legs.
Whether raising chickens for eggs or meat is the goal,
now is the time to order chicks or adult chickens from a
store, generally representing a hatchery. Biosecurity
maintenance problems, a more pressing reason to remove
them is the small eld size Daryl Phoenix was concerned
about.
Uxbridge farmer Trevor Cox related the practice to
economies of scale. “If you bring a 24-row corn planter
into a 10-acre eld it will take you longer to unfold the
planter and fold it back up upon leaving the eld, than it’s
going to take you to plant the eld. When you’re lifting
your equipment and turning on the ends, in smaller
elds, more often, that eats up a lot of time. That also
affects compaction in the eld, because of all the twisting
and turning that you have to do to get it planted or
harvested.”
Trevor, of Coxlyn Farms, continued, “We work with
some larger elds, but having said that, we have elds
between six and 10 acres and upwards of 70 to 80 acres.
Even on our home farm we have the potential to have
elds up to 100 acres, but due to erosion and soil health,
we choose to break everything up, into between 20 and 40
acre elds.” And they have won an Environmental
Achievement Award as a result.
With eld size considerations being related to
topography, erosion control, economy of scale and
maximization of land use, inserting breaks in a wide-open
The Canola Council of Canada concerned
about Chinese restrictions
At the Canadian Crops Convention in Montreal, the
Canola Council of Canada met with Canada’s Agricul-
ture and Agri-Food Minister, Marie-Claude Bibeau and
with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, to
stress the importance and urgency of responding to
China’s decision to restrict imports of Canadian
canola from one company, amid concerns about
certain pests.
“The canola value chain is concerned about how
Chinese restrictions impact our growers and the entire
industry,” says Jim Everson, president of the Canola
Council. “It’s important to resolve the issue quickly, so
we can resume stable trade that benets both
countries.”
Minister Bibeau indicated, China’s decision to
suspend canola seed exports from one company
remains a top priority of the Government of Canada.
Plant health experts are working with China to resolve
concerns raised about pests as soon as possible.
protocols, managed by the Chicken Farmers of Ontario,
require hatcheries to record the destinations of all their
chickens, as part of the Family Food Program. Most
stores will complete the help with the registration form
when chicks are ordered.
Online marketplaces such as Kijiji offer a variety of
breeds and ages. Birds are brought to some farmers’
markets, and poultry associations are easily found on
social media. Continued on page 11.
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ISSUE 3
expanse of land is also worth examining.
Enter the Windbreak into the list of Best Management
Practices (BMP), along with the Wind Strip and the
Buffer Strip. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food
and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) has publications about all
three topics.
The windbreak is a star, reducing the effects of wind
erosion, increasing crop yields and growth rates,
sheltering livestock, attracting wildlife and pollinators,
providing woodlot income, enhancing water collection
through snow trapping and combating climate change by
storing atmospheric carbon dioxide.
However, a windbreak is not a fencerow, and the
decision to remove old fences and their problems is one
each farm business needs to make.
Fourth-generation farmer Trevor Cox summarised,
“People forget that if we don’t treat our farms, our soils,
our streams, in a responsible manner, there’s no farms
left. If we treat soil like dirt, that’s exactly what we’ll get,
dirt. Farmers are wonderful stewards of the land, because
soil is our livelihood. It’s our capital. And back to removing
a wind break; a farmer would not do that if it wasn’t in the
best interest of the land or the farming business practice
or strategy.”
“If China’s concern is with specic quality issues, we
should be able to resolve it quickly,” said Everson. “We
have full condence in the quality of Canadian canola
exports and our quality assurance systems.”
Demand for high quality oil and protein remains
strong in China, and Canada remains a reliable and
sustainable supplier of food to the Chinese market.
China is an important market for Canada’s canola
industry, as approximately 40% of our exports of
canola and canola products are consumed there.
According to Statistics Canada, 2018 canola seed
exports to China were worth $2.7 billion.
The Canola Council of Canada is a full value chain
organization, representing canola growers, processors,
life science companies and exporters. Keep it Coming
2025 is the strategic plan to ensure the canola indus-
try’s continued growth, demand, stability and success,
achieving 52 bushels per acre, to meet global market
demand of 26 million metric tonnes by the year 2025.
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Time to Flock to Chicken Suppliers for Feathered Fun

Continued from page 10.
One of the biggest marketplaces for all kinds of poultry,
fancy birds, pets and small livestock is called the Spring
Buy-Sell-Trade Day, hosted for the nal year by the Saugeen
Valley Fur and Feather Fanciers Association, on April 28th,
from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Mount Forest. Don’t bring a dog or
cat as a guest.
Many large urban centres are allowing female chickens to
be kept in back yards, but residents of Northern Durham
Region and the City of Kawartha Lakes are only allowed to
keep poultry on properties zoned rural or agriculture. If you
are unsure of zoning, it is best to have a look at the map
with the aid of the appropriate planning department.
Poultry and eggs are sought after by other rural residents,
too. Foxes, raccoons, skunks, weasels, dogs, owls and hawks
will all nd the backyard ock an attractive source of food. It
is best to build a very sturdy enclosure for birds, featuring a
roof and small gauge fencing buried at least a foot below the
surface.
Portable chicken coops are popular for daytime grazing
activities, but birds are best locked up by sundown and
released after sunrise. Expect to maintain this schedule,
and plan to have someone tend to the ock if holidays are
planned.
If day-old chicks are purchased, plan to keep them under
a heat lamp for the rst ve weeks, in a small enclosure,
such as a cardboard box, with wood shavings as litter, and
chick starter and water readily available. While female birds
may be requested, don’t be surprised if a hen starts crowing
as it is a difcult task to tell the difference between males
and females.
Within 20-24 weeks the female birds will start laying eggs,
producing an egg a day, though hatcheries say their birds
are ready at 18-20 weeks. Day-old female chicks start at
about $3.50, and get cheaper as quantities increase. Six
hens should keep a family well-supplied with eggs. A male,
the rooster, is not required for egg production, and they are
vocal at sunrise and have been known to chase people and
pets.
Caution should be applied when buying adult hens at
market, as their best egg-laying days may be over, and as
“spent hens” they may best be suited for meals or pets.
If a home-raised meal is the goal, birds will be ready for
slaughter between eight and 12 weeks of age. If a slaughter-
house is to be used, be sure to book an appointment and
don’t feed or water the birds the night before. A broiler is the
term for a fast-growing meat bird, and day-old white birds
start at around three dollars each and get cheaper as
quantities increase.
Port Perry Feeds provided a list of priced items required to
host six to twelve chicks: Heat lamp bulbs are $9.70; lamp
xtures are $22.99; wood shavings are $6.10; galvanized
waterers are $25; galvanized 25 lb feeders are $31.99; a
chick feeder is $5.49. A complete coop and enclosure kit,
which can be seen at the store, is available for order at
$1,300.
Along with a ready marketplace, the internet offers a lot
of information, and communities of people who enjoy
raising chickens. For those who don’t have ready access to a
computer, or who prefer a book, a good one to have on hand
is Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens, by Gail Damerow.
Whether the chickens stay for the summer or all year, or
are plain commercial or fancy show varieties, time spent
with them will reveal surprising quirks and personalities,
a n d p ro v i d e e n t e r t a i n m e n t a s a s i d e d i s h .
The Sunderland Co-op 2019 Backyard Poultry Seminar
If you want to start your own ock, but aren’t sure how to
get started, the Peterborough location of the Sunderland
Co-op is offering a seminar, on Tuesday, April 16th, from
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. It will be held at the Douro Commu-
nity Centre, which is at the corner of Highway 28 and
County Road 8.
Guest Speakers are Wilf Venema, of Millpond Hatchery,
and Greg Aitken D.V.M. of the Peterborough Veterinary
Services.
Topics will include breed selection, coop management,
disease management, feed formulations and more. Birds
may be ordered at the event.
Light refreshments will be provided, tickets are $15 per
person and spaces are limited, so please call 705-745-4607
to book your spot.

Well Water Testing to Follow Snow

Melt and Sewage Applications
EVE-LYNN SWAN The Standard
UXBRIDGE: A routine letter from the
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural
Affairs (OMAFRA), included as part of
Uxbridge Township’s agenda package,
was interesting to Ward 2 Councillor
Gary Ruona.
OMAFRA’s Environmental Manage-
ment branch informed Uxbridge’s Clerk,
via a letter, a NASM plan had been
approved for Queensville Sod Farms, at
Land Application Sites in
“Geotownship” Scott, Concession 2, Lot
31 and 32. The NASM acronym was not
explained, but the Clerk was invited to
look up “more information about
training, certication, education and
NASM Plan approvals” on the website,
www.ontario.ca/nasm-omafra.
“This approval of a sewage biosolids
application plan, south of Zephyr, is not
good news. When I was canvassing there,
during the election, I found out about
contaminated wells and I’ve urged
affected residents to keep getting their
well water tested. We need to know more
about NASMs, [and] need to have the
Ministry come and tell us what this
means,” said Councillor Ruona, as he
proposed a motion, directing the Clerk’s
staff to arrange a delegation before
Council, regarding the Non-Agricultural
Source Materials (NASM). The motion
carried.
Mr. Ruona explained, he’s urged the
residents to: get the bottles from the
Township ofce; follow the procedures
for collecting the samples; and to keep
track of the results, to “establish a
pattern.”
“They told me that sod farms have
been injecting sewage solids into the
farm eld for over ve years. One family
has been buying bottled water and
another family installed a private water
treatment system, costing thousands of
dollars.” he said.
Anyone with a private well should get
their well water tested, at least three
times a year, according to Durham
Region. Spring, or any time with an
unusual amount of rain, is one of the
times, since bacteria are more likely to
inltrate well water during surface run-
off into a shallow aquifer.
Information is available from
Kawartha Lakes and Durham Region
Health Departments, and a booklet
“Well Aware” is available for download
from the Green Communities Canada
website at www.wellaware.ca.
For those living near Uxbridge land,
receiving sewage biosolids from The
Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, the
cheerful Foodland Ontario slogan “Good
Things Grow in Ontario”, at the bottom
of the OMAFRA approval notice, has a
distinctly stinky tinge to it at any time of
year.
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Members of the Port Perry
Seniors Short Mats team
encouraging the ‘bowl’ to get to
the ‘jack’.
LINDA LAKE
The Port Perry Seniors Club
Bruins trying to claw their way back in series vs Napanee
MARLO STANFIELD
Special to The Standard
The Uxbridge Bruins have their backs
against the wall in the PJHL Eastern
Conference Finals, as of The Standard’s
press time, trailing the Napanee Raiders
three-games-to-none.
After winning their rst Cougar Cup Orr
Division championship in a decade, the
Bruins advanced to the provincial
quarternals, where the Raiders awaited,
posing a tough challenge, after rolling to
the Tod Division title.
Despite winning the coin toss for home
ice, the Bruins opted to begin the series on
the road, visiting Napanee for Game 1, on
Tuesday, March 19th.
The Raiders dominated much of Game
1, out-shooting the Bruins by a margin of
44-19. However, the Bruins still found
themselves within striking distance, with
less than four minutes to play, when Aiden
Reilly scored a power play goal, to cut
Napanee’s lead in half. But then, the
Bruins could not slip another past the
Napanee netminder, as the Raiders added
an empty net, powerplay goal with 10
seconds to play, to seal a 3-1 victory.
Looking for a boost, the Bruins returned
to the Bear Den on Friday night, with more
than 600 fans hoping to roar the home side
to victory.
The Bruins looked poised to take an early
lead, but saw their powerplay unable to
convert. The Raiders would turn the
tables, and scored a pair of rst period
goals.
Just over a minute into the second
period, Simon Feig scored, to bring the
Bruins to within one. Later in the frame,
Justin Bennett was awarded a penalty shot,
but saw his attempt stopped, with the
Raiders scoring shortly afterwards to push
their advantage to 3-1.
An early 3rd period goal by Napanee
extended the lead to 4-1, before the Bruins
caught a break with an own goal surren-
dered by Napanee, and credited as a
powerplay goal for Reilly, as the Bruins cut
the lead to 4-2. However, that would be as
close as Uxbridge could manage, with the
Raiders adding another late score, to seal a
5-2 victory in Game 2.
On Sunday, March 24th, the Bruins
once again headed east to Napanee,
looking to claw their way back into the
series.
A powerplay goal for the Raiders was the
lone goal of the rst period. Early in the
second period, Toby Cooper netted a
powerplay goal, to knot the game 1-1.
However, shortly afterwards, the Raiders
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would reclaim the advantage, netting a pair
around the midpoint of the second period.
With time ticking down in the middle
frame, Cole Bremner scored, to bring the
Bruins back to within a goal. But, that
would be as close as Uxbridge would get, as
the Raiders added another goal in the third
period, to skate to a 4-2 victory. Goaltender
Ryan McConkey continued his stellar play,
making 47 saves in net for the Bruins.
The Bruins will look to extend the series
when Game 4 hits the Bear Den, on
Wednesday evening, after The Standard’s
press deadline. If Game 5 is needed, it will
be played in Uxbridge, on Friday night, at
7:45 p.m. On Sunday night, Game 6 is
slated for Napanee, at 7:30, and a climactic
Game 7, if needed, will be played in
Uxbridge, on Monday, April 1st.
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Pick up your
at the following locations...
Vos’ Independent, Port Perry • The Standard Ofce,
Port Perry • Hank’s Bakery, Port Perry
Shoppers Drug Mart, Port Perry • McDonald’s, Port
Perry • Food Basics Plaza, Port Perry • Medical
Center, Port Perry • Canadian Tire, Port Perry
Foodland, Port Perry • Scugog Arena, Port Perry
Honey’s Trading Post, Port Perry • Nestleton
General Store, Nestleton • Great Blue Heron
Casino, Scugog Island • Manchester • Circle K,
Uxbridge • Country Tyme, Uxbridge • Uxbridge Post
Ofce, Uxbridge • Uxbridge Arena, Uxbridge
Vince’s Market, Uxbridge • Boston Pizza, Uxbridge
McDonald’s, Uxbridge • Canadian Tire, Uxbridge
Zehrs, Uxbridge • Ashlee Plaza, Uxbridge
Pharmasave, Uxbridge • Leaskdale General Store,
Leaskdale • Udora Port Ofce/Store, Udora
Goodwood Corner • Sun Valley CMB, Seagrave
Sonya CMB, Sonya • Little Britain Bakery, Little
Britain • Foodland, Little Britain • Pindars,
Sunderland • Sunderland Post Ofce, Sunderland
Sainteld • Greenbank Store • Greenbank CMB
Manilla General Store, Manilla • Oakwood General
Store, Oakwood • The Standard Ofce, Lindsay
Lindsay Chamber of Commerce • Friendly Discount
Store, Lindsay • Loblaws, Lindsay • Davidsons
General Store, Lindsay • Daisy Mart, Lindsay
Pharmasave, Lindsay • N & G Cash and Carry,
Lindsay • Tom’s Variety, Lindsay • Canadian Tire
Gas Bar, Lindsay • Fenelon Falls • Bobcaygeon
Beaverton • Coboconk • Janetville
ESSO Gas Station, Hwy. 7A
Sunnyside Market, Caesarea
and so many more...
Demand for Affordable Housing
is Strong, Wait Time is 4.5 Years
KAWARTHA LAKES: The Committee
of the Whole was reminded, on March
19th that demand is stronger than
supply, as Housing Help staff provided a
review of the K awartha L akes-
Haliburton’s nancially-assisted housing
waiting list and housing rental targets.
“A combination of more applicants and
less turnover is resulting in longer
waiting times. While some new units
have been added, there is still the need
for many more,” said Hope Lee, Manager
of Housing and CEO of KLH Housing.
“The nancially-assisted waiting list
demonstrates the signicant need for
affordable housing in both the City and
the County,” she added.
Spurred on by provincially legislated
requirements, to review and update the
current housing plan by June 2019, the
information provided by Housing Help
will also be valuable to Council, as they
make decisions regarding the next 10
Year Housing and Homelessness plan.
Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton housing
rental targets must be set for the housing
and homelessness plan, and this work
has been done using current and
historical values.
Current housing programs, available in
Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton, include:
non-prot housing, affordable rental
housing, private rentals, portable
housing benets and KLH Housing.
Of the available housing in the area
KLH Housing supplies 65%. Housing is
said to be affordable if rent or costs don’t
exceed 30% of the gross annual income
of low or moderate income households.
Peony Collection
Topic at April Meeting
SHIRLEY LOVE
Special to The Standard
We had good weather for the opening
meeting of Pine Ridge Garden Club, with
many members attending and a welcome
to new members signing up.
Of all the owers we can grow, the
Peony is one of the most versatile, with its
wide range of colour and scent. Darren
Heimbecker, owner of Whistling Gardens,
a most amazing Botanical Garden, will
show their extensive Peony Collection at
our next meeting, on April 2nd.
A bus trip is being planned, on June
13th to Whistling Gardens in Wilsonville.
This is Canada’s newest botanical
gardens and it's worth the visit, to see all
of the wide variety of trees, owers, ponds
and architecture throughout the property.
For more info about these gardens go to
www.whistlinggardens.ca. En route we
will visit a private garden in Brantford.
The cost of the bus is $65.00. Please call
Rita Barrel, at 905-985-2332 for more
“Winter’s done, April’s in the skies, Earth look up with laughter in your eyes!”.
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Kawartha Lakes is responsible for
administrating the centralized waiting
list for both the Kawartha Lakes and
Haliburton areas. Since 2013 the
municipality has seen a 375% increase to
the nancially-assisted waiting list,
resulting in almost 1,700 unique
households being included.
Applicants face an average four and a
half years of wait time, to receive a
nancially assisted unit, which is difcult
when the reasons for applying may
include eeing an abusive relationship or
a family breakdown. While they wait,
people are often living with friends or
family.
In order to achieve the rental targets,
Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton will need
funding and policy support from all levels
of government, as well as participation
from private developers, KLH Housing
Corp, non-prot housing providers,
community agencies and residents.
Housing Help staff emphasized the
importance of affordable unit creation
through means other than purpose-built
rental developments, They reminded
Council that units can be created by:
providing subsidies to tenants to afford
existing market rental units; creating a
second unit within an existing single
home; and rehabilitating an existing
space not currently used for rental
housing.
Ms. Lee will return to Council in May
with a report recommending targets for
adoption, and he expects the renewed 10
Year Plan to be ready in June.
information and
to reserve your
seat on bus.
April 27th is
our District 17
Annual General
Meeting, being hosted by Georgina-Brock
Garden Club. This is a full day of elec-
tions, competitions and speakers. There
are 12 Garden Clubs/Horticultural
Societies in our District.
Don’t forget our Plant, Bake and Yard
Sale, on May 18th. Partial proceeds go
towards the plantings Pine Ridge does in
the area. Donations of plants would be
appreciated.
Please join us on April 2nd, at 7:30
p.m.. at the Nestleton Community
Centre, 3971 Hwy. 7A, Nestleton, all will
be most welcomed. For more information
please contact Shirley by phone, at 905-
986-5330, or send an email to
shirlove100@gmail.com.
(Charles G.D. Roberts)
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kawartha Lakes-Halliburton presents,
The Enforcers’ Spring Dance, April 27th, 2019, at The Armoury.
KAWARTHA LAKES: It is time to mark your calendar
so you will be there with us. Over the last 10 years, The
Enforcers and those in attendance, have built this
evening into one of the top social events of the year. The
band plays the style of music that will get you on the
dance oor from the rst song they play until the end of
the show. Everyone has a lot of fun and the dance oor
is full.
This special evening is taking place on Saturday April
27th, 2019 at the Victoria Park Armoury 210 Kent St.
West in Lindsay at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $15 each and
are available at the Big Brother Big Sister ofce, A Buy &
Sell Shop and Boiling Over’s Coffee Vault during the
Congratulations
Patricia
Menzies
Winner of The
Standard
St. Patrick’s
Day contest.
She received
a $100 gift
certicate
courtesy
of The
Wee
Tartan
Shop
8th Annual The
Brook Never Sleeps
When: Friday April 5th, 9am - 3pm
Where: Uxbridge Town Hall, 51 Toronto St. S.
Suggested ages: 10 & up. Rubber boots required!
Please call the UYC to register: 905-862-3456
A “hands wet” experiential eco-workshop. Learn
about local ecology, hunt for creatures from the
brook to see up close, enjoy a free pizza lunch, and
participate in interactive eco-learning. This FREE
youth event will explore 150 metres of the brook
during the rst PA Day in April! Proudly sponsored
by the Uxbridge Watershed Advisory Committee.
Learn from real Biologists! Prizes! Swag!
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preceding weeks of the Dance. Everyone who attends sphere from stage is fun for those who enjoy watching a
will have a chance to win a door prize donated by concert.” Food will be available through a food vendor;
wonderful, local supporters of the evening. Sugar & Spice Catering is coming back to prepare a
Doug Saunders of The Enforcers says, “We always variety of items for people to purchase.
look forward to sharing the vibration of the music so All proceeds from the event will stay in our commu-
many of the attendees grew up with. We are a blues nity which helps Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kawartha
based band who cover the originals of the genre like Lakes-Haliburton address the ongoing funding chal-
Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Hound Taylor and on to lenges the organization has in providing mentoring
Jimi Hendrix, Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughn. The programs. This support allows children and youth, who
slide style of George Thorogood also nds its way in. We can benet from a friendship with a caring adult
change it up with some Bob Marley reggae, Motown mentor, the opportunity to access these valuable
and familiar Rhythm ’n Blues and Boogie songs. programs. For more information on this dance please
Because we all love playing music together, the atmo- contact Big Brothers Big Sisters at 705-324-6800.
Family Cooking
Project has kicked off
in Kirkeld plus more
fruit for area schools.
KAWARTHA LAKES: Thanks to funding from the Luke Four
Foundation, Kawartha Lakes Food Source (KFLS) is able to
pilot a Family Cooking Project in Kirkeld.
The Family Cooking Project has ten families, from Lady
Mackenzie Public School in Kirkeld, cooking and
learning together. Families are provided with three
recipes a week, along with the accompanying non-
perishable and fresh ingredients they need that week.
The recipes include a dinner, light lunch and a snack or
dessert.
Heather Kirby, General Manager of KFLS, commented,
“special thanks to the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge
District Health Unit for partnering with KFLS and
providing the nutritious and yummy recipes for the
families.”
The goals of the Family Cooking Project are to: help
make better use of simple ingredients; strengthen the
ability to stretch grocery money; improve health and
family time; and to increase the condence and skills of
all family members in the kitchen.
The pilot project is in week four, and so far, the response
has been excitement and enjoyment. The students are
excited to receive their weekly items and cannot wait to
get home to try the new recipes. One of the parent’s said,
“My son really enjoys the program so far, and is already
showing a love for cooking!”
The pilot wraps up at the end of May, and the families
will have developed the skills and taste for new recipes.
Ms. Kirby hopes “the joy of simple, healthy meals will help
the families be a little more resilient.”
The new Luke Four funding also increased fruit for
KFLS’s 21 existing schools and allowed for 3 additional
schools, Bobcaygeon Public School, Dunsford Public
School and St. Luke Catholic Elementary School to join
the program.
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Madison Gennings was one of the people who took part in
bonnet decorating at the Scugog Memorial Public Library in
Port Perry on Saturday, March 16th, ahead of the annual
Easter bonnet celebrations. DAN CEARNS The Standard
The Township of Scugog raised the UOIT ag at the Scugog Municipal Ofce in Port Perry on Thursday,
March 14th to recognize the second annual Pi Day of Giving. Dignitaries such as Ward 2 Councillor
Janna Guido, Mayor Bobbie Drew, and Ward 5 Councillor Lance Brown, as well as UOIT students and
UOIT Executive Director of Advancement and Alumni Debbie McGarry were on hand for the ag raising.
DAN CEARNS The Standard

Uxbridge Gives Barton Farms Neighbourhood Watch a Good Sign

UXBRIDGE: Initially hoping for permission to erect
Neighbourhood Watch signs at each of six roadways
leading into the northeast Uxbridge urban area,
Michelle Viney left Uxbridge Council Chambers with
approval plus a commitment to fund the $400 total cost
of six signs.
A letter of endorsement penned by Durham Regional
Police Service’s (DRPS) Regional Neighbourhood
Watch Coordinator informed Council that Ms. Viney’s
group of dedicated community volunteers were willing
to be involved in “the program which employs an
elegantly simple technique of ‘neighbours looking out
for neighbours’ to reduce threats of crime against
potential victims”.
Having met all the DRPS guidelines for the group and
received a commitment from fellow neighbours of at
least 51% participation, Coordinator Morgen Dobsen
wrote that the citizens had either attended training
sessions or watched training videos and were ready to
put up signs in their area as a crime deterrent.
After heartily thanking Michelle, Ward 3 Councillor
Bruce Garrod asked Council to help the group “quickly,
as the weather is warming and, I hate to say it, but
unwanted human visitors are going to start visiting our
part of town.”

Stalled Victoria Drive Project Concession Four South of

Comes to Life
EVE-LYNN SWAN The Standard
UXBRIDGE: “Work will be starting
next week,” repeated Abdul Waheed
for the third time during his presenta-
tion to Uxbridge Township Council on
Monday, March 25th. Third time
lucky, hoped Council as the current
plan for the site is at least number
three, with the footings being poured
in 2011 and nothing rising above
ground level since.
Councillors Willie Popp, Bruce
Garrod and Pamela Beach had each
asked Mr. Waheed and his colleague,
Nitiin Malhtra, about scheduled
construction phases of the long-
awaited ofce building. Waheed
graciously passed a printed version of
the construction schedule to Mayor
Barton, but the timing questions
continued for the project representa-
tive.
“We’re doubting its real this time.
Communication will be key on this
project,” explained Ward 3 Councillor
Bruce Garrod to Mr. Malhtra after asking
“What are you doing, in detail?” in a slightly
different manner than his fellow council-
lors.
“Work” means a trailer will provide ofce
space for the supervising engineer who will
be on the site ve or six days per week,
Malhtra told Council.  Road 8 in Roseville, to Highway 47, just
“Staff will be tidying up, looking at safety
issues, grading the site, then beginning
concrete work. The project schedule is two
years to completion.”
Councillors continued to press the two-
man delegation on the importance of video
security, improving sight lines at the corner
of Brock Street West and Victoria Drive,
school crossing safety, and the importance
of working around the 20,000 visitors to the
Thomas the Tank Engine event in August.
Mr. Malhtra assured Ward 1 Councillor
Pamela Beach that by August the project
“would be up out of the ground.” Weather,
trades, and site conditions could all affect
the schedule, though.
Roseville Awaits Speed Limit
Survey
EVE-LYNN SWAN The Standard
UXBRIDGE: In her report to Council on
March 25th, Pamela Beach of Ward 1
recommended that the speed limit be
lowered from 80 km to 60 km on the
Fourth Concession Road, from Durham
east of Goodwood.
It was her second recommendation
that delayed the request residents have
been making for the last four years. The
words “… that Council have a serious
discussion about speeding on our
Concession roads” may prevent the
change from taking place before spring
weather leads to faster driving in the
Township.
Regional Councillor Gord Highet
began the approval slowdown when he
expressed regret at “picking away at the
speeds on all the roads, one by one” and
called for “a comprehensive look at all of
them.” Councillor Todd Snooks agreed
with the need for a complete review and
introduced the idea of speed control
measures, such as trafc calming,
“Speaking for in-town and hamlet speed
control, of course.” He then suggested a
staff member prepare a map showing
rural speed zones for him to review along
with Councillor Beach and the staff
member.
As the will to approve the speed limit
reduction continued to stall, Mayor
Barton made a request, “Let’s add
Cemetery Road to the discussion,
because it might be an issue.” They
passed the motion to look at the map and
evaluate speed limits in rural areas, but
the speed limit on Concession 4 remains
at 80 km per hour.
Councillor Beach commented that she
wants the review done soon: “I need to
take something back to my residents but I
also want to see this looked at… There
are so many other roads in rural areas
that need to be adjusted.”
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AT REST
IN MEMORY OF
GEORGE LECKIE
MCKAY
It is with deep sadness that
the family of George Leckie
McKay announces his
passing on March 20th, 2019
at the age of 80. George is
survived by Betty, his wife of 61
years, his two daughters Lynda
(Lenard) and Lisa (Gary), his son David and his
four grandchildren Holly, Stephanie, Maya and
Finlay. George was born in Glasgow, Scotland
before emigrating to Canada in 1959 where he had
a long, rewarding career in management. George
and Betty retired to Port Perry where they enjoyed
golfing, boating and many good times with their
friends in the community. In respect of George’s
wishes no funeral service or celebration of life
ceremony will be held. Should you wish, memorial
donations may be made to the Port Perry Hospital
Foundation or a charity of your choice.
IN MEMORIAM
JOHNSTON
To my dad Neil Johnston
November 2, 1929 - March 31,2014
and my brother Bryan Allen
December 20, 1969 - April 6, 2017
May the winds in Heaven blow softly
and whisper in your ears
How much we love and miss you
and wish that you were here
To my mom Jessie Jean
July 30, 1940 - February 27, 2019
Who has joined them both in Heaven
I truly never learned what the words
I miss you were until I reached for
my Mom’s hand and it wasn’t there.
May the sun shine on your faces
everyday until we meet again.
All my love, Melody xo
AT REST
PIANO TUNER
PIANO TUNER BOB PERSALL
is coming to Port Perry
April 8 - 13, 2019.
Call Nancy for appointment & leave a message
905-985-4937
AT REST
Join the Port Perry Seniors Club.
Only $20. Dozens of fun activities for
your mind, body and soul!
HELP WANTED Saturday Mornings
Gentle Fit Exercises, 8:15am-9:15am at
the Manilla Hall, Manilla. Info at 705-
432-2355 ext. 243.
Tuesday, April 2nd
Pine Ridge Garden Club meeting at
7:30 p.m. Darren Heimbeker owner
Whistling Gardens will show their
Peony Collection. The Garden Club
meets at the Nestleton Community
Centre, 3171 Hwy. 7A, Nestleton and
all will be most welcomed. For more
information please call Shirley at 905-
986-5330, shirlove100@gmail.com.
No-Family Doctor Immunization
Clinic, Tuesday, April 2, Health Unit
ofce (108 Angeline St. S.) in Lindsay.
Free immunization clinics for families
w i t h o u t a d o c t o r. To b o o k a n
appointment, call the Health Unit at 1-
866-888-4577, ext. 1507.
Friday, April 5th
8th Annual The Brook Never Sleeps, a
‘hands wet’ experimental eco-worshop
9am to 3pm. Ages 10 and up. Rubber
boots required. Meet at the Uxbridge
Town Hall, 51 Toronto St. S. Call the
UYC to register call 905-862-3456.
Friday, April 12th
Epsom-Utica Church, Ham and
Scallop Potatoe Supper, April 12 Utica
Hall 4:30-7 p.m. Adults $15.00, Youth
$8.00.
Tuesday, April 16th
Passport Clinic hosted by Jamie
Schmale MP, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
the Sunderland Legion, 12 York St. N.,
Routes available in Sunderland.
Blackstock, Uxbridge, Scugog Food Handler Course, 9 am to 4 pm,
Island, Oakwood, Manilla, Health Unit ofce (108 Angeline St.
Lindsay, Nestleton, Janetville, S.) in Lindsay. Cost is $40 per person.
Caesarea and Ponty Pool. For more information and to conrm
space availability, call the Health Unit
Contact The Standard at 1-866-888-4577, ext. 5006.
Circulation Department Wednesday, April 17th
to reserve your route! Passport Clinic hosted by Jamie
905-985-6985 Schmale MP, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
the Minden Legion, 12847 ON Hwy.
ofce-standard@powergate.ca
35, Minden and from 6 to 8 p.m. at the
Cavan Monaghan Municipal Ofce,
FOR RENT 988 County Rd. 10, Millbrook.
Thursday, April 18th
Food for Thought Luncheon. Speakers
Reserve start at 10am followed by a homemade
your lunch. Admission $7. Manilla Hall,
Manilla. RSVP to 705-357-3637
classified Friday, April 19th
ad space Good Friday Concert at 4 p.m.,
by calling Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri',
performed by Cantorei Sine Nomine,
905-985- conducted by Stuart Beaudoin, St
6985 or Paul's Anglican Church Ministry for
email the Arts, 59 Toronto St S, Uxbridge.
Tickets: $ 10 at the door, children free.
classified@ Info: www.stpauls-uxbridge.ca or
thestandard phone 705-357-3299.
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ca
www.TheStandardNewspaper.ca
Saturday, April 20th
Children’s Easter Party, 10:30am to
1pm. Lots of fun, crafts and Easter
goodies. Come and make your own
Easter bonnet at the Manilla Hall,
Manilla. Info at 705-357- 1907 or on
facebook.com/manillahall.
Sunday, April 28th
Old Time Fiddle Jam from 1pm to
5pm. Enjoy music, dancing, open mic
and prizes too at the Manilla Hall,
Manilla. Easy access. Lunch available.
Admission $5.00. Info at 705-357-
3637.
Tuesday, May 7th
Pine Ridge Garden Club meeting at
7:30 p.m. Carol Pasternak “Drama in
the Buttery Garden”. The Garden
Club meets at the Nestleton
Community Centre, 3171 Hwy. 7A,
Nestleton and all will be most
welcomed. For more information
please call Shirley at 905-986-5330,
shirlove100@gmail.com.
Saturday, May 18th
Pine Ridge Garden Club meeting at 8
a.m. PLANT, BAKE AND YARD SALE
– Nestleton Hall, 3171 Hwy. 7A,
Nestleton. For more information
please call Shirley at 905-986-5330,
shirlove100@gmail.com.
Tuesday, June 4th
Pine Ridge Garden Club meeting at
7:30 p.m. Bill Grainger “Geraniums
and Pelargoniums”. The Garden Club
meets at the Nestleton Community
Centre, 3171 Hwy. 7A, Nestleton and
all will be most welcomed. For more
information please call Shirley at 905-
986-5330, shirlove100@gmail.com.
Tuesday, July 2nd
Pine Ridge Garden Club meeting at
7:30 p.m. Gini Sage “Square Foot
Gardening” Don’t forget the “Best Hat
Contest”. The Garden Club meets at
the Nestleton Community Centre,
3171 Hwy. 7A, Nestleton and all will be
most welcomed. For more information
please call Shirley at 905-986-5330,
shirlove100@gmail.com.
Tuesday, August 6th
Pine Ridge Garden Club meeting at
7:30 p.m. Speaker David Retallick,
“Growing & Hybridizing Daylilies”.
The Garden Club meets at the
Nestleton Community Centre, 3171
Hwy. 7A, Nestleton and all will be most
welcomed. For more information
please call Shirley at 905-986-5330,
shirlove100@gmail.com.
Tuesday, September 3rd
Pine Ridge Garden Club meeting at 7:30
p.m. Dugald Cameron “Late Season
Colour and Blooms”. The Garden Club
meets at the Nestleton Community
Centre, 3171 Hwy. 7A, Nestleton and all
will be most welcomed. For more info.
call Shirley at 905-986-5330,
shirlove100@gmail.com.
17 ● Thursday, March 28, 2019
DYNAMITE DAMES the popular
home-grown musical opens April with 78th Frasers in Port Perry
4th at Town Hall 1873!
S C U G O G : Fr o m t h e
Producers of this season’s
smash-hit musical,
MAMMA MIA, at Town
Hall 1873. Scugog Choral
Society (SCS) Musicals is
thrilled to present Dyna-
mite Dames, the original
musical by local play-
wrights Liz Auston and
Conrad Boyce, originally
performed in 2004, and
back by audience request.
With over 40 Broadway
m u s i c a l s re p re s e n t e d
through characters and
well-known musical
numbers, with a revue-
style score at its heart,
Dynamite Dames cele-
brates the spirit of women.
Fo r y e a r s , J a n e h a s
lovingly dedicated herself
to the wants and needs of a
wonderful husband and
two nearly-grown kids. A
promising performer in a
past-life, her only singing
engagements in recent
years were when the kids
were little, her dramatic
Scottish Independence Celebrated
repertoire resting solidly
with “Good Night Moon”.
When a local theatre
troupe shockingly earns
rst-dibs at staging a huge
Broadway mega-hit
musical (shades of SCS
earning rst rights to
Mamma Mia!), Jane
musters the courage to
squelch self-doubt and
audition for the show. But
Jane is not alone in
wanting to shake free of
her own familiar role, as
she is joined by a room full
of over-qualied, talented
women who appear to
share in a similar dream.
GALA Night! Celebrate
the return of this phenom-
enal show, at Diva Gala
Night, Friday, April 5th, at
7 p.m. Dress to the nines
in glitz and glam, inspired
by a favourite Broadway
Diva or Divo, or keep
things casual! Ticket
holders, on Friday, April
5th, are invited to a pre-
show party, with delicious
eats and beverages,
starting at 7 p.m. After the
show, stick around to meet
the cast, chat with the
creators of Dynamite
Dames and members of
the original 2004 cast.
This is a licensed event.
Town Hall 1873 Centre
for the Performing Arts is
located at 302 Queen
S t re e t i n Po r t Pe r r y.
Tickets are $28 for adults,
$22 for students under 18.
A group rate is available
for groups of six adults or
more, at a rate of $24 a
person. To order tickets
call 905-985-8181, or go
o n l i n e t o
www.townhall1873.ca
There will be ve
evening performances, to
be held April 4th, 5th, 6th,
11th, 12th, at 8 p.m., with
three matinees being held
April 6th, 7th and 13th, at
2 p.m. The play is 2 hours
and 35 minutes in length.
This includes an intermis-
sion.
EVE-LYNN SWAN The Standard
SCUGOG: As any fan of the novels or
cable television series known as
Outlander will admit, the Fraser name
can cause pulses to race. The arrival of
The 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band
in downtown Port Perry on Sunday, April
7th should certainly be marked on the
calendars of both Fraser fans and people
proud of their Scottish heritage.
The cause of celebration is Tartan Day,
a Canadian event proclaimed into law in
2010, but marked since 1986 in Nova
Scotia. It recalls the anniversary of the
Declaration of Scottish Independence
on April 6th, 1320 when a letter
regarding Scotland’s status and right to
use military action was signed by the
Chancellor of Scotland and Abbot of
Arbroath, sealed by nobles, and sent to
Pope John Paul XXII.
Jamie Fraser fans will know that his era
was the 1740s and the battle he fought
was the Battle of Culloden, on April 16th,
1746 and marked the defeat of Charles
Edward Stuart. After this battle, the
wearing of tartan was banned by the
English monarchy but Tartan Day does
not refer to Culloden, celebrating it as
part of Scottish heritage instead.
Beginning at 2 p.m. on Sunday, the
Frasers, as the pipe band is known, will
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be joined by the Uxbridge Legion Pipes
and Drums to lead a parade from Palmer
Park to Reection Park.
Much fun has been had in previous
years as participants in the “Famous Scot
Look-Alike” contest have also joined the
parade, including some brave lads
wearing kilts and sporting bare chests
and blue-painted faces as they mimicked
William Wallace.
Another Scottish character known to
join the parade is Bonnie Prince Charlie.
The Wee Tartan Shop’s Majorie Mason
thought it would be a lot of fun if
residents dressed up as Jamie and Claire
Fraser, of Outlander, and joined the
parade but anyone wearing tartan is
welcome to follow the band.
At 2:30 p.m., the procession stops at St.
John’s Presbyterian Church for a special
church service called the Kirkin, or
blessing, of the Tartan. At 4 p.m. the Port
Perry Legion welcomes everyone, the
look-alike contest is judged and the
merriment of music and dancing begins.
The supper menu features Scottish meat
pies, haggis, mashed potatoes, peas,
salad, a roll and dessert.
People of all ages are welcome to
attend the supper and tickets are
available for $20 at The Wee Tartan Shop
in Port Perry before the event. Call 905-
985-6573 for information.