The SPIRIT - Kleinburg and Area Ratepayers Association

The SPIRIT
K L E I N B U R G A N D A R E A R A T E P AY E R S ’ A S S O C I A T I O N
KARA® — community volunteers working on behalf of Kleinburg, Nashville, Purpleville and area residents
www.KARA-inc.ca
Historical Village? Urban Core?
What’s your vision for Kleinburg village? It seems
that there are as many ideas as people in our community. The question remains - can we create a unified
image of our village in the future?
core survive without visitors? What is a tourist’s
impression when they come to Kleinburg today? Do
they feel a special magic when they arrive and spend
some time here?
Some have advocated that in order for Kleinburg to
survive and in fact, thrive, our historic core needs to
become urbanized with new multi-storey buildings
and condos with commercial businesses to serve the
needs of local residents.
Without question, our village is best known for the
McMichael Canadian Art Collection whose guiding
vision is “100% Canadian Content”. Many of the
successful businesses in town build on or are consistent with the historical rural
‘Canadiana’ theme – Hawthorne House, Jeremy’s,
The Doctor’s House, Chartreuse. What is it that they
offer? They serve both
tourists and residents by
providing great service,
consistent hours, beautiful
product and a lovely welcoming atmosphere. We’ve
heard from the City’s
Streetscape consultants that
one of their central ideas is to build our plan around
the theme of our Canadian rural agricultural heritage.
There are many however who
maintain that what attracted
them to Kleinburg, and what in
fact brings visitors back time
and again, is that our village is
one of the last continuous
stretches of Canadiana heritage
left in Ontario (one of 91 heritage conservation districts in all
of Ontario) and that our village’s success depends upon
preserving and encouraging this history.
Many of us have had friends or relatives who’ve come
to Kleinburg recently saying that there isn’t much to
do here anymore. It is true that we have a lot more
services in town now - daycares, schools, and other
services. Would ‘urbanization’ and more new complexes make our village more or less attractive as a
destination? Does this matter? While Kleinburg has a
centre-village model, there is not the space (nor parking) for large retail for grocery shopping or day-to-day
household shopping to serve local residents. Can the
IT’S YOUR
VILLAGE!
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MONDAY AUGUST 31
10:30 a.m.
City of Vaughan
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
YOUR
PRESENCE
MATTERS!
In this issue:
Our village could be a pedestrian-friendly, vibrant
 TENNIS COURT
village, and a unique living reflection of Canada’s
past embraced by residents and visitors alike - a speREVITALIZATION
cial place where residents and visitors feel connected  KARA MEETING
with Canadian history, experience the beauty of naBRIEFS
ture, and enliven their spirits through Canadian arts,
 KNSC UNDER 8’S
literature and cuisine.
ARE COVI CHAMPS
The possibilities for our village are endless– …...P3
BINDER TWINE-Sept.12th– Volunteer and Join the Fun!
Our volunteer-run village festival to take place on
Saturday, September 12 needs you! This festival
celebrating our rural Canadian heritage is one of the
largest single day festivals in Canada drawing over
20,000 visitors to Kleinburg. Your help will make all
the difference to the success of this year’s festival.
Come meet your neighbours, make new friends, bring
the whole family, and help support our community!
August 2009
 KARA ACTION
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Volunteers are still needed for Bacon on the Bun,  COMMUNITY PRIDE
AT NEW FOREST
Admission Gates, Sarsaparilla, Set-Up and Clean
CLEAN-UP
Up Crews. School Volunteer Hours are available!
Please call Heather Arnott if you can spare just 2
 VISION...FROM P. 1
hours- 905-893-0794 or www.bindertwine.ca. More
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Binder Twine events and notices on PAGE 4 of ‘The  COMMUNITY
EVENTS
AND
Spirit’.
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Tennis Club all ‘Aces’ with Revitalization Plan
Young Kleinburg Nashville Tennis
Club Members get a lesson from
Coach Sasha.
Thanks to the dedicated efforts of their members, the Kleinburg and Nashville Tennis club
is serving up a revitalized organization and an
improvement plan for the tennis courts at
Binder Twine Park for all to enjoy!
Earlier this year, members of the re-energized
local tennis club organized a site meeting with
the City of Vaughan, a Director of KARA, and
a few key tennis club members to review the
poor state of the tennis courts at Binder Twine
Park. This productive meeting led to the City
investigating the possibility of installing 4 new
courts at Binder Twine Park by rotating the
current courts by 90 degrees so that other park
facilities wouldn’t be impacted. Since that
time, club members have been active in soliciting considerable community support and now
have 200 names on a “friendly letter of support” for this project. The club also made a
comprehensive presentation to KARA about
the sub-standard condition of the courts, their
club goals to serve the community and their
wish to have 4 courts so that the club can apply
for inter-county status. KARA is supporting
their initiative and has sent a letter to the City
of Vaughan encouraging that funding be allocated in the 2010 budget. Thanks KNTC!
KARA Meeting briefs:
On the agenda in our regular
KARA Board Meetings in
June and July:
June-KARA received a
presentation from Kleinburg Nashville Tennis Club.
KARA supported their request for 4 new tennis courts
at Binder Twine Park as long
as other facilities remain unaffected. KARA will send
letter to City.
Directors agreed to approach
the BIA with concerns of
signage and the gas station.
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lington properties, presented
a Settlement Offer to the
KARA Board of Directors on
July 16, 2009. However,
KARA's position in the upcoming August 31st OMB
appeals, in opposition to the
planned development, remains unchanged.
Regional Councillor Joyce
Frustaglio attended the majority of the meeting and ofJuly: A representative of those fered to assist in setting up
seeking to build a multi-unit, meetings with York Region
high density residential struc- Transportation Staff and other
ture on the 10360/10384 IsCity staff.
Although unrelated to the park
design, TRCA is to begin
swale construction at Kleinburg New Forest North to
help residents with preexisting water drainage/
grading issues on Weaver.
Kleinburg United Church
is possible new site for Pierre
Berton Discovery Centre as
Firehall to remain open to 2016.
KNSC Under 8’s Win COVI Tournament
KNSC U-8 Boys Celebrate their COVI Win
On the weekend of May 30/31,
our very own Kleinburg Nobleton
Soccer Club (KNSC) Under-8
boys went undefeated to take the
championships at the City of
Vaughan Invitational (COVI)
soccer tournament.
Competing against a strong field
of eight other rep teams they
showed their skill and grit to finally triumph over Glen Shields
“A” team in an overtime 4-3 final
championship game.
Says head coach Rick Di Gironimo of his team “I am very
proud of the kids because they
proved not only to me but to
themselves that by never quitting
they can achieve championships
like this one through discipline
and determination.”
The U-8 team has been training
together for 8 months twice per
week at the AC Milan Sports
Centre and they play one game
per week in the Vaughan area.
Their dedicated coaching staff
also includes assistant coaches
Wilson Hugo and Joe Mammoliti, and team manager Rosie
D’Onofrio.
We salute the U-8 boys on their
achievement and the KNSC for
such a great program that serves
our community. Says #13 Ricky
“We’re one of the best teams and
I’m very happy to be on it. It
feels awesome to win the COVI
and it feels great to be a champion.”
Email your Association —
kara@kara-inc .ca
Volume 12, No. 7
KARA Action Corner
Summary of some of the activities carried out by your
volunteer KARA Directors during June and July:
June 4: Spring Clean-Up at Kleinburg New Forest
June 18: KARA Board Meeting
June 18: Directors attend public workshop for
Kleinburg-Nashville Focused Area Review
June 24: Director attends Western Vaughan
Transportation Improvements IEA at Vellore Village
June 24: Directors attends Village of Kleinburg
Streetscape Master Plan Study public open house
June 24: Directors attend public workshop for
Kleinburg-Nashville Focused Area Review
July: Mizuno Court named in Nashville upon
recommendation from KARA
July 2: Membership Committee Meeting
July 6-10: Historical research into genealogical
inquiry to KARA
July 7 : Directors met with BIA President to discuss
signage, gas station and other community
opportunities
July 16: Letter to City from KARA supporting
Kleinburg and Nashville Tennis Club for court
upgrades at Binder Twine Park
July 16:KARA Board Meeting
July 25: KARA Communications Committee Meeting
July 31: KARA Directors write, edit and publish “The
Spirit”
Community Pride at New Forest Clean Up!
Thanks to a dedicated crew of 15 hardy volunteers,
Kleinburg New Forest received a clean sweep on
the evening of Thursday June 4th at the rescheduled
Spring Clean-up Day sponsored by KARA.
KNF Clean-up
Volunteers (L-R)
Norma Curtis, John
McMahon, and
Event coordinator
Betty Silver
The original date had been set for Saturday May 9th,
but was cancelled due to considerably wet and thundering weather!
The weather on June 4th cooperated and our group
of volunteers hosted by KARA Director Betty Silver and ably directed by Norma Watson, picked up
garbage and also removed rodent guards off the
larger trees in the meadow.
Norma explains “the guards have done their job
protecting the tender bark of young trees from rabbits, mice, and voles who like to eat it in winter. The bark is no longer tender and the guards
need to come off now, so that in time, they don’t
girdle (prevent sap flow) the trees.”
year’s winner is Mrs. Elinor Mitchell.
The white pine donated by TRCA in honour of the
recent Ontario Association of Landscape Architects
(OALA) Award to our community for Kleinburg
New Forest, was also fully planted and mulched.
All enjoyed a beautiful and delicious cake donated
by Lena at Dolcini. Many thanks to our volunteers,
our organizers Betty Silver, Anna Bortolus, and
Norma Curtis, and donors; Dolcini, The City of
Vaughan for garbage bags and gloves, McDonald’s
for orange drink, Kortright Centre, and York Region
Forestry Department for kids prizes (which we’ll
keep for our planting days coming up at Kleinburg
New Forest North).
Volunteers were thanked by event organizer Betty
Silver and an award was given out to one lucky
clean-up volunteer for a Year’s Family Pass at Kortright Centre for Conservation ($85 value) - this
The awards ceremony for the OALA award will be
rescheduled with the City, TRCA, Binder Twine, and
KARA. Stay tuned for Kleinburg New Forest North
planting days perhaps as soon as this fall!
Kleinburg Vision (from P.1)
horse drawn tours, organized historical walking tours
using the ‘Old Boys’ new booklet, a small theatre,
the Pierre Berton Discovery Centre, an old fashioned
bakery serving afternoon teas as a specialty, a gourmet food store with preserves/jams/etc., lovely restaurants with patios, walking, bike or cross country
ski eco/historical tours out of Binder Twine Park…
We just need imagination and lots of positive action.
If you’d like to lend your voice (and time) to help
create a vision for our village, why not join KARA’s
Vision Committee led by Director Diana
Chari. Send your name and contact details to
[email protected].
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KLEINBURG AND AREA RATEPAYERS’ ASSOCIATION INC.
Kleinburg and Area
Ratepayers’ Association Inc.
PO Box 202
Kleinburg, ON, L0J 1C0
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Email KARA at:
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The KARA Board generally
meets on the third Thursday
of each month in Kline
House, 8 Nashville Road, at
7:00 p.m. If you would like to
attend, or make a
presentation, this can be
arranged with the courtesy
of a request in advance.
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invited to submit material for
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Community Events and
Community Clubs sections.
Please include the name and
phone number of a contact
for follow up. Material will be
edited to suit the newsletter
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BINDER TWINE FESTIVAL-SAT. SEPTEMBER 12
Pies, Pies, Pies!! Apple Pie Bee – Sept 11th
Everyone is welcome to come join the Kleinburg
Church Women for the annual Apple Pie Bee, in the
Kleinburg United Church basement. If you can spare
an hour or two, please drop by to help peel and cut
apples, roll pastry and help make a delicious apple
pie. Don’t bake? Don’t worry! Bring your rolling
pin or peeler and instructions will be provided. Over
100 pies are required to be made for selling at the Pie
Booth on Binder Twine Day. Please join us on Friday September 11, beginning at 7:00 a.m. For further
information, please contact Hazel at 905-893-1873.
Binder Twine Apple Pie Booth – Sept 12th
If you would like to donate a pie or two (or more!) to
the apple pie booth, please deliver them to the church
either on Friday evening from 5:00 to 7:00pm or to
the pie booth on Binder Twine Day after 7:30 a.m.
To volunteer for a two-hour shift in the Apple Pie
Booth on Binder Twine Day, please call Karen at
905-893-0415.
Who will wear the Crown this Year?
Why not enter the Binder Twine Queen Contest
that takes place at the festival on September 12th,
2009 ?? So what would I have to do to be queen?
Basically, you have to compete in pioneer, womanly skills such as log sawing, nail driving, hog calling and cow milking! And it is lots of fun!!
All the contestants must be female between the
ages of 16 and eternity. Also you must live within the
area bounded by Highway 50 (west), King-Vaughan
Sideroad (north), Weston Road (east) and Major
Mackenzie Drive (south).
First Prize $1500 (WOW!!!!), Second Prize $750,
Third Prize $400, Fourth $200. All other entrants
receive $50.
All you have to do now is to think of the personality or character that you will be and what costume
you will wear that fits the pioneer theme. Then
practise your character's story and the womanly
skills mentioned above and show up at the Binder
Twine main stage at 4:30 pm on Saturday September 12th.
For more information please call Ron Pearson at
905-893-1932 or Nina Szymanska at 905-8932734.
Annual Binder Twine Festival Raffle Quilt
Now at Jeremy's is this year's Binder Twine Festival Raffle Quilt or you can visit the Festival's website www.bindertwine.ca. This year's queen size
Raffle Quilt is a 'Great Grandmas'
themed sampler. The quilt's colours are pink, burgundy and green. Tickets for the raffle quilt are
available at participating Kleinburg Merchants for
$2.00 each or 3 for $5.00 or at the Quilt Booth on
Festival Day (Saturday September 12th).
Binder Twine Festival - Quilt Square Contest
Fabric bundles for this year's Contest are available
for pick-up from the Kleinburg Library. This year's
fabric selection is Christmas themed in green, white
and red. Categories are; Pieced, Appliqué and
Pieced & Appliqué. This year's additional category
is Christmas. The due date for completed quilt
squares is Saturday August 15th. Quilt square
entries will be judged and prizes will be awarded
for the top four squares in each category. On Festival Day, please drop by the Quilt Booth and check
out the entries for this years contest and vote for
your favourite quilt square by participating in the
Viewer's Choice Awards. For more information
contact Norma Curtis (905.893.1382).
Do you have community
news? Let us know and, if
space permits, we will
include it.
TOWERS GANG COMMUNITY PARTNERS
21st Annual Summer BBQ in support of
SICK KIDS FOUNDATION
Next Issue: September 2009
Submission deadline:
August 15, 2008
Email to:
[email protected]
Saturday August 29th, 1 p.m. -10 p.m.
VENETO CENTRE, 7465 Kipling Ave, Woodbridge Ontario
Published by: KARA® - Kleinburg and Area Ratepayers’
Association Inc.
Help us match our $50,000 fundraising achievement last year!
100% of ticket sales and funds are donated to SickKids Foundation!
There will be a catered BBQ, silent auction, raffle draws, family games, a DJ, sports activities,
loot bags and more! Tickets are only $25 per person (kids 5 and under are free!)
For information and tickets please call Ross Beverley at 416-602-0826 or [email protected]
Thank you to the 2008/09 Sponsors of The Spirit:
KARA®, Kleinburg and Area Binder Twine Festival Committee, Avenue Market Café*, Barrett's Garden Centre*, Chartreuse Restaurant, Hawthorne House, Kalthoff Decorators*, Kleinburg Pharmacy*, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Royal Bank Financial Group, The Doctor’s House (* denotes new sponsors for 2008/09)