Sarnia Citizen Spring/Summer 2015

People Serving People
THE SARNIA CITIZEN
SPRING / SUMMER 2015
City Hall
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Sarnia, ON N7T 7N2
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A LOOK BACK
TORONTO PAN AM GAMES
Norm Perry, the legendary Galloping Ghost of Canadian
football, is best remembered as the fleet-footed halfback
who led the Sarnia Imperials to a stunning Grey Cup victory.
Born in Sarnia on June 1, 1904, Perry worked for Imperial
Oil all his adult life. He came to national prominence in the
1930’s as the leader of the Imperials football club. Noted for
his blinding speed and smooth catching hands, Perry led the
Imperials to a Grey Cup win over the Regina Roughriders in
1934. He hung up his cleats shortly after that and ran for
city council, winning an aldermanic seat in the 1936 election.
Three years later, at the age of 34, he was acclaimed one of
the youngest mayors in the city’s history. He was as brilliant
with the gavel as he had been with a pigskin, playing an
important role in leading the city out of the Great
Depression. Despite the ruined economy, Mayor Perry pushed ahead with
several projects and had a successful term. Welfare rolls dropped, new home
construction soared to a 10-year high, there was a slight municipal budget
surplus and Christina Street was resurfaced.
Despite his successes, he was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1940. At
the time, there was speculation that voters turned on him because he had
originally said he wouldn’t seek a second term.*
Norm Perry was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963 and
into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975. Here in Sarnia, our own Norm
Perry Park was named in honour of this football legend.
*Submitted by Dan McCaffery, a local historian, who has given Sarnians a view
to their past through his feature in the Sarnia Observer.
TO 2015 Pan Am &
Para
Pan
Am
Games—Help ignite
the Pan Am spirit!
Sarnia will host the
TO 2015 Pan Am
Games Torch Relay and a Community
Celebration Event on Tuesday, June
16th, 2015. Our Community Planning
Team has put together an exciting day
of activities including the arrival of the
Pan Am flame to City Hall at 9:00 a.m.
The flame will then travel through our
downtown core ending at the Sarnia
Central Athletic Club Track (former St.
Patrick’s High School) where students
will have the opportunity to participate
and try many of the sports that will be
part of the games. Congratulations to
Wes Harding and Joel Skinner on being
selected as the City of Sarnia
Community Torchbearers!
JOIN THE FUN!
20th Annual KIDS FUNFEST—Saturday, June
13th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Clearwater
Park Outdoor Grounds. A FREE, fun-filled day of
music, magic and interactive activities for children
ages 1 to 12. Over 80 activities which include a Kids Safety Zone, Sports &
Demonstration Zone, Craft & Preschool Zone, Science Zone, Environmental &
Naturalization Zone, specialty activities, outreach programs, entertainment &
music, rides, games and inflatables.
Canada Day Parade, Festivities and Fireworks—Wednesday, July
1st. The Annual Parade will begin at 11:30 a.m. from Lakeshore/
Colborne ending in Canatara Park. Festivities throughout
Canatara Park run from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and include
multi-cultural entertainment, ethnic food booths, arts & crafts,
inflatables, demonstrations, face painting and train rides.
Opening Ceremonies will take place at 1:30 p.m. in the Canatara
Park Bandshell. Beginning at 4:00 p.m., entertainment and activities will move
to the Sarnia Waterfront and Bayshore Parking lot and will be capped off by the
Canada Day Fireworks display at dusk. Fireworks will be set off from the Sarnia
Point Lands. Local bands will perform prior to the Fireworks. Sarnia Transit and
Sarnia Care-A-Van will be running their Special Canada Day Service.
Outdoor Movie Night—Friday, July 24th. In cooperation with
Youth Chat (Community Health Action Team) and Lambton
Public Health, enjoy an evening together as a family! At the
outdoor grounds behind Clearwater Arena, entertainment,
activities, crafts and games will begin at 6:00 p.m. with an
Outdoor Children’s movie at dusk to end the night. Bring a
blanket and a lawn chair and enjoy the evening.
Enjoy over 40 nights of free entertainment with our 26th Annual
Waterfront Concert Series at the Canatara Park Bandshell — June
3rd to August 20th. Show Time: 7:00 p.m. nightly.
Music in the Garden at Cox Gardens in Germain Park—
Thursday evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. starting July 2 nd to
August 13th.
For more information on these, or any other events, please contact our
Parks and Recreation Department at (519) 332-0330 ext. 3201, or visit
www.sarnia.ca/things-to-do.
FREE BLISTER PACKS & DELIVERY
WARFARIN & DIABETES TESTING
www.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/sarnia
(519) 344-0100
1150 Pontiac Drive
Sarnia, ON N7S 3A7
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NORMA COX GARDEN
Mrs. Norma Cox has generously
provided an $825,000.00 donation to
the City of Sarnia for the construction
of the Cox Gardens located in Germain
Park on East Street. The garden is now
complete and open to the public. We
are hosting a Grand Opening on
Wednesday, June 24nd at 11:00 a.m. to
celebrate the new gardens. The
gardens are located at the west end of
Germain Park and can be accessed
from the East Street Parking lot. The
gardens include meandering paths, a
gazebo, the Mary-Ann Clark Marigold
Garden, and so much more.
PARKS CLEAN-UP DAY
On April 25th, the Parks & Recreation
Department held our 1st Annual
Community Parks Clean-Up Day. 33
parks were registered, and a total of
601 volunteers participated in the
Parks Clean-up! Parks & Recreation
staff collected 120 bags of garbage, 12
bags of recyclables, and 545 bags of
leaf/compost material. Staff also
collected 4 truckloads of brush. Thank
you to all of our volunteers for making
this day a great success!
DID YOU KNOW?
 JUNE is Recreation & Parks and
Seniors Month! Get active and
please join us in a number
of great events! We will be
hosting cycle tours, a
Community Centre Picnic
at Strangway Adult Centre
and promoting a “Bike-to-Work” day
on June 25th! For more information
visit www.sarnia.ca/things-to-do or
www.recandparksmonth.ca.
 The
Handyman/Handywoman
program through the
Lambton
Senio rs
Group is designed to
help retired seniors
and
those
with
disabilities with minor
home
maintenance
for reasonable prices. The handymen
and handywomen are mostly retirees
from our community who have
related experience and skills and are
available for minor repair work. For
more information on this program,
please visit www.lambtonseniors.com
or call (519) 339-8866 or 1 (800)
219-4717.
 Overnight Parking of licensed
personal
automobiles
and
motorcycles will be allowed on
residential streets between
the hours of 2:00 a.m. and
5:30 a.m. from May 1st to
October
31st,
2015.
Vehicles can park on the
street for a maximum of 12 hours.
 Great outdoor spaces for special
events are offered through the City,
including our Kiwanis Pavilion and
Germain Park Arbour. Please contact
our Parks & Recreation Department
for more information.
MyCNN—SIGN UP TODAY!
Get alerted about emergencies and
other important community news by
signing up for our Emergency and
Community Alert Program. Sarnia
Emergency
Management
encourages all Sarnia citizens to sign
up for My Community Notification
Network (MyCNN). MyCNN is a free,
local alerting system that contacts
subscribers using communication
methods of their choice, such as land
line telephones, cell phones, emails
and text messaging. Subscribers will
receive emergency calls to notify of
tornado warnings, drinking water
emergencies, shelter-in-place
advisories and evacuation advisories.
You also have the option to receive
notifications for events such as road
closures, Sarnia Transit and Care-AVan notifications, extreme temperature
alerts, and police information. To sign
up, please visit www.sarnia.ca/
community-notifications.
MAKE A SPLASH!
Lifeguards will be on duty at
Canatara Beach 7 days a week from
June 20th to August 23rd, 11:00 a.m.
to 6:00 p.m. Beach Volleyball Courts
are available for public use - nets and
balls can be signed out at the
Lifeguard Shack during regular
lifeguard duty hours. An accessible
beach chair, beach matting and life
jackets are also available and free for
use. Visit the Lifeguard Shack during
lifeguard duty hours for sign out.
Cox Youth Centre Pool (formerly
Tecumseh) & Spray Park, and
J ac kso n
Poo l
bo th pr o vide
lifeguarded open swimming for the
summer. For dates and times, visit
www.sarnia.ca/things-to-do/
recreation-programs/swimming/openpublic-swimming-outdoor-pools.
FREE Swim Wednesdays,
sponsored by Noelle’s Gift will
be offered every Wednesday
from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at
Cox Youth Centre and Jackson pools
starting July 8th through August 19th.
Tim Horton’s will also
be sponsoring Free
Public
Swimming
throughout the summer.
Visit http://sarnia.ca/things-to-do/
recreation-programs/swimming/freeswimming or call (519) 332-0330 ext.
3201 for more information.
OLDER HOME ENERGY RETROFIT
The first step of an energy retrofit is
getting an energy assessment of your
home. This can serve as a blueprint of
what needs to be addressed to make
your home more comfortable, healthy,
and energy efficient. Energy auditors
may use tools such as infrared
cameras that can reveal energy or
heat loss problems in a home and to
identify air leaks. Depending upon the
size of the house, the present energy
losses and the retrofit option(s)
chosen, retrofit could save you
between 15% and 40% of energy cost.
Visit these websites for additional
information:
 www.saveonenergy.ca/
Consumer.aspx
 www.oldhouseweb.com/green-guide/
energy-retrofit-for-an-old-house11690.shtml
 www.builtgreencanada.ca
This information was provided by the
Sarnia Environmental Advisory
Committee.
SARNIA CITY COUNCIL
MAYOR: Mike Bradley
Home: (519) 336-8092
Work: (519) 332-0330 ext. 3312
Email: [email protected]
CITY / COUNTY COUNCILLORS
Andy Bruziewicz
Work: (519) 332-2639
[email protected]
Anne Marie Gillis
Home: (519) 542-9728
[email protected]
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Since 1993, NeighbourLink has been
helping our neighbours in various
practical ways. NeighbourLink SarniaLambton is a network of Christian
churches and volunteers who assist
our community through education,
advocacy and love in action. We
recognize those living on limited
income and/or with limited support
m a y n e e d so m e n e ig h bo u r l y
assistance from time to time. One of
the ways NeighbourLink helps our
neighbours is with the community’s
assistance. NeighbourLink accept
donations of gently used beds
(mattress/box spring), bedding,
major appliances, basic furniture
items, medical equipment and baby
items all year round. We then GIVE
your gently used donation to
someone in our community who is
currently looking for that item.
Linking donations to families in need
within our own community helps
meet the very real and practical
needs of many of our low income
neighbours.
Please
visit
www.neighbourlinksarnia.org to learn
more or call (519) 336-5465.
Bev MacDougall
Home: (519) 344-0768
Business: (519) 344-5543
[email protected]
Dave Boushy
Home: (519) 542-3109
[email protected]
CITY COUNCILLORS
Brian White
Business: (519) 464-2585
[email protected]
Cindy Scholten
Home: (519) 337-1203
[email protected]
Matt Mitro
Home: (519) 332-6368
Business: (519) 336-0114
Cell: (519) 464-6621
[email protected]
Mike Kelch
Home: (519) 491-2245
Business: (519) 339-4003
[email protected]
CITY HALL SUMMER CLOSURES
Wednesday, July 1st: Canada Day
Monday, August 3 rd : Alexander
Mackenzie Day
th
 Monday, September 7 : Labour Day
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QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? INTERESTED IN ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES?
Please contact our Newsletter Committee at [email protected] or call 519-332-0330, ext. 3306.
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