05 - The Uxbridge Cosmos

Volume 11 No. 43
YOUR UNIVERSE
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Hypnotherapist to
help our hospital
by Emily Williamson
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK? - A conceptual rendering of the building that may be constructed at the corner of Brock Street and Victoria Drive in Uxbridge.
The new building would replace the unsightly hole left when work on the First Leaside office was halted. See story below.
Submitted by Spiracle Designs
Proposed new building to replace First Leaside mess
by Nancy Melcher
Monday’s Council meeting saw a
new proposal for the former First
Leaside Group building site at the
corner of Brock Street and Victoria
Drive. It’s been almost four years
since the construction crane was removed. The property has sat idle,
and somewhat derelict ever since.
This may soon all change.
Developer Abdul Wabeed and architect Magid Youssef showed members of Council their conceptual
design for a four-/five-storey building
that will sit on the existing foundations, and occupies the same footprint. The modern-looking building
has plenty of glass, with a central
silo-shaped atrium. A “panoramic elevator” would whisk people to a
rooftop “amenity” (perhaps a terrace,
or cafeteria/restaurant) overlooking
the town and train station. The
ground floor would have commercial
and retail businesses, and the remain-
der would be used for office space.
Parking is available on the adjacent
land across the train tracks.
Mayor Gerri Lynn O’Connor said
all the necessary processes were already in place from when the First
Leaside building was started, so there
is no need to repeat them for this
new proposal. Instead, according to
the Township’s Planning Department
staff, the developers must submit a
site plan amendment. The amendments are circulated to the various
agencies involved (Region, Conservation Authority, etc.) for comments.
Revisions to the plan may be
needed after the various comments
are returned. This back-and-forth
may take a while, depending on how
quickly the agencies respond. Once
the revisions and amendments pass
all the different stakeholders, and the
amended site plan is approved, the
developer signs an amending agreement. At that point, building permits
can be issued, and then construction
may begin on this new project.
First Leaside Group was a real estate
investment firm, based in Uxbridge.
They bought multi-unit residential
properties that needed upgrading,
and then took advantage of grants
and remedial programs to help finance the necessary repairs. Construction had started on the
company’s new head office building,
which would include a mix of retail,
commercial and offices, but the work
halted abruptly in 2012 when the
principal officers were charged with
fraud by the Ontario Securities
Commission in 2014. First Leaside
Group was forced to shut down, and
the property became part of the assets that were liquidated in the dissolution of the company. The
foundations have sat undisturbed
ever since, and many have questioned whether the site would ever be
improved.
Mr. Wabeed offered some glimpses
into what is being proposed, saying
the building would be designed for
low energy consumption, and he is
investigating the possibility of using
geothermal engineering. Mayor
O’Connor, who called the plan “very
impressive”, advised him that First
Leaside had run into problems trying
to incorporate geothermal.
Mr. Youssef, principal architect for
Spiracle Design Architects, said he
had tried to “create a pleasant view
for passersby with a less institutional
design. I want to make this building
environmentally friendly and use
sustainable energy sources. We might
also be able to make the glass more
bird-friendly with glazing patterns
that incorporate heritage themes.”
Stressing that this is a conceptual
design, he assured he is open to discussions about how best to include
Uxbridge’s cultural heritage in the
building’s final design.
Hypnotherapist Matt Bloom is returning to Uxbridge, and this time
he’s planning on helping out the
Uxbridge Cottage Hospital. No, he
won’t be working with patients there
- any proceeds from his two sessions
here will go to benefit the hospital.
Matt Bloom visited Uxbridge for
the first time back in April. His program is known for helping people
quit smoking, lose weight and even
reduce anxiety.
“Hypnosis isn’t about mind control,” explains Bloom. “It’s not about
sleeping or doing embarrassing
things, it’s all about being relaxed and
open to what I say and do. The
change happens in your subconscious
so you won’t have to remember anything.”
Bloom will host two sessions in the
upcoming week; one on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. (doors open at
1:15), and one next Tuesday, November 10, at 7:30 p.m. (doors open
6:45). Both will be at the Uxbridge
Arena Hall, and anyone 14 years of
age and older is invited to come.
Those attending are encouraged to
bring a cushion and/or a blanket, in
order to fully relax during the session.
Matt Bloom has an office in
Whitby, where he sees clients who are
determined to get “slimmer, happier
and smoke-free in the day and weeks
after the event”. He has much of his
material available on CD and USB,
so that clients can participate in his
programs at their own pace and in
the privacy of their own home. Listening in the car is not recommended!
The upcoming events are free, but
as mentioned, a donation to the
Uxbridge Cottage Hospital will be
much appreciated. Space is limited so
book by calling (289) 404-5323 or
by
emailing
[email protected], or visit
www.thenewyoutour.com.
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Thursday, November 5, 2015
Deal is done on 62 Mill St.
by Roger Varley
An Ontario Municipal Board hearing, which began at the council
chambers on Tuesday, heard that the
Township of Uxbridge and developer
2373521 Ontario Corp. have
reached a deal to allow a proposed
development at 62 Mill Street, although on a reduced scale.
e development's site, about 1.5
hectares, is the former home of Isaac
Gould and his house, built in 1858,
remains on the site.
Susan Rogers, counsel for the numbered company, said the two sides
met last Friday and agreed to reduce
the size of the controversial development from 39 housing units to 26
units. e agreement was later communicated to the Gouldville Citizens
Association (GCA), who are strongly
opposed to the development but
were not part of the meeting.
Doug Moffatt, a director of GCA,
was not happy the group was not included in the negotiations.
"It was a secret meeting," he said.
Mr. Moffatt said the proposed 26
units are still "far too many", adding
he agrees with the province's policy
of intensification but only where it is
appropriate.
In May of this year, council received
an 18-page report from planning
consultant Elizabeth Howson in
which she recommended the township refuse the numbered company's
request for a zoning bylaw amendment and its site plan.
"(T)he proposal appears to be an
over-development of the subject
lands and in my opinion does not
represent good planning," she wrote
in that report.
However, Ms. Howson's report also
recommended that "council provide
the township solicitor with authority
to engage in settlement discussions
with the applicant (and other parties
to the Ontario Municipal Board
hearing)."
Tuesday's hearing, chaired by Chris
Conti, opened with a procedural
wrangle in which Ms. Rogers
claimed that the board should not
hear from a planned GCA witness,
Andrew Jeanes, because his witness
statement did not meet OMB rules.
She claimed that because she didn't
know what Mr. Jeanes would be saying, she had no way to prepare a
cross-examination. She said if Mr.
Jeanes, an expert on heritage feature
impacts and land use with the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, was allowed to testify, she would have to
call for adjournments to prepare responses and that would extend the
hearings, scheduled to last 13 days.
Anne Sabourin, counsel for the
GCA, argued that Mr. Jeanes’ evidence would be relevant to the hearing, especially his opinion on
relocating the Gould house.
...continued on page 3
The Uxbridge Cosmos
TOWN HALL
by Roger Varley
Notes from the November 2
Council Meeting
ATV riders can relax
A proposed amendment to the township's
noise bylaw which would have limited the
hours and days people could ride their
ATVs has quietly slipped away.
In a brief report to council, Chief Bylaw
Officer Andre Gratton said that "after
much discussion it appears the best approach at this time is to continue with the
current by-law provisions and times contained therein".
e proposed amendment would have reduced the hours in which ATVs could be
used and would have prohibited their use
on Sundays and holidays. It was met with
intense opposition from rural residents,
about 200 of whom jammed the Zephyr
community centre when the council meeting was held there in June.
Council accepted Mr. Gratton's recommendation without debate, although
Mayor O'Connor did comment: "at
means we're going back to the noise."
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Signs don't come cheap:
Public Works Director Ben Kester had something of a shock for council when he reported
on the cost of speed limit signs.
Mr. Kester had been asked by council to determine how many 40 km/hr speed signs would be
required to post the urban area's streets and what
the cost would be.
His report said the signs have to be posted every
300 metres and the cost for each one would be
$150. He said it would cost $2,100 just to post
them along Second Avenue.
Nor do consultants:
Treasurer Donna Condon provided a report to
council showing the costs of the new fire hall,
for which ground-breaking ceremonies took
place just recently.
Ms. Condon showed the new hall construction
will cost $3,552.415, but the township will receive a $353,000 HST rebate on that. However,
her report also showed that consulting costs are
$639,578, about 18 per cent of the cost of construction. Adding a contingency fund and the
cost of furnishings over the next two years, the
fire hall will cost a total of $4,220,638.
When asked about the apparently high consultant costs, finance committee chair Councillor
Pat Molloy said the figure was an estimate and
council would be looking at the fees.
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Gould house, continued from page 2
Mr. Conti called a 90-minute recess to come
OUR QUARE
to a decision. He later said he agreed in part
with Ms. Rogers' submission but would
ONSTRUCTION TD.
allow Mr. Jeanes to testify on some issues,
but not all unless Ms. Sabourin provided disChris Brunne
closure of Mr. Jeanes' evidence to Ms. Rogers
[email protected]
and township lawyer Quinto Annibale by the
Builder of Fine Custom Homes
end of yesterday.
Renovations & Additions
e only witness called Tuesday in the truncated hearing - (one hour in the morning
Specializing in Carpentry
and one hour in the afternoon) - was Ryan
Get it in Writing from Chris!
Mino-Leahan, who was presented by Ms.
Rogers as an expert on municipal planning.
Tel: 905-862-0040
Using aerial photographs and diagrams, Mr.
Fax: 905-862-0030
Mino-Leahan led the hearing through the
www.foursquareconstruction.ca
process that has unfolded so far, noting
that
the
application
has
been changed twice
since it was originally presented to
council last year.
He said the proposal was revised in
August to reduce
Minimum 4 people/lane. No reservations: First come, first served
the number of
units to 32 and
then, on Friday, another revision, prepared by Mr.
(family & corporate)
Mino-Leahan's office, reduced the
number down to
26.
e hearing resumes at the coun69 Brock Street West
cil chambers at 10
Uxbridge
a.m. tomorrow.
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Thursday, November 5, 2015
The Uxbridge Cosmos
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Thursday, November 5, 2015
Our two cents
Developments in development
So many things to make comment on this week, it’s difficult to know where
to start.
We’re a little surprised by the way things seem to be going with the OMB
hearing re: 62 Mill St. Surprised that an arrangement seemed to have been
made on a Friday afternoon right before the hearing started, and all behind
closed doors. Surprised that the deal still puts a whole bunch of housing units
on a piece of land that is an important part of this town’s history and destroys
a beautiful little piece of green in the centre of the township, as well as destroying the potential for other revenue streams that would be much more
appealing to the town, and softer on its already suffering infrastructure. And
surprised that the first day of the hearing was actually only two hours long,
once all was said and done. This whole thing may take a little longer than
the allotted 13 days, at that rate.
On a different development note, it was a pleasant surprise to learn that
someone sees potential in the crumbling concrete swamp at the corner of
Brock Street and Victoria Drive. While we aren’t entirely sold on the conceptual design as this precise moment, we are inclined to agree with anyone
who would say that whatever ends up going on that corner would be a darn
sight better than what is there now. Who knows, this new building, if it ends
up actually being built and looking much like the picture we feature on the
cover (with its roof that, for some reason, makes us think of the Statue of
Liberty), could be the new landmark feature for Uxbridge, and make people
want to come visit it at the same time as they visit all the other great things
we have to offer. Time will tell, but we have our fingers crossed that this building project at least gets out of the basement, let alone off the ground.
As the Ward 3 candidates make their rounds of the countryside, listening
to the residents talk about their concerns, it has come to the attention of
some of the candidates that people are still not totally informed about who
is eligible to vote. Some women are apparently saying that they are not allowed to vote because the property on which they live is in their husband’s
name. Welcome to 2015, not 1815. If you are 18 or older and live in Ward
3, you are allowed to vote for you preferred Ward 3 candidate. If a mail-in
ballot did not come to your mailbox, then you can call, visit or even email
the Clerk’s Department at the municipal offices, and get your name on the
voter’s list and get a ballot sent to you. Then you need to stop reading Jane
Austen novels and vote. Go see the movie Suffragette while you’re at it.
Finally, do be sure to take time next Wednesday, November 11, and remember those who fought for the idea that we should all have the right to vote.
Sport your poppy properly - on the left breast, just above the heart. We know
it’s difficult to keep them in (we hear they come with little plastic stoppers
now; we haven’t been fortunate to pick up one of those, yet), but try not to
deface the poppy by pinning it to your lapel with a Canadian flag, or other
small lapel pin. Although it seems innocent enough, the poppy is a symbol
of remembrance, and should not, according to the Royal Canadian Legion,
be defaced in any way. When November 11 is past, it’s appropriate to leave
your poppy at a memorial site of your choosing. Saving it until next year apparently isn’t the thing to do. Take time to remember, and thank.
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Letters to the Editor
We would like to thank Hilary and
the friends of the Foster Memorial for
the very interesting and informative
tour of this unique landmark. We all
enjoyed our time at The Foster.
Wilma & Ted Smith
The Greenbank Choir and the
Sunderland Historical Society
You may remember reading about my
presentation before Uxbridge Township Council of October, 2014, related to "My Grandsons Deserve a
Crosswalk at Fields of Uxbridge/Rotary Skate Board Park".
During the four to six months leading up to that presentation, I had
been in contact with members of the
traffic management team at Durham
Region, and I am pleased to report
that in the Fall of 2014, a sign was installed on the east side of Main St.
North, showing a child playing with
a ball, indicating that this is a play
area.
Fast forward to October 2015! We
now have two flashing yellow lights
and two play area signs on the west
side of Main St. North. I'm told by a
member of the traffic management
team at Durham Region that the new
equipment is in response to the lack
of driver respect for the 50 km speed
zone at the park location. I'm also
pleased to report that recently an OPP
cruiser has been sighted at that location on a number of occasions.
Recognition of a location in need of
supervision is the first step to offering
our young people a safer place to play.
The second step is action, to produce
a good result. I'm proud to have been
a part of this action.
Barbara Blower
Uxbridge
Re: Candidates debate, Oct. 29
As reported, it was amazing to see so
many people in attendance at the All
Candidates Meeting (Oct. 21), despite federal election fatigue or frenzy,
and a critical Blue Jay play-off game
being played at the same time. It
shows how involved the citizens of
Uxbridge, and Ward 3 residents in
particular, are in ensuring they are
well represented by their councilors.
There was lively debate, and some
people commented that rather than
finding the proceedings dull and boring, they actually enjoyed the level of
engagement between both the candidates and the audience.
Having been on both the Tourism
and Economic Development committees for the last five years there are
a couple of things that I would like to
clarify. I feel I was misquoted in a couple of cases, for which I would like to
set the record straight.
First, it was the Township’s Strategic
Plan that was written in 1997, and
needs revisiting. Second, my comment on the Township, BIA and
Chamber of Commerce all pointing
to someone else related to how it was
in 2009 when I was trying get people
to focus on the amazing potential this
town has for tourism. Since then there
has been a level of engagement by all
parties, with representation on the
Tourism Committee from all three
bodies. This year in particular, the collaboration with the BIA and YDHR
on Thomas the Train, and BIA and
the Trails Committee for the Trestle
Bridge opening have been significant,
despite limited funding due to budget
constraints. Let’s hope we can get all
the groups work together in the same
way to make Uxbridge Tourism a reality. We are the Trails Capital of
Canada so let’s make sure everyone in
Canada knows it!
Finally, the suggestion that the
Township should investigate the potential for a university satellite campus
for agriculture was made by myself at
the Economic Development Committee in the previous term, when the
province was actively seeking applications from municipalities. It was not
pursued at the time due to concerns
over sewage, water and zoning. It still
has merit if we do the right groundwork, as I suggested to Dave Granic
earlier this summer.
It is good that candidates agree on
many of the items, and that our
mayor and sitting councillors were in
attendance to hear how citizens see
these two topics of major interest.
Second only to their concerns about
tax levels and value received from the
region for our share of tax dollars.
If we can keep up the level of citizen
interest and involvement, and further
expand the level of collaboration and
cooperation between all the community groups, then we will see Uxbridge
become the true crown jewel of
Durham!
Mike Whiston
Candidate Ward 3
Chair,
Tourism Advisory Committee
At the Ward 3 candidates meeting
much of the conversation centered
around how the township could get
more funding with a greater industrial
base, more IT companies and tourism
being mentioned.
Uxbridge as a whole is certainly not
exploiting its tourism potential, especially when we see that so many people in positions of power have never
been inside some of our biggest attractions. How can they advocate for
them?
When it comes right down to it, the
biggest tourism draws are in the rural
areas, not in town. All these things,
and probably more, could be showcased far better than they are to entice
visitors to the Township. Of course,
some place to stay the night would
help greatly. Maybe there could be
some incentive set up to encourage
someone to build at least a small
motel, if not a hotel.
Pat Asling
Sandford
The Uxbridge Cosmos
Thursday, November 5, 2015
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Am I Wrong?
The Barris Beat
column by Roger Varley
column by Ted Barris
Your government at work
The styles of father and son
As I walked back into the council chambers on
Tuesday for the afternoon session of the Ontario Municipal Board hearing into the 62 Mill
Street development, Uxbridge counsel Quinto
Annibale looked at me and asked: "Come back
to watch more paint drying?"
Yes, it can be rather like that. In fact, of the
15 members of the public who turned up for
the morning session, only seven returned in
the afternoon.
And yet, in a perverse kind of way, I did find
it interesting - and baffling. The lawyers - there
were four of them - tend to speak in terms
known only to them and made references to
pages in documents they had before them that
the public didn't. That means, to a large extent, we didn't know what they're talking
about. There was talk about a witness and
whether he was an expert witness or a summoned witness and when it was over I couldn't
tell if the man in question was expert, summoned or both.
So one tends to concentrate on other things,
such as the tables spread out across the room
in front of the council podium, piled high with
stacks and stacks of reports, documents, regulations, forms and what not. So much, in fact,
that when Susan Rogers, counsel for 2373521
Ontario Corp, the developer, carried a six-volume batch to OMB chair Chris Conti, she
seemed to have trouble lifting it. At times it
looked like the lawyers were taking cover behind the battlements. There were so many
boxes used to carry these stacks of papers that
it appeared someone might be in the midst of
moving.
While watching paint dry, there can be other
diversions, like Ms. Rogers' continual battle
with flying Japanese beetles, which have staged
a mini-infestation on the grounds of the township offices.
After a while, however, diversions give way to
thinking, which is something else you can do
while watching paint dry. And what I was
thinking was, how much money is this costing
everyone? While all in attendance appeared to
believe the hearing was to start at 10 a.m., it
actually did not begin until 10:30 a.m. Then,
after hearing exactly one hour of wrangling between Ms. Rogers and Anne Sabourin, counsel
for the Gouldville Citizens Association, over
the acceptability of a witness, Mr. Conti called
a 90-minute recess to make a determination
on whether the witness would be heard.
With everyone back in their seats at 1 p.m. -
except for those citizens who had already had
enough - we waited a further 15 minutes for
Mr. Conti to appear. I leave it to you to figure
out how much lawyers charge by the hour.
Then, after hearing from one witness for exactly one hour, Mr. Conti adjourned the hearing until tomorrow.
A grand total of two hours spent on the hearing! Is it any wonder the wheels of government
turn slowly? Is it any wonder government costs
so much?
But another thought that kept going through
my mind was: why are we even bothering with
this hearing at all? Yes, the Gouldville group
wants to make their case to reduce the size of
the proposed development even further, but if
the township and the developer have come to
an arrangement - before the hearing began what chance does the Gouldville group have?
Especially when they were not invited to give
their input into the deal.
That led to another thought: why would the
township ignore a large group of its own citizens and meet in secret with the developer? In
fact, I'm wondering why we have so much secrecy at the township offices. Of the 30 council
meetings that have been held so far this year,
18 have featured "in camera" sessions: that is,
closed to the media and the public.
The Ontario Municipal Act sets out the conditions under which councils must go "in camera", and when these sessions appear on the
Uxbridge agenda they always carry the wording and the subjects required by the act. The
problem is, the public and the media are never
made aware, ever, of what results from these
"in camera" sessions because they are confidential and councillors are not allowed to discuss
what happened. With one notable exception the township sent out an email on Friday informing interested parties that the settlement
had been reached, although they called it finalizing the minutes of settlement (more of that
lawyer talk I mentioned). It is worth noting
that the email also gave the results of a
recorded vote on the matter. Only Councillor
Fred Bryan opposed it.
But it seems to me that, for a municipality
the size of Uxbridge, we have an awful lot of
issues involving personnel, municipal property
sales and legal issues to warrant 18 secret sessions in less than a year.
Seems different levels of government are operating on their own rules and terms.
Tell me, am I wrong?
That morning, about three and a half weeks
ago, this political candidate was on the firing
line. Two CTV journalists had fashioned their
feature interview with him based on some
hard-hitting questions. Then, the TV journalists invited questions from those in the audience. Several of my journalism students, invited
to the studio, got their chance to ask questions.
And the politician answered them thoughtfully.
Then, with the broadcast over, the politician
headed for his tour bus to dash to his next
event. As we were leaving the studio, my students passed by the candidate’s tour bus.
“Hold it there,” I said to my students, suggesting they pose in front of the logo on the bus. I
raised my cell phone to snap the picture,
when...
“Wait a second,” the young politician shouted
from just outside camera range. “Let me join
you,” and he jumped into the shot next to the
student journalists and thanked them for being
part of a political selfie.
The young man who hijacked my students’
photograph that morning outside CTV was
Justin Trudeau, then Liberal leader and this
week sworn in as the 23rd Prime Minister of
Canada. Not surprisingly, already there’s buzz
about the style of leader he will be and the style
of government he will direct inside and outside
the House of Commons.
If his arrival at the residence of Governor General David Johnston for the swearing-in ceremony is any indication, it may be very different
from anything either my journalism students
(in their 20s) or I (not in my 20s) have ever
seen. The fact that Trudeau and his 183 other
elected Liberal MPs were delivered to Rideau
Hall not in limos but by a bus was itself a departure. But for Justin Trudeau it may just be
the first indicator of what some are calling his
folksy style, as suggested by his spokeswoman
Kate Purchase.
“It is sort of showing how much more open
and transparent the new government intends
to be,” she told the Ottawa Citizen.
Well, the Justin Trudeau government’s transparency will ultimately only be proven if he delivers on the wide array of election promises, if
he invites the media back into less orchestrated
scrums and policy announcements, if he replaces the muzzling of civil servants with freedom of expression, and if he chooses to lead the
country by delegating authority to the cabinet
ministers around him. Only time will tell if this
prime minister allows his cabinet (for the first
time made up of an equal number of women
and men) to share the shaping of Canada over
the next four years. Or, will he fall into the trap,
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that a British historian and moralist made famous in the 19th century.
“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power
tends to corrupt absolutely,” John Acton said;
then he added, “Great men are almost always
bad men.”
Canadian political historians and the public
have already passed judgement on Justin
Trudeau’s father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Depending upon whom you meet – a disgruntled
anti-NEP (National Energy Policy) believer, or
a dyed-in-the-wool B&M (Bilingualism and
Multiculturalism) advocate – Pierre Elliott
Trudeau was either a tyrant or a saint. But there
is no disputing his style. Even if one wasn’t
around during his time at 24 Sussex, just about
every formal photograph shows him wearing a
rose and that toothy, impish smile, the one he
flashed as he pirouetted behind Queen’s Elizabeth’s back following the repatriation of the
Canadian constitution in 1980. But I distinctly
remember a more distinct PET style.
Not long after Pierre Elliott Trudeau won the
Liberal leadership in 1968, he called a federal
election, seeking a mandate from a post-Lester
Pearson Canada. And the response was not unlike that given his son last month; Trudeau the
elder won 154 seats in his first majority. But it
was the nature of the campaign that startled
most of us. Sure, we had all witnessed crowdpleasers such as the Beatles, but not in the nation’s political leaders. I remember Trudeau’s
popularity reaching stratospheric levels that
year.
There was one occasion in my riding of YorkScarborough, where the local candidate Bob
Stanbury was running for re-election. As I recall, the rally took place outdoors in an open
field. When word spread that Pierre Trudeau
was joining Stanbury to help out, suddenly the
event took on greater importance. People
seemed to arrive from everywhere. What had
been an empty field minutes before, with myself and a number of other casual political observers, was suddenly transformed into a
“happening.” When Trudeau arrived he was
mobbed by people who just wanted to touch
him. It seemed more like a religious or pop culture event. And I remember hearing what I had
just witnessed described for the very first time.
“It’s Trudeau-mania,” somebody said.
The term stuck and so did Pierre Elliott’s style.
Has history repeated itself? I don’t think so. The
son has his father’s smile and surname, but a
style all his own.
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The Uxbridge Cosmos
6
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Retirement residence to rise on former Williamson lot
by Nancy Melcher
After standing vacant for decades, it
was demolished quickly, and some of
the crumpled building material was
salvaged. The old Williamson Pontiac Buick car dealership has been
torn down, and plans for the property are proceeding.
Ingrid Svelnis, CAO of Uxbridge
Township, said, “There are four lots
that make up this property. With this
proposal, the developer has purchased the two lots to the east and
will locate the
building on this
land. The front
lots will be used
for commercial
and at this point
they have not
been sold.” Part
of one of the west
lots was severed
and added to the
development
property as well.
The development is a six An artistic rendering of the proposed residence for seniors that will soon occupy the former Williamson car lot on Toronto
storey retirement St. S. “The Gardens of Uxbridge” is expected to begin construction soon and be completed by March 2017.
residence for senPhase 2 of the development will add proximately 135,453 sq. ft. A mixiors which consists of two phases. 55 more units. A total of 161 units ture of independent and assisted livPhase 1 will consist of 106 units, are proposed with a total GFA of ap- ing units is being proposed, with a
main dining area being provided for
the residents. Units range from 386
sq. ft. for a studio unit up to 851 sq.
ft. for a one-bedroom unit. They expect construction to begin this fall.
“The Gardens of Uxbridge”, as it is
currently called, will be an Extendicare facility.
“We provide care throughout the
health care continuum in our 112
operated senior care centres and our
home health care operations. Our
qualified and highly trained workforce of 22,700 individuals is dedicated to helping people live better
through a commitment to quality
and a passion for what we do,” says
Sofia Mavumba, communications
manager for Extendicare.
According to Mavumba, “The Gardens” community will be appropriate
for both independent seniors wishing
to maintain an active lifestyle and
those who need some level of assistance with their daily activities. The
building will have a theatre/chapel,
exercise room, beauty salon,
crafts/gardening room, and spa/therapy room. There will also be green
space with gardens on the west side
of the building.
The project is presently at the siteplan approval stage. Once the necessary consultations have happened,
and approvals are
in place, the
building permit
may be issued
and construction
will begin.
Phil Mardimae
of Gardens Retirement Development Inc., the
company that is
the project manager for the development,
said,
“We are expecting a construction start on-site
this
fall.”
Mavumba also
indicated that the
building should
be ready for
“opening approximately March
2017”.
The Uxbridge Cosmos
7
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Uxbridge rider has America’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred
by Lisha Van Nieuwenhove
A former racehorse and a former
Uxbridge girl have just won a Grand
Championship in a little-known
equestrian sport in Kentucky.
Lindsay Partridge (formerly
Forkun) and her horse, and eightyear old mare named“Soar”, won the
Retired Racehorse Training Project’s
Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, which was held
in the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington on October 23 - 25. Nearly
200 horses from 44 states, the
United Kingdom and two Canadian
provinces descended upon the Horse
Park to compete in 10 events: Competitive Trail, Eventing, Polo, Barrel
Racing, Working Ranch, Dressage,
Freestyle, Show Jumping, Show
Hunters and Field Hunters. In order
to qualify to compete in the event,
horses must have a Jockey Club tattoo, raced or at least been in race
training after January 1, 2013, and
must not have had any significant
training in any other discipline before January 15, 2015. The top three
competitors in each discipline were
invited back to compete in the
Makeover finale. Lindsey and “Soar”
qualified for the finals and then took
the Championship in the Trail division. They were then chosen from
amongst all the division champions
for the big overall title of “America’s
Most Wanted Thoroughbred.”
“I am on cloud nine! I can’t believe
this just happened!” exclaimed Lindsey in an interview not long after her
win.
The Symposium is intended to
showcase ex-race horses who can be
retrained for second careers, once
their racing career is over.
Lindsey has been practising and
teaching Natural Horsemanship
since 2002 after first studying under
Gary Convery, who was Uxbridge’s
own “Horse Whisperer” until he
passed away a few years ago. She is
the author of the book “Natural
Horsemanship: Answering the
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horses, runs summer riding camp,
hosts clinics and horse shows and
also started a not for profit organization called the Natural Horsemanship Association which is open for all
to join and learn about it.
Lindsey and “Soar”, who had a sore
foot just days before the Kentucky
competition, will be appearing at the
Royal Winter Fair in Toronto later
this month.
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Lindsey Partridge and “Soar”, left, after their “America’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred” win at
the Retired Racehorse Training Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium.
Submitted photo.
The Uxbridge Cosmos
COMING UP
THIS WEEKEND
Sat., Nov. 7: Oak Ridges Trail As-
sociation Hike: 7 a.m. Al Shaw. 1+
hr., 4 km moderate pace loop hike with
some hills. No dogs please. Meet at
Finish Carpentr
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road side parking on the west side of
Conc. 6, 1.5 km south of Durham Rd.
21. Contact: Russ Burton 905 830 2862
Sat., Nov. 7: Holly Berry Happenings at Goodwood United Church,10
a.m.–2 p.m. New and used items,
teacher and hostess gifts, baking, crafts .
Lunch available – soup and sandwiches
and cookies. For further information call
June Harper at 905 640 3347.
Sat., Nov. 7: Home for the Holidays, with the businesses at Technology
Square. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free food & beverages, kids' activities and crafts, free
play at The Clubhouse, prizes, $10 photos with Santa by Deborah de Ville, and
more!
Sat., Nov. 7: Chances Are Christmas Store opens, until Dec. 2 or everything is sold! Open Saturdays 10 a.m. 4 p.m., Tues. - Fri., 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Store
is staffed by volunteers, all items donated. More items will be accepted. Proceeds to Uxbridge Cottage Hospital.
NEXT WEEK
Tues., Nov. 10: The UxbridgeScott Historical Society presents
Marian Bellamy speaking on
“Putting Leaves on Your Family
Tree”. 7 p.m., Museum Schoolhouse
7239 Concession 6, Uxbridge. For more
information: [email protected] or call
416-209-2354
Thurs., Nov.12: Friends of the
Uxbridge Public Library meet, 7
p.m., Uxbridge Library lower meeting
room. New members always welcome.
Contact [email protected]
Sat., Nov. 14: St. Paul's Annual
Turkey Dinner with All the Trimmings. St. Paul's Anglican Church, 5-7
p.m. Continuous serving. Adults $16,
children (12 & under) $10, preschoolers
free. All welcome. Advance tickets available at the church office or buy at door.
905-852-7016,
www.stpaulsuxbridge.ca and on Facebook. Helping
to fund outreach projects.
Sat., Nov. 14: Uxbridge Rotary
Christmas Home Tour, 11 a.m. - 4
p.m. A self-guided tour of seven selected
urban and rural homes that have been
professionally decorated for the holiday
season. For information and the chance
Cell 416.577.40177
Office 905.985.6449
49
[email protected]
DEFINITELY DON’T PUT THE BBQ AWAY!
SEE US FOR GREAT FALL GRILLING IDEAS!
• Free Range Poultry
• Farm Fresh Beef
• Ontario Lamb
• Preservative-Free Deli Meats
• Hormone-Free Meats
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905-852-9892
Lest We Forget
Remembrance Day 2015
OPEN SUNDAYS 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
www.themeatmerchant.ca
for you and friends to be chauffeur
driven, please go to our website:
www.uxbridgechristmashometour.ca
Sat., Nov. 14: Raising The Roof of
the World. A musical concert in support of earthquake relief in Nepal, featuring a number of local artists performing
a variety of musical styles. 7 p.m., Trinity
United Church. Free admission, donations gratefully received. For more info
call (905) 852-1548.
UPCOMING
Tues., Nov. 17: Uxbridge Senior
Citizens' Club Christmas Dinner.
12 noon. Tickets: Members $10/per person, non-members $18/per person. New
members
welcome!
Membership
$10/pp.
Thurs., Nov. 19: Lunch n’ Learn
with Colin Clark of Uxbridge Fire
Services, "Fire Safety in the Home". St.
Paul's Anglican Church, 12 noon. Paywhat-you-can lunch catered by North
House, followed by a video featuring
Tom Bosley from Happy Days and Colin's
presentation. Q & A period and handouts available. Seating for lunch limited
to 50 people. Call 905-852-7016 to reserve a seat.
Thurs., Nov. 19: Turkey Dinner,
hosted by Goodwood United
Church. Starts 4:30 p.m. at Goodwood
Community Centre. Tickets At the door.
For info contact June Harper at 905 640
3347
Thurs., Nov. 19: The Uxbridge Genealogy Group meets. Fraser Dunford
will speak on finding information in the
Municipal Land records. At the Library, 7
p.m. $2 admission, 50/50 draw. Also
note the special Scottish workshop at the
Museum Nov. 14, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Contact [email protected] for
info and to register. $5.
Sat., Nov. 21: The Uxbridge Curling Club’s 6th Annual Pancake
Breakfast. 8 - 11 a.m., 70 Franklin St.
Uxbridge. Enjoy a yummy pancake
breakfast before heading to the Santa
Claus parade! Adults $7, children $5.
Sun., Nov. 29: IODE Butter Tarts
fundraiser,will be at the Christmas
Farmer's Market.
COMING UP is a FREE community bulletin board. If you have a community
event for a charity or non-profit organization that you’d like us to mention (AS
SPACE PERMITS), please contact us at
[email protected] or 905-8521900. The deadline for our next issue is
6 p.m. Sunday.
The Uxbridge Cosmos
9
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Bruins split two tight games
by Roger Varley
It was trick and treat for the
Uxbridge Bruins on the weekend as
they lost a game and won a game,
both by the score of 2-1.
Nevertheless, with the win coming
against the Port Perry MoJacks, the
Bruins slightly improved their hold
on second place in the seven-team
OHA Junior C Central Division.
e loss came against the Little
Britain Merchants on Friday at the
arena, where the Bruins have had difficulty winning so far this season.
ey have only taken three of the
eight home games they have played.
Friday's game, despite the loss, was
an entertaining affair, with lots of
quality shots on the net and heavy
hits by both teams. Early in the period, the Bruins peppered Little
Britain goalie Adam Harris with
shots during the Merchants' first
penalty of the game. However, the
Merchants opened the scoring with a
power-play goal midway through the
period with a classic passing play that
left Bruins' goalie Jake Joosten no
chance. en, with just four minutes
left, Little Britain scored what proved
to be the winning goal.
Coby Gardner came close to scoring
for Uxbridge in the second period
when he managed a partial breakaway while the Bruins were shorthanded. However, his shot rang off
the crossbar.
Ryan Miehm missed a golden opportunity midway through the third
period, when he shot wide of an
open net and, 20 seconds later,
Uxbridge put the puck in the net
during a goalmouth scramble but the
goal was disallowed. With six minutes remaining, Alex Siblock was
awarded a penalty shot when he was
hooked from behind on a clear
break-away. He deked Harris and put
THE WORLD
SERIES IS OVER.
COME SEE
THE BRUINS!
The Uxbridge Bruins
play against
LAKEFIELD
Uxbridge Arena,
Nov. 6,
7:45 p.m.
For season schedule,
visit
www.uxbridgebruins.com
the puck over the goalie's shoulder
for the Bruins' lone goal.
In Port Perry on Sunday, the story
was reversed.
omas Sheedy opened the scoring
in the first with a power-play marker,
assisted by Shane Smith and Gardner, followed by Kyle Spataro's goal
near the midway point, assisted by
Jordan Nesbitt and Liam Timewell.
After a scoreless second period, Graham Lemers spoiled Joosten's
shutout bid with a goal early in the
third.
e win over the MoJacks put the
Bruins four points ahead of their
Reach Street rivals, although the MoJacks have two games in hand. e
Clarington Eagles, who have been
feasting on the North Kawartha
Knights and the Georgina Ice, remain in first place with 26 points. Of
their 89 goals so far this season, 57
have come at the expense of the
Knights and the Ice.
e Bruins host the Lakefield
Chiefs at the arena tomorrow at 7:45
p.m. and then travel to Bowmanville
next ursday to face the Eagles.
CALLING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Apply NOW for Uxperience Funding
If you represent a non-profit organization looking to benefit financially
from a major event in Uxbridge, now is your chance to say why
your group should be considered.
Organizers of "uxperience", an annual variety show comprised of
Uxbridge and area performers, are seeking the next recipient of proceeds
from the show, to be held in May 2016.
To be considered, your group must be non-profit.
Create a written proposal describing your organization and
how the funds would be used.
ALL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE WELCOME - BIG OR SMALL
Some groups that have received funding since the
show’s inception in 1992 include:
Uxbridge Cottage Hospital, Lucy Maude Montgomery Committee,
Uxbridge Youth Centre, COPE Mental Health Uxbridge,
Jennifer Ashleigh Foundation, Friends of Elgin Pond,
various sports teams, and many others!
Written applications should be emailed to:
[email protected]
Application deadline is November 27, 2015
Across
1. Rainbowlike
6. Sailing ship
11. Ace
14. "Hurray!"
15. Add up
16. Beam of light
17. Internet magazine
18. Bonus
19. Be in arrears
20. "Comprende?"
21. Attention
23. Errand runner
25. UFO's (2 words)
30. "___ the land of the free
..."
31. Night-time disturbances
32. Icy
35. Roman naturalist, with "The
Elder"
36. Cry loudly
39. Comparable
40. A fold in the skin
41. Exhausted, with "in"
42. Increase, with "up"
43. Onion-flavored roll
44. Rowed
45. A liquid solution
47. Ultimate, for short
48. Time for jokes (3 words)
52. Stratum
53. Local area network, for
short
54. Can be Roth or traditional
57. Belief system
58. Throat dangler
62. Small intestine division
64. Spell-off
65. Mr. Cowell of American Idol
66. VIP
67. + or - item
68. Mud bather
69. Buddy
Down
1. Affirmatives
2. Bring down
3. Principal
4. Long, long time
5. Gentle looking
6. Demanding
7. Bagel topper
8. Baseball's Master Melvin
9. Crew member
10. Causing irritation
11. Faculty member
12. Less experienced
13. Hearings in open court
22. Make known
24. Plant served like a potato
26. Butcher's cut
27. Italian astronomer
28. Hot
29. Kournikova of tennis
32. Long-snouted fish
33. Barely manage, with "out"
34. Workers in a stable
35. "The Republic" writer
37. "We're number ___!"
38. Sack
40. "La Vie en Rose" singer
41. Contents of some banks
43. Papyrus
44. The Devil (2 words)
46. Golf ball position
47. Inits. on a rocket
48. Out
49. Leisurely walk
50. Spanish plain
51. Produce
55. Felt bad about
56. Early pulpit
59. Caesar's 7
60. Referee
61. Chop off
63. Floral ring
The Uxbridge Cosmos
Thursday, November 5, 2015
10
COSMOS BUSINESS BULLETIN BOARD
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170 Main Street North
905-852-5981
STAN - Your Local
Handyman
905-852-5313
MARTINS
PAINTING
Interior & Exterior
Wallpapering, drywall
& plaster repairs,
Crown moulding,
Home renovations
416-347-6469
Katie Clark
ISA Certified Arborists
Established 1981 - Fully Insured
• Bucket Truck & Crane,
Professional Climbers
• Pruning, Removals, Stump Grinding
David Watts, B.Sc. (Agr.)
www.uxbridgetreeservice.com
Counselling Services
MSW, RSW
Finding Solutions Together
Individual, marital and
family therapy
Elgin Centre
304 Toronto St. S., Unit 214
Uxbridge
905-862-4100
[email protected]
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CLASSIFIED
Classifieds are $5/week up to 20 words; $10/week up to 40 words (plus HST). Payable in advance by cash, cheque, debit or credit card.
Contact [email protected] or 905-852-1900 Deadline: Monday, 5:30 p.m. Ask about online link possibilities, too.
Give me a call
No job too small
For all your
home projects
SERVICES
LIGHT FOR YOUR PATH
HOUSE CLEANING: Do you need quality
cleaning for your home? Big or Small we clean
it all. Call for an estimate today. 905-251-9961
11/12
905.852.6970 or
(cell) 416-705-6970
PUT YOUR AD
IN THIS SPACE
and get seen by everyone in
Uxbridge Township!
“Turn to the Lord! He can
still be found. Call out to
God! He is near.”
Isaiah 55:6
Call
905
852-1900
for details
UxBRIDGE BRANCH
More Bible help at:
www.biblesociety.ca/the_word_and_you
Windcrest
electrical contracting ltd
Paul Fraser
Cell 416.527.0878
[email protected]
esa #7007893
UXBRIDGE MEMORIAL COMPANY
108 Brock Street West, Uxbridge L9P 1P4
Dave & Lori Tomkinson
Tel: 905-852.3472 • 1-888-672-4364 • Fax: 905-852-0085
[email protected]
TUTOR: Grade 9 & 10 applied Math ONLY.
Tuesdays & Thursdays available. 416-2543251 11/12
FALL CLEAN-UP, Interlock repairs, tree &
shrub pruning. Jason Cornelisse, 416-7952055,
or
email
[email protected] 11/12
JOHNSON GLASS AND MIRROR:
Frameless Glass Showers & Doors, Mirror Walls,
Doors & Board Doors, Fogged Thermal
Replacement
and
more!
www.johnsonglassandmirror.ca 705-2288237 or 416-573-0996 11/12
TUTORING by retired Science Department
Head, Physics, Calculus, Vector, Mathematics.
All grades. Call David at 905-862-2812
11/26
QUALITY CUSTOM DECKS, Pergolas,
Sheds, Pool Cabanas, Gazebos, Shelters,
Porches & other Custom Yard Structures. Contact Steve at Northwood Custom Decks, 905852-1750,
or
email
[email protected] 11/26
PET CARE - Day and overnight care, no crates
or kennels, reasonable rates. Uxbridge only.
905-852-4454 11/26
PHOTOGRAPHY & WEB DESIGN: Wedding, Event, Portrait. Web Design for mobile,
desktop. Graphic design & social media. Call
Wright Web Photo, 905-852-9520,
www.wrightwebphoto.com 11/26
ALEXANDER COMPUTER SERVICES:
Quality repair and sales from a local, experienced professional. Call 416-629-6626 (ask
for Kevin) or visit www.alexandercs.com
11/26
HOME-WATCH House Sitting Services:
Dog walking/Cat sitting/Home visits. Now in
our 10th year! Heather Stewart, 905-8528525. Email [email protected]
www.home-watch.ca 11/26
THE HOME INSPECTOR: Time to prepare
for winter: insulation, drainage, walkways,
heating? Gain new insights and plan ahead.
416-567-4282. Uxbridge's Registered Professional. Over 20 years experience. 11/26
WANTED
GENERAL LABOURERS FOR BUSY
FLOWER & VEGETABLE FARM. Seasonal
outdoor hours from early March to early November 2016. Must be able to work in a fastpaced environment, and some weekends.
Please
email
resumé
to
[email protected] 11/19
BAR FRIDGE - white, small, for student apartment. Good condition only, please. Reasonable
price. 905-852-1900 11/5
FOR SALE
4 CONTINENTAL SNOW TIRES WITH
RIMS & WHEELS. 225/45 R17, low
mileage, $399 o.b.o. 905-862-2176 11/19
ELECTRONIC MAGNIFIER with large 12”
screen. Great for reading letters and books.
905-852-5714 11/5
2001 SKIDOO SNOWMOBILE Model
GT600, hardly used. Recently refurbished. Call
Mike at 416-656-5155 11/19
SNOWBLOWER, China Cabinet, Thomas
Pump Organ, clothes dryer. Call 647-391-0326
11/5
ARISSCRAFT ENGINEERED STONE: white.
Reg. $6/sq.ft. 1,500’ (more or less), $2/ft.
See finished product. 905-473-9972 11/5
BAND INSTRUMENTS: Retired Band
Director selling his personal band instruments.
Brass, woodwind, etc. Call 705-228-8108 Best
offer accepted. 11/5
EVENTS
12TH ANNUAL PET PHOTOS WITH
SANTA Sun., Dec. 6. 12 - 4 p.m. By
appointment and walk- ins welcome. Family
photos welcome. K9's in Kahoots, 6389 Main
Street,
Stouffville,
905-642-8289,
www.k9inkahoots.com. A portion of the
proceeds of this event to be donated to the
Uxbridge -Scugog Animal Shelter.
MINDFULNESS/INSIGHT MEDITATION A practice to bring clarity, calm and compassion
into your life. Please join us for a twice monthly
meeting including group meditation, some
teaching and time for discussion. Experienced
and those new to meditation are welcome.
These meetings will run on the 2nd & 4th
Thursdays of each month. Uxbridge location.
Contact Gail at 905-904-0273 or email
[email protected] for details. 11/26
DROP-OFF DAY FOR BASKETS
Saturday, November 7
Greenbank Centennial Hall, 19965 Highway 12, Greenbank
Drop-off time is 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Drop off your basket, stay for a bit, enjoy a refreshment, visit with
other Basketeers and meet representatives from our region’s shelters.
The Uxbridge Cosmos
with Deirdre Gibson
As we all recover from the festivities of Halloween, it’s time to
start planning for Christmas. e
Uxbridge Rotary Christmas
Home Tour on Saturday, November 14, is the perfect way to
become inspired by viewing
seven beautifully decorated
homes. For those who have not
experienced this type of selfguided tour, you simply travel at
your own pace to seven homes
that are listed and mapped on
your ticket. ese homes are located throughout the Uxbridge
area, both in town and in rural
settings. e homes are open between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., so
there’s time to stop and enjoy
lunch or shop with a group of
friends using one of the coupons
provided by local restaurants and
businesses. ousands of volunteer hours have been spent in
preparing for the tour. Proceeds
from the tour go towards the humanitarian efforts of the Rotary
Club of Uxbridge. Passport tickets are on sale now for $25 available at Blue Heron Books, Ron
Noble Insurance, Canadian Tire
Uxbridge and Presents, Presents,
or
by
visiting
Presents,
www.uxbridgechristmashometour.ca/tickets. Tickets are selling
quickly so buy now to avoid disappointment.
As well as preparing for the
Uxbridge Rotary Christmas
Home Tour Rowere
tarians
busy last month
attending e
Rotary District
Conference to
learn about the
latest progress in
the world wide
fight to end
polio, and walking to raise
funds in support
of that cause.
At the weekly
meetings,Rotarians listened at-
905-852-9009
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tentively to Erin O’Dacre from
Durham Farm and Rural Resources as she outlined the innovative programs they provide.
Donations for the “Operation
Warm Hearts” winter coat sale, to
be held on November 7, were also
collected.
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How well do you know the highways and byways of the Township of Uxbridge?
Each week we publish a photo of some corner of the township, and the first person to
call into the newspaper office at 905-8521900 will receive a prize.
This week’s prize is two tickets to the Seventh Star production of Fawlty Towers,
which runs next weekend at the Uxbridge
Music Hall. Good luck!
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more about Rotary International,
let a member know and join us
for breakfast any ursday morning at Jerseys at 7 a.m.
Betty St. John died peacefully at Butternut
Manor, Uxbridge on Thursday, October 29,
2015.
Elizabeth Shiells Rae was born May 26, 1921,
in Wingham, Ontario, to Donald and Bessie
Rae. She left her parents and her siblings,
Ronald, Ella, Murray and Bob, and western Ontario to study nursing at the
Toronto General Hospital, graduating in 1944. She married J. Russell St. John,
MD, on September 29 that year. After Russ completed his military service with
the Army Medical Corps and with her firstborn child, they ventured to isolated
Howley, Newfoundland, where Russell was employed by Bowater Pulp and
Paper as the community’s doctor. Betty regaled her children and grandchildren
with tales of their adventures, home deliveries with which she assisted, cooking
and heating the iron on the wood stove, mummering and the warm hospitality
in what was pre-confederation Newfoundland. In 1948, Betty and Russ
returned to his home town of Uxbridge, where she raised her family of five
children, volunteered in the community, provided a base for extended family,
maintained close relations with a myriad of friends despite the demands of
their medical life, she always loved a party. Betty was the glue that kept the
family together while Russ practised medicine for 32 years before they retired
and divided their time between Florida and Uxbridge. For the last few years,
Betty resided and was a pillar at Butternut Manor.
She was predeceased by her parents, her siblings, her son, Douglas St. John,
and her husband, Russell St. John.
Betty was devoted to her husband Russ of 69 years, proud of her children and
took great delight in her grandchildren and their offspring who, though far
flung, visited whenever they could, sent photos and had email exchanges with
their granny. She gave them all the greatest of gifts - roots and wings.
Betty will be missed and remembered fondly by her son, Brian St. John and
daughter Mary Bryon, both of Uxbridge; son Wayne St. John of Bethany; and
daughter Sue St. John of Toronto; mother-in-law to Nancy St. John, Terry
Bryon, Donna St. John and Lorraine Holding; grandmother to Melanie, Kelly,
Rachel, Marcia, Rebecca, Meredith, Gillian and Douglas and greatgrandmother to Jake, Keira, Wynton, Ruben, Callum, Bowen, John and Leona.
The family would like to thank Dr. T.F. Bryon, the compassionate staff of
Butternut Manor for their wonderful care, palliative care workers of CCAC
Cindy and Vera, Jen of Our Social Butterflies, and caregivers Margaret, Gloria
and Nancy of Day by Day.
A Celebration of Betty’s life will be held at St. Andrew’s Hall, St. Andrew’sChalmers Presbyterian Church, in Uxbridge on Friday, December 11, 2015,
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial tributes may be made to the Uxbridge Cottage
Hospital Foundation or charity of choice. On line condolences may be directed
to www.lowandlow.ca
The Uxbridge Cosmos
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Thursday, November 5, 2015