Georgina businesses weigh in on Economic Development Strategic Plan Some strong opinions and recommendations to help guide the Town of Georgina as it updates its Economic Development (ED) strategy were expressed by a number of busi-ness owners at a recent ED workshop. Two over-arching themes rose to the surface from business owners attending the May 10 meeting at the Link—1. They supported the notion that the Town of Georgina should play an incubator role that creates a business climate conducive to economic prosperity and 2. Georgina should exploit its “comparative advantage” (the lake and lake-frontage) to a greater extent. Specifically, one business owner suggested the Town consider reducing the development charges applied to industrial lands since com-panies don’t require new infrastructure such as schools, libraries or arenas which residen-tial development charges typically fund. Another owner spoke critically of the Town’s planning processes which are often perceived as cumbersome, prohibitive and layered with red tape. One business owner said more lakefront eco-nomic activity needs to be encouraged. “You can’t even buy an ice cream or a hot dog at our beaches,” she said. The consultant facilitating the meeting, Mr. David Cash, told attendees four goals make up the objective for the Economic Develop-ment update: retain existing business; attract new business; increase local employment and; improve Town visibility and identity.

He said workforce statistics revealed that over 70 per cent of Georgina’s resident labour force works out-side the commu-nity. Of the 24,900 Georgina residents available for work, 7,500 are employed in Georgina and about 15,000 are leaving Georgina to work with approximately eight per cent unem-ployed. Mr. Cash said there are 3,479 businesses in Georgina, 2,551 are owner operated with no employees and 928 businesses have between one and 200 plus employees. Employment forecasts predict that 13,900 people will be employed in Georgina by 2021 and 21,200 will be working here by 2031. “The Town is assuming that nearly 80 per cent of all the new jobs created in the next 15 years will be located in the Keswick Business Park,” Mr. Cash said, pointing out that with a back-log already in the forecast, nearly 900 plus new jobs would have to be created in the Keswick Business Park every year from now until 2031. “That is unlikely to happen so we need to go back and figure out how to distribute that,” he said. But one Georgina businessman said the Keswick

Business Park was a “pipe dream” and he went on to challenge the Town for spending millions of dollars on the ROC, the Sedore farm property and the former Sutton Public School. “So we spend all this money and we want economic growth. Why don’t we spend some money on economic growth?” he asked. Following the morning workshop, the Town hosted a public open house in the evening and reviewed the strategic planning process with attendees. According to Mr. Cash it was a good meeting and spawned a number of good questions and discussion. “We got a lot of comments and good advice,” he said. The Town currently has an economic devel-opment survey on-line to poll residents on key areas of focus and the results of all re-search will become part of a report that Mr. Cash will deliver to council later this sum-mer.

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Letter to the Editor Karen, I need to address two points from your editorial of May 10th “Suspicious minds may have merit.” You note that the attendees of the Public Workshop on April 30th were “very suspicious of a possible hidden agenda by a group known as TPLC Holdings Inc.” It needs to be clear that really, any suspicion is not about TPLC Holdings at all. It’s really about the fact that Ms Gordon and her supporters do not appreciate pri-vate sector solutions to bring the Thane site back from contamina-tion to reuse. It’s not surprising that they will not listen to the possibility of a private sector solution. They are stuck on pursuing the Province through the courts to pay for a cleanup, even to the point of having taxpayers pay for their legal fees. They are fixed on an unsustainable “dig and dump” solution. Because of their attachment to a taxpayer funded dig and dump solution, Ms Gordon and her supporters are standing in their own way in getting this site cleaned up and made valuable again. Worse still, they are evi-dently intent on derailing any initiative other than their own and do not want the public to hear about any solution other than theirs. I don’t know how digging out this slag and dumping it in an-other location can be justified as a form of environmental stew-ardship. I cannot see how it mod-els leadership in sustainability to this coming generation. This group has made every effort to publicly discredit me, to question my motives and to dismiss my efforts. Since they have history in the community of speaking on the issue of the Thane site, their voice carries weight. By giving credence to their suspicions you’ve inadvertently helped them to derail the only cleanup effort with a possibility of suc-cess. This is why I need to address your comments about my effort to reach out to area youth through Sutton District High. Unlike Ms. Gordon and her sup-porters, who have had more than a decade to reduce all of the op-tions for the Thane site down to

one, I had twenty-five minutes. I agree that three hours would have been better. But the fact that the students could see imme-diately that dumping contami-nated slag in someone else’s backyard is a problem, and that reuse of the site adds value, is not an indication of any inappro-priate influence on my part. Dig and dump is just not a sustain-able solution. I’m glad to know that like me, you believe our youth should be engaged in their community. One of the principal difficulties in youth engagement is gaining their attention. If offering them a consideration for their attention is required, there is no harm in that. Even the Town of Georgina does this when it gives out engraved pens at public meetings. The only difference between the offer of a movie pass for liking a Face-book page and the offer of a free pen for liking a public initiative is that the municipality is not being up front about what it is looking for in consideration of the gift of a pen. James Calnan QDM Associates

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Ottawa unveils Canada 150 tulip When cleaning out flower beds this spring, leave some room for the new Canada 150 tulip. This new red and white tulip was bred to resemble the Cana-dian flag in celebration of Can-ada’s 150th Anniversary next year and will be available ex-clusively at Home Hardware stores across the country in September. The National Capital Commis-sion in Ottawa partnered with the Kingdom of the Netherlands to breed the new tulip which features a white bloom with red flames of colour streaking up through the petals. Over 200,000 have been planted at Commissioners Park in Ottawa and during the un-veiling, Ambassador for the Kingdom of the Netherlands Cees Kole said, “The tulip represents the longstanding friendship and gratitude be-tween Canada and the Nether-lands. Blooming in the colours

of Canada’s flag, Canada 150 tulips will bring both pride and joy to gardens and communities from coast to coast.” The tulips in Ottawa have be-come a symbol of gratitude from the Netherlands who sent 100,000 bulbs to Canada after WWII to recognize the libera-tion of Holland by Canadian armed forces. The Dutch have also not forgotten the hospital-ity and protection of Canadians when the King and Queen were forced to flee their homeland and sought refuge in Canada.

Jennifer Anderson, the popular host for the Roger’s TV pro-gram Georgina Life, is leaving the show to accept a position at the Georgina Chamber of Com-merce.

According to producer/husband Jim Anderson, she will tape her final show on June 15 prior to becoming the Manager of Mem-bership Services & Tourism at the Chamber. “We thank Jennifer for every-thing she has done for our sta-tion and community and wish her all the best with her new role at the Chamber,” Mr. Anderson said. “The show will miss her for sure.”

But, she will be back on Rogers TV in September to revive an earlier program entitled “That’s My Story”. Her role at the Chamber will include managing the operations within the Chamber and sup-porting its tourism mandate. “As Tourism becomes more of a focus for the Chamber of Com-merce we feel Jennifer’s col-laborative approach to projects and new ideas will be an added benefit to our organization,” said the Chamber’s Chair, Robin Smith. “Jennifer’s role as the host of Georgina Life on Rogers TV Georgina will mean many will recognizer her face and know she has her finger on the pulse of Georgina,” Ms. Smith said. “Jennifer has worked with mul-tiple not-for-profit organizations in varying capacities and brings proven success in her ability to create and facilitate community events.”

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UYSS and water/waste water plans

Even though residents and Town council still have con-cerns and reservations pertain-ing to the Upper York Sewage Solution (UYSS) the project continues to crawl through the approvals process at Queen’s Park. York Region’s Director of Capital Planning and Delivery, Mike Rabeau, told council on May 18 that stakeholder com-ments and input pertaining to the Region’s UYSS Independ-ent Environmental Assessment (IEA) review are in the hands of staff at the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) who are expected to make recommen-dations to the Minister by June of this year. The Minister will then make one of the following decisions:

Give approval to proceed with the undertaking; 

Give approval to proceed with the undertaking subject to conditions; or 

Refuse to give approval to proceed with the undertaking. Mr. Rabeau said any conditions that come with the approval to proceed will need to be ful-filled prior to the $600 million project getting underway. The project, which was originally going to come on-stream in 2018, has been delayed until 2024 due to funding issues. The UYSS update was ad-dressed within the context of a discussion on York Region’s Water and Waste Water Master Plan presented by Mr. Stephen Fung, the Director of Infra-structure Asset Management for York Region. The UYSS will service new growth in Sharon, Queensville, Holland Landing, parts of Newmarket and south Keswick through the construction of a new Water Reclamation Centre (WRC) that will discharge up to 47 million litres of treated water per day into the Holland River by 2031.

Council members repeated their concerns over the UYSS solution and the Water Recla-mation Centre’s ability to re-move harmful pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from the waste water prior to discharge. But according to Mr. Rabeau, the centre will use state-of-the art technology (reverse osmosis and membrane technology) to remove the PPCPs. “I can tell you that with the WRC the amount of pharmaceuticals and personal care products that will be coming out will be non-detectable or in very, very, very, small concentrations,” he said. In a follow-up interview with the Georgina Post, Mr. Fung said the new housing develop-ments currently being built in Sharon, Holland Landing and Queensville will hook up to the York Durham Sewage System (YDSS) until the UYSS comes on-stream. However, the YDSS only has capacity for an addi-tional 5,000 housing units and any other development plans will have to wait for the UYSS. It was interesting to note that York Region has received ap-proval to increase the intra-basin water transfer threshold from 379,000 litres a day to 105 million litres a day. An intra-basin transfer refers to a transfer of water from one watershed to another and since 2007, the Province of Ontario’s threshold limit has been 379,000 litres a day. Increases to that threshold have been banned unless specific environ-mental criteria have been satis-fied. The York Region Water and Waster Water Master Plan estimates 48 million litres per day will need to be transferred from the Lake Ontario water-shed to the Lake Simcoe water-shed to accommodate the initial water requirements of the new developments. This is expected to increase to 80 million litres a day within 15 years.

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Higher assessments may not mean higher taxes, Wheeler

Georgina residents will be receiving their new property assessment notices on June 13 and it should come as no surprise to learn Georgina properties will have in-creased in value since the previous valua-tion date in 2012. Farm owners and multi-residential and commercial property own-ers will receive their notices in October. The notices will identify the current value assessment (CVA) of each residential, business and farm property in Georgina and the values will be used to calculate property taxes by the municipality from 2017 to 2020. Although more than 200 factors are considered when arriving at the CVA, five major factors, (location, living area, lot size, age of property and construc-tion quality), account for 85 per cent of a property’s assessed value. Heather Colquohoun, Regional Manager, Municipal and Stakeholder Relations for the Municipal Property Assessment Corpo-ration (MPAC) told council the new as-sessment notices have been updated to provide greater transparency and ease of access to information for property owners. A major change in the assessment process will be the timing of an appeal—

residential property owners who disagree with their assessed value will need to set a review process in motion within 120 days of receiving their notice as opposed to the previous nine-month appeal period. During the MPAC presentation at council on May 18, Ms. Colquohoun recom-mended that property owners ask them-selves if they could sell their properties for the assessed value identified on the notice. “If the answer is yes, no further action would be required,” she said. MPAC has created an interactive database at “AboutMyProperty.ca” which provides users with market trends, property profile reports and the ability to compare assess-ments with those of 24 neighbouring prop-erties. Each assessment notice will provide property owners with a roll number and an access key to log in to the website and search the database. Regional Councillor Danny Wheeler stressed the point that even though current value assessments have gone up, it doesn’t necessarily mean property taxes will rise accordingly. He said it should be explained to taxpayers that if the average CVA in Georgina increases from $297,000 to

$450,000 and homeowners receive an as-sessment lower than that, it could mean their taxes will go down. “I just fear that as soon as people see that the assessment is higher, which it obviously will be, that they will assume that their taxes are going up,” he said, adding, “It would be helpful if people could understand the impact and perhaps avoid the reconsiderations.” Ms. Colquohoun said MPAC extracts data from a number of “data touch points” which help provide accuracy when evalu-ating assessed values. These include sales data, building permits, land titles, sever-ances, requests for reconsideration (appeals) ,property owner inquiries etc. In order to offer a level of tax predictability, any increase in assessments since 2012 will be phased in over a four-year period. While no extracted data was available to the Town at the time of the meeting, Treas-urer Rebecca Mathewson said she would work with the Tax Department to analyze the MPAC data when it is received to pre-pare a summary report for council that will identify the average value of a residential property and other critical and relevant information.

Canada and the U.S. Civil War By Bruce Whittaker

When the American Civil War is mentioned images of sol-diers in blue and grey uni-forms, ladies in hoop skirts and Gone With the Wind often come to mind. Did you know, however, that Canada was heavily influenced by the con-flict south of the border? It is estimated that close to 50, 000 Canadians fought in the war. Most fought for the Un-ion (northern states) while others fought on the Confeder-ate side. There were many reasons Canadians enlisted to fight in a for-eign war in-cluding a search for ad-venture, a paid bounty, aboli-tionist senti-ment or a sense of duty from recently emi-grated indi-viduals or men with family in the U.S. Edward Do-herty may have been the high-est-profile Ca-nadian involved in the conflict. Doherty was born in Canadian territory in 1840 and became a first lieutenant with the 16th New York Cavalry. After the assassination of Abraham Lin-coln he and a detachment were assigned to capture the assas-sin John Wilkes Booth and any collaborators. Doherty and two dozen other members of the 16th N.Y. caught up with Booth and David E. Herold in a Virginia tobacco barn, where Herold surrendered and Booth was killed, according to Do-herty's report. Anderson Ruffin Abbott was Canada's first black physician and became one of only 13 black surgeons to serve in the Civil War. Between June 1863 and August 1865, Abbott

served in Washington, D.C., and eventually worked in a hospital in Arlington, Virginia. Calixa Lavallée was a cele-brated musician who is best known as the composer of O Canada, our national anthem. In 1861, he enlisted in the 4th Rhode Island Volunteers of the Union Army, eventually becoming a lieutenant. He received a leg wound at the battle at Antietam, Maryland in 1862 and was honourably discharged Great Britain had concerns

that the American conflict could spread north into Can-ada. Thousands of British sol-diers were stationed along the border, fortifications were enhanced and the royal navy was redeployed. Canadian militia were trained and armed. Both Sutton and Kes-wick had militia units. John A Macdonald and others saw the American Civil War and a threat of American invasion as a further reason to create a united Canada. To learn more about Canada and the American Civil War visit the Georgina Pioneer Village the weekend of June 25 & 26. Civil War re-enactors will be set up there to present life as it was in the 1860's.

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Georgina Bulldogs Mosquito Rep team off to a great start

♫ OK, Bulldogs...Let’s Play Ball! ♫ Jim Anderson, the effervescent coach of the Georgina Bull-dogs Major Mosquito Rep team, played host to three teams from the YSBA ‘A’ loop on Saturday, May 21. The Bolton Braves, Vaughan Vikings and Bloordale Bombers travelled to the ROC for the one-day tournament to pick up a little extra practice. According to Mr. Anderson, the one-day event was planned “as a fun day of baseball giving players a chance to practise at positions they would not usually play and a chance for teams to play a few extra games early in our season.” The Georgina Bulldogs are already off to a great start by handily winning their first three games. The next game will be on Sunday, May 29 when they play Royal York 2.

(Left) Brennan Hedrick makes solid contact as he loosens up before the game. (Right) Tyler Anderson shows great form as he lines up for a hit during practice.

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What do lasagne, wet newspaper and straw have in common? An-swer: They provide fresh produce for Georgina’s low income fami-lies. The LINK property was abuzz with activity on May 12 when 40 employees from Keller Williams Realty and a host of other volun-teers were on hand to create a lasagne garden for Food Pantry clientele. The Garden of Possibilities is a Food Pantry and York Region initiative and uses some unusual organic and environmentally sound principles to provide an opportunity for clients to grow their own produce. Designed in a circle with 10 slices, each slice of the lasagne garden is layered with wet news-paper, straw, peat moss, manure and finished off with top soil. The volunteers also helped to build a straw bale garden which involves setting up a number of bales in a row and drenching them

with water and fertilizer over a number of days. The premise is the hollow tubes of the straw suck up and hold the moisture and as the insides of the straw bale decomposes it provides a rich medium for vegetables to grow in. According to Catherine Cook at the Georgina Food Pantry, 10 families have already signed up to tend a slice of the lasagne garden and three more are on the waiting list. Top right photo: Volunteers be-gin by building the 10 slices of the lasagne garden by putting down a layer of wet newspaper right on top of the sod. Bottom right photo: A row of sod is turned upside down by vol-unteers to prevent weeds prior to arranging each bale, cut-side up. After being soaked with water and fertilizer, either seedlings or seeds can be pushed down into the composting bales.

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The neighbourhood along Station Rd. in Pefferlaw got an up-close and personal look at this guy last week when he (she?) wandered onto the Velocci property within a few feet of their home. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry operates a toll-free, 24/7 Bear reporting line at 1-866-514-2327 and the Bear Wise website at www.ontario/bearwise.

The Lake Simcoe Gardeners are offering a $400 bursary to any Georgina student/resident who is furthering their education in a horticultural/environmental field. Contact Corinne at (905) 476-4356 for more information. Congratulations to Children’s and Youth Services Librarian Joel Sutherland for winning a Silver Birch Award for his non-fiction book “Haunted Canada 5”. We extend our sincere best wishes to John Dewar who will celebrate his 60th birthday on June 9 and we hear he is a grandpa again. His granddaughter Aby-gale was born May 19. Congratulations! Congratulations go out to Chantelle and Steve Noble of Keswick on the birth of their first child, Jack James, who weighted in at 8 lbs. 14 oz. on Friday, May 20. Best Wishes to all and particu-larly the doting grandparents!

A great crowd was present at the Geor-gina Historical Society’s May General Meeting to hear George Duncan relate how barns are quickly disappearing from our rural landscape and have become the “romantic ruins” of Ontario. The Georgina Historical Society has also announced that they will be hosting a Youth Harvest Market during the Annual Harvest Festival held at the Georgina Pioneer Village in September. They are inviting all Georgina youth under the age of 19 to plant a garden or create some crafts and bring their products to market where they can sell them and make some extra money. The Youth Harvest Market space will be free for all who participate. To get them started, GHS board member and the mastermind behind the idea, Jackie Diasio, is encouraging would-be gardeners to come to the Pioneer Village on June 18 at 11:00 am where youth can pick their seeds and learn a little bit about how to plant and care for a garden. This introductory workshop is also free. So if you know of a youngster who would like to reap the bene-fits of their labour, please contact Jackie at (905) 476-1329.

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All hands were on deck to help Angelo Pillon, proprietor of An-gelo’s Fashion and Footwear at the Glenwoods Plaza in Keswick, celebrate 50 years in business on Saturday, May 14. Dignitaries and customers alike were treated to pizza, cake and refreshments amid balloons and super sales to mark the retail milestone for the store. Mr. Pillon began Angelo’s in 1966 when he opened a 1,000 sq. ft. store in River Edge Plaza. MP Peter Van Loan, MPP Julia Munro and Mayor Margaret Quirk each presented Mr. Pillon with celebratory greetings and a plaque commemorating the occasion. Photo above left to right: Roseanne Pillon (Angelo’s daughter), Peter Van Loan (MP York-Simcoe), Julia Munro (MPP York-Simcoe), Angelo Pillon, Margaret Quirk (Georgina Mayor) and Dan Fellini (Ward 2 Councillor).

Congratulations were the order of the day during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, May 20 when Andrea Ruth (centre right) introduced the community to her new business, the Blue Bridge Bakeshop, in Jackson’s Point. The occasion was recognized (L to R) by Steve Jacobson (Jackson’s Point BIA), Frank Sebo (Ward 4 Councillor), Margaret Quirk (Mayor), Peter Van Loan (MP York-Simcoe) and Cathy Ja-cobson (Jackson’s Point BIA).

Mayor Quirk deliv-ers a floral bouquet to Cori Doern of Cori’s Café on May 21 as she re-opens her freshly refur-bished restaurant and introduces her new frozen food take out service.

Patrons had lots and lots to choose from during the Virginia United Church’s yard sale on Sat. May 21. The success of the sale could have been measured by the number of cars parked along Hwy. 48 as people stopped to browse.

There was no shortage of yard sales in Sutton on May 21 as the village cele-brated its an-nual Spring Fling. Towns-people and visi-tors alike were able to browse through a yard sale mecca.

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Sutton Club 55 members held a special luncheon on May 12 to raise a glass and toast three residents who recently celebrated their 90th birthdays. Best wishes went out to (L to R): Jane Do-herty, Dot Burford and Marion McCausland. Ward 4 Councillor Frank Sebo (far right) brought greetings from the Town.

(Photo left) Rita Keane, from Garden Gate Perennial Farm in Pefferlaw, discusses the garden-ing needs of Brock Councillor, Theresa Miller at the Seedy Sat-urday workshop and sale hosted by the Georgina/Brock Garden Club at the Wilfrid Hall on Sat. May 14.

The ever-popular Annual Plant Sale hosted by the Bea-verton Horticul-tural Society drew a huge crowd on Saturday, May 14. Hundreds of do-nated plants filled the basement of St. Paul’s Angli-can Church on Osborne St. and were on display in plenty of time for bidders to select their favourites. The Society raised over $1,800 which will be used for various planting programs.

Congratulations to Aggie Marche (left) upon celebrating 17 years as the owner and operator of The Health Hut in Jack-son’s Point. Aggie was joined by her al-ways smiling and helpful staff during a three-day celebration which began on May 12 held to welcome new customers and show her appreciation to the return-ing ones.

(Right) Members of the Georgina Fe-ral Cat Committee hosted a garage sale on Sat. May 14 to help raise money for educational and active TNR (trap, neuter and return) pro-gramming. Anyone interested in vol-unteering or supporting their efforts is asked to email: georginaferals@gmail.com

The Udora Leaskdale Lions Club is hosting their monthly spaghetti dinner at the Udora Hall on May 27 at 5:00 pm.

Leash up your favourite pooch and help the Pefferlaw Lioness raise some money for dog guides on Sat. May 28 at the Pefferlaw Hall for their Annual Purina Walk for Dog Guides. 9:00 am registration. 9:30 am walk.

On Sunday, May 29 at 2:00 pm the Georgina Art Centre will host a Taste of Jazz with the AGT Jazz Trio & Steeve Chwojko. $25.

Cedardale Church holds its final community dinner for the season on Wed. June 1 @ 6pm. They will resume Sept. 7.

Check out the Lake Simcoe Arms on Fri. June 3 for Mr. Mad and his ‘bar scene vibe’.

Indoor/Outdoor Yard Sale on Sat. June 4 from 9:00 am to noon at Trinity United Church in Cannington. Rain or Shine.

The 32nd Annual Beaverton Antique & col-lectibles Show will be held on Sat. June 4 (9:30am-4:30pm) and June 5 (10am-4pm)

St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Keswick is hosting a fundraising Spring Fling market on Sat. June 4 from 8 am—1pm. Local vendors, rummage and bake sale.

If you are a ‘yard sailor’ you just gotta check out the Sutton-by-the-Lake sale on Sat. June 4 from 8:00 am to noon at the clubhouse.

Sign up for the Keswick Christian Church 4th Annual 9-Hole Scramble on June 4 at Or-chard Beach Golf Club. Registration at noon.

The Annual Alzheimer’s Walk for Memories will be held at the Briars Resort on Sat. June 4 from 9:00 am to noon. A great cause!

The 100 Women Who Care group will hold their next meeting at Boston Pizza in Kes-wick on Mon. June 6 at 6:30 (new members) and 7:00 pm (members) and will pick a de-serving charity to support.

Routes, a not-for-profit transportation organi-zation in Georgina is holding their Annual General Meeting at their storefront at 112B High St. in Sutton on Tues. June 7 from 4:00

pm to 6:00 pm.

Hospice Georgina is offering a free two-evening workshop called “Soul-Full-Art-Therapy on Wed. June 8 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

Meet at the Sutton Dam Parkette and take a stroll along historic downtown Sutton on Sat. June 11 at 11:00 am and let the Georgina Historical Society guide you into the history of buildings and personalities that founded and pioneered its progress. It’s FREE!

The Cannington Lawn Bowling Club is host-ing a bake/yard sale on Sat. June 11 from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. If you have a donation call (705) 426-4394.

The GAC will host the Made In Georgina finalist showcase on Sat. June 11 at 7:00 pm. Hear the Emerging Musicians & their music.

Take in the Red Barn Concert Series on Sun. June 12 at the Jackson’s Pt. Parkette 12-7pm.

The Georgina Brock Garden Club will pre-sent Paul Laporte during its Flower and Vegetable Show on Mon. June 13 at 7:00pm.

Call Lynne Lester at (705) 426-7647 to sign up for the Beaverton Curling Club’s Annual Beef BBQ and Silent Auction on Sat. June 18 at 6:00 pm.

Find a treasure and support a great cause by attending a garage sale on June 18 at 27 Allen Dr. in Sutton. All proceeds will support Mil-lion Dollar Smiles.

Knox United Church invites you to dance the night away to the music of the big band era at the Pefferlaw Hall on Sat. June 18. $30pp.

To pre-book at table for the Sunkist Beach Association Yard Sale & BBQ on Sat. June 25, call (705) 437-1360.

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