November 10, 2011 Volume 7, Issue 21

By 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 6 a respectful and sombre crowd had assem-bled around the cenotaph in Keswick to pay tribute to Canadian armed forces personnel who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in the name of freedom. A parade in Sutton, led by the York Re-gional Police Pipe Band, marched down High Street from Dalton Road and ar-rived at the cenotaph at 2:00 p.m. where more than a dozen wreaths of remem-brance were placed by dignitaries, ser-vice groups and family members. A moving and stirring rendition of the Last Post was played by Megan Harper dur-ing the service. At 3:30 p.m. in Pefferlaw, the crowd there watched as 11 doves were released and flew over the cenotaph as a symbol of peace. Ninety-two year old World War II veteran John Dallimore was one of two Pefferlaw veterans at the service and placed a wreath at the cenotaph on behalf of the War Veterans of Canada. A service, conducted by Pefferlaw Lion and retired Salvation Army pastor Max Bulmer and United Church Minister Alex Constable from Virginia was con-ducted inside the Pefferlaw Lions Com-munity Centre. The Pefferlaw Community Choir, led by Nancy Koster, sang a number of selec-tions honouring the memory of Cana-dian troops.

Georgina honours war veterans in Remembrance Day ceremonies

(Above) WWII veteran John Dallimore places a memorial wreath at the cenotaph in Pefferlaw. (Above right) Megan Harper plays the Last Post on a bugle at the ceremony in Sutton. (Bottom right) Georgina Mayor Rob Grossi is escorted to the Keswick cenotaph to place a memorial wreath on behalf of the Town of Georgina.

Dear Karen, Once again, another great article about a relevant topic for the citizens of Georgina. I could not agree with you more about the need for long term care in Georgina. When the last batch of long term care facili-ties was approved by the Provincial Govern-ment, I understand Georgina just missed the cut. This should leave us at the top or very close to the top when the funding is once again made available by the Provincial Gov-ernment. I've been told York Region owns 17 acres of land on Dalton Road just north of Mac's Milk. The Region has been working with the

Province to develop a long term care and short term rehabilitation facility combined with low-cost and assisted living housing. This is similar to The Newmarket Health Centre on Eagle Street in Newmarket. It would be interesting to learn if this plan is still on track or whether is has been shelved. This would be an excellent solution for the citizens of Georgina. A facility of this kind also creates 400 jobs. Definitely a win/win for Georgina. If this plan is still on track my vote would be to have the former Sutton School converted to low-cost housing. Again, win/win for Georgina. A brand new facility, run by the Region, should be the direction the Town should be

campaigning for. I hope this plan is still on track. Joanne D. Henderson Willow Beach Dear Karen: I noted your editorial in the latest "The Post" re: use of the Sutton Public School property. This is something that I have been thinking about for some time, ever since the property became vacant. I hope you do not mind me sharing my views with you. I would like to address your idea of long-term care for seniors. I am a senior myself, as is my hus-band and I am the first of the baby boomers, born in 1946, and can appreciate fully the options for us as we age. This summer we had the opportunity to visit "Elliot Lake" and the most significant point we took away with us from their program of attracting seniors to retire there, was the fact that encouraging sen-iors to retire in their community really helped their town eco-nomically. It saved the town. Seniors bring their investments and stability as well as their life long experi-ences. I therefore

would really like to see Sutton build another apartment complex similar to the "Oaks" (Jackson's Point), but with perhaps a few more added advantages for seniors, as they age - such as a first floor cafeteria with an optional meal plan/optional activities pro-gram. There are at present very few condos for seniors to retire in. If one becomes avail-able at "The Oaks", it is snapped up before it is even advertised. This type of accommoda-tion would save Sutton! This tells us that seniors want affordable apartments (Condos) to live in at about 1000 to1200 sq. ft. not some small 400 sq. ft. room at enor-mous prices. Georgina, (and particularly Sutton) has a dearth of this accommodation. I know we have at present River Glen Ha-ven for those who need nursing care, and it is my understanding they are expanding in the near future. The Sutton Public School prop-erty would make an excellent location for a seniors’ apartment, with the option for as-sisted living, perhaps and other options that seniors really like, before the nursing home stage. The Sutton School location is within walking distance of grocery shopping, banks, post office, pool, library and other assorted stores and restaurants (even Tim Hor-ton's!). If we wish to downsize from the fam-ily home now, there is nowhere to go! Sincerely, Dorothy Goodwin

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Letters to the Editor

Local equestrian wins gold in Mexico 3

Jessica Phoenix, a 28 year-old resident of Wilfrid, is riding high after her gold medal indi-vidual performance in the Eventing competition at the XVI Pan American Games on Sunday, October 23. Ms. Phoenix also led Canada’s Eventing Team to a silver in the event. Ms. Phoenix, a trainer and instructor at her horse farm on Regional Rd. 12 just east of Wilfrid, led the three-phase Eventing competition from start to finish. In the opening dressage phase, Ms. Phoenix was on top of the leader board with an earned score of 43.90 penalty points. She completed the cross-country event the following day with no jumping faults and within two seconds of the time allowed. On day three, Ms. Phoenix jumped clear in the show jumping phase to lead Canada to the Team Silver before returning to the stadium at Guadalajara’s Club Hipica to once again jump clear and claim the individual Gold medal. “It is an experience I will never forget,” said Ms. Phoenix. “It was overwhelming.” Ms. Phoenix’s partner is Pava-rotti, a nine-year-old West-phalian gelding owned by Don J. Good of New Hamburg. “I have to thank Don Good,” said Ms. Phoenix in an inter-view after her win. “I love this horse and I am so excited for his future.” With her stunning performance, Ms. Phoenix led her Canadian teammates to the Team Silver

behind the American team. Her team mates were James Atkin-son of Manitoba, Hawley Ben-nett-Award of British Colum-bia, Rebecca Howard of British Columbia and Selena O’Hanlon of Ontario. As a member of the Canada’s Eventing team, Ms. Phoenix is now preparing for her perform-ance at the Olympic Games in England next July. Right now, her horse Exponential has qualified and she is hoping Pavarotti will qualify by June. Four years ago Ms. Phoenix was ready to board a plane to the Olympics when her horse developed a serious condition and she was unable to compete. The price tag to compete in her sport at the Olympic level is $60,000 a year—with the Olympics alone costing close to $50,000. Contributions are being accepted on her website at: www.jessicaphoenix.ca

Jessica Phoenix astride Pava-rotti at the Pan Am Games.

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George Hartwick sends his love and best wishes to his lovely wife Luella on the occasion of the couple’s 50th wedding an-niversary. Cheers to you both!

Special Happy Birthday wishes go out to Fran Wolfe who is celebrating her 80th birthday on November 16. Have a great day, Mom!

We also want to send our best wishes out to Sherry Tarling who will celebrate her special day on November 17. Cheers, Sherry!

Cheers to Tim Macrae who celebrates his birthday on No-vember 12. Have a great day, Tim.

Happy Anniversary wishes go out to Fran and Dan Wheeler who celebrated on November 4.

Okay Georgina...now is the time to get busy on your social media sites and vote for the local band WhosArmy. The

band has made it to the finals in the Cover Me Canada competi-tion and could come home on Sunday evening with $100,000 and a recording contract. Don’t forget to watch CBC at 9:00 pm on November 13! Cheers to the Ladies of Eastern Star Sunderland Chapter for their donation of $300 to the Salvation Army in support of the Sutton fire victims. Congratulations to the Georgina Fire Department upon receiving the Fire Marshal’s Bernard A. Moyle Award at the 19th An-nual Fire and Life Safety Edu-cators Conference in Toronto on November 3. The award recognizes the fire department’s partnership and resources while collaborating with Rogers TV to produce a program designed to deliver a variety of fire and life safety messages.

Tennyson Tidbits

Shooting suspect apprehended York Regional Police have ar-rested 31 year-old Rocco Mid-donti of Mississauga, one of two suspects said to be in-volved in a Keswick shooting. On Tuesday, November 1, a victim was shot and transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after two male suspects, armed with hand guns, entered a residence on Church Street.

Police arrested Mr. Middonti without incident at a residence in Peel Region and he is being held in custody. Police are seeking a second suspect who is considered armed and dangerous. Investi-gators are asking anyone with information to come forward and contact York Regional Po-lice #3 District at 1 (866) 876-5423 ext. 7341.

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Nurse practitioner-led clinic officially opens 5

With 1,800 patients on the books and plans to increase that to 3,200 over the next few years, the nurse practitio-ner-led clinic on Dalton Rd. in Jack-son’s Point cele-brated the official opening of this new model of primary health care delivery in Ontario. The clinic is staffed with four nurse practitioners, one registered practical nurse, two consulting physicians and five administrative staff. A nurse-practitioner led clinic is a collaborative, team-based approach to health care and the Jackson’s Point clinic is de-signed to offer greater access to Georgina residents who do not have a primary health care pro-vider. New legislation recently passed by the provincial gov-ernment has opened up the scope of practice for nurse practitioners giving them addi-tional responsibilities and au-thority to order diagnostic test-ing, medications and courtesy privileges at South Lake Hospi-tal. “Our main mandate is to pro-vide service to everyone who doesn’t have a primary care provider ,” said Anne Hughes, a nurse practitioner at the clinic.

In addition to administering care to patients on-site, the nurse practitioners leave the office to attend to clients at the Salvation Army Youth Shelter, the Sandgate Women’s Shelter and Georgina Island. Plans are also underway to hire a registered dietician, a social worker and a health promoter. The building was constructed 47 years ago by Dr. Burrows who will continue to work with the nurse practitioners as a con-sulting physician. The Geor-gina Health Care Council owns the building and leases it to the clinic—although plans are now underway to construct a new facility on Lake Drive in Jack-son’s Point in 2012. The Jackson’s Point location is one of 26 nurse practitioner-led clinics across Ontario and is wholly funded through the On-tario Ministry of Health.

Staff at the nurse practitioner-led clinic in Jackson’s Point gathered together on Fri-day, November 4 to cut the ribbon on this new model of health care in Ontario.

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When Reverend Roy Massacar drove into Sutton in 1949 and started filming life in a small town, he probably had no idea how much fun it would be for Sutton residents to watch it 62 years later. Many long-time resi-dents in the audience at the Stephen Lea-cock Centre on Friday, No-vember 4, recognized familiar faces in the film. But even those who didn’t, enjoyed the nostalgia of the 20 minute si-lent movie and were charmed by images of days gone by. Sponsored by the Georgina Historical Society, the showing of the film featured the familiar faces of hundreds of Sutton residents including Vic Tim-mins, Dick Maine, Annie No-ble, Charlie Taylor, Ernie Prosser, Ken McCawley and-Dave Pivnick. An entire seg-

ment showed the faces of chil-dren attending Sutton Public School on River Street before it burned down four months later. At its conclusion, guest speaker and long-time resident Clare Morrison reflected on life in Sutton during the 1940s and reminisced with members of the audience. The film was purchased from the University of Western On-tario where copies can still be purchased.

1949 silent film of Sutton

A 1949-before and a 2011-after shot of the same business location on High St.

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A 28-acre parcel of land with 650 feet of direct Lake Simcoe waterfront in Willow Beach has been acquired by the Town of Georgina for $1.95 million. Owned by Margaret and Gary Sedore, the 28-acres will be severed from the Sedore homestead located at 481 Lake Drive East in Willow Beach. “This acquisition of this prime lakefront real estate is of great significance to the Town’s property holdings, in that there are countless possibilities for its potential future develop-ment for the benefit of the residents of our community,” said Mayor Rob Grossi in a press release. “We intend to explore numer-ous ideas for the best way to utilize these lands.” For many years, Margaret and Gary Sedore had a dream that their century farm on Lake Drive in Willow Beach would someday be of benefit to the local community. “We envisioned a hospital or palliative care centre or public use whose vistas would pro-vide comfort to the aging and employment for the local residents,” said Mr. Sedore. “We wanted the land to be used so that five

generations of the Reed family would be proud of their heritage,” he said. Mr. Sedore went on to say that Mayor Grossi tried for several years to negotiate the pur-chase of the land for the benefit of the resi-dents of the Town of Georgina. “And, it is our understanding that the lands will be used for the greater good of the com-munity,” Mr. Sedore said. The transaction closes in January 2012.

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Georgina Ice Fishing Series sold The Georgina fishing contests owned by Rocky Madsen of Sutton have been sold to the owners of Lures & Tours. The events include the Canadian Ice Fishing Championship, the Winter Perch Attack Ice Fishing Tournament; the Spring Perch At-tack Fishing Tournament, the Great Geor-gina Ice Fishing Derby and the Lake Simcoe Evening Bass Tournament Series. The Canadian Ice Fishing Championship was formed in 1994 and was acquired by Rocky Madsen in 2005.

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Spooky, scary—but fun for all Community groups and local businesses pulled out all the stops for All Hallows Eve celebrations in Georgina this year. Here is a look at some of the activities and the good times had by all. (Top Right) Little Ross Clyde tries as hard as he can to squeeze out every last bit of icing as he deco-rates a cookie at the Port Bolster Hall on Satur-day, October 29. (Centre Right) Halloween fun at the Port Bolster Hall was funded in part by the Keswick Optimist Club represented (L to R) by Ricki Andrus, Frank Tuttle, Carol Hislop and Linda Tuttle. (Bottom Right) Unseasonably warm tempera-tures on October 31 resulted in an increase of trick or treaters who made their way around Georgina neighbourhoods for a year’s worth of loot and a King’s ransom in dental bills. This trio of ghoulish visitors was happy to pose for the Pef-ferlaw Post pho-tographer on Otter Cove.

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Halloween fun ain’t just for kids

(Left and Right above) The staff at the Belve-dere made a beautiful chorus line when serv-ing Halloween revelers such as those pictured to the right above. (Photo Right) Customers at Wild Wings in Peffer-law were put in the mood and well enter-tained by Tammi Rob-erts (left) and Rachelle Mollison who belted out a Halloween favourite, the Monster Mash.

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Pefferlaw Lioness Craft Show

Sutton-by-the-Lake Craft Show

Club 55 Sutton Craft Show

Wilfrid Craft Show

With the Christmas gift buying season just around the corner, the Pefferlaw Lioness hit the road run-ning when they hosted their Annual Craft Show at the Pefferlaw Lions Community Centre on Saturday, October 29. Lioness secretary Pat Peterson shows off a sample of the baked goods from the goodie table.

(L to R) Jane Davidson and An-gie Freel from Bre-chin pause to ad-mire artwork cre-ated by Scrap2Art artists from Peffer-law at the Wilfrid Community Hall on Saturday, No-vember 5.

Ted Raines (centre) and Carol Raines (right) buy a ticket to win an afghan at the Sutton Club 55 craft show on Sat-urday, No-vember 5.

Nancy Knights (left) and Clarissa Mah-nkopf of Peffer-law purchase festive candle holders from the Sutton-by-the-Lake Parkettes (right) at their craft show on Saturday, No-vember 5.

Exactly 20 years ago, Terry Baron and her husband Michael started All Reasons Party Rentals at home out of their garage with 100 chairs and one 30 ft. by 30 ft. tent. Today, their inventory has grown to in-clude 4,000 chairs, 46 tents and seven trac-tor trailers full of dishes, glasses, tables, decorations, arbours and even bouncy cas-tles—not to mention a number of satellite operations in southern Ontario and a 1,650 sq. ft. building on Baseline Road in Sutton. Terry says it didn’t take long for the busi-ness to accelerate out of the confines of her garage and within a month she set up shop beside the former Foodland building on Baseline Road. “We were probably there four years and we had to move again because it was too small,” she said. Terry credits her phenomenal success to her staff, her marketing strategies and her family. When things really started spiral-ing out of control, her husband Michael quit the trucking business and began work-ing full-time for All Reasons and all three children were on the payroll throughout high school. As a single-source supplier of all things needed to plan and decorate a wedding, corporate event or special occasion, All Reasons Party Rentals employs 16 people in the summer and four full-time employ-ees year round. The demand for their services really took off when the company began expanding their reach beyond Georgina through busi-ness partnerships and satellite locations in other communities such as Markham, Ux-bridge, Port Perry, Lindsay and Fenelon Falls. Over the years Terry has noted the trends in event planning and design. At one time, it was all about balloons, she says, but now customers are more discerning and want

high-end effects such as elaborate backdrops and draperies. “We are always trying to be ahead of the trends and offer something differ-ent,” she says. And, she considers her simple and direct corporate philosophy to be a business reality. “If you are in a service-orientated business and you don’t have cus-tomer service, you don’t have a business,” Terry says. “That is huge. Most of our business comes from word of mouth and referrals so we need to be huge in customer service.” In December, Terry and her staff will decorate for their own celebra-tion—marking 20 years as a thriv-ing business entity in Georgina.

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Terry Baron of All Reasons Party Rentals says she is in a “happy” business as she helps customers plan for joyful occasions all year long.

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The Georgina Historical Society will host their Annual General Meeting on Thurs. Nov. 10 at the Georgina Art Centre in Sutton starting at 5:30 pm.

Auditions for the Queensville Players pro-duction of Guys and Dolls will be held at the Queensville United Church on Fri. Nov. 11 at 1:00 pm.

The Pefferlaw Arts and Crafts Club will hold its annual Christmas Bazaar on Sat. Nov. 12 from 9 am to 3 pm at the Pefferlaw Lions Community Centre.

Check out over 30 vendors at the St. Thomas Aquinas School Christmas Market on Sat. Nov. 12 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

The Salvation Army Georgina Community Church is holding their annual Christmas Bazaar on Sat. Nov. 12 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at 1816 Metro Rd. in Jackson’s Point.

River Glen Haven in Sutton is hosting a Ba-zaar on Nov. 12 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Learn about perfect pruning at the Georgina Brock Garden Club meeting on Mon. Nov. 14 at 7:30 pm at the Wilfrid Hall.

A public meeting to discuss York Region’s proposal to build a sewage treatment plant on the south shore of Cooke’s Bay and dis-

charge treated waste water into Lake Simcoe will take place at the Stephen Leacock Thea-tre on Wed. Nov. 16 at 7:00 pm.

The Beaverton Legion is hosting a Christmas Craft and Bake Sale on Sat. Nov. 19 from 9:00 am to 3:00 p.m.

The 16th Annual St. Bernadette Craft Sale is set for Sat. Nov. 19 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.

The Keswick Santa Claus Parade takes off from Biscayne & The Queensway on Sat. Nov. 19 at 1:30 pm.

Don’t forget the Sugar Plum Fair at St. James Hall on River St. in Sutton on Sat. Nov. 19 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

An Olde Fashioned Christmas & Festival of Lights will be held at the Georgina Pioneer Village and the Civic Centre on Sat. Nov. 26. Fun starts at 5:30 pm.

The Sutton Legion Ladies Auxiliary is host-ing a Christmas Bazaar and Bake Sale on Sat. Nov. 26 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.

On Nov. 26 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Cedar-vale Lodge in Keswick is hosting a Christ-mas Bazaar.

The Udora Leaskdale Lions are hosting their Breakfast with Santa on Sun. Nov. 27 from

9:00 am to noon at the Udora Hall. Register your child and receive a gift from Santa. Call Jacquie at (705) 437-2773.

Toastmasters will host an Open House on Wed. Nov. 30 at 7:30 pm at Belhaven Hall.

The Sutton Parade of Lights will take off on Sat. Dec. 3 at 5:00 pm from Jackson’s Point.

Don’t forget to save the date for the PAR Christmas Tree Lighting in Pefferlaw on Sun. Dec. 4. at 7:00 pm.

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