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A GIANT STEP FOR MAN - An iconic moment in modern human history is recreated on the Uxbridge Music Hall stage during a scene from the Proscenium Club’s pro-duction Barefoot on the Moon. Barefoot plays at the Music Hall this weekend only. From left: Matt Lishman, Uxbridge actor Jennifer Carroll, Caleb Geden, Morgan Bedard,Joshua Bainbridge. Bainbridge wrote, directed and produced the play, as well. For tickets and information, visit prosceniumclub.com or starticketing.com Photo by John Cavers

by Lisha Van Nieuwenhove

The election is almost old news now, but somecandidates are still riding high after Monday’sfederal election, which gives Canada a Liberalminority government. Jennifer O’Connell isone of those happy candidates - she wasn’t oneof the 20 Liberals who lost their seats to an-other party, and she is looking forward to re-turning to Ottawa as the Member ofParliament for Pickering-Uxbridge.A volunteer appreciation party at Moxie’s Grill

& Bar in Pickering became a victory partyaround a quarter to 11 on Monday night whenO’Connell arrived to cheers and applause.“Although I may be the member of Parliament

that gets to do this, I do this with all of you inmy mind and in my heart, because this is howI got here,” she said, speaking to the smallcrowd of supporters.

She didn’t give those who came to congratu-

late her long to bask in the glory of winning,however. “Tomorrow we take down signs, andon Wednesday we start the hard work!” she

joked.Voter turnout for both the riding and for the

country appeared to be well above average. Ac-cording to Elections Canada, almost 66 percent of eligible voters from across Canada casta ballot (this number does not include electorswho registered on election day). In the ridingof Pickering-Uxbridge, the percentage wasslightly higher, with 67.69 per cent of the92,699 registered electors marking an X ontheir ballot.

Conservative candidate for the riding, CymaMusarat, was disappointed in how thingsturned out for her campaign.

"It was a difficult night, but I am incrediblyproud of my volunteers. They worked so hardand we made such great progress," Musaratcommented. "We're going to continue to fightfor Pickering-Uxbridge, and this region andthis country."

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Thursday, October 24, 20192The Uxbridge Cosmos

Uxbridge at a Glance

Township of Uxbridge documents are available in alternate formats upon request. Please fill out the Request for Alternate Formats Form at uxbridge.ca/accessibility

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Spare Crossing GuardsMe Township of Uxbridge is currentlyseeking Spare Crossing Guards to covervarious locations in the Town of Uxbridge. Ifyou are interested in a position, please contactJo Ann Merrick at 905-852-9181 ext 202 oremail: [email protected]

Contract PositionPublic Works Department

Me Township of Uxbridge is seeking anenergetic person to fulLll a contract positionfor winter maintenance in the Public WorksDepartment for the period of January 1, 2020to March 31, 2020.

Applications marked “Public Works ContractPosition” will be received until Friday,October 25, 2019 by:

Ben Kester, C.E.T., CRS-SDirector of Public Works & Operations51 Toronto Street SouthP.O. Box 190Uxbridge, ON L9P 1T1Email: [email protected]

We thank all those who apply, however, onlythose candidates selected for an interview willbe contacted. /e Township of Uxbridge is an equalopportunity employer in accordance with theAccessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act,2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code(OHRC). /e Township of Uxbridge willprovide accommodations throughout therecruitment and selection and/or assessmentprocess to applicants with disabilities and/orneeds related to the OHRC. Personalinformation provided is collected under theauthority of /e Municipal Freedom ofInformation and Protection of Privacy Act.

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Council & Committee MeetingsSchedule for the month of October, 2019Monday, October 287:00 p.m COUNCIL MEETING7:45 p.m. PUBLIC MEETING – ZBA2019-10MARGOT SHOEMAKER -UPPER PAWSchedule for the month of November,2019Monday, November 410:00 a.m. COMMITTEE MEETINGMonday, November 11 REMEMBRANCEDAY – NO COUNCIL MEETING

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Tender U19-25GRASS CUTTING VARIOUS PARKSAND MUNICIPAL PROPERTY

Me Township of Uxbridge will be acceptingCompleted Tender Forms, sealed in theenvelope provided, clearly marked Tender No.U19-25 to Debbie Leroux, 51 Toronto StreetSouth, P.O. Box Uxbridge, Ontario L9P IT1 by2 p.m., Mursday, October 24, 2019. Any lateTenders will not be accepted.A mandatory site visit will be held on>ursday, October 17, 2019, at 10 a.m. at theUxbridge Arena located at 291 Brock St Westin the Williamson’s Board Room. In order tobid on this tender you must attend the fullsite meet session.Only quotes accompanied with a current WSIBcertiLcate and insurance shall be considered.Quote documents to be picked up at MeTownship of Uxbridge located at 51 TorontoStreet South in Uxbridge or on the Townshipof Uxbridge website.Me Town of Uxbridge, 51 Toronto St. S.Uxbridge, Ontario L9P 1T1Attention: Debbie Leroux, Clerk

NASUS AGMMe New Animal Shelter for Uxbridge-Scugog (NASUS) today announced that its2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM) willtake place on November 4 at 7pm and willbe held at the Uxbridge Township Building(51 Toronto St S, Uxbridge). Me AGM willcover highlights from 2019, including theLnancial report, committee updates,nomination and election of directors andspecial recognition of donors and volunteers.All are welcome. Light refreshments will beserved. Please R.S.V.P. at [email protected] or 416-840-4470 Me New AnimalShelter for Uxbridge-Scugog is a registeredcharity that has successfully raised more than$1-million in donations and committedfunds to build a new facility for lost,abandoned and neglected dogs and cats inthe two townships. For more information,visit www.animal-shelter.ca

The Corporation of the Township of UxbridgePlanks Lane Reconstruction Public Information Centre

NOTICE OF PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE REGARDING PROPOSED LOTCREATION FOR LOT 3, PLAN 40M-2318, UDORA

(NORTH END OF BIRDIE SMITH COURT)Mis Notice is to inform you that Capris Investments Inc. is holding a Public Open House InformationMeeting in regards to a proposal to create a new single family residential lot. Mis Public Open Houseis being held to provide information and answer any questions you have regarding the proposed lot.PROPOSALIt is intended that the new single family residential lot would be created by a Part Lot ControlExemption By-law. Me subject lands are currently designated and zoned for Hamlet Residentialdevelopment. Me new residential lot would have a lot area of 3,000 square metres and a minimumlot frontage of 30 metres, in conformity with the Township's current Zoning By-law.LOCATIONMe subject lands are identiLed as Part of Lot 3, Plan 40M-2318 (See map), and are located at the north end of Birdie Smith Court.

MEETING DATE: Tuesday October 29, 2019TIME: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

MEETING PLACE: Udora Community HallGeorgina Room, 24 Victoria Road, Udora, Ontario

If you need additional information please email Stacey Williams of HBR Planning Centre at [email protected]

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www.uxbridgeyouthcentre.comMe Uxbridge Youth Centre is looking for aCPA/Bookkeeper to join our Board ofDirectors. Mis position is voluntary andrequires approximately 10 volunteer hours amonth to help us ensure our day to dayLnances of the not-for-proLt organization,records and Lnancial transactions are accuratelycaptured and the books are kept in compliancewith governing accounting principles.Please send your resume to Molly [email protected] to submityour application today!


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ere’s going to be a birthday partyright in the middle of Uxbridge. St.Andrew’s-Chalmers PresbyterianChurch, which has dominated theentrance to downtown Uxbridge(given its location where Toronto St.and aptly named Church St. con-verge), is turning 150 years old. Tocelebrate, the congregation has in-vited back one of its most popularministers, and is opening its doorsto the town to join them.

On Sunday, Nov. 3, Rev. FrankVanderzwan, who was the ministerat St. Andrew’s-Chalmers from Sep-tember, 1982 to June, 1987, will bethe special guest minister at the10:30 a.m. service. To get everyonein a celebratory mood, there will bea concert on Saturday night at 7:30p.m., featuring the Lost Pilgrims. According to a history compiled by

St. Andrew’s-Chalmers, St. Andrew’sPresbyterian Church was establishedin November, 1839, out on theSixth Concession. In town,Chalmers Presbyterian Church wasestablished in December, 1861. ebuilding that Uxbridge now sees wasopened in 1869, and a new sanctu-ary was added in 1884. e twochurches joined together in 1962and became St. Andrew’s-ChalmersPresbyterian Church. In 1964, St.Andrew’s Hall was completed to bea Christian education wing for thechurch.

In 1984, major renovations wereundertaken on the outside of the

church, and long-time residents mayrecall the east wall collapsing whenfootings were being prepared. Asone local church historian put it,“Fortunately, the workman had justleft the excavation before it cavedin!”

Over the 180 years of a Presbyte-rian presence in Uxbridge, ministershave led the congregation throughwars, depression, prosperity, “all thewhile demonstrating God’s love tothis community.” To date, only menhave been ministers at St. Andrew’s-Chalmers, assisted by what it callssession members. In 1972, DorisJohnston became the first female ses-sion member, and since then, bothmen and women lead the churchthrough the Ladies Association,men’s groups, Sunday School, youthgroups, Bible and other studies, andthe choir, to name but a few.

In 1989, the Loaves and FishesFood Bank took up residence in thelower part of the church, and hasoperated out of the small rooms forthe past 30 years. A need for morespace, due to greater demand on thefood bank, may force Loaves andFishes to leave its long-time home atSt. Andrew’s-Chalmers, but for now,this valuable town resource can befound just downstairs from St. An-drew’s Hall.

Over the years, St. Andrew’s-Chalmers Presbyterian Church hasbeen involved in both local outreachand mission trips abroad. It has ledVacation Bible Camps on theMistawasis First Nations Reserve in

Saskatchewan, and has been instru-mental in recognizing Orange ShirtDay in Uxbridge. is year was thefirst time that it joined the Anglicanand United Church for worship,food, entertainment and educationon Orange Shirt Day, at the end ofSeptember.

Residents of Uxbridge are invitedto join St. Andrew’s-Chalmers onboth Nov. 2 and 3 in celebrating thislandmark year. For more informa-tion on how to participate in the cel-ebration, contact the church at905-852-6262.

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Autumn is on full display in Picker-ing-Uxbridge. e evenings are get-ting colder, the corn mazes havearrived, and Halloween is rightaround the corner.e season also marks the reconven-

ing of Ontario’s legislature. We’vebeen hard at work preparing for ourreturn to Queen’s Park and we havesome big announcements on theway. Our work is focused on improv-ing the lives of every Ontarian andbuilding our communities up forsuccess now and into the future.

at is why I am delighted that wehave no shortage of things to cele-brate in Durham Region. Althoughit is difficult to choose from amongthem, I want to highlight two recentaccomplishments in particular.

First, the Uxbridge Seniors Com-muniTea Sessions received over$11,500 from our government’s Sen-iors Community Grant Program ear-lier this month. is funding is partof a province-wide investment of $3million that will benefit seniorsacross the province.

e efforts of Uxbridge SeniorsCommuniTEA help keep our seniorssafe, engaged, and healthy. ey hostafternoon tea and talk sessions be-tween local seniors and expert pre-senters covering a multitude oftopics, like scam avoidance, com-puter literacy, advanced care plan-ning, and elder abuse detection. I’mproud of the work our governmentis doing to support seniors in Pick-ering-Uxbridge, and across Ontario.

Second, on October 10 our com-munity hosted a roundtable with the

Associate Minister of Small Businessand Red Tape Reduction, the Hon.Prabmeet Sarkaria, to discuss howour government can support ourlocal business community. We’re fo-cused on creating the right fiscal andregulatory environment for our job-creators to succeed.

During this discussion, we ad-dressed regulatory burdens that pre-vent dogs from being on restaurantor brewery patios – and indoors,where food isn’t being prepared. I amespecially keen to have our govern-ment re-examine the applicablehealth code regulations to determinea solution that works for our com-munity, and our local businesses.As we prepare for the fall legislative

session, our government is embark-ing on a bold, ambitious agenda tobuild a better Ontario for everyone.We have a plan that puts moremoney in people’s pockets, preparesour young people to succeed, andprotects our social services. Helping the hardworking people of

Pickering-Uxbridge, as well as thoseacross Ontario, is my top priority.at is why I am looking forward toreturning to Queen’s Park – to serveyou better.

As always, I remain focused on theissues important to us here at homeand across the province. e evi-dence of our community’s success iseverywhere, and I am excited to con-tinue building on it. As I like to say,it truly is Durham’s time!

Have a Happy Halloween and safeTrick-or-Treating!

Provincial updatescolumn by Peter Bethlenfalvy, MPP

Money for seniors, less red tape

Coming into a town where there arealready five established pharmaciescould be daunting to some entre-preneurs, but pharmacist HankParasaniya is welcoming the chal-lenge. Parasaniya is sure that, at hisnew I.D.A. Trail Capital Pharmacy,located on Douglas Rd. by Star-bucks and Wendy’s, he will be offer-ing a service to clients that theymight not be receiving from theircurrent pharmacy.

“I want my patients to be edu-cated, I want to change the narra-tive. Pharmacists are health careproviders, too, and we can play ahuge role in the health of the peoplewho come to us, if they want us to,”says Parasaniya.

Trail Capital Pharmacy will offi-cially open its doors at a grandopening celebration this Saturday,Oct. 26, beginning at 9 a.m. erewill be a ribbon cutting ceremonyat 10, and the first 25 peoplethrough the door will receive a free

grab bag.

Parasaniya spent several years inthe corporate pharmacy world, but

New drugstore wants to do things differently

Pharmacist Hank Parasaniya and his wife,Vidhi Patel, also a pharmacist, have openedTrail Capital Pharmacy with the intent to offerpatient-focused care.

Photo by Lisha Van Nieuwenhove

quickly became convinced that hecould offer a different kind of careto the people who came to him fortheir medicines. He explains thathe’d rather help people in a genuineway and just be able to “pay hisbills,” rather than work in a retailsetting and have to make a quota.

“Everyone says ‘I have a familydoctor,’ right? How come they don’tsay ‘I have a family pharmacist’?”asks Parasaniya.

His biggest focus, he says, is onseniors and mental health. He feelsthat if he can play a larger role as apharmacist, this will alleviate someof the pressures that are placed onthe health care system.

Parasaniya and his wife, VidhiPatel, don’t live in Uxbridge (yet,they laugh), but he is already get-ting involved in the community inwhich he has set up shop. He is anactive member of the Rotary Clubof Uxbridge, and recently started awalking group. e Early BirdsUxbridge group meets Monday andWednesday mornings to walk in theCountryside Preserve from 7:30 -8:30 a.m., and all are welcome tojoin them.

“I know that it is going to taketime to build trust with my pa-tients,” says Parasaniya, “but I onlywant to help people, and I reallythink I can make a difference.”


Perhaps I might briefly provide alittle relevant history regardingthe letter in last week’s Cosmosabout the culvert. In the initial Environmental As-

sessment, completed in 2012, asection north of Coffee Time wasto be open, i.e., a part of theBrook would be visible. A latercouncil subsequently decided tochange the design, and in a re-vised EA of 2015, the open sec-tion was modified to fully encloseit; it is now being built that way.Those design decisions weremade by previous councils andthe present council inheritedthose decisions.

As to a ‘culvert levy,’ there is agood case to be made for a speciallevy, as the culvert will allow landspreviously undevelopable, by rea-son of being in a flood plain, tobe developed. Because those landsare in the core of the downtown,and are serviced, they are emi-nently developable, and hencevaluable, once the culvert is com-pleted. The owners potentiallywill enjoy a windfall by reason ofa very substantial increase invalue. Hence, it would not be un-reasonable to impose a speciallevy to help defray the cost of theculvert, which is being funded en-tirely from the public purse. It is worth mentioning that the

decision of a previous council toassign 200 units to the downtownshould, at long last, see our long-neglected downtown becomeworthy of Uxbridge and be asource of civic pride.

Tom FowleUxbridge

Letters to the Editor

As the political pundits predicted, though only in recent days, Canada has aminority Liberal government.

Some will be happy with that, some won't. Some will believe a minoritygovernment will force the Liberals to be more cautious in its policy decisionsand reach out to other parties for co-operation in governing. Some believe aminority government will lead to interminable squabbles among the partiesas those in opposition scramble to take advantage of every opportunity toadvance their own causes. Obviously, when it comes to votes in Parliamenton issues of confidence, the Liberals will have to make deals with other partiesto avoid being defeated and likely plunged into another election.So, now it's time to wait and see what happens. However, we believe the re-

sults of Monday's election put a few issues in stark relief.One is the increasing regionalization of Canada's political landscape. Every

seat in Saskatchewan was won by the Conservatives, with even veteran LiberalRalph Goodale being defeated. In Alberta, it was almost the same thing, witha Conservative sweep marred only by the election of one NDP candidate. InQuebec, almost half the seats went to the separatist Bloc Quebecois. So, notonly is the House divided, so is the country.On the issue of climate change, it would seem eastern Canada takes it more

seriously than the west. The Green Party increased its number of seats tothree, a small victory in itself. However, in Prince Edward Island, Green Partycandidates came third in three ridings, edging the NDP out of that position.The same held true in Nova Scotia. It's a small thing, but perhaps indicatesthe Greens' message is being taken seriously by a growing number of people,at least is the east.

Then there's the Bloc Quebecois. They received only 7.7 per cent of thevotes cast nationally but ended up with 32 seats. Meanwhile, the Green Party,receiving 6.5 per cent of the vote, won only three seats. This, plus the factthat the Conservatives won the popular vote but ended up with far fewerseats than the Liberals, once again brings up the question of electoral reform.Given the Bloc's results, we might suggest that a political party cannot beconsidered a federal party unless it runs at least one candidate in everyprovince and territory.

Here at home, there was no surprise in Jennifer O'Connell's re-election.She jumped into the lead early in the counting and never looked back, out-pacing second-place Conservative candidate Cyma Musarat by several thou-sand votes. Despite one's politics, residents of the Pickering Uxbridge ridinghave to admit, O'Connell has been an effective representative in Parliament.She also was the only Liberal elected in Durham Region, the rest of the rid-ings going to the Conservatives. Perhaps her victory could lead to a seat inthe cabinet.

On a side note, the election campaign showed there remains a festeringwound in the underbelly of politics. A fairly substantial number of candidates,from all parties, were kicked out of the race by their parties for making, orhaving made, homophobic, Islamophobic or racist statements. In fact, onevoter was captured on camera telling NDP leader Jagmeet Singh to cut offhis turban. Such views have no place in Canada, let alone in politics.

Anyway, the results are in and we have to live with those results until . . . ?

Our two centsThe election: Now it’s wait and see

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I have often said that, once in a while,everyone should do something just becauseit's good for the soul. Not because it's a ne-cessity or something you have to do, butjust because it feels good and uplifts you fora while.

So it is good to see that the Township ofUxbridge, the Optimist Club, the RotaryClub, and several others have combined todeliver a project that the township didn'tnecessarily need but has already lifted thespirits of hundreds of residents.

I'm talking about the pump park nowopen for business at the Fields of Uxbridge.On my latest visit to the park last week,there were literally dozens of people ridingthe dips and bumps of the track on bicycles,skateboards, scooters and roller blades. Andthey came in all ages, from seniors to a one-and-a-half year-old, wearing his mini hel-met aboard his pint-sized bike, who waspushed around the track by his mother. If Ihad had the audacity to ask to borrow abike, I would have taken a spin myself.I haven't seen any crashes or spills, nor ar-

guments nor any untoward activity. Every-one is just there to have fun and it's obviousthat's what they are doing. This track un-doubtedly is going to prove to be one of themost popular spots in Uxbridge. There stillremains some cosmetic work to be doneand lights and a shelter will be going in nextyear, but that hasn't stopped many peoplefrom enjoying the track already - and it has-n't even been officially opened. That open-ing, like the lights, will probably come inthe new year.One thing that surprised me was the num-

ber of girls at the track, many of them onskateboards. Girls were not too visible whenit was just the skate park that was there, butthe addition of the pump track, whichmelds nicely into the skate park, seems toohave pulled them out. And there's no short-age of onlookers, too.

So, that's good for the soul. But what'sneeded next - (this is a necessity) - is makingsure access to the park from the town ismade as safe as possible. The pump track islikely to attract kids on bikes from aroundthe town and that means they'll have to rideup Main Street. It's at the south end of the

Fields of Uxbridge that northbound mo-torists usually start to pick up speed, eventhough the speed limit is 50 kph. Likewise,most southbound motorists doesn't reallystart to slow down until they've passed FU.The township and the region need to takea close look at what is needed to avoid atragedy.Talking of doing what's good for the soul,

the Rotary and Optimist clubs do quite abit of that. It was the Rotary Club that wasthe prime mover behind the skate park,which finally gave skateboarders somewherepermanent to practice and perfect their rid-ing skills. The pump park is called the Op-timist Pump Park because they were themain financial backers on the project. It’sthe Optimists who give the township a liftto the soul every Christmas with the Fan-tasy of Lights in Elgin Park, a display whichhas continued to grow year after year. TheOptimists were also one of the primemovers behind the Uxbridge Youth Centre.However, these two clubs - and other serv-

ice clubs - need a little soul-lifting them-selves. Almost all service clubs are in direneed of new members. I know the Opti-mist’s members often have to work severalshifts to man the Fantasy of Lights becausetheir membership is so low. Sure, they getsome help from volunteers, but it is still alot of work to set up and operate that an-nual display.

In fact, there is a dire need for more vol-unteers across the township. Many of thepeople you see volunteering at Chances Are,the Canada Day celebrations, the Fall Fairetc., have been doing it for years and manyare either feeling burned out or too old tocontinue. I would suggest that the 25-45age group is sadly under-represented amongour volunteers.I have been to a few Optimist Club meet-

ings and a couple of Rotary meetings in thepast and they have one thing in common:they have fun even while getting down tobusiness. Given what these service clubs dofor the township - (and that means you) -it seems to me it would perhaps be good foryour soul and theirs if you joined them.Tell me, am I wrong?

He saved my father, and he saved me. In fact,he saved both of us multiple times. The first in-stance occurred 77 years ago this December.Just before Christmas of 1942, both Tony Mel-laci and my father, Alex Barris, arrived at CampPhillips – a U.S. Army training facility inKansas. The army had posted them there totrain as medics in the U.S. Army MedicalCorps. Then, something came up ChristmasEve.

“The lieutenant told me to go to the Head-quarters barracks and pick up a soldier who wassick, and deliver him to the hospital. So, I andanother ambulance driver picked up your fa-ther (although I didn’t know him) and tookhim to the hospital,” Mellaci told me. “But wenever saw the sick soldier. We stayed in the cabwhile other medics loaded him in.”

What then Cpl. Mellaci did not know wasthat my father, Cpl. Barris had a severe coldand fever, according to army records. He had atemperature of 102 degrees, with a bacterial in-fection in his chest, throat and sinuses. Oncloser examination, barracks doctors concludedmy father had contagious pneumonia.

“We were about to leave and a Major told uswe couldn’t,” Mellaci continued. “because wewere quarantined. But we said we never evensaw the guy, never touched him.” So, Mellacionly spent one night in the hospital and re-turned to his barracks to enjoy his Christmasdinner.

It was only after I met and interviewed TonyMellaci, in 2015, while researching my currentbook about military medics, and then follow-ing the publication of Rush to Danger, lastmonth, when Tony learned it had been my fa-ther he’d transported in his Army ambulanceto the barracks hospital 77 years ago. “I never knew until all these years later that it

was your dad in the back of my ambulance,”Mellaci said. “He had been really sick.”Treatment at the barracks hospital brought my

father back to health a week later; he was re-leased and returned to his training as a medic,alongside all his fellow corpsmen, includingCpl. Mellaci. Since Tony hailed from New Jer-sey, and my dad from New York, and becausethey both were New York Yankees fans, the twomedical recruits hit it off. Their friendshipwould last through training, transatlantic cross-ing, service in France and during the Battle ofthe Bulge.Events of that battle in February 1945, in the

coldest winter of the Second World War andthe toughest combat the Americans endured at

any time during the war, helped seal the com-radeship of now sergeants Mellaci and Barris.

“Your dad was a runner. He led battlefrontmedics and stretcher bearers bringing in thewounded,” Mellaci said, “He handed thewounded off to us in the (ambulance) section.”

In other words, S/Sgt. Mellaci moved T/Sgt.Barris’s wounded to points behind the lines forserious surgery and life-saving. Just like thatChristmas back in Kansas, Mellaci would cometo my dad’s assistance every time he brought inwounded.

It would take another 70 years before TonyMellaci saved me. My father had died (in 2004)and I came across Mellaci’s name in an archivecontaining the records of their medical unit,the 319th Medical Battalion of the U.S. ArmyCorps. On a hunch I traced Mellaci to a phonenumber in New Jersey.

“I’m looking for Tony Mellaci,” I said on thephone from Uxbridge.

“You’ve found him,” Tony said from Jersey.“Mr. Mellaci, my name is Ted Barris and I’m

wondering if you remember my father from thewar. He was a medic…”“Al Barris?” he interrupted. “The writer? From

New York?”“You knew him?”“Knew him? We served together in the 319th.

And I’ve always wondered whatever happenedto him.”

From that coincidental encounter in 2015,came a trip to visit Mr. Mellaci in Eatontown,N.J., and some of the most enriching days ofmy life. Tony filled in so many blanks in myknowledge of Dad’s experience in the war, in-cluding that he created a newsletter for themedical battalion, and was “a real moralebooster” for his fellow medics. In a sense, that’show Tony saved me and my years-long bookproject to record my father’s and other medics’stories of selfless heroism.

But this past weekend, when I returned toEatontown to rejoin the Mellaci family as Tonyand Sharon Mellaci celebrated their 70th wed-ding anniversary, I got to return Tony’s favours.

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“We wanted people to be engaged,and we got some good feedback,” ex-plains deBlicquy. “We think therewas a lot of good discussion happen-ing over a lot of anksgiving tables!”e one-night show was practicallysold out, and any proceeds/donationswere to go to the American-basedCommittee to Protect Journalists.

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in 1935, yet is “eerily prescient” in2019. Smith, Watson and deBlicquyfirst read the novel by the same nameand author in their book club, and,in mounting the one-night play read-ing, hoped to promote “thoughtfuldiscussion of what it means to bepart of civil society and how fragiledemocracy can be in the face of fas-cism supported by a populist tech-nique of controlling information.”

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“Skin-na-ma-rink-y dinky dink, skin-na-ma-rinky doo, I love you!”

Answer honestly – did you just readthat line and then break into song?Did you stop what you were doingand do the actions, too? It’s okay –expected, even – if you answered yesto both questions. The song “Skin-namarink” is a beloved children’ssong for all ages, made famous byCanadian trio Sharon, Lois & Bram.The iconic song has been made intoa book, and both book and song arecoming to Uxbridge next weekend!

Sharon Hampson and Bram Mor-rison (Lois Lilenenstein passed awayin 2015) are performing a “mini-con-cert” at Trinity United Church onSunday, Nov. 3, as part of BlueHeron Books’ Book Drunkard Festi-val. Although Sharon and Bram nolonger tour, they are presenting theirlatest book to fans at mini-concertslike the one being held in Uxbridge.Sharon recently chatted with the Cos-mos and explained that, even thoughthey are bringing the band along onthis stop (it doesn’t normally “do” themini-concerts), “It’s really about thebook. We’ve done several books, andwe thought it would be nice to dothis as part of the [Book Drunkard]festival.” When asked what exactly amini-concert is, Sharon explainedthat it’s “a fine length for a little con-cert. It’s not quite an hour, and wesing a lot of the favourites, such as“She’ll Be Coming ‘Round theMountain," “Five Little Monkeys,"“One Elephant," and “Tingalayo,"and some new ones too!”

Joining Sharon and Bram onstagefor a couple of songs, including(spoiler alert) “Skinnamarink,” willbe Uxbridge musician Whitney Ross-Barris. Because Ross-Barris is familiarwith the music and with performing,she’s enthusiastic about the concert. “It's both wonderful and terrifying!

These are people who were thesoundtrack of my universe as a kid.While making a sandwich -“Peeeanut, peanut butter!” Or bush-ing my teeth - “Ch-ch-ch-ch!”🎶Orlearning all the actions for Skinna-marink... It’s such an honour to havethe opportunity to simply share astage with them. Especially as part ofsuch an impressive festival. I’m justpraying I don’t get anything terriblywrong! I would never forgive myself.I’m certain the entire audience knowsevery word and syllable of all of theirsongs, so I can’t get it wrong forthem, can I?!”

Ross-Barris’ usual style is jazz, butshe says that, since the old arrange-ments of Sharon, Lois & Bram aremore often than not rooted in a sortof jazz form and style, it shouldn’t bea stretch.

“Ultimately singing is singing, andif you can’t sing along with Sharon &Bram, well, good luck to ya!” she

laughs.“Please, come [to the mini-concert].

And bring your kids!” pleads Ross-Barris. “Sharon and Bram don’t per-form as much anymore, so I’d lap itall up while you can. Music is so SOgood for little brains and kids get aFREE BOOK with their ticket! Intruth, come for your neglected inner-child and bring your own children to

pretend you’re not just filling yourown boots with nostalgia and purejoy. And SING ALONG, GOSHDARN IT!”Sharon herself is excited to be shar-

ing the stage with Ross-Barris. “Ted[Barris] is a friend of mine, and I’m abig fan of Whitney. I’ve been to hearher sing. She’s a very different style,

but it will be so much fun!”Following their short performance,

there will be a meet and greet, an op-portunity to take photos and getcopies of “Skinnamarink” signed(every child’s ticket will include onecopy of “Skinnamarink.”) Books in-cluded in the child’s ticket price canbe picked up at the event, and addi-tional copies will be available for sale.Sharon is looking forward to seeing

people all ages come to the mini-con-cert on the 3rd. She and Bram areused to performing for various gen-erations – in fact, they expect it! “We realized that we were reachingall ages when we were in Edmonton,once. We had just finished singing“Peanut Butter” and I saw a wholerow of adults without children intow, and I asked them if they werethere on their own, and a wholebunch of them stood up and cheered!It’s wonderful to see that the music isstill in their lives, it’s glorious! Welove to hear about parents [who grewup listening to us] passing the musicalong to their children, too.”

She and Bram are very aware of theinter-generational appeal of theirmusic, and shape their whole per-

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With just about one-quarter ofthe regular season gone, theUxbridge Bruins are still trying toreach the .500 mark, having wonfour games and lost six. e sameholds true for four other teams inthe PJHL's Orr Division, withonly the North Kawartha Knightsand the Clarington Eagles on theplus side, with 10-1 and 9-1-1records respectively.e Bruins struggles continue on

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Hums for mums, from page 7

mums’ – you can throw in some-thing for the grown-ups in the au-dience and the kids don’t get it, butthat’s okay. They don’t have to un-derstand. None of it is planned –the music speaks to the parents, andeveryone ends up singing and that’senough!”

Even in an age where screens andmemes appear to engage childrenmore than a live performance evercould, Sharon maintains that, in theend, children today are the same asthey were when Sharon, Lois &Bram began singing together in1978.“Kids are different now, of course.

They have the screens, their expo-sures are very, very, different, butwhen it comes to us singing - theyare the same as they were 40 yearsago. Sharon, Lois & Bram began per-forming in Toronto in 1978, andthe trio produced over 20 record-

ings, beginning with “One Ele-phant, Deux Elephants,” threesong-books, six national TV spe-cials, 65 episodes of The ElephantShow, and 52 of Skinnamarink TV.They have appeared in every majorconcert hall in Canada, and manyin the United States includingCarnegie Hall, The Lincoln Centerand the White House in Washing-ton just to name a few. They havereceived countless awards, includingGold and Platinum Records andJUNO awards for Best Children’sAlbum.

For their years of work providingthe best in participatory music forchildren and their families, Sharonand Bram have been inducted intoThe Order of Canada, the highesthonour in the country.For details on the upcoming mini-

concert, and for tickets, visit book-drunkard.com or starticketing.comSeating is on a first-come first-served basis.

by Roger Varley

With a minimum of fanfare, anew mini-trail was opened inUxbridge last Friday.

e trail, known as the HelaSpice Trail, only runs about 100metres between Capstick Laneand ird Avenue South, but itcompletes the Ewen Trail, whichloops through the east end oftown.

e trail was opened by MayorDave Barton, who showed upwith a skateboard, CouncillorBruce Garrod, recreation man-ager Amanda Ferraro and HelaSpice president Paul Hoogen-boom.

Hela Spice paid the $50,000cost of the paved trail as part ofan arrangement with the town-ship to, at the same time, estab-lish a new entrance to its plant onFranklin Street. e trail is sepa-rated from the truck entrance bya wide concrete barrier. e newentrance was needed to take HelaSpice's truck traffic off Franklinand allow for a 12,500-square-foot addition to the plant.e trail, small as it is, will likely

see a lot of traffic as it providesnew pedestrian access from TestaHeights to Uxpool, the youthcentre, Joseph Gould PublicSchool and the high school.

Mini trail completesurban loop

12The Uxbridge Cosmos Thursday, October 24, 2019

Saturday, Oct. 26 11am - 2 pmStart the trail at H.Bee Architecture (88 Brock St. W., Uxbridge)and pick up your event map!Trick or Treating open to children under 12 in costume andaccompanied by a parent/guardian.

Visit uxbridgebia.com for more event details!

Drop off at The Uxbridge Cosmos office (38 Toronto St. N.) by Oct. 31, or bring to H.Bee Architecture on October 26.Winner announced Thursday, October 31.

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