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A SIGHT TO BEHOLD - The C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) comet appears to be plummeting to Earth, but was, in fact, streaking across the sky above Ball Rd., Uxbridge. Thecomet, which was only discovered on March 27 of this year and was named for the telescope that first saw it, has been making nightly appearances around the world sincethe beginning of the month. It’s closest approach to Earth - an estimated 103 million kilometres. Photo by John Cavers

by Justyne Edgell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

COVID-19 testing - coming soon to an as-sessment centre near you.

Next Tuesday, Aug. 4, the North DurhamCOVID Assessment Centre will open itsdoors at Prince Albert Hall in Port Perry.The centre is a joint project by the doctorsof both Uxbridge and Port Perry.Getting a COVID-19 swab is now recom-

mended for everyone, and local doctors saythey are looking forward to the opening ofthis centre, which will provide local testing,which may become even more necessary asflu season approaches.

Director of the clinic, Dr Merrilee Brown,wants the community to know that they areready to get testing.

“We are here for the whole family, no longwait times, and it’s really a very simpleprocess.”

Whether you are needing a swab to visit arelative in a retirement facility, are worriedabout symptoms, or just want to know ifyou’re in the clear, testing is open to every-one over the age of 12 months of age, with-out severe symptoms.

To get a COVID-19 test, visitcovidswab.lh.ca and answer a few onlinescreening questions. At the end of thescreening survey, select the appropriate test-ing centre and receive a swab time. Then it’sjust a trip to 19 Jeffrey St. in Port Perry forthe test. When you arrive at the testing centre, park

in the designated spot, remain in your vehi-cle and call or text the posted number to an-nounce arrival. Someone will come out to

check your health card (through a closed carwindow to reduce any unnecessary contact),and then you will receive the nasopharyngealswab.The testing clinic will have doctors on-site,

should there be a need for an in-person as-sessment, but for most, it will be as simpleas poking your face out your car window forthe swab.

The opening of the North DurhamCOVID Assessment Centre is being set upto in order to reserve emergency depart-ments at both the Port Perry Hospital andthe Uxbridge Cottage Hospital for realemergencies, as the testing centre gives thosewith respiratory symptoms a place to see adoctor and get a swab. For complete details and information, visit

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Brock Street Sidewalk Closure?e sidewalk directly in the path of culvert construction will beclosed on both the north and south side of the road. All stores remainopen and can be accessed from the sidewalk directly in front of theirbusiness. Pedestrians will be able to travel along Brock St. andthrough the construction by using a new walkway that connects theToronto St. sidewalk to the walkway beside Circle K Convenience.

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?e 2019 Audited Consolidated FinancialStatements of ?e Corporation of theTownship of Uxbridge have been approvedby Council and are now available to thepublic on the Township’s website under the‘Financial Statements’ section. A copy ofthe 2019 Audited Consolidated FinancialStatements of the Township of Uxbridge areavailable for pick up (at no cost) uponrequest, at the Tax Department in theMunicipal Building, located at 51 TorontoSt., South in the Township of Uxbridge.

Uxpool Remains ClosedUxpool remains closed at this time. Sta> areinvestigating a possible reopening in the fall.

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by Justyne Edgell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

In the wake of COVID-19, everyonehas been forced to react and adapt tothe new and changing world. Com-munity organizations, business own-ers and schools alike all stepped upto alter the way they functioned sothey could continue to serve theircommunities as well as they wereable. Churches were forced to makesome great changes, as congregatingin person became impossible. Butthey all had faith that they’d make itthrough.

For many of Uxbridge’s churches,seniors make up the majority of thecongregation, a demographic con-taining many who may have under-lying health concerns which leavethem more vulnerable to things likeCOVID-19. is age group is alsoknown to be not overly familiar withnew technologies, and often struggleswhile trying to adapting to moderngadgets. is technological adversityposed a challenge when churchesbegan considering how to delivertheir message via alternative meth-ods.

Goodwood Baptist Church PastorKevin Oates says that, with thestrength and teamwork of the con-gregations, his church found a way tocontinue its worship from a distance.

“Here at Goodwood BaptistChurch, being a congregation that iselderly and many having compro-mising health issues, we stopped ourpublic services and have not yet re-opened. We have a YouTube stationwhere we do a weekly a message thatis posted each Sunday at 8 a.m.,along with a scripture reading by oneof our deacons. I also keep in touchwith our congregates by phone andlately, we have been doing porch vis-its with many outside.”

Goodwood Baptist Church is not-the only church to have resorted to aYouTube service. St. Andrew’s-Chalmers Presbyterian Church inUxbridge has also taken to the web.And because some of its older mem-bers don’t have access to a computer,they also contactlessly deliver copiesof the sermon to those in need eachweek.

As well as running virtual “coffeeand conversation” sessions and anonline vacation bible school, St. An-drew’s-Chalmers has also joinedforces with Trinity United Church tohold an online anxiety study to fur-ther help community members dur-ing this stressful, and worrying time.

e Uxbridge Baptist Church hasalso developed alternate program-ming for its congregates. As well asholding live-streamed services, it alsoruns youth and young adult pro-grams via Zoom, provides activities

and devotional items for children,and it is also holding a popular on-line vacation bible school. On top ofthat, like many of the other churches,the Baptist Church is making drive-by visits to its congregates for specialoccasions like wedding showers, orjust for a fun drive-by parade tospread some good cheer. While there really is no replacement

for the experience of in-person inter-actions, Lynita Webber, executive di-rector of St Paul’s Presbyterian inLeaskdale, says their online serviceshave been well received.

“e response has been positive:even though people deeply missgathering in person for worship, theyhave been appreciative of our onlinecontent and are intentional aboutconnecting with one another. In a re-cent survey, the congregation over-whelmingly indicated thatmaintaining an online presence isgoing to be important regardless ofwhen we meet in person,” says Web-ber.

As for when local churches willthrowing open their doors again, theconsensus across town seems to be

that, although re-opening is nowgovernment approved, it is best towait until everyone is comfortable.e majority of churches have saidthey are sending out surveys to theircongregates to judge when theywould feel most comfortable meetingagain in person. For more information on individual

places of worship, visituxbridge.ca/en/living-here/places-of-worship.aspx and go to individualchurch websites from there.


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Uxbridge asked to turn off taps - again The Regional Municipality of Durham announced Tuesday that it is asking res-idents in the Township of Uxbridge to practise additional water conservationefforts as the Works Department performs work on a water supply well fromWednesday, July 29, through to Sunday, August, 2. Residents should limit non-essential water use (which includes activities like cleaning driveways or decks,washing cars and lawn watering) during this time.A statement from the region said that, once work is complete, residents may

return to normal water conservation efforts.“In an effort to conserve water, residents using our municipal water supplyare reminded to practise odd-even lawn watering until September. Under theRegional Water System By-law 89-2003, odd-even lawn watering is mandatoryduring the summer months.”Residents wanting more information can contact the Technical Support Divi-

sion at 905-668-7711 (toll free 1-800-372-1102). For water conservation tips,visit durham.ca/WaterEfficiency

Local churches faithfully reaching out to congregations during pandemic


Re: Maplebridge Trail, July 23 edi-tion

Two days after I commented on theMason Homes trail, the townshipwas in and cut both sides of the path-way. A job well done.

Larry EmoUxbridge

COVID-19 came, we isolated tolessen the strain on our medical per-sonnel and treatment facilities. Wesacrificed jobs, income stopped, so-cial gatherings stopped and we "flat-tened the curve."

Now we are trying to recover somesemblance of a former way of doingthings, but nothing has changed withthe virus, it is still out there ready tomove through our population again,forcing us to invent new ways ofdoing things. We've already madesacrifices, we don't want to go backthere again.

One single infected individual canintroduce the virus into a commu-nity, infecting hundreds even beforethe individual shows any symptoms.The danger is still present. It is thatsingle hypothetical individual withthe ability to spread and infect othersin a chain of successive contacts, thatwe are all trying to stop.

All of our required business proto-cols - physical distancing, wearingmasks or face coverings, washing ourhands, not touching our faces - are allaimed at stopping airborne dropletscontaining the virus from landingand surviving on surfaces that wemay touch, and more importantlyfrom landing on our eyes, nose andmouth, the primary contact pointsfor the virus.Publicly available fabric masks only

stop the wearer from spewing outthose large airborne droplets whenthey cough, sneeze or even shout,laugh or talk loudly. Protection onlycomes from everyone wearing a face

covering that lessens the expulsion ofdroplets combined with physical dis-tance that keeps those droplets out ofrange.

Plexiglass counter shields, spacingmarkers on the floor all do a great jobof reminding us to stay apart andprotecting staff and customers. But,many businesses have a weak link inthe chain - the individual designatedas the SDO the "Sanitizer Deploy-ment Officer," the one who spraysyour hands before you enter the es-tablishment.This person is the initial contact for

everyone who walks into your busi-ness. Let’s keep in mind that most ofthe public are not wearing a N95virus filtering mask. When you haveto walk up to that person withinarms reach, you are already violatingthe distance rule in order to have san-itizer sprayed on your hands.

What if that SDO picked up thevirus from someone else in line, orfrom their own unintentional contactwith a virus carrier after businesshours? That person could then po-tentially infect everyone who cameclose to them to get their hands san-itized. Remember, non-medical fab-ric masks DO NOT FILTER the airyou are breathing. That's why we dis-tance six feet/two metres. In a worsecase scenario, your business could be-come a hot spot for spreading thevirus to all your customers.

All business owners should makesure, that the designated sanitizingofficers stay six feet from the sanitiz-ing station and only supervise thecustomers entering the building.Where possible they should beequipped with medical masks, or atleast a plastic face shield coveringtheir own fabric mask, to insure theyremain relatively safe during their ex-tended time on the front line meet-ing the general public and beingexposed to literally everything.

Let’s face it, COVID is not cur-

rently taking over our community, soour protective measures seem to beenough. But let's make sure it is nota convenient illusion. We have thosemeasures in place for a reason, to pre-vent the worse case scenario fromhappening, which would be a majorcommunity outbreak. Let's not takethat risk and do our best to acceptand follow all the rules.Examine your own "Chain of Virus

Protection" and ask yourself "WhatIf" someone actually has the virus!

Stuart BlowerUxbridge

Ever wonder why your Uxbridgeproperty taxes are so high and thehigh street is still closed off for layinga culvert pipe? On July 17, we sat on our deck hav-

ing a mid-morning coffee whenalong comes an Uxbridge town pickup truck, which parks on the smallplay park grass opposite. The driverturns on the flashing lights, as-sumedly in case of a high-speedsquirrel encounter, the driver gets outholding a bucket and puts on a highvisibility jacket...obviously theworker. Then another truck arrives,pulls up on the grass, on go the flash-ing lights, more anti-squirrel precau-tions, out steps the driver who is alsowearing a high-vis jacket and carry-ing a clipboard...obviously the super-visor. Then another truck arrives,pulls up, turns on his flashing lightsfor the benefit of the local squirrelswho are now suffering from arc-eyeand epileptic seizures due to the mul-tiple flashing strobe lights, out getsthe high-vis jacketed occupant...mustbe the union “elf n safety manager”checking up! The crew then replace the COVID

closure tape which has been in placefor four months with new tape andthe old tape was put in the bucket.

On the 23rd, yet another town ...continued on page 11

Letters to the Editor

We stepped out of the Cosmos office early Tuesday evening to enjoy a breathof fresh air and grab a quick bite to eat. While we were waiting for our foodto be prepared, we took a wander down the street to get an up-close glimpseof the construction site that is currently taking up our downtown. We reachedthe construction zone, and even though the road is completely and safelyblocked off to traffic, we felt wonderfully rebellious while freely jaywalkingall over the still-exposed portion of Brock St. W. in front of the Roxy. Wethen hopped up onto the sidewalk in front of RE/MAX and sauntered downto have a peek through the metal fence. Whatta mess.Holes to left of us, rubble to the right, here we are - stuck in the middle

with a giant black drilling machine that looks like it could strike oil at anysecond (apologies to Stealers Wheel). Said machine is currently sitting rightwhere Uxbridge Shoes and Repair was once located, and is but a few feetfrom the walls of Mondo Hair Salon to the east and the Royal LePage officebuilding to the west. We bet those businesses just love that.

Now, we are sure that all the engineers, contractors, architects and projectmanagers involved in this culvert project have done their due diligence inmaking sure that while said big drilling machine hammers away at theground, the integrity of the surrounding buildings won’t suffer. But we havetwo words - Coffee Time (to recap: Coffee Time was closed down at the be-ginning of January when cracks and heaves were discovered in the building.It’s been closed ever since.). When Brock St. was closed down for this part ofthe project, the powers-that-be said that crews learned a thing or two fromworking on the north side of Brock, and that procedures for the south sidewould be different.

We certainly hope so. Because, although our little pea-sized brain doesn’tknow squat about putting in a culvert, it seems pretty unlikely that theMondo and Royal LePage buildings aren’t going to suffer from a huge ma-chine rumbling away mere metres away from their concrete walls. We hearthe banging and feel the clanging here at the office - being at ground zeromust be sheer torture. And those poor businesses, trying to get started upafter being closed for weeks due to the COVID pandemic - they’re beingslapped up one side of the face, then the other, repeatedly. How is it possibleto give a haircut or consult with a home buyer when mechanical vibrationsunsteady the hand that’s holding scissors and noise makes holding a conver-sation impossible? That rig needs to get out of there as soon as possible. It’s making us nervous

for the buildings, and for those who work and live inside them.

Our two centsWe’re pickin’ up bad vibrations


When I was a boy, my mother told me oftenthat if ever I was in trouble or lost, I should"go ask a policeman." The message, ofcourse, was that policemen are our friendsand they are there to help us.I'm not so sure she would still offer that ad-

vice today. Many of you will have seen news coverage

of the police response to protesters in theU.S., particularly in Portland, Oregon, wherepeople have been protesting, every day forthe last 50 or so days, the killing by police ofGeorge Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis.I can understand police reacting severelyagainst people attacking them or throwingprojectiles at them, but it is difficult to watchthe way they have been brutalizing people forjust standing there. And it doesn't matterwhether the protesters are men or women,young or old: the police show no mercy toanyone.

A few nights ago, a line of mothers createda human barrier between the police and theprotesters in an attempt to stop the violence.Bad move! The police moved in on them andbegan to roughly shove and push thesewomen whose only "crime" was to stand inthe street with arms linked. Then there was the video of a U.S. Navy vet

standing in front of police to reportedly askthem questions. They set on him with longbatons and pepper-sprayed him in the face.Just for wanting to ask them a question!There are many other examples, too numer-

ous to list here. But unless you think this isjust another tirade against Trumpland, let megive you a few examples closer to home. Avideo came out a couple of days ago showingan Edmonton policeman talking with a manon the sidewalk. The policeman is standingnext to the civilian, apparently talking, when,without warning, he sweeps the man's legsfrom under him and slams him to the side-walk. Almost immediately, a large pool ofblood can be seen issuing from the man'shead. Then there was the Albertan First Na-tions chief who was beaten by police on cam-era. And the image a couple of years ago ofan RCMP constable kicking a man hard inthe face while the man was on his hands andknees will last with me for a long time.In Peel Region, recently, police killed a man

who suffered from mental illness. They killed

him during a "wellness" check. The samething happened to a young lady in Torontoa few weeks ago when she fell from an apart-ment balcony during a "wellness" check.How she fell from the balcony while severalpolicemen were with her is still under inves-tigation.

A CBC investigative report says there havebeen 30 police-related fatalities in Canada inthe first half of this year, the yearly averageover the past 10 years.

In the movie The Hunger Games, which Iwatched again last night, there is a scene inwhich the government's "Peacekeepers" rollinto one of the districts. The peacekeeperswear full body armour (although it is white)and arrive in heavily armoured and fortifiedtroop carriers. I couldn't help but comparethat with the armour today's police forceswear and the armoured personnel carrierssome police forces have, including DurhamRegional Police.When I was a boy, our policemen (the bob-

bies) either walked their beat or patrolled onbicycles. They only weapon they carried (al-ways out of sight) was a billy club. Thesewere policemen you could quite comfortablyask for help. The last time I asked a police-man for help was about five years ago whena woman, quite agitated, was trying to getinto a neighbouring apartment and makinga lot of noise about it. By the time the policearrived she had left, but I gave them a de-scription and pointed out which way she hadgone. But they wanted to know all my de-tails, including my Social Insurance Number.What that had to do with the situation isanybody's guess. I finally told them to ****off.

I've had so much of policemen being in-volved in questionable antics and tactics -and being protected by their police unionsno matter what they are charged with - thatI personally no longer have any respect forthe police. And it pains me at great deal tosay that - my youngest son is a member ofthe RCMP.

But it seems to me that if police want re-spect, they would live by their motto of"Serve and Protect" rather than by fists, ba-tons, pepper spray and guns.Tell me, am I wrong?

It’s a phrase often repeated in times of crisis.And we’ve employed it a lot during recenthealth, political and natural crises. I rememberit used when Canadians coped with the RedRiver flooding in 1997, and in the aftermathof the Fort McMurray fire or the murders inNova Scotia, for example. And, of course,politicians and public health officials have oftenturned to it during this year’s COVID-19 pan-demic.“We are all in this together,” they’ve said.It’s a common call to arms or for popular sol-

idarity, that leaders have adapted in so manydifferent ways. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s toldAmericans (at his inauguration in 1933) to pulltogether since, “The only thing we have to fear,is fear itself.” In October 1970, after the FLQkidnapping of a politician and a trade diplo-mat, Pierre Trudeau invoked the War MeasuresAct, encouraging Canadians, “If we stand firm,this current situation will soon pass.” Followingthe attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, George W. Bushsaid, “We stand together to win the war againstterrorism.” And Winston Churchill’s wartimeoratory inspired patriotism and gratitude. His“We shall fight them on the beaches” speech inJune 1940, and two months later his tribute tothe airmen in the Battle of Britain, 80 years agothis summer, are vivid examples.“We must never forget,” he said, “never … was

so much owed by so many to so few.”I recently learned from my author friend, Ellin

Bessner, just how much Canadians played arole in the Battle of Britain in the summer of1940. More than 100 Canadians were amongthose “few” whom Churchill applauded, allmembers of RCAF’s No. 1 Squadron. Those18- and 20-year-old fighter pilots scrambleddaily in Hurricane and Spitfire fighters, againstthousands of German bombers and fighters. Inthat 53-day struggle, the young Canadians de-stroyed 29 aircraft and damaged another 35more. Twenty-three Canadian airmen werekilled. There’s even a monument in London,near the Thames, noting one Canadian among“the few”: Flight Lieutenant William HenryNelson (DFC).

However, in her latest book, Double Threat:Canadian Jews, the Military, and WWII, EllinBessner points out, not only does the monu-ment fall short depicting the numbers of “thefew,” it also fails to note that F/L Nelson wasJewish. In a Zoom presentation on July 18, sheexplained that as many as 40 aircrew in the Bat-tle of Britain were Canadians, and some ofthose were Jewish. In part, his family’s choice

as immigrants arriving in Canada to change itssurname from Katznelson to Nelson, may ac-count for the invisibility of F/L Nelson’s faith.But his deeds spoke volumes about the man’sskill and courage.“He applied to join the RCAF in 1936, when

he was 19,” Bessner said, but was turned down.“He worked his way across the Atlantic … ona cattle boat … and applied and was acceptedin the Royal Air Force in 1937.”

In England, F/L Nelson fell in love withBritish Red Cross worker Marjorie McIntyre.They married just as the war was about tobegin. In fact, he flew his first operational flightin a bomber on Sept. 8, 1939, the sixth day ofthe war. With Europe collapsing under Hitler’sBlitzkrieg, in 1940, Nelson transferred frombombers to Spitfire fighters, chalking up severalcombat flights each day. As the Battle of Britainintensified, F/L Nelson accumulated victoriesin the air – destroying five German aircraft,damaging two more – and, Bessner said, he be-came the highest-scoring Canadian Spitfirepilot of the Battle. Then, on Nov. 1, the dayafter the Battle of Britain officially ended, Nel-son was shot down over the English Channel.Neither his plane nor his body were recovered.

“Although the RAF considered Nelson asChurch of England, [enlisting as a Christian,]”Bessner said, “his Jewish religion would remaina secret.”The scarcity of details about F/L Nelson’s ca-

reer as one of “the few” and the celebration ofhis extraordinary service lies hidden in the anti-Semitism that Jewish volunteers faced in soci-ety and inside the military. Nevertheless, authorBessner pursued Nelson’s story. His widowMarjorie and their son Bill (who never knewhis father) moved to Canada, where she latermarried Bill McAllister. In 1957, the family re-turned to Britain. Recently, Bessner trackeddown F/L Nelson’s son Bill; she invited him tothe Zoom broadcast, and we learned from himabout the family secret.

“Only when my mother was nearly on herdeathbed did I learn that my father was Jew-ish,” Bill McAllister told us from England, inthe Zoom cast. “It only made me feel prouderof his accomplishments.”What author Ellin Bessner makes clear is that

80 years later, some of those who made historyor changed it, continue the fight to be includedeven when their leaders insist, “We are all inthis together.”

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Kathy LeFort, who has represented Uxbridge, Scugog and Brock as DurhamCatholic District School Board trustee almost continuously for the last 32 years, hasstepped down from her position.

LeFort, a Port Perry resident, said she is building a new home in Kawartha Lakesand must leave the board since she will no longer be a resident of Durham. She of-fered her resignation Monday in a meeting with the director of education.

LeFort was first elected trustee in 1988 and served in that position for all but 10months, being appointed to the board once and either winning election or beingacclaimed in all subsequent elections. In her final years with the board she served asvice-chair.

"It's bittersweet," she said of her leaving. "I've met wonderful people and learnedso much."She said she will probably look for volunteering opportunities when she has moved.Asked about her thoughts regarding the re-opening of schools, she said it's some-

thing that is on her mind every day and every time she passes a school. "I'm thinking 'Are we ready yet?'" she said. "I don't know, It's a tough call."e board has 90 days in which to either hold an election to replace LeFort or ap-

point someone to fill the role.

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by Roger Varley

Construction crews have started tearing up Brock Street as part of the final push toinstall a new culvert under the thoroughfare.Public Works Director Ben Kester said Tuesday the crews have broken out the con-

crete base of the road. Next, they will start digging down deep enough to begin in-stalling the culvert sections. e towering drilling machine has been moved into theempty site on the south side of Brock and was scheduled to begin drilling sometimeWednesday.

Both the north and south sidewalks in that section of the street have been closedoff to pedestrians, and a temporary walkway has been opened, running from TorontoStreet North, through the construction area on the municipal parking lot and leadingout to the east end of Lower Brock. Kester said the temporary walkway will be inuse for at least a month, during which time "not much is happening" in that part ofthe construction area. Brock Street itself is scheduled to be re-opened at the end ofSeptember.

"ey are on track to finish all the installations before winter and they'll be backin the Spring for cleanup," Kester said.

Brock sidewalks closed for a month

also announced that the govern-ment will provide $4.28 billion tofurther expand testing and contacttracing capacity, and the associateddata management and informationsharing systems. Part of this fundingwill help ensure testing componentssuch as swabs and point-of-care kitsare available, and will help to ensurea Canada-wide capacity of conduct-ing 200,000 tests per day. Close to 9,000 Canadians have

passed away from COVID-19. isstaggering loss of life is having aprofound impact on many Canadi-ans and their loved ones. Whilethings are not fully back to normaljust yet, I’ve been proud to witnesspeople in our community protect-ing each other by observing physicaldistancing rules and following ourmandatory indoor masks guide-lines. e steps you’ve taken havehelped to flatten the curve, relievepressure on our front line healthcare workers and kept you, yourfamily and your neighbours safe. As

we enjoy the rest of summer andhead into the fall, it’s as crucial asever to continue practicing thesesafety measures and prevent thespread of the virus.

As always, please don’t hesitate toreach out to my office if you have

any questions, concerns or need as-sistance in your dealings with fed-eral departments. You can reach usby phone at 905-839-2878 orthrough email at [email protected]

Over the past several months, yourfederal government has taken anumber of extraordinary measuresto support Canadians during theCOVID-19 pandemic. Millions ofCanadians have been able to paybills or buy groceries because of thehelp they received through theCanada Emergency Response Ben-efit (CERB). Businesses are safelyreopening, with many of them uti-lizing the support available throughthe Canada Emergency Wage Sub-sidy (CEWS) or through a loanfrom the Canada Emergency Busi-ness Account (CEBA) program.

Last week, our government an-nounced a Safe Restart Agreementwith the provinces and territoriesthat will see $19 billion invested inprotecting the health of Canadians,getting people safely back to work,and preparing for a potential sec-ond wave. Ontario will be receiving$7 billion under the agreement,which includes investments in pri-ority areas, including:• Increasing testing and contracttracing• Securing personal protective

equipment for front line healthcareworkers and businesses• Supporting the most vulnerable,including seniors in long-term carefacilities and nursing homes• Ensuring safe child care is avail-able so parents can return to work• Supporting people who do nothave paid sick leave• Helping municipalities deliverkey services Locally, the Regional Municipality

of Durham is also receiving$19,589,047 from the Governmentof Canada under the Gas Tax Fund,with the Township of Uxbridge re-ceiving $642,400.

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walking, biking and using scootersand skateboards past my house.

I really want our community tomaintain this momentum as we re-open, and we know that, by wearingmasks, we stay healthy and protectour damaged economy from a sec-ond wave of this deadly virus. Pleasekeep up the vigilance and good work- we are all in this together!

I’m getting more used to wearingmy mask when I go out, and I hopeyou all forgive me if I don’t recognizeyou when I run into you at the gro-cery store!

Please also keep in mind that wehave many residents who are stressed,scared, have lost jobs or companiesand may not be acting like their bestselves. I am sure that each and everyone of us has had a moment or twoduring the past five months when wewere not calm, loving, patient, or op-timistic, and I am asking each andevery one of us to try to be a littlemore understanding of those aroundyou. We are still in this together andsome might not be adjusting as fastas you are with the new normal. Stage 3 in the Township means that

our park amenities such as fitness

equipment, park washrooms, waterfountains, and playgrounds have re-opened. We have kept the poolclosed for now, and we will not be re-opening our arena, the Music Hall,the senior’s centre, the HistoricalCentre or any community halls rightaway. We are developing a recovery

plan to reopen more facilities andbalance the costs of safely doing sowith the staff and resources we haveto use.

At Town Hall, we have begun toshift more of our attention back toour longer-term strategic objectives.Once the culvert is complete we havethe opportunity to revitalize ourdowntown. We have an initiativelaunching soon that will enable us toexamine the many facets of down-town revitalization and help us createa plan that will result in positivedowntown changes over several years.We have also just launched a surveyto help us collect information aboutwalking, cycling or wheeling aroundthe Township. is is part of our Ac-tive Transportation Plan. We are also working hard to acquir-

ing funding for a new aquatic centreand are actively working with variousstakeholders on our new health carecampus, which will include a newhospital, a long-term care facility andthe medical office building alreadyunder construction at our currenthospital site. ese are all projectsyou will begin to hear more about inthe weeks and months to come.

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We have much to celebrate here inUxbridge in the summer of 2020.As I write this, the Township hasonly one active case of COVID-19 -unfortunately, it is related a staffmember from Reachview Village.

We have incredible business peoplewho are reopening their businessesand calling back staff members. It isso nice to see our town continue tocome back to life. From my officewindow I see hundreds of people

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Every second Sunday of June, a pub-lic meeting is held at the UxbridgeQuaker Meeting House. is yearCOVID-19 got in the way of whatwas to have been a very special an-nual meeting - a 200th birthday.

e Meeting House, the oldestbuilding in Uxbridge Township, sitsquietly in the shade of age-old treeson Conc. 6, west of Uxbridge, whereit was built 200 years ago. Somemembers of the Society of Friends,also known as Quakers, many fromthe Catawissa area of Pennsylvania,began arriving in Uxbridge Town-ship in 1804-5. In 1809, they built alog Meeting House or Church, andobtained land for a burial groundacross the road.

In 1817, local sawmill ownerJoseph Collins noted in his accountbook that he was cutting boards forthe Meeting House. is new build-ing replaced the log one in 1820.Today, one can still see the planemarks on the boards, made by thehands of the Uxbridge Quaker set-tlers 200 years ago.

Traditionally, Quakers didn't haveministers, and the meetings weresilent except for thoughts expressedby some members. However, in the1890s, Alma Dale, daughter ofJoseph and Mary Gould, led services.She even built the pulpit that is inthe Meeting House.

Times change, and in 1925 theMeeting House closed, left to sit on

Quaker Hill as a relic from the past.In 1940, the property was advertisedfor sale by the Pickering Meeting,which had charge of it. However,some folks opposed the sale, and itwas stopped.e next year, the first non-denom-

inational annual meeting was held,and such meetings have continued totake place. A board was formed tolook after the building's mainte-nance, and many volunteers havegiven time to caring for this historicbuilding. Wilda Clark was a leader in

that area - she also opened the Meet-ing House for tours.

Like most old buildings, this onehad no foundation, and in 1995, thesills and floor supports in contact

with the ground were discovered invarious stages of decay. e buildingwas lifted, moved aside, and a con-crete foundation with a crawl spacewas built. anks go to Ron andRuss Gould, descendants of localUxbridge Quaker settlers, whoheaded up this work.e Meeting House board deserves

our thanks for looking after thisUxbridge heritage landmark, one ofthe oldest buildings in Durham re-gion.

Rob Croxall, board chairman, says

there may be a 200th birthday cele-bration in the fall, COVID-depend-ing.For more, visit xbridgequakermeet-

inghouse.com

Who would have thought that thingscould change so abruptly for everyhuman being on the earth! To saythat this pandemic is unprecedentedis somewhat of an understatement!

e media keep talking about the‘new normal’ and we all wonderwhat that means…really. Will it bedifferent for everyone? What aboutour investments and retirementplans? Will we need to adjust thevariable estimates for return and in-flation in our plan? Of course, aswith any other time, there is no wayfor anyone…skilled and professionalas they might be…to forecast or ac-curately project these things.

When the pandemic began, manyeconomists suggested that it wouldbe a ‘V’ shaped recession, and it cer-tainly started out that way on thedown side. However, the ‘V’ is notlooking symmetrical from this side!ey also said at the time that thedownturn in the market was not dueto fundamentals as company balancesheets were generally solid. edownside was caused mostly by fear!True as that was, with the length oftime it is taking for the economy tobe opened up, the fundamentals aredefinitely being affected.

e other variable, the effect ofwhich is difficult to project, is con-sumer perspective. In a recent news

cast it was reported that a survey wasconducted of Canadians with someinteresting, but not surprising, re-sults. It was reported that 45 per centof Canadians regret they did not savemore. Having liquid savings for theseunforeseen times and circumstancesis certainly a smart move.

e survey also reported that 56 percent of Canadians realize that theyare spending too many dollars onthings they do not really need! Willthat change in perspective affect thedaily lives of families in the monthsand years ahead? ere would besome impact on the economy if retailsales are reduced because con-sumers…56 per cent of them…be-come more discretionary in theirspending habits. e survey also indicated that many

of the respondents are currentlyholding on to cash due to uncer-tainty with jobs, government support

and future needs. at is having ameaningful impact on today’s lowerinterest rates.

What does all this mean for us? Beassured that money managers havebeen factoring in these and manyother considerations. ey are ac-tively analyzing opportunities avail-able to them as they choose the mostappropriate investments for thefunds under their management. Al-though it is always a good idea to re-view your investment plan in relationto your anticipated future financialneeds, there may be few reasons tomake drastic changes to your strat-egy. Your advisor will be able to ana-lyze and suggest any adjustmentsneeded to continue your forwardmovement while at the same timehelping to manage volatility. Callthem if you have concerns.

As Canada’s economy begins tomove forward, economists seemsomewhat surprised at the growthand momentum building withinmarkets and consumer confidence.Let’s keep that going by doing ourpart to control the spread of this pan-demic. And let’s not be afraid ofthese changes to our perspectives onsaving, spending and family life.ese adjustments could very wellbuild long term strength in our econ-omy and your financial future!

Changing Perspectives with Brian Evans

anks to COVID-19,Canadians are currentlyholding on to cash due touncertainty with jobs,government support andfuture needs, which im-pacts today’s lower interestrates.

A 200th Birthday with Allan McGillivray

The Uxbridge Quaker Meeting House celebrates 200 years of looking over the town of Uxbridgein its current form. Submitted photo

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truck turns up, parks, lights upand spends a couple of hoursmeasuring things and markingstuff on a clipboard...risk as-sessment to check that a child'splay frame is safe for workers?

Finally, on the 24th, yet an-other truck arrives with twopeople in it, who light up theroof, don the yellow vests, graba bucket and remove the warn-ing tape and COVID closuresign to reopen the park. In one week we have witnesseda comedy of a whole fleet oftown vehicles, three tanks offuel, six "workers," three buck-ets, two clipboards and five setsof flashing lights! Why does ittake a budget of several hun-dred thousand dollars to do ajob a 10-year old school childcould have done alone as a play

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Dave BrewerUxbridge

If you take a walk in the CountrysidePreserve, pay attention to some birdnesting boxes in the meadows. eseare home to several different speciesof birds: swallows, wrens and blue-birds. All these birds nest in cavitiesin trees but are unable to excavatetheir own holes. ey need wood-peckers or natural decay to providesomething suitable. ey also nest inopen areas, not forests. Old woodenfenceposts are ideal, but with manybeing replaced by metal poles, thesebirds have fewer options.

ey face an additional challengefrom two bird species that were im-ported here. House sparrows werebrought from England in 1851 andthe starling came from Europe in1890. Both have been very successfulin North America. ese importsalso nest in holes in trees and eat thesame type of food as the native birds.It’s created tough competition for de-creasing nesting sites. Bluebirds arethe most threatened of these nativespecies.

ese beautiful thrushes look likesmall, bright blue robins with rustythroats and breasts, and white bellies.e females are brown with blue intheir wings and tails. e young aregreyish with a spotted breast but thatsame bluish hint in the wings andtail.

About two thirds of their diet con-sists of insects, including grasshop-pers, crickets, flies, and beetles. eremainder is made up of wild fruitsand berries, earthworms, spiders,millipedes, centipedes, sow bugs,and snails. ey feed by perching ona branch or fencepost and swoopingdown to catch insects on or near theground.

Bluebirds may raise more than one

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Family, friends and all who knewher are saddened by the suddenloss of Jean following a tragicaccident.

We wish to thank the frontlineworkers at Port Perry Hospital whowere so attentive to the family in ourtime of grief. She was surrounded by herloving family and a few dear friends who were there at her windowto say goodbye.

Jean was born in Uxbridge in 1930 and lived here until the deathof her mother when she was 6 years old. Her aunt and uncle (Nanand Uncle Harry) adopted her and she lived in Toronto andsurrounding areas, returning to live with her daughter inLeaskdale, in 2003, after the passing of her aunt.

Jean is survived by her son Gary (Jennifer), daughters Brenda(Raymond) and Heather (Joe). Predeceased by her precious sonBrian (Dawn). Adored by grandchildren Melanie, Sean, Jesse,Kaitlin, Jason, Daniel, Brad, Joey, Leah, Kevin, Kristen, Kerri andtheir partners. Lovingly missed by 13 great-grandchildren.

All those at St. Paul’s Leaskdale congregation, her Tuesday euchregirls, women’s auxillary, her relatives who always enjoyed a greatbig meal and a cup of tea at Aunt Jean’s will miss her great bigsmile and hugs. Her family was her joy and she loved to cook forall. She always delivered a bouquet of fresh roses from her belovedrose garden.

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The Nature Nutcolumn by Nancy Melcher

May the bluebird of happiness...

15 to 20 days after hatching. Someyoung from the first brood may stayaround and help to raise theiryounger siblings.

e meadows of the CountrysidePreserve are home to many differentbirds, including those that maketheir homes in these artificial treecavities. With the fine summerweather, it’s a perfect time to take awalk and enjoy some exercise whilerespecting social distancing. Takebinoculars if you have some for closeup views of all the beautiful sightsthat await you there!

Special thanks to Lloyd W. forreaching out to tell me about thebluebirds that have moved into thenesting box he built recently.“What amazes me is that it took me

nearly 93 years to see my first EasternBlue Bird. I hope that they keepcoming back.”

It’s never too late to see somethingwonderful outside - I hope you andyour neighbours enjoy watching thislovely little bird, Lloyd. If any Cosmos readers are interested,

I can send plans to build your ownnesting box. It’s too late for this year,but, next spring, you could be land-lords of a family of birds in your ownbackyard or rural property!

Nancy Melcher is e Nature Nut.Send details of your sightings or ques-tions about the natural world to: [email protected]

Female Eastern Bluebird in the cedarsat Carden Alvar, near Kirkfield, Ont.

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