The Voice of Pelham, March 26, 2014

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Vol.17 No. 52 Wednesday,March 26, 2014www.thevoiceofpelham.ca

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recordbreakersCROSSLEY CREW BREAKS 100-KILOMETRE ERG RECORD AND AIDSWOMEN’S PLACE

Teamwork, strength and the community helped to shatter an indoor rowing machine record last week.

E.L. Crossley’s under-19 ladies lightweight rowing team com-pleted a 100-kilometre rowing erg relay in under seven hours. It

was a world record and a way to help women in south Niagara.

Student Carly Zanatta organized the event and took the lead on the erg.

“I found the record and wanted to try to break it,” Zanatta said.

“I talked to every one of my teammates and they were down to help out.”

Zanatta is familiar with rowing records. Last year, she set the Concept II world record for the

Half Marathon. She went on to capture gold at the 2014 Ontario Indoor Ergometer Champion-ships.

She credits the community for this record-breaking event’s fundraising success: more than $1,000 for Women’s Place of South Niagara

“So much support has come in. Everybody thinks it’s a great idea and we’ve gotten lots of dona-tions,” Zanatta said.

Women’s Place strives to end abuse and violence by empow-ering women and their children through safe shelter, counselling, education and community part-nerships.

“Being an all-female group, we figured the women’s shelter would be a perfect fit,” she said.

“Their goal is to empower wom-en and my goal for the team is to do the same by helping to raise their confidence.”

BY STEPHEN DYELL

for the VOICE

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Darren Heimbecker of Whistling Gardens speaking at the Pelham Horticultural Society. The next meeting is at 7.30 p.m. in the Fonthill Library. Dan Cooper Master Gardener of Green Gar-den Tours will speak on gardening from a hammock — low maintenance gardening. A meeting regarding the Community Gardens is April 2 at 6 p.m. at Town Hall.

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A series of lunch classes will help you exercise during Sneak it in Week, April 7 to 11.

The town proclaimed the week as part of a ParticipACTION program to encourage Canadians to exercise during their work day.

They can “sneak in”

walking during lunch and break, and parking a few blocks away.

Statistics indicate the majority of workdays are spent sitting at desks or in cars, so the Town of Pelham is encouraging all staff and local workplaces to participate in this exer-cise.

To enhance the week, the town has arranged free classes for each day with equipment provided.

Pre-register by provid-ing your name to [email protected] or 905-892-2607, ext. 329 in advance.

Free exercise classes during Sneak it in Week

The line-up includes: • Monday April 7 Lunch Time Lift: A quick

body balancing class to give you more energy in your day. It focuses on proper alignment and correct muscle activa-tion, alleviate aches and pains while increasing strength and improving your core.

Limit to 15 participants per class at 12:15 p.m., 1:15 p.m. (1/2 hour each class) at Movement Unlimited 178 Highway #20 West, Fonthill

• Tuesday, April 8 Pump & Pedal: A com-

bination of spinning and weights, this class will give you both a car-

diovascular and muscu-lar workout.

Limit 12 participants per class at 12:15 p.m., 1:15 p.m. (1/2 hour each class) at Studio Twenty Fonthill Shopping Plaza, 20 Highway 20 East.

• Wednesday April 9 Proactive Self Defense:

This class will introduce the body movement and dynamics of the punch and kick using cardio, core and pads.

Limit 30 per class at 12:15 p.m. 1:15 p.m. (1/2 hour each class} Joe Fornier’s Martial Arts Pel-ham Arena - 1120 Haist Street, Fonthill.

• Thursday April 10

Somatic Movement: Release tense muscular patterns that have de-veloped due to stresses with full body somatic movements.

Class limit 12 at 12:15 p.m., 1:15 p.m. (1/2 hour each class) with Elaine Steers in Council Chambers, Town Hall

• Friday April 11 Interval Fitness Class: A

combination of different exercise techniques fo-cusing on strength, flex-ibility, and balance.

Class limit 20 at 12:15 p.m., 1:15 p.m. (1/2 hour each class) at Font-hill Fitness 1440 Pelham Street, Fonthill.

Pelham’s MunicipalElection CoverageOctober 27, 2014


Rose Dzugan gathered a life-time experience in just several years.

The former employee of the Hamilton Health Sciences told members of Pelham’s Historical Soci-ety of her adventure in a land far away.

Dzugan was recruited to work on designing and building the Sidra Medi-

cal and Research Cen-ter in Doha, Qatar. The state-of-the-art hospital topped the scales at over $7 billion which features many of her ideas and suggestions on providing top-notch care for a rising city.

Established in 1825, the oil wealth is relatively new to the city. Dzugan spoke of the luxury automobiles and high-end homes which was all normality to those living there. She

spent the past five years in the city experiencing the Arabic lifestyle, gaining knowledge while giving her experience.

“Every morning around 3:30, I was awoken by the call to prayer,” Dzugan said, stating the large im-portance of religion in the region. “For me is iconic, exotic and very compel-ling. It’s something you take away with you when returning home.”

Her time in Qatar saw

everything from daily life to what an individual would do for entertain-ment –including falconry, camel races or day at the beach.

The health care proj-ect was begun by one of Forbes’ 100 Most Power-ful Women, and also one of the most well known figures inside Qatar in Sheikha Mozah. Her mar-riage to the former Emir of Qatar saw the country flourish and the medical facility was a focal point in future developments.

“You always knew when the Royal family were coming to visit. All the roads were closed and police were everywhere.”

They were the ones responsible for bringing in international opinion, including Dzugan, to help create the Sidra Medical and Research Center. The facility is described as the facility as an ultramodern, all-digital academic medi-cal center which will set new standards in patient care for women and chil-dren in Qatar and the Gulf region.

“Concept (of the facil-ity) was not so much fo-cused on healthcare as on health. It’s focus was on a patients journey through their whole life to make sure they were healthy in every way,” Dzugan said. “Not just to concentrate on diseases, but to start

preventative healthcare programs too.”

The Sidra Medical and Research Center aims to be fully operational by 2015 and the finished product will have the fin-gerprints of Dzugan from top to bottom.

“It was the most fantas-tic learning opportunity around and I’m beyond grateful to have experi-enced it.”

BY STEPHEN DYELL

for the VOICE

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Fonthill Lion’s Club will salute the local farming industry at its 63rd an-nual Agriculture Night on Tuesday, April 15, at the Fonthill Legion.

Kevin Ker, a Pelham resi-dent and tender fruit spe-cialist, will speak about grape growing in eastern China.

Ker ,the principal con-sultant of KCMS, is an in-

ternationally recognized specialist in research and advisory services for grape and tender fruit produc-tion. He is Canada’s most experienced integrated pest management special-ist for these crops.

Ker has delivered semi-nars and research results across Canada, the United States and internationally including Australia and

New Zealand. He has writtened and

co-authored factsheets, grower articles, work-books and seminars for government and the aca-demic community.

With university graduate training in horticulture, environmental biology, and IPM, he is complet-ing his dissertation for his PhD.

A research associate with the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute, Ker is a Brock lecturer in the four- year Oenology and Viticulture degree program.

The Fonthill Lions have used Agriculture Night as a service to the Pelham farming community and a way to emphasize the town’s continued con-

nection with its fruit, veg-etable and grain roots.

Tickets for the roast beef and ham buffet are avail-able at Klager’s Meats 905-892-2616 or any Fonthill Lion or email HYPERLINK “mailto:[email protected]”[email protected].

The cost is $20. Dinner is at 7pm.

Lion’s Agriculture Night examines grape growing in China

Peter Dietrich dressed in formal wear beside Rose Dzugan at the Pelham Historical Society meeting.

Stephen Dyell/Voice Photo

Journey to the Middle East and back

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Typically builders and municipalities squabble over development service charges.

However, at a public meeting last week to out-line an update of Pelham’s charges, only two devel-opers spoke.

They accepted a pro-posed new level for Town of Pelham charges: $12,451 for a new Font-hill house and in Fenwick $14,404.

They were more con-cerned about the number of new housing starts in Pelham over the past few years.

Since 2008, new con-struction has dropped below a historical average of 67 units a year with just 40 in 2012.

To cover the costs of proposed new develop-ment with the arrival of East Fonthill, consultant

Watson and Associates projects annual construc-tion rates of 100 and 140 units through 2020.

The town and Niagara Region apply develop-ment charges to new buildings to cover the capital costs of roads, sewer, water, sidewalks, street lights and so forth

the town and region must spend to serve new subdi-visions.

With the revision, Pel-ham would have about $12,500 in charges per building while Niagara Re-gion applies an additional $14,000 for its services. The five-year update is part of a process under the Ontario Development Charges Act.

John DeLisio, president of Sterling Realty (Niaga-

ra) Inc., told town coun-cillors he was concerned about the current level of new construction.

“To say we will go from 37 housing starts in Pel-ham to 100 and 150 units per year over a short term, I have a problem with that,” he said.

“If we don’t have that

number of units, we will have a short fall.”

He said he would hate to see an increase in taxes in five years to cover essen-tial services.

DeLisio’s company owns land for development in East Fonthill.

Stephen Kaiser of Kaiser and Associates and Font-hill Gardens, also involved in East Fonthill, said de-velopers will argue with every line of a develop-

ment charges chart.“However, I generally

support this,” he said.His main concern is get-

ting more serviced lots on line so development can begin.

Pelham just doesn’t have enough right now to bring up the number of starts, he said.

Gary Scandlan of Watson and Associates in his pre-sentation showed charts. Pelham’s development charges for detached houses are similar to other Niagara municipali-ties, although some were being updated.

Currently, development charges for Pelham’s two urban areas of Fonthill and Fenwick are differ-ent.

In the update, develop-ers in Fonthill would pay $12,451 per house and in Fenwick $14,404.

Ward 1 Coun. Richard Rybiak urged a consoli-dated rate to make them equal.

A $2,000 difference, he said “flies in the face of talking about Pelham as one town.”

Scandlan said a con-solidated rate would be $12,848.

Ward 3 councillors Peter Papp and John Durley said staff should look at why the rates are different

to see if it was more than Fonthill having tighter and older urban area.

Papp said it may have had to do with advancing water services to Fenwick a few years ago.

The revised develop-ment charges structure will now go to council for review and approval.

As I have written about before, Pelham has a few lands available for new growth – the largest being the “East Fonthill” area.

While much of the nearly 450 acres of East Fonthill lands have been farmed for years, the entire area was added to the Urban Boundary by an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) in 2000.

Recent questions in lo-cal media about whether property owners should be allowed to develop on

those lands would have been asked and answered during the OMB’s weeks of hearings nearly 15 years ago.

When the OMB gave those approvals back then, one thing became inevitable – that growth would occur in Pelham.

What wasn’t inevitable was the type of develop-ment – how it looked, how it felt, how many people living and working in the areas.

The OMB’s East Fonthill decision, for example, required the Town to un-dertake a more detailed planning process – a “Secondary Plan” – before

allowing development to proceed.

The Town started to carefully develop the Plan in 2001; this included significant public sessions and hearings. The com-munity wanted East Font-hill to include “…a full range and mix of housing types, a linked open space network that includes a variety of types of public parks, …protection of ex-isting environmental fea-tures, and the community structure…[to] maximize connectivity within the community itself and to the Town Centre.”

More recent additions to the plan include “walk-

ability and cyclability”, the potential for community facilities, and the protec-tion of the recently revital-ized Fonthill Downtown.

After working diligently for many years, council approved such a plan in April 2012. After the re-gion approved it in Octo-ber 2012, it was appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board. Those small issues were settled in October 2013 and the OMB ap-proved the Plan on Janu-ary 30, 2014, making the Plan a reality.

What’s next? Other pub-lic planning approvals – a draft Site Master Plan, zoning, site plans, neigh-

bourhood plans – are required before finalizing development and shovels hit the ground.

And, council wants your help on these next phases of deciding the type of de-velopment.

As I wrote about last month, with the help of nationally-recognized urban designers and plan-ners, council developed a draft Site Master Plan for the commercial / mixed use area of East Fonthill (the northern part along Regional Road 20). We are seeking your feedback on that draft plan. Did we get it right? Have we reflected the wishes on the commu-

nity on the type of devel-opment? What can we do to make it even better?

Please help council im-prove these plans and ultimately the type of de-velopment that will occur in Pelham. Only with your help can we fulfill one of our major strategic goals: “Maintain our small-town feel as we grow.”

You may contact Mayor Dave at [email protected] or read past columns at www.pelham-mayordave.blogspot .com. Please review the East Fonthill draft Mas-ter Plan and other docu-ments at www.pelham.ca/east-fonthill.

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The town is recruiting its first special event ambas-sadors.

It seeks talented volun-teers who are “energetic, creative, imaginative, helpful and compassion-ate” to join its festivals and events team.

“In the past, we have

looked for volunteers for special events,” said coor-dinator Jessica Ruddell.

“We think this is a more valuable opportunity. There will be training involved and volunteers will have specific assigned responsibilities for the events we put on.”

A special event ambas-sador will help organize and run major events like Pelham Summerfest, Canada Day, Christmas in

Pelham, various Thursday night activities and other gatherings.

“You can hone your skills while bringing lots of smiles and joy to your fellow residents. Best of all, you will make new friends, have fun and give back to the community.”

Volunteers of all ages and abilities can apply. High school students can put the time to commu-nity service requirements.

The town will provide training in safety and emergency procedures.

First Aid and CPR train-ing is not mandatory, but definitely an asset.

“We feel this will give us

a most rounded group, bring some fresh energy, and be a true reflection

of the talent and passion for Pelham in our com-munity.”

Volunteers will be asked

to indicate which event or events they prefer.

“They can be an ambas-sador for one or all events should they wish.”

Application forms are available at pelham.ca/application-forms/special-event-ambassadors.

For a list of volunteer opportunities available through the Town of Pel-ham, visit pelham.ca/vol-unteer-opportunities.

Town seeks first special event ambassadors

Pelham Cares thanked town council last week for its continued support in the form of permissive grants and other help such as the Mayor’s Gala.

President Jane Gilmour and Carolyn Mullin out-lined its Home for Good campaign and a move into the service agency’s permanent home.

It brings to an end of a 30-year search.

Pelham Cares took pos-session of the former Wine Garden, on Regional Road 20 at Rice Road last week.

Gilmour said volunteers have started the move from the former Donut Diner to the new site.

Pelham Cares $500,000 capital campaign has reached the half way mark following its recent gala. The campaign will feed into a fund to stabilize the agency’s funding.

It will allow Pelham Cares to concentrate on its basic goal, “to be there when people need us.”

She thanked council for its help through permis-sive grants over the years and stressed how the ser-vice agency keeps its ad-ministrative costs below 10%.

Carolyn Mullin outlined the move to a new home explaining that Pelham Cares must move now because its lease expired with no chance of re-newal.

The capital campaign is a one-time only thing, Mullin said.

“We don’t want to have to do this again.”

She encouraged dona-tions to the campaign out-lining a Mud Fest event at Bissell’s Hideaway by the Rotary Club of Fonthill on May 3 and a contribu-tion of entry fees to the

Fonthill and District Kins-men Club’s 19th Home Show April 25 to 27 at the Pelham Arena.

Pelham Cares basic ser-vices, she said, include a food bank, rides to medi-cal appointments, fees for children’s recreational and educational pro-grams, emergency help, and a referral service for social agencies outside of the town.

Mullin said 30 volunteer drivers responded to 540 requests for rides to ap-pointments last year.

“The town has no public transportation and an ag-ing population,” which Mullin said has led to an increase in the demand for rides.

Pelham Cares held its annual meeting Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Fonthill Legion on Regional Road 20.

Pelham Cares says thanks

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Rick Hatt, on behalf of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #613 recently delivered a donation cheque to the children who participated in the Town of Pelham’s 2014 March Break Camp. Donations from Mossimo’s Pizza and McAvoy, Belan & Camp-bell were also greatly appreciated. These donations help cov-er a healthy lunch option daily for 49 camp participants. Photo Special to the Voice

Children at Maple Crest Early School in Fonthill were treated to music royalty last week as Juno award winner Charlie Hope stopped in to per-form her hit children songs.

Hope spent her child-hood in Toronto before moving to Massachusetts. She earned a degree in Art Therapy and began working with children in preschools and at private homes before deciding to pursue her music career further.

Her powerful voice and creations on guitar soon drew the attention of children across North America. Rose’s third al-bum, Songs, Stories and Friends: Let’s Go Play, took home the 2012 Juno

Award for Children’s Al-bum of the Year.

“It was shocking,” Hope said. “Even though you think you are doing well when you get nominated, it was still surprising.”

Surreal to be surround-ed by Canada’s best tal-ent, Hope said the award

gave her even more mo-tivation to continue her passion. Passing down the hotel lobby with Ron Sexsmith and Simple Plan was just the beginning as her talents grew on her next album.

“Most of the songs from my first three albums

were from when I was teaching. On my fourth album, I wasn’t teaching so I did a lot of traditional public domains and a few originals.”

That fourth album, Sing As We Go, captured the ears at the Juno panel once again with another nomination in Children’s Album of the Year at the 2014 Juno Awards.

“It’s good to come back. I tour here a few times a year so I always enjoy coming back to Canada.”

This time, she plans to enjoy the moment to its fullest. Taking in the sights of Winnipeg and soaking in the time spent around fellow mu-sicians as she continues her upwards journey in Canada’s music scene.

Visit www.charliehope-music.com for informa-tion on albums and tour dates.

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Juno award winner Charlie Hope performing in Fonthill. Stephen Dyell/Voice Photo

BY STEPHEN DYELL

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Miranda Cosgrove is an actress. She’s been in movies like Despicable Me, stars in t.v. shows like iCarly, and she writes her own songs, like Dancing Crazy. I’d never dreamed I would get to meet her! This is how it actually happened.

My dad has friends who lives in Sudbury and who were having a movie filmed at their house. Miranda happened to be in the movie. The di-rector told dad’s friend that Miranda might have time to meet a few fans, 3 of which were already chosen. Dad’s friends were allowed to pick two other fans to meet her, since they let the movie people use their home.

Dad’s friends picked me and a little girl from Virgil named Carly.

We got a phone call a few days before the meeting. We would be allowed to see Miranda for a few min-utes on Monday, some-time between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. On Sunday morn-ing my dad and I met with Carly and her dad, and we all drove to Sudbury together. When we got to Sudbury we all went out to dinner, including Dad’s friends Alanna and Lenny. When we got back to Alanna and Lenny’s house, Lenny printed out some big colour pictures of Miranda that we could ask her to sign.

That night, Carly was so excited that she couldn’t sleep. She kept me awake, too. In the morn-ing we all walked over to the movie set across the street from Alanna and

Lenny’s house.When we got to the mov-

ie set, we had to do lots of waiting. When Miranda showed up, we got just enough time to take some pictures with her before she had to get in costume. When she was ready, we weren’t allowed to talk to her because she had to be in character. We had to wait a long time while she was filming, and when were just about to go , she came back out to sign au-tographs and answer our questions. She was super nice!

It was a long drive home again, and I was re-ally tired because I hadn’t slept the night before. I had to miss school that day, but I would do it again if I had the chance – it was an adventure I will always remember.

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Holly Keenan, left and Carly pose with actress Miranda Cosgrove.Photo Special to the Voice

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The eight staff of Forest-green Creations Inc. had a big night last week.

They won two Niagara Community Design awards for the Pelham Arches, and, for a com-mercial-and-residential building at 1471 Pelham Street.

“We feel pretty good about it and an evening with our peers,” said principal designer Todd Barber.

Forestgreen Creations Inc.’s Arches design took the Public Realm Improve-ment category. The in-fill-ing building design won the Small Scale Project category.

It was ninth year for the Niagara Region sponsored Niagara Community De-sign Awards. They recog-nize excellence in design by highlighting projects using Smart Growth prin-ciples.

The awards “focus on projects that enhance the built environment, effi-ciently use land, and dem-onstrate creativity and vision,” said the region in a news release about the ceremony at the Stone Mill Inn in St. Catharines.

Baber said it is inter-esting the two winning projects are just down the street from Forestgreen’s Fonthill office. The firm moved in eight years ago converting a former store and post office to a design studio.

For Forestgreen, the awards are its first.

“It takes a lot of time to prepare submissions,” said Barber about his busy operation. “This time it was well worthwhile.”

Shoalts Bros. Construc-tion Ltd. was the engineer on both of the Forest-green projects.

Inspired by the Casa Batllo in Barcelona Spain,

the Arches mimic the “cat-enary arch” of the interior hallways — a shape that is created by suspending a chain at both ends al-lowing it to create a fluid elongated arch.

Built in 2012 as a tempo-rary structure for Pelham Summerfest to offer a shaded place for eating, drinking and socializing, the Arches became a per-manent fixture in down-town Fonthill following positive public feedback and council support, the town explained in a news release announcing the award.

The white arches now have computerized light-ing, turned on last De-cember during Christmas market, to illuminate them in various colours. Last week, it was green for St. Patrick’s Day, before that, pink for anti-bullying.

“The arches are noted for their distinctiveness,

ability to engage the com-munity in their creation and success as a hub for activity in the town,” said the awards judges.

Meanwhile, the Small Scale Project award rec-ognizes an infill or rede-velopment project that is smaller in scale which demonstrates excellence in design. The project cre-atively and effectively uses the site, complements the existing surroundings and intensifies or provides ad-ditional choice within the area.

“Completed in 2011, this infill development with four retail units and three bachelor apart-ments filled a hole in the Fonthill streetscape,” said the judges.

The developers, McGill Turpel Family Holding Co., took advantage of Community Improve-ment Plan funding, they said, and “made every

effort to make this build-ing approachable on both façades - the one that faces Pelham Street and the other that backs onto Town Square Boulevard.”

The review committee noted the project “for its seamless integration with the surroundings.”

Other recipients of Niagara Community De-sign awards are: Small Scale Project honourable mention, Studio 55, Ni-agara Falls; Larger Scale Project, Mariner Bay Es-tates in Grimsby; Archi-tecture - Small Budget, 42 Mountain Street in St. Catharines; Sustainability, Vale Health and Wellness Centre in Port Colborne; Façade Improvement, 51 Front Street South in Thorold, honourable mention, Grimsby Fire Hall in Grimsby; Brown-field, 95 Lakeport Road - Lakeport Dental in St. Catharines.

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Pelham Business Briefs

• Enter for a chance to win a giant chocolate Easter bunny and help Pelham Cares at the same time. Drop off a non-perishable food item at Sweet Thoughts and get a ballot to win. Enter often! Draw will take place Saturday, April 19th.

• A true sign of spring — Gallaghers Farm Marketopens for another season on Thursday April 3rd.

• Another sign of spring — 2014 Toro Lawn mowers have arrived at Pic’s. All models are on display in the showroom.New employee? New product? Receive an award? Send the info to [email protected].

Forestgreen wins two design awardsBY

WAYNE CAMPBELLfor the VOICE

LCBO releases information on new location

Details are emerging on the LCBO newest location in Fonthill.

The relocated store won’t open until the fall, at which time more information will be provided such as the number of products, store amenities, and the hiring process.

“I can confirm that the relocated store will have al-most 5,000 square feet of sales space and will be a standalone building in the plaza,” Lisa Murray, Senior Communications Consultant at LCBO said.

The future of the building at the current location in Pelham Town Square will also be addressed later in the year.


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On February 19, 2014, Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. filed an application with the Ontario Energy Board (the “Board”) under the Municipal Franchises Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M55, for an order renewing Enbridge’s right to operate works and add to works for the distribution of gas in the Town of Pelham for a period of 20 years and for an order declaring and directing that the assent of the municipal electors is not necessary.

The application has been assigned Board file number EB-2014-0049.

The application will be decided by the Manager, Natural Gas Applications, who has been delegated this authority pursuant to section 6 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c.15 (Schedule B). The Manager, Natural Gas Applications, does not intend to provide for an award of costs when deciding the application.

How to see the ApplicationTo see a copy of the application, go to the Consumer page of the Board’s website and enter the case number EB-2014-0049 in the “Find an Application” box. A copy can also be seen at the Board’s office and at Enbridge’s office at the address below.

The Board intends to proceed with the application by way of a written hearing unless a party satisfies the Board that there is a good reason for not holding a written hearing. If you object to the Board holding a written hearing in this matter, you must provide written reasons why an oral hearing is necessary. Any submissions objecting to a written hearing must be received by the Board within 10 days of the publication date of this Notice.

How to Participate

CommentIf you wish to give your opinion on the proceeding you are invited to send a written letter of comment to the Board no later than 10 days after the publication or service date of this notice. A complete copy of your letter of comment, including your name, contact information, and the content of the letter, will be provided to the applicant and the Board. All letters of comment will be placed on the public record, which means that the letters can be seen at the Board’s offices and will be available on the Board’s website. Before placing the letter of comment on the public record, the Board will remove any personal (i.e., not business) contact information from the letter of comment (i.e., the address, fax number, phone number, and e-mail address of the individual). However, the name of the individual and the content of the letter of comment will become part of the public record. Please address your letter of comment to the Board Secretary at the address below, and reference file number EB-2014-0049 at the top of your letter.

ObserveIf you do not wish to actively participate in the proceeding but you do wish to receive documents issued by the Board, you may request observer status. Your written request must be received by the Board no later than 10 days from the publication or service date of this notice. All letters requesting observer status will become part of the public record, which means that the letters can be seen at the Board’s offices and will be placed on the Board’s website. Before placing the request for observer status on the public record, the Board will remove any personal (i.e., not business) contact information from the request (i.e., the address, fax number, phone number, and e-mail address of an individual). However, the name of the individual and the content of the request for observer status will become part of the public record.

InterveneIf you wish to actively participate in the proceeding (e.g. submit questions, file argument), you may request intervenor status from the Board, no later than 10 days after the publication or service date of this notice. Instructions for requesting intervenor status are available on the Board’s website at www.ontarioenergyboard.ca/participate. Everything an intervenor files with the Board, including the intervenor’s name and contact information, will be placed on the public record, which can be seen at the Board’s offices and on the Board’s website.

If you do not have internet access, please call 1-877-632-2727 to receive information about this proceeding and how to participate.

IMPORTANTIF YOU DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS NOTICE, THE BOARD MAY PROCEED WITHOUT YOUR PARTICIPATION AND YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY FURTHER NOTICE IN THE PROCEEDING.

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Ontario Energy Board Commission de l’énergie de l’Ontario

NOTICE OF APPLICATIONGAS FRANCHISE AGREEMENT

TOWN OF PELHAM

ENBRIDGE GAS DISTRIBUTION INC.EB-2014-0049

ONTARIO ENERGY BOARDOriginal Signed By

Kirsten WalliBoard Secretary

DATED at Toronto, March 13, 2014

Ontario Energy BoardP.O. Box 2319, 27th Floor2300 Yonge StreetToronto, ON M4P 1E4Attn: Kirsten WalliBoard SecretaryTel: 1-888-632-6273 (Toll-free)Fax: 416-440-7656E-mail: [email protected]

Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. (Head Office)500 Consumers RoadToronto, ON M2J 1P8Attn: Guri PannuSenior Legal Counsel, RegulatoryTel: 416-495-5499Fax: 416-495-6072E-mail: [email protected]

Corporation of the Town of Pelham20 Pelham Town SquareP.O. Box 400Fonthill, ON L0S 1E0Attn: Nancy BozzatoTown ClerkTel: 905-892-2607Fax: 905-892-5055

Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. (Regional Office)3401 Schmon Pkwy.Thorold, ON L2V 4Y6Attn: Bill ElliottOperations Manager, Niagara Region

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Calling all readers, the Pelham Public Library are hosting a book sale this week in an important fundraising effort for the branch.

“We do it twice a year and we usually generate anywhere between $2,500 to $3,000,” Community Services Coordinator Mel-anie Taylor-Ridgway said. “It’s very important for the library. We use the money to buy new books, for programming and other necessities we wouldn’t be able to have without the extra money.”

Taylor-Ridgway credits

the community for being excellent supporters each time they host the sale. All of the books are donated and often are recycled from repeat buyers, who read and return each book sale. She also ap-plauds the 50 volunteers who work tirelessly to make the event successful each year.

This year, the library committee decided to go towards the tasty theme of cook books.

“People love cookbooks – even if it’s just to dream instead of use. They are always full of colour with vibrant pictures and the library always gets lots of them. We can always use more colour after the win-ter we had,” Taylor-Ridg-

way said.The book sale also offers

more than just books too. Puzzles, DVDs, games and albums will also be avail-able for purchase.

“It’s all very inexpensive with most items being a dollar and it’s really important for the library moving forward.”

The sale runs until Satur-day during library hours in the festival room.

Gently-used donations accepted all year. How-ever, they cannot accept musty books, encyclope-dias, text books or maga-zines.

For more information contact the library at 905-892-6443.

Library cooking up sweet deals at book sale

Pelham Public Library Community Services Coordinator Melanie Taylor-Ridgway .Stephen Dyell/Voice photo

BY STEPHEN DYELL

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ONGOING• “Alone Together” a

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-Fridays: Mar. 28, Apr 4th & 11th @ 8pm

-Saturdays: Mar. 29, Apr 5th & 12th @ 8pm

-Sundays: Mar. 30th, & April 6th @ 2pm

• Newcomers Club of St. Catharines & District welcomes women new to the region to participate in a variety of activities. Call Maureen 905-397-7593 or Gwen 905-641-9816 for details.

• Exhibitors Wanted: 19th Annual Pelham Home Show presented by the Fonthill & District Kins-men. Pelham Arena. April 25, 26, 27. Applications at www.fonthillkinsmen.ca. Call 905-346-8288 or email [email protected].

• Mondays • 7:15 p.m. Peninsula Orchestra invites players to join them every Monday at Holy Trin-ity Anglican Church. No audition. For info. please contact Bev @ 892-0583.

• Tuesdays

• 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. SPAN (Single Person As-sociation of Niagara) is a social club for mature sin-gles who meet Iggy’s Pub 115 Hway 20 E Fonthill. Offers members a monthly calendar of social activities. Further information, call Lynie @905-788-0359

• 7:00 p.m. Bingo at St. Ann’s Church, 834 Canboro Rd. Fenwick. Wheelchair accessible.

• 7:30 p.m. “A Cappella Niagara” Men’s Chorus in-vites singers for fun, fellow-ship, and fabulous 4-part harmony at the Welland Community Wellness Complex, 145 Lincoln St. in Welland. For info call Ker-ry—289-820- 6584. Come and sing with us—you’ll be glad you did!

• Wednesdays. For those who have played Bridge before. Please ar-range for a partner. Wed. Monthly schedule at front desk. Refreshments. $1.00 per session. Pelham Public Library.

• Thursdays • (first Thursday of every

month) 1:30 p.m. to p.m. SOS (Survivors of Stroke) Everyone is welcome. Info call Ann 905-892-1621

• Fridays• 3:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.

Legion Dinners Friday March 28

• 3:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. Legion Dinner • 8:00 p.m. “Alone Togeth-er” a touching comedy by Lawrence Roman. Trinity United Church - 15 Pine Street S, Thorold. For tickets call: 905-682-8779 or email: [email protected]. www.thoroldthe-atre.ca

Thursday April 2- Sun-day, April 6

•Spring/easter Sale Fundraising Event. NSNAP (Niagara Spay Neuter As-sistance Program) New and nearly new gift items, house wares, clothing, jew-ellery, baking and more! All funds go to spay/neuter in the Niagara Region. Dona-tions, cat food and volun-teers gratefully accepted. Fairview Mall during mall hours (in front of Zehrs), 285 Geneva St. Catharines Contact 289-897-8514 www.niagaraspayneuter-assistance.org

Thursday, April 3 • 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Spring Classes from the Pelham Art Association: Instructor: Gloria Kingma - Watercolour. Six weekly sessions. Festival Room, Pelham Library, Fees: $ 80.00 members - $100.00 non -member. Contact: Mary Powley 905 - 892 - 4625 to register for class-es and workshops.• 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Youth Leadership Program ages 12-17 yrs old, Adult Leadership Program 18 yrs and older. Learn to commu-nicate effectively. Grimsby Town Hall Thursdays 7-9pm. Contact Heather to register @ [email protected] April 4• 3:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. Le-gion DinnerSaturday April 5 • 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Craft/Gift/Garage Sale. Ourl Lady of Holy Rosary Parish Hall. 35 Queen St @ Sullivan, Thorold. 40 vendors. All proceeds to restore windows. • 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Spring Workshop:from the

Pelham Art Association: Presenter: Gloria Kingma Acrylic on Birch PanelTime. Pelham Library, Town Square, Fonthill Ontario Fees: $40.00 members - $60.00 non - member. Contact: Mary Powley 905 - 892 - 4625 to register for classes and workshops.Saturday April 6 • 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. Model Railroad Open House, Fenwick Central Railroad. 1141 Maple St, Fenwick. www.gnmre.ca. Donations greatly appreciated. Sorry, not wheelchair accessible.

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Help Wanted

Help Wanted

PELHAM CARES INC. is a non-profit charitable organization serving the community since 1983.

Coordinator, Client Services

The primary role of the Coordinator, Client Services is to provide support & administrative services for clients, volunteers and community partners.

The qualifications required of this postion include but are not limited to:• Post Secondary Education and employment experience in a related field• A commitment to person-centred service • Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)• Excellent organizational skills & record keeping ability• Knowledge of the voluntary and government services in Pelham and the Niagara Region• Ability to work to deadlines• Working knowledge of computer programs (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)• Willingness to participate in training, skill enhancement opportunities

Part Time: (Approx 12-25 hours, Monday to Friday)Wages commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Qualified candidates are invited to send their resume by noon on Friday April 4th, 2014 in confidence to:

Jane Gilmour, President Pelham Cares Inc P. O. Box 1173, Fonthill ON L0S 1E0

E-mail: [email protected]

Pelham Cares thanks all individuals who apply. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

For Sale

Portable sawmill service. I will come to your home or farm and custom mill your logs. Firewood & lumber also available. Call Rob Patterson, 905-401-4948, [email protected]

Services

Janet’s Tax Service30 years experience

1200 Balfour St.Fenwick

905-892-4654

Josh DeHaan Flooring“For all your flooring needs”

We offer in-stock specials:

pre-finished hardwood flooring solid, engineered from $2/ft2

laminate flooring from $.89/ft2

carpet and vinyl flooring from $4.95/yd2

fibre flooring from $1/ft2

ceramic tile from $.89/ft2

...and other specials!

Call us to see the products that are available & visit our

showroom.

Phone: 905-892-7898Fax: 905-892-4811 No Sunday Calls, Please

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Robert’s PaintingI only paint

& I do it well. Interior & exterior,

25 years experience, neat, reliable. 732-2352

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Contact the Voice of Pelham at:[email protected] / 905-892-8690

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Extra copies of The Voice of Pelham available at these fine area businesses:

FENWICK:Avondale StoreFenwick Sub ShopGolden GrillDevries Fruit FarmRidderikhoff Meats

Pic’sKlagersKeith’s RestaurantTarget StorePenzoil Quick LubeLazy LoonPharmasaveAvondale StoreDrs. H. & M. Alberts

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Pelham’s independent news source from the Heart of Niagara

www.thevoiceofpelham.ca

The Voice of Pelham, pub-lished weekly with Wednes-day distribution in the heart of Niagara Region, has an immediate opening for a Regional Advertising Sales Representative. The suc-cessful candidate will have sales experience, prefer-ably in the advertising or re-tail industry. A team player, the winning candidate will be responsible to develop a regional account list with an aggressive cold calling mandate. Must have reli-able transportation. This is a full commission contract position. Please apply to: [email protected]

Engagement

Jack & Debbie Hollinshead

of North Pelham are proud to announce the engagement of their

daughter Charlene to Jesse Vervetgaert

son of Pete and Joan Vervetgaert of Vineland.

The wedding is planned for April 12, 2014 in

Jamaica.Congratulations!

Obituary

Secord, Rena Mae (nee Zavitz) 1920-2014Peacefully into the arms of

her Lord and Saviour, Rena passed away on Wednes-day, March 19, 2014 in her 94th year at Lookout Ridge. Loved mother of Lorelei (Chris) Fletcher, Charles (Beth) Secord, and Travis (Barb) Secord. Will be greatly missed by her grandchildren, Chris (Lisa) Fletcher, Emily (Jason) Poulin, Blake (Katelyn) Secord, Tamsynn (David) Rypstra, Travis WM, Myles, Vanessa Secord. Special great-grandmother to Mad-elaine, Hannah, Melanie and Nicole. Sister of Keith (Irene) Zavitz and sister-in-law Jean Summers (late Don). Survived by many nieces and nephews. Pre deceased by Husband Ron Secord, Brothers Gerald (Vivian), Homer (Nelda) Zavitz. Rena was an accomplished musician and music teacher in the Niagara Region for over 60 years. Long time mem-ber of the Fonthill Baptist Church. Special thank you to the entire staff and care-givers at Lookout Ridge for all the love, kindness and exceptional care they gave our mom.

A memorial service to celebrate Rena’s life will be held on Saturday, May 31, 2014 in the chapel at Lookout Ridge at 11:00 am. Visitation will take place 1 hour prior to the service at 10:00 am. If desired, donations may be made to Pelham Cares. Online con-dolences may be placed at www.pedlarfuneralhome.ca

A donation to Pelham Cares has been made by Pedlar Funeral Home. Proudly giving back to the community.


Aggressive ADVERTISING Impressive RESULTS!

Warren MasonAdvertising Coordinator

Phone [email protected]

The Baron Roofing Peewee Panthers are the champions of the Niagara District Local League (NDLL), winning in emphatic fashion with an 18-2 goal spread in the best-of-three Group

A Championship series against the West Lincoln Wrath.

Reid Murray scored six goals and had three help-ers, including a short-handed goal and goal on a penalty shot. Drew Col-

angelo and Jared Sloan rounded out the Panthers relentless assault down the centre of the ice.

The Panthers wingers were a force which could not be denied. Jack Ob-deyn led the way with

seven points, followed by Zach Baltrusiunas, Colton Morrison, Carter Nicho-las, Eli Taylor, and Tyler Scott.

Goaltenders Scott and Nicholas each clinched a victory in the two-game

series. As they have all season, the goalies were well protected by their defensemen Dan Durkin, Mitchell Karney, Josh Morningstar and Blake Bishop.

The NDLL Peewee Divi-

sion represents the 19 house league teams from Pelham, West Lincoln, Welland, Thorold, Ni-agara-on-the-Lake, Port Colborne, Dunnville and Wainfleet.

Peewee Panthers capture NDLL championship(Back row) Steve Scott, Jeff Obdeyn, Jared Sloan, Eli Taylor, Dan Durkin, Zach Baltrusiunas, Reid Murray, Jack Obdeyn, Dave Morningstar, Josh Morningstar, Forest Turpel, Steve Karnay, Tony Colangelo. (Front row) Drew Colangelo, Tyler Scott, Colton Morrison, Blake Bishop, Mitchell Karney, Carter Nicholas.

The Niagara Centre Skating Club recently participated in the Niagara Invitational held in Cheektowaga, NY with the

following results: Eve Belfry - 3rd - High Beginner Freeskate, Kelsie Dyson - 5th - Preliminary Freeskate, Danielle Lavigne

- 4th - Intermediate Compulsory Moves, 6th Intermediate Freeskate, Gwen Gibson - 3rd Pre Juvenile Competitive

Freeskate, 1st Pre Juvenile Jumps, 5th Pre Juvenile Compul-sory Moves, Sierra Humphries - 4th High Beginner Freeskate.


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