The Voice of Pelham, September 11, 2013

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A round of apologies went out. Ward 1 Coun. Larry Clark asked Mayor Dave

Augustyn for four apologies: to residents, to staff, to councillors and to himself.

He received them in a general way at last week’s town council meeting.

The next night, the mayor extended an apology to those attending a problem solving workshop on longboarding safety.

The apologies were tied to a newspaper col-umn Augustyn wrote.

In reviewing a July problem-solving work-shop, he mentioned a suggestion to close Overholt Road for longboarder use.

The public workshop involved longboard-ers, a resident and town staff.

The column’s content triggered a storm of letters, emails, phone calls and petitions from residents to town hall staff and councillors.

They feared the road was about to close.An Aug. 12 council meeting attracted an

overflow restless crowd to the council cham-

bers to listen to delegations for and against closure.

Many thought a decision was going to be made that night.

The meeting also drew Niagara Regional police officers.

Clark asked the mayor to apologize to residents of the Overholt neighbourhood, to abused town staff, to swamped town council-lors and to himself.

He said the residents were not consulted, town staff had to deal with 500 letters, emails and phone calls, and councillors such as him-self received at least 180 email messages.

“And to me personally, for shutting me down when I tried to speak.”

Clark was acting as deputy mayor in the absence of the mayor when the controversy broke. He tried to stem the reaction. He put out a news release explaining council was not making a decision at the Aug. 12 council meeting.

At that meeting, he tried to clarify council’s position to the crowd of spectators that a de-cision was not to be made.

At last Tuesday’s council meeting Augustyn gave up his chair to Ward 2 Coun. Gary Ac-cursi so he could speak.

He said he was sorry the group involved in the creative problem process did not have the right facts. Over 600 people a day, not 30, for example, use Overholt Road.

He was sorry people felt “the only way to get involved was through petitions, letters and emails.”

And “I’m sorry Coun. Clark felt shut down.”

The town was pioneering the public use of a problem solving method, the mayor said.

It was taking an eight-step “How might we…?” process, used by town hall and re-gional staff, and applying it with members of the public to town problems.

“We have learned many lessons from this experience,” he said about the Overholt con-troversy. “That’s what happens when you’re a trailblazer.”

Clark said he felt the mayor had apolo-gized.

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George Kowalski, an original member of Pelham Cares, marked his 90th birthday by cutting the service group’s 30th anniversary cake.

For a number of years, Kowalski’s home has been Pelham Cares headquarters and he handles the food donation pickup.

“We just keep moving along,” he said about his 30-year connection with Pelham Cares.

The cake-cutting at the Farmer’s Market last Thursday was part of a yearlong celebration and a thank-you to the community, said president Jane Gilmour.

The cake, donated by Sobeys, was shared with market shoppers and their children, along with entertainment by Shaun the Stilt Walker.

Pelham Cares has another Pelham Farmers Market event on Thursday, Oct. 3. During Hamper Day, shop-pers are encouraged to buy extra produce to donate to Pelham Cares.

“We did this earlier in the year and it worked out well,” said Gilmour.

With the harvest season in full swing during October, it should be even better, she said.

Meanwhile, for the fourth year, Klager’s Meat and Pro-duce is helping families in need have a Thanksgiving dinner. The annual fundraiser has begun.

Customers can drop by Klager’s store at 1507 Pelham St. in downtown Fonthill to make a donation. They can also do so at the Pelham Cares’ office at 124 Hwy 20 E. between 9 a.m. and noon.

“Last year, 39 Pelham families requested assistance and received either a ham or turkey for their Thanks-giving dinner in addition to fresh veggies, which were generously donated by a local supplier,” client services co-ordinator Betty Brown.

“We wouldn’t be able to do it without the help of our community, Klager’s and Urban Graze, who donate the produce. We are so thankful for their support.” Thanksgiving donations can be made at Klager’s or Pel-ham Cares, up to Oct. 12.

In another project, a donation has wrapped up the agency’s back-to-school backpack drive

The Independent Bikers Club donated 12 full back-packs.

The club meets for a weekly ride each Wednesday through the summer across the street from Pelham Cares at Iggy’s Pub and Grub.

For the second year, it has given backpacks full of sup-plies to Pelham Cares.

“It works out perfectly for us,” said Independent Biker co-ordinator Elliott Robbins. “We enjoy helping out and we received donations from riders not in the club.”

Pelham Cares gets ready for ThanksgivingBY WAYNE CAMPBELL

for the VOICE

George Kolwalski celebrates his 90th birthday by cutting Pel-ham Cares’ 30th anniversary cake. He has been a volunteer with Pelham Cares since its beginning.

Wayne Campbell/Voice Photo

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It took a recorded vote, but town council ap-proved the spending of $35,000 for a leash-free dog park.

By a 5-2 vote, council supported the rezoning of a regional-owned lot on Centre Street north of Regional Road 20 for the park.

Opposing the motion were: Ward 1 Coun. Larry Clark and Ward 2 Coun. Garry Accursi.

Clark said he wanted to “have done with the park” and not spend the $35,000.

Accursi tried to have discussion differed to the 2014 budget discussions saying there were other uses for the money in parks, recreation and the library budgets.

Supporting the re-zon-ing and spending motion were: Ward 1 Coun. Rich-ard Rybiak, Ward 2 Coun. Catherine King, Ward 3 councillors John Durley and Peter Papp and Mayor Dave Augustyn.

Rybiak said he support-ed the rezoning partly be-cause it turned the matter over to Niagara Region, which owns the property, freeing the town of oper-ating costs.

“It’s a neat way to wrap the parcel up and put it in the mail,” he said.

Augustyn called the $35,000 an investment. It will give Pelham a region-al park to serve not only dogs but hundreds of dog owners into the future.

He compared the spend-ing to the town’s share of a federal-provincial-sup-ported project that ben-efits Pelham.

The rezoning still has to be approved by regional council.

The $111,000 park will be funded by the town, region and fundraising by Pelham DOGs, which will raise $10,000.

Pam DiFasio of the dog owners association, which has spent more than two years campaigning for the park, said Pelham DOGs is thrilled about council’s decision.

“We were concerned that it would be delayed or voted down entirely so I think we were pleasantly surprised,” she said.

“It has been a long haul for Pelham DOGs, but will be worth it some day.”

Pelham DOGs looks for-ward to “working with the town and the region to make the park a reality.”

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Pelham’s long-awaited new fire station No. 3 is just down the road.

Actually, it will be around the corner and up the road.

Town council last week agreed to pur-chase a three-acre lot at 2315 Cream St. just north of the current station at Cream and Sixteen Road.

The land will cost $200,000 and falls within the town’s budgeted amount of $300,000.

For almost a decade, the town has used a garage for what was a considered tem-porary fire station.

Last year, a special town committee looking into the condition of the firehall recommended replacement.

The three acres must be rezoned for the new firehall and will need provincial approval because of Greenbelt legisla-tion, staff said in a report.

Mayor Dave Augustyn, however, said the property is already designated for truck storage and the Niagara Region is expected to support Pelham in a rezon-ing bid.

Volunteer firefighters in the Shorthills Fire and Rescue association will help to design the new station.

Fenwick firefighters did it for the new Pelham Fire Station No. 2, which opened last year.

More than 20 volunteers through Fire Station No. 3 protect northern Pelham, Short Hills Provincial Park and parts of West Lincoln.

Town buys land for new northern fire station


BY WAYNE CAMPBELL

for the VOICE

Pictured (right) are some of the original members and supporters of the dog park committee. These are some of the people who got the ball rolling a couple of years ago.



In my last editorial, I expressed my views on the importance of news-paper reading. From the perspective of both an editor and an educator, I suggested that today’s students would perform better on the Ontario Sec-ondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) if they were in the habit of reading the newspaper. I urged parents and guardians to make the newspaper a priority in the home, and I encouraged exposure to several newspapers, writ-ten from various critical lenses.

While on the topic of

newspaper reading, I want to take it a step fur-ther, and inspire students to use the newspaper as a vehicle for change. As an editor, I learn about po-tential news stories when people contact me with story ideas. From there, I can follow a lead, ask questions, create a news story, and ultimately re-port the news.

I know that today’s schools are filled with plenty of potential news, sports and features sto-ries. More often than not, it’s the teachers, parents and guardians who con-tact me with these ideas.

The educator in me would love to hear from the students themselves. The newspaper is a chan-nel for raising awareness, getting people involved, and spreading informa-tion—students are fully capable of being directly involved in this organic process.

Also, students should feel free to speak their minds, share their opinions, and work collectively with the media. That’s what the ‘Letter to the Editor’ sec-tion is intended for. I usu-ally receive letters from adults or coaches, but it’s rare that a student’s letter

crosses my desk. I was in Grade 4 when

I penned my first ‘Letter to the Editor’. It was in response to a report on poverty that I had just watched on the evening news. The letter was pub-lished in the Toronto Star; I was nine-years-old.

It’s never too early to initiate change and speak aloud, and a newspaper is an effective avenue for ac-complishing such a goal. There is power in the writ-ten word, and today’s stu-dents can use their words to make a difference in their community.

Anyone wanting to send

a story idea or ‘Letter to the Editor’ is asked to contact me via email at [email protected].

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For older persons, such as myself, a short recap of the essentials of longboarding may help with what follows.

A longboard is usually 33 to 59 inches long and is a variant of the shorter skateboard; the latter was reportedly invented in Hawaii to simulate surfing on land when surf conditions weren’t right. (This tends to assume that peo-ple know that the original skateboards were a single board attached to skate wheels.)

As a general statement it could once be said that skateboards were those on which shorter distance acrobatics were performed, whereas longboards were for downhill, longer dis-tance travelling or cruising. But, that defini-tion is already outdated since the geometry of longboards is changing and the activities on a longboard can now emulate many of those once restricted to skateboarding. Enough of the recap; Wikipedia does it better, but takes longer.

What are the Pelham longboarders propos-ing as their mainstream activity? Is it longer distance travel and if so, how far; or is it short distance acrobatics; or is it both. It is absolutely essential that the nature of their intended activities be defined before any at-tempt can be made to accommodate them

within the town’s perimeter. It has been said that the proposed Isaac Riehl Skate Park, planned for the Marlene Stewart Streit Park, will not suffice, so apparently longboarding in a skateboard park is not one of their de-sired options.

So, what is ?The problem facing the Town Council as

to how to accommodate longboarders on the town’s streets is neither new nor unique. Fifteen minutes with “Google” will uncover all one needs to know about the problems facing towns from Nova Scotia to BC, and no satisfactory solutions.

One of the better publications I have read on how to analyse the situation came from next door, in St Catharines. I hope that the responsible persons in our Town would have read their careful deliberations and used it as a basis for analysing our situation. This Cor-porate Report (# RCS-030-2013) of January last year was initiated with the acceptance that longboarding was not a passing fad, and what could St Catharines do about it. It con-tained this summary

Conclusion: “Longboarding is not permit-ted on City roads and no off-road locations were found to be able to safely accommodate

longboarding in their current condition. The development of a facility dedicated to long-boarding has not been identified as a prior-ity at this time and as such is not included in the Capital Budget forecast. An update of the Recreation Facility Master Plan is anticipated over the next few years. If this update identi-fies longboarding as a priority, the develop-ment of a facility dedicated to longboarding could be considered at that time.”

In other words, take action in an orderly and organized manner.

Recent past actions in our own town have included closing certain streets to longboard-ers, which simply means that they move to another street. I have mailed my concerns to the Mayor about property devaluation by designating any street as open for the activity, and this must be a concern to any homeown-er in Pelham who resides on a slope.

The meeting on September 4 gave people a chance to air their thoughts and opinions, but in the long-run the sober, second thought of a long-range planning committee is needed to resolve our problem.

Don Knight,Fonthill

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To make up for a rainout in July, Sum-merfest 2013 will hold its Night of Arts with movie night under the arches on Friday, Sept. 27.

Ward 2 Coun. Gary Accursi called it the first use of the arches, leading into Pel-ham Town Square, for anything other than a Summerfest beer pavilion.

In his report to Pelham town council last week, the chair of the Summerfest committee said acts that were scheduled to perform in July are invited to return.

A severe wind, rain and lightning storm forced the cancellation on July 19, the

second evening of Summerfest. Voting is underway to pick the movie

for Sept. 27. The poll, which closes Thursday, is at www.surveymonkey.com/s/PelhamMovieNight.

Accursi said all costs for the resched-uled event will be paid by the Sum-merfest committee and not the Pelham taxpayer.

While a final report for third annual Summerfest is not yet finished, the es-timated attendance over the three days was 23,000, he said.

It was an increase over the 20,000 who attended the second year.

And if it rains on Friday, Sept. 27? Night of Arts will be held on Saturday,

Sept. 28.

MUNICIPALmatters

In March, I wrote here about the Executive Summary that staff prepared for Council about the recreational and cultural reports that various Councils have received over the years. I also wrote that “…because it’s been discussed and desired for many years, Council recently approved the development of a business case for com-munity recreational facilities.”

As part of a creative problem solving session last De-cember, Council identified reasons for such an Execu-tive Summary and a business case: Council wants to de-velop the Town-owned-lands in East Fonthill (32 acres at Regional Road 20 and Rice Road) in the best manner and in conjunction with other property-owner groups; Council wants to define the recreational and cultural services the Town needs now and for the future; Coun-cil wants to stay focused on deciding what to do with Town facilities and those Town-owned-lands.

In June, the Town awarded the “Request for Propos-als” for a Business Case to LeisurePlan International Inc. – a firm that specializes in planning and market research for recreation and leisure activities including YMCAs and municipalities.

We were hoping that their market analysis and busi-ness case study would have been completed by now. However, the CAO reported to Council last week on something many have been saying for a long time: “A review of all previous studies was undertaken which confirmed that no significant or meaningful financial work was completed requiring additional financial analysis for both an arena and community centre.”

So that they can present a comprehensive report and so that we can have meaningful discussions about rec-reation in Pelham, LeisurePlan began a phone survey last week. Randomly selected Pelham residents will be asked to participate in a 10-minute telephone survey. Residents will be asked about their recreation and cul-ture habits and preferences. LeisurePlan will vary the

time of calls so that no biased day or hour exists, and will survey more than 1,000 residents so that they can achieve a statistically significant result. All personal in-formation collected will remain strictly confidential.

Over the last number of years, many in the communi-ty have expressed the desire for increased recreational and cultural services. I am pleased that we are finally undertaking a market analysis and business case. This statistically valid survey will gauge the need for these services and evaluate whether a business case exists to expand services like indoor aquatics, arena ice-times, fitness programs, and other facilities.

I hope that we can publicize the results of the busi-ness case over the next couple of months so that Coun-cil can work together with you and your neighbours to finally decide on the future recreational, cultural, and wellness facilities and needs for the Town.

You may suggest future columns by contacting Mayor Dave at [email protected] or read past columns at www.pelhammayordave.blogspot.com.

Surveying local recreation and culture needsBY DAVE AUGUSTYN

Mayor of Pelham


New Night of Arts scheduled for Sept. 27 A local church is getting

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“Growing and Building in Faith” Pelham Community Church, United Church of Canada, plans to break ground in the spring of 2014 for a major building expansion.

In 1865, the first sod was turned to build the original portion of the church at 461 Canboro Road, Pelham. The fol-lowing 149 years have seen many additions and improvements.

This latest and most ambitious plan addresses issues of accessibility and

flexibility. Pastor, The Rev. Dr. Diane Walker stated, “The need for a ‘house big enough for the family’, a worship space expansive enough to ac-commodate our gathered worship community, has brought us to this com-mitment.”

The seven-week Capi-tal Campaign, chaired by Drew Furtney, will be launched on September 8, 2013, and will con-clude with a “Celebration Sunday” on November 3, 2013.

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ing committee. Some of the key features

of the design include an enlarged sanctuary, first floor nursery, multi-pur-pose space with flexible seating, a large group as-sembly area for children and youth activities and a lift for accessibility to all levels.

Worship services will still continue to be held in the building during the construction period. Progress, photos and ad-ditional information may be viewed on the website for the Capital Campaign at www.pccbuild2014.co.

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Pelham teen Georgia Wade will be representing Ontario at the Canadian-

Interprovincial Equestrian Championships to be held in Calgary on September 13-15.

At 14, Georgia is com-peting as a Junior Dres-sage rider in this National

event.“I’ve always loved the

discipline of dressage,” said Wade. “It’s equal parts horse and rider.”

The term dressage comes from French, and is usu-

ally translated to mean simply “training”. Horse and rider are expected to perform, from memory, a series of predetermined movements.

It is important for the horse and rider to be a good visual match in size.

“I have longer legs, so the horse has to carry my leg without looking awk-ward,” said Wade.

While her horse is tech-nically a Welsh standard-bred pony, it is a large one at 14.1 hands high and 11 years of age.

His stable name is Ar-thur, but Georgia said that he prefers his arena name, which is Excalibur.

Arthur (Excalibur) is boarded at Elite Equine Centre in Pelham, but Wade takes dressage les-sons with her coach, Janet Henderson, at Rivendell Arabian in Port Colborne. They trailer the horse from Elite to Rivendell for the lessons.

Since Wade is experienc-ing a growth spurt typical of a girl her age, she is leasing her horse because she will outgrow it by next season. The lease ends this month.

This means that Ex-calibur won’t be going to Calgary. Instead, she will be using a horse sup-plied from a local Calgary stable.

“It’s going to make it a little challenging for her,”

said Terry Wade, Georgia’s father. “Some of the other competitors are taking their own horses.”

When she arrives in Calgary, Wade will have three days to train with the Calgary horse before the competition. The horse has already been trained up to the required test level, so it has proven what it can do, but the combination of horse and rider will be new.

Besides the added chal-

lenge of the unknown horse, Wade said she is nervous because “this is my first time for an out-of-province event.”

But her father is confi-dent in her abilities and very proud of her.

“She’s been working really hard and rides ev-eryday,” he said. “It’s nice to show her off a little bit; Georgia is the only one that I know from Niagara to make it to this compe-tition.”

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With the fall harvests starting to peak, Pelham Farmers Market has ac-tivities to draw shoppers to its downtown Fonthill stalls on the Thursday evenings.

“Apple, plums, pears, squash and even some early grapes are on sale,” said marketing coordina-tor Bev Yungblut.

This year farmers are having a good season fol-lowing a dry 2012 that took out many fruits and vegetables.

“The crops are really doing well after what hap-pened last year,” she said.

The market will hold its Harvest Festival on Thurs-day Sept. 26.

It will feature a Pumpkin Challenge.

About 100 young people who received seeds in the spring are invited to bring in their pumpkins for weighing and judg-ing. Winners will receive prizes.

Last year about 30 out of 110 brought back pump-kins, said Yungblut, and she hopes for more this year.

Also on Sept. 26, the market will hold a Salsa Contest with categories of red, green, fruit and hot salsa. Deadline for regis-tration is Thursday, Sept. 19 with submission of a

salsa sample by 5:30 p.m. that day.

Hamper Day is on Oct. 3. Customers are invited to buy fresh produce for Pelham Cares.

“For example, buy some beans for yourself and second bag for Pelham Cares,” said Yungblut.

Since Pelham Cares dis-tributes from its food bank on Friday, this allow it to include fresh produce.

“We did this earlier in the season, and it worked out well.”

Last Thursday Pelham Cares at 30 years and the Farmers Market at 10

celebrated anniversaries together.

The Pelham Fire Depart-ment will stage a Fire Pre-vention event on Oct. 10.

Pelham Farmers Market’s final Thursday evening session will be on Oct. 24.

The market operates from the beginning of May to the end of Octo-ber each Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to dusk in the municipal parking lot in Pelham Town Square.

It features about 20 lo-cal vendors selling fruit, vegetables, honey, and prepared foods.

Harvest season eventsBY

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Bev Yungblut promotes Pelham Farmers Market’s Salsa and Pumpkin contests, coming on Thursday, Sept. 26.



On Thursday, August 29, fifteen injured members of the Canadian Armed Forces came to Effingham as part of a rehabilitation program that centres around the beauty, sim-plicity, and focus of fly fishing and fly tying.

This event, one of the first in Canada, was orga-nized and hosted by the Niagara Chapter of Trout Unlimited Canada.

Dennis Edell, President of the Niagara Chapter said “As fly fishers, we un-derstand the benefits pro-vided by the calmness and the focus of our sport. To give back in some small way to our wounded vet-erans made this a perfect fit.”

According to Edell, events like this are more common in the United States where they are pre-sented by Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing based in Maryland.

Edell was inspired to get involved with Project Healing Waters during a visit to the Western New York Chapter of Trout Unlimited, which has held similar events.

“Trout Unlimited is a conservation organiza-tion, not a fishing club,” said Brian Green, Secre-tary of the Niagara Chap-ter. “It’s a way of preserv-ing our environment so that fishing is possible.”

“It’s like Ducks Unlimit-ed,” he said. “Except that when we catch them, we let the fish go.”

The Niagara Chapter is less than two years old, but has already made im-

provements to the upper reaches of Twelve Mile Creek, Niagara’s only cold water watershed, in part-nership with the Niagara College Environmental Programs and the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority.

According to Green, the elite of fly fishing in Southern Ontario came to the event. “Our entire chapter showed up and there were members from Toronto, Oakville, and Burlington.”

Grindstone Angling in Waterdown donated equipment and brought a crew to demonstrate fly fishing. “They were in-strumental in making this such a great event,” said Green.

The connection with the Canadian Armed Forces came via Soldier On, an organization that empow-ers injured members of the Canadian Forces to adopt an active lifestyle as part of the healing pro-cess.

All of the Forces’ mem-bers are serving presently,

but some of them, due to the nature of their in-jury, will have to leave the Forces.

“I was surprised to learn that leaving is a tremen-dous emotional problem for some of them, because it’s all they’ve ever done,” said Green. “And that’s part of their problem in addition to their docu-mented injury.”

Green said that he expected all attendees would be from the infan-try, but ground, air, and sea were represented, with officers of some rank as well as regular troops, ranging in age from late twenties to early fifties.

Some of them were in-jured in Afghanistan, and a couple served in Bosnia. Three of them were wom-en, with one being a Navy Captain.

The majority had never picked up a rod and had no idea what fly fishing was.

“But one guy was from New Brunswick and had fished for Atlantic salmon

Environment Day

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Saturday, Sept. 14, 20138 a.m. – 3 p.m. Niagara Region Headquarters Parking Lot 3501 Schmon Parkway (Enter off Schmon Parkway) Thorold

Environment Day gives Niagara residents an opportunity to drop off the following materials for re-use or recycling free of charge: (No commercial, institutional or industrial waste accepted)

Blue and Grey Box recyclables

Household hazardous waste

Reusable clothing

Small household items

Scrap metal

Electronics

Used household batteries

Car tires, without rims

Eyeglasses

Plastic toys (batteries, metal and electronic parts must be removed)

Items that are not reusable or recyclable will NOT be accepted. A full list of acceptable drop offitems can be found at www.niagararegion.ca/waste

Environment Day is limited to residential use only. No commercial, institutional or industrial waste will be accepted. No walk-ins are permitted, residents must arrive in vehicle.

While quantities last, free bags of compost or leaf and yard waste bags will be given to those who make a donation of cash or non-perishable food items to the local food bank.

Blue Boxes, Grey Boxes, Green Bins and backyard composters will be available for sale (cash only).

Construction and renovation materials and large household items, including reusable items such as doors, windows, kitchen

couches and appliances, will NOT be accepted. Please contact local charities for donations options. Visit the Region’s online Enviro-Guide for locations which accept these materials.

Injured soldiers learn how to fl y fi shBY GREG HOLMES

for the VOICE

Volunteers helping the soldiers learn the art of tying flies. Pictured is soldier Jamie Chaplin being assisted by master fly-tyer, Elliott Deighton.


See Soldiers (Page 9)


The column was not written with intent to cre-ate problems.

“But we have to be more careful about what is said in the media,” he said.

“Right now, I’m satis-fied.”

On Wednesday night, at a “How might we…?” problem solving work-shop on longboarding safety, the mayor apolo-gized to the more than 50 local residents, long-boarders and town staff at the Fenwick firehall.

“I’m sorry we didn’t in-clude everyone involved in the July process,” he said at the Fenwick fire-hall referring to the first longboarding workshop.

“I’m sorry the way is-sues played out.”

The mayor said he has re-read his column 10 times “and I may have given the wrong impres-sion.”

Apology (continued from Page 1)

in the Miramichi River when he was young,” said Green. “Although he brought his own fishing rod, he hadn’t used it for twenty years.”

According to Green, The Healing Waters program presents several facets for healing. There is the fly tying, which helps with the fine motor skills that sometimes need to be re-stimulated in the vet-erans. Then the casting helps with the more gross physical motions. But there is also the Zen-like aspect that is often associ-ated with fly fishing. This helps with emotional and spiritual healing.

“What all the fly fisher-man know is that it’s not about the catching; it’s about the fishing,” said Green. “And in this case, I think this may be really true.”

Soldiers (Continued from Page 8)


The Riehl family remains amazed by the community response to the death of their son Isaac.

Almost a year after the 14-year-old was struck by a car while longboarding on Foss Rd, they officially turned the sod for construction of the Isaac Riehl Memorial Skate Park,

Issac’s father Ted Riehl said “it is very overwhelming and very humbling. We’re very proud as parents.”

Work on the $440,765 skatepark in Marlene Stewart Streit Park began the week before the Wednesday sod turn-ing.

“I’ve been here everyday,” said mother Bonita Riehl. “Those two guys over there are my bros,” referring to the New Line Skateparks Inc. crew building the park.

She said Isaac “was the kind of kid who lit up a room and could speak huge amounts without saying a word.

“His spirit is lingering around this park and you will see it in the vibrancy and playfulness of the kids who will use it.”

Work on the 8,400-square-foot park will take 10 to 12 weeks depending on weather.

E.L. Crossley Secondary School stu-dents spearheaded fundraising for the park. Isaac had only been at the school for five weeks when the accident oc-curred. He was well known at Fonthill’s

Glynn A. Green public school. Crossley student Mariah Bunz guided

the fundraiser. It tapped into a desire of Pelham young people for a skateboard park.

The campaign included a national online polling contest staged by Aviva Insurance. The park project attracted a $115,000 donation from the company.

Sam Reynolds, a nine-year-old Pelham Centre public school student designed a T-shirt and raised $5,200 in sales. He gave town council a cheque last week.

The Mayor’s Gala community fund-raiser similarly donated $10,150.

Bunz at the sod turning said “it is kind of surreal that it is actually coming to-gether.”

The experience taught her “how much one person can do when you put your mind to it.”

Jacob Riehl, Isaac’s older brother also a Crossley student, helped at the sod turning.

“It’s amazing the support it received from his friends and my friends,” he said about the way the school used the proj-ect to deal with his brother’s loss.

Bunz, who doesn’t skateboard, said skateboarders helped design the park.

The town contributed $296,265 to the construction and will maintain the park.

It will form a committee of neighbours and skateboarders to set rules, program-ming and conduct. For information call 905-892-2607 ext 347.

BY WAYNE CAMPBELL

for the VOICE

Work begins on memorial skatepark

With park construction in the background, sod is turned for the Isaac Riehl Memorial Skate Park. From left are: Mariah Bunz, Coun. Peter Papp, Mayor Dave Augustyn, Coun. Richard Rybiak, Ted Riehl, Bonita Riehl, Jacob Riehl, and Ian Foo of Aviva Insurance.


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On the weekend of September 21, interna-tionally-respected water-colour artist and Pelham resident Linda Kemp will lead a special two-day art workshop at the Pelham Library presented by the Pelham Art Association.

Linda Kemp’s award-

winning paintings are in collections around the world, including The Royal Collection at Wind-sor Castle, and the private collection of HRH The Prince of Wales.

She is a full-time artist, in-structor, and author who received the 2005 Woman of Distinction Award for Arts and Culture, and the 2008 AJ Casson Medal for Outstanding Achievement

in Watercolour—the top award for the National Juried Exhibition of the Canadian Society of Paint-ers in Watercolour.

The workshop will fo-cus on a technique called negative painting, where the artist creates spe-cific shapes, then paints around them rather than within them, and repeats the process to build layers of design and color, often working from foreground to background or from light to dark.

Kemp is internationally known for her mastery of the technique. “I’ve painted all of my life, but have worked specifically with this approach for more than thirty years,” she said.

“My publisher has an-nounced that I’m the ambassador of negative painting!”

The workshop is a mas-ter class intended for adults who have some ex-perience with watercolor painting, but attendees certainly don’t need to be professionals.

It will begin with the

familiar watercolor on pa-per, but on day two Kemp will introduce a different kind of substrate called clayboard. “It almost feels like working on plaster or fresco,” said Kemp.

When describing the process of creating art, Kemp compares the vi-sual arts to music.

“I’m a bit envious of mu-sicians who get together and have a jam session,” she said, “because when we visual artists get to-gether to paint, we all agree it’s a good day when we don’t talk to each other!”

But for Kemp, work-shops like this are more interactive and a great starting point for new-comers.

“The good folks in the Pelham Art Association are really all about help-ing people who have an interest in art,” she says.

Mary Powley, who is long-time President of the Association and cur-rently has her own work on display at Zest Restau-rant, says “Linda is a very devoted artist, and very

giving of her knowledge and experience. We are honoured to have her in our community.”

The two-day workshop takes place on Saturday September 21 and Sun-day September 22 at the Pelham Library in the Fes-tival room. The workshop begins at 9 a.m. sharp and

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On July 22, 2013 Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge was born to parents Prince William and the Duchess of Cam-bridge. His traditional name is rich in history. The Pelham Historical Society is celebrating the birth with the presenta-tion of the first of four DVDs from “The Queen—60 Glorious Years”.

The story of the be-ginnings of the House of Windsor is told dra-matically through vintage news footage. The story of why George V changed the name from Saxe-Co-bourg-Gotha to Windsor is explained. The story of two very important King Georges is explored. The legacy for Prince George is revealed for us to discuss. Canadians enjoyed the historical announcement of a male heir and celebra-tion through recent excit-ing “blue” tributes at the London Eye, the Peace Tower, the CN Tower and the mighty Niagara Falls.

The Pelham Historical Society looks forward to sharing this documentary and discussion with mem-bers of the club and the

community on Saturday, September 14 at Lookout Ridge Retirement Home at 2:30 p.m. in the The-

atre Room. The story of Britain’s monarchy in the 21st Century must be counted as a success sim-

ply because it still exists and shows no evidence of coming to an end in the foreseeable future. Come

and celebrate with the presentation and refresh-ments following. Bring along any memorabilia on

the topic for all to see and reminisce about it at the meeting.

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Saturday September 14, 2.30 pm.at Lookout Retirement Community

Celebrating the birth of Prince George, “The First Windsors”, a DVD

Some residents may have answered a phone call survey already.

The town has a consul-tant, LeisurePlan Intertna-tional Inc., conducting a feasibility study of poten-tial culture and recreation facilities.

It’s the latest chapter in a community recreational complex saga.

For about a decade, the story has involved study after study, municipal

election battles, a ma-jor land purchase, and, passionate lobbying by sports, culture and other activity groups.

Last year, a council com-mittee looking at town facilities recommended building a new commu-nity centre but only with outside funding from se-nior levels of government or other sources

The current feasibility study has a long title: the multi-purpose indoor community centre strat-egy and business model study.

The consultant will ask randomly selected Pelham residents about their par-ticipation in recreational and cultural programs.

In a 10-minute tele-phone survey, Liesure-Plan callers will draw out views.

“Adults will be asked about their recreation and cultural habits and pref-erence,” the town said in a news release, “and guardians will answer on behalf of children under age 18.”

The consultant will schedule the calls to

avoid day-of-the-week or hour-of-the-day bias.

It will attempt three call-backs to get a represen-tative sample to achieve “a statistically significant result.”

Community groups pro-viding recreation and cul-ture services will receive a customized question-naire.

Mayor Dave Augustyn said the survey will put figures beside wish lists.

“Over the last number of years, many in the com-munity have expressed the desire to increased

recreational and cultural services,” he said.

“This statistically valid survey will help council gauge the need for these services and evaluate whether a business case exists to expand services like indoor aquatics, arena ice times, fitness programs and other facili-ties.”

Ward 3 Coun. John Dur-ley, who chaired council’s recreational facilities committee, said the study was a tool to determine current and future needs.

The feasibility study

builds on previous re-search.

Those studies found aquatic, fitness, gymna-sium, recreational and cultural facilities may be required in the future, the town said in its news release.

The feasibility study will provide data to measure demand and how to meet it.

Chief administrative of-ficer Darren Ottaway said the survey will continue for as long as it takes to get a statistically signifi-cant sampling.

Phone call poll measures desires for new servicesBY

WAYNE CAMPBELLfor the VOICE

Historical Society celebrates the birth of a prince

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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 p.m.-9 p.m. SPAN (Single Professional Association of Niagara) is a social club for mature sin-gles who meet and mingle at Iggy’s Pub 115 Hwy 20, Fonthill, every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Of-fers members a monthly calendar of social activities. Further information, call Lynie @905-788-0359

• Alternate Wednesdays. 1:00-3:00 p.m. Drop-in Bridge at Pelham Library. Ask for Schedule at front desk.

• Thursdays through October, Pelham Farmers Market at Market Square, 4:30 p.m. to dusk. Fresh, local produce, prepared foods, crafts.

.• Thursdays (first Thurs-day of every month) 1:30 p.m. to p.m. SOS (Survi-vors of Stroke) Everyone is welcome. Info call Ann 905-892-1621

• Fridays 1:00-3:00 p.m.. Knit Wits - Knitting Club. Work on your pres-ent project while spending time with other knitters. All levels are welcome. Cro-cheters welcome. Knitting tips will be shared at each session.$2.00 includes re-freshments. Drop in at the Fonthill Library.

• 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Legion Dinner

• 7:30 p.m. Euchre at North Pelham Youth Hall, 1718 Maple St. $3 admis-sion. Call Rose for info: 905-892-3408.

* First and Third Friday of the Month, 7 p.m. Social Dances at Club Heidgel-berg. Admission $10. Cash bar.

• Alternate Saturdays 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Computer & Gadget Drop-in: For beginners to advanced learners. Learn new tips and tricks and share ideas and skills with

others in an informal set-ting. Some laptops will be available or BYOG (bring your own gadget). $2.00. Drop in. Pelham Public Library.

.UPCOMING Wednesday, Sept. 11• 7:30 p.m. Welland

Camera Club celebrating it’s 53rd year season and is inviting photographers of all levels to get involved. Wesley United Church, 244 First Ave. N., Welland. www.wellandcameraclub.ca

Friday, September 13•3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. New! Legion Dinner• 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Fab

Fenwick Lions Fish Fry, Take Out, Centennial Park, Church St, Fenwick.

Saturday, Sept. 14• 9:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m.

Coffee Break at Rockway Community Center. Sup-ports Alzheimers Society Niagara. Coffee and muf-fins, Quilt show.

• 7:00 p.m. Preparing for the Inevitable: A Funeral Seminar. Presentations by professionals followed by question period. Hosted by Church of Christ. 765 Welland Rd., Fenwick.

Tuesday, Sept. 17• 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

United Way Campaign Kickoff Breakfast. Sparrow Lakes Golf Course. $15 in-cludes hot buffet breakfast, live entertainment. Call 905-735-0490 to reserve tickets or www.unitedway-southniagara.ca.

Wednesday, Sept. 18• 6:30 p.m. Niagara

Heritage Quilters. Merriton Community Center.

Friday, September 20• 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Legion DinnerSaturday, Sept. 21• 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Hands That Help Craft and Trade Show. Pelham Fire Station #2, 766 Welland Rd., Fenwick. Proceeds to Pelham Cares. Food donations collected at the door. Facebook @ Hands that Help.

Monday September 23 •7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Pel-

ham Horticultural Soci-ety meeting at Fonthill Library. Speaker will be Darrell Bley, Instructor at the Niagara Parks Com-mission School of Horti-culture, on the creation of a Natural Swimming Pond. New members and guests always welcome.

Tuesday, September 24•1:00-3:00 p.m. Fabu-

lous Fall Fashion Show! Niagara Women’s Con-nection, invites you to a relaxing afternoon of fun, friendship, information and inspiration. This month we will be presenting a fashion show featuring shoes & purses. $7. Babysitting is free. Kirk on the Hill, 1344 Haist St., Pelham. RSVP Margaret 905-788-9641 or email her at [email protected].

Thursday Sept. 26 • 7:00 pm. at Fonthill

United Church. John Sands and the Yamaha concert organ, Reserve tickets at 905 892-6433 or buy at door. Adults $12, children $5. Proceeds to work of the church.

Friday, September 27• 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Legion Dinner• 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Fab

Fenwick Lions Fish Fry, Take Out, Centennial Park, Church St, Fenwick.

Saturday, Sept. 28• 7:00 p.m. Progressive

Euchre, Fonthill Lions Hall, Hwy#20, Prizes, Light lunch, cash bar. $5.

Saturday, Oct. 5• 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

CFUW 44th Annual Book-sale, Welland Fairgrounds, Building B. Facebook@cfuwwellandanddistrict-booksale

Gary and Lisa Wort are pleased and proud to announce

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The Graduation of their daughter Emily from the

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The Graduation of their son Cameron from the Niagara College with a diploma from the Reno-vation Technician-Con-struction Co-op program. He is currently working at Fonthill Lumber and Trusses.

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Another year of Fenwick Softball fastpitch action has come to an end. Congratulations to the Intermediate regular sea-son champions. Pictured are (front center) Emily Brueske; (middle row, left to right) Coach Christine Smith, Natalie Langendoen, Kaileigh Smith, Jane Jarrett, Chase Barber, Wil-liam Guitard; (back row) Fallon Lodde, Amber Penner, Nick Lodde, Jenna Veerman, Ethan Guitard, Coach John Guitard, and Ross Lodde.


Hundreds of cyclists will tour Pelham on Sat-urday morning as part of the GranFondo Niagara Falls.

It will mean the closing of roads around the town from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

The non-competitive European cycling event, translated as the Big Ride, will cover 125 kilometres.

Cyclists of various skill levels will receive a scenic and challenging tour of Niagara.

They will start beside the Falls, take the parkway to Niagara-on-the-Lake re-turn to Queenston then through Thorold, the Welland Canal tunnel and to DeCew Rd.

A big part of GranFondo is a Pelham loop.

It will include DeCew Rd., Pelham Rd., Effing-ham St., Sawmill Rd., Cen-tre St., Roland Rd., Maple St., Sixteen Rd., and Kill-man Rd.

The ride will climb Ef-fingham to a Regional Rd. 20, which will be closed between Effingham and Haist streets.

The cyclists will go down Haist St. to Overholt Rd., and Pelham St. with riders continuing on through the St. John’s Valley on Hollow Rd. and out Hol-land Rd. to Cataract.

They will return to De-Cew Rd. and make their way back to Niagara Falls finishing at Table Rock beside the Falls.

This is the first Gran-Fondo Niagara Falls and follows a similar sports tourism event in Whistler, B.C. in 2010 organized by GranFondo Canada.

Organizers hope to make it a regular event and as popular as gran fondos in Europe.

GranFondo will close roads Saturday morning

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