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Residents say candidate meetings helpful in decision making With the last of the four community “all candidate” meetings wrapping up in Sutton on Thursday, October 14, residents in Pef-ferlaw, Udora, Keswick and Sutton left few questions on the table when quizzing candidates about their qualifications and their ability to meet the growing needs of Georgina over the next four years. Mayoralty candidates Ken Craine, Rob Grossi and Peter Juras (Dave Pollock did not attend any meetings) fielded several questions regarding escalating taxes, hous-ing for seniors, economic development, transportation, recreational services and culture at all four forums. Mr. Craine said repeatedly that the Town of Georgina is a business and should be run as a business. “First we have to get the money coming in and the infrastructure built to attract new business to help take the tax burden off the residents,” he said. “And once we have the money we can decide how to spend it.” Mr. Grossi said he was proud of his ac-complishments to date and wants to build on a blueprint put in place to address the growth Georgina will experience in the coming years. “Municipal governments create the blueprint and the marketplace responds to demand. That is what we have done and we are seeing some of that hard work come together,” he said. “We have

come a long way yet we still have more to do. The next four years are going to be a challenge in this town and leadership is going to be the key.” Mr. Juras said under his leadership, he can promise Georgina a new beginning, one that will include an emphasis on tourism, clean jobs and recreational services. “I see a future where we can truly enjoy a backyard paradise, bring in tourist dollars and much needed jobs,” he said. “I will need to be aggressive in cutting adminis-trative costs and proactive in getting busi-nesses to invest in our town.” While questions from the floor to candi-dates in all four venues were similar in context, the priorities were different. In Ward 5, residents focused on high taxes, a disparity in the distribution of services, transportation and the electronic black hole in Udora. Candidate for Ward 5 Iris Staniscia said better budget planning is required to ad-dress the issue of escalating taxes. “We certainly need to look at the budget and find areas where we can plan better so we are not putting out as much money,” she said. Brad Smockum said it is difficult to keep property taxes from rising due to union demands. “Every year everybody wants a raise so the

only way we can stop taxes from going up is to cut services. It is as simple as that. If you want to cut taxes you have to cut ser-vices.” In addressing the issue of high speed inter-net access, Ward 5 candidate Dawn Zim-merman said it should be a no-brainer. “Technology will drive clean industry and distance learning and I don’t think we can drive Georgina ahead without it. Invest-ment in this technology can bring us all kinds of other options. For me it is a no-brainer.” In Sutton, residents raised issues such as affordable housing for seniors, town beau-tification programs, the arts, support for small business and escalating taxes. Art Field, a candidate for Ward 4, recog-nized the need for affordable senior hous-ing and suggested there may be an oppor-tunity for the three levels of government to work together on the issue. Ken Hackenbrook, running for re-election in Ward 4, said the old Sutton Public School on Dalton Rd. would be a good location for a seniors’ residence. “We need to have some place for the seniors that is central. There are a lot of seniors in our town now and they darn well need some-thing that is not too pricey.” Candidates running in Wards 1, 2 and 3 Continued on page 4...

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I spend a fair bit of my time chatting with people—I like people and I find their stories fascinating—and everyone has a story to tell. What I find really amazing is that in some cases we all have the same story to share. Take for instance the follow-ing scenario—it seems every-one has been there and they can all relate a similar experi-ence once you have introduced the subject. Scenario: You go into a retail outlet to purchase something that costs $3.21. The cashier is a young person, perhaps in high school holding down a summer job. You lay down a five dollar bill and a quarter because you don’t want a pocket full of change from the transaction. The cashier isn’t equipped with a cash register that quickly calculates how much change to give back to you. There is a long pregnant pause. You look up and im-mediately see a look of fear and confusion spreading across the innocent features of a face in peril. You immedi-ately understand that the act of making the correct change lies with you and not the cashier. Raise your hand if you don’t have a story to share along these lines...I thought so. We spend $21.4 billion every year in Ontario on education and with just over two million students in the system, that is approximately $10,700 per student. I don’t know about you but I sort of expect that by the time our kids are in high school, they know how to do basic math without the aid of a cal-culator. And when I ask why this isn’t possible, I get “because we are in a digital age where computers and cal-culators rule”. That may be so. However, our minds are com-puters too and should be trained to do basic calculations without the help of electronic

devices. What is wrong with knowing how to do math manually? It is a basic skill that should not be undermined by the false sense of security that comes with our dependence on computers. And it seems our diminishing ability to do math in our heads is only secondary to our shrinking capacity to spell and construct a proper sentence. I heard the other day that the popularity of “texting” could eventually make spelling and grammar a literary dinosaur. Now that’s scary! @TEOTD it is EZ 4 me 2 SMHIDB & POAHF BCOS ICBW. BITMT, I feel like an IWIAM, IYKWIM. TTUL. (First one to decipher this text message and call me gets a prize.) Karen Wolfe, Editor.

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Multiple accidents on Station Rd. are a call for action, says resident

Pefferlaw resident Kim McGrath says enough is enough after her property on Station Rd. became the scene of a traf-fic accident for the second time in less than a year and she ex-pects the town to do something about it. “I called the town last year in regard to some sort of commu-nity safety zone signs due to the speeding down this road. They told me we didn’t qualify as there is no school or old age home in the area,” Ms. McGrath says. She is also concerned about the lack of sidewalks on a major commuter road which is com-monly used by families, chil-dren, dog walkers and cyclists. “This particular accident hap-pened on a Monday afternoon at 4:25 p.m. All we can think about is thank heavens no chil-dren were on the road going to

town because it would have been more than just damage to our fence.” Ms. McGrath says she is frus-trated because no one is willing to help address the safety issue of this roadway. “This “S” bend is a serious bend anytime of the year,” she says. “If the weather conditions don’t play a factor then speed-ing definitely will. How do we protect our families and our children if the town will not help? Who do you vote for when no one will help?” She says something needs to be done and her next step will be to petition the community. “Is it going to take a person/child being injured to have something done on this road? It’s obvious that 40 kilometres means nothing to people who don’t live on this road.”

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All candidate meetings (con’t) Continued from page 1. faced a capacity crowd at the Stephen Leacock Centre where residents addressed all candi-dates with issues of additional recreational services, property taxes, seniors’ housing and economic development. (Ward 1 candidates Gary Da-vies and George Leask were not in attendance.) One resident asked all candi-dates to tell him how many years it would take before a swimming pool and new arena would be built in Keswick. Ward 1 candidate Naomi Davi-son supported the idea of build-ing a pool and arena in Keswick and said she would fight to have one built within the next four to five years but that we should start saving for it now. “Before I started this campaign I asked Mr. Grossi if it was possible to build a pool in Kes-wick and he told me within four to five years and I said I would

hold him to that,” she said. “I’m not in favour of raising taxes so we should start saving now.” Debbie Gordon, also running in Ward 1, said she would love to have a pool in Keswick but was concerned about debt. “Just like at home, we have to live within our means,” Ms. Gordon said. “What I hear when I go door to door is taxes, people want their taxes reduced so when we can afford it, we do it.” Ward 1 candidate Louie Attan-sio also worried about the tax implications of a pool and said he would use the lake for swim-ming. On the issue of economic de-velopment, Ward 2 candidate Phil Craig said he has been talking with venture capitalists who are interested in investing in Georgina. “There are people out there who are looking to finance, Continued on page 5...

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Pefferlaw, Udora, Sutton and Keswick all candidate meetings (con’t)

Continued from page 4. focus and locate emerging, responsible industries,” he said. “The way forward is green and we need to ride that cusp of ex-citement and advancement. I’ve already set up my network with these people and if elected I will continue to network with them.” Ward 2 candidate Stephen Faudemer said the economic development department has been working hard to attract new business but it needs more money to continue their work and support existing businesses so they can thrive. Dan Fellini, also campaigning in Ward 2, said the 404 needs to be completed before businesses commit to Georgina. “It will be difficult to attract business to come here and set up shop if we don’t have the transportation means for them to do business,” he said. “We have to keep cheerleading the province to ensure they finish that road.” Ward 2 candidate Mario Martignani sug-gested it would take approximately $200 million worth of industrial/commercial properties to be built in Georgina to de-crease the tax burden on residential prop-erty. “We have to foster a stronger economic growth strategy. The 404 is the gateway to Georgina and we need to entice future resi-dents, business owners and developers to our area...right away.” Running in Ward 3 is Jason Laidler, a self-professed “no-cliché” kind of guy. He said

Georgina is already poised to meet the needs of new industry and commercial ventures. “Our work is done. We are an hour north of the biggest city in the country on a beautiful, clean lake. Developers are beat-ing down the door to build in Georgina and that gives us the chance to raise the bar. We can test these guys to build it better.” One of his opponents in the race for Ward 3, Becky Rundle, said Georgina’s assets are some of the best in Canada. “We have it all here,” she said. “We need some initiative and some innovation in attracting the right companies and develop-ers here. We have it all and we can do it.” Ward 3 candidate Dave Szollosy weighed in on the issue of seniors’ housing and said a seniors’ complex that offers a continuum of care from independent living to assisted living to a nursing home should be consid-ered. “This kind of a seniors’ complex has been built in other communities and we have properties that could be used by the town to construct this,” he said. “This is pre-cisely the kind of project that if we as a community set as a priority for ourselves, we can undertake it without waiting for a for-profit company to come in and build it for us.” Regional Councillor candidates Don Sles-sor and Danny Wheeler were asked to re-spond to several questions dealing with regional jurisdiction at all four meetings. Chief among these were the region’s re-

sponsibility for social housing, roads and infrastructure. Mr. Slessor said it is time for a change and he is convinced Georgina deserves a greater share of regional dollars. “We need services and we have to go back to the big pie at the regional level. We’ve been bullied here in Georgina and we need stronger representation.” Danny Wheeler, a 22-year veteran as Re-gional Councillor, said he has returned more regional tax dollars to Georgina in services than has been paid to the region every year. “Georgina has 4.3 per cent of the regional population and yet we pay only 2.9 per cent of the regional bill—the value of which is worth $10 million to the people of Georgina.” (Editor’s Note: The following candidate has withdrawn from the race, albeit, his name will appear on the voting ballots: Shawn McBrearty (Ward 5).

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Mr. Jones and Mrs. Hibbard (back row L to R) award the win-ners of the 2010 Turkey Trot with turkeys donated by Sobeys, No Frills, Bonnie Boats, Mrs. Hibbard and Mrs. Beers. The stu-dents won the turkeys in a raffle following a school-wide lap run of 500 metres. Each student completing a lap was given a free draw ticket for a turkey and a total of 1,196 kilometers were completed. Accepting the turkeys above are (front row L to R) Nathan Murray, Nick Marino, Automn Brisbane, Kayla Knox, Sierra Birtles, Katelyn Hill.

At the historic home of Lake Simcoe’s famed steamship captain, Issac May, the Alli-ance for a Better Georgina (ABG) launched the result of a six-year literary project, the Georgina Book. The 100-page book is a compilation of over 500 photos and maps which chronicle the history and places of interest in Keswick, Sutton, Jackson’s Point, Baldwin,

Udora, Pefferlaw, Belhaven, Georgina Island and the his-toric lakeside communities of Island Grove and Roches Point. The book sells for $19.95 and will be available through vari-ous retail outlets across town and Georgina Libraries. Above, Pat Bell (left) sells a copy of the book to summer resident, Arija Stiver (right) at the launch on October 17.

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ABG launches Georgina Book

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Georgina Seniors go for gold, silver an

Carol Milwain and Suzanne Philips Gold, Bid Euchre

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Clyde Noftie, Gold, 18-Hole Golf Calloway

Agnes Hanlon, Gold, Lawn Bowling

Marion Calvert, Sil18-Hole Golf LadieCalloway

Sandra Graham, Gold, 18-Hole Golf Ladies, Handicap

Ron Venning, Gold, Chess; Gold, 9 Ball Mens

Lynda Ritchie (Bronze), Frances Da(Gold) for Scrabble.

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nd bronze in 30 Georgina Senior Games events

Jim Logue, Gold, Horshoes

die White (Silver), Ken Hackenbrook ld), Alan Foster (Bronze) Prediction Walk

Herb McLean (Silver), and Laurence Ritchie (Bronze) 18-Hole Golf

lver, es,

Rejeanne Rochon, (Gold) and Gogi Anevich, (Bronze) 9-Hole Golf

Georgina’s 55 and over set were on hand on Thursday, October 7 as 146 medals were handed out to the gold, silver and bronze medalists who competed in the 2010 Georgina Senior Games. The two-week long games attracted over 275 com-petitors who participated in 30 events. The winners are: Lawn Bowling: Wolf Klahm, Agnes Hanlon, Carol Klahm (Gold); Charlie Booth, Ken Holwell, Sharon Chambers (Silver); Gail Lowe, Marie Walker, Don Wickie (Bronze). Progressive Euchre: Robert Clark, Sandra Clark (Gold); Sharon Graham, Carmey Scott (Silver); Muriel Levand, Jean Stanley (Bronze). Bid Euchre: Carol Milwain, Suzanne Phillips (gold); Charles Booth, Eva Booth (Silver); Bill Riefesel, Rickie Sanders (Bronze). Prediction Walk: Ken Hackenbrook (Gold); Goldie White (Silver); Alan Foster (Bronze). Horseshoes: Barbara Belliveau, Jim Logue (Gold); Robert Laing, Dave Collinson (Silver); Don Waldie, Don Zaplitney (Bronze). 18-Hold Golf Men: Jack Wheaton, Lorne Newton, Clyde Noftle (Gold); Andy Limb, Herb McLean Glenn Baker (Silver); Ken McIntosh, Laurence Ritchie, Nelson Hunter (Bronze). 18-Hole Golf Ladies: Sandra Graham, Beryl McIntyre (Gold); Barbara Wheaton, Marion Cal-vert (Silver); Doreen Hunter (Bronze). 9-Hole Golf Men: Gordon Rae, Doug Langley (Gold); Laurence Ritchie, Hans Helleman (Silver); Tony Tallon, Clyde Noftie (Bronze). 9-Hole Golf Ladies: Sheena Williamson, Rejeanne Rochon (Gold); Eileen Spicer, Gogi Anevich, (Silver); Barbara Clark, Marion Calvert (Bronze). Chess: Ron Venning (Gold); Kenneth Cox (Silver); Herbert Schywalsky (Bronze). Floor Shuffleboard—Singles: Don Waldie (Gold); Jim Collis (Silver); Terry McConomy (Bronze). Floor Shuffleboard—Doubles: Don Waldie,

Nancy Reid (Gold); Ron Cooper, Fred Cooper (Silver); Jim Johnson, Betty Johnson (Bronze). Table Shuffleboard: Gary Ashton, Dave Matt (Gold); Joe Livingston, Don Zaplitney (Silver); Molly Marshall, Barry Knox (Bronze). 5-Pin Bowling: Murray Flicker, Jean Flicker, Wayne Haviland, Nelson Hunter, Paul Rye (Gold); Ernest Land, Marie Lane, Doug Langley, Barbara Wilkins, Judy McGregor (Silver); Dave Newton, Freda Newton, Doug Payne, Jason Payne, Goldie White (Bronze). Scrabble: Eileen Foster (Gold); Frances Daniels (Silver); Lynda Ritchie (Bronze). Contract Bridge: Nan McLean, Doug Eaton (Gold); Merelyn Hallowell, Alice Luxmore (Silver); Doreen Ross, Neil Fischer (Bronze). Duplicate Bridge: Richard Beetham, Doug Eaton (Gold); Jean Kennedy, Pat Martin (Silver); Mere-lyn Hallowell, Alice Luxmore (Bronze). Cribbage: Helen Slawson, John Slawson (Gold); Muriel Leggett, Bud Leggett (Silver); Nancy Reid, Rachel Ridgeway (Bronze). 8-Ball Men: Peter Arkwell (Gold); Tony Vultag-gio (Silver); Frank Sebo (Bronze). 8-Ball Ladies: Barbara Belliveau (Gold); Char-lotte Widdifield (Silver); Agnes Hanlon (Bronze). 9-Ball Men: Ron Venning (Gold); Gerry Neally (Silver); Peter Arkwell (Bronze). 9-Ball Ladies: Charlotte Widdifield (Gold); Pat Priest (Silver); Brenda Campbell (Bronze). Badminton: Barbara Wilkins, Doug Langley (Gold); Mavis Dunn, Doug Payne (Silver); Shau-kat Sangrar, Amina Sangrar (Bronze). Darts: Ron Mills, Joanne Mills (Gold); Gary Ashton, Anne Ashton (Silver); Dave King, Evelyn Young (Bronze). Carpet Bowling: Brenda Campbell, Rocco Di-Mambro, Ken Holwell, Peter Ward (Gold); Joe Smyth, Elsie Harrington, Lillian Houle, Mary Smith (Silver); Gord Rae, Debbie Hare, Ken James, Don Waldie (Bronze).

Gordon Rae, Gold, 9-Hole Golf Handicap Div.

Eileen Spicer, Silver, 9-Hole Golf, Women, Handicap Div.

aniels (Silver), and Eileen Foster

And, the winners are...

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Candidates weigh in on number one issue in Brock (Editor’s Note: We invited Brock candidates to tell us what they feel is the number one issue in Brock and how they would ad-dress it. Their submissions are listed below.) Larry O’Connor Candidate for Mayor Larry O’Connor is Brock’s first Mayor to treat his elected duty as a full-time responsibility and not just spending a day or two a week in the office. He writes a monthly column, keeps regular communication with use of so-cial media Twitter and Face-book. He maintains a current web page www.larryoconnor.ca because “Brock residents need to keep in touch with their Mayor.” Mayor O’Connor strives to rep-resent Brock Council at as many community events he can pack into his busy schedule, he says, “I care enough to attend to offer my support to as many commu-nity held events as possible. It is important to recognize the work and commitment volunteers

make to Brock’s quality of life”.

Debbie Bath Regional Council Candidate I want a better deal for Brock. Let’s start spending our money wisely. On all of our minds are financial issues. I intend on bringing municipal spending in line. This goes hand in hand as we are at the crest of being taxed off of our properties. Overspending of township funds hits us all ex-tremely hard. My first plan of action is to have all municipal cards put on the table. Reve-nues, Expenditures, Assets and Liabilities need to be assessed to determine that our dollars are being utilized wisely. If not why? We need to go back to our grassroots and rebuild our finan-cial status to eliminate wasteful spending habits. Financial infor-mation is important to all of us and needs to be reported to all taxpayers in a transparent fash-ion. Continued on page 13...

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Tennyson Tidbits

Jeanne and John Pynn cele-brated their 65th wedding anni-versary at the Egypt Hall with family and friends on Saturday, October 16. Cheers to you both!

We also want to offer our con-gratulations to Danny and Fran Wheeler who will celebrate their 43rd Wedding anniversary on November 4.

And, special greetings go out to Wanda and Bill O’Neill who celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on October 17.

Happy Birthday to Justin Shearer who turns 19 on Octo-ber 31. Good luck, Justin!

Pumpkin pies anyone! Here is a look at the 1,200 lb. award-

winning pumpkin grown by Chris Shier. The pumpkin won third place at the Pumpkinfest in Port Elgin.

Congratu-lations to Lloyd and Margie Sedore on their 50th wedding anniver-sary. The couple

celebrated with family and friends on Sat. Oct. 16.

We send our sincere condo-lences to the family of Trixie Randall, who passed away on Wed. October 6. She will be sadly missed.

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Brock candidates deal with issues11 Continued from page 10. John Grant Regional Councillor Candidate The most important issue to Brock Town-ship will be to maintain sustainable commu-nities and a vibrant agricultural community with virtually no growth over the next 20 years. We are a Greenbelt municipality and along with other provincial legislation and regulation will inhibit any growth opportuni-ties. We will need to create new perhaps greener technology business opportunities and non traditional new revenue sources for the municipality that is not at the expense of the taxpayer. This is necessary to offset the ever growing responsibilities that are being mandated by the province. To do nothing, will mean higher taxation to an already over-burden residential tax payer. We have an opportunity over the next 4 years to prepare for the Grennbelt review in 2015. This is now our window of opportu-nity to prepare a case for land uses that will assure sustainable, vibrant Brock Township. Allan Simpson Regional Councillor Candidate Fiscal responsibility is the main issue facing the next council. Significant numbers of Brock residents live on fixed incomes and increasingly find that they are unable to ab-sorb tax increases that exceed the increase in

the cost of living. My first motion as Re-gional Councillor would be to freeze tax rates for the next two years. We need to ensure that our taxes do not become so high that life long residents are forced to give up their homes. To do this we need to make every tax dollar work but we also need to increase the tax dollars available. I would be a strong proponent of a plan to improve our road structure, thereby making Brock a more attractive proposition for the location of new commercial enterprises.

Mike Manchester Candidate for Ward 1 In Brock Township; taxes, infrastructure (roads/bridges) and community services are our three main challenges. As a small municipality we are constantly looking for ways to offset the tax burden as it now rests primarily with the residential rate-payers. Enticing new industrial or com-mercial businesses to Brock is a must and would go a long way towards alleviating some of those financial pressures. I am supportive of creating an environment/atmosphere that will allow those busi-nesses to setup, thrive and prosper, creat-ing opportunities and jobs locally. To that end, it would be my pleasure to serve the Continued on page 15…

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Karen Chu is the new dentist at Pefferlaw Dental Centre and she is gearing up to meet the community at an Open House on November 11. She is a city girl, but a country girl at heart. She loves the wide open spaces, the fresh air, the fishing and the comfortable pace, but most of all, she enjoys the people. “When I decided to get into health care, the part that I loved was working with people and getting to know them and build-ing a rapport,” she says. “In the Toronto area you are not able to do that and it is nice to come north where things slow down a bit and I can think more clearly and take a deep breath of fresh air.” She began working in Pefferlaw in August and says she has come to enjoy the cozy atmos-phere of the community and the Pefferlaw clinic. “It is very homey,” she says.

“We have a really good working dynamic here and we work as a team.” Her phi-losophy around dentistry is simple—she believes in total comprehensive care provided with a heavy dose of compas-sion and empathy. “I’m very friendly and very caring. I care a lot about my patients and I want to give them the best quality of care.” She is a self-professed outdoors enthusiast—she loves fishing, tennis and also plays the piano. This weekend you will find her climbing the 144 floors of the CN Tower for the United Way in an effort to beat her previous record of 26 minutes.

New Pefferlaw dentist eager to get to get to know community

Continued from page 13. constituents of Ward 1 for another term on Brock Council. Anthony Woodruff Candidate for Ward 3 Working as Councillor in Ward 3 in Brock has been a rewarding challenge. Lowering property taxes and fixing our roads is a priority. Running an efficient government that best serves the needs of its taxpayers is what I believe in and support. We all want safer communities for our families. Many community initiatives such as Neighbourhood Watch, the new Animal Shelter and Skateboard Park in Canning-ton, the relocation of the Cannington Li-brary and redevelopment of the Canning-ton Town Hall theatre need to be supported while making sure they stay on budget. We have to be able to grow while respecting our heritage and his-tory as we work for the future. David Marquis Candidate for Ward 4 High property taxes is the most significant issue for ratepayers. The next Council needs to plan for a long-term Industrial-Commercial strategy. Durham and Brock must get together and create a vision for development along the 404 corridor and prepare to present this when the Green Belt legislation is reviewed in 2014. The goal is to keep taxes at or below inflationary increases. Encourag-ing business, both

large and small, is the best way to offset high residential mill rates and ensure a more equitable tax base for ratepayers. Keith Shier Candidate for Ward 4 The most pressing issue facing Brock Township is taxes and the way the present council has spent our tax dollars. We must be smarter when spending tax dollars and cut the waste. The present council spent 4 times as much tax dollars on themselves as the last council and that must change, that kind of tax money spent on themselves is not necessary. There needs to be more time spent on making decisions so that more value can be obtained for the Township of Brock. More development would help the tax base.

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Off leash dog park a huge hit

More than 80 dogs were set free in the new off-leash dog park which officially opened on Sunday, October 17 at Ravenshoe Rd and Lake Dr. in Keswick. The 1.5 acre fenced area was

the brainchild of Tricia Soul-ier of Pawsitive Approach Pet Services and a team of volun-teers who have spent nearly three years lobbying and rais-ing over $25,000 for the fa-cility.

Remembrance Day Services

Pefferlaw — Sunday, November 7 Cenotaph at Lions Hall Parade—3:00 p.m. Service — 3:30 p.m. Sutton — Sunday, November 7 Cenotaph on High St. Parade—1:30 p.m. Service—2:00 p.m. Nov. 11– Service 11:00 am at the Cenotaph Keswick — Sunday, November 7 Cenotaph Parade—10:45 a.m. Service—11:00

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Ghosts and goblins aplenty at the Georgina Pioneer Village Spirit Walk from 6-9pm on Sat. Oct. 23.

Check out the Roast Beef Dinner at Knox United Church in Sutton on Friday, Oct. 29. 5-9pm. Call 905-722-3742 to reserve.

The Annual Pefferlaw Lion-ess Craft & Hobby Show will be held at the Pefferlaw Lions Community Centre on Sat. Oct. 30 from 9am-2pm.

Dress up and join the Hal-loween Tree Planting event on Sat. Oct. 30 from 9 til noon at Cedarvale Lodge in Keswick. Loads of kid-friendly activities.

The Christ Church ACW will host their Christmas Bazaar & Tea on Sat. Oct. 30 from 9am to 1pm at Cayley Hall in Roches Point.

The Sutton Legion is host-ing a Halloween Party in the club room on Sat. Oct. 30.

Fun starts at 8:00pm Prizes for best costume. Entertain-ment and more. (905) 476-1584.

The Sutton Legion is host-ing their annual Poppy Breakfast on Sun. Oct. 31 from 9:00am to noon.

St. Andrews United Church in Beaverton is hosting a Turkey Dinner on Wed. Nov. 3 at 5pm and 6pm. plus a music concert on Sat. Nov. 6 beginning at 7:00 p.m. Call David Lancaster for informa-tion (705) 426-9345.

The Port Bolster Hall board is inviting you to a Roast Beef dinner on Fri. Nov. 5 starting at 5:00 pm.

The Sutton Seniors will host their Christmas Bazaar at 1 Market St. in Sutton from 9am to 2pm on Nov. 6. Bake table, books, crafts, etc.

Club 55 Pefferlaw will host a Bid Euchre Tournament on Sat. Nov. 6 at 1:00 pm at the

Pefferlaw Lions Hall.

Annual Christmas Craft Sale at the Wilfrid Commu-nity Hall on Sat. Nov. 6 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 pm (705) 437-1358.

The Pefferlaw Lions will host a Remembrance Day service at the Pefferlaw Li-ons Community Centre on Sun. Nov. 7 at 3:30 pm. Pa-rade at 3:00 pm.

The Virginia United Church will hold a special Remem-brance Day service with Rev. Leslie Sedore on Nov. 7 at 9:15 am. All welcome.

Flower & Vegetable Show at Udora Community Centre on Mon. Nov. 8 at 7:30 pm.

Pefferlaw Lions Christmas Cakes and Shortbread are available. $15 and $7. Call 722-8951.

Attend the Sugar Plum Ba-zaar at St. James Hall in Sutton on Sat. Nov. 13 from 9am to 2pm.

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