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Locally Owned and Operated March 12, 2017 Issue No.139

March is PROBUS Month in Wasaga Beach

March is recognized as National PROBUS Month, so members of the Wasaga Sunbirds PROBUS Club was joined by members of council on March 1st, raising a flag at Wasaga Beach Town Hall to recognize all the local clubs. Also in attendance were members of Wasaga Beach’s other PROBUS Clubs that include Probus at the Beach, Beachcomers PROBUS, New Waves PROBUS and Wasaga Men’s PROBUS.

What’s Happening In Wasaga Beach Wasaga Beach Lions Club Bingo every Friday evening. Up to $5000 in prizes..New!!$1500 Jackpot Game. RecPlex Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Contact: Wasaga Beach Lions Club at 705-429-3331 Every 2nd Friday of the Month - Wasaga Beach Youth Dances Location: Wasaga RecPlex, 1724 Mosley Street. Time: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Grades 5 to 8 only!Adult Supervision Needed! Tickets: $5 in advance and are available at the Recreation Office at the RecPlex, Chamber of Commerce, 550 River Rd. West and the Youth Centre, 1621 Mosley Street.

Prizes, Guest Youth DJ, Canteen. Call 705-422-2494 or visit www.wasagabeach.com/youth-centre March 18 - Guided Night Snowshoe Hikes Location: Scenic Caves Nature Adventure. Time: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Strap on your snowshoes for a nighttime hike, where stars and shadows create a dramatic setting for adventure. Professional staff members guide your group on a 1 ½ to 2 hour romp through an enchanting winter wonderland.

Experience beautiful trails that wind through a mature forest of 100 foot tall trees, sparkling views of the countryside at the Suspension Bridge and breathtaking lookouts from the top of the Niagara Escarpment. No experience is required and the pace is moderate. Recommended for ages 8-10 and older.

Night snowshoe hikes are scheduled for most Saturday nights and run weather-permitting. If there is no snow, guests will be advised to wear hiking boots instead. Cost: $40 with snowshoe rental; $30 without. Reservations are required: (705) 446-0256 ext. 223. For more information: www.sceniccaves.com March 12 - Around the Bay Wedding Show Location: Wasaga RecPlex, 1724 Mosley Street.

Time: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Admission: $5.00 If you are engaged, you don't want to miss this show.

You will see, hear and taste all that Georgian Bay wedding professionals have to offer when planning your perfect wedding. Around the Bay Wedding Show aims to give brides and grooms the opportunity to meet with the finest wedding specialists in our very own backyard. Enjoy spectacular displays of cakes, see the latest trends in wedding apparel, floral arrangements and much more. For more information email info@aroundthebayweddingshow.ca March 17 - Magic Show and Mad Science Lab Location: Wasaga Beach Public Library: 120 Glenwood Drive, Wasaga Beach.

Time: 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Love Reading Magic Show at 2:30 pm, followed shortly after at 4:00 by Mad Science Lab where kids can watch cool experiments and do a few of their own.

Recommended ages: 5-10. Please register for Mad Science Lab. Materials are limited. www.wasagabeach.library.on.ca 705-429-5481 March 24 - Monthly Movie Night- The Gold Rush Location: Wasaga Beach Public Library: 120 Glenwood Drive. Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. If you haven't seen this movie yet, you absolutely need to!

Written, produced, directed and starring Charlie Chaplin, this comedy is sure to bring smiles to all ages. This film has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes as well as being one of the most important films in cinema history. The Gold Rush received Academy Award nominations for Best Music and Best Sound Recording upon its re-release in 1942. It is today one of Chaplin's most celebrated works, and he himself declared several times that it was the film for which he most wanted to be remembered. Run time: 95 minutes. For more information call 705-429-5481 or visit www.wasagabeach.library.on.ca For more information contact: Wasaga Beach Chamber of Commerce 705-429-2247 / 1-866-292-7242 wbchamber@rogers.com www.wasagainfo.com

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That Extra Scratch Behind the Ear

By Debbie Culos Table Manners Your dog's table manners are an essential tool in the quality and time it takes to thoroughly complete your dog's grooming.

Sit and stay: the dog is required to sit on the table and not move.

Stand and stay: the dog is required to stand on the table and not move.

Hold: the dog is required to not move at all, the area that is being clipped or scissor, e.g. the face, especially around the eyes and mouth or the delicate skin areas

Oatmeal Cookie Apple Crisp

Those that know me, know that I have a sweet tooth. After finding this recipe combining two of my favorite things, oatmeal cookie dough and apples, it was just too tempting to pass up. I had to tweak it a bit to make the dough a little more rigid, but it is as good as it sounds and pretty easy to like the groin and underarms. make as well. If apples aren't your thing, you can No Teeth: This speaks for itself. No one likes to be bit or snapped at. stuff the cups with whatever you fancy such as No Barking: Again very explicit, also for keeping the noise level custard, peaches, ice cream, etc. under control.

Come: The dog needs to come to the groomer on command for picking up, following the groomer to the grooming table or bathing room.

Down: the dog is required to drop down on their belly, keep four feet on the floor or bend their head down or put their foot down.

Off: no jumping on people or furniture.

Lift: The dog is required to lift the foot you are holding for trimming of the nails, pad hair or washing/drying the foot and leg or to lift its head up.

Backup: The dog is required to back up in the tub and when the dog crowds the safety gate and doors.

Swing: Large dogs are required to turn around in the tub. The For the cookie cups makes about 18 groomer turns the head towards themselves and into the direction 2 cups all-purpose flour they want the dog to face, then they say swing and the back end 1 teaspoon baking soda swings around to straighten the dog out. More often than not the 2 cups quick cooking oats groomer has to help the dog swing their bum around.

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon Groomer, politely inform the owner if the dog needs extra training 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg in any of these areas. Let the owner know that it will be a big help 1 cup packed brown sugar during the grooming session. If the dog is well trained, praise him 1 cup white sugar when he follows all of your directions. Thank the owner for their 2 eggs dog's beautiful table manners and the owner's training efforts with 2/3 cup vegetable oil their dog. That it was a pleasure to groom such a well, behaved dog.

1 teaspoon vanilla extract The Pickup Artist Directions A small dog is the easiest to pick up but the most unpredictable.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In large bowl, sift Ask the dog to sit, when he does praise him. Approach the dog's flour with soda, salt and spices. Blend in rolled side, bend your knees, slip your closet hand over the dog and place oats and sugar. In a separate bowl, beat eggs it under the chest just behind the under arms, spreading your fingers with fork and add oil, vanilla, and raisins and water for maximum support. Lift the dog using that same arm to hold the dog snug to your hip. Use your elbow for back end support, like mixture. Pour into dry ingredients, stirring until carrying a football. Take your free hand and place it over the neck well mixed. Spray 2 regular size muffin tins with and shoulders of the dog. Use your legs to lift yours and the dog's cooking spray. Using a medium size scoop scoop dough into muffin tins. Press down to form the weight, into a standing position. cups.

Bake for about 15 minutes until the cups are Leapers golden brown. Don't worry if the cookie cup To prevent the dog from leaping out of your arms, hook a finger centers rise up. While the cookies are still warm into the collar to prevent a leaper from taking off. spray the bottom of a shot glass and press down in Droppers the center of each cookie to make the cup. Let A dropper is a dog that is unsure or doesn't want to do what the cool for about 15 minutes. you require of him. So he drops quickly to a flat, heavy, heap on the Apple Filling floor. This position makes it hard for you to pick them up and is a 1/4 cup granulated sugar passive aggressive movement.

For the small dog, gently lift him into a sitting position by cupping 1 cup brown sugar your hand under the jaw bone and say sit when the dog is in the 6 granny Smith apples peeled and seeded and proper position. Praise the dog. Then lift the dog properly up into finely chopped 2 tsp cornstarch your arms and hook a finger into the collar for safety.

For larger dog, use a lanyard around their neck and say the dog's 1/4 tsp cinnamon name and come. The dog gets up and will follow you. Praise the 1/4 tsp nutmeg dog. As the dog is walking past the table or tub area, quickly slip your Meanwhile melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large arm under the groin area preventing the dog's back end from nonstick skillet. Cook over medium heat until the dropping down, and then wrap your other arm across the front of the butter begins to colour and add the apples and dog's chest, using your legs lift the dog up. If the dog is heavy or very sautee until they begin to soften. Add the sugars, large have two people, one at the front and one at the back end. nutmeg, cinnamon and cornstarch and cook until Both of you are on the same side of the dog. The front person wraps soft and caramelized. Spoon the apple mixture one arm across the chest area and the other arm under the front into the cups. Drizzle with caramel and serve legs. The back person wraps their arm under the lower belly and warm or at room temperature. behind the bum for secure support. Both people lift at the same time, using their legs to lift properly and place the dog on the grooming table or in the tub.

(This Chapter to be continued) The above is from the book That Extra Scratch Behind the Ear: Renaissance Grooming (look for the book www.debbieculos.ca) Kindle Edition by Debbie Culos (Author,Photographer),Theresa Beaumont (Culos) (Editor), Marilyn Culos (Photographer), Enrique Photo Art (Photographer).

Deborah Culos (Debbie) holds all copyrights to the above mentioned book.

Debbie’s Grooming Salon “That Extra Scratch Behind The Ear” is located at 1344 Mosley St. Unit 3, Wasaga Beach, ON 705-352-2243

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Wasaga Beach Fire Dept.

Presented Polaris Rescue Vehicle

Photo shows Wasaga Beach Fire Chief Mike McWilliam with Rhonda Broderick of COATV and Mike Dunphy of Wasaga Beach Motorcycle Rally after the formal presentation of Polaris Rescue Vehicle.

We are very thankful and proud of our generous sponsors; COATV members/volunteers, Wasaga Beach Motorcycle Rally, Wasaga Beach Lions Club, Wasaga Beach Fish and Game Club, Starlite Graphics & Signs, Polaris, Beach Builders Home Hardware, J&R Cycle and all private donations who helped make the donation of the Polaris Rescue Vehicle to the Wasaga Beach Fire Department possible.

The presentation took place at the Wasaga Beach Fire Hall Station 1 on February 18th, 2017.

The Polaris rescue vehicle includes the following: a fully equipped ranger 900 XP EPS with a prospector pro tracks system, 6000 lbs winch, RK rescue skid unit with attendant seat (stretcher), an aluminum trailer and numerous other accessories. This package has a retail value of $41,000.

Wasaga Beach is home to six Provincial Parks for Day Use and the World’s Longest Freshwater Beach. Many trails in the community are difficult to access for our firefighters in the event of an emergency. Having a vehicle available that can access remote or geographically challenging locations ensures the safety of people enjoying the outdoors. When the unfortunate scenario of an accident occurs, time is of the essence. The rescue vehicle provides an additional option for the Wasaga Beach Fire Department to provide emergency assistance.

About the Central Ontario ATV Club: COATV is a Not for Profit volunteer driven club, building and maintaining an environmentally sustainable ATV trail system connecting people & communities while creating tourism opportunities in Simcoe County. COATV was founded in 1999 and today counts more than 500 members. www.coatv.ca Info@coatv.ca Phone: 705.812.3457 About the Wasaga Beach Motorcycle Rally: The Wasaga Beach Motorcycle Rally is held in Wasaga Beach, Ontario Canada for three days in July. It was started in 2015 by a group of riders who wanted to showcase Wasaga Beach and increase tourism to the area.

The Rally is now the Largest Annual Motorcycle Rally in Canada and includes a charity ride component. This year the Veterans Ride will raise funds to support Soldier On. www.wasagabeachrally.com info@wasagabeachrally.com

Get ready to move your clocks ahead this weekend

“80290 Rewind” with Alan Frew from Glass Tiger Who can remember “Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone”, “Someday” these are just some of the hits enjoyed in the 80's. I recently spoke to frontman, Alan Frew from Glass Tiger. Alan is a multi-platinum selling songwriter, public speaker and author of the best selling book “The Action Sandwich a Six Step Recipe to Success by Doing W h a t Yo u ' r e Already doing”. Alan's work with Glass Tiger has garnered him five Juno Awards, a Grammy nomination and five Canadian Classic Awards in recognition of songs played in excess of 100,000 times on Canadian radio. He has toured along side of Tina Turner, Fleetwood Mac, Rod Stewart to name a few. In 2008, Alan teamed up with Stephan Moccio and wrote the theme song “I Believe” for CTV's Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

Recovering from a stroke in 2015, Alan is moving forward with a musical come back. “I don't know that you suffer from this and you are ever as 100% again but I'm as close to 100% as you'll get. I went through a phase of you feel a little bit sorry for yourself and you have a bit of a cry and then you get to work in rehab. I worked really hard to get myself back in shape and here I am performing again,” said Frew.

His latest album “80290 Rewind” released November 2015 on Black Box Records is a compilation of the 80's and 90's hits from that era.

Forming part of this album are top players Matchbox Twenty guitarist, Kyle Cook, bass player, Dave Cook, his work includes Bill Joel, Fleetwood Mac and keyboard player, Jon Coleman known for working with some of Nashville's famous players.

“My new management at the time, Jason from Black Box, we were just talking about what do you do when you're in your fifties and you have this voice that people know and recognized and hopefully love and wondering where you are. So we mulled a few ideas back and forth and he came up with the idea of doing classic songs from the 80's and I thought that's a cool idea. We sat back and brought up over 100 of them and weed some of them out and then you start to realize just how great some of these songs are.”

Alan went to Nashville to record the album however when it came time to sing them he realized it was a little more difficult than he anticipated. “When it came time to singing them it was unbelievable difficult because you have to own them. You have to sing it, so much so that people can go on the journey with you like it's your song. They have to believe that it's actually me that wrote the song even though it wasn't. I think I managed to capture the essence of these wonderful songs.”

Daylight Saving Time arrives this weekend, requiring people to move their clocks ahead one hour before they go to bed on March 11 (or at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 12.)

The time change shift moves more daylight into the evening hours.

The idea of DST traces its roots back to Benjamin Franklin who was trying to figure out a way to use less candles. The actual time change practice was first used in World War I in an effort to conserve energy (longer daylight hours means less fuel burned for lamps.)

Facts to know on Daylight Saving Time The name is Daylight Saving Time - not Daylight Saving's Time or Daylight Savings Times.

More than 70 countries and one-fifth of the world's 7 billion people follow DST Saskatchewan is geographically located in the Mountain Time Zone. However, most of the province observes Central Standard Time year-round. As a result, it is effectively on daylight saving time (DST) year round, as clocks are not turned back an hour in autumn.

Arizona and Hawaii don't observe DST. Neither do China, India or Japan.

Some studies suggest the loss of an hour of sleep as we move the clocks forward results in health problems, an increase in auto and workplace accidents and increased appetites. Studies also show workers are less productive in the Monday after the time change.

This year's DST switch comes eight days ahead of the spring equinox on March 20 at 6:29 a.m. ET. Clocks will change back on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017

For more information please visit alanfrew.com, Facebook, Twitter pages and Instagram.

Dianna Chycki is host of Beach Corner podcast weekly entertainment show on beachboosterradio.com.

Beach Corner article sponsored by Exchanging Vows Bridal Boutique in Collingwood.

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TIPPING POINT Changing Wasaga Beach Lives

GARY CERANTOLA gary@beachBOOSTER.com

Community Vitality When my wife Eva and I decided to move to Wasaga Beach eight years ago, we were excited by the buzz that was going on in this community. The local information sources were streaming with all the things that were being planned. They painted a very bright future for Wasaga Beach. The friendliness of this community was awesome.

The natural beauty of the Nottawasaga Bay butting up against the Niagara Escarpment and quality of life this area proved to be a strong motivator for us to buy a house and settle in this town.

Mainly it’s jobs and economic opportunities that draw people to communities. In our case, it was quality of life and lifestyle that sparked our eagerness to move here. In today’s world, populations are more mobile than ever.

Given the power of the internet and social media today, people looking for a community to settle in, have much more resources to tap into and can more carefully get a sense of fit to determine if a potential new area to move to has everything they are looking for.

This means, communities must be savvy in the retention and attraction of people. In fact, if communities don’t inspire their citizens they run the risk of becoming failed communities.

Beyond economic survival, there are important quality of life factors that can help communities improve themselves in areas that really matter. While such things as unemployment rates, income per capita and air quality are all important and available statistics, they do not always give a complete picture of the vitality of the community.

Perceptions matter too.

We can’t take our eye off the ball and must continue to keep the inspiration going. One of the main draws for people moving here that make up part of the growing creative economy movement are professionals that not only seek recreation opportunities but look for cultural opportunities to help balance their lifestyles.

Having roots as a resort town, culture does not always seem to make it into every day conversations like swimming, fishing, and the like.

It is important that we look further into the future and realize that culture can play a big role in attracting future residents that represent the demographics that we need to balance our population mix. These new demographic groups are also the type of people that are motivated to do more community building in our town to make our community more sustainable in every way prized by leading communities. Let’s not forget that cultural initiatives can be a big part of this solution. Let’s embrace the Wasaga Society for the Arts tagline; "Let Creativity Flow" “Be The Beach”, send me your thoughts and comments at Gary@beachBOOSTER.com. Your efforts count in making this community the preferred place in which to live, learn, work and play.

Gary is a YB12 Coach and Business Advisor for Critel Professional Services, www.critel.ca, and lives, learns, works and plays in Wasaga Beach.

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Ÿ No hydro, so no heat? Wonderful. Time to fire up the fireplace and roast

some weenies. Ÿ I guess we should have read the fine print. When they said we would get a

cut on our hydro rate does that mean it's only on 75% if the time? Ÿ I just hooked up my exercise bike to the tv. If I peddle fast enough I can Ÿ Ÿ

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catch the last few minutes of Young and Restless.

Oh let's all have a power failure as everyone is coming home. Rush hour smash up derby time.

It never fails. I'm rewiring my new Denon receiver to my home theatre system. 7 speakers. Re configure everything to cut down on spaghetti all over the back of the unit. 2 hours and ready to test ..... no power. Night all!

Send help. I can't get out of my chair. Note to self never buy a power lazy boy chair again.

Happy Women’s Day. I must say I enjoy it more when a girl asks me out. To me, there's nothing more attractive than that high level of confidence, initiative, and poor judgment.

My wife just opened a jar of pickles by herself and I can't help but think that my days around here are numbered...

Life Lesson: Never ever, ever do anything you wouldn't want to explain to a nurse in a busy ER. I wish I could feel as happy as an adult, as I felt as a kid when the teacher wheeled in the TV during class.

You know what I hate? People who answer their own questions.

The human body is roughly 60% water. I'm not fat, I'm flooded.

What are the strongest days of the week? Saturday and Sunday. The rest are weekdays.

A guy just busted down my door and claimed to be a Bounty Hunter. I said, "You won't take me alive!" He looked at me as if I had two heads, then stole my paper towels.

In the first year of marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens.

In the second year, the woman speaks and the man listens.

In the third year, they both speak and the neighbours listen.

My wife sent me a “Get Better Soon” card. I’m not sick, just not very good at sex.

"Spring Ahead" this weekend for Daylight Saving Time proves there is a much quicker way than Facebook to lose an hour in your life....

Daylight Savings Time: I say start it on a Monday at 5 pm. You wouldn't lose the hour on Sunday, and it would shorten Monday.

Proceeds go toward Community Projects

Unit 4- 1441Mosley St., Wasaga Beach (between Dominos Pizza & Georgian Circle Family Restaurant)

The Crime Stoppers Team of volunteers gather on the rink with local players and the 3 on 3 Professional Hockey League members.

Photo by Beach BOOSTER Media Group.

Inaugual 3 on 3 Tourament a Hit at Snowman Mania Snowman Mania requested that Crime Stoppers run a small scale 3 on 3 Outdoor Hockey Tournament to test the viability of this type of event for our annual Winter Event. It would be a possible recurring future event for Snowman Mania.

Harvey Beazley and Ron Hollowell did a tremendous job of spreading the word while taking our colourful posters out to every school in the immediate area as well as every arena within a short drive of The Beach.

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The flexible tournament structure left it open for every possible team configuration. On that beautiful winter morning, seven teams strapped on the blades for a fun event.

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As a special bonus, the 3 on 3 Professional Hockey League provided an exhibition team and took on some of the local Wasaga Beach teams that had registered. Local teams who enjoyed this fun event included YMCA Village People, Collingwood Hearing, 3 HLRs , FTB, the Misfits, and the Mighty Pucks

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The weather was great... too good in fact as under the sunny skies, the ice became too soft by mid day to play into the afternoon.

Special thanks to Beach BOOSTER Media Group and Josh Pallas of Wasaga Beach Parks and Recreation for pulling things together. A very special thank you to the 3 on 3 Professional Hockey League (3hltour.com). As well, special thanks to our other sponsors including Shop Wasaga and Royal LePage Locations North, Signature Sold Team and of course to our amazing team of Crime Stoppers Volunteers.

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