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Community Services Guide

February 2017

Canada 150 warms up Woodstock’s Got Talent Contest announced Pg. 4

Making Woodstock Better – South Gate Centre Pg. 10

Family Day

Check out the COW Tales ‘Way Back When’ contest on page 15 and enter today!

A: Tim Hortons.

What’s On

Photo by Geoff Dale

Photo by Railwayfx – Fotolia

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Woodstock Celebrates Canada 150 A new logo, a new web page and announcing a special Canada 150 Talent Show. Canada 150 events are going to be easier than ever to find and participate in! See page 4.

Building a City

Now a protected wetlands, the historic Brick Ponds once housed a very busy brick works that helped build this city.

See page 5.

Making Woodstock Better

South Gate Centre is featured as one of the long standing groups in our City that contribute to making Woodstock better. See page 10.

The Trails in Winter

Dress for the weather and get out and explore. The trails system in Woodstock is open for adventure. See page 12.

City Schedules and Services

Photo by Andrew Norris

Photo supplied

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Family Day Creative Program Social Media Survey Advertise with Woodstock Transit WEAC: Green Tips – Textile Recycling Community Grants Program Woodstock Day at the Rogers Centre FAQ Woodstock Day at the Rogers Centre Woodstock Museum N.H.S. Woodstock Public Library Recycle Tips: Polystyrene Transit & Para-Transit Woodstock Art Gallery Community Complex: Skating Schedule

Next Edition Cover includes supplied photo and photo by Andrew Norris.

The March 2017 edition of WOW will be delivered with the Oxford Shopping News on February 27, 2017.

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Woodstock Celebrates Canada 150

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oodstock is celebrating everything red and white for Canada’s 150th Anniversary. We have created a Canada 150 webpage on the City of Woodstock’s Website, which will be the designated website for all the 150 events. If you are an organization, group, church, sports team, school, etc., and have an event that you want to highlight for Canada 150 or that highlights the history of Woodstock, then this applies to you. We will be posting all relevant events that take place in 2017 under the tab ‘Visiting Woodstock’; ‘Canada 150’ on the city’s website. If you want to add an event, contact Karen Houston, Manager of Culture at the museum khouston@cityofwoodstock.ca. The webpage will be up soon, so keep your eyes peeled for the Woodstock Celebrates Canada 150 logo that will identify all special events in 2017.

As part of our Canada 150 initiative we are introducing Woodstock’s Got Talent. This is open to all ages and talents from soloists, bands, dancers, magicians, comedians, etc.

Audition forms can be found on the City of Woodstock website

at www.cityofwoodstock.ca/gottalent throughout the month of February.

Auditions will be scheduled for mid-March at The Market Centre Theatre. For additional and updated information, please go to the City of Woodstock Website under Canada 150 and Facebook page as well as Heart FM website and Facebook Page or contact Jessica Buck at woodstockmuseumed@cityofwoodstock.ca, khouston@cityofwoodstock.ca or bjanssen@cityofwoodstock.ca Come on and join Woodstock as we celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday!

— Jessica Buck, Canada 150 Intern Woodstock Museum NHS

CITY OF WOODSTOCK

PHONE DIRECTORY

CONTACTS Volume 19

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What’s On Woodstock Magazine is published monthly by the Office of the Communications & Special Events Manager of the City of Woodstock. Circulation is 19,000 copies delivered to the residents and businesses of Woodstock.

Magazine produced by Flying Squirrel Design.

E-mail: wow@flyingsquirreldesign.com.

Mail/Courier: 9-1201 Nellis Street, Woodstock, Ontario N4T 1N8 Editorial written by Jeff Culp. Ad deadline for March 2017 edition: February 1, 2017 Call Brad Janssen at 519-539-1291 x 4102 to book your advertising today.

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Art Gallery............................................519-539-6761 City Hall...............................................519-539-1291 Civic Centre Arena....................519-421-3484 x 4301 Goff Hall Rental........................519-421-3484 x 4301 Library..................................................519-539-4801 Market Centre Rental...........................519-537-8411 Museum...............................................519-537-8411 Para-Transit Services............................519-539-1291 Parks & Recreation....................519-539-1291 x 4101 Public Works............. 519-539-1291 x 3140 or x 3104 Small Business Centre..........................519-421-2129 Southside Aquatics.................. 519-421-POOL (7665) Southwood Arena.....................519-421-3484 x 4301 Transit Services.........................519-539-1291 x 3102

Have your events listed in the FREE Event List on the back inside cover or for advertising in the What’s On Woodstock Magazine, call Editor Brad Janssen, at 519-539-1291 x 4102 or fax to 519-539-3275.

Photo by Geoff Dale

The mud puddle that helped build a city

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12–14 hours a day, a good brick molder could make between 3,500 and 5,000 bricks a day. The framed brick molds were light enough for a child to carry, and usually a child carried the formed clay to an “off-bearer” who set the bricks out in the sun. After about five days, the bricks were dry enough to stack into a “clamp.” A clamp was simply a pile of green bricks, stacked in such a way a wood or coal fire could be set under them. The pile acted as a kiln.

Since the dried clay still contained about 10% water, the fires weren’t very hot for the first day or so, then the flames Photo courtesy the rameking

oday, it is a protected wetlands straddled by one of the busiest streets in Woodstock. Once, it was an invaluable resource that created many of Woodstock’s historic buildings.

It is Brick Pond, more properly called The Brick Ponds Wetland Complex. Around 1850, it provided clay for a local brick yard located just west of the present Beard’s Lane. Thanks to existing documents from brick yards elsewhere, an archeological excavation of a brick yard in Brantford, Grassroots Woodstock and the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority, the history of this unusual – possibly unique – property can be pieced together.

Many towns and cities had local brick works. They usually used five steps to produce brick. The first step, called “winning” the clay, was physically digging it out of the ground. This process started in autumn. Using hand shovels, topsoil was removed and the clay, selected by craftsmen based on instinct and experience, broken up. It was left exposed over the winter, then ground into powder.

Step two consisted of preparing the clay. The clay powder was mixed with water. This was back-breaking work, where feet and hands were used to ensure a consistent mixture. Horses hitched to posts were led around dragging paddles to help mix the slurry. This was called “pugging,” and was done in a pit called a “pug mill.”

Then came molding. A “clot” molder formed a lump of clay and gave it to the brick molder. He had wooden frames that could mold 2, 4 or 6 bricks at a time. He would pour dry sand on the mold to keep the bricks from sticking, then hand-force the clay into the mold. Working

A brick clamp was a stack of un-fired brick arranged so wood or coal fires could be built inside the brick stack to cure the brick.

This clamp has been covered with mud to help the curing process.

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were stoked to about 1800° F and the clay was cured.

Bricks from Brick Pond were red. The colour was partially due to the iron content in the clay, partly from how the brick was fired, and could be adjusted by adding other minerals to the clay.

The brick works operated until the end of the 1860s, when much bigger brick producers from the Don Valley in Toronto and the huge brick works in Canton, Ohio started supplying the area. This was actually the birth of Brick Pond. Drainwater from northeast Woodstock was diverted to fill up the hole left by the brick works. Slowly, it started to fill with water.

It’s difficult to pin down exactly what buildings are made of bricks from Brick Pond. Old St Paul’s Church is partially built from them. The original brick was recycled from another building. But the Church remodeling (adding transoms) in the 1840s, is almost certainly Brick Pond brick.

Brick Pond bricks were used in the 1850s and 1860s, the period when significant construction occurred on Wellington St. and Vansittart Ave. Since Italianate style was popular just before Confederation, it is likely at least some of the many Italianate houses in that neighbourhood were made from Brick Pond clay. The historic storefronts along Dundas Street, especially between Wellington and

Light Streets are mainly Italianate, and would have been built during this period as well.

Cobblestones supporting Dundas Street were installed much later and came from bricks made in Ohio.

The history of the brick works was over, but the history of Brick Pond was just beginning. By the 1980s, the 80 acres that make up the wetlands had formed an area that was part marsh (floating plants and water-loving plants like bulrushes, sedges and water lilies) and part swamp (flooded forest). Given the area’s history and the complexity of the wildlife it supports, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources declared it, “provincially significant” in 1988. It is today one of the very few urban wetlands in Ontario (most were drained for development purposes).

The Wetlands is now additionally protected by zoning by-laws and much of it is owned by the city.

The City of Woodstock wants to know what YOU would like to see us post to Social Media Visit www.cityofwoodstock.ca/socialmediasurvey to let us know which platforms you find the most useful and what types of content you would like to see posted.

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Three submitters will be randomly selected to win some great City of Woodstock swag!

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Check out the COW Tales ‘Way Back When’ contest on page 15 and enter today!

A: Dog House Roses, StomPierre, Soul Tripper, Blind Dog Joe, Woodstock Taekwon Do Club, Bill Nuvo, Mr. Purpleman and Woodstock Spiderman.

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ADVERTISE WITH WOODSTOCK TRANSIT

OUR BILLBOARDS MOVE ALL OVER THE CITY! REAR OF BUS

Advertising rates as low as $20/month.

20" high × 70" wide, .060 pt polystyrene (leave 1” around perimeter to accommodate the frame). Woodstock Transit can install and remove.¹

Cost: $250.00/month; non-profit $113.00/month

MID-WRAP Covers both sides, middle of bus. Your printer must get dimensions from the bus and arrange a time for installation. Decal must accommodate lights, doors, etc.

Contact the Transit Supervisor at 519-539-2382 Ext. 3130 for details and availability.

Advertisers are responsible for all costs to design, produce, install, maintain and remove advertising, including the cost to restore the transit vehicle to its original condition. Ad panels can be stored by Woodstock Transit for up to one year. (Woodstock Transit is not responsible for damage during storage).

Month-to-month is available; one year contract is preferable. Interior ad spots always available, exterior spots are limited.

(Prices quoted include HST).

Cost: $8,500/year or can be invoiced at $708.33/month; non-profit $367.25/month

ONE SIDE OF BUS 15" high × 100" wide.

Under windows and above rub rail. Laminated vinyl adhesive. Your printer must install and remove.

Cost: (Same as rear) $250.00/month; non-profit $113.00/month

INTERIOR 11" high × 35" (or 70") wide, white opaque polystyrene.

Nine vehicles available; six on the road at all times and are rotated through the routes daily. Exterior advertising only available on the para-transit vehicles.

1. Bus #11 and all new buses do not have the frames.

Advertising must be laminated vinyl adhesive decal.

Your printer must install and remove.

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Woodstock Transit can install and remove.

Cost: $22.60/month; non profit $11.30/month

Green Tips

Hole in your sock? Single sock?

Don’t throw it out... recycle it!

Do you ever find yourself hanging on to old, worn out clothes because you don’t know what to do with them? Do you feel guilty about donating outdated or shabby clothing to a charity? So often we throw these things out. But did you know that these items (clothing/textiles) can actually be recycled and diverted from a landfill? It is called textile recycling.

Charities (e.g., Goodwill Industries, Salvation Army, Cerebral Palsy, Canadian Diabetes Association) will accept all sorts of textiles including those that you think are too worn or damaged to donate. Once donated and sorted, items and textiles that are not suitable for resale will be sold to textile recyclers to be recycled. Charities use the money generated from the sale of unwanted textiles to fund community programs and services for people in need.

Textile recyclers buy the items from charities and then send many items to countries abroad where there is a high demand for used clothing. The remaining textiles are sorted, cleaned and turned into industrial rags/cloths or they are shredded down into fibers for things like upholstery, insulation and furniture stuffing. Only about 5% of the textiles purchased by textile recyclers are too contaminated to be repurposed or recycled.

A recent study in Ontario found that nearly 85% of discarded textiles end up in a landfill site. Let’s make an effort to divert more waste from our regional landfills!

Recycle the following materials as long as they are dry and not contaminated with chemicals (e.g., paints, oil, grease): ✱✱Blankets, bedding, sheets, pillows, sleeping bags ✱✱Clothing, jackets, overcoats ✱✱Curtains, drapes

✱✱Footwear ✱✱Linens, towels, washcloths ✱✱Purses, hats, belts, ties ✱✱Stuffed animals

For more information visit:

http://textilewastediversion.com

Brought to you by your Woodstock Environmental Advisory Committee and the City of Woodstock

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Making Woodstock Better

outh Gate Centre would prefer not to be known as a “Seniors’ Centre,” but rather as an adult recreation centre. And the level of activity it houses certainly underlines this.

“Our most popular events are fitness programs,” says Program and Volunteer Coordinator Patricia Godfrey.

“We’ll have people in here at 7:45 all the way through to 6:30 at night participating in yoga, walking, weight training, general fitness – all year around, outdoors and indoors.”

The 800+ members of the centre also have social clubs and activities, and have a very high volunteer profile in the community.

“Meals on Wheels, blood pressure clinics, we host the MS walk, help the Alzheimer’s Society and participate in the Streetfest Cruise,” says Operations Manager Felise Jones.

In all, more than 200 volunteers put in an astonishing 25,000 volunteer hours per year. It was enough to win them the Community Involvement Award at the 2015 Chamber of Commerce Awards of Excellence.

Participate yourself this month, at the annual Chilly Charlie Groundhog Day event February 2. A pancake and sausage breakfast begins at 7:30, with Charlie doing his prognostication at 8:10 a.m. The event continues till 9:00 (admission is $3). Stick around for lunch, however, as the chili cookoff starts at 11:30. Advance tickets at Southgate, Merrifields and FirstOntario Credit Union are $10, admission at the door is $12.

A new venture was started last year by South Gate when they took over operation of the concession stand at Southside Park. Like their daily weekday lunches at the centre, the concession stand offers a locally-sourced menu.

“We’re not all ladies with blue hair,” says Godfrey, “it’s a very active and eclectic group of people. We’re here to do something and to contribute back to the community.”

To join the centre, just show up at the door.

Check out the COW Tales ‘Way Back When’ contest on page 15 and enter today!

A: The Canadian Tire Gas Bar.

Photo by McCarony – Fotolia

YOUR WOODSTOCK ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE PRESENTS

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oodstock’s excellent trails system remains open through the winter. The trails themselves are not maintained by snow removal, but the Parks Department will ensure that the trails remain safe by removing trees or other obstacles that could be dangerous.

The trails may only be accessed between dawn and dusk, and no motor vehicles are allowed. Dogs must be leashed, and please ensure you pick up after your dog if using the trail.

There could be times when a rapid snow melt damages parts of a trail, and these issues will be addressed.

Even though it may be chilly and snowy, the trails remain a great resource for the people of Woodstock!

Winter scenes from Roth Park taken near the Lansdowne entrance.

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF WOODSTOCK

Community Grants Program The City of Woodstock is accepting grant applications under the Community Grants Program, Policy GA003.

Woodstock organizations wishing to apply for a grant are required to apply by 4:30 pm on March 1, 2017.

Applications and eligibility information is available at Woodstock City Hall, Clerk’s Department, or from the City of Woodstock’s Website: www.cityofwoodstock.ca

Grants are available to volunteer organizations that are non-profit, or charitable. Consideration will be given to projects that promote a more healthy and active community within the City of Woodstock.

Grant applicants must be located in the City of Woodstock and the majority of their participants must be Woodstock residents. Applications must be submitted using the prescribed form.

A second intake deadline will be set for September 1, 2017.

Chris Gauthier, Deputy City Clerk The Corporation of the City of Woodstock 500 Dundas Street, P.O. Box 1539 Woodstock, Ontario N4S 0A7

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Photos by Andrew Norris

The trails in winter

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Charlie in Charge Chilly Charlie returns to the South Gate Centre to make his annual “Groundhog Day” weather prognostication on the morning of Thursday, February 2nd. Don Engel originated the idea some 15 years ago.

Charlie was originally a prognosticating puppet that delivered his prediction to start a day full of activity that included a breakfast, afternoon jamboree, dinner and dance. These days Chilly Charlie stands 5’ 8” tall and boasts a prediction success rate of 90%. This year’s festivities include the traditional declaration of an early spring or 6 more weeks of winter, breakfast and chili cook off in the afternoon. * City of Woodstock

It Couldn’t Have Happened Without You! The new Woodstock Hospital opened its doors to the public on November 20, 2011. The new facility broke ground in November 2008 and construction was completed in June 2011, on time and on budget. Throughout the past five years, Woodstock Hospital has: achieved an Exemplary Standing from Accreditation Canada for 2012–2016; introduced MRI, with over 5,500 scans per year; opened a Chemotherapy clinic in 2012; and, raised over $25 million for new equipment purchases and capital assets with the Foundation. Our world class facility cares for close to 7,500 in-patients with over 50,000 patient days each year, delivers nearly 900 babies yearly and employs 910 people.

Hey, We’ve Got a “Maid of the Mist” Too! On December 29, 1903 Andrew Pattullo died in London, England.

He left a bequest of $1,000 to the City of Woodstock to purchase a fountain in his memory. On August 25, 1916 a fountain called “The Maid of the Mist” was ordered from J.L. Mott and Company of New York, the price being $1,050. It was 16 feet and 8 inches high, topped by the figure of a woman pouring water from an urn, and had two water pans. The fountain was made of cast iron, assembled and factory finished and shipped to Woodstock by train.

It Still Works After 36 Years The City of Woodstock logo was introduced in 1981 and designed by local artist Bill Paquette.

Inherent in the design of the logo are six basic elements, which when combined symbolize the spirit and essence of our community. 1. Maple Leaf – Symbolizing our Canadian heritage and the wealth of trees that our city is endowed with. 2. Rolling Hills – Representative of the rich farmland that abounds in the area and the recreational facilities that are available to residents. 3. Industrial – Recognizing the strength and diversity of our local economy. 4. Residential – Portrays the quality of life enjoyed by the people of our community. 5. ‘W’ – Embraces all the other components and is representative of our ideal location and the excellent transportation network serving our municipality. 6. Rising Sun – Symbolic of our bright future and the energy of our city.

Woodstock Biscuit & Confectionery The old Ace Recreation Centre on Dundas Street (now an empty lot across the street from Deelights Bakery) spent much of its life as a cookie and candy manufacturer. Woodstock Biscuit and Confectionery Works set up shop there in 1886.

The company was renamed Bean & Westlake when C.G. Bean joined the business in 1888. The business ran three floors of manufacturing, shipping and office space until the business closed in 1928.

COW Tales have been contributed by Brad Janssen, Jeff Culp and Paul Roberts.

Visit us online at www.facebook.com/WhatsOnWoodstock

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CONTEST

THE WINNER of January’s ‘Way Back When’ Contest is Ralph

Gutland of Woodstock! He correctly answered that Upper Thames Brewing Company has two canoes hanging from the ceiling. Ralph wins a $50 gift card from Kelsey’s/Montana’s, plus he now qualifies for a $100 Kelsey’s/Montana’s gift card to be drawn from all the monthly winners in November.

Thank you to our sponsors!

Do you remember Woodstock “Way Back When?”

If so, you’re on your way to winning our contest. Send in or drop off your answer by the posted deadline. We will randomly pick one winner from the correct responses. The winner’s name will appear in the next edition of What’s On Woodstock. Here are some questions to get you thinking. Answer the last question (in bold) to enter the contest.

Q. What was the last business to operate on the vacant lot on the northeast corner of Dundas and Blandford Streets just west of Mostly Roses? (See page 10)

Q. What was the very first concession at the Woodstock District Community Complex? (See page 3)

Q. What restaurant within City limits is closest to Beachville? (See page 16)

Q. Can you name one act that performed at last year’s Canada Day celebrations? (See page 6)

Q. T he “Golden Gala” is celebrating its 16th anniversary next month. It has raised over one million dollars for local charities in that time. What local real estate company orchestrates this event?

Send your answer along with your name and phone number to bjanssen@cityofwoodstock.ca by Friday, February 10th, 2017.

You can also drop your answer in the contest box at City Hall.

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Photo courtesy of Woodstock Art Gallery

Family Day Fun!

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ots of activities are planned around the city for Family Day, Monday, February 20. Start your day early at the Gallery Cinemas with a first-run children’s movie starting at 9:30 (tickets $5 in advance at the Woodstock Art Gallery), with snacks provided by the Children’s Aid Society.

Drop in at the Art Gallery itself from 11:00 a.m. for art activities and to tour current exhibits. The Gallery’s curator Mary Reid says there’s a special exhibit starting that day, “Roberta Bondar, Canada’s first female astronaut, is also a noted wildlife and nature photographer, and her exhibition Windows on the Wild will be featured that afternoon.”

There will also be a special interactive exhibit called “What is a Bully?” from local artist Pat Herlovitch.

A new exhibit can be previewed at the Woodstock Museum between 11:00 and 2:00 that day. Learn how messages were sent during the First World War at a display of the uniformed Signals Association and its equipment.

Theatre Woodstock is doing a behind-the-curtains tour between 1:00 and 2:00, and at the aquatics centre on Finkle Street, there’s a public swim from 1:15 p.m. until 3:00.

Check out the COW Tales ‘Way Back When’ contest on page 15 and enter today!

A: The Chuckwagon Restaurant.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW if you’re planning on taking in Woodstock Day at the Rogers Centre • Tickets will be on sale at the Woodstock District Community Complex, Monday through Friday, 9:00 am–5:00 pm (office closed noon to 1:00 pm) beginning January 23 to Friday, March 31, 2017.

• Game ticket and transportation $70.00.

• Game ticket $55.25 ($71.00 face value).

• Children will be charged regular price if they occupy a seat.

• Tickets are field level between 1st base and right field.

• The voucher you receive when paying for your ticket is NOT the game ticket.

• Transportation and game ticket prices are set by the respective organizations – this is strictly a cost recovery event.

• We accept cash, cheque, debit and credit card.

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• The person purchasing tickets is responsible for those people in the group they are buying tickets for and are responsible for sharing information regarding game day – time frames, departure(s) and code of conduct, etc.

• Ticket purchasers will be contacted no later than two weeks prior to the event for game ticket pick up and transportation assignment.

• Please visit www.cityofwoodstock.ca and Woodstock Facebook page for complete details and updated information

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What: 13th Annual Woodstock Day at the Rogers Centre When: Saturday, April 29th, 2017 Who: Toronto Blue Jays hosting the Tampa Bay Rays Game Time: 1:07 pm All children between the ages of 4–14 will be eligible for a draw to participate in the 7th Inning stretch festivities and one lucky boy or girl will be chosen to throw out the first pitch!

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School bus transportation and field level seat $70.00 This is strictly a cost recovery program. Our Blue Jay Group Sales cost is $55.25/ticket (an increase of 9% from 2016 prices) and a seat on the bus works out to $15/seat.

We accept cash, cheque, debit and credit card.

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TICKETS AVAILABLE JANUARY 23 Tickets can be purchased at the Box Office of the Woodstock District Community Complex at 381 Finkle St., 9:00 am–5:00 pm week days (office closed between noon–1:00 pm) starting Monday January 23rd Phone 519-539-1291 ext. 4102 • www.cityofwoodstock.ca WHAT’S ON WOODSTOCK | February 2017 17

Woodstock Museum

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WINTER STORYTIMES Each program includes age appropriate stories, rhymes, songs and activities designed by library professionals to help children develop literacy skills and a love of reading.

Family Storytime (1–5 years) Saturdays.........................................................10:30–11:15 am January 7–May 13 Join us in the program room for this interactive storytime for families with toddlers and preschoolers that include stories, songs, active rhymes and a craft. No registration required.

SPECIAL EVENTS FOR KIDS Valentine’s Day Drop in Craft (all ages) 10:00 am–5:00 pm, Saturday, February 11 1:00–5:00 pm, Sunday, February 12 Drop in to the Children’s Department to make a heartfelt craft.

No registration required.

Maker Lab: Recording Stories for Family Day (family) 2:00–3:30 pm, Saturday, February 18 Calling all family members! Read aloud and record your favourite picture book with your favourite child for Family Day. Take home an audio recording for sharing. No registration required. Free!

Forest of Reading Book Clubs January 23–April 22, 2017 Join our Forest of Reading book clubs for kids in Kindergarten to grade 8! They are free, and the prizes are awesome!

Registration for all reading clubs (Blue Spruce, Silver Birch and Red Maple) begins Monday, January 23 and kids can choose their book and start reading. Then, beginning Monday, January 30, kids can come into the library to play our brand new Wolfie game, choose their prize and pick a new book to read. Read 5 or more books to be eligible to vote for your favourite in April.

Teen Minecraft (10–14 years) Jr. Minecraft Program (6–9 years) 1:00–2:00 pm, Saturdays, February 4, 25 Show us your building talents in this creative and collaborative building program. Registration starts the Monday before each Saturday program, in person or by phone. Spaces are limited so register early.

Sr. Minecraft Program (10–14 years) 2:30–3:30 pm, Saturdays, February 4, 25 Make your defenses strong to survive in Minecraft! Registration starts the Monday before each Saturday program, in person or by phone. Spaces are limited so register early.

Funding provided by the Government of Ontario

6:30–8:00 pm, Tuesday, February 7 Test your Minecraft skills the 1st Tuesday evening of each month Registration starts the Tuesday before each program. Free!

Funding provided by the Government of Ontario

Teen Advisory Group (TAG) 7:00–8:00 pm, Tuesday, February 14 The Library is looking for teens age 13 to 19 who want the opportunity to share their ideas for ways to improve our teen services, YA collections and to help plan fun events for teens.

You can also earn community service hours towards your high school diploma. Interested teens can contact Gillian Green for more information at 519-539-4801, or email ggreen@mywpl.ca.

New members are always welcome!

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Photo by Lisa F. Young – Fotolia

Creative Space

1:00–3:00 pm, Wednesdays, February 8, 22 This is an opportunity to gather and converse with like-minded creative people and share your talents: knitting, needlework, crocheting, sketching, however you express your creativity. Meet in the fiction area of the Library the second Wednesday of the month. Refreshments are permitted. No registration required.

Teen Drop In (11–15 years) 6:30–8:00 pm, Tuesday, February 28 Drop in on the 4th Tuesday evening of each month for a variety of fun activities using our green screen, laptops, iPads, robotics and much more. Snacks provided. No registration required.

Writer’s Circle

6:00–8:15 pm, Wednesdays, February 1, 15 Have you ever wanted to write fiction, craft a memoir or write poetry? Would you like feedback, encouragement and the chance to share with other writers? Then join our newly formed writer’s circle open to all ages from teen to senior. The group meets the first and third Wednesday each month. No registration required.

Adult Book Clubs

Please join us for lively discussion and refreshments the first Thursday of each month. New members are always welcome!

Afternoon Book Club: February 2, 1:00–2:30 pm Piano Maker – Kurt Palka March 2, 1:00–2:30 pm Fever at Dawn – Péter Gárdos

Evening Book Club: February 2, 7:00–8:15 pm A House for Happy Mothers – Amulya Malladi

March 2, 7:00–8:15 pm The Door – Magda Szabó

Brain Games

1:00–3:00 pm, Monday, February 6 Gather in the meeting room the first Monday of month for a great workout for the brain. Socialize as you participate in trivia challenges, Scrabble, friendly spelling bees and other fun activities for the mind. Refreshments are permitted. No registration required.

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Learning American Mah-Jongg

10:15 am–12:15 pm, Tuesdays, February 7, 14, 21, 28 Mah-jongg is a game of skill and strategy with an element of chance. Learn the basics of playing Mah-jongg during a four week program being offered by the Library. Score cards and Mah-jongg sets will be provided. Participants must be able to commit to the first three sessions. Register in person at the level II information desk or phone 519-539-4801. Space is limited so register early.

Tech Coaching @ the Tech Bar

Try one or more of these quick tech coaching sessions for a variety of technology applications and devices. Please, no hardware setup or troubleshooting requests. Registration is ongoing, in person or by phone. Spaces are limited so register early.

Tech Topics

Date

Time

Downloading library eBooks and eAudiobooks for the following devices: iPad, Android, Kobo, Windows, Mac, Chromebook

Wed, Feb 1 2:15–3:15 pm Fri, Feb 17 10:15–11:15 am Wed, Feb 22 2:15–3:15 pm

Navigating your Android or Kobo

Fri, Feb 24

10:15–11:15 am

Navigating your iPhone, iPad or Macbook

Wed, Feb 8

2:15–3:15 pm

Navigating the Internet including access to Library wifi and using internet browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera) and search engines (Google, Bing)

Wed, Feb 15 2:15–3:15 pm

Email support (including Wed, Feb 10 10:15–11:15 am downloading app, creating account) for Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail/Outlook and email attachments

eBooks for iPad

2:00–4:00 pm, Friday, February 10 Learn how to checkout and download Library eBooks and eAudiobooks – just for your iPad! Download, install and navigate the OverDrive iPad app during this workshop. Registration is ongoing, in person or by phone. Spaces are limited so register early.

DID YOU KNOW? Computers for Beginners, Part 2

10:15 am–12:15 pm, Mondays, February 6, 13, 27 This is a three week Windows computer basics course continuation of “Computers for Beginners.” Build your computer skills and knowledge with a new computer topic each week: Internet and web browsing; email and communication; sharing and cloud computing. Registrants are asked to bring their own Windows laptop. Registration is ongoing, in person or by phone.

Spaces are limited so register early.

Polystyrene containers used in packaging of chicken and me at your local grocer are recycla Simply rinse off the container and in your blue box for recyclin

DID YOU Recycle More!KNOW? For Pete’s Sake

Polystyrene containers used in the packaging of chicken and meats at your local grocer are recyclable.

Simply rinse off the container and place in your blue box for recycling.

Recording Stories for Family Day

2:00–4:00 pm, Friday, February 17 Forfavourite more information Calling all family members! Read aloud and record your picture book with your favourite child for Family Day. Take home an audio recording for sharing. Registration is ongoing, in person or by phone. Spaces are limited so register early.

about recycling within the City of Woodstock please www.cityofwoodstock.ca

Winter Hours

Monday–Friday...........................................10:00 am–8:30 pm Saturday......................................................10:00 am–5:00 pm Sunday..........................................................1:00 pm–5:00 pm

Woodstock Public Library 445 Hunter Street, Woodstock, ON Phone: 519-539-4801 Web: www.mywpl.ca

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TRANSIT

Hours of Operation: (30 Minute Service) Mon. to Fri............... 6:00 am–10:00 pm Saturdays................. 8:00 am–10:00 pm (All Bus Stops display a Route Service Schedule)

Info Line: 519-539-1291 ext. 3104 (Mon. to Fri.) 8:30 am–4:30 pm

PARA-TRANSIT Effective August 2, 2016

Para-Transportation Services Available for Registered Eligible Individuals Para-Transit Service provided by the City of Woodstock

Transit Fare Rates & Special Discount Passes (effective Aug. 2, 2016)

CASH FARES* Adult/Senior $2.50 Students (age 5–18) $2.50 Children (under 5) FREE

*Note: Exact change is required on the bus.

SPECIAL DISCOUNT / SAVINGS PASSES Han-D-Ride Value Pass 12 Rides Student/Senior (60+) Pass Monthly Monthly Adult Pass (non-transferable)

$25 $48 $60

PURCHASE PASSES Monthly Han-D- Family AT THESE LOCATIONS Pass Rides Pass City Hall ✓ ✓ ✓ Community Complex ✓ ✓ ✓ Engineering / Public Works ✓ ✓ ✓ Fanshawe College (Student Pass only) ✓ Foodland ✓ ✓ ✓ Shoppers Drug Mart (East & West) ✓ ✓ ✓ South Gate Centre ✓ ✓ ✓ Southside Aquatic Centre ✓ ✓ ✓ St. Mary’s H.S. (Student Pass only) ✓ TD Canada Trust (Springbank) ✓ TD Canada Trust (Wellington/Dundas) ✓ ✓ ✓ Woodstock Public Library ✓ ✓ ✓ Please note: passes are not available on the bus.

Group Pass • 2–5 riders • $7.50 all day With the $7.50 Group Pass, up to 5 riders can enjoy unlimited travel on all Woodstock Transit routes all day long. Some restrictions apply.

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Cash Fare

$2.50

Regular hours of operation Mon–Fri 6:00 am–10:00 pm

Sat 8:00 am–10:00 pm

Service must be pre-booked 24 hours in advance.

Call 519-539-2382 ext. 2510 (TTY: 519-539-7268) between the hours of 8:30 am–7:00 pm, Monday through Friday and 9:00 am–7:00 pm on Saturday.

(Voicemail is available outside of regular hours).

All passes accepted on conventional transit are now accepted on Para-Transit.

Registration forms are available at City Hall.

Note: Photo I.D. cards will be required in order to use this service.

Questions concerning eligibility criteria?

Phone 519-539-1291

Woodstock Art Gallery

WOODSTOCK COMMUNITY COMPLEX FREE PUBLIC SKATING — WEDNESDAYS Wednesday

4:00–4:50 pm

Southwood Green

DATES (SEE TIME & LOCATION ABOVE) — SPONSORED BY:

FREE PUBLIC SKATING — SATURDAYS Saturday

1:15–2:05 pm

Southwood Red

DATES (SEE TIME & LOCATION ABOVE) — SPONSORED BY:

February 1

Fanshawe College – Woodstock

February 4

Woodstock Parks & Recreation Dept.

February 8

Woodstock Professional Firefighters Assoc.

February 11

Woodstock Minor Hockey Association

February 15

Watters Graphics

February 18

Dr. Lail & Associates Family Dentistry

February 22

Woodstock Health & Fitness

February 25

Woodstock Lions Club

Thank you to our Sponsors! Show them your support!

PARENT & TOT SKATE — FREE Maximum age of child participants is 5 years of age.

Pucks and sticks are NOT PERMITTED on the ice.

Parent and Tot gliders (skating aids) will be available.

Monday

4:00–4:50 pm

Southwood Green

Wednesday

1:15–2:05 pm

Southwood Red

Thursday

9:45–10:45 am

Southwood Red

Sponsored by Woodstock Parks & Recreation Dept.

NO SKATING DATE – FEBRUARY 20

Thank you to our Sponsors! Show them your support!

PARENT & TOT SHINNY HOCKEY — FREE Maximum age of child participants is 5 years of age.

Pucks and sticks ARE PERMITTED on the ice.

All participants must wear a helmet and gloves.

Parent and Tot gliders (skating aids) will NOT be available.

Tuesday

9:30–10:20 am

Southwood Green

Sponsored by Woodstock Parks & Recreation Dept.

FREE FAMILY DAY SKATING — February 20

ADULT SKATE — FREE Participants must be 18 years of age or older.

Monday

1:45–2:35 pm

Southwood Red

Wednesday

2:15–3:35 pm

Southwood Red

Sponsored by Woodstock Parks & Recreation Dept.

NO SKATING DATE – FEBRUARY 20

February 20

4:15–6:05 pm

Southwood Red

Sponsored by South East Hope Mutual Insurance Co.

** Please note skating times may change due to Special Events not scheduled at the time of printing. **

WOODSTOCK CIVIC CENTRE FREE PUBLIC SKATING — SUNDAYS Sunday

1:00–1:50 pm

Civic Centre

DATES (SEE TIME & LOCATION ABOVE) — SPONSORED BY:

FREE PUBLIC SKATING — TUESDAYS Tuesday

4:00–4:50 pm

Civic Centre

DATES (SEE TIME & LOCATION ABOVE) — SPONSORED BY:

February 5

Upper Thames Brewing Company

February 7

Pepper Plumbing

February 12

Woodstock Parks & Recreation Dept.

February 14

Alf Langdon Play Hockey Fund

February 19

Dr. Lail & Associates Family Dentistry

February 21

Woodstock U Wash / Laser Wash

February 26

Woodstock Parks & Recreation Dept.

February 28

Brock and Visser Funeral Home

Thank you to our Sponsors! Show them your support!

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Thank you to our Sponsors! Show them your support!

Civic Centre Arena (at the Woodstock Fairgrounds) | 895 Nellis Street Woodstock District Community Complex | 381 Finkle Street

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What: 13th Annual Woodstock Day at the Rogers Centre When: Saturday, April 29th, 2017 Who: Toronto Blue Jays hosting the Tampa Bay Rays Game Time: 1:07 pm

The Community Events Billboard February

AppreSHEation Award nominations for International Women’s Day (March 8, 2017) are open! Call 519-539-6176 ext 319 or visit our Facebook Page “Oxford County Celebrates International Women’s Day” for nomination forms.

2 Chilly Charlie Ground Hog Day, South Gate Centre, 191 Old Wellington St. S. Prediction, Pancake & Sausage Breakfast, 7:30–9:00 am. Adults $3, children under 5 free. See pg 11.

7 Community Night for the Woodstock Icebergs, Montana’s BBQ & Bar, 5:00–8:00 pm. A new competitive Elementary Synchronized team will work along side the serving staff and a portion of sales that night will be donated to team.

10 Valentines Dinner & Dance, South Gate Centre, 191 Old Wellington Street South, Cocktails at 6:30 p.m. Advance tickets $20 per person. Last day to purchase tickets will be Wednesday, February 8th.

10–12 Woodstock RV Show, Oxford Auditorium, Fri. 12:00–9:00 pm, Sat. 10:00 am–8:00 pm. Visit www.woodstockrvshow.com.

10–18 Theatre Woodstock presents “The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon,” Market Centre, 8:00 pm (2:00 pm matinee on Feb. 12). Details at www.theatrewoodstock.com.

15 Soup & Sandwich Luncheon, Old St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 721 Dundas St., 11:00 am–1:30 pm, soup, sandwich, dessert, tea/coffee, $6 per person. Lift elevator available.

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Bridal Show by Welcome Wagon, Reeves Community Centre, Cowan Park, 895 Ridgewood Dr., 12:00–4:00 pm. Door prizes, gift bag for every bride. A $5 admission at the door, proceeds to Woodstock Hospital.

20 Creative Family Fun Day, at Woodstock Art Gallery, Museum and Theatre, 449 Dundas St., from 11:00 am– 2:00 pm. Visit www.woodstockartgallery.ca for more details!

22 Oxford Historical Society Meeting, Woodstock Museum, 466 Dundas St., 6:45 pm. Don Wilson will present his collection of historical Oxford County Postcards. All are welcome.

24–26 Woodstock and District Canine Association All Breed Championship dog shows, Oxford Auditorium, 875 Nellis St., 9:00 am–4:00 pm. Come and visit with some of Canada’s top show dogs and their owners/handlers. Admission $3 per person, $5 family rate.

25 Astonishment: Nathaniel Rankin, Canadian Champion of Magic, WCI Auditorium, 7:00 pm. Tickets $12 adv./$15 at door, available at Beginnings Family Services, 519-421-2127 or Merrifield Bookshop.

27 WAG See You @ the Movies, Gallery Cinemas, 15 Perry St., movie showings at 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm. Visit www.woodstockartgallery.ca for more info.

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Sponsored by the City of Woodstock

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School bus transportation and field level seat $70.00 This is strictly a cost recovery program. Our Blue Jay Group Sales cost is $55.25/ticket (an increase of 9% from 2016 prices) and a seat on the bus works out to $15/seat.

We accept cash, cheque, debit and credit card.

TICKETS AVAILABLE JANUARY 23 Tickets can be purchased at the Box Office of the Woodstock District Community Complex at 381 Finkle St., 9:00 am–5:00 pm week days (office closed between noon–1:00 pm) starting Monday January 23rd Phone 519-539-1291 ext. 4102 • www.cityofwoodstock.ca

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