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publisher and editor Signe Ball

associate editors Tralee Pearce Dyanne Rivers

design and art direction Kim van Oosterom Wallflower Design editorial Liz Beatty Johanna Bernhardt Gail Grant Anthony Jenkins Bethany Lee Dan Needles Tralee Pearce Janice Quirt Nicola Ross Don Scallen Ken Weber Kira Wronska Dorward photography Tessa Angus Erin Fitzgibbon Rosemary Hasner Robert McCaw Robert Noble Pete Paterson Ben Rahn Radim Schreiber

operations and administration Cindy Caines advertising sales Roberta Fracassi Erin Woodley advertising production Marion Hodgson Type & Images events and copy editor Janet Dimond web manager inthehills.ca Valerie Jones Echohill Web Sites on our cover A peony bouquet at Caledon Hills Peony Farm by Tessa Angus

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Late last year the Ontario government introduced Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act. In the name of job creation, Schedule 10 of the omnibus bill included provisions which effectively would have allowed municipalities to override environmental protections, including the Greenbelt, the Oak Ridges Moraine and the Clean Water Act among others. The reaction from environmental organizations and many municipalities themselves was loud, swift and negative.

The government backed down and withdrew Schedule 10. Local Conservative MP Sylvia Jones said the capitulation was the result of “confusion and misinterpretation” that grew from the bill. It was not a reassuring rationale, and environmental advocates remain on guard.

Meanwhile, there is another resistance growing. It is not grabbing the same headlines as Bill 66, but for those affected, the stakes are both intensely high and personal. The Ford government has recently announced two changes set to take place April 1. The first, to the Ontario Autism Program, tilts the bulk of funding to children under five. The second halts funding to the Ontario Independent Facilitation Network, a demonstration project in place since 2015 that helps young people with developmental disabilities find jobs and volunteer positions and otherwise navigate their lives. Facilitation Wellington Dufferin, the local organization, has already laid off its nine staff members.

The government says the moves are designed to improve service access for children and adults with developmental disabilities.

And, indeed, no one is arguing that the care system, with it unconscionable wait lists and service disparities, is in dire need of an overhaul. But parents and other advocates fear the new model will simply stretch existing funding more thinly and not provide alternatives to the program losses.

While further details are expected in the government’s spring budget, current indications suggest these parents are right to be deeply concerned, especially those who have pre-emptively lost funded services with no viable fallback – a situation that hardly signals a well-conceived policy transition.

In “Game Changers” in this issue, Johanna Bernhardt reviews the complexities of the care system and has an extended visit with one group of local families who created a homegrown solution to one perennial anxiety. In 2015, as their children with developmental disabilities aged out of the fully-funded school system and faced uncertain futures, the parents launched Active Lives After School.

It is now a five-day-a-week program that gives their adult children the chance to be socially engaged, active, creative and, perhaps most important, contribute to their community as volunteers. While not a panacea to all that ails the system, Active Lives offers an adaptable model that puts the choices of care and quality of life back into the hands of families. In uneasy times, it’s an inspiring story.

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25 under 25 I just finished reading the winter issue and was most impressed with the coverage of the 25 Under 25 – not only their wonderful stories, but the photographs! Oh my, Pete Paterson did a magnificent job! He has cap­tured the hearts of these great kids and it was a joy to read each one.

Congratulations on your winter issue. Proud to read the 25 Under 25 article – Jeff Henrick is our grandson, the McCrearys are family friends, and we’ve learned so much about all the other well-deserved award recipients. The letter on Hurricane Hazel [from Charles Hooker re “Historic Hills: The Lake That Never Was,” autumn’18] was fantastic. My husband, Jim, was one of the scouters who walked the Credit River searching for bodies! We have read the issue from cover to cover, and we will treasure this particular edition. Thank you to all your editors and photographers!

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An illuminating story Since the article “Illuminating the Past” in the winter issue, there has been lots of activity. My client Robin Ogilvie and I have cheered twice at wonderful news!

First, Robin’s leather-bound books arrived, and at Christmas she was able to share them with her family, the story of their artistic great-grandfather Alfred Harold Howard.

Second, a local art collector (who wishes to remain unnamed) shared information about an “A.H.” graphic artwork in his possession. He had been researching a Canadian female artist, and this graphic had been produced for her father. Double fun!

Many thanks to Robin for allowing us to share her story, and to Kira Wronska Dorward for writing it so eloquently!

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John Wheelwright I cannot tell you how much my entire family enjoyed Gail Grant’s article on John Wheelwright – our amazing father and grandfather [“Over the Next Hill: Snapshot” winter’18].

The story certainly captured the essence of him – a family and community man who lives life fully and always gives back.

While my husband and I lived in the United Arab Emirates, my dad and mum, Isabel, made three visits to us. They met many of our friends from all over the world.

I thought you might enjoy knowing that In The Hills, while having a local focus, has been read and enjoyed in places far and wide.

My father received 90th birthday greetings from Australia, Sweden, the UK, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Ireland, USA, New Zealand and the UAE – all from friends who enjoyed reading Gail’s story.

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Disappointed I’ve been very disappointed in the changes in the cover selections since you decided to go with the mass-market look.

The magazine used to have beautiful local art or photography on the cover. I kept them around just for those inspirational works. For months, not kidding, years, thinking I may paint them. I looked forward to getting the magazine and seeing who you would showcase.

The articles and sometimes really terrific writing was a cherry on top.

But now?

Now the covers look just like any other junk mail. It’s all commerciallooking and cold. It’s filled with ads and ads and ads. It looks like any other spam-filled paper stuffed in my mailbox.

Who thought this was a good idea? What happened to the warm, small, arty, inclusive feel of the work?

This is not Toronto. It’s a community of families who choose to live here for the close, artsy feel because Toronto life is not the lifestyle that appeals to us. And this new business model doesn’t reflect us at all. One glance says sterile Toronto wannabe.

We are a community based around the gorgeous land, land that is specifically known for its raw beauty in every season – the magazine is named after it. Put those beautiful things back in the spotlight and go back to standing out. Get the mass-marketing look out of it. It’s not doing you any favours looking like every other ad-filled, money-greedy publication, no matter if it has a local story or not.

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Get Gardening If you’ve ever felt you needed a parenting class just to start your plants’ lives off right, visit the Creemore Horticultural Society’s Seed-Starting Hands-On Workshop on April 3. You’ll learn from local green thumbs how to grow your own flowers, lettuce and tomatoes from seed, and you’ll start the process right there (read: less chance of messing up later), then take the planted seeds, along with care instructions, home.

This all-supplies-provided, make-andtake event runs 6:30 to 8pm at St. Luke’s Anglican Church Hall in Creemore. All ages are welcome (15 and under with an adult).

Or, to jump ahead in the process, you can shop for lovingly divided perennials at the Friendship Gardens Plant Sale on Saturday May 25 from 8:30 to 11am at Headwaters Health Care Centre in Orangeville. What’s more, the proceeds

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The Friendship Gardens were started in 1997 to enliven the landscape around the hospital for patients and visitors, and they’ve been maintained by volunteers ever since. From 1,700 to 2,000 plants from the hospital gardens and other local gardens will be on offer. And there’s free parking across the road at 150 Rolling Hills.

“We have held this plant sale for the past ten years, and many people tell us they will only plant our perennials and grasses in their gardens,” says Lynn Sinclair-Smith, founder, tireless volunteer and champion of the gardens. “There is free expert advice along with great quality plants at the sale.

Even with those excellent prices, we raise over $20,000 annually to go back into the gardens.”  Information on the sale at www.friendshipgardens.ca

Most advertisers aren’t Coke or Nike – they don’t have huge budgets to trounce the competition. But they can still realize remarkable returns by shifting their mindset. Marketing guru Terry O’Reilly, host of CBC’s Under the Influence, explains how to outsmart the competition in a way that doesn’t necessarily require outspending them.

In this Town of Orangeville Lunchand-Learn on Tuesday May 14, from 11:30am to 1:30pm, Terry will share great examples of how humour, drama and surprise can make up for a small budget. In a session he held with In The Hills in 2017, he said it’s important to define your business in a short sentence from the consumer’s perspective (i.e., although you make shoes, you are likely selling comfort – or style, or maybe prestige). Until you can do that, “your marketing will be fuzzy,” he said. We’re looking forward to hearing more.  Let’s lunch: www.orangevillebusiness.ca

North Is Freedom: The Legacy of the Underground Railroad is a photographic essay from Czechoslovakian-born photographer Yuri Dojc, who immigrated to Canada after the Prague Spring in 1968. His show celebrates the Canadian descendants of freedom-seekers who escaped slavery in the United States via the Underground Railroad in the years before the American Civil War. The stories portrayed are both historical and personal, and the subjects of the photographs offer compelling commentary. As Carl Stevenson, a fifth-generation descendant of former slave John H. Meads of Baltimore, told Yuri, “This project shows we are all one family … I am as much black as I am white. I am of African slaves as I am of Irish immigrants. I am multiracial, and we are all cousins.”

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From minimalist Millennials in thrall to Marie Kondo’s new TV series on tidying up to downsizing seniors staring down a lifetime’s worth of belongings, there are few among us in favour of living with too much stuff. But the task of clearing out can be daunting.

Enter Brenda Alderdice and her team at the Dufferin and Caledon outpost of decluttering chain Downsizing Diva.

Brenda will power through your closets and even those embarrassing no-go rooms full of accumulated, often untouched, possessions.

“A lot of people simply cannot do it on their own,” says Brenda, adding that getting items out the door is paramount. “Because we provide options, such as selling or donating items, people have an easier time letting things go.”

Brenda and her crew often pair up with another local business, NuGround, a Bolton-area moving and junk removal company which helps manage those downsized items that don’t “spark joy.” They properly dispose of electronics, recycle metal and even store items at their ware­ house before they find a home for them.

Once there is a clean slate, Nicole Hannan of Orangeville-based Hannan & Co. can step in and devise an organiza-

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tional solution for the “keepers” that works with clients’ lifestyles. Nicole, a former visual merchandiser with the Canadiana brand Roots, is partial to a stylish, crisp look that doesn’t have to mean breaking the bank for brand-new cabinets or complicated systems. She’ll tackle hot spots like your foyer, your walk-in closet and, yes, even your teenager’s bedroom.

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Champlain slept here

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here is a legend among historians that Samuel de Champlain, the great mapmaker, explorer and arguably the first “Canadian,” spent the winter of 1615 on my farm in Huronia, the land of the tobacco-growing Petun nation. I say a legend because it appears the great mapmaker was pretty much lost the whole time after he paddled up the Lachine Rapids into the Great Lakes. Some say it’s also possible he spent that winter near Peterborough, Ontario, or the Finger Lakes district of New York state. They’re not quite sure. Champlain himself was quite certain China was just over the next hill.

That’s what I love about history. You reap such handsome returns in conjecture for just a trifling investment of fact. I like the Huronia winter version because it places the old boy right next door to me and makes him a neighbour.

There was something totally manic about Champlain. He crossed the Atlantic some 27 times without losing a shipmate. During one storm, the captain lost his nerve and Champlain took the helm, safely steering the ship onto some soft rocks and supervising the evacuation of the ship. No injuries were reported. He explored what would become six provinces and five states, and founded the first postColumbian European settlement in Canada. He did it on a wing and a prayer with other people’s money and never found anything an explorer of that day was supposed to find – no China, no spices, no Northwest Passage, Fountain of Youth, gold, or even an effective weight loss diet.

His most important concept was his use of the word métis, a French word that means mixed, which is what he thought we should all be if we had any hope of living in peace. Four hundred years later,

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I think he would be very pleased to see how mixed Canada has become.

I look out my office window at the cornfield that hosted the village of Etharita and I think of Champlain resting on a pile of beaver pelts in a longhouse, telling lies and smoking the winter away as a guest of the Petun. The Natives obviously enjoyed his company and handed him around like a pet turtle for about 20 years. They taught him to

That’s what I love about history.

You reap such handsome returns in conjecture for just a trifling investment of fact. live off the land, and he suggested they stop sleeping on the ground, a simple innovation that doubled the lifespan of anyone he met.

It’s true he did start a war with the Iroquois, but his mistake was bringing firearms to the semifinals of the lacrosse season. The result was tragic and set his métis idea back by a century. He regretted his mistake profoundly.

Today my field rotates between crops of corn and soybeans. In Champlain’s day it was corn, beans and squash all planted together in little hills, a concept the Natives called The Three Sisters. Sam talked about how easy it was to get turned around in the cornfields of the Petun, a significant admission from a man who was uncertain of his location pretty much from the day he stepped off his veranda in Brouage,

France. Nothing changed for him and when he died in 1635 his gravesite was promptly lost. In death as in life, his whereabouts are uncertain.

There’s something about winter in the country that brings a person to heel and reduces life to simpler terms. E.B. White insisted it was a full-time occupation staying warm, fed and amused, and it must have been a special kind of torture for a spirit as restless as Champlain’s. Or maybe it wasn’t. He may have been happy to gather calories and rest up for the spring runoff.

There is a dramatic statue of him behind the National Gallery in Ottawa, holding his astrolabe aloft and sighting his position. He’s holding the thing upside down, which is not surprising because he probably didn’t have much use for it. I like to think the statue captures him heaving the thing into the bush and telling his Indigenous friends to take him wherever the hell they wanted. He was in no rush to get anywhere and was looking forward to the trip.

As the snow retreats to my fencerows and a warm gust rattles last year’s corn stalks, I imagine the great man scanning the skies for returning geese and packing his kit for the next adventure. It was nice to have him here. I enjoyed his company and his talk of courts and kings, the vast forests, high-flowing rivers and rough seas that lay between us and his home. It sure made spring come faster.

I hope he comes back to us some day.

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Full Circle... …this past December, I created the Maria Britto Client Philanthropy Fund at the Brampton and Caledon Community Foundation. This Fund is a permanent charitable endowment that will provide an annual grant to support the Friendship Garden Program at Headwaters Health Care Centre. In 2019, and every year going forward, I will donate a portion of each commission I earn, in the name of my client, to this endowment fund.

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During my almost 35 years as a Realtor, I always made time to volunteer and be involved with numerous charities, community organizations and government service providers. It is these involvements that gave me experience well beyond real estate; and impressed upon me that those who have achieved should welcome what I believe is a civic responsibility to give back to society in both time and treasure.

Having served as the Chair of both the Central West Local Health Integration Network (CWLHIN) and the Brampton and Caledon Community Foundation (BACCF), I gained unique insight into both organizations and those they serve.

The CWLHIN is responsible for several hospitals, but the one that caught my attention with a very unique program was Headwaters Health Care Centre in Orangeville – which is also my area of real estate service.

In the photo at left, I am standing with Lynn Sinclair-Smith and Stacey Daub, CEO of Headwaters Health Care Centre, in the hospital’s Friendship Garden. The Garden is a remarkable endeavour. Several years ago Lynn, after having received wonderful care and treatment at the hospital, personally embarked on a mission to transform the grounds of the hospital into a restful oasis where both patients and staff could spend a few minutes of their day benefiting from the re-invigorating and healing effects of the garden on both body and spirit. Together with many dedicated volunteers, Lynn personally oversees the design and planting in the Garden. I was truly inspired by her efforts and her commitment to give back to the hospital and to society at the same time. It is quite fascinating to be able to look out every window and see something f lowering, making the best of every season.

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Gindustry rowth how six women are cultivating a blossoming appetite for local blooms

BY TRALEE PEARCE

If, as Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, “Earth laughs in flowers,” then our corner of the planet is having quite the chuckle. Happy flower farms are sprouting throughout the hills, following the trail blazed by the slow food movement and inspiring us to buy local according to what’s in season and what grows in our backyard. The growers leading the way have in common a profound sense of place. The plants they grow bind them more deeply to land they already love – and express a floral version of terroir for those of us lucky enough to enjoy their blooms.

Some of the flower farmers have lived in these hills for years, others are more recent urban transplants. Many have one eye on the industry’s current patron saint, Erin Benzakein of Floret Flower Farm in Washington State’s Skagit Valley. Benzakein has parlayed her love of gardening and the trend toward loose, informal

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arrangements that look (and are) freshly plucked from a perennial garden, into a mini-empire of educational workshops, books, half a million Instagram followers and, more recently, her own harvested seeds for sale online.

The floral entrepreneurs in Headwaters offer their wares at local farmers’ markets, work behind the scenes at weddings and in florist shops, and invite customers to buy blooms or rootstock at their farms. Three favour single species: lavender or peonies. Two are more catholic in their tastes, growing English-garden stars such as foxgloves, sweet peas and dahlias, as well as foraged farmland greens, such as raspberry, for a hint of the wild. As spring tentatively emerges, they are all stepping outside, spreadsheets and field plans in hand, to check their work and plant, weed, mulch and continue building their businesses literally from the ground up.

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At Caledon Hills Peony Farm, artist and flower farmer Diana Hillman has turned a lifelong love of peonies into a business selling rootstock to gardeners for fall planting. above right Two of the herbaceous peonies Diana grows and sells, the red and white ‘Candy Stripe’ and ‘Auntie Sherry’. right A charming bouquet showcases several luscious varieties.

the peony pro Diana Hillman

caledon hills peony farm While some folks curl up with a tablet to ogle baby pandas or adorable kittens, Diana Hillman loves to scroll through close-ups of peony faces: ethereal pale pinks crowded with wrinkled petals, arresting papery apricots and, her favourite, peppy corals.

An award-winning painter and enthusiastic supporter of the local art scene, Diana has for decades tended her own prolific peony beds at Silver Creek, the expansive Caledon farm she shares with her husband, retired news producer Tony Hillman. At the same time, she has participated in local garden clubs long enough to know she isn’t alone in her penchant for the blousy, fragrant blooms she has loved since childhood. So when one of the fields behind her storybook white farmhouse beckoned, Caledon Hills Peony Farm was born. (Diana and a friend came up with the idea for the peony business a couple of years ago, but by the end of 2018, the project had taken on a life of its own and Diana took over its management.)

On a recent February morning at the edge of that field, now filled with rows of dormant peony plants and professional sprinklers dusted with snow, Diana says she has two and a half to three acres under cultivation.

“With room for more,” she adds, a glint in her eye.

First introduced into Europe from China in the mid-18th century, the peony has been a source of delight to westerners ever since, especially in the northern hemisphere, where they thrive, says Diana. She likes to quote James Kelway, the pioneering English grower, who said about peonies: “They are tough as a Scotch thistle, as hardy as paving stones and as full of vigour as a common marigold.”

Diana’s current business model involves the online sale of the divided peony rootstock in the fall, the best season to plant them. She mails them to buyers, or customers can visit the farm in October for pickup. Until her own young plants mature enough to divide, she’ll continue selling to others the same stock she buys from top suppliers in Canada, the United States and the Netherlands. continued on next page

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Florist and flower farmer Amber Swidersky sells her blooms at the Shelburne Farmers’ Market.

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This year, Diana plans to add 22 new varieties, bringing the total to 130. And this fall, she’ll offer about 100 of those for sale online. Included will be many Itoh varieties, crosses between the sturdy tree peony and the herbaceous variety that droops not long after it provides armfuls of fragrant blooms. Japanese horticulturist Toichi Itoh created the hybrids in the late 1940s, and until 15 years ago their roots sometimes sold for $500. The most expensive beauties on the Caledon Hills website are $95 and include the cheerful yellow ‘Garden Treasure’ with its green, cream and pink centre, and the ‘Julia Rose’ which starts in early summer as a soft cherry pink, then fades to a salmon tone and finishes the season in peaches and cream.

Diana and her daughter, Tessa Angus, have designed the Caledon Hills Peony Farm website with other peony addicts in mind: stunning photos, insider planting tips and research gleaned from the Canadian Peony Association and the American Peony Society. If a peony variety has the Award of Landscape Merit by the American Peony Society, for instance, that handy shorthand says it has a reliable track record and will stand up without needing to be propped by hoops or supports. “I read everything I can find and I try to give the most accurate information possible,” says Diana. “It’s fun if you’re an obsessive sort of person.”

With an eye to how other flower farmers scale their businesses, Diana keenly follows developments in the industry. She has already received her first shipment of Floret Farm seed packets, and she keeps an eye on a New Jersey outfit cheekily called Peony Envy. She may one day sell cut peonies, and she’s considering opening to the public during the four- to five-week summer period when peonies bloom. It will be 2020, however, before she’s ready to sell her own rootstock – but patience is built into her vision. “It’s a long game,” she says dryly.

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Amber Swidersky

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Brides booking a visit to florist and flower farmer Amber Swidersky’s 100-acre Melancthon farm probably know they won’t get a tight, spherical bouquet of identical roses flown in from another continent. And they’re not going to get spring flowers such as peonies and tulips if the wedding is in September. They might not even know a single flower they will be getting.

And that’s precisely why they’re working with Amber and her on-farm Petals Flower Co. team, as 27 brides did last summer.

“They know they’re getting something gorgeous from the flower field,” says Amber of the one-acre plot. “But I can’t guarantee the exact bloom. I can’t say you’re going to get peonies or dahlias. It’s going to be whatever is beautiful and delicious in the field at the time in their colour palette in their style.”

Bouquets clipped a few hours before a ceremony that is a short drive away are now what reads as luxury. About 30 per cent of Amber’s brides also order buckets of local blooms and create their own centrepieces. “Our local following is growing. It’s important to people,” she says. “We have such a niche. We can grow things other florists can’t get at all. They can get dahlias at auction, but not all the varieties.”

Amber has a penchant for natural and sustainable practices. She uses no synthetic fertilizers, wraps deliveries in craft paper rather than cellophane, and replaces floral foam with chicken wire and sand to anchor arrangements when she can. She’s also a fan of repurposed and vintage vases, bottles and other vessels.

In 2015 Amber started her tightly planted flower rows on the farm where she and her husband, Mike, have lived with their two kids since 2004. Amber, who started Petals Flower Co. two years ago this April, has a master’s degree in swine nutrition and has worked in the farming

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above Brides who plan their wedding flowers with Amber don’t order specific stems.

Instead she promises them “delicious” seasonal options cut from her flower field, including ranunculus and dahlias in a creamy palette. left An autumn market

bouquet includes zinnias, coneflowers, Queen Anne’s Lace, dusty miller and a pink sunflower, along with other delights.

industry her whole career. Mike’s work includes managing both the family’s livestock and 900 cattle for clients across Dufferin and Grey counties. “My background is in agriculture, not horticulture,” says Amber, adding that flower farming adds a dose of creativity to her science-filled brain.

The florist business is year-round, with Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day as further opportunities to push her buy-local story using stems and greenery bought from Ontario greenhouses and suppliers in months when her field is dormant. If you’re dead set on imported roses, she’ll happily recommend other florists, while gently making the case that a lush bouquet of Ontario-grown stems will be as, or even more, impressive.

One area in which she didn’t realize this would be especially true is celebrations of life. She has helped loved ones incorporate a late gardener’s favourite perennials into funeral flowers, added garlic scapes to an arrangement for a garlic farmer, and used honey buckets as vases for a beekeeper. “It’s an honour for us to be able to participate in our community like this.”

For these and all her summer and fall designs, she can step outside and clip up to 175 varieties, including dahlias, cockscomb, yarrow, cosmos and nigella from seed companies such as William Dam and Vesey’s. Some seeds will be started in rented greenhouse space on other farms, and some will be supplied by contracted growers whose crops can keep Petals’ inventory steady in busy times and act as insurance if a variety fails.

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After success selling at the Shelburne Farmers’ Market and operating a floral CSA, the energetic grower is bursting with ideas on where to take her business (she has attended a workshop at Floret Farms, after all). She offers her own workshops and generously shares what she knows on social media. (One post explaining how to store peony buds in the fridge for later blooming is a revelation.)

Amber is also considering tours, photo shoots and even a dinner in the flower field, but her top priority remains a dazzling bouquet, wedding arbour or market bundle. “People say ‘Oh, the flower fields should look so beautiful,’” she says. “But I say, “If we’re doing our job right, only the yucky flowers should be left.’”

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For sisters Emma Greasley and Jessica Ridding, lavender farming is a family affair. The duo grew up in a stately red brick Victorian house on a hilltop farm south of Creemore. Built in 1989 to replicate the Devon homestead where their late mother, Roberta “Bobby” Greasley, grew up, the house has loomed large in the sisters’ personal histories since Bobby’s death in 2000. As adults, they made regular visits to the 45-acre farm on holidays and weekends but yearned to find a way to spend more time there.

“We’re very attached to it,” says Jessica. “We asked ourselves, ‘What can we do with this property and share it with people?’ We had the romantic notion of a flower farm, but it seemed like a pipe dream.”

Emma dove into researching potential crops, then homed in on lavender because of its wellness properties. “It’s also beautiful,” says Jessica. Indeed, you’d be forgiven for wondering if the lush rows of purple plants in photos on their website and Instagram feed are stock images from the south of France. They are not.

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Luckily their dad, a retired lawyer, was only too happy to see two portions of the fields east of the house tilled and planted. So in 2014, the pair jumped in with all four feet – more if you count spouses Spencer Ridding and Elliot Catton, their dad and his wife, Nadine Robbins, all of whom embraced the plan. The sisters decided to focus on six varieties of lavender: one French (‘Grosso’) and five English (‘Royal Velvet,’ ‘Purple Bouquet,’ ‘Melissa,’ ‘Hidcote’ and ‘Folgate’).

“We think of lavender as Mediterranean, but English lavender is a little hardier,” says Jessica of the proportions of each.

This point was driven home when their first planting of 3,000, which was set out during the fortuitously hot and dry summer of 2016, survived the first winter and thrived. The French varieties, however, did not weather the next winter well, so they will be replanted this spring and covered in burlap next winter. This farm may be an ode to life in England, but French lavender is key to the business model. It gives off much more of the precious essential oils that the pair will press this summer.

Along with bundles of fresh and dried stems, and classic sachets (filled lovingly by their dad as he watches soccer on TV), the pair used purchased oils last year to test the market for their handmade lavender products at Heirloom 142 in Creemore and the Flower Market on Queen Street West in Toronto. Customer favourites include a lavender and lilac goat milk cream.

“People loved the products we made. The number one question was when were we going to have an online store. We’re trying this year,” says Jessica, with 15-month-old Ava on her hip, as she shows me the two home office spaces her dad has ceded to product testing and storage. continued on next page

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Jessica and Spencer moved full time to Singhampton after Ava was born and Emma lives with Elliot in Squamish, B.C. Both women work remotely in public relations, frequently visiting offices in Toronto and Vancouver respectively. Emma comes home regularly, especially during the summer harvest season.

Their plans include transforming their late mother’s small horse barn into a store that will be open to the public. When customers can buy beauty products and lavender stems just steps away from the 9,000-plant lavender field, the sisters will have succeeded in letting the rest of us in on their dream.

the green thumb Amanda White

broadside flowers On a recent February afternoon in the sunny dining room of her home near Terra Cotta, flower farmer Amanda White is giddy about a hunk of metal that looks like a giant stapler or industrial hole punch.

The device is a soil block maker that replaces plastic plant trays for germinating seeds. Amanda is trying it out as she prepares for spring planting in the flower field that takes up about half of her one-acre

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“It’s so satisfying,” says Amanda as she punches the block maker, her short sleeves revealing a riot of tattoos that include roses, but no flowerfarm stalwarts yet. She will start about 3,000 seeds this way and plant others directly in the ground after the last frost this spring. Her spreadsheets and garden diagrams sit on a sideboard, along with packets of seeds from William Dam and others. “Every year, you get too excited and order too many,” she admits. But the way the floral industry is going, she might be wise to plant them all.

With a background in fine arts and 10 years as a landscape gardener in Toronto, Amanda seems born to the tidy, earthy farmhouse she and her partner, Steve, moved into four years ago. The rooms are lined with books and filled with handmade wooden tables and stools made by Steve, who also works as an electrician.

Until last year, Amanda commuted full time to gardening gigs in Toronto.

Last summer she worked part-time in Toronto and sold her flowers through the Local Flower Collective, a Junction-based trade organization. “I love perennial gardening in all my free time,” she says. “I just want to be here.”

This summer, she’ll continue working part-time in the city and spend the rest of her time nurturing the babies she’s starting today, as well as newfound loves such as the ‘Almost Black’ deep purple sweet peas she found through Unicorn Blooms in Peterborough, and the magical-looking trailing green amaranthus.

This year, she won’t be with the Toronto collective but will focus instead on sharing her growing lists and taking orders – especially for pale wedding flowers – from florists she has come to know, such as Cedar & Stone Floral Studio in the Alton Mill. She’ll also be at the Georgetown Farmers’ Market.

(During the winter months, she sells tightly woven wheat wreaths and wall hangings.) In the future, she’s hoping to offer brides buckets of flowers and workshops throughout the year. continued on next page

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Like her flower-farming colleagues, Amanda has figured out what works for her plants. She has ditched the standard landscape fabric in favour of straw mulch and relies on an organic farming trick to prevent earwigs from feasting on dahlia buds – drawstring organza gift bags, the kind often used to package jewelry and small gifts. “I’d seen sunflower farmers do this, so when a dahlia buds, I pop a bag over it until it flowers. It works,” she says. “I needed jumbo bags for the ‘Café au Lait.’”

All this is helping her meet an insatiable demand. “Flowers are having a moment. People are buying local,” she says, buoyed by the knowledge that Floret Farm’s Erin Benzakein also started her reign on a single-acre property. “I got into it at the right time.”

the doer

Lee Anne Downey stonewell farm For 20 years, Lee Anne Downey had known that she wanted to move to the country – specifically, to a stone house on a farmstead. Three years ago, after reading a book called Lavender Fields of America, she amended that bucket-list item to include lavender farming. “I didn’t think that was going to be realistic,” says the lanky brunette in her newly renovated kitchen overlooking the lavender field.

Then she and her husband, Tom Hitchman, found the perfect 1872 stone house on 93 acres in Erin and moved in two years ago. Realizing she had “calcareous” soil, rocky and dry enough for lavender, Lee Anne gathered a crew of friends and family, and in the summer of 2017, they planted about 2,500 plugs. She chose the French cultivars ‘Phenomenal’ and ‘Gros Blue’ and the English ‘Folgate,’ ‘Melissa’ and ‘Royal Velvet.’

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take advantage of the moment. Case in point: “The first summer they’re not supposed to have a lot of blossoms, but mine did, so we harvested for buds.”

Last year Lee Anne harvested for her first oil. She’s currently working on developing a small-batch line of products using both the oil and hydrosol, the aromatic water that is a byproduct of the distillation process. Lavender takes two years to fully mature, and the oil needs six to 12 months before it’s ready to be used in products. These built-in breathers have given this go-getter time to think about how she wants the Stonewell Farm experience to unfold.

“It’s the perfect scenario because you have two years to learn and figure out what your market is,” says Lee Anne, who has worked in the fashion, finance and conference industries. She’s already on the board of the Ontario Lavender Association and aspires to achieve organic certification status in a few years.

At this point she has opened the farm as a paid location for profes­ sional photographers and may launch a small-scale agritourism business, which she envisions as workshops on the terrace facing the field rather than busy bus tours.

As she sits at her counter wafting bottles of the heady oils under visitors’ noses, Lee Anne has the air of someone still pinching herself to make sure her good fortune is real. At the same time, she admits that once the bucket-list gears started turning, there was no stopping them.

“I jumped in, as I do everything in my life,” she says.

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The Pollinator Garden officially opened last August on Hockley Road adjacent to Island Lake Conservation Area. The opening marked the culmination of two years’ work by a team of volunteers who tilled the soil, then planted and now tend more than 2,200 pollinator-friendly perennials and trees. Occupying more than an acre, the demonstration garden features interpretive signage, a network of accessible trails, and resting benches. The garden is open free to the public at all times, and organizers invite elementary students, garden and service clubs, and other organizations to book a guided tour. See townofmono.com/ mono-pollinator-garden.

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First established in the United States, Bee City was a response to the decline in insect populations due to habitat loss, chemical controls, disease and climate change. The idea came to Canada in 2016, and Mono is now one of 23 Bee Cities nationwide. The town received its designation for advocating against the use of neonicotinoids, for its reforestation and native tree planting programs, and for the establishment of its Pollinator Garden.

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The Town of Mono was designated a Bee City in 2018. Bee City Canada is an organization dedicated to improving pollinator habitat and educating communities about the critical role of bees and many other pollinating insects in maintaining biodiversity and supporting a healthy food system.

The organization encourages the use of pollinator-friendly plants and the elimination of pesticides.

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Well, I’m back from Bee City, where I visited Mono’s fab new Pollinator Garden.

What can I say? My head is still spinning.

It’s big, bright, blossomy and bee-ootiful! You just have to go, girlfriends!

There was so much to eat and gather, you’d scarcely believe it. A girl had time to socialize, relax and really chow down! There were so many different pollens and nectars, and no need to hustle our buns here, there and everywhere to be first to the best blossoms. No far-flung foraging at dusty roadside dandelions for this girl! Just a scrumptious buffet all day, every day.

There was a smorgasbord of native Ontario blossoms, along with some yummy ethnic options like daisies and cranesbill geraniums that make the local cuisine so much more interesting. Mercifully, there were none of those exotic annuals that are all show and no flavour.

All the scrumptious pollens and nectars you could imagine were there for the taking, and not just in high season. The garden is planned so there’s always something tasty blooming from spring through fall.

There were heaping helpings of black-eyed Susans, blazing star, lupins, sneezeweed, ninebark, clover, and summersweet, with gently waving sides of bee balm, catmint, spiderwort and beardtongue. Yum! And

unlimited refills! I don’t know how I was able to lift off afterwards. I was flying low ’n’ slow for days. LOL! No kidding, I was living like a queen – without those tiresome mating flights and having to lay eggs all day long!

There were hardly any drones there, of course – the big, lazy loafers. I must say I didn’t miss them. Well, except for maybe Bruce...

Bee City’s Pollinator Garden is well beyond our usual 3k forage range, but well worth the trip. I was pooped when I arrived, but I was also thinking it’s “once in a lifetime.” Now I hope not!

I met really interesting bees from all over. I knew some of the domestics – Kim and Zoë from Island Lake say hi. I’d never met the wild bees from Monora Park.

They were a hoot! We must try to get together more often. We’re all busy, but that’s no excuse. The entire bee gang was there, that’s for sure. You couldn’t swing a stamen without hitting a pollinator of some sort.

Honey bees are well represented. I was meeting sisters, half-sisters, stepsisters and sisters-in-law at every blossom. We “domestics” are ladies, of course, even on holidays. But the wild bees – the stories I could tell! Those girls are loud, sassy and ready to party at the drop of a pistil. It takes all kinds to make an ecosystem ;-)

The cuckoo bees were there, as well as the sweat bees, orchard bees, the leafcutters, diggers, carpenters and miners. In decline? You never saw such a midway of different bees!

I didn’t mingle much with the wasps and hornets. They don’t seem that social, but one on one, they can really be quite interesting – once you get past that hard shell.

The mason bees were small and sweet. I loved their high-pitched accent. They’re so friendly and easy to get to know that after a while you don’t even notice all the mud.

Our noisy cousins, the Bumbles, were always throwing their weight around. Even the rain doesn’t slow them down! Would it kill those fatties to say “after you” or to push themselves away from the buffet once in a while?

Seconds? Try sevenths!

And the hummingbirds? I get tired just thinking about them. They can’t slow down, even on holiday. Always so busy! It’s “Hi” and “Bye,” and they’re gone! With the beetles, you don’t even get that!

The moths were quiet and kept to themselves. Earnest to a fault. And their dress sense when they went out at night? How many ways can you do dull? It is all grey and taupe and tan fuzzies, even on a hot summer evening.

They’re on holiday. Would it kill them to let loose and show a little underwing once in a while? What happens in Bee City stays in Bee City, after all.

Especially among the butterflies! Their motto is “If you’ve got it, flaunt it.” They preen, they primp, they flutter. Subtle? Are you kidding me? They’re in crimsons, fuchsias, tangerines, translucent yellows and iridescent violets with black accents. And that’s just the guys!

They make a bee feel downright dowdy. Poor conversationalists, though, unless the subject is “me.”

Still, if they actually alight, you can get to know them and they can be fun.

We have our differences, but we pollinators must stick together. We mingled and chattered and hovered and flitted, and I was sad when we had to go our separate ways. All in all, they were a lovely bunch.

Well, must buzz. I came back refreshed and relaxed and ready to be a working girl again. Still, I’m spreading the word. You’ve got to go to the Pollinator Garden in Bee City! Bzzzzzzzzzz!

As transcribed by writer and illustrator Anthony Jenkins, who tends beehives in Mono.

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The benefits of the bugs in our backyards.

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e very glad that six-spotted tiger beetles aren’t the size of sheep­ dogs. These little hunters, which prowl sunlit trails throughout our hills, are predatory machines. Equipped with bulbous compound eyes and segmented antennae, they are alert to the slightest movements of their invertebrate prey. Powerful legs give them speed to burn. And their jaws! Serrated killing tools suggestive of medieval torture mechanisms. Six-spotted tiger beetles shine in irides­ cent green. Like their namesake tigers, they are beautiful but deadly.

Not everyone will agree tiger beetles are beautiful. And some will find their predatory lifestyle unsettling. Many people, of course, simply don’t like insects, regardless of how the bugs make a living.

Honeybees and butterflies usually get a pass, but other insects are often viewed with distaste, even revulsion. I hope, though, that learning about the vital contributions made by insects to healthy ecosystems and economies can help shift negative attitudes. And learning about their diverse forms and their wondrous ways of being should appeal to anyone with a smidgen of curiosity.

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Insects at risk

top right A six-spotted tiger beetle. lef t A lemon cuckoo bumblebee. A cuckoo bumblebee will invade the nest of another species of bumblebee, kill or subdue its queen, and take over its population to raise its young.

Anyone with an ear to the ground in this era of environmental upheaval will not be surprised to learn that insects are another group sparking conservation concerns. We all know about the downward trend in pollinator populations, and the plight of monarch butterflies has long been front and centre. But it appears many other insect species may also be declining.

“The Insect Apocalypse is Here!” shouted a 2017 headline in The New York Times Magazine. Media outlets around the world were quick to follow suit, some substituting Armageddon for apocalypse.

Sensational headlines make great clickbait. But were they justified in this case? The media frenzy was a response to a study that documented a huge drop in insect biomass in Germany over 27 years. Between 1989 and 2016, the total weight of insects captured decreased by a whopping 75 per cent. This was a stunning decline over a tiny blip in time, but does a disturbing decline in one country signal a worldwide insect Armageddon?

The study’s findings certainly prompt some important questions. Is a similar insect decline happening on this side of the Atlantic? If so, what are the causes? Should we be concerned? And if concern is warranted, what can we do? continued on next page

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In answer to the first question, research on this side of the pond lacks the dura­ tion of the long-term German study, but we do have clues. I’m old enough to remember the mess – the spattered bodies of numberless moths, flies, beetles – on our Pontiac Parisienne after a summer night’s drive in the country. A stop at a gas station to squeegee the windshield was a regular necessity. Bugs still hit windshields, but unless my memory is faulty, not nearly in the numbers of yesteryear.

Also telling is that the number of swifts, swallows, flycatchers, whippoor-wills and nighthawks is declining in Ontario and elsewhere. What these diverse bird species have in common is their appetite for flying insects. The pickings may simply not be what they once were.

More evidence of the insect decline in Ontario comes from the chimney swift, one of those aerial insect eaters.

Or more accurately, the clues come from a pillar of chimney swift poop in a chimney at Queen’s University in Kingston. Starting in 1933, this chimney unintentionally collected

six decades of data on insects in the Kingston area.

In the early 2000s, researchers jumped at the chance to plunge into this guano to build a chronological record of chimney swift diets over the decades. They found that, in the 1940s and before the insecticide DDT came into widespread use, the chimney swift droppings were filled with the indigestible parts of large beetles. In later years, the parts of smaller, less nutritious bugs dominated. The hypothesis suggests that DDT ham­ mered the beetles so effectively that their populations remain depressed even today. And the application of DDT certainly wasn’t confined to Kingston. The notoriously toxic and long-lasting chemical was liberally applied throughout North America.

DDT was banned in 1972. But of course, other pesticides, including the controversial neonicotinoids, have taken their place. Though considered less toxic than the insecticides they replaced, neonicotinoids still disperse beyond treated agricultural fields into wetlands and other natural areas, and they also persist in the environment for a long time. Mounting evidence sug­ gests they are killing not only their in­ tended targets, but other insects as well.

A female common eastern firefly.

Her signal light is concentrated in the small “box” area of her abdomen, unlike male fireflies which have larger light organs.

What is causing the decline?

I sat down with Laura Timms, an ecologist with Credit Valley Conserva­ tion, to seek answers to my questions about insects, including her take on their perceived decline. Timms is passionate about insects. Before joining CVC she researched forest insects, which led her to learn about insect species at risk, invasive forest insects and parasitoids, such as wasps. Parasitic wasps have macabre life histories featuring a larval stage that unfolds within the living bodies of other insects.

While conceding there is “no smok­ ing gun” to explain insect decline, Timms identified some of the usual suspects including habitat loss, invasive species and climate change. Habitat loss, I think, is an absolute given.

Towns, cities and intensive agriculture eliminate the meadows, wetlands and woodlands where insects thrive.

As for invasive species, they replace native plants – and the insects that feed on those native plants are left hungry.

And in some notorious cases, invasive plants cause the direct death of insects.

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Garlic mustard, another rampant invader in these hills, similarly fools the at-risk West Virginia white butterfly. The scent of garlic mustard beckons egg-laying West Virginia white butterflies by promising food for their larvae. But this is an illusion. Chemi­ cals in the leaves of garlic mustard poison the hatchling caterpillars.

Sometimes the invasive culprit is another insect. Timms lamented the disappearance of the nine-spotted lady beetle, the familiar ladybug that countless children once urged to “fly away home.” Formerly common in Headwaters and beyond, these native insects appear to have been pushed aside by imported Asian lady beetles.

Timms also cites climate change as another reason for the decline, particularly of pollinators, as the blooming cycles of plants fall out of sync with the insects that visit their flowers.

Should we be concerned?

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multilegged insect hordes. “Yes, they can annoy us,” said Timms. “Yes, they can be pests, and yes, they can transmit disease, but on balance, they do far more good than bad.”

Timms cited the findings of a 2006 American study that placed an annual value of $57 billion on four of the ecological services provided by insects: pollination, pest control, food for vertebrates and dung removal.

This makes it difficult to argue with famed entomologist E.O. Wilson, who pointed out that insects are the “little things that run the world.”

But like me, Timms has reservations about monetizing the value of insects.

She knows the “money argument” resonates with people, but she also knows that no monetary value can capture the joy and wonder of inter­ acting with the beautiful and fascin­ ating insects in our midst.

Still not ready to embrace the won­ der? Perhaps learning more about some of the fascinating insects that live in these hills will help.

How about the fireflies that sparkle on sultry evenings? They glow without electricity and with very little energy lost to heat. This biochemical feat is made possible by an elixir of oxygen,

calcium and a remarkable compound called luciferin. Not surprisingly, science would love to know how to produce abundant light the firefly way, but the quest has proven elusive so far.

In the meantime, we can continue to enjoy their midsummer magic. That is, if they last. Fears that fireflies have joined the ranks of fading insects have led to a citizen science project called Firefly Watch [see sidebar].

So many to amaze Fireflies are amazing, but so are many other insects. A friend puzzled over an insect he described as a small helicopter flying lazily over his head.

Intrigued, he searched the web for an ID, but it eluded him – until one day he noted the strange creature again and watched as it landed on a dying maple tree. He approached warily and was taken aback by the largest wasp he had ever encountered. He stared in wonder as the wasp uncoiled an improbably large needle-like organ and began probing the bark with it.

My friend had found a giant ichneumon. The needle-like organ, which apparently can be seven centimetres or more long, was the wasp’s ovipositor – its egg depositor.

Other wasps have sharpened their

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facing A Northern walking stick. Though difficult to spot, they are common in our hills. top Allegheny mound ant. bot tom The eggs of the giant water bug are carried on the male’s back. The bug’s bite is worse than the sting from a wasp.

ovipositors into stingers designed to penetrate flesh. But ichneumons, which fall into the parasitic category of wasps, use their ovipositors not to sting, but to drill through bark and lay eggs on grubs inside trees.

Because parasitic wasps hold a special place in her heart, Timms knows giant ichneumons well. “They locate their hosts (horntail grubs) by tapping with their antennae and listening for a signature echo inside a tree,” she said. The flimsy-looking ovipositors manage to penetrate bark because they’re tipped with zinc and manganese, she added excitedly.

Metal-tipped organic drill bits?

Fascinating. Then when the ovipositor reaches a grub, its role morphs from drill bit to hypodermic needle, and it injects an egg. Bad news for the grub.

The egg hatches, and like the monster in the Alien films, the ichneumon larva eats the host grub from the inside, before ... ah ... “popping out,” as Timms described it.

Timms is also a big fan of ants.

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indoors, ants are among the most useful, important and fascinating of creatures. Like all insects they are food for other creatures, such as reptiles, birds and amphibians. Beyond their foundational role in food webs, however, ants have evolved truly remarkable communal behaviours.

In fact, many of their practices are analogous to human behaviour, both benign and odious. An example of the benign is the “farming” of aphids for their sweet droplets of honeydew.

Like human shepherds, ants protect their “flocks” from predators. And the odious? Ants engage in warfare, and some species enslave ants from other colonies. Of course, unlike us, ants can’t be held ethically culpable for these instinctual behaviours.

Timms offered the Allegheny mound ant as a local species worth knowing about. As their name suggests, these ants build mounds, often large mounds that sometimes rise a half metre or more above the surface of the ground. A network of tunnels extends as deep as two metres below the mounds and radiates several metres outward. Up to 10,000 ants can inhabit these earthen invertebrate towns.

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to control the vegetation surrounding their homes, just as many of us did in years past. In a remarkable process these ants first score the bark of shrubs and tree saplings with their mandibles.

Then they squirt formic acid into the damaged bark. After repeated applications their potent, homemade herbicide has the desired effect. The shrubs and trees die. The goal appears to be climate control, banishing shade and allowing sunlight to heat the interior of the mounds, providing the optimum conditions for developing eggs and larvae.

Before shaking your fist at this further evidence of the ruination insects cause, consider this. This vegetation control creates open areas that appeal to other sun-loving creatures, including snakes, butterflies and various species of birds. And in defence of all ants, it must be said that they, in their legions, reduce the need for chemical pesticides because they are important predators of insect pests that cause crop damage.

If ants rule the land, giant water bugs hold dominion over aquatic realms. By weight these are the largest insects in the world. Awesome predators, these bugs can subdue vertebrate prey, such as fish, frogs and tadpoles, with their fearsome bite. But “toe biter,” their colourful colloquial name, suggests they sometimes bite people as well. And though the chance of this happening is remote, it’s best avoided. Apparently the ouch factor is worse than a wasp sting! A gentler side of these megabugs is a male’s fatherly

dedication to the eggs he has fertilized.

He carries them on his back and protects them until they hatch.

If giant water bugs are the world’s heaviest insects, walking sticks are certainly among the longest. Never has a more appropriate name been conferred on an insect. They do look, for all the world, like an assemblage of sticks come to life. They embody the power of evolution to colour and shape animals in response to predators. And if sharp-eyed predators like birds find them difficult to see, it’s no surprise people seldom see them.

This despite the fact that they are common in these hills.

What can we do?

How can we make the world a more accepting place for these amazing insects and all their six-legged breth­ ren? We can continue to protect the Niagara Escarpment, the Oak Ridges Moraine and other local areas that provide excellent habitat for insects and other organisms. Saving different types of habitat – woodlands, wetlands and meadows – is also important.

We can be responsive to research into the effects of neonicotinoids on non-target insect populations and look for ways to mitigate overall pesticide use in agriculture.

Anyone who owns a property, small or large, can make it more insect friendly. Timms looks to the findings of Douglas Tallamy, a University of Delaware professor who explored the connection between native plants, insects and birds in his highly acclaimed book Bringing Nature Home.

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Tallamy’s research revealed that insects thrive on the plants they’ve evolved with, that is, native plants. So more native plants – trees, shrubs, herba­ ceous perennials – translate into more insects and, by extension, more birds and other vertebrates. Timms stressed that native plants need not occupy an entire yard. “Any scale of conversion will benefit insects,” she said.

By the way, if you go native, Timms has an important message: “If you’re planting native plants to support insects, you have to allow that those insects will be eating the leaves. And most of the time that will be just fine.”

Beyond the veggie patch, insect-chewed leaves should bring smiles, not frowns.

Take oak leaves, for example. At the end of the summer they are often riddled with holes. This doesn’t portend doom for the tree. It will recover the following spring. What the holes tell us is that the oak tree is a functioning contri­ butor to the local ecology.

Timms also gently suggests that we be less fastidious when wielding the garden rake in autumn. She endorses the Leave the Leaves campaign of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation [see sidebar]. One of the “most valuable things you can do to support pollinators and other invertebrates is to provide them with the winter cover they need in the form of fallen leaves and standing dead plant material,” advises the society’s website. Standing dead plant material refers to the stems of garden perennials that harbour overwintering bees and other insects.

If raking and tidying in the fall is

simply part of your DNA, “at least consider raking leaves and other yard debris into piles,” said Timms. These brush piles will provide shelter for all manner of small, vulnerable creatures.

My Grade 6 science classroom was a “yuck-free zone,” an expectation that was always discussed on the first day of school – before I brought spiders, caterpillars and other fascinating invertebrates into the classroom. This pre-emptive banning of the predictable “yucks” and “eews,” as well as “gross,” one of the dullest and most depres­ singly dismissive words in the English vernacular, was inspired by my desire to nudge students away from their preconceived notions about insects – and to encourage young people to view insects with inquiring eyes and to offer bugs the respect they deserve.

Insects are not about to plummet into the abyss. There remains an excellent chance that cockroaches ... and ants ... and flies will inherit the earth after we’re gone. But if insects are declining – and the evidence certainly points in that direction – we need to find out why. A decline in the numbers of our extraordinary fellow travellers on planet Earth will lead not only to economic and environmental repercussions but also to a diminishment of wonder.

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Keeping It Real

BY LIZ BE AT T Y

PHOTOGR APHY BY PETE PATERSON

The slogan of Headwaters Tourism is “Where Ontario Gets Real.”

The organization’s new executive director, Eduardo Lafforgue, says maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the region’s culture and environment is key to a successful tourism strategy.

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Eduardo Lafforgue enjoys a java at The Common Good Café and General Store in Belfountain. He cites the store and the heritage building it occupies as the kind of business that could effectively target the tourist trade even as it maintains its cozy rural character.

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ot long off a plane from Spain, Eduardo Lafforgue, the new executive director of Headwaters Tourism, appeared very much the distinguished, charming Spaniard – someone you’d imagine at ease in a light linen suit, sipping vino tinto at a sundrenched sidewalk café in Madrid. But as we actually sipped Americanos on a frigid January morning at Mochaberry in Orangeville, Lafforgue’s complicated accent quickly belied those quick assumptions.

Lafforgue, it turns out, is genuinely a man of the world. He was born in Argentina, moved to Mexico where he attended a French lycée, finished his secondary education in England and returned to Mexico for university, before marrying and settling for a time in the ski village of Saint-Sauveur, Quebec, where his children were raised. His two daughters and a son, now grown, find it difficult to mimic their father’s entangled accent.

The international influences on Lafforgue continued over his 34-year career in tourism. Before his last assignment in Madrid, he directed over 80 tourism development projects in 25 countries in Europe, North and South America, Northern Africa, the Middle East and India, many of them in rural districts. His career has included the roles of vice president of acquisitions for Intrawest Europe and associate director for Indra Business Consulting, serving such high-profile clients as Antigua and Barbuda, St Lucia, and Bermuda. He has also served on multilateral organizations such as IDB (InterAmerican Development Bank) and IFC (International Financial Corporation). And he continues to be on a panel of experts for the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s World Tourism Barometer, which monitors tourism trends around the world.

So what draws such a global citizen to Headwaters?

It turns out that Lafforgue’s equally international children, scattered across Europe to the United Arab Emirates and Montreal, all have had reason of late to find their way to Toronto. And the game changer – a new grandson. Even this land of polar vortexes could not keep Lafforgue away, and his wife Anick Fernandez, an artist, will join him here at the end of March (along with their Doberman, Idéfix, and the vintage 300-kilogram press Anick uses for print­ making). Sunny Spain’s loss, it seems, is our gain.

“We have to think of tourism operating on three different levels: supporting good things for the environment, good things for our community values, and good things for local economies.”

Lafforgue takes the reins now at the quartercentury mark for Headwaters Tourism. Much has changed in those 25 years – both in our challenges and opportunities. Locals today know too well the puzzle of sharing who we are without losing who we are. While still early days for his new role, Lafforgue shared with me his big plans for this small organi­zation. Can tourism be the new economic driver in our precious hills?

Lafforgue’s short answer: “Yes!” His long answer follows.

liz beatty With your family coming to Toronto, why Headwaters and not downtown? eduardo lafforgue We wanted to be close to our children, but not in each other’s pockets.

[He chuckles.] But more than that, my wife and I love the pace of rural life. Headwaters is not that different from our first home in Saint-Sauveur in the Laurentians, combining tourism, rural culture and gastronomy. And to have all this so close to Toronto! We were thrilled that work, family and lifestyle combined to bring us here.

lb Elaborate on what you see as our tourism assets here.

ef Of course trails, rivers and nature are key.

This region is a natural playground for the GTA. We have an established equine community and a growing culinary scene. Cycling is a huge draw, and with our working farms and historic villages, we are also a window to old rural Ontario. All this less than an hour from a huge city like Toronto is unusual.

All these assets need to be managed as part of a short-, mid- and long-term strategy. This means everything from helping to promote and improve the experience of visitors, but also recommending policies to manage traffic, parking, garbage and other aspects of preservation. Transportation from Toronto and lack of short-term rentals are two more key issues. We help manage all the things that make up a sustainable tourism destination and one that first serves the local communities.

lb You have lived in some of the most iconic regions around the world. How does Headwaters compare? ef First of all, you never compare. Each region is a different thing with its unique gifts. It has its own distinct intersection point of time and place. Still, as a tourism professional, I see many parallels here to other regions and destination management organizations I’ve worked with.

For example, Headwaters is close to a major city, but is still not clearly defined as a destination. It is also within a larger region with a nature deficit. In Europe doctors are prescribing trails in nature as stress relievers.

Like other regions I’ve worked with, there is huge potential for Headwaters to be the natural playground for the Toronto area – to keep that rural aura, while developing our tourism experience. It’s an exciting time, a new chapter for Headwaters Tourism.

lb How have you gone about getting to know our region? ef I’ve had the privilege of exploring every corner and community of Headwaters since arriving in November. I’ve met in person a huge wealth of talent and creativity. From the smallest hamlet to larger towns, I’ve been struck by the common disposition to build something of economic, environmental and community value.

For example, I’ve met with a chocolatier and a baker in Erin, and a gallery owner and artists in Alton. I’ve met with mayors, food growers and craft brew masters. I’ve discussed traffic and parking issues with residents around the Belfountain general store and chatted about business prospects over excellent cappuccinos with the owner of the Rosemont General Store. And I’ve shared some of who we are at Headwaters Tourism and what we offer now.

Everyone has been so generous with their time.

And these conversations will keep going.

lb It’s early days, but where is Headwaters Tourism now under your leadership? ef We’re closing out of the first phase of our plan – an initial analysis and meeting all of these local tourism players. Next we explore in detail the differences between each of our com­ munities as well as the commonalities that pull us together – the things that help us collaborate and work together. Caledon is different from Mono, is different from Orangeville, and so on.

My goal is to pinpoint the common promise, the common strengths and also the common challenges. From there, we will start forming the substance of our strategy. lb You’ve been described as an advocate of tourism as a community builder. Explain. ef Tourism cannot be relocated. Tourism is local and our community needs to work together, with a common focus to bring an authentic local experience to visitors. That kind of working together is community building.

lb What about fostering grassroots tourism that connects to our rural experience? ef Every community has projects related to culture and heritage that have been floating around for years without landing. Improving and connecting our wonderful trails is a good example. Our tourism strategy will help support making these trails more attractive and usable as a tourism product. For example, trail systems in other parts of the world have tiny houses en route that serve as resting spots and meeting places. We could also develop concierge services, such as local farmers creating picnic baskets that hikers can pre-arrange to be at a certain location en route. And we can connect a hiking experience to other related tourism experiences – like a craft brewery, cultural festivals, shopping and restaurants.

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ef Supporting local entrepreneurs who are sharing the way of life here is key. After all, the first people who should benefit from a strong tourism strategy are locals – both in economic development, but also in wonderful new ways in which we can all enjoy our own region.

Authenticity is another key factor.

It’s a term often overused and often abused in the tourism industry, but in a region like ours, it is the essence of what we are and what we want to share. We do not want to create rural Disney here. Instead, we have so many authentic stories and traditions to share. Our tourism strategy should help celebrate and strengthen this connection to our roots.

Of course, your magazine is a trem­ endous resource for these local stories.

7:19 PM Indeed, it was the first thing I read to begin preparing for my new role here.

The Museum of Dufferin, too, is full of lore about the rural DNA of Headwaters. These are the stories that bring to life our slogan, “Where Ontario Gets Real.” I believe that locals know better than anyone the authentic experiences that reflect these roots. Our job is to support their efforts, transforming great ideas into unique tourism products and thriving business ventures. We hope people will knock on our door and let us help.

underway in our programs. Our new visitors’ guide will be inclusive, listing all tourism businesses, not only the ones that pay. Of course, there is room for advertising and sponsoring, which will allow different levels of activation.

This new approach will ensure visitors get a full sense of all the experiences we offer here, not just of those who can pay. Those with bigger marketing budgets will be able to pay for an expanded profile.

We’re also now a destination management organization, not just a

marketing organization. This means we help tourism players and commu­ nities succeed in a variety of ways, not just through promotion. For example, to help resolve the lack of accommo­ dation in our region, we’ll help new Airbnb hosts with advice on how to convert space into a successful vacation rental, and even the details that make a difference – like a micro­ wave or the type of bed linens to use.

It might be advice on creating a farmto-table experience, drawing on ventures I’ve seen succeed in rural destinations around the world. I hope that small and medium-sized tourism enterprises will feel free to knock on our door and ask for guidance and support.

lb You’re co-ordinating with myriad local governments and organizations across Caledon, Dufferin and Erin, some with their own tourism initiatives.

Then there’s the provincial regional tourism organization known as Central Counties. Describe how all these pieces connect. ef In short, there is money out there at the regional, provincial, national and even international levels. Head­ waters Tourism will draw on all available funding sources, and we will be much stronger for it. Our goal is to become the one-stop window for tourism development and marketing in Headwaters, representing Head­ waters’ tourism interests at regional, provincial and national level.

With one destination management strategy serving the entire Headwaters region, the first thing we need to do is pool resources. Individual government budgets spread thinly become effect­ ively irrelevant in tackling the huge challenges and opportunities ahead.

Trails and rivers cross boundaries and so do travellers and tourists. Our strategy needs to cover the entire region, too. lb How do you ensure buy-in from local governments? ef We need to communicate our leadership strategy well – showing how we create value for their contributions, how they are going to save money

Eduardo Lafforgue and Maria Burton, the new director of marketing at Headwaters Tourism. Raised in Mono, Burton has worldwide experience in the tourism industry.

and time while better reaching their goals. And each local government will have the peace of mind of full accountability. All our work with be monitored and measured.

lb Why should tourism as an econo­ mic driver be more attractive to local governments over other industries? ef Again, your tourism industry will not pack up someday and move to China, Mexico or India. Second, with proper management, tourism is an extremely clean industry, even helping to preserve our environment by highlighting the need to protect green space and drawing funds to properly manage these areas. We have to think of tourism operating on three different levels here simultaneously: supporting good things for the environment, good things for our community values, and good things for local economies.

Many people don’t realize they’re part of this tourism value chain.

The owner of the local gas station may not connect that he is as much a part of the tourism picture here as a restaurant or hotel. In regions like this, we’re all tourism. Part of our job at Headwaters Tourism is to help communicate to the community how these connections work. A lot of this communication happens in working together, supporting people running businesses and leading initiatives in the community, like a charity cycling event or a village music festival.

lb In what other ways are you improving communication with locals and visitors? ef Our community and visitor communications are in good hands under the leadership of our new director of marketing Maria Burton.

Born and raised in Mono, Maria is my local insider. She’s a 20-year CEO/ veteran in marketing, tourism, media and sponsorship for regions as diverse as California, Colorado, Utah, New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and British Columbia. We’re also hiring a dedicated social media manager with a big focus on expanding digital content and enriching how everyone experiences and learns about Head­ waters in the digital world – highly visual, interactive and informative. lb You point out that we’re far from realizing the full potential of tourism in Headwaters. Still, communities like Belfountain, Mono Centre and others already know firsthand the downside of overtourism – bumper-tobumper traffic, parked cars blocking driveways, fast-food garbage dumped everywhere, and the sheer numbers of people invading our villages. What would you say to them? ef This is actually one of my favourite topics. The issues of overtourism do not stem from tourism management that is too successful, they stem from lack of or bad management, a lack of territorial planning. Vibrant communities with authentic charm are the assets. We need to preserve these, continued on next page

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ef I envision important natural assets preserved with some development of infrastructure on trails, on culture, on transportation and other aspects that we talked about. All this would be embedded in our strategy.

Preservation is a big part of this. But I also see this region enjoying a much more prosperous way of life because of tourism. This is a balancing act. And the differences within our region can also help us to create that balance – from the near-urban countryside of Caledon to the deep rural experience of Mulmur. That wide range of experiences will make us much more interesting and much more attractive to potential visitors.

and American fighting in WWII. It suffered a lot. At the end the war, the Americans helped rebuild the town quickly, creating California-style ranch houses – at the entrance of Normandy! This was obviously very shocking at the time. But I helped them turn this oddity into a tourism asset, creating an “American village” in their Norman town and drawing on its distinctive history.

The surrounding area, le Grand Évreux, has many rural and natural assets. We pooled tourism resources and built on those assets to create a unique mix of culture, history, gastronomy, right in the middle of rural nature. It was a very successful experience.

The other example is a region called Libourne near Bordeaux in southwestern France. This includes the famed wine village of Saint-Émilion.

Saint-Émilion was getting all the attention and resources. Libourne as a region includes urban, semiurban and rural communities, and of course wine, wine and more wine.

Every meeting there ended with a dégustation (wine sampling at small local wineries). It was a delicious but very difficult assignment!

But all these communities were not working together. We changed that and again pooled resources so they could be managed more effectively by one destination management organization. Again, the strategy was very successful for the entire region.

It’s similar to what we need to do here.

Whether in southwest France or Headwaters, Ontario – one person, in one town hall alone will struggle to do something spectacular for tourism.

But if we pull together under one umbrella of strategy and ambition, we can do great things.

lb What other rural parts of the

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not exploit and destroy them. We have the responsibility of managing and keeping those assets for future generations, while inviting visitors to enjoy them responsibly.

lb Do you see residents’ love of place as an asset, something to protect? ef Of course. Certainly. Hard assets like theatres and hotels and other physical structures are necessary.

However, it’s our people who bring these assets to life. Our organization is here to help local entrepreneurs, artists and others create and promote sustainable ventures.

I don’t believe that a region like ours can be developed in a sustainable manner without these private and public partnerships. We are the intersection point for all Headwaters tourism players. lb What do you envision for Headwaters 10 years, 20 years down the road?

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ef There are two regions in France that I’ve worked with – both with similar challenges and excellent results. Évreux is a town about an hour and a half from Paris in Normandy – a focal point for German, Canadian

Liz Beatty is a freelance travel journalist and podcaster who lives in Brimstone.

Her article “Reimaging Tourism” on the tourism potential of Headwaters appeared in the spring 2018 issue of In The Hills.

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The More Things Change...

In spring 1911, four wardens from neighbouring counties sat down for an informal chat. Their conversation here is imaginary, but the issues they discussed were the hot topics of the time.

Ontario was launching radical new polices. Canada was bracing for a federal election. A century later it all sounds eerily familiar.

BY KEN WEBER

S K E TC H E S O F WA R D E N S B A S E D O N A RC H I VA L P H O T O S C O U R T E S Y O F : M U S EU M O F D U F F E R I N P -1425 D ( A RC H I B A L D G R E E R ) , WELLINGTON COUNT Y MUSEUM & ARCHIVES, PH 680 (GEORGE FOX), COUNT Y OF PEEL FONDS, REGION OF PEEL ARCHIVES A T P A M A , N 2 0 0 8 - 0 0 0 5 4 ( J O H N M C B R I D E ) , S I M C O E C O U N T Y A R C H I V E S ( J A M E S M O O R E T O S S O R O N T I O 1911) .

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Archibald Greer Dufferin County

The government should be forcing Bell to put lines in the countryside too.

George Fox Wellington County

[The wardens have just reconvened after lunch.

Three are seated at a table as Warden Greer enters hurriedly, carrying several newspapers.]

Greer Here’s what I was talking about.

[Spreads a copy of the Orangeville Sun on the table.] See what the Sun says about the prime minister? “Sir Wilfrid Laurier has lost his sunny way.” It’s in the Erin Advocate too.

Moore And the Northern Advance. It started with a Toronto Globe editorial.

Were there any suffragettes marching out front with signs?

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Most everything you order comes in the mail, so there’s no need to shop in town.

James Moore Simcoe County

Like we’ve all been saying, this free trade – “reciprocity” Laurier calls it – is going to cost the Liberals the election. They think they can just negotiate with the U.S. to eliminate tariffs and everyone will be rich.

It’s too good to be true.

McBride We need to be listening to what the Ontario treasurer says – that trade in Canada should be going east-west. If it’s north-south, the Americans are always going to be in control. He says Ottawa’s got to work with the provinces on provincial tariffs.

Fox This is what comes of having a prime minister who’s big on smiles and charm.

Does Laurier really think the Americans can be trusted to keep their tariffs low once a deal gets signed? Or trusted on anything?

Fox Good luck with that! Besides, I’m tired of reciprocity. So’s the whole country. What else you got in those papers, Archie? continued on next page

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Laurier’s “Sunny Way” After the 2015 election, when Justin Trudeau famously promised, “Sunny ways, my friends, sunny ways,” he was reprising a phrase of Wilfrid Laurier’s that made headlines in the election of 1896. At the time, the Manitoba Schools Question was a hot issue. The province had joined Canada with a dual school system like Ontario’s, but was now proposing to ban Catholic schools (taught in French). In 1895 the courts ruled against Manitoba, but the province resisted, and the federal Conservative government set about to enforce the ruling with a heavy hand.

Liberal leader Wilfrid Laurier said he would approach Manitoba’s premier with “the sunny way of patriotism” and ask him “to be generous to the minority in order that we have peace among all the creeds and races …” The Liberals won the 1896 election and Laurier persuaded Manitoba to allow some separate schools. This did not sit well in “Orange” Ontario where in 1912 the government passed Regulation 17, severely limiting the teaching of French (which then became another contentious issue).

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[Warden Greer passes out copies of the Orangeville Banner open to a headline reading, “Dead Town Is Always Shunned.”]

Greer Support for local merchants.

Storekeepers are saying these mailorder catalogues are going to hollow out the main streets. Who needs to shop in town if they can just order stuff? We all know if there’s no local commerce, our towns will die.

Moore True, but catalogues have been around for years, and people really want them. What’s different today is every farmer’s got a mailbox now at the end of the lane. Free rural delivery began, what, two years ago?

Most everything you order comes in the mail, so there’s no need to shop in town.

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Fox That works if you got a telephone line! Try it if you’re in the country.

Bell Telephone doesn’t want to bother with rural lines. Cities always get all the good services. The government should be forcing Bell to put lines in the countryside too.

McBride But there’s all these independent phone companies running lines in the countryside now.

According to the Conservator, there’s

something like 400 of them. You’d think competition would make Bell smarten up.

Fox Bell’s got the main lines though, so they really soak you if you’re with an independent. To phone Guelph from Erin is something like 25 cents.

Moore 25 cents! For that you could feed your backyard chickens a week or more!

Greer Don’t get started on chickens! We’ve got spats going on in Orangeville about the stink when people don’t clean out their coops.

There’s even talk about a bylaw saying you can’t have chickens in town.

[Discussion is interrupted as a waiter enters to pour coffee. Warden Moore begins chuckling.]

Moore Hope that’s strong coffee, John. When I heard you were hosting this meeting in Caledon East, I knew for sure we weren’t going to get beer!

Fox Yes, my goodness, there’s a fence all the way around the Ontario House!

McBride One around the Albion Hotel too. That’s local option for you.

The village voted dry, so dry it is!

Strange that alcohol is legal, but selling it legally has more rules than the Bible.

I agree the fences are a bit much, but

at least they went up peacefully. Not like the gunfire you had in Shelburne, Archie. Or dynamite in Orangeville!

Greer That was 30 years ago. I doubt we’ll see protests like that again – unless running these big hydro lines through the countryside keeps stirring things up.

[All four begin to talk at once, but Warden Fox wins out.]

Fox The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario! The name is almost as big as the power lines they’re putting up. You got to give Premier Whitney credit though. Everybody wants hydro and everybody agrees a provincial power grid is good …

Moore … but nobody wants the power lines on his property.

McBride Yes, but it’s government, even though Whitney says the commission is arm’s length, so the lines are going to go where they need to go. What bothers me is the commission was set up to build a power grid in the province, but now I hear they’re going to try to buy up local power companies like the new one we just got in Bolton or the Deagle power company over in Cataract.

Think about it – one great big power company in Ontario controlling the hydro. That can’t be good.

Moore That’s probably because there’s hardly any French speakers in Dufferin. The rumour is there’s going to be legislation banning the teaching of French in public schools. I’m sure the Lodge brothers will approve but there’ll be hell to pay in the north end of Simcoe. Not to mention in Quebec.

So much for provincial trade talks.

[An awkward silence at the table continues until Warden McBride changes the subject.]

McBride Archie, I hear you just had Bishop DuMoulin over in East Garafraxa doing confirmations at the Anglican church in Reading. Were there any suffragettes marching out front with signs?

Greer No, but I know what you’re getting at. It’s what DuMoulin said in a sermon last December in Toronto – that the best way to respond to suffragettes is with a hose, a hydrant and a bag of oats.

Fox I heard about that and I think he was out of line. We got to face it, gentlemen. It’s pretty hard to argue that women shouldn’t vote. And sure, as soon as they can vote, they’ll be pushing for other rights too. But things are changing.

Moore Yeah, before you know it we’ll be able to buy a beer in Caledon East!

Fox Where’s Whitney going to get the money? First thing he said when he was elected was Ontario’s pot is empty because the Liberals spent it all. Still saying it, too.

Fox Seriously though, the world is changing. I’ll bet a hundred years from now nobody’s going to believe the kind of stuff we have to deal with.

Moore Just political talk. A real bump in the road for Whitney is going to be this Regulation 17 they’re talking about at Queen’s Park.

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of the Orangeville’s festival promises to “saturate the air with poetry.”

BY ANTHONY JENKINS

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ou’re strolling along Broadway in downtown Orangeville on a pleasant Saturday afternoon as spring nuzzles up to summer.

The sun is shining, trees are budding, birds are chirping, and someone in a doorway just ahead is speaking loudly.

She’s dressed in reds – tunic, cap, claret-coloured boots – and emoting to a small crowd of eight outside Maggiolly Art Supplies. You approach cautiously, near enough to read the four-letter word emblazoned boldly on her ball cap: POET. The first phrases you hear are “I am lost / left / unloved / Until the light hits me...”

This is the free verse of Valerie Senyk.

Undeterred by the competing rasp of

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passing motorcycles, she delivers her poem “The Fool” with animation and broad gestures. You stop and join the listeners, swelling their number to nine.

Senyk is one of 20 red-capped poets who participated last May in Orangeville’s inaugural Day of the Poets.

As poet laureate of Dufferin County, Harry Posner launched the poetry festival as part of his commitment to bring the joy and power of words to the streets. “More than any other art form, poetry gets to the essentials of what it means to be human,” he says. “It’s a form that provides an indirect way of seeing, where you catch the unnoted details. There are worlds in those details. Worlds within words.”

Spoken-word poetry, he adds, “tends to be more colloquial, more engaging of the audience and more interactive, compared to written poetry, which is often more internally processed, the ex­ pression of a more private experience.”

The town already has its hugely successful Blues and Jazz Festival and the growing Taste of Orangeville food event. With sponsorship from the Dufferin Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, the town and its BIA, Day of the Poets aspires to become a popular annual addition to the local cultural landscape.

The first iteration of the festival may have been limited in audience numbers, but not in ambition. Acknowledging he

Poets on parade from left Robert Priest, Valerie Senyk, Harry Posner, Morvern McNie, Rob O’Flanagan

I want expected to start small, Posner says he and his colleagues nonetheless set out to commit “random acts of poetry” and to “saturate the air with poetry.”

Saturation on this sunny Saturday begins in the cobbled town square (round, actually) in front the town hall.

You and your neighbours, bags of market bread, produce and couldn’t-say-no-to treats in hand, are drawn by the bell and the booming invitation of frock-coated, leather-lunged town crier Andrew Welch. This day, he calls in rhyme.

Posner, author of six books of poetry and fiction, as well as several spokenword recordings, kicks off the festivities by reading his poem “I Want” – wit and wisdom on the effects he wants from poetry. You’re intrigued. Singersongwriter Robert Priest – hey, you’ve heard of him – follows, singing the poetry of “Bonne Chance, Marie,” “My Emptiness” and “The Bomb in Reverse” with musical accompaniment.

Later, around the corner at the Orangeville library on Mill Street, there are spoken words, but no shushing librarian. An audience of a couple of dozen settles in by the fireplace where a poet with a poetic name – Morvern McNie – has traded her red POET cap

for a bandana. Still and soft-spoken, she recites “Designed to Forget” [see page 63]and “Resting Above My Page” – the latter a prose poem reflecting on the complex bond between sisters. You find it moving, perhaps even more so than if you had encountered it on a page.

What do poets look like? You are learning. They look like Morvern McNie. They look like you or me. They look like Manar Mushi, who steps up to the microphone (the library event is billed as “open mic”) in camouflage jacket and hijab. She’s nervous, yet moved to share a selection of two-line poems by Canadian poet Rupi Kaur, whose book Mushi has just selected from the library shelves.

And they look like Rob O’Flanagan.

On the other side of Broadway, a poet’s stool is set up at Dragonfly Arts on Broadway. It goes unused by O’Flanagan as he paces the creaking floorboards – passionate, pleading, projecting. His is restless and robust poetry. Forty-nine paintings, a metal moose, and about a dozen souls look on as O’Flanagan, shirttail flapping, fills the colourful front gallery with words and energy during his 15-minute set. continued on next page

I want poetry to feel like a compassionate virus all wild contagion and metaphoric sniffles I want poetry quoted by our Prime Minister words filigreed and filibuster this I want poetry to fling me off the sidewalk vertigo verses and cracking pavement I want poetry to underscore the overture sing me through to myself and you I want poetry to party hearty dance ’til we kiss and ride I want poetry to throw me overboard sweet burial at sea and no flag required I want poetry to dig the dudes laud the ladies and tickle the babes I want poetry to begin at the end poke fun at Time and once upon a I want poetry to beat up on prose shame it by pulling off its cardigan but mostly I want poetry to toss me into love and show me how easy it is to rhyme orange with forever Harry Posner IN

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Day of the Poets 2019 Building on last year’s experience, this year’s festival will be structured a little differently. “More contained and more eclectic,” says organizer Harry Posner. Poets will perform every half hour from noon to 5 p.m. at the Orangeville library on Mill Street.

The day will be headlined by renowned dub poet Lillian Allen. The recipient of two Juno Awards for her reggae spoken-word recordings, Allen is an activist for cultural diversity and a creative writing professor at OCAD University.

Other poets on the program include Day Merrill, poet laureate of Collingwood; sound poet Penn Kemp, former poet laureate of London, Ontario; and back again this year, croc E moses, whose musical poems reflect his long residency in southern Africa.

The day begins with free public poetry workshops at the library.

At 10 a.m., Gary Diggins leads a session on creating improvised soundscapes to complement recited poetry. At 11 a.m., Steve McOrmond discusses found poems, words and phrases borrowed from other texts and arranged to surface new contexts and meanings.

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His voice rises and falls. His cadences vary. His fists clench and slash as he recites. “Does anybody have a flashlight?” he booms, jolting you with his first poem. It is followed by “High Points,” “Grandma’s House” and “Dad in the Mirror.” The last moves him near to tears as he relates seeing his late father’s face in his own, looking back from a mirror: My dad is in the mirror a bit more all the time.

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For you and the few in attendance, the effect is memorable. Indeed, it reminds Joan Hope, owner of Dragonfly Arts, very much of the first few years of the Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival. “It was a very similar vibe. Few people came for the event.

Customers would tiptoe in confused, and then leave quickly. But those who stayed had an experience they remembered. And look at the OBJF now! We had to stop hosting inside because of the crowds.”

On pages fixed to their windows, Dragonfly Arts and other Broadway storefronts feature poems curated

by Posner – “Brightness” by Richard Outram is posted at Mochaberry, Caledon poet Max Layton’s “I Like Like” is at The Scented Drawer, Robert Menzies’ “Premonition Palette” is at Blumen, and even prosaic H&R Block displays “El Camino Real Return” by Kate Russell: “There, a lone coyote trickster / In among the cattle /

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You are leaving downtown with your shopping in hand, having been exposed to more poetry in the past several hours than in the past several decades. You could have avoided it, but you didn’t. Instead, you experienced rhyming poems inside stores, free verse from their doorways, alfresco encounters with poetic strangers on Broadway. You even considered stepping up to the open mic in the library and embarrassing yourself with tortured rhymes for “orange.”

You’ve never been one for poetry, but this poetry, not read but experienced, was absorbing. These poems were different from those you recall from rare encounters in the odd magazine or dimly remembered school textbooks.

You have now seen poets breathe, gesticulate, stumble, feel. The experi­ ence had context. It had passion. It had personality beyond the page. It might just send you back to the page.

For now, you’re heading home happy, head filled with poetic words.

The vendors at the farmers’ market have packed up and gone, but the town crier hasn’t. Brass-buttoned vest off and stripped to his ruffled shirtsleeves, he fills the air with a parting rhyme: I’m also of use If livestock gets loose.

I’ll broaden the search for your pig...

You laugh.

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CORN FLOWER

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A stunning display of Corn Flower glass is turning heads in a brand new gallery at the Museum of Dufferin.

Why this impressive collection has its home in Dufferin and how it got there is a remarkable story of creativity, commercial success and delightful coincidence.

for a CANADIAN ICON

BY KEN WEBER

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ike most Canadians you can probably name the ten provinces without pausing, but you might hesitate on the territories. It’s a safe bet that at least once or twice you have stumbled over a phrase in our national anthem. And even if you’re not a hockey fan, there is little doubt you know about that last-minute goal Canada scored on Russia in 1972. These are all uniquely Canadian probabilities. Here’s another one. Even if you don’t know it, at some point in your life you have crossed paths with Corn Flower glass.

It may surprise you, but you could have a piece or two in your home. Very likely there was Corn Flower glass in your mother’s cabinet or in your grandmother’s, or on your favourite aunt’s side­board.

And because there are thousands and thousands of different pieces of this decorative glass on tables and shelves (and in attics) across Canada, you have probably lifted a dainty treat from a Corn Flower glass plate at a social occasion or, after dipping from a Corn Flower punch bowl, unconsciously run your finger along its distinctive floral design. This unique glass may not be a national sport or a national hymn of praise, but it most certainly is a national product. And a Canadian icon.

facing page The new Corn Flower Gallery at the Museum of Dufferin officially opened last fall, with the assistance of grants from Central Counties Tourism and

the Canada 150 program. Designed by architects Lebel & Bouliane, the sleek new gallery pays homage to the Toronto showroom (lower left) where the Hughes company displayed its glass during the 1950s. The clear glass sandwich tray (inset left) from 1915 shows the iconic Corn Flower motif. The gold-rimmed pitcher and drinking glasses (above) belong to a collection introduced in 1936 following the death of King George V and in anticipation of Edward VIII’s coronation.

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The Hughes company bought pre-manufactured blanks on which the Corn Flower design was cut. Green Corn Flower, like this sandwich plate and cup, was introduced in the late 1920s and, like many coloured glass items, remained popular through the Great Depression.

The clear two-handled bowl is cut on a blank of the Candlewick line manufactured by Imperial Glass Co. in Ohio. The original Corn Flower label is still affixed to it.

William John “Jack” Hughes (right) with his wife Hazel at his side and their daughter Lois (centre) with relatives at their Toronto home in 1937.

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A popular product for all the right reasons The creative and commercial chapters of Corn Flower’s story began in 1914 when 33-year-old W.J. “Jack” Hughes left his day job as a glass cutter to start a glass-cutting company of his own in the basement of his house on Wychwood Avenue in Toronto. The company became a Canadian success story because from day one, Jack stuck to a set of principles that made his glass a household name. Quality, he insisted, must reign supreme – no customer will ever have reason to doubt a piece of Corn Flower glass. Because the company’s ethic of honesty and superb service prevailed, retail stores became faithful buyers. In turn, customers of those stores became faithful buyers, not the least because most Corn Flower pieces were open stock – if someone needed a replacement or wanted to add to a set, the items were always available.

With his Corn Flower glass, Jack Hughes had found a double sweet spot – beauty and price. The pieces coming out of his basement were truly attractive, adding grace wherever they sat. Jack’s repeating floral design of soft petals and flowing vines was a definite hit.

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Jack Hughes’ company did not manufacture glass. It was a glass-cutting venture. The company bought large shipments of blanks – already manufactured items like pitchers, serving dishes, goblets (the number of different items was huge), and then hand cut the Corn Flower design onto the outside of the pieces, adjusting the pattern to fit the scale of the blank. Only American and European suppliers could provide the blanks of the quality Jack wanted. The bulk purchases not only helped keep the price of Corn Flower relatively low, but allowed for enough production of a particular style to keep it in open stock – one of the reasons the glass had such consumer appeal.

Affordable elegance What made the hit a home run was that Corn Flower glass was also affordable. This was partly because Jack’s obsessive frugality kept production and marketing costs to an absolute minimum. Not until 1940, for example, long after Corn Flower was solidly established across Canada, did he engage salespeople (commission only). And it was 1949 before manu­ facturing moved out of the basement on Wychwood to its own factory.

(A 1950 photo taken outside the new building shows 25 employees smiling at the camera. It must have been a crowded basement the year before!)

An even more important reason

Corn Flower was affordable is simply that Jack Hughes wished it so. He wanted to tap into the steadily growing middle class and its quest for luxury at a reasonable price. The glass was classy, it was beautiful, and it didn’t break the bank. Corn Flower became the last word in affordable elegance.

Onward and upward The Corn Flower story might have ended when Jack Hughes died suddenly in April 1951, but fate had stepped in when his daughter Lois married an RCAF pilot instructor named Phillip Kayser in 1944. Always known as “Pete,” the new son-in-law

became a key figure in the company.

By the time of Jack’s death, Pete was leading an acceleration of Corn Flower glass to even greater popularity.

Over time Pete had gently modified some of the founder’s more eccentric operational methods and, once in command, he made even bigger changes. More suppliers were added and more employees. Production was made more efficient. More elaborate – and more expensive – pieces were added to the product line. A man of his time, Pete also believed in advertising and in 1953 the company produced its first catalogue. (Retailers had to pay for it, with the cost refundable on a first order. Jack would have smiled.) For all his changes though, as the company shipped pieces by the thousands around the country, Pete wisely kept the near-sacred Corn Flower design at the core – simplifying it only slightly when machine cutting replaced the original skilled hand cutters.

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Still Popular Evidence of the sustaining popularity of Corn Flower glass became clear in the spring of 2000 at an exhibition of Ontario inventor-entrepreneurs held at Queen’s Park. The Museum of Dufferin’s display of Corn Flower glass attracted so many visitors, the exhibit was extended by three months. Another exhibition was held at Queen’s Park in 2014 in honour of the 100th anniversary of Corn Flower. Such exhibitions mark another way the museum collection is raising public awareness of the glass and its uniquely Canadian story.

elaborate weddings – lots and lots of weddings, with Corn Flower glass as the go-to gift. In fact, the company was flourishing in a gift market so insatiable that at first it barely felt the impact of the great cultural shift of the Swinging Sixties.

Flower power and minimalism along with the overwhelming proliferation of plastic signalled a new era for consumer products. Even more crucial was the impact of the growing feminist movement. Women, who were Corn Flower’s main customers (and gift recipients), were entering the workforce and looking for fulfillment outside their domestic role. By the late ’70s the glory days of fancy glass

were over. Although there were still more than 500 retailers across Canada offering the Hughes company product, customers were no longer lining up at their doors. In 1988, W.J. Hughes and Sons Corn Flower Limited shipped out its last pieces of inventory and shut down. After 75 years of commercial success and popularity, Corn Flower glass was destined to become a footnote in Canadian history.

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Dufferin (then called Dufferin County Museum & Archives). “It was a pretty busy affair,” Ken says, “and the boss himself was filling glasses. I knew he was using a Corn Flower pitcher – my wife had all kinds of that glass, her mother too – and I asked him did he know that Jack Hughes was born and raised in Dufferin.”

“I was pleased to see someone recognize the pattern, and of course I knew Jack Hughes,” recalls longtime museum curator Wayne Townsend.

“But I explained that according to Unitt’s Guide [to Antiques and Collectables] – it’s a kind of bible for collectors – Jack Hughes was from England.”

“Well, they’ve got that wrong,” Ken said. “Jack’s a Dufferin boy. And I ought to know because Jack paid for the stone I put on his mother’s grave in the Shelburne cemetery. The family was too poor to do that when she died.”

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Corn Flower’s new life began with that conversation. A search quickly determined that Jack Hughes was born in Amaranth Township in 1881; that the family later moved to Melancthon

Township; and that like so many country boys at the turn of the 20th century, he left the farm to seek employment in the city. The truth of Jack’s birth was an exciting discovery that presented an opportunity regional museums usually only dream about.

“Our mandate,” Wayne explains, “is to collect, preserve and display what is local, but every museum loves to have an extra, a feature of national significance, and this one fell into my lap. Think of it. A Dufferin boy leaves home and builds a Canadian icon that’s at risk of being forgotten.

There is Corn Flower glass all over this country, but it was not offered in retail anymore. There was no focus for it, no home base. So it became our task to complete a circle, to build and preserve a collection of Corn Flower glass in the county where Jack Hughes was born.”

Corn Flower comes home How the collection was built in an impressively short time is another remarkable chapter in the Corn Flower story. There are tales of Wayne haunting antique stores and garage sales using his expertise – and very limited budget – to find worthy items, tales of museum visitors donating

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The dessert setting belongs to a valuable set of purple “Twilight” glass that was stored in a box for 90 years before it was donated to the MoD collection.

The Corn Flower Festival Prominent in the Corn Flower story are collectors, the people whose attachment approaches devotion. “For them the joy is in the hunt,” says Museum of Dufferin curator Sarah Robinson. “Hughes was successful, so he had imitators, and sometimes a cutter had a bad day, so an imper­fect item may have made it out the door. Finding these pieces, or even better, finding a one-of-a-kind genuine piece, that’s what they love.”

Produced in many colours over the years, a small clear piece of Corn Flower glass can still be purchased for under $20. More rare colours, such as purples and blues, or the colour-shifting “Vaseline” pieces, can go for $500 or more, while a rare one-of-a-kind piece can exceed even that.

About a hundred passionate collectors (one of whom sports a Corn Flower tattoo!) come from around the country to the annual Corn Flower Festival held each June at the museum. At the festival, they can have their own pieces authenticated by Corn Flower experts (including Wayne Townsend). It is also an opportunity for collectors to buy and sell, exchange information – and have a party. For those who miss the festival, there is always MoD’s online database. Like the number of collectors, it is constantly growing.

This year’s festival will take place on Sunday, June 9. For details, see www.dufferinmuseum.com.

pieces of Corn Flower they hadn’t realized they owned, tales of others bringing in family treasures to give them a memorial home, and even more tales of supporters pitching in with cash to expand the collection.

The ultimate stamp of approval came very early when Pete and Lois Kayser became involved. Their donations of significant, valuable, often one-of-a-kind pieces ensured that the collection became a countrywide mecca, a kind of “Corn Flower Central” for collectors. The Kaysers added expertise, hands-on history and stores of archival data.

Perhaps most important, they brought their profile, drawing attention and adding authenticity to the museum’s undertaking.

A legacy preserved Today, 20 years after Ken Gamble watched Wayne Townsend pour from a Corn Flower pitcher, current curator Sarah Robinson can claim with pride that the approximately 2,500 pieces of Corn Flower held by the museum form the largest public collection anywhere and it continues to build. Nor does the momentum end at collecting and preserving. The museum also hosts

a Corn Flower Club, produces the Corn Flower Chronicle newsletter and mounts the annual Corn Flower Festival.

It all culminated late last year with the opening of the Corn Flower Glass Gallery in the spacious loft above the museum’s main exhibit area. The new gallery is devoted exclusively to Corn Flower glass and its story. Designed by Toronto architects Lebel & Bouliane, the sleek space pays stylistic homage to the elegant factory showroom where the Hughes company displayed its products in the heyday of the ’50s. The carefully lit showcases and curated displays allow visitors to appreciate the finest examples of the historic glass – the very glass so many have forgotten in the back of a cupboard – with fresh new eyes.

Sadly, Pete Kayser, the former RCAF pilot and heir to Jack Hughes’ vision, died on Remembrance Day last year, just a day after the official opening of the Corn Flower gallery. He was 97.

Although he missed the celebration, Pete was confident in the knowledge that his life’s work and the legacy he and Lois (now 92) brought to the Corn Flower story had found a home and will be permanently preserved for future generations.

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She quickly cuts her “pizza” into squares and triangles.

Next, she uses a roller to press the slabs into moulds of various laces. Some laces produce wide, organic circles; others offer tight floral or scalloped patterns. To illustrate, Mary pulls out an Irish linen runner and some crisp white lace fit for a wedding dress. She often mixes several patterns to make a single bowl, mug or platter.

After creating a pattern on one side of a slab, Mary flips it over and uses various embossing tools to add more detail.

When each slab is finished, she drapes it over an inverted bowl form, using a wet clay mixture on a paintbrush to secure it to the other pieces. Handles are the next step.

Mary fires up her pottery wheel only briefly, to attach the circular foot to the bottom of the bowl. Then she places a flat piece of wood under the foot, puts her hand inside the form and flips the whole thing upright. Playing to the camera on this day, Mary pulls off her best Julia Child trill and declares, “Bon appétit!”

Once fired and glazed, the bowl will sell in Mary and Mark’s Red Hen Gallery. Her mugs can also be found in Toronto at the Gardiner Museum. Mary has a long history as an educator and exhibitor at the renowned ceramics museum.

In addition to her signature white pieces, Mary fashions fanciful garden sculptures and has written several quirky local history books, illustrated in her charmingly naïve style.

She and Mark also produce colourful hanging hummingbird feeders, and she is planning a new series of larger garden sculptures with neighbour and TV personality Mag Ruffman.

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Looking at examples of her work on the counters and shelves around her, Mary smiles and says, “They’re all different.

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game changers As their adult children with developmental disabilities aged out of the school system, a group of parents launched Active Lives After School. The program has changed their lives and is poised to help others across the province.

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ou are capable of amazing things!” reads a chalkboard message on the wall of an Orangeville meeting room.

These aren’t just empty words. They’re the guiding ethos here at Active Lives After School, a day program for adults with developmental disabilities.

When I visit on an August day last year, the room at Lord Dufferin Centre is a hive of artistic energy. Some participants work independently, recreating a multimedia beach. Others receive step-by-step encouragement from instructor and staff member Brooke Clarke. The finished artwork ranges from astonishing emulations of the inspiration piece to more abstract uses of colour. But the magic lies in the artistic process itself. Pointing to 26-year-old Sydney’s painting, Brooke says, “You’re like Monet. Look at that texture.” Christopher, 25, reflects that energy back: “Brooke! I never used to be able to do this!”

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delays, as well as difficulties with social interactions and acquiring life skills. And they last a lifetime.

In the program’s name, “after school” refers to the critical posthigh school period, during which many kids with these challenges don’t move on to post-secondary education or careers the way many of their neurotypical peers do. But as kids with developmental disabilities move into adulthood, they can still enjoy purposeful activities, work and relationships. At Active Lives, participants paint, cook and share meals at the centre and travel locally for activities such as yoga, horseback riding and swimming. Some activities, such as a theatre program, take place with peers at Community Living Dufferin in East Garafraxa.

Participants in Active Lives have also started volunteering regularly in the community.

Born of necessity But it wasn’t always that way. In 2014, nine Orangeville mothers of young adults with developmental disabilities met for coffee to discuss what would become of their children as they turned 21. Three of the children were in the final year of a special public high school program called Planning for Independence. With few

desirable options for full-time care after June graduation, the transition is commonly called “aging out” or, as some advocates describe it, “falling off a cliff.” At 18, adult children with developmental disabilities lose childhood supports and funding, and though they are eligible for new funding after they turn 18, they must be reassessed and wait to qualify.

But even with funding, it can be difficult to find local programs with space for newcomers. In 2014, Community Living Dufferin had a day program open to non-residential participants, but it was full and had a waiting list.

“Some graduates had nowhere to go to fill their days,” says Sydney’s mother Sara Magee. Some parents were forced to quit their jobs to care full-time for their adult children, who in turn missed the peer interaction of high school.

So in true social entrepreneurial fashion, Sara and the other parents created their own solution. They formed Active Lives After School’s first board of directors and, in April 2015, launched a three-day-a-week, not-forprofit program.

Within two years, Active Lives grew into a full five-day-a-week affair, with attendance increasing with each new class of high school graduates. Twentyseven families are currently enrolled,

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left Active Lives After School participants Shaan-e-Abbas and Rachel work with art instructor and staff member Brooke Clarke during a regular art class at the Orangeville day program. centre Sydney,

who has been part of the program since its inception, gets a helping hand from staff member Colin Smits. right Kayla, who also loves to dance to the Backstreet Boys, creates a colourful work of art.

and 15 to 16 participants attend every day. Families can defray the $75 daily fee using grants from the provincial Passport program available when a child turns 18. The fees covers wages, administration, insurance and rent at the Lord Dufferin Centre. And the group raises additional funds to fin­ ance activities from private donations and two annual fundraising events.

“These parents are not agency people, and they did this,” says Kim Van Ryn, who has managed the program since 2016. In the first year, board members did the heavy lifting. They applied for and were granted charitable status, planned and held fundraisers and drove participants to outside activities. As Active Lives has grown, the board’s hands-on approach has become more arm’s-length, thanks to three full-time and four part-time staff.

“They give their heart and soul to the participants,” says Sara, who became executive director of the organization.

Although Active Lives is a success story, it is part of a system no one would describe as seamless – or simple. The goal of keeping young adults with cognitive impairments at home with their families and participating in their communities is a vast improvement over the routine institutionalization of past decades, but in practice, the system is rife with

funding delays and growing wait-lists for high-quality programs.

In the news The challenges of piecing together services for these young people recently made headlines when Ontario premier Doug Ford’s government announced two changes. In February, Lisa MacLeod, minister of children, community and social services, announced reforms to the Ontario Autism Program.

Advocates fear the “reforms” will cause a drop in funding to teens with autism.

The government also announced that, as of April 1, it will stop funding an independent facilitation pilot program it has paid for since 2015. The program connects adults with developmental disabilities and counsellors who help them reach personal goals such as learning life skills, staying in school, finding jobs and volunteer work, and socializing in their community.

These policy churns are likely to create ripples across the system. The government maintains that the changes are aimed at eliminating logjams in care delivery, particularly the stagger ing wait lists [see sidebar]. Families can apply for increased Passport grants to try to cover cutbacks elsewhere, but they fear the net effect will be to spread overall funding more thinly.

In the past few months, Ontario’s Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services has made significant changes to key provincial and local programs and services available for teens and young adults with developmental disabilities.

The government of Premier Doug Ford says its goals are to improve efficiency within the care system and reduce wait times. Few would argue with these objectives.

In a 2016 report called Nowhere to Turn, Ontario ombudsman Paul Dubé reported on his office’s investigation of more than 1,400 complaints from families of adults with developmental disabilities who have been abandoned, abused, unnecessarily hospitalized and jailed. The Liberal government of the day accepted the report’s recommendations and vowed to improve the system.

According to a report by TVO, as of March 2017, there were still 15,700 unfilled requests for adult residential spots and 13,500 for community services.

While endorsing the goal of improving access, advocates for children and adults with cognitive impairments fear the reality will be that funding for programs that are cut or altered will not be plowed back into a system already woefully strained and, as a result, some young people with developmental disabilities and their families will be thrust into crisis.

The government’s spring 2019 budget is expected to clarify the level of funding for all its programs. In the meantime, families are lobbying hard to protect the interests of their children.

Here is a rundown of programs and services currently available. Links to all are available with this story at www.inthehills.ca.

Special Services at Home (SSAH) This provincial funding program helps pay for special­ ized care in the home for children up to age 18, as well as for respite care for parents and other supports.

Funding is limited by a fixed annual budget, so once funds for a given year are allocated, other eligible app­ licants are placed on a wait list for the following year.

Ontario Autism Program This provincial program, started in 2017, provides money to families with children who have autism spectrum disorder to help pay for care and to connect to therapies and services. In early February, the Ford government announced changes, including increased funding for diagnoses. The goal was to clear a backlog of families waiting to be assessed. The funding model is also changing, with more money directed toward early interventions for younger children and reduced funds for supporting older kids and teens. In an exam­ ple provided by the government, a child entering the program at age two would be eligible to receive a total of up to $140,000 until age 18, while a child entering at age seven would receive a total of up to $55,000, the amount some families pay for a single year of intensive therapy. The new direct funding model will be based in part on financial means. Families with an annual household income of less than $250,000 will be eligible to receive some level of funding.

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Developmental Services Ontario This is the first stop for parents when a child with developmental disabilities turns 18. It is the provincial portal through which parents apply for the Passport program (see below). DSO also helps parents connect to community programs and services, such as the Community Living network (see below). The young adult must be professionally assessed and determined to have lived with the developmental disability before turning 18. For Dufferin, Peel and Wellington residents, the local office is DSO Central West Region.

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Community Living Dufferin, for instance, teams with Theatre Orangeville to offer Creative Partners on Stage. In Ontario, Community Living is funded mostly by the Ontario government, with additional financial support from regional governments, charities, donations and drop-in fees. Parents apply for Community Living placements via DSO (see above.)

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Since 2012, the Passport program has enabled families to apply for direct funding once their child with a developmental disability turns 18. This direct financial support is spent on day programs and other services in their communities. Last year, the Ontario Liberal government pledged to grant everyone who is eligible at least $5,000 and up to $40,000 annually to clear a backlog of people waiting for funding. The amount of funding received is based on whether applicants are in a precarious living situation, the behavioural supports available, their medical needs, the support they have at home and the medical, physical and mental condition of their caregivers.

Like the money available from SSAH, Passport funding is limited by a fixed annual budget, so eligible applicants are often placed on a wait list for the following year. Recent reports say 18,000 people are currently waiting – and parents say it can take months, and sometimes years, to receive payment. Once approved, they may have to wait again for an opening in an appropriate program. Families apply for Passport funding via Developmental Services Ontario (see above).

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Three Community Living groups serve Headwaters: Community Living Dufferin Brampton Caledon Community Living Community Living Guelph Wellington.

In late January, Community Living Ontario, a feder­ation of Community Living organizations, submitted a pre-budget recommendation to the provincial government in favour of consolidating SSAH and Passport into a “single direct funding program that puts an end to the often-needless assessment and re-assessment of people.” The aim is to eliminate the lag in funding and services after a person with developmental disabilities turns 18.

Gian and Mirian Sansalone at their Palgrave home with their son, Roberto, during his evening treadmill walk. Roberto attends Active Lives After School during the day.

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Joanna Goode, director of Facilitation Wellington Dufferin, suggests that many families will no longer be able to afford everything they need. So participants may be forced to cherry-pick among recreation programs such as Active Lives and services such as facilitation and therapy. Kim Van Ryn points out that the current minimum Passport funding of $5,000 finances only about one day a week in Active Lives – with nothing left for other services.

Still, the origin of Active Lives is one of grit and determination, and for now, the program remains on a solid footing. What’s more, the organization just received a ringing endorsement from the Ontario Brain Institute, a nonprofit research and advocacy group, in the form of a grant earmarked to help other groups tailor Active Lives programing to their needs.

Home away from home After the August art class is over at the Lord Dufferin Centre, Orangevillebased pals Monica, 22, and Jordan, 24, head to the kitchen to tackle the day’s dishes. Staff encourage participants to show initiative and take pride in their space – because it is their space, a place where they can be vulnerable and know they will be loved and supported. It’s also where they seek sanctuary after putting their best foot forward out in the world.

Although the setting isn’t perfect – being in the basement means no windows and there is no proper stove in the kitchen – it’s also symbolic of everything Active Lives does. They work with what they have and focus on

“I feel total peace when Roberto goes to Active Lives. It opens him up to new adventures and makes him more courageous.” their strengths. No stove? No problem.

Every year, for instance, participants find a way to prepare and deliver 1,020 bowls of soup to people in need at The Lighthouse soup kitchen in Orangeville.

And whatever its minor faults, the centre is a home away from home.

There’s a quiet room with low lighting, which can be calming for some people with autism, as well as a TV room for occasional video games and a weekly afternoon movie. The pale blue walls of the group room are enlivened with colourful artwork from Brooke’s classes, each piece a testament to why this population of young adults should not be underestimated.

Both print and pictorial calendars are also posted on the walls, so all participants can clearly see what’s on each day’s agenda. Several of the participants, such as 24-year-old Palgrave resident Roberto Sansalone, are non-verbal and rely on images to communicate their needs.

One family’s journey In 2015, Roberto’s parents, Mirian and Gian Sansalone, were among the parents looking for a day program that would suit his needs. Two of the four Sansalone children, Roberto and Dominic, 27, live with severe autism.

“Autism hurts,” says Mirian. “It hurts every day, every night. Weekends and holidays, it hurts. The pain is real and raw.”

But Mirian refuses to let that pain rule her family’s life, saying it has been “a sacred teacher guiding her to her true purpose and potential.” Part of this purpose was to take her family’s experiences and pour them into her 2017 memoir Purpose High: Living with Autism. In it, Mirian describes herself as old-fashioned: “I still believe that love will get me through the hardest of times. We may not understand everything, but we understand love.

Where science and medicine and poli­ tics and education end, love endures and empowers. Love never ends.”

In Mirian and Gian’s search for a program for Roberto, Mirian says they were satisfied with only two local programs. “In other programs, I didn’t see the order. I didn’t like the

environment. Some were in warehouse settings and I didn’t get a good feeling,” she says. Dominic was already happily settled in Brampton Caledon Community Living, but she wanted Roberto to have a few days a week in a separate program from his brother, to give each his own space.

That summer, Mirian was picking up Roberto from Teamworks Dufferin, an Orangeville day camp he had attended for a decade. Some of the parents told her they were creating something new. Mirian was thrilled.

She felt confident her son would feel comfortable with Active Lives: “I knew the people. Our kids practically grew up together.” Mirian and Gian applied for Passport funding, but because of the backlog, the couple had to pay out of pocket at first and nearly lost their house. They finally received funding two and a half years after applying.

Asked how she feels when her son is participating in Active Lives, Mirian says, “I feel total peace when he goes there. It opens him up to new adven­ tures and makes him more courageous.”

A caring culture For the monthly Active Lives dance party, led by effervescent local dance instructor Jenee Gowing at Orange­ ville’s Johanis’ Karate School, partici­ pants requested their favourite songs in advance. I watch as each song is played, and it’s easy to see whose jam it is. Kayla, 22, had chosen the Backstreet Boys and on cue, the Orangeville resident effortlessly jumps into pirouettes and slides on her knees across the floor as her friends cheer, “Kayla! Kayla!”

This kind of energy fuels the staff as much as it does participants.

“We are doing something radical by creating our own culture. We are unembarrassed, unafraid and unashamed of differences,” Kim says.

“We have a team of utterly fearless staff who are present and engaged. They do every activity with the participants – Zumba, banging on drums, planting gardens – everything.”

She’s not kidding. On a Monday last July, Kim, who has yoga teacher credentials, led a yoga session in

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Public high school The Ontario public school system offers a seven-year high school program called Planning for Independ­ ence. Once assessed, students can participate in both mainstream and specialized programs tailored to their needs and abilities. Upon graduation, students receive a Certificate of Accomplishment.

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In January 2015, the Ontario government began funding an independent facilitation demonstration project led by the Ontario Independent Facilitation Network. Since then, the network has helped 1,700 young people obtain jobs and volunteer positions, and make decisions affecting their lives. It is currently serving 1,321 clients, but as of April 1 this year, the province will end the $3.1-million annual funding for the pilot, and the plans of many OIFN clients may be in jeopardy. (On its website, the OIFN is gathering signatures for a petition urging the government to reverse its decision.)

Facilitation Wellington Dufferin, the group serving Headwaters, received about $255,000 in funding last year. As a result of the government announcement, they have laid off their staff of nine. Director Joanna Goode says 100 people in the area use the service, but the numbers are expected to shrink significantly when the program starts operating on a fee-for-service basis. “It’s a huge blow for families,” she says.

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This nonprofit Mono farm opened in 2016 and uses a United Kingdom-based therapeutic model that harnesses the power of nature to help children and adults with developmental disorders and other challenges increase their confidence, mobility, selfesteem and well-being. Day visits, camps, family counselling and therapy are offered.

Active Lives program director Kim Van Ryn works with participant Michael during their regular volunteer stint at the Orangeville Food Bank.

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the basement of the Orangeville library. The class includes deep breathing, gentle stretching and quite a few spontaneous, though always encouraged, interjections. Fergusbased Lindsay, 28, calls out “Moo!!!” during the classic cow pose and “Meow!!” during its foil, the cat pose.

An outpouring of laughter ensues.

After the class, Lindsay tells me what makes Active Lives so special to her. “Colin! He’s so funny!” Known for his compassion and humour, lead support staffer Colin Smits has earned Lindsay’s endorsement. If, as Kim explains, one of the goals of yoga is to calm the anxiety many of these young adults face, the sounds of laughter and all the heavy exhalations suggest that the mission was accomplished that day.

Deepening connections Another powerful mission under­ scoring Active Lives is its commitment to connect participants to the community via volunteerism. Kim has crafted a bold new layer of programming called Active Lives Active Giving, which matches the group with eight other nonprofits in the area, plus Lord Dufferin Centre.

“When we work as a community, we create opportunities for every person to reach their potential, be included and thrive,” says Kim, who has personally created a clothing line called The Essential Good, featuring participants’ artwork and potentially creating revenue for the program.

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“We are doing something radical by creating our own culture. We are un-embarrassed, unafraid and unashamed of differences.”

“We are in a crisis for volunteers in this community, and people with disabilities have tons to give,” Kim says. “They feel proud when they can say, ‘I volunteered today.’”

I joined the group on one of their twice-monthly visits the Orangeville Food Bank, where they stock and organize hundreds of bags of dry rice and other products onto shelves.

Staffer Colin beams as he watches them work. “It’s one of my biggest highlights. I’m so proud of my guys when they’re here!” he says. “It’s sometimes difficult for them to stay on task, but here, they are super driven to complete their work.”

At other volunteer jobs, the effects aren’t always as easy for them to see, Colin says. When they arrive at the food bank, the shelves are empty.

When they’re finished, the shelves are full. They see the results and know there are hungry people who will be grateful for that food.

At another event, a weekly trail maintenance outing to Island Lake, Credit Valley Conservation staff explain how to help clean up the Sugar Bush Trail and the team, toting gigantic garbage bags and brightblue-handled garbage pickers, works diligently for an hour. Jordan leads the pack, focused on clearing sticks, while 28-year-old Shaan-E-Abbas, also from Orangeville, quickly masters the finer points of the trash picker, getting every last bottle cap that is stuck in the mud.

This past year, Active Lives also partnered with Meals on Wheels, delivering hundreds of meals to seniors and people recovering from illnesses or with physical disabilities. The group volunteers at the Orangeville Library (52 hours so far), organizing DVDs and filing books. At their Lord Dufferin Centre home base, they have volunteered more than 100 hours, sweeping, shovelling walks, cleaning up flower beds and filling bird feeders.

Then there’s the work they do at Habitat for Humanity’s Orangeville ReStore (more than 50 hours), where they help move furniture and organize merchandise. At the therapeutic Fiddlehead Care Farm in Mono, they’ve maintained gardens and done farm chores.

Now, Active Lives is poised to inspire others to volunteer. The Ontario Brain Institute grant gives the organization $90,000 over two years to research and produce an Active Lives Active Giving toolkit that will be offered free of charge to other organizations.

That family feeling While their adult children are busy enjoying their days and making their marks, parents have the time to work, parent their other children, and take care of aging parents – also crucial reasons for programs like Active Lives.

“It gives them eight hours every day, so they can do what they need to,” says Kim. But, she explains, parents couldn’t step away unless they were absolutely confident that the support their children receive every day feels like an extended family.

This extended-family bond is especially meaningful during tough moments. This past year, one of Active Lives’ beloved participants, Scott Van Gerven, died at age 22. This was the first time the program had gone through such a loss. Kim and the staff held a celebration of Scott’s life. In her characteristically spiritual way, Kim wrote this tribute: “Thanks Scottie for letting us walk to the edge of the river with you.”

Kim’s sentiment is echoed in the final chapter of Mirian’s book, in which she channels the sensibilities of both her non-verbal adult sons and shares their voices: “If you are meeting us for the first time, look for the light in our eyes and the potential in our hands. When you hear our sounds, listen for the will of our spirits and the song in our hearts. As we labour together, recognize that we are the same as much as we are different.”

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Underground Arts Scene Orangeville Public Library’s Teen Advisory Group and Theatre Orangeville’s Youth Advisory Committee have joined forces to sponsor the Underground Arts Scene – an open mic event for teens ages 13–18.

Come out on April 6 at 2pm to cheer on our talented youth, or if you’re a teen interested in performing, register at orangevillelibrary.ca.

PAMA gets natural One of our fave places is hosting a playful drop-in activity on natural dyeing basics. On April 22 from 10am to 3pm, the whole family can learn how to make dyes from plants, food and other natural materials, and use flowers, food and leaves to create patterns with simple techniques. Cost is included with admission. www.pama.peelregion.ca

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t’s 6:30 on a Friday night in late winter, the sun has just gone down, and I’ve just dropped my son Adrian off at work. (Cue needle scratching across record and dramatic pause!) That’s right – work. He’s 14 and has his first job!

Every Friday night he works at the rental shop at Hockley Valley Resort for a three-hour shift. His responsibilities include cleaning the members’ area, greeting customers in the shop, receiving the rental ski and snowboard gear, and checking the safety of the gear before storing it away for the next day.

Late last year Adrian met with Dave Dingeldein, the ski director. Adrian has been skiing with Dave at the helm for a number of years, and Brian Donato before that. A half-hour interview behind closed doors was sealed with a handshake and a job offer. It’s been a good snowfall year and the rental shop has been busy on Friday nights.

It made me think back to my first job – there was haying on the farm and feeding animals, but that doesn’t really count. My first job with a paycheque was at 77 Broadway in Orangeville, in a paint and decor store. (Look up at the building and you’ll still see the funky 77 logo.) I learned how to mix paint according to the formula book – read formula, calibrate colours, select base and finish, add various shocking pigments.

Then place can on mixer and wait for magical finished product to appear. Keep mouth shut if the colour has no business being on any wall or piece of furniture, even if it was the ’80s and shock value in decorating was high.

My friend Kathryn had a job at the jewellers up Broadway. At lunch we would meet at Mr. Submarine and order three pizza subs, one each plus one to split.

Ah, the metabolism of youth. Kathryn would borrow glamourous rings from the store to wear out to lunch, describing to me their qualities, settings and stones.

Her hands were tanned and nails pearly perfection. I lamented my paint stains.

As a daily regular at Tim Horton’s when it was across from the Kar Bath on Townline, I eventually asked for a job. I was in for a shock that summer. Shifts started at 5:30 a.m., and because summer is the height of construction season, I would arrive to lineups of tradespeople out each door. The smell of yeast permeated the air. One particularly busy morning, one of the longtime counter staff barked at me, “If we had to wait for you to make coffee, we’d be here all day!” I bit my lip and looked up at my next customer. A burly giant of a man said, “Don’t worry, dear. I’ve got all day.” His sweetness surprised me. I held back tears and

decided that side of the food service counter wasn’t for me.

Later that afternoon, as I drank a coffee and waited for my ride home after quitting, the manager from the gas station across the way came in for his afternoon perk. We had gotten to know each other over my few shifts.

“Why aren’t you working?” he asked.

I told him my shift was over and I had quit. He offered me a job at the gas station. I said yes.

So for the rest of my high school years, I worked nights at Townline PetroCan. Orangeville was smaller then, and we had a big draw. Close to the Kar Bath, close to Barth’s Cleaners, across from Tim Horton’s … but the biggest draw? Drive Thru Smokes.

Yes, you read that right.

The little kiosk was a glass hut on a concrete pad. If it was -40 outside, it was -40 inside. I was thankful for the brown PetroCan coat that smelled like gas and seemed to be made of asbestos. I worked there night after night, from after school until close.

Sitting at the side window where you could drive up and place your order, I became known as The Drive Thru Smokes Girl. On weekends, closing time coincided with “last call,” and our cheap cigarettes meant there was always a rush of customers just as I was finishing up. Some nights I would be counting $5,000 in cash before running out into the inky night to take gas measurements from the tanks.

I was never robbed, but it felt dicey.

I was hassled to sell cigarettes after the till, safe and lights were shut for the night. Friends started showing up to make sure I was safe, and I’m sure my friend’s dad, who was the police chief at the time, had something to do with the Orangeville police officers who regularly parked nearby.

For years I kept that job. I bought my first used car with my pay. To keep my grades up, I did homework in the glass box at nights when it became quiet. I went to concerts, went to Wonderland and ate all the junk food I could with my earnings. I monitored the boys who showed up to baby their cars at the Kar Bath. I also paid for much of my university because of that job.

They were good years.

More than a decade later, I was visiting Orangeville and some tipsy guys were eyeing me at the bar. They looked vaguely familiar. I braced myself as one came toward me. With a big smile he said, “Hey, you’re the Drive Thru Smokes Girl!”

Bethany Lee is a freelance writer who lives in Orangeville.

Make it a day to celebrate: Caledon Day! Caledon Day is back for its 12th year as the town’s biggest and most fun, free, family-focused event. On June 15, starting at 1pm, join your neighbours in celebrating all things Caledon. Don’t miss the kids’ zone, vendor zone, new Caledon Public Library Tech Fair, food and beverage zone, main stage entertainment and fireworks. It goes on rain or shine at the Town Hall campus on Old Church Road. www.caledon.ca/caledonday

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Kids’ Camps in the Hills 2019 The dog days of summer are a long way off, but parents and caregivers know that now is the time to book the camps, day programs and adventures that keep youngsters busy and engaged over July and August.

Below are just a few solutions for kids once school’s out – we invite you to discover more than two dozen local camps by visiting our comprehensive online listings at inthehills.ca/kids-camps-in-headwaters.

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Our region’s rugged wilderness trails and manicured fields alike are fertile ground where sports camps sprout the minute the final June bell rings. Ride with Ryan Summer Camp is about more than mountain biking; participants also dive into bike maintenance, bike- and naturefocused arts and crafts, and trail education.

At the Hockley Hills School of Horsemanship kids pick up both English and Western styles along with trail riding, horsemanship and the ins and outs of equine behaviour. Mono’s Singing Waters Equestrian Centre focuses on helping children develop balance, coordination and self-esteem. Teen Ranch in Caledon started as a riding adventure hub, but has expanded over the years to offer a wide

range of sporty summer activities from figure skating and hockey in their wood-lined Ice Corral to dirt-splattered BMX biking and, new this summer, volleyball camp.

Kids tap into the joy of a good tennis rally at the Mono Tennis Club Summer Camp in Mono Centre or the Headwaters Racquet Club in Orangeville. Players of all skill levels continue their development in “the beautiful game” during the SSE 90 – 2019 Summer Soccer Camp in Caledon. And at the Athlete Institute Summer Basketball Academy Camp, hopeful hoopsters play on the same Mono hardwood that minted some of the National Basketball Association’s current stars including Thon Maker and Jamal Murray.

For kids who dream of getting paint and modelling clay under their fingernails, Shelburne’s Streams Community Hub is a draw. The Hub uses “art as the spark that lights the flame of imagination,” says Juli-Anne James, one of the charity’s directors. The crew at the Raise an Artist Project in Ballinafad offers four sessions: drawing and painting; crafts; photography and pottery; and film and animation.

Thespians in Grades 2 to 5 tread the boards during Theatre Orangeville’s Junior Stage Summer Edition, testing their mettle on scripted and unscripted work and improvisation. At Orange-

Here’s where to find the camps listed above – and more!

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Outside Interests ville’s Academy of Performing Arts, young dancers tumble and contort themselves into shape at a camp focused on acrobatic skills.

Just need to fill a day here and there? The single-day Coding and Golf Camp at the Shelburne Golf and Country Club is an intriguing blend of indoor and outdoor fun.

Kids develop a basic score card app in the morning to use while they’re out swinging clubs on the putting green after lunch.

Science lovers flock to the Orangeville edition of STEM Camp at Westminster Church, where science, technology, engineering, and math come alive via theme weeks inspired by pop culture, such as Star Wars and superheroes.

We all know Headwaters’ natural beauty offers experiences that can’t be beat by addictive handheld distraction devices, and summer is a great time to drive that message home. Orangeville’s Island Lake Eco Camp has set up shop every summer for the past 23 years at Island Lake Conservation Area, providing an “in-thewoods experience of an overnight camp,” in a day camp, says Karen Allin-Sol, who codirects the camp with her husband Greg. “Being on Island Lake, we are able to offer canoeing, mountain biking, and catch-and-release fishing, as well as pond studies and traditional camp activities like archery.”

The lake is the main attraction at the Island Lake Rowing Club Summer Camp too. The weeklong program offered by the club teaches boys and girls the fundamentals with two outings on the water in the morning and land-based activities in the afternoon.

At Hillsburgh’s Kids Inc camp, kiddos spend their days swimming and playing watersports in a saltwater pool and a pond.

On dry land they race around during games such as capture the flag, soccer and baseball on 30 acres of countryside.

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If you go into the woods today… you might just come home with dinner. Edible Wild Food’s master naturalist Karen Stephenson has foraged in local forests for ten years and has taught the pursuit to other people for five. She’s leading a forest hunt for edible and medicinal plants on June 8 starting at 10am for the Dufferin Simcoe Land Stewardship Network. The walk takes place in the Tottenham Tract of the Simcoe County Forest.

Plants such as broadleaf plantain, dandelion, chickweed, stinging nettle, violets and yellow dock top Karen’s spring and early summer wish list. “Not only are these easy to add to existing recipes, the nutritional levels are very high,” she says. “I love being a chemist in my kitchen, coming up with new flavoured vinegars, herbal salts and oils to use in a variety of ways.”

She’s as keen on educating others as she is on botany. “Many people are simply stunned by the concept of free, nutritionally potent food found in the forest. People are realizing the ‘food-like substances’ in stores are the root cause of many illnesses and they are seeking nutritious foods they can trust. Foraging is one way to ensure what you’re eating is healthy.”

Karen’s foraged finds also make their way into her medicine cabinet. Skin salves made with plantain and chickweed can relieve itchy skin and irritation due to stings and bites, for instance.

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They look like Easter eggs, but that’s not dye on these pastel shells – the colour is natural pigment produced by rare-breed chickens. Not only would these heritage eggs make a delightful (and tasty) Easter centrepiece, buying them helps farmers protect the genetic diversity of their flocks.

Mandy Resendes and Geoffrey Lawrence have been raising the Araucana and Ameraucana breeds, known for their blue eggs, and other mixes of hens for three and a half years at Twisted Cedars Farms in Mono. “Our hens are local and loved,” Mandy says. Email them for availability and directions at myfresheggstcf@gmail.com.

Also in Mono, the Curry family sells their rainbow beauties (as well as regular eggs) from a cooler at the end of their Providence Meadows driveway on Mono Centre Road. Call ahead at 519942-9505 to check availability.

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Caramel Café is Bolton’s newest dessert and coffee house, located on Parr Boulevard. Consider dropping in for the most popular item on the menu, the Classic. Owner Ali Abdolrazzak calls the enormous confection “the best of everything,” with vanilla ice cream, strawberries, chocolate pearls, whipped cream and Belgian chocolate sauce piled high on either a crêpe ($13.50) or waffle ($14.50) made from scratch. The dessert is meant to induce “a craving to come back for more,” says Ali. We think he’s succeeded.  www.caramelcafe.ca

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Creamy, zingy butter chicken – we’re spoiled for choice when it comes to this cozy Indian staple. In Orangeville, head to the venerable Coriander Kitchen or Foal Village Pub on Broadway, or to the newly opened Curry Mantra in the west end of town. To the south, Indian Sizzler on Kennedy Road in Caledon has you covered. And to the north, butter chicken is standard fare in the pub at Mono Cliffs Inn. Or plan ahead for the times when you’re in homebody mode and stock up on Rosemont General Store’s mouth-watering frozen version.  Details: coriander-kitchen.com, thefoal.ca, currymantra.ca, theindiansizzler.com, monocliffsinn.ca, rgstore.ca

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In a rut with meal planning? Shelly Witzke’s Inside Your Cupboards workshops in Palgrave can save you from the dinner blahs.

On the evening of Friday April 12, learn three weeknight dinner ideas that take 30 minutes or less to make at home, along with efficient prep habits and chef skills. The next morning (Saturday), check out her recurring bread baking series with the Artisan Bread, Cheeseburger Pizza and Caramel Sticky Buns workshop. At a time when carbs can seem taboo, Shelly calmly puts the coffee on and shares her love of the scent and texture of fresh, homemade dough. “We make friends and influence people when we serve these breads, and our families remember them forever,” she says.

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Take a Taste Bud Trip The second annual Shelburne Multicultural Day is happening at Centre Dufferin District High School on May 4 from noon to 4pm.

In addition to eye-opening activities such as First Nations drumming and Caribbean folk poetry, there will be a wide range of nibbles.

Last year visitors sampled jerk chicken, fried plantain, samosas, candied bacon and a deep-fried Guyanese snack called pholourie.

Contact organizer Althea Casamento at altheacasamento@gmail.com to contribute and visit Shelburne Multicultural Day on Facebook for updates.

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“Through exposure to chemicals, pollutants and antibiotics, our bodies become depleted of necessary good bacteria and yeast,” says co-owner Shawna McFadyen.

“Our products replenish these substances and taste great too.”

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Vegan Life How plant-based eating has taken root in Headwaters

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hen a stack of three fluffy, golden-brown pancakes arrives at the table at Deja Vu Diner with a heavenly waft of vanilla, it announces itself as a decadent breakfast treat.

But these pancakes also happen to be entirely vegan, made without eggs or milk. And thanks to a spike in plant-based eating, they’re selling like, well, hotcakes.

While this old-school diner in Orangeville’s west end still serves plenty of sausages, steak and bacon strips at breakfast, owner Jennifer Betz knows firsthand how challenging it can be for a group to dine out when someone is skipping animal products. She wanted to make it easier for them.

“My daughter is a vegan, and it was often hard for restaurants to accommodate her in the past,” Jennifer says of Hannah, 18. “Sometimes our only options were to leave or for her not to eat.”

So when Jennifer took over the diner, she wanted to have at least one vegan item on the menu.

Water and vegetable oil replace the usual milk and eggs in her pancake recipe, along with real vanilla for a touch of richness. Beyond maple syrup, the optional vegan pancake toppings include non-dairy chocolate chips and home­ made strawberry or blueberry topping – essen­ tially vegan jam made without gelatin (which is derived from animal collagen). Jennifer offers soy milk to add to hot beverages and has recently starting selling the Beyond Burger – a choice she says makes her daughter extremely excited.

If the Beyond Burger sounds familiar, it’s because even fast food chain A&W has added it to its menu. The patty is made by California company Beyond Meat with pea protein isolate, coconut oil and beets (for colour) to meet the growing demand for great tasting vegan fare.

A recent Dalhousie University study found the number of vegetarians in Canada has risen to 2.3 million from 900,000 15 years ago. There are also 850,000 vegans – who in addition to avoiding meat also eschew dairy, eggs and honey (they may also avoid leather and other animal products in their wardrobes and homes).

Together, the number of vegetarians and vegans accounts for close to 10 per cent of the population – even in rural communities such as Headwaters, where cattle, dairy and poultry farms dot the landscape.

Sharah Mooy and her daughter Elia, 3, prep a plant-based dinner at their home in East Garafraxa. Sharah, who is studying to become a holistic nutritionist, shares vegan recipes and restaurant tips on her Instagram feed.

Many of the topics author Frances Moore Lappé explored in her classic 1971 book Diet for a Small Planet remain relevant, including the negative impact of meat production on the environment and the possible benefits to both the environment and world hunger if we gave up meat. Recent studies reveal more than 80 per cent of the world’s farmland is used for livestock, which provides just 18 per cent of global food calories and 37 per cent of its protein. And scientists say even the most sustainable meat and dairy farms still do greater environmental damage than any plant production.

More recently the health benefits of plantbased eating, including a lower risk of heart disease and stroke, have boosted the practice.

What was once considered counterculture or hippie is now embraced as “clean eating” by everyone from Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks to movie stars. Our era’s veggie guru is author Michael Pollan. In his 2008 book In Defense of Food, he refined some of Lappé’s ideas into a new mantra: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”

The authors of the new Canada’s Food Guide, released by Health Canada in February, are likewise urging Canadians to fill up half their diet – illustrated by a dinner plate graphic – with vegetables and fruit. They also ditched the word meat as a category header, in favour of “protein foods,” promoting nuts, legumes and tofu alongside beef, chicken and meat products. continued on next page IN

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Add a few plant-based bites to your plate with these local options.

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Viki’s Vegan Takeaway | Mulmur Viki Reynolds of Mulmur’s Not So Hollow native plant farm offers vegan, gluten-free dishes such as cassoulet, spanakopita and masala dosa, along with desserts and salads. She opens for the season May 4. notsohollowfarm.ca/vikis-vegan-takeaway

Thick, fluffy vegan pancakes with fruit compote hold their own at Deja Vu Diner in Orangeville. right Ali Bisram nuzzles one of the rescued

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Orangeville yoga studio owners Jason Maraschiello and Laurin Wolf are dedicated vegans who amplify their choices over social media. The couple started the Orangeville and area vegan Facebook group almost three years ago. They had been part of a similar group in Guelph and wanted something comparable after they moved to Erin. “Starting this online group was a way to cultivate awareness of vegan options in our expanding community,” Jason says, adding he’d even love to see “vegan ribs” offered at local Ribfests alongside the main attraction one day.

The group hosts occasional vegan potlucks and has become best known among vegans and the vegan-curious for sharing recipes, vegan ingredient finds and tips on vegan-friendly local menus (favourites include Orangeville’s Pia’s on Broadway, RJ’s Taste of Asia and Euphoria, and Mono’s Mrs. D Jerk Roti).

Sharah Mooy from East Garafraxa is another convert who brings followers into her kitchen through social media. In response to interest from friends and family, Sharah started the Instagram page @sharing.wellness a little over a year ago after four years of practising vegetarianism and two years eating a plantbased diet. (She, like many others, leans towards the “plant-based” label rather than “vegan” which is considered more stringent.) She routinely uploads recipes, reviews of restaurant meals – she’s a big fan of the veggie burger at Orangeville’s Forage restaurant – and insider discoveries such as the best alternatives to popular kids’ snacks. (Her pro tip: Try the vegan cream “cheeze” from Humble Seedz.)

The reasoning behind Sharah’s choice covers all the bases: animal rights, the environment and her family’s health. The move to veganism had such an impact on the mother of two that she changed career streams from finance to studying holistic nutrition. However, she realizes not everyone shares her zeal. “What I choose isn’t for everyone – what works for one doesn’t for all,” she admits. “I also talk about balance, and starting to make a change by slowly cutting out animal products.”

The Meatless Mondays trend is an easy place to start, she says. Trying dairy-free alternatives to see how they sit with your family’s tummies and consciences is another. Sampling vegan baked goods or prepared frozen meals is a simple way to test the waters.

Like Sharah, Mono resident Liz Glenday also opts for “plant-based” to describe her diet. “I don’t call myself a vegan,” says Liz. A fitness instructor who makes handmade items under her BusyLizzy Fitness label, she says she’s been making the shift gradually over 30 years. “I’m thrilled I’m decreasing my impact on animals, but as I eat the occasional egg – for example, in a baked good offered in someone’s home – I’m not a true vegan. But I am comfortable with my choices, the majority of which are vegan.”

Liz cooks a lot at home, but she and her family don’t find dining out a challenge. “Servers get to know me at our favourite restaurants,” she says. “They tell me if there are animal products in a dish, or offer to make my half of a shared appetizer vegan – it’s really considerate.”

Others have tapped into an aspect of veganism that could only happen in the country – rescuing animals from the food supply chain. Ali and Faith Bisram run the Green Living Organic Farm Sanctuary in East Garafraxa. Faith’s turn to veganism came about 18 months after Ali’s, all because of a visit to an animal sanctuary before they owned one. “I remember the first time Faith held a chicken, and then we stopped for dinner

on our way home and she couldn’t order the chicken because it wasn’t just a meal anymore – it was Rita,” says Ali. The couple cares for 30 rescue animals, a modest number in the sanctuary world. “We are limiting our intakes to better focus on the needs of our senior and special needs residents,” says Ali. The pair hosted an informal “Veg Fest” at the farm with vendors and members of the Orange­ ville-area vegan Facebook group two summers ago. Growing and selling organic produce helps offset costs, and their future dreams include offering horticultural therapy. For now they still hold day jobs in municipal government, but they welcome weekend visitors and volunteers, and they are planning a 20th birthday party in May for Cocoa, one of their beloved cows – complete with vegan cake, no doubt.

Headwaters may not yet have a critical mass of entirely vegan restaurants or shops, but it is already home to a dedicated community of people pursuing their beliefs with passion – which is a powerful place to start. As Sharah puts it, “For me, it comes down to being passionate in a constructive way. You can’t control the outcome of everything, but you do control what you eat.”

Janice Quirt is a freelance writer who lives in Orangeville.

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here are sports you just know are going to have an interesting story. And lawn bowling is one of them. Whereas I assumed the game had originated in England, I learned that archeologists in Egypt have uncovered “biased” – unevenly weighted – bowls thought to be 7,000 years old. Small wonder the game’s origins, according to one website, are “hidden in the haze of antiquity.”

Historians believe the game of bowls wended its way from Egypt to Greece and Rome and then to Europe and Britain. Known as a nation of curlers, Scotland is considered the home of modern lawn bowling, which might be expected, as the game is commonly referred to as summertime curling. It is surprising, though, that Canada isn’t also a lawn-bowling powerhouse, given that we have many talented men – and women – with brooms. Whereas this country has about 270 lawn-bowling clubs nationwide (some 90 of them in Ontario), there are more than 200 public bowling greens in Glasgow alone.

Playing outdoors on a flat surface called a “green,” which is divided into long, narrow “rinks,” competitors try to get as many bowls (the weighted balls of various sizes) as close as possible to the “jack” (a smaller white ball). In this way the game is a lot like curling.

Before trying my hand at the game brought to Canada by the British in the 1700s, I watched a regular Friday morning league match at the Monora Lawn Bowling Club, located in Monora Park just outside Orangeville. I’d expected the experience to remind me of the hushed silence and white attire associated with tennis at Wimbledon. Instead, the 17 players who showed up on a sunny morning last September wore casual, comfortable clothing, and laughed and joked as they divided themselves into teams and began “delivering” their bowls on Monora’s artificial turf. “Oh, we don’t get real sticky about the rules,” explained club treasurer Lynne Sparks, who had arranged for me to give the game a try.

Originally made of stone, bowls are now formed of hard plastic.

A set includes four bowls of equal size and weight, and players can choose a set that suits them best. The smallest bowls, for example, are often easier to handle for women and many of the seniors who make up most of the players at Monora – and elsewhere.

The bowls themselves are beautiful things. Appearing to be made of wood rather than plastic, each set has a unique design and feel.

Players supply – and not surprisingly become attached to – their own sets.

The bias of the bowls is one of a number of features that make lawn bowling different from not only curling, but also the Italian bocce and the French boules or pétanque. On each side of a bowl is a coloured circle, one larger than the other. When a bowl is delivered, it curls toward the smaller circle. How much it curls depends on the bowl’s size and weight, how hard it’s delivered, and the nature of the green. An advantage of heavier bowls is that they make it easier to knock competing bowls away from the jack. Bowls are delivered in a manner similar to the way a bowling ball is released – somewhere between the toss of boules or bocce and the low release of curling.

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For more about lawn bowling Logic suggests there might be a green in the tiny Amaranth hamlet of Bowling Green, but no, there is no bowling green in Bowling Green (apparently named after a “pretty place” in the United States). The Monora Lawn Bowling Club is the sole green in Headwaters, though there are clubs in nearby Brampton, Dundalk and Arthur. For locations, see the Ontario Lawn Bowls Association at olba.ca.

At Monora, two daytime and a pair of nighttime leagues provide opportunities to play singles or on a team of two or three. Men and women often make up mixed teams, but they also compete separately.

After a match, members tend to congregate in the clubhouse for snacks and a visit.

The club hosts its annual open house on Saturday, May 11, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come out and give the game a try. You can use the club’s bowls and enjoy refreshments.

For more information, call Brian Sparks, 519-943-1076.

told me she’d been playing for 34 years. Clad in a T-shirt, pedal pushers and sandals, she was as agile as most 20-year-olds. “It keeps you active,” she told me after the game. Her partner Dorothy Naylor, a 50-year club member, made the provincial finals in Ottawa in 1976. “We won more matches than we lost,” she said.

Like Dorothy, Canada’s international lawn bowling teams have won more matches than they’ve lost, but Canadian teams have never taken gold at a world championship or the Commonwealth Games. That may be about to change.

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Team Canada posted its best showing yet, grabbing silver in the men’s singles event and, with fourth-place finishes, coming agonizingly close to medals in

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men’s threes and all the women’s events (singles, pairs, threes and fours).

Back in Monora Park, I was demonstrating my very non-goldmedal technique. Lynne’s husband, Brian, the club president, acted as skip, standing in the place where he wanted me to aim my bowl so it would roll toward the jack. Sometimes I’d get the direction right but deliver my bowl with too much “enthusiasm,” so that it rolled past the jack into the “ditch” and out of play. Other times I’d release the bowl and Lynne would coach me: “Oh, you’re too light,” as the bowl stopped short of the jack, or “You didn’t follow through.” Fortunately, I improved quickly as I became familiar with the way the bowls are weighted.

Similarly, Chandler Eves, who at 35 is one of the club’s youngest bowlers, said he picked up the game fairly quickly.

Chandler is out on the green two evenings a week during the summer bowling season. He competed in his inaugural tournament the first year he played.

That was an experience for him because, unlike in league play, competitors take the rules seriously. Chandler recom­ mends the sport to anyone. “It’s less expensive and takes less time than golf – and it’s more fun,” he said.

The fun factor may account for why lawn bowling was banned in both France and England in the early 1300s.

When the citizenry of both countries began to abandon archery for bowling, their monarchs shut the game down because they needed skilled archers to protect their domains.

Fun is Lynne’s main reason for play­ ing. It’s wonderful exercise, she said, and social as well. “And you don’t have to be a great athlete to have a good time.”

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By the time many of us reach our senior years, the idea of marching two by two – the culture of coupledom – is often just a receding memory. The death of a spouse, the dissolution of a relationship, or perhaps a conscious choice to live a solitary life means liv­ ing alone is a reality for many seniors.

The most recent census revealed that about 1.5 million of us, or roughly 26 per cent of people aged 65 and older, live on our own. For women, who out­ number men, the figure is even higher: fully a third of senior women live alone – and for women aged 80 and older, the figure shoots up to nearly half.

Ten years ago this coming August, Kathryn MacDuffee suddenly lost her husband of nearly 50 years. “While there was a sea change in my life after Dick’s death, I realized that it was a good time to stop and assess what was important to me,” said the 83-year-old.

“I tried to look at it as a new beginning,

After her husband’s death, Kathryn MacDuffee determined to make the best of the new phase in her life. Hiking expeditions with friends included a trip to the Grand Canyon in 2015.

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Born just before the Great Depression, Alice spent her teen years at Forks of the Credit, where her father worked for the railway. By the age of 16, she was working at Victory Aircraft in Malton, helping to build Lancaster bombers for the war effort. On turning 18, she signed up with the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service, who were, like their British counterparts, dubbed “Wrens.” Serving across Canada as a messenger, Alice was still too young to 96

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qualify for overseas deployment when the war ended.

Back home after the war, she attended business college and reconnected with Norm McMahon, who had grown up in Brimstone and had spent the entire war posted overseas with the Royal Canadian Regiment.

The couple produced six children and built their own home at Forks of the Credit. Through the busy child-rearing years, Alice also worked outside the home in administrative jobs and driving a school bus.

All the McMahon children eventually went on to university.

After Norm retired, he and Alice retraced his unit’s difficult wartime advance through Sicily and Italy. The highlight was the visit to Rimini, where Norm had

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and I knew that it was up to me to make the most of this new phase.”

For Kathryn, the most wrenching decision was to sell the large Caledon property where she and Dick had built the home in which they raised their four children. And though she leaned heavily on family and friends for the first few years, she was determined not to be defined solely as “Dick’s widow.”

She learned to let go of things that had been part of her identity during her married life.

Moving into Palgrave, the former teacher and journalist, who still blogs occasionally on themes that inspire her, made the adjustment to village living. She also stepped up her community involvement, and continues her hiking and biking expeditions. Most winters are spent on Cortes Island, just off the British Columbia mainland, where she can be close to both her daughters, who have settled in the area.

Kathryn also makes an effort to spend a couple of days a month in Toronto, keeping up with the theatre scene and what’s going on at the Art Gallery of Ontario. To supplement

UNIQUE IN EVERY WAY! her voracious reading habit, she has discovered the massive scope of podcasts, which help to satisfy her self-confessed “gluttony for new experiences.”

“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t look back with longings and remembrances, but I have learned to cherish the present moment, every single day,” she said. “So I am grateful and thriving with this phase of my life.”

Many of my group of married friends say if they were to find themselves on their own, either through choice or circumstance, it’s “never again.”

They know they are quite capable of managing on their own – and some secretly long for more alone time.

Others say they would give dating apps a try, with a view to seeking an occasional companion for dinner and a movie, a plus-one as company at a social obligation, or perhaps a travelling companion.

A newly single life requires adjust­ ments, but facing these with courage and enthusiasm – and viewing the differences as a new beginning rather than longing for what was – can make all the difference.

And if we’re fortunate, our circle of friends can help with the little things. The old “boy-girl” seating arrangement around the dinner table loses its importance, last-minute dinner invitations are a delight, and girls’ or boys’ nights out become a lifeline. Joining a service club, reactivating a former interest in playing poker or bridge, or perhaps developing a spiritual practice can all help to refocus a newly single life.

There are times when being single can feel like a waste of emotional resources – where is the other voice when you want to discuss the news or latest podcast, or to share a marvellous turn of phrase from a current book?

But not having to review every decision with someone else can be liberating.

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BY TRALEE PEARCE

above Crisp and white, Compass House, designed by Toronto architecture firm Superkül, sits on a 200-acre property in the hills of Mulmur. above right In the summer, two folding 20-foot windows open up on either side of the living and dining area. The dining area is on the north side of the building. right A view from the home’s main

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uilding a dream getaway north of Terra Nova has been an undeniable rush for the owners of Compass House, an artful all-white structure that looks as though it were dropped onto a field by a divine being. The husband even calls it a “miracle.”

And with that miracle came boasting rights familiar to many Mulmurites – surviving winter in the township’s high hills.

“What is rain at the pub in Terra

Nova is freezing rain at our place,” says the Toronto banker, adding their city friends have no idea how severe the snow can get. “It’s always surprising to me how high up we are. It’s a more wild place than anyone really knows.”

Nevertheless, it was winter – or ski sea­ son – that first drew them to the area.

The husband had spent time in the Creemore area because his parents had a property nearby, so after the couple and their four children moved back to Canada from England, they hunted

for a similar spot close to local ski hills. They fell in love with the rolling 200-acre property, with its views, fields and stands of hardwood forest that included a birch grove. When they bought it in late 2010, they envisioned building a version of the narrow long barns they’d stayed in on holidays in the English countryside – rather than the boxy bank barn style common in Headwaters. They tapped Meg Graham and Andre D’Elia, principals of Toronto architecture firm Superkül,

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The white house may blend into the massive snowdrifts in winter, but in other seasons it’s a gleaming contrast to the golden fields and verdant woods that surround it. “There was an agricultural vernacular to the house,” says Meg. “Then we tweaked it.”

In one spot the ridge of the roof rises skyward a few feet, adding an intriguing asymmetry to the shape of the house. Inside, that bump allows

for a ceiling that reaches 20 feet above the an open area comprising the kitchen, dining and living areas.

Skylights hugging the roofline bathe the space in beams of light that shift throughout the day. The horizon between the knotty cedar walls and all-white ceilings is meant to mimic the relationship of land and sky outside.

At either end, the ceiling dips and exterior walls pinch inward to hug sleeping quarters. Mom and dad are in continued on next page

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above A view from the outdoor living area, with its angular hot tub and outdoor fireplace, north toward the main indoor living space. left The home’s main living area

features a sleek fireplace, soaring white ceilings and skylights that create intriguing shadows throughout the day. top right Knotty cedar walls and ceilings frame the walk from the master bedroom into the dining area. bottom right The low-profile dining

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a master bedroom at one end with the kids’ rooms at the other. The decor in the 4,300-square-foot space is fittingly minimalist, with low-profile seating and Scandi-chic pieces such as Hans Wegner dining chairs.

A perpendicular wing running north-south on the east end of the building contains a plywood-walled rec room and helps create an outdoor courtyard with a pool and eating area.

This space has lured the family to

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spend far more time at the house than originally planned. Summers have been a revelation, the husband says.

“The lifestyle is a little easier, and the sky and clouds are so interesting then.

It’s an amazing ever-changing canvas up there. The winter is stunning, but it’s hard going.”

Summer is also the time to admire one of the home’s best outdoor features, the low dry stone wall at the front of the house made with rock from the property by well-known

Grand Valley mason Eric Landman. (“He’s unbelievable,” says Meg. “He’s such a nice man too. What a treat.”)

The wall defines the edges of a plinth created for the house.

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triangle-shaped window looking out to the sky, the small secondfloor study gives the impression of being in the clouds.

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by referencing their time in England.

Then he and his wife wanted the project to adhere to an ethical compass around sustainability. The third play on the theme is that the house pivots by season and acts as two houses in one. In winter the family spends time moving between the kitchen in the east and the fireplace in the west. In the summer the action rotates to a northsouth axis as the 20-foot-wide folding windows flanking the main space are

opened and the family moves to and from the courtyard on the south side.

“If the house was a dial of a compass, it spins by season,” the husband says.

On the sustainability front, the project attained LEED Gold status for its green building materials, geothermal heating system and other environmental best practices.

“Sustainability is a big topic in our family, but not everything we do is perfectly aligned to that at this stage of our lives,” the husband says. “I travel a

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At the cost per square foot, they could have built a much bigger place, he says. “The whole exercise has made me so much more conscious of having it the right size versus huge size.”

That’s Superkül’s modus operandi too.

While Meg admits every home needs

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Superkül used durable, long-lasting materials such as a steel roof, painted cement board exterior and anodized steel windows. Inside, choices such as knotty cedar boards for interior walls made sense to camouflage the marks and dings that were inevitable with their then-young children. (The kids now range from 10 to 17.) One continued on next page

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supervisor didn’t believe their choice of wall boards. “He said, ‘I’m not going to put them up because you’re going to want to rip them down when you see them. You’re going to want clear cedar,’” Meg recalls. She went to a lumber store, bought a plank riddled with knots and took it to him as a template, after which he agreed to proceed. “The kids were going to be playing mini sticks hockey in those halls,” she says.

Meanwhile, Meg and Andre have become so adept at imagining life in Mulmur – they’ve worked on seven projects in the area – they recently purchased a 100-acre property of

their own to build on one day. If Meg wasn’t so friendly, you might accuse her of trying to bend the Mulmur aesthetic entirely to her will. (“Don’t tell anybody!” she jokes.) “We’d go up there for work and come back to the city and say, ‘We feel so good. We got our tree therapy for the week,’” she says.

At Compass House, the husband says his excellent Mulmur adventure has played out better than he thought possible. “It’s been a miracle. It’s so interesting to go from an idea to a drawing to a space that actually achieves what you hoped it would, which is peace and togetherness, and some sense of nature and your role in the world.”

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LUXURY RESIDENCE ON 10 ACRES Features mature forest, walking trails and spring pond. Main floor in-law/nanny suite. Country style features enhance this special offering. Private landscaped patio, large 3-car heated garage with attached storage areas. Small enclosed run-in area for horses. Only 10 minutes to Hwy 400 or 45 minutes to Toronto Pearson Airport. $1,795,000

CUSTOM ESTATE ON 25 ACRES Architecturally designed luxury residence on 25 treed acres in New Tecumseth. Magnificent south facing views and walking trails. Fantastic retreat or residence. Lounge around the pool, enjoy the open concept great room with stone fireplace or south facing solarium for passive solar living. $1,495,000

MASTERPIECE EQUESTRIAN PROPERTY Distinctive 5400 sq ft home, amazing views, gardens, pool, 11-stall barn, indoor, paddocks, sand and grass rings, 46.38 acres across from Dufferin forest. $2,495,000

PRIVATE RESORT BLUE MOUNTAINS "Grey Stone" 7624 sq ft, luxuriously handcrafted.

Indoor pool & hot tub, 73 acres of Escarpment, mins to Osler Bluff & skiing, Pretty River Park, Alpine Equestrian, snowmobiling, golf & hiking.

Access to world-class amenities. $3,475,000

HOCKLEY VALLEY SCHOOLHOUSE Circa 1903! Renovated and overlooking the Nottawasaga River. Open concept, 3 bedrooms, floor-to-ceiling stone gas fireplace, spiral staircase to loft bedroom, updated kitchen, 2-car detached garage. Walk to Hockley Valley Resort, Adamo Estate Winery, Bruce Hiking Trail and only 15 minutes to A Taste Of Freedom fine dining. Great Airbnb opportunity! $649,000

PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP! Almost 3200 sq ft of tastefully decorated space on large 80x160 ft lot in growing Tottenham.

Chef's kitchen with butler pantry. 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, large master suite with 2 walk-ins and beautiful 5-piece ensuite. $1,089,000

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY! Historical Caswell Resort in the north! 2.2 acres located on beautiful Lake Bernard in sunny Sundridge! Spectacular sand beach. Next door to municipal boat launch & concrete pier. Huge snowmobile & summer tourist traffic. $1,995,000

PRIVATE 100-ACRE HOBBY FARM Amazing location for horses with hacking, hiking, biking, skiing. Stylish Dutch Colonial home. Over 3039 sq ft of living space, stone fp, gorgeous views. Pool, barn, pond and maple bush. Ideal Bed & Breakfast. $1,790,000

REGISTERED RUNWAY ON 47 ACS Between Barrie and Toronto. Includes 2 more shorter runways, 50'x80' hanger with large office area, Quonset hut, studio, inground pool. Large farmhouse for extended families or income purposes. Many permitted uses. $1,395,000

ARCHITECTURALLY INTRIGUING 10 acres near Tottenham! A winding driveway takes you to this unique custom-built home.

Spring-fed pond, apple trees & many country vistas. Golf at nearby Woodington Lake. Ideal retreat less than 1 hour from GTA! $1,295,000

COUNTRY RETREAT ON 100 ACS Bring the horses! Enjoy nature in AdjalaTosorontio. Mixed bush, gardens and the Boyne River meandering through. Solid brick home with 10-stall horse barn, drive shed/ workshop and 8 paddocks. $1,100,000

HOBBY FARM CLOSE TO BEACH 52+ acres in Brockton! Move in & enjoy this completely renovated custom stone bungalow.

5 bdrms, inground salt water pool. Less than 1/2 hr to beaches on Lake Huron & Kincardine.

Too many upgrades to list! $995,000

PREMIER EQUESTRIAN FACILITY 98.82 acres. Indoor riding arena, six outdoor sand show jumping and dressage rings, cross-country course, 23-stall barn, 6 grass paddocks, hacking. New 3-bay shop, updated Century home. $2,400,000

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Rob McDonough SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Chay Realty Brokerage

See Virtual Tours at www.RobMcDonough.ca

Rob@RobMcDonough.ca www.RobMcDonough.ca 416-294-3157 905-936-3500

TOTTENHAM INVESTMENT LAND 173 acres abutting employment lands with natural gas, sewer, and water connections at the road. $10,000,000

PRE-COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL 145 acres situated amongst developer owned lands. 1 lot south of draft approved commercial/industrial zoning. $6,000,000

DEVELOPERS/INVESTORS This 93 acre land abuts draft approved commercial/industrial lands in Alliston. $6,000,000

PRE-DEVELOPMENT LAND 108 acres presently workable farmland surrounded by housing developer owned lands. $4,500,000

ATTENTION DEVELOPERS/FARMERS Take note of the close proximity of Briar Hill development district to this 96 acre corner lot. $4,500,000

TOTTENHAM INVESTMENT 105 acres close to new developments. Has large sections of workable land, bush and stream. $4,000,000

CUSTOM-BUILT MANSION 7000 sq ft of opulence on 50 acres. Ideal for extended family. Horse farm or private estate. $3,149,000

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME 62 acres of vacant land located between the growing towns of Beeton and Tottenham. $2,400,000

INVESTMENT PROPERTY 50 acres plus a house, barn and pond located close to new housing developments in south Tottenham. $2,000,000

POTATO FARM LAND 93 acres partially tiled with an irrigation permit close to Alliston in the heart of the growth area between Beeton and Alliston. $1,995,000

ALLISTON EQUESTRIAN FARM Quiet private enjoyment awaits on this 26 acre parcel of paradise with Century home. $1,500,000

DEVELOPERS/ INVESTORS 100 acre Cookstown property sitting high up with views to the south for miles with workable land, trees and pond. $1,495,000

CENTURY HOME Mulmur, overlooking a stream-fed pond, this once B&B sprawling Century home has a full kennel, shop and guest house. $1,149,000

LORETTO LAND/BUILDING 100 acres, the Nottawasga River runs thru allowing for severance into 2 parcels, 65 and 35 acres. $1,195,000

GREAT INVESTMENT 10 ACRES Alliston, 3+3 bedroom bungalow with full lower level basement apartment. $1,095,000

HOME AND BUSINESS IN ONE An updated country property ideally located between Alliston and Tottenham, for a home and business. $829,000

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME 50 acres of beautiful country property.

Re-build or tear down the existing house to build in the area of Hockley Valley. $799,000

HILLTOP VIEWS Alliston Century home. Reno’d 3 bdrm, o/c kit/ din/great rm. Oversize, heated 2-car grg/shop.

Ideal for young family or downsizers. $599,000

EXCEPTIONAL LOT 38 private treed acres complimented by a meandering Innisfil Creek. Minutes to all amenities of Cooktown/Alliston. $299,000

HARDWOOD BUSH LOT On 9.59 acres currently on road allowance, and within the jurisdiction of the NVCA Conservation. $149,000

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2+ ACRES, INGLEWOOD Custom-built home, 3500 sq ft. Open concept, 1000 ft on Credit River. Inground pool and cabana. $2,400,000

2+ ACRES, CEDAR DRIVE 2000+ sq ft, finished basement with walkout. 2 large ponds, custom kitchen, inground pool. $1,799,000

.95 ACRE, BELFOUNTAIN 3000 sq ft, all brick home with 4+2 bedrooms. Custom kitchen, 4-car garage with loft and basement. $1,679,000

19+ ACRES, BELFOUNTAIN 3000 sq ft hardy board siding. Custom kitchen, 2 ponds and stream. Horse farm, 4 stalls. $1,649,000

2 ACRES, BELFOUNTAIN Colonial style on prestigious road. 4 bedrooms, bathrooms renovated, open concept living room/kitchen, granite. $1,599,000

3 ACRES, PALGRAVE 3+2 bdrms, open concept living room/kitchen, custom cabinetry.

3-stall barn, paddocks. Backs onto Caledon Trail. $1,097,000

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RCR Realty, Brokerage

519.217.4884

INDEPENDENTLY OWNED & OPERATED

143 Mill Street, Creemore

705.466.2115 basiaregan.com basiaregan@royallepage.ca

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sarahaston.ca saston@sutton.com SUTTON HEADWATERS REALTY INC

“POND HILL”, ROSEMONT Beyond beautiful! Seamlessly tying 2 board & batten additions with an 1850's log home, owner has integrated magnificent views, natural light and flow throughout. Over 97 acres of spectacular long views, 2 tranquil swimming ponds, stunning perennial gardens, updated bank barn and detached 2-car garage complete this package. Property can be kept as a private retreat or turned into an equine facility. Close to golf, hiking, skiing, fine dining.

45 minutes to Toronto airport. Coming soon to Realtor.ca. $2,985,000

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905-857-0651

WHAT A BEAUTY! This Scandinavian log home of unsurpassed quality is one-of-a-kind. Secluded yet centrally located on 18.47 acres in Caledon, the designer finishes are to die for! 6000+ sq ft of living space, multiple fireplaces, multiple walkouts, multi-level decks, mature forest, incredible backyard oasis with resort amenities; heated pool with waterfall, cabana, multiple outdoor seating/dining areas, sports court – wow! Renovated kitchen, bathrooms, heated floors, and best of all it’s being sold “turnkey” – fully furnished inside and out with all linens, bedding, dishware, cutlery – everything! Simply bring your suitcase, unpack and relax! $2,995,000

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Paul Richardson SALES REPRESENTATIVE

RICHARDSONTOWNANDCOUNTRY.CA

866-865-8262

paul@richardsontownandcountry.ca

ARTISTICALLY CRAFTED BRICK 4-bedroom Victorian. Eat-in kitchen, island, woodstove. 2 staircases – one to master, original wood floors, baseboards and trim.

18-acre hobby farm, barn with stalls, 3 paddocks, round pen and Viking longhall. $1,049,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

RENOVATED VICTORIAN GEM but still keeping its original charm. 3 bdrms, fabulous kitchen with island, living room with fireplace, family room with woodstove, sunroom, wrap-around porch. 26 acres.

2 barns, office/bunkie, pool. $1,499,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

ISABELLA MANOR 6 bedroom private south Caledon estate on 73 acres. Top quality finishes and features including 2 separate living areas, pool, barn. Easy access to Toronto. $4,495,000

SPECTACULAR VIEWS You can see for miles from this 82-acre estate on the Caledon/Erin border with 8-bedroom main house, 2-bedroom guest house, barn, arena, pools, trails. Truly amazing. $2.5M

SURROUNDED BY VIEWS Custom built, open concept, 3+2 bdrms, in-law suite with walkouts and views. Dbl-car garage. 25 ac, 80x34 insulated barn with 12 stalls, paddocks, rolling land. Private and backs onto Mono Cliffs Provincial Park. $1,399,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

48 ACRES – STUNNING VIEWS Immaculate, generous 3+2-bedroom bungalow on rolling land. Eat-in kitchen, main floor laundry, finished lower level with walkout. Attached oversized double garage.

40x80 workshop/barn. $1,099,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

FALLBROOK HOUSE Words cannot describe this beauty. Built on the edge of a cliff near Terra Cotta; five acres, 4 bedrooms with 2-bedroom guest house and a waterfall! $2,100,000

CURIANN EDEN MILLS Enjoy 8 private acres from the screened porch of your 3-bedroom log home. Meditate in the Japanese tea house or swim in the pool; full equipped kennel/workshop. $1.4M

BRING THE IN-LAWS Enjoy kayaking and feeding the ducks on the stream. 2+ acres. 3+1 bedrooms, stunning open concept spacious living, self-contained main floor 1-bedroom in-law suite. Insulated double-car garage. $899,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

COUNTRY CLOSE TO TOWN Lovely 3+1 bdrm, open concept raised bungalow on fabulous 10 acres. Finished lower level with walkout to manicured lawn, stream and forest with rough trails. Main floor laundry. Attached huge 3-car garage. $875,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

URBAN COUNTRY Custom character home with vaulted ceilings, modern finishes, Pool, trees. For those wanting something unique. $1.39M

WELSH PRIVACY Spacious custom bungalow on 3 private Erin acres with 3 separate living spaces including new adjoining apartment and garden level in-law suite. $1.35M

A WORK OF ART ON 52 ACRES 4-bedroom beauty with fabulous circular staircase, orig trim, high baseboards and deep sills. Huge country kitchen, sunken family room with walkout to deck. Paddocks and barn. 40 acres farmed. $1,399,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

GORGEOUS FARM FOR LARGE FAMILY Spacious 4+1-bdrm Cape Cod w/ stunning in-law suite w/ sep entrance & w/o to patio. 70 acs w/ mature forest, ponds, waterfall & approx 50 acs workable. 40x80 shop + man cave. $1,699,000 Wayne Baguley 519-941-5151

NATURE'S PRIVACY Raised bungalow on 10 acres on a private road south of Erin. Perfect set up for a hobby farmer and/or nature lover.

Magnificent sunsets. $899,000

MOVE-IN READY! Completely renovated 4-bedroom backsplit on a quiet Erin street walking distance to downtown shops/schools. Kitchen is a wow!

Street hockey safe! $769,000

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Country: 519.833.0888 City: 416.925.9191

www.chestnutparkcountry.com Sue Collis*

Cell: 519.837.7764

sue@chestnutpark.com

Sarah MacLean* sarahmaclean@chestnutpark.com

Cell: 905.872.5829

*Sales Representative

GREAT LOCATION 1+ acre lot in the heart of Caledon. Country living yet close to all amenities. This multi-level beauty is move-in ready with modern finishes. Quartz counters, built-in stainless steel appliances, pot lights. 2-tiered deck out back with views of the countryside. 3+1 bedrooms and 2 baths makes for a perfect family home. To view, please call Sigrid.

PRIME CALEDON LOCATION Contemporary bungalow with lower walkout in private forest. Professionally re-built.

Exquisite details and materials. A rare offering minutes to skiing, hiking and dining. $2,044,000

CHARMING CALEDON HISTORY Lovingly renovated century home on 2 acres in the Grange Equestrian neighbourhood of Caledon. 3 bdrm, hardwood, fireplaces, porch, patio. Minutes to skiing, golf, hiking and riding. 45 minutes to Toronto. $945,000

SHOWS LIKE A MODEL – PALGRAVE PINE FOREST ESTATES Sprawling bungalow in pristine condition on 2+ acres. Grand foyer, living room, dining room.

Hardwood floors. Gourmet kitchen with large centre island. Open concept. Awesome for entertaining. Quality finishes. 4 generous sized bedrooms, 3 baths. Insulated and heated 4-car garage. Great opportunity to make your move to north Caledon! $1,588,000

GATED ESTATE WITH ENVIABLE ‘MAN-CAVE’ Spacious and bright on 57 acres. Spectacular w/o lower level w/ indoor pool, sauna, media room & 2nd kitchen. Brand new outbuilding.

Must be seen to be believed! $3,875,000

RUSTIC DESIGNER ZEN Great spaces and finishes for country living.

Huge windows for forest views, perfect flow for ultimate entertaining. Pretty pond for hockey now or beach with waterfall and fire pit for summer enjoyment. $1,195,000

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Michele Skawski RCR Realty, Brokerage Independently Owned & Operated

Sales Representatives

Sales Representative

Office 519.940.2100 Direct 905.838.5012 Michele.Skawski@Century21.ca www.MicheleSkawski.com

NESTLED ON TWO ACRES Beautiful Caledon Hills, just 7 minutes from Headwaters Hospital and 10 minutes from the ever-growing town of Orangeville, this lovely 3-bedroom, 2-bath Panabode log home has a new kitchen, new furnace, new air conditioning, new water softener and 5-year-old roof.

Backing on to 95 empty acres of farmland, the sunsets are breathtaking. $899,000

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CALEDON BEAUTY Situated on nearly 30 acres with a gorgeous spring-fed pond. Custom-built additions to an original cottage makes this a fabulous family home. $1,400,000

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CALEDON SKI CLUB CHALET Turnkey 4-bdrm/3-bath post & beam chalet nestled on the 200-acre Caledon Ski Club hill, near Belfountain. Major reno in 2014 updated much of the home including new kitchen and baths plus heated floors. Embrace winter – join the Club and you can enjoy this spectacular home year-round! Chalet is on leased land through Caledon Ski Club; call for details. $839,900

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RCR Realty, Brokerage Independently Owned & Operated

BROKER

KEEP CALM – RIDE ALL YEAR Why compromise house for horse? Free your inner chef in the renovated kitchen with hickory cabinets, Wolf/Sub-Zero appliances. All 4 bathrooms are beautifully updated; ensuite has steam shower/air tub. For your horses, a heated 11-stall barn with wash stall, heated 140’x80’ arena with attached 80’x25’ shop. Every square foot of this move-in ready 9.5-acre Erin hobby farm is well utilized. $1,500,000

FANTASTIC MULMUR FARM 47 acres with wonderfully renovated Century home with country-sized kitchen. Newly renovated bank barn, spring-fed pond and a 2200 tree apple orchard with long southerly views in south Mulmur. $1,100,000

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT Scenic 83 acre (55 arable) farm north of Grand Valley with relaxing river views.

Spacious, gracious 4-bedroom Century farmhouse with addition, bank barn, two storage outbuildings and paddock. $1,399,000

LIVE, WORK & PLAY Custom, open concept, carpet-free luxury home on 5 acres with geothermal heat and walkout lower level. For the tradesperson, a heated 50’x30’ heated workshop with finished space above. $1,580,000

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Interior design consulting, home staging, paint colour selection, space planning & project management - all included when you buy or sell with me!

REAL ESTATE DONE RIGHT

SOUTHGATE FARM AND SHOP 31 acres with spring-fed pond, woods and paddocks. Brick house with 3 bedrooms above grade and extra 2 bedrooms in lower level in-law suite. Fantastic 50x52 insulated shop as well. $880,000

HORSE FARM IN MELANCTHON 10 acres with pond, 4 paddocks, sand ring, 5-stall barn with tack room. Updated 4-bedroom bungalow with updated kitchen and baths, new flooring, neutral paint.

Move-in ready! $743,000

77-ACRE EQUINE PROPERTY The entire package; turnkey in Adjala.

4-bdrm home overlooking spring-fed pond.

6-stall barn w/ 2 tack rms, hay/equip shed + sep grg/shop. 6 pastures w/ run-ins, oak plank fencing, Pine River runs thru it. $1,595,000

MANSFIELD HOME ON PRIVATE LOT Soaring ceilings, light-filled space in a 4-bdrm architecturally unique home. W/o & fin bsmt w/ lots of getaway space on quiet road just steps to Mansfield Ski Club. $725,000

FANTASTIC ACREAGE NEAR CREEMORE 100 acres rolling Mulmur hills. View of the Escarpment, year-round stream, mixed bush. Perfect property to build your dream estate. $979,000

ROSEMONT FARMLAND 64 acres of open land adjacent to the Village of Rosemont in Adjala. 50+ acres workable with road frontage to both 89 and Townline. Great investment! $1,500,000

Direct (416) 919-5400 jacqui@soldbigrealty.ca jacquiviaene.ca

WOODVIEW – THE CITYVIEW SERIES – CAMBRIDGE Available lots back onto green space.

Townhouse Promotion: $5000 in free upgrades from Design Centre + hardwood in the great room or granite countertops in kitchen!

5% deposit can be paid in monthly installments with the balance due 5 months prior to closing.

Closing date expected winter/early spring 2020.

Make the move to up and coming Cambridge. $475,800 + premium

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MAR 31 : MAD, BAD & OUT THERE – POETRY WORKSHOP Fly beyond

the norm with poet laureate Harry Posner. 1-2:30pm. Free. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca

ILLUS TR ATIONS JIM S TEWART

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arts+letters NOW – APR 20 : VITAL SIGNS Original

2- and 3-D works. Wed-Sun 10am-5pm.

Headwaters Arts Gallery, 1402 Queen St, Alton. 519-943-1149; headwatersarts.com NOW – APR 28 : OLDE MILL ART GALLERY & SHOPPE An artist-run co-op gallery with various media. Thu-Sun noon-6pm.

357 Main St, Schomberg. Arts Society King, 905-833-2331; artssocietyking.ca NOW – MAY 5 : SELEC TIONS FROM THE VAULT Explore printmaking,

painting, sculpture and drawing.

10am-5pm. Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

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4:30pm. Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

6:30-8pm. Ages 18+. Free. Caledon Library, 6500 Old Church Rd, Caledon.

905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca

NOW – SEP 30 : WAR’S END: PEEL

MAR 30 & MAY 4 : SPOON- CARVING

STORIES OF W WI The impact of war on

WORKSHOP Jim Jones teaches the basics.

daily life. 10am-5pm. Regular admission.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

All tools, lunch provided. Reserve at info@ ontarioruralskillsnetwork.com. 10am-3pm. $5 per workshop. Mount Wolfe Farm, 10054 Old Church Rd, Caledon. 647-2175530; ontarioruralskillsnetwork.com

MAR 28 : CLUB ART @ THE LIBR ARY Free

open art studio. All materials provided.

All ages, kids 8 & under with adult.

6-8pm. Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca MAR 28 : WINE GL ASS PAINT NIGHT

Personalize using the mandala dot painting techniques. All materials provided.

MAR 30 – JUN 9 : K AR AN K AUR: CONTEMPOR ARY SIKH FASHION

An innovative approach to fashion.

10am-5pm. Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

NIGHT – 18+ Create a masterpiece in the tradition of Bob Ross. Materials provided. 6:30pm. Free. Apr 1: Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. May 14: Caledon Library, 35 Station St, Alton.

905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca APR 7 : RON BLOORE & THE ART OF PROVOCATION A talk by Timothy Long on the Brampton-born artist’s connection to the Abstract Expressionist movement in Canada.

2-3pm. Regular admission. PAMA, 905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca APR 7 : TALK & SKETCH In-gallery

sketching session of PAMA collections.

2-3:30pm. Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca APR 7, MAY 5 & JUN 2 : MOUNT WOLFE SPOON CARVING CLUB Previous attendance at an ORSN spooncarving workshop required. 1-4:30pm. $12 session; $65 for 6; $120 annual subscription + free T-shirt. Register at info@ontarioruralskillsnetwork.com.

10054 Old Church Rd, Caledon. 647-2175530; ontarioruralskillsnetwork.com APR 8 : WOW: STORY TELLING SERIES – GLORIA NYE Listen to Words the

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NOW – MAY 26 : RONALD BLOORE:

founding member of the Regina Five.

10am-4:30pm. Regular admission.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca NOW – JUN 30 : NORTH IS FREEDOM

Canadian photographer Yuri Dojc celebrates those who escaped slavery in the United States. 10am-

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BL ACK AND WHITE Works by the CCS Caledon Community Services

DCAFS Dufferin Child

MOD Museum of Dufferin (previously

and Family Services

CPCC Caledon Parent-Child Centre

DPSN Dufferin Parent

DCMA) – Regular admission: $5; seniors $4; children 5-14 $2; under 5 free; family $12

CVC Credit Valley

EWCS East Wellington Community Services

Conservation

Support Network

PAMA Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives – Regular admission: $5; students, seniors $4; family (2 adults & 5 children) $12

NVCA Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority SBEC Orangeville & District Small Business Enterprise Centre SPCA Society for the Prevention

of Cruelty to Animals

CORN FLOWER GLASS GALLERY Designed by Lebel & Bouliane, Architects ALULA Lighting Design and Ritestart Limited.

Photo by Ben Rahn / A-Frame / @aframestudio

SUNDAY MAY 26, 2PM. $20.00

Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program

www.dufferinmuseum.com Born as DCMA, reimagined as MoD

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Proceeds to Theatre Orangeville programs and Orangeville Wolves.

7-9pm. $20. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. BookLore, 519-942-3830; theatreorangeville.ca APR 13 : DAY OF THE POETS 2 Poetry,

music, open mic and workshops. 10am5pm. Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0559; facebook.com APR 16, MAY 21 & JUN 18 : OR ANGE THREADS Stitchery group discusses

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portraiture and Inuit art come together.

10am-5pm. Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

APR 20: 9am-1pm. Station on the Green. creemorefarmersmarket.ca

MAY 29 – JUL 7 : TURNING UP THE

SUMMER FARMERS’ MARKETS

HEAT See what fires our artists up! Jun 1:

OPENING DAYS

reception, 1-4pm. Sun-Wed 10am-5pm.

Headwaters Arts Gallery, 1402 Queen St, Alton. 519-943-1149; headwatersarts.com

MAY 4 : OR ANGEVILLE Saturdays,

JUN 8 – SEP 8 : REFUGE CANADA

projects and good books. 1-2:30pm.

Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca APR 17 : COFFEE, CONVERSATION & BOOKS – CL AIRE SMITH A tragic

equestrian accident causes life-altering complications. 7-8pm. Free. Brewed Awakenings, 14 Main St S, Grand Valley.

519-928-5622; townofgrandvalley.ca APR 24 – MAY 26 : ART SQUARED Square

2- and 3-D works. April 27: reception, 1-4pm. Wed-Sun 10am-5pm. Headwaters Arts Gallery, 1402 Queen St, Alton.

519-943-1149; headwatersarts.com

Loss, fear and hope on the journey to a new life. Developed by the Canadian Museum of Immigration. 10am5pm. Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca JUN 8 – SEP 29 : DOCUMENTING CHANGE: GR APHIC NOVELS Diverse visual narratives come together.

10am-5pm. Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

counterculture, grief, class privilege and dreams. 7pm. Free. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca

MAY 15 : COFFEE, CONVERSATION & BOOKS – DEBR A KOMAR How being

a forensic anthropologist influenced her writing. 7-8pm. Free. Jelly Craft Bakery, 120 Main St E, Shelburne.

519-925-2168; shelburnelibrary.ca

JUN 9 : CORN FLOWER FESTIVAL

Expert authentication, consignment sale, tour the new Corn Flower Glass Gallery. 10am-5pm. Museum of Dufferin, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877941-7787; museumofdufferin.com

Orangeville Way. All ages and abilities welcome. 1-2pm. Free. Community Living Dufferin, Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca JUN 19 : COFFEE, CONVERSATION & BOOKS – NATALIE MERRIT T-BRODERICK

Poetry in In This Moment of Freedom.

7-8pm. Free. Euphoria, 154 Broadway, Orangeville. 519-941-0610; orangeville.ca JUN 23 : MOD TALKS: MICHAEL ENRIGHT

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2pm. Mill St & Victoria St. rurban.ca JUNE 1 : BOLTON Saturdays, 9am1pm. The Royal Courtyards, 18 King St E. boltonfarmersmarket.ca

5-8:30pm. Station Park, Downtown Stayner. discoverclearview.ca JUNE 28 : ERIN Fridays, 3-7pm. McMillan

Park, 109 Main St. villageoferin.com NOW – MAY 16 (THURSDAYS) : MONO

$2. Mono Community Centre, Mono Centre. experiencemono.com NOW – JUN 2 (SUNDAYS) : CALEDON EQUESTRIAN SCHOOL PEGASUS PROGR AM A riding program for

special needs children and adults.

Volunteers needed. Noon-4pm.

13441 Airport Rd, Caledon. 905-7076635; caledonequestrian.com NOW – JUN 28 : CMOW – CHELTENHAM 55+ HEALTH & WELLNESS Seniors’

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JUNE 6 : STAYNER Thursdays,

– DIANE BATOR Listen to Words the

the Orangeville Way. All ages, abilities welcome. 1-2pm. Free. Community Living Dufferin, Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca

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Wednesdays, 5:308pm. New Lowell Recreation Park Pavilion. discoverclearview.ca

MAY 2 – OC T 20 : CAP TURE I – ZINNIA

JAMES FITZGER ALD Discussion of 1960s

8am-1pm. Second St & Broadway. orangevillefarmersmarket.ca

Wednesdays, 3-7pm. Lloyd Wilson Centennial Arena. inglewoodfarmersmarket blog.wordpress.com

Emilia Perri’s abstract work. Apr 28: reception, 2pm. 10am-5pm. Museum of Dufferin, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877941-7787; museumofdufferin.com

MAY 9 : AN EVENING WITH AUTHOR

CREEMORE EASTER FARMERS’ MARKET

JUNE 5 : INGLEWOOD

APR 28 – JUN 30 : NATURE & STRUC TURE

NAQVI Large-scale photography explores the immigrant experience with landmarks.

10am-5pm. Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

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Conversation with CBC’s long-standing broadcaster. 2-3:30pm. $20. Museum of Dufferin, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com

fitness class, speakers and games. Free.

Wednesdays: 10am-noon. Cheltenham Baptist Church, 14520 Creditview Rd. Fridays: 9:30am-noon. Palgrave United Church, 34 Pine Ave. Caledon Meals on Wheels, 905-857-7651; cmow.org

MAR 22 & 24 : BOWL FOR KIDS’ SAKE

Form a team, collect pledges, enjoy Wii bowling. Register online. Proceeds to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dufferin and District. Fri noon. Sun 11am. Best Western, Orangeville. bigbrothersbigsisters.ca MAR 23 : EUCHRE TOURNAMENT

Tournament play, delicious lunch and prizes. 9:30am-2pm. $12, call to register. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca MAR 23 : CLEARVIEW HEALTH & LEISURE EXPO Over 30 vendors, recreational

programs and local health providers.

10am-3pm. New Lowell Legion, 5357 Cty Rd 9, New Lowell. discoverclearview.ca MAR 24 & APR 26 : HEADWATERS WILLING HEARTS WINTER HARVEST DINING SERIES Supporting Headwaters Food and Farming Alliance. Mar 24: The Millcroft Inn, 4pm. Apr 26: Mrs. Mitchell’s, 6:30pm. Tickets at joynusevents.yapsody.com, hffa.ca MAR 25 : GIVE LIFE – DONATE BLOOD The demand never takes a holiday. 2-7pm. Best Western, Orangeville. Canadian Blood Services, 1-888-2DONATE; blood.ca MAR 26 : ARMCHAIR TR AVEL : SHETL AND & ORKNEY ISL ANDS A talk by Sheila Howlett-Soltysiak. 7pm. Free. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca MAR 27 : LEARN ABOUT GALE COURSES

Gale offers six-week online courses in a variety disciplines, free with your library card. See website. 2-3pm. Free.

Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton.

905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca MAR 28, APR 25 & MAY 23 : LUNCH & LEARN Mar 28: Chinese medicine. Other

dates TBA. 11:30am-12:30pm. Free, call to reserve. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca MAR 29, APR 26 & MAY 31 : CALEDON SENIORS’ CENTRE MONTHLY DINNERS

Please join us. 5:30-7pm. $10, call to reserve. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca MAR 29 : EUCHRE AT KNOX UNITED

Prizes for everyone. Call for tickets.

7:30pm. $20. Knox United Church, 2976 Charleston Sdrd, Caledon Village.

519-927-5714; knox-united-church.org MAR 29 – 31 : OR ANGEVILLE LIONS CLUB HOME & GARDEN SHOW

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KEVIN NEALON APRIL 28 Best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1995, comedian Kevin Nealon brings his stand-up act to Brampton for one night only.

www.rosetheatre.ca

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MAY 11 : MOTHER’S DAY PL ANT & BAKE

MAR 30 : UPPER CREDIT HUMANE

ZEAL AND A talk by Georgina Richardson.

THE SUGAR

SALE Preorder baskets, urns, flowers.

SOCIET Y PENNY SALE Tickets $5 each, 25 chances to win prizes. Proceeds to UCHS. 10am-3pm. Georgetown Marketplace, 280 Guelph St, Georgetown.

518-833-2287, uppercredit.com

7pm. Free. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca

HABIT Advice

Vendors, local talent. For info call 519925-2397. 8am-11am. Primrose United Church, 486281 30 Sdrd Mono. 519925-2233; shelburneprimrose.com

MAR 31, APR 28, MAY 26 & JUN 30 : SOUP SISTERS & BROTH BROTHERS Create

soup, have dinner, share soup with Family Transition Place. Ages 12+. $55, includes wine and dinner. 5-8:15pm. Lavender Blue Catering and Cafe, 207321 Hwy 9, Mono. 519-939-3663; soupsisters.org APR 1 – 30 : CELEBR ATE SIKH HERITAGE MONTH AT PAMA

Special events and workshops. See ontariosikhheritagemonth.ca. Free.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

APR 11, MAY 9 & JUN 13 : OR ANGEVILLE & DISTRIC T PROBUS MEETINGS Apr

11: John Beeden, ocean rower. May 9: TBA. Jun 13: Laura Jotham, guide dog program. 10am-noon. Free. New Hope Community Church, 690 Riddell Rd, Orangeville. probusorangeville.ca APR 11, MAY 9 & JUN 13 : ARCHIVIST ON THE ROAD Community and family history

questions with the Museum of Dufferin.

First-come, first-served basis. 10am5pm. Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca APR 13 : BID EUCHRE TOURNAMENT

APR 3, MAY 1 & JUN 5 : TECH HELP @ THE LIBR ARY Drop in and learn about

your device or use ours. 2-4pm. Free.

Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca

Tournament play, delicious lunch and prizes. 9:30am-2pm. $12, call to register. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca APR 13 : CALEDON HORSE TACK SWAP

APR 4 : ARCHIVES 101 TEACHERS’ WORK­ SHOP Use the archives as a resource

Caledon Village Place and the Agricultural Hall on Caledon Fairgrounds. 10am-3pm.

Free. Caledon Fairgrounds, Caledon Village. 519-927-5730; horsetackswap.ca

in the classroom. 4-6pm. Free, reserve.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

$2 or nonperishable food item. 10am4pm. Brampton Fairgrounds, 12942 Heart Lake Road, Caledon. bramptonfair.com

APR 6 : DINNER & DANCING DATE NIGHT Performances, lesson, four-course

dinner with date or friends. Proceeds to Bethell Hospice and Family Transition Place. 6:30-11pm. $95. Hockley Valley Resort, 793522 3rd Ln Mono. 905-8383534; foundation.bethellhospice.org

ORIENTATION Tour the farm and

eco-residence. 1-4pm. $10. 20725 Shaws Creek Rd, Caledon. 519941-1099; wholevillage.org APR 16 : EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS (ESA) – BILL 47 UPDATE New facts employers

need to understand. 2-3:30pm. Free. Tony Rose Sports Centre, Orangeville. SBEC, 519-941-0440; orangevillebusiness.ca APR 23 : ARMCHAIR TR AVEL: EAST ASIA

A talk by Amandip Dhami. 7pm. Free.

Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton.

905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca APR 24 : CALEDON EAST & DISTRIC T HISTORICAL SOCIET Y MEETINGS

APR 9 : MARKET RESEARCH & ANALYSIS

Tips on P-Census software with Anne Dorsey. 9am-noon. $15. Tony Rose Sports Centre, Orangeville. SBEC, 519941-0440; orangevillebusiness.ca S P R IN G

PL ANNING Lawyer Suzanne Deliscar

answers questions. Apr 30: 7pm.

Free. Caledon Library, Caledon Village. June 30: 1pm. Free. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca

LUNCH Raffles and prizes. For tickets call 905-838-3541. Noon-3pm. $15.

Caledon Garden Club, Cheltenham United Church, 14309 Creditview Rd. 905-838-3541; gardenontario.org

APR 14 & MAY 11 : WHOLE VILL AGE

entertainment and an exotic feast.

Proceeds to Peel Memorial, Etobicoke General and Brampton Civic. 6-11pm. $250. Pearson Convention Centre, 2638 Steeles Ave E, Brampton. William Osler Health System Foundation, 905863-2579; oslerfoundation.org

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MAY 4 : SHELBURNE MULTICULTUR AL

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APR 27 : R ABIES & MICROCHIP CLINIC

No appointment needed. Dogs leashed, cats in carriers. 10am-1pm. $10-$30, cash only. Premier Equipment, 8911 Wellington Rd 124, Ospringe. Upper Credit Humane Society, 518-833-2287; uppercredit.com

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Free. Albion Bolton Community Centre, Bolton. Caledon Chamber of Commerce, 905-857-7393; caledonchamber.com

GAMES – 55+ Enter a variety of games. $2 per event; golf, 5-pin bowling extra.

Awards banquet. 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton.

905-951-6114; caledonseniors.ca

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MAY 1 – JUN 27 : CALEDON FRIENDLY

APR 6 : BR AMP TON FAIR CR AF T &

Share stories, celebrate sisterhood in the company of women. 10am12pm. $20. Red Tent Ontario, 605151 River Road, Melancthon debrajones.ca redtentontario.com

on healthy eating with Betty Howe.

7pm. Free. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca

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Illuminating the Past, Capture Your Family Story with Alison Hird. 7:30-9pm. $5; students free. St. James Anglican Church, 6025 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. 905-584-0352; cedhs.ca

DAY The treat of different cultures.

Email to submit an art, craft or food item. Noon-4pm. Free. Centre Dufferin District High School, 150 Fourth Ave, Shelburne. altheacasamento@ gmail.com, facebook.com MAY 5 : HIKE FOR BETHELL HOSPICE

Live entertainment, T-shirt and BBQ. $25 fee plus pledges, register; children 12 & under free. 9am-1pm. Lloyd Wilson Centennial Arena, Inglewood. 905-8383534; foundation.bethellhospice.org MAY 7 : SHELBURNE COMMUNIT Y JOB FAIR Looking for a job or career change?

Employers are looking for you! 2-7pm.

(Employers call to reserve booth, $30) Shelburne Agricultural Community Centre, Shelburne. 519-925-2600; shelburne.ca MAY 9 : VILL AGE OF ERIN FLUT TERS, FROCKS & FLOWERS An evening of

fun activities, treats and surprises.

5-9pm. Village of Erin Main St. Erin BIA, 519-833-9258; villageoferin.ca

MAY 11 : SILENT AUC TION & ITALIAN DINNER For tickets email mwade@

bell.net. 5-10pm. $15. Knox United Church, 2976 Charleston Sdrd, Caledon. knox-united-church.org MAY 11 : MONOR A L AWN BOWLING CLUB OPEN HOUSE Try the game

with your bowls or ours. 1-4pm.

Monora Park Pavilion, Hwy 10 & Monora Park Dr, Orangeville. 519943-1076; mlbc.hillcrestps.com MAY 14 : TERRY O’REILLY – DON’T OUTSPEND THEM, OUTSMART THEM

CBC “Under the Influence” host describes how humour, drama and surprise can make up for a small marketing budget.

11:30am-1:30pm. $25. Monora Park Pavilion, Hwy 10, N of Orangeville. SBEC, 519-941-0440; orangevillebusiness.ca MAY 18 : HIGH COUNTRY UNITED GAR AGE SALE Recycle, reuse, reasonable prices. 8am-noon. High Country United Church, 346255 15 Sdrd, Mono. highcountryunited.weebly.com MAY 23 : BOLTON ROTARY CHARIT Y GOLF CL ASSIC Cart, BBQ lunch,

dinner with wine. 10am-8pm. $200. Glen Eagle Golf Club, 15731 RR50, Caledon. boltonrotary.ca MAY 24 & 25 : MEGA MULTIFAMILY YARD SALE One-stop shopping, rain or shine.

553281 Dufferin Cty Rd 16, Mono. 519941-338; orangevillechristianschool.com MAY 25 : VILL AGE OF ERIN SUMMER CELEBR ATION Sidewalk sale meets

street festival. Village of Erin Main St. Erin BIA, 519-833-9258; villageoferin.ca MAY 25 : CREEMORE SPRINGS TUR AS MÓR Cycling journey on gravel and

nongravel roads. 9am-4pm, register.

139 Mill St, Creemore. 705-466-2240; creemorespringsturasmor.com MAY 25 : GR AND VALLEY LIONS DUCK R ACE Live entertainment, children’s

activities, food available. 11:30am3:30pm. Free; ducks $5. Hereward Park, 200 Main St S, Grand Valley.

519-943-5471; grandvalleylions.com MAY 25 : PRIMROSE’S GOT TALENT

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JUN 8 : AC TIVE LIVES AF TER SCHOOL

MAY 25 : GET SPIRITED Food, drinks and

DUFFERIN GAR AGE & BAKE SALE

kids’ activities to celebrate Spirit Tree’s anniversary. Proceeds to Bethell Hospice Foundation. 3-10pm. Spirit Tree Estate Cidery, 1137 Boston Mills Rd, Caledon.

647-981-2553; spirittreecider.com MAY 30 : SENIORS’ SPRING LUNCHEON Entertainment and good

fun. 11am-2:30pm. Caledon East Community Complex. Caledon Meals on Wheels, Caledon Library, 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca

Proceeds to programming for adults with developmental disabilities.

8am-2pm. Orangeville Curling Club, 76 Fifth Ave. ALAS Dufferin, 519-943-4166; alasdufferin.ca JUN 8 : ERIN ROTARY RIBFEST Ribber

contest, entertainment, beer garden, artisans and kids’ area. Proceeds to community projects. Noon-8pm. McMillan Park, 109 Main St, Erin. Rotary Club of Erin, 519-833-9258; erinrotaryclub.ca JUN 9 : DIAMOND IN THE HILLS FASHION

MAY 31 – JUN 1 : CLEARVIEW DAYS – CELEBR ATING 25 YEARS Family fun

and fireworks. GNE Fairgrounds, 2220 Fairgrounds Rd N, Clearview Township.

705-428-6230; discoverclearview.ca JUN 1 : ASYLUM OBSTACLE COURSE R ACE No mud, 2km, 26 obstacles!

www.pama.peelregion.ca

Proceeds to Cystic Fibrosis Canada. $65. Shelburne Fiddle Park, Dufferin Cty Rd 11, Shelburne. Asylum Events, 519-278-1035; asylumocr.com

SHOW Spectacular luncheon with wine, auctions and fashions by Georgetown’s Studio 49. In support of Bethell Hospice Foundation. 11:30am-3pm. $125. The Greenhouse at the Royal Ambassador, 15430 Innis Lake Rd, Caledon East. 905838-0899; foundation.bethellhospice.org JUN 12 – 16 : WIC- CAN FEST Festival of herbal healing, divination, witchcraft, crystal magic, cannabis education and more. $75–$225. Mansfield Outdoor Centre, 937365 Airport Rd, Mulmur. wiccanfest.com

Friendship Gardens at

Headwaters Health Care Centre You are invited to join the wonderful team of volunteers who keep the award-winning gardens blooming and the trees growing for patients, their families and staff at your community hospital.

To volunteer or make a tax-deductible donation, visit friendshipgardens.ca

www.friendshipgardens.ca

JUN 1 : PALGR AVE UNITED BBQ SMOKED PORK CHOP DINNER

Delicious meal and dessert. 1 chop $15; 2 chops $18; children 10 & under $5. 5-7pm. 34 Pine Ave, Palgrave.

905-880-0303; palgraveunited.ca JUN 5 : SENIORS’ DAY 2019 Connect­

ing seniors to people, programs and possibilities. 10am-3pm. Caledon East Community Complex. 905584-2272, ex 7322; caledon.ca JUN 7 : WINES OF THE WORLD 2019

Local cider, craft beers, wine and delicious food. All proceeds to community programs. 6:30-9pm. $60. Caledon Equestrian Park, 200 Pine Ave, Palgrave.

Rotary Club of Palgrave, rotarywow.com JUN 8 : COMPASS RUN FOR FOOD

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A 5km run/walk and 10.5km run in Orangeville. Proceeds to local food banks and school breakfast programs.

8am-1pm. Register online. Compass Community Church, 246289 Hockley Rd, Mono. compassrun.com

JUN 14 : CHEERS CALEDON! CR AF T BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL Sample local offerings,

vendors, food trucks, games, dancing.

19+. 6-11pm. $20. Caledon Civic Campus, 6215 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. 905584-2272 ext. 7322; cheerscaledon.ca JUN 15 : VÉLOCIT Y RIDE IN SUPPORT OF CALEDON SENIORS A 10km family, 25km, 60km, and 100km rides. See website for routes and to register. Collect pledges. 7:30am-1pm. Caledon Town Hall, 6311 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. Caledon Community Services, 905-235-2555; ccsvelocity.ca JUN 15 : COMMUNIT Y YARD SALE

Rain or shine. $10 table rental. 8amnoon. St James Church, 6025 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. 905-5849635; stjamescaledoneast.ca JUN 15 : HEADWATERS HOUSE TOUR

Unique and distinctive homes. Proceeds to Headwaters Health Care Centre.

9am-4pm. $35. Headwaters Region.

Headwaters Health Care Auxiliary, 416458-2259; headwatershousetour.com

Terry O’Reilly SUBMIT YOUR EVENT To submit your community, arts or nonprofit event: Go to inthehills.ca and select ‘what’s on’ from the menu bar.

That will take you to the listings page. Select ‘submit your event’ and complete the easy form.

For the summer (June) issue, submit by May 10, 2019.

For up-to-date listings between issues, click ‘what’s on’ on the menu bar at inthehills.ca.

We reserve the right to edit submissions for print and web publication.

adult. 6:30-8pm. $5, email to register.

St. Luke’s Anglican Church Hall, 22 Caroline St W, Creemore. Creemore Horticultural Society, gardenontario.org.

APR 7 : BRUCE TR AIL CALEDON HILLS CLUB AGM Hike and presentation by Gary Hall. 10am-3pm. Free. Caledon Village Place, 18313 Hurontario St, Caledon Village. caledonbrucetrail.ca APR 9, MAY 14 & JUN 11 : OR ANGEVILLE & DISTRIC T HORTICULTUR AL SOCIET Y MEETINGS Apr 9: Grow More Food in the Space You Have. May 14: Conversation Pieces. Jun 11: Day Streakers & Night Stalkers. 7-9pm. Orangeville Seniors’ Centre, 26 Bythia St. orangevillehort.org

million. Proceeds to the Optimist Club of Orangeville. Thu Fri 6-10pm. Sat 10am-10pm. Sun 10am-2pm. $1/ball; $10/12 balls; $20/25 balls. Lynbrook Family Golf Centre, 285316 Cty Rd 10, Amaranth. Optimist Club of Orangeville, 519-278-6100; orangevilleoptimists.ca JUN 21 : CAVEN PRESBY TERIAN STR AWBERRY SUPPER All welcome. $15;

children 12 & under $7. 5-7pm. 110 King St W, Bolton. 905-857-2419; caven-life.org JUN 23 : RELESSEY MEMORIAL SERVICE

Celebrate our ancestors and those resting in our little cemetery. 2:304pm. Relessey Church, 874615 Mono Centre Rd at 5th Ln Mono. Relessey Cemetery Board, 519-941-1100

APR 16, MAY 21 & JUN 18 : SHELBURNE & DISTRIC T HORTICULTUR AL SOCIET Y MEETINGS Apr 16: Mae West. May 21: TBA. Jun 18: Succulents. 7:30-9:30pm.

Shelburne Agricultural Community Centre, 377 William St. shelburnehort.blogspot.ca APR 16 & JUN 18 : BOLTON & DISTRIC T HORTICULTUR AL SOCIET Y MEETINGS

Apr 16: Grow Your Own Food at Home.

Jun 18: Honey in Your Own Backyard.

Guests welcome; pay what you wish.

7:30-9pm. Caledon Seniors’ Centre, 7 Rotarian Way, Bolton. boltonhort.info APR 17, MAY 15 & JUN 19 : CREEMORE HORTICULTUR AL SOCIET Y MEETINGS

Apr 17: The Real History of the Lawn in North America. May 15: Heritage Trees.

Jun 19 TBA. 7:30-9pm. Free. St. Luke’s Anglican Church Hall, 22 Caroline St W, Creemore. gardenontario.org APR 30 : THE IMPORTANCE OF

outdoor MAR 26 : INVASIVE SPECIES IN HEADWATERS A talk by Freyja Forsyth

of Credit Valley Conservation. 7:309pm. Orangeville Seniors’ Centre, 26 Bythia St. Upper Credit Field Naturalists Club, Headwaters Nature, 519- 9422972; uppercreditfieldnaturalists.org APR 3 : SEED -STARTING HANDS - ON WORKSHOP Supplies provided. All ages;

15 & under with an adult, one child per

Outsmart Budget should never get in the way of great marketing

JUN 15 : CALEDON DAY Caledon Library Tech Fair, food and beverage zone, kids’ activities, entertainment and fireworks.

Rain or shine. 1-11pm. Free. Caledon Civic Campus, 6311 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. 905-584-2272 ext. 7322; caledon.ca

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ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY TODAY A talk by Carolyn Schultz of Ontario Nature.

7:30-8:30pm. Orangeville Seniors’ Centre, 26 Bythia St. Headwaters Nature, 519942-2972; uppercreditfieldnaturalists.org MAY 1 : VEGGIE GARDENING 101 CL ASS For newbies or pros. 7-8pm.

Free, register at creemorehort@gmail. com. All ages; 15 & under with an adult, one child per adult. St. Luke’s Anglican Church Hall, 22 Caroline St W, Creemore. gardenontario.org

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In a world where most advertisers don’t have huge budgets to trounce the competition, where small advertisers are up against deeper pockets, and where not-for-profit communicators struggle to make an impact, there is a way to gain remarkable returns.

Marketing guru Terry O’Reilly, host of CBC’s popular radio show Under The Influence, explains how to outsmart the competition, not outspend them. In this lunch and learn, Terry will share great examples of how small companies can attract as much attention as bigger companies and how humour, drama and surprise can make up for a small budget.

Presented by Terry O’Reilly Host of radio program Under The Influence on CBC

Tuesday, May 14 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Book signing 1:30 – 2 p.m.

Cost $25 (includes lunch) Monora Park Pavilion

Register by May 7

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continued from page 123 MAY 4 – JUN 8 (SATURDAYS): PL ANT PAR ADISE COUNTRY GARDENS SEMINARS May 4: Dividing Perennials.

May 11: Plant a Pollinator Garden. May 18: Spectacular Plant Combinations.

May 25: Long-Blooming Perennials. Jun 1: Sensational Shade Perennials. Jun 8: Create a Cut Flower Garden. 10-11am.

Free, register online. 16258 Humber Station Rd, Caledon. 905-880-9090; plantparadisecountrygardens.ca

MAR 26 – MAY 30 : READY TO READ

APR 11 : CENTRE STAGE Performance

WITH EVERYONE Songs and activities

experience for youth. 7:30-9:30pm. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton.

905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca

for 5 and under at Orangeville libraries.

Tuesdays: 10:15am-11am, 275 Alder St. Thursdays: 10:15-11am, 1 Mill St. Free.

519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca MAR 26 – MAY 30 : READY TO READ WITH

MAY 25 : ISL AND L AKE TR AIL DONATION

JUN 29 : CREDIT RIVER WATERSHED

BABIES Songs and activities for ages 1

DAY Proceeds to trail projects. 8am-

BUT TERFLY COUNT Centred on a 15-km

4pm. Free. Island Lake Conservation Area, Orangeville. Friends of Island Lake, 1-800-367-0890; cvc.ca

circle around Belfountain public areas.

Rain date: Jun 30. 1-800-668-5557; cvc.ca

to 12 months at Orangeville libraries.

Tuesdays: 1:30-2:15pm, 275 Alder St. Thursdays: 1:30-2:15, 1 Mill St. Free.

519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca

MAY 25 : FRIENDSHIP GARDENS PL ANT SALE Expert gardeners offer advice.

Free parking. 8:30-11am. Headwaters Health Care Centre, 140 Rolling Hills Dr, Orangeville. friendshipgardens.ca MAY 25 : SHELBURNE & DISTRIC T

kids SUMMER CAMPS Check our Kids’

Camps in the Hills for comprehensive listings of summer camps for your kids. inthehills.ca/kids-camps-in-headwaters.

HORTICULTUR AL SOCIET Y PL ANT SALE Variety of hardy plants. 9am-

NOW – APR 28 (FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS) :

noon. 712 Main St E, Shelburne. shelburnehort.blogspot.ca

FAMILY FUN AC TIVITIES Mar: Black &

MAY 25 : TREE IDENTIFICATION Identify

local native trees, shrubs and plants.

10am-noon. $10, register. Little Tract, Dufferin County Forest, 938130 Airport Rd, Mulmur. 519-941-1114; dufferincounty.ca

White – fun activity inspired by Ronald Bloore. Apr: Earth – Celebrate Earth Day all month long. 1-4pm. Regular admission.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca NOW – MAY 23 : T.O.Y.S. THEATRE OR ANGEVILLE YOUTH SINGERS (8 -16)

JUN 1 : CREEMORE HORTICULTUR AL

to local growing conditions. 8am-noon.

Free. Station on the Green, 10 Caroline St E, Creemore. gardenontario.org

Specific training in choral skills. Term 2: Saturdays Apr 6-May 18 (10am-noon).

Show dates May 24-26. $275. St. Mark’s Church, 5 First Ave, Orangeville. 519942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca

JUN 1 : WILDFLOWER IDENTIFICATION

NOW – JUN 24 (MONDAYS) :

Dawn Renfrew leads a forest walk. 10amnoon. $10, register. Little Tract, Dufferin County Forest, 938130 Airport Rd, Mulmur. 519-941-1114; dufferincounty.ca

OR ANGEVILLE CUB PACK Scouting

SOCIET Y PL ANT SALE Quality plants suited

JUN 8 : EDIBLE WILD Karen Stephenson

identifies plants and their edible and medicinal values. 10am-1pm. $20, register. Tottenham Tract, Simcoe County Forest, 6631 2nd Line New Tecumseth.

Dufferin Simcoe Land Stewardship Network, 519-941-1114; dslsn.org JUN 12 : SENIORS’ DAY AT ISL AND L AKE Entertainment, refreshments

and treats at the amphitheatre. 9am1pm. Free. Island Lake Conservation Area, Orangeville. Friends of Island Lake, 1-800-367-0890; cvc.ca JUN 9 : GET OUT ON THE WATER

Want to try rowing? Ages 11+. 9amnoon. Free. Island Lake Rowing Club, Orangeville. islandlakerowing.com

program for 7- to 10-year-olds. 7-8:30pm. $120. Mono Amaranth Public School, Hockley Road, Mono. Traditional Scouting Association of Canada, 519-940-4738.

NOW – ONGOING Hands-on, family-

friendly fun. Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca MAR 26 – MAY 29 : PAWS TO READ

Children 12 and under read to a fourlegged friend from Therapeutic Paws of Canada at Orangeville libraries.

Register: cmgatt@hotmail.com. Tue: 3:30-5pm, Wed 5-6:15pm, 275 Alder St. Wed: 4-5:30pm, 1 Mill St. 519941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca

MAR 29 : EARLY YEARS: T WIST AND SHOUT Music, movement, drama and imagination for kids 18-48 months/.

9:30-11am. Ontario Early Years, Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton.

905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca APR 2 : ST. ANDREW’S COLLEGE OPEN HOUSE Campus tours and program info. 6:45-8:30pm, register online.

15800 Yonge St, Aurora. sac.on.ca APR 2 – MAY 21 (TUESDAYS) : THE JUNIOR STAGE – GR ADES 2- 4 Self-

confidence through performance and exploring imagination. 6:308pm. $175. Rehearsal Hall, 065371 Dufferin Cty Rd 3, Orangeville. 519942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca APR 3 – MAY 22 (WEDNESDAYS) : THE NEX T STAGE – GR ADES 9-12 Intensive techniques and various disciplines of theatre. 6:30-8pm. $195. Rehearsal Hall, 065371 Dufferin Cty Rd 3, Orangeville.

519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca APR 4 – MAY 23 (THURSDAYS) : THE INTERMEDIATE STAGE – GR ADES 5 - 8

Improvisation, memorization and personal experience. 6:30-8pm. $195. Rehearsal Hall, 065371 Dufferin Cty Rd 3, Orangeville. 519942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca APR 5 & JUN 7 : JR. CHEF COOKING CL ASS ON PD DAYS – AGES 11-15

Learn safety, knife skills, hygiene and hospitality. $149. Fanjoy Restaurant & Bar, 100 Trafalgar Rd N, Hillsburgh.

519-308-0900; chefpamfanjoy.com APR 5, MAY 3 & JUN 7: TEEN ADVISORY GROUP Have your say and earn community service hours.

13-17. 4-5:30pm. Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St, Orangeville. 519941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca APR 6 : UNDERGROUND ARTS SCENE

Open mic, poetry, music, comedy and visual arts. Forms online and at Orangeville libraries. 2-4pm. Free.

APR 11, MAY 9, MAY 23, JUN 6 & 20 : CLUB ART Open art studio for all

ages. All materials provided. Free.

Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca APR 13 : ALONG THE BUNNY TR AIL Walk the trail, enjoy activity centres, pet live bunnies. 10am-2pm. Bolton Mill Park, 40 Humberlea Rd, Bolton. boltonrotary.ca APR 13, 14, 19 – 21 : DOWNEY’S EASTERFEST Egg scramble, egg hunt,

entertainment, baby farm animals, wagon rides and Easter craft. 10am5pm. $13. Downey’s Farm Market, 13682 Heart Lake Rd, Caledon. 905838-2990; downeysfarm.com APR 21 : SUNDAY FUNDAYS Community

clean up, ages 6+, 1:30–3:30pm.

Drop-in activities throughout the day, 1:30-4:30pm. Regular admission.

PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton.

905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca APR 22 : DECOR ATING WITH NATUR AL DYES Drop in and use natural materials to dye and create simple patterns.

10am-3pm. Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca APR 26 : EARLY YEARS: AC TING OUT

Role play using dress-up clothes and props. Ages 18-48 months. 9:3011am. Free. Ontario Early Years, Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton.

905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca APR 27 : SPRING FLING AT HEATHERLEA

Fun farm activities. Carolyn J Morris reads her books. Live chicks. Children with a paying adult. 10am-1pm. $7.

17049 Winston Churchill Blvd, Caledon.

519-927-5902; heatherlea.ca APR 27 : EASTER ROUND UP AT TEEN R ANCH Egg hunts at 1:15, 2, 3 and 4pm. Crafts, climbing wall, hay rides, petting farm, ice skating and more. $20/vehicle, some activities extra 1-5pm. 20682 Hurontario St, Caledon.

519-941-4501; teenranch.com APR 27, MAY 25 & JUN 15 : FAMILY MOVIE MATINÉES Apr 27: WALL-E (G). May 25: Secret Life of Pets (PG). June 15: Captain Underpants PG). Bring your own snacks!

2pm. Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca

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CLUB DIY activities, games, crafts and all things tween. Ages 8-12. 4-5pm.

Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca JUN 4 : FUN WITH SCIENCE Hands-on

APR 5 : GYPSY JA Z Z WITH ABBY

activities with magnets, dinosaurs, bugs and nature. Ages 2½-6 with an adult.

Register, 519-941-6991 ex 2205. 10:1511am. Free. Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519-941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca

SCHOL ZBERG BAND AT CROSSCURRENTS

APR 29, MAY 27 & JUN 24: : T WEEN

music MAR – JUNE: LIVE MUSIC AT ROSE THEATRE All performances at 8pm unless noted. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton. 905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca MAR 23 : ROSE ORCHESTR A: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Canadian violinist Royce Rich’s

enchanting symphonic experience. 7:30pm.

APR 5 : BAGESHREE VA ZE: GLOBAL BOLLY­ WOOD Choreographed and directed by

APR 6 : BR AMP TON CONCERT BAND: A NIGHT OF BROADWAY Sharron

Matthews and Michael Hughes perform the best of the Big Apple.

APR 6 : NANA MACLEAN

Canada’s queen of reggae.

APR 13 : AMJAD ALI KHAN An

undisputed master of the music world.

APR 14 : SIMRIT K AUR Revolutionary innovation in hypnotic world and chant music.

APR 18 : CL ASSIC ALBUMS LIVE: PRINCE – PURPLE R AIN Recognized as Prince’s magnum opus.

APR 23 & MAY 21 : THIS IS BR AMP TON – B - JA Z ZED Mix of jazz, hard rock, hip-hop, R&B, and open mic nights.

tree services Maple Leaves Forever 72

CAFÉ An evening of music. 8-10pm.

Free, donations welcome. Bolton United Church, 8 Nancy St, Bolton.

CrossCurrents Caledon, facebook.com APR 7 : THE SOUNDS OF WESTMINSTER: PARTNERS IN TIME Daniel LaBrash, Stan Chang, Bruce Ley, Kim Stevenson and young artists perform. 2-4pm. $25; students $15, from Westminster, BookLore or online. Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville. 519-9410381; westminsterorangeville.ca APR 11 : BR AMP TON FOLK CONCERTS

Colour My World. 7-8:30pm. Regular admission. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905-791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca

MTV India’s “ubbharta sitara” (rising star).

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7:30-10pm. $35; students 16 & under $15, from BookLore, Howard the Butcher and Forster’s Book Garden.

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APR 27 : ROSE ORCHESTR A: SPRING AWAKENING Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 – From the New World, and The Rosebud Orchestra featuring a special young violinist. 7:30pm MAY 25 : THE FRED EAGLESMITH SHOW

Featuring Tiff Gin. 6:30-10pm. $35, from the Hockley General Store, BookLore and online. Hockley Community Hall, 994174 Mono/Adjala Townline, Hockley Village.

905-691-2361; hockleyvillage.com MAR 27 : SENDOFF TO SYR ACUSE

Award-winning four-part a cappella harmony. 7:30-8:30pm. Orangeville Agricultural Centre, 247090 5 Sdrd, Mono. orangevilleshowchorus.com MAR 30 : CALEDON CHAMBER CONCERTS Pianist Amelie Langlois and

violinist Ralitsa Tcholokova perform.

APR 16 : OR ANGEVILLE BLUES & JA Z Z FESTIVAL VOLUNTEER SIGNUP Learn more about the festival.

Online sign-up available. 7-9pm.

Orangeville Seniors’ Centre, 26 Bythia St. orangevillebluesandjazz.ca APR 18 : PEEL ABORIGINAL DRUMMING CIRCLE An evening of shared traditions and songs. 7-8:30pm. Free. PAMA, 9 Wellington St E, Brampton. 905791-4055; pama.peelregion.ca APR 27 : SONGFEST WITH THE BAND

Popular music to remember. 7-9pm. $15; seniors $10; youth $5. Trinity Centennial United Church, 4903 Conc 2, Rosemont.

Orangeville Concert Band, 519-942-8554 APR 27 : CALEDON CHAMBER CONCERTS

Jessica Tong, violin and Michael Sheppard, piano 7:30-10pm. $35; students 16 & under $15, from BookLore, Howard the Butcher and Forster’s Book Garden.

St. James Anglican Church, 6025 Old Church Rd, Caledon East. 905-8802445; caledonchamberconcerts.com APR 29 – MAY 2 : OR ANGEVILLE & DISTRIC T MUSIC FESTIVAL Performance

opportunities in all disciplines. Register online or at Westminster. Registration deadline: Mar 26. Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville. 519-941-4334; odmf.ca MAY 3 : GORDON LIGHTFOOT TRIBUTE BAND AT CROSSCURRENTS CAFÉ An evening of music. 8-10pm.

Free, donations welcome. Bolton United Church, 8 Nancy St, Bolton.

CrossCurrents Caledon, facebook.com

MAY 4 & 5: ACHILL CHOR AL SOCIET Y –

MAY 2 – 19 : WHERE YOU ARE Three

IN THE HEART OF THE WORLD Featuring

women face things that will change their lives. Comedy. Thur Fri 8pm. Sat 7pm. Sun Wed 2pm. May 3: 8:30pm.

May 9: 2 & 8pm. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville.

519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca

Mozart’s Coronation Mass and more.

May 4: Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville. May 5: Knox Presbyterian Church, 160 King St S, Alliston. 3-4:30pm. $25; youth (1317) $10; children $5, from BookLore, Papermoon in Alliston and online. achill.ca MAY 11 : INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DRUM WORKSHOP Shared traditions

and songs with Tabitha Shurgold.

10:30am-12:30pm. Free. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca MAY 11 : A CELEBR ATION OF CROONERS, CANARIES & CHOR ALES

An evening of exceptional music.

7-9pm. $15; seniors $10; youth $5.

Orangeville District Secondary School, 22 Faulkner St, Orangeville. 519-9428554; orangevillecommunityband.ca

MAY 3 : AF TERNOON FILM CLUB – THE APPLE PUSHERS Stories of

performances, events, workshops and Classic Car Booze Cruise. Downtown Orangeville. orangevillebluesandjazz.ca JUN 8 : THE MAGIC OF MOZ ART

Brampton Festival Singers and Headwaters’ Concert Choir celebrate.

3:30-5:30pm. $25. North Bramalea United Church, 363 Howden Blvd, Brampton.

647-529-6752; bfschoir.wix.com/bfschoir

MAY 21 : OR ANGEVILLE BLUES & JA Z Z

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MAR 15 – 17 : THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB

Details and pointers for the festival.

7-9pm. Orangeville Seniors’ Centre, 26 Bythia St. orangevillebluesandjazz.ca

Five women laugh and meddle in each other’s lives. Fri Sat 8pm. Sun 2:30pm. $20. Century Church Theatre, 72 Trafalgar Rd, Hillsburgh. 519-8554586; centurychurchtheatre.com

MAY 24 : SHAKE R AT TLE ’N ROLL

The best of the ’50s and ’60s with the Theatre Orangeville Youth Singers (T.O.Y.S.). Fri Sat 7pm. Sun 2pm. $15; youth $12; children 3-5 $5. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville.

519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca MAY 25 : THIS SIDE OF BROADWAY – A VARIET Y SHOW Local and guest

acts. 7-9:30pm. $10; children free, from Westminster or BookLore.

Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville. 519-9410381, westminsterorangeville.ca MAY 26 : CALEDON CONCERT BAND PRESENTS THE SEVEN SEAS Nautical

music from around the world. 2-4pm. $15; seniors/students $10. Caledon East Community Complex, 416-2767852; caledonconcertband.ca

MAR 22 : AF TERNOON FILM CLUB – THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINIT Y Indian

mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and his friendship with mentor Professor G.H. Hardy. Intended for an older audience. 2-4pm. Free. Caledon Library, 20 Snelcrest Dr, Caledon.

905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca MAR 22, 23, 29 & 30, APR 5 & 6 – WHERE THE BR ASS BANDS PL AY A protégée,

mistress and ex-wife complicate a theatrical agent’s plans. Mar 23: $40; dinner 6pm; play 8pm. 8pm. $20.

Inglewood Community Centre. Inglewood Schoolhouse Performers; 905-838-2874; inglewoodschoolhouseperformers. leene.ws MAR 25 : MONDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES – STAN & OLLIE The famous duo attempts

MAY 26 : MOD TALKS: JIM CUDDY

Life, music and Blue Rodeo stories from the Juno Awarding-winning musician. 2-3:30pm. $20. Museum of Dufferin, Hwy 89 & Airport Rd. 1-877941-7787; dufferinmuseum.com

to reignite their careers in postwar Britain. 4:30 & 7pm $10; 9:10pm $8, cash only at BookLore. Galaxy Cinemas, Orangeville. mondaynightmovies.ca MAR 25, APR 29 & MAY 27 : MOMONDAYS Storytelling, live music

MAY 31 : TRIBUTE TO ELVIS PRESLEY & OTHER COUNTRY MUSIC ARTISTS

Lance Dobinson’s musical evening.

Proceeds to Westminster. 7:30-9:30pm. $10-$15. Westminster United Church, 247 Broadway, Orangeville. 519-9410381; westminsterorangeville.ca MAY 31 – JUN 2 : OR ANGEVILLE BLUES & JA Z Z FESTIVAL Outstanding international

and great conversation. 7-9pm. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton.

905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca

MAR 30 & APR 27 : CR ACK ME UP COMEDY Each show includes an MC and local comedians. 8-10pm. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton.

905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca APR 5 : AF TERNOON FILM CLUB – HEARTS BEAT LOUD A father and

daughter form an unlikely songwriting duo. Intended for an older audience. 2-4pm. Free. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca APR 8 : MONDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES – THE DR AWER BOY An actor convinces

bachelor farmers to let him observe them for a play. 4:30 & 7pm $10; 9:10pm $8, cash only at BookLore. Galaxy Cinemas, Orangeville. mondaynightmovies.ca APR 17 : NATIONAL CANADIAN FILM DAY A celebration of Canadian

cinema. Film TBA. 1-3pm. Free.

Orangeville Library, 1 Mill St. 519941-0610; orangevillelibrary.ca APR 26 : AF TERNOON FILM CLUB – LUCK Y A 90-year-old atheist faces his own mortality. Intended for an older audience. 2-4pm. Free. Caledon Library, 20 Snelcrest Dr, Caledon.

905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca APR 26, 28, MAY 3-5 : OLD LOVE BY NORM FOSTER A romantic comedy about a not-so-modern romance. Fri 8pm. Sat Sun 2pm. $20. Acton Town Hall Centre, 19 Willow St N, Acton. Erin Theatre, 905-873-6868; erintheatre.ca APR 28 : KEVIN NEALON Best known for

his time on Saturday Night Live. 7-9pm.

Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton.

905-874-2800; rosetheatre.ca APR 29 : MONDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES – THE GRIZ ZLIES A lacrosse program in an Inuit school provides pride and purpose. 4:30 & 7pm $10; 9:10pm $8, cash only at BookLore. Galaxy Cinemas, Orangeville. mondaynightmovies.ca MAY 2 – 4, 10 & 11 : THE TUESDAY MORN­

MAR 28 – APR 14 : OFF THE GRID A

ING WAR A border guard mistakenly

couple spends a week off the grid for their anniversary. Thur Fri 8pm. Sat 7pm. Sun Wed 2pm. Apr 4: 2 & 8pm. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville.

519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca

believes Canada and the U.S. are at war. 8:15pm. May 11: 2:15 & 8:15pm. $16. Caledon Townhall Players Theatre, 18365 Hurontario St, Caledon. 519-9275460; caledontownhallplayers.com

five immigrant pushcart vendors in New York City. Intended for an older audience. 2-4pm. Free. Caledon Library, 150 Queen St S, Bolton. 905857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca MAY 3 : STARLIGHT GAL A Includes dinner,

new 2019/2020 theatre Orangeville season, Where You Are opening night and post-show reception. 5:30-11pm. $150 ($100 tax receipt). Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville.

519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca MAY 13 : MONDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES – WILD ROSE A Scottish single mum and

convicted criminal chases her musical dreams. 4:30 & 7pm $10; 9:10pm $8, cash only at BookLore. Galaxy Cinemas, Orangeville. mondaynightmovies.ca MAY 24 : AF TERNOON FILM CLUB – THE BEAUTIFUL FANTASTIC Bella and her unlikely friendship with a cantankerous neighbour. Intended for an older audience. 2-4pm. Free. Caledon Library, 20 Snelcrest Dr, Caledon.

905-857-1400; caledon.library.on.ca MAY 24 – JUN 2: WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME IN THE MORNING? Honeymooners face hilarious complications when they return to their country home. Fri Sat 8pm. Sun 2:30pm. $20. Century Church Theatre, 72 Trafalgar Rd, Hillsburgh. 5198554-586; centurychurchtheatre.com MAY 28 : THEATRE OR ANGEVILLE SPRING SHOWCASE Participants of

the theatre’s 2019 spring programs.

7-9pm. $8. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. 519942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca MAY 31 – JUN 9 : SINGIN’ IN THE R AIN JR

This is the youth production featuring local talented kids ages 5-17. Fri Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm. $18; students & seniors $12. Grace Tipling Hall, 203 Main St E, Shelburne.

519-939-9038; lpstageproductionsinc.com JUN 6 – 8 : THE DREAMCHASER (C.P.O.S)

A dreamer is stuck at a crossroads. Creative Partners on Stage presentation. Thur, Fri 8pm. Sat 2pm. $18. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. Community Living Dufferin, Theatre Orangeville, 519-942-3423; theatreorangeville.ca

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Which Cards to Turn?

The 8 and the yellow card will test the truth of the clerk’s claim. Only a card which has an even number on one face and is not red on the opposite face can invalidate the statement. If the customer turns over the 7 and it’s not red, that does not invalidate the statement. Nor does turning over the red and finding it has an odd number on the opposite face.

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Who Canned What? beans

beets

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iv) A wedding ring

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a Puzzling Conclusion

BY KEN WEBER

Which Cards to Turn?

Who Canned What?

At H.A. Rutherford’s in Bolton (“The Handy Store”), a clerk showed a customer a deck of numbered cards and claimed that the oppo­ site face of every even-numbered card in the deck was red. On the counter, the clerk set out four cards from the deck in this manner:

After winning several prizes in the canned goods category at the Shelburne Fair, four sisters from Mulmur Township decided to take the show on the road. So, the following year, they entered canned fruits and vege­ tables in fall fairs not just in Shelburne, but in Alton, Orangeville, and all the way south to Cheltenham. Each of the women canned four different foods, but no type of food was canned by more than two sisters.

Inclusive Triangles Blank paper was in short supply in one-room schools a century ago so pupils were encouraged to save the utility paper used to wrap purchases from the local general store. The students used the paper for prac­ tice drills and for activities like this one:

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Two of the four cards, turned over, will test the truth of the clerk’s claim. Which two?

Luella canned pears.

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Doris canned beans but not peas.

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Maisie turned out jars of her favourite breakfast treat: strawberry preserve.

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Word Linkage Enter pairs of letters into the boxes (a dif­ ferent pair in each box) that when added to the end of the three-letter word on the left of each box will produce a new, five-letter English word, and when added to the be­ ginning of the three-letter word on the right will produce yet another new, five-letter English word. (For example, a pair such as BA in a box between the three-letter words RUM and TON would produce the fiveletter words RUMBA and BATON.)

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To make the task even more interesting, the pairs you insert must produce an eight-letter English word when reading from the top box to the bottom:

The sisters who canned corn chose not to can beets.

One inclusive triangle has been outlined for you.

Identify the other seven and draw a triangular outline around each.

Two of the sisters (not Eleanor) canned pickles.

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Only one of the sisters who canned corn, also canned peas. Luella did not can either of these.

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Maisie and Eleanor worked together canning peaches.

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None of the sisters canned both pickles and strawberry preserve.

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Because she didn’t like beets, Maisie would have nothing to do with them.

Use the information above to tell what each sister canned and exhibited.

(Incidentally, the sisters’ entries were a great success at every one of the fall fairs.)

100-Year-Old Riddles A century ago, these riddles were used as filler in newspapers as varied as the Bolton Enterprise, the Streetsville Review, the Erin Advocate and the Northern Advance.

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Why is a good saloon like a bad one?

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What word makes you sick if you leave out a letter?

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Why is Paris like the letter F?

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What holds two people together but touches only one? our solutions on page 129

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