October 2011 Uxbridge Town Talk by Uxbridge Town Talk

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Town Talk Tidbits

Your Community celebrating 100 Years of Lucy Maude Montgomery

Horsing Around Phoenix rising

cowgirl bootcamp

Your October Community Calendar

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MANAGING eDItor: carly Foster creAtIVe DIrector: Kirsty Kernohan SALeS & MArKetING: rebecca cranney GrAPHIc DeSIGNerS: Matt Filion, Lisa

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rePortING & eDItING: Dana Kenedy

CONTrIBUTOrS Julie Fitz-Gerald Gary LeDrew randy Loewen COvEr PHOTO © brad calkins | Dreamstime.com

People keep asking me if the tattoo a) hurt (a little bit, but not nearly as much as you’d think, especially once the skin goes numb), and b) what it means. I didn’t think it had a meaning when it came together. I brought the boys from Uxbridge body Art the start shape I wanted, the filigree, the dots and then...there it was. It is a strange feeling falling in love with an inanimate object. When the first permanent lines went on, I had the splitest minutia of panic. then the outline came, the shading, the dots, the pink. And with a thrill you realize it’s happened and it’s yours and it’s you. Now that it’s there and I see it all day, its meaning is taking shape. It’s about the changes in life and bumps and bright spots along the way. read more about tattooing inside, along with some horsey stories, celebrating Lucy, Halloween and more. enjoy!

toWn talk tidbitS Donate Your Winter Gear

Q&A With...Jamie Lindsay, Uxbridge body Art

Instead of letting that winter coat you never wear crowd your closet, why not donate it? operation Warm Hearts is accepting gently used coats, ski pants, mitts, hats and scarves for the Nov. 5 sale of winter items. Drop off all articles in the back room of Wash Worx Laundromat at 11 Main St. N., Unit c, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. For more information contact Maggie Mccreath at 905 852 3035.

An Apple a Day

Faces of Uxbridge: Asia Krol

Kids Halloween Fun & Safety

From My Mom’s Kitchen black bean & Salsa Soup

october is popular for thanksgiving and Halloween, but did you know it’s also World Apple Day on oct. 21? Mainly celebrated in the United Kingdom, it’s a day to respect apples and orchards. So drink apple juice, make cider, eat pie, bob for apples, do whatever you want to honour the ubiquitous apple!

Check Out An E-book

For those who prefer reading e-books to conventional paper novels, you’re in luck! the Uxbridge Public Library has e-books and audio books available for checkout. All you have to do is click on ‘e-books and audio books’ on the right at www.uxlib.com, log in with your library card number, and start searching for the book you want. If it’s available, you’ll be able to add it to your cart and start reading it right away.

Pick up copies at: Zehrs, Blue Heron Books, Township oﬃce, Uxbridge & Zephyr libraries, Elemi Organics, The UPS Store, the Tin Cup and more.

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your community ceLebrAtING 100 YeArS oF

Lucy Maud Montgomery by: Dana Kenedy

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years ago, Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables, moved to the small hamlet of Leaskdale. to celebrate this milestone, the Lucy Maud Montgomery Society of ontario is hosting A centennial celebration, a three-day event packed with fun and informative events from oct. 13 to 15. “because it was our 100th anniversary, we wanted to have something big. We wanted to get fans to know she wrote 18 books in ontario,” explains Kathy Wasylenky, President of the Lucy Maud Montgomery Society of ontario and chair of the event committee. “We want to expand people’s thoughts and horizons on more than just Anne of Green Gables,” she says. the event kicks off with presentations about Montgomery’s legal battles, people and places featured in her novels, a tour of the newly restored Leaskdale

Manse, an art gallery visit, and a performance by the Lemmon Sisters. Kate Macdonald butler, Montgomery’s granddaughter, will also be in attendance. “ted barris, a local author and journalist, will be talking about the Great War and how it affected small hamlets like Leaskdale,” Wasylenky says. Historian and author Alan McGillivray will also conduct a bus tour for $10 a seat from Leaskdale to Zephyr highlighting key places in Montgomery’s life. “the second day has more of a scholastic slant,” Wasylensky says. Plenty of speakers from all over the world have prepared presentations. “We have a couple from Sweden, a lady from Japan, and a lady from texas University,” she says. A second bus tour will concentrate on sites in Uxbridge, including the train station, filming sites for

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Road to Avonlea, and Montgomery’s shopping sites. In 1913, Montgomery performed in The Temple of Fame at the Uxbridge Music Hall and now, 98 years later, A Centennial Celebration will bring it to life once again. “We’re recreating the crux of the play, but adding some of our own modern characters,” Wasylensky explains. Day three is a community celebration at Mill run Golf club with “presentations from university students and recent graduates who are specializing in the study of Lucy Maud,” Wasylenky says. Dan Matthews, representing Sullivan Productions will also discuss turning Montgomery’s books into film and his work on the set of Road to Avonlea. “I think we have a significant piece of history,” Wasylenky says and notes the Leaskdale Manse is the only home of Montgomery’s open to the public. Interest in Montgomery has increased drastically. “over the last five years our visitor numbers have gone from several hundred to several thousand during the season,” she says. People from all over the world are more aware of her presence in Leaskdale and contribution to our history. “She had many roles that a traditional woman, of the time, did not,” Wasylenky says. For more information, visit www.lucymaudmontgomery.ca. Lucy Maude Montgomery painting by Gary Le Drew. Used with permission. www.garyledrew.com.

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Each year, the YDHR runs its popular family Halloween Trains. On board the decorated trains are ghosts, ghouls, and other entertainment for young and old alike. Trains operate from the Uxbridge and Stouffville stations and have lots of Halloween activities. Climb Aboard at the stations in Uxbridge or Stouffville and take a nostalgic, leisurely journey through the beautiful countryside of the Oak Ridges Moraine. All children (up to 12 years old) dressed in their best and scariest Halloween costumes will travel free (Max 2 children per adult). All children will receive a loot bag upon departing the train. Information available on our website at www.ydhr.ca or call 905-852-3696!

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Jessie Phoenix jumps with exponential. Photo by calina/ Horse Junkies United.

horSing around Phoenix rising:

On horses, sisters, and dreams by Julie Fitz-Gerald

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hree years ago, local eventing rider Jessica Phoenix’s olympic dreams turned to heartbreak when her horse, exploring, suffered an injury just prior to boarding a plane destined for the beijing olympics. Instead, Phoenix and exploring returned home, devastated. After the shock wore off, Jessie was more determined than ever to secure a place on the canadian eventing team for the 2012 London olympics. She has since garnered attention at the some of the most prestigious competitions in the world. Jessie’s impressive results have qualified her for the next year’s olympics with her new mount, exponential, and have earned her a spot with another mount, Pavarotti, to compete at the Pan American Games in Mexico this month. I met Jessie 27 years ago, when my parents brought her home as my new baby sister. I felt like the luckiest girl alive when I first saw her and I still feel that way today. Jessie has always been a daredevil with

a need for speed. As a kid, she would race her snowmobile through the fields behind our family farm on the 6th concession, soaring off jumps at full tilt. As a teenager, her red camero was pulled over for speeding many times on the back roads of Uxbridge township. As an adult, she has harnessed this love affair by competing in a sport filled with both, while indulging her competitive nature. Jessie has always been more of an animal lover than a people person; a horse whisperer of sorts. Some question how this petite 5’5î woman can turn wild horses into puppy dogs and drive her 34-foot truck and trailer better than most truck drivers, but a transformation happens when Jessie gets on a horse. the sport of eventing goes over three days and includes dressage, cross country jumping and stadium jumping. the pairs with the best scores earn a spot on the podium. “My goal for the Pan Ams is to win

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individual and team gold medals,” she says. “In the spring I’ll be doing a three-star event with Pavarotti to qualify him for the 2012 olympics. I hope he will be my back-up horse for exponential.” Jessie learned a painful lesson in 2008, and qualifying two horses is her way of avoiding a similar situation. “that experience was the most devastating thing I’ve had to deal with, but it made me stronger as a person and as an athlete,” she says. “When things go right you, celebrate and when they don’t you deal with it.” Jessie had a son, Jacob in 2010. experiencing parenthood in the middle of her olympic quest has put her goals into perspective, but not deterred her from chasing her dreams. She is now more focused and driven than ever - just with a bigger cheering section. Julie Fitz-Gerald is a freelance writer based in Uxbridge, where she resides with her husband and two young sons.

Saddle Up For Cowgirl Boot Camp

Karen McKenna practices roping at the cast Iron ranch just outside Sandford.

Story and photo by Dana Kenedy

orget the manicure, leave those stilettos behind and saddle up for cowgirl boot camp. With a blue bandana knotted around my neck, I spent an evening at cast Iron ranch just outside Sandford and got to experience being a cowgirl in the wild west. Deanna evans, the cowgirl behind the camp, started out by teaching us how to hold and throw a rope around a wooden calf. It’s not just twisting a rope over your head and throwing it randomly, hoping that it lands within thirty feet of your goal. there’s a right way to hold it and a precise way to throw it so you get your target every time. Despite having practiced for all of five minutes, I surprised myself by roping the calf a couple times. Perhaps I’m in the wrong profession. Next, we got to try throwing the rope while on a horse. being a horse person, I assumed it would be painfully easy. I could not have been

more wrong. I now had to hold the rope as well as the reins while trying to figure out the perfect approach to the wooden calf. I had plenty of misses, but I did manage to rope the calf a few times! My fantastic achievement was done at a steady walk, and how the women on tV have such beautiful aim while galloping behind a bolting live calf is beyond me, but my respect for them just increased ten-fold. roping isn’t the only thing these ladies learn. throughout the course, they practice barrel racing, target shooting off a horse and pole bending. the idea for the camp came to evans after her friend’s daughter asked where girls learned how to be cowgirls. She originally intended it to be a camp for little girls, but got an overwhelming amount of interest from women. the boot camp isn’t just doing fancy things with rope on a horse - it’s an opportunity to grow as a person and build on

self-awareness and confidence. by understanding the hierarchy of the herd, you learn how to respect your horse and have your horse respect you. “You get a lot of one on one time with the horses,” evans says. “Horses don’t recognize the garbage, they just want you to be real.” If you’re having a bad day, your body language and attitude will affect the horse negatively. “Usually ninety per cent of the problems with riding is about the person, not the horse.” I felt right at home with a wonderful group of women. It was a perfect, unique way to spend an evening. evans holds sessions in the spring, summer and fall once a week for six weeks, weekend retreats in the fall and mother/daughter lessons. If interested, you can contact her at cowgirlbootcamp@hotmail.com.

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october community calendar Saturday, October 1

Uxbridge Health Show Presented by Today’s Natural Solutions. Free samples, speaker, vendors and lots of prizes. Time: 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Where: Uxbridge Arena Hall, 291 Brock St. W. Contact: 905 862 3270

Tuesday, October 4

New Studio Opening Uxbridge Dance & Yoga Studio is pleased to announce its opening! Come and see us for various types of yoga classes, belly dancing and cabaret. Time: 9:30 a.m. Where: Contact for location Through the Looking Glass with Alice An Contact: 905 862 4111 www.uxbridgedanceyoga.ca Alice in Wonderland weekend of themed games and croquet on the lawn in the Wednesday, October 5 Queen of Hearts game area. Admission is Lotions and Potions Learn to make your free, donations are appreciated. Also on own natural, organic lotions, creams and Oct. 2. body butters. Participants will take home a Time: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. variety of products they make during this Where: Uxbridge Historical Centre, workshop. $70.Time: 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. 7239 Conc. 6 Contact: 905 852 5854 Where: Elemi Organics, 58 Brock St. W. www.uxbridgehistoricalcentre.com Contact: 905 852 5575 www.elemi.ca Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day A free, fun day for kids of all ages and riding abilities. We’re taking our kids out of the city and into the forest. Time: 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Where: Durham Forest, 3789 Concession Rd. 7 Contact: 905 706 1211 www.durhammountainbiking.ca Lunch Hour Concerts Drop-in concert featuring the Duelling Divas: Jennifer Neveu-Cook and Sasha Liebich-Tait. Part of the 26th annual Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts. Time: 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Where: St. Andrews Chalmers Presbyterian Church, 40B Toronto St. S. Contact: www.celebrationofthearts.ca info@celebrationofthearts.ca

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Sunday, October 2

Sunday in Udora Hosted by Udora Hall Board. A Take TIME event. Time: 1 – 6 p.m. Where: Udora Hall, 24 Victoria St. Contact: 416 813 7654 ext. 1431 www.taketimeuxbridge.ca

Fall Lawn Care Workshop Join lawn care expert Cathy Wall and Toronto and Region Conservation at this free fall lawn care workshop. Time: 7 - 9 p.m. Where: Goodwood Community Centre, 268 Highway 47 Contact: 416 661 6600 ext. 5753 www.trcastewardshipevents.ca Worldwide Short Film Festival The best of the best of the short films from the International Worldwide Short Film Festival held in Toronto. $25. Part of the 26th annual Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts. Time: 7:30 p.m. Where: Roxy Theatres, 46 Brock St. W. Contact: www.celebrationofthearts.ca info@celebrationofthearts.ca Join IODE Women who make a difference: women are invited to attend and learn about volunteer work. Time: 7:30 - 9 p.m. Where: Contact for location Contact: 905 852 7084 www.iode

Thursday, October 6

Discover French Pastry Chef Joy Jones will be demonstrating the art of French pastry. She will show you how to make a Pate Brisee for savory pies and tarts and a Pate sucree used for sweet pies and tarts, plus plenty others! $85. Time: 1 - 3:30 p.m. Where: Passionate Cook’s Essentials, 68 Brock St. W. Contact: 905 862 3359 www.thepassionatecook.ca 12 Months to Health Speaker Series: Yoga For Health Learn how yoga helps heal and contain the health of the body, the mind, and the spirit. Experience deep breathing techniques and a guided short meditation. Time: 7:30 - 8:45 p.m. Where: Pathways to Peace Yoga & Healing, 58 Brock St. W., suite 204 Contact: 416 571 0447 pathwaystopeaceyoga@hotmail.com OnStage Uxbridge - Blood Brothers A powerful tale combining humour with pathos, with a plot about fraternal twins separated at birth. Until Oct. 15. $20. Part of the 26th annual Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts. Time: 8 p.m. all days and 3 p.m. on Oct. 8 and 15 Where: Uxbridge Music Hall, 16 Main St. S. Contact: 905 904 0895 www.onstageuxbridge.com

Wednesday, October 12

Knife Skills with Chef Jeremy Buckingham Join Chef Jeremy as he shows us how to slice, cube, mince, julienne, chiffonade, chop and smash. $85. Time: 7 - 9:30 p.m. Where: Passionate Cook’s Essentials, 68 Brock St. W. Contact: 905 862 3359 www.thepassionatecook.ca Uxbridge Horticultural Society Our

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Saturday, october 15

Sheesham & Lotus In Concert Greenbank Folk Music Society. $25 at blue Heron books. time: 8 - 11:30 p.m. Where: Greenbank centennial Hall, 19965 Highway 7 & 12 contact: 905 985 8351 www.globalserve.net/~ynot/grnbnk.htm

Sunday, october 16

Durham North Forget Me Not Walk Alzheimer Society Durham fundraiser. Accessible trail is available for wheelchairs and strollers. time: 1 - 3 p.m. Where: Wooden Sticks Golf club, 40 elgin Park Dr. contact: 1 888 301 1106 www.alzheimerdurham.com Blessing of the Animals A free-will offering for the Uxbridge-Scugog Animal control center will be received. refreshments for all, including dogs and cats. time: 3 - 5 p.m. Where: St. Paul’s Anglican church, 59

tuesday, october 18

Cheeseburger Pizza Junior chefs will love this one. We use a variety of toppings to make cheeseburger pizzas and create our own milkshakes for dessert. two classes for different age groups. Also on oct. 25. time: 5 - 6 p.m. Where: Zehrs, 323 toronto S. S. contact: 905 852 5009

Wednesday, october 19

Wine Tasting & Live Art Auction Sample food pairings supplied by local restaurants, with an art auction featuring works by local artists. time: 7:30 - 10 p.m. Where: Wyndance Golf club, 450 Durham road 21 contact: 905 852 7224 lindamdoherty@gmail.com

thursday, october 20

Uxbridge Genealogy Group Guest Dorothy Shier talks about the bernardo children. Admission $2. All welcome. time: 7 - 9 p.m. Where: Uxbridge Library, 9 toronto St. S. contact: 905 862 0915 eileen-wilson@powergate.ca

friday, october 21

Blood Donor Clinic every minute of every day someone in canada needs blood. be a hero today. each donation saves three lives. time: 1 - 7:30 p.m. Where: Uxbridge Seniors centre, 75 Marietta St. contact: 1 888 2DoNAte www.blood.ca

Saturday, october 22

rug Hooking Workshop Workshop for beginners taught by the instructor from

the rittermere-Hurst-Field rug hooking studio. bring a lunch, with beverages supplied. $60. . time: 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Where: Uxbridge Historical centre, 7239 concession rd. 6 contact: 905 852 5854 www.uxbridgehistoricalcentre.com Halloween Theme on the York-Durham Heritage railway Ghosts, ghouls and other entertainment. Dressed up children under 12 travel free. Saturdays and Sundays until oct. 30. time: 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Where: York-Durham Heritage railway, 19 railway St. contact: 905 852 3696 www.ydhr.ca Hyde & Squeak’s Scavenger Hunt Hosted by Uxbridge Public Library. time: 2 – 3 p.m. Where: Uxbridge Public Library, 9 toronto St. S. contact: 416 813 7654 ext. 1431 www. taketimeuxbridge.ca

Sunday, october 23

75th Anniversary at the Foster Memorial Special anniversary event. time: 2 p.m. Where: Foster Memorial, 9449 Durham rd. 1 contact: 905 640 3966 www.fostermemorial.com

tuesday, october 25

Stocks and Sauces Achieve restaurant quality soups and sauces with chef Jeremy buckingham as he shows us how to make an authentic chicken and beef stock. $85. time: 7 - 9:30 p.m. Where: Passionate cook’s essentials, 68 brock St. W. contact: 905 862 3359 www.thepassionatecook.ca

thursday, october 27

Fawlty Towers The Kipper and the Corpse and The Germans during each performance. Until oct. 29. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. continued on page 10

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thursday, october 13

Lucy Maude Montgomery Centennial Celebration A three day event with local and international speakers, entertainment and banquets. Until oct. 15. time: 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. Where: Leaskdale contact: 905 852 5284 www.lucymaudmontgomery.ca

toronto St. S. contact: 905 852 5019 www.stpaulsuxbridge.ca

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own John Statham (John’s Garden) will be speaking about gardening for birds and butterflies. there will be a flower show featuring the chrysanthemum, and a photo contest. time: 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Where: Uxbridge Senior’s centre, 75 Marietta St. contact: 905 985 6516 www.uxbridgehorticulturalsociety.com

october community calendar Time: 8 - 10 p.m. Where: Uxbridge Music Hall, 16 Main St. S. Contact: 647 258 3289 www.seventhstar.com

Saturday, October 29

Bucket Ball Hosted by Precious Minds A Take TIME event. Time: 2 – 3:30 p.m. Where: TBA Contact: 416 813 7654 ext. 1431 www. taketimeuxbridge.ca

Sunday, October 30

Halloween Cake Decorating Learn how to use a piping bag and decorate your own creepy, crawly cake. Open to children of all ages. Time: 1 - 2 p.m. Where: Zehrs, 323 Toronto St. S. Contact: 905 852 5009

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Fall Fun Festival Tons of fun: train and wagon rides, pig racing, corn maze, pirate ship, bouncing ponies, play house and plenty more! Also includes a farmer’s market. $11.50, kids under 2 free. Weekends until Oct. 30. Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Where: Brooks Farm, 122 Ashworth Rd., Mount Albert Contact: 905 473 3920 www.brooksfarms.com

Contact: 905 852 5293 www.uxbridgelegion.ca Udora Play Group For moms and their kids 0-6 years. Have some fun with your little one. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Time: 10 a.m. - noon Where: Udora Community Centre, 24 Victoria St. Contact: 705 228 8716 Museum Open For Tours The Uxbridge Historical Centre opens for tours. Time: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Where: Uxbridge Historical Centre, 7239 Conc. 6 Contact: 905 852 5854 www.uxbridgehistoricalcentre.com Uxbridge Parkinson’s Support Group Caregivers, friends and family gather to share information and experience. We can help each other! $10/ year. Guests are free. First Thursday of the month. Time: 1 - 3 p.m. Where: Bridgewater Building, 22 James Hill Ct. Contact: 905 852 8894 www.uxparkinsons.com Yoga For Health Learn how Yoga can help heal the body, maintain health, increase flexibility, strength and vitality. 9 week session. Tuesdays. Call to register. Time: 10 - 11:15 a.m. Where: Uxpool, 1 Parkside Dr. Contact: 416 571 0447 pathwaystopeaceyoga@hotmail.com

Artists of Uxbridge The group meets weekly to draw and paint, share demonstrations, and participate in various workshops. Monday evenings and Wednesday mornings. Time: 7 - 9 p.m., 9 a.m. - noon Where: Zehrs Community Room, 323 Toronto St. S. Contact: 905 852 6357 www.artistsofuxbridge.ca

SPIN Burn calories fast with this low impact workout. It’s also a great way to condition your cardiovascular system while cross-training to avoid injuries. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Time: Contact Where: NRG4 Life, 69 Brock St. W. Contact: 905 852 4750 www.nrg4lifefitness.com

Euchre All welcome, including non-Legion members. Prizes to be won. Time: 7:30 p.m. Where: Uxbridge Legion, 109 Franklin St.

Teen Zumba Join the Party! This class is geared for teens and adults that want to party like teens! Latin beats and top music chart hits inspire this class to move and shake what your mamma gave you!

Mondays. Time: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Where: NRG4 Life, 69 Brock St. W. Contact: 905 852 4750 www.nrg4lifefitness.com Stroller Bootcamp Enjoy the outdoors in an interval program using bands and your own body’s resistance. Designed for the unique needs of moms and their strollerage children. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Time: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Where: Elgin Park, Main St. S. Contact: www.nrg4lifefitness.com 905 852 4750

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Q & A with... ...Jamie Lindsay By Carly Foster Photo by Dana Kenedy

Skin Spots: Lindsay has tattooed literally every body part. “There really are fashion trends with tattoos,” he says. “Currently feet tattoos and rib tattoos for women are in. For guys, it’s usually arms and legs.” Most recently a female client had rose outlines tattooed in her arm pits. Battle of the Sexes: “It’s really equal,” Lindsay says of whether he sees men or women most often. “Guys are more prone to getting bigger pieces, and not as many women go for sleeves.” Neat: The shop sees a regular contingency of police and firefighters in the shop, due to a family connection and word-of-mouth among the squads. Biggest Challenge: Keeping up with workload. Lindsay usually takes work home with him, and spends Mondays on the couch drawing art for people. Fighting the Tattoo Stigma: “It’s not as bad as it used to be,” Lindsay says. “You see tattoos in mainstream media all the time now, in music videos, on sports stars. It’s very fashionable, so (tattoos) have become more acceptable.” The stigma is more of a generational issue for people who grew up believing tattoos were only for “bad people” such as bikers or sailors. “Now they’re for everybody. There’s no one type of person anymore.” Contact: 905 862 2427 or www.uxbridgebodyart.com

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By the Numbers: Lindsay’s been in business 5 years, working 5 days a week and seeing 5-6 clients a day. Client ages vary dramatically, from 16-year-olds with their parents to people in their 80s. Healing takes 7-10 days. Tattoos are priced as piece work (depending on if the shop is designing), how many colours are used etc., but really big pieces are around $125/hour. You must be 18 with valid ID to be tattooed, or 16 with parental consent. The shop is inspected 1 time a year, and a sterilizer is on site and used daily. Pre-packaged, pre-sterilized, one-time-use needles penetrate the skin around 120 times a second, with 3-13 needles used at once depending on the technique. 3 staff – Lindsay, shop manager Brandon McNaul and a part-time piercer – keep the shop running.

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Who: Jamie Lindsay, owner of Uxbridge Body Art.

faces of uxbridge

Asia Krol

Story and portrait by Randy Loewen

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xbridge’s Asia Krol spent nearly half her life in front of a photographer’s lens as an international fashion model. The Lethbridge, Alberta native was 18 when she was discovered by a model search agency while attending the Calgary Stampede. “They just stopped me and asked me if I would be interested in entering a model contest,” Krol recalls. After some Polaroid shots were snapped, she made the final cut, and went on to win the contest. The scouts must have had a keen eye for talent, as one look at Krol’s portfolio illustrates the chameleon-like quality she possesses. Modeling jobs came her way almost immediately, with a stint on Breakfast Television and some local fashion shows paving her way to bigger and better jobs. Bitten by the travel bug at a young age, Krol was presented with an opportunity to visit her father in Thailand. What intended to be a three-month stay ended up being a one year

visit, where she continued modeling. Never one to stay too long in one place, she left Thailand on her twentieth birthday for Paris where she lived for three years. “I figured that if I can make it there, I can make it anywhere,” she says with a big grin. She was immediately hired by a model agency and was rewarded with an eight-page advertising spread and a hair contract with Garnier. Jobs continued to flow her way as she flew back and forth to Germany, Spain, and Hungary. Krol’s desire to see the world inspired her to move to London, where her love of the stage prompted her to take drama lessons and audition for various stage productions. “I actually did more acting than modeling while I was in London,” Krol adds. With a career that demanded the need to jump onto a plane at a moment’s notice, one would not suspect Krol’s fear of flying. “I thought that with every flight I took, my odds were running out,” she laughs. After three years in London, Krol got “tired of the rain” and headed for sunny Los Angeles, where she continued to hone

her skills as an actor at Playhouse West Theatre. It was in here that Krol met the father of her daughter, and life suddenly changed with the addition of a baby girl to the family, and the subsequent relocation to Uxbridge to put down roots. Krol now spends her time as a professional photographer in Uxbridge, having turned her experience in make-up and photography into a business: Asia Butterfly Creative (www.asiabutterflycreatives.com), where she specializes in photographing children, fashion and weddings. Randy Loewen lives in Uxbridge with his wife and has three children. He owns and operates Spectrum Administrative Solutions.

halloween fun Safe Driving Tips for Halloween

Jug & Bottle Halloween Decorations

From Safe Kids Canada

By: Dana Kenedy

Drive slowly in residential areas where children are more likely to be trick-or-treating. Did you know that drivers cannot accurately judge their own speed when driving? The higher the speed, the less likely you are to see a pedestrian, and the harder it is to stop quickly. Watch out for kids, many of whom may be wear2 ing costumes that make it difficult for them to see. With the excitement of Halloween, children may forget simple pedestrian safety rules. They have a tendency to dart out in the most unexpected places the most common being between parked cars. Remember to enter and exit driveways slowly 3 and carefully. Excited trick-or-treaters may run on sidewalks, or dart out unexpectedly. Proceed with caution when entering or exiting the road.

Make a fun trick-or-treat bag or decoration out of a used milk carton. Simply clean out a carton and cut the top off, then paste construction paper in the colour of your choice all over the sides. Decorate the sides with ghosts, bats, jack-o-lanters and any creatures you can think of. Cut holes on opposite sides, then use string or pipe cleaners for handles. Use canning or baby food jars to make fun Frankensteins. 2 Paint the inside green, glue nuts and bolts on the side, draw a face and scars and voila - a conversation starter for little and big kids alike. A candle inside makes it a cool way to light up a walkway. Don’t have a pumpkin? Make your own jack-o-lantern out 3 of a pop bottle. Wash out the bottle, then take orange paint and pour it inside. Shake the bottle well so the inside is completely covered in orange paint - make sure the cap is on tightly! Cut eyes out of black tissue paper and glue it to the outside of your bottle, bringing the creation to life. For an authentic pumpkin feel, cut a circle of green felt and tie it around the cap with twine.

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from my mom’s kitchen Ingredients

• 2 cans black beans* • 2 cups broth (I used Zehrs’ No Name low-sodium chicken broth) • 1 cup salsa – heat level to taste • 1 tsp. cumin • Garnish: chopped green onions, dollop of sour cream, and finely grated sharp cheese

Directions

• Rinse beans, add all ingredients to pot, then heat all. Puree (an immersion blender is a great tool for this). • Serve with garnishes.

Black Bean & Salsa Soup By Carly Foster

love Annie’s Eats (annies-eats.net). This foodie blogger uses simple ingredients in extraordinary, but not difficult, ways. My kinda gal! This soup is adapted from her. I made it most recently on one of the first chilly fall evenings with easy ingredients I had in my pantry — the best recipe. You MUST serve this with the garnishes for maximum flavour appeal. Kids will love helping with the blending, and it’s an easy soup for them to eat, as it’s thick and sticks to spoons.

*the original recipe calls for two cans of black beans, but I only had one the last time I made this, so I threw in some chickpeas instead – delicious! I think any beans would work in this recipe.

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