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Shrek on stage - Theatre Norwell staged four sold-out performances of Shrek the Musical May 7 to 9. Three Mapleton residents had prominent roles, as Drew Moore portrayed the swamp-dwelling ogre, while Beth Grant played Fiona and Ben Wideman appeared as Donkey. photo by Patrick Raftis
Council approves Olympia purchase by Patrick Raftis MAPLETON - Council has authorized the purchase of a new ice resurfacing machine for the PMD arena. At the April 28 meeting, council authorized staff to accept the quotation for an Olympia Millennium ice resurfacer from Resurface Corp.
for $100,395 less a trade-in amount of $5,000. The 1998 Olympia 2500 Ice Resurfacer used for the PMD arena has been scheduled for replacement as part of the 2015 capital budget. A staff report notes the equipment has generated significant maintenance and repair
costs recently. Staff also obtained a quotation for a Zamboni 446 Ice Resurfacer but the Olympia cost, with the trade-in factored in, was lower. “It is not practical to issue tenders or formal quotations for this equipment as it is a limContinued on page 3
by Patrick Raftis MAPLETON - Council has granted the Drayton Kinsmen Club an exemption from the township’s noise bylaw and permission to use Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) and Township of Mapleton land for the Smoke ‘n Sounds Festival the club is hosting on July 10 and 11. The Kinsmen plan to have bands playing from 8 to 11pm on July 10 and from 3pm until midnight on July 11. It is the Saturday evening that will require an exemption from the noise bylaw, which prevents amplification of sound in a residential area from 11pm until 7am. “It should be noted that while the bylaw refers to the amplification of sound in a residential area, it is not where the sound is generated, but where it is received. The subject lands are adjacent to residential areas and as such an exemption is required,” states a staff report from CAO Patty Sinnamon, who added, “Township staff have no concerns with the noise exemption request.” The report also notes the Kinsmen Park on Elm Street across from the Agricultural Society building is located on GRCA lands and the municipality has an agreement with the authority to utilize the lands as a public park.
“Township staff have no concerns with the request to utilize the GRCA- or township -owned lands for the Smoke ‘n Sounds festival, provided that third party liability insurance is obtained naming both the GRCA and Township of Mapleton as additional insureds and that the Kinsmen provide the township with written confirmation that alcohol will not be served or carried onto lands owned by the GRCA and/or Township of Mapleton,” the report states. Event a joint effort A letter from John Klaassen of the Drayton Kinsmen Club notes the event is a culmination of multiple clubs putting on their own events during the barbecue competition. The Drayton Kinettes will hold their Mapleton Market on Saturday morning in the old arena and are also organizing kid’s activities Saturday afternoon from 1 to 4pm in the playground west of the old arena. The Wellington Junior Farmers will host a Farmers Olympics Saturday afternoon from 1 to 4pm on the GRCAowned soccer field, west of the “A” diamond. The Drayton Rotary Club will host a food booth on Saturday afternoon behind the grandstands. The Drayton Agricultural Society will book camping for barbecue contestants and public who
are looking to spend the night. The Smoke n’ Sounds festival includes a professional barbecue competition as well as public-judged amateur and fire department barbecue classes. Klaassen said the Kinsmen are putting on live entertainment Friday night from 7 to 11pm coupled with a wing night for public in attendance and the pro barbecuers. On Saturday afternoon the music continues outside (weather permitting) until 4pm, when the stage moves inside and music continues from 6pm to 12am. From 4 to 6pm the Kinsmen are hosting lawnmower races on the track, in front of the grandstands, using a portion of the grass for a pit area. Following the races there is a pulled pork dinner, from 6 to 8pm, in the old arena, hosted by the Drayton Kin family. The evening festivities become an age of majority event with a licensed bar and music provided by local bands. “All in all this is shaping up to be a great exhibition of local and international barbecue expertise along with some excellent exposure of our community’s service clubs and local musicians,” Klaassen states. For more information about the Smoke n’ Sounds Festival go to www.draytonkinsmen.ca or www.smokensound.com.
Local volunteers sort, pack donations for northern, overseas communities by Caroline Sealey DRAYTON - On the first Wednesday of every month, the Drayton Christian Reformed Church basement is a beehive of activity. Volunteers from the Drayton area sort through donated bags filled with clothing, household items, blankets and medical supplies, as part of the Drayton Sort and Pack program. Along with the donations, the organization also ships handmade knitted and crocheted items and quilts. At the back of the foyer inside the church is a large wooden cupboard filled to the brim with yarn. Everyone is welcome to take yarn home from the “yarn cupboard” to knit or crochet items for donation to the organization. Baby quilts and knitted dolls are given through northern Ontario medical clinics as gifts to First Nations’ new mothers in need. Evelyn Knetsch, co-ordinator of Drayton Sort and Pack said, “Every one of our volunteers has a desire to help those in need. One of our faithful quilt donors is 98-year-old Laura Marchment of Mount Forest.
Helping hands - Volunteers, from left, Teunie Laros, Pat Hansma, Joyce Deen, Margaret Mulder and Evelyn Knetsch sort through bags donated to the Sort and Pack program housed at the Drayton Christian Reformed Church. The non-denominational group, consisting of 25 volunteers, meets the first Wednesday of the month to sort and pack clothing, household goods, blankets, quilts and medical supplies for distribution to Northern Ontario Communities and countries around the world. photo by Caroline Sealey
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Parker Community Club reunites for euchre DRAYTON - A dinner and euchre party for members of the Parker Community Club, new and old, was held on April 24 at the Drayton United Church. Again this year, Shirley and Lloyd Franklin organized the event, which included a full course dinner, euchre and prizes for long-time members of the club plus others from the area and beyond. Unofficially, over the past few years, it has become an annual affair to gather together those who once played cards on a regular basis during the winter months. According to Lloyd Franklin, the late John Sullivan of Alma started the “Community Club” over 50 years ago. Before that, it was called the “Farm Forum.” Couples in the area would meet at one another’s houses to play euchre monthly in the wintertime around the area of Parker and across Wellington Road 12 (more commonly known as “The Centre
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Sideroad”) to other concessions leading off of it, including “The 6th” past the presentday Sprucegreen. Merna Norris, formerly of Peel Township and of what is now Mapleton Township, “drove down” from Owen Sound to see old friends for the evening of eating, talking and card-playing. If the Community Club was the NHL, she was not a member of the “Original Six,” but she was happy to see many of those who had been important to her in the years when she was growing up in the area. For Euchre players that night, it was common to hear the expressions: “Pass,” “I’m going alone,” “Are you ordering me up?”, “We got euchred,” or “I’m taking it up.” Some spoke of playing bid euchre or solo while others continue to play euchre weekly at other venues. For this evening, the players played 10 rounds of euchre in the tournament. Because of an imbalance of females and males to play euchre, the score sheets were divided into “Olive Oyl” and “Popeye.”
The following card players were recognized: Francis Mantler, high score (68), Olive Oyl; Lisa Bye, high score (71), Popeye; Joyce Wilson, ladies second high (65), Olive Oyl; Jake Van Ankum, men’s second high (70), Popeye; Eileen Downey, floating lone hand; and Hubert Ditner, most lone hands. As everyone prepared to go into the cool April evening, a long-time participant in the Community Club, Lloyd Scott, who now spends his winters in Florida, said the older form of the club could be 70 years old. Approximately 24 people participated in the April 24 euchre before returning to their homes, which were now not so often homes in the country as they had been when couples gathered to visit and play cards regularly on winter evenings. The spirit of the Community Club for this evening, though, had still shone brightly in the basement of the Drayton United Church as someone over the course of the evening would have said, “Let’s make it hearts.” Submitted by Barbara Downey
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School strikes not helpful As the weather turns warmer many students are no doubt turning their thoughts to summer holidays, which probably seem still a long way off at this point. Hopefully, Ontario elementary students won’t find themselves out of school prematurely due to the current standoff between teachers and the province. At this point, the labour unrest has led to a work-to-rule campaign with teachers declining to perform non-mandatory functions such as providing comments on report cards or administering provincial standardized testing. Extra-curricular activities, field trips, and help for students outside class time continues, which means students themselves will not likely even be noticing the job action. However, the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario has made it clear the pressure will be increased if the school year continues without a deal in place, so the present situation should be taken as little more than notice of pending disruption. As soon as the word “strike” begins to occur in the same conversation as “teacher” many people become indignant, assuming the issues revolve around wages and benefits, areas in which Ontario teachers are well taken care of. It should be remembered the issues in the current negotiations involve control of how allocated preparation time is spent and what teachers see as an excessive number of ministry initiatives with which to deal. While these matters do affect teacher workload, they can also legitimately be considered quality of education issues, meaning the dispute is at least ostensibly about what’s good for the students. Even so, a lengthy interruption in education during the stretch run of the school year can’t be sold as beneficial to students, so both government and union members should be prepared for negative reaction if it comes to that. Meanwhile, in some jurisdictions, parents are the ones interrupting their own children’s education by pulling them from school in a protest over the province’s planned changes to the health and physical education curriculum, better known among its opponents as “sex ed.” It’s unclear if these parents realize they could, as the government has often stated, simply have their children opt out of the lessons, but if so, their attempts to halt the implementation of the curriculum amount to an effort to impose their own views on the majority of parents who agree the existing curriculum was outdated (a 2013 Environics survey indicated roughly nine in 10 parents of elementary school children agreed the curriculum needed updating and that sexual health should be part of health education). This dispute too, is one that would be better handled by less extreme measures than withholding a child’s education. Patrick Raftis
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Volunteers pitch in to clean up diamonds in time for ball season at park in Moorefield
Ready for the season - Volunteers got together for a clean up at the ball diamonds in Moorefield on April 25. submitted photos
by Caroline Sealey Spring cleaning extended from the home to the ball diamond in Moorefield on April 25. Volunteers of all ages got an early start on preparing the ball diamonds for the summer season. “Many hands make light work, was true in this situation,” said Gerty Ottens of the Moorefield Athletic Association (MAA). For two hours, volunteers raked leaves, picked up gar-
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By Rev. Calvin Brown, Knox Presbyterian Church, Drayton
Mother’s Day thoughts With Mother’s Day we remember with gratitude that mothers are usually dear to their children’s hearts. The Bible asks rhetorically “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?” - the expected answer is “No” because mothers are well known as protectors of their children in both the animal and human kingdoms. Yet there are exceptions that shock and scandalize us as we read in the papers of mothers killing their children in some horrendous way. Not all neglectful mothers are so extreme, but they aren’t “good” mothers either and so
the prophet recalls those incidents and adds: “Though she may forget, I will not forget you!” (Is.49: 15) My own mother was a wise and giving person. Throughout my life even as a fully-grown adult I always felt that no matter what I did - good or bad - she was there for me. She cheered me on in accomplishments and was patient with my failures urging me to try again. She often did without herself so that I could have what I needed. With this devotion to my well-being came a strong sense of freedom for me. I could try anything and even my failures were allowed; I could take risks and know I would still be loved. If life’s pressures and discouragements beat me down I knew I would always have a place of refuge to go in order to
recover my strength. Perhaps it was with this in mind that Robert Frost defined home as follows: “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” If they won’t take you in – at least in the sense of acknowledging you and offering a helping hand (even if at times it isn’t what you wanted but is what they believe is for your best) then it isn’t really home anymore and you are forsaken. Home is the place they are always for you. That doesn’t mean they always agree with you, or that they always will support your decisions if they feel they are self-destructive – but they always are for you and will try to give you the benefit of the doubt. They always are willing to put out for you and work with you to make you all
that God intended you to be. To be “home” or family forsaken is a great loss but to be God forsaken is catastrophic. Jesus, in order to be our saviour (that’s a long story I’d love to tell you), had to undergo the experience of being God-forsaken as he cried out from the cross, “My God, My God why have you forsaken me.” This was the sorrow that broke his heart. Some suspect it was the broken heart that led to his death as much as the torture and beatings he endured. God forsaken When a person is God forsaken then all true hope is gone and all support for life is removed. Yet Jesus took on this God forsakenness for our sake that we would never have to experience it. He took it on so we would be spared.
So God’s promise to us stands: “Though she (our mother) may forget, I will not forget.” The dearest people in the world – those we thought were for us – like mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, friends and neighbours, bosses and business partners, sweethearts and spouses can all forsake us but God will never forsake us. Jesus said in Matthew 28:20 “Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” In churches the Sunday of Mother’s Day is sometimes celebrated as Christian Family Sunday. That too is a good connection. St. Augustine said: “He who does not have the church as his mother does not have God as his Father.” Saint Augustine was one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church (354-430
AD). After a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo in North Africa. St. Augustine emphasized man’s need for grace. In this quote he was reminding us that our sense of belonging is not merely theoretical or imaginary but it takes on real physical form in the church, who may, like our human parents, fail to be perfect but who God nevertheless often uses to reveal His true care for the world. The church is a good place to hear stories of how God truly is the one who never forgets us and is always for us. Today give thanks for your mom and for the church and pray if you are a mom that God will make you a really good one whose kids looking back will say: She was always for me.
Road project engineers selected by Patrick Raftis MAPLETON - Council has authorized staff to proceed with the retention of the services of WSP Canada Inc., at a cost of for the amount of $38,580 plus HST, to provide engineering consulting services for several 2015 road reconstruction and rehabilitation projects. Council approved hiring WSP Canada from among six firms that submitted proposals, presented in a staff report at the April 28 meeting. The report indicates the project includes: - Sideroad 15 from Concession 3 to Kumpfville Road, a total of 973 metres; - Sideroad 15 from Concession 6 to Concession 5,
2700 metres; and - Concession 6 from Wellington County Road 10 to Sideroad 12, 1825 metres. The engineers will prepare design documentation, acquire approvals/permits, and issue tender documents in order to complete the work within the 2015 construction season. “The proposal cost submitted by WSB Canada Inc. is well below the typical 5 to 10% of capital cost usually assigned to these projects. The total 2015 capital budget for this project is approximately $2.38M. The current proposal fee only represents less than 2% of the total project budget,” noted public works director Brad McRoberts in his report.
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Mud Run set for June 6
Norwell reunion - Selah Fire, Drayton hosted a worship service on May 10 at Norwell District Secondary School’s 75th Reunion. Over 250 people attended the event. Principal Paul Richard spoke on the school’s history and future before handing the microphone over to Pastor Jeff McCracken, who led the worship service. photo by Caroline Sealey
Memorabilia - Former Norwell District Secondary School teacher and vice-principal Robert McEachern, left, displays a Redmen football jacket from the first football team at Norwell in 1940. Current principal Paul Richard holds a Norwell sweater from years gone by. The renovated train station in Palmerston was the site of a wine and cheese gathering on May 10, with Norwell memorabilia was on display throughout the building. Richard said an alumni room would be set up inside the school displaying memorabilia from the school’s past 75 years. “I want the room to have the spirit and glory that represents this great school,” he stated. Over 100 volunteers helped with the weekend, with Betty Douglas heading up the committee. photo by Caroline Sealey
Reunion dance - The Neil Murray band supplied tunes from several decades for the Norwell 75th reunion party at the Palmerston Curling Club on May 9. photo by Patrick Raftis
by Caroline Sealey DRAYTON - With less than a month left to train for the Drayton Youth Centre’s third annual mud run, organizer Dahl Atin noted there is still time to register for the event. The six-kilometre event takes participants along a muddy route with hills, valleys and lots of water. New obstacles have been brought in this year to challenge participants. On June 6 registration begins at 8am at the soccer field on Wellington Street in Drayton. Pre-registration is available at Eventbrite.ca. Youth ages 6 to 13 will have their own muddy running event for no charge beginning at 9am at the soccer field. Water and refreshments will be provided. Everyone is encouraged to dress to get messy. Anyone who would like to volunteer to help set up the event, is invited to meet at the at the Youth Centre on May 27
at 7pm. For more information visit the Drayton Youth Centre Mud Run on Facebook.
Drayton and Community Citizens Association chooses 2015 funding recipients DRAYTON - Six local organizations will receive funding support from the Drayton and Community Citizens Association this year. In 1971, the Village of Drayton was in need of a medical facility.
A group of dedicated residents decided to form the association in an effort to raise funds for the project. Their goal was accomplished in 1972 with the building of the Drayton Medical Clinic.
In 1988, the association sold the clinic to its two doctors at the time for $120,000. In the spirit of using these funds to the benefit of the local residents, the association made it their mission to support local groups and organizations.
Each year there is an ad placed in the Community News inviting written request for monetary support. The association has handed out donations totalling over $192,000. This year funds were
awarded to The Palmerston and District Hospital Foundation, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Drayton Minor Hockey, Mapleton PreSchool, Moorefield Athletic Association, and Drayton Minor Baseball.
To become a member of the association, seek more information on receiving a donation, or explore charitable giving opportunities contact Mary Downey @ 519-638-2912 or email maryjdowney@msn. com. Tax receipts issued.
Drayton Entertainment’s Spamalot musically impressive, appropriately silly by Patrick Raftis CAMBRIDGE - One of the challenges inherent in staging a show like Monty Python’s Spamalot is that much of the best material is going to be familiar to a significant portion of the audience. The musical comedy is, after all, billed as being “lovingly ripped off” from the British troupe’s classic motion picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail. In fact, entering the Dunfield Theatre for opening night of the Drayton Entertainment production, enthusiastic patrons could be heard quoting lines from the film and anticipatory laughter rippled through the hall every time a scene built around one of the legendary movie skits began. Didn’t hurt a bit. The show was flat out hilarious from beginning to end, as the wellloved material blended with the new book and song lyrics from show creator and original troupe-member Eric Idle to form a seamless stream of silliness well worthy of the Python name.
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dated. However, to be fair, the bits are from the original 40-year-old movie and pulled off tongue-in-cheek enough to seem largely inoffensive. And, that said, His Name is Lancelot (He likes to dance a lot!) manages to be one of the better show tunes in the production on its strengths as a song and dance number alone. You’ll be singing it out loud for days, so
book some time off work to avoid embarrassment. The show itself, under the direction of Drayton Entertainment artistic director Alex Mustakas, is a genuine spectacle, with the kind of authentic costumes and lavish sets the Pythons could only have dreamed about during the original run of their popular, but frugally-produced, Flying
Circus television series, where the merry madness began. Music director Steve Thomas crafts a show as strong in musical elements as it is in comedic ones and the energetic dance routines by choreographer Lisa Stevens and associate choreographer Robert Allan meet the test of being both aesthetically impressive and enormously amusing. The cast is, in true Python fashion, an ensemble, but Victor A. Young carries much of the load as the clueless King Arthur, and Nick Settimi is also a workhorse as his coconutclopping underling Patsy. Eddie Glen, Stephen Patterson, Keith Savage and Liam Tobin are terrific as a diverse team of Knights of the Round Table, with each taking on several other roles as well. Jennifer Lyon makes her Drayton Entertainment debut as the Lady of the Lake. A tiny bit part in the movie, the role is much expanded (but apparently not enough for the character’s liking, as one of her key numbers is called Whatever Happened to My Part?) for
the musical. And a good thing too, as Lyon possesses a simply amazing singing voice and strong acting talent that makes you wish she had been allotted even more time on stage. Jamie McKnight shows comic ability and range in multiple roles, including several repeats as Not Dead Fred. The rest of the ensemble - Robert Allan, Danielle Benton, Rachel Clark, Michael Donald, Dani Jazzar, Allison McCaughey, Nicholas Nesbitt, and Christine Watson - keep the production moving at a torrid pace, working like, well, troupers, to bring the dizzying song and dance numbers to life. The true beauty of Spamlot is that it gives enough of a nod to the source material to please the fans, while realizing it’s also a full-fledged musical designed to delight the uninitiated as well. Bloody good show! Spamalot runs through May 24. Tickets are available at Dunfield Theatre, online at dunfieldtheatrecambridge.com or by calling 519-519-621-8000 or 1-855-drayton (372-9866).
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