Seniors` Club gets euchred with current contract

Volume 12 No. 24
YOUR UNIVERSE
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Teens arrested for
car break-ins in
Uxbridge
CHIPPING AWAY AT IT - Mayor Gerri Lynn O’Connor and Nancy Marr (right), curator of the Uxbridge Historical Centre, work with artist Fly Freeman (centre) at the
official opening of the “An Uxbridge Story in Stone” project. Held by AVEC, the Arts and Visual Enhancement Committee of Uxbridge, last Thursday evening at the Uxbridge
Historical Centre grounds, the project will produce a public art piece celebrating the history of Uxbridge. Ms. Freeman will be working and demonstrating on the grounds of
the Historical Centre two days and one evening a week, between the months of June to October.
Photo by John Cavers
Seniors’ Club gets euchred with current contract
by Roger Varley
Members of the Senior Citizens’ Club are unhappy with council's response to their complaints about lost euchre nights.
In a report to council on Monday, Ward 4
Councillor Fred Bryan pointed out that the
Uxbridge Seniors’ Centre holds a euchre night
on two Saturdays every month. However, in
2015 the seniors were bumped four times in
order to accommodate other groups and have
been bumped five times so far this year.
The seniors have a contract with the township
that sees them pay $3,600 a year for use of the
centre. However, the township realizes $464
each night they rent the facility to another
group but, under the terms of the contract, the
seniors do not see a reduction in their yearly
payment if they are bumped.
Mr. Bryan pointed out that if the euchre
nights were bumped twice in the same month,
it could lead to a six-week gap between euchre
nights, which would interrupt revenue for the
senior's club and affect "the camaraderie that
is inherent in any seniors’ event". The revenue
he referred to is the $1 each senior pays to attend a euchre night, which Mr. Bryan said
would be about $60 each night, which goes to
the seniors’ club.
Mayor Gerri Lynn O'Connor said the township could not be expected to pass up revenue
gained from renting the centre to other groups.
Mr. Bryan's report recommended that council
amend the existing contract, which expires in
October 2017, to forbid any further bumping
and that when a new contract is signed the
amount of money the seniors pay for the centre
each year be adjusted to reflect any revenue lost
by not being able to bump the euchre nights.
Council instead recommended that Mr. Bryan
meet with the seniors and ask them to renegotiate the contract.
On Tuesday, Mr. Bryan met with members of
the seniors’ club executive to tell them that
township staff would be meeting with them in
the near future to do just that, and that the
price of the contract would likely increase.
...continued on page 3
Police have arrested two teenagers for multiple vehicle entries and believe there are
other incidents that have not been reported.
On ursday, June 9, officers arrested a
17-year old male (from Uxbridge) and a 16year old female (from Scugog Township) at
an Uxbridge residence. e teens were in
possession of items that had been stolen the
night before from vehicles in the area of St.
Johns Court, which is in Testa Heights.
Police want to ensure there are no other
victims, but believe that additional entries
occurred that may have not been reported
to police. Officers are asking the public to
contact them if their vehicle was entered in
the days before the teens’ arrest in
Uxbridge.
Both teens are charged with eft Under
$5,000 x 2 and Possession of Stolen Property x 2. Both were originally released on an
Undertaking with conditions, and cannot
be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. e pair was arrested again on June
10 for breaching those conditions and are
further charged with Possession of a Schedule 1 Substance. ey are being held for bail
hearings.
Police remind residents to remove valuables from their vehicles and keep their car
doors locked at all times. Anyone who observes suspicious activity on private property, such as people looking into cars in
driveways, should call 911 immediately.
Anyone with new information is asked to
contact D/Cst. McMaster of the North Division Criminal Investigations Bureau at 1888-579-1520 ext. 2675.
Anonymous information can be sent to
Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at
www.durhamregionalcrimestoppers.ca and
tipsters may be eligible for a $2,000 cash reward.
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Thursday, June 16, 2016
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TOWN HALL
Notes from the June 13
Council Meeting
by Roger Varley
Mayor issues warnings: At the start of the
council meeting, Mayor O'Connor said she
has seen numerous posters in town about
missing cats and noted that a coyote had, on
two occasions, come close to the living room
window where her cat sleeps "to do its business".
From the audience, Brock Clarke noted that
there is a family of foxes living somewhere on
Maple Street.
e mayor urged cat owners not to leave
their pets outside at night.
In response to a resolution from Pickering
asking GTA municipalities to support its call
to the province to ban door-to-door salesmen
in the home services sector, the mayor said
the township already has a bylaw covering
hawkers and peddlers and saw no need to
issue a ban on door-to-door sales. She did,
however, caution residents to be wary of
door-to-door salesmen and urged them to always check the credentials of such people.
MPAC introduces new assessment website:
In an hour-long presentation to council, representatives of MPAC (the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation) introduced a
new MPAC website aimed at making it easier
for property owners to access information
about their own properties and others in their
neighbourhood.
As well, the property assessment notices
owners receive will be easier to understand.
Mike Porporo said owners of residential
properties in Uxbridge will receive their notice on June 20. At that time, they will be able
to go to www.aboutmyproperty.ca to find the
information about their specific homes. e
site also will allow owners to compare their assessment to similar
homes in the neighbourhood and
find out if their property could have
sold for the assessed value on January 1, 2016.
Owners of farm properties will receive their assessments on October
11 and multi-residential and business properties assessments will be
out October 18.
Mr. Porporo said MPAC will be
running an information meeting on
the new website and assessment notices in Whitby on June 24 at the regional offices.
The Uxbridge Cosmos
Thursday, June 16, 2016
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Highland Games are alas, no more
by Roger Varley
After 20 years of filling Elgin Park
with kilts, dancing and the skirl of
the pipes, the Highlands of Durham
Games are done.
e word came by way of the Highland Games' Facebook page on
Monday, but it seems the organizers
have known about it for some time.
Karen Ryl, the township staffer who
takes care of bookings for Uxbridge
facilities, said the Games never applied to reserve Elgin Park this year.
Attempts to reach anyone connected with the Games - or even to
find who is connected to the Games
- were fruitless. Steve Harrison, who
ran the Games for a number of years,
could not be found. Doug Moffatt,
one of the original founders of the
Games, was unable to name anyone
else involved.
When asked his thoughts on the
Games' demise, Mr. Moffatt hinted
that treatment of volunteers in the
past might have had something to do
with it.
"It shouldn't have happened," he
said, "but if you don't appreciate volunteers and let them know it, things
don't happen. Without volunteers,
nothing happens."
e Facebook post said “e simple
act of volunteering is in decline
straight across every town and city in
this province and for that matter the
country,” adding that the Games
need people to “step up and make
them their own.”
e Cosmos attempted to contact
whoever posted the message on Facebook Monday, but there was no response, just as there was no response
to others who asked for more information.
Neither could Regional Councillor
Jack Ballinger, who heads the parks
committee of council, name anyone
other than Mr. Harrison. He said the
announcement was a surprise.
"Nobody said anything to me," he
Seniors, from page 1
said.
He said, however, he believed the
Games had been deteriorating for
the past two or three years.
"ere was too much work and
they were not getting enough money
out of it," he said. He said he knew
of a group of senior ladies who, a few
years ago, had difficulty receiving
money from the Games after doing
work they were to be paid for.
Mr. Ballinger said he believed Mr.
Harrison took over the annual
RibFest event a couple of years ago
in order to help pay for the Games.
"Way back when they first started
they got grants, but they dried up,"
he said, adding he believed the only
revenue in the past years was from
vendor fees, advertising in Games'
brochures and from admittance fees.
Admittance to the Games was $15 a
head plus parking. Some people responding to the Facebook post complained that the Games had become
too expensive for families to attend.
In its Facebook post, the Highland
Games said they had offered the
event to the Uxbridge Legion, the
Uxbridge Pipe Band, the Fair board
and many others, with no takers. Mr.
Ballinger noted that the Uxbridge
Legion Pipe Band, which had been
an integral part of the Games from
the beginning, were not even invited
to take part last year.
e Facebook post added: "We are
proud to have taken the event out of
debt over these past six years as it has
operated in that state for much of
that time as a legacy of the past. We
will be spending the next while clearing up any administrative requirements and getting things looked
after."
Many who replied to the announcement online said that they were sorry
to see the event disappear, but expressed hope that it would come
back in the future.
Mayor Gerri Lynn O’Connor and Pickering-Uxbridge
MP Jennifer O’Connell dropped in on Julie Gorman
at North Durham Dental Hygiene last week to congratulate her on the opening of her new practice. A
practicing registered dental hygienist since 2007,
Julie is able to not only clean teeth, but provide professional assessments, do blood pressure screenings,
oral cancer screenings, and can refer patients to
physicians or oral specialists as needed. She can also
fit patients with sports guards, and help those who
may experience anxiety going to a dentist. She does
emphasize, however, that regular visits to a dentist
are an integral part of good oral hygiene.
North Dental Hygiene is located at 278 Main St.
N., Unit 5B. www.nddentalhygiene.ca
Correction
In the June 9 edition of e
Cosmos, the front page photo
caption incorrectly reported
that uxperience 2016 donated $5,000 to Sunrise
Pregnancy & Family Support
Services. uxperience donated
$10,000 to the Sunrise
Centre.
e Cosmos apologizes for the
error.
"They were not happy," Mr. Bryan
said. "The suggestion went over like
the proverbial lead balloon."
Mr. Bryan said the seniors had two
other options: keep the contract as it
is, with the potential for euchre
nights to be bumped, or to switch the
euchre nights to another night of the
week.
He said he hoped the seniors would
go with the second option.
"That would solve the problem," he
said.
But Linda Shanks, president of the
senior's club for the last six weeks,
said that would be difficult to do. She
said the seniors' contract with the
township does not include Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night and
alternate Saturday nights. She also
noted that the Uxbridge euchre
nights are attended by people from
other clubs in Claremont, Port Perry
and Mount Albert, who have their
own euchre nights on other nights of
the week.
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The Uxbridge Cosmos
Thursday, June 16, 2016
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Our two cents
Grimm, indeed
Looking through the comics in a Saturday paper this past weekend, it was
hard to miss one entitled “Mother Goose & Grimm”. It was one large frame
showing an old man with long while curls and a beard sitting at a brown
desk. On the desk, to his left, was a green mug that the reader can tell said
“World’s Best Dad”. In front of him, a computer keyboard. On the right, a
computer mouse, over which the man’s hand hovered. He wasn’t looking at
a computer monitor, though. He was looking at planet Earth. And over the
planet, as though he was looking at a screen, were the words “Delete File?”
and two boxes underneath this - Yes and No. A red arrow, controlled by the
aforementioned mouse, lay between the two.
It’s amazing he hasn’t already hit “Yes”. We deserve it.
There isn’t much to say here that hasn’t already been said in every way, on
every media channel, in every language. Even The Cosmos, in last week’s editorial, got a bit dark and prophetic-like, telling as to smarten the heck up,
or it’s going to get bad. Really, really bad.
When human-made tragedy strikes anywhere in the world and wipes out
what we presume to be innocent lives, we are all so great at changing our
Facebook status and talking about how we are all going to band together, be
strong, stay strong, stare adversity down. But we don’t do a darn thing. We
don’t stand up to our governments when they’re taking our money from us.
We don’t change our lifestyles so that we’re living within our means, rather
than taking and buying everything we can get, leaving the other half of the
world in poverty. We don’t actively adjust the way we treat the planet that
could very well be hovering under the “Yes” button as we speak so that it can
continue to sustain a better us as we hurtle through space.
We humans are a lot of talk, and absolutely no action. That isn’t to say that
a few - too few - actually do attempt to make their voices heard in this noisy
world. What they have to say is usually sound, and people may hear what is
said, but they don’t listen. Or they listen but can’t act, because for a litany of
reasons, their hands are tied. People want to eat organic food, but can’t because it’s too expensive. People want to buy electric cars, but can’t because
they too, are too expensive. Go solar - it’s expensive. And so on. Money, it
would seem, really is the root of all. Not all evil, just all, period.
So the World’s Best Dad is sitting at his desk wondering what the heck he’s
going to do with the lot that has been running amok on this orb in the middle
of the universe. A universe that has been merrily working its way along for
millennia, and will continue to do so whether we are here or not. Even our
own Earth would get along quite nicely without us, restoring herself to her
original beauty, (although perhaps with a few wrinkles, given the damage
we’ve caused). What do we need to do to get World’s Best Dad to move that
mouse right over to the “No” side for good? What would you do, if you had
the opportunity? Just click “Yes” and let the next bunch in to see if they fare
any better? Click “No” and let things continue to spiral out of control as they
are now until the whole system crashes and the program is unrecoverable?
Or pray that the arrow holds steady in between the two just long enough for
us to really figure our crap out and work on getting it right so that the question “Delete File” just becomes a moot point?
Letters to the Editor
We wish to thank everyone who
joined us last month for the Bob
Tilley Golf Tournament and Memorial. It was a special day of sharing
stories and remembrances.
A huge thank you to Mill Run Golf
Club, the staff, the board and the
members for their part in organizing,
running and participating in this
event.
Thanks also to the following businesses who gave generously to the
prize table: Canadian Tire Uxbridge, CIBC - Claremont, Lombardo Auto Centre, Nature's Accolade Salon & Spa, Richmond
Leathers, Roxy Theatres and Rush
Photo.
Collectively, through your individual donations, prize raffle proceeds
and Mill Run's contribution, we
were able to make a sizable donation
to the Uxbridge chapter of Jumpstart
in Bob's memory.
The Tilley Family
Uxbridge
This letter is in response to the article
written by Roger Varley regarding the
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recent production of Mary Poppins
(“The kids are alright - Am I
Wrong?”, June 2 edition).
I totally agree with him that the
cast, stagehands, costuming crew,
and everyone else who had anything
to do with this great production did
a fantastic job. However, I did find
something wrong!
Mary, Mr. Banks, Jane and Michael
were very wonderful in their parts,
and so also wasa Bert. But there was
no mention of him in the article,
though he was a main character. I
think that this young man worked
hard, and gave his all to this performance; he did an excellent job, as did
all the others - singers, dancers,
speakers, etc.
Luke Kimball did a wonderful job.
I know how hard must have worked
and practiced. You were great in
“West Side Story”, as well, and I’m
sure you will all be great in the upcoming “Almost, Maine”.
I’m looking forward to seeing this
fine young actor again on the stage.
Ann Dick
Uxbridge
When we moved into our home on
50 Nelkydd Lane, I commented to
my wife that in less than 10 years all
the recently planted Ash trees would
be dead. I am not a soothsayer, just
someone who listens to the news and
pays attention to my surroundings.
Each new homeowner paid $250 to
have a boulevard tree planted. We received a Norway Maple, which probably cost less than $100 to plant
(where did the rest of the money
go?). Every second home received an
Ash tree, which the tree farms were
unloading for a few dollars to get rid
of them before they were wiped out
by the Emerald Ash beetle (which at
the time of planting in Uxbridge was
already in Toronto and Oakville and
moving east and north at the rate of
50 km per year).
Who makes these decisions at the
town (I suspect the same person that
decided to plant Norway Maples in
Elgin park)? Maybe you should consider hiring a professional arbourist
to advise the town.
Bill Serjeantson
Uxbridge
Goodwood News with Bev Northeast
With the strange weather patterns we
are experiencing there’s even more
reason for everyone to “Go Green &
Save Energy” and assist with stopping global warming!
Our dedicated volunteer baseball
coaches are out in the parks every
week working hard to give the local
children a fun time and memories to
keep forever. Do try and get out to
cheer the kids on and show the
coaches we appreciate all their time
and energy.
e United Church luncheon is the
last ursday of the month, a fantastic opportunity to see old friends,
make new residents feel welcome and
share gardening tips and what’s hap-
pening in the community.
e Goodwood Baptist Church
speaker at the 11 a.m. service on June
19 will be Justin Oliver, and June
26’s speaker will be Bill Wilkinson
from OMF. Sunday school continues
in June at 10 a.m., with the exception of June 26, when there will be a
breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Sunday school
during July and August is cancelled.
Vacation Bible camp is July 4-8 from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please preregister by
calling the church at 905-640-3111.
Prayer meeting and Bible study continues on Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. in
June, and Ladies Bible study will be
at Betty Kirk’s every Friday. June 24
will be the last youth event, and June
26 will be Community Movie Night
at 6:30 p.m., with refreshments available afterwards. Saturday, July 16, is
Ladies Fellowship Brunch at 10:30
a.m. - consider this your invitation to
attend.
Please remember to check out the
regulations around having a fire on
your property.
Also, I am appealing to the commuters who travel through the hamlet of Goodwood to please slow
down, as the kids will soon be out of
school for the summer. I have sent an
email to the Roads Department to
have the speed board put out on
Highway 47 and Durham Road 21.
The Uxbridge Cosmos
Thursday, June 16, 2016
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Am I Wrong?
The Barris Beat
column by Roger Varley
column by Ted Barris
Stupid is as stupid does
Soldiers of secrecy
There are certain things that I believe we can
all agree on: the sky is blue, happy is better than
sad, the ocean is deep, the Earth is round, the
...
Hold on. Back up a little. The Earth is round?
Well, apparently, some woman in Brockville
doesn't think so. She believes the Earth is flat.
She believes it so emphatically that she became
involved in a heated argument with her
boyfriend's father on the weekend. And I really
mean heated. The man became so agitated by
the woman's stupidity that he did the only reasonable thing that came to his mind: he threw
a propane tank on the campfire.
Stupidity begets stupidity, it seems.
In the grand scheme of things, that little incident means exceedingly little, although people
could have been seriously injured had the
propane tank exploded. That's the problem
with stupidity: it can have disastrous consequences. And right now, stupidity is running
rampant in our neighbour to the south as millions upon millions of voters look upon one
Donald J. Trump as their nation's saviour. And
if they manage to elect him as the next president of the United States, it could have disastrous consequences.
(As an aside, there are many people on this
side of the border who also believe Trump
should be the next president of the United
States. Stupidity begets stupidity, it seems.)
Stupid is not a term that has, to the best of
my knowledge, been applied to Trump. Racist,
vindictive, misogynistic, thin-skinned, belligerent, insulting, self-absorbed maybe, but not
stupid. But did that change early this week following the horrific Orlando massacre?
(Another aside: I lied to my editor today when
I said I would not be writing about that incident.)
Trump's Twitter tweets immediately after the
incident and his subsequent speech in New
Hampshire - which, unlike previous raucous
rallies, was met with only smatterings of applause - were appalling to most decent people,
but were like manna from heaven for his
staunch followers, who lap up his every word
as being gospel truth but are obviously too stupid to do a quick search on the Internet to find
out most of his statements are a bunch of lies.
He knows his audience and he plays them like
a cheap fiddle. Smart, some people would say.
But his remarks seem to be having a decidedly
opposite effect on those who wield power in
the Republican Party. A quick search on the Internet today reveals more and more Republican
senators, congressmen and party bigwigs are
quickly distancing themselves from him, to the
extent that some are opining that while he
might be the "presumptive" Republican nominee, he isn't necessarily the automatic nominee.
Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee said: "We
do not have a nominee until after the convention," dismissing the "presumptive" title.
Sen. Bob Corker, also of Tennessee, chairman
of the U.S. Foreign Relations Committee, said:
"I continue to be discouraged by the direction
of the campaign and comments that are made."
Those are just two examples, but if Trump is
starting to irritate Republican leaders to the extent that some are considering trying to block
his nomination, maybe his remarks were stupid
as well as vile.
His stupid comments on Muslims could have
disastrous effects for America should he be
elected. While I am no fan of the barbarous
states in the Middle East such as Saudi Arabia,
Qatar and Egypt or the corrupt country of Pakistan, they are important to the West. How
could these mostly Muslim countries possibly
continue working with the U.S. and her allies
if Trump was president? How could they contain the explosion of anger towards America by
their populaces should Trump sit in the White
House? How could the U.S. possibly continue
its mission to promote democracy abroad when
it denies democracy at home by turning American Muslims into second-class citizens who
have to be watched every moment?
If Trump were to become president, I cannot
imagine him visiting any Western country, including Canada, without there being massive
protests, demonstrations and even rioting in
the streets.
Despite the rumblings within the top ranks
of the Republican Party, there still is a good
chance that Trump will be elected president, all
because, as Bill Maher frequently points out,
"Americans are stupid". Stupid enough to believe that he can build a 30-foot wall along the
entire Mexican border, stupid enough to believe he can deport 11 million Mexicans (even
the Nazis couldn't deport that many in six
years), stupid enough to believe many other nations should have their own nuclear arsenals
and stupid enough to believe that Trump is in
it for the little guy.
As I said, stupidity can have devastating consequences.
Tell me, am I wrong?
She strode toward the building with a protective
rampart in front of it. As I watched her, I sensed
she needed to find something, maybe something
tangible from long ago. Once inside this rather
plain building, labelled simply Block B, her pace
slowed. Inside, she passed glass exhibit cases and
along walls laden with images and captions from
the past. Then, she spotted it.
“There. That’s not exactly the same thing, but
it’s like the one I worked on,” said Theo Hopkinson, now nearly 90.
I asked what she was looking for.
“A teleprinter,” she said. “We used them to key
in messages.”
This place – Block B – was at the heart of Bletchley Park, where as many as 10,000 people (mostly
women) worked during the Second World War,
to intercept, decode and pass along to British Intelligence strategic information transmitted on
the Enigma encryption machine, portrayed in the
recent movie “The Imitation Game.” Only for
Theo Hopkinson (née Hopkins) teleprinting at
Hanslope Park, her secret wartime workplace, this
was no imitation. Her country was at war and she
worked in total secrecy.
“When we signed the Official War Secrets Act,
we knew we were in very big trouble if we talked
about anything we were doing,” she said. “Proof
of the secret’s success was we were never bombed;
the Germans never knew what we were up to.”
Theo Hopkinson joined an overseas tour of
Canadians I led last week; we spent 10 days exploring secret wartime sites such as Bletchley Park
and Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms deep under
London. I learned during the tour that the Second World War might well have lasted until 1947
were it not for the work of thousands like Theo
and another secret soldier, Bill Tutte, whose story
I discovered thanks to a retired math prof from
Ontario. A couple of days after our visit to Bletchley (thanks to a suggestion by Bill Cunningham,
former head of mathematics at the University of
Waterloo) our tour travelled to Newmarket, in
central England, and was welcomed by Newmarket’s mayor and council and by Richard Fletcher,
secretary of the Bill Tutte Memorial Society.
“(Dwight) Eisenhower said, ‘Tutte shortened the
war by two years and saved 20 million lives,’”
Fletcher told us in front of a sculpture of marinesteel plates with teletype dots revealing Tutte’s
portrait, “all saved by this boy from Newmarket.”
In 1941, with cryptanalysts and military communications personnel all secretly decoding
Hitler’s Enigma messages at Bletchley, the installation’s chief thinker Alan Turing interviewed a
young math whiz from Trinity College, Cambridge, named Bill Tutte (who would later immigrate and teach in Canada). Tutte focused on
Lorenz, another Nazi messaging system the Allies
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had heard on radios, but had never seen. While
Enigma coded short tactical messages (for German commanders on the battlefield), Lorenz encrypted longer, highly sensitive communications
that Hitler sent to members of his High Command. Bill Cunningham, who had studied under
Tutte at Waterloo in the 1970s, said figuring out
Lorenz became Tutte’s job.
“Bill managed to solve the key, the obscuring
data used to encrypt and decrypt a message,”
Cunningham said. “He was looking for patterns,
mathematics basically, and figured it out.”
In other words, over a period of weeks, by intellect and intuition alone, Tutte managed to accurately break the Lorenz code and determine its
mechanics. A new team emerged at Bletchley,
under engineer Tommy Flowers, who in turn
built Colossus, the world’s first programmable
electronic computer, according the Richard
Fletcher, “giving Allied intelligence (access to)
German strategic intentions and capabilities.”
How did Bill Tutte’s deductions shorten the war?
In July 1943 (after Allied setbacks at Kasserine
Pass in Tunisia and Dieppe in France), the Allies
understood that Russia held the key to defeating
Hitler; at Kursk, southwest of Moscow, in the
largest engagement of armour ever, the Allies ensured that Russian tanks outnumbered German
tanks; as well, German signals via the supposedly
unbreakable Lorenz code machines, revealed
enemy misgivings about the battle. Thanks to Bill
Tutte, the British were able to fully inform the
Russians and assist them to victory.
“The Russian commander was so impressed that
he thought the British must have had a mole in
German Army headquarters,” Richard Fletcher
said, “which in effect we did!”
Prof. Cunningham said after the war Bill Tutte
sought out teaching opportunities and moved to
Canada. For a time, while instructing at U of T,
he even commuted from a residence near
Uxbridge, which Cunningham said Tutte referred
to playfully as his “mathematical research institute.”
Meanwhile, teleprinter operator Theo married
Dennis Hopkinson, a radio technician she’d met
at Hanslope Park and they too immigrated to
Canada. Recalling how some of her work had enabled the Allies to retake Warsaw in 1945, she
grew emotional and proud of her wartime service.
“These people were unsung heroes,” she said.
“When the war ended, they went back to their
lives and nobody knew what they’d done.”
I suggested to my fellow travellers that Theo
Hopkinson and Bill Tutte may be unsung, but
thanks to our visit last week, not forgotten.
For more Barris Beat columns,
go to www.tedbarris.com
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Thursday, June 16, 2016
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Historical novel announced as finalist for The Word Guild Award
Cheryl Bristow, an eight-year resi-
dent of Uxbridge, has been declared
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a finalist in the category of Historical
Fiction in the Word Guild Awards.
“A Shield in the Shadows” was published in 2015 by Xulon Press under
Bristow’s pen name, L. A. Racines. It
is a carefully researched historical
drama set in the turbulent first
decade of the Fifth Century Roman
Empire, more than 1,200 years after
the founding of Rome. Christians,
long a persecuted minority with their
eyes on the next world, were trying
to figure out their new role as people
of influence in this world, since
eodosius the Great, an ardent
Christian, had 25 years before decreed Christianity to be the only legitimate imperial religion of the
Roman Empire.
Bristow prepared for the writing of
this novel for 10 years, devouring academic post-grad texts, geography
books, biographies of men and
women alive at the time of these
events, and everything she could read
about the life and traditions of the
Roman Empire. Her research is reflected throughout the novel, and “A
Shield in the Shadows” has been
hailed by Dr. omas S. Burns, au-
thor of numerous scholarly publications himself and one of the leading
historians in the field as “among the
top novels set in late antiquity written in the last quarter century.”
Bristow was forced to move from
study to writing after taking a course
on novel writing at Blue Heron
Books. e course instructor, fellow
novelist James Dewer, advised her to
have two protagonists, one barbarian
and one Roman. Her novel reflects
this advice. e barbarian is eona,
the 16-year old daughter of a Christian pastor in a rare Christian commune in northern Europe. Her life is
jolted out of normalcy by a raid from
a band of marauding Huns that destroys the village and causes the residents to flee for their lives. e little
band of survivors look for a new,
safer place to settle, and ultimately
join a massive invasion into the
Roman Empire assembling on the
banks of the Danube River.
e invasion is led by Gothic king
Radagaisus, described by ancient
writers as “a worshipper of demons”.
His drive to conquer the tempting
lands across the river is fueled by his
anger at Rome for abandoning the
old pagan gods and adopting Christianity as the new state religion. He
is not pleased when his younger son,
Roderic, leaps to the defence of the
Christian pastor and his daughter
when eona’s father interrupts an
important human sacrifice.
e Roman is Marius Ausonius , a
young Gallic aristocrat who, unaware
of the looming threat, joins the
Roman Army to train as a tribune.
He and his cohort are thrust into the
eye of the storm when they must defend one of the key strongholds
blocking Radagaisus and his hordes.
e lives of Marius and eona become intertwined in incredible circumstances
that
will
have
far-reaching consequences for both
of them and their people.
e Word Guild Awards was established more than 25 years ago to encourage the pursuit of excellence in
the art, craft, practice and ministry
of writing and help to raise the profile of Canadian writers who are
Christian. Increasingly, e Word
Awards are attracting entries from
the United States as well.
e award that “A Shield in the
Shadows” is up for will be announced at a gala celebrating e
Word Guild Awards on June 24 in
Toronto. is year’s awards will be
given in 23 categories, including best
non-fiction books, novels, articles,
screenplays, columns, children’s
books and song lyrics. e highlight
will be the seventh annual presentation of the Grace Irwin Prize, a cash
prize of $5,000 to be awarded to the
book considered overall “best” by the
judges in a separate judging competition.
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Stewardship workshop for watershed landowners
e Lake Simcoe & South-eastern
Georgian Bay Community Stewardship Program is hosting a free stewardship workshop designed for
landowners interested in undertaking positive environmental actions
on their properties.
On Wednesday, June 29, landowners can learn how to access technical
and financial assistance for project
activities that help improve the
water quality and aquatic habitats
associated with Lake Simcoe or
south-eastern Georgian Bay.
e workshop is a prerequisite for
accessing this assistance, and preregistration is required. Contact
Carrie McIntyre at carrie.mcintyre@ontario.ca or (705) 725-7523.
Participants will receive a complimentary copy of the Lake Simcoe
Stewardship Guide.
Several other stewardship information products will be made available
at the workshop that address specific
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COMING UP
THIS WEEKEND
Thurs., June 16: Uxbridge Loaves
and Fishes Food Bank Annual
General Meeting. 9:30 a.m., St Andrew’s-Chalmers Presbyterian Church,
Ladies Parlour. Public welcome.
Thurs., June 16: Lunch & Learn
featuring CARP. 12 noon to 2 p.m.
Program begins with a pay-what-you-can
lunch catered by North House, followed
by Randy's presentation and a Q & A period. This will be the last Lunch & Learn
until September.
Thurs., June 16: Meeting of the
Uxbridge Genealogy Group, 7
p.m., Uxbridge Library, Lower Hall.
Speaker James F.S. Thomson will discuss
“Maps and Mapping for the 21st Century Genealogist"; how to locate both
print and digital maps and use them. $2
admission, 50/50 draw. All welcome.
Fri., June 17: Oak Ridges Trail Association Hike. 9:30 a.m. Secord Forest. This is a 10 km, 2.5 hr, moderate
pace hike. Meet at Secord parking lot, 2
km south of Goodwood Rd. on Conc. 3
and east on Secord Rd. Contact: John
Fuchs 289 500 2212 (day of hike only)
Sat., June 18: Community Sale,
Thursday, June 16, 2016
8
Zephyr. 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Includes United
Church Rummage Sale, the Library Bag
of Books for a Buck Sale, various
garage/trunk sales in town & at the Community Centre. Something for everyone!
Anyone wishing to be included please
contact
905-473-7511
or
georgie@sheard.net.
Sat., June 18: Oak Ridges Trail
Association Hike. 7 a.m. Al Shaw. 1
hr., 4 km moderate pace loop hike. No
dogs please. Meet at road side parking
on the west side of Conc. 6, 1.5 km south
of Durham Rd. 21. Contact: Russ Burton
905 830 2862
Sat., June 18: Music Fest at
Reachview Village. 10-11:15 a.m.
An excellent venue to practise your skills
- be it playing an instrument, singing,
dancing, telling a story. We have a very
appreciative audience! For more info
contact 905-852-6487.
Sat. June 18: Book Launch at the
Historic Leaskdale Church. 2 p.m.
Celebrate the release of two books about
Lucy Maud Montgomery - The Complete
Journals: The Ontario Years, and A Home
of Her Own, by former Uxbridge resident
Conrad Boyce.
Sun., June 19: Family Kite Festi-
val, Uxbridge Historical Centre. 1 - 4
p.m. Music, crafts, activities, games and
face painting to go along with the kite flying.
Pre-register
at
taketimeuxbridge.ca/registration-form/
for the chance to win a kite.
NEXT WEEK
Tues., June 21: Uxbridge Senior
Citizens' Club Barbecue, 12 p.m.
Theme: "Thank You to Our Volunteers!"
USCC Volunteers are free. Members
$5/person. Non- members, $10/person.
EVERYONE must have a ticket and their
choice of a Hot Dog or a Hamburger.
Tickets at Quilt Room, Mon.- Thurs., 1 - 4
p.m. Please bring a mug.
Wed., June 22: Oak Ridges Trail
Association Hike. 9:30 a.m. Walker
Woods West. A fast, 3 hr, 14 km, loop
hike with hills. Bring snacks and a drink.
Meet at parking lot on east side of
Uxbridge Conc. 6, 2 km south of Durham
Rd. 21 at Albright Rd. Contact: Malcolm
Hann 905 477 7260 (before 10 p.m.)
Thurs., June 23: Salad Luncheon,
Goodwood United Church. Serving
a variety of salads, rolls, dessert & beverage; $10. For more information contact 905-640-3347
Sun., June 26: The 3rd Annual
“Heritage Challenge Car Rally.”
presented by the Uxbridge Historical
Centre. 12:30 - 5 p.m. This year’s theme
is ‘On Vacation’. Teams compete for
prizes by solving clues & riddles while on
an exciting driving adventure in and
around Uxbridge. $40/team (up to 4
adults, ages 15 and under free). Download a registration form at uxbridgehistoricalcentre.com/CarRally, or register at
the Centre’s Schoolhouse at 7239 Conc.
6 on the date of the Rally. Uxbridge Historical Centre can be contacted at 905852-5854,
or
museum@town.uxbridge.on.ca.
Fri., June 24: Oak Ridges Trail Association Hike. 9:30 a.m. Walker
Woods West. This is a fast, 2 hr, 10 km,
loop hike with hills. Meet at parking lot
on east side of Uxbridge Conc. 6, 2 km
south of Durham Rd. 21 at Albright Rd.
Contact: Joan Taylor 905 477 2161
Sat., June 25: Oak Ridges Trail
Association Hike. 7 a.m. Al Shaw. 1
hr., 4+ km moderate pace hike; Join us
for breakfast after the hike. Meet at the
roadside parking on the west side of
Conc. 6, 1.5 km south of Durham Rd.
21. Contact: Joan Taylor 905 477 2161
Wed., June 29: Oak Ridges Trail
Association Hike. 9:30 a.m. Walker
Woods East. This is a fast, 2 hr, 10 km,
loop hike with hills. Meet at parking lot
on west side of Uxbridge Conc. 7, 2 km
south of Durham Rd. 21. Contact: Joan
Taylor 905 477 2161
UPCOMING
Sund., July 3: Glen Major Church
Services begin for the summer months
of July & August, with special speakers
and music at 7 p.m. Rev. Bill Fritz and the
Handicapable group will be our guests.
Everyone welcome. 1560 Conc. 7,
Uxbridge.
Craft Show/ Wellness Show at
Ribfest in July. 12,000-15,000 attendees. Book a table at 905-640-3966,
bnortheast@powergate.ca
ONGOING
Tours of Uxbridge Historical Centre, Wednesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to
4 p.m., until Sept. 25. Learn about the
history of Uxbridge Township. Uxbridge’s
newest piece of public art is being created on the grounds. Watch ‘An
Uxbridge Story in Stone’ take shape,
meet sculptor Fly Freeman. Visit uxbridgehistoricalcentre.com for details or contact
905-852-5854
or
email
museum@town.uxbridge.on.ca. 7239
Conc. 6, just north of the roundabout.
The Friends Meeting House is open
to the public the first Sunday of the
month, June - Sept., 1 - 4 p.m.
Uxbridge Legion Branch #170. Euchre every Friday evening at 7p.m.
COMING UP is a FREE community bulletin board. If you have a community
event for a charity or non-profit organization that you’d like us to mention (AS
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Trust recipients for 2016 have been
announced. ey are (as pictured
from left to right): Leslie Higgins,
who has been accepted at Western
University; Hayden Kerry, who has
been accepted at Wilfrid Laurier
University; and Mikaela Leandertz,
who is heading off to study at the
University of Jyvaskyia in Finland. In
total, $6,000 was awarded this year.
Since the inception of the UMST in
1999, 57 students have been awarded
a total of $67,950.
At the last UMST meeting, Chair
Tom Rance retired after 16 years of
serving with the UMST. e new
chair is Carolyn Hicken who has
been the secretary/treasurer for the
last 14 years.
For more information on the
Uxbridge Music Scholarship Trust,
visit www.UxbridgeMusicScholarship.com
TOO MANY BUGS? TOO MUCH SUN?
RETRACTABLE SCREENS AND SHADE PRODUCTS
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The Uxbridge Cosmos
Meanwhile, Back at the Manse
with Barbara Pratt
Giving a Tour
What do we tell visitors to the Historic Leaskdale Site? What do they
wish to know, and what details of
L.M. Montgomery’s and Ewan Macdonald’s lives intrigue them most?
We start the tour in the downstairs
of the Historic Leaskdale Church,
with a brief introduction explaining
just why this place was an important
part of Montgomery’s life. The series
of framed photographs, most of
them from Maud’s own camera,
show highlights of her family, home,
and career.
Upstairs, the church sanctuary is remarkably unchanged from the original. The curved pews, the Art Deco
stained glass windows, and the pulpit
and choir chairs were all there in
Montgomery’s time. We are sure to
mention the huge Baird mural that
acknowledges the people who donated toward the purchase of the
church by the LMMSO, and the
Thursday, June 16, 2016
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“Mortgage Burners” who helped pay
off the mortgage in 1911.
We always pay a visit to the garden
at the south side of the church, and
contemplate Wynn Walters’s sculpture “Maud in the Garden”, unveiled
exactly one year ago.
Visitors stop in front of the Manse
and read the two plaques, Provincial
and National, which declare the site
to be of provincial and national importance. (Montgomery was the first
Canadian to have two national historic sites designated to her - one in
PEI and one in Leaskdale.)
Inside the Manse, just north of the
church, there is often a little gasp at
how beautiful the front hall is. The
high ceilings, the deep original
woodwork, the staircase - all give an
impression of a lovely, gracious
home. The details in Arnold
Hodgkins’s portrait allow for a discussion of Maud’s PEI roots, her
early writing, and elements of her life
in Leaskdale.
The parlour, we explain, was her
favourite room and is where she did
most of her writing. We add Stuart’s
charming memory as a child pushing
flowers and notes under the door to
try to get his mother’s attention. We
always have to explain the Good
Fairy Statue, and especially the coyote skin rug on the floor!
It’s the kitchen that intrigues everyone most. Lots of people can identify
the many utensils, and many have
memories of a wood stove “just like
that” in parents’ or grandparents’
homes. Most marvel at the lack of facilities and appliances, and wonder
how she and her maid cooked for a
family and many visitors, and did all
the baking and preserving that she
mentions in her journals.
Upstairs the tour goes on. Visitors
look out the window and see the
same scene she looked at: the Leask
house, the side road where the children walked to and from school, and
almost the same landscape of trees
and fields. We tour the bedrooms,
pointing out Maud’s very own cedar
chest, and the bedspread created by
Barb Murphy from Maud’s original
pattern.
People are always interested in what
her house shows them of her life and
times. A new book, A Home of Her
Own, which will be released on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., will give
readers a splendid virtual tour of the
house. Photographs in the book,
taken by Lucy Maud Montgomery
and Stuart Blower will show the
Manse as it was then, and as it is now.
Across
1 Quote a source
5 Physique, slangily
8 Do __ others
12 Flow
13 "Adam and ___", painted
by Tintoretto
14 Close
15 Provide for free, informally
16 Sense organ
18 Chinese appetizer (2
words)
20 Lead-in
23 Extort
27 Direct opposition (3 words)
31 Forerunner of a helicopter
32 Forum greeting
33 Farm young
35 Hay land
36 Close, ex.: a contract
38 Takes stuff off
40 Column of boxes on a questionnaire
42 Tie type
43 "You Give Love a Bad
Name" singers (2 words)
47 Gather resources (2 words)
50 Old empire center
54 Digs up the garden
55 "___ to Billie Joe"
56 Sacred bird of Egypt
57 Cutting part
58 Negative prefix
59 River deposit
environment (abbr.)
2 United Nations labor org.
3 Antacid brand, _____s
4 Ace
5 Floating ice
6 Settled
7 Art style
8 Go acoustic
9 Safety __
10 Chinese "way"
11 "Catch-22" pilot
17 Street shader
19 Flub
20 Europe's "boot"
21 Brighter stars, temporarily
22 Young people
24 New Hampshire's state
flower
25 System of belief
26 It may be French
28 In addition
29 Blockhead
30 North Pole toymaker
34 Croat, e.g.
37 Knock down
39 Egyptian deity
41 Drench
44 Broadway brightener
45 Martial art
46 Visible
47 Girl
48 Trawler's catch
49 Coffee order: abbr.
51 Japanese sash
52 A million bucks
53 Time zone
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The hand-off. It’s the simplest play
in a football coach’s playbook. But
as any sports fan knows, even the
simplest play can go wrong for any
number of reasons. e same
could be true of your family cottage hand-off.
It has been in your hands for
years and has seen years of fun
times with the people you love.
But, the day will come – maybe
sooner, maybe later – when you
will want to hand-off your cottage
to others, probably your adult
children. To help you avoid potential obstacles like excessive taxation
and maybe even some surprising
opposition, here’s how to perform
a cottage hand-off that ensures it
will stay in your family’s hands for
a long time.
Call the right play: A successful
hand-off starts with everyone on
your “team” being on side. Yes,
your adult children have always
enjoyed the cottage – but will they
in the future when you’re no
longer around? Talk to your children now, and if there are those
who do not want ownership responsibilities, you can help avoid
future family squabbles by ensuring they are treated fairly in your
will.
Elude potential blockers: Plan
now to manage potential tax liabilities when you make the hand-off.
Unless you’re passing assets to a
spouse or common-law partner,
when you die you’re deemed to
have disposed of your capital assets
at fair market value – meaning
that if your cottage property has
appreciated, your heirs could face your family won’t be forced to sell
significant tax on capital gains re- assets, such as your cottage.
alized.
Of course, your cottage hand-off
A less-taxing hand-off: Transfer should be an essential part of your
the property to your kids while overall financial and estate plan, so
you are alive, either as an outright talk to your coaches – your profesgift or by selling it to them at fair sional and legal advisors – about
market value (selling for less can what’s best for your game plan.
result in double taxation.) If you
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claimed for all or a portion of the specific advice about your circumyears the cottage has been owned. stances. For more information on
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE TUTOR - Elementary, Secondary, College, University, and Adult Learners;
Reading, Writing, Grammar, Proof-reading, Assignments, Masters/Doctoral Theses coach. Experienced
Educator 905-852-1145. 6/30
PET CARE - Day & overnight care, no crates or
kennels, reasonable rates. Uxbridge only. 905-8524454 6/30
TOP QUALITY CUSTOM DECKS, Pergolas,
Gazebos, Pool Cabanas, Shelters, Porches and other
Custom Yard Structures. Contact Steve at Northwood
Custom Decks, 905-852-1750, or email
steve@northwoodcustomdecks.ca 6/30
ACCOUNTING, BOOKKEEPING: Freelance. Over
25 years experience. Reasonable rates. Self-employed to corporate clients. Lynn Catherwood-Eldridge. 905-852-7281 8/11
ALEXANDER COMPUTER SERVICES: Quality
repair and sales from a local, experienced professional. Call 416-629-6626 (ask for Kevin) or visit
www.alexandercs.com 6/30
HOMEWATCH HOUSE/PET SITTING SERVICES: Let HomeWatch care for your home/garden
& pets while away this summer. Visit www.homewatch.ca for more info or email hstewart@powergate.ca. Heather Stewart cell 905-852-8525 6/30
THE HOME INSPECTOR: Have you had your AC
serviced? Beat the heat & avoid a breakdown when
you need your system the most. Ensure maximum
efficiency & service life. 416-567-4282 James
Buren RHI #193 6/30
FOR SALE
HAY - Liftable rectangular alfalfa bales, stored inside. Horses for sale. Reducing herd. Buy 1 or buy
8. Also, qualified fence repair man needed to give
quotes. 905-852-7634 6/16
COZY MOBILE HOME: 40’ x 14’ Quail Ridge. 8
yrs. old, 2-bdrm. (#39), $55,500. 30 minutes from
Uxbridge in secluded Pefferlaw private park w/ security. Close to golf, marine & beach. A low-cost summer home for 6-6 snowbirds. Facilitator Wayne
Ewles
905-960-1339.
wayne.ewles2000@gmail.com 6/30
WANTED
ASSISTANT needed for Snippets Hair Studio in
Uxbridge. 647-233-2586 6/23
HANDYMAN who loves putting together Ikea
pieces. Seeking assistance for at least a week in midJuly for an Uxbridge home. RSVP to deirdregibson@powergate.ca 6/16
FOR RENT
LARGE ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT in
Uxbridge. Gas fireplace, skylights, dishwasher,
washer & dryer, outside deck, hardwood floors, air
conditioning. $1,300 all-inclusive. Available July 1st.
Call 416-617-3418 6/16
UXBRIDGE HOME FOR RENT: 4 bdrms., 4
baths, 3,000 sq.ft. Very short walking distance to
public & high schools includes all appliances, unfurnished, very clean. Available July-August,
$2,500/mo. plus utilities. Call Ray, 416-505-1537.
6/16
UXBRIDGE - LARGE FURNISHED BEDROOM
in private home. Ideal for single professional.
Shared kitchen, washroom & laundry. Incl. parking
for small car. Internet avail. $575/mo. No smoking/pets. Immediate occupancy. 905-852-4454
6/30
EVENTS
FEELING BLOATED, tired, frumpy, fat, old, achy,
gassy...? Want to do something about it? Now
Launching in Uxbridge The 10 Day Shred! Come
Join us - Uxbridge Library Meeting Room (children’s
area), June 21, 7 - 8 p.m. No obligations just info.
BEGINNERS YOGA: Tin Mill Restaurant,
Uxbridge. Tuesdays, 10-11:15 a.m. Enjoy the detailed instruction of an intimate Vinyasa Yoga class,
led by Yoga Teacher, Cricket-Olivia. www. YogaOmUnlimited for more information. 6/30
SUMMER COMPETITIVE VOLLEYBALL Not
recreational, INTENSE. F.I.V.B. 2s, 3s,4s Co-Ed. Interested players call 905-649-6309 for info. 6/23
MINDFULNESS/INSIGHT
MEDITATION
SANGHA - 2nd & 4th Thursdays of the month at
Blue Heron Studio, 7- 8:30 p.m. Experienced and
those new to meditation are welcome. Contact us at
ghorner@zing-net.ca 6/16
YARD SALES
MOVING SALE: Sat., June 18, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
376 Feasby Rd. Furniture, Clothes Animated Christmas Characters & more.
GARAGE SALE: Fri. & Sat., June 17 & 18. Lormik
Drive, Sandy Hook. Kitchen items, furniture, retro
clothing, fishing gear. Harley Davidson gloves,
wheels, helmets, rain gear and new electric pants.
Tools & Skill saw.
GARAGE SALE: Sat., June 18, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Good stuff - life jackets, fishing rods, golf clubs,
kitchen stuff, antiques, books, dishes, decor items
and much more.
MISCELLANEOUS
Do You Have ASTHMA? Volunteers needed for
an Osteopathic Study conducted in Uxbridge and
Markham. If you have mild to moderate asthma,
between 40-65 years old, you may be eligible to
participate. For further information, contact Fran at
905-862-3383 or e-mail: asthma-feot@powergate.ca 6/30
The Uxbridge Cosmos
Film with Foote
column by John Foote
Finding Dory
***
For years, animated films were
snubbed by the Academy and critics,
but after the Best Picture nominations for Beauty and the Beast (1991),
Up (2009), and Toy Story 3 (2010),
it does not feel so crazy anymore. In
2009, I named Up the year’s best
film for a website I write for in the
States and received massive amounts
of email attacking me for the choice.
Tough, I say - animation has become
an art form. It always was, but the
film industry and film critics were
too snobbish to admit it, seeing the
great films of the past as anything
other than kids films. Look back at
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(1939), Bambi (1940), Pinocchio
(1941) or Dumbo (1941,) and tell
me really, they were just for kids? e
same is true perhaps more so of Disney/ Pixar films.
ough it has taken 13 years to
bring the long-awaited, often discussed sequel to Finding Nemo
(2003) to the screen, audiences will
flock to see Finding Dory. Dory herself, voiced by Ellen Degeneres, is arguably one of the best loved
characters in the history of the
Josh’s Penny House
Campaign Update
Mark your calendars! We are planning a fun,
family fundraising event in the Uxbridge
Arena Community Hall on October 15! EVERYONE is invited! We hope to be serving food
throughout the day and evening with lots of
entertainment. We are looking for sponsors,
silent auction donations, entertainment, behind the scenes help, etc. So, if you can help
in any way, or have connections with
people/businesses who can, please give me a
call! I'm hoping to get hundreds of people out,
so tell your friends!
You can reach me at 905-852-4204 or on
Facebook, donate on-line at www.canadahelps.org/dn/24901 (specify Josh's Penny
House) or any TD bank branch, account
#5240588-3184. Please keep your deposit
slip and ask for a tax receipt in the Restore on
Reach Street. Thank you!
Joshua Morrison
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movies. Degeneres, not terribly
gifted as an actress, yet perfect here,
brought such sweet soul to the character that the idea to build a film
around her was obvious, but the
screenplay was battled over for more
than a decade. ey did not want to
just do a film to make money, they
wanted to make something that was
a natural follow-up to Finding Nemo
and would allow the characters to
grow.
Set six months after the end of the
first film, Dory is still with Marlon
(Albert Brooks) and his son Nemo,
whom Dory helped find in the first
film. Life has gone on pretty much
as we expected from the happy ending of Finding Nemo, but now Dory
has suddenly remembered her family. e amnesiac little blue fish remembers they are somewhere in
California, and with the help of her
friends, and those she meets along
the way, she heads off across the
ocean to find them. Yes, it is similar
to the first, but it works because the
characters are so perfectly charming.
is is where we really appreciate
voice work, because with the wrong
actress voicing Dory we would lose
something. Degeneres/Dory endears
herself to us with every word spoken,
and never lets the not remembering
become tedious or silly. She brings
real love to the character and we feel
it in every syllable she utters in the
film.
Her journey leads her to the Monteray Marine Life Institute, where she
encounters many new friends who
vow to help her in her search and instruct her on what she needs to do
when she gets there.
Diane Keaton voices Jenny, Dory’s
mother, and we see where some of
the daffy charm comes from, while
Eugene Levy voices her father. Ed
O'Neill is a grouchy octopus who insists, after losing a tentacle, that he be
referred to as a septapus, while
Kaitlin Olsen is lovely as a massive
whale sharki. Ty Burrell does fine
work as a beluga whale, and director
Andrew Stanton voices Crush, the
60s dude sea turtle back from the
first film.
All of them help Dory make an important decision, as well as those
around her, one that echoes something that has recently been read
38 Toronto St. N., Unit 1
Uxbridge, ON L9P 1E6
Barbara Mills
(nee Lynch)
January 2, 1940 – June 12, 2016
It is with profound sadness that the Mills family
announces the sudden and unexpected
but peaceful passing of their mother
and grandmother, Barbara Mills. Proud
loving mother, who was treasured by
sons Doug (Janette) and John (Starr).
Loving Grandmother who was cherished by her
grandchildren Hailey, Robert and Audrey. Lovingly
remembered by niece Lisa Balfour. Adoringly
remembered by other family members and many
friends. Barbara will be remembered, by all, for her
abundance of kindness and generosity.
A Celebration of Life will take place at Barbara’s home
on Sunday, June 26th, 2016 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm
at 9 Geo Izatt Drive, Uxbridge, Ontario. In lieu of
flowers, donations in memory of Barbara Mills may be
made to a charity of your choice.
Online condolences can be made at www.lowandlow.ca
Friday,
June 17
Erwin Shack
Guitar
Specializing in
Audi
Porsche
Hybrid, Electric & Diesel
European & Asian
Vintage Volkswagen
Erwin Schack is a local
Fingerstyle guitarist
who resides near the
hamlet of Claremont.
He will be performing
pieces by Bruce
Cockburn, Don Ross,
Preston Reed and
more.
• Free courtesy car (by appointment)
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everything to be a box office monster.
Look for this to be a Best Animated
Feature come Oscar time.
Summer is
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Once again Pixar has merged with
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