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It may not have been as dramatic as Forrest Gump’s shedding of leg braces in the hit movie of 1994, but it certainly feels as wonderful for a Pelham woman.

Six months ago Marilyn Barnhart was using a walker to get around, too unstable on her feet

after a bad break to walk unsupported.

Last week she sat down to talk with The Voice about the positive impact exercise has had on her life, immediately after completing a Zumba class.

Barnhart explains she broke the femur in her leg and had “wonderful surgery” to repair the break and “wonderful rehabilitation”. She was, however, very wobbly on her feet and needed a

cane. Barnhart says she used

the cane for four years, and last spring had started to use a walker because the cane was too hard on her shoulder and back.

In August, when Studio Twenty opened in Fonthill, Barnhart decided to give spinning a try.

When she first started, she says, she couldn’t even stand on the bike, noting when the instructor told everyone to stand up “I sat on my a**.”

Within a month, Barnhart says she saw a major difference.

“I left the house and came here (Studio Twenty) and everyone was asking ‘where’s your cane?’ I said, ‘I don’t know.’,” says Barnhart, noting everyone was quite excited to discover the cane was no longer necessary.

“It’s wonderful to be able to be more independent,” she says, adding it’s amazing to her that the cane and walker are gone.

“I didn’t even notice I didn’t need the cane anymore,” she says. “It was so subtle.”

Now Barnhart, who claims to be 39 but is really 77 years old, visits the studio three times a week to take spinning as well as Zumba.

“I thought I’d give it a whirl,” says Barnhart of starting the Zumba classes, noting instructor Debbie Giguere lets everyone work at their own pace.

“I’m not 16 anymore,” she says, adding during the class she had just finished she sat down for one song

to take a breather.“If you like to dance, but

don’t think you can do it anymore, you can work at your own speed,” she says.

Along with gaining her stability and losing the cane, Barnhart says she has also lost a few pounds.

“If you’re sitting at home, not doing anything, give it a try,” she says. “It doesn’t

cost anything to try.”Barnhart says the Zumba

class she participates in includes half a dozen women who are all in their 70s, albeit younger than Barnhart. “You won’t be the only one,” she says if seniors are considering joining a class.

Before breaking her leg, Barnhart says she walked and often went to the

YMCA. After spending three months in the hospital it took her a while to get going, but says it has been amazing since taking that first spinning class last August.

“It’s a terrific place,” she says of Studio Twenty, adding it allows people to get out and get a little exercise.

BY SARAH MURRELLVOICE Staff

Exercise allows woman to leave cane behind

Off the WallPage 4

TaxesPage 5

HamletPage 2

SPINNING classes were the start for Marilyn Barnhart’s recovery of her balance, allowing her stop using a cane and start doing more exercise.

Sarah Murrell/Voice Photo

LITTLE Kickers, a recreation program for kids from age 18 months to 7, is now underway in Fonthill, and showed off their program at the Seaway Mall on the weekend, see page 8 for more.


REALLY LITTLE KICKERS

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At the January meeting of the Pelham Historical Society we heard about the Ridgeville Concrete Works, established by Mr. Tom Bishop in 1912, which supplied over sixty different concrete

products to buildings all over Niagara, as well as memorial stones to cemeteries. Ridgeville was a busy place in those days, with its own post office, village store, railway line and telephone exchange.

However, only a few people living in Pelham today know that Ridgeville also had a dance hall in the 1940s, and an open air one at that!

This story begins with a most unusual house, the present Hughes home on Canboro Road. This house used to stand in downtown

Fonthill, where the park is now. During the 1930s, Highway 20 was put in to bypass the old winding Canboro Road hill, and in 1938, the owners of the house, Mr. and Mrs. Ashton, decided to have the house moved up the embankment to a treed lot on Canboro Road. The

move cost them $400, and it was not easy. Wires had to be moved as the house was lifted up the hill, and, as one lady remembers it, the crowd of excited watching children were frequently told to get out of the way.

First, the Ashtons put in a hot dog stand beside the house, but when they acquired the old Ridgeville bandstand, they decided to use it to hold open air dances. These were well attended by local young people and by the Farmerettes, (girls recruited during the war to work on farms),who lived at a hostel on Welland Road. So on Saturday nights in Ridgeville, you could dance to the music of Mrs Irma Ashton on the piano, with a band of four men and a drummer. After Mr. Ashton put a roof on the bandstand, he purchased a nickelodeon, which, Mrs. Ashton recalled, “more than paid for itself”.

An old post card pictures the restaurant the Ashtons opened on the site, selling

hamburgers, supplied by Gordon Klager, and ice cream. Bell Canada installed a pay phone in the restaurant. In 1945 the Ashtons decided to move on, and the property was sold to Harold Morris, who moved into the house and turned the restaurant and cabins into two cottages.

Mrs. Ashton’s niece told me this story, but there must be other people in Pelham who remember the dances or having an ice cream at the restaurant, and the Pelham Historical Society would love to hear their memories. Stories like these are part of Pelham’s heritage..

Pelham playwrights and actors Jason Cadieux and Stephanie Jones are diverging from their mandate of producing contemporary, Canadian plays to produce a “fresh, vital, retelling of the greatest play on earth.”

Hamlet (solo), a one act, one actor production of

Shakespeare’s most popular play, is being presented by Essential Collective Theatre (ECT) as a one-night only fundraising event.

“This is something we’ve never done before,” says Jones. “It’s a neat way of doing something different.”

While it is not a Canadian, contemporary play, Jones says the ECT production does have a bit of a contemporary take. It is

one act, rather than three, and performed by one person, she explains.

Actor Raoul Bhaneja performs Hamlet solo, offering up the essence of Shakespeare’s talent and providing an opportunity for theatre-goers to focus solely on the Bard’s inventive language.

Jones says she and Cadieux saw Bhaneja’s performance of Hamlet (solo) a few years ago, and

since Cadieux and Bhaneja are friends and have remained in touch, ECT was able to bring the show to Niagara.

Hamlet (solo) focuses on the three most essential elements of theatre: the actor, the text and the audience. On a dark winter night, a young prince is visited by the ghost of his father; he then devotes himself to avenging the noble Kings clandestine

murder.The show is one night

only, Saturday, March 3, at 8 p.m. at the Sullivan Mahoney Courthouse Theatre, 101 King Street in St. Catharines.

Tickets are $30 per person.

The show, explained Jones, is a fundraising event with proceeds going to ECT’s Wine and Reading playwriting workshops.

In the past five years,

The Essential Collective Theatre has developed and produced over five new acclaimed Niagara works, set in the region and written by local playwrights. This event, says Jones, will support ECT’s continuing mandate to strengthen new Niagara voices.

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Memories and stories part of our heritagePages From

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THE VOICE of Pelham Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Page �

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prevent or reduce crime while promoting public safety is the mission statement of the Pelham Community Policing Committee. Working in partnership with the Niagara Region Police Service, the Town and its citizens to identify and respond to safety hazards is just one role community policing committees, like Pelham, across Niagara direct their attention.

A dozen volunteers make up the committee, devoting their time and

energy responding to safety concerns expressed by residents throughout the Town, the Town Council, its staff and identified initiatives of the Niagara Region Police. One such initiative involves the use of a Speed Dolly to promote driver awareness while monitoring the speeds of motorists at various locations identified as being areas of concern. Collectively we all have concerns of health and safety. Concerns, you might ask? Yes, concern for the well-being of people…

walkers, cyclists, children at play and generally the safety of anyone venturing out on our streets, urban or rural, and it doesn’t matter whether the concern is for us, our neighbours, our pets, our neighbours pets or an innocent traveler along our roadways.

We have all heard over and over again of the disregard for posted speed limits so the committee has done its utmost to encourage awareness, provide education, collect data and share it with the powers to be for

the purpose of police enforcement.

It is therefore unfortunate The Voice of Pelham and Niagara Regional Police were called upon to assist in an act of vandalism caused to the Speed Dolly. [see article: Voice of Pelham, February 15, 2012] Unlike some other municipalities, Pelham has a strong volunteer group so it is extremely disheartening to be thanked with such negative recognition by our own community.

There is absolutely no excuse for the unnecessary

expense which is being incurred as a result of a probable tax-paying citizen who, quite honestly, should foot the bill for the shipping and repair costs. The opportunity to do so will hopefully come to fruition.

To say the least, it is upsetting to think that the individual responsible for the destruction of the equipment has such complete disregard for the volunteers who give of themselves to promote safety in this community we all call “ours.”

Disrespect show to volunteers disheartening

Letters to the Editor

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With the present economic times we, The Fonthill Fire Association members, are very grateful for the overwhelming number of donations to our 22nd Annual Christmas Toy Drive.

Once again the citizens of the Town of Pelham and the surrounding area were very generous with donations of toys, clothing, blankets, cash and pet food thus enabling us to provide and hopefully make Christmas a little brighter for those in need.

We wish to thank various organizations for their continued support. To Pelham Station #1 (Fonthill), CIBC Bank, TD

Canada Trust, Royal Bank (Fonthill and Fenwick), The Meridian Credit Union, Town Hall, Fonthill LIbrary and the Welland District Humane Society we thank you for being drop off locations.

Special thanks to The Voice for your great photo, informative article and the town hall employees for their help.

As always, it is our goal to be ever present in the time of need, helping one another in true community spirit.

Thank you to All. Rod Richards, Chair

22nd Annual Toy DriveFonthill Fire Association

Thanks to communityI would like to thank

the good samaritans who helped me so very kindly.

On Jan. 29 I was walking along Canboro Road at Balfour when I slipped on the icy sidewalk and fell. I broke my ankle in three places.

As I was lying in the snow, yelling for help, several cars passed me, but then one stopped. Two very kind and helpful gentlemen covered me and called 911. They stayed with me until the ambulance came, delaying their planned

breakfast. Then others stopped as well to help.

I do not know who these gentlemen were, but, once again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kindness to a total stranger.

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In talking with many of the seniors living in Niagara West-Glanbrook, many have been asking one question recently – with the possibility of changes to the Old Age Security, will my cheque stay the same? In addition, many Canadians who are close to retirement have also been asking whether Old Age Security will be there for them when they reach 65. The answer to both questions is a resounding “yes.”

Contrary to the fear mongering by the opposition parties, our Government is committed to protecting the retirement income for

today’s seniors, and for all future generations of retirees. Canadians receive retirement income from a variety of sources, including the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security. The Canada Pension Plan is funded by premiums from our paycheques and it is on a safe, secure, and sustainable path. Old Age Security on the other hand, is funded from general government revenues, and is not sustainable in its current form without raising personal taxes, and no one wants this to happen.

Here are a few facts given the changing demographics in Canada:

Currently there are 4.7 million Canadians over the age of 65 and by 2030 there will be 9.3 million. This means that Canada will have twice as many retirees supported by half as many working Canadians. In 1975 there were seven working taxpayers for every senior. Today, there are only four working-age Canadians for each senior. By 2030, the total number of seniors will nearly double, leaving only two working-age Canadians for each senior. Consequently, the cost of the Old Age Security program will increase from $36 billion per year in 2010 to $106 billion per

year in 2030. If changes are not made, it will become unsustainable in the long-term.

As hard as these decisions are, failure to make them now will put the program in jeopardy for future generations. I can guarantee you that any changes to Old Age Security will not affect anyone currently receiving benefits, nor will they affect any individual now nearing retirement. Other Canadians, who are not near retirement, will receive substantial notice of changes to Old Age Security, to ensure they have ample time to plan for their future should

changes to the program be made.

Our Government will take the needed action to ensure financial stability for future generations of seniors and give them confidence that Old Age Security will be sustainable and available to them in their retirement. We will implement any changes fairly, allowing lots of notice and time to adjust. Our aging population clearly demonstrates the need to make these decisions to ensure that social programs remain sustainable for the long-term. We will always take a fair, balanced and responsible approach to

make sure that Canada’s OAS program remains sustainable so that all Canadians will have retirement benefits, now and in the future.

Old age security and CPP will remain in placeInforming

Constituents

MP Dean Allison

Page � THE VOICE of Pelham Wednesday, February 22, 2012

In the 18th Century the floors in English homes were often decorated with “oyl cloths” or floorcloths that were used to ward off drafts through wood floors or to protect floors in the summer when heavier, woollen rugs were being cleaned.

Floorcloths were originally hand painted and stencilled heavy canvas mats and by the mid-1700s were being ordered for the entrance halls of many British and European estate homes.

The trend soon moved to America, where companies here began to manufacture floorcloths for homes in North America.

It is an industry that fell by the wayside with the development of linoleum in the 19th Century, but as an art medium floorcloths are alive and well.

Here, in Niagara, floorcloths are pieces of art suitable for on the wall, or off.

Pelham artist Lisa Harju explains her collection of painted acrylic canvas mats are the focus of On and Off The Wall, a display at the Arts Place Gallery in Port Colborne.

“I must have read or saw something,” says Harju on how she started painting floorcloths, completing her first half a dozen years ago. “I thought ‘hey, I can do that’”.

Early floorcloths were painted to resemble more expensive flooring and are often adorned with geometric patterns and designs. Harju, who has done quilting and painted in other media, says her experience with design and colour suits the art of floorcloths well.

“I don’t paint minute details,” she says.

The floorcloths Harju has painted, so far there are 11, feature stylized flowers, some plaids, and other patterns.

“A little bit of this, a little bit of that.”

For inspiration, Harju gestures to the huge windows overlooking the woods behind her North Pelham home, noting her ideas are taken from “here or there.”

“We’re borrowing from what we see,” she adds, explaining one mat is a painting of bindweed, found in almost everyone’s yard, while another resembles children’s windmills.

Nothing, she says, is an exact duplicate.

“You have to leave something to the imagination.”

The mats, she added, are “cheerful”, whether they are hung on the wall as art or used as their original, historic intention, on the floor.

Harju’s first floorcloth, completed six years ago, is in her kitchen and is still in good shape.

“You wipe it clean and wax it a few times a year,” she says. “If you have good quality canvas you’re off and running.”

On and Off the Wall, a showing of Harju’s mats, is on at Arts Place Gallery in Port Colborne from March 3 to April 13. There is an opening reception on Sunday, March 4 from 2 to 4 p.m.

For more on the gallery, including hours and directions, visit www.artsplacegallery.com.


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DOLORES Fabiano, executive director of the Pelham Welland Chamber of Commerce, and Mary Marr, owner of the Marilee’s Bridal in Fonthill, look over the Chamber’s new Business Directory, which features the Chamber’s business of the year, Marilee’s, on the cover.

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LISA Harju with one of the colourful floorcloths she has painted, Brindweed, which will be on display at Arts Place Gallery in Port Colborne next month.


THE VOICE of Pelham Wednesday, February 22, 2012

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The Town of Pelham in partnership with Pelham Cares Inc. offers a volunteer snow/ice removal service for persons within the Town of Pelham urban areas* living with physical

disabilities who are incapable of carrying out sidewalk snow/ice removal at their place of residence. Application

forms for residents and volunteers are available on the Town’s website at www.pelham.ca or at Town Hall. Please call 905-892-2607 extension 332 for additional information.

GENERAL INFORMATION •Interested in Joining the Communities in Bloom Committee?

The Communities in Bloom Committee is a Town Committee dedicated to keeping Pelham beautiful.

The Committee is responsible for planning events such as Pelham’s Annual Garden Tour and Community

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Please be reminded that Town of Pelham Dog Control By-law 97-2010 requires that any person who owns

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As the first installment for our property taxes approaches (Feb. 29), I offer you more information about the Town’s budget.

At our Feb. 6 meeting, Pelham Council approved the operating budget and an average 2.47 per cent increase on the Pelham portion of your 2012 residential property tax bill.

What does that mean for your pocket book?

Well, the average residential property value for 2012 is expected to be $284,566. If MPAC assessed your home and property at that value, you will pay an additional $31 or a total of approximately $1,289 on the Pelham portion of your property tax bill.

Why such a small increase when other Cities and Towns contemplate a 4%, 5%, or 9% rise?

Local media recently bestowed a “thorn” on some nearby communities for the way in which they announce a huge

tax increase – like 9.75% – only to “whittle” it down later to 4% or 5%.

We don’t do that in Pelham; instead we give guidance to staff – maintain the base budget, work diligently and creatively to find efficiencies, review and trim all expenditures throughout the year – and they present that type of budget to Council.

What are some of the 2012 operating budget highlights?

The Town will further invest in better communications and the use of technology. Staff

will continue to reduce the reliance on “snail mail” and offer billings by email, use web-based tools for procurement, and increase the use of electronic funds transfers for venders and residents.

The Town will also expand the success of Summerfest into a multi-day event (July 19 to 22), add camp and swimming services, refresh and improve staff’s customer service skills, and enhance some bylaw services.

Staff will review and monitor our grass cutting and snow clearing

services; we hope to find the right mix between the level of service and whether Town staff or contractors should best provide these amenities.

We are also faced with a few uncontrollable increases. These include increased costs for employee benefits, WSIB Excess Indemnity Insurance costs, and annualized costs of last year’s new hires (planner, fixed asset accountant, and procurement coordinator).

To put the 2012 Budget into perspective, this is

another low increase by a fiscally responsible Town and Council. And, from what I am hearing across the Niagara, Pelham will likely be the lowest or among the lowest increases again this year. I will write more about your total property tax impact after Regional Council approves the 2012 rates and ratios later this spring.

You may contact Mayor Dave at [email protected] or read past columns at www.p e l h a m m a y o r d a v e .blogspot.com.

Average 2.47% for Pelham’s property tax increaseBY DAVE

AUGUSTYNMayor of Pelham

Page � THE VOICE of Pelham Wednesday, February 22, 2012

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ONGOING• Sundays 8 a.m. Informal running group, meet

at Peace Park bandshell to run with others, share information and running goals. All levels/paces. Info [email protected]

• Mondays at 7:00 p.m. Sing Niagara Women’s A Cappella Chorus at Paroisse Immaculee Conception Church, 99 Garner St, St. Catharines. Call 905-354-4745 or visit www.singniagara.com.

•Tuesdays 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. SPAN (Single Professional Association of Niagara) meets at Bailey’s 111 Highway 20 East Fonthill - for info: Janine 905-688-4358

•Tuesdays 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Kids Club: AWANA, Ridgeville Bible Chapel 905-734-3640

•Tuesdays 7:30 p.m. A Cappella Niagara Men’s Chorus invites singers for fun, fellowship, and fabulous 4-part harmony. Meets at St. John Ambulance, 5734 Glenholme Ave., Niagara Falls. Info: Bob 892-2336

• Tuesdays 7 p.m. Tuesday Night Bingo, St. Ann’s Parish, 834 Canboro Rd., Fenwick. Chance to win $100. Wheelchair accessible. Info 905-892-6123.

• Wednesdays - 1st & 3rd of the each month, at 2:00 p.m. Pelham Community Church Worship Service, 461 Canboro Rd, Fenwick.

•Thursdays (first Thursday of every month) 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. SOS (Survivors of Stroke), a welcoming and caring environment to meet other survivors of stroke and caregivers and exchange and receive information in a friendly and social environment. Everyone is welcome. Info call Ann 905-892-1621

• Thursdays 6:30 p.m. Informal running group, meet at Peace Park bandshell to run with others, share information and running goals. All levels/paces. Info [email protected]

• Fridays at 7:30 p.m. - Euchre at North Pelham Youth Hall, 1718 Maple St. $3 admission. Call Rose for info: 905-892-3408.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012• 7:30 p.m. CFUW montly meeting, Plymouth

Cordage Retirement Residents, 110 First St., Welland. Regional Councillor Bruce Timms will speak on Our Local H2O Waterway, the St. Lawrence Seaway Project.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012• 7:30 p.m. Calvin Arnt, 1812 Reenator 1st

Regiment, Lincoln Militia will share his expereinces and tell you how you can get involved in the 1812 Bicenntenial celebrations. $2 Please register ahead. Pelham Library.

• 7 p.m. Welland Camera Club welcomes Julie Waterhouse, from Markham, presenting “Close-Up Photography”. Wesley United Church, 244 First Ave., North, Welland. Guests are always welcome.

Friday, February 24, 2012• 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Legion Friday Lunch.

Chicken in Rosemary Cream Sauce with local green beans, broasted potatoes and homemade hearty soup of the day. Includes dessert and tea or coffee. $9. Take out available.

• 7 p.m. Old Pelham Town Hall. Pelham Centre School’s First Annual Trivia Night. $10 per person includes pizza and snacks. Cash bar, prizes, silent auction, 50/50 draw. Challenge your friends and family or put together a team of 8. Nadine, 905-892-4354.

Saturday, February 25, 2012• 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. International Souperific

Cook-Off, Holy Trinity Church, Welland. Get your $5 passport to sample soups prepared by newcomers to Canada from 10 different nations. Tickets available at Welland Multicultural Centre, 26 East Main St., Welland, 905-732-5337.

• 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Two sittings, Fenwick Lions All You Can Eat Rib Fest, Lions hall, Centennial Park, Fenwick. $18 per person, $10 children 12 and under. Tickets, 905-892-4143.

• 5:30 p.m. (doors open at 5 p.m.) Community

Family Feast N Fest Celebration. Family Dinner Dance at Club Castropignano, Port Robinson, presented by the E.L. Crossley Alumni Association. Mardi Gras themed event. Tickets, $35, under 13 $15, under 5, free. FINAL TICKET SALES AT SOBEYS THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 TO 4. or contact Brian Baty at 905-892-5317 or [email protected].

Monday, February 27, 2012• 10 am to 1 pm Hearing Clinic, Pelham Public

Library. Connect Hearing will be at the Fonthill branch giving free hearing screenings and will answer questions. Free, please schedule appointment ahead by calling 905-892-6068.

• 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Pelham Horticultural Society meeting, Fonthill Branch of the Pelham Library. Hear Karin Vermeer (formerly of Vermeer’s Garden Centre) speak about her new career using plants for wellnesst through Horticultural Therapy. All welcome.

Friday, March 2, 2012• 2 p.m. World Day of Prayer for all Pelham

churches at Pelham Community Church, 461 Canboro Road, Fenwick.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012•7 p.m. Niagara Bead Society meeting at Central

Library in downtown St. Catharines, in the Banker’s room. www.niagarabeadsociety.ca

March Break •Monster Art Camp, In The Orchard9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, ages 4 and up.

Youth training also available. Painting, sculpture, textile and design. 905-892-1709 or www.intheorchard.org

March Break at the Pelham LibraryMonday, March 12, 201210 a.m. Munsch-a-Mania, Maple Acre Branch.

$3.• 1 p.m. AbriKIDabra magic and comedy show

with Peter Mennie. Pelham Arena Hall. All children must be accompanied by an adult, who also need at ticket. $4.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012• 11 a.m. The Un-Birthday Party. Celebrate

your un-birthday with cupcake decorating and party games galore. Wear your wackiest hat for a chance to win a prize. For kids 5yrs and up. $4. Fonthill Branch.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012• 10:30 a.m. Sock Critters. Socks will be provided

as well as the ‘extras’ like ribbon, buttoms and other glueables. Any age with adult. Fonthill Branch. $4.

1 p.m. Bake and Take. Join Jessica Stewart as she creates magnificent morsels to taste or take home. Hints for even the youngest bakers. Recipes provided. For 6yrs and up, under 5 must have adult present. $4. Fonthill Branch.

Thursday, March 15, 2012• 10:30 a.m. St. Patty’s Storytime. Celebrate St.

Patrick’s Day with a great story, craft and some green punch. Don’t forget to wear green. Ages 2 and up. Fonthill Branch. $3

• 1 p.m. Paperbag Princess by CastleMoon Theatre Pupeteer Carrie Costello performs The Paperbag Princess. Make and take puppet included.Fonthill Branch of the Pelham Library. No supervision required. $4.

Friday March 16, 2012• 11 a.m. Crazy for Popcorn. It’s a popcorn party

for anyone who loves popcorn with popcorn crafts, story and best of all, sampling of all the finest flavours. Fonthill Branch. $4.

• 1 - 4 p.m. Crazy Crafters. Looking for something to do to pass your Friday afternoon? Check out the library’s craft supplies and make your own unique creation. Open to anyone with adult supervision. Free. Fonthill Branch.

Friday, April 6, 2012• 5 - 6:30 p.m. Fish & Chips and Silent Auction,

Fonthill Legion, Hwy 20, Fonthill. Lots of great items. Bidding ends at 6 p.m. Proceeds to lounge renovations.

BURGER, Christopher EdwardFlew into our hearts Sept. 17, 1969. Swept away by a heavenly Angel February 26, 2011.It’s been one year and the pain and sadness is still as strong as the day you left. We get together and share our memories, some making us cry and some are sad, but most of all some make us laugh and remember you with happiness.Missing you greatly, Mom, Dad, Bro. Tom, Sis. Sue and families.

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DESIGNER DELIGHTS owners Chelsey Cook (left) and Jenna Young (not pictured) are donating dessert to the Chamber of Commerce’s annual auction for the third year in a row. Stopping by the cupcake store in Fonthill to say ‘thanks’ Dolores Fabiano, Executive Director of the Chamber, expressed her appreciation on behalf of the chamber for this year’s dessert, which will be doubling as centrepieces.


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COACH Brian McLeod of Little Kickers offered kids an opportunity to try out the program, which teaches life skills through the game of soccer without competitive games, at the Seaway Mall on the weekend. The program is starting up in Fonthill now.


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