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2. In the News May 29, 2015 - www.themeafordindependent.capg 2
Recently, Prime Minister
Stephen Harper announced
$150 million for the new
Canada 150 Community
Infrastructure Program,
which will provide signifi-
cant support for existing
community and cultural
infrastructure across the
country as a way to cel-
ebrate Canada’s 150th an-
niversary of Confederation.
This program, announced
as part of the 2015 budget
of the federal government,
will provide support for
the renovation, expansion,
and rehabilitation of ex-
isting infrastructure that
provides community and
cultural benefits for the
public. Projects under the
following categories may be
eligible for funding: com-
munity centres (including
Royal Canadian Legions),
cultural centres and mu-
seums, parks, recreational
trails, libraries, recreation-
al facilities, tourism facili-
ties, docks, cenotaphs and
other existing community
infrastructure.
The program, which is an-
ticipated to support up to
1,800 projects in commu-
nities of all sizes across the
country, will be delivered
nationally through the
Government of Canada’s
regional economic devel-
opment agencies. Eligible
recipients for funding in-
clude provinces, territories,
municipalities, regional
governments, Aboriginal
organizations, and not-for-
profit organizations. Appli-
cants can submit their ap-
plication online through
their respective regional
economic development
agency.
“I am very pleased
that the federal
government will
be supporting a
significant num-
ber of projects
in communities
across Canada to cele-
brate Canada’s 150th anni-
versary of Confederation,”
said Larry Miller, MP for
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound.
“This funding is similar to
the important infrastruc-
ture investments that were
made as part of the centen-
nial celebrations in 1967,
which are still seen today
in communities across
Canada. I encourage all eli-
gible recipients to apply for
funding through this pro-
gram.”
Selected projects are ex-
pected to be completed by
the end of the 2017 con-
struction season to best
support Canada 150 cel-
ebrations. Projects that will
be supported by the pro-
gram will be chosen based
on assessment criteria in-
cluding construction-read-
iness, the extent to which
funding is leveraged from
other sources, and linkages
to Canada 150. A limited
number of high impact,
large-scale projects that
are national in scope will
also be supported through
the Canada 150 Fund as
‘Signature Initiatives’. For
Signature Initiatives, an
Expression of Interest must
be submitted by May 29th,
2015.
For more information
on the Canada 150 Com-
munity Infrastructure
Program please visit;
http://canada150.gc.ca/
eng/1424795454758.
Federal Government
Announces Community
Infrastructure Program
Meaford’s Earth Week or-
ganizing committee made
a presentation to council at
their May 25 meeting to pro-
vide an update on the suc-
cess of this year’s Earth Week
events.
Organizing committee mem-
ber Jenean Lush told council
that the second year for the
event exceeded the excep-
tional participation of last
year’s inaugural Earth Week
in Meaford.
Lush said that more than 20
children attended the Bee
Movie at Meaford Hall on
April 18. In addition to the
movie, the children were able
to interact with beekeeping
equipment and to ask ques-
tions of local beekeeper Rick
Elzby.
The following day a record 41
volunteers turned out for the
6th annual Memorial Park
Clean-up sponsored by The
Meaford Independent. The
Meaford Museum also saw a
large turnout of 68 people for
their celebration of conserva-
tionist John Muir’s birthday
on April 21.
Several Meaford residents at-
tended the many educational
sessions held throughout
the week including 41 who
turned out to learn about
food packing safety.
The Earth Week event that
attracted the largest involve-
ment was the second annual
Re-Use Fair, which this year
also included an Eco Fair
that showcased more than 20
local vendors and organiza-
tions.
The Re-Use Fair and Eco Fair
were held at the Meaford &
St. Vincent Community Cen-
tre on Saturday, April 18.
The reuse fair is a one-day
community event where un-
wanted but reusable house-
hold items are collected and
passed on to charities, non-
profits, artisans, and schools
which need them. Prior to
the event, local organizations
prepared wish lists of items
they could use, and that list
was made available to the
general public who might
have had items on the list to
donate.
A total of 14 community
groups received items from
the Re-Use Fair. Those items,
which weighed in at 1,791.2
pounds (an increase of 225
pounds from last year) were
packed by organizers into
some 100 boxes in prepara-
tion for distribution to the
community groups.
Council was pleased with
the information provided in
the presentation, and Mayor
Barb Clumpus expressed
thanks to the Earth Week or-
ganizers.
“I thank you for all that you’ve
done for the community with
this group. It’s obviously on
track to get bigger every year,
and we congratulate you for
that,” said Clumpus.
Each year the Ontario Commu-
nity Newspaper Association
(OCNA) hosts an awards gala
for its more than 300 member
newspapers, and this year The
Meaford Independent earned
its very first OCNA Better
Newspapers Premier award.
The Independent received a
first place award in the Com-
munity Service category for
our Municipal Election Guide
issue (September 26, 2014).
“Excellent initiative on the
part of the paper, not only for
the information, but for the
appealing visuals,” explained
Montreal journalist Carmen
Marie Fabio, who judged the
category this year. “As an edi-
tor I know how important the
visual component is in telling
the story and engaging the
reader.”
The other award winners in
the Community Service cat-
egory were the Richmond Hill/
Thornhill Liberal, which re-
ceived second place, and the
Aylmer Express, which earned
the third place award.
The OCNA was founded in
1950, and of its membership
of more than 300 newspapers,
the smallest newspaper circu-
lates 279 copies weekly while
the largest distributes 200,000
copies weekly. Thirty-three
percent of community news-
papers in Ontario circulate less
than 5,000 copies weekly ac-
cording to the OCNA.
Susanne Wussow, publisher
of The Meaford Independent,
was thrilled
to learn about
winning the
award.
“Our fantas-
tic team has
to get all the
credit, be-
cause they are
amazing. I am
so lucky to be
working with
them. And to
receive this
recognition
from our peers
is absolutely
wonderful,”
said Wussow.
TMI Wins First OCNA Award
By Stephen Vance
Meaford Independent Publisher Susanne Wussow and Editor Stephen
Vance have a new award for the wall after earning their first OCNA Better
Newspapers award.
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A 28 year-old Meaford
woman has been charged
with racing a motor vehicle
under the Highway Traffic
Act after she was stopped by
Grey County OPP for driv-
ing 151 kilometres per hour
in a posted 80 kilometre per
hour zone.
The infraction took place on
Sunday, May 24 at 4:04 pm,
on Grey Bruce Line north of
Sideroad 5 in the Township
of Chatsworth.
The woman's green 2003
Ford has been impounded
for seven days, and her driv-
er's licence has been seized.
She is scheduled to appear
in court in Owen Sound on
July 13.
not for
Appli-
eir ap-
ough
onal
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h anni-
Meaford Woman Charged With Racing
Earth Week Organizing
Committee Updates
Council
By Stephen Vance

3. May 29, 2015 - www.themeafordindependent.ca Council News pg 3
Meaford’s Deputy Mayor,
Harley Greenfield, has asked
council to consider a review
of the municipality’s full
time staff “in an attempt to
maximize synergies and effi-
ciencies”, however his fellow
councillors have deferred his
motion until later this sum-
mer.
Greenfield caused a stir ear-
lier this month after he made
a notice of motion at the May
11 council meeting indicat-
ing that he would be bringing
forward a motion that would
“have to do with the huge fu-
ture cost of infrastructure, it
will deal with no additional
tax increases to cover the in-
frastructure expenses, it will
have very much to do with a
workforce adjustment which
will free tax dollars for infra-
structure needs”.
The words “workforce adjust-
ment” triggered a response
from the mayor, who called a
special closed-session meeting
with councillors and munici-
pal lawyers on Wednesday,
May 20 to discuss “a matter
related to labour relations
and employee negotiations,
specifically potential implica-
tions arising from a notice of
motion, to be considered at an
upcoming meeting, on a po-
tential workforce adjustment”.
Greenfield is asking that a re-
view of Meaford’s full-time
staff be undertaken in July
by an independent consul-
tant, with a maximum cost of
$30,000 which would come
from the Human Resources
reserve fund.
When Greenfield’s motion was
formally introduced at coun-
cil’s May 25 meeting, Council-
lor Mike Poetker immediately
moved to defer, arguing that
council should first complete
its strategic planning and pri-
orities sessions before tackling
a staff review.
Councillor Steven Bartley sup-
ports the intent of Greenfield’s
motion, and he told council
that such a review must be
done in order for ratepayers to
feel confident that the munici-
pality is appropriately staffed.
Bartley noted that during the
2014 election campaign, the
number of staff employed by
the municipality was a com-
mon issue with voters.
“This motion that the Deputy
Mayor has brought forward
will be the most important
thing we do in the next four
years. Whether a consultant
tells us that we have enough
help, not enough help, too
much help, it’s got to come
out in black and white,” said
Bartley. “It may very well be
that we need more staff. This
motion that Mr. Greenfield
has brought forward has to
go through some time to put
it to rest, to bed once and for
all and we can get on with run-
ning the municipality.”
The municipality conducted
a similar review in 2009 that
found that Meaford was ap-
propriately staffed, and if
anything required additional
staff at that time. Faced with
a second year of significant
tax increases, and rumours of
2008 ending in another mas-
sive deficit, frustrated resi-
dents and some members of
council voiced concerns that
the municipal staff roster was
bloated, and demanded that
a study be conducted. Then-
CAO Frank Miele enlisted the
help of a Citizens’ Task Force
as well as an independent au-
ditor to ensure objectivity and
transparency throughout the
five-month review process.
The final result of the hun-
dreds of hours of work, which
included interviews with all
municipal staff members and
and an exhaustive look at the
services provided by the mu-
nicipality, was a report from
Miele that contained 128 rec-
ommendations. The conclu-
sion reached by the indepen-
dent auditor, the citizens’ task
force, and the CAO in 2009
was that staff levels within the
municipality were appropriate
for the services that the mu-
nicipality provides.
For now, the Deputy Mayor
will have to wait for his motion
to be considered by council, as
Councillor Poetker’s motion
to defer until after the council
priorities and strategic plan-
ning sessions have been com-
pleted was approved by coun-
cil at the May 25 meeting.
Deputy Mayor Will Have to Wait
For Staff Review
By Stephen Vance
At their meeting on May
25, Meaford councillors
voted to approve a revi-
sion to the municipal long-
term debt policy. The new
policy, which was present-
ed to council at the May
11 committee of the whole
meeting, moves from a re-
strictive policy which was
implemented in the wake
of Meaford’s five year plan
for financial recovery after
having found itself with
some $3 million in accu-
mulated deficits, to a less
restrictive set of rules that
will give the municipal-
ity more flexibility when
considering funding op-
tions for municipal proj-
ects. Meaford’s previous
long-term debt policy did
not allow the municipality
to take on debt for infra-
structure projects in most
cases.
Meaford Treasurer Darcy
Chapman told council that
if used wisely, long-term
debt can be a useful tool
for municipalities.
“The old policy was devel-
oped during the financial
crisis that Meaford went
through. It really spoke
about the fact that there
would be no new debt,”
Chapman told council on
May 11. “When it’s long-
term infrastructure, debt
is a good thing because
it helps to spread out the
cost over the generation of
the people who will be us-
ing that infrastructure.”
Ontario municipalities
are allowed to incur long-
term debt for municipal
infrastructure as long as
annual debt repayments
do not exceed 25 percent
of net revenues. The prov-
ince provides an annual
statement for municipali-
ties known as the Annual
Repayment Limit, outlin-
ing the revenue and debt
servicing calculations. The
Municipality of Meaford’s
2014 Annual Repayment
Limit statement from the
province shows that the
municipality is utilizing
just 6.33 percent of net
revenues to service debt
and is only utilizing 25.3
percent of the legislated
capacity of net revenues,
according to Chapman’s
report to council.
“If there was ever a time
to utilize debt effectively,
now, or in the near future
would be that time, be-
cause we have seen (inter-
est) rates that are at an all
time historic low. I’m sure
they’re not going to get
much lower,” Chapman
advised council.
No new debt is required to
complete projects within
the approved 2015 bud-
get, though Chapman
noted that the Nelson
Street Booster Pumping
Station will require more
than $2.1 million in long
term financing in 2016/17
which will be repaid
through water user rates
and development charges.
Council Approves Less
Restrictive Debt Management
Policy
By Stephen Vance
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4. Council News May 29, 2015 - www.themeafordindependent.capg 4
Each year the Municipality of Mea-
ford offers community grants to help
support a range of non-profit initia-
tives, from the Scarecrow Invasion,
to the Farmers’ Market, to music fes-
tivals, and though council has nearly
exhausted the available funds for
this year, the requests from commu-
nity groups for financial support keep
coming, and many of the requests
(and grants issued) don’t meet the
criteria for receipt of a community
grant.
On May 25 council was visited by the
organizers of the Meaford Interna-
tional Film Festival (MIFF), request-
ing an additional $3,000 on top of
the $2,000 that had already been
approved, the Dragons’ Den Mea-
ford organizers seeking an additional
$3,000 on top of the $5,000 already
approved by council, and the Big
Brothers, Big Sisters of the Georgian
Triangle asking for $3,000.
The problem for council is that there
is just $5,000 remaining in the
$25,000 that was budgeted for com-
munity grants in 2015, and $1,000
of that is already committed. In ad-
dition to the $25,000 community
grant fund, also included in the 2015
budget were sponsorship of MIFF for
$2,000, Dragons’ Den Meaford for
$5,000, and the Scarecrow Invasion
for $3,000.
With just $4,000 remaining in this
year’s grant fund, and $9,000 in new
requests at a single meeting, council
grappled with what to do.
In November of 2013 council was re-
minded that many of the grants they
were approving for 2014 were in fact
ineligible.
“Eighty-eight percent ($22,000.00)
of available grant funds as identified
in the 2014 Tax Supported Operating
Budget will be allocated to current
2014 requests despite ineligibility,”
staff told council in a November 2013
report.
“The number one reason for non-
compliance with the criteria is that
most of the groups that applied have
come to rely on this fund as a regular
source of income,” Director of Com-
munity Services Dan Buttineau
told council at the time, adding
that the intent of the grant fund
was to help support local organi-
zations and other events in their first
three years, and he said that once
they are established they become in-
eligible for funding.
At this week’s meeting, council was
again reminded by staff that the ma-
jority of the organizations for which
council approved community grants
this year should not have received
them based on eligibility. CAO De-
nyse Morrissey noted that staff fully
explained the eligibility requirements
for the grants, and that council chose
to provide grants to ineligible organi-
zations anyway.
“The community grants are supposed
to be seed money for new initiatives,”
Treasurer Darcy Chapman told coun-
cil.
For the three requests received at
council on May 25, council decided
to decline the request from MIFF for
additional funding, with Chapman
noting that, according to the finan-
cial documents submitted by MIFF,
this year’s event is projected to have
a net profit of more than $20,000.
Council granted an additional $2,500
to Dragons’ Den Meaford, and $500
was granted to the Big Brothers Big
Sisters.
The Municipality of Meaford will
undertake a new accessibility
project with the installation of a
ramp at the entry to the terrace at
the side of Meaford Hall.
The project carries a maximum
cost of $2,500, which will come
from Meaford’s accessibility re-
serve fund. The accessibility re-
serve has a current balance of
approximately $17,500, with
$5,000 committed to projects
that were approved in the 2015
budget.
“The area of Meaford Hall com-
prised of the parking lot and ter-
race is used for various functions
and events, including Canada
Day and the Meaford Interna-
tional Film Festival. As a result of
public feedback, staff investigat-
ed potential solutions to improve
accessibility at this location,”
read a staff report to council.
“The project involves alterations
to the existing grade to allow for
the construction of a ramp join-
ing the terrace and the parking
lot. The work will be done in com-
pliance with the Building Code.”
Accessibility projects like this will
become more and more common
in the coming years. The provin-
cial Accessibility for Ontarians
With Disabilities Act (AODA) was
first introduced in 2005, and all
public sector organizations must
be in compliance this year for a
new construction or substantial
renovations.
The AODA includes five areas
for mandatory accessibility stan-
dards. These include:
• Customer Service
• Employment
• Information and Communi-
cations
• Transportation
• Design of Public Spaces
The ramp to be installed at Mea-
ford Hall falls under ‘Design of
Public Spaces’.
Some of the requirements for the
design of public spaces under the
AODA include:
• 20% or a minimum of one
accessible table that can be ac-
cessed by moving forward not
having to back in
• A minimum of 1500mm for
sidewalks and/or pathways
• Accessible parking on and off
street where 4% of spaces are ac-
cessible in new lots with greater
than 100 spots
• Minimum of one accessible
counter when providing service
to the public, and queueing and
waiting areas wide enough to
support assistive devices
• TTY services as well as hear-
ing enhancement devices, Braille
labelling on signage, clear emer-
gency information/signage in-
cluding exit information
• Maintenance and restoration
of public spaces to keep accessi-
bility equipment and features in
working order
In April of 2010 Meaford Hall
lowered the counter for its box
office ticket window in order to
improve accessibility. To comply
with the accessibility require-
ments, the box office window had
to be lowered eight inches which
then allowed those in wheelchairs
to access the window without dif-
ficulty.
The installation of the new ramp
will further improve accessibil-
ity to the hall for those in wheel-
chairs or who use walkers.
“The removal of a physical bar-
rier at Meaford Hall through the
introduction of a ramp between
the terrace and the parking lot
will improve accessibility at this
vital community and municipal
facility,” said municipal staff in
their report to council.
Accessible Ramp to be Installed at
Meaford Hall
By Stephen Vance
Council Running Out of
Community Grant Money
By Stephen Vance

5. May 29, 2015 - www.themeafordindependent.ca Arts & Culture pg 5
Curious about the DIY and
maker culture? Take part in
the MIY (Make It Yourself)
Rumpus on Saturday, June 13
from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at
the Owen Sound & North Grey
Union Public Library.
There will be a variety of local
makers throughout the library
for you to meet and explore the
interesting projects happening
right in our own community.
Maker culture is a contempo-
rary culture or subculture rep-
resenting a technology-based
extension of DIY culture. Typi-
cal interests enjoyed by the
maker culture include engi-
neering-oriented pursuits such
as electronics, robotics, 3-D
printing, and the use of CNC
tools, as well as more tradition-
al activities such as metalwork-
ing, woodworking, and arts and
crafts. A complete list of exhibi-
tors will be announced.
Interested in having a booth?
Visit www.owensound.library.
on.ca to get your application.
The application deadline is
June 1.
Owen Sound & North Grey
Union Public Library is located
at: 824 1st Avenue West, Owen
Sound.
For more information contact
Nadia Danyluk or Lacy Russell
at 519-376-6623.
MIY Rumpus at the Owen
Sound Library
This novel was awarded the Pulit-
zer Prize for 2014. It is the third
novel for the author and by her ac-
count took 11 years to write.
Donna Tartt first burst onto the
scene in 1996 with her debut novel
The Secret History, which brought
her much acclaim. Her second
novel, The Little Friend, published
in 2004, was panned by critics and
the public, leading to speculation
that she was in fact a one-hit won-
der.
The Goldfinch was published in
2013 and was hailed as “the best in
literature this decade”. As one crit-
ic stated, “You could not go to any
gathering without someone ask-
ing if you had read it, and wasn’t it
wonderful”. Hence, probably, the
Pulitzer award.
The Goldfinch is the tale of Theo,
who is left without his mother in
a terrorist bombing of the Metro-
politan Museum of Art in New York
City. Theo and his mother go spe-
cifically to the museum to see the
painting called “The Goldfinch”, by
Dutch master Carel Fabritius. This
is her favourite painting due to the
detail reflected in this very small
oil.
Out of the rubble of the bombing
Theo takes the painting, possibly to
give to his mother as a surprise. He
is, remember, shellshocked by the
blast, and his mother was not im-
mediately with him. He believes he
will see her at home. The instiga-
tion for this decision is an old man
who indicates the painting, as well
as giving Theo a ring and an ad-
dress while in the process of dying.
His mother does NOT come home
and Theo must acclimate himself
to the life of an orphan, his father
having walked out on them several
years before. During the course of
the next year of his life he feels
accepted by the family of a school
friend. The family is dysfunctional
at best but they take good care of
him and he developes a strong at-
tachment to the mother.
He follows the instructions of the
man who was dying in the museum
and is introduced to Hobie, a furni-
ture restorer who was partners with
the old man in business and life. He
also meets Pippa, a very fragile or-
phan who lives with Hobie and the
old man, who is her uncle.
Unsolicited, Theo’s father and his
new wife arrive to pick him up and
bring him back to their home in Las
Vegas, thereby ripping him away
from another mother.
Dysfunction rises to new levels as
Theo finds himself involved with
the mob, both American and Rus-
sian. He also finds a friend, Boris,
who introduces Theo to drugs, al-
cohol, and a life subject to no rules.
With the death of his father Theo
needs once again to reinvent him-
self and by this time he is only 14
years old.
What follows is a story, as some
have said, almost Dickens-like. It is
not therefore surprising to discover
that Oliver Twist was the author’s
favourite book. Upon being pub-
lished in 2013 The Goldfinch won
critical acclaim. Many have defined
it as the pivotal novel of its time.
This acclaim should have ended
the debate on one-hit-wonderdom.
However, shortly after the award-
ing of the Pulitzer, there started to
appear increasing numbers of crit-
ics who loudly disclaimed the book.
This has started a huge literary-
scene battle, with one camp still
considering it a masterpiece and
one considering it a “turkey”, as
one critic called it. There does not
seem to be a middle ground and
passion rises high in both camps.
The con critics feel it is not in the
least Dickensian, but rather of the
Harry Potter ilk. They believe it is
a book that should be considered
children’s literature.
Donna Tartt, the author, is mute on
the subject. She is not one to take
part in authors’ tours or interviews,
and by her own admission once her
novel is launched, she likes to start
the next. This is probably a good
thing as The Goldfinch took eleven
years to write. Immersion in her
novels is something she cherishes,
likening it to the childhood experi-
ence of “getting completely lost in
the other world of the book”.
We were almost unanimous in very
much liking the first half of this
very long book. We did, however,
find the last half disjointed and
cliché-like in its writing. The plot
seems almost unbelievable.
So we, unlike the critics, did find
a middle ground. Those that had
read Tartt’s first novel The Secret
History felt it was a great read.
Should you read it? We were split
on whether we would recommend
this to a friend. But, if you want to
be able to weigh in on these contro-
versial conversations then reading
it is a must. Please bear in mind
that at upwards of 600 pages this is
not a small commitment.
Our verdict: an OK read.
June’s book: Mary Coin by
Marisa Silver
Friends of the Meaford
Library (FOML) Update:
THE NET SHED IS OPEN!
Come and browse, choose and pay
for by donation any of our wonder-
ful ‘gently used’ books.
Donations of books can be dropped
off at the net shed from 10:00 am
– 4:0pm Saturday and Sunday. Re-
member we do not take encyclope-
dias, magazines, or Reader’s Digest
compilations.
Monday Night Book Club
Review:
The Goldfinch
By DonnaTartt
Elaine Burns
th t Thi i b bl d
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Friday afternoons from 3 - 7 pm at
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As May shifts into June, barbecue season
shifts into full swing. To offer our read-
ers some helpful tips for their backyard
barbequing endeavours, The Meaford In-
dependent turned to local chef Stephen
Perrin.
Perrin is the Executive Chef and owner
of four restaurants in Ontario, includ-
ing Rusty’s at Blue Mountain. He is also
one of Canada’s top BBQ masters, having
won awards at several major barbeque
competitions, including the Jack Daniels
World Championship Invitational Barbe-
cue, the Memphis in May World Cham-
pionship, and the Salisbury Pork in the
Park BBQ Festival.
We asked Perrin to share some of his tips
and tricks for preparing amazing bar-
beque meals.
TMI: What are some of your fa-
vourite things to barbeque?
Perrin: I’m more into the southern style
of barbeque, as opposed to grilling, basi-
cally because I grill every day at my four
restaurants. So anything that is a long
cook with big pieces of meat is what I like
to do. Brisket, pork shoulder, a whole
hog, is what I’m into barbequing.
TMI: What tips do you have for
those barbequing in the back-
yards this summer?
Perrin: People tend to have problems
barbequing chicken because they get a lot
of flare-up. So one of my tips is to use an
indirect heat method, followed by direct
heat. What I mean by that is you would
heat up your barbeque on high, and when
it reaches full temperature you turn one
half of the barbeque off. Then you do a
dry rub on your chicken, and then put the
meat on the side of the grill that is off, so
essentially it acts like an oven, but you
get the benefits of the barbeque flavour.
When the chicken is almost fully cooked,
because you’ve cooked it slowly with no
flame, all of the fat from the skin of the
chicken has rendered out, so at that point
you can move the chicken over to the hot
side of the grill, and then finish grilling
it. What you end up with is a beautiful
crispy-skinned chicken without the black
skin created by flare-ups.
TMI: What are the key tools to
have on hand for barbequing?
Perrin: Definitely a pair of tongs, that’s
number one, and I don’t recommend
those huge, long BBQ tongs that many
places sell. They don’t have a very good
grip, and they are difficult to hold things,
so I recommend a 12 inch pair of stan-
dard kitchen tongs. The other thing I
would suggest is a good basting brush. I
use a silicone brush.
TMI: What is your preferred
method of preparing meat for
the barbeque?
Perrin: You need a good spice rub. I’ve
developed a few different rubs. One is for
chicken, one is for brisket, and one is for
pork. The difference between them is that
beef rub that I would use for a brisket or a
steak tends to be a little saltier, and bold-
er in flavour. The chicken rub is less salty
and more aromatic spices, and the pork
rub fifty-fifty salt-sugar.
TMI: What are some of the most
common mistakes people make
when barbequing?
Perrin: A common misconception is that
you shouldn’t season your steak. There’s
an old wives’ tale that salt will make your
steak tough, but salt is your flavour en-
hancer, it brings the flavour up, and
pepper brings it out. I always season my
BBQ Season Has
Arrived
By Stephen Vance

7. May 29, 2015 - www.themeafordindependent.ca Special Feature pg 7
meat heavily before I put it on the barbeque. The
other mistake is to use a red wine marinade. Red
wine has a lot of tannins in it, so it actually dries
your meat out. It can make it tender too because
of the acidity, but you’re better off to buy a good
quality steak and put a good rub on it, or a liberal
amount of salt and pepper.
TMI: What about vegetarians? They
often seem left out of the barbequing cul-
ture.
Perrin: For vegetarians I like to barbeque some-
thing that is a meaty vegetable, like a big portobel-
lo mushroom. I also like to do red onions, zucchi-
ni, eggplant, and peppers, and toss them in a pan
with olive oil and a little bit of balsamic and then
I use the same spice rub that I use
for my beef. Then I cook those over
indirect heat until they’re soft, then
I put them on the flame side of the
grill briefly as I do with chicken. The
other thing I like to do for vegetar-
ians is beets. I leave the whole beet
in its skin, I rub them with olive oil
on the outside, and then cook them
using the indirect heat method. Like
baked potatoes, it does take a while,
about 45 minutes. The flavour from
a roasted beet is amazing, because
you’ve rubbed the outside with oil,
so you get a nice crispy skin, and
then you’ve got the sweet centre.

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It has been painful to watch over the
past few years when council reviews
requests for community grants, and
decides who and what to fund, and
for how much.
What might seem a simple task is
turned into a long, drawn-out, con-
fusing affair caused primarily be-
cause this council, and the previous
council, just can’t follow the policy
developed to make the process much
more simple.
Granted, in a small town, it can be a
delicate dance when seven council-
lors allocate grant funds to various
community groups, but it doesn’t
have to be, because every criteria for
approval or rejection of a funding re-
quest can be found on the application
form that organizations submit each
year for the grant opportunities.
At council this week, there were three
requests for funding that members of
council bent over backward trying to
find a way to accommodate. A signifi-
cant amount of time was taken during
this week’s council meeting discuss-
ing where funding could come from
given that the 2015 grant fund is all
but depleted. If council had simply
referred to the established criteria,
the entire process could have been
completed in five minutes.
Let’s start with the Meaford Interna-
tional Film Festival. I love films, and
this event has grown significantly in
its first eight years, and heading into
their ninth festival, MIFF organizers
were asking council for an additional
$3,000 - $2,000 had already been
approved by council – bringing their
total request for 2015 to $5,000. It’s
a great event, and the municipality
has supported it since its inception,
but how would the eligibility criteria
deal with this request?
• The Meaford Community Grants
Program is intended to assist
groups and organizations with ini-
tial start up funding for their unique
initiatives and projects in year 1 to
year 3. Funding through the Mea-
ford Community Grants Program
should not be considered an annual
revenue source.
• An organization may make only
one (1) application per year.
So according to the eligibility cri-
teria, the request should be denied
– ultimately it was, however it was
a long and winding road to arrive at
that conclusion when it needn’t have
been.
Now let’s look at the request from
the Chamber of Commerce for their
Dragons’ Den Meaford event coming
up in the autumn.
The Dragons’ Den Meaford organiz-
ers requested that council approve an
additional $3,000 grant on top of the
$5,000 that council had already ap-
proved for the event in the 2015 bud-
get. Dragons’ Den Meaford has been
a very successful initiative that has
given entrepreneurs a chance to win
cash and prizes to help their business
dreams. The event fills Meaford Hall,
and created a lot of buzz in the mu-
nicipality in its first six years of exis-
tence. In short it’s a great event, but
should it be granted a total of $8,000
by council this year? Let’s check the
eligibility criteria.
• The Meaford Community Grants
Program is intended to assist
groups and organizations with ini-
tial start up funding for their unique
initiatives and projects in year 1 to
year 3. Funding through the Mea-
ford Community Grants Program
should not be considered an annual
revenue source.
• An organization may make only
one (1) application per year.
As with the MIFF request, the Drag-
ons’ Den request should also have
been rejected by council based on the
established criteria.
After much discussion and debate,
council ultimately agreed to provide
the Dragons’ Den Meaford orga-
nizers not the $3,000 as requested
but $2,500, bringing the total grant
funding provided by the municipality
to $7,500 for this year.
Also requesting funding this week
was the Big Brothers Big Sisters of
the Georgian Triangle. They were
requesting $3,000 to help fund new
initiatives in Meaford. Due to the
growing need, the Big Brothers/Big
Sisters have recently established a
satellite office in Meaford by co-shar-
ing office space with another local
non-profit organization. As far as I
was able to determine, the Big Broth-
ers Big Sisters of the Georgian Trian-
gle have never asked for grant fund-
ing from the municipality before.
After what seemed an eternity of
circular discussion, council voted to
give $500 to the Big Brothers Big
Sisters, not the $3,000 they had re-
quested, yet they seem to meet all of
the eligibility requirements for com-
munity grant funding.
To our councillors I would say this:
It’s okay to say no – even to the Hall
Foundation and the Chamber of
Commerce. It’s also completely justi-
fiable to fall back on ‘the rules’ to de-
fend any decisions you make. What
isn’t justifiable is to ignore the rules,
and that is what council has been do-
ing in recent years.
Community Grants – Rules
are Rules, Why Can’t Council
FollowThem?
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Letters to the Editor
Thoughts on Recent Closed
Council Session
Editor,
We are in complete agreement with your
editorial comments (May 22) on the sudden
mysterious in camera meeting of Meaford
municipal council.
The sudden meeting was a procedural at-
tempt to thwart Harley Greenfield’s motion
on staff rationalization and infrastructure .
Clearly it was a a transparent political ploy,
playing fast and loose with the ‘in camera’ re-
quirements in the Municipal Act. Moreover it
was an attempt by the mayor and the staff
(whose self-interest was paramount in this)
to intimidate the potential mover of the mo-
tion, Harley Greenfield. This was a transpar-
ent ploy and council is complicit in it because
it is, in essence, an abuse of process.
HR discussion in general does not require a
sub rosa motion for a secret meeting, unless a
specific person is under discussion.
Harley Greenfield merely gives notice of a
public discussion and review to move to a
motion - perfectly legal in an open public
meeting.
Meaford municipal council needs to rethink
its position on this item. We fear the privi-
leged solicitor/client in camera item will be-
come the catchall for most of Meaford’s busi-
ness.
It does not bode well.
Judy and Ken Thomson, Leith
A Message From Grade 2 & 3
MCS Students
Dear Editor,
We are a grade 2/3 class at Meaford Com-
munity School. We are feeling very grateful
because a lot of people have been so nice to
us. We have experienced tons of brain thrill-
ing activities all thanks to these people. All of
these events have helped us learn and be part
of our community.
First many people help us learn to read be-
sides our teachers. We go to the Meaford
Public Library once a month and learn from
Mrs. Pierce and her staff. At our own library,
Mrs. Trussler helps keep things in order. Mrs.
Wehrle and her crew of volunteers come to
our school almost every day and run our Vol-
unteer Reader Program with financial support
from the Meaford Rotary Club. Yesterday we
were lucky to be invited to the Meaford Hall
to meet Werner Zimmerman, an award-win-
ning author. This was because of Mrs. Teed
from Georgian Bay Secondary School and her
Born to Read group of students. We all got a
book to take home too!
Next, we are learning how to play lots of
sports. The Meaford Curling Club sponsored
a visit from Rocks and Rings to our school
again this year. Many students participated in
the after-school curling club with Mrs. Pear-
son, Mrs. Carbert and Mrs. McNally. Thanks
to many sponsors, our grade 3 students went
to the Y and completed the Swim to Survive
program. We are golfers thanks to Megan
Chapman who organized sponsorship for the
Golf in Schools kit and a visit to her Georgian
Bay Club. Chevy Rennie came to do a clinic on
behalf of the Meaford Golf and Country Club.
We also have had many opportunities to learn
in the Arts. For example, the Kids in the Mea-
ford Hall troupe performs each year for lo-
cal schools in December. Our tickets are free
thanks to many local caring sponsors. This
year the Meaford United Church Quilt Show
committee arranged for our class to attend
their annual show for only a donation. At the
show we met Doreen who offered to come to
our classroom and help us make a Mother’s
Day necklace for a gift. Last month our school
was one of the few stops that a North Ameri-
can Folk Music and Dance Troupe made on
their tour. We learned more fun folk dances.
The Municipality of Meaford is very gener-
ous to their schools. This year, in addition
to our monthly library visits, we have visited
the Meaford Museum twice and are currently
starting the seeds for their Heritage Garden.
We went skating for electives at a reasonable
rate for ice time and grade 2 and 4 students
are going to complete two-week swimming
lessons at a considerably reduced rate.
Our parents are considerate to help out on
walking and bus trips so we have the correct
number of chaperones. Mr. Mahy donates ap-
ples regularly so we have a snack when we are
still hungry. He also is donating some land for
our Community Garden and we are helping to
plant it! Breakfast Club volunteers donate a
tremendous amount of their time to help us
be ready to learn each morning. Constable
Barfoot, our new school liaison officer, came
to meet us and is helping us with the Commu-
nity Garden. We liked visiting the Meaford
Longterm Care Centre (nursing home) in the
winter and they liked it too because they have
invited us back to spend part of the Longest
Day of Play doing Zumba with them.
Finally, we were fortunate to have had two
helpers who were learning to be teachers.
Miss Sewell and Miss Wiley learned from us
as we learned from them.
Our school motto is “Stand Tall, Caring For
All”. We sure are glad that we have so many
community members who care for us. We will
stand tall thanks to them. They say it takes a
village to raise a child. According to our list,
we definitely agree. THANKS EVERYONE!!!
Grade 2/3 - Meaford Community School
Towards a Circular
Economy in Ontario
Editor,
Resource conservation and the wise manage-
ment of our resources are critical to Ontario’s
economic, social, and environmental future.
Currently our economic structure favours
waste creation and disposal. It is cheaper and
more convenient to just throw it all away –
so every year, we create 12 million tonnes of
waste with three-quarters of it destined for
disposal.
Collectively we pay for the production, pro-
cessing, transportation, and disposal of all
that waste – whether it be food, products, or
packaging. The economic costs are embed-
ded in the bills we pay and the lost opportu-
nities associated with throwing away the very
resources our economy needs to grow. The
environmental costs are related to the emis-
sions from what we make, take, and dispose,
which contribute to approximately 42% of
Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions.
The province needs to make Ontario’s econ-
omy more ‘circular’, so that waste is reduced
and made safe, and what remains is reused
or recycled to maintain, rebuild, and regener-
ate capital – whether natural, social, or eco-
nomic.
We have a unique opportunity to improve re-
source efficiency; reduce our environmental
footprint; increase productivity; and drive
jobs and economic growth.
As a recent Conference Board of Canada re-
port identified, by moving to a more circular
economy, where Ontario increasingly reuses
and recycles the resources it already has, it
could support close to 13,000 new jobs in
the province. This jobs calculation, which we
deem to be conservative, would also be ac-
companied by a boost to Ontario’s GDP of
$1.5 billion.
The Ontario Waste Management Association
recently released a report entitled ‘ReThink
Waste: Evolution Towards a Circular Econ-
omy’, that sets a practical path forward. The
ideas within it are being employed around
the world as jurisdictions increasingly under-
stand how important the move to a circular
economy is to future prosperity.
Peter Hargreave
Director, Policy & Strategy
Ontario Waste Management
Association

10. Here &There May 29, 2015 - www.themeafordindependent.capg 10
Coyotes Perform Well at CWOSSA Champs
Six members of the Mea-
ford Coyotes Track Club,
representing five different
high schools in Grey Bruce,
competed at the High School
CWOSSA Track and Field
Championships in Cam-
bridge on May 20 and 21.
All six Coyotes
placed in the
top four last
week at the
BAA District
C h a m p i o n -
ships in order
to qualify for
this week’s
C W O S S A
C h a m p s ,
which is one of
the most com-
petitive divi-
sions in all of
Ontario.
In the Grade
9 Midget Girls
400m, Julia
Latham (St.
Mary’s) placed
15th with a
personal best time of 1:10.30.
The next day she stopped
the clock in the Midget Girls
800m with a personal best
time of 2:42.70, placing 11th
overall.
On the first day of competi-
tion, there were three Coy-
otes in the Grade 10 Junior
Boys 1500m. Sam Nusselder
(SDSS) crossed the line in
4:20.23 taking 5th spot, only
a few seconds off his best
time. Alex Tulloch (GBSS)
ran a personal best time of
4:31.67 as he captured 7th
spot. Jake Clarke (GHSS)
finished in 4:50.50 for 13th
spot. Earlier on Day 1, Jake
also ran the Junior Boys
400m, clocking a personal
best time of 55.54. His 8th
place position was less than
a 1/2 second behind 5th spot.
Grade 12 JDSS student
Dylan Pust also had two
races on Day 1 of competi-
tion. He began with a per-
sonal best performance of
6:44.23 in the Open Boys
2000m Steeple Chase, plac-
ing 5th and knocking 24
seconds off his time from a
year ago. Later in the day he
placed 9th in the highly com-
petitive Grade 11-12 Senior
Boys 1500m event, setting
another personal best time
of 4:20.23, as he shaved off
6 seconds from his previous
best. On Day 2, Dylan ran his
3rd personal best time in 3
races as he placed 7th in the
Senior Boys 3000m with a
time of 9:16.65, a 15 second
improvement.
Jessie Nusselder, a grade 12
SDSS student competed in
the Grade 11, 12 Senior Girls
1 5 0 0 m
race on
Day 1. She
s t o p p e d
the clock
at 5:04.28,
taking 6th
spot. Jes-
sie had
a much
s t r o n g e r
p e r f o r -
mance on
Day 2 as
she ran her
best time
this year
in the Se-
nior Girls
3 0 0 0 m
comfort-
ably run-
ning 10:52.38 and taking
2nd spot overall.
The Coyotes returned home
with one silver medal, seven
personal best performances
and three members advanc-
ing to OFSSA Regionals in
London on Friday, May 29
and Saturday, May 30. Sam
Nusselder qualified in two
events, but will only compete
in the Junior Boys 3000m.
Jessie Nusselder will step
up to the line in the Senior
Girls 3000m and Dylan Pust
will lace up his shoes for the
2000m Open Steeple Chase.
It is no secret that if you want
to live a long and happy life,
you need to stay healthy.
People who do not practise
a healthy lifestyle often have
issues with their weight and
general health.
Participating in sports helps
keep you both socially and
physically active. Outdoor
sports such as golf are a great
way for you to promote a
healthy lifestyle.
The best and easiest form of
exercise is walking. Unlike
jogging, walking on grass is
low impact and there is no
pressure put on your joints.
Swinging a golf club helps to
get your blood flowing, and
walking the course will help
you burn calories and improve
the health of your heart.
Studies have been conducted
around the world that prove
just how beneficial playing
golf can be and how the game
itself can make you healthier.
The average golfer who plays
just 9 holes of golf will burn
between 400 to 700 calories
during their two hour round.
If you walk and carry your
bag you can burn on average
721 calories. If you walk and
use a pull cart your body will
burn 718 calories and if you
ride a power cart when you
play you will burn about 411
calories. The amount of calo-
ries burned are doubled when
playing a full 18 hole round.
This means that playing golf
is a great way to control your
weight, reduce the risk of
heart disease, diabetes, and
even prevent cancer. Stud-
ies have even proven that
a healthier lifestyle that in-
cludes golf will add years to
your life. Golfers have about
a five-year longer lifespan
than non-golfers.
Playing golf will help you
build a leaner and stronger
body. The amount of stretch-
ing required during a round
of golf will help improve your
overall fitness. The average
golf swing involves stretching
most of the muscles in your
body. The slingshot effect of
a good golf swing can be felt
from your shoulder muscles
all the way to your toes. Stron-
ger abdominal muscles also
help improve your posture
and even help build a stronger
back and spinal column.
Golf will even help you sleep
better. Studies have shown
that golfers who have been
out playing in the fresh air
fall asleep faster and enjoy a
deeper sleep.
It’s also a great social activ-
ity which provides you an
opportunity to spend a few
hours outdoors and enjoy the
company of others. A round of
golf can be a great distraction
from a busy and hectic work
life. Everyone needs to step
away from the real world from
time to time and learn to relax
and unwind.
Golf is a great stress reliever.
The combination of physical
activity and fresh air helps
release endorphins in your
brain which studies have
proven help you relax. The
thinking and decision making
required during a round of
golf also improves blood flow
to the brain. Improved blood
flow to the brain helps im-
prove not only your memory,
but studies have also shown
that your risk of getting de-
mentia is greatly reduced.
Doctors have always claimed
that laughter is the best form
of medicine! When you play a
round of golf there is always
laughter in the air, be it from
a funny joke or amusing golf
story. I have always said that
to be a good golfer that you
need to have a good sense
of humour. After all, golf is
simply a game that is played
for the sheer enjoyment of it.
Learn to laugh with others
and don’t be afraid to some-
times laugh at yourself!
Cameron Burechails (Teach-
ing Professional) The Geor-
gian Bay Golf Academy @
Meaford Golf Club (705) 441-
0865 baygolfacademy@bell.
net www.meafordgolf.com
The Healthy Aspects of
Golf By Cameron Burechails
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Dylan Pust, a Grade 12 student at John Diefenbaker Secondary School,
ran three personal best performances at the CWOSSA Track and Field
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11. May 29, 2015 - www.themeafordindependent.ca Here & There pg 11
Meaford Man Charged With
Theft From Vehicles
Pulled Pork served
with caramelized
onions and Cole
Slaw
Time to cook: about 6 to 8
hours
Preheat oven to 300F
Pork Shoulder
Roast (remove ties)
1 – 1 ½ litres of sweet/hot
liquid. I used up orange
juice, black cherry/cranberry
juice, and pom juice. Added
the last of orange marma-
lade, cherry jam, grapefruit
marmalade, grape jam, hot/
sweet Dijon mustard, (and
other mustards that were
almost empty), hot sauce
and the last of some tomato
sauce. (Fridge is starting to
look empty!)
If needed, add cayenne pep-
per or finely chopped hot
peppers
1 bulb garlic, peeled and very
roughly chopped
3 inches ginger, peeled and
very roughly chopped
Mix all but onion and cilan-
tro together in a large roast-
ing pan.
Add pork roast placing the
widest side on the bottom.
The liquid should come half-
way up the roast. Cover and
roast, turning the pork every
hour so that each side is im-
mersed in the liquid.
Turn oven down to 250F,
then cut the roast apart so
that most of the meat is im-
mersed in the liquid.
Stir occasionally and add
more liquid if needed (wa-
ter is fine). Continue cook-
ing until pork can be pulled
apart with forks.
Pull the pork and mix with
the remaining liquid (this
will have slowly been re-
duced and should not be too
much or too watery. You may
need to reduce liquid on the
stove, being carefully not to
burn pork).
Cole Slaw
½ head of cabbage, finely
chopped (food processor!)
¼ Spanish onion, finely
chopped
1 large carrot, finely chopped
Mix together
Dressing:
2 tbsp white vinegar
2 tbsp rice vinegar
3 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp white sugar
1 tsp mustard seed
Mix dressing ingredients in
small saucepan and heat un-
til sugar is dissolved.
Add hot dressing to cabbage
mixture and mix well. Cool.
Cole slaw is best if made in
advance and left for a day in
the fridge.
Garnish for Pulled Pork
1 – 2 Spanish onions chopped
medium and cooked until
caramelized.
Chopped cilantro for gar-
nish.
Serve the pulled pork on
buns topped with the cara-
melized onion and cilantro.
Everyday
Gourmet:
Pulled Pork on a
Bun With Coleslaw
By Judith Glover
Pulled Pork is very easy to
make but does take a lot of
time (but not much effort!)
Every time I make pulled
pork, I use different ingre-
dients. This is because I
use up any juice that is in
the fridge as well as those
almost empty jars of jam,
marmalade, mustard, hot
sauce, soy sauce, and even
salsa or tomato sauce/juice.
The idea is to create a sweet
and spicy liquid in which the
pork will be slowly cooked.
The result is a great every-
day inexpensive meal or a
great meal for Grey Cup,
Super Bowl, Stanley Cup,
etc. And the best part is it
can be make well in advance
and just reheated! Even the
most kitchen-challenged
could serve this on game
day (think I will go shop-
ping!)
On May 18, Grey County
Ontario Provincial Police
(OPP) were alerted to an
unknown male entering ve-
hicles on Ridge Road in the
Municipality of Meaford.
Police attended the area
and arrested the suspect
in question after they had
observed him entering two
vehicles parked on Mead-
ow Lane in Meaford. The
suspect was found
to be in possession
of stolen property,
including items
which had been
stolen earlier this
month from vehi-
cles in Bognor and
Feversham.
Police canvassed
the area and found
that several ve-
hicles (6) had been
entered in the area
of Ridge Road,
Meadow Lane and
Fairway Avenue in
Meaford.
The 26 year-old Meaford
man has been charged with
six counts of Theft Un-
der $5,000 from a Motor
Vehicle and three counts
of Possession of Property
Obtained by Crime Under
$5,000.
He is scheduled to appear
in court in Owen Sound on
Thursday, June 25.
Flea Market Coming to
Market Square
By Stephen Vance
Beginning Saturday, May
30, the Municipality of
Meaford will begin host-
ing a flea market in Mar-
ket Square beside Meaford
Hall on Saturday mornings
throughout the summer.
The municipality says that
the new flea market will of-
fer a variety of products for
sale including household
goods, cosmetics, essential
oils, and arts and crafts.
Vendors are also being
sought for the new initia-
tive. Those interested can
contact Jody Seeley at 519-
538-5974 to fill out an ap-
plication for the 2015 sea-
son.

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Friday, May 29
Scrapbooking – Fridays 9am - 1pm
Fee: $5.00 per week or $15.00 per month.
Contact: Barbara at 519-538-4060
B Fit 2 Stay Active Senior’s Exer-
cise Classes – 10:30am-11:30am
First Class Free
Location: Albert Place
Contact: Sharon at 519-538-2203 or
SChallis@bell.net
eReader Drop-In – 10:30am - 12:00pm
Location: Meaford Public Library board room
Contact: 519-538-1060 ext. 1123
Accessibility Notice: Please be advised there
is no elevator access to the Library board room
or the Junior Library.
Meaford Senior Men’s Euchre Club
– Mondays and Fridays 1pm-3pm
Location: Meaford Community Centre
The Meaford Senior Men’s Euchre Club is
looking for new members.
Admission is $1. Contact Don Boyes at
519-538-2815
Meaford Bridge Club – 1:30pm
Location: Christ Church, 134 Boucher St,
Meaford
Contact: Merle 538.1827
Come for friendly games of contract bridge.
One-On-One Tech Help – 2:00 - 4:00pm
Location: Meaford Public Library board room
Contact: amy@meafordlibrary.on.ca or call
519-538-1060 ext. 1123
Personalized help for your tablet, email,
photos, or any other tech question. Register
for a free 30-minute session.
Lego Club – Fridays 3:30pm-5pm
Location: Meaford Public Library
Contact: Lori Pierce 519-538-1060 ext. 1125
Accessibility Notice: Please be advised there
is no elevator access to the Library board room
or the Junior Library.
Friday Night Euchre - 7pm
Location: Anglican Church, Boucher St.,
Meaford
Contact: Don 519-538-2815
Admission: $2
Saturday May 30
Meaford Hospital Auxiliary An-
nual/Perennial Plant Sale – 9:ooam
– 12:00pm
Location: Meaford General Hospital Healing
Gardens
Contact: Georgina Thompson
Beef Dinner and Silent Auction
Fund Raiser – sittings at 5:00 & 6:30 pm
Location: Meaford Community Centre,
Collingwood St., Meaford
Contact : 519-794-0574 or 519-538-2648
Fundraiser for the Meaford Fall Fair. Auction
item viewing until 7:30pm.
Adults $15.00, Children (5-11): $7.00,
Children under 5 free with an adult
Monday, June 1
Free VON SMART Exercise Classes
– Mondays and Thursdays 10am-11am
Location: Albert Place Auditorium
Contact: Anne Peacock 519-376-5895
Meaford Senior Men’s Euchre Club
– Mondays and Fridays, 1pm-3pm
Location: Meaford Community Centre
Admission: $1
Contact: Don Boyes 519-538-2815
The Meaford Senior Men’s Euchre Club is
looking for new members.
B Fit 2 Stay Active Low Impact Fit-
ness Classes – 5pm-6pm
First Class Free
Location: Church of Christ
Contact: Sharon at 519-538-2203 or SChal-
lis@bell.net
Taoist Tai Chi™ arts BEGINNER
CLASS – 7-9 pm
Location: Knox Presbyterian Church in
Meaford
Contact: Judy Birch 519-538-0288
New classes starting in Meaford in May.
Life Tree Cafe – Mondays 7pm – 8 pm
Location: Meaford United Church, 7 Boucher
St.E
Contact: Brenda Rudolph 519-538-3416;
muc@bmts.com
Life Tree Cafe is an hour-long experience
packed with interesting stories, fascinating
people and lively conversation that will feed
your soul. The main entree at Lifetree Cafe
is food for thought.
Collingwood Legion Branch #63
Charity Bingo – Mondays 6:45pm
Location: 490 Ontario St., Collingwood
Prize fund up to $4,200. All proceeds to
local charities.
Tuesday, June 2
Indoor Walking Club – Tuesdays and
Thursdays 9am - 11am
Location: 151 Collingwood Street, Dancehall
Contact: Arena Staff 519-538-2772
Bring running shoes and a water bottle.
Music provided. Walk at your own pace.
B Fit 2 Stay Active Senior’s Exer-
cise Classes –Tuesdays and Fridays
10:30am-11:30am
First Class Free
Location: Albert Place
Contact: Sharon at 519-538-2203 or SChal-
lis@bell.net
55+ Friendship Club – Tuesdays
2pm-5pm
Location:Meaford Community Centre.
Club activities include speakers, day trips,
music, getting-to-know-you events and
much more including tea, coffee, refresh-
ments. New members always welcome.
Contact: Judith or Leo 519-538-3035 or at
sunnysidebeach@gmail.com
Wednesday, June 3
Scarecrow Invasion Workshops –
9:00am – 12:00pm
Location: Harbour Pavilion
Contact: Ruthann Noble at nobleruthann@
gmail.com
This year’s theme is “Scarecrows Celebrate
the Year of Sport”
Please join in the fun for ANY or ALL of the
workshops
No experience necessary!
Bring your friends for refreshments and lots
of fun!
2015 Senior’s Fair – 10:00am – 3:00pm
Location : Harry Lumley Bayshore Commu-
nity Centre, 1900 3rd Ave E, Owen Sound
Contact : seniorsfair@gmail.com or United
Way Bruce Grey 519-376-1560
Doors open at 9:45 am
Over 80 exhibitors with products and ser-
vices to enhance a seniors lifestyle.
Free Seminars all day
FREE 55+ Exercise Class – Wednes-
days and Fridays, 10:00am
Location : Meaford Community Centre
Contact : Marianne 519 376 5895
Part of the VON Smart Program
Once Upon a Little Dots Story Hour
– Wednesdays 10:30-11:30 am
Location: Meaford Public Library
Stories, songs, rhymes and a craft! Every-
one is welcome!
Tween Scene-After School Club –
3:30 – 4:30pm
Location: Meaford Public Library
Contact: Lori Pierce ext. 519-538-1060 ext.
1125
Tweens, this after school club is for YOU!
Each week, the activity, game, craft or book
will change BUT we will always have fun.
Meaford Men’s Golf Club – 4-6:30pm
Location: Meaford Golf Club
Contact: Rob Morrs 519 374 3070 or
4morrs@rogers.com
Any one wishing to golf can join. Member-
ship is $45 for returning members and $30
for new members for the first year.
Weekly fees are $5 (for inclusion in the
50/50 draw and course prizes) plus a
discounted green fee.
Seasonal activities include matches, break-
fast tournaments and an annual bus trip to
another course.
Thursday, June 4
Free VON SMART Exercise Classes
– Thursdays from 10:00am – 11:00am
Location: Albert Place Auditorium
Contact Anne Peacock 519-376-5895
Scarecrow Invasion Workshops –
9:00am – 12:00pm
Location: Harbour Pavilion
Contact: Ruthann Noble at nobleruthann@
gmail.com
This year’s theme is “Scarecrows Celebrate
the Year of Sport”. Please join in the fun for
ANY or ALL of the workshops. No experi-
ence necessary!
Bring your friends for refreshments and lots
of fun!
Sr. Mixed Bowling League
Thursdays 1pm-3pm
Location: Meaford Bowling Alley
New 5-pin bowlers wanted: call Marlene
Perks 519-538-1293 or email sunnyside-
beach@gmail.com
Georgian Quilters – 1:00pm
Location : Albert Place Rm, Meaford.
Contact : Fran 519-599-5798
Guild welcomes all area quilters! We meet
every 1st Thurs.
at 1:00 p.m. *Scent-Free Venue
1/2 hr. instruction, hands-on sessions &
warm fellowship. No fee!
Meaford Knit Group – Thursdays
2pm-3:30pm
Location: Meaford Public Library
All are welcome – cost: $2
Contact: Sharon at fitzjames@brucetelecom.
com
Kids Chess Club – Thursdays 3:30pm
–5pm
Youth Chess club. All levels welcome.
Location: Meaford Public Library
Contact: Amy Jennison 519-538-1060 ext.
1131
Chess Club for Adults – 6 -8-pm
Location: Meaford Public Library
Contact: amy@meafordlibrary.on.ca or call
519-538-1060 ext. 1123
Learn how to play and come out for the
enjoyment.
Friday, June 5
Meaford Farmer’s Market
3:00pm-7:00pm
Location: Meaford Harbour
Contact: 519 538 4368
40 vendors offering a huge range of
produce and handcrafted goods. Music by
The Browns. Opening ceremony with the
Mayor. Come shop local every Friday until
Thanksgiving.
Thursday June 11
Lions Club Bingo
Second and fourth Thursdays
of the month at 7:00pm
Location: Meaford Community Centre
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