2014 – Page 24 – Morrisburg Leader

Riding in Style at Upper Canada Village

July 16, 2014 Editor

What’s the difference between a brougham and a barouche? What’s faster: a surrey or a spider phaeton? What’s more romantic: a vis-à-vis or a democrat?

You can find out more about the fascinating history of horse-drawn vehicles and get a chance to ride in one yourself at Upper Canada Village’s ‘Riding in Style’ weekend July 19-20.

This event gives the Village the chance to showcase 19th century transportation at its best with a special selection of carriages from its collection.

Visitors will be able to catch a ride in the Surrey, Brougham, Low Spring Democrat and the Pommier Carriages.

Other vehicles that will be in the 11 a.m. parade will include the P. T. Barnum Band Wagon, Barouche, Trap and the High Spring Democrat.

Various historical vehicles with different uses on display for Riding in Style weekend will include the Hearse, Doctor’s Gig, McLaughlin’s Carriage and Racing Sulky.

Rides will be offered from in front of Cooks Tavern from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m..

“We have a wonderful collection of carriages, a mix of reproductions and originals that are very representative of transportation during the 1860s,” says Geoff Waycik, manager of Upper Canada Village. “When our guests are able to sit in the carriages and take a ride in one, it really brings them closer to the time period – and enjoy our modern day amenities a bit more. We welcome the opportunity to share our collection with our visitors.”

Also participating in the Riding in Style weekend will be the Eastern Ontario Pleasure Driving Society and the Eastern Ontario Miniature Horse Club.

The Pleasure Drivers will be at the Village on Saturday, July 19 and the Miniature Horse Club will be at the Village on Sunday, July 20 – both from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Members of both groups will perform driving demonstrations, greet visitors and discuss their vehicles, equipment, clothing and horses and will speak with all interested.

The driving will take place in the large mall area directly in front of the Battle of Crysler’s Farm Monument and National Historic Site (just west of the main parking lot) . Displays will be situated beside the front entrance to Upper Canada Village.

With the Reciprocal Program all visitors who purchase an admission will receive a complimentary pass to return on another day or to use to visit Fort Henry National Historic Site of Canada. It’s Ontario’s Best Vacation Deal!

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Under One hosting Summer Youth Rally in Morrisburg

July 16, 2014 Editor

“We are all in over our heads, but that’s okay,” a group of community youth pastors agreed as they spoke about an upcoming first time event they are organizing and hosting – Under One Summer Youth Rally.

Joe Groeneveld, of the Williamsburg Christian Reform Church, Dan Ponsen of the Dixon’s Corners Christian Reform Church, James Garlough of the South Dundas Lutheran Community Church and Daniel Rudd of Gathering House, recently spoke about the upcoming event.

This network of area youth pastors are organizing and hosting the Under One Summer Youth Rally, Saturday, July 26 here in Morrisburg. They hope to attract hundreds of youth from grades 6-12 to the Morrisburg waterfront to enjoy swimming, displays, outdoor games, a share a positive message with area youth through a special guest speaker and concert featuring three pop/rock bands. The concert takes place at the Cruickshank Amphitheatre.

The Under One youth pastor network has hosted other smaller events before, with much success, so they decided to work together to organize the Rock the Riverfront rally.

“None of us have ever organized a concert before, so this is all new to us,” said Rudd.

“Even though it’s all new to us, it is amazing to see how God is bringing everyone together,” said Ponsen.

“All of the area churches have gotten involved in some way and are helping to support and promote this. It’s wonderful to see,” said Garlough. “It’s exciting for this area to have a big event like this, and it’s really nice to have something for this age group.”

“My hope is that everyone, even those who haven’t set foot in a church in a while, will come to this event, bring their friends and have a great time,” said Groeneveld.

The fun and games start at 3 p.m., with the concert to start a 6:30 and go until 10 p.m. The only expense to those participating, will be food. The fun and games, and the concert, are free.

All youth are welcome and encouraged to attend. Church youth groups from all of South Dundas and its surrounding areas have been invited to attend.

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Antiquefest under the tents this weekend

July 16, 2014 Editor

The 16th Annual Antiquefest is set for this weekend, July 19 and 20 in the Morrisburg Plaza.

This is the second time the long-running event has been held at the plaza venue.

Although the antique trade has taken a bit of a hit in these tough economic times, the Morrisburg BIA, organizers of this year’s event, have been able to grow the show for the upcoming 2014 edition.

Grace McDonough, BIA coordinator says that they expect to have about a 20 vendors participating, which is more than last year.

The dealers will be under 13 tents that will fill the mall courtyard and a portion of the parking lot.

“There will be a little of everything,” said McDonough who has antique vendors bringing in furniture, primitives, glassware, jewellery, artwork and collectables.

Admission is free and the show goes on, rain or shine.

“The fact that the dealers are willing to invest in participating in this show tells me that we have a good show here,” said McDonough.

Antiquefest takes place in the Morrisburg Plaza, Saturday July 19 from 10-5 and Sunday, July 20, 10-4.

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Perspectives with Rev. James Tripp

July 16, 2014 Editor

It was only eight months ago that I was standing in a hospital room as Sarah and I were excited to welcome our new little guy into the world.

Jacob was born a healthy little boy, 8 lbs and 16 ounces. From seconds after his birth his eyes opened, and he began to look around. His life in this world was completely new, and our life with him also was completely new.

At that moment all three of us had plenty to learn. He would learn how the simple world around him works and we would learn how he works in our world!

New life is something very exciting, as we have been watching Jacob discover his world. He has discovered how to drink from a bottle, how to use a spoon and even more recently how to drag (crawl) himself across the floor.

While he has been learning all these things his mother has been learning what it’s like to have very little sleep, how to thoroughly baby proof the house and is always finding new ways to entertain someone with a very short attention span (to be clear, that person is Jacob not her husband).

I have found myself thinking a lot about how this new life is like our lives when we come to Christ.

Jesus invites people to follow him. As I read through scripture time and time again, Jesus is inviting people to follow him, and some of those people don’t even believe him. They follow him because they are curious about what he’s doing, they believe he may have something they need, or maybe they just wonder if he is who he claims to be.

Our little Jacob doesn’t know much about this world, but he is learning every day. We watch him learn to use his hands to hold something, use his eyes as he’s amazed by the flashing lights, and then discover how to get our attention by using his voice.

As we come to know and learn about Jesus we are on a similar journey, discovering how he’s created us for a special purpose. We discover that life is so much greater than this moment, the challenges we face or even the pressures that we feel. As we get to know who Jesus is, we learn how to trust him, how he cares for us, and how he promises to always look after us.

Jacob is growing up, we don’t have to tell him to. Each day he grows and develops a little more. His features are continually changing and developing. Sarah and I don’t wake up each day and tell him to “GROW UP”, or to “GET BIG”, he does this on his own as we feed him, and care for him.

Our relationship with God can be the same. As we learn about who God is and begin to trust him, we too will find ourselves growing into who we are created to be.

We don’t start in this world knowing everything or understanding it all, but we learn as we go. The same is true in our relationship with God, it’s a journey that we’ve been invited to take.

At MPT we invite you to consider who God is, and discover all He has for you. We would love to meet you and welcome your visit anytime. For more information please visit www.mptonline.ca.

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Community splash time for Splashpad

July 16, 2014 Editor

The very newest features coming to the Morrisburg Waterfront are canons folks. That’s right canons…but probably not the kind you are thinking of.

With the completion of dotmocracy done with area children at the end of the school year, the selections for the Splash Pad coming to the Children’s Park in Morrisburg have been made and included among the elements are some “water-spraying” canons.

In fact the water canons ranked number one in the children’s selections.

On the design front, the Playground planning committee is looking at the potential layout for the splash pad that will include something for everyone and that will fit in with the current playground structure.

A Splash Pad is a zero depth aquatic structure which combines water movement–flowing, spraying, jetting and misting–for kid’s play.

There is no standing water, no lifeguard requirement and minimal water consumption.

Splash Pads provide safe alternatives for small children, non-swimmers and those times when there are forced beach closures, which as a general rule occur every summer at the beach in Morrisburg.

And with the design work well underway, the very important work of continuing to raise money is about to go public.

Since the original playground build, the playground committee and the community have quietly gone about raising money for the splash pad. The total is now sitting at $116,000.

The targeted amount is $200,000.

To date the committee has prepared numerous proposals for available grant money, and they are now working on ways to engage the general public.

It is hoped the community will now jump into the Splash Pad Project with donations and events to raise the required money. Every little bit will help.

Coming up during the Tubie parade, the community is invited to donate to the Splash Pad Float, which will be easily recognizable as it will be carrying a whole lot of “little splashers”.

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Stella Smith

July 16, 2014 Editor

A resident of Morrisburg for the past 47 years, Stella Smith passed away at the Winchester District Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, following a brief illness. She was 87.

Stella was born in Belleville, on October 14, 1926, to John and Margaret Gallivan (nee Belcour). She was raised on a farm near Stirling, Ontario. Stella was the oldest of four children, and attended Eggleton Public School.

After grade school, Stella had to forego high school in order to help with work on the family farm and with her younger siblings.

In 1944, Stella married Ralph Smith, a stationary engineer and farmer. Together they raised five children.

Stella and Ralph began their marriage living on a farm near Holloway, Ontario. They moved to a farm near Spencerville, in the early 1950’s when Ralph started working at the Dupont plant in Maitland. In 1959, Stella and Ralph moved again to another farm near Shanley.

Stella shared the chores associated with farm life and raising children.

In the early 1960’s, Stella started working at Caldwell Linen Mill in Iroquois, and she remained an employee there until 1967, when she and Ralph sold the farm and moved to Morrisburg. Soon afterwards, Stella began working as a waitress at Romeo’s Restaurant. Approximately five years later she began babysitting children from her home, which she did full-time for about eight years.

During retirement Stella supplemented her income by baking pies for the Morrisburg Legion.

Stella was raised with horses and maintained a strong love for them throughout her life. She also liked dogs and cats, and was an avid Blue Jays fan. She rarely missed a game.

Stella enjoyed travelling and camping, and she and Ralph had a camping trailer for many years. They also took several bus tours within Canada and the United States. Stella felt fortunate to have travelled to the places she had been.

Stella’s greatest love was children. Nothing gave her more joy than holding a baby, or rocking with a toddler.

Stella was a kind and giving person. She will be missed by her family and her many friends within the community and church.

Stella is survived by her children Goldie Britton of Morrisburg and Steven Smith of Dorchester, her grandchildren Jim Smith, David Britton, Kevin Britton, Darryl Britton, Elizabeth Reynolds, Wayne Smith Jr., Jeff Smith, Kristy Smith and nine great-grandchildren. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband Ralph, her sons Garry, Wayne and Robert, her sisters Marion Clarke and Betty Johnston and her brother Vince Gallivan.

Friends called at the Marsden and McLaughlin Funeral Home, Williamsburg, on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service was held at Knox Presbyterian Church, Morrisburg, on Friday, July 11th at 11a.m., with Rev. Feras Chamas officiating.

Interment followed at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Maitland. Pallbearers were Jeff Smith, Jim Gallivan, Darryl Britton and David Britton.

Donations to Winchester Hospital or the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be gratefully acknowledged by the family. Online condolences may be made at marsdenmclaughlin.com.

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Let’s Make a $pla$h

July 16, 2014 Editor

The bank account for the Splashpad to be installed at the South Dundas Children’s Playground in Morrisburg is growing steadily, and we are slowly working our way towards the end of the summer when the organizing committee would like to see the project underway and completed.

With $116,000 now in the bank, thanks to steady fundraising over the last few years and the generosity of a lot of local businesses, clubs and organizations, the committee is now hoping to get the entire community active in coming up with the remaining money needed for the $200,000 project.

The organizing committee has submitted numerous proposals for grant money, and are hopeful, but you know what they say: You can’t always count on the other guy, sometimes you just got to get out there and do it yourself.

So really the committee is now looking for the South Dundas community, young and old, big and little, in school and out of school, to make a splash with a few fundraisers of your own. You are limited only by your own imagination…and for those of us who are limited on imagination like me, well then the cheque book comes in pretty handy.

For those of you, however, with lots of imagination there are all sorts of events to be considered like bake sales, or yard sales, or a great big huge community party and barbecue like a Block Party or in this case a Park Party, right down there at the playground…with facepainting and balloon popping games of chance…perhaps a cake walk…bake sales…family ‘goofy’ pictures, (we supply the frame, the costumes, the photographer, and you supply the family…a community wide silent auction or some crazy auctions for a free snowblow, or hairdo, or manicure, or garden weeding, a car wash or dinner with a local celeb…and eats and foods with every restaurant and food service in the community on site with their specialties…the list goes on and on.

It’s all up to you the community. You did it before and the proof is in the children’s park…at the playground and the nearby beautifully landscaped gardens…so if you did it once, you can do it again…Together we can all make a pretty big $pal$h. Don’t you think?

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Seaway Kickers win big in Nepean

July 16, 2014 Editor

The Seaway Kickers U13M team claimed a 5-0 shutout victory when they visited the Nepean City Storm M2 team at Trend Arlington East field in Nepean, July 10.

Seaway got on the scoreboard first at the six minute mark, with a goal by forward Aaron Tibben in the bottom left corner of Nepean’s net, 1-0 Seaway. Five minutes later at the 11 minute mark, forward Dryden Buter made it 2-0 Seaway.

Nepean made several drives into Seaway’s end before half-time but were thwarted by the defensive efforts of Keiran Geurkink, Gabe Baker, Sean Nicolaassen and Adam Tibben. 2-0 Seaway at half-time.

Aaron Tibben netted his second goal of the evening at the 41 minute mark, 3-0 Seaway. At the 66 minute mark, Gabe Baker, playing as a forward, scored his first goal of the year, making it 4-0 Seaway.

Midfielder Daniel Swerdfeger scored his fourth goal of the year at the 70th and final minute of the game, final score, Seaway Kickers 5, Nepean City Storm 0.

Goalkeeper Kendrew Byers picks up his second clean-sheet of the season.

The team moves up to seventh in league standings with a record of four wins, five losses, no ties.

The team returns to Nepean July 17 to play the Nepean HotSpurs at Confederation High School, 6:30 p.m. kick-off.

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Strader family on top at Cedar Glen

July 16, 2014 Editor

A very solid six under par 64 landed the golfers representing the Lyell Strader family the Memorial Day tournament silverware at the Cedar Glen Golf Course here on Saturday.

The annual tournament is played in memory of the local families who are forever appreciated for their contributions to the Cedar Glen Golf course and the Williamsburg community.

They include the late Cliff and Agnes Casselman upon whose farm the original nine-hole Cedar Glen course was built, the late Stuart and Ethel Saddlemire whose farmland is home to the Glen’s expanded back nine holes, the late Lyell Strader who was the Glen’s first member and Dr. M.W. Locke who played a big role in the history of Williamsburg.

The tournament is open to all Cedar Glen members, all family members of those being honoured and all area golfers. This year, all but one team played in the mixed scramble format and they were Brandon and Vince Cousineau and Bryden and Peter Van Kessel who posted an impressive 13 under par 59.

Winning by a slim one stroke in the mixed scramble format category with their 64 was the team of Lyle and Kim Schell and Mitch and Laurie Hutt. Laurie and Lyle are grandchildren of the late Lyle Strader.

The mixed championship was highly contested with three teams finishing tied for second place with five under par 65s.

They included the Sam Locke team, the Brian McNairn team and the Cheryl Low team.

Playing for the Locke team were Sam and Claire Locke and and daughter Jane Howe and Wayde Roles.

For the McNairn team were Brian and Bonnie McNairn and Shawn and Lila Lapier and playing for the Lowe team were Cheryl Lowe, John Phillips, Sherri Boyd and Michael Hunt.

The ladies long drive was struck by Lindsay Waddell, and Brandon Cousineau hit the longest ball for the men.

Cheryl Lowe produced the closest to the hole shot on the par three 15th hole and Sam Locke had the closest for the men on the par three 12th.

Tied with 66s were the teams of Garry McMillan and Shaler Hill and the Barry Casselman team was next with a 68.

“We are here today to remember some very special people in our club’s history and in the history of our community,” said Cedar Glen owner Dennis Casselman as he spoke of each of the families being honoured.

Mahlon Locke thanked Dennis and Kathy for doing “ a great job on this tournament year after year. We thank you for hosting the tournament every year and allowing us to have a beer and hoist one for the old days.”

Bruce Whitteker said he remembers how his grandfather and grandmother (Cliff and Agnes Casselman) used to refer to Dennis and Ronnie Casselman and Rex Whitteker as the “three mouseketeers”. “The course is in great shape. I know it is a lot of work, and I’m very proud to be a member of this club.”

His sentiments were echoed by Lyle Schell whose grandfather Lyell Strader was Cedar Glen’s first member and first paid member every year after that. “I am proud to be a member here, and I hold my glass proudly for all these people in their memory.”

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Tubie continued, traditional race returns

July 16, 2014 Editor

Tubie race competitors got what they asked for at a meeting hosted by the South Dundas Chamber of Commerce Tubie Festival organizing committee, July 10, at the McIntosh Inn.

The meeting was held to help the new organizing committee gauge interest in the race.

“In the past, organizers would wait until the Friday night (of Tubie Weekend) to see how many competitors there would be,” said Kevin Casselman, who chaired the meeting. The new committee wasn’t comfortable with waiting until then, so they organized this preliminary meeting.

In addition to gauging interest, the meeting provided a forum for those planning to compete to share ideas, to ask questions, and to provide input.

Before the meeting started, Casselman told The Leader that if there was an appetite for change, the committee was willing to do what they could to facilitate the desired changes.

The main topic of conversation was the format of the upcoming 44th annual Tubie race.

Cole Veinotte suggested returning the race to its original format.

According to Veinotte, the sprint format brought in a few years ago, has been keeping Tubie traditionalists away. He suggested that some of those traditionalists are likely to return should the original race format be re-instated.

Other competitors at the meeting agreed to bringing back the traditional format, where paddlers race their Tubie crafts from Mariatown to the Morrisburg beach.

Veinotte suggested the format change could alleviate some of the congestion at the Morrisburg dock, on a very busy long weekend, that this year will also be hosting the Renegade Bass fishing tournament series.

Immediately following the meeting, the Tubie Festival committee went to work on securing the Arlor Haven Campsite launch venue for the race Sunday, August 3.

Monday morning, Casselman announced that they had successfully secured the Arlor Haven launch site for the 2014 Tubie race.

Organizers have about 7-8 teams planning to participate. “We’re happy with that number in early July,” said Casselman.

They continue to welcome more to build a craft to join in the Tubie fun.

As always, festivities kick off with a parade Saturday, August 2, and a dance that evening.

Organizers are planning to keep the traditional parade route in tact, even though a portion of it passes along an area of Lakeshore Drive which has been under construction. They believe the area will be paved in time for the parade.

Local talent – One Night Standards will play this year’s dance, which is planned for outdoors, at the Morrisburg waterfront however, there will be no big tent.

Tubie T-Shirts are designed and ordered.

The 2014 Tubie theme – It’s Going Tubie a Splash.

This is the first year the Tubie Festival is being handled by the South Dundas Chamber of Commerce, who took over the event after the Morrisburg and District Lions Club announced that they would no longer host it.

“This is not something that a chamber of commerce would normally do, but it’s so important to the community, we didn’t want to see it disappear,” said Carl McIntyre, South Dundas Chamber of Commerce president.

“Nowhere else in the world is there a Tubie Festival. South Dundas has Tubies and we won’t let that go,” said Geraldine Fitzsimmons of the South Dundas Chamber of Commerce.

“It’s going to make for a great weekend,” said Casselman.

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