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<br />David Haywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15158210233387548206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338566367024491208.post-45196558213623565792018-09-13T23:53:00.004-04:002018-09-14T00:27:12.720-04:00Merritton Candidate Profiles.The upcoming 2018 St.Catharines' Municipal Elections are important for the Merritton Community. Therefore be sure to engage yourself with those candidates that have put their names forward. Merritton needs a experienced voice on St. Catharines City Council and I feel that I can be that voice. So please consider voting David Haywood on October 22nd, 2018.<br />
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<a href="https://www.niagarathisweek.com/news-story/8898907-stalled-hospital-redevelopment-a-concern-for-merritton-ward-candidates/">https://www.niagarathisweek.com/news-story/8898907-stalled-hospital-redevelopment-a-concern-for-merritton-ward-candidates/</a>David Haywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15158210233387548206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338566367024491208.post-82234925594631755842018-07-28T03:30:00.001-04:002018-08-02T12:50:58.832-04:00Re-elect David Haywood Merritton Ward<h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well it is official. My family and I have filed my nomination papers for Re-Election as a City Councillor for the Merritton Ward in the upcoming 2018 St.Catharines General Elections.<br />
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It has been an honour to represent the residents of Merritton during the past 4 years. Our community needs an experienced voice at St.Catharines City Council and I am confident that I will be that voice.<br />
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During the last campaign I highlighted my goals and expectations for the Merritton Area and I feel that I have followed them closely.<br />
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Scroll through the posts here on Merritton.com or my Facebook page for Merritton (@merrittonontario) and you will see the things I have championed and accomplished over these 4 years.<br />
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You will also see how I have tried to engage and keep the Merritton Community up-to-date on City issue affecting our community on a day-to-day basis.<br />
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Visit or follow my Re-election campaign on Twitter and Facebook at @dave4merritton to see my re-election platform as it un-folds.<br />
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During the next few months, I will specifically outline my plans and ambitions for the Merritton Community during the next 4 years on St.Catharines City Council.<br />
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I am also eager to hear what the residents of the Merritton Community, personally, would like to see occur in our area over the next term of council so please feel free to email me at davehaywood@merritton.com with your suggestions.<br />
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Merritton needs an experienced voice on St.Catharines City Council and I know I can be that voice!!!<br />
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Thanks everyone for your past, present, and future support!<br />
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David Haywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15158210233387548206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338566367024491208.post-65686785495020099792017-03-15T20:10:00.004-04:002017-03-20T20:16:49.659-04:00REAL ESTATE MARKET IN MERRITTON<div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Avg Price $301,400 (ranging from 165-471k)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">St. Catharines Averages: 2016 Average price increased 14.89% compared to 2015 Avg Price</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Merritton Averages: 2016 Average price increased 29.83% compared to 2015 Avg Price.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">February 2017 price increased 20.77% compared to Feb 2016 Avg Price</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In February, houses in Merritton sold for and Average of 4.7% higher than asking/listing price.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Niagara Association of REALTORS® (NAR) reported 700 property sales processed through the NAR Multiple Listing Service (MLS®) system in February. This represents a 15% increase in sales over February of last year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Average Sales Price in Feb 2017 is 31.27% higher than the Avg from 2016 (2016=$254894, 2017=334587)</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So If you are looking to sell/buy, now is a great time don't you think? House prices are only going up.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28pt;">Merritton, I want to be your voice on
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">VOTE for
David Haywood as your Representative for the Merritton Ward during the 2014 St.
Catharines Municipal Elections on October 27<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">David Haywood</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Phone: (905)
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extremely important to me. Too many families, younger individuals, and
businesses are choosing other municipalities for political, social, and
economic opportunities not currently available within our city. If elected, I will work relentlessly to make
St. Catharines a place where my children and future generations will not only succeed,
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time is now to RAISE THE BAR as city councilor</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .55pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> - please grant me your vote
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lot of work to be done within St. Catharines socially, economically and
politically.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Work with Panoramic Properties
Inc. to ensure that the Old General Hospital site is redeveloped in a
sustainable way. A way which follows the smart growth principals as outlined in the City’s Official
Garden City Plan and Official Green Plan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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planned financial contribution to the city for greening earmarked for the
continued restoration and beautification of Centennial Park<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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canopy cover which has sustained serious damage by invasive species during the
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groups/organizations to expand local community gardens similar to the one
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risks set to increase dramatically within the next few years. I will take a
leading role to review all city expenditures with the goal of freezing or
keeping budgetary increases at or near zero. With stagnant population growth the
tax burden on residents cannot continue to increase. Families are struggling
financially and need relief!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and full GO Train transit. We NEED this locally!!! If the employers are not
coming to the city, then the City’s residents need access to the employers. We
need transit that is affordable, reliable, and sustainable - locally,
regionally, and provincially. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 120%;">City council needs to nurture the
current regional/city political relationship. Locally we need to be more active
in regional planning from a political standpoint. The current dichotomy which
includes sparse city/regional
political engagement which is not helping local residents. Too many hands in the pot - decreasing
political accountability. Regional councillors and city councillors should be
on the same page - ALWAYS! Running the city is a full-time endeavor and the
time is now to start treating it as such. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rational ideals - reinforced through educational pursuits and blended with
experience - should be the standard not the exception as a representative of
the Merritton Ward. Below are some highlights which I feel will assist me as a
City Councillor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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University. I focused on how a municipality is run - bureaucratically and
politically. Additionally, I studied the relationship of St. Catharines
with regional, provincial, and federal forces and how these forces influence the
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(with distinction) with a combined undergraduate degree in Political Science
and Geography. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Urban Planning - completed
academic research on the City of St.Catharines Official Garden City Plan and
Official Green Plan (under the tutelage of retired City of St.Catharines Chief
Planner Paul Chapman). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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academic research on the City’s economy and how it is influenced by different
regional, provincial, and federal factors (under the tutelage of Jeff Boggs - a
leading academic figure concerning the City’s and Niagara Region’s economies). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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St. Catharines Green Committee - a volunteer position appointed by St. Catharines
City Council in 2010 (till 2014)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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school boards - serving yearly as a honourary judge for the Historical fair; and
in numerous schools as the liaison for the St.Catharines Green Committee and
their partnership with the NPCA and their Canopy for Kids program<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Regular Volunteer with the
Fresh Air Fund of Niagara - bringing New York State kids to enjoy and experience
the natural beauty locally<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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promoting local residents, businesses, and community events.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Merritton Lions Club is looking for vendors of all types for The Annual Labour Day Carnival in Merritton. <br /><br />
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Vendor spots to fill, filling up fast. Spots are 10'x10' and are a flat rate of $40 per day for regular vendor spots. Pay for 3 Days and get the 4th Free!! You must provide your own tables and set up. This is limited hydro on vendor sites. Vendors have access to area during the day/morning before for set up if required, there will be security on the premises during the night but keep in mind the lions or staff are not responsible for and loss of or damaged property.<br />
<br />Looking for all types of vendors but want a variety, we do not want multiple booths with the same items. Spots are first come first serve and are subject to approval by the show hosts. The $40 fee can be paid in cash or by cheque which must clear no later than the week prior to show. <br />We are projecting strong numbers, with approximately 3000-5000 weekend visitors. Hoping to create successful show vendor rapport as this event is an annual show. <br /><br />
Some of the specific vendors I'm searching for are booths that sell: <br />-custom jewelry and body jewelry <br />-custom clothing <br />-designer inspired purses, sunglasses, etc <br />-die cast cars, trucks, etc <br />-vintage, rockabilly, pinup clothing and accessories by brands such as or similar to Lucky13, Sourpuss, iron fist <br />-clothing-sweaters, hats, scarves, dresses, etc <br />-henna and airbrushing tattoos <br />-artists with sketches and prints of celebrities and/or anything vintage like. Would also be great to have an artist who can do caricatures of their customers <br />-someone who does feather hair extensions <br />-Ecigarettes and vapor products <br />-scentsy <br />-alloette <br />-epicure <br />-pandora charms and accessories <br />-food trucks(icecream, funnel cakes, beaver tails, blooming onions, pretzels,etc) and packaged food/goods(fudge, candy apples, dried and cured meats) <br />-cleaning supplies <br />-psychic, palm readers, fortune tellers <br />-truck/bike/car cleaning/detailing, maintenance products <br />-anything car, truck, or motorcycle related <br />-photographers-especially those who specialize in car and/vintage pinup <br />-travel agents <br />-pet accessories and boutique items <br />-custom audio <br />-custom paint and body shop <br />-wheels and rims <br />-custom interior, accessories <br />-leather goods and clothing <br />-hair stylists <br />-bmx and motor cross swag <br />-anything tattoo <br />-cosmetics, bath, and beauty products <br />-charitable and religious organizations with specific causes or promotion of specific charitable events(eg. Ride for..., or walk for...)etc <br />-bike, truck, car, or anything vintage styled children's clothing and accessories <br />-aftermarket products <br />-helmets and riding gear <br />-vintage inspired tin wall signs <br />-flags <br /><br />Please contact us for any info or questions. Even if what you would like to sell as a vendor wasn't listed please contact us with your products, ideas or suggestions. Variety is encouraged. <br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338566367024491208.post-31705128195440346392014-05-15T20:17:00.001-04:002014-11-11T12:22:18.312-05:00Words from a Fresh Air Fund host family.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> This summer will be our 7th year with our Fresh Air son!!! What started out as a slightly awkward first meeting has turned into a very special relationship. We have done many things during Armani's visits, but I know that it is just being together that is the best part. The boys feel like brothers (and act like it too)! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> In fact, everyone was so happy together, that we arranged to have extra long visits for the past 3 summers........the Fresh Air Fund made it work. </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">This summer I will have 3 teenagers in the house!! As much as I know that we have had a positive influence on Armani, knowing him has changed our lives also, for the better.</span></div>
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David Haywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00472283317099824933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338566367024491208.post-42454607186954607712014-05-09T22:07:00.001-04:002014-11-11T12:22:34.142-05:00Simple Things<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large; text-align: left;"> The </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b>Fresh Air Fund</b></span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large; text-align: left;"> is a non-profit organization out of New York City that provides summer vacations to inner city kids and has been serving children since 1877.</span></div>
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David Haywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00472283317099824933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338566367024491208.post-18098305986092362622014-04-29T18:26:00.002-04:002014-04-29T18:32:43.046-04:00LIMITED EDITION MERRITTON SHIRTS & HOODIES<br />
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The Welland Canal is a critical economic and cultural corridor that played a critical role in shaping the Niagara region and the nation. The government of Canada promised in 1932 to build a memorial to the 124 men who died during construction, but so far that promise has not been kept. The men who died working on the construction of the canal deserved to be remembered for their sacrifice.<br />
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When the project began, someone in Ottawa crunched the numbers. No project of the scale of the Welland Canal could be built without a cost in blood. They expected one man to die for every million dollars spent on building the canal.<br />
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“It cost about $130 million to build (Over $2 billion in 2013). At least 124 men died, so they were pretty close,” says Arden Phair, the retired curator of the St. Catharines Museum who has taken up the cause of the men who died building the economic heartbeat of Niagara.<br />
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All he and a handful of other historians and researchers who have looked into the past of the canal want is for Ottawa to make good on a promise to recognize the fallen.<br />
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For a time, a potential memorial was front-page news soon after the canal opened in 1932. It was due in no small part to the rhetoric of Robert James Manion, then the minister of railways and canals, who called those who died heroes.<br />
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<em>In 1932, Minister of Railways and Canals Robert James Manion said a memorial would be erected to honour those who died building the canal. At the time, official records said 115 men died. Over time, that number has been amended to 124. </em><br />
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<em>This is what Manion said when the canal opened:
“Peace has its heroes as well as war, and in a construction job of this magnitude, with its daily risk and hazard, the sacrifices of human life seems to be unavoidable. It is only right and proper that we should give a thought to the 115 men who lost their lives during the progress of the work. In due course we shall see that the names of these workmen are suitably preserved and made an enduring portion of the great structure that rises not only as a monument to their effort and their lives, but to the efforts of the thousands of working men and engineering helpers whose unremitting toil, often in the face of difficulty and discouragement, made possible the triumph of the present hour.”</em><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338566367024491208.post-7043976458177108172013-04-09T10:26:00.001-04:002013-04-09T10:35:54.054-04:00Johasson's Bar Parkette<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Johansson Bar is located on <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Glendale Avenue</st1:address></st1:street> by
the entrance to the Sobey’s parking lot. The tool is an example of the type of
devices needed to build parts of the old <st1:city w:st="on">Welland</st1:city>
canal(s) and the <st1:placename w:st="on">Queenston</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Monument</st1:placetype> in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Niagara
Falls</st1:place></st1:city>. The bar was used to lift and lower the large
slabs of stone used in the building of each lock’s walls (there was even a
local settlement named Slabtown). It was used sometime between 1842 and 1845
and has been on display since 1983 after the Walker Brothers Quarries Ltd.
donated the bar to the Merritton Community. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The St.Catharines’ Green Committee's
has a plan for the Bar to be moved closer to the sidewalk near <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Glendale Avenue</st1:address></st1:street> (the first phase of the
project). This phase includes moving the Bar, constructing a parkette where the
Bar will be displayed along with stone bench seating; </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">deciduous
and coniferous trees; and numerous shrubs and perennials. Additionally the
previous area where the </span><span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;">Bar was
located (currently gravel parking to the west of Sobey’s patron parking lot)
will be restored to a park-like setting with trees and grass. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The second phase of the project
(dependant on fundraising but with a desired completion date within the next
year or two) would involve constructing a walkway in the
middle of the park running north to south in the direction of the old canal Lock 14 (which is buried underneath the park). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> The last phase of the</span> project (again dependant on fundraising but with a desired completion date within the
next year or two) is greatly advocated for by Regional Councillor
Bruce Timms and canal advocate Rene Ressler. This phase involves upgrading the site
west of the Sobeys building using the model of what has been done at Thorold’s
Beaverdams Park. This phase basically means clearing and excavating 18 to 24
inches from the top layer of stone and leaving
grass cover as the thing to maintain in the area. Then having a sign board
placed close to Sobey’s driveway and a smart phone App explaining the Lock
including the larger context of the Lybster Mill, The Keg and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Mountain</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Locks</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It must be reiterated, that
the project will only be completed with financial contributions from the community
at large (in partnership with the St.Catharines’ Green Committee). The cost of
the project is approximately $77,500. So far
the Green Committee has committed $30,493 to the project and the St.Catharines
Horticultural Society has contributed $2,000 (with plans to contribute more
after their annual plant sale next month at Bill Burgoyne arena - so please
support them!) Should anyone else wish to contribute you can contact Green Committee
Co-Chair Dave Haywood at: <a href="mailto:davehaywood@merritton.com"><span style="color: blue;">davehaywood@merritton.com</span></a>
or Kristen Sullivan, Project & Development Planner - City of St.
Catharines’ Recreation & Community Services, at 905-688-5601 (ext. 3145) or
email her at<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="mailto:ksullivan@stcatharines.ca"><span style="color: blue;">ksullivan@stcatharines.ca</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;">The Green Committee would be grateful
if people considered the following individual items for sponsorship:</span></b><span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;">Engraved Pavers:</span></i><span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> $250 <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Estimate - needs to be
confirmed selection of pavers)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;">Trees (with plaque):</span></i><span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$400 </span><span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$1,750<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(As seen at the Old Courthouse, located<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>beside <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Market Square</st1:address></st1:street>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Notes:</span></u></b><span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Monetary donations over $250 in
either goods, labour or funds will be<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>recognized
on a donor plaque or the individual item (i.e. tree, bench, etc.)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;">• <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Individuals or businesses who wish to
make monetary contributions may <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>direct
their donations to the "City of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">St.
Catharines</st1:city></st1:place>", and indicate on the Memo line "Johansson
Parkette". Please direct cheques to <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:street w:st="on">P.O. Box</st1:street> 3012</st1:address>,
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:street w:st="on">20
Geneva St.</st1:street> <st1:city w:st="on">St Catharines</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Ontario</st1:state></st1:address>, L2R7C2, Attn: Green<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Committee.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: MinionPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular;">• <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Tax receipts will be issued.<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Rain Barrel Sale</span> </span></h1>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">$50 Rain Barrel <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sale i</st1:place></st1:city></span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: large;"><strong>n Support of The Merritton Lions </strong></span></h1>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 26pt;"><a href="http://www.rainbarrel.ca/merrittonlionsclub/">www.RainBarrel.ca/merrittonlionsclub/</a></span></h1>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 26pt;">Or call Jonathan at 905-988-9835 for information.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong> <em>RainBarrel.ca is pleased to partner with the Merritton Lions Club in support of local community </em></strong></span><em><strong><span style="font-size: small;">activities and Lions initiatives such as Dog Guides.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Orders are now being taken for a Saturday, May </span></strong><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>4, 2013 pickup date. Distribution will be from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Merritton Community </strong></span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Centre, 7 Park Avenue, St. Catharines. No household limits and no residency requirements are </strong></span><strong><span style="font-size: small;">imposed however, only barrels ordered in advance are guaranteed to be available.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Each rain barrel </span></strong><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>comes fully equipped with a leaf and mosquito filter basket, an overflow adaptor that permits ultiple </strong></span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>barrels to be connected in series, 1.2m of overflow hose and a spigot that attaches directly to a garden</strong></span><strong><span style="font-size: small;"> hose. The price is $50 per barrel. (Additional overflow hose can also be purchased if required.)</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></strong></em></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Order your barrel online. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Bring your receipt to Merritton Community Center, 7 Park Avenue, St. Catharines to pick up your barrels.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;"><em>PLEASE NOTE – IMPORTANT PICK UP DETAILS</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Rain barrel pickup</em></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><em>Saturday, May 4th, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><em>Merritton Community Centre, 7 Park Avenue, St. Catharines</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><em>Since you have ordered a rain barrel online, it is guaranteed, so there is no need to rush to stand in line at 9:00 AM. Take your time, avoid the line and show up when it is convenient before 1:00 PM.</em></span></div>
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David Haywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00472283317099824933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338566367024491208.post-72723841903333924392013-02-27T13:05:00.000-05:002013-03-15T12:34:50.738-04:00MERRITTON LIONESS CHILDREN'S FUNDRAISER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />David Haywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00472283317099824933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338566367024491208.post-7265375774945063992013-02-27T13:04:00.001-05:002013-02-27T16:13:18.521-05:00BREAKING NEWS!!!! TRAFFIC CHAOS IN MERRITTON - SEPT 2013One can only imagine the nightmare this construction project is going to cause during rush hours and weekends on one of Merrittons main throughways.<br />
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There is already 8 sets of traffic lights in a 1.16 km span. What's proposed below will add another set.<br />
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By <a href="http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/author/doug-herod">Doug Herod</a>, The Standard <br />
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Went to an information session Monday to check out plans to replace the Highway 406 bridge over Glendale Ave.<br />
It’s pretty much what I had reported in a column last summer.<br />
The northbound and southbound spans are old (built in 1963) and the transportation ministry will use a relatively new technique to replace them.<br />
The new structures will be built on temporary supports next to the existing ones. Once the new spans are completed, the old ones will be severed and taken away by a giant forklift-like machine. The same machine will then move the new spans into place.<br />
Where possible, this is an increasingly favoured method of the ministry’s because it results in minimal traffic disruption during the construction period. It’s a welcome strategy in this instance, given the congestion around the Pen Centre<br />
There were, however, a couple of surprises at the information meeting.<br />
The project is moving ahead more quickly than I would have thought. Work is expected to begin this fall, with most of the construction taking place next year. Some cleanup will extend into 2015.<br />
Even more of a surprise was the inclusion of a 100-space, car-pool parking lot in the project design. It’s on the south side of Glendale on a vacant piece of MTO-owned land between the southbound 406 ramp and the TD bank.<br />
There is also provision for a bus loop beside the lot in case Metrolinx decides to extend GO bus service along the 406 corridor.<br />
I’m thinking this is an odd spot for the first-ever, car-pool lot in the city. Actually, I’m having trouble believing there’s that much demand for car-pooling in St. Catharines, period. That’s what happens, I guess, when you live and work in the same city for 33 years and endure seven-minute commutes.<br />
At any rate, it strikes me as a tight squeeze.<br />
Turns out Niagara Region officials aren’t too keen on the location, either.<br />
“We’ve said to them — oh, at least eight or 10 times — ‘not a good idea,’” said the Region’s transportation boss Joe Cousins.<br />
“I guess you can’t see that intersection too well from Downsview [central region headquarters] because they don’t understand the congestion there,” he said.<br />
Adding to the disconnect is that the ministry wants full access to and from the parking lot, which means allowing left turns from and onto Glendale. But the Region has recently been looking at ways to improve traffic flow in this corridor, and one of its likely recommended solutions is to extend the centre-island median along Glendale, which would prevent such turns.<br />
“If you’ve been there on a Friday afternoon, you know trying to make a left in and out of either the bank or the gas station just doesn’t work. It’s not safe at all,” said Cousins.<br />
On the MTO’s map, the proposed entrance/exit to the car-pool lot lines up with the easternmost entrance to the Pen, giving rise to the idea of a traffic signal. But Cousins said there’s not enough room for another set of lights between Tremont Dr. and the 406.<br />
So far, though, the ministry isn’t bending on its parking lot desires.<br />
“Despite our insistence that it’s a terrible idea, they keep coming back with it,” said Cousins.<br />
He noted the Region is in favour of other suggested car-pooling sites in Niagara. Apparently, there is the possibility for car-pool lots at the QEW and Glendale, Woodlawn Rd. and Highway 406 in Welland, and even the proposed new interchange at Third St. and the QEW.<br />
“We just don’t like this location,” he said of the 406 and Glendale.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Forever etched in my memory is standing in the middle of the old vacant Domtar factory in the spring of 2004 and listening to new owner Donatelli talk of his desire to eventually transform a section of the sprawling plant into an upscale inn. To which I thought: “Huh???”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Should have known better than to doubt the developer who a few years earlier had transformed a dilapidated old industrial structure on Glendale Ave. into what would become The Keg building.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I’m prepared to give the proprietor of the Stone Mill Inn the benefit of the doubt for a project that some might term grandiose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There’s an underground, 35-vehicle parking garage left over from Domtar days that is adjacent to the north side of the Lybster Mill building. It’s an 11,000-square-foot footprint, said Donatelli, that his engineers tell him can support an eight-storey building.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One floor could accommodate 10 units averaging 1,000 square feet, which would translate into a total of 80 units.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The location is a good fit for a major residential complex, he noted, because of the neighbouring commercial establishments that are within easy walking distance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“We’re not talking Port Dalhousie multi-million-dollar per unit. We’re talking $250,000 to $350,000 per unit. It’s what works in the community, it’s what’s affordable,” he said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let’s be clear here. This project isn’t happening next week. There are a number of hurdles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First of all, CN still owns the land behind the Lybster Mill where once a spur line ran atop a berm on the property.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That land is needed to provide all the parking required for the condo development.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Donatelli said he’s not concerned about reaching an agreement with CN for the 3.5-acre strip of land from the main CN line (near Elm St.) to Glendale Ave. More problematic is dealing with he what says is the million tons of stone in the doomed berm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He said he needs to find buyers for the stone in order for the property’s purchase price to make sense.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As for any city planning issues, Donatelli doesn’t foresee difficulties.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The height restriction is four storeys, but they’re happy to see me go eight,” he said of the city.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Judy Pihach, St. Catharines’ manager of planning services, said nothing has been formally submitted, making it difficult to comment on how the proposal might be ultimately received by city planners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, given its location near major roads and commercial activity, Pihach said she’s “cautiously optimistic” the development would be in line with the city’s residential growth plans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If it does eventually fly, the development may not be Donatelli’s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I need a break. I don’t know whether I’m going to just plan it and let somebody else do it. Nine-and-a-half years of making this work is exhausting.”</span></div>
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It is not often that something stirs emotion in me similar to those emotions felt when a close family member or friend passes away. I definitely know this is going to sound foolish but I admit that I felt those emotions today and they were not related to the death of someone close to me. In fact, they were related to the sight I witnessed as I was driving home from Christmas shopping for my wife and two young daughters, Morgan and Gracie. As I approached a place in the heart of Merritton and a place that for the majority of the past three decades (since 1983) I had called home, my eyes betrayed me with the above image and my heart dropped in my chest. At the corner of Merritt Street and Maple Crest, across from where I live, workers were just finishing cutting down a blackberry tree that had been there for longer than me or anyone else I know in the area. <br />
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Memories than flooded my mind. I was transported back to my childhood in the late 1980s and early1990s. First, I saw pictures of myself 7 or 8 years old, riding my first bike back from the abandoned car wash that now houses JLS Auto, while eating berries from the tree, and then using my bike's tires to smash the blackberries from that tree all over the sidewalk -leaving a streak of 10 to 15 feet. Then images flashed before my eyes of me, years later as a 12 or 13 year old. Only now, I could see myself walking past the tree getting frustrated as the berries stuck to the bottom of my shoes. The last memories of the tree, and perhaps the saddest one and the reason why I am writing this post, is the memories I had at the tree last year. My neighbour and I, took my daughter Morgan and his son Cole, to the tree to pick some of the berries to eat. The tree has always been extremely healthy and the abundances of berries were sufficient for anyone who wanted them in the neighbourhood. Our kids loved the berries and the fact that they could pick them. This is why I am not happy that the trees was cut down. <br />
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Besides occasionally writing posts concerning Merritton, I also serve as Co-Chair of the St.Catharines Green Committee -appointed to a 4 year term by St.Catharines City Council. The mandate of the committee is to beautify, restore, and green the city. We have undertaken and partnered on these types of projects, included the planting of thousands of trees, with organization like the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority and Climate Action Niagara. I do feel that every tree is important. I also understand that the owner of the property has a right to cut the tree down considering its location was on his private property. To reiterate, it is just a tragedy of the commons. I just always thought of them as my commons and never thought they would be my daughter's. Now they are and that's the tragedy. <br />
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<em>Since the majority of trees are located on private property, should St.Catharines City Council have more control on when, why, and how trees are cut down in the city? Email your thoughts to </em><a href="mailto:davehaywood@merritton.com"><em>davehaywood@merritton.com</em></a>David Haywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00472283317099824933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338566367024491208.post-33778356568010991142012-11-19T13:49:00.000-05:002012-11-19T13:49:20.919-05:00HMCS OJIBWA VISITS MERRITTONBuilt in 1965, HMCS Ojibwa is Canada's last Oberon class Cold War submarine. It patrolled Canada's north Atlantic until it was decommissioned in 1998.<br />
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The 295-foot-long submarine was being towed from the Heddle Marine Shipyard in Hamilton through the canal to Port Burwell.<br />
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Onlookers pressed up against fences at Lock 1, stood shoulder to shoulder on the Homer Bridge, crammed a viewing platform at Lock 3 and dotted trails at all points in between.<br />
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Niagara Regional Police set up cruisers in high-traffic areas due to heavy numbers of pedestrians crossing roads like Lakeshore.<br />
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Side streets were crammed with cars and the shoulder of the Welland Canal Parkway was a parking lot as sub hunters staked out their spots for a closeup view.<br />
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In May, it was towed from Halifax through the St. Lawrence Seaway to Hamilton, where it was repainted.<br />
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An egg chucked as cadets guarded the Merritton cenotaph on the eve of Remembrance Day has a local cadet corps fuming.</div>
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At least one egg was hurled the night before the ceremony, when four cadets from the 68th Niagara and Welland Regiment were guarding the cenotaph overnight, say two women who witnessed the incident. Nobody was hit, but the moment has parents and officers shaking their heads.<br />
“I was actually amazed at how ignorant people can be,” said Mary Novarro, the sergeant-at-arms for Royal Canadian Legion Branch 138 Merritton, who was there when the egg was thrown.<br />
She said she saw a car go by and chuck a single egg in the cenotaph’s direction. She said it hit a sidewalk and shot towards a nearby building.<br />
“I don’t think they realized we’re not supporting the wars that happened,” she said. “We’re trying to remember people who died during the wars.”<br />
Nancy Monych, who heads up the cadet group’s parent committee, said she saw more than one egg thrown. She said she was picking up pieces of shell the next morning.<br />
The cadets, she said, didn’t move. “Those kids stood there, at guard, heads down and didn’t move a muscle,” she said.<br />
But she said some were rattled.<br />
“They were really upset, actually. I cannot believe that anyone would come to a cenotaph and egg when they’re honouring fallen soldiers and those who are serving.”<br />
Monych said it’s the first time she has heard of it happening, “and I’m there all the time.”<br />
Monych and Novarro said they didn’t report the egging to police, but Niagara Regional Police spokesman Derek Watson said it would likely qualify as a mischief.<br />
The cadets kept on standing guard through the incident, said Capt. Karen Baschuk, the cadet corps’s commanding officer. She said she was told of the egging after it happened.<br />
“My kids rise up to the occasion. It doesn’t falter them at all,” she said.<br />
She figured the egging was an isolated incident and said it may have been thrown at the adults in the area. But she nevertheless chafed at the fact the egg was thrown at all.<br />
“I think it’s atrocious,” she said. “People need to know that could have been their kid out there on Remembrance Day.”<br />
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Jeff White</span></div>
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IPad; Ice Dog Tickets; Bar Fridge</span></b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Merritton, St Catharines, ON, Canada43.1412894 -79.205636143.1181169 -79.245118100000013 43.1644619 -79.1661541tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338566367024491208.post-18164835486164416532012-07-12T05:10:00.001-04:002012-07-13T02:21:58.562-04:00Merritton City Councillors Missing In Action<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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On July 1st, 2012, the Merritton Community Group held a sign dedication ceremony to thank everyone who had helped raise funds for the new Merritton Community sign. The sign is located west of the entrance to the Keg restaurant on Glendale Avenue in the heart of Merritton. </div>
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Those being honoured included Tony and Sheila Morra, The Merritton Community Group, the Merritton Lions and Lioness', and Dr. Thomas Pekar. Another contributor that was to be honoured (but was absent) was City Councillor and Merritton Ward representative Jenny Stevens. Additionally, Merritton's other Ward Representative on City Council, Jeff Birch was also missing in action (M.I.A). </div>
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Maybe one or both Merritton Ward Representatives were busy with other events considering it was not only Canada's Day but also the Sunday of the long weekend (calls to their favorite watering holes the Dog Pound - Jenny Stevens; and Player's -Jeff Burch were not successful in locating them). Fortunately, City of St.Catharines Mayor Brian McMullan, who consistently attends almost all events in ALL six wards within the city, was in attendance for this excellent occasion. </div>
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Unfortunate and for reasons unknown, both Councillors Stevens and Burch normally do not attend events held by the Merritton Community Group. This is based on my own personal experience during the past two years which I have covered the Merritton Community Group's monthly meetings and open houses. At these events, I have never seen either Councillor Jenny Stevens or Councillor Jeff Burch in attendance. Maybe they were busy planning their annual Fireworks for the Merritton Labour Day Weekend Carnival. Hopefully, both Merritton Ward leaders realize that their attention and attendance at the numerous events held within our wonderful ward is needed more than once a year. Merritton, including all it's residents, businesses, and community groups, do not just wake-up for the labour day weekend to attend the carnival and accompanying fireworks and then hibernate for the rest of the year until the events come rolling around again the following year.</div>
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- <em>David Haywood</em></div>
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<br /></div>David Haywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00472283317099824933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338566367024491208.post-29268237651981281402012-02-22T10:00:00.002-05:002012-02-22T10:19:57.015-05:00DRAINED WELLAND CANAL PICSHere are some fanastic pics of the drained Welland Canal being worked on. Every year this sight can be seen in Merritton. <br />
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