Ladies and Gentlemen
Happy Mothers Day. A time to honour the importance of mother’s
wherever they may be.
On Monday May 9th a local group, together with
the Ontario Health Coalition, is rallying citizens to support a “ballot petition”
asking the Ontario government to stop cuts to hospitals. The rally takes place
at 1:00 pm in the Wal-Mart parking lot. At 2:30 pm you may wish to attend a
meeting of our OPP Costing Committee at Town Hall. The committee is considering
retaining expert assistance to help it with the costing process, comparing our
own service costs to the OPP.
There will be a closed meeting of Council at 6:30 pm to
consider a legal matter. Then at 7:00 pm is the regular General Committee
meeting. A modest agenda including:
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Decision who will be providing fireworks for
our upcoming Canada Day
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Direction on the budget for our Operations Centre
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Discussion on having summer movies in our
downtown.(more about this below)
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A proposal from our BIA for a bike repair
station on the waterfront
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Consideration of establishing a committee on
aboriginal relations
Tuesday May 10th starts with County Council at
9:00 am. At 11:00 am the County will hold a public meeting to consider the development
charges it plans to level on all municipalities. You may recall Midland decided
to freeze its development charges at the 2015 level. This decision was made to
spur growth in our Town. Having the County now increase its share of the development
charge does not sit well with your Council.
On Wednesday the 11th you are invited to the Boathouse
restaurant at 1:00 pm for the launch party for the 2016 Butter Tart festival. A
sticky good time. Then on to a busy evening:
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Guys Who Care will hold their second event at
Lot 102 starting at 5:00 pm. This spontaneous group expects to raise $20,000 in
about an hour. The funds will then be turned over to a local charity also selected
that by the group. www.guyswhocare.ca
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7:00 pm is the annual Candlelight tribute for
our veterans at the Cenotaph. Please arrive early
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At 7:30 pm some superlative talent as the
Trio D’Argento comes to the MCC. Thank you to Brookside (John French) for
making this possible
Thursday the 12th is also a busy day. It starts
for me with an afternoon at Queens Park, as Warden Marshal, Mayor Cornell and I
meet with the Ministry of Health to advocate for better funding for GBGH and
other mid-sized hospitals. At 5:00 pm please join me for the opening of our newest
business Simply Home Furnishings at 900 King St. Unit 2.
If you are looking for a good spot for
dinner, you may want to take in the Wye Marsh fundraising lasagna dinner at the
Oakwood Community Centre, 290 Park St. in Victoria Harbour. Open seating between 5:00 and 7:00 pm. After
dinner, you may wish to take in the Official Plan Review Steering Committee at
the Library. Or at 7:30 pm join Fred for a Day in the Life at the MCC as he
interviews Penetanguishene native Jacquie Gauthier and learns about her fascinating
travels to Africa.
Friday is pretty quiet – enjoy it.
Weekend
Saturday
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Its North Simcoe Treasure Days. For more details please visit http://www.midland.ca/Pages/News-room.aspx#Treasure
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8:00
am to 1:00 pm it’s the Huronia Pregnancy Resource Centre garage sale at the
River of Life parking lot on Eighth Street. Proceeds go to the Centre as
it helps all women with the challenges of motherhood
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8:00
am to 2:00 pm is the Georgian Bay Native Friendship Centre yard sale at their
Yonge St location
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10:00
am to 4:00 pm is the Midland District Railroad Club's 27th Annual Train Show
and Sale at the NSSRC. Adults $6 / Seniors $5 / Children $2
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7:00 pm
at the MCC is the “Wonders of the Circus” – a circus of French song with Le
Cirque et ses Merveilles brought to you by Le Cle
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7:00 pm our own Children’s’ Community Choir joins
with the Young Sudbury Singers children’s choir at St Paul’s. A musical
extravaganza you will certainly enjoy.
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Sunday
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North Simcoe Treasure Days continues
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12:30 pm Community Living Huronia tees off at
Brooklea for its annual golf event
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10:00
am to 4:00 pm, Midland District Railroad Club's Train Show continues at the
NSSRC
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On May 9th Council
is likely to endorse something brand new for our community – a free public movie
night. Throughout the summer, movies will be screened at dusk at the downtown
parking lot at Bay and King. Mark your calendar for the following features:
June 1 Star Wars - The Force Awakens
June 15 Finding Nemo
June 29 Who Framed Roger Rabbit
July 13 Ghostbusters
July 27 Back to the Future
Aug 10 Frozen (the sing-along edition)
Aug 24 Jurassic World
So gather your kids, grab the popcorn
and come down to meet your fellow Midlanders. Gotta love this Town.
Gord McKay
Your
Year for Getting Aboard – Midland is on the Move - 2016
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