York Region updates council on progress of Upper York Sewage Solution Upon receiving a presentation on the status of the Upper York Sewage Solution (UYSS) council had a litany of questions concerning the impact the project will have on Lake Simcoe. According to Mike Rabeau, Director of Capital Planning and Delivery for York Region, the UYSS, which has been de-signed to accommodate anticipated growth targets in East Gwillimbury and north Newmarket, will, at capacity, discharge 40 megalitres of treated wastewater into the Holland River and Lake Simcoe. As required, the Region has submitted an individual environmental assessment (IEA) for the project to the Ministry of the Envi-ronment and Climate Change (MOECC) which in turn has responded with an IEA Review document which has been posted for public comment. The IEA details how the Region will build a waste water reclamation and treatment facility in East Gwillimbury and use state-of-the-art technology to treat, purify and discharge up to 40,000,000 litres of puri-fied water daily into the Holland River by 2031. The initial start-up of the plant cur-rently scheduled for 2024 will result in 20 megalitres being discharged on an daily basis.

Mr. Rabeau said the $530 million project will provide a benefit to both the Holland River and Lake Simcoe. He said the Hol-land River’s degraded condition will bene-fit from additional water flow; plus, the project will remove over 500 kilograms of phosphorus that is currently finding its way into the lake through seven storm wa-ter management ponds. While the UYSS scheme itself will add 168 kg of new phosphorus loading to the lake, Mr. Rabeau said a strategy is in place to retrofit seven storm water management ponds in York Region to remove a com-bined total of 504 kg from those sites. This will provide a net benefit of 336 kg less phosphorus going into the lake, he said. A storm water management pond in Georgina will be retrofitted at a cost of $1 million to remove 4.5 kg of phosphorus from going into the lake. The project has also been designed as a waste water reclamation centre where waste water will go through a microfiltra-tion and ultra-violet disinfection process to be used for farming and irrigation applica-tions. Ward 1 councillor Naomi Davison led the way with questions and specifically raised a concern over additional pharmaceuticals

and personal care products (PPCPs) find-ing their way into the lake. Mr. Rabeau responded by saying trace levels of PPCPs in water are low and the best world-wide practices available today to address them include treatment through reverse osmosis and microfiltration mem-brane filtering solutions, all of which are planned for the East Gwillimbury treat-ment facility. “Reverse osmosis is the best technology for removal out there...not to mention the membrane technology which is very ad-vanced and a very good removal technol-ogy,” he said. Ward 2 councillor Dan Fellini expressed a feeling that even though PPCP trace levels in water are currently at low levels, he believed these levels could increase over time as the population ages and was inter-ested in the mitigation plan going forward. Mr. Rabeau said because concentration levels are so low, no government regula-tions, policies or standards exist to adhere to and reiterated that high pressure reverse osmosis is the best possible technology available to deal with them at this time. “As science shows right now the most op-timal way to remove personal care Continued on page 5...

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Re: Waste and Wastewater Master Plan Having attended the self-guided public information open house in Newmarket on January 26, 2016, regarding the “Water and Wastewater Master Plan”, I am surprised at the approach being taken by the Region of York. There doesn’t seem to have been clear communication about what this project really entails, given that the Region intends to have this Plan up and running as soon as possible. This is a major infrastructure project being undertaken to facilitate growth in East Gwil-limbury and north Newmarket yet it relies heavily on Lake Simcoe for both water and ef-fluent disposal. It involves an expandable sewage treatment plant located on 100 acres on Main Street North, just north of the Queensville Sideroad. It will be capable of producing 20 megalitres (20,000,000 litres) of discharge daily in its initial phase. This outflow will be directed to a two metre tall dis-charge pipe emptying into the East Holland River at the Queensville Sideroad. The re-sult will be that the river will no longer freeze in that area and the water level will be in-creased. This outflow will then flow north with the river to discharge into Cook Bay. The water for this project is going to be pumped out of Lake Simcoe (at Willow Beach) by a pumping station located on West Park Heights in Keswick. It seems to me that Georgina is playing a major role in facilitating East Gwillimbury’s growth with no upside to Georgina whatsoever. We can see how Georgina is being treated by the region and the province regarding the cleanup of the abandoned alu-minum smelter on Warden, for instance, and I fear that if a disaster occurs with this new sewage plant (don’t forget Montreal’s recent discharge of raw sewage into the Saint Law-

rence River), Georgina and the other communities bordering the lake will be left dealing with the consequences. Another issue giving me con-cern is the fact that the new development in East Gwillim-bury will be serviced by the big pipe until the new sewage plant comes on line. Could all of York’s sewage eventually find its way up to the expandable sewage plant on Lake Simcoe to relieve pressure on Duffin’s Creek, just by reversing flow? I would hope that this project will be given the attention it deserves. It’s surprising that there hasn’t been any signifi-cant media coverageon such a major project that will affect Lake Simcoe and its environs for many generations to come. We keep hearing that Lake Simcoe is our most valuable resource but is this the project that will turn our amazing lake into the GTA’s holding tank? Paul Brady, Jackson’s Point.

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Re: Refugee Family I just finished reading about AURA wanting to help out a Syrian refugee family in Geor-gina, I do sympathize with these people wanting to leave their country for a better life, but don't you think we should be helping people who live in our own community first? There are about 9-10 families living in the Baldwin Motel, because there is no affordable housing here. I think some of these people would like a year of free hous-ing, food, clothing, furniture and especially dental for their kids. I just think it's time for peo-ple start looking in our own neighbourhood to see who needs help here before asking for donations, and maybe with the 30,000.00 they need to provide for a family they should help one that is already living here. R. Devine Pefferlaw

RE: Sponsoring a Refugee Family I read in the Post that a group of people would like to sponsor a Syrian family and to raise at least $30,000.00 in order to do this. That is very caring of them. However I have a better idea. If they raise that amount or more, they should get the names of all the families in our own communities that have no place to live, and are staying in tem-porary shelters, or living in one room. Put these names in a hat and draw at least three names. Find a place for each family to live, and pay their rent and utili-ties for one year. As the saying goes, Charity starts at home. Lets help our own people before we help others. G. Richard Georgina

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Retired YRP officer faces additional sexual assault charges Georgina resident Don Clark, 65, a retired York Regional Police officer faces three new sexual assault and sexual inter-ference charges. Mr. Clark was arrested on No-vember 10, 2015 when police concluded an investigation after receiving a report that a young child has been sexually assaulted on October 30, 2015. The three additional charges stem from alleged historical

sexual assaults that occurred between 1967 and 1970 and a third in 1996, a YRP release states. Mr. Clark has now been further charged with sexual inter-course with a female under 14, gross indecency x2, sexual exploitation and sexual assault. Mr. Clark appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket on February 3, 2016 and was released on bail.

Danbrook files legal action against Town and its Treasurer In court documents which al-lege wrong-doing and a cover-up, local builder Tim Dan-brook has filed a law suit nam-ing the Town and the Treasurer for the Town of Georgina, Re-becca Mathewson, as co-defendants. In the Plaintiff’s Claim docu-ment, filed with the Superior Court of Justice at Small Claims Court in Newmarket on February 1, Mr. Danbrook is asking for $25,000 as a puni-tive award for “considerable damages” he says he experi-enced during a four-year long legal battle with the Town over the handling of the 2011 De-velopment Charges by-law. Mr. Danbrook claims this case is based on “negligent misrep-resentation” by the Town and a Town official which led to the prolonged court case and does not address issues already ad-

judicated. “This is about a Town em-ployee not doing her job and covering up the fact that she didn’t do her job,” Mr. Dan-brook says, adding, the expen-sive and prolonged court case could have been avoided if the matter had been handled prop-erly in the first place. Council went into closed ses-sion on February 3 to discuss the matter and reported out saying it had instructed the Town’s lawyer to respond. “The Town of Georgina and a member of our senior manage-ment team were served by Mr. Tim Danbrook with a legal claim on Monday, February 1. This matter has been referred to legal counsel for due proc-essing,” said Ken Turriff, Communications Manager for the Town.

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Hoverhut extends ice fishing season

With Lake Simcoe ice condi-tions all messed up this winter, Rocky Madsen (right), the owner of a Hoverhut manufac-tured by Air Rider in Parry Sound, took Ward 5 Councillor, Dave Harding (left) and Ward 4 Councillor Frank Sebo (middle) out for a scoot onto Lake Sim-coe to demonstrate the ma-chine’s flexibility when en-countering unsafe ice condi-

tions and open water. The Hovercraft is equipped with two Kohler motors—one to inflate the Hovercraft and one for thrust—and comes complete with a closed-in cabin with two floor openings for ice angling. Said to be a safe way to extend the ice fishing season, prices for the Hoverhut start at $60,000.00.

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Continued from page 1. products and pharmaceuticals is through reverse osmosis and that is indeed the high pressure reverse osmosis system we are putting in,” he said. “Science over time might find a better way to address these products and indeed we will be consider-ing it at the time.” Both Ward 3 councillor Dave Neeson and Ward 5 councillor Dave Harding were concerned about testing, monitoring and public disclosure protocols that would pro-vide confirmation that water quality and phosphorus benefits being proposed by the project were actually being met. Mr. Rabeau admitted the IEA proposed one of the seven storm water management ponds be tested and the protocols used there were used to formulate the predic-tions and performance of the other ponds. “But we do monitor and we have rigorous inspection and testing that is monitored by the ministry and audited by the ministry.” He said water quality and phosphorus re-duction results would be available and posted on their website and reported to the ministry. “It’s certainly not something that is hidden from the public so what I need to do is confirm just how we do publish and make information on our facilities avail-able to the public and get back to you on how that will be facilitated in the future,” he said. Councillor for Ward 4 Frank Sebo contin-ued to press Mr. Rabeau on measures that would validate outcomes that are proposed for the waste water reclamation and treat-ment facility as it relates to water quality and the aquatic ecosystem. Mr. Rabeau said the Holland River has provided baseline data on its current de-graded state of water quality and its contri-bution to the lake. York Region would work with the Lake Simcoe Region Con-servation Authority (LSRCA) to gauge changes to the watercourse over time, he said. “Over time, we plan on working with them (LSRCA) to assess just how water quality and impact to this watercourse change over time. And of course, we are committed to ensuring we are not having a negative im-pact not only to that watercourse but the water basin and the lake itself. “Of course we will always be ready to ad-dress what changes may be happening”, he said, adding, “But we are confident we are creating a benefit.”

Mr. Rabeau said the IEA includes a phos-phorus compliance limit for the project together with a “design objective” limit which they will aspire to achieve. The compliance limit for phosphorus content in water is .08 mg/litre and the discharge from the plant into the river has a target of .02 milligrams of phosphorus per litre. “Right now the concentrations within the river are consistently well, well above pro-vincial quality parameters. However, the effluent we will be putting out will be well below the provincial water quality standard so we are actually creating a benefit in terms of dilution in the river.” It is believed that phosphorus concentra-tions in the East Holland River are five times greater than the provincial water quality objective. Jackson’s Point resident Paul Brady was also at council on February 3 and provided his concerns over the UYSS proposal. “It seems to me that Georgina is playing a major role in facilitating East Gwillim-bury’s growth with no upside to Georgina whatsoever”, he said, adding, “We keep hearing that Lake Simcoe is our most valu-able resource but is this the project that will turn our amazing lake into the GTA’s holding tank?” The Ministry’s review of the IEA docu-ment submitted by York Region has been posted at www.uyssolutions.ca and is available for public comment until Febru-ary 26. After that time, the next step in the process will be the Ministry’s decision on

whether or not to approve the proposal. Mayor Quirk welcomed the update since her administration had not had a previous opportunity to have its concerns addressed since coming to office.

Council discusses UYSS with York Region on February 3

Source: York Region

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Georgina’s Annual SnoFest on Feb

Members of York Regional Police and their supporters tried to put on a brageous face on Saturday, February 6 during SnoFest when they plunged intoing cold water to raise money for the Special Olympics Ontario. The 4th Annual Polar Plunge at the ROC attracted 34 entries which raised $11,000.00. The Special Olympics Ontario organization helps provide qualtraining programs for children, youth and adults with an intellectual disabipossible through the generous donations that are raised at events such as thThis year judges Mayor Margaret Quirk, Deputy Chief Tom Carrique and HCatalano were charged with awarding prizes for the best costume and best Above, members of the B Positive team take the plunge and below, a group energy and excitement of participants, before the plunge. Congrats to every

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bruary 6 was ‘free fun’ for everyone

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All of the games, food concessions and events held during the Town of Georgina’s SnoFest celebration were free to visitors. Above, volunteers support the Georgina Historical Society and demonstrate the age-old art of making maple taffy. Below, Hunter Cliche, 5, of Sutton sends a fish flying and narrowly misses the target he was shooting for.

Above: Six-year-old Joel Gabriebe from Aurora celebrates after hitting his target in the “Give the Doggie a Bone” game. Below: Nick Moulton, 8, from Pefferlaw encourages his inflatable race horse to beat his rivals to the finish line.

Hundreds of visi-tors came to enjoy a day of ‘free fun’ at the ROC during SnoFest. The event was supported by many of Geor-gina’s volunteer service clubs. Four-year-old Taylor Ullius from Pickering steers her Minion racer down the toboggan hill at the ROC.

York Regional Police are warning resi-dents to be aware of a rash of scams that are not only filling up email boxes and social media sites but the telephone lines as well. Reports from residents describe telephone calls from unidentified individuals claim-ing to be representatives from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) with grave warn-ings of severe consequences unless pay-ment for unpaid taxes is received. The fraudster advises the victim that they have an overdue amount of taxes to pay and if they don’t they will be arrested. The suspects in some cases have been able to utilize software to alter their phone num-bers to make it appear that they are calling from a police phone line, says York Re-gional Police.

“Suspects have also shown up at one vic-tim’s residence looking for cash,” said Constable Laura Nicolle from York Re-gion Police. The Canadian Antifraud Centre says the increase in these incidents is tied to the timing of Canada’s income tax season. “It is tax time again and fraudsters will use this opportunity to attempt to scam consumers and businesses out of their hard earned money,” the Centre says. According to Mr. Daniel Williams, a Sen-ior Fraud Specialist with the Centre, the CRA scam produced the largest volume of calls received by them in 2015. He says $75 million in losses from extortion scams were reported in 2015. “We are on track to surpass that this year and we only get a slice of what is out there,” he said.

He believes between 1,000 and 3,000 calls are made every day with the major-ity of them coming from India. According to Mr. Williams, “the scam-mers are very clever” and are using soft-ware programs that produce local area calling IDs on the victim’s telephone. Fraudsters are either phishing for identi-fication or asking that outstanding taxes be paid by a money service business or by pre-paid debit/credit cards. He says there are two variations of the CRA scam: 1. There is notification by phone or email from the “CRA” claiming there is a refund pending. In order for the recipi-ent to receive the refund they must pro-vide personal information. 2. Consumers and businesses receive a notification by phone or email that they owe "back taxes" as the result of an au-dit. The payment must be made immedi-ately to avoid a fine or the recipient is told there is an outstanding warrant that can be avoided if the payment is made promptly. In many cases, individuals are told they will be deported if the taxes are not paid right away. York Regional Police are advising vic-tims to “hang up” and then investigate the legitimacy of the claim with CRA. The Canadian Antifraud Centre offers this advice: Do not take immediate action. Verify that what you are being told is the truth. Ask yourself why the CRA would be asking for personal information over the phone or email that they likely already have on file for you as a taxpayer. Contact the CRA to confirm that you owe back taxes, or are entitled to a re-fund, before providing any personal or banking information. Mr. Williams says if everyone refused to participate in these fraudulent calls and emails, it would remove the financial incentive which the fraudsters find so lucrative. “The numbers concerning this kind of fraud will go down when it is not successful,” he says. The Centre suggests residents should report deceptive telemarketing to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre online or by calling 1-888-495-8501. However, Mr. Williams said actual victims of the scams should report the incident to po-lice. “If you suspect you may be the victim of fraud or have been tricked into giving personal or financial information, con-

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Sadness and sincere sym-pathy is extended to the family and friends of WWII air force vet-eran, L. John Pynn. Mr. Pynn passed away peacefully at

his home in Jackson's Point on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at the age of 94 years with the loving companionship of his wife of 70 years, Jeanne (nee Martin). John Pynn, be-loved father of David and his wife Josee of Ottawa and Margaret and her husband Ed of Pefferlaw. Loving grandfather of Kym (Adam), Amanda (Andrew), Don (Andrea), and Jordan (Kate) and great grandfather of

Avery and Kayla. Lovingly remembered by his nieces and nephews and their families. John will be fondly remembered by his many friends including his barbershop sing-ers and his church family. Congratulations to Tanya Thompson and her husband on the birth of their baby, Madeline Grace, who weighed in at 6 lbs. 5 oz. on January 20.

Cheers to the Sutton Legion Darts team on their fourth place finish at the regional fi-nals. This will allow them to move on to the Provincial contest in March. Happy Birthday greet-ings go out to Chris-tine Neufeld who turned 21 on February 24. Happy Birthday from Jane, Ken and

Shannon. Ain’t it nifty...Ron Allen is 60! Happy Birthday Ron from Danny, Fran, Jane, Ken and your nieces and nephews. Ooops! The Kinsmen cheque presentation to the Georgina Military Museum reported in January 24 issue should have explained that the Museum staff were accepting the cheque on behalf of the Military Family Fund. Our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

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Capt. Harding retires after 45 years

Full honours were awarded Capt. Dave Harding upon his retirement after 45 years as a member of the Pefferlaw vol-unteer fire brigade. Capt. Harding, the councillor for Ward 5, graciously ac-cepted the accolades from Georgina Fire Department Chief Ron Jenkins and Mayor Margaret Quirk at the Febru-ary 3 council meeting and from his fellow firefighters at a retirement breakfast held in his honour on February 7. Capt. Harding is just one of only 300 Ontario firefighters to reach the 45-year milestone. He celebrated his achievement with all of the four Georgina

Fire Chiefs he served under during his tenure—Al Bush, Bill O’Neill, Steve Richardson and Ron Jenkins—all of whom attended the award presentation at council(photos above). Capt. Harding said he was very humbled by the outpour-ing of praise and recognition. “When I signed up 45 years ago, I wasn’t looking for a career or a paycheque. I wanted to serve my commu-nity, help the people here and make a difference,” he said. “But I’m going to miss the guys of the fire service. They’re not my colleagues, they’re my family.”

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Town to study ward boundaries Town council has approved a staff request for $30,000 to hire a consultant to study and make recommendations on Georgina’s ward boundary system. According to John Espinosa, the Town Clerk for Georgina, the previous council directed staff to conduct the study prior to the 2018 municipal elec-tions. The last ward boundary review was conducted in 1996 when the ward system was reduced from seven wards to five. “Due to the population growth within the Town since 1996 and the anticipated growth prior to the 2018 municipal election, it is recommended that Council review electoral ward boundaries for the Town of Georgina in order to ensure that residents are effectively represented, he said in a report to council on February 3. Mr. Espinosa is recommending the review be conducted by an independent consultant be-cause they have already devel-oped and put in use proven tools and processes to under-take the review in a compre-hensive, consistent, unbiased and efficient manner. “Further, the utilization of an expert consultant reduced the likelihood that a ward bound-ary review decision will be successfully challenged,” he said. Mr. Espinosa said the three fundamental issues that need to be considered in the review for fair and equitable representa-tion include: population distri-bution and numbers; size; geo-

graphical complexity and changes to the population. “While representation by popu-lation is very important in achieving representation, popu-lation alone is not the overrid-ing consideration”, he said adding, the review should also respect identifiable communi-ties of interest, natural, physi-cal boundaries, community history and demographic con-siderations. He said if population parity was the only criteria for fair and equitable representation, each ward should equally con-tain about 20 per cent of the total population. According to 2011 census data, Georgina had a population of 43,517 and the estimated population at the end of 2016 is expected to be 52,800. However, the popula-tion by ward numbers is not available and will be a piece of the puzzle identified during the study by the consultant. Mr. Espinosa did provide council with a look at how ‘eligible voter’ populations were repre-sented across the five wards. (See chart below.) Another aspect of the review to be considered will be an “at-large” councillor system. “Although staff is not recom-mending any change from the current five ward system at this time, OMB decision held that precluding such an option was a reason to overturn a ward boundary review,” Mr. Espinosa said. It is anticipated, as the process moves forward, the public will be engaged in the discussion for input and review.

Distribution of Eligible Voters by Ward in an Election Year

Source: Town of Georgina

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CHECK OUT OUR NEW METAL SHINGLES

The Georgina Fire Department proudly displays a new piece of life-saving equipment which every truck in the fleet will now carry when responding to emergency calls—EpiPens. According to Chief Jenkins, calls involving anaphylaetic shock have been increasing over the years and Georgina’s fire crews are now trained to administer adult and child EpiPens whenever it is clear they are required to reduce severe allergic reactions. “This is now another tool in our tool box to stabilize a patient,” Chief Jenkins said. Photo above: (Top Row L to R) Kevin Strong, Dave Picard. (Bottom Row L to R) Deputy Chief Michael Rozario, Captain Rick Waler, Cap-tain Doug Bolton, Training Officer Reno Levesque and Acting Captain Scott Shepherd.

Georgina Blaze Midget Select win Dofasco Select Tournament

After a 4-4 tie in their first game against a strong Do-fasco Steelhawks team the Midget Select team shutout the competition to win the tournament going 5-0, 4-0, 3-0, and again 3-0 against Dofasco in the finals. The boys played fantastic hockey against top notch com-petition. We are all very proud of their accomplishment!

A sold out crowd of 75 at the Georgina Arts Centre on Sunday, February 7 was wowed by the performances of two of the world’s foremost flutists Luisa Sello (centre), and Susan Hoeppner (right) and internationally re-nowned pianist Robert Kortgaard (left). The event was so popular, the GAC regretted having to turn away over 100 people. The Sunday afternoon performance was the first in the 2016 Performance Series of musical events.

Loretto Maryholme is hosting an overnight Lent retreat 5:00 pm Fri Feb. 12 to 3:00 pm Sat. Feb. 13 exploring self, others, creation and God. Email book-ing@lorettomaryholme.ca. Their monthly men’s book club will meet Feb. 16 at 9:00 am. And, their weekly evenings of spiritual renewal will be hosted Feb. 17 & 24, Mar. 2, 9 and 16 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

Sign up for the Lake Simcoe Championship Ice Fishing Derby on February 13. 8:00 am to 1:00 pm weigh-in. Presented by Cana-dian Tire Keswick in support of Jumpstart. $10,000 first prize. Register in-store or on-line at: icefishinglakesimcoe.com

At your Library: Tween Scene Book Club at 7:00 pm on Feb. 18 in Keswick, Reflec-tions on Aging on Wed. Feb. 24—1:30 pm at Club 55 in Keswick; Purls & Chains Club on Sat. Feb. 13, 20 & 27 at 2:00 pm at Peter Gzowski in Sutton

The Georgina Historical Society’s monthly General Meeting will be held at the York Regional Police Community Room on Tuesday, February 16 at 7:00 pm. A film highlighting Sutton in 1949 will be shown. MC Melissa Matt.

Udora Community Hall Board presents Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Night with Dylan Gott and Tim Rabnett on Sat. Feb. 27. Show starts at 8:30 pm. $25 per person. Call (705) 228-8102 for details.

Keswick Christian Church will host their February home cooked dinner on Wed. February 24 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm.

St. Andrew’s United Church in Beaverton will host a Spaghetti Dinner on Thurs. Feb. 25 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. Gluten free and vegetarian alternatives.

The Udora Lions Club will host their regu-lar Spaghetti dinner at the Udora Hall on Friday, February 26.

Come on out to the PAR All You Can Eat Spaghetti Dinner on Sat. February 27 at 5:30 pm at the Pefferlaw Lions Community

Centre. All proceeds to fund the Annual PAR Picnic and Lions Car Show next sum-mer. Advance tickets are only $10. Call 705-437-2945 or visit www.thegeorginapost.com to order online.

Registrations are invited for the Winter Perch Challenge on Sun. Feb. 28. Visit www.Lake-Simcoe.ca for details.

The 6th Annual Perchin’ for MS event will be held at Sibbald Point Provincial Park on Sat. March 5 from 6:00 am to 3:00 pm. Prizes galore. Visit www.perchinforms.com for more informa-tion.

Hospice Georgina wants you to sign up to Curl for Care, a bonspiel to be held on Sat. March 5. Closing date is February 28. Call (905) 722-9333 or Email: caring@hospicegeorgina.com

Yorkworks will host a job fair on March 9 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Link. Bring your resumes and come prepared to be interviewed by employers on-site. For information call (905) 722-1490.

The music of the Eagles will be on stage at the Stephen Leacock Centre on Sat. Mar. 5 at 8:00 pm. Call (905) 476-0193 for tickets.

Got a vintage sled? Take it to the Vintage/Classic Snowmobile Show which will be held at the Orchard Beach Restaurant in Keswick on Sat. Mar. 5 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.

A South Lake Simcoe Naturalist meeting on Tues. Mar. 8 at the York Regional Po-lice meeting room begins at 7:30 pm and will discuss Cottontail Rabbits and Snow-shoe Hares.

Wilfrid Hall is calling all St. Patty’s Day revelers to join Kevin Fullbrook, Richard McIntyre and Delbert Metherall at the hall on Mar. 19 at 7:00 pm. Tickets $10 at Bod-ley’s and Interesting Music Shop.

The Voices of Georgina are looking for new members and an accompanist. Call (905) 716-2562.

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Coming Events & Announcements Jack and Jill

Plans are underway for a romantic

Valentines Gala Jack & Jill in honour of

Samantha Sarasin and Nick Osborne

at the Kin Hall in Sutton on Saturday, February 13

Doors open at 8:00 pm Tickets are available at the

door. $15.00 each

Come and help celebrate!

$10