Ladies and Gentlemen
The summer season is upon us. Party on the Dock is just wrapping up. The
Pearl Mist visits us again plus a couple of free BBQs this week. Then Ribfest
and Canada Day at the end of the month. Get out there and enjoy the good life in Midland.
The
Week Ahead
On Monday at 9:00 am the second Community Safety
Task Force stakeholder workshop takes place at Town Hall. The first workshop was quite instructive in identifying
the causes underlying many downtown safety issues.
Tuesday the 19th will see the return
of the Pearl Mist to our Town dock. Look
for a day of entertainment dockside - all are welcome to attend. At 7:30 am the North Simcoe Community Futures Development Corporation holds
its AGM at Restaurant Ste. Marie. At 9:00 am,
at the County Museum, County Council meets for its last strategic planning
session before the election.
At 10:00 am Tiny hosts a Senior Symposium at
the Township of Tiny Community Centre. Then at 1:30 pm
you are invited to join Waypoint as it presents its
annual report to the community at Waypoint. And
lastly at 5:00 pm Hospice Huronia hosts a celebration for their
new building project. The party takes place at their premises at 25 Jeffery St.
Penetanguishene.
On Wednesday you are invited to participate in a
traditional Town Hall meeting that will hear from the public about the downtown
safety situation. The Community Safety Task force is conducting a full review
of the issues and behaviors that affect our downtown. You are asked to
participate by completing a short survey at www.surveymonkey.ca/r/midland-safety and also by attending
the Town Hall meeting at St Paul’s church on King Street starting at 6:30 pm.
At 7:00 pm at the Midland Public Library, Marina Nemat will
present the memoir of her life and political imprisonment in Iran – the Prisoner
of Tehran. Her extraordinary tale of faith and survival is a testament to
the power of love in the face of evil and injustice.
Thursday the 21st is National
Aboriginal Day. Ste. Marie among the
Hurons will host a special celebration.
Further details at: http://www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca/sm/en/SpecialEvents/NationalAboriginalDay/index.htm
At 4:30 pm Georgian Village hosts a staff appreciation BBQ
at their location in Penentanguishene.
Keeping with the BBQ theme, you are invited to a FREE community BBQ to
celebrate local climate action. This
Severn Sound Environmental Association sponsored event will welcome Robert
Canning, SSEA's new Invasive Species Coordinator. The event runs from 5:30 pm
to 7:00 pm at Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons. Then at 6:30 pm at the NSSRC,
the Town will provide you with an update of its evolving Official Plan. The
meeting will present the latest changes and impacts of 2017
growth plan targets.
Friday the 22nd starts early with
the 8:00 am launch of the Prosperity Summit.
This annual event, hosted by our Economic Development Corporation of North
Simcoe (EDCNS) will focus on a new area of economic opportunity for North
Simcoe - the convergence of our local manufacturing and healthcare sectors. This
has the promise of many new well-paying jobs in the years ahead.
As Friday is the gateway to the week-end it is not
surprising that Tay is moving ahead with celebrating an early Canada Day.
Please click the link for a listing of all the great things our neighbours want
to share with you this week-end. http://www.taycanadaday.ca/
And that evening get
ready to be moved with the First Annual Gospel Music Festival at the MCC. The
Band of Christians featuring Titus Chapman returns to the MCC. Last year’s
sold out performance had audience members in awe. The best of black gospel
music starts at 8:00 pm and lasts all weekend. A full weekend pass is available
at All Weekend Pass $60 PLUS HST
& FEES
Week -
End
Saturday June 23
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10:00 am - Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
fundraiser for Rosewood at the Town Dock
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1:30 pm - HMCS Trillium Sea Cadets Annual
Review at NSSRC
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8:00 pm - First
Annual Gospel Music Festival at the MCC featuring Jacob Moon and the Commissionaires
Sunday June 24
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3:00 pm - First Annual Gospel
Music Festival at the MCC featuring Calvary Baptist Church Choir
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7:00 pm - Music in the Park returns to the Rotary
Bandshell in Little Lake Park. Good sounds from “Brutthers from Another Mudder”
*****
The County of Simcoe is
introducing a new curbside collection program for textiles to help divert these
materials out of landfills. Simcoe County residents will receive one textile
collection this June, with our area’s pick-up scheduled for June 18-22 (Zone
2). Similar to Leaf and Yard Waste collection, pick-up does not necessarily
coincide with your regular collection day. Items should be placed at the curb
by 7 a.m. on the Monday of your collection week. For more information visit www.simcoe.ca/textilecollection
The County has provided additional
information based upon experiences from the first week of textile collection:
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Textile collection day is not the same
as your garbage day. Textiles must be placed at curbside by 7 a.m. on Monday of
the collection week.
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A number of residents have called into
Customer Service indicating that their textiles were not collected but
acknowledging that they were not in the pink bag provided or clear plastic bags
but in garbage bags or other containers. The pink bag or a clear bag
identifies that the bag contains textiles for collection whereas black or green
garbage bags should not be collected as textiles as they may contain garbage
which would become a contaminant to the textile diversion program.
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Many residents have continued to place yard
waste out for collection although the final yard waste collection for the north
zone was the week of June 4th. We believe that this is due to
residents assuming that the colour coding in the calendar which identifies the
collection zones meant that this was also a yard waste week when in fact it is
a textile collection week.
To help ensure accuracy for future waste collections,
residents should be encouraged to subscribe for free waste collection alerts
and reminders at www.simcoe.ca/wastereminder
in order to make certain that they are aware of scheduled collections for their
area.
Gord McKay
The
Year for Forging Our Future - 2018
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