Ladies and Gentlemen
We are now well into election season with three of the
major all candidate meetings behind us. I hope you were able to attend. If not,
Monday’s debate sponsored by midlandcommunity.ca and the downtown BIA was
professionally recorded. You can see that debate at:
Councillor candidate
presentations from all three wards:
Mayor and deputy
mayor candidate presentations:
By now you should have received your voter registration
card in the mail. If not you may not be on the voter list. You can check
to see if you are by going to https://www.voterlookup.ca/home.aspx or phone the Midland Town Clerk at
705-526-4275 ext. 2208.
Now none of us likes the line-ups we often encounter on
voting day. Please take advantage of the Advance Polls that will take place in
the gymnasium of the NSSRC on:
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Wednesday October 10 from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm
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Thursday October 11 from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm
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Saturday October 13 from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
And if you still cannot make it to the voting location
you may want to consider assigning your ballot to a trusted person through a
Proxy Ballot. Information on voting by proxy is located at http://www.midland.ca/Shared%20Documents/Election%20Page/VOTING%20PROXY%20GUIDELINES.pdf (or call the Clerk)
The
Week Ahead
Monday – Thanksgiving – Enjoy your turkey.
On Tuesday the 9th I am at the County
for their regular Council meeting. Midland Council has no scheduled Council
meetings this month. The Tiffin residents association is hosting a Ward 2
candidates meeting at 7:00 pm at the Native Friendship Center on Yonge Street.
If you have not seen the candidates in your own ward, why not organize your own
ward meeting.
Keeping with the election theme, on Wednesday the 10th
you can cast your ballot at the advance poll. That’s at the gymnasium of the
NSSRC from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm. At 5:30 pm CLH hosts its AGM dinner at Restaurant
Ste. Marie. If you plan on attending please contact CLH at 705-526-4255 ext.
205.
Thursday is your second advance poll - NSSRC
from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm. At 6:30 pm St.
Paul’s United Church invites you to a presentation - A Compassionate Response
to Dying. New legislation now in place, Medical Aid in
Dying (MAiD), is happening regardless of Christian beliefs. A group, ‘Men
in Faith’, and local Midland Knights of Columbus Laurier Council
2004 have invited; Sister Nuala Kenny, SC, OC, MD, address this
sensitive topic. Please RVSP to : https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/death-and-dying-in-a-compassionate-community-tickets-47852968517
On Friday the events start at 5:30 pm with the Wye
Marsh’s annual fundraising dinner and silent auction, aka The Swan. Tickets are
$85.00 per person. For more information visit
www.wyemarsh.com/fundraising-dinner. At 7:00 pm, if you are a folk music fan it’s
the Legends of Folk with Tom Paxton and the Don Juans at the MCC. Sneak preview at: https://www.youtube.com/watch/?ref=0&v=dbzblBeHFzg
Week -
End
Saturday October 13
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10:00 am to 8:00 pm - Advance voting at the
gymnasium of the NSSRC
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All day - Treasure Day Weekend. Put reusable
items you no longer need out to the curb for others to take them home
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Dusk – Downtown movies wraps up the
season with Hotel
Transylvania and The Last Jedi
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Dusk - Pumpkinferno continues at Discovery
Harbor in Penetanguishene
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8:00 pm - Johnny Cash tribute at the MCC
Sunday October 14
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All day - Treasure Day Weekend. Put
reusable items you no longer need out to the curb for others who need some help
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Dusk - Pumpkinferno continues at Discovery
Harbor in Penetanguishene
*****
The Allied Forces started the liberation of Europe on
D-day, the 6th of June 1944. Markelo,
Holland and surrounding villages were liberated by the Canadians including some
of own local veterans. Their sacrifice inspired Gert-Jan Oplaat to write the book
‘Mirrewinter’ and then turn it into a film.
You are invited to the Canadian screening of “Mirrewinter:
The Movie” at the Midland Legion on Thursday, Oct 11th at 7:00 pm.
The film focuses on a Dutch family during the
Second World War and the Canadian role in the liberation of Holland. It was
filmed with the help of Dutch re-enactors and production crew over a period of
five months. The filmmakers are asking each viewer for a small donation.
Last year Holland honoured Legionnaire Frank
Graham by naming a tulip variety after him. The first shipment of tulips to
Canada was quickly spoken for. A few more of these special tulips have just
been receive by Norman’s Garden Gallery. If you wish to honour Frank and all of
our veterans by planting a tulip, I suggest you get over to Norman’s quickly.
Gord McKay
The
Year for Forging Our Future - 2018
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