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Community : Bradford
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Description : We, the Downtown Revitalization Committee, wish to express our thanks to all those families who have agreed to sponsor the millennium clock. The response, in only the first three days, has been overwhelming. Family names, engraved on this millennium marker, will ensure a place in the history of Bradford West Gwillimbury. Thank you to our corporate sponsors: Vins Plastics, Gary Ross Memorial Fund, Ventera and Holy Trinity High School. Since space is limited, we encourage you to contact Bradford Print Shoppe, Royal Bank, or The Village Inn to secure your name on the millennium marker. The cost is $250 for 30 letters.

Municipality :
Community : Bradford West Gwillimbury
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Description : Starting, today, all who live or work in the 905 area should add the area code to the 7-digit number when making local phone calls. Calls made without the code may be interrupted by a recorded announcement before the call will be connected. The announcement will disrupt local data calls (i.e. fax, modem, call forwarding, Internet dial-up, etc.) made with only 7 digits. It is important that everyone in the 905 area program their equipment to accommodate 10 digits immediately. Local 10 digit dialing becomes mandatory for all calls on June 9th, when the new 289 area code will be added to the "905" region. The area code is not required for 911, 411 or 611 calls.

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Community : Bradford
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Description : "Well, many of us oldtimers actually still call it a township although it's really a town," shrugged Wallace, past-president of Innisfil's historical society. He and Warrington, the current president, have come together to talk about the past of a community that is 150 years old this year. In the 1700s, the western border of Quebec ran right near the current town of Innisfil. Back to the Seven Year's War and a time when England and France were fighting it out for a continent, from Louisbourg to the Plains of Abraham. The names of descendants and the cemeteries that dot the area, stones of white standing out against patchworks of green. Places like Cherry Creek, Allandale and Belle Ewart have risen and fallen in importance. Wallace said, "I think today Innisfil doesn't have anything big enough to call a town - really they're not much more than villages.

Municipality :
Community : Bradford West Gwillimbury
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Description : WEGWHIST, the West Gwillimbury History Project, is nearing completion, but there are still some families to be tracked down. The Project is looking for descendants or relatives of the following pioneering families: Holmes, McArthur, Bannerman, Fisher, McKeeman, Jeffs, Armson, Boddy, Whiteside, Draper, Kidd and Rogers. Are these your family names? Do you know the history of your family in West Gwillimbury? Can you help fill in the gaps?

Municipality :
Community : Bradford West Gwillimbury
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Description : The WEGWHIST (West Gwillimbury History Project) team is happy to report that significant progress is being made, in the writing of the History of West Gwillimbury Town-ship. During recent after-noon sessions at the Bradford Public Library, the team collected family photo heirlooms to include in the book. The response has been overwhelming. The photos, and the unique stories that seem to accompany them, have provided a new source of information that has been truly inspiring.

Municipality :
Community : West Gwillimbury
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Description : Dr. Ronald Stagg will be the guest speaker at the Historical Society meeting. The topic of the week is 1837 revisited.

Municipality :
Community : Bradford West Gwillimbury
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Description : The Drainage Referee dismissed an appeal by the Town of New Tecumseth, East Gwillimbury, King Township, Caledon, and Newmarket, opposing a 1-time levy against upland properties that drain into the Holland Marsh. The levy was sought to help pay for improvements to the Holland Marsh Drainage Scheme, proposed by the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury. The multi-million dollar proposal calls for the relocation of the canals, for both flood control and life safety reasons. As a result of the Referee's decision, Bradford West Gwillimbury is entitled to ask for costs resulting from the legal challenge -- and has already recieved a cheque for $10,000 from New Tecumseth, which decided it would be cheaper to pay the legal bill, than to go back to court and argue over costs. The project is now moving ahead. A joint committe with Kin Twp. will meet January 27.

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Community : Barrie
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Description : This year the three Barrie high schools have graduated 31 Ontario Scholars -- students in grade 13 with an average of 80 per cent or better.
There were 16 Ontario scholars at North, 12 at Central and three at Eastview.
The top grade 13 student in the city is a young man who shoots through course the way he shoots golf.
Ian Postnikoff, a student at North Collegiate, shoots golf in the low 90s and this year he earned an average of 91.4 per cent in Grade 13. Ian is 18 and will be entering the University of Toronto to take honors science in the fall and he plans to become a medical doctor.
Ranks Second
Valerie Thompson, 17, also a Barrie North student ranked second in the city with an average age of 89.6 per cent. Valerie has been active in the high school drama club. This summer she plans to stay at home to enable her mother to take a summer course.
Valerie is entering York University on a scholarship and she plans to take an honors BA.
Marsha Goodhead, 19, stood third with an average of 89.4 per cent. Martha has been on the student council at Barrie North and she has spent much of her spare time working as a candy striper and Sunday school teacher. She will be entering the pre-medicine course at Queen's University in the fall.
Top Student
Dianne Beelen, 17, was the top student in grade 13 at Barrie Central Collegiate with an average of 88.3 per cent. Dianne has been active in both the glee club and the classics culb at Central. She plans to take French and Latina at the University of Toronto.
Judy Mason, 19, ranked second at Central with an average of 87.8 per cent. She's been active in a number of school organizations. Judy was president of the classic club, make-up director for the drama club, an executive in the biology club and a trombone player in the band.
Stanley Isbrandt, 18, also a student at Central obtained an average of 86 per cent. Stanley played the tuba in the school band for five years. This summer he is working for his father in construction In the fall he will go to the University of Waterloo to take honors math.
Ken Collum, 18, was the top student in grade 13 at Eastview Secondary School. He is an avid chess player and was president of the chess club at Eastview.
He is working on the farm for the summer and will attend the University of Waterloo next year where he will take math and computer science.
Alan Kneeshaw stood second at Eastview students will be receiving the $150 Ontario Scholarships as will the following 16 students from North: Wayne Campbell, Nancy Daym Glenn Godfrey, Marsha Goodhead, Terry Henry, Greg Kneeshaw, Murray Maw, Wendall McArthur, Ian Postnikoff, Lesley Reid, Julia Smith, Valerie Thompson, Chris Thorpe, Donna Tuck, Grace Veenema, John Wilson.

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Community : Bradford
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Description : Bradford has been accepted by the C.A.U.S.E. program, a program which sends in "SWAT" team of architects and architecture students to carry out a study of a town, and recommend changes and improvements. Although the Ontario Association of Architects will be holding a preliminary meeting with the municipality and the Town planner in October, the actual study will not beg in until April 1995.

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Community : Bradford
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Description : In this, its 57th year of community service, the Bradford Lions Club still abides by the Lions International slogan, "We Serve." This year - 1994 - marks the 40th anniversary of Hurricane Hazel, which hit the Holland Marsh and the Town of Bradford. Nineteen fifty-four was also an important year for the Bradford Lions. Forty years ago, the Lions held their Mammoth Car Draw, the first prize being a Cadillac Sedan DeVille. The price of the Caddie at that time was around $5,000. Tickets cost $25, and the winner was William Mulholland of Toronto. This year, the Cadillac will cost approximately $45,000. There will also be about $20,000 in cash given away in the elimination draw. Only 1,700 tickets are sold at $75 each. You could be a winner, if you have a ticket! They are available from any member of the Bradford Lions Club. Also back in 1954, the Town of Bradford was in the process of building a new
Community Centre, and the Lions Club donated $15,000 towards the Centre. Forty years later, the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury will be making major alterations to the
Community Centre. The Bradford Lions Club has already pledged $140,000 towards this project. This year, and in conjunction with the Car Draw Week, the Bradford Lions and Bond Head Lions Clubs will be holding a Monster Bingo on Wednesday, September 7th at 7 p.m. - in the newly renovated
Community Centre, which is slated to be opened by the end of August. Your purchase of tickets to either of these events would be greatly appreciated.