Indian restaurant Chaska brands itself with the tag line "Indian Street Food Obsession". A location will be opening in downtown Peterborough on October 18, 2021. (Photo: Chaska / Facebook)
A new Indian “street food” restaurant is opening in downtown Peterborough.
Chaska, which brands itself with the tag line “Indian Street Food Obsession”, will be opening at 441 George Street North on Monday, October 18th.
That’s the former location of Pete’s Subs and Burgers at the corner of George and Brock, which shut down during the pandemic after around 30 years in business.
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Chaska was founded by Naveen Seth, who was inspired by his memories of authentic street food during his childhood in India. He opened the first Chaska restaurant in Mississauga in 2016, and now has two locations in Toronto (as well as a food truck) and a location in North York.
“Chaska offers a variety of great eats that are different from the traditional curries found at Indian restaurants,” the company writes in an email to kawarthaNOW. “Some of our menu staples are kathi rolls (wraps), rice bowls, and samosa sliders.”
Described as a “fast casual Indian street food spot,” the restaurant is offering the first 100 patrons at its Peterborough location a $10 gift card when they spend $10.
For more information including the menu, visit chaska.com.
The entire Trent-Severn Waterway will reopen for recreational boating for the Thanksgiving long weekend.
Parks Canada had temporarily closed the system from Lock 1 Trent to Lock 27 Young’s Point (excluding Lock 20 Ashburnham and Lock 21 Peterborough Lift Lock) due to unusually high levels of rain.
Thanksgiving is the final weekend of the 2021 navigation season.
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The closure had allowed Parks Canada operations staff to move water through the system to address high levels and flows caused by the rain and to create safe boating conditions.
The Trent-Severn Waterway will reopen for recreational boating on Friday morning (October 8) and will close for the season on Monday (October 11), with the last lockage at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
Six artists from Nogojiwanong-Peterborough are participating in Trent Radio's "Your Radio Is Their Stage" arts project, with consecutive five-week residencies in radio production and broadcast each culminating in a radio broadcast of the artists's work re-imagined for radio. Top row: Melanie McCall, Jose Miguel Hernandez, and JoEllen Brydon. Bottom row: Justin Million, Gillian Turnham, and John Marris. (kawarthaNOW collage of artist photos)
How can visual artists use radio as a new medium to share their work?
This intriguing question will be answered by Trent Radio, Nogojiwanong-Peterborough’s community radio station, in their new arts project called “Your Radio Is Their Stage”, running now until next April.
Over the coming weeks and months, kawarthaNOW will be publishing profiles of each of the six participating artists.
Six artists from Nogojiwanong-Peterborough will each receive a five-week residency in radio production and broadcast at Trent Radio: Melanie McCall (textile arts), Jose Miguel Hernandez (oil painting), JoEllen Brydon (folkloric art and installation), Justin Million (poetry), Gillian Turnham (Islamic art), and John Marris (community arts).
“Your Radio Is Their Stage” is made possible by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the only organization mandated to financially support campus and community radio stations in Canada.
Each of the participating artists will receive mentorship, gear, training, and support to help them re-imagine their artistic discipline and present their work using radio as an artistic medium, a vehicle, and a stage to share their new works with the community.
At the conclusion of each artist’s five-week residency, Trent Radio will air a special broadcast of the artist’s re-imagined work. Next April, a Radio Project Day will also broadcast all six artists’ work.
Melanie McCall (September 12 to October 17)
Textile artist Melanie McCall, the first of six artists each participating in a five-week residency at Trent Radio, recording sounds from nature. McCall’s “sound collage” work will be broadcast on Trent Radio on October 17, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Trent Radio)
The arts project is now underway with the first resident artist, Melanie McCall. McCall, who uses natural fibres and plant dyes to create cloth collages, will be using her residency to create sound collages made with recordings from local woodlands, wetlands, animal sounds, and musical instruments.
McCall’s broadcast will air, at the end of her residency, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 17th on Trent Radio at 92.7 CFFF FM in Peterborough, 287 on Cogeco Cable, and online at www.trentradio.ca.
This project will continue with each of the following artists exploring and creating in succession, with a broadcast airing on Trent Radio on the final day of their residency.
Jose Miguel Hernandez (October 10 to November 14)
Venezuelan-born artist and designer Jose Miguel Hernandez. (Photo from autorinoart.com)
Jose Miguel Hernandez is a Venezuelan artist and designer who immigrated to Canada in 2014. A member of the Art School of Peterborough’s board, Hernandez paints with oils, draws and illustrates with pencil and charcoal, and also designs and paints murals.
JoEllen Brydon (November 7 to December 12)
JoEllen Brydon at work. (Photo from joellenbrydon.com)
Born in Toronto and raised in Cavan Township, JoEllen Brydon’s vibrant oil and acrylic paintings explore forgotten stories and local histories in the folkloric traditions of her Irish family roots. She has also designed and created large-scale mixed-media installations.
Justin Million (December 5 to January 9)
Justin Million performing at “An Afternoon of Spoken Word & Poetry #2” outside The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough on November 7, 2020. The event was part of Artsweek SHIFT: Downtown, which Million curated. (Photo: Andy Carroll)
Spoken word and performance artist Justin Million is the founder of the Show and Tell Poetry Series and KEYBOARDS!, co-founder and poetry editor at bird, buried press, and is the author of EJECTA: The Uncollected KEYBOARDS! Poems. He became downtown Peterborough’s first artist in residence in 2020.
Gillian Turnham (January 2 to February 6)
Gillian Turnham at work. (Photo from gillianturnham.com)
Originally a fine-metal sculptural artist, Gillian Turnham began exploring the complex geometric patterns of the Islamic tradition in 2014. She recently returned to Peterborough after three years in southern Spain, where she immersed herself in the study of the Islamic geometric tradition, creating hand-sewn tapestries, original drawings, and more.
John Marris (January 30 to March 6)
John Marris during “Fire Shift” from May to July 2021, a collaboration between local youth and Peterborough artists to make ceramic work and then experience a traditional outdoor pit firing process, part of Artsweek Shift2. (kawarthaNOW screenshot from Artsweek video)
John Marris is a community artist committed to engaging fellow artists and community members in projects that use the arts in community development and social change, with a significant part of his professional art practice involving programs that facilitate collaborative art-making with street-involved youth, mental health patients, and people living in poverty.
This story was created in partnership with Trent Radio, a producer-oriented broadcast facility that started as a Trent University student club in 1968. Sponsored and designed by students from Trent University, Trent Radio incorporated as a registered charity in 1978. Trent Radio currently holds a Community Broadcast License, and is a resource that is shared with the Nogojiwanong-Peterborough community.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 511 new cases today, with the 7-day average of daily cases decreasing by 15 to 582 since Friday (October 1).
Of Ontario’s 34 health units, 15 are reporting double-digit increases — Peel (88), Toronto (85), Ottawa (46), York (30), Windsor-Essex (29), Hamilton (26), Durham (25), Niagara (23), Middlesex-London (20), Eastern Ontario (19), Halton (15), Simcoe Muskoka (11), Southwestern (11), Waterloo (11), and Huron Perth (10) — and 6 are reporting no new cases at all.
Due to a technical issue, the vaccination status of new cases is unavailable.
Hospitalizations have decreased by 132 to 146 since Friday, but more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for the daily bed census over the weekend, so the actual number of hospitalization is likely higher. Since Friday, ICU patients have decreased by 3 to 159 and ICU patients on ventilators have decreased by 13 to 104. Ontario is reporting 2 new COVID-related deaths today.
Due to a technical issue, today’s vaccination dosage information is unavailable. As of Sunday, over 21.8 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 23,884. Over 10.59 million people are fully vaccinated, an increase of 15,890, representing 71.67% of Ontario’s total population.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from September 3 – October 3, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from September 3 – October 3, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the blue line is the daily number of ICU patients on ventilators. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario from September 3 – October 2, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily doses administered and the green line is the cumulative number of people fully vaccinated with two doses of vaccine. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 19 new cases to report over the weekend, including 9 in Peterborough, 9 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 1 in Haliburton. There have been no new cases in Kawartha Lakes or Northumberland.
An outbreak at Havelock-Belmont Public School in Peterborough County was declared on October 3.
An additional 33 cases have been resolved in the region over the weekend, including 19 in Hastings Prince Edward, 9 in Kawartha Lakes, 3 in Peterborough, 1 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton. An outbreak at St. Mary Catholic School in Trenton was declared resolved on October 3.
The number of active cases has increased by 6 in Peterborough and has decreased by 11 in Hastings Prince Edward, by 9 in Kawarthas Lakes, by 1 in Northumberland, and by 1 in Haliburton.
There are currently 67 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 16 from October 1, including 29 in Peterborough, 28 in Hastings Prince Edward (11 in Quinte West, 11 in Belleville, 2 in Central Hastings, 2 in Tyendingaga Mohawk Territory, 1 in Prince Edward County, and 1 in North Hastings), 5 in Northumberland, 4 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,840 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,788 resolved with 23 deaths), 1,293 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,244 resolved with 58 deaths), 1,000 in Northumberland County (978 resolved with 17 deaths), 148 in Haliburton County (146 resolved with 1 death), and 1,403 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,362 resolved with 13 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Hastings Prince Edward on September 20.
Highway 35 north of Lindsay was closed between Cambray Road and Long Beach Road on October 3, 2021 for a police investigation of a vehicle rollover that claimed the life of the driver and sent a passenger to hospital with minor injuries. (Photo: OPP / Facebook)
Police are investigating a fatal vehicle rollover on Highway 35 north of Lindsay, the second fatal rollover in the Kawarthas region in the past two days.
The latest vehicle rollover over occurred shortly after 8 a.m. on Sunday morning (October 3).
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, and a passenger was transported to hospital with minor injuries.
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Police have identified the driver as Rose Titus, 59, of Lindsay.
Highway 35 was closed in both directions for several hours between Cambray Road and Long Beach Road while police investigated.
Police are asking any witnesses who have not yet spoken to police regarding this incident to contact the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
This is the second fatal vehicle rollover in the Kawarthas region in the past two days.
On Friday afternoon, a passenger vehicle was travelling westbound on Highway 7 east of Havelock when it left the roadway for unknown reasons and entered the ditch, causing the vehicle to roll over.
The driver was pronounced dead. The name of the deceased driver will not be released until next of kin has been notified.
Highway 7 was closed for several hours between Belmont Township 3rd Line and 4th Line while police investigated the collision.
Owned by Leslie Menagh, Madderhouse Textile Studios in downtown Peterborough has adjusted to the pandemic by moving into garnet design and production, launching a 'breezy garb' line of clothing. (Photo courtesy of Madderhouse Textile Studios)
Sometimes a crisis provides the motivation you need to try something you’ve always wanted to do. Such is the case for Leslie Menagh, owner of Madderhouse Textile Studios in downtown Peterborough, who recently launched a retail line of clothing.
Before the pandemic, Madderhouse was primarily a workshop and professional development space, where Leslie and other artists would teach clients screen printing and other textile arts. Since the workshops are hands-on and require person-to-person contact, Madderhouse has not resumed this offering since the onset of the pandemic.
While Leslie hopes to resume the workshop portion of her business in the future, she has repurposed her studio for garment design and production.
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Located at 383 Water Street, Madderhouse is a 500-square-foot studio space that features professional equipment for the textile arts. The studio has equipment such as a 20-by-5-foot felt-padded work table, a digital scanner, a darkroom, a washout booth, an industrial sink, laundry facilities, and more.
Leslie grew the idea for Madderhouse from her desire to replicate a screen printing studio space she used while obtaining her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.
“My favourite studio space was the screen printing studio,” Leslie recalls. “It was a very comfortable place to be. I could mix colours and put patterns on cloth. My whole life, patterns on cloth have been something so compelling for me.”
Made in Peterborough, Madderhouse’s locally breezy summer tops are intended for all genders. The shirts are a light woven fabric that is 55 per cent hemp and 45 per cent cotton. Each top has a boat neck and casual side slits. (Photo courtesy of Madderhouse Textile Studios)
“I loved that space and, ever since graduating in 2008, have been looking for the opportunity to join someone’s studio that was like that,” she continues. “I finally got tired of waiting for it to appear and wanted to create it myself.”
Leslie’s passion for textile arts has been present ever since she was a child. She says she had always seen herself as a craftsperson and would make her outfits for school when she was in high school.
“I was always really interested in sewing and making in general,” Leslie says. “Throughout my adult life, I travelled and did lots of different jobs, but I always had some craft I was working on.”
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At 29, Leslie made her way to art school, where she began to view her passion and talent for art in more professional terms. She merged her love for art with her entrepreneurial spirit in 2018 when she founded Madderhouse Textile Studios.
At Madderhouse, Leslie and company have created other textile products in the past such as tea towels, dinner napkins, tote bags, and face masks, but their ‘breezy garb’ line is the first time they have branched into clothing. Releasing a Madderhouse clothing line is something Leslie has always wanted to do but never got around to, until the pandemic gave her an extra push.
“It’s totally exciting,” Leslie says. “I’ve always wanted to try to do this, so it’s been perfect.”
Madderhouse Textile Studios launched their ‘breezy garb’ line in August, starting with a breezy summer top in a variety of different colours and patterns. Madderhouse owner Leslie Menagh hopes that, with the support of the Newcomer Sewing Group, she’ll be able to expand the clothing line and eventually have a retail space. (Photo courtesy of Madderhouse Textile Studios)
Madderhouse launched their ‘breezy garb’ line in August, starting with a breezy summer top in a variety of different colours and patterns. The tops are a light woven fabric made of 55 per cent hemp and 45 per cent cotton and feature a boat neck. The tops, which are intended to have appeal across genders, are available for purchase on the Madderhouse website at www.madderhouse.com/shop.
The Madderhouse ‘breezy garb’ tops are constructed with support from the Newcomer Sewing Crew, a social enterprise of female artists and sewists who are recent immigrants to Canada.
The Newcomer Sewing Crew was formed in February 2020 after the women involved completed a program for creative entrepreneurship for newcomer women. Leslie was hired to help deliver the program, so she got involved when a group of participants decided to keep working together.
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The crew’s first project was a product launch of tea towels for Watson & Lou called “The Oatmeal Capitol of the World” — a reference to “our shared olfactory experience of living in a town with an oatmeal factory.”
When the pandemic hit, the group continued to work together to make face masks for corporate clients such as Watson & Lou, Fleming College, Pepsi Co., Quaker Oats, Peterborough Regional Farmers Market, and several other community partners.
The crew has since launched other products such as a pair of pants and a harvesting apron. The crew is not a registered business, but a group of people available for hire. When hired for a job, they are paid fairly for their contributions, either hourly or per piece.
Madderhouse Textile Studio’s ‘breezy garb’ tops are constructed with support from the Newcomer Sewing Crew, a social enterprise of female artists and sewists who are recent immigrants to Canada. Here Madderhouse owner Leslie Menagh poses with the Newcomer Sewing Group’s first project, “The Oatmeal Capitol of the World” tea towels that were sold at Watson & Lou, which owns the space where Madderhouse is located. (Photo courtesy of Madderhouse Textile Studios)
Leslie says the relationship she has with the Newcomer Sewing Crew is mutually beneficial.
“I’m acting like a mentor or support for them to be able to develop as a social enterprise,” Leslie explains. “They are always the workforce I draw upon for my production projects.”
She also notes that her connection with the women in the crew, especially throughout the last year of the pandemic, has been “fantastic”.
“That’s huge for me, to stay connected with them,” she says. “It’s really rewarding and a great source of social connection at a time where that is a challenge.”
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With support from the Newcomer Sewing Crew, Leslie hopes to expand the Madderhouse clothing line with more items very soon.
Although the studio space is not currently used for workshops, open studio time is available for individual artists by reservation. Leslie has also been using the space to have people come in and shop the shirts.
“I’m hoping what happens over the long term is this takes off, I’m able to sell the things that the team and I make, and we’re able to have a retail space,” says Leslie.
Under the umbrella of Madderhouse, the Newcomer Sewing Group is available for hire for businesses and organizations. The Newcomer Sewing Group is a social enterprise where the women involved receive fair compensation for their work while expanding their skills in creative entrepreneurship. (Photo courtesy of Madderhouse Textile Studios)
The Madderhouse studio space is owned by the creative hub Watson & Lou, who have been great supporters of the textile studio. For example, they recently invited Leslie to occupy a pop-up shop with them during the most recent First Friday Peterborough art crawl.
Leslie is grateful for all the community support she has received over the past year. She says organizing a volunteer campaign at the onset of the pandemic, and receiving a lot of positive support, was heartwarming. According to Leslie, that support has been a motivating force to keep going throughout what has been a challenging year.
“As soon as you do something and send it out in the world and you get a positive response, there’s something wonderful about that,” Leslie says.
To learn more about Madderhouse Textile Studio, and shop their ‘breezy garb’ clothing line, visit their website at www.madderhouse.com.
You can also support Madderhouse by following them on Facebook and Instagram. You can follow the Newcomer Sewing Crew on Facebook and Instagram.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 668 new cases today, with 647 reported yesterday. Over the past 2 days, the 7-day average of daily cases has decreased by 13 to 597.
Of Ontario’s 34 health units, 1 is reporting a triple-digit increase — Toronto (110) — and 16 are reporting double-digit increases — Peel (65), Ottawa (55), York (55), Windsor-Essex (43), Hamilton (42), Durham (40), Niagara (32), Eastern Ontario (31), Middlesex-London (26), Chatham-Kent (25), Lambton (20), Halton (17), Waterloo (15), Simcoe Muskoka (13), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (12), and Huron Perth (10) — with 2 (Thunder Bay and Timiskaming) reporting no new cases at all.
Of the new cases, 65% are people who have not been fully vaccinated (61% have not received any doses and 7% have received only one dose) and 25% are people who have been fully vaccinated with two doses, with the vaccination status unknown for 10% of the cases because of a missing or invalid health card number. The 7-day average case rate is 9.66 per 100,000 for unvaccinated people, 4.58 per 100,000 for partially vaccinated people, and 1.42 per 100,000 for fully vaccinated people.
Hospitalizations have decreaed by 14 to 278, ICU patients has decreased by 9 to 163, and ICU patients on ventilators has decreased by 6 to 117. Ontario is reporting 12 new COVID-related deaths over the past 2 days.
Over 21.8 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 29,704 from yesterday. Over 10.55 million people are fully vaccinated, an increase of 18,784 from yesterday, representing 71.39% of Ontario’s total population.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from August 31 – September 30, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from August 31 – September 30, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the blue line is the daily number of ICU patients on ventilators. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario from August 31 – September 30, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily doses administered and the green line is the cumulative number of people fully vaccinated with two doses of vaccine. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 17 new cases to report over the past 2 days, including 11 in Peterborough, 3 in Hastings Prince Edward, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Northumberland. There have been no new cases in Haliburton.
An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Peterborough County was declared on October 1. There has been 1 new ICU admission in Hastings Prince Edward,
An additional 22 cases have been resolved in the region over the past 2 days, including 8 in Hastings Prince Edward, 6 in Peterborough, 6 in Kawartha Lakes, 1 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton.
The number of active cases has increased by 5 in Peterborough and has decreased by 5 in Hastings Prince Edward, by 4 in Kawartha Lakes, by 1 in Northumberland, and by 1 in Haliburton.
There are currently 83 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 6 from September 29, including 39 in Hastings Prince Edward (21 in Quinte West, 12 in Belleville, 2 in Prince Edward County, 2 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 1 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 23 in Peterborough, 13 in Kawartha Lakes, 6 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,831 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,785 resolved with 23 deaths), 1,293 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,235 resolved with 58 deaths), 1,000 in Northumberland County (977 resolved with 17 deaths), 148 in Haliburton County (145 resolved with 1 death), and 1,395 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,343 resolved with 13 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Hastings Prince Edward on September 20.
In "Sound of Mind and Body", which will be performed at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on October 7, 2021, dancer and choreographer Bill Coleman's brain waves will be transmitted to equipment and software operated by musician and sound artist Gordon Monahan (background), affecting music and lights in real time. Public Energy is also presenting Victoria Ward's "Kitten!", a re-imagining of her 1993 indie theatre hit, at The Theatre On King on October 15 and 16, 2021. (Photo supplied by Public Energy)
With its Pivot 2.0 series of outdoor performances wrapping up and colder weather arriving, Public Energy Performing Arts in Peterborough is returning to in-theatre performances for the first time since the pandemic began.
The new Pivot 2.0 Plus series will debut in October at two downtown Peterborough venues: Market Hall Performing Arts Centre and The Theatre on King — the first performances held at the venues in 19 months.
Sound of Mind and Body, a collaboration between dancer and choreographer Bill Coleman and musician and sound artist Gordon Monahan, will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 7th at Market Hall at 140 Charlotte Street, and Kitten! by Victoria Ward will take place at 8 p.m. on Friday, October 15th and Saturday, October 16th at The Theatre On King at 171 King Street.
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Both performance venues will only be accessible by fully vaccinated patrons, with seating limited to 50 per cent capacity. COVID-19 health and safety protocols will also be in place at both venues.
For those unable to attend, Public Energy will be capturing the performances with a multiple camera system to create high-quality recordings that will be available for later online streaming.
Bill Coleman and Gordon Monahan’s Sound of Mind and Body is an experiment in brainwave-sensing technology. During his dance performance, Coleman will be wearing an electroencephalogram device that will transmit data to Monahan’s equipment and software, producing various responses in musical instruments such as piano and percussion, controlling the fading of stage lights, and controlling sound spatialization and audio processing — all in real time.
VIDEO: “Sound of Mind and Body”
Kitten! is a collaborative re-imagining of Victoria Ward’s 1993 indie theatre hit Kitten With A Crucifix, with the show’s themes of indoctrination, sexuality during the AIDS pandemic, youth, and Catholicism revisited in the context of 21st-century culture. The show is being developed through a two-week artist residency for the Precarious3 Festival, during which social media will be used as a tool to integrate audiences into an ever-evolving performance text.
Kitten! is directed by Kate Story, with co-direction and technical direction by Ryan Kerr, videography by Eryn Lidster, technical design by Shannon McKenzie. Bradley Boye and Zach Tutt are collaborators.
Tickets for all Public Energy performances are pay what you can and are available through the Public Energy website at publicenergy.ca. As noted, seating for all performances is limited so audiences are advised to reserve their tickets in advance online.
Indigenous actor-singer Cheri Maracle performing “Paddle Song”, a one-woman musical about 1800s Mohawk poet Pauline Johnson written for the stage by Dinah Christie. (Photo supplied by Public Energy)
The final show in Public Energy’s Pivot 2.0 series of outdoor performances takes place on Friday, October 8th with veteran Indigenous actor-singer Cheri Maracle reading from Paddle Song, a one-woman musical written for the stage by Dinah Christie.
Paddle Song tells the story of Pauline Johnson, the celebrated late 1800s trailblazing Mohawk poet who toured North America on her own with her poetry at a time when such a thing was unheard of.
The performance takes place in Inverlea Park, at Parkhill Road and Dennistoun Avenue in Peterborough. Pay-what-you-can tickets are available at publicenergy.ca.
kawarthaNOW is proud to be a long-time media sponsor of Public Energy Performing Arts.
Beverly Baxter of Lindsay, a retired registered nurse, is one of 15 recipients of the Ontario government's 2021 Senior Achievement Awards. Pictured is Baxter (left) in April 2016 with Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes hospice director Jill Sadler when Baxter was honoured for more than 25 years of volunteering with the organization. (Photo: Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes / Facebook)
A retired nurse from Lindsay is one of 15 recipients of the Ontario government’s Senior Achievement Awards.
The awards, which recognize people for significant contributions to their communities after the age of 65, were announced on Friday (October 1).
“Beverly Baxter of Lindsay, a retired registered nurse, known for her compassion and caring, continues to put her professional skills to good use in the community through her work to establish a local palliative care program and by volunteering at monthly blood pressure clinics,” reads the announcement. “Beverly received a 25-year service award from the City of Kawartha Lakes Community Care in 2016.”
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The other 14 recipients are Leo Blindenbach of Newcastle, Michele Boniface of Stratford, Joan M. Goldsmith of Oro-Medonte, Donald Hishon of Kitchener, Pat Kolb of Bolton, David A. Longstaff of Hamilton, George Lowes of Iron Bridge, Lawrence Martin of London, Darrel O’Shaughnessy of Arnprior, Dr. Sally Elizabeth Palmer of Dundas, Janice Preiss of Beeton, Thomas Shura of Kenora, Sonja Elizabeth Smith of Bracebridge, and Touran Vakilzadeh of North York.
“Seniors across the province have felt most directly the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and it is a delight to be able to celebrate the positive difference seniors make to our communities,” says Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Elizabeth Dowdeswell in a media release. “Today’s recipients are role models to Ontarians of all ages.”
The recipients are being recognized by Dowdeswell and seniors and accessibility minister Raymond Cho at a virtual recognition ceremony.
Since the Ontario Senior Achievement Award was created in 1987, 660 seniors have received an award.
Amy Simpson of MicroAge Peterborough–Whitby was one of eight business leaders (including two posthumously) who were inducted into Junior Achievement of Northern and Eastern Ontario's Business Hall of Fame during a ceremony on September 29, 2021 at The Venue in downtown Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Junior Achievement of Northern and Eastern Ontario)
Eight more business leaders from the Peterborough area, including two posthumously, were inducted into Junior Achievement of Northern and Eastern Ontario’s 6th annual Business Hall of Fame on Wednesday night (September 29).
The annual event recognizes men and women who have strengthened the local economy and community through exemplary accomplishments of vision, leadership, and commitment to excellence.
Around 150 people attended Wednesday night’s ceremony, held at The Venue in downtown Peterborough, which was limited to the inductees and their family and friends because of the pandemic.
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Emceed by Monika Carmichael of Trent Valley Honda (the returning Business Hall of Fame chancellor and a 2018 inductee) along with Tiffany Arcari from the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce, the event was livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube.
This year’s inductees are:
Tony Ambler of Swish Maintenance Group of Companies and Yorkshire Valley Farms
Simone Dobson of Euphoria Wellness Spa
John Gillespie of Flying Colours Corp.
Allan Gillis of Milltronics (posthumously)
Allan Hill of Domino’s Pizza
Franz Roessl of Franz’s Butcher Shop & Catering
Joe Sabatino of Villa Auto Wash (posthumously)
Amy Simpson of MicroAge Peterborough–Whitby
The 2021 inductees into Junior Achievement of Northern and Eastern Ontario’s Peterborough Business Hall of Fame. Top row: Tony Ambler, Simone Dobson, John Gillespie, and Allan Hill. Bottom row: Franz Roessl, Amy Simpson, and posthumous inductees Allan Gillis and Joe Sabatino. (kawarthaNOW collage using supplied photos)
“For entrepreneurs, all I can say is you just never know what’s going to happen, so do a good job and be unforgettable,” said Amy Simpson when accepting her award. “If you look after your staff, and your customers, and your community, that’s kind of it. The rest should fall into place.”
“To me, your goal should never be the money,” she added. “If you’re going for the money, forget the whole thing because you’re never going to be happy. That’s not what it’s about — it’s about the people.”
Before the induction ceremony, Junior Achievement of Northern and Eastern Ontario also announced the first two members of the Founders Club: Brent Perry of Alf Curtis Home Improvements Inc. and Peterborough Truss & Floor Ltd. and Terry Windrem of Park Place Financial and Peak Benefit Solutions.
Perry, whose grandparents Alf and June Curtis were inducted in 2018, presented Junior Achievement’s Legacy Fund initiative with donations from both of his companies totalling $35,000. Over the past four years, Perry has donated $80,000 to the initiative, which supports skilled trades programs. Windrem also made a sizeable donation to the Legacy Fund.
VIDEO: JA 2021 Business Hall of Fame and Induction Ceremony
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Previous Business Hall of Fame Inductees
2020: Morris Cox; Lisa Dixon; Bill and Cora Edgar; Jim Glenn; Haig Kelly; Bill and Marion Morrison; and Sanjeev Sukumaran.
2019: John Gillis; Michael Konopaski; Dr. Ramesh Makhija; Janet McLeod; Dave Smith (of DNS Real Estate); Scott Stewart and Dana Empey; Glenn Stuart; Mike and Shelby Watt; Robert Winslow; and Scott Wood.
2018: Alf and June Curtis; Paul Bennett; John A. McColl and James H. Turner; John James (Jack) Stewart; Sally Harding; Monika Carmichael; Robert Gauvreau; Paschal McCloskey; and Carl Oake.
2017: Jack McGee; Robert Young; Joseph James (JJ) Duffus; Isadore Black; Darrell Drain; Rhonda Barnet; John Bowes; and Michael Skinner.
2016: Erica, Harry, and Meyer Cherney; Cameron Taylor; Charlotte and Robert Nicholls; Bill, Chester and Frank Fisher: Keith Brown; David Fife; James Stevenson; and Ross Smith.
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