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The SPIRIT Newsletter - June 2016
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Please join us for a fun-filled day with family and friends!
 
Attractions include: Artisans, Exhibitors & Crafts;  All-day Main Stage Entertainment;  Children’s Area and Children’s Parade;  Olde Tyme Activities, Historical Fashion Show; Bindertwine Queen Contest; Quilt Raffle; Plus:  Food Booths, Sarsparilla, Beer Gardens, and more!
 
If you are new to Kleinburg or have not been a part of this in the past, please consider volunteering this year!  It is a wonderful experience for both young and old.  It brings our community together and forges bonds between neighbours. There is a very special spirit of cooperation and celebration that is embodied in this festival:  “a community brought together with a common goal”.
 
For more info on the festival, visit www.bindertwine.ca or check us out on Facebook and twitter.
It will take hundreds of volunteers, both adults and students, to put on this Festival. Volunteer shifts can be as short as 2 hours so you don’t have to give up your entire festival day. 
Adults– this is a chance to meet your neighbours and have a fun and exciting day while helping showcase your community.  Students– you will earn Community Service/Volunteer Hour credits for your participation.
 
Volunteer areas: Thurs & Fri aft/evening set-up, festival areas on Saturday (Admission Gates, Bacon on a Bun booths, Kleinburger booth, Sarsaparilla booth, Children's Area, Olde Tyme Activity Area, Parking/Traffic control) and Sunday morning cleanup.
 
For more info and to book your shift, contact the volunteer co-ordinator at bindertwine.volunteers@gmail.com.

Binder Twine 50th Anniversary Special Contests
Don’t forget to forward us your photos, memorabilia and memories - 2016BT50@gmail.com.
 
Trivia Contest Questions for June:  1.  Binder Twine's first secretary, Mike Bevan searched through how many years of weather records to determine the best day to hold an outdoor event?
2.  From the 1980's-2010, what activity was held in the United Church basement on the Friday before Binder Twine Day?
3.  What hand made item did many Kleinburg residents make from twine, individually name and sell on Festival day?
4.  In 1984 the record for this contest was 48' 21/4".  Name the contest.
5.  Which Canadian comedian entertained the crowds in 1981?
 
May's answers; 1. Shaw's Hardware Store, 2. Vic Ryder, 3. calliope, 4. Kleinburg Rotary Club, 5. $563.23.
 
Thanks to Norma Curtis and the Binder Twine 50th Committee for the fantastic 50th Anniversary displays they put together.  Check them out - they will be rotating through area libraries over the next couple of months!
 

Development Corner

Local Infrastructure Repairs
Local activist, Richard Lorello, and business owner Frank Greco, have been petitioning the city to repair some of the broken infrastructure around the village.  Here are some of the items under consideration.
  • There is a damaged streetlight pole that was identified  - Staff will followup.
  • Hardsurfaces, such as roads, curbs, sidewalks, and interlocking brick, are being repaired to meet City standards.
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  • Bollards and benches along Islington Avenue are scheduled to be painted by the end of June. Damaged bollards will be repaired or replaced. All park benches were refurbished over the winter months
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  • The city’s annual pavement marking program for the Kleinburg area is scheduled for completion in July to make cross-walks and intersections more conspicuous and visible for citizens and visitors.
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  • The city will work with PowerStream and the local Councillor to develop a plan to resolve the maintenance concerns of the hydro hut and utility box close to Canadian Square. Action plan by the middle of August.
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    Vaughan is currently developing a Beatification Plan for the City that will continue to enhance and beautify the streets of Kleinburg with flowering baskets and planters. This forthcoming plan will be presented to Council in the fall and will outline the long-term plans to beautify the City, including the Kleinburg community.

 

Delay/Cancellation of Municipal Projects 
Disappointingly, three municipal projects that the city budgeted for Kleinburg in 2015 have all been delayed or cancelled.  The first project is the rehabilitation of the former United Church to become the Pierre Berton Discovery Centre.  This project now has a completion scheduled for 2018.  The second project is repairs on Kline House (revamping the porch, and replacing rotting siding).  This project has been deferred to 2017.  The final project is the redesign of the Islington Avenue streetscape.  The streetscape plan was originally developed in 2009 but never implemented.  On June 16, the proposal (RFP) call for design of a revamped streetscape was cancelled.  The RFP is supposed to be reissued.

In the Media

Interesting Articles concerning development in our area
 

Traffic Corner

What is happening in our area
  • A reminder again that there will be closures on Teston Road and Stegman’s Mill Road, from Ravendale Court to Pine Valley Drive, for a five (5) month period starting in July.
 
  • You can help stop the 413 (new mega-highway proposed to go just north of Kleinburg).  Visit stopthe413.ca to send a letter to say no to this senseless mega-highway.  Tell Ontario to invest in public transit, and protect water, forests and farmland.  Study after study shows that building a new highway doesn’t reduce traffic.  It encourages more people to drive, further clogging our roads.  Public transit is the most efficient way to move people.  Investing in GO transit improvements will get more people out of their cars, reduce traffic jams and protect farms and forests. Get the facts from Environmental Defence at stopthe413.ca. 
 

Canada Day in Kleinburg

Hosted by the Kleinburg BIA
Friday July 1, 11 am - 4 pm 
 
Come into the Village on Friday July 1 for the BIA’s Canada Day Celebration in Kleinburg!  The festivities run from 11 am to 4 pm.  There will be a community BBQ, pie sale, street performers, and plenty of entertainment for the kids.  It is shaping up to be a great day!
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection is taking visitors on a journey to experience art in fifty-year leaps stretching backward and forward from the McMichael's founding years in the mid-1960s. From June 4, 2016 to January 8, 2017, the McMichael presents three distinct yet complementary exhibitions as part of the special exhibition program 50/50/50 - A.Y. Jackson & Tom Thomson: Wounds of War, Jack Bush: In Studio, and Colleen Heslin: Needles and Pins. These shows celebrate historic, Modern, and contemporary Canadian art at its best. 

Humber River Shakespeare Co. presents

A Midsummer Night's Dream - July 10 & 12 in Kleinburg
This summer, one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies hits the road and brings the magic of outdoor theatre to communities across Ontario.  A Midsummer’s Night Dream, the most popular comedy in Shakespeare’s canon, is a delightful tale of meddling fairies, starcrossed lovers, royal engagements, and muddled tradesmen caught up in chaos.
 
Humber River Shakespeare has been touring professional, outdoor Shakespeare to communities across the GTA for the last NINE years. Their productions are done as in Shakespeare’s day: in the open air, with simple sets, colourful costumes, a love of the language and a focus on playful storytelling. All performances are family friendly, and offered free of charge, but donations are most gratefully accepted. Suggested Donation $20.  For info - www.humbershakes.com/on-tour.

Kline House needs you!!!
The Kleinburg Old Boys are still looking for some new faces to assist with the supervision of the Kline House when it is open as an Historical Collection and Binder Twine Display on weekends. 
 
Volunteering once or twice a year, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm, would be appreciated.  It is a great way to learn about the history of Kleinburg.  If interested, contact Pam Schwenger at kleinburgkids@sympatico.ca or 647-222-6866.

Is royalty in your future...?

Binder Twine Queen Contest 2016
 
Are you female and aged between 16 and eternity? What will you be doing on September 10th, 2016 at 4:15 pm? You will be signing up for the Binder Twine Queen Contest at the main stage!!!
 
You will have to think of the personality or character that you will be and what costume you will wear that fits the pioneer theme. On the day, you will display your pioneer, womanly skills such as log sawing, nail driving, hog calling and cow milking!  And it is lots of fun!  1st prize - $1000!  2nd prize - $500, 3rd prize - $250, 4th prize -  $125, all other participants receive $50.  For more info – Ron 905-893-1932 or Nina 905-893-2734.


Tree Planting - Kleinburg New Forest North

Thursday May 5, 2016

On Thursday, May 5, 2016, three classes of students from Kleinburg P.S. helped to keep our community green by assisting in the planting of 315 small trees and shrubs provided by the Toronto and Region Conservation for the Living City. The students planted in the Treelawn area, just north of the firehall. Some of the native varieties planted were choke cherry, serviceberries, two varieties of dogwood, ninebark, sumac, white pine and white spruce, sugar maple, aspen and black cherry. Kudos to the students of Kleinburg P.S. and the Kleinburg Old Boys Community Group for making this worthwhile event happen. The students were able to check out prior years of planting growth!

Canadian Federation of University Women

The Power of Women Working Together

The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) has been active for almost 100 years and is still going strong. The Vaughan chapter is seeking new members to become a part of a group of like-minded women who are active in public affairs, working together for the equality of women and girls socially, economically, and politically as well as to improve education, the environment, peace, justice and human rights. CFUW Vaughan offers you the opportunity to meet other women in the community and to enjoy and learn from interesting guest speakers at our monthly meetings.  
 
Meetings generally take place at the Pierre Burton Resource Library located at 4921 Rutherford Road in Woodbridge on the third  Tuesday of month from September to November, January to May  at 7:30 p.m.  Our club has several interest groups including Restaurant, Symphony, Gourmet, and Book Club and is always open to suggestions!  If you wish to enjoy this fellowship of active women, go to www.cfuwvaughan.yolasite.com or email Kathy at cfuw.vaughan1@gmail.com.

Exhibitions:

  • 50/50/50 Exhibition Program— Jun 4 2016 to Jan 8 2017
  • A Foundation for Fifty Years:  McMichael Masterworks—Nov 18, 2015 to December 2016
  • Reframing Canadian Art—Mar 5  to Dec 2016
  • Field Trip: Sarah Anne Johnson—Mar 5  to Sept. 5, 2016
ArtVenture Children’s Art Classes:
Summer Camp—July 4 to August 26, Ages 5-15

Family & Special Programming:
  • Thurs Night Lates—July to Oct, gallery open to 10 pm every Thurs. with pop-up programming.
  • Best. Field Trip. Ever.— July 17&21, Aug 7&18, Sept 4&15, Oct 20 - pop-up programming, hikes
  • McMichael’s Fab 50s—July 9,10 - public celebration, special programming, free admissn
 
For information on additional programs, visit   mcmichael.com.
 
To register for programs, call 905.893.1121 ext 2216 or visit mcmichael.com for more info.
 
 

Take 5—For over 45 years, Kleinburg moms have met on Wed mornings to share a cup of coffee and have a chat with others from the area. Please join us for a relaxing break at the Kline House. Babysitting provided for  children. For more information, call Megan O’Connor at 705-427-2559 or megangilbert@yahoo.com . 
 
Kleinburg Bridge Club— The Club meets every Thurs afternoon at 1 pm at Kleinburg Library.  On June 30th we will hold our semi-annual awards day with a BBQ.  Mon afternoons at 1 pm at the library we have Mahjongg.  Anyone interested in learning about Mahjongg is welcome to drop in and chat.  New Bridge and Mahjong players are welcome.  Call Coreen Beesley at 905-893-1593 or Ann Wood at 905-880-0251.
 
Rotary Club of Kleinburg, Nobleton, Schomberg - The Club meets Wed at 6:30 pm at Longchamps Pub. Interested members of the community are always welcome and new members are even more welcome. For more info - Roy Vokes, President - rotary@agorafinancial.ca  or  905-558-3070 (B).
 
2016 Binder Twine Festival’s Raffle Quilt - Now on display at the Kleinburg branch of the Royal Bank and on the Festival's website www.bindertwine.ca is this year's Binder Twine Raffle Quilt. On Canada Day, the quilt will be on display on the front porch of Hawthorne House.  Once again, another one of a kind treasure has been sewn and stitched, so thank you to everyone who has contributed. This year's raffle quilt is a queen size sampler and dust cover valued at $1,800.00.    
 
Tickets are $2.00 or 3 for $5.00 and are available for purchase at Kleinburg RBC Royal Bank, Kleinburg Pharmacy & Hawthorne House. 
 
2016 Binder Twine Quilt Square Contest - Fabric bundles with information sheets for this year's Quilt Square Contest are available at the Kleinburg Public Library (Main Desk). This year's fabric colours are red & white. The date to return your quilt square(s) for judging is Saturday August 20th.

Humber Valley Heritage Trail Association - Members of the HVHTA lead hikes through natural forests and meadowlands in and around Kleinburg and Area. For more info about each hike see our website at hvhta.ca or email us at hvhtak@gmail.com.
 
July 9 - Hike in Nashville Conservation Reserve (1.5 to 2 hrs, 4 km - 9:30 am start)
 
Aug 13 - Walk in Claireville Conservation Area  (2.5 to 3 hrs, 8 to 10 kms - 9:30 am start)
 
Kleinburg Leo Club - On June 10th, the Kleinburg Leo Club organized a paint nite fundraiser in support of Sofia Sdao's journey towards receiving Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) surgery.  Over 50 painters came out to support Sofia in a fun environment filled with energy, laughs and great memories. The event raised $1,000 for Sofia and Michael and Silvana Tibollo matched the funds totalling $2,000 which will go towards Sofia's $150,000 surgery in July in St. Louis, Missouri.  The surgery will allow her to walk independently and the club could not be more proud to have been a part of her journey. 
The event could not have been successful without the help from the following sponsors: Tibollo & Associates, The Woodbridge Rotary Club, The Big Cannoli, Starbucks, and Garden Foods Market.  If you are interested in donating to Sofia you can visit: gofundme.com/SofiaSteps.
 
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Kleinburg Binder Twine Festival
Advantage Physiotherapy 
Avenue Cibi e Vini
Avlyn Gardens Ristorante 
Chartreuse Restaurant 
Dr. Marsha Lomis - Psychologist
Femme Inc.
Green Apple Dental Centre 
Hawthorne House
Kleinburg Family Health Centre
Kleinburg Pharmacy 
RBC Royal Bank 
Select Drywall & Acoustics Inc.
The Doctor’s House


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