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Residents line up for Summit Centre openingBy Don McCormickIt’s been a long time in the making, butthe new Canada Summit Centre inHuntsville officially opened on May 23,attracting close to 3,000 Muskoka residents,several hundred of whom lined upoutside the main doors well in advance.“We have spent the nation’s moneyvery well,” exclaimed local resident DavePurchase, who is not known for handingout compliments. “This centre has thepotential to become Huntsville’s signaturefor the 21st century.”Others were equally impressed. Inevery part of the building people couldbe heard commenting on how impressedthey were with the new centre.Officially named the Canada SummitCentre, the new building is an additionto the existing Huntsville CentennialCentre and part of the infrastructure forthe G8 conference to be held at Deerhurston June 25-26, 2010. The majorpart of the funding came from a $50 millionfederal grant provided to the area forinfrastructure relating to the G8.“It will be used for security and otherorganizational logistics,” explains ParrySound-Muskoka MP Tony Clement,who played a pivotal role in securing thegrants for the building. “It will also beused as a meeting and briefing venue forG8 meetings that have to be held outsideof the perimeter of Deerhurst. Finally, ItMuskoka politicians and dignitaries joined together to celebrate the official grand opening and cut the ribbon atthe Canada Summit Centre in Huntsville on Sunday, May 23. About 3,000 people came out to see the building.will be used for the Junior G8 that will behappening.”The Junior G8 is a conference of 150students from around the world, including10 from Muskoka, who will meet todebate the very same issues that the worldleaders will be debating.A ribbon cutting ceremony in front ofthe main entrance of the Canada SummitCentre officially marked the occasion. Inattendance were mayors and councillorsfrom communities in Muskoka andParry Sound, as well as District chairGord Adams and MP Tony Clement.Mayor Doughty was effusive in hispraise for all of the people involved inbringing the project to completion aheadof schedule. He then symbolically passedit over to the community.“It’s yours forever, ladies and gentlemen.Enjoy it,” he said.This building, a legacy of the G8 Summit,will be a key component of theTown of Huntsville’s strategy to attractevents to the community to support thearea’s tourist economy, according to JohnFinley, economic development officer forthe Town of Huntsville.“It will make us Canada’s number onelocation to have triathlons, hockey tournaments,conventions, concerts and so on,”he says. “It will also help to makeHuntsville a very desirable palce to live.This, in turn, will make it easier to attractbusinesses, educational institutions andthe like and their employees into the area.”Photograph: Don McCormickNEW PRICE6 LOTS LEFT12 June 2010 www.whatsupmuskoka.com
Sculpture connects past and presentBy Allan CookPrincipal Dave Golden’s quiet effortsto bring the heritage from Bracebridgeand Muskoka Lakes Secondary School’sold campus over to the new one causeda bit of a mystery for the designer of asculpture that recently disappearedfrom the spot where it was perched forover 40 years.When Gordon Hampson noticed thatthe sculpture he had designed in 1967was missing from the base it had occupiedin front of the building on QuebecStreet, he had no idea where it went.“It was like it had just vanished, and noone knew what had happened,” Hampsonsays.Fabricated by his classmates in thetechnical program, Hampson’s design,chosen in a contest held at the school tocommemorate Canada’s centennial year,portrayed a map of Muskoka that coveredthe school’s enrollment region.He was baffled by the disappearanceuntil the day, in typical small town fashion,he mentioned it to his dentist.“He told me that it had been cut downso they could finally reinstall it at the newschool building, which I was very happyto hear,” he says.Principal Golden brought the sculptureover to the new location for refurbishment,along with the old school signand the front doors.Gordon Hampson admires the sculpture he designed in 1967 which, untilit was recently moved, was a fixture at the old high school.“It’s the concept of bringing the oldinto the new, and we’re still BMLSSwherever we go,” Golden says. “I thinkit’s very important that people, whenthey come back to this school, see thesepieces that are there.”The Trillium Lakelands DistrictSchool Board gave Golden and his staffand students a timeframe when the oldbuilding was first offered for sale toPhotograph: Don MacTavishremove items they felt were important tohave at the new campus. The sign fromthe old campus is now mounted abovethe new school library, there are plans toturn the old front doors into a showpiecebookcase, and the Centennial sculpture isreceiving sandblasting, a new paint job,and a new base landscaped with riverrock.Golden says the students working onthe projects are quietly dedicated to thetask.“I think they see it as something thatyou just have to do,” he explains. “It’s apiece of their heritage, too.”Hampson, who won a slide rule for hisdesign efforts, is glad the work of hisclassmates will be part of the school foryears to come.“I was proud when my design was chosen,”he says, “and I’m proud it will bepart of BML again.”Golden, who was a student at theold campus, which is where his fatheralso went to school, feels his ties to theschool and the town have given him acertain responsibility to bridge the twocampuses.“I have received a lot of calls from peopleencouraging me to make sure thatstuff comes over from the old building tothe new, and that it’s preserved,” he says.“I’ve told them we’ll have some memorieshere for sure.”TONY CLEMENT M.P.This month we welcome world leaders to fabulous Muskoka for the G8.I want to thank you for the superb co-operation that everyone in ParrySound-Muskoka has extended during the planning forthis very special event.On June 25 and 26 we will show all our visitors thebeauty of our natural environment and the friendlinessof our hospitality. I know that they will beimpressed.To serve you better our offices are located at126 Kimberley Ave., Bracebridge44A King William Street, Huntsville (just north of McDonald’s)www.tonyclement.ca705-789-4640705-645-1593Clement.T@parl.gc.ca1-866-375-8669Working Hardfor Parry Sound -Muskokawww.whatsupmuskoka.com June 2010 13
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