Fort Erie Times, January 8, 2015

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Thursday, January 8,2015
Three charged with murder
QMI Agency Niagara
Three people were
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attitudes a Niagara Falls man.
Alexander Fraser’s car
was found engulfed in
flames along the Niagara
Parkway in Fort Erie on
Boxing Day. There was no
sign of the 49-year-old man.
Niagara Regional Police
now say Fraser is dead and
have charged three Niagara
Falls residents with murder.
Fraser's body has not yet
been found.
“The evidence dictates
the level of the charge,”
explained NRP Det. Staff Sgt.
New digs “But, we cannot discuss
the evidence that has been
obtained during the investi¬
gation."
Victoria Harvey, 20, of
Niagara Falls, was arrested HARRY ROSETTANI Special to The Times
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murder charges were also tamed their attention to the murder charges in connec¬ registered owner of the vehi¬ tag man.
laid against Brad MacGarvie, hydro canal near the Welland tion with his death. cle, could not be located and “The residents in the area
25, and Duran Wilson, 29, River in Niagara Falls where Fraser, who was known to a missing person investiga¬ where the car fire occurred
both of Niagara Falls. they expect to recover police, lived alone in the tion was launched. where extremely helpful and
Both MacGarvie and city's south end. Police conducted a shore¬ we appreciate any informa-
Wilson were in court for bail On Tuesday afternoon, the When asked whythe police line search using personal
hearings Tuesday in St. NRP marine unit was in the didn't release any informa¬
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tially centred in the Gonder added, however Fraser may car fire along the Niagara wooded areas for anything
Flats area of Fort Erie but not have known all of the Parkway in Fort Erie. suspicious or maybe a clue to
now investigators have individuals who now face Following the fire, Fraser, the what happened to the miss- [email protected]
2 Fort Erie Times • Thursday, January 8,2015
Council mourns its ‘voice of reason’
Fort Erie council
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the Fort Erie Kinsmen. He 1,241 votes in the municipal election in October.
received the Hal Rogers Mollicone finished in second place with 508
Fellowship award and
served as the Governor of "I think people spoke loud and clear when they
District One in 1985. voted (for Rick). I liked who they voted for. Rick
He was Past Master of was a good guy.”
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Thursday, January 8,2015 • Fort Erie Times 3
Challenge yourself to plunge into icy Lake Erie
Anyone who doesn’t want
to participate in the dip
can still have chili for $5.
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Rotary hosts lecture
Foul play ruled out in St.
Catharines man’s death
Foul play is not suspected in the case of a body
found in a ditch on Lakeshore Rd. on New Year's
“At this point, the autopsy is back and foul play
isn’t suspected,” said Niagara Regional Police Const.
Phil Gavin. "What we are interested in is how he
came to be where he was.”
The body of Vlado Rukavina, a 50-year-old St.
Catharines man, was found just after noon Jan. 1,
but police have yet to release details of his final
A family member said Rukavina had worked as a
bartender in the hotel industry.
Garfunkel, Moody Blues
head casino lineup
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Art
Garfunkel, who was one half of the iconic folk-pop
duo Simon & Garfunkel, will perform at Niagara
Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls in April.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer will be joined in
April — on separate dates—by classic rock band the
6Fort Erie Times • Thursday, January 8,2015
opinion page
Do You Remember?
Due to the holiday publishing
schedule, the Fort Erie Historical
Museum has not received any
calls about the latest photographs
milk jug curlers.
As always, we still welcome
your calls to help identify these or
any other of our Do You
Remember photographs.
However, our previous
Christmas photograph (Dec. 18)
generated a lot of interest, includ-
Insanity is a requirement for Polar Bear Dip participants
before I realized Niagara before the paper went to press, warm until the very last min-
would feel one of the coldest I wasn't encouraged by the
unbeknownst to me, I thought weeks of the year. falling snowflakes. I’ve reported on a few Polar
it would be a fabulous idea to Niagara Region Public It's too late to back out now. Bear Dips and many people
participate in this year’s Polar Health issued an extreme cold I wouldn’t want to be called a have told me it’s fun to partici¬
Bear Dip at the Bertie Boat weather alert Monday morn¬ chicken—or worse. pate in because it is the first
Club on Saturday. ing, and temperatures were So I’m just going to have to community event of the New
Of course I decided to ‘take forecasted to drop below grit my teeth and bear the pain Year. And this year will be no dif¬
the plunge’ and told all of my -15C. that will hit the moment I Some people participate in ferent I'll be one of the looney
coworkers I would do it Environment Canada also plunge my body into the bone the event as a way to kick off people screaming from
As expected, they laughed issued a special weather state- chilling water. the New Year. agony.
and told me I was insane. They I’ve been looking into ways Others do it because it's on
also agreed to come and cheer Temperatures this week are to train for the event But I a bucket list of things they'd
expected to be well below the shuddered at the thought of like to accomplish.
It's always n to do something completely average for early January, I'm doing it because I am
stupid. As I looked outside t
I made the decision to jump Times' office just a few hot I think I'll just wait and stay I hope to see many Fort Erie sarakjergi
Thursday, January 8,2015 • Fort Erie Times 7
opinion page
Library offers new speculative fiction discussion group
There is a new program learn to care for infants,
at the Fort Erie Public toddlers, school-aged chil¬
Library, just right for cele¬ dren and themselves.
brating the new year. There is a $40 course fee;
The Speculative Fiction please call St. John
Cafe is the latest book dis¬ Ambulance at 905-356-
cussion group in town. 7340 to register or for more
Speculative fiction is a information. Space is lim¬
term used for a broad liter¬ ited to 18 participants.
ary category that includes A free videogame tour¬
any fiction with supernat¬ nament day will be held at
ural, fantastic, or futuristic Amy Roebuck the Centennial branch on
elements. Fort Erie Public Library Saturday, Jan. 24, with
Horror, fantasy and sci¬ bracketing beginning at
ence fiction all fall under cast playing tonight at the 10:15 a.m. The game this
the broad umbrella of Centennial branch. month is NBA 2K15 for
speculative fiction. The Judge stars Robert Xbox and Playstation. The
If you are a fan of the Duvall as a judge and mur¬ first person who signed up
work of Neil Gaiman, Ray der suspect in a small for the tournament select¬
Bradbury, Robert Heinlein town, with Robert Downey, ed the Cleveland Cavaliers
or Max Brooks, the Jr. as his son, the big city as his team. What will your
Speculative Fiction Cafe lawyer who returns home pick be?
could be just the place for to discover the truth. One more January event
you to meet with other You could sign up for young people is the
readers of this crossover today—or help someone Spelling Bee. This Family any branch or by phone. starting at 10:30 a.m. at the This club coordinates
writing genre. sign up—for some of our Literacy Day event, joindy There is no charge to enter Centennial branch on parent-led, group activities
Moderator Derek popular programs for sponsored by the library Tuesday morning and the for children of all ages.
Clendening invites all who young people. A St. John and the Adult Literacy Other events during the Crystal Ridge branch on There is no need to register
are interested to meet at Ambulance course in Council of Greater Fort coming week include the Wednesday. AHomeschool ahead for either the story¬
the Crystal Ridge branch of "What Every Babysitter Erie, will be held on the ever popular Stories for 2s Library Club will be offered time or the Homeschool
the Fort Erie Public Library Should Know" will be held evening of Wednesday, and 3s, a story time with for the very first time on Library Club. There is a fee
this evening, January 8, on Friday, Jan. 16, begin¬ Jan. 28. We promise an plenty of activities to foster Wednesday, Jan. 14, begin¬ of $2 per child or $5 per
and the second Thursday ning at 9:30 a.m. at the evening of fun and chal¬ early literacy skills for little ning at 3:30 p.m. at the
of every month at 7 p.m., to Centennial branch. This is lenge—and spelling—to ones from eighteen months Crystal Ridge branch.
discuss favourite authors a course created for the students in Grades 3 to 8. Join with other home
and interesting books. 11-14 year old age group, Word lists will go up on the Stories for 2s and 3s will schoolers from the Fort Amy Roebuck is the
If movies are your thing, designed to teach babysit¬ library web site www.fepl. be held at the Stevensville Erie area for fun, educa¬ Community Services
there's a recent film with a ting, leadership and first ca very soon, and registra¬ branch on Monday, begin¬ tional, and library skill Coordinator at the Fort Erie
great story and a terrific aid skills. Participants tion can be made now at ning at 10:45 a.m., and activities. Public Library.
It shouldn’t take New Year’s to make positive changes in your life
'Newyear, newme’ tends weight, find love or get a years are sometimes filled night and even romanticiz¬ be some people who will
to be the slogan for the new job, these ideas come with heartache, tragedy or ing that New Year’s Eve want to see you fail and try
month of January. to light in a new year. just plain old bad luck, but and sabotage those goals.
And for some of us, that I tend not to make reso¬ in that we sometimes get I don't know who these What I would really like
expression holds true and lutions (except the one I life lessons or realize how people are that come up to say to those people is an
for some of us, Jan.l is just never keep), but rather resilient we can be. with the superstitions, expletive (there I go again),
another day. goals for myself and try not If New Year's Day is just although I think some of as you will want to do the
With the new year in full to set Jan.l as the day to another day on the calen¬ them are romantic comedy same, but you don’t need
swing some have already start them. dar, why do we put so much writers and liquor brands. those people to succeed.
broken a resolution while I understand the new emphasis on everything One thing I have come to 2015 has only just begun
others are staying on track. year brings feelings of surrounding it and leading realize as the years pass is with 365 days to make the
My only resolution I pre¬ Annie Pasquariello change or renewal and a up to it? — resolution or not—the most of.
tend to make to myself is to Special to The Times time to reflect on the past Even New Year's Eve can best thing I can do each
not swear so much as it is be filled with needless ide¬ year is get rid of negativity.
silly and seems simple to don’t make resolutions - I There are some years we als and pressure. My own negative
keep. don't like to fail at things or all love to say good rid¬ They say how you spend thoughts and toxic people
Well, that lasts about 12 put too much pressure on dance to and some years New Year’s Eve is how you have no place in my life or Annie Pasquariello is a resi¬
hours into the new year - myself as we tend to do we wish could replay over end up spending the rest of dreams. dent of Fort Erie and a free¬
not as easy as it sounds. with a resolution. and over. the year and we tend to So if you are making a lance reporter for the Fort
Maybe that is one reason I Whether it is to lose Those so-called bad want to have the perfect lifestyle change, there will Erie Times
8Fort Erie Times • Thursday, January 8,2015
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times to appreciate what local folk even more! care succulents and cacti. Decide how many pk the greenhouses. The suc¬
you have and where you are. And speaking of support, Some of you, like myself you want and gently n culents are sure to lift your
may have a Christmas cacti sage and separate the r< eyes and spirits with their
that is still blooming. Just let from the root ball. Be s abundant fife and prolific
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truly lovely on this cacti and
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Parks and forestry staff of The Niagara Parks Commission (NPC) have been monitoring shall see how right
and evaluating the impact of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) as it has made its way across
Ontario and into the Niagara region, including within the lands protected by NPC. SPICE UPYOUR WINTER
This non-native insect burrows into Ash tree bark and removes the ability of the tree to WITH A NEW LOOK
retain the nutrients it will need to sustain its health and growth. In response, municipalities
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Niagara Area Children’s Assistance Program finds new home on Jarvis
Sarah Ferguson
Fort Erie Times
What started as an Easter
basket program has flour¬
ished into a thriving chari¬
table organization that
serves families in Niagara.
But five years ago, Mindy
Leveille never imagined she
would be able to help so
many people.
As a single mom, Leveille
knew what it was like to
struggle to make ends meet.
Sometimes she even relied
on help from other people.
When she found herself in
a position to help other par-
wanted to something to give
back to the community.
That’s when Leveille began
the holiday basket program
for families in need at
Easter.
Leveille used her hus¬
band's tax return in 2010 to
buy 15 baskets and filled
them with goodies. That
year, Leveille ended up help¬
ing more than 60 children
thanks to support from the
Over the last five years,
Ldaeyv ebiallsek eext pparongdreadm h aenr dh ohlai¬s SARAH FERGUSON Fort Erie Times
since renamed it Niagara From left, Niagara Area Children’s Assistance Program board members Sue Puhakka, Mindy Leveille, Erica Beaulieu and Amanda Plato have been busy renovat¬
Area Children’s Assistance ing the charitable organization’s new office at 116 Jarvis St., in Fort Erie. NACAP provides assistance to families in need during Easter, Thanksgiving and
Program. Christmas. It also provides a back-to-school program. Missing from the photo is board member Carrie Wallace.
With community support,
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