Winter 2009

It’s people who make a community. And our second annual celebration of local heroes is a salute to ten extraordinary people who define our community at its best.

Local Hero: Heather Broadbent is Caledon’s respected heritage expert.

Local Hero: Doc Gillies is a legendary community champion.

Local Hero: Jade’s powerhouse Lake Erie swim went in the record books!

Local Hero: Rob Ciccotelli: The sheer volume of this man’s creative endeavours is astonishing.

Local Hero: Larry Kurtz is the founder of Orangeville’s highly successful Blues and Jazz Festival.

Local Heroes: Jane Helie & Tammy Clark have cared for a feral cat community over the past ten years.

Local Hero: Ken Jewett is the founder of Maple Leaves Forever.

Local Heroes: Karen Hutchinson & Jennifer Clark are driving a local and sustainable food system.

Roland Kirouac choreographs the excitement as Orangeville prepares to welcome the Olympic Flame.

Sarah Bonikowsky of Mono Centre was a member of the Canadian women’s eight rowing team at the Beijing Olympics last year. Sarah’s father, Gary Bonikowsky, recorded the following entry in his journal.

For 35 years, nothing has come between these Ladies and their Sunday morning hockey game at the Hillsburgh Arena.