About Uxbridge's Udora

Our Friend Is No More

Local residents are being warned to watch out for their pets and livestock by a Udora resident who had an Alpaca destroyed by a bear or cougar.

Living in the country there is always the chance of seeing a wide variety of animals. Some are domesticated like the Llama and Alpaca pictured here or our neighbours horse. We are also blessed with all kinds of wild animals who we occasionally see such as deer, rabbits, raccoons and skunks.

There are also other wild animals that you occasionally hear of someone seeing such as a resident Black Bear that is usually spotted at least once a year cleaning out someones bird feeder or Garbage can.

Up until now that has been the extent of what we have heard about. This past weekend that all changed as the friendly little brown Alpaca in the picture was attacked and killed by possibly a bear or cougar.

Once a playful critter in our neighbours yard our little friend, who has been a joy for us, our Grandchildren and our visitors, will be sadly missed

BRRRRR!!!

Baby It's Cold Outside

After a couple of weak attempts to snow earlier in the week yesterday it snowed most of the day but with temperatures hovering right around freezing it was still to warm to stick. Over night the temperature dropped enough to allow it to stick, even on the 'warm' ground.

This Morning this is what I woke up to

Baby It's Cold Outside

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For the older generation
and all you
Dean Martin fans here's

Dean's version of Baby It's Cold Outside on Youtube

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Make It A Great Day

Uxbridge, Ontario - B.A.D. - Ride 13

What A great day for a road trip, traversing over rolling hills, passing along side rivers and canals, by market gardens and through the picturesque villages of Kettleby, Brown Hill, Zephyr and Udora. Last year 1150 bikes and almost 1500 people joined in for B.A.D. Ride XII, this event raised almost $210,000 dollars to support Distress Centres.

One rider we spoke to estimated there were in excess of 2,000 bikers on the B.A.D Ride today as it Passed through Uxbridge. He also said we just missed about 30 who had stopped to fill up at the Local Gas Station in Udora.

There were only a few left by the time I arrived with my camera

The Stragglers Headed Through Udora

The ride paused at various spots along the way such as the the Belvedere Cookhouse Saloon in Pefferlaw, and the Udora General Store and The local Gas Bar before heading south through Uxbridge to The Markham Fairgrounds for an afternoon filled with great food, music and entertainment.

About the Distress Centres

Since 1967 the Distress Centres has provided 24-hour telephone support, 365 days a year. They continue to offer round the clock response to those experiencing emotional distress or in need of crisis intervention in addition to face to face support and counseling for people dealing with the effects of suicide and homicide.

Distress Centres

• have 600 volunteers who operate at three locations across the GTA (Downtown, North Toronto and Scarborough)
• respond to approximately 120,000 calls each year on the Distress Centres Helplines.
• after hours and on weekends, when other services are closed, is when more than half of their calls are received.
• provide consultation and outreach to other organizations across Ontario on suicide prevention.
• provide a "Resource Library" accessible to families, volunteers, staff and interested members of the community.
• provide assistance, in person, to persons dealing with a homicidal death through their "Homicide Bereavement Programme".
• through face-to-face "Survivor Support Programme", they counsel 500 families and friends annually who are suffering from the pain of bereavement caused by suicide.

Distress Lines are open 24 hours, 7 days a week 416-408-HELP (4357)

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MAKE IT A GREAT DAY

Udora's Camp Jõekääru is the place to be on August 23/24 if you are a Jazz fan.

In the early 1950’s the Independent Toronto Estonian Women’s Association purchased land in the north-west side of Udora. The property was then divided into lots for summer cottages for Estonians living in Toronto. The name Jõekääru translated into English is River Bend as the Pefferlaw River runs through the grounds. With the cottages came the Estonian Children's Camp. Last years JK Jazz festival raised funds to replace the windows in the boys and girls camp buildings providing enhanced ventalation for the camp attendees.

Come and enjoy a great summer evening of Jazz with performers coming from Canada, Estonia, Latvia, Brazil, Cuba and Mexico. Also featured this year is an art exibit and sale in the newly completed Timmas Art Studio, with a portion of the proceeds directed to the camps infrastructure fund.

The doors open on Saturday August 23rd at 12 noon. Entertainment starts at 1pm with the headliners hitting the stage at 3pm. Sunday August 24th the doors open at 10am with entertainment from 11am. Adult admission is $25 during the advance sale campaign ($35 at the gate). Youth tickets (for those aged 5-18) are $15 and will only be sold at the gate

Sponsored by The National Estonian Foundation of Canada! JK JAZZ 2008 is also supported as an official event by the town of Georgina.

Tickets are available for purchase at:
The UdoraGeneral Store
Jõekääru summer camp, www.joekaaru.ca
Or contact through the website contact form,www.jkjazz.ca

The Jk JazzWebsite features 2008 performers and bios, festival information, ticket info, directions, and much more!! You can see pictures from last year’s JK Jazz on the Sihtkapital website: www.estonianfoundation.ca

Recently the Udora - Leaskdale Lions held their annual river run from the Zepher side road through the Estonian Camp in Udora and on into Pefferlaw. This years event was a fund raiser for the Uxbridge Cottage Hospital with approximately $1,500 being raised.

If the canoe run had been scheduled for a few weeks ago ... this is what they would have been paddling through ... more like white water rafting.