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4 Friday, August 12, 2016 Brooklin Town Crier Locally owned and operated, The Brooklin Town Crier is a publication of Appletree Graphic Design Inc. and is intended for the residents & businesses of Brooklin and Ashburn, Ontario. We accept advertising in good faith but do not endorse advertisers or advertisements. All submitted editorial material is subject to editing. For Advertising Information Contact: 905-442-9828 • mulcahy42@rogers.com "Proud to be a Brooklinite" 35 Dopp Crescent, Brooklin, ON L1M 2E5 Founded in 2000 and published 24 times per year. Editor, Richard Bercuson 613-769-8629 • editorofbtc@gmail.com Circulation 8000 Delivered via Canada Post to every mailbox and to local businesses counter tops. The paper is paid for by the advertisers. Please support them generously. To pick up an extra copy visit a local business. Next Paper: Friday, August 26, 2016 Deadline: Friday, August 19, 2016 Community Calendar If you have a community not-for-profit event you would like included in the calendar, please email it to mulcahy42@rogers.com with the subject line "calendar."Priority will be given to Brooklin events. Some editing may occur. Wednesday, August 24 Brooklin Horticultural Society is pleased to present our guest speaker Dugald Cameron. He will be talking to us about "Planting a Spectacular Spring Garden Now." This event will also include our members' Annuals' Show featuring all the summertime favourites . Come early to enjoy our refresh- ments and a chance to buy our draw tickets. Everyone is welcomed. Meeting will take place on Wednesday, August 24th, starting 7pm at Brooklin United Church, 19 Cassels Road. 1st and 3rd Tuesday Basic Foot Care Com- munity Care Durham provides basic foot care services by registered foot care nurses on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month at St. Thomas' Anglican Church. Please call 905-668- 6223 for more information. Thursday evenings Love to sing! The Brooklin United Church adult choir welcomes new voic- es to join us. Practices are Thursday evenings 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. You do not need to read music to be part of the choir. Practice CD's are made available. For more information, please call the church office at 905-655-4141 or by email at office@brooklinunited.ca. Tuesdays Brooklin Toastmasters, 7:15 p.m. for Meet & Greet, Meeting from 7:20 to 9:14 p.m. at the Brooklin Community Centre & Library (NEW LOCATION), 8 Vipond Road, 2nd floor Boardroom (NW corner). For more information, contact John at 905-683-4439 or jajhj@sympatico.ca or Loran Weston-Smyth at lorn@lornawestonsmyth.com or 416-910-4109. Brooklin Toastmasters provides a supportive and positive environment where members have the opportunity to develop their communication and leadership skills. Brooklin's Guide to Home Based Businesses To advertise in this feature contact Rhonda at 905-442-9828 Sarah's Sewing Alterations, Mending, Crafts, Costumes -- Call or text: 905 242-4251 blue.dragonfly@rocketmail.com Need Post Holes? We can help! FBG Fencing Inc. • Brian 416-795-9469 www.fbgfencing.com Ding - Dong, AVON Calling! To receive a bi-weekly brochure email me at AvonRep.judyfry@outlook.com or drop by 60 Penhurst Drive, Brooklin Photos by Dianne www.istockphoto.com/search/portfolio/13554221 CLASSIFIEDS Custom Closets & More www.dream-space.ca 905.409.8681. Authorized HomeAdvisor GuitarDrumLessonsRepair patricksguitarstudio.com Sarah's Sewing Alterations, Mending, Crafts, Costumes - Call or text: 905 242-4251 blue.dragonfly@rocketmail.com Job Opportunity for a RIBO Licensed Account Manager (Commercial). The ideal candidate is a strong team-player, motivated, and must love their career! View our website for details at http://bit. do/brysoncareers. Bryson Insurance is Great Place to Work Certified and a Top 10 Brokerage in Canada. APARTMENT FOR RENT Large apartment on main street Brooklin above store. Suitable for couple. No children or pets.. patio and parking Available immediately. Contact Peter 905-655-4546WORSHIP DIRECTORY WORSHIP DIRECTORY Burns Presbyterian Church 765 Myrtle Rd West (just 4 minutes north of Brooklin) 10am Worship, Kids Zone Fun & Nursery Care "Discovering God, Sharing God's Love" 905.655.8509 www.Burnschurch.org St. Thomas' Anglican Church 101 Winchester Road East Sunday Services: 8:30 and 10:30 am Sunday School & Nursery Program (10:30am) Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Communion and Healing Service 905-655-3883 www.stthomasbrooklin.ca Brooklin United Church 19 Cassels Rd. E. Sunday Services at 10:30 am Sunday School & Nursery Care www.brooklinunited.ca 905-655-4141 Come catch the Spirit! Renaissance Baptist Church of Brooklin 40 Vipond Road (Just West Of Library) Sunday Worship & Kids Program 10:30 a.m. 905 655 4554 www.brooklinrbc.ca We're here for Brooklin! Our Brooklin Kids By Leanne Brown Geocaching...the original Pokemon Go Head down to Grass Park and you'll see families gathered around cellphones catching Pokemons. The popular game is taking families on adventures around their town and getting them outside together. But it's not really a new concept. Meet Geocaching (pronounced GEE-o-cash-ing), the original Pokemon Go. Like Pokémon Go, geocaching can take you on an adventure in your neighbourhood. And, just like there are Pokémon stops everywhere, there are caches everywhere, too. Geocaching gives you a family-friendly way to teach your children about the wonders of the outdoors. To play the game, you use a handheld GPS unit, like the one in your smartphone, to find hidden "caches" in your neighborhood or on local trails. Geocaching has been around for about 15 years but it is becoming popular recently thanks to a handy smart phone app, which can literally point you in the direction of the nearest cache. While there are many similarities, there is one big difference that gives Geocaching the edge over Pokemon. The treasure is real! If you ask my daughter, she'll tell you, "Opening up the cache is fun. Inside you find treasure!" By treasure, she means things like 'Kinder Egg' toys, Geocoins or Christmas cracker toys that you can actually hold in your hand, not just see on your smart phone's screen. Geocaches vary greatly. You'll see everything from clear plastic containers to a fake rock with a secret compartment. The idea of the game is to decipher clues to find the treasure. When you find it, you can take a piece of treasure home and leave something in its place. You record your visit in a logbook and you can later log your visit on the geocaching website. Looking through a logbook can be really fun. You can see how many visitors have been there before you and how long the treasure has been hidden. There are caches of varying difficulty so the game never gets boring. Like Pokemon Go, you can play just about everywhere so there are always new games to explore. Want to take the game to the "next level"? Hunt for 'trackables'. Often these are "Geocoins" and "Travel Bugs" which are special trinkets that have codes that are used to track their journey. Some of these have travelled thousands of miles around the world as players move them from cache to cache. We love the "Travel Bugs" the best because they tell stories. You can add your own story or live vicariously through each bug's adventures. To go on your own treasure hunt, start with a visit to www.geocaching.com to find out how to get started. Check the map on the website to find geocaches near you. Families are best to start with a "Traditional" cache type, of which there are over 80 in Brooklin. To avoid disappointment, always check to see that other geocachers have recently logged finds on the cache page so you know that the geocache is still in place. Keep in mind your GPS will get you close to the cache, but you'll have to conduct a physical search to find the exact location. I took my seven-year-old geocaching in our Brooklin neighbourhood. We pretended to be Nancy Drew, following the clues, visiting familiar parks that were suddenly all new. When the GPS told us we'd arrived, my daughter carefully read out the clues and tried to figure out the puzzle. By the time we got home, we had enjoyed a fun afternoon, worked together as a team, practiced reading skills, used our imaginations and even had a new toy to add to her collection! Pokémon Go is great fun, and when all the Pokémon have been caught, or your data usage bill has hit its limit, geocaches will be waiting.