Look What Peterborough's Chandler Crescent Ladies Did With $40 In Stickies

This story begins at Walmart, where a couple of "Chandler Crescent ladies"—as they're known—from Jackson Creek Meadows subdivision purchased some stickies on Saturday evening (June 14th). Now their husbands' thought they were stupid for wasting 40 bucks on stickies. But the Chandler ladies like to prank each other on a regular basis and they saw this as a great opportunity for an epic one...

See, their neighbours, Jay and Bri Callaghan, were in Niagara Falls for a wedding until Sunday evening. So the Chandler ladies saw this as a golden opportunity. They decided to make good use of the stickies by decorating Jay and Bri's house Saturday night...

Four Chandler ladies (including Liz Shaughnessy pictured below) and one husband did the garage...

While the other husbands worked hard on the rest of the house...

Jay and Bri, the unsuspecting couple being pranked, arrived home Sunday evening from Niagara Falls. While driving down the street, Bri at first thought someone had spray painted their garage, while Jay thought it was sidewalk chalk. When they pulled into the driveway, they realized it was stickies. Lots of stickies. It took them a while to get out of the car because they were laughing so hard. And before spending two hours peeling stickies off their house, Jay posted this message to Facebook along with photos...

The back of the house

The lesson here is $40 in stickies actually goes a long way. Also, don't go to Niagara Falls for the night.

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Read The Letter DBIA Executive Director Terry Guiel Sent To City Council

Terry Guiel (PTBOCanada file photo)

The letter below was sent to city council on the morning of June 19...

June 19, 2014

Mayor Daryl Bennett

and Members of Council

Corporation of the City of Peterborough

Your Worship:

The 'old' Shoppers Drug Mart property on Charlotte St. downtown has been sold and we are hearing that the new owner will use the site for a methadone clinic of considerable size. This is troublesome.  I know the importance of methadone in our community, that's not the point.

I further appreciate the ability of a business owner to buy a property and run such a business without discrimination. But this is a significant property for the downtown and the city.

I would argue simply that this is not a good location for such a use and that this could put into jeopardy the future of the Louis St. parking lot conversion to an urban park and further hurt Charlotte Street businesses.  Now we know what is planned for this property and it is not complementary to an urban park.

Council lost the ability to control the use of the site when it was not purchased by the city. Now that we know the potential future use, I would urge council to consider buying the property from the purchaser. Council has done this sort of thing in the past when they realized that it was in the city’s best interest to control the future use of a property.

Sincerely,

Terry Guiel

DBIA executive director

[via DBIA website]

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Flavour Fashion Launches Peterborough Inspired Fashion Line

The Flavour design duo Mike Watt and Bryan Reid have launched a new brand developed and manufactured in Canada called PTBO NORTHERN ORIGINALS. The line comes from their "love for our city, our community, our home, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada." Available exclusively at Flavour Fashion (383 George Street North) in downtown Peterborough, this collection has a "vintage heritage campy look combined with a current street sensibility." You can also purchase PTBO Northern Originals merch online here. Here's some photos from the awesome line via their website...

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Dog Park Association Unveil Directional Sign So Now You'll Know How To Find Dog Park

A new directional sign has been unveiled at Peterborough Dog Park—located on Ashburnham Drive on the East side at the entrance to Farmcrest Park by the pedestrian cross walk. After a significant fundraising effort, the dog park opened in March but the installation of the new directional sign will assist users in actually locating the off-leash park. This is a good thing should your dog not be able to sniff it out. Here's pictures of the directional sign and the dog park...

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Peterborough Man Launches Business To Pick Up Your Dog's Doo-Doo

Aran Hinton with his beloved 3-legged mascot, Scout 

Have a dog? Have a backyard full of doo-doo? Well a Peterborough man named Aran Hinton will pick it up for you. This Fleming graduate has launched a business called Dirty Paw Waste Management, where he will come by your house or commercial property and scoop up your dog waste. The Peterborough Economic Development announced this young entrepreneur was awarded a $5,000 grant through a Starter Company grant in Eastern Ontario.

Aran and Scout (picture via @DirtyPawPTBO)

Aran got the the doggone idea for Dirty Paw Waste Management out of his love for animals, which includes the rescue of the company's three legged mascot, Scout. Through Aran's experience with Jackson Creek Vet Services, Jungle Cat World and living within the Peterborough community, he recognized a need for animal waste removal. "With pet ownership on the rise, many people are looking for practical solutions to effectively manage the waste that they create," he says.

Using the tagline "Peterborough's Pet Waste Professionals", Aran says Dirty Paw's service can help home owners reduce the number of bacteria, parasites and worms that enter the home, assist property managers in maintaining animal inclusive rental units and even help event planners that can't have a special day ruined by animal waste.

For more information, go to their website, email them, or follow them on Twitter
@DirtyPawPTBO. If you want a "ruff quote"—they serve the Greater Peterborough area—click here.

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Jo Anne's Place On Water Street Is Closed For Renovations

Health food store Jo Anne's Place at 904 Water Street is temporarily closed for renovations. They plan to reopen that location in mid-August, but in the meantime you can visit their other location at 1260 Lansdowne Street West. Their hours there are..

• Monday to Thursday - 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Friday - 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Saturday - 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Sunday - Closed

You can stay connected with Jo Anne's Place by following them on Facebook and Twitter, and check out their newly launched website at joannesplace.ca.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Any Retail Owner Want To Move Into 385 George Street?

The windows at the perpetually closed discount store at 385 George Street have finally been papered over. An ad is now prominently featured offering the chance for a new business owner to move in to the long shuttered retail space. It even includes a walkout green roof.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Women's Clothing Store Skirt Is Temporarily Closed In Downtown Peterborough

Downtown Women's Clothing Store Skirt is temporarily closed. No explanation is given, but a sign says they will be reopening August 15th.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Read The Heartfelt Message About The Closing Of Sympathy For The Rebel In Downtown Peterborough

After five years, vintage clothing store Sympathy For The Rebel is closing. The owner, Ryan Kennedy, posted the following message to the store's Facebook page yesterday...

To my friends and supporters , I've got some news to share . It's a bit of a mixed bag , a little good and a little bad.

I've always been one to get the tough stuff out of the way so I'll lead with the bad .

I'm closing my shop Sympathy For The Rebel .

It kinda hurts a little to even type that .

It was 5 years ago this month that I opened the shop and it has been an amazing , challenging , rewarding , journey over that time . I always wanted to have a shop that was an extension of my own personality and vision , and through the faithful support of our customers I have been lucky enough to come to work in a place that feels like home to me . I am grateful for the support of the amazing staff I've had over the years , our wonderful customers , the community of downtown Peterborough and my friends and family .

This wasn't an easy decision to make , I will miss so many things about the shop but top of that list will be the people . I don't think I could have imagined what happens when you hang an ' open ' sign downtown and then stand there for 5 years . Everybody and anybody walks in and everyday is unique in it's own way . I still see customers that I saw on our first day and I still get customers who think we just opened . I am grateful for all the people I have had the chance to connect with . I've had the chance to sell clothing to everyone from rock stars to senior citizens who just feel like ' nobody makes a good wool sweater anymore ' . My idea of who my customer would be was way off and I'm actually glad about that .

It will be sad to see our doors close but even good things run their course and I'm ok with that . I think there is a lot to celebrate about the last 5 years at Sympathy and I plan on doing that over the next month .

The good news is this ...

I'm keeping the brand and I'm going to keep doing Sympathy in some capacity in the future . My love for vintage is still there and I've always considered myself an ' ideas guy ' so I have no plans to stop living life that way . I'm not ready to share my upcoming plans for the Sympathy brand quite yet but It'll be important that all of you follow us on our social media platforms to keep in the loop . I'll be sharing some ideas soon and to be honest , as much as closing the shop is a bummer , I'm excited to see what's next . I have been reminded over these last few weeks that we can't define ourselves simply by what we do for a living . We are given a choice in the face of change to maintain the qualities and passions that truly make us who we are . I am who I am , not just what I do . Who I am is not tied to an address or a job , it's inside of me and It's under my control to keep being me . Cheesy ? maybe . True ? I think so . Getting some perspective on who we are , what's really important to us and the amazing life we have a chance to live kind of takes some of the fear out of change . I'm ready for what's next , and ready to celebrate what was .

We'll be closing our doors for good sometime in the middle of July . We're gonna throw a birthday / funeral party . We're gonna have some big time sales and I'm hopeful that I'll be able to connect with many of you in person and say thanks for all the support . Like I mentioned earlier please follow us on FB / Twitter / Instagram etc so that we can keep you in the loop about our sales and closing events and also the future plans for the Sympathy brand . I've never been much for asking people to share stuff but if you'd consider sharing this post to help us get the word out I'd appreciate it .

Sorry for the long winded post , I've got 5 years of things I wanna say !

I'll be in the shop a lot more over the next month so please come by and say hi . We'll be clearing out our huge stock in basement and bringing up tons of stuff for our sales . In season , out of season , clothing , non-clothing items , etc , etc . There's gonna be lots of stuff to dig through , so check in often !

On a parting note I leave you with the legend that inspired the shop in the first place . 

Five years , what a surprise .

Ryan 

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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18 Adorable Animal Pictures From The Riverview Park & Zoo

Peterborough is an awesome place. Having one of the only free zoos in existence makes it even awesomer! If you have never been—or just haven’t been in a while—we suggest you go for a visit to the Riverview Park & Zoo. In case you still weren't sure, here's a sampling of the animal friends you’ll meet when you get there via photos supplied to us from the zoo! —Aaron Elliott

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