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OCTOBER 9, 2025
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Glendale crosses $100K mark for Terry Fox
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JEFF HELSDON Editor
Glendale High School just passed a huge milestone in regard to the funds it has raised for the Terry Fox Run. The funds from this year’s students brought the school’s total raised over the $100,000 threshold. In 1980, Terry Fox set out on his cross-country marathon from St. John’s, NL, to raise money for cancer research. The journey is made even more incredible because he had one prosthetic leg, losing his leg below his knee due to cancer. Although he had to quit his run due to the cancer spreading, his vision lives on through the annual Terry Fox Run held across the country. The first run was held in 1981, and Glendale started to participate in 1989. Student Success Teacher Brett Ferguson, who has been organizing the run since 2017-2018, said the town has raised $450,000 through the Terry Fox Run over the years. “To me, for one school to raise almost a quarter of that, it’s impressive,” he said. The present format of the run has the students run and walk twice around the football field. Some sort of fun teacher vs. student competition followed, with this year being a plasma car race. The losers end up getting whipped cream pies in the face from the winners. Past events have included a dodge ball competition and running race. Fundraising is done through a variety of formats. Students can purchase T-shirts or buy hotdogs and hamburgers from the barbecue. Donations from Sobeys and Norpac help boost the profits. Students can also participate in Toonies for Terry. CONTINUED TO PAGE 5
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Crews from Lancoa Construction work on removing the top two layers of the masonry piers that supported Kinsmen Bridge. These piers will have a new top layer, new grouting and be part of the new bridge.
Masonry work the next step in bridge replacement JEFF HELSDON
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With the deck from the former Kinsmen bridge over Participark gone, crews have been concentrating on repairs to the masonry piers that will support the new bridge. The bridge was part of the Great Western Railway, connecting Tillsonburg to Brantford, and was built in 1888. When the rail lines were removed, it was converted into a pedestrian bridge that connected the downtown to residential areas on the west side of town. The bridge was
slated for revitalization as part of the town’s 2025 capital projects, following its identification as needing replacement several years ago. The new structure will be a modern steel girder bridge, but will still use the masonry piers from the original bridge for support. Crews from Lancoa Contracting have removed the bridge platform and the steel towers that supported it. Over the next few weeks, they will be removing the top two layers on the piers, which bear the weight of the steel girders. These will be replaced with new cement platforms. CONTINUED TO PAGE 2
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