{"id":16803,"date":"2017-03-15T18:18:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=16803"},"modified":"2017-03-15T18:18:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:18:39","slug":"premier-has-blast-from-the-past-at-aurora-seniors-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/premier-has-blast-from-the-past-at-aurora-seniors-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier has blast from the past at Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

What was supposed to be a brief meet and greet at the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre on Tuesday morning turned out to be a blast from the past for Premier Kathleen Wynne.
\nThe Premier was in Newmarket-Aurora for a series of stops and roundtables with businesses and business leaders earlier this week when she took some time to tour the woodshop and computer facilities at the John West Way Centre, accompanied by MPP Chris Ballard, Mayor Geoff Dawe, and Councillor John Abel.
\nPremier Wynne was presented with a special \u201cMaple Leaf Forever\u201d medallion crafted by Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre members made from wood derived from the Toronto tree that inspired Alexander Muir to pen the iconic Canadian song in the middle of the nineteenth century.
\nThe tree, felled during a windstorm in the summer of 2013, was milled and distributed to organizations across the country for the crafting of special objects for special occasions.
\nFollowing a tour of the woodshop and the computer room, where Premier Wynne discussed various aspects of Instagram and other forms of social media with members, she had a chance encounter with Aurora resident Clare Herrema, who just happened to have been Premier Wynne\u2019s Grade 2 teacher.
\n\u201cI thought it was Grade 5, but it was Grade 2,\u201d said Ms. Herrema following the brief reunion, during which she and the Premier had a chance to reminisce. \u201cThe reason I thought it was Grade 5 was she was always bringing in political information! We used to have a show and tell and she would come in and talk about what she had read in the [Richmond Hill] Liberal about politics.\u201d
\nThis was the first time the two women had crossed paths since the Premier\u2019s elementary school days.
\nAn avid follower of Ms. Wynne\u2019s political career, Ms. Herrema said it was \u201clovely\u201d to see her.
\n\u201cWe had a very special class,\u201d she said.
\nThe Premier\u2019s day started in Barrie and, following the Seniors\u2019 Centre, moved to Newmarket for stops along Main Street, Dairy Quality Inc, and wrapping up with a roundtable at Treefrog Inc.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What was supposed to be a brief meet and greet at the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre on Tuesday morning turned out to be a blast from the past for Premier Kathleen Wynne.
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