Writing and photography are a passion; Collingwood area also his passion
By
Mark Schadenberg
As
I had regaled in a previous submission in this location, the seven years I spent
writing sports and producing pages with a mouse in my hand, are important
memories in my life.
As
stated, I was given the opportunity to switch my media focus from radio to
print by then Sentinel-Review publisher George Czerny. At that juncture – and I
will be tossing out more names for Woodstock newspaper readers to suffer
flashbacks from – Keith Pierson was the managing editor and Alison Downie was
city editor. The sports editor -- as we busily tracked our little world of
athletic endeavours -- was Cale Cowan.
If
you guess I knew George Czerny from the local sports scene somehow, well that’s
the wrong conclusion. Czerny was a member of a volunteer local committee called
the Dairy Capital Snow-Or-No Fest. As an advertising sales consultant at K-104,
I represented that media office on the same committee.
Yes
– Woodstock did have a winter carnival in February in the early 1990’s and even
then warm temperatures and puddles made winter fun nearly impossible. There
were sled dogs and hot dogs, mud slo-pitch, free public skating and a turkey
bingo.
George
Czerny must have loved sleet, snow drifts, skiing, snow angels and winter
tires, as today he resides in Collingwood.
As
pointed out previously, I have personally thanked George for hiring me as a
sports reporter. Just like I say today in real estate: “Good luck discovering someone
with more passion about this community than myself.”
Czerny
– now 70 -- is retired from the newspaper business, but through my magical
ability to scour the internet, and because I did not want to tell him I was
penning this plug, I have compiled background information on books George
Czerny has written. He doesn’t describe himself on his Facebook profile as
retired by the way as he’s a ’self-employed writer / photographer’.
If
you want to study the piano stylings of Georg Handel, you must research author /
composer Carl Czerny, who passed away back in 1857.
Meanwhile,
actor Henry Czerny is known for roles in movies Mission Impossible, Clear And
Present Danger, Ice Storm, and more recently the TV show Revenge, but I do not
believe the 56-year-old actor is any relation to George Czerny.
GEORGIAN
BAY
If
you want to plan a trip to Georgian Bay or the greater Collingwood area, look
up published works by George Czerny, including a book called George’s Georgian
Bay -- published in 2004.
Czerny’s
most recent effort is an updated travelogue to the 12-year-old edition, so
naturally it follows it’s entitled George’s Georgian Bay: Revisited. The new 214-page
book – according to the photo taken by the Wasaga Sun newspaper – appears to be
a coffee table book.
I
have not skimmed its pages, so I’m not sure if the lore of Christian Island is
included in this updated text and photo journey.
Whether
it be the tip of Tobermory and its famous Flowerpot Island, or communities such
as Parry Sound, Midland - Penetanguishene, Owen Sound, Thornbury, Meaford, Killarney,
Lion’s Head, Wiarton, Wasaga, Ossossane, Peekaboo Point, or the Frying Pan
Island, this inlet called Georgian Bay appears (through researching the area
online) to be quite a destination any month of the year.
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“I love Georgian Bay because there are so many different
contrasts and venues: urban, rural, water, wilderness. There are so many
different things,” said author George Czerny in the story printed in the Wasaga Sun to promote the book’s
release.
“I wanted
to give people the idea that if they landed in Canada, came from the airport in
Toronto and came to Collingwood and read my book along the way, they would have
some idea of what they can enjoy.”
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If
you’re a sailor or a catch-and-release rod-and-reel person or simply someone
who enjoys camping, canoes and cottages, consider venturing over to www.blurb.com
to purchase your copy. The hardcover books is about $93, but includes more than
120 photos, including The Blue Mountains and many every-day sites, views from
great heights, and places to fly kites.
His
accompanying website is up for the world to fall in love with George’s home: www.ilovegeorgianbay.com.
Images may lure you and an aluminium contrivance with a modest outboard motor to
navigate the French or Severn rivers this spring.
George
Czerny has also produced different books about Collingwood in particular, with
emphasis on the area’s rich history in ship building. Another called Eyes Over
Collingwood focuses on photography of the area.
A
book called Making Tracks And Changing, which I have also not read, is noted on
his website to be both poetry and life advice.
It
would appear, George Czerny has evolved his journalistic resume into a
retirement lifestyle of searching for a story with a map, a GPS tracker, a
sailboat, a camera, a pen, and wife Nancy as companion, and then adding a
genuine ability to sell a destination he loves – Georgian Bay – a place to
visit and discover yourself.
LINKS:
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Mark Schadenberg, Sales Representative
Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES designation)
Royal LePage Triland Realty Brokerage
A full-time Realtor in Oxford County,
considering a summer 'staycation'
in Georgian Bay area
757 Dundas St, Woodstock
(519) 537-1553, cell or text
Email: mschadenberg@rogers.com
Twitter: markroyallepage
Facebook: Mark Schadenberg, Royal LePage Triland
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