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A2 The Express, Thursday, July 7, 2016
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Town PageCommittee of the Whole Council - July 19 at 10 a.m.Special Council - July 19 following CWCCouncil - July 19 at 3 p.m.The public is welcome to attend. Agendas for the July 19meeting will be available after noon on July 14 atwww.eastgwillimbury.ca/agendas.For more information please contact the Clerks Office [email protected].
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Ham and Strawberry Supper - July 8 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. atMount Albert United Church. Tickets are $17 for adults, $5 forchildren 6 to 12 years old and children under 5 are free. Ticketsare available at the door or can be reserved by calling905-852-5913 or 905-473-2562.Community Trail Walk - July 9 at 9 a.m. at the Cawthra MulockNature Reserve. Meet in the parking lot on the west side ofBathurst St. north of Green Lane.Butterfly ID Workshop - July 10 from 9 a.m. to noon at theCawthra Mulock Nature Reserve. Learn how to identify Ontario’sbutterfly species. To register for this workshop visitwww.ontarionature.org/events.Boys and Girls Club of York Region Summer Camp - July 18to 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday at MountAlbert Public School. Camp is $175 per week and includes alunch program. To register for this camp [email protected] or call 289-470-5306.For more events in East Gwillimbury visit the East Gwillimbury Express eventcalendar online at www.yorkregion.com/eastgwillimbury-on-events.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Training Officer - Deadline July 22Special Events and Marketing Coordinator - (1 yearcontract) - Deadline July 22Facility Maintenance Technician - Deadline July 22See www.eastgwillimbury.ca/jobs for submission details.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Requests for Proposal:P-16-22 Master Environmental Servicing PlanDeadline: July 13 at 2 p.m.P-16-26 Transportation Master Plan and Active Transporta-tion and Trails Master Plan UpdatesDeadline: July 14 at 2 p.m.Proposal documents may be obtained by registering for thisoppourtunity at www.biddingo.com/eastgwillimbury.
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Check Out the InternetUse your library card to borrow aWiFi hotspot device to access theinternet outside of the library touse at home or anywhere else inCanada. Loan period is for up to
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The summer is heating up and so is the temperature, followthese tips to help beat the heat during the summer months:• Drink plenty of water• Wear loose-fitting, light-coloured clothing made of breathablefabric and hats• If possible, stay inside in cool, well-ventilated areas; If youdon’t have air conditioning at home, find a place that does,such as a local shopping mall, library, or community centre• If you have to be outdoors in the heat, rest often to let yourbody temperature cool down• Wear sunscreen with a minimum SPF of 30 or higher• Limit your time in the sun between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. or whenthe UV Index is reported to reach three (moderate) or higher• Never leave children or pets unattended in a parked vehicle• Visit one of our community splash pads at: Ross FamilyComplex, Parkway Park, Holland Landing Community Centreand Harvest Hills Park
BEAT THE HEAT THIS SUMMER
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If your tax account is not current a pre-set monthly payment can be arranged to help youcatch up on tax arrears. Unpaid taxes will be charged 1.25% per month effective the first dayof default. Failure to recieve a tax bill does not exempt the bill from being due or fromincurring interest. Contact the Town at 905-478-4282 if you have any questions.
Property Taxes Due
Payments can be made at the Civic Centre,at your bank, online/phone banking OR:Pre-Authorized Payment Plans:
• 10 month installments (Feb to Nov)• due date installments
The final 2016 property tax bills were mailed onJune 20th, 2016. Payment is due:August 31st and October 31st
YOUTH
Staff Photo/Simon Martin
Youth entrepreneur Patrick Sharp gets a solid endorse-ment for his computer services company, Cormac Computer Services, from East Gwillimbury Mayor Virginia Hackson. Sharp took advantage of the provin-cial Summer Company youth business program to kickstart his company.
One Sharp youth nets
cash for new company
BY SIMON MARTIN [email protected]
t has been a wild few weeks for Mount Albert resident Pat-rick Sharp.
A day after walking across the stage to receive his high
school diploma from Huron Heights Secondary School, he was at Staples in Newmarket launching his Cor-mac Computer Services business.
“I have gone from having an empty summer to now being busy every day,” he said.
It all started when Sharp saw an ad for the Summer Company program in the East Gwillimbury Express. He decided to apply at the beginning of May and now things are happening fast.
Each summer, through the Ontario government, the York Small Business Enterprise Centre adminis-ters its Summer Company program, which is designed to develop the entrepreneurial spirit in youth 15 to 29.
In place of a summer job, stu-dents such as Sharp have an oppor-tunity to be their own boss. All that’s required is a good summer com-pany idea, commitment and hard work. In return, participants receive hands on business training from successful business leaders and financial support with awards of up to $3,000 available.
Sharp’s area of expertise has always been in the computer field. His love of gadgets started at a young age and hasn’t stopped.
“When I was seven or eight-years-old, I used to take apart elec-tronics at home to see how they worked,” he said.
That passion turned into obses-sively reading about technology. He quickly became the “tech guy” at Mount Albert Public School where he would help teachers set up the projector and get everything work-ing properly.
At Huron Heights, Sharp took all the computer science courses he could, even winning an award.
So it will be no big surprise that Sharp will, one day, open a comput-er shop, while developing apps.
As for who Cormac Computer serves, Sharp said it does a little bit of everything. “It’s a one-stop shop. We help with everything from small businesses to residential needs,” he said.
Need some web design help? Sharp can do that. Computer, smartphone and tablet repair? No problem. Other services offered by Cormac include, virus removal, net-work installation, custom computer builds, data recovery and software support and training.
“I have been quite busy for the last month,” he laughed.
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FOOD
Communities getting back to food basicsBY SIMON MARTIN [email protected]
ver the past decade, people have started to care more and more about where their food comes from and what’s in it.
Evidence for this trend can be seen in the proliferation of farmers markets and specialty grocery stores that focus on natural, unprocessed food.
Another way people across our increas-ingly urbanized region are tapping into the desire to “get back to the land” is through community gardens, which are sprouting up in every municipality.
A trip to the Newmarket Community Garden shows why they have become so popular.
Tucked away off Mulock Drive, across the road from Newmarket High School, the garden is a bed of activity on a sunny Monday morning.
Joseph and Mary Kwon hose down their eggplant that is bathing in the blis-tering hot sun.
The couple, who is of Korean origin, have lived in Newmarket for nine years.
Taking the plunge into the community garden world was as simple as walking through the doors of the civic centre, just down the street.
“I just went to the town to apply,” Mary said.
The Kwons have had their plot for the past two years and are pleased with the results. This year, their bean, tomato, eggplant, zucchini and pepper plants look robust and healthy as they crane up toward the sun. It looks as if this family will get a good yield.
While many people ask why commu-nity gardens are necessary when families could plant privately in their own back-yards, Mary said the open field where her garden is located is perfect.
“The plants grow big and happier here because there is more sun,” she said.
A little way down the garden, Heidi Van Hoogmoed arrives at her plot by bicycle and starts to get rid of pesky weeds. A Newmarket resident for 16 years, Van Hoogmoed said she enjoys the peaceful-ness, yet social aspect of the spot.
“I love being in the open space,” she said.
An added benefit of being surrounded by 105 garden plots maintained by others is you learn a lot, Van Hoogmoed said.
“I love meeting the people here,” she said.
One of the people Van Hoogmoed greets at the garden is 90-year-old Mohammad Ayyoubi.
His plot is marked by two wooden chairs. Perched on the chair at the south of his plot, Ayyoubi severs a garlic head from its stock with a knife. The intoxicat-ing odour from the plant wafts into the hot air.
“The garlic is ready. It’s fresh,” Ayyoubi said, sitting in his chair.
He came to Canada from Afghanistan 18 years ago and has lived in Newmarket for 11 years.
He tries to make it to his place in the centre of the garden most days to tend to his plot.
“It’s gorgeous here,” he said. While the popularity of community
gardens has spiked in recent years, execu-tive director of the York Region Food Net-work, Joan Stonehocker, said they are not a new concept.
“We have been doing community gar-dens since the early ’90s,” she said.
The demand for community gardens, though, has never been greater. Even after expanding the Newmarket location by 22 plots this year, Stonehocker said there is
still a two-year waiting list to get a plot in the Newmarket and Aurora community gardens, with which the foot network is partnered.
“A lot of people want to start to grow their own food,” she said.
A new community garden opened up on London Road and Main Street earlier this year with help from the Town of New-market.
“It’s a great place to get started in com-munity gardening,” she said.
The concept of the London Road loca-tion is a little different than the Newmar-ket and Aurora locations because there are no individual plots.
“It’s share the work, share the harvest,” she said.
A group of volunteers recently went out to the new location to plant and label seeds.
“It’s going back to the basic principle of working together as a true closely-knitted community for the common good, and I think that’s beautiful,” said volunteer Syl-vie Yeghiaian.
Stonehocker encourages residents who want to see more community gardens in their town to voice that desire to their municipalities.
Aurora council voted against a neighbourhood
garden at McMahon Park last year. While 45 residents supported the
establishment of a neighbourhood garden, 41 voted against it.
While community gardens are popular, they still garner vocal opposition, depend-ing on the location. Aurora has tried to implement community gardens in some parks over the past few years only to back down when faced with resistance.
Aurora council, for example, voted against a neighbourhood garden at McMahon Park last year. While 45 resi-dents supported the establishment of a neighbourhood garden, 41 voted against it in a public survey.
The establishment of a community garden also has been in the discussion of Mavrinac Park but, again, there has been opposition. It remains to be seen if it will be part of the plan.
Stonehocker wishes residents could see community gardens are much more than just growing food.
“It’s about sharing. It’s a way to learn. It brings people together,” she said. “ They share food and recipes.”
A community garden is also a great tool to help children learn and appreciate food in its natural, fresh state and pique their interest in cooking.
Christine Stewart, director of the Net-work North Collaborative in East Gwil-limbury, helped work to establish a garden at Robert Munsch Public School in Mount Albert, along with teachers and students.
“It’s about promoting healthy eating,” she said. “You can control what goes on your plant; you are not using chemicals,”
It’s important for children to see a seed turn into something on their dinner table.
At Robert Munsch Public School, there is a schedule students follow to maintain the garden, Stewart explained.
“It’s about partnerships, friendships and healthy eating,” she said.
For more information about commu-nity gardens, visit yrfn.ca
If you would like to see more community gardens, let your town know, experts suggest
Community gardens are about partnerships, friendships and healthy
eating and are so popular there is a waiting list for obtaining a plot of land,
experts say.
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Mohammad Ayyoubi, 90, sits on a chair in his garden plot at the Newmarket Community Garden off Mulock Drive. He came to Canada from Afghanistan 18 years ago and has lived in Newmarket for 11 of those years. He tries to make it to his garden most days in order to tend to his plot.
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Pensions, pay equity at centre of labour dispute
any plans on the union’s part to strike.
Despite being hopeful there won’t a lockout, Richmond admit-ted he’s not certain it can be avoided.
“Very unsure. I really don’t want to comment, say yes or no. It’s up in the air. We have no idea what cards they’re going to play, at all,” he said.
Issues include pensions for new employees and pay equity between urban and rural carriers.
Canada Post spokesperson Jon Hamilton could not be reached for comment.
On Tuesday, the Crown corpora-tion gave the union 72 hours notice
that it could lock out workers. “The issuing of the notice does
not necessarily mean that Canada Post will not be operating on Fri-day. It allows the corporation to take measures that are necessary to respond to the changing business reality,” the corporation said on its website.
“The uncertainty caused by the prolonged negotiations and the union’s strike mandate is having a negative impact on the postal service.”
Canada Post presented an offer to the union on June 25, following up on July 4 to say the offer is final.
It also rejected more than $1 billion in demands from CUPW, according to the Canada Post web-site.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has indicated the
government has no immediate plans to introduce back-to-work legislation in the event of a labour disruption, adding he wants both sides to negotiate a settlement.
If there is a lockout or strike, you must continue to make sure your bills are paid on time.
Contact your service providers to make the necessary arrange-ments.
York residents appear split about the impact a labour disrup-tion at Canada Post will have on their lives.
Picking up her mail at a super mailbox, Newmarket’s Josie Fal-lavollita said she would be disap-pointed if she doesn’t receive par-cels she has ordered.
“It’s going to matter because I’m expecting things that I had pre-ordered and I’m not going to get
what I’m looking for, what I need,” she said.
“It’s just mail that I’m expecting to receive, so if I don’t get it, it’s not going to set me back or anything, but it’s just something that I would like to have.”
While Fallavollita, who uses online banking for some of her bills, isn’t as reliant on Canada Post as she used to be, she said she would miss mail delivery if there were a lockout or strike.
“I don’t really use the mail all that much. I use it off and on. But I do get mail. Of course, I get my bills still. I still get parcels for my daughter that come in. She’s always ordering stuff on the Internet and what not,” she said.
“It’s important to have the mail, I think. It’s an important thing. A lot of people rely on stuff like that.
A lot of people don’t know the new technology where you can have your bills sent through email or whatever. A lot of older people, I think, are going to be affected by it.”
But Barbara Stoecklin and John Layton, who were at the centre Tuesday afternoon, said they would barely notice a lockout or strike at Canada Post.
“I don’t mail, I compute. I use a computer 90 per cent of the time. I very, very rarely mail a letter,” Stoecklin, said.
“I don’t mind Canada Post, they can disappear for all I care.”
Layton only uses Canada Post a handful of times a year.
“I post three letters a year and that’s to confirm that I’m still breathing, with the pension peo-ple,” he said.
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Men Wanted Who Love to SingJuly 7, 7 to 9:30 p.m.Sharon Hope United Church, 18648 Leslie St.Experience the joy of singing four-part a cappella harmony in the com-pany of your friends, while supporting our communities through various events.Contact: Dave McCaffrey, [email protected], 289-648-6300.
MuSic in the ParkJuly 7, 7 to 9 p.m.Fairy Lake Park, 500 Water St.Free concert by the After Hours Big Band.Contact: Stephen Harper, [email protected], 905 868-8460.
taSte & Learn - SuMMer SideSJuly 7, 7 to 8 p.m.Sobeys extra Aurora, 15500 Bayview Ave.Taste & Learn is a FREE class series offered by Sobeys Dietitians. Each class is focused on a particular food (this month is summer side dishes). During the class, you will receive some background information about the food (eg. how to store it, how to cook it and information on the nutritional value). The dietitian will also prepare a recipe for everyone to taste! You will leave the session with new knowledge, a few free recipes and will know what the food tastes like! Register early to avoid being on a wait list.Contact: [email protected], 905-726-3397.
Learn to SeW With anne-Marie SchLodderJuly 7, 6:30 to 8 p.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Holland Landing, 19513 Yonge St.Learn basic sewing machine skills while creating fun projects. Bring sharp scissors, ruler or measuring tape. See sample projects at the branch. Ages 13+. Ages 10-12 may participate with adult. Register. Cost is $42.50.Contact: [email protected], 905-836-6492, www.egpl.ca.
defence PoLicy revieW and veteranS affairS toWn haLLJuly 7, 7 to 9 p.m.York Region Administrative Centre, 17250 Yonge St. in Newmarket.The federal government is engaging Canadians to discuss their views on: 1. Main challenges to national security 2. Role of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in addressing current threats and challenges 3. Resources and capabilities needed to carry out the CAF mandate. Canada also has a sacred obligation to veterans, and so you’re invited to join in a discussion on such topics as: service excellence, mental health, and care and support.Contact: Rhonda Jarrett, [email protected], 905-773-8358.
intro to onLine datingJuly 7, 6:30 p.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Mount Albert branch, 19300 Centre St.Want to jump into online dating, but not sure how to start? Intro will walk you through setting up an account and answer any questions you may have. Drop in with your computer or register to use one of the library’s.Contact: [email protected], 905-473-2472, www.egpl.ca.
art gone WiLdJuly 8, 2 p.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Holland Landing, 19513 Yonge St.Come out for 4 sessions of art projects inspired by nature! Projects include sun-printing, pressed flower art and more! Ages 6+. Please Register.Contact: [email protected], 905-836-6492, www.egpl.ca.
BuiLder’S cLuBJuly 8, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Mount Albert branch, 19300 Centre St.Ages 5+. Free. Drop in. Put your engineering skills to the test! Build differ-ent structures from unique and ordinary materials! Please Register.Contact: [email protected], 905-473-2472, www.egpl.ca.
then and noWRuns until July 28, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Art Show, 100 John West Way in Aurora. Then and Now is a collection of watercolours, inks, oils and pastel paint-ings featuring Canadian landscapes, northern lights, florals, historical homes and intuitive interpretations of semi-abstract nature scenes with swirling waters, enormous mountains and tiny images. Join artist Christine Valentini in the Skylight Gallery on opening night, July 8, from 7 to 9 p.m.Contact: Christine Valentini, [email protected], 905-841-1847.
Lego & PLayJuly 8, 10:30 a.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Holland Landing, 19513 Yonge St.It’s time to build! Get Creative with Lego! Ages 5+. Drop in. Register.Contact: [email protected], 905-836-6492, www.egpl.ca.
free ZuMBa at river WaLk coMMonS in neWMarketJuly 9, 8 to 9 a.m.River Walk Commons, 200 Doug Duncan Dr.Open to the public this is a free event at the Newmarket Farmers Market starting this Saturday...no need to sign up just come out and have fun.Contact: Peter Geibel, [email protected], 416-804-5581.
untangLe With ZentangLeJuly 9, 11 a.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Mount Albert branch, 19300 Centre St.Feeling stressed? Want to unwind? Untangle with Zentangle! Learn calm-ing techniques with Zentangle, an easy to learn, fun and relaxing way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. We will also be making de-stress balls. Ages 8-11. Please register.Contact: [email protected], 905-473-2472, www.egpl.ca.
cariBBean & South aSian ShoWcaSeJuly 9, noon to 7 p.m.Magna Centre, 800 Mulock Dr. in Newmarket.Festival will celebrate with two days of food, fashion, music, and dance that showcases not only the rich artistry and cultural expressions from the Caribbean and South Asia, but from around the world. New for this year is the addition of cultural performances from Russia, Korea, China, the Medi-terranean and Latin America. Admission is free, but CASAS encourages patrons to bring a non-perishable food item for the local food pantry.Contact: [email protected].
authorS at the eLMan W. caMPBeLL MuSeuMJuly 9, 1 to 2 p.m.Elman W. Campbell Museum, 134 Main St. S in Newmarket.Visit the Elman W. Campbell Museum for a Saturday afternoon of lively readings, chats and discussions with Isobel Warren, author of In Them Days. The historical novel, set in 1920, unveils the challenges facing farm-ing communities – and women – in a rapidly changing post-war world. Free admission. RSVP early as there is limited seating. Register by July 8.Contact: Beth Sinyard, [email protected], 905-953-5314.
MerLin’S hoLLoWJuly 10, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Merlin’s Hollow, 181 Centre Cres. in Aurora.David and Dierdre Tomlinson invite you to visit their English flower garden, Merlin’s Hollow, open to the community annually rain or shine. You can visit July 10 and during Doors Open Aurora Aug. 20. The 3/4-acre garden was started in 1981 by landscape architect David Tomlinson and contains.Contact: 905-727-8979.
ButterfLy id WorkShoPJuly 10, 9 a.m. to noon.Cawthra Mulock Nature Reserve, 18462 Bathurst St. in Newmarket.Join Ontario Nature and AECOM’s Terrestrial Ecologist for a hike through the Cawthra Mulock Nature Reserve to learn how to ID Ontario’s Butterfly species. You’ll learn how to identify common species found in the area, and how you can make your own backyard more butterfly-friendly. Bring any butterfly ID books if you have them. Register early as space is limited.Contact: Smera Sukumar, [email protected], 416-444-8419.
BLood donor cLinicJuly 11, 2:30 to 7:30 p.m.Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church, 16 Catherine Ave. in Aurora.Not a blood donor yet? Start today! 100,000 new donors needed in 2016. Take the eligibility quiz at blood.ca and book your appointment. Already a donor? Wait til you see the exciting way clinics are transforming in July!Contact: [email protected], 1-888-236-6283.
SteM viLLageJuly 12, 1 p.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Mount Albert branch, 19300 Centre St.Worried about falling behind this summer? Explore STEM Village. Dive into the subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math with individual
lesson plans paired with fun group activities. Grades 5+. Please register.Contact: [email protected], 905-473-2472, www.egpl.ca.
BLood donor cLinicJuly 12, 1:30 to 7:30 p.m.Newmarket Community Centre, 200 Doug Duncan Dr.Not a blood donor yet? Start today! 100,000 new donors needed in 2016. Take the eligibility quiz at blood.ca and book your appointment. Already a donor? Wait til you see the exciting way clinics are transforming in July!Contact: [email protected], 1-888-236-6283.
SMart hoMe Buyer WorkShoP - auroraJuly 12, 9:30 a.m.RE/MAX Hallmark York Group Realty Ltd., 15004 Yonge St.You’re invited to attend this informative workshop n Aurora every second Tuesday. Learn important insights about buying a home. Free.Contact: Dennis Paradis, [email protected], 905-235-4322.
diScovery cLuBJuly 12, 1:30 to 3 p.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Holland Landing, 19513 Yonge St. This club will get you busy with creative and hands-on projects, games and activities! Ages 6-10 years. Learn more at egpl.ca or 905-836-6492.
enterPriSing careerS - career exPLoration for WoMenJuly 12, 9:30 a.m.Women’s Centre of York Region, 120 Harry Walker Pkwy. N.Discover employment options that ‘fit’ your personality. Build self-confi-dence as you identify your interests & skills. Research occupations & make a research action plan. Attend group sessions three mornings a week for three weeks. Access one-on-one counselling with a career coach. Ongoing support in the program for a year. Networking events with guest speakers.Contact: Marleide or Iara, [email protected], 905-853-9271.
a night at the LiBraryJuly 12, 10:30 a.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Holland Landing, 19513 Yonge St. OREast Gwillimbury Public Library - Mount Albert branch, 19300 Centre St.Bring your favourite stuffy to the library for a stuffy sleepover! Join us for a story time, leave stuffy behind and collect a photo of their adventures the next day! Ages 0-5. Drop in. For more details, contact your local library.Contact: [email protected], 905-836-6492/905-473-2472, www.egpl.ca.
tornado toddLerSJuly 12, 10:30 a.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Holland Landing, 19513 Yonge St. ORLet’s get messy! Have fun exploring different sensory materials such as finger painting, playing with gooey substances and more! A change of clothes is recommended. Ages 1-3. Please register. The cost is $2.Contact: [email protected], 905-836-6492, www.egpl.ca.
SteM viLLageJuly 13, 10:30 a.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Holland Landing, 19513 Yonge St. ORWorried about falling behind this summer? Explore STEM Village. Dive into the subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math with individual lesson plans paired with fun group activities. Grades 5+. Please register.Contact: [email protected], 905-836-6492, www.egpl.ca.
PaWS 4 StorieSJuly 13, 10:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Mount Albert branch, 19300 Centre St.Beginner and reluctant readers can develop their skills and confidence by reading to a friendly dog and trained volunteer from the St. John Ambu-lance Therapy Dog Program. Attendance deposit of $10 required upon registration. all attendees will be refunded in full. Must provide 24 hour cancellation notice. Ages 5+. Please Register.Contact: [email protected], 905-473-2472, www.egpl.ca.
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When will drinking, driving stop?
Another close call while some-one was out drinking and driv-ing. Luckily, the ditch was where this motorist ended up and not into oncoming traffic.
“Drunk driver had difficulty forming complete sentences: Peterborough County OPP,” was the headline.
A 49-year-old man from Auro-ra is charged with impaired driv-ing, driving with more than 80 milligrams of alcohol in his blood and dangerous driving. The driver of a vehicle that crashed into a ditch was so intoxicated he had difficulty forming complete sentences, according to Peterbor-ough County OPP.
Police say the vehicle was first involved in a collision at the Woodview General Store last Tuesday.
OPP say the vehicle failed to remain at the scene. Several calls from the public came in as the vehicle drove north on Hwy. 28. OPP say it, ultimately, crashed into a ditch just north of Apsley shortly before 5 p.m.
According to the OPP, the driv-er had difficulty forming com-plete sentences due to extreme intoxication. Breath tests allege the driver was in excess of 3-1/2 times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood.
When will it stop?
Michael clubineAurorA
Tough job for council on Clock Tower project
Re: Newmarket Clock Tower redevelopment opponents submit petition with 1,200 names: bit.ly/29oVgAY
I do not envy Newmarket councillors in the next few weeks.
They will be responsible for deciding the future of dozens of Main Street merchants and busi-ness people from Water Street to Park Avenue: it is a tremendous responsibility.
How many of these entre-preneurs will see their hopes and dreams fade away, along with severe financial losses if this Clock Tower development is allowed to proceed?
This situation is so serious, but I’m sure our councillors — who love our Newmarket heri-tage as much as so many others — have taken into consideration the results of recent online peti-tions. It was six to one against the development as the three-storey height limit is the law.
Margaret DavisNewmArket
Town should appoint for Ward 5 seat
Re: Sponga resigns council seat to avoid ‘potential court spat’, June 30: bit.ly/29h01hP and Sponga owes constituents expla-
15-minute GO service needs to happen today, not 10 years down road
nation after sudden resignation from Newmarket council, July 1: bit.ly/29l6bv4
Newmarket’s Ward 5 Council-lor has resigned.
Details have not been released for the motivation of this resignation.
The current term is not yet at the halfway point.
Precedents have been set in many communities across Ontario in such incidents where an appointment has been made to the second-place finisher.
I was the runner-up in the recent election and I feel that I should be appointed.
I haven’t yet been contacted by any Town of Newmarket offi-cial to determine my availability.
John heckbertNewmArket
Davis Drive total exercise in frustration
Re: Concerned about empty buses on Davis Drive? Give system time, York Region says: bit.ly/29jLmi2
I find it hard to believe we spent $268 million to do what was done to Davis Drive in New-market. I thought the objective was to increase the efficiency of traffic flow. I don’t think so.
I haven’t tried it, but I’m guessing it would be faster to drive to Chicago, IL than from Leslie Street to Yonge Street.
So, now instead of one bus taking up a traffic lane and jam-ming up traffic, you have that one bus still taking up a traffic lane, stop lights that make no sense and a second bus lane.
This is all for one or two bus users in Newmarket.
I do not take Davis any longer. It is a total exercise in frustration.
I take other cross-town routes that use stop signs and it is amazing how efficient that is in keeping traffic moving.
I do apologize to the people who live on those streets. It must be very annoying.
And the other good news is that they are doing the same thing to Yonge as they did to Davis.
I can only imagine the mess we will have in Newmarket for the next four years.
John WalkerHollANd lANdiNg
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here was some good news for commuters in com-munities located along the Barrie GO Transit rail corridor last month as
the province announced its intent to build five new stations as part of Metrolinx’s planned 10-year regional express rail expansion.
If all goes according to plan, one of those new stations would be located at Mulock Drive in Newmar-ket to serve the town’s growing pop-ulation and ease some of the burden on the Aurora GO station.
According to Metrolinx, the pro-posed Mulock station was “evaluated as offering high travel time savings and having a medium level of ease of construction and construction affordability.”
In response to the news, New-market Mayor Tony Van Bynen quipped that residents should do a “happy dance”.
What he should have said is “hopeful dance”.
While it appears Metrolinx is fairly confident on the demand and feasibility for a station at Mulock, there’s no guarantee of 15-minute service throughout the day as is planned between Toronto’s Union Station and the Aurora GO Station. Newmarket Regional Councillor John Taylor is advocating 15-minute service to his community, as have others, but during the June 24 announcement of the station, Trans-portation Minister Steven Del Duca wasn’t making any promises.
“We’re not saying no, we’re not saying yes. It still requires additional analysis,” he said.
Well, that really nailed it down.Del Duca was also unable to pro-
vide a cost for the stations or even a date for when they will be built, adding the information will become public in the weeks to come.
Here’s hoping the Mulock station will be built sooner rather than later and that 15-minute service will be part of the package.
Express rail needed to come to northern York Region, not to men-tion other parts of the GTA, years ago and we can ill afford to wait another 10 years to get moving. With the populations of Newmarket, Aurora and, especially, East Gwillim-bury expected to rise considerably over the next 15 years, we need to ensure there is an adequate public transit network in place to make it a truly viable alternative to commut-ing by car, lest we invite the reality of (even more) unbearable conges-tion.
The time for action isn’t now; the time for action was a decade ago. Let’s not wait any longer and put this project, and others like it, on the fast track.
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Long lineup brings out best in us
ave you lined up lately for a new green and white health card or your licence renewal sticker?
I have, and it was an interesting, frustrating yet uplifting experience.
I received an official provincial government notice in the mail a few weeks ago stating that I had exactly 30 days to convert my old red-and-white health card to the new photo ID card.
I had been hoping to avoid such an invitation/order, as I loved the fact that the card never expired and it had worked perfectly well for decades — providing me health care access when-ever I needed it.
However, in addition to the serious-sounding language used in the Min-istry of Health letter, the truth is my beloved card was dog-eared, ripped and held together with tape.
I had to admit it was nearing the end of its plastic lifespan and the new green and white card seemed a safer option.
So, I dutifully gathered the required documentation to bring to my local Service Ontario office.
I was dreading the task, as the provincial office at Bernard on Yonge Street in Richmond Hill always has long lineups. Recently, it had provoked a series of letters to the editor from residents expressing outrage at the lengthy lines, cramped space and over-whelmed staff.
“Bring a water bottle, you’ll be standing a long time,” said one friend. “Just don’t even apply for the green card, keep using your red and white card,” advised someone else, who shall remain nameless.
“Go to the one on Bloomington Road in Aurora,” advised a reader, “there’s lots of room inside; staff are friendly and polite, too!”
Armed with patience and all my needed documents, I arrived at the Richmond Hill Bernard office and was almost pleased to be the first cli-ent standing outside the door. In the past, I have often joined a long line of between 10 and 20 people when I need to renew my licence, so to get right up to the door was a bonus.
Within about five minutes, a long line of about a dozen people formed outside behind me on the hot, humid, sunny day. One was an elderly man with a cane.
Ahead of me in the line inside the air-conditioned offices were parents with squirming children, people filling out forms at a counter and a woman in long robes covering her from head to toe seated in one of only three chairs, with a son or relative standing in line.
The languages spoken represented a mini United Nations, but everyone was polite and friendly. The Asian couple right behind me was a little too friendly, constantly giggling at private jokes and bumping into me — and apologizing — as they looked at their devices.
As I inched my way to the front of the line, I became aware that one man with a strong Russian accent was giv-ing the elderly man with the cane his spot in the line.
Then came an active discussion and much gesturing with the woman seated on the chair, trying to give up her chair to the older man.
Finally, a staff person at one of the counters helpfully waved over the elderly gentleman and said loudly, so all of us could hear, something to the effect that he would be served without waiting in line.
Not a soul objected.How wonderfully Canadian it all
was. Despite the fact the government office was overwhelmed, staff and residents maintained their composure and showed kindness and deference to each other.
After exactly one hour wait, it was my turn and my new health card is now “in the mail” — if we don’t have a postal strike.
— Marney Beck is editor of the Thornhill/Richmond Hill Liberal
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On Longtime Ward 5 Councillor Joe Sponga resigns seat: bit.ly/29h01hPBrian — A good friend
to developers, it is time for Joe to go. Tony will have to find a replacement to ensure he has the votes for the Clock Tower development now. Mind you I am sure he already does! Politics is an ugly business with too many in-camera meetings and off-site meet-ings to avoid the public scrutiny (next time go farther than the Magna Golf course). So long Joe...you were at least interesting! On York officers take action over ‘punitive’ discipline: bit.ly/29h73mRJames — How about stop being so proactive and become reactive? Forget the “suspected” impaired driver and do real policing. Police need to be pulled back. Somehow they have become preventers of crime instead of just showing up at a crime after it’s taken place. I used to hear when i was a little younger that people have a right to break the law, but police have to right to charge you when caught. We’re slowly losing all of our rights. On Mount Albert traffic lights proposal sets off controversy: bit.ly/29ikb9vGary Shropshire — They need a light at Mount Albert Road and King Street more than this location.David Brooks — It’s a bad intersec-tion to begin with and I agree, winter trafffic will have a problem.
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Can’t afford options to Canada Post
Re: Canada Post talks continue amid labour dispute: bit.ly/29eSYkn
Anticipating a postal strike, I thought I might pay a little more and send my small parcel under one pound via United Parcel Ser-vice (UPS) to the U.K.
I almost flipped when the clerk told me it would cost $128. Canada Post charges $9.75 for the same parcel to the U.K.
I am still wondering how UPS justifies this cost.
Hoping there is no strike or lockout. In any event, I will wait
gerarD reynolDs NewmArket
Rose was act of kindnessYou made my day, sir.My heart was warmed by a
random act of kindness June 26. While leaving Costco in Newmar-ket with my husband and grocer-ies in tow, a man approached and gave me a single long-stem rose. His words to me were, “The world needs more love.”
This exquisite dusty rose blooms in my kitchen reminding me of this man’s kind gesture.
He had other individually wrapped roses in his arm, so I wasn’t the only recipient. I’ll never know his motivation but his act of kindness truly made my day.
Thanks, with gratitude, to this man for the rose and to all individuals who perform loving random acts of kindness.
Jeanette blonskiAurorA
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Murray and beekeepers across Ontario have fallen on difficult times in recent years. According to the province, in the winter of 2013-2014, bee deaths in Ontario reached a staggering 58 per cent. The generally accepted level by those who care for and breed bees is 15 per cent.
The culprits for the rapid rise in deaths, according to bee-keepers, the province and myriad scientists, are neonicotinoids.
Anyone who lives in Sharon can attest to the huge amount of dust in the air this year because of construction.
Murray said it is especially bad this year because it has been so dry. He believes the neonicotinoids most likely got into the dust and infected several of the bees, which brought the toxin home and poisoned the other hives.
“(The use of neonicotinoid-treated seeds) needs to be reduced,” he said. “It is astounding that the farmers are continu-ing to use it.”
Last year, Ontario was the first jurisdiction in North America to enforce rules to reduce the number of acres planted with neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybean seeds by 80 per cent by 2017. The Grain Farmers of Ontario appealed the decision but the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled against grain farmers earlier this year.
The Ontario law stipulates farmers must plant half their soy-bean and corn crops in 2016 without neonicotinoids and that neonicotinoids will be banned in 2017 unless farmers can show their fields are infested with crop-eating worms and insects.
That reduction can’t come soon enough for Murray, who says beekeepers are finding it difficult to sustain a living because they have to constantly have their stock of bees replaced.
“People don’t understand the amount of money that goes into having bees,” he said.
Murray was part of the breeding program operated through the University of Guelph and his Ontario stock bees were extremely disease resistant.
“To get good stock like that cost a lot of money. Those bees are worth more than the common bee,” he said.
Murray will have no compensation or insurance for the loss of the 17 hives. The numbers add up pretty quickly, as he esti-mates a hive costs about $250, the bees cost $200 and the lost crop from the hive, about $1,000. “Multiply that by 17,” he said. “This is why the beekeeping industry is dying.”
That should worry people, because bees are needed for a lot of Canada’s food production, most notably fruit that requires pollination.
Ontario Beekeepers Association vice-president Andre Fly said that what happened to Murray was unfortunate.
“It’s a big loss. It took years for him to build up that stock,” Fly said.
If this happened on a dairy farm, there would be outrage, but when it comes to bees, people seem to turn a blind eye, Fly said.
Although it was a tough loss for Murray, he still has about 80 hives. You might recognize him from the East Gwillimbury Farmers Market, where he sells his honey and has a live honey collection demonstration. He will rebuild, but he took the loss on the chin.
“I was just devastated,” he said.
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Mathieu Chantelois told the Star this: “What’s important for people to know is that I’m not deciding what’s in the parade; Alica [Hall, co-chair of Pride’s board of directors] doesn’t decide what’s in the parade, Black Lives Matter doesn’t… decide what’s in the parade,” Chantelois said.
“Who’s deciding what’s in the parade is the membership, and my community.”
“What I did yesterday was made the parade move.”
“Special meetings” and consultations will be held to make decisions on the demands, Chantelois said.
Janaya Khan, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto, told the Canadian Press that while some of the items on the list are negotiable, the ban on police floats isn’t.
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Top photograph depicts an unhealthy honeycomb board where bees deposit their collected nectar. There should be at least 10 times the activity levels on one of these, Sharon beekeeper James Murray says. Photo at left shows a healthy hive.
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“Immunization is the most effective way to protect individuals and the community from vaccine-preventable diseases like measles, mumps and meningococcal menin-gitis — now and for years to come.”
This fall, public health’s focus will shift to seven-year-old students to ensure they have the proper shots.
In May, the province introduced legislation that would require par-ents seeking non-medical immuni-zation exemptions to take a lesson on the benefits of vaccinations through public health.
The new law would also require health-care providers to tell public health units which shots have been given to children, which would help reduce the number of students being suspended from school for out-of-date immunization records.
York parents can report immu-nization information online at eimmunization.york.ca, by faxing documents to 1-866-258-2026 or by calling York Region public health at 1-877-464-9675, ext. 73456.
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n historic $100-million fundraising achieve-ment.
As the merged United Way Toronto
and York Region celebrates its first anniversary this month, there is no more tangible way to measure the alliance’s success than recogniz-ing the ground breaking financial milestone that’s resulted in a boost in investment in York Region, new CEO Daniele Zanotti said.
The year before the merger, which came into effect July 1, 2015, donors contributed $89 million to Toronto’s United Way and $8 mil-lion to York’s organization, for a combined total of $97 million.
“When we merged, we set an aggressive goal of $100 million, which was a 3 per-cent increase. We delivered and beat it, actually. We came in a little bit higher than that,” said Zanotti, adding the merger resulted in more donors, more workplace fundraising cam-paigns and more volunteers.
“For all intents and purposes, that demonstrates very visibly that the synergy of the two com-ing together raised more dollars together for agencies right across the region… (We had a) 3 per cent growth in fundraising that will directly go to agencies across York Region. We have not had that for many, many years in York.”
The additional funding has allowed York to piggyback on suc-cessful ventures in Toronto, some-thing that never would have hap-pened without the merger, Zanotti said.
When they merged, United Way Toronto had a number of existing strategies, a building strong neigh-bourhoods strategy and a youth success strategy, he said.
“The merger allowed us to take inventory and stock of the demo-graphics in York Region and then look at how might these play out
on these issues in York.”For example, the United Way will
roll out a career navigator program for young people in York this fall.
Launched in Toronto last year, the project connects young people facing barriers, such as poverty and lack of education, to mean-ingful careers in fields such as IT, retail, construction and health care through partnerships with employ-ers, educational institutions and labour organizations.
Meanwhile, the Centre for Immi-grant and Community Services in York received funding from the United Way for a program called LIFT, which prepares newcomers between the ages of 16 and 24 with in-demand job skills and employ-ment information so they can make wise education and career choices.
In addition, the region, an entry point for many newcomers, was able to take advantage of a $750,000 investment for Syrian refugees set-
tling in York and Toronto.“A number of agencies across
Toronto and York benefitted from that and are now directly using those dollars, as we speak, on the ground helping families integrate,” Zanotti said.
In April, the United Way released a report on the growing problem of precarious or insecure employment in York,.
The research, which built on a six-year study and two previ-
ous surveys conducted across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, revealed more than 40 per cent of York residents surveyed struggle with some degree of unstable job prospects such as irregular hours, short-term contracts and few or no benefits.
In January, the United Way con-ducted York’s first point-in-time count of the homeless, with infor-
Former United Way York Region CEO Daniele Zanotti was recently named to the same position for the amalgamated organization.
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York Region launches Yonge Street subway action campaignBy Lisa Queen
ork Region has launched a campaign to rally pub-lic pressure for the exten-sion of the Yonge Street subway to Richmond
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The money will be used for preliminary design work needed to bring the subway north from Finch Avenue to Hwy. 7.
“The Yonge North Subway Extension project is now on track and moving forward thanks to the generous support of our part-ner, the government of Ontario,” regional chairperson Wayne Emmerson said in a statement Tuesday to kick off the campaign.
“We now need to secure a long-
term funding commitment to make this subway a reality.”
The $4-billion subway exten-sion is York’s top transit priority and would accommodate more than 165,000 riders on weekdays.
The first phase of the campaign includes the launch of a web-site, yongesubwaynow.ca, which includes a petition where residents can ask the provincial and federal governments for funding.
The 7.4-kilometre extension
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“Individuals and businesses across York Region have told us that increasing traffic congestion is by far their most pressing issue,” transit corporation president Mary-Frances Turner, said, adding the Yonge North Subway Extension is a critical missing piece of the region’s transit vision for the future.File image
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mation gathered from the project now being used to improve ser-vices.
The investments in York show the merger of the two United Way organizations has benefitted the region, Zanotti said.
“We began this process with a real promise to make things better for the community first and for our partners second, partners being donors, corporate partners, agen-cies and labour. So, a year in, I say very clearly, we’ve got measurable successes on delivering on that promise,” he said.
Even his appointment as the merged United Way’s new CEO is an indication of York Region’s sub-stantial presence in the amalgam-ated organization, said Zanotti, who served as CEO of United Way York Region between 2007 and
2015. “In the signal of me stepping
into the president and CEO role, it was a clear indication of our com-mitment to not only York Region, where I led before, but, of course, Toronto, where I grew up and have great history as well,” he said.
The merger built on an existing alliance between the organizations, Zanotti said.
“This is not a merger of two completely separate non-profits or two completely separate for-prof-its. We have collaborated day in and day out since the day United Way York Region started. We part-nered at all kinds of levels,” he said.
“The merger provided us a syn-ergy and convergence that allowed more focus on raising dollars, more investing in the community and community impact.”
The United Way is continuing to build on its strong neighbourhood strategy, youth success strategy
and community work, Zanotti said.“It is the adaptation of our work
in different neighbourhoods. What poverty looks like in Milliken Mills or in Keswick is different than what it manifests itself into in Kensing-ton Market or on Kipling Avenue,” he said.
“While we have a great under-
standing of the research and the agencies on the ground, we are working with our local partners on how might we address that.”
As the merged United Way looks forward to its second year, it will use its successes as a blueprint to focus on priorities such as poverty, youth unemployment and building healthy communities in coming years, Zanotti said.
“My hope is to bring more people to the table, identify those community solutions that require deep collaboration and then get very specific things done,” he said.
“Local, nuanced, but aligned to a shared goal. That need not be the same in Georgina as it is in Toronto.
“The how we do that, the means of doing that, will definitely be the same.”
Joining forces has resulted in a stronger United Way, which is felt in the community, Zanotti said.
“At the core of this entire merg-er, from day one, we said it must be better for the community and it must be better for our partners – donors, volunteers, agencies. A year later, we have delivered on the promise for the community,” he said.
“We have more dollars raised, more invested, more opportunities for our agencies. We’ve delivered from a research perspective and in action like the count me in point-in-time count. It’s humbling that the journey has included more volunteers, accounts and part-ners who have felt the synergy of this and helped us deliver on this promise.
“I think the next year will not only delve into that further, but also allow more discussions on, ‘So, where can I go see this in York and what does it look like in York?’ That may be the physical manifestation as well.”
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Remembering our veterans
Girl researches life of ‘forgotten soldier’By Jeremy [email protected]
t the age of 12, Nadine Carter has done more for the historical recognition of fallen soldiers than most
citizens will do in a lifetime. It was during a fifth-grade
school project about the Town of Stouffville’s coat of arms that the young student would come across a Wikipedia page listing Stouffville’s most famous sons.
A figure skater in her spare time, Nadine knew the four hock-ey players listed, but had no idea about the fifth name: Capt. Arthur Roy Brown.
She went and asked her uncle Michael Bennett, whose Rich-mond Hill home she visits when-ever she needs to use the Internet.
“I told her, ‘Yes. I know who Roy Brown is, but I don’t think he’s from Stouffville,’” Bennett said, explaining how he’d soon realize that he, like so many Canadians, had plenty to learn about the nation’s history.
After doing further research,
Nadine proved that Brown — the famous Canadian fighter pilot credited with shooting down the First World War’s ‘ace of aces’, the Red Baron – not only died in Stouffville, but there was no monument dedicated to him in the town.
Nadine wasn’t about to let a century of obscurity, at least in terms of Stouffville’s war memori-als, get in her way.
“He was forgotten,” she said. “If he’s forgotten, what happens to our ordinary soldiers that go to war?”
The young girl began writing letters to politicians, historical organizations and government departments, even producing a video.
Nadine then met with Stouffville’s own local historian, Ray Cook, a farmer from nearby Lemonville, who helped her find a deed to Brown’s former home.
The intrepid young student didn’t stop there, even manag-ing to locate Brown’s unmarked grave, something that hadn’t been achieved by Brown’s family or the Roy Brown Historical Society, Ben-
nett said. The recognition of all her work
came soon after, when those walk-ing through the halls of power began to take notice of her efforts, mentioning her name in Parlia-ment and booking her a chance to speak in front of some 200 people at the local council.
It would not be the last time she stood before so many people to speak about the man who would come to consume her life for two years.
Funding was secured for a plaque from Whitchurch-Stouffville’s Bethesda Grange golf course, part of ClubLink’s Roll-ing Hills complex, which now incorporates Brown’s home on its grounds.
On Canada Day, the town unveiled another plaque to Capt. Brown in Memorial Park, another 300 people showing up, many of whom were attending the coin-ciding Strawberry Festival. The plaque, which was on display all weekend, will be installed at the entrance to the downtown park.
The plaques could be in place as early as this week, said Council-
lor Hugo Kroon who emceed the Canada Day ceremony.
In attendance was Brown’s granddaughter, Dianne Sample, who now lives in Maine and his niece, Carol Nicholson, from Oakville.
His grandson Capt. Don Bro-deur, a retired Snowbird, still lives out in British Columbia.
Nadine was also in atten-dance when Brown was inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame and even managed to get some books on Brown into the Stouffville library alongside the books on Red Baron.
For Bennett though, the best came last.
Funding for a proper grave-stone — dedicated to Brown and his wife Edythe — would eventu-ally be delivered, winding its way through countless channels, even-tually coming via the Last Post Fund based out of Montreal.
The organization also paid for a plot in Toronto Necropolis, the city’s oldest cemetery and the final resting place of many great Canadians including William Lyon Mackenzie, NDP Leader Jack Lay-ton and journalist George Brown.
Nadine would recite a poem during a ceremony at the cemetery.
“I think I have learned that mem-ories are not forever, and they are different for us all,” she said. “They live as long as each person’s heart. I also think that memories are where we find our thoughts of worth.”
Meanwhile, Bennett just remains stunned that a 10-year-old, the age Nadine was when she began the work, could engage in such a meaningful, worthwhile and tireless effort.
“I sort of look at it from the standpoint of when I was 10, won-dering would I have done this at that age,” he questioned. “I wouldn’t have.”
He added that he also found it regretful, but also “very Canadian”, that great monuments were erected to remember Manfred von Rich-thofen, the Red Baron himself, in Germany, but Brown still lived in relative obscurity in Canada.
The plaque at Bethesda Grange is expected to be mounted in the com-ing year.
Today Nadine is raising money at Nineteen on The Park in down-town Stouffville for the organization Wounded Warriors, a national orga-nization dedicated to helping Cana-dian veterans and their families and remembering fallen soldiers.
When asked why she chose to support Wounded Warriors, Nadine made sure to explain Brown’s service to veterans despite coming home with “27 fractures”, being labelled a “nervous wreck” and having no pension.
“Although in poor health, Roy Brown wanted to make sure injured soldiers returning to Canada were taken care of,” she said, referring to his 1944 passing.
“There are still wounded soldiers returning back to Canada today that need help.”
AA German First World War Fokker
Dr. I triplane flies over the crowd at Stouffville’s Strawberry Festival Saturday. Last Friday, a plaque
honouring Capt. Arthur Roy Brown — the flying ace credited with
shooting down the Red Baron — was unveiled at Memorial Park.
Staff Photo/Steve Somerville
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Argos’ signing is a homecoming for Corey WatmanBY JOHN [email protected]
egina seemed like home away from home for Corey Watman.
In three seasons, the 27-year-old felt comfortable enough to put down roots in the capital city of Saskatchewan. It was a
very good fit except for one thing — the chance to start as a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
So, despite his upbringing in Queensville, and in the backyard to the Toronto Argonauts, it came as a bit of bittersweet opportunity for the 27-year-old offensive lineman when, as a free agent, he signed a two-year contract with the Eastern Division franchise in the off-season. He had little choice to view the opportunity as anything other than job advancement.
“I intended to stay in Saskatchewan for my entire career,” said Watman in a phone interview from Regi-na, as the Argos prepared for tonight’s clash with the B.C. Lions in Vancouver after defeating the Roughrid-ers 30-17 last Thursday. “I didn’t want to leave, but the opportunity to start in my hometown was too much. “
The fourth overall pick in the Canadian Football League draft in 2013, Watman was mired in a situation in which the Roughriders’ excellent offensive line pre-sented few immediate opportunities. He signed with the Argos as a free agent in February, leaving behind the Prairie town where he put down stakes, but could not get the desired playing time.
Last season in Regina, Watman played in 18 games, including only four starts. He also saw time at tight end and on special teams. Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Lions were also in the mix for the services of the six-foot, two-inch, 294-pound Watman.
“It’s just better to get more snaps,” said the Huron Heights Warriors’ graduate who went on to play on a scholarship at Eastern Michigan University. “I was
basically waiting for older guys to get injured and got tired of that.
“It turns out I might have started this season, but hindsight is 20-20. I’m happy and it is paying off.”
For now, Watman is renting out his Regina house to Roughriders’ players.
And spending a few extra days in his second home city between road games is a bonus as he has had an opportunity to hang out with former teammates. He also attended the wedding of one of his former Roughriders comrades on the weekend.
Top priority, however, was the on-field result achieved by the Double Blue in his homecoming.
“It was great getting our first road win against my old team,” Watman said with a hint of satisfaction in his voice. “It was strange being on the other sideline and in the other locker room but it was nice showing my old team what they are missing.”
For now, Watman welcomes the opportunity to reconnect with the area in which he grew up following the Argonauts and his favourite player, Mike O’Shea. He has purchased a house in Barrie and will take pos-session in August.
“That’s another reason I love coming to Toronto,” said the former Warriors’ centre. “Just being close to home and everything that goes with it. My parents can get to nine home games easily so it’s ideal for them to go home afterwards or for us to go out to dinner.”
There is one other perk about playing in what is essentially his hometown. He intends to lend a hand to the Huron Heights program whenever his schedule permits.
“They said to drop by whenever I can and help out,” said Watman. “I’d like the chance to help out at Huron Heights.”
Home is the only place he is able to answer that bell.
Toronto Argonauts offensive lineman Corey Watman in action against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the first regular season CFL game played at BMO Field in Toronto June 11. The Ticats defeated the Argos 42-20.
Supplied photo/John E. Sokolowski
York Region Lions set to host football frenzy starting this SaturdayBY JOHN [email protected]
Feast on football.It’s a day-long lineup of the sport as the
York Region Lions host Football Day in York Region in Aurora starting Saturday morning.
Youth football games and related activi-ties, including skills camps, are the play call throughout the day at St. Maximilian Catho-lic High School in Aurora.
Five Lions’ teams will play regular season
games starting at 9 a.m. with an Ontario Minor Football League atom contest between York Region and Scarborough Thunder.
“It’s a day of celebrating our spring season and preparation for the traditional fall sea-son,” said Lions’ president Dave Lovegrove. “It’s dawn to dusk of all our teams playing so anyone can get out and watch a game.”
Lots of activities are planned for the side-lines, including concussion education, face painting and registration tables for the fall season of rep and house league football.
Ontario Varsity Football League games featuring the Lions bantams, junior varsity and culminating with a varsity level contest against Ottawa’s Myers Riders at 5 p.m. round out the action.
The varsity contest is a clash of 5-1 teams near the top of the OVFL standings.
The former York Simcoe Bucs and Markham Raiders programs merged this sea-son and are affiliated with the varsity football program at York University to produce the York Region Lions.
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FACILITY LOGISTICS COORDINATORAs a key member of the Facility Services team and reporting to the Manager, Facility Services, the Facility Logistics Coordinator will coordinate details for internal and external events held at the school and will be the point person for set-up requirements. This individual will attend meetings, review and cross reference calendars, update the facility calendar and use google documents for communication with the Facility Services team. They will prepare details and drawings, recommendations for staffing requirements, organize furniture and presentations materials (flip charts, projection equipment, lighting, sound etc.). This individual will also perform regular maintenance tasks, including items such as event set ups, cleaning, snow removal, security, repairs, preventative maintenance, inspections and other daily operational facility tasks.Both positions require excellent organizational skills, a demonstrated ability to handle details and prioritize multiple requests. The ideal candidates have strong interpersonal and communication skills and can deal with all constituents in a professional, courteous and customer service oriented manner. The ideal candidates are adaptable, flexible and team oriented. A strong proficiency with computers is required. The successful candidates will bring a post-secondary education in Building Systems or Mechanical Engineering Technician or similar program. Candidates are required to have 3 or more years of Facility Services experience preferably in a school environment, be physically fit and have a valid driver's licence for the Lead Hand role and a minimum of 1 year of experience for the Logistics position.
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Located in Alliston, Ontario and employing approximately 4200 Associates, HCM is a 45-minute drive north of Toronto and 25 minutes south of Barrie. Honda of Canada Mfg. (HCM) is one of Honda’s premier manufacturing facilities in the world, producing the Honda Civic and the CRV sport utility vehicle.Applicants must be able to work rotating shifts, support Production Saturdays as required and have the ability to work in a physical, fast paced environment with a detailed focus on quality.HCM will provide all personal protective equipment (safety shoes, glasses, hats, etc.), uniforms and lockers. Contract Associates will also have the opportunity to use HCM’s on-site fi tness and recreation facility as well as our Associate Workshop. Competitive compensation includes shift premiums, bonuses and a basic benefi t package.Interested applicants may apply directly by submitting an application/resume at the main entrance of Plant One or Plant Two, or by forwarding a resume to the attention of Recruitment at [email protected]. Applicants should list any relevant work experience where physically demanding and repetitive work was required. Also, please specify any specifi c experience using hand tools, or equipment.
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O'NEILL, Dorothy Muriel
Peacefully at River Glen Haven Nursing Home, Sutton, on Sunday, July 3, 2016 at the age of 91 years.
Dorothy O'Neill of Georgina, beloved wife of the late Everett O'Neill. Dear mother of Marie Vanderpol (Ross), Jack O'Neill (Cheryl), Tom O'Neill (Jennifer), Peggy Morris (Ken), Jim O'Neill (Carolann), Gordon O'Neill and Paul O'Neill (Carol). Loving grandmother of 10, great grandmother of 13 and great great grandmother of 2. Predeceased by a granddaughter and a great grandson. Fondly remembered by her extended family and friends.
Cremation has taken place. Interment of cremated remains, St. Anthony's Catholic Church Cemetery, Virginia, Ontario. A celebration of Dorothy's life will be held at the family home, 20097 Yonge Street, Holland Landing, Saturday, September 17, 2016 from 1-4 p.m. with remembrances at 2:00 p.m.. Memorial donations to the Huntington Society of Canada or the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements in care of the Forrest & Taylor Funeral Home, Sutton, 905-722-3274.
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BOYD, Allan Arthur
Suddenly on Saturday, July 2, 2016 at his residence in Orillia at 77 years of age. Survived by his loving partner of 1 7 y e a r s L e n o r a S t e v e n s o n , daugh te rs Conn ie Boyd , Ka ren Stevens and Tina Giddings (Mike), grandchildren David, Melissa and Minnie and great granddaughter, Nova, s is ters Vi rg in ia Gwi l l iams ( G o r d ) . C a t h y S w e e z i e ( P h i l ) , Margaret Leitch (Scott) and brother Bruce Boyd (Elisabeth). He will also be sadly missed by Jim and Lynda S t e v e n s o n a n d f a m i l y, K a r e n Stevenson and his many nieces and nephews.
Cremation has taken place and, in accordance with his wishes, there will be no funeral service.
BOYES, Norman Peter 1919 - 2016
Passed away peacefully at Southlake Regional Health Centre on July 1st in his 97th year. Predeceased by his be loved w i fe , Lucy, and e ldes t grandson, Michael. Survived by his children, Susan Fennell (Martin) and Tom Boyes (Julie); his grandchildren: Andrea Renshaw (Mike), Lyndsay Lopez (Michael) and Nicholas; seven great grandchildren; Derek, Amanda, Darryl, Darren, Thomas, Cynthia and Curtis. As per his wishes, there will be no service. A gathering of family and friends will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Southlake Regional Health Centre or the charity of your choice.
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GALDIKS, Suzanne (Cross)
In lov ing memory of our dear s ister and aunt ie who passed away July 5, 1997.
Many a day her name is spoken,And many an hour she is in our thoughts,A link in our family chain is broken,She has gone from our home but not from our hearts.
Missing you always, Alison, Andy,
Debbie, Paul, Kayla, Kristina and Anthony xoxo
HARRISON, Joan (Wrightman)In loving memory of a dear mother
who passed away July 12, 2011We held you in our arms Mom,Until your eyes grew dimGod took you to a better placeAnd left your love within.Two extra stars now are in the skiesI know they are your eyesLooking down upon your foldMemories wrapped in gold.
Wayne, Nancy, Ruth, Stephen & Brenda
David Pringle In memory of a special Dad & Papa
We will always miss you.
With love,Angela, Andrea and Katie
David Pringle 1947 - 2000
In loving memory of my Husband DaveGoodbyes are not forever,
It simply meansI'll miss you
Until we meet again.Forever loved and missed,
Val
Dave PringleJune 15, 1947-July 5, 2000
Today should have been so different.Just know I am thinking about you,
Missing you, loving you, celebrating you,This side of Heaven.
Missed by daughter Carla and grandchildren David, Grace, Adam
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Dave Godfrey took great pride in ‘protecting the flock’BY JEREMY GRIMALDI [email protected]
here’s a saying among police offi-cers, suggesting there are three dif-ferent types of people in the world — sheep, wolves and sheepdogs.
Sheep are the trusting sort, wolves the predators who prey on others and sheepdogs help protect the flock.
Of the three, former Det.-Sgt. Dave God-frey was a sheepdog through-and-through, according to his friend, Staff-Sgt. Peter But-ton.
“Dave was a strong charismatic man. He spent his life taking care of and helping oth-ers,” he said, referring to his old friend from the Toronto police.
Godfrey died in April after suffering a massive heart attack in the middle of the night at his Keswick home.
He had been enduring back pain for months prior to that night, the doctors not realizing that three out of his four heart arteries had become blocked.
Thankfully for his entire family, only a few months previous, he experienced what his wife, Nancy, would call one of the proud-est moments of his 62 years — the moment he walked his daughter down the aisle.
It was that day he gave Nicole away to her husband and his new son-in-law, Tyler McAuley.
“He was so proud to be her father,” Nancy recalled, becoming chocked up as she reminisced about the man she loved for so long. “He’s left a huge hole in our lives.”
Thirty-three years earlier, the pair met in Toronto. They started dating and got mar-ried a few short months later.
Two years after that, their only child,
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Nicole, was born. It was on the opening day of bass fishing
season that they’d welcome their bundle of joy, who would revel in her father’s attention, eventually becoming a lawyer.
“When I was young, my dad was my first teacher,” she said. “I remember learning how to add and subtract and tell time with him before it was taught in school. My dad taught me how to swim, skate, ride a bike, drive a car and a boat and, most importantly, how to fish, shoot a shotgun and a rifle and use a
bow and arrow.”Nicole recalled following years when she
would accompany her dad as his new bass fishing sidekick in and around her birthday.
He didn’t only spend his time teaching his daughter, but many others around him, act-ing as a firearms instructor with the Toronto Police College, where he helped shift the police force from the old .38 calibre revolver to the modern semi-automatic pistol and, eventually, work with Button.
The pair would develop a long and cher-
ished relationship, that saw Button and God-frey spend their free time together, fishing, skeet shooting, eating porterhouse steaks and even skinny dipping on New Year’s in freezing Lake Simcoe, near Godfrey’s home.
“We were enjoying an adult beverage in the (hot) tub when, all of a sudden, Dave yelled, ‘It’s time boys’,” he said, before the three ran down to the lake with the moon shining off their bare backsides.
“After I got over my initial surprise, it occurred to me that maybe there was some-thing to what people said about folks who live in Keswick,” he added.
He recounted stories about just how rare Godfrey used to enjoy his steaks and also reminisced about the time he and Godfrey went fishing with former York Regional Police chief Julian Fantino, with Godfrey wryly telling him he’d “fish” his cellphone out of the water when the chief threatened to throw it into the lake should he receive “one more call”.
But most of all, Godfrey was a family man, Button said, remarking how proud he was of his wife and daughter.
“He was very proud of them both — I know because he told me so,” he said.
Nicole might have said it best when she recounted how she dealt with the heartache left where her “daddy” used to stand.
“My dad was the strongest person I know and what he would want most is for us all to take a deep breath, have a drink, plan our next step and Git’R’Done,” the lawyer said. “And, so, we will, and we will take all that he taught us and the amazing impression he made on all of our lives with us. And we will all be better and stronger people for having had him in our lives.”
Dave Godfrey
“Adored by children, universally respected and an inspiration to her peers, Mrs. McCluskey was a tireless volunteer, quick to defl ect the praise heaped on her.”
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Offers available from July 1 – August 2, 2016. ≈Payments cannot be made on a weekly basis, for advertising purposes only. †Representative finance offer based on a new 2016 Sentra 1.8 S M6 (C4LG56 AA00). Selling price is $16,529 financed at 0% APR equals 84 monthly payments of $197monthly for an 84 month term. $0 down payment required. Cost of borrowing is $0 for a total obligation of $16,529. $1,000 Finance Cash included in advertised offer. ≠Representative monthly lease offer based on a new 2016 Rogue S FWD CVT (Y6RG16 AA00)/2016 Rogue Special Edition SV FWD(Y6SG16 AA00)/2016 Sentra 1.8 S M6 (C4LG56 AA00)/2016 Sentra 1.8 SV M6 Moonroof (C4RG56 MR00). 0.99%/0.99%/0.99%/0.99% lease APR for a 60/60/60/60 month term equals monthly payments of $258/$289/$169/$206 with $0/$0/$0/$0 down payment, and $0 security deposit. First monthlypayment, down payment and $0 security deposit are due at lease inception. Payments include freight and fees. Lease based on a maximum of 20,000 km/year with excess charged at $0.10/km. Total lease obligation is $15,46 0/$17,354/$10,168/$12,346. $1,100/$1,000/$1,825/$1,325 Lease Cash includedin advertised offer. *Standard rate finance cash discount of $4,000/$5,000 will be deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes and is applicable only to customers financing any 2016 Rogue SL Premium (Y6DG16 BK00)/2016 Pathfinder Platinum 4x4 (5XEG16 AA00) through NCF at standardrates. The cash discounts cannot be combined with lease or finance subvented rates or with any other offer. Certain conditions apply. Models shown $37,474/$24,329/$49,324 Selling price for a new 2016 Rogue SLAWD Premium (Y6DG16 BK00)/2016 Sentra 1.8 SR CVT (C4SG16AA00)/2016 PathfinderPlatinum 4x4 (5XEG16 AA00). *±≠Freight and PDE charges ($1,795/$1,600/$1,795) air-conditioning levy ($100) where applicable, applicable fees (all which may vary by region), manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation where applicable are included. License, registration, insurance and applicabletaxes are extra. Offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers except stackable trading dollars. Vehicles and accessories are for illustration purposes only. See your dealer or visit Nissan.ca/Loyalty. For more information, see www.iihs.org. MY16 Pathfinder vs 2016 and 2015 Large Cross/Utility Class. See Alta Group for complete details. ©2016 Nissan Canada Inc. and Nissan Canada Financial Services Inc. a division of Nissan Canada Inc.
CHECK OUT THE GREAT INCENTIVES FOR CURRENT NISSAN OWNERS UNDER THE NISSAN CANADAFINANCE LOYALTY PROGRAM • ENDS AUGUST 2ND
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MAPLENISSAN
100AUTOVAUGHANDR.(JANEN. OFRUTHERFORD)
(905) 417-7211
ALTANISSANWOODBRIDGE7625MARTINGROVERD.
(IN #7 AUTOBLVD.)
(905) 851-1279
ALTANISSANRICHMONDHILL
11667 YONGEST.(JUSTN. OF ELGINMILLS)
(905) 780-7771
STOUFFVILLENISSAN
95AUTOMALLBLVD.(JUSTN. OF STOUFFVILLERD)
(905) 201-6006
NEWMARKETNISSAN
17385 LESLIE ST.(JUST S. OFDAVIS DRIVE)
(905) 895-4661
STOUFFVILLE RD/MAINDAVIS DRIVE
HWY 7
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HWY 407HWY 407
LESLIE
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