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‘He was best of all of us’

BY JEREMY GRIMALDIJgrimaldi@yrmg.com

he young mother’s face brightens as she recalls the tiny son to whom she used to read goodnight stories.

“He was the best of all of us, he always did what he was asked,” she said “He was full of life and had the biggest heart, the bright-est smile.”

But it didn’t take long for two-year-old Mathias “Ty” Wint’s flame to be snuffed out.

He was killed after being struck by his father, Mario Wint, the man Sim-coe Children’s Aid Society workers — the agency meant to protect our

province’s most vulnerable children — deemed best to care for him.

“(Ty) was not cut out for this world,” she adds, her eyes now cast downward. “He was too good for this world.”

It was on Jan. 22, 2015 when Ty was struck in the stomach so many times with such force that his liver and pancreas were split in two result-ing in his death.

Ty’s mother, Melissa, (not her real

HERITAGE & GROWTH

Get ready for Mount Albert Sports Day

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BY SIMON MARTIN smartin@yrmg.com

itting in the heart of Mount Albert on Main Street is Mount Albert Park. The park is a living legacy to Mount Albert Sports Day Weekend,

which kicks off for the 91st time June 2 to 5.

Mount Albert Sports Day held its first event in 1925. The previ-ous year, land was acquired by the Women’s Institute and deeded to the town for a community park.

The park, however, could soon look much different, as the town will be launching a public cam-paign for the re-development of Mount Albert Park.

Town spokesperson Laura Hanna said the town will have a public display at Sports Day week-end to gather feedback for desired facilities.

There will also be consulta-tion this summer with the Mount Albert Lions about partnering to develop a skateboard and scooter park on site.

A formal public meeting will be held in the fall to gather commu-nity input, as well as consultation

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BY CHRIS SIMONcsimon@yrmg.com

ewmarket’s biggest issue with Ontario’s Greenbelt

expansion plans could have little to do with local growth, the town’s regional councillor says.

Speaking during a Newmarket council meeting last week, John Taylor said pressure on the town’s infrastructure system due to anticipated growth in surround-ing municipalities — such as East Gwillimbury — is the bigger issue for Newmarket.

Recently, the province announced a number of pro-posed changes to provincial growth plans, in an effort to miti-gate urban sprawl and support

the protection of natural heritage.Those amendments include

strengthening protections for employment lands and transit corridors, requiring zoning along transit corridors to provide ade-quate density, forcing at least 60 per cent of annual new residential development to be within the existing built-up area of a munici-pality and increasing density tar-gets for agricultural areas.

“Newmarket’s intensification rate already exceeds 60 per cent considerably,” he said.

“Newmarket’s built boundary is essentially Newmarket; we’re essentially at full build out. Com-pared to many other communi-ties, it doesn’t have much impact. Where it impacts us somewhat is in East Gwillimbury. They have

Board wants heritage building to open year round

Celebration raises $31Kfor Temple upgrades

BY SIMON MARTIN smartin@yrmg.com

he Heritage Celebration at the Sharon Temple May 19 raised $31,000 for the cause, said Sharon Temple director Veronica

Williams. “It was an amazing event,” she

said. Tenor Christopher Dallo wowed

the crowd and showed off the mag-nificent acoustics in the building.

Guests also enjoyed food and beverages provided by Hockley Brewing and Southbrook Vineyards.

The celebration kicked off Satur-day’s official opening.

The hope is that money raised from the event can help the Temple become a year-round facility with the addition of a visitors’ centre on the property.

Although the concept is very much in the preliminary stages, Sharon Temple board chairperson

Jim Pearson said the building could include an education centre, recep-tion area, gift shop and an artifacts showcase.

The hope is the Temple could attract more schools

to its educational programs on site.

The Temple board is interested in locating the building where the Temperance Hall currently sits, which is on municipal land.

Adding a new building to the temple property would go a long way toward making it a year-round

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Continued and anticipated growth/construction activity in East Gwllimbury will have a detrimental impact on Newmarket’s infrastructure, Regional Councillor John Taylor foresees. More housing in EG will mean more wear and tear on the town’s expensive roads and facilities. Here, construction is underway at Yonge Street, just north of Morning Sideroad in East Gwillimbury.

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There is fun for the whole family during the annual Mount Albert Sports Day, which kicks o� June 2 and runs to June 5.

Mother speaks out about her little boy and the organization meant to protect him

with youth at the Mount Albert Public School.

While the event is known for bringing the community together, it has also raised thousands of

dollars to improve the park. Over the years, the money has helped bring an enlarged addition to the picnic shelter, assistance in creation of the Family Place in the hall, upgrading washrooms, accessibility ramp, window cov-erings, stage curtains, horseshoe pits, baseball backstop, netting, ball diamond lights, fencing and

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IN PHOTO: Ty Wint, 2, was killed after being struck by his father, Mario Wint, Jan. 22, 2015.

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Committee of the Whole Council - June 7 at 10 a.m.Special Council - June 7 following CWCCouncil - June 7 at 3 p.m.The public is welcome to attend. Agendas for the June 7meeting will be available after noon on June 2 atwww.eastgwillimbury.ca/agendas.

NEXT CWC/COUNCIL MEETINGS

3 Hour Parking LimitThe Town has a year round 3 hour parking limiton all roads (unless otherwise posted).Enforcement is conducted any time during theday and night. If you are having guests overnightensure you make prior parking arrangements.For more details visit www.eastgwillimbury.ca

For details, visit egpl.ca.

Learn basic hand-sewing skills whilemaking a cover for a book or tablet.Decorate with cut outs, appliques,buttons, or basic embroidery.Materials are supplied. Presented byAnne-Marie Schlodder.

Holland Landing: Thursday, June 9at 6:30-8 pmAges 14+. Younger children mayparticipate with adult.Cost: $12. Please register.

Queensville Players Auditions - May 27 and 29 from 7 to10 p.m. at iDance Studio,16945 Leslie St. Unit 10, Newmarket.The production is Joseph and the Amazing TechnicolourDreamcoat.EG Gardeners Spring Plant and Bake Sale - May 28 from10 a.m. to noon at Mount Albert Community Centre.Annual Yard Sale - May 28 from 9 a.m. to noon at 18794 LeslieSt. Hosted by the Anglican Church Women of St. James theApostle.United by Trauma presents iRide & Rock Poker Run forPTSD - May 28 at 9 a.m. at the Ray Twinney RecreationComplex. To register visit www.irunandrock.ca.Mount Albert Community Yard Sale - May 28 from 8 a.m. to1 p.m. in Mount Albert. A map and list of homes participating inthe sale will be available after May 25 at www.mountalbert.com.Easter Seals Run - May 29 at 8 a.m. at the NewmarketRiverwalk Commons. To register for the run, walk or to donatevisit www.eastersealsrun.com.Become a foster parent - To learn about becoming a fosterparent through York Region Children’s Aid Society visitwww.fosteringatyork.com.Mount Albert Group of Artists Art Drop In - Thursday from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ross Family Complex. No experiencenecessary, just bring your material and work on your project.For more events in East Gwillimbury visit the East Gwillimbury Express eventcalendar online at www.yorkregion.com/eastgwillimbury-on-events.

COMMUNITY NEWS AND EVENTS

Seasonal Roads Operator/Labourer - Deadline May 27Seasonal Facility Attendant - No deadlineCasual Crossing Guard - No deadlineSee www.eastgwillimbury.ca/jobs for submission details.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

May 26 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.EG Farmers Market at the Yonge and Green Lane CommonsCome meet with Virginia Hackson to talk one on one about yourcommunity. Everyone is welcome.

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June 2 is Community Appreciation Dayall rides are a toonie!

5 km run, parade, BBQ, midway, slo-pitch tournament. Early bird tickets canbe purchased at Corner Decor & More orKaylie’s Kottage (Centre St. in Mount Albert)www.mountalbertsportsday.com

Mount Albert Sports DayJune 2 to 5

June 21 at 7 p.m.Council Chambers, Civic Centre

A public meeting will be held to present the Town’s proposeddevelopment charges background study and amendmentby-law.If approved by Council the proposed changes will take effectJuly 20 and affect both new residential and non-residentialpermits.Members of the public are welcome to attend and speak in frontof Council or may submit written submissions to the Clerk bynoon on Friday, June 17, 2016. To learn more visitwww.easgwillimbury.ca/publicmeetings.

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EVENTS 2016

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AUGUST

FRIDAY PRE-TEEN DANCE7 p.m. at the Holland Landing CommunityCentre. Tickets are $9 at the door.

1FRIDAY CONCERT & FIREWORKS

7 p.m. at the Mount Albert LionsCommunity Centre

12TUESDAY MUSIC AT CIVIC SQUARE

TheMudmen7 p.m. @ Civic Square 26

TUESDAY MUSIC AT CIVIC SQUAREConnie Scriver Band7 p.m. @ Civic Square

9TUESDAY MUSIC AT CIVIC SQUARE

Eh4407 p.m. @ Civic Square

CANADA DAY FESTIVITIES

FARMERS’MARKET2 to 7 p.m. at Yonge Green Lane Commons(June to October)

EVERYTHURSDAY

COMMUNITY CELEBRATION10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sharon TempleVisit www.sharontemple.ca for more info1

FRIDAY

FARMERS’MARKET2 to 7 p.m. at Yonge Green Lane Commons(June to October)

EVERYTHURSDAY

23MUSIC AT CIVIC SQUAREHotel California7 p.m. @ Civic Square

TUESDAY

15MONDAY FALL &WINTER HEALTHY & ACTIVE

LIVING GUIDE AVAILABLEwww.eastgwillimbury.ca/ireg

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Formore information on Town events visit www.eastgwillimbury.ca/events or check our social media accounts.

Donations for the EG Food Pantry can be dropped offat the Royal Lepage Office at 8 Bradford St. in HollandLanding Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The East Gwillimbury Food Pantry opens itsdoors on May 28, 2016 from 10 a.m. to2 p.m. at the East Gwillimbury PublicLibrary - Holland Landing Branch.

We can help.

All food recipients must present valid I.D. at time of food pick-up.

Empty Grocery Bags?

The Regional Municipality of York is conducting its AnnualEmployment Survey.

The survey data is used to:• Monitor local economic trends• Forecast future transit and other infrastructure needs• Create business directories

EG businesses will be visited in person by surveyors throughoutJune or you can complete the survey online atwww.york.ca/employmentsurvey.

For more information, please call 1-877-464-9675 or emailbusinessdirectory@york.ca.

2016 burn permit applications can only be purchased atCustomer Service in the Civic Centre. Permits cost $35 for acalendar year. All permits are subject to inspection by the FirePrevention Officer.

Visit www.eastgwillimbury.ca/burnpermit for more information

Anyone having an open-air fire is required to obtain a permit.The following requirements must be met to obtain a burn permit:

● Applicant must be the property owner or have writtenpermission from the property owner

● Applicant’s site must be 10m (32.8ft) from any combustiblematerial (buildings, structures, trees etc.)

● Applicant must have a means of extinguishment

Splash Pads OpeningSplash pads are open from June 1 to September 30

daily from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.Splash pads are located at:• Ross Family Complex

• Parkway Park• Holland Landing Community Centre

• Harvest Hills Park

Pads spray on a four minute cycle. Place your hand onthe bollard to activate it. Be sure to follow the how tosigns at each location.

whitebelt (lands that lie between the outer edge of an urban area bound-ary and the inner boundary of the Greenbelt) lands, which is where the more significant impact will be.

The lower the level of intensifica-tion, the more whitebelt land will get developed as housing. It impacts our roadways, hospital and shop-ping centres. There’s definitely an indirect effect and we need to moni-tor that.”

While East Gwillimbury’s popula-tion is expected to grow to 108,700 people — up from the current 22,500 — by 2041, the municipality plans to develop its own infrastruc-ture, with the goal of creating a complete and balanced community.

“(Newmarket infrastructure) certainly hasn’t crossed my mind,” East Gwillimbury Mayor Virginia Hackson said. “But now we’re a small community and we have people that travel from one bound-ary to the other; there certainly is an impact on our infrastructure as people travel to work. If our build out is going to be 100,000, and, ulti-mately, 150,000, jobs will be a part of it. There will be all of the amenities needed for our residents. We will far surpass the population in Newmar-ket with the growth we’re going to have. The new announcement from the province has further indicated there may be growth above that.”

In fact, many Newmarket resi-dents already travel north to shop at Green Lane businesses such as Costco and the Real Canadian Superstore, and watch movies at the Cineplex SilverCity theatre, which are all located in East Gwillimbury, she said.

“You’re starting to see that now at the corner of Green and Yonge (Street); people forget all those amenities are in East Gwillimbury,” Hackson said. “They’re doing it now in quite a big way. That (business community) will only continue to expand, as our population is able to support those kinds of things. We are planning for more schools and services. Our goal is to have a com-plete community. There’s always some cross (border) shopping, but that’s happened for many years and it’s not unique here. The last thing East Gwillimbury ever wants is to have a bedroom community where people only sleep here.”

While she’s supportive of efforts to expand the Greenbelt, Hackson worries the province is taking deci-sion-making abilities further out of local hands.

“Once again, we are being told how we are to plan our community by someone who is far afield,” she said. “There’s no doubt there are some very good points in what’s been put out, but there are also some details we’re waiting for. It’s a wait and see.”

Recommendations for expanding the Greenbelt include adding lands in 21 major urban river valleys and seven associated coastal wetlands.

“There is a goal to grow the Greenbelt,” Taylor said. “Part of that includes increased intensification. To put it in perspective, the region’s official plan currently targets 40 per cent inside the built boundary, not expanding into farm fields or what is commonly called sprawl. The province has come in saying they’re targeting 60 per cent. This is a sig-nificant move. Many people believe that type of intensification can create cost efficiencies for munici-palities; they can be more environ-mentally sustainable and create transit-supported communities. The question is whether the demand is there for that kind of built form. Balancing policy changes against market demands is crucial.”

Open houses will be held in May and June, to give the public a chance to provide input on the proposed amendments. The closest open houses to this area will be held at the Vellore Community Centre (1 Villa Royale Ave.) in Vaughan June 2 from 6 to 9 p.m., the Army Navy and Air Force Club (7 George St.) in Barrie June 6 from 5 to 8 p.m., and the Caledon Community Complex (6215 Old Church Rd.) June 9 from 6 to 9 p.m.

— With files from Lisa Queen and Rachael Williams

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name), along with many in the com-munity have been left deeply dis-turbed by the details of Ty’s story.

How Ty ended up in the care of Mario, who has a lengthy criminal history, is a question Melissa can’t answer, noting social workers deliv-ered Ty to Mario’s house 41 days before the toddler’s death.

Given the private nature of the case, the agency, now named Sim-coe Family Connexions, would not comment directly on its role in the affair.

Melissa’s story begins in Simcoe County, where she, herself, was in the care of the CAS from an early age.

She met Mario, who was born in Jamaica and grew up in Newmar-ket, about a decade ago in a Barrie nightclub.

Mario, now 30, was quiet, sweet, soft-spoken and a talented spoken-word musician.

“We became very close, very quickly,” she said. “We began dat-ing and moved in together. That’s when the abuse started. You name it, he did it.”

The physical and psychological abuse and controlling behaviour, would carry on for many years.

“It was a nightmare… it became so bad I had to leave,” she said.

It didn’t take Melissa — by then in her early 20s— long before she discovered she was pregnant and Mario was nowhere to be found.

After eight months, he showed back up and said he wanted to be a dad.

This was the couple’s first child, a six-year-old whose identity is protected by the courts.

“The abuse started again almost immediately,” she said. “A week later, he threatened to leave with my baby. Three months later, he forcibly confined me.”

On Dec. 31, 2008, Wint kneed Melissa in the stomach and, about one month later, he kneed her in the rib-cage.

Melissa called the police and Mario was charged. He pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm.

The next few years involved Mario leaving and then re-entering Melissa’s life, repeatedly promising things would be different.

“I loved him, I saw goodness, through all his bull****,” she added. “So I fought for what I believed in.”

Despite Mario’s promises, the abuse continued, often targeting Melissa’s stomach.

Often, his physical abuse was followed by threatening and harassing messages to her phone, leading to a criminal harassment conviction.

After having a second child, Ty, the abuse reached new heights.

One night, in 2010, after show-ing up at Melissa’s apartment, Mario grew enraged.

When she asked him to leave, he agreed, on one condition — he would be taking the couple’s son with him.

Melissa refused and picked up Ty.

Mario came at her with a knife, threatening, “I’m going to cut you”.

“He said if I put him in jail again, he would do whatever he could to ensure I didn’t have my kids,” Melissa said.

She called police, who in turn notified CAS.

Mario was arrested again and

convicted of assault with a weapon and handed a six-month prison sentence.

In all, he has 12 convictions, five of which involve domestic abuse.

Soon after his incarceration at the Central East Correctional Cen-tre in Lindsay, Mario called CAS to complain about Melissa, she said.

“He made the most unthink-able, outlandish allegations,” she added.

‘A week later, he threatened to leave with my baby. Three

months later, he forcibly confined me.’

Her file was soon closed, Melissa said, after the social worker found no truth in the allegations.

However, the case was re-opened when Melissa’s father-in-law was murdered in Barrie.

She continues to maintain it was her own upbringing, with the CAS and this murder that acted as the catalyst for the children’s removal from her home.

In November 2013, Ty, his older brother and a child from a former relationship were all taken from Melissa and given to foster parents.

When Mario was released from prison, he began weekly supervised visits with the boys, which eventu-ally grew into unsupervised visits and then overnights once a week.

Meanwhile, Melissa was still restricted to supervised visits.

“The (CAS) deemed him fit to be alone with those children even with his huge violent domestic abuse record,” Melissa said.

Mario then sought custody of the boys, landing a job at a fac-tory and completing a number of courses to show his worth to the CAS and the courts, Melissa said.

“I fought for a year for those boys,” she added. “He’s a smooth talker and comes off as caring.”

On Dec. 14, 2014, Mario was granted temporary custody of the boys in Barrie by Justice John McCarthy to live at his basement apartment at 136 Longford Dr., in Newmarket.

Soon after this legal victory, Mario quit his job and went back on welfare, Melissa said.

Despite being required to check on the boys’ welfare, Melissa insists that CAS did not conduct a required check after 30 days. The CAS could not comment, by law,

on the allegation.Nonetheless, Mario was on his

very best behaviour, Melissa said. During this time, she was secret-

ly checking for bruises, but found nothing on the boys.

“I didn’t notice any problems, not one,” she said.

By January 2015, Mario was hav-ing money troubles, so his mother, Valerie, was helping him out finan-cially and Melissa was buying dia-pers for Ty.

The specifics of what happened between Mario and Ty on Jan. 22 remains unknown.

Mario pleaded guilty to striking Ty “more than once with significant force”, breaking the toddler’s back, while in a rage, according to court documents.

“He hit with significant force. I have been hit by Mario with force, I was in bed for one month,” she said. “No child could survive that.”

Melissa still blames herself for Ty’s death in part because she said she refused to see Mario after he texted her the day Ty died, begging her to visit him.

She continues to believe that it was Mario’s anger over her relation-ship with another man that led to Ty’s death.

“I wonder, if I had of gone (to visit him), would he still be here?” she said.

To this day, it remains an open question whether Ty was even alive as Mario walked around town with him in a stroller, running errands.

In one surveillance image, Ty’s 23-pound frame was seen to be lying motionless in the buggy, arms extended outward.

Valerie, a nurse by training, told Mario to take the boy to the medi-cal clinic when she saw him, but he ignored the advice, too scared of the consequences.

He not only lied to her about what had happened to the boy, but he also lied to the 911 opera-tor, paramedics, police and friends who supported him.

When Melissa got to the hospi-tal, she felt her boy’s body and he was cold, signifying to her that he’d been dead for hours.

When Mario walked in, she said he tried to talk to Ty, before falling to his knees and crying.

He told Melissa that Ty was sick, wouldn’t eat or drink and just died.

“He could have got help for my boy. He did nothing. He hid,” Melissa said, referring to Mario’s failure to call 911 for hours. “He’s a wolf in sheep clothing.”

Weeks later, as Melissa contin-ued to mourn the loss of her son, she felt another blow to her gut.

She believes the CAS wanted to adopt out the two remaining boys.

“You’re not my mommy, I’m get-ting a new mommy,” Melissa said one of her boys told her.

About a month ago, Melissa lost all her sons, after they were adopt-ed by another family.

Although covered by a publica-tion ban, a victim impact state-ment read in court showed the two boys, who lost their baby brother, experienced severe psychological anguish.

After pleading guilty to man-slaughter, Mario was handed a 10-year sentence by Justice Nathan Dwyer on Tuesday, minus time served. If he achieves parole at the earliest opportunity, Mario will be out in 32 months.

Melissa wants a coroner’s inquest into Ty’s death and plans to sue the Simcoe CAS.

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‘He hit with force. No child could survive that’From Front Page People can change,

CAS insists

MARIO WINT: Pleaded guilty to manslaughter in death of 2-year-old son, Ty.

BY JEREMY GRIMALDI jgrimaldi@yrmg.com

any might be ask-ing why or how a child, let alone two, get placed in the care of a convicted

domestic abuser under any circum-stance.

Although Susan Carmichael, executive director of Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions, said she can’t speak directly about Ty Wint’s case, she did answer ques-tions about the way her organiza-tion works.

“Is someone with a history of domestic violence high risk? Abso-lutely,” she said, referencing what she called the CAS’s “eligibility spec-trum”, which guides social workers’ decisions. “We are in the business of believing people can change. Have they realized their mistakes? We do help them, we look for peo-ple’s strengths, whether it’s parent-ing classes or anger management courses, we believe families should be together. But not at the expense of the child’s safety.”

She insisted the CAS’s job is not a “perfect science”, suggesting, sometimes, a child can be fine one day and in danger, or worse, the next. In her long career, she has seen two children die while in care.

Most of their employees are trained social workers and after instances of death, there is an “internal review” as well as a “pae-diatric death review”, during which recommendations will be made and then put in place and “tracked internally”.

As for an inquest into Ty’s death, she said she is not a “big believer” in inquests because her organiza-tion learns lessons “very quickly” and inquests tend to cost millions of dollars.

However, she did admit it’s important for the public to have confidence in the CAS. She would not say if anyone lost their job as a result of Ty’s death, but assured readers that the case will be looked at robustly.

“Any child dying is horrific and horrible for anyone,” she added. “Every case is looked at with a fine-tooth comb, the action of the worker, supervisor and executive director will be looked at.”

However, others insist Ty’s case is exactly the type that needs an

inquest. Irwin Elman, a provincial advo-

cate for children, went one step further, even offering to help Ty’s mother achieve one.

He said it appears someone from CAS made a “horrific error in judgment” by placing the two boys with Mario.

“There needs to be a bigger conversation around how CAS workers do their jobs. There are simply too many situations where their decisions go awry, and quite tragically,” he said. “We failed this child. Any child that dies in these circumstances deserves an inquest.”

There have been two recent inquests involving similar circum-stances to Ty’s case, he said.

In the case of Jeffrey Baldwin, the Catholic CAS placed the boy in the home of a grandparent that beat and starved him to death.

In that case, the CCAS failed to realize she was already a convicted child abuser.

Now the CCAS’s background check for family members is as rigorous as standards for foster par-ents and adoptive parents.

Yet there remains no rules sur-rounding not placing children with domestic violence convicts.

As for judges who place chil-dren in harmful situations, Elman said they are often very prudent, however there have been mistakes in courts as well.

Prior to Katelynn Sampson’s death in April 2008 a judge granted a couple custody of her without knowing they had lengthy criminal records and previous involvement with child welfare agencies.

Elman said there is only one route to better safeguards — bet-ter training.

He said CAS organizations need to be instructed as to how to conduct better investigations into people’s backgrounds, possibly by police organizations.

“They need to learn how to confirm information and not have tunnel vision, so you get different perspectives on the same situa-tion,” he added. “This is happening far too often than anyone should be comfortable with.”

As of June, Carmichael said all children’s deaths will have to be reported to the provincial advo-cate for children, a new strategy to ensure better care.

MWill look ‘robustly’ at Ty Wint’s case, o� cial says

However, she did admit it’s important for the public to have confidence in the CAS. She would not say if anyone lost their job as a result of Ty’s death, but assured readers that the case will be looked at robustly.

“Any child dying is horrific and horrible for anyone,” she added. “Every case is looked at with a fine-tooth comb, the action of the worker, supervisor and executive director will be looked at.”

However, others insist Ty’s case is exactly the type that needs an

conduct better investigations into people’s backgrounds, possibly by police organizations.

“They need to learn how to confirm information and not have tunnel vision, so you get different perspectives on the same situa-tion,” he added. “This is happening far too often than anyone should be comfortable with.”

As of June, Carmichael said all children’s deaths will have to be reported to the provincial advo-cate for children, a new strategy to ensure better care.

tion learns lessons “very quickly” ter training.

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Tenor Christopher Dallo is accompanied by violinist Alessia Disimino during the Sharon Temple’s 2016 summer season kickoff last Thursday evening. Guests enjoyed musical entertainment, food, beer and wine-tasting in the pastoral grounds of the museum.

facility. The hope is the Temple could attract more schools to its educational programs on site.

A project of this magnitude would certain-ly come with a hefty price tag, but Pearson believes with good fundraising and access to various government grants, the Temple could achieve its goal of a new facility.

“It will allow us to become a year-round museum,” Williams said.

The federal government has earmarked

funds to these kinds of heritage improve-ment projects to celebrate the country’s 150th anniversary in 2017. It’s also no secret that a key pillar in the Liberal government’s election platform was increased funding for infrastructure, which includes cultural infra-structure, Pearson said.

The temple will also celebrate its 100th year as a museum in 2018 and Pearson hopes there will be grant money available to help with that.

The York Pioneers bought the Temple property in 1917 and opened it as the York County Museum one year later.

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Temple to celebrate 100th year as museum

Farmers’ Market opens today at 2 p.m.

The East Gwillimbury Farmers’ Market opens its season Thursday at the plaza at Yonge Street and Green Lane. The market hours have been moved up one hour from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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EG Farmers’ Market opens today at 2 p.m.

Food Pantry opens doors Saturday

The Holland Landing Food Pantry opens at the East Gwillimbury Library Holland Landing Branch Saturday (May 28) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The pantry will be open on the following Saturdays in 2016: June 25, July 30, Aug. 27, Sept. 24, Oct. 22, Nov. 26 and Dec. 31.

The Network North collaborative has arranged for the food pantry to open the last Saturday in May in the community centre basement.

Network North pro-gram manager Christine Stewart has long predicted that additional social ser-vices, such as a food pan-try, are needed in Holland

Landing.Last year, Stewart was

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The hope is that open-ing the new pantry in Holland Landing will help close a service gap. There is already a Mount Albert Food Pantry and a food closet at the St. James the Apostle Church in Sharon.

When the Network North collaborative first started in 2014, it did a community needs assess-ment for East Gwillim-bury, which confirmed service gaps for youth, seniors, transportation, social services and food sustainability.

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Police have issued another warning to beware of the fake tax man after an increase in reports of tax-related scams — a number of which are specifically tar-geting seniors.

In some cases, suspects have altered their phone numbers to make it appear that they are call-ing from a police phone line and have demanded payment come in the form of pre-paid gift cards that victims are instructed to purchase, according to York Regional Police.

“York Regional Police does not engage or par-ticipate in tax collection of any kind and does not arrest individuals in rela-tion to overdue taxes,” Const. Laura Nicolle said, adding any call or email

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PARTAGEZ lE fRAnçAis - nEwmARkETMay 26, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Tim Horton’s (Gates of York Plaza), 17310 Yonge St.Group for people (francophones to beginners) looking to put their French language conversation skills into action. The meetings are unstructured and depend on the initiative of the participants. Francophones and stron-ger speakers are encouraged to share their French language skills with less strong speakers. Those needing a helping hand are encouraged to actively seek a helping hand. Participants move between tables to reinvigorate the conversations. Hopefully this group can be a place to express and give value to the enthusiasm toward the French language, and at the same time be a place where neighbours can meet neighbours. Please participate to share/celebrate/improve your French, have fun, and meet new people!Contact: partagez.york@yahoo.ca

BOTTlE DRiVE fUnDRAisER - HElP A CADET VisiT VimYMay 26, 6:30 to 9 p.m.Optimist Hall of Newmarket, 56 Forhan Dr. Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps 221 Patriot asks you to donate bottles and cans to help send a cadet’s trip to France, for the 100th anniversary of Canada’s capture of Vimy Ridge. Drop off times: Tuesdays and Thursdays between 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Call 905-895-3038 to arrange for a pickup.Info: www.eftours.ca/educational-tours, 221partiot-118carinthia.weebly.com, www.gofundme.com/cadetsvisitvimy or 647-893-3499.

kiDs TECH lABMay 26, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.Holland Landing Public Library, 19513 Yonge St.Ages 6 - 10 years. Please register. Explore Maker culture by building circuits, exploring 3D printing, and playing with green screens, and more May: 3D Printing.Contact: Heather Alblas, halblas@egpl.ca, 905-836-6492.

BliTZinG THE mORAinE - mClEOD wOOD nATURE REsERVEMay 27, 4 p.m.Stronach Aurora Recreation Complex, 1400 Wellington St.Whether you’re an expert or just want to get involved, consider participat-ing in the first BioBlitz in Aurora. This private Nature Reserve is not open to the public, but over a 24-hour period, the hope is to take count of every living thing on it and need your help! Register to attend workshops or for the BioBlitz. Exact location will be provided to registrants.Contact: Lissa Dwyer, landtrust@oakridgesmoraine.org, 905-853-3171.

sHAROn PUBliC sCHOOl AnnUAl CAR ‘BOOT’ (TRUnk) sAlEMay 28, 8 to 1 p.m.Stardust Newmarket Drive In Theatre, 893 Mount Albert Rd.Load up your car for the annual Car ‘Boot’ Sale Fundraiser. Or, if you don’t have anything to sell, come and shop! Free Admission for Buyers! Children’s Entertainment, Stardust Concessions, Bargains Galore! Entry fee for vendors $10 to $20. Entry fee is fundraiser. You keep what you make from sales.Contact: spscarbootsale@hotmail.com.

DRAmA kiDsMay 28, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.Holland Landing Public Library, 19513 Yonge St.Ages 4 - 7 . Please register. Children enjoy dramatic play, stories, and activi-ties. Themes include Farmyard Play.Contact: Heather Alblas, halblas@egpl.ca, 905-836-6492.

COnTRAsTs ClAssiCAl mUsiC COnCERT fEAT. AllAn PUlkERMay 28, 7:30 p.m.St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 227 Church St. in Newmarket.Canadian flautist Allan Pulker performs a concert of contrasting classical music covering two centuries of works by great composers. Tickets: $15.Contact: Maureen, admin@stpaulsnewmarket.org, 905-853-7285.

lET’s GET DiRTY: BUilD A RAin GARDEn wORksHOPMay 28, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Lemar Road in Newmarket.Get outside, get your hands dirty and help build a rain garden! Learn about rain gardens, how they work and how they help keep our lakes clean. Then help plant a rain garden for our Rain Garden Contest winner! It’ll be a fun day of gardening, laughter and learning. Lunch, snacks and coffee will be provided too! Register for this workshop, visit bit.ly/1OwygdmContact: Andrea Fallone, andreafallone3@gmail.com, 905-727-0491.

PlAnT sAlEMay 29, 1 to 2 p.m.Newmarket Community Centre, 200 Doug Duncan Dr.Annual plant sale of the Newmarket Garden Club.Contact: 647-517-3473.

THE UPPER CAnADA mAll EAsTER sEAls RUn/wAlkMay 29, 7 to 10 a.m.Newmarket Community Centre, 200 Doug Duncan Dr.Expected to attract 1,000 participants, the Upper Canada Mall Easter Seals 10k provides a challenge for serious runners, while also offering a fun and family-friendly event for walkers. Whether you’re looking to set a personal best in the 10k or simply enjoy a leisurely walk with your family while rais-ing funds for Easter Seals Ontario, there’s something for everyone!Contact: Charlene Myke, cmyke@easterseals.org, 705-797-2675.

flk TAOisT TAi CHiMay 29 at 10 a.m.Newmarket Branch, 355 Davis Dr.Tai Chi is one of the top 5 exercises you can ever do according to Harvard University’s Medical School. Take the first step in improving your overall health and balance. Come check out our beginner class today.Contact: newmarket@taoist.org, 905-836-1219.

A BUDDHisT PERsPECTiVE wiTH GEn kElsAnG sUmAMay 30, 7 to 8:30 p.m.St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 227 Church St. in Newmarket. This series of classes is a practical guide to understanding one’s mind. You will learn how to recognize and reduce painful ways of thinking and to replace these with meaningful and beneficial views. Although part of a series, each class is self-contained, and consists of guided meditation, a teaching and a discussion. The cost is $10 per class or 5 classes for $40.

Contact: Betty Whitehouse, epcjampaling@gmail.com, 705-733-5255.

sinG & siGnMay 31, 1:30 to 3 p.m.Holland Landing Public Library, 19513 Yonge St.Ages 5 - 12 months. Please register. Introducing American Sign Language for hearing infants and toddlers, this program uses songs and games to help you include signing in everyday routine. It is wonderful opportunity to bond with your baby while supporting language development. Pre-sented by Early Years, North York.Contact: Heather Alblas, halblas@egpl.ca, 905-836-6492.

sHOUT sisTER CHOiR YORk/nEwmARkETMay 31, 1 to 3 p.m.St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 227 Church St.Choir always welcoming new members! Shout Sister! takes an unorthodox approach to choral singing. They do not audition and they sing a fun variety of music from pop and Motown, to folk, to a touch of country and blues. Members learn from recorded tracks so they require no reading of music. The method is fresh and fun and we are a warm and welcoming community. You are welcome to attend a practice with no obligation and new members are welcome at any time. Contact: Oriole Claxton, members@shoutsisterchoir.ca.Info: www.shoutsisterchoir.ca

UPCYClED EmBROiDERYMay 31, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Mount Albert branch, 19300 Centre St.Ages: 8 - 11 years. Cost $20. Please register. Jump in on the resurgence of this handcraft and learn the basic stitches while completing a project using recycled material. Includes crafting kit.

mEn wAnTED wHO lOVE TO sinGJune 1, 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 compa-ny of friends, while supporting our communities through various events.Contact: Dave McCaffrey, info@uccchorus.com, 289-648-6300.

TOAsTmAsTERs THE COURT Of BlARnEY nEwmARkETJune 1, 7:15 to 9:30 p.m.Newmarket Public Library, 438 Park Ave.Toastmasters can help you increase your confidence in Leadership and

public speaking abilities in a safe club atmosphere. Come out as a guest and find out what Toastmasters is all about. The group meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at the Newmarket Public Library at 7:15pm. Guests may visit for free.Contact: Jim Chapman, j.k.chapman@rogers.com, 905-918-0282.

GiRls inC. PROjECT BOlDJune 2, 6 to 8 p.m.Holland Landing Public Library, 19513 Yonge St.Girls ages 8 - 11 years. Please register. In a fun, hands - on approach, girls learn self-defense skills and strategies to lead safer lives in their homes, in relationships, in their communities, and online. Presented by Girls Inc. of York Region. The cost is $2.Contact: Heather Alblas, halblas@egpl.ca, 905-836-6492.

BinGO wORlD nEwmARkET GAminG CEnTREJune 3, 10 a.m. to 2 a.m.Bingo World Newmarket, 1230 Kerrisdale Blvd.Bingo World Newmarket has undergone a Charitable Bingo and Gaming transformation and is now offering new products and technologies - like electronic bingo, Tap Tix and more - delivering a new entertainment experience to you! Customers can kick back with friends in a welcoming, comfortable environment and have some fun! Come & have some fun, a bite to eat & participate in the electronic games of chance you love in your own community, all in support of 33 local non-profit organizations! Must be 18 years of age or older. Government- issued identification may be required.Contact: newmarket@bingoworld.ca, 905-836-4861.

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This photo of a purple trillium was taken at the McLeod’s Wood Nature Reserve in Aurora. The Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust is hosting a Bioblitz on the property May 27 and 28 to document all of the living species it can find on the property. This volunteer event is open to the public. Anyone interested in participating can contact Kristie Virgoe at kvirgoe@oakridgesmoraine.org or 905-853-3171, ext. 31.

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DEVins DRiVE P.s. sPRinG fAiRJune 1, 5 to 8 p.m.Devins Drive Public School, 70 Devins Dr. in Aurora.Devins Drive Public School hosts its annual spring fair complete with bouncy castles, obstacle course, 26-ft slide, exotic animals, a barbecue, games, face painting, sno-kones and more! The cost is $25 and includes unlimited rides and games.Contacts: Mary Clowater at marybclowater@gmail.com orTracey Turriff at tturriff@penguinrandomhousehouse.com

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East Gwillimbury FarmErs markEtMay 26, 2 to 7 p.m. Market Square at Yonge Street and Green Lane.Enjoy local fruits, vegetables, perennial, eggs, meats, cheeses, baked goods, honey, sauces, preserves, soaps, artisans and much more while supporting our local businesses. Contact: bit.ly/1VSeC3i

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L E T T E R S T O T H E E D I T O RClock Tower building too high, against bylaw

Re: Heated exchanges pepper Clock Tower public meeting, May 12: bit.ly/1Ntp1Qj

Any development of the Clock Tower on south Main Street heritage district (four blocks) must conform to the three-storey bylaw. It’s the law.

Please go to stoptheswap.ca and sign our petition unless you want a seven-storey building, larger than the six-storey condo they are building in Aurora on Yonge Street.

HeatHer BurlingNewmarket

Enjoy the past by securing the future

Re: Heated exchanges pepper Clock Tower public meeting, May 12: bit.ly/1Ntp1Qj

Buildings mostly stand through the ages because they are maintained, cared for and an earthquake or tornado hasn’t knocked them over.

If a building is cared for long enough, it becomes old in the minds of people who weren’t alive to see it erected. So, if this Clock Tower project is realized and 100 years pass, it, too, will be considered heritage and of his-torical significance.

Protecting heritage and build-ings of historical value can be achieved two ways. One is to put it in a museum, the other is to build upon it in an appreciative manner, just as the people who put it there in the first place.

Main Street Newmarket used to be a joke and a place many people avoided, especially at night. Shady dive bars coupled with that terrible youth centre made Main an embarrassment and not a place people wanted to bring business or spend time. This was all because nothing was being built or developed.

Now that Main is flourishing as a hip and fun part of town, the culture and heritage are being enjoyed more than ever. Look to the classy pubs/restaurants get-ting patios, a new community centre, the Fairy Lake develop-ment as examples.

This is what keeps people coming and supporting the area. Building residences at the Clock Tower would mean even more people would be living in close proximity and would, no doubt, be throwing their money at the fantastic shops, restaurants and pubs, just like everybody else.

To not do so means the likeli-hood of an eventual regression of Main to the way it was 20 years ago is all but guaranteed.

Culture and heritage cannot stand still. Developing and grow-ing is the only way to truly appre-ciate what we had then and what we have now.

Let’s secure the future.

Jackson WitHroWNewmarket

Too much talk, not enough action

on affordable housing

Bible will tell you all you need to know on death

Re: Death always wins. Every-body dies, May 19: bit.ly/27RHE7h

I read this article with great interest. How wonderful that people are thinking about the meaning of our existence and searching for answers about mortality.

Biblical Christianity has some awesome answers about this: what other religion has a central figure who was actually raised from the dead?

That said, I was deeply sad-dened that the comments made by the Rev. Canon John Hill failed to convey the clear and beautiful promises of Jesus as stated in the Bible, while, at the same time, seeming to cast doubt on the realities of heaven and hell and providing zero clarity on what determines who goes where.

Biblical Christianity and the very words of Jesus himself, declare with absolute certainty that there is a heaven and a hell. If you believe the Bible, it is not a matter of speculation as to how you go to heaven. Jesus states that He is the “only way to the Father” (God).

God’s word says that “who-ever believes in Him (Jesus) will not perish but have eternal life.” It also says that, “Christ died for our sins. . . He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day.”

Of course, there are people who find those statements dis-tasteful. There are people who find them hard to believe. Yet, the one thing they are not is vague.

For people who are truly seek-ing answers and peace about the meaning of life and the way to heaven, Jesus provides those, and I would encourage such people to look beyond the fasci-nating news article and to read for themselves what Jesus has stated in the Bible: words of hope and clarity that allow His follow-ers to have real peace in the face of death, knowing what Jesus has promised. Jesus says (in John 5:24), “I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.”

lisa stellardaurora

Global Pet Foods thanks all who donated to cause

Scott MacLennan from Global Pet Foods Aurora would like to thank customers for their gener-osity during this year’s Show Us Your Heart fundraiser.

Thanks to everyone who came out and showed their heart, Global Pet Foods raised more than $235,000 to help homeless pets across Canada.

The funds raised will go

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alk of affordable housing — or, more specifically, the long overdue, imme-diate and vital need for affordable housing in

York Region and across the province — is nothing new.

Governments, at all levels, have been talking and talking about how desperately affordable housing is needed in Ontario communities for 20 years or more.

But that’s all it has been: talk, talk and more talk.

That’s why there is shared but reserved optimism after the prov-ince introduced unprecedented legislation last week giving Ontario municipalities the necessary tools to force builders to include more affordable housing options in all residential developments.

Like most government decisions, this one comes years too late, as the need for affordable housing in Ontario reaches crisis mode.

In York Region, alone, more than 10,000 people were on a waiting list to get subsidized rental units in 2013 — many of those will have to wait 10 years.

This list grows longer every year— 12,000 today — as our popu-lations and our cost of living rise.

As part of the province’s proposed law, municipalities will be expected to contribute by offering develop-ment charge rebates, density incen-tives and property tax breaks.

If passed and effectively utilized by Ontario municipalities — it’s an individual choice — this legislation would be a first in Canada.

Other provinces have paid lip service to the idea of “inclusionary zoning”, but none have held any builders’ feet to the fire. Manitoba, Vancouver and Montreal, for exam-ple, have put laws in place, but none have exercised the power.

Ontario’s new proposal, intro-duced by Housing Minister Ted McMeekin, is expected to be passed late this year or early in 2017.

Let’s hope York Region munici-palities use this new act to actually create affordable housing — bricks and mortar, not reports and studies — that reflects the reality of thou-sands of citizens being out-priced of a ballooning real estate market.

There will be costs involved, part-nerships needed and glitches to iron out, but no one could disagree that we need action on this issue; one that has been analyzed to death, but has seen minimal progress.

Senior citizens, who are living longer and many of whom may run out of money, and our younger citi-zens who are mobile and perhaps can’t afford a $700,000 home, really need us to make this work.

We will see during upcoming discussions if area municipalities are willing to be the leaders in this area.

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toward helping local community shelters and rescues such as Dog Tales Rescue and Sanctuary to keep their lights on and pay vet bills. Even the smallest donation is making a big difference to a pet in need.

Thank you to everyone who came out and showed us your heart. We couldn’t have done it without you.

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More buses need to run to make it an option

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I am a Newmarket resident with two young adult children who do not yet have vehicles of their own and, therefore, rely on alternative transportation to get to and from work and access local shopping.

I would like to suggest one factor that may greatly influence the amount of people utilizing public transit in York Region, is the lack of frequent buses actu-ally running, not to mention that on weekends the available buses are almost non-existent.

My family happens to reside in the Mulock Drive/Bayview Avenue corridor, which has no buses running north or south Sundays and I believe Saturday’s schedule is rather limiting.

As a result of such limited transit access, both my children now frequently use Ubers or will co-ordinate rides with their peers.

I believe that if York Region wants to see an increase in residents utilizing public tran-sit, then public transit needs to become a much more feasible and appealing option.

I believe this can be achieved by increasing the frequency of all bus routes, so that citizens can count on the YRT and VIVA as a means of reliable and con-sistent transportation, much in the same way that the Greater Toronto Area operates its transit system.

Should one require a bus in the GTA, one can be assured that it is only a matter of min-utes before the next bus is scheduled to arrive.

Monica BouHsNewmarket

Concern grows for rising risk of Lyme

disease in York

here are so many health concerns to worry about that it may be tempting to ignore or downplay

fears of Lyme disease.After all, news coverage with pho-

tographs of newborns with tiny heads in South America make us fear the Zika virus, especially with experts pre-dicting it will make inroads in Florida and many southern states in the U.S. where many snowbirds spend their vacations.

Yet Lyme disease is here — now — and has been called the “fastest grow-ing infectious disease in Canada”. One researcher predicts that 80 per cent of the population in eastern and cen-tral Canada would be at risk of Lyme disease by 2020 because of climate change.

Markham Stouffville MP, Dr. Jane Philpott, our minister of health, kicked off a national conference last week in Ottawa on developing a federal frame-work on Lyme disease — a national strategy to better prevent, diagnose and treat the disease.

Sadly — and frighteningly — infected ticks that carry this debilitat-ing, multi-symptom disease are here now, in York Region forests, parks and even private yards.

How do we know this? Veterinarians in Aurora and other

municipalities are finding infected ticks on pets.

A Richmond Hill naturopath who specializes in helping patients with lyme disease is seeing an ever-growing number of people desperate for diag-nosis and treatment.

Stories posted to our website, such as heartbreaking features on a Thornhill woman who is convinced she picked up the disease from her own back garden, and another young student from Richmond Hill who started a blog to help others cope with symptoms, get huge reaction and “hits” — as did a story just a few weeks ago about an Aurora vet sounding the alarm.

Nationally, 100 Lyme sufferers pre-sented their own personal stories at the Federal Framework on Lyme Dis-ease conference.

They highlighted maddening battles to get diagnosed, or frustrat-ing negative diagnoses by doctors in Canada. Many Lyme patients feel like “lepers” or say they are “ridiculed” by doctors who say their symptoms are all imagined.

They told stories about how they couldn’t hold down a job or even leave the house because of symptoms that are debilitating or that sometimes mimic diseases such as Multiple Scle-rosis.

In York Region, we can take some comfort that regional health authori-ties are presenting a much stronger awareness campaign for residents under the ‘Fight the Bite’ theme.

But some local experts say the region’s statement that there were “seven reported cases of Lyme disease in 2015 ... and all were found to be travel related” gives people enjoying our parks and forests a false sense of security.

Those who take the trouble to read and follow the links for Lyme disease on the Region of York website will see that anyone who finds and removes a tick is encouraged to bring it to a pub-lic health office in Markham, Vaughan, Richmond Hill or Newmarket for test-ing. (Go to york.ca and click the links for ‘health’ and then ‘lyme disease’.)

We all want to enjoy the great out-doors this spring and summer, but we all need to do so safely.

An active regional Lyme group meets each month in York Region to share information and hear from experts; you can find the York North Lyme Group on Facebook or email yorknorthlymegroup@gmail.com.

— Marney Beck is editor of the Thornhill/Richmond Hill Liberal

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Chris Andersen — I don’t believe in the Socialistic notion of the govern-ment forcing ANY business to do what they deem necessary. Sounds like a slippery slope to me. We need less government, not more.

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Tracy Bell-Schevers — That is horrible. I hope the school security cameras were able to capture their images and I hope all the parents who had kids out ‘hanging with friends’ on Friday night check their backpacks/rooms/recy-cling/garages for black spray paint!

Amanda Schmanda Mayhew — The path near our house had some pretty disgusting things painted, but by the time I went to get my son from school, staff from EG had already powerwashed it off. Good for them for attending to it so quickly.

Melody McGlone — I hope they catch the little brats who did this and make them pay for all of the damages.

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ur town is growing and all you have to do is take a short drive around East Gwillimbury to see the changes.

While out in the commu-nity, I often have an opportunity to speak with residents and there is a consistent theme to the questions I hear.

People want to know about growth and how it is shaping the future of EG. These are great questions and I will address them in my monthly column.

Today, I am going to start with the ques-tions I hear most often in the community.

First and foremost, I am often asked about the new development.

Many of the subdivisions currently being developed were approved as far back as the early 1990s. Approvals were based on sewer servicing provided by the exten-sion of the “Big Pipe”, known as the York Durham Sewer System (YDSS).

Over the past year, extensive work on the YDSS has occurred.

This is one of York Region’s largest proj-ects and includes pumping stations, con-necting pipes and the installation of the Big

Pipe down 2nd Concession. Now that these are in place (or nearing completion) the developments are able to begin construc-tion.

Over the next few years, you will see subdivisions built as they hook up to the YDSS.

Many residents also want to know what is happening with 2nd Concession.

York Region is coming close to the end of construction between Green Lane and Mount Albert Road. This section of road

OPINION

Development, construction top of residents’ mindsTown working on plans for new recreational facilities. Expect to hear more about exciting project in coming years

Virginia Hackson

East Gwillimbury Mayor

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Residents also ask about construction on Green Lane just west of Leslie Street.

This is Murrell Boulevard, a future con-necting link between Mount Albert Road and Green Lane.

The road will be opened in portions

with the entire road open by the end of sum-mer.

Murrell will become the main route for construction vehicles alleviating the pres-sure from Leslie and will eventually serve as a main road for residents in the new Sharon development.

Another common question I hear is what new facilities are coming to East Gwillim-bury.

Working on plans

The town is working on plans for an oper-ations centre, which will move the public works yard from Sharon to a new location on Doane Road, off of Woodbine Avenue. This project is currently in the design phase with construction planned for 2017-2018.

The town is working on plans for a Healthy and Active Living Plaza that will fea-ture recreation facilities, pool and a library. Our commitment as council is that growth pays for growth; meaning 100 per cent of this facility will be paid for through development charges, not taxes.

Expect to hear more about this exciting project in the coming years.

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The Sports Day committee was able to send $20,000 to the town from 2015 profits that will be used for future improvements at the park, Morton said.

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t’s 7 a.m. and I’ve already hit the snooze button for the fifth time.

My alarm has been going off since 6 in fifteen-minute intervals.

I think I’ve got six more to go at five-minute intervals before that final alarm goes off across the room, forcing me to get out of bed.

So, as I lay here, I’m wondering: who’s the genius who decided that some high schools in York Region (like mine, Sir Wil-liam Mulock) should start at 8? My two younger sisters don’t even have to be at their elementary school this early — they’re just getting out of bed by the time I leave because, lucky for them, they don’t start school until almost 9.

It has been proven that adolescents need about nine hours of sleep per night. There are some pretty scary things that can hap-pen as a direct result not getting enough sleep such as depression, anxiety and even

the risk of car accidents (which goes up when you’re running on fumes).

Many adults don’t get that sleep depri-vation is a serious issue affecting teens these days — they don’t seem to notice that lack of shut-eye can lead to mood changes, memory loss and a poor atten-

YOUTH ISSUES

Yawn! Can’t adults get it that teens need sleep?Shut eye deprivation leads to serious issues for young people: adolescents need about 9 hours of sleep every night

Kaylee Goldman

On My Mind

I tion span. Not ideal conditions for learning,

right? According to Paul Kelley, a member of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, the suggested time for teens to start school is 10 a.m.

So, why, exactly, do I need to haul myself out of the comfort of my own bed to get to school at the crack of dawn?

Now, I know what you’re think-ing — just go to bed earlier! Well, that’s easier said than done.

How am I — a Grade 11 stu-dent — supposed to get more than eight hours of sleep while trying to balance homework, extra-curricular activities and a part-time job?

I barely have time for a social life, let alone for sleep, and that’s saying a lot for someone who loves her R&R. The only thing that gets me through the day is my after-school nap. That does, however, mess up my sleep cycle.

I stay up late finishing assignments and stressing — you know, normal high school activities — which leads to staying up until the early hours of the morning. Then, I come home and end up napping

for a couple hours from sheer exhaustion before rushing to complete my boatload of tasks. Yet, I am told to fall asleep before mid-night? It’s just not feasible.

So, yes, getting enough sleep is impor-tant for a student’s health, safety, academic

performance and overall well-being, but it’s not practical in a school with

such an early start to the day. Going to first period at 10 a.m. would be beneficial for every-one and the results would show positive changes in attendance and grades. Any-

way, there goes my last alarm — school starts in 10.

Gotta go! Boy, I’m already looking for-

ward to that nap.

— Kaylee Goldman is a Grade 11 high school student at Sir William Mulock

Secondary School. She loves to write and hopes to apply for journalism programs

at universities in the fall. She will write an occasional column for The Era/Banner/

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Nestled in the plaza at 16600 Bayview Ave., just south of Mulock Drive in Newmarket, is a petite bakery with a grand French taste. Newmarket residents Rebecca Wahab and Fahad Wahab celebrated the grand open-ing of their bakery April 30 and haven’t been able to keep the sweet baked goods on the shelves since.

The couple has been baking and catering for a while in Toronto but when the opportunity arose

to move the business closer to home, they jumped at the chance.

“My mom was a baker and there wasn’t a day that I didn’t use my Easy-Bake oven,” Rebecca says. “When I lived in New York, I went to so many French pastry shops and I became obsessed.”

She spent four hours training with a French pas-try chef to perfect the art of making dough and after that, her natural talent did the rest.

One only has to look at the display cases � lled with colourful French macarons that are available in more than 36 di� erent � avours, delicate cream pu� s � lled with real cream and vanilla bean, sinful crepe cakes, French brioche pastries and other delectable items that would make any sweet tooth joyous, to see she has mastered her craft.

Some items even have the best of both worlds, like the bakery’s own Danut, a cross between a doughnut and a danish, deep fried and sprinkled

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such as the triple chocolate chunk cookie, � lled with 74 per cent dark cacao, milk and white chocolates, a salted brown butter Nutella cookie, doughnuts and gluten-free baked goods, such as the vanilla mu� n, cupcakes, cakes and cookies.

“We don’t use anything arti� cial and we don’t use any pre-made mixes,” Rebecca says. “We use real in-gredients and any fruit � avours, like the one in our raspberry doughnut, are made with pureed fruit.”

The owners also like to support local businesses and source their ingredients locally. For example, the co� ee and tea is local, organic, fair trade and a perfect match to any sweet treat enjoyed while sit-ting at the quaint tables inside the bakery or taken out to enjoy at home.

G&D Baking Co. also accepts orders.The bakery is open Wednesday to Friday from 10

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ou can usually count on a Catholic congregation for a good party when-ever a milestone is on the horizon.

Expect the next few weeks to be no exception. Newmarket’s St. John Chrysostom Catholic Church parish is turning 175 years old in 2016, and its members have several events planned.

“We’re celebrating the presence of the church and the presence of faith in the community,” said Father Robert Ouellette, affection-ately called Father Bob. “It’s been here for 175 years. We’ve been here a long time doing this. There’s four big events over two weekends.”

This is a time of transition and reflection for the parish, as Father Bob is set to retire within weeks — the Mexican-born Father Efren Alvarez-Pelayo will take over as pastor.

On the day of the interview with The Era, Father Bob sits in his office, which is across the parking lot from the church. The blinds are open and you have to gaze up slightly at the sprawling St. John structure. Father Bob has looked upon this site for the last 19 years.

He cracks jokes, some of them take a self-deprecating tone about

his pending retirement, and oth-ers gently poke at his friends in the parish. Then he shows off a tall, narrow gift bag that contains his first retirement present received, a bottle of Jack Daniels.

His office is a testament to the life lived by a man of the church. The walls are green but covered with pictures and drawings of vari-ous churches and there’s a set of packed bookshelves on one side.

After a brief conversation, he leads the way to the church and lights a cigarette for the walk over.

He shows off the preserved stained glass that was moved from the old site that once stood across the road and smiles while discuss-ing the parish, which is close to 5,300 households strong these days.

About 2,000 people attend the church’s Sunday service each week.

“Thank God they don’t all come,” Father Bob said jokingly. “People think I’m mellowing; I’m not. I don’t even drink Jack Dan-iels.”

The parish has a colourful, albe-it controversial, history. It is one of the oldest in the Archdiocese of Toronto territory and is linked with the rise of the Irish Catholic community in the area. Father Bob believes the first resident pas-

tor settled in the area in January 1841. The Irish Potato Famine brought an influx of immigrants to “Paddy Town”, an area around Main Street, just north of Davis Drive. While the men worked as labourers in the Newmarket area, the Catholic community was often oppressed, excluded from the pub-lic school system and kept from living within the Newmarket vil-lage borders.

Prominent Toronto architect Henry Langley designed the first St. John church building in 1873, and the redbrick structure was com-pleted in 1875. The Irish commu-nity formed around its church and, by the 20th century, the Paddy Town ghetto disappeared.

In the 1950s, a large number of immigrant German, Lithuanian, Dutch, Polish and Italian families joined the parish.

Two decades after that, St. John counted Filipino, Chinese, Japa-nese, Indonesian, Indian, Pakistani and Caribbean immigrants within its fold.

Construction on the current church began in 1977 and the final mass at the old building took place on St. Patrick’s Day, 1978. The first

mass in the new building took place the following day.

“This parish is actually older than the Archdiocese of Toronto,” St. John catechist Christine Way Skinner said.

Former mayors Ray Twinney and Bob Forhan attended the church, and past Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau ‘dropped in’ once, Father Bob said.

As part of the anniversary, a

commemorative historical book has also been written.

Admission is $5 per person for the tea and pub night events, and $100 for the gala.

The church is at 432 Ontario St. and tickets for the above-men-tioned events are available at the parish office.

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Developers could soon be forced to build afforable housingBut builders caution costs of creating reasonably priced units will be passed on to new homeowners

BY LISA QUEENlqueen@yrmg.com

ne of the fastest growing areas of the country.

Ballooning housing prices. Young people blocked out of the

housing market by astronomical prices.

Business owners worried about a workforce that can’t afford to live in the area.

While it may sound a lot like York Region, it’s actually Denver, CO.

Faced with a hot housing market that created hardships for many people looking for a reasonably priced place to live, Denver intro-duced an inclusionary housing ordi-nance in 2002 requiring developers building new residential projects of more than 30 units to include 10 per cent affordable housing.

Denver is one of more than 400 U.S. communities that have intro-duced inclusionary zoning since the 1970s, policies that have helped create more than 150,000 affordable units over the past decade.

The policy has encountered snags, Stephanie Inderwiesen, Den-ver’s affordable housing co-ordina-tor, and Rick Padilla, the city’s direc-tor of housing and neighbourhood development, acknowledged during a phone call Tuesday.

For example, there was an increase in the number of housing projects of 29 or fewer units pro-posed by developers, Padilla said.

And policies have to be flexible to, for example, adapt to fluctua-tions in the housing market, Inder-wiesen said.

But a week after the Ontario provincial government introduced legislation giving municipalities the ability to force builders to include affordable housing in new develop-ments through tools such as inclu-sionary zoning, Denver officials are praising the policy as an important measure to get residents into hous-ing they can afford.

“In 2002, there were a variety of studies conducted and there was some demand for affordable hous-ing. People who were working in Denver couldn’t necessarily afford to live in Denver. Denver really wanted it to be a work, live, play experience for people. Obviously, the need was significant enough that city council felt that it needed to take action by requiring and implementing this ordinance,” Inderwiesen said.

“Our program has over 1,200 affordable units.”

Not only did Denver — with a population of more than 682,500 compared to less than 560,000 10 years ago — want to boost its stock of affordable housing, it also wanted

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to encourage diverse neighbour-hoods with a variety of income levels, Inderwiesen said.

“A lot of diverse incomes really adds to the stability of a neigh-bourhood,” she said.

“Not only does it add to the stability of a neighbourhood but it also provides opportunities for affordable homeowners and their children as far as community, sta-bility, education, services.”

The average cost of a home in Denver was $336,600 last month, almost laughable by York Region’s average of $777,927 for a resale home and $987,106 for a newly built house in 2015, but it is sig-nificantly higher than the U.S. national average of $187,000.

In Denver and its surround-ing counties, one of the fastest growing areas of the country and a magnet for millennials attracted by a robust job market, inclusion-ary zoning for affordable housing is an important tool, Padilla said.

“It’s critical for a number of reasons. We’re either one or two of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. and part of what’s driving our growth out here is jobs. Lots of jobs, it’s very entrepreneurial. But job growth and wages aren’t keep-ing demand with the number of housing units that are being built,” he said.

“I certainly think (inclusion-ary zoning) is a very worthwhile venture. It’s an economic engine to continue to grow and stabilize your community. You have to address the issue of housing. It’s not only job creation, it’s how do you keep the folks there and how do you keep it affordable across the income spectrum? It could turn into a city of haves and have nots.”

If inclusionary zoning is going to work, governments have to work in partnership with the development industry and stop piling on additional taxes, fees and

red tape on building new homes, Joe Vaccaro, CEO of the Ontario Home Builders’ Association, said.

There also has to be a recogni-tion that someone has to pay for creating more affordable housing and that will likely result in higher housing prices for others, he said.

“If the government is serious about making this work, they need to be prepared to be good partners and provide planning and finan-cial incentives. It’s not enough to simply mandate. American juris-dictions that have used this power have always supported it with financial and planning incentives like development charge rebates, property tax holidays and reduced parking standards,” he said.

“Make no mistake, every new policy that is created results in an impact on everyone else’s hous-ing units. So, the reality is, you can say, ‘Developer? Provide these affordable housing units’, but what the developer does, ultimately,

it reflects back in the cost to the other unit owners. Someone is going to have to pay for this. It’s just how it finds its way into the price of a new home.”

Newmarket-Aurora MPP Chris Ballard said he appreciates the development industry’s concerns, but is confident developers and municipalities will find creative ways to produce affordable hous-ing.

The legislation gives munici-palities the option of using tools such as inclusionary zoning and exempting apartments in newly built homes from development charges, he said, adding the prov-ince has set aside $178 million to help implement changes.

“We’re not forcing anything down anybody’s throat,” he said.

At the same time, Ballard, who

A 225-unit, 15-storey purpose-built rental apartment building is currently under construction at 212 Davis Dr. The site is the first new, privately funded project of its kind to be developed in York Region since the 1980s.

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was vice-chair of a provincial homeless experts’ panel, said the proposed legislation is in response to pleas from municipal leaders and others who have watched their housing markets push afford-able housing out of the reach of even people making decent sala-ries.

“This is probably something we should have done 30 years ago but we didn’t and now we’re really in trouble in terms of a lack of affordable housing. We didn’t pull this idea out of thin air. Inclusion-ary zoning is used in the United Kingdom and extensively through-out the United States. We’ve been approached by municipalities to bring inclusionary zoning into play,” he said.

“Will this solve all the prob-lems? No, but it’s a fantastic first step.”

Mary Ann Proulx, executive director of the region’s Citizens for Affordable Housing, has watched affordable housing become a dream for more and more residents with higher and higher incomes over the years.

She’s pleased to see the pro-posed legislation.

“I think it’s nice to see the government is finally recognizing the importance of inclusionary zoning. If you’re looking at inclu-sionary zoning, you get more of a social mix (in neighbourhoods),” she said, adding there are about 12,000 people on the waiting list for subsidized housing in the region.

Proulx shares Vaccaro’s con-cern about who will pay to create affordable housing, but said it is time to take action.

“Proposing legislation is one thing, who is going to pay for it is another. Don’t pass legislation without figuring out who is going to pay. But the U.S. has done this for years now. There is, historically, areas they can look at to see what worked and what didn’t,” she said.

“Let’s get from talking to action.”

Newmarket Councillor John Taylor, chair of the region’s com-munity and health services com-

mittee, applauded the proposed legislation.

In the past, municipalities have not been able to make developers build affordable housing.

Inclusionary zoning gives towns and cities a tool to make it happen, while at the same time recognizing the need for develop-ers to be included as partners in discussions about building com-plete communities, he said.

“I think it’s a positive announcement, a very positive announcement,” he said, adding he has been on an Association of Municipalities of Ontario task force for the past year researching affordable housing issues.

“Everybody has been calling for inclusionary zoning. In theory, it provides us with a real tool, a tangible tool, to bring the devel-opment community to the table around affordable housing in each and every development, if we so choose.”

Thornhill Conservative MPP

Gila Martow slammed the govern-ment for failing to address the need for affordable housing more quickly.

“Ontario has more than 168,000 families on a waiting list for hous-ing, the longest wait time we have experienced,” she said.

“I would like to point out that this Liberal government has had 13 years to address the long wait list. This government’s previous affordable housing strategy prom-ised annual reports than included performance indicators, yet these were never released. Unfortunate-ly, the only measure we have is the increasingly long wait list.”

At the same time, the Con-servatives are looking forward to developing a comprehensive plan to address affordable housing in the province, Martow said.

“For the sake of all the families waiting for affordable housing, I hope we can quickly work with our municipal partners for a suc-cessful strategy,” she said.

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Time to take action on housing crisis in York Region, affordability advocate says

‘Will this solve all the problems? No, but it’s a

fantastic first step.’

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If you need an ambulance, you’ll be pleased to hear York Region paramedics are getting to emergencies faster than ever.

In 2015, the region’s 550-plus paramed-ics transported about 74,000 patients to hospital. That’s up from 57,000 in 2010, the region’s Emergency Medical Services Chief Norm Barrette said.

Between 2010 and 2015, 17,000 more people called for an ambulance to take them to hospital, a jump of 30 per cent.

Nine times out of 10, paramedics got to a patient’s side in 11 minutes and eight sec-onds in 2015. That is an improvement from 12 minutes and 52 seconds in 2010.

“Why we are really wanting to recognize the great work of York Region’s paramedics is that the need for paramedics has grown at the same time the effectiveness of achieving shorter response times has been success-fully achieved,” Barrette said.

“You put both of those factors together and… paramedics services in York Region is delivering exceptional services.”

The decrease in response time is all the more impressive because paramedics are encountering more congestion on the roads, Barrette said.

EMS has taken innovated steps to improve response times, including texting paramedics to guide them to patients more quickly, a public education campaign called #Get2UFaster that informs residents of the steps they can, such as pulling over for flashing lights, unlocking doors and clearing a path to the patient, to help paramedics respond more quickly to medical emergen-cies, reducing the amount of time it takes paramedics to transfer patients to hospitals’ care and expanding community paramedi-cine programs that reduce avoidable 911 calls.

Calls to paramedics have increased dur-ing the last five years because the region’s population has increased and aged during that time.

“As more and more residents enter into their senior years, then a higher percentage

of the population has a higher probability of needing paramedics. That’s been the biggest driver,” Barrette said.

“From 2011 to 2021, 49 per cent more residents will need to be transported to hos-pital by paramedics and the big component of that drive was the demographic shift, the growing population that will be moving into their senior years.”

Regional chairperson Wayne Emmerson said he’s proud of “the exceptional perfor-mance” of the region’s paramedics.

“By getting to emergency situations faster, they have a better chance of saving lives and better protecting our residents,” he said.

“In situations of life and death, every second counts and our paramedics are sur-passing expectations even though the num-ber of calls is steadily going up.”

Spring forest festival helps you get back to nature this weekend

You can take a stroll through the forest on an accessible trail, enjoy a horse-drawn wagon ride, meet slithering snakes, take home a tree seedling and more at a spring forest festival in Whitchurch-Stouffville on Saturday.

Come out to the Bill Fisch Forest Stew-ardship and Education Centre to discover how it captures rainwater and creates its own electricity.

Meet forestry staff and learn how tree planning transformed a desert into a forest.

The event runs May 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hollidge Tract at 16389 Hwy. 48.

Registration is recommended for partici-pation in the guided walk.

For more information, call 1-877-464-9675.

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Avengers host cream of Ontario Basketball crop

Fifty-six teams will descend on Newmarket when the Ontario Bas-ketball boys juvenile champion-ships tip off Friday at several area venues.

Although it is the third consecu-tive year the York North Basketball Association is hosting an Ontario Cup provincial championship, it is the first time the under-17 cat-egory will be held locally.

“This is a big deal in the bas-ketball community,” said YNBA spokesperson Wallace Pidgeon. “This showcase tournament will

see the next generation of bas-ketball players compete for the Ontario Cup.”

The previous provincial cham-pionships were at the under-11 age category.

Following two days of round-robin pool play, championship games will be contested Sunday at various high schools in Newmar-ket, Aurora and King City at 1:30 p.m. The Division 1 final is to be played at the Magna Centre with a 2:30 p.m. starting time.

From a local standpoint, YNBA will be represented in Division 6 while IEM Spartans are entered in Division 5.

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Blue Sox trip up Toronto in Garrett Styles tourney final

York Regional Police Blue Sox defeated Toronto Police Services 11-1 in the title game Friday to capture the emergency ser-vices division of the Garrett Styles Memorial Baseball Tournament at Stewart Burnett Park in Aurora.

In a rematch of a 5-4 walk-off win by YRP earlier in the day, the Blue Sox received a complete game effort from pitcher Don Banks in the final. He received ample offensive support from tourna-ment MVP Matt D’Souza, who had three hits and drove in three runs in the final, and Steve Warbuck who drove in four runs with a pair of hits.

In the high school division, Whitby’s Anderson Raiders rode a no-hitter by Brad Aldread to a 4-1 victory over Sacred Heart Crusad-ers in the final.

The two-day tournament in memory of the late YRP constable raised nearly $4,000 for Jumpstart,

Jays Care, Newmarket Baseball Association and the York Regional Police Benevolent Fund.

Junior Hawks set to tangle with Peterborough Tigers

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Master Ducks’ Thompson remains a force on the pondBy John Cudmorejcudmore@yrmg.com

There was a time when Dan Thompson was dialed into win-ning medals for the glory of the red maple leaf.

That is, after all, the goal for competitors at an international level.

These days, winning is still nice, but considered as much a by-prod-uct of enjoying the sport as a life activity for the former Canadian national team swimmer.

Set to turn 60 in June, it is about the spirit of sport for the Aurora resident when he hops into a pool lane for competition.

Even last weekend as he was competing on behalf of the Aurora Master Ducks team at the Cana-dian masters swimming champi-onships in Etobicoke it was in the spirit of camaraderie, friendship and exercise. Never mind that he also set world age group (60-64 years) records in both the 100 and 200-metre butterfly events. He also

added a Canadian record in free-style for 50 and was second at 100 metres.

“I love the sport and love the people,” said Thompson, a mem-ber of the national program for seven years bridging the 1970s and 1980s. “I just do my thing and am not super competitive. I’m more swimming for fitness more than anything.

“What I take from it is being active and fit as I mature. My competitive spirit is inward and directed against myself.

“Swimming is such a great activity. It’s a life sport. And it’s good to stick with what you know. People take different things from sport so you put in the training and stick with it. I just happen to like swimming.”

Thompson won silver medals in the 1979 Pan American Games in Puerto Rico in the 100 butterfly and as a member of the 400-metre medley team. He also is a two-time gold medal winner at Common-wealth Games in 1978 and 1982.

He qualified for the 25-member Canadian swimming team for the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, ultimately to be grounded by a U.S.-led boycott of the Games.

A rotator cuff injury ended his international swimming career prior to the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.

On dry land, Thompson is in his third year as CEO for Skate Canada. If it seems a bit of an odd match comparing his sport to harder water, Thompson thinks not.

“I do find a lot of carryover from my competitive days,” said Thompson. “It helps that I have an understanding of coaches and athletes.”

He also understands his back-ground from all those years ago do not make him infallible in the pool.

A strong technical swimmer, Thompson is not beyond trying to improve his game.

“Sometimes it can be (Not intimidating) giving correction to a world record holder,” said Ducks’

owner and head coach Adam Por-teous. “But he is always looking at mastering his craft.

“He is phenomenal. Whenever he hits the water he sets records and wins gold. But he is very humble. You wouldn’t know he is a record holder. He always takes time to help out with other members of the team.”

Thompson still has the com-petitive bug as evidenced by win-ning the butterfly at 50 and 100 metres and as a member of the 200 medley team at the 2014 FINA world masters championships in Montreal.

His accomplishments in Eto-bicoke in the butterfly events add to his collection of FINA world records. He is also the record holder for short course 50 and 100 butterfly for the 50-54 and 55-59 age groups.

Though removed from swim-ming for at least 20 years, Thomp-son still finds solace in the water. It is not the decades-later continu-ation of competition against the

best athletes in his sport from around the globe. Few elite ath-letes, in fact, participate in masters caliber events, he concedes.

“The technical and sense of water can keep you in good stead,” said Thompson.

“But the only way to stay com-petitive is if you’re technique is good. By now, I don’t have the strength and speed so I have to make sure my technique is flaw-less.”

The American-led boycott of the 1980 Games surely still carries some sting for a lot of athletes. For the most part, however, Thompson was able to let go.

“It does a bit but at some point you’ve got to park it,” he said. “It’s the ones that didn’t park it who are still having trouble. It wasn’t per-fect, it was a bit tough, and some-times it does bother me.

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On track3Paige Sandwell of Aurora’s Dr. G. W. Williams Wildcats competes in 1,500-metre open steeplechase dur-ing the YRAA outdoor track and field championships held at Bill Crothers Secondary School in Markham May 18. Sandwell took first place. For more photos, visit bit.ly/1XSUXzQ

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John CudmoreCuddy Shark

f only we could re-write his-tory.

It might well have been a lot of fun had we the chance to live a John Brophy era as

part of the Toronto Maple Leafs/Newmarket Saints-era during the 1980s in Newmarket.

Alas, in the mixed and messed-up world of the Harold Ballard-owned franchise it did not happen that the mostly journeyman coach, a fellow for whom the East Coast Hockey League named a coaching award, got a chance to coach the American Hockey League affiliate of the Maple Leafs.

Hockey fans with a recall of history may remember the almost-happened nature of Brophy’s near-miss with the Saints, whose transfer from St. Catharines to Newmarket for the 1985-86 season was considered a wild move by an erratic franchise operated by the eccentric Ballard.

A career minor leaguer to that point, Brophy was set to join the Saints in their move, fresh off a deep playoff run for the St. Catha-

Former Leafs coach Brophy one that got away for NewmarketI rines team before losing a seven-

game series to the Hershey Bears. The Leafs organization called a

press conference one smouldering summer day to announce their intention to conduct training camp at the Ray Twinney Complex in Newmarket.

Of course, nothing in those days was a simple matter for the Maple Leafs under the leadership of Bal-lard. With Gerry McNamara as general manager, Ballard got into a heated argument with Leafs coach Dan Maloney.

Only minutes prior to the news conference, Maloney, a rather large and imposing individual, was freight-training it for the exit, nod-ding perhaps in the general direc-tion of anyone who offered a hello. Hey, this wasn’t a dispute with the folks in Newmarket, after all.

Only later was it revealed that Maloney was in the process of tell-ing the Leafs to stick their job after refusing to give him a rather paltry $5,000 pay raise. Great start to the new tenant’s five-year contract.

Not long after, and not neces-

the full head of shock white hair. Brophy had a reputation as a vol-cano waiting to erupt. How many times did we see him visibly seethe and boil over on national televi-sion as his Maple Leafs performed poorly? The images are legendary.

But it wasn’t all fire and brim-stone.

“He was my all-time favourite coach,” said Wes Jarvis, who had played for Brophy the previous sea-son in St. Catharines and had a few recalls to the Leafs under Brophy rule. “I recently had this discussion with some guys who had him in Toronto and they disagree. The ‘80s were a bit different at the upper and lower levels. Maybe it was a case in that he didn’t adapt.

“His style was that of the East Coast league, or the American league. Push, push, push.”

Aside from the old-school style, Jarvis recalled Brophy as passion-ate, driven, funny, caring.

Jarvis dispelled the notion that it was non-stop violence and may-hem in the world of Brophy, the figure some say is the basis for the

Reggie Dunlop character played by Paul Newman in the iconic hockey movie, Slapshot.

The fact is that the Newmarket hockey community never really understood what it had missed.

“All can tell you is,” said Jarvis, “is that if he didn’t get hired up to coach and if he had stayed here, we would have been talking about perennial playoffs for Newmarket and deep into the playoffs teams. We would have done good things for the town and franchise, I think.”

Bill Andrews, then recreation commissioner in Newmarket and a key player at this end for snar-ing the Saints to be a tenant at the Ray Twinney Complex, remembers Brophy as a kind soul who treated his rink staff well.

Andrews, who grew close to the Saints, wondered if the NHL was truly what Brophy desired.

“I thought at first he was going to be thrilled to go to the NHL,” said Andrews. “But I think he would have been just as happy coaching in the ECHL. He was just happy to be coaching.”

sarily surprisingly, the Winnipeg Jets found Maloney worthy of a significantly higher wage.

Brophy’s passing on the week-end in Antigonish, N.S. reminds that he was a part of the Newmar-ket sports scene, albeit briefly.

Brophy, who was 83 when he died following a lengthy illness, was slated to coach the Saints only to be suddenly summoned by the big club with Maloney’s departure. Exit Brophy from Newmarket. Enter his first and only NHL gig.

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JOB POSTINGJOB TITLE: Phone Verifier, Casual Part TimeBUSINESS UNIT: Aurora, ONTHE OPPORTUNITY: York Region Media Group, a division of Metroland Media Group, is currently looking for casual part-time Verifiers, working up to 19 hours per week, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings. This position acts as the key liaison be- tween the newspaper and the carrier force which delivers our product. From receipt of a customer/circulat ion/corporate inquiry, the verif icat ion representat ive must take ownership of the inquiry to ensure the route is verified and results communicated to the appropriate parties.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Successfully conduct verification calls to ensure deadlines are consistently met• Handle a high volume of outbound calls per shift• Ensure that FDSA Policy & Procedures are met on a daily basis

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR• Experience with outbound phone calls an asset• Strong telephone presentation skills• Excellent verbal, written and listening skills• Strong computer skills• Solid organizational and time management skills, with the ability to multi-task• Ability to work in a fast-paced deadline oriented environment• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team environment

If working for a highly energized, competitive team is your ideal environment, please email your resume to dlawrie@yrmg.com by May 29, 2016.

Metroland is committed to accessibil i ty in employment and to ensuring equal access to employment opportunities for candidates, including persons with disabil it ies. In compli- ance with AODA, Metroland will endeavour to provide reasonable accommodation to per- sons with disabilities in the recruitment process upon request. If you are selected for an interview and you require accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment pro- cess, please notify the hiring manager upon scheduling your interview.

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PLANNERConstruction Co. in Vaughan is seeking an individual with working knowledge of the Planning Ac t , Provincia l Pol ic ies and Legislation relating to land use planning, official plans, site plan agreements and permit applications. Must have excellent interpersonal sk il ls with the abil ity to communicate, both verbally and in writing, with the immediate team, stakeholders, consultants, and the public.We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment, where all employees feel valued, respected and s u p p o r t e d . O u r o r g a n i z a t i o n o f f e r s a c c o m m o d a t i o n fo r a p p l i c a n t s w i t h disabilities as part of its recruitment process. I f you are contacted to arrange for an interview or testing, please advise us if you require an accommodation.

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J. Lipani & Son Sod Farms Ltd.Located in Queensville, ON

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FT permanent. $30 p/hr.Extended health coverage benefits.Available day/ evening/ weekend.

Send resume to: info@lipanigroup.com

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to drop off in person.

J. Lipani & Son Sod Farms Ltd.Located in Queensville, ON

Needs aCUSTOM OPERATOR FARM MACHINERY

Valid driver licence, drive manual t ransmiss ion veh ic le , i r r iga t ion s y s t e m s e x p e r i e n c e , m a i n t a i n w o r k l o g s / r e c o r d s , 2 y e a r s e x p e r i e n c e o p e r a t i n g f a r m machinery. Work under pressure, fast paced e n v i r o n m e n t , n e g o t i a t e w i t h clients provision of services. High school diploma.

FT permanent. $22 p/hr. Medical benefits.

Available day/ evening/ weekend. Send resume to:

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www.woodingtonlake.com7110 MILL STREET, TOTTENHAM

905-936-4343

PART-TIME • CLEANER • LINE COOK

Send resumes to annette@woodingtonlake.com

RECE and Assistant Teachers for Before and After School positions required for Newmarket area centres.Strong programming, leadership, and communication skills required. Commitment to working in a child care setting. Recent police screening and up-to-date immunizations required.

Please submit your resume to Sari Connell Manager, Sta�ng and Employee RelationsBy email: hr@uppercanadachildcare.comBy fax: 289.982.1116Thank you for your interest, only applicants who may be interviewed will be contacted.

Upper Canada Child Care is a non-pro�t, government licensed organization operating centres in communities throughout Toronto, York Region, and Simcoe County.

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Here we grow again!! Busy dental office located in Keswick

is seeking a CERTIFIED DENTAL ASSISTANT.

Level 2 preferred but will also accept resumes from Level 1.

If you are reliable, friendly, mouldable and anxious to learn we want to hear from you!! Full time hours. Evenings & Saturdays req'd.

Email your resume to: info@cedarwooddental.ca

AZ and/or ACZ DRIVERS NEEDED

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Call 416-984-6553antony@toptomatofoods.ca

Magna Golf Club has a couple of openings on

its Grounds Maintenance Team

for EQUIPMENT OPERATION and COURSE MAINTENANCE.

Need to be available full-time into November.Forward resumes to:

wrath@magnagolf.com Fax: 905-713-2958

Growing custom Stair and Railing Shop in Keswick requires:

1 SKILLED STAIR BUILDER and 1 SKILLED RAILING PERSON

Min. 5 years experience required. Must be reliable, take direction well

& pay attention to detail. Salary to be based on experience.

Email resume to: stairwayzjobs@gmail.com

Senior BakeryMAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

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wrapper/packaging equipment. Hands on maintenance.

Email: info@treasuremills.com

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transportation and minimum 3 years experience.

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Busy Newmarket Chiropractic office looking for Customer Service and

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treat patients like royalty. Must have an interest in natural health. Email cover

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SHOP LABOURFull-time position. Ideal candidate will have prior woodworking experience. Will be using hand and power woodworking tools. Heavy Lifting Involved. Motivated, responsible, self-starter that is detail oriented.

Send resume to:h_r@countertopmagic.ca

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HELP WANTEDPallet & Crate

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Steady work with benefitsApply in Person or email

12 Paisley Lane(Bloomington & York Durham Line)

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Cooks & Line Cooksfor new restaurant

Mnookmi is a new family oriented restaurant

on the shores of Lake Simcoe. Please forward resumes to:

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Experience Required

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with experience. Call Zohre

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LYONS, John Hugh

Peacefully died at Newmarket Health Centre on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at the age of 96. World War II Vet R.C.A.F. and retired teacher from George Brown College. Predeceased by wife Pauline Lyons (Kennedy). Beloved father of Eleanor Wallace (Gord), Valerie Desautels (Richard), June Lyons-Vance. Loving g r a n d f a t h e r o f S h a r o n D r a p e r (Hayden ) , Jona than Desau te l s , Stephanie Desautels (Charlie), Kyle Vance and the late Sherilyn Vance. He is a cherished great-grandfather of ten.Celebrat ion of L i fe at St . Paul 's Anglican Church, 227 Church Street, Newmarket on Saturday, June 4th. Visitation at 10 a.m., Service at 11 a.m. Reception to follow. Lovingly remembered by many family and friends. The family would like to thank staff at Newmarket Health Centre for their loving care of our father.Donations appreciated to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.Arrangements entrusted to Taylor Funeral Home 905-898-2100.

On-line condolences may be made at www.taylorfh.ca

MORTON, MarjorieFebruary 7, 1920 -

May 21, 2016Passed away peacefully at

Cedarvale Lodge in Keswick on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at the

age of 96 years.

Beloved wife of the late Donald Wilson Morton (1988). Loving mother of Russel (Darlene) of Sharon, Harold (Susan) of Oshawa, Ron (Diana) of Bar r ie , and o f the la te Mur ray. Cher ished 'Grandma' and 'Great Grandma' of 9 grand, and 9 great grandchildren. Dear sister of Audrey Mae Lee, Dorothy Ireland and Dudley and his surviving wife Dorothy. She will be greatly missed by many nieces, nephews, and relatives.

Friends will be received at the M.W. Becker Funeral Home, 490 The Queensway South, Keswick, Ontario on Friday, May 27th, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., followed by a Funeral Service in the Chapel at 11 a.m. Interment at Queensville Cemetery, Queensville, Ontario.

In memory of Marjorie, donations to the Alzheimer's Society would be appreciated.

SORENSEN, Jewdie

Peacefully, at her home near

Beaverton, on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the age of

60 years.

Jewdie Sorensen, beloved daughter of Ester and the late Simon Sorensen. Dear sister of Steen Sorensen, Dan Sorensen, Gulla Graham (Keith) and L i sa So re n se n N e s te r ( S te v e ) . Lovingly remembered by the families of her nephews, Mark, Kelly and Blake Sorensen; Jason Carber t , Jeff ry Timmins, Matthew Graham and Ariel Sheen. Fondly remembered by her extended family, friends around the world, and especially Fred Evans.Jewdie's life will be celebrated in the chape l o f the Forrest & Taylor Funeral Home, 20846 Dalton Road, Sutton, Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. Visitation in the funeral home from 12:30 p.m. In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation or an animal shelter of your choosing would be appreciated by the family.

Memorial condolences may be made at www.forrestandtaylor.com

VERHOOG, Corrie

Peacefully passed away at her home with family at her side on Friday, May 20, 2016.

Corrie Verhoog of Bradford in her 88th year. Wife of late Bill. Beloved companion of Janis Mezitis. Loving mom of Roely (Peter) Mezitis, Bill (Teresa) and Mike. Proud Oma of late Erin Mezit is (James), Mark; Chyvonne (Dusty), Jessica (Lucas), B i l ly ; N ico las (Sandra) , Nata l ie (Darren) and Rebecca. Cherished Great Oma of Abby, Evan, Shannon, Bruce, Landon, Tanner, Skylar and Lucy. Survived by her sister Shirley (Martin) Vantol and brother Peter (late Rosemary) Verheul. Corrie will be fondly remembered by her nieces and nephews.

Fr iends cal led at SKWARCHUK FUNERAL HOME, 30 Simcoe Rd., Bradford for visitation on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 from 6-9 p.m. Funeral service held at the funeral home on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 1 p.m. followed by cremation.

In Corrie's memory, donations may be made to Sick Kids Foundation or Ronald McDonald House.

WILSON, Alf (Alfred) Passed away after a short batt le with cancer at Southlake Regional Heal th Centre in Newmarket , on Friday, May 20, 2016 at 73 years of age. Loving husband of Morag for 51 years . Amaz ing fa ther o f S teve ( Ta m m y ) W i l s o n a n d A l l i s o n Sanderson. Proud papa of Stac i Sanderson , Shand i and Hay ley Wilson. Brother to Stewart, Dudley, Alan, Helen and the late Jim. He will b e g r e a t l y m i s s e d b y h i s t w o favourite dogs Maggie and Dex.Special thank you to the Palliative Care nursing team at Southlake.V i s i t a t i o n t o o k p l a c e a t t h e Roadhouse & Rose Funeral Home, 157 Main Street S., Newmarket on Tuesday, May 24th from 12-2 p.m. followed by a funeral service at 2 p.m. Donations in memory of Alf may be made to the Palliative Care unit at Southlake Regional Health Centre.

BURNS, Mary Ann

I t i s w i t h g r e a t s a d n e s s w e announce Mary Ann Burns (nee Luff) passed away on May 16, 2016 in her 81st year.

Loving wife to Russell Burns of 58 years. Dear daughter of the late Ernie and Kathleen Luff. Proud sister o f John Lu f f and Kay Rumble (passed) . Mary was a be loved mother to Shirley, Cathy, Kevin and Rob. A proud grandmother of 8 g r a n d c h i l d r e n a n d 2 g r e a t grandchildren.

Friends and family are invited to a celebration of Mary's l i fe at the Roadhouse & Rose Funeral Home on Saturday, May 28th from 2-4 p.m. 157 Main St. South, Newmarket.

DOL, Allen Gerard

Suddenly, in Niagara Falls, on May 20, 2016 at the age of 48.

Beloved son to Anne and the late Martin Dol. Loving brother to Corinne (Steve). Cherished uncle to Nicole and Ryan. Sadly missed by his loving girlfriend Matina and her children. Allen will be missed by many friends and family.

Pr ivate family service was held. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Taylor Funeral Home, Newmarket 905-898-2100.

Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated.

On-line condolences may be made at www.taylorfh.ca.

BELLAR, BillJuly 6th, 1939 ~ May 28th, 1993

Dad, GrandadRefl ections of your love will grow

More and more every year,In the garden of our love for you.

Love Linda & Family

TREMAIN, Christopher

In loving memory of our dear son, brother, brother-in-law and uncle who

passed away suddenly on May 27, 2015

We love you and miss you every day.

Mom, Dad, Val, Ken and Kyle.

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By Teresa LaTchfordtlatchford@yrmg.com

herry Webster’s notes will continue to ring true in the hearts of those who knew her.

To some, she was a loving wife and devoted mother of two. To others, she was a dedi-cated teacher and the commu-nity will remember her forever as the organist who played at the Ray Twinney Complex during Newmarket Saints games. She was an energetic and encour-aging spirit who will never be forgotten by those who were for-tunate enough to have crossed her path.

“She was a unique person,” her husband, Bill, said. “She was mystifying, talented, smart, funny and shared my love for music.”

They first met at the “Jolly” Miller Tavern in Toronto more than four decades ago. Both were musicians and teachers who were just beginning their careers. It was only six months later that the couple married. In 1974, the couple moved to New-market, a move they called the great white north at the time.

Over the years, Cherry taught primary and junior grades, music, special needs children and French at Park Avenue Pub-lic School, at schools in Aurora, but spent the majority of her time at Prince Charles Public School in Newmarket.

“The students who needed most, just gravitated toward her because of her empathy and because she was so giving,” he added. “She was just an amazing person in everything she did.”

Cherry juggled her teaching

Cherry Webster loved by students, friends

Ccareer, raising her children, Dar-ryl and Kim, and teaching private piano lessons. On top of that, she decided the Newmarket Saints games needed a certain spice so, for every game, she would lug her equipment, plus her children, to the second floor of the recreation complex to rev up players and fans.

“I still meet people today who knew my mom as the Leafs’ farm team organist,” Darryl said. “I have been to some faraway places and people know who my mother was; a beautiful person.”

But closer to home, he remem-bers his mother being someone who always put everyone else first, almost to a fault, as he won-ders if she ever had time for her-self. When he was 12, he attended a goalie school in Orillia, but was too shy to spend the night at the camp, so his mother crammed his hockey equipment into her IROC Z28 at 5 a.m. three times a week to allow him to have the experi-ence.

“She would encourage any idea we had,” he laughed. “I wanted to travel with a band that made no money and she never discouraged me.”

When his sister, Kim, moved to Manchester, Cherry never discouraged her and remained close with her daughter.

Cherry always enjoyed travel-ling to see her daughter and felt very much at home there.

Her empathy for others began well before her family was estab-lished or before she became a teacher. When her classmates were choosing to go to Paris as part of French studies, she went to Africa where she could do mission work on top of teaching French.

In addition to her other talents, Cherry had written a children’s book, but had never done any-thing with it until she was diag-nosed with a brain tumour that claimed her life in April. With help from her family, the book, The Amazing Adventures of Squeaky and Vashy, has been published.

The family is currently working on organizing a life celebration to be held in August.

“We want the celebration to be as unique as she was,” Bill said.

It will be a celebration with music and memories to pay trib-ute to a life that was taken too soon.

Cherry Webster was a bright light in many people’s lives:

“She was my first teacher when I started at Prince Charles, she made me feel comfortable and she was one of the best teachers I had.

“I still think of her often and, like a lot of others, have men-tioned I, too, still use her songs to help aid my own children in their mathematical journey.”

—Melanie Walsh-Boland

“I wouldn’t have survived my first few years of teaching at Park Avenue without her as a mentor and shining guide. She was such a dedicated and hard-working teach-er. Her sensitivity to others, enthu-siasm, positive approach, creativity

and kindness were appreciated by everyone.”

—susan collett

“Mrs. Webster was my Grade 4 teacher and a teacher I will never forget. I still remember, to this day, the songs she taught us to help with math.

“I have also used these to help teach my children. I remember days of going to the Newmarket Saints hockey games and being more excited that my teacher was the musician playing on her key-board. Thank you for the wonderful memories. You will never be forgot-ten.”

— Jennifer Gillison

“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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NEWMARKET - BRIGHT, 1 bedroom basement, furnished,

separate entrance. Non-smoking/ pets. $900. Suits mature single. Short/ long term. (416)540-5137

AURORA 1 bedroom apartment. Clean, quiet

building, close to all amenities. From $1125 inclusive.

Available June 1.No dogs. 905-727-0459.

DOWNTOWN RICHMOND HillBeautiful 2 bedroom apts available imm. From $1450/m. Includes heat, water and 1 parking. Central air & 5

appliances. 905-224-3264

JANE/ MAJOR Mac- Large 1 bed- room basement apartment, separate

entrance, everything included. No smoking/ pets. Avail imm. $900.

416-712-8702

BRADFORD 3 bedroom upper level, 4 appliances,

first/ last, $1250+ 60% utilities. No pets. Available immediately.

905-252-2406

AURORA: WELLINGTON/Bayview. 1 bedroom walkout

basement, professionally finished.Private entrance. Non-smoking/ pets.

$850. 905-726-1846

BRADFORD- 3 bedroom upper, bright, clean, spacious, private entrance. Parking.

No smoking/ no dogs. $1150+ utilities.Immediate. 416-751-3368 between 9am-5pm, 905-778-8228 after 6pm.

KESWICK3 bedroom legal apartment,

dishwasher, laundry, airconditioning. Available May 1. $1500. Must see to appreciate. 905-476-3841

NEWMARKET BUILDINGHeart of Main Street, Completely renovated

1 bedroom, laundry. Clean, quiet. Non-smoking/pets. Immediately. $950.

June 1st. 905-505-2579, 905-895-8534

PEFFERLAW- 2 bed room, appliances. First/ last. References. Credit check. $1200 inclusive. 705-437-1757

KESWICK LAKEFRONTTwo 1 bedroom apartments available

$800+. utilities. Cable. Parking. 1st/last. No pets. 905-989-2469

NEWMARKET - Lesl ie & Ringwel l . Bachelor apartment - furnished, parking, all busses at corner. No smoking or pets. Laundry available. All cable & computer incl. $950 incl. Call 905-953-8656

KESWICKQueensway S./ Glenwoods Ave

4-bedroom townhouse family neighbourhood close to transit, shops, laundry hook-up in

basement. $1,214 +utilities. Available immediately. 1-877-464-9675 ext. 72708

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BRADFORD - 4+2 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms. Large living and dining rooms. Appliances, laundry, large deck, rec room, 6 parking $2300+

416-721-6001

1300+ SQ.FT. side split w/1/2 basement, attached garage. 3 bedrooms, living/dining combo and eat-in kitchen. New windows throughout. Gas heat. Large corner lot in

Georgina. $1450. First/last. References/credit check. Non-smoker. 905-252-0428

KESWICKFull house: 3 bedrooms. Large lot,

4 appliances - incl laundry. No garage. $1350 + utilities. First/ last. Immediate.

905-853-1383

Reasonable rent. Executive home $2400. Granny flat

brings $1200-$1400, you end up with reasonable rent, $1200 for 3 bedroom

home. 905-478-4590, 905-252-2624

NEWMARKET- 3 bedroom main floor, near hospital, unique property, clean, fenced

backyard, 2 parking, laundry, appliances, non-smoking/ pets, references. $1300+.

June 1st. 905-717-9360

BRIGHT, FURNISHED room, centrally located/ Newmarket. Parking, cable, internet, a/c, laundry. Clean, mature

non-smoker. June 1st. $575. First/ last. 289-716-4603 (text preferred)

HOLLAND LANDING- Large finished basement for rent. Utilities, internet &

parking included. Non-smoking. Available June 1st. $600. Call Shannon

289-383-1438

BRADFORD - Shared Accommoda- tions: fully shared house. New home, 4

bed, 4 bath, laundry, kitchen, large yard, parking. Suits prof. No pets. Avail

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