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A Thunder Rally School Spirit Day was capped off with a Charity Basketball Game Monday. The Thornlea Boys Bas-ketball All- Stars took on the York Region Police Basketball Travelling Team. Thornlea player of the game, Cashius McNeilly, (left) is guarded here by York Regional Police officer Jason Jordan. Thorn-lea won in overtime 73-72.

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Sarah breaks down in tears as she describes the four hours a day she spends changing dia-pers, cooking, cleaning, shopping and providing other care for her 80-year-old ailing mother as they wait for a long-term care bed to open up.

“Terrible, terrible. It’s terrible for

her, too, because she knows it’s too much for me and it’s too much for her,” said Sarah, who doesn’t want her or her mother’s names published because she fears it will affect her mom’s treatment in the system.

Her mother, Mary, receives home care about 10 hours a week, but it is far from enough for some-one suffering from a number of

health problems, including severe osteoarthritis, heart disease, incon-tinence and significant pain.

While the elderly York Region woman’s mind remains alert, she now has anxiety and mood swings as she tries to cope with her dete-riorating health and watching her daughter struggle to care for her.

Mary had been on a waiting list for a long-term care bed since last

fall and about four weeks ago was upgraded to crisis status by the Central Community Care Access Centre, an organization funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care that connects residents to health services in the commu-nity.

This week, Sarah learned her mother was being offered a

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Sarah, whose husband has cancer, has cut back her hours as a health care worker to care for her mother.

While she is applauding an announce-ment last week by associate health and long-term care minister Dipika Damerla at Bloomington Cove Care Community Centre in Whitchurch-Stouffville that will see the province upgrade more than 300 long-term care facilities across Ontario over the next nine years, Sarah is disappointed there was no mention of creating new long-term care spaces.

“There are so many people waiting. The system is terrible. I don’t think our government has given enough to long-term care. I really do think they are in crisis,” she said, adding the government also needs to add more staff highly trained in geriatric care.

“The staff from the (home care) agencies that come in, they do a great job, great job. But I think the system is really bad for the people who really need to get in (to long-term care). I’m basically told, ‘OK, now (my mother’s) in crisis, within a month she will get in because she really is in crisis’ and I’m told another time when I speak to the case worker that there are others in crisis, she has to wait her turn.”

The government continues to monitor the need for long-term care beds across the prov-ince while also ensuring the needs of residents in existing facilities are being met, Oak Ridges-Markham MPP Dr. Helena Jaczek, also minis-ter of community and social services, said.

“We want to make sure that residents of all long-term care homes throughout the prov-ince, such as those residing at Bloomington Cove, have facilities that are up to current standards and feel as much like home as possible,” she said in an email, adding more than 30,000 beds in the 300 facilities will be upgraded.

That means making improvements to things such as wheelchair accessibility, air conditioning and room for rehab and physio programs, as well as improving overall com-fort and design of long-term care spaces, she added.

Facilities approved for redevelopment will receive a construction subsidy, which involves receiving funding per bed, per day for 25 years, starting with admission of the first resident meeting applicable conditions, Jaczek said.

The fact the province is investing in exist-ing long-term care facilities and thinking about seniors is fabulous, said Tazim Bhanji, program manager for seniors programs with Markham-based Social Services Network, a charitable organization providing programs

for the South Asian community. But the announcement is not enough to

address the ballooning senior population, she said.

Between 2011 and 2031, York Region’s senior population will increase by 148 per cent, almost four times faster than the over-all population, according to a report called Towards a Seniors Strategy, released by the region last year.

Seniors will make up 21 per cent of York’s population in 2031, up from 12 per cent in 2011.

What’s more, York seniors are living longer than the provincial and national averages, thanks, in part, to the region’s high quality of life.

Life expectancy in York is 84.1 years, com-pared to 81.5 years in Ontario and 81.1 years in Canada.

“We are not really ready for the population

that is going to be facing us in the next decade. The important issue here is, in the next 10 years there will be more seniors requiring ser-vices. So, how are we going to take care of the seniors who are not accessing the services at present?” Bhanji said.

“Absolutely, the government should be cre-ating (new) long-term care beds and afford-able housing and independent living. The gov-ernment should be looking into those aspects, I don’t want to say instead of (renovating exist-ing facilities) but in addition to. It’s absolutely not enough because the government has to be cognizant of what is coming in the next decade.”

Loren Freid, CEO of the Alzheimer Society of York Region, also praised the government for investing in existing infrastructure, but is frustrated the province failed to address other needs of the growing senior population.

“I think what the province did, they went

halfway. It’s important to provide investment into existing long-term care in order to ensure standards are met and we’re all in favour of that and that’s great,” he said.

“The other side of the coin to that, there needs to be an investment into more beds and more dementia-specific beds. And if we’re talking about dementia, more programming right across the board — programming that would help to mitigate the progression of the disease and to slow down people going into long-term care.”

With the growing senior population, action is needed now, Freid said.

“In 10 years, there will be more people in the province over the age of 65 than under the age of 15. And nowhere do we see that situa-tion more pronounced than in York Region,” he said.

“People age generally well and dementia is not a normal aspect of aging, but age is the most significant risk factor for dementia. We need to see a greater investment in all kinds of dementia programing.”

Gila Martow, Conservative MPP for Thorn-hill, isn’t impressed with the government’s announcement.

“This announcement is actually a re-an-nouncement because they announced last year they were renovating some long-term care beds in the province. This is only 300 (facilities being renovated). We have 24,000 people on a waiting list for a bed and this isn’t new beds, this is renovating beds and it’s over nine years,” she said.

“We need to see the beds renovated and we need to see new beds. It’s not enough.”

She believes the government made the rosy announcement “out of the blue” to over-shadow a week of public thrashing over the Liberals’ fundraising tactics.

“Those of us who are down at Queen’s Park day after day, you sort of see these things, that there’s a horrific press day and the next day there is an announcement on something sunny, completely off topic, to try and change the channel,” she said.

“I don’t want to say that these beds are not going to be renovated, but nine years is an awfully long time just to renovate 300 (facilities)….I think we could do a lot more and could do it a lot faster and a lot better.”

Not providing enough long-term care beds results in bottlenecks in hospitals when seniors remain there rather than being admit-ted to a nursing homes, Martow said.

Despite Martow’s criticism, the province is focused on the 30,000 long-term care beds that are in serious need of redevelopment and bringing them up to current standards to improve safety and quality of life for residents, Newmarket-Aurora MPP Chris Ballard said.

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Many Vaughan homeowners are feeling the sting of rising water costs, but Fran-cesco Nardi is impacted far more than most people.

The 66-year-old Maple man’s utility bill has soared, largely because of increased water usage since he started doing home dialysis last November. And with water rates projected to continue rising by nearly 10 per cent a year for the next few years, it’s going to get even more costly for him.

“Some of my most recent bills were as high as $975 and $950 (every two months) for hydro and water, which is really, very high for this area,” he said noting that before he started home dialysis his utility bills ranged between about $540 and $665 every two months.

Nardi has polycystic disease, a genetic dis-order that causes cysts to form in his kidneys rendering them unable to function properly.

As a result, he has to hook himself up to a

dialysis machine, set up in his home office, for several hours every other day to do the work of his kidneys, which remove toxins from the blood.

The entire process, factoring in set-up time and cleaning up afterward, takes him about six and a half hours, Nardi said. And it uses hundreds of litres of water an hour.

“The machine, every two hours, it back-washes so the water runs very often,” said Nardi, a semi-retired electrical contractor who runs his own business. “And then when I do (dialyze) for six-and-a-half hours, the water is running steady.”

Despite all that, Nardi opted to do dialysis at home rather than driving to a clinic or the hospital because it gives him greater flex-ibility.

“I’d still rather do it at home because it’s in my own room and it gives me a chance to take care of things like work,” he said. “If I’m an hour late (starting dialysis), I can still do it at home. At the hospital, you have to be there on time so it gives me a bit of freedom.”

By opting to do home dialysis, Nardi is also saving the provincial government thou-sands of dollars, in part, because it reduces the need for hospital space and requires fewer health-care workers.

The cost to pro-vide dialysis in a hospital or at a clinic has been pegged at about $83,000 per patient, per year, according to infor-mation published by the Kidney Foun-dation of Canada in 2013.

By contrast, home dialysis costs between $30,000 and $60,000, depending on the type of dialysis.

Nardi says his decision to dialyze at home also benefits those who are unable to by free-ing up space for them at clinics or hospitals.

Given all that, he’s hoping the City of Vaughan will seriously consider doing some-thing to help people in his situation reduce their costs.

“I would like to see if, for patients like me, they could put in a flat (water) rate fee,” he said.

Nardi’s bid for financial assistance from the City of Vaughan has the support of at least one local councillor, so far.

Maple/Kleinburg Councillor Marilyn

Iafrate, last month, asked city staff to investi-gate the best approach and potential costs of implementing some kind of rebate or grant program for people doing home dialysis.

“It’s not something that a resident can write off on their income taxes as a medical expense, but it is a lot money,” Iafrate said. “If there’s an opportunity, maybe, for us to do something – whatever it is – I think we should explore it. … It’s not a lot of people, but I think it would help those who are in need.”

A report on the matter is expected to come back before city council for discussion later this year.

It’s rare, but not unheard of, for munici-palities in Ontario to offer assistance to home dialysis patients.

For instance Clearview Township, just west of Barrie, provides residents a 90 per cent rebate on the amount of water their dialysis machine uses.

The City of Ottawa, meanwhile, has been providing annual grants ranging from $250 up to a maximum $500 depending on the amount of water used since 2007.

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A pivotal moment for Taheri came in 2014 when she decided to combine her love of music — she taught piano for 15 years — with her background in corporate communications.

Taheri created High Notes Gala for Mental Health, an annual event showcasing the lives and talents of artists who have faced mental health challenges.

She has spoken about her own family’s struggles with mental illness.

“Although my life shifted when my daughter suffered a mental health crisis, we knew how lucky we were that she reached out for help, because many people don’t,” Taheri said.

Taheri’s daughter wasn’t the only person in the family to struggle with mental health issues. Taheri’s father struggled with depres-sion and at his lowest, came close to taking his own life. Luckily, he received help in time and went on to lead a full life, becoming a role model of hope for Taheri’s family.

“Now it is my mission to use the power of words and music to reduce the stigma that surrounds mental illness so that others also will ask for help,” Taheri said. “I’ve sworn to do what I can to elevate the status of mental illness survivors. They deserve just as much respect as cancer survivors receive.”

For Taheri, starting up a non-profit organi-zation has been about creating a positive out of a challenging situation.

“When we first faced this crisis, it was awful, really a living nightmare, but both my daughter and I agreed something good had to come out of it,” she said.

This year, more than 400 people are expect-ed to attend the High Notes event at the Rich-mond Hill theatre April 28. One messageTaheri hopes to convey is that you can have a good life despite struggles with mental health.

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What will it take to stop scourge on our roads?

he anger and disgust in the room is palpable.

Every monthly meet-ing of the York Region chapter of madd —

Mothers Against Drunk Driving — an officer from the OPP and another from York Regional Police update members and volunteers on impaired collisions, charges laid and courtroom decisions.

Every single time, as we listen to details of wrong-way drivers, people swerving off highways or into other drivers, driving with open liquour in vehicles, or driv-ing impaired with innocent chil-dren in the car — mouths drop open, heads shake sadly and sometimes faces get flushed or eyes tear up.

You see, for many members of the madd York group, impaired driving is not just a faceless crime — it’s very personal. It’s a crime that has destroyed their fam-ily, maimed or killed a loved one, caused real pain and suffering.

But every month, the cycle just gets repeated again; differ-ent details and different driv-ers — but the same carnage and destruction.

I drive home from the meetings each month worried about drivers on the roadway beside me, won-dering if they are taking chances with their own lives or mine.

If you’re a sensible, responsi-ble driver, you probably thought it was sad and ironic that as the trial finished up for the King man found guilty of impaired driv-ing causing the death of three children and their grandfa-ther, another 13 drivers on York Region roads Easter weekend were caught by police and face impaired charges.

Now add to that another 13 drivers facing impaired charges from this past weekend — April 8 through 10 — and you may begin to feel the frustration of both police and madd members.

Frustration? Maybe I should say fury...

And don’t think these incidents are all young drivers joyriding in

their parents’ vehicles. Don’t think they are all men, either.

In November of last year we had a nine-year-old boy forced to call 911 to report his mom driving drunk with him in the vehicle. Fortunately, they were pulled over by police in Newmarket and no lives were lost.

In mid-March of this year, a Newmarket mother was charged with impaired driving after a long investigation into a January two- vehicle crash, when another driver was killed, and two of her children and one friend were sent to hospi-tal, as they had been in her car.

Just days later, a Georgina man was charged with impaired driv-ing after an ATV collision injured his five-year-old son.

Capping off this litany of woe is this past weekend’s near tragedy. A Toronto woman, 58, was driving the wrong way on Leslie Street in Richmond Hill, so intoxicated and oblivious — police say — that she didn’t even notice the police cruiser with sirens and lights acti-vated.

The officer was forced to box in the vehicle to stop it, after the driver narrowly missed colliding head-on with another vehicle. Breath readings after her arrest showed she had twice the legal limit of alcohol.

What’s going on? Are more citizens calling 911 to report sus-pected drivers and thus more are being arrested by police? Are more drivers thinking it’s socially acceptable to drink and drive?

When are we — as a society — going to say enough is enough of this scourge?

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Stop nonsense, don’t drink and drive

Twenty-six years ago, in King City, I lost a very good friend because of a drunk driver.

I read in the news recent-ly that York Regional Police arrested 10 drunk drivers in one weekend alone.

You have to be living under a rock not to hear the news with those three Neville-Lake children and their grandfather killed by yet another drunk driver.

What is it going to take for people to stop this absolute nonsense? Honestly. Take a cab — for what it will cost, even at $200 at a maximum — is that not worth it?

I still don’t think a day has gone by in the past 26 years where I haven’t thought of my friend.

He never got married, never had a family of his own. There is so much more he never got to do.

I won’t even mention the fallout for his family after the drunk driver got off on a technicality.

My heart still breaks and always will.

Please stop the nonsense. Don’t think twice — think once. Don’t drink and drive.

HeiDi FlemingAURORA

Time will tell on federal budget deficit

Markham-Unionville Conservative MP Bob Saroya believes the Liberals are fail-ing to encourage the private sector to invest in our econ-omy and create well-paying, high-quality jobs.

Former prime minister Stephen Harper gave indus-try a chance and they blew it. He cut taxes for compa-nies, freeing up cash flow, and instead of investing it in job creation, the industry did nothing.

Former finance minis-ter Jim Flaherty and former head of the Bank of Canada called it “dead money”.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a different approach.

He will give the science community $72 million a year to invest in research and development for things such as water treatment and new and improved techniques in hospitals.

More money will go to post-secondary institutions to modernize their facilities. Money will go toward public transit and affordable hous-ing.

These are things that bring new companies and immigrant workers to Can-ada. It will also diversify our economy. The new tax sys-tem will spread the money more evenly among the population.

Time will tell if running deficits will leave a big debt for our grandchildren and kill jobs as some predict or lift us out of a sluggish econ-omy and make for a better life for more people as many hope.

Terry CoppsNEwmARkET

Close bars that sexualize womenRe: What’s on the menu, meals or sexy attire? Column by Marney Beck, March 17.

I agree with Beck’s opin-ion, except I would go one step further and suggest the Ontario Human Rights Commission should be empowered — if it is not already — and should close any restaurant or bar with sexualized dress codes that discriminate against female employees.

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York Regional Police are search-ing for two suspects after a pair of burglaries in Vaughan early Tuesday morning.

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At about 1 a.m., the suspects broke a window at a Beer Store on Jane Street south of Major Mack-enzie Drive and took an unknown quantity of beer.

At about 1:30 a.m., suspects broke into an electronics store at Vaughan Mills Mall, making off with a number of flat-screen televisions.

The suspects left the scene in a stolen green Dodge Caravan, which was used in both robberies. The Caravan was subsequently located in the Hamilton area, but the stolen goods had been removed.

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to 9 p.m. at the York Region Police Station’s Community Room in Richmond Hill, 171 Major Mackenzie Dr. W. York Region Public Health will give a educational awareness talk on ticks, surveillance and Lyme disease. All welcome; free parking on Hopkins Street; please RSVP to reserve your seat via email to [email protected] or Facebook: York North Lyme Group

Wednesday, april 20Free seminar for empty nesters — Knowledge is power —

presented April 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Richview Manor, 10500 Dufferin St., Maple. Thornhill’s Les Kotzer speaks on wills, estates and power of attorney, “Downsizing Diva” Rosy Tersigni explains the downsizing process, plus others on fraud protec-tion and services for seniors. Refreshments served; register by calling 416-495-2722.

The Thornhill Garden & Horticultural society meets April 20, the third Wednesday of each month at 8 p.m. at Thornhill Community Centre, 7755 Bayview Ave. at John Street with social at 7:30 p.m. Guest Ellen Novack will speak about low maintenance gardening, plus members’ exhibit 100 Ways to Celebrate Your Inner Garden. Annual membership $20 (single) or $25 (family). New members and guests always welcome. For details, contact Bernadette at 647-527-6948 or [email protected]

THursday, april 21The regional prostate Cancer Canada network Newmarket

Support Group meets April 21 at Newmarket Seniors Meeting Place, 474 Davis Dr., Newmarket. Meet and greet at 6:30 p.m., meeting 7 p.m. Dr. Andrew Loblaw, a radiation oncologist from Sunnybrook will discuss state-of-the-art, image-guided treatment for prostate cancer. All welcome. For details, call 905-895-1975 or visit newmarketprostatecancer.com

A free, informative seminar is offered at Four Seasons Naturopathic Wellness, 305 Carrville Rd., Richmond Hill April 21 at 6:30 p.m. on naturopathic programs for autism spectrum disorders. Many theories on why autism is increasing will be discussed; learn ways to help child or young adult with an ASD. Donations welcome for food bank. RSVP at 905-597-7201 or at familynaturopath.ca

Friday, april 22Volunteer to plant trees on earth day April 22 from 10 a.m.

to 3 p.m. at Oak Ridges Community Centre, 12895 Bayview Ave., Richmond Hill. Equipment and gloves provided. Dress for weather and bring sturdy footwear. Register by email at [email protected] or call 905-771-8800.

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Centre streets, Markham) presents its spring rummage sale April 23 from 9 a.m. to noon. Large selection of clothes, house-hold items, linens, books, games, toys, jewellery and more available at great prices. For details, call 905-889-5931.

Temple Kol Ami, 36 Atkinson Ave, Thornhill, hosts second night passover seder April 23 at 6 p.m. Bring family and friends for a fun, musical, fully catered, stress-free Seder led by Rabbi Micah Streiffer. Cost is $40 for adults; $20 for children under 13. To register in advance, email [email protected] or call 905-709-2620 ext. 3.

Temple Har Zion, 7360 Bayview Ave., Thornhill invites every-one to celebrate second night Community seder with Rabbi Weiss April 23 at 6:30 p.m. Register early, space limited. For details and pricing, email [email protected] or call 905-889-2252 ext. 108.

The 16th annual oak ridges and lake Wilcox Community

Cleanup is set for April 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring your family and friends to 39 King Rd., the southwest corner of King and Yonge Street, to clean up litter from parks, wetlands and public areas. Students needing co-op hours welcome; barbe-cue to follow cleanup. To register, call 416-518-5514.

sunday, april 24Be part of the 10,000 Trees for the rouge Annual Spring

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Thornhill festival to receive $5,000Under the new streamlined Celebrate

Markham grant process, the city received close to 60 event applications, of which more than 40 received city funding, including 16 seniors clubs, 15 cultural events, seven major commu-nity events and five sporting events.

Last year, Markham council allotted $400,000 for the Celebrate Markham program, which included $256,000 for community events, $84,000 for events hosted by the city and $30,000 for both the Markham Arts Coun-cil and Kindred Spirits Orchestra.

To date, the city allotted about $159,000 toward community events, leaving $97,000 as left for a third application cycle in the coming weeks for events taking place between October and March.

The remaining funds also provide a cush-ion to address any misunderstandings.

The annual Thornhill Village Festival falls into that category.

The annual festival that stretches across

both sides of Yonge Street into Vaughan received $5,000 from Markham.

Meanwhile other festivals such as the Unionville Festival, Night it Up, Markham Vil-lage Music Festival and the Taste of Asia all received $10,000 through the community fes-tival stream.

“We expected a reduction (in funding),” Thornhill festival treasurer Judy Dawson-Ryan said of the new grant process. “We were very surprised. The city was surprised.”

The festival was given the opportunity to apply for more funding through the next fund-ing cycle in the coming weeks.

“We’re not guaranteed funds,” Dawson-Ryan said. “We’ll take our chances. Fingers crossed.”

While there may have been a misunder-standing, the new streamlined process does make it easier for groups to apply for funding, especially new groups or events, she added.

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York Region politicians are vowing to fight plans to reroute freight trains, including those carrying dangerous goods, through Markham and Vaughan.

“I think this has to be shot down. This is a non-starter,” Markham Councillor Jim Jones said at a regional committee meeting.

“And the quicker we can convene a meet-ing…that we have Metrolinx there and all the parties that should be there and tell them in no uncertain terms that this is unacceptable, definitely for Markham and I think I speak for Vaughan, too, (the better).”

He called for a public meeting where resi-dents would have the opportunity to express their outrage.

Jones said he is upset the issue is only now making its way on to the radar screen in York since a coalition made up of Toronto, Cam-bridge, Mississauga and Milton has already completed a feasibility study advocating for rerouting the trains.

While the immediate threat is now in Markham and Vaughan, the proposal could have longer term implications across the region, Richmond Hill Councillor Vito Spata-fora, chair of the region’s transportation com-mittee, said.

“It not only affects east-west movement, rail movement through Markham and Vaughan, but I think it affects also the north-south move-ment on the Barrie line, the Richmond Hill line and the Stouffville line, because once you introduce an easier east-west link, you’re also introducing those connections,” he said.

The thought of additional freight trains coming through the region is disturbing less than three years after the deadly Lac-Megan-tic rail disaster in Quebec, which happened after an unattended freight train with crude oil rolled into the town and exploded, Markham Councillor Nirmala Armstrong said.

“It just seems to me that it’s such a major issue and concern in light of what happened in Quebec when 47 people were killed as a result of derailment,” she said.

“That they (the coalition) would go ahead and do this study and not even include us... I know it’s (only) a feasibility study, but when I think about working together on a resolu-tion and to start with championing something without discussion or any kind of information

and we only find out about it after the study, (is not acceptable).”

The issue surfaced here in January when the region’s director of infrastructure management and the project management office, Stephen Collins, told councillors the preliminary pro-posal was in the works.

As part of a plan to create dedicated pas-senger rail travel on the GO Transit Milton and Kitchener lines, freight trains now run-ning there would be rerouted to run on the east-west Canadian National Railway (CN) line crossing Markham and Vaughan, Collins said.

Dedicated passenger travel on the Milton and Kitchener lines is needed to accommodate the provincial government’s promised regional express rail in the Greater Toronto and Hamil-ton Area, he said.

York was not advised of the coalition’s plans until recently, the region’s transportation com-missioner Daniel Kostopoulos said.

“We have not known about this work ongo-ing for a long period of time. We have not participated in the study. We have not been engaged as a stakeholder to this point,” he said.

“Hence, why the recommendation in our report is that any further work on this study, we’re required to be engaged, not only as York Region but as the cities of Markham and Vaughan, directly by the proponents.”

Richmond Hill will also be included, given the close proximity of the trains to the town.

The coalition appears to have gotten togeth-er because the municipalities feel they have a common interest and can influence Metrolinx with their proposal, Kostopoulos said.

Metrolinx, the provincial government agency co-ordinating transportation initiatives across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, is only now being advised about the feasibility study along with York, he added.

“We are not supportive of the proposal,” Kostopoulos said.

York must now put together a report to send to the provincial and federal governments outlining the dangerous goods already being transported by rail through local communities and what the coalition’s proposal would do to increase the number of trains coming through, Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti said.

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By KIM [email protected]

hen Dave Joslin passed away Feb. 21 at age 75, many resi-dents of Richmond Hill felt the town had

lost a good friend.The eulogy by Mayor Dave

Barrow brought mourners to tears.

“Jozzy”, the mayor said, was one of the best friends anybody could have.

“We all have a piece of Dave in our memories. Keep it there and think of him when you need a friend.”

Dave was a kind, gentle soul who loved life and loved his community and according to his sons, Jeff, Mark and Paul, he was following in the footsteps of his father, Herbert Joslin, a hero to the community 54 years ago.

Herbert died while trying to stop an explosion that nearly flat-tened much of Vaughan and Rich-mond Hill in 1962.

Herbert had worked as a store clerk for Superior Propane and was a volunteer firefighter in Vaughan.

He’d rushed to the scene of a gas leak, shutting of a valve at the plan to save countless lives. Seven houses were demolished that day but damage could have been much, much worse.

Dave Joslin was friend and inspiration to many

WKnowing his father died a hero

(awarded, post-humously, the Queen’s congressional award for bravery) impacted Dave deeply.

He and his twin sister, Peggy Viverette, carried on Herbert’s leg-acy, striving to be a good human beings, respected, loved and giv-ing to the community. He raised his own children and grandchil-dren Derek, Brett, Jamie, Kyle and Charlotte the same way, Paul said.

For the five grandchildren it was simple: “Our great grandad was a hero and our grandad was a legend.”

Today, his family remains well-known in Richmond Hill. Daughter-in-law Darlene Joslin is director of the town’s parks and recreation department, Paul is a firefighter for the town and anoth-er son, Mark, is a professional hockey trainer/coach in town.

Judy, his wife of 54 years, was the love of his life and family was everything to him. Their life together revolved around the boys’ games and tournaments and Dave volunteered as coach, convener and cheerleader.

Even after the boys grew older and could drive themselves to games, Dave and his wife Judy could be found perched in the stands, cheering them on — a tra-dition they carried on with their grandchildren.

“I don’t think that he realized

for the celebration of life and as tributes and condolences poured in online, it became clear the facilities at Marshall Funeral Home would not be large enough.

The service was held instead in the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts on a Friday morning, March 4.

how he was positively affecting 13 kids — making us feel like all stars,” said Mark Tullock, one of the athletes Dave coached.

“That encouraged me to want to coach myself using Mr. J’s method — fun first, winning sec-ond.”

When the time came to plan

Even that large venue couldn’t contain all the well-wishers who wanted to celebrate Dave’s life, leaving standing-room only to hear sister-in-law Jackie Richard-son and nieces Kim Richardson and Cori Byberg sing, the mayor eulogize and friends reunite and reminisce.

“Every time I and everybody else turned around, we were run-ning into people that we haven’t seen in a long time and we had stories to share with each other,” Bill Neilson, family friend, said.

“He was a friend to Richmond Hill.”

And he was a friend to many who frequented nearby Eagles Nest golf course, where Dave spent the past 12 years as the club’s best known, most respected greeter/starter.

“He truly was a goodwill ambassador, not only for the golf course, but for mankind,” said Ron Nicholson.

April 29, opening day at the course this year, will also be Dave’s birthday and it will be bit-tersweet, as golfers learn about Dave’s passing, and friends and family take his place at tee-off to greet them and offer tributes to a man well loved.

Dave Joslin passed away at age 75, with family and friends offer-ing tributes to the man as a goodwill ambassador in hockey arenas and ball dia-monds, on the golf course and in the wider community of Richmond Hill. Even the downtown theatre wasn’t large enough to accommodate all those wish-ing to pay their respects.

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Lifelong commitment to baseballresults in civic hero award

Perry Brock believes everyone should have the chance to play baseball.

He has worked for close to a decade to make that happen as convener for the Thorn-hill Baseball Club’s Diamond Division, ensur-ing children of all abilities can have fun play-ing baseball.

A lifelong baseball fan, he has been involved with the game for more than 40 years.

Brock has earned Ward 5’s Civic Hero Award, awarded by Vaughan Council in early April in recognition of his efforts to make baseball accessible to special needs children.

The Diamond Division allows children with developmental challenges to enjoy the benefits of a safe athletic environment struc-tured to their abilities. Parents take part in the game with their children, and learn the fundamentals of baseball and how it feels to be part of a team.

“It is inspiring to see the amazing volun-teer ethic we have in the City of Vaughan,” said Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua. “It is people like Perry Brock who understand the value of public service and know that everyone should have a chance to participate no matter their ability level,” he said.

Thornhill Ward 5 Councillor Alan Shefman says Brock is exceptional.

“He acted on his passion to help young people who are developmentally challenged by creating an opportunity for them to play

like other kids. His long-term commitment to his initiative has resulted in many hundreds of young people gaining skills and confidence in their abilities. Perry embodies everything a civic hero should be, and I thank him for his efforts to make our city more inclusive and accessible for everyone.”

The civic hero award is presented annually to residents from each of Vaughan’s five wards, recognizing outstanding achievement and individual contributions to the community.

— By Simone Joseph

For More Info:

• On City of Vaughan civic hero awards, go to: Vaughan.ca/news/civic_heros/

• On Thornhill Baseball Club, go to: thornhillbaseball.net/


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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGLadies’ Golf Club of Toronto is hosting a public meeting to present its Annual Report on Class 9 pesticide use as required by Ontario Regula- tion 63/09 under the Pesticides Act. The Annual Report summarizes the use of Class 9 pesticides used at Ladies’ Golf Club of Toronto in 2015.

The meeting will take place in the Clubhouse at Ladies’ Golf Club of Toronto at 9:00am on Monday April 18, 2016.

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DATED at Richmond Hill, this 14th day of April, 2016.

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