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Pavla Horsak holds up photos of her son David (right) and husband Zdenek (left) after a violent and chaotic interaction with York Regional Police at their York Region home.

No justice for family after 3-year court battle JEREMY GRIMALDI jgrimaldi@yrmg.com A father and son left bloodied and bruised following a violent

interaction with police at their York Region home, believe they have also been broken and battered by the justice system.

Zdenek Horsak and his son,

David, say they not only spent thousands of dollars fighting allegations they assaulted police but then saw the charges unceremoniously dropped by The

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Crown 3-1/2 years into the matter.

Pavla Horsak, 61, the family matriarch, said the family ended

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EDUCATION

Trouble still brewing at school board: documents show LISA QUEEN lqueen@yrmg.com The chair of the troubled York Region District School Board, who is the subject of a code of conduct investigation, says she has always acted with integrity and careful consideration of the rules.

Loralea Carruthers is also questioning why concerns that seemingly have been brewing about her for about two years only became the focus of a formal complaint days before she was made chair in December.

In a move seen as ushering in change, Carruthers replaced ousted former chair Anna DeBartolo amid ongoing concerns about the board.

Carruthers is defending herself after a code of conduct complaint lodged by Aurora and King

Trustee Peter Adams-Luchowski in November came to light last week.

Adams-Luchowski accused Carruthers of using a "threatening" tone in her dealings with staff in trying to get a management job with the board, according to documents obtained by The York Region Media Group.

Director J. Philip Parappally also expressed concerns about Carruthers’ attempts to get the job, the documents show.

A trustee found to have breached the code of conduct guidelines could be reprimanded and/or barred from committees or meetings for a specified period of time.

In his written complaint, Adams-Luchowski said he believes Carruthers breached three sections of the code, including integ-

rity and dignity of office, avoidance of personal advantage and conflict of interest and civil behaviour.

"Staff feel that there is continued reprisal and the tone Trustee Carruthers is using in meetings and privately with them is threatening because the position has not been filled (and) the behaviour continues," he said.

Adams-Luchowski’s complaint came about three weeks after he and DeBartolo received a letter from Parappally about Carruthers.

In his letter, Parappally said on March 24, 2015, Carruthers asked him to appoint her "without competition" to the vacant position of senior manager of board and trustee services, a job that in 2014 paid $140,844.

"Additionally, during this

meeting, Trustee Carruthers, said that if I appoint her, I would ’not have to worry about my position as director’," he wrote.

Parappally was hired as director in 2014 under a standard fouryear contract. However, he was given what has been called an unusual and unprecedented 10-year contract several months after he said he was approached by Carruthers about the job.

Following his meeting with Carruthers, Parappally said he brought his concerns to human resources to get legal advice.

HR staff advised Carruthers her proposal was "problematic," said Parappally, adding the job remains vacant as it would be unfair for a successful candidate to come into the situation.

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Residents want to see new vision for Library Square AMANDA PERSICO apersico@yrmg.com Aurora residents want town councillors to move on from the planning phase and create a vision for Library Square.

Last year, Aurora council voted to demolish the former library and seniors centre located at 52 and 56 Victoria Street to make way for Library Square - a space with no current plan.

Local residents acknowledge the heavy decision made by council to demolish the buildings, but

the hope is that something anything - is in the works.

"The buildings just being here are impeding the town from doing anything," said Dave Pressley with the Aurora Town Park Area Residents Ratepayers Association.

"Kudos to the town for going through the consultation process, but it’s time to move ahead and do something. We want to see plans, not planning, something to build on."

Recently, Aurora council voted in favour of continuing the conceptual plan

process with Fotenn, an urban planning and design consultant.

But many on council were unimpressed with Fotenn’s concept for the town’s cultural precinct plan as a whole and were unwilling to proceed with plans if Fotenn was behind the concept plants.

"It was like expecting a great joke and then we got a ’why did the chicken cross the road’," said Coun. Harold Kim during a recent council meeting. "I was underwhelmed. Designers are supposed to ’wow’ you."

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Dave and Lenore Pressley of the Town Park Area Residents Ratepayers Association are on board with town’s plan to demolish the old library building and look forward to seeing the new proposal for library square.

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Local mom’s emoji patches taking world by storm

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AMANDA PERSICO apersico@yrmg.com Ripped jeans are a part of childhood, where playing hard is not only a child’s dream, but their job.

And as a mom of three, Andrea Winarski made it her job and later her business - to fix those tattered pants.

A quick and cool fix was using patches to cover up holes and tears.

The iron-on patches didn’t stick to jeans, Winarski said, and she wasn’t about to take up sewing to sew on embroidered patches.

It took the Markham resident about year to develop the right fabric-adhesive combination, which is now patented.

"It’s not a sticker. It’s not a patch. It’s a sticker-patch," she said. "It’s so simple. But when people see it, it’s like ah-ha."

That was six years ago, when Winarski founded Grab-a-Scab.

"My kids always had scabbed knees, they thought it was cool," said the former pharmaceutical sales representative.

Grab-a-Scab morphed into Easy Peasy Patches, which are manufactured in Aurora. Initially, her focus was creating patches to cover holes in ripped jeans.

But as the company - and her children - grew, ripped jeans are now a sliver of the business.

With thousands of patch designs, Easy Peasy Patches can be found on backpacks, water bottles, clothes, sports jerseys, shoes, books, laptops and bags.

"It’s like the old sticker collections of ’80s," she said. "It’s about personalizing your stuff and upcycling, making something new again."

She started by dedicating 30 minutes each week creating patches, then 30 minutes each day and soon it became a fulltime endeavour.

"You can’t do things halfway," she said. "It’s all in or you never know."

Winarski is one of two dozen Canadian moms nominated for the annual Mompreneur Award,

AMANDA PERSICO apersico@yrmg.com Famous chef Julia Child once said, "No one is born a great cook, one learns by doing."

Using the same hands-on approach, Aurora is fostering the next generation of great cooks.

The town offers cooking programs at the recently renovated Teaching Kitchen, found in the Aurora Family Leisure Complex.

For July Saavedra, the kitchen is her happy place.

"It’s relaxing. Chopping and preparing, you’re in control," said the St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High School student.

There is a sense of rhythm and satisfaction that comes with cooking, added Saavedra, 16, who also lends a helping hand in the teaching kitchen.

Learning to cook helped her become self-sufficient at home, as the lone vegan family member.

This teen’s signature dishes include a spicy Ethiopian red lentil dish, a vegan mac and cheese dish and a vegan chocolate cake.

And in true Julia Child fashion, a big part of learning to cook is learning from your mistakes, she added.

"It will be worth it when you get it right," she said. "It will be so good."

The town offers a number of programs designed to teach residents the art of cooking, including a junior chef and baker program for children, top chef for youth, an adaptive cooking class for adults with special needs and ethnic and baking programs for adults.

"The grassroots of healthy eating is cooking," said Jodi Alexander, the recreation programmer with the town.

"The programs are about making it fun so you want go and cook it at home."

The programs focus on the fun-

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Andrea Winarski is nominated for the Mompreneur of the Year Award. She created Easy Peasy Patches, washable peel ’n stick patches for clothing. which recognizes the hard work and talent of busy mom entrepreneurs.

"It was a big jump," she said of starting Easy Peasy Patches.

"Solving a problem was my inspiration for starting the company."

And setting the example of not being scared to take risks is what keeps her motivated, she added. And it’s not just clothes and backpacks.

Easy Peasy Patches have been used to mend tubes, barbecue covers, trampolines and screen doors with orders coming from as far away as Fiji, Malta and New Zealand.

This year, Winarski launched a line of larger utility patches, ideal for mending snow pants, reflective strips for bikes and a collection of allergy awareness

patches, designed with the help of a professional allergist.

The line was inspired by her child’s friend who had a food allergy.

"I knew there was an allergy, but I couldn’t always remember what it was," Winarski said.

"Seeing the patch on a backpack, keeps the allergy top of mind for parents and teachers."

Winarski works with a collection of graphic artists who design patches with kids in mind, patches that make you chuckle.

One of the top selling patches is the "poop" emoji (??) followed by the large black utility patch designed for mending snow pants.

"My kids said, I had to have the poop emoji," she said.

For more information, visit easypeasypatches.com.

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Junior chef July Saavedra gets cracking in the new teaching kitchen at the Aurora Family Leisure Complex Wednesday. damentals of food - measuring, mixing and chopping.

And each class focuses on preparing and cooking two recipes, which changes with each session.

The recipes are based on what the cooking class students want to learn, Alexander added.

Students learn the process from raw ingredients to completed dish.

At the end of the programs, chefs-in-training host a restaurant where they plan the menu, make invitations and placemats, cook the meal and serve their parents.

The kitchen space was sponsored by Razina Khamissa of Aurora’s Kitchen Accents.

The next batch of programs start mid-April.

For more information or to register, visit aurora.ca.

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Story cafe makes food and friends for seniors New York Region storytelling program brings multicultural groups together KIM ZARZOUR kzarzour@yrmg.com It sounded like "do you speak Turkish".

The older woman spoke mostly Farsi, and Englishspeaking Caryn Colman struggled to understand what she was saying.

Much miming and guessing later, the elder’s eyes lit up: Colman had figured it out.

"Oh, you want to know if I cook turkey!"

And so the idea was launched to gather, for the first time ever, two groups of isolated senior immigrants for a holiday feast like none other.

Amid dreidels and Christmas decor, Persian music and klezmer, the seniors noshed on foods from Russia, Iran and Canada, then danced long into the evening.

For the organizers, it was proof that their pilot project was onto something good.

There’s just something about food.

The aromas, the familiarity, the direct link to early memories - it touches something deep inside of us.

It is that connection that is working magic at the Story Café.

The program was first launched through the York Region Food Network this fall, targeting isolated seniors from diverse cultures living in a York Region Housing complex.

Colman, a food educator and community activator, has spent the past two years working with elders. She and the network’s executive director, Joan Stonehocker, came up with the idea of using food to document seniors’ life stories, practice English and build stronger connections to the community.

With help from an Ontario Seniors’ Secretariat community grant, they joined with Making Connections Storytelling York Region (CHATS, CIVICYork and York Region District School Board) to launch Story Café.

The project began with a simple flyer - "Tell, listen, cook and eat" - words the seniors could understand

even if English was not a familiar language.

For those interested in Persian food and storytelling, the meetings would take place Tuesday afternoons, twice a month.

The Russian food/story sessions would be held Thursdays.

The idea proved surprisingly popular. Each week the seniors gathered around the table to share their memories as they snacked on food from their homeland.

At first, the groups met separately. Colman brought ingredients to create a plate from Iran or Russia and as she prepared the food, the residents helped, advised, shared their stories and became friends.

Recipe chatter segued into life stories - a relative who was a good cook, a dinner date that ended in marriage. One woman, tasting a bowl of borscht, recalled childhood meals in Russia, how her family had so little food, they could only eat potato peels.

Another talked about her special serving platter, one of many cherished belongings left behind when they fled strife-torn Iran.

Each new story brought laughter, tears, nods of understanding and applause.

And then, in late December, a request from the seniors that both groups join together, as one, for a multicultural holiday meal.

Everyone brought a potluck offering and the mingling and dancing stretched long into the evening.

"It was amazing, these two groups in the building who had never before come together," Colman said.

"We discovered their similarities are bigger than their differences.

"The Persians are mostly refugees. The Russians fled during World War II. They are both culturally displaced and don’t have the language skills to fully integrate into our system.

"Food smooths the way when language sets up roadblocks.

"When we sit around with a meal, we don’t always talk about food, but we

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Above: Workshop facilitator Caryn Colman, standing, centre, joins a group of Russians telling their stories over Russian-style snacks and appetizers during Story Cafe, a program that brings together elderly, isolated newcomers to share life stories and family recipes. Right: Bruce Carmody and Roxanna Bhzadpor watch a video of Bhzadpor’s story about her childhood, part of Story Cafe that encourages memory-sharing over food. share stories and it’s through those stories that we get to know one another.

It feels like we are mitigating loneliness."

In broken English, Tetyana Shatokhina struggles to express her gratitude.

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Need activity. Without it, I’m dead. This, to me, is like breathing."

Professional storyteller Bruce Carmody has also joined the groups to share his techniques and impress upon the elders the importance of sharing memories.

"The stories we have when we are young live in us," he told them, through an interpreter. "But when we are gone, who will share

them with future generations?"

Those stories are hidden in everyone, he explains later. "It’s just helping them, pulling the finger from the dike and they pour out."

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Japanese karate master conducting local workshop Karate students from across North America will get a lesson in chops and kicks.

Aurora’s Shoshinkan Martial Arts will host one of the world’s highest ranking karate masters on March 5.

Hokama Tetsuhiro from Okinawa, Japan is a 10th degree black belt and is president of the Okinawa Goju-Ryu Kenshi Kai Karate Kobudo Association and

founder of one of the first Karate-Do museums in the in the world.

The full-day workshop takes place March 5, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Aurora Montessori School, 330 Industrial Pkwy, north in Aurora.

Hokama is also a researcher, historian, author and master in kobudo (Japanese weaponry) and shodo (Japanese calligraphy).

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rious, traditional martial artists to learn and train with one of the very best teachers in the world," said Steve Armes, chief instructor at the Shoshinkan Martial Arts.

To kick off the day, there will be an official welcome and opening ceremony featuring town officials and provincial and federal dignitaries.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit shoshinkan.ca.

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Let’s not shoot the messengers There’s a troubling trend taking place in the political discourse of late.

The news media is in the crosshairs and coming under increasing fire by those who would prefer to be the subject of propaganda instead of public scrutiny. The latest salvo came Friday when U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a double whammy, with White House press secretary Sean Spicer barring a number of news agencies, including the New York Times and CNN, from the daily briefing and the commander-in-chief himself again referring to the media as "the enemy of the American people" in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

It’s an escalation of a campaign intended to sow distrust in the media that’s been ongoing since Trump’s election campaign, with Orwellian terms such as "alternative facts" and "fake news" now entering the lexicon.

A free press is an institution so integral to a functioning democracy that Thomas Jefferson is famously quoted as having said: "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." That’s among the reasons why many academics and experts have expressed concern with the Trump administration’s repeatedly adversarial stance toward the media with retired Navy Admiral William McRaven, leader of the 2011 operation that killed Osama bin Laden, calling it "the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime" and Republican Senator John McCain cautioning that suppressing the press is "how dictators get started."

While the hostility toward the media is not as prevalent here in Canada, it’s becoming more common to see eerily similar rhetoric dotting the comments sections of news websites and social media feeds.

A big part of the news media’s role is holding elected officials, at all levels of government, to account for their actions and the decisions they make and to protect your right to know.

At the same time, we’re accountable for our coverage to you, the public.

It’s OK for politicians and the public to disagree with the manner in which a story is covered or offer additional information that can make the narrative more clear but there’s a massive difference between that and allegations of fabrication and deliberate falsehood.

By all means, don’t hesitate to critique and question news stories, we welcome it but let’s also be careful not to shoot the messenger.

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A roundup of reaction online The story: Lyme disease sufferers devastated by federal government’s action plan My husband came home from the Woodlands Scout Camp on Kennedy Road in the fall with a tick embedded in his shoulder. It took a very long time before we could find out if it had Lime Disease. He would have been very sick if it had of been by the time we got back the results. They have even been found right in Newmarket and Aurora.

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H.M. Miller Listen to the lame excuse Ballard provides for not doing anything. Wynne and her do-nothing government are completely to blame for allowing house prices to sky rocket out of control.

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Angered by article on ’body rubber’ Re: Sale of sex laws need to change, says ’body rubber’, Feb. 16.

I’m angry about Jeremy Grimaldi’s story that gave a Vaughan prostitute a platform to promote an industry that exploits countless women and children throughout the GTA. I’ve studied the Canadian sex trade for the past decade, and helped many young people escape it’s exploitation. People involved in prostitution are desperate to either escape it, or to justify the fast money and stigmatized lifestyle. There are good reasons that buying sex is illegal in Canada; and it’s anything but a victimless crime.

The young women I work with suffer severe mental health issues, drug addictions and chronic medical conditions from their sex trade involvement. Onyx Ronin, the alter ego of the woman Mr. Grimaldi interviewed, suggests its right and fitting that men should be able to buy access to women’s bodies.

Ronin calls it "selling intimacy" and would have us believe that she receives nothing but respect from her clients. In contrast, colleagues of mine who have been exploited in local massage parlours tell seemingly endless stories of violence, addictions and human trafficking.

Like Ronin, my friends staunchly defended prostitution, when they were trapped in it. Only after distancing themselves from the exploitation, and beginning the healing process, were they able to speak about the abuse.

Ronin’s attempt at advocacy for body rubbers is overshadowed by a bid for her own validation from law makers. The story sends out a confusing message and ultimately affirms the men to indulge in an illegal industry that opposes Canadian values.

John Cassells Street Youth and Human Trafficking Specialist, SIM Canada’Dismayed’ by story on ’body rubber’ Re: Sale of sex laws need to change, says ’body rubber’, Feb. 16.

I was dismayed when I read your prominent article on sex trade workers.

The picture of a young, attractive woman with university credentials promoting the selling of sex for $80 to $300 an hour is essentially a full-page ad for an industry which physically and emotionally destroys all those involved.

You later state that solici-

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Sign up at yorkregion.com/newsletter tation should not happen near schools; however, as a community newspaper that reaches readers across all age groups, including children, you did an excellent job in advertising sex as a lucrative career, even for those with university education. Who is behind the decision to print such an article? At the core of our communities are strong families with healthy relationships. You would serve York Region better by focusing on subjects which sustain this core.

Ruth Gaskovsk Markham

Trump’s agenda full of hate Re: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Surprised by story on Trump and health, Feb. 16.

Letter writer Dorian Baxter claims to have a "plethora" of Muslim and Jewish friends, yet throws his clerical weight behind Donald Trump.

Has Mr. Baxter been living in a cave for the last couple of years? Does he even watch the news? Donald Trump has been accurately classified as a fascist, spewing continuous Islamophobia, as well as inciting hatred against Jews, Mexicans and women.

Exactly like how Hitler spurred Christian hatred for Jewish people to gain power, Trump has spurred Christian hatred for Muslims to gain power. Even though Trump’s daughter has converted to Judaism, he has hired two white supremacists, one as his top aid and another as Attorney General.

These appointments have emboldened racist nut bars to desecrate synagogues and Jewish graveyards in the States. In fact, since Trump has been in power, hate crimes have not only risen substantially in the States, but have sky rocked around the world. And then there’s Trump’s hatred for women.

Although the Americans impeached Bill Clinton for lying about his marital affair, they have elected a new president who has been caught bragging about sexual assaults, a bona-fide serial offender.

Returning to Trump’s Islamophobia: the odds of an American being killed by a refugee has been calculated to be 3.64 billion to one.

Meanwhile, hundreds of Americans are dying of lung cancer each day due

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to air pollution.

What does Trump want to do about it? Him and his billionaire friends, delusional about climate change, want to rekindle the coal industry, reversing the trend toward green energy.

This blatant disregard for our planet bespeaks hatred for all of humanity, including our grandchildren who will have to face the consequences of climate change down the road.

Personally, I’m a humanist, so I love fellow human beings equally regardless of their race, colour or creed. But even when I consider what the historical Jesus would think about Trump’s hateful agenda, I have to conclude he wouldn’t have bought into it.

Not one bit. Didn’t Jesus teach his followers to welcome refugees with open arms? The only way anyone can support Donald Trump is if they themselves have an abundance of hatred in their hearts.

Perhaps this is the scariest aspect of Trump’s uprising, that millions share his insidious vision.

Jeff Harmsen Newmarket

Shame on you for not helping stranger I hope this never happens to you.

On Feb. 12, as I was walking my dogs, I slipped and fell on my right side.

This happened on Sawmill Drive in Newmarket at approximately 9:20 a.m.

Shortly after I fell, a car passed by me. I was facing away from him or her so he or she had no idea who I was. I could have been a senior, I could have been pregnant, but I was just me.

The physical pain I can live with, but what hurts more was that person did not stop to even ask me if I was OK. I understand some people are afraid of dogs, but would it have hurt you to even roll down your window to ask if I was OK? SHAME ON YOU!!!

As angry as I am at you, I wish that if you or one of your loved ones should find yourself in a similar situation you get help ... even if it’s a kind word from a stranger.

W. Moles Newmarket

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At United Way, "local" and "community" have always been at the heart of what we do.

As someone who lives in York Region and currently enjoys the privilege of leading United Way Toronto & York Region, this commitment to place and the people who live here continues to inspire my work.

We’re close to celebrating two years as a merged United Way Toronto & York Region, and our coming together has mobilized an uprising of care across communities that is keeping "local" front and centre.

Uprisings are also meant to disrupt. We knew we had to do things differently to stay relevant, and the merger is just one example of collaborating and positioning ourselves to do more - understanding and appreciating that our ability to create positive change was far greater working together. And it was about engaging more donors, volunteers and partners to tackle the big issues, like poverty and social isolation on a local level.

And today, we are delivering on this commitment.

We’re delivering on this collective desire to come together and make positive change happen that impacts people’s lives close to home.

We challenged ourselves to raise more dollars, setting a record goal in the fall of 2016, and just a few short weeks ago, we surpassed this goal and raised a record achievement of $102-million. Raising funds is a critical part of our work. Dollars sustain our vital network of locally based social services agencies, but identifying where and how to invest in your own neighbourhood is equally important.

This is why knowing what’s happening on-theground matters. In January 2016, we carried out Count Me In, part of the federal government’s nationally coordinated pointin-time count of individuals experiencing homelessness. The data collected was an important first step in starting to paint a picture of what homelessness looks like in York Region.

We drilled down on homelessness even further when we partnered with The Region and released a joint report: Understanding the Numbers. The report is helping us better address service gaps and will help us continue working with the community and other levels of government to prevent and address homelessness in York Region.

We know too that global issues like poverty play out differently in Maple than they do in Markham. This is why we continue to collaborate with our local community partners and government to help move the needle on these issues and improve the quality of life for all of our residents.

It’s this kind of collaboration that helped us roll out Career Navigator, one of our signature programs, into York Region. This March, we’ll celebrate the graduation of about 60 Markham-based young people who were taught highly marketable IT skills.

Daniele Zanotti is the CEO of United Way Toronto & York Region.

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house and locked himself in the upstairs bathroom. When officers tried to follow him, the temperature rose.

Kowalchuk would later describe what happened next as the "scariest night of his life." He called for backup about 90 seconds after arriving.

Four more officers, including Const. Earnest Carmichael, arrived at the home. Police say Zdenek pushed one officer in the chest to keep him from moving farther into the home.

Zdenek denies this.

Kowalchuk and another officer took Zdenek, now 67, to the floor but couldn’t get his hands in cuffs until Carmichael kicked him in the head two or three times, according to his professional standards hearing.

The focus then shifted back to the David. Pavla was begging officers to let her speak to her son to calm him down while he remained in the bathroom. However, officers insisted they needed to arrest David then and there.

"His behaviour didn’t seem rational ...," acting Sgt. Royce Ng testified during the Horsak’s trial. "I don’t know what we’re dealing with here, I don’t know if he’s on drugs, if he has a weapon or a violent history."

In his testimony, Ng said the door was ordered opened by his superior 16 minutes after officers arrived on scene, explaining that, at this point, David lunged forward with a mix of "fear and anger" in his eyes.

David denies this.

It was at this point Ng shot David with a taser, suggesting he tasered him again in the meaty part of his thigh as a "distraction".

In the ensuing melee, David’s ribs and orbital bone were broken.

After his arrest, David was not charged with impaired driving, the

up having to sell the Oak Ridges home where they’d lived for almost 30 years, after arriving in Canada from the former Czechoslovakia.

"We had to use our life savings to pay for legal fees to fight the charges," she said. "We hoped the trial judge would clear our names and find the officers acted without justification ... Instead, The Crown dropped the charges."

Now they’re hoping to recoup their losses by suing York Regional Police, Chief Eric Jolliffe and a number of the officers involved, for conspiracy to injure and malicious prosecution, among others.

It was after 9 p.m. on April 21, 2013, when police were called about a vehicle driving erratically.

When officers reached the licence plate’s corresponding address, they met David and attempted to ask him questions. David grew angry almost immediately.

However, when two officers, Const.

Mark Kowalchuk and Const. Melinda Finn approached him, Kowalchuk told the court he observed no signs of impairment. It was then and multiple times throughout the night that David told the officers to "get the f *** off my property".

Finn said David lunged at her, attempting to choke her, his hand making contact with the left side of her neck.

David denies this.

Zdenek arrived on the scene and also told the officers he wanted them off his property, explaining his son was not drunk, just tired and returning home from work, an assertion the family maintains.

At this point, David ran inside the

police suggesting there were no grounds to give him a breathalyzer.

David’s cellphone, with which he’d used to take photographs of the incident with police, was later found in the toilet by the Horsaks. The family is unsure how it got there.

David and Zdenek were charged with assault and resisting arrest.

In October 2016, after 20 days of trial, the charges were dropped.

"We are disappointed and disheartened by the criminal justice system, which has taken everything from us without giving us justice in return," said Pavla.

"We hope that justice will be served in the civil action."

David’s defence lawyer admitted that while his clients engaged in "rude behaviour," he said this was a "normal incident" that "spiralled way out of control," laying the responsibility for that at the feet of the police.

"All of this could have been averted by trained officers, who knew how to deal with someone who is agitated," he said.

York Regional Police said the service won’t be commenting about a civil matter in the newspaper.

"This is a civil matter before the courts and we are not prepared to litigate it in the media," Const. Andy Pattenden said.

For his part in the incident, Carmichael pleaded guilty to assault and received a conditional discharge, 12 months probation and 100 hours of community service, according to the SIU. He was also demoted for nine months after being convicted of discreditable conduct in a York Regional Police professional standards hearing.

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Parappally was so concerned about the issue, he raised it last summer with the Ombudsman’s Office.

"Two occurrences over the last month, which I believe are tied to (Carruthers’) request, mean that I must now bring this forward despite my fear of reprisal or ’worry about my position as director.’ First, Trustee Carruthers, during the Oct. 5, 2016 in camera (private) meeting of the board, in front of almost all of the senior team, openly questioned the operational leadership of the board," he said in his letter.

"Secondly, and more importantly to me, on Oct. 18 2016, before the board standing committee and after the property management committee, Trustee Carruthers approached another member of the senior team and openly questioned his professionalism and integrity in his capacity as an employee of this board.

"Out of fear of reprisal, I have been reluctant to address this issue. However, now that it is evolving to include others that report to me and not to trustees, I am

compelled to bring this forward."

Carruthers said she was approached two years ago by the board’s former chair, who encouraged her to consider whether she could better serve the board as a staff member if a job became available.

"On her advice, I had a very short informal conversation with the director about whether I would even be eligible for such a position when I was no longer a trustee. In the end, I decided not to pursue this matter beyond those informal conversations," she said in an email.

"At the time and for the next year and a half, no one involved ever suggested that anything had been done that was even remotely inappropriate.

"While I do find it curious that this issue was only raised as a concern 10 days before a closely fought and well-publicized election for chair of the board last December, I appreciate the opportunity to state that I have never used my position as trustee in any way other than with integrity and careful respect for our governing rules and procedures.”

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Jordyn Smith and pal Bogey soak up the sun on a balmy Monday at Mill Pond Park in Richmond Hill. Unseasonably warm temperatures have brightened February for many.

"You have been seduced."

Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips was the bearer of bad news for people who think that spring has come.

"This is false spring we need a reality check."

That doesn’t mean the balmy February temperatures haven’t been unprecedented for the area. A ccording to Phillips, 19 of 28 days in February will see melting temperatures in York Region.

That’s a stark difference from February two years ago when Phillips said York Region had 0 days with melting temperatures.

The unseasonably warm temperatures have been smashing records all week. Phillips said York Region will have seen four record temperature days this week including Saturday the 18th and Thursday the 23rd.

Unfortunately for those fond of the warmer temperatures, Phillips said this only looks to be a temporary blip.

"Looking at one week in February does not tell you anything about March," he said.On average March gets 20 per cent of the annual snowfall across the region. Envi-

ronment Canada models show that 90 per cent of Canada will see colder than normal temperatures in March.

Luckily for York Region residents, Phillips said Southern Ontario is expected to be a little milder than usual.That doesn’t mean you should pack up the parka and shovel just yet or take the snow tires off the car.

"Last year we had snow in May," Phillips said.So soak up the warm temperatures while you can because the mercury will be dipping in the near future. " This is kind of like a weather trailer for what is coming in spring. We are not ready for the feature presentation quite yet," he said.

The foggy weather experienced this week continues a trend of grey winter with little sunshine. In January, there were 17 days of precipitation - both rain and snow eight days with traces of precipitation, leaving six dry days, Phillips said.

The warmer February adds on to January which also had warmer temperatures than normal, abnormally warmer than December, three times the amount of rain than snow, a long and protracted January thaw, 12 days of above freezing temperatures, 10 "maple syrup" days with mild days and freezing nights and nine unclear fog days.

$87 million funding changes people’s lives: United Way LISA QUEEN lqueen@yrmg.com After collecting a record $102 million in donations, the United Way of Toronto and York Region is investing an additional $1 million into community programs and services.

The United Way will spend a record $87 million in 2017-2018, with $62.5 million going to the community services sector, $3.4 million going to the youth success strategy, $3.1 million dedicated to building strong neighbourhoods and $18 million being spent on other investments.

Eight per cent of funding will be dedicated to programs in York Region, maintaining a commitment made when the former United Way of York Region and the United Way of Toronto merged two years ago to become the largest charitable organization in Canada, Deb Shime, vice-president of community investment, said.

"We talk about agencies and big numbers and all that but it’s really about helping people and making a difference in people’s lives through the agencies we fund," she added.

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a decade, the United Way will soon invite new groups to apply for program funding to meet the needs of changing communities, CEO Daniele Zanotti said.

The United Way now funds 37 agencies in York Region serving children, seniors, families, abused women, neighbourhoods, residents with mental health concerns, newcomers to Canada and many others.

The United Way is also putting together a group of 62 new anchor and partner agencies, including Community Living York South, that will develop deeper re-

lationships with the organization to delve deeper on issues such as poverty.

"We did a series of town hall meetings across York Region and in each one, residents said we want supports in neighbourhoods across this growing region," Zanotti said, adding the United Way spends "an industry-leading" amount of only 17.4 per cent of its budget on administrative costs.

"This announcement builds a base of anchor partners across the region in communities right across York. It opens up funding for new agencies to

come and apply for funding so that a mom in Georgina or a grandfather in King or a new family moving into Whitchurch-Stouffville is going to have that invisible United Way hand close by if they need it. That, to me, is our commitment as it has ever been - a quiet invisible hand in communities across the region."

The announcement builds on decades of work by the United Way, strengthens relationships with a core group of partners which are going to work with the organization on front-line community and research issues and in-

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The announcement also points to a growing commitment to communities since the merger of the Toronto and York Region United Ways, Zanotti said.

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It’s sticky, sappy maple syrup season TASTE SAP AND SYRUP AT THESE YORK REGION SUGAR BUSHES: BROOKS FARM: Weekends March 4 to mid-April, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.122 Ashworth Rd., Mount Albert, East Gwillimbury Enjoy a pancake breakfast, train or wagon rides, guided sugar bush tours and a campfire and play in the barnyard playland.brooksfarms.com

AMANDA PERSICO apersico@yrmg.com Skip the Aunt Jemima and Mrs. Butterworth’s varieties, and pass the sticky, sappy stuff found locally.

It’s maple syrup season here in the sugar bushes of York Region.

As the days get warmer, tree sap starts to flow and the sugars start to rise.

And it’s weather like this mild days and freezing nights that make for perfect syrupy conditions, said Brooks Farms owner Paul Brooks.

"It’s the combination of contrasting weather," he said. "But the challenge comes when it doesn’t freeze at night."

Making maple syrup is timeconsuming, but the results are always sweet, he added.

The Brooks Farms sugar bush is about 6 acres, comprised of about 95 per cent sugar maple trees. About 600 sap taps produce on average 600 litres of maple syrup each year.

The family has been making maple syrup for about 160 years.

"As a kid, I always wondered why it was just maple trees in there," said the father of two.

"But that was the crop, the crop of maple syrup."

This is the sixth season the family has hosted a maple syrup festival, offering tours, cooking maple syrup and selling their own maple syrup to the public.

This year also marks the opening of the new 10,000 squarefoot market building, complete with indoor seating, washrooms and a new kitchen.

Maple syrup is a long-term investment, Brooks said, meaning the hundreds of trees being planted each year won’t be ready for tapping for about 40 years.

"It’s long hours and a slowpace time of year," Brooks said.

"The season comes and goes quickly. It’s about spending time in the bush and watching nature create something."

Maple syrup is not just for smothering pancakes and waffles anymore. One of the top sellers, after freshly bottled syrup, of course, is the Brooks family maple muffins, where baked maple syrup transforms into a crispy brittle layer, said Brooks.

HORTON’S TREE FARM: Weekends March 11 to April 16, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 5924 Slaters Rd., Whitchurch-Stouffville Attractions include guided tours, lessons in maple syrup production, wagon rides, sap and syrup samples and hot pancakes. Be sure to check out the log cabins, maple syrup museum and the various hiking trails on site. hortontreefarms.com BRUCE’S MILL CONSERVATION AREA: Weekends March 4 to April 2, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekdays March 11 to 19, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.3291 Stouffville Rd., Whitchurch-Stouffville The festival features wagon rides, maple syrup demonstrations, live birds of prey show, strolling buskers, life size games and a straw bale maze.maplesyrupfest.com KORTRIGHT CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION: Weekends March 4 to 2, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekdays March 11 to 19, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.9550 Pine Valley Dr., Vaughan The festival features wagon rides, kidnetix gaming centre and inflatables, face painting, live birds of prey show, strolling buskers, live entertainment, life size games and a straw bale maze.maplesyrupfest.com MAPLE SYRUP BY LAMPLIGHT AT THE KORTRIGHT CENTRE: March 11 and 18, 7 to 9 p.m.9550 Pine Valley Dr., Vaughan Take a guided twilight tour of Kortright’s Maple sugar bush, taste real maple syrup, visit the sugar shack, learn about traditional and modern methods of maple syrup production and enjoy a warm campfire and fireside treat at the end of the night. maplesyrupfest.com Mike Barrett/Metroland

(Above) Neil Gratton takes a peek inside a sap collection bucket. He is in charge of maple syrup production at Brooks Farms near Mount Albert; (Below) Maple syrup production at Brooks Farms near Mount Albert The sappy, sugary, mapleygoodness can be used in both savoury and sweet dishes.

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l Thursday, March 2 Blood Donor Clinic WHEN: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m. WHERE: Aurora Legion, 105 Industrial Pkwy.

N., Aurora CONTACT: Canadian Blood Services, 1-888-236-6283, elaine.stpierre@blood.ca, www.blood.ca COST: Book online or download the GiveBlood app.

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l Friday, March 3 World Day of Prayer WHEN: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. WHERE: St. John Chrysostom Church, 432 Ontario St., Newmarket CONTACT: Lynda Allen, lrallen@sympatico.ca COST: Christians in more than 170 countries and in 2,000 communities across Canada will gather to learn about, pray and celebrate with the women of The Philippines. l Saturday, March 4 Maple Syrup Festival at Brooks Farms WHEN: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: Brooks Farms, 122 Ashworth Rd., East Gwillimbury CONTACT: Brooks Farms, 905-473-3246, http:// www.brooksfarms.com/festivals/ maple-syrup-festival/ COST: Admission: $9, kids two and younger: free The Maple Syrup Festival at Brooks Farms runs weekends March 4 to mid April. Sugar Bush Open: 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tours Begin: 10 a.m.

Free Music Group at Newmarket Public Library WHEN: 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. WHERE: Newmarket Public Library, 438 Park Ave., Newmarket CONTACT: Michelle, art@edoyr.com, http:// www.edoyr.com/music COST: Explore your musical side in a safe, non-judgmental environment.Bring your instrument, play one of our percussion instruments, or sing along.

Paskke String Quartet WHEN: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: Aurora Cultural Centre, 22 Church St., Aurora CONTACT: Francine Hudspith, 416-716-5469, hudspith@rogers.com, http:// www.paskke.com COST: Adults $15, seniors/students $10 A unique up-close musical experience that cannot be matched in a large concert hall. Each work is introduced with an informative narrative.

Nature Aurora Open House WHEN: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. WHERE: Aurora Seniors Centre, 90 John West Way, Aurora CONTACT: Lissa Dwyer, lissadwyer@gmail.com, www.natureaaurora.ca COST: Please drop in. Learn how you can become a citizen scientist too. We are a small group that monitors bird boxes, conduct owl, frog/toad and Chimney Swift surveys.

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l Sunday, March 5 Maple Syrup Festival at Brooks Farms WHEN: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: Brooks Farms, 122 Ashworth Rd., East Gwillimbury CONTACT: Brooks Farms, 905-473-3246, http:// www.brooksfarms.com/festivals/ maple-syrup-festival/ COST: Admission: $9, kids two and younger: free The Maple Syrup Festival at Brooks Farms runs weekends March 4 to mid April. Sugar Bush Open: 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tours Begin: 10 a.m. l Monday, March 6 Public Speaking Club Open House (Toastmasters) WHEN: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. WHERE: Town of Aurora, 100 John West Way, Aurora CONTACT: Sue, 416238-7966, vppr@toastmastersaurora.org COST: Do you have an upcoming professional or social speech?Do you wish to improve your speaking excellence? l Tuesday, March 7 International Women’s Day: Celebrating the Diversity of Women WHEN: 5 p.m. - 11 p.m. WHERE: Newmarket Theatre, 505 Pickering Cres., Newmarket CONTACT: bellcrawford@hotmail.com COST: $50 Keynote speaker: Paola Gianturco, international photojournalist and author.Featuring York Region singers and dancers. Supports Women’s Centre of York Region. l Wednesday, March 8 Does That Really Happen Here?

WHEN: 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. WHERE: Bethel Community CR Church, 333 Davis Dr., Newmarket CONTACT: Marietta, 905-895-9312, carolford6@gmail.com, https://newmarketchristianwomensconnection.wordpress.com/ COST: $6 ($4 first time) Featuring BridgeNorth - outreach to women and children.Singer/Speaker: Suzanne Baresich. Babysitting upon request.

AHS Speaker Series: Ken Purvis, Montgomery’s Inn WHEN: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. WHERE: Hillary House, 15372 Yonge St., Aurora CONTACT: Erika Mazanik, 905-727-8991, erika.mazanik@aurorahs.com, www.aurorahs.com/ activities COST: $7 Join the Aurora Historical Society for our 2017 Speaker Series. Refreshments served. To reserve your seat, call. For more information, visit the website. l Thursday, March 9 Newmarket Chamber - Annual Women in Business Luncheon WHEN: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. WHERE:

Cardinal Golf Club, 2740 Davis Dr. W., Newmarket CONTACT: Tyler Nakeff, 905-898-5900, tyler@newmarketchamber.ca, http:// web.newmarketchamber.ca/events/ Women-In-Business-Luncheon-1192/details COST: $55 to $75 Take some time to to invest in your personal and professional growth as we celebrate Women in Business at this annual luncheon. l Saturday, March 11 Maple Syrup Festival at Brooks Farms WHEN: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: Brooks Farms, 122 Ashworth Rd., East Gwillimbury CONTACT: Brooks Farms, 905-473-3246, http:// www.brooksfarms.com/festivals/ maple-syrup-festival/ COST: Admission: $9, kids two and younger: free The Maple Syrup Festival at Brooks Farms runs weekends March 4 to mid April. Sugar Bush Open: 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tours Begin: 10 a.m. l Sunday, March 12 Blood Donor Clinic WHEN: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m. WHERE: Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church, 16 Catherine Ave., Aurora CONTACT: Canadian Blood Services, 1-888-236-6283, elaine.stpierre@blood.ca, www.blood.ca COST: "March" yourself into a blood donor clinic to #GiveLife! For many of us, March break = travel. If you are travelling outside North America consider this option: GIVE Before You GO! DYK? 1 in 2 Canadians will either need blood or know someone who will at some point in their lives.

1 in 2 people are eligible to donate, yet only 1 in 60 actually does. We need 100,000 NEW donors this year. Please be one of them. Visit www.blood.ca to book online or download the GiveBlood app. l Tuesday, March 14 Blood Donor Clinic WHEN: 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. WHERE: Newmarket Community Centre and Lions Hall, 200 Doug Duncan Dr., Newmarket CONTACT: Canadian Blood Services, 1-888-236-6283, elaine.stpierre@blood.ca, www.blood.ca COST: "March" yourself into a blood donor clinic to #GiveLife! For many of us, March break = travel. If you are travelling outside North America consider this option: GIVE Before You GO! DYK? 1 in 2 Canadians will either need blood or know someone who will at some point in their lives.

1 in 2 people are eligible to donate, yet only 1 in 60 actually does. We need 100,000 NEW donors this year. Please be one of them. Visit www.blood.ca to book online or download the GiveBlood app.

11 things to do this weekend in York Region l Saturday, March 4 Perchin’ for MS WHEN: 7 a.m. - 11 p.m. WHERE: Sibbald Point Provincial Park, 26071 Park Rd., Georgina CONTACT: Doug Poirier, www.perchinforms.com COST: The annual Fishing for a Cure event raising money for multiple sclerosis takes place at Sibbald Point Provincial Park. Register on the website.

Colour Around Us Saturday Art Class for ages 4 to 6 WHEN: 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. WHERE: Aurora Cultural Centre, 22 Church St., Aurora CONTACT: Leanne DiMonte, 905-713-1818, info@auroraculturalcentre.ca COST: $135.30 Join Lindsay Soloway for an opportunity to explore colour through a variety of materials such as acrylic paint, pastels, watercolour and found objects.

Seedy Saturday WHEN: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. WHERE: Newmarket Community Centre and Lions Hall, 200 Doug Duncan Dr., Newmarket CONTACT: Marissa, marissaw@yrfn.ca, www.yrfn.ca COST: York Region Food Network’s 5th Annual Seedy Saturday is an opportunity to swap seeds, attend workshops, meet vendors and buy from local seed companies.

Family Winter Nature Walk WHEN: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. WHERE: Markham Museum, 9350 Markham Rd., Markham CONTACT: Markham Museum, 905-3055970, museuminfo@markham.ca COST: $18 for one child and one adult With an instructor, families will explore the museum’s 25 acres and learn all about the winter habitats of animals and look for signs they’ve been here.

The Art of Calligraphy 1-Day Workshop WHEN: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: Aurora Cultural Centre, 22 Church St., Aurora CONTACT: Jane Taylor, 905-713-1818, info@auroraculturalcentre.ca COST: $80 plus HST Join instructor Diannah Benson for a 1-day workshop on copperplate script, a type of calligraphy with a beautiful flow that is easy to learn.Limited spaces.

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Brad Jones Karate Do, 244 Main St. S., Newmarket CONTACT: newmarket.kendo@gmail.com COST: $25 monthly Kendo is a form of Japanese fencing using wooden and bamboo swords. It is a physical activity that promotes respect, peace and the betterment of oneself.

Shanghai Dance Theatre "Fragrance" WHEN: 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. WHERE: Flato Markham Theatre, 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham CONTACT: Flato Markham Theatre, 905-3057469, 305_show@markham.ca COST: Prime: $69; Regular: $64 Students: $15 Internationally renowned Shanghai Dance Theatre captures the source, beauty, power, pain and fragility of the human condition though this dance-drama.

Full Bodied Short Stories WHEN: 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. WHERE: Lebovic Centre for Arts - Nineteen on the Park, 19 Civic Ave., Whitchurch-Stouffville CONTACT: Box Office, 905-640-2322, 19onthepark@townofws.ca COST: $29 With local author and actor Johnny Wideman. This unique event pairs local food, local beverages and a short story written and read by a local artist.

l Sunday, March 5 10th Degree Black Belt Karate Master from Okinawa WHEN: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: Aurora Montessori School, 330 Industrial Pkwy. N., Aurora CONTACT: Steve Armes, 416-5797723, info@shoshinkan.ca COST: Shoshinkan Martial Arts will host one of the world’s highest ranking karate masters, Hokama Tetsuhiro Sensei, from Okinawa, Japan.

Pianist Maxim Bernard WHEN: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: Newmarket Theatre, 505 Pickering Cres., Newmarket CONTACT: Judy Craig, 9058958713, art_judycraig@rogers.com COST: $30 (adults), $25 (seniors), $10 (students) Following the concert, a master class will take place at 5 p.m., featuring four senior piano students (sponsored by VPAN and Newmarket ORMTA).

Symphonic Pops Favourites WHEN: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: Flato Markham Theatre, 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham CONTACT: Kristie Hunter, marketing@mcband.ca, http:// mcband.ca COST: $25 general and $20 seniors, students There’s something for everyone in this potpourri of familiar tunes.

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Enjoy free March break fun SIMONE JOSEPH sjoseph@yrmg.com March break shouldn’t break your budget. Here are free activity ideas: 1) Cardboard toboggan races At Georgina’s The ROC on March 16. Check-in at 12:30 p.m. Races begin at 1:30 p.m. Everyone can bring decorated sleds and wear costumes. All ages welcome. Maximum three racers per sled. For more information, email eleisure@georgina.ca, call 905476-4301 ext. 2354 or visit www.georgina.ca.

2) Drop-in basketball On March 13, youth can visit the Angus Glen Community Centre and library from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Markham at 3990 Major MacKenzie Dr. E. Go to markham.ca for other March break activities.

3) Free Games and activities For ages five to 10 years old. On March 16 and 17,

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Elizabeth Prestwich of Glad Park Public School focuses and takes aim in the Grade 4 category during the Knights of Columbus Basketball Free Throw Competition. from noon to 3 p.m. (dropin) at Newmarket’s Elman W. Campbell Museum. To preregister, call 905-9535314 or email elmanmuseum@rogers.com.

4) Free swim Enjoy these swims at select Vaughan pools. Go to Vaughan.ca for more information.

5) Rapunzel

This reinvention of the fairy tale is meant for children four years and older.

Children under age 11 must have adult accompaniment. Pick up your ticket at Richmond Hill’s Richvale Library circulation desk 15 minutes before the program starts. Call 905-8892847 for more info. March 14, from 2 to 3 p.m.

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Shanghai dancers come to Markham BREA BARTHOLET bbartholet@yrmg.com Be swept away in your seat by a beautiful and articulate performance by the Shanghai Dance Theatre.

Called Fragrance, the performance is an inspiring, colourful heritage and nature-inspired dance drama, showing that the veil of winter has lifted and fragrance floats in on a warm spring breeze.

In their only Canadian performance, the group will delight the audience with the beauty, power, pain and fragility of the human condition portrayed through

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Chinese national folk dance.

Being held on March 4 at the Flato Markham Theatre, the evening will include not only dance, but vocal and instrumental music as well.

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Metroland Media has embarked on a conversation with a generation of people who are currently finding their niche in a competitive world.

Through this conversation our journalists will investigate if students currently enrolled in postsecondary education in Ontario are being adequately prepared for the constantly changing workforce.

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as a job or handful of degrees and Millennials are creating their own future through creativity, daring, hard work and sheer will. Our conversation focuses on their journey as well.

The Millennial Mission is now live at yorkregion.com/millennialmission.

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Hazardous material disasters burden for municipalities ALISON BROWNLEE abrownlee@metroland northmedia.com When it comes to preparedness for hazardous materials disasters, the burden falls squarely on the shoulders of the province’s municipalities.

And they must be ready.

Township of King fire chief Jim Wall, for example, seems confident his firefighters are well trained to deal with disasters such as train derailments and transport truck collisions.

Wall said his full-time and volunteer firefighters complete National Fire Protection Association courses, which include hazardous materials training, and annual refreshers.

"HAZMAT training focuses on the recognition of a hazardous materials emergency, personnel safety, hazåard assessment and the notification of higher skilled emergency responders or technical response teams," he said.

Municipalities are provincially legislated under the Emergency Management and Civic Protection Act to create and maintain current emergency plans and foot the bill for training and disaster response.

Wall said preparation and training includes dealing with materials that could be released as well as emergency decontamination and evaluation of surrounding conditions.

"Our firefighters train on hazardous materials every year," he said.

And such preparedness happens because municipalities must be ready for a disaster at any moment.

Jeff McWilliam, chief of paramedic services and emergency planning for the District of Muskoka, said municipalities know hazardous materials travel along provincial rail lines and highways.

The problem is, they do not know what materials companies are transporting. Or when. Or how often.

Do you want to continue living comfortably and safely in your own home?

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"We have to have faith in those transporting hazardous materials that they are doing the right things," he said.

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The Muskoka Emergency Response Committee collaborates on tabletop and live-action mock disasters.

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He added that consistent senior government funding for hazardous materials preparedness and specialized teams would help.

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Aurora GM faces tall order Hurricanes’ Bozzo to restore club’s lustre scores top player award JOHN CUDMORE jcudmore@yrmg.com

JOHN CUDMORE jcudmore@yrmg.com Newmarket Hurricanes forward Marco Bozzo has been named the Bardown North-East Conference player of the month for February,.

The Ontario Junior Hockey League made the announcement Tuesday.

The 20-year-old Woodbridge resident scored 11 goals among 13 points in 11 games to help steer a Hurricanes stretch run to secure a playoff spot in the conference.

He finished the season with 23 goals.

Acquired from the Toronto Patriots early in the 2015-16 season, Bozzo had three multiple goal games during the month and enjoyed an eight-game point streak.

Six of the three-year veteran’s goals came on the power play.

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Marco Bozzo #14 of the Newmarket Hurricanes.

It’s difficult to imagine Dermot Anderson could walk into a more difficult situation than the one he is accepting as general manager of the Aurora Tigers.

After all, the Tigers’ den is, well, a little messy.

There’s a lot of tidying up after a season that went askew not long after the first puck drop.

Put it this way: by the time Brian Perrin was installed as head coach in November and Anderson came on as a scout, the automatic sliding front door to the Aurora Community Centre may have been worn out with players coming and going.

With no wiggle room in the area of player cards, the season pretty much became one of salvaging anything that didn’t leave to ice a lineup.

Owner Jim Thomson

Dermot Anderson may have referred to the 2016-17 season as a rebuild.

That would be a generous translation of the term.

In truth, it was a huge misreading of the landscape as the Tigers compiled a miserable record with nine wins in 54 games and missed the playoffs.

Anderson was hired Friday to serve as general manager to replace Jim Sarjeant, who took the duties of GM from Thomson partway through the season. Sarjeant, a former goaltender for the Newmarket Hurricanes and Mercyhurst College, is hoping to pursue a playing career in

the pro ranks in Europe."I set goals high and hope to achieve them," Anderson, a Sutton resident, said Sunday. "We have a lot of work to do."

Anderson intends to quickly clarify the situation with head coach Brian Perrin and bring the veteran coach back to the fold with a fresh start.

"We’ve had no sit-down yet, but I have every intention of sitting with Brian and making him feel secure," said Anderson. "You have to be somewhat fair. It would be easy to start interviewing candidates but Brian has made me feel very good about things and vice versa for me. We need character kids on our team next and I love Brian’s direction."

"We need to steer this in the right direction. We had to put ourselves with the product and stay with it until the end of the season.

Hurricanes draw huge challenge for first-round series Trenton Golden Hawks (1) vs.

Newmarket Hurricanes (8) North-East Conference quarter-final Best-of-7 Game 1 - March 3 at Trenton, 7:30 p.m. . Game 2 March 6 at Newmarket, Ray Twinney Complex, 7:30 p.m. . Game 3 - March 7 at Trenton, 7:30 p.m. . Game 4 March 9 at Newmarket, RTC, 7:30 p.m. . Game 5 - March 10 at Trenton, 7:30 p.m. .

Game 6 - March 12 at Newmarket, Ray Twinney Complex, 2:30 p.m. . Game 7 March 13 at Trenton, 7:30 p.m.

It’s playoff déjà vu all over again for the Newmarket Hurricanes.

Just like a year ago, it’s a best-of-seven matchup against the Trenton Golden Hawks, winners of the series in the minimum four games on their way to winning the Ontario Junior Hockey League championship.

Once again, the Golden Hawks are projected as heavy favourites when the series faces off Friday night in Trenton.

On paper, it’s no match.

Trenton, with its 42 wins and 87 points from 54 games nearly laps Newmarket

which finished eighth among 11 teams in the conference with a 22-26-2-4 record for 50 points.

In other words, the Hurricanes enter the series starting March 3 in Trenton with limited expectations from anyone beyond the threshold of their lockerroom door.

"It’s David versus Goliath and everyone figures we have no chance," said Hurricanes’ head coach Thomas Milne, embracing the role of underdog. "But let’s drop the puck and at the end of the day decide it on the ice."

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Trenton won all four games in the season series, outscoring Newmarket badly by a 29-10 margin. Their offence and team defence rank tops in the 11-team North-East Conference and second league-wide only to overall regular season champion Georgetown Raiders.

To have any chance, the Hurricanes will lean heavily on netminder Fraser Kirk, a late-season add,

whose play injected confidence into the Hurricanes and backboned a late-season 12-game unbeaten streak. Todd Winder and Marco Bozzo will have to maintain their reliable offensive output but require support in the form of secondary scoring.

To their credit, the Hurricanes have been plucky despite a wretched start to the season.

"It’s a resilient group of kids," said Milne, who took over the Hurricanes’ bench from Tom Longland when the team had a 2-8 record.

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market has posted a 20-142-4 record. "We’ve been in playoff hockey mode all along. There’s no pressure on us. We’re happy to make the playoffs but we want to keep going."

In addition to a stingy defensive record, the Golden Hawks can score. Led by Liam Morgan with 62 points and 30-goal shooter Lucas Brown, Trenton has four players averaging a point per game. Make it five if you count mid-season acquisition Chris Sekelyk who had 32 points in as many games after acquired from the North York Rangers.

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Dennis Pisanko of the Newmarket Jets races to victory in the Echo Division at a Central Region speed skating competition held on the weekend at Barrie.

Jets duo win titles JOHN CUDMORE jcudmore@yrmg.com Bardia Naderi won races at 500, 1,000 and 1,500 metres to claim first overall in the alpha category and highlight a big weekend for members of the Newmarket Jets at a Central Region speed skating competition in Barrie.

Naderi was one of two Jets members to win a division title at the final tune-

up before Ontario championships.

Anchored by a win in the 1,500-metre race, Dennis Pisanko won the echo category.

He also had secondplace finishes in the 200 and 400 metres. Yilin Liao finished second in echo with wins at 200 and 400 metres.

Tyler Yu finished second overall in the charlie category while Mihail Salaev was third in delta.

It isn’t quite the 117th U.S. Open, but it is a tiny taste.

Beacon Hall Golf Club, the exquisite and prestigious Aurora golf property, will host a local qualifying event for the U.S. Open when a field of 78 golfers vie to advance toward the June 15-18 tournament at Erin Hills Golf Club in Erin, Wisconsin.

In all, 114 local qualifying events will be held, all but the one at Beacon Hall on American soil, during early May. The local events lead to sectional qualifiers to be contested June 5 at 10 venues across the United States.

The U.S. Open is the second leg of the PGA Tour’s four major tournaments, along with the Masters, British Open and PGA Championship.

General manager Michael Ridout said Golf Canada’s initiative to bring the 18-hole test to Beacon Hall to serve as a host was wellreceived.

"We’re really excited to be able to be part of this," said Ridout, whose facility will celebrate 30 years of operations in 2018. "Any time you have a chance to grow the game, it’s exciting. Being the only Canadian site for a qualifier is great

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What’s important for us is to re-ignite our relationship with Golf Canada. And we’re excited to work with the USGA in addition to Golf Ontario and Golf Canada.

"There was discussion around Beacon Hall a few years ago concerning a possible bid to host a Canadian Open. It’s not likely the presence of a U.S. Open qualifying event will spark further conversation on that topic.

"No, there is nothing official right now in that regard," said Ridout, although acknowledging the notion’s significance.

"There is no conversation with our membership, and right now it is not a subject."

Ridout, in his second year as GM, believes the 7,001-yard Beacon Hall will be a stiff test for the field of hopefuls looking to move on

to the next stage. Designed by the late Bob Cupp, Beacon Hall’s front nine is very much that of a Carolinas feel, cut through trees and forest.

The finishing nine, however, poses more of a linksstyle challenge.

"Our back nine will appeal to Erin Hills," said Ridout. "It’s similar to Erin Hills’ links style so it will be a fair test for anyone to see how they perform. It will also be fun to see what players are actually showing up that day."

Ah, yes. The field. Amateurs. Young pro hopefuls.

Perhaps a name player or two on a career rebound.

Who knows who will show up. And, an added opportunity for average golf fans to get an inside look at one of Canada’s premier golf properties.

Further details for the one-day event, including admission for the public, are not yet available.

East rules The way the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s standings played out in the North-East Conference should come as absolutely no surprise.

From the outset it was understood the East Division’s five teams would be excellent since both the

Dudley Hewitt Cup and Royal Bank Cup are both being played in their backyard, Trenton and Cobourg, respectively. And somebody would be obliged to win the North Division and four other North teams would flog it out for the final two playoff spots.

OK, so Markham Royals took the North, and therefore second seed for conference playoffs, and Stouffville Spirit separated themselves early from the bottom group.

Likewise, Newmarket Hurricanes pulled away from the rest of the low-rent group to gain the final playoff spot.

Consider that the Spirit, Royals and Hurricanes were a combined 18-43-1 against teams in the East Division. A reason to stick to your own.

As fortune would have it, either of first-round opponents Markham or Stouffville are going to move on to the conference semifinals.

If you were handicapping these teams last September, it would not be difficult to forecast the East teams sweeping the top five slots.

That’s precisely the way it played out. Hey, plunk down the Royals in the fiveteam East standings, and what you have is a sixthplace team.

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CANADA 150

A look at whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made in Canada There are a lot of items that founded in Kingston, Jamaica, carry the "Made in Canada" West Indies, the family-owned business moved to Canada in stamp. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a sampling 1975. In 2005 Kisko of our home-grown meracquired Mr. chandise.

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Kolbe Mustangs spike Magic to claim YRAA title JOHN CUDMORE jcudmore@yrmg.com In song, the Beatles’ Maxwell had his silver hammer.

On the court, the St. Maximilian Kolbe Mustangs have their twin blonde hammers.

And, when twin sisters Jessica and Britney Loojie are swingin’ it, opponents had better watch out.

That was the case Wednesday night as the fraternal twins hammered kill shots repeatedly to lead the Mustangs to a four-set victory (22-25, 25-17, 25-16, 25-20) victory over Father Michael McGivney Magic in the York Region Athletic Association girls senior Tier 1 volleyball championship game at St. Augustine Catholic High School in Markham.

The Grade 12 lookalike sisters commandeered the match with countless winners to help the Aurorabased school to its first girls senior regional volleyball title.

After dropping the first set, St. Max took control with an 8-0 run to start the second, never trailing again outside the early points in the fourth set. Early leads became big leads as the Mustangs plowed to a perfect 16-0 record in YRAA regular season and playoff record.

"They’re great and play really well together," said Kolbe head coach Laura Franciosa of her one-two sister punch. "They really pick up our team when it’s needed.

"That’s how we played all season. We saw what the other team was doing, adjusted and played our game. Once they get swinging it’s tough to stop us."

Indeed. After the first set it seemed that any time the Magic started to put together a run, the Loojie sisters responded with a kill to stem

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"After the first set we never let them get on a run or let them get ahead," said Brit, a lefthander, who is perhaps one-half inch shorter than her fraternal sister. "We showed up to win."

Her sister had another take.

"We started cheering more," said team captain Jessica, whose constant smile wasn’t removed despite wearing a few wicked Magic shots throughout the match.

"We were more supportive of each other and stated serving better as we went."

In the end, the Mustangs’ height advantage at the net and offensive power was too much to overcome.

"They’re big hitters and they hit very well," said Magic head coach Alan Ambida, whose Markham school will represent York Region at the double-A championships in Belleville. "They are a powerful team but we played well.

"I felt we came out firing right away but fatigue set in and we made a lot of mistakes."

His team came into the

match knowing it would be attending the OFSAA championship slated for March 6 to 8.

"Maybe we didn’t get what we wanted here but at OFSAA we have a shot at a second chance."

The Mustangs will be competing at the triple-A championships slated for March 6 to 8 in Barrie.

Meanwhile, Aurora Eagles claimed a 27-25, 25-19 win over Sir William Mulock Ravens in a clash of North Division rivals in junior Tier 1 action.

The Eagles and Ravens finished second and third in the tough North behind Sacred Heart Crusaders. However, Mulock took down previously unbeaten St. Augustine Titans and Aurora sidelined the Crusaders to reach the final.

"The North is strong, for sure," said Eagles coach Mike Jones, whose team split two previous matches with Mulock. "But probably any of those four teams could have won. It was so close between them."

In Tier 2 action, Richmond Green Rattlers ended Toronto District Christian Falcons’ bid for a perfect season with a 25-17, 25-21 victory.

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St. Maximilian Kolbe Mustangs player Lucas Redfern slips the puck past St. Teresa Lions goaltender Andrew Nebiolo, but just misses the net in the dying moments of the third period during the YRAA boys high school hockey final at Elgin Barrow Arena in Richmond Hill Monday. The Lions held on to a 3-2 lead to take the first match in the best-of-three series.

St. Max Mustangs stampede Marauders for OFSAA berth JOHN CUDMORE jcudmore@yrmg.com When the St. Maximilian Kolbe Mustangs lost earlier this season to the Markham Marauders, it caught their collective attentions.

So, while a decisive twogame sweep of the Marauders in the York Region Athletic Association final should come as no surprise for the Mustangs, it wasn’t necessarily a foregone conclusion.

The Mustangs rode twogoal performances by Olivia Reid and Jayden Thompson, along with shutout goaltending from Victoria Solilo, to a 6-0 rout of the Marauders Tuesday afternoon at the Aurora Leisure Complex to complete the best-of-three series sweep.

Katerina Dajia and Nikki Shaw also scored for the Aurora-based school which

won the series opener 5-1 Monday in Markham.

The win sends St. Max to the OFSAA triple-A tournament for a second consecutive year. The tournament is scheduled to be held March 21 to 24 in Mississauga.

"We did lose to Markham for our only loss of the season so we were a little nervous going into this series," said Mustangs’ head coach Kate Treacy. "Our girls played their best games of the season."

It was the fourth straight regional final appearance for St. Max and second straight triumph.

The Mustangs went to the OFSAA tournament last season, seeded 13th, and reached the quarter-final round.

Jacey Dane scored a pair of goals for the Mustangs in the series opener. Morgan Graham, Nikki Shaw and Julia Cuccia also scored for

St. Max. Kolbe boys drop opener If the St. Maximilian Kolbe Mustangs boys are looking to make it a clean sweep of OFSAA triple-A berths for their school it will require a comeback.

Kolbe will be aiming to pull even with the St. Theresa Lisieux Lions when the YRAA boys senior hockey championship series resumes March 2 after the Lions scored a 3-2 victory in the best-of-three series opener played Monday in Richmond Hill.

The series is scheduled to resume March 2 at the Stronach Aurora Recreation Complex. Game time is 2 p.m.

If needed, a third game is to be played March 6 at Elgin Barrow Arena.

The series winner advances to the OFSAA triple-A championship tournament March 21 to 24 in Mississauga.