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CITY SINKING CURBSIDE HOOPS Bylaw enforcement says basketball nets too close to roadway, hazard for vehicles BY AMANDA PERSICO

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A Markham neighbourhood is crying foul over the city’s attempt to curb basketball nets that sit at the edge of the roadway. “You always hear about inactivity in kids,” Markham resident Dan Porter, 22, said. “We’re always being told to get outside and play.” There are several basketball nets at the ends of driveways and on the grass near the curb on his small side street with limited traffic, Mr. Porter said. But the city has put residents on Hallam Road in the Hwy. 48 and 16th Avenue area on notice that the nets cause a problem. The structures pose an obstruction to city roads, operations and garbage crews, the city’s bylaw enforcement manager, Bill Wiles, said. Each year, the bylaw department receives calls from operation crews out on the street about basketball nets obstructing the curb, he said. “It is the overhang on the street that causes a problem,” he said. “When a road truck gets close to the curb, it could catch on the net and pull the whole thing down.”

Walkability, transit, shorter commute cited as advantages BY L.H. TIFFANY HSIEH

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Michael and Selina Chow needed a bigger home to raise their three children. With a budget in mind, they moved to Stouffville from Markham. The family of five is happy living in a detached, four-bedroom house on the edge of York Durham Line, but if price weren’t an issue, “We would definitely move closer to civilization”, Mr. Chow, a stayat-home dad, said with a chuckle. Not to Toronto, but Markham, Richmond Hill or somewhere close to a GO station or Hwy. 404, he said.

GIVE UP LARGE YARD The Chows aren’t alone in their wishful thinking. An RBC-Pembina Institute home location study released this week shows 81 per cent of respondents would give up a large yard for a smaller lot or more modest home within walking distance of amenities, easy access to rapid transit and less time behind the wheel — if cost wasn’t an issue. The release of the survey coincided with Toronto Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday’s remark that downtown Toronto isn’t suited for raising children. See TIME, page 12.

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‘TAKEN ABACK’ This is the first Mr. Porter heard of the issue. “I was taken aback,” he said. “Everyone is pushing this healthy lifestyle. But someone brings out a basketball net and all hell breaks loose.” The city does have the authority to remove the hoops since when they are that close to the street they are situated on city owned property – boulevards. Instead, the city for now is asking residents to bring the nets in when not in use. If they don’t, the city will remove them, Mr. Wiles said. That doesn’t sit well with Mr. Porter. “The majority who use (the nets) are kids,” he said. “Lugging that net up and down is more of a burden and won’t get kids outside. How is a kid going to haul that thing up the driveway when he goes in for dinner and haul it back down again to play?” Mr. Wiles is not suggesting children or parents transport basketball nets up and down the driveway. “Most of the operations work or garbage pickup happens during the day,” he said. “But at the end of See NETS, page 12.

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When it comes to the city’s allegiance, it is out with the old and in with the new. A new flag, that is. As part of the rollover into new city status, city officials waved a new flag, which incorporates some of the city’s historical milestones. The new flag is similar to the former one that encompasses a maple leaf and a beaver centred in a red and white circle on a blue backdrop. But the word town is removed and replaced with city. The dates 1850, 1872, 1971 and 2012 were also added to represent the city’s turning points. Markham Township was officially incorporated in 1850, after the passing of the Baldwin Act, which established a municipal form of responsible government. In 1872, Markham Village was formed and adjacent villages began to grow and prosper. Markham Township became one of nine municipalities under the York Region banner in 1971 and its boundaries were officially established. And this year, Markham became Canada’s sixteenth

Flag incorporates important dates in Markham’s history. largest city, with some 310,000 residents – trailing behind London by about 55,000 residents and ahead of Vaughan by about more than 20,000 residents. The city purchased 17 regular-sized flags that will be flown over city-owned facilities such as community centres, fire stations, chamber of commerce office and the Civic Centre. There was also one flag purchased for the region and one ceremonial flag. Since there was no new design, there are no concept or design charges to the city for the new flags. The total cost was about $1,800. The flag is very similar to the city’s corporate seal, Mayor Frank Scarpitti said. “That was deliberate,”

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he said. “We didn’t want the change from town to city to launch a new branding exercise.” When it comes to corporate stationary, the city is using up the old notes and business cards prior to ordering new ones, he said. “We need to use up our current stock,” he said. “The logo isn’t changing. It is just a footnote on letterhead.” Stationary is produced on an as-needed basis, he said. The municipal status won’t affect the city’s community centres or maintenance crews as the majority either display the prominent check mark logo or the city’s coat of arms. “If there is a change, it will be over time,” Mr. Scarpitti said.

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It was a stain on an otherwise stellar summer in York Region: one year ago this week, on a warm summer evening, two teenaged girls drowned while paddling in the waters of Musselman’s Lake. Now it appears similar troubles are brewing this year, with midsummer statistics showing Ontario drownings, while swimming or falling into water, on the increase and a disturbing spike in drowning among teenagers, something the Lifesaving Society hopes to tackle with a new program aimed at preteens. With warmer-than-normal temperatures this summer, more Canadians are turning to water for relief, leaving more people at risk of drowning — teenagers especially, according to Barbara Byers, the society’s public education director. While the overall number of drownings nationwide decreased last year, the number of drownings among teenagers increased 18 per cent, many due to youths trying to help their friends and putting their own lives at risk, Ms Byers said. The society has developed a new program aimed at this particularly vulnerable group. Called Swim to Survive+ (Plus), the program teaches Grade 7 students how to survive an unexpected fall into deep water while wearing clothes and teaches the basic skills to help a friend in deep water. The idea for a teen-oriented program was mobilized by last year’s drownings in Stouffville. Sabrina Alibhai, 15, and Gift Diji, 16, were paddling in a dinghy on Musselman’s Lake when one of the girls, a weaker swimmer, apparently went into the water and her friend tried to save her.

‘Instinct to go in’ “That incident really resonated with us,” Ms Byers said. “A lot went wrong.” Witnesses said the girls were not wearing life jackets, did not have proper boating equipment or training and were without supervision, a scenario Ms Byers said is common among teenagers. A recent coroner’s report lists a disturbing number of similar incidents, from the young female immigrant, a non-swimmer, who drowned while swimming with friends at a public beach at night, to the 18-year-old male who ignored rough water signs at a provincial park and disappeared under the waves and the 19-year-old female who, though a strong swimmer, drowned after drinking on a boat. Swim to Survive+ follows the 2010 Chief Coroner’s Drowning Review recommendation for advanced water safety programs before children reach high school. Michael McGee, who teaches swimming in his backyard Aurora pool, thinks it’s a good idea.

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Bronze swimming lesson participants Rayyan Alibux and Adwin Do help mock victim Skylar Masse, during an exercise aimed at helping teenagers learn how to swim while fully clothed, at the Lebovic Leisure Centre in Stouffville. “It’s an age where they’re influenced by friends, and spending time at cottages.” Yorick Tong, aquatic supervisor in Whitchurch-Stouffville, thinks it’s a good idea. “We want to reach kids before they start high school and start partying and going to friends at the cottage,” he said.

“The instinct, when a friend is in distress, is to go in after them, but they’re not prepared for what can happen. Even an adult is not as strong as they think, especially when someone’s panicking in the water and climb on you to get above water to breathe. It’s not like the rescues you see on TV.” A similar drowning prevention

program, Swim to Survive, has been successful with Grade 3 students, he said and reduced drownings among children in that age group. The Plus program would help older children with more realistic scenarios, including the experience of falling into water wearing clothes.

“It’s quite dramatic, the difference between wearing a jeans and hoodie versus a bathing suit,” said Brook Beatty, aquatic co-ordinator at Vaughan’s Garnet A Williams Centre outdoor pool in Thornhill. It’s a skill taught in the bronze swimming level, but is valuable to everyone, especially newcomers to Canada, said Ms Byers. Immigrants often have different knowledge or experiences around issues of water safety and a family that isn’t comfortable with swimming may choose to simply avoid water, she said. “That strategy may be effective (although not advisable) when kids are young, but not when they’re older ... There’s so much water in Ontario, it’s not possible to stay away, which is why you need to know what to do if someone gets into difficulty.” Adrian Wong, Markham’s community recreation co-ordinator, said this summer’s warm weather and beckoning lakes can be deceptive because hypothermia can still occur in water that is 20 C. A 22-year-old man was taken to hospital with hypothermia after being rescued in Lake Ontario Sunday. The challenge with any water safety program will be to get preteens to “buy in”, Mr. Wong said. “We need to find a way to market it or build a rapport with schools.” Peer pressure is a big factor, agreed Stouffville lifeguard Aleena Dipede, 19, “but even if swimming is not your thing, it’s an important life skill”. Jayne Morrish, research co-ordinator with Parachute (formerly of SMARTRISK), blames adolescent brain development. “Their social/emotional network takes control and they’re looking for ways to get a rush from those behaviours,” she said. “They overestimate their ability and infallibility ... and seek immediate rewards.” Boys especially seek risks — jumping from the highest cliff, for example — because of “complex interaction between behaviours and society” and it usually doesn’t change until age 25, she said. More than 1,000 teenagers have already participated in the pilot version of the Swim to Survive+ program, Ms Byers said. The society is seeking $1 million in funding to roll out the course provincewide. Meantime, parents can help keep their teenage children safe by setting a good example, Ms Morrish said. “If you show them you are being safe, they won’t think it’s not as important or only a child’s game and when they grow up, they don’t have to anymore.” She also encourages teenagers to understand how to take risks as safely as possible and to instill key messages, such as “look first”, “wear the gear” and “get trained”.

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Girlfriend of former Markham hockey player killed in theatre Jay Meloff, a former player with Markham Waxers junior hockey club is mourning the loss of his girlfriend — one of 12 people killed in Colorado by a man wielding a gun inside a movie theatre early Thursday. Jessica Ghawi, 24, was one of 12 people killed when a gunman opened fire in a movie theatre in Aurora, just outside of Denver, just after midnight on Friday. The Texan, an aspiring sports broadcaster known professionally as Jessica Redfield, had went to see the premiere of the latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, with her friend Brent Lowak. She would not make it out alive. Ms Ghawi wrote on her blog in June that she had a new-found appreciation for the preciousness of life after surviving the Eaton Centre shooting. Little more than a month later, she would be dead, killed in Colorado by a man wielding a gun, something she had so narrowly avoided in Toronto. More than 50 people were injured in the shooting, one of the deadliest in recent U.S. memory. Police have arrested 24-year-old medical school dropout James Holmes in connection with the incident.

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Ms Ghawi’s death sparked an outpouring of condolences through social media Friday, with both her name and the Eaton Centre trending in Toronto on Twitter, bringing back painful memories for the city’s residents. Many spoke of how Ms Ghawi’s death by gunshot was a cruel twist of fate, considering just three minutes had separated her between life and possible death in early June at the Eaton Centre when a different gunman shot into a crowd of innocent people. Ghawi had been in Toronto to visit her hockey player boyfriend, Mr. Meloff. In the last post on her blog, dated June 5, she wrote of having been on a mission at the Eaton Centre to shop and eat sushi. Yesterday, Mr. Meloff tweeted that Ms Ghawi “made the world unbelievably better for everyone who got to spend time with her.” According to an article posted yesterday on the Denver portal of news website SB Nation, Mr. Meloff was trying out for the Denver Cutthroats, a minor league hockey team. The article’s author, Cheryl Bradley, wrote that a major reason Mr. Meloff wanted to play in Denver was to be closer to Ms Ghawi. — Torstar News Service

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All water users and residents in the Lake Simcoe watershed are requested to reduce water use by 10 per cent due to a regionwide Level 1 low water advisory issued Thursday. York Region’s Low Water Response Team is asking residents to reduce water use and comply with the municipal outdoor water use restrictions in their area. Current precipitation and stream flows in most of the watershed are extremely low and below

the required provincial seasonal thresholds. Precipitation and stream flow values measured in the watershed show rainfall for the months of May, June and up to July 19 was 60 per cent of the three-month normal total values. Current stream flows in the Beaver River, Black River, East Holland River and Schomberg River are between 40-70 per cent of the lowest average summer flows. A Level 1 low water condition is the first of three levels and is the first indication of a potential water supply problem.

Level 2 suggests a potentially serious problem. Level 3 represents the most severe drought condition and indicates that the water supply can no longer meet the demand. According to the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority’s website, the Lake Simcoe watershed includes about 3,303 square kilometres, sweeping north from the Oak Ridges Moraine through parts of York and Durham regions, the City of Kawartha Lakes and Simcoe County, crossing 23 municipal borders.

A mosquito pool in Newmarket has tested positive for West Nile virus, regional officials reported yesterday. The first West Nile virus mosquito reported in York Region, the mosquitoes were trapped close to the intersection of Davis Drive and Prospect Street. Treatment of catch basins will continue in addition to necessary treatment of nearby stagnant water sources such as roadside ditches on public property. You are advised to clean up standing water around your home where mosquitoes are likely to breed and make sure screens on your home are tightly fitted and in

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Catholic teachers piggyback on others Re: Epic battle big test for Liberals, editorial, July 19. Your editorial states admiration for the Catholic teachers union. This is a union that refuses to stand up for its rights but will benefit from the work of other unions. You neglected to mention that Catholic teachers have a ‘me-too’ clause in their contact, giving them a better deal if one is negotiated by the other teachers’ unions. Your admiration for the Catholic teachers union speaks volumes to what you value: manipulating public opinion and piggybacking on the efforts of others, perhaps?

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Re: It’s tough love time for teachers, Premier Dad, column by Debora Kelly, July 12. I am tired of the provincial government portraying teachers as money-hungry, selfish people who don’t care about students or the economy. Most teachers understand the wage freeze, but to attack teachers’ benefits (a reduction in our sick days), pension and by wanting to get rid of the sick leave gratuity that had already been negotiated and attacking the working conditions for which teachers have worked so hard is demoralizing. Why is the emphasis so much on teachers to help fix the economic crisis that public servants did not create? Debora Kelly writes Ontario teachers are the second highest paid in the world. If that is true, is this something of which Ontario should be ashamed? Shouldn’t we be proud we value our teachers? Do we want to have a United States standard of education where teachers are overworked and underpaid with not much job security? The U.S. education system speaks for itself: a two-tier system, private for the rich who can afford it and a public system with not enough resources or qualified teachers for the poor. Another teacher bashing subject is that we get summers off. Well, so do college and university professors, but I don’t see them being resented for it. Education is not a business. We work with children and youths. We do not have clients. Summer breaks, Christmas and March breaks are part of a functional education system. Is the government going to air condition all the schools in the summer to have all-year learning? This would be another added cost. Many people do not see the hours of work teachers do after school. When school ends at 3:30, most teachers are in their classrooms till 5 or 6 p.m. assessing and marking students’ work, preparing new lessons and writing notes on students’ progress. We spend a lot of our own time running extracurricular

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activities, such as sports clubs, homework club, primary and junior choir, dance club, etc. We give up our lunchtime and after school to run activities for the children, whom we enjoy teaching. When teachers are happy, feel respected and morale is high, children are happy. When a teacher is valued, teachers go beyond the call of duty, no matter how long the hours, to give children the education they truly deserve.

Gail Reid MARKHAM

If arena so great, let private business do it Re: Why own arena when not sharing in profits? letter to the editor by K. Rea, July 14. I agree with this letter, especially the last sentence: “I would like the arena, but it needs to be privately built, owned an operated.” The writer presented several excellent reasons why Markham’s involvement in this project is just a bad idea. The thought that this project is somehow going to be a boon to all the inhabitants of Markham is ludicrous. If it’s such a great idea, then

let the private sector step up and reap the benefits. The fact that hasn’t happened should be a warning to Markham council. In Canada and all the socalled Western democracies, governments continue to grow larger by taking on more and more of our responsibilities. The fiscal realities that all governments are facing today, should be reason enough for us to be very wary of this kind of deal. There is no good reason why the residents of Markham need to be involved in this or any other similar enterprise. If it’s such a good idea, then why could it not stand alone as a private enterprise? Why do the residents of Markham need to be on the hook and what is the real longterm liability?

Allen Small UNIONVILLE

Weekend festival hurt by parking problems I decided to visit the Night It Up! festival for the first time last weekend and I must stay it started out as a very frustrating experience. The “event parking” is way

too far from the event. Last Saturday was so hot, I can’t imagine the elderly making that walk. Heck, I barely made it. Here are my suggestions for next year: 1. Make the Markville Mall one of your free shuttle stops. 2. Provide a shuttle from distant parking areas and charge if you have to. I’m sure many people would have gladly paid a toonie or so for a ride. 3. Provide better signage and communication. Where are the parking areas? Is there really no parking near the site? Oh that parking is only for the actors and VIPs? How do you become a VIP? Where should I turn or not turn? 4. Provide more volunteers on the road areas to answer questions, although it would be better to put all this information on their website. I think this festival has great potential to grow into a big success but I think a lot of people turned around and went home when faced with parking hell. On the brighter side, I enjoyed the food, the young volunteers were helpful and enthusiastic and I met the mayor.

Wayne Lam MARKHAM

Premier Dalton McGuinty has refused to consider raising taxes to deal with the deficit and instead asks teachers to share an unfair portion of the provincial debt burden. Yes, I am a proud public school teacher. Another attack on our salaries and benefits is demoralizing. Yet, we are willing to accept a wage freeze in the context of the premier’s very real budget challenges. What has been proposed to us, however, is unfair in that freezing teachers on the salary grid will cost younger teachers tens of thousands of dollars more than their more experienced colleagues. Yes, teachers helped the present provincial Liberal government retain power – something we would be loathe to do now, I think. The premier’s education policies (full-day kindergarten and caps on primary class size) also helped garner his victory. It is unfair to turn around now and ask teachers to fund these initiatives through wage freezes and cuts in benefits. All of society benefits from a strong and world class public education system and it is fair for all of society to fund this through taxation.

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New fund supports businesses Small- and medium-size businesses in York Region could benefit from new federal funding. The $20-million fund for southern Ontario will be split, with $12 million for the west and $8 million for the east. The funds will be delivered by southern Ontario’s two regional Community Futures Development Corporation networks. During the project’s first two years, the networks will provide business loans of between $150,000 to $500,000 each to accelerate the growth of an estimated 80 small and medium-sized businesses, which will help create or maintain more than 700 full-time jobs. For more information, visit feddevontario. gc.ca or call 1-866-593-5505.

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to cost the taxpayers.” While growth communities like York Region have a source of potential funding through developments, there needs to be co-ordinated efforts from the federal and provincial governments to find a better funding formula, he said. Environment Minister Peter Kent, Conservative MP for Thornhill, was not available for an interview due to JOHN MCCALLUM: Markham- travelling, his press secretary Unionville MP says federal govern- Adam Sweet said. However, in an e-mail ment needs to share costs. statement, Mr. Sweet said tion Control Plant through the Ottawa has committed more $550-million big pipe sewage than $2.2 billion since 2006 to wastewater infrastructure line, Ms Weir said. “It’s not cheap. You are through a number of prodealing with a lot of money,” grams, including the Provinsaid Richmond Hill Deputy cial-Territorial Base Fund, Mayor Vito Spatafora, who the Green Infrastructure is chairperson of the region’s Fund, the Gas Tax Fund and environmental services com- the Building Canada Fund. Mr. McCallum quesmittee. The region’s 10-year water tioned what these pre-existand wastewater plan for the ing funds have to do with York Durham Sewage Sys- the new regulations being tem rings in at just less than imposed. “With all due respect to $2 billion, he said. “A lot of this is being done Peter Kent, this is ridiculous,” ahead of time before devel- Mr. McCallum said. “They opments come,” Mr. Spata- have done nothing. They fora said. “So we are borrow- should step up to the plate ing money to do this with the and sit down with municipalunderstanding it’s not going ities to figure out the costs.”

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As for amenities, Mr. Chow said they would choose parks, play areas and schools over stores because of the children, Katelyn, 7, Matthew, 4 and Jaiden, 2. Besides, the family doesn’t depend on public transit to go places. The family never took Viva buses when they lived in Markham’s Mount Joy area and probably never will, as the buses run infrequently in Stouffville. “Everything is by car,” Mr. Chow said. Even in Markham’s Cornell, a new urbanism, mixed-use community, cars still appear to be the main mode of transportation, as people don’t necessarily live and work there. Nalayini Thanabalasinkam, owner of Daisy Mart on Bur Oak Avenue, lives in Scarborough and said she wouldn’t consider moving closer to work because her children are in Scarborough. Jane Kwong, owner of Poochie’s Paradise a couple of blocks down, lives in Stouffville and drives 10 minutes to work. “I don’t mind living in Stouffville because Markham is too busy,” she said. Nadine Awadalla, manager of Main Drug Mart on Cornell Park Avenue, lives in Richmond Hill and drives 15 minutes to work. One of the exceptions on the street is Anita Golea, co-owner of Cornell Cuts for Kids on Bur Oak Avenue. Ms Golea has operated the store while living upstairs for three years. Living and working in Cornell has its perks, “but sometimes I miss driving. People think I’m crazy”, she said. “The only time I get to drive now is when I visit my kids in North York, but considering the gas price now, I’m lucky.”

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the night, bring the net in so it doesn’t hang off the driveway. The problem comes when it is left there all the time.” The nets are often supported by a base filled with water or sand that makes them stable and less likely to tip over but at the same time difficult to move. This isn’t the first time playing sports on a roadway has come under scrutiny in the region. Last month, Georgina residents were faced with a similar issue of basketball nets

actually on the street. One resident was asked to remove the net. Last fall, a Newmarket neighbourhood organized a door-to-door petition, calling for the town to reconsider its roadway play bylaw. Discussions involved permits, time and street limitations. Toronto, which has drawn criticism in recent years for its road hockey ban, is considering exemptions for certain low-traffic streets. Kingston permits ball hockey between the hours of 9 a.m. and 8 p.m., but only where the speed limit is less than 50 km/h.

Kieran Moloney scored two tries while Connor Fitzsimmons booted three penalty goals and two conversions to power the Markham Irish Canadian Rugby Club men’s firsts to a 43-25 win over the Brantford Harlequins in Ontario Rugby Union Marshall Division action at Fletcher’s Field last Saturday. John Thompson and Jordan Lofthouse each had a try and Chris Lombardo one penalty try for Markham, now 3-4 on the season. In the men’s seconds match, Josh Madeley recorded a try and a convert while Eamon Moloughny and D.J. Bot each had one try to propel Markham to a 20-19 win over Brantford. Colin Campbell added a drop goal for Markham, now 2-5. The Markham men are scheduled to play at Oakville today. In Ontario Women’s League action, Waterloo Countries defeated Markham 34-22. Meghan Howatt had two tries for Markham while Charity Williams and Jenna Monk each had one. Alexandra Grant kicked one convert for Markham, now 1-5-1. Markham’s next scheduled game is against the Yeoman Lions at Sunnybrook Park in Toronto today. In youth action, the Markham Irish Canadian Rugby Club under-14 boys recorded a pair of recent victories. In a match against Oshawa, Markham received a try and two converts from Tremaine Shorter and one try each from Alex Leftko-Johnston, Bailey Morton, Jake Rose, Conner Labbett and Owen Schimple in a 39-12 win. In another match against the Mississauga Blues, Stephen Ho scored three tries and Shorter recorded a try and booted two converts to propel the Markham to a 29-9 win. Schimple added one try for Markham. In other youth rugby matches, the Markham under-18 girls received three tries from Frederique Rajotte in a 31-10 win over Toronto Scottish. Alana Pescador added a try and booted three converts and Abbie Bauman added a try. The Markham under-18 girls also played Balmy Beach and recorded a 14-12 win. Rajotte scored a pair of tries for Markham and Jessica Oxenham booted two converts.

Kentucky-bound golfer scores title Meghan McDougall captured the junior girls’ division title at the CN Future Links Atlantic Championship at Eagles Glenn Golf Course in Cavendish, P.E.I. Thursday. The 18-year-old Markham resident who will be going to the University of Kentucky in September on a golf scholarship capped a wire-to-wire victory by carding a finalround one-under 71 that included four birdies, a bogey and a double-bogey en route to posting an impressive 14-stroke victory over Emily Romkey, 17, of Fall River, N.S. “I took it all in stride this week, one shot at a time,” McDougall said. “I focused entirely on myself and my game out there, and I wasn’t worried about how the other competi-

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Field hockey school hopes to enhance players’ skills Players seeking to learn more about the game of field hockey or improve their skills can do so at two separate camps being held at St Robert Catholic High School in Thornhill. A camp for intermediate and advanced players will run from July 30 to Aug. 3. For beginners and high school players, another camp will be held from Aug. 7-10. The session for intermediate and advanced players includes 20 hours of training plus classroom sessions. Cost is $300 per player. The camp for beginners and high school athletes includes 16 hours of training plus classroom sessions. Cost is $200 per player. Instructing both sessions are: Louis Mendonca, former men’s and women’s national team head coach; Azelia Liu, former goalkeeper of Canada’s women’s national team; Cassandra Mendonca, provincial team player and coach; Frankie Vondrejs, provincial team coach and Joseph Fernando. St. Robert Catholic High School is at 8101 Leslie St. For details, contact Joseph Fernando at shavit@rogers.com — Michael Hayakawa

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The Markham Aquatic Club sent 29 competitors to the recent Long Course Provincial Championships in Nepean and fielded several positive results. Among those included three age group national qualifiers in Katie Chan, 11, Bryan Widjaja, 13, and T.J. Wu, 15. Notable individual performances came from Chan, who was first in the 100m freestyle, second 200m breaststroke, third 100m breaststroke and sixth 200m and 400m individual medley. Jersey Bishop, 12, was first in 800 metre freestyle, third 100m, 200m and 400m freestyle, sixth 400m individual medley and eighth 200m individual medley; Ryan Ing, 11, was second in the 100m breastroke and seventh 200m freestyle. Connor Walker, 12, was first in the 200m individual medley, second in the 400m individual medley, 100m and 200m butterfly 2nd and fourth 400m freestyle. Valeria Widjaja, 11, third 50m freestyle, fourth 100m freestyle and sixth 200m freestyle.

Taekwondo school earns honours A Markham-based taekwondo school earned high honours recently. In their 2012 national club rankings last week, Takewondo Canada revealed that Markham-based Authentic Taekwondo earned the top ranking in Canada. The ranking is based on the number of national champions developed by a club. At this year’s Canadian Junior Nationals held recently in Vancouver, Authentic Taekwondo students won five golds and one bronze medal for the province of Ontario. Authentic Taekwondo was key to helping

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Acadia snaps up volleyball player Marissa Chin, a 17-year-old Markham resident who graduated from St. Augustine Catholic High School and member of the Leaside Lightning girls’ under-18 volleyball club that won the provincial tier one gold medal, will be attending Acadia University to play for its women’s team starting this fall. Named the most valuable player for the St. Augustine senior girls’ volleyball squad the last three seasons, Chin has also been on teams that have won provincial tier one or two titles over the last three years starting with the Scarborough Titans in 2008-09, the Toronto Diamonds in 2009-10 and Leaside last season. She will be studying kinesiology.

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LIPPETT, Jack- In loving memory of a dear husband, father and grandfather who passed away July 20, 2011. A thousand times we've needed you A thousand times we've cried If love alone could have saved you You never would have died A heart of gold stopped beating Two twinkling blue eyes closed to rest God broke our hearts to prove He only takes the best. Never a day goes by that you are not in our hearts and our souls. Love your wife Margaret and family.

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It is with heartfelt gratitude that the family of Delbert Gilbert thank all our family, friends and neighbours, who sent cards, flowers, meals and provided support and love during our time of loss. A special thank you to Dr. Patterson and the wonderful staff at Parkview Nursing Home. Blessings to all...The Gilbert Family Announcements

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JOIN US ON OCTOBER 23, 2012 AT THE 1ST INTERNATIONALLY EDUCATED PROFESSIONALS CONFERENCE IN YORK REGION. This one-day event is for internationally educated professionals and entrepreneurs who are new to York Region. York Region's Internationally Educated Professionals Conference

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An Evening With

Steven Page September 6, 2012, 8 p.m. Flato Markham Theatre TICKETS: Prime $59, Regular $54, VIP $100 Steven page was a founding member, lead singer, guitarist, and a primary songwriter of the music group Barenaked Ladies. He left the band in 2009 to pursue a solo career, beginning with A Singer Must Die, a collaboration with the Toronto chamber music group Art of Time Ensemble and continuing with his latest solo release, Page One, with a sound that is immediately familiar but undeniably fresh. Page has also scored three plays for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in the last 5 years. Over his 10-album career with Barenaked Ladies, Steven Page has been blessed with myriad international awards and nominations while in the process selling over 12 million albums.

Presenting Sponsors

Sponsors The Frank Scarpitti Charitable Foundation Inc.

For tickets, visit the Markham Theatre Box Office at 171 Town Centre Blvd. or call 905-305-7469 In support of