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Dragon dance eyes record Sunday Thousands of volunteers expected to bring world’s longest dancing dragon to life at Markham civic centre

BY AMANDA PERSICO

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While it may take a village to raise a child, it will take a mob of volunteers to awaken a sleeping dragon, especially one more than five kilometres long.

More than 4,000 volunteers are expected Sunday in an attempt to establish a world record for the lon-

gest dancing Chinese dragon.

Markham’s dragon will span 5.3 kilometres and, with the help of numerous volunteers will dance around the entire Anthony Roman property, which includes the civic centre, theatre and Unionville High School, with the dragon head and tail dancing centre stage.

Earlier this week, the hand-

crafted dragon arrived from China.

“The longer the dragon, the more luck a community gets,” Mayor Frank Scarpitti said. “Markham will be the luckiest community in the world. Markham is making history.”

This is the third world record attempt for the world’s longest dancing dragon, but it is also the

first attempt outside China.

The dragon, manufactured in China, is a gift from the mayor of Zhongshan, birthplace of modern China, event co-chairperson and Ward 6 Councillor Alan Ho said.

Last year marked the 100th anniversary of modern China. To See GIFT, page 10.

BY JEREMY GRIMALDI

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Pat Robinson was an 84-yearold wife, mother and grandmother who adored her family and loved life in equal measure.

In 2010, her life was snuffed out in a split second after she was struck by a catering truck east of Main Street in Markham.

Mrs. Robinson was one of 10 pedestrians killed on York Region’s roads that year.

Throughout the province, there were 95 pedestrians killed in 2010, a statistic that prompted the Ontario Chief Coroner to complete The Pedestrian Death Review.

Under fair skies Dave Laverdierre (left), Josh Denneny and Danny Thompson put up the colourful canvas cover on the Markham Fair carnival Merry Go Round Tuesday morning. The fairgrounds on McCowan Road were alive with activity all week as the fair got set to open today. See more, page 2.

36% ARE SENIORS In the document, Deputy Chief Coroner Dr. Bert Lauer points to data that shows 36 per cent of the deaths are seniors, even though they only make up 16 per cent of the population.

It also showed 67 per cent of the deaths occurred on roads with posted speed limits beyond 50 km/h and charges were laid in 30 per cent of cases.

In all, the report contains 26 recommendations, including reducing traffic speeds around Ontario, creating roads that better accommodate all users — drivers, STAFF PHOTO/SJOERD WITTEVEEN

See SENIORS, page 22.

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Buses will run Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. on odd hours.

Both Friday and Saturday evening, buses will run every half hour starting at 5 p.m. During the

day Saturday and Sunday buses will run on the hour from 9 a.m.

The fair got under way today.

This evening’s featured events include a Motorsport Mania Monster Truck Show with FMX Freestyle Motocross and Hollywood stunts, an Indie band night, a holstein show and fireworks at dusk.

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Markham Council and Standing Committee meetings take place at the Markham Civic Centre and are open to the public. Log onto www.markham.ca to view the agendas and listen live by autdio stream.

Thursday, Oct. 4 | 7:00 - 9:30 p.m Markham Civic Centre – Great Hall (101 Town Centre Blvd., Markham)

Wednesday, Oct. 17 | 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Rouge River Community Centre (120 Rouge Bank Dr., Markham)

Thursday, Oct. 18 | 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Thornhill Community Centre (7755 Bayview Ave., Thornhill)

Visit Major City Projects at www.markham.ca for more information.

JOIN US SAT. SEPT. 29 A PROGRAM OF CANCER RECOVERY FOUNDATION OF CANADA

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NOTICE 2012 COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND MULTI-RESIDENTIAL FINAL TAX BILLS DUE DATES Commercial, Industrial and Multi-Residential Final Tax bills have now been mailed.

Payment Due Dates for the Final Commercial, Industrial and Multi-Residential Tax Bills are: October 5, 2012; November 5, 2012; December 5, 2012 PAYMENT OF TAXES may be made by mail, in person at the Markham Civic Centre, and at most financial institutions, bank machines, by telephone or online. Banking fees may apply. After hours tax payments may be made in the drop box at the Thornhill entrance of the Civic Centre, 101 Town Centre Boulevard, northwest corner of Warden Avenue and Highway 7.

Haven’t received your 2012 tax bill? Want more information? Contact the Markham Tax Office at 905-475-4864 or visit www.markham.ca. Failure to receive a tax bill does not eliminate your responsibility for payment of taxes or the penalty charges in the event of late payment.

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MARKHAM SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT & CULTURAL CENTRE

DATE: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 TIME: 7:00 p.m.

PLACE: Council Chambers Anthony Roman Centre 101 Town Centre Boulevard Markham, Ontario, L3R 9W3 BACKGROUND The lane immediately east of Main Street Unionville running from Carlton Road to Main Street Unionville provides access to three residential properties currently addressed onto Main Street Unionville, private/public parking areas that serve Main y Dr. Street businesses to the Varle Fred west and the City owned Bruce’s Creek Valley to the east.

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012 3:15 p.m. – Markham Sports, Entertainment & Cultural Centre Sub-Committee Meeting 7:00 p.m. – Council Meeting Thursday, October 4, 2012 7:00 p.m. – Markham Sports, Entertainment & Cultural Centre Open House Friday, October 5, 2012 9:00 a.m. – 2013 Budget Sub-Committee Meeting Markham Council has proclaimed September 2012: – Big Brother Big Sister Month – Childhood Cancer Awareness Month September 17-30, 2012: Markham Fair Week October 1, 2012: National Seniors’ Day October 2012: Lupus Awareness Month

NOTICE OF MEETING You are invited to attend a Public Information Meeting to be held by the Development Services Committee of the City of Markham to consider the naming of the City owned lane east of Main Street Unionville.

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PROPOSAL The City of Markham is proposing to pass a by-law to name the lane east of Main Street Unionville running from Carlton Road to Main Street Unionville as “Kathleen McKay Lane” to recognize Mrs. McKay’s contribution in promoting and preserving Canadian art.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED BY-LAW The purpose of the proposed by-law is to name the lane located between Carlton Road and Main Street Unionville as Kathleen McKay Lane. This by-law, if passed as proposed, will have the effect of naming the lane as noted and would require a re-addressing of the addresses currently known as 141, 143 and 145 Main Street Unionville to 1, 3 and 5 Kathleen McKay Lane.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Additional information is available from Robert Tadmore, Coordinator of Geomatics of the City’s Planning Department, tel. (905) 477-7000 ext. 6810.

Written submissions may be mailed or personally delivered to the Clerk’s Department at the address noted above or by e-mail to judycarroll@markham.ca by not later than 4:30 p.m.

October 3, 2012.

Personal information collected in response to this notice will be used to assist City staff and Council to process this proposed street naming and will be made public.

DATED September 20, 2012 James Baird, MCIP, RPP Commissioner of Development Services

Jim Jones, Chair Development Services Committee

TURKEYS

We've sold these amazing turkeys for the past 27 years. Although the farm has passed from father to son, it's the same growing and processing technique that produces what we -- and many others -- feel are the best turkeys available. What makes them so good? It's simple really. Firstly, they eat lots of grain and corn -- as much or as little as they want, because they run loose. Add to this a gentler de-feathering process which leaves more of the flavor (and the odd feather) with the turkey, and you'll have a bird which exceeds your expectations without the aid of the artificial enhancements that Butterballs and other pre-basted turkeys receive. Ours are moist (naturally), tender and full of flavor -- and they cook a bit quicker as well. The turkey sizes this year will be on the large size, starting at 14-15 lb. up to 21 lb., and then we'll have Tom Turkeys in the 24-28 lb. range. If it were left entirely up to me, I would pick one in the 17-21 lb. range. They are the heavier hen turkeys, all with a bit more meat on their bones, and more succulent meat at that. Now, you'll note that the price is slightly up this year, and farmer Mike explains that this is due to higher feed costs which he must pass on, so they'll be . . .

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— also — Should a whole turkey be too much for you to handle, we do section them into whatever portion would be suitable. There will be boneless breast roasts, in sizes from 3 lb. to 10 lb., and they can be had either stuffed with our Sage & Onion Stuffing, or au naturel. We also make stuffed boneless thighs, which are my fave -very delicious -- and we'll have some turkeys in starting tomorrow ow, if you want to get the jump on things.

Organic turkeys are also available at $4.99/lb. They're around 1516 lb. each. We only have a limited quantity. Please order ahead.

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We've made big amounts of our authentic Beef Bourguignon. This is a dish that's fully cooked; just warm and serve -- with our scalloped potatoes would be good! Serves 3-4. Reg. $19.95 TILL THANKSGIVING

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To me, the turkey is a big part of the festivities, but they're definitely not complete without at least a few dessert choices. You'll need pumpkin pie for sure as a standby, but check these out . . .

We'll have Fruit Pies ready, and the flavors will be: Apple, of course, Wild Blueberry, Sour Cherry, Peach, Strawberry-Rhubarb, and Raspberry made with Whittamore's berries.

Next, there will be Cheesecakes to choose from, in these flavors: Cranberry with White Chocolate, Pumpkin topped with Spiced Whipped Cream, Holiday Cheesecake (which has Brandied Cranberries, Spiced Apples and Candied Pecans), Caramel-Apple, Lemon with Curd mixed in, Blueberry, and Raspberry. (The Caramel-Apple and the Holiday version are nicer if you warm them just slightly).

Moving on down the dessert counter, we'll have Flans. There'll be Pear, made with Port-Poached Pears and Sliced, Spiced Apples, a Lemon Curd version and Pecan, either au natural, with Chocolate or with White Chocolate.

Further down, we'll have Cakes! Varieties will be Vanilla with Orange Icing done Thanksgiving-style, Chocolate Ganache and Chocolate Frosted, Carrot Cake (made with new harvest carrots), Red Velvet Cakes (which are the rage), Pear, Ginger and Pecan with a cookedcustard filling. Pumpkin Coffeecake with Maple Icing (these are good for breakfast, too), Autumn Checkerboard Cakes (with Orange and Chocolate Checks for the season), Apple-Caramel Coffee Cakes, the well-known Black and White Mousse Cakes, Raspberry Mousse Cakes, our world-famous Mixed-Berry Jelly Rolls and lastly, our CranberryApple Custard Cakes. Flourless items will be our Flourless Chocolate Cakes, our Grand Marnier Truffle Flan and Pumpkin Cheesecake with a Pecan Crust.

I have it on good authority that we will also have Pumpkin Créme Brulee, Pumpkin Cream-Cheese Danishes, Pumpkin Muffins with Cranberries, Pumpkin Sugar and Gingerbread Cookies, Apple Turnovers, Cranberry and Pecan Cinnamon buns and Cranberry-White Chocolate Scones.

Now, as you might imagine, in order to make all of this, we have to leave some items on the side, so please have an open mind for this week if you don't see your favorite dessert. Look at it as an opportunity to make new friends!

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We will be making a fresh and a frozen soup feature: the fresh being a Spiced Pumpkin. It's chicken-stock based, with an edge of nutmeg and allspice. Reg. $7.99. The frozen choice will be our old favorite Curried Squash and Apple -- one of our most popular soups, especially for this season. Reg. $7.95. Both of these will be featured at . . .

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CREAMY CAMEMBERT - I find that there is not a lot of difference between this and Brie -- don't shoot me! -- but left to ripen just a bit, and at room temperature, this is good. Product of Canada. Reg. $4.29/100g

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SMOKED CHEDDAR - This is an American cheddar which is smoked with a combo of apple and walnut -- room temperature again -- and it's good, too! Reg. $6.49/100 g

SMOKED TURKEY

LE CENDRILLON - Actually, this has a longer name (Alexis De Portneuf Le Cendrillon) but it has an even longer flavor!

It's an ash-covered goat cheese from Quebec.

Reg. $7.99 for a 125 g. Pack.

We make amazing Smoked Turkeys — probably because we start with our amazing fresh turkeys. These are becoming increasingly popular, especially with our Asian customers. It seems that we always make a few less than what we need, which causes a few problems. If you would like one, it must be ordered in advance — before Sept. 30 — because it takes a week to get them ready.

Secondly, be sure that you specify ‘smoked’ turkey, as otherwise it goes on the list for regular turkeys.

Order deadline September 30th.

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HAMS? WHY BUY OUR

The story is this. We are heavily into the ham business — but in the old-fashioned way. To many folk nowadays, ham is ham — if you’ve tried one, you’ve tried them all — that is, unless you are old enough to remember what ham originally tasted like before the process of making them became mechanized. Machines? Yes, that’s right. Nowadays, almost all hams (including spiral honey-baked hams) are put through a process called “tumbling”. It’s like a giant dryer, but with the opposite function. This machine boosts ‘yield’, which means hams grow in weight during the process — just read the ‘protein added’ part of the label to find out how much it has ‘grown’. The good part (for the manufacturer) is that: (a) you have more ham to sell because they’ve all expanded and (b) all the little miscellaneous bits of pork can be put through this process as well because it glues it all together in the shape of a ham ($1.99 lb supermarket ham). The bad part (for the customer) is that gone for good is the texture, tenderness and flavour that made ham famous in the first place.

At our store, we make ham in the time-honoured, premechanical way — by hand. Come pay us a visit — we’ll restore your faith in ham! It’s best to order early!

Hardwood Smoked Black Forest Hams Boneless, whole or half

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Oven-Roasted Maple Sugar Ham Boneless, whole or half

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Traditional Bone-In Hams Whole or half

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This is the time of the year our fresh produce guys get busy peeling and chopping bins of butternut squash and turnips – something that’s difficult at home, but easy for us!

SAUSAGES

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These are made with our coarsely ground pork, some mild spices, cranberries of course, and we finish them off with maple. Reg. $5.99/lb.

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Our special lunch until this weekend will be our poached pear and brie with organic shoots and balsamic glaze on a ciabata. When you order this, have it grilled -- it's better!

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- Our homemade sage and sauteed onion stuffing by the 2 lb. bag (or loose) $4.50 lb. ($8.95 2 lb. Bag)

- Doreen's Brandied Cranberry Sauce. We use our local berries, some orange zest, a dollop of Brandy (maybe more), and it's available in 1 lb.

Tubs either at the meat counter or around the store.

- Homemade Turkey Gravy. No shortcuts here -- we cook down the bones and make this the long way. One thing that I suggest is that you strain your pan juices and add them to this. Available in 1 lb. or 2 lb. tubs, from the freezer. $5.50 and $9.95 each.

- Turnip Puffs, Sweet-Potato Puffs, Garlic Mashed Potatoes are also available in small or medium, and in some cases, the family size as well.

Did I mention scalloped potatoes?

- Grethe's Cheese Apples. In honor of Thanksgiving, Grethe has rolled up her sleeves (actually, they're always rolled up) and started making her now-famous Cheese Apples -- they look good, but taste even better, on your cheese board.

- Root Vegetables will be available roasted at our Deli from now 'till Thanksgiving, and most likely beyond.

- Pumpkins, from very small to very large will be available. As well as an assortment of local squash and gourds -- lots of them!

- There are many fall arrangements to choose from, both large and small, and in many colours.

- Karen and Linda have decked out our housewares area with what you'll need for the season. From candles to cookware -- and steamware too!

- Although local apples are in very short supply due to the early spring and subsequent freeze-up, there are many new crop apples coming in, including Honeycrisp, Fujis and pretty well all else.

SPARE CHANGE?

My buddy Allan Bell, along with his considerable entourage, will be out in full force on the weekend selling the now famous Breast Cancer Luncheon Raffle Tickets. One of the many prizes is a year of shopping in our store.

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Province ignores public input Dangerous. Deliberate. Undermining.

Scathing.

Those are just a few choice words hurled at the province this past week after a report found it is blatantly ignoring our rights on important and possibly life-changing environmental decisions being made in our communities.

Instead of seeing green on provincial eco initiatives — in which, apparently, we have little or no say — we should all be seeing red.

“It astounds me to report on the degree of disregard and contempt that is shown to statutory requirements of the Environmental Bill of Rights,” Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller said last week when he released part one of his annual report, aptly entitled Losing Touch.

Not only are the Ontario Liberals flouting our right to know about and comment on green matters, policies and initiatives paid for by the public purse, they are hiding significant decisions being made, says Mr. Miller, Ontario’s independent environmental advocate.

As reported by York Region Media last week, the worst culprit is the Natural Resources Ministry, which Mr. Miller calls a chronic offender that ignores requirements of the law and develops policies and programs without consulting the

public.

“Perhaps it is understandable that the ministries are no longer referred to as the civil service because there is nothing civil about the way citizens are often treated when they exercise their legislated right to file a request for investigation or review,” he said.

For many residents — especially those intrinsically involved in local environmental matters — this report likely comes as no big surprise.

That’s because, along with ignoring our input and demands for change, another delinquent, the Environment Ministry, keeps us in the dark.

It even goes as far as to deny any commitments the province made in the first place to rehabilitate a Georgina smelter site that was under its watch for decades.

Appalling, to say the least.

Trampling on citizens’ rights and flouting laws that demand we have a say in matters is unacceptable, untrustworthy and contemptible.

Immediate steps must be taken to ensure the public is aware of and understands any and all issues that affect our communities and the Liberals have to stop assuming they can run the show behind closed doors and under a veil of secrecy.

Replacement refs’ woes show officiating ain’t easy

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ave you been following the saga of the National Football League replacement officials and their struggles to make the right call in the pressure cooker that is America’s biggest sports stage?

The poor guys in the pinstripes are at the mercy of instant replay as the broadcasters show us the calls that should have been made and shouldn’t have been made — and maybe would have been made correctly by the everyday officials with whom the league can’t seem to reach a deal on a new contract.

Of course, all of us arm-chair quarterbacks view ourselves as experts on the game, believing we could make those split second calls with our eyes closed and our brains tied behind our backs.

Oddly, instead of us being humbled by this spectacle of semi-pro refs struggling to get it right, we seem to be more convinced than ever that we regular guys at home could do better.

Where thousands of us were yelling at the TV screen about the blown calls in years past, now there seem to be millions yelling at more blown calls.

Even when these call-up rule enforcers view the instant replay in

Bernie O’Neill those instances where, mercifully, video review is allowed — you’d think this glorious second chance to see what the rest of the world saw on their TV screens would be all that’s needed — they incredibly still can’t seem to get it right.

You’d almost think they were doing it on purpose — as in, they’d been passed over by the big league and now, when there’s trouble with the “real” refs, the big league comes calling.

Well, we’ll show them. Touchdown Seattle.

It makes me glad we don’t have to deal with this phenomenon in our everyday lives: replacement airline pilots (“Hey, what does this button

do?”) replacement brain surgeons (“Oops! I think I dropped something.”), replacement police officers (“Freeze! You’re under arrest for parking in...” Boom! “Darn, my gun went off again!”), replacement pharmacists (“Sore arse and sciatica? Try this, umm, let’s see, arsenic and cyanide! Sounds right, no?”)

I don’t even watch a lot of football.

But this whole new element of curious rules interpretation, of officials changing the outcome of the game by calling a player for holding when he was in fact scratching himself or gesturing skyward in thanks to the Lord almighty or telephoning his agent about that energy drink endorsement deal or all the other things football players do with their hands — in addition to holding on to their opponent, which seems to be what they do a lot of — has added an exciting randomness to the games that I intend to enjoy for as long as it lasts.

But while professional football is big business and fans may have a right to be aghast at how shoddy officiating is affecting the credibility of a great game, I must say something I don’t miss now that my own kids are less involved in competitive sports, as seems to happen as kids get older, is

the abuse of people who officiate at our children’s sports contests and, in the case of hockey especially, seem to take a type of verbal abuse from the coaches and parents that, if it were me, no amount of compensation could ever make up for.

People walk into a house of worship and are on their best behaviour — peaceful, thoughtful, caring.

Later that afternoon, they walk into a house of hockey worship somewhere in the York-Simcoe league and lose their minds — they are screaming at the officials in a flurry they wouldn’t unleash on a person who had stolen their life savings or set their house on fire. (As a coach I’ve tried to limit my own comments to “bad call, ref”, not yelled but stated clearly and firmly, when really I should have kept my mouth shut.)

Let’s take this NFL situation as a lesson that officiating at sports events is not as easy as we might think. Screaming at a minor hockey referee, especially a teenage ref, is really not cool.

You wouldn’t scream at the teenager serving you at the coffee shop or ringing up your groceries, would you?

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York Region’s high school teachers have added their support to a growing tide of teacher union strike mandates sweeping the province.

The teacher/occasional teacher bargaining unit of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation in York voted 94 per cent in favour of a strike mandate Monday night.

“The membership has sent a very strong message to the government today,” said Colleen Ireland, district 16 president.

York’s 4,800 elementary teachers, meanwhile, will vote on a strike mandate Oct. 4.

Bargaining units provincewide have been voting in record numbers in support of a strike, according to York’s Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario president David Clegg.

Contracts between the teachers and the public school board expired Aug. 31.

The provincial government passed legislation imposing a deal on Ontario public teachers and allowing the minister of education to prevent or prohibit teacher strikes, but teacher unions are still allowed strike votes under the Ontario Labour Relations Act. “We’re just going to follow the steps and the government will do what it has to do,” Ms Ireland said.

The votes are part of an escalating protest against the provincial deal that freezes wages — except for grid movement for newer teachers — cuts sick days in half to 10 and prevents teachers from banking sick days and cashing them out at retirement.

Some teachers are withdrawing from voluntary duties in protest, leading to random cancellations of curriculum nights, sports teams and extracurricular clubs across York Region.

Ms Ireland said that her members are now waiting for advice from provincial union leaders as talks continue at the local level to determine what the provincial Memorandum of Agreement means.

York Region’s teacher unions, like many across the province, have a good relationship with the local public school board “but this legislation has forced us into adversarial steps and we don’t want to be there.

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Students, meanwhile, plan an provincewide rally at Queen’s Park Saturday. They will be, according to the online flyer, “standing in support of Ontario teachers”.

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commemorate that milestone, Markham unveiled Sun Yat-Sen Avenue to honour the doctor-turned nationalist, recognized as the founder of modern China.

“This is a gift to recognize the father of modern China,” Mr. Scarpitti said. “This is also a gift to celebrate the birth of a city. Let’s bring this dragon to life and let it dance.”

The dancing dragon event coincides with the annual Moon Festival or mid-autumn festival and event volunteers will be given traditional moon cakes to celebrate.

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In some areas of China, the Moon Festival also celebrates youth finding love where young ladies give handkerchiefs to their mate of choice.

Handkerchiefs will be given to single women who might want to take advantage of the tradition during the dancing dragon event, Mr. Ho said.

An official ground breaking for Sun YatSen Avenue will also take place Sunday near Old Kennedy Road.

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Earlier this week, city staff presented the first part of Markham’s Official Plan, which outlines the goals, objectives and policies that will shape the city over the next 20 years.

Based on the province’s Places to Grow Act, Markham will see it’s population grow to about 422,000 and about 240,000 jobs by 2031.

Part one of the draft official plan, which will be made available on the city’s website and is available for comment from residents and stakeholders, outlines a vision for future growth.

The vision is based on four key principals: protecting the natural environment, building complete communities, increasing mobility and travel options and maintaining a vibrant economy.

In 2010, city council endorsed its growth alternative plan, which focused on intensification within the current urban area and limiting additional growth outward.

“Markham doesn’t have much land left in the bank,” Councillor Logan Kanapthi said.

“We need to be smart.”

The idea was to build the plan around the city’s natural heritage, said Markham’s planning and urban design director Rino Mostacci.

“Markham has an environment-first approach to policy,” Mr. Mostacci said.

Included in the city’s natural heritage portion of the official plan is the city’s urban for-

est plan, Oak Ridges Moraine lands and the provincially designated Greenbelt.

“I sure hope we take this very seriously in the years to come,” Councillor Howard Shore said.

Councillor Valerie Burke also wants to see more emphasis on clean water and water quality, including storm water management and erosion.

Some of the changes in the draft official plan include identification of urban corridors, intensification areas and urban lands, protection of employment lands, greater emphasis on mixed-use buildings and transit options.

But Regional Councillor Jim Jones wants transit to be front and centre in the plan. He said planning could be centred around transit hubs or stations.

“We need to create a predictable environment for transit,” he said. “If we have rail and transit plans on the table, then we will get rail and transit. Markham needs to take the lead on this.”

Another issue is that of the region’s official plan, to which all other municipal official plans must follow suit.

But portions of the region’s official plan are being appealed at the Ontario Municipal Board, including the urban boundaries set by the region and approved by the city.

The urban boundaries dictate where future residential intensification can be built.

But if landowners, disputing the plan, win the appeal, deputy mayor and Regional Coun-

cillor Jack Health is concerned Markham’s urban boundary would be dictated at the regional level instead of the municipal level.

“We need to weigh in early,” he said. “If we want to talk urban boundary and have an opinion about it, we need to make it soon.

Otherwise, our job will be only to stick up our hand and vote on it. I don’t want to leave that decision up to someone else.”

While Markham staff projected having an official public information meeting in the new year, some councillors wanted to see that bumped up to this fall.

The committee spent about an hour debating the merits of an earlier public information meeting.

Mr. Heath pushed for two public information sessions, one prior to the collection of open houses in the four Markham villages and another public meeting in the new year.

“Markham has always gone beyond what the Planning Act requires,” he said. “I want

to hear concerns sooner than later. This is all great work, but the most interesting part is what we’re not hearing. We need to hear those concerns.”

But Ward 4 Councillor Carolina Moretti and Mr. Hamilton wanted to ensure the public meetings don’t encroach on area meetings.

“Area meetings are unique on their own with their own concerns,” Ms Moretti said.

“And area meetings are accessible. We need to hear those concerns, too.”

Discussion between councillors about public meeting times took more than a good portion of the two-hour official plan presentation.

“All this time spent to pick a date is silly,” Ward 7 Councillor Logan Kanapathi said. “It is a simple thing. It’s common sense.”

Eventually, a motion was carried to have a public information session later in the fall.

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One of the ways to improve animal services is a proposed animal services storefront, where residents can get information about the city’s pet services. There could also be space for adoption clinics as well.

Councillor Valerie Burke also wants to see more attention paid to the city’s wildlife services.

“Public confidence in the OSPCA — that is a fragile thing. We can’t be afraid to have fingers pointed at us,” said Ms Burke, also the city’s chairperson for the animal care advisory committee.

The city currently contracts out its animal control services to the OSPCA, compared to other municipalities, which operate their own animal control services and shelter.

Under Markham’s contract, the OSPCA is responsible for citywide patrols, animal cruelty investigations, pet surrenders and adoptions, pet licensing programs, pet loss programs, complaint investigations and limited wildlife services.

But when the city tried to renew its contract with the animal agency, some residents balked at the idea due to its history.

The report did find several shortcomings, including lack of communication between the city and

the shelter, lack of available information from the agency, such as financial and operational data and business processes, as well as the lack of proper reporting on financial issues, euthanasia and adoption rates, investigations and prosecutions and education activities.

While contracting its animal services out to the animal agency makes sense from a liability stance, there are some improvements the city can make.

Aside from improving relations with the OSPCA, the first step would be to revamp the city’s pet licensing program, which would allow more cost recovery.

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But in Toronto, the fine is $349.

Revenues from Markham’s licence program and non-compliance fines could support an animal services storefront, an idea supported by all councillors.

“We need the fees to be attached to a specific cause,” Mayor Frank Scarpitti said. “I think people would be more willing to pay a fee if they knew where it was going and what services come with it.”

City staff are expected to bring a report back to council later this year.

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Flato Markham Theatre has announced a third show has been added to Ballet Jörgen Canada’s season-opening performance of the most revered classical ballet, Swan Lake.

Tickets are now available for the company’s finale performance, which is slated for 8 p.m. on Saturday.

“The interest in this world premiere presentation has been overwhelming,” said theatre general manager Eric Lariviere.

“We are thrilled that Ballet Jörgen Canada’s schedule will allow them to include a third performance; and that we will be able to accommodate the many patrons excited to experience what is sure to be a spectacular 12-13 Diamond Series season opening taking place this weekend at the Flato Markham Theatre.”

The centerpiece of the Toronto-based company’s silver anniversary season, this Canadian re-telling of the timeless classic was created by

award-winning choreographer and the company’s founder, Bengt Jörgen.

Set to the evocative Tchaikovsky score, Jörgen’s newest masterpiece takes place in the 18th century seascape at Fortress Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.

A company of 25 of the best ballet dancers in North America brings the tragic tale of faithful love to life through vibrant contemporary choreography.

They are joined by the Mariinsky Ballet Company’s Grigory Popov who will dance the lead role.

Grigory, widely known for his electric vigour and ability to hold soaring jumps, is a graduate of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet and an international winner of the Vaganova-Prix International Competition.

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Dinsan Vanniyasingam (left) and Bavithira Ratneswarran and their bandmates play in the Bavatharani’s Ever Giving Foundation 48-hour Help For Love event at the Flato Markham Theatre last Friday. The event raised funds for the Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation.

Sept 28 to 29 swan lake Flato Markham Theatre’s upcoming season opens with performances of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. The Ballet Jörgen Canada performances run Sept 28 to 29. The Friday show has sold out while the Saturday show runs 2 to 5:30 p.m. and an 8 p.m. show has been added at the theatre at 171 Town Centre Blvd. Swan Lake’s tragic love story was immortalized in the Oscar-winning film, Black Swan. The Ballet Jörgen Canada production of Swan Lake is a world premiere performance featuring 24 dancers, including the Mariinsky Ballet Company’s Grigory Popov. This extraordinary ballet touches all with a story of true love, the union of two souls and the ultimate sacrifice to be set free. Tickets are $54 or $49. Students ( 17 and under) are $39. The Diamond 4-Pak is available for 2 p.m. matinée only $150 (minimum one child 17 and under).

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Sept. 30 record-breaking dragon The Cross-Cultural Community Services Association and the City of Markham will be working together to break the Guinness World Record for the longest dancing dragon. A 5.3-kilometre dragon will come to life at the Markham Civic Centre. The current Guinness World Record for the longest dancing dragon is 5.056 km long, used in Luoyang Peony Festival of Henan Province, China in 2007. If they had stretched the dragon out on Steeles Avenue, it would have spanned from Hwy. 404 to Brimley Road. Organizers will need a lot of volunteers. If you would like to participate in this historic moment, register and become a volunteer. You are also welcomed to support this event by donating. Tax receipts will be issued for any gifts $20 or more. Go to tccsa.on.ca/ for more on The Cross-Cultural Community Services Association.

October 3 to 8 fall art show Walk In the Woods is Judith Livingston’s

11th Annual Fall Woodlands Art Show at The McKay Art Centre, 197 Main St. in Unionville. Work from her new 2012 series will be included. Times: Wednesday to Sunday and Thanksgiving Monday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday evening to 8 p.m. Visit judithlivingston.com for more information.

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Oct. 10 blues brothers show The Official Blues Brothers Revue, a rhythm and blues rock ‘n roll musical, starring Wayne Catania and Kieron Lafferty is live at the Flato Markham Theatre Oct. 10 and 12, 8 to 10 p.m. at 171 Town Centre Blvd.

Tickets are $54 or $49. The Official Blues Brothers Revue combines the comedy, music and mayhem from the original movie, as well as songs from the five popular albums released by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. It is a faithful recreation of the characters Jake and Elwood and a tribute to Chicago’s rich history of Blues, R&B and traditional soul music. This is the only Blues Brothers Show sanctioned by Dan Aykroyd and the Belushi Estate. For tickets, call the theatre at 905-305-7469 or, e-mail 305_show@markham.ca to reach the theatre.

Enjoy Thanksgiving Sunday, Oct. 7 in Unionville with free horse and carriage rides sizes, linens, household goods and small appliances, books, toys and more. Call 905-294-3184 for more information.

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Markham at the Movies Enjoy Thanksgiving Sunday in Unionville The Markham at the Movies subscripwith free horse and carriage rides from tion series includes six films for $50. Call 1 to 4 p.m. and historical walking tours 905-305-SHOW or pay $10 at the door at in Unionville. There will be a Plein Air Art Markham Theatre. The next movie, Salmon Challenge (if you are an artist and want to Fishing in the Yemen, will be shown Oct. 16 participate, send an e-mail to info@unionat 7 p.m. at Markham Theatre. Other movvilleinfo.com). At 10 a.m., join fellow artists ies shown in the series will be played from for a few of hours painting Unionville. Cash November to March. Go to markhamaprizes will be given for the top paintings. rtscouncil.com/ for more information. An Choose the medium of your choice. The initiative of the Markham Arts Council, contest has a three-hour limit. RegistraMarkham at the Movies is a partner of tion is Sunday at 10 a.m.Slug OPAS (Ontario the Toronto International Film Festival Information: Lastman’s Bad Boy Plein Air Society) members are free. Non Film Circuit. It is a non-profit group run by Project : Sept WK3 Teaser Ad Ad Size : 5.145 in x 3.062 in calling all bargain hunters members pay $10. An OPAS membership volunteers and film enthusiasts who focus : Lastman’s Bad Boy Publication : Community Teaser is $25. Be prepared withClient an appropriatelyon bringing award-winning Canadian and Grace Anglican Church at 19 Parkway Ave. Name : BB_Community_Teaser NoMoney Sept 20 Insertion Date : September 20, 2012 sized frame, if a frame isFile required, for the in Markham, will hold its semi-annual rum- international films to your doorstep. Call sale of your work. Visit ontariopleinairsoci905-305-SHOW or pay $10 at the door. mage sale 8:30 a.m. to noon. Organizers ety.com for more information. markhamartscouncil.com/movies/ promise bargains, including clothing for all

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All kids ages 3 and up Adults welcome Classes are free and open to the public, but please call to register 905-947-1235 Give Tennis a Try - Open to the Public Water Polo clinic and demo - Open to the Public Meet Zoran Petrovic, 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist and Head Age Group Coach, Toronto Golden Jets Thornhill Thunder rep Soccer try outs – Meet Danny Dichio, Head Coach TFC U19 Academy, Technical Director Thornhill Soccer Club, former British Premier League and Toronto FC player

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Street named after York officer killed during Markham take-down There was a ceremony Tuesday to formally recognize Robert Plunkett Drive in the Town of Georgina.

The event took place at 2 p.m. on Robert Plunkett Drive in the area of Woodbine Avenue and Biscayne Boulevard.

Those in attendance included York Regional Police Chief Eric Jolliffe and Mr. Plunkett’s wife, Sonja Plunkett.

Const. Plunkett, a 22-year veteran of York Regional Police, was tragically killed in the line of duty Aug. 2, 2007, while attempting to make an arrest in Markham.

During his career, Const. Plunkett served as a uniform officer as a tactical specialist in the highly skilled emergency response unit and, as an investigator in the special services bureau.

During his service, he received dozens of accolades for his exemplary police work and his participation in his community.

During the 1990s, Const. Plunkett was a co-ordinator for the York Regional Police law enforcement torch run and, in 2000, he acted as the co-chairperson of the Ontario Special Olympic spring games, which were held in York Region.

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The quest to be eco-friendly takes a step forward as PowerStream’s Conservation Road Show comes to local retail stores to provide information on saving electricity.

The road show will coincide with the fall 2012 “saveONenergy” discount coupon program, which will provide consumers with deals on a large range of energy efficient products.

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Celebrated the Grand Opening of their new location at 5694 Hwy 7 at Galsworthy and 30 years in Markham!

Home Depot, Oct. 20, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 50 Red Maple Rd., Richmond Hill, 1201 Castlemore Ave., Markham, 50 Kirkham Dr., Markham, 3155 Hwy. 7, Markham, 1706 Elgin Mills Rd., Richmond Hill, 50 Red Maple Rd., Richmond Hill — Jasmine Law

Markham residents enjoyed delicious food, cake and the wonderful sounds of a Marachi Band.

Joe, Sam and Yolanda Cuzzolino and family pictured here with Councillor Carolina Moretti and Mayor Frank Scarpitti

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One-night performance showcases ‘rare talent’

By Simone Joseph

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All we get is somebody else’s story.

We need a place that will foster Canadian composers and writers, says actor and Markham native Adam Brazier.

From this need, a theatre company was born 1-1/2 years ago, called Theatre 20 Founding Artists.

“I looked around and thought, what is the last Canadian musical I saw? And thought, how sad that is,” he said in a video about his musical theatre company.

Now that company is bringing a fundraising show to Markham.

The one-night-only concert, Oct. 1, will feature Theatre 20 Founding Artists and stars from the Canadian musical theatre community, including members of the compa-

ny’s emerging artist ensemble and the cast of the company’s inaugural production, Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare, which launches at Toronto’s Panasonic theatre, Oct. 9 to 28.

Mr. Brazier founded the musical theatre company Theatre 20, along with others from Canadian theatre.

He has become a fixture on the Canadian stage, known for roles such as Dr.Frank ’N Furter in the Rocky Horror Show (Canstage), a role for which he received a Dora Award for best actor in a musical.

Mr. Brazier also played Khashoggi in We Will Rock You, originated the role of Sky in the Toronto production of Mamma Mia and was inducted into the book of Who’s Who In Canada in 2008.

Mr. Brazier remembers being disturbed by the lack of Canadian

4E-mail info@theatre20.com or go to theatre20.com for more information on Theatre20. content on stage.

“The work we were doing, especially musical theatre, was work from away,” he said.

He remembers acting in productions that had become successful in New York and London and were imported here.

Mr. Brazier hosts the upcoming evening of song (and perhaps a few other surprises) in support of Theatre 20.

Theatre 20 is a Toronto-based, artist-led theatre company formed to present story-driven musicals by developing new Canadian works and by re-imagining existing repertoire. It aims to nurture the talent of

writers and composers and foster the development of young artists through mentorship and education programs. It is a not-for-profit organization.

Mr. Brazier wants the one-night concert to show off the company’s talent.

“We are hoping to offer the opportunity to see rare talent and talk a bit about our mandate,” he said Monday.

The main goals of Theatre 20 are: To create a unique voice for modern musical theatre, to foster new works and re-imagine existing repertoire, to be active participants in the arts community through outreach, education and mentorship, to advocate for Canadian composers and their unsung work, to create, educate and celebrate story-driven

musical theatre.

Two others in Theatre 20 — Scott Christian and Trish Lindström — are Markham natives. Mr. Christian is musical director of the Oct. 1 concert. Ms Lindstrom, who is in Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare, worked with Mr. Brazier in Markham community theatre during the 1990s.

Mr. Brazier emphasizes he knows talented Canadian writers and composers are out there but do not have a forum to showcase their work.

“It is not a question of creating jobs for performers. It is becoming a voice for Canadian composers,” said Mr. Brazier. “It is giving voice to the massive number of musical composers and musical theatre composers so they have means to see their craft expand.”

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Susan LaRosa will retire in December, the York Catholic District School director announced Tuesday.

She is leaving her post after a successful career in education that spans more than four decades, 15 years of which has been spent with the board.

“This journey has been very rewarding,” she said, adding that she feels blessed to have had the opportunity at the Catholic board and fortunate to have been able to work with colleagues that share a common passion and dedication to excellence.

Holding several degrees from Queen’s University, Ms LaRosa has enjoyed several roles with the school board including teacher, principal, superintendent and education director in one of the fastest growing boards in the province.

Her dedication and skill has been recognized over the years with a York Region woman of distinction award, administrator of the year award given by Niagara University’s College of Education and the Council of Exceptional Children of York Region’s president’s award.

The Learning Partnership presented Ms LaRosa with the champion of education award in recognition of her dedication, generosity and commitment that has helped to make the Canadian public education system one of the best in the world.

Outside of the education system, Ms LaRosa is a long-time member of the York Regional Police Appreciation Committee, serves as co-chairperson of the Human Services Planning Board of York Region and is an advocate for the Special Olympics, specifically, youth bocce.

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riders and walkers — and creating walking strategies to reduce fatalities by half by 2022.

It added 40 km/h, instead of 50 km/h, should be the default speed limit and municipalities should have the power to reduce limits.

Mr. Lauer even suggested lowering areas heavily populated with children from 40 to 30 km/h.

His motivation may have been data recently pub-

lished by the World Health Organization that shows pedestrians have a 90 per cent chance of survival when struck by a car travelling at 30 km/h, but less than a 50 per cent chance when struck at 45 km/h.

The report comes only months after York Region completed its own review of speed limits in which feeder roads, such as Hwy. 7, Major Mackenzie Drive and Bathurst Street had their speed limits dropped to 60 km/h in urban areas, while maintaining 70 km/h limits on border roads and 80 km/h in rural areas.

Not everyone agrees with the report’s findings, including Staff Sgt. Brad Bulmer, the head of York Region Police’s traffic bureau.

Of the 385 pedestrians struck in 2011, the majority were the result of pedestrian mistakes rather than those of the driver, he said.

“When we look at collisions, usually it’s a case of pedestrians crossing against the signal or crossing midblock,” he said. “I am not saying they (speed limits) should not be changed, in some cases lowering might be justified, but not in all.”

Some of the other causes of pedestrian accidents include pedestrians wearing dark clothing at night, using handheld devices or walking on the road rather than the sidewalk.

As for drivers, he said problems usually occur during “turning” movements.

He went on to reiterate the health organization’s statistics, saying the main premise behind lowering speed limits is reducing victim injuries.

“But how low do we go?” he asked “Lowering speed limits from 40 to 30 km/h would make a difference, but lowering rural roads from 80 to 70 would not, for example,” he added.

Although he admitted to not having read the report, he said arbitrarily lowering all speed limits across York Region would not be a good idea.

Newmarket Regional Councillor John Taylor, meanwhile, said, in government, risk and risk tolerance need to be weighed along with any economic detriments that might come along with lowering speed limits.

“We have to weigh it very carefully,” he said. “In government, it’s not always as easy as if one life is saved then (lowering all speed limits) is worth it. It’s not that simple.”

Despite this, he is in favour of doing “plenty of research” on the recommendations in the report, he said, adding he would be more open to the idea if he had statistics and results from other areas around the world that have tried a similar strategy.

Although the transportation committee, on which he sits, has yet to look at the report, Vaughan Regional Councillor Gino Rosati agreed “in principle” with the idea of reducing default 50 km/h zones to 40 km/h and some residential neighbourhoods to 30 km/h.

However, any lowering of speed limits would need to be done in conjunction with pedestrian and driver strategies.

“Pedestrians need to be educated about the dangers of traffic and drivers need to be more alert,” he said.

“Reducing streets from 40 to 30 may be part of the solution, but likely not the entire one. I would definitely keep that in mind, but I still need to be convinced that doing that would reduce fatalities.”

Another impact he would worry about is drivers getting frustrated by the low rate of speed they are being asked to travel.

“People could be distracted even more because they feel they are going too slow,” he said. “Items still need to move on our roads and people still need to get to work.”

“Pedestrians need to be educated about the dangers of traffic and drivers need to be more alert... Reducing streets from 40 to 30 may be part of the solution, but likely not the entire one. I would definitely keep that in mind, but I still need to be convinced that doing that would reduce fatalities.”

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and “they grew up with me as a fantasy dad,” he’s getting numerous offers in a variety of roles to represent the baby boom generation.

A case in point, he is performing in Richmond Hill for 10 of the 12 shows, but will miss two days “because I’ll be at the Superdome in New Orleans”. He is often seen in cameo roles in shows such as Funny or Die and How I Met Your Mother.

Instead of being irritated that so many people think of him in his Growing Pains role, he is complimented.

“That role made my life good and opened all the doors; I’m happy people remember me fondly. Besides, I’m also known now as Robin Thicke’s dad,” he joked.

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Each week one woman in the community is chosen to be Queen for a Week, entitling her to prizes including tickets to the show and two dozen roses.

The most recent winner is Barbara Jean Madill of Thornhill.

Ms Madill is a working mother who volunteers to make her community a better place.

She has a full-time job, three children in university and participates in numerous

M I C H A E L KO R S

Best known for his fatherly role as Jason Seaver on the TV show Growing Pains, Canadian and Hollywood star Alan Thicke is genuinely excited to return to Toronto this week to prepare for his big role in Richmond Hill’s Queen For the Day: the Musical.

Speaking from Los Angeles and squeezing a 15-minute interview into his busy day, Mr. Thicke laughs when asked if he will sing in the key role of Jack Bailey, the iconic host of a 1950s and 1960s’ Queen for a Day reality show.

“This will be my fourth musical, and yes, I have quite a big number to sing that’s rather complicated, early in the show,” said Mr. Thicke, noting his career as a songwriter and performer began as a student when he played in “frat bands” at the University of Western Ontario.

No stranger to music, he’s written 40 theme songs for games shows.

His serendipitous connections to Queen for a Day — that opened yesterday at the Richmond Hill Centre for Performing Arts — don’t end there.

The character of Jack Bailey is “the granddaddy of game show hosts” and Queen for a Day was the first reality show, he said.

“It was the first show to use audience ratings by using an applause meter with a live audience,” a forerunner to today’s online voting by worldwide audiences.

Mr. Thicke has been a game show host himself, including host of the TV version of Pictionary in 1997 and he composed the theme song for a game show, The Wizard of Odds, which starred host Alex Trebek in 1973, before Mr. Trebek went on to Jeopardy fame.

Already involved in early rehearsals for the Queen for a Day musical, which will feature an all-Canadian cast and creative team, plus live orchestra, Mr. Thicke was pleased by the talent assembled.

“I’m impressed and intimidated by the excellence of the cast and crew, they’ll be so far ahead of me, so I’m pumped up to get back to rehearsals.”

He feels that because “thirty-somethings” run the entertainment industry these days

charity runs. She is training for the Scotiabank half marathon, bakes two dozen muffins every week and works hard outside her home as well, receiving a Curb Appeal award for her front garden through the City of Vaughan three years running.

There is still time to enter someone deserving in the Countdown Contest and win the grand prize draw, open to all residents of York Region.

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Parents cry foul over day care crackdown by province

By Kim Zarzour

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Several families from across York Region say they’ve been left in the lurch because of a government approach to child care they say is misdirected and out of date.

The parents, who have lost their places at a cherished Thornhill day care, say the Ministry of Education focuses on the wrong issues and is tearing apart a safe and caring child care arrangement.

Parents who use Creating the Shade PreSchool, located near Bayview Avenue and Hwy. 407, were told last week too many chil-

dren were enrolled and some of them would have to find alternate arrangements immediately.

Nine children had been attending the unlicensed centre, supervised by owner Jenni Groves-Morris and two teachers, on a full and part-time basis. They were told they were contravening Ontario rules that allow no more than five unrelated children, under age 10 to be supervised by one individual without a licence, regardless of the number of adults present.

Ms Groves-Morris was required to turn away four of the children under her care or she and her two employees would face a

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Parents say the news caused turmoil.

“Kids are being given no time to transition, no time to say goodbye ... playmates suddenly gone. This is just wrong,” said Shakufe Virani.

“There’s not a lot of day cares out there.”

Jill Renwick, of Richmond Hill, sent her oldest daughter to the centre and her second daughter, 9 months, is scheduled to start in November at the home-based centre where she said “everyone feels like one big family”.

She said she has spent a week looking for another space and it has been an eyeopener.

‘I understand there’s legislation, but there should be discretion in its enforcement. If they felt they needed to enforce it to the letter, they should have given some time ... The kids aren’t in any danger.

They’re not running in the street, in dirty diapers’ “It’s largely unaffordable, huge wait lists and not the quality of care most parents would expect ... I can’t imagine what working parents are supposed to do. They’re not going to just pawn their kids off on the next available place.”

“I understand there’s legislation, but there should be discretion in its enforcement,” added parent Lavina Corriero.

“If they felt they needed to enforce it to the letter, they should have given some time ... The kids aren’t in any danger. They’re not running in the street in dirty diapers.

“We realize that the ministry won’t do anything to reverse its ruling on our beloved preschool, but perhaps (we can) encourage it to re-evaluate the way its advisors respond and enforce legislation.”

The parents say their queries to the ministry were responded to with form letters and links to government websites and they were invited to provide feedback to a government discussion paper regarding modernization of child care in Ontario.

Provincial licensing standards have not

undergone a thorough review since 1983, states a letter by Salpi DiGiandomenico, a program advisor with the ministry’s early learning division.

That, says Ms Virani, is “absolutely ridiculous ... They have not re-opened or reviewed the legislation related to day cares for 20 years. That is disgusting. Policies need reviewing much more frequently than that.”

Ms Groves-Morris, meanwhile, said the experience has been an emotional one.

“I am passionate about children and families and feel somewhat responsible for seemingly throwing them away.”

But she said she has faced red tape and roadblocks at every turn as she tried to satisfy the ministry’s expectations.

She said she tried for years to find a suitable location, one that wasn’t in a strip mall or commercial building, but when she did find one, on 16th Avenue, near another child care centre and Montessori schools, she learned it would cost $20,000 to fast-forward the rezoning process, without any guarantee it would pass.

“I lost all faith and hope then,” she said, “I decided I’d just focus on the children.”

“The (child care) industry is antique and not child-focused and changes must be made,” she said.

“All facilities, home-based or other, must be accountable for the work they do with children, but the ministry’s focus has always been the larger child care settings, which many parents I’ve spoken to do not necessarily feel is appropriate for their children.”

Large centres are often staffed by underpaid teachers in industrial-zoned locations while others are hidden in basements with too many children, she said.

She continues to employ the teachers temporarily to help with the transition for students who remain, but she said it was heartbreaking to say goodbye to four of the children.

“How do you turn away a child in the twinkling of an eye, to have the place where you had a sense of belonging taken away from you?”

Gary Wheeler, education ministry spokesperson, said the maximum number of five children for informal care was developed based on research and consultations carried out over several years.

Ministry staff treat these complaints as a priority, he said.

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A break from doctor’s appointments, operations, poking and prodding.

A normal day. A normal week. A normal trip.

This is what Tina Morra wanted for her little boy, Christopher.

Christopher was born with dislocated hips. His parents were told he would never walk.

To treat his condition, he was confined to a body cast, then had to use a walker. Today, he can walk unassisted but he also has other health problems, including being developmentally delayed, having a heart condition, deafness and vision problems. He has been on the operating table more than 24 times.

The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada granted Christopher’s wish to go to Disney World. It sent the seven-year-old, along with sister, Stephanie, 11, and his parents to Florida in Oct. 2010.

The trip was a dream come true for Christopher’s parents as well.

Children’s Wish took the stress away of organizing such a trip, Mrs. Morra said.

“That was probably the only week (in the past nine years) I was stress free,” she said. “There was nothing we had to worry about.”

For one week, they could put aside the doctors and operations, she said. “We had one beautiful week as a family.”

So, the Markham mom decided to give back by organizing a major fundraising event — Markham’s Wishmaker Walk for Wishes. This event is a pledge-based walk and Mrs. Morra is chairperson. All pro-

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To this day, Christopher still enjoys flipping through photographs from the trip, re-living the thrill of meeting so many different characters.

The granting of a wish also benefited his sister Stephanie.

Mrs. Morra repeats Stephanie’s sentiments following the trip: “We were able to be a family again,” she said. “It has made us stronger and closer”.

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The event: The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada hosts the eighth annual Wishmaker Walk for Wishes Location: Unionville’s Crosby Arena at 210 Main St. (close to Talbot Street) More details: Since 1984, The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada has worked to grant wishes to 18,000 children and their families. The average cost of a wish is $10,000. The Wishmaker Walk will be followed by a community celebration, including entertainment, presentations to high-pledge earners and teams, children’s games, craft activities and food and drinks for participants.

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After losing their first two games of the Greater Toronto Metro Junior A Hockey League regular season, Toronto Moose skated off with their first win over the Lefroy Wave 7-4 at the Thornhill Community Centre Saturday.

Nicholas De Marchi delivered two power play goals and two assists for the Moose, who held a 3-0 lead after one period and remained on top through two at 7-3.

Quentin Campbell, Jordan Macdonald, Richard Brown, Ryan Organ and Nicolas

Crescenzi added single tallies.

The Moose dropped their first two games against the Toronto Attack 10-2 and 9-7.

The Moose are scheduled to host the Lefroy Wave Saturday at 7:40 p.m.

NEWS AND NOTES: Sergey Gridin will miss Saturday’s game against the Wave as a result of suspsension from a third period tussle against the Attack Sept. 18; the Moose are still awaiting the arrival of two defencemen from Russia, and Wes Smith, a six-foot, five-inch, 220-pound forward from Sudbury, is almost healed of the broken foot he recently suffered training at home.

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In an ongoing effort to balance the books, Finance Minister Dwight Duncan unveiled plans yesterday to freeze wages for nearly 500,000 more public service employees in Ontario.

But workers who already agreed to freezes or are fighting against anti-strike wage-freeze legislation say the real issue is about their constitutional right to collectively bargain.

“There was no opportunity to discuss,” Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario York president David Clegg said.

“It’s not a wage freeze, it’s a wage rollback from our perspective. We’ve been picked on and targeted, that’s for sure. So have the doctors.”

About 25,000 doctors are still in talks with the province.

Wednesday’s announcement from the McGuinty Liberals is aimed at hospitals, hydro utilities, universities, colleges and other broader public sector employees.

However, the recently imposed Bill 115, known as the Putting Students First Act, is a “scary precedent”, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation executive officer Scott Marshall said, ques-

tioning what bigger plans the government has.

“We do recognize the environment we are in, but the issue is bigger than wage freeze,” he said.

While the union proposed a wage freeze and other cost-saving measures, the government turned down its offers, Mr. Marshall said.

This week, high school teachers in York voted 94-per-cent in favour of a strike mandate, adding their support to about 136,000 elementary and secondary school teachers across the province.

York’s elementary teachers vote on a strike mandate Oct. 4.

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union and several other unions plan to rally in Ottawa during the Ontario Liberal annual general meeting Friday.

“We are fighting back against Bill 115. We are hoping it’s going to be recalled,” said Emily Visser, communications officer with OPSEU, which represents about 120,000 employees in the broader public sector.

While she couldn’t say exactly why other unions, including about 45,000 Catholic teachers and 10,000 managers and professional employees, have voluntarily accepted similar deals including a two-year wage freeze, Ms Visser

suggested they were forced to.

The smaller unions may be more vulnerable, she said, whereas the unions still fighting back are larger.

Ms Visser agreed the wage freeze isn’t the issue.

“It’s our collective bargaining right that is the much bigger issue here,” she said.

Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association president Kevin O’Dwyer took offence to suggestions his group settled to ensure funding to the schools wasn’t cut.

“I’ve heard that before... and it’s false,” he said, adding there was no conversation about funding during the union’s six months of negotiation with the province.

Instead, the union recognized the province is going through a challenging economic time and decided on the wage freeze before the government set out the parameters, Mr. O’Dwyer said.

He called the deal fair and reasonable, “given the economic situation and given the government was prepared to use legislation”.

For the Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario, the latest group to reach a tentative two-year wage-freeze agreement this week, the 80 days

of bargaining were about being cognizant of the political and economic environment and the government’s fiscal challenges, president Gary Gannage said.

“Our employer is the government. They have a certain power that no other employers have and that is to pass legislation,” he said.

Feelings of resentment and poor morale are bad for any workplace and weaken the relationship between employees and employers, Mr. Gannage said.

That being said, Every bargaining group is unique, he added.

The biggest concern for him is a tendency toward “global attacks” on collective bargaining rights.

“It’s the fundamental democratic principle,” he said.

Asked what he thought of the $418,000 pay cap proposed for executives in government agencies, hospitals, colleges, universities and other organizations, Mr. Ganage let out a sigh.

“No one makes $418,000 in our group,” he said, chuckling.

Thornhill Progressive Conservative MPP Peter Shurman, the official opposition critic for finance, was unavailable to comment, but Lambton-Kent-Middlesex Progressive Conservative MPP Monte McNaughton, the official opposi-

tion critic for economic development and innovation, said he’s not surprised different unions are responding differently to the wage freeze.

“Dalton McGuinty’s approach is weak and needs to have a backbone,” he said. “He is targeting teachers and with a divisive approach.”

Mr. McNaughton said the fairest approach is to freeze all public sector salaries across the board, something he said his party proposed and was defeated in the spring.

A Finance Ministry representative declined to comment, but provided a statement saying the government is taking strong action to eliminate the deficit and help protect public services and jobs.

“Our government respects the hard work and dedication of public sector employees,” the statement said.

“We believe everyone has to play their part. Ontario has already asked its partners, like teachers and doctors, to take a two-year pay freeze and MPPs are leading by example with a five-year wage freeze.”

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For starters, his stint with the Waxers, who at the time were members of the Metro Junior A Hockey League, helped him earn a collegiate hockey scholarship at the University of Alabama at Huntsville.

Down the road though, it paved a path for Woodcroft, 36, to reach the National Hockey League.

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Should this season start, it will be his eighth behind an NHL bench, including the last four working under San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan and three prior campaigns with the Detroit Red Wings.

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Reflecting on his days as a member of the Waxers, Woodcroft said he was fortunate to be in a good situation to hone his hockey skills.

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by Steve Spott, who is now general manager and head coach of the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League and head coach of Canada’s junior national team that will compete in the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championships.

He felt the club’s ownership tandem of Don Bremner and Brian Ball provided stability.

“Steve (Spott) was a good coach and our ownership was good.

“We had a good team that produced a lot of good players and in the 1995-96 season we even won the Metro Junior Challenge Christmas tournament. That was something I’ll remember along with the rivalries we had against the Thornhill Islanders and Wexford Raiders,” Woodcroft said.

While Woodcroft did not have visions back then in becoming a coach, he said the profession has more or less been in his blood since he was 14 and started to help out at hockey camps.

Among those was one he ran with his brother, Todd, who is the Los Angeles Kings’ director of European scouting, called the Northern Edge camp at Seneca College.

“I always try to give something

JAY WOODCROFT: Cut his teeth as an NHL assistant coach with the Detroit Red Wings. back by teaching at hockey schools, teaching young players about the finer points of the game. It was ingrained in me,” he said. “I’ve even travelled to Germany and Russia to help out at camps. It’s a passion, doing something you love to do.”

Woodcroft’s desire to enter the coaching ranks was reinforced once he retired from playing professionally in 2005 in Stuttgart, Germany.

“When you retire from playing it’s a natural progression and if you want to remain close to the game and keeping in touch with it, coaching is the next step,” he said.

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Having worked with Woodcroft’s brother, when Team Canada won the gold medal at the 2004 IIHF World Championships, Babcock called his former cohort to offer him a job as an assistant coach.

As Woodcroft recalled, Todd informed Babcock his brother was retiring as a player and was interested in the vacant position.

“Mike (Babcock) gave me my break, he gave me a chance to develop (as a coach),” Woodcroft said. “But once you get that break, you’ve got to work hard.”

Woodcroft had the good fortune of being on Detroit’s Stanley Cupwinning team in 2008.

When then Red Wings’ assistant coach Todd McLellan got the San Jose Sharks’ head coaching job for the 2008-09 campaign, Woodcroft joined him and has been a fixture with the club since.

He works primarily with the forwards and special teams.

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Local high school teams endured a long day when they took to the gridiron to kick off the York Region Athletic Association senior boys’ football season at St. Brother Andre Catholic High School Saturday.

The Bill Crothers Secondary School Colts, host St. Brother Andre Catholic High School Cardinals and Markham District High School Marauders all went down to defeat in their season openers.

The defending YRAA champion King City Secondary School Lions defeated the Bill Crothers Secondary School Colts 28-6.

David Mackie scored the lone touchdown for the Colts.

The Newmarket High School Raiders defeated the host Cardinals 19-7.

Ryan Tustin scored all of the Cardinals’ points with a touchdown and convert.

Trevor Weir, Cardinals’ head coach, felt the loss served as a good learning tool for his youthful club, which has just three starters back from last year’s squad.

“We are so young that we were not sure what we had in many positions, some things became appar-

ent and we now know what needs to be done for us to be effective.

The true positives for this team will start to show in time,” he said.

“With only three starters back from last year, and over half the roster in grade 11, the Cardinals are building for next year.”

The Huron Heights Secondary School Warriors blanked the Markham District High School Marauders 41-0.

While acknowledging the Warriors are a formidable team, Marauders’ head coach Greg Pritty said his club began the game in a big hole with several injuries to key personnel.

“We started this game already in a severe deficit with four of our senior starting lineman on the sidelines with injuries and eight players of 40 not dressed,” he cited. “As well we lost our fifth yr starting centre and fifth year starting defensive end by the second quarter bringing it to six senior linemen out of the lineup.

“We are a varsity team and I had to put a Grade 10 centre in and a Grade 10 defensive end in the game in the second quarter. We lost two

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Despite the adversity, Pritty accentuated the positive and felt his club will make positive inroads as the season progresses.

“We were incredibly impressed by how hard our young kids played and not one player gave up or did not want to go in and play when asked,” he cited.”The entire team was very postive post-game about the experience and learned alot about themselves and their teammates having played under such adversity.

“I don’t think there has been a time in my 25 years of coaching here at Markham District High School where I have been any prouder of the way my team played last Saturday regardless of the score.

Incredibly many said they still had

fun playing. We’ve already put this game behind us and are preparing for our home opener in two weeks against King City.

“Our goal as a team has not wavered one bit, We are working on a path to be playing our best football come playoff time and expect to be playing for the Tier One championship.

League play resumes today with the Colts taking to the road for a game against Huron Heights at 4 p.m.

The defending champion Lions are scheduled to play at St. Brother Andre at 8 p.m.

The Marauders have the week off in the seven-team circuit.

Golfers hit the fairways In YRAA golf action, the Bill Crothers Secondary School Colts won the senior and junior boys’ team titles in preliminary round action at Cardinal Golf Club’s Red Crest course near Kettleby Monday.

The Colts won the senior title after carding a 230.

Members of that team includ-

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The Colts’ junior contingent of Max Sear, Henry Moon, Dylan McConnell and Daniel Boothby finished first with a 216.

Sear and Moon each fired a 69 while McConnell had a 78 and Boothby, 85.

Both teams qualified for the championship round, to be played at Cardinal Golf Club’s Red Crest course Oct. 1.

At the girls’ preliminary round at Cardinal Golf Club’s Kettle Creek course Tuesday, Stephanie Chu of St. Augustine Catholic High School finished first with a 61.

Three members of the Bill Crothers Secondary School team followed with Selena Costabile placing third with a 62, Kelsey Sear fourth with a 64 and Claire Hernandez, tied for sixth with Julia Champion of Markham District High School at 66.

The girls’ championships are scheduled to be held at Cardinal Golf Club Oct. 2.

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Restaurants/ Hospitality

Window Covering

GREEK CUISINE COOK

SALES Fully exp. in custom drapes, blinds, shutters for our shop at home sales. Vehicle required.

Email resume to:

admin@ sunshade.ca

$17-$20/hr.

Daytime, evenings and weekends.

40hrs/wk.

Fax resume to: Crystal Fountain Banquet Halls, Markham 905-513-6585

Teaching Opportunities

Full or Part Time R.E.C.E. Assistant Experience with children ages 15 months- 12yrs.

Min. 2 yrs. exp. in child care field.

Email resume: aida@shareand carechildcare.com Call 905-554-0924

Office/ Administration

Sales Opportunities

Health Care/Medical

General Help

General Help

General Help

BOARDWALK LANDSCAPES IS NOW HIRING LANDSCAPE LABOURERS & FOREMAN (M/F) Exp. preferred.

Excellent wages.

Please contact us at: 905-642-1653 or fax resume to: 905-642-6247

LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE LABOURERS & CREW LEADERS Experience an asset Competitive pay packages.

Call 905-472-4842 Fax: 905-470-8426 Email: info@aboutmps.com Markham Property Services Ltd. Apartments for Rent

Rooms for Rent and Wanted

16TH/ 9TH Line- 1 bedroom basement, separate entrance/ laundry, parking, cable, utilities. Amenities.

No smoking/ pets. $875 inclusive.

Immediately.

905-554-1785

UNIONVILLE- PRIME location. Available immediately. Room available in newer house, Kennedy Road/ 16th Line. Near transit/ amenities.

647-765-4117, 416-420-2875

16TH/MARKHAM RD. 2 bedroom basement, separArticles for Sale ate entrance, full (Misc.) amenities, parking, walk to GO, no smoking/ pets. ESTATE SALE- bedroom $950 inclusive. Immediate. set, couches, crystal chan416-209-0405 delier, very good condition, and much more.

9TH LINE/ 16th Avenue- 1 905-472-1342 bedroom basement, separate entrance, parking, HOT TUB (Spa) Coverslaundry. $850 inclusive. Best Price, Best Available immediately. Quality. All Shapes & ColNon-smoking/ pets. ours Available.

Call 647-207-7373 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ HWY.7/ WOOTTEN Way- newspaper 1 bedroom basement apt., separate entrance, parkHOT TUB/SPA ing, cable, non-smoking/ 2012 model, fully loaded, pets. Suits single profesfull warranty. sional. Immediate. $875 inNew in plastic. clusive. 416-873-4101 Cost $8,000 Sacrifice $3,900.

Markham- 9th Line/ 14th Call: 416-779-0563 Ave.- 2 bedroom basement, non-smoking /pets. PIANO- SMALL, walnut 1 car parking, includes in- Baldwin. Excellent conditernet, cable, Oct. 1st. tion. $600. 905-471-6625 $995. 416-702-6781 MARKHAM- LARGE 1 bedroom basement, separate entrance, cable, internet, parking. $800 inclusive. Non-smoking/ pets. Available October 1st. 905-477-9220 416-728-1609.

MARKHAM- NEAR Markham Rd./ 407. 2 bedroom basement. Separate entrance, laundry, large driveway/ backyard.

Available Nov. 1st. $800.

416-989-4711 MCCOWAN/ 16TH- Exquisite, bright 1100sqft. 1 bedroom. Separate entrance. Parking. Diningroom, kitchen, fireplace, laundry, transit, non-smoking/ pets. $950. inclusive.

416-460-7786 MCCOWN/ BULLOCK- 2 bedroom basement, 4 appliances, a/c, separate entrance, $900+.

Nonsmoking/ pets. Oct. 1st.

905-887-1697 gottarent.com

HWY#7/ MCCOWANLarge room. Suits professional. TTC, laundry.

Cable, internet. $480. inclusive.

1st/ last.

647-435-4359

to be held at 825 CONLIN Rd., WHITBY

Sat., Sept. 29th 9:30am

10+ Municipalities-Turf, Snow & Construction Equipment 6-00/04 IHC/Sterling TA/SA Dump S/P & W 20-08 GMC 3500 4x4 Plow/Sanders 98 GMC 6500 Diesel Dump 2-07 Ford F150XL Pickups 2-03/04 Ford Crew Pickups 5-02/06 Ford/Chev Cargo Vans 2004 Chev Bucket Truck 3-02/04 ASTRO Cargo Vans * 2005 Optra 2001 Saturn Wgn * 2004 CASE 621-D Loader 3- Bombardier SW48A S/W Plows 3-EPOKE Slidein Sander Units Wood Chipper * 3-J D Gators * 27+ Stihl Concrete & Chainsaws * Garage Equipment & Parts 5+ Generators *Welder * Mowers * Raglan Roller 2way Radios * Desks * Cash Registers * Chairs Computers & Electronics * Restaurant Office Furniture & Equip.

Two Auction Rings * No BUYERS Premium!

VIEWING: Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, 4pm-6pm TERMS: $500.00 cash deposit on major items or as announced.

M. R. Jutzi & Co

www.mrjutzi.ca 519-648-2111

$300 TO $2000Dead/ Alive.

Cars/ trucks/ vans.

Fast Free towing.

We sell parts.

416-500-5050

ON SITE FOR THE ESTATE OF GEORGE DIKE SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 10:00 AM MOUNT ALBERT, ONTARIO Mt Albert Hwy 48 East on Mt Albert Road to 1st Street Quick Left Right on Victory Drive to # 34.

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A CRYSTAL Cleaning experience- Homes, Offices.

Insured/ bonded. Supplies provided. 15% discount.

(647)500-2260 for details.

CLEANING LADY with experience willing to clean your house on weekdays and weekends. Proper service guaranteed.

TOP CASH 4 Cars! Dead 416-856-1410 or Alive + FREE Towing.

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MARRA'S MINI SchoolExcellent care. All ages.

Phonics program, nutritious meals, transportation, receipts, CPR 416-627-7646, 905-305-7646

Tax/Financial $$$NEED MONEY$$$ Do you have a pension plan from an ex-employer? (LIRA) or (locked in RRSP).

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Novenas/ Card of Thanks

Death Notices

Cleaning/Janitorial WE CLEAN with love, care. Satisfaction is guaranteed. Professional, well experienced. You'll be happy! (416)704-4586

Novenas/ Card of Thanks

Personal Prayer To The Holy Spirit Holy Spirit Thou make me see everything and show me the way to reach my ideal. You who give the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me and who are in all instances of my life with me. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank You for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from You no matter how great the material desire may be. I want to be with You and my loved ones in Your perpetual glory. Amen. Person must pray this 3 consecutive days without stating one's wish. After the 3rd day your wish will be granted no matter how difficult it may be. Promise to publish this as soon as your favor has been granted.

S.M. Our Mother of Perpetual Help

Personal Prayer To The Holy Spirit Holy Spirit Thou make me see everything and show me the way to reach my ideal. You who give the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me and who are in all instances of my life with me. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank You for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from You no matter how great the material desire may be. I want to be with You and my loved ones in Your perpetual glory. Amen. Person must pray this 3 consecutive days without stating one's wish. After the 3rd day your wish will be granted no matter how difficult it may be. Promise to publish this as soon as your favor has been granted.

S.M. Our Mother of Perpetual Help

AUCTION SALE

2011 HONDA CR-Z, CVT trans, 27,500K take over Mortgages/Loans lease, 23 months at $362.73 per month+ $399. $$MONEY$$ CONSOLICall 416-347-0181 DATE Debts Mortgages to 90% No income, Bad credit OK! Better Option MortTrucks & SUVs gage #10969 1-800-282-1169 2005 TOYOTA Highland- www.mortgageontario.com er- Fully loaded, leather interior, alarm, alloy wheels.

A/C, CD. $10,000. O.B.O. Cleaning/Janitorial 416-830-9277

Vehicles Wanted/Wrecking

Novenas/ Card of Thanks

Personal Prayer To The Holy Spirit Holy Spirit Thou make me see everything and show me the way to reach my ideal. You who give the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me and who are in all instances of my life with me. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank You for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from You no matter how great the material desire may be. I want to be with You and my loved ones in Your perpetual glory. Amen. Person must pray this 3 consecutive days without stating one's wish. After the 3rd day your wish will be granted no matter how difficult it may be. Promise to publish this as soon as your favor has been granted.

P.B.

Coming Events

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Decks & Fences

Home Renovations CEILINGS repaired. Spray textures, plaster designs, stucco, drywall, paint. We fix them all! www.mrstucco.ca 905-554-0825

Death Notices

STRAUGHAN, Derek Malcolm "Mac" On September 21, 2012 at the age of 66 years old, Derek Malcolm Straughan was called back into the loving arms of God, after a brief battle with cancer.

Mac is survived by his children Paul Straughan (Erin), Cameron Straughan (Emma) and grandson Colton Straughan. He will be remembered by his sister Vera Coker (Robert.)

Mac was a long time employee of the Town of Markham, Parks and Recreation Department.

In lieu of a remembrance service, it was Mac's wishes that friends and family make a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society in his memory.

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HOME RENOVATIONS

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

REP TRYOUTS The Thornhill Thunder, proudly supporting Kids Sports Celebration in Markham, is hosting rep soccer try-outs on Saturday, September 29th at the St. Roberts turf (8101 Leslie Street – behind the high school) for the following age groups: 9:00am to 10:00am 2002/2003 Boys 2003/2004 Girls and Boys 10:00am to 11:00am 1999 Boys 2001 Girls 11:00am to 12:00pm 2000 Girls 2001 Boys Our Technical Director Danny Dichio will be there to help assess the new talent. Each session is one hour. Please ensure you are wearing shin pads and bring enough water. For any questions, please email:mazensoccer@gmail.com

Remington Parkview Golf and Country Club is hosting a public meeting in order to present its Annual Report on Class 9 pesticide use for the 2011 season.

When: October 10, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

Where: Clubhouse at Remington Parkview Golf Club 6400 Steeles Ave. East, Markham Contact info: Dave Moon 416-293-2057 Moving & Storage A-PARRIS MOVERSLong/short, big/small, residential/ condos/ commercial. Quality service. Affordable/ reliable. 905-758-2848, 416-677-2848 www. parrishomesolutions.com

Lost & Found

GARAGE SALES ANTIQUES ON HWY 48 Open Every Fri, Sat, Sun & Mon 10am - 6pm 2 Floors of Eclectic & Interesting Items 23906 Hwy 48

LEGACY COMMUNITY Sat., Sept 29, - 8 AM-12 PM. Map of multiple home locations at www.legacynet.ca.

MARKHAM- 54 Lincoln Green Dr. Saturday, 8amnoon. Furniture, fabric, lamps, household items, bedding, clothing, etc.

Just South of BALDWIN North of Ravenshoe Rd

YARD SALE! Saturday, September 27th. 29 John Dexter Place, Markham.

8am-1pm. Rain date SunSTREET SALE- Tilman day.

Circle, Markham. Saturday, September 29, UNIONVILLE FARMERS 8am-1pm. Estate items, Market- last two Sundays furniture, clothes, applianc- big garage sale 10-4pm. es, TV, bikes, PSP, PS2+ Station Lane. Farmers, accessories, Nintendo DS, foods, crafts, entertainvideo games and more. ment.

647-281-8496

LOST- CAR key with Bronte Museum key tag.

Parkway or George Street, Markham.

Reward.

647-228-6946

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MARKHAM VILLAGEquiet, large room, private bath, parking, laundry, cable, internet, fridge, nonsmoking/ pets. Available immediately. $595 inclusive. 416-712-9024

Auctions & Sales

39th Annual Fall Municipal AUCTION for Region of DURHAM & others

Cars

STOUFFVILLE- APARTMENT in quiet 4-storey building. Suits non-smoking individual/ couple. No Music School on Wheels pets. Near amenities. is offering piano lessons in $1075/ $1235. Leave de- the comfort of your home.

Experienced teachers tailed message, holding Master Degree in 905-640-4727 Piano. Individual approach.

Reasonable prices.

STOUFFVILLESPAPlease call CIOUS 1 bedroom base416-553-2761 ment. Non-smoking. A/C. Parking, backyard, laundry, cable. $750 inclusive.

Immediate. 416-302-3438 Child Care Available

Rooms for Rent and Wanted

Auctions & Sales

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