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Milton Villager Magazine Volume 1, Issue 7 - April 2013 www.MiltonVillager.com Additional bonus content and photos available online If you would like to advertise in Milton Villager Magazine email aaron@miltonvillager.com or call 416-993-6077 Publisher - Rick Di Lorenzo, rick@dilorenzo.com Photographers - Ann Kornuta, Denise Cooperwhite Reporters - Stuart Service, Laura Steiner, Meghan Sinclair and Elizabeth Kogan Cover Photo Peter Appleyard Printed in Canada. All rights reserved.

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Canadian Jazz legend

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By Arnold Huffman

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anadian Jazz legend Mr. Peter Appleyard thrilled Milton Concert Presentations’ audience when he attended their March 15th, performance ‘Evolution of the Big Band’ enthusiastically played by the Toronto Jazz Orchestra.

Mr. Appleyard was most effusive in his admiration of the Milton Arts Centre and the Mattamy Theatre in general.

He commented the ambience, the intimacy and the acoustics are up there with some of the best he has seen in his close to 70 years in the music industry.

Mr. Appleyard played with some of the best jazz bands in history as a member of Benny Goodman’s Jazz Sextet and shared stages with Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis and Oscar Peterson to name a few.

The Toronto Jazz Orchestra, an 18-piece big band, conducted by Josh Grossman, was overjoyed to play for one of Canada’s most celebrated jazz musicians and an Officer of the Order of Canada. The evening was vibrant and alive with the music once played by Count Basie, Stan Kenton and The Duke Ellington Orchestra.

It was indeed an honour to have such an illustrious musician as Mr. Appleyard, a true Canadian treasure, attend one of Milton Concert Presentations events at the Milton Centre for the Arts.

Peter Applyard and Josh Grossman

Photo: Tiffany Budler, Robert Duvall, Richard Bolton

Milton Chamber celebrate 125 years

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ilton Chamber of Commerce first opened as the Milton Board of Trade on October 2, 1888. In 1952, the organization changed its name to the Milton Chamber of Commerce, with the official charter coming in 1965. The organization’s current headquarters is the old Milton Town Hall on Main Street.

Executive Director Sandy Martin has led the organization since taking over in 1992 and is celebrating her 20th anniversary as executive director. “Good thing I’m not 125 years old, then that would be a challenge,” Martin commented and chuckled during a recent interview. Over the last 20 years, the Chamber has more than doubled its membership, from 350 to 770. It also finds itself financially prosperous; Martin inherited an organization with a deficit. She shares credit for helping turn it around: “We do it with the help and the leadership of the board over the years.”

Chamber events have changed as well over the years, specifically the Community and Business Awards and theFarmer’s Market (started in 1972). They were taken over by the Chamber in 1973 and had only one award: Citizen of the Year. Over the years, the Chamber added awards for Business and Business Person of the Year, Organization, and Civic Improvement. Martin’s responsible for breaking it up even further into big business and small business: “It isn’t anything like it was in 1973, or like in 1992 when I started.” Martin credited the committee chair: Joyce Hagevik. Hagevik now has a lifetime achievement award for volunteerism named after her.

When Martin was the GM of the DBIA she asked the Chamber to move the Farmer’s Market permanently to its Main

By Laura Steiner

St. location in 1990. “What it does is make people aware that we have a downtown, that there are businesses in the downtown.”

Businesses that take part through the BIA (Business Improvement Area) program have the chance to make themselves known to people on the street. Martin feels the biggest advantage is that newcomers see there is another place to shop and do business.

“I can get them down here; I can’t necessarily get them into the stores,” she said.

The Business After Hours is a new addition since Martin started working for the Chamber. It developed after Martin was invited by one of the Chamber members to an After Hours in Oakville.

“We thought it was a great addition for our members, so we started a business after hours in Milton,” she said. It started with only 25 members attending, and now more than 90 members attend regularly and to host we have a waiting list. “We try not to book it any further than 12 months out. It’s very structured and fluid at the same time,” she said. They have also added a trade show that will take place a couple of times a year.

The Business After Hours program is playing a role in their anniversary celebrations. A time capsule will be on display for businesses to add their bit of history. The decision on a time capsule came from a committee level. “We’ll fill it with neat things from our newsletter and our business directory, members’ business cards, and brochures,” Martin explained. It will be hidden at an undisclosed location to be opened 25 years from now. “As long as somebody knows where it’s buried, it doesn’t matter to me,” she said. The time capsule can be found at the Chamber of Commerce headquarters on Main Street.

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n March 7, the world of food got a lot bigger for the Canadian Federation of University Women, Milton chapter. For their monthly meeting, the ladies of the CFUW invited an accomplished professor from the University of Guelph Food Science program to speak about strange delicacies from around the world.

“Tonight he is going to be talking about the delicacies that he’s eaten that we probably wouldn’t even consider food,” said Sherrie Rain, the program co-chair responsible for booking speakers for the meetings. “I’ve heard him talk before, and he’s hilarious, fun and exciting. He just has such a wild and crazy life.”

Wild and crazy, indeed. Marcone has traveled all over the world to immerse himself in different cultures and experience different foods.

“A lot of the food that people eat around the world to us would appear to be strange,” said Marcone. “On the surface, they are very strange, but if you look a little bit deeper at these particular foods, one would find that these foods are not as strange as one would think.”

Coffee berries, such as the delicacy kopi luwak, a rare and prestigious kind of coffee that is found in Indonesia, are eaten and excreted by the Asian Palm Civet, and then the beans are harvested and sold at $150 per 1/4 lb.

Strange? Yes. But also very tasty and healthy. As the beans travel through the digestive system of the civet, the bacteria count is lowered.

The crowd members listened intently as they learned about these strange delicacies from around the world before launching into their monthly meeting.

The CFUW’s Milton chapter meets on the first Thursday of every month and has done so for the last 51 years.

“We started in 1962, and we were a small group in those days; now we’re about 50,” said Margaret Gray, a founding member of the Milton chapter.

The organization, whose goal is to improve the status of girls and women and to promote quality public education, has strived to better the lives of females in Milton for over half a century.

The group raises funds to provide scholarships to local women in the community by putting on book sales at the Milton Mall.

They are currently preparing for their 40th book sale. Last year, in honor of their 50th anniversary, the CFUW awarded a $5,000 scholarship to a local female student.

“We had about 27 applicants last year,” said Gray. “We narrowed it down to 11 girls, one going to community college and the rest going on to university.”

The CRUW meets the first Thursday every month at Hugh Foster Hall in Milton. For more information on the organization, please visit http://www.cfuwmilton.ca/

By Meghan Sinclair

Laurie Wells, President, CFUW Milton and District (905) 854-4827 email: cfuwmilton@hotmail.com

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Milton Chamber of Commerce members and guests

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Milton Young Professionals

By Elizabeth Kogan | Photos by Denise Cooperwhite

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s the sun hovered gently in the sky in the early evening of March 20, 2013, a group of business professionals made their way into the Ivy Arms for a Milton Young Professionals (MYP) networking event. The MYP is affiliated with the Milton Chamber of Commerce.

As Cheryl Ciccarelli, program/committee coordinator for the Chamber explained to the Milton Villager, the Chamber recognizes the need for young professionals to build a solid business foundation. The Chamber launched the MYP group in January 2013 to provide an opportunity for “business people under 40 years of age to network, build relationships in the community and benefit from the various learning opportunities provided by the Chamber.”

Held on the third Wednesday of the month, the MYP networking events run from 5 to 7 p.m. and take place at different venues. MYP is organized by a committed group of young, volunteer business leaders with Fred Scheuer of Intrigue Milton and Andrew Roach of Dominion Lending Centres as co-chairs. Eric Vallesi of HJM Insurance, Kate Williamson of United Way Milton and Krista Lenardon-Trull, the communications coordinator for the Chamber, round out the group.

Cheryl Ciccarelli (Milton Young Professional Committee coordinator), Fred Scheuer, Kate Williamson, Krista Lenardon-Trull and Erik Vallesi

Jameel DeStefano, Robert Humphrey and David O’Connell

Prior to concluding the meet-up, there were a few draws held, and a few lucky attendees walked away with fantastic prizes!

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Desiring to reach out to Milton’s young business community, Lenardon-Trull explained that the Chamber is always open and receptive to new ideas and suggestions to add value to the Chamber membership experience. Joining the Chamber provides a tremendous opportunity to get your name out there.

A 50-word editorial write-up of a new member’s business is featured on the Business News (the Chamber’s business-tobusiness news publication). Other benefits include extensive networking events, priority listings in the Chamber’s business directory, trade show opportunities, discounted insurance programs, fuel cost savings programs and much more!

Rick Majithia, Dave Hannaberg and Niraj Adhiya (DiscoverMilton.com Vice President)

Erik Vallesi, Garrett Metzler, Natalie Marlowe and Mark Adams

The next MYP event will be held at Ned Devine’s on April 17, 2013, from 5 to 7 p.m. The speaker will be Natalie Marlowe of the Milton Public Library; she will be discussing how to use social media for business purposes.

The Chamber encourages young professionals under 40 to email Cheryl Ciccarelli at Cheryl@miltonchamber.ca or call 905878-0581 to register or request additional information about Chamber membership.

Some Chamber of Commerce members and guest listening to a speaker

Kimberly Singh won a gift card worth $25.00 for Walkers Fishmarket

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The atmosphere at the Ivy Arms was energetic and just plain fun! The MYP event began with a casual meet and greet. As individuals mingled and made connections, a highly motivating energy resonated. As part of the format of the MYP meetups, following the “mix and mingle” networking opportunity, a topic of interest is then presented to the group. The goal of these presentations, which are typically ten minutes long, is to raise awareness of the resources available in the community. At this meeting, Co-chair Scheuer introduced the speaker, Krista Lenardon-Trull, who spoke about the benefits of joining the Chamber.

Soup’s On! Photos by Ann Kornuta

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ogether with Milton’s finest restaurants and Milton Transitional Housing, the annual Empty Bowls Soup Lunch took place on March 17th at the MinMaxx Hall at the Milton Centre for the Arts. The lunch-goers had their choices of a wide selection of breads and soups in addition to choosing their own hand crafted pottery bowl from Simply Creative Pottery Studio to take home after the event. The gourmet soup kitchen raises donations to help families in housing crisis within the community through the initiatives of Milton Transitional Housing.

Sandy and Ted Chudleigh

Event organizer Denise Wentzell with Wendy Schau

GO Transit to Milton

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s the fastest growing town in Canada, Milton’s transit system is awaiting changes that will be able to keep up with the rapid population growth. The Ontario government, along with Metrolinx, has developed a plan that, over the next 25 years, will improve public transit. Dubbed “The Big Move,” the $16 billion project will improve transit all over the greater Toronto and Halton area.

On February 20, Regional Councillor Colin Best, along with representatives from Metrolinx, held a meeting to address concerns and answer questions from Milton residents regarding their plan to revamp public transit in Milton.

As part of The Big Move update, Metrolinx has proposed to delay the development and implementation of two-way, allday rail service to Milton from a 15-year to a 16- to 25-year planning horizon.

Even though this postponement may come as a disappointment to some, Metrolinx officials are staying positive, reaffirming to residents that Milton transit is important.

According to Metrolinx representative Michael Sutherland, “Milton has continued to be a priority push. We’re committed; we want to expand.”

Expanding, however, may mean an increase in pricing. The concern is that public transit costs will begin matching gas prices and the downtown parking cost is immense.

“Transit’s got to be cheaper than driving or people aren’t going to use it,” said Anthony Kay, a Milton resident. “It will soon cost more to take transit than to drive my car and park it everyday.”

Metrolinx and the Ontario government continue to regard Milton transit as a top priority, and changes to the transit lines will be imminent.

By Meghan Sinclair

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Metrolinx may delay implementation of all-day

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By Elizabeth Kogan

Jon Abrams “My songs tell a story,” Jon Abrams told the Milton Villager.

Our curiosity piqued, we inched in a bit closer to hear him tell us more about his compelling passion for the mingling of sound and harmony. Occupied by a full-time career in medical sales, Abrams has still managed to pursue singing and songwriting as a hobby for the past several years. “New/contemporary country is the genre of music,” he said, describing it as “a mix of twang meets rock,” and then he added that, ultimately, the listener is the judge.

A self-confessed proponent of the muse that is the powerful emotion of love, Abrams enjoys relaying tales through his songs.

His latest song, titled “Turn It Up,” he told the Milton Villager, will have strong imagery of a beautiful city girl walking into a country bar, and one guy taking the risk to “put himself out there” to see what transpires. “Turn It Up” is expected to be released on iTunes by May 2013.

“I’m always writing songs. Sometimes writing four to five songs at the same time,” he divulged, a lightheaded twinkle lingering in his tone. Songwriting provides true enjoyment for Abrams, and

concert at Mohawk Inn

he feels an exhilarating rush when he’s in front of people singing and performing. His fan base is clearly caught up in the fervour of his music, resulting in a sold-out show at the Mohawk Inn & Conference Centre for The Jon Abrams Band (Diana Tesser, backing vocals; Eric Smith, lead guitar; Greg Lucier, bass guitar; Ryan Sullivan, drums; Justin Tesser, keys; and Bob Lucier, “The King of Steel Guitar,” pedal steel guitar).

Bridget and Shawn Saulnier, new proprietors of the Mohawk Inn & Conference Centre since May 2012, told the Milton Villager that they had heard the buzz about Jon Abrams’ music after his CD release party in November 2012. Desiring to launch a monthly music program at the Mohawk Inn & Conference Centre to bring back a warm community feel to the establishment, they approached Jon Abrams about performing with his band. In January 2013, the Saulniers watched Gavin McLeod (winner of the 2012 Milton Talent Contest) perform at the Mayor’s gala (Broadway on Main). From that fateful moment, the idea was born for McLeod to join as a guest musician on The Jon Abrams Band concert.

Before the concert began on the night of March 23, 2013, the anticipation could be felt with electrifying intensity. Before the first chord was even played, a group of fans gathered towards the stage and began dancing. One enthusiastic fan cried out, “I love you!” Abrams replied with an “I love you, too” and good-natured laughter rang throughout.

The Jon Abrams Band performed three sets. McLeod performed his powerful renditions of Mumford & Sons’ “Below My Feet” and “The Cave” at the start of the second set. “You wanna rock?”

Abrams asked the jubilant fans at one point during the concert before coyly adding, “We’ll be rocking soon.”

Feet stomped as the Abrams’ hockey song, “For the Love of the Game” filled the room. Couples danced as the romantic message of “Beautiful You Are” came through. When The Jon Abrams Band performed Kenny Rogers’ classic “The Gambler,” hands were clapping, hips were shaking and voices were joining the band in song.

Women’s Pajama Party for MDHF

By Lindsay Richardson

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ast November Marg Saliba and Samantha Attew worked together to host a Women’s Pajama Party Fundraiser for the Milton District Hospital Foundation. The event was a great success and will now be an annual event. The committee thought it would be a great idea to expand on the success of the event and include a children’s event because no one enjoys a Pajama Party more than the kids.

On Sunday May 5th at Teatro Conference & Event Centre we are asking Mother’s to bring out their children in their favourite pajamas to join us for a pajama party breakfast. The doors will open at 10:30am with breakfast starting at 11:15am.

The event will include raffles, prizes and a silent auction full of items for children and their mom’s. There will also be games and activities for children of all ages to participate in. It is recommended that mothers bring along loonies and toonies for the games and activities.

As the Town of Milton grows larger and larger the Milton District Hospital Foundation is working hard to provide the Town with a hospital that will support its growing population.

As Milton residents we want to help support the foundation and its cause.

Milton is expected to continue growing and having a strong hospital will be a huge help to the next generation. Why not get that generation involved in community causes? Children love to know that they are doing something good that will also make a difference for their family and friends. Many of them have already had an experience with the hospital whether it was their own or someone in their life.

For more information on the event or to purchase tickets please contact Marg Saliba at marg.saliba@gmail.com or Alemilia Hospitality Group at office@alemiliagroup.ca.

We would love to see you and your children dressed in your favourite pajama’s at our Pajama Party Breakfast!

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The Jon Abrams Band concert was a testament to the passion that is evoked by the power of music. For the encore presentation, the band performed “Footloose.” A group of 20 girls, who had rehearsed a flash mob-style dance to the song, stormed the stage to join the band. It was a night that the crowd at the Mohawk Inn & Conference Centre won’t soon forget.

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By Stuart Service | Photos by Ann Kornuta

Cast of “Casablanca”

extras talk coffee and camp at Rotary gala

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he goal of the Milton Rotary Club’s Casablanca-themed gala event at Piper’s Heath Golf Club on March 23 was to raise enough money to send a child to camp.

Speaking to a room full of Humphrey Bogarts and Ingrid Bergmans, Milton’s Tim Hortons franchisee Carlanna Sdao introduced a special guest to get the fedora and white tuxedowearing crowd into a charitable mood.

Sdao introduced Christina Morton, a 23-year-old Tim Horton Children’s Foundation success story who attributes her ability to thrive in team environments to her seven-year experience with the Tim Hortons camp.

“I can’t tell you how excited I am that Christina is here tonight,” Sdao said. “Christina was a young student at Martin Street School when she was selected to attend our residential camp.

She was invited back to join the Youth Leadership Program.

Today, Christina is a young professional who has graduated with two degrees and has chosen nursing as her career.”

When reminiscing about her adolescence, “Camp memories prevail above all the rest,” Morton said.

“The memories overpowered all the hardships that life threw at me and gave me hope to carry on,” she added. “The residential camp provided me with absolutely amazing memories and opportunities; however, it was the leadership camp that started to mould me into the person I wanted to be.”

Morton recalled a character-defining, five-day, 72-kilometre canoe trip interrupted 10 years ago by the downpour of a sky falling: “It was pouring so hard we paddled to shore for safety, but being in the rain was so refreshing, so beautiful.”

“We started to sing and fill the sky with our voices and laughter instead of complaining about the rain,” she said. “I did not know who I was; however, at camp, they knew who I was. They knew who everyone was and all of our potentials. They could see beneath our insecurities and shields and work with us as a team to face these walls and tear them down.”

Camp Day takes place on June 5 when every Tim Hortons franchisee in Canada will donate 24 hours of all coffee sales to send two kids to camp on behalf of each location.

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Back row - Jim Millington, Jan Mowbray, Jack Mowbray, George Morita. Front row - Don McGowan, Diane Millington, Marilyn Morita

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Milton resident stoked to perform in her multimedia dance musical Elizabeth Kmiec featured in the poster for the production she has created, “Nutcase.” Kmiec’s concert will take place on April 20 in the MinMaxx Theatre at the Milton Centre for the Arts for two shows on the same day at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

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ntertaining an audience with multiple forms of artistic expression is what Milton resident Elizabeth Kmiec envisioned when she started to write a multimedia musical.

“Nutcase” is an original story and concept developed by Kmiec over the past two years.

“Nutcase” follows a young woman and her friends through their day as they look for their match. The world is different from the one we know. Here, romance is based less on chemistry and more on possessing extraordinarily specific common possessions.

That means, for example, that a girl carrying a pineapple inside the world of “Nutcase” will become hot and bothered by the first pineapple-wielding man she sees.

“This is the biggest production that I’ve done,” she said. “There’s a lot of work that is put into it, but it’s definitely worth it.”

Joining Kmiec onstage will be many artists she’s connected with through different walks of her life.

“A lot of the dancers in the show are people that I’ve worked with before,” she said, adding that she met many cast members of “Nutcase” at Ryerson University’s dance program.

To hold auditions for certain roles in her project, Kmiec searched beyond her personal network by buying a newspaper ad and by dropping off flyers at every dance school in town.

She continues to meet the people she needs to make “Nutcase” possible just by performing regularly in different productions and events. It was at Culture Days that she met singer Kev Morse, who will be joining Arun Pal as the vocalists for “Nutcase.”

“It seems that the more you’re out there looking for people, the more they seem to present themselves.”

Kmiec also put together an indiegogo campaign to help generate an additional income source to finance her production.

“I have a lot of friends and family that don’t live in Milton, so it [an indiegogo campaign] is a great way to contribute and show their support without feeling that they have to travel all the way down here to all the fundraisers that I do in person.”

Kmiec is hosting a fundraiser for her production on April 6 at The Dance Class on the southwest corner of No. 5 Side Road and Regional Road 25.

“The fundraisers help the performance in many ways. It will help to pay for rehearsal space, dancers, technicians and musicians. That money goes to a lot of artists that are involved with the show,” she said.

Reaching her fundraising goals would allow Kmiec more time to “make the show as good as it can be” by spending

more time collaborating with the many people involved in the one-day performance.

“Nutcase” takes place on April 20 in the MinMaxx Theatre at the Milton Centre for the Arts at 8 p.m. and, due to substantial advance ticket sales, a recently added matinee at 2 p.m. the same day.

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During Culture Days at the Milton Centre for the Arts last September, Elizabeth was a dancing doll, standing stationary at the front entrance of the arts centre and powering up to shift in robot-like movements when a prop was placed on her. It was at Culture Days where the dancing doll met singer Kev Morse, who will be performing vocals for “Nutcase,” which is an original multimedia musical that Kmiec has been working on for the past two years.

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Photo by Front Porch Photography

Milton Kids get a Chance to get Heart Healthy

By Laura Steiner “It takes a village to raise an athlete,” Jim Scott said in a recent telephone interview. Scott knows of what he speaks; his 11-year old son James is a multi-sport athlete in boxing, judo and soccer. James’ goals include representing Canada in Boxing at the Olympics, and to eventually turn into a professional athlete and entrepreneur. James already holds his second degree black belt in Taekwondo.

It’s also what prompted the father and son duo to form the organization Inspiring Kids Today. “It was more a way to give a foundation as an entrepreneur,” he said. The organization was meant to teach James about business; how to set up a website and approach sponsors. James inspires people naturally according to his father, “he didn’t know he was doing it,” Scott said.

In 2010, heart health became the family’s focus, with a scare for James’ health. “It really brought awareness of healthy heart care,” Scott said. “I believe that healthy kids are happier kids,” James says on his website. The family turned their concern into the Kids Heart Healthy Challenge. It started small hosted the last two years at Firepower where James trains.

This year the Challenge is on Saturday April 20, at the Milton Indoor Soccer Centre from 2-4:30. It will host 15 different activities for kids, and families. The goal is to get families more physically active with a focus on heart care.

The operative word for this year’s event is choice. “Choice makes people feel empowered,” he explained about the event.

They’ve chosen to feature more non-traditional sports such as cricket, and BMX biking, chess and ultimate Frisbee; “kids wouldn’t necessarily join it if it weren’t in their face,” Scott said. Special guests include Mayor Gord Krantz, Olympic Boxer Mary Spencer, and of course James himself.

“We want our kids to be exposed to the community,” he said. His 17-year old daughter wants to be a lawyer. “Bring a neighbour, learn something new,” he invited the public.

The Heart Healthy Challenge is expanding. Scott revealed they now have event coordinators in place for events in Brampton, Hamilton, and Niagara. He knows such success wouldn’t have come without the community’s help, crediting James’ sponsors Minmaxx, Saputo, Milton Orthotics, and TD Bank; “great people involved,” he said. He feels parents can encourage kids to be more physically active. “Parents can be role models for this,” Scott remarked.