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FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2012

NORTH EDITION

SCARBOROUGH’S COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1962

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Scarborough PULLING TOGETHER Museum’s Victorian Extravaganza set to begin The dress rehearsals are over and it’s time for the shows to begin for Victorian Extravaganza’s premiere this Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. at the Scarborough Museum. The Scene Change Players, which is a Scarborough Museum volunteer youth group, have worked throughout July to perfect the entertainment they’ve written and directed themselves. RESIDENTS INVITED Residents are invited to join them as the Victorian Extravaganza comes to life. The event will feature lots of family-friendly activities to take part in, and historic treats to sample. Performances will continue on weekends throughout August from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is pay-what-you-can. Scarborough Museum, 1007 Brimley Rd. Visit www.toronto.ca/museumsevents

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SHAN DONG PICNIC FUN: Visitor from China Vanessa Yu, centre, and her teammates pull together in a tug-of-war during the Shan Dong Association of Ontario picnic at Milliken Park Saturday afternoon.

Scarborough-linked athletes ready for London Olympics Athletes with connections to Scarborough are gearing up for the opening ceremonies of the London Olympic Games today. Among the six athletes who have links to Scarborough competing in the Games, which open today and continue until Aug. 12, are four graduates of Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute.

Sprinters Justyn and Ian Warner, Aaron Brown and archer Crispin Duenas all attended the southwest Scarborough school that hosts an elite athlete program which draws students from across east Toronto and beyond. Other locally linked athletes in London are Crystal Emmanuel and Phylicia George.

Justyn Warner, 25, and his brother Ian, 22, finished one-two at Canada’s Olympic Trials in late June in the 100-metre sprints. Justyn is inked in for both the 100m race and the 4-by-100m relay while Ian is named to the relay team. The family has lived in Markham for more than a decade after living

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in Malvern for several years. Along with Aaron Brown, who lives in the Coxwell and Gerrard area of east Toronto, the three sprinters all won their respective senior provincial high school 100m titles while attending Birchmount Park Collegiate. Brown and Ian Warner once combined to help win Birchmount Park

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win the senior high school provincial 4x100m relay championship (in 2008). All three sprinters were also football stars playing for both their high school and also for the Scarboroughbased Thunder organization. Brown will be competing in the 200m run at the London Games. >>>LONDON, page 5

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