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Jennifer Neville-Lake became emotional in April after showing swarms of media outside the courtroom, a picture of two of her children holding hands before they died. Daniel Neville-Lake, 9, and siblings Harrison, 5, Milly, 2, as well as their grandfather, were killed in a drunk driving crash in Vaughan last September. York Regional Police and MADD York Region representatives are concerned impaired driving tragedies continue to unfold and ruin families.

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“For as long as (Marco) Muzzo has been alive, courts have warned about the consequences of impaired driving,” Justice Michelle Fuerst began, as she concluded her sentencing in front of a packed, tearful Newmarket courtroom. “Yet the message escaped him. It is important that it does not escape others.” This was one of the judge’s most

powerful statements, which acted as partial justification for sending King resident Marco Muzzo to prison for 10 years. He was made an example of, considering the “enormous harm caused,” and handed the harshest sentence ever doled out in Canada for a first-offence impaired driving charge, with the aim of deterring others from following in his footsteps. Given the tragedy and outrage that followed his behaviour, some

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applauded the action. Others found the sentence too light. Looking back, one year on from the tragedy in Vaughan that claimed four people’s lives — Daniel, 9, Harrison, 5, and Milly, 2, Neville-Lake, and Gary Neville, 65 — it seems unclear if this decision has served as a deterrent. After all, the “message” Justice Fuerst speaks of continues to escape York Region residents on a weekly basis. As a result, 2016 might just

see the highest number of impaired charges laid in the past five years. “To be honest, I can’t stop anyone from driving impaired,” Jennifer Neville-Lake said. “Our story is one fading afternoon and is darkening with time. I can share with you how hollow and desolate my life is because someone chose to drink and drive on a See ‘MUZZO’, page 7.

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t’s the small things — buying underwear, for instance. There’s the boys department, and the girls. Which one do you pick, when your child isn’t sure which gender fits? Mandy Klein made a big mistake when she picked a pack of undies for her teenager Micah from the girls’ section. Turns out, one pair was pink. Micah was so upset thinking about the girlie pink pair donned that morning, her parents say, that by the end of day she’d cut the underwear into tiny pieces and tossed them in the trash. Randy and Mandy Klein are doing their best to treat their child’s gender identity with respect, but sometimes, the Newmarket family struggles with the day-to-day details. Micah, 16, came out as gay last year and several months ago, said they are gender fluid. Micah prefers “they and them”, dresses generically and considers themself male or female depending on the day, and sometimes the time of day. It’s all new territory for the Kleins as they navigate a minefield of language and lifestyle for their only child, who is also autistic. “I avoid using pronouns when I can,” Randy says. He uses Micah’s first name when he thinks of it, but it can get confusing and sometimes, emotional. “I tell her — them — ‘when you correct me…don’t yell. I understand you’re passionate about it, but I forget. It doesn’t mean I’m being disrespectful’.” The Kleins say they will stand by their child, wherever this journey takes them. “If it’s important to Micah, it’s important we fight for them,” Randy says. Micah is a smart kid, he adds, a member of the school LGBTQ club, not troubled with bullying. “They’re doing well. They’ll figure it out.” In the meantime, Mandy says gender-neutral departments in stores would make life easier.

GENDER IDENTITY A Metroland Special Report It could happen. Our changing approach to gender impacts more than just the English language. Other parts of society that have been traditionally segregated are undergoing a rapid re-think. Anthems are being rewritten (goodbye to “all our sons command”), Facebook invites you to customize your gender profile, the Oxford Dictionaries website added “Mx” as an alternative to Mr. or Mrs., and everywhere, lines are blurring between male and female. Some are calling it the new postgender era. Here are some of the shifts we’ve noticed:

PUBLIC WASHROOMS All-access washrooms are popping up everywhere and this summer, Toronto’s CNE garnered accolades for its cheeky take on the topic. Instead of the traditional portaprivy signs showing a man in pants or woman in skirt, the Ex cubicles displayed icons of someone wearing half dress/half pants, along with the words “We Don’t Care”. General manager Virginia Ludy told the Toronto Star the CNE approach diverts the debate to focus on what matters. “Who cares who uses them, right? Men, women, doesn’t matter. You go in, you use it, you do your business, you leave.”

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Hockey in Ontario now has new trans-inclusive rules, unveiled earlier this month thanks to Oshawa teenager Jesse Thompson. Thompson, born a girl, challenged the Ontario minor hockey league’s dressing room policies that prevented him from using the boys change room. His complaint to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal led Ontario branches of Hockey Canada to post new policies allowing players to choose their dressing room based on whether they see themselves as male or female. Thompson and Ontario Human Rights chief commissioner Renu Mandhane hope it paves the way for other sports to follow suit. 2016 Angus Reid poll

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Gender-neutral bathrooms at this summer’s CNE in Toronto showed society’s changing attitudes toward gender. They each displayed a half woman-half man graphic with the wording ‘We don’t care’. FASHION Welcome to the age of “non-binary refinery.” Fashion runways have become gender-fluid with androgynouslooking models in heels and skirts, trousers and tweed. Fashion designers are promoting gender-free clothing, U.K. department store Selfridges has introduced a pop-up agender store and Women’s Wear Daily calls “Going Gender-Neutral” one its top stories of the year. Ben Barry, professor at Ryerson’s school of fashion, applauds the trend. “Everyone has a masculine and feminine side ... Why should clothing fail to reflect that part of who we are?” In researching his book, Refashioning Masculinity, he discovered many men shop in the women’s section because they’re looking for a more playful esthetic or because they’re looking for something that fits. “Maybe it’s time for fashion to play a role in stripping away the divisions and offer us different ways to express gender.” CONSUMER PRODUCTS From Entrepreneur Barbie to gender-free nursery decor, marketers are responding to the genderbending trend. International Spa Association Foundation has recognized men are visiting spas more than ever before and increasingly, shopping for cosmetics (although skin care for men still comes in mostly

“manly” packaging). Target is phasing out genderbased signage and colours — the company’s website still directs buyers to gendered clothing sections, however — and Amazon.com removed its boy and girl options from their toy department search page. (On the Canadian site, the gender division remains.) This summer, following a petition by DadDoes.com, the Toy Industry Association announced it would drop its gender-based Toy of the Year awards. Gender is one of the top four trends to impact the marketplace, research group Mintel says. “People are questioning traditional notions of gender, rejecting the restraints of stereotypes and embracing the freedom to be themselves.”

EDUCATION Amid controversy over Ontario’s new sex-ed guidelines, school boards across the GTA, Simcoe County and Muskoka are addressing gender in a variety of ways such as teacher liaisons, professional development, symposiums or gender-neutral washrooms. “Labels and identities should only be self-selected by individuals, not assumed by others,” Toronto public school board’s 29-page guideline advises. “Biology does not imply identity. Nor do behaviour and expression alone.” Greater changes are seen in places like Sweden, where preschools specialize in gender-equal teaching, avoiding pronouns him and her

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Sunday afternoon. I can probably make you cry imagining what it is like to be me existing in an empty and dead house. But I can’t stop you from drinking and driving. My shattered heart can’t. My dead dad can’t. My dead children can’t. Only you can. I hope you choose life.” York Regional Police statistics show there was a 43-per-cent increase in charges between 2012, when there were 877, and 2015, when there were 1,255. So far in 2016, there have been 1,188. “Despite all of our efforts, sadly we continue to deal with people who are making the choice to drink alcohol or use drugs and drive and let me be clear, it is a choice,” Chief Eric Jolliffe. “The consequences of making these bad decisions have never been more apparent. The grief and sorrow that continues to be felt extends far beyond the immediate family, first responders and our investigators. It has touched our entire community. “Yet people are still being allowed to have a drink or use drugs and get behind the wheel of a vehicle while impaired. I am once again asking that those who decide

to have any alcohol or drugs to not get behind the wheel of a vehicle. I am also calling upon friends or family members who watch their loved ones have a drink or use drugs to be that person and stand up to prevent them from driving. Impaired driving is completely preventable and we must all do our part to prevent another tragedy on our roads.” The message isn’t getting across to everyone. On Jan. 17, just months after Muzzo crashed into the NevilleLake vehicle, the vehicle of Newmarket’s Tara Gawlik collided with that of Michael Holden, 26, who was going to see his mother in Newmarket. Holden, 26, died. Gawlik, 36, who driving a Kia Rondo with three children in the car, 13-yearold twins and a 12-year-old, was charged with impaired driving causing death. The case is still before the courts. Tragedies that result from impaired driving can take many forms. This summer, Ryan Lefler, 24, was killed when his motorcycle left the roadway in Keswick and Lauren Mueller, 25, died when her

pickup truck crashed into a tree in East Gwillimbury. Both were impaired. In the year following the NevilleLake tragedy, we’ve heard of five incidents in York Region of parents being charged with impaired driving with their children in the vehicles. In one, a nine-year-old boy called police about his 52-year-old mother drinking and driving in Newmarket with him in the car. Also disturbing are the charges brought against the very individuals who are supposed to be attempting to stop us from drinking and driving. On Jan. 11, off-duty York police Const. Colin Smith was found driving the wrong way on Hwy. 400, resulting in his second impaired driving charge in the last few years. Toronto police Const. Andrew Ford was caught “driving erratically” on Green Lane in East Gwillimbury and charged just weeks after the Neville-Lake tragedy. Kathy Mitchell, president of MADD York Region, who lost her 23-year-old niece, Sharon’s Ashley Fogal, when Fogal’s car was struck by a drunk driver on Aug. 11, 2011, says the tragic cases are disheart-

ening, especially knowing the pain the decision to drink and drive can cause. “It’s very frustrating,” she said. “To have this young couple (the Neville-Lakes) who have created a family to just face that devastation of losing everything. It’s just frustrating that people continue to have no regard for other people in society. You would think that the message would be clear because of such a tragedy, but unfortunately, people are of the mindset that it’s not going to happen to them or they’re invincible or they’re not going to get caught.” She remembers quite clearly the moment she found out about the Neville-Lake tragedy, driving home from a MADD conference in Toronto on that clear, fall day. “Every day, I think of Jennifer and Ed and what they must be going through, because every day, I think of my sister and my mom and my niece and my nephew,” she added. “It just never goes away.” This weekend, she will once again head to the national MADD conference, surrounded by other victims of this crime that refuses to go away. – with files from Lisa Queen

Drivers aren’t getting message, York police say Despite the first-year anniversary of the tragic drunk-driving collision that killed the three NevilleLake children and their grandfather, York Regional Police continues to lay a numerous impaired driving charges. Between Sept. 16 and 18, 12 men and four women were charged, including five as a result of collisions, seven from general police patrol or RIDE spot checks and four from calls made to police by residents. Eleven drivers were charged with driving with more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in their blood and four were charged with having more than three times the legal limit. One driver was charged after a resident called police just before 11 p.m. to report a possible impaired driver travelling east on Stouffville Road, York police said. Police found the car parked in the driveway of the registered owner in Stouffville. As officers approached the car, they discovered a 29-year-old suspect asleep in the car, police said. A breath test indicated he had a blood alcohol level of 230 milligrams. The legal limit is 80 mgs. The suspect was charged with one count of impaired care or control of a motor vehicle. “Despite repeated warnings by police and numerous senseless tragedies on our roadways, drivers are not getting the message,” police said.

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t’s funny how much newspapers have been a part of my life. When I was a kid, before I could really read that well, there was an ad in the paper from the local hockey league. It featured a stick drawing of a boy on skates, hockey stick in hand. I can still see it. I took it over to my parents and pointed to the picture. “That! I want to do that! Mom! Dad! Pllleeeaaase!!!” My dad thought hockey was for barbarians (I would later learn he’d been knocked out in a game when he was a teenager and never played again). Nevertheless, at age 4, I was playing “organized hockey” (which never seemed that organized) and though I gave it up for a while, I still play hockey today. As a kid, I got my name in the paper, a couple of times, both for hockey and the Kiwanis Music Festival. Seeing your name in print, well, it was a big deal. Burned into the memory banks as one of those “life moments”. My family kept the clippings. Delivering the free weekly newspaper was my first job. The paper had lots of ads. And then it started to carry flyers. (I can remember thinking something like: “Flyers? Inserted in the paper? What a dumb idea. I’m sure this will be a passing fad.”) As a teen, I took on a route for a daily newspaper. I had to go around and collect the subscription money. It was odd in that, this was the paper for the business and professional crowd, yet some of them (just some, mind you) would always claim they didn’t have the money and tell me they’d “get me next time”. I didn’t last too long in that job. I’m sure some of them still owe me, since I sort of bought the papers, and then the subscribers would pay me. Or “get me”, as they put it. Next time. Shades of attitudes toward paying for daily news websites today. When I was at university, I met two guys who were editors at the school paper. They needed reporters. They paid. I was back for my second degree and essentially broke. So I did some writing for them and liked it and soon switched to a journalism program.

Bernie O’Neill I later got a job at a community newspaper and have been with community newspapers ever since, as a reporter and then editor. I never planned on being a columnist as well. I always thought that was for the brave and the brash, who “tell it like it is”, despite the complexities of real life. Although I should tell you that, in the Ontario Community Newspapers Association Awards, I have been nominated for my column six times, either as opinion columnist or humour columnist of the year. And placed second twice and third four times. With one honourable mention. Meaning? I guess they thought my writing was pretty humourous, just not that humourous, or opinionated, but maybe not opinionated enough. Which is fine with me. As Frank Sinatra said, I did it my way. I wasn’t writing for the accolades anyway. I was trying to make you laugh and maybe think. Or at least smile and read to the end. (One year I placed first in the Suburban Newspapers of America awards for all of North America as the best community newspaper columnist, so obviously those judges knew what they were doing and knew what I was doing! Even if I didn’t always feel like I knew what I was doing.) This is my last week as editor — I’m taking a voluntary buyout package the company is offering — and I want to say thank you to all of you who have read the paper, the website and my column over the years. I am not sure what my next job will be, but I hope it will be something where I get to inform and entertain people, and contribute to something that is important to our lives, like community news. Until then, it has been my privilege. Bernie O’Neill is editor of sister papers the Markham Economist and the Vaughan Citizen.

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Could Canada elect a Trump-like leader? Here in Canada, the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency is a terrifying one. The real-estate mogul and reality TV star has been building support on a campaign of bigotry, misogyny and violence. While his campaign is still trailing that of former secretary of state and senator Hillary Clinton, the gap in polls is narrow and it is conceivable that Trump might prevail in November. To put it another way: The leader of our closest neighbour, biggest trading partner and longtime ally might be a white-supremacistapproved, lying, narcissistic tyrant. The only comfort we might take in this distressing scenario: at least something like that could never happen here. Or could it? Our parliamentary system treats executive power very differently than the American bicameral system. Indeed, in some ways a prime minister with a firm majority can exercise far more power than a president whose party doesn’t also control both the House of Representatives and the Senate. A Trump-like prime minister could make profound changes to our country, with few to none of the checks on the power of a like-minded president. But could such a prime minister be elected here? Our nomination process means it’s less likely any party would choose such a polarizing figure as its leader, and in a federal election, voters aren’t faced with a simple choice between two candidates, as in the U.S.

It would be naive to think that Canadians are immune to the kind of xenophobic bigotry and nativism that has fuelled Trump’s rise. At its core, Trump’s success depends on two things — people who are profoundly worried about their future and a society where systemic racism makes it easy to blame “the other” for its problems. We have both here. In 2015, when Stephen Harper’s Conservatives banned women from wearing niqabs when taking citizenship oaths, vowed to revoke citizenship to dual citizens convicted of terrorism and touted a snitch line for “barbaric cultural practices,” the party had strong support, as evidenced by numerous polls. We can reassure ourselves with the Conservative loss in the election. Yet, as Trump doubles down on his plan to deport illegal immigrants and bar Muslims from entering the U.S., Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch (who fronted the unappealing snitch line) is promoting a plan to screen out immigrants who hold “anti-Canadian values”. A Forum Research poll shows that 67 per cent of Canadians and 87 per cent of Conservative supporters like the idea. Does that mean that Canadians are ready to elect a Donald Trump? We like to think not. But we’d like to think the same of our friends south of the border. What do you think? Share your opinion at newsroom@yrmg.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Politicians should represent the people I have written to Premier Kathleen Wynne and Steven Del Duca about the recent tax relief on electricity, which is a joke, and, as usual, MPP Del Duca never answers my letters or calls and Ms Wynne sent me a form letter reply. The provincial Liberals are responsible for a 40-per-cent increase in hydro rates and throwing us back the 8 per cent provincial tax does not go far enough to give consumers a break. They claim they can fund it with a billion dollar slush fund. Why are they creating slush funds and not helping the very people who elected them? Throughout all levels of government, the public is fed up with self-serving politicians who only impede our lives and make things worse. We need a fresh look at the

SEND A LETTER: Email letters to editor to newsroom@yrmg.com no-good politicians and need a new party — perhaps called the people party — that actually does its job. We must throw the current politicians out in the next election and find good people who will listen and actually lower our taxes and stop spending on nonsense. Flood your MPP with faxes, emails and letters to force them to listen and actually do their jobs. Don’t accept these outrageous increases in hydro and let them know.

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A major challenge for residents in the cluster of condo towers known as Thornhill’s World on Yonge is noise, says Jakov Zaidman, president of the area’s new ratepayer association, which was formed about two months ago. Staff from a car dealership across the street from his condo tower regularly use car alarms to locate cars in the parking lot, he said. “It happens all day, every day, non-stop,” Zaidman said. The dealership is one of several at the corner of Yonge Street and Meadowview Avenue, on the Vaughan side of Yonge Street. “During the day, it is not a big deal. At night, it is noticeable, a loud noise,” Zaidman said. Vaughan’s bylaw only allows the use of car horns in a traffic emergency, he said. Zaidman also said residents are bothered by noise coming from nearby trains. It could be argued that residents knew there would be noise when they moved into World on Yonge condos not far from the busy intersection of Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue. However, the expectation was because the train tracks are on ground level, it would help control the noise above, Zaidman said. But the noise bounces up, he said, adding he hopes one day the installation of a fence or sound barrier along the train tracks will improve the situation.

Freight trains moving from high-density areas of Toronto through Vaughan and Markham are also a problem, Zaidman said. “We are moving the problem from one high-density area to another. The problem is going to get worse. The problem needs to be moved somewhere else.” The trains are moving through Thornhill on tracks within a few hundred feet of the World on Yonge condos, he said. His association plans to work with the nearby Grandview Area Residents Association to deal with the noise problem. “We are joining forces to influence the municipalities (Vaughan and Markham) and York Region and Toronto and the province to solve the problem properly,” he said. Zaidman is married with two grown children and runs a security consulting business called InterLAN Consulting Inc. He is on the board of Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto and lives in a World on Yonge condo. Markham Councillor Valerie Burke said she is aware of the issue of increased train traffic. “Everbody is dealing with it across the line,” she said. This is a federally regulated area, Burke said, adding she suggested Zaidman contact Peter Kent, since he is Thornhill’s federal MP. To reach World on Yonge Ratepayers Association, e-mail yrscc1271@rogers.com

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Hilda avenues. The $40,000 in funding Springfarm Ratepayers Association requires would be used to hire specialized planners and lawyers, said TaradayLevy, the president of the association (see inset photo front page). She emphasized that this is a large amount for the association. “We are not professional fundraisers, she said at Thornhill’s Garnet A. Williams Community Centre meeting last Wednesday. “We need help. We are willing to do whatever it takes to raise that $40,000.” She issued a warning to the crowd gathered in the community centre. “If we can’t defend our position at the Ontario Municipal Board, you will take whatever the OMB decides.” Residents are not opposed to having a developer build in the area of Sobeys plaza, according to Taraday-Levy. Rather, they oppose the height of the proposed building. “They are objecting to the 18-20 storey highrise being shoehorned into a small plot of land,” she said. The height of RioCan’s proposed building exceeds the height allowed in the City of Vaughan’s official plan designation. The official plan allows

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Going to the Ontario Municipal Board to fight the development of Sobeys plaza could cost $40,000. Pam Taraday-Levy announced the estimate last week at Springfarm Ratepayers Association’s annual general meeting, saying the funds were needed to fight a planned highrise project. In November of 2015, RioCan presented its plan to develop the plaza, formally known as SpringFarm Marketplace, at a packed residents meeting. At that point, the plan included building an 18-storey highrise with retail and a stacked townhouse block. The plaza currently includes a kosher Sobeys, kosher Second Cup, kosher restaurants and an Israel’s The Judaica Centre, as well as a Shoppers Drug Mart and a drycleaner. Since RioCan’s 2015 presentation, two storeys have been added to the highrise. RioCan, a real estate investment trust company, has said that it intends to keep Sobeys and perhaps other commercial businesses in the redesign of the plaza in Thornhill, located near Clark and

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Group of Seven founder J.E.H. MacDonald’s former Thornhill home plays host to a community arts festival this weekend. The I.AM (Intergenerational Arts Movement) Community Arts Festival runs Friday from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m., Saturday and Sunday

from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. at J.E.H. MacDonald House, 121 Centre St., Thornhill. The event, one of hundreds taking place nationwide for Culture Days, features an open mic night with spoken word artists, a participatory African dance performance and a parade from William Armstrong House to MacDonald House that wraps up with

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Billionaire businessman Vic De Zen, and his family, delivered a $10 million boost to the Vaughan hospital fundraising campaign. “Vaughan is where my family was raised, and also continues to live; where I built a successful business with thousands of employees (who live) here and in the surrounding area,” the 74-year-old, longtime Woodbridge resident told a large crowd gathered at city hall Tuesday for the donation announcement. “I’m really proud to be able to give back to this great city, and help the community, by helping to build a world-class hospital in Vaughan. They need it and they deserve it.” De Zen’s donation is the largest, to date, from an individual to the Mackenzie Health Foundation’s $250-million fundraising campaign to help cover the cost of building and equipping the hospital, for which the final price tag has yet to be revealed. In recognition of the gift, the main lobby of the hospital, now slated for completion in 2020, will be named the Vic De Zen Family Welcome Centre. “This is, indeed, a very exciting time for

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Rosh Hashanah being marked across southern York Region By Simone Joseph

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Reform synagogue Temple Kol Ami is offering free holiday services for the first time. The Thornhill synagogue is expecting about 50 extra people, Rabbi Micah Streiffer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is an opportunity for Kol Ami to share its unique style with families who might be looking for a different kind of synagogue experience. Our services are interactive and musical, featuring guitars

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War veteran Terry Goodwin was dedicated to his community BY CHRIS SIMON

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erry Goodwin dedicated a good portion of life to serving his community and adopted country. The longtime Thornhill resident and former air force bomber, school board trustee and Vaughan town councillor died Aug. 6 in the veterans’ wing at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He had celebrated his 96th birthday a few days prior. He earned the Vaughan Ward 5 Civic Hero Award in 2006, an honour that was practically created for Goodwin, current Vaughan Councillor Alan Shefman said in a half joking way.

‘EVERY POSITIVE ATTRIBUTE’ “He expressed every positive attribute of what a civic hero could be,” Shefman said, adding he considered Goodwin a mentor and friend. “He was a person I really looked up to.” Goodwin was born in Schenectady, New York and raised in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. Taking leave from the University of Pennsylvania in January 1941, he travelled north to Canada to Longtime Thornhill resident and war veteran Terry Goodwin (left) was honoured as a civic hero by Vaughan enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Councillor Alan Shefman. Force, as many other Americans tion rate was five per cent per trip Airlines, then married Evelyn Cook The family moved to Thornhill in did prior to the Japanese attack on at the time. of Toronto in 1948. They moved 1952 and lived there until 2005. Pearl Harbor. After his initial trip in an outdat- to Philadelphia where he worked He joined the Vaughan TownGoodwin learned to fly Tiger ed twin engine Hampden bomber, for an air cargo company, named ship School Board in 1960, and Moths and Harvards at Malton he did one tour in Lancaster bomb- Winged Cargo, flying cattle and became a Canadian citizen. His and Dunnville, Ontario. In January ers, trained pilots to fly Wellington freight to the Caribbean and Cen- community service continued with 1942, he successfully crossed the bombers, then did 75 missions in tral America. a municipal councillor position in Atlantic Ocean in 17 days. GoodMosquitos. Goodwin relocated to work Vaughan which he held for about win flew 106 trips — an incredible Returning to the US after the for Winged Cargo in Toronto and a decade. accomplishment given the attri war was over, he flew for American began building a family.

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Goodwin’s civic engagement continued into his later years, as he became a vocal advocate for public transit and, until the age of 95, annually spoke to local students on Remembrance Day. He also delivered countless deputations at council. Shefman recalls his first in-person meeting with Goodwin in 2004. He was approached by Goodwin, a tall, elderly and “ramrod straight” looking gentleman who was wearing a blue blazer with an air force logo on the chest. “My first contact with Terry was the year I was first elected,” Shefman said. “He came up to me and in a gravelly voice started telling me about various things I should be doing. I found out very quickly he was a constituent living a few blocks from where I lived. He would show up at many of our meetings, always in the same outfit, well presented and always very articulate on his issues of concern. He was a great critic. Over time, I really began to like this man.” Goodwin would call Shefman frequently and they’d often spend 30 minute to one hour on the phone. But there was often great dialogue and, while Goodwin had critiques, he always presented alternative solutions to issues. Goodwin loved outdoor activities including tobogganing, hiking and camping and his family took trips to a cottage in Weekapaug every summer. He is survived by sons Fred and Phil, daughters-in-law Marilyn and Charleen, four grandchildren, a great-granddaughter and sister Polly

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Metroland Media York Region South INVITATION TO BID Metroland Media is accepting tenders to store/transport/count and deliver our weekly newspapers and flyers to carrier drop locations within the Southern York Region area 3-4 times per week. The successful contractor will be responsible for trucking product from the North York distribution center, storing and sorting product within their own location (approx. 75 un-stackable skids) and delivering broken out product to carriers within delivery deadlines; completing all flyer deliveries by Wednesday’s at 3:00PM and all newspaper deliveries by Thursday’s at 2:00PM to all carrier drops. All applicants must be a registered business, have a cargo van or cube truck, storage facility and a valid HST number. Bid packages available at the Reception desk of: Metroland Media Toronto 175 Gordon Baker Rd. Toronto, ON M2H 0A2 Bids will be received until 12:00 noon Monday, October 3, 2016 ATT: Circulation Manager Contract commencing: October 17, 2016 Lowest or any bids will not necessarily be accepted. Only the successful Company will be contacted.

Tenders

Metroland Media York Region South INVITATION TO BID Metroland Media is accepting tenders to deliver our weekly newspapers and flyers to carrier drop locations within the Southern York Region area 3 times per week. This entails picking up the product at our North York location on Tuesday’s, completing all flyer deliveries by Wednesday’s at 3:00PM and all newspaper deliveries by Thursday’s at 2:00PM to all carrier drops. All applicants must be a registered business, have a cargo van or cube truck and a valid HST number. Bid packages available at the Reception desk of: Metroland Media 175 Gordon Baker Rd. Toronto, ON M2H 0A2 Bids will be received until 12:00 noon Monday, October 3, 2016 ATT: Circulation Manager Contract commencing: October 17, 2016 Lowest or any bids will not necessarily be accepted. Only the successful Company will be contacted.

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Home Renovations

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22 Based on full-line brands, on 12 month, year over year rolling unit sales

REDLINECLEAROUT WITH HUGE CASH DISCOUNTS THESE 2016’S ARE GOING FASTER THAN EVER.

4,000

2016 ROGUE IS AWARDED WITH

When equipped with Forward Emergency Braking

SL AWD Premium model shown▲

22,998

◆

ON 2016 ROGUE S FWD

CHECK OUT THE GREAT INCENTIVES FOR CURRENT NISSAN OWNERS UNDER THE NISSAN CANADA FINANCE LOYALTY PROGRAM • ENDS SEPTEMBER 30TH 5 LocAtionS to Serve you BeSt.

JANE ST. HWY 7 HWY 407

HWY 48

HWY 404

RUTHERFORD

YONGE ST.

HWY 400

(905) 780-7771

MARTINGROVE

11667 Yonge St. (Just N. Of Elgin Mills)

STOUFFVILLE RD/MAIN

ELGIN MILLS

9TH LINE

alta NiSSaN richMONd hill

DAVIS DRIVE

LESLIE STREET

www.altagroup.ca

HWY 7 HWY 407

Offers available from September 1-30, 2016. **Loyalty Bonus (“Offer”) is available only to eligible customers who, in the 90 days preceding the date of lease/finance of an Eligible New Vehicle (defined below), have leased or financed a 2007 or newer Nissan, Honda, Toyota or Hyundai brand vehicle (an “Existing Vehicle”) within past 90-days. Eligibility for the Offer will be determined by Nissan Canada Inc. (“NCI”) in its sole discretion. Proof of current ownership/lease/finance contract will be required. Offer is not transferable or assignable, except to the current owner’s spouse or a co-owner/co-lease of the existing vehicle (either of whom must reside within the same household as the intended recipient of the offer). Individuals who purchased/leased a vehicle under a business name can qualify for the program provided that the new deal is not a fleet deal and that the individual can provide valid documentation that they are the registered primary owner of the business. If the eligible customer elects to lease or finance a new and previously unregistered model year 2016 Nissan brand vehicle (excluding NV, Fleet and daily rentals) (an “Eligible New Vehicle”) through Nissan Canada Finance Inc. (collectively “NCF”), then he/she will receive a specified amount of NCF Loyalty Bonus, as follows: (i) 2016 Altima ($2,000); (ii) 2016 Micra/Versa Note/Sentra ($500); (iii) 2016 Juke/Rogue ($600); (iv) 2016 Pathfinder ($800); (v) 2016 Titan XD ($1,000). Loyalty Dollars will be applied after taxes. Offer is combinable with other NCF incentives, but is not combinable with the Nissan Loyalty program. Offer valid on vehicles delivered between September 1 -30, 2016. *Fully stackable cash discount of 4,000 will be deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes and is applicable only to customers purchasing, financing or leasing any 2016 Rogue S FWD (Y6RG16 AA00). ◆Clearout price of $22,998 on 2016 Rogue S FWD (Y6RG16 AA00). ▲Models shown $37,474 Selling price for a new 2016 Rogue SL AWD Premium (Y6DG16 BK00). Offers include freight and PDE charges ($1,795) air-conditioning levy ($100), applicable fees (all which may vary by region), manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation where applicable. License, registration, insurance and applicable taxes are extra. Offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers except stackable trading dollars. Vehicles and accessories are for illustration purposes only. See your dealer or visit Nissan.ca/Loyalty. For more information, see www.iihs.org. See your participating Nissan retailer for complete details. Certain conditions apply. ©2016 Nissan Canada Inc.

|The Thornhill Liberal | Thursday, September 29, 2016

The Thornhill Liberal | Thursday, September 29, 2016 |