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Heated exchanges pepper Clock Tower public meeting

BY CHRIS [email protected]

uch like a playoff bas-ketball game, a public meeting can sometimes become a scrappy, sloppy slugfest.

Crammed into the stuffy council chambers at Newmarket town hall Monday night, in a scene reminiscent of an old arena where the crowd seems to sit directly over top of the court, about 250 people participated in a public meeting for the zoning bylaw amend-ment application for the clock tower.

The Pro and anti-clock tower forces

stood out from the opening tip off, but they stayed respectful early on, as if try-ing to get a feel for their opponents and the general pace of the game.

More than 100 people filed into the chambers when the seats in the council gallery were filled, some sat in chairs placed in the aisles and the rest were placed in three overflow rooms. Town employees directed traf-fic in the parking lot. No one wanted to miss this start.

The Pro side took first possession, as the developer for the site, Bob Forrest,

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Will planned growth protect Greenbelt?

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BY RACHAEL WILLIAMS AND LISA QUEEN

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epending on who you ask, Ontarios plans to expand the Greenbelt and manage growth will either result in

unwieldy intensification or protect the environment.

The push is for intensifica-tion. At the end of the day, what were looking at is more condos and more townhouses. What the growth plan really does is restrict housing choice, Joe Vaccaro, executive director of the Ontario Home Builders Association said. Everyone is going to have to build up. What does building up mean in places like Markham, where they have unbelievable condo growth? What does it look like?

But Newmarket-Aurora MPP Chris Ballard says the province is taking steps to protect the envi-ronment.

Were growing the Greenbelt. I think its really exciting because the Oak Ridges Moraine was one of the top five things I heard at the door when I was knocking. People are very concerned about

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Over-protective parents doing harm to their kids

BY TERESA [email protected]

hile many are quick to point a finger of blame at cellphones and video games for childrens sed-

entary lifestyles, one expert suggests adults should first take a long look in the mirror.

Drew Mitchell, physical literacy director for Cana-dian Sport for Life, addressed a crowd gathered at Seneca College in King last week during a physical literacy summit hosted by Sport Aurora.

The audience represented stakeholders encom-passing education, health, business, government and the sport-minded folks eager to discover the definition and practical applications of physical lit-eracy.

Kids want to move. Its essentially their first lan-guage but, for the most part, they dont because we, as adults, say they cant, Mitchell said.

Adults have become the barrier to activity.Every day, children and adults are glued to

screens and whether it be a cellphone, computer,

tablet or TV, inactivity isnt a physiological issue, its a behavioural issue, Mitchell added.

He reminds us of past decades, including his own, when children would rush out the door to play with friends or explore the neighbourhood for miles to return home only for meals or when the street-lights came on.

Adults have become the barrier to activity.

That is no longer the reality as children are con-fined to backyards or indoors due to safety concerns, digital distractions provided by adults and loaded family schedules.

Parents in Maryland taught their children how to safely go to the park a mile from their home without an adult but the police picked them up three times while walking home and the parents were charged with abandonment, he said. This is something we have to look at because it has become a societal view.

Farmers market, story pod return to CommonsBY CHRIS [email protected]

wo familiar sites re-opened at Riverwalk Commons during the weekend.

The opening day of the Newmarket Farmers Market coincided with the re-launch of the HollisWealth Story Pod May 7.

The story pod, a community-

supported lending library, will be available near the south entrance of Riverwalk during the warm-weath-er months. Its designed like a book two walls of the black square pod open as if you are folding back pages in the middle of a novel. Inside, there are shelves of books and two wooden benches, where

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Jessica Milburn of East GwillImbury uses a physical literacy technique to stimulate an infants brain by covering and un-covering a ball during a recent summit on youth activity

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A map illustrates the greenbelt swath across the length of Lake Ontario.

Pro, anti-development sides cant see eye to eye

protecting the environment, pro-tecting the Oak Ridges Moraine and growing the Greenbelt.

Ballard says intensification is needed to support public transit infrastructure, but the province

still wants to protect our sense of communities.

I think the way the world is going is higher densities. But I understand in the GTHA there is enough residential land identi-fied to allow us to build for the next 20 years without urban sprawl. We have to make sure its sustainable growth. That means making sure people can walk to a

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Newmarket resident Margaret Davis spoke to council Monday night during a public meeting on the proposed Main Street clock tower development. About 250 people attended the meeting.

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transit line or a GO station line or they are within an easy commute of transit. Thats what people tell us they want, he said.

We have to have balanced com-munities. We cant have people liv-ing cheek by jowl if we dont have adequate greenspace, if we dont have parks, if we dont have trails where they can walk from their house to school or to work. We have to plan for all those sorts of things. We cant just shoehorn people in without all the amenities that make it a complete community.

Hinged on recommendations from a land use planning review advisory panel, chaired by former Toronto mayor David Crombie, the province has proposed a number of plans to mitigate urban sprawl and support the protection of natural heritage.

Tim Gray, executive director of environment defence, applauded the announcement.

More Ontarians want to live in mixed-use walkable neighbour-hoods that are close to amenities like public transit.

The stronger intensification targets in the Growth Plan should help slow unnecessary low-density sprawl that is bad for the environ-ment, expensive to provide services to and diminishes quality of life in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, Gray added.

However, the province must ensure these targets are mandatory. Only then will the Growth Plan cre-ate complete communities across the region that are affordable and sustainable.

The move is receiving initial sup-port from the Opposition.

It is a very important step that has been undertaken here, York-Simcoe MPP Julia Munro said.

But, she did voice concerns, as well.

If they dont get it right, theyre using up class one farmland that is a non-renewable resource. They also run the risk of looking at subdivi-sion planning and that sort of thing without the balancing infrastructure and the cost of that infrastructure. Theres nothing in here about how its going to be funded or how long it will take.

Wayne Emmerson, York Region chair, said the region looks forward to reviewing the announcement.

Our Official Plan and support for urban city building along our key centres and corridors position the region well to respond to the direc-tion of the amendments. Our long-range planning aims to help build complete communities around our growing population.

Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Ted McMeekin said the plan is a bold step forward for the environment and managing growth in communities.

The changes we are proposing would promote compact, vibrant communities that would support jobs and public transit, and reward us with an expanded Greenbelt, he said.

Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry Bill Mauro, Minister of Transportation Steven Del Duca and Minister of Finance and MPP for Mississauga South Charles Sousa joined McMeekin to announce the proposed changes Tuesday at the Port Credit Memorial Arena in Mis-sissauga.

Amendments include strength-ening protections for employment lands and transit corridors; requir-ing zoning along transit corridors to provide adequate density; requir-ing at least 60 per cent of annual new residential development to be within the existing built-up area of a city; and increasing density targets for greenfield areas.

These land use plans go hand-in-hand with $31.5 billion in transit investments from the province, said Del Duca.

And, with the population of the Greater Golden Horseshoe fore-casted to grow by around four mil-lion over the next 25 years, the time to c-oordinate transit planning, land use and infrastructure investments is now, according to Crombie.

The province plans to unveil a long-term affordable housing strat-egy in a few weeks, he said.

Proposed recommendations for expanding the Greenbelt include adding lands in 21 major urban river valleys and seven associated coastal wetlands.

Open houses will be held this month and into June to allow the public to provide input on the pro-posed amendments.

People want to live next to transit, MPP says

When we grow, we need to grow up ... but what will that mean to our Greenbelt?Depends who you talk to

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Active children have better overall health

While adults are well intentioned when trying to protect children, scaled-back playgrounds and setting too many rules, such as nixing tree climbing, limits confi-dence, sense of adventure and the learn-ing experiences children gain from a wide range of physical activities.

Whats worse? Breaking an arm as a kid or dying of diabetes when you are 40? he asked.

Children who are physically active are less prone to becoming overweight, have increased cognitive development, bet-ter motor skills, are more resilient after an injury, have better bone and muscle strength and a healthier heart. Children are also much more social when they are active.

Yet, this is not incentive enough to make us change our behaviour, he said. Do children have do drop dead in the school yard before we begin to change?

Statistics show children lack the basic fundamental movement skills due to the lack of practice. Sport organizations spend more time during practices teaching the basics such as jumping, throwing a ball, kicking a ball, skipping and more.

Learning to move is just as important as learning to read or write, Mitchell said.

He admits it isnt an issue that will be solved overnight, in a day, a year or even 10 years, but society and community leaders need to begin to get on the path that will create change.

People may think it is too big of an issue, but look at smoking, he said. That health issue went from making smoking indoors unacceptable and a ban on smok-ing outdoors near public areas. That led to legislation and millions of dollars on public education, which led to a severe decline over the past decade in the number of peo-ple who smoke. This proves there is a light at the end of the tunnel, Mitchell added.

Canadas reality:4 Fewer children walk to school, there

is a lack of physical education specialists in schools and many kids arent allowed to roam freely in green spaces.

4 Children are missing movement basics; some have never played on a play-ground or know how to throw a ball.

4 In 1970, 10 per cent of the population was obese. By 2010, that number climbed to 27 per cent and those numbers continue to rise.

485 per cent of the population is sed-entary.

462 per cent of the population is over-weight.

42.5 million people live with diabetes.

What needs to change?4Physical literacy needs to be valued

on par with literacy and numeracy in the education system.

4Educators, including Early Child-

hood Educators, need to be trained in physical literacy instruction.

4The health care system needs to put more of a focus on prevention as active people heal more quickly.

4Increase opportunities for time-on-task where children engage in independent practice of movement skills.

4Parents need to encourage children to participate in a wide variety of sports or activities, not push to specialize in one sport early, so a child can develop many movement skills.

4Community leaders and volunteers need to be trained in physical literacy.

4Sectors need to work together; physi-cal literacy programs can begin in schools and spill out into municipal programming to encourage more participation.

4Society needs to encourage and teach basic movement skills because con-fident movers are more likely to participate and engage in physical activity for life.

To assess your child or get tips on how to get active, visit physicalliteracy.ca or canadasportforlife.ca.

The state of Aurora and York Region childrens health:

The Windfall Ecology Centre undertook a needs analysis for the Aurora community as part of the Healthy Kids Community Challenge Aurora program.

The results show:4Less than 60 per cent of Aurora chil-

dren are physically active every day4Children under 14 make up 22 per

cent of the towns population4In 2013, 25 per cent of York Region

students were overweight or obese, up from 21 per cent in 2011

4Children 0 to 4 need 180 minutes of activity a day, five to 17, 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity per day, only 19 per cent of children in York Region are meeting the guidelines

4More than 40 per cent of students in grades 3 and 6 take part in sports every day and just more than 20 per cent of Grade 3 students and less than 20 per cent of Grade 6 students take part in sports less than twice a week

4Less than 50 per cent of York Region students eat fruits and vegetables daily and less than 30 per cent eat them more than once daily

4The barriers to a healthy lifestyle in Aurora include high consumption of unhealthy food, lack of transit, fear of safe-ty outdoors, overly protective parents, lack of spontaneous neighbourhood play, infor-mation overload, funding for programs, competing programs, lack of resources, time and more.

To read the full assessment, go to media.zuza.com/1/1/11b11e50-2329--4020-99b0-851908480756/A_Needs_Assessment.pdf

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The market runs every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., until the last weekend of October. It averages

more than 40 vendors throughout the season and more than 800

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The story pod demonstrates the type of innovation and creative design you can expect to see from the town in the years ahead, Mayor Tony Van Bynen said, before helping to cut the ribbon and officially open the pod for the season.

The story pod has certainly put an inter-

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The pod has been praised in 43 publica-tions, including the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and Azure Magazine.

Meanwhile, the story pod page on the towns website has generated more than one million views, he said.

It was nominated for two major architec-tural awards and earned the Parks and Recre-ation Ontario Excellence in Design honour.

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TwEEn sCEnEMay 14, 11 a.m. to noon.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Mount Albert branch, 19300 Centre St.Ages 8 - 11 years. Free Drop In May: Do you have what it takes to be a super spy like James Bond? Come to Spy Day for fun Spy activities. June: Come for a fun and action-packed game of Library Bingo. Win prizes too!

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Tai Chi is one of the top 5 exercises you can ever do according to Harvard Universitys Medical School. Take the first step in improving your overall health and balance. Come check out our beginner class today.Contact: [email protected], 905-836-1219.

nEwmARkET liOnEss ClUB AnnUAl fAsHiOn sHOwMay 15, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.Newmarket Community Centre & Lions Hall, 200 Doug Duncan Dr. Youre invited to attend the annual fashion show & luncheon Sunday. Tickets are $13 and the doors open at 11:30 a.m. Fashions for the whole family by SEARS Newmarket Lunch at 12:30 p.m. Fashion Show 1:30 p.m.Contact: Karen Jackson, [email protected], 905-476-6871.

sOnGs fOR sPRinGMay 15, 3 p.m.Newmarket Seniors Meeting Place, 474 Davis Dr. The Keynotes Seniors Choir presents Songs for Spring at the Newmarket Seniors Meeting Place. Free-will offering and refreshments to follow.Contact: [email protected].

GAmEs DAYMay 15, noon to 5 p.m.Aurora Public Library, Magna Room, 15145 Yonge St. An afternoon of family friendly board games in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. Join us at the Aurora Public Library. Donation of $10 required to play. Snacks and water available for purchase.Info: Amanda Robar, [email protected], 905-727-6554.

A BUDDHisT PERsPECTiVE wiTH GEn kElsAnG sUmAMay 16, 7 to 8:30 p.m.St. Pauls Anglican Church, 227 Church St. in Newmarket. This series of classes is a practical guide to understanding ones mind. You will learn how to recognize and reduce painful ways of thinking and to replace these with meaningful and beneficial views. Although part of a series, each class is self-contained, and consists of guided meditation, a teaching and a discussion. The cost is $10 per class or 5 classes for $40.Contact: Betty Whitehouse, [email protected], 705-733-5255.

fOREsT Of READinG AUTHOR VisiTsMay 16, 12:30 to 2 p.m.Holland Landing Public Library, 19513 Yonge St. Funded by the Writers Union of Canada through the Canada Council for the

Arts and Friends of the EG Library. Please register. Grades K - 3. Elly MacKay author of Butterfly Park.Contact: Heather Alblas, [email protected], 905-836-6492.

BUTTERfliEs & DRAGOnfliEs Of AURORA wORksHOPMay 16, 7 to 9 p.m.Aurora Public Library, 15145 Yonge St. So many things are buzzing in the neighbourhood. Come and learn about some of the most beautiful things with wings in Aurora!Contact: Lissa Dwyer, [email protected], 905-853-3171.

OnEs & TwOsMay 17, 11 to 11:30 a.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Mount Albert branch, 19300 Centre St.Join our interactive program that stimulates the imagination with early literacy activities including books and songs for toddlers.

sHOUT sisTER CHOiR YORk/nEwmARkETMay 17, 1 to 3 p.m.St. Pauls Anglican Church, 227 Church St.Choir always welcoming new members! Shout Sister! takes an unorthodox approach to choral singing. They do not audition and they sing a fun variety of music from pop and Motown, to folk, to a touch of country and blues. Members learn from recorded tracks so they require no reading of music. The method is fresh and fun and we are a warm and welcoming community. You are welcome to attend a practice with no obligation and new members are welcome at any time. Contact: Oriole Claxton, [email protected]: www.shoutsisterchoir.ca

BABYTimEMay 17, 10:15 to 10:45 a.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Mount Albert branch, 19300 Centre St.Share our simple stories, songs, and interactive play with your little one while learning about early literacy for babies.

TAsTE & lEARn - EDAmAmEMay 17, 1 to 2 p.m. or May 18, 7 to 8 p.m.Sobeys extra Aurora, 15500 Bayview Ave. Taste & Learn is a FREE class series offered by Sobeys dietitians. Each class is focused on a particular food (this month is edamame). During the class, you will receive some background information about the food (eg. how to store it, how to cook it and information on the nutritional value). The dietitian will also prepare a recipe for everyone to taste! You will leave the session with new knowledge, a few free recipes and will know what the food tastes like! Registration required. Contact dietitian Colleen to register.Contact: [email protected], 905-726-3397.

mARY CEnTRE GOlf ClAssiC 2016 AT silVER lAkEsMay 17, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Silver Lakes Golf and Conference Centre, 21114 Yonge St. May 17th-A great day of golf followed by a delicious steak dinner at beautiful Silver Lakes. Support our biggest and most important fundraiser. Mary Centre delivers integrated support and creates new opportunities for the benefit of the developmentally challenged, their families and the com-munity in the GTA and York Region. Sign up today at marycentre.com.Contact: 416-630-5533.

nEwmARkET wOmEn in THE sECOnD wORlD wARMay 18, 7:30 to 9 p.m.Newmarket Community Centre, 200 Doug Duncan Dr.Newmarket Historical Societys own Erin Cerenzia, MA, will talk to us about her specialty, World War II, and specifically womens contributions.Contact: Robert Buchan, [email protected].

mEn wAnTED wHO lOVE TO sinGMay 18, 7 to 9:30 p.m.Sharon Hope United Church, 18648 Leslie St.Experience the joy of singing four-part a cappella harmony in the compa-ny of friends, while supporting our communities through various events.Contact: Dave McCaffrey, [email protected], 289-648-6300.

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Roland Pfeiffer sent us this Your Shot of a pair of goslings taken at Mulock Pond earlier this week. Send us Your Shot. The ongoing theme is Nature & Wildlife. Email your high-quality jpegs to editor Tracy Kibble at [email protected].

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EG CHAmBER Of COmmERCE BREAkfAsTMay 17, 7 to 9 a.m.Silver Lakes Golf and Conference Centre, 21114 Yonge St.A special networking breakfast and AGM with special guest speaker York Region Chairman & CEO Wayne Emmerson. For more details visit www.egcoc.org - Reservations required. Ultimate networking cards welcome. Cost: $20 for non-members. Register by May 15. Contact: Suzanne, [email protected], 905-478-8447.

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mERlins HOllOwMay 14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Merlins Hollow, 181 Centre Cres. in Aurora.David and Dierdre Tomlinson invite you to visit their English flower garden, Merlins Hollow, which is open to the community annually rain or shine. This year, you can visit on May 14, June 11, July 2, July 10 and during Doors Open Aurora on Aug. 20. The 3/4-acre garden was started in 1981 by landscape archi-tect David Tomlinson and contains more than 1,500 different plants.Contact: 905-727-8979.

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Confusing how land no longer for cemetery

Re: Report unearths cemetery woes, May 5: bit.ly/1WLh9en

Since moving to Newmarket 18 years ago, I would drive past a plot of land daily on the west side of Leslie Street between Mulock Drive and Gorham Street.

On top of the hill was a sign saying, future Newmarket cem-etery. It now says townhouses. Today, I read about shortage of space at the current Newmarket cemetery.

Confused? Yes. I guess there wouldnt have

been an upcoming shortage of space if this land hadnt changed hands or purposes.

HeatHer LiszonNewmarket

Kudos to Vinces Market for use of free biodegradable bags

I was pleasantly surprised during a recent trip to Vinces Market when my groceries were bagged in biodegradable bags. Oh, unlike most other larger grocery chain stores, these bags were free and the cashier bagged my groceries for me.

Another benefit for me is that I can use these in my green bin. Congratulations and thank you Vinces.

I will be shopping there from now on.

angeLo Kosmidis Newmarket

Board, Town of Newmarket need to work together

Re: Fenced out runner seeks traction on school oval: bit.ly/1T2wx0i and Accelerat-ing growth to our community, column by Newmarket Mayor Tony Van Bynen, April 28: bit.ly/1TD3Sza

Its just grass. For crying out loud, I played

on that field at Huron Heights Secondary School 30 odd years ago and its still grass.

When we played at King City Secondary School, that field was on top of a septic bed.

If the York Region public school board wants to do some-thing, install artificial turf and more than a gravel track and fol-low that up by really meaningful track and field coaching, events and scholarships. And stands people want to sit in.

The town and the board could work together then to have other, bigger events there ... oops, that might take some vision and investment.

Liability my butt this is just more show... same as the stupid Viva line across Davis Drive.

If Mayor Tony Van Bynen believes that feedback from

Parents biggest barrier when it comes to out-of-shape kids

our community has been posi-tive..., he is out of touch with the majority of people in New-market.

These are simply two cases of all hat, no horse wasteful spending on things that look nice but dont return anything except to a very few. And mostly its just about image.

Van Bynen, again, mentions in his column about the towns recent successes, but fails to actually say what they are. How about just name one?

Both issues come down to the same things short-sightedness, greed and ego, poor planning and a lack of com-munity.

We all have to take some responsibility for these issues. If you need reminding of that every time you enter Newmar-ket now, you will be able to see the signs that will remind you. More waste.

And the new historic Main Street sign at Main and Davis? You cant get there and there is nowhere to park because the whole area is just sprawl.

And, really. Does historic Main start at Davis? Maybe on a map, but not in reality.

And Davis, east of the hospi-tal, looks pretty dumpy.

Lets be honest. Except for the hospital, the whole road looks dumpy. How about some real policy to make it vibrant again?

Or we could just put up a sign and say Welcome to His-toric Huron Street and re-name it, too.

So, spend money on the Tom Taylor Trail, but keep people off the track and build a bus route no one uses.

tom HowardNewmarket

Thanks to Aurora blood donors

On behalf of Canadian Blood Services and our territory man-ager, Elaine St. Pierre, I would like to thank Aurora residents who give blood.

Because of their generosity, we collected more than 1,100 units of lifesaving blood from this community in the past year.

We truly rely on these dona-tions. And, for this reason, we need them to keep their appointments. When donors dont call us to cancel, one cru-cial unit of blood goes uncol-lected.

Although donors may think that there is another donor wait-ing to take their place, if they miss their appointment, this isnt the case.

These donors are among less than 4 per cent of eligible blood donors who currently sustain the blood system for all Cana-dians.

To meet current and future needs, itll take 100,000 new regular blood donors across the country this year and 18,000 units of blood per week.

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ts time to ground helicopter parenting permanently.

During a physical literacy summit hosted by Sport Aurora at Seneca Colleges King Cam-

pus last week, Drew Mitchell, physi-cal literacy director for Canadian Sport for Life, didnt mince words in laying blame as to why so many chil-dren lead sedentary lifestyles.

While noting children and adults alike probably get far too much screen time and not nearly enough activity, Mitchell suggested that overly safety-conscious parents may be among the larger impediments to getting kids moving.

Kids want to move. Its essen-tially their first language, but, for the most part, they dont because we, as adults, say they cant, he told the various stakeholders who attended the session.

Adults have become the barrier to activity.

Kids want to move. Its essentially their first lan-guage, but, for the most

part, they dont because we, as adults, say they cant.

It wasnt all that long ago when children, whether by choice or parental decree, would spend the majority of their free time outside exploring the neighbourhood or playing at the park with friends.

Curfew was typically when the streetlights came on.

Fast forward to today and many well-intentioned parents perhaps having seen one episode of Law and Order too many choose to keep their kids indoors and/or drive them back and forth from home to one heavily supervised activity after another.

The result? A loss of independence, a dimin-

ished sense of adventure and fewer opportunities for physical literacy.

Statistics show some children dont even know how to properly throw or kick a ball.

For evidence of how far the pen-dulum has swung into absurdity, one only needs to look to news reports where stories can be found of parents being charged with child abandonment for allowing their progeny to walk to a park a mile from the family home and a mother receives a child protective services visit for permitting her three kids to play, unsupervised, in a fully fenced backyard.

Ultimately, parents need to do more to encourage their children to play outdoors, walk to school and generally get active.

Rather than serving as a barrier to fitness, parents should educate their kids on how to play safely and give them the means to do so.

Its a calculated risk, to be cer-tain, but entire generations of kids reached adulthood without a parent in arms reach at all times.

By being too protective, we very well might be doing more harm than good.

Whats worse? Breaking an arm as a kid or dying of diabetes when you are 40? Mitchell asked during the summit.

Its an important question and one we best consider for the sake of our childrens future health and well-being.

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It means we plan to collect 1,152 units of blood from donors in Aurora this year. To do this, we look forward to continued donations from existing donors and hope that 115 local resi-dents will become new donors.

Canadian Blood Services clinics operate every month in this community.

I urge you to make an appointment to give by down-loading the GiveBlood app, visit-ing blood.ca or calling 1-888-2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283).

Somewhere, a patient and their family will be thankful.

Thank you for helping to support the blood system.

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Vaccinations save countless lives each year

Re: Do you know if your child has had his vaccinations?, April 25: bit.ly/1VS96h5

Many thanks the The Era/Banner/Express for publishing this important and life-saving article.

We are winning the war against diseases that can be pre-vented by vaccinations.

One example is measles. Founded in 2001, the Measles

and Rubella Initiative is a global organization with many part-ners, including the Red Cross and the United Nations.

Through this organization, 1.8 billion children have been vaccinated against measles between 2001 and 2014.

As a result, there has been a drop of 75 per cent in the mor-tality rate for measles worldwide between 2001 and 2014.

It is estimated measles vac-cinations prevent one million deaths each year.

Ken sisLerNewmarket

Fort Mac fire makes dramatic

case for being preparedgainst the terrible daily news stories and poignant social media posts about the Fort McMurray con-flagration, Ontario and all

York Region communities marked Emergency Preparedness Week last week.

Although many of us myself included dont pay much attention to safety awareness campaigns held each year, it was impossible to ignore the stark realities illustrating why families should prepare for disaster.

Disaster struck May 3 in the northern Alberta town, and all Cana-dians have been watching in horror as 80,000 people thats the popula-tion of Newmarket were forced to evacuate the flaming ruins of their community.

Can we learn a lesson from this tragedy before its too late for our own families?

The Region of York has a 99-page document on the Risks in our area. But if 99 pages is too daunting and time consuming for you to read, just click on your municipalitys website and find Make an Emergency Plan or Assemble a 72-Hour Kit.

I clicked on the latter for Rich-mond Hill and found a two-page PDF of fairly simple but vital infor-mation and tips to follow to ensure my family is ready for a fire, flood, ice storm or any such emergency.

No one would dare say anymore, that ostrich-head-in-the-sand state-ment: It cant happen here.

The December 2013 ice storm in Vaughan, Markham and Richmond Hill was a true disaster for those who lost power for days or had ice-coated trees topple on their properties.

An even more recent ice storm in March of this year caused $25-million in damage for residents in Newmar-ket and Georgina.

Flooding in a freak July 2013 rain-storm stranded passengers on a Rich-mond Hill-bound GO train.

Those people rescued by rubber dinghies would certainly tell you that disasters can and do happen unexpectedly.

We cant change the weather pat-terns and even the most environ-mentally committed residents know that climate change wont be slowed or solved in a few years or perhaps even in a generation.

The only thing we can do besides donating generously to the Red Cross for fellow Canadians in Fort McMurray ($54 million to date, incredible!) is get our own family ready for any emergency, large or small.

According to a federal emergency link at www.getprepared.gc.ca, it only takes 20 minutes to make a family emergency plan online.

Before you click on the link, con-sider what safe exits you have from your home and neighbourhood; what meeting place you want to reunite with family members at work or school; your plan for pets; and know vital contact numbers for people close by (neighbours) or out of town (family).

Have you seen black humour social media posts from Fort Mac evacuees saying in their panic to flee they took silly things with them such as a bear head trophy off a wall, or junk food treats, leaving behind key and precious objects?

We all need to know where health and insurance documents are, or passports, to grab quickly.

And it may sound mundane, but does each person in your home know the location of fire extinguishers, water valve, electrical panel, gas valve and floor drain?

As each of those 80,000 evacuees would no doubt agree, we should all be prepared for disaster.

Marney Beck is editor of the Thornhill/Richmond Hill Liberal

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pitched his plan for the con-struction of a 165-unit, seven-storey apartment unit complex near the Main and Park Avenue intersection. The finished project could include five ground-floor retail commercial units fronting Main.

We really do recognize the importance of heritage build-ings, he said. We like the idea of retaining them. The plan is to preserve the post office and adaptively reuse it. Were going to maintain the form of the old post office building and set the (apartment) structure well back of the tower. Our goal is to put the clock tower back, in every way as close as we possibly can, to 1914.

Forrest says the heritage facades will be maintained along Main and the project will help revitalize the downtown core.

With the early, uncontested jump shot made, Pro team ring-ers Art Weis, David Kempton and Peggy Stevens hit a few easy buckets on an unorganized Anti defence to extend the early lead. Photographer Greg King nailed a quick lay-up for the Pro side.

Then longtime resident Ann Campbell stole the ball, walked down the court and calmed the pace for the Anti squad.

I am not against the devel-opment of the clock tower, Campbell said to council. Prog-ress and change are needed and inevitable. Main is recognizable as an area of historic impor-tance. (This) out-of-scale devel-opment will distort the beauty of our historical downtown. This cannot be allowed to happen. There are areas clearly more suited for intensification. Do the right thing and enforce your own bylaw.

The Anti side began to battle back. Resident Margaret Davis and BIA members

Anne Martin, Glenn Wilson and Olga Paiva passed the ball around and made successive shots to pull the game even.

Ive seen a lot of develop-ment, but none that upsets me more than this current proposal to destroy our Main Street and the heritage that goes with it, said Davis, who moved to the town when it had a population of 3,500. Once construction starts, people will avoid Main. Davis Drive is a perfect example of that.

The clock tower proposal would consist entirely of rental apartments of up to two bed-rooms in size and ranging between 400 and 900 square feet. Some of the suites could be two storeys.

There would also be under-ground parking for tenants and visitors.

I have concerns with the size of this development and the other large projects that will fol-low, destroying the much desired quaint feeling that our down-town heritage district exudes, Paiva said, before noting the effect construction dust and truck fumes will have on tourism in the area, before taking a shot at Forrest. Surely, no responsible parent will bring their children anywhere near the downtown. In my opinion, Mr. Forrest is an opportunist.

That signalled the start of a bitter grind to the finish. The bench players sitting back in the audience acted as cheerleaders, getting up from their seats at times to applaud their sides and groan at the opposition. When longtime resident and business-woman Jackie Playter made a three-point shot by suggesting a small, very vocal group oppos-es the development, moans of rude and stupid could be heard coming from the back of the stands. The contest

between once respected rivals got personal and ugly.

Main is a street divided, downtown business owner Ted Heald countered a few minutes later. I submit to you this divi-sion has been promoted and fanned by the inappropriate actions of one of your fellow councillors (Joe) Sponga.

Heald suggested there has been an attempt to crush and discredit the legitimate opposi-tion the BIA has shown toward the development.

Mayor Tony Van Bynen, act-ing as referee, stepped in to call a foul. He also ejected Heald from the arena.

Were going to focus on the proposal, he said. If you feel you have an issue with any member of council, theres a process that involves an integrity commissioner. That is where this needs to go. I wont permit you to attack or discredit any mem-ber of this council. Youre out of order, sir. Ill ask you to leave this room.

The sides traded momentum, until resident Douglas Howie hit a buzzer-beating shot to tie the game. He encouraged council to put this on the back burner.

We need to have develop-ment in downtown Newmarket, no question about it, he said. But if a developers going to come in here, stick blinkers on me and five years from now land me beside this, Id think I was in Mississauga. It doesnt look like a downtown, old style building.

Now were heading to over-time, years after this divisive con-test began. Town planning direc-tor Rick Nethery says a report

on the public meeting in Junes council cycle would be an optimis-tic target. So, theres still a way to go. The

sides are diving for the ball,

jumping for

rebounds and working hard to eke out a win.

Then a woman in the cheap seats told this reporter she will stop going to Main Street if the development proceeds. So, with injuries to egos adding up, you have to wonder whom the real winner will be, regardless of the score.

This might feel tense and divided at times, Regional Councillor John Taylor, acting as another referee, said. I hear people speaking with passion and respect. They are bringing forward arguments and ideas and facts and concerns. I heard things on both sides that I hadnt really contemplated before. People, no matter where you stand, care about our downtown. Everyone is doing this because they want to see Newmarket and Main Street as great as it can be. Thats outstanding. This was an excellent discussion. But regard-less of whether this development does or doesnt get approved, whether its a condo or a rental, keep in mind lets not let this ever become about the type of people we want in our commu-nity. There are people working at Tim Hortons; they need a place to live. There are nurses who need to rent and need a place to live. Im not speaking in favour of one side or another. Lets have our debates about the merits. Main Street will survive because of us because we care so much and love our downtown.

Its a timely call for better sportsmanship.

Bruised and bloodied, both sides must look each other in the eyes, shake hands and carry on once the game is done. The winner must be gracious and respectful of the opponent that offered such a strong challenge and, ultimately, made them better equipped for a run at the championship. And the defeated team must concede and admit its loss, take a breather and start to prepare for the rigours of the

next season.

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Community divided over proposed 7-storey clock tower plan

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Developer Bob Forrest, left, makes his case for the proposed Main Street clock tower development. More than 250 people came to Mondays public hearing on the controversial downtown proposal.

GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

QuotableIm in favour of this. What really came

to concern me is what weve got here is two polarized groups. Theyre not really speaking to each other. Much the same

people saying much the same thing. There will be accusation, innuendo (and)

propaganda and it has poisoned the debate. Not much has changed in the

proposal. Theres a wealth of information you can draw on. Sometimes, communi-

ties just get stuck on an issue; council just has to look at fact, rather than pas-

sion. David Kempton

Main Street has changed. Lets let Main Street change again.

Peggy Stevens

When someone comes in and tries to take (your dream) away from you,

you fight them with everything youve got. If councils response is to change

the bylaw, thats an atrocity. Heather Burling

This isnt just about four blocks on Main Street South. This is about our

neighbourhood. It will dominate the neighbourhood, which would be unfor-

tunate. Anne Martin

Im definitely in favour of this devel-opment for many reasons. We have

invested millions of dollars on the revitalization of Main; it is worth it. I feel

intensification is the next step. Jackie Playter

Mr. Forrest, I am your ideal client. I am your ideal advocate. However, this

deputation is in stark protest against (the clock tower). If you can work within

Newmarkets heritage bylaw, you will have broad public support. I urge you to make some tough decisions for the

public good. Mollie Coles Tonn

I am the retail you want. You want my clients. You want to keep me. With this development, how are you going to do that? I want to stay on this street

(and) make it viable. I have been here for 10 years putting all of my resources in

this area. What have I gotten in return? Ive gotten bullied. Scale this develop-ment back. We just dont need seven storeys. Maybe four, if you really, really

want to push it. Jone Wright

Downtown patio project ready to ramp up for season

BY CHRIS [email protected]

Several of your favourite downtown New-market restaurants will be taking their busi-ness outdoors this summer.

Hungry Brew Hops, Little Brew Hops, Made in Mexico and Unika will participate in the towns 2016 downtown patio program. Installation is underway and, weather per-mitting, the patios will be open early this month.

The patio program was introduced as a pilot project last year. Made in Mexico and Hungry Brew Hops participated at that time. Based on a survey the town conducted at the end of that effort, 99 per cent of respondents supported having outdoor patios in down-town Newmarket, 98 per cent thought the area was improved by the initiative.

Initial findings suggest the patios have been successful, town economic develop-ment officer Chris Kallio said, in a recent report to council members. Surveys of patio patrons are nearly universally positive, indicating that more visitors are attracted to Main Street, that patios enhance the down-town and that patrons also strongly tend to connect with other downtown businesses during their visit.

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Local Lions collect donations for Alberta fire victims

The Newmarket Lions Club is helping victims of the wildfire vic-tims in northern Alberta.

Members will collect funds through the clubs charitable trust and proceeds will help communi-ties affected by the fire, including Fort McMurray, recover.

Why donate through the club? Lion Richard Metcalfe asks the community via a media release.

Most charities keep a portion of your donation for administra-tion purposes. The club does not take an administration fee. There-fore, your donation goes further to assist the people who need it.

The money reaches victims quickly because it is distributed to Lions clubs operating within the disaster zone.

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The North Metro Chorus rep-resents York Region at an interna-tional singing competition in Las Vegas next year.

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Allowing youth to focus on a career path that matches their skills and interests will encourage high school students to develop innovative and creative solutions to real industry problems.

Called the specialist high-skills majors program, the high-demand strategy allows students to focus on a specific career path, such as business, hospitality and tourism or health and wellness, while still earning their diploma. The pro-gram is set to accept 2,000 more students and 100 new programs this fall, according to a recent provincial government announce-ment.

In addition, a new innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship module developed with the Uni-versity of Torontos Rotman School of Management will be embed-ded into the program to teach todays students specific skills employers seek.

This is a life changer for a lot of our students because of the certifications they can get and the real-life, hands-on experience of finding a solution to a real life problem, York Region District School Board principal of curricu-lum and instruction services Sheila

Hetherington said. These are skills all of our stu-

dents would benefit from and we are hoping the module will, even-tually, be included for everyone, not just this program.

The public board ran three pilots of the new module this year and one of the greatest benefits is having students reach out to the community to find sectors that need solutions.

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Heights Secondary School health and wellness majors worked with a local hospital to find out its needs and used the module to develop usable solutions.

These students are getting opportunities they wouldnt get in class, York Region District School Board curriculum co-ordinator Lori Rice said.

It really allows a student to shed a light on career paths and decide if what they are pursuing

is what they want or even dont want.

Currently, 32 public and 13 separate secondary schools in York Region run these high skills programs with 3,394 students enrolled.

Secondary schools can apply for the programs that are relevant to students in the area.

New York Region programs, set to launch this fall, include busi-ness at Markhams St. Augustine Catholic High School, hospital-ity and tourism at Auroras St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High School, arts and culture at Dr. G. W. Williams Secondary School, health and wellness at Dr. John M. Denison Secondary School in Newmarket and Milliken Mills High School in Markham, as well as information and communica-tions technology at Richmond Hills Langstaff Secondary School.

In addition to the expansion of the program, Ontario will also be expanding the dual credit pro-gram, one that helps students earn credits that count toward their high school diplomas, as well as their post-secondary certificates, college diplomas, degrees or apprenticeship certifications, to include 400 more students across the province.

These are skills all of our students would benefit from and we are hoping the module will, eventually, be included for everyone, not

just this program.

IN PHOTO: Ontario has an-nounced a new module and expansion for the specialist high skills majors program that allows high school students to specialize their courses in certain industry fields. Here, Sir William Mulock Secondary School student, Alissa Jolly, who will attend the kinesiol-ogy program at Western University next year, cares for an ill patient, which is actually a high-tech dummy capable of mimicking a variety of symptoms.


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