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By Simone [email protected]
A woman has filed an official human rights complaint after being asked to breastfeed her child in a Thornhill community centre washroom last week.
Sarah Lambersky was visiting Rosemount Community Centre with her 16-month-old daughter the morning of April 12 to par-ticipate in a drop-in program for parents and toddlers.
The 34-year-old mom was sit-ting on the floor breastfeeding her daughter, Estée, when a staff mem-ber approached and said someone in the class was uncomfortable with her breastfeeding. The employee added that a past participant had had an issue with someone else who had been breastfeeding.
The first staff member spoke to a second employee, who also came up to Lambersky and asked her to move.
This second employee said it was policy to ask people to use the bathroom if they need to breast-feed a child. Lambersky asked whose policy it was: the City of Vaughan’s, the community center’s or the policy of the drop-in class?
Lambersky said she was told it is the policy at the class.
She told The Liberal she had seen the washroom and said it “looked like a dark closet”.
Lambersky said she told the staff person it was not her problem that someone was uncomfortable with the sight of her breastfeeding and if they had a problem, they could come speak with her directly.
Lambersky remained seated on the floor and allowed her daughter to finish feeding. Then, she left.
In an emailed letter of complaint to The Liberal Lambersky wrote: “A request to breastfeed in an enclosed space away from public view, in a baby and toddler program, is nei-ther warranted nor justified and reminiscent of the 1950s.”
She pointed out that it also vio-lates human rights in Ontario and has filled out paperwork for an offi-cial human rights complaint.
According to the Ontario Human Rights Code, breastfeeding mothers have the right to breastfeed a child in a public area. “No one should prevent you from breastfeeding your child simply because you are in a public area. They should not ask you to ‘cover up,’ disturb you, or ask you to move to another area that is more ‘discreet’.” (ohrc.on.ca).
The City of Vaughan’s recreation
services sent Lambersky a letter of apology, which she shared with the media.
“First off, I would like to apologize for the frustrations that you expe-rienced,” the letter begins. “There are no City of Vaughan bylaws or policies that would restrict you from breastfeeding in public spaces.
“Please be assured we take this matter seriously. To that end, staff will be provided additional training to avoid any future reoccurrences. My hope is that you will continue to participate in our community cen-tre activities,” wrote Sunny Bains, manager of business services and acting manager of Recreation Ser-vices.
In response to questions this week, Bains reiterated that the city apologizes and “we have used this
as an opportunity to provide addi-tional training to the staff involved.
“The City of Vaughan fully sup-ports a mother’s right to breastfeed in public spaces, in accordance with Ontario law. Recognizing our staff made a mistake, we reached out to the mother involved to apologize and assure her we take this matter seriously,” he responded. “Women are allowed to breastfeed at Rose-mount Community Centre and all community centres in Vaughan.”
Lambersky says this was her first and last time visiting Rosemount.
She is a Toronto native who is visiting her family for the Jewish holiday of Passover. She currently lives in Dallas, Texas.
Lambersky says she wishes
See ‘NOT EMBARRASSED’, page 12.
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STEVE SOMERVILLE
Sarah Lamber-sky was breast-feeding her 16-month-old daughter Estee at a Thornhill community cen-tre’s toddler pro-gram, but two different staff members asked her to move to a washroom. The City of Vaughan has apologized and she’s filed a human rights complaint.
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Dentist office gives free smilesBy Simone [email protected]
Imagine receiving free dental care.
On Friday, April 29, Thornhill dentist Larry Podolsky along with two receptionists, two hygienists and an assistant will be working for free all morning.
The Dentistry on Green Lane team will be giving the gift of healthy smiles, proper oral care and the practice of good oral hygiene to mothers and children of Yellow Brick House.
Each participant will be given a check-up with a dentist, a teeth cleaning, and an oral care kit.
Yellow Brick House is a shelter for women and children in York Region who are victims of abuse and domestic violence.
“I feel obligated to do some-thing for people who are needy,” Dr. Podolsky said. “I hope we make them happy, do a great job, do a service they need.”
His staff was very willing to volunteer their time, Dr. Podolsky said. When he told them about the event, he said he didn’t have to beg, plead or cajole them into partici-pating.
“We are doing this for charity,” he told them, then simply asked: “Who is volunteering?”
This is the first time the staff at the dentist’s office is participating
in the Give Back, Smile Back program.
In Canada, about six mil-lion Canadians avoid visiting the dentist every year because of the cost. Nearly half of those in need of treatment are
in a lower income group, and another 40 per cent are over 60 years of age.
It is estimated that a full 32 per cent of Canadians do not have dental insurance and that percentage rises to 53 per
cent for those between the ages of 60 and 79.
April is National Oral Health Month.
Dentistry on Green Lane is in the Bayview Avenue and John Street area.
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Dr. Larry Podolsky (third from left) and Dr. Howard Rosen (back row, centre) and their office staff show off their ‘Give Back, Smile Back’ T-shirts as they prepare to offer free dental service for women and children from Yellow Brick House next Friday morning.
Thornhill Village Fest gets more
support, will be ‘bigger and better’
By Simone [email protected]
The Thornhill Village Festival is returning stronger than ever, according to organizers.
“I’m more confident than I’ve felt in a long time. We’re ahead, we’ve got a good team,” said event vice chair David Rawcliffe.
Following some turbulent years, which included bad weather, a shrinking budget and reduced com-mittee size, Rawcliffe says the committee is reinvigo-rated.
It has grown from 12 people last year to 20 people today.
And there is more support and fewer challenges with both of the cities involved. Both Vaughan and Markham have each contributed $5,000 towards this fall’s festival — set for Saturday, Sept. 17.
Organizers met early with both Markham and Vaughan to settle any concerns and try to calculate costs bourne by the municipalities, Rawcliffe said.
Festival organizers had sometimes found it cum-bersome working with two municipalities to plan the event in the past, according to him. Organizers are in a unique position of having to deal with three levels of government — Markham, Vaughan and York Region because of the fact that the festival area spills across Yonge Street with Vaughan on one side and Markham on the other and Yonge Street is a regional road.
Rawcliffe said he doesn’t want to lay blame, but in the past, the two municipalities sometimes made decisions late in the year, when the festival desper-ately needed them made earlier.
Markham “killed us one year with its new insur-ance,” event chairperson Robb Stitt said, forcing hob-byists to find their own insurance.
“We are trying to get crafters back,” he said.Then there was the time Vaughan decided festival
organizers could no longer erect their own barri-ers after closing roads. Instead, they had to hire a company to do it and spent money to have barriers inspected.
But this time, festival organizers have met with politicians and other municipal sources and had a good conversation early in the planning process.
“It helped clear the air,” Rawcliffe said. “We came out thinking we could get our teeth back into the festival.”
POSSIBLE TWO-DAY FEST
Stitt wants to bring back the rubber duck race. Organizers also want to introduce gold panning. Water would run in barrels and there would be flecks of gold for people to find.
Stitt advocates a return to a two-day festival — Saturday and Sunday. If the event were to stretch to two days, Stitt would like to run a music venue on Sunday.
He also wants to cater specifically to observant Jewish people who would not participate on a Satur-day because of the Sabbath.
Every year, Stitt said he would read letters to the editor from the Jewish community asking for a two-day festival.
“I understand where they are coming from,” he said. “I am trying to co-ordinate it, but we don’t have enough bodies,” Stitt said.
To volunteer, go to the festival website thornhillfestival.org
Pay is hot topic at Markham councilBy AmAndA perSico
Time is money, says a Markham ward councillor, when it comes to sitting around the Markham Enterprises Corp. (MEC) table.
If councillors do the work, they should be compensated. That was the basis of a motion tabled during an early April Markham council meeting.
City council approved a compensation formula for MEC directors.
MEC – a holding company set up by the city that owns all of its PowerStream shares and 100 per cent of Markham District Ener-gy (MDE) – directors would receive $5,000 per year in addition to $325 per meeting to a maximum of 16 meetings, including sub-committee meetings.
MEC’s chairperson would receive an additional $2,500 and vice-chair $1,000.
Compensation will only be for those MEC directors not compensated by other boards such as PowerStream or MDE.
Councillor Don Hamilton argued if you sit at the table and do the work, you should be compensated.
“Time is money,” said Hamilton, who nevertheless voted against the motion.
Hamilton is listed, along with the rest of council, as an MEC director. He also sits
on the MDE board along the Mayor Frank Scarpitti and deputy mayor Jack Heath.
The mayor along with regional council-lors Joe Li and Jim Jones sit on the Power-Stream board.
That leaves the remaining eight council members to benefit from the new remu-neration rules.
“(MEC) requires a significant commit-ment,” Scarpitti said, noting sitting on other committees is “part of our normal duties.”
Just as independent board members are compensated, so too should councillors who sit on the board, he added.
“I consider everyone’s time here just as valuable,” he said.
Hamilton went so far as to ask to be excluded from “any further remuneration from MEC”.
“Any remuneration I receive, after tax, will be given to a charitable or non-profit organization,” he said.
Li argued the same could go for him, since he hasn’t claimed any expenses since first being elected.
“I can take expenses paid to me and turn it over to charity so I can look like a hero, too,” he said. “I’m a private person. I don’t stand on a GO Train platform and announce it.”
Residents argued the real decisions are made at the PowerStream or MDE boards.
These are “rubber-stamping festivals,” said Robert Mok, a Markham Citizens Coalition for Responsive Government director.
Discussion soon turned to councillor salaries and benefits.
“Regional council salaries do not need topping up,” argued Eileen Liasi, a direc-tor with Markham Citizens Coalition for Responsive Government. “They are extremely well paid already.”
Markham regional councillors are among the highest paid in Canada, she said.
While council and staff salaries are adjusted annually, a review has not been done in more than a decade, Scarpitti said.
Except for an escalation in pay for the mayor and deputy mayor, both ward and regional councillors take home the same pay, about $75,000 in salary plus about $20,000 in benefits.
Residents called for a review of council-lor salaries by a third party or an impartial citizens committee along with a clearly defined salary cap.
“This is a slippery slope,” Liasi said in her deputation. “A cap will help avoid run-away salaries.”
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Sons with mental illness more dangerous to family: expertBy Jeremy [email protected]
A forensic psychiatrist is attempt-ing to dispel some myths surrounding mental illness as York Region struggles through a troubling rise in the number of parricides over the past four years.
In all, there have been five sons who have been either charged with or con-victed of murdering a parent in the region’s most southern communities — Richmond Hill, Markham, King and Vaughan — since 2012.
The latest became one of the most publicized, when Karen Costa, 52, was killed when she tried to stop her son, Jeffrey, from harming himself.
In the aftermath, Costa’s father, Sam, released a statement to explain some of his emotions surrounding the pair’s passing, which took place on April 7, in Richmond Hill.
“We, as a family, never wavered in our unconditional support for Jeffrey, who had been struggling with mental health issues,” he said. “Mother and son had a strong and undeniable bond.”
Although not all parricides involve instances of mental health, many do, with young adults suffering from ill-nesses, including schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder with psychotic features.
Dr. Scott Woodside, a practising psy-chiatrist and a lecturer at the University of Toronto, said that while about 1 per cent of the population will suffer from schizophrenia, they are only 1.5 to 2 per
cent more likely to act aggressively than the general population.
Meanwhile, heavy drinkers have a 15-per-cent higher chance of acting out aggressively than the general popula-tion.
“The risk of someone with schizo-phrenia hurting you is much less than someone who has been drinking a lot,” he said. “It’s rare for them to go out and hurt strangers. It’s usually against people they’re close to.”
Significant problems can arise when someone suffering from these condi-tions engages in substance abuse, he added.
Just two months before the Costa incident, police say another Richmond Hill man, Jacob Veltheer, 29, who suffers from schizophrenia, killed his father, Bob.
This despite the father becoming completely engrossed in the world of mental health to help his son, including founding the Richmond Hill mental ill-ness support group Home on the Hill.
Marvin Ross, a friend of Bob, accuses the province of being complicit in his murder, claiming there are neither the mental health facilities nor laws guid-ing a hospital’s responsibility to stabilize patients before their return home.
“Jacob, it seems, was too sick for the residence to cope with, but not sick enough to be in hospital,” he wrote. “(Days before his murder), Jacob was so distraught that he was pacing about the
house, talking to himself or his voices or demons in a loud voice.”
Although there is very little informa-tion available, another Richmond Hill case of alleged parricide involves Ari Da Costa, 20, who police say killed his father, Richard, 62, just before Christ-mas, using blunt force trauma.
Prior to that, in October 2012, a yet-to-be-identified male, then 25, killed his father by hitting him in the head with a crowbar in the family’s Vaughan driveway.
Since then, the man has been deemed not fit to stand trial and is being held in a secure facility until the Crown revisits his murder charges in 2017.
Just months before that, Andrew Roelink was charged with murder after stabbing his mother, Hilda, in the neck. Much like Veltheer, Roelink was released from hospital just days prior to the incident. He was found not crimi-nally responsible for the death in 2012 and is gradually being eased back into the community.
Woodside said one reason why par-ents might become targets is because of the close quarters they maintain and their ongoing advocacy for the sufferer.
Nationwide, the number of parri-cides had been increasing, before dip-ping back down last year. In 2009, there were 19. By 2014, there were 29.
According to Quebec data, sons are more likely to commit parricide, doing so in 93 per cent of cases in that study.
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Outgoing McMichael Collection board chair Upkar Arora reveals the new driveway name during the drive-way dedication ceremony at the McMichael Gallery in Kleinburg, honouring the art gallery’s 50th anniversary. En Plein Air Drive is meant to highlight the connection between art and nature. It’s a phrase taken from the French meaning “open in full air” used in reference to those who paint outdoors, such as Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, whose celebrated landscape paint-ings are synonymous with the McMichael gallery.
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Readership of weekly community newspa-pers in Ontario is very strong, according to the Community Newspaper Readership Report released by BrandSpark International. The report, conducted in partnership with Metro-land Media, found that 73 per cent of Ontarians surveyed have read at least one of the last four issues of their Metroland community paper.
That rate is 83 per cent for the papers in Metroland’s York Region – including Richmond Hill/Thornhill Liberal, Markham Economist & Sun, Vaughan Citizen and other York papers.
Most notably, just under nine in 10 (87 per cent) younger adults surveyed between the ages of 18 and 35 are reading their commu-nity newspaper as much or more often this year than last year. That number jumps to 92 per cent for all adults surveyed.
“I think it’s fair to say that we were surprised at the strength of community newspapers in light of how print in general is perceived,” said Mark Baltazar, vice-president and partner at BrandSpark International. “These findings rein-force how much local information matters to Ontarians. Community newspapers are playing a major role in the lives of the people we stud-ied, keeping them connected to what’s going on in their own backyards.”
Compared to last year, 13 per cent of the peo-ple surveyed indicate they are reading Metro-land newspapers more often, while almost 80 per cent have not changed their readership habits. Only 6 per cent of the people indicate they are reading it less.
“This news certainly reinforces the feedback that we’ve heard from our readers across the province,” said Michelle Digulla, vice-president of marketing at Metroland Media. “There is a strong appetite for the community-level, hyper-local news that community newspapers, in print and online, are uniquely set up to deliver.”
More than 13,000 adults across Ontario were surveyed online and by phone for the study, which was completed from Nov. 24 to Jan. 31.
The study focused on readership for the more than 100 local websites and community newspapers (including flyers) published across Ontario by Metroland Media. The margin of error is plus or minus 0.94 per cent.
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Ontario’s bike friendly dreamhe province says it will spend $25 million over two years to make Ontario a more bicycle friendly place, establish-
ing more bike lanes and making roads safer for riders.
Will it make a difference? If you’re not a regular bicycle rider now, might you ever become one?
I’m not so sure. Even though it would be a great thing if it did happen, making us more fit and eco friendly, I wonder if we will ever change.
When I was a kid, I used to ride my bike everywhere.
As soon as the weather would allow it, I’d ride my bike to school.
I’d ride my bike delivering newspapers ot to the corner store on errands when my mom said we needed milk or bread.
I rode my bike to my baseball games, cleats on the pedals, glove on the seat under me. I rode my bike around the block with the other neighbourhood kids when we had “nothing to do”.
We loved our bikes because, when it was not bicycle season, we had to walk.
A ride to school? Are you ill? Broken leg?
We trudged through snow and longed for better weather when we could get out our bikes again.
Despite that great start in the world of cycling, strangely, as soon as we were old enough to drive, we typically abandoned bike riding.
All we wanted was to drive our parents’ cars or, once we could afford it, our own.
Cycling was kids’ stuff. I have to say we’ve come a long
way from that time.All across York’s more rural
roads you see people — adults — riding bikes for exercise, or com-petition, their colourful and tight-fitting outfits hard to miss.
It looks like a great way to get outdoors, stay fit and enjoy some camaraderie.
Meanwhile today’s bikes are incredible. Walk into a modern bike shop and check out what’s available. Well made, reliable, they can easily serve as a mode of daily transportation.
Yet we still don’t see many peo-ple, except in downtown Toronto,
using a bike as a basic mode of transport.
True, things are more spread out for most of us. Few of us hit the jackpot where our workplace is a reasonable bike ride away from our home.
There is the weather. Southern Ontario has some of the most vari-able weather in the country. Often humid.Sunny in the morning, rainy in the afternoon, or vice-versa. Makes showing up at work in presentable shape, or getting home without getting drenched, a challenge.
But to me? It’s really the safety issue that makes me nervous about cycling and makes me ner-vous about my kids being on their bikes.
I grew up when people didn’t drive like they seem to drive today. Fewer cars. Life was less rushed. People driving a car were actually looking at the road.
Most of our designated bike lanes are just markings on the edge of streets on which traffic is roaring by. An imaginary line. I don’t know why we even bother.
I’ve seen places like downtown Montreal where the bike lane is actually a lane. They have taken space away from the cars and put up two-foot tall concrete barriers between where the bikes go and where the cars go.
Cyclists are everywhere thanks to those actions. Will we ever do that in Ontario, where the car is king, carmakers are big employers, and we all race everywhere in our SUVs, including driving our kids everywhere?
Sometimes action needs to be bolder or why waste the $25 mil-lion? I’d say spend it on 100,000 “free” bikes for needy kids, if I was sure they had a safe place to ride. Or don’t spend it at all.
TStronger penalities neededRe: What will it take to stop scourge on our roads?, column by Marney Beck, April 14.
This column about drink-ing and driving and the latest tragedy shows the current system is not working. It is long overdue for our politi-cians to change the law, if they have the courage.
A person must be forced to make the decision whether to drink and drive, BEFORE taking the first drink. Afterward they are mentally impaired, and can-not make a serious decision.
The dangers of drinking and driving are being adver-tised now through many ser-vice ads from MADD (Moth-ers Against Drunk Driving). Unfortunately, people still drink and drive, thinking, “I will only have one or two. I can handle it”.
The problem is, the real consequences only happen after an accident happens. This is too late! People are maimed and killed.
The consequence must be changed so if a person is caught drinking and driving, they lose their licence for six months, not seven days (seven days is a joke).
The second occurrence, they should lose it for one year; the third occurrence they lose it for five years. This would cause people to think before they start drinking.
The law must be changed so people know the con-sequence to them before climbing in their car.
That is the time to make the decision, knowing if they are caught there will be a severe consequence.
Perhaps MADD could press for this.
Wayne MaxWellRIChmOND hILL
Drivers need refresher coursesRe: What will it take to stop scourge on our roads?, column by Marney Beck, April 14.
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I agree with this column [on drinking and driving] and I, too, have my stories.
But to cut to the chase, in my opinion, we need reg-ulations that require us all to answer questions about road rules, regulations, han-dling of a car, how one drives under this and that condi-tion — all before we are allowed to renew our driver’s licence.
So many professions require consistent upgrading of skills, why not driving?
One other idea is if a citi-zen needs to go back and take a refresher course, these courses should be run after work i.e. 6 to 9 p.m. during a work week or on a Saturday or Sunday between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.
I wonder if these ideas resonate with anyone.
SiDney KorManVAUGhAN
Bicycle lanes not being well usedRe: Province ‘pedals’ its Cycle on program in Markham, April 7.
Bicycle lanes have been
installed all over Markham in the last few years.
The lanes are not being used on a regular basis by cyclists.
To encourage cyclists to use the lanes on a day to day basis a campaign is required to highlight the positives of using them.
Another April 7 article — More York students get to school by car — could be a used as a launch pad to pro-mote the bicycle lanes use.
A slogan can be used “get out of the car and get on your bike” to encourage stu-dents to get back and forth to school on their bikes.
Brian MillarmARKhAm
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The first luxury hybrid sports coupe, the RC 300h, was launched globally at the end of 2015.
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To mark the sales of the millionth Lexus Hybrid, a new NX 300h was delivered to a Lexus customer in Milan, Italy.
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breastfeeding in public was more prevalent.
“There has to be more breastfeeding in North American society so you don’t run into situations like this,” she said. “It’s good to stand up, not to keep silent.”
You could say Lam-bersky is following in her mother’s footsteps.
In 1981 on a visit to Eaton’s department store at Yorkdale Mall, Lam-bersky’s own mother was breastfeeding Lamber-sky on a bench, when a security guard came over and asked her to go and breastfeed in the wash-room. Her defiant mother
said no, adding that they would have to call the police before she would move.
Lambersky shares her mother’s attitude towards mothers’ rights to breast-feed their babies.
Breastfeeding should not need to be hidden, Lambersky said.
“I’m not embarrassed. There’s no need to hide.”
After the story was pub-lished online, a woman commented, stating that she had been at the pro-gram that day and Lam-bersky had bared both breasts while feeding, and did not respond appropri-ately when staff made rea-sonable suggestions.
The Liberal is attempt-ing to reach this woman.
‘Not embarrassed’ says momFrom page 1.
PUbLIC HEALTH PROMOTES
bREASTFEEDING
Every year, York Region Public Health supports World Breast feeding Week, this year slated for Aug. 1 to 7, 2016.
The week celebrates the importance of b re a s t f e e d i n g for the health of mothers and children.
For more information, call Health Connec-tion at 1-800-361-5653 or visit york.ca/breastfeeding.
DID YOU KNOW?
• Breastfeeding decreases a child’s risk of infection and disease later in life — and pro-tects mother’s health too.• In Ontario, women have the right to breast-feed their child or express breast-milk in public or in the workplace.• York Region offers free tele-phone consulta-tion and in-per-son breastfeeding clinics.
— York Region Public Health
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The body of missing Markham woman, Sandy Luong, was found in a Toronto park.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 23Holy Trinity Church, 140 Brooke St. in Thornhill
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Temple Kol Ami, 36 Atkinson Ave, Thornhill, hosts Second Night Passover Seder April 23 at 6 p.m. Bring family and friends for a fun, musi-cal, fully catered, stress-free Seder led by Rabbi Micah Streiffer. Cost is $40 for adults; $20 for children under 13. To register in advance, email [email protected] or call 905-709-2620 ext. 3.
Temple Har Zion, 7360 Bayview Ave., Thornhill invites everyone to celebrate Second Night Community Seder with Rabbi Weiss April 23 at 6:30 p.m. Register early, space limited. For details and pricing, email [email protected] or call 905-889-2252 ext. 108.
The 16th annu-al Oak Ridges and Lake Wil-cox Community Cleanup is set for April 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring your family and friends to 39 King Rd., the southwest corner of King and Yonge Street, to clean up litter from parks, wetlands and public areas. Students needing co-op hours welcome; barbecue to follow cleanup. To register, call 416-518-5514.
SUNDAY, APRIL 24Maxine’s Goldfish Extravaganza book launch
party is April 24 from 1 to 3 p.m. at 205 Torbay Rd., Unit 12, Markham (DirectBuy North Show-room) with registration from 1 to 1:30 p.m.,
event starting at 2 p.m. “Princess Ariel” will be in attendance. RSVP at [email protected] with number of children and adults coming.
TUESDAY, APRIL 26First Link Memory Café presented by Mosaic
Home Care Services & Community Resource Centre, at Shops on Steeles and 404 mall, 2900 Steeles Ave. E., Suite 218 April 26 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Free for those interested in or concerned about memory related issues; individuals diagnosed with early Alzheimer’s or related dementias, and their care partners. Share stories and socialize with others. To register, call 905-597-7000. For more, visit mosaichome-care.com
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27A Lunch & Learn relaxation yoga workshop
is offered April 27 at noon at St. Matthew’s United Church, 333 Crosby Ave., Richmond Hill. Introduction to chair yoga, relaxation and medi-tation techniques. Guest speaker and luncheon provided by Delmanor Elgin Mills. All welcome; freewill offering; call church office to register at 905-884-3606.
THURSDAY, APRIL 28Free informative seminar on naturopathic
treatment of asthma and allergies offered at Four Seasons Naturopathic Wellness, 305 Carrville Rd., Richmond Hill April 28 at 6:30 p.m. Learn about causes and how naturopathic medicine can help. Donations welcome for food bank. RSVP at 905-597-7201 or familynaturopath.ca.
Enjoy free French language conversation group in Richmond Hill, April 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Covernotes Tea and Coffee House, 10268 Yonge St., beside Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. Adults from York Region welcome to put French conversation skills into action (from francophones to beginners). For details, go online to http://bit.ly/partagez_con-versation or email [email protected]
FRIDAY, APRIL 29The Ahmadiyya Muslim women’s organization
in Richmond Hill presents a Funfair April 29 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Rouge Wood Commu-nity Centre., 110 Shirley Dr., Richmond Hill. For women only, enjoy good food, dresses, henna and other activities.
Hill Potters’ Guild Spring Sale runs at 530 Carrville Rd,, Richmond Hill April 29 to May 1. Come meet our members; wheel-throwing and hand-building demonstrations held during show. Hours: Friday 12:30 to 4 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Sunday 12:30 to 4 p.m. Free parking on premises; tea served. For details, visit hillpotters.ca, or contact [email protected] or 905-884-0327.
SATURDAY, APRIL 30The Rotary Club of Richmond Hill hosts
electronics recycling event April 30 and May 1, 9 to 4 p.m. at Elgin Barrow Arena, 43 Church St. S., Richmond Hill. Stereos, TVs, computers, monitors, printers, telephones acceptable. No appliances (stoves, fridges, dryers, kettles, toast-
ers). For details, call 905-737-2221.
Rotary Club of North York presents electronics recycling April 30 and May 1 at Centrepoint Mall in Toronto/Thornhill. corner of Yonge and Steeles, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Help club fundraiser and help the environment. Appliances not accepted, but bring your TVs, computers, telephones, cell phones, VCRs, radios, cameras, batteries, CD players, ink cartridges to Yonge Street mall parking lot.
SUNDAY, MAY 1Green Team of St. Mary’s Anglican Church,
Richmond Hill, invites everyone to a special presentation by Kathleen Wong of Blue Dot environmental organization about First Nations and Water, May 1 from noon to 1:15 p.m. Light refreshments served, church is at 10030 Yonge St., north of Major Mackenzie. For details, call 905-884-6635 or 905-884-7682.
Come Hike for Hospice May 1 starting from Hill House Hospice on Wright Street (just west of Yonge) in Richmond Hill, York Region’s only residential hospice. Registration opens at 9:30 a.m.; 3-km walk starts at 11 a.m., followed by barbecue lunch and draw prizes. Rain or shine; all funds raised stay in our community. Call 905-737-9308 for registration or donation details.
Take part in the Mandarin MS Richmond Hill-Thornhill-Aurora Walk May 1 starting from
Community CalendarElgin West Community Centre, Elgin Mills at Bathurst in Richmond Hill. Check-in at 9 a.m., start time for 2.5- and 5-km routes is 10 a.m. Bring friends and family and raise funds to beat Multiple Sclerosis; food, entertainment, and prizes. To register, visit mssociety.ca and click on MS Walk.
Ladies’ Golf Club of Toronto at 7859 Yonge St., Thornhill is holding an open house May 1 from 1 to 4 p.m. Drop in for a tour of the club-house and course — the only private golf club in North America where women have priority access to tee times. Learn about private and group programs for beginners to advanced play-ers, men and women. For details, contact Loryn Ingham at 905-881-3531 ext. 308 or [email protected]
TUESDAY, MAY 3The Richmond Hill Garden and Horticul-
tural Society presents Oak Ridges Moraine Rejuvenation May 3 at 8 p.m. at McConaghy Seniors’Centre, 10100 Yonge St., with speaker Michael White, president of the Richmond Hill Naturalists. Learn about collaboration between the horticultural society, Rotary Club and York region school children to reforest and maintain the natural ecology of Oak Ridges Corridor Park. Those interested in preserving and protecting our enviroment welcome to attend. Monthly meetings open to guests for $5 or become a member of the society; visit richmondhillgardensociety.org.
The Liberal welcomes submissions of upcoming events from non-profit community organizations. Every effort is made to include all submissions; there is no guarantee of publi-cation. E-mail items to [email protected]
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Peter Muzyka has aspirations of some day playing in the National Hockey League.
The 15-year-old Thornhill resident took a step in the right direction after hearing his name called out during the Ontario Hockey League’s annual priority selection April 9.
A six-foot, three-inch, 178-pound defenceman, who played this past season with the Toronto Titans AAA minor midgets, Muzyka was chosen by the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the fourth round and 70th overall selection.
Muzyka couldn’t be happier.“This is a real honour to be drafted
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assists in 53 games with the Titans this season, Muzyka was informed prior to this year’s lottery that he would likely be chosen in the early rounds. What he did not know was which team he would be going to.
After hearing he would be a part of the Greyhounds’ organization, Muzy-ka said he’s anxious to take the next step in his budding on-ice career.
“I’m excited to get things started.”Currently a Grade 10 student at the
Everest Academy, Muzyka tries to style his game to that of his current NHL idols — Detroit Red Wings’ defence-man Niklas Kronwall and Nashville Predators’ defenceman Shea Weber.
Two other Thornhill residents also had their names called out for the OHL selection.
Aidan Timmermans was tabbed by the Erie Otters in the seventh round with the 141st pick overall. He played with the Toronto Junior Canadiens AAA minor midgets.
In the 14th round, Noah Heisler of the Don Mills Flyers was taken by the Sarnia Sting as 277th overall pick.
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BY MICHAEL [email protected]
The NHL playoffs are only get-ting started, but with more than 1,100 games to his credit, NHL ref-eree Greg Kimmerly is putting away his whistle for good.
The 51-year-old Thornhill resi-dent belongs to a select group of just 23 in the striped shirt to officiate more than 1,000 NHL games.
His final game was April 2, when the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings squared off at the Air Canada Centre.
It will be strange, he admits, not being part of the NHL any longer.
But his decision was shaped, in part, by the fact the game is getting faster.
“There is a point where you start to wonder if you will always be able to get out of the way of the puck and the fast moving players. I can confidently say that I left the game while I was still more than capable in regards to keeping up to the play and its fast pace. I will miss the action on the ice,” he said.
Still, he feels fortunate to have avoided injury since calling his first game, between the Penguins and Boston Bruins, Nov. 30, 1996.
One thing he won’t miss: the hectic travel on-ice officials endure during an NHL season.
The NHL allows retiring officials to choose where they’ll work their final game.
As an Etobicoke native, Toronto was an easy choice, Kimmerly said, adding plenty of friends and family were on hand April 2.
The so-called referee apprentice-ship began for Kimmerly at 15 in the
Weston House League.He worked his way up the com-
petitive ranks, joining the EHA, Greater Toronto Hockey League, Ontario Hockey Association, Ontar-io Hockey League, International Hockey League and American Hockey League before receiving the call to the NHL.
“I worked a lot of hockey dur-ing my amateur days, always made myself available to work,” he recalled. “In the NHL, we are lim-ited to 73 regular season games. As an amateur official, I consistently worked well in excess of 100 games per season, most weeks working seven nights a week.”
Now, 20 years later, he still recalls his first NHL game. Particularly some verbal jousting with former superstar Mario Lemieux.
“I recall that I called five penal-ties in the game,” Kimmerly said. “Back then, we let things go a bit more than we do now. The game certainly was different.
“I recall Mario Lemieux approaching me during one of the TV timeouts in the third period and he said, ‘Hey kid, don’t put your whistle away just yet, keep calling penalties’. My answer to him was, ‘It’s not playoff time, so don’t worry’.
“My joke about it not being playoff time showed Mario that I was comfortable and knew what I was doing. Ironically, the officiating supervisor at the game told me that I only needed to call three penalties that night.”
“I was excited more than I was nervous to work my first NHL game. Many years of preparation had gone into that moment and I was ready for the challenge. The
years leading up to that first game involved numerous championship games and working in front of large crowds. So I was familiar with the atmosphere and the pressure ... I was ready to move into the NHL.”
During his career, Kimmerly worked the Stanley Cup playoffs eight consecutive seasons. The first took place in Carolina when the Hurricanes hosted the Montreal Canadiens during the 2005-06 post-season.
As for his fondest memory dur-ing the postseason, Kimmerly said it took place in Boston during the team’s Stanley Cup run in the 2010-11 campaign when they played the Montreal Canadiens.
“I called a tripping penalty against Montreal during the second overtime period. We had not had a penalty for over two periods of hockey. Boston did not score on the
power play, but they did go on to win the game,” he said.
He also called the 2007 NHL all-star game in Dallas.
“That was an amazing experi-ence,” he said. “It is a pressure-free celebration of the game and the players were so very welcoming and accepting. It was a great fam-ily experience, my children had full access to the players’ dressing rooms and were at ice level for the night of the skills competition.
“That year was the first All-Star game for both Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin. Having full access to the players gave us the opportunity to chat with them and get several pictures. To this day, we have photographs in our basement with the kids posing with Crosby, Ovechkin as well as Martin Brodeur.. It was nice to be able to share family time in the hockey world.”
The Jumbo-tron at the Air Canada Centre during the April 2 Leafs-Red Wings game displays ‘Congratula-tions Greg’ for the last NHL game refereed by Thornhill’s Greg Kimmer-ly, retiring after an ‘amazing’ career.
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JOB TITLE: Pocket Feeder- Casual Part-TimeBUSINESS UNIT: Aurora, ONTHE OPPORTUNITY: York Region Media Group, a division of Metroland Media Group, is currently looking to fill a casual part-time Pocket Feeder position for the Aurora Warehouse, working up to 19 hours per week. Reporting to the Machine Operator, the Pocket Feeder is responsible for feeding flyers into pockets of the Alphaliner machine.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
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If you are self-motivated and interested in joining our team, please visit our Employment Centre and tell us about yourself.
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JOB TITLE: Mailperson- Casual Part-Time BUSINESS UNIT: Aurora, ONTHE OPPORTUNITY: York Region Media Group, a division of Metroland Media Group, is currently looking to fill a casual part-time Mailperson position for the Aurora Ware- house, working up to 19 hours a week. Reporting to the Mailroom Supervisor, the Mailperson is responsible for manually inserting flyer packages into the newspaper for distribution. In addition, he/she will be responsible for manually counting flyers with the use of a scale.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
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MCCOWAN/16TH- 1 bedroom basement, separate entrance, parking laundry. No smoking. No pets.
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close to hospital. Parking. No dogs. $900 inclusive.
905-953-9683
ELGIN MILLS/ Bathurst- Large 1 bed- room basement, separate entrance, own
laundry. $920 inclusive. No pets. No smoking. Available May 1st.
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RICHMOND HILL. Upscale neighbourhood. Luxurious bachelor with walkout to
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BRADFORD- 1 bedroom. Bright, clean, spacious, private entrance. Parking. No
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WHILLANS (Née Young), Agnes Winifred (Freddy)May 31, 1925 - March 17, 2016
Peacefully at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre. Born in Toronto, raised in Ottawa as the daughter of the late Archibald Young and Violet Lunan, living most of her life in Richmond Hill as loving wife of Howard, mother of Barbara (Craig), Karen (Mark) and Tom, grandmother of Lisa, Graeme and Evan Browning, Ry and Sam, predeceased by sister Isabel (Ross).
After graduating from Glebe Collegiate, Ottawa, during W.W. 2, she worked as a farmerette and as a secretary at the National Research Council and the Canadian Lumbermen’s Association before raising her family in Willowdale (1953-56) and then Richmond Hill (1956-2012).
Freddy loved nature, young children, reading, music and perennial gardening. She was a long-time member and secretary of the Richmond Hill Naturalists, an active member of Richmond Hill United Church and a Brownie pack Brown Owl. Freddy and Howard enjoyed skiing, canoeing and camping. This was based at parks, a trailer in the Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve and their cabin on a beaver pond near Burleigh Falls.
A quiet, gentle, thoughtful person, Freddy was happiest when she was with her many good friends, her family and her grandchildren. In her final years Freddy lived and was well-cared for at Jackson Creek Retirement Residence, Empress Gardens and St. Joseph’s at Fleming in Peterborough.
A celebration of Freddy’s life will be held at Richmond Hill United Church on April 26 at 11 am. Interment will be in Hillside Cemetery, Lakefield. Donations in memory of Freddy may be made to The Owl Foundation (Vineland Station) or the Richmond Hill Naturalists.
A. Margaret Kemp (nee Standing) Retired Nurse, York County Hospital, Newmarket
Margaret passed away peacefully at Hill House Hospice in Richmond Hill on Sunday, April 17, 2016 at age 95. Beloved wife of Murray (predeceased in 1985). Loving mother of Nancy (Brian) Stanger and John (Sandy) Kemp. Very special grandmother of Karen Stanger (Ariel Grostern), Keith (Cristina) Stanger and Scott Stanger (Katie Knowles). Great grandmother of Miko Isaac Kemp Grostern and Maren Alana Stanger. Survived by her sisters-in-law Norma, Vida and Jean. Margaret will be fondly remembered by many nieces and nephews and cousins.
Margaret did not want a service, but would be pleased to know that members of her family will be walking in the Richview Manor’s Strides for Stroke 5K Run/Walk in support of Mackenzie Health Foundation on Saturday, May 7, 2016. We would like to invite her friends and relatives to join us in the Strides for Stroke Walk. We would also like to invite walkers and non-walkers to meet with us after for refreshments at Richview Manor from 10am - 11:30am on May 7th.
In Margaret’s memory please consider making donations to Hill House Hospice, or to Mackenzie Health Foundation through the Richview Manor’s Strides for Stroke 5K Run/Walk event participant, Aidan, from the team Richview Manor Movers and Shakers. Last year Margaret’s young friend, Aidan, walked with her, and this year he has pledged to walk for her.
Arrangements entrusted to Skwarchuk Funeral Home, Bradford (1-800-209-4803).
HESTER, Marion Lorraine
(nee Shaw)The family
announces with sorrow her passing on April 18, 2016 at
the age of 94.
Dearest mother to Alexis Hazel Hester (Chris Pratt) of Newmarket, Marion Carcone (Fred Shipman) of Aurora, and Tom Hester of Newmarket. Sadly missed by 9 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; predeceased by husband Alexander Hester (Bud) in 1992. The matriarch of the family, Marion was known for her tenacious spirit, stoic nature and fabulous dry humour; she had an amazing ability to always tell it like it is. Her green thumb hatched stunning gardens, and she honed a wonderful artistic skill in chalk, ink and acrylics. Everything about her will be missed, including her wonderful wit, and her ever-full candy dish - a signal you arrived at Gran’s home. In lieu of flowers, remembrance donations to the foundation of your choice would be greatly appreciated. The family will receive friends at the Taylor Funeral Home, 524 Davis Dr., Newmarket on Thursday, April 21st from 6-9 p.m. and on Friday, April 22nd from 12-1 p.m. A celebration of life will be held in the chapel on Friday, April 22nd at 1 p.m.
KERRIDGE, Gordon Ernest
Peacefully at Southlake Regional
Health Centre, Newmarket, on
Saturday, April 16, 2016 at the age of
69 years.
Gordon Kerridge, of Moore’s Beach formerly of Richmond Hill, dear brother of Brenda Salmon of Richmond Hill. Predeceased by his sisters Debbie Toomey and Sandra Blake. Brother-in- law of Brian Blake. Loving uncle of Dawn Heshka (Paul), Sherry-Ann Briscoe (Brian Harris), Kirk Briscoe, Stephanie Young (Marc), Julaine Larson (Mike), Shannon Toomey and Kerry-Lynn Baker. Lovingly remembered by his extended family and many friends. Visitation was held at the Forrest & Taylor Funeral Home, 20846 Dalton Road, Sutton, Wednesday from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service in the chapel, today, Thursday, April 21st at 1:30 p.m. with visitation from 12:30 p.m. Interment, Briar Hill Cemetery, Sutton.Memorial donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association or the CNIB would be appreciated by the family.
Memorial condolences may be made at www.forrestandtaylor.com
“Gone Fishing”
SPIRES, May (nee White)
Peacefully at Mackenzie Health on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at the age of 86, after a lengthy battle.
Beloved wife of the late Reg. Wonderful loving Mom of Debbie (Andy) Stewart; Cheryl (Ken Johnston); and Scott (Tracey). Caring Nanny of Aaron, Alyssa, Cassie, Alex, Brendon and Kaitlyn. Will be greatly missed by her large family and many friends.
Friends called at the MARSHALL FUNERAL HOME, on Sunday, April 17th from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Funeral service was held in the Emmanuel Anglican Church, Richmond Hill on Monday, April 18th at 1 p.m. Interment Elgin Mills Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Lung Association would be appreciated.
In Loving Memory of GARY ROSSIApril 6, 1951 - April 22, 2015
It’s hard to believeYou are no longer here
We think of youYou feel so near
In some small way, every single dayMemories of you, come our way.
Rest in peace my love
Terri Rossi and family
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storiesifeL A celebration of lives well livedand people well lovedRead more Life Stories on yorkregion.com
By AdAm [email protected]
Romolo (Romy Fontana threw his heart and soul into everything he did,
whether it was his business, his volunteer work or his many hob-bies.
“He loved life,” his widow, Rose Fontana, said. “There was no sitting on the couch, watching TV. That was not his thing.”
Fontana was born in Veroli, Italy on April 14, 1935.
He immigrated to Canada in 1954 to join his first wife who was pregnant with their daughter, Michelina.
Fontana worked in construction and juggled two other jobs to make ends meet.
By age 22, he’d scraped together enough money to buy his first house.
Trained as a welder in Italy, he eventually landed in the steel industry working on apartment buildings as well as large industrial and commercial projects.
Fontana rose through the ranks, eventually being promoted to supervisor then foreman.
In 1968, he founded his own company, Romy Ornamental Steel, and grew it into a highly successful business.
Wanting a less stressful occupa-tion, Fontana sold the firm in the late 1970s and obtained his real estate licence.
Along the way, he and his first wife had two more children, Geor-gio and Romy Jr. But, by the mid-1980s, they divorced.
Fontana continued to enjoy success working for a Toronto real estate firm where he garnered top honours five years straight.
It was there Fontana met Rose Abbatino, recently widowed, who would become his life partner for the next 30 years.
“I remember it clearly,” she said of their first encounter. “We were on the second floor and he came up dressed in this amazing suit and tie. … He was tall, dark — just perfect.”
In 1985, Fontana and two busi-ness partners established a real estate company, which they grew to house 30 sales representatives.
A couple of years later, he and Rose moved to Maple.
Following that, he founded Romy Realty Services, where he worked alongside Rose until his death last September.
“We did pretty well everything, 90 per cent of our things together – working, living. We were very close in that sense,” said Rose, who married Fontana during small cer-
Romolo (Romy) Fontana was awarded the Melvin Jones Fellowship, the highest hon-our bestowed by Lions Clubs Inter-national, in 2009.
emony in 2000.Shortly after moving to Vaughan,
Fontana joined the Maple Lions Club where he became actively involved in several initiatives including the Turkey Shoot and the annual pancake festival.
When the farm that hosted the Turkey Shoot was sold for develop-ment, Fontana convinced the city to allow the club to relocate the event to the Keele Valley dumpsite.
“He kept it going. He brought out all his friends and we did very well with that (fundraiser),” said Fred Cook, a longtime friend and fellow Lion.
And when the Lions Club lost its meeting space, Fontana persuaded city hall to let the group take over the former library building on Merino Road, which was going to be bulldozed and the land sold for development, Cook said.
A natural leader, Fontana served as president of the Lions Club for two years, from 1997 to 1999.
During his tenure, the club cel-ebrated its 50th anniversary.
Fontana organized a huge gala celebration at Le Parc Banquet Hall attended by several local dignitaries.
“When he became president of the club, the club grew. It was a friendly place and we all had fun,” Cook said.
Fontana also played a pivotal role in the creation of Maple Lions Park. He designed and helped construct the steel arch gateway to Cunningham Drive park.
For his dedication and many contributions, Fontana was award-ed the Melvin Jones Fellowship, the highest honour bestowed by Lions Clubs International, in 2009.
“He was just an outgoing type of guy and I don’t think there was a problem he couldn’t solve, really,” Cook said.
He deeply loved his children and three grandchildren. Sadly, his time with them ended Sept. 3, 2015 when he died of heart failure at age 80.
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