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Professional dog walkers make life ‘ruff’, Sugar Bush

park’s neighbours sayBY SIMONE [email protected]

When Laura De Sante moved into her Thornhill home, she paid a premium because it backs onto a quiet, wooded area of Sugar Bush Heritage Park.

Ms De Sante estimates she paid up to $60,000 extra for the privilege of being so close to the park in the Hwy. 7 and Thornhill Woods area.

She used to see perhaps one person every few days using a park trail. A jogger here or there with a dog on a leash.

But eight years later, she paints a far less idyllic picture of the park, which she says has been overrun by people and their dogs, in particular professional dog walkers.

She said the dogs are being allowed to run off leash, intimi-dating other park users. And dog excrement is being left where it lands, despite a bylaw and clear signage telling people to pick up after their dogs.

These days, when the wind turns a certain way, all you smell is poop from the park, she said.

“The park is supposed to be a peaceful environment for families to walk through and enjoy nature. In winter, it is disgusting. The poo is everywhere.”

RILED UP

Dog walkers pass by her back yard, often with dogs off leash, on an unauthorized path they’ve worn down over the past three years.

Her dogs (she has two miniature dachshunds) get riled up by the dogs — perhaps seven or more in the case of a dog walker — running near the home’s back fence and barking loudly, disturbing neighbours.

According to Vaughan’s bylaws, you cannot enter a public park with a dog unless it is on a leash. Anyone who contravenes the bylaw can be fined up to $5,000.

No part of Vaughan’s bylaw

seems to apply to professional dog walkers, measures other Canadi-an municipalities have instituted, forcing professional dog walkers to get licences and limiting the num-ber of dogs they can walk at any one time.

When asked about the issue, a spokesperson from Vaughan’s cor-porate communications depart-ment wrote via e-mail: “An inves-tigation is under way, therefore the city cannot comment”.

One of the questions for the city would be whether or not a dog walker’s bylaw might be appro-priate as Vaughan becomes more populated with people and dogs that need to be walked when their owners are at work.

Ms De Sante notes the park’s users are not necessarily from Vaughan, even though city taxpay-ers are footing the bill for the park. Requiring a permit might bring some measure of control and help recover costs.

In Toronto, part of the city’s municipal code is devoted to pro-fessional dog walkers.

While in a park, no one can have control of more than three dogs unless authorized by a commercial dog walker permit. And no person can walk more than six dogs in total.

VERBAL CONFRONTATION

Earlier this month, Ms De Sante said she got into a verbal spat with a dog walker.

Tensions ran so high that Ms De Sante filed a witness statement with City of Vaughan Animal Ser-vices about the April 1 incident.

She said her two dogs began to bark noisily. She went to them and saw 15 dogs off leash in the forest, one at the chain-link fence in her back yard with five others starting to run towards her.

She ran inside her house, grabbed her camera and started taking pictures of a scene that she said has been happening on a regu-lar basis.

Only one dog walker was visible, lagging behind the dogs who were about 50 feet away. After she start-

ed taking photos, the dog walker shouted, “Are you serious?”, showed Ms De Sante and her husband her middle finger and told Ms De Sante to “Get a life!”

Ms De Sante told her she should abide by the bylaw that prohibits walking dogs off leash and that you must pick up after your dogs. More heated words were exchanged.

Two dog walkers called the police complaining Ms De Sante was harassing them and assault-ing them. The police called Animal Services and Ms De Sante and her husband filed a complaint.

Sandra Yeung Racco, councillor for Ward 4 Concord/North Thorn-hill said if a person is not following

the bylaw, they should be charged, but added enforcement officers cannot sit at the park 24/7.

Ms Yeung Racco says she has spoken to people whose dogs are off leash who say their dog behaves well off leash, which is not a valid excuse, she said.

She said the park near Ms De Sante’s home has been under “reg-ular and constant patrol due to pre-vious complaints received about off-leash dogs”.

She said it’s the city’s vision to have an off-leash park in every ward, which may help bring the exercise and obvious joy dogs feel when they run off-leash. However, costs are an issue.

Concord Thornhill Regional Park has an off-leash park. It was a long process to bring the park to reality, Ms Yeung Racco said.

Brenda Hoffman runs a dog walking company called Canine Nanny and has used the Sugar Bush Heritage Park for two years.

The dog walkers she has encoun-tered have always been respect-ful of the environment and others using the park, she said.

“They know their dogs and they are not just letting anybody go run-ning off and be a nuisance,” she said.

A dog walker for 25 years, Ms Hoffman said she is always respect-ful, picking up after the dogs she walks.

However, she said she does allow them off-leash if they listen and respond to her. She allows up to three dogs off leash at a time.

On a recent Monday afternoon, she was looking after seven dogs.

Ms Hoffman does not think fenced-in dog parks are the solu-tion because that’s where the fights are, she said, suggesting many of the dogs in fenced areas are out of control.

At Sugar Bush, both sides have to compromise, she suggests.

“It is up to dog walkers to be responsible and make sure that they are not being annoying. It is a two-way street. It is not just us against them. I think we need to be cooperative and work together.”

“If there are people who come here who walk their dogs and don’t pick up, it may not be professional dog walkers, it could just be people who walk their dogs,” Ms Hoffman said. “I’ve seen that plenty.”

Since the incident earlier this month, Ms De Sante has not seen the walker with the 15 dogs using the park’s trails.

Still, Ms De Sante remains on guard, ready to usher her dogs inside in case boisterous canines set them off at her back fence.

She laments the change to her nearby park. “It is not as quiet and enjoyable as it used to be,” she said. “It’s a shame. It makes you want to move.”

Has heritage park gone to the dogs?

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Who let the dogs out? Neighbours of a Thornhill park say that, despite the signage, people let dogs run off leash and don’t pick up after the dogs. They claim in many cases, it’s professional dog walkers letting large numbers of dogs run loose in the public park. However, at least one dog walker says other dog walkers she has seen are responsible.

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Development charges are levied against new development, and are a primary source of funding fordevelopment-related capital expenditures. The 2013 Development Charges Study relates to the provisionof City Wide Soft, City Wide Hard and Area Specific Services for the municipality.

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Direct Sunshine List outrage at failed neo-liberal experiment

Re: This kind of sunshine brings disgust, column, April 4.

While I agree with Debora Kelly that the public sector must be accountable and transparent, her rant misses the bigger part of the story: the serious shortcomings of the neo-liberal economic experiment.

In theory, deregulation, globalization, and lower taxes, especially for corporations and the wealthy, would free up capital and grow the economy to benefit us all.

In practice, however, the new economic order has brought us this:

• A race to the bottom, as jurisdictions “compete” to attract capital by offering the lowest taxes, cheapest wages and weakest labour and environmental standards.

• The outsourcing of good jobs (see above), and “precarious employment” as the emerging norm: short-term, part-time and contract work without stability or ben-efits. (No wonder Canadians, especially young Canadians, are anxious, “gloomy,” about their economic prospects.)

• The widening gap between rich and poor, the hollowing out of the middle class, and the growth of a tiny cadre of super-wealthy. (Search: “Income Inequality + Con-ference Board of Canada” and/or “OECD”.)

As one commentator in Canadian Busi-ness put it recently: “The rising economic

tide has floated a small number of luxu-ry yachts, leaving everyone else beached ashore.”

• Reduced taxes, especially for corpora-tions and the elite. Between 2000 and 2012, Canada’s corporate tax rate plummeted from 28 per cent to 15 per cent; since 1981, our top marginal tax rate fell from 43 per cent to 29 per cent.

So much for all that Conservative hand-wringing about the “deficit”.

• The hoarding — rather than reinvest-ment — of corporate cash. Canadian cor-porate cash reserves grew from $187 billion in 2001 to $575 billion in 2011. Still, the right keeps calling for even more corporate tax breaks, without any commitment to domestic employment.

• The squirrelling away by the very rich of between $21 trillion and $32 trillion — yes, trillion with t — in off-shore tax havens.

Domestically, Canadians for Tax Fair-ness have estimated, conservatively, that off-shore havens have cost us $7.8 billion annually in lost revenue.

Ms Kelly points out in today’s economy “workers are grateful to have jobs”. Des-peration, apparently, is the new “reality” — and benchmark.

She should have asked why this is so, rather than simply direct our frustration and outrage at the public sector.

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LETTER OF THE WEEK

ave you received any robo calls recently?

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Last week was a busy one for robo calls in my Richmond Hill household.

Monday, we were informed of a telephone town hall meeting of Richmond Hill MPP Reza Moridi with Vaughan MPP Steven Del Duca that would be happening the next evening.

Then Tuesday evening anoth-er automated call came in invit-ing us to participate and offer our opinions to that same Moridi-Del Duca town hall in the lead-up to the provincial budget.

Residents living in the Oak Ridges-Markham riding of MPP Helena Jaczek were similarly invited to participate in her tele-phone town hall.

A rather irate man from Oak Ridges called me to complain he had picked up his home phone Tuesday evening to make an out-going call, and was unwittingly involved in the electronic town hall.

Another caller from Richmond Hill was even angrier about the Moridi town hall invitation.

He was so upset he told me he called the Liberal Party of Ontario to insist they delete his phone number from their calling lists and added his number to the Do Not Call registry.

I heard strong complaints from another Oak Ridges gentle-man on a phone survey concern-ing amalgamating fire services across York Region.

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ket, the Oak Ridges man said he answered the survey questions because he thought he was doing his duty as a citizen.

He said the questions seemed to favour amalgamated fire departments.

He was “shocked” that the final two questions on this supposed fire safety survey asked him to rate his satisfaction with his ward councillor and one of Richmond Hill’s regional councillors, calling this “inappropriate”.

I understand a similar fire amalgamation phone survey was done in Vaughan and that sur-vey respondents were similarly asked to rate their satisfaction with municipal politicians in that city.

Finally last week, an Aurora resident told me her home mes-sage service received an invita-tion to participate in a Canadian Automobile Association tele-phone town hall on York Region traffic gridlock. She was forced to listen to a portion of the actual meeting before she was able to delete it.

Negative reactions to auto-mated surveys and opinion events should serve as a warn-ing to political leaders, campaign teams and lobby groups seeking our opinions and eager for our input.

There can be a backlash from residents who feel their personal time and space is invaded.

If this is the new frontier — the modern way groups, organi-zations and political parties will be engaging our opinions — then sensitivity and common sense must prevail.

Marney Beck is editor of the Rich-mond Hill Liberal.

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Markham’s Paul Bourbonniere, 59, finished this week’s Boston Marathon in 3:38:58 and was several blocks east of the finish line, in the Boston Common area, when the blasts occurred.

“I was part of the event, but not part of the incident, and I’m thankful for that,” he said.

He had already spoken to his wife, Sue Ann, about his location before they knew any-thing was wrong. She was back in their hotel room in the Cambridge area, north across the Charles River from the finish line.

He had been waiting in a subway station for about 10 minutes when a transit employee told the crowd the train wouldn’t be coming due to police action.

He decided to walk back to the hotel and received a phone call from his daughter, Lisa Derby, checking to make sure he and Mrs. Bourbonniere were safe.

That was when he realized something hap-pened. People on the street were looking for TV screens to follow what was happening and he went into a coffee shop, where people were talking about the bombs.

Mr. Bourbonniere initially wondered how bad the incident was, how many people were injured or killed, and if there might be more bombs, he said.

“Everywhere I went, there seemed to be a combination of medical emergency and police presence,” he said.

“With all the sirens on, you sort of figure the city is in lockdown and you have to get your

wits about you.”He tried posting to Facebook to let friends

and family know he was safe, but he couldn’t access the Internet. Fortunately, his wife and daughter were online, spreading the message.

That evening, Mr. and Mrs. Bourbonniere were supposed to meet friends for dinner at Copley Square, near the bomb site.

They instead ate in a restaurant closer to where they were staying, where the bombing was the main point of conversation.

“Obviously, it was the talk of the entire place,” Mr. Bourbonniere said. “Everyone was buzzing about it.”

The bombings won’t deter participation in the marathon in the future, he said, as all the runners he spoke to said they would return.

“The running community will pull together on this,” he said. “Anybody who qualified for Boston 2014 is going to be there.”

Aurora resident Jim Keon finished the race about 20 minutes before the blasts and had been herded farther down the street with other runners for post-race activities.

“I was looking back, probably talking to somebody ... I don’t know what a bomb sounds like, but it sounded like a bomb. I really didn’t know at the time what it was.”

Mr. Keon was among a group of five run-ners from the Running Room in Aurora to attend the event. He reported that all runners and their families were safe.

“Whoever did it timed it for the most likely time to hit the most people,” he noted. “Because it is a marathon, police and emer-gency vehicles are lined up right there. They

took control immediately, but it obviously ruined the day for everybody.”

This was the second straight year Mr. Keon ran the Boston event. He will think hard about running the race in future.

“We’ll have to talk about that. Some

people in my club are already making plans for next year. We’ll have to think about it. For a runner, it is the place to be.”

Mr. Keon was staying at the nearby Westin Copley, overlooking the start and finish line.— with files from John Cudmore, Torstar News Service

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Markham has retained outside legal advice to judge if it is appropriate to release confidential docu-ments related to the pro-posed $325-million GTA Centre.

Alex Cameron of Fasken Martineau was retained to conduct a review of docu-ments and reports and whether or not those doc-uments can be released to the public, the city’s cor-porate services commis-sioner, Trinela Cane, said at this week’s Markham Sports, Entertainment and Cultural Centre com-mittee meeting.

Mr. Cameron, a civil litigator, specializes in cor-porate and commercial disputes, privacy, freedom of information, access to information and software and Internet litigation.

He is also a lecturer and author on privacy and access to information and an expert on third party litigation, she added.

“Mr. Cameron will be looking at the individual documents and will give the city his advice on what can be released and what should be released,” Ms Cane said.

A year after the arena was announced, there is no new information, said Karen Rea, president of the Markham Village City Ratepayers Association. “We’re being told nego-tiations are ongoing, but why?”

Mayor Frank Scarpitti argued there has been criticism the city has been moving too quickly.

The list of documents and reports includes the

Markham Live report from Miller Thomson Slide Deck, KPMG financial reports, client-priviledge communications, trans-action structure details, BDR’s project analysis, professional opinions, economic impact analysis and the Raymond James report.

In February, council voted in favour of getting outside legal advice. The motion, pushed by region-al councillors Jim Jones and Joe Li called for all documents on the arena to be made public.

The remainder of the meeting was held in cam-era. Ms Rea questioned why information about the 20,000-seat arena pro-moter, Graeme Roustan, was held in camera. “There is nothing to hide. Everything is available on the Internet,” she said.

Mr. Scarpitti noted recent complaints against the city’s in-camera pro-cess. An independent investigation said the city had grounds to go behind closed doors.

“I understand your frustration,” he said. “But we only go in camera when our solicitor advises us to. We follow provincial rules. If we don’t go in camera, we can see some lawsuits against the city.”

While the city might be in the right when it comes to in-camera meetings, public sentiment is still not good, Ward 1 Council-lor Valerie Burke said. “We can defend ourselves as much as we want, but the public is not happy,” she said. “I think we’ve dug ourselves in a hole on this one.”

Markham hires lawyer for opinion on arena documents

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Is a casino in Vaughan an oppor-tunity or a threat? Here’s your chance to weigh in on the matter.

But first, that was the question on the mind of Councillor Tony Carella in the wake of a strategic initiatives update presented to the planning and key initiatives com-mittee this week.

Mr. Carella raised the question as Vaughan’s corporate and strate-gic services commissioner Joe Pit-tari, along with senior planning manager Thomas Plant, had placed “investigate the feasibility of locat-ing a casino in Vaughan” as both an opportunity and a threat in a four-pronged look at strengths, weak-nesses, opportunities and threats.

Mr. Carella asked if it was a typo or an insight to place a casino in Vaughan as both an opportunity

and a threat. This generated much laughter.

“We see both sides of the coin. We’re not sure where we’re going with this yet. We wanted to recognize that we’ve got everyone’s opinion on it. It’s either a potential opportu-nity, but there are some weaknesses potentially associated with it. That was the thinking behind it,” Mr. Pit-tari said.

Mr. Carella said he felt his fellow councillors really needed to know if having the casino was more of an opportunity or a threat.

“The amount of comment and commentary I’m getting from the people I represent is ratcheting up at a very fast pace and I can see both sides of the argument,” Mr. Carel-la said. “I think we should come down to something better than just a political flip of the coin. I think we need some hard evidence either way for a decision.”

Mr. Pittari said executive director Tim Simmonds is at work on a tech-nical assessment on opportunities and weaknesses. Mr. Simmonds later confirmed that the assessment will be available some time early next month.

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When Christina Truong attended the recent 44th George Brown College Ath-letic Awards Night, she did not expect to receive any special citations.

Especially since the 19-year-old Thornhill resi-dent was just a first-year student enrolled in the bak-ing and pastry arts program and member of the George Brown College Huskies bad-minton team.

Competing in women’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles, Truong did not win any major competitions dur-ing the season.

But when the recipients of the inaugural Michael “Pinball” Clemons Fair Play Award were announced, Truong’s name was called out as the female honouree.

“It was amazing, it was a huge surprise,” Truong said of the award, which signi-fied the importance of fair-ness, respect and showing a

positive attitude by a student athlete in a sport. “I’ve never received an award like that before.”

Acknowledging the hon-our bestowed upon her rep-resents the highlight thus far in her athletic endeavours, Truong was presented the award by Clemons himself, current vice-chairman and a former running back with the Toronto Argonauts.

For Truong, it was quite an honour to meet the Argo-nauts’ icon.

“I never had a profession-al athlete present me with an award or even talk to me,” she said. “I was awestruck. He was joking around with me and he’s an amazing speaker.”

Introduced to badminton while a Grade 9 student at

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“When I went to George Brown that’s when the coaches began to teach me

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“At the start it was stress-ful and I’d get mad at myself for messing up. But as time has progressed I’ve been proud of what I’ve been able to accomplish, knowing that I’ve improved a lot.”

George Brown College student Christina Truong, 19, receives the inaugural Michael “Pinball” Clem-ons Fair Play Award for her positive attitude as a student ath-lete. The bakery and pastry arts student is on the Huskies badmin-ton team.

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With just two years to go, Markham is hoping to spread the Pan Am spirit.

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The 2015 Games will be one of the largest international sports competi-tions this country has ever hosted, Games CEO Ian Troop said.

Markham is one of 13 munici-palities along with three universi-ties hosting events during the July 10 to 26 games that will see more than 10,000 athletes vying for gold in nearly 50 sports. Athletes from more than 40 countries will participate.

Markham’s Pan Am Centre will play host to water polo, badminton and table tennis as well as Parapan table tennis during the Parapan Am Games Aug. 7 to 14.

The Games will also bring in some 250,000 tourists.

“These are the people’s games,” Mr. Troop said. “This is the World Cup meets the Olympics where cul-ture and patriotism join.”

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“We’re transferring ownership from the organizing committee to you,” Mr. Troop told about 100 resi-dents and community leaders who participated. “These games will be only be as big as you make it. And we’re counting on you to make it big.”

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Games/facility legacy:• Establish an umbrella sports group for the city’s different sporting organizations, with a collaborative effort on fundraising and sponsorship opportunities, getting vol-unteers and other administrative require-ments such as insurance;• Host a mini Pan Am Games for children each year to remember the 2015 event;

Volunteering: • Host volunteer recruitment events, such as pep rallies at Markham high schools;• Offer volunteer opportunities in different

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OAK RIDGES- bungalow, 1800sq.ft. 3 bedrooms, no pets/ smoking. Referenc- es. First/ last. $1800+ utilities. Available. 905-737-3462

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CONTENTS SALE! 74 Ardwell Crescent (Ruther- ford/ Keele) Maple. Satur- day & Sunday (April 20th & 21st) 9am-3pm. Furniture, appliances, housewares, more.

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TAYLOREulaline Mary (née Campbell)

Born January 27, 1917 - Weston, ONDied April 7, 2013 - North York, ON

Passed away, in her 97th year,at North York General Hospital.

Predeceased by her husband Alec Taylor, parents Donald "D.W." Campbell and Melissa Potter Campbell, and siblings Marjorie I. Campbell, Donald L. Campbell, and Bonnabelle G. McIntyre. Survived and grieved by daughter Robin Linda Taylor Roth, son-in-law Heinz D Roth, step-grandson Heinz E Roth and step-granddaughter Greta Roth Gridley and their families, five nieces and nephews, and eleven great- nieces and great-nephews.Eulaline grew up on Queens Drive and attended school in Weston, ON, where her father was an insurance agent and member of the school board. She lived for a short time in St Thomas, ON, where, in 1937/8, she attended the "Special Commercial" program at Arthur Voaden Vocational School, where she met her future husband, Alec Taylor (1920-2008). They married in January 1945, and had 63 happy years together. Eulaline served as book-keeper and office manager for a number of companies, including Scotch Floor and Wall Tile, the government of Ontario, Campbell Brokerage, and Dolly Jewelers, before entering the interesting world of real estate. Overcoming what were, at that time, significant obstacles, she became, in 1952, the first licensed female real estate agent in Toronto, ON. In retirement, she and Alec enjoyed time spent at their cottage in Harcourt Park, travelling, managing their investments, playing bridge, and attending concerts and plays.A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at 11:00 AM EDT, at Thornhill United Church, 25 Elgin Street, Thornhill, ON. (Call 905-889-2131 for directions.) Reception to follow, at the Church.The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, you please make a memorial donation to ALS Canada (http://www.als.ca/en/donate/memorialtribute), plant a tree in Algonquin Park (http://www.memorywoods.com/), or make a donation in memory of Eulaline to a charity of your choice.

Condolences www.rskane.ca.R.S. Kane

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BENOIT,Irene

Sept. 3, 1927~

April 12, 2013

We would like to celebrate the life of Irene, aged 85, who died peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. Born in the Ghost Pine Creek area of Alberta, the daughter of Andrew and Barbara Stipkala, she lived in several cities across Canada, settling in Thornhill in 1968. Irene was a woman of unwaivering faith in her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and it served her well as she raised her five children. She was known for her caring attitude towards her friends and relatives and her interest in all their activities. In addition to a busy and loving family life, Irene had a long and successful career selling real estate, and she will be remembered as an honest, skilled, and caring business woman.Irene is survived by her children, Greg. Kathy (Keith) Sullivan, Paul, Sharon Dean, Joe (Tamara), and 11 grandchildren and 6 great- grandchildren as well as her sister, Elsie Knight and brother, Ed Stipkala, and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her loving husband of 60 years, Henry.The family wishes to acknowledge the wonderful care that Irene received from daughter Sharon and Dr. Brenda Whitney.Memorial donations can be made to charity of your choice or Zera Word Ministries, Richmond Hill, to support Sharon's ministry to families in crisis.

Condolences at rskane.ca

WEHRENS, Rhona JeanPassed away peacefully at Mackenzie Health on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at the age of 89 from dementia. Rhona, born June 16, 1923 in Toronto to the late Annie and Harry Vanstone. Rhona is survived by Alex, her devoted husband of 60 years and sons and daughter Adrian, William, Mike, Nancy and grandchildren Andrew, Stephanie, William, Vern, Monty, Melody, Hannah and great grandchildren Michael, Samuel and Max. She is survived by her sister Leah Marple, predeceased by her brothers Bud Vanstone, Dave Vanstone and sister Mary Kesteven.Rhona was retired from the Town of Vaughan after 20 years of service. She was a former member of Richmond Hill's Artists, Legion, Club 35, Horticulture and Naturalists.The family would like to thank the nurses and doctors from Mackenzie Health and Saint Elizabeth Health Care. Friends may call at the MARSHALL FUNERAL HOME, 10366 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill (4th traffic light north of Major Mackenzie Drive) from 7-9 p.m. Thursday. Service will be held in the Chapel at 11 a.m. Friday. Interment Maple cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, flowers or donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated.

Condolences can be left at www.marshallfuneralhome.com

DEWSBURY, Norah Alice (nee Brown)

Peacefully, at Mackenzie Health Hospital, Richmond Hill, surrounded by her loving family, on the afternoon of Monday, April 8th, 2013 in her 96th year. Long-time resident of Richmond Hill, formerly of Bobcaygeon. Beloved wife of the late George Blakely Dewsbury, cherished mother of Gary (Helen), Anne (Reg), Susan, Lucille (Brent), Scott (Sherrie) and baby Lee. Dearest Nana to Carolyn and Steve, Caroline, Christopher and Kelly Ann, Shelby and Ruilan. Dear sister of the late Grace Hobbs and the late Robert Brown. Loving aunt to Ernie and Micheline, Roy and Betty, and Ellie and the late Tony. Fond cousin to Jack. Sadly missed by her many friends and neighbours. A private family Burial Service has taken place. A Memorial Service will take place on Saturday, April 27th at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of St. Mary's Anglican Church, 10030 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill, L4C 1T8 (entrance from Major Mackenzie Drive West). Luncheon reception to follow in the Church hall. Donations to St. Mary's Anglican Church, Richmond Hill, in memory of N. Alice Brown Dewsbury would be appreciated by the family.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERSIn the Estate of Margaret McGowan

Date of Death March 12, 2013WE, the undersigned, propose to distribute the assets of the Estate of Margaret McGowan (also known as Margaret Gertrude McGowan), late of the Town of Richmond Hill in the Regional Municipality of York, Homemaker, and will be responsible only for claims of which we have notice and which are received by us on or before the 18th day of May, 2013.DATED at Richmond Hill this 18th day of April, 2013.Catherine-Lynn Selby and Leslie Selby, Estate Trustees, by their solicitor,Robert H. Blackburn, Q.C., 10800 Yonge Street, 3rd Floor, Richmond Hill, Ontario, L4C 3E4

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Corey Kalk’s perfor-mance for the North York Rangers in March did not go unnoticed.

The 18-year-old Thornhill resident and second-year Rangers’ for-ward recorded 15 points in nine postseason tilts to lead the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s playoff scoring race.

He earned honour-able mention when the Canadian Junior Hockey League named their three stars for March.

Kalk helped the Rang-ers to a first round victory over the Oakville Blades and a six-game series upset of the South-West Conference champion Buffalo Jr. Sabres.

The five-foot, nine-inch, 145-pound Kalk was dominant in March, jumping out to a play-off scoring lead with 11 goals and 23 points in 14 games.

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Stingrays spike gold

The Stingrays’98 Wave spiked the gold medal at the Ontario Volleyball Association girls’ under-15 tier two provincial championships with a 2-0 (25-22, 29-27) win over the Waterloo Tigers in the title match at Kitchener-Waterloo last weekend.

After two up and down days of competition, the Stingrays went undefeat-ed on the final day when they beat the Stingers 2-0 in the quarter-finals fol-lowed by a 2-0 win over the Guelph Grizzlies in the semifinals.

Markham participants included head coach Mar-cus Ng, Breanna Chap-man, Shirley Lam, Jes-sica Anderson and Kate Wallace. Thornhill players included Shari Levy and Katarina Stojsic and Geor-gia McClelland, Catherine Novorolsky and Jade Shi of Richmond Hill.

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Milos Raonic’s stay in the singles’ competi-tion at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters event did not last long after he was eliminated by 49th ranked Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (3) in a second-round match on the clay court in Monte Carlo Wednesday.

The 22-year-old Thornhill native who was seeded 12th at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event, only faced a single break point through the one hour and 55 minute match. Unfortunately for Raonic, Nieminen snatched the opportunity to break Raonic in the first set and that ultimately was all he needed to earn a third-round berth.

For Raonic’s part, he was able to come back

strong in the second set to force a decider. His inability to clinch any of the five first-set break chances he earned did him in.

Also competing in men’s doubles, it was Raonic’s turn to register an upset as he and Bernard Tomic of Australia defeated the eighth-seeded Polish pair of Mariusz Fyrsten-berg and Marcin Matkowski 6-2, 6-4.

Raonic and Tomic will next take on the third seeded team of Daniel Nestor (Toronto) and Sweden’s Robert Lindstedt for a place in the semifinals.

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