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Local tax increase is 2.95%, blended rate 2.29%
POLICE
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Hwy. 400 accidentWheel flies off truck, strikes northbound vehicle
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Task force updateFirst meeting held; assignments doled out
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Scotch saluteStaff photo/Steve Somerville
Ian Gentles “noses” the aroma of this scotch selection at Arts Society King’s Art of Scotch event Sunday. More on this even on page 3.
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By Michael [email protected]
To paraphrase what the great Scottish poet Robert Burns once said, the best laid plans
of mice and men often go askew.Such was not the case though
when Arts Society King held its inaugural The Art of Scotch and Robbie Burns Day at the King Heri-tage and Cultural Centre in King City Sunday.
With a capacity gathering of 62 people on hand, the three-hour event went according to plan and got started with the Humber River Shakespeare Company reading poems that Burns penned.
As well, there was a sampling of some delectable Scottish fare.
And what event honouring the great Scottish poet would be com-plete without the traditional cut-ting of the haggis, a Burns dinner tradition.
After those proceedings, the gatherers were led to a room to the tones of traditional Scottish bagpipe music where they then learned about Scottish whisky, known more commonly as single-malt Scotch, with presenter Keith Scott.
After Scott gave his presenta-tion and suggestions as to how each individual should savour the beverage’s aroma and flavour, they sampled five different types that were placed on their tables.
“People think Scotch is some-thing that their grandparents drank, but it’s not,” said Scott of the perception the beverage once had. “It’s a matter of matching what you like to what Scotch is out there.”
In fact, Scott was quick to point out Scottish whisky is a trendy bev-erage these days.
“A lot of young people, those who just graduate from university or who just enter the workforce want to be part of the ‘in crowd’ and bars have different variations of scotch and scotch cocktails.”
In organizing this event, Teri Hastings, Arts Society King execu-tive director, said she picked up on the idea last year through a friend
who conducted a similar event in Aurora that was well received.
“I brought the idea to our board and we went ahead with it,” she
said.After watching the proceedings
of their first-time venture, Hastings felt the event was a smashing suc-
cess.Especially since she was quick
to point out the event sold out just two weeks after tickets went on
sale.In fact, she said they were
forced to turn some people away.“This definitely exceeded my
expectations,” she said.With the event receiving sup-
port from BMO Mutual Funds and with some of its representatives in attendance. They were also elated with the manner in which the first-time venture unfolded.
“I was definitely impressed with the turnout,” said Margarita Ramos D’Alfonsi, BMO Mutual Funds rep-resentative. “Terri (Hastings) did a great job of this. This went beyond what I had imagined.”
Given the popularity and suc-cess of this endeavour, Hastings was optimistic they will do it again next year and have it as the kick-off to the Arts Society King’s calendar of events each year.
“Absolutely,” she said.They could easily have con-
ducted the event over a two-day period, rather than just a single day, Hastings said, but noted that manpower might be an issue in doing so as Arts Society King is a non-profit organization and run by volunteers.
“We could make it smaller and more intimate,” she said. “It could be ideal for maybe anywhere from 30 to 60 people.”
Ramos D’Alfonsi said her organization would welcome the opportunity to be onboard again for the event next year.
“We (BMO Mutual Funds) are all about traditions, community and involvement. This brings the community together,” she said.
As for where the funds raised from this event will be allocated, Hastings explained that with Arts Society King recently coming to the end of a three-year Trillium grant, the money will go toward sustain-ing other cultural happenings on their schedule to take place this season and going forward.
Staff photos/Steve Somerville
Clockwise from top: Arts Society King’s Teri Hastings holds the haggis on offer for event goers at The Art of Scotch, an event to celebrate Robbie Burns Day at the King Township Museum and Archives; Jana McGeachy is amused by this selection of scotch; Vera Turner samples a selection.
Plaid, poetry and peat: all in the Art of Scotch
ONLINE: To see additional photos from this event visit http://bit.ly/1njHF0p
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By Tim [email protected]
King Township home-owners will pay 2.29 per cent more this year than they paid in property taxes in 2015.
Township council passed its 2016 budget and busi-ness plan on Monday night. It means for the average assessed home of $664,000 in King, the tax increase will amount to $142 for the com-ing year.
That means, taking regional, educational and local property taxes com-bined into account, the aver-age taxpayer will go from paying $6,195 in property taxes in 2015 to about $6,338 in property taxes in 2016.
Breaking the numbers down a little further, King Township is raising its local rates by 2.95 per cent while
York Region raised taxes by 2.85 per cent. It’s expected the education portion of the tax bill will not increase. The combination of those tax rates led to a 2.29 per cent increase overall.
Treasurer Allan Evelyn presented the budget and business plan to council, explaining a large part of the plan is to invest in infrastruc-ture and to invest in reserve funds.
“The focus of this bud-get is truly centred around the infrastructure needs of this township, to make sure service level needs are main-tained and that we have a responsible tax rate going forward,” Evelyn said.
Councillor Avia Eek was happy that a piece of side-walk in Ansnorveldt would be included in the budget.
“Perfect,” she said.She added, “Anybody
who knows me, knows I’m all about infrastructure. If it was up to me, all of it, the entire budget would go to roads because I hear about
the condition of the roads, I drive the roads, we all drive the roads… we all think we all have the worst roads, we never seem to have enough money. I know we are doing the best we can.”
Still Eek made a pitch to keep non-recommended item ExperienceKing Tour-ism program at a net tax impact of $19,000 in the budget. Eek was backed by Councillor Debbie Schaefer,
who also asked that the cul-tural co-ordinator position (net tax impact of $2,900) be kept in. Both items were saved from the chopping block as Evelyn and CAO Susan Plamondon promised to find the required $21,900 from existing revenues.
The budget and business plan was ratified Monday evening.
❚ See more budget cover-age on page 10
By the numBersHere is what the township portion of the tax bill (2.95 per cent
increase) translates to
NEWS - KING BUDGET
By Tim [email protected]
Residents living on the east side of Keele Street between Dennison and Car-michael Crescent may soon have a sidewalk to call their own.
Thanks to King City Councillor Cleve Mortelliti at Monday night’s coun-cil meeting, some 11th
hour budget fancy footwork could free up funding for the long-sought-after sidewalk.
It would connect to a side-walk already linking Keele from Dennison to King Road and points south as well as Keele on Carmichael and points north.
Mortelliti was clearly upset the 2016 budget and business plan, which was rat-ified Monday night, did not provide any funding for the Keele sidewalk construction. It was his understanding the work would be included in the budget.
“Residents cannot walk on Keele Street, where there
are 35,000 cars a day, they cannot walk on the east side of Keele Street. Those resi-dents have been complain-ing for years about no con-nectivity and that was the specific area I was concerned about,” said Mortelliti.
“It’s very disappointing. I don’t know what more I can do to point out that side-walks are needed on this side of Keele,” he added.
The councillor said he has tried in vain to get the region to install a crosswalk from the east side of Keele, where there is no sidewalk, to the west side of the street, which has a sidewalk.
“I can revisit the sidewalk program and see what can be done,” said Andrew Drzew-iecki, director of engineering, public works and building.
It’s expected the cost to build the sidewalk along Keele would be estimat-ed to cost at least $80,000. The total sidewalk budget for the township for 2016 is $185,000.
Keele Street section may get sidewalk after allKing Township budget passes
Overall property tax increase to come
in at 2.29 per cent Assessment value
Tax levy (township portion)
2.95 per cent increase in tax levy (township portion) versus 2015
$400,000 $1,366.65 $39.22
$500,000 $1,708.31 $49.03
$664,000 $2,268.64 $65.11
$750,000 $2,562.47 $73.55
$1,000,000 $3,416.62 $98.06
– Township of King
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POLICE | NEWS
If you have a complaint against your township and can’t resolve it, you now have somewhere to go.
As of Jan. 1 the town-ship has appointed ADR Chambers Canada, a con-flict-resolution company, as the ombudsman for the Township of King until Dec. 31, 2021.
That means that, for no fee, residents can elect to have ADR Chambers deal with complaints they have between themselves and the township that have failed to be resolved. The township will pay ADR Chambers on a “fee for service basis.”
The township was forced to hire an ombuds-man or accept having to
use the Ontario Ombuds-man’s office after the province passed legisla-tion in December 2014 requiring all municipali-ties in Ontario to have the service in place by Jan. 1, 2016.
The role of the munici-pal ombudsman will be as follows:
• receive, review and investigate complaints that are the result of an act, decision or recom-mendation done or
omitted in the course of the administration of the township and any municipally controlled corporation that may be under the ombudsman’s jurisdiction;
• maintain the confi-dentiality of complainants and matters relating to an investigation unless such matters should be disclosed to establish grounds for the ombuds-man’s conclusions and recommendations;
• act at arm’s length from the township and council but provide an annual report on its activ-ities and periodic reports that are the result of an investigation.
King Township appoints ombudsman service
A driver of an SUV is reported to have suffered life-threatening injuries after a wheel flew off a southbound tractor-trailer, bounced over the highway and struck his vehicle trav-elling northbound.
OPP report the accident happened just after 9 a.m. Wednesday.
An air ambulance was called to take the injured person to hospital.
Sgt. Kerry Schmidt of the OPP said, “We have seen in the past this type of inci-dent, it’s very tragic… you don’t expect to see wheels flying at you. There is noth-ing much a driver can do when it is closing at close to 200 km/h as wheels are bouncing towards you.”
All lanes of Hwy. 400 were closed between Lloydtown-Aurora Road
Vehicle struck by truck wheel on Hwy. 400
Photo/ Sgt. Kerry Schmidt
The impact of a truck wheel on an SUV is significant after a Wednesday morning accident on Hwy. 400.
and King Road until the collision reconstruction team had had a chance to
investigate the accident. All lanes reopened early after-noon.
ONLINE: More local news and information? Visit yorkregion.com
Appointed until end of 2021
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EDITORIAL
We bid adieu to Ian Proudfootetroland Media and, closer to home, York Region Media Group, will say
goodbye tomorrow to an indus-try icon.
Ian Proudfoot, a highly respected and successful compa-ny vice-president and publisher of the vast Metroland Central division — stretching from North Bay to Georgina to Vaughan to Toronto — will hang up his hat after a career of which he can be extremely proud.
Proudfoot was not just the man in the corner office who sought out the bottom line and looked for ways to cut costs and bring in new business.
Proudfoot led his 800+ team with compassion, empathy, inclusion and honesty. He valued his people and took a real interest in their lives.
Proudfoot always ran a tight ship — being tough when he needed to be — but he navigated his vessel with a bigger picture in mind; always seeking out and retaining great people who were willing to go the extra mile and work hard to get results.
He valued journalism and never stood in the way of any story the editorial team would take on.
He always respected the fact his journalists would operate ethically, fairly and accurately and his newsrooms always strived to do just that.
In fact, Proudfoot, more than most publishers with back-grounds in sales, marketing and business, took great interest in journalism and always kept the lines of communication open.
While he led his entire team effectively and openly, Proudfoot never lost sight of our company’s mission to be connected to our communities.
He lived that vision and strived to be a part of his communities every day.
Proudfoot founded Celebra-tion of the Arts more than a decade ago to give up-and-com-ing artists, musicians and talent-ed youth a chance to showcase their skills and shine.
He played an integral role in helping our hospitals, rolled up
his sleeves for the United Way of York Region, ensured staff had what they needed to build its Santa Fund for the less fortunate and worked tirelessly behind the scenes of many volunteer boards and committees.
He always believed in the importance of helping build a community, one positive step at a time and his lifelong legacy was recognized when he was honoured with the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship in 2011. Community leaders rallied to nominate his good work, to pay tribute to his many contribu-tions to charitable causes and to honour the inspirational role he undertook in finding solutions to betterment.
Proudfoot’s career has spanned five decades in an industry that will surely feel his absence.
As he clears his corner office at 580B Steven Ct. tomorrow, there will surely be more than a few tears shed as the reality of his leaving becomes clear for so many staff members he men-tored, guided and lifted up over the years.
And while Proudfoot’s shoes will be hard to fill, our division is fortunate to welcome its new publisher, Dana Robbins.
Robbins, who will continue his esteemed predecessor’s role in community building, sums up Proudfoot’s legacy:
“He’s everything publishers aspire to be. He is committed to our communities, he’s committed to our craft and he’s very much influenced as a leader by the val-ues he holds near and dear.
“I can’t think of a better description or aspiration for any-one in a leadership role,” Robbins said.
Himself a relentless advocate for people living in marginalized or impoverished situations, Rob-bins is touted as being a focused and compassionate leader who cares about people.
So, with saddened hearts, we will bid farewell to our fearless leader, Ian Proudfoot, but antici-pate great things ahead as we welcome a new publisher who holds near and dear the values of Metroland; committed to com-munity.
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Comment about Western women unnecessary, offensive
Re: Story, hijab campaign ‘commend-able’, letter by Raza Kara, Jan. 21.
I read the story on the hijab campaign and like Raza Kara, found the campaign commendable.
However, I would like to point out to Raza Kara that in lauding the campaign, he/she may have destroyed the cam-paign’s good efforts for people to accept the hijab with the comment “unlike their western counterparts, does not allow herself to be sexualized, exploited and tossed around like a sex toy to be abused physically and then left out in the wilder-ness”.
There is never any need to make nasty comments about a culture you do not understand.
This is precisely the kind of comments which make people close their minds to what you are advocating.
By the way, the fashion houses will cater to anybody who has money and it does not matter to them what religion/culture it is.
Lourdes HeinzLeRichmond hill
Reader: I don’t feel ‘exploited’
Re: Story, hijab campaign commendable, letter by Raza Kara, Jan. 21.
It was nice to invite residents to experi-ence the hijab, but I am a Western women who enjoys my Western values and I per-sonally would not like to wear a hijab in 90 degree heat.
Nor do I feel “exploited and tossed around like a sex toy to be abused physi-cally and then left in the wilderness”.
I also don’t feel I have to prove or show my purity and chastity by wearing a hijab.
I’m quite happy having my hair blow in the wind and feeling FREE. I already know I am pure and chaste.
While I’m writing this letter, I’m lis-tening to Tom Petty’s song “I won’t back down”.
Enjoy your hijab, I don’t.
sHaron GooderHam Richmond hill
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Six men – one who is 16 – have come forward to police complaining
of a “sextortion” scheme where what appears to be an organized group is attempting to extract thousands of dollars from unsuspecting males.
Just in the last three months, police have heard about two York Region men handing over as much as $750 to the women, whose modus operandi appears to be almost iden-tical during the Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Markham and King incidents.
And fraud reporting sta-tistics, which are often as low as 5 per cent, dictate the scam might have re-occurred hundreds if not thousands of times by now.
During the first reported incident, in Novem-ber 2015, a 16-year-old from Richmond Hill received a Facebook request by an unknown and attractive female, which led to chatting over social media.
Once the pair began their interaction, it would eventually escalate, on her suggestion, to Skype video
chat. When he opened the
application, the com-plainant said the girl was already naked before the pair engaged in sexual behaviour via video.
After it was over, the boy received a message asking for $3,000, under the threat that the video would be forwarded to his friends and family.
Instead, he reported it to police.
This scenario would play itself out another four times in November 2015 and then once more, only days ago, on Jan. 18.
During this interaction, the 21-year-old man from Richmond Hill wired $250 to the extortionist, after a request for $5,000 was made.
A 46-year-old New-market man also paid out $500 in Novem-
ber.The only known
case where a video was posted occurred late last year when one of the women sent a 29-year-old Markham man a YouTube video of himself engaging in sexual activity before requesting the money.
Police said the women
do appear to be real and may originate in the Phil-ippines, although this has not been proven.
In one case, police said the woman apologized to the man before admitting the only reason she was engaging in the activity was to support a sick rela-tive.
The only time a York Region incident didn’t begin over Facebook, a 20-year-old King man was caught on the website cha-troulette.com.
“You need to know who you are talking to,” Const. Laura Nicolle said. “You can record almost any-thing these days, so you have to be really careful.”
She referenced York police’s 2015 investigation into child pornography named Project Hydra, dur-ing which a 24-year-old
Moncton man was alleg-edly using a webcam video of a young woman getting undressed to lure young men to do the same thing on the other end.
That investigation led to 41 suspects being identi-fied in Canada, the United States and around the world, including 17 arrests.
Nicolle said the investi-gation up to this point has turned up little evidence as to the organization that appears to be carrying out the extortion.
On top of advising people to cover webcams when they’re not in use and not provide personal information or details, Nicolle added that anytime you wire money to some-one, it’s almost impossible to retrieve.
Anyone with informa-tion is asked to call the York Regional Police Cor-porate Communications Bureau at 1-866-876-5423, ext., 2664 or to report a crime, call the non-emer-gency line1-866-876-5423, ext., 7008.
Men targeted in ‘sextortion’ scheme, police warn
King’sConnectionA King man is among the six in York Region who have come forward to police to complain of the scheme.
‘You need to know who you are
talking to. You can record almost anything these
days, so you have to be really careful.’
–Const. Laura Nicolle
First reported incident took place in November
Aurora Mayor Geoff Dawe is making a repeat performance.
He has been named chair of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority for a second term.
“Receiving the contin-ued support of my col-leagues on the board of directors means a great deal to me,” Dawe said in a statement following his appointment at the annual general meeting last Friday.
“This past year as chair of LSRCA has been a high-light in my career and I’m thrilled to continue on in that role. I expect 2016 will be even more exciting as the authority begins imple-menting our new five-year strategic plan.”
The plan, called Vision to Action, Action to Results, renews the authority’s com-mitment to protecting the Lake Simcoe watershed.
Innisfil Councillor Rich-ard Simpson was appointed vice-chair for the first time.
For more information about the LSRCA’s stra-
tegic plan and to see the authority’s annual report, go online to http://www.lsrca.on.ca/news/2016/new_chair.php
Dawe returns as Conservation
Authority chairKing’sConnection
A northeast portion of King Township falls into the Lake Simcoe watershed.
Aurora Mayor Geoff Dawe has been named chair of the Lake Simcoe Region Con-servation Authority for a second term.
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Despite his best efforts, Mayor Steve Pellegrini couldn’t keep high-risk
offender Keith Constantin’s name out of the conversation at last Thursday night’s mayor’s task force committee meeting.
The mayor emphasized a num-ber of times Constantin wasn’t the point of the Mayor’s Task Force on High-Risk and Dangerous Offenders. But of course, the task force was established by council shortly after Constantin arrived in Schomberg last month. And citi-zen members Ruta Del Zotto, Rob Ferreira and Simon Lloyd (Lena Fermini was absent) brought up Constantin on numerous occa-sions.
It’s hard not to, considering there is a 1,900-plus-member Facebook site (ISOS or Incarcerate S.E.X. Offenders in Society) and
a 2,300-signature petition (as of Monday) pushing for Constantin to be driven from Schomberg. And on Saturday morning, 30 people with signs spent an hour protest-ing in the cold in front of a Hwy. 9 property, where Constantin is believed to reside.
They’re up in arms over the rap sheet Constantin brought with him when he arrived in Schomberg in early December.
Constantin, 35, arrived in Schomberg several months after being released on probation after serving a four-year sentence for sexual assault with a weapon and an 18-month sentence for breach of a curfew condition. He has prior criminal convictions for sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon, assault with a weapon, assault, robbery and possession of explosives.
Still, the mayor said the task force would work essentially as a fact-finding group with the citizen members tasked with asking ques-tions of authorities and finding out information.
Lloyd, a father of three young children who lives in Schomberg, will be looking into “facility safety auditing and general requirements
of facilities used to house high-risk and dangerous offenders.” Some of the questions he will seek answers to include: How is staff trained? What training do they have? How is a facility selected? What is a facil-ity safety audit?
Termini will look into “offender management policies and proce-dures for individuals designated as high-risk or dangerous offenders.” She will seek clear definitions for high-risk versus dangerous offend-ers.
Ferreira, a father of one who lives in Schomberg, will investigate “facility and site selection process-
es and criteria for housing of high-risk and dangerous offenders.” He will look at how facility and sites are selected and their criteria. And he will ask about the criteria for urban vs. rural response times for police.
There will be other questions asked by the citizen members, partly as a result of questions that have come from the community.
Citizen member Del Zotto of Nobleton said after the meeting she hopes, “we gain a good under-standing of what the whole pro-cess is about and through knowl-edge, we’ll have a say in what the community wants.”
Ferreira, a member of the Face-book group ISOS said, “I think we could work at a more holistic, broader level and figure out how to minimize, if not eliminate, a situation like Keith (Constantin) moving into our community from happening again. The more we learn, the more we can be aware of these things. Part of what hap-pened here, it blindsided us.”
The next meeting of the com-mittee is Feb. 18 at 6 p.m. It is tentatively scheduled for Nobleton Public Library. Meetings are open to the public.
Task force on high-risk offenders: assignments given
King Township residents wor-ried about coyotes will soon have a chance to voice their concerns at a coyote conference, being organized early next month by the township.
Spurred on in part by the aware-ness raised by Facebook group Coy-ote Watch King Township, which has more than 200 members, the conference will likely include rep-resentatives from the Ministry of Natural Resources, Toronto Wildlife Centre, and Coyote Watch Canada.
Township Deputy Clerk Alexan-der Harras is organizing the confer-ence but said no firm date has been set yet. While he couldn’t confirm who would be attending he said details would be available when they are firmed up.
Coyote Watch King Township grew out of the loss of prized agil-ity dog Montage, which was killed by coyotes last November. Montage was owned by Carrying Place resi-dent Shelagh Usher who has been relentless in her search for infor-mation about coyote sightings and coyote information from others in King Township
Coyote conference
‘The more we learn, the more we can be aware of these things. Part of what happened here,
it blindsided us.’
– Task force citizen member Rob Ferreira
Group formed after arrival of high-risk
offender in Schomberg last month
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❚ SAT., JAN. 30Tea Sampling and SconesWHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: King Heritage and Cul-tural Centre, 2920 King Road CONTACT: Caroline Bendiner, 9058332331, COST: $12 a personLearn about the history of tea and the variety of tea rituals that have existed and are celebrated today! Come see a display of tea items from the collection and witness the change and importance tea had on our community. Taste a sampling of vari-ous heritage teas and enjoy delicious-ly made scones on the side!
Love - Ain't it Crazy !WHEN: 5:30 to 8:15 p.m. WHERE: King City United Church, 50 Elizabeth Grove CONTACT: King City United Church, offi ce, 905-833-5181, www.SandraKirby.com COST: $25 per personDinner and Concert. Spaghetti Dinner followed by music of Vocalist Sandra Kirby and Collaborative Pianist Oleg Samokhin. Come out for a lovely evening of good food and music. Love songs from the Great American Song Book & modern artists. Get off that comfy couch and come out for an enjoy-able evening with friends and commu-nity. Proceeds to further work of evening unit of United Church Women (U.C.W.)
Hoot and Howl at Cold CreekWHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Cold Creek Conservation Area, 14125 11th Conces-sion CONTACT: Cameron Richardson, 416-661-6600 Ext. 5639, COST: FreeJoin us for a night of fun and adventure! Enjoy a short pre-sentation on owls and coyotes followed by a trip into the woods. Together we will call out to these wild creatures in hopes they will hoot or howl back! Register at www.trcastewardshipevents.ca
❚ FRI., FEB. 5Pottery Workshop at King-craftsWHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Kingcrafts, 12936 Keele St. CONTACT: Kathie Carr, 905-833-1897, www.kingcrafts.ca COST: Free
2 day workshop on hand build-ing taught by Heather Smith. Previous clay experience necessary. Please bring a packed lunch, tea and coffee provided.
❚ SAT., FEB. 13Mosaic Windows WorkshopWHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: King Heritage and Cultural Centre, 2920 King Rd. CONTACT: Caroline Bendiner, 905-833-2331, COST: $50 per person + materialsTired of the gloom and winter, and want to bring some
colours and light to your home? Join Amanda Brittin for a one-day workshop and make a beautiful mosaic glass window to hang in your home or in your garden. Beginners as well as
those with experience with stained glass work are welcomed! Please bring a small window (1 x 2 feet or similar in size), a sturdy glass frame or other clear glass project such as a glass light pendant or vase to the class. This full-day course runs at $50 per person. Materials will be supplied at an additional fee of $12 per square foot of glass. Attendees are asked to bring their own lunch. Light refreshments will be served.
King Music Collective: All About Love (Jazz Concert)WHEN: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Home of Michele Mele and Luciano Tauro, 15785 8th Concession CON-TACT: Michele Mele, 416-486-6742 COST: FreeKing Music Collective: An Intersection of Music, Food and Circus invites you to our annual St. Valentine’s Day Celebration, “All About Love”, featuring two exciting jazz ensembles, Roberm and The Cynthia Tauro Quartet. Roberm: with iconic, inter-national jazz pianists Bernie Senensky and Robi Botos and featuring talented vocalist, pianist, lyricist and composer Michele Mele performing a repertoire of beloved jazz standards, Latin-infused origi-nal compositions, as well as a dash of Traditional Jazz, Rag-time, and Classical favourites.The Cynthia Tauro Quartet featuring Cynthia Tauro on
piano and vocals with Milan Kozovski on bass, Eduardo Varella on guitar, and Julian Di Vito on drums performing con-temporary and Brazilian jazz, as well as jazz-infused original compositions by Tauro.
❚ MON., FEB. 15Family Day events at Cold Creek Conservation AreaWHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.. WHERE: Cold Creek Conser-vation Area, 14125 11th Con-cession, Nobleton CONTACT: [email protected], 905-833-5321 COST: $10 a carJoin us for showshoeing, cross-country skiing, camp-fi re, guided hikes and a hot lunch. Equipment rentals included in entrance fee. Pond skating will be weather-dependent.
BLOOD DONOR CLINIC ** FAMILY DAY!WHEN: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Trisan Centre, 25 Dillane Dr. (Hwy 27 & Hwy 9) CONTACT: Canadian Blood Services, 1-888-236-6283 COST: FreeFebruary = Family. Just think, one day it could be you or someone in your family that needs blood. In fact, 1,900 new donors are needed every week in Canada to ensure hospital patients have the blood they need. You have the power to Give Life. Book your appointment to donate blood on the GiveBlood app, or at www.blood.ca
❚ FRI., FEB. 19Friday Fun ClubWHEN: 5:30 - 9:30 p.m.WHERE: Trisan Centre, 25 Dillane Dr., Schomberg. CONTACT: Colleen Beswick, [email protected], 905-833-5321 ext. 5238. COST: $20 per child, $10 for each additional childKids aged 6-12 can have a pizza party, play games and enjoy a movie for the cost of $20 per child, $10 for each additional child at the Trisan Centre. Pre-registration required. Register online at www.king.ca using code 20396 or at the Trisan Centre or Nobleton Arena.
❚ GET LISTED IN YOUR CALENDARInterested in submitting events to The King Connection? Visit bit.ly/yorkregioncalendar to fi nd out more and to download instructions for submitting to our online community calen-dar. These submissions get considered for print publication as well. You can also email [email protected] or [email protected]
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LOCAL NEWS
❚ New water, wastewater rates approved
If it feels like you’re taking a bath on your water bill, well, apparently you’re not alone in King Township.
The 10.1-per-cent increase in water bills taxpayers will face this year and the nine per cent hike you’ll face through 2020 are just a reflec-tion of a request made by the Region of York, Mayor Steve Pellegrini said last November.
That means taxpayers through-out the region are facing higher water bills.
According to the mayor, who is King’s representative at the region, water and wastewater has been sub-sidized by the taxpayer in the past.
But no more.“Whoever consumes the service
needs to pay for it. It won’t be subsi-dized by tax dollars any longer,” said Pellegrini in November, explaining the increased cost of water to water users. “There needs to be 100 per cent cost recovery… and we’re not there yet.”
The target date for meeting cost recovery is around 2020 when the 9-per-cent increases per year are expected to stop or at least drop to levels closer to inflation rates, though that is not guaranteed.
For now water users can expect to pay, on average, $1,077.22 per year for water and wastewater, up from $977.22 last year. That’s a $99.50 jump or a 10.1 per cent increase.
The average monthly bill will be $89.97 a month, a jump from $81.48 monthly in 2015.
Back in November, treasurer Allan Evelyn warned the increases would likely be at least nine per cent annu-ally through 2020 to reflect a request made by the Region of York.
The water and wastewater rates for 2016 were passed on Monday night at Township council.
The week 2 winners of the $25 Tim Hortons gift cards as a result of taking part in the ShopKing resi-dent survey are: Karen Wright for Nobleton; Patt Ward for Schomberg and Ali Lloyd for King City.
There will be a new win-ner each week for the next five weeks for each municipality until the survey wraps up in mid-March.
The survey can be found at https:// www.surveymonkey.com/r/ShopKINGResidentSurvey
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2 winners announced
The township has agreed on a project manager for the move to its new digs at the former Holy Name Elementary School at 2585 King Road.
Taking on the job will be MHPM Project Leaders, even though it came in with the highest bid in the request for proposal pro-
cess. The winning bid by MHPM totaled $263,910. The low bid was $164,490 but the MHPM was cho-sen because it topped the three competitors in technical aspects, presentation and interview by a wide margin.
A project manager was cho-sen according to the staff report
because, “Township staff do not have much direct experience in this kind of project.”
The responsibilities of the project manager will be to, “have overall responsibility for ensuring that the project is delivered on time and on time and on budget and with minimal risk and supe-
rior quality. They will manage all aspects of the project throughout all phases, including the move.”
The cost of project manage-ment services is to be carried within the overall budget of the move, which is estimated to cost between $11 million and $13 mil-lion.
King picks project manager for township office move
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King’s Country Day School celebrated the opening of a rejuvenated Senior School and Dining Hall Tuesday evening. Mayor Steve Pellegrini presents Head of School, John Liggett, with a congratulatory plaque on behalf of The Township of King. The 51,000-square-foot addition includes a state-of-the-art Marché-style dining hall, which opened in September, as well as an addition to the existing Senior School.
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What are you delaying because of thecost of high mutual fund fees?
You’ve got to give Mayor Steve Pellegrini some credit.
Faced with a high-risk offender in his midst, he’s try-ing to do everything he can to dial down the fear factor.
After 600-plus turned out to a hastily called community meeting in Schomberg last month to vent their frustra-tions over the arrival in town of Keith Theodore Constan-tin, there has been a lot of worry.
A 1,900-strong Facebook group has been created – ISOS (Incarcerate S.E.X. Offenders in Society) – with the intention of getting Con-stantin out of the Schomberg group home he’s in and into a secure treatment facility.
There has been a dem-onstration outside a Hwy. 9 property where Constantin is believed to reside with about 30 placard-carrying protest-ers voicing their displeasure with the situation.
And there is a petition, now nearing 2,300 signa-tures, calling for his removal from Schomberg.
Undoubtedly there is heat on the mayor and council even though local officials had nothing to do with Constantin’s arrival here. His resume is not a pretty one.
Constantin, 35, arrived here a few months after serv-ing a four-year sentence for sexual assault with a weapon and an 18-month sentence for breach of a curfew con-dition. He has prior crimi-nal convictions for sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon, assault with a weapon, assault, robbery and possession of explosives.
He is a high-risk to reof-fend, according to authorities and his presence here has unnerved the community.
The mayor is taking the view he clearly would prefer Constantin not be here, but he is focusing his mayor’s taskforce on high-risk and dangerous offenders on the future.
The idea is to be armed with knowledge and to have all the information needed to deal with any situation that comes up down the line.
The Township was caught off guard by the Constantin issue as it was unprecedent-ed. He suddenly appeared with no advance warning to local officials.
The mayor, councillors and staff at the township want to make sure a similar situation doesn’t happen again. And if and when it does, they want to be ready to deal with it.
That sounds like a sen-sible and positive way to handle what is clearly an ugly problem.
Tim Kelly is a reporter with The King Connection newspaper. He can be reached at [email protected]
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During WWI the Pellatts hosted many Sports Days at their country home in King with VIP guest lists. These events served as fundraisers for the troops, where boxes of treats and supplies were packed and sent to King soldiers overseas. They continued their support of community sports and Girl Guides until Lady Pellatt’s death in 1924. The Pellatts are seen here in 1921 with Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Visit yorkregion.com/classick-ing to see these and other historical photographs. Every Thurs-day, a new image will be added. Additionally, community submissions for consideration are welcome. Email images, background information and questions to [email protected]
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The Peewee A NobleKing Knights are on top of the hockey world.
The team went undefeated this past weekend in their quest to become the youngest NobleKing team to win a Silver Stick Interna-tional Final Championship and the only team to ever capture both the Silver Stick and a Lake Placid Chal-lenge Cup in the same season.
After capturing the Lake Placid title in October, the Knights’ Silver Stick journey began in December, as the team dominated their competi-tion in the Bob Merkley Regional Silver Stick qualifying tournament in Midland, Ontario. The team con-tinued their momentum from there by finishing the regular season in first place of the competitive York Simcoe Region OMHA loop.
The staff of the Knights, praised for their hard work and dedica-tion to the team, are: Head Coach Rob DeRose, Coaches Dan Dim-itroff, Tory Termini, Joe Petrunga-ro, Domenic Albanese, and Team Manager, Lucia Macedo.
Team players are: Vincent Alba-nese, Alex Ayzenberg, Vincenzo Marra, Aurelio De Rose, Christo-pher Petrungaro, Ryan Dimitroff,
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The Schomberg Cougars contin-ued their losing ways with a pair of defeats this past weekend in Geor-gian Bay Mid-Ont. Jr. C Hockey League play.
The Cougars were downed 4-3 in overtime by Erin last Thursday at home. Scoring for Schomberg were Declan Lampe, Carter LeRoux and Justin Formenton.
On Friday in Huntsville, the Cougars were blanked 4-0 by the Otters.
Schomberg finishes out the regular season this week with a home-and-home series against the Alliston Hornets. On Thursday, the Cougars host the Hornets at the Tri-san Centre at 8:30 p.m. On Sunday, in the final game of the season, the Cougars are in Alliston for a 6:30 p.m. contest.
Schomberg enters the last two games in seventh place in the nine-team league with 29 points in 38 games.
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The new year is off to a fast start for King sprinter Arielle Tessier.
The 16-year-old Villanova Col-lege student completed the spring double in her youth age group win-ning the 60m and 200m indoor sprints in times of 7.7 and 25.51 respectively to rank first in Canada.
Tessier accomplished the feat last Saturday at the Royal Canadi-an Legion Indoor Track and Field championships at York University in Toronto.
Tessier has run the 100m out-doors in just 11.97 seconds so her ranking shouldn’t come as a big sur-prise.
She’ll be looking to build off those victories when she takes part in the Canada U20 2016 Training Camp at the National Training Centre in Cler-mont, Florida from March 11-19. It’s part of preparing young athletes for the upcoming 2017 Canada Sum-mer Games in Winnipeg.
Quick start to 2016
for Tessier
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The NobleKing Peewee A Knights captured the Silver Stick International Tournament in Port Huron this past weekend. According to information from NobleKing Minor Hockey, this is the first King peewee team to win the tournament in its 54-year history and it’s only the third time the tournament has been won by a team from King at any age level.
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BY LISA [email protected]
f anyone needed a help-ing hand, they never had to reach out farther than to Car-men Shier.
“He was generous, very generous. You have the cause and Carm would support it,” his friend, Norm Smart, said while reminisc-ing about Shier’s life at the New-market branch of the Royal Cana-dian Legion, with fellow comrades Don Bishop and John King.
“He should be remembered for his kindness and generosity. If you were his friend, you were his friend for life.”
Shier, the last living founding father of the legion and a charter member of the Newmarket Veter-ans’ Association, died Dec. 22 at the age of 90.
It was standing-room only at his funeral at New Hope Methodist Church on Dec. 28.
“Sometimes, when you get into your 90s, you don’t think you have many friends around, but it (the church) was loaded,” Bishop said.
“It was a tremendous send-off for a great guy,” Smart added.
Shier enlisted with the 2nd Royal Canadian Artillery on Aug. 13, 1943 at the age of 18.
After serving as a gunner in France, Holland and Germany, he was discharged on June 14, 1946.
Shier was awarded the 1935 to
Veteran Carm Shier was admired by everyone
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1945 Service Medal and the France Star.
After returning home, he began a career as an aircraft worker.
He met his future wife, Mar-garet, while she was working at a bank in Aurora and a romance blossomed.
The couple had a son, David, who died about 20 years ago.
Margaret died about 14 years ago, after battling Alzheimer’s dis-ease.
“They most definitely had a lov-
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ing relationship. When she was in hospital, he went every day to feed her morning, noon and night,” Smart said, adding Shier had a good sense of humour.
“I remember Carm coming into the club one time and he said, ‘I think my wife is getting better.’ I said ‘What do you mean, Carm? She has Alzheimer’s.’ He said, ‘I know, but every day I go in and say, ‘Do you know who I am?’ and Margaret says, ‘Yes, I know who you are.’ Today, I went in and said, ‘Margaret, do you know who I am?’ and she said, ‘If you don’t know, I’m not telling you’.”
In 1947, Shier joined the legion and over the next seven decades, served in a wide variety of roles, including first and second vice-president, sports officer, sick and visiting officer and a member of the financial committee.
Always helping out at the branch, it was unheard of for Shier to turn down a request to help in any way.
He assisted every year with the Remembrance Day poppy cam-paign, a cause near and dear to his heart.
He also helped for many years with setting up the crosses and candles for the candlelight vigil at the cenotaph.
Until it was cancelled, Shier helped with the legion’s annual soapbox derby on Main Street.
Always an active participant in the legion’s sports and recreation activities, Shier was particularly proud of being on the winning 10-man provincial championship cribbage team in 1960.
“He was as proud as a peacock,” Bishop said.
If Shier, an avid card player, ever lost a game, his friends at the legion would tease him by taking the championship plaque off the wall and vowing not to return it until he was on a winning streak.
“‘I’ll have you up on charges,’ he’d say,” Bishop laughed.
Shier was a founding member of the veterans’ association and served on the executive board for more than 30 years in many roles, including president more than once.
One of his most noted contribu-tions was performing the roll call every year at the Decoration Day services, a role he performed up until last June.
Shier also played baseball in the veterans’ league in Bradford well into his old age.
For 49 years, he volunteered with the annual Newmarket house league hockey tournament, always honoured to be the one to drop the puck on opening night.
Shier was a proud member for many years of the men’s a cappella singing group, the Upper Canada Chordsmen Chorus.
He donated financially to more than a dozen charities, including the Alzheimer Society of Canada, and also sponsored two children through UNICEF.
Always up for anything, Shier and a group of friends began tak-ing annual trips together after Mar-garet died.
He enjoyed ice fishing and never met a breakfast he didn’t like.
“He would eat breakfast four times a day. He loved to go out for breakfast. He loved fat and salt,” Bishop said.
“And he was just a little guy,” King added.
Shier was well loved and respected, Bishop said.
“He was the type of man who would never say anything deroga-tory about any person. He always had something nice to say about everybody,” he said.
“He was very well admired by everybody in town. There was nobody who disrespected Carm.”
King agreed.“The women used to say he was
a very sweet man, which was true. You can’t get around that,” he said.
Shier is survived by his twin sis-ter, Linda Silver, and sisters Verna Williamson and Gwen Brown, brother-in-law Richard Bielat and many nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by sister June Lee and brothers Wes and Trevor.
Carm Shier
“Adored by children, universally respected and an inspiration to her peers, Mrs. McCluskey was a tireless volunteer, quick to defl ect the praise heaped on her.”
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Early registrations are now being accepted for trips in March and April. To make a reservation, call Jane at 905-833-5870 or Carol at 905-833-3324.
Everyone 55+ years is welcome.
Wednesday, Feb. 10 – Everyone is welcome to join our Travel Club for the very popular annual “Destina-tions” party. The festivities get underway at 2 p.m. at the Centre. At this time you will be entertained with travel plans for the coming year, including details on all the finalized trips, and you will have the opportunity to pre-book the trip(s) of your choice. We look forward to seeing all our regular travel-lers, as well as welcoming some newcomers. Please join us and bring your friends. Light refreshments will be served.
Tuesday, Feb. 16Everyone is welcome to
the King City Seniors’ annual Pancake Supper including
sausages, scrambled eggs and refreshments. The date has been changed, so mark your calendars for Tuesday, February 16 at the Centre. There will be two sittings for this popular event, one at 4:30 and the second at 6:30. Tickets are $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for children and are available form Mary Aldcroft at 905-833-0448, Carolyn Kanitz at 905-833-0792 or Vince Cancelli at 905-833-6305.
Wednesday, March 9 – We will be travelling to the Old Mill in Toronto for their wonderful buffet, followed by “Spy School” presented by Mysteriously Yours. This event is always a popular one, so be sure to make your reservation early. The cost is $109 per person and the
coach leaves the King City arena at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, April 5 – We will be visiting the Toyota manufacturing facility in Cambridge with lunch at the Old Marine Restaurant. We will also be making a stop at Ontario Christian Gleaners Foods in Ancaster, where day-old food is processed by Mennonites and donated to developing countries. The cost is $81 per person with pickup at the arena at 8:30 a.m. There are a number of restrictions on prohibited clothing materials as well as items that cannot be taken on the Toyota tour. For a complete list, check the bul-letin board at the Seniors Centre, or pick up the infor-mation upon registration.
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On Sunday Jan. 31, com-munion will be celebrated. One of the scriptures is 1st Corinthians 13: 1-13, the one that is often read at wed-dings because it talks about love. “Love is always patient and kind”.
❚ Messy churchThe next Messy Church
is on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 5 to 7 p.m. The focus of this Messy Church is on Love, God’s Love, and giving us another chance. We remember God’s re-creation of the world after Noah and the flood. One of the activities is to make an ark using pre-formed pieces of wood. Bob Sharer, an experienced wood crafter, has shaped the pieces of wood, sanded them and pre-drilled them so that the children can screw the piec-es together to experience being a carpenter, like Noah was and of course Jesus and Joseph. The other activities will include making origami boats, doves with feathers, creating edible arks, mak-
ing rainbows, aqua play in a baby bath and decorat-ing cookies in the theme. Families are free to come late and leave early. There is no charge. Activities are run by Nancy Hopkinson, Cathy Castator and Margaret Brookes, with assistance behind the scenes from Sheila Darnowski.
❚ pasta DinnerFri. Feb. 19th is the date
for the famous Pasta Dinner with pasta sauce and meats balls from Gino DiFebo’s heritage Italian recipe. The meal includes salad, buns and dessert. Tickets are $18 per adult, and $40 for a family (12 and under). For tickets call Linda Olsen at 905-859-0442. The meal is organized by Gino and Sue DiFebo and Val Ball. There is only one serving, so call ASAP to reserve your tickets.
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eral meeting is on Feb 21. We have our regular Sunday service at 11:15 a.m., then lunch, then the meeting. All are welcome to attend.
❚ Volunteer opportunityNobleton United is look-
ing for three or four student volunteers (teens or twen-ty’s) to operate AV equip-ment, especially our power point presentations. We would give two community hours for each Sunday ser-vice, 10:45 am to 12:45 p.m., as this would involve setting the equipment up, running it and then storing it. We can train the volunteers to oper-ate the equipment. Only one volunteer would be needed each Sunday. If you are inter-ested, please email [email protected] or phone 905-859-0761.
❚ contactFor more info, visit noble-
tonunitedchurch.com, our Facebook page, or call our church at 905-859-3976.
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