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A soup-er timeHolland Marsh Soupfest draws a big crowd

EVENTS

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Seniors & dementiaA three-part investigative series: The final piece

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By Jeremy [email protected]

A very violent altercation occurred at King City Secondary School last Friday, as witnesses reported a stabbing and gun threats being hurled at students.

At 11:25 a.m. a group of men, likely outsiders, showed up at the school in an unidentified vehicle or vehicles, according to police.

Soon after, a fight started and a 17-year-old King boy was stabbed and an 18-year-old King woman was assaulted as she tried to break up the fight.

More than one student advised police that a gun was pointed at the woman as she interceded, however, she never saw the weapon herself.

After an intensive search, police eventually found the stabbing vic-tim, however, it’s unknown what

information he shared with offi-cers.

Investigators would later arrest a Richmond Hill boy, 16, for assault and common nuisance.

However, the teenager was not charged with the stabbing, police noted, adding they continue to look for the assailant.

Both the stabbing victim and the woman involved in the altercation received minor injuries, but neither

was taken to hospital.A letter was sent home to par-

ents about the incident, York Region District School Board senior man-ager of corporate communications Licinio Miguelo said.

The investigation is continuing and police urge anyone with infor-mation to come forward by calling them at 1-866-876-5423 or leaving an anonymous tip at Crime Stop-pers 1-800-222-TIPS.

Investigation continues into stabbing at KCSS

NEWS

Muzzo’s bail hearing adjourned

By Jeremy [email protected]

Marco Muzzo’s bail hearing has been adjourned until later this month.

Muzzo, 29, from King, was in Newmarket court last Friday to plead for bail, however an adjournment was granted until Oct. 19. He faces multiple charges in connection with the deaths of four people in a Sept. 27 accident in Vaughan.

No longer being represented by Rudi Covre, Muzzo has retained one of the highest-profile lawyers in the country, Brian Greenspan.

Outside the courtroom, police pushed reporters and cameramen out of the way as Muzzo’s mother, Dawn, and his fiancé were ushered into awaiting vehicles.

Afterward, Greenspan spoke to awaiting reporters telling them how badly Muzzo is feeling about the incident.

“Marco is devastated by the hor-rific loss of life and has expressed on numerous occasions his condo-lences and sympathy to the family,” he said. “It’s a tragic situation.”

He added that it would be prema-ture and inappropriate to comment on the facts of the case or speak about whether a decision has been reached of whether or not to plead guilty.

“We have yet to receive disclo-sure,” he added.

Greenspan went on to say that it was “quite outrageous” that the media has been reporting allegedly “reliable” police information before the case has even begun.

He further insisted the decision to hold the bail hearing on election day was not done on purpose.

Muzzo will remain in prison until his bail is heard.

The hearing comes a day after thousands came together to hold candlelight vigils in Vaughan and Brampton for the three Neville-Lake children and their grandfather, Gary Neville, from King.

‘Cease and desist’ letter latest twist in King-Vaughan riding race

By Tim [email protected]

The King-Vaughan federal NDP candidate has publicly slammed her Conservative opponent for sending her a cease and desist letter.

Natalie Rizzo said Conserva-tive candidate Konstantin Toubis waited until the end of a two-hour all-candidates election briefing at the riding returning office in King City last Friday to slap her with the cease-and-desist letter for what Toubis calls “inappropriate stuff about my family, my wife and myself… on her wall.”

Rizzo, speaking at an all-can-didates meeting hosted by Con-cerned Citizens of King Township (CCKT) on Tuesday night, said “it was completely inappropriate” for Toubis to give her the letter in the riding returning office.

“The content of the letter said there were tweets sent to me he was not pleased with. As you know, I cannot cease and desist what someone else is tweeting about him,” Rizzo said.

Toubis, who declined to attend the CCKT debate, citing a conflict (he also skipped last week’s Rogers TV all-candidates meeting), said in a phone interview Wednesday morning he felt entirely justified in

serving Rizzo with the letter.“It doesn’t matter if she tweeted

or retweeted, it was pictures and she didn’t delete them. It was on her Facebook and Twitter account. I never said that she Tweeted, but it was really offensive pictures of me and my wife and nobody can touch my family no matter what. And if someone will touch them, there is a legal instrument to explain to people that they’re wrong,” he said.

Asked if he believed it was appropriate to deliver the cease-and-desist letter to Rizzo at the riding’s Returning Office, Toubis said: “I did that in an appropriate time and in an appropriate place.”

Green Party candidate Ann Raney said she witnessed Toubis handing the letter to Rizzo and was upset at what happened.

“I heard him (Toubis) say, ‘If you were to say anything against his family or himself you would be sued’ and he said that looking at the rest of us,” she said.

Rizzo, a youthful candidate who is still a university student at U of T, said she’s put off by the whole situation.

“I will say my other two col-leagues have been pleasant and amicable. I cannot say the same for my Conservative colleague.”

In a lively debate, marred only by the absence of one of the main contenders, King-Vaughan federal candidates talked about everything from climate change to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, Tuesday night.Liberal Deb Schulte, the NDP’s Natalie Rizzo and Green Party candidate Ann Raney were civil in agreeing to disagree on most policy discussions throughout the all-candidates debate, held at Villanova College in King City and organized by Concerned Citizens of King Township.An attentive crowd of about 150 listened closely to the answers provided by the trio running for office in the Oct. 19 federal election.All three made passing reference to the absence of Conservative candidate Konstan-tin Toubis from Tuesday’s debate. “I’m really sad about it because I think that’s not what we need, we need democracy. You can’t share information if he’s not here,” said Schulte about not having Toubis there.“I think that it is unacceptable that someone seeking office on behalf of the Prime Minis-ter’s party did not think this was a valuable use of his time,” said Rizzo.Raney simply said: “In my experience, you don’t get a job if you don’t show up for the job interview.”

When it came time for questions from the audience, Dr. Hans Martin, a retired university professor from King City, had blunt ques-tions about the environment and demanded action from all of the candidates about climate change.“BC forests are burning down, the centre of our country is in flood, the Arctic ice is melt-ing now, what about the sovereignty of the Arctic, who’s looking after that? Put it on your agenda. My question to you is: What will you do about adaptation to climate change? We’re under siege and a tsunami’s coming,” said Martin.Schulte replied: “I started off by saying the Liberal Party recognizes that climate change is real and it’s immediate, we have to do something now. You can’t just come out and dictate, you have to work really hard with the provinces… we’ve got to sit down with them and we’ve got to set targets and they have to be real.”Raney said she feels just as Martin does.“We need to make our economy the econ-omy of the future… but climate action, we have problems. We have to have a national strategy on climate and energy and that’s one of the things the Green Party has. We have to worry about our coastlines. We have to stop talking about pipelines which is just to export jobs.”

–Tim Kelly

CCKT hosTs lively debaTe,

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Township council has allowed the sun to shine on a number of solar projects in King.

The projects came before council on Sept. 28, and were subject to receiving coun-cil’s stamp of approval. The project proponents must still apply for and receive so-called FIT (Feed In Tariff) contracts from the province before they can go ahead.

Four projects got the thumbs-up, including one at 5 Dillane Dr., Schomberg, and another four at 4305 King Rd. (Kinghaven Farms).

However, a proposal to install solar panels at Car-dinal Golf Club on at 2740 Davis Dr. W. has been put off for now for further study.

There was no discussion at all about the proposals that passed, but the Cardinal Golf Club proposal, which staff had initially recommended be turned down, drew some council chatter.

“I’m a strong believer in

renew-a b l e s a n d commitment in our sustainability plan and I felt I was surprised when I saw we weren’t going to be endors-ing that application…” said Councillor Debbie Schaefer. “We don’t have enough data about the safety implications about the reflection (in the solar panels).

“(I’m normally) not very sympathetic to opposition to renewals based on visual esthetics only because this is something we need to do as a society.”

Councillor Avia Eek made a strong push to have the golf club proposal included.

“Any time a business comes into King, one of the first things we ask them is what green initiatives are you

going to give us? It can be costly, but they try to do as much as they can. Here is company that is a very large employer in King, they have plans to expand in future, under new ownership and want to do green initiative and we’re saying you’re not a great fit for us,” said Eek.

“From what I saw in design, it’s going to be lovely,” she added.

Council approved the Dil-lane Drive and Kinghaven Farm proposals and will reconsider the Cardinal Golf Club proposal once more information is provided.

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By Tim [email protected]

Imagine taking a walk in the woods without having to leave the comfort of your armchair.

That’s now possible thanks to the work of the Google Trekker project that was in King Township’s Happy Val-ley Forest last week.

The deciduous forest, home to such species as the Jefferson Salamander, is a hotspot for biodiversity and has 629 acres under protec-tion by the Nature Conser-vancy of Canada (NCC) so far.

The NCC was the prime mover behind having the Google Trekker project

map out a number of trails in Happy Valley Forest last Wednesday.

NCC conservation techni-cian Tom Unrau was more than happy to play the role of Google “pack mule” as he described himself.

Unrau strolled along the trail with the Google back-pack strapped to his back, consisting of a battery pack and metal beam with 15 cameras on a circular frame taking pictures every 2.5 sec-onds.

The result: a full pan-oramic view of the forest exactly like you see in a typi-cal Google street view.

“It will be just like you are taking a walk in the woods

but you will be viewing a place were cars do not exist,” said Luc Thomas, manager of digital services for NCC.

Dana Kleniewski, director of development and com-munications for NCC, said the Happy Valley Forest is the only forest site in Ontario that is being captured in the Google Trekker project.

Unrau said the Google pictures allow people to “make up their minds about whether they want to walk the trail. It doesn’t need to be about wanting to come here. We’re a charity and part of the motivation (for the Google Trekker project) is to inspire people to care about what we do.”

Staff photo/Mike Barrett

Representatives from the Nature Conservancy of Canada were out capturing images of the Happy Valley forest trails for a Google Trekker project. From left are Luc Thomas, Dana Kleniewski and Mark Stabb.

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PICtuReTom Unrau of the Nature Conservancy of Canada sports the Google backpack, which contains 15 cameras taking pictures every 2.5 seconds.

Staff photo/Mike Barrett

Google Trekker project visits King’s Happy Valley Forest

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Debate no-show: basic principle of democracy is open discussion

Re. Conservative canddiate won’t attend King-Vaughan all-candidates’ meeting, News, Oct. 1

Why aren’t we hearing more public outrage on this?

Stifling debate in a democracy and having the nerve to think supporters won’t catch on and punish them? How arrogant to think this should be rewarded with a vote. I wonder how many debates have been turned down across the country? How many interviews with the press? The Ottawa Citizen couldn’t get any.

It seems to me that one of the most basic principles of democracy is open discussion of the principles of your platform in a public forum. And this guy chooses to attend a partisan event?

I’ll choose a candidate who can answer questions from potential constituents not hide behind a party logo.

Andre FlysNoblEtoN

Schomberg Arena use not in keeping with Village Plan

Re. Old Schomberg Arena to become King Township parks depot, News, Oct. 1

On Monday afternoon, hours before the Council meeting, residents learned that a staff proposal to repurpose the Schomberg Arena into a quasi-industrial Parks and Recreation department was scheduled to be discussed. With no opportunity for input or comment from affected residents, Council effectly indicated this was already a done-deal. The intention is for the Schomberg Arena to be “temporarily” used to house its burgeoning staff and equipment. The

temporary designation is not to see if a more palatable proposal comes forth, but rather to see if it will become permanent.

In its defence, Council suggested this matter has been discussed for18 months - no, it wasn’t. Two other proposals had fallen through, but at no time was there any suggestion that Parks & Recreation staff and their equipment would take over the vacant Schomberg Arena on Western Avenue. Remarkably, the build-ing was deemed not salvageable when the Schomberg Agricultural Fair Board wanted to save it as a historic building - so why is Council spending money on it now to refurbish it?

Most importantly, this is a prime resi-dential neighbourhood - across the street is a playground/park and the Schomberg Community Farm. Children walk this sec-tion of the road daily - and there are no sidewalks. Use of this facility as storage for lawnmowers, etc. is hardly in keep-ing with the “Village Plan”. Surely there are other more appropriate properties to meet the needs of a growing population that should have been considered.

On the plus side, we get to keep access to the Fairgrounds, but the egregious oversight was the wanton disregard for due process, including consultation with neighours.

AngelA roseSchombErg

OPINIONAdvertising must deliver substance

ach week, more than 1,000 English and French community newspapers, just like The Connection, go about the business of

telling stories that matter to the communities we serve. We are at your rinks and schools. We are at your school board and council meetings. We are at the scene when tragedy strikes. We celebrate your mile-stones. Our job is to cover King, warts and all.

And we are good at it.We are in towns big and small.

Some community newspapers circulate well in excess of 100,000 copies. Some are in the hundreds. It may surprise you that each week, more than 20 million copies of community newspapers are dis-tributed across the country. Inde-pendent research shows that more than 70 per cent of Canadians read their community paper.

Despite our collective strength, ours is a medium easy to ignore. Because we focus on Canada one community at a time, we lack the sex appeal of other media. We’ve seen our share of federal govern-ment advertising gradually erode over the years. Our regional and national associations have met with government MPs, opposition MPs, cabinet ministers and senior bureaucrats to promote our case. We are always met with courtesy and a promise that things will get better.

Well, things are not getting bet-ter. So, despite it being contradic-tory to everything we believe in journalistically, the time has come to tell you. In short, the federal government is all but ignoring your community newspapers like The Connection.

We believe this means the fed-eral government is ignoring you and your community’s right to be informed about programs and ser-vices offered by the Government of Canada.

In the last fiscal year, the federal government spent $75 million on advertising. More than $26 mil-lion of that went to TV ads, while another $15.5 million went to Internet advertising — an industry dominated by American-based companies such as Google and

Facebook. Creating ads and paying ad agencies ate away another $10 million. Radio advertising cost just under $7 million.

By comparison, community newspapers saw a paltry $867,000 in total advertising from Ottawa – or an average of about $25 per week per newspaper.

The way in which your govern-ment uses your money to com-municate with you is very telling. TV and Internet ads work to build brand, not to inform. Your com-munity newspaper generates debate and serves as a forum for discussion — and is also one of the few places where local MPs actually receive editorial coverage outside election season.

That’s why those MPs submit letters to the editor, columns or buy their own local advertising to share their work with the commu-nity. They know the power of your local community paper.

The federal government knows it, too. The Harper government spent $1.25 million with a com-pany called NewsCanada to create its own stories — stories it offers for free to print and broadcast outlets. The vast majority of these government-approved stories are never published. But you and I paid for them. It is disconcerting that the federal government spent 50 per cent more creating its own news than the total advertising buy in Canadian newspapers.

The federal government strat-egy appears to be that it’s more important to make pretty ads than to put relevant information about programs and services in front of readers of community newspapers. They’re telling you they’d rather give your tax dollars to Facebook and Google than Canadian-based companies that invest in local jour-nalism.

If Ottawa continues to ignore our community newspapers, some communities may lose them. When that happens, a vital voice is silenced.

If you believe, as we do, that government should invest in meaningful communication with citizens through community news-papers, we ask you to help us.

Send us a letter to the editor. We’ll continue to make sure your voice is heard.

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It was the perfect day to wrap your hands around a steaming cup of soup

— or six.And that’s what a few

thousand people did Satur-day as a biting wind gusted through Ansnorveldt Park, off Dufferin Street, north of Hwy. 9, during King Town-ships’ annual celebration of local food known as Soup-fest.

“It’s a farm-to-table kind of idea,” said Tasha Veer, marketing and special events co-ordinator for the township, which has organized the long-running event for the last five years.

“We’re in the Holland Marsh and we want to make people aware that the marsh is Ontario’s vegetable bas-ket.”

Last year’s instalment saw more than three dozen

vendors ladle out 30 differ-ent kinds of soup to about 2,000 people from across York Region and Simcoe County.

Though she didn’t know the final numbers, Veer said there were “way more” people this year.

The festival, featuring about 30 vendors, kicked off at 11 a.m., but they were already “slammed” by 10:45 a.m., she noted.

It’s that kind of enthusi-asm that had Luleta Brown, owner of My Secret Chef, pumped to be back for the second time.

“I was here last year and I couldn’t believe how many people came out — for soup. It was like a rock con-cert,” said Brown, who was serving up jerk chicken soup and roasted tomato soup. “I couldn’t wait to come back.”

Attendees had plenty of flavours to choose from, including straight-up offerings such as celery soup and borscht.

For those with a more adventurous palate, there were gallons of more exot-ic fare, including dill pick-le soup, butternut squash chowder, fire-roasted tomato and corn tortilla soup and roasted parsley soup with duck confit.

The latter two were cre-ated by the chefs at The Summerhill Resto Pub Patio, slated to open in about a month’s time on Hwy. 27 in Nobleton.

Peter Keegan, the eat-ery’s chef and a partner in the business, said they came out to meet the community.

He was impressed by the turnout.

“It’s really well attend-ed, isn’t it,” he said.

Along with the vast assortment of soups to sip, the event also fea-tured a book sale, two bouncy castles, live enter-tainment and a farmers market offering produce grown in the Holland Marsh.

Ashley Howard of Bar-rie comes with her family every year.

“We like trying the dif-ferent soups and buying local vegetables,” she said. “We’re soup lovers.”

Soupfest newcomer Miriam Marin drove up from Maple with her friends, Gloria Contreres and Alicia Garcia, who is visiting from Colombia.

Marin summed up the day with two words: “It’s amazing.”

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The Holland Marsh Soupfest continues to grow in popularity

STORY AND PHOTOS BY ADAM [email protected]

Luleta Brown, owner of My Secret Chef: ‘I couldn’t wait to come back.’

Tyler Greenwood, mom Shelagh, sister Olivia, family friend Skyler Verschelden, dad Todd of Newmarket.

Svetlana Fetterly of The Naked Cafe in Bolton serves up borscht.

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As the National Hockey League season gets underway – the puck

officially dropped last night – the long charge toward next June’s Stanley Cup finals begins in earnest.

For King City’s Alex Pietrangelo and his St. Louis Blues, here’s hoping he can go further than ever in the postseason.

The Blues have struggled to find their mojo, losing in the first or second round every year in the tough West-ern Conference, in Pietrange-lo’s short career so far.

Let’s remember the 25-year-old mobile defender is gold all the way when it comes to the international game where he has Olympic, international and junior titles. You can bet he’ll be playing in next year’s World Cup of Hockey and the Olympics in 2018 based on the way his career has gone so far.

But I’m sure Pietrangelo would just love to sip from the Stanley Cup.That’s some-thing another King City hockey player has enjoyed not once, but twice in a career that came to an end

last month.As glittery as Pietrangelo’s

career has been so far – he’s on track if he keeps up this pace for Hall of Fame consid-eration one day – Daniel Car-cillo had a more checkered time in the NHL.

It would be fair to call Carcillo a bad boy for the way he carried himself during a decade of pushing to the edge and often over it when it came to the rules of the game. The man nicknamed “Car Bomb” was fined or suspended 12 times in nine seasons in the NHL.

But he had the funny knack of being in the right place at the right time. Dur-ing the latter half of his career, Carcillo played in four Stanley Cup finals in six seasons, win-

ning twice. In one strange year, he was traded by the Los Angeles Kings to the New York Rangers and wound up playing for the Rangers in the final against the Kings, who won the cup.

But Carcillo had the last laugh on the league, retiring as a winner with a cup ring recently. Or did he?

The 30-year-old admits to being haunted by the death of good friend and former teammate Steve Montador. A YouTube video Carcillo put up this past April talks about his concerns about post-concussion syndrome, about his own issues with the concussion he had and about the help he received from teammates.

It’s well worth watching and shows a different side of a man we often only saw swinging his fists.

Check it out at http://bit.ly/1GNiKpm -- You might think a little differently when you hear about players being out with a head injury.

Tim Kelly is a reporter with the King Connection. Reach him at [email protected]

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The next Messy Church is on Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. We have begun the “I am” series.

Last month, it was “I am the true vine” and we had messy activities related to vines, like stepping on spong-es in a baby bath to simulate squishing grapes.

This month the theme is “I am the light of the world”. All the activities from 5 to 6 p.m. will be related to light. Then at 6 we have story time. At 6:15 we eat. There is always a fruit and veggie tray and cookies to decorate. We also have some protein to com-plete our meal. Afterwards, we either just socialize or do more activities until 7. This is an intergenerational activ-ity with grandparents, par-ents and children all enjoy-ing the activities together. No prior knowledge is required. Everyone is welcome. Chil-dren must be accompanied. There is no charge for this, as Nobleton and Schomberg United churches provide the funding as an outreach activ-

ity. Our Joint Anniversary Ser-

vice with Schomberg United is on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 11:15 a.m. in Nobleton. We are inviting all of the community to celebrate. St. Alban’s Angli-cans are invited to admire our stained glass windows and to reacquaint with their former organist Denis Kowal. Do you know any former or current quilters? Do you have a fam-ily with three generations of women? Do you know any former choir members? Do you know anyone who farms? We have stained-glass win-dows representing all these things. Did you ever attend Laskay United Church? Two of Laskay’s stained-glass windows are installed in our church, thanks to the late Jean Boynton who had them installed. We will also hear some of Schomberg United Church’s history.

On Saturday, Oct. 31, we will be having our Craft and Bake Sale. There will be a bar-becue (weather permitting) and a lunchroom (autumn or broccoli soup this year with fresh buns, cheese, veggie sticks, tea and cookies). There will be handicrafts (quilts of all sizes, knitted goods, slip-pers, placemats), gourmet (pickles, soups, jams, frozen-beef pies, frozen-chicken pies), baking (dessert pies, squares, cookies, loaves) and miscellaneous. New items are accepted and we are look-ing for donations of unique handicrafted items. For more info, contact Fran Bones at 905-859-3819.

coNTacT: To see the latest news or photos, visit nobletonunitedchurch.com or our new facebook page. For more info, call our church at 905-859-3976. The church office is normally open on Wednesday and Thursday mornings, but messages are picked up regularly. Minister Brian Nicholson or secretary Sharon Birks will respond to your message.

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What is Lyme disease?Lymedisease is an illness caused by theBorrelia burgdorferibacteria that isspread through the bite of an infected blacklegged tick (deer tick). Lymedisease does not spread from human to human.

What are the symptoms?A circular rash referred to as a bull’s-eye rash could be one of the earliestsymptoms of an infection. If you develop a bull’s-eye rash, fever, chills orextreme fatigue or feel like you have the flu, see your health care provider.Be sure to tell them if you have been active outdoors. If left untreated, itcould lead to more serious symptoms affecting the central nervous system,brain or heart.

Treating Lyme diseaseLyme disease can be treated with antibiotics. Getting treatment in the earlystages of the disease is critical for full recovery. Left untreated, Lyme diseasecan cause serious health problems.

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❚ THURS. OCT. 8 & 15JUNIOR C HOCKEY: Midland Fly-ers at Schomberg CougarsWHEN: 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Trisan Centre, 25 Dil-lane Dr. (Hwy 27 & Hwy 9) CON-TACT: www.schombergcou-gars.com COST: Adults $8, Seniors $5, Youth 6-17 $3; kids 5 and under freeThe Schomberg Cougars host the Midland Flyers. Also Oct. 15 versus the same team (same start time).

❚ SAT., OCT. 17Live Music from First World War eraWHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: King Heritage and Cultural Centre, 2920 King Rd., King City CONTACT: [email protected], 905-833-2331 COST: $15 in advance, $20 at the

doorYou’re invited to the Heritage and Cultural Centre at 2920 King Road in King City to

enjoy an evening of live music from the First World War era. It’s all part of the opening of the First World War ex-

hibit. King’s own “Diva in the Rough,” Catherine Hughes, will perform, there will be a sing-along feature and refreshments. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Apple Pie Bake-OffWHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: King City United Church, 50 Elizabeth Grove, King City CONTACT: [email protected], 905-833-5181 COST: $15 in advance, $20 at the doorYou’re invited to an unbiased pie judging and auction. This event will include a bobbing for apples contest with all funds raised going toward King Township’s Christmas in King event. To enter an apple pie, you need to bake two pies -- one for the judges and one for selling. Several categories available.

❚ FRI., OCT. 23Friday Fun ClubWHEN: 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Trisan Centre, 25 Dillane Dr. (Hwy 27 & Hwy 9) CON-TACT: Col-leen Beswick, [email protected], 905-833-5321 ext. 5238 COST: $20 for fi rst child, $10 for each additional siblingKids are invited to enjoy a Friday Fun Club for ages 6-12. Included is a pizza dinner, games, activities and a movie. Register online at king.ca or in person at Nobleton Arena or at the Trisan Centre using code 20394.

❚ UNTIL OCT. 24Refl ections of KingWHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday WHERE: King Heritage and Cultural Centre, 2920 King Rd., King City CONTACT: www.artssocietyking.ca COST: FreeThe Refl ections of King Exhibit, presented by Arts Society King in partnership with King Township, is at the King Heritage and Cultural Centre, until Saturday, Oct. 24. You can check out original artwork from artists from King Township. All art is available for purchase.

❚ SAT., OCT. 24Music in KingWHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Kingbridge Conference Centre and Institute, 12750 Jane St. CONTACT: www.artssocietyking.ca, 905-939-9957 COST: Advance tickets $35 for adults, $20 for students. At door, $40 for adults, $25 for students. Music in King Concert is fast approach-ing and spotlights the music of Carole King and Paul Simon as played by the King Studio House Band. The band fea-tures Tahirih

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❚ THURS. OCT 29-FRI. OCT. 30Cold Creek Haunted ForestWHEN: 7-10 p.m.. WHERE: Cold Creek Conservation Area CONTACT: Magda Potoczna, 905-833-5321 ext. 5228, [email protected] COST: $7, which includes bucket of candy.Halloween is coming and it’s time for the Cold Creek Haunted Forest once again. Enjoy treats and have a scare in the Boo Room, the Creepy Maze and the Haunted Trail or take a trip on the tractor ride.

❚ FRI. OCT. 30Haunted King Bus TourWHEN: 6:45 p.m. WHERE: Cold Creek Conservation Area CONTACT: 905-833-2331 [email protected] COST: $10 for children under $12 and $15 for adults.Take part in a Haunted King Bus Tour that is sure to leave chills down your spine. It all starts from Cold Creek Con-servation Area at 6:45 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30 and goes from 7 to 10 p.m. Some of the sites famous as haunted spots in King are included on the tour.

❚ WED., NOV. 4Arts Society King AGMWHEN: TBA WHERE: TBA CONTACT: www.artssocietyking.ca COST: FreeArts Society King will hold its an-nual general meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 4. The event is open to anyone who wishes to attend and meet the incoming ASK board of directors, learn more about ASK and enjoy some refreshments. Time and location TBA (anticipate 4-6 p.m. in King City).

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By Simon martin [email protected]

The 2011 federal election will be remem-bered for the “orange wave” that swept across Quebec making the New Demo-

cratic Party (NDP) the official opposition. A similar orange crush crashed through Alberta in the 2015 provincial election as the NDP ended decades of Progressive Conservative rule.

But as the NDP gains steam in other areas of the country, the party remains a distant third through much of York Region.

It’s as though dykes, stretching from Steeles Avenue in Markham, all the way to Lake Simcoe in Georgina, have held back the “orange wave” in York Region.

But will this month’s federal election mark a long-awaited breakthrough?

Gregory Hines certainly hopes so. He is the NDP candidate for the Markham-Stouffville. “Right now, people are fed up with the status quo,” he said.

The first-time candidate said he believes the NDP have suffered in York Region because a lot of NDP voters have voted Liber-al in recent election to get the Conservatives out of power. “I think there is a big shift now because people think we can win,” he said.

It would take gigantic wave for the NDP to win a seat in York Region in 2015.

While the party certainly made some gains in the 2011 election — winning Official Opposition status — they still failed to get more than 22 per cent of the vote in any of York Region’s seven ridings. They placed third in each riding, except York-Simcoe, where they finished in a distant second place with 19.3 per cent of the vote.

While the NDP received 25 per cent of the vote in Ontario, they were significantly behind the mark with only 16 per cent of the vote in York in the 2011 federal vote.

And the 2011 results were the best NDP finish in the region in recent memory. In the 2004, 2006 and 2008 federal elections, they finished third in every riding.

The story is much the same provincially as the NDP has finished in third place in every regional riding in the 2014, 2011 and 2007 provincial elections.

There are many reasons for the NDP’s struggle to break through in York Region, York University political science professor Thomas Klassen said.

“Many of the residents like to think of themselves as living in small towns. That’s not really the case anymore, but the values and culture of small towns are still dominant: self-reliance, independence, and small govern-ment. That’s not fertile ground for the NDP,” he said

Another reason cited by Klassen for NDP woes is York Region’s family median income of more than $90,000, which is higher than most other places in Ontario. “Higher income families tend not to vote for the NDP,” he said.

That doesn’t mean the NDP doesn’t have hope going forward in the region, but to break through, Klassen suggested the party target one or two ridings and pour resources into them. “Keep doing this for several elec-

tions in a row for both federal and provincial elections,” he said.

That’s what NDP candidate for Newmarket-Aurora Yvonne Kelly is trying to do. She helped provincial candidate Robin Wardlaw campaign in the riding and felt the NDP’s message reso-nated.

“We made some real inroads in the riding and won some polls in different areas,” she said.

That being said, Kelly knows it still is an uphill climb. In 2011, the NDP finished 5,000 votes behind the Liberals and 22,000 behind the Con-servatives. But she thinks the NDP’s message of creating jobs, building community supports and protecting the environment is being embraced by more and more people in the area. “We are building a strong movement. It is kind of like a rolling stone,” she said.

Even though Kelly is excited about how her campaign has gone so far, she said there she still runs into voters that don’t know whether to vote for the NDP or the Liberals. “There are people desperate to get rid of the Harper government,” she said. “It’s a struggle for them.”

The notion that the Liberals and the NDP can be thrown into the same bucket is a perception that Kelly wants to change. “I don’t see that we have a whole lot in common at all,” she said. “I said right from the very beginning, if you oppose Bill C-51 [the Conservative’s controversial anti-terrorism legislation], work with me.”

For political strategist Warren Kinsella, it’s no secret why the NDP has been pitching shutouts in the region. “They don’t take it seriously,” he said. “Voters aren’t stupid.”

He pointed to the fact that NDP leader Tom Mulcair has not visited the region during the election as a sign the NDP doesn’t expect to win a seat here.

However, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau have visited York Region multiple times during the campaign.

Kinsella, the senior campaign strategist to former Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff and more recently the one-time campaign manager in Olivia Chow’s bid to be Toronto mayor, who now runs the Daisy Group, said the list of NDP candidates in York has been under-whelming historically.

The problem for the NDP, Kinsella said, is that the Ontario NDP needs to bring more of their prairie roots to Ontario.

“In urban Ontario, the NDP have the York University pro union in every circumstance feel. It doesn’t work for you in the 905,” he said.

To find the last NDP candidate who has made it to the federal or provincial legislature from York Region, you have to go all the way back to 1990 when Larry O’Connor won the York-Durham riding that included Georgina, East Gwillimbury and Stouffville.

He didn’t really expect to win. ““Tom Mulcair has got a platform that people say,

‘Hey, this makes sense’,” he said. “York Region has a lot of middle class. I think that his strength.”

York Region resisting the ‘orange wave’‘Many of the residents like to

think of themselves as living in small towns. That’s not really

the case anymore, but the values and culture of small towns are still dominant:

self-reliance, independence, and small government. That’s

not fertile ground for the NDP.’– Prof. Thomas Klassen

While optimism abounds from NDP, history shows it will be incred-ibly difficult for the NDP to win a seat in York Region. Can the NDP break up the shutout?

Richmond Hill NDP candidate Adam DeVita thinks so.

It’s difficult to see the gains the NDP have made the past 15 years because they were starting from so far behind, he said.

Now, the party has to work to put ridings in play in the region. For DeVita, that starts with building the base in the area.

“We have to get people thinking about voting NDP before they will vote NDP,” he said.

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The Kleinburg Nobleton Soccer Club isproud to announce our new TechnicalDirector - Jason Beckford. Jason wasborn in Manchester, United Kingdom on14th February 1970. His talent for footballwas first recognised by his two local clubsManchester City and Manchester Unitedat 11 years old. However, he went onto sign schoolboy forms at City as theiryouth policy was well renowned and saidto be better than United’s at that time.

At the age of 14, he was one of 25 boysselected nationally by the English Football Association to be in the firstgroup of players to be inducted into the National School of Excellenceat Lilleshall National Sport Centre. He was coached by the FA’s topcoaches and schooled at the local high school in Shifnal, Shropshire.While there, he represented England at U15 and U16 level.

After leaving the National School, Jason started his apprenticeshipat Manchester City aged 16 and then signed his first professional

contract at 17. He made his first team debut against MiddlesbroughFootball Club just after his 18th birthday. During his time at City, hewas further honoured by England at U17, Youth and U20 levels.

Having made over 40 appearances for his hometown club, he wassold to Birmingham City Football Club for £150,000 in 1992.

Unfortunately, his career was then blighted by a knee injury that kepthim out of the game for two seasons while at Birmingham. After briefspells at Stoke City, Millwall and Northampton Town, he retired in 1996aged 26 due to the knee injury.

Since then, Jason has followed a path of self-improvement in manyaspects of his life and has involved himself in a variety of footballexperiences.

He has coached young potential professional players in PremierLeague Academies namely Manchester City and Bolton Wanderersfor 7 years. Then, he successfully managed Mossley Football ClubSenior Men to win championships at semi-professional level for 5years and also scouted senior players in the English Football Leaguefor Leicester City and Blackpool for 2 years.

Jason is a UEFA ‘A’ licensed coach and was an English FootballAssociation Level 1 and Level 2 tutor the North West of England.Furthermore, since emigrating fromEngland, in 2012, he has continuedhis coach education work here in Ontario as a Master LearningFacilitator for the Ontario Soccer Association delivering and assessingat the highest coaching license courses in Ontario. He has built areputation of being a highly regarded coach educator with a goodrapport with coaches and excellent knowledge and understanding ofthe game.Jason was looking for a club that wouldmatch his aspirationsof developing good players and coaches. In his opinion, he has foundthat in joining Kleinburg and Nobleton Soccer Club.

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his was supposed to be their time.

With their son off to university and success-ful careers behind them,

Bruce Rhodes and his wife, Liz, both 58, had expected these would be the years to reap the rewards of a full life together.

Instead, they are battling a disease together, one they both, at times, believe is worse than death.

“Ohhh, I am an idiot!” said Liz as she hops up and down in their sunny Richmond Hill kitchen.

“My brain is broken,” she smacks her hands against her head, letting out a long, keening wail.

Bruce pays no mind to her bizarre behaviour, grateful she is no longer talking about hating herself and wanting to die.

“We were so perfectly matched,” said Bruce, a retired software developer. “We were intellectually compatible and I trusted her completely.”

Now, due to dementia, their world has shrunk, travel and social

gatherings long past. Bruce spends his time trying

to keep Liz safe, fed, bathed and properly medicated, struggling not to turn to booze or bash a hole in the wall in frustration.

Liz, who was an author and university professor before fron-taltemporal dementia began destroying her brain, now lives in her own private world of confu-sion, battling his efforts to care for her, struggling to escape.

He can’t leave her alone and they rarely leave home. Outings are challenging and at times embarrassing, said Bruce, with his beloved wife now behaving like an unruly five year old.

“Dementia is vicious, just vicious,” he said.

It can be a lonely existence for the caregiver who must bear the burden of day-to-day life and for the person with dementia whose increasing confusion can leave them housebound and isolated.

Research has shown connected people are healthy people, and yet the Alzheimer’s Society 2014 sur-

vey reports 40 per cent of people with dementia felt lonely and 34 per cent do not feel part of their community.

Caregivers reported the same.“It’s a family illness,” said occu-

pational therapist Nira Rittenberg. “It affects the person cognitively and emotionally. Caregiving time is intense.”

Rittenberg, co-author of the guidebook Caring for Your Loved One, oversees a psycho-educa-tional support group. Families make the trek to Baycrest Health

Sciences in Toronto seeking her help for a myriad of concerns – from what to do when the patient doesn’t want to attend doctor appointments or asks the same question repeatedly, to issues stirred up between siblings caring for parents.

There is an emotional toll, “los-ing that personhood is hard for everyone to watch,” along with a physical and financial one, and it may be why 80 per cent of caregiv-ers end up with their own disor-ders and issues, she said.

The person with dementia, meanwhile, finds himself increas-ingly isolated.

In an Alzheimer Disease Inter-national survey of more than 2,400 people from 54 countries, more than 75 per cent of respon-dents with dementia said they’ve noticed a negative stigma about the disease, most com-

monly being discounted or mar-ginalized by others.

Chair Dr. Jacob Roy Kuria-kose is calling for urgent action and said the focus on late-stage dementia and a belief that nothing can be done leads to hopelessness and fear of negative reactions.

“People start fearing ‘viral dementia,’” Rittenberg said. “It’s not that they think they’ll ‘catch’ it, but they may hide from it because they can’t deal with it, especially if they’re of the same age cohort.”

Unlike those with physical challenges, there is no wheelchair or visible indication of a disabil-ity. As one patient puts it, “when something’s wrong with your mind, it feels like something is wrong with you.”

In the early stages, those with dementia may become with-

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SENIORS + DEMENTIA A METROLAND MEDIA INVESTIGATIVE SERIES

GLOBAL VISION

Across the globe, innovations and dementia-friendly manage-ment programs are helping to eradicate stigma and ensure people with dementia continue to enjoy a high quality of life after diagnosis:

THE NETHERLANDSWhen visitors first tour Hogewey,

in the Netherlands, they see what appears to be a typical village with residents roaming laneways and houses, parks, supermarket, the-atre and restaurants.

In fact, this village is actually a cutting-edge facility for those

with advanced dementia. Cameras monitor residents, caregivers wear street clothes and operate “busi-nesses” and the entire community – the size of 10 football fields – is securely enclosed.

The theory is that in most cases, as the disease progresses, those with dementia leave the “real” world; problems occur when we try to drag them back into reality.

SOUTH KOREAIn South Korea, recognized as

the fastest-aging country in the world, a dementia management

law mandates that citizens older than 65 be checked for symptoms and in each of the city’s 25 urban districts, a dementia centre offers activities and social connections.

LONDON, UKThe Community Care Model for

Dementia is an innovative practice in northeast London.

A rapid-response support team made up of nurses, support work-ers and psychiatrists acts as a safe-ty net to help those with dementia stay out of hospital. The team pro-vides crisis support in the patient’s

home and has been able to cut the rate of hos-pital admissions and length of hospital stays.

GERMANYGermany’s Alzheim-

er Society hosts a website called ‘Alzheimer and You’ aimed at peo-ple aged 14 to 21. It’s part of a national program to help youth understand dementia and includes tips, memory tests, contests and project ideas for schools.

SCOTLANDThe concept of

dementia dogs is being explored in Scotland to help those with mild cog-

nitive impairment main-tain their waking, sleeping

and eating routine, remind them to take medication and stay active in the community. The proj-ect was the brainchild of a student from the Glasgow School of Art.

Staff photo/NICK IWANYSHYN

Bruce Rhodes talks with his wife Liz, formerly a respected economics professor, in their Richmond Hill home where she’s been descending into worsening dementia.

Learn what’s happening closer to home; read our story online at www.yorkregion.com/dementia

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YOUR THOUGHTS

ONLINE >> TACKLING STIGMA AMONG ETHNIC CULTURES: Maniben Patel, left, and Gursaran Kaur Singh lead participants in a dance, as part of the South Asian D.A.Y. pro-gram in Unionville. Dementia is a challenge for all family members, but among some ethnic communities, the shame associated with it can be devastating. Reporter Kim Zarzour writes about a son who quit his job to move in with his South Asian parents when caring for his father became too much for his mother; the difficulty people have moving into long-term care because of the culture shock and guilt that goes along with it; and the trouble of communicating across language barriers. Read her full story online at www.yorkregion.com/dementia

s a young volunteer and recreation thera-pist working in long-term care homes, Ash-ley Kwong had seen

the worst of the worst.“I saw it all, from cockroach-

laden plates, food all pureed together, to residents who’d strip down because they had no AC and then get yelled at by staff,” she recalls. “I felt powerless; who could I call?”

She decided to tackle the prob-lem herself, returning to university to study gerontology, then estab-lishing her own service for those with dementia – one that is getting noticed worldwide.

Memory & Company doesn’t look like a day care for people with dementia, and it doesn’t bill itself as such, either.

Instead, it’s referred to as a Can-ada’s first Alzheimer’s health club.

Tucked inside an industrial park in Markham. the 11,000-square-foot facility is custom-designed to

provide a “club-like, non-institu-tional feel”.

Unlike most day care programs, this centre features multiple, bright-ly lit activity rooms connected in a circular layout, allowing clients to wander securely (without agitating doors and dead-ends) and choose

activities that interest them.One library-like room is filled

with coffee table books, records and magazines, another music room has iPads downloaded with favourite songs, photos and videos, old-fashioned turntables, cassette decks and musical instruments. A dress-up room offers a vintage makeup table with jewelry, purses and a camera for fun photo shoots, another resembles an office with maps, puzzles and older office equipment clients might recognize from their working days.

“We have to get people to change their mindset for what day programs can be,” Kwong said.

Society is increasingly focused on aging in place, but few options for meaningful activity or relation-ships are available for those with dementia at home except occa-sional respite and the TV, she said.

“People want to enjoy their day no matter who they are,” Kwong said.

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Staff photo/NICK IWANYSHYN

Frank Flanagan of Thornhill par-ticipates in an exercise class at Memory & Company.

Staff photo/STEVE SOMERVILLE

BREAKING BARRIERS

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Alzheimer’s Disease

This is the most common cause of dementia. It accounts for an 60 to 80 per cent of cases. During the course of the disease, the chemistry and struc-ture of the brain changes, leading to the death of brain cells.

Vascular Dementia

If the oxygen supply to the brain fails, brain cells may die. The symptoms of vascular dementia can occur suddenly, after a stroke, or over time, via a series of small strokes.

Dementia with Lewy Bodies

This form gets its name from tiny spherical structures that develop inside nerve cells. Their presence in the brain leads to a degeneration of brain tissue.

Frontotemporal Dementia

FTD is caused by pro-gressive nerve cell loss in the brain’s frontal lobes. Personality and behaviour are initially more affected than memory. People with FTD generally develop symptoms at a younger age (about age 60).

Have you had personal experience with dementia or are you a caregiver for someone living with the disease? Do you have thoughts on our series and what needs to be done to get our population

and health-care system ready for the future? Let us know your opinion in an email to [email protected], or mail to 50 McIntosh Dr., unit 115, Markham, L3R 9T3

SEE THE WHOLE SERIES online, including our features, resources and videos. Visit www.yorkregion.com/dementia

drawn, aware they can’t keep up in social settings, but Maisie Jackson is determined not to let that happen.

The Niagara Falls resident said she was devastated to learn she had dementia two years ago.

“I thought the end had come, my life was over.”

She worried she would waste away like her mother, aunt and older sister before her, alone in a rocking chair, clutching a doll.

Instead, she clutches a thick daybook packed with appoint-ments and meetings at the local Alzheimer’s society.

“The society gave me my life back,” said the former director of sales at Niagara’s Pillar and Post Inn.

Her days are busy mentoring others, attending board meet-ings and giving presentations across the province. She no lon-ger hides her diagnosis.

“If I’m having trouble, I just say ‘give me a moment please, I have dementia.’”

Communicating with others about the disease has given her life new purpose, she said.

Jackson has learned life does not end when the diagnosis begins. A slew of promising new programs bolsters that view – from as far away as the Nether-lands, where an entire enclosed village was created for dementia residents, to the town of Bobcay-geon, where blue umbrella logos open doors, and minds, for those with cognitive decline.

During the summer months, Bobcaygeon is bustling with tourists, cottagers and retirees.

It’s also speckled with little blue umbrella decals that let

those with dementia know they are welcome.

The blue umbrella is a unique project garnering inter-est across Canada.

Designed to combat stigma and promote awareness, the program provides umbrella pins to those with dementia.

Window decals are given to businesses trained to help with challenges such as bank machines, crowded spaces and communicating with staff.

Nearly 50 of an estimated 200 Bobcaygeon residents with dementia have registered to wear the pins since it was launched last April, said Pat Finkle, the local Alzheimer Soci-ety’s former client support co-ordinator.

About 70 businesses have joined so far.

“People are talking about it more and the person with dementia is being talked with more, too, and engaged in the community,” Finkle said. “The more people who are out wear-ing that blue umbrella, the more we are changing the perception of what dementia is.”

Buoyed by the Bobcaygeon success, the Alzheimer Society of Ontario has decided to expand the program to five more com-munities and is seeking funding to help make it grow.

A similar program, Dementia Friends, was launched in June through the Alzheimer Society of Canada.

The society received $1.8 mil-lion in federal funding to launch the program and hopes to encourage one million Canadi-ans sign on at DementiaFriends.ca by 2017.

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Aolder sister before her, alone in a rocking chair, clutching a doll.

Instead, she clutches a thick daybook packed with appoint-ments and meetings at the local Alzheimer’s society.

“The society gave me my life back,” said the former director of sales at Niagara’s Pillar and

Her days are busy mentoring others, attending board meet-ings and giving presentations across the province. She no lon-

machines, crowded spaces and communicating with staff.

Nearly 50 of an estimated 200 Bobcaygeon residents with dementia have registered to wear the pins since it was launched last April, said Pat Finkle, the local Alzheimer Soci-ety’s former client support co-ordinator.

About 70 businesses have joined so far.

“People are talking about “People are talking about it more and the person with

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Stop imagining & call 1-877-914-KIDSor email [email protected] equal opportunity employerthat values diversity.

PLANT/OPERATIONS MANAGERfor busy manufacturing plant. Must have a minimum of 5 years experience. Must be able to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment. Knowledge in the food industry & manufacturing experience a definite asset. Must be fluent in English (written & oral).

Email resume:[email protected]

INTERIOR DESIGNER/DECORATOR

Full time sales required for Benjamin Moore Paint and decor store, Bathurst & Rutherford Road area. Experience with

paint and interiors an asset. Email resume to:

[email protected]

AZ Delivery Driver for Summit Food Service in Mississauga.

Hand bomb product off truck. 3-5 days/week. Valid AZ license,

customer service skills and able to lift 50lbs. Competitive wages.

Full description: http://snipurl.com/localwork80851876

Resume to: [email protected]

or fax: 905-795-2708

Sandgate Women’s Shelter of York Region Inc. is dedicated to providing all persons who identify as women and their children shelter, support and information so they can take steps towards ending abuse in their lives.

We are currently seeking women who have talent and demonstrated leadership in the following areas:

Violence against Women Services Accounting and Financial Management Fundraising and Marketing Business

Participation and commitment in Sandgate’s Board of Directors involves:

Attending and participating in monthly board meetings Active involvement in at least one Board Committee Participate in Sandgate’s public events throughout the year

We are seeking Volunteer Board Members who are committed to supporting quality service in a feminist, woman-centred organization.

In keeping with our ongoing efforts to promote equity and reflect the diversity of York Region, we encourage applications from all women.

Please submit your letter of intent in confidence to: [email protected] or fax to 905-722-8416

Sandgate Women’s Shelter of York Region Inc. is seeking new Board Members

Sandgate Women’s Shelter of York Region Inc. is dedicated to providing all persons who identify as women and their children shelter, support and information so they can take steps towards ending abuse in their lives.

We are currently seeking women who have talent and demonstrated leadership in the following areas:

Violence against Women Services Accounting and Financial Management Fundraising and Marketing Business

Participation and commitment in Sandgate’s Board of Directors involves:

Attending and participating in monthly board meetings Active involvement in at least one Board Committee Participate in Sandgate’s public events throughout the year

We are seeking Volunteer Board Members who are committed to supporting quality service in a feminist, woman-centred organization.

In keeping with our ongoing efforts to promote equity and reflect the diversity of York Region, we encourage applications from all women.

Please submit your letter of intent in confidence to: [email protected] or fax to 905-722-8416

Sandgate Women’s Shelter of York Region Inc. is seeking new Board Members

JOB POSTINGJOB TITLE: Mailperson - Casual Part-Time

BUSINESS UNIT: Aurora, ONTHE OPPORTUNITYYork Region Media Group, a division of Metroland Media Group, is currently looking to fill a casual part-time Mailperson position for the Aurora Warehouse, 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

• Setting of scales, counting and accurately weigh flyers• Placing counted flyers on rollers• Lifting flyer bundles to and from pallets• Inserting flyer packages into newspaper• Perform manual material handling• Hours fluctuate seasonally based on insert/ flyer volume• Complete all duties in accordance with our Health and Safety policies and the Oc-

cupational Health and Safety Act• Other duties as assigned

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR• Completed Secondary Education or equivalent• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment with strong attention

to detail• Ability to remain alert and maintain a high level of concentration• Must have own transportation

If working for a highly energized, competitive team is your ideal environment,please email your resume to [email protected] by October 15, 2015.

Metroland is committed to accessibility in employment and to ensuring equal access to employment opportunities for candidates, including persons with disabilities. In compliance with AODA, Metroland will endeavour to provide accommodation to persons with disabilities in the recruitment process upon request. If you are selected for an interview and you require accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please notify the hiring manager upon scheduling your interview.

Thank you for your interest. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted

Classifieds LocalWork.caMonday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm • 905-853-2527 • Toll Free 1-800-743-3353 • Fax 905-853-1765 • For delivery questions, please contact 1-855-853-5613

Classifieds LocalWork.ca

SEEKING EXPERIENCED WELDER

Manufacturer of store fixtures has positions open for experienced Welder /Fit- ters. Positions are Full-Time, Days offering competitive wages, full benefits. Minimum 4 Years TIG experience with St/St & Brass.

Fax 905-738-6674 or Email [email protected]

CASTING CALLFOR BABIES, KIDS,TEENS&ADULTSCommercials, Movies, TV

Shows & Print Jobs

Non speaking roles start at$771.50 + Royalties

ScreenTest in** BOLTON **

Tuesday October 13th5:00pm - 7:00pm

Screen test $20 includes Photo Shoot, ifnot accepted money refunded.

Call 519-940-8815

LAW CLERK/LEGAL ASSISTANT

(Richmond Hill Area)required with 5+ years experience and be able to handle residential real estate transactions with minimum supervision. Must be proficient with “Conveyancer”, Teraview, PC Law, Lawyer Done Deal and Word.

Please email resume to: [email protected]

TELESALES AGENTSPart-time days

5+ years experienceThornhill

Excellent bonus structureCall 905-886-4187

or [email protected]

A busy collision repair center requires a BODY TECHNICIAN

and a PREPPER. Both are full time positions. Apply in person/email/fax

Ploder’s Collision/Fix Auto3 Industrial Parkway South, Aurora

[email protected] Fax: 905-727-8242

Machine Operators,Assemblers, Production

Workers required in Concord/Woodbridge.

Day/Afternoon/Night Shifts $12.00/hrSend your resume, or drop by the office between 9am-2:30pm Monday-Friday.

HCR Personnel Solutions Inc.19 Four Seasons Place, Toronto, ON M9B 6E7(Burnhamthorpe & East Mall)T: 416-622-1427 F: 416-622-7258E: [email protected] www.hcr.ca

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DIVORCEBefore you list your home, order Free Special

Report that reveals what happens to your matrimonial home in Vaughan before, during,

and after a divorce.www.MatrimonialHomeSell.com

Free recorded message1-800-324-3520 ID# 1009

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STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS UP TO 60% OFF! 30x40, 40x60, 50x80, 60x100, 80x100 sell for balance owed!

Call: 1-800-457-2206www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

WE PAY $325- $3000 for your scrap cars & trucks. 24/7/ Free towing. 705-500-2844 or 905-462-1346

LIVE-IN CAREGIVER WANTEDTake care of elderly woman to provide

care for medically disabled female.Full Time. Start asap. $11.25/hr,

approx. 37.5hrs. Call 416-820-5948

EXPERIENCED EUROPEAN cleaning lady looking for new

homes in King City area.Please call Cinti at 416-906-5996

MORTGAGES

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416-667-9834

1st & 2nd MortgagesDebt Consolidation*Low Rates, *No FeesBad Credit Welcome

*CREDIT APPROVED*terms and conditions apply Lic# 10154

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Building Equipment/Materials

Building Equipment/Materials

VehiclesWanted/Wrecking

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Nannies/Live In/Out Nannies/Live In/Out

Domestic Help Available

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Mortgages/Loans Mortgages/Loans

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TAX FREE MONEY is available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easi-ly approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

CALL ANYTIME 1-800-814-2578 or 905-361-1153.

Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

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No income, Bad credit OK!Better Option Mortgage #10969 1-800-282-1169

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Legal Services Legal Services

CRIMINAL RECORD?Canadian Record Suspension (Criminal pardon) seals record. American waiver allows legal entry. Why risk employment, business, travel, licensing,

deportation, peace of mind?Free consultation: 1-800-347-2540

JOB FAIRTUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH ~ 2PM - 7PM

HIRING ALL POSITIONSHostesses / Cashiers / Bar Staff / Servers / Carvers

Jr Server Assistants / Bussers / Cold Prep / Hot PrepDishwashers / Cleaners

INTERVIEWS HELD AT OUR NEW LOCATION

205 MARYCROFT AVE., VAUGHANBRING YOUR RESUME

C O P AC A B A N AGRILLED BRAZILIAN

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED

For door-to-door newspaper delivery

1 day per week. Reliable vehicle required

Call 1-855-853-5613 ext. 8

• Learn skills • Win prizes

• Fun carrier events• Bonus point

program

CARRIERS NEEDED

For door-to-door newspaper delivery

1 day per week.

Call 1-855-853-5613 ext. 8

(Vaughan) requires anExperienced

LOADER OPERATOR to help maintain one of our large dedicated

accounts for winter snow removal in Vaughan. Applicant must have experience with loader equipment in snow removal

and salt truck loading. Loader equipment being used will be JD444K with Wing

Blade or pusher attachments. Remuneration will be payed out on a

salary based format Bi-weekly.Please contact Aaron Babcock:

[email protected]

FACTORY HELPER NEEDED.

Mechanically inclined person preferred

Call 647-688-3138 or E-mail:

[email protected]

COUNTERTOP FABRICATIONPost Formed Laminate Cutting

Station requires Fabrication Associate to join its team. Job involves gluing, assembling,

sanding, trimming, filing, cleaning to a customer’s drawing, and

heavy lifting. Full Time. Email: [email protected]

50 IMMEDIATE ASSEMBLY JOBS

HWY 7 & KEELE: Days or Afternoons. Steady ongoing work. Lighter Lifting. Training provided! Full Time or Part Time hours. Weekend shifts also available!

CALL TIFFANY to apply: (289)472-5279 for more info.

Email resume to: [email protected]

Offi ce Secretaryrequired immediately for full time position at

a stationery wholesale company in Woodbridge. Duties include

correspondence, fi ling, customer relations, management support. Skills required: fl uent in English, profi cient computer skills, team

player and self starter. Please email resume: [email protected]

Only candidates selected for a follow upinterview will be contacted.

PART-TIME OFFICE ASSISTANT

Needed ASAP for Electrical contractor. General office duties include filing, process emails, maintain service schedules, etc. Quickbooks/Microsoft definite asset. Hours are 9-2 daily @ $18/hr.

Email resume. [email protected]

We’re Busy!!! Now Hiring!!!•CASHIERS •WAIT STAFF•COOKS •COUNTER HELP

Experienced, full & part time for deli in Thornhill.

English & weekends are a must.

Call Nana 905-731-8037

A CAREER IN REAL ESTATESuccess in real estate sales requires

proper training and management support.Learn more about how you can

make it to the top at our nextCENTURY 21® Career Session ---

no experience required, just ambition!

Call now for a reserved seat:905-883-8300 or 416-798-3600 x5100

NEW! FREE tutoring for licensing courses.Inquire at Career session!

Each Office Is Independently Owned And Operated

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Delivery questions?

Call us at:

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By KIM [email protected]

ancy Adams loved to give away angels.

Every Christmas, she’d search for little angel mementos to

wrap and give away to her col-leagues at work and the staff and volunteers at Hill House Hospice in Richmond Hill.

It was a perfect token from a woman many described as an angel herself.

No matter what her struggles — and they were many — Nancy always believed her role in life was helping others.

From her 15-plus years with the Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, to volunteering with Daffodil Days, charity car washes and gift wrap booths, Nancy touched many lives, all the while fighting cancer herself for 25 years.

Nancy passed away peacefully at Hill House Hospice on June 9.

After 50 years of marriage, hus-band Hugh Adams says he grew to appreciate Nancy’s unique out-look on life.

“She was a giver, whether it was the church or the Lions Club or any group, she was always the first one to lift a hand.”

Hugh and Nancy both grew up in Richvale, “back when it was all farms and dirt roads”, and moved back after time away in 1995 to enjoy the small-town feeling of Richmond Hill, Hugh says.

Friends, family marvelled at Nancy Adams’ humour, generosity

NEverywhere Nancy went, she

encountered people who’d been touched by her kindness.

“I love the way she always asked if I needed a hug and then gave me such a comforting one,” Anmarie Forsyth wrote in the Marshall Funeral Home condo-lences. “She was so warm and loving and never said a negative word, no matter how she was feel-ing. She is forever engraved into my heart.”

Among her many activities, Nancy supported children’s lit-eracy, sponsoring hundreds of children’s books for Richmond Hill elementary schools through the Richvale Lions Club.

In 2008, Nancy received a Richmond Hill Volunteer Achieve-ment Award for her many years of good work.

She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1990 and even though the ensuing years were marked with 17 different chemotherapy treatments, she continued to reach out to others, acting as a mentor and counselling fellow cancer patients,

Together with her daughter, Michelle Adams, she helped orga-nize Relay for Life events.

Michelle says her mother believed that if she was going through this health struggle, it was for a reason, and that reason was so that she could support others.

And lest it all get too serious, Nancy livened things up with her

storiesifeL A celebration of lives well livedand people well lovedRead more Life Stories on yorkregion.com

wonky sense of humour — evi-denced by the T-shirt she loved that said, “Yes, they’re fake. My real ones tried to kill me!”

“I remember when she got together with [longtime] friends one Christmas, they said, “I love your hair,” Michelle recalls.

“Here, you can have it!” she replied, pulling the wig off her head and handing it over with a burst of laughter.

“She had this amazing ability to stay positive,” Michelle says. “It was a gift.”

In 2009, Nancy started volun-teering at Hill House, helping with the hospice laundry for several years and later, making sandwich-es, which her husband delivered.

In June of 2015, Hill House became Nancy’s last home.

She was delighted to have the room facing north which had a view of a mature tree and bird feeder, friend Josephine Vaccaro-Chang says.

Flipping through her many photo albums, Nancy reassured her friend that she was exactly where she wanted to be.

“She felt fortunate that she was able to live her last days at Hill House. I’ll never forget Nancy’s generosity and how she helped me accept her fate.”

Nancy leaves behind husband Hugh, daughter Michelle (Rob Drover) and son Bill (Trish), grandsons Riley and Conor and brother Jack (Carol) Underhill.

Nancy Adams was as well known by friends and fam-ily for her generosity as for her sense of humour. Despite a personal battle with cancer for 25 years, she supported every com-munity cause she could and touched many lives in Rich-mond Hill and far beyond.

“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.”

storiesifeL Newmarket/Aurora EG

Tracy Kibble ..................905-853-8888 Georgina & BradfordTed McFadden .............905-853-8888Markham, Bernie O’Neill ...............905-294-2200 Stouffville Jim Mason ....................905-640-2612Vaughan & King Kim Champion ..............905-264-8703 Richmond Hill/Thornhill Marney Beck ................905-294-2200

FOR MORE INFORMATION or to contact one

of our professional writers please call

Your community newspaper is celebrating the achievements and contributions of everyday, ordinary people, who have affected the lives of others in extraordinary ways. Leaving a lasting impression on the community, our award-winning journalists will write a fitting tribute in memory of those who have a special story to share. Through your community newspaper and LifeNews.ca, we celebrate those no longer with us and remember the memories we share.

Celebrate a life well lived!

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ancy Adams loved to give away angels.

Every Christmas, she’d search for little angel mementos to

wrap and give away to her col-leagues at work and the staff and volunteers at Hill House Hospice in Richmond Hill.

It was a perfect token from a woman many described as an angel herself.

No matter what her struggles — and they were many — Nancy always believed her role in life was helping others.

From her 15-plus years with the Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, to volunteering with Daffodil Days, charity car washes and gift wrap booths, Nancy touched many lives, all the while fighting cancer herself for 25 years.

Nancy passed away peacefully at Hill House Hospice on June 9.

After 50 years of marriage, hus-band Hugh Adams says he grew to appreciate Nancy’s unique out-look on life.

“She was a giver, whether it was the church or the Lions Club or any group, she was always the first one to lift a hand.”

Hugh and Nancy both grew up in Richvale, “back when it was all farms and dirt roads”, and moved back after time away in 1995 to enjoy the small-town feeling of Richmond Hill, Hugh says.

Friends, family marvelled at Nancy Adams’ humour, generosity

NEverywhere Nancy went, she

encountered people who’d been touched by her kindness.

“I love the way she always asked if I needed a hug and then gave me such a comforting one,” Anmarie Forsyth wrote in the Marshall Funeral Home condo-lences. “She was so warm and loving and never said a negative word, no matter how she was feel-ing. She is forever engraved into my heart.”

Among her many activities, Nancy supported children’s lit-eracy, sponsoring hundreds of children’s books for Richmond Hill elementary schools through the Richvale Lions Club.

In 2008, Nancy received a Richmond Hill Volunteer Achieve-ment Award for her many years of good work.

She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1990 and even though the ensuing years were marked with 17 different chemotherapy treatments, she continued to reach out to others, acting as a mentor and counselling fellow cancer patients,

Together with her daughter, Michelle Adams, she helped orga-nize Relay for Life events.

Michelle says her mother believed that if she was going through this health struggle, it was for a reason, and that reason was so that she could support others.

And lest it all get too serious, Nancy livened things up with her

storiesifeL A celebration of lives well livedand people well lovedRead more Life Stories on yorkregion.com

wonky sense of humour — evi-denced by the T-shirt she loved that said, “Yes, they’re fake. My real ones tried to kill me!”

“I remember when she got together with [longtime] friends one Christmas, they said, “I love your hair,” Michelle recalls.

“Here, you can have it!” she replied, pulling the wig off her head and handing it over with a burst of laughter.

“She had this amazing ability to stay positive,” Michelle says. “It was a gift.”

In 2009, Nancy started volun-teering at Hill House, helping with the hospice laundry for several years and later, making sandwich-es, which her husband delivered.

In June of 2015, Hill House became Nancy’s last home.

She was delighted to have the room facing north which had a view of a mature tree and bird feeder, friend Josephine Vaccaro-Chang says.

Flipping through her many photo albums, Nancy reassured her friend that she was exactly where she wanted to be.

“She felt fortunate that she was able to live her last days at Hill House. I’ll never forget Nancy’s generosity and how she helped me accept her fate.”

Nancy leaves behind husband Hugh, daughter Michelle (Rob Drover) and son Bill (Trish), grandsons Riley and Conor and brother Jack (Carol) Underhill.

Nancy Adams was as well known by friends and fam-ily for her generosity as for her sense of humour. Despite a personal battle with cancer for 25 years, she supported every com-munity cause she could and touched many lives in Rich-mond Hill and far beyond.

“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.”

storiesifeL Newmarket/Aurora EG

Tracy Kibble ..................905-853-8888 Georgina & BradfordTed McFadden .............905-853-8888Markham, Bernie O’Neill ...............905-294-2200 Stouffville Jim Mason ....................905-640-2612Vaughan & King Kim Champion ..............905-264-8703 Richmond Hill/Thornhill Marney Beck ................905-294-2200

FOR MORE INFORMATION or to contact one

of our professional writers please call

Your community newspaper is celebrating the achievements and contributions of everyday, ordinary people, who have affected the lives of others in extraordinary ways. Leaving a lasting impression on the community, our award-winning journalists will write a fitting tribute in memory of those who have a special story to share. Through your community newspaper and LifeNews.ca, we celebrate those no longer with us and remember the memories we share.

Celebrate a life well lived!

Paul Futhey.....

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MOVING CONTENT SALESat., October 10th

Sun., October 11th

9am-3pm123 Ellis Ave.

(Hwy 27/ King Rd.)Nobleton

Furniture including high end custom

framed artwork, etc. Great deals!

Classifieds GarageSalesClassifieds GarageSalesMonday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm • 905-853-2527 Toll Free 1-800-743-3353 • Fax 905-853-1765 For delivery questions, please contact 1-855-853-5613

Classifieds Gottarent.comClassifieds Gottarent.comMonday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm • 905-853-2527 • Toll Free 1-800-743-3353 • Fax 905-853-1765 • For delivery questions, please contact 1-855-853-5613

WOODBRIDGEWeston/ Rutherford/Vaughan Mills Mall. Immaculate, 1 bedroom basement, separate

entrance, 1 parking, own laundry, non-smoking/pets. $895 inclusive. Available November 1st. Gennaro

(416)885-7316

RICHMOND HILL, Yonge/ Elgin Mills, Newly renovated 2 bedroom basement, Separate entrance, laundry, parking, No smoking/pets. Available immediately. 416-723-3171

TOTTENHAM1bdrm bedroom apt.

Call (416) 717-8063

Apartments for Rent Apartments for Rent

VAUGHAN- BACHELOR basement for rent, furnished except bed. No pets, no smoking. Available immediately. 1 parking. $900. 647-293-5304

WOODBRIDGE- 2 bedroom walkout basement, no pets/ smoking. 4 appliances, private entrance, parking. Available immediately. (416)450-2949

MAPLE1 bedroom basement apt., private entrance. Parking. Appliances, laundry. Beside GO. Non-smoking/ pets. (905)832-3012; (416)720-8847


MAPLE- MAJOR Mackenzie/KillianMain floor, 1 bedroom apartment, separate entrance, 1 parking. No smoking. No pets.

$950 inclusive. Suits one person 647-618-9450

Houses for Rent Houses for Rent

HWY #7/ KEELE, 1 bedroom + den on main level.

New kitchen, new cabinets. Good for residential or home office.

416-737-7400. Available Nov. 1st.

RICHMOND HILL (Oak Ridges) bungalow. Whole house, 3 bedrooms +loft, upgraded

kitchen, hardwood, laundry, parking . $1900.+ utilities. First/ last/ references. Im- mediate. Short or long term. 905-313-0422


KING CITY on King Sideroad.Beautiful Brick Home- Fully renovated and repainted. 3 bedrooms. Finished basement.

Fridge/ stove. Outside patio. Oil heat. No dogs.Call Gerry (416)789-2163 ext 24. for info

OFFICE / RETAILSpace for rent 15191 Yonge St.,

Aurora. 1600 sqft. $1600/ month. Call Ron 416-605-7457

Houses for Rent Houses for Rent

for Rent/Wanted for Rent/Wanted

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to plan your advertising

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Subject - Wedding Trendswith 2 photos and 100 word description of your wedding.Please include location of the wedding, and any details

that made your day spectacular.If your wedding is chosen,we will include your story and

photos in our 2016 issue of Wedding Trends -York Region’s best wedding magazine!

Submission DeadlineOctober 19

Now reserving advertising space in our next issue

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be featured in thenext issue of

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