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Young activistSeven-year-old Illyria Volcansek is fight-ing City Hall over the expected removalof a tree from Community Park.
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Celebrating 50 yearsJohn Knox Christian School is holding abig celebration this weekend to com-memorate its 50th birthday
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Without area rating, Stoney Creekwould pay for services not received
BY KEVIN WERNERNEWS STAFF
Hamilton councillors may be talkingabout compromise to mitigate the
effects of a tripling of suburban residents’taxes, but some councillors are prepared tofight to keep the area-rating policy in place.
Under at least four scenarios proposed bycity staff, first presented to politicians in late2009, based on an urban-rural geographicalsplit, any changes to the policy would seesuburban homeowners’ taxes jump any-where between 6.5 per cent for Ancaster to16 per cent for Glanbrook, while residents inthe former City of Hamilton would see theirtaxes drop by more than four per cent.
Under the Citizens’ Forum recommenda-tion for a three-tiered fire service rate, subur-ban residents would see their taxes rise frombetween 1.9 per cent for Ancaster to 9.2 percent for Glanbrook. The forum, which intro-duced its recommendations about a monthago, also proposed to eliminate Ancaster’ssidewalk snow clearing service. City staff saideliminating the service would only mean $4 insavings for each household. Ancaster council-lor Lloyd Ferguson has called the recommen-dation silly and will fight to keep the service.
But if councillors eliminate area-rating fortransit, fire, culture and recreation, which iswhat many inner-city politicians want start-ing this year, suburban taxpayers would see ajump in taxes anywhere from three to four percent. Hamilton residents would see tax cuts inevery scenario proposed by city financial staff.
Corporate Services general managerRobert Rossini said any area rating proposalincludes ideas to mitigate the tax effects byphasing in the increases over a number ofyears.
“I’m still very nervous where we are going,”said Stoney Creek councillor Brad Clark.
Clark pointed out that if Stoney Creek res-idents pay the same in taxes as other subur-ban areas for fire services, for example, theyshould expect to get the most complete serv-ice available. Upper Stoney Creek residentsreceive a hybrid fire service, which is a com-bination of full-time and volunteer.
Should getwhat you payfor: Clark
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Kicking for CanadaGlendale Secondary School Grade 12 student Stefan Vukovic was recently named to Canada’s men’s U-18 soccerteam. For full story, see Page 37.See JOHNSON/Page 6
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Activities will include tree plant-ing, guided hikes, cave clean-ups withkarst expert Marcus Buck and theFriends of the Eramosa Karst (FOTEK)and a light lunch for participants.
The tree planting has beendesigned to expand an existing wood-lot in the conservation area. Last year,participants planted more than 900trees and helped build a forest toleave a legacy for the future. Futureevents will continue to assist naturalregeneration in the conservation area.
Volunteers are asked to bringwork gloves and a shovel, wearappropriate footwear and dress forthe weather. A welcome tent will belocated near the main parking lot.Information about the foundationand its partners will be available atthe welcome tent.
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The Eramosa Karst ConservationArea is on Upper Mountain AlbionRoad, between Rymal Road East andHighland Road West.
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BY LAURA LENNIENEWS STAFF
Illyria Volcansek is on amission. The seven-year-
old hopes to save a largemaple tree at CommunityPark.
The tree, located in frontof Stoney Creek Arena, is atrisk of being torn down tomake way for a parking lotfor the new lower StoneyCreek recreation centre.
“The tree is too big toclimb, but it provides goodshade,” she said. “Childrenplay and people read booksunder it.”
Illyria sent a letter to theCity of Hamilton urgingofficials to save the tree.
She suggested putting asmall piece of green spacearound the tree and build-ing the parking lot around it.
“I know uprooting andmoving the tree would costa lot of money, but justmoving the parking lot a lit-tle would not cost thatmuch,” she said. “That way
the tree can still provideshade, continue to growand there can still be aparking lot.”
Ward 9 councillor BradClark was unavailable forcomment by press dead-line. But in a letter he sentto Illyria, thanking her forher concern, he stated:“The City of Hamilton triesto protect each and everytree when considering theconstruction of a facility. Aswe construct the new recre-ation centre most of theexisting trees will remainbut a few trees will berequired to be removed. Wehave tried our best to saveas many trees as possible.”
Clark also stated that 75trees will be planted in abouta year from now in the park.
Illyria appreciates thatmore trees will be planted,but says they can’t replacethe current tree.
“It’s a really old tree,which has taken a very longtime to grow,” she said. “It’stoo old and important to
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Illyria Volcansek, 7, is on a mission to save a large maple tree at Community Park. The tree,located in front of Stoney Creek Arena, is at risk of being torn down to make way for a park-ing lot for the new lower Stoney Creek recreation centre.
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Hamilton East-StoneyCreek federal Green
Party candidate David HartDyke says party leader Eliza-beth May’s exclusion fromthe televised national lead-ers’ debates, which beganMonday, was “grossly unfair”and just adds another nail tothe voter apathy coffin.
“There’s a million peoplethat voted Green last elec-tion, just barely fewer thanthe Bloc (Quebecois). It’s asignificant voting bloc in thecountry and it’s going with-out a say-so?” he said.“There’s no justification forkeeping her out and I’ve hada lot of reaction from that.People, even those thatwould never vote Green, aregenerally angry about this.”
Dyke said the Green Partyis “definitely” the party of thefuture.
It is building for thefuture, he added.
“We’re trying to put theparty on the same footing asthe others, where there’s moreof a presence between elec-tions as well as actually dur-ing an election. I actually seemore and more votes comingour way,” he said. “There’s alot of young people that areright on the cusp of voting. Ithink we’re going to be pick-ing up a lot of those votes.”
Dyke said the GreenParty’s platform is fairly com-prehensive. It has a majorenvironmental component,but it also covers points interms of the economy, socialjustice and health care, hesaid.
“For example, right now, amajor component of health-care – the one that’s reallyboosting the costs – is pre-scription drugs. Costs aregetting bigger and bigger,” hesaid. “It looks to me verymuch like the companiesthat manufacture thesedrugs have too much to sayto the government and thegovernment seems to be lis-tening far too well. Thesecompanies seem to be get-ting away with murder inthat respect.”
On the environmentalfront, Dyke said he would liketo see Hamilton move moretoward green manufacturing.
“If you look at Germany,pretty much during the timewe’ve been hearing how itcan’t be done, it has created
from nothing, a green energyindustry,” he said. “It nowemploys more people thanthe auto industry and thoseare good jobs, well-paid jobs.We need to be moving in thatdirection.”
Green manufacturing islong-term, sustainable andwould also help create morejobs in Hamilton, he said.
“If somebody could wavea magic wand and make Eliz-abeth May the next primeminister, you could bet thatU.S. Steel wouldn’t be gettingaway with what it’s been get-ting away with,” said Dyke.“That would not be allowed;they’d be forced to live up tothe agreement they signed.”
Dyke said the federal elec-tion on May 2 could prove tobe the Green Party’s day.
“I think Elizabeth May isprobably our best chance towin a seat,” he said. “I thinkthe voters of her riding areready to make history. I thinkshe’s got a wonderful chanceto win this time.”
People are looking for achange, said Dyke.
“This country use to beabsolutely the world leader inenvironmental and social jus-tice issues, nobody ever ques-tioned that,” he said. “Weneed to get back our positionon the world stage as environ-mental and social justiceleaders. That’s really what theGreen Party) is all about.”
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Mayor reluctant to‘badger’ province for morecash after Pan Am payout
BY KEVIN WERNERNEWS STAFF
Hamilton may have to paythe $4 million in social servic-
es out of local taxpayers’pockets this year.
Mayor Bob Bratina saidthe provincial govern-ment isn’t convinced itshould help the city afterproviding Hamiltonwith over $100 millionsince 2004 in socialservices funding.
“The province is fac-ing serious deficitissues,” said Bratina.“There is a differenceof opinion (betweenthe city and province).”
Bratina, city manag-er Chris Murray andother finance staff con-
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totaled $8.15 million. Rossini said he wasexpecting a number close to $3 million,similar to what the city received last year.
Councillors decided that half of moneywill be used to pay for some social servic-es costs, while the other half will be put inan unallocated capital fund. Council stillhas to agree next week to the recommen-dation.
Politicians could also use some of the$14.5 million in 2010 surplus money thecity is expected to have to pay for thesocial services costs.
“We have been given sufficient fundsfrom the province,” said Bratina.
The mayor remained reluctant to“badger” the Liberals for them to coverthe $4 million, especially after theprovince has already given the city anextra $25 million for the Pan Am Stadium,and millions of dollars for other projects.
He said he also believes “more things”will be given to the city in the future.
Bratina was ready to approve the city’s2011 budget Thursday, after councillorsmanaged to reduce the average taxincrease to about 0.8 per cent, after agree-ing to some strategic staffing cuts that willcost about $1 million.
“We have been treated well by theprovince,” said Bratina. “We can pass thisbudget today.”
Council has also asked the province topay the $1.5 million in extra emergencymedical service expenses Hamilton isexpected to incur because of the restruc-turing Hamilton Health Sciences imple-mented Monday at McMaster University.
Murray suggested councillors pay the$4 million out of the city’s tax stabilizationfund this year. Still, councillors will con-tinue to meet with provincial officials topry money from them. Politicians havegiven them until the end of June to com-plete the job.
The decision didn’t sit well with Ward 8(west Mountain) Coun. Terry Whitehead.He said he believes the province isresponsible for providing the money toHamilton.
“We are clearly letting the province offthe hook,” he said.
“We’re like Oliver Twist, always askingfor more, please. It’s about fairness. (Themoney) is a drop in the bucket for theprovince. They spend that on a coffeebreak.”
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But deputy fire chief DaveCunliffe said it would costabout $20 million in salariesto provide full-time fire serv-ice for Stoney Creek. That fig-ure does not include moneyfor equipment that alsowould be needed, he said.
“There will be a naturaldemand for increased servic-es,” said Clark, directing hiscomments to inner-citycouncillors who want toeliminate area-rating. “Becareful what you wish for.”
After listening to thenearly five-hour presenta-tion about changes to area-rating, councillors neededtime to talk among them-selves.
“I want to bring us togeth-er,” said Ward 4 councillorSam Merulla, who has want-ed to eliminate area rating,believing it has benefited thesuburban areas since amal-gamation.
Although he condemnedsome colleagues for practis-ing “petty politics” with arearating.
“Some people are still try-ing to make this a divisiveissue,” he said.
“We need to get into theback room and have this dis-cussion,” said Mountaincouncillor Terry Whitehead,who also wants to changearea rating for this year.“(Reforming area rating) hasdragged on way too long.Hamilton is the only commu-nity that hasn’t addressed it.”
But Hamilton remainsone of the highest taxedmunicipalities in theprovince.
“Taxes are just too high,”said Mayor Bob Bratina.
Flamborough councillorJudi Partridge, whose resi-dents will have to absorb thesecond highest tax increase ifarea-rating is eliminated orreformed, said her home-owners can’t afford furthertax hikes.
“We have to get themdown in a sustainable fash-ion,” she said.
But Brenda Johnson,councillor for Glanbrook,which would have the high-est tax hikes if area rating ischanged, remained fearful.She would like to see a taxpolicy that would allowhomeowners to pay for whatthey receive in services.
“I’m already dreading theoutcome,” she said.
Councillors are expectedto discuss changing area rat-ing this week, with the possi-bility that it could take effectin the 2011 budget.
So far, politicians havewhittled the average 2011 taxincrease to about 0.8 percent.
If councillors agree to achanged area-rating systemand phased it in over five to10 years, city staff says taxincreases this year could beas high as 3.1 per cent forDundas residents to a low of0.3 per cent for Hamilton res-idents.
Other politicians believethey should gather moreinformation, including con-ducting a municipal servicesdelivery review before imple-menting such a comprehen-sive tax policy. Such a reviewcould take anywhere from sixmonths to a year.
“I’m not married to myprevious report,” said Rossini,referring to his 2009 area-rat-ing study. “I know the sensitiv-ity of the issue. Nobody wantsa head-on collision. Compro-mise needs to happen.”
Johnson fearful for Glanbrook hikeFrom Page 1Enjoy Jazz at the Rite Sun-
day May 8, dinner, 6 p.m.and show, 8 p.m.
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Tickets, $65 for dinnerand concert or $20 for con-cert only. Call (905) 648-5894for tickets.
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Despite temptations tostuff this year’s budget
with additional spending,council instead looked to itsreserves to pay for neededprograms, preserving the low-est tax increase in Hamilton’spost-amalgamation history.
“We are trying to keep tozero as much as we can,” saidMayor Bob Bratina.
As politicians creep closerto their April 27 budget dead-line, they held off on adding$3.5 million to the budget inenhanced spending recom-mended by city staff, whiledropping the proposed aver-age tax increase to 0.8 percent.
Councillors did approve$125,000 for food serviceworkers training at the city’slong-term care facilities atMacassa and Wentworthlodges because if they didn’t,the city could be fined by theprovincial government. And$30,000 was allocated for theannual Re-Enactment of theBattle of Stoney Creek.
They did agree to spend$350,000 to boost local foodbanks, but the money wastaken out of the tax stabiliza-tion reserve. Politicians alsoagreed to spend $64,000 forthe city’s rooming strategyand $350,000 for emergency
shelters. Again, the fundswere paid for through the sta-bilization reserve.
But politicians refused tospend any money for thestreet-tree trimming pro-gram, including $350,000 forthis year. Councillor BrianMcHattie said with the Emer-ald Ash Borer threateningtrees in Hamilton, it’s imper-ative the program continue.
“If we wait a year, wecould be in significant trou-ble in 2012,” he said.
Councillors also rejected arequest to spend nearly$60,000 on the city’s artawards program and refusedto spend $87,000 to improvethe office printing and sup-plies department.
“I’m not here to take thebudget north,” said Ancastercouncillor Lloyd Ferguson.“I’m here to send it south.”
“This whole process is tofind savings,” said Flambor-ough councillor Judi Par-tridge. “I do support the arts.But this year at the door weall heard it, reduce taxes, cre-ate jobs, stop spending.”
Even though the provincerejected Hamilton’s initialrequest for the $4 million insocial services funding, thecity received $8.1 millionfrom the Ontario MunicipalPartnership Fund. Last year,Hamilton got $3.1 million.The city is also expecting a
$14.5 million surplus fromthe 2010 budget.
Bratina and City managerChris Murray said theyremain in contact withprovincial officials about the$4 million shortfall. Bratinapraised the province for help-ing Hamilton recently,including providing moneyfor the Pan Am Games stadi-um, emergency drop-offnurses and education fund-ing.
“We have been given suffi-cient funds from theprovince,” he said.
Councillors began thisyear’s budget deliberations atan average tax hike of 2.6 percent and have slowly whittledit down to 0.08. Thereremains a few hurdles forthem to clear before deliver-ing their historic budget.
Councillors have askedthe Hamilton Police ServicesBoard to trim its 4.47 per centbudget increase. In addition,politicians are hoping themoney city staff have budget-ed for this year’s labour set-tlements will be enough.Councillors have also askedthe city’s senior managementteam to slice at least $1 mil-lion from its non-union staff.Politicians remained behindclosed doors April 11 for themajority of the day dis-cussing personnel issues andlabour negotiations, which
have been difficult this year. And this week, councillors
will be debating whether ornot to change the city’s area-rating policy.
Suburban councillorsargue any tinkering with itright now would mean highertaxes for their residents,while urban councillors saythey want something done inthis year’s budget.
Councillors go low for 2011 tax increase
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Lending supportSoroptimist International of Stoney Creek-Niagara honouredSoroptimist award recipients at a recent dinner in StoneyCreek. Lillian Malton-Bradley, pictured above, received theSoroptimist Women's Opptorunity Award, given to a womanwho is the primary financial support for her family who isstriving to improve her life by attending a post-secondary edu-cation program. The club also donated funds to the Women'sResource Centre, Hannah House, McMaster University Chil-dren's Hospital, the Niagara Sexual Assault Centre and WestNiagara Second Stage Housing. Pictured here, left to right,Ward 10 councillor, Maria Pearson, Soroptimist Women'sOpportunity Award winner Lillian Malton-Bradley and formerStoney Creek Citizen of the Year, Anne Bono. Pearson and Bonoserved as judges for the awards.
Police probestreet muggingHamilton police detec-
tives have few leads asthey try to identify a groupof males who attacked androbbed a 16-year-old boyin upper Stoney Creek onthe weekend.
Sergeant Terri-LynnCollings said the boy and a15-year-old male friendwere walking through theSt. Mark Catholic Elemen-tary School yard by Whit-edeer Road and HighburyDrive at about 8:30 p.m.on Saturday when theywere accosted by thegroup.
The victim was robbedof his cell phone and wal-let, but has been reluctantto provide details on hisattackers.
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Watching the Hamilton-Wentworth District SchoolBoard in recent weeks, we can't help but wince as
we witness the rift between elected officials and the pub-lic widen with each passing week.
With the piling on of reasons for exempting West-mount from an accommodation review, chair JudithBishop battling Parkview's principal at a public meetingand vice-chair Tim Simmons telling the Mountain highschool review committee to stop questioning trustees’wisdom and get back to work, the board seems to befumbling the ball at everyturn as of late.
Add trustee-vs-trustee bat-tles, questionable in cameradecisions and a general senseof arrogance and it’s no won-der the public is increasinglyquestioning whether they arebeing properly served.
It all began more than ayear ago with the start of theaccommodation reviewcommittee (ARC) process,which requires engaging thepublic about which high schools need to close.
Not everyone believes school boards listen to the pub-lic during such a review – there's a general mistrust ofinstitutions and politicians that gets in the way of blindfaith – but at least there was a chance the wisdom of acollection of community members might be heard.
Starting out with a promise of total transparency, theboard has since exposed itself as hiding at least one keyfact from the start, coming up with an excuse for shelter-ing three schools from the process rather than beingupfront with the reason.
The board could have been forthright from the start,but chose to be opaque.
Now, the public has lost faith in the review process. Take the special education, or vocational, schools for
example. At the outset of the accommodation reviewcommittee (ARC) process, Mountain and Parkview sec-ondary schools were included for their respective com-mittees to examine and discuss.
But early in the process, with the announcement bystaff that special needs students would be integrated intoregular schools, the board’s pre-determined intention toclose Mountain and Parkview regardless of the commit-tee's recommendation was uncovered.
In Westdale, parents are wary of the board’s review ofG.R. Allan, Dalewood and Prince Phillip elementaryschools. They feel the fix is in for a new superschool atDalewood, as the city has already announced a plan torebuild the recreation centre there. They see the reviewprocess as a farce, especially in light of the recent revela-tions regarding Westmount.
In the ARC looking at schools in the lower city, there isa belief the money saved from shutting down areaschools will be used to fund a new high school on theMountain or in Glanbrook.
And what about possibly redeveloping Westmount?No one believes the board has not thought about what todo with that school, which is ailing badly, after the review.It would be irresponsible if no one at the board hasthought out how our tax dollars will be spent to fix up orreplace the decaying building.
If the board truly wants to restore the public’s trust, itmust make efforts to do so. It must go the extra mile andnot worry about appearances or egos.
For starters, it must capitulate on its heavy-fistedstance and restart the Mountain high school review, allcards in and actually listen to what the public says duringthe process.
Anything else is lip service to the HWDSB's claim oftransparency.
Trustees might argue they find themselves between arock and a hard place, but they wedged themselves intothat spot with obstinacy and by acting with impunityright from the start.
T H E I S S U EPublic’s lack of trust
over high school closure process
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public’s trust
Time to start anewE D I T O R I A L
Ijust returned from a week-long vacation inSantee, South Carolina. The area is between
Columbia and Charleston and is well known asan affordable golf destination.
I drove down with my dad and his wife. It’s thefirst lengthy driving excursion I’ve taken part ofin a long time.
The last time I drove more than 12 hours inone haul, I was part of a crew of high school bud-dies heading to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for somespring break fun.
This time, the route took us through New York,Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, North Car-olina and finally South Carolina. It’s about a 13.5-hour drive from Hamilton, travellingat or near the speed limit.
Santee is a small town – about 800people – located just off the I-95 inthe southeastern part of South Caroli-na. It sits on the banks of Lake Mari-on, the state’s largest inland lake. Theman-made lake was created in 1940sas part of a hydroelectric project.
It’s a beautiful area, but one thatbears the scars of recession. It’s alsoan area where you see the stark con-trast between rich and poor.
Lining many of the gated golfcourses in the area are gorgeous homes withimmaculate landscaping. But travel outsidethese areas and you will see many people livingin old trailers or broken down homes.
One telling sign of the impact the recessionhad on the area is the outlet mall just off the maindrag (Highway 6). Built to accommodate at least100 stores, only three retailers are currently sell-ing goods.
One day, we took a trip to a golf course locat-ed about 25 minutes north on the I-95. I countedat least 10 abandoned hotel/motels along theroute. Some were in pretty good shape, otherswere run down. They sit like depressing monu-ments to the impact the recession had on SouthCarolina’s tourism industry.
While the U.S. unemployment rate is 8.9 percent, it’s 10.2 in South Carolina.
As for the golf, the economic situation in thearea worked to my favour. I played five rounds on
some pretty good courses and paid $150 total.$200,000 in reach
Speaking of golf, the 6th annual HamiltonCommunity News-Mission Services Charity GolfTournament is slated for May 5 at Hidden LakeGolf Club.
Over the last five years, we have raised morethan $170,000 to help Mission Services carry outits crucial mandate to help the less fortunate inour community.
This year, if all goes according to plan, wehope to top the $200,000 mark in total fundsraised. This is a huge milestone for our tourna-ment.
Mission Services often uses theslogan – for just $3.11 – in solicitingdonations to help provide hot, nutri-tious meals to the needy.
If we can reach our goal of toppingthe $200,000 mark this year, thattranslates into 64,308 meals providedto the homeless and poor in our com-munity.
We are still looking for golfers,sponsors and prizes for our tourna-ment. If you can help in any way orwant to enjoy a great day of golf for agood cause, I encourage you to visit
www.mission-services.com and follow the tour-nament link.
It’s agencies like Mission Services that work onthe front lines to tackle Hamilton’s poverty issues.
I’ve always believed in the old Chineseproverb that if you give a man a fish, you feedhim for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feedhim for life.
At Mission Services, providing hot meals isjust one aspect of a broader agenda to impactpoverty in our community.
This long-standing agency also provides shel-ter and services for abused women, addictioncounselling, employment and training services,community outreach and much more.
The wide-ranging impact Mission Serviceshas in our community is the main reason Iapproached them six years ago with the idea topartner in a charity golf tournament.
Hope to see you out on May 5.
M A R K C R I P P SM A N A G I N G E D I T O R
Monuments of recession in South CarolinaT A L E S F R O M T H E C R Y P T
When it comes to volunteers,Royal Botanical Gardens hasbeen fortunate to have the best
there is. As National Volunteer Week(April 11-16) comes and goes, morethan 320 dedicated members of theRBG Auxiliary will donate their timeand effort to the gardens as they pre-pare for and plan its many events thatbring droves of visitors.
On top of that, they will celebrate amajor achievement: 50 years of volun-teering.
The work of the Royal Botanical Gar-dens Auxiliary transcends what mostpeople’s idea of volunteering is. It is anintegral part of RBG’s success addingnot only great value to our program-ming, but providing much needed rev-enue to continue to fulfill our mandate.
As a non-profit organization, RoyalBotanical Gardens depends on volun-teerism, with the auxiliary contributing
more than 45,000 hours of dedicatedwork each year, as well as more than$3.7 million in revenue over its 50-yearspan. This year will be no different andthere are many activities planned tomark the occasion, with the culminat-ing celebration, a 50th anniversarybash planned for June 22.
Mark Runciman, CEORoyal Botanical Gardens
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The Ontario Budget brought before the Legislature lastmonth is a failure for Ontario families. Instead of put-ting families first and making life more affordable, this
budget puts corporate tax cuts first and leaves families payingmore.
Instead of taking the HST off hydro and home heating, thegovernment ignored increasingly tight household budgets.Instead of tax breaks for companies that create jobs, the gov-ernment is sticking with its strategy ofno-strings-attached corporate taxgiveaways.
The McGuinty Liberals so-calledplan isn't working for families.Ontario lags behind most provincesrecovering the jobs lost in the reces-sion. Three years later, 16,000 jobs stillhaven’t come back. Ontario lagsbehind provinces like Manitoba,which rejected the HST and is holdingthe line on corporate tax giveaways.The government's estimates showthey are projecting 60,000 fewer jobsthan previously expected.
The Liberal government is propos-ing: • 60,000 new post-secondary spacesbut they don’t mention that Ontario has the highest tuitionfees in Canada and there’s nothing in the budget that address-es the cost of post-secondary education; • the budget says that student assistance is the best in Cana-da – but student debt loads are the highest in Canada; • a “deficit review committee” that will report after the nextelection. Voter’s shouldn’t write them a blank cheque. Weshould demand the review results now. Let the governmentrun on its real record in the fall election;• a new risk-management program for farmers, but farm fam-ilies have been waiting for help for nearly a decade.
On the health-care file, there is nothing in the budget toprotect frontline patient care. The budget has a vague plan tocut $800 million from health budgets and hospitals are get-ting a cut in real terms, but the government still won’t capout-of-control health care CEO salaries and severances thatare skyrocketing well into six-digit figures.
The Liberals are promising more breast cancer screeningbut they don’t mention the high-risk clinic in London thatwas closed or how they force breast cancer patients to fightfor treatment.
This budget does nothing to solve the ongoing problemsof hospitals struggling to stay afloat and meet the needs offamilies in local communities, as seniors go without thehome care and long-term care they need and as local com-munities are increasingly cut out of decision making.
The budget provides virtually no details or commitmentson funding in coming years. We hear that the government isfinally addressing the crisis in mental health but we don’t seea plan.
Ontario needs a comprehensive program that will ensurethat whenever it’s economically feasible, provincial andmunicipal procurement projects give preference to Ontarioand Canadian-made products. As we well know here inHamilton East-Stoney Creek, we need no more handing overour natural resources and local jobs to foreign-owned corpo-rations.
It’s an election budget, but one that I would not want totake to you as a resolution to the myriad problems facing ourprovince.
Budget bad for families
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It is interesting how a timeof election evokes differ-ent emotions among a
nation. Some see an electionas a change agent, while oth-ers are just irritated by thepolitics or willing to rest onthe assumption that thingswill stay the same.
Election time is a power-ful opportunity for a nationto rise up and make a state-ment about the kind ofcountry in which they wantto live. Despite everythingwe are told, it is ultimatelythe every day person whodictates how a country is ledand also the issues that are
talked about, confrontedand changed.
I am convinced everyindividual has a responsibili-ty to vote. If you choose tonot vote, you have chosen toseparate yourself fromCanada's affairs and havestripped your voice. You havehumiliated the very freedomfor which blood was shed.People gave their lives forthis freedom and you aretrampling that with yourapathy. Additionally, it isdangerous to assume. Indif-ference never creates results,it only chooses to look away.
I am also convinced that
we have to support candi-dates who stand for life andthe well-being of our kids.The moment we begin tothrow such issues to the side,we have determined we aregoing to be unsustainableand have chosen to leave nolegacy. If for just a moment,you think about the kids inyour life whether they beyour own or not, you knowthere is something in yourheart that says that youwould do anything to keepthem safe and loved. Whywould that change when itcomes to government?
Vote for candidates who
will protect your kids. Vote forthose candidates who willtreat life as sacred and whoare willing to end some of thegreatest global crimes of ourtime, such as human traffick-ing. We must celebrate andchampion the candidateswilling to take a stand, wemust honour their couragewith our voices and support.
Do your part. Let’s notleave a generation a hole theyhave to dig out of, but let’sleave a generation a founda-tion on which they can build.It is our responsibility.
Ashley Beaudin Grimsby
A time of election is a time of opportunity
Millions of reasons to smile this National Volunteer Week
How can Prime Minister StephenHarper be Harper-ing about theopposition forming a coalition,
when his Conservative party is a coali-tion of Alliance, Reform and ProgressiveConservatives?
They decided to join forces in 2006rather than split their votes. The Liberaland the NDP policies may vary, but theyare heading in the same direction. Theyshould form one party for the same rea-son.
Harper promised to be transparentand accountable, yet he has been themost secretive and uncooperativeprime minister ever. He will not tell Par-liament what he’s up to or the true costof his government’s spending. His partyis the only government in the history ofthe Commonwealth to be convicted ofcontempt of parliament and he justshrugs it off.
The United Arab Emirates allowedour troops to use their military airbase,treated our wounded and flew soldiershome at no cost to Canada. Yet Harperrefused U.A.E.’s request to fly commer-cials flights to Canada. Needless to say,
we lost the free use of their airbase. Thishas cost Canada at least $300 million foran alternate airbase, about the samecost of an election.
Even though Canada’s corporatetaxes are the lowest of all the G7 nations,Harper will cut corporate taxes. He willalso build prisons we don’t need andbuy 65 F35 jets at $150 million each. Yettax benefits for Canadians will not kickin before 2015 and only if the deficit iseliminated. The reason Canada faredbetter during the economic meltdownof 2008 was because of regulations theLiberals enforced and the Conservativesdid not have enough time to undo.
Because of Harper’s hawkishness,Canada was kicked out of the UN Secu-rity Council for the first time. A vote forthe Conservatives is a vote for KingHarper. If you disagree with Harper’sviews you are demoted. If anything goeswrong, it’s your fault. And like a king, hewill banish you from his presence if youdo not agree with him.
John VespriniStoney Creek
King Harper already part of a coalition
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Next time you’re sitting in ahockey arena feeling
warm and toasty despite thelarge sheet of ice below, youmight just have Superior Radi-ant Products to thank.
The Stoney Creek-basedbusiness designs and manufac-tures radiant heating and de-icing equipment, as well asconstruction and patio heaters.
The Stoney Creek Chamberof Commerce announced thisweek that Superior RadiantProducts will receive the Out-standing Large BusinessAchievement Award at the 43rdAnnual Stoney Creek Chamberof Commerce CommunityAwards Thursday, May 12.
Incorporated in 1995, Supe-rior Radiant Products exportsglobally and has an office inChina. Its products are used inmajor manufacturing plantsaround the world, hockey are-nas, restaurants, conferencecentres, farms and airports,including JFK in New York.
The company’s productsare recognized as eco-friendlyand energy efficient. They havewon awards, including gold atthe 2009 Dealer Design Awardsand a finalist award at the VestaAwards honouring innovationin design and technology.
In the community, Superi-or Radiant Products makesmany donations to charities,
including the Heart andStroke Foundation and GoodShepherd. The company alsoholds events and parties foremployees and covers expens-es for their industry-relatededucation.
Aulward Graphics will alsobe recognized this year with anOutstanding Small BusinessAchievement Award.
Paul Prince started thecompany in Grimsby in 1967and moved it to the Hamiltonarea in 1984.
The company provides pre-
press, printing and binderyservices and is known as the“big shop for small shops,” asmany small shops send jobsthey can’t handle to Aulward.
Since Paul has retired, hisson Blaine Prince has takenover operations. He creditsAulward’s longevity to the factthey continuously invest inthe company and in new tech-nology.
“We have some of thelargest equipment in the city,we keep our prices in line withMississauga and Toronto and
we help our customers. Wegive them advice on how wewould do a certain job,” saysPrince.
Aulward Graphics alsodonates services to charitiesincluding Good Shepherd andto Stoney Creek firefighters’food drive. It also participatesin the Mohawk Collegeapprenticeship program andprovides a health benefits planto its 11 full-time employees.
Paul sits on the board of theMackenzie Printery and News-paper Museum and the com-pany also exhibits antiqueprinting equipment at localfairs and sponsors local minorhockey players.
Businesses garner SC Chamber of Commerce Community Awards
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Blaine Prince of Aulward Graphics shows off the company’s press.He credits Aulward’s continuous investment in new technology forthe company’s success. Aulward Graphics will receive the Outstand-ing Small Business Award at the 43rd Stoney Creek Chamber ofCommerce Community Awards May 12.
Community AwardsThe Stoney Creek Chamber of Commercewill hand out its Community AwardsThursday, May 12 at 6 p.m. at Galileo'sGarden. Tickets, $35. RSVP by Friday,May 6 at (905) 664-4000.Communty Awards winners are;• Citizen of the Year - Jim McIntosh• Junior Citizen of the Year
- Natasha Valconi• Youth Recognition Award
- Dean Saumur• Outstanding Small Business
- Aulward Graphics• Outstanding Large Business
- Superior Radiant Products• Legacy Award - Clough Energy • Community Recognition
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An enduring heartacheDonna Dixon, whose 27-year-old murdered son BillyMason’s remains were only found more than four yearsafter he disappeared in February 2006, speaks at a cere-mony to mark National Victims of Crime Awareness weekat Central police station on Monday. She said nothing cantake away her heartache, but credited police victim sup-port services for helping her, her surviving children andBilly’s daughter cope with their tragic loss. One man hasbeen convicted in the shotgun slaying, with another stillfacing trial for first-degree murder.
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Kids and parents areinvited as royal guests
to celebrate the royal wed-ding at a fun tea party inthe Sears Court at East-gate Square Saturday,April 30, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The tea party is afundraiser for the McMas-ter Children’s Hospital andattire is tea party dressy.
A British Jester willintroduce Queen Eliza-beth’s look-alike alongwith her escort and chil-dren will enjoy tea andtreats while doing craftsand being entertained.
Prizes will be given forthe Best Royal Wave, BestRoyal Crown for the Ladsand Best Royal Hat for theLassies. In addition, East-gate judges will search forone Look Alike of theRoyal couple.
Lads and lassies com-peting must be of the fol-
lowing three age cate-gories: ages two to fouryears, five to seven yearsand eight to 10 years.First-prize winners willreceive a $100 gift card,second-place winners willreceive a $50 gift card andthird-place winners willreceive a $25 gift card.
There will also be doorprizes and the first 100 chil-dren to attend will receive aspecial loot bag.
As well, the first 80adults to arrive will receivea Tea Party Tea Pot andeveryone can watch areplay of the royal weddingon a big screen TV courtesyof The Source.
Admission is $1 per per-son and all proceeds will bedonated to the McMasterChildren’s Hospital.
For further information,call (905) 561-2444 or visitwww.eastgatesquare.ca.
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Have you ever wonderedwhy some people have
election signs for more thanone candidate on their lawn?
Are they undecided? Aretheir duelling factions withinthe home?
In Hamilton East-StoneyCreek, Stoney Creek News staffnoticed five such instancesjust around Green Road andKing Street alone. So we ven-tured to find out why.
Two residents said theyhad no preferences in theelection and let the cam-paigns place the signs ontheir lawns just because theyasked.
The News was unable toreach two other homes.Linda and Jim Scott, who liveon King Street, said they usu-ally have more than one signon their lawn during an elec-tion. They’ve even had three.
This time, the signs of Lib-eral candidate MichelleStockwell and Conservativecandidate Brad Clark gracetheir lawn.
Linda said the couple has
not decided who they willvote for yet, although theyhave narrowed it down tothose two candidates.
“Plus, we like to keepthem guessing,” she said.
Clark’s campaign manag-er Ken Audziss said multiplesigns don’t bother him.
“People in the samehousehold sometimes votefor different parties. This iswhy signs for more than onecandidate/party are oftendisplayed at the samehouse,” he wrote in an e-mail. “Since signs don't vote,it doesn't matter to us thatsome people put up morethan one sign.”
Hamilton East-StoneyCreek MP Wayne Marston’scampaign manager MikePiche also doesn’t mind.
“Frankly, it expresses the
freedom we have in this greatcountry of ours. We have theright to vote and we have theright to express who we sup-port,” he said, “We all seewhat is happening in otherparts of the world; wherepeople are dying just to havethe right to vote. In Canadawe sometimes forget that it’severyone's responsibility tovote. So, asking me if I mindsomeone else's lawn signnext to Wayne’s – hell no.”
In fact, last year in Innisfil,Ont., council had to delete arule from their sign bylawthat said election signs need-ed to be at least 15 metresapart.
The council had aimed tocreated controls after a pro-liferation of signs in its 2006municipal election. But resi-dents saw this as an infringe-ment on their rights, as it didnot allow them to post morethan one sign on their lawns.
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Linda Scott and her husbandJim are undecided on who tovote for in the upcoming fed-eral election so they have twoelection signs on their lawn.
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Global Pet Foods doesn’t see itself as just
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Global Pet Foods continues to provide
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“We continue to focus on healthy products
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They carry a huge selection of special diet
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‘They will not do this to meanymore,’ trustee fumes
BY RICHARD LEITNERNEWS STAFF
Yelling she was tired of beingattacked in private, Ward 6
trustee Laura Peddle stormed outof a closed public school boardmeeting on the investigation intoher alleged breach of code of con-duct rules.
“I’m done! I’m done!” shecould be heard shouting repeat-edly through shut doors as sheaccused education director JohnMalloy of using the guise of a legalmatter to discuss the matter inclosed session on Monday. “Yousnuck it in.”
Breathing heavily, Peddleemerged from a side hallwaymoments later and said she had togo outside for fresh air.
Only ward trustees and Malloywere allowed to stay for the meet-ing, which ran for about an hourand continued after Ward 4 trusteeRay Mulholland came out and saidit had adjourned.
“Excuse me, the door’s closed,”Stoney Creek trustee Robert Barlowobjected to a member of the publicwho tried to enter the board cham-bers. “The meeting’s over but thedoor’s closed.”
At issue is a formal investigationinto board chair Judith Bishop’sallegation Peddle broke ethics rulesin her criticisms of a decision toexclude Westmount and Saltfleetfrom an accommodation review ofMountain high schools.
Among the accusations is thatshe breached confidentiality bydivulging the details of a December2009 in-camera meeting at whichtrustees voted to exclude West-mount after agreeing to lease landnext door to the city for a newrecreation centre.
Until details of the meeting werefinally made public on March 28,trustees had repeatedly insistedWestmount was excluded from thereview because enrolment is abovecapacity.
“Whatever they do with thisprocess, they will damn well do itin public. They will not do this tome anymore. I’ve had it,” Peddle
said as she caught her breath out-side.
“No staff, nobody recording, nominutes, it’s just trustees and thedirector,” she said. “There was presswaiting (outside), so they gotcaught red-handed.”
Bishop left the closed session ashort time later and said the pur-pose had been to divulge “a confi-dential legal matter with informa-tion about the investigation.”
She said the remaining trusteesdecided not to hear the informa-tion and the probe will next be dis-cussed in open session at theboard’s meeting this Monday “aswas always our intention.”
“It certainly has been dealt withproperly. Legal counsel had beensought,” Bishop said, agreeing theissue is spiraling out of control.
“There were elements that wereconfidential that need to remainconfidential, but we didn’t in facthear what they were because wedecided not to discuss it,” she said.“It will be information trusteeswon’t have.”
The chair of the school councilat Highview elementary, whichfeeds Sherwood, said he was“appalled” to arrive and findtrustees were discussing the Peddleprobe in closed session.
Mark Harrington said the boardhas lost the public’s trust and theonly hope of regaining it is to dropthe charges against his trustee andrestart the high school review withall schools in.
“To continue the process theway they’re going it’ll take years,probably decades, to heal thewounds,” he said.
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Since 2005, politicians have askedHamilton’s internal auditor to
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Six years later, about 42 per centof those original recommendedaudits are either not completed orare in various stages of progress.
“Forty-two per cent is a glaringnumber,” said Dundas councillorRuss Powers.
Stoney Creek councillor BradClark said since he became a mem-ber of the audit and administrativecommittee in 2006, he has seen nochange when it comes to the inter-nal auditor fulfilling council’srequests to complete an audit.
“What is the follow-up?” saidClark.
Staff said a review of the auditsfound that of 428 audits of depart-ment programs since 2005, about
248 have been completed, withabout 180 in various stages of beingcompleted. It usually takes 12 to 18months to finish an audit. At themoment, there is no recommenda-tion by politicians to accelerate theprogress or if the auditing will beentirely completed.
City staff argue the audit depart-ment has a lack of resources to ful-fill its mandate, a complaint thatcouncillors have heard many timesbefore.
Both Clark and Stoney Creekcouncillor Brenda Johnson, saidthe city needs to provide the nec-essary support to its internal audi-tor. If not, said Johnson, the audi-tor just becomes “fluff and non-sense.”
“We need to provide credibilityto the department,” said Johnson.
City staff have adopted aprocess to follow up on the incom-plete audits, including having gen-eral managers provide writtenupdates.
The internal auditor will alsoprovide a status report to council-lors later in the year.
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John Knox Christian School is cel-ebrating its 50th anniversary this
weekend at 795 Hwy. 8. “It’s very exciting,” said school
principal Bonnie Desjardins of themilestone. “We’re absolutelythrilled that we’ve been able to offerChristian education in the StoneyCreek, Grimsby and Niagara areafor 50 years.”
John Knox Christian School’s50th anniversary celebration willbegin with an opening ceremonyFriday, April 15 at 7 p.m. in the gymfollowed by an open house.
The ceremony will feature greet-ings from a number of Christianorganizations and politicians,along with a cake cutting by theschool’s first board chair. It will alsoinclude the digging up of a timecapsule buried during John KnoxChristian School’s 25th anniversarycelebration in the school’s primaryside playground.
“Each student put somethinginto the time capsule, either a toyfrom that time or story projectingwhere they would be in 25 years,”said Desjardins. “A lot of our cur-rent students are really looking for-ward to the opening of the capsule.In June, every student will putsomething into a new time capsulethat will be buried and opened inanother 25 or 50 years.”
The anniversary celebration willcontinue with a children’s carnivaland barbecue lunch on Saturday,April 16 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The free event will include activ-ities and games, along with ham-burgers and hotdogs. Donationswill also be received for HamiltonCity Kidz and Worldwide Christian
Schools. The celebration will conclude
with a worship service on Sunday,April 17 at 5 p.m.
“The event is a great opportuni-ty to come into the building and seesome of the changes that havetaken place,” said Desjardins. “It’salso a great way for former staff andstudents to reconnect with facesand friends from the past.”
John Knox Christian Schoolopened its doors in 1961 to 99 stu-dents, with three dedicated staffmembers that taught grades one toeight.
Since that time, the school hasseen numerous periods of growth
and expansion, both as a facilityand in terms of the people whobecame involved in its approach toChristian education.
John Knox Christian School has135 students from junior kinder-garten to Grade 8 who come from avariety of denominational back-grounds.
Desjardins said while the schoolwould love to see that number growand is always accepting new stu-dents, having a smaller studentpopulation has some benefits.
“Because we’re not a hugeschool, all of our students knoweach other by name,” she said. “Theolder kids buddy up with the
younger kids and they get togetherevery week to draw, read or simplyspend time together. That’s been areal plus for them.”
John Knox Christian School’smission statement is Living forJesus, learning for life, serving withgladness.
Desjardins said the school prac-tises that motto on a regular basis.
It supports Hamilton City Kidzand the Salvation Army, has anadopted school in a developingcountry and participates in theCommunity Living Grimsby, Lin-coln and West Lincoln annualWalk/Bike-a-thon every May, sheadded.
“Everything the students learn istaught from a Christian perspec-tive, the Christian world and lifeview,” she said. “It’s exciting toexplain to new parents what that’sall about and how the day is struc-tured around that; there’s a realsense of community, family here.”
Desjardins said marking 50years of Christian education in thecommunity is important.
“We would really like to cele-brate God’s faithfulness to us,” shesaid. “He certainly has guided theschool – we’ve watched the growththat has taken place – and we prayfor his continued guidance andblessing in the future. We want tohave an opportunity to celebratewhat he’s done and think forwardto what he’ll do for us in the future.”
John Knox Christian School’s50th anniversary celebration willrun Friday, April 15 to Sunday, April17 at 795 Hwy. 8.
The event is free and open to thegeneral public.
For more information, call theschool at (905) 643-2460 or visitwww.nace.ca.
John Knox marks 50 years of Christian education
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John Knox Christian School is celebrating its 50th anniversary this weekend at795 Hwy. 8. The celebration will include the digging up of a time capsuleburied during John Knox Christian School’s 25th anniversary celebration. Pic-tured here, 25th anniversary committee chair Ted Koudys, left, and then princi-pal Jules deJager bury the capsule as students look on.
The Good Food Festival and Mar-ket is Canada’s largest celebra-
tion of home cooking and eating.The festival is all about food andlots of it.
Visitors have the chance toexplore what’s new in the world ofethnic cuisine, gourmet fare, natu-ral foods, cooking ingredients andexpert advice.
Features of the event include:• More than 150 free cooking les-sons, food talks and demonstrations
• Six non-stop stages with goodfood advice to help revitalize meal-time• Hundreds of free food and drinksamples • Thousands of new products, mealsolutions and recipe ideas
The festival is a great place tobuy and take home at fabulous fes-tival prices.
Highlights include The DairyFarmers of Canada Stage, Taste theWorld Pavilions and an amateur
cake decorating contest judged byDuff Goldman, star of TLC’s Ace ofCakes. Details
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The Good Food Festival andMarket runs Friday, April 29 to Sun-day, May 30 at the International
Centre in Mississauga. The showruns Friday, noon to 8 p.m., Satur-day, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday,10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The show will also open twohours early Friday to offer a sneakpeek for stay-at-home moms anddads.
Tickets, $14, seniors (65 andover), $11, online, $11 and kidsunder 12, free.
For more information, visitwww.goodfoodfestival.com.
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The city is once again pro-viding $350,000 to the
city’s food banks and Christ-mas Hamper program tohelp them survive the criti-cal summer period.
“We are trying to get thefunds out immediately,”said Mountain councillorScott Duvall. “We can hope-fully relieve some of thepressure.”
Some area food bankswere seeing bare shelvesearly this spring and werepleading for more goodsfrom the community.
The Mountain’s Neigh-bour to Neighbour, which isconducting its annual
spring food drive, needsabout 60,000 lbs of food permonth to feed about 1,110families. The organization’sfood drive ends April 22.
“We’re really counting onthis Easter Drive to get usthrough to the summerdrive,” said Sara Collyer,operations manager atNeighbour to Neighbour.
She said most of the foodcollected during the winterholidays is now gone.
The Ancaster Commu-nity Food Drive ended inFebruary, collecting 79,000lbs and raising $8,000 incash.
Duvall had asked coun-cillors last week to add the$350,000 to this year’sbudget.
The funds are expectedto be paid for with theprovincial government’s$8.1 million Ontario Munic-ipal Provincial Partnershipgrant. There should be noeffect on this year’s budget.
Joe-Anne Priel, commu-nity services general manag-er, said the money will beprovided to Hamilton FoodShare, which will then dis-tribute the funds to thecommunity food banks.
Hamilton came to therescue of its food banks inlate 2009, providing$100,000 for the ChristmasHamper Program. Earlierthat year, the city also gavethe food banks $184,000 tocover the food banks for thesummer.
Food banks get quick deposit
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AGAINST, $300 Million more in the Guaranteed Income Supplement to help seniors
AGAINST, Doubling the amount students can earn while receiving Canada StudentsLoans and making loans more accessible to part-time students.
AGAINST, Helping 525,000 small businesses hire new workers by offering a hiring credit
AGAINST, Extending the ecoENERGY Retrofit Program which gives grants of up to $5000to help make your home more energy efficient.
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Wayne Marston and Ignatieff’s Liberals opposed the budget leading to an unnecessary$300 million election – money that should have been spent on job creation and healthcare.
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BY GORD BOWESNEWS STAFF
Hiring consultants toassist with high school
accommodation reviews iscosting Hamilton's publicschool board $2,534 permeeting.
The entire process couldcost upwards of $250,000.
The figures come from theboard's contracts with theconsultants released after afreedom of informationrequest by Hamilton Com-munity News.
The amount includestime spent working withstaff, preparing documentsand attending the 96 meet-ings associated with each ofthe three accommodationreview committees (ARCs).Each ARC is scheduled tomeet 14 times, plus four pub-lic input meetings, and thereare 14 staff steering commit-tee meetings for each group.
The Hamilton-WentworthDistrict School Board(HWDSB) deal with Watsonand Associates, which is sup-plying the services of up tofour consultants, calls forabout $71,000 to be spent foreach high school accommo-dation review, including anaverage of $1,789 for eachmeeting.
The firm is making avail-able senior consultantDaniel Del Bianco and up to
three other employees. Theagreement projects a totalcost of about $215,000 overthe course of the high schoolreviews, which wrap up inJanuary.
That total will probablyring in lower, because someof the $40,000 budgeted forsupport documentation willbe done instead by staff, aboard spokesman said.
The board has also hiredJim Wibberley, a formerHWDSB superintendent andGrand Erie board educationdirector. His contract calls fora flat rate of $745 per day.
Wibberley's contract runsfrom October 2010 throughDecember 2011, possiblyending sooner, the docu-ment notes.
If he worked all 96 meet-ings, he would be paid$71,520. The board said he hasmissed three meetings so far.
The consultants' work onthe committees is backed upby several board staff andoverseen by associate direc-tor of education Ken Bain.
Bain previously said it isnecessary to hire outsideconsultants because theyhave experience with newMinistry of Education guide-lines for closure reviews thatits own staff do not have.
The board's manager ofplanning and accommoda-tion left at the end of Novem-ber and the new manager
began in mid-January. The contract proposal from
Watson and Associates wassubmitted on Nov. 24, prior tothe hiring of the new manager,the board said. The new man-ager has completed many ofthe support items Watson out-lined in its proposal.
The board has extendedWatson and Associations'contract for its current reviewsof elementary schools.
Bridge AGM April 27Community members are
invited to the Annual Gen-eral Meeting of The BridgeFrom Prison To Community,Wednesday, April 27, 7 p.m., atSt. John the EvangelistChurch, 320 Charlton St. W.
Guest speaker will beHelen Norris, founder andexecutiveddirector of HelpingHands Street Mission, whichprovides clothing and sup-port for those in need.
The Bridge provides serv-ices for men who have beenincarcerated. Bridge Houseprovides transitional hous-ing and support programs,including a weekly familysupport group. The missionof The Bridge is to providesupport to all those affectedby crime, including victims,offenders, their families andthe community.
For more information,call The Bridge at (905) 522-0283.
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Pray for JapanGrade 8 students at Billy Green School recently held a Pray for Japan fundraiser to generate aware-ness of the country’s ongoing tragedy and instill the ideas of global empathy and understanding.Throughout the week, students were asked to contribute their pocket change to aid the CanadianRed Cross with much needed supplies for the victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.More than $600 was collected for this event, to be donated. The ongoing tragedy will be furtherstudied as part of the upcoming Hamilton Wentworth District School Board’s Social Justice Fair.
The Lincoln M. AlexanderParkway will be stripped
and resurfaced with newasphalt beginning in June.
City officials say progres-
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Traffic will be redirectedonto city streets during theclosures.
Shutdowns on Linc over summer for resurfacing
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THANK YOURoyal Botanical Gardens owes a greatdeal of gratitude to our hundreds ofvolunteers and exceptional Auxiliarynow in their 50th year and ourcommittee members for the thousandsof hours of dedicated service over thepast and previous years. Yourcommitment, passion and spirit asambassadors is truly remarkable andhelp make the Gardens a spectacularand memorable place to visit.
TO BECOME A VOLUNTEERplease call 905-577-7771 or visit www.rbg.caRBG Centre, 680 Plains Road West, Hamilton/Burlington
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BY DEBRA DOWNEYSENIOR EDITOR
Volunteer Hamilton operations co-ordi-nator Barbara Klimstra has exceptional skillsat connecting people.
Through leadership, education and advo-cacy Klimstra has linked organizations, busi-nesses and individuals in embracing volun-teerism for the past two years.
She has connected people and organiza-tions to successfully stage Volunteer Hamil-ton’s two largest fundraisers — All That Rockand the Community Builders Breakfast.
And, on a personal basis, she has irrevoca-bly joined Hamilton, Ontario, with Hamilton,New Zealand, on the Klimstra family tree.
Established in 1963, Volunteer Hamiltonhas more than 40 years experience in facili-tating and supporting volunteer activity. Theorganization has more than 130 memberagencies, with the number always climbing,
and about 10,000 volunteer opportunitiescurrently available — everything from officesupport to driving, coaching and canvassing,mentoring and music.
The mission All Lives Enriched ThroughVolunteerism guides Klimstra and other staffmembers who work at the downtown Hamil-
ton office.Klimstra said there is no average age of
people who use Volunteer Hamilton’s servic-es. Clients could be teens looking to get their40-hour community service credit, peoplewho are unemployed but want to remaininvolved in the community or retirees hop-
ing to keep active.“No day is the same. Every day is differ-
ent,” said Klimstra. “Although I have beenasked the same question a lot of times, it’s adifferent person asking it.”
“I just love being here, helping people toconnect to volunteer activities, and helpingthem find an opportunity where they knowthey are going to be helpful and useful, and ameaningful experience for them.”
Along with connecting agencies and vol-unteers through the user-friendly website atwww.volunteerhamilton.on.ca, VolunteerHamilton provides mentoring services,answers questions from the public and hostsworkshops on a variety of volunteer-relatedtopics.
With funding from the City of Hamiltonand the United Way, Volunteer Hamilton alsoruns two longstanding programs — SnowAngels, which last year connected 237 serv-ice recipients with 162 volunteer shovellers,and the Bay Area Leadership program atMohawk College.
Volunteer Hamilton representatives alsovisit schools and community groups to pres-ent Volunteer 101, a PowerPoint presentationdesigned to educate potential volunteers andagencies that need assistance.
With today’s economic climate, Klimstrasaid Volunteer Hamilton is also thinkingstrategically by sharing space at 267 King St.E. with Hamilton Volunteer Probation Offi-cers and the Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclu-sion. With a spacious area open to the public,Volunteer Hamilton also makes its premisesavailable to groups for presentations andspecial events.
And with all these professional connect-ing skills, it comes as no surprise that Klim-stra undoubtedly made the biggest link ofher life the day she “connected” online fromher native Hamilton, New Zealand, with agentlemen from Hamilton, Ontario. He waslooking for someone to talk to in Hamilton.Eventually, the pair sorted out the miscom-munication over Hamilton, met and mar-ried. Before moving to Ontario, Klimstraworked in senior management at a majorcorporation in New Zealand. Because of herprofessional skills, Volunteer Hamilton was a“natural choice” to volunteer when shearrived in Canada.
Klimstra volunteered twice a week, work-ing reception and answering phones, beforebeing hired as operations co-ordinator.
“I love living here,” said Klimstra, addingHamilton, Ontario, is a lot like Hamilton,New Zealand, in that the marvels of the cityare often overshadowed by a nearby, largerurban area.
“Hamilton, Ontario, like Hamilton, NewZealand, is a hidden gem,” she said. “Mostpeople bypass them, but don’t pass bybetween Niagara Falls and Toronto. Call in toHamilton and see it, it’s really a beautifulplace.”
For more information on VolunteerHamilton and its services, call 905-523-4444or visit www.volunteerhamilton.on.ca.
Agency enriches lives through volunteerism
PHOTO BY DEBRA DOWNEY
In her professional and personal life, VolunteerHamilton operations co-ordinator BarbaraKlimstra has exceptional skills at connectingpeople.
“Although I have been askedthe same question a lot of time, it’s
a different person asking it.”Barbara Klimstra
National Volunteer Week April 10-16, 2011
The United Way is everyone... The United Way is you.
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BY GORD BOWESNEWS STAFF
ACity of Hamilton beautificationproject continues to grow.
Last year, 17,132 volunteershelped out during the Team Up toClean Up campaign.
They gave nearly 35,000 hoursof their time and collected about
4,000 bags of garbage and 2,000bags of recyclables from parks,alleys and other municipal proper-ty, and also removed 840 tags made
by graffiti vandals.It saved the city more than
$900,000, said Beth Goodger of thecity's public works department.
She said cleaning up waste andgraffiti costs the city about $3 mil-lion a year.
“Really, that’s money that does-n’t have to be spent,” Goodger said,but it will continue until people actmore responsibly.
During the launch of this year'sTeam Up to Clean Up campaign atthe Tim Hortons at 969 UpperOttawa St., Mayor Bob Bratina saidonce the public mindset changes, itwill help improve the city's image.
“We're never going to be at thepoint we want to be until the com-munity is fully involved,” he said.
This year, the hope is that 20,000people will sign up to clean up theirneighbourhoods.
The Team Up to Clean Up cam-paign, sponsored by Tim Hortonsand co-ordinated along with theClean City Liaison Committee, isdesigned to coincide with Earth
Day and the Great AmericanCleanup.
It runs the entire month of April,though citizens can sign up at anytime during the year to get theircleanup kit, which includes workgloves, refuse bags and graffitiwipes.
To pitch in, register at hamil-ton.ca/teamuptocleanup.
Volunteer litter clean-up crews saved city nearly $1 million last year
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A huge THANK YOU to the members of the Junior League, our communityvolunteers and partner organizations who together, dedicate thousands of
volunteer hours each year to create lasting positive changes in our community!
For informationabout membership visit
www.juniorleague.caor call (905) 525-1077Are you interested in improving your community while developing your own potential?
Don’t let the word “junior” fool you. Junior Leagues reach out to women of all ages.New Member Information Session on Wednesday, April 20, 2011.
Visit www.juniorleague.ca or call 905.525.1077 for more information.You too can be a catalyst for lasting comm unity change!
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Krystal Rice, Mohawk student, cleans graffiti on the pavilion of a local park.
What can you do as a volunteer?Here are some examples of the variety of volunteer
positions available through Volunteer Hamilton:organize events; fundraising; teaching, counselling;committee/board members; office support; boardsof directors/committee work and other leadershiproles; driving; coaching; referee/time keeper; can-vassing; mentoring; companionship/friendship;recreation leader; clerking; maintenance/handyman;data management/entry; trainer/presenter; virtual
volunteering; volunteer from home; social media;arts, drama, music, writing; pet-assisted therapy; ani-mal care; working in corrections/courts.
Check Volunteer Hamilton’s online database atwww.volunteerhamilton.on.ca for hundreds of vol-unteer opportunities.
The database is compiled in partnership with theCommunity Information Online Consortium andInform Hamilton.
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Lend a hand in a variety of interesting ways
National Volunteer Week April 10-16, 2011
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Survivorman tovisit RBG April 16Visitors to Royal Botanical Gar-
dens looking to brush up ontheir outdoor survival skills will getto do so Saturday, April 16, whencelebrity survival expert Les Stroudwill stop by to take part in the launchof renowned artist Robert Bateman’sGet to Know Contest.
Stroud will be taking questionsfrom guests and talking about theimportance of getting outdoors andin touch with nature, the basis ofthe Get to Know Program, an inspir-ing conservation program devel-oped by Canadian artist RobertBateman.
Children and youth will have achance to explore the use of water-colour and sketching for recordingoutdoor observations in an art activ-ity, then take a walk on the wild sideto look for wildlife on Royal Botani-cal Gardens trails.
The Get to Know Contest is opento Canadians 19 and under and thisyear's theme is This is My Forest, incelebration of the United Nations’International Year of Forests. Stu-dents can make a submission in avariety of forms and can learn moreabout the contest at www.getto-know.ca.
The program starts at 10 a.m. atthe RBG Centre, 680 Plains Rd. W.
Walk A Mile In Our Boots-Healing Together with Our
Troops is a fundraising dinner,dance, silent auction to raisemoney for the Royal CanadianLegion poppy fund and ProjectHealing Waters.
Both organizations work tomeet the needs of veterans experi-
encing physical or emotional trau-ma. Through training and recre-ation, resources for affordablehousing, medical equipment oremployment counseling, ex-serv-ice personnel are better able toreadjust to civilian life.
The dinner will be Saturday,April 16 at The Renaissance Ban-
quet Centre, 2289 Barton St. E.Doors open at 5 p.m., dinner at 6p.m. Tickets are $40.
For tickets, visit http://bringin-githome.myforces.ca or call (905)560-4571. Donations can also bemade through www.bringin-githome.myforces.ca.
In essence, the purposes and
objects of the Legion were born ofthe need to further the spirit ofcomradeship and mutual assis-tance among all who have servedand never to forget the deeds of thefallen. The major source of fundingfor the Legion to accomplish this isthe annual Poppy Campaign. Forinformation, visit www.legion.ca.
Fundraising dinner aims to help fill the needs of veterans Mohawk Collegechoir wraps seasonThe Mohawk College Commu-
nity Choir will give its finalperformance of the 2010/2011season, Divine Inspirations,under the direction of DavidHoller with Christopher Dawes,organ and solo performances byLucy Bledig, Jennifer Enns-Mod-olo, Rocco Rupolo and JamesMedeiros.
Hear the Mohawk CollegeCommunity Choir perform Wolf-gang Amadeus Mozart's final andperhaps greatest work, hisRequiem, as well as French com-poser Francis Poulenc's powerfuland beautiful Gloria. Experiencethe raw emotional power of thesetwo great works with organaccompaniment.
The concert will be at St. Paul’sUnited Church, 29 Park St. W.,Dundas, Sunday, May 1 at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $20 general admis-sion and $15 students/seniorsand may be reserved by calling(905) 526-7938. Visit the Web site ,www.mohawkcollege.ca/mohawkchoir.
Earth Day rain barrelfundraiser April 16
An Earth Day rain barrel fundrais-er will take place Saturday, April
16, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. atLimeRidge Mall.
These rain barrels are the mostenvironmentally friendly available,as they are reprocessed barrels thatpreviously contained food items. Allproceeds will go to Earth Day Eco-Festival.
The price of barrels is $50 includ-ing taxes. They can also be pur-chased at www.rainbarrel.ca.
Earth Day Hamilton-Burlingtongets $10 from each sale.
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Eggs Cooked on Spicy Potatoes Eggs top a skillet dish of potatoes, onions andsweet pepper that is good for brunch or a lightsupper with a crisp green salad.Preparation Time: 15 minutesCooking Time: 35 minutesServes: 43 tbsp (45 mL) olive oil
1 Ontario Onion, chopped
1 small Ontario Greenhouse sweet red pep-per, thinly
2 cloves Ontario garlic, minced
4 Ontario potatoes, cut into 1/4-inch to 1/2-inch (5 mm to 1 cm) cubes
1/2 cup (125 mL) water
2 tbsp (25 mL) tomato paste
1/2 tsp (2 mL) piri-piri or hot pepper sauce
4 eggs
Chopped fresh coriander or parsleyIn large skillet, heat oil over medium heat; cookonion until wilted, about 5 minutes, stirring often.Add red pepper; cook for 3 minutes, stirring occa-sionally.Stir in garlic and potatoes, to coat with oil. Stirtogether water, tomato paste and piri-piri; stir intopotato mixture. Reduce heat, cover and cook untilpotatoes are tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Seasonwith salt and pepper to taste.Increase heat slightly. Break eggs, one at a time,into cup and slip into skillet on potato mixture,spacing evenly. Cover and cook until white is set,about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with coriander.
Mushrooms au GratinAn easy way to try the many different kinds ofdelicious freshly-grown Ontario mushrooms.Serve as an appetizer, side dish or light maincourse.Preparation Time: 10 MinutesCooking Time: 35 MinutesServings: 4 to 61 1/2 lbs (750 g) Ontario mushrooms (anymixture of cremini, white, portobello, oysterand shitake)
1 small Ontario onion, minced
2 tbsp (25 mL) vegetable oil
1/2 tsp (2 mL) each salt and dried majoram
1 tsp (5 mL) all-purpose flour
1/4 cup (50 mL) Ontario White Wine, or chick-en stock
1/4 cup (50 mL) whipping or table cream
2 tsp (10 mL) Ontario honey
Topping1/2 cup (125 mL) fresh bread crumbs
1 tbsp (15 mL) chopped fresh parsley
1 tbsp (15 mL) butter, melted
Cut large cleaned mushrooms into chunks; leavesmall mushrooms whole. Place in 13- x 9-inch (34
x 22 cm) baking dish. Add onion and oil; toss tocoat. Sprinkle with salt and marjoram; toss again.Roast in preheated 400°F (200°C) oven for 20minutes, stirring once.Sprinkle flour evenly over mushrooms. Combinewine, cream and honey; pour over mushrooms.Stir well until no trace of flour remains. Combinetopping ingredients and sprinkle evenly overmushrooms. Bake for 15 minutes or until bub-bling and crumb topping lightly toasted.
Easy Squash RisottoTraditionally this creamy Italian rice dish requiresliquid to be added gradually and stirred constant-ly, which is rather labor intensive for today's busycooks. Try this easier version that is only stirredwhen squash is added. Serve as first course, maindish or side dish with grilled meats or fish.Preparation Time: 20 MinutesCooking Time: 20 MinutesServings: 4 main-dish or 6 side-dish servings2 tbsp (25 mL) olive oil
1 Ontario onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 cups (375 mL) Italian short-grain rice(e.g. Arborio)
4 cups (1L) chicken broth
1 tbsp(15 mL) white wine vinegar, cidervinegar or rice vinegar
1 tsp (5 mL) dried sage
1/2 tsp (2 mL) each salt and dried thyme
1/4 tsp (1 mL) pepper
4 cups (1L) large bit-size pieces peeledOntario butternut or buttercup squash
1/2 cup (125 mL) light or half-and-half cream
1/2 cup (125 mL) grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup (50 mL) minced fresh parsley(optional)
In large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat;cook onion and garlic, stirring for 2 to 3 minutes.Add rice; cook, stirring, for 2 to 3 minutes.Stir in chicken broth, vinegar, sage, salt, thymeand pepper; bring to boil. Cover and reduce heatto medium-low; cook for 5 minutes. Stir insquash; simmer for 15 to 18 minutes or untilsquash and rice are tender but still slightly firm.Stir in cream (rice should be moist and creamy).Serve immediately topped with cheese and pars-ley. (If rice gets dry upon standing, add a littlemore chicken broth.)For variation, add diced cooked bacon or smokedsausage.
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The union representinglocal taxi cab drivers has
asked the city of Hamilton toreview its bylaws regulatingthe industry in an effort to“clean up the dirt” that hasplagued it for decades.
Ejaz Butt, president of theOntario Taxi Workers Union,met recently with municipallaw enforcement superin-tendent Carmella Vidic topoint out bylaws andenforcement practices thatare unfair to drivers.
Butt said bylaw enforce-ment staff wasn’t even awareof a city regulation thatrequires dispatch brokersHamilton Cab and Blue Lineto report information to thecity annually, and has neverbeen enforced.
Vidic declined to be inter-viewed for this story.
“I think our taxi industryis completely screwed upand the only way to fix it is ifour bylaws are properly writ-ten,” Butt said. “If the bylawsare right and enforcement is
properly done I think every-thing in the taxi industry canbe fixed up. Everybody willmake money, everybody willget their fair share.”
He said city staff have longbeen influenced by stake-holders in the city’s two dis-patch brokerages, and multi-plate owners who lease orrent city issued taxi plates formore than $60 a day.
The city-issued taxi platesare controlled by a smallgroup of individuals, many ofwhom are connected to oneof the two dispatch broker-ages, who have overseen ahuge increase in the value ofplates above what the citycharges them in fees.
Butt argues the city’s regu-lation and enforcement pro-tects multi-plate owners, and
dispatch brokerage compa-nies at the expense of driverswho must work long hours topay their leases or rent, dis-patch fees, fuel and mainte-nance before they make anymoney for themselves.
“They only victimize thedrivers. In the past there wasno representation of the driv-ers. The bylaws are in favour ofthe brokers and the stakehold-ers and the owners,” Butt said.
But the union, alreadycertified by the OntarioLabour Relations Board torepresent all Hamilton Cabdrivers and awaiting a finalcount on a vote by Blue Linedrivers, has asked the city toreview all taxi industrybylaws, and their enforce-ment, with experts andlawyers representing thedrivers themselves.
City staff recognized themany issues within the localtaxi industry in 2001. A staffreport recommended plateholders be required to driveat least five times a week foreight hours. Staff also recom-mended allowing only oneplate per owner, a change theunion also supports. Noaction was taken on thoserecommendations.
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BY KEVIN WERNERNEWS STAFF
It was a tale of two competingpolitical rallies in Hamilton April
7 with the Conservatives and PrimeMinister Stephen Harper avoidingthe protests, while Liberal leaderMichael Ignatieff embraced thedemonstrations at his standing-room-only get-together at LIUNAstation.
Harper, who arrived in Hamil-ton at 12:50 p.m. with a policeescort, barely noticed the 100 Unit-ed Steelworkers Local 1005 andstudent protesters on Main Streetwhen he took the stage at about6:15 p.m. in the Hamilton Conven-tion Centre to reiterate his theme ofcreating jobs and demonizing apossible “ramshackle” coalitionbetween the Liberals and NDP.
During his 35-minute speech,surrounded by a partisan crowdincluding several Conservativecandidates and introduced byHamilton East-Stoney Creek Con-servative candidate Brad Clark,Harper talked about providing a“strong, stable majority” to createjobs and provide tax relief to fami-lies and seniors.
The Liberals, he said, wouldonly spend more money and intro-duce “job-killing” tax hikes.
“The choice is to have a ram-shackle, incoherent, unprincipled,unstable coalition of Mr. Ignatieff,backed by the NDP,” he said. “WhatCanada needs is a strong, stablemajority.”
Harper tried out a few of hisideas that were revealed in theparty’s platform the next day,including more investment in thenorth, reducing the deficit by 2015by delaying costly programs andintroducing the Conservativebudget, which was rejected by thethree other federal parties.
Harper, who was making hisfirst visit to Hamilton this politicalseason — and only the second triphe has made to the downtown core— was interrupted by a steelworkerwho shouted that jobs were beinglost at U.S. Steel.
Wayne Rae, president of UnitedSteelworkers Local 6200 in Welland,was immediately surrounded byreporters, telling them Harper’sConservative government has donenothing to help Stelco and its 900locked out workers.
Rae said he would be votingNDP in the federal election.
“He needs to hear from regularpeople,” said Rae. “The way thingsare going, the middle class is disap-pearing. And what U.S. Steel isdoing in Hamilton is disgusting.(The Conservatives) have allowedthe companies to come in and runroughshod.”
Harper ignored Rae and contin-ued his presentation. The tightsecurity around Harper did notexpel Rae, as has happened to oth-ers at previous Conservative rallies.Harper on Thursday apologized forhis security throwing out a univer-sity student because she had posedfor a photo with Liberal leader
Michael Ignatieff.“They did allow me to speak,”
said a surprised Rae. “I thoughtthey would toss me.”
Ignatieff, making his eighth visitto Hamilton and second stop inless than a month, saw and heardthe 50 or so steelworkers and otherprotesters at LIUNA, as he wadedinto an enthusiastic Liberal crowdat the entrance to the historicalbuilding.
Once inside, he attacked Harperfor spending $30 billion on fighterjets, another $13 billion on “U.S.-style mega prisons,” and for provid-ing tax breaks to corporations.
Ignatieff said he offered the “pol-itics of hope,” as opposed to Harp-er’s “appeal to fear” about econom-ic collapse, and political instability.
The jammed LIUNA ballroomwas a welcoming place for Ignatieffas he encouraged people to ask
him questions, as opposed toHarper’s rallies where visitors areasked to pre-register and can’t askquestions.
“I don’t have any idea whatquestions are going to be asked ofme for the next little while,” heassured the crowd. “I am not anentertainer. I am not a comedian. Iam an accountable public officialand I have to be here and I have toanswer your questions.”
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Hunter grabbed FIRST’s (ForInspiration and Recognition of Sci-ence and Technology) WoodieFlowers Award at the FIRST GreaterToronto Regional robotics compe-tition March 31 to April 2 at theHershey Centre in Mississauga. Theaward is presented to an outstand-ing teacher or engineer participat-ing in the robotics competitionwho best demonstrates excellencein teaching science, math and cre-ative design.
Team 2056 also snagged its 11thconsecutive regional title at thecompetition with an impressive 16-0 record and General Motors-spon-sored Industrial Design Award forthe design of its robot, UnfinishedBusiness.
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Team 2056 nominated Hunterfor the Woodie Flowers Award inFebruary.
They submitted an extensiveessay on how he affects and moti-vates the team to do its best.
“What I like about FIRST robot-ics is that it’s not just about build-ing a robot, it’s about effective com-munication in the art and scienceof engineering and design,” saidHunter. “Winning the award showsthat we’re doing something right.”
Hunter started the Roboticsprogram – the only one of its kindin both Hamilton school boards –in 2006.
He founded Team 2056, whichincludes more than 25 Grade 9 to12 students, in 2007.
“Students are divided into vari-ous disciplines, including engi-neering, manufacturing, market-ing, scouting and fundraising,” saidHunter. “Each one has an essentialrole to play.”
Team 2056 also has 14 adultmentors in different capacities.
“The students are workingalongside these adults and are able
to learn from them,” said Hunter.“They’re not doing a science proj-ect where they have to do it allalone, which is beneficial, butthey’re doing something far beyondwhat they could ever imagine to doon their own. It’s a real team effort.”
Team 2056 also depends on thegenerous financial support of theHamilton-Wentworth DistrictSchool Board, the school and localbusinesses to keep the team rolling.
“There are teams that getbonuses for winning and teamsthat get twice as much funding aswe do, so we’ve been doing verywell with what we have,” saidHunter. “I’m very thankful for thesponsorships that we have.”
Fresh off the heels of its 11thconsecutive regional title win,Team 2056 is looking forward to astrong finish at the FIRST WorldChampionship April 28 to April 30at the Edward Jones Dome in St.Louis, Mo.
Hunter said the team has loggedmore than 2,000 hours in thedesign and build of its robot thisyear.
The drive team has spent hourspractising, he added.
“Last year, we made it to thesemifinals, which is by far the best
we’ve done. Looking at the waythings are, we have a good chanceto do as well as we did last year,”said Hunter. “This year, we have a
team and robot that’s top notch.We’re going into the worlds withhigh expectations and are lookingforward to another great showing.”
OP teacher, Team 2056 a winning combination on robotics circuit
PHOTO BY LAURA LENNIE
Orchard Park Secondary School Robotics program teacher Stan Huntergrabbed FIRST’s (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)Woodie Flowers Award at the FIRST Greater Toronto Regional robotics compe-tition March 31 to April 2 at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga. His Team 2056also snagged its 11th consecutive regional title at the competition with animpressive 16-0 record. Pictured here, Hunter displays his award.
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Waterfalls is being blamedfor traffic jams by Webster’sFalls on weekends, prompt-ing calls to step up enforce-ment of roadside parkingprohibitions and discourageall-day picnicking there.
Neighbours say car line-ups to the popular park andpicnic spot overlooking Dun-das have become “a recipe fortragedy” because Fallsviewand Short roads are sobacked up on warm-weatherweekends ambulances andfire trucks couldn’t get by.
As an interim solution,the Hamilton ConservationAuthority plans to employ“tourist greeters” this Easterweekend to encourage visi-tors to park elsewhere whenthe main lot is full and offerfree passes to alternate areaslike Christie Lake andCrooks’ Hollow.
It will also consider otherlonger term measures, likechanging the main parkingarea’s configuration toimprove traffic flow and pos-sibly naturalizing manicuredareas to discourage picnick-ing.
Barry Thompson, whoseFallsview Road home sitsacross from the park’sentrance, said promotion of
Hamilton’s waterfalls hasnoticeably worsened trafficin the past year as thosecoming for the view can’t findparking spots because of all-day picnickers.
Frustrated motoristsoften pull into driveways tounload their gear or backonto lawns to turn around,he said, and he’s had peopleknock on his door to ask himto fill their water jugs.
“It is impossible to enjoyyour backyard when youknow you should be out frontto protect your property,”Thompson told authoritydirectors, suggesting picnick-ers be directed to other parks.
“By default, your currentoperation here has made youa neighbour who has lostcontrol of your property,” hesaid. “We want the public toenjoy the falls, but we alsowant to enjoy our homes.”
Authority chair ChrisFirth-Eagland acknowledgedvehicle queuing is a problemand said having touristgreeters is an easy, common-sense solution that avoidsmore costly ones, like hiringoff-duty police officers at $70an hour.
If approached properly,visitors will welcome beingdirected elsewhere, especial-ly if they get a one-time freepass and avoid a lengthy wait.
“We don’t want to turnpeople away, we want to give
them alternatives,” Firth-Eagland said.
“If you promote me in theright way to go someplaceelse today, I’ll love yourorganization, I’ll go some-place else and I might findthat I like that place betterbecause I’m not picnickingbetween cars, I’ve gotChristie Lake all to myself.”
Councillor Brian McHat-tie said people can “love apark to death” and theauthority should also consid-er more radical solutions likereducing picnic areas,including by letting portionsreturn to their natural state.
“Of course you’d want todo that with a great deal ofpublic consultation,” he said.
Councillor Chad Collinssaid the authority had similarproblems at ConfederationPark four years ago that wereresolved with the use of pri-vate security and he’s willingto consider hiring off-dutypolice officers.
“I don’t want to turn peo-ple away because I thinkthat’s sort of sending thewrong message out, but Ithink we have a responsibili-ty as a neighbour to not putour problems onto thosewho live around us,” he said.
Chief administrative offi-cer Steve Miazga promises toinvestigate longer term solu-tions and report to directorsin June or July.
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1993 CADILLAC Remotestart, 20" chrome low pro-file tires. 4 tires on rims for Winter. $3,500-firm. 289-260-4145
1997 TOYOTA TERCEL 4cyl auto ac 264K $1495FIRM certified / e-tested DLR 905-664-5111
1998 GRAND Am GT V6 auto, loaded, brand new tires. Looks & runs great. $1800 obo. 905-531-7883
1998 HONDA Civic DX coupe. Automatic. Super clean. 196K kms. $2500/ offer. 905-308-0235
1998 JAGUAR XJR Super-charge, mint, rare, 145 km's., chrome wheels. $8,900. Certified, e-tested call 905-304-1872
1999 CHRYSLERIntrepid. 131,000 Kms. $1800. as is. Please call 905-388-4365
2000 FORD Taurus SEL loaded, leather, new tires, rotors, drums, pads. 275 km. Synthetic oil mainte-nance records. $2000 obo. 905-765-9291
2000 VOLVO S70, 4 door, automatic, cham-pagne, leather, sunroof. $1500 as is. E-tested, 307,000 kms. 905-308-8435
2000 VW PASSAT GLS 6cyl fully loaded 225K leather/snrf $4500 + taxes. Certified/etested. Dealer 905-544-3104, 905-379-9354
2001 NISSAN Sentra SE Sport 4 Door automatic Sunroof CD loaded looks and runs Very Good. You Certify $2250. obo. firm 905-468-2315
2002 CHRYS CONCORD LX full load blk/w grey int. 131K all orig special $3995 + taxes. Certified/etested. Dealer 9 0 5 - 5 4 4 - 3 1 0 4 ,905-379-9354
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2003 BUICK REGAL LS only 100K 1 owner loaded REALLY NICE cert/etest $5295+tx 905-548-0757 dlr
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2004 CHRYSLER 300M149,000KM fully loaded, leather, keyless entry, heated seats +more. Asking $6,995.00 Call: 905-961-0062
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2006 MAZDA 6 auto air PW PL PM PSeats remote start only 55K $11,700 + hst dlr 905-528-3500
2006 TOYOTA Corolla CE 49900 kms., cert., etest-ed remote start, power locks, winter/summer tires, nice car hate to sell! $9500. 905-573-8008
2006 TOYOTA MATRIX XRS 6speed-fully-loadedpwr-snrf 129K X-clean, no accident, $9800 Cert/et-est+txs dlr- 905-309-9300or905-379-9300
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2007 CHEV COBALT LT 4 cyl, auto, 4 door, pwr door locks, pwr windows, pwr mirror, cruise, tilt, am/fm cd with aux input, keyless entry, a/c, c/e $7795 plus hst Gr Mills Auto 905 768 3353
2007 DODGE CALIBER R/T AWD 4 cyl, auto cvt, all wheel drive, a/c, leather interior, heated seats, pwr group, cruise, tilt, alloy wheels, am/fm cd, keyless entry, c/e $11495 plus hst Grand Mills Auto Centre 905 768 3353
MIKES AUTO2007 MAZDA 3 4cyl 5spd air PW PL CD sunroof 94K $8950+ tx. 905-317-5920
2007 TOYOTA COROLLA ce, auto, a/c, s.roof $55 wkly, 0 down! bad credit o.k call dlr 1-888-488-8660
2008 CHEVROLET cobaltLT. Must Sell! Have a new born baby and need a 4 door car. Asking $8000 or best offer. Only 42000KM! [email protected]
2008 FORD FOCUS SE4dr, 42K. Many Options. Factory Warr. F.A. Depot $9,750+ tx 905-637-1044
2008 MAZDA 6 GS silver, auto $11999 or $58 wkly, 0 down! bad credit o.k call dlr 1-888-488-8660
2008 NISSAN VERSA S, auto, 1 owner, low km! $53 wkly, 0 down! bad credit o.k call dlr 1-888-488-8660
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2010 TOYOTA MATRIX, silver, auto,$13777 or $58 wkly, 0 down! bad credit o.k call dlr 1-888-488-8660
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1993 FORD 350 Diesel, auto, cube van. Previously U-Haul Truck. Runs excel-lent, lots of work to it -brakes, new rad, tune up, two new rear tires, all new exhaust. Transmission rebuilt 3 months ago, both motor and tranny run strong. Needs lower ball joints, box and body in ex-cellent shape no damage. Only $2500obo, Call 905-518-6544
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1994 MAZDA B3000, 3 li-tre, 5 speed, runs, needs some work. $800 obo. 905-662-7110 or 905-570-4739
1998 DODGE DakotaSport Pickup V8, Auto, loaded, new summer tires, also includes winter tires w/rims. Looks and runs great, must see. 194K. Certified & etested $4995 obo 905-381-4432
2002 FORD Ranger, 138, 000 km, certified, perfect condition. 905-547-6463
2004 DODGE DurangoSLT, 4 door, 4 wheel drive, black, excellent condition, leather, 132,000kms, $9,900 obo. 905-304-9967
2005 FORD Escape.XKLT. V6 engine, low mile-age. 93 K. Excellent condi-tion. $8300. 905-765-1177
2006 KIA SPORTAGE4 cyl, auto, pwr windows, pwr door locks, pwr mir-rors, alloy wheels, a/c, cruise, tilt, am/fm cd, key-less entry, c/e $9795 plus hst Grand Mills Auto Centre 905 768 3353
2007 DODGE NITRO SLT 4X4, auto, $14999 or $72 wkly, 0 down! bad credit o.k call dlr 1-888-488-8660
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2006 NORTHLANDER SUPREME 38FD with ALL amenities including hard awning and 8'x10' shed on site. Family Paradise Campground, North of Seaforth. Asking $35,900 519-273-7853
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SEWAGE BACK UP?BACK WATER VALVESNEW!NEW! Earn 50 Airmiles
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NO JOB TOO SMALL!!
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NO JOB too small! If you need help around the house inside or out call Tony The Handyman905-545-2223.
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Call Mike905-973-1097
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MARCH MADNESSWE Pay the HST!!
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Call Blair:905-515-3225
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Supporting Strong KidsPictured above left, Stoney Creek residents Michael and Jane Schwenger aredressed for the 1950s and Stoney Creek residents Yasser Ismail and PatrickLacey dress for the 1980s at Saturday’s YMCA Strong Kids Dinner, Dance andAuction April 9 in Hamilton. This was the 10th YMCA Strong Kids Dinner,Dance and Auction, an annual fundraiser for the Virtual YMCA, an after-schoolprogram designed to give children the support and skills needed to makegood choices, improve their grades and become leaders. The Virtual YMCAafter-school program is offered at 10 elementary schools in Hamilton, Brant-ford and Burlington identified as needing extra support. Children enjoyhealthy snacks and take part in activities like sports, arts, crafts and dramaunder the supervision of YMCA staff who act as role models.
Nominations for the 2011 Cana-da Post Community Literacy
Awards are being accepted untilJune 3. Nominations can be madein two categories: IndividualAchievement and Educator.
Almost half of all Canadianadults (48 per cent) have low liter-acy skills and less than 10 per centof them who could benefit fromliteracy upgrading programs actu-ally enrol. The effects of adult liter-acy are far-reaching and celebratethe people who make a differencein Canada's literacy landscape.
Nominate a deserving individ-ual or educator in one of the twocategories: Individual Achieve-ment Awards for those who haveovercome literacy challenges
($300 prize) or Educator Awardsfor educators who have demon-strated a commitment to adult lit-eracy in their community ($500prize).
Canada Post will announcefinalists in late July and winnerswill be notified in September.Download nomination forms atcanadapost.ca/literacyawards orsend a request by mail to 2011Canada Post Community LiteracyAwards, 2701 Riverside Dr., SuiteN0890, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0B1.
Established in 1993, the Cana-da Post Community LiteracyAwards aim to discover andacknowledge the achievements ofCanadians who have made a spe-cial effort or an important contri-
bution to literacy. For more infor-mation, visit canadapost.ca/litera-cyawards.
KinderSingHCC KinderSing is a choral
program designed for children,ages four to seven who love to sing.Program focuses on tone match-ing, hand signs, rhythmic puzzles,listening games, creativity andsinging games that are simple andfun. Parent participation is recom-mended. Classes are held atCathedral Place, 252 James St. N.on Saturday mornings.
Call (905) 527-1618 or [email protected] receive a KinderSing registra-tion package.
Nominate an educator for a Canada Post Community Literacy Award
Are you looking for a summercamp for your children?
Camps can provide a stimulat-ing, learning environment for chil-dren and often include field trips,sports, crafts, games and drama.
For more information on sum-mer camps in your area, call ChildCare Information Hamilton, Mon-day to Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30p.m. at (905) 528-0591.
This service is free.
Free information on summer camps available
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FRIDAYCOMMUNITY LUNCHCommunity lunch at the Church of the Nativity, 1831King S. E., April 15, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost, $5.Call 905-549-4335 for information.
SATURDAYSATURDAY ENTERTAINMENTThe Royal Canadian Legion Br. 622, 12 King St. E., is hold-ing Saturday Entertainment with Randy Thomas, 2 p.m. to5 p.m. and Karaoke with Dorrie from 8 p.m. to midnight.
SUNDAYROAST BEEF DINNERA hot roast beef dinner at Tapleytown United Church,413 Mud St. E., April 17, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Adults, $14,children six to 12, $3. Tickets at the door.GENEALOGICAL SOCIETYThe Hamilton branch of the Ontario Genealogical Societywill meet April 17 at 2 p.m. in the lower auditorium ofthe Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board at 100Main St. W. Ruth Burkholder will discuss accessingrecords from afar. All members of the public are invited.For further information on genealogy, call 905-318-8086or visit www.ogs.on.ca/hamilton/.
MONDAYSENIORS’ CLUBNew Horizons Seniors’ Club meets every Monday at 1p.m. for euchre, darts, bridge and crafts at the RoyalCanadian Legion Br 622 Stoney Creek, 12 King St. E.Call 905-662-4171 for more information.DODGEBALLEvery Monday night from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Janet LeeElementary School, 291 Winterberry Dr. , Meadow CreekCommunity Church youth group presents dodgeball foranyone 15 and up. Call youth pastor Chad at 905-536-0022 for more information.
WEDNESDAYHOT LUNCHEnjoy a hot lunch, April 20, 11:30 p.m to 12:30 p.m. atFaith Lutheran Church, 1907 King St. E. Cost is $5. Ele-vator accessible.
THURSDAYSTEP OUT IN STYLEHamilton Women’s Connection, Stonecroft Ministries is
holding a breakfast with Dora Anie of Totally Your hairsalon and speaker Eileen Goodman sharing Reflectionson Life’s Changes, April 21, 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. atMichelangelo's Banquet Centre, 1555 Upper Ottawa St.Cost, $13. Call Dorothy to reserve at 905-575-0607.TOASTMASTERSStoney Creek Toastmasters meets every Thursday from7:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. Develop your communication andleadership skills, gain self-confidence, and enjoy a greattime! Visitors are welcome with no obligations. For infor-mation, email [email protected] or call 905-549-1354.SENIORS’ CLUBNew Horizons Seniors’ Club meets Thursdays at 1 p.m.for euchre, darts, bridge and crafts at the Royal CanadianLegion Br 622 Stoney Creek, 12 King St. E. Call 905-662-4171 for more information.
COMING UPEASTER SUNRISE SERVICEMeet at the cross (Devil’s Punch Bowl, Ridge Road) at 8a.m. April 24 for a brief service of praise and thanksgiv-ing and then enjoy coffee, tea, hot chocolate and muffinsat the Stoney Creek Church of Christ, 105 King St. E.UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTThe United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada(UELAC), Hamilton branch will holds its next meeting atOlivet United Church, 40 Empress Ave. April 28, at 7:30p.m. Paul Grimwood will speak about War Losses fromthe War of 1812-14. Call 905-648-6519 for information.RUMMAGE SALEA rummage sale will be held April 30,10 a.m. to noonat Barton Stone United Church, Stone Church Road Westat Upper James Street.SPRING SALEFifty United will be holding its Annual Spring Sale April30, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at 1455 Hwy. 8. Find greatbargains on an assortment of household items, books,media, gently-used clothing and more. Great bakingavailable at the bake table.BIBLE READINGThe Canadian Bible Society presents Proclamation, areading of the entire text of the Bible over a two-weekperiod, Monday to Friday, May 2-6 and May 9-13, 8 a.m.until 8 p.m. at St. Stephen-on-the-Mount AnglicanChurch, 625 Concession St., with a closing service onMay 13 at 7 p.m. For information call John Romaniuk at905-385-7791.SPAGHETTI SUPPERSt Eugene's Parish Spaghetti Supper will be May 4 at theKnights of Columbus Hall, 222 Queenston Rd., 4:30 p.m.to 8 p.m. Adults, $12, children under 12, $6. For tickets,call 905-549-2694. Tickets also available at the door.Take-out available.JAZZ AT THE RITEJazz at the Scottish Rite, May 8. Dr. Russ Weil and the
Hamilton All Star Jazz Band. Dinner and performance tick-ets, 65 or concert tickets, $20. For ticket information, [email protected] or call 905-648 5894.Proceeds to The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada.SPAGHETTI DINNERHeritage Green Presbyterian Church is having a spaghettidinner May 14 at 5:30 p.m. in memory of Vince Latimerand Andy Pasztor. Spaghetti and meatballs, salad, rolls,dessert and coffee. Adults, $10, children under 10, $5.For tickets, call Sharon at 905 560-0578 OR Pat at 905-573-3358.FREE CAR SEAT CLINICFarmers’ Dell Co-operative Preschool is holding a free carseat clinic May 15, noon to 4 p.m. at QueenstonChevrolet, 2260 Rymal Rd. E. Limited spaces available,For reservations and information, call 289-286-0459 andleave a message.VENDORS WANTEDParkdale School, Hamilton, is looking for vendors for ourannual Spring Fair Garage and Craft Sale to be held onMay 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is a rain or shineevent. The fair is one of the school's major fundraisers,with money raised going directly towards student activi-ties and programs. For more information on table rentalsfor the garage and craft sale or participating in the fair,email [email protected] or call the school at 905-545-6216.
COMMUNITY SERVICESVOLUNTEERS NEEDED Volunteers are needed for the 6th World Conference onBreast Cancer to be held in Hamilton Tuesday, June 7 toSaturday, June 11. For more information on the confer-ence and a list of volunteer opportunities, visitwww.wcbcf.ca and go to the Volunteer tab or call 905-523-4664. A variety of volunteer opportunities are avail-able before and during the conference.CHILD CARE INFORMATION LINEAre you searching for Professional Activity Days (PADays) options for your school age child throughout theschool year? For more information on recreation pro-grams, child care centres or home-based care options,that provide PA Day programs, please call Child CareInformation Hamilton, Monday to Friday 9:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m. at 905-528-0591.DIABETES EDUCATIONSt Joseph’s Healthcare, Adult Diabetes Program, KingSt. Campus, offers free classes. Living Well with Dia-betes, Carbohydrate Counting, Label Reading, HeartHealth and more. To reserve a spot please call 905-573-4819.VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDThe King Street campus of St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamil-ton is recruiting volunteers for urgent care, hemodialysisand the retail area. If you have three hours a week tospare, call 905-573-7777, ext. 38163.
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SPORTS
1968 Little League teamto be recognized at dinner
The Celebration of SignificantPeople dinner will be held
Wednsday April 27, 6 p.m. atMichelangelo's Banquet Centre,1555 Upper Ottawa St., to recognizeDavid Bartolotta, Guy Cipriani,Patricia Cole, Becky Kellar, MichaelMorton, Chris Newman and JoeRaso.
There will also be special recog-nition of the 1968 Stoney CreekLittle League team, the 1978Hamilton Cardinals IntercountyBaseball league champions andAram Eisho, three-time MVP of theOntario Junior Football Confer-ence.
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BY LAURA LENNIENEWS STAFF
Stefan Vukovic alwaysenjoyed playing basket-
ball and soccer for fungrowing up.
When he was nine yearsold, his parents told him tochoose one sport.
“I was a huge basketballfan and was really good atit. I only played soccerbecause all of my friendswere playing it,” said theGlendale Secondary SchoolGrade 12 student. “I don’tknow why, but I chose soc-cer and I’m really happythat I did.”
Vukovic, 18, has certain-ly found his place on thesoccer field since makingthat decision. The forwardhas enjoyed stints with anumber of soccer clubs,both locally and beyond.
Vukovic has hit the fieldwith the Hamilton Ser-bians, Serbian WhiteEagles, Erin Mills and theCanadian Soccer League’s(CSL) Serbian White Eagles.
He currently plays forthe CSL’s TFC Academy –
the youth academy ofCanadian MLS club, Toron-to FC – at Lamport Stadiumin Toronto.
“We train four to fivetimes a week,” said Vukovic.“We play once a week.”
Vukovic also attended atraining camp earlier thisyear in San Jose, Costa Rica,as part of Canada’s men’s U-18 soccer team.
He said when he learnedhe had made the team hewas “shocked, but thrilledat the same time.”
“At first, I thought, ‘OK,it’s nothing, just anotherteam.’ Then after a coupleof days, I actually realizedhow big of an accomplish-ment it really was,” he said,adding he tried out for theteam after a couple of hiscoaches recommendedhim to the national teamstaff.
“There are 20 players onthe team; 20 players fromall over Canada and I amone of them. That’s prettyawesome.”
Canada’s men’s U-18soccer team players will beeligible for U-20 competi-
tions heading into 2013,including the FIFA U-20World Cup in Turkey andOlympic/U-23 competi-tions heading into 2016.
Vukovic said he hopes tomake the U-20 squad.
“First, the team has to gothrough a qualifying tour-nament. The when andwhere hasn’t beenannounced yet,” he said. “Ifthe team reaches the semi-final of that tournament, itwill go to the World Cupand try to bring home a titlefor the first time in history.It’s a difficult task, but younever know what can hap-pen in the game of foot-ball.”
Vukovic said if Canadawere to make it to the FIFAU-20 World Cup, a positiveattitude, communicationand team cohesivenesswould be keys to its suc-cess.
“A forward’s job is to scoreas many goals as possible,”he said. “That’s what I wouldplan and hope to do, if I werelucky enough to make thesquad and hit the world cupfield.”
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Glendale student sets sights on World Cup soccer field
PHOTO BY LAURA LENNIE
Stefan Vukovic has made a career out of soccer since takingup the sport years ago. The Glendale Secondary School Grade12 student has enjoyed stints with a number of soccer clubs,both locally and beyond.
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Dofasco Monsters City ChampsAfter a first-place finish in the regular season, the Bantam Monsters went on torepresent Dofasco in the Recreational House League Playdowns. The teamfaced tough competition on the road to the final, playing teams from Corona-tion, Dundas and Lawfield. The Monsters defeated the Stoney Creek Rangers 4-0 to win the championship. The Monsters returned home to face the Pirates inthe Dofasco Bantam Playoff Final and skated to a 8-5 victory to finish off agreat season. Pictured here, left to right, front, Matt Shrum, Johnny Lanza, Bray-den Rowland, Nicolas Baldini, Cameron Cuicani, Josh Leroux, Michael Carbone.Back, ass’t. coach Rob Shrum, Jarod Bishop-Dove, Garrison Nichols, Riley Boyd,Ashton Ferreira, head coach Al Leroux, Lucas DeSousa and trainer Greg Cuicani.
Mini MeetHamilton Speed Skat-ing Club welcomed theMilton and Niagaraspeed skating clubs foran all-ages Mini Meetlast Tuesday at F.H.Sherman Recreationand Learning Centre.Club members ages fiveto 55 participated inthe lower-level compe-tition. Pictured here,Hamilton Speed Skat-ing Club member Lach-lan Perigord lines upfor his short-track race.The club offers pro-grams for ages undersix up to over 30 at theF.H. Sherman Recre-ation and Learning Cen-tre in upper StoneyCreek.
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BY CATHERINE O’HARAFLAMBOROUGH REVIEW
When the Waterdown Boys’Rugby Club players took to
the bench between plays, theylooked for the insightful andencouraging words of Dave Bur-nett. But at last week’s tourna-ment – the Warriors’ first of theseason – the team’s head coachwasn’t there. The silence wasdeafening.
Coach Burnett passed away ofacute pancreatitis April 2. He was70 years old.
As the nation’s rugby commu-nity mourns the loss of the playerand esteemed coach, the grief-stricken Warriors took to thepitch with one goal in mind – tomake Burnett proud.
“Dave’s always at the back ofour minds now,” said Grade 12WDHS student Jake Newman,who has looked up to Burnett asa coach since 2007.
“On my tries, I pointed to thesky,” said Warrior Jordan Youngafter twice securing four pointsfor the Waterdown team at lastweek’s tournament. “I knew hewas watching.”
Burnett was also a cherishedmember of the Rugby Ontarioand Rugby Canada associations.A native of Gloucester, England,the rugby enthusiast was heavilyinvolved in the sport, playing aninstrumental role in promotingand growing rugby locally and
across the province.A coach, administrator and
tireless volunteer, Burnett heldthe position of past presidentand was the secretary of theBurlington Rugby Football Club.He also played with the BrantfordHarlequins, Hamilton Hornetsand the Burlington Centaurs. Hewas an active Niagara Old Boysteam member until his deathearlier this month.
Burnett was also a key mem-ber of the Niagara Thunder ofthe Rugby Canada SuperLeague, helping shepherd thatteam to the championship gamein 2007.
Described as a gentleman,Burnett was a mentor to manyyoung rugby players, includingNick Bridges. “We all sort oflooked up to him,” said the Grade12 student, who has played the
sport for three years. “We are alldifferent in a positive waybecause of him,” noted Young,who benefitted from Burnett’sguidance since joining the teamlast year.
Burnett’s coaching abilitieswere second to none said mem-bers of the Warriors’ squad.According to Newman, Burnettwas able to identify players’strengths and position them onthe pitch accordingly.
Following the Warriors’ firsttournament last week, the play-ers were hit with the realizationthat Burnett was not there tooffer some constructive criticismor congratulate the boys on theirperformance.
“It was surreal,” said Bridgesof the team’s mood. “It didn’tfeel right. It was definitely emo-tional afterwards,” said New-man.
Burnett’s passing has furtherspurred the Waterdown boys’desire to succeed this season.“Our whole season is dedicatedto him,” said Bridges, adding thatthe team will soon sport a specialemblem on their jerseys in mem-ory of their coach.
A celebration of life ceremo-ny in memory of Burnett washeld last weekend at Burling-ton’s Sherwood Forest Park,hosted by the Centaurs. TheWaterdown Warriors teamattended, passing a rugby ball inhonour of their coach.
Rugby community mourns loss of esteemed coach
Dave Burnett was a key memberof the Niagara Thunder.
BY GORD BOWESNEWS STAFF
The Hamilton Accessibility SportsCouncil is inviting the public out
Sunday to see the wide range of sportsin which people with disabilities cantake part.
The recently formed council isHamilton's advocacy group and voicefor those with physical and cognitivedisabilities ensuring equitable oppor-tunities for participation in recreationand sport.
"We're hoping we can get peoplewith disabilities who don't get theopportunity to try something, tocome out and try this," said OlgaPavlovich, a Hamilton AccessibilitySports Council board member."Come out and see what we haveavailable in our community."
She noted there are more than 25different sports for disabled athletesoffered in Hamilton.
Such sports don’t get a lot of atten-tion, said Pavlovich. That’s somethingthe council, the seventh formed in theprovince under the ParaSport Ontarioumbrella, is hoping to change.
"There is a huge group of peoplehere who need a voice and we want tobe that voice for them and help themas we can," said Pavlovich.
There will be sledge hockey andbocce demonstrations at this Sun-day's event and the chance for peopleto participate.
Sundays’ session, which is beingheld in conjunction with ParaSportOntario, runs from noon until 4 p.m.at the Huntington Park recreationcentre, 87 Brentwood Dr. on HamiltonMountain.
Ready, Willing and Able this Sunday
BY JIM MARGUERATTSPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Tim Enoksen was high in SkywayWestinghouse play with a 669 and
daughter Kristen almost doubled her137 average with a 268 game for a CTFCentury award. The 268 is a new leaguehigh, surpassing Sheila Moser's 235and is the highest game ever rolled by awoman in the league's 50-year history.
The 10th 290-game of the seasonwas tossed by Scott Tarbat, as he joined
Richard Parker, Sean Patterson, TravisCauley, Mick Anderer, Jeff Lofft, JohnCherriere, Dave Custeau, Mark Wardand Vince Iacozza with the 11-strikeperformance. For the Star Lanes jun-iors, Dylan Williams had a 225 and Jer-rilyn King-Russell 224.
For the second time this season, awoman has spared the 8-10 split in VSLaction, as Maureen Cooper did whatBarb Roy did earlier. Jim Marguerattsaved the best for last with a 214 andEd Margueratt spared the 4-5 splitthree times.
Highest game ever rolled by a woman in Skyway play
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The Hamilton Jr. Bulldogswon the All Ontario Pee-
wee AAA ChampionshipsApril 2 in Toronto at Centen-nial Arena. The team alsodefended its Peewee OMHAtitle in March at the Mohawk4 Pad.
They finished secondafter round-robin play anddefeated the Waterloo Wolves3-2 in overtime in the semifi-nal. This set them up to playthe Toronto Marlies, who fin-ished first in the round robinand won their semifinalagainst the Mississauga Reps4-2. The Marlies are coachedby ex-NHLer Paul Coffey andranked No. 1 in the province.
The Jr. Bulldogs defeatedthe Toronto Marlies 4-2 towin gold.
The Marlies opened scor-ing on a power-play goal inthe first period, but with 0.3seconds left in the first, theDogs scored (BrendanD’Agostino) to tie the game.In the second period, theBulldogs scored three goals(Brandon Saigeon, D’Agosti-no, Johnathon Schaefer) togo up 4-1.
The Marlies scored a sec-ond power-play goal in thethird period, but it was notenough.
Brandon Saigeon wasnamed Player of the Gameand Jonah Capriotti won
Goalie of the Game. Led by head coach
Anthony Susi, the Jr. Bulldogswent undefeated in the regu-lar season and is the first
Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs team toever win back-to-backOMHA Championships and amedal at the provincialchampionships.
Bulldogs All Ontario Peewee AAA champsSPORTSNEWS
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Hamilton Junior Bulldogs players are Andrew Albano, NicholasCaamano, Jonah Capriotti, Louie DelSordo, Brendan DiAgostino,Michael Fortino, Lucas Ippolito, Austin Irvine, Jacob Maltese, JustinMignardi, Owen Norton, Griffin Roubos, Jonathon Pace, BrandonSaigeon, Johnathon Schaefer, Dawson Shackelton, Curtis Zahorod-ni. Head coach Anthony Susi, assistant coaches Vic Mair and PatDiPronio, trainer Katerina Drgova and manager Doris Irvine.
Hamilton Hurricanes holding candlelight galaThe Hamilton Hurricanes amateur football team is holding
a candlelight gala, Saturday, April 30, from 5:30 p.m. to 1a.m. at Michelangelo’s Banquet Centre.
Sponsorships are available; tickets for the gala are on saleat www.the-canes.com.
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