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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNA2017_09_07® News Advertiser.PICKERING CONNECTED TO YOUR COMMUNITY DURHAMREGION.COM THURSDAYSEPTEMBER 7, 2017 ONLINE AT durhamregion.com newsroom@durhamregion.com www.facebook/newsdurham @newsdurham newsdurham ONLINE at durhamregion.com News, events and information on your desktop, laptop and mobile device Events Calendar JANUARY29 FEBRUARY05 MARCH11 APRIL01 MAY25 JUNE14 JULY08 AUGUST21 SEPTEMBER 02 OCTOBER 13 NOVEMBER 27 DECEMBER 07 See what’s happening by visiting our online community calendar. www.durhamregion.com/ events Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland WHITBY -- Dave Mastin, president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Durham Region, chatted with his staff, including vice presidents Pamela Downward, left, and Mary Fowler. ETFO has raised the alarm after receiving an increasing number of violent incident reports in Durham elementary schools. They believe the cause is a lack of support for kids with special needs and behaviour challenges and are advocating for more resources including mental health resources for kids, child and youth workers and education assistant staffing. Reka Szekely rszekely@durhamregion.com OSHAWA — As students head back to class this week, both the school board and the prov- ince have taken steps to address the issue of ele- mentary school violence, but local teachers say they’re still not seeing the supports in place that will address the root of the problem. Earlier this year the issue of school violence was brought to the forefront as parents and edu- cators spoke out, describing cases where teachers and other educators had been bitten, scratched, punched, kicked and spat on in elementary classrooms. Parents reported classroom evacu- ations and lockdowns due to violent incidents and described the resulting anxiety it caused for their children who witnessed educators being attacked. A survey by the Elementary Teachers’ Feder- ation of Ontario Durham chapter last fall found dozens of teachers had been issued Kevlar-type personal protective equipment. A third of teachers said their classroom had been evacuated at least once that year and 12 per cent of those surveyed said their classroom had been evacuated more than four times. Meanwhile, 54 per cent of respondents said an evacuation or a hold-and-secure in anoth- er classroom had affected their class during this school year. Mental health supports key to tackling school violence See TEACHERS page 12 A LOCAL PEDIATRIC DENTAL SPECIALIST 2100 Ellesmere Road, Suite 312647-349-2100www.SunriseKidsDental.com SMILES FOR A LIFETIME TryusFreeforaWeek! Pickupyourfree1weekHealthClub Pass,orBasicGroupFitnessPass fromSeptember16-23. Mustbe16+forfreetrials. pickering.ca/fit RecreationPickering Complex ALL2017ModeLs See dealer for details. 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YOuR CaRRieR Collection weeks are every third week. Please greet your newspaper carrier with a smile and an optional payment for their service. CaLendaR OF eVenTs Submit your events online Event listings are easy to input online. Many of the events put online will also make it into our Calendar of events in our Thursday newspapers. To add your event, go to durhamregion.com/durhamre- gion-events. Jeff Mitchell jmitchell@durhamregion.com DURHAM — The mother of a teenager facing robbery charges is expressing shock and anger after hearing what appears to be an accidental recording of a Durham police officer profanely denigrating her son and her family. “It’s a disgrace,” the woman said of the conversation, during which an officer and another person discussed, in crass terms, the way in which they’d dealt with the teen. Dur- ing the four-minute conversation one mem- ber of the family is referred to as a “f---ing a — hole”, while the mother is dismissed as a “f---ing c---.” “There is no excuse,” said the woman. The conversation was recorded on Oshawa lawyer Kevin Mitchell-Gill’s office voice mail system after the officer called one evening in late August to inform him the teen had been taken into custody. After passing on that information the officer hung up, but the line remained engaged. Mitchell-Gill said he was incredulous when he heard the tape the following morn- ing. “To me it’s a shocking conversation that I’m sure the officer did not want anybody to hear,” he said. “There’s a level of animos- ity that’s difficult to swallow. These are offi- cers dropping the C-bomb about my client’s mother.” Durham police spokesman Dave Selby said the service is investigating the incident. “It appears to be a recording of one of our police officers in a private conversation with another female employee. They obviously are unaware the telephone line is still connect- ed and did not consent to its recording (or) release to the public,” Selby said. “The nature of this private conversation and the language being used is obviously of concern to us. We will be looking into this matter further,” Selby said. During the first part of the message on Mitchell-Gill’s voice mail the female officer is professional and polite, informing the law- yer the teen is in custody and seeking legal counsel. She provides a call back number and there’s the sound of a phone being hung up, but the recording continues as another per- son speaks to the officer. “Oh, you’re looking for ----. What did his kid do now?” the unidentified woman asks. The officer replies that the teen is charged with robbery. “He’s a f---ing a — hole, eh?” says the other woman. “Mm-hm. He is,” says the officer, describ- ing how she tried to “rile up” the boy’s father earlier. “I took a run at him saying I was gonna f — in’ make his life f---in’ hell because his son’s bringing heat on him.” “Did he care?” asks the unidentified woman. “No,” says the offi- cer. “The wife seems all right.” “Oh,” says the unidentified person. “She’s a f---ing c--- though. Just ignorant.” The two women then discuss the offi- cer’s disdain for her partner’s offer to drive the teen home after he was processed at the station. “I’m like, we’re not giving him a ride f--- ing back. They can come down and pick him up, for f--- sake. But whatever, you don’t want to argue with your partner in front of them.” She laughs. “So we ended up holding him for bail anyway,” she continues. The other woman then relates a story about youths charged with robbery in a dif- ferent incident and discussion among offi- cers about driving the suspects home. “One of the f---ing rocket scientists on shift says to the moms there, I’ll drive the boys home … Well, f--- that,” she says. “Like, don’t make anything convenient for anybody.” “F--- them,” says the officer. The boy’s mother, who cannot be named because his identity is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, said she was repulsed when Mitchell-Gill played the recording for her. She said she and her son have been involved with Durham police since last Feb- ruary, when she was contacted by an officer investigating the forcible confinement and robbery of a teenager in Whitby. The woman said she consented to an interview at a police station. “She wanted to know about my son’s friends. She was nam- ing names,” the woman said of the officer. “I was honest with my answers but I think she was getting frustrated with me. I said I didn’t want my children involved in it, period.” As the interview concluded the woman was informed police were impounding her vehicle to conduct DNA testing — no search warrant was produced, she said, but she eventually consented. Police held the car for two days. The woman’s son was charged with rob- bery in relation to the Whitby incident in June. He’s since been charged in two other incidents, including the robbery of a teen who said he’d been lured to an address with an invitation to play video games. It was after that arrest the message was left at Mitchell- Gill’s office. The woman said the words caught on tape reflect a problem in policing that leaves some kids like her son — a black teen with Russell Silver Syndrome, a genetic disorder that has hampered his natural growth for most of his life — feeling fearful and suspicious of police. “You’re telling my 16-year-old son you’re going to make his life hell. There is no escap- ing that tape. It explains exactly what they’re doing,” she said. “Not only do they think this behaviour is OK, they think it’s funny. There is nothing funny or comical about ruining a 16-year-old’s life.” “As young black men, they’re all afraid of the police,” she added. “If at this young age they’ve already formed a negative opinion about the police, what do they expect the future to be like?” The family is considering a civil suit against Durham police, she said. Mitchell-Gill, who is representing the teen on his criminal charges, said the sentiments expressed in the recording caught him off guard. “I want to say it’s not reflective of the Durham Regional Police,” he said. “It’s unlike anything I’ve ever heard before.” Listen to related audio tape @ durhamregion.com Durham mom shocked as cop’s profane comments about her son, family are caught on voice mail Kevin Mitchell-Gill du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Se p t e m b e r 7 , 2 0 1 7 4 AP LIFETIMEWINDOWS SAV EUP TO $5O0 FA LL FACTORYSAVINGS E V ENT ACT NOW! LIMITED TIME OFFER. Visit LifestyleHomeProducts.ca/Fall – or call us to receive an additional BONUS Factory Rebate Coupon. DOORS $250SAVEUP TO METAL ROOFS $750SAVEUP TO SUNROOMS $1500SAVEUP TO 1-800-465-0593 LifestyleHomeProducts.ca/metro-offer Showroom:232 Fairall St.,Unit 3, Ajax Head Office & Factory Showroom: 944 Crawford Dr., Peterborough *Someconditionsapply.Cannot becombinedwithotheroffers. 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An Oshawa man has been charged in connection with the incident, which occurred around 7:20 p.m. Sept. 5 at the Global gas station on Kingston Road. Durham police said a suspect produced a handgun and demanded cash, then fled on foot. A civilian witness, believing the weapon to be a pellet gun, pursued the suspect. The bandit turned and pointed the gun at the 33-year-old Pickering man, who man- aged to wrestle the suspect to the ground and hold him until police arrived. Richard Poliquin, 24, of Oshawa is charged with rob- bery, weapons offences and breach of probation. The citizen, who wasn’t identified, will be nomi- nated for a bravery citation for his role in the arrest. The weapon turned out to a pellet gun, police said. Police advise against citizens engaging armed suspects. 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Jeffery Avery, 20, of Brock Township is facing numerous charges including break and enter, motor vehicle theft, possessing property obtained by crime and failing to comply with his recogni- zance conditions. He was held for a bail hearing. Man charged in Durham car theft du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Se p t e m b e r 7 , 2 0 1 7 7 AP Area residents and motorists are advised that the RegionalMunicipalityofDurham,Works Department will be placing surfaceasphaltonKingstonRoadandBrockRoad,in the City of Pickering. WHERE:Kingston Road (Durham Highway 2),from 300meterswestofBrockRoad(Regional Road 1)to220meterseastofBainbridgeDrive;and Brock Road (Regional Road 1),from 140 meters south of Kingston Road to 80 meters north of FinchAvenue(Regional Road 37),in the City ofPickering. WHEN:Monday September 18 to Friday September 22,6 p.m.until 6 a.m.,weather permitting. WHY:To permit asphalt placement in a safe andefficientmannerandtominimizedisruption of traffic flows during peak times. The Region realizes that the work will be disruptive and will make every effort to complete the work as quickly as possible. For more information please contact: Bob Hoy Ron Morissette Project Inspector Project Supervisor 289-314-2055 905-431-5938 Ron.Morissette@durham.ca www.facebook.com/regionofdurham www.twitter.com/regionofdurham If this information is required in an accessible format,please contact1-800-372-1102 ext.3525 or visitdurham.ca/cdeap. WORKS DEPARTMENT PUBLIC NOTICE Kingston Road (Durham Highway 2)andBrockRoad(Regional Road 1)City of Pickering NIGHT WORK The Regional Municipality of Durham Works Department605RosslandRd.E.,Whitby ON L1N 6A3905-668-7711 or 1-800-372-1102durham.ca/cdeap “My daughter noticed this cute caterpillar, about two-inches long, crawling along the patio stones in the front garden. When we went close to it, it started swaying side to side like a snake …” I studied the picture Stepha- nie Clarke had emailed, of a smooth, dark brown caterpillar with big round ‘eye spots’ on top of its bulbous head. Then started flip- ping through my caterpillar field guides.   Princeton’s Caterpillars of Eastern North America turned up one rare possibil- ity: spicebush swallowtail. An inset photo showed the ‘bird dropping’ larva just before it turns lime-green,  with black and yellow eye-spots that look like the face of a snake. They curl up in a leaf by day with just their head showing, scaring off predators. But when I sent Stephanie’s photo to butterfly expert friends, they identified it as an east- ern tiger swallowtail, which also has ‘snake eyes’ but is much more common in Durham, given all the local host plants available. Fan- tastic mimicry in both cases! Alan Brochu found an even bigger cat- erpillar — four-inches long and round as a quarter — on his garden faucet this week. It caused great excitement among the ‘moth team’ researching insect biodiversity in the Thickson’s Woods Nature Reserve in Whitby. The bright green caterpillar was clearly look- ing for a place to form its chrysalis, getting ready to overwinter, then metamorphose into a huge, spectacular cecropia moth next year. Dave Bell reported bicycling into a rain of green caterpillars ballooning on silken threads from trees along Oshawa Creek ear- lier in summer. Gypsy moths commonly use this method to reach fresh feeding sites, but they’re fuzzy and greyish, with blue and orange knobs down their back. I haven’t yet figured out what Dave’s caterpillars were, but have seen many adult gypsy moths around lately, mostly all males sporting impressive feathery antennae. Woolly bear caterpillars are out and about now. But my favourite caterpillar story involves black swallowtails, beautiful dark butterflies with gold or blue spotted bor- ders, depending on gender. I tucked sprays of feathery dill in a bouquet of zinnias I gave Karin Fawthrop of Scarborough. When she noticed tiny droppings beside the vase, she looked closely and was delighted to find a black swallowtail caterpillar happily munch- ing on the dill, its host plant. It soon formed a chrysalis, then hatched into a beautiful but- terfly she released in her yard. A lifelong naturalist, Karin has started rescuing monarch eggs and rearing them in a screened terrarium, safe from spiders, ants and other predators. Check out monar- chwatch.org to learn how, and to report your own monarch sightings. Nature queries: mcarney@interlinks.net or 905-725-2116. Margaret Carney is a nature-appreciation columnist for Metroland Durham newspapers. She likes to write all about her different bird sightings, most times spotted right from her own backyard. The Regional Municipality of Durham,Works Department will be closing a section of West Shore Boulevard to permitinstallationofalargediametersanitarysewerpipe. WHERE:West Shore Boulevard,from Breezy Drive to Vicki Drive,in the City of Pickering. WHEN:September 18 for approximately three weeks. Unfavourable weather conditions may influencetheworkschedule. WHY:To permit sanitary sewer construction in a safeandefficientmanner. Detour routes will be posted in advance of the road closure. The Region realizes that the work will be disruptive and willmakeeveryefforttocompletetheworkasquicklyaspossible. For more information,please contact: Francis Samonte Ralph Wilson Project Inspector Project Supervisor 905-718-2690 289-928-2642 Francis.Samonte@durham.ca Ralph.Wilson@durham.ca www.facebook.com/regionofdurham www.twitter.com/regionofdurham If this information is required in an accessible format,pleasecontact1-800-372-1102 ext.3525. WORKS DEPARTMENT PUBLIC NOTICE West Shore Boulevard ROAD CLOSURE The Regional Municipality of Durham WorksDepartment 605 Rossland Rd.E.,Whitby ON L1N 6A3Telephone905-668-7711 or 1-800-372-1102 www.durham.ca/cdeap Durham lousy with caterpillars this time of year The Great Outdoors Margaret Carney Driver arrested after car swerves at police officer in Pickering PICKERING — Several charges have been laid against a man accused of driving his car toward a police officer dur- ing a traffic stop Tuesday in Pickering. The incident began about 5:20 p.m. Aug. 29 as officers conducted speed enforce- ment on Taunton Road, Dur- ham police said. When an offi- cer flagged down a westbound vehicle the driver slowed, then swerved in the direction of the police officer, causing him to jump out of the way to avoid being hit, police said. The driver stopped his vehi- cle but put up a struggle when the officer tried to arrest him, police said. A suspect was even- tually arrested. 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Email: newsroom@durhamregion.comMember of the Canadian Circulations Audit Board, Ontario Community Newspaper Association, Canadian Commu-nity Newspaper Association, Local Media Association and the National News Council. Content is protected by copy-right. Publication Sales Agreement #40052657 du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Se p t e m b e r 7 , 2 0 1 7 8 AP column ouR VIEW lEttER to thE EdItoR We had a pretty full house here last weekend. At one point there were 14 people sleeping under our roof … as well as five dogs and three cats. Our little house looked like one of those gymnasiums filled with sleeping-bagged hurri- cane survivors. It was nuts. And it was noisy. Ridiculously, wonderfully noisy. Kathryn’s family is predominantly female and so as the volume knob got turned up, so did the pitch. When things hit their highest deci- bel level, during a particularly hilarious game of Cards Against Humanity, crystal was shattering and birds began dropping dead out of the sky. Feeding that many people, of course, requires a grocery larder that would rival an NFL training camp. Fortunately, we are blessed with very gen- erous relatives. And although there was a kind of a meal plan in place, it was promptly ignored and everybody brought enough for everybody. We ended up with more food than a UN relief con- voy. Needless to say our tiny fridge was soon overflowing with everything from watermelon to enormous links of spicy sausage. Getting a morning glass of juice became an exercise in Tet- ris. You opened that fridge at your own risk. It was not at all unusual to walk through the kitchen and come upon some unfortunate child buried beneath an avalanche of tzatziki, cottage cheese and peameal bacon. Fortunately, with five dogs around, their little bodies were recovered before frostbite could set in. Mealtime, too, was spectacular. The kitch- en was so busy and stuffed with people, flailing elbows and knives that it was almost impossi- ble to get to the overstuffed fridge without get- ting concussed or punctured. I found it safest to be outside near the barbecue, where a handful of terrified males gathered, listening with awe to the estrogen-fuelled melee in the kitchen. And then, as millions of humans have done for millions of years, we sat down and broke bread together. I don’t know if there is anything Kathryn and I enjoy more than having family and friends gathered around our table, eating and drinking and talking and laughing together. There is something ancient and important in sit- ting down with people you love and connecting with them over food and drink. I don’t think it gets better than that and I thank the universe that we are in a place where we can make that hap- pen for ourselves, our family and our wonderful friends. Looking back, I realize now that that was absolutely one of the main reasons we moved to this beautiful place. We wanted a hub where family and friends could gather and memories could be made. I can happily say we have that. Now we just need a bigger fridge … — Neil Crone, actor, comic, writer, saves some of his best lines for this column neil crone Enter Laughing From a demographic standpoint we’re liv- ing in a time of transition. While our millen- nial generation is coming into its own, our baby boomer generation is hitting an age the youngsters would call old. Nobody wants to get old. While age does make one wiser from experience, physically it has a way of backfiring on us. We lose a step and oftentimes many of us get sick. Cancer and other life threatening diseases take their toll as we age. For those Durham residents who do get sick, there hasn’t been a lot of support for them here in Durham Region. There are no residential hospice services, leaving residents to rely on in-home hospice care or hospital palliative care. Across the entire Central East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) there are currently only three residential hos- pice bed spaces, located in Warkworth. All that will change, however, in the near future as the province announced on Aug. 31 new residential hospice services. The government announced funding for 20 new beds throughout the region, located at three different planned facilities: five new beds at the planned Oak Ridges Hospice in Port Perry, with construction expected to begin in late fall; five new beds at Clarington Hos- pice, with construction expected to begin in late 2017; and 10 beds at a new hospice in Whitby, to be built by the Victorian Order of Nurses. “Providing care for families when they’re most vulnerable is a really important thing to do, and it’s about all of us,” said MPP John Fraser, parliamentary assistant to the minis- ter of health and long-term care. Given how busy life can get, if a par- ent or a loved one gets a terminal diagnosis of any sort, it’s difficult to care for them at home. Oftentimes patients end up in hospital when this happens as family members can- not cope. They can’t be caregivers, mothers, fathers, parents, employees, the list goes on. Something has to give and this isn’t fair to anyone involved. A hospice allows families to carry on while their loved one gets the care needed to live out the rest of their days. “To have people end their days in a sup- portive home environment makes such a big difference,” said Deborah Hammons, CEO of the LHIN. Minister Fraser put it aptly when he said, “If there are rest stations that exist between heaven and earth, then hospice is certainly one of those places. Hospice allows people to live well until the very end, because it’s not just about dying; it’s about living.” If given a choice, not many people would choose to die at all and even fewer would want to end their days in a hospital. Hospices are the perfect rest stations between heaven and earth, and now Durham Region is get- ting three. That’s welcomed news for all. The perfect rest stations between heaven and earth will be built in Durham We had a pretty full house here last weekend The road to recovery To the editor: In 2012, a total of 2.8 million Cana- dians aged 15 and older reported symptoms consistent with at least one of the following mental or substance use disorders: major depression; bipo- lar disorder; generalized anxiety disor- der; and abuse of or dependence on alcohol, cannabis or other drugs. Anyone suffering an addiction does not have control over what they are doing and can reach a very harmful point. It is estimated that over 95 per cent of those who need treatment for alco- holism do not feel they need treat- ment. If you know someone who is suffering, before discussing treatment options, it is important to approach individuals about their addiction with care. Addiction is unpredictable; anyone can begin suffering at any time. Those who do suffer likely have at least one other mental health condition as well. Relapse can happen at any time, but addiction is completely treatable. Getting help has the potential to change lives by providing what that person needs to live a healthy and happy life. There are many hotlines, websites and facilities waiting to pro- vide help. Jade Knox Whitby du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Se p t e m b e r 7 , 2 0 1 7 9 AP Letters to the editor Our prime minister is not a man for all people To the editor: Re: ‘Never mind Waldo, where is Justin Trudeau?’, column, Aug. 10 I’d like to pick up on a point made by Renae Jarrett in her column which appeared on Aug. 10. She observes that “Our Prime Minister is a man for all peo- ple — well, certain ones.” Sadly, he is not even really for those he is most showy about purporting to support. He keeps repeating that he is “a femi- nist.” Yet, in Canada, the statement “it’s a girl” when uttered by obstetrics staff can be a death sentence. Girls are culled in utero in Canada simply for being girls, and Mr. Trudeau dictates that anyone who thinks there’s a problem with that will not be allowed to run for election under his Liberal party’s banner. Some liberalism! He campaigned on being an environ- mentalist as well as on restoring a nation- to-nation relationship between Canada and Indigenous nations. Yet, he has stal- wartly rubber-stamped the Kinder-Mor- gan Trans-Mountain Pipeline as if Indige- nous nations and their territories weren’t there. Consultation with the Trudeau gov- ernment lasts up to the point when he finds out you disagree with what’s expedi- ent for him. The Trudeau government has announced that it will spend $650 million on reducing the number of children that people in poor countries have. Most of the money will be spent in Africa, where it is a cultural norm to consider children to be gifts more than burdens. Interesting. Most of the world’s consumption of resources happens in and most of the world’s pol- lution originates in countries that already have very low birth rates. Pollution that is produced in North America already adversely affects climate and food-pro- duction in Africa. So, countries with small families do most of the consuming and most of the polluting (and also control institutions like the International Mon- etary Fund), but Mr. Trudeau’s response to poverty in Africa is that Africans should stop reproducing. Just why should Africans be expected to further marginalize themselves to cor- rect for the excesses of countries in North America, Europe, and a couple of coun- tries in Asia? I hope Mr. Trudeau under- stands that Black lives matter in North America. I see evidence that he does not understand that Black lives matter in Afri- ca either. Some of Trudeau’s “sunny ways” cast foreboding shadows. W.R. Myers Pickering Federal government, Quebec police should be enforcing existing rules when dealing with refugees To the editor: Re: ‘Leaders must think about conse- quences of decisions’, column, Aug. 24 Renae Jarrett’s most recent offering of “truth in current affairs” seemed to contain a great deal of opinion, as well as a bit of obvious personal bias, in blaming the issue of illegal immigrants currently entering Canada in Quebec on the prime minister. First and foremost, the cause is Don- ald Trump and his anti-immigrant rhet- oric. Second, many of these people are poorly educated and susceptible to irra- tional fears and unfounded rumours that they are going to be sent back to Haiti, despite having entered the U.S. legally. Jus- tin Trudeau’s tweet didn’t open any doors, and he spoke the truth about this country. Legal immigrants have always been wel- come in Canada, whether they were my UEL ancestors well over 200 years ago or Ms. Jarrett’s parents in the 1970s. What our border security people should be doing right now is quickly returning these peo- ple to the U.S. no questions asked. The fact is our laws say that no one can claim to be a refugee here after entering the U.S. as a refugee from another country. They simply need to enforce the existing rules. Right now, instead of doing this, Quebec police are arresting them and taking them to detention centres instead of the nearest border crossing. That’s where the mistake is being made. Gord MacKayWhitby Guns do not make society safer To the editor: Re: ‘Guns should not be allowed on any university campus says reader’, letters, Aug. 24 The writer is concerned about a new policy at Texas University campus that will now allow students to carry guns on campus. In my view, it is a step back- wards from a safer society. Let us look at some incontrovertible facts. The United States has a gun-relat- ed murder rate that is 10 times higher than other wealthy countries. In 2010, 3.6 per 100,000 citizens died, adding up to approximately 11,000 people. In fact, half the population has guns. Now, let us look at Australia. On April 28, 1996, 35 people were killed in a mass shooting in the state of Tasmania. This prompted a buyback or confiscation of one million firearms through new legis- lation. This led to a 72 per cent decrease in gun-related murders. In 1996, 0.54 per 100,000 died, while in 2014 it dropped to 0.15 per 100,000. It is strange that the press, and con- sequently the public, does not hone into the bigger issue of gun violence. Sure, there are some interracial deaths, some- times between the police and Blacks, and there was the death in Charlottes- ville between bigot-demonstrators and anti-demonstrators. But the larger prob- lem lies in other deaths by guns. Most white murders are committed by whites, and most Black murders are committed by Blacks. So, hate is not restricted to racism. It is a scourge that is increasing. Even in Dur- ham, there were 43 deaths last year by gun murders, a 36-year high. Most gun owners have guns for protection, but the mindset that it will make a safer society is a fallacy. To be able to carry guns in public, like at Texas University, is insane. Australia is a good model to follow. Brad Hogg Oshawa Seaton Community Class Environmental Assessment Study City of Pickering RoadsMunicipalClassEnvironmentalAssessment(Phases 3 and 4)and Ministry of Infrastructure Public Work Class Environmental Assessment Notice of Completion InMayof 2006 theCentral Pickering DevelopmentPlan (CPDP)was approved bythe Province of Ontariounder the Ontario Planningand DevelopmentActandit was amended in2012.Seatonisthe urban community identified in theCPDP.The CPDP established the need for the preparation of aMasterEnvironmental Servicing Plan,asamendedJune2013 (MESPA).The MESPAwas undertakenby theSeaton landowners group,known asthe NorthPickeringCommunity ManagementInc.,and alsoincludes the Province ofOntario.From the MESP,threeCity arterial and collector roads in theSeaton Urban Area were identified asScheduleCin theMunicipalClassEnvironmental Assessment (Class EA).The MESPAandthis ClassEAStudyare posted onthe City of Pickering website forpublic commentsrelatedto the disposition,severance,easements and any otherrelatedrealty activityfor provincially ownedlands orto theconstruction ofthese City roads. The Seaton Landowners’Grouphas completeda ScheduleC Class EA Study for threearterial and collectorroads inthe SeatonUrbanArea(see attached key plan).These roads will be owned by the City of Pickeringupon completion. The purposeof theClassEAStudy is todetermine the preferred alignments fortheseroads in accordance with theCPDP,City of PickeringOfficialPlan andthe Seaton Master Environmental Servicing Plan.The roads have been plannedto ensurelong term transportationdemandscanbeaccommodatedintheSeatoncommunitywith minimaldisruption to the natural andsocialenvironment. The Class EA Study forthe road projects wascompletedin two parts.Thefirst part was documented in the MESPAandconsisted of Phases1and2of theapprovedprocess for the Municipal Class EA as describedin ScheduleC of thatdocumentandalso addressed therequirementsoftheMinistryofInfrastructurePublicWorkClassEA. The second partof the Class EA process was undertakeninaccordancewiththeapprovedprocessforPhases3and4of the MunicipalClass EA and withtheMinistryof Infrastructure Public WorkClass EA.No commentswerereceived asa result ofthe MESPA consultation related tothe provinciallands and undertakings. The SeatonRoads (Phases3-4)Class EAStudydocumentsthe results ofthe studyandthe preferredCityroadalignments.TheClass EAStudy(andthe MESPdocumentingPhases 1-2)isavailableat https://www.pickering.ca/en/cityhall/seatoncommunity.aspand at the following locations for a30 dayreview periodwhichconcludes onOctober 6,2017. You areinvited tovisitourprojectwebsite athttps://www.pickering.ca/en/cityhall/seatoncommunity.asp and send your comments or questions.Writtencomments orquestions regarding thisstudy shouldbesent tothe ClassEA Study Manager or theCity of Pickering Principal Planner beforeOctober 6,2017. If concerns regarding theCity road project(s)cannot be resolved in consultation with the Seaton Landowners’Group,a person may request that theMinisterof Environmentand Climate Changemakeanorderfor theproject(s)tocomplywith PartII ofthe Ontario Environmental AssessmentAct (referred to as a“Part II Order”).Requests fora Part IIOrder,providing reasons forthe request and other informationas set out in SectionA.2.8.2of theMunicipal Class EA,must be receivedby the Minister,atthe address below,byOctober 6,2017.Acopy of the request mustalsobe sent to the Project Managerat theaddressindicatedabove. Honourable ChrisBallard,Ministerof Environmentand Climate Change 77 WellesleySt.West,11thFloor,Toronto,Ontario M7A2T5 If no request(s)fora Part II Order is received by October6,2017,the Seaton Landowners’Groupwill proceed tocarry out design and construction of theCityroadsas presented in the Class EAStudy. All information iscollected underthe authority ofthe EAAct for thepurposeof creatinga record that isavailable to the generalpublicas described in s.37 of the Freedom ofInformation and Protectionof PrivacyAct. Thisinformation is available inan accessibleformat,please contact 1-877-420-4666. ThisnoticeissuedSeptember 6,2017. JanetAmos,RPPAmosEnvironment+Planning ClassEAStudy Manager 65Sunray Street,Whitby ON L1N 8Y3 janet.amos2016@gmail.com Ross Pym,MCIP,RPP,PLEPrincipalPlanner-Strategic Initiatives City Development Department,City ofPickering OneThe Esplanade,Pickering,ON L1V 6K7 rpym@pickering.ca City OfPickering,Clerk’s OfficeOneTheEsplanade,Pickering,L1V6K7M-F:8:30 to 4:30 Pickering Public Library,Main BranchOneTheEsplanade,Pickering,L1V 6K7M-F:9:30 am to 9:00pm,Sat.9:00 amto5:00 pm du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Se p t e m b e r 7 , 2 0 1 7 10 P Construction planned on Brock-Kingston roads PICKERING — Commuters might want to avoid the areas near Kingston and Brock roads next week. Traffic on portions of roads in Pickering will be affected overnight for construction work. Kingston Road from west of Brock Road to east of Bainbridge Drive, and Brock from south of Kingston to north of Finch Avenue will be affected from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. from the evening of Monday, Sept. 11 to the morning of Thursday, Sept. 14. Unfavourable weather conditions could affect the work schedule. During the work, there will be lane restric- tions on Kingston and Brock roads. The lanes will be closed so asphalt can be applied safely and efficiently. Durham Region recognized the work will be disrup- tive. PICKERING — The City of Pickering is adopting a 'Please Slow Down' campaign, which encourages drivers to do just that in local neighbourhoods. The campaign allows residents to place a lawn sign on their property annually from April 1 to Nov. 30. The executive committee approved the program Sept 5. Ward 1 city Coun. Maurice Brenner brought forward a motion that the city investigate the possibility last spring. Pickering staff found similar campaigns in Toronto and Mississauga have received a positive response from residents. Staff has budgeted $5,000 in order to purchase up to 1,500 signs. It will be included in the 2018 budget. The signs will be provided at the request of a resident. Pickering will pro- mote how to get the signs closer to the launch date. Construction work will affect intersection in Pickering Pickering adopts ‘Please Slow Down’ campaign Looking for latest info about your community? Pickering Community information in every Wednesday paper Your City.Right Now.pickering.ca REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAMNOTICEOFPUBLICMEETINGREGARDINGREGIONALDEVELOPMENTCHARGESFORREGIONALTRANSITSERVICE On October 11,2017 the Council of the Region of Durham will hold a public meeting, pursuant to Section 12 of the Development Charges Act,1997.The public meeting willbeheldtopresenttheproposedRegionalDevelopmentChargesBy-law for RegionalTransitServiceandtherelatedunderlyingbackgroundstudyandobtainpublicinputonthatproposedby-law and study. All interested parties are invited to attend the Public Meeting of Council and any person who attends the meeting may make representations relating to the proposed by-law.The meeting is to be held:Wednesday,October 11,20179:30 a.m.Regional Headquarters in the Regional Council Chambers 605 Rossland Road EastWhitby,Ontario In order that sufficient information is made available to the public,copies of the proposedby-law and the background study will be available as of September 26,2017 in the office of the Regional Clerk /Director of Legislative Services at 605 Rossland Road East, Level 1,P.O.Box 623,Whitby,ON,L1N 6A3,905-668-4113 (ext 2054).The documentswillalsobepostedontheRegionalwebsiteatwww.durham.ca on September 26,2017. Interested persons may express their comments at the Public Meeting and/or in writingaddressedtotheRegionalClerk/Director of Legislative Services at the above address no later than 5:00 p.m.on November 22,2017.All submissions received in writing,as well as those opinions expressed at the Public Meeting,will be considered prior toCouncil’s decision,which is anticipated during the regular Regional Council meeting ofDecember13,2017. Further information may be obtained by contacting Mary Simpson,Director of Financial Planning and Purchasing,Regional Finance Department at 905-668-4113 (ext.2301). Ralph WaltonRegionalClerk/Director of Legislative Services du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Se p t e m b e r 7 , 2 0 1 7 11 AP ❏Mortgage Arrears ❏Property Tax Arrears ❏Self-Employed ❏Pension & Disability ✓✓ ✓✓❏Home Renovations ✓ ❏Bankruptcy✓ HOMEOWNERS! NEED A LOAN?BAD CREDIT/NO JOB? 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In all of 2016, there were a total of 24 human cases reported in Durham. Signs are posted in areas where black- legged ticks are more commonly found to ensure that the public is aware of these loca- tions and takes precautions to protect against tick bites when visiting these areas. The risk of becoming infected with Lyme disease is still considered low. However, peo- ple can reduce the risk of tick bites by taking precautions when visiting and enjoying out- door activities in brushy or wooded areas where ticks are found, including: • Wearing long pants, a long sleeved shirt, socks and closed footwear. • Tucking your pants into your socks and wearing light-coloured clothing, which makes ticks easier to spot. • Staying in the centre of trails when walking and hiking in grassy or wooded areas. • Using an insect repellent that has DEET on clothing and exposed skin, following the manufacturer’s instructions for application. • Taking a shower or bath, and examining your body thoroughly for ticks after each out- ing. • Putting a tick and flea collar on your pets, and routinely check pets for ticks. “A thorough check of your body and the quick removal of ticks from the skin will help prevent infection, as transmission of Lyme disease usually requires the tick to be attached to the skin for at least 24 hours,” said Ross MacEachern, manager of environmen- tal health with the health department. “Ticks removed from skin can be submitted to the health department for proper identification and further testing. For more information on Lyme disease, please call the Health Department’s Envi- ronmental Help Line at 905-723-3818 or 1-888-777-9613, or visit durham.ca/lyme. Durham Region receives 24 reports of Lyme disease in humans this season du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Se p t e m b e r 7 , 2 0 1 7 12 AP Asked how often they felt unsafe at work, just 24 per cent said never while 70 per cent responded sometimes and almost six per cent said always. Terry Simzer, communications manager for the Durham District School Board, said over the summer professional development for school administrators included training in safety and special education as well as vio- lence prevention. They also received training on intervention when students present a risk for injuring themselves or others. “We all recognize that violence in schools is a provincewide issue, it’s not something that happens in one board versus another,” said Simzer. He said the board will continue to issue personal protective equipment to educators. “It is a safety issue and it’s the responsibil- ity that we as a board have to our employees and students to ensure the highest level of safety possible and at times protective equip- ment might be a solution,” he said. Heading into the new year, the board has streamlined special education classes aimed at helping students in grades 2 and 3 self- regulate behaviour. Simzer said the board is always looking to evolve the classroom envi- ronment, citing the addition of furniture that promotes self-regulation as one example. Provincially, on Sept. 5 Education Minis- ter Mitzie Hunter announced $49 million over three years for student well-being including $6 million for new and expanded program- ming to support staff well-being and class- room violence prevention. “We thank the Elementary Teachers’ Fed- eration of Ontario for their advocacy and we know there is more work to do,” said Hunter in an email statement. “That is why the Provin- cial Working Group on Health and Safety — which includes representatives from govern- ment, school boards, teacher federations and education worker unions — was established to promote a culture of health of safety in Ontario’s publicly funded education system.” Hunter said the Ministry of Labour will also be working with the provincial working group in expanding access to information for teach- ers on protecting themselves and maintaining a safe and inclusive classroom; enhancing the labour ministry’s role in promoting compli- ance with the Occupational Health and Safe- ty Act in schools; and streamlining reporting procedures for school staff. ETFO Durham president Dave Mastin said there have been some changes including a change to how violent incidents are report- ed by educators. They no longer go through school principals and instead, they’ll be reported online. “The principal had to be willing to acknowledge this was a violent incident, they were the funnel through which the report had to go,” explains Mastin. In the past, teachers filled out separate reports for the union and for the school board via the principal, and Mastin said he found more reports were being submitted to the union than through the principals. There was also a $219-million increase for special education funding announced by the Ministry of Education in the previous school year. Although welcoming all additional sup- ports, local teachers are questioning if it will alleviate issues of violence in the classroom. “The reality for Durham was that equated to about 22 full-time bodies, and typically those bodies were broken down into a vari- ety of positions, so the on-the-ground positive impact is not immense,” said Mastin, pointing out that there are 114 schools in the Durham public board. “A whole host of schools won’t have any change whatsoever.” Mastin said many of the changes from the ministry were a result of bargaining and he doesn’t believe the core issues have been addressed which is providing adequate sup- ports for children with special needs and behavioural issues. “Those are good steps forward, they’re also arguably more reactive than anything else, they won’t change — fundamentally — the front line exposure to violence for our mem- bers or students, the violence will still hap- pen,” he said, adding that training teachers and improving reporting procedures does not address the underlying causes of the violence. Mastin said teachers should be focused on teaching, not de-escalating violent incidents. He wants to see better supports for children with behavioural issues including child and youth workers and educational assistants in the classroom.  “If the student needs to be removed if there needs to be a hold and secure, if there needs to be an evacuation, we need to do everything we can to maintain that learning environment and the teacher at the front of the room is the one who needs to continue with that curricu- lar activity,” he said. Mastin said he believed that the Durham school board was doing the best it could with available resources, but simply doesn’t believe the resources are enough. Earlier this summer Kimberly Moran, CEO of Children’s Mental Health Ontario, joined ETFO in calling for increased supports for Ontario children. CMHO is an association that represents almost 100 child and youth mental health youth treatment centres in Ontario including Kinark Child and Family Services and Fronte- nac Youth Services in Durham Region. “Unfortunately nothing has changed, real- ly the government hasn’t acted to help kids more, to provide the supports kids need,” said Moran. “People often struggle to understand how an elementary school child could be vio- lent, often the violence hides a mental health issue that really needs to be treated.” According to CMHO, one in five chil- dren and youth in Ontario will struggle with a mental health problem like anxiety, obses- sive compulsive disorder and attention defi- cit hyperactivity disorder but five out of six of those kids will not receive the treatment they need. Moran hears from her CMHO’s member organizations that they simply do not have the resources to meet the need in the community. “When one child has a mental health issue in the classroom it has a profound effect on the other kids … When kids are waiting some- times up to two years for treatment, imag- ine the impact in the classrooms, with their teachers, as they wait for treatment, it just doesn’t make sense,” she said. She estimates that the funding shortfall for children’s mental health is $120 million annu- ally and wants to see a system where a child never has to wait more than 30 days for men- tal health support. Oshawa NDP MPP Jennifer French said she’s constantly hearing from parents who have to fight for supports. “We have parents coming through our door always having to advocate for their kids because at every point along the journey it’s underfunded and it’s also a tangled process, so many parents tell me, am I going to ever be off this waiting list, what number am I? How long are we going to be waiting,” she said. She agrees that local boards are doing their best to distribute available resources. “It’s so complex yet I do think it boils down to you have to evaluate the need and you have to address the need, you need more special- ists, speech and language therapists, physical support, psychological support,” she said. French has been following the issue and attended ETFO Durham’s Safe Schools for All forum earlier this year. “I applaud our Durham community and the parents because they have jumped out- side of their comfort zone in advocating and bringing attention to this, but they shouldn’t have to, not to this degree,” she said. “I think what’s inevitable is across other communities other parents are going to reach their break- ing point when it comes to violence and a lack of support for their children.” ETFO Durham will continue to reach out to parents and will be holding three Safe Schools for All community forums in October with sites in Ajax, Oshawa and Uxbridge. Mastin’s message for parents of children with special needs is that his organization is advocating for all students. “Elementary teachers are allies of yours, we want to promote a system that has prop- er supports for our neediest population,” he said. “We don’t want to see them segregated, we like the idea of the inclusive model as long as the supports are there.” SAFE SCHOOLS ETFO Durham has organized three Safe Schools for all community forums in October • Oct. 23, 6 p.m. Sikorski Hall 1551 Stevenson Rd. N. Oshawa • Oct. 24, 6 p.m. McLean Community Centre 95 Magill Dr. Ajax • Oct. 26, 6 p.m. Uxbridge Seniors Centre 75 Marietta St. Uxbridge Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland WHITBY -- Dave Mastin, president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Durham Region chatted with his staff. ETFO has raised the alarm after receiving an increasing number of violent incident reports in Durham elementary schools. 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At the first meeting back after sum- mer break, the committee approved the net project cost of $301,925 for Glen- grove Park. The project includes the replacement of basketball courts, upgrades to the playground area and structure, replace- ment and extension of the asphalt paths and pathway lighting to Brands Court, Rosefield Road and Fieldlight Boulevard, site furniture, and tree planting. The park was constructed in the early 1970s and many of the structures have exceeded their life expectancy. The playground was built in 1995, and it is not compliant with today's accessibility standards. Many trees were lost to Emer- ald Ash Borer. The net cost for Frenchman's Bay Ratepayers Memorial Park is $330,279.  Most of the cost will be covered by developer Madison Liverpool Limited. This park, which included only a small soccer pitch and asphalt basket- ball court, was originally connected to the yard of the Holy Redeemer Catholic Elementary School and was mostly used by the students during school hours and local residents after hours. Due to the size and condition of the soccer pitch and shortage of parking in the area, the soccer pitch has not been programmed for a number of years. The park has no play equipment, furniture, pathways or trees. The school site was sold to Madison Liverpool Limited in December 2015 and has been approved for the construc- tion of 71 residential units. The devel- oper agreed to provide funds as a com- munity improvement, to go toward the reconstruction of the park. 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Politicians have not been called to put a previous generation on trial nor correct their wrongs neither should this country be held hostage by the pain of any one people group no matter who they are. Address housing and water for Indigenous people and the missing and murdered Indigenous women. By this, you’ll be within your jurisdiction called the pres- ent. Get back to the business of being prime minister to all Canadians, Mr. Trudeau. If you say that “No rela- tionship is more important to Canada than the rela- tionship with Indigenous Peoples,” you disregard the beautiful yet fragile ecosystem of this nation — that is second to none — that has remained intact despite the odds and in spite of one another. You also show that you could be the very one to threaten its delicate bal- ance. — Renae Jarrett lives in Durham, loves Canada and is passionate about truth in current affairs. 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After the 1837 Upper Cana- da Rebellion, prisoners carved wooden boxes as keepsakes for loved ones. The exhibit of rebellion boxes features one made by Ashael Scott of Pickering for his five-year-old daughter. The exhibit is free with admission to the Village, $8, or $7 for seniors 55 and over and students 13 to 18 years, $5 for kids ages four to 12, and free those three and under. Email museum@pickering.ca or call 905-683- 8401 for more information.2Also in Pickering, corn is on the menu at a Community Corn Roast on Sept. 9 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Altona Road Community Church, 1367 Altona Rd. Enjoy a meal at the rain-or-shine event, which also features door priz- es and kids’ activities, for $3. For more information, email arcc@rogers.com or call 905-509-1084.3Take a stroll along the lakefront in the Ajax Ovarian Cancer Walk of Hope, Sept. 9 from 9 a.m. to noon at Rotary Park, 177 Lake Driveway W., Ajax. It’s a 2.5 to 5 km trek and the event also fea- tures live music, refreshments, a post- walk barbecue, and a children’s play area, all in support of Ovarian Cancer research. Donations are welcome. Reg- istration is at 9 a.m. and the walk starts at 10 a.m. email cmahuran@ovarian- canada.org or call 416-962-2700 for more information.4The annual Brooklin Harvest Fes- tival is back in Grass Park, 41 Baldwin St., Brooklin, on Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The annual event features more than 75 food and community vendors, a kids’ zone, and local entertainment. To learn more, visit whitby.ca/events, email ddco@whitby.ca, or call 905-430- 4306. 5The penultimate Tank Saturday of 2017, this one themed The Ontario Regiment RCAC, is set for Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ontario Regi- ment Museum, 1000 Stevenson Rd. N., Oshawa. The event honours the Ontario Regiment and its service to Canada for more than 150 years. The event features a live vehicle demonstration with tanks and armoured vehicles at 1 p.m. and for an additional cost you can take a ride in a military vehicle. Admission is $10, $5 for students and seniors, and kids under 12 get in for free.  See more events at www.durhamregion.com-events Backwoods Players’ presents A Spirit Walk: Call to Rebellion in Pickering Mike Ruta MRuta@durhamregion.com DURHAM — John Edmonds couldn’t stay away. The Oshawa resident and longtime director of Backwoods Players’ A Spir- it Walk: Call to Rebellion in Pickering was involved in the historical pro- duction last year, but in a minor way for him. In 2017, he unretired himself and is back as director, bringing his passion for the story, the true story, that inspired the locally written and award-winning play. In Canada’s big birthday year, he has an inspirational message to the cast, which comes from all over Durham. “This is Canada 150,” he’s been say- ing. “If our little event doesn’t happen, Canada 150 doesn’t happen. I’ve been calling it Canada 180.” The ‘little event’ was the Upper Can- ada Rebellion of 1837. On Dec. 7, roughly 400 rebels marched down Yonge Street from Montgomery’s Tav- ern, where they were met by the mili- tia in a battle that lasted just 15 or 20 minutes. Severely outgunned (some of the rebels were carrying pitchforks and sticks) the rebels were quickly defeated. Most came from Pickering, a large group were from Uxbridge and others lived in Oshawa, Whitby and throughout what would become Dur- ham Region. Some rebels, including Peter Mat- thews of Pickering, were hanged. Oth- ers were shot, imprisoned or banished to Tasmania. But while the rebellion was a military disaster, in England a young Queen Victoria and her advisers were con- cerned. Lord Durham became Gov- ernor-in-Chief of the British North American colonies and his famous report led to the union of Upper and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada in 1840. Edmonds says “so many other pieces had to fall in place” before Canada was on its way to becoming a country. But the rebellion was the spark for what was to come. While political leaders pushed for responsible government, the farmer rebels had more immediate grievanc- es. The cards were stacked in favour of the powerful Tory elite, the Family Compact. High taxes, having to clear roads and educate their children by themselves and forced to pay road tolls to get their products to market in Toronto festered until they had had enough. As Edmonds likes to emphasize, it’s a Durham story. And one that defies the often-voiced opinion that Canadian history isn’t so compelling. “I’m a believer that going to shows at (Pickering Museum Village) is your history, it’s right here,” he says. “You don’t have to go to the states and take a picture of yourself with a monument of Paul Revere.” A Spirit Walk is performed at the Museum Village, 2365 Concession Road 6, Greenwood in north Pickering, at various times on Sept. 15, 16, 22 and 23. Tickets are $20 each and must be purchased in advance, online at pick- ering.ca/eStore or in person at the Pickering Museum Village Gift Shop. As an added bonus, those who attend can see Rebellion boxes carved by rebel prisoners as keepsakes for fam- ily members, including one made by Asahel Scott of Pickering for his young daughter. Upper Canada Rebellion is Durham’s story Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland PICKERING -- Karen Grant and Gregory Oakes acted out a scene during rehearsal for A Spirit Walk: Call to Rebellion, which tells the story of conditions leading to the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837, and Pickering residents’ prominent role in the rebellion. The show runs Sept. 15, 16, 22 and 23 at Pickering Museum Village. Foreigner adds Oshawa stop to anniversary tour OSHAWA — Oshawa’s Tribute Com- munities Centre will be hit with a double dose of classic rock as For- eigner makes a stop on the bands 40th anniversary tour. The band is known for hits like Feels Like the First Time, Cold as Ice, Dou- ble Vision, Hot Blooded and I Want to Know What Love Is and more. They’ll be joined by Prism for their show on Nov. 13. Tickets are $65, $75 and $89.50. Call 1-877-436-8811, visit www.trib- utecommunitiescentre.com, or visit the arena box office at 99 Athol St. du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Se p t e m b e r 7 , 2 0 1 7 28 AP WHAT’S ON Movie shoot included Oshawa, Port Hope locations DURHAM — It’s here. The film adaptation of Stephen King’s It arrives in Durham theatres this week. The movie, based on King’s 1986 novel, is the story of children in Maine who are tor- mented by an evil clown named Pennywise. The cast includes Bill Skarsgård, Javi- er Botet, Owen Teague, Jaeden Lieberher, Nicholas Hamilton, Steven Williams, Megan Charpentier, and Sophia Lillis. In Oshawa, the film shoot a year ago saw a haunted house built at James Street and Eulalie Avenue. The production created such a buzz in the city that extra security had to be brought in to handle the crowds of people who wanted to be a part of the excitement. “I figured it would be something that would interest people but I didn’t think it would become the tourist attraction it did,” said location manager Randy Morgan at the time. “It just kind of turned into this festival atmosphere.” Shooting in Oshawa took place Aug. 17-19, 2016, and in addition to the haunted house, filming took place on Court and Fisher streets. Morgan said locations all over Southern Ontario were looked at before Oshawa was picked. “We were looking for a residential neigh- bourhood that started to drift into industrial — and a vacant lot where we could build a house,” Morgan said. See It starting on Sept. 7 at: • Cineplex Odeon Oshawa Cinemas, 1351 Grandview St. N., Oshawa • Cineplex Odeon Ajax Cinemas, 248 Kingston Rd. E., Ajax • Famous Players Pickering 8 Cinemas, Pickering Town Centre, 1355 Kingston Rd., Pickering • Cineplex Odeon Clarington Place Cine- mas, 111 Clarington Blvd., Bowmanville Stephen King’s It remake in Durham theatres Sept. 7 Jason Liebregts / Metroland OSHAWA -- Crews last summer created a haunted house in Oshawa for the movie adaptation of Steven King’s It. The film comes to Durham theatres this week. Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland Balancing with Ben AJAX -- Ben Burland of The Ben Show balanced items during a Kids in the Square show at Ajax Heritage Square on Aug. 23. The Ben Show is a fast-paced comedy juggling stunt show with high-energy vaudevillian balance feats, stylish juggling and endless silliness. Photo above, Tristan Ksiezopolski, 7, performed a plate spinning trick with Burland’s help. du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Se p t e m b e r 7 , 2 0 1 7 29 P Queensland,Australia www.travelalerts.ca/EndlessSummer To escape the cold visit: Last-Minute Packages |Early-Bird Escapes Start planning your endless summer escape with travel deals on hotels,vacation rentals,tours and more! WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PICKERING Things To Do Saturday, September 9 A Family Story: The Ashael Scott Box 10 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Pickering Museum Village, 2365 Conces- sion road 6, Pickering. Following the 1837 rebellion, thousands of men were imprisoned across upper Canada, to await trial as traitors. rebel-lion boxes were carved by these pris-oners as mementos for wives, mothers, and daughters by the prisoners at the toronto Gaol only. a box made by asahel Scott of Pickering for his five-year-old daughter is the highlight of this rebellion-themed exhibit. Exhibit free with admis-sion to the site. $8 https://www.pickering. ca/en/discovering/exhibitions.aspx CommuniTy Corn Roast 4:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. altona road Community Church, 1367 altona road, Pickering. Come join us! Sat. Sept. 9, 4:30 - 6:30 pm. Enjoy a meal for $3. door prizes. rain or Shine! Children’s activities. Free http://www.altonaroadchurch.org Meetings Monday, September 11 PiCkeRing Powerhouse Toastmasters 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Pickering Public Library, 1 the Espla-nade S, Pickering. Want to learn how to strengthen your speaking and leadership skills? Come visit us at Pickering Powerhouse toast- masters. Guests are always welcome. It runs every week, except for holidays. Free tuESday, SEPtEMbEr 12 Angie Littlefield at Pickering Town-ship Historical Society 7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Pickering Central Library auditorium, 1 the Esplanade, Pickering. angie Littlefield will introduce her latest book at the September meeting of the Pickering township Historical Society. Free http://angielittlefield.com/booktalks.html Sporting Events tuESday, SEPtEMbEr 12 TenniS for kinds under 9 and under 12 6:15 p.m. 7:15 p.m. rosebank tennis Club, 593 rosebank rd., Pickering. Littleace tennis school is launching 2017/2018 season offering lessons for kids under 9 and under 12 at rosebank tennis Club in Pickering. Low cost, low ration, free equipment. Visit www.lit- tleace.ca for further details and sign-up. Free Things To Do Saturday, September 9 A Family Story: The Ashael Scott Box 10 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Pickering Museum Village, 2365 Conces-sion road 6, Pickering. Following the 1837 rebellion, thousands of men were imprisoned across upper Canada, to await trial as traitors. rebel- lion boxes were carved by these prison- ers as mementos for wives, mothers, and daughters by the prisoners at the toron-to Gaol only. a box made by asahel Scott of Pickering for his five-year-old daughter is the highlight of this rebellion- themed exhibit. Exhibit free with admis- sion to the site. $8 https://www.pickering. ca/en/discovering/exhibitions.aspx CommuniTy Corn Roast 4:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. altona road Community Church, 1367 altona road, Pickering. Enjoy a meal for $3. door prizes. rain or Shine! Children’s activities. http://www.altonaroadchurch.org Registration FrIday, SEPtEMbEr 8 PiCkeRing Skating Club Registration 12 a.m. delaney rink Pickering recreation Cen- tre, 1867 Valley Farm rd., Pickering. the Pickering Skating club will be begin- ning skating lessons for Preschool and CanSkate on Sept. 25. you can register for our fall, winter or full year sessions. you are invited to register online this year at www.pickeringskatingclub.ca. Go to ‘register’ and select your program. Click on ‘2017-2018 registration’ to reg- ister online. Free http://pickeringskating-club.ca/ Q: How do I submit my event to the newspaper? 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When entering event information, note that you are required to indicate if the event is free or not Back to the ’80s at Oshawa’s Regent Theatre DURHAM — Bands you loved in the ‘80s are performing in Oshawa this fall. The Regent Theatre recently announced its Canadian Eighties Series, with three con- certs in October and November. Taking the stage are The Northern Pikes on Oct. 21, Honeymoon Suite on Oct. 29 and The Box on Nov. 12. “This is part of our continuing effort to highlight Canadian bands who have contrib- uted to the fabric of Canadian music over the past decades,” states a press release. Concertgoers who buy the three concerts in a package for $132 will get a 20 per cent discount compared to buying tickets for each individual show. For tickets, visit regenttheatre.ca or call the box office at 905-721-3399, ext. 2. For general inquiries, dial ext. 3. The Regent Theatre is at 50 King St. E. Jazz trio at Jester’s DURHAM — With summer ending, Lynn McDonald is serving up jazz on Sunday nights in Port Perry again. The Scugog jazz vocalist presents the Bob Brough Sax Trio on Sept. 17 upstairs at Jester’s Court, 279 Queen St. The band also features Artie Roth on bass and Tom Reynolds on piano. The doors open at 7 p.m. and the cost is $15. For reservations, email lynn@lynnmcdonaldjazz.com or call 289-354-1140. du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Se p t e m b e r 7 , 2 0 1 7 30 AP SP O R T S Dr. Douglas Smith Guest columnist What prevents you from achieving your optimal potential? Do you ever feel like you are wast- ing your time playing and training? Do you sometimes think you are not good enough or too old or too young to be a champion or an elite athlete? Do you have doubts, fears and inse- curities about your abilities? The fact is all great athletes have suffered from these debilitating thoughts and feelings. Chances are you have the physical skills and ability to be an elite athlete, but lack the motivation and have a fear of failure or are depressed, or bur- dened with false beliefs about your- self. We see this situation over and over with pro and elite athletes. They come in tired, exhausted and burned out from focusing all their energy and time on a sport that no longer gives them pleasure. Many of these athletes started at age four or five and put in 20 to 30 hours a week for eight to 10 years.  That’s a total of 10,000 to 15,000 hours. Putting all their eggs in one bas- ket and not seeing a decent return is demoralizing and demotivating. When athletes feel mentally and emotionally broken they need to shift their paradigm to one that gives them more belief and trust that good things will happen sooner rather than later. Athletes need to learn to change their thoughts and feelings from ‘poor me’ to ‘why not me?’ It’s easy to get down on yourself when things are not going your way, but the mark of a champion is to accept fear and fail- ure as a necessary stepping-stone to improvement. Failure has the power to make us stronger and wiser if we can harness the lessons and learn what works for us and what doesn’t. If we realize that success takes time, patience and men- tal toughness, then we can continue to build a strong belief in our ability to overcome all obstacles and setbacks. If hundreds of famous athletes like Connor McDavid and Clara Hughes can conquer their demons with psy- chological training, so can you. Why wait until you are broken? Do yourself a favour and make it happen now. Dr. Douglas Smith is a licensed psychologist in Ontario specializing in sport psychology since 1985. Contact him at 905-430-3538 or drdoug@ promind.ca; website www.promind.ca A labour of love BOWMANVILLE -- The annual Chevrolet Silverado 250 event rolled in and out of the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park over Labour Day weekend, highlighted by the only Canadian stop for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Among the sights on a busy Saturday were, clockwise from above: crew mem- bers working on Grant Enfinger’s truck during practice sessions in advance of Sunday’s big race; NASCAR Pinty’s Series driver Larry Jackson with his Wonder-wrapped car, reminiscent of the legendary car driven by Ricky Bobby in Talladega Nights; Bob Attrell taking to the track for the second race in the Canadian Touring Championship; Cars making their way around the track in the Canadian Touring Championship, which was dominated by Attrell, winning all three weekend races; Crew members getting fuel and tires ready for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. Sunday’s feature race was won in dramatic and controversial fashion by Austin Cindric, who pushed his No. 19 Brad Keselowski Racing Ford into the back of Kaz Grala’s No. 33 GMS Racing Chevrolet and then passed to claim his first victory of the year and punch his ticket to the playoffs. Photos by Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Se p t e m b e r 7 , 2 0 1 7 31 APSportS University of Houston offensive lineman has several teammates whose family affected Brian McNair bmcnair@durhamregion.com HOUSTON — Pickering’s Alex Fontana was certainly concerned for many of his Uni- versity of Houston football teammates, but he suffered no personal loss or harrowing moments when hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc on Texas’s largest city. Fontana, a 22-year-old offensive lineman with the team, reported all to be fine when reached by phone Friday, a day after he and his teammates returned from Austin, where they had been relocated prior to the disaster. The Cougars, a Division 1 team that sport- ed a 9-4 overall record a year ago, have had their first game of the season postponed already, but will be back in action this week- end in Arizona and are still able to play their home opener Sept. 16 at TDECU stadium in Houston. Fontana said his residence and the down- town football facility escaped the serious damage more common on the outskirts of Houston, but it was estimated that 10 to 15 of his teammates had family directly affected by the hurricane. “I have several teammates whose hous- es got flooded and friends that their houses got flooded, so it’s pretty serious stuff here in terms of the hurricane,” he said. “Me, person- ally, I wasn’t really impacted by the storm, so I wouldn’t want to put myself in the same category as people from Houston. They had family who were stuck in their homes. They couldn’t leave or drive out of the city or even leave the front door because the water was so high.” The football team was evacuated from Houston on Aug. 25, just before the hurri- cane reached land at its peak, and returned six days later along with several 18-wheel transport trucks full of food and other need- ed supplies gathered from a charity drive. “It was pretty amazing that our team was able to organize that,” a proud Fontana reported. “We had help from other Division 1 teams all over the State of Texas.” Harvey has caused at least 66 deaths, dis- placed more than 30,000 people and led to economic losses estimated as high as $190 billion. While in Austin, Fontana said the team was still able to prepare for the upcoming football season, which currently sees the Cougars ranked just outside the top 25 in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). “When it was time to play football, they focused on that, but off the field, you could see a lot of guys were very concerned about what was going on back home,” he said. “It was hard for them to leave Houston, and leave their families, but their families knew that was the best decision for them.” Fontana, who stands six-foot-two and weighs 305 pounds, started five games and appeared in 11 last year with the Cougars, his first after transferring from New Mexico Mili- tary Institute. He started playing football in Grade 6 with the Ajax-Pickering Dolphins, but cred- its the Toronto Thunder team he joined the next year and his older brother, Josh, as most responsible for his development as a young football player. Fontana has attended Archbishop Denis O'Connor Catholic High School, Pickering High School and Dunbarton High School locally, as well as Kent Prep High School in Connecticut and ASA Col- lege in New York City. An economics major set to graduate in the spring, he says he would love to pursue football beyond that, but is focused for now on helping the Cougars win games. “I think every athlete’s goal is to reach professional status, but I just want to take it a day at a time and focus on practice and our first game,” he said. “I don’t really look too far down the line.” Pickering’s Alex Fontana unharmed by Harvey photo supplied by University of Houston HOUSTON -- Pickering’s Alex Fontana is an offensive lineman with the University of Houston Cougars. Hall of fame gala Friday OSHAWA — The Durham College ath- letics department is in an understandably celebratory mood. As part of the Oshawa college’s 50th anniversary festivities, the athletics department will host its first ever gala Friday to welcome the hall of fame class of 2017 — a whopping total of nearly 100 athletes, coaches and team staff who have worn the green and gold of the Lords. The 1996-97 men’s basketball team, 1996-97 women’s basketball team, 2002- 03 to 2005-06 women’s softball teams and the 2007-08 women’s soccer team will enter the hall of fame during an induction gala Friday, Sept. 8 at the Campus Recre- ation and Wellness Centre. It marks just the second time that teams have been so recognized, following the 2013 induction of the 1987-88 men’s soccer and 1985-86 women’s volleyball squads. Port Perry’s Kate Beirness, an on-air sports personality at TSN, will be the keynote speaker for the ceremony. Beir- ness was the voice of the Lords from 2005 to 2007, working as a commentator and announcer at varsity home games. 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WE D NESD A Y S E P T . 1 3 th6:30 -8:30 SPONSOREDBY: www.paintsquad.ca du r h a m r e g i o n . c o m Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r • Se p t e m b e r 7 , 2 0 1 7 32 P The Pickering Hockey Association announces registration fees for 2017-2018 Registration is open on the PHA websitewww.pickeringhockey.com Registration fees can be paid-in-full with a one time payment made by cheque or online PICKERING HOCKEY ASSOCIATION PICKERING HOCKEY ASSOCIATION Age & Levels Registration Amount House League Players Initiation to Bantam - Players born from 2003-2012 $600 All Rep Hockey $600 House League Midget & Juvenile - Players born from 1997-2002 $465 Hockey School Under Pre-Novice on Hockey Canada(Born 2009-2014) $395 The Pickering Hockey Association has been in existence for over 30 years and now provides theopportunity for more than 1500 players to play organized hockey. The PHA consists of 3 segments; Hockey School, House League, and Rep Hockey that providesorganized hockey to the residents of the City of Pickering and its northern communities ofAltona, Balsam, Barclay Estates, Brougham, Cherrywood, Claremont, Green River, Greenwood,Kinsale, Saxton Glen, Spring Creek and Whitevale. The Association enters over 25 teams in competitive play, along with Hockey School and close to 40 House League teams. House Leaguedivisions are almostfull so register nowto hold your spot. House Leaguedivisions are almostfull so register nowto hold your spot. SportS Open in Markham Friday, hosting Stouffville Spirit week later at rec complex Brian McNair bmcnair@durhamregion.com PICKERING — The Pickering Panthers are looking to rise and the Whitby Fury hoping not to fall too far from where they were a season ago in the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL). With the 2017-18 campaign set to kick off Friday, the Panthers are hoping year two of a rebuild will see a vast improve- ment on last season’s 9-42-1-2 record, while the Fury are wondering what’s in store after losing several key veterans fol- lowing a franchise-best 38-11-1-4 mark. David Demarinis, general manager and head coach of the Panthers, was encour- aged by the team’s training camp, which saw 54 players divided into two squads and produced a 1-2-1 exhibition record. With the team now down to size and having just moved back into their home rink at the Pickering Recreation Complex, Demarinis is eager for the puck to drop Fri- day. “There’s a positive energy around our group,” he said. “I think from what we see, there’s good team speed up front, we’ve got six capable defencemen who have a lot of upside in their game, and two very good goaltenders, so we’re excited about our group. Playoffs are something we’re definitely shooting for, but with any young group, you’ve got to take it day by day.” The Panthers recently welcomed three players from Ontario Hockey League camps, forwards Riley Girard from Niag- ara and Jacob Roach from Sudbury and defenceman Dustyn McFaul from Kings- ton, to join fellow OHL draft picks Nathan Porter, Stefan Palatsidis, Mitchell Doyle and goalie Ethan Langevin. The Fury, meanwhile, have 10 OHL draft picks on their roster, but are losing five players who finished in the top-20 in league scoring from a year ago. While gen- eral manager Robb Crawford expects a dip in offence as a result, and likely also a less impressive record, he still expects the team to be competitive. “The bottom line is we have a lot of tran- sition this year, a lot of first-year players, probably two-thirds of our team is brand new,” he said. “We think with Rob (Pear- son) coaching and the systems he has in place, we expect to compete for home ice for the playoffs this year.” The Panthers open up Friday in Markham and host the Stouffville Spirit the following Friday, Sept. 15, at 7:30 p.m. for their home opener. The Fury have road games Saturday in Stouffville, next Friday in Trenton and two in Buffalo as part of the Governors’ Show- case tournament before finally playing at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre Sunday, Sept. 24 at 2:05 p.m. against Wellington, the first of five straight home games. 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Call 905-683-6203 AZ DRIVERSCompany & Owner Operators Mackie Transportation is recruitingAZ drivers for cross border, flatbed,van, reefer and car hauling. • Competitive rates & benefits• Steady, year round work!• Opportunities for growth Must have an acceptabledrivers abstract and CVOR Please contact Shawn Mackie at 905-728-1000 ext 203recruiting@mackietransportation.com1900 Boundary Rd, Whitby,ON L1N 8P8 Drivers Skilled &Technical Help Apartments & Flats For RentA Drivers Skilled &Technical Help Apartments & Flats For RentA Drivers Apartments & Flats For RentA Houses for Rent Drivers Apartments & Flats For RentA Houses for Rent DELIVERY ROUTESAJAXAB202 Addle Cres, Devrill Cres, Hettersley Dr 44 papersAB231 Large Cres 37 papersAN968 Sullivan Dr, Noake Cres 42 papersAN975 Hearne Cres 42 papersAN978 Hearne Cres 36 papersAN980 Sullivan Dr 34 papersAN986 McGonigal Lane, Pennefather Lane 51 papersAN991 Baratolo Lane, Abela Lane 27 papersAV346 Williamson Dr E 39 papersPICKERINGClaremont- Routes available in the Claremont areaPI364 Get Circle (46 Papers)PI374 Get and Pickering Poky (54 Papers)PI376 1945 Denmark (38 Papers)PI379 1915 Denmark (36 papers)PI380 Denmark Rd, Jawing Cir (32 Papers)PI333 1580 Kingston Road (43 Papers)PI334 1850 Kingston Road PI391 1623 Pickering Parkway (67 Papers)PI404 1790 Finch Ave.(41 Papers)PI444 Alwen Circle (40 Papers)PI445 Jay win Circle (40 Papers)PJ395 Holy Hedge and Major Oaks (61 Papers)PJ396 Green mount and Denville (63 Papers)PJ397 Strathmore Cress. 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Delivery of Local Newspaper. Must have own full size van. Delivery days on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, every week. Valid driver license and insu- rance mandatory, along with driver's abstract for successful candidates. Pay $300 - $500 per week. Must be able to lift up to50 pounds, repeatedly. Please call 905 622-8550 or text. Contact person Grahame Foster Email: felkij@hotmail.com GeneralHelp GeneralHelp The Port Perry Star INVITATION TO BID Bids for services listed belowAddress to: The Circulation Manager This Week Newspaper845 Farewell St. Oshawa L1H 7L5Will be received until 12 noonOn Monday Sept 11th, 2017.Contract commencing,Sept 21st, 2017 or before if required.Work consisting of inserting, bagging and delivering 758 newspapers and flyers to Customers in rural Nestleton- Caesarea area, on Thursday.Vehicle required.Information packages available at:This Week Newspaper845 Farewell St.Oshawa, ON L1H 7L5 Bid #607Lowest or any bids will not necessarilybe accepted. 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Articlesfor SaleA STORE CLOSING SALE **LEATHER JACKETS UP TOO 1/2 PRICE, purses from $9.99; lug- gage from $19.99; wal- lets from $9.99. Everything must Go! Family Leather, 5 Points Mall, Oshawa (905)728-9830, Scarbo- rough (416)439-1177, (416)335-7007. TendersT Places ofWorship Articlesfor SaleA CarpetI have several1000 yds. of new Stainmaster and100% Nylon carpet.Will do livingroom and hallfor $389. Includescarpet, pad andinstallation(25 sq. yards)Steve289.274.5759CarpetDeals.ca Firewood CarsC Places ofWorship Articlesfor SaleA HOT TUB COVERS All Custom covers, all sizes and all shapes, $375.00 plus tax Free delivery. Let us come to your house & measure your tub! Pool safety covers. 905-259-4514. www.durhamcovers.com STEPHENSON'S APPLI- ANCE. Brand new Frigi- daire products. White dishwasher $369; Stain- less steel dishwasher $399; Self-clean stain- less steel glass top range $649; 18 cu ft fridge w/glass shelves $699; Everyday low prices on many other products. Free local delivery. 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After her retirement she continued to volunteer at St Jude Catholic Elementary School in Ajax, Ontario. Visitation will be held on Friday September 15, 2017 from 4-8 pm with prayers at 7pm at The McEACHNIE FUNERAL HOME, 28 Old Kingston Road, Ajax, Ontario. Interment will be held at the St Mary's Catholic Cemetery 1977 Victoria Road, Kirkfield, On K0M 2B0 at 11:30 AM on September 16, 2017. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Canadian Breast Cancer Society, Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Canadian Diabetes Society. Please feel free to sign the McEachnie Funeral Home online guestbook. HOCH, Hedi (nee König) September 21st 1927 - August 31st 2017 Beloved wife of Walter for 67 years. Loving mother of Ingrid Beacom (Warren), Heidi Groff (Glen), Karin Dschankilic (Ken), Patricia Hawkins (Mike). Cherished Oma of ten grandchildren: Sherry, Michelle, Chris, James, Kimberley, Andrew, Christen, Zac, Lucas and Anna. Dear Oma of ten great- grandchildren. Born in Pirmasens, Germany, the third oldest of nine children, Hedi and Walter followed their dream and came to Canada in 1956. Hedi was most happy when surrounded by the large family they established in Canada. Visitation will be held at the DIXON-GARLAND FUNERAL HOME, 166 Main Street North (Markham Rd) Markham on Wednesday, September 6th from 7-9 pm. Memorial Service in the Chapel on Thursday, September 7th at 11 am. Reception to follow. Memories and condolences can be shared at www.dixongarland.com. In lieu of flowers, the family invites donations to Parkinson Canada or The Scott Mission. FORM 6Municipal Act, 2001 SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC TENDER THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF AJAX Take Notice that tenders are invited for the purchase of the land described below and will be received until 3:00 p.m. local time on October 5, 2017, at the Town of Ajax Municipal Office, 65 Harwood Avenue S., Ajax Ontario. The tenders will then be opened in public on the same day as soon as possible after 3:00 p.m. at the Town of Ajax Municipal Office, 65 Harwood Avenue S., Ajax. Description of Lands: Roll No. 18 05 020 015 35461 0000; 19 Ducatel Cres., Ajax; PIN 26419-0224 (LT); Parcel 39-1, Section 40M1518 being Lot 39, Plan 40M1518; Ajax; File No. 16-07 Minimum Tender Amount: $35,514.32 Roll No. 18 05 040 006 10626 0000; 676 Monarch Ave., Suite 14, Ajax; PIN 27075-0014 (LT); Unit 14, Level 1, Durham Condominium Plan No. 75; Part Lots 37 & 38 Plan M1175, designated Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13 & 14 Plan 40R9317, more fully described in Schedule 'A' of Declaration LT289100; Town of Ajax; File No. 16-08 Minimum Tender Amount: $28,664.13 Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form and must be accompanied by a deposit in the form of a money order or of a bank draft or cheque certified by a bank or trust corporation payable to the municipality and representing at least 20 per cent of the tender amount. Except as follows, the municipality makes no representation regarding the title to, crown interests, or any other matters relating to the lands to be sold. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchasers. Any interests of the Federal or Provincial Crown encumbering the land at the time of the tax sale will continue to encumber the land after the registration of the tax deed. Transfers of properties in this jurisdiction that contain at least one and not more than six single family residences and are transferred to non-residents of Canada or foreign entities are subject to the Province's Non-Resident Speculation Tax (NRST). This sale is governed by the Municipal Act, 2001 and the Municipal Tax Sales Rules made under that Act. The successful purchaser will be required to pay the amount tendered plus accumulated taxes, HST if applicable and the relevant land transfer tax. 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