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For children 18 mths. & up
415 Toynevale Rd.
Pickering
(905) 509-5005
Celebrate
Durham '94
April 6 to May 2!
James Mathias'
photography will be
on display at the Robert
McLaughlin Gallery,
Oshawa ( 905 ) 576-3000.
April 7 to 29
Annual Spring Walleve
Spawning Rim will be held
at Gamebridge
Communitv, Brock. (905
4267541.
Fri. Apr. 14
There will be a Figure
Skating Carnival at Scugog
Aretta. Port Perry, (9%)
gR54.'f 2.
Sat. Apr. 9
Heart Beat of the 50's and
60's dance at Local 222 CAW
Hall , Oshawa. The dance
draws to benefit the Heart k
Stroke Foundation, (905
5;9-3091.
Sat- Apr. 9
"A Tribute To Elis" will
be performed at the
Oshawa Little Theatre,
Oshawa. It will be as
unforgettable as " iire
King" himself. ( 905 , 433-
21110.
.+�pril X73
:Maple Syrup Days will he
held at Ganaraska Forest
Centre. Cambellcroft. (905,
797-_2121
April to
Bnwmanville !Museum
Open Hoose will be held at
the Bm-manville Museum.
Bowmanville. 905 fM-
7 34
Waterfowl Viewing Day
will be held at Oshawa
Second Marsh- Oshawa.
9051644-3506
Sun. Apr. 10
Barclay Mines
Motocross. Pickering.
Sea -son Opener for the
Canadian Motorcycle
Assoc. Ontario event
schedule. 1905, 852-6507.
Sun. Apr. 10 is 17
Waterfowl Viewing Day.
Oshawa Second Marsh,
Oshawa. Expert naturalists
on duty to help assist public
in identification of
waterfowl. 644-3506.
Sun. Apr- 10 - r7
Art Rental At The Mill.
Visual Arts Centre.
Bowmanville. (905, 623-
5831.
April -December (Sundays
only
Pickering Antique &
Collectible Market at the
Metro East Trade Centre.
Pickering. (905) 427-4423.
Mon. Apr. I1
Information Night at
Cannington Baptist Church,
Brock. 1-800.263-8023.
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Landscaping Part Of
Backyard Sale
Serving the Community
for 28 Years!
Durham
Skills
Challenge
The 6th Annual Durham held on Apr.
Skills Challenge is being the
Vir
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The Rackvar d Sale at the Mete» East Trade Centre last
weekend saw a great many visitors looking over the
landscaping, pools and other items for the backyard.
Above. one of the booths was by Llovd's Landscaping Ltd.
with one, office in Scarborough. The company is a
landscaping specialist as well as contractors and designers.
(Photn - Bob Watson �
Cope With Separation Helping Yourself & Your Child
Parents who are in the
process of separation or
divorce often find thev are
emotionally- stretched and
need help for themselves
and their children in coping
with the difficulties which
may arise
An eight session study
group for parents with
children up to 12 years will
aim to help parents help
themselves and their
Durham Bd.
of Education
Notes
Official Opening Planned
At the Property and
Planning Committee
meeting of Feb. 16. 1994.
the Education Centre Com-
munications Team
presented its report on the
proposed activities to
celebrate the official open-
ing of the new Education
Centre. The opening will be
held Sun. Nov. 20, 1994 and
will feature an official
ceremony at 1 p.m. and an
Open House later in the
afternoon. The opening will
be carried out at minimum
cost to the Durham Board
of Education.
Ronald Martino and Son
Funeral Directors (Formerly of West Hill)
Brock Road Chapel
1057 Brock Road (just south of 401) Pickering
Family owned and operated. (410) 686-^589
children cope with
separation or divorce.
Children's common post-
separation or post -divorce
problems will be discussed
and parenting strategies
will be suggested to help
children deal with
separation.
The group will meet Thurs.
Apr. 7, from 7 - 9 p.m. at the
Durham Centre
Constituency office, 1121
Dundas St. Whitby. The cost
will be $48 per person plus a
book fee of $7. Pre-
registration is required.
To register for this study
group call The Family
Education Resource Centre
at 579-2021 or 6866459.
Landlord And Tenant Forum At Library
On Wed. Apr. 13 at 7 p.m.
there will be a public
meeting to discuss landlord
and tenant issues in-
cluding: Rent Control, The
Landlord and Tenant Act
and Organizing Tenants'
Associations.
Guest speakers are Jan
McKelvie of the Durham
Tennis
Registration
Glendale Tennis Club will
be holding registration on
Thurs. Apr. 7th from 7 - 9
p.m., Sat. Apr. 9th from 10
a.m. till noon at Vaughan
Willard Public School.
This is the time to talk to
the pro, book lessons and
ask questions about any of
the eight leagues and
tournaments run by the
club.
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$11 PER WEEK
Legal Clinic, Gail Stapleton
of Rent Control Services
and Ken Hales of the
Federation of Metro
Tenants' Association.
This event is co-
sponsored by the Social
Development Council of
Ajax -Pickering and the
Pickering Public library.
To register for this free
program call 831-7809.
Living With Teens
Being a parent of
teenagers is not an easy
task - especially
nowadays' Today's con-
cerned and sometimes
bewildered parents have
an increasing interest in
finding effective ways of
relating to their teens.
Improving relationships
between parents and
teenagers will be the focus
of a 9 session parent study
group starting Tues. Apr.
19, at Pickering High
School, 180 Church St.,
from 7-9 p.m.
Living With Teens offers
a realistic and sensible ap-
proach to improving family
relationships. Through
reading, activities and
discussions parents learn
effective ways of com-
municating with teens. and
they are able to share their
concerns with other
parents.
living With Teens en-
courages mutual respect
between parents and
teenagers and leads to in-
creased co-operation and a
more responsible, self-
reliant attitude. The cost of
this study group is $54.00
per person plus a text book
fee of $8.50.
For information about
this or any other study
groups offered by the
Family Education
Resource Centre of
Durham House in their spr-
ing program call 686-6459
or 579-2021. Pre-registrtion
is required.
14 and 15, with
Awards
Ceremony tak-
ing place at Pine Ridge
Secondary School, Picker-
ing on Apr. 19th at 7 p.m.
The Skills Challenge has
become an annual event
since its inception in 1989.
It highlights the technical
talents of students in our
community and provides
an arena ibr young people
to showcase their
achievements in over 17
categories of competition.
ranging from communica-
tions technology to
welding.
Gold medallists from this
stage of competition can
advance to the Provincial
Skills Competition being
held May 16 and 17 in
Hamilton at the Copps Col-
iseum. If successful, thev
are eligible to go on to the
Canadian Skills Cornpeti-
tion held at the same venue
on May 18. 19 and 20. The
final step in the process is
competing at the l'.S. Skills
Olympics.
The Durham Skills
Challenge wouldn't be
possible without the time
and effort of the many
volunteers from business.
industry and education.
This involvement confirms
that local business is just
as concerned about the
future of our skilled trades
as our educators. Dona-
tions of their time and ex-
pertise have made this
re
event morewarding for
participants.
Community participation
is definitely welcome. Plan
to drop by one or more of
the contest sites to observe
and encourage the students
during the category testing
and Judging. Young people
are certainly our greatest
resource and the wealth of
skill and determination
which will be demonstrated
by all the competitors in-
dicates that they all
deserve credit for the in-
vestment they are making
in their futrure and in ours.
Volunteers are always
welcome.
For further information,
call Tom Hitchinss, Durham
Board of Education, at
(905) 666-3821, ext. 502.
Parents As Partners
The Durham Board of
Education believes in en-
couraging a positive,
mutual and supportive
relationship between the
home and school.
A conference for parents
and community members
has been organized by the
Durham Board of Educa-
tion on Sat. Apr. 9th, from 8
a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ajax High
School.
Registration forms are
available in March at your
local public school.
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What Support?
by Koh Watson
We are hearing much about financial support from the
federal government for the publishing industry. However.
the government's definition of "publishing" seems to in-
clude only '-book publishing" and there are no funds
available for "community newspaper publishing".
As all levels of government are working with ineffective
ways of correcting our recessionary economies, assistance
to the small business community is, at best, ver low key
and more assistance is going to those who have a way of
%inning this game.
But the whole of our glorious country would benefit if
financial assistance is placed with the small business com-
munity in general. The most jobs can be created in the
small business community and the success of small
business is the key to pmspenty for all Canadians. Instead
of verbal dialogue. more positive, direct dealings with the
business community would he the right answer.
Bill 79
Hon. Minister.
Your letter in the News Post 'Mar. 23 94 is simply a
repeat of what has gone before. Bill 79, deprives every
white. male. English-speaking Canadian. of his right to
justice tinder the law. It is discriminatory. it is racist, it is
divisive, and flies in the face of all democratic principles.
Equality means equality under the law. We are not equal'
Some are rich, some poor, some strong. some weak. some
hale and hearty, some in poor health. some disabled, some
literate some not.
Employment equity means The Rate For The Job. no
matter who does it. Tine same rate. the same benefits. An
employer then would gain nothing by hiring any particular
section of the workforce. The government must establish a
Wage Retativity Scale. All the jobs in the market must
carry an hourly rate and benefits and must be paid to
whomever does the job. That I_-, Employment Equity'
Training and education must be prodded where
necessary All our new Canadians must be encouraged in
even way to become fluent in English so they can be
assimilated into the main stream of Canadian life.
Our short lived P.M lum Campbell and her biased pro-
mise to make half her cabinet women %to reflect the reality
of things . now we all know the reality is that women voters
do not vote for women NI P 's Finally. to call Bill 79 pro-
gressive shows a cynical disregard for the meaning of the
word As a Minister 1 look for a reply from yourself. I am.
Your-, sincerely.
.1 McMillan
_' Treewaod tit . Apt :310
Sk a rhorough
Here and There
Ne,A Housing - An Affordable Option
More first-time buyers are finding new housing an affor-
dable option. according to Canada Mortgage and Housing
Corporation's C\IHC - Canadian Housing Markets report
A new CNIHC affordability indicator show; that in 25 or •26
mayor urban areas. newly built single and semi-detached
homes were more affordable in 19K3 than in 1989. -Most
first-time buverl, think new housing is out of their price
range Times have changed and that's rust necessarily the
case anymore." explained lurk Duerden. Market Analyst
with CMI -IC's Market Analysis Centre
"The nse in new horse affordabiht is primanh due to
the big drop in mortgage rates in the last four years, and
also reflects the industn's efforts to build smaller, moreaf-
fordable house,.- said Nir Duerden.
Housing Resales Advance in February
Resale housing activity in Canada's 25 major markets ad-
vanced in February. Preliminan• figures released by The
Canadian Real Estate Association i CREA i show 17,344
homes traded hands through the MLS in February com-
pared with 15,17:3 units a year ago, representing an increase
of 14.3 per cent.
"The expected end of The Home Buyer's Plan brought
previously undecided buyers off the sidelines and boosted
sales," said CREA President Pat Verge. "We are of course
delighted that the Liberal government extended the plan
for first-time buyers," she added.
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A Toast To England
From Cornish cliffs to Norfolk broads, past sweeping
Sussex downs:
Through cities, sleepy villages and bustling market towns:
To Yorkshire dales and Derby peaks, the Lakes, the Pen-
nine Hills.
Past collieries and potteries and busy woollen mills.
Ofd customs and traditions, upheld throughout the land:
The sports, the arts, the pageantry, occasions small and
grand.
From Wimbledon to Wembley. and Ascot with the Queen.
To summer fetes and Morris dancers on the village green.
To stately homes and palaces, cathedrals in their glory.
And ancient castle ruins, with many a battle stony.
The forests and the national parks, where we may roam at
leisure.
All making up a heritage each one of us should treasure.
From modern city tower block to ageing village forge
Join in this toast and raise your glass... to England and St.
George'
Letter To The Editor
Employment Equity Act
Our provincial NDP government will soon embark on an
expensive advertising campaign to convince the public that
the new Employment Equity Act is both fair and just.
Instead of blindly accepting government rhetoric, 1 hope
the public will take the time to read the Employment Equu-
tv Act and to review information available from groups that
oppose such legislation. They will quickly realize that the
true purpose of the Employment Equity Act is to introduce
blatant discrimination against white males.
To understand the motives behind the Employment Equi-
ty Act one must examine the make up of the group that ac-
tually put the Act together. According to statistics acquired
through the Freedom of Information Act, the Ontario
Government's Office of Employment Equity is itself guilty
of systemic discrimination. A review of their employees
shows 9u.5% female. 52.9% visible minorities and 5.6%
abonginals. Not one able bodied %hite male was employed
by the Office of Employment Equity.
Essentially the Office of Employment Equity created an
Employment Equity Act that reflects their own
discnminaton hiring practices. That is, to eliminate white
males from the private and public sectors of the Ontario
workforce.
The Employment Equity Act was passed by the NDP ma-
jonty despite government statistics and credible studies
that prove women and visible minorities are in fact not
operating at a disadvantage in the Ontario workforce.
The next provincial election will provide an opportunity
to put an end to government sanctioned hiring discrimina-
tion. Only those political parties that are committed to the
repeal of the Employment Equity Act deserve the support
of the decent citizens of this province.
A. R. Walker
Employment Excellence
Sault Ste. Mane
The Peacekeepers' Forecast
In addition to the challenges of the mission, Canada's
peacekeepers have to contend with the weather in Bosnia
and Croatia. The peacekee•)ers' weather forecasts for the
region are actually "grown" right here at home. Environ-
ment Canada has meteorologists at CFB Trenton who pro-
vide weather predicitions for our peacekeepers seven days
a week. Those in charge count on these forecasts to help
make decisions involving aircraft, troop movements,
humanitarian convoy routing and ships at sea. In fact, En-
vironment Canada meteorologists have played such a role
supporting Canada's military for over 50 years ... since
Queen's Park Report
Anne Swarbrick, M.P.P.
Scarborough West
Public Input Sought On
Anti -Violence Policies
Last year I and the staff of Clairlea Public School
organized a community meeting to talk about school
violence. The comments from participants were forwarded
to Education Minister Dave Cooke for consideration in
developing policies for violence -free schools.
Minister Cooke released his three draft policies for
violence -free schools at a public summit on Mar. 5 of this
year. The policies contain recommendations for school
boards to follow when reporting and recording violent in-
cidents to the police and the ministry: developing a
violence -prevention policy: and setting up a program for
expelled students.
The Mar. 5 community summit was the first in a series of
summits being held across Ontario to iet people comment
on the ministry's draft policies and help find solutions to
violence in schools. After the local summits, which take
place in April, the policy documents will be finalized for
distribution to school boards in June and to begin im-
plementation by September 1994.
The theme of partnerships, and participation by everyone
- students, parents, educators and community organiza-
tions - has repeatedly come up at every meeting on dealing
with school violence.
The Ministry wants your comments. To obtain a copy of
the draft policies and to get more information on where the
forthcoming public summits will be, call 1 -NO -463-757'0. You
may also send your comments to: The Hon. Dave Cooke,
Minister of Education and Training. 72nd Floor, Mowat
Block, 9W Bay St., Toronto, Ont. bCA 1L2.
News From Ottawa
from Dan McTeague
MP Ontario Riding
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Questions Support Of
Canadian Publishing Industry
Dan McTeague. M.P., Ontario Riding, questioned the
Hon. Michel Dupuy. Minister of Canadian Hentalge, in the
House of Commons on Mar. 25th on the arnou Tit of support
the government is providing to Canada's publishing in-
dustry.
"Given the recently proposed sale of Ginn Publishing to a
U.S. company and as there are a number of publishing
firer- located both in Ontario Riding and throughout
Canada which provide valuable jobs to many Canadians, 1
wanted assurances from the :Minister that support is being
provided to ensure there will always be a viable Canadian
publishing industry.- said McTeague.
"In his response to me, the Minister indicated the govern-
ment is providing a considerable amount of fronds to assist
the publishing sector in Canada. I will continue to express
my personal support for this industry both in my riding and
thi tughout our country," concluded McTeague.
The following is a transcript of the question asked by Dan
McTeague and the reply given by Minister Dupuy:
Dan McTeague I Ontario i : Mr. Speaker, the Canadian
publishing industry represents a $2.2 billion industry which
directly employs over 12,000 Canadians. Many of these in-
dividuals are in my riding. However, this is one industry
that has been battered by recession, by globalization and by
foreign competition. Will the minister tell this Horne what
his department and this government is doing to support this
very vital Canadian publishing industry in Canada and in
all our Tidings?
Non. Michel Dupuy (Minister of Canadian Heritage i : I
share the concern of my colleague about that industry. It is
indeed a vital industry. It is one which we should support
and we are doing so. I have an indication of the amounts
that we are putting behind that industry. Under the
Publications Distribution Assistance program for the com-
ing fiscal year, we are providing over $20 million in support
to the Canadian book publishing industry. We are providing
also in the coming fiscal year $24 million from the Book
Publishing Industry Development program. And the postal
subsidy for the next two years will be over $77 million, for a
total of $122 million. That is the support which we give to
that industry.
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Scarborough Council Upset At Request To Provide OMB Facilities
by Earl Johnston
Scarborough Council is
upset with a request that the
city provide facilities for
the holding of Ontario
Municipal Board hearings.
"This is outrageous•"
Councillor Frank Fauber(
said. "I1 is clearly a
provincial cost being
dumped on a municipalitv."
A report to council says
the Ontario Municipal
Board Act requires
municipalities to provide
suitable space for O.M.B.
hearings.
Faubert said the request
for space "just falls within
the overall strategy" of the
province, in reducing its
costs by passing them on to
the municipalities.
Councillor Ron Moeser
said the city is in a
dilemma. If it doesn't
provide space. the O.M.B.
will hold its hearings
Meet To Design The University Space Network (USN)
On Apr. 15, at the Rogers
Communications Centre at
Ryerson Polytechnic
University, some of the
leading figures in Canadian
space studies will gather to
design a model global vir-
tual university system - the
University Space Network
(USN).
With technological ac-
companiment appropriate
to the founding of a vi-
sionary organization, the
one -day USN Founders'
Conference will utilize
much of the technology it
intends to implement. This
working conference will
design the operations and
functions of the University
Space Network, a model
virtual, electronic universi-
ly system, designed to be
international in scope.
The conference will
design the network using a
framework outlined by
leading academics, scien-
tists, engineers, educators
and financial planners in-
volved in the genesis of
USN.
"Welcome to the
Future". a multi -media
production will present to
conference participants the
vision and future reality of
USN. An opening plenary
session will introduce the
chairs of the conference
working panels and the
issues each panel uill ad-
dress during the day. With
conference facilitators,
each panel will work on
specific areas of network
design and implementa-
tion.
And using state-of-the-
Kortright's Wildlife Week Festival
The theme of this year's
National Wildlife Week is
the importance of biodiver-
sity. Kortright's "Wildlife
Week Festival" on the
weekend of Apr. 9 -lo
focuses on one aspect of
biodiversity - birds and
bird conservation.
The presentations on the
Integrated Monitoring in-
itiative. coordinated
through the Canadian
W'ilflife Service, will be of
particular interest to ex-
perienced birdwatchers.
Presentations on the
Forest Bird Monitoring
Program. MAPS : Morutor-
ing Avian Productivitv i
and other volunteer -based
projects uill be made on
Stuff Apr. 10.
Throughout the weekend.
the Canadian Society for
Endangered Birds will
highlight its 5 -year Eskimo
Curlew Recovery project
,The Eskimo Curlew is
perhaps the most en -
Scarborough Arts Events
Wed. April 6th
The Capital Arts Theatre
Children's Choir from
Potters Bar. England will
perform at the Scarborough
Civic Centre from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m. Free admission.
1416, 396--,212.
1Nw%. April 7th
The Scarborough Bluffs
Camera Club's photo
abstracts will be shown at 8
p.m. at Albert Campbell
District Ubrarv. (4161 39tr
sm
The Scarborough Quilters
Guild will meet at
Cedarbrook Craft Centre at
7:30 p.m. -same on all
Thursdays. New members
are wek�ome. Call Dorothy
IngledeA,. 431-1913.
Sun. April loth
Annual Spring Concert
with the Scarborough
Campus Chorus and Band
will be held at the
Scarborough Campus at 3
p.m. 1416) 2tr7.7M.
Eric James Trio will
present a free concert
"Music in Springtime" at
the Scarborough Civic
Centre from 2 to 4 p.m.
1416, 396 212.
Leather Jewellry with
Debbie Raftopoulos from 10
a.m to 12:30 p.m. Cost is $20
with all materials supplied
at the Cedar Ridge Creative
Centre. 1416, 3964626.
%ion. April 11th
Keith Daly will hold an
exhibition to April 18th
with the opening reception
on Tues. Apr. 12th from 7 to
to p m. at the Cedar Ridge
Studio Gallery. 1416, 396-
402f'i
Tues. April 12th
Bee :Might for the Rouge
Valley Quilters Guild at Sir
Oliver Mowat C.I. 5400
Laurence E. at 8 p.m. New
members welcome. Sheila
Wilgar 1416, 488-71Ci8.
Wins Anti -Racism Award
Deka Ali, a grade 13 stu-
dent at Le College francais
a Jarvis in Toronto, is one
of two recipients of the 1994
Lincoln M. Alexander
Award which was presentd
to her personally by the
former Lieutenant Gover-
nor during a special
ceremony at Queen's Park
on Mon. Mar. 21.
The Lincoln M. Alex-
ander Award honours
young people who have
demonstrated exemplary
leadership in eliminating
racism and bringing about
a more accepting environ-
ment for diverse racial
groups.
"Getting this prize today
is like receiving a huge en-
couragement to continue,
at my own level, to par-
ticipate fully in a more
multicultural Canada.
There is still lots left to
.achieve," declared Ms. Ali
after the ceremony.
Deka Ali is president and
founding member of
Association des eleves
d'origine africaine, the
first organization for
students of African origin
in the secondary schools of
The Metropolitan Toronto
French Language School
Council (CEFCUT).
Deka takes part in inter -
board anti -racist education
sessions and has
represented public fran-
cophone secondary school
students at the 5e Con-
ference canadienne sur
I'education interculturelle
et multiculturelle. She also
sits on the executive com-
mittee of the Groupe
jeunesse, a group of
students who promote anti -
racist actions.
A prize of $45W, along
with a framed scroll, was
presented to each of the
two recipients on the day
proclaimed International
Dav for the Elimination of
'Racial ukh-ttltittilfw. ' ' '
dangered breeding bird in
Canada,. The Ontario
Eastern Bluebird Society
will also be on hand to pro-
vide information on star-
ting your own Eastern
bluebird nesting box trail.
Highlights of re-
introduction programs will
be presented throughout
the festival. Over the past
feu vears in Ontario, re -
introductions have includ-
ed the bald eagle.
peregrine falcon. turkey.
trumpeter swan. barn owl,
and bobwhite.
Guided birdwatching
walks, bird banding
demonstrations and nest
box building workshops
and demonstrations by
wildlife artists will round
out the festival.
The Kortright Centre for
Conservation is open daily
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ad-
mission is $4.25 for adults
and $2.50 for children.
seniors and students with
valid LD. Children four or
under with farrul_v are ad-
trutted free.
Follow the signs: take
Hwy. 4W to ,% a jor Slacken-
zie Dr. , at Canada's
Wonderland,, go west 3 km
to Pine Vallev Dr., then
south 1 km.
For more information
call i 906, 83.2-=>)89.
art computer communica-
tions technologies, the on-
going deliberations and
conclusions of the panels
will be translated in real-
time into working
documents for a final con-
clusive plenary session.
which will combine the
results of the conference
work with a media con-
ference and then to a final
interactive audience -wide
plenary session.
outside Scarborough and it
will not be convenient for
residents to attend, he said.
The City of Toronto
doesn't have to bear the cost
of hearings because the
O.M.B. chose to locate their
offices there. Councillor
Bas Balkissoon said. "This
is really a threat." The
province is hoping "we're
scared enough to lie down
and take it." he said.
Councillor Doug Mahood
said the city may save on
staff costs if hearings are
held in Scarborough.
An Administrative and
Finance Committee report
says inquiries were sent to
the federal and provincial
governments to see if they
have space in Scarborough
to accommodate the O M B
A response will not be
available for several
months. "as the request
requires internal
circulation" by the
government bodies, the
report says.
Roland Mavr,
Scarborough Director of
Real Estate Services, said
in an interview the city isn't
waiting for federal -
provincial replies because it
would like aq O.M.B.
hearing scheduled for May
to be held in Scarborough.
"Our experience has been
that they haven't anything
anyway." he said.
Council directed staff to
investigate the rental of
space for the hearings. with
an "option" to ask the
O.M.B. to pay the cost
themselves.
4&
#the metropolitan toronto and region conservation authority
CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
SYLVAN AVENUE SHORELINE REGENERATION PROJECT
The Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation
Authority (MTRCA) is proposing to undertake erosion control
remedial work along the Sylvan Avenue shoreline of the
Scarborough Bluffs.
The MTRCA is undertaking the work to provide shoreline
protection to assist in long term slope stabilization. The
proposed works will incorporate fish and wildlife habitat
improvements and waterfront trail opportunutiees.
The project is being planned under the Conservation
Authonbes Class Environmental Assessment for Remedial Flood
and Erosion Control Projects. Input and comment from the public
are invited for incorporation into the planting and design of this
propct-
A public meeting has been scheduled as follows:
DATE: Thursday April 7,1994
OPEN HOUSE SESSION: 6:30 p.m to 7:30 p.m.
FOFV AL PRESENTATION: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m
LOCATION: ELIZABETH SWOE PUBLIC SCHOOL
166 Sylvan Averii^ Scwbwm*
F.J. Reinders and Associates, who are assisting the
MTRCA with this project, will be presenting the various
alternatives that have been reviewed and assessed to date. The
objective of this meeting will be to present the preferred
altemative.
To obtain further information. please contact:
Nigel Cowey at 661-6600 ext. 244.
MTRCA• 5 Shoreham Drive, Downsview. Ontario M3N 1 S4
LEARNING FOR LIVING:
CURRICULUM PRIORITIES IN
SCARBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS
A one -evening seminar for anyone interested in education.
Presented by the Program Department, Scarborough Board of Education.
Tuesday, April 19, 1994
Education Centre, 140 Borough Drive
7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Participants can choose two of the three following sessions:
* Mathematics
* Whole Language/Literacy
* Thinking Skills
For more information or to register contact Joan Taylor at 396-6989
D.F. Horrox, Chairman of the Board
E.G. Campbell, Director of Education
Pa -_,t- 1 THE NEWS POST Wed. %pril 6, 1991
�oMM��'jv DIARY__)
8::10 a.m. - 4m. FiRST :UD CPR COURSES
First Aid UPR training courses are offered ongoing
daytime, evenings and weekends at Scarborough Red
Cross, 1095 Bellamy Rd. N. Call 438-5243, Monday to Friday,
for more details and to register.
9 a.m. - 10 p.m. ST. JOHN ANIBULANC'E COURSES
St. John Ambulance offers first aid health care and CPR
courses at three locations in Metro ''oronto seven days a
week. For information and registration call 967-4244.
9:30 - 11:30 a.m. & 1 - 3 p.m. BLOOD DONOR CLINIC
A Red Cross blood donor clinic will be held at Ontario
Sports Centre 1220 Sheppard Ave. E., W'illowdale. All
donors are welcome.
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PiNG PONG
All seniors over the age of 55 are invited to enjoy a morn-
ing of ping pong every Wednesday and day at
L' oreaux Community Centre, 2000 McNicholl Rd. Phone
396-4513.
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. CHILDREN'S CHOIR
Capital Arts Theatre Children's Choir, a touring choir
from Potters Bar, England. will perform at the Scar-
borough Civic Centre. Admission is free and everyone is
welcome.
12:30 - 3:30 p.m. SOCIAL DANCING
All seniors over the age of 55 are invited to en��•oo}} an after-
noon of social dancing even Wednesday at L'Amoreaux
Community Centre. 2000 McNicholl Rd. Phone 396-4.513.
1 p.m. CRfBBAGE
All seniors over the age of 55 are invited to en�'ovan after
noon of social dancinngg every Wednesday at L .arrioreaux
Community Centre.:'tlil ;McNichol! Rd. Pfione 396-4513.
1 - 3p m. NEARLY NEW' SHOP
A Nearly New Shop is held every Wednesda} at Knox
United Chinch Christian Centre, 2515 Midland r[ve. Agin-
court for the sale of good clean used clothing for ail
ages
and small housew•are items (electrical appliances, pots &
pans. etc.). Thrifty prices'
1 - 2 p.m. BINGO
Birkdale senior citizens invite everyone 55 -years of age
and over to enjov an afternoon of bingo ever- Wednesday at
Birkdale Community Centre, 1299 Ellesmere Rd. Scar-
f 3 p m. DISCUSSION GROUP FOR SENIOILS
A discussion group for seniors dealing with the issues and
ideas behind newspaper stories is held every Wednesday at
Dawes Road Library, 416 Dawes Rd., East York. l~or
details call 7"j2-olol.
- 9 p -m. EARI-1' PRENATAL Cl -ASSES
The Scarborough Health Department ispr esentI Early
Prenatal Classes for expectant parents less than 24 week's
pregnant.
re�r�t
Classes will be held at the Scarborough Civic
Gmi , Room M41. For details and to register call the
health department at 396-7471
7:30 - 9:30 p.m. MENOPAUSIE
Public Health Nurse phis Seto will present a series of
lectures on Menopause at North York 0tv Hall. 5100 Yorige
St., Lower level lnmittee Room 2- The topic for today s
lecture is "Uriderstarickng What Menopause Is". 'Ib
register call 395-77W.
x"00.
7:79 p.m. FAN111.1' LIFE GROt'P
A support group meets weekly in your cornrriunity for
parents whose kids are in trouble -with drugs. alcohol, runn-
iri, away. crimes, parent abuse, and dr»p - out of school.
The Sca bor' ith Qroup rrwets every W'ei5[u y. For more
information call ''►3 u�t
::30 p.m. PARENTS LN CRISIS
The Association of Parent Support Groups in Ontario is a
community based self he group that meets weekly to
assist trot -bled parents deal with 10 to 30 year old family
members. If you have a son or da ter in trouble with
drugs, alcohol. the law, school, or other behavioral pro-
blems, call - 3-7444 for more information or referral to the
local chapter.
7:39 p.mPARENTS-Ft-IG
Parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays, North
Toronto Chapter meet the first Wednesday of each month at
Glenview Presbvtenan Church. 1 Glenview 4 blocks south
of Lawrence Aye off Yonge,. Everyone is welcome. For
details call 32:.) 41150ti
7:39 p.m. COIN (LC'B %IF:F:T
ScarboroughCoin Club meets the first Wednesday of each
month at Cedarbrook Community Centre, 91 F-istpark
Blvd. Scarborough.
7:39 p.m. M.IKING S('HOOI -%; S.U*F
Earlscourt Child and Family Centre presents "Fighting.
Bullying, and Violence: Making Elementary Schools Safe
at Sf. Lawrence Centre, 'r Front St. E. Pay what you can.
For more details call 366-1656.
THURS. APRIL 7
19 a.m. SHUFFLEBOARD
All seniors over the age of 55 are invited to enjoy a morn-
ing of shuffleboard every Thursday at Stephen Leacock
Seniors Centre, 2520 Birchmount Rd Phone 4040.
12 now - 5 p.m. BLOOD DONOR CLINIC
A Red Cross blood donor clinic will be held at Lawrence
Square, 700 Lawrence Ave. W., North York. All donors are
welcome.
12 noon DI\ERS' CLUB LUNCHEON
This luncheon is open to seniors and disabled living in
East York. Lunch is followed by entertainment such as
bingo, movies,s akers, fashion or music shows and much
more. Transportation will be provided if r.Veqittred. This
week's luncheon will be held at St. Clair O'C:onnor Com-
munity Centre. For details call East York Meals On wheels
at 424-3322.
12:45 p.m. El'C'HRE
All seniors over the age of 55 are invited to en' van after-
noon of euchre at Stephen Leacock Seniors Centre, 1520 Bir
chmount Rd. Phone .396-4(Ao.
7 p.m. LEGAL COUNSELLING
Agincourt Community Services Association, 4139 Shep-
pard Ave. E. offers free legal counsellin every Thursday
evening. Call 321-6912 for an appppoointmenf.
7 - 9 p.m. GAVEL GLASS )OA.STNIASTERS
Gavel Glass Toastmasters meets every Thursday in the
Don Mills & Lawrence Ave. area. This program is for men
and women over 18 years of age. For further information
call Inane at 447-9-5*1.
7 - 8: 311 p.m. FREE SEMINAR
"Feeling Your Best Dun ng Cancer Therapis the topic
of a free seminar on how to mana a the effects of your
cancer therapy at Centenary Health ,entre, Bruce Johnson
Conference Room, 2(367 Ellesmere Rd., Scarborough. To
register call 28.1-81:31 ext. 4670.
::30 p.m. T)OASTNIASTERN OF' CEDARBRAE
If you want to learn more effective public speaking and
presentation skills visit Toast masters of Cedarbrae on the
first second and fast Thursday of each month at Cedar-
broo�C ('ommunity Centre, 91 Eastpark Rd. or phone Ian
Paterson, 264-V14 or Nadine Kotes, 9U5 68:3-:3217.
THURS. APRIL 7
7:30 - 9 p.m. LIVING 117TH CANCER
Living With Cancer, the support group for Agincourt and
Scarborough Units of the Canadian Cancer Society meets
the first and third Thursday of each month at Iiendale
Acres, 2920 Lawrence Ave. E. The puiblic is invited to
come, talk or listen.
7:30 p.m. FRIENDS OF S(111ZOPHRENiC'S MEET
The Scarborough Chapter, Ontario Friends of
Schizophrenics meets at CEP & SCEP Hall, 975 Kennedy
Rd. south of Lawrence Ave. Judge Lauren E. Marshall,
Provincial Judge Criminal Division, will speak on "The
Family and the Court System". Everyone is welcome. For
more information call 261-5277. 2 - 4 p.m. Mon. - Thurs. and
10 a.m. - 12 noon, Fri.
8 p.m. THE MiTZVAH TECHNIQUE
Everyone is invited to a free lecture and demonstration
on the Mitzvah Technique, a major preventive health care
discipline which relieves neck pain back pain and tension
and prevents spinal and postural difficulties, at the Medical
Centre, 3420 Finch Ave. E. tat Warden) Suite 410. To pre -
register call 495-7729.
,FRL APRIL 8
10:30 a.m. - 12 noon SOCIAL BALLROOM
All seniors over the age of 55 are invited to enjoy an after-
noon social ballroom every Friday at L'Amoreaux Com-
munity Centre, 2000 McNictioll Rd:Phone 396-4513.
12:30 - 2:30 p.m. SHUFFLEBOARD
All seniors over the age of 55 are invited to enjoy an after-
noon of shuffleboard every Friday at L'Amoreaux Com-
munity Centre, 2000 McNic'holl Rd: Phone 396-4513.
1m. 4 p,m. BINGO
The Literacy Council of Durham Region sponsors Fridav
afternoon bingo games at Bingo Country, 610 Monarch
Ave., Ajax south of Bayly St.). Evervone is welcome.
1:30- 8 m. BL(V)D D(WoR mi N W
A lied Cross blood donor clinic will be held at Fairview
Mall, 1800 Sheppard Ave. E., North York. All donors are
welcome.
2 - 1 p.m. TRAVF:I. SLIDE SHOW
Madeira Lisbon will be the city visited at this Friday
afternoon t=ree travel slide show- at Centennial Library, 5'f8
Finch Ave, W'., North York. Call 395-5490 to register.
7:30 p.m. CARD PARTY
Everyone is invited to the Card Party at Holy Spirit
Church. 3556 Sheppard Ave. E. Make up a table aid come.
Admission is f'; There will be door prizes and
refreshments.
7:30 p.m. al'C `nON
The 1994 "Gifts, Talents and Services Auction" will be
held at St. Dunstan of Canterbur- Anglican Church 56
Lawson Rd., West Hill. It promises to be an everting of tun.
prizes and bargains. There will be a wide variety of pro-
ducts and services up for bids. Admission is $5 1 incudes
refs shrrients 1. There will be a draw for &w prizes. For
details call 20-1844.
SAT. APRIL 9
9 a.m. - 12 noon GARAGE
A spring gasale and bake table will be held at St.
John's United C�hta . 2 Hobert Rd., Scarboro� off tic
toria Park, south of Sheppard Ave. E.1, lE:rery l is
welcome
9 a.m. SPRING GARDEN S.V.F.
The Civic Garden (;entre..; � Lawrence Ave. E.. Ed-
wards Gardens, presents its anm&al spring garden sale of
cheerful pansies at $1.49 a box of four plants. Take advan-
tage of this inexpensive way of assuring the immediate ar-
rival of spring.
I9 a.m. - 2 p.m. NF ABLY NF % BOUTIQUE
A `early New Boutique featuring good used clothing m
open every Saturday at St. Crispin s Anglican Church.
Craiglee 13r.. Scarb6n)ugh
19 a.m. - 12 noon CtHNA SALE
Cliffe,rest United Church, 1 McCowan Rd., Scarborough is
holding its 5th annual China Sale. It will feature dips and
saucers. glassware, novelty tables, wicker basket_, and a
bake table. Evervtx is w•e]aorne.
11 a m- - 2 p.m. AICITF:RS MEET
The members of Forest Hill Writers' Circle meet to
discuss their writiii� in a critical and constructive manner
even Saturdav at the Barbara Froin Library, 20 Covington
-.North Yolk. New members are encouraged to drop in.
For more details gall 395-iw.
I I a.m. - 2 p.m. Rl'NI\1:1GF: S.►1J~:
There will be lots of bargains in good used clothing, kit-
chenware. ruses shoes, white elephant table, and fur-
niture at t ih s rtunmagge sale at Dentonia Park United
Church. l(r, Dawes Rd. Muffins and ctioffee will be available.
11 a.m. - 3 p' m. USED (1.(1THING SALk,
The annual "Good Used C'lothin Sale" will once again be
held at True Davidson Acres, 200 Dawes Rd. Don't miss all
the bagains at this popular event.
SUN. APRIL 10
19:30 a.m. REFRIGERATOR BAIX;E
Unitarian Chaplain Wayne Walder will deal with the
balance between the life we control and the way life con-
trols us, at Don Heights Unitarian Congregation, 4 Antrim
Crescent, Scarborough. Children's program will be held at
the same time.
1:30 -5 p.m. HOLY C HO S SCHOOL 50111 ANNIVERSARY
Former staff and students of Holy Cross School are in-
vited to the school's 50th Anniversary celebration. Mass
will begin at Holy Cross Church at 1:30 p.m. followed by
'House at the school. 2%A Donlands Ave. Memorabilia
and photos would he a reciated, call 393-5142.
4
d - p.m. MUSIC FOR. VIOL'
Enc James and Phyllis O'Reilly present "Music For
You" at the regular Sunday afternoon concert at the Scar-
borough Civic Centre. Adinission is free and everyone is
welcome -
11 p.m. SUNDAY SERENADE:
The Sunday Serenade Concert at The Meeting Place,
Scarborough Campus. University of Toronto, 126.5 Military
Trail, West Hill will feature the Scarborough Campus
Chorus and Band in its annual spring concert. Admission is
free and everyone is welcome.
MON. APRIL 11
9::31► a.m. -3 p.m. BLOOD 1)(11OR CLINIC
A Red Cross blood donor clinic will be held at Earl Haig
Secondary School, 101) Princess Ave., North York. All
donors are welcome.
9:311 - 141:311 a.m. HEALTH & WELLNESS PRO(;RANI
A Health & Wellness Program presented by Luz Bonnin,
Public Health Nurse, will be held at North York Senior Cen-
tre, 21 Hendon Ave. The typic for todais "Care For The
Caregiver". To register call :hila at 7%-4111.
9::30 a.m. XE%% BOOKS SALE
Communitv Information Fairview is holding a "New"
books sale ftindraising event at Don Mills Shopping Centre,
Don Mills & Lawrence Ave., through until Apr. 17th. •
MON. APRIL I/
10 a.m. -3 .m WOMEN'S CENTRE
rt
The Noh York Women's Centre, 201 Caribou Rd. is oppeen
Mondays through Thursdays to offer information and refer-
ral services to women. Phone 781-4479 or drop in during
these hours to find information, to register for a program,
or to talk over something that is troubling you.
12::G► -3 p.m. BRIDGE:
All seniors over the age of 5.5 are invited to enjoy an after-
noon of bridge every Monday at Stephen Leacock Seniors
Centre, 2520Birchrrount Rd.'Phone 396-4040.
4 -5 p.m SOUP KITCHEN
Hearty home-made soup is served to the needy every
Monday in the soup kitchen at St. Rose of Lima Church, 3216
Lawrence Ave. E., lower level.
7 - 9p m. PRENATAL C LASSES FOR TEENS & YOUNG
WO, FN
The Scarborough Health Department is presenting
Prenatal Classes for Teens and Young Women at the Scar-
borough Civic Centre, Room M41. For details and to
register call the health department at 3%-7471.
'i m. INFORMATION NiGHT
The Catholic Children's Aid Society is holding an Infor-
mation Night for those interested in fostering. For more in-
formation, phone Foster Care Development at 226-1010.
7:30 p.m. SPEAKER'S NiGHT
Claire Ziedel, Betacom Bridges, will speak on the toppic
"Computer Software" at Cedarcroft Place, 649 king St.
Oshawa.
K p.m. PERENNiALS
(:athv Cox, Master Gardener & Rose and Perennial
Manager at Pine Ridge Nurseries, will give a talk on
"Perennials at the regular monthly meeting of Agincourt
Garden Club at Knox United Christian Centre, Midland &
Sheppard Aves. Everyone is welcome.
hm. RECOVERY 1\C'.
Recovery Inc., a community mental health organization,
meets weekly at St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, 3817
Lawrence Ave. E., Scarborough. For information call
Yifr2237.
(Continued on Page 5)
Anniversaries/Birthdays
'Z:• ..............
54TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARI'
Two Scarborough residents are celebrating Golden Wed-
ding Anniversaries on Sun. April lath. Heartiest con-
gratulations to Eileen and John Foote of Carlon Dr. and
Audrev and Dennis Wood of Dearham Wood.
4WM %F.DDING .►.NNIVF. SARV
Congratulations to Sheila and Ian Cummings of
Bridletowne Circle. Scarborough on the occasion of the 4oth
wedding atmi%visary on Stn. Apr. loth.
SMI BiRTHDAI'
A very happy birthday to Ora Cliff of Leisure World Nurs-
ing Home, Midland Ave., Scarborough who will celebrate
her 9txh birthday on Tues. Apr. 12th. A pary was Meld for
Ora on Sun. Apr. &d.
7911`11 BIRTHDAY
Happy birthday to Soon elk Chong of Gemshaw• Cres.,
Scarborough who is celebrating her 70th birthday on Thurs.
Apr. 7th.
Got an aninWersary or birthday to celebrate?
Call 291-25153 for inclusion in this column.
Provincial Constituency Offices
+
am. to 5 P.M. ('O`,%" -n ENCI (IFFI('F. OPEN
The office of the Hon. Nhin Curting, MPP Scarh%,rwgh %orth,
loc'alcd ;it 520) Finch Arc. F. L nit 114. Scartx,rough rs open Mon-
da� to Frxla) from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. Phone 29'-5(ittl.
9 a,wi_ to 5 P.M ('11N!c nTl'vNCI OFFICI: (Wt :N
the ofltcc ret 6err% Phillip+, MPP S,-arhor,xigh-Agincourt,
1„ra'cd at 4002 Sheppard :1,c. F., Suite 204, northeast corner of
Sheppard and kentic-d%. t. open Monda) to Frida% from 9 a.m. eo 5
p.m. For appointment. phone 29--6568.
+ a.tw, 140,.; p.m, ('(INS I11 EN(.l
The olt,cc of Da%id warner, %IPP ticartxirough+lIc%rrwc,
1„ca cd ai 645 %lart,ham Rd.. Unit 34, in Cellar Heights P►aza, is
open %loiidai. io ihur da, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 9
a.m ',` 12 n,%m, For aprN,inimon, phone 438-1242.
9 a.m. to 5 P.m. (,O%,%rl Il'F:N(l (11F1(E OPEN
the otti:e of :Bine Swarbri A, \IPP Scartx)rough west, loiwed
ae 15'6 hntgston Rd. is open Mondays, Ttw%dacs and Thur%days
fr.Kn 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., walncsda)s I lo 5 p.m. and Fridays 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m.. or h5 aptxnninecni. Phone 69S -OWN,'.
+ a.m. to 1 P.NL CONS11i1 ENCI (IFFiCF (IPF:\
The office of Dr. &,b Frankford, MPP Scarborough East,
lcx:ated at 441)3 hingaon Rd.. Lnii 6A, iusl west tit Lawrence Ave.
F., n open Monday to Thursday from 9a.m. to 1 p.m.. Friday rnor
nines h) ap(x,imme:nt onto. Phone 281-2'8'.
9 a.m. - 4:311 P.m_ CONSn rt EM l'F: (WEN
The office of Steve Owens, MPP Scarborough Centre, located at
3(137 kingseon Rd., in Cliffcresi Plaza, is open Monday to Frida)
from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Phone 2.61-9525. No telephone calls Mon.
c d
Federal Constituency Offices
9 a,a to 5 P.M. CONSTITUENCY OFFICE OPEN
The off" of John Cannis, M.P. Scarborough Centre, located at
1450 Midland Ave., Suite 211, Scarborough is open Monday to Fri-
day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Evenings and Saturdays by appointment
Only. Call 752-2358.
9 A.M. to 4 P.M. CONSTITUENCY OFFICE OPEN
The office of Tom Wappel, MP Scarborough West, located at 483
Kennedy Rd. is open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Evenings
and Saturday mornings by appointment only, 261-8613.
9.30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CONSTITUENCY OFFICE OPEN
The constituency office of Derek Lee, MP Scarborough Rouge
River, located at 4800 Sheppard Ave. E., Unit 119, Scarborough, is
open Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Phone
298-4224.
9 a m. to 5 p.nL CONSTITUENCY OFFICE OPEN
The constituency office of Jim Karygiannis, MP Scarborough -
Agincourt, located at 3850 Finch Ave. E., Suite 206, is open
weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays 9 to 11 a.m. by appoint-
ment only, call 321-5454.
9 am. - 5 p.m. C'ONSTiTUENCY OFFICE OPEN
The constituency office of David Collenettc, MP Don Valley
East, located at 1200 Lawrence Ave. E., Suite 300, is open Monday
to Thursday from 9 a.m, to 5 p.m. and Friday from 9 am. to 12
nom. For an appointment call 447-5544.
9 a.m. - 4 p.m, CONSTITUENCY OFFICE OPEN
The constituency office of Doug Peters, MP Scarborough East,
located at 255 Morningside Ave., Suite 314, is open Tuesday to Fri-
day from 9 a.m. to p.m. and Saturday by appointment only. Call
287-0037.
Wed. April 6, 1994 THE: NEWS POST Page 3
Algonquin Space Campus Hosts Open House At Planetarium
On Apr. 12 at 6 p.m. the (ASC), Canada's first
Algonquin Space Campus residential space science
Community Diary
(Continued from Page 4)
TUES. APRIL 12
9:311 - 11::311 a.m LiViNG %%ITN CHILDREN
Public health nurses invite mothers and fathers of
children 1-4 years to join the parenting sessions every Tues-
day at Barbara Frum Recreation Centre. 20 Covingfon Rd.
(lower Level 1, Bathurst & Lawrence, North York. All ses-
sions are free. To register call :N5-7600.
9::31► - 10::30 a.m. HEALTH MLaTTERS
Adults and older adults are invited tojoin weekly discus-
sions led by a North York Public Health Nurse on a wide
ranof health issues, at Edithvale Communitv Centre. 7
Edithgge vale Dr., North York. Today's topic is 'Caring for
Your Feet Back". Evervone is welcome.
12 noon -3 p.m. STARTING VOUR OWN BUSINESS
Canadian Small Business Institute is offering a three
hour public workshop on "How To Start Your Own
Business" at Holiday Inn Toronto East. 22 Metropolitan Rd.
The cost is $25 and no reservations are necessary. To pre -
register call (905 � 47tf-1um.
12::91- 2::30 p.m. BADMINTON
N
All seniors over the age of 55 are invited to enjoy an after-
noon of badminton every Tuesday. Thursdav andFridav at
L'.-lmoreaux Community Centre. 201111 MlcNieholl Rd. Phone
396-4513.
12:15 -:3 p.m. SIK"iAL & LINE: DANCINC
All seniors over the ale of 55 are invited to enjoy social
and line dancing every Tuesday at Stephen Leacock Seniors
Centre. 2520 Birchmount Rd. Phone 396440.
1 -:!::w P.M. NEW TO VOU SIIOP
A New To You Shop, featuring,
alow prices on good used
clothing, household articles. gglsses, dishes, books and
Iew•ellery will be o n every 'lliesdav at londale Heights
'nited Church, 115lenview• Rd.. north of Eglinton, west of
Kennedy Rd. Parking and entrance at rear of building.
- 3 .m. Bl%(:/)
Ali seniors over the age of 55 are invited to enjoy an after-
noon ofbingo every Tuesday at L'Amoreaux Community
Centre. 20u6 McNicholl Rd. Phone 396-4.513
6:30 - 9:30 p.m. IJ;(:.11.:1DM'1('E (11.INIC
Free legal advice will be given by a qualified lawyer
every Tuesday evening at West Hill Community Services,
156A Galloway Rd.. West Hill. To make an appointment call
284-5931 between 8: 30 a.m. and 4::30 p.m.
7 P.M. BINGO
The Ladies' Auxiliary to Roval Canadian (mon
Highland Creek Branch No. 258 holds a Bingo every Tues-
day. at the Legion Hall. 45 Lawson Road. Weit Hill.
Everyone is welcome.
7 - 9:30 p.m. MENOPAUSE
A public forum. "Menopause: Cballerige, and Q►oices"-
will be held at Leaside Gardem. 1073 illwood Rd.. East
York. Admission is free and a donation of food for a local
food bank is welcome. For details call 361-8136.
1 - 9 p.m. 1,%TF PRENAT.U. (lam\-SSES
The Scarborough Health Department is sponsoring "Late
Prenatal Classes at the Scarborough Civic Centre. Room
MI41. For details and to register call the health department
at 3W7471.
15 - 10:30 P.M. 1311M' 1
The huhanapoku Scarborough Peace Games sponsors an
everurngg of Bingo every Tuesday at ''742 Eglinton Ave. E. at
Danforfh Rd. over Liiblaws
::15 - 9:30p m. BOAT PROSEMINAR
fork East District. Canadian Power and Sail
Squadrons, is holding hour evening class-% at Centennial
College Ashtonbee Campus. Jack Dennett Building.
Warden Ave. & Ashtonbee. one block north of Linton Ave.
E. For registration details call 497-31 30. -48:;5 or
4:3'_'-6949.
::30 p.m. IJM'ING NITII CANCER
Living With Cancer, the support group for the North York
East Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society, meets at 61J75
Yorige St., north of Finch Ave.. 4th floor, oil alternate Tues-
dav evenings. Through informal discussions patients.
families and fnends- can learn how to cope. For details call
•266-0616.
::30 p.m. EUCtIRE; P:f,RT#*
Everyone is invited to enioy the euchre party at St.
Cnspiri s Anglican C'hurch.., Crai lee Dr., Scarfx)rough.
Tickets are $2.50 at the door. There are prizes and
refreshments. For more details call the church at 267-79&L
7::30 p.m. V S SUPPORT GROUP
The ALS Society support group meets for patients with
Lou Gehng s Disease meets the seconddav" of every
month at Oriole York Malls United Church, 2611$ Bayview•
Ave., Willowdale. For details call 3624447.
8p m. GARDEN %LITTER
, orth Toronto Horticultural Society meets the second
Tuesday of each month at the Civic Garden Centre,
Lawrerice Ave. E., at Leslie, North York. This month's
meeting will feature a round table discussion on "Garden
Matters-. All meetings are open to the public, free and new
members are welcome.
LVED. APRIL 13
11 a.m. - 12 noon HEALTH & %%ELLNESS
A free Health & Wellness Program, resented by Luz
Bonin, Pubic Health Nurse, is held - �orth York Senior
Centre. 21 Hendon Ave. The topic for today's session is
"Care For The Caregiver". To register call Anita at
7:3:3-4111. Wheelchair accessible
12 noon - 3 p.m. i %IPORT EXPORT & Mail. ORDER
Canadian Small Business Institute is presentin a three
hour public workshop on "Import Export & Mail (.qrder" at
Holidav Inn Toronto East, '' Metropolitan Rd. The cost is
$27). To pre -register call 1905, 470-1126.
2 -3:30 p.m. LIVING K'ITit CANCER
Living With Cancer, the support group for Central Metro
District of the Canadian Cancer Society, meets at 20 Holly
St.. Suite 101• Toronto on alternate Wednesdays to provide
information about nutrition, relaxation, support services
and practicalguidance. The public is inviter] to come, talk
or listen. For details call 4135-0222.
7:30 - 9::30 .m. MENOPAUSE:
Public Health Nurse Chris Seto is presentinga series of
lectures on Menopause at North York City Halilm Yonge
St.. Lower Level, Committee Room 2. The topic for today s
lecture is "Coping With Physical Changes". To registercall
395- x780.
7:30 p.m. SINGLES MIE:ET
The ltiillowdale Chapter of Separated. Divorced and
Widowed Catholics meets the second Wednesday of each
month at St. Gabriel's Centre, 672 Sheppard Ave. E..
Willowdale. The fee for non-members is $4. For details call
summer camp, will hold an
Open House for the public
at the McLaughlin
Planetarium at Avenue Rd.
and Bloor St. in downtown
Toronto.
The event will be held
from 6 - 9:30 p.m. and may
include an address by a
Canadian astronaut on
astronaut training and
space sciences.
The evening is designed
to familiarize parents,
teens and educators with
the wilderness facilities
and space sciences learn-
ing available at the Algon-
quin Space Campus sum-
mer camp, located in
Algonquin Park. Space
Campus is located at the
Algonquin Space Complex,
managed by The Institute
for Space and Terrestrial
Science, an Ontario Centre
of Excellence.
The evening will also
feature a Planetarium Star
Show - 'Stories, Stars and
Other Worlds'. And the
event will provide a gather-
ing place for ASC alumni -
students who have attend-
ed ASC in previous
seasons. High school
students and their parents
can meet and talk with the
ASC alumni - teens who
have experienced the space
sciences summer camp.
A balloons -bursting ceremony was held to open the Easter Gan. Vice-chairman Mt.F.C.C.: John Gan.ha:r:.,:
family fun fair weekend ( Apr. 2-41 at North America M F C.C.: Dr Ken Ng. chairman M.F C C . Frank 5carpi•ti.
,Canada) Studio. 160 Bullock Dr. Markham. It was organized Mavor of Markham. Stanley Haidas, Senator. Lkm Cousens.
by Real Goal Products Corporation and Markham
Federation of Chinem-Canadians. %i.P.P : Kitty Tan. Jihanne Yiu and Karen Lee. all from the
From left to right, Alex Chui. Councillor. Markham: John Real Gi al Products Corporation. 1 Photo - David Wong �
Perennial Gardening Program At Civic Garden Centre
Learn more about peren-
nial gardening at a special
program being offered by
the Civic Garden Centre,
i Lawrence Ave. E.
located in Edwards
Gardens i on Sun. Apr 10,
to a.m. to 4 p.m.
The day will start with a
dialogue between two very
experienced gardeners.
:Marion :Moore and Bill
Roff. Marion is a Toronto
landscape designer who
specializes in perennial
gardening. Bill Roff is a
garden designer from the
Kingston area wbo concen-
trates on small gardens.
Thev will discuss how to
find the right place for
perennials in the garden.
Using slides, they will look
at two existing gardens
from the point of view• of
design and will note the ex-
isting features and conch -
tions including shade. They
will then choose plants that
will flourish in these eir-
curnstances and describe
what new perennial plants
are available for the '94
gardening season.
At noon, everyone will
board a bus and head to
Humber Nurseries where
three experts will in-
troduce you to over 2300 dif-
ferent perennials as well as
a large collection of or-
namental grasses. hostas
and roses. After this plant
discovery mission• you will
know what plants are
available in the industry
and which plants will fit in-
to your plans for the '93
gardening season.
The registration fee of
S47 includes all transporta-
tion costs and cold drinks
en route Please bring } our
Crisis In Health Care For Elderly
Rita Deverell of Vision
TV will serve as moderator
for a panel discussion en-
titled "Home Alone" Who
is taking care of our elder -
Iv` on Wed. Apr. 13th in
downtown Toronto.
Older Women's Network
t OWN 1 and the Ontario
Coalition of Senior Citizens'
"Music For You" At Concert
"Music for You", a con-
cert featuring music from
the movies and theatre,
will take place at the Scar-
borough Civic Centre, 150
Borough Dr., on Sun. Apr.
10 at 2 p.m.
The concert features
entertainers Eric James
and Phyllis O'Reilly who
have toured the world play-
ing in concert halls,
theatres and luxury cruise
lines.
In addition to his work on
radio, television and the
stage, James was music
associate to the late
Charlie Chaplin. O'Reilly,
an accomplshed singer,
was invited by Queen
Elizabeth 11 to sing at
Buckingham Palace.
Special guest Cathy Mur-
phy will also perform at the
concert.
Taxation & Small Business
The City of Scarborough
is hosting a seminar entitled
"Taxation and the Small
Business" on Mon. Apr. 11
at 6:45 p.m. at the
Scarborough Civic Centre,
150 Borough Dr.
The seminars will feature
experts from Revenue
Canada and the Provincial
Ministry of Finance who
will clarify your rights and
tax requirements as a sole
proprietorship or
partnership.
Cost of the seminar is $2o
per person. To register.
contact the Scarborough
Small Business Centre at
396-7169.
The seminar is sponsored
by the Scarborough
Economic Development
Department and the
Ontario Ministry of
Economic Development
and Trade.
Organizations 1OCSCO
have joined forces to host a
free public forum where
health-care users and
health care providers will
respond to one another and
to audience questions about
guaranteeing that
necessary levels of after-
care are in place before
seniors are discharged
from acute-care hospitals.
The Minister of Health.
the Hon. Ruth Grier, has
been invited to participate
in the health-care pro-
viders' panel. along with
Dr. Michael Gordon,
medical director of
Baycrest and a represen-
tative of the Home Care
Association. The audience
will be invited to address
questions and comments to
the members of both
panels.
The forum will be held on
Wed. Apr. 13th at 7 p.m. at
Trinity -St. Paul's Church,
427 Bloor St. W. one block
west of Spadina. Admission
is free and the hall is
wheelchair accessible. For
more information about the
meeting, members of the
public can contact OCS('U
at 6:31-0969 or OWN at
924-4188. , . 1 ..
own lunch. To register for
this program call 397-1340.
Visa and Mastercard are
accepted
Need Extra Income?
61500 montMy
Stuffing envelopes at
home - start today.
Send stamped self-addres-
sed envelope to A.L-V.
Enterprises. 5150 Yonge
St. PO Boni 45055, North
York. Ont. M2N 6L0,
Workshops
For Mental
Illness
Mental illness causes a
great deal of family stress.
To help families cope with
the everyday problems
associated with psychiatric
disabilities, the Metro
Toronto Branch of the
Canadian Mental Health
Association is offering free
coping skills workshops.
In the workshops,
families learn to cope with
their own stress, and
develop skills in areas such
as problem soling, com-
munications. setting limits,
and using community
resources.
"Being able to speak
freely about our problems,
and realizing we aren't the
only ones, was very helpful
to us," said a family
member who registered in
a series of workshops last
year.
The Coping Skills
workshops are held one
evening a week from 7 to
8:30 p.m. for eight con-
secutive weeks in North
York ( begins Apr. 11), and
Scarborough begins Apr.
14i.
To register for the Fami-
ly Coping Skills
Workshops. call i416t
789-7957.
Page 6 THF: NEWS 131riT Wed. April 6, 1994
James Chester Buck: An Old Riverdalian Shows His Loyalty
by Bert de Fries
Early last fall the staff
and students of Riverdale
Collegiate received word
that they had been be-
queathed a substantial sum
of money in trust by a
Riverdale graduate named
James Chester Buck. %bo
was he? No one
remembered anything
about him, for good reason,
as it turned out, for Mr.
Buck graduated from
Riverdale in 1933.
There was lots of
speculation about what sort
of man would be moved to
make such a generous be-
quest to his old school. The
academic records from the
'30s. were rather scanty.
but it was discovered that
Mr. Buck had been a good
but not brilliant student.
achieving what in those
da}s was called "Third
Class Honours".
All the Riverdale
amateur sleuths and
psychologists now surmis-
ed that he must have been
very active in sports and
other extra -curricular ac-
tivities, and that his
generosity must have beer
inspired by his fond
memories of sporti�.g com-
petition, fun and social life.
Prettv obviaw. wasn't it'
Obvious. maybe, but
wrong. The truth was far
more impressive and mill
ing.
The true story of Mr.
Buck was learned from his
widow•, Mrs. Cannie Buck.
who dropped by Riverdale
in the first week of January
to visit the school's new
building and have lunch
with Principal Fran
Paykovic. He was born in
Winnipeg. an only child.
When he was only four. his
father died, and he and his
mother moved to Toronto.
There they lived on
Hiawatha Ave . and young
Chester attended local
elementary schools, even-
tually enrolling in River-
dale Collegiate. However.
he and his mother were vir-
tually penniless. and he
was obliged to take on after
school gobs to help make
ends meet. For this reason.
he never had the opportuni-
tv to participate in sports
or anv other extra cur-
ricular activities.
He maintained two huge
newspaper routes. one for
the Toronto Telegram and
the other for the Toronto
Star A newspaper article
from the Star in August of
1935 refers in a joking way
to Chester '-Gump'' Buck's
incredibly worn and
patched -up newspaper
delivers- bag.
It's an article meant to
be funny. but between the
lines can be seen the per-
sistence of the young man.
delivering 'lou newspapers
every single day for seven
rears. not to mention his
habit of shrewd thrift that
was one of the keys to his
later business success.
With a smile, Mrs. Buck
told us that Chester's
behaviour at school was
always good because he
literally couldn't afford a
detention. These jobs• both
before and after school.
meant financial support for
Chester and his mother.
but they also meant that he
was never able to achieve
the academic results of
which he was capable.
In spite of the weight of
responsibilities on him.
Chester did enjoy school.
and had pleasant
memories of his studies in
Mathematics. English,
History. Geography and
Latin. His ambition had
always been to become a
chartered accountant but.
:f:
not haying the resources to
undertake those studies, he
had to look for work upon
graduation from River-
dale, a difficult task in the
middle of the Great
Depression.
He took courses in
Business at night school
while working during the
day. He rode his bicycle
everywhere he went: one
day in 19134 he was nding
the bike up Yonge St. when
he saw a billboard with the
words- "Future Location of
-New Canadian Tire Store".
His decision to apply for
a job with this young com-
pany just starting out in the
teeth of the Depression was
the most important one of
his working life He stayed
with Canadian Tire for the
next 45 years, finall% retir-
ing in 19,? with the title of
Senior Customs Consul-
tant
In this capacity he was in
charge of seeing to it that
all the scores of Canadian
Tire stores across Canada
were supplied with mer-
chandise from sources all
over the world. Throughout
this long career Mr. Buck
established himself as an
able administrator, but he
also became a wealthy
man, partly through Cana-
dian Tire's profit-sharing
plans. and partly through
shrewd and far-sighted in-
vestments of his own.
Workshop
On New
Play
The Medina Theatre
Ensemble is conducting a
workshop of a new Cana-
dian play, "There Comes A
Time" by Fran Biderman
and Roselle Stone.
Directed by noted actor
and director of radio.
stage, TA'. and film, Sean
Mulcahy.
Character roles are for
ages 30 plus to 70 plus.
The workshop will take
place on Sun. Apr. 24 from
1: 30 to 5 p.m. at the Bloor
'Y' Branch, 750 Spadina
Ave.
Paid registration is need-
ed by Apr. 18. The cost is
$10 for members and $15
for non members. Spaces
are limited.
Ahove. is X loft I James Chester Buck working as a ne,.%s-
paper dehven hov when he was a ver• voung man. At neht
is Mr Buck a few vears before his death in I!t'92
No matter how, wealthy
and successful he became.
Chester Buck never forgot
hover he had started out. He
always had a ready helping
hand for those who worked
hard and struggled, but
needed a boost. It is this
desire to help those whose
efforts show them to
deserve help that caused
him to remember River-
dale in his will.
Another reason was his
intense lovalty to those in-
stitutions and ideals that he
felt had served him well.
He was a lifelong member
of the United Church.
where he met many of his
friends and also the second
Mrs. Buck.
%%Iwn Chester Buck was
a young man, he met and
became engaged to the
women who would be his
first wife, but true to his
steadfast and prudent
nature, he did not actually
get married until his
mother's mortgage was
completely paid off. The
couple had one child• a
daughter• but unfortunate-
ly after mum %ear> the
marriage failed. Mr. Buck
remained unmarried until
meeting his second wife in
1978. She also had had a
tailed marriage and one
child. They had lived in the
same neighbourhood for
many }ears, but had only
met because then attended
the same church.
She too, had had a long
and successful career, ser-
ving as a muse in the ti ic-
toian Order of %urses for
28 years. This marriage
was a grand success, and
Lasted for 13 years until Mr.
Buck's death in 199°. Mr.
and Mrs. Buck treated
each other's children and
their five grandchildren as
their own, and so in the last
years of his life Mr. Buck
was finally a part of the
complete, happy and com-
fortable family that had
been denied him since the
death of his father.
Mr. Buck attended
Riverdale's 7 -5th Anniver-
sary celebrations some
years ago, and it was
perhaps at that time that
he decided to give concrete
expression to his deep love
unci i;ratitude towards his
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t.wCanadian %ildemea,
at the CN 'Gower
-unday, April 24.7-12 noon
To obtain a pledge form
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there is no shortage of can-
didates.
Like James Chester
Buck, many of our students
have known poverty and
loss, often in faraway coun-
tries, and just as many
have to keep after-school
jobs or give up school ac-
tivities in order to help sup-
port their families; still
others may have their
dreams of continuing their
education after graduating
from Riverdale threatened
by the same lack of
resources that kept Mr.
Buck from achieving his
ambition.
It is a comfort and an in-
spiration to know that one
of our own. a man of per-
sistence, diligence, integri-
ty, loyalty and generosity,
has chosen to lend a help-
ing hand across the genera-
tions to his classmates of
the 1990's. He truly was. in
the old-fashioned phrase
his friends and associates
used to apply to him, "all
wool and a yard wide".
lold.school.Certainl ifhe�- �« `
wanted to help those who
have struggled hard and • •
deserve a helping hand
Metro Toronto Council
Council members' offices - Station 1020, 2nd.ffoor Metro
Halt. 55 John St.. Toronto MSV 3C6.
City of Scarborough
Scarborough Bluffs
BRIAN ASHTON office open 8 30 a.m - 4.30 p.m. Mon. to
Fri Suite 231 Call 392-4052,
Scarborough Agincourt
SCOTT CAVALIER - office open 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m Mon.
to Fri Suite 211 Call 392-4050
Scarborough City Centre
BRIAN HARRISON office open 8 30 a m - 5 p.m. Mon. to
Fri Suite 215 Call 392-4017 After hours 261-6941
Scarborough Highland Creek
KEN MORRISH office open 8.30 a.m - 4.30 p.m Mon. to
Fri Suite 223 Call 392-4055.
Scarborough Wexford
MAUREEN PRINSLOO - office open 8.30 a m. - 4 30 p.m
Mon to Fn Swte 233 Call 392-4047
Scarborough Malvern
RAYMOND CHO office open 8 30 a m - 4 30 p.m Mon to
Fn Suite 229 Call 392-4076
Scarborough
MAYOR JOYCE TRIMMER - office open 8.30 a.m. - 4.30
p - Mon to Fn. Suite 206 Call 392-4007.
City of North York
Black Creek
MARIA AUGIMERI - office open 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. Mon
to Fn Suite 208 Call 392.4021
North York Centre
NORMAN GARDNER office open 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Mon to Fri Suite 203 Call 392-4020
North York Humber
MARIO GENTILE - office open 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. Mon. to
Fn Suite 221. Cali 392-4066.
North York Centre South
BEV.SALMON - office open 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. Mon. to
Fri Suite 224 Evenings by appointment. Call 392.4012.
North York Spadina
HOWARD MOSCOE - office open 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Mon. to
Fri Suite 212 Call 392-4029.
Seneca Heights
JOAN KING - office open 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. Mon. to Fri.
Suite 217 Call 392-4038.
Don Parkway
MARIE LABATTE - office open 8.30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon. to
Fri Suite 232 Call 392.4061.
North York
MAYOR MEL LASTMAN - office open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon.
to Fri. Suite 220. Call 392-4075.
Borough of East York
East York
PETER OYLER - office open 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. Mon. to
Fri Suite 216 Call 392-4031
MAYOR MICHAEL PRUE - office open 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 P.M.
Mon. to Fri. Suite 226. Call 4035.
City of Toronto
Don River
ROGER HOLLANDER - office open 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Mon to Fri. Suite 207. Call 392-4060.
East Toronto
PAUL CHRISTIE - office open 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. Mon. to
Fri Suite 225. Call 392-4082
Toronto
MAYOR JUNE ROWLANDS office open 8.30 a.m. - 4.30
n m Mn� to F•i Snits 218 Call 392 40A1
IN
Wed. April 6, 1994 THE NEWS POST Page 7
It's The Life Of David Peterson, Former Premier Of Ontario
Submitted by Kevin B.
Flowering
"What is a Liberal?
Liberalism is by far the
finest political philosophy
the world has yet evolved.
It is all about freedom and
justice. Liberals believe
that the weak and
vulnerable in society
shouldn't be trampled
underfoot." - David R.
Peterson in Boston in
March 1989.
From the Office of the
Ontario Premier to Actor
to Teacher to Lawyer to
Sports Entrepreneur and
whatever may come in the
future, David Peterson has
been a busy fellow. It
teems that there's never a
dull moment in his life.
As summer rolled out, in
September 1990 Mr. Peter-
son's five year premiership
came to a crushing end.
The hoped for cakewalk in
one of the most affluent
jurisdictions in the world in
the 35th general election
didn't materialize.
"When the people of On-
tario go to bed at night,
they want to feel comfor-
table. They want to know
the premier is not going to
set the world on fire or do
anmything spectacular,"
said Clare Westcott, an ex-
ecutive assistant to Bill
Davis for 23 years, follow-
ing this election.
"Ontarians want their
premiers to deliver sound
progressive policy. The
people believed Mr. Peter-
son and his party would not
do that in the future
whereupon they were
removed from high office...
Following electoral
defeat, lir. Peterson turn-
ed to acting and might have
won praise from his blonde -
haired actress wife. named
Shelley. In November 1990•
he played the role of a high
school janitor in a sit-com
for the Toronto based YTV
network.
This short-lived role
playing was watched by
many Canadians. It even
drew attention from Llovd
Robinson during a CTV :tia-
tional newscast.
Turning to teaching, Mr.
Peterson became an ad-
junct lecturer of law at
York University. A female
student from Hamilton,
who requested not to be
identified, said "He marks
with the best of them! "
By the law firm of
Cassels. Brock and
Blackwell, Mr. Peterson
was hired. This is a na-
tional affiliation with of-
fices in Toronto, Montreal
and Vancouver. There is
also an office in Mexico and
speculation has it one will
soon open in Halifax.
Becoming the senior law
partner of this firm, he
specializes in international
trade, corporate -
commercial and constitu-
tional law.
In the fall of 1992, Mr.
Peterson was summoned
by Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth 11 to the Privy
Council. This achievement
saw CBC News Chief Cor-
respondent Peter
Mansbridge mention it dur-
ing a visit of Queen
Elizabeth 11 to Canada dur-
ing that year.
Six months ago, it was
announced that Toronto
was chosen to become the
National Baseball Associa-
tion (NBA) that will begin
in the 1995-96 season. This
announcement saw "The
Toronto Star" headline it
"The NBA Takes Toronto."
It was captioned by "The
Evening Telegram" in St.
John's as "Peterson Bid Is
A Winner". The business
consortium responsible for
this franchise coming to
Toronto saw Mr. Peterson
play a significant role in it.
"Torontonians should be
excited over this," said
fortmer NBA superstar
Magic Johnston on the day
this franchise was an-
nounced. "Mr. Peterson
played a significant role in
Toronto securing an NBA
franchise."
Always keen about see-
ing Quebec become part of
our nation, Mr. Peterson
during the federal election
spoke eloquently on the
future of Canada. He ad-
vocated that Canada
should remain united and
Quebec be part of our na-
tion.
"One is looking at the
guy who gave blood for
Quebec to be brought into
Canada," he told reporters
during a campaign ap-
pearance in Montreal. "I
wouldn't hesitate working
for tits cause if called upon
in the future."
While the 50 -year old Mr.
Peterson has succeeded
over the past few years, an
embarrassment has arisen
that could test his resolve.
Patti StarT, the woman he
appointed Chairman of On-
tario Place but later
became the centre of scan-
dal as a result of alleged
fundraising practices that
helped defeat this grits. has
produced a set -the -record
straight book. This book is
entitled "Tempting Fate:
A Cautionary Tale of
Power and Politics". It is
selling well throughout
Canada.
In this tell -all book, Mrs.
Starr portrays Mr. Peter-
son as a smoking and foul-
mouthed man who she once
wanted to smack in the
mouth.
Reading to the publica-
tion of this book. Mr. Peter-
son is on record as saying it
is full of fabrications. Mrs.
Starr in recent media ap-
pearances promises to tell
every detail of those w•h
wronged her including the
former Liberal premier.
A poignant passage in the
book is a description of a
visit of Prince Andrew and
Princss Fergie to Ontario
Place. In front of the
Prince and the Princess.
then Premier Peterson
made a joke that
tormented Mrs. Starr.
"I was trying to concen-
trate on the rules of pro-
tocol. but he kept trying to
muddle me up, graphical-
ly writes Mrs. Starr.
"When I shook their hands
first and curtsied second,
he velled "Off with her
head!" Everyone laughed,
Prince Andrew the
loudest."
"Kevin I have not pur-
chased it or read this
book," Mr. Peterson
related in a telephone con-
versation from his Toronto
law office. "What Premier
Clvde K. Wells said about
the recent biography on
himself is fitting words for
me too. Knowing what I
know about it, I wouldn't
buy the book. This book is
rat worth it."
Throughout his polical
career, analysts suggested
he could become a future
prime minister. There was
speculation Mr. Peterson
would run in the previous
federal election.
It is highly unlikely Mr.
Peterson will become
Prime Minister of Canada.
Being 50 years old and by
the time the Federal
Liberal Party shows a
vacancy in the leadership
position, his age will be a
strike against him ever
achieving the office of
prime minister.
"Mr. Peterson seems to
me to be a genuine in-
dividual," remarked
former Newfoundland
Premier, A. Brian
Peckford now residing in
British Columbia, in July
1989. "When I was premier,
he was interested in the
troubled east coast
fisheries issue and gave my
Brooks
Spring
Run-off
United Way calls on all
runners to put a little spr-
ing in their step! Help
United Way celebrate
healthy lifestyles with
Olympic medallist Silken
Laumann and Canada's
best-selling cookbook
author Anne Lindsay, in
The Brooks Spring Run -Off
8K, at High Park Sat. Apr.
9th. The run is the first in
the "Runners Choice Runn-
ing Series '94", incor-
porating the Ontario
Masters 8K Championship.
Pledges collected by run-
ners will benefit United
Way of Greater Toronto,
which funds more than 250
social services and com-
munity groups across
Metro.
Laumann will kickoff the
race at 10 a.m. at the
Grenadier Restaurant in
High Park, with help from
Anne Lindsay. The course
is 8 kms of loops over the
scenic and traffic -free
roads of High Park. ending
on Colbourn Lodge Dr..
jmmiediately south of Bioor
St. Runners will also have a
chance to purchase copies
of "Anne Lindsay's Light
Kitchen". full of delicious,
nutritious and energy
boosting recipes, and have
them signed by the author
from 8 to 10 a.m.
The Brooks Spring Run -
Off 8K is fun for everyone
who wants to get fit and
feel good this spring. New
to the series is a $100 Run-
ners' Choice gift certificate
to the 898th man and 324th
woman to cross the finish
lin. Awards wifl also be
given to outstanding run-
ners in age and sex
categories, and all par-
ticipants are eligible for
fabulous draw prizes.
Pict up your pledge form
at Runners' Choice on the
lower level of the College
Park Mall or from United
Way of Greater Toronto at
26 Wellington St. E., lith
floor. The adult entry fee is
$20 for those who pre -
register, and $25 on race -
day. For juniors age 10 and
under, the fee is ;10 with
pre -registration, and $15 on
race -day.
United Way receives a
portion of each adult entry
fee. Runners can register
by mail or can visit the
Runners' Choice store. For
additional race informa-
tion, call the Runners'
Choice Series Hotline at
(416, 340-8960.
Vignettes At
Norman
Bethune
Dr. Norman Bethune C.I.
is presenting "Vignettes", a
showcase of student talent
in French. Spanish and
music on Thurs. Apr. 14th
from 7 to 9 p.m.
Enjoy an evening of song,
dance, skits, and desserts in
the friendly ambiance of
Cafe -Cabaret "Debon-
naire".
Tickets cost $3 before
Apr. 8 and $4 after Apr. 8.
native province support.
He was also interested in
hvdro power development
of the lower Churchill Falls
in Labrador."
Known for liking to wear
a red tie, Mr. Peterson
follows the Ontario pattern
that grey, bland, small -c
lawyers who never say
much but espouse the cen-
tral Canadian values of
strong family and hard
work are successful. Mr.
Peterson has been in the
public eye for the past ten
years and history says he
has a couple of decades to
go.
(Kevin Bowering has.
followed Mr. Peterson's
career. He is currently
residing in the small
eastern Newfoundland
community to Carman-
ville).
Sea rbornugh West MPP and Nl r7,, t.-- .I•- i Recreation. Anne Swarbr'ick.
makes a point at Ontario hudvw pu I'uhi is , % iews on taxes. services and .job
creation will go to Finance N1ir, l•- I', :..,uchrvn for consideration.
Metro Separate School News
Thurs. April 7
Intermediate WSH will be
held at St. Maria Gown
Catholic School. 21
Kenmark Blvd.
Scarborough.
Fri. April a
!North York Science Fair
is being held at St. Jude
Catholic School, 3151
Weston Rd. North York.
S
at. A Sun. April 9 is le
'.Metro Separate Schools
Swim Meet will be held
board -wide with boys and
girls preliminaries on Apr.
9th and finals on Apr. loth at
Rosedale Heights School,
711 Bloor St. E. Toronto.
Sun. April le
Holv Cross Catholic
School. 299A Danlands Ave.
is celebrating its 50th
Anniversary with mass at
the church at 1:30 p.m. and
open house at the school at
2-10 p.m.
San. April 10
A spring concert by St.
Michael's Choir School will
be held at 8 p.m. at Cardinal
Carter Academy for the
Arts at 36 Greenfield Ave.
North York.
Tues. April 12
A Poetry Cafe is being
held at St. Francis de Sales
Catholic School. 333
Firgrove Cres., North York
United Way Hosts Open House
United Way of Greater
Toronto will lost an open
house for professionals in-
terested In volunteering
with its Consulting. Train-
ing and Information Ser-
vices (MS) on Thurs_
Apr. 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. at 26
Wellington St. E., 11th
floor.
Community -oriented
men and women with ex-
pertise in strategic plann-
ing, board roles and
responsibilities• human
resources, anti -racism,
organizational develop-
ment and program evalua-
tion are encouraged to at-
tend. Refreshments will be
served.
To register, or for more
information, call Nancy
Caughy at 5-3001. ext.
•r18
Tws. April 12
Job Shadowing Day is
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Trinity Catholic School. 32M
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Scarborough Village P.S.
Alternative Elementary Education
Scarborough Village P.S. is an alternative elementary program that is
open to junior kindergarten to Grade 8 students from across Scarborough.
space permitting.
As part of the program. students work in multi -aged classes. interacting
with other students at a variety of ages and stages. Opportunities are
provided for informal learning and individualized instruction so that each
child is encouraged to learn at a pace appropriate to his or her capability.
Parental involvement is both encouraged and expected.
The program is best suited to children who are self-reliant. independent I
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quality of musical over the
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Masters World Championships Road Races
by Ion Farquharson
On July 30th and 31st
Scarborough will play host
to the Road Racing World
Championships for
Masters, men 40 and over
and women 35 and over on
race date. There will be
three events: A 10 km run
starting and finishing at
Scarborough Civic Centre
on 30th; a 25 km run star-
ting and finishing at
Malvern Recreation Cen-
tre, July 31st and a 20 km
race walk which will be
held on the campus of Scar-
borough College also on
31st July.
All of the expected 2,000
participants will compete
together but results will be
determined in 5 year age
classes for both men and
women. These age classes
extend upwards to 95+. In
addition to awards for the
first three in each age class
there will also be interna-
tional team competition
throughout all age
brackets.
With just four months to
go, preparations for this
exciting event are moving
forward with increased im-
petus. The Canadian
Masters Athletic Associa-
tion in cooperation with the
Recreation Department of
the City of Scarborough is
the organizing body.
While the bulk of the en-
tries has yet to be received
there is strong interna-
tional interest evidenced
by information requests
and accommodation book-
ings from around the
world. From Europe, 15
countries have already
stated that they will be well
represented -
Britain ( with 200
entries), Belgium, France,
Germany, Italy, Spain,
Portugal, Sweden, Nor-
way. Hofand, Switzerland,
Austria, Czech Republic,
Romania and Finland will
all have teams.
The Asians, following the
great success of the Xth
WAVA Track and Field
championships in Japan
last October are very keen.
Japan expects to have 200
Master runners on hand,
India 45 as well as com-
petitors from Hong Kong.
Pakistan and Taiwan.
To date the only assured
African representation will
be from South Africa whose
team at the Japanese
championships was sur-
prisingly strong. We have
yet to hear from Oceania
and South America.
Notwithstanding these
numbers most of the en-
trants will come from
North America. Both USA
and Canadian Masters
have always competed
strongly at international
level and we are counting
on a large number of local
runners.
It is yet early to know ex-
actly who the top com-
petitors will be but
Britain's Dave Moorecroft
now 40, former World 5,000
metre record holder (open
class) will surely be one of
the front dinners.
Belgium's Omer Van
Noten (46) winner of the
5,000 in, 10,000 in, cross
country and marathon in
the M45 class in Japan has
signed up. His top competi-
tion in this class is likely to
be the gold medallist at the
1972 Olympics, Frank
Shorter.
Other notables with
preparations made are
Stephen James from
Durham. England. winner
at 5,000 and 10,000 in in
Japan in the M.% class;
fast paced (4.15 miler) 42
year old Welshman Ron
Bell and tib year old Arthur
Walsham, long a force in
British athletics and win-
ner of the marathon at the
first World Masters Cham-
pionships in Toronto 1975.
Arthur will have to face
American Ed Stabler who
has run some very fast
times in this division lately.
Some of the walkers pro-
duce times that a runner
would be proud of. Three
Mimes Olympian Bob Dob-
son from Britain, now 50,
walks 20 km in 1-3/4 hrs.,
and Italy is sending 70 year
old Carlo Bomba who is not
much slower.
How well will Canadians
fare against all this talent?
Brian Stride from Fergus,
Ontario is 43 and is capable
of running 10 km in less
than 30 minutes. Watch for
him near the front.
Mollie Turner will be on
home ground in Scar-
borough and holds several
W55 world records. Recent-
ly turning 60 she celebrated
by setting the World Indoor
3,000 metre record in 12
mins. 06 seconds.
Janet Takahashi, 37,
from London, Ontario took
a gold and silver in Japan
last year. She may be join-
ed in the W35 class by cur-
rent Canadian open class
international Nancy Tinam
(Rooks) from Vancouver.
Race walker June -Marie
Provost from London, Ont.
swept all opposition aside
in the W60 class last year in
Japan and 64 year old Ed
Whitlock from Milton, last
year's Ontario athlete of
the year will be a force to
be reckoned with too. We'll
win some medals.
The essence of Masters
competition, however, is
that it is for everyone. This
will be an opportunity for
the average "jogger" to
come out and do his or her
best in the company of the
11gr eats„
Age is the only necessary
qualification. This event
will not likely corn back to
Canada for another 25
years. Don't miss it now.
Entry booklets or other
information may be obtain-
ed from: CMAA, Sport On-
tario, 1220 Sheppard Ave.
E., Willowdale, Ontario
M2K 2X 1 or telephone (416 )
495-4059. Fax ( 416) 4954310.
Community Tennis Clubs
The volunteers who
organize the tennis clubs in
North York City parks are
all set to provide their
members another summer
of family fun and enjoy-
ment.
"Tennis at a cornmunity
club has to be the best
bargain available for
cheap recreation all sum-
mer long," says George
Fowler, the Executive
Director of the North York
Tennis Association.
"The low cost and the
fact wAist clubs are looking
for new members gives
thousands of people the
donee to enjoy the great
facilities we have in North
York.— Fowler continued.
To join just show up at a
dub on the first fine even-
ing in May and pick up an
application, or phone the
` TA Hot Line at 4964YM.
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WITH PIQUANT CUCUMBER
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Shredded, locally grown Greenhouse Cucum-
ber, lemon juice and dill team up in this easy piquant
sauce for baked fish.
Make the sauce while the
fish is baking, add a steamed vegetable and you
can have the whole meal on the table in less than
half an hour!
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2 tbsp (25 mL)
butter
1 cup (250 mL)
shredded peeled Ontario
1� ore
Greenhouse Cucumber,
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squeezed dry
1/4 cup (50 mL)
chopped onion
2 tbsp (25 mL)
all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp (2 mL)
dried dill
1 cup (250 mL)
milk
3 tbsp (50 mL)
lemon juice
2
Salt and pepper
1 1/2 Ib (750 g)
Ontario Salmon Trout
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fillets or salmon fillet, cut
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In medium saucepan, melt butter over medium
heat. Saute cucumber and onion until tender. Blend
in flour and dill and cook, stirring constantly. 1 min.
Gradually stir in milk. Cook, stirring, over medium
heat until mixture boils and thickens. Stir in lemon
juice. Add salt and pepper to taste; keep warm.
Meanwhile, place each serving of fish in centre
of piece of foil; fold edges to seal. Place packages
on baking sheet. Bake in 475 F (24WC) oven 10
min. or until fish flakes with fork. Drain fish and
serve with cucumber sauce. Serves 6.
Preparation Time: 10 min.
Baking Time: 10 min.
Cooking Time (sauce): 5 min.
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Community Sports Notes
That's Racingb
Sao Paulo, Brazil - The
1994 FIA Formula One
season began at the
challenging Interlagos cir-
cuit on March 27, with the
operative word describing
this year being 'change'.
Over the off-season of-
ficials decided that the
high-tech driver's aids us-
ed in the past would be ban-
ned. Subsequently, now
gone are active -
suspensions, traction -
control and anti-lock
brakes. All telemetric
gadgetry to make ad-
justments to the cars from
the pits during a race are
also forbidden.
Also new, refuelling
stops are permitted which
adds danger to the pro-
ceedings but allows teams
to use some strategy. (The
less fuel used to start a
race, the faster the cars
can be driven). The drivers
still retain radio com-
munication with their pits.
but now they have to drive
their machines unassisted.
the way motorsports was
always meant to be.
Brazilian Avrton Senna.
three -time Formula One
World Champion, was the
obvious crowd favouriteappearing before his home-
town fans, and indeed he
was the fastest qualifier as
well as being fastest in allnssessioprior to the 71-lap,m307.075 krace.
This year Senna has join-
ed the Williams Renault
team and, as the
acknowledged quickest
driver (now that Fren-
chman Alain Prost is sit-
in* tot this year, in pro-
bably the quickest car, hehas practically been hand-
ed the championship in ad-
vance by some.
But, surprisingly. Ger-
many's Michael
Schumacher's Benetton
Ford was only a mere .32$
of a second slower than
Senna in qualifying, and
the V-12 Ferrari of veteran
Jean Alesi only slightly
slower than him, one se-
cond back.
The refuelling rule
changes favour Ferrari's
power and may help them
recover from their
disastrous seasons of the
recent past. Senna's team-
mate. Great Britain's
Damon Hill felt under the
weather most of the
weekend, but qualified
fourth in his companion
Williams car.
At the start, under
threatening but dry skies,
Senna charged to the front
and was hotly pursued by
Schumacher until both had
topitforfuel and a tire -
change on lap 21.
Schumacher was first out.
taking a lead he was never
to give up. Pit -stops will
play a supreme role in all
of this year's Grands Prix.
and Benetton has a master -
strategist in Tom Walkin-
shaw as their not -so -secret
weapon.
At half race-distance,diseveral cars had retired in -
clung Gerhard Berger's
Ferrari with engine woes:
uncharacteristically.Berger tad only qualified a
lowly 17th. But then
Ireland's Eddie Irvine was
involved in a mtxsstrouscrash 'tach took out both
himself and rookie Jos
Verstappen's Benetton
Ford. Martin Brundle's
Peugeot McLaren and the
l' Wer Renault of Eric Ber-
nard. There were no in-
juries. but Brundle took a
hard jolt on the helmet
from Verstappen's wheel.That left only 13 cars runn-
y Jerry Hudson
ing of the 26 which started.
Senna appeared to be
catching Schumacher at
three-quarters race
distance - the gap between
the two was down to 6
seconds - but in a rare er-
ror, he lost control of his
Williams on a left-hand
bend and spun to a stand-
still. Under Forumla One
rules, drivers cannot ac-
cept assistance to re -start,
and so Senna was finished
for the day.
From that point on it was
an easy win for
Schumacher, with Damon
Hill coming in second and
France's Alesi third, both
of them one lap behind.
Rounding out the top six
finishers were the Jordan
Hart of Brazil's Rubens
Barrichello, Japan's Ukyo
Katayama driving a Tyr-
rell Yamaha and Austria's
Karl Wendlinger earning
one point for Sauber
Mercedes.
It was refreshing to see
drivers smoking their tires
under braking with the
absence of traction -control.
Now it's all up to the
drivers, not just to
technology. and Formula
One seems pointed in the
right direction to regain the
excitement and show of
skills which made it
famous in the first place.
The teams next travel to
Aida. Japan for the Pacific
Grand Prix on Apr. 17, a
circuit none of the com-
petitors have driven as yet.
However, Vkyo Katayama
is the only Japanese driver
this season, and the
Yamaha people must have
high tropes after his strong
showing in Brazil. This
year Canada hosts the sixth
round of the Formula One
World Championship on
June 12 at Montreal.
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Bill Watt's Worlds
PRELUDE:
Music is very much with
us this time 'round and the
usual enjoinder is issued
that the order of ap-
pearance of the review
items is not necessarily to
be construed as being in
order of merit.
AT THE OPERA:
The Butterfly story is an
eternal one based upon a
fact: originally a written
story• then a play, an opera
and eventually. Miss
Saigon. Of all the many
versions of it, however, the
most beloved is and, we
believe, always will be
Puccini's opera Madama
Butterfly.
The Canadian Opera
Company is presenting it at
The O'Keefe in tandem
with La Traviata until Apr.
23rd.
This is the Brian Mac-
donald production first per-
formed by the company in
1990. There is no such thing
as a definitive presentation
of Butterfly but this pro-
duction comes as close as
any can. The emphasis is
greater on the differences
in the two cultures and on
the inability of the two prin-
cipals to grasp it.
And. the final scene is
less bloody than in many
productions. Less blood
but light years more effec-
tive. In the opening night
audience, one heard as
always gentle weeping but
also. racking sobs.
Barbara Daniels is a
delightful Butterfly and her
performance is especially
noteworthy because she's a
big woman but still
manages to convey the
delicacy of her character.
Her voice is sweet and pure
and she is in complete com-
mand of it, enabling her to
w•nng maximum emotion
out of each sang and aria.
It's always difficult to
write about Pinkerton
because the character is
almost without anv
redeeming qualities. At
best. Pinkerton is a twit. At
worst he's an unthinking
lout. One supposes the
highest compliment one
can pay to Arthur Davies in
the role is that he makes
Pinkerton properly hateful.
One wonders what Butterf-
ly could ever have found at-
tractive about him except
for his fine tenor voice.
Gabrielle Prata con-
tinues to impress, this time
as the faithful maid of But-
terfly. Of course, wv must
confess that we love a
mezzo-soprano voice and
Miss Prata's is superb.
Gladys Swarthout lives.
Baritone Mark Pedrotti
is an admirable Sharpless,
a man of decent principles
trying to prevent the
ultimate tragedy that is
Butterfly and Pinkerton.
in truth, there are no
weak characterizations in
this production.
The orchestra was con-
ducted by Samuel Wong
with controlled sweep and
grandeur. If at times, it
seemed to overpower the
singers, it was probably
because of the
sophisticated O'Keefe
sound system and possible
first night unfamiliarity
with it. One expects that
the problem is now cor-
rected.
Madama Butterfly runs
until Apr. 24th and is an ex-
perience not to be denied.
ON STAGE ONE:
Burtterfh meets The Lit -
tie Mermaid in Once On
This Island, the musical
presently premiering at the
St. Lawrence Centre. To
the book and lyrics of Lv nn
Ahrens and the music of
Stephen Flaherty, it's the
familiar story of a young
woman falling in love with
a man above her station
and being rejected after
she has been used by him.
The twist here is that the
work is set on a Caribbean
island and the man is not of
the same racial strain.
Truth to tell, the familiari-
ty of the plot line isn't
bothersome in as much as
it serves only as a frame
for spirited singing and
dancing.
The show is only 90
minutes long and runs
without an intermission.
Any longer and an au-
dience might well be ex-
hausted, to say nothing of
the performers.
Mabel Robinson's
choreography is probably
best described as splendid-
ly savage. It's more than
toe tapping. it's gut wren-
chingly visceral. So. too.
B-, Marsha Boulton
FINK ISLAND. NEWFOUND-
LAND. 1534 -- What flightless
bird which was abundant in the
16(10% became extinct in 18.34:'
Like the Mauritius Island dodo
before it. the fate of the great auk
of Eastern Canada was sealed by
the intrusion of man.
The great auk was the only
flightless variety of its species,
which includes guillemots, murres
and puffins. It was a curious -
looking sort of sea bird that
walked upright much like a pen-
guin. While the 75 -centimetre
bird may have trundled awkward-
ly on shore. in the water auks
could "fly," propelling themselves
rapidly with their rudimentary
wings and steering with their
powerful webbed feet to catch the
small fish and crustaceans that
formed their diet.
Ranging from Greenland to
Eastern Canada and south to
Florida, the great auks came
ashore only during the breeding
:reason. After reaching maturity at
four or five years of age. the
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Your Dining &Entertainment Guide
are the songs of Ahrens and
Flahertv.
Even the best written of
shows, though, must have a
,good cast to make it work
and the cast here is ex-
cellent. Cee Cee Harshaw•
is the young girl. She can
break one's heart over
unrequited love and stir the
pulse with her dancing,
especially in the ballroom
scene. Troy Adams as the
man of her love sings in a
sweet voice and moves
with the rhythnin of Rober-
to Alomar to whom he
bears more than passing
resemblance.
Arlene Duncan and
Salome Bey sing well as
always but the bravura
performance of the evening
is given by Nathaniel
Sanders as the god of
Death. It's simply riveting
in its intensity and techni-
que-
Once On This island is a
fine piece of theatre - not-
withstanding its less than
subliminal anti racist
message - and one not to be
missed.
CURTAIN CALL:
Wasn't Salome Bev one
of those opposed to the cur-
rent production of Show
Bast because in its original
version. it used the word
niggers' Why then would
she appear in a production
that uses the even more in-
sulting term, mulatto' It
couldn't be a case of selec-
tive outrage could it'
ON STAGE: TWO -
Though billed as a new
production. Crazy For You
derives from the 1930s Ger-
shwin musical Girl Crary.
Its songs are between fifty
and sixty years old. And.
you know what' It doesn't
matter at all. Thev are still
as fresh as ever especially
when sting wonderfully to
the new orchestrations of
Paul Gemignani and danc-
ed equally so to the lively
choreography of Susan
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HERITAGE: Hl(;HLI(;HTS
L -R Car,:... i' i1% Baker" and Jim Walton as "Eirihhs i?::
Premiere pu" :. r w neve Gemhwin musical comedy Crai% F .
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"Crazy For You" Repeats
tn'� E:art Johnston
..Crazv For You" is not so
crazy. After playing its
100th performance. this
dazzling dancing.
sensational singing,
fabulous fun musical hit has
been extended for another
eight weeks at the Royal
Alexander Theatre.
If smiling faces make you
feel good, you'll like this
show where everyone from
the leads to the bevy of
chorus girls seem to be
smiling most of the time. In
retrospect, they couldn't
Gentle birds no longer
The extinction of Canada's dodo
egg on hare ruck. Both parents took
re%po►nslhility for its Incubation.
Jacques Cartier noted the birds
on his first %oyage to the New
World in 153-1 when his crew
stocked up on them at Funk
island, New-
foundland. With
an estimated ( i
100.000 pairs. ; OAb-
the island was
home to the s '�
world's largest ¢
great auk colony.
Some of these birds are a
large as geese, being black and
white with a beak like a crow."
Cartier wrote in his diary. '"These
birds are marvellously fat. We
call them Apponatz (spear -bills).
and in less than half an hour our
longboats were log -loaded with
them. Each of our ships salted
four or five casks, not to mention
those we ate fresh."
The great auk proved to be a
Watch for the He
on your local tell
- 4or more information about the Her
stead% and easily harvested staple
for early explorers. Their feathers
were sold. They were boiled
to make oil, used as bail for
fishing lines and their eggs were
a delicacy.
By the 1700s
the number of
great auks was
seriously deplet-
ed as thousands
00 W, of the helpless
creatures were
slaughtered by
Hudson's Bay fur traders. who
either clubbed them to death or
simply marched them up planks
onto their ships. Fishermen in
Newfoundland and Labrador, as
well as whalers from across
the North Atlantic joined in the
slaughter.
In 1795. one observer wrote:
"it has been customary for several
crews of men to live all summer
on the island for the purpose of
ritage Minutes
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have been smiling all the
time. because the courtship
of Polly Baker (Camilla
Scott) faltered almost from
the beginning. But Bobby
Child (Jim Walton) never
gave tip the pursuit and you
just knew that somehow
everything was going to
work out.
If a happy ending was
inevitable• the means to the
end was not predictable. An
original starry line added to
music from the past kept
the audience guessing.
This show is billed as a
killing birds for the sake of their
feathers. If a stop is not put to that
practice, the whole breed will be
diminished to aim" nothing."
By 1800. that prophecy had
come true and only a few scattered
birds remained throughout their
North Atlantic range. Such rarity
placed them in great demand in
Europe, where museums began
clamouring for specimen,.
One early morning in June,
18.3.1. driven by museum reward
of about $30, two hunters went
ashore on an island near Iceland
and killed the last two great auks
on earth. They ran but uttered no
cry and offered no fight, for they
were gentle birds.
Since 1600, when records
became reasonably reliable, at
least 150 forms of bird have
ceased to exist in this country.
Today extensive efforts are being
made to protect endangered
species which face new, threats
such as habitat destruction and
environmental pollution, What is
too late for the great auk, may
prosper other species• including
all Canadians.
new Gershwin musical
comedy, even though
George and Ira Gershwin
collaborated as a song -
writing tam over half a
century ago. But if the
music was ever dated. it
comes alive again in this
zesty production.
Rich young Bobby
begrudgingly heads off to
Nevada on the directions of
his overbearing mother
(Barbara Hamilton(. His
job is to foreclose on an old
theatre that Polly wants to
revive. The two hit it off
instantly, but Polly is
unforgiving when she
discovers the purpose of
Bobby's trip.
Bobby actually loves
show business, but to get
another shot at Polly and
help save the theatre, he
has to disguise himself as a
famous Broadway
producer. He is too
successful. Polly falls in
love with the producer and
Bobbv is afraid to reveal his
true identity. The producer
himself arrives in town
while Bobby is still sporting
his disguise, and then
confusion reigns supreme.
Camilla Scott grew up in
Etobicoke, and the show
marks her return to this
area after a turn on
Broadway and two years in
the soap "Days Of Our
Lives".
Jim Walton, who was
raised in Marion, Indiana,
has a record of successes
on and off Broadway, and
has toured North America
and Europe in 42nd Street.
In 1948, Barbara
Hamilton made her
professional debut on the
stage of the Royal
Alexander Theatre. "Crazy
For You" marks the 14th
time that she has appeared
at this theatre.
"Without exception, from
teenagers to grandparents,
everyone loves this show,"
says co-producer Ed
Mirvish, calling it "a great
time out for the whole
family".
Men
traveLl!
21 Non -Stop Toronto To
Paris & Vancouver To Paris
There will be 19 non stop
scheduled flights per week
during peak season
summer'94 bound for Paris
from Toronto aboard Air
Canada, Air France and
Canadian Airlines Int'I.
Twice per week. Air
Canada will be offering
Vancouver -Paris non stop.
Toronto -Lyon direct
stopping briefly at Montreal
and two additional Toronto -
Paris flights direct via
Montreal.
Charter service includes
eight flights per week
Toronto -Paris with Air
Transat. Canada 3000 and
Roval Airlines, most of
which will pass through
either Montreal or Quebec
City. For those passengers
residing in Vancouver and
Calgary. Air Transat has
coordinated its flights from
these cities to correspond
with their Toronto -Paris
departures four and three
times per week
respectively.
Paris Antigre Fair To Be
Held In The farrorsO Du
louvre
The Paris "Biennale des
Antiquaires" attracts some
1,300M art and antique
collectors from all around
the world and is normallv
held every two years under
the majestic arched roof of
the Grank Palais. Built
between ]847 and 1900 by
Delagne. Louvet and
Thomas the Grand Palais is
of classic "Art Nouvezu"
stvie and is presently closed
for renovations.
The 17th Biennale des
Antiquaires will be taking
place this year from Nov
10.24, and for this one time
oniv, in the new and
spectacular setting of the
Carrousel du Louvre.
Recently completed. the
Carrousel is part of the
exceptional renovati«ts and
expansions being done at
the Louvre.
An enormous selection of
items will be on sale.
covering a floor space of
7.500 sq. metres and being
sold by some 101 antique
dealers. Works include
antique paintings,
furniture. carpets and
tapistry. objects d'art.
scuptures, primitive and
oriental art. rare books. and
exquisite jewels. To set the
proper ambiance for the
Biennale, a decor adapted
to the esthetics and rare
beauty of the antiques is
being commissioned.
The Biennale will be open
every day Nov. 10-24 from
12 noon until 9 p.m.
admission is 70FF S16
Metro: Palais Royal
Louvre, entrance at 99 rue
de Rivoli.
Vacancies in Norman
k"Itateaux & Manoirs
The association of fifty
plus characteristic and
charming Normandy inns
and restaurants called the
"Chateaux & Manoirs en
Normandie" is pleased to
say that there are still
vacancies in their
properties before and after
the week of June 3-10. With
the 50th anniversary of D -
Day, the region has been
overwhelmed with requests
for accommodation. but
mainly for the week of the
celebrations.
The association prides
itself on the charm and
character of its member
inns and restaurants. The
architecture of some of the
.,,,
properties include a 13th
and 15th century manor
home, half-timbered
houses. Anglo-Norman
mansions with turrets and
timbering, cottages with
thatched roofs, and are
often furnished with period
furniture. The association
has inns ranging from two
to four star settings.
The two -star hotel "La
Ranconnniere" is situated
in the rustic setting of a
former manor house in the
countryside of Crepon. close
to Baveux and the D -Day
beaches. Rooms IW38OFF
S45496 Cdn. For
reservations: (011 33) T:
31 22 2173. F: 31 22 98 39. On
the other hand, the
luxurious timbered four
star "Hostellerie de
Tourgeville" is in a
peaceful setting just three
miles from Deauville, host
city of an annual American
Film Festival. and an
inspiration to the
hostellerie.
All of the 25 guest rooms
are named after famous
actors. as is the projection
room. Facilities include a
swimming pool, tennis, golf
neartn% biking and more.
Rooms: 980-210)FF $215-
$465 Cdn including taxes.
Reservations: T: 31886340,
F: 31911 Z7 16
Vacation
Planning
Made Easy
Looking for that quaint
inn on Martha's Vineyard?
Who offers %bale watching
cruises" How far is it from
Boston to the Berkshires?
When do the Boston Pops
play' All these questions
and many more can be
answered in the just releas-
ed 1994 "Massachusetts
Getaway Guide" produced
by the !Massachusetts Of-
fice of Travel and Tourism
MOTT1.
An essential travel tool
for the travelling public
and travel agents, the four -
season, 96 -page
"Massachusetts Getaway
Guide" details all the infor-
mation needed to plan a
holiday in the Bay State.
Stunning photographs of
the state's many attrac-
tions and scenic landscapes
accompany each section of
the magazine. Useful maps
of the state and cities like
Boston and Springfield il-
lustrate how easy it is to
get around the state.
"The "Getaway Guide..
offers quick tips and in-
sights into everything from
accommodation listings
and scenic wonders to
festivals and exhibits
throughout
Massachusetts," said Ab-
bie R. Goodman, executive
director of MOTT.
A handy calendar of
events assists in planning a
vacation around the many
fairs• sports events. and
FAC
Firearms Acquisition
Certificate
Westand Instructional Courts,
Testing inekrded
Cartifled Instructors
For more information
Contact ACCESSIBLE FIREARMS
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Wed. April 6, 1991 771E NEWS POST Page II
altz Into Spring With A Tennessee Visit
Tennesee and it
diatelv evokes im-
ages of the Tennessee
Waltz, The Grand Ole
(pry, Graceland, the Chat-
tanooga Choo-Choo and the
majestic Great Smoky
Mountains. But a little
known fact about Ten-
nessee is that it plays host
to many fun and unique
family oriented events, in-
cluding the World's Biggest
Fish Fry and the Teapot
Festival.
Here is a small sample of
events taking place this
spring that visitors to Ten-
nessee won't want to miss!
"Bring on the Mules!" -
from Apr. 7 - 10, Columbia
celebrates its heritage and
the important contribution
the mule made to this city.
Activities include mule
sales, mule pullings, Mule
Day Parade, mule shows,
and arts and craft exhibits.
For more information, call
the Mule Day office at ( 615)
381-9557.
"World's Biggest Fish
Fry" - Paris is the place to
be for fish lovers - more
than 10,000 pounds of cat-
fish will be served.
Parades, arts and craft
shows, auto shows and a
sanctioned rodeo highlight
the week of Apr. 25 - 30.
Contact the Paris Chamber
of Commerce for further
information at (901)
642-3431.
"Teapot Lovers Unite!" -
Strange but true, Trenton
hosts the Trenton Teapot
Festival from May 8th to
14th. The Trenton City Hall
houses the world's largest
collection of unique
teapots, and the celebra-
tion in honur of this collec-
tion includes a street
dance, sports activities,
arts and crafts, a parade
and fireworks. For more
information, contact the
Greater Gibson County
Area Chamber of Com-
merce at ( 9011 85.5-0973.
"Calling All Jazz
Lovers" - The 5th annual
Bessie Smith Traditional
Jazz Festival will be held
at the Chattanooga Choo-
Choo Station House. Chat-
tanooga, from Apr. 19th -
May 1st. An outstanding
line-up of nationally ac-
claimed jazz bands will
perform. Contact Mike
Griffin at (615) 266-0944. for
more info.
"Memphis in May Inter-
national Festival" - This
month-long cultural
celebration honours a dif-
ferent country each year.
This year's honoured coun-
try is the Ivory Coast of
Africa, and the festival will
be celebrated each
weekend from Mav 7th -
30th. Over 125 events are
scheduled• including a
Children's International
Festival, Beale Street
Musical Festival and the
Sunset Symphony on the
River.
Visitors won't want to
miss the World Champion-
ship Barbeque Cooking
Contest held May 19th -
21st. Further information
is available from Deannie
Parker at (901 ) :12.5-4611.
"A Country Music Fan's
Fantasy" - Everyone has
favourite country music
stars, and for visitors at-
tending the International
Country Music Fan Fair in
Nashville June 6th - 12th,
meeting them is almost
guaranteed. Fans have the
opportunity to mix and
mingle with their favourite
stars in a week-long
festival with live shows, ex-
hibits, autograph and photo
sessions, special concerts.
and celebrity games. Con-
tact the Fan Fair Office at
16151 M9-7503 for more in-
formation on this exciting
event.
"Opryland Keeps Get-
ting Better" - Opryland
USA is presenting even
more live music starting
May 6th through to Oct
6th. "Nashville On Stage"
will showcase 150 con-
secutive nights of concerts
with top entertainers like
Alabama. George Jones,
the Oak Ridge Boys, Tam-
my Wynette and Tanya
Tucker. Three artists per
Country Music Comes To Los Angeles
Couritry music fans have
long flocked to Nashville to
see their favourite per-
formers, and now they will
have a chance to see some
of country's top names on
the West Coast. Fanfest '94
is scheduled for May 4-7 at
Fairplex, the Los Angeles
County Fairgrounds.
More than www people
per day are expected to at-
tend Fanfest '94 for live
performances and a
chance to obtain
autographs from present
and future stars of country
music. The event follows
the Academy of Country
Music Awards being held
May 3 at the Universal Am-
phitheatre: thus many of
country's top stars will be
in Los Angeles to attend
Fanfest '9t
At this time, ap-
pearances have been con-
firmed by Trisha Year-
wood, Dwight Yoakam, Bil-
ly Dean, Dan Seals. Doug
5000 Welcome Jays Home
On Sat. Apr. 9th at 1:15
p.m. Toronto's Skydome
will have its roof shaken to
the cheering of 5,000
children and their escorts,
as they are treated to a ma-
jor league ball game
featuring the "Back to
Back" World Series Cham-
pions the Toronto Blue
Jays.
Since 1983, the Blue Jays
Baseball Club, Vanety-The
Children's Charity i On-
tario) and the Ministry of
Community and Social Ser-
vices have teamed up an-
nually to make Variety
Kids Blue Jay Day a realr
ty.
Kids Day co-ordinators
festivals that take place
throughout Massachusetts.
The guide lists more than
1,000 places to stay: luxury
hotels, bed and breakfasts,
cozy inns, even state parks
where you can camp under
the stars.
To obtain a free copy of
the "Massachusetts
Getawayt Guide"
travellers in Eastern
Canada can call toll-free
1 -800 -4.14 -MASS, extension
W.
from the ministry offices
throughout the province
have been working tireless-
ly with local children's
agencies to choose children
who'd benefit most from
this dream -come -true.
These children are those
who would likely never
have the opportunity to at-
tend a major league game.
The Toronto Blue Jays
Baseball Club - set to con-
front the Seattle Mariners
that day have donated the
seats. Variety -The
Children's Charity will
cover transportation costs
from designated points in
Ontario to the Skvdome
and McDonald's
Restaurants will donate hot
dogs and cokes.
The Variety pillage Band
and Colour Guard will per-
form a pre -game show and
Variety Poster Children
Alex Pinkerton (7 years
old) and Amv Mead ( 9
years old) wifl throw out
the first pitch.
The reward for all the ef-
fort and organization of
this event is seeing the
smiles and excitement on
5.001 happy faces.
" MONEY BACK MORTGAGE INSURANCE
Whether you have a house, or are looking for one
F'nd out the facts about protecting your biggest investment.
Call the Mortgage Specialist
at 804-3416
Stone. Boy Howdy. Mark
Chestnutt, Confederate
Railroad, Faith Hill, Tracy
Lawrence, Sawyer Brown.
Ralph Stanley. and Doug
Supernaw•. Organizers note
that additional artists will
be announced on a continu-
ing basis.
Approximately 490
display spaces and booths
will be occupied by artists.
fan clubs. record com-
panies and vendors. Daily
performances by the enter-
tainers will be held at both
the grandstand area. which
has a capacity of approx-
imately 10,0W and the 3,5(10
capacity gazebo stage
area. Fanfest '94 will also
include a midway. celebri-
ty rodeo, and a "Super
Faces Show.. is scheduled
for the final night of the
event.
"This is an idea whose
time is overdue." says Bob
Alexander, President of
Fanfest Inc. **We started
talking about having an
event of this type over two
years ago, but it was not
until we were able to in-
volve the Academy of
Country Music that the
seeds started to bloom."
The Academv is sanction-
ing Fanfest '94.
Fanfest '94 will benefit a
number of worthy causes.
including the earthquake
relief effort in Los Angeles
and the Academy of Coun-
try Music, a non-profit
organization.
For more information
about Fanfest '94 call 13101
247-0741, fax 13101 'r15-1314.or write Fanfest '94. 8899
Beverlv Blvd., Suite 5M,413
Los Angeles, CA 900.
For more information•
the public may contact
Travel USA, the consumer
information service of
USTI'A, in the Toronto
area at (905, 890-5662.
night will perform at three
separate theatres within
the Opryland Resort.
And the new water taxi
service beginning in June
will be a perfect way to
travel to see vour favourite
performer. The service will
operate on the Cumberland
River from downtown
Nashville to Opryland. The
nine -mile trip will take less
than 30 minutes and will
cost just $4.:3:3 US for adults
and $.3.:12 US for children
under eleven. For more in-
formation, call Opryland at
( 615) 889-6611.
"Civil War Re -
Enactment" - From June
11-12, a fascinating re-
enactment of the Civil War
is held on the actual bat-
tlefield where the Con-
federate and Union troops
did battle in 1862. Living
history demonstrations and
authentic Union and Con-
federate camps are open to
the public at the site.
located at Parkers
Crossroads. Contact Steve
McDaniel at 1901 968 :883
for further information.
To obtain a free copy of
the Tennessee Travel
Guide call toll-free at 1800
547-1800. For further infor-
mation contact the Ten-
nessee Department of
Tourism at P.O. Box M170.
Nashville, Tennessee
37202-3170, telephone 16151
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by Diane Matheson
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WOMEN TRA%'EI.I.IN(; Af,ONE
Hear Constable G. Smith. O.P.P.. speak on "Women
'T'ravelling Alone" at the Osteoporosis Support Group
meeting on Wed. Apr. 6th at 1:30 p.m. in the Pickering
Police Station. There is no charge for this meeting. Parking
is free. Please use the rear entrance to the Police Station
which is at Hw}•. 2 and Brock Rd. in Pickering. For more in-
formation call L. Rowley, 428-9392.
SOUTH PICKERING SENIORS CLUB - C1.UB 75:1
The Seniors' Club for older adults - 55 years plus - meets
at its location at 910 Liverpool Rd. S. It costs $12 per year
and offers many activities including bridge, darts, shuf-
fleboard. table tennis. bingo. euchre and much more. Club
753 arranges special events and day trips. Call 420-5049 for
more information on their activities.
BEA ST%R & 11 THE SPIITIAGHT
Two Theatre Arts programs offered by the Ajax Rec.
Dept. will introduce children to the fun and spontaneity of
acting. In "Be a Star". participants will gain self-
confidence in this relaxed and imaginative atmosphere.
Experience include self-expression, make believe, theatre
games. skits and puppetry. This is for the 6 to 9 year olds. It
will be held on Saturdays from Apr. 9 to June 11, from 9 to
10:30 a.m. at Lakeside Community Centre. Fee is $40 for 10
weeks.
"In the Spotlight" is for children 9 years and over. Acting
skills will be discovered and developed. Participants will
become involved in role playing. improvisation. voice
awareness. narration, mime, puppetn and games. You will
be encouraged to explore your imagination: Dates for this
are Apr. 9 to June 11 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon at Lakeside
Community Centre. Cost is $10 for 10 weeks.
Call theAjax Rec. Dept at 427-8811 for more information.
PICKE:RIN(; NATURALISTS
The next Monthly meeting of the Pickering Naturalists
will be held on Thurs. Apr. 7th at the Rouge Hills Public
Library (Rougemou nt Dr.. south of H%•v. 2). Dr. Graham
Crawshaw, Metro Zoo Vetinarian will give a speech and
slide show about a research project he was involved with in
Venezuela concerning the Lesser Anteater (Tamandua )
and other wildlife species he encountered there. The pro-
gram will begin at 8 p.m_ Contact Dale Hoy at ( 905) 4Z7-1655
for more information.
HERBS IN YOUR GARDE.%
The Pickering Horticultural Society's April meeting will
be to do with herbs. on Apr. 12th Karen Michaud from
Country Lane Herbs and Dried Flowers in Puslinch will he
the guest speaker. The Horticultural Society meets at St.
Andrew's Presbvtenan Church. 35 Church Si. N. in Picker-
ing Village at S p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend and
there is always a flower associated with the meeting.
Refreshments will be served. For further information call
Barbara Twiner at 839 ir611t1
EARLY SPRINT; W11-DF1.OWE:RS
On Sat. Apr. 23 the Pickering Naturalists will be meeting
rain or shine' ) for an outing to find. among other plants.
skunk cabbages and coltsfoot. Meeting place is at the south-
west corner of the Pickering GO station at 9: 30 a. m. Leader
Doug Lockery recommends that waterporoof footwear be
worn. Contact Dale Hoy at 1905 4I-1655 or Doug Lockery
at 905 - 6>5-0789 for more information.
.AJAX RE:C .ARTS & C'R.AE`r1 PROGRAMS
Here are some new craft classes you might be interested
in beginning in April:
Vertical Swag: Try something new for spring and add
this decorative wall swag to your home. This swag is done
with dried flowers on a wire frame. Material costs approx-
imately $22 extra. Register early as this workshop is sure to
fill. Time is Apr. 5th and 12th from 7 to 9:30 p.m. and the fee
is 521.40.
Grapevine door or wall swag: This swag has a unique
look with dried flowers and grapevine branches. Material
costs approximately $14 extra. Time is apr. 19th from 7 to
9:3o p. m Fee is 521.40.
Sensational Spring: Carole Duncan will show you some
great ideas for your home. Learn about working artificial
plants into your decor, spring table arrangements, scents
and smells, drying your own flowers and spring door ar-
rangements. You will leave with the knowledge to create
your own crafts at home. This is a "show and tell'
workshop, and no materials are required. This takes place
on Apr. 23 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Fee is $10.70.
Sunflower Wreath or Hydrangea Wreath: Gorgeous'
That's the only way to describe this wreath. A unique blend
of large sunflowers and dried leaves. A course not to be
missed' Matrial costs approx. $50 extra. Time is Apr. 26
and May 3 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Fee is $21.40.
For any of the above classes. contact the Ajax Parks and
Recreation. Department at 427-8811.
OSIIAW'A & DISTRICT COIN C1,UB
The Coin Club met on Mar. 13th at the Arts Resource Cen-
tre, behind the Oshawa City Hall. The Annual "Coin -A -
Rama" show is scheduled for May 18, at the Pickering
Town Centre.
Anyone interested in learning more about the Coin Club
should contact Earl MacLean at (905) 728-1352.
COUNTRY IJNE DANCING
Learn to dance to the music that is sweeping the nation'
Garth Brooks, Patty Loveless, Vince Gill and Billy Ray
Cyrus. Come alone or with a partner and learn dances such
as the Texas Freeze, the Fourteen Step, Achy Breaky, the
Bus Stop. and much more. Don't miss out on the fun.
The Ajax Parks and Rec is organizing this class on
Wednesdays at 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. starting Apr. 6th to June 8th.
Lester B. Pearson CI News
French Public Speaking
Contest
On Mar. 23rd and 24th.
the finals of the Scar-
borough French Public
Speaking Contest were held
at Lester B. Pearson C.I.
Each secondary school was
invited to send two can-
didates ( per division) to
represent their school and
to deliver their winning
three to fire minute
speech.
On Wednesday, the winn-
ing students in grades 11 to
OAC from all participating
Core French classes across
Scarborough competed. On
Thursday, the winning
students from grades 9 to
OAC Immersion and Ex-
tended French categories
competed.
Both days were a great
success and many prizes
and trophies were awarded
to the deserving students.
The judges pan elementary
school principal. two con-
sultants from the board, a
department head, four
elementary immersion
school teachers and a stu-
dent from the Faculty of
Education at U. of T.) felt
that the choices were vey
difficult to make as all of
the candidates delivered
very high calibre speeches.
Although prizes were
awarded to students in
first, second and third
places. only those students
who ranked first will go on
to represent Scarbroough
at the Provincial Contest
which will take place at
O.I.S.E. on Apr. 30th. For
more information about
this contest contact
Madame Benais. Assistant
Head of Modern Languages
at Pearson C.I.
Several Pearson students
competed in the Core
French Contest and all of
their speeches were ex-
cellent. Congratulations to
Lan Ma, Melanie Mooney,
Sona Narsis and Clinton
Wong who were chosen to
represent Pearson at the
Scarborough level. Extra
congratulations to Sona
who won third place in the
city-wide competition with
her speech on "Les
Films"!
The two day
Scarborough -wide contest
was organized and run by
Madame Benais. "Felicita-
tions" to all involved!
Tutoring Program
A pilot program called
the "Malvern Community
Tutoring Program" will
begin on Tues. Apr. 5th at
Lester B. Pearson. It is a
ten week pilot project that
would be available every
Tuesday and Thursday
evenings from 6 to 8 p.m.
The project would be staff-
ed by qualified volunteers•
most of whom are
connmuni ty-based.
The main objective of the
program is to help those
students who are eperienc-
ing academic difficulties,
and would benefit from ex-
tra tutorial time. Par-
ticipating students are ex-
pected to be punctual,
prepared, attend all ses-
sions, and demonstrate
positive attitudes and ap-
propriate behaviours. For
this plot project only a
limited number of students
can be accommodated.
........................... ....................
Lucation is St. Andrew's Community Centre, and the fee is
$64.20 for 10 weeks. For information on this and other Ajax
Ree. programs call V -j-8811.
SPRING POTTERY SIRIK& 1.11.17:
The Ajax -Pickering Potters' Guild is holding its annual
spring show and sale on Fri. Apr. '_t from 7 to 9 p.m.. Sat.
fpr. 'te3.9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sun. Apr. 24.11:30 a. m. to
4pm.
It is being held at The Turning Point Pottery Studio in the
Pickering Recreation Complex. Valley Farm Rd. S., south
of Hwy. 2 in Pickering. There will be door prizes. Admission
is free and there is plenty of free parking.
YMCA DURHAM
There are several pre-school learning programs for
children 18 months to 5 years listed in the YMCA brochure.
Here is just a sampling. Check them over, perhaps you will
find something for your child.
Tumbling Tots is for 18 months to 21 2 year olds. Parent
and tot gym classes begin with circle song warm up exer-
cise. Physical challenges are introduced to develop basic
motor skills using balls, games, climbing equipment,
balance beam and parachute. Next session begins on
Tuesdays from 9:30 to 10 a.m. from Apr. 5th to June 7th.
Cost is = for 10 weeks.
Junior Ki,ndercare is for 20 months to 2 1 2 year olds.
Sharing, helping, laughing and enjoying are all part of the
unique experience especially created for preschoolers who
have never been without mom. Simple crafts with glue and
paint, a collection of fun toys, lots of songs, books and social
interaction will create this wonderful program.
In order for your child to adjust to a first-time separation,
parents will be asked to join us for coffee in the boardroom
for the first three weeks of the program. This will be held
from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. or 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. on Fridays
from Apr. 8th to June 10th. Cost is $55 for 10 weeks.
Morning or afternoon adventure is for 21 2 to 5 year olds.
A fun -filled time for your active pre-schooler. Expand your
child's world with this nursery school program and gym-
nastics class. Sessions include theme -related stories,
crafts, songs, finger plays, puppets and more. Then on to
gymnastics, including warm-ups to music, games, balance
beam, mats and the climbing equipment.
This program is for children who are ready to socialize in-
dependently. It's held on Tuesdays from 9:30 to 11 a.m. or
1:30 to 3 p.m. Apr. 5th to June 7th, or on Fridays from 9:30
to 11 a.m. Apr. 6th to June 10th. Cost is $63 for 10 weeks.
Children's Birthday Parties for 4 years and up. Join us for
a two-hour program of games, songs, crafts and gym play
designed by our birthday hostess. Activities will be geared
to the age and interest of the child. Parents provide the food
and drink and the YMCA will provide the fun in our pro-
gram rooms.
Parties held on Saturdays for two hours between 3:30 and
6:30 p.m., $75 fee is based on 10 children. There is a $2
charge for each additional child up to a maximum of 16.
For information on any of the above programs call the Y
at 839-8011. The Y is located at Unit 15A, 1400 Bayly St.,
Pickering. Office hours are Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Bill Watt's Worlds
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Stroman.
The Column caught the
100th performance of the
local company at the Royal
Alex the other evening and.
if anything, enjoyed it even
more than at its premiere.
The cast is tighter and
the dancing more fluid.
particularly between the
two principals Jim Walton
and Camilla Scott who now
evoke pleasant memories
of Marge and Gower Cham-
pion. High praise, we know,
but well considered ... and
deserved.
Mary Ellen Mahoney has
now joined the company as
the vamp Irene and her
Naughty Baby with David
Mucci as Lank gives the
number a whole new
dimension of sexuality and
humour.
Oh, there's much more
one could say but we'd end
up at the same conclusion;
Crazy For You is the most
enjoyable show currently
running in Toronto. See it.
IN CONCERT:
On the late afternoon of
Palm Sunday we found
ourself at St. Aidan's
Church in The Beach. The
stained glass at the front of
the church illustrated The
Last Supper. No
blasphemy is intended in
writing that we most surely
enjoyed a feast of sound.
The occasion was a con-
cert of classical duets
featuring violinist Atis
Bankas with members of
the Canadian Chamber
Academy. They were Sonia
Jun on violin, Jacob Schiff
and viola cellist Andras
Weber and guitarists Alvin
Tung and Marnie Ness.
The program included
works by LeClair, Haydn,
Rossini. Paganini and, of
course, W. A- Mozart. All
were played with impec-
cable phrasing and, this is
most important, warmth.
Chamber music too fre-
quently seems more an ex-
ercise in musical intellect
than appreciation but rot
so with this group. Each
selection we heard was per-
formed with obvious affec-
tion and resultant warmth.
Mr. Bankers played in
most of the pieces and it
might have been the
mellow tone he elicits from
his instrument that's
responsible for the warmth
of the ensemble. Its pitch
approaches that of the
viola but in the capable
hands of Mr. Bankas it
soars the heights into
sweetness. Quite
remarkable.
The deplored and odious
but sometimes necessity of
time prevented us from
hearing and enjoying the
complete program. We had
particularly looked for-
ward to the rondo allegret-
to of Paganinin's Terzetto
for Violin, Cello and
Guitar. It's a real barn
burner or, in this case, a
church burner. Holy
Smoke!
Levity aside, a Sunday
afternoon concert with the
Canadian Chamber
Academy is a most plea-
sant experience. Future
ones are scheduled for the
�/7--/
,o
Art Gallery and St.
Aidan's.
DANCING DIALS:
A Tribute to Harry
James and his orchestra is
scheduled for Apr. 11th,
12th and 13th at Roy Thom-
son Hall.
Our belated thanks to
Meegan and Don
Hildebrand for the
lusciously lively CD of
Harry James' Greatest
Hits which they've sent to
us.
Their two shows on
Saturday afternoons and
Sunday mornings are
among the best things ever
to have happened to AM
Radio.
We'll take it further and
state that their station,
CKTB St. Catharines and
CHWO Oakville are the
two best AM stations in our
immediate listening area.
We'll expound more in
future columns.
In the meantime, be ad-
vised that CKTB is at 610 on
the dial. CHWO is at 1250
and the Harry James
Tribute is at Arty Hall.
Happy listening ... and
dancing.
Oh, and Meegan, it was
we who called one after-
noon to advise that Doc
Severinsen once played in
the polka band, Wloopie
John Wilfahrt and the Six
Fat Dutchmen. He really
did.
ON RECORD:
We were unable to attend
the media launch of David
Sereda's The Blue
Guide Rocky Wednesday
Records. After listening to
it, one is left with the feel-
ing that the gentleman is
probably a fine entertainer
in person but on a recor-
ding. his entertainment
quotient is minimal.
Harsh truth to tell, listen-
ing to the album is like join-
ing Mr. Roberts and the
rest of the crew on their
continuing voyages bet-
ween Tedium and Apathy.
It's not that there's any
dearth of talent here. Mr.
Sereda is an excellent
pianist and the lyrics to his
songs hint at genius.
Melodies, however, are
uninspiring as is the sing-
ing voice of Mr. Sereda.
No mockery is intended
in stating that The Blue
Guide woud be most en-
joyable as a program of
readings accompanied by
piano. As a musical offer-
ing.. well, it just doesn't do
it for us.
Livent has released the
world premiere cast reco-
ding of Show Boat, the
show that's packing them
in at the North York Per-
forming Arts Centre.
Words quite fail us in at-
tempting to describe the
impact of it. Nothing can
ever be as good as atten-
ding a live performance of
a musical but this recor-
ding comes close.
Technically it's quite
superb in its fidelity. Ar-
tistically, it evokes the pro-
per emotions of all the per-
formers.
It's a handsome produc-
tion in the tactile sense as
well. Our compliments to
Norman Zagier for his
editorial and project super-
vision and to Dennis
Kucherawy for his copy
and synopsis.
Show Boat, the musical,
is a monumental produc-
tion and this album does it
full credit.
EAST EXIT:
All art constantly aspires
towards the condition of
music. Walter Pater -
1839;1894.