HomeMy WebLinkAboutNA2012_03_21 KRISTEN CALIS
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AJAX -- Atiyya Bacchus is one busy teenag-
er, juggling her time between volunteering and
keeping on top of her homework.
The Pickering High School student is one of five
recipients of a Global Changemaker award from
the Ontario Council for International Coopera-
tion.
This year’s award focused on young people in
Ontario working to empower women and girls
locally or globally.
“I think that to get across the crucial message
of equality and social justice, you need to be pas-
sionate to elicit change,” said Atiyya in an e-mail.
The 16 year old is so busy that her interview
with the News Advertiser was conducted mostly
by e-mail.
Pickering High student a ‘Changemaker’
ATIYYA BACCHUS, 16, RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
RYAN PFEIFFER / METROLAND
PICKERING -- Atiyya Bacchus, winner of the Global Changemaker Award presented by the Ontario Council for International Cooperation,
is volunteering at the YMCA Employment Centre among other places. She is a 16-year-old Pickering High School student.
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DURHAM -- A couple of Durham
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their way onto the Dragon’s Den.
Melissa Boudreau of Whitby and
Susan Emanuel of Pickering turned
out for an audition last week at
UOIT and Durham College for the
CBC reality show. Their company,
Stickheads, has been selling toques
with a tail shaped like a hockey
stick.
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preneurs to turn out, making a pre-
sentation to show producer Sahba
Khalili and associate producer Pris-
cilla Sreedharan.
Ms. Boudreau and Ms. Emanuel
started Stickheads last September
and have since sold about 1,700
hats.
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tation.
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Ms. Khalili said they’re looking for
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business,” Ms. Khalili said.
Auditions are being held across
the country, with stops in 40 com-
munities by the end of March. They
will then short list prospective can-
didates and book them for the show.
The shows will be done in April and
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The Dragons “don’t see any of the
pitches until they come in the den,”
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Ms. Sreedharan said, “Everyone
who comes into the Den believes
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They’re looking for financing to do
so.
“You’d be surprised at what makes
it. It’s quite a variety. The simplest
ideas are the best,” Ms. Sreedharan
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In the Stickheads’ presentation,
the women, along with 10 children,
marched in. “We’re both moth-
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years. We’re passionate about our
business,” Ms. Boudreau said.
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exchange for 15 per cent of the busi-
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would be used to upgrade their
website and marketing, and move
production overseas.
Their production is now done
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noted.
“We’re a hockey nation. Are you
Dragons behind us?” Ms. Boudreau
asked.
Ms. Emanuel said, “We under-
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novelty runs down, we have other
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private investor, or we’ll re-invest.”
“I know it will work. I believe in it.
I get e-mails from parents who say
they can’t get their kids to take them
off,” Ms. Boudreau said.
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OSHAWA -- Susan Emanuel, right, and Melissa Boudreau, left, partners in the company Stickheads,
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PICKERING -- An overnight chimney fire caused
major damage at a Pickering home after flames
spread to the roof.
Pickering firefighters rushed to the scene of a
house fire at 909 Gablehurst Dr. just before 11:30
p.m. on Sunday, March 18.
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roof when firefighters arrived on the scene. They
battled the flames until after 5 a.m. the following
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and caution tape everywhere,” said neighbour
Adam Tuli, who came out to investigate after
smelling smoke in his home around 11:30 p.m.
The home, which belongs to a Toronto firefight-
er, sustained more than $400,000 in damage.
The family of three, including a pet dog, all
escaped unscathed.
Mr. Tuli said the fire was caused by the family’s
wood-burning fireplace.
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was out but then heard crackling in the chim-
ney and the daughter started to smell smoke,” he
explains.
“The fire started in the chimney but it spread to
the attic and before you knew it the whole roof was
in flames, it was so fast. They fought the fire for
a long time, this morning they opened the front
door and it was like Niagara Falls. There’s a lot of
damage, it’s very sad.”
Steve Fowlds, fire prevention officer for Pickering
Fire Services, is reminding residents that any
wood-burning stove or fireplace must be inspect-
ed annually and should also be cleaned regularly.
“The Ontario Fire Code requires that even sin-
gle-family homes have chimneys inspected on
an annual basis or any time a new wood-burning
appliance is installed,” he explained.
“Chimneys should also be cleaned as often as
necessary to keep them free of accumulation.
Over time creosote can build up and then you
have a chimney fire, and if there’s any weakness
or cracks in the chimney fire can spread to other
areas of the house.”
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PICKERING -- An overnight
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DURHAM -- Youths in Durham don’t have
equal access to safe sex information.
A recent study recruited 32 youths ages 15
to 24 from across the region and asked them
frank questions about where they get sex
information.
The most common answer? Google.
“There are youth that have lots of informa-
tion and youth that have none,” said Alyssa
Higginson, a UOIT grad student and research
coordinator for the Healthy SexYouthality
project.
She said major education disparities exist
both at school and at home.
For example, there are differences in the
information being delivered in classrooms
based on the school board and the comfort
level of the instructor.
The Healthy SexYouthality Project is a com-
munity study conducted by a team of local
agencies including the AIDS Committee of
Durham Region, UOIT, Oshawa Community
Health Centre, John Howard Society of Dur-
ham and Girls Inc.
The findings were unveiled March 16 at a
regional HIV/AIDS conference hosted by the
AIDS Committee.
Researchers said the information comes at
a crucial time when teen pregnancy and sex-
ually-transmitted infection rates are on the
rise in Durham.
In Oshawa and Brock Township, teen preg-
nancy rates sit well above the provincial aver-
age of 3.7 per cent. Some parts of those com-
munities have rates as high as 15 or 17 per
cent. Durham saw 572 teen pregnancies in
2008 and more than 1,500 chlamydia infec-
tions in 2010. AIDS Committee staff said it’s
difficult to get concrete HIV statistics for local
youth, however the Durham Region Health
Department reported 10 new HIV cases in
Durham in 2010.
Globally, about 50 per cent of new HIV
infections occur in people under 25.
To get a snapshot of the sexual health
needs and priorities of local youth, research-
ers divided the study participants into focus
groups and recorded their discussions over
several meetings.
The three major conclusions are that sex
education disparities exist in Durham, youth
face barriers to sex education and there is
a need for more community programs for
youth. “There is a real need for programs for
socially and geographically isolated youth,
and for sexual minority youth,” Ms. Higgin-
son noted. “There also needs to be more
marketing and promotion of the programs
that already exist.”
She said programs need to fit the needs of
youth which include an accessible location,
confidentiality and being LGBTQ friendly.
With the initial focus groups complete,
researchers hope to learn more about sex
education disparities and gaps by doing a
larger study that involves distributing ques-
tionnaires through local school boards.
Durham residents who want to be tested
for HIV have the option of a “point-of-care”
rapid test, which takes about 60 seconds to
determine if you are HIV reactive based on
a finger-prick blood sample. The entire test-
ing process takes 20 minutes, which includes
pre- and post-test counselling.
To learn more visit www.durham.ca or call
905-576-1445.
Page 6 - today’s editorial
aidS conFerence
New research shows disparities in sex ed for Durham youth
Sabrina bYrneS / metroland
OSHAWA -- Dr. Clemon George, Lindsay Chartier, youth outreach co-ordinator with
the AIDS Committe of Durham Region, and Alyssa Higginson, research co-ordina-
tor for the Healthy Sexyouthality Research Project, were at a conference featuring
speakers talking about at-risk communities including youth and women.
Feedback
No excuse for inaction
on airport lands
To the editor:
Re: ‘Pickering recalls devastating news
of 40 years ago’, special series on Pickering
Airport Lands, durhamregion.com, Feb, 29,
2012.
As someone who was expropriated 40
years ago and an active member of People
or Planes, I attended the recent event in
Brougham on March 2, 2012.
Durham Region and Pickering council-
lors have been thrust into the most unique
and watched position of any council, cer-
tainly in Ontario, if not Canada.
The airport lands consist of most of what
is left of Class 1 Agriculture land in Canada.
We have systematically destroyed most of
this valuable resource in the rest of Ontar-
io.
The local governments are thus charged
with the unique responsibility of turning
these lands into a “food basket” for Ontar-
io. Hiding behind the fact that the land is
federally owned is no excuse for inaction.
This land should be turned into the most
productive food region in Canada. Since
the federal government has irresponsibly
torn down some of the homes in the small
communities of Altona and Brougham (not
to mention other rural homes) this, in turn,
presents another opportunity to build food
processing plants in these areas which
is not suitable for growing food. Another
unique feature is the proximity of a railway
line to ship the food quickly to Toronto and
beyond.
Thanks to the dedicated people of POP
and Land Over Landings the land has been
preserved for the most unique opportuni-
ty that any local government has ever been
presented with.
Over 40 years the people of POP have
moved, literally around the world, turning
this into not just a local issue but a much
larger one in which the world is watching.
I urge local governments to make the cor-
rect choices, gain control of the land from
the federal government and make respon-
sible decisions.
The easy decision is to allow the land to
be turned over to developers for perma-
nent destruction.
Monte Dennis
Burlington
controversy
Town website makes
good use of resources
To the editor:
Re: Letters regarding Town’s accountabili-
tystartsatthetop.com website.
The first letter questions whether Mayor
Steve Parish went directly to staff “to take
action on this political issue” or went
through the Town’s CAO, then notes that
the mayor’s attendance at health and social
services committee meetings is two to date.
Then it questions whether a man of the
mayor’s accomplishments can be mayor
and “run the staff” at the same time.
I’d like to take the opportunity to reassure
the writer that yes, as his history in office
has clearly demonstrated, Mayor Parish
can be mayor and “run the staff” simulta-
neously.
The second letter criticizes the content
of the site and states that “people work-
ing for the Town of Ajax who have enough
time to create and maintain this website ...
be placed on part-time contracts and the
money used for something more impor-
tant.”
I strongly believe, to the contrary, that this
site is an appropriate use of Town resourc-
es as it supports an initiative that the voters
of Ajax have spoken very clearly on and in
overwhelming support of -- direct election
of the office of the Durham Regional Chair-
man. Ajax has been poorly served by the
structure of the Region’s government both
in the undemocratic process of appointing
the chairman and in the under-representa-
tion of Ajax on council, at only three seats,
in violation of the principle of representa-
tion by population.
Action bringing these two fundamen-
tally undemocratic situations to light and
engaging Ajacians in the process of cor-
recting them is not only appropriate but
incumbent on our mayor to pursue.
The rationale of those opposing this site
consists, to date, of obliquely sniping at
incidentals.
If the opponents of direct election of
Regional chairman have a strong argument
supporting the status quo I invite them to
make it rather than disingenuously attack-
ing the mayor for pursuing the agenda the
voters of Ajax have so strongly endorsed.
Shan Kelley
Ajax
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Sexual education tools vital to youth in Durham Region
In today’s fully connected, electronic data-
mining world, it’s really no surprise that
youth are turning to the Internet for infor-
mation about sex and sexuality.
So concluded a recent study among youth
ages 15 to 24 in Durham Region as part
of the Healthy SexYouthality project, the
results of which were unveiled last week at
a regional HIV/AIDS conference hosted by
the AIDS Committee of Durham. The study
also noted that education disparities exist
both in Durham Region schools and Dur-
ham Region homes.
In a knowledge-based society, informa-
tion about sex and sexuality, sexually trans-
mitted diseases, teen pregnancy and birth
control are vitally important to help youth
navigate the potential perils of burgeoning
sexuality. The information exists, but is not
always effectively and equally taught either
in formal classroom settings or informally at
home between parents and children.
But sobering statistics in Durham Region
underscore the need for ongoing educa-
tion among youth, promotion of programs
addressing youth sexuality and creating bet-
ter awareness so they can make informed
decisions when the time comes. Teen preg-
nancy rates in Oshawa and Brock Township
are well above the provincial average of 3.76
per cent. In 2008, teen pregnancies across
Durham reached 572. More than 1,500 chla-
mydia infections were recorded in 2010.
Globally, approximately half of new HIV
infections occur in people under age 25.
The Healthy SexYouthality project, a joint
effort by the AIDS Committee of Durham
Region, UOIT, Oshawa Community Health
Centre, John Howard Society and Girls Inc.,
identified three major areas of focus going
forward, including the need to reduce sex
education disparities that exist in Durham,
the removal of barriers to sex education for
youth, and a need to develop more commu-
nity programs for youth.
Youth tend to heed nature’s imperative
and most will explore their emerging sex-
uality. It’s vitally important that they have
credible, updated information about sex
and sexuality, relationships, protection and
pregnancy available to them. That’s not to
encourage them to engage in sexual activi-
ty, but to provide them with the information
they need so as to encourage them to make
informed decisions.
A recent injection of $168,000 from the fed-
eral government to help support the AIDS
Committee’s HIV and Youth Peer Engage-
ment Program will further inform youth
and give them an opportunity to plan and
deliver educational tools to peers. Togeth-
er, these programs will help reduce educa-
tion inequities, provide vital information to
youth, and promote a growing awareness.
I like to read. It’s one of my favourite
pastimes. There’s very little in life that
surpasses the pleasure of opening a new
book. That moment is so full of promise,
so pregnant with expectation, possibility
and wonder.
A good book can expand my mind, ele-
vate my soul and generally make me a
better person. It’s magical.
Unless the book stinks. Then it’s worse
than a waste of time. I can actually feel
the life being sucked out of me with every
page of bad prose. If I listen closely I can
hear the death rattle of neurons as parts of
my brain begin to shut down from a kind
of literary hypoxia.
This used to be a very real problem for
me. I was a chronic ‘finisher’. No matter
how stunningly odiferous the book, I felt
once I’d started it I had to see it through
to its rank conclusion. I don’t know why.
Perhaps it had something to do with a
childhood where finishing one’s plate
was a prerequisite to being granted des-
sert. The lesson being, I suppose, that if
one ground one’s way through enough
unpleasantness, something worthwhile
would be waiting as a kind of reward.
Unfortunately that doesn’t usually hap-
pen with books. Reading a bad book is
more like wading through a sewer and
hoping that the fetid tunnel you are in
will somehow lead to Disneyland. When
in fact, the effluent only gets deeper and
smellier.
I was one of the lucky ones, though. I
read a nifty little book a few years ago
entitled The little guide to your well-read
life. It’s a tiny volume but it held one very
big lesson for me.
Life is short and you will never be able
to read everything you want to. So don’t
waste time on stuff you don’t absolutely
love. I’ve taken that maxim to heart and
I no longer give any book more than 50
pages to gain my interest. Consequent-
ly, my library is smaller but everything in
there is pure gold.
I’m wondering now, if perhaps this rule
might not apply to people as well. Life is
short indeed and we will never be able
to meet all of the wonderful individuals
we’d like to either. So why waste time with
those you don’t love? Why give anyone
who’s a downer, a bore, a blamer, a navel
gazer or generally a lot of work, any more
than 50 pages?
Sound a little harsh? Maybe, but think
about it. Just like there are thousands of
life-changing books out there, there are
an equal number of life-changing people
in the world. People who bring something
wonderful to the party, who thrill you,
who inspire you, who elevate your soul
and make you a better person just in the
knowing of them.
Who wouldn’t want a library full of those
people?
Maybe it’s because I’m almost 52, maybe
it’s because lately I’ve lost a few good
friends far too early, or maybe I’m just a
slow learner ... but I’m finally putting this
more regularly into practice. I’ll never be
mean and I certainly try to find something
to love about everyone who comes into
my life because nothing happens by acci-
dent in this world, but I have decided that
I will no longer suffer fools for any more
than their allotted 50 pages.
To take a page out of the literary world;
it’s nothing personal, you’re just not my
genre.
-- Durham resident Neil Crone, actor, comic, writer,
saves some of his best lines for this column.
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When it comes to the community conver-
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In the days of snail mail, in the form of
paper, letters to the editor would be deliv-
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The Foster family
Barbara: 37, Long term care staffing coordinator
Courtney: 40, licensed automotive technician
Tyrell: 16
Brandon: 12
Weekly grocery budget: $140
“I never buy anything full price,” said Ms. Foster. “You
work hard for your money. You’ve got to watch the prices.”
Tips
• Ms. Foster buys meat in bulk, often from the West
Indian stores in her community. She also watches for the
large grocery chains to have sales on large cuts of meat
-- in February she got a pig shoulder on sale at Sobey’s.
Her husband slices up the meat before it goes into the
chest freezer to be used at a later date. She tries to avoid
buying boxed meat.
• Have a storage closet in the basement to keep
supplies. When staples, such as toilet paper, toothpaste
and sugar are on sale, buy it in bulk. “I probably have
enough toilet paper to last half a year,” said Ms. Fos-
ter.
• Before going to the store, she’s gone through
all the grocery flyers and found where her list items
are cheapest. Then she’ll head to the store with the
most deals and take her flyers along to get price
matching on the other items.
• The Superstore has a coupon zone board at
the front of the store. Ms. Foster said she always
stops there to see if there is a deal on anything
she needs. She’s careful to avoid the clothing
section while grocery shopping in the Super-
store.
• At the checkout, Ms. Foster takes out her flyers and groups
her price match items together to go through the till last. The cashier tells her Super- store won’t
price match on multi-buys, so the cans of soup and two cases of water get left behind.
“That means I need to go to Food Basics for water,” said Ms. Foster. “Before they had price match I used
to have to run between stores. It would take all day.”
• Watch the till as the cashier scans your item. Employees are only human and sometimes the wrong
price comes up.
JenniFer O’Meara
jomeara@durhamregion.com
Second of two-part series
DURHAM -- As a pensioner who’s been on Ontario
Works and relied on the food bank, Fran Sancroft knows
how to stretch a grocery budget.
“Generally speaking (the food bank does) a wonder-
ful job, but there’s nothing there for anyone who wants
to eat healthy... We sometimes got four potatoes for a
month,” said the Pickering resident.
The price of healthy food is on the rise. Recent-
ly released statistics from the Durham Region health
department show nutritious groceries for a family of
four -- a man, a woman, a teenage boy and a younger
girl -- now cost $163.41 a week, or $708 a month.
This Week turned to readers for creative tips on how
to feed a family on a budget.
We found two expert grocery shoppers from the west
side of Durham Region to share their tips on keeping
the cost of food down.
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BASKET?BASKET?BASKET?BASKET?
The Sancroft family
Fran: 64, pensioner
Joe: 67, pensioner
Oscar the Jack Russell terrier
Weekly grocery budget: $75
“We have quite a tight budget, so we’re always looking for
ways to save money,” said Ms. Sancroft.
Tips
• Ms. Sancroft saves money by making her own jam, mar-
malade, muffins and bread. “We try and eat healthy and a
lot of bread on the shelf has a lot of preservatives,” said Ms.
Sancroft.
• Favourite grocery stores are affordable and offer price
matching with competitors’ flyers -- No Frills, Fresh Co.
and Walmart are favourites. Ms. Sancroft has found Food
Basics does not price match but they generally have com-
petitive prices.
“We try not to drive all over the City of Pickering,” said
Ms. Sancroft.
• She does splurge at Loblaws for fresh ground coffee
beans and special dog food for Oscar. She also checks
for well-ripened bananas and other price-reduced fruits
and vegetables.
• The Sancrofts find frozen fruit is a good alternative to fresh, tast-
ing as good and lasting longer.
• Buy fresh vegetables, then cut them and put them in freezer bags to keep longer and make cooking
easier.
• For meats, Ms. Sancroft visits smaller grocers and butcher shops. Sal’s Grocery Store and T. Phat
Supermarket are two of her favourites. She finds the meats are lean and likes being able to choose the piece
from the glass display.
“You can buy a whole pork loin and have them custom cut it,” said Ms. Sancroft.
• Stretch meat further by serving it with filling sides -- roast potatoes and parsnips for example. Serve
leftovers two nights later, never two dinners in a row. If any meat is left use it in a different dish, such as a
stir-fry. Ms. Sancroft said she can often get three dinners for two people from a $6 piece of pork.
• She recommends making a reusable grocery list document on the computer.
• Use coupons for toiletries. Ms. Sancroft subscribes to Proctor and Gamble and Johnsons e-mailing
lists.
• She advises effective, polite, complaining when a product doesn’t live up to expectations. She’s often
been compensated with a free replacement.
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price matching, bulk shopping and home preserves
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Atiyya volunteers with the Women’s
Multicultural Resource and Counsel-
ling Centre of Durham, where she speaks
up about violence against women and
girls. She also started a knitting circle for
young mothers at the Pickering Public
Library.
She’s now opened it to anyone wish-
ing to learn how to knit or crochet and
is looking for more members to join the
group. It runs from 6 to 7 p.m. on Mon-
days in the library’s auditorium at One
the Esplanade.
She also has a six-year-old reading
buddy with Pickering Reads and is a
member of the YMCA Employment
Resource Centre’s Youth Leadership
Corps.
Atiyya was shocked to win the
award, and noted she didn’t pur-
sue her interests for accolades.
Her volunteering is solely based
on her passions, interests and
her own expectations of life. “It
defied my expectations and I
am grateful for this honour,” she
said.
Atiyya believes it’s vitally
important for young people to
get involved in local and broad
issues. It can be a means of
finding an unknown
passion or talent, and
is also very reward-
ing, she says.
“A negative con-
notation is generally
associated with youth,
especially if certain
stereotypes seem to be
reinforced,” said Atiyya.
“Youth involvement in the
community breaks down
barriers and disintegrates
misguided assumptions.”
She suggests those interested in volun-
teering choose something that can be
long-term and continuous.
To balance her time, Atiyya makes sure
she can realistically accomplish what
she chooses to do. She’s figured out what
she’s most interested in and decided to
let go of the things about which she’s not
as passionate.
“It is better to put all of my effort into
ventures that I love than to be spread
out and have no quality in my work,” she
said.
She aspires to become a doctor one
day, and definitely plans to volunteer
abroad.
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CHRISTIAN WOMEN. Ajax-Pickering Chris-
tian Women present Fun and Fashions with Matti
Young from 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. at the Royal Cana-
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Admission is $8.50 at the door. 905-427-3128.
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ALL NATIONS FULL GOSPEL CHURCH.
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MARCH 26
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Appointments required. People who qualify can
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ALZHEIMER SOCIETY DURHAM. A panel
discussion and displays on private care options for
people with Alzheimer’s from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at
419 King St. W., Suite 207 (Oshawa Centre Office
Tower). Call 1-888-301-1106 to register.
MARCH 27
JUNIOR CHAMBER INTERNATIONAL
DURHAM. hosts ‘Experience JCI’ at Mercedes-
Benz Durham, 250 Thickson Rd. S., Whitby, at 7
p.m. JCI Durham is a group of professionals in their
20s and 30s that provide leadership and develop-
ment opportunities to its members. Free event.
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a non-profit weight-loss support group, meets
Wednesdays at Peace Lutheran Church, 928 Liver-
pool Rd., Pickering (lower level). Meetings are from
6 to 8 p.m. 905-831-8095.
TOPS (TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY). a
non-profit, weight-loss support group meets every
Tuesday evening at the Ajax Alliance Church, 115
Ritchie Ave., Ajax, from 6 to 8 p.m. Men, women
and teens welcome. 905-683-6234, topson5397@
gmail.com.
THE DURHAM SHORES CHORUS. is looking
for new members in all vocal ranges. It’s for women
of all ages. No experience necessary, just a passion
for singing. 905-434-1732.
PICKERING CHESS CLUB. meets every Fri-
day at Pickering’s Petticoat Creek Library Branch,
470 Kingston Rd., Pickering, at 7 p.m. Kids and
adults are welcome to come and play chess.
STAMP CLUB. meets every second and fourth
Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Main Branch
of the Ajax Public Library, 55 Harwood Ave. S., and
runs to June 28. (905-426-3612, Don).
AJAx TOASTMASTERS. meets on Tuesdays
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from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and on Fridays from 1 to
4 p.m. at 29 Linton Ave., Ajax. Coffee and cookies
are served. 905-683-8460.
PICKERING VILLAGE SENIORS CLUB.
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at the Petticoat Creek Library and Community Cen-
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and Rougemount Drive), Pickering. Hosted by the
Rouge Hill Seniors. New members welcome. 905-
420-4660, ext. 6302.
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to 3 p.m. at the Petticoat Creek Library and Commu-
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bank Road and Rougemount Drive), Pickering.
Hosted by the Rouge Hill Seniors. New members
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surveyed this summer in an effort to get bet-
ter local employment data.
The Region of Durham Employment Sur-
vey is being spearheaded by the Region with
help from local municipalities and the Dur-
ham Region Local Training Board.
The Region currently relies on employ-
ment data from private businesses and the
census, which staff say isn’t current or com-
prehensive enough. The survey will be con-
ducted over a period of 16 weeks this sum-
mer, mostly by students.
The goal is to collect basic information
from local businesses including number of
employees, floor space and location.
Region staff said the data will allow them
to get a better handle on sector growth
opportunities and potential supply chain
networks.
The contact information will also be used
for future projects including business direc-
tories and an online manufacturing portal.
The survey is expected to cost $108,000,
which was approved in the Region’s 2012
budget.
DURHAM -- The Durham District School
Board approved the tender awards for
additions and renovations to four schools
at the March 19 board meeting.
Frenchman’s Bay Public School in
Pickering will get a new gym and an ele-
vator. The existing gym will become a
library, the library will become class-
rooms, and a standard classroom will
be changed into two kindergarten class-
rooms.
The project will be constructed by J.J.
McGuire General Contractors Inc. for
$4,495,000.
Port Perry High School will get a six-
classroom addition, renovations to six
existing classrooms and an elevator. The
project will be handled by Percon Con-
struction Inc. for $3,480,000.
Goodwood PS will get two new kinder-
garten classrooms and renovations to
create change rooms. Gerr Construction
Limited was hired for $1,006,000 plus tax.
Southwood Park PS in Ajax will get a
four classroom-addition and an elevator.
The tender for this project was awarded
to Pegah Construction Inc. for $2,250,000
plus tax.
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PICKERING -- Sophie Quick, 6, worked on an alpaca craft during an Ontario Power
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March 14. The event featured woolly farm animals, the farm museum, wagon rides,
crafts, a campfire and shows at the riding stable.
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Jillian Follert
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DURHAM -- As the population of Dur-
ham surges over the coming years, so
will the number of local residents requir-
ing mental health care.
Officials at Ontario Shores Centre for
Mental Health Sciences estimate they
will need more than one million square
feet of space 50 years from now, up from
the current 367,000 square feet.
The problem? Right now the Whitby-
based mental health centre doesn’t own
its buildings or the land it sits on.
“Any changes need to go through the
Province, it adds another layer of pro-
cess that makes things more difficult,”
explains Ontario Shores president and
CEO Glenna Raymond.
Formerly known as Whitby Mental
Health Centre, the Gordon Street facil-
ity was previously operated by the Prov-
ince.
In 2006, it was divested under the Pub-
lic Hospitals Act, which means opera-
tions and services are now overseen by a
corporation and a board of directors.
The land was supposed to be trans-
ferred too, but six years later officials at
Ontario Shores are still waiting.
On March 7, regional council passed
a resolution calling on the Province to
fully transfer the land.
Whitby Councillor Lorne Coe, who
chairs the Region’s health and social ser-
vices committee, says it’s a crucial issue.
“We need to make sure they’re posi-
tioned to meet the mental health needs
of residents...and to do that they need
to be able to control their building and
their land,” he said.
Asked why the transfer is taking so
long, Infrastructure Ontario spokes-
woman Julia Sakas said in an e-mail that
“this is a complex process with multi-
ple parties involved. To ensure the best
value we must take the necessary time to
make the best decision for Ontarians.”
An estimated 104,000 Durham resi-
dents will have a mental health disorder
at some point in their lives, ranging from
anxiety and substance use to dementia
and mood disorders.
The Central East LHIN -- a geograph-
ic area that includes Durham Region --
has 0.6 speciality mental health beds per
1,000 affected residents, a lower number
than many other Ontario communities.
The average is 1.01 beds and some
communities, such as the North West
LHIN, are as high as 2.83 beds.
“Durham Region is one of the fast-
est growing communities in Ontario
and so is York,” Ms. Raymond said, not-
ing Ontario Shores draws many patients
from nearby regions. “We know one in
five people suffer from mental health
issues and one in three don’t get the care
they need. We need to make sure we can
grow when the time comes.”
Reporter Jillian Follert can be found on Twitter @
JillianFollert and on Facebook by searching Jillian Follert
Mental health
Durham’s Ontario Shores wants control of its land
Jason liebregts / Metroland
WHITBY -- Glenna Raymond is President and CEO of Ontario Shores Centre for
Mental Health Sciences.
it adds another layer of process that makes things
more difficult. -- Glenna Raymond,
Ontario Shores CEO
Pickering resident
to backstop
junior college
Thunderwolves
Brad Kelly
bkelly@durhamregion.com
PICKERING -- Jack Lang didn’t
get to spend March break where
he would have liked.
True, he was at home, which
isn’t a bad thing. But consid-
ering that his teammates with
the Toronto Mets were in the St.
Petersburg/Tampa Bay area of
Florida under sunny skies and
dry fields playing baseball, being
at home wouldn’t have been his
first choice.
A fractured orbital bone, the
result of getting hit with a line
drive while tossing balls into
a batting cage during a recent
indoor workout, prevented the
Pickering resident from board-
ing a plane. Luckily for Lang,
the missed opportunity to play
in some March games against
Division 2 and junior college
schools from the States won’t
affect his future academic and
athletic endeavours. In Janu-
ary he signed a letter of intent
to attend Niagara County Com-
munity College to become the
team’s starting catcher in the
fall, with hopes of moving to
Division 1 the following year.
“I was looking forward to Divi-
sion 1, but after talking to a cou-
ple of scouts and my coaches
who are involved in the college
scene, we’re thinking the two
year junior college program will
be better for me,” Lang says of
the plan. “The school I am going
to is affiliated with Canisius Col-
lege, which is D1.
“What we’re looking at is hav-
ing me go to Niagara for one year
and get me prepared for Divi-
sion 1 level so I can be a starter
and not be on the bench once I
get to Canisius.”
The Grade 12 student at St.
Mary Catholic Secondary School
started playing in the Pickering
Red Sox minor baseball organi-
zation at the age of eight, joining
the Mets a couple of seasons ago
for a challenge at a higher level.
The Mets are part of the Pre-
miere Baseball League of Ontar-
io, an elite league that travels
to tournaments in the United
States to showcase its players to
NCAA scouts and recruiters.
Fortunately, he is able to jug-
gle his summer schedule to play
for both Pickering and Toronto.
When it was time to move on
to the collegiate level, Lang vis-
ited the campus at Niagara,
worked out with the team, felt
welcomed, and decided it was
the right fit despite interest from
other programs.
“I didn’t want to go to a Divi-
sion 3 school that was rebuild-
ing,” he says of opting to go the
junior college route.
In Niagara, he is joining a solid
baseball program. The Thun-
derwolves have a NJCAA spring
preseason ranking of ninth in
the nation and have put the
pieces together to make a run at
nationals in Tyler, Texas in late-
May.
Lang has full intentions of
starting behind the plate as a
freshman when the fall season
rolls around in September.
Brad Kelly
Sports Editor
bkelly@durhamregion.com
durhamregion.com
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BaseBall
Lang catches on with Niagara
rep players
undergoing
mandatory testing
before taking
the field
Brad Kelly
bkelly@durhamregion.com
DURHAM -- The Ajax-Pickering
Dolphins are taking a proactive
approach in the battle to help
identify if players in their organi-
zation suffer a concussion during
the course of the football season.
For the past few weeks, rep play-
ers on the atom, peewee, bantam,
junior, senior and varsity teams
-- some 300 kids all told -- have
made their way to Durham Col-
lege for baseline concussion test-
ing under the guidance of a third
party. Those results will be col-
lected and stored, only to be used
as a comparative when the test is
redone if a player is suspected to
have suffered a concussion.
“The director of coaching (Bert
Smith) and the president (Phil
Johnson) have heard so much
about kids getting hurt in the pro-
fessional leagues, so they were
talking about it and decided it was
a good idea to do to protect our
kids,” says Luke Tucker, director of
public relations for the Dolphins,
on how the idea was hatched.
The tests include cognitive and
motor components, with ques-
tions pertaining to current affairs,
memory and general knowledge
used to help assess each play-
er. The testing is mandatory for
every rep player, which covers an
age range of 7-20. Players won’t
be allowed on the field until they
complete the test.
While Tucker wasn’t sure of the
total cost to test each rep player,
he notes that, “We figured it was
something necessary to do.”
He also adds that because the
decision to conduct the tests
came after the organization’s
annual budget process, the Dol-
phins hope to recoup the expense
through player and team fund-
raising.
Not only has the idea been well
received from within the Dol-
phins football family, Tucker says
word has spread around the foot-
ball circles. The reaction has been
positive.
“We actually had a few new reg-
istrations and parents come from
other clubs because we were
doing this program,” he says.
The goal is to extend the con-
cussion testing program to the
house league levels as well.
While games won’t begin until
mid-May, Dolphins teams have
been busy with indoor training in
preparation for the new season.
ryan Pfeiffer / MeTroland
PICKERING -- Jack Lang will be attending Niagara County
Community College in New York in the fall to play baseball. Lang
is a catcher and Grade 12 student at St. Mary Cathoilc Secondary
School, who plays summer baseball in Pickering and with the
Toronto Mets.
fooTBall
Dolphins proactive with concussion testing
AJAX -- The next step in the
Olympic process for Candace
Chapman will take place begin-
ning this weekend.
The Ajax resident has been
named to the Canadian soccer ros-
ter for upcoming women’s nation-
al camps in Boston and Malmo,
Sweden. The Canadian team will
play a pair of international friend-
ly matches against Brazil in Bos-
ton on March 24 and in Sweden
March 31.
The Canadian team is currently
in Boston preparing for Saturday’s
international match against one-
time FIFA Women’s World Cup
silver medalist Brazil (from China
2007). Canada then flies to Malmo,
Sweden on March 25 where it will
stay through April 1, including the
international match against one-
time FIFA Women’s World Cup sil-
ver medalist Sweden (from U.S.A.
2003).
Canadian head coach John
Herdman has called 21 players to
the camp in the U.S.A. For the trip
to Sweden, coach Herdman has
selected 20 players for the mini
camp and international match.
Chapman will attend both camps.
Canada is currently preparing
for the London 2012 Olympics
after qualifying earlier this year
in Vancouver, B.C. Canada will be
one of 12 teams that participate
in the tournament from July 25 to
Aug. 9.
soccer
Chapman
step closer
to Olympics
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Oshawa Generals in for a playoff dog fight
Drop to eighth seed,
will face first-place
niagara iceDogs
Brian Mcnair
bmcnair@durhamregion.com
OSHAWA -- About the only thing
going for the Oshawa Generals
as they prepare for a first-round
playoff clash with the Niagara
IceDogs is their unpredictably.
It’s been so difficult trying to get
a gauge on this team through the
68-game Ontario Hockey League
regular season, that no one real-
ly knows which team will step
up: the one that blew a glorious
opportunity to move up in the
standings by losing its final three
games; or the one that locked up
a playoff spot by winning four
straight immediately before that.
It might not matter now, how-
ever, after the Generals dropped
down to eighth place in the East-
ern Conference and will face an
IceDogs team that is by far the
class of the conference, battle
tested from a decent run a year
ago, and boasting a roster loaded
with NHL prospects.
In short, the Generals will have
to be at their best, and even that
might not be enough.
“What matters right now is that
it’s over, we can bear down now
on Niagara, get the tape going,
get practice going, get a game
plan going and get back to some
real serious minded hockey,” said
Generals coach Gary Agnew, try-
ing to forget a pair of home-ice
losses on the weekend, 3-0 to
Mississauga Saturday an 8-6 to
Peterborough Sunday.
“We’ve looked at it a little bit,
not much obviously since it just
happened,” Agnew said of siz-
ing up Niagara and looking for
a weakness. “Hopefully we can
find something. They’re a pretty
strong team. I don’t think any-
body gives us much of a chance,
but I think our team might sur-
prise.”
Both the IceDogs and Gener-
als started the season with great
expectations, projected by many
to be contenders for a champi-
onship, but both stumbled out of
the gate.
But while the Generals hovered
all season around the .500 mark
and continued to struggle even
after a coaching change, the Ice-
Dogs turned it on and ultimate-
ly ran away with the conference
title, finishing with five straight
wins, a 47-18-0-3 record and nine
points clear of the second-place
Ottawa 67’s.
More relevant, they finished a
whopping 28 points ahead of the
Generals, who ended up at 31-30-
4-3.
“I think coming into the series,
our mindset is if we’re going to
win the championship, we’re
going to have to beat Niagara
sometime, so why not do it now
that we’re the underdogs?,” said
goalie Kevin Bailie, who was hung
out to dry Sunday, but otherwise
had a strong finish to the season.
“We did a lot just to get into the
playoffs, and I think the guys were
coming every night thinking it
was the biggest game of the year,
and that wore on us a bit,” said
Bailie. “The last couple of games
weren’t very pretty but I think it
was good just to get those games
out of the way.”
Bailie, in his fourth season,
finally established himself as the
team’s go-to guy in the second
half, starting all but three of the
final 27 games, and earning rec-
ognition Sunday from both the
players, as most valuable team-
mate, and the fans, as MVP.
But his resume is a far cry from
his counterpart’s, Niagara’s Mark
Visentin, a two-time world junior
competitor who led the league
with a 1.99 goals against average
and was third in save percentage
at .926.
“He’s a great goalie for sure,”
said Generals captain Boone
Jenner, a teammate of Visentin’s
at this year’s world junior tour-
nament. “We saw him last year in
the playoffs and he played great,
but we’re just going to have to
keep throwing pucks at the net,
driving the net, have guys in front
of him all the time and try to get
some secondary opportunities
off of him, kind of get in his kitch-
en that way.”
Both teams have several of the
same offensive leaders from last
season’s playoff clash, which was
won in five games by the Ice-
Dogs.
Andrew Agozzino led Niagara
with 40 goals and 88 points this
season, but Freddie Hamilton
and Ryan Strome are just as dan-
gerous, and Dougie Hamilton,
Freddie’s brother, is arguably the
best defenceman in the league.
“They’re really good, but I think
we matched up well against them
this year,” said Bailie, referring to
a two-game split that saw both
teams win 5-3 on the road. “They
should be looking at our team
too. I think if you look at our snip-
ers, we have just as many good
ones.”
Indeed, few teams can match a
top-six set of forwards of Chris-
tian Thomas, Lucas Lessio, Nick-
las Jensen, Andy Andreoff, Scott
Laughton and Jenner, but they
will likely all have to step up their
game to another level if the Gen-
erals are to have a hope in the
series.
Jenner, back and fresh after
missing 12 recent games with a
concussion, believes they can
and will once the series opens
Thursday in St. Catharines.
“In the locker room, we know
who we are and that’s the biggest
part,” he said. “There’s probably
not a person outside who thinks
we have a chance, but the people
in that locker room, we believe
in ourselves, so with our confi-
dence, we’re going to try to roll
into Niagara and give it our all.”
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adam tomlinson
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Taekwondo Nationals
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The two athletes, Adam
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bantam division.
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overall results for Ontario
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tion and coaching.
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American Games, which
are being held in Ontario,
and the other being the
2016 Olympics Games.
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BURLINGTON -- Athletes
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Academy attended the 2nd
Provincial Qualifier.
Ryan Del Genio of Ajax
placed 1st overall in the Level
5, 16yrs+ category. He also
won three more gold medals
on the floor exercise, vault
and parallel bars events.
Cameron Namek of
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the Level 5, 13 to 15yrs group.
Namek also won a gold
medal on vault, silver med-
als on pommel horse and
highbar, and bronze medals
on floor exercise and rings.
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won the gold on highbar,
silver medals on rings and
vault and a bronze medal on
parallel bars.
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Neil Maatta of Ajax repre-
sented the club in the Level
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won the gold medal on par-
allel bars and placed 7th
overall. Maatta also com-
peted well and finished 13th
overall.
With these strong results,
all athletes have now official-
ly qualified for the provincial
championships to be held in
April in Ottawa.
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GTA’S BEST water feature
contractor is looking for Full-
time Landscape Labourer to
join our team. Must be hard
working, dedicated, physical-
ly fit. Training provided. Must be able to get to Ajax. Clean
drivers abstract an asset. Ap- ply: pondmaster@gmail.com
Or phone 905-427-6240
PRESS OPERATOR, Bow-
manville roll forming looking
for organized, mechanically inclined individuals. Perma-
nent Full Time starting at $15.00. Benefits after one
year. Send resume to Val@Cargowall.com or Fax
905-623-6533.
CareerTraining
GeneralHelp
HIRING-LANDSCAPE FOREPERSON - W e l l
established award-winning landscape firm seeks a
strong individual with land- scape construction experi-
ence in natural and pre-cast
stone installation. Respon-
sibilities include crew
leadership. Valid driver's li-
cense required. RRSP and
Benefits available. Please s e n d r e s u m e t o :
Rich@ogslandscape.ca or fax to - Attn: Rich Fax: 905-
655-8092.
SHORT ORDER COOK
$12/hr Seasonal, May - Oc- tober. Exp. required. Check
out heatherglen.ca f o r
details.
START NOW! Have fun!
Gain great experience! Work
with people! 15 F/T positions
in Customer Service NOW! Up to $20/hr. 40 hrs/wk.
Hiring by March 31st. Heath- er 1-888-767-1027
SUPERVISOR/MANAGER needed for Pickering day-
care. Must be an ECE with minimum of 3 years daycare
supervisor experience, must
be goal oriented, knowl-
edgeable of Ministry require-
ments, be capable of han- dling the responsibilities of
Enrollment, Programs, Staff- ing, Policies etc. Send re-
sumes including references and salary expectations
to:daycarecareers
@gmail.com
TAXI DRIVERS NEEDED
immediately for Whitby &
Ajax. Computer GPS dis-
patched. Will train, no experi-
ence necessary. Apply to
109 Dundas St. W., Whitby or (905)668-4444
WORK FROM HOME. Health & Wellness Industry.
Training Available. $1000PT/$5000FT
wfh.upp2u@gmail.com
Incomes presented are
applicable to the individuals
depicted, are not a guaran-
tee of your income
Office Help
A PAYROLL CLERK (PCP)
position with the potential to expand and grow in an es-
tablished Montessori School (Pickering), wanted right
away. The perfect person is open to natural and holistic
philosophies. Email me @
hwilson@blaisdale.com and
tell me why you're a good
match.
CareerTraining
Office Help
PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY Underwriter: Three to five
years of experience in under-
writing professional liability
and E & O accounts. Re-
sponsibilities include devel-
opment and underwriting of
standard and high risk ac- counts. Candidates will have
a post-secondary education and possess or be working
towards a CIP designation. PROPERTY/CASUALTY
UNDERWRITER: Three to
five years of experience in
Commercial Underwriting.
Responsibilities include de- velopment and underwriting
of regular, substandard and high risk property/casualty
accounts. Candidates will have a post secondary edu-
cation and possess or be
working towards a CIP
designation. Please forward
your resume with salary
expectations to:
ajaxinsco@gmail.com
Sales Help& Agents
SPRING IS HERE! Time for a NEW CAREER! FURNI-
TURE SALES. Like to deco- rate, help furnish other's
homes? Are you enthusias-
tic, willing to learn? Our 78
year family furniture store
needs you. Salary base, commission plus great deals
on furniture for you. Apply in person - Wilson Furniture 20
Centre St. N. Oshawa.
Hospital/Medical/Dental
EXPERIENCED DENTAL RECEPTIONIST with com-
puter skills required for full- time position in Pickering.
Fax resume to: 905-420-
5378 after 8pm.
REGISTERED MASSAGE THERAPIST required for Lakeridge Chiropractic,
Part-time or Full time for our established clinic. In order to
balance our clinic dynamics
this position suits a female
applicant. Apply with
resume in person or by email a t o f fi c e @
lakeridgechiropractic.ca
Computer & IT
Hospital/Medical/Dental
Mortgages,LoansM
Apartments &Flats for RentA
Computer & IT
Hospital/Medical/Dental
Mortgages,LoansM
Apartments &Flats for RentA
Computer & IT
Hospital/Medical/Dental
THE FACIAL PLACE in
Whitby & Pickering is seek- ing Esthetician's. Also Whit-
by location is looking for
RMT'S. To join our dynamic
team email your resume
spa@thefacialplace.com or call Barb at (905)668-8128.
Hotel/Restaurant
RESTAURANT currently seeks line cooks. Experience
preferred. Please fax resume to: 905-666-4651.
Apartments/Condos for Sale$
1 BEDROOM CONDO, Oshawa. McLaughlin
Square. Move-in condition. Engineered hardwood
throughout. New fridge & stove, Near hospital, public
transportation & university.
Asking price $152,000.
(905)728-9169
LUXURIOUS TRIDEL built in
demand building $189,900.
Private Sale. 1200 The Es- planade North. 1-Bedroom
Penthouse Condo. Com- pletely upgraded, beautiful
laminate flooring, extended bedroom closets, stainless
appliances. Washer/dryer.
1-parking. 24 hour gated se-
curity. Walk to Pickering
Town Centre, Library, Rec.
Centre, Go-Transit/401. For
appt. call Gail 416-894-6761
Industrial/Commercial SpaceI
INDUSTRIAL BAY next to
401/Stevenson exit. Hydro, water, heating, sink, parking,
2 air compressors, high roll- up door, washrooms includ-
ed. Auto repair, machining, hobbies, and other light in-
dustrial uses. Storage con-
tainer available. 905-576-
2982 or 905-621-7474
ONE, INDOOR STORAGE
unit available for rent. 1450
square feet for $800.00 per
month. (905)655-3331
STORAGE UNITS 10' x 20'
Wilson Rd. S. Oshawa. Un-
heated. $125. - $135. per mo. Call (905)725-9991
BusinessOpportunitiesB
PARTNER WANTED active or silent with $50K for
Social Media Management business. Executive salary
plus bonus. Email: dsdservices@rogers.com
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income, Bad credit OK! Bet-
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Apartments &Flats for RentA
1 & 2 BEDROOM available
immediately. Central Oshawa, couple preferred,
fridge/stove, hardwood, car-
pet, fresh paint, laundry.
Near shopping, bus. No
dogs. Reasonable. Call (905)725-2642, after 5pm.
2 BEDROOM north Oshawa very bright quiet apartment,
Simcoe North at Russett. Well-maintained 12 plex,
Newly renovated, hardwood floors, Rogers cable/heat/
water/parking included.
Laundry, No dogs. near
bus/shopping. (905)576-
2982, 905-621-7474
33 RICHMOND ST. W
Oshawa. 1-bdrm apts start- ing $825. Heat, Hydro & Wa-
ter incld. Secured Ent, Eleva- tor, Fridge, Stove. Laundry
Onsite & near schools. Call us today! 905-723-2236
skylineonline.ca
AJAX - one bedroom walk-
out basement apartment,
1-parking, shared laundry.
Fletcher St. $800/month in-
clusive. Available immediate-
ly. No pets. (416) 707-1889
AJAX, WESTNEY/MCGILL.
Bright 2-bdrm walk-out
bsmt. Quiet home. Laundry, 1-parking. No smoking/pets.
(647)229-9665
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Apartments &Flats for RentA
BAYRIDGES (PICKERING) bachelor basement apart-
ment, close to the lake, sep- arate entrance, no smoking,
parking, share laundry.
$850/month, all inclusive.
First/last/references. Avail.
immediately. (416)717-8247
BOND ST. E. apartments,
1bedroom $695 and bache-
lor $550. April and May lst.
Seniors Welcome. Near shopping, bus. Quiet com-
plex, laundry, safe neigh- bourhood, no pets. Call 905-
720-2153.
BOWMANVILLE, BASE- MENT apt., quiet area. Large windows. On bus route.
Small kitchen, 3pc tub, Liv- ing/diningroom, 2-bedrooms,.
Bright/clean. $950 inclusive.
Available April 1st. No smok-
ing/pets. Jeff (905)697-2106
BROOKLIN 2 BEDROOM
apt. quiet neighborhood,
separate entrance, laundry,
parking, AC, central vac.
Absolutely no smoking/pets, $950+1/3 utilities. Available
immediately. (905)903-5688.
COURTICE, 3-BEDROOM
upper level duplex, absolute- ly gorgeous, walk-out to
large deck. Tastefully deco- rated, asking $1100/month,
plus utilities. Available imme- diately. (905)571-3092.
GOING FAST! Just a few units left! 1140 Mary St. N.
1-bdrm. From $799, Utilities
Incld. Near public schools,
Durham College & amenities.
Laundry on-site, Elevator
and secure entrance. 905-
431-7752. Skylineonline.ca
HWY#2/CHURCH. AJAX,
Beautiful 2-bedroom base- ment apt. Sep. entrance,
laundry, a/c, cable, internet. No pets/smoking. Available
immediately. $900/mo inclu- sive. Call Kumar 905-683-
5847.
Apartments &Flats for RentA
MARY STREET APTS bachelors, 1 & 2 bdrm apts.
Utilities included, minutes to downtown, short drive to
Whitby Mall. Mary/Garden 8 8 8 - 4 1 5 - 2 8 5 4
www.realstar.ca
NORTH OSHAWA, 1 bed-
room apt, clean, quiet, se- cure building, laundry on site,
$795 plus hydro. Mature per- son preferred. Available now.
Call Genedco Services, 1-
866-339-8781.
OSHAWA NORTH, Spa- cious units. Adult & Senior
lifestyle buildings. Renovat-
ed 1, 2 & 3 bdrm apts.
Across hospital, near bus
stop, wheel chair and
security access. Call 905-
728-4966, 1-866-601-3083.
www.apartmentsinontario.com
OSHAWA, BLOOR ST.W.
2-bedroom April 1, $850-in-
clusive. 949 SIMCOE N. 2-bedroom April 1 $875-in-
clusive. 945 SIMCOE ST.N. 2-bedroom April 1 $875-in-
clusive. 293 MONTRAVE 2-bedroom April 1 $875-in-
clusive. All NO PETS 905- 723-1647 905-720-9935
OSHAWA, One Bedroom, Simcoe and King, 2nd floor
apartment. Appliances,laun- dry security intercom, 3 clos-
ets. No parking. $685 plus
electricity. Quiet, respectful
tenants please. Call
(905)986-4889.
PICKERING ALTONA/ TWYN RIVERS Clean, 1-
bdrm bsmt apartment. sep.
entrance, A/C, parking,
cable, internet, no smok-
ing/pets, suit single. $725/mo. security deposit,
references. Available imme- diately. (905)509-8339.
PICKERING, BAY RIDGES,
near Go train, large 2-bed-
room basement apt., separ- ate entrance, included.
fridge, stove, laundry, 2-park- ing, share utilities, first/last,
Suit couple. Available imme- diately. $850/month. Call
(905)420-1688.
PICKERING, Brock Rd./Hwy
2, New fully furnished bache- lor bsmt. Private entrance,
laundry/cable. Prime loca-
tion. Walk to mega mall, all
amenities, bus, 2 minute
drive to 401. First/last, no
pets. Suitable for single.
$800/mo. Avail April 1st. (905)619-1930
PICKERING, Brock/Dell-
brook, 2-bdrm bsmt. Separ-
ate entrance & laundry.
$900/mo inclusive. Avail.
April lst. First/last. No smok- ing/pets. Call (905)426-7469.
PICKERING, NEWLY reno-
vated 2-bdrm walk-out bsmt.
Very bright & spacious. Parking, a/c. $899/mo plus
partial utilities. Absolutely no smoking/pets. Avail April 1st.
First/last, references (905)686-4718 (647)607-
4718
WHITBY Central, immacu-
late 1-bedroom $845+hydro Appliances, heat, water,
laundry facilities, and park- ing. No dogs 905-666-1074
or 905-493-3065.
WHITBY PLACE 1 & 2 bed.
Landscaped grounds. Balco- nies, laundry & parking.
Access to Hwy. 401 & public
transit. Near shopping &
schools. 900 Dundas St. E.
(Dundas St. & Garden St)
8 8 8 - 9 0 1 - 2 9 7 9
www.realstar.ca
WHITBY, BROCK/STARR,
bright, clean 3 bedroom,
bungalow, ($1195+ utilities)
and 1 bedroom basement apartment ($825/inclusive).
Freshly painted, near all amenities, bus/GO at door,
walk to downtown. Laundry available. No pets/smoking.
(905)626-4718 Please leave message.
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Our Company
Founded in 1921, Black & McDonald Limited is a privately owned and operated multi-trade Canadian company with operations across North America.We have earned a reputation as a progressive, employee oriented and client-focused service provider to the ICI and nuclear industry in Ontario.The following describes career opportunities presently being recruited for Power Generation Region, headquartered in Pickering, Ontario.
The company has followed a planned course of diversification and expansion, combining growth and financial stability with ongoing investment in our people, and a willingness to pioneer new business opportunities and directions.
EPC Project Manager Project Engineer
Our company is looking for a seasoned Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) Project Manager Our company is looking for a skilled and detail oriented team player with a University degree in Engineeringto support our nuclear construction and maintenance business. The EPC Project Manager will plan, organize, and has successfully obtained the Canadian Professional Engineer status.direct, control and evaluate engineering, procurement & construction EPC projects from start to finish Project Engineers will plan, organize, coordinate and support technical work flow on assigned Engineering,according to schedule, specifications and budget. Emphasis is placed on process compliance estimating,Procurement and Construction (EPC) projects under the direction of the Division Manager for Projects. Responsiblereporting and monitoring progress, planning and scheduling, and dealing with project change under the and accountable to ensure that all assigned personnel are coordinating their activities with other project participants direction of a general manager or other senior manager. Ensure compliance with all applicable Federal,and that the requirements of the Contract are being satisfied. Although not responsible to ensure the technicalProvincial, Municipal Regulations, and Customer requirements for working in a Nuclear Facility.accuracy of specific design details in areas where not qualified, Project Engineers are expected to develop sufficienttechnical knowledge and awareness of details to be able to recognize when technical problems are developing in the Job Description various disciplines, and to initiate appropriate corrective actions.This description is an overview and the tasks are not considered exhaustive; Ensure compliance with all applicable Federal, Provincial, Municipal Regulations, and Customer requirements for
●In conjunction with the Division Manager, to lead the planning and execution of projects in accordance working in a Nuclear Facility. with Corporate Policy and Customer requirements
●Build and maintain customer and supplier/vendor relationships to enhance competitiveness in the industry Job Descriptionand promote good customer relationships This description is an overview and the tasks are not considered exhaustive;
●Prepare and submit project budget estimates ●Prepare project engineering schedules and forecasts in conjunction with the Project Manager and the team and
●Plan and prepare project schedules and milestones and monitor progress against established schedules execute projects in accordance with Corporate Policy
●Prepare contracts and negotiate revisions, changes and additions to contractual agreements with architects, ●Build and maintain customer and supplier/vendor relationships to enhance competitiveness in the industry andconsultants, clients, suppliers and subcontractors promote good customer relationships
●Assist in the development and implementation of quality control programs ●Assist in preparing EPC project budget estimates
●Represent company on matters such as business services and union matters ●Assist in planning and preparing EPC project schedules and milestones and monitor progress against established
●Prepare progress reports and issue progress schedules to clients schedules
●Hire and supervise the activities of subcontractors and subordinate staff ●Assist in preparing contracts and negotiate revisions, changes and additions to contractual agreements with
●Perform sales calls and visits to potential and existing accounts to generate business clients, suppliers and subcontractors
●Review work/contracts/WIP for areas of risk and correct deficiencies
●Assist in developing and implementing quality control programs
●Participating in Client/contractor meetings and resolving project issues. Requirements ●Prepare monthly project status reports and manage change orders
●Auniversity degree in Engineering and 5 years relevant experience in industrial projects ●Assist in procurement of subcontracts and materials
●Alternately, completion of Grade 12 with a minimum of 15 years of construction experience ●Assist in the preparation of EPC project proposalsin trades or staff position and at least 5 years of Supervisory experience ●Review work/contracts/WIP for areas of risk and correct deficiencies
●Computer Literacy; MS Office and JD Edwards
●Familiar with Project Management Processes; Project Controls, Work Planning & Scheduling,RequirementsLabour Relations and Contract Management ●Auniversity degree in Engineering having obtained Canadian P. Eng status
●Strong commitment to service excellence with superior verbal/written communication skills ●Several years of experience in the construction industry, preferably including nuclear/industrial site experience
●Proven analytical skills, systematic problem solving, and the ability to work in a fast paced environment ●Computer Literacy; MS Word, Outlook, Excel, Primavera P6
●Ability to successfully complete an extensive Security Clearance is required to access the jobsite ●Proven analytical skills, systematic problem solving, and the ability to work in a fast paced environment
●ACriminal Record Check or a Credit Check is may be required for this position ●Ability to successfully complete an extensive Security Clearance is required to access the jobsite
●ACriminal Record Check or a Credit Check is may be required for this position
Nuclear Supply Chain Manager Health, Safety, Environment & Human Performance Officer
Our company is looking for an experienced Nuclear Supply Chain Manager to support our nuclear Our company is looking for a Senior Health, Safety, Environment & Human Performance Officer to support ourconstruction and maintenance business. The Supply Chain Manager will ensure that both Client and nuclear construction and maintenance business. The HSE & HU Officer will evaluate and monitor health and safetyBlack & McDonald requirements are met for the procurement of subcontracts, project materials,hazards and develop strategies to control risks in the workplace. They inspect construction, industrial, andequipment packages, consumables, tools, company assets and rental contracts as well as the receipt and commercial and other workplaces to ensure compliance with company, client, and government policies, proceduresmanagement of materials. Ensure compliance with all applicable Federal, Provincial, Municipal and regulations regarding sanitation, pollution control, the handling and storage of hazardous substances andRegulations, and Customer requirements for working in a Nuclear Facility. workplace safety. Ensure compliance with all applicable Federal, Provincial, Municipal Regulations, and Customer requirements for working in a Nuclear Facility. Perform functions associated with but not limited to accident /Job Description incident prevention, human performance event-free framework, event free tools, investigation techniques, coaching,This description is an overview and the tasks are not considered exhaustive; mentoring, and statistical analysis.
●Ensure timely and accurate purchasing documentation that complies with Black & McDonald Limitedcorporate policy.Job Description
●Manages and trains staff in conventional and nuclear purchasing requirements This description is an overview and the tasks are not considered exhaustive;
●Ensures materials receiving requirements are met including receiving inspection,inventory management,●Support the Region's Health, Safety, Environment and Human Performance Programand storage, traceability documentation, and manifesting ofmaterial to site.●Support the implementation, maintenance and management of all related statistical information for the purposes
●Negotiate complex purchase orders and subcontracts.of trending, OPEX and preventative action
●Negotiate discount structures with suppliers.●Conduct various audits and investigations as outlined by the Company, Client, and legislative bodies
●Ensure timely increase / close out of vendor purchase orders to maintain accurate committed cost status ●Inspect workplaces to ensure that equipment, materials and production processes do not present a safety or
●Ensure necessary customer authorizations are in place before orders are placed with vendors.health hazard to employees or to the general public
●Ensure vendor information is accurately maintained in JD Edwards including whether vendor is on the ●Develop, implement and evaluate health, safety, and Human Performance programs and strategies Approved Suppliers List (ASL) maintained by the Quality Department.●Provide consultation and deliver training programs to employees on issues of health, environmental protection
●Ensure all Power Generation Purchase Orders are issued in JD Edwards and contain the appropriate Human Performance or workplace safety and new hire orientationquality documentation requirements.●Leadership of Human Performance and WSIB programs and associated committees/improvement teams
●Manage the cellular phone inventory for Power Generation Region and provide cost reporting to the ●Coordinate/Assist site activity and ensure that the duties, responsibilities and authority are clearly definedmanagement team.●Assist, advise and coach manager(s) and supervisors when necessary
●Manage procurement of Fixed Assets in accordance with company accounting requirements.●Review/perform/complete incident and inspection reports and ensure that corrective action and follow-up
●Manage leasing and maintenance costs of fleet vehicles is taken
●Facility Management-responsible to coordinate and ensure the facility is in proper working order ●Review and investigate problems not resolved by site supervisors and sub-contractorsand ensure coordinate of resources to maintain the facility daily.●Establish inspection and meeting schedules
●Coordinate the improvement of a Regional Safe Work Practices Procedures Manual Requirements ●Maintain inventory of safe work practices and job procedures ensuring training and compliance
●Abachelor's degree or college diploma in Business Administration, Commerce or Economics would be ●Conduct random work site inspections, observation and coaching preferred
●Acertificate in purchasing from the Purchasing Management Association of Canada may be required Requirements
●Previous experience as a buyer or contracts administrator with 5 years experience may be required ●10 years of related work experience specifically working with trades
●Experience with JD Edwards ●5 years of related work experience in a nuclear environment
●Intermediate MS Office skills ●Knowledgeable of INPO/WANO and Human Performance standard practice is considered an asset
●Proven analytical skills, systematic problem solving, and the ability to work in a fast paced environment ●Candidate will be required to be certified with the Association for Canadian Registered Safety Professionals
●Ability to successfully complete an extensive Security Clearance is required to access the jobsite ●Exemplary leadership and strategic thinking skills are required
●ASecurity Check and a Credit Check is required for this position.●Strong commitment to service excellence with superior verbal/written communication skills
●Excellent presentation skills
●Proven analytical skills, systematic problem solving, and the ability to work in a fast paced environment
●Minimally require intermediate computer skills with MS Office and Access
●Proven leadership and team building abilities
●Ability to successfully complete an extensive Security Clearance is required to access the jobsite
If this is an internal candidate, please advise your supervisor prior to applying. This outstanding opportunity offers exceptional rewards and a comprehensive compensation package.
We thank all applicants; however, only those being interviewed will be contacted.
Please apply in writing, by fax or online at www.blackandmcdonald.com or to Peter Sullivan at psullivan@blackandmcdonald.com
HUMAN RESOURCES, BLACK & MCDONALD
915 Sandy Beach Road, Pickering, ON
Fax: (905) 837-6599, No phone calls or agencies, please.
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Come & Worship
To advertise your
Church Services in our
Worship Directory
PUBLISHING FRIDAY'S
Deadline: Wednesday 12 Noon
Special Easter Section
Publishing Friday March 30th
& Wednesday April 4th
Call Erin Jackson @ 905.683.5110 ext 286
or Email: ejackson@durhamregion.com
BRIGHTON ESTATE AUCTIONS
Selling the Estate of Mary Wallbridge Sprague
Sunday, March 25 - Preview 9:30 a.m. Auction 11:00 a.m.
A large auction of antiques and collectables from one of
Belleville's oldest families from a home lived in for over 70
years to include: Sterling & Silver Plate; Early English
Porcelain; Continental Porcelain; Staffordshire; Early Glass;
Numerous Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Prints to include
numerous "Currier & Ives"; Nostalgia; Collector's Items;
Estate Jewellery; Oriental Carpets; Victorian Furniture; and all
items associated with a long established home.
Indoor Yard Sale: to include large amount of priced Pictures
& Frames: Sunday @ 9:30 a.m
David Simmons: Auctioneer & Appraiser
Looking for quality estates or single items
for upcoming auctions
www.brightonestateauctions.com Phone 1-613-475-6223
101 Applewood Drive, Brighton, Ont. K0K 1H0
Waddingtons.ca/Cobourg
Decorative Arts Auction from
the Estate of Dr. Trinidad Oldrich,
Montreal, QC
9 Elgin Street East, Cobourg, ON
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Preview @ 9:30 a.m.
Auction starting at 11:00 a.m.
to include: Large selection of Lalique,
Daum glass & Murano art glass, Royal
Dux figurines, Dresden candelabras,
Faberge glasses, Llardro, lustre vase,
sterling silver collection including tea set,
dresser sets, candelabras, salt & pepper,
dresser boxes. Asian ceramics, Royal
Doulton figures, gilt mirrors, art glass,
Tiffany style lamps, Moorcroft,
Limogues dinner sets, dining suites,
breakfront book case, Asian wood carved
game table, lyre base dining table, shield
back chairs, nesting tables, sofas, hand
knotted rugs & much more.
Watch the website for updates & photos.
For further details contact us at
905-373-0501 or pn@waddingtons.ca
Tel: 905.373.0501 Toll Free: 1.855.503.2963
Fax: 905.373.1467 Email: pn@waddingtons.ca
9 Elgin Street East, Unit 6, Cobourg, ON K9A 0A1
ESTATE AUCTION
STAPLETON AUCTIONS
NEWTONVILLE
Saturday, March 24th, 10 a.m.
Selling the contents from a Bowmanville and
Courtice home: 8pc. Dining Suite; Old Ext.
Table; drop Leaf Ext Table w/Chairs; China
Cabinet; Sideboard; 2 Antique China Cabients;
Victorian Marble Top Table; Ant. Chairs;
Wing Back Chairs; Rockers; Chesterfield
suites; Occ. Chairs; Pine Deacons Bench; Ce-
dar Chest; Desks; Stiffel Lamps; Swivel office
Chairs; Chests; Dressers; 3pc. Pine-5pc Queen
and 2pc. Walnut Bedroom Suites; Washstands;
Sewing Chest; Trombone; Yamaha Organ;
Sport Collectibles; Prints; Crocks; Books; Chi-
na-8 place Paragon "Anastasia"; Glassware;
Collectibles; Dehumidifier; Tools; Power
Tools; Gas Weeders; Drill Press; Gas Leaf
Blower; Electric Mower; etc. etc. Check the
date-SATURDAY, 10:00 a.m. Preview at 8:00
a.m.Terms: Cash, Approved Cheques, M/C,
visa, Interac. 10% Buyers Premium Applies
Auctioneers:
Frank & Steve Stapleton,
Newtonville,
905-786-2244, 800-263-9886
www.stapletonauctions.com
'Celebrating 40 years in the auction industry'
WEDNESDAY, March 28st • 4:30pm
H A U C T I O N S A L E H
of Furniture, Antiques & Collectibles
for an Oshawa Home, Selling at NEIL
BACON AUCTIONS Ltd, 1 km. West of
Utica
To Include: Bonnet chest, chesterfield suite, tables, chairs, chests, lamps, prints, comics, large quantity of collectables and glassware, new set of Hankook 16" truck tires, tool box- es, air compressor, table saw, cut off saw, Honda generator, Mig welder, Johnson out- board boat motor, camping items, stainless steel restaurant counters, 2010 4 x 8 tilting trailer, 2007 14ft landscaping trailer, 2011 atv trailer, plus many other interesting items.
Sale Managed and Sold by:
NEIL BACON AUCTIONS LTD.
905-985-1068
CORNEIL'S AUCTION BARNFriday March 23rd at 4:30pm located 3 miles East of Little Britain on Kawartha Lakes Rd. 4.
Selling the Contents of a Toronto home plus others, maple table and chairs, rattan tea wagon, 3 section oak barrister bookcase, oak T back chairs, rattan chesterfield, church pew,
chesterfield set, 2 door wardrobe, glass top coffee and end tables, dressers and chest of drawers, qty of rolls of material, qty of windows, Free Spirit elliptical machine, Free spirit
treadmill, Craftsman 10" table saw, Poulan chainsaw, Dewalt air compressor, Singer industrial sewing machine, chest freezer, Kenmore stove, Kenmore washer and dryer,
Simplicity portable air conditioner, 97 Chev Blazer, Qty of china, glass, household and collectable items Don & Greg Corneil Auctioneers1241 Salem Rd., Little Britain (705) 786-2183 for more info or pictures go to www.theauctionadvertiser.com/DCorneil- open for viewing Thursday from 8:30am to 4pm and 7pm to 9pm and Friday at 9am
BRUCE KELLETT AUCTIONS
Selling Collectibles, Prints & Stamp CollectionKellett Sale Barn •13200 Old Scugog Rd.(1/2 Mile South of Blackstock, Ont.)
SAT., MAR. 24, 2012 @ 10:30 am
• 4 Harp back chairs (ex) • Duncan Phyfe drop
leaf extension table • Buffet side board cabinet •
Print by A.J. Casson, Blue Heron, Mourning Mist
Rouge River • Print by Tom Thomson • Ed VII,
Geo. V, Geo. VI of stamps • Canada war tax
stamps • 1845 Letter, stampless, before stamps
(France) • Elvis stamps • Books of stamps • Old
wooden planes • Old butter press
AUCTIONEER: Bruce Kellett(705)328-2185 or (905)986-4447
See website for details and photos:
www.kellettauctions.fcwhost.com/web
HAYDON AUCTION BARN
Midway between Bowmanville & Blackstock, just east of Durham #57Monday March 26th Box Lots start outside at 4:30 pm Weather PermittingMain Sale begins Inside at 5:30 pm
Viewing from 3:00 p.m.
House Ware, Home Furnishings, Rare Coins, Abandoned
Storage Locker Items, Hot Water Pressure Washer, Tam-
per, Art, Electronics, Books, Antiques and Collectibles, &
lots more.
See Website for Photos and Full Detailswww.haydonauctionbarn.com
2498 Concession Rd. 8, Haydon
Rod Smith - Auctioneer (905) 263-4402
Sat. March 24 - 10am BOB FM 91.9 RADIO AUCTION at MCLEAN AUCTION CENTER-LINDSAY: $1000's of
dollars of new merchandise, Confederation Log picnic ta- ble (valued @$2200.), new appliances, also, hundreds of
items offered by silent auction, (see list on internet), ES- TATE AUCTION: modern & antique furniture, china, crys-
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STACEY, William Herbert (Bill), Veteran of
Korean War, member of Legion Branch #637,
Navy Club of Oshawa, President of Folk Arts
Council, JCI Senator No. 222 and an avid
bowler. Proud member of CAW retirees, re-
tiring from General Motors in 1993. Bill was
proud to honour our fallen soldiers and
passed away peacefully at home sur-
rounded by his family on March 20th 2012 in
his 82nd year. Bill, beloved husband of Rho-
dessa Rebecca (Jewers) for 59 years. Loving
father of Lynn (Oliver Murley), Richard (San-
dra), Leona (Bill Baker), John (Miche-
line), George (Ashley Aldsworth), Alma
(George Vaspori). Bill was the proud grandfa-
ther of William, Becky, Michael (de-
ceased), Laura, Matthew, Quinn, Stacey, Sa-
mantha, Victoria, Katherine, Alexander,
Chantal, Zachary, Landon and
great-grandchildren Damian and Logan. Dear
Uncle to Jim Peterson, Pat Kingsley and
sons Brent (Sena) and Eric Piels and Sherri
and Kevin Farrell and children Paeden,
Taylor and Kennedy. Bill will be forever loved
and remembered by many other extended
family and friends. Friends may pay their
respects at the MORRIS FUNERAL CHAPEL, 4 Division St., Bowmanville on
Friday, March 23, 2012 from 2 - 4 and 7 - 9
p.m. Funeral service from ST. JOHN'S
ANGLICAN CHURCH, 11 Temperance St.,
Bowmanville on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at
11 a.m. Cremation at Bowmanville
Crematorium. Donations in Bill's memory to
Fallen Heroes Memorial Fund or St. John's
Anglican Church would be gratefully
appreciated. www.morrisfuneralchapel.ca
COLLINS, John Middleton - passed away on
Friday, March 16, 2012, at the age of 84.
A lineman for Ontario Hydro and Oshawa
Public Utilities, he is predeceased by wife
Laura and son John. Father to Pat (Jimmy),
Bob (Sylvia) and Ann (Robert). Boon to
Michael, Jean Guy, Cameron, Theresa,
Daniel, Adrian, Chantel and 7 great
grandchildren. Jack to the extended family
of his companion, Noni. He was one of a
family of 12 children from Scugog Island.
He was Uncle Jack to 33 nieces and
nephews. He will be sadly missed by all.
A Memorial Service will be held at a later
date. Please consider a contribution to
the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Memorial
Donations or expressions of sympathy can
be made through the COURTICE FUNERAL CHAPEL, 1587 Highway #2 Courtice
(905-432-8484) or at www.courticefuneralchapel.com
HUFFMAN, Cynthia Ellen (nee Trudeau) -
Passed away peacefully at Lakeridge Health
Oshawa on Monday March 19, 2012,
surrounded by her loving family. Loving wife
of Victor Huffman for 67years. Cherished
mother of Bonnie (Edmund) and Jennine,
and the late Russ. Cynthia was a loving sister
of Rita, and the late Yvonne. She will be
especially missed by her "other son" Larry.
She is predeceased by her foster son Cliff.
Cynthia will be forever remembered by 9
grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and 1
great great grandson. She leaves behind a
long list of extended family, relatives and
friends from all over the country. Those who
knew Cynthia will remember her for her
caring and generous ways, but mostly for her
heart of gold. Friends may call at ARMSTRONG FUNERAL HOME, 124 King Street East, Oshawa on Saturday March
24th from 1 p.m. until time of services in the
Chapel at 2 p.m. Cremation to follow. The
family extends their gratitude to Dr. Fung and
the caring and compassionate nursing staff at
Lakeridge Health Oshawa for taking such
great care of Cynthia and her family. In lieu of
flowers, donations will be gratefully accepted
for Northminster United Church or to the
charity of your choice. For online
condolences please visit
www.armstrongfuneralhome.net.
REDSHAW, Glen Allen - October 16, 1961 -
March 1, 2012. After a courageous battle with
his family by his side, Glen has gone to
heaven. Predeceased by his mother Arlene &
father Robert. Survived by his sister Deborah
(Roy) Eagles, brothers Douglas and Ronald
(Elizabeth) Redshaw. Papa to Tristan.
Lovingly remembered by nieces Laura &
Cherie & nephews Michael, Jacob & James.
Great Uncle to Isaiah, Bethany & Iyana.
Missed by many aunts and uncles. There will
be a celebration as he joins his cousins
Crickett, Cathy and Robbie Maides. Glen had
a loving and giving heart and will be missed
by all. A celebration of Glen's life will take
place Sunday, March 25th, 2012 at the ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION, Branch 322,
111 Hunt Street, Ajax from 2:00pm to
5:00pm. Love you for ever. PEACE AT LAST.
POWELL, Vernon John. Passed away at
Lakeridge Health Port Perry on Sunday
March 18, 2012 in his 86th year. Loved
husband of Helen Powell (nee Yellowleas) for
nearly 65 years. Dear and much loved dad of
Rob Powell and his wife Sammy of Oshawa
and Don Powell and his wife Jill of Oshawa.
Grandfather of April and Taylor. Predeceased
by his parents Elmer and Aldella Powell and
his sister Audrey McKenzie and his brothers
Russell Powell and Kenneth Powell.
Predeceased by his sister-in-law Jean
Glaspell. Visitation at BARNES MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, 5295 Thickson Rd. N.
Whitby from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday.
Funeral service in the chapel Thursday
(March 22nd) at 1:00. Interment will follow at
Groveside Cemetery, Brooklin. In lieu of
flowers memorial donations to
Columbus United Church or the
charity of your choice would be
appreciated. Messages of con-
dolence may be forwarded to
www.barnesmemorialfuneralhome.com
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