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struggling
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childhood
cancer
Super Sophia inspired
a new children’s book
about leukemia
Emma Nicholls
enicholls@durhamregion.com
PICKERING -- A Pickering woman is
releasing a self-published book about her
toddler’s battle with cancer.
Sophia Megan, now 4, squirms on the
couch and attempts to hide behind her
mother. She wears a pretty purple dress
and matching barrette in her long hair, and
her hands are covered in glitter. She buries
her face in her mother’s side as her mom
speaks about the last few years in and out of
hospitals.
“The day she was diagnosed, obviously
our world changed. I took a leave to take
care for her and leukemia’s treatment is
not over in a few months, it was two years
and two months,” said Sophia’s mother,
Nicolle Georgiev-Megan. “The first six to
seven months is quite intense, you’re in the
hospital all the time and the maintenance
period is chemo at home, we’re still in the
hospital, your life is different. A fever to a
normal child would just be to take some
Tylenol. But a fever with a child who’s going
through treatment is you need to get to
emergency.”
The self-published book is a “story of
hope” and Ms. Georgiev-Megan said it was
a collaborative between a number of volun-
teers.
“We decided to do the story because she’s
started her next journey. She finished her
treatment in August 2014 and started junior
kindergarten a month later. This was our
new journey, she still had her port in her
chest, and the port is where they would
administer her chemo and take her blood,”
she said. “We were a little worried to put
her into school just because with kids they
don’t necessarily understand that if she fell
she could get really hurt. So we decided to
put a fun little story together.”
She hopes to have the book available in
the Pickering Public Library, Chapters in
the Oshawa Centre and SickKids Hospital.
Three Pickering schools have purchased
the book for their libraries, and Ms. Geor-
giev-Megan said she’s working on getting
the book to the Children’s Hospital in Los
Angeles.
Ms. Geogiev-Megan said Sophia doesn’t
remember much about treatment, but
she doesn’t want Sophia to be afraid to
talk about it. She started a Facebook page
called The Super Sophia Project, aiming to
help other kids going through cancer treat-
ments, providing scrubs with the help of
donations from followers of her page.
“We love going places and people are like,
‘I follow you (on Facebook),’ it’s just so nice.
And I understand she’s only four so it’s hard
to grasp that you are helping other kids,”
she said. “Daily moms will say their kids
who are going through treatment, you’re
inspiring us. We know there’s a light at the
end of that tunnel. It’s very rewarding.”
Ms. Georgiev-Megan said she wants to
send out a book with every pair of scrubs,
but requires donations to do so. She hopes
this initiative will turn into a full-time job,
and welcomes any donations.
“The (Facebook) page is the way that I
heal, sharing everything. We’ve been able
to help and do so much through it,” she
said. “We automatically assume when we
hear the c-word, it’s associated with the
d-word ... It just makes me want to spread
the word even more and that’s why I love,
love, love this book so much.”
The book is available to buy through the
Facebook page under the ‘shop now’ tab at
www.facebook.com/supersophiapurple, or
by directly e-mailing Ms. Georgiev-Megan
at ngeorgiev@rogers.com.
PICKERING -- Sophia Megan was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago and her mom, Nicolle Georgiev-Megan, wrote and
self-published a book about her struggle in an effort to help other kids battle cancer. Sophia is now cancer-free. (Inset) The cover
of ‘Sophia and her friend the raccoon a story of hope’. Jason Liebregts / Metroland
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Durham police unveil
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seniors
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Partnership launched
between Durham
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the Alzheimer Society
Jeff Mitchell
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DURHAM -- A new information-sharing
protocol will help police better iden-
tify and assist vulnerable people in the
event they wander and become lost.
The protocol, a partnership involv-
ing Durham police, MedicAlert and the
Alzheimer Society, was unveiled at a
media conference in Whitby Wednes-
day, May 20. Police Chief Paul
Martin said the “unique” part-
nership will assist officers in their
efforts to identify wandering and
missing persons, and quickly
reunite them with caregiv-
ers and family members.
Police are dealing
more frequently with
people affected by
dementia and other
disabilities, the chief
said. Durham police
deal with about 100
missing or wandering
seniors a year, he said.
“Every year we respond to
hundreds of missing person calls,”
said Chief Martin. “A growing number
are seniors and our vulnerable commu-
nity. The need has never been greater.”
When an elderly or vulnerable
person goes missing, “time is of
the essence,” said the chief.
“There is no question in my
mind this partnership will save
lives in Durham Region.”
The protocol will help
officers both to identify
persons found wander-
ing, and to effectively
search for those report-
ed missing.
By linking with Medi-
cAlert’s database, cops
will be able to access non-
medical information about
a person’s support system and
quickly contact caregivers. When a
search for a missing person is launched
the database can provide up-to-date
information on physical descriptions
and information about past wandering
episodes, identifying a person’s tenden-
cies.
The partnership was seen as a logi-
cal information-sharing exercise aimed
at assisting people in need, said Robert
Ridge, president and CEO of MedicAlert
Foundation of Canada.
“It really came about because staff in
both organizations saw an opportunity
to help vulnerable people,” he said.
The partnership with Durham -- the
first of its kind -- is a “precedent” that
could be adopted by police across the
country, Mr. Ridge said.
An information session on the new
partnership will be held at the Pickering
Town Centre Saturday, May 23 from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m.
DURHAM -- Durham Police Chief Paul Martin, left, and Robert Ridge, president of
MedicAlert, unveiled details of a new program aimed at helping police officers bet-
ter assist wandering and missing persons. The new protocol will allow Durham offi-
cers to access non-medical MedicAlert information to reunite persons in distress with
loved ones and caregivers. Jeff Mitchell / Metroland
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Transgender teen honoured as ‘trailblazer’ by Durham school board
Outstanding Durham
high school students
recognized
Jillian Follert
jfollert@durhamregion.com
DURHAM -- Being a teenager is tough at the
best of times. High school can be a mine-
field.
“It’s not really a positive thing to be differ-
ent in high school,” says local student Blake
Wells. “You just kind of want to blend in.”
But sometimes, you end up being a trail-
blazer instead. That’s what happened to Mr.
Wells, a Grade 12 student at Oshawa’s East-
dale Collegiate.
When he attended Eastdale in grades
9 and 10, he identified as female. At the
beginning of Grade 11, he made the deci-
sion to come out as transgender and start
the transition to living as a male.
“Since then, I’m still transitioning. It’s still
difficult,” he says.
Mr. Wells was recently among more than
60 local high school students honoured at
an April 15 Student Recognition Night host-
ed by the Durham District School Board
and the Ontario Secondary School Teach-
ers’ Federation.
His biography in the awards night pro-
gram describes him as a “trailblazer.”
“During his four years at Eastdale, Blake
has been on a unique journey and con-
fronted many obstacles with grace, wisdom,
maturity and bravery,” reads an excerpt.
“Through this difficult journey, he contin-
ues to be an intelligent, responsible and
compassionate student who has been a role
model and beacon of hope for his class-
mates ...”
Each DDSB high school was represented
by three students who were nominated by
their teachers because of significant con-
tributions to the school community or the
positive influence they had on their peers.
Mr. Wells says he was “shocked” to be cho-
sen for the award, noting plenty of his class-
mates are equally deserving.
“I didn’t expect this at all, it’s pretty
insane,” he said.
Mr. Wells is the first female-to-male trans-
gender athlete to play on Eastdale’s field
hockey team and is also involved with the
school’s All Genders and Sexualities Asso-
ciation.
Outside of school, he runs a blog and You-
Tube channel about LGBTQ issues and is
also working on publishing a novel called
transMAN about the experiences of a trans-
gender teen.
As high school wraps up, Mr. Wells plans
to take a year off before attending Seneca
College to study social work. “I like the idea
of helping people with struggles they’re
going through,” he says, noting he specifi-
cally hopes to work with LGBTQ people.
Asked what advice he has for other trans-
gender teens, he says it’s important to be
true to yourself.
“High school is four years. It gets easier
as you go; by the time you get to Grade 12
and you have a good friend group it’s not as
hard,” he says.
“Even though it’s hard at times, don’t be
afraid to be who you are.”
• See the complete list of student
award recipients at durhamregion.com
DURHAM -- Eastdale Collegiate student Blake Wells was one of about 60 Durham
District School Board high school students honoured at a student recognition night
held on April 16. Blake made the decision to start a female-to-male transgender
transition in Grade 11 and later became the first female-to-male transgender ath-
lete to play on Eastdale's field hockey team.
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KI pill distribution
coming near
Pickering,
Darlington
nuclear stations
OPG developing extensive
awareness campaign prior
to fall distribution
Keith Gilligan
kgilligan@durhamregion.com
DURHAM -- Ontario Power Generation is plan-
ning an extensive public relations campaign
prior to distributing potassium iodide (KI) pills
near the Pickering and Darlington nuclear sta-
tions.
Last year, OPG’s federal regulator, the Canadi-
an Nuclear Safety Commission, mandated that KI
pills be distributed to all homes and businesses
within a 10-kilometre radius of nuclear stations.
Kevin Powers, the director of corporate rela-
tions and communications for OPG, told the
Pickering Community Advisory Council on Tues-
day, May 19 that distributing the pills is “quite a
change in what our normal operations are.”
To better understand public knowledge of the
pills, OPG has been doing research, Mr. Powers
noted.
“We did research to understand attitudes on KI
pills. We wanted a better understanding of what
their understanding was,” he said.
He noted only seven per cent of residents cur-
rently have the pills in their homes.
When asked if they knew what the pills were for,
Mr. Powers said, “Seventy-three per cent knew
and had a basic understanding of them.”
The difference between those who had the pills
and those who understood what they were for
“wasn’t because they didn’t want them. It was
apathy.”
He added 83 per cent said it was a good idea to
have the pills in their home.
“Eighty-five per cent said it was a good idea if
we mailed them, but only if we let people know
ahead of time what they are,” Mr. Powers said.
The pills flood the thyroid gland with iodine,
preventing it from absorbing radioactive iodine.
They don’t protect against other cancers that
could occur from radiation exposure.
Distribution of pills has been done in New
Brunswick and Quebec. It’s being done around
the Pickering, Darlington and Bruce stations this
year.
Pills are currently in some pharmacies within
the 10-kilometre radius, “but not many people
know. This change is in how we distribute them,”
Mr. Powers noted.
To ensure the public isn’t surprised or con-
cerned, OPG is developing a public awareness
campaign prior to distribution.
“It will begin in earnest right after Labour Day.”
The awareness campaign will run through September
into late October, he added, noting distribution will take
15 days and will start in late October and finish in mid-
November.
There are 200,000 homes and businesses surrounding
the Pickering and Darlington stations.
The pills have different dosages for adults and children,
and have a shelf-life of 10 years. Each household and
business will receive 20 pills.
“That’s more than adequate for several days,” says Mr.
Powers.
Delivering the packages in person means it’s more likely
people will keep them and not toss them in the garbage,
he noted.
“It’s not a drug. It’s a natural supplement. It fills the thy-
roid so it won’t allow any radiation to enter the thyroid.”
OPG has retained an advertising firm to help come up
with the most effective campaign.
“We want to get this done and done right. People will
have these and keep them.”
Committee member Ralph Sutton said people might be
thinking ‘why now’ when the pills are delivered.
Mr. Powers said during the company’s research, people
did ask why the pills were being distributed.
“When we told them the CNSC told us, the regulator
wanted it, we were surprised that that was enough.”
The pills will continue to be available at pharmacies, he
said. That’s because people might not get enough pills at
their home or have moved and don’t have the pills.
“The CNSC mandated that pharmacies within 50 kilo-
metres have the pills,” Mr. Powers said.
Page 6 - Today’s editorial
DURHAM -- Gail Cockburn is a member of Durham Nuclear
Awareness. She is pleased the Canadian Nuclear Safety
Commission recently updated regulations to require that
potassium iodide (KI) pills be distributed to all homes,
businesses and institutions within a 10-kilometre radius of
power plants in Ontario. However, she and other mem-
bers of DNA feel the distance should be expanded.
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Raccoons will win green bin war
To the editor:
There’s something that makes me laugh and
intrigues me about the city of Toronto rede-
signing its green bins for food waste because
the current one is no match for the raccoon.
I laugh both because the contract for rede-
signing the bins is approximately $30 million
and also because I know what it is to have
a raccoon go all-out in our bin, leaving us to
clean up its messy leftovers strewn across the
lawn. I’ve also interrupted one that was just
about to have dinner when I began wheeling
the bin to the curb only to have the raccoon in
question jump out during the ride.
But this green bin plight reveals two things
to me: that we’ve clearly underestimated this
opponent, so much so that we literally have
to go back to the drawing board. But also
that there are things we will be outwitted by
because we see it as trash (or nothing big) but
the thing or person on the other side sees it as
their food (or huge and everything).
It’s because of that the latter will always out-
wit the former. And that’s why the raccoon will
be the victor in the next round too.
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Ontario Power
Generation should
deliver potassium iodine
pills to homes and
businesses to ensure as
much as possible that
local people receive
them and understand
what they are for.
In 2014, the Canadian Nuclear Safety
Commission (CNSC) mandated the dis-
tribution of KI (potassium iodine) pills
to all homes and businesses within a
10-kilometre radius of all nuclear stations.
This has occurred in New Brunswick and
Quebec and Ontario is next up, with dis-
tribution set to take place around the
Pickering, Darlington and Bruce nuclear
plants.
The pills prevent the thyroid gland
from absorbing radiation in the event of
a nuclear emergency. There are different
dosages for adults and children and the
pills have a 10-year shelf life.
Ontario Power Generation will under-
take an awareness campaign, beginning
in September, to let residents know about
the upcoming distribution. The pills will
be delivered to urban Pickering and most
of Ajax in late October/early November
and it will take to mid-November to dis-
tribute them.
The question now is how to go about
this, with the two options being through
the mail or door to door.
Sending the pills by mail would be the
simplest method. However we believe,
given the seriousness of what the pills are
used for, a nuclear emergency that would
create widespread panic, that door-to-
door delivery is the best method. Yes,
it’s far more time-consuming and labour
intensive. But in addition to ensuring the
pills get into the hands of home and busi-
ness owners, the personal touch gives
OPG and its representatives an opportu-
nity to speak with residents and answer
any questions they may have. For home-
owners, this would have to take place
in the evenings when most people are
at home and, if there was no answer to
a ring of the bell, the pills and informa-
tion should be left on the door handle so
the resident would have to see the pack-
age upon entering their home. Follow-up
should take place if there was no one at
home.
According to research OPG has con-
ducted, while 73 per cent of people know
what the pills are and why to take them,
just seven per cent have the pills in their
homes.
Too much could go wrong with mail
delivery. The resident for some reason
may not receive them, someone could
tamper with their mail and, even if they
got into the resident’s hands, he or she
may think it’s junk mail and toss it into the
garbage or recycling bin.
Home delivery is a better method than
mailing the pills.
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Are smartphones making students dumb?
Recently teachers were asked how students
have changed in the past decade, on one of Red-
dit’s subforums.
The answers of course were all anecdotal, but
several teachers said they felt that the availabil-
ity of easy-to-use technology was actually making
kids less tech savvy.
“My personal theory is that the computer has
become basically a tool for high-end gaming
and word processing,” one teacher responded.
“Everything else is done on the phone. I think
viewing tasks through the lens of individual apps
has taken away some of the general curiosity and
exploration that was part of the Internet experi-
ence of 10 years ago.”
Another person commented: “It’s as if they’ve
lived through technology being on ‘easy mode’ for
their whole lives.”
Other teachers, primarily those teaching univer-
sity level classes, complained about poor writing
skills among youths today. Some theorized it was
a consequence of standardized testing. One user
pointed out that between social media sites such
as Twitter, Facebook and Reddit and texting, stu-
dents were probably writing more than they ever
have before except that now they’re writing main-
ly informally, developing bad writing habits for
structured writing.
There are studies that show both positive and
negative impacts on student learning from tech-
nology, however one recent study piqued my
interest.
A recent London School of Economics study
found that banning smartphones from school
increased test scores by six per cent on average.
That may not seem like a lot, but among the poor-
est performing quarter of students, the test score
increase was 14 per cent.
The study found that the best students weren’t
really impacted by the use of cellphones in class
but the worst were distracted and to improve their
test scores, cellphones had to be banned for
everyone.
Tech skills are increasingly important in today’s
society and I’m not suggesting kids stop using
them. But perhaps parents need to look at ways
to broaden young people’s skills beyond scrolling
through an iPhone.
Reka Szekely
Reporter
Social Media
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DURHAM -- Clients of an Oshawa-based
mobile tattooist are being urged to call
the Regional health department as they
may have been exposed to non-sterile
equipment.
The Durham Region health depart-
ment has ordered Frank (Franktisek)
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The use of non-sterile instruments
could lead to transmission of diseases
such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV.
The health department is concerned
that tattoos were given with equipment
that was not sterile.
“At this time, we have no evidence of
transmission of infectious disease, but
there is a risk of transmission of hepati-
tis B and C, and HIV because of the use
of non-sterile instruments by this indi-
vidual,” Dr. Robert Kyle, Durham Region
medical officer of health, said in a state-
ment.
“The Health Department has con-
firmed with Mr. Zima that he started tat-
tooing in 2004 and the number of cli-
ents is unknown as he does not keep
any records. Therefore, it’s very impor-
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Frank (Franktisek) Zima in Oshawa to
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Clients who have ever received tat-
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PICKERING -- The City of Pickering
wants to hear from a wide range of peo-
ple what they would like south Pickering
to look like through a new online survey.
“It’s part of the City’s Official Plan
review, and it’s also part of the conformi-
ty exercise with respect to the provincial
growth plan,” said Deborah Wylie, the
City’s principal planner on the project.
Pickering is one of the designated
growth areas in Ontario’s Places to Grow
Act, and the City of Pickering is reviewing
the growth and development opportuni-
ties in south Pickering.
Residents and businesses are invited to
share their visions and ideas on the future
of south Pickering in Phase 1 of the South
Pickering intensification study. The study
area includes the portion of Pickering
south of the Canadian National Rail tracks,
not including the city centre. Plans for the
city centre were adopted by council in July
2014.
In Phase 2, consultants will assist in
developing a vision and strategic directions
for the area. Phase 3 will see the prepara-
tion of an official plan amendment, neigh-
bourhood guidelines and zoning by-law
amendments to implement the vision and
strategic directions.
Via the online survey, participants can
provide input on where, how, and to what
extent their neighbourhoods should grow
and develop over the next decade and
beyond.
“We want to hear from the broader
Pickering community, from youth to fami-
lies to seniors, to longtime residents to new
immigrants,” said Ms. Wylie. “We want to
hear everybody’s opinion on what they feel
Pickering should look like in the next 10 to
15 years.”
The City will use the feedback to help
influence decision-making on the amount,
location, scale and timing of new growth,
as well as the design of main streets and
neighbourhoods.
“It is imperative that we engage our com-
munity early in the planning process,” said
Tom Melymuk, director of city develop-
ment. “This online survey will allow us to
collect meaningful information on people’s
likes, dislikes, and preferences in a simple,
fun and effective way.”
Earlier this year, City staff held a series
of roundtable discussions with more
than 50 participants selected from across
Pickering.
“At the roundtable we were asking peo-
ple, ‘Tell us your story about Pickering, tell
us what you like about Pickering, what you
don’t like about Pickering, what changes
you need to see to have you continue to live
in Pickering,” said Ms. Wylie.
These discussions provided insight into
the issues, opportunities and challenges
people have with living and working in the
city.
“Their issues were about mobility,” Ms.
Wylie said. “They needed the urban form
to assist them to move around the city eas-
ier, either walking or transiting or driving,”
said Ms. Wylie.
They liked the idea of open areas,
which they felt brought a quality of life to
Pickering.
“They thought there may be more activi-
ties required for the youth,” she said.
Ward 2 Regional Councillor Bill McLean
has concerns about traffic and gridlock that
will come with intensification.
“Ideally in the perfect world, people
wouldn’t have to drive cars in the area,”
Coun. McLean said, adding the Liberty Vil-
lage neighbourhood in Toronto is a perfect
idea of the type of urban intensification
of condos, shops and restaurants he envi-
sions on the main corridors of Pickering.
“They should be able to walk, go to the
(Pickering) Town Centre, hop on the GO
train, go to work,” he said of local residents.
He added there is a piece of land at Liv-
erpool Road and Highway 2 that is for sale
and has great potential to act as a starting
off point for this vision.
But he knows the world’s not perfect, so
it’s imperative that plans be put into place
to manage that traffic, such as the possible
widening of both Bayly Street and Liver-
pool Road.
“The other vision that goes along with this
is a flyover from Bayly Street up the hydro
corridor (near Valley Farm Road),” he said.
“I think it’s going to be difficult, I think it’s
going to be expensive, but it’s something
that has to be done as things progress.”
“With any growth there’s going to be
some headaches, some concerns, but peo-
ple want us to grow,” he said.
Council is going to have to ensure that the
new development proposals for the area
coincide with the vision that is eventually
brought forward. Coun. McLean feels this
will most likely include developing up -- as
opposed to out -- in main corridor areas.
“You have to stick to it,” he said. “Who are
you going to hold accountable if you can’t
start somewhere?”
This phase of the study is costing the City
between $20,000 and $30,000, but will be
offset by a grant of $20,000.
Phases 2 and 3 are expected to cost the
City up to $300,000 in consulting assis-
tance, 73 per cent of which will be funded
by development charges.
Those interested in taking the survey
have until the end of June to visit www.
pickering.ca/SPS and provide their input.
The City has also set up some stations
with iPads at the Pickering Central Library
and the Pickering Recreation Complex
where people can take the survey. They will
also be available until the end of June.
The future of south Pickering‘‘We want
to hear
everybody’s
opinion on
what they
feel Pickering
should look
like in the
next 10 to 15
years.’ Deborah
Wylie,
Pickering
planner
PICKERING -- Sophia Minos, Mike Minos and Kyri Minos stopped for ice cream on their way towards the waterfront along Liverpool
Road South. Pickering is undertaking public consultation for the intensification of south Pickering. The area of Liverpool Road
South by the lake is an example of development that’s taken place in recent years. Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland
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I liked Gabe Magnotta. With Gabe you
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The G. Marquis brand was initiated as
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PICKERING -- Pickering is official-
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in Pickering when the snow begins to
fall.
At the May 19 council meeting, coun-
cillors passed a bylaw stating there will
be no winter maintenance on Sideline
20, north of Hwy. 7: Sideline 20, north
of 9th Concession Road; Sideline 22,
north of Taunton Road; North Road,
north of 7th Concession Road; and
Old North Road, south of Hwy. 407.
Staff says these roads do not have
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or pedestrian access. Traffic volume is
minimal, with mainly farming vehicles
using them from May to October.
City staff has installed ‘no exit’ signs
at the entrances to these roads as well
as signs indicating the roads receive
no winter maintenance.
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Expanding busing to
more Durham
high school
students
could cost
$1.2 million
Cheaper option
involves changing bell
times at nine schools
Jillian Follert
jfollert@durhamregion.com
DURHAM -- Expanding school bus ser-
vice to more Durham high school stu-
dents could be a pricey proposition.
A new report from the Durham District
School Board breaks down how much it
would cost to change the “high school
walk distance” to allow busing for more
students.
The DDSB currently provides trans-
portation to secondary students who
live more than four kilometres from their
designated school, and those who do not
have a safe walking path to school.
That amounts to about 5,200 eligible
students on 229 bus routes.
The board has been looking into the
pros and cons of changing that distance
to 3.2 kilometres, which is what the Dur-
ham Catholic District School Board has
in place.
The would result in 1,724 more stu-
dents being bused on 30 additional
routes at an added cost of $1.2 million.
Trustees were presented with several
options at the board’s May 19 meeting.
One is to introduce a 3.2-kilometre
walk distance in September 2016 -- but
change bell times at nine high schools to
10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
It would only cost an extra $150,000,
but the report says a 4 p.m. dismiss-
al could cause “upheaval” for family
schedules and students’ after-school
lives.
“Four p.m. is relatively late, it could be
a barrier to part-time jobs,” noted DDSB
superintendent Doug Crichton. “It’s an
interesting option. Most buses are try-
ing to get you to a bell time between 8
a.m. and 9 a.m. To have them do anoth-
er run, we have to get them way outside
that time zone.”
Another option is to introduce a
3.2-kilometre walk distance this fall for
students in Scugog, Uxbridge and Brock
only, which would have no additional
cost.
The report also says money could be
saved by changing the walk distance in
smaller increments.
For example, a switch to 3.4 kilome-
tres would cost an extra $800,000, while
changing to 3.6 kilometres would cost an
extra $400,000.
Board chairman Michael Barrett says
the DDSB is facing a transportation
funding shortfall, which makes expand-
ing service very difficult.
“The dilemma is that we need to pres-
ent a balanced budget, and to add any-
thing to transportation will mean a cut
of the budget in other areas,” he says.
The DDSB currently uses the entire $20
million it is allotted from the Province
for transportation each year.
Local parents concerned about cuts to
special education funding spoke at the
May 19 board meeting and urged trust-
ees to think carefully before spending
extra money on busing.
“I want you to be incredibly mindful of
the stewardship you need to hold these
dollars in,” said Faelyne Templer, whose
son Simon, 12, is currently benefiting
from a “learning strategies” class.
The DDSB plans to eliminate three out
its of four learning strategies classes,
scrap the board’s five kindergarten lan-
guage classes and cut behaviour inter-
vention classes from five to two.
Trustees will discuss the report on
expanded busing at the June 15 board
meeting.
Durham public board
kindergarten classes
to average 25 kids
in September
DURHAM -- The Durham District School
Board is expecting an average kindergar-
ten class size of 25 students this fall.
A new report says 8,684 kindergarten
students are expected in September 2015,
accounting for 337 classes across the
region.
Kindergarten class size has been a hot
topic as the new full-day program has
rolled out across Ontario. All Durham
schools offer full-day kindergarten as of
September 2014.
The Province requires boards to main-
tain an average full-day kindergarten class
size of 26 students, however some classes
may have more or less.
The DDSB currently has 13 kindergarten
classes that have more than 30 students
-- they are mostly located in high growth
areas of Ajax and Whitby.
That’s an improvement over last year
when there were 17 classes over 30.
Full-day kindergarten classes have one
teacher and one designated early child-
hood educator. There is also the option of
having a teacher only if there are 15 stu-
dents or fewer.
DDSB trustees will be provided with
updated kindergarten class size data in
September.
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Durham police
write more than
430 speeding
tickets during
Road Safety Week
DURHAM -- Durham police arrested 13
people for impaired driving and wrote
more than 400 tickets for other offences,
including speeding, during a Canada
Road Safety Week blitz.
Among those charged during the
May 12 to 18 initiative was a 51-year-old
Whitby man caught travelling at 110 km/h
in a 50 km/h zone on Rossland Road on
the evening of May 16, police said. He was
one of six motorists who saw their cars
impounded and their licences summarily
suspended after being charged with stunt
driving.
The Road Safety Week blitz was
held in conjunction with a Durham initia-
tive, dubbed Crush The Rush, which was
aimed at curbing speeding and distracted
driving.
During the week police laid 13
impaired driving charges and wrote 437
speeding tickets. Officers charged 18
motorists with distracted driving, and
another six with failing to wear seat belts.
As the year continues police will focus
on the “big four” roadway killers, impaired
and aggressive driving, distracted driving,
and failure to use seat belts.
Pickering man
charged in hit
and run that left
pedestrian
seriously hurt
DURHAM -- A Pickering man is facing
multiple charges after what police are
describing as a hit-and-run incident
early Saturday in Toronto.
A female pedestrian sus-
tained life-threatening
injuries in the col-
lision, at Queen
Street East and
Broadview
Avenue short-
ly after 2 a.m.
May 16, Toronto
police said.
The woman. 29,
was crossing Queen
Street when she was struck by an east-
bound Kia, police said.
The driver of the Kia failed to remain
at the scene but was apprehended
later, police said.
Matthew Dalton, 23, of Pickering, is
charged with impaired driving causing
bodily harm, driving while exceeding
the legal blood alcohol limit, and fail-
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DURHAM -- Tax-free savings accounts are
beneficial to young investors compared to
other options such as RRSPs, says a local
financial expert.
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at Durham Financial.
A registered retirement savings plan can
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ting their career together and haven’t been
making enough money to make substantial
contributions, she explains. Tax-free sav-
ings accounts are the better option for the
younger crowd especially with the recent
increase of contribution room this year
from $5,500 to $10,000.
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young people just getting out of post-sec-
ondary school because they are usually in
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room for their RRSP is low.
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for emergency funds, saving for a house,
and when they have already maxed out
their RRSP contributions.
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Art and Galleries
Saturday, May 23
Artfest
11 a.m. 6 p.m.
Esplanade Park, 1 the Esplanade,
Pickering.
Visual and performing artists take over
the park. More than 80 visual artists with
original artwork, lots of crafts for chil-
dren in the hands-on-art section. Piner-
idge arts Council’s popular Mask Magic
returns. http://www.pineridgearts.org/art-
fest.html. durham West Bluesfest on the
bandstand. Free.
Environment
Saturday, May 23
West shore Beach cleanup
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
Beachpoint Promenade parking lot,
Beachpoint Promenade, Pickering.
Join Pickering West Shore Community
association and telus Mobility volunteers
on their “day of Giving”. Help clean up
garbage along West Shore Beach. Free.
http://www.pwsca.ca.
Fairs and Festivals
Saturday, May 23
DurhAm West Blues fest
11 a.m. 6 p.m.
Esplanade Park, 1 the Esplanade,
Pickering.
the 2nd annual durham West Blues Fest
has partnered with the City of Pickering
artfest and will feature live music per-
formances on two outdoor stages from
award- winning and emerging blues art-
ists. the 2015 line-up includes dawn
tyler Watson and Paul deslauriers, VOO-
dOO Pawn Shop, Carlos del Junco and
Jimmy Bowskill, road dogs, Wicked Grin,
Voodoo Walters and Erin McCallum.the
festival also includes a blues guitar work-
shop from 1-3 p.m. in the Council Cham-
bers, hosted by rick Fines.durham West
Blues Fest will once again include the
unique musical instrument- inspired art
project, where artisans bring music to life
through their creative expression. Free
www.durhamwestbluesfest.com.
Fundraisers
Saturday, May 23
CAr wash and barbecue
10 a.m. 5 p.m.
revivaltime tabernacle Worldwide Min-
istries durham, 550 Kingston rd.,
Pickering.
Fundraising car wash and barbecue. Free.
Luncheons and
dinners
tHurSday, May 28
Community lunch
12 p.m.
Peace Lutheran Church, 928 Liverpool
rd., Pickering.
all are welcome to enjoy a home-cooked
meal and fellowship. If you need a ride,
call 905-839-3521. Free.
Meetings
MOnday, June 8
PiCkering executive committee meet-
ing
2 p.m.
Pickering City Hall, One the Esplanade.
Pickering council’s executive committee
meets in council chambers. Free.
PiCkering planning and development
committee meeting
7 p.m.
Pickering City Hall, One the Esplanade.
Pickering planning and development com-
mittee meets in council chambers. Free.
tuESday, JunE 9
PiCkering township historical soci-
ety meeting
7:30 a.m. 9 p.m.
Pickering Central Library, One the Espla-
nade.
Speaker is ted Barris, author of 17 non-
fiction books, including “Juno: Canadi-
ans at d-day, June 5, 1944” and “Victory
at Vimy: Canada Comes of age, april
9-12, 1917”, and professor of journal-
ism and broadcasting at Centennial Col-
lege. His topic for this evening is “the
Great Escape” - based on his latest book:
“the Great Escape: a Canadian Story”.
this is the real story of the escape tun-
nels of the POW camps in Germany - not
the story as portrayed by the film industry.
the book won the Libris Best non-Fiction
Book award for 2014. Free.
Sales and bazaars
Saturday, May 23
BAke and garage sale
8 a.m. 2 p.m.
1759 Eastbank rd., 1759 Eastbank rd.,
Pickering.
Bake and garage sale with all proceeds
going to the Cure for Cancer. Free
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School events
tHurSday, JunE 4
WilliAm Dunbar Public school annual
fun fair
4 p.m. 7 p.m.
William dunbar Public School, 1030
Glenanna dr., Pickering.
a variety of carnival games plus prizes to
be won. don’t forget to place your bid in
the silent auction. Fun for the whole fam-
ily. Free .
Sporting Events
Saturday, May 30
PiCkering swim Club last gasp
swim meet
8 a.m. 6 p.m.
Pickering recreation Complex, 1867 Val-
ley Farm rd. S.
Pickering Swim Club hosts its annual Last
Gasp Swim Meet. Free. www.pickswim-
club.com
Things To Do
Saturday, May 23
sAfe community partnership
10 a.m. 6 p.m.
Pickering town Centre, 1355 Kingston rd.
Medicalert Foundation Canada cele-
brates partnerships with local organiza-
tions to help make Pickering a safe com-
munity. Share your story, find out more
about this unique community partnership
supported by alzheimer Society of dur-
ham region and learn how you can play
a more active role in an emergency situa-
tion. Free.
Durham Humane Society
in Whitby hosts open house
durHaM -- residents will have the oppor-
tunity to take a peek at the inner workings
of the Humane Society of durham region
this Saturday.
the shelter’s second annual open
house on May 23 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. will
include free canine massages, a pet photo
booth, $5 nail trims, a bake sale and ven-
dors. all proceeds will go towards the ongo-
ing operation of the shelter, which relies
solely on donations to feed, house, and
provide medical treatment to thousands of
abandoned and injured animals each year.
the Humane Society is located at
1505 Wentworth St.,
Whitby. Entry is
free and pets
are wel-
come.
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Community
Care Durham
preparing for
10th annual
Walk for
Mental Health
Awareness
Fundraising stroll set
for June 6, starting
at Heydenshore Park
in Whitby
DURHAM -- Community Care Durham
will host its 10th annual Walk for Mental
Health Awareness in Whitby on June 6.
The fundraising stroll will see partici-
pants walk or run one, two or five kilo-
metres along the scenic Waterfront Trail,
starting from Heydenshore Park, 589
Water St.
Registration and warmup exercises will
start at 9 a.m. and a complimentary bar-
becue lunch will be provided to all partici-
pants at the end of their walk.
There will also be a variety of events at
the park, including entertainment, face-
painting and other children’s activities.
As well, there’ll be a resource and infor-
mation tent filled with booths from local
community groups.
Participants are encouraged to collect
pledges ahead of the walk and the first 200
people to register will receive a free T-shirt.
All funds raised will be used to support
Community Care Durham’s programs and
services.
To pre-register, call Emma Ramcharan
at 905-985-0150, extension 237, visit www.
ccdwalk.org or drop by any Community
Care Durham office and pick up a registra-
tion form.
To find your local office, visit www.com-
munitycaredurham.on.ca .
Liverpool and Bayly in
Pickering to get road work
DURHAM -- Bayly Street and Liverpool
Road will be under construction for the
next month in order for the Region of Dur-
ham to complete road resurfacing work.
The work, which will include lane
closures, will take place nightly between
10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. beginning May
21, and will be completed by mid-June.
Unfavourable weather conditions may
influence the work schedule.
Construction activities will occur at
and around the intersection of Bayly Street
and Liverpool Road; as well as along Bayly
Street between Brock Road and St. Mar-
tins Drive in Pickering.
Drivers are asked to exercise caution
for the safety of pedestrians, cyclists and
construction workers.
For more information about this and
other Regional construction, design and
environmental assessment projects, visit
www.durham.ca/cdeap .
$1 million Maxmillions
ticket sold in Pickering
DURHAM — Somewhere in Pickering
somebody woke up a millionaire last week-
end.
Three Maxmillions prizes were won
May 15 in the $50 million LOTTO MAX jack-
pot including three sold in Ontario, one in
Pickering the other two in Toronto and Wood-
bridge.
The main jackpot of $50 million was not
won.
Two tickets, worth $642,931.30 each
for the second place prize were also sold in
Hamilton and the Barrie region.
One ENCORE ticket worth $100,000
was sold in the London region.
For each $5 play, LOTTO MAX players
receive three sets of seven numbers ranging
from one to forty-nine.
Players must match all seven numbers,
in any one set, to win the jackpot and the
MAXMILLIONS prizes.
Next week’s LOTTO MAX jackpot is esti-
mated $50 million plus 33 MAXMILLIONS
prizes worth $1 million each.
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Oshawa/Whitby Depot
825 Conlin Rd.,Whitby
Check out our waste management and
other educational displays;visit our
truck and equipment display;play
some games and get your face painted.
Corbett Creek Water
Pollution Control Plant
2400 Forbes St.,Whitby
Learn how the Region works to
protect local water quality and the
natural environment.This tour is not
recommended for children under the
age of ten.There will also be trucks
and heavy equipment on display.
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Keeping pets healthy topic
of videos
Week-long series
at durhamregion.
com for animal
lovers
DURHAM -- Warm-
er weather is finally here,
but with sunny skies come
potential dangers for your
four-legged friends.
All this week at www.durham-
region.com, we’re featuring vid-
eos dealing with pet health. With
the help of Dr. Dave Sutherland,
veterinarian at the Baker Animal
Clinic in Whitby, the videos will
help you get your pets prepared
for spring and summer.
Higher temperatures means
more insects, including the worst
invader -- fleas. How do you keep
your house and pets free of these
nuisances? Dr. Dave has all the
answers.
The video today, May 21, deals with
outdoor toxins and hazards. One topic
being discussed is what flowers are
harmful to your pet.
The video tomorrow, May 22, is ‘Why
is my dog scratching so much?’ Appar-
ently, humans aren’t the only ones who
get seasonal allergies.
On May 23, the topic is heat stroke
and how heat exposure can be prevent-
ed.
Previous top-
ics include ticks
and you may feel
squeamish after
watching this
video. Ticks come
in all sizes and
shapes, and like to
hide in long green
grass.
Fleas are
another topic,
and with warm-
er weather, flea
eggs are starting
to hatch. Treat-
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vention are dis-
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Ride For Dad
to rumble
through Durham
on June 13
10th annual prostate
cancer fundraiser to
start in Port Perry
SCUGOG -- The Telus Motorcycle Ride For
Dad will look to surpass the $300,000 mark
when the 10th annual fundraising ride for
prostate cancer research and awareness
kicks off in Port Perry on June 13.
Over the past nine years, the local Ride
For Dad chapter has contributed $280,000
towards the fight against prostate cancer by
investing in public education and aware-
ness initiatives. Organizers are hoping the
300 or so riders expected to participate in
this year’s fundraiser will push that figure
substantially higher.
The fundraiser will see riders take part
in a poker run through the scenic country-
side of Durham Region and the Kawarthas,
starting at the Scugog Community Centre
in Port Perry. Participants will gather at
the community centre for breakfast before
parading through downtown Port Perry
and then heading off on their ride.
The event will start at 7:30 a.m. and is
expected to wrap up around 4:30 p.m.
Breakfast, lunch and live entertainment
will be provided and gifts will be handed
out to the first 250 riders.
A pre-registration session will be held the
evening before the ride, June 12, from 5 to
8 p.m. at the Scugog Community Centre,
1655 Reach St.
It’s expected that prostate cancer will
affect one out of every six men in Canada,
with 490 Canadian men diagnosed with
prostate cancer every week. Of those, 85
will die.
Early detection is key, with about 90 per
cent of prostate cancer cases successfully
treated if found early.
For more information, contact LouAnn
Young at 905-925-1241 or e-mail durham@
ridefordad.ca.
To register or donate, visit www.RideFor-
Dad.ca .
Durham business counters
in Pickering in May, June
DURHAM -- The Region of Durham will
be conducting the 2015 Durham Region
Business Count in Pickering until June
12.
The Business Count team will be
recognizable by their navy blue Region
of Durham shirts and photo identification
cards.
The team will be visiting local busi-
nesses to gather basic information about
the type and nature of the businesses.
Information is collected on an annual
basis. Information will be kept confidential
and will be used for economic analysis
and planning purposes.
In addition to in-person visits, busi-
nesses (including home businesses and
farms) also have the option to complete
an online survey at www.durham.ca/busi-
nesscount .
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Ajax, Pickering youths can learn
from Asha Bromfield’s experience
Self-esteem an
important base for kids
who want to act
as a career
Emma Nicholls
mruta@durhamregion.com
AJAX -- This triple-threat woman has more
to offer than most.
Asha Bromfield, 20, sings, acts and teach-
es. She’s already worked in the television
and film industry for several years. She has
three singles out on YouTube in her It’s not
personal project, with more than 20,000
views combined.
Bromfield started her journey singing
O Canada for the Toronto Marlies hockey
team when she was 10 years old, and land-
ed her first role as Little Inez in the Thorn-
hill Community Theatre’s production of
Hairspray when she was 15.
“I’ve always been interested in musical
theatre, since I was three,” said Bromfield.
She’s currently enrolled in bachelor of
arts in communication at UOIT, and when
she’s not in school or working on a new
role, she’s running a business from home.
“It allows me to have my career on the
side while going to school,” she said. “I love
it, I wanted something that would be close
to home.”
Bromfield lives in Ajax, where her love
for acting mashed up nicely with teach-
ing young girls how to be successful in the
world of performing. She runs an acting
workshop called I am my first love, with
her partner Alicia.
She said there are a lot of scams out there
and ways to lose money in the business,
adding, “I wanted to provide a legitimate
gateway for youth to get representation in
television and film.”
Bromfield offers a six-week course for
kids aged six to 18, incorporating both
acting skills and self-esteem promoting
scripts.
“We realized that a huge thing in Ajax and
Pickering is self-esteem,” she said.
“We think it’s so important for young girls
to love themselves first.”
Her classes started about two-and-a-half
years ago, but in January of this year she
decided to change the name to put more
emphasis on self-esteem for the young
women attending her classes.
“Our goal is to empower young kids and
girls,” said Bromfield. “It’s almost like ther-
apy.”
She says the kids can find out who they
really are through acting, but she also
offers self-esteem classes unrelated to act-
ing.
Her latest project wrapped up in Novem-
ber, where Bromfield worked with several
Olympians and played the head of a dance
crew -- something she says she couldn’t
play effectively on her own.
“I had a stunt double, which was cool,”
she said.
Bromfield has appeared in shows such as
Degrassi, Rookie Blue, Flashpoint, Disney’s
The Next Step: Aftershow, Family Channel’s
What’s Up Warthogs, and Nickelodeon and
YTV’s Max and Shred.
She is currently working on an EP set to
release in November.
WHITBY -- Actress Asha Bromfield, left, read a script with six-year-old student Kate
Moyer. Bromfield teaches an acting workshop, ‘I Am My First Love’, alongside partner
Alicia Griffiths. Readers can e-mail iammyfirstlove@outlook.ca for more information.
Benjamin Priebe / Metroland
Fall play preview May 26
from Theatre 3x60
DURHAM -- Theatre 3x60 is bringing
another play to Durham schools this fall.
But first, the Durham theatre group is
presenting a preview of the work to the
general public in Oshawa.
“Last year’s production of Vimy by
Vern Thiessen was presented to over
1,200 elementary and high school stu-
dents,” states a press release.
“This year, The Shape of a Girl, by
Joan MacLeod, brings focus to the issue
of bullying. The play is about awakening
and how the shape of ourselves, and our
culture, can be defined by our actions or
inactions. MacLeod tells the retrospective
story of Braidie, who struggles to come
to terms with bullying and violence in her
past, and specifically, her own role in a
horrifying incident. The play, inspired by
the murder of Reena Virk in 1997, is a
perceptive exploration of how seemingly
innocuous events and actions can esca-
late into violent encounters, capable of
destroying lives.”
Durham native Brooke Morgan plays
Braidie in the play.
The only preview performance of The
Shape of a Girl is May 26 at 7:30 p.m. at
the Oshawa Public Libraries’ McLaughlin
Auditorium, 65 Bagot St.
Educators and school representa-
tives interested in attending, can learn
more about the production and the Tour to
Schools program by contacting Joan Eti-
enne at info@theatre3x60.ca for a special
invitation package.
Tickets are $20.
Learn more about Theatre 3x60 at
www.theatre3x60.ca and on Facebook.
Two big events in one locale
this weekend in Pickering’s
Esplanade Park
PICKERING -- Art and music lovers will
find the best of both worlds this Saturday
in Pickering.
On May 23, Artfest on the Esplanade
takes over Esplanade Park at Valley Farm
and Kingston roads.
Marking its 18th year, more than 80
artists, artisans and crafters are showing
and selling original work at the PineRidge
Arts Council event. As well, there will be
numerous opportunities for kids to make
their own creations.
And a reminder that Artfest has some
company this year as the Durham West
Blues Fest, supported by roughly 20
sponsors, is bringing live music to the
park from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Those are the same hours for Artfest
and there is no admission charge to either
event.
Reverb almost
ready to greet
Pan Am fans
OSHAWA -- Artist Noel Harding worked
on his sculpture, Reverb, at the General
Motors Centre last week. Commissioned
by the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, the
work’s grand opening is on June 1 at 7:30
p.m.
Sabrina Byrnes / Metroland
Mike Ruta
mruta@durhamregion.com
SCUGOG -- Art and conservation go hand-
in-hand for Clinton Jammer.
The Scugog wildlife artist travels exten-
sively, observing animals of all kinds and
taking photographs which he turns into
highly realistic and acclaimed paintings.
And Jammer supports a number of
groups, including Ducks Unlimited, the
Artists for Conservation Foundation, Polar
Bears International and many others.
“As soon as you come back from a place
you get all excited about it,” he says.
“Travelling gets you interested
in it. It makes you want to
paint more.”
A trip to Africa is on
hold so next up is a
journey to Brazil’s Pan-
tanal region, as Jam-
mer is keen to observe
jaguars, which thrive
and grow large there.
But it was the Royal
Canadian Mint who
came to Jammer when
it was preparing a series
of coins on Canada’s baby
animals. Jammer was chosen
to create a design for one of the $20 sil-
ver coins, a black bear cub with its mother
nearby. Jammer says he and his wife have
a catalogue of thousands of images. In one
that caught his eye and on which the design
is based, a bear is turning. On the coin, the
cub stands out as it is coloured, seated and
turning towards its mother, which is not
coloured. Behind the cub is a coloured
salmonberry plant, a favourite food.
Being picked to do a coin design by the
mint isn’t so simple. Jammer explains the
mint invites submissions from three or four
artists they have chosen for each coin. The
design is done in pencil and must conform
to an eight-inch circle.
Sometimes, Jammer says, “you can nail it
right the first time.” However, with the black
bear design, the mint asked him to do a lit-
tle tinkering.
“They wanted me to tweak a few things,
pretty much add a few things into the back-
ground,” he says.
“When you do the design they still send
it to a professional vetter. You have to have
every little stem on that (salmonberry
plant) detailed.”
Born in Oshawa, but a
proud Scugog resident who
was raised in Port Perry,
Jammer has been draw-
ing since he was a child.
“I used to draw
pictures of cars and hot
rods,” he says.
“I used to
draw everything
when I was a kid.”
After a hiatus, in college
Jammer says he decided
to get serious about art, tell-
ing himself, “it’s time to get things
going.”
But not so fast.
“The learning process will humble you;
almost everything you do (when you’re
starting) is crap,” he says.
It’s easy to think of fellow Canadian wild-
life artist Robert Bateman when you look at
Jammer’s work and he says Bateman “was
one of the first artists I was exposed to.”
Jammer also began heading into the out-
doors on many canoe trips at a young age.
The mint’s press release on the bear coin
states “this is just one of several coins Clin-
ton has designed for the Royal Canadi-
an Mint, all to be released in the coming
months.”
He can’t talk about those designs and
coins, however, as Jammer is sworn to
secrecy; he had to sign a non-disclosure
agreement.
He did offer one tantalizing hint on one of
them: “it’s from my backyard; it’s a local.”
See his work at www.clintjammerart.com
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Durham’s Clinton Jammer designed new wildlife coin for Royal Canadian Mint
SCUGOG -- Scugog artist Clint Jammer created the design on a new Royal Canadian
Mint coin which features a black bear with her cub, in front of a stand of salmon ber-
ries. The $20 silver coin is part of a series featuring Canada’s baby animals.
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Generals eager
for Memorial
Cup to begin
Brian McNair
bmcnair@durhamregion.com
OSHAWA -- Of the four teams left in the
hunt for the 2015 Memorial Cup, only the
Oshawa Generals have yet to win it since
the turn of the millennium.
If they are able to quench that drought,
now totalling 25 years, the Generals would
become the first team to capture a fifth
national junior hockey championship.
And to do that, coach D.J. Smith says
his team certainly needs to pay attention
to the competition -- the Kelowna Rockets,
Rimouski Oceanic and host Quebec Rem-
parts -- but more importantly needs to take
care of its own business.
“We have to play the way we play. If we
have to adjust a little bit to some offensive
players, we will, but I feel comfortable that
any one of my guys can be out against any
line,” Smith said Tuesday, a day before the
team departed for Quebec City. “I think
our biggest strength all year has been our
depth, and we hope that our depth guys
can find ways to make us win here.”
To get this far, the Generals have used
that depth and a strong defensive system
to roll through the Ontario Hockey League
playoffs, compiling a 16-5 record and
claiming the title in five games over the
Erie Otters.
In terms of favourites, this tournament
is a difficult one to predict. The Rockets
(53-13-5-1) have the star power and are
coming off a sweep in the Western Hockey
League final, while Rimouski (47-16-3-2)
and Quebec (40-25-1-2) are playing at
home and were separated only by a dou-
ble overtime goal in the seventh game of
their league final, won by Rimouski.
The Generals, however, were the best
defensive team in the country, and are the
highest team remaining from the final CHL
rankings, finishing third behind the elimi-
nated Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds and
Brandon Wheat Kings. The Rockets were
fourth, Oceanic sixth and Remparts hon-
ourable mention.
“I don’t think there’s any mental edge
in being an underdog or a favourite in this
thing,” Smith said. “You have to go out
there and find a way to win hockey games.
“Right now the focus is solely on being
number one at the end of the year in Can-
ada, and that’s certainly hard to do,” he
added. “Winning our league is the toughest
part because you have to battle so long to
get it. Now the trickiest part is trying to win
a tournament format, but we’ve given our-
selves a chance.”
Ironheads in for
a test against
Green Gaels
Brad Kelly
bkelly@durhamregion.com
AJAX -- A quick look at the Jr. B standings
reveals that the Ajax Ironheads are in first
place in the Mid East division.
On Thursday, May 21, the lacrosse club
will get a chance to prove they belong there
when they travel to Bowmanville to take on
the Clarington Green Gaels, who sit just two
points back but with a game in hand.
The Green Gaels are annually one of the
top teams in the league, and the Ironheads
are striving to attain that level of respectabil-
ity.
“They are a tremendous organization and
a good club,” said head coach Ron Reed.
“Any time you play them it’s a real test to see
what you might have. We look forward to the
game.
“They are always tough. Not just in their
barn, but any barn. They play consistently for
60 minutes and we’re going to have to do that
to stay close.
“We’re looking forward to the challenge.
You get better playing better teams and they
are certainly one of the higher echelon orga-
nizations. We want to play on that level.”
After opening the season with five straight
wins, the Ironheads tasted defeat for the first
time in Halton Hills against the Bulldogs on
Thursday, May 14 in a 14-3 loss. The Iron-
heads opened the scoring in the game, but
then gave up seven in a row to fall behind 7-1
after the opening 20 minutes, and were down
11-2 through two periods.
“I’m not sure we weren’t ready,” said Reed,
searching for an answer for the slow start.
“(Halton Hills) are a good ball team. We got
off to a slow start coming out in the first peri-
od and were down 7-1. It’s a tough team to
come back against. I can’t say we were over-
confident because we have no reason to be
over-confident playing them.
“Once you get behind it’s a struggle to
come back and it didn’t happen for us.”
Reed added that a strong third period in
Halton Hills did carry over into the next
game in Orillia on Sunday, May 17, resulting
in a convincing win of 14-4.
Adrian Torok-Orban finished as the team’s
top scorer in the game with three goals and
three assists, while Jake Gilmour, Jeremy Hill
and Rowan Kelly had two each in the win.
Patrick Morgan, Kurtis Rauch, Ryan Morri-
son, Bryce Keats and Matt Fountain had sin-
gle tallies for the Ironheads.
Heading into this week the Ironheads are
6-1-0 on the season. Following the game
against the Green Gaels, they travel to New-
market on Sunday, May 24 to wrap up six in a
row on the road.
Ripping it up at LOSSA track
and field championships
OSHAWA -- Justine Archer from St. Mary’s competed in the junior girls’ 100m in LOSSA
track and field at the Oshawa Civic Recreation Complex on Tuesday, May 19.
Jason Liebregts / Metroland
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PPine Ridge’s
Spencer Thomas
off to UBC
Okanagan
By Cary Mellon
newsdurhamregion.com
PICKERING -- Spencer Thomas will make
his way west, all the way to the Okana-
gan, as the six-foot-two combo guard from
Pickering has elected to play CIS basket-
ball with head coach Pete Guarasci and the
UBC Okanagan Heat men’s team.
Thomas can play both the point and
the two guard and is a strong on the ball
defender who is aggressive on both ends of
the floor. The Pine Ridge Puma also likes to
take it to the basket on offence.
“I take pride in defence as it fuels my
game,” says Thomas when asked what kind
of player he is. “Offensively I like to use my
speed to my advantage by getting out on
the wings and pushing the ball. At UBCO
I would like to keep the same style of play
but be more aggressive offensively.”
Spencer is Guarasci’s first recruit from
Ontario, a region that is currently produc-
ing some of the best basketball players in
the world. Guarasci, an Ontario native
himself, raised in Niagara Falls, is pleased
to tap into the hotbed of basketball in
Ontario and likes his new recruit’s game
and makeup.
“We are very excited to add a guard of
Spencer’s calibre to our basketball pro-
gram,” says Guarasci. “His athleticism and
basketball IQ will help right away. I also
believe he has a very strong work ethic
which will help him develop on the court
and succeed in the classroom.”
Thomas helped lead his Pine Ridge team
to a bronze medal in the OFSAA AAAA
basketball championships, the first team
medal at provincials in the history of the
school. The Pumas medaled at three other
tournaments throughout the year, winning
their home tournament where Thomas
nabbed a first team all-star selection.
More of a defender, Spencer is able to
bust out offensively, and also make the
big play to turn a game as evidenced by
his four games in which he scored more
than 25 points. A finalist for the Ontario
U16 team, he is not currently not on a club
team, but in the past he has played for Tri-
ple Balance and the Orangeville Prep team
from the Athlete Institute.
A talented athlete who also excels in foot-
ball, Thomas is open to any role next sea-
son and he hopes to add some athleticism
and energy to the young Heat roster.
“My strengths are on the defensive end
for sure but I like to bring lots of energy and
positivity anywhere I play. Whatever role
coach Guarasci has for me, I will do the
best I can as that role.”
Thomas visited the campus earlier in
the spring and immediately liked what he
saw. He plans on enrolling in the faculty of
management this fall.
“I’m planning on getting a business
degree at UBCO because it has all the
courses I am interested in but also has
smaller classes, which is better for my
learning style,” explains the long and ath-
letic guard.
Cary Mellon is the sports information director of
athletics and recreation at The University of
British Columbia Okanagan campus
OSHAWA -- Spencer Thomas of Pine Ridge Secondary School slammed one home
against Pickering in the LOSSA championship game. Thomas will be playing CIS bas-
ketball for the UBC Okanagan Heat beginning the fall of 2015. Submitted photo
The Pickering Hockey Association announces
registration fees for 2015-2016
Registration is open on the PHA website
www.pickeringhockey.com
Registration fees can be paid in-full with a one
time payment made by cheque or online
PICKERING HOCKEY
ASSOCIATION
PICKERING HOCKEY
ASSOCIATION
"PHA BEGINNERS WANTED...LEGENDS MADE"
details at:
www.pickeringhockey.com
$100 towards new or used
equipment for new players
RETURNING PHA PLAYERS
details at:
www.pickeringhockey.com
15% discount on all hockey
equipment at the Legends
Sports Pickering store.
Age & Levels Registration Amount
House League Players (Born 2001--2010)$555
All Rep Players $555
Midget & Juvenile House League (Born 1995-2000)$415
Hockey School (Born 2007-2012)$350
Registration Fees After AUG 1, 2015:
Payment Required in Full
Hockey School > $350
- Players born from 2007 - 2012
House League > $600
- Initiation to Bantam - Players born from 2001 -2010
House League > $465
- Minor Midget to Midget-Juvenile - Players born from 1995-2000
All Rep Hockey > $600
The PHA will honour early registration rates to new residents moving into Pickering after August 1st, 2015.
Proof must be provided to the PHA.
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ATTENTION Builders and/or any person wishing to build or live on one of Pickering's most desired streets. For sale by owner is 1853 Pine Grove Ave. Measuring 100' x 330', just under an acre, the property is HUGE, mature, and very well treed. It truly is a spectacular lot, and often referred to as Muskoka in the city by family and friends. The lot can be used to build a very large estate home or severed into two 50' x 330' lots (Severance application was approved by region of Durham in April of 2015) to build two executive homes. Presently there is an A Frame Cedar home on the lot and would need to be removed as a condition of severance approval.Price - $899,000.00 l Call - 905-509-1666 for details.
Parkland Estates - 50 Adelaide Ave. (905-725-5900)
Tower On The Green - 1140 Mary St. N. (905-438-1971)
Governor Mansions - 110 Park Rd. N. (905-723-1712)
Simcoe Estates - 333 Simcoe St. N. (905-571-3760)
Marland Gardens - 321 & 349 Marland Ave. (905-743-9712)
Come home to your
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Please visit www.qresidential.ca
2 & 3 bedroomapartments
Close to school, shopping, hospital On-site superintendent.Rental Office Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (905)686-0845 or(905)686-0841Eve. viewing by appt.www.ajaxapartments.com
OSHAWA,
385 Gibb St.
Available Immediately.
1, 2 & 3 bdrm apts.
Starting from $900/month
plus $30/month parking.
Upon credit approval. Laundry
on-site. Close to amenities.
Patrick 905-443-0191
AUCTION SALE
Property of
Bill & Mary Henderson
Lot 7 Broken Front
130 East Beach Rd., Bowmanville, ON
June 6th, 2015 at 10:30 am
Tractors:D-15 tractor, 3 point hitch with
loader, fork & bucket; D-15 tractor, snap
coupler hitch, sold with regular drawbar &
3 point hitch adaptor; D-17 tractor, snap
coupler hitch sold with regular drawbar &
3 point hitch adaptor; Heat Houser, 3 um-
brella's for tractors.
Farm Equipment:Deutz Allis-K300, trail
tedder with reduction gear; Allis Chalm-
ers-3 point-3 furrow plough; Allis Chalm-
ers-7ft side mower to fit snap coupler
D15; Allis Chalmers-manure spreader;
New Holland-67 square baler; Allis
Chalmers-6ft rotary mower; New Idea-7ft
mow conditioner; Allis Chalmers-Disc;
Allis Chalmers-6ft cultivator, snap coupler
hitch; Allis Chalmers 12ft cultivator, snap
coupler hitch; 3 point hitch bale spear;
Allis Chalmers-post hole auger, snap cou-
pler hitch; Allis Chalmers side delivery
rake; Bucket mount bale spear.
Miscellaneous: Head gate; calving pen;
many gates 8-14ft; electric fencers; insula-
tors; electric rope fencing; aluminum ex-
tension ladder; 50 bales/hay round; snow
blower-6ft; some furniture.
Sale Managed and Sold By:
ARNOT WOTTEN AUCTION
SERVICE (905)263-2512.
No Buyers Fee, Lunch AvailableTerms: Cash or Good Cheque. The Auctioneer or
Proprietor will not be held responsible for public in-
jury, public liability or property loss or damage in connection with this sale.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27th
4:30 PM
A U C T I O N S A L E
Auction Sale of Furniture, Antiques,
Collectables and Tools for a Clare-
mont Estate, selling at Neil Bacon
Auctions Ltd., 1 km west of Utica.
To Include: Flatback cupboard, ant. 4 and
3 drawer filing cabinets, ant. tool drawers,
garden bench, lanterns, Nautical charts,
Pentax camera, wood shutters, micro-
scope, drafting table, cream separater, ant.
work table, Logan metal lathe, table saw,
Rockwell 10" band saw, drill press, plan-
er, router, sander, Milwaukee sawsall,
Busy Bee copy lathe (like new), reversible
shaper, tool chest, Kennedy tool and die
cabinets, mitre gauges, rifle scope, wee-
deater, pole chainsaw, drill sets, ice fish-
ing rods and tackle, cords, plumbing
items, sockets, jacks, air tank, cement
cutter, clamps, chisels, battery charger,
1972 TNT skidoo, Yardmachine rototiller,
cement mixer, arc welder, plus hundreds
of other tool related items from this Tool
and Die Maker's Estate.
Sale Managed and Sold by:
NEIL BACON AUCTIONS LTD.
905-985-1068
BRUCE KELLETT AUCTIONS
Selling contents from a Port Perry home & others
Kellett Sale Barn, 13200 Old Scugog Rd.
(1/2 mile south of Blackstock)Tuesday, May 26th at 5:30amCement lawn bench, Small wicker pram/carriage, New & Vintage jewellery, Guitars, Lego, Wooden ducks, Tractor seat, Snap-on tools, SignsAUCTIONEER: Bruce Kellett705-328-2185 or 905-986-4447www.kellettauctions.com
Friday, August 21 and
Saturday, August 22,
2015
PICKERING TOWN CENTRE
Call to reserve today!
905-215-0444
2 Days!
Children’s Programs, Educational Services,
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2015
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TRUCKLOADS OF NEW SCRATCH & DENT APPLIANCES. Bar fridge's, $79 and up. Va- riety of dented fridge's, stoves and laundry available. Also brand new appliances, GE dyers $399 and GE washers, $499. Many other new items available. Free local de- livery. Call us today, Ste- phenson's Appliances, Sales, Service, Parts. 154 Bruce St. Oshawa. (905)576-7448.
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Antiques
NORTH TO SOUTH NA- TIVE ART We carry a great selection of native art products from can- vas originals, original paintings on birch bark, quarry stone, and agate, framed prints, antler carvings, soapstone carving, rustic frames, moccasins, walking sticks and dream catch- ers. Many native artists including world famous James Simon Mishibi- nijima, Nick Cywink, Stan Panamick, and more. We have some- thing for everyone! Check us out at the Pick- ering Antique Market on Squires Beach Rd in Pickering (booth P311A). We also have a facebook page: north to south native art where some of our merchan- dise is posted. Open 7 days a week from 10am to 5:30pm. We can also be reached at 289-660-0910 or northtosouthnativeart@gmail.com. Or visit us at on Facebook: North to South Native Art. Hope to see you there!
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Durham Craft & Gift Show
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October 23, 24 & 25, 2015
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882 Darwin Dr.,
Pickering
Saturday, May 23rd
7:30 am - 2:00 pm
MOVING YARD SALE
Art, dishes, antiques,
Christmas decorations
& much more
1788 Bronte Square
Pickering
Saturday May 23rd
9am to 3pm
Raindate Saturday May 30th
9am to 3pm
collectibles, kitchenware, luggage,
books and more.
1209 Maple Gate Road,
Pickering
Saturday, May 23rd
8:00AM-12:00PM
GARAGE SALE - interesting stuff!
Downsizing, clearing out contents.
Many interesting things for sale!
Dixie Rd and Finch Ave area.
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Interlocking pavers
Retaining walls
Natural stone and flagstone
Concrete work and repairs
Sodding, Planting, Garden Design
Decks, Fences, Pergolas and Custom wood work
Landscaping & Construction
Specializing in entire landscape design and construction
www.creativeideaslandscaping.com
Tel: 647-765-4607
Landscaping & ConstructionLandscaping & Construction
Specializing in entire landscape design and constructionInterlocking paversRetaining walls
Natural stone and agstoneConcrete work and repairsSodding, Planting, Garden Design
Decks, Fences, Pergolas and Custom wood work
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Whitby Mall 1615 Dundas St. E.
Unit LL-3 Whitby ON, L1N 2L1
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KLC COLLEGE: HEALTHCARE, BUSINESS, EDUCATION HAS
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THURSDAY
MAY 28TH –
7:00 PM
INFORMATION
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KLC COLLEGE: HEALTHCARE, BUSINESS, EDUCATION HAS
LOST DOG
CHARLIE
CHARLIE IS A LIGHT BROWN
LABRADOODLE WHO WAS
RECENTLY SEEN IN THIS AREA.
CHARLIE IS A MICROCHIPPED NEUTERED
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4676
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VENDORS WANTED
Pride Durham is hosting a weekend celebration
on Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7.
Bring the family and come celebrate with us.
Vendor’s marketplace, music, parade,
entertainment and more.
Saturday, June 6 at Dnipro Hall, Oshawa
Vendor’s Marketplace, BBQ
Sunday, June 7 at Memorial Park, Oshawa
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Wednesday, May 27th
and Wednesday, June 3rd
For more information or to book your event
please contact
Erin Jackson
Ajax: 905-683-0707
Direct Line: 905-215-0458
Email: ejackson@durhamregion.com
JALONEN, Rudolph "RUDY" Frank - Passed
away at Rouge Valley Health Ajax on Sunday
May 17, 2015 at the age of 87. Rudy was the
beloved husband of Lee for close to 58 years
and loving and devoted father of Michael and
his wife Laurie, Diane and her husband
Bruce Johnson, and Louise and her husband
Patrick Stephensen, Cherished grandfather
of Christopher, Greg, Richard, Sam, David,
Brandon, and Peter. Rudy will be lovingly
remembered by the rest of his family and
friends. Friends will be received at the ACCETTONE FUNERAL HOME, 384 Finley
Ave., Ajax (905-428-9090) on Saturday May
23rd from 1 pm until time of memorial service
in the chapel at 2 pm. If desired donations to
the Rouge Valley Health Foundation- Ajax,
would be appreciated.
PHILLIPS, Bruce Allan - On Sunday, May
17th, 2015. Bruce, Loving husband of the
Late Micheline. Dear Father of Paul and
Susan and Mike and Vicki. Dear Poppa of
Scott, Sandy, Stevi and Kirk. Great
Grandfather of Declan. Family and friends will
be received at the ACCETTONE FUNERAL HOME, 384 Finley Avenue, Ajax on Friday,
May 22, 2015 from 12:00 pm til 3:00 pm.
Cremation Donations may be made to the
Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Diabetes
Foundation.
Danette
Di Luciano
In Loving
Memory of
My Beautiful
Daughter
Four long lonely years without you
We were together almost every day
And since you had to leave there are
no words to describe how I miss you
by my side
This past year has been diffi cult
Each day I fi nd myself saying
"If only Danette was with me"
When a mother loses one of her own
Something inside her dies
No matter how hard she tries
A deep sadness surrounds her
Wherever she goes or
whatever she is doing
I am thankful for having such a
wonderful daughter but I wish God
could have left you with me for just a
while longer.
Please wish my handsome grandson a
happy birthday on the 28th and ask
your dad to keep both of you close to
him until I am with all of you.
~ Forever in My Heart ~ Mom
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Deadline Tuesday June 16@5pm
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1979 FIAT SPIDER
CONVERTIBLE
Original condition, manual,
excellent condition. Asking $11,000
Call Frank 905-725-0881
905-449-4109
2007 DODGE NITRO SE
3, 7 V6
Auto remote start, tinted windows, fog lights, AC,
AM/FM CD Factory, Very Clean/One Owner/Well-Maintained. 127,200 km's. Price $8,500.00
Will Cert./E Test 905-571-4417
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