Ray Gork, the congenial hardware and later paint consultant, has retired after nearly three decades at 1525 Bayview Ave. Ray is seen here with his large family in 2015 on the 10th anniversary of his Benjamin Moore Paint franchise. Before that, Ray and his wife oversaw the double store location of Allen’s Home Hardware. Upper right, the True Value Hardware at 1613 Bayview is closed for good. The owners are said to have leased it to a Mediterranean style restaurant. Below that, roofers were busy re-shingling the cone atop epi Bread Thursday. At the bottom left, anyone filling up at the Esso/Circle K station at Mt. Pleasant and Merton gets a close-up sell of the Vype ePen 3, just in case you want to start this doubtful habit. This in-your-face ad is attached to the gasoline hose. And the Leaside Curling Club was host to the pride of Yellowknife, NWT, this week as Kerry Galusha’s Team Galusha practiced for a bonspiel in Oakville Saturday. That’s local curling champ John Epping with the northern ladies.
