An out-of-control car has injured three people at Kennedy Road and Clayton Drive in Markham on Friday (September 4, 2015). It is reported that a boy is in critical condition. The vehicle drove into a church on the corner.
Manor Road United Fall Fair Oct. 3 to feature pony rides
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Mark your calendars to remember the Manor Road United Church Fall Fair. It’s Saturday, October 3, 2015 between 10 a.m.and 2 p.m. This year as usual the excellent bake table with be joined by books, toys, crafts, a silent auction, crafts for kids, face painting and pony rides. Check it out. The church is at 240 Manor Road East.
Georgia Walsh: What the new splash pad might look like
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There is a genuine glow on the community following the wonderful experience of the Georgia Walsh All-Star Games last weekend. It was fun and an enormous credit to Leaside. Now the longer task begins of raising funds to fulfill the vision of a renewed and safer playground. Conceptual depictions are shown above and below. A new splash pad is an expensive asset but the safety and enjoyment of interactive water is worth it. The drawings are by the firm of Harrington McAvan. The many sponsors of the games are shown below. Thanks to all. Anyone wishing to donate may do so at the RememberingGeorgiaWalsh site
SPONSORS
Platinum Plus: National Bank Platinum: Lexus on the Park, Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities Gold Plus: Charlene Kalia and Chestnut Park Real Estate, Patrick Rocca and Bosley Real Estate Gold: McDowell’s ValuMart, Starbucks, Rogers Silver: Leaside Dentistry, McSorley’s Wonderful Saloon Bronze: Bank of Montreal (Laird & Commercial), Bonnie Byford Real Estate, Bradley Lands Midtown Orthodontics, Monica Stanway RE/MAX, Sheree Cerqua Royal LePage Signature, The South Bayview Bulldog (as of September 4, 2015)
Georgia Walsh Splash Pad and Playground in Trace Manes Park – Proposed Features Concept (August 25, 2015)
Georgia Walsh Splash Pad and Playground in Trace Manes Park – Sample Splash Pad Equipment
Georgia Walsh Splash Pad and Playground in Trace Manes Park – Sample Play Equipment
Georgia Walsh Splash Pad and Playground in Trace Manes Park – Existing Features
Garbage truck hammers pole, Queen streetcars diverted
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The CBC reports Queen Street East at Coxwell Avenue is open again after being closed when a Toronto garbage truck apparently backed into a utility pole early Friday (September 4, 2015). The collision caused overhead streetcar wires to sag and come into contact with hydro wires. Streetcars were discontinued and buses took over. Photo Tony Smythe
53 Division continues traffic enforcement in Leaside
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53 Division officers blitzed Leaside doing traffic enforcement this week. Drivers may have noticed the motorcycle fellow at Millwood and McRae. There were several charges, cautions and driver education by officers. 53 is going to continue doing enforcement throughout the community, it is reported on the division’s Facebook page.
One Toronto school has only a 50% vaccination rate
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This story is revealing of the vaccination rates in Toronto public and Catholic schools which are generally good but seem to show a weakness in the method for getting the job done. Greenwood Secondary has a rate of 50% for diphtheria and 39% for measles, mumps and rubella. It serves a largely immigrant population. Ontario uses a paper book system for parents to record immunization. It is said to be easily misplaced. TDSB only knows who is vaccinated once kids reach school, much later than the mandatory enrolment in public vaccination programs at birth that occurs in Alberta. Metro
Jason Ramsay-Brown to speak at Leaside Library Sept. 9
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The eminent naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown will speak at Leaside Library, 165 McRae Drive on Wednesday, Sept.9, 2015. His topic will be Toronto’s Ravines and Urban Forests, Their Natural Heritage and Local History. The talk is scheduled from 7 to 8 p.m.. It is part of a Toronto Library tour, taking the author to Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. on September 23, Gerard/Ashdale Library, 1432 Gerard St. E., Sept 8, Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave., on Sept 30 and Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. on Oct. 27. Mr. Ramsay-Brown will also guide a walk through Moore Park to the Evergreen Brick Works with Toronto Field Naturalists on Sept 27. He is the author of Toronto’s Ravines and Urban Forests.
Stickney Way petition submitted but with one objection
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The petition to change the name of Markham Ave in Leaside to Stickney Way has been submitted to the City but with one objection to the change. The short street runs from Laird Drive to Airdrie Road and has no addresses on it. The party who objected is not known. The name change would honour the late former Leaside High teacher Dave Stickney. Petitions of this sort are normally expected to be unanimous so the consensus is uncertainty as to the outcome because of the objection. Campaign to name Leaside street after Dave Stickney
Brady a winner as judge tosses suspensions against him
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The law remains unclear as a federal judge in Manhattan sets aside the punishment handed down by the NFL against Tom Brady of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Judge Richard Berman, threw out the four game suspension for whatever role Brady had in the deflation of footballs. “Because there was no notice of a four-game suspension in the circumstances presented here, Commissioner Goodell may be said to have `dispensed his own brand of industrial justice,”‘ Berman wrote, partially citing wording from a previous case. Roger Goodell quickly announced the NFL would appeal the decision, saying in a statement, “We will appeal today’s ruling in order to uphold the collectively bargained responsibility to protect the integrity of the game. The commissioner’s responsibility to secure the competitive fairness of our game is a paramount principle, and the league and our 32 clubs will continue to pursue a path to that end.” Professional sport must closely guard the integrity of the game or criminal interests will eagerly work to fix professional contests. There are easily won billions at stake.
“Kate pregnant” report just plain “rubbish” says Gossip Cop
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There is a nasty exchange of insults going on among online royalty snoops over whether Kate Middleton is pregnant again. Gossip Cop insists that the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, and the Duchess of Cambridge are not expecting a new addition to their family. Gossip Cop says it confirmed this and that a report to the contrary by Star Magazine is “rubbish.”
Third baseman Josh Donaldson hot stuff at bat
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Bricks miss pedestrians by inches on New York street
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It was a harrowing evening walk for the couple seen cringing in fear on the video above. A parking attendant in the garage on the second level drove a car into the wall sending the bricks crashing down onto the sidewalk.