A handwritten love letter from President John F. Kennedy to one of his alleged mistresses is up for sale by RR Auction in Boston. The four-page letter was written weeks before Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 and is believed to be intended for Mary Meyer. The love note, however, was never delivered, according to Bobby Livingston, executive vice president of the auction house. In the intimate letter, Kennedy pleads with the recipient to come and see him, giving his love interest three venue options: here (believed to be the White House), the Kennedy Compound in Cape Cod, or a third, unnamed location in Boston.

I KNOW IT IS UNWISE

“Why don’t you leave suburbia for once — come and see me — either here — or at the Cape next week or in Boston the 19th,” the handwritten letter reads. “I know it is unwise, irrational, and that you may hate it — on the other hand you may not — and I will love it. You say that it is good for me not to get what I want. After all of these years — you should give me a more loving answer than that. Why don’t you just say yes?” Livingston said he expects the bidding to top $30,000 by the time the auction closes on June 23. Other Kennedy items are also up for sale, including other letters and photographs.

 

The replacement for Canada AM will be known as Your Morning and will start later this summer. It will be hosted by Ben Mulroney and former CBC News anchor Anne-Marie Mediwake. A company of anchors who appear to come and go during the program with news are Melissa Grelo, Lindsey Deluce and Kelsey McEwen doing weather. Fans of the departing Canada AM team of Beverly Thomson, Marci Ien and Jeff Hutcheson have been told that it was the decision of the hosts to have only a brief warning that the program was ending. This from Randy Lennox, president of entertainment production and broadcasting for Bell Media.

A Toronto man has been critically injured in what appears to be classic hazard when working around vehicles — standing between a wall and a moving vehicle to give directions. It happened about 11.30 Monday morning as the victim directed the driver in reverse at a commercial building in Vaughan. It is among the things never to do and many people extend this simple safety habit to walking in the space between parked cars if one or more of them has the motor running.

 

There were a few smoky moments in the halls of Northern Secondary School Monday morning when a fire began in a backpack belonging to a student. There is no information on what the student was carrying but the fire was extinguished and no one was hurt. This may be one for the principal’s memoirs.

The Bayview Leaside BIA will hold a Sidewalk Sensation street sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday June 25th. The event is looking to offer theme many street sensations  — aroma, sight, touch and taste. There will entertainment with live music, dance lessons, face painting, a strolling musician and a chalk artist planned. Volunteers are needed to help organize and execute ideas for this event. Mail the info@bayviewleasidebia.com.

TELL THE BULLDOG ABOUT YOUR SENSATION

The South Bayview Bulldog would like to hear about your sensational street display, sale or other endeavor. Come on. Write to The Bulldog at news@bayview-news.com

The Rebel website says it has obtained freedom of information confirmation that Premier Wynne’s campaign chairman in 2014 has billed her office directly for “nearly $900,000” in polling services in the last fiscal year. David Herle is a principal of The Gandalf Group and according to the firm’s website, Mr. Herle “served as Premier Kathleen Wynne’s campaign co-chair and steered the Ontario Liberals to a majority government in 2014.” Rebel 

 

A resident of St. Clair Ave. E. near Hudson Drive has spotted a small boa snake in his garden. Arthur Hammond said the creature was perhaps two feet long and had needle-like teeth. Mr. Hammond was trimming his Elderberry when he saw the snake. He says it was “finishing off” a small mouse or similar animal. He checked with the Humane Society and Animal Services which said there was nothing to be done because the snake could now be anywhere.  For the time being, mail has been sent to a neighborhood network warning people to keep small cats and pups close at hand. If the snake is seen, care should be taken with it. Those teeth are known to wound. Councillor Wong-Tam has been told as has the Moore Park Residents Association.

 

Here they come, 72 more courtesy of CNN. And really, what business does anyone have questioning the wisdom of the “Unicode Consortium” of Emojis? Use ’em or be so 2015.

The designer resale store Rewind will re-open in a larger store with a party occasion tonight (Monday, June 6, 2016) from 7 to 10 p.m. The new store is at 577 Mt. Pleasant Rd.  The owner, Dawn Librach, invites friends to have a glass of Champagne and hors d’oeuvre as they check out her large resale collection.

Toronto is embarking on a summer program of having uniformed police directing traffic at several  major intersections. Mayor Tory says it is part of the second phase of his congestion management plan. During the pilot, which begins one week from today on June 13, police officers will be deployed during peak periods at eight selected locations including:

• Bay Street and Queen Street
• Front Street and Simcoe Street
• Lake Shore Boulevard Parklawn Road
• Sheppard Avenue and Yonge Street
• Front Street and University Avenue
• Bay Street and Bloor Street
• University Avenue and Adelaide Street
• Bay Street from Bloor Street to Front Street

The pilot will take place during four weeks in the summer and four weeks in the fall. Staff will use criteria such as intersection blockage, pedestrian and cyclist compliance and illegal turn movements in its evaluation of each individual intersection. Major cities in North America including New York City and Vancouver use similar programs. More: http://bit.ly/1X6JRaY

A new splash pad and improved playground facilities opened May 28, 2016 at George Webster Park at 30 Chapman Street in East York. The occasion recalls the ongoing campaign to re-make the playground in Trace Manes Park modern features as well as a high-tech splash pad. It is a project of Jillian Walsh and her many friends in Leaside and elsewhere. Jillian was the mother Georgia Walsh, the seven-year-old so cruelly taken from life by a car accident at Millwood Rd. and McRae Drive in July of 2014.

GEORGE WALSH MEMORIAL ALL-STAR GAMES

Once again this year, the Georgia Walsh Memorial All-Star Games will be held to raise funds for this great goal. The date is Saturday, August 27, 2016. Take a look and please donate  Georgia Walsh: What the new splash pad might look like

 

The Philippine president-elect, Rodrigo Duterte, has encouraged the public to give him a hand in the war against brazen drug dealers by shooting and killing those who resist arrest. “Please feel free to call us, the police, or do it yourself if you have the gun — you have my support,” Duterte said in a televised address. He described an extensive illegal drug trade that involves even the country’s police.