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Inside the Tribute Presentation Centre

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The Tribute Communities Presentation Centre has opened for business at 1600 South Bayview, previous home of the Sleuth of Baker Street. It’s interesting to note that Tribute has placed a distinguished looking sign on its exterior to announce the new address of Sleuth. This is very unusual in a new tenant. The centre is very lovely with comfortable fixtures intended no doubt to make one feel as if he is in one of the Canterbury Lawrence Park townhomes. Beyond the reception area (upper right) is a large area with a model of the Bayview Ave development in the middle. On the walls are electronic show and tells as well as a flat screen television tuned to CP24. Worth a visit even if you aren’t in the market. The attendants are most welcoming.

United Church HQ to stay in Toronto

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The General Council of the United Church of Canada gas voted unanimously to keep its headquarters in Toronto. The Manitoba chapter of the church has been trying to persuade it to move to Winnipeg from Toronto, where its office lease expires in 2015. The Manitoba chapter argued a significant move “would create a creative chaos” beneficial to the church’s “transformation in post-modern times,” said Bruce Faurschou, executive secretary for the United Church Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario.

Natalie Wood charmed a nation in 1947

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Full name: Natalie Wood (born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko )
DOB: July 20th 1938
DOD: November 29th 1981
Where born: Santa Catalina Island, California, USA.

Forgive us, but it seems seedy that a police investigation should be “re-opened” because somebody wrote a book that has no new information in it. But hey, that ‘s Hollywood. Better by far, we think to recall the story of Natalie Wood’s charming entry into movie stardom in the 1947 classic, Miracle on 34th Street. Here is much of the tale from the website Christmas Movies. By the time of her tragic death at the age of 43, Natalie Wood was one of the world’s foremost actors. Born in California to Russian parents, Natalie’s introduction to acting and the cinema came early. Before she had even turned five, Natalie made an appearance, albeit a very short one, in the 1943 film Happy Land. When she was seven Natalie appeared in Tomorrow is Forever, drawing plaudits from the star of the film, the great actor Orson Welles. Natalie’s mother Maria proved to be the driving force in the child star’s career. And her decision to sign up her daughter to 20th Century Fox proved fortuitous. Fox handed Natalie Wood her first ever starring role, as six-year-old Susan Gailey in the 1947 version of Miracle on 34th Street.