The five candidates for Councillor in Ward 15 (Don Valley West) are invited, and expected to be present, at the Leaside Property Owners candidates debate at 7:30 p.m Tuesday (October 2). It will be held in the William Lea Room at Leaside Arena. Interest will be high in hearing the incumbent candidates, Jon Burnside and Jaye Robinson. Others running are Tanweer Khan, Minh Le and Nikola Streker. The LPOA debate format requires questions to be asked in writing. The moderator culls them to avoid repetition. This format also prevents members of the audience from making a speech. It has been known to happen. Wilmar Kortleever writes to remind us that there will also be opportunity to meet the candidates for school board trustee, including Leaside resident and parent, Rachel Chernos Lin.
Boy’s wallet found at corn roast can be claimed via Facebook
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Lyn Malion writes to The Bulldog, and in Leaside Chit Chat, that a wallet was found last Sunday at the corn roast at Trace Manes. She reports that it is blue, has a chain, cash and a boy’s name inside it. The first name starts with N. She adds: “If you know the boy who lost it or the parents of the boy please dm me so that I can put you in touch with the very lovely lady who found it. I am posting this on her behalf.”
Hot car death, fearing Facebook, unrepentant chicken eater
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Kailyn Pollard
Matthew Braga
Hezron Springer
Kailyn Pollard, 29, forgot her one-year-old daughter as she went to work, leaving the child in the back seat in the hot fall weather of Seminole, Florida. It is not the first time distracted adults have done this. The girl was dead when found. At the centre is Matthew Braga of the CBC. He offers a whirlwind of insider dope on how or why we should be concerned that Facebook has been breached. Keep in mind that the problem is you. Using Facebook is like wearing a sign on your back that says “Cash in pocket.” Then at the right, Hezron Springer with a kissy kissy report from the BBC which could have been written by British chicken farmers. But that’s okay because like Springer, the Bulldog is quite partial to cooked chicken of all kinds.
Citizenship honour to Sharon Beckstead for service to LUC
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Sharon L. Beckstead/Leaside United Church
Citizenship Medal/Leaside United Church
Sharon L. Beckstead, the musical director of Leaside United Church, has been honoured with the Member of Parliament Citizenship Medal at a social evening Friday at the church. Ms. Beckstead has retired from 25 years of service to church and its choirs. Sunday she was honoured at the morning service, which was conducted by MP Rob Oliphant. Sharon Beckstead has been the Music Director at LUC since 1993. She has overseen and conducted the Chancel Choir and Junior Choir continuously. She is past president of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, completing her six-year term in 2004. In addition to her church duties she has taught piano and organ privately and is Manager, Member Services for the Canadian Snowbird Association.
Nuit Blanche annual stay-up-all-night art, dance festival
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Off into the night/@churchill1717
Town Centre balloons are pleasant but there were complaints they had been done before/@churchill1717
Bay St./@BlogTO
City-wide Nuit Blanche, seen above on Bay St. and the Scarborough Town Centre was a reliable stay up late and dance yourself silly event. All seems to have gone well. One Nuit hashtag that has lots of pictures and videos is here.
Why should Scarborough be any different?
No winning ticket sold for $33 million Lotto 649 jackpot
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No winning ticket was sold for the $33 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. The guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder on the Prairies. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Oct. 3 will be approximately $40 million.
Door bell ringers target home more than once an evening
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Nuisance door bell running
The thrill of it all
A Leaside Chit Chat post shows door-bell video of kids being a nuisance Saturday night. It appears from the time stamp on the video that the kids targeted the same home more than once. The owner of the home says the runaway youth are frightening his own children. Post is here
Public tipoff to man as Leslieville tire slasher, cops nab him
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Road closures for Nuit Blanche, CIBC Run for The Cure
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These events are Saturdsy night and Sunday morning. Be aware of congestion around Queen’s Park and U of T Sunday because of the run.
No winner in $60 million Lotto Max jackpot draw Friday
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No winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. There were however 12 (of 28) Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each won, with the prizes being shared among 14 ticket holders across the country. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Oct. 5 will remain at $60 million, but the number of Maxmillions prizes offered will grow to 40.
Ford says feds “dumped” dope on Ontario, rules may change
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Premier Ford said Friday that the province really doesn’t know what to expect when marijuana becomes legal in a couple of weeks. Problems may well reveal themselves in ways no one suspected. The Premier sounded a little bitter as he told reporters that legal dope had been “dumped” on Ontario. He promised to tweak — or maybe re-write — the laws if he finds a threat to kids. Can you imagine them gobbling mary jane sandwiches at lunch? Next, the airlines seem equally unclear as to what legal marijuana will bring. Air Canada was trying to establish some rules Friday. Below that, the wild election campaign of Stephen Kslazek. He has 5,000 lawn signs and a blimp in the sky. Who’s paying, by the way? Finally, neighborhood cops. Hey, you can card The Bulldog at Starbucks.
Apple Fest fun on South Bayview begins at noon Saturday
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Please come by
See what the pixies have done
Best street ever
The Bayview Leaside BIA Apple Fest is on Saturday and Sunday. Please come on by. Note the schedule above. Here are some of the participating stores.
- Boo Boo Lefty will have apple green recycled glassware half off
- Butter Studio will be have buy one get one half all pants.
- Cobs Bread Leaside will have a tent outside and sample Apple Pie Scones.
- Creeds will be serving up spiced apple cider.
- Culinary Arts will be handing out fresh apples and letting customers try their hand at peeling them with our top selling Swiss peelers.
- GymKats will have a table out on the Sunday morning with an apple picking promotion event.
- Hollywood Gelato will be introducing the Apple cider donut for Apple Fest.
- Lit Esspresso Bar will be selling a wide variety of apple treats! Including apple turnovers, apple cinnamon cheerios cereal bars, apple pies, apple chips, apple butter and apple cider.
- Pagnello’s will be selling vintage apple baskets, a variety of vintage glass apples and Butterscotch the mechanical Apple Fest Pony will be on display.
- Rahier will be selling their apple mascarpone cream cake
- Royal Bank will be giving away free candied apples
- Satay on the Road will be serving up some free treats and have a promo going on.
- Shopper Drug Mart will have a tent outside offering free eyelash and makeup applications.
- The Ten Spot will have free “Big Apple Red” polish jobs (+ other colours) between 10-3 and raffle off a gift basket with tenspot beauty scrub and lotion.