The South Bayview Bulldog

The temperatures are flirting with freezing overnight Sunday to Monday after a day that could easily have passed for March 15 not May 15. But the forecasters at the weather network say we will dodge frost tonight, if by not very much. Two degrees is forecast in Midtown.

There has not been a girl born into the Ziobro family in New Jersey for 150 years. The last one was in 1860 in Poland. But now Eve, the daughter to Chris and Christine Ziobro, is here to start a new tradition. Quite a story.

Friends and admirers of the late Dave Stickney gathered Sunday in the lot of Gyro Motors at the corner of Laird Drive and the newly-named Stickney Avenue. Mr. Stickney (known to all as Sticks) was a friend, mentor and teacher to countless students at Leaside High School where he taught mathematics. The crowd heard from three members of the 11-person committee which was created to honour Stickney following his death last year while coaching a game in Goulding Park. Friends recalled the self-effacing nature the man. He once confided that he did not think he had accomplished much in life. His shocked friend set him right.

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Other speakers were committee members Kevin Mark and Jim Wilson, a lifelong friend. The committee was thanked by Dave Stickney’s son, Eric, who spoke of how touched he and others in his family had been by the honours given to his dad.  Also present was Don Valley West MP Rob Oliphant and Ward 26 Councillor Jon Burnside. Burnside was taught by Stickney at Leaside High School and later recruited into community activities by his former teacher. (See video below). Also in the crowd was Patrick Rocca. The new Stickney Ave was previously Markham Ave., a short length of road from Airdrie Road to Laird. The Stickney committee has also placed a bench at the top of the steps leading down from Cameron Crescent to the Talbot Park baseball diamond. The balance of some $15,000 raised was directed to The Leaside Scholarship Fund. Members of the Remembering David Stickney committee are James LeNoury, Daryn Everett, Liz Everett, Sandy Creighton, Ann Brown, Neil Anderson, Jim Wilson, Nick Mitchell and Jim Grant.

A man was hit by a vehicle at the tricky corner of O’Connor Drive and Woodbine Avenue overnight. It appears that he may be okay.  He was said to be conscious and breathing when taken to hospital. This odd-shaped intersection has lots of places here drivers and pedestrians can get into trouble.

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Premier Wynne will begin a week-long trade mission Sunday to the Middle East with a focus on the life sciences and research sectors. She will travel with a large body of civil servants and 130 business, academic and research representatives to Israel and the West Bank. Wynne told a pre-mission reception for the delegates that Ontario and Israel share many of the same priorities, namely developing “strong, competitive business environments that support innovation and growth.” The delegation is set to travel with the premier to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, then on May 19th Wynne and other delegates will go to Ramallah in the West Bank and to Haifa on the Mediterranean shore the following day. The premier’s officer says two-way trade between Ontario and Israel last year was valued at more than 900 million dollars. Delegates include Jewish-focused businesses and organizations looking to strengthen existing ties to Israel, and universities and research institutes. BlackBerry, Roots Canada, IBM Canada, Scotiabank, Thomson Reuters and the Toronto Stock Exchange also are part of the trade mission.

Councillor Burnside (Ward 26) was busy filling pails and buckets for constituents at his annual Compost Day at the Leaside Gardens Arena parking lot Saturday. It was pretty good compost according to the Bulldog which sniffed around and found the garden additive rich and, ah, aromatic. There may be some there Sunday for late comers. It’s down by the tracks. Help yourself.

Thanks for the compost @jon_burnside, it'll be great for plants from the Leaside Garden sale this morning! pic.twitter.com/WkpeTFFZh9

— Rob Oliphant (@Rob_Oliphant) May 14, 2016

https://twitter.com/jon_burnside/status/731171257257971712

Like many events Saturday, the concert in Davisville Park by Sharon and Bram caught a nice break in the weather when the rain stopped just about 1 p.m. The well-attended concert and sing-along was organized by Josh Matlow (Ward 22) and Mayor Tory was present as well. Carolyn Benntt, MP for St Paul’s, was present.  The occasion marked a remembrance for many of the late Lois Ada (Goldberg) Lilienstein. Sharon and Bram continue their musical career as a duo and were joined at the park by a children’s ensemble for some numbers as seen in the photo. South Bayview Bulldog.

The service for 38-year-old firefighter Sara Rosen will be held Monday morning at 10 a.m. at Benjamin Park Memorial Chapel on 2401 Steeles Avenue West at Alness Street in North York. The fire chief is expected to speak at the service and those who served with Rosen will form an honour guard at the ceremony. Ms. Rosen died Thursday in a  fall from the Niagara Escapment while mountain biking near Milton.

A drone hobbyist, Bruno Kataoka, has captured scenes of a pod of false killer whales chasing a shark, tiring it out and then going in for the kill. Kataoka has filmed what experts believe to be four false killer whales, members of the dolphin family, expertly hunting the shark off Cronulla beach south of Sydney. The dolphins, which grow between three and five metres long, were hunting a juvenile shark in a life and death battle. After a desperate chase the leader of the pod can be seen attacking the shark, and dragging it down.

Rare scenes captured off Cronulla show sharks being hunted by whales. @AdeneCassidy7 #7News https://t.co/wv7z7BWglR

— 7NEWS Sydney (@7NewsSydney) May 10, 2016

Police will conduct a Helmets on Kids campaign today (Saturday, May 14, 2016) at East York Town Centre on Overlea Boulevard. It begins at 9 a.m. Toronto Police 53 Division and Torkin Manes Group will be holding the event geared towards bicycle safety  Torkin Manes Group will be handing out bicycle helmets.  For information, please contact Yale Hertzman at 416-863-1220, extension 200.

The Saturday weather will be wet but the rain is expected to slacken off a bit in the afternoon. We may see the sun break through later in the day. It is cooler than normal and Saturday overnight might see just three degrees Celsius. Brave marchers trekked to Rosedale Park on Schofield Ave. from their marshalling point in Moore Park at Welland and Moore Aves. it was a parade of umbrellas. Jump to it for this major Spring weekend 

17-year-old youth has died in Brampton following a parking lot shooting Friday night about 9 p.m.  It happened outside a bar on Lisa Street near Dixie Road and Queen Street in Brampton.