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t took more than five years for the Ontario Superior Court to come to a decision, but former Aurora council-lor Evelyn Buck’s defamation

lawsuit has been dismissed.The decision was made Tues-

day as Justice Mark Edwards handed down his 37-page written decision.

“While freedom of speech is a cherished right in a free and demo-cratic society, there are reasonable limitations,” Edwards said in the document. “One of the provisions in the town code (of conduct) is a requirement that elected officials refrain from publicly criticizing town staff.”

The $5.25-million civil lawsuit, which involved former mayor Phyllis Morris and five councillors of the day — John Gallo, Wendy Gaertner, Evelina MacEachern, Stephen Granger and Al Wilson — stemmed from an advertisement entitled Statement From Town of Aurora Council.

The advertisement was pub-lished in The Banner and The Auroran in July 2009 and con-tained a statement from council about its review of Buck’s online blog entries.

Council filed a formal complaint

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rom service limitations to the need for road improvements at rail cross-ings to fears about constant whistle-blowing, York Region councillors are echoing concerns of residents about

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train service.Two months ago at a town hall meeting in

Aurora, residents told Transportation Minis-ter Steven Del Duca, also MPP for Vaughan, they welcome the incoming upgrades.

At the same time, they voiced concerns with transforming GO train service into GO regional express rail service, featuring two-

way, all-day electrified service with trains every 15 minutes in core areas.

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Candidates debate anti-terrorism law

BY CHRIS SIMONcsimon@yrmg.com

he Conservative government’s con-troversial Anti-Ter-rorism Act should be repealed because it

violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, says Newmarket-Aurora’s federal NDP candidate.

Yvonne Kelly said there’s plenty wrong with the con-troversial legislation, which was passed in the House of Commons in May. It was hastily approved and needed further study, and gives ‘over-arching’ powers to security agencies without a proper level of oversight.

“While terrorism is a real threat, and we agree safety is a top priority for any govern-ment, we don’t feel Canadi-ans have to choose between more security and their rights,” she said. “It actually poses a threat to security. We don’t feel we have to erode rights and freedoms… to keep Canadians safe. We have a way of life in Canada and I don’t think we need to throw that out to be smart about world politics and conditions. The wrong people will be targeted for having dissenting opinions of the government in power. This is the worst setback for human rights in

Canada’s modern history.”The legislation gives the

Canadian Security Intel-ligence Service more power to thwart suspected terrorist plots.

It also increases the exchange of federal security information, broadens no-fly list powers and creates a new criminal offence for encour-aging someone to carry out a terrorist attack. The legisla-tion also makes it easier for the RCMP to obtain a peace bond to restrict the move-ments of suspects and extend the amount of time they can be kept in preventative detention.

A range of opponents, including civil libertarians, environmental groups and the federal privacy commis-sioner, have expressed con-cerns about the information-sharing provisions contained within the bill, saying they could lead to abuses.

But many of the issues raised by opponents are unwarranted, Conservative MP Lois Brown said.

“The highest priority of any government is to ensure the safety and security of its citizens. Without security, there can’t be liberty. They

See page A4.

KYLE PETERSON — LIBERAL

LOIS BROWN — TORY

VANESSA LONG — GREEN

YVONNE KELLY — NDP

TLEONA ALLESLEV— LIBERAL

COSTAS MENEGAKIS— TORY

BRENDA POWER — NDP

Buck’s defamation lawsuit dismissed

against Buck due to the postings to then-integrity commissioner David Nitkin in July 2009. One day after his report of the incident was filed, his contract was terminated.

“The plaintiff chose to post what I consider criticism of senior town staff in a public fashion in her blog entries,” Edwards wrote. “It was not unreasonable on the part of the council defendants, acting in their capacity as elected town officials, to consider what course of conduct was appropriate and, in doing so, to retain the services of outside legal counsel to provide guidance in that regard.”

Edwards deemed the defen-dants’ response within the lines of the law and dismissed the case.

Buck and lawyer Kevin Mac-Donald were seeking $1 million for misfeasance in public office and abuse of power, conspiracy, inten-tional infliction of mental suffer-ing, injurious falsehood, breach of confidence and breach of privacy and another $1 million for infringe-ment or breach of Buck’s charter rights and freedoms, according to her 2009 statement of claim.

An additional $2 million was being sought for defamation, $1 million for punitive and $250,000 for aggravated damages.

— with files fromBrea Bartholet

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TOWN OF AURORAPUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC PLANNING MEETING #2Aurora Town Council will hold a second public meeting to receive input on the following planning applications onWednesday, September 30 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High School, Cafeteria, 278 WellingtonStreet East, Aurora.

Doors to the St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High School will open at 6 p.m. The Public Planning Meeting will beginat 6:30 p.m. In accordance with the York Catholic District School Board policy, the Public Planning Meeting mustbe completed by 10 p.m. A sign-up sheet will be made available at the Public Planning Meeting for individualswho wish to speak on the proposed Planning Act applications. This is the second Council-directed PublicPlanning Meeting on the proposed Planning Act applications. A third Council-directed Public Planning Meetingon the proposed Planning Act applications will be held on October 28. Individuals who sign-up to speak at theSeptember 30 Public Planning Meeting and are not able to do so as a result of the York Catholic District SchoolBoard policy which requires the meeting to end at 10 p.m. will be prioritized to speak first at the Public PlanningMeeting on October 28. Location and timing for the October Public Planning Meeting is to be determined.

Landowners within 120 metres of the subject lands will be receiving the Notice of Public Planning Meeting by mail.

APPLICATION: The Owner has submitted applications for a Draft Plan of Subdivision, an Official Plan Amendmentand Zoning By-law Amendment on the property municipally known as 21 Golf Links Drive. The purpose of theapplications is to allow residential plan of subdivision on a 40.89-hectare parcel of land. The proposed Draft Plan ofSubdivision includes 184 single detached dwelling lots, a block for a 10-storey residential building (estimated 144residential units) with commercial at grade, 14.41 hectares of environmental protection lands and 5.09 hectares ofparkette and open space lands.

PROPERTY: 21 Golf Links Drive

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Block 28 & 31, Plan 65M-2391 & Block 75, Plan 65M-2358, Part of Blocks 58, 59 & 60,Plan M-2034, Part of Block 7, Plan 65M-2441, Blocks 97 & 99 & Part of Blocks 96 & 100, Plan M-2035 & Block 11,Plan M-2036 & Block 36, Plan 65M-2198 & Blocks 67 & 71, Plan 65M-2336 & Block 54, Plan 65M-2259 & Part ofBlock 10, Plan 65M-2243 & Block 52, Plan 65M-3679.

APPLICANT: Highland Gate Developments Inc.

FILE NUMBER: SUB-2015-01, OPA-2015-01 and ZBA-2015-02

CONTACT: Any inquiries for the above note applications may be directed to Lawrence Kuk of Planning &Development Services department at 905-727-3123 ext. 4343. Comments may also be mailed to the Planning& Development Services department at 100 John West Way, Aurora, ON, L4G 6J1, faxed to 905-726-4736 oremailed to planning@aurora.ca prior to the meeting. Please quote the file name and number.

PRIVACY INFORMATION:The Town of Aurora collects personal information in communications or presentations made to Town Council and/or its Committees.The Town collects this information to enable it to make informed decisions on the relevant issue(s). If you are submitting letters,faxes, emails, presentations or other communications to the Town, you should be aware that your name and the fact that youcommunicated with the Town will become part of the public record and will appear on the Town’s website. The Town will also makeyour communication and any personal information in it, such as your address and postal code or email address available to thepublic unless you expressly request the Town to remove it. By submitting a fax, email, presentation or other communication, youare authorizing the Town to collect and use the above-noted information for this purpose. Please direct any questions about thiscollection to the Town Clerk at 905-727-3123.

Official Plan (O. Reg. 543/06), Zoning By-law (O. Reg. 545/06), Plan of Subdivision (O. Reg. 544/06):If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to The Town of Aurorabefore the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted, before the bylaw is passed or before the approval authority gives or refusesto give approval to the draft Plan of Subdivision, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council ofThe Town of Aurora or The Regional Municipality of York, as the case may be, to the Ontario Municipal Board.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submission to The Town of Aurorabefore the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted, before the bylaw is passed or before the approval authority gives orrefuses to give approval to the draft Plan of Subdivision, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing ofan appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the personor public body as a party.

If you wish to be notified of the decision of The Town of Aurora in respect to the Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendmentor Draft Plan of Subdivision, you must make a written request to The Town of Aurora to the attention of the Director of Planning &Development Services.

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How to Put a Price on Pain

Personalinjury law

DarcyDarcy is a lawyer withBoland Howe LLP, TrialLawyers for the Injured,and can be reached at905.841.5717www.bolandhowe.com

Canadian LawyerMagazine hasrecognized BolandHoweas one of the Top 10Personal Injury lawfirms in Canada.

The year was 1978.Pierre Trudeau was

prime minister. SaturdayNight Fever and StarWars were in theaters.McCartney was withWings. Lennon was withYoko. And Apple was inits first year of sales.

OnJanuary19th, 1978 threetragic cases all rose to theSupreme Court of Canada,where nine judges decidedhow Canadian law wouldcompensate the injuredfor pain and suffering. InAndrews v. Grand andToy, Jim Andrews wasan 18-year-old who wasrendered quadriplegic in acar accident. In Thorntonv School District 57,Gary Thorton was an18-year-old who wasrendered quadriplegic ina gymnastics accidentat school. In Arnold v.Teno, Diane Teno was a

four-and-a-half-year-oldgirl who was renderedpartially paralyzed andseverely brain injuredafter stepping into trafficfrom behind an ice creamtruck.

The dilemma, of course,is the impossibility ofmeasuring pain and theabsurdity of translating itinto money. However, thealternative of saying thereshouldbenocompensationsince it can’t be perfectlydone, is equally absurd.Undeniably there isprofound loss; the problemis in the measuring.

The court was concernedthat leaving juriesunfettered to select whatnumber they consideredjust, would produce wildlyvariable and unpredictableresults, as demonstratedin the USA. However,the court was also againsta tariff system, whichprevailed in the daysof King Alfred, whena thumb was worth 30shillings. Instead the courtpreferred a combinedapproach where the juryassesses the loss of theindividual person, but themaximum amount thatcan be awarded is capped.In 1978, it was capped at$100,000 (which in 2015equates to $362,678).

While this seems lowto most people, the capwas part of a trade-off,with the Supreme Courtemphasizing that victimsshould be compensatedfor the future losses ofincome on a tax-freebasis and their futurecare needs. In particular,the court rejected the

defendants’ argumentthat they should only beresponsible for the costof institutionalized care,as opposed to “luxurious”home care.

The $362,678 capremains, but it has beeneroded over the past 10years in Ontario. In 2003,the government grantedautomobile insurancecompanies a $30,000deductible on claimsvalued under $100,000.This August, reforms toautomobile insurancelegislation increased thesedeductibles with inflation.Effective August 31, 2015the new deductible is$36,450, and the $100,000benchmark is raised to$121,799.

Juries are unaware and nottold about the deductible.There are limits on whatplaintiff lawyers can sayto help juries value suchlosses. Meanwhile, thedefendant can appearreasonable in suggesting$35,000 or less, knowingit really means zero, or$120,000 knowing itreally means $83,550.

Nevertheless, with acompelling narrativeand the support ofa victim’s friends,family and treatmentproviders, fair awards areavailable. We are proudof our precedent-settingdecisions in relation tokneeinjuries,burninjuries,chronic pain and facialdisfigurement, whichhave been recognized asthe highest awards forpain and suffering in theircategory, when they weredecided.

The advice offered in this column is intended for informational purposes only. Use of this column is not intended toreplace or substitute any professional, financial, medical, legal, or other professional advice.

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go hand-in-hand,” she said. “We have been attacked and threatened on our own soil. It means we need to let security agencies continue to have access to the information they need to counter these threats. Bill C-51 is a piece of amending legislation. It’s not just something we decided to embark on; it’s going to provide Canadian law enforcement with the additional tools and flexibility to deal with evolving threats and ensure we’re all safe. It is very clearly written out where it will act.”

From Front Page.

Brown defends anti-terrorism legislationAurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill Con-

servative candidate Costas Menegakis fields questions about the law on a regular basis.

“I have not heard one person say we should not equip law enforcement or armed forces with the tools they need to make our communities safe,” he said. “This has been a long time coming, since many of our neigh-bouring countries have has something like this for some time now.”

He completely supports the law because it not only keeps Canada safe, but local com-munities as well, he explained, noting the bill gives the authorities tools to focus on local crime.

“If crime is happening in our neighbour-hoods, we want it stopped,” he said. “Give the right tools to those who have pledged to keep us safe and they will.”

The legislation was introduced follow-ing last year’s shootings at Parliament Hill in Ottawa and the attacks on two Canadian Armed Forces soldiers in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.

Green candidate Vanessa Long disagrees with Brown’s assessment of the legislation. She calls C-51 “broad and vague” and says it has created a “blanket of fear”. She also wor-ries about the legislation’s implications on her rights as a self-proclaimed environmen-talist and anti-poverty advocate.

“Bill C-51 would be repealed immediately if we were to become the government,” she said. “This government has identified people (such as me) as security threats. It breaks the ability to protect people’s rights and freedoms. If the police think that some-one might sometime in the future be doing something, they can detain them without charges. The length of time they can detain them for is much longer. It’s really scared people who work in civil liberties. The definition of security has been expanded to include the economic or financial stability of Canada. That could mean anything. If I take part in a demonstration that blocks a highway for half an hour, that could be con-sidered a breach of security.”

The new disruption powers could permit CSIS to thwart travel plans, cancel bank transactions and covertly interfere with radi-cal websites. The bill says CSIS needs “rea-sonable grounds to believe” a security threat exists before taking measures to disrupt it. It also requires CSIS to get a court order when-ever its proposed disruption violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms or breaches Canadian law in any way.

Liberal candidate Kyle Peterson says ele-ments of the act should be repealed, but it’s not all bad.

And while the risk of an attack in this area is probably low, some of the security mea-sures will make local residents safer.

“It’s a question of balancing,” he said. “I don’t think we should have to choose between security and liberty. We can have

both. Some properly worded legislation can achieve those goals. Bill C-51 imposes on lib-erty too much; we’ve already said we would repeal those provisions. There needs to be all-party oversight and a sunset clause, but security needs to be upheld too. It’s nice to have the security of the act.”

Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill Liberal candidate Leona Alleslev said it is a difficult balancing act to ensure the protection of the rights of the individual and the safety of society.

“There are things in the bill we support and things we don’t,” she explained. “We would like to see more government oversight of the sweeping powers, and sunset clauses.”

A sweeping power, such as being able to arrest someone before they have commit-ted the crime, needs greater regulation and oversight to ensure the powers are not being abused.

“Canada doesn’t really have a problem with safety, but rather the conversation,” she said. “There is a segment of the population that feels they are being painted as crimi-nals.”

She and her fellow candidates want to shift that conversation, change people’s mindset and make every member of society feel welcome in the country.

In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, the then-Liberal government also introduced anti-terrorism legislation. However, it had a much more balanced perspective, Peterson said.

Progressive Canadian Party candidate Dorian Baxter said there is merit to some of the provisions in the legislation, specifically the tightening of rules around the no-fly list.

“Whilst I understand the bleeding heart liberals need to always be Mr. or Mrs. Nice Guy, it is imperative that the government be realistic safe-guarding Canadian lives during these relatively perilous times on and in the international stage,” he said. “We must in no way allow C-51 to ever encroach upon our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In no way must C-51 ever be seen to meddle with the way regular police and RCMP con-duct their investigations.” — with files from Teresa Latchford and The Toronto Star

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aybe it is a belief in strength in numbers.

Or, perhaps mere-ly that courage trav-els well in groups.

Either way, boot camp training has become a fashionable way to get beat up while smacking down the pounds.

There seems to be no magic formula for what drives people to group settings associated with boot camps. The only thing that matters is the end result.

“To be honest, how people view this depends on what you want to get out of it,” said Newmarket resident Jamison Boyle, who has developed his own training for extreme athletic events, includ-ing survival runs, ultra-marathons and adventure racing around the world, into a chance for others to work out with him at Newmarket Boot Camp.

“(Boot camp) gives folks a chance to meet like-minded indi-viduals and to do things they want to without the intimidation they might encounter in a gym or larger group.”

Boasting a wide range and imaginative array of activities, it is not difficult to find one that is appealing to personal tastes.

Intense, barking instructors are optional. Same for in-the-park workouts where fresh air and fun might be part of the mix.

“Basically, it’s for general fitness and to feel better about them-selves,” said Boyle. “The focus is on getting excited about exercise in general and to become more active. It’s almost an introduction

FEATURE

to fitness as a whole.”It is up to the individual partici-

pant to determine personal goals, pace and dedication to training. No surprise there, but many peo-ple do require a nudge in the right direction.

Jessica Ulrich and Meagan Davis are the self-named Quad Squad.

In their second year of oper-ating boot camps, they suggest working out in a comfortable atmosphere is a significant reason for the popularity of the training method.

“We’d heard the horror stories,” said Davis, a kinesiology graduate from Sir Wilfrid Laurier University. “People standing in your face, getting yelled at, but we’re here to have fun.”

Her instructing partner chimes in, pointing out there’s a need for a work-like setting to achieve results.

“Having people around moti-vates some people, but you have to be able to tell when and how to push them,” said Ulrich. “You kind of lose that at the gym and you might stop before you reach your limit.

“A lot of girls say they just don’t like the typical gym setting. We’re having a good time, sweating. Many of the girls are here to enjoy the social aspect.

“This summer we’ve had women focus on high intensity and interval training. It’s fun, but it’s also something you can do at home.”

It’s a portable activity from the viewpoint that just about anything can be employed as an apparatus. For Davis and Ulrich, who work for MetamorFit in Keswick, gear is

what they can fit into their cars.“That’s the nice thing, that

everything is customizable to just about anything you want,” said Ulrich. “We try to alter rotations each week so you’re not doing the same thing.

Some of the girls have been with us for 14 weeks, so we’re look-ing to keep their interest up.”

Variety is the spice of life. And working out, too.

“Some of the girls like the motivation of one time per week,” added Davis. “Others like to take their exercises from here into the gym and apply it to their gym pro-grams.”

Currently in his second year of working with others, Boyle’s classes are body-weight oriented, focused and conducted at high-intensity. He has a group of about 23 participants with a core of eight or nine individuals who stick it out for twice weekly sessions from May until into September.

“People feel more comfortable about themselves and what they are doing,” Boyle said. “People feel better when the know who they are participating with.

“One of the attractive features is that the popularity of boot camp, with the popularity of cross-fit, has increased people’s interest in trying more than typical exercises. We can introduce people to new movements and also to try things they might not have the courage to do at a gym.

“You can scream about 50 push-ups or sit-ups, but they’re not going to come back although there are some people who pay for that and it’s what they want.”

Rain or shine, Pedja Milosav-

Mljevic makes it a point to attend as many sessions as he can with Boyle. Clearly in a minority among a female-centric class, he has been a regular at least once or twice weekly since the outdoor program started in early May. He plans to hang in until the weather says it’s time to pack up and move indoors.

“We’ve been out there in the pouring rain, but you power through it,” the 32-year-old Mount Albert resident said. “It adds to the experience. There’s a lot of fun stuff you wouldn’t get at a regular gym.

“I always had trouble staying on top of things and this (format) motivates me to stay on top of my fitness. I enjoy the dynamic of being in a group with people cheering me on to do things.”

Boyle explains there are differ-ences between the genders in how training is perceived and drills received.

“Women are tougher than men,” he said. “Women under-stand their bodies and what they are capable of and what they can’t do. So they’re feeling better about themselves.

“It’s about feeling comfortable with exercise and realizing it’s not as bad as it seems. You sweat, yes, but it’s only for 40 minutes and the next day you feel terrific.

“People put a lot of trust in their instructor and want to feel good the next day. Most are look-ing for someone to guide them and show them the way.”

That’s why Milosavljevic chose this particular boot camp.

“I know Jamie lives the lifestyle, so it was definitely great to know he was teaching.”

CAMPS GIVE LAZINESS THE BOOT

BY JOHN CUDMOREjcudmore@yrmg.com

Are there enough pieces of the fitness pie to go around?

Andy Laird thinks so.The personal trainer and

owner of MetamorFit in Keswick believes general fitness is unhin-dered by boundaries so there is room for a wide range of boot camps and traditional gym set-tings to co-exist.

“There are so many people who need fitness and an enjoy-able way to include it in their lives that I don’t see it being the type of thing where there is too much competition,” said Laird, who conducts classes through his company in his private stu-dio and in gym settings. “We’re all working toward one great goals — to improve fitness of the general public.”

The bottom line is that some people are comfortable in more traditional gym settings. Others enjoy a group setting.

“I don’t think it has to be an either-or situation,” said Laird. “There are benefits to both. The variety helps to keep people motivated and going.

“Boot camps are not for everyone. Many people would rather do zumba or dance or stretching and aerobics. The key is to find whatever works for them and keep in mind they can still get results and enjoy.”

Laird recognizes the fitness business is one in which people ride the waves of popularity and move to the beat of the latest trends.

“Everything in fitness hits a peak and drops off,” he said. “Then it finds a new incarna-tion or form. There are lots of approaches available but people usually find their way through the maze.”

Only cOnstant is change

Evolving methods and practises is a constant factor in the industry, points out Dan Go, owner of Go Girl Body Transformation Centre in Markham.

Boot camps are no different.“We realized the girls were

coming in not to get their butts kicked, but to change their bod-ies,” said Go, who altered the name from Go Girls Boot Camps two years ago. “It’s really about everything from stimulating weight loss to rehabbing inju-ries and keeping them hyper-accountable to the goals they’ve set.

“The boot camp model is evolving, even personal training is evolving.”

Go points out that women, in particular, look to settings that are non-intimidating. In fact, he is developing an online program to expand the reach of his meth-ods.

“The thing about boot camps is that there are different types with different styles. Everybody gravitates to what they feel addresses their needs and serves their goals.”

“Women, especially, love coming into a non-judgmental atmosphere where they can feel comfortable.”

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Aurora’s Melissa Suma is one of the youngest contes-tants to make it to the Magna Hoedown Showdown top 10.

This is only the second singing competition for the 13-year-old Holy Trinity School student, who has been singing since she could talk. Earlier this year, she placed in the top four in the annual Aurora Teen Idol competition.

“It’s a little nerve-wracking being the youngest in the competition,” she said. “When you’re nervous, the first few words of the song are hard to get out, but after I get comfort-able I get excited and really enjoy performing.”

She earned her spot with a performance that caught the judges’ ears last weekend dur-ing the town’s annual Ribfest. The rain didn’t dampen her determination to give the per-formance her all.

“I have really been working on my skills and stage pres-ence,” she added. “I think I’ve come a long way.”

Making it into the top 10 earned her a mentor session with Hoedown Showdown judge and singer-songwriter Beverley Mahood, who also gained performance experi-ence on the Hoedown stage early in her career.

Tomorrow, Suma will be back on the stage trying for a spot in the top three and a chance to perform in front of 5,000 at Saturday’s 27th annual Magna Wild Wild West Hoe-down.

If selected as the winner, Suma would also win the grand prize valued at $15,000 including a studio recording package, a guitar with case and $1,000 cash.

She is hoping her rendition of Dolly Parton’s I Will Always Love You will wow the judges.

“It is a difficult song because you need a lot of breath control,” she explained. “But I know if I practice I can do it.”

The local singer has always loved music and has found it comforting when overcoming challenges, such as bullying.

“Music really allows me to express myself and sometimes even escape,” she said.

Suma hopes to soon take piano lessons and is beginning to venture into the world of songwriting.

She hopes one day to per-form her own music on a stage in New York.

For more information about the Magna Hoedown Showdown, visit hoedown.ca.

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Town launches second budget survey

If you ran the town, how would you use tax dollars?

Aurora is launching a second online citizen budget survey to allow residents to have their say on how they would like to see dollars spent when it comes to town ser-vices, in preparation for the 2016 budget.

The survey covers 13 core service areas and allows the residents to select whether to spend more, less or the same money on those services, while also seeing how those adjustments would impact property taxes.

To complete the survey, residents must enter the assessment value of their home and move the sliders next to each question. After entering a name, email address and postal code, the survey can be submitted.

The survey can be accessed at aurora.citizenbudget.com or at aurora.ca/citizen-budget and will be available until Oct. 30.

Residents can only fill in one survey and they will be entered into a draw for a $250 Cineplex gift card.

The results of the survey will be pre-sented to council in November for consid-eration, as part of the budget process.

Dave Fellows, Karen Phillips and her husband Glen are the DeVine Wines Aurora team. The family run winery has been recognized for crafting nine medal-winning wines and named winemaking shop of 2015 by WineMaker Magazine in California.

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Aurora winery named top shop of 2015BY TERESA LATCHFORD

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A local shop has been declared wine maker of the year.

WineMaker Magazine has awarded the title to Aurora’s DeVine Wines after the local shop earned nine medals in the largest inter-national winemaking competition hosted in California. The DeVine team, Dave Fellows, Karen Phillips and Glen Phillips crafted nine wines that snagged one gold, four silver and four bronze medals.

“We are just thrilled with the results,” Karen said. “It is a wonderful way for us to see how we compare to other winemakers and get some feedback from the industry.”

Over 2,800 wines were submitted from 10 countries and were assessed by an experi-enced judging panel over three days of tast-ing in Burlington, Vt.

The trio is still riding on the high of the

accomplishment and find the success even sweetened by the fact they achieved so highly in their first year of business.

Fellows made his first bottle of wine when an Italian friend recruited him to help make a batch with his father in their garage.

“We made a batch of wine and I caught the bug,” he said.

He then began to make wine as a hobby. He lived in British Columbia for a stint where he worked in a winery before returning home to be closer to family.

But he returned home with the vision of starting up his own shop. After recruiting his sister Karen and her husband Glen who had started making their own wine to be more economical, they spent the next year and a half finding the perfect location.

“We looked all over Southern Ontario and Aurora was the perfect fit,” Karen said.

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Workers trashing areaHave we forgotten where the

trash goes?There is so much garbage

around Yonge Street in Holland Landing where major construc-tion is happening. Coffee cups, food containers, chip bags, wrap-pers and even work boots are all over the ground, mostly in a gas station’s pump area. What is wrong with these workers?

Do they not have a garbage bag or know where to get one?

Obviously, it isn’t fair to say every single piece of trash is from them but it is fair to say that 90 per cent of it is. These are grown men and women.

Why is this happening? For shame.

Jaime LanceHOLLAND LANDING

Buried oil on site will still be problem

Re: Listen to Kerwin on fire hall suggestion, letter to the editor by Mary McKinnon, Sept. 10: bit.ly/1gfbsDT and Fire hall could be theatre building, Sept. 10 by John Dowson: bit.ly/1ijcNeI

The first thing to consider is that even if a new parking lot is built on this site, buried oil will still pose a future problem.

As the newspaper article (bit.ly/1hTRZcM) said, the problem will only escalate as time goes on and spread further to other areas. Spending millions of dol-lars to drain the land of oil will be a much better use for tax money, instead of wasting it on other unimportant things.

The second and last thing is that public parking that may be a bit farther away allows for more people to actually walk and get extra physical activity.

It also would be a good oppor-tunity to support the use of car-pooling or other public trans-portation that would both save parking space and be more eco-friendly.

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Why is Kerwin voting for parking now?

Re: Listen to Kerwin on fire hall suggestion, letter to the edi-tor by Mary McKinnon, Sept. 10: bit.ly/1gfbsDT

McKinnon thinks Kerwin is correct about creating more park-ing in the Main Street area.

But if you look at the history of this issue, Kerwin has voted over the years to get rid of parking in the Main Street area.

Look at the configuration of the Main parking. Council has allowed patios on the street, it has spent infrastructure money to get rid of a great parking lot at the rear of Bank of Montreal and what used to be grocery store parking lot.

Business people tried to con-vince our town fathers that the project was not in the best inter-est of downtown business.

So, why now does Kerwin

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Federal election: solving social media

think it is needed and that this is a good idea?

B. BaRBouRNewmArket

Pay attention to local closed-door policy

It doesn’t happen all at once. It occurs over a very long period of time and, when it does get your attention, it’s usually too late. Cancer? Tax increases? No, it’s your democratic freedoms and your right to good govern-ment.

On Sept. 9, the Globe & Mail published an editorial about municipal government and closed-door policy.

It’s the same scenario we’ve all seen far too many times before. Local governments decide — many times in contravention of the law — to debate and make decisions on matters of which the public must be made aware.

Only when a disaster takes place or someone close to a particular situation profits from a secret decision and is subse-quently exposed, do taxpayers become aware. And by then, it’s too late.

Seldom does a week go by when there is not a story about local politicians exceeding their authority, reaping personal gain or egregiously breaking the law and violating the public trust. The frequency of these incidents is alarming and I fear will begin to dull the public’s interest in being made aware.

It’s up to local taxpayers and residents to stay attuned to what is going on in their communities and questioning – hard – the issues and decisions being made by their representatives.

It’s not disrespectful, distaste-ful or difficult. It’s your right and, at the risk of being somewhat overly dramatic, your duty.

maRk V. JohnsonNewmArket

Thanks, Express, for helping with 404 noise

Re: Thanks for a great 1st year in EG, Sept. 10: bit.ly/1K2CF7v

I wanted to take a moment to thank The Express, once again, for all of its help this year in help-ing me and, by extension, resi-dents of Sharon, to raise aware-ness about the Hwy. 404 noise issue.

I can say with absolute cer-tainty that had it not been for the newspaper’s help, we would not have been able to gather the support needed to fill the council chambers or get the hundreds of signatures required for our peti-tion.

So, thanks again. Well done.

Pat BaRanowskyeAst GwILLImbury

Aurora should forgive first-day-school tickets

Re: Town mulls park-ing rule changes, Sept. 10: bit.ly/1L6KCdZ

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s this federal election going to be remembered for questionable social media use by candidates?

It sure seems like it.There have been numerous

instances documented already in the campaign, and with more than four weeks remaining before voting day, it’s appears likely we’ve not heard the last of this issue.

York Region, sadly, has not escaped representation.

Last week, a report from the Broad-bent Institute-affiliated PressProgress revealed that King-Vaughan Conser-vative candidate Konstantin Toubis posted links to some juvenile mate-rial (listicles in Russian) on Facebook that contained vulgar references to women. That account has since been de-activated.

Toubis has acknowledged posting the links but stresses the content he posted the links to does not reflect his views.

Word of Toubis’ ill-considered online activity, at least some of which came while he was a declared can-didate, came after Thornhill Con-servative Peter Kent came under fire for tweeting incorrect information regarding the Syrian refugee situation.

Kent has deleted the tweet and says he made a mistake when he shared information that turned out to be false.

Early on in the campaign yorkre-gion.com reported Markham-Stouffville Conservative Paul Calan-dra’s blocking of a number of followers on Twitter. Calandra has explained his parameters for blocking accounts include people who don’t use their own names as their handles, those who make disparaging remarks about his family and those who use profan-ity.

If there is a common thread to it all, it’s that even in 2015, there appears to be a lack of a fundamental grasp of what

these online tools do and what their power is.

These instances, different in scope, are nevertheless part of a larger string of social media gaffes and controver-sies dogging parties and their can-didates in a number of parts of the country in the 2015 federal election campaign.

From an analytical standpoint, the challenge here is that it’s difficult to pinpoint any overarching theme to them all.

That’s because these controversies don’t seem to be restricted to any one party; the NDP and Liberals certainly have not escaped unscathed.

Some involve posts from a few years ago. Some involve more recent online activity.

We’re finding this all a bit of a puzzle, frankly.

If there is a common thread to it all, it’s that even in 2015, there appears to be a lack of a fundamental grasp of what these online tools do and what their power is.

Social media’s prevalence, its immediacy and its lasting power all mean that when we choose to com-municate on these channels, caution, clarity and context are essential.

We understand that there are pri-vate and public personas and adjust-ing to that reality may be part of a necessary evolution for some.

But if this kind of stuff is to ulti-mately change for the better, a more emphatic approach to proper social media use from the parties is an appropriate response.

Can this be done through a more thorough vetting process of candi-dates and their online history? Yes.

Can this be done through a more disciplined training program on the perils, best practices and proper eti-quette of social media? Yes.

Can this be done by having politi-cal parties establishing clear guide-lines when protocol breaches arise? That, too.

This would raise the bar for future candidates – not a bad thing when contemplating to whom we should entrust our votes.

It’s 2015. Times have indeed changed. But there’s some catching up to do.

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ISSUE: Candidates’ social media miscues continue to come to light.

BOTTOM LINE: If this federal elec-tion is, indeed, to be remembered for unfortunate social media episodes,

the parties should show they can learn and improve from them.

The first day of school was filled with laughter, tears and … parking tickets?

Dropping off my daugh-ters today at their school, I was disheartened to see a Town of Aurora parking enforcement offi-cer ticketing cars parked on side streets surrounding the school.

For the safety of our children, I fully support enforcing park-ing rules. However, today would have been a good opportunity for officers to monitor and advise those drivers about where they can and cannot park in a school zone.

Ticketing during the 10-min-ute drop-off window, on the first day of school, was a money grab, pure and simple.

Of all the days to give har-ried parents and grandparents a break, it would have been the first day of school.

I hope the town, in good conscience, refuses payment on those parking infractions dated the morning of Sept. 8.

J. PeacockAurOrA

Middle class doesn’t need saving

As I watch the campaigns unfold, a few things grate at me. Most notable is the emphasis on saving the middle class. My Canada doesn’t have classes. My Canada is all inclusive. We are, after all, in this together, regard-less of how much money we have, where we live, or how we live or where we came from.

The middle class doesn’t need help. On that note, another issue is day care. I was raised without day care and we raised our chil-dren without day care. Having a family involves planning and some sense of reality. I am put right off that we, the taxpayer, will have to shoulder yet another level of taxation.

Health care: governments have been stripping it away, in layers, for quite a while now. Little attention is given to those who need it the most, at the time they need it the most. They have snuck up on us from behind and wasted the money on pet proj-ects.

Climate change is another one. Climate changes itself. One volcano eruption or forest fires in the west add more carbon to the atmosphere in one day, than automobiles have in the past 100 years. This is simply another way for government to add more taxes and gamble with our money.

Being a Canadian comes with a bit of responsibility. Get up off the couch and vote.

eRic smithNewmArket

Let’s be a world leader in welcoming

new neighbours

y northern Ontario home town was whiter than the snow that cov-ered it most months.

There was one black family in our city of 120,000.

It was sadly a far cry from the multicultural Stouffville we know today.

Yet, unless you were part of the First Nations community that was in our backyard, you or your ancestors were from somewhere other than here. Most traced their roots back a generation or two to immigrant forefathers from Great Britain, Scan-dinavia or Europe.

But we all kind of looked the same, as if that mattered.

Until the 1970s, when Canada opened the door further, especially to folks from Pakistan. The whispers of fear were audible, even to a teen-ager.

It was needless. It was racist. The skilled newcomers fit right in,

opening businesses or working for others. They seamlessly became part of neighbourhoods and community groups.

Whatever trouble the rednecks anticipated never materialized.

But those little whispers of fear and intolerance are back.

The skilled newcomers fit right in, opening businesses or working for others. They seamlessly became part of

neighbourhoods and community groups.

As thousands flee the violence and terrorism in places like Syria, Canada is viewed as a logical desti-nation for some of the displaced.

Why not? We have a solid history of welcoming the world’s lost souls. We have multicultural cities from coast to coast. We are one of the best places in the world to live. Period.

Yet, some politicians seem hesi-tant. Some members of the public, for what it’s worth, talk about our national debt and other issues as reasons for not allowing the former Syrians in.

“If we can’t pay for our own ...” some misguided soul said in a per-son-on-the-street interview on TV.

Excuses, excuses.The Syrians may be the current

poster children in the world of inter-national refugee relief.

They are far from first.Kim Phuc has carried the title

since 1972.If you don’t know the name, you

know what she looked like.At age nine, she was photo-

graphed running for safety, along with other children, after being severely burned during the Vietnam War.

The image went viral before viral was a thing.

Phuc told her chilling story as the guest speaker at the Whitchurch-Stouffville Prayer Breakfast speaker in 2013.

She subsequently moved to Can-ada and created the not-for-profit Kim Foundation International to focus on world peace and healing.

In other words, the opposite of terrorism.

Let’s open the gates again, Can-ada.

Let’s be a leader in the fields of kindness and tolerance.

Let the immigration experts determine who should be admitted to our country.

Let the communities, like Whitchurch-Stouffville, fundraise and rally around our newest neigh-bours.

We were all there once.

Jim Mason is editor of The Sun-Tribune. Follow him on Twitter @stouffeditor.

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GO 15-minute service coming to Auroraareas and will continue to be a significant area of growth over the next 25 years,” he said.

“There is an incredible amount of traffic that comes down from Stouffville and other communities to the north. I applaud you for bringing RER (express rail) right up to Unionville, that 15-minute service, but if we could extend it to Stouffville, at least during peak hours, that would, I think, relieve a lot of pressure on the traffic and road system. Currently, it’s (already) gridlock, it’s absolute gridlock.”

Newmarket Councillor John Taylor also raised concerns, which he shared with New-market council Monday night.

He is pushing for an increase in peak hour service to the town because 15-minute ser-vice will end in Aurora.

“It’ll be 30 minutes or less at peak hours into Newmarket. It was expressed strongly at that meeting that, given we’re a designated growth centre, it would only be logical that the same level of service going to Aurora goes to Newmarket,” he said.

“They’re listening to us. But we’re still see-ing a significantly increased level of service. Most people see this as a very positive direc-tion.”

There are about 170 at-grade crossings throughout the Greater Toronto Area, includ-ing 60 in York Region and four in Newmarket.

Since ridership is expected to increase from 100,000 to 225,000 daily once the all-day service is introduced, there will be a need for about 60,000 additional parking spaces, Taylor said.

“We need to start to think how it’s going to be handled,” he said.

A potential future GO station at Mulock Drive will also be explored by Metrolinx, he said.

There are many rail crossings that already need repairs even without additional trains, including on Elgin Mills Road and 19th Avenue, regional transportation committee chairperson and Richmond Hill Councillor

Vito Spatafora said.“I can tell you, the screams we hear on the

other end of the phone about people’s cars being damaged (are routine),” he said.

Metrolinx is reviewing potential upgrades to at-grade railway crossings, chief planning officer Leslie Woo said.

“The preference, of course, is to eliminate as many at-grade crossings as possible, in particular where there is increased service,” she said.

“The frequency of the trains having to slow down at grade crossings, of course, is a challenge for us, so we’re trying to identify as many transportation efficiencies (as pos-sible).”

Meanwhile, Newmarket resident Bryan Allen told councillors he’s dreading the con-stant train whistles that will create noise pol-lution and diminish residents’ quality of life.

Several communities have put a stop to train whistles, something he’d like to see in York.

But complaining the burden would be on the region and municipalities to bankroll a portion of the research needed to justify stopping the whistles, Allen urged councillors to pressure Metrolinx to pick up the tab.

Scarpitti agreed reducing the impact of train whistles is a major priority for residents.

“It sounds kind of cute, anti-whistling. It’s anything but (cute). These are loud, loud horns that would blast you, if you live beside them, out of your bed if you weren’t ready for it,” he said.

Eliminating train whistles is a safety con-cern, overseen by Transport Canada, James Purkis, Metrolinx’s executive vice-president of GO regional express rail, said.

With the increase in GO train service coming, Metrolinx is reviewing the whistle issue at the same time it ensures the highest standard of safety at rail crossings, he said.

Despite concerns with increased GO train service, Scarpitti praised the provincial gov-ernment for investing billions of dollars in rapid transit improvements.

—with files from Chris Simon

From Front Page.

Newmarket Chamber hosting all-candidates debate Oct. 6

Newmarket-Aurora federal election can-didates will be all business at Newmarket Theatre next month.

The Newmarket Chamber of Commerce will host an all-candidates debate and open house Oct. 6, from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Candi-dates will be on-hand to meet residents and

answer questions in an informal setting in the lobby of the theatre, starting at 6. Can-didates from all parties have been invited to participate.

The debate portion begins at 7, and a moderator will ask questions pertaining to various policies and platforms of interest to the chamber. Questions from the audience will also be allowed, time permitting.

The theatre is at 505 Pickering Cres. For more, visit newmarketchamber.ca.

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8th AnnuAl Butterfly releAse & 3rd AnnuAl WAlk to rememBerSept. 19, 9 a.m..Fairy Lake Park, 500 Water St. in Newmarket.Event includes a dove release and blessing, music and the reading of names of those who are no longer with us. There will be a message from the keynote speaker and, of course, the release of the butter-flies. Following the butterfly release there will be a Walk to Remem-ber. All proceeds go to providing free bereavement programs.Contact: Elaina King, bfoyr_info@bellnet.ca, 905-88-6265.

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the lAndingSept. 17, 3:45 to 5:30 p.m.Newmarket Community Church, 145 Pony Dr.The Landing is a free, weekly program offered at Newmarket Community Church that aims to equip teens (ages 12 to 17) with the tools needed to overcome life’s struggles.Contact: admin@newmarketcommunitychurch.org, 905-836-7251, 905-967-4081, www.newmarketcommunitychurch.org.

the reign of the Queen of CAnAdA exhiBitionOngoing until Dec. 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Aurora Cultural Centre, 22 Church St.On Sept. 9, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s reign will surpass that of Canada’s other great Mother of Confederation, Queen Victoria. The Aurora Cultural Centre, in partnership with the Monarchist League of Canada (York Region Branch), celebrates the long reign of Her Majesty with artifacts and archival materials. Hours: Tuesdays, Thursday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Wednesdays: 10 am - 8 p.m.Contact: info@auroraculturalcentre.ca, 905-713-1818.

loCAl Colour AurorA: PAints the toWnOngoing until Nov. 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Aurora Cultural Centre, 22 Church St.Opening Reception – Sept 26 from p.m. to 4 p.m. Artists will be in atten-dance. Join members of Local Colour Aurora for a fresh look at the town they call home. This unique exhibition showcases Aurora as seen through the eyes of local artists who have been producing work for this show for over a year. Fifteen artists’ contributions – paintings, drawings, and an entire section dedicated to the art of plein air – will grace the galleries of the Aurora Cultural Centre. The exhibition begins Sept. 17 and runs until Nov. 14. Gallery Admission is at no charge. Tuesdays, Thurs. - Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Wednesdays: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Enter at north glass doors.Contact: info@auroraculturalcentre.ca, 905-713-1818.

AurorA ChAmBer PuB nightSept. 17, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.The Royal Canadian Legion, 105 Industrial Pkwy. N.Join us for casual networking at the Royal Canadian Legion. Just drop in! The Aurora Chamber Pub Night features a cash bar (alcohol, soft drinks, water etc.) and appetizers are typically offered. There is no formal agenda.Contact: Sandra Watson, s.watson@aurorachamber.on.ca, 905-727-7262.

PCCn - neWmArket suPPort grouP sePtemBer meetingSept. 17, 6:30 to 9 p.m.Newmarket Seniors Meeting Place, 474 Davis Dr.Meet and greet at 6:30 with meeting running from 7 to 9 p.m. Speaker is Dr. Jerome Green. Update on current treatments and Q & A session.Contact: Walt Klywak, wklywak1@gmail.com. 905-895-1975.

hosPiCe king-AurorA AnnuAl generAl meetingSept. 18, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Hospice King-Aurora, 350 Industrial Pkwy. S in Aurora.Hospice King-Aurora’s 32nd annual general meeting featuring speaker Debbie Homewood, who will talk “Spirituality & Hope in Hospice Care”.Contact: Heidi Bonner, h.bonner@hospicekingaurora.ca, 905-727-6815.

free introduCtory tAi Chi ClAssSept. 19, 9:30 to 11 a.m.NVA Newmarket Veterans Association, 406 Millard Ave.The Canadian Tai Chi Academy (CTCA) is starting a new class 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. It will run for four months, every Saturday. Positive, non-competitive environment. No fitness level required, all ages welcome.Info: Jim Corrigan, Newmarket@CanadianTaiChiAcadmy.org, 2893669956.

tWeen sCeneSept. 19, 11 a.m. to noonMount Albert Branch, East Gwillimbury Public Library, 19300 Centre St.Ages 8 – 11 years. Free. Drop in. Drop in for DIY projects for tweens.

ron goodlin: A lens on AfriCA exhiBitionSept. 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Aurora Cultural Centre, 22 Church St.Large-scale photographs capture the energy and drama of Tanzania through the textures, movement and lighting of the landscape, animals and cultural experiences. A photographer and avid traveler, local dentist Ron Goodlin is featured in the Great Hall Gallery during Fall 2015. Exhibi-tion throughout the Aurora Cultural Centre runs from Sept. 19 - Nov. 21. Culture Days Artist Reception: Saturday, September 26 from 1 to 4 p.m.Contact: info@auroraculturalcentre.ca, 905-713-1818.

neWmArket fArmers mArketSept. 19, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.Riverwalk Commons, Doug Duncan Drive. Fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, eggs, baked goods, food vendors, hand-crafted artifacts and products such as jewelry, furniture, soap, horse and wagon rides, musical entertainment, buskers, fresh flowers, etc.Contact: pheasanthollowcreations@live.ca, 905-773-9751.

knights of ColumBus golf tournAmentSept. 19, 11:30 a.m.Shawneeki Golf Club, 18543 Woodbine Ave. in East Gwillimbury.The Knights of Columbus hosts its annual golf tournament and dinner at Shawneeki Golf Club. Cost: $130. Includes green fees, shared power cart, driving range, meals & prizes. (Dinner only: $35) Best ball, Shotgun start.Contact: 905-953-8343.

songs of leonArd Cohen At the shAron temPleSept. 19, 1 to 2 p.m.Sharon Temple National Historic Site and Museum, 18974 Leslie St. Featuring: Chris Lowry, vocals and guitar and Bill Gilliam, piano This acous-tic concert will feature original arrangements of Cohen’s extraordinary songs featuring Lowry’s warm, nuanced singing and Gilliam’s jazz-infused piano. This is our third annual fall benefit concert for the Sharon Temple featuring well-known Toronto musicians. The cost is $20 per ticket.Contact: megan.houston@sharontemple.ca, 905-478-2389.

Vote togetherSept. 20, 2 to 4 p.m.Newmarket Public Library, upstairs board room, 438 Park St. Leadnow Newmarket is holding a meeting for people who wish to make a difference in the coming election. Leadnow’s Vote Together campaign connects the millions of people who want change on Oct. 19 with the information and tools they need to defeat the Harper Conservatives.Contact: Fran, 289-231-1535, votetogether.ca.

terry fox runSept. 20, 8:30 a.m. to noon.Ray Twinney Recreation Complex, 100 Eagle St. W in Newmarket.Come out for the Terry Fox Run’s 35th anniversary! Fun for all ages...run, walk, ride or wheel the 5 km Newmarket route and help us outrun cancer! Register at 8:30 a.m., run/walk starts at 9 a.m. start with BBQ to follow.Contact: www.terryfox.org

hAPPy hoPPers sQuAre dAnCe CluB oPen houseSept. 21, 7 to 8:30 p.m.Newmarket Seniors Meeting Place, 474 Davis Dr.The Happy Hoppers Square Dance Club is a modern, western-style club offering programs of instruction and dancing in the BASIC, MAINSTREAM & PLUS levels. This evening is free. We will begin the dancing season intro-ducing new dancers to a few new figures each Monday evening. Folks will be square dancing and practicing these figures from the very first evening.Contact: Anne Currie-O’Brien, annereg@rogers.com.

tuesdAy oPen studioSept. 22, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Aurora Cultural Centre, 22 Church St. Open Studio space is now available to makers ages 16 and up. Drop by the Centre this season on Tuesdays between 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. to work on your visual arts projects in the Activity Room. You’ll have table space, use of table top or floor easels and access to water. This is a non-facilitated, non-registered drop in program, and is offered at no charge. Bring all of your own materials, as none are provided.Contact: info@auroraculturalcentre.ca, 905-713-1818.

tWinkle toesSept. 22, 1:30 to 3 p.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Holland Landing, 19513 Yonge St.This program will allow children to explore different roles. Children will engage in active, imaginative play which leads to physical, intellectual, emotional and creative growth. Ages 18 months-6 years Free. Register.

hABitAt for humAnity gtA’s Women BuildSept. 22, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Habitat GTA Build Site, 302 Andrew St. in Newmarket.For 17 days in September/October we will welcome approximately 1,000 women to fundraise, learn new skills, build more homes, and change more lives forever. Through exclusive women-only build days, you’ll have the gratifying experience of getting out on a job site and to help with a

variety of construction duties which may include such things as framing, hanging drywall, painting and/or landscaping. Everyone who comes out to a Habitat build site comes away having learned new skills and feeling proud of their accomplishments.Contact: Stephanie.Ordon@habitatgta.ca, 416-755-7353.

Women’s trAVel CluB informAtion nightSept. 22, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Newmarket Public Library, 438 Park St.Join us for a wonderful evening. Learn about the Women’s Travel Club and connect with some other ladies who love to travel. There will be refresh-ments and some great door prizes.Inf: Marianne Southall, info@womens-travel-club.com, 1-844-749-0725.

CfuW AurorA-neWmArket meetingSept. 22, 7:15 to 9 p.m.The Royal Canadian Legion, 105 Industrial Pkwy. N.Monthly meeting with speaker Becky Big Canoe.Contact: Judy Craig, art_judycraig@rogers.com.

fAmily storytimeSept. 24, 10:30 a.m.East Gwillimbury Public Library - Holland Landing, 19513 Yonge St.Drop in for music, rhymes, stories and a craft Ages 0-5 Free.

youth Volunteer fAirSept. 24, 4 to 7 p.m.Aurora Family Leisure Complex, 135 Industrial Pkwy. N.Meet community groups interested in helping you get volunteer hours!Contact: Karie Papillon, kpapillon@aurora.ca, 905-726-4760.

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Reader Sandy Hessel sent in this cute Your Shot of a hummingbird perched at a feeder. Send us Your Shot. The ongoing theme is Nature & Wildlife. Email your high-quality jpegs to editor Tracy Kibble at tkibble@yrmg.com for a chance to have your photograph included in our online gallery and published in the newspaper.

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We liVe in A Colourful World - An exhiBit of Butterflies And mothsSept. 23, 8 to 9 p.m.The Royal Canadian Legion, 105 Industrial Pkwy. N.Join John Bedford as he talks about butterflies and moths. John’s talk will be around his15 display cases of butterflies and moths. Please bring a flashlight for better viewing of the details and pat-terns on the exhibited specimens. Come for refreshments and the chance to join Garden Aurora. Learn more at gardenaurora.com.Contact: jovanmilosevic91@hotmail.com, 905-713-6660.

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Pointers for adults returning to schoolToday’s seniors, particularly those who already have passed retirement age, may find themselves with many free hours to fill now that a job no longer accounts for most of their time. Returning to school may help seniors realize lifelong dreams of finishing a degree, exploring a hobby, getting educated to gain work in a new field, or just to fill some time in a produc-tive way.

It’s possible to return to school at any age. Adults looking at continuing edu-cation possibilities can heed these easy tips to make stepping into a classroom again successful.

Get some help.

Some time may have passed since you last toted textbooks or entered a class-room setting. Things have changed since you last were in school. Sit down with a guidance counsellor or a career advisor and go over your schooling goals to plot

out a degree map. This will help you de-termine which courses to take or what schools will best fit your needs.

ReseaRch schoolinG options.

Most adult learners prefer post-sec-ondary education that is affordable and close to home. Recognize that many schools now offer online learning, which may be ideal for you if you prefer to learn from the comfort of home. Decide what is important to you in a school, then nar-row down your prospects.

schedule a campus visit.

Tour the campus to get a feel for the school environment. Visit with someone in student services or attend an event for adult learners so you will know what the admissions process entails.

Get financial assistance.

Scholarships, grants and other finan-

cial aid are not just for young students. You may be eligible for financial help. Speak with a financial aid advisor to de-termine your eligibility for programs.

decide enRolment status.

Do you want to go to school full time or part time or do you want to take class-es here and there? Knowing in advance will help you develop the right sched-ule.

take a few RefResheR couRses.

Rather than delve into the tough stuff right away, enrol in a few basic classes to ease yourself back into the academic en-vironment. Then next semester you can increase the difficulty level and work-load.

Be pRepaRed foR homewoRk and

study. You may have grown accustomed to

being only accountable to yourself as of late. Once in school you will have assign-ments and tests. Plan for study time and develop a schedule to allow for school commitments.

take it slow.

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Adult students return to the class-room for many reasons. Involve family in the decision to continue education and embrace the positive changes that are in store.

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