No. 06 Buy local. Live local.

May 2019

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‘Boutique’ Beer Store to return late next year to The Queensway

Alderwood residents are outraged by speeding motorists

Some angry residents are saddened by theloss of their favourite Beer Store, at 784The Queensway, which has been flattenedto make way for a new eight-storey condodevelopment called Queensway Village.

Area residents say they have to travel fur-ther to pick up their favourite brew or re-turn empties. The Queensway Beer Storehas been in the same location for more than30-years.

Area politicians warn that therewere public meetings held to notifyresidents of the massive project andimpending multi-year construction.The developers Urban Capital Prop-erty Group and Rosewater CapitalGroup have promised a ‘boutique’Beer Store will return. A new BeerStore may not be ready to serve thecommunity until the end of 2020.

The development will be “anchored by aboutique Beer Store at the east end, conve-niently complementing the LCBO a shortwalk to the west,” according to plans.

Beer Store spokesman Bill Walker said hisofficials are aware of customer concerns.“The Beer Store is aware of some recentcustomer concerns about the convenienceof locations to return empties, as well asquestions about the status of certain stores,”Walker said in an email.The Beer Store is in the process of sell-ing property, updating or renovating anumber of its outlets.

“We have 12 storesin Toronto that areclosed, or about toclose, right now forsite redevelop-ments in which theBeer Store locationwill be incorporat-ed back into thenew site,” Walkersays adding the closures will result in moremodernized stores for customers.The new condos, which will sell for up to$1 million, will have private garden plotsand is next door to Queensway Park, a pub-lic 7.6-acre green space.

Irate Alder-wood residentssay they’vehad enough ofmotoristsspeedingthrough theirmany sidestreets toavoid trafficand are askingToronto Policeand City offi-

cials to step on the brakes tocurb the flow.Residents are saddened that a 12-year-old girl was struck by a mo-torist while on her way to schoolin March. The “well-liked” teensuffered minor injuries and com-munity members now want some-

thing done to stop the motoristsracing through their quiet streets.More than 100 families packedthe St. Ambrose Catholic School,on Coules Ct., last month to de-mand answers from CouncillorMark Grimes, Mark Hargot, a su-pervisor of Traffic Operations andToronto Police Const. JamesKarpik, of 22 Division Trafficoffice.Grimes spoke about a VisionZero Road Safety Plan, a studyrunning from 2017 to 2021focused on reducing traffic-related fatalities and seriousinjuries on Toronto’s streets. Itproposes more than 50 safetymeasures to protect pedestri-ans, school kids, older adultsand cyclists. Proposals include more signage,

pole-mounted speed warn-ing signs, speed humps,school and community safe-ty zones, cycling corridorenhancements, curb radiireductions, more sidewalkinspections and hundreds ofadditional red light cameras. “This is a bold pledge toimprove safety across ourcity using a data-driven andtargeted approach, focusingon the locations where im-provements are most need-ed,” Grimes said.Some residents told officialsthat they or their childrenhave almost been hit or hadto run for cover to escapemotorists.One Rimilton Ave. man

complained that his street “be-

comes a dangerous area from mo-torists where kids cannot play orwalk” during rush hours.Kristen Vecchio, who lives onGair Dr., said she has started apetition with the names of morethan 50-residents who want thespeeders rerouted.“My kids knew the young girlwho was hit by a car,” she stress-es. “I don’t want this to happen tomy children or any other childrenin the community.”Jessica Isaac said the injury to theteen “was the last straw for her.”“I don’t want to see this happenagain in our community,” Isaacvows. “Something has to be donebefore something even worst hap-pens next time.” Some 39 pedestrians are killedby motorists in Toronto yearly.

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KRISTEN VECCHIO AND HER young familywatch in horror as a vehicle races byregistering 74 on a mobile speedmeasuring device on Gair Dr. Photo byTom Godfrey.

A NEW BEER STORE IS slated to return to QueenswayVillage, at 784 The Queensway, when completed.Courtesy photo.

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Quick-thinking Zario King says he was just doinghis job when he saved the life of a man who hadcollapsed and lost consciousness due to an early-morning drug overdose.King, 27, on April 12 was awarded a CommunityMembers Award at a ceremony at Toronto PoliceHeadquarters. He was among 38 Toronto citizensrecognized for their “admirable contributions” tothe community.The event was attended by Chief Mark Saunders andKen Jeffers, of the Toronto Police Services Board.“I didn’t expect all this attention,” King says. “I wasjust doing what anyone else would have done thatday.”He was on his way to work at LAMP, at 185 FifthSt., last February, when police in a submission said,“he noticed a man who appeared unconscious layingface-up with a needle laying on the ground besidehim.”“Zario approached the male to make sure he wasokay and attempted to wake him,” according to po-lice. “He could not wake him.”King ran inside LAMP and retrieved a Narcan kitand called 911, police said, adding that he dashed

back outside to the man and administered the Narcannasal spray.“The male began breathing however he remained un-conscious,” officers said. “Emergency services attend-ed and the unconscious male was transported tohospital, where he was treated and he regained con-sciousness.”

“If it was not for his attentiveness and quick ac-tions the male would not have survived the drugoverdose,” fellow awardees were told.King plans to work with those suffering fromdrugs and other addiction issues.“I am very happy to be honoured,” he says. “Iam pleased that I was able to do something tohelp that man recover.”Also being honoured were five security officerswho work at Yorkdale Shopping Centre, whowere credited for acting quickly in the face ofdanger during a shooting at the mall last year.Security guards Nigel Penny, Shane Palmer, Lu-ca Aiello and Jordell Wolseley were recognizedfor their bravery. Officer Marco Rotondo was

recognized for his initiative while operating themall's video surveillance system.

The incident occurred last August when a police offi-cer on paid duty at the mall noticed shoppers panick-ing, running out of the large building and shoutingabout gunfire inside the sprawling mall.Additional Toronto police officers arrived and thefour guards helped the officers to search and clearstores to make sure employees and shopperswere safe.

A PROUD CHIEF Mark Saunders with community life-saverZario King. Courtesy photo.

Here is an opportunity to meet the offi-cers who make our community a saferplace to live.Members of 22 Division and the Com-munity Police Liaison Committee(CPLC) invite you to the annual 22 Di-vision Open House & Free BBQ onMay 25.The Open House takes place at 22 Divi-sion, at 3699 Bloor St. W., just west ofIslington Ave., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Featured this year will be crime preven-tion exhibits, bicycle registration, kids

fingerprint station, police station tours,live entertainment and lots more.The event takes place rain or shine andall is welcome. Organizers are askingthose attending to leave their pets athome.Police said some free parking is avail-able off-site and would like to thankThe Rotary Club of Etobicoke for theirsupport.The Service also hosted a recruitmentdrive on May 4 at the North York CivicCentre, for those seeking jobs.

Police Open House and BBQ this month

More than 2,500 student ath-letes from around the worldhad fun in Toronto wherethey were hosted by the To-ronto Police Service whilecompeting in the 2019 Spe-cial Olympics Ontario Invita-tional Youth Games.Most of the students had agreat time sightseeing,meeting new friends andcompeting in their sports.

This year marked the 50th anni-versary of the Special Olympicsmovement that also brought to-gether 500 coaches, and hun-dreds of family members, fromaround the globe.The successful May 14 to May17 Games for the first time sawhigh school-aged athletes with anintellectual disability being givena chance to compete in an inter-national sports competition.

This year athletes aged 13 to 21both with and without an intel-lectual disability competedagainst each other in athletics,basketball, bocce, floor hockeyand soccer.Special Olympics Ontario’s Mo-nique Shah was inducted into theToronto Sport Hall of Honour.She represented Team Canada atthe 2011 World Summer Gamesin Athens, Greece, where she

won gold in both the 100-metreand 200-metre sprints.Shah is hoping to qualify for theSpecial Olympics Canada WinterGames in Thunder Bay 2020.The sports were broken downinto multiple ability to those ofsimilar ability levels.Some 1,000 volunteers, includ-ing police, gave their time tohelp out.

MONIQUE SHAH of SPECIAL OLYMPICSOntario was inducted into the TorontoSport Hall of Honour. She representedCanada at the 2011 World Games.

The South Etobicoke News 3May 2019

Grier earned respect by working for residents

Famed pizza-maker Dino feeds the communityRenowned pizza-maker Dino Ari hasbuilt a successful pizzeria on TheQueensway but is spending moretime in the community these daysmaking sure the homeless and less-fortunate are well fed.The owner of Dino’s Wood BurningPizza, at 820 The Queensway, spentparts of his Easter weekend givingaway more than 250-slices of his piesto residents using the nearby Havenon The Queensway, which helps feedand clothe those in need.“These are good people,” Ari says of

the pie lovers. “I will never forget thatthis community supported me when Istarted and my business was not doingtoo well.”That same Easter weekend Ari andsome helpers travelled to downtownToronto to feed at-risk men at the Sal-vation Army before making therounds to womens’ shelters.He shows photos of him, with MPPChristine Hogarth, and staff takingpizzas to feed Haven users.Ari, in a video posted to his website,is seen carrying pizzas on a cold daywhen he and his workers are sur-rounded by homeless men and womenwho were treated to free slices of pep-peroni and other flavours of pizza.

“It was a very touching sight,” oneman recalls. “These people wouldhave remained hungry if Dino andhis workers didn’t show up with piz-zas.”Ari, family members and employees,last year delivered pizzas every Sat-

urday to the needy and home-less attending Haven."It's such a lovely gesture forDino to make for the home-less and those in need in ourcommunity,” says HeatherFullerton, Haven’s Director ofDevelopment. ”It takes a bigheart to care for strangers anda simple gift of pizza can liftspirits and fill tummies at thesame time.”He also volunteered to cookmeals for Children's BreakfastClub, a non-profit that pro-vides nutritious meals to 4,000 kidseach week across the GTA.Ari does not forget his humble roots.He is of Kurdish descent and arrivedin Canada from Turkey as an immi-grant in 2000 seeking a better life.Like many others, he became a citizenand worked for many years to growhis business.Among his highlights were returningto his hometown in Turkey, on two

separate occasions to make pizza forhundreds of orphaned children, manywho had never had the food before.They loved it.Ari has given a lot of time, pizza andeffort to charity and in doing so has de-veloped a fiercely loyal customer basein south Etobicoke.Customers who love his pies, toppingsand crusts, have stood by him since hestarted more than 15-years ago.

Retired politician Ruth Grier is stillwell-loved and respected by residentsof our community.The long-time area resident and volun-teer is pleased with the many improve-ments she’s made so south Etobicokecan remain a great place for genera-tions to come.Grier, who is 83, loves the community,its people and Long Branch where sheresettled after moving from Dublin,Ireland, in 1956.

She and husband, Terry, a former MPand President of Ryerson University,still live in the same family homewhere they raised their three children.“This area has changed a lot over theyears,” Grier says. “There is a lot morenew people moving in but the sense ofcommunity is still there and it exists.”Grier is best remembered for her workas an alderman from 1969 to 1985 andthen as the Minister of Environmentand Minister of Health from 1985 to1995, when she was a high-profileMPP serving under former NDP Pre-mier Bob Rae.Grier managed to defeat the late law-yer Gordon Rush in 1969 by 31 votesto capture an alderman’s seat in Mimi-co. She worked on many issues in thecommunity and held the position for16-years.She recalls at one time Mimico councilheld a meeting in the men’s washroomto exclude her from voting on a bill.

She was the only female on coun-cil.“Things have improved a lot forwomen since,” Grier reflects.“Back then they (men) held theirvote in the men’s washroom atCity Hall.”She ran a successful campaign forprovincial politics by blasting theruling Liberal government forbeing lax on the environment andclosing the Lakeshore PsychiatricHospital in 1979.Grier was re-elected in 1987 andin 1989 sponsored a private mem-ber's bill that proposed to ban the saleof irradiated foods in Ontario.She was returned to victory after theNDP won a majority government in1990. She was appointed the Ministerof Environment that year and promptlycancelled plans to ship Toronto’s gar-bage to a site in Durham. She also in-troduced an Environmental Bill of

Rights that allowed residents to suepolluters.She was made the Minister of Healthin 1993, and supported the listing ofgeneric drugs, introduced midwiferyas a profession, targeted resources tocommunity health centres and createda Cancer Prevention Task Force.The NDP were defeated in 1995.

GOOD-HEARTED PIZZA MAKER DINO ARI is constantlygiving back to the community by helping to feed thehomeless and hungry with his pies. Courtesy photos.

RAHUL SINGH of GLOBAL MEDICS with Ari ata recent event in which free pizzas weredonated to help feed volunteers.

FORMER MP RUTH GRIER faced tough questions asMinister of Environment and then Minister ofHealth under Bob Rae’s NDP government.

GRIER AS THE FORMER Minister ofEnvironment in the early 1990s.

The South Etobicoke News4 May 2019

Marley relives the happy days of New TorontoOur Community

An energetic Dorothy Marley was born in New Toronto98-years-ago and has lived in the same well-kept andcomfortable home for almost eight decades.Marley is sharp, very active, looks after her own homeand is involved in volunteer work.

She loves talking about her younger days growing up inNew Toronto, when it cost 10-cents to purchase a ticketfor the cinema, which gave out free dishes to femalecustomers.“The streetcars in those days had a stove that the con-ductor would throw in bits of coals to try and keep thepassengers warm in the winter,” Marley recalls.Those were happy day since most residents were em-ployed by U.S. giants as Anaconda American Brass,Continental Can, Goodyear Rubber and Tire Company,Gilbey’s Distillery, Campbell’s Soup and others.Marley followed her dad, Jack Lerette, a well-knowntrade unionist, to Anaconda, where she worked for 13-years as a stenographer.“That was a great company to work for,” she beams.“The company was good to its workers and there werehundreds of us working there.”At the time Anaconda made U.S. military supplies andemployed more than 1,400 workers. “Most of the people in the community were working

for these companies,” Marley says. “There was a bowlingalley at Goodyear for the employees and the companyheld regular dances with live bands.”She recalls most of the young people in the area wouldattend the Goodyear dances.

“Those were high-paying jobs at the time,” the mom oftwo adult children insists. “Things got very bad in the1930s though when the Great Depression hit.”During the heady days there were many businesses liningthe Lake Shore strip, where everything from new cars,insurance, fur coats, jewellery, liquor and beer could bepurchased.“Back then the merchants gladlygave the residents credit becausepeople were working,” says Mar-ley.Her dad Jack worked at Goodyearfor 27-years and was active in theUnited Rubber Workers, where hewas an international field represen-tative and Canadian Director ofResearch and Education.He was later elected President ofthe United Senior Citizens of Ontario (USCO) in 1963and helped to improve the quality of life for seniors bypromoting better housing, health, safety, increased pen-sions and lower taxes.Lerette had two buildings named in his honour. One is aseniors residence at 250 Twelfth St., and the Jack LeretteBuilding, at 3303 Lake Shore Blvd. W., home of USCO.

DOROTHY MARLEY WAS BORN RIGHT HERE 98-years-ago andremembers when coal was placed in a stove by conductors tokeep passengers warm on the streetcar. Photo by TomGodfrey.

DAD Lerette

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Jeff, Rose and Herb’s No Frills, 3730 Lake Shore Blvd. W.Mario & Selina No Frills, 220 Royal York Rd.Metro Supermarket, 2208 Lake Shore Blvd. W.Ducky’s Roti, 3296 Lake Shore Blvd. W.Browns Line Donuts, 744 Browns LineLake Shore Valu-Mart, 2399 Lake Shore Blvd. W.The Beer Store, 2458 Lake Shore Blvd. W.The Beer Store, 3580 Lake Shore Blvd. W.

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Storm Chaser Sills speaks at Haven about experiencesOur Community

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Storm chaser Dave Sills hasphotographed tornadoes in threecountries and has survived to be talkingand now singing about his worldlyexperiences.Sills’ works during the day as a SevereWeather Scientist and has photographed

at least ninetwisters since1997.His photos ofvarious vio-lent and in-clementweather situa-tions in Cana-da, the U.S.and Australiaare amazing

and can be accessed on his website,davesills.ca.Sills will be giving a free talk at Havenon The Queensway, at 1533 The Queen-

sway, as part of a Lecture Series on May23 that is open to the public.He will also be playing a few tunes fromhis debut album “Fifty,” which he de-scribes as ‘Rock ‘n’ roots, or folkyGreat Lakes country-rock.” Sills describes the album as “The Beat-les jamming with Johnny Cash and StanRogers.”“The album covers a lot of ground sty-listically,” he notes. “But that’s whathappens with an album Fifty years in themaking.The nine-track album was recorded andmixed by producer Allister Bradley athis studio in Wellesley, Ont., and mas-tered by legendary Toronto engineer,Joao Carvalho.Sills will share some of the highlights ofhis 20-plus-year career of storm chasingin Canada, the U.S. and Australia andshow some of his amazing photos.

He jokes that he was des-tined to become a stormchaser because of hislove of inclement weath-er, coupled with an abili-ty to drive for long hoursand tolerate a lot of fastfood.Highly-respected in me-teorological circles, Sillsis also a member of boththe Canadian Meteoro-logical and Oceanograph-ic Society and theAmerican Meteorological Society.He has conducted ‘countless storm dam-age surveys’ following bad weather situ-ations and was involved in thedevelopment of, and continues to main-tain, Canada’s national tornado data-base, according to his website.Sills recalls his most memorable chasewas in May 2004 in Attica, Kansas, in

the days before live data was inaccessi-ble in vehicles, as he and others spedafter numerous cells, saw multiple torna-does and made challenging forecasts.“Witnessing a tornado is without a doubtthe holy grail of storm chasing, but somuch can be learned and enjoyed even onthose frustrating bust days,” he insists.Call Haven at 647-463-8652 for info.

Don’t forget.Give your mom a call or betterstill visit her. May 12 is Mother’s Day.

STORM CHASER Dave Sills

EYE-CATCHING INCLEMENT weather shot by Sills

CONDUCTOR JOHN EDWARD LIDDLE with members at the Etobicoke Community ConcertBand’s March show “Dance Like No One’s Watching.” Liddle received The Rotary Club’sPaul Harris Award for his talent with a trumpet and his passion and influence as a conductor.The band’s next show is May 24 at Etobicoke Collegiate. Photo by Bruce Barton.

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The history of a large steam bell that has beensitting proudly in front of the New Toronto Pub-lic library for 25-years has returned to lifethanks to library officials.The well-travelled and beautifully-crafted bellbelongs to the last steam locomotive that trav-elled into the New Toronto Railway stationmany decades ago, historians say.“When the station closed, the bell was presentedto the citizens of New Toronto and housed at the,then, Town Hall,” according to a Community His-tory summary prepared by the Toronto Public Li-brary.It said when ‘New Toronto became part of theCity of Etobicoke (in 1967), the bell was given tothe library and rested awhile in the children’s de-partment.’ “It found a permanent home atop a sculpture atthe front of the rebuilt New Toronto Branch, at110 Eleventh St., which opened in 1994,” accord-ing to library records.

The records reveal thatthe bell’s structure con-tains items inside a timecapsule.“The curious shouldnote that the sculpture,the winner of a PublicArt Competition, alsohouses a time capsule,

the contents ofwhich remain a se-cret,” the recordsstate.The steam train wasamong the last inuse in New Toronto,which is historicallya railway communi-ty, where much ofthe housing develop-ment was designedfor railway employees. The last steam train owned by the City of Toron-to, known fondly as “Canadian National No.6213,” was retired from active duty in 1959. Theengine, which was built in 1942, now rests at Ex-hibition Park, in Toronto.The locomotive, which was built by Montreal Lo-comotive Works, pulled both passenger andfreight for more than a million miles during its17-year career in which it travelled from coast tocoast. It was purchased from an order of 35 identicallocomotives built for the Canadian National Rail-ways during WW11.The restored locomotive is described as “as a U-2class Northern-type steam locomotive with a 4-8-4 wheel arrangement used to haul both passengerand freight.”

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IMAGE OF STEAM TRAINfrom mural on Fifth St.

SONIA AIMY A NIGERIAN-ITALIAN-CANADIANSINGER and songwriterknown as the ‘velvety voice ofAfrica’ sang at a fundraiseron April 26 to help St.Margarets’ New TorontoChurch, at 156 Sixth St. Thechurch feeds hundreds ofresidents in its dinnerprograms. Promotional photo.STEAM BELL FROM LAST

TRAIN has been sittingoutside the New TorontoLibrary for decades.

Politicians and other dignitarieswere invited to a Lakeshore LodgeAppreciation Dinner on April 11 tocelebrate National Volunteer Week.More than 55 volunteers were hon-oured at the Lake Shore Blvd. W.and Kipling Ave., lodge in a cere-mony that was attended by MPJames Maloney and an officialfrom MPP Christine Hogarth’s of-fice.Certificates were presented to thevolunteers for all their hard workand time.National Volunteer Week is cele-brated from April 7 to 13 annually

and is a time to honour and andthank Canada’s 12.7 million volun-teers.Kimberly Penton, Coordinator ofVolunteer Services for the Lodge,said last year some 213 volunteerscontributed 10,000 hours of serviceto the home to ‘enhance the lives ofour residents.’Penton said ‘lifting communities isthe Volunteer Canada theme’ and“our volunteers lift our spirits allyear long,” is their home’s theme.“Volunteers help with fundraising,meal assistance, arts and crafts andmore,” she says.

Helpers honoured at Lakeshore Lodgeceremony to mark National Volunteer Week

The South Etobicoke News 7May 2019

Have a happy BBQ and cook your meats safe and with care

Things to do and keeping busy in our community

EVERY MONDAY AND TUESDAY freemoney management workshops startsat 6:30 p.m.by well-known taxpreparer Rattan Gandhi at QuickRefund Tax, 133 Sixth St. Call 647-340-2627 to reserve a seat.FOURTH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH freehot dinner served at The BranchChurch, at 85 First St., from 4:30 p.m.to 6 p.m. All is welcome.MAY 1 to JUNE 22 LAKESHORE YOUTH INFOCUS at Lakeshore Arts’ CommunityProject Space, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd.W. Opening reception May 9 from 4p.m. to 6 p.m. Features self-portraitsand poetry of Grade 8 participants ofLakeshore Arts’ in-school educationalprogram, Shazaam! In Focus.MAY 4 to 17 WILDLIFE OASIS A PhotoExhibit featuring Humber Bay Park by

Friends of Humber Bay Park, opendaily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at StudioConnect, 62 Marine Parade Dr., Unit5.MAY 16 CHOICES Careers in Legal andLaw Enforcement fields for youngwomen 11 to 17-years-old at the JeanAugustine Centre, 101 Portland St.,from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Meet police,probation, lawyers and others in thefield. Call 416-253-9797 to register.ADULT DAY PROGRAM at StorefrontHumber, 2445 Lake Shore Blvd. W.,Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 2:30p.m. is a supervised program forthose who are frail, cognitivelyimpaired or physically disable. Call416-259-4207.MAY 17 COMMUNITY DINNER at St.Margarets’ Church, at 156 Sixth St.,from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Donationsaccepted and volunteers alwaysrequired. Call 416-259-2659 if you areinterested in sponsoring a communitydinner.EVERY FRIDAY MORNING the LongBranch Baptist Church, at 3381 LakeShore Blvd. W., offers a free clothingoutlet from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. forthose in need of clothing forthemselves or their families. You canalso donate gently used clothes thatothers can use. Contact 416-251-1525.MAY 23 FUNDRAISER BY SOLACE isComfort introduces a Joseph Ribkoff

fashion show from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. forthe breast cancer dragon boat team,Dragons Abreast, which was foundedin 1997 and paddles out of SunnysidePavillion. Dragons’ members tomodel. Call 416-451-6815.MAY 25 10th ANNUAL SPRING BIRDFESTIVAL at Col. Samuel Smith Park,at Lake Shore Blvd. W., and KiplingAve., taking place hourly at 10 a.m.,11 a.m., 12 and 1 p.m. Walks startfrom the Registration Tent, just southof the parking lot.

MAY 28 THE MIMICO TULIP FESTIVALpresented by the Mimico Village BIAfrom 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Royal YorkRd., south of Evans Ave. toNewcastle St. There will be avendor’s market, face painting,Bollywood dancing and a charity BBQto benefit Cornerstone ChristianFellowship.JUNE 1 PORCH VIEW DANCES MIMICOfrom 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 22 StanleyAve., is a community dance eventwith real people dancing in realspaces. Audience members travelfrom house to house to see localfamilies performing dances on theirporches or front yards.

JUNE 8 GRILLED CHEESE FESTIVAL atIslington Ave. and Lake Shore Blvd.W., from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Come eatthe best Grilled Cheese in Toronto

and vote for your favourites.Sponsored by Lakeshore Village BIAin support of LAMP.

LAMP COMMUNITY HEALTH Centreseeking new members to join itsBoard of Directors. Members mustcommit from 8 to 10 hours monthly,including meetings.Send resume tobrendak@lampchc.org. Deadline isMay 30. BOSTON PIZZA at 1602 THE QUEENSWAYis raising funds through a charity boxfor “Nalinas Hope,” to go to thepaediatric brain tumour foundation.Contributing guests will receive a 15%discount, which can be used until theend of June. For more info contact416-201-9555.

BBQ season has arrived so it is im-portant to remember the risks ofE.coli contamination in ground beefand other products to keep yourfriends and family safe this summer.Outbreaks of E.coli have been asso-ciated with eating undercookedhamburgers, raw sprouts or basical-ly anything grown in contaminatedwater or soils.

In January 1993 there was an uncommonly high inci-dence of food poisoning among Seattle-area children.The source traced back to E.coli O157: H7 bacteria thathad contaminated hamburger patties sold at a Jack inthe Box restaurants.In the following weeks Idaho, California and Nevadareported numerous cases of E.coli infection among resi-dents that had eaten at the restaurants. The scope of theoutbreak widened to 73 different restaurant locationsand sickened more than 700 people in four U.S. states.It led to 171 hospitalizations and four deaths.

An investigation revealed that the parent company hadbeen warned by local health departments and its ownemployees that its hamburgers were being undercookedbut the company had decided that cooking the burgersto the required 71˚C degrees made them too tough.It is never safe to eat hamburger meat when it is pinkand checking to see if the juices run clear may not besafe enough either.Cook hamburgers made from ground beef fully to aminimum internal temperature of 71˚C. Poultry leftovers and mixed products should reach 74˚C.Reduce the risk of E.coli infections wash hands fre-quently especially after using the restroom or changingdiapers smoking or handling money touching your faceor hair before and after preparing or eating food aftercontact with animals or their food.De-frost foods safely in the fridge between 0-4˚C neverdefrost at room temperature or in hot or warm water usea microwave if you need to defrost quickly or cookfrom frozen.Cook foods thoroughly use a food thermometer tocheck temperatures.

Don'tcross-contam-inatefoodprepara-tion ar-eas andwashhands,coun-ters,cutting boards, and utensils after they touch raw meat.Wash fruits and vegetables before eating even pre-washed and do not drink raw milk, which is illegal inCanada.Avoid unpasteurized dairy products and do not preparefood or drink for others when you are sick.

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MEMBERS OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD ofCanada, join other film unions, and theirfamilies, to clean up Marie Curtis, andother Etobicoke parks during Toronto’sannual Spring Clean Up last month. PHOTOGRAPHER SANDRA HAWKINS took

this shot in February of a White-breastedNuthatch, which is ‘commonly found’ atCol. Samuel Smith Park “my favouriteLake Shore park due to its diversity ofbirds and wildlife habitat.”

MAKE SURE YOUR BBQ is clean and ready foruse before sparking it up. Courtesy photo.

The South Etobicoke News 8May 2019

Lund is Etobicoke Hall of Fame Athlete of the MonthPlayers sought for EtobicokeAussie Kangaroos Football club

By Margot Wheeler

Erica Lund is 17-years-old and was born,raised and still resides in Etobicoke. Erica is a

multi-sportathletecom-petingin bas-ketballandrhyth-micgym-nastics.Shealsoenjoysothersportsrecre-ational-ly, suchas ski-ing,biking

and swimming. Erica is presently attendingMichael Power.She plays on the Etobicoke Stingers Basket-ball Team and has for several years. Youcould have seen Erica and the rest of theStingers organization showcase their talent attheir annual tournament held at Michael Pow-er last April 13. Coincidentally, the team is a

volunteer organization driven by EtobicokeSports Hall of Fame (ESHOF) Special O’sambassador parents, Kathy and Greg Flager.Erica has also for many years participated inrhythmic gymnastics with the SilhouettesRhythmic Gymnastics Team. She has attendedOntario-wide competitions, specifically in theLevel One Ball discipline.Over the last 10-years, Erica has learned toski. She has developed into a confident skierwho can negotiate blue runs withenthusiasm. This is an incredible accomplish-ment for Erica given the fact that at sixmonths of age, doctors could not confidentlyanswer the question, “Will she ever walk”?

Erica also loves to swim. She has taken manyswimming lessons and will spend hours in thepool or lake, especially with her dad, David.Erica has a three-wheel adult trike which al-lows her to be the pace-bunny for her mom,Heather while she is out running. Erica alsoenjoys battling it out with her three brothers;Harry, Mitchell and Charlie, who have intro-duced her to numerous driveway sports.“You can certainly see that Erica is a very de-termined young woman. I admire her tenacity,enthusiasm and love of sport” says JoanneNoble, President of the Etobicoke Sports Hallof Fame.The Athlete of the Month is sponsored by TheEtobicoke Sports Hall of Fame, Humber College,Canadian Tire-The Queensway, and The EtobicokeGuardian. Promoting, Supporting and DevelopingSport in Etobicoke.

Male and female players are still soughtby the hard-hitting and fun-loving Etobi-coke Kangaroos Australian FootballClub, who play at Col. Samuel SmithPark on Friday and Saturdays.Training for men and women takes placeon Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30p.m. to 8 p.m. starting on May 14 at Col.Samuel Smith Park, behind HumberCollege at Lake Shore Blvd. W., and Ki-pling Ave.Club Founder Greg Everett says theirseason starts on May 25 and runs untilthe Grand Final on September 21. Nineof their 12 games are played at Col.Samuel Smith and takes place on Fridaynight at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m.The games are a lot of fun with excellentspurts of actions. They also have a nice

team song, which contains the line‘Good old Etobcioke, we're champi-ons you'll agree.’The club was started in 2003 andhave been Premiers in the men’s di-vision in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2015.They were runners up in 2003, 2007and 2009.The women’s team started in 2011and have been Division Premiers2015, 2016, 2017, 2018. They wererunners up in 2011. “Many of our players both men andwomen have gone on to play for

Canada internationally and played in theInternational Cup,” Everett says, addingthe World Cup is held every three yearsin Australia.At the 2017 International cup we hadMike Aspell, Amanda Irwin, Lara Hilmiand Nicola Kirwan represent our clubwith Nicola and Lara selected to the2017 International Cup Women’s WorldTeam, he says.Team Canada women were InternationalCup winners in 2014 and Runners up2011 and 2017.He says Kirwan is close to being draftedto the professional women’s competitionin Australia. She was the only Canadianplayer selected to go the draft combinelast September.

MULTI-SPORT ATHLETE ERICA LUNDwith Joanne Noble, of the EtobicokeSports Hall of Fame, after she wasselected Athlete of the Month.

ECSTATIC FEMALE MEMBERS of the EtobicokeKangaroos Australian Football Club. Teamphoto.