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CANADA'S SPORTS HALL OF FAME
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OFFICIAL CEREMONY NOV. 29 By ALLAN WILLIAMS The Leaside Sports Hall of Fame has announced the names of the first group of athletes and builders who will be inducted into the newly-established hall. “These 10 outstanding individuals represent the wide range of Leaside’s rich and colourful sports heritage,” said Bill Watters, former assistant GM with the Toronto Maple Leafs and long-time former Leaside resident, who was a member of the selection committee. Profiles of the 10 inaugural inductees can be found on pages 20-21. They will be honoured at the induction ceremony and reception in the William Lea Room at Leaside Gardens on Nov. 29. The community is invited. Tickets go on sale in October. Inductees will also be highlighted in a permanent Hall of Fame display inside the new arena. “By honouring the great athletes from Leaside’s past, and the most
notable coaches, officials and other volunteers who have contributed to our sports tradition, we also hope to inspire the next generation of athletes and volunteers,” said Ray White, chair of the arena board at Leaside Gardens. The Hall of Fame has been established as a committee of the East York Foundation – so it can issue tax receipts for charitable donations – with representatives from each of Leaside’s major sports associations, including baseball, curling, hockey, lawn bowling, skating, soccer and tennis. No athletes who are still competing were among the initial group of inductees. Instead, the hall will be announcing a Leaside Athlete of the Year for 2013 during the lead up to the event on Nov. 29. “That idea came from Bill Watters,” said historian Michael Bliss, also a member of the selection committee. "We thought it would be unfair to put undue pressure on an athlete who is still in mid-career.
This is a nice way around that; it can become an annual thing and in future years the local sports groups and the high school can get their players, parents and coaches involved to help select the athlete of the year." Former U of T field hockey star and 1984 Olympian Phyllis Ellis, the third community member of the selection committee, is a passionate advocate for women in sport. “Each of the three women among this initial group of inductees is eminently deserving of this recognition,” she said. “And it’s great that two of them are gifted coaches inspiring more young women to participate in sport and achieve their full potential as athletes.” Nominations for next year’s Hall of Fame inductees and Athlete of the Year will be welcomed and will be due in September, 2014. For details about the selection criteria and process, and for other information about the hall including inductee profiles, visit www.leasidesports.com n
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Let’s break an old Leaside law
I’m starting a Halloween scary contest I would like to see a return to the days when Leaside was famous for Christmas/Holiday lights and add gory glory for our Halloween spirit! I have created a Halloween Decorating Contest with the help of Patrick Rocca of Bosley Real Estate, Rob Tremblett of valu-mart and Marian and JD of Sleuth of Baker Street. For contest details please visit www.halloweencontest.org. Enjoy the spooktacular entries and winners on the site and the winners at www.leasidelifenews.com/. Enter, if you dare! The deadline is midnight Oct. 28.
Karen Fraser Memories of Old Leaside
Our ghoul is neighbourhood and family fun. In North America Halloween is now second only to Christmas in decorating splendor. 50 percent of adults celebrating will decorate their house and 81 percent will do it with new decorations. Leasiders may not go over the top like television’s Ina Garten with her black and orange dinner parties featuring black espresso martinis, but each year the outdoor decorating is more elaborate and stays up longer. All that spree of zombies, pumpkins and inflatable scary things to greet revellers makes me remember that trick or treating was once illegal in the town of Leaside.
Under the guise of safety concerns, youngsters reported to their school for a Halloween party. This was incomprehensible to me. The night of tricks, ghoulish goings on and ill-conceived mayhem fell flat in the school where you spent every ordinary day. So I trick or treated across the border of Leaside. I understand that kids now come to Leaside where candy foraging is the best. We are doing our share of carrying the Canadian load of candy spending — $322 million for October 2010. And it’s not just kids who enjoy Halloween. As you move through the age cohorts the level of participation increases. In the old days my spookiest moment was always the trip into the heart of Leaside to let my grandparents see my homemade costume and to get my loot bag stuffed.
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My parents were children of the depression with the usual era-induced terror of authority. Taking me to Grandma’s house was living a Grimm fairy tale for them. They were terrified of breaking the Leaside law! I was smuggled from the car into the side door (no outside light to welcome us this night). This was the true other worldly spirit of the day for me. Today my Halloween fun is more sophisticated with gravestones from the movie Resident Evil and wooden crosses from Anthony Hopkin’s error in judgment Dracula 2000. My neighbour told me that he was stopped at my house by a passersby who wanted to know when the small graveyard had been closed and did it bother the homeowner to be next to grave markers. He gleefully re-enacted the man’s expression of amazement when he touched a grave and realized that it was styrofoam. One person’s illusion is another’s reality as I discovered last year when the local raccoons ate my row of pumpkins — burning candles and all. The enjoyment of spooky illusion for me was just a hot vegetable for them. n
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Eglinton Connects puts a hold on some density According to Toronto’s Eglinton Connects Planning Study there is no consideration being given to increased density/height from east of Bayview to Laird and north of Eglinton east of Laird following completion of the Eglinton LRT. The area immediately around Bayview and Eglinton and the block south of Eglinton between Laird and Brentcliffe are designated as "focus areas" under study for higher density mixed use. At Eglinton Connects public consultations this summer residents were clear that they would support mid-rise, but not high rise, at those locations. Eglinton Connects will hold another set of workshops: Oct. 7, 8, and 9 for the Central Area at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute and on Oct. 8 for the East Area at Jean Vanier Secondary School (Midland and Eglinton) on Oct. 9. Both events start at 6:30 pm. Full details at www.toronto.ca/eglinton. n
Another possible TANG delay MP John Carmichael says arranging a public meeting for the Toronto Airport Noise Group (TANG) with federal officials may be delayed because of proroguing of Parliament, according to TANG Chair Margaret Evans, who met with him recently with Leasider Renee Jacoby. Evans says she is cautiously optimistic about an October or November meeting with NAV Canada, Transport Canada and the GTAA (Greater Toronto Airports Authority). She says TANG has created a research committee to examine how other cities internationally are dealing with excessive air traffic. There are now almost 2,500 signatures on the TANG petition. www.change.org to sign a petition there. n
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Bennington Heights fights plans for new developments A Bennington Heights community group has formed to fight developers’ plans for densification in their community. One plan would sever the lot at 21 Evergreen Gardens to build two identical homes. Another at the corner of Bayview and Evergreen Gardens is for a six-storey condo or three-storey townhomes. And there’s a proposal for a townhouse development at Bayview Heights Dr. Jennifer Rideout, on Windmill Rd. across from Evergreen Gardens, says, “This is all coming at once. It’s a domino effect. 21 Evergreen was the catalyst. The developer is working with the owner to sever the lot.” That was months ago and made it past the Committee of Adjustment. The group, Save Our Bennington, was formed a few months ago. Their signs have appeared on lawns throughout the neighbourhood. Issues include erosion of charac-
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ter and heritage, densification, loss of green space and increased traffic that would be a danger to children because there are no sidewalks in Bennington Heights, which has a primary school children walk to. City policy for the area is single family homes on large lots. There are no townhomes or condos. “ …if these changes are not challenged now, they will set the precedent to change many other parts of Bennington very quickly,” says a new community web site, www.savebennington.com. The site says about 21 Evergreen, “The Committee of Adjustment granted a land severance without even reference to letters of opposition from ALL local residents.” Both houses would be 10 percent taller than the existing home and have a larger footprint than allowed by zoning bylaws. Several 40-yearold trees would be destroyed. There will be an Ontario Municipal Board hearing Oct. 24. n
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To Councillor John Parker: Although it seems a little ungrateful to complain, there has been an "improvement" in the area which is not one. The shelter at the north corner of Sutherland and Bayview is of most peculiar construction. The old one offered shelter from wind, rain, sun. The new one is shallower, about 10 feet high, and offers absolutely no protection from the weather. Its sole function seems to be to support two giant advertising displays. If that is what it is meant to be, it is well done. If persons are to be served in any practical way while waiting for buses, it is a miserable failure. I know that you are always attentive to constituent complaints and would ask if you would please look at this shelter and possibly even have it modified or replaced before winter.
The new shelter at Sutherland and Bayview You can be sure that it would be appreciated. Thank you. Shirley Bush, Bayview Ave.
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To John Parker and Shirley Bush: The accessibility guidelines require 2.1 M of sidewalk space to ensure that those in wheelchairs can use the shelters. When that space is not available, we install a canopy shelter which is what Shirley is describing in her email. Since the old shelter was originally built, those guidelines have been increased to ensure that disabled people have full access to some shelter. A compromise for able bodied people but a gain for those who need to get around in wheelchairs. I hope this answers the question. Ron Hutchinson, Senior Vice-President, Real Estate, Bell Media
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To Leaside Life: It seems ridiculous to ensure that wheelchairs must have room to enter an inadequate shelter which replaces a relatively useful one which offered some protection even to a wheelchair. These "shelters" truly do appear to be purely advertising opportunities. …the thought of more shelters being replaced in Leaside with these abominations and winter
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There are two important numbers in the life of Barry Schneider: 38 and 15. It was 38 years ago that he bought his home on Randolph Rd. because of a plant: trees. “I used to drive through the neighbourhood on my way to work from East York,” he says, “and on my way I fell in love with the tree-lined streets.” It was 15 years ago that he retired, and went to work part time on plants, this time garden plants. Every Monday morning from April to October you can find him at one of his favourite places in Leaside—weeding and trimming plants as a volunteer at the Toronto Rehabilitation – Lyndhurst Centre. He had been a teacher but “after I’d become a member of the Leaside Garden Society, the president at the time, June Murdoch, asked if I’d help out during the summer. When I retired, I took the job on for the full season.” The creation and maintenance of the seven gardens at Lyndhurst is
North America. It treats over 2,500 patients in continuing care programs and accommodates over 140,000 annual outpatient visits. Apart from tending his own garden (it has been included on the annual Garden Tour twice), he enjoys hiking the ravines in and around the city once a week with a group of likeminded friends. He also curls, enjoys overseas trips and up to a couple of years ago was an avid skier. What does he like so much about Leaside? Like most in the community, he likes the fact he can walk to almost anywhere he wants but also has easy access to downtown or highways out of town. “Leaside feels at the centre of things,” he says, “but also pretty much protected from the natural hub-bub of the city. “The neighbourhood has a nice homey, small-town feel to it.” Schneider is pleased that the community is getting a new arena, even though he won’t be a user. “We’re an older community,” he observes, “It means we’re showing a bit of wear.” n
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THIS BUILDING on Industrial Ave. east of Laird illustrates a much rougher, more industrial Leaside of days gone by.
It isn’t every John Smith who has his own bar stool at Olde Yorke Fish and Chips on Laird Dr. But this isn’t just any John Smith. This is John H. Smith who, at 84, will probably be the oldest participant in the Bayview Art Tour 2013 in October. He is the John H. Smith who culminated a long history of art successes in 1981 by founding The Smithy, on Laird, a school and gallery as well as his private studio. He ran classes every day, plus several in the evenings. But that didn’t stop him from producing an enormous volume of his own work. “In those days I would get up at around 3 a.m. so I could paint for a few hours before class started. “Sometimes I would just drive around Leaside and downtown Toronto, pause when I saw a scene, put the paper or even a canvas on my
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steering wheel and start painting. Other days I would drive up the DVP/404 and just stop on a country lane and capture a picture or two or three.� In summers he would travel throughout Northern Ontario and the Maritimes, enjoying stints as art director at many lodges and resorts. He was also painting along the way and especially in the Maritimes would sell his pieces to banks and private businesses. “There were years I was living like the true struggling artist... selling paintings to buy gas and more canvas to paint on.� Earlier in his life after immigrating from England with a new wife in 1952, he had a tough time till he got into the advertising industry in graphic design, advertising sales and sales promotion. “I was a Mad Man before anyone ever heard of that term,� he says. His family grew to have four daughters and he became active in education. He designed an “adventure playground� for one school that became a model for many others, and he initiated Art Week, an artist in the school program that continues to this day. In the late 1970s he started branching out and founded The Great Canadian Craft Company, designing and selling craft kits for major department and craft stores. The company was later sold to Lewiscraft, where he continued to work to design craft school courses. He participated in many local art guilds in and around Leaside, including the Don Valley Art Club, the Scarborough Guild of Arts, the Markham Guild, and the Niagara Art Association. Then he founded The Smithy and brought a different approach to being a teacher: “My goal was, and still is, to provide the space and, hopefully, the inspiration for each student to develop their talent at their own pace. I see myself more as a coach than a teacher, more as a mentor than an instructor.� Over the years, The Smithy has operated out of several different locations along Laird, but the students just follow him. Most of them today have been with him for over 20 years, even though he now teaches just one day a week, spending much of the rest of the time sipping lattes. But he is still painting and showing his work at many galleries in Toronto, including Leaside’s own Studio 51 Design and Art Gallery on Laird.
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A few years ago he had a heart attack and had bypass surgery. When the folks at Olde Yorke noticed his absence they sent flowers to the hospital. “It was one of those reminders that Leaside is still very much like a small town,” he says. John H. Smith has participated in the Bayview Art Tour for over 10 years and, despite some health challenges, is not about to miss the 13th annual tour. He will be displaying some of his work Oct. 5-6 at 40 Southvale Dr. Betsy Smith, a Leaside resident, is John H. Smith’s daughter. n
Bless your pets Dogs, cats, budgies, hermit crabs and fish are invited to church! St. Augustine’s at Bayview and Broadway is holding its first Blessing of Animals, at 7 p.m. on Friday Oct. 4, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. Pet owners or pet lovers are invited to bring pets of all kinds. The service will last about half an hour, including a fun Bible reading about Balaam’s talking donkey, some re-jigged hymns (along with which dogs are invited to howl), and a personal blessing for each pet. Surprises are promised. n
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By BECKY WHITE Final count of my plea for dog accessories: 222 collars, 94 leashes and 31 body harnesses were donated, plus five garbage bags full of new dog items like winter jackets, sweaters, portable water bowls, blankets and life preservers! The latter were donated by a woman who had extra inventory after closing her pet store. Most of the donations were flown to Nunavut in mid September by a team of Canadian vets and volunteers for CAAT, the Canadian Animal Assistance Team. There were some donations that were not even asked for and were too heavy to fly into Nunavut, metal dog bowls and some toys. I took the feeding dishes to the Toronto Humane Society last weekend and they were thrilled! I also took some donated toys that were too heavy to ship plus a large bag of towels from a local senior moving out of a big home into a condo. Remaining donations unable to go on this trip will go on other trips with CAAT in the future.
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The photo shows my two labs, Ember and Abby. I had dumped the donations out on my kitchen floor to count them. My dogs were intrigued by the smells on some of them that had been worn before by other pooches. :)
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assortment of great bargains: furniture, small appliances, clothes, etc., in 15 departments. Proceeds fund both the church programs and outreach programs. Leaside resident John Morgan is also known as Leaside’s soccer man. Since 1975 Leaside-East Soccer has been organizing games for kids and youth in Leaside, Bennington Heights and surrounding communities of Flemingdon Park and Thorncliffe Park. In celebration of Leaside 100, Morgan designed this year’s crest to recognize the anniversary. “Hopefully, it will remind at least some of the kids of the history,” he says. The final tournament weekend for Leaside-East Soccer took place mid-September at fields in Flemingdon Park and Leaside High School. The annual event included over 1,500 kids and youth, followed by the adult soccer finals a week later. At the site of the new hockey arena, curlers and swimmers no longer have to wend their way through a pathway to reach the pool and clubhouse. “The parking lot is now freshly paved and is spacious and bigger than expected. The arena looks beautiful,” reports Peter O’Neil, communications chair at Leaside Curling Club.
Speaking of curling, the official season there began the week of Sept. 22. “Open House at the curling club was Sept. 5,” says O’Neil, “It was the busiest we have seen in years – 100 plus new members signed up so far.” He also notes that Mixed League and Women’s Wednesday evenings may still have openings available. Congratulations to Leaside Lawn Bowling Club, host this year to Cystic Fibrosis Lawn Summer Nights. Proceeds from the event at last count were over $53,000 for the Toronto and District Chapter of Cystic Fibrosis Canada. Held at various clubs across Canada, the fundraiser was started by a young Canadian women who died of cystic fibrosis in 2010. Typical of the event, the Leaside Summer Nights attracted young people, many new to lawn bowling, dressed in costume. Community program groups in Leaside have a chance to raise their profile and promote what they do at a special Celebration Event Sunday, Nov. 24 in celebration of Leaside 100. Sport clubs, arts, cultural, community groups — sign up for this special Community Trade Show. Call Councillor John Parker's office for more information,
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Howard Birnie has been coaching baseball at Talbot Park and volunteering with the Leaside Baseball Association for more than 50 years. He has also been an umpire, not only in Leaside but also for national championship, World Junior Championship and professional games. However his primary concern has always been the LBA. During the past 40 years as its president, he has worked hard to provide a first rate environment within which two generations of Leaside boys could play baseball, doing whatever tasks needed. Howard Birnie is a Leaside institution.
Teri-Lynn Black-Calleri | Skating
(1937 – )
(1963 – )
Teri-Lynn Black-Calleri and her partner Mirko Savic were the Canadian Junior Ice Dance Champions in 1982. Four years later she became a coach for the Leaside Skating Club, a position she has held for 27 years during which she became a lasting influence on hundreds of young skaters. Many of them have achieved gold medal status and have excelled in competition at the provincial and national levels. Black-Calleri has been nominated to Skate Canada on numerous occasions for the Coach of the Year Award. She continually holds the Skate Canada Gold status for commitment to ongoing professional development activities.
Catherine Carpenter Lansdowne
Speed Skating, Coaching
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Catherine Carpenter Lansdowne represented Ontario as a speed skater in the first Canada Winter Games in Saskatoon in 1971, winning two gold medals and a bronze. She represented Canada at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan and has spent the past 36 years as a phys-ed teacher at Leaside High School where she has coached volleyball, tennis, badminton and cross-country running, and been a significant influence on the lives of two generations of young women. Landsdowne lives in Leaside with her husband Dudley, who also taught at Leaside High, and two sons who are both accomplished hockey players.
John Child | Volleyball
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John Child represented Canada in beach volleyball at three consecutive Olympic Games – 1996, 2000 and 2004 – winning a bronze medal in Atlanta with his partner Mark Heese, and finishing fifth in both Sydney and Athens. After retiring from competitive play he founded the Leaside Volleyball Club which now offers both competitive and recreational playing opportunities to over 500 participants each year. Child and his wife Bridget have lived in North Leaside since 1994 and have two children.
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Rich Ferguson | Track and Field
(1931 – 1986)
Rich Ferguson lived in Leaside and attended Leaside High School before heading to Iowa University on an athletic scholarship. At age 19 he was ranked the top junior runner in North America. Ferguson represented Canada at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and at the 1954 British Empire (now Commonwealth) Games in Vancouver where he ran in the famous Miracle Mile race. Briton Roger Bannister had broken the four-minute mile barrier in England earlier that year only to be bested by his rival, Australian John Landy, just a few weeks later. Vancouver was the first time the two had run head to head. Both again broke the four-minute barrier with Rich Ferguson finishing third at 4:04.6, setting a Canadian record.
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Erica Gilbert served on the board of the Leaside Tennis Club from the 1960s, including three terms as president and over 25 years as membership secretary. She was a founding member of the Toronto Ladies Tennis League, where she sat on the board for over 40 years. She organised the Tennis Canada Junior Open which attracted children from across the country. For her lifetime of work as an umpire and volunteer Gilbert was inducted into the Tennis Canada Hall of Fame in 1998 and received the Ontario Tennis Association’s Distinguished Service Award in 2013. She now lives in Vancouver.
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Erica Gilbert | Tennis
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Peter Mahovlich Jr. came to Leaside from Timmins with his family as an eight-year-old boy when his older brother Frank was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs and his dad, Peter Mahovlich Sr., took a job running the pro shop at Leaside arena. He played hockey there before being drafted second overall by the Detroit Red Wings in 1963. His outstanding 16-year NHL career included stints in Detroit and Pittsburgh, bracketing nine seasons in Montreal as a key member of the Canadiens dynasty, winning the Stanley Cup in 1971, ’73, ’76 and ’77. He was also a member of Team Canada in the famous 1972 Summit Series. Peter Mahovlich is now a scout with the Florida Panthers.
Dr. Tom Pashby | Sports Safety
(1915 – 2005)
Dr. Tom (“Doc”) Pashby was a long-time baseball coach at Trace Manes Park and hockey coach at Leaside Gardens, where he was often called upon to stitch up injured players. This experience helped inspire his interest in sports safety. He became a leading advocate for mandatory helmets and face guards and led the fight for penalties for cross-checking and other actions that could lead to back or eye injuries. His pioneering efforts to promote sports safety earned him the Order of Canada and election as a builder to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. Doc Pashby lived in the same Leaside house for over 60 years until his death in 2005.
Dr. Ron Taylor | Baseball
(1937 – )
Ron Taylor played his minor sports in Leaside as a boy, including a couple of years of hockey at Leaside Gardens and baseball at Talbot Park, from the age of 8 until 17, when he was scouted and signed by the Cleveland Indians. He pitched for 11 seasons in the major leagues with Cleveland, the St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, New York Mets and San Diego Padres. He was on two World Series winning teams — the 1964 Cardinals and the 1969 "Miracle" Mets — and did not allow a single hit during his seven innings pitched in four World Series relief appearances. Following his playing career he earned his medical degree and served nearly 20 years as the team physician to the Toronto Blue Jays. Dr. Ron Taylor continues to practise medicine and has lived in Leaside since 1977.
Lloyd Woods | Lawn Bowling
(1928 – )
Lloyd Woods became greens director for the Leaside Lawn Bowling Club in 1970 and soon developed a reputation as the leading authority on the construction and maintenance of lawn bowling greens in Canada. He supervised the installation of many greens projects across the country, including the four-green facility built for the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia in 1994. He wrote the book on the subject, the Official’s Handbook – Bowling Green Maintenance and Management. Lloyd Woods also served a term as president of the Leaside Lawn Bowling Club in 1976. He is now retired and living in Ayr, Ontario.
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Birth of the sports hall of fame Since Allan Williams is a sport fan, it seemed natural to him that in the 100th anniversary of Leaside there should be some commemoration of its sports history. Since he’s vice-chair of the Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, and since there was going to be a new rink added, he saw a natural coupling: a Leaside sports hall of fame in the arena. He also thought, he says, that it would be good to “create something that would extend beyond the 100th anniversary”. Since Councillor John Parker is also on the arena board, Williams mentioned the idea to him “and he was very supportive…. He encouraged me to run with it, suggesting that I involve David Stickney. “David’s unparalleled knowledge of Leaside's sports history has been critical to getting us this far. “I spoke with the presidents or other contacts from every Leaside sports association or club that I could identify and, without exception, they all enthusiastically got on board.”
The next step was deciding where to put the hall. In a way, that came before the idea of a hall of fame. “In the planning of the arena expansion, the members of the arena board and expansion committee came to think of the large corridor between the original rink and the new rink as new community space, or a community asset, and we wondered what we should do with it. “For one thing it would house the donor recognition wall where we would pay tribute to those whose financial contributions helped make the new rink possible “I also thought there could be something profiling Leaside's history, including the strong sports tradition in the community.” Where else? Then the real work started. Williams credits the following for much of the hard work: Ray White, Roanne Argyle, Neil Anderson, John Morgan, Phillip Francis, Rita Lee, Kathy Mackenzie and Tim McCutcheon. n
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LPOA moves temporarily
Leaside Life columnist Karen Fraser has leaped to the rescue of the First Nations School of Toronto. As executive director of the charitable Learning Support Council she was asked to help find backpacks for the school’s 100 first-year students who all showed up without them. She arranged for Sleuth of Baker Street, 907 Millwood, to accept donations of used to good backpacks during its open hours, Thursday to Saturday 10-6, Sunday 12-4.
Because of renovations to the Trace Manes building, LPOA’s regular meetings have to move or October, November and possibly for December. It will continue to meet at 7:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month (next meeting Oct. 2), at Leaside Presbyterian Church, 670 Eglinton East, in the Quilting Room. Deputants and observers are welcome. n
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William wanted to become more involved in the church and became a minister here. His wife Muriel worked for the Bay in the high end ladies wear department called The Room. The two passed away peacefully at 95 and 91. Gordon became involved in politics. He worked behind the scenes and helped run campaigns. Working with customers in the Groceteria had taught him how to talk and communicate with people. Looking back on his experiences, David now attributes his success as a real estate agent to the personal skills and values, such as how to treat people properly, to the environment he grew up in. n
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Although virtually everything we wear comes from off shore, one of the very few Canadian clothing manufacturers still existing is right here in Leaside. Parkhurst Knitting has been making sweaters, scarfs, hats and gloves, providing employment and paying taxes in the Leaside industrial area since 1946. It has two plants. The original fronts on Research but extends north to Vanderhoof. Vanderhoof is now an extremely significant street in our industrial area because Vanderhoof, not Eglinton, defines the northern boundary of the industrial area. In 1998, basing its decision on recommendations made by the East York planning staff, which had been implemented by East York Council in 1990 and 1992, the Ontario Municipal Board moved the boundary south from Eglinton to Vanderhoof east of Brentcliffe when it approved an application to allow mixed residential and commercial uses north of Vanderhoof on property previously owned by Phillips Electronics. That’s why today our industrial area, called the Leaside Business Park (LBP) has a residential component consisting of townhouses and two high rise apartment buildings with a third high rise under construction. In the original proposal the developer claimed that, “The project will create 4,000 additional permanent jobs,� apparently to be located in the office buildings that it also promised to build. To date there are no office buildings and no 4,000 permanent jobs. Currently another developer wants to extend those same land uses west of Brentcliffe to build a seven-storey office building and four more high rise apartment towers. And what about the proposed office condo development on Wicksteed well east of Brentcliffe in the heart of the industrial area that Dag Entorning, president of LBP, has called inconsistent with the existing manufacturing and industrial uses and a death blow to the industrial area? How will all this impact on industries such as Parkhurst? Louis Borsook, the founder of Parkhurst, was a key member of the Leaside Industrial Association organized while I was mayor of East York.
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He like other association members insisted that the area remain exclusively industrial. Commercial and residential development, the association members told me, generates traffic that interferes with their deliveries and the shipment of their products. Nearby residents and shoppers often object to the noise and odours that some industries generate. Commercial and residential development also raises land values making it attractive for industry to sell out and move on for that reason alone. The only dissenting voice on the association at that time was Vince Benedetto, whose company Kosmor had purchased the Phillips Electonics property. Later Kosmor took East York to the OMB forcing the approval of the present residential development in our industrial area. Parkhurst sells its products not only in Canada but in the USA, Europe, Australia and Israel. A former client of mine was surprized when I told him that Parkhurst was still manufacturing in Canada because for years now he, like virtually every other former Canadian clothing manufacturer, has been importing garments from Asia. How, he asked, can Parkhurst survive? Parkhurst could make a very nice profit by selling out to a condo developer, exporting its jobs to and importing its sweaters from Bangladesh. Do we really want Parkhurst and our other remaining industries to survive in Leaside? If we do we should be helping not hindering them. The provincial government’s Smart Growth Act aimed at containing urban sprawl requires Toronto to increase its residential housing density. The city has responded with an Official Plan providing for increased residential density on main streets. According to the Globe and Mail on April 20, 2013, Toronto’s new chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat “is ď ľ
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keen on midrise development because it spreads development beyond the traditional core. She also wants to stem the loss of employment lands that help keep industry in Toronto.” The potential loss of 700 jobs at Quality Meat Packers in downtown Toronto as a result of complaints from nearby newly built condos, as reported in the Toronto Star on July 5, 2013, presents Ms. Keesmaat with a real dilemma. Our industrial area now referred to by the city as the Leaside Employment Area presents her with another dilemma. How to preserve an employment area while increasing residential density on or near Eglinton to provide the ridership increase allegedly needed to make the new Eglinton subway-LRT profitable? When I served as mayor of East York the planners told Metro Council in 1980 that a subway-LRT was necessary to accommodate the then existing traffic. The original Leaside Official Plan clearly separated our high rise apartments in Thorncliffe from our industrial area east of Laird and our other residential and commercial areas west of Laird and north of Eglinton. As far as our industrial area is concerned that plan is now in a shambles. With more and more residential and commercial development on its doorstep how long will it be before Parkhurst and our other industries move elsewhere or just close down altogether? n
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The project has been discussed in Leaside Life several times and things are finally coming to a head. The owner has appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board and the final report for the zoning by-law amendment application was before the North York Community Council on Sept. 10. What has that got to do with this column which focusses on heritage? But it IS about the built-form character of the Leaside residential community. It is also not about the post office; that is only from the 1950s. There are simply no eight-storey buildings in South Leaside. Several land conversions to condominiums that occurred in the late 1980s on Millwood, close to the site, have a maximum height of five storeys. From the very beginning this proposal for an eight-storey condominium has misunderstood its context, at an important entry point to the Leaside community. The Leaside Property Owners’ Association (full disclosure, I am a vice-president) together with the neighbours of the proposed development, in a letter to the committee dated Sept. 9 expressed their concerns about the tenor of the city planning staff report in indicating “support in principle” of the application, being conditional upon some matters being resolved to the satisfaction of the director, i.e. transition on the west and south sides of the building, the building element at the Malcolm/Laird corner. The letter also pointed out that this project has been under consideration since the beginning of 2012, and the community has called repeatedly for consultation. In the end there has been some consultation, but ultimately it had negligible effect in reducing the impact of the project. The letter went on to say that given that the relief offered by the project proponent is so minor, it is utterly inappropriate for city staff to be “generally in support… the outstanding concerns are indeed major, and specific limits should be specified on density, height and setbacks at this time”. The letter recommended that the report not be approved as submitted, but the matter be deferred to allow for further consultations with the councillor and residents. At the North York Council meeting Councillor John Parker put forward a motion to reject the staff
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--You may remember back in March we wrote about the “tower house” that appeared just north of McRae on Rumsey, the result of an appeal of a Committee of Adjustment decision to the Ontario Municipal Board. The street has a house that towers above the general height line, and may represent an unfortunate precedent, potentially inviting more projects that do not “fit” the street. However a surprising new development is that the newly completed house is now up for sale. The OMB decision states that the owner “proposed to construct a third-storey addition above the existing twostorey dwelling to accommodate his family which includes four children.” Makes one wonder whether the OMB was hoodwinked? Not for the first time I am sure. --The Elgie family home, 262 Bessborough Dr., one of the three remaining Leaside settler homes, has been a quiet file for a while, but is set to spring into action soon. The city staff’s heritage assessment to consider whether or not to designate the property under the Ontario Heritage Act is on the agenda of the Toronto Preservation Board for Oct. 3. Assuming they recommend designation, the key issue will be which elements of the house they recommend be designated as this would affect what the developer could do with the property. The date of the development application to go to the Committee of Adjustment had not been confirmed by the paper’s deadline but could have been as early as Sept. 25. Stay tuned for further details. n
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report and ask the city solicitor to retain an outside planner to handle this matter through to the end of the Ontario Municipal Board appeal process. This motion was subsequently given unanimous approval. John Parker stated in discussion afterward that he felt that this approach held the greatest chance of reducing the massing of the building. I can say on behalf of the LPOA that we agree. So expect more on this. The battle has commenced. The strategy is risky. But the future of the built-form character of Leaside is at stake.
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Scenic condos: The two new Scenic condominium towers on Eglinton east of Brentcliffe were approved at the OMB many years ago and have a history that goes back long before that. A third building was also approved years ago but has yet to undergo construction. The developer recently surprised us all with notice of its intention to bring a committee of adjustment application to revise the approved plan by increasing the total number of units while leaving the building's dimensions unchanged (that is to say, to make the units smaller and increase the total number of them). I responded by requiring the applicant to sponsor a public meeting this past summer at which neighbouring residents and business operators were able to hear first hand about this proposal and express their questions and concerns. The matter has yet to come to the committee for a hearing. When it does I intend to ask that the applicant be required to conform to the terms of the original OMB settlement agreement. Garden Court: The Garden Court apartments on Bayview are known far and wide for their innovative design and beautiful garden setting. They are a Leaside treasure. The tranquility of their design has been disturbed recently, however, by the owner's application to convert the ownership ď ľ
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Kelvingrove (Talbot) apartments: I regret that the city lacked jurisdiction to prevent the extraordinarily insensitive evacuation of residents from the red brick Kelvingrove apartments on Bayview this summer as the owner of that property prepares to make massive renovations. I convened a public meeting at which city staff and tenant advisors provided as much help and advice as possible. I also met with building manage-
2 Laird: The new owner of the former post office site at 2 Laird Dr. is pushing forward with a proposal to redevelop the property with a terraced multi-residential building peaking at eight storeys at the east end. For several months I have convened meetings with city planning staff, local residents, and representatives of the LPOA to coordinate the response to this application. Clearly anticipating a defeat at North York Community Council, the applicant appealed to the OMB at the first opportunity. At September's Community Council meeting I introduced a motion – which passed unanimously – committing the city to oppose the applicant's OMB appeal and to apply the necessary resources towards that end. n
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regime from rental apartment to condominium. To be successful, the owner must overcome a number of hurdles established by City of Toronto policy directed at protecting the availability of affordable rental accommodation. I convened a public meeting at the beginning of the summer at which the owner, residents, and members of the general public were made aware of the issues and procedures related to this process. A separate meeting for residents only was held later the same evening. My intention is to hold this application to the strict application of the city's policy constraints.
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be holding public meetings in each part of Leaside, to collect your information and present recommendations based on your input. Second, your involvement will be key, whether by filling out a detailed questionnaire about traffic issues and problems on or near your street, or by attending meetings. We want this study to reflect your opinion. And third, it is not too late to make a difference. We face numerous challenges: speeding and increased traffic throughout Leaside at all hours, not just in peak periods or only on certain streets; retail and high-density residential developments, both proposed and already being built; and congestion during the construction period for the Eglinton LRT, especially near the Bayview/Eglinton and Laird/Eglinton stations-to-be. But Leaside is not doomed! There are numerous measures, tailored to each street, that can be put into place for a positive impact. Some fear that measures that help one street, or one area, will automatically harm another. These fears are unfounded: our study is pledged to protect all residential streets, in both north and south Leaside, and to avoid transferring flowthrough traffic onto adjacent streets. Some ask: do we need a locallyrun traffic study if the city is going to embark on a larger one? The answer is yes. The proposed (but not yet funded) city study’s terms of reference call for measures to “optimize our existing infrastructure” to move traffic “more efficiently” through Leaside. Everything LPOA has heard from you over the years tells us that Leasiders are more interested in reducing existing commuter and retail-oriented traffic, and lowering speed. The LPOA study is your study, reflecting your priorities. I hope that soon I will be able to report to you in more detail, as we get underway. ---
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In the early 1990s I thought I might like to take a look at what was then the local University Women’s Club and see what they did. I was terrified that they might actually ask to see a university transcript, to see if I was acceptable, and I certainly wasn’t going to let anyone have a look at that. To my relief, they took my word and I paid my money to join for the next several years. I stayed until I decamped to join a church choir, having to leave since both took place on Thursday evenings. Talking to Pam Scott, a two-time president of the club, about the current version of the Canadian Federation of University Women, CFUW – Leaside-East York, I was pleased to see that some things remained the same. There is an issues and actions group to follow up and speak locally on a variety of issues that are policy of the national group. Le Groupe Francais continues to meet regularly and whether it is going for a meal, to a movie, theatre or a book discussion, all the conversation is in French.
Girls. Who might you find there? Women of all ages, many of them from Leaside, some from East York and some from further afield, approximately 90 of them. The annual dues of $110 pay for the routine running of the club. In addition, there is a separate scholarship fund. For the past years, the money contributed has been sufficient to provide for a scholarship of $1,500 awarded to each of three girls from Marc Garneau Secondary, Leaside High and East York Collegiate in university. As well as the monthly generalinterest meetings, and the two special groups mentioned above, there are other groups – book groups, bridge groups, gourmet, the outdoor group, special events, theology and world affairs, and you can attend as many of these groups as you can fit into your schedule. A special fundraiser is a pot-luck dinner to support a woman teacher of girls in Afghanistan. At the last dinner, $1,200 was raised. You can learn more at www.leaside.org/cfuw When they kick me out of my church choir, I’ll be back. n
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One of the big changes in recent years is that a university degree is no longer a pre-requisite to joining. Any woman who supports the CFUW aims and objectives of advocacy for education and women’s rights and the participation of women in public affairs is welcomed. Scott was telling me that she first heard of the group from a friend when she was at home with three small children. They are now all over 40, and she continues to enjoy her connection to CFUW. As she says, “My life has been enriched. I’ve met wonderful people.” So, come the third Thursday in October and subsequent third Thursdays, you might think about going to Northlea United Church at 125 Brentcliffe Rd., starting at 7:30 p.m. to see what goes on. Most of the meetings have a featured speaker. This month it is Cathy Marie Buchanan, author of The Painted
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