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No. 3 • February 2012
Leaside Life
Having fun in the water __ P-22
OMG how we’ve changed!
Are we becoming Digerati? Less than 30 years ago Leaside was considered the stronghold of a frugal, middle-class mature white man’s enclave. Or, depending on who you were, B-O-R-I-N-G. OMG, how we’ve changed! It’s not just what everyone can see – the big new houses replacing the old bungalows, the increasing parking problems, the growing number of restaurants on Bayview, the influx of young families with kids, the plans for more plazas…. That didn’t happen out of the OUR, Page 12
Trust fund for the three kids A trust account has been set up for the three young children of Lisa Lebitka, the Leaside woman who died over the New Year holiday. Contributions can be made at any Scotiabank in the name of the Donaldson Children’s Trust, account number 245960020915. Representatives of the family expressed appreciation on their behalf, thanking the entire Leaside community for its continued support during this time, including several sports teams which have indicated an interest in raising funds for the trust. ■
THE GROWING NUMBER of restaurants here has helped Dom Badali’s grocery store on Bayview cope with customer loss due to the growing number of supermarkets. The restaurants buy from him.
Life has been getting tougher – and the parking! “Nothing’s the same” compared to 30 years ago, says Dom Badali, of Badali’s grocery on Bayview. “Everybody cooked at home. Today there is all that fast food now. People don’t eat the way they used to. “And there are more new and bigger stores opening. There was only Loblaws and Dominion as competition years ago. Every time a big store opens I lose a customer.” As a result life has been getting tougher for the store the last 20 years, he says. But the growth of the num-
ber of restaurants in Leaside has been a boon in the past 10 years. They buy from him. As a result his spoilage is much less. “Also there was no parking problem then,” he recalls. “Now people get fed up parking on the street here” because they get so many tickets. “It’s not too bad an idea during the day, but after seven they should take it easy. People are on the street having dinner in the restaurants. There should be some leeway.” Badali’s was started in 1938 by his grandmother, his father and an uncle. Now he is the owner with his mother and brother. ■