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No. 50 • June 2016
Leaside Life leasidelifenews.com
Skunk steals his scene –––
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t seems a long time since our first issue December 2011. There are many memories, but most important right I U THAN K YO now is the support we’ve received from readers and advertisers. Our readers have said we are important to for this the community, and you have passed on information, th edition of written many letters and articles. Our advertisers, without 50 whom we would not exist, have been with us since the days, some because they just want to support the Leaside Life early community. That’s why we are saying thank you, to you. ■
LPOA survey results PAGE 6
The Battle of the Billboard PAGE 23
DANIEL GIRARD
Leaside will not be split PAGE 30 Left to right: Matt, Heather and Will McCallum share a love of baseball.
Leaside’s biggest baseball season By DANIEL GIRARD About the only thing missing from Matt McCallum’s baseball debut was a Jose Bautistaesque bat flip. It would have been fitting since the success of Bautista and the Toronto Blue Jays have created the largest registration ever for the Leaside Baseball Association (LBA). Wearing a new uniform – No. 10 on the back, Beavers emblazoned on the front – and playing with new friends, Matt, 9, belted a three-run home run in just his second career at-bat in the season opener of the LBA Senior Rookie Ball House League in early May.
BASEBALL, Page 4
TRAFFIC MEETING Traffic problems, a major concern expressed by Leasiders when answering its recent survey, is the subject of an LPOA consultation meeting to present its traffic study’s objectives and goals. Leaside Gardens’ William Lea Room, 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 21.