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Summer wraps up with festivals, corn roast Had your share of fresh corn this summer? Head to Montgomery’s Inn on Thursday, Sept. 5 from 5 to 8 p.m. for its annual corn roast in its wood-burning oven. Take in the bake sale, barbecued hot dogs, local produce, bluegrass music and west-end Toronto heritage organizations’ displays at the inn at 4709 Dundas St. W. at Islington Avenue. Bring your lawn chairs and marshmallows. enior centre’s big wsgarage sale Seek some finds Saturday, Sept. 7 at Islington Seniors’ Centre’s annual garage sale. Find housewares, vintage items, crafts, fabrics, seasonal and home decor and more at centre at 4968 Dundas St. W. near Burnhamthorpe Road from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. First annual shorefront festival Take in the Shorefront Festival this weekend.

Lakeshore Village Business Improvement Area presents its Shorefront Festival on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. along Lake Shore Boulevard West from First Street to Twelfth Street. Enjoy local shopping, a kids zone, vendors alley, music, seniors cafe, buskers and more. Star of the Shore talent competition for ages eight to 18 offers a first-place prize of $500 plus second and thirdplace prizes. Elvis impersonators John Cigan performs at 6 p.m. followed by James Begley. Both Elvises will then judge the Elvis Star all-ages competition at 7 p.m. Fun for everyone at extravaganza Etobicoke residents are invited to celebrate a successful first week back to school on Saturday, Sept. 7 at Franklin Horner Community Centre’s 9th annual Family Fun Fair Extravaganza. The event, which takes

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feature 19th and 20th century decorative arts, silver, period and decorative furniture, antique jewelry, vintage clothing and accessories, pottery, porcelains, collectibles and china. The antique market returns to Cloverdale on Sunday, Oct. 6 and Sunday, Nov. 3. It is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Great Balls of Fire! Tonka blows fire during last year’s Franklin Horner Extravaganza. The fun fair is back this Saturday.

place on the centre’s grounds at 432 Horner Ave. (between Kipling Avenue and Brown’s Line), runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Billed as “fun for all ages”, the Extravaganza will feature plenty of food and drink, live entertainment, local vendors and a Kids’ Fun Zone. For more information on

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brush up on your e-skills Want to learn basic computer, Internet and library research skills? Toronto Public Library holds classes monthly in computer and library training at its Albion branch at 1515 Albion Rd. For dates and times, call the branch at 416-394-5170.

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the notoriety that comes with being the former site of the alleged Mayor Rob Ford crack tape, the event on Police once again descended in full Wednesday, Aug. 28 was a muchforce upon Etobicoke’s ofttimes needed day of fun. It was organized troubled Dixon Road community as much to cement police outreach last week – but the celebratory scene efforts in the community as it was stood in stark contrast to that of to celebrate the grand opening of June’s Project Traveller. both a new children’s book lendInstead of SWAT helmets and ing library and computer learning flak gear, most of facility. the officers from 23 “It’s good since Division’s Somali some people are It’s good since some h e l p i n g u s a n d Liaison Unit (SLU) people are helping us keeping the bad in attendance at Wednesday’s comand keeping the bad guys away,” said munity party donned 12-year-old Zainab guys away. Hassan, shor tly T-shirts and smiles. – Zainab Hassan, 12 And rather than after checking out the new library at rounding up bad guys, a mounted offi320 Dixon Rd. and cer lined three dozen or so giggling the new computer lab at 330 Dixon kids up to race his horse around the Rd. complex’s grassy courtyard, while The two new facilities at the other officers helped to distribute housing complex are the result of free books and flipped hot dogs on a partnership between local police the barbecue. – namely the SLU – city staff, Albion In a community still reeling from Neighbourhood Services, and the

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Some of the kids who look forward to using the new computer lab at 330 Dixon Rd. include, from left, Maryan Abdirahman, Hayaid Saladfarah, Amina Alassan, Aisha Hassan, Muna Abdirahman, Zainab Hassan, and Mohamed Mahmoud. The space was built by community volunteers and local agencies.

countless local residents who have chipped in to make the project a reality. For the officers involved, the project has been all about bringing the community together.

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At left, Anisa Musse, 9, and Salma Yusuf, 6, race Const. Doug McCaw and his horse Davis around the courtyard, while at right, Angela Rebelo, 10, shows off free books she got courtesy of the Children’s Book Bank.

“For us, it’s about supporting the community, particularly after the events of the Traveller arrests and takedowns. We want to make sure that we fill those voids with outreach programs and let the community know we’re here to support them,” Supt. Ron Taverner, Unit Commander at 23 Division, said of the inroads his officers have made in the Dixon Road community over the summer. CNB Computers donated 20 computers to Dixon’s new lab, while Home Depot and Lowe’s supported the project with various supplies, and the Children’s Book Bank supplied all of the books for the new lending library. Now that both the library and computer lab are ready for business, Albion Neighbourhood Services’ Lisa Kostakis said her team will help implement programming at the facilities – from a homework club, to story time sessions, to an arts and crafts corner, to resume writing and basic computer skills workshops for adults. The key to ensuring program sus-

tainability into the future, Kostakis said, is community involvement. “It’s all about working collaboratively together to build the capacity,” she said. “Everyone is working together to provide services that are going to be sustainable using community member involvement and leadership. It’s for the community, by the community. If the community has the buy-in, then it’s going to be sustainable. Ownership is important.” With volunteers like Ayan Omar and Amina Gure, rallying community involvement doesn’t look to be a problem. The women, both mothers who are longtime residents of the Dixon Road complex, said they signed on to help turn the tide in their embattled community. “We’re trying to make a difference; we’re trying to change our image,” Omar said. “We don’t want one bad apple to ruin it for all.” Do you know of people doing good work building a better community for their neighbours? Email us at etg@insidetoronto.com

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Wanted: a proper discussion on cycling

umping on your bicycle and hitting the streets of Toronto has become a complicated issue. It gets the backs up of both cyclists and motorists. Each side has complaints about the other: cyclists disobey the rules of the road; motorists don’t look out for cyclists. This kind of two-way antagonism helps no one, it only fuels fires that seem easily sparked. There has been much cycling talk lately. The city’s chief planner, Jennifer Keesmaat, teamed up with Cycle Toronto and took the cycling discussion on the road – on her bike. Using hydro corridors to allow for dedicated cycling, and of course dedicated bike lanes across the city all deserve listening to. On the heels of a study by University of Toronto PhD student Adrian Verster, who created a list of 50 dangerous intersections for cyclists in the city, a discussion on how to best implement cycling in Toronto is needed. And quickly. The supposed ‘war on the car our view /bicycle’ needs to stop. It serves no one. And with the city’s popuIntegrated lation growing quickly, cycling will become an ever-increasingplan for of transportation for many cycling a must mode people. Not surprisingly, the most dangerous intersections to cycle in the city are located in the old city of Toronto – on Bloor and Queen streets. However, there are dangerous intersections for cyclists across the city, including Lake Shore Boulevard West and Park Lawn Road in Etobicoke (#50). If news reports prove anything, it is that there is always the chance you can get hurt – even killed – while riding your bike. It doesn’t matter where you ride your bike. Ontario Minister of Transportation Glen Murray announced on Friday the province’s 20-year vision for cycling, with the goal to make Ontario the number one province for cycling in Canada. This ambitious goal will need funding, dedication, and a clear vision tailored to each city across Ontario. A cookie-cutter approach will not work. The entirety of Toronto City Council is not expected to meet until October, but they are all back to work after Labour Day, including local community council meetings set for Sept. 10. Torontonians should not shy away from pushing for a proper, integrated cycling plan for the city. It’s been long discussed, much maligned, and often ignored. Councillors in the downtown core raise the issue often, but this should not be another downtown versus suburbs discussion.

Write us The Etobicoke Guardian welcomes letters of 400 words or less. All submissions must include name, address and a daytime telephone number for verification purposes. We reserve the right to edit, condense or reject letters. Copyright in letters remains with the author but the publisher and affiliates may freely reproduce them in print, electronic or other forms. Letters can be sent to letters@ insidetoronto.com, or mailed to The Etobicoke Guardian, 175 Gordon Baker Rd. Toronto, ON, M2H 0A2.

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Getting down with school terminology

ell moms and dads, how would you grade yourself in the helping out with the homework department now that the new school year has started? And be honest now. If you’ve got little ones new to the school system, no doubt a solid “A” is in order. We can all still hold our own with that group, I’m pretty sure. Alas, if you’ve got older kids, chances are you’re looking farther down the alphabet. A lot farther. Likely with a telescope. It has nothing to do with the curriculum getting more and more advanced, either. It’s being confronted once again with the same terminology we struggled with when we were that age. It was tough enough to understand a lot of the words and phrases they were giving us when we were seeing them every day. What chance do

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY we have now of figuring them out after such a long hiatus? Well, not to worry. You don’t have to feel intimidated anymore when a teenager asks you to explain something to them. I’ve provided the definitions for what are traditionally some of the more difficult concepts to grasp. 1. Hypotenuse. A vase hanging on a rope from the ceiling. 2. The value of Pi. The ability to turn even the blandest piece of ice cream into a mouth-watering delicacy. 3. Logarithm A lumberjack really getting down. 4. Misplaced modifier. It’s either in your purse or handbag next to the keys and the fob you can’t find.

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You don’t have to feel intimidated anymore when a teenager asks you to explain something to them. I’ve provided the definitions.

5. The second law of thermodynamics? The one snuggled in between the first and third laws of thermodynamics. 6. Square root. A root that just isn’t with it. 7. A proper fraction. A fraction that gets it. 8. Past participle. A participle whose 15 minutes of fame are officially up. 9. Axiom What Jack used to chop down the beanstalkiom. 10. The periodic table. A table used infrequently. Like that fancy shmancy one gathering dust in the corner of the dining room that you only bring out to try and impress guests on the holi-

days. 11. An irregular verb. One that could definitely use more fibre. 12. The pluperfect. A plu that always remembers to say please and thank you, doesn’t put gum in his baby sister’s hair and when he goes to rent a DVD with his mom’s credit card, picks up a romantic movie for her such as Pretty Woman and not one for himself such as The Adventures of Wyatt Burp or the Flatulence Chronicles. Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist, who takes writing very seriously. The topics? Not so much. His column appears every Tuesday. Contact him at jamie.wayne@sympatico.ca

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Ward 3 appointment vote undemocratic Mural, mural on the wall: learn the artform at upcoming workshops To the editor: I am appalled at city councillors who voted in favour of appointing their own chosen representative as the replacement for former Etobicoke Centre councillor Doug Holyday. This act is a direct violation of the constituents’ democratic right to elect the representative of their own choosing. The fact that councillors chose to do so is alarming and it is clear

that they place their own political agendas above the democratic rights of the voters. Torontonians should be sure to know which politicians voted for an appointment, and vote against them in the next election. Further, we should all find out what recourse we have as voters to challenge the validity of the rule which currently allows city councillors to bypass our demo-

cratic rights and appoint a representative of their choosing. This should be deemed unconstitutional and immediately scratched from the rules governing city council. Any rule which denies our democratic rights must be dealt with in a very serious and immediate manner to safeguard our democracy. We should all be up in arms about this.

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Voters’ rights to democracy ignored To the editor: The decision by city council last week to bypass voters’ rights to democracy and appoint a caretaker in Ward 3, will no doubt disappoint residents and lead many to ask, ‘what’s the point of politics?’ With voter participation rates continuing to slide in Canada, one has to wonder what councillors were thinking. They did not even abide by their own policy, and

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instead made it up as they went along. In 10 days of door-to-door discussions with Ward 3 residents prior to Monday’s decision, over 90 per cent of the people that I spoke to agreed that it should be their right to choose the next councillor and signed a petition saying so. That petition was given to council last Monday. An appointed person will not have the same motivation and willingness to respond

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promptly and thoroughly to constituents’ concerns and requests for information. As the former Toronto District School Board trustee for Etobicoke Centre, I know that being elected means that you have to listen to your constituents and address their concerns without delay. An appointed person has no such motivation. It was a bad day for the democratic process. John F. Campbell

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Etobicoke Centennial Choir (ECC) hosts an open rehearsal for interested singers on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at Humber Valley United Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd. Budding vocalists can sing with the choir, meet the conductor and the choristers and see what the choir has to offer. Contact Lauren Mayer

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Work out your vocal chords and satisfy your craving for singing with The Harmony Singers. The long-running three-part women’s chorus is seeking new members, especially second sopranos and altos. Rehearsals take place every Monday evening from 7:30 to 9:45 p.m. at Martin Grove United Church, 75 Pergola Rd. Membership fees apply. Visit www.harmonysingers.ca or call music director Harvey Patterson at 416-239-5821.

The Loose Leaf Poets and Writers group meets on the third Monday of the month for an evening of poetry reading, enjoyment, food and performances by Toronto-based acoustic musicians. The next monthly gathering takes place Sept. 16 from 7 to 10 p.m. at The Maple Leaf Grill, (back room), 2749 Lakeshore Blvd. W. Visit www. looseleafpoetswriters.com Try this brush on for

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A safe place for kids, teens to heal The George Hull Centre helps families cope with anxiety, mental illness, addiction

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J had been a hopeless, vulnerable teen. He was violent, emotional. His time as a Crown ward had been challenging, traumatic. He thought he had no future. Everyone had given up on him. Then he came to the George Hull Centre for Children and Families, a children’s mental health agency in central Etobicoke. A decade later, he spoke of being healed. “The centre promised to never give up on me, and while I was initially skeptical, it has proven true to this day,” he said. “I have no doubt had my challenges, but I have also had my successes. Every single member of the George Hull Centre feels like family to me. There isn’t one day that passes that I don’t talk of my positive experiences...”

   Since 1985, the George Hull Centre’s staff of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, early childhood educators, speech and language pathologists, child and youth workers and educators have worked together on multidisciplinary teams to provide assessment, treatment and consultation to the child, family and the broader community. The centre offers clinical services; groups for teens, children and parents; residential homes for boys and girls that includes a school program for grades 6 to 12 students, as well as Clear Directions, a collaborative program with Breakaway Addiction Services and the Toronto public school board, uses a harm reduction philosophy to help youth ages 18 and younger who are struggling with serious substance abuse and mental health issues. There is no fee for service. Families experiencing parent-adolescent conflict

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Leticia Gracia, manager of community clinic at the George Hull Centre for Children and Families chats with a client.

attend three intensive sessions over six weeks to help with communication difficulties, some unresolved painful experience not talked about or understanding each other better.

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It can be mild anxiety or it can be absolutely life-stopping: kids who won’t go to school... because they can’t get out of the house. – Leticia Gracia, community clinic manager

A clinician will see families for as many as eight sessions, in some cases, for grief therapy when a child has lost a parent or loved one. Anxiety in children and teens is among the most common mental health issue the centre treats in its outpatient services for various mental health issues.

“Anxiety is a huge problem,” Leticia Gracia, George Hull Centre’s community clinic manager said. “It’s one of the most commonly referred problems we experience here. It can be mild anxiety or it can be absolutely life-stopping: kids who won’t go to school, who don’t go to school because they can’t get out of the house.” The centre’s Worry Warrior series, groups for children ages eight to 12, teaches kids emotional resilience, red-light versus green-light thoughts, h ow t o m a n a g e t h o s e thoughts and problem solving. The Worry Warrior series for September is already fully booked. Fun Friends is a group for children ages four to seven that builds resilience and skills development through play to help children effectively cope with difficult or anxiety-provoking situations. A Toronto District School Board study conducted earlier

this year asked 103,000 grades 4 to 12 students questions about their emotional wellbeing. The alarming results found a majority of students reported feeling nervous or anxious all the time. One in five Canadian children and youth younger than 19 struggle with a diagnosable emotional, mental or behavioral disorder, a 1985 Canadian Child Health study reported. Gracia said she believes the incidence to be even higher today. “ W h y ? Yo u c a n o n l y hypothesize that higher rates of divorce, the fact both parents are often working, there is less extended family support, less community support, generally less support for kids,” Gracia said. “Pressures are high in a way than they were for us growing up. Our parents let us run around in the community to play and explore. Now everybody is scared. There is a lot

of anxiety in the world. Kids grow up exposed to a lot that we didn’t.” Anxiety in children is a mix of nature and nurture, Garcia said. Treatment is often so-called exposure therapy, whereby the child is supported through gentle, repeated exposure to the cause of their anxiety until the anxiety lessens and resolves.

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“Kids with high anxiety tend to have anxious parents. There’s some kind of genetic loading. It’s temperament. A kid who is more irritable, less easy to soothe,” Gracia said. “Anxiety can also develop in response to situations, such as bullying.”

While the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services provides nearly 90 per cent of the centre’s funding, fundraising is the centre’s reality. Donors and benefactors, whether individuals, foundations or corporations, help to extend services, under constant pressure from an ever-increasing client base in need. Short-term services have shorter wait lists than longerterm treatment. However, children and teens in desperate need of help are prioritized. In older kids and teens, the fact that mental illness and addiction are often married and exacerbate one another isn’t new understanding. What is relatively rare is Clear Directions, one of few day treatment programs in Toronto for youth with concurrent disorders. “Kids using alcohol or drugs, often that becomes the major problem because it dominates their life,” Garcia said. The centre also treats children and teens with psychotic illness, bipolar disorder, severe mood disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It has a formal affiliation with the University of Toronto as a teaching centre for masters students in medicine, psychiatry, psychology, social work and speech and language. Psychiatry and social work students, as well as George Hull staff, participate in a 14-session family therapy session led by Reem Abdul Qadir, the centre’s educational co-ordinator. She also follows students as they manage a client’s case for six months. “We’re helping parents talk about things that, when they were kids, was unspoken,” Abdul Qadir said. “We need to learn to talk to our children to keep them safe. We teach parents how to talk about these things with their kids so society can also start to talk about it.”

For more information on the centre’s programs call 416622-8833.

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>>>from page 1 Police Services, then they were treated to VIP seats just below the action thanks to the Canadian International Air Show. Sydney’s mom Laura McMahon, who helps lead the 163rd troop, called the experience a “fabulous” one – for both the girls involved and for their parents. “We had such a great time. I wish the girls could have more experiences like that,” she said Monday, noting that the acrobatic shows were favourites among the girls. Seated just west of Ontario Place on the waterfront, the participating Girl Guides, who hailed from all across Toronto, Burlington and Hamilton, got the chance to mingle with the pilots after they’d performed. In addition to pilots from the world-renowned Snowbirds and CF-18 Hornet demo team, the Girl Guides had the opportunity to meet and ask questions of the air traffic controller from the air show’s ‘boss tower’ and

>>>from page 1 apartment building at 19 Eva Rd. (near the West Mall and Bloor Street West) on an unknown trouble call. “It looks like an assault was taking place,” Const. Tony Vella told The Guardian Friday morning. “It looks like a child was being beaten or assaulted.” After breaking in a glass door at the building’s lobby, police found the 11-year-old boy suffering from life-threatening head injuries inside one of the apartment units shortly after 1 a.m. Toronto EMS rushed the boy to SickKids, where he is still listed in critical condition. While several media outlets have reported on the odd behaviour of the boy’s mother during her arrest, Const. Victor Kwong said it is not yet known whether she suffers from any mental health issues. “At this time, that does not negate the fact of these charges,” Kwong said. The accused appeared in

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parachutists from the Lucas Oil Jumpers, among many others. “It was quite exciting for them.” At the end of the show came quiz time. In order to earn their aeronautics badge, each of the girls had to properly identify the parts of a plane on a diagram. “It wasn’t that hard,” boasted Sydney, noting that

with the addition of Sunday’s new badge, her sash is getting pretty full. “Now I have 15 badges – travel, first aid, birthday planning, cultural awareness, ice skating, my pet, cookie, bicycling, hiking, singing, camp fire leading, exploring, canoeing, basic camp and aeronautics.”

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The Major Crime Unit at 22 Division continues to investigate a spate of seven breakins in Etobicoke early Sunday morning. Staff Sgt. Price said a total of seven break-ins were reported to police between the hours of 2 and 7 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 1 – including one at Humber Valley Village Junior Middle school, one at a tanning salon on Lake Shore Boulevard West, and five at residential homes. Price said that of the five residential break-ins – which all occurred at homes between Kipling Avenue and Royal York Road, off the Bloor Street West area – not all seem to be connected. “Although there does seem to be similarities between some of them, it does not appear that they’re all completely linked,” Price said.

While several of the homeowners were away for the long weekend, two of the homeowners who were home at the time of the break-ins confronted a suspect, she added. “In both cases, the homeowners tried to do something to detain the suspects, and fortunately no injuries occurred, but the suspects did get away,” Price said. Price urged all Etobicoke residents to ensure that their windows and side doors are closed and secure at night, and that all doorways are kept clear of shrubbery and greenery so that would-be thieves have nowhere to hide. “Also, leave your outside lights on if you’re going away – especially on a long weekend,” she advised. “We encourage people to make their home looked lived in when they’re away, or have the neighbours keep an eye on it.” Anyone with information about this latest string of break-ins is asked to call 22 Division at 416-808-2200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416222-TIPS (8477)

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