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TAX CLINICS: TIME: 9am-4pm DATE: Saturday, March 3 LOCATION: Cooper Mills gym, 4020 Dundas West
TIME: 9am-4pm DATE: Saturday, March 17 LOCATION: 245 Dunn Ave Recreation Room
TIME: 9am-4pm DATE: Saturday, April 7 LOCATION: 100 High Park Recreation Room
WHO QUALIFIES TO HAVE THEIR TAXES PREPARED? - Singles with incomes below $30,000 - Couples with incomes below $40,000 - Adults with a dependent $35,000 (with $2,500 added for each additional dependent)
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RONCESVALLES REFUGEE RELIEF
FUNDRAISING TO SPONSOR 3RD FAMILY Starting with one donated stroller, Roncesvalles Refugee Relief has collected and found new homes for over 220 bicycles and 95 sewing machines. “That one stroller really got RRR’s work with Government Assisted Refugees off the ground,” says Joanne Green. Barb Willitts and Green, co-chairs of RRR, knew that these families did not have the benefit of a sponsorship group to help them settle into their new home. So RRR, a group of local volunteers formed in 2015, stepped in to help fill the void. “It’s been a long, slow process waiting for the two families we have sponsored to arrive in Toronto. We look forward to meeting them later this year. The silver lining in that wait time is that we have done things with so many newcomer families, that we probably would not have had the opportunity to do otherwise.” Those “things” have included not only the bicycles and sewing machines but a very successful winter clothing distribution centre, English lessons, bike rides, visits to cultural centres, movies, parties, finding accommodation, resume writing, furnishing apartments and numerous BBQs. “These newcomer families have been most generous inviting us into their homes. We have been asked to dinner so many times and have been treated royally. The food has been scrumptious. We’ve really been honoured by their hospitality.” The lack of a common language has never gotten in the way of visiting newcomers. “Talking with our hands, pointing, using Google Translate (with some very funny results) and showing photographs on our phones have broken all barriers.” Knowing that the process for private sponsorship of refugees can be a lengthy one, RRR decided to start the sponsorship process for a third family and fundraising has begun. “We have been extremely fortunate. A generous donor is matching every dollar raised until the end of March. This is a huge opportunity for us to make a difference for a displaced family of very talented people who desperately want to come to Canada,” Willitts explains. For more information on how you can help, please go to www.roncyrefugeerelief.org
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FEBRUARY 23 Pia Bouman School Family Dance & Social – A Tropical Fiesta piaboumanschool.org
FEBRUARY 23 Swansea Book Club at Swansea Town Hall swanseatownhall.ca
FEBRUARY 24-25 IceFest in Yorkville ∧ festivalstoronto.com/events
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MARCH 3-4 Toronto Vintage Clothing Show torontovintageclothingshow.ca
MARCH 7 Poetry Circle at Parkdale Library torontopubliclibrary.ca
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MARCH 13 A Musical Puppet Show with Soli and Rob at High Park Library torontopubliclibrary.ca
MARCH 23 Swansea Book Club at Swansea Town Hall swanseatownhall.ca
MARCH 15 The Hiss-Tory of Snakes at High Park Library torontopubliclibrary.ca
MARCH 24 Earth Hour in Roncesvalles & Parkdale keepitin.wixsite.com/roncy-earth-hour
APRIL 7 Race Roster Spring Run-Off in High Park canadarunningseries.com
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WITH ANDREA GELINAS WHO ARE YOU? NAME: Andrea Gelinas BIRTHPLACE: Windsor NICKNAME: Ang WHERE DO YOU LIVE: Bloorcourt Village CAREER: Dentist gelinasdentalstudio.com Instagram: @gelinasdentalstudio
WHAT DOES THE WORD COMMUNITY MEAN TO YOU? There are a few things that come to mind when I think about community; connecting with each other, supporting each other and growing together. I feel very lucky to have been able to open my clinic in this neighbourhood. The support from the community, both from patients and other businesses, has been far more than I ever imagined.
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WHAT IS ONE THING THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE WOULD KNOW ABOUT YOU? A few years ago, my mother and I spent a month in the jungles of Cameroon, volunteering for Ape Action Africa, a gorilla and chimpanzee rescue center. Not only did we get to spend time with a few baby chimpanzees and gorillas but I had the opportunity to provide dental surgery for over 100 locals and some of the chimpanzees too!
DO YOU DO ANY VOLUNTEER WORK? I feel that it is very important to give back, especially having such a specialized skill as dentistry. I love volunteering out of the country, but the truth is there is a lot we can do in our own backyard. One of the goals when I opened the office was to make volunteering part of our mission statement, not just something we do on an annual basis. The organization that I felt I wanted to work with, was The Egale Foundation. They are a wonderful LGBTQI2S organization that has a youth outreach program. As an office, we recently completed our sensitivity training through The Egale and will soon be providing dental services to folks in need. It’s very important to me to create a space where everyone feels safe.
WHO INSPIRES YOU AND WHY? I have been lucky enough to have been surrounded by strong women my whole life. It taught me to set goals, be ambitious and reach for the stars. All of the women in my family have been working mothers, starting with my great grandmother. It taught me a lot about how to balance work life and home life. I’ve also noticed in the Roncesvalles/ Dundas West neighbourhood there are a lot of female entrepreneurs, which brings an exciting energy and makes me feel like this is exactly where I am supposed to be.
IF YOU COULD POSSESS ONE SUPER-HUMAN POWER, WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY? I would love to teleport! My parents live in Windsor and my brother lives in New York City. It would be lovely to pop into the City for Sunday brunch or family dinner on a whim!
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST JOB? One of my first jobs was at Dairy Queen.
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH? My husband.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE VACATION SPOT? I always feel torn between the hustle and bustle of a big city and the relaxation of a beach.
WHAT WOULD YOU DEEM YOUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS? My greatest achievement by far is opening my dental clinic. It’s exactly what I dreamed it would be like. I have an incredible team, but I am proud to say that I designed everything on my own. I drew the plans for the desk and cabinetry, sourced all the hardware and furniture and spent months custom mixing colours for the branding.
IF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WERE LISTENING, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM? Your mouth is the gateway to the body, take care of it and maintain it. It plays such a vital role in overall health. It’s often the case that dentists aren’t trusted and that is partially our fault. We need to spend more time with our patients. My goal is to have each patient finish their appointment having learned something about their oral health and know what is happening with their treatment. In order to do that, we must take the time to listen and educate.
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A CENTURY PLUS
Article by: Karyn Klaire Koski
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ust after the Presbyterian Church (that we now know as Roncy United) was built on Roncesvalles Avenue at the turn of the century - real estate developer, RW Prittie, set his sights on constructing a social & recreational facility that had the potential to attract new residential buyers to the new west end countryside development, called Sunnyside. At that time, High Park Club was just a group of local men who curled on Grenadier Pond in the winter and gathered every summer to lawn bowl and play tennis. They played either on nearby local vacant lots, or on the lawn of the Presbyterian Church. Club members longed to build a complex that would have a rink, extensive lawns for bowling and tennis and a clubhouse for cards, billiards and other social pursuits. Member Prittie, (whose home Westlawn 1 High Park Avenue/ demolished in 1955) and five other local investors, acquired a beautiful rural lot along Indian Road that ran deep enough to flank Keele Street (now Parkdside Drive) and the building process began. Although slightly incomplete, the High Park Curling & Lawn Bowling Club hosted an opening Gala on December 15th, 1911, in the then, sparsely populated area. It was a challenging start. Residents who moved into the area found the Club too expensive and so membership was low. Then WW1 (1914-1918) took men off to war and household incomes were challenged even more. Eventually the Club went bankrupt and foreclosed in 1916, with the doors closing for good, during the fall of 1917. Prittie and another founding member, Edwin Walker (who lived on nearby Westminster) offered up a new mortgage with their own personal funds. The members of the Club restructured their directives, which included giving up the portion of land that faced Keele Street (now Parkside Drive). The first expansion occurred in 1921, which doubled the size of the complex and aesthetics because of the addition of panoramic plate glass windows. New homes were being built every-where, St. Joseph’s Hospital opened nearby and then Sunnyside Beach & Amusement park opened in 1922. The area was booming and enjoying destination status. By 1926, the Club converted to artificial ice, added locker rooms, change rooms and expanded the Clubhouse thereby allowing remodelling of the second floor to include a new dining hall. Before the outbreak of WWII (19391945) there were notable New Year’s Eve parties, weddings and special permitted functions. It was a prosperous time. There was much change in the 1950’s. The decade started off with the Club expanding the second floor to add a lounge and new ladies bathrooms and lockers. In 1958 the basement was enlarged under the west half of the complex to accommodate additional men’s rooms and lockers. Finally, in 1959 the Club obtained a Liquor License and a Bar Lounge was opened. Due to the lawn bowling declining in popularity, some of the North Green Lawns were turned into a parking lot.
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By the end of 1960, a north wing was added. The old lounge was renovated to include two rows of opera seating, to overlook the curling rink, and more viewing windows were extended to oversee the North. Spectators had the opportunity to watch players dressed in whites on sixteen greens surrounded by climbing roses, lilacs, towering chestnuts and well-manicured garden beds. Unfortunately, due to the rise in popularity of golf and cottaging in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, membership started to decline. The solution was to convert the bowling greens into lawn tennis courts and by doing so, the Club attracted new clientele and is still one of the only Clubs in Toronto, that tennis can be played on grass. In 1986, the Club voted in its first female President. Since then, there have been another five. The last decade saw a steady flow of successful curling activity and so it was decided that just before the building’s Centennial Year, a $1.3 million dollar renovation was agreed upon to update the building to current standards without losing the integrity of the heritage design. Today High Park Club welcomes National Curling Leagues, is a sought-after tennis association and a charming special events facility for weddings, parties and group functions. For more information, visit www.highparkclub.ca
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The Toronto Curling Association Men’s Championships, that ran from January 13th-20th, was organized to have contestants play all of the independent clubs across the city, until a remaining winning team is selected. On January 15th, High Park Club hosted the Goldline Curling Products sponsored Bonspiel.
04 01: Mike, Har, Darrell & Charles from TO Crickets. 02: Kathleen & Nika. 03: Derek & Dave. 04: Pius, Tim, Dean & Larry from Team Meadows.
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THAN SOUP Throughout the frigid weather alert of January 5th & 6th, about 30 volunteers collected donations of shoes, socks, TTC tokens and warm food for those affected by homelessness. More than 600 bowls of soup were delivered to community members and Cold Respite Centres. More than Soup, that runs out of the kitchen of Roncesvalles United, spearheaded by Maria Carrusca and Michael Chomyn of Not Just Tourists, coordinated the drop offs and oversaw the donated food items from Lit Espresso Bar, Hot Oven Bakery and Tibet Kitchen. MP Arif Virani and members of the Syrian Eagles Soccer Team were among the volunteers.
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FRAMING IN CAMERA
raming a subject in the camera is the deliberate effort by the photographer to include a “frame” for the subject. The photographer includes a frame by backing up or zooming out, but framing can also be done at the editing stage if the image has sufficient size and resolution to allow cropping. A frame brings attention to the subject and adds context. Frames can be naturally occurring (1) or man-made, such as arches or doorways (2). The frame itself can be in silhouette (3). Not all frames have to completely surround the subject (4). Tree branches are common frames for landscapes (5). Unusual frames can provide context for portraits (6).
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It’s with great thanks to Scooter Girls, SNAP Fitness & Realtor Chander Chaddah that Sorauren’s Winter Skating Rink is available free to local residents. The robust crew of Hosers, who are a group of ice maintenance volunteers led by Tom Carnegie, are the reason the community rink exists. This Friends of Sorauren Park initiative owes thanks to Toronto Parks, Forestry & Recreation for providing hoses, scrapers and a water supply from the Wabash Fieldhouse.
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