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A proposed transit fare hike in York Region will hit seniors, students and children the hardest, some regional councillors warned.

However, despite efforts to “soften the blow”, the region’s transportation services committee yesterday OK’d the plan to increase fares effective Jan. 1, 2013.

“We are stuck between a rock and a hard spot,” said Richmond Hill Regional Councillor Vito Spatafora.

Overall, the adult cash fare will increase by 25 cents, from $3.50 to $3.75, and tickets from $2.80 to $3.

A student pass will go from $85 to $95, senior/child pass from $50 to $59 and adult pass from $115 to $125.

While the average increase is about 7 per cent across the board, the proposed student and senior pricing will jump as much as 18 per cent.

Richard Leary, general manager of York Region Transit, said that’s because these categories have been kept close to or at a 0-per-cent increase for many years.

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Angelique Rybinski, 6, outruns her mom Annie (left) and St. Michael’s Catholic Academy educational assistant Marg Johnson during a heavy thunder and rain storm Tuesday morning to get into the rebuilt school. The arts and music academy re-opened after being rebuilt from the ground up. See a back-to-school photo gallery online at yorkregion.com

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It’s 9 p.m. on Tuesday night and Dustin Bevin is kneedeep in documents.

Five local maps are open on his desktop along with 15 spreadsheets, a stack of email messages, web pages and “all the latest, greatest tools” for community event planning.

Not far away, also in Thornhill, his buddy Shawn Sussman is also home from work, wading through festival emails and text messages, arranging for aerial photos and eco-friendly transit options.

In his Richmond Hill condominium, Michael Shalit is fine-tuning the event’s new content management system and responding to Facebook queries.

See special Thornhill Welcome to the new Village Festival 2012 and improved Thornhill Village Festival. section inside This is not your Gramma’s town fair. today’s paper Nine days from now, Thornhill’s popular annual event gets under way on Yonge Street with the usual marching bands, pony rides, midway, food and fun.

But chances are, you’ll notice some changes.

You’ll be able to buy tickets online, for example, park your bike for free, or check out happenings on Facebook or the brand new web page.

The festival, which nearly died a few years ago due to lack of volunteers and scheduling difficulty, has been reinvigorated with a new group of volunteers with a new group of ideas.

Publicity chair David Rawcliffe considers them “young’uns”.

That’s because Mr. Rawcliffe, like most of the festival’s

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By L.H. Tiffany Hsieh

A proposed transit fare hike in York Region will hit seniors, students and children the hardest, some regional councillors warned.

However, despite efforts to “soften the blow”, the region’s transportation services committee yesterday OK’d the plan to increase fares effective Jan. 1, 2013.

“We are stuck between a rock and a hard spot,” said Richmond Hill Regional Councillor Vito Spatafora.

Overall, the adult cash fare will increase by 25 cents, from $3.50 to $3.75, and tickets from $2.80 to $3.

A student pass will go from $85 to $95, senior/child pass from $50 to $59 and adult pass from $115 to $125.

While the average increase is about 7 per cent across the board, the proposed student and senior pricing will jump as much as 18 per cent.

Richard Leary, general manager of York Region Transit, said that’s because these categories have been kept close to or at a 0-per-cent increase for many years.

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STAFF PHOTO/SJOERD WITTEVEEN

Angelique Rybinski, 6, outruns her mom Annie (left) and St. Michael’s Catholic Academy educational assistant Marg Johnson during a heavy thunder and rain storm Tuesday morning to get into the rebuilt school. The arts and music academy re-opened after being rebuilt from the ground up. See a back-to-school photo gallery online at yorkregion.com

Recreational and Competitive Classes Starting at Age One to Professional

It’s 9 p.m. on Tuesday night and Dustin Bevin is kneedeep in documents.

Five local maps are open on his desktop along with 15 spreadsheets, a stack of email messages, web pages and “all the latest, greatest tools” for community event planning.

Not far away, also in Thornhill, his buddy Shawn Sussman is also home from work, wading through festival emails and text messages, arranging for aerial photos and eco-friendly transit options.

In his Richmond Hill condominium, Michael Shalit is fine-tuning the event’s new content management system and responding to Facebook queries.

See special Thornhill Welcome to the new Village Festival 2012 and improved Thornhill Village Festival. section inside This is not your Gramma’s town fair. today’s paper Nine days from now, Thornhill’s popular annual event gets under way on Yonge Street with the usual marching bands, pony rides, midway, food and fun.

But chances are, you’ll notice some changes.

You’ll be able to buy tickets online, for example, park your bike for free, or check out happenings on Facebook or the brand new web page.

The festival, which nearly died a few years ago due to lack of volunteers and scheduling difficulty, has been reinvigorated with a new group of volunteers with a new group of ideas.

Publicity chair David Rawcliffe considers them “young’uns”.

That’s because Mr. Rawcliffe, like most of the festival’s

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See YOUNG, page 3.

Voted “The Best Dance Studio” in the City of Vaughan

• ACRO • BALLET • JAZZ • HIP HOP • TAP • LYRICAL • MUSICAL THEATRE WE ARE • FREE Registration for All Students • Register for 2 classes, get the 3rd class FREE REGISTER NOW FREE Student Price Card for all students -save hundreds • • Register 1 child, get 50% OFF the 2nd sibling EXPANDING of dollars at nationwide stores. Go to spccard.ca for details • All students eligible for child tax credit WESTON / LANGSTAFF First day of classes Tuesday September 4th • Register for 1 class, don’t pay the HST! • All students receive $50 Off Birthday Parties LOCATION 539 Jevlan Dr

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organizers, have been around a long time, and he is thrilled to see the festival getting a new lease on life with help from “the younger folk”.

It’s time, he says, to turn over the reins.

“We’re getting old. It’s as simple as that,” he says with a laugh.

Mr. Rawcliffe, who has helped with the festival since 1984, said the event, a project of the Society for the Preservation of Historic Thornhill, has been held together for many years by a core group of volunteers, “really great people who worked very hard”, but those organizers are making way for the next generation.

“At some point, we need to be passing over the reins,” he says.

“This is the youngest infusion in many a long year.

“They have an eagerness and we want to channel it. It will change

the tone, help the event evolve, and that’s what you want.”

Leading the vanguard is Shawn Sussman, a 29-year-old audio engineer and newly appointed committee chairperson.

He was in a band that performed at the festival and when he read a story in The Liberal outlining the precarious future of the event, he decided to help with music and staging.

“I just wanted to make sure we had a good gig,” he recalls.

But as time went on, he helped out more. “I realized I had my opportunity, played there for years.

Now it was time to give others the opportunity.”

When his friends started talking about how they’d like to improve the festival, he suggested they put their ideas to work, too.

“It was the beer garden they were interested in, to be honest with you,” he laughs.

Word spread and last year, for

the first time in many, the festival was not scrambling for volunteers.

Today, there’s a core committee of about two dozen people, as well as a contingent of volunteers who help on the day of the event, and a sense that the beloved old festival has new legs.

Dustin Revin, 35, came on board in May. He helped arrange for tickets to be sold online in advance, at a discount through WagJag, and is in charge of entertainment on Yonge Street.

He has attended the event since 1986 and his band, the Brittannia Pub House Band, will perform this year at the CIBC parking lot beer garden.

He says volunteering with the festival is a welcome, happier activity to balance out his sometimes “heavy” duties as a bailiff, or repo man, that is his full-time job.

“It’s a feel-good thing, a nice contrast for me,” he says. “No matter who you speak to, everyone has

been to the festival.”

Michael Shalit, 29, is the festival’s webmaster and helps with operations. He’s hopeful more young people will lend a hand to ensure the event will be around for the long run.

With the new “youthful” outlook comes new, modern ideas, more social media and young, local bands; there’s even talk, for next year, of incorporating a Taste of Thornhill to showcase the variety of food available in old Thornhill.

This is not just a fall festival that highlights the history of a venerable village, but a way to bring the whole community together, Mr. Sussman says.

“In your youth, you’re preoccupied with friends and your own life and don’t necessarily think much about the community,” he says.

But when you head to the beer garden or to watch the festival parade, “all of a sudden, the sense of community is front and centre.”

GOOD TO KNOW: WHAT: 36th annual Thornhill Village Festival WHEN: Sept. 15, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Markham Council

Boundaries of all Wards in Markham will be reviewed in advance of the 2014 Municipal Election.

Come out to learn about the process and be part of the discussion.

You are invited to attend a Public Meeting to be held by the Development Services Committee of the City of Markham to consider a Zoning By-law Amendment application submitted by Markham Suites Nominee Inc.

Markham Council and Standing Committee meetings take place at the Markham Civic Centre and are open to the public.

Monday, September 10, 2012 9 a.m. – General Committee Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9 a.m. – Development Services Committee 7 p.m. – Development Services Committee - Public Mtg. Wednesday, September 12, 2012 7 p.m. – Council Markham Council has proclaimed September 2012 as: Children’s Cancer Awareness Month and Big Brother Big Sister Month For more information please contact the Clerk’s Office at 905-475-4744 or visit www.markham.ca

Wards 7 & 8:

Wednesday September 19, 2012 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Milliken Mills Community Centre

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Thursday September 20, 2012 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Markham Civic Centre

For more information, contact Stephen Huycke at shuycke@markham.ca or 905-477-7000 ext. 4290

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE Rodick Rd. will be closed to traffic between Miller Ave. and Riviera Dr. from Sept.17 to Nov. 16, 2012. The work is to reconstruct and widen the intersection at Rodick Rd. and 14th Ave. Local access for businesses will be maintained at all times throughout this temporary road closure.

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Monday September 24, 2012 7.00 p.m.

Council Chambers, Anthony Roman Centre, 101 Town Centre Boulevard, Markham, Ontario, L3R 9W3

BACKGROUND The subject application applies to the lands municipally known as 8500 Warden Avenue and outlined on the map below. The property is occupied by a hotel (Hilton Suites Markham/Toronto Conference Centre and Spa).

99 of the hotel rooms are long term stay suites located in a separate 5 storey building along the Warden Avenue frontage of the property.

The property is zoned Select Industrial and Limited Commercial [M.C.(90%)] by by-law 165-80, as amended. This zoning does not permit residential uses.

PROPOSAL Markham Suites Nominee Inc. has applied to amend the City’s zoning bylaws to permit the following: � ��� ���������� �� ��� ���� ���� ���� �������� �� ����������� ��� (condominium apartments). � ��� ��������� ������ ����������� ��������� ��������� �� ��� ����� portion of the property along the Clegg Road frontage, accommodating approximately 475 apartment units.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS The purpose and effect of the proposed zoning by-law amendment is to permit the proposed development outlined above.

NOTE REGARDING OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT i) If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Markham before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the City of Markham to the Ontario Municipal Board. ii) If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submission to the City of Markham before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add a person to public body as a party.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Additional information is available from Scott Heaslip of the City’s Planning Department at (905) 477-7000, ext. 3140 or sheaslip@markham. ca. quoting file number ZA - 12 - 111347.

Written submissions may be mailed or personally delivered to the Clerk’s Department at the address noted above or by e-mail to judycarroll@ markham.ca by not later than 4:30 p.m. September 19, 2012.

Personal information collected in response to this planning notice will be used to assist City staff and Council to process this application and will be made public.

DATED September 4, 2012 James Baird, MCIP, RPP Commissioner of Development Services

Jim Jones, Chair Development Services Committee

BY JEFF MITCHELL

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Durham cops have arrested two accused ringleaders in what they say is a sprawling criminal organization that was based in Pickering and committed thefts throughout Ontario and Quebec.

Two other suspects are wanted and on the lam in Europe, police said in announcing the conclusion of Project Mansfield, an investigation that began late last year in Durham Region and soon involved police and customs officials in Canada and the United States.

Police have recovered $85,000 in cash, as well as stolen property and credit cards, and evidence of $2 million of social services claims made by participants in the organization, Durham police Chief Mike Ewles said yesterday. Police have also identified $1 million worth of “suspicious” wire transactions with overseas destinations.

“This is by far the largest investigation of its kind for the Durham Regional Police Service,” the chief said, calling it “a major breakthrough in an organized crime ring that’s been active throughout southern Ontario.”

The operation saw immigrants brought to Canada from Romania, assisted with applying for welfare, and then enlisted to act in roving bands of thieves who spread out across Ontario and Quebec, police allege.

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Durham cops linked a large number of distraction-type thefts that targeted jewelry and convenience stores, as well as individuals including seniors, the chief said. Eventually investigators homed in on a local address from which it’s believed the organization was run.

“Our investigation led us to a family living on Denby Drive in Pickering and an associate on Eastdale Drive in Toronto,” Chief Ewles said.

Durham cops closed in on the main suspects Aug. 9. Others avoided arrest by fleeing to Europe, police said. They are believed to be in Germany, Inspector Bruce Townley said.

In total, 34 suspects were arrested on more than 263 charges, including at least three people from York Region.

Markham residents Ulise and Ileana Stoian face robbery, weapons dangerous, participate in criminal organization, theft and possession stolen property charges.

Thornhill resident Costel Iancu has been charged with CBSA fail to disclose criminality.

The investigation began in Durham Region last November but soon grew to include participation by the RCMP, OPP, Interpol and police in Montreal, Toronto, London, Sudbury and York and Peel regions.

Also involved were the Canada Border Services Agency, US Customs and Homeland Security agencies and the FBI.

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Let’s fight to save our trees

In many ways, trees are what make Canada beautiful and what make Thornhill the community it is and, many hope, always will be.

Trees in our parks and boulevards and annual plantings are part of what makes Thornhill liveable and pleasing to the eye, cleans the air, reduces our carbon footprint, helps the environment, keeps us cool in summer, fends of the winds of winter and all that good stuff.

In an era where new subdivisions go up and most people are left thinking, “It will look nice, once they have some trees (that look like more than broom handles with leaves glued to the top)”, trees have become a priority for Markham.

Which is why it’s encouraging to see the city taking action on a pilot project to save ash trees in Ashton Meadows Park — considering some North American municipalities have balked at trying to save the trees from the emerald ash borer, believing death of our ash trees is inevitable and money should be saved to plant replacement trees.

One would hope the city will soon be in a position to do even more, considering we have an esti-

mated 16,000 ash trees. The pilot project will try to save just 20 of the park’s 35 trees. If efforts are successful, the program should expand.

“Markham is behind the eight ball,” the founder of Trees For Life, the Urban Tree Canopy Coalition, Mark Cullen, said. “Not all trees need to be cut and burned. Ash trees can be saved.”

City staff is working on an ash tree inventory and an emerald ash borer management strategy, which is a good first step.

“We need to elevate trees from the ‘nice to have’ idea,” Mr. Cullen said. “Trees need to become part of the urban infrastructure.”

It is hard to put a price tag on the beauty and quality of life a fully mature tree brings — although an arguement could be made it is in the thousands of dollars for each tree. Which is why it’s worth spending money to save them, rather than let them die and wait another 100 years for one to grow back.

A long list of blights have damaged Canada’s trees over the years, from Dutch elm disease to Asian long-horned beetle. The emerald ash borer won’t be the last.

Compassion will stop our inequality freefall t’s amazing how many people think there isn’t poverty in our region,” says York Region antipoverty advocate Kristine Carbis. “Making people aware there are people without life’s basic needs is part of what keeps me going.”

The single mother volunteers with unrivalled passion and optimism to make a difference in the lives of people living in poverty, even though she, herself, struggles to get by on a meagre disability allowance.

She’s right, too many aren’t aware of the need in our community.

I’m not suggesting we don’t know times are tough for some families and individuals; but what we don’t know is the depth — the starkness — of the real poverty in our communities and province.

But a report released last week by the province’s unions and more than 90 community groups and non-profit organizations may have popped the bubble in which some of us had been living.

Thousands of Ontarians spend sleepless night knowing if they pay the rent or mortgage, they won’t be able to

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Nearly 400,000 Ontario children live in poverty, while 40 per cent of Ontarians struggle to get by with incomes that have stagnated or declined for more than a decade.

Our province ranks dead last in Canada for equality and social welfare.

The Ontario Common Front report, called Falling Behind, documents the devastating impact of government

cuts to jobs and public services by tracking indicators such as the wage gap, hours of work, hospital beds, tuition fees, poverty rates, support for seniors, access to affordable housing, disability support and wait lists for community services.

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The fares remain in line with the GTA average, he said, adding YRT is still recovering ridership after a three-month strike that ended in January.

The proposed hike is estimated to up the cost-recovery ratio to 39 per cent next year from this year’s 36 per cent.

With 60 per cent of the rides being subsidized by taxpayers, York Region chairperson and CEO Bill Fisch said the proposed hike is about long-term gain.

“No one has had a 12-percent increase in their salaries, but that’s not what this is about,” Mr. Fisch said. “All this costs money. It’s not free.”

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the proposed fares for adult, student and senior/child passes.

The reduction would have meant a $350,000 loss in the projected $3-million revenue.

“It’s a softer blow,” he said.

YRT/Viva fare revenue has risen steadily for the past five years to $51.5 million in 2011 from $41.3 million in 2007.

It’s the first transit agency to announce a fare change for 2013 due to the timing of BILL FISCH: Regional chairperson the approval process.

Regional council will have says growing costs behind proa final vote on the proposed posed YRT fare hikes. fare hike Sept. 20.

Grossi unsuccessfully tried to broker a deal at the meetRead more at yorkregion.com ing by taking $5 off each of

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York Region’s chairperson is inching closer to being an elected position.

Second reading of a private member’s bill in the legislature was debated and received unanimous support from all three parties last Thursday.

“York Region has a deficiency in democracy,” said Richmond Hill MPP Reza Moridi, who tabled the bill.

“It has nothing to do with the current chair(person, Bill Fisch); it has to do with bringing democracy to York Region.”

If a final reading is passed, Mr. Moridi’s bill would amend the Municipal Act to dictate that York’s chairperson be elected, as opposed to being appointed by regional council.

Mr. Fisch is a “good politician, a good man and he’s done a good job”, but the lengthy transit strike served as an illustration for Thornhill MPP Peter Shurman as to why York should have had an elected chairperson.

It’s a tall order to govern York Region effectively and the chairperson has “incredible” and “sweeping” powers, with not much accountability to the taxpayers, he said.

“It’s almost like a tsar,” Mr. Shurman added.

The bill is contentious and some York politicians have a vested interest in keeping things they way they are, Beaches-East York MPP Michael Prue said.

Markham recently voted against Regional Councillor Jim Jones’ motion to support the election of a regional chairperson.

Mr. Prue has known Mr. Fisch for more than 20 years and if Mr. Fisch decided to run for election as regional chairperson, many people would vote for him, Mr. Prue said.

“It’s about giving people the ultimate power to make decisions,” he said. “If you are afraid of the people as a politician, you are not to be in the game.”

Representative democracy is absent in the current system, Oak Ridges-Markham MPP Helena Jaczek said.

The average person in York is unaware of the chairperson’s role and an election would provide an opportunity for the candidates to put forward their plans, she said.

Newmarket-Aurora MPP Frank Klees went further, saying Mr. Fisch’s title of chairperson and CEO is a conflict, as the two functions are different.

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With the province poised to pass a controversial teacher wage freeze bill, and a Thornhill MPP working on another bill — this one taking aim at teachers’ practice of banking sick leave — tensions are mounting for those at the helm of public school classrooms.

The president of York’s elementary teachers’ union is promising the first month of school, at least, will be free of labour disruption.

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Offer(s) available on select new 2012/2013 models through participating dealers to qualified customers who take delivery by October 1, 2012. Dealers may sell or lease for less. Some conditions apply. Offers are subject to change without notice. See dealer for complete details. Vehicles shown may include optional accessories and upgrades available at extra cost. All offers exclude licensing, registration, insurance, other taxes and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specified). Your local dealer may charge additional fees for an administration fee that can range from $0 to $699. Other lease and financing options also available. **0% purchase financing is available on select new 2013 Kia models on approved credit. Terms vary by model and trim, see dealer for complete details. Representative financing example based on 2013 Rio5 LX MT (RO551D)/2013 Rio4 LX MT (RO541D) with a selling price of $16,083/$15,783 [includes delivery and destination fees of $1,455, tire recycling and filter charges of $34, OMVIC fee, environmental fee, variable dealer administration fees (up to $399) and A/C charge ($100, where applicable)] financed at 0% APR for 36/60 months. 78/130 bi-weekly payments equal $206/$121 per payment with a down payment/equivalent trade of $0. Cost of borrowing is $0 for a total obligation of $16,083/$15,783. License, insurance, applicable taxes, PPSA and registration fees are extra. Retailer may sell for less. See dealer for full details. ∞$500 Winter Tire offer is open to retail customers who finance or lease an eligible new 2012 or 2013 Kia vehicle from a participating Kia dealer between September 1 and October 1, 2012 inclusive. Eligible models include 2012/2013 Rio 4-Door and Rio5, 2012/2013 Forte Sedan, Forte Koup and Forte5, 2012/2013 Sorento and 2012 Soul 1.6 L AT or MT models. $500 can be redeemed, at customer's option, towards the purchase of a winter tire/tires for their new Kia vehicle, in the form of a cheque in the amount of $500 or as a reduction of $500 from the negotiated selling price (before taxes) of the new vehicle. Some conditions apply. See your Kia dealer for complete details. Offer ends October 1, 2012. ≠Bi-weekly finance payment (on approved credit) for new 2013 Sorento LX AT (SR75BD)/2013 Sorento 3.5 LX V6 (SR75ED)/2013 Forte Sedan LX MT (FO540D) based on a selling price of $29,078/$31,678/$17,883 is $151/$169/$96 with an APR of 0%/1.49%/0.9% for 60 months, amortized over an 84-month period.

Estimated remaining principal balance of $7,837/$8,664/$4,933 plus applicable taxes due at end of 60-month period. Offer includes $1,650/$1,650/$0 “3 payments on us” savings, delivery and destination fees of $1,650/$1,650/$1,455, tire recycling and filter charges of $34, OMVIC fee, environmental fee, variable dealer administration fees (up to $399) and A/C charge ($100, where applicable). License, insurance, applicable taxes, PPSA and registration fees are extra. Retailer may sell for less. See dealer for full details. ¥3 Payments On Us offer is available on approved credit to eligible retail customers who finance or lease a select new 2012 Soul 1.6L MT/2012 Soul 1.6L AT/2012 Optima/2012 Sorento/2013 Sorento from a participating dealer between September 1 – October 1, 2012. Eligible lease and purchase finance (including FlexChoice) customers will receive a cheque in the amount of three payments (excluding taxes) to a maximum of $350/$350/$400/$550/$550 per month. Lease and finance (including FlexChoice) purchases are subject to approved credit.

Customers will be given a choice between up to $1,050/$1,050/$1,200/$1,650/$1,650 reductions from the selling/leasing price after taxes or dealer can issue a cheque to the customer. Some conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. Offer ends October 1, 2012. §Lease offer available on approved credit on new 2013 Rio5 LX MT (RO551D)/2013 Rio4 LX MT (RO541D) is based on monthly payments of $211/$207 [includes delivery and destination fees of $1,455, tire recycling and filter charges of $34, OMVIC fee, environmental fee, variable dealer administration fees (up to $399), A/C charge ($100, where applicable) and $350 lease service fee] for 48 months at 0.9% with a $0 down payment/equivalent trade, PPSA, security deposit and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $10,118/$9,939 with the option to purchase at the end of the term for $6,315/$6,194. Lease has 16,000 km/year allowance and $0.12/km for excess kilometres (other packages available). License, insurance, applicable taxes and registration fees are extra. Retailer may lease for less. See dealer for full details. ΔModel shown: Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2013 Sorento 3.5L SX AWD 7-seater (SR75XD)/2013 Forte SX Luxury AT (FO74XD)/2013 Rio 4-Door SX with Navigation AT (RO749D) is $43,045/$27,150/$23,450 and includes delivery and destination fees of $1,650/$1,455/$1,455, tire recycling and filter charges of $34, OMVIC fee, environmental fee, variable dealer administration fees (up to $399) and A/C charge ($100, where applicable). License, insurance, applicable taxes, PPSA and registration fees are extra. Retailer may sell for less. See dealer for full details. Available at participating dealers. Highway/city fuel consumption is based on the 2013 Sorento 2.4L GDI 4-cyl (A/T)/2013 Rio5 1.6L GDI 4-cyl (M/T)/2013 Rio 4-door 1.6L GDI 4-cyl (M/T)/2013 Forte Sedan 2.0L MPI 4-cyl (A/T). These estimates are based on Transport Canada’s approved criteria and testing methods. Refer to the Government of Canada’s EnerGuide Fuel Consumption Guide. Your actual fuel consumption will vary based on driving habits and other factors. Some conditions apply to the $500 Grad Rebate Program. See dealer or kia.ca for details. Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. KIA is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation and Kia Canada Inc. respectively.

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CALL US FOR MORE INFORMATION Hospice Thornhill Dufferin/Steeles 905-764-0656 www.hospicethornhill.org

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Four Elms Retirement Residence offers Independent and Secure Assisted Living Lifestyles. Also, Take Part in Our Exclusive Brain Gym and More Program.

Thornhill bands are there at the Festival. Let’s start with ‘Funk and Soul’ from ‘The Break Down’ on the ShowMobile on Yonge Street and end with ‘Classical Music’ from York Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet on Colborne Street.

Now then ... do you like the pub scene? ... there will be the ‘Britannia House Band’ playing ‘Classic Rock’ at the Lion’s Beer Garden ... while those who like ‘Country’ music should try the ‘Country Friends’ at Colborne / Yonge.

But wait ... there is also the Thornhill Community Band, Jazz and for those who enjoy a little respite ... ‘Music in Holy Trinity Church’ ... let the musical notes sound clear.

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905-738-0905 1500 Steeles Ave. West, Thornhill, ON

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7378 Yonge St. Suite 41B Thornhill, Ontario L4J 8J1

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Volkswagen Villa

An Historic Building Thornhill Village Library on Colborne Street

This house was built in 1851 for Mrs. Ellen Ramsden, born a Frizzell. It has been a grocery story and veterinary office; at one time the rear was a stable, with horses for hire. Since 1959, it has been the home of the Village Library which had been located in different venues since the first Book Society in 1829. The building has been expanded and renovated extensively and is designated under the Ontario Heritage Act as a unique example of a modest domestic building of the Classical Revival style.

The garden is late Victorian in design and plantings. The library plays an important role in the community and also houses a ghost or two. The building celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2001. It was recently featured in a teen mystery novel ‘The Lure’ by Debora Kerbel. Bikes ... safely stored Are you into cycling but do not wish to leave your bike unattended? Many Festivals are now providing ‘valet parking’ for bikes and this year we have to thank Markham and Vaughan for funding this and TCEL (the Toronto Chinese for Ecological Living). Ride your bike to the Festival and it ill be cared for by this group of volunteers.

Sponsoring the Festival

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Some items, such as wheels, may be unavailable on some trim levels when vehicle is built or may not be available in Canada. Base MSRP is the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price and excludes taxes, freight and PDI ($1,365/$1,580 for 2012 models and $$1,395/$1,610 for 2013 models), levies, fees, optional equipment, license, insurance, registration, and any dealer or other charges.

Environmental or related levies and taxes may vary by jurisdiction. Dealer may sell forless. *Refers to estimated mileage of the 2012 Passat TDI Clean Diesel. *Not availableon all models.

Yet again many organizations have sponsored the Festival. Markham and Vaughan are there with so much help ... but it also needs the will from other enterprises.

Royal LePage - your Community Realtor is our ‘Presenting Sponsor’ ... owner, Vivian Risi has bee so very supportive.

Roy Foss will be there again as will Liberty Developments and Powerstream.

Joining the support this year is Lucky Brand ... while thanks go out to the Toronto Ladies Club, TD Bank and Scotiabank.

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Food at the Festival

Food ... delicious ... especially ... Festival food ... somehow just that little bit ... naughty !!!

There is that diet ... but oh! ... that cotton candy ... or those chips taste so much better wandering along looking at the booths. There is something for most people. Volunteer Festivals can rarely cater to all people ... but try to deal with most. For those of you who wish a sit-down meal there is St. Vlad’s at the end of Colborne Street and scattered through the stalls re some interesting flavours from far off lands ( no! not Barrie).

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The Community Parade

Who cannot get excited by a Parade that is from his or her own community. There are people who you know and never realized were in that organization. There are the children who are in their first parade and those who remember their first ... all those many years ago. Somewhere there ... not lost and not forgotten ... are those volunteers who help our youngsters develop ... and those who help our ‘golden’ agers live full lives in our community. ... oh dear ...

Back to the Parade and all the bands and clowns ... and there they are ... who would miss them ... the musketeers ... The King’s Royal Yorkers ... a memory of Ontario’s motto “Loyal She Remains”.

Yonge Street is the place to visit ... the one time of the year that pedestrians ... and strollers ... and wheelchairs ... get to take over Thornhill’s main street. All those cars that whiz through our community with nary a nod ... are not there.

Look in at our local stores ... we have some really nice ones ... chocolate truffles being just one ‘yummy’ ... but also check out the Hallowe’en costumes across the Street. On the Street there will be entertainment on the Showmobile including the Dog Show ... dress up your hound ... or little ‘un !! as well as a plethora of events to be described on our website.

Congratulations Thornhill!

To all organizers and participants of this year’s Thornhill Village Festival and Terry Fox Run, you make us proud as a community.

Well done!

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Thornhill Village Festival CRAFTERS at the Festival

There will be lots of craft booths to visit. There are jewellery stands and clothing stalls and ... well ... I really should ask my wife about all these things ... but here goes ... how about mugs that can be personalized for your child’s unique name? ... mmm ... and candles and soaps and gourmet confectionery and lotions and children’s toys ... oh well ... the best thing will be to wander and talk with our vendors.

Art is rooted in Thornhill’s history ... but check out the artists on Festival Day.

Best Buy CORRECTION NOTICE NEWSPAPER RETRACTION FOR THE BEST BUY AUGUST 31 CORPORATE FLYER On page 8 of the August 31 flyer, the “Save $100 on any Tablet When Bundled with a Sierra Wi-Fi Mobile Hotspot on a One-Year New Activation” promotion was advertised with unclear information. Please be advised that this promotion is with a Rogers one-year activation.

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We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our valued customers.

FUTURE SHOP CORRECTION NOTICE NEWSPAPER RETRACTION FOR THE FUTURE SHOP AUGUST 31 CORPORATE FLYER We would like to clarify the Grey's Anatomy Season 8 DVD (WebID: M2194214) on page 24 of the August 31 flyer. Please be advised that the release date for this DVD is Tuesday September 4, 2012. Customers may receive rainchecks for the effective flyer period.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our valued customers.

Don’t miss these flyers in today’s Liberal!

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One of the most famous Groups in Canadian Art History are the ‘Group of Seven’ which produced a distinctive style of art to portray ‘The North’. Their paintings may be viewed at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg and the Art Gallery of Ontario but it is here in Thornhill that the house of one of them J.H. MacDonald is preserved in its own grounds. A visit to this house and the location of his famous painting ‘the Tangled Garden’ is well worth it.

Today you will find the house displaying the works of the Plein Air Society of Ontario. These artists will be painting as part of a competition in the Festival area ... especially on Centre Street.

Full details of the competition may be found on the Festival website www.thornhillfestival.com Besides J.H. MacDonald, Arthur Lismer, Fred Varley, Franz Johnston and Frank Carmichael all lived in Thornhill in the 1920s enjoying and painting the rural beauty of Thornhill.

MacDonald’s son, Thoreau lived, painted and sketched in Thornhill until the 1980s.

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THORNHILL

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Make your home more energy-efficient D

id you know that being green saves money, especially around the house? Homeowners annually lose hundreds of dollars to inefficient appliances and a drafty home.

Making simple changes can benefit the planet and your bottom line.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT APPLIANCES Appliances in your home as well as certain behaviors can have a considerable impact on how much energy is consumed. The Energy Information Administration reports that the average home uses approximately 1,000 kilowatt hours (kwh) each month. Kwh is measured by multiplying the number of 1,000 watts of electricity used by the number of hours the device is in use.

Every appliance has a different measure of electricity usage. Here are some examples of common appliances in the home and how much energy they consume in one hour, courtesy of Bright Hub: Electric clothes dryer: 6,000 watts Washing machine: 425 watts Refrigerator: 188 watts Dishwasher: 200 watts Central AC: 6,000 watts

Window AC: 1,300 watts Flat screen TV: 150 watts LCD TV: 213 watts Vacuum: 1,100 watts Freezer: 273 watts Water heater: 473 watts Toaster oven: 1,200 watts Coffeemaker: 1,200 watts Desktop computer: 95 watts DVD player: 25 watts Cable box: 20 watts Laptop: 50 watts Selecting energy-efficient appliances and using them in a conservative manner can reduce energy usage and the cost of your monthly utility bill. Try to run high-wattage appliances during the evening or early-morning hours when energy rates may be reduced. Also, if the weather will be warm, running these appliances during cooler hours prevents the home from heating up even more -- possibly requiring the additional use of an air conditioner.

Unplug appliances when they’re not in use to avoid vampire drain. Many appliances still draw a small amount of power even when turned off.

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Also, be sure to properly insulate and position range from 5 percent to 30 percent per year. appliances so they can run at the highest level of efficiency.

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similar agreements and expects to table his “Sick Days Are For Sick People” bill by Christmas.

With a sense they are under attack and their bargaining rights being usurped, teachers are growing more anxious, frustrated and angry, the head of York’s elementary teachers union, David Clegg said.

The unions aren’t yet threatening job action.

“Nothing will happen negatively in September,” he said.

“I can tell you there will not be any disruption due to strike in September.”

Some teachers, however, are balking at voluntary work, such as coaching or administrative duties.

While the union isn’t advocating teachers opt out of extra-curriculars, Mr. Clegg said some teachers have e-mailed him to say they are uncomfortable volunteering extra time in the strained environment.

“We’ve told them not to do anything other than do their best,” he said. “People will make their choices.”

“Right now they’re going on the excitement and adrenalin of a new group of kids in the classroom, but the longer it goes on, it definitely has a wearing effect.”

Mr. Clegg, former head of the provincial federation, said he is fielding a constant stream of phone calls from teachers worried about what they should do if they are sick or in an automobile accident in the coming weeks.

“We had no answers for them because legislation has not passed and it’s not clearly explained in the legislation.”

There are also concerns that the government could claw back sick days and salary increases that came with this week’s pay cheques.

Existing contracts expired Friday, but with out a new deal, are automatically rolled over Sept. 1.

Teachers are wondering what to do with that salary increase, some setting it aside in separate accounts in case the government asks for it back.

“We’ve told them to consider the implications,” he said.

“Stress and unanswered questions do not make the working

conditions better.”

Meanwhile a petition asking for education minister Laurel Broten’s resignation or apology has gathered about 6,200 signatures, including one from a woman identified as Melissa Harding, from Unionville, who commented, “teachers weren’t expecting to get an increase, but they were expecting to negotiate ... not be dictated to.

“You deliberately set out to ram this bill through from the very beginning and vilify the teaching profession. Shame on you.”

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Most folks in their 20s dream big: they want to see the world maybe, or write a book.

Alan Springall dreamed both — and he did both.

Last weekend, he celebrated his dream come true at Indigo in Richmond Hill, signing copies of his newly published book, a strange tale of his travels across Europe with a felon on the run.

When Mr. Springall was in his 20s, he answered a want ad from an aging “artist” named Brian, an older man with failing eyesight who was seeking a driver to chauffeur him from his hometown in England to Singapore.

There are quotation marks around the “artist” for a reason.

This traveller, it turns out, was more con artist than sketchbook artist, but young Alan never knew that when he signed on for the job.

It just looked like an adventure tailormade for him, an out-of-work carpenter and boat builder with nothing to lose.

Growing up in the little village of Burseledon, near Southampton, he’d never encountered a real criminal before.

“Krikey, we had about 5,000 people there, that’s it!”

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At 61, he is living in Thornhill, working as a plant maintenance manager and embarking on a new adventure: a book tour.

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his adventures would one day be a book.

Nearly 40 years later, the diary is just that — a newly self-published book titled Circumstances Unforeseen.

The road trip took place in 1976 in a dilapidated, 10-year-old Ford Comet, the trunk jam-packed with canned food, painting canvases, easel, pallet and paints.

‘When I actually had the book in my hand, it was quite extraordinary.’

Lurching and bouncing from one village mechanic to the next, the old vehicle was almost as much a character as the strange man leading the trip.

Brian looked to be in his 60s, Mr. Springall recalls; he was moody, unco-ordinated and out-of-shape, clinging to a shoulder-bag

packed with cash, insisting on stopping at every bank in every town they passed.

It wasn’t until the end of a six-week run that Mr. Springall discovered his passenger was actually a criminal on the run, a “fraudulent man and a pedophile” who hoped for a final fling and flight from the law.

“Imagine being with a guy like that for so long and not knowing! These guys are so smart; they should be doing something else,” he laughs.

Over the ensuing years, Mr. Springall recounted his adventure to friends, but didn’t attempt to publish the old journal until recently. His law-breaking passenger was finally nabbed by police, but he wasn’t sure if Brian had buddies and wouldn’t appreciate his literary infamy.

A little over a year ago, with Brian long gone to the jail cell in the sky, Mr. Springall decided it was time.

These days, he’s signing copies for readers and participating in book lectures, shaking his head at his good fortune.

“When I actually had the book in my hand, it was quite extraordinary.”

The road trip was a lark, but a learning experience, too, he says, explaining that it taught him “kindness pays dividends in any country” and “a criminal is like any normal

person, so clever and deceitful you never know until unusual things take place”.

Copies of the book are available at Indigo in Richmond Hill on Hwy. 7 or online, visit www.amazon.ca or www.barnesandnoble.com

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HOT TUB/SPA 2012 model, fully loaded, References. Regular, onetime, weekly, bi-weekly. full warranty.

6 4 7 - 2 8 7 - 1 9 6 4 , New in plastic.

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Call: 416-779-0563 PAY L E S S 4 C L E A N I N G RESIDENTIAL & CommerVehicles cial, bonded, insured, reliable, references. Free Wanted/Wrecking estimate, affordable. Lud$200 TO $1000mila 647-267-2340 Dead/ Alive.

Cars/ trucks/ vans.

TOTAL HOME Care serFast Free towing. vices. Organizing, declutWe sell parts. tering, cleaning.

416-500-5050 Complementary in-home assessment. Clean Divas.

CASH PAID for scrap cars 4 1 6 - 4 7 3 - 8 4 1 6 / and trucks. We also sell 289-314-6091 parts. Don Mills Steel cleandivas@live.ca (905)887-5821

Music and Dancing Instruction PIANO LESSONS Certified a qualified teacher(Moscow, Russia) with 28 years of experience(including 10 years in Canada) offers privet piano lessons for children of all levels from 5 years of age.

Also teach theory and ear training. Preparing for the exams for all levels. Larisa 416-844-1499

Tutoring QUANTUM ACADEMY High School Credits Math, Science, English, French, Spanish Small classes.

Qualified teachers.

905-787-9720 www.quantumacademy.ca

Tax/Financial

Decks & Fences DECKS, Shed, Concrete/ Stone walkway.

Hardwood/ Laminate floors 25 years experience.

416-522-8034, 905-787-0236 http://fifieldconstruction. wikispaces.com/

Handy Person M.K. HANDYMAN Renovations. Painting.

Flooring. Fencing.

Kitchens. Washrooms.

Basements+++.

Good prices.

Free estimates.

Mehdi 416-300-7071

Home Renovations A-HANDYMANKitchen & Bathroom renovations, plumbing, electrical, hardwood/ laminate flooring.

Excellent quality.

Reasonable price.

416-845-1556.

$$$NEED MONEY$$$ Do you have a pension plan from an ex-employer? (LIRA) or (locked in RRSP).

Call NOW! ALL JUNK Removal- 1-416-357-9585 Basements, yards, garages. General cleanups, lawn cutting, small moves, odd Mortgages/Loans jobs. (905)832-9655 $$MONEY$$ CONSOLIDATE Debts Mortgages to 90% No income, Bad credit OK! Better Option Mortgage #10969 1-800-282-1169 www.mortgageontario.com

COMPLETE RENOVATIONS- Additions. Basements. Medical Clinics: Dentistry; Vet Clinic; Chiropractic. Professional. Low price.

(416)427-2308 Sean.

Moving & Storage A-PARRIS MOVERSLong/short, big/small, residential/ condos/ commercial. Quality service. Affordable/ reliable. 905-758-2848, 416-677-2848 www. parrishomesolutions.com

Painting & Decorating ABSOLUTELY amazing painters at bargain prices!

Summer special $100/ room. Quick, clean, reliable. Free estimates!

Second to None Painting 905-265-7738

Legals

Places of Worship

Places of Worship

Places of Worship

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS In the Estate of Shirley Emily Marie Murphy Date of Death May 17, 2012.

I, the undersigned, propose to distribute the assets of the Estate of Shirley Emily Marie Murphy, late of the Town of Richmond Hill in the Regional Municipality of York, Retired Clerk, and will be responsible only for claims of which I have notice and which are received by me on or before the 30th day of September, 2012.

DATED at Richmond Hill this 30th day of August, 2012.

Robert H. Blackburn, Estate Trustee, 10800 Yonge Street, 3rd Floor Richmond Hill, Ontario L4C 3E4

Plumbing SEMI-RETIRED MASTER plumber.

Experienced.

Courteous. No job too small! Licensed and insured. Reasonable rates.

416-948-6536

Tree/Stump Service QUALITY TREE care service. Specializing: cedar hedge trimming, tree/ shrub pruning, mulching.

Certified Arborist.

(647)297-8559

ANNUAL STREET SaleSeptember 8, 8:30am-2pm.

Westbury Court (Bathurst/ Shaftsbury), Richmond Hill. Rain date: Sunday.

ANTIQUE SALE- 165 East Beaver Creek, Unit 11. Friday/ Saturday, September 8/ 9, 10am-3pm. Antiques, furniture, households.

CONTENTS SALE Steeles/ 404 44 Wickstead Way, Thornhill Sat. Sept 8, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

HUGE GARAGE SaleThornhill, 54 Langtry Place (Centre/ Atkinson). Saturday/ Sunday, September 8/ 9. 8am-4pm. Gas dryer, patio set, large rugs, baby items, stroller, clothes, toys, books, sporting goods. Everything must go RH- Keble Court, Saturday 8am-2pm. Great stuff!.

Decorator's surplus. Furniture, kids' stuff. Raindate Sept. 15th.

Places of Worship

CONCRETE & PAVING

BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY

INTERLOCKINGSPECIALIZING in walkways, driveways, patios, garden beds, repairs, tree cutting, etc.

Free estimates.

(647)995-4231

Legals

RICHMOND HILL- Multifamily Street Sale. Red Rock Drive. (N. of Elgin Mills/ off Larratt Lane).

Sept. 8th, 8am-12noon.

Raindate: Sunday.

RICHMOND HILL- 176 Stave Crescent. Saturday 10am-2pm. Many new items. Sports cards- no vintage, video games, DVD. RICHMOND HILL Furniture, girl toys, winter tires, Total gym, kitchen, CDs, DVDs. 28 Westminster Drive 09/08/2012 10:00am-4:00pm 0 9 / 0 9 / 2 0 1 2 10:00am-3:00pm THORNHILL- 38 Dana (Clark/ Bathurst) Sunday 9am-2pm.

Household items, furniture, women's +size clothes, men's clothes.

TOOLMAN'S DELIGHT! Tools & Hardwood planks, etc New & Vintage 233 Essex Ave Sep 8 & 9 8am-5pm

CONCRETE IMPRESSIONS Stamped concrete for as low as $8./ sq.ft.

Garage Floors • Driveways • Basement Walkouts Walkways • Waterproofing • Patios Over 30 years experience We leave "Good Impressions" Insured • Free Estimates • References

905-505-2410

HOME RENOVATIONS MARC-BUILT CONSTRUCTION & WATERPROOFING Additions ~ Finished Basements Bathrooms ~ Framing ~ Drywall ~ Tile Plumbing ~ Flooring ~ Decks & Fences Leaky Basements ~ Concrete Walkways **Designs & Drawings** 25% off + Eco Rebate FREE 3pc bathroom with basement finish Free estimates. Fully Insured. 416-414-1943

23, The Thornhill Liberal, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012

Landscaping, Lawn Care, Supplies

LANDSCAPING, LAWN CARE, SUPPLIES T & G Landscaping

• Interlock Stone • Retaining Walls • Flagstone Walkways • Lift & Re-level Interlock • Garden Installation ~ Top Soil & Seed

905-841-5098

Residential ~ Commercial

MASONRY & CONCRETE Got masonry needs? We do it all.

Specializing in high-quality masonry & natural stone The brick stops here!

window sill replacement parging • chimneys • repointing • fireplaces brick & block work • stone walls & flatwork mortar colour matching • cultured stone brick tinting • glass block • wall openings & closures historical restoration a specialty

DRESSMAKING/ALTERATIONS Dressmaking & Accessories Ladies & Men’s Alterations

Where fine workmanship never goes out of style, and personal attention is given to every detail.

Ethel Wilcott-Feldt By appointment only 905-918-0937

ROOFING FRED'S ROOFERS INC. •Licensed •Free Estimates •Shingles •Flats •Roof Repairs •Chimneys •Skylights •Eavestroughing

All work guaranteed.

20 years experience.

Insured ~ WSIB

Call Fred: Cell: 416-567-7387 Office: 905-918-1100, 1-877-264-3400

Presented by The Richmond Hill/Thornhill Liberal

905-884-1105 Ask for Trish

Everything from Horses to Houses...

Buy or sell just about anything in the columns of the Liberal.

905-884-1105 EW

The Thornhill Liberal, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, 24

CLEAROUT C

EVENT

CLOSE A GREAT DEAL C

CANADA’S DA’S LARGEST LA NISSAN GROUP PRESENTS

THE MASSIVE TRUCK CLEAROUT UP TO $1 4,000 ^

In Cash Discounts On Other Select Models

CASH PRICE

CASH PRICE

SPECIAL $29,488* EVENT

41,878*

$

PACKAGE AVAILABLE INCLUDING

2012 NISSAN

TITAN SV 4X4 CREW CAB

Nicely Equipped with - Endurance 5.6-liter DOHC 32-valve V8 engine with 317 hp and 385 lb-ft of torque, Cruise control with steering wheel-mounted controls, Up to 2,153 lbs payload, 9,300 lbs of towing capacity.

48MTH / 100,000KM EXTENDED WARRANTY 4YEAR OIL CHANGES. WINTER FLOOR MATS

$

1823

PLUS TAXES

CASH PRICE

2012 NISSAN

PATHFINDER LE

Nicely Equipped with - 266 hp , 4.0-liter DOHC 24-valve V6 engine, Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) with Traction Control System (TCS), Nissan Intelligent Key® keyless entry and ignition system, Leatherappointed seats, heated steering wheel, Power sliding glass moonroof with one-touch open/close.

CASH PRICE

26,893*

CASH PRICE

24,998*

$

33,998*

$

$

2012 NISSAN

2012 NISSAN

2012 NISSAN

Nicely Equipped with - 4.0-liter DOHC 24-valve V6 engine with 261 hp and 281 lb-ft of torque, Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) , 16” aluminum-alloy wheels, Remote keyless entry, Up to 1,422 lbs payload and 6,300 lbs of towing capacity.

Nicely Equipped with - 170 hp, 2.5-liter DOHC 16-valve 4-cylinder with standard Xtronic CVT, Intuitive All Wheel Drive, Standard ABS, Traction Control System (TCS), Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC).

Nicely Equipped with - 4.0-liter DOHC 24-valve V6 engine, 5-speed automatic transmission, 16” aluminum-alloy wheels, Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) with Traction Control System (TCS).

FRONTIER 4X2 SV CREW CAB ROGUE S AWD

XTERRA S

HURRY, WHEN THEY’RE GONE, THEY’RE...

VISIT YOUR ALTA GROUP OF DEALERS TODAY

EW

^$14,000 Cash Discount is based on non-stackable trading dollars and is only applicable to 2012 Titan Crew Cab models. Cash Discount value varies by model. †0.9%/0%/0.9%/0% purchase financing for up to 84/84/84/84 months available on 2012 Sentra/Versa Hatch/Rogue/Altima Sedan models. Representative finance example based on Selling Price of $29,427 for 2012 Altima 2.5 S Luxury Package (T4RG12 CA00), CVT transmission, financed at 0% APR for 84 months equals $350 per month with $0 down payment. Cost of borrowing is $0 for a total obligation of $29,427. All Offers For A Limited Time And May Change Without Notice. Prices On 2012 Nissan: TITAN (3CCG72 AA00) PATHFINDER LE (5CTG72 AA00) FRONTIER (2CRG72 AAOO) ROGUE AWD (Y6RG12 AA00) And XTERRA S (8CLG12 AE00) Are Including All Freight And Fees Plus HST And Are Cash Only Pricing. Financing Is Available At Standard Bank Rates OAC.Event Package Includes A 4yr 100,000 KMS Nissan Extended Warranty Certificate, 4yr Schedualed Oil Changes And Nissan Original Winter Mats For Only $1823.00 Plus Tax. License, registration, insurance and applicable taxes (including excise tax and fuel conservation tax, where applicable) are extra. Finance offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers except stackable trading dollars. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Retailers are free to set individual prices. Offers valid between September 1st and October 1st, 2012. See Alta Group.ca or Your Closest Alta Group Dealer For Complete Details. HST HST EXTRA