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Vol. 42 No. 7 September 2005 MARKLAND
WOOD CHAMPAGNE SOCIAL 2005!
Featuring
the live band, "The Bullets!" Van
Morrison, Springsteen, B52's, AC DC, Sinatra and Glen Miller- they
do it all, and they are fantastic!! Friday,
September 30th at 7:00 p.m. Markland Wood Golf Club Don't
miss this opportunity to mix, mingle and dance up a storm with your fellow
Marklanders! New
this year - more tickets are available! Ticket Sales – Wed. September 21st at Patti & Ernie Thorne's, 15 Fieldstone - 6:30 p.m. MHA
Environment Committee hosts a Markland
Wood Community Meeting Monday,
September 19, 7:00 p.m. Etobicoke
Civic Centre, Main Board Room (look inside
for details and agenda) A first look at out new logo Visit
your association’s brand new website at: Airport Noise Complaints: (416) 247-7682
President’s Update Greetings! I trust your
summer was good overall. The weather certainly was. Welcome to those who are
new to the area. You have joined a caring community that watches out for one
another and also those outside of their community. This is your
Markland Homes Association (MHA) and we begin another year. We come off
from having one of our most successful years to date. It began last September
with the addition of seven new directors to complement the board of ten. We
set out to accomplish 3 objectives, which were to launch our own website,
update the Constitution under which we operate, and take whatever steps we can
to promote Markland Wood as the positive place that it is to live in. We
formed several committees to further those objectives, as well as to allow the
MHA to reach its full potential with an all- volunteer board. The year
culminated on June 6th with our Annual General Meeting, which was
well attended, with standing room only. Among the audience was Councillor Doug
Holyday. It was certainly the largest AGM in the memory of any of the current
board members. We had Dr. David McKeown, the Medical Officer of Health for the
City of Toronto and a fellow Marklander, speak on Toronto’s Air Quality.
At the AGM,
we unveiled our new logo for the community, which is featured on our cover
this month. This logo will be placed on a sign as you enter Markland Wood. As
well, we launched our website, www.marklandwood.org
, which is intended to be used as a communication tool for the benefit of the
community. See more on these items below. Shortly after
the AGM, it was brought to our attention that a new power plant is to be built
in east Mississauga, on the border of Etobicoke, close to our area. See Greg
Rohn’s article on this further on. As usual, we
have a full slate of activities planned for the coming year, two of which
occur in the month of September. On September 19th, the Environment
Committee, one of the committees formed in the last year, is having a special
meeting for concerned and interested residents of Markland Wood. See the
notice herein for further information. As well, our Annual Champagne Social
takes place on Friday, September 30th.
Again, we
have an outstanding slate of directors returning for the year. Bob Cooke
has moved from being an associate director to a full director. As an associate
director last year, Bob was a large contributor to the Positively Promoting
Markland (PPM) Committee and we welcome his greater involvement. Anna
Schaefer has become the new Secretary to the Board, replacing Diane
McLeod. Diane’s service to the Board as Secretary during the past year
was greatly appreciated. She remains as a director and an integral part of the
Social Committee. Greg Rohn is the new Vice-president and his
contribution is already being felt by the Board. He replaces Tom Napier,
who served in that role over the past three years. Tom has been a valued
partner and a tremendous contributor to the MHA on many fronts during this
time. He made my role easier and I could not have done it without him. Among
his many contributions was the development and launch of the website. He stays
on the board as a director and Tom, on behalf of the Board and Community, I
thank you for your service these past years.
At the AGM in
June we announced that there would be an increase in the annual dues for the
coming year. This will be discussed and set at the first meeting on September
12th. We also announced to the many concerned residents who were in
attendance, that we would be striking a taskforce to deal with what is seen as
an increase in vandalism, bullying and serious assaults in the area. I
envision this taskforce to be made up from a cross-section of concerned
residents and parents, young adults in the area, school and police
representatives and a couple of MHA directors. The Board will be discussing
this at length at the September meeting and I will be reporting back to you
separately on the development of this taskforce.
Best regards,
Patrick
Clifford President Markland
Homes Association 2005-2006
Board of Directors EXECUTIVE: PRESIDENT: Patrick Clifford VICE-PRESIDENT: Greg RohnSECRETARY: Anna
Schaefer TREASURER:
Gerard
Betsch DIRECTORS Richard Boehnke Brian Brennand Paul
Cavanagh Bob
Cooke Bev
Evans Michael
Georgopoulos Bo
Lawrentiw Graham Maguire Paul Marano Don Matheson Diane
McLeod Tom Napier Peter
Sgro Romeo Sinopoli Associate Directors Stephen Blimkie, Helen Boehnke, Tamara Greene, Mary Lordan, Ian Sillars,
Irene Sillars, Donna Sokic, MP (Pierina) Stokes, Anne-Marie Stoneburgh and
Patti Thorne. Marklanders - get ready for a rockin' night out! MHA
Environment Committee Markland
Wood Community Meeting for the Environment Monday,
September 19, 7:00 p.m. Etobicoke
Civic Centre Main Board
Room The
MHA Board of Directors has decided that the environmental activities of the
Association would best be established by the community.
Therefore, a special meeting has been convened to seek the opinions and
ideas of Markland Wood residents about what we should concentrate on, as a
community, in our effort to help our environment. While the
committee hopes to receive feedback on the following potential community
activities, all suggestions are welcomed to the discussion. In
particular, we should appreciate comment on the role that out new website
might play as an environmental activity resource for Markland Wood. We
actively encourage all to attend, including all the kids – we think this
could be a most important beginning for us as an “environmentally friendly
community”! The suggested discussion
agenda is as follows: Should
Markland Wood Environment Committee undertake planning for?
A more
advanced activism might include: ·
joining the Sierra
Club ·
joining Hike Ontario ·
taking part in
letter-writing campaigns in support of David Suzuki, or other environmental
leaders ·
working with Toronto
Public Health in supporting their environmental initiatives for the
municipality as a whole ·
joining urban tree
planting programs. There will
also be a brief presentation of what we know about the proposed Greenfield
South Generating Plant Come on out
and let us know what you think we should be doing? Richard
Boehnke Chair –
Environment Committee Greenfield
South Power Plant Members of your Board of Directors have been
monitoring issues surrounding the proposed natural gas-fired power plant, to
be built in Southeast Mississauga, not too far from Markland Wood. There have
been a number of developments over the summer including an open house put on
by the developer Eastern Power Ltd.; a public meeting with close to 1000
Mississauga residents in attendance, organized by a ratepayers' coalition; and
plenty of correspondence with other ratepayers' groups and some politicians. Greg
Rohn (Editor’s
note: Please read the following letter written by Tony Jones) The
Liberal Government of Ontario has made a commitment to close coal-fired
plants. Because it has broken many of its other promises, it cannot back away
from this, despite the fact that
coal technology is now both cleaner and cheaper than the proposed alternative,
natural gas. Under
a bid-and-tender process that has not
been made available to public scrutiny, contracts have been let for a
number of small, supposedly clean, natural gas-fired power stations.
One feature of these stations is that they are being located very
close to residential areas, because it’s cheaper to do so.
This violates a long-held principle established by Ontario Hydro that neighbourhoods
and power plants don’t mix. Eastern
Power has been approved by the Ministry of Energy to build a plant on the
western bank of Etobicoke Creek between Queensway and Dundas.
The Coalition of Homeowners for Intelligent Power (“CHIP”) objects
strongly to this because:
This
is not a case of NIMBY. CHIP’s
position is that power plants do not belong in anyone’s back yard,
and certainly not upwind of Canada’s largest and densest population, in one
of N. America’s most distressed airsheds. We
are fighting this proposed plant, and any others like it. Power plants should be in purely industrial areas, and East
(downwind) of the GTA – as was recommended by a leading Canadian expert
several years ago. CHIP
consists (at present) of Applewood, Sherway, and Ward 3 Homeowners’
Associations. Markland is equally
affected, and we invite you to join us in our move to get this plant scrubbed. It
makes no sense. Fro
more information refer to our website at: www.againsteastern.com Tony
Jones, From
Tom’s Desk Wow, the
summer of 2005 turned out to be one to remember! We had lots of hot weather,
lots of shootings in Toronto, a very lucky incident at the airport, a couple
of huge thunderstorms and discovering two new (proposed) natural gas
electrical power generation stations to be constructed very close to Markland
Wood. I was
informed by a Mississauga resident in June that the Ontario government has
awarded two natural gas-fired electrical generation plants, to be located very
near Markland Wood. A concern of mine is the stack emissions from these plants
and how it will affect Markland Wood and the rest of Toronto. One of these
plants is less than 2500 metres from Markland Wood. Please visit the CHIP website (http://www.againsteastern.com
and click on the “Are you in the “study” areas” button to view a map
and to see more information about these plants. I am particularly concerned
about the fine particulate matter (PM2.5) discharge over Etobicoke Centre,
which has the honour of having the most senior demographic in Ontario. PM2.5
affects the very young and elderly the most and can cause asthma and other
respiratory problems. PM2.5 is inhaled deeply into the lungs and directly
passes into the blood stream. Coal vs. natural gas electrical power generation
is a huge issue. I asked for
information to be sent to me from the one of Donna Cansfield’s Ministry of
Energy assistants regarding these plants. The Greenfield South plant is the
one located nearest to Markland Wood. Here is an email I received from one of
the Ontario Ministry of Energy personnel: “Hello
Mr. Napier, My
apologies for the delay in getting back to you. It took me some time to
gather the information you had requested. I
would like to ask you however, who is it from the Ministries of Energy and the
Ministry of the Environment you would like to meet with? It is necessary
that you go through the appropriate channels in setting up those meetings, but
I am willing to help you with any contact information you may require. As
stated in my previous e-mail addressing your question regarding particulate
levels, etc., a combined-cycle gas-fired plant has no sulphur dioxide or
mercury emissions. In addition, when compared with emissions from existing
coal-fired plants, combined-cycle plants have about 80 to 90 per cent lower
oxides of nitrogen and particulate emissions, and about 60 per cent lower
carbon dioxide emissions, which are a major contributor to global climate
change. The
Greenfield South Power Plant will not be categorized as either baseload or
peak power. It is actually considered medium load power. The
utilization of medium load facilities are highly variable depending on demand
and other supply options available at any given time. With
regard to your question regarding Environmental Assessment: Ontario's
environmental assessment (EA) requirements for electricity projects
(transmission and generation) are set out under Ontario Regulation 116/01, the
Electricity Projects Regulation. EA requirements are based on the
expected environmental effects of a project, and apply equally to public and
private sector proponents. The level of review is determined by
potential environmental effects. The three categories of assessment,
consultation and documentation requirements are: Category
A: Relatively
benign environmental effects; no EA requirements. Projects
such as less than 2 MW (Mega Watt) wind turbine projects; less than 5 MW
natural gas-fired generating stations. Category
B: Environmental
effects can be mitigated; require completion of a screening process. Projects
such as greater than 2 MW wind turbine projects; greater than 5 MW natural
gas-fired generating stations; less than 200 MW hydroelectric generating
stations. Category
C: Known
environmental effects are significant; require preparation of an individual EA
(full EA). The
proposed Greenfield South Power Plant is a Category B project as it is greater
than or equal to 5 MW. Ontario
Regulation 116/01 put in place the environmental screening process (ESP) to
streamline the planning process, and it is described in the ministry's
"Guide to Environmental Assessment Requirements for Electricity
Projects". The guide may be found on the ministry's website at the
following link: http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/envision/gp/4021e.pdf. And
finally, the location is determined by the fact that Eastern Power owns the
land of the proposed site, and the zoning has been approved by the City of
Mississauga. I
hope this information is of use to you. Regards, Christopher
Green Special
Assistant - Legislative Thanks, Tom Napier,
MHA Director One Markland
Drive Tel:
416-622-9630 Email: tlcnapier1@rogers.com The
MHA Webmaster’s Report The
front-page of our new website at www.MarklandWood.org
is now full of information. Please check it regularly for updates and news. I haven’t
received much feedback regarding the new website. I can only hope we have
designed it well enough to give you, the Markland Wood resident, the
information and tools you require. If you have navigated through the site
fully, please send me an email to let me know what you think. Over the next
few Marklander issues, I will try to provide an update report to describe the
new content. The large
Internet web search engines recognise our website. Today, MSN.com and Yahoo!
list http://www.marklandwood.org as
the #1 hit, when you type in Markland Wood and Markland Homes Association. For
some reason Google has dropped their listing for us, but you can still find
the website on Google by typing our website address (URL) into the search box.
We need the traffic, so please make www.MarklandWood.org
your home website on your computer. My personal
favourite page is “Links”. I have tried to list interesting family-related
websites for you. If you need to know what to place on the curb for waste
removal day, go to this page and click on “garbage pickup”. If you need to
know the bus schedule, you can click on the TTC or Mississauga Transit route
links. However, there are two links I have placed under the category of
“Safety”. There you will find informative links that will hopefully help
and protect you and your family. Please look
for the “Easter Eggs” by clicking on the blue underlined text on some of
the pages. Click on some of the photographs as well to visit interesting web
pages and other websites. I think you will find some pretty interesting
photographs of the Markland Wood trees in spring. A few of these hidden pages
are on the Community page. Look for mature trees, blooming in spring. Remember
to look for the blue underlined text. Cheers, MHA Webmaster Church
News
Bloordale United Church 4258 Bloor St. West. Etobicoke, Ontario, M9C 1Z7 621-1710 Morning
services at 10:30 a.m. Regular
Sunday School and Youth Group meetings resume in September. Check our NEW
website for more details!! www.bloordale.ca
RENFORTH BAPTIST CHURCH 621-1990 PASTOR - Rev. Godfrey Green St.
James United Church
400
Burnhamthorpe Road, Etobicoke (Just west of 427 on the south side of Burnhamthorpe Road.)
622-4113 Celebration Service 9:00 a.m.(includes Sunday School) Traditional Service 10:30 a.m.(includes
Sunday School, baby-sitting) Fellowship with tea or coffee after service Craftspeople:
Book now for St. James United Church Craft Show. Saturday, November 12. Table rental $45. For more information, call 416-242-8277. The
Church of Christ the King 475 Rathburn Road, Etobicoke Just West of Hwy. 427 621-3630 M.M.P. 1st and 3rd Sunday Communion 2nd and 4th Sunday Regular service times start
September 5th Sundays at 8:30 a.m. & 10:30
a.m. Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Also CHECK US OUT ON OUR WEB SITE http://netcomsolutions-ont.com/Christ_King Rehoboth
Fellowship Christian Reformed Church 800 Burnhamthorpe Road (just east of Mill Rd.) Etobicoke
622-9647 Reverend John Tenyenhuis St.
Matthew’s Anglican Church 3962 Bloor
St. W. Etobicoke For more
information please call the church office. Hats
Off “Hats
Off” to Heather Sobie, who recently placed 4th in the Ontario
Provincial Trampoline Championships.
Congratulations
Heather! People and Places
401st Scout Group Scouting
Registration Registration will be held on Tuesday September 13th
at 7:00 p.m. in the gym at Bloordale United Church. ( Bloor St. W, east of
Markland Dr. ) Beavers: 5-7 yrs
Tues 6:30-7:30 Cubs: 8-10 yrs Tues
7:00-8:30 Scouts: 11-14 yrs
Thurs 7:00-9:00 Venturers:
15-17
yrs
Thurs
7:00-9:00 Rovers:
18-26 years Thurs 7:00-9:00 Our Scouting is fully co-ed and we are very fortunate to have excellent
programs and leadership in all the above sections.
If you require any further information, please do not
hesitate to call me or one of the leaders. Hope to see all returning youth and
new members on September 13th. Sincerely, Martin Ross Group Scouter 401st. Scout Group (416) 621-6931 CENTENNIAL PARK SKATING CLUB welcomes you back from a short and very hot summer. You
may not be thinking of skating just yet. However, we will be having our
registration for children ages 3 and up,
as well as Teen and Adults
on Wednesday September 14 from 6 to 9 p.m. and on Saturday, September 17 from
2 to 5
p.m. Children ages
3 to 6 may be enrolled in a 30- minute Pre-Canskate class on Monday 5:30-6:00
p.m., Wednesday 6:20-6:50 p.m. or 6:50-7:20 p.m., Thursday 6:15-6:45 p.m.
and Saturdays 3:05-3:35 p.m. or 3:35-4:05 p.m. Children up to age 13, and
Teens and Adults may be enrolled in a 60-minute class on Monday from 5-6 p.m.
Wednesday 6:20-7:20 p.m., Thursdays 5:45-6:45 p.m. or Saturdays
3:05-4:05 p.m. All lessons are taught as per Skate Canada rules
and guidelines. All coaches are NCCP certified, hold a valid First Aid
Certificate and have undergone a Police check. Skaters will learn to
glide forwards and backwards with speed, do crosscuts forwards and
backwards, spin, and jump, stop, and other death-defying manoeuvres like
"Shoot the Duck". If you would like to join us, please register
at the times shown. For more information please visit our website at www.centennialparkskatingclub.com or
call our Club line at 621-4439. We are located at the Centennial
Arena, near Renforth and Rathburn. Our office is located on the second
floor, East side. The Etobicoke Newcomers’
Club for Women
Are you new to the area? Interested in
making new friendships? Join us on the first Tuesday of each month at Kingsway
Lambton United Church, 85 The Kingsway. The first meeting is on Sept 13 at
7:30 p.m. For further
information call Nicole at (416) 231-8168. Parenting
and Family Literacy Program The Toronto District School
Board’s Parenting and Family Literacy Program will be open again starting
September 7. It is a free drop-in that operates in Eatonville Public School,
Monday to Friday: 8:30 - 12:30. Parents! Caregivers! Grandparents!
Bring your children, up to 6 years We have a complete childrens’
programme, including Music and Story time, snacktime, arts and crafts,
puzzles, books, toys! Drop in with your child any day! MARKLAND
WOOD BRIDGE MARATHON A very
enjoyable end of the 04/05 season dinner was held on May 26th at
the Markland Wood Golf and Country Club. Prize winners
for the Evening Once a Month Marathon
were: First
Prize: Susan and
Stavros Karanicolas; Second
Prize: Karen and Robert
Jakubek; Third
Prize:
Loraine and Ed Maddix. Highest
Single Score: Susan and
Stavros Karanicolas; Small
Slams: Susan and
Stavros Karanicolas; Susan and Jim Gipp; Iris and Hugh Van Melle; Winners
for the Afternoon Twice a Month
were: First
Prize: Iris van Melle
and Ardith Grant; Second
Prize: Eleanor Hunt and
Doris Hudson; Third
Prize: Norma Rogers and
Marion Bosworth Highest
Single Score: Iris Van
Melle and Ardith Grant Small
Slams: Shirley Corcoran
and Betty Naudie; Eleanor Hunt and Doris Hudson; Iris Van Melle and Ardith
Grant. The 2005/06
season starts with the first games to be played in September and the schedules
are being made up. We do have room for more members in both marathons and if
you are a bridge player and have a partner and want to find out more about our
once-a-month evening marathon or twice-a-month afternoon marathon, please get
in touch with Hugh or Iris Van Melle at 626-3249 as soon as possible. Hugh
Van Melle. NEW PET SUPPLY STORE NOW OPEN IN MISSISSAUGA!!!!!! Endless Tails Pet Nutrition Center 1891 Rathburn Road East in the Longo's
Plaza beside Shoppers Drug Mart in the Kingsbury Center) just north of Burnhamthorpe on Ponytrail 905-290-0378 Free Pig ear or cat toy when you mention
this add Kitten/Cat adoptions on site through
Volunteers for Animals (a cat rescue group charity for over 30 years).
Please consider adopting or fostering our many homeless cats/kittens. Frequent Buyer Card available For more information please come by, or
call us! Thanks to all of you who visit the store or
wish to help us with the ever-growing number of homeless/stray cats in our
city. If you have a spare room, please consider fostering; to these
animals, life is tough on the streets. www.actionvolunteersforanimals.com Centennial
Park Power & Sail Squadron Boating
Course (Canadian
Coast Guard Approved) Learn the essentials of operating
all types of power and sail craft and obtain the CCG approved Pleasure Craft Operator Card 13 weekly sessions cover more than
20 topics, including rules of the waterway, mandatory and optional safety
equipment, magnetic compass, handling boats under power and sail, collision
regulations, lights and buoys, navigation, anchoring and weather. 26 hours of instruction,
examination, all texts, charts and reference documents included. Fee $175 ($275 family special). Classes
start Tuesday September 13th 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Etobicoke Collegiate Institute (Montgomery road, north of Bloor). To register in advance, call
Tanyss Burt at 416-233-9115 http://centennialpark.cps-ecp.org Parent and Tot Coffee Time resumes on Tuesday September 13 (and
thereafter on alternate Tuesday mornings- Sept 27 and Oct 11, 9:15-11:15 a.m.
in Room 13, Bloordale United Church Parents and caregivers of babies and
toddlers are invited to join in for casual conversation and a chance to meet
new friends. Coffee is provided, but please bring a snack for your little one.
For more information call. Parent Education Network 605 Royal York Road, Suite 108 Toronto, ON M8Y 4G5 Telephone: 255-8969 Fax:
255-4162 Presentation
by the Parent Education Network Recognizing
& Overcoming Teen Depression When is it
“normal” teenage angst? When does a
teen need professional help? How can we
help our teens develop a positive outlook? Guest Speaker:
Dr. Greg Lodenquai, MD, FRCPC Dr. Lodenquai is a psychiatrist at the
Hincks-Dellcrest Centre for Children Thursday,
September 15th 7:00 – 8:30
p.m. Humber Valley United Church 76 Anglesey Blvd (East of Islington
Ave., above Rathburn Rd) Tickets $25.00 per person Please call Judy at: (416) 255-8969 Email: parentednet@on.aibn.com The Neilson
Park Creative Centre
56 Neilson Drive, Etobicoke ON M9C 1V7 September 6-25
In the Main Gallery: "Poland – It’s Land &
People" an exhibit of acrylic paintings and Polish
folk art by Helen Derkowski Artist in attendance Gallery Opening Reception: September 6, 7-9
p.m. In the Hall Gallery: "My Choice II" Recent watercolours, oils and acrylics by Olga Radocaj "Origins" In the Galleries: September 26 to October
16 Origins is an Artists’
Choice Exhibition that celebrates Toronto’s rich cultural
life by featuring the work of new and established artists from culturally
diverse and aboriginal backgrounds. We encourage artists new to our gallery
and to exhibiting to apply. Your original art can be in any form and in any
media – painting, drawing, mixed media works, photography, sculpture jewelry,
fibre art, calligraphic art This exhibition will feature a People’s Choice Award. Open to Ontario
residents of any age. Application
deadline: Thursday, September 15 Information:
622-5294 Open:
Mon-Sat, 9-4 p.m. Tuesday, 7-9 p.m. Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Wheelchair accessible. Free admission and parking. www.neilsonparkcreativecentre.com Email: npcc@idirect.com MARKLANDER
STAFF President: Patrick Clifford Editor: Graham
Maguire Advertising: Brian
Brennand Photographer:
Tom Napier Distribution:
Richard Boehnke Setup Spalding
Creative 255-9033 Printing
Stu
McNair
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