1999 Spring - Guildwood Village Community Association

Official Publicationofthe Guildwood VillageCommunity Association
Spring'99
HELLO FROM YOTJRNEW EDITOR
VOLUNTE.ERSNEEDET)
Justa quick word to sayI'm looking fbrwardto
this new challenge,after serving as GVCA
Secretaryfbr the last three years.
Volunteersare required to maintain a strong
community association.
I developedan interestin desktoppublishing
and editing newslettersin the mid-80's,when
I worked fbr a largedowntown law firm anddid
their regular bulletin.
Guildwood is a remarkablecommunityfull of
wonderful people and I love this opportunity
to "do my bit". I can'tstressenoughthe importance of volunteerism.
T'ake"fbr example.this News & Views. lt takes
dozens(if not hundreds)of volunteersto put it
into your hands1bryour enjoymentand edification. Obviously. it is quicker and easieron
the feet to have 10 peopledeliver 20 copies
each,rather than one persondeliver 200.
"Many handsmake light work". The more the
merrier! We arealwaysin needof more volunteers.be it fbr deliveringthe News & Views,
helping with the Membershipl)rive or Guildwood Day. Ifwe spreadthe work amongmany.
the burden is far less for everyone.Please
think abouthelping out in any way you can.
Whetheryou're a lclng-timeresidentor you've
just movedto Guildwood(havingheardwhat a
greatcommunityit is!)" volunteeringis a_great
*uy to meet your neighboursand get to know
the hearl o1'thecommunit\,.
Lettersto the frditor and articlesfbr inclusion
in future editionsof the News & Views canhe
e-mailedto me at <sandbritrrDinterlog.com>.
or mailed or dropped otl- to 254 Livingston
Road. Mltl 11,9.I look fonvard to hearing
fiom you !
Put Sands. Editor
G uildv' ood .Veu'^s& I,'icu's
At the presenttime, the following positions
are vacant:
Secretary
ChristmasCelebrationCo-ordinator
Guildwood Day Co-ordinator**
.ferry
**
Doyle is co-ordinating this year's
event,howeverthe co-ordinatorof next year's
r,vorkcloselywith Terry this year.
event
'fhis should
is a greatopportunity to get involved and
meeta lot ofyour neighboursandprovidea day
which is entertainingand specialto the children of Guildwood.
Pleasephone the GVCA hotline aI 410-2755
and a member of the executivewill phone to
discussyour interestsand where your talent
can best be put to use.
Paula Bale, Cornputer Luvottt,,\ews and tr'iews
GUILDWOODWEBSITE
www.guildwood.on.ca
JOIN YOUR
NEIGHBORSAT
THEANNT]AL
GUILDWOOD
SPRINGCLEAN UP
The Guildwood website continues to grow
with more and more community announcementsbeing postedevery week.
New fbaturesare being addedas they become
available. The site continuesto gain international attention with visitors fiom the fbur
cornersof the globe.
Your comments and suggestionsare always
welcome as we flnd more ways to pror,'ide
information to the community.
Pleasetake a f'eu'minutesout o1-vour dav to
check it out.
Fretl C tnr i n. ll'e bntu.sler
Saturday May 15th
fiom 9:30 to I 1:30.
Bags.Glovesand Maps supplied;
Bring your own rakes.wagaonand blue boxes!
Meet us at the SouthEastcornerol'Guildwood
Pkrv,v.and I-i r,'ingston
Sponsoredby: the Guildwood Village Community,'Association
-l-eunt(.o-ordinutrtr
,Jutly ll lut' Laod, (' lattn
--.
$"@
E X E C U T I V EC O M M I T T E E
GVCA Wcbsite
.gui Idw'ood.ott.ca
http://wrv'ur,
. ' . . . . . 'It0 - 2 7 5 5
GVCA HotLine
. . .2 6 5 -l 1 2 6
S t e v eK e v i n s .P r e s i d e r r t
287r.'+97
President
Mary t-.llenBerrvick.Past
283-8701
JoeGrozellV
e .i c e - P r e s i d e t r t . . .
. reasurer
D o r r n aB e n n i c kT
PositiortVacant
SecreLary',
Members at Large
281-2497
ParrlaBate. Cont1tulcrLu.t'tttrl
...281-2497
<&L'iev'sf,clitor
Pat Sands.ly'srt'.r
.......283-6043
Li.sr.
FredCorvin.lllanrher,ship
269-2682
trfiembership
Kur"t& PatriciaCliristensen,
3rr7t,,
PositiorrVacalrt.('ttrttrnttnity
-I'err1'
Dcry'lc.GuilclwttodDu)'
....269-0003
Gord Evans,['hologrttphcr
('o-(
266-2154
)rtlinutor
Torri Hogarth.Di.strifution
283-8701
DeSouzu.['urude
,lo.r,c'e
Cuortlinutor282-1628
Mact.eod.ClaunT.eunt
.lrrd-v-
DATESTO REMEMBER
March.2000
Ma11
' 0 .1 9 9 9
N ' l a y ' 2 9l 9" q 9
Jtrrre5. 1999
[ ) e c er n b e r5 " 1 9 9 9
l eeting
A n n u r aGl e n c r aM
I)rive
Mernbership
GarageSale
(iuilchvr-rod
Day
t lr
C h' r i s t r n a( s' e l c b r ai o
ctrlLDwoot) N E W S &
VIEWS
& L'ictr',tis publishedfour
Thc (iuiltlu'rxtrJ,\''c'rt',r
spccialeditions.Submistiniesa )'carn'itlroccasional
siorrsare rvelcomeattd lnttst be receivedbv the
fbllowingdates:
W ' i n t e r e d i t i o n . . J a n u a r y3 '1
S p r i n g e d i t i .o. n. . . . . . .M. .a r c hI 5
. ay3l
S u m r n e r e d i t i .o. n. . . .M
S e p t e m b el 5r
F a l l e d i t i o. n. . . . .
envelopewith any
self-addressed
Includea starnped.
iteltrvou rvishreturned.
subrrtissiott
Guildv'ood lYev's<9tr/iews,
dk w y .
B o x I 1 0 0 19. 7 G u i l d r v o oP
M
l
E
,
5
G
5
O
N
,
H
i
l
l
.
West
The Guildwood News & Views
Mailto:
Compiledand trditedby'Put Suncl,s
C-ornputer[-ay'outby I'utrlu Balc
Di stributioltCo-ordi nator.T'oni Hogarth
STRAWI}ERRY FESTIVAI,
PoplarRoadJuniorllublicSchool
'l'he
37th annualSlnnrhcrrr I:cstiralis l'rcing
hclclon l:rida1'.
.luncI ltli. :;liulingat 6.00p.nt.
Clonreand .foin us lol a IlllQ- sames.raf-llcs.
cntcrtainmcntund a straw"bcrrrtreat!
or call thc schoolat .196Watch lbr our 111'er
6525 firr n-rorcctrctaiis.
lirra 1un-lrlled
Mark this dateon \ oilr calcnclat"
cvcning!
DID YOU KNOW?
Did you knor,vthat Guildw'oodis the home of
Canada'sf-rrstGreek Theatre? Lclcatedin the
back gardensof the Guild Inn the GreekTheatre was built in 1982 tc-rcorttmemorateThe
Guild's 5OthAnniversary.
Assemblcdwith marblclrom thc Bank o1'Tosouthwestcornerof
ronto building locatedon
'fhe
bank was built in
King and Bay Street.
1912with marbletiom a quarrynearBancroft.
'fhe
building rvas demolishedin 1966. The
theatre was built rvith 8 o1'the bank's 2 1
Corinthiancapitalsand columns
F red () ov,i n. Ll'c h ntusl er
1999ANNLIAL CENERA[, MEETING
'l'his
1'earrsA(iM rvasheld Marrch24 at Jack
N,{inerSchool.A r ery' srnallcrowd ol-mcmberstook the time tc-r
be broughtup to dateon
the latestlocal hot topics.anclto take part in
thc annualelections.
Featuresof this )'car'smeetingincludedlircd
fJate'supdateon behalf ot-thc Guild RenaissanceGroup regardingthe statuso1'the(iuild
Inn. Sleve Gilchrist'sreporl on the erosion
corrtrolalongthe Rlufh at Sy'lvanAvenueand
a rcporl fiom Rarb More. Rranch Supervisor
ol-the Guildrvoodl,ibrary (seepage 7).
As usual.the highlight of the AGM rvasthe
SteveKervins
electiono1-the 1999Brecr-rtive.
.locGrclzelle.
rvasvotedin astheneu'l)residcnt:
u,hounfortunatell'coulclnot be present.ViccPrcsident:DonnaBennink.Trc'asurer.
'['hejob
'['he
positionot'Sccretaryis still opcn.
only entailsattendingthe Erecutivemeetings
the third Wednesdayof almost every month.
running the taperecorderand then putting the
'fhere
must be someoneout
minuteson paper.
Just a tbw hours a
of
this
task.
there capable
people!
month! Come on
Members-at-l-arge for 1999 are: Kurt
C l h r i s t e n s e n( M e m b e r s h i p ) . F r e d C o w i n
(Website).Toni l{ogart (Distribution), Judy
Macl-eod(Environment),Pat Sands(News &
Views). Paula Bate (Computer Layout) and
Joyce de Souza(ParadeClo-ordinator).
Volunteers are still needed 1br: Guildw'ood
Day Co-ordinator.ChristmasCelebration.and
WelcomeKits. If any of theseporllblios suit
)'ou, or you have some other area of interest
which rvould beneflt the communitl'.plcase
call the hotlineto sign up.
w E N r i E DY O U ! !
Put Suntls. Sccralurr
TRILLIUM GARDEN AWARDS
DEAREDITOR
THANKS TO RETIRING VOLUNTEERS!
After eight yearsof diligently deliveringover
200 copiesof the News and Views eachissue.
76 yearold Ted Huismanhas "retired".along
with fbllow ToynbeehelpersPhillip Redwood
and Gary Hughson.Thanks,guys.we appreciateall your help over the years.and will sorely
missyou. This leavcsa big gap in the Tol"nbee
neednew voldistribution,and we desperately
unteerson Tovnbee.as well as other areas.
Springhassprungand everyonelikes a bit of a
so
walk to checkout their neighbours'gardens,
PLEASE think aboutwhat a wonderfulcontribution you could make by even delir,'eringto
about 20 houses.ANY volunteerswould be
savingmy f-eet,I can tell you. so I thankyou in
advance.Justgive me or Toni Hogartha call
(seepage2 fbr phone numbers).
Pul Suntls
DEAREDITOR:
Neighbourson SomerdaleSquareprclvedto be
my "guardianangels"after I experiencedan
unfbrtunateaccident in September.1997.
During my hospitalization,caring neighbours
provided m-y visiting family members with
comfbrt and delicious tbod. When I returncd
home in January,1998.theseguardianangels
rallied around to assist me rvith shopping.
snow removal.transportationand"in sutnmer.
larvn care (cheers.John) and a colourlul
flowerbed.which gaveme joy. I'm very gratetul to manypeople.Thanksto GiselaBachand
Adele Martin. Sincereappreciationto all. inc l u d i n g t h e B e a t t l ' s .K o c h s " M c M i l l a n s .
Skyrmes and Walkers. as rvell as Pegg"l''
Rothr.vellanddaughterJanice.atsomany other
kind lblk aroundtheSquare.Rev.Don Dou'ner
andincluded
gaveme spiritualencouragement
me in l loly-frinity's prayers.Thank1'ouall fc-rr
caring.Guildu'oodis a grcatcommunitl'!
Somartlul c
Resnec'llilllt'submitted hv l\luureert I'cr,sct',
\_i a v'.s
G u i Iclv'rt rtcl t\rclr',\'& 11
Your Spring Newsletter might be a good opportunity to remind, or introduce, Guildwood
residentsof the Trillium GardenAwards program which beganin 1977 on the recommendation of the ScarboroughGarden and Horticultural Society.It is currently co-sponsored
b5rthis Society.the Agincoutl GardenClub and
the City through the Recreation, Parks and
Culture Department.
M
The program recognizes
the contributionof home
gardeners.in the care of
,#
their fiont gardens.HonourableCitationsarealso
given to non-residential
propertieswhich help
pleasmakethelandscape
antto view. Front gardens
canbe nominatedby anyone - last year over 350
were submitted.and were .iudgedduring
the latter parl ot' July and early August by
membersof the tu'o garden club - fflore than
50 volunteerswere involved
were tbrthIn Ward 13.alone.J7 non'tinations
coming.At the Au'ardsCeremonyin Septenrber. rvith Ken Shaw as the Masterof Ceremonies.three winnerswere from the Guildwood
a r e a . C o n g r a t u l a t i o n st o M r . a n d M r s .
l,eggewie.Mr. and Mrs. Mason and Mr. and
N4rs.Labadiew.hoall receivedTrillium sarden
stakes.
We arc alreadyin the planning stagefbr this
coming year and expectto be busierthan last
)'ear due to the increasinginterestin gardening. [.ast y'earpostersvveredisplayedat local
gardeningcentres"Valu Mart and Community
Centres.The'frillium GardenAwards Hot Line
numberto registeryour nominationsis 396,1168.C'losingdate fbr nominationsis midJuly.
So.let'sgetdigging! Forthosewho walk. don't
lorgetto nominateany fiont gardensthat make
y-'ouru'alk more pleasurable.
.-1ltnuDrupcr, l,'lamherof'scurbor"ougltGurden und
H rr t i t'uI t ttt'ttl Soc'
i et.t^
tf'
Trill
irttttGurtlcn,4v'ortl(.'ommiltee
,\[t'mbar the
MORE ON THE PESTICIDE ISSUE...
Dear Editor:
Don Davies posed some important questions
aboutpesticidesin the last issue.As a licensed
but inactivepesticideapplicator.I have lots of
infbrmation fbr Guildwood. my home ot-23
years.I, too, have grave concernsaboutpesticide use.
The OntarioMinistry ol-Environmentand Energy managesour pesticides.There are well
over 2300 pesticide products and over 250
fertilizers containing pesticidesregisteredin
Ontario. Pesticidesare a multimillion (billion?) dollar industry.However.to the bestof
my knowledgethey,nor anyoneelse.canmake
c l a i m s o f p e s t i c i d e sb c i n g
'harmless'.
Anyone doing so is
lying.
The Ministry has set up a
c l a s s i f - i c a t i o ns c h e d u l e
fbr these products.
Toxicity. w-hat most
peopleworry about.
is measuredas an
'f,D.,,'value.
'
(This
,
is the Lethal
,
sively since 1947that weedsarenow developing resistance
to it. Not until 1980did Agriculture Canadafind severaldioxins in some fbrmulationsand take action to corect this danger.
Most applicatorsare fairly careful with pesticides, and most people get a greener lawn
becauseof it. However.knowledgegoesa long
wzry,and the truth is that homeownersusetoo
many pesticides"cut their lawnstoo frequently
with dull mowers,water insulficiently,allow
thatch to build up year after year ind use
syntheticquick-releasingfertiI izersratherthan
the more expensiveones.
Oameron Mc'lntosh, M&R Land.scupe (.ontruc'ting
\,
i-
i,l
:,.
/4
,
Il:J.'"?l't'iil;rf'
Garage SaIe
Saturday
May 29
w'ill kill half of'theindividualsin a testpopulation of rats.)Any value under 500 is cr-rnsid'fhe
eredvery toxic.
lorverthe value.the more
toxic the pesticide.l'hesevaluesare pro\ ided
as a yardstickagainstu'hichall pesticides
may
be comparedstatisticallyto denotepossible
hazard.
1'o give you an idea o1-what Guildwood residentsuse to keep tl-reirlawns green.I've provided the most common pesticideslclr comparison.As a point of ref'erence.
antifieezehas
an LD-,, value of 3500mg/kg.DDT (banned)
has an LDr,, value of 1l3mg/kg. I{owever.
Diazinon. which is the usual treatment fbr
thoseawful white grubs.hasan LD50 valueof
moreacutely
lO8mg/kgandthusis considered
toxic thanDDI'. DDT is lar morepersisitentin
the environment.and does not break dou,n
readily.rvhich is why'it was banned.
2.4-D.a commonbroadleal-weed
killer. hasan
LD,,, valuebetween300 and 1500mg/kg, dependingon its fbrm. It hasbeenusedso exten-
GARAGE SALE
'fhis
year'sGARA(}E SALIl will be held on
SaturdayMay 29.
The salewill be supportedthroughlocal advertising.
Puulu Bule
GuildwoodDayisComing
June5, I 999
Seebackpagefor details
NEWS FROM SIR WILFRED I,AURIERC.I.
As you saw in the last issue"l-auriernow boasts
its own Web page.organizedby Mr. Carefbote
and his students.Featuringinfbrmation on the
school in general.this site will soon include
capacity fbr school graduatesto contribute to
the datab a s e
tJpcoming
Iivents will
also appear
on our ne\\'
w
c
h
page!Check
us ctut at:
w w w
laurier.net
In contir-tuing its internationalexchangeprogram. [.aur i e r C ' . 1w.i l l
be hosting
20 students
. Studelrts
liom southernAngentinaduring i\'1a1
fionr l)ucrto lv{adrrrtin the l)atagtinianrcglott
arrive Ma)' 2nd to tneet their Lattricr hillct:;.
sccittg
They'rvillspendtimc ntoniltlrittgciasses.
the Canadiarrculttrral
sttrd-r'ing
ancl
the sights
.l'ltcy'
w'ill alsovisit Ottawa and Quchcc
mosaic.
a teachcrat Laurier.iras
Mc('lelland.
Mrs.
Clity.
co-ordinatedthis ercliange fbr fbur ).ears:an
exchangeadventureis planned fbr our Lauricr
studentsin October.2000.
Laurier'sschoolu,ideInternationalDa)'u'asheld
on Feb.26. The erotic decorationso1-tenbootits
were even more elaboratethan last 1'ear.A uerv
booth this l'ear was organizedbl' Alghani students.Music fiom aroundthe w.orldaddedto the
and even causedstudentsttl
part)' ,:tmctsphere
brcak into spontaneousdancing. A rvondrous
'[-rul1'a
affay of fbod \\'asavailablefor sampling.
delightfirlway'to brightenup the rvinter!
'I'his
an originalplav
year Laurieris perfbrming
"Sab. Il- You See '['his..."in the Sears
entitled
Ontario Drama frestival.Inspiredby an actual
at a t-ann in Alberla as
incident that c-rccurred
related in a dedicatiorron the Kasel' Kasenr
Shor"'.this stor-r'is about the impact a runawav
'fhe
girl liom the citl' has on a rural fanlill'.
G u i I dtr or.,d,\c'tt'.rcQ I'ic'u'.s
dedicationon the KaseyKasemShow was in
the form of an apology and a plea for her to
comeback.In the Laurier rendition,Heather
SalterplaysSAB, thegirl, andMike Pascucci
playsDave who is confinedto a wheelchair.
Roundingout his family areRobin Chatterjee
and Kellie Rozz. Also featured in the play
a r e
Connie
C h a n .
M ichelle
M a r k .
Alexar-rdm
Moldiciu
a n d
Brenna
Kearns.
The pla)'
was per1'ormed
Friday,
March 26
at Mowat
C o l l e giate.
T'hursDonnaDaviesMe morialCelebration.
da). April 15 at 4 p.rn. Pleasejoin tirmiil'.
fbr the dedistudentsandcollcagues
fiicneis"
gardenin memoryof a
cationof'a nretnorial
'l'ire
celcbrationrl'ill begin in the
grcatlady.
ntoveto the proposedsiteot'
and
auditorium
thc Donna Davies Memorial Garden. Retieshmentsr,r,illfbllow.
ttpcorninglivents:
April 8 - Parents'Night, 6-8.30pm
April 30 - Mid-semesterrepofisgo home
N4ay'7 - Blood donor clinic
Mav 27 - Coffee Conceft IV, Presented
bf ihe LaurierMusic Students.In keeping
u'ith this 4 year tradition,You are invited
to .ioin us at 6.30 pm fbr dessertand
cof'lbe.coufiesy of the students(and their
parents!).The concefiwill commencein
the Auditorium at 7 pm.
May 28 - SchoolFormal
. Athletic Banquet(checkwebsitefbr date
confirmation)
. June21-25- Final Erams
('ompileclbt' Eurl Brubacher,Head of Music
At the Librarv
GUILDWOOD LIBRARY
1 2 : 3 0p . m .- 8 : 3 0p . r n .
M o n .& T h u r s .
9 : 0 0a . m .- 5 : 0 0p . m .
T u e s .F r i . & S a t .
Surrday& Wednesday closed
396-8872
SPRING 99
INTERNET ACCESSAT GU I LDWOOD
LIBRARY
Guildwood Library now has a public access
Internet workstation!
C'ustomersmay book time cln it in li2 hour
eitherin personor by phone.You may
sessions
book up to a day'ahead.At the moment.thereis
no printerattachedto this service.We hopeto
at
clfler this in the near luturc. Also ar,'ailable
the same workstation is the HRDC site of
career
Human ResourcesCanadacontaining
-l'orontct
and .fob infbrmation as r,vellas the
f'}ublicLibrary rvebpaccatalogue.
BESTSELLERSTO RESERVE
(PleasePlaceRequests)
King. Stephen
Heartsin Atlantis
LeCarre..lohn
Singleand Single
McCourt, Frank Gl'isr a Memoir
Plain.Belva
FofiunersHand
Reichs.Kathy
DeathDu Jour
Schiller.
'fhe
Hand in the Water Many [-ieso1'AlberlWalker
S t e e l .D a n i e l l e GrannvDan
Addcd lbaturestcl anothercatalogueterminal
includethc RritannicaOnline. C-PIQ(CanaAuthors.
dianPeriodicalIndcx).Contcmporar)'
InfbtrackScarchbankand DRA Webpac2.
At the' monrent. atier-school hours art: the
busiest periods lbr these scn'ices and evenings (afier 6 pm) are-the cluietest.
C H I L D R E N ' S S T I M M E RR E A D I N ( ; C L U B
GuildwoodLibraryis planningan author/illusto kick of fthe SummerReadtratorappearance
ing Club on Mondal' July'5. 1999.
Things arc still in the planningstagesand the
theme of this yearrs reading prografflmehas
not been announced.Watch lbr turther anat the GuildwoodI-ibrarv-'.
nouncements
\ffi
Cook. Robin Vector
Cornwell.PatriciaBlack Notice
Grimes.Martha Ritine the Moon
Guildu,oocl hiev'.s<&L'iav's
T
i1
GuildwoodDay - June 5
Mark June 5, on your personalcalendar, you
will not want to miss this annual celebration.
Once aga\ntherewill be somethingfbr everyone.
Pleasephonethe GVCA hotline at 410-2755.
If you can help out.during the day and leave
your name and number.
A flyer will be deliveredin May outlining the
detailsarrd location of the day's activities.
Paula Bate
,
ii
..
a
t t
& L'iavs
Guilclv'oorlAicu'.s
::f:
r. i
!;i4i-
I-
,