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Aurora’s Best women’s only Calling all Canadi ns... fitness & weight loss The AUR RA CANADA DAY PARADE will take place at 3Months 10:00 a.m. July 1st in Aurora $ * 53 Wellington St. E. We need your help to raise funds to support the parade Aurora and we’re holding a fund raising extravaganza at the Legion 99limited time only! 905-727-4300 Call 905-713-2437 Friday, April 4th TODAY WWW.herss.ca PLEASE SEE OUR AD PAGE 12 HERSSERSS FUNCTIONAL1 FITNESS,2 PILATES/YOGA & TONING STUDIO Aurora’s Community Newspaper Vol. 8 No. 19 905-727-3300 auroran.com FREE Week of March 11, 2008 Parade will happen, Aurora Council says “Woo hoo,” Sher St. Kitts said dance in the park, slated for the enough volunteers to run it. to her sub-committee Thursday evening of June 30, return to the That made Snowball resident night. Town Park, where it had been St. Kitts furious and she began a She was reacting to Aurora held for many years. campaign to reinstate the Council approving the recom- For the last two years, the parade into this year’s activities. mendations from the Leisure dance was held at Lambert As a result, the Canada Services Advisory Committee Willson park, but was not as well Day Parade Sub-Committee (LSAC) that Canada Day activi- attended as when it was held in (CDPSC) was formed, and nine ties in Aurora will include a the Town Park. members were appointed to it. parade. Last year, for the first time The sub-committee must sub- Michael Ignatieff, left, MP for Etobicoke Lakeshore and cur- Council, a few days earlier, since Canada Day activities mit minutes of its meetings to rently deputy leader of the Liberal Opposition, was special had received the LSAC report began in Aurora in 1969, the LSAC. It plans to meet every guest at a fundraiser for Liberal Newmarket-Aurora candidate that recommended the parade parade was cancelled when offi- Thursday night until July 1st. Tim Jones, right, in Aurora last week. Also attending the event be reinstated July First, and a cials said they couldn’t find With council’s approval, the was Christina Bisanz, unsuccessful Liberal candidate in a parade will begin at 10 a.m. provincial election held late last year. Even though a federal Internal bleeding slows Tuesday, July 1, at the intersec- election has yet to be called, local candidates are getting tion of Yonge and Orchard ready for it. In the inset, Progressive Conservative candidate Heights Blvd., and proceed Lois Brown recently entertained Stockwell Day, federal 91-year-old Illingworth south to Murray Drive. Minister of Public Safety, at an Aurora gathering. First order of business for St. Auroran photos by David Falconer They rushed Aurora’s Dick outfitted the former Aurora mayor Kitts and her sub-committee is to Illingworth to hospital last week and, with a pacemaker but by Sunday, work with the Aurora Rotary for a while, it didn’t look good. they still couldn’t determine the Club who have agreed to be the The 91-year-old media mogul, it source of the internal bleeding. major sponsor of a kick-off No to golf course was believed, had suffered a heart Dick’s political career is legend parade party scheduled to be Citing unanswered questions, minium complex proposed for attack, but things settled down when around the Aurora area. held at the Aurora Legion, and heeding concerns raised by environmentally sensitive lands in it was learned he was suffering from He entered politics in 1963 when Friday, April 4, beginning at 6 residents and environmental the southeast part of town. internal bleeding, caused, it was he won a seat on the then public p.m. groups, Aurora Council has con- The 85-hectare property locat- believed, by an earlier operation. school board. The event is slated to raise firmed its opposition to a contro- ed on either side of Leslie Street Friday to make sure there were After a term of that, he ran for money to offset costs of the versial golf course and condo- Please see page 9 no heart problems, doctors at the Aurora Council in 1965, was elected parade and to encourage busi- Southlake Regional Health Centre twice, and then won the mayor’s nesses and citizen groups to get chair in 1969. excited about being part of the He was re-elected in 1971, and parade. Children’s author acclaimed in 1973. “We’re gonna have a party,” A conflict of interest with his she said, “and it will be a good Queen’s Park job forced him to quit one.” being mayor, but after he retired Local corporations will be highlight at hunt from the province, he ran again in given first opportunity to grab 1982. one of the 19 tables available The Aurora Girl Guides and the The first will start at 10 a.m. out- Town of Aurora will once again play side in the trail system, with crafts After serving another term as the night of the event. Each table host to one of the largest Easter and face painting from 9 a.m. to 10 mayor, he was defeated in 1985. can seat eight people. Egg hunts in York Region. a.m. inside the Leisure Complex. However, at that point, he turned Several have already been On Saturday, March 22, the The second hunt starts at 1 sold. his interest to the media, started seventh annual hunt will take p.m. with crafts and face painting Among other things, pur- Aurora Cable’s longest show on any place. for an hour beginning at noon. cable channel “Our Town”, and did chasers will be fed, partake in a Added this year will be a chil- Cost is $4 per person. Pre-reg- work for several area newspapers silent auction and dance to the dren’s author, Jackie Jones, who ister at the Leisure Complex or pay and radio stations. music of George St. Kitts. will do live story telling at 9:15 a.m. on arrival. Currently, Dick is a reporter for Once the party ends, the sub- for the morning hunt and again at For more information, visit the The Auroran, having been with the committee will continue to con- 12:15 p.m. for the afternoon hunt. Town's website at www.e- newspaper since it was founded in centrate on putting together the Hidden in the two hunts will be aurora.ca or call 905-726-4762 for DICK ILLINGWORTH 2000. Canada Day parade. more than 14,000 eggs. the latest details and schedule. Brian Everything you need is all in one place – The UPS Store! • Full Service & Self Service Copying Our Document Experts are here to help. • Digital Printing - Direct From Your Files Right in your neighbourhood. John • Colour or Black & White • Collating & Binding Services Aurora’s Business Service Centre • Custom Business Printing Hunters Gate Plaza - 14845 Yonge St. Unit 6 Including Business Cards, Letterhead & Cheques T: 905.713.1632 F: 905.713.1633 • Fax Service & So Much More! E: [email protected] 2 Week of March 11, 2008 COMING EVENTS CONTINUING The Aurora Seniors Evergreen Choir SUNDAY, APRIL 6 Great Curbside Giveaway in Aurora: Every Tuesday from 9.30 a.m. to 11 practice in the West-McKenzie Hall of Birdbox Placement: Place birdboxes Take unwanted items to the curb today for a.m. it’s Story and Playtime at Aurora the Seniors’ Centre, every Wednesday around town. Meet at the Seniors’ Centre others to scavenge. Then go troll for Cornerstone Church, 390 Industrial from 3.30 to 5.30 p.m. under the direc- parking lot, 5 Municipal Dr. at 10 a.m. No things you might need. To keep Aurora Parkway South. Call 905-841-8883 for tion of Tom Rainsford and Enid Maize. registration necessary. attractive remove leftovers by 6 p.m. further details. For more information, call 905-841- MONDAY, APRIL 14 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 **** 9706. Aurora Film Circuit presents “The Tree planting in Lions Park between 9 Every Second Friday, students in **** Diving Bell and the Butterfly” at the a.m. and noon by students from George Grade 5 to 8 can gather at Aurora Tots (age 0-4 years) bring your care- Cineplex Odeon Aurora Cinemas, 15460 Street and Aurora Senior Public Schools. Cornerstone Church, 390 Industrial givers for coffee or tea while you enjoy Bayview Avenue. Tickets, at $10, will be MONDAY, MAY 12 Parkway South from 7 to 9 p.m. For story and playtime every Tuesday from available March 4 at the Aurora Public Aurora Film Circuit presents “The more information call 905-841-8883 or 9.30 a.m. to 11a.m. at Aurora Library and R & R Revisited, 95 Edward Band's Visit” at the Cineplex Odeon email [email protected] Cornerstone Church, 390 Industrial Street. Doors open at 6.15 p.m. Aurora Cinemas, 15460 Bayview Avenue. **** Parkway South. Call 905-841-8883 for FRIDAY, APRIL 25 Tickets, at $10, will be available April 15 Continuing until April 15 from 2 a.m. further information. Second installment of interim tax pay- at the Aurora Public Library and R & R to 6 a.m. Winter parking restrictions will SUNDAY, MARCH 16 ment due. Revisited, 95 Edward Street. Doors open be in effect. Join David Tomlinson and other mem- APRIL 25-26 at 6.15 p.m. **** bers of the Aurora Environmental Aurora United Church annual Spring FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JUNE 6 & 7 A drop-in centre will operate every Advisory Committee for the third annual Rummage Sale takes place at the Canadian Cancer Society 2008 Relay Wednesday at the Community Bible Birdbox Build.