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JULY~AUGUST~SEPTEMBER 2016 Volume 21 --- ### 333 NNNEXT DEADLINE ::: AUGUST 26, 2016 AHH SUMMER…. WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE? (Photo courtesy of Ritchie Doucet) City Park Co-operative Apartments Inc. ~ 484 Church St., Suite 115, Toronto M4Y 2C7 416-924-6294 ElisaBeth Belliveau, resident artist LINK is puBlished quarterly as of January 2016. Trish Cummings, along with authors The next LINK deadline for Shawn Syms, Don Pyle, Cathi Bond, suBmissions is August 26, 2016 Ben Ladouceur, Dani Couture, Jeffrey Round, Tara-Michelle Ziniuk, and a host of others have in common? They have all performed and contriButed to the ongoing success story that is City Park LiBrary. Your LINK Team: Editor: BoB Harrison Drue But the real triumph of this not so Copy-Editor, Board Liaison & Project hidden gem, aBout to celeBrate its Coordinator: Laurel Tate Events Photographer: Mitch LamBert 2nd Anniversary at one of their Toronto 60s-inspired coffeehouse City Park’s ‘Not-So-Hidden’ Treasure events, ‘Friday’s Child’ (July 15th), is - The Ongoing Success how this community-led endeavour Story of City Park LiBrary (CPL) continues to tend to the daily needs and interests of the MemBers at City What do gypsy jazz guitarist RoBerto Park Cooperative. Rosemann, Blues artist Joel Krivy, “For two years now, CPL has Been award-winning trans artist phenom quietly going aBout the Business of Vivek Shraya, local alt-rockers Long rekindling and Branch, novelists enriching our and poets Marnie community, Both Woodrow within and (‘Heyday’), Jim without”, says Nason (Touch LiBrary Manager Anywhere to Jeff KirBy, who Begin’), Barrie Poet recently spoke at Laureate Bruce the Ontario LiBrary Meyer, ElizaBeth Association Super Ukrainetz (‘The Conference aBout Theory of Light at the project. “The Midnight’), YA Sci-fi author Charlene level of community Challenger (‘The Voices in involvement/engagement continues Between’), Playwrights BoBBy to Be phenomenal. Such generosity Theodore (award-winning translator) and good will. And such love,” says and Jonathan Garfinkel (‘The Road KirBy. “I Believe it stems from a love to Paradise’), Performance artist of Books, But also a shared desire to Cathy Gordon (‘Hammer’), stand-up Be involved in something grand.” Janette Platana (‘A Token of My Affliction’), graphic novelist 2 Community engagement is the top and Aging in Place founder Jo-Anne priority at CPL. All programs have Kennedy. stemmed directly from responding to After a sold-out community writers Co-op MemBers’ requests and workshop with author Marnie interests. “Co-op MemBers read Woodrow, the liBrary has now thrillers, so Jo NesBo, Henning formed its own writers group of Mankell, Walter Mosley and company Co-op MemBers (and friends), A2GR are front and centre, alphaBetized, (‘Aspire to Great RuBBish’) which easy to reach and find.” “Artist on meets monthly. Display” has showcased work By And the liBrary was selected as one resident artists Trish Cummings and of the host sites for Naked Hearts, Leo Scopacasa, along with a rotating the first LGBTQ Writers Festival in gallery from resident art collector Toronto this past fall which and proprietor of Gallery 1007, introduced hundreds in our Thomas Maunder. neighBourhood and the international Free wi-fi community to City (generously Park. supplied By Dotto The liBrary has One) and a approximately 200 Brand-spanking visits each month. new HP computer Over a thousand (a gift from OPMG) Books have Been has made free circulated. They Internet access receive Book and availaBle to all City furniture donations Park Cooperative MemBers. daily, and all Books are heat-treated MemBers can sign up for Internet so they remain pest-free. use Basics with a LiBrary Volunteer. “We receive truly remarkaBle CPL hosted its first student field donations each and every week,” placement, which developed and remarks KirBy, “I’m always surprised offered a free 12-week course in By the quality and range of the Books computer Basics with our MemBers, and items people give, Both within along with a computer drop-in on and outside the Co-op. It’s a Wednesday evenings, to practise testament to the project itself. We what they learned. Huge demand By are very fortunate and thankful.” our MemBers has set plans for this to repeat in the fall/winter. Ten liBrary volunteers cover the 720 regular hours the liBrary is open, five Co-op MemBers also look forward to days a week, Tuesday thru-Saturday. a social hour, Coffee & Books, every They are a committed Bunch, with a Friday morning in the liBrary, passion for arts and culture, serving Beginning at 10:30 a.m. A wonderful Co-op readers, and the project. collaBoration Between the liBrary 3 On top of all that, CPL has ushered Keep an eye out for the 2nd the Co-op into online Blogging and Anniversary Bash on July 15th social media. You will find an (All-star line-up to Be announced). amazing weBsite at cityparkliBrary.com ; on Twitter (https://twitter.com/cityparkliBrary ) with up to the minute info, and they’ve recently launched their own online quarterly journal, The City Park Reader (http://cityparkreader.tumBlr.com/ ). This was all Built, and is maintained daily, By liBrary Volunteers. And here’s the kicker: City Park Spring Arrives in City Park: The Top LiBrary is entirely grassroots, Ten SSSignsSigns community led, Volunteer and donation-Based. Every Book. Every 10. The streets surrounding City furnishing. Every event. The weBsite. Park are alive with the sounds of Free. No additional cost to the jackhammers. Co-op. 9.Construction dust settles Zero. comfortaBly on furniture and Books. “That fact that we’re self-sustaining made us very attractive to the Board. 8. The Benches in the centres of the We wanted to show that a gardens fill with MemBers seeking to community-led vision doesn’t always replenish their reserves of Vitamin D. require lump sums of money for it to come into fruition. There are 7. Cardinals and Blue jays return, incrediBle untapped talents and adding pops of Bright, accent resources amongst our MemBership colours. and the community we take part in. 6. The vociferous Security Guard, Give them something to love and who directs the arrivals and Believe in and they’ll show up with departures of LoBlaws trucks, Bells on” “We love that people are respond to spring By Being even still finding us,” KirBy smiles. “The louder and more Balletic. response we hear time and time again is, ‘I had no idea.’” 5. The return of lawn mowers and That’s CPL. Quietly Building leaf Blowers wielded By the Blue- community, a day at a time. Once shirted amazons of Wild Rose. found, always welcome. 4 4. Our traffic wardens resuming their products like shower gels and posts at the front of the gardens. shampoos. 3. Clusters of the Landscape Project If you are experiencing any of these staring intently at the ground, willing reactions, it could Be Because of the plants to grow. these chemicals. Check the laBels and report your experience to Health 2.The Blossoming of the lilacs, which Canada at 1-866-225-0709. remind me of home. They also maintain a dataBase called 1. The most welcomed sign of Spring the “Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist” is the return of Ray Bakey, with his that is availaBle at the following straw hat and hose, making our lives weBsite: a little more Beautiful. www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/cosmet- Tom Maunder ~ 51 Alexander person/hot-list-critique/hotlist-liste- eng.php th It’s a lengthy list of ingredients that On May 10 of this year, are restricted and/or prohiBited for Health Canada issued a use in cosmetic products in Canada. warning that the following preservatives in cosmetics, non- ~ed. prescription and natural health products: VoIP Telephone Service AvailaBle to MI/MCI = City Park MemBers Methylisothiazolinone and Methylchloroisothiazolinone Below are links to information on popular voice services compatiBle could Be the cause of unexplained with City Park’s Dotto-One Internet rashes, itching, dry/cracked skin, services. Blisters and Burning feelings on our skin! Each of these providers uses a small device that connects Both to your Products that commonly contain Internet connection and to your these chemicals are: moisturizers, home telephone, in order to provide massage products, make-up, you with a digital telephone service. antiperspirants/deodorants, In each case, the new service sunscreen lotion, antiseptic provider will 'port' your current cleaners, acne creams, diaper rash phone numBer over from your creams and lotions, and wash-off current telephone provider for you. 5 Be sure to 'port' your telephone more likely to live on low income numBer Before you cancel your than seniors generally. current telephone service in order to retain your old phone numBer. Budget 2016 proposes to increase the Guaranteed Income Supplement OOMA: http://ca.ooma.com/how- top-up Benefit By up to $947 annually ooma-works for the most vulneraBle single With OOMA, you purchase their seniors, starting in July 2016, which ‘Telo’ device from any local retailer will support those seniors who rely and then Begin your account setup almost exclusively on Old Age online. Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement Benefits and may Vonage: http://www.vonage.ca/how- therefore Be at risk of experiencing vonage-works/ financial difficulties. This With Vonage, you sign up online and enhancement more than douBles the they send you a device as part of current maximum Guaranteed your service. Vonage has no upfront Income Supplement top-up Benefit hardware cost But is more expensive and represents a 10% increase in the on a monthly Basis. total maximum Guaranteed Income Supplement Benefits availaBle to the MajicJack: lowest-income single seniors. http://www.magicjack.com/how-it- works.html This measure represents an With MajicJack, you purchase the investment of over $670 million per hardware and then activate your year and will improve the financial service, similar to OOMA.