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STREET FESTIVAL SUNDAY Sending Your Teen To Us For 4 Days This Summer Your local source for... Could Save Their Life. Insurance Next Course Investments Starts June 26th Wealth Management 905 727 4605 www.hsfinancial.ca 905-726-4132 Representing Aurora’s Community Newspaper email • [email protected] Vol. 4 No. 32 Week of June 1, 2004 905-727-3300 Briefly Winner Just a walk in the park gave The Rick Hansen Wheels of Motion arrives in Aurora next Sunday, June 13 with a plethora of activities occurring at the Town Park. medal Participants may wheel, bike, skate, run or walk in two proposed marathons to raise money to help support spinal cord injury research and an Aurora accessibility project. In addition, there will be face painting, participation packages and food Aurora Cable Internet’s Larry to friend available. For more information or pledge forms contact the event com- Johnston, left, is in the driver’s seat - uh, stand - of a Segway, the mittee at Honsberger Physiotherapy, 905-841-0411. new transportation device that will Here, take my medal. be on display Sunday at the Aurora When seven-year-old Molly Street Festival. Thanks to ACI, the Crapper, of Aurora, won a computer-driven “chariot” will be medal in the recent Bob Live in Dogpatch tested by various people during the sale while others, weather permit- Hartwell half-marathon, and Theatre Aurora has arranged for auditions for their upcoming musical ting, may see the sale from great learned her friend didn't, Molly "Li'l Abner, The Musical", which will open at Factory Theatre in heights thanks to the balloon pro- immediately gave the medal to vided by Pilot Insurance, above. It November. her. will be tethered at Dr. G.W. Williams Mom, Stephanie, learned of Audition dates are June 8-10 and 15-17 starting at 7.30 p.m. at the Secondary School. The 9th annual theatre. event begins at 11 a.m. and all 600 this action, and asked the Organizers are looking for males and females all ages, from teens up, booths have been sold. Yonge Hartwell committee if Molly Street, between Wellington and but you must make an appointment. could get another medal. Murray will remain closed to vehic- That was a no-brainer. The Call Richard or Holly Lee, the producers, at 905-830-9227 to book a ular traffic until 5 p.m. Sunday. time. And you, too, could be a citizen of Dogpatch. medal was quickly provided. "This seven-year-old child's actions certainly exemplified the spirit of Bob Hartwell," Aurora Council takes the plunge said race committee official David Ashley. "I could see Bob With a crowded council chamber and architect and a financial When asked about meets in ing and promotion of the pool to having done the same good full of swimmers and supporters of impact study from staff, council Aurora he found it depressing to attract swimmers from the sur- deed." a proposed aquatic centre at last debated the issue for more than tell people Aurora didn't have a rounding area, plus the sale of Molly ran in the children's week's meeting, councillors had to three hours before deciding to bite suitable facility for a meet. pool advertising. Merry Mini Mile - her first run - make a tough call. the bullet and proceed as original- Anda Carter presented council Project manager Gary Stanhope with about 100 other contes- And, when it looked like all was ly planned. with a petition of 2,341 names she provided a schedule forecast tants. lost, a couple of switched votes Alex Brown, a 14-year-old mem- gathered during the past three based on the demolition of existing It was in church later when caused Aurora Council to approve ber of the Aurora Swim Club, told weeks, all supporting the pool. structures this month with the con- Molly learned her friend also a new rec complex - eight-lane about the need for an adequate Reg Chappell, President of the tract award site servicing by ran, but did not get a medal. pool included - by a 6-3 margin. swimming pool. A member of the Aurora Swim Club, said he was September. "Without hesitation, Molly Approved was a full recreational Swim Team for the past four years, speaking for the whole community Tenders for the general contrac- handed over her prized pos- complex at an estimated cost of he said members have to travel all and there was more support for tor would be called and awarded in session to her friend." $22 million with a tax increase of over the region to find suitable the pool than the ice pads. September, with occupancy for the Stephanie said. "I have about $54 on the average pools for training. He noted the estimated loss on ice pads a year later and the promised to try and replace it." assessed home. As a 12-year-old he was recog- the operation of the pool and sug- remainder of the facility by The committee replaced the After hearing presentations from nized as the top swimmer in gested user fees be increased to November, 2005. He stressed it award with an official Hartwell four supporters of the pool plus an Canada for his age group and now help cover the costs. was a very aggressive schedule. Challenge medal, Ashley said update from the project manager at 14, he ranks third in Canada. He stressed the need for market- Please see page 17 Artist’s concept of the proposed recreational centre, to be constructed on right. This view is from the south-west corner of the property. The two ice the north side of Wellington Street East, between Bayview and Leslie, shows pads will be located in the rear. For diagrams of the interior, please the glassed section that will house the controversial eight-lane pool to the see Page 17. ✔ Digital Colour Printing ✔ ✔ Black and White copies Fax Service available ✔ Print from Email or CD ✔ Business Cards, Forms ✔ Laminating & Binding Services ✔ Brochures, Flyers Brian ...and much more!Authorized John Hunters Gate Plaza [email protected] 14845 Yonge St. Unit 6 AURORA’S BUSINESS SERVICE CENTRE 905-713-1632Fax: 905-713-1633Fax: 905-713-1633 11 WeekWeek OnlyOnly 2 - AURORAN, Week of June 1, 2004 COMING EVENTS IN AURORA CONTINUING * * * * JUNE 29 Masons' Rising Sun Lodge meets the first Thursday of each Opening reception of “One Step at a Time", artwork by Nancy Aurora Seniors visit the Canadian Automotive Museum to view month at The Rising Sun Temple, 57 Mosley Street, Aurora at 7:30. Newman, at the Skylight Gallery, third floor, Aurora Town Hall, 7 historic and famous cars and then visit Cullen Gardens. Call 905- For further information contact Bob Butler at [email protected] p.m. to 9 p.m. Exhibition and Sale continues May 31 through June 727-2816 to register. or 905-713-3314. 30, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. JUNE 30 * * * * JUNE 16 Dance In The Park (Canada Day celebrations). 7 p.m. to midnight. Entrepreneurs. Network marketing is available in Aurora. Aurora- Open House Day at Merlin's Hollow Gardens on Centre Crescent Town Park. Business.com meets Wednesdays at 7.15 a.m. Group meets at from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Hillary House will be open for tours and JULY 1 Timberlane on Vandorf Sideroad east of Yonge. Contact John tea from 1 to 5 p.m. Tickets are $5 for each site with proceeds sup- Canada Day celebrations continue. Aurora Leisure Complex. Patterson at 905-727-1941. porting Hillary House. Call 905-727-4015 for details. JULY 3 * * * * JUNE 18 Merlin’s Hollow Gardens Open House. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. 181 Centre Helping Hands: Gently used clothing for women and children, at Deadline for applications by individuals and organizations for the Crescent. North of Centre Street, east of the railway tracks. Tr inity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, every Monday, Aurora Arts and Culture Fund. Applications should be in the form JULY 7 Wednesday & Friday 9.30 - 11.30 a.m. For more information, call of a letter outlining the nature and general activities of the individ- Aurora Seniors head to the Orillia Opera House with lunch at the 905-727-6101. ual or group plus the specific use to be made of the grant. Submit Ossawippi Express and shopping at the Mariposa Market. Cost is * * * * to the Town Hall. $69 for members and $74 for non-members. Phone 905-727-2816 Gamblers Anonymous, every Tuesday night, Trinity Anglican JUNE 19 to reserve. Church, Victoria Street, 7.30 p.m. Aurora Historical Society bus tour to view Ruthven Park, a coun- JULY 11 * * * * try estate near Cayuga on the Grand River. Like Hillary House, Merlin’s Hollow Gardens Open House. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. 181 Centre Queen's York Rangers Army Cadet Corps camping, canoeing, first Ruthven Park is a National Historic Site. All-inclusive cost is Crescent. North of Centre Street, east of the railway tracks. aid, orienteering in two to six week camps for males & females 12 $45.Call 905-727-8991 to register. * * * * to 18. Call 905-726-8600. * * * * Garden Tour, hosted by the Aurora Garden and Horticultural * * * * Howard Johnson Aurora presents Yuk Yuks on Tour and Dinner Society. Visit nine gardens between noon and 5 p.m., including a Co-Dependents Anonymous, every Tuesday, Aurora United Theatre for a Father's Day Celebration. Call 905-727-1312. zen retreat, a Trumpeter Swan habitat and traditional perennial gar- Church, 15186 Yonge Street, Aurora.