Montreal West Viewspaper February 2018, Vol. 46, No. 1 Thanks to MoWest United and the Hor- ticultural Society who are the backbone of MoWest delivers... turkeys! this event and to the CLSC Benny Farm Homecare team who not only help with the Once again this year, the community and December 25 – even though it was snowing lists of recipients, but many dedicated friends proved that others matter. big time! – all 32 families shovelled out their health care workers take part in the event. Twenty-one ovens cooked turkeys and cars and loaded their children to go to the many baked their favourite goodies prior to church where 20 people were busy putting from Joan Foster the annual Slice and Dice at MW United the Christmas meal together. on December 24 when close to 50 people 243 meals were delivered to those in our Photos: (top left) Ella Beck, Ben Smith and Delfine showed up to carve turkeys, make stuffing, and surrounding communities who were un- Smith. Ella is one of the longest serving volunteers of prepare 120 pounds of potatoes, wrap gifts able to go out to a Christmas meal owing to the Christmas turkey meal and Delfine, one of the and prepare dessert containers. Then on frailty, illness or isolation. youngest; (top right) Slice and Dice team INDEX Community Centre .............. 16-17 CRA ........................................ 8-9 Guides.......................................... 13 IODE .............................................. 4 Kosher corner .......................... 15 Libraries .................................. 7, 15 Mailbox .......................................... 4 News from the pews.................... 14 Réunion du Conseil .................. 19 Rotary ........................................ 5 Navigating through big blue snowbanks. Schools.................................... 6-7 Brock North, January 2018 Scouts ...................................... 12 Town Council Report .................... 18 2 10 Westminster North Montreal West, Quebec H4X 1Y9 The Informer’s role is to provide MoWesters with information about their Town and its citizens in order to foster the small-town, close-knit at- mosphere that makes Montreal West a special place in which to live. ISSN: 084741X EXECUTIVE BOARD Jeannette Brooker - Chair Jeanne Ragbir - Secretary Bob King - Treasurer Heather Baylis Véronique Belzil-Boucher René Boucher Cynthia Koomas Maurice Krystal Lise McVey Julia Ross There was a foot of snow on the ground and no-look pass to his son, Matthew who whipped a Rhonda Schwartz the thermometer hovered around minus 20 (and one-timer to the back of the net. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF maybe a little bit lower than that inside our Game 4 was another nail biter. The Light- Heather Baylis beloved Legion Rink). What could be ing scored on their first shift but then 489-7022 better than that for the 17th annual gave up two quick ones and trailed Steve and Rob Michelin Memo- the Bruins 2 to 1 at the half. An LAYOUT DESIGNER Julia Ross rial Hockey Tournament, our early goal in the second half [email protected] own local version of hockey’s gave the Bruins a 2-goal lead. Winter Classic? Yossi Matthews scored his AD MANAGER This year we were back to second of the game to close Vaughan McVey four teams, making the tour- the gap to one goal, but a 484-6330 [email protected] nament a little bit smaller but Bruins slap shot restored the no less fun and certainly no 2-goal lead with only 5 min- DISTRIBUTION MANAGER less exciting than previous utes to play. Cue the Light- Rhonda Schwartz 482-0227 years. Making things extra spe- ning comeback! Lavie RATES cial this year were some new fa- Freedman scored from in close. 1/6 page: $50. billed annually or ther and son duos, and one duo Defenseman Shawn Rozansky semi-annually. Monthly billing that became a trio as the youngsters pinched in and scored to tie the game $60/per insertion. were finally old enough to play in the at 4. And then, in the waning minutes, 1/12 page: $30. billed annually. show. Lavie Freedman blasted a slap shot 5-hole to Monthly billing $35/insertion. In the opening contest, the Devils combined clinch the game and the Tournament for the Flyers: $50 (non-profit) $85 (com- youth and experience (they had the four youngest Lightning. mercial) players – Max and Luke Moreau, Matthew Game 5 pitted the Lightning against the Dev- Professional card: $135/year Bruemmer and Matthew Doré and two of the ils, the Devils playing for pride and the Lightning Subscriptions: $20 oldest – Paul Moreau and Mauro Degano – in to go undefeated. The Devils carried a 2 to 1 lead Classifieds: 25-50 words – $10 their line-up) to battle the Big Bad Bruins, forced late into the game but the Lightning scored a cou- 25 words or fewer – $6 to play this year without their leader, President ple of quick ones and closed out the Tournament th TASK FORCE Darren McGuire, sidelined with a bum knee. with a 5 to 3 win. The 6 and final game was a René Boucher Rookie goalie Luke Moreau was fearless and high scoring affair as Kevin McGuire and Jeannette Brooker flawless in his first Michelin Tournament game Matthew Yaremko traded hat tricks as the Bruins Lina Harun Cynthia Koomas and stood on his head allowing the Devils to beat the Sharks 8 to 4. Lise McVey storm back twice from two goals down to force Once again, the Steve and Rob Michelin Me- Maryl Murphy overtime. Kevin McGuire was the hero for the morial Hockey Tournament was a tremendous Jeanne Ragbir Randi Weitzner Bruins, scoring in OT on a breakaway. success – great hockey, great sportsmanship and In Game 2, the Lightning took advantage of an great fun. While the final numbers have yet to be The Informer is published nine times a year (usually) on the last weekend early Sharks’ own-goal (poor Chris Kearney, it tallied, we raised at least $10,000 pushing our 17- of the month except June, July and was the only mistake he made in organizing and year total to more than $450,000. December. Typesetting by Informer playing in this year’s tournament) and hung on for Thanks to everyone who make this such a staff, printing by Imprimerie Provost. Extra copies available at Town Hall 3 to 1 victory, the last goal scored into the empty great event: Mike Barrett and Jake Sutherland and both libraries. Funded, in part, net. at the rink, Simon Rodunchuk and his fellow ref- by the Town of Montreal West. Arti- In Game 3, the Sharks bounced back to win a erees, Randi Weitzner for all the great pictures cles are printed in French or Eng- lish, as submitted. close contest over the Devils. Matthew Yaremko and the folks at Pasteizza for treating us right at carried the load for the Sharks, sniping four goals. the post-tournament beer and pizza bash. And of NEXT ISSUE DEADLINE A highlight for the Devils was a father-son course our biggest thank you goes to Chris Kear- February 7 “Golden Goal” scored when Marc “the Elder” ney for pulling everything together. Without Doré dug the puck out of the corner and made a Chris, there would be no tournament. 3 Celebrating over 50 years of early education MoWest’s MTQ-KPH-Turcot Neighbourhood Committee Many local residents who grew up in and community spirit! In large part due to Montreal West have something in common the ongoing support of MoWest partici- representative that goes beyond the same hometown. pants, the event was a great success raising Ranging in ages from two to four, Mo- the operating funds needed to support West children have had their first chance to school activities as well as the new Parent venture away from their parents to enjoy a and Tots program. morning full of educational fun, exploration Much gratitude is owed to all of the and socialization. event’s sponsors from around NDG, Mon- Six decades later, Curzon is still offering treal and Côte Saint-Luc, but a special programming for local youngsters lead by thanks goes to Joe Beef and to MoWest a dedicated group of teachers who love to contributors including MW United Church, teach, nurture and develop the knowledge The Amazing Todsky, MoWest Fire Sta- and abilities of our children. tion, Coiffure Louis Robert, Dr. John Annual fundraiser a success Drummond, Emma’s, Esthetique Elle- quence, Les Délices Lafrenaie, Pharma- Recently the cooperative preschool prix, Budning and the Marché des Fleurs hosted its 15th annual auction and fund- Westminster. raiser. Curzon parents worked together to For more information about the school deliver a wonderful evening filled with live or its open house on March 26, please visit music and entertainment, wonderful food curzonpreschool.com. On November 23, the Quebec Min- istry of Transportation (MTQ) nomi- nated Suzanne Barwick, a resident of Brock South, as the MoWest’s represen- tative for issues concerning the KPH- St. James’ Literary Turcot construction project. Lieutenant Demetrios Georgiou, MW Public Se- Society curity, also holds a committee position. Roughly every two months there is St. James’ Literary Society will be in an MTQ-KPH Turcot Neighbourhood MoWest March 27 and April 24 Committee meeting that represents The talk on March 27 is on Médecins NDG/Westmount/MoWest. The com- Sans Frontières (MSF) an independent in- mittee includes representatives from ternational humanitarian organisation that each borough/town, the City of Mon- delivers emergency medical aid to people treal, the Service de Police de la Ville affected by armed conflict, epidemics, nat- de Montreal (SPVM), KPH, and MTQ. ural and man-made disasters or by exclu- The committee was created to inform sion from health care in more than 60 the population about public informa- countries around the world. tion meetings and public consultations.