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Registration for City of Toronto winter programs is always tight, but it’s likely to get tighter. There will be no swimming lessons or other aquatic programming at the Weston CI pool until next year.
The pool is closed for repairs until the spring of 2019.
Pelmo Park Junior Public school recieved a grant this week to refurbish the baseball diamond from the Toronto Blue Jays’ charitable arm
The Jays Care Foundation has a “Field of Dreams program [that] provides funding to design, refurbish and build safe spaces for children and youth to play baseball, develop life skills and learn from positive role models.”
The grants are for up to $150,000 and are given nationwide.
We are building our dream thanks to @JaysCare @tdsb @TDSBNardiAddesa #pelmoproud #GoJaysGo https://t.co/suuETrk0r5
— Pelmo Park PS (@PelmoParkPS) April 17, 2018
Students at Toronto’s @PelmoParkPS celebrating the @BlueJays and their 2018 Field Of Dreams grant in style! #LetsGoBlueJays pic.twitter.com/MxdoFMjflo
— Jays Care Foundation (@JaysCare) April 20, 2018
January 3 was named “Johnny Bower Day” in the city of Toronto, and a celebration was held at the ACC in honour of the Westonian who played 11 seasons with the Maple Leafs.
Bower died on December 26 at the age of 93.
Johnny Bower, the four-time Stanley Cup-champion goaltender and former Weston resident, died on December 26 of pneumonia. He was 93.
Bower was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He served in World War 2 as a gunner, and joined the Leafs in 1958.
I can still remember Dave Bennett holding up the cage of my hockey helmet as I ate a hotdog from the snack bar of Weston Arena during an intermission of a Weston Dodgers game. Stories like this one aren’t unique to me as a hockey-playing kid from Weston; I’m sure hundreds of other kids have similar stories about Dave’s compassion and patience at the arena.
From as long as I can remember, Dave has been a tireless volunteer both in the arena and out in the broader community.
Last week Dave was awarded the Ontario Association of Parents in Catholic Education’s Parent Volunteer of Excellence Award for his dedication and advocacy efforts in getting a new school for the students of St. John the Evangelist Catholic School in Weston. When I heard about this, I couldn’t think of a better person to receive the award.
Securing the new school has been a successful, but ongoing, fight for Dave and other members of the community for years. Dave had been involved in the advocacy work every step of the way—long before the construction crews broke ground in 2014. I often get Dave to give me updates on the project, and he can tell me every single detail from the nitty-gritty of the floor plan to what’s going on with the construction process. This is just another example of his attentiveness to the “little things” that are often overlooked in community advocacy work.
His patience, dedication, and service to the community is inspiring for Weston. Thanks for all that you do, Dave! Congratulations!
City News profiled Ramla Merlu, a Weston CI student, and named her “Athlete of the Week”. Huzzah!
Golfing legend Arnold died yesterday at the ripe old age of 87. A few years ago WestonWeb did a short article on Weston Golf and Country Club. The article contains a reference to Arnold Palmer’s early days winning his first PGA title in 1955, here in our neck of the woods.