Summer 2010 Inside Guildwood News & Views President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . 3 2010 Membership Drive . . . . . . . . 3 And the Winners are . . . . . . . . . . 3 Reduce Reuse Recycle . . . . . . . . 5 Wind Turbine Update . . . . . . . . . . 5 Faces of the Guild . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Guildwood Library . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Elizabeth Simcoe School . . . . . 11 Help Needed to Deliver N&V . . . 11 Emerald Ash Borer in Guildwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Dogs of Guildwood Calendar . . 12 Thanks to Guildwood Day Vendors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Guildwood Day Prize Draw . . . . 13 Thanks to Guildwood Day Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Guildwood Day Photo Spread . 14 Laurier” Big Things Happening 17 Guildwood’s Photo Calendars . 17 Summer Camps in the Guild . . 18 Join Beavers, Cugs or Scouts . 19 Church of the Holy Trinity . . . . . 19 Living Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Two Artists Keep Guildwood Spirit Alive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Reflections of a New Scarboro Curler . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 The Oeno Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Around Guildwood . . . . . . . . . . 28 Please check the GVCA website www.guildwood.on.ca for information updates between newsletters. News & Views is available in colour on our website It Takes a Village… G uildwood Day 2010 began with a delicious pancake breakfast from the good folks at Guildwood Community Presbyterian Church. A special thank you goes to the church volunteers who cheerfully served up a syrupy breakfast. The Mas Camp was a new attraction this year where parents and children happily decorated their bikes, wagons, strollers and such. Thanks to Sean Gale, NYAD Childcare staff and volunteers for their help and the awesome helium balloons. The Guildwood Day parade was the best in years with hundreds of participants span- ning out along Guildwood Parkway. Cedarbrae’s Steel Pan Drum band brought their festive music to liven up the action. It was great to see so many local businesses participating this year. Sunshine continued as the event moved into the parking lot, gym and playing field of Laurier Collegiate. Our friends at Holy Trinity Guildwood brought us mouth- watering barbecue lunches. A great selection of vendor tables, ice cream treats, doggie shows, reptile shows, train exhibits – all contributed to the fun of the day. The petting zoo, pony rides, bouncy castles, kids’ games and obstacle race, were great hits with the children. We send a special thank you to teacher Ali Hirji and the amazing Laurier student volunteers who came in the early morning and assisted all day long. Thanks also to John Bentley and Parks & Recreation staff for their great help. The East Scarborough Storefront provided the henna and face painting and the Boys & Girls Club brought the awesome skateboard ramps. They do great work in the com- munity. Teacher Janie Ravenhurst and Laurier students hosted a display and sale to raise awareness of their fundraiser project to build a school in Nepal. Everyone enjoyed the evening barbecue at the Guild Park with great food from M&M’s and lively music from the GWood band. Thank you to Deb Cameron and the Pathfinders for helping out. The entire day was the result of a great team effort. Thank you to Dave Arnold, Gerard and Judy Baribeau, Elaine Binning, Audrea and Andy Douglas, Diane Foote- Taylor, Sean Gale, Bruce Villeneuve and Reg and Kathleen Wolfe. Guildwood Village needs more people like these folks. Lori Metcalfe
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Featuring Ingrid and Herbert LeggewieAn article in The Toronto Real EstateBoard Journal boasts that Guildwood
Village, “has winding streets with con-
necting parks, a wide variety of housing
design and prices, and best of all, lots of
trees.” The description is fairly accurate
despite the fact that the article was writ-
ten in 1976. There was a time when
many flocked to the picturesque stretch
along Lake Ontario in search of the per-
fect bungalow. Ingrid and her husband
Herbert were one such couple.
Ingrid and I sit in her sprawling
garden, a paradise for the birds and
butterflies that frequent the stones,
baths, and flowers so carefully arranged
by herself and Herbert. Ingrid reveals
that she moved to Canada from
Germany by herself when she was only
20 and a fresh graduate of nursing
school. She had acquired some English
and although she could have easily
found work in Germany after the war,
she was driven by her ambition and her
need for a change.
Ingrid and Herbert moved to
Guildwood Village in 1965 when it was
comprised of half-dug lots and developers
holding blueprints. Ingrid recalls that
houses, during this time, ranged from
$14-21,000, and real estate prices were
escalating quickly. They were initially
attracted to the area after a co-worker
moved in and insisted that it was the deal
of a lifetime. This sounded promising to
Ingrid and Herbert who had met in 1961
and were expecting their first child. Ingrid
shares that ever since she moved to
Guildwood Village from their apartment
in another part of Scarborough, she felt as
though she was home.
Like any community, Guildwood
Village has its own history of challenges
and Ingrid candidly
reminisces on some
of these moments. I
was shocked to dis-
cover that Guildwood
Parkway once served
as a speed road
for adolescents who
would drag race to the
bluffs, where they
would gather to drink
and socialize. The
installation of more
stop signs helped to
alleviate this problem.
Another trying
episode presented itself when the munic-
ipality planned to extend the Gardiner
Expressway all the way east to the train
tracks on Galloway Road. Morningside
Avenue and Galloway Road were pro-
jected to serve as feeder roads for the
Gardiner.
City planners also proposed that resi-
dents each pay a whopping $1,000 to
fund a project that would bury overhead
wires underground. When neighbours
expressed strong opposition to the plan,
it was Herbert who canvassed the neigh-
bourhood with a petition in hand.
Ultimately, the plan was abandoned and
residents were reminded of the privacy
and sense of community they so wanted
to protect.
When I asked Ingrid why she thought
people moved to Guildwood Village and
seemed to stay for a significant amount
of time, she cited the area’s isolation
from Kingston Road and the rest of the
city. Perhaps this disconnection from the
hustle and bustle at the top of the hill has
lent itself to the sense of community that
residents love.
Ingrid fondly remembers a sandbox
that she used to keep in her backyard for
all the neighbourhood children to play
in. This is not to say that Guildwood
neighbours stopped in on a daily basis,
unannounced, to chat over tea, but as
Ingrid explains, “in times of need,
neighbours were family.”
As I leave Ingrid’s beautiful garden
terrace, she gave me a snapdragon
pulled from its roots with instructions on
how to plant it in my own meager
garden. It was the perfect metaphor for
her stories, memories, and knowledge:
Ingrid Leggewie: Mother, Wife, Nurse,
Award-winning gardener, and another
wonderful resident of the Guild.
Valeria Danieli
This is the first of what we hope will bemany stories of early Guildwood resi-dents. We thank Valeria for volunteer-ing to write these stories. Please con-tact News & Views if you want to tellyour story, or recommend another earlyGuildwood resident. Ed.
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We thank John Mitchell for providing most of the photographs.
The GWood Band entertained at the barbecue
Tug of War Results – The BIG Event at theBarbecue – Children 12 and under – the evens won 2-1. For the over 12 group, the evens won 2-0. Thewomen’s odds won 2-1 and the Men’s evens won 2-0.
This program is a starter camp for young children. Children will be introduced to camp structure through play, sharing,camp games and activities. Children will also participate in story time, circle time, singing songs and lots of crafts. It’s agreat program to introduce children to Parks, Forestry and Recreation programs and full day camps.
This is one of our most popular camps. All buddingartists, actors, singers and dancers enjoy the oppor-tunity to shire during this camp. Disciplines include finearts, drama, singing/music and dancing. At the end ofthe week the children perform in show. It’s amazing tosee the progress they’ve made and how much talentthe children have.
Participants are given opportunities to experience avariety of “behind the scenes” work including: photogra-phy, videography, script writing or screenplays.Campers will also enjoy active games and activities.There will be a showcase on Friday afternoons for participants to show off their achievements.
This camp offers gymnastics on uneven parallel bars,vault, floormat work and the balance beam. Campersare sure to have fun as they develop and improve theirflexibility. Campers do swim twice a week and there is ashowcase at the end of the week for them to show offwhat they have learned.
Junior Fun In The Sunat Elizabeth Simcoe PS
Explore the Arts Campat Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI
Behind the Scenes Campat Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI
Gymnastics Campat Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI
Age Fee Day Time Start Code
3-5 yrs $32/5 days M-F 9:30a.m-12pm Jul 12 1667109
3-5 yrs $32/5 days M-F 9:30am-12pm Jul 19 1667110
3-5 yrs $32/5 days M-F 9:30am.-12pm Jul 26 1667111
3-5 yrs $26/4 days T-F 9:30am-12pm Aug 3 1667112
3-4 yrs $32/5 days M-F 9:30am-12pm Aug 9 1667113
3-5 yrs $32/5 days M-F 9:30am-12pm Aug 16 1667114
Age Fee Day Time Start Code
6-12 yrs $91/5 days M-F 9am-4pm Jul 12 1656605
6-12 yrs $91/5 days M-F 9am-4pm Jul 19 1656606
6-12 yrs $91/5 days M-F 9am-4pm Jul 26 1656607
6-12 yrs $73/4 days T-F 9am-4pm Aug 3 1656608
6-12 yrs $91/5days M-F 9am-4pm Aug 9 1656602
6-12 yrs $91/5 days M-F 9am-4pm Aug 16 1655603
Age Fee Day Time Start Code
11-14 yrs $151/5 days M-F 9am-4pm Jul 12 1655634
11-14 yrs $151/5 days M-F 9am-4pm Jul 19 1655635
11-14 yrs $151/5 days M-F 9am-4pm Jul 26 1655637
11-14 yrs $119/4 days T-F 9am-4pm Aug 3 1655638
11-14 yrs $151/5 days M-F 9am-4pm Aug 9 1655639
11-14 yrs $151/5 days M-F 9am-4pm Aug 16 1655640
Age Fee Day Time Start Code
6-12 yrs $151/5 days M-F 9am-4pm Jul 12 1656627
6-12 yrs $151/5days M-F 9am-4pm Jul 19 1656628
6-12 yrs $151/5days M-F 9am-4pm Jul 26 1656629
6-12 yrs $119/4days T-F 9am-4pm Aug 3 1656630
6-12 yrs $151/5 days M-F 9am-4pm Aug 9 1656631
6-12 yrs $151/5 days M-F 9am-4pm Aug 16 1655632
Age Fee Day Time Start Code
3-5 yrs $32/5 days M-F 1pm-3:30pm Jul 12 1667100
3-5 yrs $32/5 days M-F 1pm-3:30pm Jul 19 1667101
3-5 yrs $32/5 days M-F 1pm-3:30pm Jul 26 1667102
3-5 yrs $26/4 days T-F 1pm-3:30pm Aug 3 1667103
3-4 yrs $32/5 days M-F 1pm-3:30pm Aug 9 1667104
3-5 yrs $32/5 days M-F 1pm-3:30pm Aug 16 1667105
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Chris Musselman of Parkway Travel andCruise was recognized at our AnnualGeneral Meeting this year for her greatsupport of GVCA activities.
The mounted police unit is back in ourneighbourhood. This photo was taken onPrince Philip Blvd.
In the Spring News & Views we asked you to send us photos of trilliums taken in the Guildwood area thisspring. Here is a sample of the photos we received. Thank you everyone for sending your photos.
Fred Gouveia – May 2Behind the Guild Inn
Ann Brokelman – May 2Col Danforth Path
Carol Ufford – Early MayBackyard on Toynbee Tr.
Robert Anderson – April 30Guildwood Park
Theresa Smith – April 29Guild Inn Forest
Saturday and Sunday
August 7-8 at the Guild InnA new feature this year will be the