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Our Local Weather |
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to the online version of CCRA
news. A place where you can share news and views with other members of
the Centennial Community. |
President's Report
With summer
approaching we have two community events scheduled, one in June and the
other in July. On June 14th the annual Heritage
Day Festival will be held. This event gets underway with a parade
along Lawson Road starting at Centennial School at 11:00 a.m. and
finishing in Highland Creek. Festivities then continue throughout the day
in Highland Creek. This annual community event for the whole family is
sponsored in part by CCRA. Plan to attend!...Read President's report
Jeff
Forsyth
Highland Creek Community
Stewardship Program- Three Years of Success !
What a ride
it has been! The Highland Creek Community Stewardship Program (HCCSP) is
completing its 3rd and final year this June. Thank you to all
the individuals who have helped make this project a success. We could not
have done it without you!
Here’s what
3690 tireless volunteers can do:
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Accumulate over 12,500 hours of volunteer time (that’s 520
days!)
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Plant 8685 trees and shrubs
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Plant 1517 wildflowers
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Clean up 6211 kilos of garbage
Read more.
Lots of events going on:
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Sunday July 13,
20, 27-
summer concert series at the Port Union Comm.Ctr
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Saturday Sept 6th-Anniversary
Family Fun at the Grace Presbyterian Church
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Saturday Sept.13-West
Rouge Family Day-WRCA
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Saturday Oct,4th-
50th Anniverary Concert- Grace Presbytarian church
For more details...
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Advertise community
events for free...Click
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Around Our Neighbourhood
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Division News
3rd Annual Community picnic held on May 10th
was a great success!
Have you ever
wondered what the police officers are doing when they are at the station?....
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more
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DRIVERS
NEEDED TO TAKE PATIENTS TO CANCER TREATMENTS.
Volunteer drivers are urgently needed to take cancer patients to the
hospital for treatments and appointments. If you have a car and some
time to spare, please contact:
Sarah Storm
sstorm@ontario.cancer.ca
416-431-1800 ext. 36
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Reports from our Elected
Representatives |
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>Hon. Dan McTeague-Federal
MP, Pickering east Posted June.08
>Ron
Moeser
Councillor Ward 44
Posted June 08
>Wayne
Arthurs-M.P.P.
Pickering-Scarborough East
Posted May.08
>Oliver
Carroll-
Trustee, Toronto Catholic District School
Board.
Posted June 08 |
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Don't miss the
July 13, 20, 27
Concert Series at the Port Union Comm. Center.
The printed version of the CCRA
newsletter will resume in September. Nevertheless the website will be up
and running to keep you informed of all the local activities... |
Membership
A few gallant
volunteers have come forward to give us a hand and canvass their
neighbours
for 2008 membership. There are still many streets not covered and we thank
residents for sending in their membership. We hope to reach all Centennial
residents and will continue canvassing to the end of the year...Read
more |
We Need Your Help |
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The CCRA is made up of people like you. Meet
your neighbours, volunteer today. Click here
to find out how. |
CCRA Approaches a Milestone
In 2009, the CCRA will be
celebrating its 60th year of service to the community...
To celebrate our Diamond
Anniversary, next year the Association will be sponsoring a number of
special activities and will be looking for volunteers to help make them
happen... Read
more
As part of the
celebration, we are also inviting our readers to participate by
contributing articles to the newsletter of historical interest about the
community and what living in Centennial has meant to them. We will
be featuring these in up coming editions of the newsletter...Click
here or email the
webmaster.
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Port
Union Go Station circa 1856
The Grand
Truck Railroad opened in 1856 and this is their station at Port Union.
The Station Agent lived in the attached house which you may be able to see
just below the ladder shown on the roof on the upper right.
Source:
Fact& Folklore, 2nd edition 1998; J.R. Spilsbury |
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Archives
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In an effort to keep
this site up to date some material, that may still be of interest, has
been archived, click here to find out what.. |
Scouting is on the move
As mentioned
in previous CCRA newsletters the Scouting youth of the 2nd Highland Creek
Venturer Scouts are planning a Centennial Scouting Service Project in
Africa in August this year in the Northern Ghana region near the city
of Tamale.
On August 1st
we’ll be heading to the airport.
Our time in
Ghana will be spent assisting the construction of the sleeping dormitory
at their Scout Village at Nwodua, meeting African Scouts, and some
sightseeing including the Water Falls at Kintanpo & a visit to Mole
National Park....More
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