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September 17, 2024
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Runners set off at start of Beaches Terry Fox Run
PHOTO: ALAN SHACKLETON
Runners set off along the Boardwalk at the start of the 2024 Toronto-Beaches Terry Fox Run which took place on Sunday. A huge crowd of runners, walkers and cyclists gathered to take part in this year’s run.
The Beach Legion member heads to Cyprus Cares benefit concert slated for Peacekeeping anniversary A CONCERT in support of The Beach Cares, a group of local residents who help refugee families settle into the community, will take place on the night of Saturday, Sept. 21. The Benefit Your Ears Concert will feature an evening of folk, country, rock and gospel music. It goes from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Aidan’s in the Beach church on Queen Street East at Silver Birch Avenue. There is no charge to attend but donations will be welcomed by The Beach Cares. For more information, please go to https://beachunitedchurch.com/community-engagement/the-beach-cares
By Deborah McNorgan
FORTY YEARS after serving with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, Karl Ozols is heading back to the country to share memories, honour those who served, and see what has and has not changed on the island. In November the retired Canadian Armed Forces member will join more than 90 other Canadians on a veterans’ trip commemorating the 60th anniversary of Canada’s contribution to the force, and the 50th anniversary of the war between Turkish and Greek Cypriots. To help support Ozols’s trip, the
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 1/42, to which he belongs, is hosting a Cyprus Memorial Fundraiser this Saturday, Sept. 21, in the Main Hall at 243 Coxwell Ave., featuring music by DJ David. The event starts at 7:30 p.m. and entry is $5. For more information call 416-465-0120. More than 25,000 CAF members served in Cyprus between 1964 and 1993. In 1974, two NATO members were at war there, and the Canadians were caught in the middle of a coup d’état and an invasion. That was the year the Torontoborn Ozols enlisted. He was just 18 and eager to see more of the world. He trained as an engineer and
spent time at bases in Canada and Germany before volunteering for the six-month tour in Cyprus in 1984. There he served as a transport platoon sergeant, in charge of the heavy transport section, overseeing the supply and resupply of goods and people arriving and departing on the weekly plane in and out of Nicosia. “We weren’t there to change anything. We were just there to make sure that they weren’t going to kill each other anymore,” he said. The days started with physical training at 5 a.m. Work ended at 1 p.m. due to the intense heat. In the Continued on Page 9
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Kingston Road Village Fall Festival set for this Saturday THE ANNUAL Kingston Road Village Fall Festival will take place on Saturday, Sept. 21. The celebration of autumn takes place along Kingston Road between Victoria Park Avenue and Main Street from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival will feature live music performances, face painting and crafts for kids, food and drink samples, games for the whole family and more. This year’s festival will also feature an historic walk along Kingston Road led by local historian Gene Domagala. The walk starts at noon and those wishing to take part are asked to meet at noon on the corner of Kingston Road and Victoria Park Avenue. As part of the festival events this year, The Pegasus Shoppe at 931 Kingston Rd. will be celebrating 30 years of inclusion in the community. Opened in 1994, Pegasus provides adults with developmental difficulties meaningful activities and community engagement to facilitate growth, dignity and choice. For more information on The Pegasus Shoppe, please go to the website at www.pegasusshoppe.ca Those attending this Saturday’s Kingston Road Village Fall Festival are reminded that donations of non-perishable food items are being collected by Centre 55. Police, fire and ambulance vehicles will also be on display from noon to 1 p.m. by 941 to 959 Kingston Rd. As an added bonus, Beach Metro Community News readers are invited to drop by and say hello to us as we will have a display set up near Kingston Road United Church. Everyone is invited to celebrate this weekend’s arrival of fall and explore local businesses in the Kingston Road Village.