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8MEMORABLE MISSION

Vaughan planning cycle trek to raise funds, awareness for Alzheimer’s

4SURVEY SAYS... What does a survey say about how the people of Vaughan like the city? (Hint: We love it)

6INSIDE OUT Interior stylist puts a little you in your own decor

15IT’S YARDSALE SEASONGet yourself — and your family — ready for the big day with these helpful yardsale tips

21TRAVEL LIKE THE KINGA look at Graceland and its attractions

25BACK-TO-BACK B-BALL CHAMPS Vaughan Secondary nabs AAAA OFSAA title

Plus lots more...

ON THE COVER: What can we say about it? It’s

spring in Vaughan and it’s greenPhoto Illustration

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‘It’s that time of year’

Eric McMillan, Editor-in-chief

Appearances to the contrary, your ed-in-chief here is a literate kind of guy. If you read my website (EditorE-ric.com) or follow my tweets (@Edi-torEric), you’ll see I go on quite a bit about writing. Part of this is sounding off about good and bad habits of writ-ing. And one of those that annoys me most is the tendency of some writers to start every piece with a mention of the weather or time of year.

You know, the novel that starts with “Clouds scudded across the sky on the cool September day as a slight breeze rustled the first leaves to turn their emerald hues to russet tones….” and goes on to I know not what because I refuse to read any further. And now, I go ahead and publish an entire magazine whose very cover embodies what I’ve been criticizing.

Telling everyone it’s spring in Vaughan. As if readers might be con-cerned this year’s calendar might not apply to our municipality.

But I have an excuse.It’s heartfelt.Suddenly everything seems to be

coming up green in The Place to Be.Green as in the wild spring flora,

of course. But also green as in money, if

we are to accept the confidence of

Vaughan citizens in our local econ-omy, as discovered by the survey reported herein.

Green in the return to home reno-vations and gardening at this time of year. (Also noted in these pages.)

And green in the general optimism and renewed hope for our future that seems to be sprouting around us.

It’s enough to make me want to put my reading down and venture outdoors to discover parts of Vaughan I haven’t seen before.

But not until I finish this maga-zine.

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I GIVE YOU VAUGHAN: Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua, shown at a recent press conference on Vaughan’s future hospital, has much else to be happy about. A survey of Vaughan residents has shown a high level of satisfaction with life, economics and culture in the city since he took office.

M ore than half us have never heard of the city’s new downtown known as the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre.

Despite the project — including the construction of a subway and a five-tower condominium development east of Jane Street called Expo City — being announced with much fan-fare, an Ipsos Reid citizen satisfaction survey commissioned by the City of Vaughan reveals more than half of res-idents have no idea a new downtown is being constructed in Vaughan.

In a survey that asked residents to rate their knowledge of the large-scale project, slated to be Vaughan’s crown jewel, 52 percent said it was the first time they had heard of the project.

The subway extension, perhaps due to more visible construction, is better known. Ninety-one percent of resi-dents either knew a little or a great deal about it.

The results were tallied from 500 interviews completed among residents 18 and older, across Concord, Klein-burg, Maple, Thornhill and Wood-

bridge. They were conducted in mid-February.

Responding to the survey results, Vaughan mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua said many residents were unaware of the Metropolitan Centre project while it was in its planning stages, but that will change as construction ramps up.

“In the past there was a lot of talk about a downtown core, but now we’re seeing a lot of action on it,” he said.

He said he’s been putting pressure on developers to move quickly on the project, while still maintaining the balance of building a sustainable development.

“I’m pushing a lot of developers to get busy on building structures, but they also have to make sense to the spirit of the downtown core,” Bevilac-qua said. “You have to do it right.”

Life is good? But while Vaughan may have some

room for improvement in terms of informing residents about its new cen-trepiece, it would appear Vaughan resi-dents are generally satisfied with their quality of life.

The poll found 98 percent calling quality of life good or very good here.

Bevilacqua hailed the data as an acknowledgement of what city council has accomplished.

QUEstION: How would you rate the overall quality of life in the City of Vaughan today?

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“Residents are extremely satisfied with the service, the council, and with the type of leadership that we’ve been providing,” he said. “I’m very com-fortable as mayor and very proud of the achievements of this city.”

hospital not top of mindWhat may come as a surprise to

some are what issues are uppermost in the minds of Vaughan residents.

The Ipsos Reid survey found 40 percent of residents cite transportation as their most pressing concern — with taxation and municipal government spending coming in second place at 20 percent, a six percent increase from last year.

Though there’s still much to be done in building transit infrastructure, the Vaughan subway would go a long way toward creating additional devel-opment and prosperity, Bevilacqua said.

“There’s no question that the sub-way is one of the anchors,” he said. “As more buildings go up, more people will be inspired to build and get a com-fort level.”

Healthcare, a hot topic in Vaughan with the pending construction of its new hospital, fell just behind govern-ment spending at 19 percent to make the third top-of-mind issue.

Healthcare, fire and waste disposal were the top three most important indi-vidual services, with bylaw enforce-ment and arts and culture at the bottom of the list.

Econfident? Vaughanians seem to have more

confidence in their own economy than in that of the country.Thirty-two percent said they expect Vaughan’s economy will improve in the next year, with only 27 percent saying the same for Canada.

One of the reasons for that could be Vaughan’s strong record of investment and capital flowing into the city.

“We’re well positioned culturally, socially and economically,” Bevilac-

qua pointed out. “Last year alone, we issued $1.4 billion in build-ing permits, and we’ve had over a $1 bil-lion average over the past 10 years.”

Info needs

The poll found 10 percent of residents said they wanted to know more about building projects and new develop-ments, an increase of six percent over the past year.

The preferred information source for residents continued to be newslet-ters and brochures sent via snail mail, at 39 percent. But that’s down 12 per-cent from last year.

Fewer residents also prefer E-newsletters, having dropped from 28 percent listing it as their primary pref-erence in 2011 to 23 percent in 2012.

While 21 percent listed local news-papers, this option was only added in 2012.

One in three residents was satis-fied with their knowledge on civic happenings — 27 percent of residents couldn’t mention any additional infor-mation they would like to receive from the city.

Respect from taxpayersVaughan residents appear to be

satisfied with how their tax dollars are spent, with 83 percent agreeing they receive either very good or fairly good value for their money. That’s an increase of four percentage points since 2011.

Overall, Bevilacqua said he believed the poll results show progress is being made in the city of Vaughan.

“There’s no question about the fact that this is a city on the rise.... I have a real good sense of the pulse of the city and it’s very, very positive.”

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I nterior stylist Janette Ewen loves showcasing peo-ple’s passions throughout their homes, whether it’s a musical piece, an era, a garment or a scene from the great outdoors.

“It’s not about beige. It’s not about looking like the home that you might see in a magazine,” she says. “It’s about a home that reflects your soul and your passion.”

Ewen, a regular guest on TV shows like CityLine and Breakfast Television and recent co-host of Inside the Box with Ty Pennington, became a décor and lifestyle expert doing public relations for a high-end design firm, working at Chatelaine, House and Home and Chocolat magazines, styling interiors for photo shoots and taking on private clients before branching out on her own.

“So for fashion, if something visually appeals to me, I break it down,” she says. “Like if there’s a beautiful Dior dress from say 1948, I’ll look at the fabric that’s used, the volume in it, the shape, like there’s triangles, there’s pleating — how can I incorporate that into the home? And with colours and textures and layering and sort of the overall feeling it gives.”

Although outdoor rooms — where people extend their living space by arranging furniture and adding rugs to their backyards — have become increasingly common in the past decade, she says it is now going to the next level.

“We’re seeing green walls with mirrors hanging on them, there are companies that are producing outdoor art, so art is hanging on the walls outside like paint-ings,” she says. “People are getting more innate with their exteriors and hanging chandeliers from a tree and it’s kind of a romantic feel to it.”

Another emerging trend for outdoor spaces, she says, is an eclectic world travelled look, which includes fabrics with aboriginal and tribal prints, natural colour tones in deep reds and greens and an assortment of sculptures.

An easy way to update exterior rooms, she says, is by using throw blankets and pillows, especially over neutral furniture.

“You can get a big beautiful basket and have a bunch of these blankets mixed together,” she says. “All those patterns work together and it’s great; when your guests come over, they’re always warm.”

As for interiors, Ewen makes it a point to switch up her home twice a year, once for spring/summer for a breezy and fresh feeling and again for fall/winter to

Going inside out

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Vaughan Mills-based interior stylist explains how beauty can be

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PERsONAL tOUCH: Interior stylist Janette Ewen helps people incorporate their personal interests into the decor of their homes.

make it cozier. Although it’s too pricey for people to switch out their furniture, she says it’s more realistic to use area rugs, which can easily be stored when they’re not in use. Another fast way to freshen up a home this season is by using bright colours and lighter fabrics instead of thick or velvety mate-rials, which are better for colder months.

“Artwork is a great one to switch out and relatively inex-pensive,” she says. “You can do great photo prints for the sum-mer like citrus fruit or something fun and then in the winter bring in something a little more sea-sonal.”

For those with a do-it-your-self spirit, she says some man-ageable projects to tackle include decorating candles with seashells and sticking to a colour theme for mantle pieces from decorative items to fresh flowers.

“It’s really about the accessories,” she adds.

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once you get it clean and organized”

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Even though many neglect spring cleaning, she counts it as an essential step and considers it fun.

“It’s amazing how much greater your stuff looks once you get it clean and organized,” she says. “And I think that’s something that people overlook like they tend to just add on top instead of just cleaning up and taking away.”

To make it more enticing, she suggests getting new organization and storage boxes in bright colours and using a steam cleaner to make a noticeable difference. As a reward, when people finish cleaning, she says they can then buy some new spring décor.

“You’ll find out what you really need and what you don’t and you’ll discover things and you’ll start moving things around and that can really freshen up a home without having to spend any money,” she says.

The co-host of Vaughan Mills-based web series Style Agents says people can find amazing things if they’re not afraid to search out antiques and second hand items. Rather than following others, Ewen says she tends to make up her own trends based on her personal experi-ences.

“I always say: stay interested and you’ll be interest-ing,” she says. “I just started riding horses, like I’m learning how to rope, so definitely some of my décor is having a bit of a cowboy influence to it.”

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In between working for her clients and taping TV shows, she says she tries to spend at least one day a week frequenting design stores and antique markets and going for hikes and horse rides to spark her imagination.

“I never really turn off,” she says. “I just keep going and going. I’m always looking for things. I feel like my work and my private life, it’s just all one con-tinuum.”

Regardless of where people find inspiration, Ewen believes in having a personal style and looking to things like classics for ideas.

“I just imagine like The Great Gatsby and their backyards and their cocktail parties and what would come from that,” she says. “Think about what appeals to you and then sort of make it your own trend and have fun with it. You shouldn’t take your décor so seriously.”


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Vaughan resident on six-day ride to raise money for the disease that took

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B enji Pister remembers watching his grandfather suffer through Alzheim-er’s disease for three long years.

It’s that memory that has inspired the 19-year-old Vaughan resident to take on a personal campaign to raise awareness and funds for research into a cure.

“I really cherish the memory of my grandfather,” Pister says.

“He had 12 grandchildren but he always made sure that each one of us felt individual and special. It was really hard watching him still try to do that as Alzheimer’s set on.”

After his grandfather died four years ago, he began to come up with ideas both to honour his memory and raise awareness.

His solution: a six-day bike ride from his home at Bathurst and Steeles into New York and Pennsylvania where he plans to use his stops to speak with local media.

Pister plans to make his trip in the second or third week of August. His father is going to follow along in a chase vehicle.

“He reminds me of Beaver from Leave it

to Beaver”

Currently Pister is building aware-ness about his trip through Facebook and by word of mouth in his school and home community, as well as seeking out potential sponsors for the ride.

“I’m hoping to find a spon-sor that may not have huge name recognition,” he says. “A smaller company would probably see a bigger ben-efit from being attached to the ride than a larger one. I mean most people already know huge companies.”

Pister’s plan is to try and make his media stops in smaller towns where there wouldn’t be as much noise or competition for news. It’s also an outside-in strategy that runs coun-


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By taking aim at smaller markets, Pister says he will have the opportu-nity to shine the spotlight on his goal of raising awareness for Alzheimer’s

research.Pister’s father, George, wasn’t sur-

prised when he came to him with the idea of riding his bike on a mission to raise awareness for the disease.

“Benji has always been coming up with ideas on how to do things,”

Alzheimer’s by numbers

An estimated 500,000 Canadians have Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. While it most affects people 65 years and older, about 70,000 people under 65 have the disease.

Currently 17% of Canadians have someone in the family with Alzheimer’s disease, but that number could almost double in the GTA in the next 20 years with one report projecting that number will be almost 65,000 in 2031.

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George says. “And it’s the way that he approaches ideas that is really interesting. He reminds me of Beaver from the televi-sion series Leave it to Bea-ver — he was always coming at problems from a different angle, always trying to figure out how to do things a different way.”

Since deciding this is the way he wanted to honour his grandfather and raise awareness about Alzheimer’s, Pister has entered into a rigorous training regimen in order to get his body ready for the ride.

The ride will take him approximately 850 kilometres. His current riding distance is 160 kilometres, which he did with some friends to Niagara Falls to see how fast they could get there.

Every day at the McMaster gym he sets one of the spin-ning bikes to put him through a one-hour workout that simu-lates climbing tall mountains and other difficult terrain.

He’s adjusted his diet to increase carbs and proteins in

order to keep his body up to the task.

Alzheimer’s research is in desperate need of increased funding. While m e m o r i a l donations to A lzhe imer ’s Canada is con-sidered one of the best in the business, the number of people affected by the disease is on course to double by 2050.

Pister says he is start-ing small with his campaign and feels his g r a n d f a t h e r would be proud, as giving back to the community was a big part of his life.

He hasn’t ruled out more rides in the future to continue to raise awareness and says suc-cess with this trip will be just doing it.

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In fact, noise-induced hearing loss occurs gradually over time and goes virtually unnoticed until it’s too late. Studies indicate most Canadians do nothing for about seven years after they first begin to notice the symptoms. Noise-induced hearing loss is permanent and irreversible. There is no medi-cal treatment, surgery, or technol-ogy that can restore the hearing.

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she said. “If your ears are ring-ing, it’s a sure indication your hair cells have been assaulted and need to rest.”

The outer part of the ear, the part that we see, is called the pinna and it channels sound into the ear canal. The ear canal directs the sound onto the eardrum, a paper-thin tissue which vibrates as sound waves hit it. The eardrum is attached to three tiny bones in the middle ear cavity. These bones pick up the vibrations from the eardrum and transfer them through the oval window into the fluid-filled cochlea of the inner ear. The vibrations create waves in the cochlea’s fluid. Hair cells in this fluid bend as the waves pass by creating nerve impulses that are carried to the brain for interpreta-tion.

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He suggests we need to be more conscious of noise around us and make the effort to reduce it. For example, he says, turn off the radio or TV if you’re not really listening to it. Turn the volume down on radios and in particular on personal stereos that blast our ears directly through headphones. Don’t honk. And he suggests, avoid noisy sports events, concerts and clubs. We can’t avoid these altogether, but it is possible to buy ear protection that filters out the worst noise while allowing you to hear speech. These cost about $200 and are individually fitted.

An expert on non-occupational noise from the Central Institute for the Deaf in Washington, DC, Dr. William Clark says the ear doesn’t know the difference between an

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occupational noise and a leisure noise.

“Each of those types of noise can be hazardous,” he said. “And unless one protects his or her hearing both on and off the job, then there is really no protection afforded at all.”

A busy video arcade can reach 110 decibels — a level at which regular exposure for more than a minute risks permanent hear-ing loss. Even a typical fitness class with music is frequently 95

decibels, a level we should not be exposed to for more than 15 minutes a day. Some children’s squeeze toys actually reach 135 decibels, beyond the threshold for pain. And a noisy restaurant often reaches 85 decibels.

A rule of thumb according to the League for the Hard of Hear-ing is if you have to shout in order to be heard three feet away, then the noise is probably too loud and could be damaging to your hear-ing.

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It’s May — time for flowers and yard sale signs to pop up in the garden.

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At least one to two weeks before…

• Think about what you can sell. Popular items are kids’ toys and gently used/outgrown clothes, garden equip-ment, tools, books (especially paper-backs), small serving bowls/platters, old fabrics, older furniture and glass-ware. Kitchen items should be dish-washer safe.• Gather what you’re going to sell. Go from room to room, piling things for the sale in a box for each room, or one box for each floor of the house. If you haven’t cleared your clutter already, this is a good time to do it. Anything you’re tired of, bored with or haven’t used in donkey’s years goes into the sale pile.• Tag everything with a price.

You want to make it easy for peo-ple to buy your stuff. If several sellers are involved, use different-coloured ink or stickers to identify who takes the cash for which item. Be generous about pricing—your first goal is to get rid of things, not to make big bucks. (Leave some wiggle room for bargaining, though. Some folks love to haggle.)

One week before…• Plan your layout: On the lawn? The driveway? In the garage? Do you need display tables, ready-made or sawhorses and planks?• Get lots of change from the bank — coins, small bills, and a few large bills.• Get some kind of coin belt for each person taking cash. Cheap cross-body bags, fanny packs with pouch in front, small zipper pouches that can be attached to belts are all good ideas. You want to keep your cash safe and accessible, and leave your hands free.• Round up any user’s manuals, instructions, etc., that go with items

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On sale day…• Be ready for early birds. Lots of folks cruise by before opening time to scoop up bargains.• Make yourself visible. Put up a yard sale sign. Wear a colourful hat so customers can find you easily.• Be ready to demonstrate things. Have an extension cord hooked up so folks can check anything electrical.• Be prepared to bargain. Unless you’re raising funds for charity, don’t wear yourself out sticking to a price.• Be friendly. If you have good (and true) background stories, tell them: “I got that back in 1999 at a little market

in Mexico.” Yard sales should be fun.• Donate any unwanted leftovers to charity or put them out in a “FREE” box at a future date.

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Compared to last year’s cornucopia of gardening books, it’s hard to believe that this year’s is an even more bounti-ful bumper crop.

This spring, Canada Post has been kept pretty busy delivering one book after another, each one a delight to open and read. With all this knowl-edge, there’s no reason not to make the most of your garden this season.

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From Art to Landscape: Unleashing Creativity in Garden Design by W. Gary Smith.

This book set my head a-spinning — in a good way. I had been resigned to a planting plan that I didn’t really love but didn’t know how to fix — and then I heard Smith speak at a lecture at the Toronto Botanical Garden. Uncon-ventional and infectiously exuberant, in his book Smith offers a method for connecting with the landscape that’s wildly fun, liberating and — eureka! — it works. Follow this pied piper of landscape design to experience adven-tures in creativity you never knew you possessed.

The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener by Niki Jabbour.

Homegrown veg-etables are all well and good during the summer, but what’s a locavore to do for the other three sea-sons of the year? An avid vegetable gar-dener who hails from Nova Scotia, Jabbour offers ways to extend the growing season by using cold frames, planting cold-hardy varieties and nur-turing micro-greens — and that’s just for starters. Already declared a winner by the American Horticultural Society, Jabbour’s book will win you over too with its down-to-earth practical advice and outside-of-the-planting-box ideas.

In Pursuit of Garlic: An Intimate Look at the Divinely Odorous Bulb by Liz Primeau.

I’ve been waiting to read this book since last summer when I heard that Primeau, founding editor of Cana-dian Gardening magazine, was in the

midst of writing her ode to this “odorous bulb”. For way too long, this essential cooking ingredient has been taken for granted, which is a mystery because, as Primeau points out, it’s been lauded in literature, poetry, art and architecture, been valued for its health benefits (anti-fungal toenail reme-dy, anyone?), sought

after for its aphrodisiac qualities and even used as money. But beyond the history of garlic, In Pursuit of Garlic offers plenty of planting advice, reci-pes, a “who’s who” of garlic varieties and a useful resource guide to where to buy it, where to find garlic festivals and who offers the best garlic gadgets.

A Recipe for Continuous Bloom by Lorraine Roberts.

Owner of one of the first all-organic gardens and nurseries in the province, Roberts offers her years of experience with hardy perenni-

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We’re here on Saturday night and the waitress informs me with a soulful sigh and a wag of her finger, “All gone. If you want borscht, tell me when you reserve the table.”

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Now all this might lead you to think this place has outstanding food. Appar-ently it’s a huge favourite with the local Russian crowd — and even with a large Chinese family who fill three tables this evening. The waitress tells me there are people who come from miles around for their borscht (which I couldn’t taste since there is none left) and for Dinamo (more on this later).

So with her help, we select two typically Russian appetizers and main courses, only realizing after the fact that not one of these comes with veg-etables, unless you count the sauer-kraut and the carrot salad, which are served with warm crusty rolls as soon as we’ve ordered.

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The next appetizer is so large, it would serve two as a main course. According to my research, Kartofelnik is a potato patty that can be stuffed with various things, including cab-bage or cheese. Ours are filled with ground chicken and then fried before being smothered in a creamy mush-room sauce ($14.99). It’s delicious, but perhaps you’re beginning to see how to continue eating is becoming a dilemma. I leave about a third of my Kartofelnik in the vain hope I will be able to consume some of my main course — the famous Dinamo.

One customer drives weekly from Mississauga just for this dish. Minced turkey is formed into a large roll, stuffed with porcini mushrooms and caramelized onions, smothered in crumbs and cooked to a golden brown ($15.99). The menu says it’s baked, but mine appears to be fried. The dish is very tasty if a little dry, especially as it’s incongruously served on a square of toast. I have asked for buckwheat kasha as my side (rather than roast potatoes, rice or French fries). This proves to be a fairly dull grain that my waitress helpfully assures me, is fed to sick people in hospitals as it’s very good for the stomach. This informa-tion doesn’t improve the flavour.

When I can’t eat another mouthful, leaving half behind, our waitress looks reproving but accepts my shortcom-ings with a sigh, and in her charm-ing Russian accent says prosaically, “Yes, I forget. Canadians don’t eat so much.”

My guest has ordered a classic Ukrainian dish, Chicken Kiev, with roast potatoes ($15.99). Breast of chicken is pounded flat and rolled around butter and herbs, breaded and deep fried. It should ooze with the but-

ter when cut, but this version, while moist and tasty, doesn’t appear to have much butter inside. On the other hand, the chef has managed to make it with half the wing still attached. That’s pretty impressive. It too, comes on a square of toast. We decide this is to sop up any extraneous oil from the deep frying. The potatoes have been roasted with garlic and are absolutely delicious.

I’ve spotted a pattern emerging: aside from the obvious grilled steak or lamb chops, Russians appear to have a passion for stuffing things. Pancakes, dumplings, mashed potatoes and even meat become the repository for all sorts of interesting fillings. And aside from the chef’s own sauerkraut, which my guest likes very much, and a spicy and sweet shredded carrot salad that is a hit with me, there isn’t a vegetable to be seen.

To make the review more com-prehensive, we order a dish of baked shredded beets with poached prunes and roasted walnuts with mayonnaise ($7.99). Served cold, this dish is an acquired taste. The combination is for-eign to my palate and the flavours seem incongruous, though not unpleasant. I think a salad might have been my best veggie option.

Desserts are not homemade tonight. It’s still Easter, explains the waitress, and Russians eat only babka, a sea-sonal cake, and there isn’t any. But my guest raves about the cappuccino, which comes in a Russian cup with three gold feet.

Melody is interesting and an oppor-tunity to explore some unique dishes but portions are enormous, so order accordingly. And see if you can redeem the Canadian reputation for being inca-pable of eating a hearty Russian meal.

Melody Restaurant, 1118 Centre St. Thornhill. 905-707-8655. Open spo-radically through the week so reserva-tions are essential. www.restaurant-melody.com.

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Apparently I’m a flexitarian. So was Einstein for most of his life, though he

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When I was a pre-teen, my mom bought me a poodle skirt with a felt record on the pocket. But instead of the one with Elvis on its label, mine had Vaughan Monroe. It was probably her way of trying to keep me from the brink of depravity — all that hip wiggling. But whenever I listened to The King, I would turn it back to front!

I was a huge Elvis fan in those early days. No one moved like he did or sang with such gusto. I watched excitedly when he appeared on Ed Sullivan — three times. Sullivan, who was initially reluctant to have the disgraceful hip-shaker on his show, pronounced after the last show, “This is a real decent, fine boy. We’ve never had a pleasanter experience on our show with a big name than we’ve had with you.... You’re thoroughly all right.”

Elvis was undoubtedly a charmer. He knew how to say the right things and when to invoke his “Aw shucks, I’m just a country boy” routine.

He charmed Marion Keisker, assistant to the creator of Sun Studios, Sam Phillips, who has often been called the Father of Rock ‘n Roll. He started the careers of so many rock artists. It was Keisker who suggested the young kid who had been record-ing a song for his mama, might do the vocals for a session. That kid was Elvis. And the rest, as they say, is history.

So it was inevitable that, finding myself near Memphis more than 50 years later, I simply had to visit Graceland. Bought by Presley in 1957, the gracious, white-columned mansion with its iconic wrought iron gates of musical notes, has become something of a Mecca for Elvis fans. They come from around the world to see the rooms where he relaxed with his record collection or dined with his

family, and the kitchen where he prepared himself fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches (actually, Elvis and I part company in our appreciation of this delicacy).

The decor is classic ’50s — lots of gold, green shag carpets and shiny mirrors. In today’s minimal-ist age, it all looks a little over the top. His personal plane, with its seatbelt buckles of real gold and flashy bathrooms, is the stuff of ’50s fantasy. And his col-lection of cars, motorcycles and other motorized toys would probably bring palpitations to the heart of any red-blooded American boy. But for me, the highlight was seeing the displays of Elvis memorabilia.

Hundreds of pins and buttons (including one in Yiddish with ‘Oy Gevalt Elvis’ — translation in today’s idiom: ‘Omigod, Elvis’), his guitars and his clothes (those incredible suits with their six-inch gem-studded belts) are on display. In one of the Graceland shops, one can even buy a replica of his flashy nail jumpsuit, complete with cape, for about $2000.

Fan though I was, I had no idea how many awards and honours Elvis actually received in his lifetime. Row upon row of his gold records and prizes line a long corridor and cover the walls of what used to be his racquetball court. It’s extraordinary.

The graves of Elvis, his parents, his brother Ver-non, and even his stillborn twin, Jesse, can be found in the Garden of Meditation, once his favourite retreat. Fans stood, with tears in their eyes, contem-plating his last resting place.

A shuttle takes visitors to Sun Studios, now a museum. In the recording studio, I stood on the spot (it’s marked with an X) where Elvis stood to record those first hits. And there, I first learned about The Million Dollar Quartet.

On Dec. 4, 1956, Elvis joined in an impromptu jam session with three other Sun artists: Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. It lasted four hours and Sam Phillips recorded the whole thing. They sang rock numbers like “Blue Suede Shoes”, classics like “White Christmas”, and gospel songs like “Peace in the Valley.” In between, they chatted and joked. It became known as The Million Dollar Quartet.

The original recording was suppressed for decades because Elvis was under contract to RCA,

but that recording was released eventually. And in 2006, RCA’s 50th anniversary issue of the session contained approximately 12 minutes of previously unavailable material. The source of the recording was a copy of the session owned by Elvis Presley himself. In one scrap of conversation, Elvis describes the young Jackie Wilson, whom he had just seen imitating him in Las Vegas. The King pronounced Wilson’s smoky version of “Don’t be Cruel” better than his own.

The Million Dollar Quartet is now a Tony-award winning musical and it’s coming to the Toronto Cen-tre for the Arts in July. I could say for those of us who grew up in the Elvis era, the show is a must-see. But the reality is Elvis has been part of the lives of everyone born since he first gyrated his way around the stage.

Indeed, a telling exhibit at Graceland features performers who were influenced by Elvis, with com-ments like John Lennon’s: “If there hadn’t been an Elvis, there wouldn’t have been the Beatles.” Elvis impacted so many artists, including Buddy Holly, Elton John, Roy Orbison and Sam Cooke.

In fact, Elvis not only influenced the music of my generation, but that of every generation since. Bono sums it up: “He was my greatest inspiration.”

Elvis and me

By LIz CAMpBeLL

Trip to Memphis lets generations relive the dream

Liz CampbeLL/Vaughan Today

GOING TO GRACELAND: Graves of Elvis Presley and family members in the Garden of Meditation, above, bring tears to visitors’ eyes. At right, a fan hams it up, belting out an Elvis standard on the exact spot in the Memphis studio where the singer made his first legendary recordings.

If you’re travelling....MeMphIs Visit www.memphistravel.com for accommodation and travel information

GrACeLAnd elvis home and exhibits of his private planes, cars, and memorabilia. don’t miss icon, outlining stars whose music he influ-enced. $70 for the Vip Tour; $36 for the plati-num tour. www.elvis.com/graceland.

sun studIO now a national historic Land-mark, 1.5 hour guided tours cost $12. www.sunstudio.com.

tOrOntO The million dollar Quartet, July 10-29, Toronto Centre for the arts. Tickets $62-$180. www.dancaptickets.com.


Recipe for flexible vegetarians Continued from Page 19

Marinated Grilled Eggplant/Marinated Grilled Pork and Eggplant

5 tbsp (75 mL) roasted peanut oil2 cloves garlic, minced2 tbsp (30 mL)minced fresh ginger3 tbsp (45 mL) hoisin sauce3 tbs (45 mL) tamari or soy sauce3 green onions, thinly sliced3-5 ounces (90-150 g) boneless pork loin2 lb (1 kg) eggplant, peeled and cut crosswise into

½ inch (1 cm) slices¼ cup (60 mL) sesame seedsRimmed baking sheets, lined with parchment or

waxed paper.

Preheat the grill to medium high. (You can also use a grill pan on the stove over medium high heat).

Combine oil, garlic, and ginger in a small bowl.

Combine hoisin sauce, tamari, and green onions in a separate small bowl. Set both bowls aside.

Place the chop between sheets of plastic wrap on a cutting board. Pound, using a meat pounder (or a rolling pin), until about ¼ inch (6 mm) thick. Lay chop flat on a prepared baking sheet.

Lay eggplant flat on a prepared baking sheet. Brush both sides of eggplant slices with oil mixture. Brush both sides of pork with remaining oil mixture. Let stand for 5 minutes.

Cook eggplant and pork chop on preheated grill for 5 minutes; turn eggplant and pork and cook on the other side for 3 to 5 minutes. Remove eggplant. Check pork for donesness: internal temperature should be 160°F (71°C), or the internal colour should have changed to white with traces of pink in the centre. Continue grilling if necessary.

Place eggplant on a serving dish. Baste cooked eggplant slices with hoisin mixture. Cut the pork chop into thin strips and toss with remaining hoisin mixture, and transfer to the serving dish. Sprinkle

main course. When I heard about a new cookbook designed for

people like me, struggling to marry vegetarian and meat eaters at a single meal, I was delighted. Every-day Flexitarian was conceived by Toronto culinary instructor and cookbook author, Nettie Cronish and Pat Crocker, contributing editor to Herb Companion magazine.

Their idea is elegantly simply. Take a recipe and offer two versions: a vegetarian and a meat one, using the same flavour profiles and most of the same ingredients.

So, for example, Portobello mushrooms can be stuffed with ground lamb or with ricotta and Asiago. The recipe is essentially the same with the meat por-tions in blue ink to clearly distinguish them. Or how about a mushroom buckwheat burger with cashew butter, which can appeal to meat lovers by the addi-tion of a bacon wrap. Even roasted cashew curry with cauliflower and peas can appeal to meat lovers with the addition of chicken.

And for those who prefer to eat vegetarian much of the time, the recipes are easy to follow and the results are delicious.

This recipe from Everyday Flexitarians is a great summer dish — light and flavourful — and it’s easy to make and serve both vegetarian and meat versions. The meat parts of the recipe are in blue ink (as they

are in the cookbook). Serve these as they have in the photo, stacked with goat’s cheese, grilled peppers and onions, and top with a fresh tomato salsa.

Gorgeous.

Mother’s Day comes this month but instead of the usual bunch of flowers, why not give mum a really useful gift?

Here are three useful and unique gifts she’s real-ly going to appreciate. And two of them cost less than a dozen roses!

When I saw this smart little device, I thought of my friend, Vera. A thief stole her purse off the back of her chair while she was sitting in an outdoor res-taurant. Grab Guard is a unique anti-theft solution — a six-centimetre-wide circular lock that sports a retractable wire cable “lock line”.

It’s easily opened with a simple, two-digit com-bination. But this sturdy lock offers up to 50 pounds of pull strength. The visual might be enough to

deter thieves who see it attached to the strap.

Available in several colors and styles, it looks cool, not clunky like most such devices. And it works for more than purses. It’s great for briefcases, laptops, anything with a strap or handle you want to keep secure.

$19.99. Visit www.GrabGuard.com.

Does mum enjoy a glass of wine with dinner? The problem is, the bottle isn’t empty and unless you preserve it properly, it’s going to be useless by the next day.

The Platypus Platypreserve Wine Preservation System was apparently designed for campers. The idea is to be able to take your favourite wine along, while protecting the flavour and extending its drink-ability.

It does this by eliminating exposure to oxygen. The lightweight, reusable containers are lined with food-grade BPA-free polyethylene, which doesn’t absorb odours.

You just fill, squeeze to purge air, and enjoy wine several days or even weeks after first open-ing. It may be great for picnics and campers, but it

works just as well at home. It holds 800 ml.

$8. Available at Mountain Equipment Co-op.

What does her gym bag look like? A jumble of

clothes, shoes, cosmet-ics?

The Glo Bag is the ultimate gym locker organizer. Inside, two shelves form three compart-ments to keep gym shoes, clean clothes and toilet-ries separate and easily accessible.

It’s a backpack making it conve-nient to transport, but it stands or hangs in most gym lockers and opens on the side for an organized and germ-free locker room experience.

If you need any more con-firmation, Colin Firth uses one!

$99 with a $30 shipping charge to Canada. www.the-globag.com.

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2013 Infiniti JX model solves problem of getting to third-row seating easily

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Finding a vehicle with seating for seven isn’t that hard. Of course mini-vans have been doing this forever but so often consumers complain about the lack of cool factor associated with these typical soccer mom people movers.

So the industry started pumping out all sorts of SUV models with a third row of seating that sometimes was little more than a glorified rumble seat. And even when the third row was large enough to accommodate a regular-sized adult, the passage into that third row was either through a complex series of pulleys and levers to move the middle row forward, or you had to venture into the middle of the vehicle, through the captains chairs and finally to your seating des-tination.

No more.Infiniti recently released the 2013

JX model, which feels like a larger FX opposed to just a smaller version of Infiniti’s behemoth QX model. While there are many standout features on the JX, one stands taller than the rest: easy access to the third row via a one-handed operation, which can be com-pleted even with a baby seat installed.

Anyone who has ever put a baby seat in the middle row of a vehicle knows that pretty much spells the end

of accessing the third row from that side of the car.

Arriving in showrooms in May with a starting price of $44,900, it takes square aim at both the Audi Q7 and the $52,690 Acura MDX. The paired down price doesn’t mean it’s without the same luxury level as its competitors.

The JX comes complete with a full leather interior, sunroof, power tail-gate, heated seats and steering wheel, back-up camera, and tri-zone climate control. The maple accents are stained a dark brown and the tester I drove had several unique bird’s eye mark-ings — a beautiful feature in some maple species.

The transmission features four modes: normal, sport, snow and eco. A 265-horsepower CVT engine gives the JX its power and while the ride is certainly comfortable without being squishy, I found myself wanting to leave the transmission in sport mode, which simulated gearing in traditional auto transmission automobiles. The other modes just didn’t feel as nice.

While other luxury SUVs might be the main target, luxury minivans also might feel the pinch of competition from the JX. The starting price is right around the luxury minivan range and for those looking to up their cool fac-tor, the JX might be the answer.

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Vaughan Secondary repeats as AAAA OFSAA champs

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VOYAGE TO THE TOP: Vaughan Secondary’s basketball team are now back-to-back AAAA OFSAA champions, after a crushing 86–51 gold medal win over Toronto’s Eastern Commerce.

Herb Carnegie could have been remembered as the first black player in the National Hockey League.

Instead, he is remembered by thousands of students as the founder and face of the Future Aces program and foundation.

On March 9, Carnegie passed away at the age of 92, but memories of him are alive and well at Herbert H. Carn-egie Public School in Vaughan. On March 28, the elementary school held an assembly to celebrate the life of its name-sake, said principal Michael O’Reilly.

“He was so proud that the school was named in his hon-our so he used to love coming out to the school when we did things that were special like have music and performances, so that’s what it was,” O’Reilly said. “We had a celebration of his life and the students did all sorts of different performances, a lot of singing, a lot of dance and some drama.”

Students sang Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror” and K’naan’s “Wavin’ Flag”. Carnegie’s three daughters were in attendance and present-ed O’Reilly with a Future Aces sweater belonging to Carnegie.

“Herb was always saying to me ‘one day I’m going to get you one of those jackets,’ ” O’Reilly said. “There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when his daughters gave me his favourite Future Aces sweater. That was quite fitting and quite touching for me.”

While O’Reilly put on the sweater, the students put on a play chronicling Carnegie’s life. They enacted his early career as a young hockey player in the Quebec Provincial League where he won three most valu-able player awards, but still was not given a chance in the NHL because he was black. They showed how he took that negative experience and turned it into something positive by writing the Future Aces creed in 1956. That creed, which emphasizes co-operation, edu-cation and sportsmanship, later

became the basis for the Future Aces program, which has now been implemented in more than 200 schools across the province. However, there is no school where the program is more prevalent than Herbert H. Carnegie PS.

“Right from the beginning we spoke about how to make this a special school, a school which embodies the Future Aces philosophy,” O’Reilly said. “When we talk about courage, we talk about compassion, we talk about service. We regularly talk about Dr. Carnegie’s life. So that’s been a real inspiration for the students.”

In his inspiring life, Carn-egie became the first black financial advisor with Investors Group and achieved million-aire status with the company in his first year and next 22 years after that. He opened Canada’s first hockey school and had himself and the school featured in two editions of The Amazing Spider-Man comic book series. He also received the Order of Canada, an honorary doctor-ate from York University and in 2005 was named Honorary Police Chief of York Region. However, it was his work with young people that resulted in the school being named after him when it first opened in 2008. At the school, Carnegie was a beloved figure and quite involved, O’Reilly said. As part of the Future Aces pro-gram at the school children are ticketed for performing posi-tive deeds and those tickets could be traded in for a chance to speak with Carnegie.

“At the end of month, we would pull out so many names of people who had Future Aces tickets and those students would have a chance to call Dr. Carn-egie,” O’Reilly said. “They loved asking him questions and he loved when they would tell him things about school.”

“I’ve often said that the achievements of our students will be his legacy,” he added. “The plan is to continue on to have our students be the best they can be.”

The Voyageurs cruised to victory in the gold medal game as Vaughan Secondary School defended its AAAA OFSAA senior boys bas-ketball title.

Vaughan never looked back after manag-ing a 14-point first quarter lead over Toronto’s Eastern Commerce en route to an 86–51 victory and back-to-back provincial championships. According to coach Gus Gymnopoulos, this season’s victory tastes slightly sweeter.

“We really enjoyed the victory, maybe even more than last year,” he said. “This year, because we knew what to expect, there was a lot more pressure.

“It was probably a little bit more stressful this year but that’s what made it a little bit more rewarding after we had won it.”

This season, the team went all the way with-out Andrew Wiggins, their leading scorer from last year who is widely regarded as the world’s top prospect in the class of 2014. Although Wiggins played for a prep school in the United States this season and recently led the World Team to an upset over Team USA in a recent high school hoops exhibition, he still kept in touch with his old teammates.

“In terms of Andrew himself, he was very supportive of us throughout the season,” Gym-nopoulos said. “He would tweet us, he would text us, he knew which tournaments we were in.”

Despite losing their star player, Gymnopou-los said he thinks his team played as a more cohesive unit this season.

“You can never replace that sort of player,” he said. “What we had to do this season was we had to be much more team oriented.

“We had to distribute the ball a little bit bet-ter and I think as a result we probably played a better team game, but that’s because we had no choice.”

He said the team seemed to hit its stride late in the season, particularly around the York Region playoffs.

“I don’t know how that happened or why, but that’s kind of what made me feel the best about this particular season: the way the kids were able to get along and really come together for a common purpose,” Gymnopoulos said.

In the championship game, point guard Henry Tan led the team with 23 points, but according to his coach, the whole team was clicking on that day.

“We played our best game of the year,” he said. “We couldn’t miss a shot.”

“Defensively we were very, very strong and we executed well on the offensive end.

“It just speaks to how focused our kids were,” he added. “I didn’t really have to coach that game.”

While Gymnopoulos said Tan will likely be returning to the team next season, the OFSAA tournament was the last time he will coach the likes of Roshane Roberts, Brenden Clark and Sy Samuels.

“Sy’s been to five OFSAAs and he has five OFSAA medals so that says a lot,” he said. “They’re nice kids and they’re good character guys. We’re going to miss them a whole lot.”

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