http://www.storyvillage.ca/storyvillage.rss Articles about events in East London, Ontario, Canada en-ca 9 Apr 2009 10:00:00 EDT Copyright: (C) Story Village http://www.storyvillage.ca http://www.storyvillage.ca/GFX/storyvillage.gif http://www.storyvillage.ca/Home_Page.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Home_Page.html 8 Apr 2009 10:00 EDT There is a sign on the door of Bonnie Grills’ Ontario Street home. It reads- “Do Not Disturb On Pain Of Death”. But the warning is framed inside of a big red heart. Before you can decide whether to knock or flee, the door opens. “I get migraines,” explains the woman in the wide white-framed glasses. “When that happens I don’t want visitors.” She smiles. “Today, I’m feeling fine. Come in.” http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/Running_Rivers_Up_Hills.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/Running_Rivers_Up_Hills.html 2 Apr 2009 10:00 EDT There is only one church on all of Nelson Street in East London. It's on the corner of Lansdowne Avenue. Neighbours know that Christ the King Church is Ukrainian and Catholic. They may not know that within the last few years, the last two priests who served there left. Both joined the military http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/The_Medallion_Project.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/The_Medallion_Project.html 28 Mar 2009 10:00 EST The decades have seen many changes on this block bounded by Lyle, Dundas, Hewitt and King Streets. Residents, businesses and buildings have come and gone. But no change would be as dramatic as that currently being proposed by Medallion Properties Inc., and presently under review by City Hall's Site Plan Approval Office. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/The_Joy_a_Garden_Brings.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/The_Joy_a_Garden_Brings.html 21 Mar 2009 10:00 EST “It is a gesture against the wild. The ungovernable sea of grass; a place to remember love in, to be lonely for a while…“ (From the Garden by R. S. Thomas, collected Poems, 1945-1990). http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/Penny_Picton's_Paper.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/Penny_Picton's_Paper.html 12 Mar 2009 10:00 EST Penny Picton lives just beyond the railroad tracks by the restaurant where we are to meet. And it makes you smile when you realize that you are standing at the spot in East London where Thompson Road meets Thompson Road. One intersection. Two roads. Both have the same name. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/Mr_Cho's_Store.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/Mr_Cho's_Store.html 12 Mar 2009 10:00 EST The C & C is a variety store at Elizabeth and Dundas in East London. Owner Joe Cho believes this corner has had a similar store on it for 100 years. “(My) regular customers are pretty nice, so nice,” says Mr. Cho. But more and more, some who visit are not so nice. The last few weeks in particular have been a test. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/Queens_Ave_Renovations.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/Queens_Ave_Renovations.html 22 Feb 2009 10:00 EST Angela Rivard is standing on a ladder, painting a remarkably straight line. She is in the kitchen, focusing on the edge where the wall meets the ceiling. “Actually, I’m not that good. But Maria will be doing the second coat,” says Ms. Rivard. Her friend Maria is in the living room for now, rolling Camelot purple paint onto the walls. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/The_London_Knight.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/The_London_Knight.html 18 Feb 2009 10:00 EST The number 16 Adelaide bus, heading north stops here every 15 to 20 minutes. Travelers waiting for it have only to look over their right shoulders. And there, in a street-side garden, stands the statue of the man who would become London’s knight. He lived near the southeast corner of Queens Avenue and Adelaide almost 90 years ago http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/Leaving_the_Oasis.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/Leaving_the_Oasis.html 12 Feb 2009 10:00 EST You can’t see into the light gray minivan. But you notice the chrome hubcaps and the premium tires. Most days the van is parked behind the TD Canada Trust at Lyle and Dundas Streets for hours at a time. A large “SECURITY” sign looms from behind the windshield. And behind the sign sits security guard Lawrie Huth. “I started way back in May. Got my eyes opened real quick. Drugs, prostitution, violence- just very rude and ignorant people mixed up with all the great people of London,” he says http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/The_Used_Appliance_Gallery.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/The_Used_Appliance_Gallery.html 2 Feb 2009 10:00 EST John Waye’s GMC pickup truck is hitched to an open trailer. Both are facing the wrong way along the northeast side of Dundas Street at English. The trailer is full of appliances. But the bed of the pickup is piled high with parts. And it is clear that this is not going to be just another Saturday morning delivery. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/Sunset_at_the_Embassy.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/Sunset_at_the_Embassy.html 28 Jan 2009 10:00 EST Just inside the main entrance, there are two doors- one left, one right. They are remnants of days when men and women in Ontario were segregated in drinking establishments. It is late on a Saturday afternoon. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/Home_to_Build.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/Home_to_Build.html 19 Jan 2009 10:00 EST Vera Close first moved to the house at 634 Dufferin Avenue 33 years ago. “I was the first young family in the area. Everyone else was senior citizens,” she said. A few years later, she also bought the house next door. “The old house had to be pulled up. It had been held up by tree trunks. I bought it. I fixed it up and I rented it out”. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/Charlenes_Miracles.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2009/Charlenes_Miracles.html 13 Jan 2009 10:00 EST Charlene Maginn waves from the entry way, hurrying-in from her final appointment of the week. The Small Business Centre advisor slides into a restaurant booth in East London. She greets her guest and orders tea, late on a Friday afternoon. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/The_Big_Blue_House_on_Colborne_Street.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/The_Big_Blue_House_on_Colborne_Street.html 30 Dec 2008 10:00 EST Thirty-eight years ago, Hugh Skinner drove a City garbage truck. He also owned a nursing home and rented rooms next door. Today, he and his wife, Delores rent to tenants who wouldn’t be able to cope without them. It’s a business. But in running their business the Skinners have made their tenants a part of their lives. They insure that medications are taken. Every year the group goes on vacation together. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Folding_The_London_Sunday_Paper.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Folding_The_London_Sunday_Paper.html 21 Dec 2008 10:00:00 EST The London Free Press published a Sunday edition for the last time December 21st. On the last page of content, above the crossword puzzle, stood the words- “You’re Out!” As in "three strikes and you're out!” It seemed the puzzle’s author- Mark Feldman was calling it like he saw it. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/The_Charity_Bin.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/The_Charity_Bin.html 12 Dec 2008 10:00:00 EST Alan Edwards has backed his large truck- an International 4200 VT365 onto a vacant lot at the corner of Dundas Street East at Woodman. Mr. Edwards works for the Canadian Diabetes Association and he is here to collect articles from one of the Association’s familiar red donation bins. There is one layer of bagged donations. But most of the items that have been “dropped off” at this location are strewn on the ground outside the box. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Lorne_Avenue_School_HAPPY_Feast.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Lorne_Avenue_School_HAPPY_Feast.html 12 Dec 2008 10:00:00 EST “Walk in safely please.” Vice Principal Janice Davis was keeping a watchful eye on the last group coming down the passageway. They were heading for lunch. It was almost 2PM. It was Friday. And the kindergarten class was about to chow down. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Start_Me_Up.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Start_Me_Up.html 10 Dec 2008 10:00:00 EST I clambered onto the train and scouted the upper reaches of the luggage rack. I lifted the bagels. Ugh! I felt a sudden stretch in my chest wall. And with a dumb half-smile and startled expression, I asked myself- “is this it?” No yeast. No preservatives. So natural. Who knew? http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/1_Bill_1_Chestnut_5_Cents.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/1_Bill_1_Chestnut_5_Cents.html 30 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST A motorcade of black SUVs heading south on Rideout Street, turned and entered a garage at the west entrance to the John Labatt Centre. It was the eve of American Thanksgiving. And Bill Clinton was in London to deliver chestnuts of wisdom about our troubled economy. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Passing_Posters_in_a_Hallway.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Passing_Posters_in_a_Hallway.html 24 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST It is 5:08 on a Wednesday night. Coming or going, 22 people-a-minute pass and barely notice the posters. The display in front of the Main Library is crammed with quotes with numbers and pictures of Joseph Stalin and his forced famine in Ukraine. It is the 75th Anniversary of that horror they call “Holodomor". http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/A_Pastor_Has_Left_The_Building.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/A_Pastor_Has_Left_The_Buiding.html 21 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST Reverend Art Hiley is looking for work. He was ordained three decades ago. Rev. Hiley served in London for eleven years. It was only last September that he and this Church’s Board reached an impasse about future direction. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Metropolitan_Andrey_A_Film.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Metropolitan_Andrey_A_Film.html 15 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST You wouldn’t expect to pray at a feature film screening. But that’s what is reported to have happened at the Ukrainian Hall on Adelaide Street East, Tuesday night. 60 people had gathered to watch a film about Ukrainian religious leader- Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky. “Praying felt like the right thing to do,” says Daria Hryckiw, the President of London’s Ukrainian Canadian Congress branch. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/London's_Farmers_Market_Sold.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/London's_Farmers_Market_Sold.html 10 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST The sun has barely broken through on the eastern horizon this Saturday morning. After crossing Rectory Street heading east, King Street curves to the left to meet Dundas. It is 6:55 and we have arrived at a local landmark- the Confederation Building. It's the home of London’s Farmers Market. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Rest_But_Don't_Quit.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Rest_But_Don't_Quit.html 06 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST It is estimated that there are more than 17,000 single mothers in the city. Today, at the Western Fair Sports Complex in East London 40 found the time or were able to make the time to participate in a free training program. It was sponsored by a non-profit organization called Single Women In Motherhood, or SWIM for short. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Swastikas_Over_Dundas_Street.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Swastikas_Over_Dundas_Street.html 01 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST Stand at the crossroads of Lyle and Dundas Streets. Look up at the façade of a building constructed in 1926. At each end of that façade is a large swastika. Successive owners of this building have covered them up with paint and with sheet metal. Today, fashioned into the original brick, the swastikas have resurfaced. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/The_Hockey_Tuque.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/The_Hockey_Tuque.html 28 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EST A white 1997 minivan pulls into the parking lot at an Ontario Beer Store on Oxford Street in London. The van door opens, then slides quickly shut. A tall man in a plaid shirt and layered clothing trundles in. He is carrying a green plastic grocery box, filled with 14 wine bottles and 2 beer empties. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Pitching_Ability.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Pitching_Ability.html 25 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EST It is 8:30 Friday-morning at the Northland Mall in East London. The parking lot at Huron and Highbury is all but empty. Zellers next door won’t open for another half hour. But like the overhead sign promises, there is “action” over at the employment “action” centre. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Lessons_From_Lee_Valley.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Lessons_From_Lee_Valley.html 23 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EST Leonard Lee is a millionaire who grew up dirt poor in a North Saskatchewan log house, where they sang “Men of the Soil” and other rallying songs. He is a combination of home spun “aw shucks” and laser-sharp business acumen. If you work for him, don’t swear. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Election_Night_Oo_Blah_Di_Oobla_Da.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Election_Night_Oo_Blah_Di_Oobla_Da.html 15 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EST Irene Mathyssen smiles out at her friends; clutching an angel statue her daughter has given her. Hers will be one of 37 seats that will go to the NDP on this night. Prime Minister Harper will have another, albeit stronger national minority government to preside over, having made inroads into Ontario. The Guardian Newspaper in PEI calls it “more muscular”- but not in East London. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Kalejdoskop_Polish_Reflections.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Kalejdoskop_Polish_Reflections.html 14 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EST Peter Cwynar is sitting in a coffee shop near the Western Fairgrounds and he is recalling the many roads he has traveled from Southwestern Poland to East London. He says with self-deprecating humour that he would never recommend what he did to anyone. “To anyone who wants to start a paper, I would say that there are much better ways of committing suicide," he says before breaking out into laughter. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Mary_Lou_Ambrogio_Conservative.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Mary_Lou_Ambrogio_Conservative.html 9 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EST "When I was sixteen, I played guitar in punk rock bands," says Conservative candidate Mary Lou Ambrogio. "And again it showed my interest in politics and how we are governed. Punk rock … was often about questioning the way things are. Questioning the status quo and asking is there a better way?" http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Jacquie_Gauthier_Bridging_the_Sensible_Centre.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Jacquie_Gauthier_Bridging_the_Sensible_Centre.html 4 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EST The Liberal Campaign Office is on Dundas Street, across from the Malibu Restaurant in East London. On the bulletin board there is a tiny strip of paper, perhaps from a fortune cookie. Dated September 30th, it is a simple focus statement for the nine days left in this federal election campaign. It predicts- “You will be recognized and honoured as a community leader.” http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Orange_You_Irene_Mathyssen.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Orange_You_Irene_Mathyssen.html 30 Sep 2008 10:00:00 EST The door to Irene Mathyssen's campaign office opens. In walks another volunteer. He is Steve Twells with two month- old baby Kaden in his arms. Both are wearing the party's colour. Kaden was born with bright orange hair. He is an instant hit. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Autumn_Aglow_on_Nelson_Street.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Autumn_Aglow_on_Nelson_Street.html 28 Sep 2008 14:30:00 EST “Just before the death of flowers, and before they’re buried in snow. There comes a festival season. When nature is all aglow,” (Author Unknown). Before it's buried in snow, you may want to go where Inkerman and Nelson Streets meet in East London. This t-intersection was once the address of the prosperous General Steel Works factory. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Rock_and_Rhodes_Mission_Walk.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Rock_and_Rhodes_Mission_Walk.html 25 Sep 2008 10:00:00 EST Andrus Rock and Randy Rhodes get up at 6:30 to exercise, eat and to read scriptures. Then they walk. The Mormon missionaries won’t stop, except for meals and appointments. They will walk until 9 at night, extending a hand, spreading their faith. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/The_Old_City_Bus.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/The_Old_City_Bus.html 23 Sep 2008 15:30:00 EST In the corner of the London Transit yard on Highbury Avenue in East London, under a shelter stands the oldest bus in the LTC fleet. The General Motors “New Look” model was purchased in 1975. Its original "road number"- 116 still appears above the driver's window. But the LTC has given it a new honourary number- 5000. That's because it was the 5000th of its kind to roll off the assembly line just a few bus stops north of this yard. The GM plant moved from London to Ste. Eustache Quebec in the late 70s. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Hey_Rock_in_the_Promised_Land.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Hey_Rock_in_the_Promised_Land.html 21 Sep 2008 10:00:00 EST The Hey Rock Recording Studio is just a few doors down from Adelaide Street on Dundas in East London. Tom Hard is out front, strumming his guitar and engaging pedestrians. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Liberal_Politics_in_a_Biology_lab.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Liberal_Politics_in_a_Biology_lab.html 17 Sep 2008 10:00:00 EST Yousef Barbin cautiously pries his door open and squeezes into the packed hallway. Mr. Barbin is a technician here on the third floor of the North Campus Building at UWO. He says he is used to crowded hallways. “We deal with 2000 students for first year Biology,” he explains. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Life_And_Work_At_Woodfield_Variety.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Life_And_Work_At_Woodfield_Variety.html 16 Sep 2008 11:00:00 EST Dorothy Walters isn’t ready to tell customers how she’ll vote on October 14th. But she will tell you how happy she is running her variety store and laundromat on Dufferin Street at Woodfield in London. “I love it, the people, the neighbourhood,” she says. After owning a flower shop in East London for 25 years, she and her husband Mike retired. Then they decided to work somemore. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/18_And_9-11.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/18_And_9-11.html 12 Sep 2008 10:00:00 EST It was a public event. It said so on the news release. And the three fire engines out front with other emergency vehicles parked nearby did hint that something was going on inside. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/You_Need_A_Cab_About_Town.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/You_Need_A_Cab_About_Town.htm 11 Sep 2008 10:00:00 EST "Calls on lines two and five," said the operator, sitting on the other side of the glass from Supervisor Carol MacKenzie. "Who’s on line two?" asks Ms. MacKenzie. "A complaint," comes the reply. "Okay," chuckled the supervisor- "give me line five!" http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/One_Grandmother_to_Another.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/One_Grandmother_to_Another.htm 08 Sep 2008 10:00:00 EST It was the simplest of gestures but one that caught the attention of the other diners. The King's Buffet is on Dundas Street East. And while this happened on August 6th, it still has staff feeling pretty good, one month later. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/The_Vacant_Church.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/The_Vacant_Church.html 03 Sep 2008 10:00:00 EST Between 1985 and 1987 Wood invented and carried out a brand of behaviour modification on Mr. Howell and two other boys that was "both shocking and criminal … bordering on sadistic." Such were the words of Superior Court Justice Lynda Templeton as she pronounced sentencing. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Bedsheets_and_a_Thread_of_Hope.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Bedsheets_and_a_Thread_of_Hope.html 28 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EST On August 17th, Sally Blake (not her real name) walked into the Northland Mall on Highbury Avenue. She would be returning some bed sheets but did not have a receipt. The attendant at the service counter gave her a gift card valued at $157.00. Sally left the store. Ten minutes later, she was back. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/An_Independence_Day_Ride.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/An_Independence_Day_Ride.html 24 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EST It was five o'clock. In the warm glow of the late afternoon sun, it looked more like a trusty underappreciated old friend. The bus had returned.. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Barbershop_Math_More_Love_Than_Maintenance.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Barbershop_Math_More_Love_Than_Maintenance.htm 22 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EST The scaffold has draped the corner building at Woodman Avenue and Dundas for over a week. New windows and bricks have been installed. A man with a camera is lingering out front, talking to a police officer. His father, grandfather, great grandfather- all were barbers. "I grew up in the building," says Joe Moss. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Dealing_In_Meat_And_Recalls.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Dealing_In_Meat_And_Recalls.html 21 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EST The public alert is stark. It can and has killed two people in the London area. The elderly, the immune-compromised and unborn children and their moms are most susceptible. "Food contaminated with listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled," according to a health unit "important notice". http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Landing_Student_Pilots_at_London_Airport.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Landing_Student_Pilots_at_London_Airport.html 18 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EST A solitary yellow school bus is leaving an apartment complex on Mornington Avenue in East London. It is shuttling 175 students. All are from the Republic of China. They are 23 to 27 year-old university graduates who have already completed eight weeks of flight school. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/From_Melody_to_Sunshine_the_Asahi_Restaruant.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/From_Melody_to_Sunshine_the_Asahi_Restaruant.htm 16 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EST John and Joan, George and Nina Kappos had owned and worked at the Melody Restaurant for 45 years "We wish the very best ... for all of East London," said Ms. Kappos. I have fond memories. People would go by every day and wave at you, some of them for twenty and thirty years".. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Winning_Marbles_Friends_and_Business.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Winning_Marbles_Friends_and_Business.htm 12 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EST At Argyle Mall the Dollar Giant looms big and yellow. Lori Mackay is the store's manager. Ask her about bargains and she'll tell you marbles are a great deal. But for one business coach in East London, marbles are also part of a business philosophy. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Friendship_Centre_Not_For_Sale.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Friendship_Centre_Not_For_Sale.html 11 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EST The "for sale" sign still dominates the lawn at the Friendship Centre, proclaiming the intention to sell. "We were looking for something a little more up to date,"says Brian Hill, a consultant to the centre's board. That was back in February. On June 26th members voted to stay. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Puck_Stoppers.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Puck_Stoppers.html 06 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EST It is only August but the thoughts inside the Western Fair Sports Centre are of hockey glory- the kind that comes from keeping the score against low … very low. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Citizen_Kilbourn.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Citizen_Kilbourn.html 01 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EST Roberta Kilbourn was at the Marvel Beauty School teaching 25 students how to cut hair. "I heard the noise and I turned around.," she said. "He hit the telephone pole first … and then the cement wall." http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Racing_Hale_Street_Trains.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Racing_Hale_Street_Trains.htm 30 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST Hale Street sweeps into Trafalgar Road at a level crossing in East London. The junction is a collision of tracks, streets and footpaths. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/GM_Ends_Leases.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/GM_Ends_Leases.html 29 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST Ken McMaster Chevrolet has been a presence at Dundas and Hale Streets in East London for more than a decade. GM has informed its Canadian dealers that it would stop financing incentives on most vehicles leased in Canada. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Nu_Finish_Break_In.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Nu_Finish_Break_In.htm 28 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST Derek Arnold had just finished work and was back in East London. He turned onto Falcon Street. There were six police cars and an Emergency Response vehicle with a police dog. His first thought was that someone had broken in. He was right. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Decade_Long_Fencing_Dispute.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Decade_Long_Fencing_Dispute.html 26 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST Pauline Levasseur and Beverley Gilev have been neighbours on Atkinson Boulevard in East London for fifteen years. "We've all shared … we've had a lot of fun years, we really have,"said Ms. Levasseur holding back tears. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/McCormicks_Plant_Purchase_Offer.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/McCormicks_Plant_Purchase_Offer.html 23 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST A buyer has placed a conditional offer on the vacant McCormick's Cookie plant property in East London, according to the Regional Vice President of CBRE, an international real estate brokerage firm. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Cemetery_Culprit.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Cemetery_Culprit.html 18 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST Aaron Hobberlin stood in the prisoners dock in courtroom seven downtown. Police had arrested him in Brantford thirty -one days ago. "I ain't saying shit," he had predicted at the time. Today would be different. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Western_Fair_Gives_Crocheting_The_Hook.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Western_Fair_Gives_Crocheting_The_Hook.html 17 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST Crocheting has been a part of the Western Fair for generations. Now sewing, knitting, crocheting, ... they're all gone. Is the ten day "fair" held every September turning on its rural roots and away from our artisans? http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Matiland_Street_Demolition_Concerns.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Matiland_Street_Demolition_Concerns.html 15 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST The house is a trim wooden bungalow on a fifty-foot wide lot. But it isn't only the demolition that troubles Wes De Shane who has lived across the street for 42 years. It’s the narrow two-two story buildings that will rise up on that lot. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/A_Leader_At_The_Church_Door.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/A_Leader_At_The_Church_Door.html 13 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST There is a Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Prince Edward Avenue in East London. If you visit Sunday mornings, the head of the Church Committee- Victor Pedenko will probably greet you at the door. Soon he will be far away in Kiev. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Cemetery_Vases_Sold_for_Scrap.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Cemetery_Vases_Sold_for_Scrap.htm 12 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST Jeffery John Bunn spent 24 days in jail thinking about the cab rides he had taken to a Brantford scrap yard. Bunn had been sharing an apartment in Brantford with Aaron Hobberlin who worked in East London at Forest Lawn Cemetery. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/East_End_Cemetery_Vases.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/East_End_Cemetery_Vases.html 11 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST Forest Lawn cemetery has no upright monuments to mark its graves. Tombstones lie flat and the area looks like a park. Flowers dot the landscape. They stand in copper vases: some fresh, others wilted, still others made of plastic. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/The_Hand_Model.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/The_Hand_Model.html 10 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST You don't notice Marilyn Ashworth's hands at first or the steady confidence they express. It is her story and her plans that draw listeners. She speaks of travels to expensive resorts and about the man her father never wanted her to meet. http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Yellow_Ribbon.html http://www.storyvillage.ca/Past_Articles/2008/Yellow_Ribbon.html 07 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST It may be the longest strip of yellow ribbon in all of London, Ontario. You can see it from the corner of Hamilton Road and Inkerman. It is caution tape wrapped around two lateral pipes that run the length of a Tim Horton's property line.