New Ansnorveldt school opens in spring

Photos by Barry Wallace

The new Holland Marsh District Christian School on Bathurst street, east of Bradford and south of Yonge Street, is scheduled to open in the spring of 2015, which is only four and a half months away.   The school will celebrate not only the opening of its new home in 2015 but will also mark 72 years of service to the community.   The new school sits on the west side of Bathurst Street, a few hundred metres south of Yonge Street; although Bathurst Street is no longer the  simple country road it was until recently.   Bathurst Street has been widened and now has multi paved lanes leading south towards the King Ridge.   It will soon punch through the forests of the Oak Ridges Moraine and join up with the other dead-end of Bathurst Street on the south side of the King Ridge.  

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The rememberers

     At Schomberg...

 Photos by Barry Wallace

At Kettleby...

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November in the Holland Marsh

 Wooden produce crates do not last forever

Collecting cold carrots continues

Muddy pens ~ muddy ponies

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KCSS football juniors thump Brother Andre

Photos by Barry Wallace

The scoreboard sums up the good news for the King City Secondary School junior football team in their match last Friday against Brother Andre.   King City's 'Green & Gold' romped to the win on a cold windy day that did not keep the score low for the victors.   I hadn't seen a Lions football game in a long time but I'm quite near to the school and have heard the roars of fans, coming from the field throughout the fall season.   The juniors Lions are now 6 and 1 on the season and move on to a knock-out schedule: win you continue - lose you go home.   I didn't catch the whole game...it was so darned cold!   I did take several photos however and a few of them are below.

   The final King touchdown ~ a short bruising running play

 Another running touchdown - one of several

Aggressive line action

 Quarterback option

One of many post-touchdown kickoffs

Protecting the quarterback

Strong line play supports running game

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Marylake pumpkin patch

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      pity the pumpkin

      not chosen this hallowe'en

      aspirations dashed

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Centre of King City continues upgrades

Photo by Barry Wallace

The centre of King City continues to be upgraded as new sidewalks are installed on the east side of Keele Street, between the King Road and just south of All Saints Anglican Church.   Pedestrian safety and comfort will be improved by the infrastructure upgrade.   Unfortunately, traffic flow and congestion will not likely improve because no traffic flow improvements have been created on the actual roadway.   The volume of vehicle traffic through King City on the village's two main roads (Keele St. and King Rd.) increases maddeningly.   Meanwhile, in the eastern part of the village, traffic into and out of the new housing subdivisions and the King Ridge Marketplace shopping centre has no traffic lights at any of its access points.   Challenges for pedestrians and drivers abound.   God keep us safe.

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Can real sidewalks be far behind?

 Photos by Barry Wallace

Two new bright yellow signs have shown up at each end of the Kettleby Road cautioning visitors that there are no sidewalks in the hamlet and to be on the lookout for pedestrians.   In fact, there are rudimentary stretches of what appear to be narrow sidewalks ( in some places cement, others ashphalt).   These patches of narrow pedestrian pathways have been in place from the last century into this century.   They've been trod upon for decades and decades and decades.   They are often uneven, hazardously sloping and downright dangerous, especially when covered with snow or ice.   In many places, at other times, what appears to be a bit of pavement turns into a watercourse during rainstorms.   The new signs (pictured above) seem to be long overdue afterthoughts, but cost-wise are a pittance compared to new concrete sidewalks on both sides of the road, from one end of Kettleby to the other.   Come to think of it, I haven't heard of any demands for such an upgrade...ever!   Maybe I'll just mind my own business and get back to raking the leaves.

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