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HARGRAVE /
COADY -- Marriage Announcement
Marie HARGRAVE of Dundalk and the late Vern
HARGRAVE along with
brother Ian would like to announce the marriage of their son
and brother Eric Vernon to Krista Hayden, daughter of Nancy
COADY
of Cobourg and the late Mark
COADY.
The ceremony took place on
Wednesday April 2, 2008 in Capetown, South Africa.
The happy couple now reside in London, England.
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COADY m@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-01-22 published
MOSHER /
COADY
Congratulations Erin
MOSHER and Jason
COADY on your recent engagement.
We are all so happy for you. It couldn't have happened to a nicer
couple!
Love your Friends and family.
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COATES m@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-07-02 published
Irene MONIZ and Liz
COATES -- Match:
By Judith TENENBAUM,
Saturday,▼
July 2, 2005, Page M4
Playing Friday evening broomball on opposite teams 13 years ago,
their glances were tentative, and neither Liz
COATES nor Irene
MONIZ ventured a smile. But they were both instantly attracted
to "something in the eyes, a sparkle," recalls Ms.
MONIZ.
They'd chatted with Friends over drinks after games, usually
about their shared love of nature, and within a month they were
dating.
"It got pathetic, to the point that we were on the phone late
into the night," says Ms.
MONIZ, who six months later affectionately
welcomed Ms.
COATES into her home in Brampton and into her life
-- which included her eight-year-old twin boys, Brandon and Christian.
"The transition was so easy that no one was aware that there
was a transition," she says. "The boys regarded Liz with as much
affection as me. It was a matter of whose lap they'd sit on watching
television, or reading a book."
Ms. COATES got Brandon into hockey, both boys into baseball,
and with their mother, encouraged them to play soccer and enjoy
camping. Soon, their father, whom the boys visited frequently,
also fondly accepted Ms.
COATES.
"Everything she does she puts her whole being into," Ms.
MONIZ,
44, says of her partner of over a decade. "So many people, all
different kinds, care for her. Her personality overwhelmed me."
The couple with a fondness for the outdoors also had dreams of
owning property in the country. So eight years ago, they "cornered
off a little piece of the world where we can hang out," 45 acres
atop the Beaver Valley in Collingwood, Ontario "We've taken in
backhoes and bobcats, and tailored it to be this fabulous place,"
enthuses Ms.
MONIZ, a construction company manager. "We have
trails, trout ponds, gigantic raised gardens, and go up through
the winter."
"We spend most of our time and energy there. People know they
can drop in any time and are always welcome. Irene is a great
cook," beams Ms.
COATES, 41, a pre-press manager.
As parents, they'd survived the usual battery of worries raising
two young children, as well as some not-so-usual ones. Regularly,
large groups of neighbourhood children congregated at the couple's
home. "Most of the time there never was a problem," Ms.
MONIZ
says. But "when the word got out our family was a little different,
the boys were picked on and teased."
She was summoned to meet with a school panel: psychologists,
teachers, the guidance counsellor and the principal.
"People fear what they don't know. Even though our families are
just the same as theirs, most people haven't had a chance to
find that out." The school had wanted to punish the offenders,
but a conciliatory Ms.
MONIZ suggested a more subtle approach.
She volunteered for school trips, where she "had the young [rascals]
in my group, and ironed it out right away."
Despite vestiges of societal sanctimony, she is a veteran volunteer
for the March of Dimes and Co-op Education in Peel. "We do little
private things here and there. Just a home-cooked meal, a little
note on a voice mail," she adds, convinced that kindness is the
greatest gift anyone can bestow.
Brandon and Christian's teenage years proved to be a pivotal
point for their mother and her partner as well. "It was a struggle,"
Ms. COATES recalls. "We were interested in having a solid relationship
and felt anything can be worked through. Irene is the only person
that I've ever met that when we have an argument it doesn't mean
we're breaking up. We made it through kids and that's a tough
one when you're not the actual parent. As a couple you're stronger
for it."
Last year, the twins hit their early twenties and headed west
for career opportunities in Calgary, leaving the couple with
an empty nest. Alone for the first time, they renovated their
entire house. "We are quiet people, have good Friends and live
a really good life," says Ms.
COATES. "
We've had a great year,
having fun, back to who we were when the kids were younger."
"We wanted to be married, in bliss. It didn't have anything to
do with the law changing," says Ms.
MONIZ.
Ambivalent about what path to follow, and convinced by a friend
that they'd regret eloping, the pair formalized a wedding in
two weeks. ("What are you doing next Friday?" Ms.
COATES asked
her family.) Everything fell into place, including rings that
fit without sizing. And the delighted couple were both unexpectedly
feted with bridal showers by their respective colleagues. "We
are very open to our companies and nobody has a problem with
it," Ms COATES says. "Act like a normal person. You don't need
to hide anything. You are a couple. People see that."
On May 27, at Mississauga Civic Centre, before an intimate gathering
of parents and siblings, the Reverend Tina
GABRIEL performed
their nuptials. A cozy reception followed at Bassano Ristorante
in Brampton. "It was magical," Ms.
MONIZ says tenderly, "Together
for 13 years, we've become family with everybody. Our parents
adore each other, mine adore Liz and hers love me. I don't think
I've seen so many people cry at a wedding in my entire life."
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COATES m@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2003-08-02 published
Doris and Murray
COATES A Golden Event!
Two are better than one because they have good return for their
labour. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his
companion. Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10 Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary.
-- Love Ken and Kathy, Paul, Margaret, Angela and Phil, Mary and Mark,
Carol and Derek and 15 grandchildren and Bounce.
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COBAIN m@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-10-15 published
STONE /
COBAIN -- Forthcoming Wedding Announcement
Ron and Nancy
STONE of Springfield, are pleased to announce the
upcoming marriage of their daughter Heather to David
COBAIN son
of Ron and Jean (Liverpool, England). The wedding will take place
on October 29, 2005 at Richard Memorial United Church at 2: 30
p.m.
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COBBE m@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-12-03 published
COBBE,
Chuck and Barb - 45th Wedding Anniversary
Friends and family are invited to 'Drop In' on Sunday, December
11, 2005, 2-4 p.m. Eastern Star Temple, 800 Fanshawe Park Road.
Best Wishes Only.
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COBURN m@ca.on.grey_county.artemesia.flesherton.the_flesherton_advance 2007-11-07 published
CHAPMAN /
COBURN -- Engagement Announcement
Along with their families, Paul
CHAPMAN and Nancy
COBURN are
pleased to announce their recent engagement, and plan to marry
next fall.
Save the date… Buck n Doe May 10, 2008, Flesherton
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COBURN /
CHAPMAN -- Buck and Doe
Nancy COBURN and Paul
CHAPMAN
Saturday May 10, 2008, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Flesherton Kinplex
$5, No Minors Please, Tickets available at Jolley's, Flesherton
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COBURN /
CHAPMAN -- Buck and Doe
Nancy COBURN and Paul
CHAPMAN
Saturday May 10, 2008, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Flesherton Kinplex
$5, No Minors Please, Tickets available at Jolley's, Flesherton
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COBURN /
CHAPMAN -- Buck and Doe
Nancy COBURN and Paul
CHAPMAN
Saturday May 10, 2008, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Flesherton Kinplex
$5, No Minors Please, Tickets available at Jolley's, Flesherton
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COBURN m@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-12-14 published
GOLBERG /
COBURN -- Hersh and Bibi
GOLBERG, and Garry and beloved
Sue COBURN are pleased to announce the engagement of their children,
Beth and Brian. Proud grandparent are Roz and Maury
LEWIS,
Joe
and beloved Aida
GOLBERG,
Della and Arnold
COBURN, Mihaly and
beloved Margit
NAGY.
Proud siblings are Liana, Jared, and Michael.
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COCHRILL /
EARLE
Mr. and Mrs. Dick
COCHRILL are pleased to announce the engagement
of their son Rich
COCHRILL to Tonya
EARLE daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Freeman
EARLE.
The wedding will take place in July 2005, at Basilica Parish,
Saint John's Newfoundland.
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COCKBURN m@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-08-04 published
COCKBURN,
Mavis and Philip - Happy 60th Anniversary
August 4th, 1945-2005
Love and best wishes from your children Raymond, Gerry, Wendy,
Kieth, Sharon, Robin, your 9 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
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COE m@ca.on.grey_county.artemesia.flesherton.the_flesherton_advance 2006-09-20 published
COE,
Maurice and Jean - 50th anniversary
We wish to thank everyone who came to our 50th anniversary celebration.
A big thank you to Chester and Michael for the wagon ride drawn
by two beautiful horses. It was very enjoyable. We were so pleased
with the music played by Murray
IRWIN,
Mark
PARISH, Margaret
McARTHUR,
Margo
NEWELL, and Alex and Donna
ALDCORN. We really
enjoyed the Scottish dancing by great-niece Maggie
TAILOR/TAYLOR. A big
thank you to our wonderful family for organizing a great party.
Thank you Friends and family for a very special day.
Maurice and Jean
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COE m@ca.on.grey_county.artemesia.flesherton.the_flesherton_advance 2007-08-01 published
COE,
Gerald▼ and Doris - 25th Wedding Anniversary
Gerald and Doris
COE and their family invite you to celebrate
50 years of marriage on August 11, 2007 at the Duntroon Community
Hall, Duntroon, Ontario
Social Time: 1:00-9:00 p.m.
Dancing: 9:00-11:00 p.m.
No gifts please. Let your presence be your gift.
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COE,
Gerald▲▼ and Doris - 25th Wedding Anniversary
Gerald and Doris
COE and their family invite you to celebrate
50 years of marriage on August 11, 2007 at the Duntroon Community
Hall, Duntroon, Ontario
Social Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Dancing 9: 00-11:30 p.m.
No gifts please. Let your presence be your gift.
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COE,
Gerald▲ and Doris
We would like to thank all those who came to be with us at our
party on Saturday night. You made it a special occasion. Thanks
for your cards and gifts, but especially for your presence.
- Gerald and Doris and family.
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COE m@ca.on.grey_county.artemesia.flesherton.the_flesherton_advance 2008-02-20 published
COE,
Glen▼ and Jean - Happy 60th Anniversary
Love and Best Wishes From Your Family
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COE m@ca.on.grey_county.artemesia.flesherton.the_flesherton_advance 2008-04-02 published
COE,
Glen▲▼ and Jean - 60th Anniversary
February 21, 2008
Please come join with us, with cake and tea and joy as we celebrate
with the happy pair. 60 years of memories to share. But if a
gift you do insist, then "Heart and Stroke" or the "O. B. Department
of Collingwood General and Marine Hospital" should top your list
Come and
Go Tea, Saturday April 12, 2008 from 2: 00-4:00
Singhampton Community Centre
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COE m@ca.on.grey_county.artemesia.flesherton.the_flesherton_advance 2008-04-16 published
COE,
Glen▲ and Jean - 60th anniversary
Thanks to our Friends and relatives for cards, gifts and donations
to the G and M Hospital O. B. Department, Heart and Stroke Foundation,
and for joining with us to help celebrate our 60th anniversary.
A big thank you to our family for all the work they did decorating,
baking and serving tea. Thanks to Mrs.
BANNON for the delicious
supper. It was a wonderful day.
- Glen and Jean.
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Celebrate 60th Anniversary
On Saturday, April 12 Glen and Jean
COE celebrated their 60th
wedding anniversary with a Come and
Go Tea at the Singhampton
Community Centre. They are pictured above with members of their
family. Standing at the back, left to right, are Graham, Elaine,
Norman, Ruthann, Neil, Bernice. Seated are Glen and Jean. In
front, l to r, are Lawna and Dennis. (Photo submitted)
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COE m@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.collingwood.the_connection 2005-06-10 published
John MILLER "
Millbag" and Tracey
COE
Buck and Doe
Sat. June 11, 2005 8pm-1am
Collingwood Curling Club
200 Hume Street, Collingwood
Tickets, $10. per person
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McKEAN /
COFFEY -- Buck 'n' Doe
Buck 'n' Doe for Allison
McKEAN
& Jordan COFFEY
Saturday,
July 7, 2007 9 p.m.-1 a.m. at the Dundalk
Community Centre (upstairs)
$8/person $15/couple
DJ - Buffet Provided - Age of Majority
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ENGLAND /
COFFEY -- Wedding Announcement
Dylan ENGLAND and Jaime
COFFEY
Married on October 27th, 2005 in
Treasure Island, Florida.
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COFFING m@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-04-23 published
Amy WRIGHT and Wright
STAINES -- Match:
By Judith TENENBAUM,
Saturday,▲▼
April▼ 23, 2005, Page M4
The careers of choreographer Amy Elizabeth
WRIGHT and lighting
designer Wright Harold
STAINES intersected on the yellow brick
road in a production of The Wizard of Oz at the Grand Theatre
in London, Ontario As in that tale, the captivated couple would
soon fly over their rainbow, meet the wicked witch of bureaucratic
delay and recognize they had the power to control their destiny.
But first, the tornado of fate had to throw them together.
Technically speaking, that happened in December, 2002, during
the Wizard of Oz run, but the two didn't actually connect until
later. They were too busy concentrating on the demands of their
work, which has involved a variety of high-profile celebrities.
She has worked with stars that range from Peter O'Toole and Jeremy
Irons to Hilary Duff and Woody Harrelson. He has worked with
some of the biggest names on Canadian stage.
The two didn't notice each other until April, 2003, during a
production of The Music Man at the Grand, when they bumped into
each other in the theatre's elevator. Sparks flew, but the pair
tried to keep their mutual attraction quiet. Savvy members of
the cast soon noticed their ardent glances, however, as Ms.
WRIGHT
cozied up to the lighting table.
"Wright was the first person to encourage me to share my feelings,
and he's funny," she says. "He's the first guy I really trust
and can be myself with 100 per cent, and he'll still love me
at the end of the day. Even if I argue with Wright, it's still
okay."
The beguiled Mr.
STAINES calls her "bright and shiny like a penny,
gregarious and vivacious."
By December, he proposed. Mr.
STAINES had been married once before,
and his divorce papers hadn't been finalized. But with career
obligations forcing them to spend much time apart, he says he
decided "to risk marriage again because I can't give her up,
and if I didn't, somebody else would get her."
He was familiar with life on the move, working as a roadie doing
lighting design for rock and roll bands before settling into
a long-term position at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake,
and later in his current position as head of lighting design
at the Grand Theatre. At 44, he now sticks close to London, while
Ms. WRIGHT has a working life that's more peripatetic.
Now 33, she was inspired by a workshop at the University of Western
Ontario and "followed her dream as a dancer," enrolling at the
Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts in Toronto. A part-time
stint with Stephanie
GARIN, casting director for such Toronto
productions as Mamma Mia and Rent, led to a modest choreography
assignment where her prodigious talent soon became apparent.
In addition to many live-theatre productions, she has choreographed
two dozen movie and television features, from 1999's Superstar
to the coming The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio.
While working on the latter, she taught Woody Harrelson and Julianne
Moore the foxtrot. "I ended up teaching Woody, his wife, and
two girls how to tap dance at their house after the shoot," she
says.
Their wedding was scheduled for August of 2004, but a stray marriage
certificate put a glitch in Mr.
STAINES's divorce proceedings
and their plans appeared to be unravelling. "I was having a breakdown,
saying, 'Oh my God, we can't get married,' Ms.
WRIGHT says.
"I was so upset, and devastated that I was going to call off
the wedding."
Officiant Sarah
BUNNETT-
GIBSON, however, proposed a solution:
a commitment ceremony. The idea thrilled the couple. "We decided
because we had come so far with our wedding plans we would go
with it," Ms.
WRIGHT says, "and if the paperwork arrived in time
to do it legally, fine. If it didn't, we'd have the most important
part, committing and saying we love each other."
The ceremony took place on August 23, an off-night Monday for
their theatre colleagues, on a sunset cruise in Toronto Harbour
aboard the chartered yacht Yankee Lady III. The onboard reception
for 110 guests was a summery barbecue, enlivened with red and
white gingham and lantern accents. Later, as the vessel headed
to shore, a coincidental pyrotechnic display at the Canadian
National Exhibition lit up the sky, heralding the occasion.
Almost six months later, the tardy divorce papers finally in
hand, the couple staged the legally prescribed finale on Valentine's
Day, exactly 35 years after the bride's parents were wed, in
a Rosedale home. The principals, minister, vows and wedding dress
were a repeat performance. Graham
COFFING, who appeared in the
musical Bat Boy, stood for the bride, and Jenny
KENT witnessed
for her brother, the bridegroom. "Who gets to wear their wedding
dress twice?" enthuses the bride, delighted with her new name,
Mrs. Wright
STAINES. "
Two
Wrights are too confusing."
As for others who find themselves on a tortuous path of marital
red tape, the bridegroom has this advice: "Don't wait for love.
If it's important to you, just have a commitment ceremony, and
finish the legalities later."
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COHEN m@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2003-01-04 published
ABBOTT/
KROWITZ
Adam KROWITZ is happy to announce the engagement
of his mom, Nicole
KROWITZ to Allen
ABBOTT.
Thrilled parents
are Elda and Ron
SPARAGA and Rose and Milton (Bucky)
ABBOTT.
Delighted
family includes Pauline, Steve and Jamie
TILL,
Natalie and Marc
GORDON,
Michelle, Adam and Jack
PERZOW,
Michelle,
Marvin and Ben
HOPPE, Raquel,
Alan, Jonah and Sloane
FELDBERG,
Alissa and Josh
HERNICK and Ethel
SPARAGA.
Special thanks to Lorne and Michelle
WEISS and Marni and Shawn
COHEN for thinking of us.
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COHEN /
FRIEDMAN -- Earl and Sylvia
COHEN and Darrell and Elona
FRIEDMAN are thrilled to announce the engagement of their children
Taryn and Ryan. Jonas, Jen, Shane and Brad share in the excitement
of their forthcoming wedding in the summer of 2004.
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GARNET /
GERLOCK -- Rosie and Barry
GARNET and Helen and Sandy
GERLOCK
are overjoyed to announce the engagement of their children Tara
& Corey. Proud Grandparents are Sylvia
GARNET and Sam
GARNET.
Excited siblings are Jason and Jennifer, Joey and Shawnee
GARNET
and Michael and Elisa and Jeff and Lea
GERLOCK.
Dearly missed at
this special time are Jofrette and Maurice
COHEN,
Irene and Alfred
GERLOCK and Dora and Israel
SCWOCK.
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LIEBERMAN /
COHEN -- Sylvia and Harry
LIEBERMAN are thrilled
to announce the engagement of their son Jeffrey to Shari, daughter
of Elaine and Carl
COHEN of Erie, Pennsylvania. Elated grandmother
is Ada WEINER of Erie, Pennsylvania. Ecstatic sisters, brothers,
nieces and nephews can hardly wait for the big day! view/sign
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COISH /
OLSEN -- Drop-In Wedding Shower
You▼ are invited to a Drop-In Wedding Shower for Melissa
COISH
(soon-to-be Mrs. Jon
OLSEN) on Sunday, March 23, 2008 - Come
and Go between 1 and 4 p.m. at the Markdale Golf and Country
Club, 85 Edith Street, Markdale, Ontario. N0C 1H0. For further
information, please contact Jackie
CURRY at (519) 485-1975
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COISH,
Melissa▼ - Drop-In Wedding Shower
You▲ are invited to a Drop-In Wedding Shower for Melissa
COISH
(soon-to-be Mrs. Jon
OLSEN) on Sunday, March 23, 2008 -Come and
Go between 1 and 4 p.m. at the Markdale Golf and Country Club,
85 Edith Street, Markdale, Ontario. N0C 1H0. For further information,
please contact Jackie
CURRY at (519) 485-1975 or e-mail Jackie@oleyland.on.ca
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OLSEN /
COISH -- Marriage Announcement
Jon OLSEN and Melissa
COISH were married Tuesday April 8, 2008 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Melissa▲ is the daughter of Roy and Tammy
COISH,
Orangeville
Jon is the son of Allan and Deborah
OLSEN,
Markdale
Grandparents Dennis
HOLDEN,
Alf and Ferne
OLSEN
Jon and Melissa are residing at R.R.#3, Markdale.
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COLE /
GEISSBUHLER -- Forthcoming Marriage
Gary COLE and Maya
GEISSBUHLER would like to announce their forthcoming
marriage. The happy couple plan to reside in Dundalk.
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COLE m@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-06-30 published
HAVERS /
COLE -- Forthcoming Marriage
Katie HAVERS and David
COLE are pleased to announce their forthcoming
marriage on Friday July 1, 2005 in London.
We wish to thank our families, Friends and co-workers for all
of their love and support.
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COLE m@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-09-03 published
COLE,
Jack and Jane - Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary
September 2, 1955
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COLGAN,
Cliff▼ and Irene - 50th Wedding Anniversary
We would like to thank our family for the lovely party held on
our lawn under the big top on July 14 to celebrate Irene's 75th
Birthday and our 50th wedding anniversary (November 16). Thank
you to member of provincial parliament Bill
MURDOCH for presenting
the many plaques and the Highland country band for the great
music and to every one who attend. Thanks for cards and gifts
an evening to remember.
- Cliff and Irene.
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COLGAN,
Clifford▲ and Irene - Celebrating 50 years
November 16, 1957
This special anniversary was celebrated with their family and
Friends on July 14th, 2007 at a garden party held at their home.
They are celebrating again this weekend with a family dinner
in their home. They enjoy the love and best wishes of their six
children; Linda, Barbara, Donald, Brian, Marie and David, their
sons and daughter-In-law; George, Scott and Thelma and their
grandchildren; Stacy Adam, Allie, Eric, Joey, Darren, Payton,
Tyler and Ryan.
Congratulations Mom and Dad on your Golden Wedding Anniversary
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Gord and Arlene
COLLETT,
Fifty
Wedding
Bells
Congratulations Gord and Arlene
COLLETT!!
In honour of this special event, Friends and family are invited
to an Open House on Sunday June 29/ 03, 12 to 4 at 51-163 Pine
Valley Drive, London.
With much love, your children, grandchildren and great granddaughter.
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COLLIER m@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2003-04-05 published
Happy 1st Anniversary, Brenda and Perry
DAVIE,
April 6, 2003
Proud parents Bert and Marilyn
COLLIER and Edith and Len
DAVIE,
along with daughter Jennifer would like to wish Perry and Brenda
a lifetime of happiness.
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COLLIER m@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2003-06-21 published
COLLIER,
Joan and Lou - Happy 50th Anniversary
Open House is being held Saturday, June 21st at 1100 Byron Baseline
Rd. in the "Club House" from 2pm to 4: 30 pm.
Best wishes only.
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COLLIN m@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2004-09-29 published
Cory COLLIN and Darren
MOOGY
were united in marriage on Saturday, September 4, 2004 at the
COLLIN
Family camp in Dalton, Ontario.
They are now residing in Powassan, Ontario with their son Elliot.
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COLLINS /
SCHREINER -- Buck and Doe
Robert COLLINS and Rosalie
SCHREINER
Saturday, June 7, 2008, Flesherton Kinplex, 9: 00 p.m.-1:00 am.
Music by Randy
RAY, Lunch Provided. Tickets 2/$12. Age of Majority
Card Required.
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Happy 1st Anniversary, Jeff and Colleen
COLLINS,
May 11, 2003
Jeff and Colleen were married at the Elsie Perrin Estate May
Wishing you both happiness.
Love from Pat and Denis
COLLINS and John and Wilma
STERLING
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COLLINS m@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2003-07-12 published
COLLINS /
DIVERS
The families of Kim
COLLINS and Brian
DIVERS wish to announce
the forthcoming marriage of their children. The wedding will
take place on Sat. October 25, 2003 at St. Michael's Church,
London, Ontario
Stag and Doe, July 19/ 03, 8pm-1am, St. Justin's, 855 Jalna Blvd.
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WILKINS /
COLLINS -- Forthcoming Marriage
The families of Rebecca
WILKINS
(Midland) and Curt
COLLINS (London)
are pleased to announce their forthcoming wedding. The ceremony
will take place November 5th, 2005 in London. A Stag and Doe will
be held Sat. October 1st, 7 p.m., White Oaks Community Centre,
1119 Jalna Blvd. The happy couple hopes to see everyone there.
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COLLINS,
John and Helen - 60th Wedding Anniversary
You are invited to an Open House, Sun. May 25, 2-4 p.m. at Chelsey
Park, 310 Oxford St. W. Best Wishes only please.
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SCHREINER /
COLLINS -- Buck and Doe
Rosalie SCHREINER and Robert
COLLINS on June 7, 2008 at the Flesherton
Kinplex 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
$8.00 per person or 2 for $12.00
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COLLINS m@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2003-12-13 published
COLLINS /
CAMELI -- Sharon and Clem
COLLINS are pleased to announce
the engagement of their daughter Beverly to Guido,
son of Giovanna
and Guido CAMELI.
Wedding to take place July 24, 2004. Congratulations.
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COLLIS m@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2003-01-04 published
BLEZENSKY/
TURACK -- Joanie and Eric
BLEZENSKY and Karen
TURACK
are thrilled to announce and celebrate the engagement of their
children Michele
BLEZENSKY and Matthew
TURACK.
Excited siblings
are Laura BLEZENSKY and Brooke
TURACK.
Proud grandparents are
Ruth Steinberg, Helen
ZAWALSKY, Percy
ROTMAN, Merle
COLLIS. Sadly
missed are grandparents Michael
STEINBERG,
Jack
BLEZENSKY and
Selma ROTMAN.
Aunts, uncles, cousins and Friends are looking
forward to sharing their special day.
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COLLVER,
Morris and Elly - Happy 40th Anniversary
October 15, 2006
With love from your family. Karen, Jeff, Cale and Brett, Kathy,
Jeff and Jenna.
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COLQUHOUN /
FRECHETTE -- Engagement
Paula COLQUHOUN along with Jack and Jane
FRECHETTE of London,
Ontario are thrilled to announce the engagement of their children
Lindsay and Michael. Love and best wishes to both of you from
your families.
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COLTON /
WOODS -- Marriage Announcement
John and Sandra
COLTON of Brampton and Tom and Lynda
WOODS of
Markdale are pleased to announce the marriage of their children
Elaine and Trevor on May 31, 2008 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, Brampton Following a Caribbean cruise the happy couple
are residing in their home in Brampton.
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BEAMISH /
COLWELL -- Forthcoming Marriage
Paul and Maureen
BEAMISH of London are thrilled to announce the
forthcoming marriage of their daughter Katie to Michael
COLWELL,
son of Karin and Martin
COLWELL of Vancouver.
The wedding will take place July 2005.
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COMISH m@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-01-14 published
Annabel Jane
GRIFFITHS and Timothy Stuart
FITZSIMMONS -- Match:
By Judith TENENBAUM,
Saturday,▲▼
January 14, 2006, Page M4
While they were still just Friends, Annabel
GRIFFITHS wrote in
her diary about her affinity with Timothy
FITZSIMMONS: "
Time
we spend together is like we are building a step in a staircase.
One day we will complete the staircase, look at this world we
have created together, and kiss."
The two met in 1995 at Ryerson's theatre school, but the next
year their careers and lives took divergent paths. An English
graduate from the University of Western Ontario, Ms.
GRIFFITHS
established herself as an actor, writer and certified yoga instructor.
She co-wrote (along with Alison Lawrence and Mary-Francis Moore)
a semi-autobiographical play, bittergirl, a sassy comedy about
getting on after getting dumped. The three starred in its London,
New York and Toronto hit runs. Mr.
FITZSIMMONS, during this time,
graduated in English from McGill University and pursued a master's
in journalism at New York University.
The two exchanged perfunctory e-mail messages and phone calls,
but sustained their Friendship with a Jane Austen-like exchange
of letters, where they shared sentiments that tiptoed around
romance. "We loved the way we could express ideas and talk about
things going on in our lives," Ms.
GRIFFITHS says.
Queried as to why he was so obsessed with Ms.
GRIFFITHS by fellow
student Yon
MOTSKIN -- later his best man -- Mr.
FITZSIMMONS
admitted: "I think this is the girl I'm going to marry. I have
to go and see Annabel."
Thus, on a Labour Day visit home in 2000, he arranged a dinner
date, shifting their standard scenario from coffee to candlelight
as he resolved to "put it all on the table and tell Annabel."
Despite an enchanting evening, Mr.
FITZSIMMONS was afraid unrequited
love would jeopardize their Friendship. He abandoned his effort
and, disconsolate, trundled off to visit his parents in Kitchener.
Speaking to her friend Jen
COMISH,
Ms.
GRIFFITHS lamented: "He's
going back to New York. It will be months before I see him, and
am I always going to wonder?" Ms.
COMISH -- her future maid of
honour -- persuaded her to call him before he left Kitchener,
and she cast her fate with a message.
"I met him at the bus stop. We were grinning from ear to ear,
went for a drink, and had our first kiss," she says of their
decisive moment.
That fall, Ms.
GRIFFITHS visited Mr.
FITZSIMMONS several times.
They walked all of Manhattan, enjoying Central Park, the East
Village and Broadway.
By 2001, he was back in Toronto working as a website writer and
editor until he entered Osgoode Hall Law School the next year.
By December, 2004, they had moved "from hesitation to certainty."
So after requesting Ms.
GRIFFITHS' hand from her parents with
a written declaration of his love, he surprised her with a weekend
at Niagara-on-the-Lake's Oban Inn.
Mr. FITZSIMMONS recounted fond memories of vacations there as
they crunched past his grandparents' former home, to the lake,
where he proposed. "I said, 'Of course, but will you marry me?'
" she recalls, teary-eyed. "We put the ring on, jumped in the
snow, hugged and held hands just as the sun was setting."
On October 9, the Pillar and Post welcomed her English family
and his Scottish family to their rose garden wedding, where Rev.
Derek RYMARCHUK officiated. Their gifts to one another reflected
a Victorian sensibility: He offered a love letter and diamond
necklace in exchange for an engraved pocket watch.
Today, Mr.
FITZSIMMONS, 32, articles at Fraser Milner Casgrain,
as the new Mrs.
FITZSIMMONS, 34, who will retain her maiden name
professionally, juggles her artistic career while directing OmZone,
a yoga and wellness company. "It's almost as if our souls were
circling one another and when the time was right we came together," she says.
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Peter COMRIE and Marianna
HAMBALEK
Mr. and Mrs. J.
COMRIE and Mr. and Mrs. M.
HAMBALEK would like
to announce the engagement of their children.
Congratulations and best wishes.
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CONE m@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2003-10-11 published
IKKA -- Dianne and Leon are ecstatic to announce the engagement
of their daughter Stacie to Mitchell
son of Lynn
SMITH, husband
David, Gord
CONE and wife
Sandi.
Proud grandparents Min
GROSSMAN,
Rachel IKKA and the late Albert
IKKA,
Eleanor and Albert
ABRAMS,
and Rena CONE and the late Arthur
CONE. Siblings Jodi, Jeff,
Corey, Matt, Laura and Ryan are just thrilled.
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SHOULDICE /
CONGDON -- Forthcoming Marriage
Graham and Linda
SHOULDICE of London and Jim and Linda
CONGDON
of Saint Thomas would like to announce the engagement of Lori
SHOULDICE
to Jason CONGDON.
The marriage will take place on August 2, 2008.
A Stag and Doe for Lori and Jason will be held on April 25th
in Shedden.
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CONN m@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2003-06-28 published
Allan and Rena
GOTLIB are thrilled to announce the engagement
of their daughter Lesley to Lowell,
son of Pamella
FREEDMAN and
Sydney CONN.
Delighted grandparents are Molly and Julie
EISENBERG.
Sadly missed at this time are Faye and Morris
GOTLIB,
Daisy and
Jack KRASMAN,
Freda and Murray
CONN. Mazel
Tov to all.
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CONNING /
McGOWAN -- Engagement
Sue CONNING, of London, and Ken
CONNING, of Toronto, take great
pleasure in announcing the engagement of their daughter Carolyn Ruth to Eli Joseph
McGOWAN,
son of Pamela
BAILLIE, of Chesterville, and Peter
McGOWAN, of Vancouver.
A July 2009 wedding is planned in Hawaii with much joy and anticipation.
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On May 26, 2003, Richard
CONOHAN and Laura
ANDREW took the dive
over Niagara Falls and got engaged. Congratulations.
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CONRAD m@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-11-01 published
HUNTER-
CONRAD,
Christina and Dave - Happy 2nd Anniversary
Mommy and Daddy, Christina and Dave
HUNTER-
CONRAD married November
Since I arrived on September 15, 2005, you have shown me what
love truly is. I love you both lots and lots! Your baby boy Liam
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GOWAN /
CONRAD
Congratulations to Lindsay
GOWAN and Shane
CONRAD on their engagement
in Calgary in October.
You're engaged… Far all your lives, may you find in each other
the friend of your heart… the joy at your world… the love of your life!
A Buck and Doe will be held May 17, 2008 at the Duntroon Hall (age of majority).
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COOK m@ca.on.grey_county.artemesia.flesherton.the_flesherton_advance 2007-05-30 published
BOER /
COOK -- Buck and Doe
Buck and Doe for Jamie
BOER and Cindy
COOK
Saturday June 2, 2007 Markdale Area 8 p.m.
$7/pp in advance, $10pp at the door.
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Forthcoming Marriage
COOK,
Sloan /
FRASER, Edward
The▼ families of Sloan
COOK and Edward
FRASER, both of London,
wish to announce their forthcoming marriage to take place August,
23, 2003, in Rayner Gardens. Reception to follow at Michael's
at the University of Western Ontario where Sloane received her
B.A. in 2001, Edward will be completing his M.A. in Journalism
in 2004.
So very proud of you both. Love from your folks.
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Forthcoming Marriage - Sloane
COOK / Edward
FRASER
The▲▼ families of Sloane
COOK and Edward
FRASER, both of London,
wish to announce their forthcoming marriage to take place August,
23, 2003, in Rayner Gardens. Reception to follow at Michael's
at the University of Western Ontario where Sloane received her
B.A. in 2001, Edward will be completing his M.A. in Journalism
in 2004.
So very proud of you both. Love from your folks.
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COOK,
Pearl and Wes - 60th Wedding Anniversary
The▲▼ family of Pearl and Wes
COOK warmly invite you to a Come and
Go Tea to celebrate our parents and grandparents 60th Wedding
Anniversary Saturday, July 21, 2007 from 2: 00-4:00 p.m. at Sunset
Village, 49 Raglan Street, Collingwood, Ontario
Best Wishes Only Please
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Fiona CARVER and David
COOK -- Match:
By Judith Tenenbaum, Saturday, January 8, 2005 - Page M6
In the 1970 film Classic Goin' Down the Road, a pair of Maritimers
make their exodus to a Toronto paved with promise. Aspiring Nova
Scotian actor David Alexander
COOK, odd man out in a family that
includes 14 doctors, did the same in 1995 (though with happier
results) and enrolled in theatre studies at Ryerson University,
taking to heart Bruce Cockburn's lyrics: "It must get better,
if far enough I go."
Meanwhile,
Fiona
Catherine
CARVER, a graduate of Bishop's University
in Lennoxville, Quebec, and a protégé of Canadian clown duo Mump
& Smoot, blasted off with zany comedy sketch troupe the Atomic
Fireballs while writing and acting.
Having developed an allergy to latte-flavoured egos, Ms.
CARVER
found it refreshing when she first encountered Mr.
COOK in June,
2001, at an agency party in Toronto, where she moved after graduation.
"We both had the same agent, and as soon as he told me he was
from Nova Scotia, a huge 'bing, bing, bing' went off, because
I love East Coasters -- salt of the Earth, no façade," says Ms.
CARVER, who spent her childhood "all over Southwestern Ontario"
as the family accompanied her father, an itinerant Anglican minister.
The couple's initial confab reverberated with seductive subtleties.
"We set a second date at Ted's Collision on College Street, both
a little nervous how it would go," he says. "We talked for about
five hours and not once about acting... a huge plus."
They▲▼ had been dating for a couple of months when Mr.
COOK announced
his acting nirvana awaited in Vancouver. A disconsolate Ms.
CARVER,
fearing at best a lengthy separation, wanted to break it off.
"It was bittersweet. Now we were in love and he was leaving."
With more than a month remaining before his departure, he implored
her to stick with the relationship and "see what happens."
"My wanting to go to Vancouver had nothing to do with Fiona,"
he says. "I had never taken any time off to travel, or go anywhere
else."
But the fallout from September 11, 2001, had decimated the film
industry, and his trip was as rewarding as a losing lottery ticket.
"I got a little bit of acting work and couldn't even get a part-time
job in a restaurant," Mr.
COOK, 27, recalls.
"We were sort of on the cusp of being in love, but after about
a month in Vancouver, I knew she [Fiona] was really special to
me. There was a hole in my life."
Upon his return in March, 2002, their romantic paradigm shifted.
"A kind of tension had crept into our lives and it culminated
in a communication that something wasn't working," he says. Where
cellphone-to-cellphone had sufficed, the relationship faltered
in the reality of cheek-to-cheek, but with a period of introspection
they emerged on solid emotional ground.
Mr. COOK's wanderlust resurfaced during the 2002 Toronto Film
Festival, when a Hollywood agent convinced him to ply his trade
in Los Angeles. He arrived in January of 2003 only to discover
those green pastures were well grazed, prompting a hasty retreat.
"They sort of blew me off, pretty brutal, and I ran into the
common stumbling block of not having my working papers. Los Angeles
is a weird place, void of a soul. It made me realize that I would
never be as happy without Fiona as with her."
A beneficent Ms.
CARVER allows, "I was starting to feel nice
and nestled in when he took off again, but I thought it was fine,
something that he wanted to do and it was his being away that
made him decide to propose."
He returned the next month on Valentine's Day, ready to ask the
question, but the timing wasn't right. "I have an aversion to
it [Valentine's Day] because it's so commercial," he says. So
the next day, he made his pitch, though sans ring.
" 'I have to talk about something but don't have the proper hardware,'
Ms. CARVER, 31, recalls his introduction. "Do you need a hammer
and nails?" came her witty reply. "We can go to the hardware."
They were soon engaged.
Huron Church Camp in Bayfield, Ontario, conjured fond family
memories of somnolent summers for Ms.
CARVER, so there on Labour
Day weekend, before a folksy amalgam of congregants camped out
for the occasion, her father, Reverend Neil
CARVER, performed the
rites of marriage.
Fellow
Fireball
Samantha
BEE -- now also a correspondent on Comedy
Central's The Daily Show -- emceed the reception, and friend
Beau DICKSON/DIXON assembled a band with Ms.
CARVER and her sister Sarah
singing backup for Hey Man Do You Want to Boogie, the trio's
original collaboration when Mr.
DICKSON/DIXON was 5. Chef Esan
AZORE
prepared the mostly vegetarian fare and the Nova Scotia contingent
supplied wild blueberries and maple syrup for a pancake breakfast
the next day.
The couple will continue to pursue their acting careers from
Toronto. Ms.
CARVER has just completed a commercial for the Ontario
Lottery Corporation and Mr.
COOK, with numerous Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation Radio plays to his credit, can be caught in a forthcoming
episode of CTV's The Eleventh Hour.
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Thomas COOK and Brenda
COOK --
By Judith TENENBAUM,
Saturday,▲
April▲ 16, 2005, Page M6
Thomas George
COOK's eyes welled with tears when he saw his bride
in her ivory wedding gown, descending the staircase at Grande
St. Lucian Resort in St. Lucia. "She looked so beautiful I was
breathless and started to cry," he says.
Onlookers cheered the couple as they walked down a pathway to
exchange vows in an ocean-side garden before a local registrar.
Finally, after four children and a quarter-century of marriage,
Brenda COOK was wed in the traditional dress she had missed out
on the first time around.
On December 30, the residents of Georgetown, Ontario, renewed
their vows to mark their 25th anniversary, the first time in
their marriage that they had ever been on a holiday without their
children.
"We were worried about how we were going to interact alone together
without kids," Mr.
COOK says, but his wife enthuses, "We fell
in love with each other all over again."
The▲ ceremony fulfilled a long-held wish of Mrs.
COOK's, her husband
says. "Over the years of our marriage I have always asked her,
'Had you any regrets about how we were married?' and she said,
'The only regret I had was not wearing a white wedding gown.'"
They met in 1977 when she, then Brenda May
LAW, was 16 and he
was two years her senior. His older sister had been enlisted
to supervise her and two siblings while their parents vacationed
in Florida.
Mr. COOK says he thought he "shouldn't go out with her because
she was too young," but her parents supported the relationship
and the romance flowered.
Although they envisioned a traditional wedding three years later,
the pair were married in a quiet civil ceremony after the new
Anglican minister at her family's church posed an impediment.
"He didn't know our family or me," she remembers, "and thought
Tom and I were far too young and wanted us to take marriage classes
at the church."
But Mr. COOK rebelled upon learning the minister himself was
not married. "What does somebody who isn't, or hasn't been married,
going to tell us, whose parents have been married over 25 years?"
he says. "I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with Brenda
and anything he told me was not going to change that."
So she enlisted a family friend, Supreme Court judge John
GREENWOOD,
to marry them in his chambers at Osgoode Hall in Toronto on January
18, 1980. It was the first and only time he had performed a wedding.
"We were happy just to get married," Mr.
COOK says.
The young couple also surprised their new neighbours as they
moved into their first home, in Port Credit. When asked when
their parents were going to arrive, Mrs.
COOK responded, "We
are not helping our parents move in. This is my, and my husband's,
home."
They would be blessed with four children, Tom, 23, Robynn, 22,
William, 14, and Katelynn, 12, all of whom demonstrate academic
and athletic excellence. They share their parents' love of the
outdoors and respect for the environment. The two younger children
and their mother regularly cycle the Martin Goodman Trail to
Toronto.
When the couple decided to renew their vows, she explored the
bridal salons with her daughters. "My youngest daughter picked
out a Cinderella dress," laughs Mrs.
COOK, an administrative
assistant at Extendicare.
Wearing the gown was a highlight of the trip for her. "I wasn't
allowed to see it until the day of the wedding," says Mr.
COOK,
a supervisor with Toronto Hydro, adding that she dined and danced
in it until 4 a.m.
Before the trip to St. Lucia, their children arranged a surprise
party to mark their parents' silver anniversary. Robynn encapsulates
the couple's journey: "My parents have never had things easy.
From day one of their marriage at such a young age they have
strived to stay afloat even when the going got tough. They have
supported me along the way in every goal that I have achieved
-- and even those I've failed."
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