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WENGER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-12 published
APPLEBY,
Sarah
Love is not changed by death. Died peacefully at her home on
April 10, 2003 in her 81st year after a valiant battle with cancer.
Cherished wife for 54 years to the late Harry
APPLEBY. Dear mother
to Laurence and Lynda
WENGER and mother-in-law to Marvin
WENGER.
Devoted and greatly loved grandmother to Meredith
WENGER.
Caring
daughter to the late Isadore and Yetta
GRYMEK. Survived by her
brothers Lou and Sam
GRYMEK and her sisters Ann
COMASSAR and
Shirley KREM. A wonderful mother has gone, leaving her children
to remember her strong presence, graciousness and courage. For
the love and happiness we shared we are truly thankful. The family
acknowledges with thanks, the efforts of Dr. Joan
MURPHY, the
other doctors, nurses and support staff of the Princess Margaret
Hospital.
Also the caring attention of Dr. Russell
GOLDMAN and
Teresita MADRID. At
Benjamin's
Park
Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles
Avenue West (1 light west of Dufferin) for service on Sunday,
April 13th at 3: 00 p.m. Interment Beth Tzedec Memorial Park.
Shiva at 342 Spadina Road, Suite 303, Toronto, concluding Tuesday
evening April 15. If desired, memorial donations may be made
to the Princess Margaret Foundation, 610 University Avenue, Toronto
M5G 2M9 (416) 946-6560.
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WENGLE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-27 published
TENNANT,
John
Holmsted, Q.C.
Died peacefully on Wednesday, December 24, 2003, in Burlington,
Ontario. A devoted father and grandfather he leaves behind daughters
Peggy (WENGLE) and Barbara (and Malcolm
MacKAY;) grandchildren
Christopher, Sandy and Robert
McLAREN,
Heather
(OUELLETTE;) Lisa
and Malcolm
MacKAY, and great-grandchildren Amelia, Skye and
Natalie. He was predeceased by his wife
Airdrie
(BROWN) in 1977.
Born September 10, 1915 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, he moved to
Montreal, Quebec at age 14 and graduated from Université de Montréal
with a law degree in 1940, winning the Bar of Montreal prize
for commercial law. During the war, he served on corvettes with
the R.C.N.V.R. 1941-1945. He worked for the legal department
of the Industrial Development Bank and then for the law firm
Howard, Cate, Ogilvy, Bishop, Cope, Porteous and Hansard. He retired
in 1979 to Oakville, Ontario to be closer to his grandchildren.
His family was the joy of his life and he will be sorely missed
by them. A private service will be held. Calls and visits will
be welcomed at the homes of his daughters. Donations in lieu
of flowers can be made to his favourite charities: The Salvation
Army and Covenant House.
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WENNINGTON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-21 published
The soul of Canadian basketball
The coach who led national teams to Olympics, world championships,
was a well-loved motivator on and off the court
By James CHRISTIE
Monday,
April 21, 2003 - Page R5
Jack DONOHUE knew how to win. His underdog Canadian basketball
teams won games against National Basketball Association-bound
superstars -- and Mr.
DONOHUE won every heart he touched.
The former national basketball coach and famed motivator was
arguably the most beloved figure in Canadian amateur and Olympic
sport. Mr.
DONOHUE died Wednesday in Ottawa after a battle with
cancer. He was 71.
With his trademark New York Irish accent and gift for telling
inspirational and humorous stories, Mr.
DONOHUE was the soul
of basketball in Canada for almost two decades and led the national
team to three Olympic Games and three world championship tournaments.
His great players included a high schooler in New York named
Lew ALCINDOR (later Kareem
ABDUL-
JABBAR;)
Canadian centres Bill
WENNINGTON and Mike
SMREK, who went on to get National Basketball
Association championship rings with Chicago and Los Angeles respectively
Leo RAUTINS, a first-round draft pick of Philadelphia 76ers in
1983; guards Eli
PASQUALE and Jay
TRIANO, who is now assistant
coach with the Toronto Raptors.
"For all he's done for basketball in this country -- not just
with the national team, but with clinics and all his public speaking
he should get the Order of Canada," Mr.
TRIANO said.
Under Mr. DONOHUE,
Canadian teams stayed among the top six in
the world for 18 years. Canada finished fourth at the 1976 Montreal
and 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and claimed gold at the 1983 World
University Games in Edmonton. In the process they beat a team
of U.S. college talents that included future National Basketball
Association stars Charles
BARKLEY, Karl
MALONE, Kevin
WILLIS,
Ed PINCKNEY and Johnny
DAWKINS.
The monumental win over the United
States came in the semi-final. The gold medal match was just
as much a stunner, as Canada beat a Yugoslavian team built with
members of the world championship squad.
Globe and Mail columnist Trent
FRAYNE recorded how the loquacious
Mr. DONOHUE had steered the Canucks to the improbable triumph,
making them believe in themselves:
"You've got to appreciate how much talent you have," Jack would
say, hunkering down beside a centre or a guard or, every now
and then, an unwary newshound (Jack is ready for anybody). "You
are unique. Think about that: there's nobody else in the world
like you. If you want to be happy, try to make other people happy.
Hey, if you want to be loved, you must love others. The way to
improve is to do something you have never done. Don't be afraid
of your emotions. Let 'em all hang out. Emotions are your generator.
The intellect is the governor...."
And now, in the seventh month of July, it has all come about
just as Jack promised. On Saturday night in Edmonton, his players,
Jack's Guys, hoisted him upon their shoulders, and, for once,
Jack's jaw was still. Blue eyes blinking rapidly behind silver-rimmed
spectacles, white hair tousled, Jack put the scissors to that
final strand and held the net aloft.
Coaching was a passion, not so much for the trophies, but for
the human victories, personal challenges and little triumphs.
"I remember my father coming home tired and dirty every night.
That's not for me. I love what I'm doing, so it doesn't seem
like work and never will," he said.
Since retiring as national coach in 1988, Mr.
DONOHUE has been
the darling of the motivational speakers' circuit. In that regard,
Mr. DONOHUE never quit being The Coach. He urged captains of
industry to get the most out of themselves and build teamwork
among employees as he did his players.
Often, Mr.
DONOHUE told them to find opportunity even in the
midst of problems: "It's all a matter of attitude. A guy leaves
the house wearing his new, expensive suit for the first time,
trips and falls in a puddle. He can get up and curse; or he can
get up and check his pockets to see if he caught any fish, "
he said in an interview with The Globe and Mail before the Los
Angeles Olympics.
Mr. DONOHUE, who was born June 4, 1931, received a bachelor's
degree in economics at New York's Fordham University and a master
of arts in health education before serving with the U.S. Army
in the Korean War. He began teaching in American high schools
in 1954 and eventually wound up at New York's Power Memorial
Academy, where he coached Mr.
ABDUL-
JABBAR and amassed a 163-30
record.
He later moved up to Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts.,
before taking the reins of the Canadian program -- at first coaching
both the men's and women's teams. Mr.
DONOHUE was inducted into
the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. He is also in the
New York City Basketball Hall of Fame, and was awarded a Canada
125 medal by the Governor-General.
When the National Basketball Association expanded north into
Canada in 1995, Mr.
DONOHUE became director of international
public relations and director of Canadian player development
for the Vancouver Grizzlies.
One of Mr.
DONOHUE's proudest times in basketball came when Mr.
TRIANO followed in his path as a national coach. At the 2000
Olympics, Canada -- with Steve
NASH and Todd
MacCULLOCH -- finished
with a 5-2 record, defeating mighty Yugoslavia once again, as
it had in 1983.
"We talked about everything from how to guard guys on the perimeter
to dying. I think he's at peace with it," Mr.
TRIANO said of
his mentor at a recent Raptor practice.
"He taught with humour," Mr.
TRIANO said of Mr.
DONOHUE's coaching
style. "We learned a lot because we were laughing all the time."
A colourful broadcaster, naming names -- at least pronouncing
them correctly -- wasn't one of Mr.
DONOHUE's many strengths.
He didn't earn the nickname "Jack Dontknowho" for no reason,
Mr. TRIANO said. "It was always, 'that guy,' or 'you over there,'"
he said. "I've seen him struggle to introduce his kids because
he couldn't remember their names. He always told me he liked
doing colour for the European teams, because no one knew if he
wasn't saying their names right."
He travelled the world, but the dearest sight for Mr.
DONOHUE
was always his own front door, in Kanata, Ontario, where he spent
his last days. Behind that door were wife Mary Jane, his six
kids and his grandchildren.
"We're asking you to hug your families, extra special, and we're
asking you to enjoy life, because we sure did and we still are,"
Mary Jane DONOHUE said this week.
Somewhere, the busy coach found time for all he needed to do.
He used to keep a block on his desk reminding him that there
are 86,400 seconds in a day, time enough if he organized himself.
Family was a priority. At least five minutes of Mr.
DONOHUE's
day had to be reserved for hugging his kids. He was a believer
in family and in human contact. In his coaching years, when he
returned from a road journey, there would be a lineup awaiting
him at home, the kids taking their turns to make up for the lost
minutes of hugging during his absence.
"I met him at a dance he didn't go to," Mary Jane
DONOHUE said
in the pre-Los Angeles Games article. "My girlfriend and I went
and he had several Friends who were very up on it. But Jack said
he'd rather go to a movie and would meet them later. He came
through the door as my girlfriend and I were walking out.
"He asked why we were leaving so soon, and said there were two
gentlemen he wanted us to meet. He introduced my friend to one
of his, then I asked who the other gentleman was supposed to
be. Guess who?"
Mary Jane DONOHUE felt trust instantly. "I could have gone across
the country with him that night and felt safe. If he's for you,
he's for you all the way."
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WENSLEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-13 published
YOUNG,
Ira
Of West Vancouver, British Columbia and Malibu Beach, California
died January 29th 2003 at his home in Malibu with family at his
side.
Ira spent his life in pursuit of many passions. He was deeply
loved and will be greatly missed by the many people he touched.
Born in 1926 in Edmonton, Alberta, Ira earned his B.Sc. at the
University of Alberta and
an M.A. in Clinical Psychology. He
was an instructor in Psychology at Hobart and William Smith in
Geneva, New York before starting a career in real estate. Ira
founded the Western Realty Management group of companies in Edmonton
in 1953 and embarked on a journey to create some of the most
notable and ground breaking land development projects in Canada.
He earned a reputation as one of Canada's leading private developers
and builders. His vision evolved from suburban subdivision projects
to apartments, office buildings, industrial building projects
and shopping centers, spanning from western to eastern Canada,
Los Angeles and Hawaii. Most notable was his award winning Coquitlam
Center outside of Vancouver, British Columbia. 1980 Merit Award
winner of the International Council of Shopping Centers and Governor
General's Award for Architecture, the first two-level center
in western Canada, this project was recognized for innovations
in energy efficiency and the dedicated spaces and design elements
furnished by local artists. It also became the catalyst for the
massive development of the immediate area and realized the Town
Center scheme originally proposed to the local district by Ira
YOUNG's company.
It was at this time that his love and support for the arts began
to eclipse his prominence in the real estate business. Starting
as an avid collector of Eskimo art, Ira and his wife Lori developed
a collection of art including major works of legendary American
Artists; the likes of Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg,
Roy Lichtenstein and perhaps the most important collection of
Cy Twombly in North America. All the while they actively supported
and befriended many emerging Canadian and American artists, displaying
their works alongside the rest of their collection. Their collections
have been shown in Vancouver, London, Montreal, Los Angeles and
Halifax with over 90 pieces donated to the Vancouver Art Gallery.
A member of The Vancouver Art Gallery's Board of Trustees since
1996, he was also active on the Gallery's Program, Acquisitions
and Master Planning Committees, always arguing for world class
standards through international and local perspectives.
In the 1980's Ira and Lori's interest in automotive racing led
to the acquisition of Malibu Grand Prix in Canoga Park, California.
A family entertainment company featuring 35 amusement parks across
the United States showcasing ¾ scale Indy Type race cars, Ira
threw his heart and soul into the venture eventually expanding
into Canada, France, Portugal and Japan. True to form, he went
all out and created a race team to compete in the International
Motor
Sports
Association
GTU class of racing in North America.
Surprising to many, but not to him, his team won their first
race out, their first season out, and earned Mazda the Manufacturers
title. Ira backed this venture in more ways than one. He drove
in both the Daytona 24 hour and Sebring 12 hour endurance races.
Also true to form, he recognized promise and gave opportunities
to then unknown drivers like Jack
BALDWIN,
Tommy
KENDALL and
crew chief Clayton
CUNNINGHAM.
His commitment to racing was rewarded
with a team with four consecutive years as International Motor
Sports Association
GTU
Champion and a car that now sits in an
automotive museum as the most winning automobile in auto racing
history.
Ira YOUNG, a real estate developer with a vision, an outspoken
advocate of the arts, and a race car driver at heart, will be
forever missed by wife
Lori
YOUNG, son Jason
YOUNG of New York,
son Clinton
YOUNG and daughter-in-law Randi, daughters Jennifer
and Susan YOUNG of Toronto, step-son Christopher
WENSLEY and
daughter-in-law Tatiana of West Vancouver, step-daughter Blair
and son-in-law Paul
DONALD of Edmonton and step-son Adam
WENSLEY
and daughter-in-law Laura of Upland, California and grand children
Samantha, Jamie, Axel, Morgan, Miya, Dylan and Alejandro.
A celebration of his life with family and Friends will be held
at the Capilano Golf and Country Club on Saturday, March 1st,
2003, 420 Southborough Drive, West Vancouver, British Columbia
at 2: 00 pm.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made 'In memory of Ira
YOUNG'
to the Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street, Vancouver, British
Columbia V6Z 2H7 or to a charity of your choice.
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WENTE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-22 published
He founded Readers' Club of Canada
Nationalist visionary struggled financially to publish Canadian
writers
By Carol COOPER
Special to The Globe and Mail Tuesday, April
22, 2003 - Page R7
In the early 1960s, when writers asked Peter and Carol
MARTIN
where to publish their manuscripts on Canada, the couple realized
how few choices there were. Inspired, the Martins, both voracious
readers, staunch nationalists and founders of the Readers' Club
of Canada, decided to start their own press. In 1965, Peter Martin
Associates came into being. Last month, Peter
MARTIN died of
lung cancer in Ottawa.
In an industry overshadowed by American companies, Peter
MARTIN
Associates was among the first in a wave of independent publishing
houses to open during a time of rising Canadian nationalism.
Launched in a downtown Toronto basement on a shoestring budget,
skeleton staff, idealism and enthusiasm, the company flew by
the seat of its pants. Its employees were often young and new
to the business. But many, including Peter
CARVER,
Michael
SOLOMON
and Valerie
WYATT, went on to become Canadian mainstays.
"It really was a time of Canadian nationalism and those of us
who believed in that cause could see what Peter and Carol were
doing," said Ms.
WYATT, a children's editor who spent four years
with the company in the seventies.
During the 16 years before its sale in 1981, Peter Martin Associates
published approximately 170 works, mainly non-fiction. Its presses
put out I, Nuligak, the autobiography of an Inuit man; The Boyd
Gang by Marjorie
LAMB and Barry
PEARSON;
Trapping is My Life
by John TETSO; and the Handbook of Canadian Film by Eleanor
BEATTIE.
Others who came through their doors included Hugh
HOOD,
Robert
FULFORD, John Robert
COLOMBO, Douglas
FETHERLING and Mary Alice
DOWNIE -- all to have their works published.
Started with small amounts of seed money from private investors
and no government funding, Peter Martin Associates constantly
struggled financially. At one point, for a bit of extra cash,
the office became the designated nuclear-fallout shelter for
the street. Pat
DACEY, once the firm's book designer, lugged
suitcases of books up the street to sell at Britnell's bookstore
with summer employee Bronwyn
DRAINIE.
Working at Peter Martin Associates was always fun, Ms.
WYATT
said. "You went in to work happy and you stayed happy all day."
Still, in a time when Canadian works received little recognition,
she remembers finding it difficult to get media interviews for
the author of Martin-published book.
Yet another title caused trouble with its subject. The company
was putting out a collection of previously published sayings
of former prime minister John
DIEFENBAKER, called I Never Say
Anything Provocative, edited by Margaret
WENTE. Mr.
DIEFENBAKER
heard about the project, called Mr.
MARTIN and threatened to
sue. Mr. MARTIN stood firm.
"He handled it with such élan," said writer Tim
WYNNE-
JONES,
then in the art department. "He was suitably dutiful, but not
in awe. Mr.
DIEFENBAKER was just over the top, as was his wont."
The book went to press and Mr.
DIEFENBAKER did not go to court.
Once listed along with Peter
GZOWSKI in a Maclean's magazine
article on "Young Men to Watch," Mr.
MARTIN was born on April
26, 1934 in Ottawa to a dentist father and a mother who drove
an ambulance in the First World War. The younger of two sons,
he attended Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario and
the University of Toronto, where he earned a degree in philosophy.
During a year in Ottawa as the president of the National Federation
of University Students, Mr.
MARTIN met his first wife
Carol.
They married in 1956 and moved to Toronto. Three years later,
they founded the Readers' Club in Featuring one Canadian book
a month, it distributed works by Mordecai
RICHLER,
Irving
LAYTON,
Morley CALLAGHAN and Brian
MOORE among others, and supplied its
members with coupons. While continuing to run the Readers' Club
(sold in 1978 to Saturday Night Magazine and closed in 1981),
the MARTINs started Peter Martin Associates.
Throughout his career, Mr.
MARTIN spoke out for Canadian publishing.
Alarmed by the sale of Ryerson Press and Gage Educational Press
in 1970 to American firms, he called a meeting of publishers
to discuss problems in the industry. Named the Independent Publishers
Association, the group started in 1971 with 16 members and with
Mr. MARTIN as its first president. In 1976, it was renamed the
Association of Canadian Publishers and continues today with 140
members. As a result of the group's efforts, Canadian publishing
began to receive federal and provincial funding.
In the late 1970s, the
MARTINs went their separate ways. Afterward,
Mr. MARTIN published a small newspaper, The Downtowner, and owned
a cookbook store with his second wife, Maggie
NIEMI. In 1983,
they moved near Sudbury, Ontario, where Mr.
MARTIN did freelance
book and theatre reviews, then moved to Ottawa in 1985 to work
as president for Balmuir Books, publisher of the magazine International
Perspectives and consulting editor for the University of Ottawa
Press.
After a spinal-cord injury in 1997, Mr.
MARTIN was left a quadriplegic,
except for limited use of his left arm. Even so, he remained
active, maintained a heavy e-mail correspondence and spent time
in the park reading while seated in a bright-yellow wheelchair.
Mr. MARTIN leaves his children Pamela, Christopher and Jeremy
and his wife
Maggie
NIEMI. He died on March 15.
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