NEWS

Today was our Annual General Meeting. Gord Brown was elected by acclaim as 'Secretary'. As part of this meeting elections were held for Corps President as well as the three 'Directors at Large' positions.

• Rick Robida was elected as President while Brian Adam, Rick Shearer and Ron Chong were elected for the three 'Director at Large' positions.

  Our new Executive consists of:

  • Rick Robida, President

  • Bill Kane, Executive Vice President

  • Gord Brown, Secretary

  • Brian Byrne, Treasurer

  • Brian Adam, Director at Large

  • Rick Shearer, Director at Large

  • Ron Chong, Director at Large

• Many thanks to the members of the previous Board for all of their work over the last year. Congratulations to Brian Adam, Gord Brown, Rick Robida, Rick Shearer and Ron Chong who were elected and many thanks to Mike Lang and John Giblin who, while unsuccessful, expressed their willingness to serve and their commitment to the corps.

• In addition to the election, two other votes were taken. The first vote related to an 'Official' corps logo. The second vote was for a suggested change to the constitution to split the current position of Corps President / Corps Director into an elected President position and an appointed Corps Director position.

  • The Green, Black and White logo used on this web page was selected as the 'Official' Corps Logo.

  • The change to the constitution was rejected

• Family challenges have forced Brian Hogan to resign as Drum Major. We send our best wishes to Brian and his wife, Sue.

Obituary for Tim Roussel

Roussel, Timothy Valentine 'Tim' of Chilliwack, passed away suddenly September 15, 2008 at the age of 55 years. Tim was predeceased by his parents Ray and Shirley and is lovingly remembered by his family; his wife of 27 years Denise and his son Curtis. He is also remembered by his 4 brothers, Ray (Carrie), Rick (Susan), Dennis and Lorne, sister Mary (John) Gibb, father and mother in law Sandy and Phyllis, brothers in law Gord (Betty), Jim (Barb) and sister in law Lynn as well as many other family members and friends. Tim's love of family and friends, his great sense of humour, and passion for life will be remembered by all who knew him.

Memorial Service will be held on Friday September 19 at 1:00 p.m in the chapel of Valley View Funeral Home 14660 72 Ave. Surrey. If desired in lieu of flowers donations in Tim's memory may be made to the BC Heart and Stroke Foundation.

• On Monday, September 15th, 2008 Tim Roussel, younger brother of Ray Roussel, died of a heart attack today. He was only 55. Tim marched in the corps in 1968, 69 and 70. There were 4 Roussel brothers in the corps, Ray, Rick, Dennis and Tim.
• We'll post more details when we have them.

• Contest entry from Jamie Prokop, the son of former Toronto Optimist Ron Prokop, for the new Hockey Night in Canada theme (thanks to Gary Kennett for letting me know about this).

Funeral for Dot Kane, Bill and Jim Kane's mother

• Visitation: July 1, 2008 at Giffen-Mack - 2570 Danforth Avenue, Toronto 2-4pm & 7-9pm
• Funeral Service: July 2nd at 11am at Giffen-Mack - 2570 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
• Internment: Resthaven Memorial Gardens - 2700 Kingston Road, Scarborough
  Follow the convoy to the internment or go directly to the reception.
• Reception: Branch 1/42 (Baron Byng Beaches) Royal Canadian Legion - 243 Coxwell Avenue
• Directions from Funeral Home to Reception:
  Head west on Danforth toward Main. Turn left onto Coxwell (about 5min)
• Directions from Internment to Reception:
  Head West on Kingston Road - 8 km (or 14mins) on Kingston Rd, you will cross Midland Avenue. Turn right at Dundas Street East. Turn Right at Coxwell Avenue (total trip is about 15min)