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Why I Loved Being a Lifeguard at Geneva Park
Originally published March 12, 2012 For many summers, I took swimming lessons at Camp Samac, which led me to earn the Bronze Medallion certification, a requirement to be a lifeguard in Ontario. A few summers later, in 1964, I got my first summer job as a lifeguard at Geneva Park, on Ritson Road, in north…
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How I Got My 1968/9 Year Book Today
Originally published June 28, 2012 A couple of weeks ago, in nostalgia, I contacted Oneil Collegiate & Vocational Institute (OCVI), my high school in Oshawa, Ontario, to see if I could still get an Acti Ludi School Yearbook from 1968/9 – the year I graduated. By the way, OCVI was built in 1909, and my…