Acknowledgements
Murray & Diane Neil - Thank you for the over 4000 wheelbarrow loads of wood chips you have hauled and spread from the creek to the school for the past 12 years, Murray! And thank you both for being founding members of "The Friends of John Kennedy Memorial Park" supporting community awareness about the park and acting as activists to preserve this passive parkland since 2002.
Hal Falk & Eagle Tree Service - Thank you for donating over 80 truckloads of wood chips during the past 13 years to enhance our walking trails.
Arbor Works Tree Service - Thank you for donating wood chips for the extension of the new trails closest to Woodland P. S.
Kevin & Sandy O'Grady - Thank you for your tireless efforts in supporting the various activities to preserve and make accessible the park and walking paths through snow blowing, general maintenance and community activism since 2002. Thank you both for being founding members of "The Friends of John Kennedy Memorial Park".
Diane O'Grady - Thank you for your expertise in helping us to sort out our computer issues.
Mike & Michelle Souter and Sons - Thank you for your efforts to help build the extension of the trails nearest Woodland P.S. and for participating as active members of "The Friends of John Kennedy Memorial Park".
Bob & Karen Bird - Thank you for your efforts to design and help build the extended walking paths through the park and for participating as active members of "The Friends of John Kennedy Memorial Park". Thank you also for arranging Neighbourhood Spring Clean-Up Days to freshen the park after winter snowbanks have disappeared. Hopefully these days will resume on a regular basis every year.
David Stencell and Son - Thank you for your efforts to help build the extended walking paths through the park. Your four wheeler and trailer were such a big help in scattering the wood chips!
Margie & Terry Howard - Thank you for your efforts in contributing to community awareness and preservation of the park, including supporting maintenance of the walking trails, participating in community activism and development of this website. Thank you for being founding members of "The Friends of John Kennedy Memorial Park".
John Montemurro and Cheryl Lamb - Thank you for your efforts to help build the extended walking paths through the park and being actively involved as "Friends of John Kennedy Memorial Park".
Ed & Carmel Cayouette - As the closest neighbours living next to Woodland P.S., we commend you for your patience during the construction of the school. Thank you Ed for participating in discussions with the Near North Board of Education and with City Council members.
Erin Kitchen - Thank you for contributing to the development of the communication tools which enhanced awareness of John Kennedy Memorial Park including this website, supporting the set-up of the on-line petition and establishment of the Facebook group.
Jeff Turl and Liam Berti of Bay Today.ca - Thank you for your excellent articles and coverage of meetings regarding the park.
Gord Young and Jennifer Hamilton-McCharles of The Nugget - Thank you for your excellent articles and coverage of the meetings regarding the park.
Dog Walkers - Thank you to those who make sure they clean up after their pets. Much appreciated!
Andrew Preece - Thank you for helping to build the extended walking paths through the park.
City of North Bay Parks and Recreation Department - Thank you for the placement of waste disposal containers placed at three entrances of the park and for emptying them on a regular basis. Thank you also for cleaning up the creek areas where the culverts are blocked from time to time. It is amazing what we find that has travelled down the creek from Thibault Hill!
Mayor Al McDonald & City Council - Thank you for listening in April, 2016 to our concerns regarding the designation of John Kennedy Memorial Park as a passive parkland within our neighbourhood and making the recommendation to presently keep it in its natural state.
"Helping Hands" - Thank you to those people who anonymously have offered assistance throughout the years to spread wood chips with Murray. He very much appreciated that too!
Brian & Pat Shaw - Thank you for your assistance with drainage issues on the main trail between Jane Street and Maplegrove Drive. The wet spots have dried up nicely thanks to the drainage pipes and gravel spread on the trail!
Greg Jenkins - Thank you for bringing your wheelbarrow & shovel to help spread wood chips on the trails!
Jeff Pritchard - Thank you for bringing your wheelbarrow & shovel to help spread wood chips on the trails!
Larry Klein - Thank you for bringing your wheelbarrow & shovel to help spread wood chips on the trails!
Mike Deschesne - Thank you for bringing your wheelbarrow & shovel to help spread wood chips on the trails!
Paul Trenker - Thank you for bringing your wheelbarrow & shovel to help spread wood chips on the trails!
Brian from Parkwood Drive - Thank you for bringing your wheelbarrow & shovel to help spread wood chips on the trails!
John has had a lifelong interest in Natural history, having grown up with a woods as his playground and always having a connection to the natural world around him.
He grew up in the Niagara region living next to the woods of the Niagara Escarpment and studied Botany and Ecology at Wilfred Laurier University. Upon graduation, he moved north to Sturgeon Falls where he taught Science and PE for a number of years. He left teaching to pursue other occupations, moving to the Pinewood area in North Bay where he worked in social services until retirement. He currently lives in Toronto where he and his partner, Fran Freeman manage about twenty hives in both urban and rural settings. John continues to be a nature educator in that he and his partner present courses on beekeeping and native bees in schools from JK to University classes as well as to other interest groups. John is currently a member of the Ontario Beekeepers Association and the Urban Toronto Beekeepers Association. Working with the bees continues to instruct his vision of our dependancy on each other in the natural world. |
Dedication by John
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I would welcome any comments or additions. They may be sent to:
John Coffman 2651 Bloor St W. Apt 204 Toronto, ON M8X 1A3 [email protected]. |
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Muencher, W.C. Keys to the Woody Plants. Comstock Publishing Associates, New York 1965.
Native trees of Canada, Bulletin 61, Department of Resources and Development, Forestry Branch Canada, King’s Printer Ottawa, 1950.
Peterson, Roger Tory and Margaret McKenny, A Field Guide to Wildflowers. Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1968.