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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 07, 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A11 winnipegfreepress. com CANADA WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012 A 11 Celebrity Sylvia Kuzyk and Instructor Pedro Aurelio Celebrity Gail Asper and Instructor Brenda Gorlick Celebrity Susan Auch and Instructor Horace Luong YOUTH All Abilities Dance Group Celebrity Ted Irvine and Instructor Anna Rudman ADULT All Abilities Dance Group Celebrity Chrissy Troy and Instructor Yri Demchyshyn WINNERS! Gail Asper and Brenda Gorlick, Maria Marrone- COO, SMD Foundation, Gail Smidt, Board Chair, SMD Foundation, Title Sponsor - Gauthier Automotive Group, Randy and Camryn Gauthier Celebrity Kelly Butler and Instructor Galina Kapoustianskaia SMD Foundation Corporate Table - Luciano and Maria Marrone, Adolphe and Gail Smidt, Gary and Gwen Steiman, John and Bonnie Buhler, and Duncan and Judy Jessiman On Saturday May 12th, 2012 the 6th Annual Society for Manitobans with Disabilities Foundation/ Easter Seals T Manitoba Dancing with Celebrities Gala entertained a packed ballroom of over 400 guests at The Fairmont Winnipeg! Guests were treated to a spectacular dinner, auction, dancing and of course - a lineup of inspiring dance performances! The " Dancing with Stars" style event raised over $ 105,000 which was a 45% increase from last year's fundraising totals. All proceeds raised from this event will go to support and sustain vital programs and services that reach over 47,000 children, youth and adults with disabilities in Manitoba. SMD Foundation/ Easter Seals T Manitoba extends a sincere and heartfelt thank you to the following; Hosts: Barry Kay, Kate Gajdosik, Jeremy J. Williams Celebrity Judges: Ace Burpee, Doug Speirs, Paul LaPolice, Margaret Motyka Celebrity Dancers: Chrissy Troy, Gail Asper, Kelly Butler, Susan Auch, Sylvia Kuzyk, Ted Irvine Dance Instructors: Anna Rudman, Brenda Gorlick, Galina Kapoustianskaia, Horace Luong, Jedi Baker, Pedro Aurelio, Reanna Joseph, Ted and Margaret Motyka and Yuri Demchyshyn Musicians: Howard Chan - Flamenco Singer, Craig Eros - Flamenco Guitarist All Abilities ADULT Dance Group: Colleen Marek, Dorian Phillips, Courtney Dueck, Mercedes Gerodias, Chantal Lussier, Daniel Simard, Nuno Soares, Raul Redmond, David Lightfoot, and Jeremy Viel. All Abilities YOUTH Dance Group: SMD Foundation/ Easter Seals T Manitoba Youth Ambassador - Victoria Scott, Emma Jones, Emily Townsend, and Ariel Scerbo Title Sponsor: Gauthier Automotive Group Major Sponsors: Production Sponsor - Shaw TV, Entertainment Sponsor - Cherry Tree Productions, Gold Sponsors - DundeeWealth Investment Council, Gail Asper Family Foundation, Silver Sponsors - Monarch Industries, Taylor McCaffrey LLP, Choreography Dance Sponsor - Ted Motyka Dance Studio, Venue Sponsor - The Fairmont Winnipeg, Dinner Sponsor - Brematson & Associates, Wine Sponsor - MLCC, Martini Sponsor - Eckler Consultants & Actuaries, Rose Sponsor - Canada Safeway, D�cor Sponsors - Decorations by Rick Mayhew, Dream Day Decorators, Photography Sponsor - Anthony Fernando Photography, Dance Costume Sponsor - Fresh Traffic Group, Print Sponsors - Contempra Signs, Contemporary Printing, Media Sponsors - Global Winnipeg, HOT 103FM, Winnipeg Free Press Corporate Tables: Brematson & Associates, Canada Safeway, Cherry Tree Productions, Contemporary Printing, Contempra Signs, DundeeWealth Investment Council, Eckler Consultants & Actuaries, Gauthier Automotive Group, Global TV, Hot 103 FM, Irvine Douglas Retirement Solutions, Mercer, Monarch Industries, MLCC, Procurity's ENCOUNTER Brand, Salisbury House of Canada Ltd., SHAW TV Winnipeg, Taylor McCaffrey LLP, Ted Motyka Dance Studio, The Fairmont Winnipeg, The Gail Asper Family Foundation, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Winnipeg Free Press Parton Tickets Affinity Architecture, Ruth Matas Winning Auction Bidders: Susan Auch, John & Bonnie Buhler, Pamela Campbell, Jason Cross, Rod Cyr, Steve Dennis, David Drozd, Randy Gauthier, Duncan & Judy Jessiman, Dan & Gloria O'Rourke, Procurity Inc, Wayne Rivers, Gary & Gwen Steiman A special thank you to: The entire Shaw TV Winnipeg DWC Production Crew, Cherry Tree Productions, SMD Foundation/ Easter Seals T Manitoba Ambassadors Paul MacDonald & Victoria Scott, Ted and Margaret Motyka, Brenda Gorlick & Reanna Joseph, Phyllis Marek, Jedi Baker, Derek Day & Melissa Van Soelen, Bill Knight, Bolero Dance Theatre, Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Harlequin - The Dancer's Store, Morden's of Winnipeg Chocolatier & Custom Nut Roasting, New Attitudes Hair Salon - Kristin Holmes, On the Edge Glass Studio, Winnipeg Studio Theatre, John Johnston and John Wade Sculptures. SMD Foundation/ Easter Seals T Manitoba's is grateful for the year- round support of our organization's Leading Provincial Partner: Canada Safeway Ltd. A very special thank you to our Photography Sponsor of the evening Anthony Fernando Photography and his assistant James Cassamajor. Building a community that supports the independence, participation and empowerment of individuals of all abilities. Save the Date! Saturday, May 11th, 2013. www. dancingwithcelebrities. ca 30 Dancers. 4 Judges. 1 Inspiring Night!... WE'RE THERE FOR YOU COMMUNITY PROFILE TORONTO - Toronto's parks department has changed its hiring practices after finding out a man accused in a deadly weekend shooting worked at a city- run after- school program while awaiting trial in another case. City officials confirmed Wednesday Christopher Husbands - who police allege is in a gang - was employed as a part- time recreation worker from last November until May 18. Husbands was out on bail on a sexual assault charge while he held the job. City manager Joe Pennachetti called the discovery " deeply troubling" and said it has led the parks department to impose stricter hiring conditions. From now on, he said, no one will be hired by the department without first handing over a clean background check. " I know there's various legalities involved, but at this stage, from my perspective, we don't hire someone - especially when they're working with children - that has a criminal background," he said. Mayor Rob Ford said all city employees should undergo a background check. " We have to make people accountable," he said. Saturday's shooting in a busy food court left one man dead and six others wounded, including a 13- year- old boy who was shot in the head and is recovering in hospital. Husbands, 23, was under house arrest at the time of the shootings. He is charged with one count of first- degree murder and six of attempted murder. The dead man belonged to the same gang as the accused, police said. So did an associate who was wounded in the gunfire, they said. A massive influx of new seasonal staff may have allowed Husbands and other workers to avoid scrutiny during the hiring process, Pennachetti said. He said he'll be checking to make sure no other employees slipped through the cracks. - The Canadian Press Caution: Graphic content may disturb some readers M ONTREAL - Police have revealed body parts mailed to Vancouver schools were accompanied by notes - although they wouldn't elaborate on their content Wednesday. Montreal police confirmed they had taken over an investigation into the packages mailed to British Columbia, thought to be linked to the dismemberment case that has attracted international attention. Two hands, two feet and a torso have turned up in different cities over the last week. Montreal police said they are working to find the missing head. The suspected killer, former porn actor and prostitute Luka Rocco Magnotta, is in a German prison awaiting extradition back to Canada. Police said the packages sent to Vancouver were accompanied by messages, as were packages received in Ottawa last week. " There are some notes from the beginning, from the first package that we found in Ottawa," said Montreal police Cmdr. Ian Lafreniere. " What was written on the notes, we kept that for ourselves." He said police would be selective about the information they release because they don't want to encourage copycats. Meanwhile, the parts from a still- unidentified victim were being transported by Vancouver police back to the city from which they were mailed - Montreal. Police were trying to confirm the identity of the victim. Magnotta may have made a porn movie in B. C. almost a decade ago. Jeff Vanzetti, the webmaster for the U. S.- based Internet Adult Film Database, says he started looking at Magnotta's resume when police began their manhunt. Vanzetti says a film distributor called StreetBait. com had an office in Vancouver in 2003, which was the same year Magnotta shot a movie with the company. In Montreal Wednesday, there was speculation yet another human limb had been discovered. A passerby noticed what looked like a human foot in Montreal's west end, near the neighbourhood where Magnotta is accused of killing and dismembering Jun Lin. It turned out to be a rubber foot. Montreal police originally said the limb was human. This would have been the third severed foot found in Canada this week, prompting fears there might have been a second victim of a similar crime. Police quickly corrected themselves. They said they were duped by something that appeared real - such as an object from a Halloween store. Montreal police spokesman Yannick Ouimet said it was so lifelike that homicide detectives were summoned. " Police officers on the scene thought it was a foot, " Ouimet said. Police said the incident might warrant a criminal mischief charge. The parents of Jun Lin arrived in Montreal late Tuesday. The Lin family's arrival occurred under the media radar. Little information is available about the victim. Among the few people to have met Lin's family are officials at Concordia University, where he was an engineering student. The head of the school's Chinese student association described the painful scene at the airport when they arrived Tuesday. " It's heartbreaking," Yan Shi said. " Lin's mother was very emotional. It's really terrible just being there. We didn't understand a word she was saying, she was crying a lot. She could barely walk. We had to help her." He said he was able to make out a single phrase: "' We come to take you home now.' " - The Canadian Press Accused in T. O. killing was parks rec worker Notes attached to hand, foot Police look for missing head of slain student DARRYL DYCK / THE CANADIAN PRESS Vancouver students read a newspaper article about a hand delivered to their school Tuesday. A foot was sent to another Vancouver school Tuesday. The schools had staff on hand to help parents and children deal with the discoveries. Luka Rocco Magnotta TORONTO'S HYPERBOLE TSUNAMI A13 A_ 11_ Jun- 07- 12_ FP_ 01. indd A11 6/ 6/ 12 11: 53: 14 PM ;