NEWSLETTER

March 2016 VOL. 9 - ISSUE 1

Friends Go to the Toronto Auto Show

by Len Aitchison

Superintendent Chris Harkins, Commissioner J.V.N. (Vince) Hawkes, Bob Verway, President of the Auto Show, and Toronto Police Service Staff Superintendent Rick Stubbings. (Photo by Jack Etherington)

Friends of The OPP Museum recently partnered with The OPP Museum to help staff the OPP display at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto. The display consisted of a number of current OPP vehicles including a motorcycle, as well as the Museum’s 1941 Chevrolet (‘Car 1’) celebrating the 75th anniversary of marked OPP vehicles, along with the 1931 Henderson motorcycle. The Henderson is the oldest known OPP vehicle and its recent restoration was completely funded by Friends’ donations. The Canadian International Auto Show is one of the ‘big deal’ auto shows in North America and the largest annual consumer show in Canada. It historically attracts over 300,000 visitors and this year’s 43rd edition ran from February 12th to 21st. It consumes the entire 650,000 square foot Metro Toronto Convention Centre spread over eight levels in two buildings. While the display was staffed by OPP personnel for the entire show, Friends volunteers focused on Thursday February 18th and the Saturday and Sunday of the final weekend. Thursday had been designated ‘Heroes Welcome Day’ to recognize police, fire and paramedics as well as members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Commissioner Hawkes represented the OPP along with other personnel.

A rare opportunity to sit on an OPP Harley-Davidson motorcycle. (Photo courtesy of the Canadian International Auto Show)

Sergeant Kerry Schmidt and admirers of the OPP 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe. (Photo courtesy of the Canadian International Auto Show) continued on following page...

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Friends Go to the Toronto Auto Show (continued)

by Len Aitchison

The OPP display had a prominent location near the base of a main set of escalators and the entrance to one of the main halls. It would be impossible to estimate the number of visitors through the display over the course of the show, other than to say that interest and attendance at the display was consistently very high and sometimes verging on crushing. There were often line ups to check out one of the vehicles or talk to an OPP member or volunteer. Visitors were allowed to sit in the in-service vehicles and even on the Harley Davidson motorcycle, which proved very popular, not only with the kids but adults as well.

Car 1 and the current 2014 Ford Interceptor Sedan. (Photo by Jack Etherington)

Car 1 and the Henderson were prominently positioned at the front and were clearly stars of the display. A major Toronto newspaper said Car 1 was the “star of the show” but we like to think the Henderson shared the spotlight. Both attracted large crowds (aided by occasional blips of Car 1’s siren), were the subject or backdrop of many photographs and elicited countless comments and questions. Given the largely urban demographic of visitors to the show, the OPP display was an excellent opportunity to connect with people who might have limited knowledge of the OPP, its role in Ontario or its history. Many were unaware of The OPP

Sergeant Kerry Schmidt explains the inner workings of an OPP cruiser. (Photo courtesy of the Canadian International Auto Show)

Museum and its handy location in cottage country. OPP staff and Friends’ volunteers engaged in countless conversations with visitors in the noisy environment to the point that many experienced hoarse voices after only a short time. As with all things involving Friends of The OPP Museum, our participation was only possible by the commitment of its small but dedicated group of volunteers; in particular, Jack Etherington who, although a fairly new addition, leapt into the role of coordinating our participation and deserves much thanks.

Car 1. (Photo courtesy of the Canadian International Auto Show)

SAVE THE DATE Friday, September 9, 2016 Friends of The OPP Museum 6th Annual Pedal for the Past Bike Ride, Walk and Run

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President’s Message

by Dave Osborne

It appears spring arrived early in 2016, if there was even a winter. Sadly, I broke down and bought a snow blower for the first time last fall, and used it all of two times. The lesson learned - don’t call me if you want advice on future investments. The new year brings new initiatives and we are excited about our calendar. Friends divide our Outreach events into four categories: OPP-related Events, Community Events, Special Projects and Friends’ Events. OUTREACH EVENTS

Auto Show in Toronto, as reported elsewhere in this Newsletter. I was there on ‘Heroes Welcome Day’, and it was a most rewarding experience. It was particularly satisfying to see thousands of people gawking at the Museum’s 1931 Henderson motorcycle. I think Friends should be extremely proud that it was such a showpiece, a “hit of the show” (along with Car 1) according to the Toronto Star. The bike would likely not be so prominently displayed if it were not for tremendous efforts of our Board and volunteers and the $30,000 we invested to have it fully restored. FRIENDS’ EVENTS IN THE MUSEUM

In 2016, we have 37 Outreach events tentatively scheduled and there have already been a few accomplishments. As we do with every recruit graduating class, we were at GHQ on January 14th to participate in Family Day activities. In a similar vein, other OPP events we will support are the GHQ Family Day in June and the OPPA Christmas party in December. As part of Veterans’ Day celebrations, we also hope to provide another tour of GHQ for interested OPP Veterans and their spouses. Retired Sergeant Peter McGuinness and I also provide public tours for large groups at GHQ, when given advance notice. In our communities, we attended the Midland Winter Carnival in early February and have plans to attend the OPP Kids Day at the Orillia Perch Festival, the North Bay History Fair, the Chatham Auto Show, Caledon Family Day, the Folk Play area at the Mariposa Festival, the Midland Waterfront Festival, the Lindsay Fall Exhibition and the Bala Cranberry Festival. We have selected Northeast Region for special focus this year and are firming up a couple of events for later in the year. Our long range plan is to focus on one OPP Region in each of the upcoming years.

We have had two Friends’ events already on a P.A. Day in January and over the March School Break. On both days our volunteers provided a free Parents and Kids “drop in” at The OPP Museum, with many additional activities. As they often do, The Off Duty Shopp supported our efforts and all children were eligible for a free draw for an OPP Teddy Bear. UPCOMING AGM Please note that our Annual General Meeting will be held at Kelsey’s in Orillia on May 18th. A notice plus a Notice of Board Elections is in this issue and posted on our website. FUNDRAISING Fundraising is a big part of our Friends’ initiatives to support the Museum and we have committed $25,000 to the Museum Digitization Project as our current undertaking. This will see 20,000 uncatalogued negatives, slides and prints from the Museum’s collection digitized. We started this initiative last year, and the first batch of images was used to mark the

2016 – YEAR OF THE CAR In honour of the 75th anniversary of marked OPP cruisers we have declared 2016 the ‘Year of the Car’. Our big special project was participating in the Canadian International

Dave Osborne spreads the word at the Toronto Auto Show. (Photo by Jack Etherington)

Friends of The OPP Museum attend the annual OPP Volleyball Tournament held on February 26-27th at Orillia Secondary School. Pictured, from left to right are organizer Scott Burrows, Julia Castellani, athletic director at OSS, President Dave Osborne and Kathy Stillwell, organizer. (Photo by Patrick Bales, courtesy of The Orillia Packet and Times)

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President’s Message (continued) 40th anniversary of the Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU) and the 50th anniversary of the OPP Canine Unit. We are most fortunate to have such generous corporate sponsors, and our OPP family supporters – the OPPVA, OPPA and the COA, and will be calling upon them again to renew their support. In February we were very pleased to have the OPP Volleyball tournament donate $500 from their proceeds to Friends of The OPP Museum (see attached photo). Thanks to Scott Burrows and Kathy Stillwell for their support, and also for carrying on a great tournament for so many years. Always well organized and always loads of fun! The legend of “Wilson” lives on! It is a great kick-off to our 2016 fundraising efforts. Our major fundraiser, our sixth annual Pedal for the Past will occur on Friday, September 9th. We are making plans to move our base to Sainte-Marie among the Hurons near Midland and will include a walk, run and cycling component for the benefit of all of our supporters and their families. We hope to have more news very soon, but please SAVE THE DATE! We are also working with the Orillia Museum of Art and History to run a joint Jail and Bail fundraiser on September 30th. It is convenient that OMAH has old jail cells in their basement. Again, details will follow but please SAVE THE DATE!

by Dave Osborne Our fundraising committee will need to discuss whether to offer Christmas gift-wrapping at OPP General Headquarters again in December 2016. If we do, we will need many more volunteers to make it happen, as it was difficult at times to keep up with demand last year. Nonetheless, it was a fun event with many happy customers. It also helped raise our profile to OPP GHQ staff. HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY OPP REVIEW! Finally, 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of The OPP Review. It also marks the year that its current editor (and a great mentor to me), is going to retire. As in all of his work and in his life, Robert Rudd brings professionalism, class and enthusiasm to everything he does. The OPP Review has evolved and changed over the years, but under Robert’s tutelage the quality of the magazine has always been top level. I have made the odd contribution to the magazine, usually at Robert’s behest. Without exception his guidance and editorial skills made my drabble somehow coherent and I am a better writer today as a result. (I am also fortunate to have a similar Friends’ editorial team). He has also been a key member of our Friends’ Heritage Award committee from the start. Thank you Robert (and Linda) for your support and advice over the years. You will be missed. I will miss you. Many happy years of retirement, and I hope to see you on the Orillia trails this summer.

From the Editorial Committee Welcome to 2016 from the Friends of The OPP Museum! Our Board of Directors and volunteers are busy getting ready for this year’s activities, business and events. As you can see from this issue, the first big event for both Friends and the Museum was our participation at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto. This was a large event requiring much planning but also accorded us significant exposure. Planning is also well underway for our 6th annual Pedal for the Past fundraiser in September.

This issue also has a story submitted by a retired OPP member showcasing how policing was done in ‘days gone by’. We enjoy these stories and will share them with you from time to time. A final reminder to our 2015 members: if you wish to ‘renew’ for 2016, you have until the end of March to get you application to us. It can be found at the back of this Newsletter or on our website. Come on spring!

Friends’ Website You may have noticed that our website has not been updated lately and some of the information is out of date. We’ve been having some challenges, both operational and technical, in managing the website and just recently regained control of the rudder.

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by The Editorial Committee We are now able to update the site and will be making changes over the next several weeks so we can keep you informed on what Friends has been up to and upcoming activities and events. Stay tuned.

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Curator’s Message

by Chris Johnstone

Anniversaries are amazing opportunities. They are immediately recognized by just about everyone as moments of significance – worthy of celebration, or at the very least, reflection. When it comes to an organization with as long a history as the OPP (107 years in 2016), it becomes a greater challenge to determine which anniversaries represent key moments worthy of remembering. The introduction of marked patrol cars to the OPP is definitely one of those moments. As you can see from the photos in this newsletter issue, we were very fortunate to be able to take Car 1 to the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto this year. Proudly positioned at the entrance to the OPP exhibit booth, Car 1 greeted tens of thousands of visitors who came to our booth to see both the original and the latest cruisers the OPP have in our fleet. Provincial Constable Sydney Hunter stands beside 1941 Chevrolet Master Deluxe Coupe “Car 4” at Queen’s Park in

Toronto in this photo (2006.24.12). It is significant to note that Hunter is wearing his motorcycle leathers. Despite the snow falling, Hunter, like his fellow officers, travelled primarily by motorcycle until the introduction of these marked patrol cars in 1941. Tragically, 11 OPP officers were killed in motorcycle related collisions from 1909 to 1940. This was one of the primary motivating factors for the move from patrolling Ontario’s roadways by motorcycle to car. Hunter, along with his colleagues, would have been a great supporter of this move to both increase officer safety, and to expand the access to cars to regular patrol officers. And considering these vehicles were purchased during the restrictive war years, they were also clearly deemed a priority by the province. I hope that you enjoy this issue of our Newsletter. We look forward to seeing more visitors as the snow melts away and spring once again returns. Wishing all safe travels!

2006.24.12 Sydney Hunter with Car 4, 1942

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Collection Corner

988.44.7 Black & white patrol cruisers, 1941 promo line up at CNE.

2000.31.16 PC Duncan Little on radio, 1948 cruiser patrol.

Farewell Sid Daley We were saddened to learn that OPP veteran (and Friends supporter) Sidney (Sid) Daley passed away on October 15, 2015, in his 104th year. Sid held the distinction of being the oldest retired member of the OPP. He joined in 1946 after having served in the Royal Canadian Navy in WW II. His first OPP posting was Port Arthur Detachment then later to Schreiber detachment. After a few years there, he was promoted to Corporal and sent back to Port Arthur. A promotion to Sergeant coincided with becoming Detachment Commander at Haileybury in 1965. His final posting was at Lucan. He retired in 1977 after thirty one years of service. Sid was known as a community booster at all of his OPP postings. He worked tirelessly as an advocate for seniors and young people. In 1968, he was awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal by the Government of Canada. Sid Daley and Commissioner Eric Silk were the only OPP members to receive this honour. OPP Museum staff and Friends extend their heartfelt sympathy to Sid’s family and friends. Editors’ Note: OPP Museum Collections Coordinator Tiffany Taylor summarized Sid Daley’s interesting career in “A Career Remembered: Sidney Daley” in the September 2011 Friends/Museum Newsletter (pages 6-7).

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Sidney (Sid) Daley - August 6, 1912 – October 15, 2015. (990.15.6)

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Outreach

by Debbie Sokoloskie

Your Friends Outreach Team had a fantastic year in 2015. We attended 33 events and reached over 7,800 people through our community activities.

Outreach volunteers hosted a well-attended Parents and Kids “Drop in” at the Museum during a PA Day on January 29th. Photos by Ellen Blaubergs

In 2016, we are planning a slightly different approach for our Outreach volunteers. We hope to cover greater distance across the province, partnering with our many OPP and OPP Veterans’ Association supporters to visit even more communities. Our goal is to reach at least 9,000 people through over 30 events, bringing our total estimate of people reached to over 50,000 since we began Outreach in 2008. The theme for 2016 is “the Year of the Car”, in recognition of the 75th Anniversary of the introduction of marked patrol cars to the OPP. Car 1, a 1941 Chevrolet, currently on display at the Museum, is a recreation of one of those original vehicles.

Rowan Shirota helps her mom find the missing puzzle piece.

We salute future recruits Sophie, Kate and Nigel Johnson.

Volunteers Judi Armstrong and Morgan Cope look after our ever popular button making activity.

postcards, stickers and much more. OPP personnel wishing to receive a “memory kit” for your event should contact Friends of The OPP Museum directly. Kits are very limited and are available on a first come, first served basis.

In addition to our regular Outreach community events, we have four new terrific projects lined up for this year: •

Read more in this Newsletter about our recent participation at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto. Special thanks to Chris Johnstone, Museum curator and Sergeant Kerry Schmidt, Highway Safety Division, for making the arrangements and Jack Etherington for coordinating Friends’ participation.

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Two trips to the OPP Northeast Region are planned for 2016 - one in the spring and one in the fall, to recognize the major contributions of the OPP to policing in northeastern Ontario. OPP personnel, veterans and area museums will be involved. Special thanks to Northeast Region Community Safety Coordinator, Sergeant Chrystal Jones for helping to line up these events.

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“Memory kits” will once again be shipped across the province to OPP personnel. The first test kits were so well received that we have expanded the program for 2016. Kits include materials to support events that Outreach volunteers are not able to attend. Items include buttons, history booklets, Museum brochures, ‘fun books’,

Future forensic analyst Zach Dobson.

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A travelling button making kit is also available for loan to OPP officers and OPP Callum Shirota enjoys the policeAuxiliary members to themed Lego during his visit. support events that they are participating in. Contact Friends or the Museum directly for availability and pickup details.

We look forward to a busy and rewarding 2016 as Friends reach out to more locations and events across Ontario to recognize the OPP’s special contributions to Ontario’s heritage over the past 107 years!

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Break and Enter at Geraldton, Ontario 1960

by Sergeant (Retired) Henry Veley, Badge #1812

The building that housed Imperial Motors on Main Street, Geraldton. The arrow indicates the door that was used to gain entry and also to exit. (Photo by Henry Veley)

Note: We occasionally publish stories received from retired OPP personnel regarding their experiences for the interest of our readers. This is an edited version of a story submitted by Sergeant (retired) Henry Veley. Henry joined the OPP in 1957 and was posted at Geraldton, Armstrong, Kirkland Lake and Haileybury before retiring as a Sergeant in 1993. This reminiscence was accompanied by several newspaper articles from the area which covered the initial arrest, investigation and trial and are now part of the Museum collection. The occurrence I will relate here took place in excess of fifty years ago and is firmly imprinted on my mind but I will try to reveal enough particulars here that the reader may get a clear picture of the surroundings and the event in question. Geraldton is a small town located in the northwest part of the Province of Ontario. It is accessible by Highway 11, some 170 miles northeast of Thunder Bay which at the time was known as Port Arthur. It had a resident population of five to six thousand persons who were primarily employed in the bush or in the gold mines. Added to this was another thousand or more employed by Trans Canada Pipelines that were treating Geraldton as headquarters during their construction phase. It had the usual buildings and living accommodations, including five hotels and two automotive garages. The main street ran north-south and one of these garages was positioned

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on either side; the Ford garage on the west side and a short distance further south was the GM garage, each of which handled both new and used cars. About a quarter mile north of these garages was the telephone office on one side of the street and the police office on the other. There was nothing unusual about the Ford garage, but the GM was housed in a large newly constructed metal clad building on the east side of the street, positioned well back from the street with its back bordering on the end of a back lane that was no longer used for regular traffic. The car in my story carried a license plate that had been issued in Geraldton, and the reason for this was that the subjects concerned had traded their previous vehicle the day before at the Ford garage because it was giving them mechanical problems. The town was policed by the OPP under contract and was known as a Municipal Detachment. It consisted of a Corporal Jack Webb and three Constables: Reg Essa, Ken Curle and myself. The other constables were both good officers and were reliable. I knew I could depend on them if required and they certainly were required that night. Our usual corporal was absent at the moment and was being replaced briefly by Cpl. W.J. (Joe) Shee. Radio communication was non-existent compared to anything available today. Car to car did exist but only at short range, but I was working alone. We were totally dependent on the

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Break and Enter at Geraldton, Ontario 1960 (continued) telephone, and again, no relation to today. At that time, if you wanted to call someone, you picked up the receiver and when the telephone operator answered you told her what number you wanted and she would activate the phone on the other end, and this process was repeated for each number you wanted. On November 10, 1960, I started my shift alone, expecting to work until 2 a.m. As time permitted it was customary to check the doors of the business establishments and I had done so that night. There was a show playing at the local theatre and some of the time trouble developed when it ended but not that night. I continued to keep observation as I felt was called for and on this night I had the advantage of a light snowfall. One of my concerns was a bootlegger but all was quiet there as per the snowfall. As I came to an intersecting street, I noticed a car parked in an unusual manner and stopped to investigate. The plates were of local issue and closer examination revealed it had contained two persons. Their tracks milled around somewhat and then led down the back lane behind the GM garage and then to the lot to a car that they had failed to get into. The tracks then went directly to a door in the end of the garage that I had checked earlier and knew it was locked, and I heard a noise from within. “What do I do now? I am alone”. I had to do something, and it better be good and it better be fast. I was in need of help and I had to leave to get it. I tried very quickly to arouse someone at the nearest house with no luck so I hurried back to the cruiser, drove uptown to the police office where I flashed (called) the telephone operator and got Constable Essa on the line, flashed her again and got Constable Curle and finally, asked her to call the owner and tell him there was a problem at his garage. I then returned as rapidly as possible to the back of the garage and took up a suitable position at the corner where the noises from within indicated they were about to exit. In another few seconds the door where they had entered opened, two men emerged and the door shut again and at this point I stepped into view with my revolver drawn and asked

by Sergeant (Retired) Henry Veley, Badge #1812 them, “Just what do you think you are doing here?” They replied that they were trying to get someone up; they thought somebody lived upstairs. Keeping the gun levelled at them I told them to move over there, indicating the lighted corner of the showroom. One of them made a move toward me and I told him to “stay back” to which he said “Don’t get all excited now” to which I said “I told you to move over there and I mean it” and then they did as instructed. Suddenly, one of them said he had to ‘relieve himself’ which he did so while still being held at gunpoint. Very shortly thereafter, Constable Essa arrived in his own car and one at a time stood them up against a wall for a body search, while I continued to stand guard with revolver drawn. In the first one searched, a 24 inch steel claw bar was discovered hidden under his clothing. Momentarily now, Constable Curle arrived, also in his own car, and with the additional manpower the investigation was continued in the usual manner, and one of the first things was the discovery that a woman had accompanied them and had remained behind at the Geraldton Hotel. Corporal R.H. (Roy) George of Port Arthur District Headquarters was notified and elected to attend to personally supervise this investigation. Corporal George was the identification corporal based at Headquarters. Investigation revealed the criminals were both from Saskatchewan and one had very recently been released from penitentiary. Investigation further revealed a series of burglaries

The showroom was in the area now shown behind the tractor. (Photo by Henry Veley)

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Break and Enter at Geraldton, Ontario 1960 (continued)

by Sergeant (Retired) Henry Veley, Badge #1812

from the Manitoba border easterly, with three of them being at Nipigon within recent days. Sufficient evidence was accumulated to charge them for the offences at Nipigon as well as the one for which they were just apprehended. Both were sentenced to periods of incarceration in a Manitoba Penitentiary and a quantity of stolen property was returned. The woman that accompanied them was held as a material witness until after the court case and, with the guilty pleas from both of them, was released. For some reason unknown to me there was very little mention of the matter at the Detachment level except among the three of us that had been directly involved. Corporal Webb was transferred the following year to Port Arthur, Corporal Edwards assumed responsibility for Geraldton Detachment, and I was transferred to Armstrong Detachment. I always felt pretty proud of the way I handled this matter. Any other way would likely have been disastrous, and the chances are at least even that I would not be here to tell you about it. Constables Curle and Essa have since died, as well as Shee and Edwards, but it is my understanding that Roy George is alive and well and living in British Columbia.

In 2009, Sergeant (Retired) Henry Veley (right) and then-Constable Guy Higgott discuss experiences with dog sled teams during their OPP careers. (OPP Museum photo)

Elections for the Friends of The OPP Museum Board of Directors Notice is hereby given that an election for positions on the Board of Directors of Friends of The OPP Museum will take place at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Members (‘Annual General Meeting’). Three Board positions are due for election at this year’s AGM. To date, one incumbent has indicated a willingness to stand for re-election and two have indicated an intention to not stand for re-election. According to our by-laws, anyone who is currently a Friends member (or who is willing to become a member within ten days of election) is eligible to be elected to the Board of Directors. Each position consists of a three-year term commencing in May with eligibility for re-election. Nominations and elections will take place at the AGM by the members present.

overall management and direction of the business affairs of the corporation as well as leadership in Friends activities. Directors are required to attend as many Board Meetings as possible (there are 11 each year), and participate on at least one Committee. In order to complement the existing composition of the Board, Friends is seeking candidates from the community with background in legal, financial, educational, fundraising or historic interests. Anyone who is interested in standing for election to the Board is strongly encouraged to contact the Friends office at [email protected] or 705.330.4178 to be put in touch with our Nominating Committee. This will help ensure that interested persons are fully aware of the duties and responsibilities of the Board.

The positions are voluntary. As a registered charitable corporation, Board members are responsible for the

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Notice of Annual General Meeting Date:

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Time:

4:30 - 5:30pm

Location:

Sam Browne Room, Kelsey’s Restaurant, 405 Memorial Ave., Orillia

Agenda: 4:30

Business Meeting Call to Order

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Reports by the President and others regarding the business of the Corporation during 2015; including the financial reports

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The election of Directors to the Board, and

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Any other business raised by the members or Board of Directors.

Non-business related presentations will be made by Museum staff as well as senior command staff of the OPP. 5:30

Social

We hope you will attend this brief but important meeting. As usual, we will mix business and pleasure during the review of our 2015 accomplishments. Some exciting events and activities planned for 2016 will also be outlined. RSVP on or by Monday, May 16, 2016, would be greatly appreciated. Email [email protected] or leave a message at (705) 330-4178

Upcoming Meetings and Events The following is a listing of upcoming meetings and events either being hosted or attended by Friends, Board members and volunteers. Readers are reminded that it is always subject to change.

April 13

Board Meeting (GHQ)

April 30

OPP Kids Day at the Orillia Perch Festival

May 6-7

Sportsman Show, Iroquois Falls

If you would like more information about a particular event or wish to volunteer, please contact the Friends’ office well in advance. If you are not already a Friends volunteer, there is an application process that must take place.

May 11

Board Meeting (GHQ)

May 13

North Bay History Fair, Nipissing University

May 18

Annual General Meeting (Kelsey’s, Orillia)

May 27-28

OPP Veterans’ Association AGM, Chatham (special appearance by Car 1)

June 4

OPP Family Day and OPP Veterans’ Day (GHQ)

June 8

Board Meeting (GHQ)

June 11

Caledon Day, Caledon

Members are eligible to attend regular Board meetings as observers, but are requested to contact the Friends’ office at least one week in advance.

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Who am I? Can you help? If you can help to identify where or when these photos were taken, and who is in them, please drop us a line at [email protected] or give us a call at 705 329-6889. We appreciate your help!

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Meet Our Newest Board Member One Director position on our Board is reserved for a representative from the OPP Commissioned Officers’ Association. We would like to welcome Inspector Lori Doonan and look forward to working with her.

Lori was promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant in 2007 at which time she assumed the role of Executive Officer to the Deputy Commissioner, Investigations and Organized Crime Command at General Headquarters in Orillia. Lori then went on to serve as an Operations Manager at both Leeds County Detachment in Brockville and Southern Georgian Bay Detachment in Midland.

Inspector Lori Doonan joined the Ontario Provincial Police on January 2, 1995. She has served at Manotick, Guelph, Burlington and Queen’s Park Detachments fulfilling general law enforcement, criminal investigation and traffic specific positions.

In 2014 Lori was promoted to the rank of Inspector where she currently serves as the Manager of Staff Development & Training for Central Region. Lori studied at the University of Ottawa and holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences Degree in Criminology and Psychology.

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Friends of The OPP Museum Board of Directors, 2015-2016 Position

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Term

President

Dave Osborne

2013 - 2016

Vice President

Debbie Sokoloskie

2015 - 2018

Secretary

Len Aitchison

2013 - 2016

Treasurer

Ted McCollum

2015 - 2018

Director

Kevin Osborne

2015 - 2018

Director

Angie McCollum

2014 – 2017

Director

Matt Eade

2014 - 2017

Director

Angie Stirk

2013 – 2016

Director

Lori Doonan (COA Representative)

2016 - present

Board Executive

Board Directors

OPP Staff Partners and Previous Board Members Honorary Chair

J. V. N. (Vince) Hawkes - OPP Commissioner

Honorary Director

Christine (Chris) Johnstone - Museum Curator • OPP Museum Liaison Officer

Honorary Director

Nancy Merriman - Manager, Communications Support Unit, Corporate Communications & Strategy Management Bureau • CCSMB Representative

Previous Presidents

Pat Bromley (2012-2014), Norm Feaver (2011-2012), Doug Cole (2009-2011), Dorothy Duncan (2008-2009), Sandra Stanton (2008)

Previous Honorary Chairs

Chris Lewis, OPP Commissioner (retired) (2010- 2014) Julian Fantino, OPP Commissioner (retired) (2008-2010)

Previous Board Members

Paul Delaney, Paul Laing, Rod Williams, Linda Rodenburg, Rae Fleming, Bruce Waite, Angie Howe, Dorothy Duncan, Sandy Thomas, Dave Truax, Sandra Stanton, Norm Feaver, Terry Hehn, Doug Cole, Pat Bromley, Bernie Murphy

Credits Volume 9 Issue 1 March 2016 Printed by OPP Print Shop Layout by Jenn Kanstein, OPP Graphic Designer Publisher Friends of The OPP Museum The OPP Museum Editorial Committee Len Aitchison, Board Secretary Ellen Blaubergs, Executive Assistant Chris Johnstone, Museum Curator Nancy Merriman, Manager, OPP Communications Support Unit

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More Photos From the Auto Show

Henderson KL motorcycle, Car 1 and 2014 Ford Interceptor Sedan. (Photo by Jack Etherington)

2014 Ford Interceptor Sedan. (Photo courtesy of the Canadian International Auto Show)

The Harley-Davidson and Henderson motorcycles drew a lot of appreciative spectators. (Photo courtesy of the Canadian International Auto Show)

Dave Osborne passes out information about the Henderson motorcycle and Car 1 to interested visitors. (Photo by Jack Etherington)

2013 Harley-Davidson motorcycle in the spotlight. (Photo courtesy of the Canadian International Auto Show)

Our recently restored 1931 Henderson KL motorcycle. (Photo by Jack Etherington)

The lights were working just fine. (Photo courtesy of the Canadian International Auto Show)