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About the SayItCornell.com Team |
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Introducing SayItCornell.com
SayItCornell.com was launched on August 15, 2005 by Cornell resident Sheila Quinn Wilson who was later joined by a Team of contributors. Starting out with simply eight pages, SayItCornell.com has grown to 180+ in less than three years! Crazy perhaps, but dedicated for sure! Now a fully comprehensive and detailed website offering Markham resources, SayItCornell.com caters to businesses and residents alike. In Cornell, we embrace The New Urbanism model and strive to maximize its potential in areas of live, work, and play.
In Markham, we are encompassing the broader elements of an ever-growing Town that binds us all.
Our purpose is for the betterment of our Town inclusive of all its neighbourhoods and communities. As we grow with Markham, we will expand again to bring you the best in Markham news, business, information, events, and networking with flair and genuine enthusiasm.
You will always find something new and innovative at SayItCornell.com! Often copied, never duplicated – it's been a long and tough road, but we are living it, loving it, and taking flight! |
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SayItCornell.com Turns 2
SAYITCORNELL.COM
August 15th marks the second anniversary of SayItCornell.com. In two
short years, SayItCornell.com has formed a solid foothold in local media
as a key resource for business, information, events, and recreation in
Markham. Founded and maintained by Sheila Quinn Wilson of Cornell,
Markham, the site focuses on outlining Markham as the best place
to live, work, and play.
The core energy behind SayItCornell.com is permanently the passion
of its founder and those in the community that are inspired to join its
causes. Throughout its growth from zero to over 12,000 monthly visits,
SayItCornell.com has continued to largely finance annual events
such as the Cornell Garden Festival and the Easter Egg Hunt.
SayItCornell.com is an entrepreneurship solely supported by affordable online advertising. It is not a platform for
political gain but partly an avenue to support worthy charities – Markham
Food Bank, Thirst-For-Books, Shania's Sunflower of Hope, Markham
Stouffville Hospital, D.R.E.A.M.S., amongst many others – and a vehicle that fully recognizes the need
for business support and effective networking in communities like Cornell and Markham Village. "We
have taken steps to improve conditions for these areas through
activities, awareness, and annual events," Sheila describes and then smiles, knowing how often SayItCornell.com's efforts are quickly mirrored.
Sheila Wilson is also a small business owner in Markham – she
runs a graphic design business. She is the mother of two energetic girls who offer creativity to
SayItCornell.com through daily inspiration. Her oldest daughter,
Siobhan, has her own monthly Markham Living column and inspired the birth of their
fundraising campaign for the school library, Thirst-For-Books which raised more than $4,000.
Happy Anniversary, SayItCornell.com!
Article by Sheri Gammon Dewling
©2007 All Rights Reserved. |
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Sheila Wilson
Designer & Artist
Office:
416.459.9700
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Sheila Quinn Wilson
OWNER / OPERATOR, FOUNDER, CREATIVE DIRECTOR
As a freelance graphics designer, Sheila has incorporated her various skills to start SayItCornell.com – an in-depth resource for Cornell and Markham, Ontario. A new resident to Markham just over a decade ago from Vancouver, BC and equipped with incredible research capabilities, Sheila felt there was a need to outline 'Markham Living' that would and could benefit others moving into the Town.
Today, she balances time with her young family, her small graphics business, and maintains SayItCornell.com.
Sheila is very proud of SayItCornell.com's accomplishments throughout and looks forward to seeing it all take further flight. Enjoy the site – this is for you!
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Laura Buckley, Chef
Recipe Consultant
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Laura Buckley is a chef and recipe consultant. She trained at the Stratford Chefs School and has worked in the kitchens of some of the top restaurants in Toronto. She also ran a catering company, called Eats of Eden, cooking for rock stars to royalty. She develops and tests recipes for cookbooks and magazines, teaches cooking classes, and is co-editor of All Stirred Up (Random House, 2003) and recipe developer for The G.I. Diet Cookbook, (Random House, 2006). Laura is on the board of directors of the Women’s Culinary Network and a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier and Slow Food.
She lives in Cornell, Markham with her husband and 9-yr old twins. |
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DavidC, resident of
Cornell in Markham,
is an important and active member
at SayItCornell.com. |
Our Spirited Daughter began as a high needs baby: always wanting us there, always active, always hungry, never wanting to sleep (might miss something!), always learning, always pushing the limits, and she is always excited and passionate about her current object of interest. But, paradoxically, she is also able to easily jump to the next thing in a cycle of energy that can leave her bored or aggravated. I have so much love and pride and marvel at my daughter’s obvious potential – if she could only let my wife and me have a few minutes of rest to recuperate!
If this is striking a chord with you at all, please stay tuned! We need each other, and I’m hoping to get lots of feedback. |
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Dr. John DeFinney
Active Health Centre
Tel: 905.294.0454
Fax: 905.294.0480
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Dr. John DeFinney is a bilingual chiropractor with a Bachelor of Physical and Health Education and a Specialty in Sports Chiropractic. He graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) in 1976. He is also one of the founding members of the College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences and one of its first three Fellows.
Dr. DeFinney is currently still involved in a variety of recreational sports and has won national titles as an age class runner – during the 2006 US Indoor Championships in Boston, Dr. DeFinney set a new Canadian Record (M55-59) in a time of 5:01.7. He has lectured at the undergraduate and post graduate level in sports injuries and published articles on the topic of running. 'The Running Markham Chiropractor', having completed a course in the soft tissue therapy Trigenics®, has joined the Trigenics Institute, serving as its research consultant with specific interests in running, sport injuries, and rehabilitation.
Dr. DeFinney was invited to join the SayItCornell.com Team as a respected spokesperson for 'Running Through Markham.' |
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Shane Dewling
Senior Financial Consultant, CFP, FMA
Tel: 416.598.7174
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Shane Dewling’s investment philosophy is that diversification is the key to successful portfolio management. He has been applying this approach for more than ten years and specializes in working closely with clients to help set and achieve their financial goals.
A Certified Financial Planner, Shane’s experience includes several years of working with high net-worth clients for one of Canada’s largest providers of mutual funds. He also has extensive experience with a major bank and a leading trust company.
Shane lives in Cornell, Markham with his wife and two children. |
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Sheri Gammon Dewling
justMOMsense.com
Tel: 647.237.8048
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Sheri Gammon Dewling is a Business Consultant, home owner, and Mom. She
recently left a career as an Executive with a local software company to
focus on her daughter and to pursue her independent business ambitions.
Sheri began justMOMsense.com to explore her many passions
and to support other Moms with great talents to share. Aside from
participating in local Markham events, dedicating time to the Lung
Association and Autism Canada is also important to Sheri who is closely
connected with children afflicted by those conditions, including her own
child.
Sheri Gammon Dewling lives in Cornell, Markham with her husband and
two children. |
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Rob Goddard
Helping Homeless Pets
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Rob Goddard and his family have two miniature dachshunds, Milo and Layla. All three, owner and furry friends, love to play the sport of agility and also perform regularly with several different dog shows.
With two friends, Rob’s volunteer work with dog rescue has led him to create Helping Homeless Pets, a support organization for other pet rescues. |
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Carolyn Hoar
Fitness Instructor
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Carolyn Hoar has been a fitness instructor for the last 20 years at Club Markham. A
two-time breast cancer survivor, she spends most of her spare time raising
funds for the Canadian Breast Cancer Society.
Carolyn has lived in Markham for 25 years. Having immigrated from the U.K. and
settling here in Markham, she is married with three children, one girl and twin boys. She loves life, her family and
friends, all forms of exercise, children, animals, and dark chocolate. |
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Dianna Holmes
Style By Design
Tel: 905.209.9301
Fax: 905.209.9304
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Dianna Holmes is an Interior Designer, working in her field
for over 16 years, and is also a proud Cornell homeowner. She actively works with home owners on residential design, construction, and
decorating projects, as well as with large corporate clients on commercial
assignments involving design and product development, showrooms,
restaurants, medical and dental offices.
Since working as the Lead Designer for Kohler’s cabinetry company Canac, Dianna has taken a special interest in Kitchen and Bathroom Design. She has
developed cabinetry products and designed specialty kitchens for show
homes, magazine features, including showroom designs and large
feature trade show displays across North America.
Through her articles for SayItCornell.com, Ms. Holmes hopes to share her expertise in
trend and home products to educate and empower readers of Markham. She hopes that you will be able to enjoy
the planning and designing of your projects through her tips and expert advice. The submissions by Dianna Holmes will allow you to handle your project in
a logical manner – with control over the financial and timing issues – yet leave room for you to also enjoy the process. |
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Lee Neiman, resident
of Cornell in Markham,
is passionate about
her son and her
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I like to refer to myself as a 'new mom' but that's really not the case
anymore. Jack was 3 – I am now considered a seasoned veteran, supposed to know it all, but I don't. How can I remember my Social Insurance Number when I can't state a
good reason to my son not to eat ice cream at four in the afternoon?
At the end of the day, we all try to be the best parents we can be. We don’t make all the right choices and we’ve paid the price for some of our decisions.
If you’d like to read my blog, I will attempt to regale you with my tales of this ‘no longer new' mom. Perhaps you will see yourself in these pages and maybe you’ll learn from my mistakes. Either way, I hope my stories make you smile and give you comfort, to know that you are not alone and that Perfect Parents simply don’t exist. |
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Siobhan, age 10, is the youngest member of the SayItCornell.com Team. |
Aspiring to be a writer one day, her current favourite author is Roald Dahl. This dynamic 10-year-old is ready to tell you all about his stories and more! What better way to find out which children's books are good than to choose them from Siobhan's blossoming collection of Book Reviews?
 Book Review each month
Archived Book Reviews
Siobhan's Favourite Book Pix
Pirates & Mermaids Book Club Pix – coming soon!
Links to great sites about children's books
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Levin Rodriguez
Photographer
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Levin Rodriguez's love of photography started many years ago during his extensive world travels. Although he enjoys snapping a variety photo types – like still lifes, abstracts, and portraits – he mostly defines himself as a landscape photographer. Levin's love for natural and man-made landscapes / sceneries is rooted in his field work as a physical geographer, which he did for many years. He also writes on the topic of photography, focussing on basic photographic techniques, tips, and tricks.
Levin lives in Cornell, Markham with his wife and two children. |
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