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Black encourages
kids to be heroes
From Pogo 1
talk about it, it's so horrifying.
It really gives you a good
perspective on life when you
live m the toy box I live in, in
the world of sports," he said.
Black encouraged children
and their parents to aspire to
become everyday heroes.
"Being a hero means
getting involved and not
staying on the sidelines.
That's what we're here for - to
get along with each other, to
enjoy each other and to help
each other out," he said.
Black said the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks which
occurred where he now likes
to call "Ground Hero" instead
of Ground Zero, have created
a lot of everyday heroes in
police officers, firefighters
and paramedics. .
"It was an unfathomable
tragedy in the U.S. and
everyone since has been
saying, 'God bless America'
But, they truly should be
saying, `God bless humanity'
because we've been seeing
more humanity in the past
month than we've seen in a
long time," he said.
Black, who almost missed
his plane back to Toronto
from New York City Saturday
night where he was
interviewing singer Lenny
Kravitz for Canada AM, said
the CTV show will be
returning to New York in the
future to collect some of the
personal stories of heroic
New Yorkers during the crisis.
"As evil and horrific as it
was, I think some good will
come out of it," he said.
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Haunted Van Egmond House tour
will stress `creepy' atmosphere
By Susan Hunderttmark
Expositor Staff
Even though just one person , called to share Van Egmond
House ghost stories, assistant curator Kyle Rea is confident
the house is spooky enough for a successful haunted tour on
Halloween night.
"Basically the creepiness of the atmosphere is what we're
concentrating on and we already had enough stories to put a
tour together," he says.
Dressed in a black cape, Rea plans to lead groups through
the darkened house holding an oil lantern.
As well, kids are being encouraged to visit the house as a
trick or treat stop where there will be Halloween candy and
decorations.
With an admission fee of $4 per adult and and $2 per child,
Rea warns that the tour may not be appropriate for younger
children.
"There won't be people jumping out from behind doors. I
think your imagination is a lot scarier than anything else," he
says.
While Rea asked the community several months ago to
come forward and share any ghostly stories or experiences
they've had at the Van Egmond House, only one person
contacted him.
Ghost stories he's accummulated involve silhouettes seen
in windows at night and footsteps heard on the stairs.
"If I saw someone in a window, I'd be quite unnerved by
the sight because I know no one's lived in the house for more
than 30 years," he says.
Another story involves Rea's friend, who while walking at
night noticed a single light like a candle glow coming from
one window of the normally lit -up house. When he got closer
to the house, he saw what looked like someone working at a
desk in the candlelight.
"He swears he saw someone and he fled because he was
frightened and when he returned all the house lights were on
again," says Rea.
"Anne Johnston is who the ghost is reported to be," he
says.
Anne Johnson is the wife of Constant Van Egmond, son of
Colonel Anthony Van Egmond and builder of the house.
Rea says others think the ghost is Madam Van Egmond,
wife of the Colonel who moved in with her son in 1846 and
lived there until she died in 1874.
Each tour will take a half hour each and Rea is hoping that
if Halloween's haunted tour is successful,, he'll be able to do
the tour monthly during next year's 30th anniversary of the
Van Egmond House.
"I don't know if it's going to fly and I haven't got approval
yet but that's what I hope to do," he says.
Couple tries to solve lighting mystery
in Van Egmond House 15 years ago
From Pogo 1
Marg picked up her husband,
who was walking home from
the Van Egmond House, and
told him that once again some
lights were on but that this
time, she thought she'd seen a
figure in one window.
Beckuse he'd just turned all
the lights off and locked up,
they turned right around and
headed back to the house,
determined to catch whoever
was messing with the lights.
"I told him someone was in
there and this time I went in
too," says Marg.
While Bill headed for the
second floor where Marg had
seen what she thought was a
man standing at the window,
she went to the basement
looking for some way
someone could have entered
the house.
"I started to hear what
sounded like whispering that
started following me
wherever I went. I went up to
join Bill and whatever it was
came with me. When I got to
Bill, I told him I thought it
was Van Egmond himself,"
she says.
Marg, who says she has
some psychic abilities, says
she's always been more
intrigued than frightened of
ghosts.
"Ghosts don't fizz on me,"
she laughs.
But, since that time, Marg
says she's felt drawn to the
Van Egmond House and goes
there whenever it's open to
the public.
"I always have to go in
there. I think he's trying to
communicate with me but I'm
not tuned in enough yet to
understand," she says.
Marg has come to believe
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the Colonel is waiting for his
son, with whom he wishes to
share the secret of gold and
wine he buried on the
property as an inheritance for
his son.
"That's why he's standing
in the window - he's waiting
for his son to come home.
And, he's worried about
someone taking the wine and
gold before his son gets it,"
she says.
Assistant curator Kyle Rea
says Colonel Anthony Van
Egmond never lived in the
Van Egmond House and died
in a Toronto jail. He was
buried at his farm but his
body was moved to the
cemetery behind the house
several years later.
"The Colonel never lived
there but that doesn't matter.
You could argue that he's
returned as a spirit," says Rea.
Rea adds he's heard many.
stories about alcohol buried
on the property, particularly in
the basement.
"There are so many
rumours about treasure and
ghosts at the Van Egmond
House it's beyond belief. It's
a place of complete mystery
that people seem fascinated
with," he says.
Rea says some of the more
"wayout" stories involve
headless ghosts and bodies
buried in the basement.
He says that while security
lights are often on in the Van
Egmond House, a motion
sensor alarm inside would go
off if anyone truly were
moving around inside.
"In a way, the ghost stories
keep the vandals away. Most
people don't want to break
into a haunted house," he
says.
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