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Quaranta, Sarah Sarah Quaranta was born and raised in Niagara Falls and attended Saint Paul Catholic High School. Sarah played boys A and AAA hockey all the way up to Major Bantam for the Niagara Falls Canucks. She was named Assistant Captain for two years. In grade nine, she made the switch to girls hockey and started playing with the Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres, where she was named Captain. In 2009, she was named Niagara Falls Athlete of the year. In 2015, Sarah was selected to play for Canada’s National Women’s U18 Team in Buffalo, NY where she played on the third line and was on the team’s first penalty-killing unit and contributing to a Silver Medal win. Later that same year, Sarah was selected to play for Team Ontario at the Canada Winter Games in Prince George, BC where she helped the team to another Silver Medal win. After graduating from high school, Sarah received a full hockey scholarship and went on to play NCAA Division 1 at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh. She posted her first collegiate point in her very first outing as a Colonial. During her time there she was named female student athlete of the week (2015), named College Hockey America (CHA) rookie of the week, selected for the 2016 All-CHA Rookie Team, and ranked third in CHA rookie points. In 2016-17, she helped her to team to become regular season champions for the first time in program history. That same year she was awarded a championship ring when they won the CHA tournament and competed in RMU’s first NCAA tournament. Sarah managed to balance her studies with her incredible sports career and was named an All-American Scholar in the CHA and Presidential Scholar-Athlete in 2019. She is now a teacher, living and working in the Niagara Region. -
Biamonte, Ralph Dr. Ralph’s interest in horses and the field of horse racing began in the 1950’s in Niagara Falls, where he was employed as a hot walker for horses at Fort Erie Race Track. His passion for horses remained strong, even as he attended dental school and established a dental practice in Niagara Falls (1971-2002). In the midst of running a busy dental office, Ralph pursued his interest in horse racing as an owner, and in 1985 he took the next step and acquired his Thoroughbred Trainers License. Within a few years, Ralph established himself as the top trainer at Fort Erie Racetrack, and was the leading trainer at that track from 1992-1997. In consecutive years, he broke the track record for number of wins in a single season by a trainer. Ralph achieved his 1000th career win in 2013 and currently has 1160 victories while still maintaining a successful stable. These wins include over 20 different “Stakes Race” winners, and Ralph is ranked as a Graded Stakes Winning Trainer. Over the past few decades, Ralph has raced his horses in Ontario, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, West Virginia, Florida, and Ohio. He has also enjoyed great success in the field of breeding, and has bred multiple Stakes winning horses of his own. Total purse earning over the course of Ralph’s training career have reached 23 million dollars. He continues to train and race horses in Southern Ontario. -
Yerich, Paul Paul Yerich had a passion for competitive running in all categories of the Sport. During his impressive and prestigious career that spanned over thirty years, he participated in full marathons in Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, New York City, Buffalo, and Boston. He also represented Canada at the Berlin, Germany, and Athens, Greece, full marathons. In 2001 and 2004, Paul won the Niagara Casino half marathon and in 2003 he was selected “Runner of the Year” by Track Niagara. In 2015, at the Canadian Masters Championships held in St. Catharines, Ontario, he won three gold medals (200 metre, 400 metre, and 5000 metre). In 2019, at the World Masters Athletic Championships held in Toronto, Ontario, he won two gold medals (800 metre and 1500 metre) and three bronze medals (200 metre, 400 metre, and 5000 metre). In 2003, and 2010, Paul’s team won the “Man-A-Mile” championship event (Niagara-on-the-Lake to Niagara Falls). His career also included many victories in cross country disciplines. Paul credits the coaching, motivation, and support that he received as a member of the Road Runner and Track Niagara Club for his many successes. He was very proud to represent Niagara Falls at the cities and venues where he competed. -
Niagara Falls Anglicans 1935-1936 Women’s Basketball Team In April of 1936, the Niagara Falls Anglicans Women’s Basketball Team brought a new honour home when they won the Ontario Intermediate Church Championship with a final score of 27-26 over the Toronto Silverthorns. The team advanced with several hard-fought victories over the other Ontario Regions to advance to the Championship Final in our home, Niagara Falls. An article from the Niagara Falls Evening Review on April 14th, 1936, stated that the audience members witnessed “one of the most exciting contests ever played in Niagara Falls,” the night of the game. Forward Vida Russ and Guard Edith Dunk led the winning team with 9 and 4 points respectively. Other members of the team were Forward McKay with 4 points, Centre Preston with 2 points, Guards Chambers with 6 points, and Subs Upton with 2 points, and Mann, Grant, and Bruce. The Head Coach was Bert Jennings and the Manager was Louis Carter. A trailblazing team of women in sport. -
Pickering, Michael Mike was born in Toronto, and moved to Niagara Falls in 1986 with his family. In 2000, Mike found the competitive sport of Trap Shooting. Mike became a member of the Thorold Conservation Club, the Hamilton Gun Club, and the Grand Island Rod and Gun Club. In 2001, he joined the Amateur Trap Association. Over the next 19 years, Mike continued to compete and win several championships. In 2006, 2008, and 2011 he won different class shoots in New York State. In 2014, and 2017, he won the Class A Singles championship in the Atlantic Provincial shoot. Mike also won several Ontario Championships in singles, doubles, handicap, and team shoots along with the Canadian Title in the Single 16 Yard 200A Division. Mike's biggest accomplishment was in 2008, when he became the Canadian Trap Shooting Champion. In this competition, Mike shot a perfect 200 out of 200 clay targets which fly through the air at more than 90 miles per hour; he shot 74 out of 75 in the finals. Mike loved the sport of Trap Shooting, and actively promoted the sport. -
Dallman, Kevin Having a Toronto Maple Leafs and Olympic player for an uncle, Kevin Dallman has always been fascinated with the sport of ice hockey. As a youth, he competed in the prestigious 1995 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament as a part of the Niagara Falls Minor Thunder. Following a successful minor hockey career, he was called up as an under-age player for the Chippawa Riverhawks Jr. C team in 1996-97. He then moved onto a stint with the Niagara Falls Canucks Jr. B club and assisted them in bringing home the Sutherland Cup Championship in 1998. He had a successful junior career with the OHL Guelph Storm beating all the Guelph Storm records. Undrafted, he signed his first professional contract with the NHL and the Boston Bruins in 2002. He played for the Providence Bruins, Boston’s AHL affiliate, for three years, and then made his debut with the Boston Bruins in the 2005-06 season. From there, Kevin played for the St. Louis Blues, the Los Angeles Kings, and the Manchester Monarchs, and eventually made the difficult decision in 2008 to leave the NHL and move his family to Kazakhstan to play in the Astana Barys of the newly-formed KHL. In his first season there, he beat all the defensive scoring records in the league and was appointed team captain barely 15 games in. He finished his first season with 28 goals and 30 assists for a total of 58 points in 53 games. A favourite amongst fans, Kevin was the captain of the team for four years and earned four consecutive all-star spots. He was so good on the ice that the Kazakhs once asked him to join their national team and loved the country so much he became a Kazakhstani citizen in 2010. After 11 years of playing in the KHL between the Astana Barys and the SKA Saint Petersburg in Russia, Kevin announced his retirement from the league on August 5th, 2019. He remains in the top 10 all-time point leaders in the KHL but will never forget his home and family roots in Niagara Falls. -
Pyne, Keith Dr. Dr. Keith Pyne was born in Sommerville, MA and moved to Niagara Falls in 1965 as a baby, where he remained until 2012. Keith graduated from Stamford Collegiate and attended the University of Guelph, where he played on the basketball team. After university, Keith continued his studies at Chiropractic College in Dallas, Texas. Since that time, Keith has had a long and very successful career in sports medicine and has treated countless athletes from amateurs, to professionals, through Olympians. Dr. Pyne is currently a consultant with the Los Angeles Clippers (NBA) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB). Dr. Pyne has developed a predictive injury platform using an IP data collection, called PMotion, with the mission to be the global leader in performance health and treatment for athletes. PMotion is currently used in Premier soccer, MLB, and NBA. Dr. Pyne has a long resume of involvement and success with professional sports teams. In particular, Pyne has made a huge impact in professional baseball. He was the Medical Consultant for the Boston Red Sox in 2018 when they won the World Series. Dr. Pyne spent four seasons with the Washington National Baseball Team where he served as Medical Board Chairman, winning 2019 World Series. In 2020, he was part of the Medical Staff Team with the LA Dodgers, winning the World Series that year. In addition to his contributions to baseball, Dr. Pyne was the Medical Consultant for Toronto Raptors, when they won the 2019 NBA Championship. He was also a Medical Staff member with the New York Islanders Professional Hockey Team (NHL). -
Mancuso, Felix Felix Anthony “Gus” Mancuso (1914 – 2003) was a professional ice hockey forward who played 42 games in the NHL for the Montreal Canadiens and the New York Rangers. He began his career in the OHA playing for the Niagara Falls Cataracts in 1933, turning pro the next year and playing with the famed Hershey B’Ars. Felix was a fan favourite in Hershey; a news report back then called him, “one of the most colourful players ever to perform with Hershey.” The article added that, “he [was] just a small fellow but he [was] in there all the time and absorb[ed] plenty of punishment.” Felix was the fourth Niagara Falls native to play in the NHL, and he signed his first contract with the Canadiens in 1937. He played 23 games with the Habs, over three seasons, recording one goal and one assist wearing the #15. Felix’s rights were sold to the New York Rangers in 1942, with whom he played his final season in the NHL. He played in 21 games in 1943-43, and contributed six goals and fourteen points. Unfortunately, Felix never found out if he finally could be an NHL regular player. He was called upon by the Canadian military for World War II military service, losing two full seasons. Upon his return in 1945, he moved to California and played four seasons in the new rendition of the Pacific Coast Hockey League with the Hollywood Wolves and the Los Angeles Monarchs. Felix had the opportunity to play along the famed Bill Barilko, Cowboy Tom Anderson, and Bob Gracie, as well as have Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby regularly attend his games. Felix was released in 1949, bringing an end to his hockey career. He fell in love with the California sunshine, and stayed there with his wife Marion until he passed away in 2003 at the age of 89. -
Toth, Deborah Deborah Toth is a 4th Degree Black Belt in Karate who trained in Martial Arts for almost 40 years and made a huge impact on the art and profession. Truly a trailblazer, Deborah’s contribution to developing and raising the quality of Martial Arts locally, provincially, and nationally is unmatched. She trained with the best in North America and brought these masters and their knowledge back to Niagara on a consistent basis, elevating especially Canadian Goju Ryu Karate. Deborah created and developed programs that she taught throughout Niagara Region. She taught countless women the skills to remain safe and feel empowered with her female-centered Women’s Self Defense program and enriched the lives of many seniors with her popular Chair Tai Chi program. She taught professionally at her martial arts school in Niagara for 33 years, mentoring men, women, and children and ingraining skills and confidence. Integral to her approach is values-based learning, with emphasis on respect, compassion, gratitude, and community service. Deborah has been an active community builder and volunteer for over 40 years. She donated memberships, created a Martial Arts Scholarship, and volunteered her time coaching (including two stints as coach with Team Canada). Her passion is activism against gender-based violence and she continues to give her time and attention to this and other causes. Deborah is now retired but her legacy lives on in the art and profession and more importantly to her, in the lives of the many students that she has mentored. -
Formica, Cristina Marie Cristina Formica started playing soccer with Niagara Falls Soccer Club at the age of four. She played house league until age 13 and then competitive soccer in the South Region Soccer League. Cristina also played house league and travel hockey for the Niagara Rapids girls hockey team until she was 15 and decided to focus on soccer. In 1998, she made a St. Catharines Ontario Youth Soccer League team and played on that team for 2 years. In 1998, they won the Division Title, League Cup, and Ontario Cup. This team ultimately represented Ontario in the National Championships in Saskatoon, and won a Gold Medal in the 1998 Ontario Summer Games. She went on to play for the OYSL provincial women’s team. In high school, Cristina received the Saint Michael Catholic High School Athlete of the Year award for all 5 years and played basketball, volleyball, badminton, hockey, and soccer. When graduating, she had over 60 universities across Canada and the United States scouting her, ultimately accepting an academic and athletic scholarship at Brock University. While attending Brock and studying to become a teacher, she continued to play soccer for the Brock Badgers and was captain in her final two years. She earned the titles MVP during the 2005-06 season, OUA First Team All-Star, CIS Championship All-Star and CIS First Team All Canadian in 2005 before graduating in 2006. Post-graduation, Cristina was still involved with the team as she was asked to be an Assistant Coach, which she held until 2018. Unfortunately, after a serious knee injury, Cristina was advised by her doctor that it would be in her best interest to stop playing the sport she’s always loved. Cristina is still a full-time Phys-ed teacher at Saint Michael Catholic High School, coaches the girls soccer (whom she’s lead to five consecutive OFSAA championships) and hockey teams at the school, and only recently retired from coaching the Brock team to focus on her new child. -
Election countdown on : councillors weigh in on making another run for office this October Craitor, Kim / Diodati, Jim / Strange, Mike / Ioannoni, Carolynn / Kerrie, Vince / Thomson, Wayne / Morocco, Joyce / Campbell, Wayne / Pietrangelo, Victor -
Southam-Murray tour at Niagara Falls Southam-Murray visit to Niagara Falls / Box 510 Weston Ontario / 2 black & white negatives with damage / 29249 -
OntarioFederation of Labour 22 black & white negatives / photos of convention held at Sheraton Brock Hotel / some with damage/ 29248 / Ontario Federation of Labour / 15 Gervais Dr. / Don Mills, Ontario -
Niagara Daredevil Museum Photo of girl & barrel at Niagara Daredevil Museum / 2 black & white negatives with damage / 29247 -
United Investments United Investments convention / 85 Richmond W. Toronto / Park Hotel 40 black & white negatives / some damage 29246 -
Bissell / Delphinium / Spot remover Photo of Bissell vacuum / spot remover / black & white negatives (3) some damage 29245 -
Cliffside Motel Photos of inside motel / 5 colour negatives with damage / 29244 -
Montrose Motor Inn 4 black & white negatives / dining room / front of building / 29243 -
Lincoln Trust 5 black & white negatives / Lincoln Trust Annual Meeting / 29242 -
Burgess 2 Black & White negatives, photo of batteries -
Kenmore Rotary Club Convention at Park Motor Hotel / group photos / -
Burgess Shipment Burgess Battery shipment damage / 2 black & white negatives both with damage / 29239 -
Marineland copies of sketches Sketches of Marineland / 3 negatives all with damage / 29237 -
Bentley's dart board Black & White negative 5 x 4 / dart board / Bentleys -
Tri Delta Phi YMCA Girls group photo / 2 black & white photos / 2 black & white negatives / 29235 -
Fallsview Businesses Air View Aerial view of falls businesses / black & white negative/ 29234 -
Niagara Falls Curling Club Winners Black & White negatives (2) award presentation photo / negatives damaged / 29233 -
Steinbergs 2 5x4 black & white negatives both damaged lady shoppers & cashier / Steinbergs 75 Rexdale Blvd. Rexdale, Ontario / 29232 -
E.S. Fox 2 black & white negatives 5 x 4 some damage 29231 / -
Rowe, George & Evans, Anne / Wedding Photos Wedding photos / 7 5 x 7 black & white photos some damage / 7 5 x 4 black & white negatives some with damage 29230 -
C.I.L. / Novilkoff P. 2 5x4 black & white negatives damaged / CIL 130 Bloor Street West / group photo / 29229 -
Melchiorre, Mr. & Mrs. / Portraits Portraits / 4 5x 7 black & white photos some with damage / 4 4 x 3 black & white negatives some with damage / 29228 -
Van Poppel, Mr. & Mrs. J. / Portraits Portraits / 7 5 x 3 black & white negative some damaged / 6 5 x 7 black & white photos some damaged / 29227 -
Chamberlain, Mrs. Carol / portraits Portrait / 8 4 x 3 black & white negatives some damaged / 8 5 x 7 black& white photos some damaged /29226 -
Howie, Mr. / Marine Midland Male Portrait / 2 5x4 black & white negatives both with some damage / 29225 / Marine Midland 237 Main Street Buffalo -
Rokich, M. / Fedor Real Estate 2 black & white negatives some damage / female portrait / 29224 -
Swalm, D / Portrait / Swalms Electric D. Swalm portrait / Swalms Electric 1 black & white photo 5 x 7 damaged 11 black & white negatives 4 x 3 damaged 29223 -
MacDonald, Gordon / family portrait Family portraits / 7 5 x 4 black & white photos, some damage / 8 5 x 4 black & white negatives, many damaged / 29222 -
Dalby, Doug / Engagement Engagement / 4 5x7 Black & White photos some damage / 4 3 x 4 Black & White negatives some damage / 29221 -
Mavrnac, Phil / CJRN Portrait / 13 5x7 black and white photos some damage / 13 4 x 3 black & white negatives some damaged / 29220 -
Monaghan, M. Baby portrait / 10 3 x 2 colour negatives very damaged / 29219 -
Miller, Arden H. / Motorville One black & white negative with some damage / portrait / Motorville / 29218 -
Cripps, Ron / Motorville 3 x5 black & white negative with damage / portrait / Motorville / 29217 -
M. Martin / Motorville / Portrait 6 Black & White negatives very damaged 5 black & white photos very damaged / family photos / Motorville / 29215 -
Mrs. F. St Laurent / Fedor Real Estate /portrait 4 black & white negatives poor condition /1 black & white photo slightly damaged / portrait / 29214/ Fedor Real Estate -
Domik, Bob 1 Black & White negative / portrait / slightly damaged -
LaFond, Pierette Portraits / 11 black & white photos and 11 black & white negatives many in poor condition -
Kemph, Henrietta / portrait 3 Black & White negatives in poor condition -
Buckner, John / Motorville Portrait / 2 black & white negatives in poor condition / 29209 / Motorville -
A. Chapman / Motorville / Family Portrait Family portrait / 4 black & white photos/ 4 black & white negatives / some poor condition 29207 / Motorville -
Barrbatono, Domenic / portrait Portrait / 2 black and white negatives both in poor condition / 29206 -
C. Martin / Canada Life Association / portrait 4 5x7 black & white portrait photos some in poor condition / 4 3x4 black and white negatives in poor condition / portrait / 29205 Canada Life Assoc. 15 Church Street / St. Catharines -
Sheraton Brock / photo of 3 ladies 1 3x4 black & white negative in poor condition / photo is of 3 ladies / 29204 -
Montrose Hotel / dining room opening 3 black & white negatives / 3 x 4 in size / Montrose Hotel / dining room opening / group photos/ J29203 -
Damore Construction / building 4 black & white negatives 3 x 4 / some in poor condition water conditions on Barker Street building -
Niagara Parks Commission / School of Horticulture Alumni Association / Portraits 4 Black & white negatives 3 x 4 some in poor condition Employee photos -
Imperial Oil / c/o Garry Marks Group photos at Brock / Garry Marks 124 Geneva Street St. Catharines / Black & White negatives -
Mr. R. Wicharuk / T. Eaton Company / 358 Queen Street / portraits 6 Black & White photos some in poor condition / portraits 6 Black & White negatives some in poor condition / portraits / 29195 -
Bissell / spot remover / shampoo applicator 5 black and white negatives / Bissell Delphinium spot remover / spot applicator / 29194 -
Mrs. D Johnstone portrait / Niagara Falls Curling Club / Mrs. D. Abro 6 black & white photos some damaged 6 black & white negatives many damages portrait / 29193 -
Mrs. N. Morrison / Children portraits / B.F. Goodrich 7 black and white photos some in poor condition 7 black and white negatives some in poor condition 29189 children portraits -
Geo Newport / Chamber of Commerce / portrait 5 black and white photos in good condition 5 black and white negatives some in poor condition Photos are portraits / 29188 -
Mrs. R Wilson / baby photographs 6 black and white baby photos / some in poor condition 7 black and white baby negatives / some in poor condition / 2293 Skinner St, Niagara Falls -
Mrs. Truscott / baby photos 11 Black and white photos / 11 black and white negatives / some in poor condition / Mrs. Truscott / 29186 -
Mrs. J. Lyons / family portrait Family Portraits / 8 Black and White photos in good condition / 8 Black and White Negatives some in poor condition / 29185 -
Borden's Dairy bottling plant Milk bottling plant (factory floor) during an open house, 1955 / Magdalen Street / Dairies and Dairying -
Lobby of Borden's Dairy Lobby of Borden's Dairy during an open house / Dairies and Dairying / Magdalen Street / women to the right (backs): Bill Peckham's mother, sister-in-law, former wife. The man closest to the left front is his father. -
Borden's Dairy open house Welcome Borden's open house / Dairies and Dairying / Magdalen Street -
Fleet of trucks for Bordens Dairy Men in foreground, left to right: Clarke, Jack, sales manager / Peckham, Peck / Mayor Hawkins / Cairns, Fred M / formerly Cairns Creameries -
Carins Creamery Postcard. Cairns Creameries Limited. Delicious Ice-cream. Pure Milk. Niagara Falls, Ont. Phone 50. / Magdalen Street / later Bordens Dairy -
Silverthorne, J.L. / Thomson Kathy / St. Pats Church / wedding photographs Approximately 45 black and white negatives / 2 colour photographs / 2 colour negatives / all wedding photographs -
D. McCutcheon / Curling Club 29183 four negatives and 4 photos in good condition -
Space Spiral 29182 Ten Negatives -
Burning Springs 4 Negatives many are damaged -
King Triplets age 13 King Triplets / Age 13 / King, Ken / King, Sandra / King, David -
Sixty-Three Candles King Triplets 21st birthday King Triplets / 21st birthday / King, Ken King, Sandi / King, Dave / King, Mr.& Mrs. A.F.C. / 6446 Sherwood Rd. -
Judy LaMarsh and the King Triplets LaMarsh, Judy / Secretary of State / Canada's Centennial / King Triplets / King, David / King, Sandra, / King, Kenneth -
King Triplets Christened King Triplets / King ,Mr.& Mrs. A.F.C. / Lundy's Lane United Church / Fiddea, Victor Rev. / King, Sandra / King, Kenneth / King, David -
Ceremony honouring Nikola Tesla, in Queen Victoria Park A ceremony honouring Nikola Tesla. Queen Victoria Park. -
Niagara Falls Foodland, 6777 Morrison Street Grocery store -
Yes he's back - Paul Anka Paul Anka performing at Niagara Falls Casino Resort / Niagara Falls Review -
Collage of famous visitors at Niagara A collage for an exhibit, designed in Photoshop -
Vin Johns Niagara Falls Hydro Commission 4 Photos 4 Negatives some damaged -
Marilyn Fishman 6 Photos, 6 Negatives some in poor condition -
Speeches near Mingles Tuxedo Rentals Sylvia Place Farmers Market -
Baked goods at the farmers market A man holding pies at the Sylvia Place Farmers Market near Mingle Tuxedo Rentals. -
Speeches at Sylvia Place Farmers Market A crowd listening to a speech at the farmers market. -
Speeches at the Sylvia Place Farmers Market Saks is visible across the street. -
Fruit and vegetables at farmers market. Vegetable and flower display by Mingles Tuxedo Rentals. -
People standing in front of the Meat building at the Farmers Market "Niagara Sausage & Meat Products" van. Sign reads "Farmers Market / Main & Ferry St / Open Every Saturday Morning / fresh Fruit & Vegetables / Meat . Cheese . Plants & Flowers / The Niagara Market & Fruit Growers Association" Smaller sign reads " Meat / Smoked & Fresh"