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Tomorrow (Thursday, Oct. 23) is a special day for Scarborough. The stars on the Scarborough Walk of Fame for this year's six inductees will be unveiled.

The induction ceremony takes place at 2 p.m. at the Scarborough Town Centre, with a ceremony set for centre court. The inductees will then proceed to the Walk of Fame, located in the food court on the upper level, for the unveiling of their stars.

This is the third year for the Scarborough Walk of Fame, and it is a great community event.

As in past years, this year's inductees represent a broad range of achievement from the arts to sports to science to community building and are an inspiration to all Scarborough residents.

The inductees for this year are Dr. Sheela Basrur; Earl Campbell; Deborah Cox; Ben Heppner; Rick Middleton; and John Wimbs and the Robbie International Soccer Tournament.

Basrur, who died in June, was the City of Toronto's first medical officer of health and "arguably the province's most respected and known public health official," after its 2003 SARS outbreak,

Campbell is a former education director of the Scarborough Board of Education.

Cox is a multiple Juno-award-winning singer and songwriter.

Heppner is one of the world's finest dramatic tenors.

Drafted in the first round by the New York Rangers in 1974, Middleton became a Boston Bruins captain during his National Hockey League career and was a member of his country's 1981 and 1984 Canada Cup teams.

Since 1967, The Robbie - named for Wimbs' son, who had suffered from cystic fibrosis - has grown from a tournament of eight teams to more than 220 and has raised more than $1 million for CF research.

This year's inductees join Scarborough Walk of Fame members James Bamford, Johnny Cowell, Bob Hunter, Des McAnuff, Dr. Ming-Tat Cheung, Cindy Nicolas and Anson Taylor (inducted in 2007); and Dr. Lloyd Carlsen, Dr. R.H. King, Dr. Charles Macklin, Jamaal Magliore, Doris McCarthy, David Onley, Vicky Sunohara, David Thomson, Wes Williams and Dr. Joseph Y.K. Wong (inducted in 2006).

The induction ceremony is set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Scarborough Town Centre. Everyone is invited to attend.

It will be followed by a gala celebration that night at 6 p.m. at the Delta Toronto East Hotel. This year's gala will be hosted by Debra McGrath and Colin Mochrie.

Tickets for the gala are $175 each or $1,400 for a table of eight. To order tickets, please call Doreen at 647-274-7900.