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City grant to fund cooking, skiing programs in Osgoode

Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com

News - A city grant of $23,250 will help the Osgoode Youth Association make it to the end of the year,

but staff is still searching for sustainable funding. Coun. Doug Thompson helped OYA director Nicole McKerracher secure a grant from the city’s rural community building grant program this summer – money which will fund popular cooking classes and introduce a new ski bus program to get kids to the slopes. Cooking 101 classes start in October, and McKerrach-

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er said she knows it will be packed. “We ran it twice last year and we had such a high demand so we knew we wanted to run that again,” she said, noting that the youth have been keen to show off their new skills at home. “We got amazing feedback from the kids, and one mom said she can’t keep her son out of the kitchen.” The seven-week program starts on Oct. 1. Four chefs will return from last year’s programs, but there will be a few new faces behind the counter as well. This time around, all chefs will prepare full-course meal lessons, which will include an appetizer, a main dish and a dessert. “In school kids are taught that it’s important to eat healthily, but there’s not that really hands-on component to go with that,” McKerracher said.

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Path of destruction Melanie Andeel and her dog Darby take a stroll through the formerly wooded Terry Fox Participark behind her Orléans home – one of several city woodlots that are now facing devastation from the emerald ash borer beetle. For the full story, see page 29.

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Sustainable funding still not secured for youth association


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