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THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2012
Inside Work OLYMPICS starts on school additions
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On your bike! Four reporters check out commuting options on two wheels, as part of our Cycling the Capital series. – Page 30
“This project will most deďŹ nitely provide some shortterm relief and help the school bring in the full-day kindergarten program at the same time,â€? said Fisher. The addition will also include more washrooms and some storage and ofďŹ ce space. The school is currently operating at 146 per cent of its theoretical capacity with 15 portables currently on site to serve its 902 students. “We hope to pull nine portables off once the addition is complete. However this will be conďŹ rmed once the enrolment numbers are known,â€? said Fisher. See STEVE, page 2
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EMC news - While becoming a professional pilot might be an exciting career choice, taking home the title of Canada’s Top Amateur Pilot would be a dream come true for 29-year-old Andrea Lane Marrocco. The skies around Rockcliffe will be full from Aug. 15 to 18 with some of Canada’s top amateur pilots competing to win the prestigious Webster trophy at the Rockcliffe Flying Club.
Marrocco, from the Ottawa Flying Club, will be representing eastern Ontario. “It is a little intimidating, but I am excited about it,â€? said Marrocco. Now in its 80th year, the competition determines the best amateur pilot in Canada. Nine amateur pilots from across the country will be vying for the award through written exams, simulator proďŹ ciency and demanding ight tests to determine who takes the award. “I would like to do well. I will do the best I can so I
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can win. It is very exciting and a great opportunity,â€? said Marrocco, who has spent 16 months training at Algonquin College to become a commercial pilot. “Flying is something I have always liked and always wanted to do.â€? Marrocco, who also holds a computer science degree from Queen’s University, said she chose ying because there are great careers in the industry. “Flying is a lot of fun,â€? she said. “You get to see many places and meet many interesting people. It is deďŹ nitely a
different world up there. There are great careers in it and it is fun. I like it.� The competition is in memory of John Webster, who lost his life in an aircraft accident at St. Hubert, Que., while practicing to represent Canada in an aerobatic ying competition. In July 1931, a month before his death, Webster had represented Canada in his Curtiss-Reid Rambler in the King’s Cup Air Race in Britain. See OTTAWA, page 3
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