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RELAY FOR LIFE St. Michael Catholic High School held a Relay for Life fundraiser on Friday, Sept. 16.

More than 190 students took part.

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A local youth let his hair grow out for three years to make a cancer wig, and learned to stand up to adversity along the way.

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Lois Crawford was among the first group of students to study at North Grenville District High School when it opened in 1936 on Prescott Street in the heart of Kemptville. Seventy-five years later, the 80-year old Kemptville resident found herself staring at her own name in an old log book set out on desks during the 75th anniversary reunion on Saturday, Sept. 17.

Crawford was not the only former NGDHS student to find proof of her existence during the grand reunion event, which drew 75 years’ worth of alumni to the Prescott Street school.

Photos, yearbooks and memorabilia lined tables set up in the hallways during the afternoon reunion, with guest books set out for each decade.

Visitors pored over the books to see which former friends they should watch for as they explored their old haunts.

For many, especially those who came from out of town, it will be the last time they set foot in those hallowed halls as the school closes its doors permanently in June 2012.

Photo by Emma Jackson Crawford and her daughters were clearly excited to find the hand-written book of carefully printed class lists for each grade, which documented the school year 1938-39.

Caption Jack Sparrow was first mate in five-year-old swashbuckler Cameron Piitz’ eyes, While Crawford recognized many of her fellow who said visiting with Jack was the highlight of Pirate Day on Kemptville’s Prescott Street students’ names, she said many have since passed on Saturday, Sept. 17. Many young buccaneers came out to enjoy the inflatable pirate away. ships, dancers, face painters and a chance to meet Captain Jack himself. For more photos See NGDHS page 2 from Pirate Day, please turn to page 26.

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She said she’s not incredibly sad to see the school shut down in favour of a brand new building, which is located on Concession Road and opens September 2012.

“It’s progress. It’s time,” she shrugged. Joan and Gail Taylor, a pair of singing sisters who attended the high school more than a decade after Crawford, were also supportive of the move. “I’m sorry that they’re taking it down or whatever they’re going to do with it, but they’re outgrowing it. And we did see the new school and we’re impressed with that,” said Joan Taylor, now Joan Bristow, who lives near Smiths Falls.

Her father Earl Taylor was the principal of the attached public school until 1970, and she said his reputation as a good teacher meant his children were wellknown in the area as well.

But its memories of making music that dominate Taylor’s recollections of the school, having sung many duets with her sister Gail while at the school collectively between 1952 and 1958. “Our music at the school, I think, was the highlight of our years here,” she said.

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Osgoode’s Mawby family is going on a diet, but instead of losing pounds they’ll be shedding carbon.

The family of four was chosen as one of six families across Canada to compete in the Energy EQUIPMENT OPERATOR/ Diet Challenge run by Shell Canada and the CanaTRUCK DRIVER dian Geographic, aimed to help people learn more about improving their energy efficiency.

From Sept. 12 to Dec. 4, the Mawbys will go The Municipality of North Grenville is accepting applications head-to-head with five other Canadian families to from interested and qualified candidates for a contract position see who can reduce their energy, water and transof “Equipm ent Operator and Truck Driver”. Candidates m ust portation footprints the most. These three catbe able to work flexible hours, have a clean driver’s abstract egories will be tracked for three months, and the and carry a m inim um DZ Driver’s Licence. This contract family who has conserved the most and won the most online votes, among other criteria, will win a position is available from Decem ber 5, 2011 to April 2, 2012. fuel-efficient Toyota Prius or a top-of-the-line bike A com plete job description and inform ation regarding salary for package for the family.

The Mawbys, who live on Nixon Drive south of th is p o s itio n is a va ilable on our w eb site at Osgoode, said long showers and laundry overload www.northgrenville.ca/em ploym ent.cfm . are their biggest problems right now, but they’ve already made significant headway since the conYour resum e and references m ust be subm itted no later than test began two weeks ago.

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Mawby said the best part of the contest is finding out exactly what they’re doing wrong, so they can fix it.

“The main thing we’re really getting out of this is awareness,” he said.

Since the contest started the couple has installed low-flow flushers in their toilets and will install a water meter to track their usage even though they use a well.

They’ve made some simple changes throughout the house as well, like switching the powersucking halogen bulbs twith compact fluorescent bulbs that use Proud Supporter of Kemptville District Hospital, two watts per hour instead of 200.

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The family will be taking part in different challenges each week, from ‘Ditch the Dryer’ which they’ve already mastered to ‘Im104 Elvira St. East prove your fuel efficiency’ which Kemptville, Ontario the self-proclaimed aggressive drivers need to work on.

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Be daring. Be cool. Be a voter.

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pathy isn’t cool and it certainly isn’t sexy.

Anybody can do nothing. You, however, can do something.

Look at it this way – how often do you have a two-term Liberal premier, whom you either love or hate, taking a third kick at the can? It hasn’t happened since 1990 and, either way you vote, you can make history – you can make Dalton’s day, or send him off to early retirement.

There are plenty of editorials out there that are going to tell you it is your civic duty to vote, that if you don’t, you have no right to complain. These are all valid points – but they’re not necessarily fun ones.

What is fun is this: you get to be like Donald Trump and fire people on Oct. 6. Or, at least deny people the chance to get a job.

We all like to believe that people only vote for altruistic, civic-minded reasons. But you can also vote for petty, personal reasons too.

Whatever your reasons for voting, as the sneaker ad says, just do it. You now have more time than ever to do it. After you’re finished reading this, you can fold our paper up and march on over to a ballot box from now until

Election Day and mark your X. You can also vote by mail, on campus, from your hospital bed, or at advance polls.

Turnout during the last provincial vote in f 2007 was at an all-time low, with only 52.6 per cent of eligible voters casting their ballots, according to Elections Ontario. You’d have to go all the way back to the previous low set in the Jazz Age, 1923, for their contender of 54.7 per cent. (What a snooze the ’23 vote must’ve been.)

But we shouldn’t be so smug. The October 2003 vote, which saw Ernie Eves’ Tories turfed after eight years of Eves/Harris rule, still saw low turnout at 56.9 per cent, and that was when people were riled up enough to throw a government out of office.

Well, that was before the big crash of ’08.

Boy, we certainly have a lot more on our plates now.

Voting takes so little time and makes such a lasting impact. They’re mopping things up in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt and are eagerly awaiting their chance to vote for the first time ever. The worst we’ll have to contend with on our way to the polls is some traffic and lousy weather.

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Flash! There’s only so much fun we can stand

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aseball began to get interesting a month or so ago. The Blue Jays, although losing, were fun to watch and, locally, the Ottawa Fat Cats were marching through the playoffs. Plus it was warm and sunny outside. Baseball weather.

So it seemed like a perfect time to buy a four-year-old his first baseball glove. A visit to Canadian Tire confirmed what anyone familiar with the retail world should have known: Baseball season is not the time to buy a baseball glove; the sporting goods sections are full of hockey equipment; retailers are a season ahead of you.

Chalk it up to inexperience. A guy buys a baseball glove only a few times in his life. He forgets that the fall fashions are on sale in the summer and the best supply of bathing suits is available in the winter. If you want to buy a baseball glove, do it in hockey season.

However, there were a few on the shelf, including a nice black and blue Rawlings glove that would fit a four-year-old.

His grandfather has a Rawlings baseball glove – a Dave Parker model, just to put it into historical perspective.

Dave Parker, whatever his other eccentricities, did not wear a blue glove, but times have changed.

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town Only up to a point, however. The granddaughter, a couple of years younger, will have to wait for her glove until one is on sale in a colour other than pink.

The present went over well and it was only when we put on our two Rawlings gloves for a game of catch that I noticed the new glove had a button marked ON/ OFF. I pressed it a few times and nothing happened, but eventually somebody more technologically inclined discovered the glove had red lights that flashed when you caught the ball.

At which point somebody remarked – it wasn’t I, but wish it was – “I thought catching the ball was supposed to be enough fun.”

As it turned out, it was. The glove’s proud new owner was more interested in catching the ball in the glove than in

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playing with the flashing lights on it, but it does make you wonder about the degree to which merchandisers think we need to be entertained.

Try to find a bar without a television on. Try to find an elevator without music in it.

Telling the glove story to a friend brought an interesting reply. “They have fishing rods like that now.”

True? Unfortunately, yes. A fishing rod manufacturer has produced, in co-operation with the Disney Company, a series of rods with lights that flash.

“This colourful kit featuring classic Disney images is sure to get kids fishing!,” says an online promo.

“Each kit includes a 2’6” all-in-one rod and reel spooled with line; flashing lights that pulse when the thumb button is pressed; and a fun, safe casting plug.”

Among the Disney images available are Spiderman, Princess, Lightning McQueen, Barbie and Mickey Mouse.

I thought catching the fish was supposed to be enough fun.

In order to avoid going completely oldfuddy-duddy on this issue, I will admit that this is not the first generation to grow up with brand names.

Mickey Mouse and some of his colleagues have adorned all manner of toys

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and games for decades and we grew up with them, as well as the Lone Ranger and other heroes.

But flashing lights? Imagine a quiet evening on a calm lake as you silently stalk that big pickerel you just missed last time.

A loon calls, a beaver swims away in the distance. And the Barbie fishing rod flashes continuously.

What will save us from this, you can only hope, is the innate good sense of kids. Any of them who have actually caught a fish know how much fun it is, more fun than flashing lights.

Then maybe they can teach the grownups around them to be more careful what they buy.

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with no one being bitten and I didn’t have to drive with a wild dog on my head.

On Thursday night, The Accidental we were informed that our bull was on Farmwife its way home from the farm where it had been doing its summer breeding.

When Dennis the driver backed the cattle truck up to the fence, the cows all started running toward the gate, bawling and mooing. They knew someone was either comin’ or goin’.

Young Angus hopped out of the truck onto the ground and cautiously entered the barnyard.

It took him about five minutes to realize he was home. The last time I saw him, he was standing in the middle of the pasture, surrounded by his four wives and four children.

Saturday, our middle daughter announced her engagement to her longtime beau. This is exciting news for everyone in our family, though we aren’t really surprised.

And we went to my high school reunion Saturday evening.

On Sunday, we were brought back down to Earth when the Farmer discovered that a coyote had killed another of our lambs.

Sunday afternoon I met many readers of this column at the Kemptville Farmers’ Market.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and say hello.

It has been a good week. Full, and eventful, and worth waking up for.

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I was never so bored as when I lived in Taipei City, Taiwan.

I’m one of those annoyingly optimistic morning people but I would wake up on a Saturday and think, ‘now what??’

Sure, I could go shopping or to the gym or the movies or an art show or a museum...but it was just observing. It wasn’t doing. It wasn’t living, as far as I was concerned.

Now I live on a farm, and I enjoy every minute of my day because there is always something going on.

Something real. Something fulfilling and exciting.

Many cityfolk imagine life on the farm to be uneventful and boring. This is not the case. Let me tell you about my week.

First, I had to catch two of my barn cats and fast them overnight for their spay operation. I baited the cages and caught one relatively tame cat and one that was quite wild.

All night long I could hear the wild cat, captive in the powder room. It repeatedly threw its body against the door in an attempt to get out.

At one point I peeked in and it was scaling the side of the mirror. We were both up for most of the night.

In the morning, I opened the door and it ran up my body, jumped over my head and scooted down the hall.

I decided it was too stressful to deal with that cat, and I let it go.

The next day, I had to take our gentle-yet-dumb Gordon Setter and our extremely highstrung Border Collie to the municipal rabies clinic.

I hung a sheet in the Explorer between the back seat and the cargo area so the two dogs couldn’t see each other. They could smell and hear each other of course, so that just drove them nuts.

The anxiety had the fur flying and my car was covered in an inch of dog hair by the time we drove the 15 minutes to town.

Once at the clinic, Andy Parent (animal control officer) came out and helped me to muzzle Chelsea so that the vet could give her the shot.

I am still amazed that I accomplished this entire feat

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From the Terry Fox Run in Kemptville to countless fundraising events across Canada, cancer research over the past 30 years has received a boost that is resulting in major progress towards fighting and often stopping cancer.

One St. Michael Catholic High School student has come out on the other side of her fight with cancer.

On Friday, Sept. 16 she was teaming up with other students to raise funds for her favourite charity.

More than 190 students and 50 volunteers took part in the school’s Relay for Life evening.

There were 19 cancer survivors on hand as well.

Colleen Ruth, now a Grade 10, 15-year-old student at the high school, has been cancer free since 2005.

Her particular cancer is a blood cancer that required her to have frequent blood transfusions at CHEO. She spent most

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“I was 6 years old when diagnosed with .non-Hodgkin’s T- cell lymphoblastic lymphoma cancer. A type of blood cancer, “ she remembers.

“My parents took me to the hospital because I had a rash. They did not think it was cancer.”

This was back in May of 2003. She began her treatments immediately and for the next two years, Colleen and her family would confront her cancer at every turn.

Her cancer was a stage 4 cancer. “When my child was diagnosed with cancer I was devastated,” said Sharon Ruth, Colleen’s mother. “We maintained our hope that she would get better and kept our faith in God.” At the age of six Colleen had to try to understand what was happening to her.

“All I knew was that I was being taken away from my friends and family and school,” she said.

Early on she had to become expert at having needles and blood transfusions. In the end she spent more than 200 days in hos-

pital.

Because of the number of blood transfusions she needed to fight the cancer, doctors decided to give her a device called a port catheter.

The device made it easier to give Colleen the blood transfusions. “It was attached to my heart,” she said.

By her ninth birthday the catheter was able to be taken out. All the medication and positive thinking had paid off. Doctors decided that she had turned the corner in her battle with cancer.

“The thing that really helped me was my parent’s positive attitude.

They would remind me of things I had to look forward to. They gave me a reason to live,” she said.

During the years she was fighting her cancer Colleen was backed up by her friends and family.

Colleen’s mother wrote a book about Colleen’s journey called Guinea Kid. The title comes from the fact that doctors had to resort to experimental drugs to defeat her particulate cancer.

Because she was so sick and her immune system was almost non-existent

she was not allowed to go to school. For a few years she was home schooled.

Eventually she was well enough to attend Holy Cross Catholic School in Kemptville.

I have to be on guard all the time,” she said.

Colleen is now in Grade 10 and is thankful for all of the help and support she received.

She has an older brother and sister, Ryan and Ella.

Her parents Sharon and Daniel Ruth never gave up on her and never let her give up on herself.

She remembers how her best friends, Rebecca Henry and Brittany Fleming were there for her and even her home schooling teacher Mary McClory who herself has passed on because of cancer.

“The cancer has motivated me to make the best of my time,” she said.

As a participant, for the first time in a relay for Life at St. Michael Catholic High School, the evening is special because it is her school and her classmates.

The chilly September evening did little to discourage the students and survivors from celebrating their victory over cancer.

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St. Michael Catholic High School held their first Relay for Life in recent memory on Friday, Sept. 16. There were 190 students participating and 19 survivors. In this photo, Colleen Ruth, family and friends prepare for the evening. The name of her team was the Squishy Jellyfish.

Left to right are: mom Sharon Ruth, Colleen, dad Daniel and friends Brittany Fleming, Madison Marcotte and Heather McPhee.

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Right: Josh’s new look. “It feels awesome! I feel very light,” he said after the haircut.

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Standing up to bullies, local youth grows hair for cancer wig J.P. ANTONACCI jp.antonacci@metroland.com

Joshua Brazeau’s hairy three-year odyssey started on a whim.

Growing up, Josh’s mother would shave his head just before school started, and let his hair grow in till the following summer.

But three years ago, before starting Grade 4, Josh decided he wanted to keep his hair long for a while. His mother Paula agreed, but suggested he go one step further.

“There’s no point in growing your hair and then cutting it off for no reason, so we thought, if it gets to 10 inches, just cut it and make a wig for cancer,” said Josh, now 12-years-old and in Grade 7 at South Branch Elementary School in Kemptville.

So he decided to see how long his hair could grow by September 2011, when he planned to enter air cadets and would want a shorter cut.

Paula agreed to grow her hair out as well, and the pair pledged to raise $5,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society at the same time.

Josh said he quickly realized it would be a challenge to carry around all that hair, and not just because he’d have to brush it more often.

“When I had my hair at least halfway down my neck, I was already being called a girl,” he remembered.

“It got to the point where people were just being rude because they already knew and they were taking advantage of it. When I get upset, I can really get angry.”

His classmates’ teasing got so bad that after Grade 5 he switched schools from Holy Cross to South Branch.

While some new friends were accepting once Josh explained why he sported what had by that point become nearly shoulder-length blonde hair, some older students – boys and girls alike – were less charitable. Their bullying prompted the vice principal to have Josh talk about his project during a school-wide assembly.

“From then on, everyone was like, great

idea! Good going, Josh!” he said.

“It’s been a tough go, brushing his hair, and of course getting teased, and helping him be able to deal with that,” Paula said, adding that she was proud of her son for seeing this challenge through.

When the teasing made him want to “chop it all off,” Josh said his friends gave him the courage to stick to his goal.

“Sometimes my friends kind of gave me a push, saying, ‘It doesn’t matter what they think, as long as you know who you are.’

And I said, ‘You’re right,’” Josh said.

Brushing Josh’s knotted hair was a constant chore that brought mom and son closer together, sometimes begrudgingly. While he didn’t like wearing a ponytail because it made him look even more like a girl, Josh wasn’t too fond of having hair in his eyes, and one day his horrified mother discovered that he had cut his bangs with plastic school scissors.

“That’s another problem we had – eating. Waffles, the (maple) syrup, chewing gum,” Josh said with a grin, rhyming off sticky items that found their way into his hair.

Josh said he now has more empathy for people with long hair, like his sister Tamara. He also feels for victims of teasing, and has confronted bullies – “numbnuts,” Josh calls them – who pick on his overweight classmates.

Through his church and his parents’ business connections, Josh raised the $5,000 for the cancer society, and added an extra $457 for his regular hangout, the Kemptville Youth Centre, which hosted “the big cut” on Sept. 10.

About 30 of Josh’s friends and family gathered to watch Vincent from Spa Garage lop off 20 inches of hair – enough to make one full-length wig or two short wigs for young cancer patients through the non-profit organization Locks of Love.

Josh thinks he might miss his long hair now that it’s gone, especially in the winter, when he enjoyed natural earmuffs.

He won’t miss the teasing, but has learned that helping others and achieving his goals is more important than what a few bullies think.

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Left: After three years of stubbornly refusing to cut his hair in the face of bullying and endless brushing, Josh Brazeau finally got a haircut at the youth centre in front of cheering friends and relatives, some of whom took turns cutting off Josh’s 20-inch blonde ponytails, which will be used by Locks of Love to make a wig for a young cancer patient.

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“If you haven’t already, get acquainted with your well. It’s the first step in doing everything you can to protect the quality of your well water and the groundwater we all share,” said health unit communications coordinator Susan Healey.

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“When it comes to wells, think watertight,” Healey said.

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Cisterns, which are reservoirs used to collect and store water, pose risks because they contain untreated water. Old wells should never be used as cisterns, as contaminants from rain water or tile drains will eventually reach the groundwater.

Groundwater springs, where the water table meets the earth’s surface, may easily be exposed to contaminants from human activities nearby, and the water may only have been in

the ground for a short time.

Surface water trench systems, also known as shore wells, pose risks to human health if water is untreated, such as from rivers or lakes, or from structures that indirectly collect surface water.

The health unit reminds residents that all untreated surface water is unfit for human consumption. If you think your water supply may be vulnerable, try to find alternatives and cease using the suspect source altogether.

If that is impossible, test the water for bacterial contamination at least twice a year and after heavy rains, treat it accordingly, and consider relocating the well. Potentially contaminated water should not be consumed until three consecutive clean tests are taken at weekly intervals.

The risk of contamination is less in deeper wells since it takes longer for surface water to enter the well. The risk also decreases the farther away the well is from potential sources of contamination.

To learn more and for help interpreting a water sample, visit healthunit.org or call 1800-660-5853 or 613-345-5685 to speak with a public health inspector.

CANDIDATE: Darcy Neal Donnelly PARTY: Libertarian Darcy Neal Donnelly is representing the Libertarian Party in his second election campaign this year. After garnering 151 of the 47,755 votes cast in the May federal election, Donnelly says he is running provincially to raise awareness of the Libertarian platform, which stresses a reduced role for government and political and economic freedoms for the individual.

Donnelly got into politics when, unimpressed by the major parties, he researched the smaller groups and found that the Libertarians mostly closely mirrored his views.

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While he is realistic about his chances at election, the Prescott-Russell resident wants to create competition for the other candidates because he believes competition “produces better results” for the electorate.

The 50-year-old, self-employed commercial truck driver said that if elected he would vote against increased taxation and push for “greater autonomy” for citizens. His party advocates dismantling the Liquor Control Board of Ontario and instead giving individual retailers the right to sell liquor directly to the public.

“You are your own control board when it comes to liquor,” Donnelly said.

The future of Ontario’s energy supply should similarly be left up to every individual.

“Each individual person, community association, independent business

will find the best solutions that fit their needs. If they can produce green energy better than a conglomerate can produce it, it would be more efficient,” he said. “Solutions come from grassroots environments, not from top-down administrations.”

Donnelly called for “a free market in all economies, including money.”

“I don’t want my grandchildren to be debt slaves – we need another option,” he said.

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Kemptville 73’s have positive start BRIAN WILSON Special to the Advance

Week two is now in the books for the Kemptville 73’s. The weekend opened in Hawkesbury with Kemptville taking on the undefeated Hawks.

The opening ceremonies were presided over by the Mayor of Hawkesbury. At 14:49 of the first period, Mason Nowak drew first blood for the 73’s, with assists from Ross Scherma and Billy Ulrick. In the second period, the Hawks answered with a goal and added one more before the period was over.

In the third period, Josh Pitt scored to tie the game at two. Hiio Herne got the only assist on the goal. Regulation time ended in a draw, but just 1:34 seconds into overtime, on a set up from Jesse Ferras and Ben Hutton, Pitt scored his second of the night to give the 73’s the victory.

Goalie, Travis Wilkins, was named the first star, as he stopped 37 of the 39 shots that he faced. Pitt was named third star.

Sunday. Sept.18, had the undefeated Brockville Braves come to North Grenville for what is always an epic tilt. The ceremonies for the home opener featured the introduction of this years’ team and coaching staff as well as a ceremonial puck drop. Doing the honours this year was Leeds-Grenville MPP, Steve Clark, assisted by North Grenville Councillors, Barb Tobin and Tim Sutton and team General Manager, Paul Brenton.

Brockville scored early but Kemptville evened the score two and a half minutes later on a goal by Blaine Byron. Mason Nowak and Jesse Ferras drew the assists. Josh Pitt scored the go ahead goal with assists from Dan Lacroix and Eric Malloy. In the second, the Braves scored twice before the period was two minutes old to take a 3-2 lead. The 73’s roared back with three straight goals to take a 53 lead. Scoring for Kemptville were Ross Scherma, Nowak and Malloy. Scherma’s goal was unassisted wile Cedric Lacroix, Pitt and Byron picked up the helpers on the others. The third period saw the teams exchange goals with Pitt getting his second of the night with help from Keegan Rowe and Dan Lacroix. The first star of the game was the 73’s goalie, Ryan Mulder, who faced 54 shots and was absolutely brilliant between the pipes. Pitt was named second star.

Defenseman, Ben Hutton, missed this game as he was invited to attend the Canada East evaluation camp in preparation for the 2011 World Junior A Challenge which will take place November 7-13 in Langley, B.C. Good luck Ben! Next, Kemptville takes on the high-flying Ottawa Junior Senators at the North Grenville Municipal Centre on Friday, September 23. Puck drop is at 7:30. The 73’s then travel to Carleton Place on Sunday to face the Canadians.

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Helping families a priority CANDIDATE: Steve Clark PARTY: Conservative Steve Clark says he’s motivated to help make changes in Ontario because of the tremendous spirit of the people in Leeds Grenville.

“I’m running in this provincial election because I understand the needs of the hard-working people,” said Clark.

“It’s been a tremendous privilege to represent them and to stand up for their interests at Queen’s Park. You have to be a strong advocate when you represent a riding in eastern Ontario to ensure we’re getting the attention of the government of the day. I believe I have done that since being elected in March, 2010 and residents can trust me to continue to do that

if I’m re-elected.”

He says he is a committed and tireless fighter as his open-door meetings in various locations have been well attended.

Health care, reliable electricity and soaring tax bills are highlights of this campaign.

“I’m passionate about the job as MPP and I’m excited about continuing the great work we’ve accomplished.”

The Ontario PC Party’s Changebook addresses the issues families in Leeds-Grenville and across Ontario are discussing in their homes, Clark says. “The major focus of our platform is to give Ontario families, hit hard by sky-rocketing energy bills and soaring taxes, a break and a chance to catch up.”

Clark was 22 when he was elected mayor of Brockville. He served three terms, during which

CANDIDATE: Ray Heffernan PARTY: Liberal

he was also the president of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.

He has worked in media and Internet development and was the executive assistant for long-serving Leeds-Grenville MPP Bob Runciman. Prior to being elected, Clark was a municipal CAO. Clark, 50, is married to Deanna and together they are the parents of a blended family of five, including: Mitchell, Caitlin, Jordan, Alex and Meghan.

Ray Heffernan’s motivation to run in Leeds and Grenville is his personal experience with the province’s education and health care systems.

Heffernan speaks passionately about the doctors and nurses that saved his legs – and his life – after a motor vehicle accident in 2007 shattered most of his body. After 15 operations and three months in hospital, Heffernan is a firm believer in public health care.

If he was in the United States under a private system, Heffernan says he would be over $1 million in debt and doctors likely would have chosen to amputate his crushed legs.

“The bottom line is, if

Lack of jobs a major issue CANDIDATE: David Lundy PARTY: NDP David Lundy is the Leeds and Grenville New Democratic Party candidate in the 2011 Ontario provincial election.

The Merrickville native has a very long family history in this part of the country. He works as the regional vice-president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union.

He has been asking voters in the area what is on their mind. “It has been very positive,” he said, but the majority of voters appear to be very frustrated. “We know that the economic situation we are in is the result of choices made by previous Liberal and Conservative governments.” He cites the lack of full-time jobs versus the great number

of part-time jobs that are, he feels, the result of the government’s message to business. Too many corporate tax cuts and not enough sustainable economic growth is what he believes is the problem in Ontario.

Lundy feels that voters have to make an effort to change the way they are thinking and voting, otherwise nothing will change. He worked for 20 years at the Rideau Regional Centre in Smiths Falls and understands what happens when layoffs begin in any industry. He believes a healthy community needs jobs.

He feels the current lack of full-time jobs in Leeds and Grenville is due to the government’s failed economic policy.

A strong and dedicated public service is needed to ensure the family is supported. Lundy believes young people do not have

The 46-year-old lives on a farm in Athens Township with his wife and six children. He supports green energy expansion because of the job possibilities and applauds the Liberal’s Risk Management Program, which protects farmers against crop price fluctuation.

“My family is the reason I’m running, because I have to make sure that everything they received, my grandkids receive.”

Heffernan said.

A new political direction CANDIDATE: Charlie Taylor PARTY: Green

the options they should have when they come out of school and start looking for work. He wants fair taxes, to ensure that everyone, regardless of their economic background has an opportunity to live in dignity.

Putting families first and maintaining corporate tax rates will be a priority during this campaign.

“I will advocate for the families of Leeds and Grenville,” he said.

it wasn’t for our health care system, I would be dead. And if I did survive, I should have lost both my legs – but I didn’t,” he said, adding that under the Liberal government, wait times for surgeries have dropped and now are the best in the country.

The longtime volunteer – United Way, Learning Disability Association of Eastern Ontario, and Canadian Aid for Chernobyl are among his dearest causes – is similarly impressed by improvements to education during Dalton McGuinty’s tenure.

Heffernan praises the individual education plans that helped his son overcome his learning disabilities and thrive at school. “Last week, I drove Joshua to Algonquin College. This is a kid they said (to) give up on – well, he’s taking business in college,” said the proud father.

Healthcare, jobs and energy costs are all hot topics for Green Party candidates in the 2011 Ontario provincial election.

The Green Party candidate in Leeds and Grenville, Charlie Taylor believes his party is the one to find long-term solutions to many of today’s issues.

The Green Party candidate believes there is too much negativity in politics that is passing for vision. Taylor feels that voters have expectations that are not being realized by the current party in power. “They have not been successful in bringing about change,” he said explaining that the Green Party can bring about change in a short period

of time. He believes it is time for voters to have more faith in their leaders. “I think people are getting discouraged,” he said. “The Green Party represents a new way of doing politics.”

The Green Party has pledged to balance the province’s budget by 2015.

They have promised to establish a carbon tax, go after increasing energy costs, freeze wages for the public sector and do something about tuition fees for post secondary education. Taylor feels the existing provincial debt is standing in the way of growth and prosperity for the province.

He believes the established parties are just not effective anymore.

Taylor also ran for Ottawa mayor in 2010 and now lives in Brockville.

Taylor feels he has what it takes to make

a difference in Leeds and Grenville. “I have spent a lot of time in the area,” he said, adding he believes running in the election is all about doing something that will help society in general. “Any success will make my effort worthwhile,” he explained.

Taylor is familiar with the agricultural sector.

He feels that farming is one of the most important sectors in the riding that has to be looked after.

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Meet your SD&G candidates Job creation a must CANDIDATE: Jim Mc’Donell PARTY: Conservative Long time resident of Williamstown in South Glengarry, Conservative provincial candidate Jim Mc’Donell has been a resident of the riding of Stormont, Dundas and South Glengarry for 52 years.

He has been the mayor of South Glengarry for the past eight years and prior to that was a councillor in the townships of South Glengarry and Charlottenburgh. He was also a Warden for the United Counties of Stormont Dundas and Glengarry in 2006.

He was raised on a diary farm and that experience, he feels, helps him understand the reality of the agricultural sector.

He feels Ontario families need some relief from their home energy

bills and increasing taxes. “People are upset about their taxes,” he said. “There are a lot of seniors who are on fixed incomes.”

If elected, he says he will promote predictable municipal funding, the elimination of over-regulation and better healthcare.

He has served 17 years in municipal government and 27 years as a community volunteer. He has a background in agriculture as well as engineering. Mc’Donell realizes that jobs are crucial for growth in any community. “We want to make it easier for small business,” he said.

He would like to see more apprenticeship programs. “We have kids coming out of college but they cannot get experience in their field.”

Mc’Donell believes a more effective apprenticeship program would get graduates the experience

A focus on sustainability CANDIDATE: Elaine MacDonald PARTY: NDP

they need to get working.

“Employers want people who are ready to go.”

His political agenda includes making and keeping communities safe, cleaning up waste in government, investing more in healthcare and education, lowering the tax burden on middleclass families and providing immediate relief for home energy bills.

Mc’Donell would also like to see the local health integrated networks dismantled.

Elaine MacDonald is the NDP candidate for Stormont Dundas and South Glengarry in the 2011 provincial election.

She is a second-term city councillor in Cornwall and president of the Cornwall and District Labour Council. Both her jobs are about promoting sustainability in the local community from an economic, environmental and social perspective.

As councillor, she chairs the Cornwall and area housing corporation and sits on the Raisin Region Conservation Authority and the Committee of Management at GlenStorDun Lodge, which is a municipally owned and operated longterm care facility.

“The biggest issue I hear about is that people

Building on successful past CANDIDATE: Mark MacDonald PARTY: Liberal Cornwall city councillor Mark MacDonald looks to follow in twoterm Liberal MPP Jim Brownell’s footsteps in a riding that has undergone several name and boundary changes but has almost always returned a Grit to Queen’s Park.

MacDonald served on council from 2003 to 2010, and spent 24 years as a firefighter and fire inspector. The active volunteer once lived in social housing and went on to chair the Cornwall & Area Housing Corporation. He says the new accessible housing units built in the riding – including several in Winchester – as a result of government stimulus funding have had a “life-changing” effect on residents.

“The government built

social housing for the first time in 20 years, and they managed to do it when the economy was at its worst” and despite Conservative opposition, he said.

“Jim Brownell and the Ontario government have massively changed the infrastructure landscape in Stormont, Dundas and South Glengarry,” MacDonald said, citing hospital improvements and the Benson Center as examples of positive change.

Upgrading Highway 138 from Cornwall to the 417 is on his agenda should he be elected.

MacDonald said the Liberal government will continue to upload services from cash-strapped municipalities and keep its commitment to the 20,000 farmers who have applied for microFIT clean energy contracts.

He touted the rural platform as an example of his party’s commitment to Eastern Ontario. “To-

tional School.

Prior to being elected municipally, Elaine ran federally for the New Democratic Party.

Her resume includes a long history of union work and community activism, especially in labour and healthcare.

As a committed feminist and advocate of women’s empowerment, Elaine is a member of Women Entrepreneurs of Cornwall and Area and a founding member of the SD&G Coalition for Social Justice.

Energy concerns top of list CANDIDATE: Justin Reist PARTY: Green

day, we’re supporting rural Ontario and our family farms through Ontario’s first permanent Risk Management Program – the biggest commitment to our farmers in over 25 years.”

The Risk Management Program – which guards against crop price fluctuations – a new Specialist High Skills Major in food processing, and increased support for job-creating agri-food businesses will all benefit rural families, MacDonald said.

cannot make ends meet,” said MacDonald.

From healthcare to taxation, MacDonald feels there are better ways to address today’s issues.

For example, when it comes to healthcare for seniors, MacDonald says the NDP would find one million more hours of homecare hours. She also feels that the concept of local health integrated networks should be revisited. “They do not work,” she said.

The family has always been central to any NDP election platform.

MacDonald says there is a new kind of challenge for families.

“For years we have wrestled with how to keep youth here-now you hear about couples having to split up to work.”

Professionally, Elaine is a recently retired teacher who taught for a number of years at St. Lawrence High School and Cornwall Collegiate and Voca-

The return to school brought a different kind of homework for Justin Reist. The third-year Carleton University political science student decided to run as the Green Party candidate in Stormont, Dundas and South Glengarry after volunteering during the 2011 federal election. The energy and dedication of his fellow volunteers motivated the 19-year-old to stand for office himself, he said.

His studies have kept Reist, a Caledon East native, from touring the riding as of yet, so he relies on an active online and social media presence to connect with voters.

Reist’s campaign is focused on health care and youth unemployment.

The Green Party plans to freeze postsecondary

school tuition and tie future adjustments to the rate of inflation. Expanded training certificate programs for clean energy and sustainable transportation would spur job creation in those sectors, and reducing the payroll tax for small and medium businesses will also help create jobs, especially for youth.

“Our education system as it stands is very strong. I think our focus now needs to be on accessibility,” Reist said.

“New, innovative options” promoting illness prevention are needed to keep the health care system sustainable, he continued. “We need to look at having cleaner air (and) cleaner water so that chronic illness stops rising,” said Reist, adding that the Green “continuum of care” approach to senior care means there will be many options available as seniors’ needs change.

Ontario remains too reliant on coal and nuclear energy, and while he admits those sources cannot be abandoned overnight, Reist says the province can “aggressively” conserve energy by making buildings more energy efficient and developing “absolutely key” alternative energy sources like wind and solar.

Reist advocates small, community-based projects that would shift energy production into local hands.

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Special Feature

‘It takes a village to raise a child’ Know the warning signs and where to go if you know a teen who needs help BLAIR EDWARDS blair.edwards@metroland.com

obile Crisis kicks ass!

The message is scribbled in a scrapbook kept in the war room of the Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa’s 24-hour crisis hotline.

The hotline staff call it the cookie jar.

It’s a collection of thank-you notes and messages of hope scribbled or pasted on each page of the scrapbook written by the staff.

None of the notes come from the clients, the dozens of youth and parents who call the centre every week and receive help from the social workers who man the hotline.

But that’s a good thing, said Ted Charette, the co-ordinator of the bureau’s Mobile Crisis and Intake Services.

“A lot of the time we don’t know the impact we have, because we don’t bring them here for too long,” he said.

Staff at the crisis line field more than 6,000 phone calls every year and assist youth ages 0 to 18.

If necessary, a crisis worker can jump in a car and visit a youth at their home.

The hotline is often the city’s first stop for children wrestling with mental health issues or parents seeking help for their troubled teens.

The staff is trained to deal with emergency situations and then, if needed,

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WARNING SIGNS Adults need to look for the warning signs and take action early, says Ted Charette, the co-ordinator of Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa Mobile Crisis and Intake Services.

Some include: • A sudden drop in marks at high school • Changes in sleeping and eating habits • Loss of enjoyment in what used to be favourite activities • Low energy and poor concentration • A personality change • Outbursts of anger or rage • Neglect of personal appearance

OUT OF THE DARKNESS A series about youth suicide Part 2: How to detect if your child needs help and what resources are available for assistance. refer teens and children to youth mental health services in Ottawa.

But it all boils down to making that first contact, said Charette.

“I don’t think there’s a difficulty making a connection,” he said. “It’s getting a hold of them.”

A teenager lacks the experience and knowledge to cope with mental illness and often feels no one can help them, Charette said.

“The first person a teenager will speak to when they feel challenged is going to be another teenager.”.

PARENTS ARE KEY Parents can play a key role in their child’s mental health, said Charette.

The first step is maintaining an open line of communication.

Keep the conversation going with open-ended questions, such as, “Anything interesting happen at school today?” Charette said.

“Connect with the kids,” he said.

“Make the time.”

If they notice signs of depression and are worried their children are having suicidal thoughts, parents should call the 24-hour crisis line: 613-260-2360, said Charette.

Youth can also visit the walk-in clinic, located at 2301 Carling Avenue, the second floor, which is free for youth ages 12 to 20 and parents and open every Thursday from noon to 8 p.m.

“A lot of our calls are initiated by parents and not youth,” he said. “We’re a very good option for a first phone call.

“We have incredible success once we can get our hands on them – it’s just getting them,” said Charette. “Because they don’t reach out, we need adults.”

Children attempt suicide for a variety of reasons, said Dr. Ian Manion, a clinical psychologist and the executive director for the Ontario Centre of Excellence for child and youth mental health at CHEO. Acute stressors include relationship loss, bullying, embarrassment and aca-

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demic performance.

“It could be a variety of things,” Manion said. “A moment in time could be overwhelming for young persons.”

Youth have limited problem-solving skills and emotional maturity, he said.

Parents can bring their children to CHEO if they express suicidal thoughts.

“You are seen,” said Manion. “You’re not put on a waiting list.”

DARON Ever since the parents of Daron Richardson publicized the details of their 14-year-old daughter’s suicide on Nov. 15, 2010, the issue of suicide and youth mental health has caught the country’s attention.

During a press conference following his daughter’s death, Ottawa Senators assistant coach Luke Richardson, said he and his wife talked about difficult subjects with their daughter such as alcohol and drug abuse and sex, but they never discussed mental health.

“I wish we did talk about it before,” he said. “But we just didn’t think it was there.”

Manion said many parents won’t go

for help because of the stigma of mental health issues.

“That’s a huge barrier in mental health in general,” he said. “That’s where we have to do a better job in supporting parents.”

It’s important to educate people about mental health issues and identify the resources available in the community, he said.

The sooner the better when dealing with mental health problems, said Manion.

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for youth ages 10 to 24, according to recent numbers from Statistics Canada.

In 2007, 508 youth killed themselves, with many more attempting it.

“Even more importantly, studies show a significant percentage of adolescents contemplate, plan or attempt suicide without seeking or receiving help,” said Cheryl Vrkljan, a Hamilton-based program consultant for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Anyone can help, said Vrkljan.

“What people do need to know is the right way to help,” she said.

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For some resources, it’s about survival

BY GEOFF DAVIES

T

he two jumbo couches are past their prime, but they’re comfy enough to swallow you whole.

Twenty teens are stretched out on them, in the converted factory that is home to Perth’s Youth Action Kommittee.

Artwork overlooks the main room and there’s a drum set in the corner.

It’s shared with a kitchen where youth learning to cook churned out 2,800 home-cooked meals last year.

The youth centre has a range of programs and welcomes drop-ins, but those on the couches are from YAK’s Skills Links programs in Perth and Smiths Falls.

They are deemed “high-risk” youth, and range in age from 16 to 24. The program gives them six months of full-time training, a $332.50 stipend, and a chance to overcome what stands between them, a job, or going back to school.

A fly on the wall would get a crash course in the issues plaguing Ontario’s rural youth.

Those here today represent some of Eastern Ontario’s unhealthiest youth.

In Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, teens have some of the region’s highest rates of smoking, drinking, obesity, unemployment and stress, as reported by the Child and Youth Health Network of Eastern Ontario’s recent study.

They’re talking about youth suicide.

Many are all too familiar with it, and the discussion flows for about an hour before the drum roll of toes gets too loud to ignore. Time for a smoke break.

Several of them have helped a friend struggling with thoughts of suicide.

Some have struggled themselves. All around, the opinions are varied and strong.

Marcy Vincent remembers hearing her friend, then seven-months pregnant, say she was thinking of killing herself.

Immediately, with a ride from her parents, Marcy drove over.

“I stayed up with her for three days straight. There was no way I could go to sleep and leave her feeling that way,” recalls Marcy.

In the end, her friend revealed her struggle to her parents, who hooked her up with a psychologist.

“Nothing was scarier than those three nights.”

YAK’s gem is its open doors. The fact kids are drawn to them on their own

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accord is the real value of the centre.

For many of the nearly 600 youth who came to YAK in 2010, it was an essential support. Hailing mainly from Perth and its neighbouring townships, the YAK’s following grew by more than a third last year.

“Hope is a huge issue for young people, because they don’t see it as something that dominates their life,” says YAK’s executive director, Darinka Morelli.

A lack of “corporate appeal” has long plagued YAK and others serving youth, Morelli says. Not little and cute, the teens they help are rougher around the edges. It’s easier to tell them no.

Now, after 14 years of operation, the future of YAK’s lifeblood funding appears as tenuous as ever.

They need guaranteed funding to have access to government grants. From Service Canada, these account for about 80 per cent of their funding, but are locked into the Skills Link program.

In recent years, Lanark County has funded all five of its youth centres with an annual $40,000 grant, earmarked for staffing costs. For “bricks and mortar” funding, YAK relies on the Town of Perth and the townships of Tay Valley and Drummond/North Elmsley.

Earlier this year, as municipal governments went through budget deliberations with a shakey economic backdrop, both wells got a little drier.

At the Town of Perth, grants have gone up and down in recent years. YAK asked for a repeat of $12,000 for 2011, and walked away with $10,000. Councillors debated further cuts. As the centre’s financial books show, Tay Valley’s contributions have held steady at about half that amount, while provincial grants have dwindled to the triple digits. The past three fiscal years show no contribution from Drummond/North Elmsley, though Morelli says the township has contributed $1,000 for 2011.

Meanwhile, at the county level, councillors decided to cut their grants program entirely. YAK will still get funding for now, from the social services budget, but has been asked to develop a plan to wean themselves off county funding over the next three years.

“I think most definitely, if the taxpayer doesn’t support the youth centre, it will not sustain itself,” says Morelli.

Instead, she says, they have to ask themselves a tough question: do you

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The Youth Action Kommittee in Perth is an invaluable resource for teenagers, and can be a place they turn to when they are in crisis. Donations help keep it afloat. want their services or not?

Always planning ahead, Morelli said she’s been looking at one day starting a side-business, a tutoring service, to help the centre survive.

With one pot of money and competing interests, funding has always been a real struggle in the children’s services field, says Nicki Collins, founding executive director of Doors for Lanark Children and Youth.

They’re a non-profit organization backed by the provincial government, providing free counselling services for kids up until their 18th birthday. By intervening early to help youth and their families with issues ranging from depression to sexual abuse and beyond, they hope to solve mental health problems before they get more serious.

But, like youth centres, Open Doors is not a mandated service, and struggles as

a result, says Collins.

“Every child has right to an education, we all have a right to health care, but…you don’t necessarily have a right to have children’s mental health services,” she says.

Last year, Open Doors saw more than 1,000 young people at its Perth, Smiths Falls, Carleton Place and Lanark Highlands offices. While demand has steadily increased – up 40 per cent in 10 years – their funding from the ministry of children and youth services has hardly budged.

In the 15 years Collins has been at the helm, she has seen their funding base increase by eight per cent.

“We don’t get cost of living (increases), ever,” said Collins.

It’s been a struggle to keep up with the need for services since the area saw a cluster of six youth suicides last year. Since 2008, the organization has had to cut three full-time counsellors, a management position, their after-hours service, and 80 percent of their psychological services, Collins said.

Currently, there are nearly 100 people who have been on the wait-list for more than a month.

Open Doors doesn’t treat anyone older than 18, but they’re not the only ones feeling the surge in mental health needs.

Deborah Snow of Lanark County Mental Health says the staff she supervises at their Smiths Falls office has seen a significant increase in the number of “transitional-aged youth” – those not quite 18 but close enough – coming to them for help in recent years.

Their answer: a youth skills group, modeled on the “psycho-educational groups” that have proved successful with adult patients. Unlike a support group, these group therapy sessions aim to build resilience, teaching youth the skills they need to cope, prevent and understand their symptoms.

Offered last year for the first time, the group treatment option flopped, failing the required minimum of eight participants. This year they got 22.

Maybe people have warmed to the idea of opening up to others, Snow says. Or maybe they’re looking for a way around the six- to eight-month wait-list for their preferred option, one-on-one counseling.

“We do the best we can do with what we got,” says Snow, whose staff is at about half-capacity, with only two fulltime counsellors.

Just one caring person can make a world of difference

Know the warning signs, said Vrkljan – if you are completely unaware or think it will never happen to you or someone you know, think again.

“Take all the warning signs seriously,” she said. “Talking about suicide will not encourage someone to try it.”

Don’t agree to keep it a secret and tell the person they are not alone and that help is available, said Vrkljan; if there is an immediate risk call 911 and stay with

the person.

“One caring person can make a difference,” she said. “We just have to be OK with asking the hard questions. Many times the person is in such pain they will be relieved you asked.”

Youth aren’t seeking help because they don’t want to be different or marginalized, said Vrkljan.

“Youth have never been taught the language skills they need to really express their emotions, and therefore keep it bottled up inside.” she said.

Education is key, said Charette.

Three Ottawa institutions that help young people in crisis have agreed to pool resources and information to provide better services to youth and their families: CHEO, the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group and the Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa.

The three organizations have partnered to allow nurses, psychiatrists and social workers to help youth in crisis.

• The Royal Ottawa provides youth mental health services.

• The Youth Services Bureau offers a 24-hour mental health crisis program.

• CHEO provides an urgent care unit and emergency health care.

The subject of youth mental health is taught in the schools, but Charette would like to see training provided for any adult who works with groups of children, such as minor league hockey coaches, girl guide and scout leaders.

“Anyone working with a child should have some awareness of mental health issues,” said Charette.

If you’re a teen in crisis or their guardian, the Youth Services Bureau has a free, 24-hour help line. Call 613-260-2360 or 1-877-377-7775 (toll free) crisis@ysb.on.ca

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Community

Here comes the sun BSE left their cows worthless. Two Oxford Mills farmers found a way to make them count.

J.P. ANTONACCI jp.antonacci@metroland.com

When the fallout from mad cow disease sent the price of beef plummeting to unprecedented lows, Maude Roy and Wendell Joyce had a decision to make. The Oxford Mills farmers were faced with selling their beef cattle to an industrial slaughterhouse at just $100 a head, far less than the $1,000 per cow they counted on to keep their small operation afloat.

At that price, they reasoned, it was hardly worth it to sell, though they didn’t see much choice, as keeping the cows would have meant no income at all.

They were on the verge of closing down completely when they came up with another way to recoup some of their losses and make a difference at the same time.

Two years ago, they turned Sunflower Farm, their 100-acre Jig Street property, into a community-supported agriculture (CSA) venture with a unique twist: farm supporters buy shares in a cow, but the meat goes to the food bank, which issues the donor a tax receipt.

Joyce figured he was effectively donating time and money when they sold a cow at such a low price, so why not make it official?

“I didn’t feel good about taking a cow to the sale barn and taking whatever price it happened to be that day – which was determined well beyond my control,” he said.

“At the scale we’re at, we’d never get rich off (beef farming) under any circumstances, so (we said) let’s do something that we think makes an important contribution and we can feel good about.”

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS Joyce’s family farmed for five generations in the Eastern Townships before he and Roy brought their cattle to Oxford Mills in 2000.

Like many part-time farmers west of Hwy 416, Joyce works in the agriculture industry to make ends meet. Roy, an accountant by trade, also worked off the farm and managed the operation with help from neighbours and the couple’s two sons.

For a few years, the family sold the beef cattle that grazed contentedly in their fields. When BSE (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy) was first discovered in an Alberta cow in 2003, Roy and Joyce were optimistic that they could hang on, even as the price of beef collapsed.

The government encouraged farmers that the industry would rebound.

“Obviously, they have to say that,” Joyce concedes. “They can’t come out and say, ‘Guess what, guys, this is going to be 10 years of misery.’ But that would have actually been sounder advice for a lot of people.”

Even at $1,000 per head, selling a cow didn’t cover the true cost of production.

At $100 each, farmers were apoplectic, and many cut their losses.

Overwhelmed by the sudden spike in demand, small, local abattoirs were squeezed out by the multinational slaughterhouse

Cargill, and farmers watched their almost worthless cattle disappear into the commercial food chain.

Sunflower Farm wasn’t big enough to compete internationally, and Joyce and Roy didn’t have time to market their beef – which is effectively, but not certifiably, organic – to restaurants or individual consumers.

“We didn’t want to abandon the farm,” Roy remembered. “So we said, let’s come up with something that’s different.”

The farmers noticed that the price of grocery store beef was not declining, even as the price of their cows went through the floor. They decided to stop enriching Cargill and help people in need instead.

The Ottawa Food Bank gladly accepted their offer of meat from a freshly butchered cow, and sent the surprised couple a charitable donation. “Worth almost as much as the hundred bucks from the slaughterhouse,” Wendell added dryly.

Sunflower Farm was reborn.

FEEDING A NEED They decided to turn their formerly forprofit operation into a full-time charitable venture after discovering the great number of people using food banks in Ottawa, a supposedly wealthy city.

The bulk of Sunflower Farm’s beef now goes to the Shepherds of Goods Hope food bank and homeless shelter and the Kemptville Salvation Army, which has seen a 90 per cent increase in demand for its services, including the food bank, over the last two years.

Donations haven’t kept pace, so the farm’s protein-rich gifts help stretch every dollar even further, explained Sally Ann Captain Simon Downey. “This is an awesome, low-cost way to get good, healthy food into people’s hands,” he said.

Since most people donate non-perishable items like pasta and canned vegetables, the Salvation Army gives food bank users vouchers to buy fresh meat and produce.

Combine the CSA-donated beef with vegetables from the Giving Garden and oddsized eggs donated from a local farmer, and clients sometimes get a fresh, healthy hamper directly at the food bank.

Ground beef is “very useful” since it’s easy to cook and combine with other items, Downey added.

The CSA farmers recognize that anyone is a few bad breaks from needing the food bank. They believe those in need should not be further hampered by the high cost of healthy food.

“That’s one of our premises – in a country as affluent as Canada, it’s unacceptable that people don’t have access to a proper diet,” Joyce said.

“You need good nutrition and good, healthy food if you want to function properly and get back on your feet.”

“I’ve heard that comment, ‘You’re giving meat to people, why are you doing that?

You may be better not to give anything so they will find ways (to eat),’” Roy said.

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Maude Roy (left) and Wendell Joyce give their two-year-old steer Jason a snack as a goat looks on hopefully. The beef farmers turned their floundering Oxford Mills farm into a CSA venture that supplies fresh meat to food banks.

“It’s a fabulous idea that very specifically helps those in need. It’s just a beautiful use of their farm and of their time,” said Captain Simon Downey of the Kemptville Salvation Army, one of two food banks that receives ground beef from Sunflower Farm.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I said, you know what, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what those people live, and what they went through. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t judge people, because you never know. â&#x20AC;?

HOW IT WORKS Sunflower Farm supporters buy shares ranging from $100 to $1,500, which covers the entire cost of the cow for its lifespan, and direct their share of the meat to a particular charity, in effect becoming donors.

The farm pays for the slaughter at a small abattoir in Smiths Falls, since the charities canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford it. When the beef is ready, the good-spirited farmers load up their delivery truck and make the rounds.

So far the farm has about 20 supporters. Crossing Bridge Family Dentistry in Stittsville is funding an entire cow. Donations cover the operating costs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; fuel, feed, fence maintenance and the like â&#x20AC;&#x201C; while Joyce and Roy donate their labour and management expertise to the cause.

The property can support about 50 cows, and the farmers say their goal within two to three years is to produce one cow per week, which translates into 25,000 pounds of donated ground beef every year.

The food banks love the idea, but Joyce admits some farmers have been less than charitable in their assessment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard other beef farmers say, why would you do it? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crazy,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m kind of tempted to respond to them, well how much money have you made in the beef business in the last while?â&#x20AC;?

ies of the cheerful flower. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It brings your spirit up when you see a sunflower, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how we named it,â&#x20AC;? she said.

The couple hopes their work can similarly brighten other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Farmers say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not our business to feed poor people. And theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re quite correct in saying that,

because (poverty) is a failure of policy,â&#x20AC;? Joyce said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really making it our business to feed people in need.â&#x20AC;?

For more information about Sunflower Farm CSA and to become a donor, visit sunflowerfarmcsa.com.

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In Memoriam

Kaydence Christina Gagné arrived on August 24th. Proud parents are Kim and Denis. A granddaughter to love for Ron and Pat Moodie, Sandra Cinnamon-Parent and Jack Gagné. Excited Aunt and Uncles are Mandy, Pat, Josh, Lyndsay and Betty.

Thanks to God and the staff of labour and delivery and the special care nursery at the Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus.

Time changes many things but love & memory ever clings.

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DILLABAUGH In loving memory of Lynn, who passed away Sept. 11, 2010.

We sat beside your bedside Our hearts were crushed and sore We did our duty to the end ‘Til we could do no more.

In tears we watched you sinking We watched you fade away And though our hearts were breaking We knew you could not stay.

You left behind many aching hearts That loved you most sincere We never shall and never will Forget you; Lynn dear.

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We’ll never forget you, you’re always there In our hearts, our minds and in our prayers.

Be happy in heaven with the angels on high We’ll always love you and we’ll never say goodbye!

Loving husband Paul; Children Jilian, Vanessa, Paul; Mom (Eleanor Charlebois) and family.

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Community

Band o’ pirates descend on Kemptville

Emma Jackson Photo

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PRESCOTT STREET BECOMES A PIRATE HAVEN

BROCKVILLE ROGUES SET SAIL FOR KEMPTVILLE

Three-year-old swashbuckler Lahcen MacKie and his mom Jennifer enjoyed Pirate Day on Kemptville’s Prescott Street on Saturday, Sept. 17. Everything was ship shape as inflatable pirate ships, dancers, face painters and even a visit from Captain Jack Sparrow entertained the many buccaneers who came out to enjoy the day.

Fourteen-year-old swashbuckler Bryan Ewart, left, joined matey Donald Newburg in Kemptville for the inaugural Pirate Day on Saturday, Sept. 17. The pair travelled all the way from Brockville to enjoy the festivities. The event was ponsored by Old Town Kemptville BIA and the North Grenville Chamber of Commerce

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September 23, 26, 28, 30

Kemptville

Kemptville and Area Walking Group meets at 9 a.m. at the Municipal Centre. 258-4487.

September 23

Kemptville

Kemptville Legion Week Dance, 8 to 12 p.m. Music by Smokey Rose. $10. Light lunch.

September 23

Kemptville

Friendship Lunch at Leslie Hall. Fun & free. Fridays 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Hosted by the churches in Kemptville.

September 24-25

Merrickville

Merrickville Artists’ Studio Tour & Sale. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Brochures available in local businesses or online at merrickvilleartists.com

September 24

Kemptville

Pork Roast BBQ at Christian Reformed Church, 2455 County Rd 18 (Clothier St. W.). Serving 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Eat in or take out. $12 adults. $6 children under 12. For tickets call Albert at 258-7470.

September 24

Kemptville

Kemptville Mom 2 Mom Sale. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Southgate Community Church, 1303 French Settlement Rd. Gently used kid’s clothes, books, toys & equipment. Bake sale, BBQ, face painting. ‘Mommy Tables’ $20 for a 5ft table and $25 for an 8ft table. Contact kendra@sweetpetitebowtique.ca. Proceeds send local children to Silver Lake Wesleyan Camp.

September 24

Osgoode

Osgoode Legion Branch 589 Garage Sale. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free BBQ at noon. To volunteer or donate sale items/baked goods, call 826-2477 or 258-7644. Proceeds to the Legion Building Fund.

September 25

Kemptville

Roast Beef Dinner with mashed potatoes, mixed veggies, baked beans, turnip & carrots and homemade pies and cakes, will be served at the Odd Fellows Hall, 119 Clothier St. E. from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. For info call 258-2258.

September 25

Kemptville

Kemptville Legion Golf tournament. Shot Gun Start at 8:30 a.m. at Rideau Glen Golf Course. Best Ball. $60 (includes green, fees, golf cart & buffet). To register call Joanne Dudka at 258-4238.

September 25

Kemptville

160th Anniversary Service at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church. 10:45 a.m. Guest Minister: Rev. Allan Jorgensen. Special Music. All are welcome.

September 27

Kemptville

Mixed adult pickup Basketball every Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in the gym at Holy Cross School on Clothier Street. Cost to play is $5 per night or $50 for the season (follows the school year). For more info, call Samantha or Jeff at 613-258-1847 or email Samantha.Rivet@rbc.com.

Merrickville and District Historical Society. Presentation by Myrtle Johnston, president of the Colonel Edward Jessup Branch of the United Empire Loyalists, who will entertain us with stories of the activities of the Loyalists in the Merrickville area, the role Loyalist women played and how to find Loyalist records. Ste. Marguerite Bourgeoys, 7:30 p.m.

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