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Local boards prepare for new school year By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star With less than three weeks to go before kids are expected to return to class, many parents are facing a dfficult decision – send their kids to school for in-person learning, or keep them at home to study virtually. In most cases, the decision depends on the age of their children and whether or not their high school aged children have been vacinnated or not. As of August 11, 68 per cent of students between the age of 12 and 17 had been fully vaccinated. That number was expected to continue to increase as we get closer to the first day of school. At the time this article was written, the vaccine remained unavailable for children under the age of 12. According to the current provincial guidelines, in-school high school insrtruction will
be offered five days a week. There will be two in-person classes a day of 150 minutes each. Classes will rotate week-over-week throughout the first semester, e.g., classes A and B one week with classes C and D the following, then repeat. Masks will be mandatory for all students between grades 1 and 12, and will remain optional – but recommended – for children in kindergarten. They are not required outdoors. Elementary classes will be offered in person with a number of mitigation measures in place: – COVID-19 safety procedures such as physical distancing, masks, hand washing and protective equipment for staff – cohorting of students with an emphasis on smaller class sizes where possible, – staff will rotate to classes to reduce student movements CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
Orléans family’s voyage around the world captivated thousands By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star It’s been 20 years since the Stuemer family landed at Petrie Island after spending four years travelling around the world on the Northern Magic. On Aug. 26, 2001, more than 3,000 people turned out to greet Diane and Herbert Stuemer and their three sons Christopher, Michael and Jonathan. Most had been following the family’s exploits through a series of weekly dispatches published in the Ottawa Citizen. When the family left Ottawa in September 1997, Michael was 10, Jonathan was nine and Christopher was five. Their experience as sailors consisted of a grand total of six afternoons in a 23-foot vessel on the Ottawa River. After cruising down the eastern seaboard for five months, they headed to the Carribean, the Panama Canal and the Pacific Ocean beyond. During the next four years they would visit 34 countries and travel over 65,000 kilometres. The Stuemers decided to sell their home, uproot their family and sail around the world after Diane was diagnosed with skin cancer after having a malignant melanoma removed in 1994. The diagnosis and operation had a
dramatic impact on her outlook on life. Over the next three years, she realized that there should be more to life than what society expected from her. At the same time, Herbert gently pushed the idea of sailing around the world, something he had dreamed about all his life. In her book, The Voyage of the Northern Magic: A Family Odyssey, Diane talks about the moment, while reading a nautical magazine, that she had an epiphany. “The pictures the story conjured up in my mind were so vivid I simply knew this was for us,” Diane wrote. “And when I put the magazine down, I knew our lives were forever changed. Not only did I want to sail around the world, I had to do it. This was the answer, the positive change I’d been seeking.” The first step to turning that dream into a reality was to purchase a 23-foot sail boat which they learned to sail during the summer of 1996. A year later, they purchased a wellproven but inexpensive 42-foot bluewater cruising yacht which they would name the Northern Magic. During the next 11 months, the couple prepared the boat, and themselves, to circumnavigate the globe. They also had to sell their business and rent out their home. During the voyage the family had their fair
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The Stuemers are pictured aboard the Northern Magic during the final weeks of their four-year voyage around the world. OTTAWA CITIZEN/ WAYNE CUDDINGTON PHOTO share of ups and downs, however, the ups were far more numerous than the downs. The most lasting legacy of the voyage is the Northern Magic Fund for International Development which was created after their stopover in Kilifi, Kenya. The fund has been used to help cover the secondary school costs and university tuition fees of hundreds of students in Kilifi. In fact, it’s helped produce two doctors, including once who graduated this year. Sadly, Diane passed away in 2003. A year after completing their voyage, the melanoma resurfaced and had masticized to other parts of her body. Before the cancer spread, she was able to complete her book and formalize the Northern Magic Fund for International Development. After Diane’s passing, the boys completed their schooling. Jonathan is now 33, Michael
is 34 and Christopher is 29. Herbert continued to enjoy sailing and took the Northern Magic on a voyage to the Mediterranean with his son Christopher. He later sailed the boat to Brazil. After experiencing a health scare in 2013, Herbert sold the Northern Magic to a man from France. The boat was sold again in 2014. In December 2015, it was discovered grounded and abandoned on the coast of Uruguay by a Canadian staying nearby. When Diane Steumer was 21, she wanted to accomplish three things in life – write a book, have children and travel the world. She accomplished all three by the time she succumbed to cancer at the age of 43. In the end, she followed her dreams even if it meant sailing around the world in a 37-yearold, 42-foot boat, which is a legacy we should all try to live up to.
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Emergency Food Cupboard is providing $60,000. “Investing in not-for-profit organizations is not only vital to a healthy community, it also enhances our local economy. Just Food offers one of Orléans richest greenery experiences. That is why I feel so privileged make this announcement and to see them thrive and expand,” said Lalonde. “This investment will strengthen our community food security as a foundation for economic development,” added Just Food executive director Moe Garahan. “Building back must be about building longterm resilience. This infrastructure allows for community gathering around food and farming for decades to come.” Two days after makings the Just Food funding announcement, the MP went to Petrie Island, where she announced that the federal government would be providing the Petrie Island Canoe Club with $609,000 to improve and expand the club’s community space, marina storage facilities and clubhouse by June 30, 2022. The new facilities will include a rectangular base structure to store boats, as well as a new clubhouse and observation deck. These improvements will reinvent the outdoor space, enhance existing facilities,
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Ho-hum By the time you read this editorial we should know whether Canadians will head to the polls next month or not. Speculation over a possible snap election has been running rampant for months. In fact, they first started surfacing in March when pundits began opining that a possible election might happen in the spring. In politics timing is everything and the only possible reason for the Liberals to call an election would be to try to win a majority. The party currently has 155 seats, 15 short of the magic number needed to hold a majority. Could that change? Of course anything is possible in politics, but if you look at the current polls a path to a mjority appears to be extremely difficult. So, if nothing is going to change why bother? One reason could be that a renewed minority is better than losing your hold on governing altogether. If Trudeau were to wait, things might not get much better than they are right now. There is also the fact that the Conservatives appear to be imploding with dissention among the ranks over the leadership of Erin O’Toole. Then there is the pandemic to deal with. Right now, the country is in a lull. We appear to be doing quite well, with over 62 per cent of Canadians having been fully vaccinated, but the experts are stiull warning of a possible fourth wave. Should that happen all bets are off. There’s is a good case to delay an election. If Canadians continue to get vaccinated and we inch closer to herd immunity, the possiblity of the economy rebounding in a significant way is extremely good and a good economy usually equates to good numbers at the polls. Yes, Trudeau screwed up the initial procurement of the vaccines which put this country at least two months behind, but they’ve so far been able to make up for it, at least in the minds of most Canadians, but there is no huge appetite for a federal election especially in province’s like B.C. and Nova Scotia where they just went to the polls on Tuesday. If a federal election was to be held in September, you could pretty well guarantess the worst voter turnout in quite sometime. Most parents will still be struggling with the issue of in-class instruction versus virtual home-schooling. No one except for hard core political apparatchiks actual give a damn. So let Justin Trudeau call an election if he wants. It will be like organizing a birthday party where no one shows up except for a few family members and the people who show up at every party for the free food and birthday cake. As for the argument that it’s a waste of taxpayer dollars... that, my friends is the price of democracy. Elections cost money and they always must be held eventually. So whether you spend the money next month or next year, you still have to spend the money. So let Trudeau go to the polls if he wants and let the people have their say who want to have their say, while the rest of use continue to deal with life during a pandemic away from all the politics. Fred Sherwin, editor
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Your feedback is needed on proposed changes to municipal garbage collection You may have seen that Ottawa is studying • Partial pay-as-you throw: Households would options for changing how we handle our garbage. be allowed to place a set number of garbage The City is preparing a new Solid Waste Master Plan items out for collection. Households with more and changes to curbside garbage collection is the than this limit would purchase garbage tags for first operation being pre-sented, each additional item. Recycling, as it accounts for 82% of waste organics, and leaf and yard waste collected. would still be picked up without Laura Over the past several years, any tags and with no limits. Dudas Ottawa has been studying our This system is used in more garbage trends. This is timely, as than 78 Ontario municipalities the city’s Trail Road landfill is including Kingston, Niagara and Innes Ward 2 filling up – expected to be full as Peel. early as 2036. During this study, it was found that • Reduced item limits: Households would set out more than half of what we throw in the garbage a reduced number of garbage items. Anything should have been recycled or composted, and that above the limit would not be collected. only 58 per cent of households were using a Green Nearly 80 municipalities have a limit including Bin. Halton, Hamilton, Guelph and London. Additionally, the province has mandated a 2023 • Clear garbage bags with recycling and organics target of 70 per cent for organic waste diversion from bans: Households would set out their garbage in garbage, with a complete ban in 2030. Currently, only clear bags. Recyclables and organic waste would 44 per cent of residential organic waste is diverted in not be permitted in the garbage. Ottawa. More than 40 municipalities, including Markham City staff are preparing a report that will present and Dufferin, use this approach. changes to curbside pick-up, and they are looking You can find more information on my website for feedback from residents before presenting the at LauraDudas.ca/changes-to-curbside-garbagepreferred option. collection.
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Road trip to the Maritimes a chance to rejuvenate the soul It’s been an interesting summer to say the least. Ottawa continues to lead the province when it comes to vaccinations which equates to an extremely low number of cases. In fact, the number of cases has remained below 100 since June 29 which means that we can enjoy dining out on our favourite patio without the fear of possibly catching COVID. The weather has been a mixed bag to say the least. If it’s not stiffling hot and humid, it’s cloudy and cold and threatening to rain, which makes taking a vacation a real crap shoot. As I write this column, I’m between camping trips. I just got back from a motorcycle tour of PEI and my beloved home province of Nova Scotia and I’m about to go camping in Presqu’ile Provincial Park near Brighton. In between, it’s been sunny and hotter than Hades. I’m hoping the nice weather will continue throughout this week, just a few degrees cooler would be nice. As for my trip down east, what can I tell you. It’s been 12 years since I last visited PEI and my home province. I took the boys on a father/son trip when they were nine. The year before I brought my daughter Maggie down east on a father/daughter trip. I remember promising myself after I returned from my trip with boys that I would return every couple of years or so. So much for promises. I’m not sure what happened, but
Up Front Fred Sherwin 12 years have gone by in a flash. When I bought the bike four years ago, the first long trip I planned was to the east coast. I imagined cruising along the back roads of Prince Edward Island, through the little fishing villages and visiting some of my favourite locations. And, of course, if I’m down east I just had to ride along the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton and visit places like Lunenburg, Peggy’s Cover and my hometown of Dartmouth. Despite the mixed bag of weather – it rained on three of five days, but on the two days the sun did come out I got to spend time on the beach – the PEI leg of the trip turned out to be everything I expected and then some. I camped at the Cavendish provincial campground which is where my parents brought us when I was a kid and where I brought my own kids. Cavendish is a marvelous place located in the heart of Green
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Gables. It is also within a two-hour drive of anything on the island. This time around, I was able to visit a few new spots which were suggesgted to me by my sister Michelle, who had just finished a 10-day trek across PEI along the Trans Canada Trail. I toured the entire western part of the island all the way up to the North Cape and down to the West Cape. I stopped into the Alberton Bakery for the best hot turkey sandwich I’ve ever had and a couple of peanut butter balls which every one should try before they die. I also stopped into the Deckhouse Pub in Summerside for their lobster BLT which is served on a fresh croissant with bacon, lettuce and tomato. As lobster rolls go, it was very, very good but had to take a second place seart to the lobster roll they serve at the Lobster Barn in Victoria-by-the-Sea near Charlottetown, which even the locals claim is the best on the island. Probably the highlight of the trip was getting to visit with my old friend and one time coworker Jan MacNeill. Jan and I worked together at the Star way back from 1989 to about 1992. She and her brother Paul inherited four papers from their father Jim MacNeill, the legendary founder of Eastern Graphic, after he suffered a heart attack and
died in 1998. Jan invited me to spend some time at her cottage with her husband John and some friends near Red Point Beach which is one of the best kept secrets on the island. My trip along the Cabot Trail and out to Meat Cove was everthing I knew it would be with a different spectacular vista around each corner. Once I got to Dartmouth, I did a quick tour of the old neighbourhoods where I grew up before stopping into my brother’s in Shad Bay which is just down the road from Peggy’s Cove. For those people who aren’t from the area, it’s difficult to explain the significance of the place to those of us who were lucky enough to have been born there. Lying on a secluded piece of granite in the shadow of the lighthouse while listening to the waves crash on the shore is a zen-like experience. I honestly could have laid their for hours as it rejuvenated my entire being. From Peggy’s Cove, I rode along the shoreline to Lunenburg for lunch at The Dockside restaurant overlooking the harbour where the Bluenose II normally sits anchoured when its not out touring the Eastern Seaboard. From Lunenburg it was a long 19-hour ride home where I now sit writing this column and planning my return visit next summer to the place I call home.
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Orléans blessed with a wealth of excellent dance schools STAR STAFF – A number of dance studios in Orléans have reopened their doors to their students using strict social distancing and hygiene protocols. DanceRStudio on Centrum Blvd. in the Orléans Town Centre offers instruction in a wide variety of dance disciplines such as Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Ballroom, Pointe, Lyrical and Contemporary. Classes are offered to students ages 20 months and up and include both recreational and competitive levels. They even have a Parent & Tot Class for parents and children age 20 months to 2.5 years. Whether dancing just for the fun of it, or training on the competitive team, they strive to help all of their students reach their goals and fulfill their potential. All of the teachers are professionally qualified to teach all different forms of dance
and are carefully chosen by owner Miki White based on their positive attitude and their desire to pass on their love of dance to their students. The Cumbrae School of Dance is located on St. Joseph Blvd. between Jeanne d’Arc. Blvd. and Youville Drive. Classes are offered in Ballet, Highland Dance, Jazz, Hip Hop, Contemporary and Tap. In-studio classes will be running at half capacity to a maximum of nine and seven students respectively per studio and larger classes will be split into smaller groups. Students must already be wearing their dance attire along with their face mask when entering the studio and students with long hair must wear it in a bun. They must also bring their own plastic bin to hold their personal belongings such as their dance shoes, their cell phone etc. which must be kept nearby.
To see their in-studio protocols visit www. cumbraedance.com. Both the DanceRStudio and the Cumbrae School of Dance place a strong focus on technique and instilling a knowledge of grace, co-ordination, flexibility, endurance, good social skills and increased worth. Students are encouraged to meet their fullest potential, to discover the power within and to know who they are and what they can become. Dance is a great way to build confidence, coordination, memory skills, musicality, athletic agility and it’s a fun way to make friends that last a lifetime. DanceRStudio is located at 260 Centrum Blvd., next to the Taproom260 restaurant and across from St. Martha’s Brasserie. You can visit their website at www. dancerstudio.ca to get more information
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30+ years of teaching theatre excellence in Orléans STAR STAFF – Ottawa School of Theatre is 32 years old! OST-ETO is the longest-running theatre school in Ottawa, offering acting and theatre classes for students of all ages in both English and French. OST-ETO is more than grateful for the financial support of the federal and municipal governments, without which it would not have been possible to continue to offer virtual theatre opportunities. Virtual fun has created the opportunity to go beyond immediate communities and gain some national and international students from Nee Brunswik, the USA and as far away as Switzerland. It’s a blessing in disguise, but everyone at the theatre school is very excited to be able to safely work in person, in their studios this fall. NEW this year are programs for teens and adults who will have the chance to immerse themselves in theatre in a class that will attend professional theatre, discuss and work the scenes, meet some of the artists
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Remote learning will remain an option for parents and students who don’t feel comfortable about returning to the classroom. Staff and students will be required to self-screen each day for symptoms before arriving at school. Anyone experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 must not attend school and must get tested. Each school is responspible for developing its own arrival and departure plan so that congregating in busy areas is avoided where ever possible. Should a staff member or student test positive for COVID-19, the school boards
will follow existing Ottawa Public Health protocol starting with the requirement for the individual to isolate at home for a minimum of 14 days. Once a positive case has been identified, Ottawa Public Health will perform a risk assessment of school contacts of the person who tested positive. OPH will then provide the school with a list of anyone who is considered a high-risk contact. A letter will then be sent to all high-risk contacts to notify them of their exposure to COVID-19 and next steps for testing and self- isolation. High-risk contacts can include children
in the same class as a person who tested positive for COVID-19). They are advised to go for testing no earlier than seven days after their last close contact with the person who tested positive whether they are exhibiting any symtoms or not. Students/staff who test positive for COVID-19 must remain in isolation until they have isolated for 10 days after the start of symptoms AND their symptoms have been improving for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications. High-risk contacts will have to selfisolate at home for 14 days after they were in contact with person who tested positive
for COVID-19, even if the high-risk contact has a negative COVID-19 test result. OPH will provide the school with a letter for all parents/guardians and staff, which the school will send to inform them that someone at the school has tested positive for COVID-19. OPH will determine if an outbreak will be declared and provide the school with a daily “Do Not Attend List” containing the names of students/staff who cannot go to school. To find out more about the plans being implemented by the various local school boards, you are advised to visit their individual websites.
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