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Orléans writer co-authors children’s book

Deborah Cholette from Orléans is the co-author of Get Me Out of This Book: Rules and Tools for Being Brave along with Kalli Dakos from Ottawa.

The book was released on June 11 and is available at all Indigo Chapters stores. FRED SHERWIN PHOTO

By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star Where would we be without the innocuous bookmark? And no, I don’t mean the electronic e-book kind. I mean the old-fashioned paper kind. The ones that have saved countless pages in countless books from having their top corners folded over.

You may be surprised to learn that despite their symbiotic relationship to books of all genres, not a single book has been written about a bookmark. That is until now.

Orléans author Deborah Cholette has joined forces with Ottawa author Kalli Dakos to produce the first-ever children’s book about a bookmark.

Get Me Out of This Book: Rules and Tools for Being Brave is a story about a bookmark named Max who is overcome with fear every time he is placed at a page with a scary picture.

In order to overcome his fear, he goes to bookmark school to learn some coping skills to better handle the situation.

The coping skills used in the book come right off the pages of the Navy SEALs manual — breathe deeply, make a plan and think positive thoughts.

When Cholette came up with the concept for the picture book, she was just thinking of writing a cute story about a bookmark. In fact, the original working title was simply Get Me Out of This Book. It wasn’t until the book’s American publisher Holiday House started editing the book that they realized the potential it had for teaching young readers coping skills.

Get Me Out of This Book: Rules and Tools for Being Brave is Cholette’s third published work. The other two were self-published.

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS Cumberland museum to hold old-fashioned Community Barn Dance this weekend ORLÉANS – The staff at the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum are putting the finishing touches on this weekend’s Community Barn Dance, which is taking place on Saturday, August 7. Ticket holders will be able to step back in time to the 1920s and 30s and enjoy a delicious roast supper and locally brewed beer, after which they can put on their dancing shoes and hit the dance floor as the guest caller takes them through the steps for an authentic barn dance experience. A limited number of tickets are still available at https://apps102.ottawa.ca/Start/Start.asp.

Once you are on the website, you simply have to type in the barcode 1513189.

Tickets are $45 each and include the dinner and dance. If you have trouble logging into the site, you can call the museum directly at 613-580-2988.

Orléans-Cumberland Resource Centre in need of school supplies ORLÉANS – The Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre is once again putting out a call for school supply donations to help local families in financial distress. Among the school supplies in high demand are binders, exercise books, spiral notebooks, packs of lined paper, HB pencils, mechanical pencils, highlighters, coloured pencils and waxed crayons. Supplies as well as monetary donations can be dropped off at the OCCRC office at 240 Centrum Blvd. from Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. If you or someone you know is in need of school supplies for their children they should call 613-830-4375. Giving children the tools they need to succeed in their academics helps us nurture the next generation of leaders, innovators and creators who can make a difference in the future.

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Local farmers help set new Guinness World Record ST. ALBERT – Several farmers from Cumberland, Navan, Vars and Sarsfield recently gathered with fellow farmers from across Eastern Ontario to get their names back in the Guinness Book of World Records. Area farmers had set the original record for most threshing machines operating at the same time in 2015 at 111, but then a group of farmers in Manitoba outdid them by 28 machines in 2016. That didn’t sit too well with local farmers like Willard McWilliams from Navan who were determined to get the record back and so began the task of organizing the World Record attempt on Aug. 11. But the organizers just didn’t Photo by The Review Newspaper want to best the Manitoba group by a couple of machines, they wanted to blow them out of the water. The result was impressive indeed. Some 250 machines were brought to a farm just outside St. Albert from across Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. Of the 250 machines, 243 of them managed to operate for the minimum five minutes required to qualify for the record. The attempt was witnessed and verified by Guinness Adjudicator Michael Empric, who had traveled from New York City for the event which also managed to raise over $100,000 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

Picture book teaches young readers key coping skills Continued from page 1 comedy Cholette published in 2001.

Who Stole My Body was a middle school fiction published in 2008.

The story of how Get Me Out of This Book: Rules and Tools for Being Brave came about is a wonderful story in itself and a perfect example of serendipity.

Cholette was looking for a potential publisher 10 or 11 years ago. As part of the process, she checked out other authors on the various publishing company websites.

While she was surfing one site in particular, she was impressed by the book titles of one of the authors.

“She had titles like Our Principal Promised to Kiss A Pig and The Goof Who Invented Homework that were very clever and original,” says Cholette.

That same night, Cholette went to the Ottawa Independent Writers’ Christmas dinner at Robbie’s Italian Restaurant on St. Laurent Blvd. At one point, she had to go to the ladies’ room and noticed another woman was also in the restroom.

When she left, she joined a table where the same woman was sitting.

“All of a sudden they started mentioning the same titles I had seen on the website earlier in the day, and wouldn’t you know it, the woman I saw in the restroom was Kalli,” says Cholette. “I didn’t even know she was from Ottawa, let alone that she was going to be at the dinner.”

The two authors became immediate friends and would often have lunch together. After a while they started talking about writing a book together.

“Kalli has published 14 or 15 books and she is a very lyrical writer,” explains Cholette.

“So I wrote the original story and then she edited my words using her style. I think we rewrote it about 88 times before we submitted it to Holiday House. They bought it three years ago and it’s taken that long to finally get it published.”

The publishers also hired Portuguese illustrator Sarah Infante to do all the artwork for the book.

“She did an amazing job,” says Cholette.

“It has a European feel to it rather than an American feel. We were a little nervous at first because you don’t know how the illustrations will turn out, but we were thrilled when we finally saw the finished product.”

Get Me Out of This Book: Rules and Tools for Being Brave is being distributed in North America by Penguin Random House. Every copy of the book comes with its very own pull-out Max the Bookmark.

It’s currently available at all Indigo Chapter stores or it can be ordered online at amazon.ca. A hardcover copy is $12.75 plus shipping, while the Kindle version is just $7.51.

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Deaf-blind athlete helps Mexican children hear again

By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star Since being diagnosed with Usher’s Syndrome in 2002, deaf-bind athlete Kevin Frost has accomplished a lot in his life. He’s competed internationally as a speed skater and a cyclist, winning a number of medals, and he recently won the Canadian blind golf championship.

But none of those accomplishments can compare to the role he’s played in helping 28 Mexican children hear again.

Frost was vacationing in Cancun in 2004 when he met Yvonne Costello who was doing mission work among the poor in area villages.

“She noticed I was wearing a hearing aid and we struck up a conversation,” recalls Frost. “She told me about these deaf kids who couldn’t afford hearing aids and she asked me if there was anyway I could help her out.”

During the ensuing years, Frost has raised funds to purchase hearing aids for 28 kids. At first he did it on his own, but more recently he’s enlisted the help of local Lions Clubs after becoming a member of the Orléans Lions Club in 2010.

As impressive as that is, it’s even more impressive when you consider that a pair of hearing aids can cost upwards of $2,000.

Frost last visited Mexico in 2017. He made a point of meeting each and every kid who had received hearing aids.

“It was a very humbling experience.

None of these kids could hear anything before they got their hearing ads, so it totally changes their lives. They’ve able to hear again. They can communicate

with their family and friends, but the most important thing is that they get to go to school and get an education,” says Frost.

Some of the money Frost has raised over the years has also gone to speech therapy lessons because most kids who can’t hear also can’t speak, especially if they’ve been deaf since birth.

One of the kids Frost helped needed a Cochlear implant.

“Lias was two when he got the implants in 2012,” says Frost. “But two years ago his mother got in touch with me and said his body was rejecting them, and that he got an infection so they had to take them out.”

Despite the infection, Lias could still use a hearing aid in one ear, so Frost went to work earlier this year to raise the money needed for the hearing aid with the help of the Lions Hearing Committee of Ontario, the Orléans Lions Club, the Cumberland Lions Club and the Sudbury Lions Club.

“It was a real team effort and I can’t say enough about my fellow Lions,” says a grateful Frost, who also got some help from the Mexican Embassy in Ottawa.

“Usually it costs a lot to send a medical device to Mexico, but they stepped in and offered to deliver it to Lias’ village for free which was really great.”

The company that makes the hearing aids also gave them a discount.

Lias received the device earlier this month and for the first time in years he was able to hear his parent’s voices and the other sounds from his surroundings.

Frost is hoping to return to Mexico soon to reunite with Lias and the other kids he has helped over the years who have all become part of his extended family.

(Left) Lias reacts with joy as he can hear with his new hearing aid for the first time. (Right) Kevin Frost with Alfredo, the first boy he got hearing aids for back in 2004.(Bottom) Frost with his extended family in Mexico. PHOTOS SUPPLIED

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Bicycle license The past summer has been marred by several serious bicycle accidents including a fatality right here in Orléans in which a car struck an 11-year-old cyclist as he was riding across the Hwy. 174 westbound on-ramp at Jeanne d’Arc Blvd.

Without getting into who was at fault — the young cyclist or the motorist — I for one, have had several close calls with cyclists over the past couple of weeks both while driving my car and riding my motor cycle. In every incident, the cyclist was breaking the rules of the road. In particular, they were flying through a stop sign against the traffic without even looking to see if I was stopped or not.

Worse still, they were riding down the sidewalk and they weren’t wearing a helmet.

This may surprise some cyclists, but they can go along at a pretty good clip. A lot faster than a jogger and much faster than a pedestrian out for a stroll.

When a motorist is about to proceed through an intersection or make a turn, they are not expecting a bicycle to come out of nowhere and fly through the intersection without stopping.

It reminds me of an incident I was involved in a number of years ago. I was going southbound on Elgin Street at night and was waiting for a bunch of cars to drive by before making a lefthand turn on to a side street. It was night time, so the passing cars all had there lights on.

After the last car drove by, I proceeded to make my lefthand turn.

The next thing I know, I hear a loud bang and see the shape of a body fly over the hood of my car. Of course I immediately slammed my brakes on and ran to see if the cyclist was still alive.

Thankfully, he was just shaken up, but he immediately started apologizing for running into me (he struck the front passenger wheel).

He had no light or reflectors on and he was dressed in a pair of dark jeans and a black jacket.

The recent near-misses caused me to think about that accident and ponder about why cyclists aren’t required to take a safety course or have a license.

As a new motorcyclist, I not only had to take the M1 motorcycle test, I also had to retake the G1 motor vehicle test along with the road sign test. You would think at the very least new cyclists should take a road sign test.

Personally, I think the province should go the whole nine yards.

You shouldn’t be able to operate a bicycle until you’ve taken a safety course and passed a written test. And that goes for everyone — children and adults alike — and for every type of bike and scooter whether they are motorized or not, or electric or not.

And the police need to start enforcing the laws for everybody. If you run a stop sign on a bicycle, you should face the same penalty as a motorist. Perhaps then we could cut down on the accidents and nearmisses that happen every summer.

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Labour Day weekend brings a whole list of pending chores So we made it through the Labour Day weekend. The kids are back to school – stop for yellow buses – and the work routine has ramped up for most of us.

Yes, fall is upon us with shorter days, colder nights and the re-appearance of hoodies, fleeces and windbreakers while flip-flops, bathing suits and floaties disappear.

On the bright side, we had an amazing eight weeks of amazingly warm weather stretching back to Canada Day. In talking with folks at the hardware store, grocery checkout line, or during a java fill-up at Timmies, or Starbucks it seems that many of you did find time to unwind, sneak away, do some home repair projects and get through a few good books.

But now the deluge begins. If you are the planahead type, local Dollarama stores have a full aisle already stocked with Halloween costumes and chocolates – I kid you not. And if you’re the designated ironer in the house like yours truly, the fall wardrobe pile/mountain of clothes looks like a task for a full Sunday of NFL games only to be put on the rinse, lather, repeat cycle for all the foreseeable weekends to come.

To make matters worse, you have less than 16 weeks to complete all your Christmas shopping! Then consider everything that must occur within this four-month window: plan for Thanks-

giving dinner, store the backyard furniture, learn about your federal candidates and vote on Oct. 21, schedule a pre-winter tune-up and get snow tires installed on your vehicle(s), plan some sort of winter getaway (or staycation) if you can … and the list goes on.

Stress multiplies, nerves get frayed and the major downer for many is the daily grind of heading to work before sunrise and driving or taking the bus (and hopefully, finally, light rail) home in the dark as well. If you haven’t figured it out, fall is my least favourite season.

Although autumn does have its upside. The changing of the leaves into a cacophony of earth tone colours can be experienced anywhere in our beautiful community. And if you golf, run or bike, it is a magical time to enjoy these outdoor pursuits.

For pro sports enthusiasts, you have a choice of NFL and CFL football, MLS soccer, MBL playoff drives and series, pre-season NHL and NBA action and ‘footie’ fanatics can watch a host of matches from the major European leagues each weekend.

Okay, I feel a touch better now. Thanks for letting me vent, but it’s time to empty the pool/ shut the cottage for another winter/cut the lawn one last time/hire a snowplow service to do the laneway during the winter/shop for snow tires/... you get the point.

Preparing for the worst, while hoping for the best Ever-intensifying hurricanes, wildfires in a rain forest, tornadoes in Orléans, extreme temperatures in Greenland... The signs of climate change are all around us, The question is: what are we going to do about it?

When it comes to combating climate change, I stick to the time-honoured saying: “Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst”.

My opinion of climate change deniers is not extremely high. Basically, we don’t do anything and they’re right, no harm done. But if we don’t do anything and they’re wrong, the world as we know it will be irreparably damaged, millions of people will be displaced and millions more could starve to death.

The potential harm caused by climate change can not be overstated.

What happens, for instance, if the mean temperature in the Prairies rises by two degrees? Forecasters predict that it would cause successive years of drought.

If it increases by more than two degrees, it could wipe out the agriculture industry in Manitoba and Saskatchewan forever.

Should the worst occur, what would happen to all those people who depend on agriculture? Very likely it would lead to a massive migration, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the Dust Bowl years.

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Fred Sherwin Potentially, the most disastrous impact of climate change is rising seawaters.

Taken to the extreme, they could swamp large sections of coastal cities like Vancouver and Victoria.

I’m not one of those people who thinks that Vancouver could be completely submerged, but I do understand how having your entire habourfront and large sections of your downtown sitting under one or two feet of water could be highly problematic.

One of the most striking videos I’ve seen this summer was of the ice melt in Greenland. The words “ice melt” don’t even come close to describe what is happening in reality.

Ice melt makes it sound that it is a rather slow process. In reality, it is a torrent. The ice melt in Greenland has created raging rivers that are dumping billions of gallons of water into the ocean.

Scientists estimate that by the end of the summer Greenland will lose roughly

440 billion tons of ice. How much is 440 billion tons of ice in terms of its equivalency to water, you ask? It’s enough to cover the state of Pennsylvania or the country of Greece in a foot of water.

During a five-day period between July 31 and August 3, the temperature in most parts of Greenland rose above five degrees Celsius causing nearly 55 billion tons of ice to melt. That’s enough to cover the entire state of Florida in five inches of water, or the province of PEI in 13 feet of water.

And if you’re thinking this summer’s ice melt was just a freak occurrence, consider that 225 billion tons of ice melted between 2003 and 2016 ­­— and it’s not being replaced. The same is true in the high Artic where sea ice is melting at an alarming rate.

The situation is even worse at the other end of the world where the ice is melting at a rate of 100 million tons a year in Western Antarctica alone.

So what is causing all of this ice to melt? The easy answer is that it is due to the natural course of events and the cyclical warming and cooling of the planet through the centuries.

But recent studies would suggest that we have at the very least exacerbated the problem. The studies show that global warming has coincided with

industrialization dating back to the beginning of the 20th century.

It wasn’t until industrialization which precipitated our dependency on fossil fuels that CO2 levels in the earth’s atmosphere began to slowly increase.

Higher CO2 levels in the atmosphere lead to higher air temperatures which impact the winds circling the globe which, in turn, impact the currents.

And the situation is going from bad to worse thanks to never-seen-before wildfires in the Arctic, Alaska and Siberia.

This summer has seen more than 100 wildfires in the Arctic Circle, devastating once-pristine forests, turning them from precious carbon dioxideabsorbing sponges into giant new emitters of greenhouse gases. Add to that the massive wildfires currently devastating the Amazon rainforest, and you have a grave recipe for disaster on a global scale.

Forests, like glaciers, can’t be replaced in a day. And global warming won’t be stopped anytime soon. No matter how deep the climate change deniers like Donald Trump stick their heads in the sand, global warming and climate change is a reality. Given that reality, it only makes sense that our governments begin to plan for the worst while the rest of us hope for the best.

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So why – when the city That discussion highis facing provincial cuts lighted promoting gems Innes Ward 2 to Ottawa Public Health, like the Prescott-Russell paramedic services and significant changes Recreational Trail; our rural destinations; to the Planning Act (the impact of which cycling tours; our community’s rich francothe City is still trying to comprehend) phone culture and, featuring St. Joseph – should residents care about cuts to the Blvd. businesses, which line the current, tourism sector? and future, light rail transit corridor.

The Ottawa tourism industry is an Sadly, with these cuts from the proveconomic booster, bringing $2.2 billion ince, opportunities such as these are in to the region’s economy on average per limbo as Ottawa Tourism waits to see the year. It provides 30,640 full-time jobs, impact on our overall tourism industry. with employees earning $1 billion in direct As a result, the City and Council will wages and salaries, and 43,570 total jobs, have to work harder to try to draw tourists including direct, indirect and induced. out of the downtown core and spread the Here in the east end, we have not financial benefits to suburban and rural experienced the same tourism levels as businesses, many of which are small and such iconic Ottawa designations as the independently owned.

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We can finally get excited about the Also, in mid-August, I had the launch of LRT! Mayor Jim Watson, along pleasure of attending the Association of with other representatives, announced on Municipalities Ontario annual conference August 23 that the O-Train Confederation that took place right here in Ottawa.

Line would be open to the The conference was public on September 14. a great opportunity to This means that service work with all my council will be open at all 13 colleagues, as well as our stations from Blair to many counterparts from Tunney’s Pasture, finally across Ontario, as we giving residents a taste of Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward 11 met with the province to what rail could be like. set our priorities moving Important to note, this is just the forward. I also had the pleasure to lead a finale of Phase 1 and as you’ve most delegation that met with Ontario’s Minister likely noticed prep work for Phase 2 is of Infrastructure Laurie Scott. As you may well underway. While we finally have have guessed, we talked about roads, roads, the bones and framework of our new rail and roads! We stressed the importance system complete, Phase 2 will bring further of infrastructure in our city and what connectivity and ensure we have a timely, we needed to ensure we deliver the best world class transportation network. services to our residents.

A reminder that the ramp at the Hwy. Finally, I would like to remind everyone 174/417 split will be re-opening three to be on the lookout for kids as they return weeks after the launch of LRT. The open- to school after the summer holidays. This ing of this ramp has been the number one is especially important in school zones and LRT related question sent to my office and around school buses as they stop to pick I’m happy to finally have a more concrete children up in the morning and drop them timeframe for it’s opening. off in the afternoon.

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By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star When he was alive, former D’Arcy McGee’s owner Jim Morrison loved surrounding himself with friends and family, but most of all he loved the opportunity to support his favourite cause – kids in need.

For several years leading up to his death last year, he partnered with Variety of Ottawa in organizing D’Arcy’s Angels – a charity event that raised thousands of dollars every year to aid families of sick children who struggle to make ends meet.

Morrison’s partners in crime in organizing the event were long-time friend and Children’s Wish Foundation president Pat Lowell and Variety of Ottawa president Michael Brennan.

After Jim passed away on Oct. 6 last year, his friends banned together to keep D’Arcy’s Angels alive. Prior to Jim’s passing, D’Arcy McGee’s changed hands and underwent a makeover becoming Taproom 260 in the process.

The new ownership group, led by Jim’s former business partner Andrew Quincy, was committed to continuing his legacy and D’Arcy’s Angels became the

Christmas Angels. In their first year, they managed to raise more than $12,000. But they didn’t stop there.

The group of friends immediately began planning for the first annual Jim Morrison Charity Golf Tournament which was held at the GreyHawk Golf Club on August 25.

An even 100 golfers took part in the tournament, which raised over $10,000 to be split evenly between Christmas Angels and the Children’s Wish Foundation.

The winning foursome of Michael Lutes, Bill Garbarino, Jim Neubauer and Ryan Hudson turned in a combined score of -16.

Jim’s widow Karen was on hand to present a pair of cheques to the two beneficiaries along with the couple’s two sons Parker and Alex.

The money will go a long way to making a lot of kid’s wishes and dreams come true.

Lowell and Brennan were both thrilled at both the amount of money that was raised on behalf of their charities and the quality of the tournament itself.

“Jim was definitely smiling on us,” beamed Brennan. “Between the weather and the money that was raised, we

couldn’t have asked for a better event.

During the post-tournament dinner the golfers got a chance to hear from Tony Mangat and his daughter Tiffany who were flown in from Calgary to share their experience as an example of the kids and families who have benefited from the proceeds raised by the tournament.

The final putt had barely dropped into the cup on the 18th green before plans were already being made for the 2nd Annual Jim Morrison Charity Classic to be held at the GreyHawk next summer.

“This was Jim’s favourite course, so for sure we’re coming back. Plus the staff here have been incredibly good to us,” said Brennan.

Karen Morrison holds a cheque for $10,000 with her sons Parker (left) and Alex (right). The amount of the cheque represents half the money raised by the tournament. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Organized sport an important aspect of a child’s development NC – Sport touches many aspects of Canadians’ lives – their health and wellbeing, their social networks, their sense of social connectedness.

Organized sport can help children grow, giving them a sense of achievement while building teamwork, leadership, problem-solving, decision-making and communications skills.

Sport also enables children to channel their energy, competitiveness and aggression in socially beneficial ways.

Improving health through sport and other forms of physical activity may reduce future healthcare costs and build lasting habits of physical fitness while combating the growing problem of childhood obesity.

Most children are first introduced to sports through the family, which has an important influence on children as they develop their identity and build self-esteem.

Many studies have identified the influence that parents have on their children’s sports involvement by investing time, emotional support and financial resources.

Unfortunately, participation in organized sports is still exceptionally low. In 2011, 51% of children in Canada aged five to 14 regularly took part in sports during the previous 12 months. About 51% of these active children participated in more than one sport and were involved in sports activities on average about 2.6 times per week per sport during their sport’s season.

Whereas boys’ participation in organized sports has declined in all age groups, girls’ participation trends depend on their

age. In 2011, five- to 10-year-old girls played organized sports at about the same rate as in 2005, but older girls aged 11 to 14 were less likely to play sports than they did in 2005, but the decline was less sharp than for boys the same age.

One of the motivating factors in kids taking part in organized sports is their parents who often participate in sports themselves or did so when they were youngsters.

Parents are also often involved in their children’s sports, whether it is on the sidelines shouting encouragement or being more formally involved as a coach, referee, organizer or fundraiser for a team, league or sports club.

The level of parental involvement in sports has an impact on children’s sports participation. In 2011, 24% of children participated in sports if their parents were not involved in sports in any way.

It makes a big difference if parents are involved, even just as spectators of amateur sports: children’s participation rates more than doubled (62%). This finding shows that parents can support their children’s sports activity simply by watching and encouraging them.

All the studies show that organized sport and physical activity, whether organized or not, is beneficial to the development of children and youth.

Organized team sports are especially beneficial in instilling concepts of teamwork, self-discipline, respect for others, and heightened self-esteem in young minds.

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Classes are offered to students ages two to young adult and include both recreational and competitive levels.

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.

At DanceRStudio, they 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 their 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.

At DanceRStudio, they are dedicated to providing a positive family-oriented environment. It’s a place where dancers can come express themselves and discover the joys of dance.

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What to expect at Promenade: Orléans’ Premier Seniors’ Community and dryer, a telephone and cable, wireless Internet, a full bathroom with walk-in shower, a kitchen equipped with quality stainless steel appliances, full-size fridge with freezer, stove, cooktop, dishwasher and microwave. Each unit also has a private balcony with a gorgeous view of the surrounding trees and Ottawa River – get in early and choose your view!

Most appealing is the location. Situated next to Orléans’ best walking path and the Ottawa River, Promenade residents get to enjoy all of Mother Nature’s beauty. It is also a short drive from Petrie Island, restaurants, cafés, Farm Boy, the Place d’Orléans Shopping Centre and the highway.

Situated next to the Promenade Retirement Residence, Promenade will always be able to cater to your care needs. Residents will benefit from the “age-in-place” mentality held by Alavida Lifestyles: you will always be able to remain in the community you love with the friendships that have been built.

Promenade offers an on-site management team that is completely dedicated to your well-being, including registered healthcare professionals 24 hours a day. Full levels of care are available, including memory exercises and activities focused on maintaining cognitive health. Promenade is a safe community, something they are very proud of. The existing building is equipped with some of the most reliable security and fire-suppression systems available. In fact, they received an A+ review by the Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority and they are an approved member of the Ontario

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Alavida Lifestyle communities are built, managed and operated by Ashcroft Homes who have been building desirable living spaces in the Greater Ottawa area since the early 1990s. The name “Ashcroft” has become synonymous with quality and attention to detail as envisioned by its founder and CEO, David Choo, who created Alavida Lifestyles with his aging parents in mind. His vision of an intergenerational community, from starter and family homes to retirement living, comes together to create a harmonious balance. All of the Alavida Lifestyles communities are based on comfort, safety and, of course, luxury.

If you think this lifestyle may be for you or a loved one, you’re invited to attend Promenade Oktoberfest on Saturday Sept. 21! Drop by 130 Rossignol Drive

between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to test out our fall menu, enjoy beer sampling from our local Orléans brewery Stray Dog, meet our team and experience our model suite.

We’ll also be offering tours of the ground floor construction site of the new building, we’ll supply the hard hats and boots while you envision what life at Promenade Seniors’ Suites will look like!

There are many ways to get more information on Promenade Seniors’ Suites. You can visit www.promenadeorleans.com, contact Véronique Landry, Sales and Marketing Manager, at 613-221-5931, or you can visit the Alavida Kiosk at Place d’Orléans Shopping Centre for the month of September, or simply drop by the Presentation Centre during the week for a tour at 130 Rossignol Drive.

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(NC) – Ottawa’s premier seniors’ communities, Alavida Lifestyles, is expanding their Promenade Seniors’ Community location by opening a second building exclusively for all-inclusive, independent, care-free living in Orléans. Best of all, it will be opening its doors this fall!

Future residents of Promenade Seniors’ Suites can expect the same stress-free, resort-style living as the other Alavida Lifestyles communities offer and can enjoy all the services and amenities as well. These include incredible dining options in a bright and spacious dining room where fresh, chef-prepared meals are served daily and the menu is full of variety and adaptable to food intolerances; including, but not limited to vegan, glutenfree and/or dairy-free. Other amenities include an in-ground, saltwater pool, fitness classes and a fully-equipped fitness room; a theatre with a huge screen and an activity schedule that offers a variety of different options for different interests… happy hour, anyone?

Promenade is also a pet-friendly community so you will be able to bring your furry loved one with you! With a variety of daily activities, fitness classes and clubs to join, you will be able to build lasting friendships, enjoy your hobbies and learn new skills.

The modern, open-concept common spaces are beautifully designed to bring warmth and natural sunlight into the interior. This modern design extends into every one-bedroom, one-bedroom + den and two-bedroom suite which features all-inclusive billing, an ensuite washer

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At 91 years young, Eleanor found Symphony – and is still enjoying life!

Sheila is living her best life at Forest Valley Terrace!

Eleanor lived in our independent apartments for four years before moving into assisted living two years ago. Now 97 years young, she stills enjoys helping others where ever and whenever she can.

Eleanor grew up amongst eight siblings and had to leave school at the age 16 to help in the home. She married a gentleman in the air force and had two daughters, Janice and Marilyn. Eleanor is proud to have stayed at home, raise her girls and look after the household. Being with the military, the family travelled all over the country.

In her younger years, Eleanor loved to read, knit, bowl and curl. She was a big fan of the Toronto Blue Jays and was lucky enough to meet the team in Ottawa, at the Governor General’s house after they won the World Series.

Forest Valley provides specialized programmes for Dementia which is valuable; when Mum participates in their music activities we see unabashed joy on her face again.

With delicious food served in the bright, airy, dining room and the home so beautifully decorated and spotlessly clean, Mum thinks she is in a hotel and she must be on vacation!

The administration team is responsive to our concerns and questions and we feel confident that this is the best place for Mum to be.

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She has no regrets in life.

Eleanor’s words of wisdom: “Young people should stay off their phones, communicate more in person, and one on one” .

What brought Eleanor to Symphony Orléans? For many years, Eleanor lived on her own, in her own house which her husband’s father had built. The day she found out the house had leaks was the day she knew it was time to go.

Her daughters, who were ready for her to make to move, were finally happy that their mom had made this decision on her own.

Eleanor is grateful to be at Symphony – she now feels safe and has a greater sense of security.

When Eleanor’s daughter Janice was asked about having her mom at Symphony, she said she is thankful that is mom is so close by.

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From her family: We looked at many other homes, but Forest Valley ticked more boxes than any other, beginning with the scenic drive up the hill to the wooded property and the historic building.

Janice recalls her mom being a chaperone in Yukon for the Teen Town Friday Night dances. “Who wants their mom at the dance”? she mentioned, “especially when she was one of the first on the dance floor”.

Janice hopes that her mom will continue to be healthy.

Eleanor does not take any medications. She has survived and conquered breast cancer not only once, but twice.

grateful to Forest Valley Terrace for providing our mother with a lovely, caring place to live.”

Eleanor, you’re an inspiration to us all!

Lise arrived at Symphony Orléans looking to start a new chapter in her life...

Lise came to Symphony Orléans two and a half years ago wanting to downsize and start a new chapter in her life. She had to sell her house but was looking forward to being a part of the community.

Lise was born and raised in Ottawa. She is a proud mom of two daughters and one son, and has 5 wonderful grandchildren. They are her pride and joy...her reason for living.

As a young woman, Lise first worked as a map compiler for National Defense. However, her favourite employment was being a receptionist at the International Student Office at the University of Ottawa. When students came off the plane from abroad, one of the first friendly faces the students would come across was Lise’s. It gave her great pleasure to help these students begin their transition on Canadian soil. Lise worked at the university for many years, and retired from there feeling thankful and content as it was a very rewarding career.

Lise is easygoing, doesn’t like to complain, enjoys life to the fullest and her special message to all her friends, family, and fellow residents: “Count your blessings, be thankful for the good things in your life”.

Living in the same neighbourhood as Symphony Orléans, Lise and her family were aware of our community and knew of other residents who called us “their home” It wasn’t a difficult adjustment for the family, as Lise was still nearby and close to her parish.

Lise enjoys everything about Symphony Orléans, the food, the care, the services and especially the friendly demeanor of the staff.

Unfortunately, Lise lost her husband at a young age and had to step up providing not only as motherly figure for her children, but she became the sole provider for her daughters and son.

Sharon is grateful that her mom was able to find comfort at Symphony Orléans. Not only does Lise have an immediate family, she has an extended family. Fellow residents and staff are all part of Lise’s day-to-day life – she is never alone.

Sharon hopes that Lise can enjoy many more years at Symphony as her mother wants to live until she’s 105 year old!

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Downsizing our possessions and celebrating a year of parkrun Orléans I have just turned all the hangers in my closet backwards, so the hooks face the front. From now on, when I wear something and return it to the closet, I’ll put the hanger back as it should be.

Why? A year from now, I will know immediately what I haven’t worn and should be getting rid of. “Someday I might wear it” is simply not a good enough reason to hang onto clothes that are not being worn. We shouldn’t be keeping anything in our homes “just in case” we might use it someday. (Easier said than done, right?)

The closet trick was one of many suggestions given by Barb McDougall from Darling Solutions, an Ottawa company providing ‘Lifestyle Transitions for Seniors’, in a downsizing presentation at Chapel Hill Retirement Residence. It was part of All Seniors Care’s “Living Well Life After 65” series, where experts on various aspects of senior living are brought into All Seniors Care residences.

Topics have included dementia, medications, fraud prevention and driving after 80.

“The goal is to offer education regarding topics of interest to seniors who are living in our residences or in the community,” explains Anita Lima, Chapel Hill

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The full-service, bilingual retirement residence is on Pagé Road at Innes.

McDougall gave an entertaining and highly informative presentation to a group of 20 community members, many of whom were couples. Some of the retirement home’s residents who still have their homes also attended.

She started by acknowledging how stressful even the thought of downsizing or moving can be. To help alleviate that stress, she recommends a switch in thinking from “downsizing” to “rightsizing.” To help determine what is “right” for each of us, she suggests that we identify the things that mean the most to us and differentiate between what we ‘want’ and what we ‘need.’ And, she emphasizes, start decluttering and downsizing early, before an emergency takes control away from you.

Fallingbrook residents Sig and Aline Sigurdson attended the session and have already started the process of getting rid “of material things that we are no longer using.” Both in their early 80s, the couple started to downsize their possessions about five years ago “to make things easier for our children down the road.” They are determined to stay in their four-bedroom home, in which they have lived since 1985, “until such time as there is absolutely no other alternative”.

They attended the Chapel Hill downsizing presentation to see if there were things they could learn about the process. A favourite suggestion was the idea of taking pictures of things that we may have difficulty parting with and keeping the photo in a scrapbook, or even hanging a framed picture of the cherished possession in one’s new home.

Whatever their children and grandchildren don’t want is being donated to the Salvation Army Thrift Store and when the time comes, they will donate the remainder to a church that assists new Canadians.

In my next column, I will share more insights from McDougall and other experts on how to reduce clutter and downsize.

Can you guess in which room McDougall suggests you start?

An added bonus from turning my hangers around was that I found seven items of never-being-worn clothing for my “to donate” bag.

For the past decade, I have become a committed runner. It may not be pretty when I run, but it has become my best bet to try to stay as healthy as I can, for as long as I can.

A year ago, I wrote about the Dussault family from Blackburn Hamlet – Manon and Christian and their children Gabrielle and Nicolas – who were introducing parkrun, an international 5K run/walk program, to Orléans.

It has been a great success and will celebrate its one-year anniversary on September 28. These free, volunteer-run weekly timed events take place around the world, and “parkrun tourism” has brought participants from Europe, Australia, the United States and other parts of Canada to Orléans over the past year Participants can walk, run, push a stroller or walk their dog on the Ottawa River Pathway East Trail along the Ottawa River. We meet at 8:45 each Saturday morning at the trail’s entrance by Cairine Wilson Secondary School on Orléans Blvd. Join us! www.parkrun.ca/orleans.

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By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star When Suzanne (Lacroix) Robinson first received her real estate license in 1969, there were fewer than 2,500 homes in Orléans. Today, there are more than 46,000 homes.

How many of those homes, Robinson had a hand in buying and selling during her 50-year career is anybody’s guess, but it’s in the hundreds.

“It’s a lot,” says Robinson, while trying to calculate the number in her head. “I’m now dealing with the third and fourth generation of the people I dealt with in 1969.”

Robinson’s entire career in real estate has been built on trust which has resulted in an incredibly loyal clientele and a number of lifelong friendships.

“I have some clients who I’ve sold four or five homes for. If you treat people right and they trust you, then they are going to send you their friends and their family members and in a way, you become part of their family too.” says Robinson, who was working in the government when she was approached by the Ottawa realtor C.G. Saunders in the summer of ’69 to join his team.

“We had bought two properties from him and I had referred a lot of clients to him and he said, ‘I’m making so much money from your leads, why don’t you come work for me and make the money yourself?’ So I quit my position with the government and got my license and started to sell homes.”

One of Robinson’s clients in January ’72 was the Ricciuti family who owned a home in Centretown and were moving back to Italy. Robinson sold their home and

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in the process met her future partner, both in life and in business.

After resettling his parents in Italy, Pasquale Ricciuti moved back to Ottawa and rekindled his friendship with Suzanne. He would eventually become a real estate agent working for her after he received his own real estate license in 1974.

Four years later, they joined together under the Century 21 franchise banner and they’ve been with Century 21 ever since.

“They approached us. I was running a very successful independent brokerage at the time – I had 10 agents working for me then – and we were one of the first three Century 21 franchise offices in Ottawa,” recalls Robinson.

The couple’s original office was at 358 Booth St. It wasn’t long, however, before they expanded to a second office at St. Laurent and Innes which they eventually moved to Orléans in 1979 – first to the strip mall at the corner of Jeanne d’Arc and Youville and later to their current location on Youville Drive.

Robinson was born in Orléans and her family lived on Innes Rd. for many years. She purchased her first home on Belcourt Blvd. in 1965.

Her knowledge and affinity for the area laid the groundwork for an extremely successful business. She and Pasquale are also extremely good to their agents and employees, many of whom have worked for them for 15, 20 and even 35 years.

But it is the lasting relationships that Robinson has formed with many of her former and existing clients that

her 50-year career in real estate. she appreciates the most.

“It’s the people. The other day I helped a 94-year-old lady sell her home. We had it listed for only one day and we got way over the asking price. She was absolutely thrilled. That’s what it’s all about. I love helping people,”

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Orleans Bengals tyke running back Emmanuel Morin tries to break away from a would-be tackler in their Labour Day game against the Kanata Knights. The final score was 32-0 in favour of Kanata. FRED SHERWIN PHOTO

By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star The Orléans Bengals Football Club was hoping to celebrate Labour Day by notching a couple of wins on their home field, but in the end the best they could manage was a solitary victory by the peewee squad over the North Gloucester Giants.

Despite the best efforts of their running back Emmanuel Morin, the Bengals U9 Tyke squad failed to get on the scoreboard against the Knights who easily rolled to a 32-0 win.

The U13 Peewee team didn’t fare much better, losing 38-9 to their west end counterparts.

The U18 Midget team managed to put 19 points on the board against the West Ottawa Knights in the nightcap, but it still wasn’t enough as they ended up losing the game by 10 points.

The lone bright spot on what was an otherwise disappointing day came courtesy of the U11 Mosquito team which beat the North Gloucester Giants 32-13 for their first win of the season.

Unlike the Bengals, who have been struggling in the early part of the season, the Cumberland Panthers continued to roll along this season, racking up three wins and a rare tie on Monday.

The tie came in the tyke game between the Panthers and the East Nepean Eagles which ended in a 24-24 deadlock.

Meanwhile, the Panthers’ mosquito squad left no doubt who was the better team on the day as they completely overwhelmed their East Nepean counterparts 42-0.

The Panthers bantam team also had their way with their East Nepean opponents, winning the game 48-0 to improve their record to 2-1.

In total contrast to the mosquito and bantam games, the peewee team barely managed to squeak past the Eagles, winning their seesaw affair by just two points 42-40.

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Orléans pair end outdoor lacrosse season on a high note STAR SPORTS – A pair of Orléans lacrosse players ended the box lacrosse season on high note last month, competing for Team Ontario in the national championships in Coquitlam, B.C. Julien Belair and Tristan Caldwell were named to the team after helping the Gloucester Griffins win a silver medal in the bantam division at the Ontario championships in Durham last month.

The Griffins went into provincials as regional champs and acquitted themselves extremely well. They actually held a 4-2 lead late in the B Championship game against the Huntsville Hawks before the Hawks staged a dramatic comeback, scoring a pair of goals in the final three minutes to tie the game and then notching the winning goal in overtime.

At the national championships in Coquitlam, Team Ontario went 4-0-1 to

top the table in the round robin portion of the tournament. They then beat Saskatchewan 20-0 in the semi-final to earn a ticket to the gold medal game against the host team from B.C. which they won 8-3.

Caldwell and Belair both scored two of goals and added an assist in the semi-final against Saskatchewan, while Belair also scored a goal and added a pair of assists in the final.

Belair ended the tournament with seven goals and eight assists in seven games. Caldwell scored five times and added two assists.

It’s the first time any lacrosse player from Orléans has played at the national level. To have two players from the same area play together is a remarkable achievement and speaks volumes about the Gloucester Griffins minor lacrosse program. For more information about the Griffins visit www.gloucesterlacrosse.com.

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Blind-deaf golfer Kevin Frost wins provincial championship STAR SPORTS – Orléans blind-deaf athlete Kevin Frost recently conquered another sport, winning his first-ever provincial championship in golf.

A multiple medalist in both speed skating and tandem cycling, Frost took up golfing just four years ago.

At the Canadian championships in July he placed second overall based on his overall net score.

At the Ontario Championships in Hamilton on Aug. 23 and 24 the scoring was based on the modified Stableford system which awards points based on the number of Kevin Frost with his service dog Lewis shots taken on each hole.

Frost was guided around the after winning the Ontario Vision ImChippewa Creek course by his paired Golf Championship in Hamilton. service dog Lewis and a spotter PHOTO SUPPLIED who helps him locate his ball and tells where the green is and how far away he is from the pin.

Frost took up the game of golf as yet another challenge. He enjoys the comraderie of the sport and the opportunity to overcome his disability.

“My score in Hamilton was the direct result of understanding that any golfer, sighted or with limited vision will never beat the game of golf,” says Frost. “I’m finally starting to find the right balance of controlling my emotions and staying calm. I’m learning not to carry mistakes over to my next holes. Being relaxed is a key to simplifying my game.”

With Fall approaching fast, Frost plans to get in as many rounds as he can before it gets too cold.

Ottawa TFC U17 girls team advances to Ontario Cup final STAR STAFF – The Ottawa TFC U17 Academy girls team is heading to the Ontario Cup final after beating the North Mississauga Black Panthers 1-0 in the semi-finals on Aug. 25 in Guelph.

The game was knotted at 0-0 until the late going when unlikely hero Chanel Chaput scored in the 87th minute to deliver the victory and avoid having to decide the game in penalty kicks.

Chaput had her wisdom teeth removed earlier in the week and wasn’t supposed to play in the game. It wasn’t until the 11th hour that she decided to dress for the game as a potential substitute.

After playing in the final 10 minutes of the opening half she asked head coach Pavel Cancura to keep her on the sidelines for the second half. It wasn’t until the game was entering the final minutes and was looking to be heading to penalty kicks that Cancura put her back on the field.

“My feeling was that we could really use her if it went to penalty kicks because she is excellent in that situation, but instead she scored the winning goal.”

Chaput was set up by a great lead pass from Kylie Laframboise. Despite being on a tight angle to the goal mouth, Chaput still managed to curl the ball into the net for the game winner.

The team will face Vaughan Azzuri this Sunday in Vaughan where they will try to be the third team affiliated with the Cumberland United Soccer Club to win an Ontario Cup. The Cumberland Cobras U13 girls team won in 2017 and the U15 girls side won the prestigious championship in last year.

This is the first year that the Cumberland Cobras are playing under the Ottawa TFC banner.

The U17 team is made up of girls from three different age groups, those born in 2002, 2003 and 2004.

Cancura, who also happens to be the Ottawa TFC general manager, says the squad is one of the most talented and well balanced teams he’s coached.

“All the girls are incredibly talented, so we are able to adjust to any situation,” says Cancura.

COMMUNITY BILLBOARD SATURDAY, SEPT. 7 GRACEFEST 5K FUN RUN/ WALK along the Ottawa River Parkway starting at Cairine Wilson Secondary School beginning at 10 a.m. Registration fee is $35 for adults 19 and over; $25 for youth under 19; children under 13 $5. Proceeds to benefit Habitat for Humanity Greater Ottawa. To pre-register visit www.gracefestfunrunwalk.com/ registration/.

2019 GRACEFEST from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Grace Presbyterian Church, 1220 Old Tenth Line Rd, There will be outdoor entertainment including a magician and the Loch Murray dancers, bouncy castle, crafts, face painting, café, art give away and free BBQ. Come celebrate the Orléans community with us.

MONDAY, SEPT. 9 ALPHA MEETING – Food, fun, fellowship, video and

discussion. Explore faith, life and meaning at a Alpha session. no charge and no follow-up.

An open opportunity to explore and discuss life’s big questions together. This bilingual Alpha session for adults begins on Monday, Sept. 9 and continues each Monday until Nov. 4. We meet Monday nights from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the coffee shop of Capital City Church located at 1123 Old Montreal Rd. For more information call 613-833-1700 or e-mail info@capitalcitychurch.ca.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 10 THE CUMBERLAND COMMUNITY SINGERS invites anyone interested in singing in a choir based in Orléans, to join us as we start our new season Sept 10, 2019.

You may attend a couple of practices to see if you would like to be a member. Being able to read music is an advantage, but some of our members do

not. We have two concerts a year, plus performing at senior’s residences, Orléans Christmas Choirfest, Mosaik, and other events and venues. Rehearsals Tuesday evenings from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 1325 Gaultois Ave, Orléans.

For more information email info@cumberlandcommunity singers.ca.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 13 SATURDAY, SEPT. 14 SUNDAY, SEPT. 15 4TH ANNUAL ORLÉANS RIBFEST presented by the Heart of Orléans BIA from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Centrum Blvd. in front of the Peter D. Clark building. Ribfest will feature five rib masters from Canada and the United States, a variety of side dishes, a beer garden, live music, and more.

For more information visit featurefestivals.wixsite.com/ orleansribfest.

SATURDAY SEPT. 14 FULL MOON YOGA presented by the Greater Avalon Community Association from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Aquaview Park. The session will be lead by certified yoga instructor Anne Jarbouh. For additional information visit Facebook.com/ Greater-Avalon.

SUNDAY SEPT. 15 ORLÉANS TERRY FOX RUN – Start and finish in the parking lot at Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School, 1515 Tenth Line Rd. Registration 7:30 a.m. Open start from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Route is 5K. Bicycles, rollerblades, strollers and wheelchairs are welcome.

Dogs must be on a leash. For more information visit www. terryfox.org/.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 28 FLIPPIN’ FOR CHARITY COMMUNITY PANCAKE BRUNCH in support of

the Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre from 9 a.m. to noon at the Proulx Farm, 1865 O’Toole Rd. Tickets $10 for adults and $7 for children can be purchased in advance by visiting the OCCRC at 240 Centrum Blvd. They can also be purchased online at www.crcoc.ca or by calling 613-830-4357.

GENERAL NOTICES LES MILLE-PATTES DE PLACE D’ORLÉANS MALL WALKERS are launching their next season starting Oct. 1 and running every Tuesday and Thursday until May 28, 2020.

A membership fee of $10 entitles you to join the weekly mall walks from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and participate in a variety of events, celebrations and excursions. For more information visit www.mille pattesplacedorleansmallwalkers. com or call Francoise Poirier at 613-834-8483.

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