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Fly-in breakfast buddies The fly-in breakfast at the Bruce McPhail Memorial airport attracted more than 700 people this past Sunday. Around 30 planes flew in to the airport for the fundraising breakfast. Roland Smith, 3, and his cousin Avy Tunsatian, 2, enjoy the sites at the Bruce McPhail Memorial airport on June 14. For more photos from the event, see page 45.
If it weren’t for blood donors, Chad Barker would not be alive. The married father of two young boys is a Renfrew firefighter who has joined forces with Canadian Blood Services and the County of Renfrew to launch Sirens For Life, a partnership that encourages eligible blood donors to join them and help save lives. “Without blood donors, I wouldn’t be here,” said Barker. It was April 2003 when the thenpre-service firefighter student was stabbed in the heart while trying to stop a fight outside an Ottawa bar. He needed more than 20 units of blood and emergency heart surgery to repair his left ventricle. He was in the hospital for about a week and except for a prominent scar and some numbness and tingling, there are no lasting effects from the incident. He credits all those involved in saving his life and said the donated blood was a vital part of the pro-
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cess. “From the first responders - the firefighters and paramedics - to the doctors, the surgeons,” he said. “If it wasn’t for the blood they would have had nothing to keep me alive. The whole system worked but if the blood wasn’t there, all of their efforts would have been lost.” During the Sirens for Life campaign, our local heroes generously donate blood and raise awareness about the ongoing need for donations. Renfrew County Warden Peter Emon joined Barker and Canadian Blood Services territory manager Jennifer Heale to kick off the Sirens for Life campaign in Pembroke on Wednesday, June 10. Barker urges existing and potential donors to give blood. See NEXT, page 3
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