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By HOWAIDA SOROUR hsorour@perfprint.ca
Residents of the area hear concerns about pipeline. — PageSF1
COMMUNITY
BEAR HUG Photo by LAURIE WEIR
The Civitan Club celebrates 50 years in the community. — Page SF10
SPORTS
Sports - Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears’ Chris King (12) celebrates his first period goal with teammate Stefano Momesso during Tuesday’s seventh and deciding game of their CCHL semifinal series against the Ottawa Jr. Senators at the Memorial Community Centre. Bears advanced with a 4-1 win. More on page SF18 and online: www.insideottawavalley.com.
Henderson finishes second among amateurs at LPGA Major By STAFF
SFDCI hosts Upper Canada Cup girls basketball tournament. — Page SF18
Sports - She may only be 16 years of age but Brooke Henderson is already showing she belongs among the pros of the LPGA. Playing as an amateur in the second major of her young career, the Smiths Falls native ended the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif tied for 26th spot overall – second among the amateurs. She had a four-day total of 289 (+1) on rounds of 77-68-70-74. Her four-day total bested such LPGA stars as Paula Creamer (+3) and defending champion Inbee Park (+4). On the final day, Henderson shot a two over par, 74 after having some bogey difficulties on holes 3, 10, 14 and 17. She had a couple birdies in her last round, hitting one under on 2 and 16.
Round three saw Henderson turn in a steady two under-par 70 with a pair of birdies on the back nine, hitting threes on par-four 12th and 15th holes. She was even on the front nine. During the second round of the tournament, she posted one of the best scores of the day with a fourunder-par 68. After opening with a five-over 77 on Thursday, she sat at +1 (145) after Day 2. That was good for a tie for 35th place and she easily made the cut of +5. The top 70 and ties qualified to play the weekend rounds. Henderson was near perfect for her round on Friday. Going out in 32 (-4) with birdies on 2, 5, 7 and 9, she posted an even-par back nine of 36. She birdied the 11th hole and bogeyed 16, her only blemish on her Day 2 card. See HENDERSON page SF2
News - The race for mayor of Smiths Falls is heating up as yet another candidate comes forward. Ben DuHamel, who manages Iron Legends for his father, has thrown his name into the hat. “I’m running because I feel I’m in a unique position to represent small business,” said DuHamel. “If people want to think of my campaign in one word it’s ‘small business’.” DuHamel says he understands how difficult it is to run a business in Smiths Falls both through his 14-month experience running his father’s operation, Iron Legends, and through his uncle’s experience with The Groggery on Russell Street. “I want to cut out a lot of the red tape and I want small business to stop trying to please the town and the town to start trying to please small businesses,” said DuHamel. He pointed out that when Iron Legends wanted to expand to an adult store, there were all kinds of reasons why they couldn’t and in the end the family had to compromise their vision to accommodate bylaws that were designed to prevent the business from opening. “It created a job, we had to hire another full-time employee and it was better than letting the space sit empty,” he said. In the meantime DuHamel points out that Iron Legends earned an award for best window display in 2009, testament to its commitment to beautification of downtown streets. DuHamel says that if elected he would be willing to devote the bulk of his time to the job, even if it means giving up his day job. He also admits he hasn’t been all that involved in town politics and hasn’t been attending town or council meetings. “I do have a lot of homework to do, and I plan on doing it (but) I want people to call me, you’ll never be bothering me, I just want to hear what matters to people in this town,” said Du-
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