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Off-leash dog park a reality By HOWAIDA SOROUR hsorour@perfprint.ca
A new commander is at the helm of the Ontario Provincial Police. — Page SF1
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Three Smiths Falls Police officers brought home 10 medals from the World Police and Fire Games in Belfast last month Const. Brent Pellet won two medals in running events, a gold medal in the 10km run and a bronze medal in the half marathon. Sergeant Jodi Empey won seven medals in swimming events, a gold medal in the 100m butterfly, four silver medals in the 50m butterfly, the 100m freestyle, the 200 individual medley and the 50m freestyle, and two bronze medals in the relays. Const. Mike Gallagher won a bronze medal in the first bodybuilding competition he’s ever entered.
Bashful winners had a great experience at WPFG By HOWAIDA SOROUR hsorour@perfprint.ca
Parks Canada hoping to map new growth for Rideau Canal Corridor. — Page SF7
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The Smiths Falls Bears tangle with Carleton Place Canadians. — Page SF15
News – Police officers aren’t generally described as bashful, but when it comes to their extracurricular achievements they can be very shy people. Three members of the Smiths Falls Police Service returned from the World Police & Fire Games (WPFG) held in Belfast in early August with not one, but 10 medals. Sgt. Jodi Empey, the swimmer, brought home seven medals: one gold, four silver and two bronze; Const. Brent Pellet, the runner, brought home a gold and a silver; while Const. Mike Gallagher, the body builder, who had never competed before, brought home a bronze first time out of the gate. The number of medals is of course related to the number of events they entered as much as it is related to their performance. For the three athletes though it was the entire experience as much as the competition that really mattered. “The people were so nice and kept saying how happy they were to have people come to their country,” said Empey.
The three officers made their way over to Belfast separately and met up there. “I got there two days before my event,” said Gallagher, “I didn’t know what to expect but it was very clean and over the top friendly.” They were amazed that just about the whole city of Belfast, had been turned into an athletes village, with easy access to all the venues. “They included all our transportation in our registration, they didn’t do that at the last games in New York,” said Empey, who needed to take a train to her venue. “It was a very easy city to get around.” The three officers were surprised there weren’t very many Canadians or even Americans represented at the Belfast Games. Most of the competitors were European and Asian. “I met a lot of women like me, that train and are moms and do this job from all over the world and that was important to me,” said Empey, herself a mother of two. For Pellet the best part of the
competition was sharing the whole experience with his parents and having them right there at the finish line. His 10-km race was held on the extensive grounds of Stormont, the site of the Irish Parliament Buildings. “The entire race was run on grass, which was certainly different, and it was a 2.5-km loop so I got to pass my parents, Mike and Jodi several times near the finish line,” said Pellet, who was the only Canadian in the race. Both of Pellet’s events were something of a surprise. His half marathon was held in Cookstown at the same time as the town’s annual marathon. “They were advertising the marathon as ‘Run with the World’, and the other athletes were super friendly and welcoming,” said Pellet. When the Smiths Falls officers weren’t competing they were watching each other’s events or taking in important competitions like the hockey game between Russia and the Toronto Police hockey team. “Russia won that game,” said Pellet, pointing out that some of
the Russian players were professional hockey players who were volunteer firefighters. Meanwhile Gallagher, new to competition and not entirely versed in all the ins and outs of the body building circuit, said he just enjoyed himself. “It was obvious I didn’t know what I was doing, compared to some of the other guys,” he chuckles, “but I had fun with it.” He too found he was the only Canadian and his fiercest competition came from India and Taiwan. He admits he’s hooked now and plans to compete more often in preparation for the 2015 WPFG games in Fairfax, Virginia. While they all tried to take in as much of their surroundings as possible, their time was a bit limited by their competitions certainly Empey who competed in the largest number of events was fairly busy. “We went to Dublin for a couple of days, and it was very different. It was bigger, dirtier, busier and not nearly as friendly as Belfast,” said Empey. “Belfast was just a great experience,” said Empey.
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News – The rules have been adopted, the fencing is complete and the Smiths Falls off-leash dog park will have its official opening soon. It’s only taken two years to realize. “I guess I wasn’t surprised at the support because we knew it was what people wanted,” said Jackie Brennan, chair of the committee, who said she is thrilled to have a safe place for her golden doodle to run free and socialize with other dogs. The park has had tremendous support from both residents and the town. “The town donated $10,000 in matching funds to the dog park project,” said Berni Scott, member of the committee. The park located adjacent to the Civitan baseball diamonds at Lower Reach Park is a little more than two acres and can be expanded if the need arises. “We may need to expand, because the current size is similar to other dog parks in towns with comparable populations, but we’ll know better once the park opens,” said Scott. The park sits within a fiveacre parcel of land that had been donated to the Town of Smiths Falls by the Gleeson family. Part of that land however fell within the boundaries of Rideau Lakes Township. “We had to enter into a development agreement with Rideau Lakes and provide them with a site-plan, we also had to apply for rezoning from a Rural designation to Open Space, with an exception because Rideau Lakes didn’t have dog parks listed under open space usage,” said Jay Brennan, council representative on the dog park committee. So far the re-zoning application has received first and second reading and is expected to go to third reading next week. Meanwhile a seven-foot chain link fence installed by Roy Craig
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